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ACE's and Friendship Difficulties
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events in an individual’s life that occurred before age 18. Examples of ACEs include various types of abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction. Decades of research on the ... -
Acquiring Articles through Unmediated, User-Initiated Pay-Per-View Transactions: An Assessment of Current Practices
(East Carolina University, 2009-12)Depressed economic times often lead libraries to consider new practices, including alternatives to the traditional subscription model. This column discusses a pay-per-view (PPV) model for acquiring journal articles whereby ... -
The Acquisition of a Plastid by Haptophytes, Cryptophytes, and Photosynthetic Heterokonts
(East Carolina University, 2014)Red algae and green plants are known to have obtained their photosynthetic organelles, or plastids, through the endosymbiotic adoption of cyanobacteria. It is still widely debated as to how other eukaryotic alga such as ... -
Acquisition of Financial Education Among College Students: How Attitudes and Future Expectations Shape Desire for Personal Finance Educatio
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-24)This study used a sample of undergraduate students at a public university to determine students’ interest in and views of personal finance. Students who were surveyed responded that personal finance topics are important, ... -
THE ACQUISITION OF NEW STUDENT AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS' BELIEFS AND PERCEPTIONS ABOUT FACULTY
(East Carolina University, 2013)The purpose of this study is to better understand how new student affairs professionals acquire their beliefs and perceptions about faculty. This study originates from a conceptual framework that includes: (1) a call for ... -
ACTING "WHITE": THE UNSPOKEN, UNDERSTOOD HIERARCHY OF BLACKNESS
(East Carolina University, 2020-01-09)This thesis will examine how a variety of extenuating factors serve to complicate a black person's self-identity, as well as determine acceptance or exclusion from the black community in the United States. The introductory ... -
Activation of GPR4 by acidosis inhibits tumor cell migration, invasion and metastasis.
(East Carolina University, 2011)Melanoma and Prostate Cancer are two of the most diagnosed forms of cancer in the United States. The ability to metastasize and colonize in a distant location is one of the most devastating hallmarks of cancer as modes ... -
Active Measures: Then and Now
(2020-06-25)A term used to refer to Soviet efforts to influence and manipulate public opinion in other countries during the Cold War, Active Measures has gained a newfound currency in light of the 2016 election influence campaign by ... -
The Activist's Daughter
(East Carolina University, 1997)Appearing in the North Carolina Books column, this article reviews Ellyn Bache's The Activist's Daughter. -
Acute effects of fine particulate air pollution on ST segment height: A longitudinal study
(2010)Background The mechanisms for the relationship between particulate air pollution and cardiac disease are not fully understood. Air pollution-induced myocardial ischemia is one of the potentially important mechanisms. ... -
Acute Effects of JUUL and IQOS in Cigarette Smokers
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ACUTE HIGH INTENSITY TREADMILL EXERCISE INCREASES APPETITE AND NPY/AgRP AND TH NEURON ACTIVITY IN UNTRAINED FEMALE MICE
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)Acute High and Moderate Intensity Treadmill Exercise Increases Appetite and NPY/AgRP and TH Neuron Activity in Untrained Female Mice Background: Exercise is commonly prescribed as a means for weight loss, however, ...