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An Information-Theoretic Approach to Cellular Decision-Making Strategies: How Rate Distortion Theory Provides an Optimal Method for Describing Binary Cellular Decision-Making Systems
(2014)Rate distortion theory, a branch of information theory, was originally developed to help improve the efficiency of data transmission in telecommunications. It's currently being used as a major modeling method to provide ... -
“The Ingenious Unravelling of Evidence”: Empathy, Extinction, and Wells’s The Croquet Player
(2019-09-01)While we are increasingly challenged to imagine a world without humans, we have also become increasingly attentive to the subject of empathy, in popular culture, the humanities, and the sciences. In The Time Machine (1895), ... -
Inherent Fibrin Fiber Tension Propels Mechanisms of Network Clearance During Fibrinolysis
(2020-02-25)Proper wound healing necessitates both coagulation (the formation of a blood clot) and fibrinolysis (the dissolution of a blood clot). A thrombus resistant to clot dissolution can obstruct blood flow, leading to vascular ... -
Inherent fibrin fiber tension propels mechanisms of network clearance during fibrinolysis
(2020-04-15)Proper wound healing necessitates both coagulation (the formation of a blood clot) and fibrinolysis (the dissolution of a blood clot). A thrombus resistant to clot dissolution can obstruct blood flow, leading to vascular ... -
Inhibitory and oxidative effects of gossypol on MCF7 Breast Cancer cells in vitro
(East Carolina University, 2013)Human cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States and breast cancer is responsible for the second highest number of deaths in women with cancer worldwide. Today, cancer is becoming more and more ... -
Iniquities
(East Carolina University, 2015)This thesis is a representative collection of short stories that I have written as part of my Master's requirements. The four pieces included demonstrate the overarching style, length, and major themes of much of my recent ... -
Insecticides Alter the Ability of Predator Assemblages to Suppress Prey
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)Agrochemicals are often deposited into freshwater bodies via rainfall and snowmelt events and can have consequences for populations and communities. Insecticides in aquatic systems can cause mortality, behavioral, and ... -
Insight Into the Location of DNA Xenobiotic Damage by Mass Spectrometry
(2014)Damage to DNA by a bioactivated xenobiotic typically occurs at specific sites within the genome, called hotspots. An example of this is benzo[a]-pyrene (BP), a xenobiotic that enters the body via cigarette smoking. ... -
INSIGHTS INTO THE HABITAT AND BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE FEDERALLY ENDANGERED HERBACEOUS PLANT, THALICTRUM COOLEYI, AHLES
(East Carolina University, 2015)Thalictrum cooleyi Ahles (Cooley's meadowrue, Ranunculaceae) is a dioecious species, endemic to fire-dependent, wet pine savannas of the southeastern US. T. cooleyi was listed as federally endangered in 1989; knowledge ... -
Installation of Metal-Binding Functionality at Lysine Residues via Azide-Alkyne "Click Chemistry"
(2015-04-29)A novel non-natural amino acid designed to bind divalent metal ions, dubbed Lys(PYRIT), was prepared in a “click reaction” by treating Fmoc-Lys(N3)-OH with 2-ethynylpyridine and Cu(I). It was incorporated into a 12-residue ... -
Institutional Betrayal: Students' Experiences with Formally Reporting a College Sexual Assault
(East Carolina University, 2020-11-06)Nearly one in five U.S. college women will experience a sexual assault while enrolled in college (Cantor et al., 2015; Jordan et al., 2014; Muehlenhard et al., 2017; Zinzow et al., 2010). Following a sexual assault, many ... -
Integral Captions and Subtitles: Designing a Space for Embodied Rhetorics and Visual Access
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-28)This dissertation challenges the conventions of adding static captions to the bottom of videos and instead advocates for designing integral captions and integral subtitles that interact with bodies, sound, and other modes ... -
An Integrated Method for Monitoring Material Transport in a Coupled Land-Estuary System Following a Dynamic Storm Event : The Neuse River and Estuary, NC and Hurricane Irene
(East Carolina University, 2013)Coastal aquatic environments are complex and dynamic systems that are influenced by both marine and terrestrial processes such as waves, tides, winds and freshwater discharge. Rivers are conduits that transport freshwater ...