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SHOxABILITY : Ability and avoidance of daily activity behaviors in ICD patients
(East Carolina University, 2012)
Background: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) shocks terminate potentially life-threatening arrhythmias. ICD shock may alter patient behavior via patients attempting to avoid daily activities or increasing heart ...
More Than Just Letting Them Play: Parental Influence on Women's Lifetime Sport Involvement
(East Carolina University, 2008)
This qualitative study uses expectancy-value and life course theories (Giele & Elder, 1998) to examine both the proximal and distal impact of early family socialization on enduring female participation in sport. Seventeen ...
Physical activity across the curriculum: year one process evaluation results
(East Carolina University, 2008-07-07)
Background: Physical Activity Across the Curriculum (PAAC) is a 3-year elementary school-based intervention to determine if increased amounts of moderate intensity physical activity performed in the classroom will diminish ...
A sex-specific relationship between capillary density and anaerobic threshold
(East Carolina University, 2009-04)
Although both capillary density and peak oxygen consumption (VO2) improve with exercise training, it is difficult to find a relationship between these two measures. It has been suggested that peak VO2 may be more related ...
Forcing the Moment to Its Crisis: Thoughts on Pay-Per-View and the Perpetual Access Ideal
(East Carolina University, 2010-01)
AN EXAMINATION OF THE TRAINING NEEDS OF FIRST-YEAR BASIC SKILLS INSTRUCTORS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
(East Carolina University, 2010)
In North Carolina Basic Skills Programs are administered by the community college system and provide adults educational opportunities in not only the traditional four areas of adult education, ABE, GED, AHS, and ESL, but ...
THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSION AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AT A CHURCH-RELATED INSTITUTION
(East Carolina University, 2012)
This study explores the relationship between theological discussion and organizational change within a church-related institution. The qualitative case study examines the dialogue on a campus that received a Lilly Endowment ...
The Current Status of Spirituality-Based Co-Curricular Programming by Student Affairs Practitioners in Higher Education
(East Carolina University, 2012)
The purpose of this mixed-methodologies study was to explore the current status of spirituality-based co-curricular programming by student affairs practitioners in higher education. The initial information was ascertained ...
Preparedness of Career and Technical Education Students in the IT Field: Is Wake County Public School System Ignoring a Great Employment Opportunity For Their Students?
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Information Technology is one of the fastest growing fields in regards to career vacancies, so why is the Wake County Public School System not taking advantage of an opportunity to prepare their students for these in-demand ...
Relative fat oxidation is higher in children than adults
(East Carolina University, 2007-08-16)
Background: Prepubescent children may oxidize fatty acids more readily than adults. Therefore, dietary fat needs would be higher for children compared with adults. The dietary fat recommendations are higher for children 4 ...