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DEVELOPING A SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING PLAN FOR THE TAR-PAMLICO BLUE ECONOMY CORRIDOR
(East Carolina University, 2022-12-14)The Tar-Pamlico Blue Economy Corridor (BEC) serves three Tier 1 Counties (Nash, Pitt, and Edgecombe Counties) and one Tier 2 county (Beaufort County) in Eastern North Carolina (North Carolina Department of Commerce, 2022). ... -
Developing and Testing the Functionality and Usability of a Bereavement Support Web-based Link for Bereaved Parents
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)In 2017, there were approximately 9,376 deaths of children aged 1-14 years (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017). Family members experience immense grief as they transition to a life without their child. ... -
Development of a Deployable HRV Assessment and Training System
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-02)PTSD is a debilitating psychological condition that is difficult to treat and has been directly connected to depression, anxiety, and somatic complaints consistent with a hyperaroused autonomic nervous system (ANS). In ... -
Development of a Human IFN-β Expression System using Chinese Hamster Ovarian Cells
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)Two human IFN-β expression systems were derived based on the pIRES2-AcGFP1 plasmid backbone. One expression plasmid encoded human IFN-β fused to a C-terminal linker and an 8-histidine affinity chromatography tag. A second ... -
Development of a Meal Creation Tool to Assess Knowledge and Preference among Preschool Children
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-28)Knowledge and preference towards healthful foods can help researchers better understand developing health behaviors; however, few validated tools are available to evaluate these constructs among young children. The purpose ... -
Development of a Method for the Determination of Bisphenol A in Vervet Monkey Hair using LC-MS/MS and LC-UV/Vis
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-03)No methods for estimating levels of anthropogenic disturbance on non-human primate (NHP) populations were identified within the literature. Such a method would allow for the assessment of human impact on NHP populations. ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF INTERPROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES FOLLOWING A SIMULATED HOME VISIT: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF STUDENTS’ WRITTEN REFLECTIONS
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-05)Background: Simulated learning can prepare interprofessional student teams for collaborative clinical practice through the demonstration of skills and competencies in a realistic, controlled clinical setting. The home as ... -
Developmental Patterns of Cleistogamy and Chasmogamy in Triodanis perfoliata
(2015-05)Some plants exhibit mixed mating, in which individual plants utilize both cross and self-fertilization. Dimorphic cleistogamy is one form of mixed mating. In plants that display dimorphic cleistogamy, both chasmogamous ... -
DID POLICING OF IMMIGRATION CHANGE DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
(East Carolina University, 2023-04-26)In 2017, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) renewed its implementation of the “Secure Communities” initiative. It was ostensibly intended to intensify policing of undocumented immigrants who violated criminal ... -
Differences in cannabis strains and product types used most often by a cross-sectional sample of people in the United States who use cannabis to relieve pain and nausea
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-04)In the United States (US), 17% of people reported using cannabis within the past year. Laws around cannabis use in the US are changing; currently, 37 states and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for medicinal ... -
Differences in depression in community dwelling adults and adults post myocardial infarction
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)Depression is a comorbid condition related to myocardial infarction (MI) risk, is prevalent post MI, and is associated with poorer cardiovascular outcomes. This research study examined depression in a community sample of ... -
Differences in Neurological Connectivity Between Right and Left Limb Dominant Individuals in Implicit Motor Sequence Learning
(East Carolina University, 2022-12-08)Background: The majority of the global population identifies as right-hand dominant (RHD), while only about 11% of the population identifies as left-hand dominant (LHD) (Papadatou-Pastou et al, 2020) However, this population ... -
Differential aging-related changes of D1, D2, and D3 dopamine receptor expression in the striatum
(2013-05-03)Aging is associated with a decrease in motor function and a concomitant increase in muscle stiffness and tone. The striatum plays a critical role in the control of motor function, and it receives strong dopamine (DA) ... -
Director Co-option and the Cash Conversion Cycl
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-06)This study examines whether co-opted directors degrade or improve working capital efficiency. We find strong evidence that firms with more co-opted boards exhibit lower cash conversion cycles and so are more efficient at ... -
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 ... -
Diseased: An Artistic Depiction of Public Health Issues and Their Causes
(East Carolina University, 2020-05-04)Public health is a form of healthcare that aims to improve the health of communities through preventative methods. This includes law-making, public education, and control of the spread of disease. By using detailed imagery ... -
DISPARITIES IN COPING AMONG PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)Significance: Caring for a child with special health care needs requires increased emotional and physical resources from parents. Many parents do not have access to vital resources essential to caring for these children ... -
Disparities in End of Life Pain: A Pilot Study in Hospice
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-01)Cancer is one of the leading causes of death. Pain is one of the most common, feared, and distressing symptoms associated with cancer. Minorities experience more severe pain than non-Hispanic whites and are more likely to ... -
Dissecting Convolutional Neural Networks
(East Carolina University, 2019-06-12)I examined the hidden layers of a convolutional neural network for MNIST handwritten digit classification. I found that it is possible to view how backpropagation affects nodes in the activation maps of hidden layers by ... -
DISSEMINATING INFORMATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT HEALTH DISPARITIES TO STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LEVELS
(East Carolina University, 2022-12-16)The purpose of this Signature Honors Project was to effectively educate and raise awareness about health disparities to students at all grade levels. This was accomplished through the collaboration of multiple departments ...