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EXPERIENTIAL CONDITIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY IN ACTION: CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
(East Carolina University, 2023-04-21)International school leaders face distinct cultural challenges in schools where expatriate leaders serve local students. As a practitioner-researcher in a participatory action and activist research (PAR) study at an ... -
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis as a model of Multiple Sclerosis : pathogenesis of atypical disease and tolerance induction in chronic progressive disease
(East Carolina University, 2015)Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) of putative autoimmune origin characterized by focal inflammatory lesions together with demyelinating plaques in the ... -
EXPLORATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSING ASSISTANT RELATIONAL QUALITY ON PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)This study used a framework derived from the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety to provide insight into how Registered Nurses (RNs) and Nursing Assistants (NAs) perceive relational quality in acute care ... -
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE CAREER DECISIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC TEACHERS
(East Carolina University, 2010)There is a need for culturally diverse teachers. Weiher (2000) studied the relationship between African American and Hispanic student achievement and schools with teachers from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Results indicated ... -
Exploring academic motivation between students at a two-year and a four-year institution in the southeastern region of the US by generational status : a sequential explanatory analysis
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-04)First generation students are a growing body in the overall student population enrolling in both public two-year higher education institutions and public four-year higher education institutions in the United States; yet, ... -
EXPLORING ADOLESCENT RESILIENCY DURING RECENT PARENTAL DEPLOYMENT
(East Carolina University, 2017-11-06)Background: Military adolescents experience more behavioral risk factors, such as depression and suicidal ideation than civilian adolescents and often have difficulty adjusting to the many changes inherent in the lives of ... -
EXPLORING DIFFERENCES IN INDIVIDUAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TO LIPOTOXICITY AND THE UNDERLYING MECHANISMS IN THE MITOCHONDRIA OF PRIMARY PREADIPOCYTES
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-17)Prolonged exposure to fatty acids (FAs), at levels normally seen during fasting, can be cytotoxic in vulnerable cells including preadipocytes. Prior work from our laboratory has shown that FAs cause mitochondrial inner ... -
EXPLORING INDIVIDUAL PERSPECTIVES WITH AN INSERTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-06)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. Individuals with syncope, cardiac arrhythmias and cryptogenic stroke are at risk for CVD because of a suspected arrhythmia. ... -
Exploring Oxytocin and Callous-Unemotional Traits as Mediators of the Relationship between Maltreatment and Aggression
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-26)Recent advances in our understanding of the consequences of childhood maltreatment have offered new insights into the biological and psychological mechanisms that underlie the increased risk for aggression among abused and ... -
EXPLORING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CAREER ADAPTABILITY, WORK ENGAGEMENT, AND CAREER INTENTIONS OF NEW GRADUATE NURSES
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)The nursing workforce is changing, and the clinical practice environment may need to change with it. Millennials, those born between 1980 and 1999, now make up the largest generational cohort in nursing (Hutchinson, Brown, ... -
EXPLORING RISK FACTORS OF READMISSION FOR PATIENTS TRANSITIONING FROM HOSPITALS TO SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES
(East Carolina University, 2018-11-30)The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of patient level factors including personal characteristics such as age, sex, and race, health indicators such as admission diagnosis, comorbidity, risk scores, and ... -
Exploring the Challenges of Elite African American Male Athletes at Predominately White Universities: Three Descriptive Case Studies
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-09)In American society, sports participation is viewed through many lenses. With both college and professional teams, sports are popular entertainment that rivets millions of people and is discussed passionately. It is a major ... -
Exploring the Experiences and Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals Caring for People with Intellectual Disability
(East Carolina University, 2022-04-20)People with intellectual disability experience profound health disparities and care inequities. A systematic review focusing on the implementation of community-based mental health interventions for adults with intellectual ... -
Exploring the Preparedness of Nurses to Care for Medical-Surgical Patients with a Secondary Diagnosis of Mental Illness
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-04)The prevalence and impact of mental illness in the United States cannot be overlooked in acute medical settings where the complexity of care for medical-surgical patients increases with a secondary diagnosis of mental ... -
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE
(East Carolina University, 2011)Differentiated instruction (DI) is a collection of strategies utilized to increase student achievement and engagement. School districts are using the strategies of differentiated instruction to increase student academic ... -
Exploring the Role of Altruism on Counselor Implicit Bias and Adapting the National Institutes of Health Implicit Bias Training for Counselors in the United States
(East Carolina University, 2023-12-01)Counselors continue to make biased decisions negatively impacting Black American clients. Research underscores implicit bias, defined as unconsciously held prejudiced beliefs, is a major source of bias effecting mental ... -
EXPLORING THE ROLE OF ELEVATED LIPID PEROXIDATION AND GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 4 IN METABOLIC SYNDROME AND CARDIAC REMODELING IN OBESITY
(5/16/2016)Cardiovascular disease continues to be a leading cause of global mortality. Metabolic perturbations including obesity, hyperlipidemia and type II diabetes arising from a western style diet and a more sedentary lifestyle ... -
Exploring the roles of horizotnal gene transfer in metazoans
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-20)Horizontal gene transfer (HGT; also known as lateral gene transfer, LGT) refers to the movement of genetic information between distinct species by overcoming normal mating barriers. Historically HGT is only considered to ... -
Exploring the School Nurse's Knowledge, Experiences, and Role in Trauma-Informed Care: Implications for School Nurse Practice
(East Carolina University, 2022-04-26)School nurses as the only health care professional in schools with the potential to be in daily contact with students are in a critical position to create awareness, influence action, and provide leadership in trauma-informed ... -
EXTENDING THE TECHNOLOGICAL, DISCURSIVE, AND RHETORICAL HORIZONS OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH LIBRARIES’ INFORMATION ARCHITECTURES: AN ANALYSIS OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY’S JAMES B. HUNT JR.
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-20)This dissertation analyzes how North Carolina State University's (NCSU) James B. Hunt Jr. Library extends the ways in which the information architectures of academic research libraries can function as a technology, as ...