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Examining the Relationship Between Supports for Youth Development and School Connectedness in a Police Athletic League After School Program
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)For the past twenty years, research and practice in recreation and after-school services have utilized the positive youth development (PYD) framework. PYD is guided by principles that emphasize investing in youth through ... -
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENT ONE OF JENNIFER HIGDON’S VIOLIN CONCERTO
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962) is quickly becoming one of the most performed and sought after American composers of our time. Her works have been played by all major American orchestras, along with several major European ... -
SYMPHONY NO. 2 “SYMPHONY OF CHORALES” BY LUKAS FOSS: A STUDY IN COLLAGE AND MUSICAL BORROWING
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)In his second symphony, the Symphony of Chorales (1958), Foss seems to be struggling to merge two identities, his Stravinskian Neoclassicism and his improvisation-influenced experimentalism. The mature Foss is first able ... -
Understanding Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator Use and Activity Level in Pediatric Populations
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)Research suggests that most patients utilize WCDs appropriately. However, very little is known about pediatric cardiac patients prescribed a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD). In other pediatric cardiac populations, ... -
SOCIAL REGULATION OF THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM IN ZEBRAFISH MOTOR CIRCUITS
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)Social status-dependent modulation of neural circuits has been investigated extensively in vertebrate and invertebrate systems. However, the effect of social status on shifting the balance in activation between competing ... -
Prisons and Pollutant Plumes: A Spatial Analysis of LULU Coexistence
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)Prison facilities and other locally unwanted land uses (LULUs) lead to a number of health, environmental, and socio-economic impacts on the local community. Prison facilities and other LULUs tend to be sited in locations ... -
Motion-Based Segmentation of Medical MRI Images: A Review and Analysis
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)Image data produced in medical field assists doctors, surgeons and researchers to study muscle and tissue structure to identify and diagnose patient specific diseases and deficiency. Due to the complexity of muscle ... -
Future Flood Risk Perceptions Following Hurricane Matthew: A Study of Eastern North Carolinians
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)Floods are one of the most dangerous weather-related hazard events in the world. A flood event can develop quickly and cause catastrophic damage to life and property. Residents adequately preparing for floods can help ... -
Dynamic and Thermodynamic Mechanisms for the Onset of the Southeastern United States Convective Season
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)The southeastern United States (SE US) receives ample precipitation year-round. In the winter, precipitation primarily comes from synoptic-scale baroclinic systems and cold fronts. Meanwhile, precipitation in the summer ... -
Pharmacological Regulation of Neural Circuit Formation in hIPSC-Derived Neurons and ‘Mini-Brains’
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)Emerging evidence suggests that altered neural connectivity, particularly at the level of synaptic connections, contributes to the pathology of many neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases. For instance, post-mortem ... -
Sense of Community in the Campus Recreation Setting: Fostering Community as a Strategy for Student Retention
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)Institutions of higher education invest significant amounts of money building state-of-the-art campus recreation facilities in an environment where student fees and debt are increasing, while graduation and retention are ... -
LATENCY OF FIRST OFFICE DISCIPLINE REFERRALS AMONG YOUTH RECEIVING INDIVIDUAL THERAPY IN SCHOOLS
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-23)Youth who experience mental illness can exhibit disruptive behavior in the school setting which is frequently not recognized as a result of internal struggle. For the estimated 20% of school-aged youth who experience mental ... -
Role of antidepressants in fetal synapse formation in Autism Spectrum Disorders
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-23)Autism is a genetically complex neurodevelopmental disorder in which patients exhibit social deficits in both verbal and non-verbal forms of communication and display restricted and repetitive behaviors. Approximately 1 ... -
Knowledge Discovery for Clinical Decision Support System in Patient Records
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-23)Knowledge discovery from the patient's health records is a challenging task for the medical specialists. The knowledge generated from the patient's records can assist specialists to make an effective decision and recommend ... -
College Spillover Effects; Reassessing Whites' Racial Beliefs and Policy Attitudes
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-23)College educated people hold distinct racial beliefs and policy attitudes from people who did not attend college. The current study examines "College Spillover Effects." Specifically, does the effect of a college education ... -
Fluorescent Derivatives of Prostamides: Tools for Studying Anti-Cancer Activity
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-23)The endocannabinoid arachidonoyl ethanolamide (AEA) and prostaglandins derived from it selectively induce apoptosis in tumorigenic cell lines due to overexpression of COX-2. It is likely that a novel J-series prostamide, ... -
A "Black Body Electric" - African American Rhetoric(s) and the Hip-Hop Aesthetic: Claudia Rankine's Citizen, Beyonce Knowles' Lemonade, and Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-23)This work examines the formalistic shifts in contemporary African American literature through a hip-hop lens. No longer following the status quo regarding genre or voice, these texts manage to reposition Black writing by ... -
ANALYSIS OF TRANSGENIC MOUSE MODELS TO STUDY MAMMALIAN SPERMATOGONIA
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-24)Spermatogenesis in the mammalian testis results in the daily production of millions of spermatozoa. This developmental process is founded upon the actions of a small population of spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs). As SSCs ... -
Representations of Queen Victoria's Agency in Films and Miniseries
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-24)This thesis examines the representations of Queen Victoria's agency through films and miniseries. For the selection of the films and miniseries had to be released in the twentieth century and present Queen Victoria in a ... -
The Health and Medical Care of Enslaved African Americans at Somerset Place, 1839-1863
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-24)Somerset Place was one of the largest plantations in North Carolina at the end of the Antebellum period. The owner of Somerset Place, Josiah Collins III, owned the third largest slave plantation in the state. Slaves at ...