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The 'Loose Dreadnoughts': South America's Struggle for Naval Preeminence
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-26)
Near the beginning of the twentieth century, the three prevailing powers in South America--Argentina, Brazil, and Chile--engaged in a naval arms race centered around the revolutionary "dreadnought" warship type, which were ...
Anything is Possible
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-26)
Love is like an Ironman Triathlon - filled with highs and lows, way longer and tougher than a marathon and a hundred and fourteen times more worth it. Henry and Allison clicked from the moment they met in the TV newsroom ...
THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHILDHOOD IN AMERICAN FILMS (1927-2018)
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)
This study explored the social construction of childhood in American films from 1927-2018. A content analysis of 30 films was conducted. The sample consisted of films that were near the top of the list of the highest ...
Localization of soniferous fish using a sparse hydrophone array and conventional steered response power method
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)
A sparse seven-channel hydrophone array was deployed in intertidal marsh creeks located within the North-Inlet-Winyah-Bay Nature Reserve at Baruch Marine Field Laboratory in Hobcaw Barony, Georgetown, South Carolina, USA. ...
Incidents in Educational and Academic Chemistry Laboratories: A Comparative Case Study Project
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)
For this thesis, eleven published case studies of laboratory incidents that involved hazardous chemicals and occurred at primary educational and academic institutions were compared. The important information on the incident ...
Visual Search Strategies of Elite Baseball Players During a Baseball Hitting Task
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-26)
Baseball batting is a cognitively demanding interceptive timing task that requires precision and power. Due to the quick duration of an at-bat, anticipatory visual cues and predictive eye movements are needed to have an ...
Impact of Attachment on the Relationship Between Emotion-Regulation, Body Satisfaction, and Compulsive Exercise in Female College Athletes
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)
Guided by attachment theory and social comparison theory, this study examines the impact of attachment on the relationship between emotion regulation, body satisfaction, and compulsive exercise in female college athletes. ...
FUNCTIONS OF G-PROTEIN COUPLED ESTROGEN RECEPTOR (GPER) IN FEMALE ZEBRAFISH REPRODUCTION
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-27)
Abstract
Steroid hormones such as estrogen depend on receptors like Estrogen Receptor alpha (ERα) and Estrogen Receptor (ERβ) to mediate their slow “genomic” functions, and G-Protein coupled Estrogen Receptor (GPER) to ...
Fear Not This Body
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-26)
Body shame is an insidious part of Western culture. As a fat woman, I am intent upon expressing and sharing the beauty of bodies that are commonly vilified in an effort to combat that shame. In my MFA thesis exhibition, I ...
Search to Recover: Simulating the Site Formation Process of the 1733 Fleet
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)
Archaeological surveys and interpretive efforts rely upon personal observations and second-hand sources--historical documentation, oral histories, and eye-witness accounts-- for information about shipwreck events. These ...