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Memetic Rhetorical Theory in Technical Communication: Re-Constructing Ethos in the Post-Fact Era
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)This dissertation interrogates existing interpretations of ethos by analyzing the spread of misinformation through online communities. In particular, this dissertation argues that the rhetorical concept of ethos should ... -
Memorializing Individuals, Seeking Justice for Communities: The Epidemic of Systemic Violence Against Indigenous Peoples and the Role of Art and Public Response in Bringing About Social Change
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)Indigenous peoples throughout the Americas are often targets of violence stemming from settler colonial societies that would position Indigenous peoples on the outskirts of mainstream, often Eurocentric societies. For ... -
Memory of Germinant Stimuli in Bacterial Spores
(2015-11)Bacterial spores, despite being metabolically dormant, possess the remarkable capacity to detect nutrients and other molecules in their environment through a biochemical sensory apparatus that can trigger spore germination, ... -
Memory of Germinant Stimuli in Bacterial Spores
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Memory of Germinant Stimuli in Bacterial Spores
(2015-11)Bacterial spores, despite being metabolically dormant, possess the remarkable capacity to detect nutrients and other molecules in their environment through a biochemical sensory apparatus that can trigger spore germination, ... -
Men in Nursing Academia: Recruitment and Retention Factors
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-06)Currently there is a shortage of males holding faculty positions in schools of nursing. Minimal research has been conducted to address the shortage of male faculty. The purpose of this study was to identify factors related ... -
Mental Health Professionals' Attitudes toward Clients with Antisocial Personality Disorder
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-19)Clients with personality disorder are treated throughout the United States' healthcare system. Research suggests that mental health professionals' attitudes' toward clients with personality disorders are poor. However, ... -
MentalEaseKit
(East Carolina University, 2023-12-06)MentalEaseKit is a business built on the idea of providing college students with a possible solution to mental health disparities. Our solution is to provide students with a “tool kit” that will provide them not only with ... -
A Mentor-Led Text-Messaging Intervention Increases Intake of Fruits and Vegetables and Goal Setting for Healthier Dietary Consumption among Rural Adolescents in Kentucky and North Carolina, 2017
(2019-03-11)Text-messaging interventions hold promise for successful weight loss interventions. However, there is limited research on text-messaging interventions to improve dietary intake among rural adolescents, who are at greater ... -
Mentoring in Nursing Education: An Integrative Literature Review
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)Background: The nursing shortage is partly the result of the scarcity of nurse educators. To provide patients with competent, confident nurses that received quality education, having an adequate team of nurse educators is ... -
Merit Scholarships: Are They Accessible For All Students
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)Higher education should be accessible to all who reach for it. However, it is often out of reach for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds largely due to the cost barrier. Merit scholarship programs help make education ... -
MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FROM AFRICAN AMERICANS DISPLAY GREATER GLUCOSE OXIDATION COMPARED TO STEM CELLS FROM CAUCASIAN INFANTS
(East Carolina University, 2023-07-25)Background: Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity are more prevalent in African Americans (AA) than Caucasian (C) adults. Associated with this is Metabolic Inflexibility, the inability to switch between substrate usage depending on ... -
Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies in African Americans Provides Insights into the Genetic Architecture of Type 2 Diabetes
(2014-08)Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is more prevalent in African Americans than in Europeans. However, little is known about the genetic risk in African Americans despite the recent identification of more than 70 T2D loci primarily by ...