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Destination Recreation : A Generational Exploration of Psychographic Characteristics related to Vacation Recreation Activity Preferences
(East Carolina University, 2013)
This study investigated the association between the preferred vacation recreation activities of different generations of travelers and their individual psychographic profile characteristics as based on Stanley Plog's (1972) ...
20M Sprint Capacity Test, a component of the Wheelchair Sports Performance Test : A Smartwheel ® Technology Field Validation Pilot Study
(East Carolina University, 2013)
The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the relationships between the 20M Sprint Capacity Test utilizing SmartWheel® technology and other speed evaluation techniques. The goal of the 20M Sprint Capacity Test is to ...
GILLNET CALIBRATION FOR SPINY DOGFISH ABUNDANCE ASSESSMENT
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) is one of the most abundant species in the Northwest Atlantic however; the stocks collapsed in the late 1990s and were declared overfished April 3, 1998 by the Atlantic States Marine ...
Foraminifera as indicators of hypoxia off Southwest Pass, Mississippi Delta, Gulf of Mexico?
(East Carolina University, 2013)
The continental shelf west of the Mississippi River Delta (the Louisiana Bight) experiences seasonal hypoxia that has been increasing in frequency since the second half of the 20th century due to anthropogenic influence. ...
Genetic and hypoxic effects on germline tumor development in caenorhabditis elegans
(East Carolina University, 2013)
The process of differentiation of stem cells to committed, progenitor specific cell types is well studied but the reverse process of the dedifferentiation of these committed cells back to the undifferentiated state still ...
Intercultural Contact, Communication Apprehension, and Social Perspective Taking
(East Carolina University, 2013)
This research examined the relationship between intergroup contact, intercultural communication apprehension, and social perspective taking. Participants were students taking a course which facilitates interactions between ...
FACTORS RELATED TO SELF-ESTEEM IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE
(East Carolina University, 2013)
The literature suggests that children and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at risk of lower self-esteem than healthy peers. Research on factors predicting low self-esteem in children and adolescents with SCD ...
The Effect of Injury Prevention Training Programs on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Team Sport Athletes
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Objective: We sought to conduct a meta-analysis to determine whether neuromuscular training programs are effective at reducing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. A secondary purpose was to identify and describe ...
THE EFFECT OF CONTRACTILE ACTIVITY AND SUBSTRATE CHALLENGES ON METABOLIC FLEXIBILITY IN HUMAN PRIMARY MYOTUBES
(East Carolina University, 2013)
The skeletal muscle of severely obese individuals (BMI > 40 kg/m²) is characterized by a depressed ability to oxidize fatty acids and a failure to upregulate fatty acid oxidation (FAO) in response to increased lipid ...
An Exploration of Marital Health and Stress Among Military Couples
(East Carolina University, 2013)
There are approximately 1.5 million active duty service members in today's military (Department of Defense [DoD], 2010) and approximately 726,000 (56.4%) of these individuals are married (DoD, 2010). Although the military ...