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LONG-TERM SUSPENSIONS: EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED IN SCHOOLING
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-21)
The purpose of the current study was to determine educational leaders' perceptions of effective strategies for keeping long-term suspended students engaged in learning. As school districts struggle with best practices to ...
EXAMINING THE RELIABILITY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRESS INDICATORS AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR SUPPORTING THE GOAL OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-21)
College and career readiness is the new goal for American students. College and career readiness is a process that begins prior to high school. As school districts implement programs and strategies for supporting college ...
Describing the Relationship Between Psychosocial Distress and Extent of Criminal Justice System Involvement for Men and Women in a Sober Living Environment
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-14)
Symptoms of mental health and substance use disorders are prevalent for individuals involved in the criminal justice system and are associated with both costs to society and the individual. The purpose of this study was ...
Assessing the Efficacy of a Culturally Informed Adherence Intervention for Rural African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes
(East Carolina University, 2013)
African Americans (AAs) experience higher rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and difficulty adhering to T2DM treatment plans. The current study aims were to create a culturally informed intervention for AAs with ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
UNDERSTANDING THE PERCEIVED EFFECT OF A MASTER OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION (MSA) PROGRAM ON INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-25)
The role of leaders in schools has changed over the last thirty years from managers to instructional facilitators (Leithwood & Rhiel, 2003; The Wallace Foundation, 2013). The move away from an industrial assembly line ...
Central GPR109A Mediates Neuronal Oxidative Stress and Pressor Response in Conscious Rats
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
The primary goal of this study was to characterize the role of GPR109A in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) in blood pressure (BP) regulation and to elucidate the mechanisms involved in the hypertensive response ...