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Gesture Prediction Model for the Guitar Fingering Problem
(East Carolina University, 2014)
In this thesis we provide a method for finding the fingering of a music piece on any type of guitar using a hand model. Adapting to the real world conditions by deploying a model of the user's hand, and considering the ...
Blue Guardian Original TV Series : Two Episodes, Blue Tornado and Blue Mountains
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Blue Guardian is an original TV series with two episodes presented here, entitled "Blue Tornado" and "Blue Mountains." It is in the mystery genre without particularly dealing with murder investigations. Rather, each ...
SEAFARING WOMEN : An Investigation of Material Culture for Potential Archaeological Diagnostics of Women on Nineteenth-Century Sailing Ships
(East Carolina University, 2014)
During the 19th century, women went to sea on sailing ships. Wives and family accompanied captains on their voyages from New England. They wrote journals and letters that detailed their life on board, adventures in foreign ...
THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF COUPLES AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY : A QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTION
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Obesity is a worldwide epidemic. Diet, exercise, and medical therapies alone have not been enough to stem the tide of this epidemic. Bariatric surgery has been found not only to be the most effective intervention for ...
A Determination Worthy of a Better Cause : Naval Action at the Battle of Roanoke Island 7 February 1862
(East Carolina University, 2014)
The Battle of Roanoke Island, during the American Civil War, was one of the first major amphibious landing operations in U.S. military history. As the Union Army landed troops on the island, an accompanying Union Naval ...
Investigation of the Zinc binding region of Prothymosin-alpha : A spectroscopic and thermodynamic approach to study metal binding in Intrinsically disordered proteins
(East Carolina University, 2014)
The goal of this study is to provide a deeper insight into how metals bind intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) by taking zinc binding to prothymosin-alpha as a case study. The involvement of metals in several diseases ...
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 ...
A descriptive exploratory study on how nurse educators use digital stories in the classroom
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This study examines the experiences of 12 nurse educators using digital stories in undergraduate nursing courses. Two issues were explored: 1) How and for what purpose are nurse educators incorporating digital stories in ...
Developmental lead exposure and the exacerbation of Alzheimer's pathology: an immunological analysis
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Early neuroimmune dysfunction may play a driving role in the etiopathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD), stemming from the hypothesis that many late-stage adult diseases have an early-life basis. Here we explore whether ...
Interrelated role of Notch signaling and mTORC pathways in prostate cancer cell survival and growth
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Prostate cancer is currently the second highest leading cause of
cancer death in men. Notch is a transmembrane receptor protein that
is part of a signaling pathway necessary in the normal development of
the prostate. ...