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POLICY DEVELOPMENT FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP REFORM IN NORTHEASTERN, NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2018-01-09)
The purpose of this study was to develop policies to support school leadership reform efforts in poverty dense northeastern, North Carolina. There are many northeastern, North Carolina schools that are in need of school ...
The Psychosocial Implications of Being Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Military Personnel in a Post Don't Ask, Don't Tell Era
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-24)
Scholarly research on sexual minority military personnel was silenced until the United States (U.S.) Congress passed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) Repeal Act of 2010. Not only did the repeal liberate lesbian, gay, and ...
AMINO ACID BINDING TO AFLATOXIN B1 DURING A NOVEL FOOD TREATMENT PROCESS PROTECTS AGAINST GENOTOXICITY
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-19)
Access to clean food is a crucial factor in maintaining public health. Contamination of food supplies with toxic substances can lead to a myriad of health issues. As a mycotoxin, aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is a naturally occurring ...
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Disordered Eating in the Military
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-01)
Over the last two decades, researchers, clinicians, and policy makers have increasingly acknowledged the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs; Felitti et al., 1998) on adult health outcomes. Although the prevalence ...
Biopsychosocial Barriers, Motivational Interviewing, and Antiretroviral Medication Adherence in Persons Living with HIV and AIDS
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-23)
Since the development of antiretroviral medications in the mid-1990s, treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has improved steadily and HIV is now considered a manageable chronic condition with improved ...
Health and Well-Being of Physical Trauma Survivors: Who Follows Up?
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-23)
Given the growing number of physical trauma survivors, it is imperative that mental health clinicians, medical providers, researchers, and policy makers are aware of their unique biological, psychological, and social health ...
INCREASING AFRICAN AMERICAN ADVANCED STEM PROFESSIONALS: A CASE STUDY OF TWO PREDOMINANTLY WHITE FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITIES IN THE SOUTH
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-23)
This qualitative multiple-case study explores how two select predominantly white institutions (PWIs) have learned to be successful in advancing undergraduate African-American students to advanced degrees in the life sciences. ...
Induced ablation of skeletal muscle-specific estrogen receptor-alpha in adult female mice increased the susceptibility to develop skeletal muscle inflammation and glucose intolerance under chronic lipid overload
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-27)
Skeletal muscle-specific ER[alpha] appears to play important roles in regulating skeletal muscle glucose and lipid homeostasis. The overall aim of this dissertation was to determine whether skeletal muscle-specific ER[alpha] ...
Adaptations of the Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus in Response to Exercise and Hunger
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-02)
The arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus serves as a critical node for regulation of mammalian energy balance with the ability to sense the status of many organ systems and exert control over effector arms that potently ...
A Framework for Successfully Transitioning Students Into the Middle Grades
(East Carolina University, 2018-06-11)
This Problem of Practice dissertation addresses the need for an elementary to middle school transition program in a school district in eastern North Carolina. To develop this program, district end-of-grade assessment results ...