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Baby Boomer Adoption of Healthcare Apps
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
In 2015, approximately 500 million smart phone users were estimated to use some type of health-related app. These apps are developed intending to promote health and wellness behavior in users. However, the simple availability ...
UNDERSTANDING HOMOSEXUAL IDENTITIES IN MODERN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE: AN ANALYSIS OF RAINBOW BOYS, OPENLY STRAIGHT, AND BOY MEETS BOY
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Alex Sanchez, Bill Koningsberg, and David Levithan hold a large market share of the young adult (YA) literary genre that feature homosexual young men. These authors have written characters that use broad terms like masculine ...
Social Support among Mothers Enrolled in a Physical Activity Intervention
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
PURPOSE: Previous studies have shown that mothers does not participate in recommended amounts of physical activity. Research has identified many factors associated with physical activity among mothers and social support ...
Analysis of Testing Approaches for Web Applications Based on Each Choice and Pairwise Methods
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-25)
Time and quality are important factors when determining the proper approach for software testing. A software program can often be used in various environments (different platforms, operating systems, browsers, networks, ...
Distant Transmissions
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-19)
Shortwave radio and the Space Race technology of the 1950's and 1960's cultivated intensely individual and collective cultural experiences that encouraged us to explore the unknown. My research on shortwave radio and space ...
No Thaw This Spring: The Competing Values of Lyndon Johnson and Alexander Dubcek
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-04)
American scholars have shown considerable interest in the geopolitical consequences of the Czechoslovak reform movement now known as the Prague Spring. Research has focused on the Soviet decision to put a stop to the ...
Postmortem Archaeology: Reinterpreting Salvaged Sites using the CSS Neuse as a Case Study
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-19)
Traditionally, salvaged wreck sites are disregarded by academia because contextual data are lost without detailed measured site maps. When these sites are ignored, the information that can be gained from individual artifacts ...
Climate Change Alters Trophic Interactions in Coastal Ecosystems
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-04)
Understanding the effects of multiple anthropogenic changes on local ecosystems is important for understanding community interactions. Because they lie at the interface between the land and sea coastal ecosystems are often ...
Nickel as a mutagen and as an enabler of EMS genotoxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans
(East Carolina University, 2016-01-15)
Nickel is found naturally and vital for survival of some organisms. Nickel occurs as a metal as insoluble compounds and soluble compounds. Nickel exposure has increased due to urbanization from various sources including ...
“DASH AT THE ENEMY!”: THE USE OF MODERN NAVAL THEORY TO EXAMINE THE BATTLEFIELD AT ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2016-01-15)
Immediately following the Union victory at Roanoke Island (7-8 February 1862), Federal naval forces advanced north to the Pasquotank River and the town of Elizabeth City, North Carolina where remnants of the Confederate ...