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Understanding Leadership Principles and Team Dynamics in Nonprofit Settings: A Study of Short and Long-Term Missionary Teams
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-06)Have you ever pondered how to form the most effective leadership team for missionary work? Missionary work is extremely important to the Christian Church and building leaders within the church community. Without them, ... -
Understanding Racial Disparities in Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution: Considering the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Population Distribution
(2020-02-01)This study investigates the effect of spatiotemporal distributions of racial groups on disparities in exposure to traffic-related air pollution by considering people’s daily movement patterns. Due to human mobility, a ... -
Understanding Residents’ Perceptions of FEMA Buyout Programs in Small Rural Municipalities: A Case Study of Grifton, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2023-07-24)The small rural town of Grifton, situated between Pitt and Lenoir counties, adjacent to Contentnea Creek, and near the Neuse River in eastern North Carolina (N.C.), has faced several major flood events due to hurricanes. ... -
Understanding Sex Trafficking in the United States
(East Carolina University, 2020-05-04)Human trafficking is a major issue in the world today, with over 40 million victims accross the globe. Human trafficking has three categories, labor trafficking, sex trafficking, and organ trafficking. The focus of my ... -
Understanding Sexual Assault Victimization Among College Men: A Mixed Methods Approach
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-03)Introduction: Sexual assault is a major concern on college campuses, but most research has focused on women as victims and men as perpetrators. Despite this, there is evidence that men also experience sexual assault, albeit ... -
UNDERSTANDING TEACHER’S PERCEPTION OF THE IDENTIFICATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN THE GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAM: THE IMPACT OF TARGETED CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
(East Carolina University, 2021-11-17)Identification methods used for African American students in gifted education programs and services continue to yield disproportionate results that show the underrepresentation of students of color. When the gifted ... -
Understanding the classical maize floral development mutant, Polytypic ear1
(East Carolina University, 2023-07-24)Maize produces two inflorescences, the tassel and ear, which are critical for both plant reproduction and agriculture. The classical semi-dominant mutant, Polytypic ear1 (Pt1), affects multiple aspects of inflorescence ... -
Understanding the Experience and Management of Musculoskeletal Symptoms in Breast Cancer Survivors on Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To explore the perception of women currently receiving or who have received adjuvant AI therapy of the side effects (specifically MSK symptoms) and their methods of managing these symptoms RESEARCH ... -
Understanding the Facilitator Role in a Latino Sexual Risk Reduction Program in Eastern North Carolina
(2015-12-08)North Carolina is a region of the country in need of sexual risk reduction (SRR) programs for Latino adolescents. In 2013, ¡Cuídate!, an evidence-based SRR program, was tested with Mexican and Central American youth in ... -
UNDERSTANDING THE FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE THE CHOICE TO NOT PURSUE A CAREER IN ACCOUNTING AMONG HISPANIC STUDENTS
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-03)According to the 2020 census, the Hispanic population makes up 18.5% of the U.S. population, making them the largest minority group in the country. Although the Hispanic population has increased over the years, they only ... -
UNDERSTANDING THE FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE THE CHOICE TO NOT PURSUE A CAREER IN ACCOUNTING AMONG HISPANIC STUDENTS
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-23)According to the 2020 census, the Hispanic population makes up 18.5% of the U.S. population, making them the largest minority group in the country. Although the Hispanic population has increased over the years, they only ... -
Understanding the Impact of a Low-Commitment Scientific Innovation Modules on Undergraduate Biology Students’ Grit, Retention, Biology Interest, and Biology Self-Efficacy
(East Carolina University, 2023-07-21)Introducing innovation courses to engineering and computer science has been shown to increase retention and interest in the discipline. These courses have generally been high commitment, in that they take place over an ... -
Understanding the Impact of Coronavirus on Student Housing, Health, and Success
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)During Spring semester of 2020 and again Fall semester of 2020, two separate surveys were administered online to a random sample of ECU students focusing on their experiences with the school’s transition online. That data ... -
Understanding the Impact of Non-Health System Supports on High-Need-High-Cost Patient Outcomes
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-23)The cost of health care services provided to high need high cost (HNHC) patients is one-fifth of all health care spending even though they only account for 1 percent of patients (Hayes et al., 2016). To improve efficiency ... -
Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Honors College Students: A Qualitative Content Analysis
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)While the global COVID-19 pandemic altered all facets of life, an early focus was the field of higher education. Disruptions in normal instruction affected students and their abilities to connect and create, disrupting ... -
Understanding the Loss of Maternal Care in Avian Brood Parasites Using Preoptic Area Transcriptome Comparisons in Brood Parasitic and Non-parasitic Blackbirds
(2019-02-13)Parental care is critical for offspring survival in many species. However, parental behaviors have been lost in roughly 1% of avian species known as the obligate brood parasites. To shed light on molecular and neurobiological ... -
Understanding the Mentality of Collegiate Age Students in Rural North Carolina, In Regard to Discussing Issues Predominately Affecting Women and Gender Minorities
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)In my brief time working at the Women and Gender Office (WGO) here at East Carolina, I have noticed two things; I always see the same faces when I enter the office and I very rarely see any different faces when I enter the ... -
Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms that Contribute to Parkinson’s Disease: Defining the Role of Ca2+ in TG2: α-synuclein Macromolecular Complex Assembly
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-10)Transglutaminase 2 (TG2) is an allosteric enzyme ubiquitously expressed in human tissue. This versatile enzyme has both Ca2+ -dependent, transamidase and GTPase activities. TG2's Ca2+ -dependent transamidase activity is ...