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THE EFFECTS OF ZOOPLANKTON DISPERSAL ON COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY OF TEMPORARY PONDS
(East Carolina University, 2015-12-10)
The dispersal of individuals among habitat patches is thought to have an important effect on ecological communities as it can influence both population dynamics and community assembly. Though much work on dispersal has ...
THE IMPACT OF LITERACY INTERVENTION ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THIRD GRADE AT-RISK STUDENTS
(East Carolina University, 2015-12-10)
Third grade at-risk students in Wilson County Schools, Wilson, NC continuously perform below the state average on the North Carolina Third Grade Reading End-of-Grade test. Leaders in the Wilson County Schools school district ...
THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATORS
(East Carolina University, 2015-11-18)
This study explores the lived career experiences of African American university development administrators who work at public higher education institutions. In a society that is growing increasingly ethnically diverse, ...
Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Patients and their Caregivers
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Nearly 70,000 adolescents and young adults (AYA; ages 15-39) are diagnosed with cancer each year. Despite AYAs being identified in the late 1990s as a biopsychosocially distinct population from children and adults, they ...
Cardioprotective mechanisms targeting thiol redox homeostasis and mitochondrial bioenergetics
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Coronary heart disease is a leading cause of death in the United States, totaled mostly by deaths associated with myocardial infarction and fatal ventricular arrhythmias. The inability to predict the occurrence of these ...
Identification of Factors Associated with the Development and Decay of Heterologous Tolerance to Morphine in the Guinea Pig
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
It is believed that the heterologous tolerance that develops upon chronic exposure to morphine is the result of adaptive changes in the cellular signaling pathways associated with the [mu] opioid receptor. Proposed adaptive ...
The Students' Voices in Developmental Education
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This dissertation explores community college students' perceptions and assumptions about developmental education in writing classrooms. The study focuses on students who have taken at least one developmental writing class ...
TEACHER LEADERSHIP PRACTICES IN SUCCESSFUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS : A STUDY OF THE IDENTIFICATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF TEACHERS AS LEADERS IN CONSISTENTLY HIGH PERFORMING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This dissertation examines the identification, development, and utilization of teachers as leaders in thirteen high performing elementary schools across nine districts in eastern North Carolina. Survey data on these schools ...
Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Factors Impacting African American Patients' Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral and Participation
(East Carolina University, 2015)
African Americans carry a heavier burden of cardiovascular risk factors and have higher rates of death from coronary heart disease than any other racial/ethnic group in the United States, yet they are also less likely to ...
PROGRAM EVALUATION OF READING PLUS : STUDY OF THE IMPACT ON READING ACHIEVEMENT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MOORE COUNTY SCHOOLS
(East Carolina University, 2014)
The Superintendent of Moore County Schools requested a program evaluation to support the use of the Reading Plus program for reading intervention. The schools or administrators across the system had chosen a variety of ...