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Stretching as pre-intervention can improve aged muscle's response to a resistance training intervention
(East Carolina University, 2018-08-30)Sarcopenia represents an important problem in older women affecting their physical function. Resistance training interventions in older adults have been widely investigated, and the effect they have in this population have ... -
STRIDE LENGTH MANIPULATION IN YOUNG AND OLD ADULTS DURING LEVEL WALKING
(East Carolina University, 2010)Physiological and neurological changes with healthy aging cause old adults to alter biomechanical gait strategies. Mechanical plasticity is an ambulatory strategy in which old adults rely on proximal musculature in ... -
“Stripped Clean by Wind and Water”: Historical and Archaeological Investigation of a Provincetown Plum-Pudding Whaling Company and its Reaction to a Dimming Industry
(East Carolina University, 2023-12-07)Industry decline after the 1859 discovery of petroleum prompted American whalers to adopt innovative strategies for survival, such as plum-pudding whaling. Characterized by short, Atlantic expeditions, it minimized risk ... -
Structural aging of the utricular macula in mice
(East Carolina University, 2012)CBA/CaJ is a mouse strain that has no known genetic mutations affecting the inner ear, thereby serving as a control model for auditory and vestibular aging. C57BL/6J and CE/J mouse strains carry the genetic mutation ... -
Structural and functional analysis of the Vaccinia virus O1 virulence protein
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-26)Poxviruses are double-stranded DNA viruses capable of causing disfiguring and deadly disease in a wide range of hosts, from insects to mammals. Orthopoxviruses (OPXV) encode many proteins that are not essential for viral ... -
STRUCTURE-FUNCTION ANALYSIS OF A FAMILY OF BORRELIAL C1r INHIBITORS FROM LYME DISEASE AND RELAPSING FEVER SPIROCHETES
(East Carolina University, 2023-06-01)The complement system is an ancient part of the innate immune system consisting of fluid-phase proteins that contribute to inflammation, homeostasis, and pathogen clearance. A group of vector-borne spirochetal pathogens ... -
Structure-Function Relationship of Surface N-glycans and Enzyme Active Site Proficiency: A Kinetic and Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Investigation of MoLOX
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-08)A 'unique' enzyme has emerged within the lipoxygenase (LOX) family. This manganese containing enzyme comes from the pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae and termed MoLOX. MoLOX is secreted at the onset of pathogenesis when the rice ... -
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND FIDELITY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CONCEPT IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS
(East Carolina University, 2013)This study, using qualitative, multiple case methodology, examined four middle schools within a Local Education Agency (LEA) in eastern North Carolina to determine whether the implementation of key middle school features; ... -
STUDENT ATTITUDES REGARDING GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY DURING AN INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL IMMERSION PROGRAM IN GUATEMALA
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-06)As the world population explodes the need for health professionals who have positive attitudes toward cultural diversity and a willingness to learn about other cultures is essential to providing optimal care to these ... -
Student Grouping in Secondary Education
(East Carolina University, 2013)How to group students in secondary education in order to meet the rigorous state academic standards is a topic of concern in the educational arena. Because of the variations in student academic abilities, we must realize ... -
STUDENT PERCEPTIONS ON BELONGING: THE TRANSITION OF STUDENTS FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL
(East Carolina University, 2021-12-01)The transition from middle to high school for students is filled with social and academic challenges. Students who do not successfully navigate these obstacles are more likely to drop out of high school resulting in a ... -
Student Retention at Tidewater Community College: A Technical and Professional Communication Approach to Creating a Comprehensive Document to Help Students Defeat Their Obstacles and Stay in School
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-06)This study aims to help create a document which could help retain students to completion of their chosen program at Tidewater Community College by use of a condensed technical document. Community college students face ... -
Student retention in associate degree nursing programs in north carolina
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STUDENT SERVICES AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP : THE EFFECT OF STUDENT SERVICES STAFFING RATIOS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND DROPOUT PREVENTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
(East Carolina University, 2010)While public school teachers and administrators are focused on the challenges of growing accountability for improvement in classroom performance, they depend on instructional support staff, titled student services, to help ... -
STUDENT TRAJECTORIES RELATED TO READING AND ATTENTION SKILLS: IS THERE EVIDENCE OF THE MATTHEW EFFECT?
(East Carolina University, 2024-01-04)Research on reading is widespread given its predictive nature for adult outcomes pertaining to success, such as high school graduation, college entrance, health literacy, employment status and wages earned. Research focusing ...