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You Can't Give What You Don't Have: A Community of Care Among Special Education Supervisors
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-24)
Purpose: The caring professions, including those working in the field of special education, are at increased risk of compassion fatigue and burnout. As they take care of vulnerable students and adult providers, it is ...
Utilizing Community Learning Exchanges to Empower All Voices and Strengthen Community Engagement in an International Middle School
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-12)
While many school leaders seek feedback from different constituent groups, few bring together students, teachers, and parents in decision-making conversations. The purpose of this participatory action research study was ...
Integrative multi-omic analyses identify novel biomarkers for recurrent stroke in participants from the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) clinical trial
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)
Background: Recurrent strokes are deadlier and more disabling than primary strokes and over 185,000 individuals in the US suffer a recurrent event each year. Current diagnostic and at-risk identification tools are inadequate ...
GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN: REIMAGINING THE ROLE OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR AS ADAPTIVE LEADERS
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-25)
To create conditions for high school principals and the principal supervisor to successfully lead career-themed pathways, a principal supervisor established a Community of Practice (CoP) and differentiated equity-focused ...
Stressful life events, discrimination, compliance, and social support among African Americans with managed versus unmanaged hypertension
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)
Essential hypertension disproportionately affects African Americans at a staggering 41% of the population. This population health crisis has multiple, complex biopsychosocial-spiritual components that impact the disease ...
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF MODIFIED SCHEDULING WITH YEAR-LONG, LOOPED COURSES TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE FOR AT-RISK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-26)
School systems have continued to search for ways to increase student achievement by
adjusting pacing and course alignment but have continued to find limitations due to scheduling.
A multitude of schedules shift the ...
POST-OPERATIVE VENTILATION PATTERNS AND THE EFFECTS OF NON-INVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE THERAPY ON VENTILATORY CHANGES AS MEASURED BY A NON-INVASIVE IMPEDANCE DEVICE IN PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-26)
Patients undergoing general anesthesia who have or are suspected of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may be at increased risk for ventilatory complications, including respiratory depression, airway obstructions, and apnea ...
THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT IN NORTH CAROLINA: 2007-2017
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-25)
This study explored the reporting of health equity issues in public health-led community health assessments (CHAs) and the reporting of measurable outcomes in the public health-led community health assessments (CHIPs). ...
Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Prostate Radiotherapy for Improved Treatment Outcomes
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)
External beam radiation therapy is among the most common modalities of curative treatment for prostate cancer and has evolved substantially with the inclusion of multimodality imaging in treatment planning. It has been ...
Emotional Evidence of Change: Highlanders Experiences with Glacial Retreat in Peru
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-26)
Global climate change is a phenomenon studied by some, but experienced by many. Communities in various places across the globe live with the physical and social effects of that phenomenon each day, with the most highly ...