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Enantiomeric Excess Determination of Primary Amines
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-28)
Certain organic compounds can exist in two variations, known as enantiomers. Such compounds are characterized as being “chiral”. Enantiomers can exist in either R or S configurations, and the relative proportions of one ...
A STUDY OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION IN THE PREPARATION OF GRADUATES FOR EMPLOYABILITY AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
(East Carolina University, 2016-12-13)
This dissertation was a mixed method study that examined the perceptions of the effectiveness of trade and industrial education of graduates' employability and post-secondary education. The purpose of this study was to ...
ADVANCING STUDENT SUCCESS AND COLLEGE COMPLETION FOR NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS: AN EXAMINATION OF DISTANCE EDUCATION PARTICIPATION AND DEGREE ATTAINMENT
(East Carolina University, 2016-12-06)
This quantitative ex post facto study examined the relationship between online programming and persistence for the nontraditional student population in higher education. Colleges and universities today are increasing their ...
Peroxisomal-Mitochondrial Metabolic Interactions in Lipid Metabolism in Human Skeletal Muscle
(East Carolina University, 2016-11-16)
Peroxisomal activity and associated functions, including [beta]-oxidation contributions toward maintaining cellular lipid homeostasis, is poorly defined in extra hepatic tissues, most especially in human skeletal muscle ...
EXAMINATION OF TREADMILL STRESS TEST EXPOSURE THERAPY FOR PEDIATRIC CARDIAC DEVICE PATIENTS (TreadExpo)
(East Carolina University, 2016-09-16)
Pediatric patients with cardiac devices report fear and anxiety associated with exertion and activity resulting in high avoidance of activities, things, or places post-device implant. Extant pediatric cardiac literature ...
A framework for mining on Twitter data
(East Carolina University, 2016-12-13)
Motivated by the increasing need of information retrieval from social media, a lexicon-based approach Tweet Sentiment Classifier (TSC) is presented to determine sentiment from tweet along with a systematic software for ...
Does Land Degradation Increase Poverty in Developing Countries?
(2016-05-11)
Land degradation is a global problem that particularly impacts the poor rural inhabitants of low and middle-income countries. We improve upon existing literature by estimating the extent of rural populations in 2000 and ...
INVESTIGATING THE STAR SCHEMA BENCHMARK AS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE TPC-H DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM
(East Carolina University, 2016-12-13)
Decision Support System (DSS) are at the core of business intelligence systems. Implementation costs for enterprise level Database Management System (DBMS) and DSS average $10,461 for installation costs. This does not ...
Gene Expression and the Evolution of Reduced Sexual Dimorphism in a Threespine Stickleback Color Trait
(East Carolina University, 2017-01-03)
Elucidating the processes and mechanisms responsible for sexual dimorphism has been a central task for evolutionary biologists since Darwin first proposed the concept of sexual selection. However, our understanding of the ...
Climate change effects on precipitation organization : a summertime case study in the southeast United States
(East Carolina University, 2016-08-18)
The delivery of precipitation through large and small scale precipitation features plays a key role in the hydrological cycle. Therefore, it is important to understand how the organization of precipitation will change as ...