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A phenomenological investigation of Spanish-English bilingual supervisees’ experience in clinical supervision
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-20)
With a growing number of American households speaking languages other than English, the counseling profession must meet the counseling needs of non-English speaking clients. In turn, clinical supervisors and counselor ...
Impact of Muscle Material Properties on the Hypertrophic Response of Aged Women to Resistance Exercise
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-21)
All of the reports that comprise this dissertation center around the overarching hypothesis that the attenuated response to resistance exercise observed in older adults is caused by an impaired ability of the muscle to ...
Delination of Coastal Shark Habitat within North Carolina Waters Using Acoustic Telemetry, Fisher-Independent Surveys, and Local Ecological Knowledge
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-20)
Knowledge of shark habitat preferences and use patterns is important to effectively manage shark fisheries and account for interactions between sharks and species targeted by other fishery management or conservation efforts. ...
Characterization of FtrABCD: a ferrous iron-specific transporter that is required for the virulence of Brucella abortus 2308 in mice
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-21)
Brucella strains are Gram-negative bacteria that cause abortion and infertility in their natural animal hosts resulting in extensive economic losses. Humans can acquire a chronic, debilitating febrile illness known as ...
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 ...
Modulation of experimental autoimmune myocarditis with cytokine-myosin fusion proteins and novel cardiac peptides
(2016-05-16)
Infectious agents that induce cross-reactive myocarditic T cell responses may cause autoimmune inflammation of the heart, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and heart failure. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ...
THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL-SPIRITUAL HEALTH OF ACTIVE DUTY WOMEN: SERVICE MEMBERS IN NEED OF SERVICE
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Given the growing number of women who serve in the military, it is critical that mental health clinicians, medical providers, researchers, and policy makers are aware of the unique biological, psychological, social, and ...
Reproductive Toxicity of Crude oil-Dispersant Mixture in Caenorhabditis elegans
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-05)
As crude oil remains a vital natural resource for the energy need of the world, environmental crude oil spills continue to be a health risk to human beings and ecological systems. During clean-up efforts, surfactant-like ...
MEDICAL PROVIDERS' VIEWS OF MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED ILLNESS AND MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOMS
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Patients who present with medically unexplained illnesses or medically unexplained symptoms (MUI/S) tend to be higher utilizers of healthcare services and have significantly greater healthcare costs than other patients, ...
A BRIEF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING INTERVENTION (SIESTA) FOR ADOLESCENT SLEEP : EFFECTS ON NEUROCOGNITION AND SLEEP-RELATED BEHAVIOR
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Several studies have described sleep characteristics of adolescents, concluding that adolescent sleep lacks duration, quality, and consistency. Due to behavioral, environmental and biological changes, adolescents tend to ...