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FUNCTIONS OF CLAUDIN-7 IN THE SELF-RENEWAL OF INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
Tight junctions (TJ) are located at the most apical region of the junctional complex and contain many integral membrane proteins. Claudin 7 (Cldn7) is a TJ membrane protein located at the apical TJ and basolateral side of ...
PIRATES IN THE GRAVEYARD OF THE ATLANTIC: CONSERVATION AT THE QUEEN ANNE’S REVENGE LAB
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
The Anthropology Department at East Carolina University offers an internship option for the partial fulfillment of the requirements of a master's degree. As a result of the academic partnership between East Carolina ...
FORMING NEW HABITS: AN INTERVENTION TO DECREASE SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR IN MEDICALLY STABLE OLDER ADULTS
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
Rationale: Sedentary behavior is characterized by too much sitting. It is estimated that 4 out of every 10 Americans never engage in physically active behaviors, and that approximately 60% of an adult's non-sleeping hours ...
Geometry and Construction of Upper Crustal Intrusions; Sawtooth Ridge, Henry Mountains, Southern Utah.
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
The plumbing systems of volcanos are commonly constructed by interconnected, upper crustal sheet intrusions (i.e. dikes and sills). Active systems and the processes that contribute to their construction are difficult to ...
NOVELTY DETECTION FOR PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
Since the advent of Industry 4. 0 significant research has been conducted to apply machine learning to the vast array of Internet of Things (IoT) data produced by Industrial Machines. One such topic is to Predictive ...
THE POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF THE SEASONAL FISHERY CLOSURE IN THE VISAYAN SEA, PHILIPPINES
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
The seasonal fishery closure (SFC) policy is an important initiative for protecting and conserving the fisheries and aquatic resources in the Philippines, yet there are many problems with its implementation. It lacks ...
MEASUREMENT OF WORD RETRIEVAL IN THE DISCOURSE OF PERSONS WITH APHASIA: STANDARD CORE LEXICON ITEM DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
Core lexicon measures are a quantitative measure of lexical use in discourse for persons with aphasia. It is intended to provide clinicians with a clinician-friendly means to quantify lexical use in discourse based on ...
METHODS OF IDENTIFYING NEUROLOGICAL DELIRIUM (MIND) STUDY
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
Delirium is a major concern for critically ill older patients because it is associated with significant risk to quality of life and mortality. The United States spends approximately $164 billion in Medicare funding annually ...
Effects of aerobic exercise training on arterial stiffness and autonomic function in obese adults at-risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), CVD mortality, and type 2 diabetes. Arterial stiffness and autonomic dysfunction are independent predictors of CVD and type 2 diabetes. Moreover, African ...
Modern and Classic Quantum Chemistry: Modeling Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroacylation with Advanced Tools and the Development and Application of Software to Examine Simple Bonding Interactions in a Basis of Molecular Fragments
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
In this dissertation, both modern and classic computational methods are utilized to examine two problems of interest in the field of chemistry. The first problem involves a complex rhodium-catalyzed hydroacylation reaction ...