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Decisional Balance Among Potential ICD Recipients : Development Of The Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Decision Analysis Scale (ICD-DAS)
(East Carolina University, 2011)Sudden cardiac death is a well-documented public health problem resulting in 400,000 deaths in the U.S. annually. The Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) has demonstrated benefit in reducing mortality in at risk ... -
Decisions Under Duress: Influences on Official Decision Making During Superstorm Sandy
(East Carolina University, 2015-12-08)During impending storms, emergency managers and politicians are tasked with the difficult decision of whether or not to issue evacuation orders for their area. This study uses Superstorm Sandy as a case study and investigates ... -
The Declaration of Independence : A New Genre in Political Discourse or Mixed Genres in an Unlikely Medium?
(East Carolina University, 2011)The dissertation shows how mismatched content/medium relationships can supersede the responses of traditional pairings when the medium dominates the discursive power of the discourse. The dissertation, in part, looks at a ... -
Decolonizing Education : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Post-Secondary Humanities Textbooks
(East Carolina University, 2012)This dissertation examines nine post-secondary humanities textbooks published between 2001 and 2011 using an approach that includes both qualitative and quantitative methodology to analyze the written and visual content ... -
Decreased CD8+CD28+/CD8+CD28– T cell ratio can sensitively predict poor outcome for patients with complicated Crohn disease
(2017-06)Crohn disease (CD) with complications such as penetrating, stricturing, and perianal disease is called complicated CD. The aim of this study is to test the efficiency with which the CD8+CD28+/CD8+CD28– cell balance can ... -
Decreasing Door-to-triage Times in the Emergency Department
(2023-07-14)In the emergency department, patients who are waiting for triage present with potentially time-sensitive and life-threatening conditions. The period of time between arrival and triage is rarely discussed in the literature, ... -
Decreasing Emergency Department Boarding Times for the Intensive Care Patient
(2021-07-19)When critically ill patients arrive in the ED, substantial resources are reallocated to the patient, moving the supplies and hospital personnel away from others. Critically ill patients are remaining in the ED waiting on ... -
Decreasing Employee Burnout Through Improved Resilience
(2022-07-25)Burnout rates for healthcare staff are continuing to rise at an alarming rate. Burnout can affect individual well-being, patient safety and satisfaction, quality of care delivered, and organizational costs. Improving staff ... -
Decreasing Falls in the Emergency Department
(2023-07-18)Decreasing falls in the Emergency Department (ED) is essential to protecting patient safety during the patient’s time in the ED. When a patient falls, it produces adverse effects contributing to poor patient outcomes. A ... -
Decreasing Inappropriate Speech Consults in a Neurologic Intensive Care Unit
(2022-07-18)Stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) is a common post-stroke complication associated with an increased risk of hospital mortality, prolonged hospital stay, and associated healthcare costs. Nurses use bedside swallow screenings ... -
Deep sequencing identifies novel and conserved microRNAs in peanuts (L.)
(2010)Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a new class of small, endogenous RNAs that play a regulatory role in the cell by negatively affecting gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. miRNAs have been shown to control ... -
Deep sequencing reveals important roles of microRNAs in response to drought and salinity stress in cotton
(2015-02)Drought and salinity are two major environmental factors adversely affecting plant growth and productivity. However, the regulatory mechanism is unknown. In this study, the potential roles of small regulatory microRNAs ... -
Deep sequencing reveals important roles of microRNAs in response to drought and salinity stress in cotton
(2015-02)Drought and salinity are two major environmental factors adversely affecting plant growth and productivity. However, the regulatory mechanism is unknown. In this study, the potential roles of small regulatory microRNAs ... -
Deep Sequencing Reveals Transcriptome Re-Programming of Cells to the Elicitation with Methyl Jasmonate
(2013)Background Plant cell culture represents an alternative source for producing high-value secondary metabolites including paclitaxel (Taxol®), which is mainly produced in Taxus and has been widely used in cancer chemotherapy. ... -
Deep Sequencing Reveals Transcriptome Re-Programming of Taxus × media Cells to the Elicitation with Methyl Jasmonate
(2013-04-30)Background Plant cell culture represents an alternative source for producing high-value secondary metabolites including paclitaxel (Taxol®), which is mainly produced in Taxus and has been widely used in cancer chemotherapy. ... -
Defend Your Coast: Network Analysis of Crusader Fortifications and Settlements Within the Kyrenia Region of Cyprus
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-26)The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is situated at the crossroads of the Near East and the Aegean Civilizations. During the Middle Ages, Cyprus experienced raids that would devastate the coastal landscape. Coastal towns and ... -
Defending Diversity: Affirmative Action and Medical Education
(East Carolina University, 1999-08)Affirmative action programs of all types are under attack legally and politically. Although medical schools have not been specifically targeted, their affirmative action programs, like others in higher education, are ... -
Defending the East Coast : Adapting and Converting Commercial Ships for Military Operations
(East Carolina University, 2015)The United States was not fully prepared for war in the Atlantic Ocean directly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Closely following the attack, Germany declared war on the United States and Hitler's ... -
A Defense of Rational Choice as a Meaningful Baseline in Natural Resource and Hazard Economics
(2012-03-29)RCAW Five Year Achievement Award