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Universal Language
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-08)
Universal language is the language that everyone can use to communicate with others without considering their spoken language. Nonverbal communication is an effective, universal method of successful communication. The ...
The effect of the Achilles tendon moment arm on knee joint contact force
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-29)
Musculoskeletal (MSK) models are used extensively in the study of human movement. The validity of a given MSK model is affected by the architectural features of the system. The Achilles tendon moment arm is one important ...
PROPRIETARIES, PRIVATEERS, AND PIRATES: America’s Forgotten Golden Age
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Scholars have usually treated all pirates as the same, regardless of class and education. Gentleman privateers and merchants from Jamaica, Bermuda, and other English cities of the West Indies, however, varied in cultivation, ...
Navigating Historical Waters: A Study of the Pilots and Original Settlers of Ocracoke Island
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-04)
Ocracoke Inlet and the surrounding islands have a long and rich history, stretching back to the Europeans' first settlements of the Carolinas, and is the only inlet that has remained open since the colonial period. The ...
Between the Lines
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-27)
This serial television script has a pilot episode and a follow-up episode. The series follows a group of African American college friends in their adult lives. Each member of the group has a secret they need to keep hidden ...
Workaholism and Aggressive Behavior: The Potential Moderating Effect of Perfectionism
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
The current study aims to fill a gap in the research on aggression in the workplace and the presence of workaholism. Past research does not answer the more specific question of what the relationship, if any, is between ...
A validated protocol to quantify severity of male urogenital feminization using the MOUSE (Mouse objective urethral severity evaluation)
(2016-06-13)
Background
Congenital abnormalities vary in presentation, yet studies using model organisms tend to focus on occurrence rather than severity of the defect. Scoring severity of abnormalities in model systems allows explicit ...
Making Land With Pirates
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Privateer and pirate islands required four basic components to make them successful. First, the islands needed to lack economic potential for the imperial powers. The lack of economic potential led to governmental neglect ...
Vernacular in Curves: The Mythologizing of the Great Lakes Whaleback
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
The "whaleback" type of bulk commodity freighter, indigenous to the Great Lakes of North America at the end of the nineteenth century, has engendered much notice for its novel appearance; however, this appearance masks the ...
Quinone Formation via Ceric Ammonium Nitrate Oxidations of 2-Alkyl-1,4-dialkoxybenzenes
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Quinones are cyclohexadiendiones that have a variety of uses ranging from medical applications to synthetic building blocks. Medicinal applications stem from the potent biological activity (e.g. antitumor and antibiotic) ...