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CRISPR/CAS9 SYSTEMS FOR PLANT GENOME EDITING
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-28)
The increasing burden of the world population on agriculture requires the development of
more robust crops. Dissecting the basic biology that underlies plant susceptibility to pathogens
and drives crop loss will inform ...
The Civil Rights Movement and the Methodist Church in North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-28)
The United Methodist Church and its predecessor denominations have a long and complicated history on the issues of race and civil rights. The denomination has overcome many sectional and social divisions to become a more ...
Effects of Adapted Tricycles on Quality of Life, Activities, and Participation in Children with Special Needs
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-28)
Children with special needs participate in less physical activity than the typically developing child. Physical activity and participation within activities is essential for a child’s physical, emotional, and mental health. ...
MCM10 Genetic Screen Using Drosophila melanogaster
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-28)
Genes and the proteins they encode are responsible for virtually every aspect of life. The vast array of biological processes make it difficult to identify genes to study that are relevant to human diseases. MCM10 (short ...
The Effects of Using an Online Credit Focused Personal Finance Module on Students’ Understanding of Credit
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-28)
This study examined the effect of a credit focused personal finance module on high school students’ understanding of the positive and negative effects of credit as measured by a pre and post-test comparison. This study ...
Social Media and Democracy: How Do Facebook Videos Affect Individuals' Political Values?
(East Carolina University, 2016-12-05)
One of the greatest innovations in the 21st century is the high level of accessibility to information via forms of media such as Facebook, Twitter, and online news services. In this scholarly article, the intent is to ...
Accuracy of the SenseWear Pro ArmbandTM During Short Bouts of Exercise
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-28)
Due to the limitations of traditional metabolic measuring systems and other devices used to measure energy expenditure, new technologies that are more mobile and comfortable are being designed for use in the physical ...
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMPARISON OF HOSPITALITY AND COB UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-28)
The purpose of this project is to better understand how College of Business undergraduate student academic performance is related to their level of emotional intelligence. It is also the goal of the study to examine the ...
SEQUENCING AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL CYTOCHROME B GENE IN THE MARION UPLANDS FLORIDA SAND SKINK (PLESTIODON REYNOLDSI)
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-28)
The Florida sand skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi)—a small (~10 cm) lizard endemic to the peninsula—is a ‘sand-swimming’ specialist restricted to Florida scrub habitat on the state’s central highland ridges. Florida scrub has ...
Enantiomeric Excess Determination of Primary Amines
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-28)
Certain organic compounds can exist in two variations, known as enantiomers. Such compounds are characterized as being “chiral”. Enantiomers can exist in either R or S configurations, and the relative proportions of one ...