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Perceived Outdoor Activity Constraints and Negotiation Strategies in Greenville, NC
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-25)
Individuals sometimes fail to participate in outdoor activities—to the detriment of their health—as a result of leisure constraints. Constraints are pressures individuals feel when attempting to participate in different ...
Searching for the Black Woman’s Identity in Alice Walker’s Fiction
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-19)
This thesis explores the role literature written by African American women has in identity development and the dispelling of society--driven stereotypes. This includes the examination of the way the passing of knowledge ...
VARIOUS METHODS OF NOTE-TAKING AND HOW THEY COMPARE IN TERMS OF INFORMATION RETENTION
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-26)
The use of electronic devices to take classroom notes rather than writing them using pencil and paper is increasingly common. Previous studies have attempted to establish a connection between the use of devices in the ...
Influence of Childhood Maltreatment Severity on Aggressive Behavior Outcomes
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-26)
Childhood maltreatment contributes to a vast array of mental and behavioral health problems in youth. Children who are victims of childhood maltreatment are at an increased risk of engaging in aggressive behavior. This ...
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF LARVAL PHENOTYPES ON TRAITS EXHIBITED AT A CRUCIAL LIFE-HISTORY SWITCH POINT
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-25)
In organisms with complex life histories, phenotypes exhibited in non-reproductive life stages are often correlated with adult performance and fitness. For example, in anurans (frogs and toads), age and size at metamorphosis ...
MATERIALIZING MAKERSPACES: QUEERLY COMPOSING SPACE, TIME, AND (WHAT) MATTERS
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-19)
This dissertation project explores makerspaces as non-traditional composing networks where makers work with (and against) unconventional digital and physical materials such as vinyl, cut paper, plastic filament, insects, ...
Microglial dysfunction as an early susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease: the exacerbating role of developmental toxicity
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-25)
The association between perturbations to neuroimmune development and susceptibility to adult neurodegenerative diseases, like Alzheimer's disease (AD), may undersore a putative pathogenic role for gradual microglial ...
Behavioral and genetic divergence among wild and domesticated populations of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-18)
Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) have been the subject of extensive neurological and behavioral research having served as the dominant model for vocal learning over half a century. Learned vocal communication, or vocal ...
Protection and Sensitization of Human Cells to Proton Radiation by Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-17)
In radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer, there is demand for novel approaches that will improve tumor cell killing while protecting healthy tissue. One such approach that has shown considerable promise is the ...
The Relationships Between Physical Capacity And Biomechanical Plasticity With Age During Level And Incline Walking
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-11)
Old compared to young adults exhibit a distal-to-proximal redistribution of joint contributions to support phase mechanics during level and incline walking. Although this biomechanical plasticity is now well established ...