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SCHOOL-BASED MINDFULNESS AND YOGA WITH YOUNG ADOLESCENTS AS AN ENHANCED HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-17)Little is known about the effects of mindfulness-based intervention and yoga implemented with adolescents in school settings, especially regarding evaluation of specific outcomes compared to alternate Health and PE ... -
Screening Latino Farmworkers for Depression in Primary Care
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-05)Latino farmworkers experience depression at significantly higher rates than non-Latino Whites and usually they seek help for their mental health needs at primary care settings. Despite the high prevalence of depression in ... -
Second in command: Examining the factors that impact the career advancement of black women chief academic officers
(East Carolina University, 2018-10-01)Within the field of higher education, Black women are underrepresented in executive and senior-level positions that lead to the presidency. In considering the traditional pathway to the presidency for women leaders, tenured ... -
Secondary Electron Emission Yields from Fast Fluorine Ions on Copper and Amorphous Solid Water Foils
(East Carolina University, 2011)The biological outcomes from charged particle radiation exposure are heavily influenced by the spatial patterns of energy distributed within the biological system. Monte Carlo track structure codes can be used to model ... -
SECONDARY TO POSTSECONDARY TRANSITION FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES : STUDENT AND TEACHER PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS OF A SERIES OF NON-COGNITIVE TRANSITION CURRICULUM MODULES
(East Carolina University, 2014)With increasing frequency, students with learning differences are transitioning out of high school ill-prepared for the rigor and freedom of a postsecondary setting. The transition from high school to college is marked ... -
Selection and stabilization of CD25high FOXP3+ regulatory T cells in vitro as a basis for adoptive antigen-specific immunotherapy
(East Carolina University, 2017-08-16)Autoimmune disease affects an estimated 50 million people in the United States. Autoimmune disease arises when immune tolerance is abrogated and host immune cells mount an attack against self-tissues. For example, in ... -
Selective Recruitment of Germ Cell mRNAs by eIF4 Factors
(East Carolina University, 1/13/16)During germ line development critical steps in the proliferation and differentiation of stem cells into oocytes and sperm are regulated by mRNA translational control. This regulation changes the subset of proteins being ... -
Self-efficacy in freshman and sophomore nursing students
(East Carolina University, 2012)Healthcare disparities and inequities have been at the forefront of the health agenda, thus supporting that minority healthcare is of poorer quality than that experienced by the majority population. Compounding this issue ... -
Semianalytical and Numerical Studies of Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions
(East Carolina University, 2023-06-12)The quark-gluon plasma (QGP) has been produced by relativistic heavy ion collisions, and understanding its properties is a primary goal in the field of nuclear physics. This research first elucidates recent semianalytical ... -
Sensitization of Malignant Breast Epithelial cells to Proton Radiation by Metallic Nano-Particles
(East Carolina University, 2023-07-09)Enhancing cancer treatment has garnered interest for more than 50 years. En- hancement has been considered in the evolution of treatment modalities as well as in the potential additives at the cellular level as radio-sensitizers. ... -
The serine protease from the venom of polistes dominulus contains allergenic epitopes
(East Carolina University, 2010)The protection introduced by immunotherapy to patients with allergies to paper wasps may be partial depending on the sensitizing species. Partial cross-reactivity between major paper wasp groups may be the reason for ... -
Service quality as a predictor for academic engagement, student performance, and student satisfaction
(East Carolina University, 2014)Many factors have led to the focus on quality and services in higher education. With an increase in competition from other academic institutions, a reduction in state resources, and increased program and service demands, ... -
Sexual risk behavior profiles among college women: Examination of individual and microsystem correlates
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-23)One important task of emerging adulthood is the formation of romantic partnerships and initiation of sexual relationships. For many women, college serves as an environment that tends to foster sexual exploration and ... -
The Shared Experience of Personalized Spiritual Care Services Between Hospital Chaplains and Hospital-based Healthcare Providers
(East Carolina University, 2012)The research highlighted in this dissertation offers contributions to both the implementation of and literature related to the biopsychosocial-spiritual (BPS-S) approach to healthcare, in particular as it relates to the ... -
Shifting Sands and Shifting Strategies: Advocacy Coalitions, Bonner Bridge, and the Future of NC 12 on North Carolina's Outer Banks
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-18)Coastal management decisions are complicated. They involve an array of competing concerns, including environmental, social, economic, recreational, and property interests, and are inherently political. These decisions ... -
Shifting the Atmosphere : An Examination of the Relationships among African-American Female Discourse(s), Culturally Competent Education, and Social Action through the Black Church against Domestic Violence
(East Carolina University, 2013)This dissertation explores the relationship(s) between rural African-American women's discourses and social advocacy/action against the social ill of domestic violence in order to provide insights into existing knowledge ... -
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I LEAVE : THE QUESTION OF TENURE TRACK FACULTY JOB SATISFACTION AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
(East Carolina University, 2009)The purpose of this study was to explore how tenure procedures at institutions of higher education, workload, confidence in support of teaching and research objectives, climate, culture, collegiality and salary affect job ... -
The significance of mirna pathway in peripheral nerve regeneration following sciatic nerve injury.
(East Carolina University, 2012)microRNAs (miRNAs) are small (21-23 nucleotides) single-stranded RNAs that play important roles in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. The binding of miRNA to its specific target mRNAs at 3' UTR causes ... -
A SINGLE-CHAIN GMCSF-MOG TOLEROGENIC VACCINE EXPANDS MOG-SPECIFIC CD25+ FOXP3+ REGULATORY T CELLS THROUGH LOW-EFFICIENCY ANTIGEN RECOGNITION EVENTS TO INHIBIT EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS
(2019-12)Previous studies showed that tolerogenic vaccines comprised of single-chain GMCSF-neuroantigen (NAg) fusion proteins inhibited experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in rodents. The studies detailed here provide ... -
SKELETAL MUSCLE LIPID PARTITIONING : CONSEQUENCES OF ALTERATIONS IN ACYL-COA SYNTHETASE-5 AND DIGLYCERIDE ACYLTRANFERASE-1 EXPRESSION
(East Carolina University, 2011)An oversupply of fatty acids and inadequacies in their partitioning toward oxidation and/or storage will lead to disruptions in cellular homeostasis. Reductions in mitochondrial content and lower rates of fatty acid ...