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Ability of the Functional Movement Screen™ to Predict Injuries and Performance in Collegiate Track and Field Athletes
(East Carolina University, 1/13/16)The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) is a tool designed to identify limitations and compensatory movement patterns of individuals in order to help improve performance and decrease injuries. While research has demonstrated ... -
Academic and Behavioral Effects of Self-Regulated Strategy Development on Children with Writing Difficulties and ADHD Symptoms
(East Carolina University, 2015)Although children of all ability levels underperform in writing proficiency according to national testing, and children with disabilities are perform at very low levels (below basic), the area of effective writing skills ... -
Academic Cyberloafing: A Study of Perceptual and Behavioral Differences on In-Class Cyberloafing Among Undergraduate Students
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)The purpose of this study was to observe if any significant correlations exist between demographic characteristics and cyberloafing attitudes, as well as cyberloafing behaviors among undergraduate students. No significant ... -
ACCEPTABILITY, PERCEIVED USAGE AND PREFERENCE OF DIRECT BEHAVIOR RATINGS (DBR) AMONG SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS
(East Carolina University, 2011)This study was designed to examine the perceived usage of Direct Behavior Rating (DBR) among school psychologists through acceptability, feasibility, understanding and system support. In addition, specific preferences of ... -
The Acquisition of a Plastid by Haptophytes, Cryptophytes, and Photosynthetic Heterokonts
(East Carolina University, 2014)Red algae and green plants are known to have obtained their photosynthetic organelles, or plastids, through the endosymbiotic adoption of cyanobacteria. It is still widely debated as to how other eukaryotic alga such as ... -
ACTING "WHITE": THE UNSPOKEN, UNDERSTOOD HIERARCHY OF BLACKNESS
(East Carolina University, 2020-01-09)This thesis will examine how a variety of extenuating factors serve to complicate a black person's self-identity, as well as determine acceptance or exclusion from the black community in the United States. The introductory ... -
Activation of GPR4 by acidosis inhibits tumor cell migration, invasion and metastasis.
(East Carolina University, 2011)Melanoma and Prostate Cancer are two of the most diagnosed forms of cancer in the United States. The ability to metastasize and colonize in a distant location is one of the most devastating hallmarks of cancer as modes ... -
Activation of the proton sensing G-protein coupled receptor, GPR4, regulates focal adhesion dynamics and delays cell spreading due to increased cytoskeletal tension
(East Carolina University, 2013)The tumor microenvironment is characteristically acidic due to insufficient blood perfusion, chronic inflammation, hypoxia, and altered cell metabolism. The low pH found in the tumor microenvironment may facilitate the ...