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PERFORMANCE OF A NEAR SHORE OSCILLATING WAVE SURGE CONVERTER WITH VARIABLE FLAP CONFIGURATIONS
(East Carolina University, 2021-12-03)
Most oscillating wave surge converters (OWSCs) are designed to enter survival mode during energetic wave conditions where they forego the opportunity to extract energy in an attempt to preserve structural integrity. While ...
An Investigation of the Underlying Mechanism in Insulin Aggregation and Fibrillogenesis with Chelators
(East Carolina University, 2021-11-30)
Amyloid is a proteastasis condition implicated in more than 50 different diseases. At the core of it is the protein structural modifications that leads to assembly of protein molecules into a unique cross-[beta] structure. ...
Analyzing Drivers of Compound Coastal Water Events (CCWE) with Copulas: A Case Study in Eastern North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2021-12-15)
Compound Coastal Water Events (CCWE) are a type of multi-hazard climate event characterized by three different types of flooding: Tidal, Fluvial, and Pluvial. To differentiate between these types, tidal is caused by extreme ...
BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGE AND SEDIMENTOLOGICAL CHANGES WITHIN THE PLIOCENE YORKTOWN FORMATION, SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA
(East Carolina University, 2021-12-03)
The Pliocene Yorktown Formation consists of four distinct lithologic units that record three marine transgressive sequences along the U.S. mid-Atlantic margin. The Sunken Meadow Member was deposited during the Zanclean ...
RE-ENGINEERING ATLAS SYSTEMS WITH WATLAS
(East Carolina University, 2021-12-01)
The ATLAS language is a legacy language that currently runs on OpenVMS systems. Here, we describe a Windows-based system for re-engineering existing ATLAS applications, transforming them into equivalent C# source code that ...
Implementing Transportation Planning With Older Adults After Driving Cessation: Observing Community Mobility, Social Participation, and Quality of Life
(East Carolina University, 2021-12-02)
Purpose: This study explored potential best practices in transportation planning and the influence of transportation planning on older adults who are facing driving retirement, specifically in supporting social participation ...
CARRYING DIGITAL INNOVATION FORWARD: BENEFITS AND BARRIERS OF DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS IN ART EDUCATION
(East Carolina University, 2021-12-03)
Digital art portfolios meet the developing technological needs of art teachers while retaining historical benefits. The purpose of this study was to examine the gravity of the benefits and solutions to barriers to digital ...
Arrangement of dermal chromatophore units in a polymorphic species, Ranitomeya imitator
(East Carolina University, 2021-12-03)
In the 1980s, Rainer Schulte became the first to describe a species of poison frog living in the Amazon rainforest: Ranitomeya imitator. Schulte's classification of R. imitator as a single species sparked immediate ...
I Don't Wanna Die
(East Carolina University, 2021-12-03)
This story attempts to shine a light on the injustices faced by the LGBT community through the tale of an aspiring Drag Queen. Fed up with his mundane life as a Universal park employee by day and bus boy by night, Cameron ...
The Influence of Acculturative Discrepancies on Negative Affect, Drinking to Cope, and Drinking Behavior in Latinas
(East Carolina University, 2021-11-29)
Studies have regularly found that acculturation disproportionality places Latinx women, as compared to Latinx men, at an increased risk for maladaptive drinking behaviors, such as increased drinking frequency, binge drinking, ...