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STAKEHOLDERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES
(East Carolina University, 2011)
As North Carolina's coastal communities face challenges in maintaining the quality of the natural and cultural resources that drive their tourism economy the need for sustainable actions in tourism development is made ...
Legislative Perceptions of Sustainable Tourism : The Case of the North Carolina General Assembly
(East Carolina University, 2011)
The tourism industry is the second largest contributor to North Carolina's economy. The traditional thrust behind many national and state tourism policies has focused on the industry's employment potential and opportunities ...
Neuroantigen-specific, tolerogenic vaccines: GM-CSF is a fusion partner that facilitates tolerance rather than immunity to dominant self-epitopes of myelin in murine models of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)
(2011-12-30)
BACKGROUND: Vaccination strategies that elicit antigen-specific tolerance are needed as therapies for autoimmune disease. This study focused on whether cytokine-neuroantigen (NAg) fusion proteins could inhibit disease in ...
Multi-walled carbon nanotube instillation impairs pulmonary function in C57BL/6 mice
(2011-08-18)
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are widely used in many disciplines due to their unique physical and chemical properties. Therefore, some concerns about the possible human health and environmental impacts of ...
Metabolic remodeling of human skeletal myocytes by cocultured adipocytes depends on the lipolytic state of the system
(2011-06-20)
Adipocyte infiltration of the musculoskeletal system is well recognized as a hallmark of aging, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. Intermuscular adipocytes might serve as a benign storage site for surplus lipid or play a role ...
Is there a metabolic program in the skeletal muscle of obese individuals?
(2011-04-26)
Severe obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2) is associated with multiple defects in skeletal muscle which contribute to insulin resistance and a reduction in fatty acid oxidation (FAO) in this tissue. These metabolic derangements are ...
Experimental design and statistical rigor in phylogenomics of horizontal and endosymbiotic gene transfer
(2011-09-16)
A growing number of phylogenomic investigations from diverse eukaryotes are examining conflicts among gene trees as evidence of horizontal gene transfer. If multiple foreign genes from the same eukaryotic lineage are found ...
From imitation to innovation: A study of China's drug R&D and relevant national policies
(2011)
Research & Development (R&D) plays an increasingly important role in China's pharmaceutical industry. To gain a competitive edge in the global pharmaceutical market, the current national strategy of China forcefully pushes ...
Environmental risk factors for autism
(2011)
Autism is a devastating childhood condition that has emerged as an increasing social concern just as it has increased in prevalence in recent decades. Autism and the broader category of autism spectrum disorders are among ...
Evolution of plant nucleotide-sugar interconversion enzymes
(2011-11-18)
Nucleotide-diphospho-sugars (NDP-sugars) are the building blocks of diverse polysaccharides and glycoconjugates in all organisms. In plants, 11 families of NDP-sugar interconversion enzymes (NSEs) have been identified, ...