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Assessment of Insecticide Resistance to Organophosphates and Pyrethroids in Aedes aegypti
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)
Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of pathogens such as Zika, dengue, yellow fever and chikungunya viruses, making mosquito control for this species a vital part of protecting public health. Pesticides used to control the ...
EFFECT OF TUTORING ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF MINORITY ADOLESCENTS IN A LOW SOCIOECONOMIC AREA
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)
There are a number of studies that focus on how minority students are negatively impacted by the effects of stereotype threat. Black students are typically the most noted group of students affected. I hypothesized that ...
Modeling and Prediction of Cryptocurrency Prices Using Machine Learning Techniques
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)
With the introduction of Bitcoin in the year 2008 as the first practical decentralized cryptocurrency, the interest in cryptocurrencies and their underlying technology, Blockchain, has skyrocketed. Their promise of security, ...
de Materia Medica
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)
Until the development of conventional medical practices, more commonly known as Western Medicine, or Allopathy, the practice of herbalism has been used for thousands of years throughout many cultures around the world. ...
An Examination of North Carolina Music Educators' Preferences of Musical Competencies
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)
The purpose of this study was to examine (a) musical competencies that North Carolina music educators believe are the most important to developing musicians, (b) which musical competencies are taught most often in the ...
Executive Functioning Deficits in the Transdiagnostic Process of Multidimensional Perfectionism
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-02)
Background: Recent research has demonstrated that a variety of types of psychopathology, including depression, anxiety, eating pathology, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, are characterized by cognitive deficits in executive ...
A Study to Increase Female Minority STEM Efficacy and Engagement at the Northeast Academy for Aerospace and Advanced Technologies
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-10)
This study was designed to improve the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) efficacy and engagement of middle school minority females in a during-school and after-school all-girl peer support group. ...
Editorial Peer Review as a Content-Shaping Mechanism in Technical Communication Journal Scholarship
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-19)
Editorial peer review serves multiple functions in academic journal publishing including gatekeeping, quality control, and mentoring. As representatives of a discipline and its body of knowledge, peer reviewers evaluate ...
MINORITY STRESS, RISKY BEHAVIORS, AND SEXUAL SCRIPTING AMONG TRANSGENDER COLLEGE STUDENTS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-11)
Despite more transgender and gender nonconforming students entering college, little is known about their minority stress and resilience experiences or about how minority stress and resilience factors influence their sexual ...
THE THERAPEUTIC ROLE OF RHO GTPASES IN TUMORIGENESIS AND CHEMOTHEARPY-INDUCED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-15)
With the advancement of chemotherapy drugs, the general life expectancy of cancer patients has drastically improved. However, persistent side effects, such as chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), often severely ...