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A Community Campus Partnership: AH-HA Moments in Service Learning
(2012-03-29)RCAW Scholar-Teacher Award -
COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP STYLES AND RANKING OF FINANCIAL CHALLENGES
(East Carolina University, 2010)A number of new community college presidents will need to be hired in the next five years due to the large percentage of current presidents who plan to retire within that timeframe. As current presidents leave, it is ... -
COMMUNITY FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION AND THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM OF NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
(East Carolina University, 2012)Flooding events, including coastal, estuarine, and riverine floods, cause considerable losses to individuals and businesses in the United States. In recent decades, over 80 percent of disaster losses nationwide have been ... -
Community gardens increase access to fresh, healthy produce
(2023-10-25)This is a weekly Q and A newspaper column under the byline of Dr. Kathy Kolasa. Today's column is on the benefits of community gardens. -
Community Health Clinic Implementation of a Medication Assisted Treatment program for Opioid Use Disorder
(2020-04-27)The opioid epidemic is affecting every aspect of communities, from the national level down to each state and city level. North Carolina reports over 50 percent of deaths being related to heroin and synthetic narcotics. ... -
COMMUNITY HEALTH INFORMATION-SHARING BY LATINO PALLIATIVE CARE LAY ADVISORS
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)Lay health advisors are an evidence-based intervention that can address health equity. Lay advisors are trusted members of the community and serve as natural helpers. With training, lay advisors can help others navigate ... -
Community intervention to deter illegal parking in spaces reserved for the physically disabled.
(East Carolina University, 1991)Illegal use of reserved parking spaces represents a major obstacle to the independence and mobility of people with physical disabilities. Using an ABACACA reversal design, the daily rates of illegal parking in four reserved ... -
Community Lost? Changes and Stratification in Perceived Neighborhood Social Cohesion among Families with Children
(2022-02-16)Neighborhood social cohesion is strongly associated with health and well-being, especially among families with children. However, there is a widespread perception in the media, policy circles, and prominent research ... -
A community-based lifestyle and weight loss intervention promoting a Mediterranean-style diet pattern evaluated in the stroke belt of North Carolina: the Heart Healthy Lenoir Project
(2016-08-05)Abstract Background Because residents of the southeastern United States experience disproportionally high rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD), it is important to develop ... -
Community-Campus Partnerships and Student Learning: Using Lessons Learned to Chart a Path for the Future
(2013-12-19)Institutions of higher learning are being called upon more than ever to establish and nurture sustainable partnerships with local communities. In particular, the language of Jesuit mission and identity lends itself to ... -
A Community-Driven Approach to Identifying “Winnable� Policies Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Common Community Measures for Obesity Prevention
(2012)Federally funded, community-based participatory research initiatives encourage the development and implementation of obesity prevention policies. In 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the ... -
Commute Times, Food Retail Gaps, and Body Mass Index in North Carolina Counties
(2010-09)Introduction The prevalence of obesity is higher in rural than in urban areas of the United States, for reasons that are not well understood. We examined correlations between percentage of rural residents, commute times, ... -
¿Como se llama? What's in a library name and logo?
(2005-05-17)The branding project resulted in some experiences that are worth sharing with other libraries that may choose to embark on an effort to create a library identity: • Use existing expertise in the organization • Be ... -
Compact NMR relaxometry of human blood and blood components
(2016-10)Nuclear magnetic resonance relaxometry is a uniquely practical and versatile implementation of NMR technology. Because it does not depend on chemical shift resolution, it can be performed using low- field compact instruments ... -
Compact operators and nest representations of limit algebras
(2007-01-04)In this paper we study the nest representations $ \rho: \mathcal{A} \longrightarrow \operatorname{Alg} \mathcal{N}$ of a strongly maximal TAF algebra $ \mathcal{A}$, whose ranges contain non-zero compact operators. We ...