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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin receptors modulate glutamate-induced phase shifts of the suprachiasmatic nucleus
(East Carolina University, 2006-08)Light information reaches the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) through a subpopulation of retinal ganglion cells. Previous work raised the possibility that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its high-affinity ... -
Brainstorm Newsletter
(East Carolina University, 2010-04-30)Inaugural newsletter of the Neuroscience Program. -
BRANDING THE NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART : PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING A PUBLIC IDENTITY
(East Carolina University, 2013)This dissertation examines the North Carolina Museum of Art's planning and implementation of a brand identity. To understand the planned identity, I studied the intentions of the Museum's leadership, of the architect who ... -
Breakfast Really Is an Important Meal
(2020-08-12)This is a weekly Q and A newspaper column under the byline of Dr. Kathy Kolasa. Today's column is about the importance of not skipping breakfast. -
Breaking Barriers in Provider-Patient Relationships : An Analysis of Perceived Intercultural Communication Competence among Nursing Students
(East Carolina University, 2014)Communication can be particularly challenging for community college nursing students during their labor and delivery clinicals as there is an influx of Latino patients at the local medical facilities due to Migrant and ... -
Breaking Down Borderland Stereotypes: The Borderland Mindset and Double Consciousness
(East Carolina University, 1/13/16)This thesis examines three different texts, using borderland theories as a framework, to demonstrate that borderlands are not about physical locations but psychological states of mind. By studying three distinct texts, ... -
Breaking Patterns of Environmentally Influenced Disease for Health Risk Reduction: Immune Perspectives
(2010-08)Diseases rarely, if ever, occur in isolation. Instead, most represent part of a more complex web or “pattern” of conditions that are connected via underlying biological mechanisms and processes, emerge across a lifetime, ... -
BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING THROUGH SOCIAL CAPITAL: UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS AND THE QUEST FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-20)Undocumented students attend public schools throughout the United States alongside citizen students. These undocumented students face the same requirements and expectations of all others in regard to achievement in schools, ... -
Breast feeding intention and initiation among rural, low-income Native American and African American adolescent mothers in North Carolina: testing the theory of planned behavior
(East Carolina University, 2014)Abstract Infant feeding practices can greatly impact a child's life with far reaching implications based upon decisions a mother makes for her newborn. Breastfeeding is the preferred method of infant feeding because of ... -
Breast Reconstruction: Effects on Body Image Following Surgery
(2017-04-25)Women undergoing breast reconstruction are susceptible to many consequences from this process including negative implications on the female psyche related to body image. This project assessed the satisfaction women had ... -
Breastfeeding Education for Obstetric Providers in a Rural Public Health Department
(2020-05-05)Breastfeeding has many known positive benefits for both mother and baby. Prenatal breastfeeding education has been proven beneficial to expectant mothers; however, there is no known current data recommending how often and ... -
BREASTFEEDING SELF-EFFICACY IN WOMEN USING ASSISTIVE TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES TO ADDRESS MATERNAL AND INFANT FEEDING PROBLEMS
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)This dissertation used the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1991, 2002) and breastfeeding self-efficacy theory (Dennis, 1999) to explore relationships among breastfeeding self-efficacy and both the source and intensity ... -
BREATH ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION AND DRIVING: THE BRAC AND CONFIDENCE OF DRIVERS AFTER DRINKING IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-02)Consumption of an alcoholic beverage has been proven time and time to have a negative affect on one’s cognitive functioning (Phillips & Brewer, 2011). The current study attempted to explore the confidence of bar patrons’ ... -
Breathing New Life into Philosophical Inquiry through the Use of Fiction
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)To incite every day people to venture into the world of philosophical thought and intrigue, I have constructed the beginnings of a novel that will use the old allegories and ideas of the past and place them into a new ... -
Breathing Rate, Pattern, and Heart Rate During Baseline Recording and Painful Electrodermal Stimulation-Induced Anxiety
(East Carolina University, 2010)Background: One common treatment for anxiety is breathing retraining (BRT), but evidence of its efficacy and effectiveness is mixed, and the mechanisms are not well-understood. To date, no study has examined breathing ... -
Bridging the Gap of Uncertainty and Doubt Between the Latino Immigrant Community and the Health Care System
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-03)The underprivileged Latino community currently exists as a minority in the United States, yet as their numbers continuously increase, their access to certain services in the health care field requires serious attention and ... -
Bridging the Gap: Achieving Excellence in Oncology Transitional Care
(2021-07-18)Transitional care (TC) is the provision of care coordination for at-risk populations aimed at improving continuity and overall patient outcomes. The purpose of the DNP project was to utilize the evidence-based Transitional ... -
Bridging the Gap: S.T.A.B.L.E. cardiac education and nurses’ self-efficacy
(2016-12-08)Background: Congenital heart diseases (CHD) are the leading cause of birth defect-associated infant illness and death. An estimated 40,000 infants are born each year with CHDs and of those, about one fourth are labeled ... -
BRIDGING THE SKILLS GAP: A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS IN A RURAL COUNTY
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-20)This qualitative study explores how apprenticeship programs affect workforce development partners and the skills gap in Woods County, NC. Specifically, the study explores how the Apprenticeship Woods County program shapes ... -
A BRIEF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING INTERVENTION (SIESTA) FOR ADOLESCENT SLEEP : EFFECTS ON NEUROCOGNITION AND SLEEP-RELATED BEHAVIOR
(East Carolina University, 2013)Several studies have described sleep characteristics of adolescents, concluding that adolescent sleep lacks duration, quality, and consistency. Due to behavioral, environmental and biological changes, adolescents tend to ...