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BIOMECHANICAL ALTERATIONS DURING THE SNATCH MOVEMENT AFTER REPEATED REPETITIONS
(East Carolina University, 2021-08-09)
High Intensity Weightlifting (HIW) is a style of exercise that utilizes one of the two Olympic weightlifting movements, the snatch. The majority of HIW workouts are scored by time and have a goal to do the required repetitions ...
TOWARDS A LOW-COST VISION SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME PAVEMENT CONDITION ASSESSMENT
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-22)
Pavement condition assessment is typically performed through manual inspections and specialized hardware and software. Although advances in camera and sensing technology in the last decade helped propel the automation of ...
Investigation of Nonhydrolyzable ATP Analogues and Cofilin-Derived Peptides for Inhibition of Cofilin-Actin Rod Formation
(East Carolina University, 2021-08-02)
Actin-Cofilin rods are an important marker of neurodegenerative disease and are commonly observed in the neurons of patients with Alzheimer's disease. The goal of this research is to investigate peptide and small-molecules ...
Alpha Taxonomy of Eocene Primates from the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-30)
The identification of the alpha taxonomy of an extinct species is the first step towards understanding its evolutionary history and relationships with other organisms. Alpha taxonomy refers to the initial classification ...
Formal Sex Education on Consent, Sexual Assault, and IPV: An Evaluation of Students' Experiences and Subsequent Attitudes/Behaviors
(East Carolina University, 2021-06-22)
Given the high rates of sexual assault (SA) and intimate partner violence (IPV) in adolescence and young adulthood, it is critical to understand potential points of intervention to reduce victimization and perpetration ...
G Protein-Coupled Receptor Signaling in Growth and Inflammation of Vascular Smooth Muscle
(East Carolina University, 2021-06-22)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and worldwide. The exaggerated release of serine proteases and reduced blood flow and ensuing development of extracellular ...
Framing exercise : the impacts on self-efficacy, other-efficacy, and anticipated affect
(East Carolina University, 2021-06-11)
Physical inactivity is a national issue with over 75% of Americans being insufficiently active (Leavitt, 2008). To promote exercise, different framing techniques have been utilized (Chen, 2012), with some evidence indicating ...
Inpatient Rehabilitation Services and Physical Activity Level
(East Carolina University, 2021-06-24)
Rationale: Patients in inpatient rehabilitation facilities are required to attend three hours of therapy on five of seven consecutive days. The members of the rehabilitation team including occupational and physical therapists, ...
AN INCREASE IN LOWER EXTREMITY INJURY AS A RESULT OF COGNITIVE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFECITS OF CONCUSSION
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-01)
Purpose: Sport-related concussions have shown to have effects on self-efficacy, oculomotor performance, reaction time and an increased risk of lower extremity injury. Most studies have been conducted to test the effects ...
The small GTPase Ran and β-importins Tnpo-SR and Cadmus promote ovarian cyst formation in Drosophila
(East Carolina University, 2021-06-14)
Germ cells follow a precise and coordinated molecular timeline to produce a viable oocyte. While undergoing mitotic expansion via incomplete cytokinesis, cysts of undifferentiated cells form and remain interconnected prior ...