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  • Feasibility of Tomotherapy-Based Image-Guided Radiotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer 

    Nguyen, Nam P.; Shen, Wei; Kratz, Sarah; Vock, Jacqueline; Vos, Paul; Vincent, Vinh-Hung; Altdorfer, Gabor; Ewell, Lars; Jang, Siyoung; Karlsson, Ulf; Godinez, Juan; Mills, Melissa; Sroka, Thomas; Dutta, Suresh; Chi, Alexander (2013-11)

  • Feasibility of Tomotherapy-Based Image-Guided Radiotherapy to Reduce Aspiration Risk in Patients with Non-Laryngeal and Non-Pharyngeal Head and Neck Cancer 

    Nguyen, Nam P.; Smith-Raymond, Lexie; Vinh-Hung, Vincent; Vos, Paul; Davis, Rick; Desai, Anand; Sroka, Thomas; Abraham, Dave; Krafft, Shane P.; Stevie, Michelle; Modarresifar, Homayoun; Jo, Beng-Hoey; Ceizyk, Misty (2013)

  • Feeding Practices in NC-based Early Head Start Programs among Teachers Serving 12-36mo Children 

    Bullard, Caitlin Elizabeth (East Carolina University, 2019-07-22)
    Background: Food behaviors are developed during the first few years of life making caregiver interactions especially important in the formation of healthy food preferences. Limited data exists on caregiver feeding styles ...

  • FOOD OPTION WITH A MORE NUTRIENT FAVORABLE PROFILE IN GROCERY STORES : BUYING HEALTHIER FOODS WITHOUT PAYING MORE. 

    Mammarella, Sarah (East Carolina University, 2010)
    Obesity is more prevalent in people of lower-socioeconomic status. Since over half of meals consumed are prepared in the home, grocery store purchases may be playing an important role in the obesity epidemic. The objective ...

  • Frequency altered feedback for treating non-stuttering pathologies 

    Rastatter, Michael P.; Kalinowski, Joseph Stanley; Stuart, Andrew M. (2012-09-04)
    Methods and devices treat treating non-stuttering pathologies having impaired or decreased communication skills by administering a frequency altered auditory feedback signal to a subject having a non-stuttering pathology ...

  • Functional Aging of the Inner Ear Sensory Systems in Mouse Models of Age-Related Hearing Loss 

    Mock, Bruce Elliott (East Carolina University, 2009)
    Age related structural and functional change in the cochlea have been well described and predisposing factors including genetic background, gender, and environmental factors have been identified. To date, nine genetic loci ...

  • Generators of mammalian vestibular surface responses to head motion 

    Gaines, Gary Christopher (East Carolina University, 2012)
    The linear vestibular sensory evoked potential (VsEP) is thought to be the compound electrical response of peripheral macular neurons and central neural relays, and as such used to directly assess macular function. The ...

  • The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization 

    Sadd, Ben M.; Barribeau, Seth M.; Bloch, Guy; de Graaf, Dirk C.; Dearden, Peter; Elsik, Christine G.; Gadau, Jürgen; Grimmelikhuijzen, Cornelis J.; Hasselmann, Martin; Lozier, Jeffrey D.; Robertson, Hugh M.; Smagghe, Guy; Stolle, Eckart; Van Vaerenbergh, Matthias; Waterhouse, Robert M.; Bornberg-Bauer, Erich; Klasberg, Steffen; Bennett, Anna K.; Câmara, Francisco; Guigó, Roderic; Hoff, Katharina; Mariotti, Marco; Munoz-Torres, Monica; Murphy, Terence; Santesmasses, Didac; Amdam, Gro V.; Beckers, Matthew; Beye, Martin; Biewer, Matthias; Bitondi, Márcia M.; Blaxter, Mark L.; Bourke, Andrew F.; Brown, Mark J. F.; Buechel, Severine D.; Cameron, Rossanah; Cappelle, Kaat; Carolan, James C.; Christiaens, Olivier; Ciborowski, Kate L.; Clarke, David F.; Colgan, Thomas J.; Collins, David H.; Cridge, Andrew G.; Dalmay, Tamas; Dreier, Stephanie; du Plessis, Louis; Duncan, Elizabeth; Erler, Silvio; Evans, Jay D.; Falcon, Tiago; Flores, Kevin; Freitas, Flávia C.; Fuchikawa, Taro; Gempe, Tanja; Hartfelder, Klaus; Hauser, Frank; Helbing, Sophie; Humann, Fernanda C.; Irvine, Frano; Jermiin, Lars S.; Johnson, Claire E.; Johnson, Reed M.; Jones, Andrew K; Kadowaki, Tatsuhiko; Kidner, Jonathan H.; Koch, Vasco; Köhler, Arian; Kraus, F. B.; Lattorff, H. M. G.; Leask, Megan; Lockett, Gabrielle A.; Mallon, Eamonn B.; Antonio, David S. Marco; Marxer, Monika; Meeus, Ivan; Moritz, Robin F.; Nair, Ajay; Näpflin, Kathrin; Nissen, Inga; Niu, Jinzhi; Nunes, Francis M.; Oakeshott, John G.; Osborne, Amy; Otte, Marianne; Pinheiro, Daniel G.; Rossié, Nina; Rueppell, Olav; Santos, Carolina G.; Schmid-Hempel, Regula; Schmitt, Björn D.; Schulte, Christina; Simões, Zilá L.; Soares, Michelle P.; Swevers, Luc; Winnebeck, Eva C.; Wolschin, Florian; Yu, Na; Zdobnov, Evgeny M.; Aqrawi, Peshtewani K.; Blankenburg, Kerstin P.; Coyle, Marcus; Francisco, Liezl; Hernandez, Alvaro G.; Holder, Michael; Hudson, Matthew E.; Jackson, LaRonda; Jayaseelan, Joy; Joshi, Vandita; Kovar, Christie; Lee, Sandra L.; Mata, Robert; Mathew, Tittu; Newsham, Irene F.; Ngo, Robin; Okwuonu, Geoffrey; Pham, Christopher; Pu, Ling-Ling; Saada, Nehad; Santibanez, Jireh; Simmons, DeNard; Thornton, Rebecca; Venkat, Aarti; Walden, Kimberly K.; Wu, Yuan-Qing; Debyser, Griet; Devreese, Bart; Asher, Claire; Blommaert, Julie; Chipman, Ariel D.; Chittka, Lars; Fouks, Bertrand; Liu, Jisheng; O’Neill, Meaghan P.; Sumner, Seirian; Puiu, Daniela; Qu, Jiaxin; Salzberg, Steven L.; Scherer, Steven E.; Muzny, Donna M.; Richards, Stephen; Robinson, Gene E.; Gibbs, Richard A.; Schmid-Hempel, Paul; Worley, Kim C. (2015-04-24)
    Background The shift from solitary to social behavior is one of the major evolutionary transitions. Primitively eusocial bumblebees are uniquely placed to illuminate the evolution of highly eusocial insect societies. ...

