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New Waves of Sound: A Historical Analysis of Cinematic Sound, Its Development and Influence on the Art Movements of Late 20th Century Cinema
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-12)
For my Senior Honors Project, I researched the technical and artistic achievements of film audio professionals, and their collective contribution to the history of cinema. Research was a semester-long process that involved ...
TO BE, RATHER THAN TO SEEM: STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY IN THE 9-12 CURRICULUM
(East Carolina University, 2016-12-07)
There has been a recent emphasis on Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) education, an area that seems to be growing even when budget cuts hit. The present study investigates whether high school students ...
Post-activation Potentiation: Increasing Power Output in the Block Power Clean
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-02)
The effect of post-activation potentiation has been shown to increase both jumping height and sprinting over short distances (Wilson, et al., 2013).
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine if a PAP protocol could ...
Morphosyntactic variation in an emerging dialect of eastern North Carolina Spanish
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-28)
For the past several decades, the Spanish-speaking population in eastern North Carolina (eNC) has been increasing rapidly. While much is known of other Spanish varieties spoken in major cities in the US, little is known ...
EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT, SEED BANK POTENTIAL AND GERMINATION OF THE FEDERALLY ENDANGERED HERB OF PINE SAVANNAS, THALICTRUM
(East Carolina University, 2016-06-03)
Plant conservation efforts strongly rely on knowledge of species seed biology and viability for further propagation. Virtually nothing is known about the seed biology of the federally endangered Thalictrum cooleyi Ahles ...
Discourse Analysis of Adults with Anomic and Broca's Aphasia
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-29)
Multilevel discourse analyses have been demonstrated to be more sensitive than some standardized language tests (Marini et al., 2011). Individuals with aphasia often present with both microlinguistic and macrolinguistic ...
Small Firm Marketing Strategies Targeting East Carolina University Students
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-29)
The traditional view of marketing in the legal sector has historically been described as an inappropriate, unprofessional, and overall disliked practice (Hodges, 2013.) Law firms initially used Yellow Pages as an advertising ...
An Analysis of Dietary Habits of Young Adults Seeking Weight Loss and the Feasibility of a Modified Monitoring System Using Mobile Technology in Young Adults
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-29)
With rates of overweight and obesity at the highest in recorded history, for the first time, it is expected that obese young adults will have a significantly lessened life expectancy compared to their non-obese counterparts ...
Effects of Emotional Symptoms on Pain and Social Functioning in Youth with Sickle Cell Disease
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-29)
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders primarily affecting people of African, Latino, and Mediterranean descent and has currently been diagnosed in over 100,000 Americans. This chronic disease ...
SMAD3 OVEREXPRESSION ENHANCES VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL ATTACHMENT
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-28)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and illness in the United States and worldwide. Smooth muscle cell (SMC) migration and secretion of extracellular matrix materials are key components of adverse ...