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Demystifying the Huntress: Exploring the Experiences of Women Hunters in Eastern North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-13)The hunter occupies a special place in the system of human-animal interactions. When entering the natural world of wildlife each hunter learns to navigate this world in his or her own way. Hunters aid wildlife management ... -
Demystifying the Institutional Repository for Success (Review)
(2014-11)Review of Marianne Buehler's Demystifying the Institutional Repository for Success (Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2013). -
Dengue risk assessment
(East Carolina University, 2015)Dengue fever is the most prevalent vector borne disease in the world with over 3.6 billion people at risk and one billion new infections (including one million deaths) recorded annually. Risk assessments showing the impact ... -
Denise Giardina's Storming Heaven: Cultural Marginalization in Appalachia
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Using Everett Verner (E.V.) Stonequist's sociological constructs of marginalization and marginal personalities, this study focuses on the extent of marginalization as depicted in Appalachian novelist Denise Giardina's ... -
Deoxyguanosine-resistant Leukemia L1210 Cells: Loss of Specific Deoxyribonecleoside Kinase Activity
(East Carolina University, 1993-01-05)A mouse leukemia L1210 cell line was selected for resistance to deoxyguanosine. The deoxyguanosine-resistant cells (dGuo-R) were 126-fold less sensitive to deoxyguanosine than the wild-type cells. The IC50 values for araC ... -
A depauperate immune repertoire precedes evolution of sociality in bees
(2015-04-24)Background Sociality has many rewards, but can also be dangerous, as high population density and low genetic diversity, common in social insects, is ideal for parasite transmission. Despite this risk, honeybees and other ... -
Deprescribing Medications in Comfort Care Patients in the Intensive Care Unit
(2023-04-17)With advancements in medical care, life expectancy has increased in the United States, leading to more patients needing outpatient or inpatient hospice, or palliative care services. While in hospice care, performing a ... -
Depression Screening Implementation for a Substance Use Disorder Clinic
(2021-07-14)Each year the number of Americans diagnosed with depression rises but a large number of cases go undiagnosed. Often substance addiction and depression co-occur. Appropriate treatment needs must be addressed to provide high ... -
Depression Screening Implementation in a Primary Care Clinic
(2020-04-20)Depression is a common disorder that impacts one’s quality of life. It can cause significant medical, social, and financial complications to an individual and affect others close to the person suffering from it. Depression ... -
DERIVATION OF TOLEROGENIC THERAPEUTIC VACCINES FOR MOUSE MODELS OF EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS
(East Carolina University, 2012)Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that results in autoimmune demyelination of the human central nervous system (CNS). Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a widely-studied animal ... -
Describing behaviors of participants during a Virtual Dementia Tour™: A secondary descriptive analysis
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-06)Background: Incidence of dementia is rising, requiring need for prepared caregivers. The Virtual Dementia Tour TM (VDT) simulates the multi-faceted changes of dementia for caregiver participants. To determine how VDT ... -
Describing Nitrogen Dynamics in Eastern North Carolina Waterfowl Impoundments by Combining Field-Scale and Laboratory-Scale Based Approaches
(East Carolina University, 2018-08-01)Waterfowl impoundments are wetlands that are hydrologically managed to provide food and habitat for migratory bird populations. Certain impoundment types have recently been found to export nitrogen (N) loads during seasonally ...