Search
Now showing items 421-430 of 448
BIOMECHANICAL ALTERATIONS DURING THE SNATCH MOVEMENT AFTER REPEATED REPETITIONS
(East Carolina University, 2021-08-09)
High Intensity Weightlifting (HIW) is a style of exercise that utilizes one of the two Olympic weightlifting movements, the snatch. The majority of HIW workouts are scored by time and have a goal to do the required repetitions ...
TOWARDS A LOW-COST VISION SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME PAVEMENT CONDITION ASSESSMENT
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-22)
Pavement condition assessment is typically performed through manual inspections and specialized hardware and software. Although advances in camera and sensing technology in the last decade helped propel the automation of ...
Investigation of Nonhydrolyzable ATP Analogues and Cofilin-Derived Peptides for Inhibition of Cofilin-Actin Rod Formation
(East Carolina University, 2021-08-02)
Actin-Cofilin rods are an important marker of neurodegenerative disease and are commonly observed in the neurons of patients with Alzheimer's disease. The goal of this research is to investigate peptide and small-molecules ...
Alpha Taxonomy of Eocene Primates from the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-30)
The identification of the alpha taxonomy of an extinct species is the first step towards understanding its evolutionary history and relationships with other organisms. Alpha taxonomy refers to the initial classification ...
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF 3D FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF THE TIBIA USING A HEALTHY RUNNING POPULATION
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-29)
Bone stress injuries (BSIs) are a common, painful injury in runners. Computational methods, like finite element analysis (FEA), are used to further understand BSI mechanisms. FEA can be performed on three-dimensional (3D) ...
Determining the Drivers of Mosquito and Fish Distributions In An Urban, Riverine Rock Pool Metacommunity
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-20)
Metacommunities and metapopulations are comprised of interconnected patches of habitat linked by dispersal, which has traditionally been considered a stochastic process in which organisms move across space randomly. Recently ...
CHANGES IN INSULIN RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC AIRWAY ALLERGEN EXPOSURES IN A SPONTANEOUSLY OBESE, NONHUMAN PRIMATE MODEL OF ALLERGIC ASTHMA
(East Carolina University, 2021-08-16)
Obesity and asthma are two major well-recognized and interconnected major health problems, but the mechanisms that underlie the association of these two chronic inflammatory disease states are still unknown. Novel insights ...
Effects of PFMOAA, An Understudied PFAS, on Developing Mice
(East Carolina University, 2021-08-16)
Perfluoro-2-methoxyaacetic acid (PFMOAA) was recently the most prevalent emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) detected in the Cape Fear River of North Carolina (NC). A byproduct of fluorochemical manufacturing, ...
Cardiovascular adaptations to aerobic exercise in obese pregnant women : the ENHANCED by mom project
(East Carolina University, 2021-08-20)
Background: Hypertension is the most prevalent problem in pregnancy affecting 10% of pregnant women worldwide. Furthermore, obesity during pregnancy correlates with complications such as gestational hypertension. Aerobic ...
ASSOCIATION OF COACH, PEER, AND PARENT-INITIATED MOTIVATIONAL CLIMATE WITH BURNOUT AND ENGAGEMENT
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
Sport participation can be an engaging experience and result in health benefits, skill development, and social camaraderie. However, it can also result in negative outcomes such as burnout. Burnout is negatively associated ...