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National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Lightning Safety for Athletics and Recreation
(East Carolina University, 2000-10)Objective: To educate athletic trainers and others about the dangers of lightning, provide lightning-safety guidelines, define safe structures and locations, and advocate prehospital care for lightning-strike victims. ... -
The National Clinical Assessment Tool for Medical Students in the Emergency Department (NCAT-EM)
(2018-01)Introduction: Clinical assessment of medical students in emergency medicine (EM) clerkships is a highly variable process that presents unique challenges and opportunities. Currently, clerkship directors use institution-specific ... -
A National Needs Analysis of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivors
(East Carolina University, 2015)Psychosocial outcomes of sudden cardiac arrest survivors have generally been studied in single center samples. Large, nationally representative patient surveys may offer different perspectives. The aim of the current ... -
A National Study of Social Media, Television, Radio, and Internet Usage of Adults by Sexual Orientation and Smoking Status: Implications for Campaign Design
(2017-04-21)Background: Smoking rates among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people significantly exceed that of heterosexuals. Media interventions are an important part of tobacco control efforts, but limited information is available ... -
National Trends in Cessation Counseling, Prescription Medication Use, and Associated Costs Among US Adult Cigarette Smokers
(2019-05-24)Importance: Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. When used separately or in combination, smoking cessation counseling and cessation medications have been associated ... -
National Weather Service Hydrology Products: Influencing Factors of People’s Effective Use and Optimization Suggestions
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)Floods are one of the most destructive disasters in the United States, causing tremendous economic, life, and property losses to human society. Hydrology weather forecast products can be effective tools for preventing ... -
Nationwide Insecticide Susceptibility Screening Against Six Active Ingredients
(2016-09-26)Mosquitoes may develop resistance to insecticide active ingredients after repeated exposures. Thus, it is crucial that mosquito populations be tested for resistance to confirm efficacy of control, inform management ... -
NATIVE PLANT LANDSCAPING FOR POLLINATORS ON EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SOLAR FARMS
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-15)Solar panel farms (SPFs) may be a part of a sustainable solution to pollinator decline and the loss of ecosystem services they provide. Some SPFs are seeking to landscape with diverse native seed mixes, which has the ... -
Navigating 21st Century Digital Scholarship: Open Educational Resources (OERs), Creative Commons, Copyright and Library Vendor License
(2018-06-09)Digital scholarship issues are increasingly prevalent in today’s environment. We are faced with questions of how to protect our own works as well as others’ with responsible attribution and usage, sometimes involving a ... -
Navigating Historical Waters: A Study of the Pilots and Original Settlers of Ocracoke Island
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-04)Ocracoke Inlet and the surrounding islands have a long and rich history, stretching back to the Europeans' first settlements of the Carolinas, and is the only inlet that has remained open since the colonial period. The ... -
Navigating Uncharted Waters: Creating a culture of assessment
(2019-06-17)Aim: To make assessment a fully integrated part of operations in order produce more data driven decision-making? Methods: This poster will be a case study of integrating assessment and analysis of data into operational ... -
NC DOCKS at 10: A Conversation with Anna Craft
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NCAA ATHLETIC DIRECTORS' SELF-PERSPECTIVE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL/TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP
(East Carolina University, 2012)The purpose of this study was to examine NCAA athletic directors' (ADs') perceptions of their own leadership styles as they relate to the five dimensions of transformational leadership and the three dimensions of transactional ... -
NCEM Workshop Keynote Speaker
(2013-05-22)Keynote speaker Linda Sturgis described the impact that Hurricane Sandy had on the coast of New York and Northern New Jersey, an area in which she was responsible for safety, transportation and navigation. The ... -
ncreased glycemic variability is independently associated with length of stay and mortality in noncritically ill hospitalized patients
(2013-10-29)OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between glycemic variability (GV) and both length of stay (LOS) and 90-day mortality in noncritically ill hospitalized patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: This study ... -
Near-infrared spectroscopy detects age-related differences in skeletal muscle oxidative function: promising implications for geroscience
(2018-02)Age is the greatest risk factor for chronic disease and is associated with a marked decline in functional capacity and quality of life. A key factor contributing to loss of function in older adults is the decline in skeletal ... -
Nearshore mixing and nutrient delivery along the western Antarctic Peninsula
(2017)The surface waters of the Southern Ocean play a key role in the global climate and carbon cycles by promoting growth of some of the world’s largest phytoplankton blooms. Several studies have emphasized the importance of ...