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Benzoate: The Quantitation of Soft Drinks Implicated in Obesity
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-26)Research has shown that childhood obesity is a leading cause of diseases such as coronary artery disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cancer, osteoarthritis, and many more. With approximately 17 percent of the United ... -
Bermuda's First Maritime Heritage Trail: The Practical Archaeology of Maritime Heritage Trails and Interpretation Technologies
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)This thesis explores the applicability of a maritime cultural heritage trail that would grant more public accessibility to shipwrecks and maritime sites, while discerning prevailing cultural themes from the analysis of ... -
Bermuda: A Case Study on the Impact of Maritime Introduced Contagions and the Yellow Fever Epidemics of the Nineteenth Century
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-01)Contagion is an unfortunate consequence of conflict and trade. Bermuda's isolation and rich history of maritime commercial and naval activities provides an excellent case study to review the impact of trade on the introduction ... -
Bessie and the Manigaults: Reconstructing a Plantation Boat and Antebellum Boating Culture in South Carolina Rice Country
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Bessie is a plantation boat originally constructed and owned by the Manigault family of South Carolina. It was built and used on a mid-nineteenth century rice plantation, and is now a permanent exhibit in the Charleston ... -
The best cure for a hangover is to avoid it
(2022-02-16)This is a weekly Q and A newspaper column under the byline of Dr. Kathy Kolasa. Today's column is concerning how to treat or avoid hangovers from alcohol. -
The best of both worlds? A review of delayed selfing in flowering plants
(2018-04-06)PREMISE OF STUDY: In a seminal body of theory, Lloyd showed that the fitness consequences of selfing will depend on its timing in anthesis. Selfing that occurs after opportunities for outcrossing or pollen dispersal can ... -
Best Practices and Innovative Solutions to Overcome Barriers to Delivering Policy, Systems and Environmental Changes in Rural Communities
(2018-08-03)To better understand the barriers to implementing policy; systems; and environmental (PSE) change initiatives within Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) programming in U.S. rural communities; ... -
Best Practices for Stroke Prevention and Rehabilitation in Eastern North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-02)Stroke, also known as cerebrovascular accident, occurs due to a disruption in the blood supply to the brain that results in a lack of oxygen to the brain tissues (World Health Organization, 2015). Strokes can be deadly; ... -
Best Practices in American Indian Student Retention at East Carolina University in Juxtaposition to the University of North Carolina System
(2015-04-29)At just 0.9% of the total undergraduate student population, American Indian (i.e. Native American, Alaska Native1) students are underrepresented at most of the universities in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system ... -
Best Practices in Providing Culturally Sensitive Care to the LGBTQ Population in a Hospice Setting
(2019-04-22)Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ) persons are at risk for discrimination in the healthcare setting. Lack of education for healthcare providers on use of inclusive language and terminology is seen ... -
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: FAMILIAL EXPECTATIONS IN THREE MULTICULTURAL NOVELS
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-06)By using the commonality of family, this cross-cultural investigation hopes to highlight some of the similarities and differences among three vastly different cultures with the hope that readers discover the ways in which ... -
Between the Lines
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-27)This serial television script has a pilot episode and a follow-up episode. The series follows a group of African American college friends in their adult lives. Each member of the group has a secret they need to keep hidden ... -
Between the Reservation and Me: Race Identity in the Works of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sherman Alexie
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-01)I will be analyzing the works of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sherman Alexie, primarily as these works relate to how both authors tackle the issue of racial identity, as well its affect on their writing. In order to accommodate ... -
Between Two Worlds: Mixed-Race Ostracism by the Minority Group in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony, Matt De La Peña’s Mexican Whiteboy, and Heidi Durrow’s The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
(East Carolina University, 2018-11-27)In the three texts that will be discussed, the authors chose young protagonists who come to terms with the contradictions their background creates. In some ways, each of the novels presents the idea of mixed-race as being ... -
Between us: Serving the silent: We are still a nation of immigrants
(East Carolina University, 1998)This article discusses the needs of North Carolina's immigrant population and how libraries can best accommodate them. -
Bevacizumab in the treatment of NSCLC: patient selection and perspectives
(2017-12-14)Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) represents about 85% of all lung cancers, and more than half of NSCLCs are diagnosed at an advanced stage. Chemotherapy has reached a plateau in the overall survival curve of about 10 ... -
Beyond Beck's triad: A case report of cardiac tamponade in a “super-super” obese patient
(2017-06)Cardiac tamponade is a medical emergency with various etiologies. Prompt recognition of the signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade is critical but potentially full of challenge in clinical practice [1]. Here we report a ...