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Fear & Opportunity
(East Carolina University, 2014)This report of Creative Thesis examines the links between childhood memories, the joy of opportunity, the fear of decision-making, and the struggle for identity and belonging. The concept is represented by two opposing ... -
Fear Not This Body
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-26)Body shame is an insidious part of Western culture. As a fat woman, I am intent upon expressing and sharing the beauty of bodies that are commonly vilified in an effort to combat that shame. In my MFA thesis exhibition, I ... -
Fear of Aquatic Predators Cause Prey to Alter Their Phenotype at Multiple Life Stages
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-27)Many organisms can alter their behavior, life history, and morphology in response to their environment. This ability is known as phenotypic plasticity. One of the major environmental cues that triggers a phenotypic plastic ... -
Fear of Recurrence in Atrial Fibrillation Patients: Development of the ECU Fear of Recurrence Scale
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-04)Atrial fibrillation (AF) is characterized by a rapid and irregular heartbeat that results from abnormal impulse generation from the upper chambers of the heart, the atria. A disorganized heartbeat obstructs the ability of ... -
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Values-Based Telehealth Intervention to Promote Adherence in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Patients
(East Carolina University, 2023-12-07)Background: Current research indicates an ongoing need to identify interventions to promote Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation (CVPR) participation, as participation in CVPR remains low despite positive effects on health ... -
Feasibility of a Virtual Mindfulness-Based Intervention Modified with Accessibility Features for College Students with Chronic Health Conditions and Disabilities
(East Carolina University, 2023-07-09)There have been few published studies examining mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) with college students with health conditions and no published studies examining MBIs in college students with disabilities. Additionally, ... -
FEEDING KNOWLEDGE AND FEEDING CONFIDENCE OF PROFESSIONAL GROUPS IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WHO ARE INVOLVED IN PROVIDING PRENATAL CARE VISITS FOR PARENTS HAVING A BABY DIAGNOSED WITH CLEFT LIP WITH OR WITHOUT CLEFT PALATE
(East Carolina University, 2023-11-29)Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the feeding knowledge and feeding confidence of different professional groups in eastern North Carolina who provided prenatal care visits (PNVs) for parents having a baby diagnosed ... -
Feeding Practices in NC-based Early Head Start Programs among Teachers Serving 12-36mo Children
(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 ... -
Female Athletic Trainers Working with Male Division I Teams: Exploring their Experiences and Interactions
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-13)Despite representing half of all certified athletic trainers in the United States, females tend to not staff male teams at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level. To date, there has not been ... -
Females Appraisal Distortions in Intimate Partner Relationships
(2020-07)Intimate partner violence (IPV) initiated by women is vastly under researched compared to violence initiated by men. Socially, the quest to understand IPV has almost exclusively focused on violence perpetrated by men and ... -
Fesselin and caldesmon: natively unfolded proteins in smooth muscle regulation
(East Carolina University, 2010)Dysregulation of smooth muscle contraction is linked to diseases such as atherosclerosis, asthma, hypertension, urinary incontinence, premature birth and others. The goal of this project is to contribute to our understanding ... -
Fesselin, an intrinsically disordered smooth muscle protein, organizes and stabilizes actin-myosin and myosin
(East Carolina University, 2014)Fesselin is an intrinsically disordered protein that is known to bind a large variety of cytoskeletal proteins. The proteins fesselin is known to bind include: actin (Leinweber et al. 1999), [alpha]-actinin (Pham et al. ... -
Festival Gap : Comparing Organizers' Perceptions of Visitors to a Survey of Visitors at the Carolina Renaissance Festival, 2005
(East Carolina University, 2006)In many cases, festival organizers simply "guess" at the characteristics and motivations of their visitors. The organization, planning and marketing of festivals can greatly benefit from an analysis of visitors. This ... -
FETUS PHANTOM CONSTRUCTIONS FOR OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE PREGNANT FEMALES FOR RADIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(East Carolina University, 2019-06-07)Radiation exposure and associated radiation risks are major concerns for fetal development for pregnant patients in general, and in particular for overweight and obese pregnant patients who undergo diagnostic imaging or ... -
Fiducial Marker Placement and Selection Study for Real-Time Lung Tumor Tracking
(East Carolina University, 2023-04-26)Introduction: Lung cancer remains one of the most fatal forms of cancer globally. Lung cancer is often treated by surgical removal of the malignant tissue however, surgery is not often an option for lung cancer. Radiation ... -
FieldWork
(East Carolina University, 2013)My work is a visual photographic exploration, which considers the migration from the field to the factory and the consequences of that shift on the American worker. Since the Industrial Revolution, large corporations have ... -
FIGHTING AS THE FIRST: A CASE STUDY IN UNDERSTANDING THE STRUGGLES OF FIRST-GENERATION UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-26)The purpose of this work was to understand the struggles that first-generation college students experience during their first year in a college/university setting. For the purposes of this study, I defined "first-generation ...