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Tactile Demographics: Predicting Demographic Information Using Touch Data from Mobile Devices
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-20)The research conducted in this thesis was to serve as a baseline on which human demographics are most likely to be able to be predicted through touch screen interactions. In addition, it served as a way of finding which ... -
Tactile self monitoring of attention to decrease off-task behavior of adolescents with intellectual disabilities and autism
(East Carolina University, 2012)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of tactile self monitoring of attention on off task behavior by students with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism in the self contained setting during independent ... -
Tadpole Begging Behavior And Parent-Offspring Interactions In The Mimic Poison Frog
(East Carolina University, 2015)Studies on offspring begging behavior have focused on whether the behavior communicates offspring need and guides parental food provisioning in the context of honest signaling theory. However, despite the plethora of ... -
Tainted Through Transfer: Dis/connective Residues in Mohsin Hamid's Contaminated Fiction
(East Carolina University, 2017-06-22)Given the profusion of negative terminology ascribed to non-Western migrants generally, coupled with Mohsin Hamid's extensive and recurring implementation of ecological and biological collapse in his first three published ... -
TALK SMART: A PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT IMPLEMENTING ACADEMIC DISCOURSE IN AN URBAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-04)Purpose: This participatory action research study explores how the central office of an urban school district, and the leadership of a middle school, work collaboratively to support a school-based instructional initiative ... -
Tangible Emanations
(East Carolina University, 2011)This is a report on my creative research. It is supplementary to my thesis exhibition of works of sculpture, images of which are included in this report. These sculptures explore the intangible emanations that emerge from ... -
Tar Kilns of Goose Creek State Park : History and Preservation
(East Carolina University, 2013)Tar kilns are found throughout the Coastal Plain of North and South Carolina, remnants of a flourishing and important industry that exported tar across the Atlantic world. Tar production is the extraction of terpene from ... -
Tar River Blounts and a Transitional Maritime Cultural Landscape, 1778-1802
(East Carolina University, 2015)This thesis analyzes John Gray Blount and his associates' roles in the post Revolutionary War development of North Carolina's Tar-Pamlico maritime cultural landscape. After discussing the business interests and political ... -
The Tarboro Three : Rape, Race and Secrecy in a Small Town
(East Carolina University, 2011)In the summer of 1973, in the small town of Tarboro, North Carolina, three young black men offered a ride to a young white woman out walking alone at midnight. It is impossible to tell how different the lives of each of ... -
TARGETED MARKETING TO THE UNDERSERVED: EXAMINING THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE COLLEGE INTENT AND CHOICE FOR MINORITY MALE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2022-03-31)This mixed-methods study investigates the real and perceived barriers that African American male Edgecombe County high school students face when considering college enrollment to inform potential interventions to improve ... -
Targeting aberrant signaling in the EGFR1/HER2/PI3K/PTEN/Akt/mTORC1/GSK-3 pathway : Novel therapeutic interventions in breast cancer
(East Carolina University, 2015)Breast cancer is attributed to being the second most deadly cancer in American women. Approximately 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime, and prognosis is dependent upon the genetic make-up ... -
Targeting Exportin-1 to Inhibit HTLV-1 Infection
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type-1 (HTLV-1) is a complex human retrovirus that infects around 20 million people globally. Transmission of this retrovirus occurs by sexual intercourse, contaminated blood, and from mother ... -
Targeting Kremen1 Downregulation with RVG-9R/siRNA Complexes in the Triple-Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-19)Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive disease characterized by cognitive decline and memory loss. Memory loss observed in AD results from the loss of neurons and synapses which may be caused by the disruption of the ... -
Targeting Psychological Flexibility in Youth to Enhance Health-Related Behaviors
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-22)Background: Adolescents are uniquely vulnerable to a wide range of psychological issues and often, concerns inadequately addressed. When addressed, mental health concerns are commonly handled in schools, which are uniquely ... -
Targeting the initiating proteases of the complement system using structure-based small molecule drug discovery
(East Carolina University, 2023-07-21)The complement system is an essential element of host development and immune homeostasis. This immunoregulatory enzyme cascade is driven by serine protease activation and plays critical roles in the recognition of danger ... -
Targeting the mitochondrial inner membrane to improve bioenergetics in the diseased heart
(East Carolina University, 2014)Cardiovascular diseases continue to exact unparalleled economic and humanitarian costs across the globe. Manifestations of cardiovascular diseases include acute coronary syndromes and heart failure, both of which are ... -
Task Specific Effects of Unilateral Eccentric and Concentric Exercise on Spinal Excitability of the Contralateral Homologous Plantar Flexors.
(East Carolina University, 2011)It is well established that resistance training increases the size and strength of the trained muscles. It is also known that unilateral muscle contractions can produce strength gains in the non-exercised contralateral ... -
A Taste of Culture : Perceptions About American Fast Food in China
(East Carolina University, 2012)This exploratory study examined perceptions about American fast food among urban, Beijing residents to explore three major objectives; perceptions about taste preferences and nutrition value, the eating relationships of ... -
TEACHER EVALUATION IN NORTH CAROLINA : TEACHER PERCEPTIONS DURING A TIME OF CHANGE
(East Carolina University, 2011)Teacher evaluation has the potential to lead to improved instruction and professional growth, but, in practice, this potential is often unrealized. North Carolina has revised its teacher evaluation process to include many ...