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Deletion of LPCAT3 Promotes Enhanced Insulin Signaling in Skeletal Muscle
(East Carolina University, 2015-12-15)
Aberrant lipid metabolism has been linked to skeletal muscle insulin resistance. The exact identity of the lipid species that promote skeletal muscle insulin resistance among the human population remains unclear. In this ...
Flood Vulnerability of Hog Farms in Eastern North Carolina: An Inconvenient Poop
(East Carolina University, 2015-12-15)
In the late 1990’s, eastern North Carolina experienced numerous devastating flood events from hurricanes and tropical storms. When Hurricane Floyd made landfall on September 16th, 1999, it caused the most disastrous floods ...
Investigating Scuba Divers' Attitudes To Sustainable Shipwreck Diving In North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This study examined the ways in which NC scuba divers identify sustainable shipwreck diving activities to gain a better understanding of how their behavior impacts sustainable cultural tourism on the coast of North Carolina. ...
Reconstructing The Culture History Of The Multicomponent Site Squires Ridge (31Ed365) Within The Northern Coastal Plain Of North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Squires Ridge is a multicomponent, stratified site situated atop a relict sand dune in Eastern North Carolina. Previous research has emphasized site formation, delineation, and most recently occupation. The purpose of this ...
Modern Sedimentation And Estuarine Shoreline Change Around Roanoke Island, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Croatan and Roanoke sounds in North Carolina (NC) are regions constantly undergoing geomorphic changes associated with sea-level rise, storm events, and anthropogenic modification. These estuaries are part of the larger ...
Reproductive Plasticity In Two Subspecies Of A Cleistogamous Plant, Triodanis Perfoliata
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Dimorphic cleistogamy is an intriguing reproductive strategy in which a plant produces both closed (cleistogamous), obligately selfing flowers and open (chasmogamous) flowers. Phenotypic plasticity in the production of ...
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis as a model of Multiple Sclerosis : pathogenesis of atypical disease and tolerance induction in chronic progressive disease
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) of putative autoimmune origin characterized by focal inflammatory lesions together with demyelinating plaques in the ...
Students' Attitudes Toward And Valuation of First-Year Composition (FYC) as Predictors of Students' English 101 Success
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This study investigates first-year composition students' attitudes toward and valuation of first-year composition (English 101) to learn which variable, attitudes or valuation, has a relationship with students' first-year ...
Greenhouse Governmentality : Discourses of Rural Development and the Negotiation of Farmer Subjectivity in Jamaica
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The Jamaican small farmer has long been perceived as backward and technologically inept, and has been severally intervened upon by the state and development agencies aiming to correct this perceived obsolescence. The ...
A Constraint-Based Method For Flow-Sensitive Static Type Analysis Of PHP Using The Rascal Meta-Programming Platform
(East Carolina University, 2015)
PHP is a dynamically typed language, and is very popular among developers for building websites. The dynamic features of PHP allow for many kinds of type related errors to be made by developers. Since PHP does not feature ...