  • Handwriting in Young Adults in an Era of Technological Advancements 

    Spencer, Courtney N. (East Carolina University, 2015-12-10)
    The purpose of this study was to investigate handwriting and technology as methods for note-taking in the post-secondary classroom, handwriting in daily life, and perceptions of handwriting instruction, both print and ...

  • HAZARD PERCEPTION TRAINING FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER ON THE INTERACTIVE DRIVING SIMULATOR: USING EYE TRACKING TECHNOLOGY TO DETERMINE EFFECTIVENESS 

    Baran, Tara Jean (East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
    Rationale: Driving is an important developmental milestone for all adolescents as it increases their independence and ability to participate in vehicle-dependent activities. However, adolescents with high functioning autism ...

  • Hearing aids in older adults: audibility, outcomes, status, characteristics, and skills 

    Poland, Ellen (East Carolina University, 2013)
    The current study explored hearing aid outcomes for a group of participants who were dispenser fit rather than protocol fit. Participants could have been fit and followed by any hearing aid practitioner increasing the ...

  • Heart rate as a physiologic response to scenarios on the driving simulator 

    Cooper, Kristen (East Carolina University, 2012)
    Introduction: Since driving is such a big part of the American culture and considered an instrumental activity of daily living, it is a critical area for assessment and intervention for occupational therapists. The overall ...

  • High major histocompatibility complex class I polymorphism despite bottlenecks in wild and domesticated populations of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) 

    Newhouse, Daniel J.; Balakrishnan, Christopher N. (2015-12-01)
    Background Two subspecies of zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata castanotis and T. g. guttata are native to Australia and the Lesser Sunda Islands, respectively. The Australian subspecies has been domesticated and is now an ...

  • How to Write a Nutrition-Related Children’s Book with Consideration of Child Perceptions 

    Poindexter, Ashley (East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)
    This literature review analyzes various peer-reviewed health and psychology journal articles to discover the most effective ways to present information to elementary-aged children in the context of a picture book. Topics ...

  • Identification, characterization, and gene expression analysis of nucleotide binding site (NB)-type resistance gene homologues in switchgrass 

    Frazier, Taylor Price; Palmer, Nathan A.; Xie, Fuliang; Tobias, Christian M.; Donze-Reiner, Teresa J.; Bombarely, Aureliano; Childs, Kevin L.; Shu, Shengqiang; Jenkins, Jerry W.; Schmutz, Jeremy; Zhang, Baohong; Sarath, Gautam; Zhao, Bingyu (2016-11-08)
    Abstract Background Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a warm-season perennial grass that can be used as a second generation bioenergy crop. However, foliar fungal ...

  • The Impact of a Vocational Counseling Based Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient Program upon Work and Well-Being: A Pilot Study 

    Atherton, William Leigh. (East Carolina University, 2011)
    Even though recovery from Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) involves changes among a number of life domains, services have traditionally focused on abstinence from substances. Cursory attention is placed on holistic treatment ...

  • Impact of Auditory Training on Speech Perception and Cognitive Abilities in Older Adults with Hearing Loss 

    Cosby, Janel L. (East Carolina University, 2011)
    The current study explored the impact of short term auditory training (LACE-Degraded) and auditory-cognitive training (LACE 4.0) on speech perceptual and cognitive measures in older adults with mild-moderate sensorineural ...

  • The Impact of Mild Stroke on Participation in Physical Fitness Activities 

    Hildebrand, Mary; Brewer, Megan; Wolf, Timothy (2012)
    Objective. To compare participation in moderate to high intensity physical activities in persons before and after a mild stroke. Methods. We used data from the Cognitive Rehabilitation and Research Group to examine changes ...

  • Impact of preschool handwriting without tears instruction one year following intervention 

    Phelps, Anna Call (East Carolina University, 2012)
    Handwriting is a communication skill that must be taught to young students as it serves as the primary manner in which elementary school students are able to demonstrate their knowledge of academic concepts. Occupational ...

  • Impact of pulmonary exposure to gold core silver nanoparticles of different size and capping agents on cardiovascular injury 

    Holland, Nathan A.; Thompson, Leslie C.; Vidanapathirana, Achini K.; Urankar, Rahkee N.; Lust, Robert M.; Fennell, Timothy R.; Wingard, Christopher J. (2016-08-24)
    Background:The uses of engineered nanomaterials have expanded in biomedical technology and consumer manufacturing. Furthermore, pulmonary exposure to various engineered nanomaterials has, likewise, demonstrated the ability ...