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Evaluating Two Measures of Postural Stability in Response to Perturbations in People with Diabetic Neuropathy
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Diabetic neuropathy is a common complication of diabetes. It is characterized by a marked decrease in proprioception, particularly in the lower body. This reduced proprioception leads to an increase in falls risk in this ...
Workplace Mentoring : The Roles of Humor Style Agreement, Humor Frequency, and Positive Mentor Humor Style
(East Carolina University, 2013)
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the roles of humor style agreement, humor frequency, and positive mentor humor style in workplace mentoring relationships. The author hypothesizes that the aforementioned ...
Generational Differences and Predictors of Variance in Marital Attitudes among Men
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The rise of cohabitation, premarital sex, childbearing outside of marriage, and a higher average age for first marriage allude to changes in the institution of marriage, and perhaps a changing society. According to a 2010 ...
Student-Faculty Interactions and College Adjustment as Predictors of Academic Achievement
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Student-faculty interactions and college adjustment were analyzed as predictors of academic achievement. Participants included undergraduate freshmen enrolled in an Introduction to Psychology course (N = 86) from a large ...
Establishing Validity for Measures of Executive Functioning and Behavior in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease
(East Carolina University, 2013)
This study examined the criterion validity of the Behavior Rating Inventory for Executive Functioning (BRIEF; Gioia, Isquith, Guy, & Kenworthy, 2000) and the Behavior Assessment System for Children, 2nd Edition (BASC-2; ...
Markov Chains, Random Walks, and Card Shuffling
(East Carolina University, 2016)
A common question in the study of random processes pertains to card shuffling. Whether or not a deck of cards is random can have huge implications on any game being played with those particular cards. This thesis explores ...
Geochemistry and Genesis of Late Paleoproterozoic Banded Iron Formations and Metamorphosed Chemical Precipitates Spatially Associated with Pb-Zn Broken Hill-type Mineralization near the Broken Hill Deposit, Curnamona Province, Australia
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Banded and massive iron formations (IFs) and garnet- and gahnite-quartz rocks are spatially associated with the giant, late Paleoproterozoic, Pb-Zn-Ag Broken Hill sulfide deposit and hundreds of minor Broken Hill-type ...
A Textual Edition of Donne's "The Cross" and the Implications of Establishing a Copy-text
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This thesis provides a copy-text for John Donne's poem "The Cross" based on all extant manuscript evidence. The first section is an introduction to the entire project. The second section of the thesis presents the rationale ...
Co-occurring ADHD and Substance Abuse : Substance Use Patterns, Motives and Executive Functioning
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Objective: This study examined potential differences between patients in outpatient treatment for substance use disorders with ADHD and those without ADHD. Previous research has indicated that there is a higher prevalence ...
Tribulation Enshrined
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This research and creative activity is a series of seven interactive art shrines called Tribulation Enshrined. Using my knowledge of Judeo-Christianity, my work compares that religious visual culture with art practices ...