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Orchiectomy or androgen receptor blockade attenuates baroreflex-mediated bradycardia in conscious rats
(East Carolina University, 2006-01)Background: Previous studies have shown that testosterone enhances baroreflex bradycardia. Therefore, conscious unrestrained rats were used to investigate the role of the androgen receptor in the testosterone-mediated ... -
ORCID Identifiers: Planned and Potential Uses by Associations, Publishers, and Librarians
(2014-05-03)ORCID is an international, interdisciplinary, non-profit organization with a twofold goal: provide an open registry of unique identifiers for researchers and work with the scholarly community to ensure that this persistent ... -
Ordinal-Level Phylogenomics of the Arthropod Class Diplopoda (Millipedes) Based on an Analysis of 221 Nuclear Protein-Coding Loci Generated Using Next-Generation Sequence Analyses
(2013-11-13)BACKGROUND: The ancient and diverse, yet understudied arthropod class Diplopoda, the millipedes, has a muddled taxonomic history. Despite having a cosmopolitan distribution and a number of unique and interesting characteristics, ... -
Ordinal-Level Phylogenomics of the Arthropod Class Diplopoda (Millipedes) Based on an Analysis of 221 Nuclear Protein-Coding Loci Generated Using Next-Generation Sequence Analyses
(2013)Background The ancient and diverse, yet understudied arthropod class Diplopoda, the millipedes, has a muddled taxonomic history. Despite having a cosmopolitan distribution and a number of unique and interesting ... -
Organic matter characterization and decomposition dynamics in sub-Antarctic streams impacted by invasive beavers
(2012-11)Despite being a relatively remote and well conserved area, the sub-Antarctic ecoregion faces pressing global threats from climate change, the ozone hole and introduced species. Its freshwater ecosystems are one of the least ... -
Organic Structure
(East Carolina University, 2011)This supplemental report is based on my thesis exhibition and is an investigation into the influences that drive me to create sculpture. The work stems from a fascination with nature's ability to deconstruct what mankind ... -
ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO CULTURAL AND LEADERSHIP COMPLEXITY
(East Carolina University, 2014)Higher education institutions are increasingly pressured to identify performance measures related to organizational effectiveness. Research has shown that theorists and practitioners have varying views on which criteria ... -
Organizational work-family culture: A prospective moderator for the caregiver burden of employed caregivers of children with special healthcare needs
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-23)In the current study, the relationships between caregiver burden, organizational work-family culture, and work-life balance were examined for employed caregivers of children with special healthcare needs. The assessment ... -
Organizational Wound Policy Improvement and Expansion
(2023-07-21)Hospital acquired pressure injuries are a costly and significant health care issue that can have major implications for patients and health care organizations. Accurate and timely wound assessment and documentation is an ... -
Organizing Desire
(East Carolina University, 2010)This thesis investigates how American culture internalizes, processes, and acts on data received through mass media. -
Orientation and Mentorship Transition to Practice for Nurse Practitioners
(2021-04-28)Nurse practitioners (NPs) will perform an increasingly pivotal role in the delivery of healthcare services in the United States. Newly hired NPs require a depth of knowledge and skills to effectively transition into their ... -
An Orientation Experience: Introducing Newly Licensed Nurses to Ambulatory Care Settings
(2021-07-25)This project aimed to evaluate the impact of an orientation program on retention and clinical confidence of newly licensed nurses hired in ambulatory care settings. Twenty-three percent of newly licensed nurses leave ... -
Orientation for BSN-to-DNP Clinical Preceptors
(2021-07-25)To support preceptor retention and recruitment efforts, a college of nursing in North Carolina desired to implement a formal orientation for clinical preceptors within a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) to Doctor of ... -
Orientation to Screening and Treating Patients for Food Insecurity, The MOTHeRS Project - Updated 2022
(2021)This is the presentation/training for staff and volunteers participating in the screening for and treatment of food insecurity in the MOTHeRS project. These materials can be adapted for other clinical sites. This is an ... -
Origin and geochemical evolution of localized, high-ferrous-iron zones in the Upper Castle Hayne Aquifer, Beaufort County, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-19)The Tertiary Upper Castle Hayne Aquifer (UCHA) is one of the most productive aquifers in North Carolina's Coastal Plain; however, localized zones containing high, dissolved-iron concentrations ([greater than]0.3 mg/L) are ...