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Notched Acoustic Stimulus and Tinnitus: A Treatment Intervention Using a Randomization Test Approach
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Musical training has considerable effects on human brain plasticity and music listening has been investigated as a means of treating tinnitus. In a laboratory setting, tailor-made notched music has been shown to reduce ...
Effects of Word Type, Orthographic Type, and Word Length on Decoding and Spelling Abilities of Fourth Graders with and without Reading Impairments
(East Carolina University, 2014)
The effects of word type (real, nonsense), orthographic type (phonetic, nonphonetic), and word length (1 to 5 syllables) on the decoding and spelling abilities (accuracy) of fourth-graders with and without reading impairments ...
How Does it Feel to be a Problem? : Race, Sexuality and the Black College
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This project examines the climate of the Historically Black College as it pertains to acceptance of sexual minorities. Many studies have tested for attitudes towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) groups ...
Temporal stability of the electronic version of the Motor-Free Visual Perception Test third edition (MVPT-3)
(East Carolina University, 2014)
In today's technology based society, children are learning information from digital devices and are currently being tested by paper assessments. New electronic assessments have been created to try to compensate for this ...
Symbolism in Messiaen's Oratorio : La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jesus-Christ
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This thesis will focus on the unity of rich numeric symbolism, religious text, and historical context of La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ by Olivier Messiaen. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was known for ...
The lived experience of obese employees who discontinued voluntary participation in a workplace weight loss challenge program : A qualitative study
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This phenomenological qualitative study, guided by Max van Manen, addressed the question, "What is the lived experience of obese employees who discontinued participation in a workplace weight loss challenge program in which ...
SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY AND MOVEMENT TECHNOLOGY IN COLLEGE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CLASSES
(East Carolina University, 2014)
The college-age population is not sufficiently physically active and physical activity declines markedly during the college years. Interventions in university and college settings are potential avenues for increasing ...
Formal Model To Reduce the Risk Of Cloud Outages
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Cloud outages have become very common in recent years as many companies adopt hosted services. One of the major reasons for cloud outages is the service level for availability, reliability, security not being met as mentioned ...
LEGISLATOR SUPPORT FOR NEW PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INITIATIVES : A CASE STUDY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This study addresses the need for leaders in public higher education to possess a general knowledge of how new initiatives in public higher education gain support from state legislators to advance and implement their ...
Augmented coronary vascular smooth muscle response to endothelin-1 exacerbates cardiac injury following pulmonary exposure to engineered nanomaterials
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) and 60-carbon fullerenes (C60) are important engineered nanoparticles (ENP) used across industry. Exposure to ENP potentially promotes cardiovascular detriments. The hypotheses that ...