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Physical Activity and Obesity’s Relationship with Motor Skills in Children Ages 3 – 5 Years Old: National Youth Fitness Survey
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-02)
Purpose: The purpose of this study was 3-fold: (a) to examine the relationship between physical activity (PA) and motor skills in children ages 3-5 years old, (b) to examine the relationship between obesity and motor skills ...
CHICANA POETRY OF RESISTANCE: GALVÁN RODRÍGUEZ EXTENDING THE MESTIZA CONSCIOUSNESS AND ENCOURAGING POLITICAL ACTIVISM THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-24)
This thesis presents an analysis of Chicana poetry of resistance by poet and activist Odilia Galván Rodríguez. Specifically, I examine three poems--"Geographic Dreaming or What it Means to be Chicana," "Collecting Thoughts ...
Exploring the Effects of Hurricane Matthew: Perceptions of Elementary Educators
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-01)
Natural disasters have a traumatic impact that is pronounced in vulnerable populations such as children and areas of low socio-economic status. Children experience secondary effects from disasters such as anxiety, depression, ...
Anxiety and College Students: The Benefits of Mindfulness Based Mediation
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-24)
Approximately 62% of college students report experiencing anxiety during the past 12 months (American College Health Association [ACHA], 2016). Of those students, approximately 27% stated that their anxiety had taken a ...
Risk Assessment and Recommendations for Foresters Exposure to Hymenoptera
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-02)
Ants, bees, hornets, wasps, and yellow jackets, collectively in the Order Hymenoptera, are a serious concern to outdoor workers as their stings have the potential to cause life-threatening allergic reactions. This study ...
Impact of Mosquito Age and Insecticide Exposure on Vector Competence of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) for Zika Virus
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-27)
Zika virus (ZIKV) can cause birth defects in humans and is a serious global public health concern. This arbovirus is primarily transmitted to humans by Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes; however, it can also be ...
Between the Reservation and Me: Race Identity in the Works of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sherman Alexie
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-01)
I will be analyzing the works of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sherman Alexie, primarily as these works relate to how both authors tackle the issue of racial identity, as well its affect on their writing. In order to accommodate ...
Modeling and Analysis of SQL Queries in PHP Systems
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-19)
PHP is a common language used for creating dynamic websites. These websites often include the use of databases to store data, with embedded SQL queries constructed within the PHP code and executed through the use of database ...
Behavioral syndromes and their effect on dispersal in Notonecta irrorata
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-23)
Dispersal is an important life-history characteristic for many organisms, including in the genus of back-swimming insect Notonecta. The propensity to disperse is a behavior that might be affected by an individual's other ...
Adverse
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-27)
The role of the photograph in the conversation of mental illness is fraught with misrepresentation. Since its infancy the photographic image has been used as a means of portraying those living with mental illness as frail, ...