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Adaptive responses to salinity stress across multiple life stages in anuran amphibians
(2017-08-01)Background In many regions, freshwater wetlands are increasing in salinity at rates exceeding historic levels. Some freshwater organisms, like amphibians, may be able to adapt and persist in salt-contaminated wetlands by ... -
Adding a Use Factor Measure to a Materials Allocation Plan for Books in an Academic Library
(2013-05)Tasked with re-working East Carolina University's Joyner Library materials allocation plan to better align it with current needs, two librarians, Lisa Barricella (Acquisitions) and Cindy Shirkey (Collection Development) ... -
Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Using a Vaccine Decision Aid Tool
(2022-07-21)The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted health disparities among minority racial groups causing higher COVID-19 morbidity and mortality rates. Once the COVID-19 vaccine became available, Black/African American people had low ... -
Addressing Nurse Practitioner Role Transition During Doctor of Nursing Practice Education
(2023-07-13)Role transition is a known, multifactorial challenge new graduate advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) face during their transition into practice causing reduced self-confidence, hindered role development, ... -
Addressing Rising Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) Using Novel Nanotechnology: Implications for Public Health Protection
(East Carolina University, 2023-12-11)Globally rising antibiotic-resistant (AR) and multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial infections are of public health concern due to lower efficacy of current antibiotic therapy. Specifically, Hospital Acquired Infections ... -
Addressing the Challenge of Preparing Assistant Principals for the Principalship in Moore County
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-23)This problem of practice study attempted to address the challenge of preparing assistant principals for the principalship in Moore County. Across the nation and state, it is a challenge to fill vacant principalships with ... -
Adduction to arginine detoxifies aflatoxin B1 by eliminating genotoxicity and altering in vitro toxicokinetic profiles
(2018-01-12)Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), a class 1 carcinogen and prominent food contaminant, is highly linked to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and plays a causative role in a large portion of global HCC cases. We have ... -
Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase inhibits vascular smooth muscle growth associated with vasculoproliferative disorders
(East Carolina University, 2013)Vascular growth disorders are the major contributing factor to cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Aberrant vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) growth is a primary etiology ... -
Adequacy of Maternal Iron Status Protects against Behavioral, Neuroanatomical, and Growth Deficits in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
(2012)Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are the leading non-genetic cause of neurodevelopmental disability in children. Although alcohol is clearly teratogenic, environmental factors such as gravidity and socioeconomic ... -
Administration of alpha klotho reduces liver and adipose lipid accumulation in obese mice
(2019-04-05)α-Klotho, a known anti-aging protein, exerts diverse physiological effects including: maintenance of phosphate and calcium homeostasis, modulation of cell proliferation, and enhanced buffering of reactive oxygen species. ... -
Administrative Changes to Decrease Patient Absenteeism: A Quality Improvement Project
(2019-11-22)Patient no-shows are individuals who fail to attend outpatient medical appointments without notification. This detrimental behavior leads to poor health outcomes, decrease in access to care, and financial losses. A ... -
Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Patients and their Caregivers
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)Nearly 70,000 adolescents and young adults (AYA; ages 15-39) are diagnosed with cancer each year. Despite AYAs being identified in the late 1990s as a biopsychosocially distinct population from children and adults, they ... -
Adolescent BMI: The Importance of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors
(2018-04-13)Objectives: Research shows that weight trends in adolescence persist into adulthood, but do the same factors contribute to weight in adolescence as in adulthood? Are extrinsic factors presumably more important than ... -
Adolescent Depression Screening
(2020-04-24)Depression in adolescents is an acute problem that can impact all aspects of life from social, educational, mental, and physical health. Adolescent depression is linked to adverse outcomes that carry over into adulthood. ... -
Adolescent free time activity participation and its relationships with perceptions of parenting and intrinsic motivation
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)The positive youth development framework emphasizes those developmental tasks and milestones that assist youth in the successful transition to adulthood. These developmental affordances thrive in contexts where social-emotional, ... -
Adolescent Sexual Assault and Suicidal Behaviors : Investigating a National Sample
(East Carolina University, 2010)This study was designed to shed light on two public health concerns: sexual assault and suicidal behaviors among the adolescent population. Sexual assault history, sex differences, and the combination of both sexual assault ... -
Adolescent smoking: The relationship between cigarette consumption and BMI
(2018-12-07)Background:Studies relating cigarette smoking and body weight yield conflicting results. Weight-lowering effects in women and men have been associated with smoking, however, no effects on weight have been proven.This study ...