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"A Fair Specimen of a Southern River Steamer": The Oregon and Tar/Pamlico River Steam Navigation
(2003-05)Steam navigation began successfully on North Carolina's Cape Fear River in 1818 and within a decade all of North Carolina's rivers hosted steamers, except for the Tar/Pamlico River. The Tar/Pamlico River lagged behind other ... -
Fairy Dust™
(East Carolina University, 2022-04-19)Fairy Dust[TM] is a collection of three short stories, one non-fiction essay, and one artist's book on the search for narrative in a chaotic and senseless world. These are stories about what happens to the survivors of ... -
Faith & Fitness in Farming Families
(2021-04-22)Although agriculture is a leading industry in North Carolina, farmers and farmworkers are one of the most underserved populations in the state due to rural health disparities. The Faith & Fitness in Farming Families Doctor ... -
Faith Community Nursing Program: Empowering the Hispanic/Latinx Population
(2023-07-20)The Hispanic/Latinx population of the United States is anticipated to increase to approximately 111.2 million by 2060. Nonetheless, Hispanics/Latinx continue to have limited healthcare access and underutilization of ... -
FAITH-BASED YOUTH PROGRAMS AND RESILIENCY DEVELOPMENT: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
(2015-12-11)The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between Young Life participation and the perception of resiliency skills among middle school, high school, and college aged students. The sampling technique for ... -
Faking an Implicit Measure of Addiction Proneness
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-19)Self-report measures are known to be susceptible to faking, and response distortion is a particularly critical issue in the context of assessing job applicants (Holden & Kroner, 1992; Hough, Eaton, Dunnette, Kamp, & McCloy, ... -
Falls Education and Post-Fall Management in an Independent Living Community
(2023-04-16)According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one out of every four adults over the age of 65 falls annually. Falls are the leading cause of injury for the older adult population, and fall-related deaths in ... -
Falls in the Independent Living Glenaire Community
(2014)Falls are a major issue in the geriatric community and lead to premature incapacitation as well as direct and indirect loss of life. Glenaire is a continuing care retirement facility in Cary, North Carolina. Glenaire ... -
False Authenticity in the Films of Woody Allen
(East Carolina University, 2012)Woody Allen is an auteur who is deeply concerned with the visual presentation of his cityscapes. However, each city that Allen films is presented in such a glamorous light that the depiction of the cities is falsely ... -
Familial and Cultural Conflicts as Related to Identity: the 1.5 and Second Generation's Imperfect Records
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-24)The bicultural struggles of the 1.5 and second generation characters in Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban, Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, and David Wong Louie's The Barbarians Are Coming are ... -
Familial cryptic translocation resulting in Angelman syndrome:implications for imprinting or location of the Angelman gene?
(East Carolina University, 1996-04)Angelman syndrome (AS) is associated with a loss of maternal genetic information, which typically occurs as a result of a deletion at 15ql1-q13 or paternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 15. We report a patient with AS ... -
FAMILIES IN POVERTY: EXPLORING PERCEPTIONS OF PARENTING STYLES AND COMMUNICATION
(East Carolina University, 2016-08-24)The present study evaluated parent-child communication and parenting styles of families in poverty. Participants were 62 parents of children from organizations who currently treat and supervise children in poverty. Data ... -
FAMILY DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE VIRTUAL DEMENTIA TOUR®: A CHANGED REALITY
(East Carolina University, 2018-11-27)Family dementia caregiving involves many challenges that often lead to stress and frustration. A subjective understanding of the daily struggles associated with dementia is not possible unless one has the disease; therefore, ... -
Family Functioning and Social Capital of Families Participating in Intensive In-Home Services : A North Carolina Study
(East Carolina University, 2010)Family functioning and social capital are two important realities for families receiving Intensive In-Home Services in North Carolina. Intensive In-Home Services provide a time limited treatment approach for families who ... -
Family Interactions Among African American Prostate Cancer Survivors
(East Carolina University, 2008-07)Prostate cancer affects African Americans at a higher rate than any other ethnic group in the United States. Prostate cancer does not only affect the man with the disease but also affects those individuals who are closest ... -
Family Stories Matter: Critical Pedagogy of Storytelling in Fifth-Grade Classrooms
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)Critical race pedagogues and culturally responsive educators advocate for greater emphasis on the voices of Students of Color that invoke their lived experiences, cultural knowledge, ancestral wisdom, and supportive familial ... -
Farm Animal-Assisted Therapy for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Parent’s Perspectives
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-03)Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that affects an individual's ability to communicate, create social relationships, and regulate sensory input and repetitive behaviors. An uncommon intervention ... -
Farm Fresh Foods for Healthy Kids (F3HK): An innovative community supported agriculture intervention to prevent childhood obesity in low-income families and strengthen local agricultural economies
(2017-04)Background: Childhood obesity persists in the United States and is associated with serious health problems. Higher rates of obesity among children from disadvantaged households may be, in part, attributable to disparities ...