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The Failure of Lehman Brothers: What went wrong?
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)
2008 proved to be a difficult time for financial markets and financial institutions. One of the financial institutions that was hit hard by the beginning of the crisis was Lehman Brothers, the 4th largest investment bank ...
ANDROGEN AND PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS KNOCKOUTS IN ZEBRAFISH AFFECT AGGRESSION AND SOCIAL DOMINANCE
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-03)
ABSTRACT - There is circumstantial evidence that steroids, such as androgens and progesterone, play roles in aggression and social behaviors in vertebrates. However, the genetic basis for these behaviors needs to be further ...
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA VARIATION IN THE PITCHER PLANT FLY SARCOPHAGA SARRACENIAE: EXPLORING POSSIBLE INFLUENCES OF HOST SPECIFICITY AND GEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURING
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-03)
North American pitcher plants (Sarracenia) are a recently evolved (~3 my) assemblage of 11 carnivorous species. Sarracenia pitchers also provide resources (food, shelter) for certain arthropods, including two genera of ...
Elucidation of allosteric behavior and enzyme-effector complexes of human 15-lipoxygenase-2 through hydrogen-detuerium exchange mass spectrometry
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-03)
The enzymatic activity of human 15-lipoxygenase-2 (15-LOX-2) has been implicated in human inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and plays an important role in maintaining homeostasis. 15-LOX-2 ...
DOCUMENTING A RETURN TO HISTORICAL JAZZ THROUGH MUSICAL RESEARCH AND CREATION.
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)
In 1985, Bill Hubbard, a prolific big band jazz arranger, died and left behind a horde of musical charts, as well as musical protégés in sons Glenn and Curt Hubbard and their friend Matt Vance. Much of the music Hubbard ...
The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Resiliency among Community Pediatricians and Pediatric Trainees and Attendings in a Pediatric Teaching Hospital
(2019)
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are “potentially traumatic events that can have negative, lasting effects on health and well-being” (Sack, 2014). The experiences, which often coincide with poverty, single-parenthood, ...
MATERNAL AND PATERNAL SUPPORT, EFFICACY, AND OBJECTIVELY MEASURE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-14)
Parents are important influences on child physical activity; thus, the overall purpose of this study is to examine maternal and paternal factors associated with child physical activity. An emphasis is placed on the following: ...
PREPARING THE FUTURE ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL FOR A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-14)
Whether a CPA is working in public accounting or industry, one thing is clear: they must prepare for a changing environment. Disruptive technologies (such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, robotics process ...
Argument-Driven Inquiry: Tracking Progress Through General Chemistry
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-14)
This study examines student argumentation within a two-semester general chemistry laboratory sequence at a state university in the Southeast, which employed the Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI) instructional model for laboratory ...
A Computational Analysis of the Hydroacylation of Aldimines in the Presence of a Wilkinson's Catalyst
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-14)
A computational mechanistic study was performed to elucidate a feasible minimum energy pathway of a multistep hydroacylation reaction in which an aldimine combines with styrene in the presence of Wilkinson’s catalyst to ...