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Vectors of transmission: An early nicotine puff triggers a long-lasting microRNA molecular “memory” in C. elegans.
(East Carolina University, 2016-06-16)The prevalence of passive and active nicotine exposure among neonates, children and adolescents remains relatively high and varies among cultures and countries. Currently, there is ample evidence that a safe nicotine dose ... -
Velopharyngeal Muscle Morphology in Children with Congenital Palatal Microforms
(East Carolina University, 2016-12-15)Children born with palatal microforms are often clinically mismanaged due to difficulties in diagnosis and treatment. These difficulties are exacerbated by anatomical and physiological differences in clinical presentation. ... -
Venomics and Systematics of Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae)
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-23)Robber flies or assassin flies (Diptera: Asilidae) are a diverse family of venomous predators. The evolutionary history of this venom is poorly known. We leveraged venom transcriptomes from a diversity of robber flies and ... -
Vestibular function following blast injury
(East Carolina University, 2011)To date, the war on terror has produced over 30,000 wounded military personnel with a large proportions of injuries attributed to blasts. Dizziness and imbalance are common complaints among the blast-injured population. ... -
VIABILITY OF CERIUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLES AS A RADIOPROTECTOR AGAINST PROTON RADIATION FOR NON-MALIGNANT CELLS
(East Carolina University, 2015)Radiation therapy is a prevalent cancer treatment therapy. The goal is to kill all tumor cells while minimizing damage to healthy cells and new methods that can accomplish this goal are continually being investigated. ... -
VICTIM ADVOCACY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-08)Public institutions of higher learning are required by The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Statistics Act 1990 (20 USC [section] 1092(f)) to provide education on crime prevention to constituents ... -
Visualizing Images in Writing : Pedagogical and Professional Implications of Image Analysis
(East Carolina University, 2013)A recent and growing discussion among rhetoric and composition scholars has emerged surrounding the ways in which images influence the evolving nature of contemporary text. For the most part, scholars in the field agree ... -
VOICES OF HOPE: YOUTH OF COLOR IN CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOLS
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-04)Youth of Color sit at the intersection of multiple systems of oppression--classism, racism, and sexism. Too often, Youth of Color are pushed out of traditional schools and are further marginalized by being assigned to ... -
VOICES OF RESISTANCE: HOW WOMEN ANTIRACIST EDUCATIONAL LEADERS ADDRESS THE TENSIONS OF LEADING FOR RACIAL EQUITY
(East Carolina University, 2023-04-26)The doctoral participatory action research study explored what we can learn from women who combine their female ontologies and epistemologies with the lived experiences of themselves and others toward improving racial ... -
WATER'S GONNA RISE : SEA-LEVEL RISE RISK PERCEPTION, COMMUNICATION AND POLICY-MAKING IN NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2014)Sea level rise is threatening coastal areas around the world with the loss of land, damage to personal and public property, ecological impacts, displacement of populations, and exacerbated risk associated with severe storm ... -
We Are Not Eighteen: Welcoming Non-traditional Students on Campus
(East Carolina University, 2022-03-31)Non-traditional students are quickly becoming the majority on college campuses, with three-fourths of campus populations fitting the definition of a non-traditional student. However, many institutions still lack a tailored ... -
We Choose Not To "Shut Up and Dribble": Listening to Student Voices in an Alternative Learning School
(East Carolina University, 2023-04-21)The purpose of the PAR study was to use students' experiences in an alternative learning school to better understand and strengthen African American male student learning. Because the students had academic setbacks, failed ... -
WEIGHT STIGMA AND MEDIA: AN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECT OF ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS ON WEIGHT STIGMA, INTERNALIZED WEIGHT BIAS, BODY IMAGE, SELF-ESTEEM, AND AFFECT
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-08)The terms weight stigma and weight bias have been used interchangeably to refer to the negative beliefs, attitudes, and stereotypes about someone due to their weight status, and these beliefs may be internalized when ... -
WEIGHTED BLANKET EFFICACY FOR REDUCING ANXIETY AND ANGER IN ADULT PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-21)Restraint and seclusion continue to be used to manage aggressive and self-injurious behaviors in psychiatric patients on the inpatient psychiatric unit. This intervention can cause both physiological and psychological ... -
What does it mean to want it all? : The effect of gender role orientation on work-life conflict and employee health
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-22)The extant work-life conflict literature focuses on differences in conflict related to differences between men and women based on biological sex even though work and life domain salience has become increasingly similar ... -
What Is Good Nursing Care? The Lived Meaning of Quality Nursing Care for Practicing Nurses
(East Carolina University, 2008-04-11)Healthcare quality in the United States of America (USA) is the subject of intense criticism. Although quality nursing care is vital to patient outcomes and safety, meaningful quality improvements have been disturbingly ... -
WHAT’S CULTURE GOT TO DO WITH IT?: A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROGRAM IN AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-27)Social emotional skills are a necessary component of student learning in both the cognitive and affective domains of learning. International schools are particularly complex environments for incorporating social emotional ... -
Where Science Meets Users Needs: Storm Surge in Eastern NC
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-26)The coast is well researched because of its intrinsic value to visitors, the lives and property of those who live at the coast, and the environmental services it provides through tourism, natural resources, and as a natural ... -
White Women Educational Leaders: Embodying Antiracism in Eastern North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2023-04-21)The purpose of this study is to analyze how white women identify and enact their roles as antiracist school and district leaders for equity. We met together in a community of practice focused on antiracist growth and equity ... -
WHY THEY STAY: CRITICAL FACTORS FOR TEACHER RETENTION
(East Carolina University, 2021-11-29)My district in North Carolina is one of many across the country impacted by a shortage of teachers caused by attrition and fewer people entering the profession. Educational leaders must increase teacher retention to ...