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Effectiveness of the Nintendo® Wii Fit™ games on the balance of a community-dwelling older adult in Eastern North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2011)
The aim of this study was to determine if the Nintendo® Wii Fit™ was an effective and motivating modality for fall prevention with an older adult who has MG and lives in Eastern North Carolina. With the increasing number ...
Risk Assessment and Behavioral Choices of Larval Anurans (Lithobates Sphenocephalus)
(2011-04)
Larval anurans assess risk and make behavioral choices to avoid predation. Since antipredator behaviors may reduce foraging opportunities, prey behavioral decisions can be constrained by a tradeoff between survival and ...
CHARLES JOHNSON, THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, AND CIVIL RIGHTS IN MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Charles Johnson, an African American minister in the predominately white denomination of the Church of the Nazarene, was a leader in the civil rights movement in Meridian, Mississippi. He had to navigate the rather ...
The Role of Self-Efficacy and Possible Selves as Related to Personal Goals in an Employee Wellness Program
(East Carolina University, 2011)
The aim of the present study was to explore the role of self-efficacy and possible selves in relation to the attainment of personal goals for participants of an employee wellness program. Also investigated was whether any ...
Policy Reforms Targeting Care for Older Adults in Lithuania
(East Carolina University, 2011)
This thesis project investigates policy reforms surrounding the care of older people in post-socialist Lithuania. It is argued that institutional arrangements inherited from the socialist era were shaped by indigenous ...
SEPARATION AND ANALYSIS OF PRESERVATIVES IN SKINCARE CREAMS BY HIGH TEMPERATURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY AND SUBCRITICAL WATER CHROMATOGRAPHY
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Preservatives are chemicals with antimicrobial activity commonly added to foods, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics in order to prolong products' shelf life and to protect the consumer from potential infection. Parabens, the ...
Using Vulnerability and Planning Data to Measure Resilience in Coastal North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Along the coast of North Carolina, development has put tremendous stress on already delicate natural systems. Consisting almost entirely of barrier islands, this region is highly dynamic and subject to a variety of acute ...
Analyzing Resident Place Satisfaction in a Tourist Destination through Auto-Photography : The Case of Southern Shores, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Resident place satisfaction in tourist destinations lies at the heart of the movement toward more socially sustainable development. Addressing the place-based views and concerns of residents is necessary for maintaining ...
Stratigraphy and Petroleum Geology of the Blue Monday Sandstone, Central West Virginia
(East Carolina University, 2011)
The Upper Mississippian Blue Monday sandstone is a primarily gas producing unit found in several central West Virginia gas fields. The purpose of this study was to characterize the stratigraphy and petroleum geology as ...
Functional and Structural Sediment Connectivity within a Recently Burned Basin
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Human populations have continued their unrelenting expansion into the wildland-urban interface and in locales which are prone to wildfire, the risk of secondary hazards associated with wildfires such as debris flows and ...