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A 14-year longitudinal study of the impact of clean indoor air legislation on state smoking prevalence, USA, 1997-2010
(2017)While clean indoor air legislation at the state level is an evidence-based recommendation, only limited evidence exists regarding the impact of clean indoor air policies on state smoking prevalence. Using state smoking ... -
20M Sprint Capacity Test, a component of the Wheelchair Sports Performance Test : A Smartwheel ® Technology Field Validation Pilot Study
(East Carolina University, 2013)The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the relationships between the 20M Sprint Capacity Test utilizing SmartWheel® technology and other speed evaluation techniques. The goal of the 20M Sprint Capacity Test is to ... -
21st Century Skills: Student Readiness, Opportunities, and Development
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)The current study examines the broad spectrum of abilities comprising skills needed for success in the workplace by future employees. Considering the skills gap that is identified among literature on future employees ... -
5'-AMP-Activated Protein Kinase and Eukaryotic Elongation Factor 2 Response to Resistance Exercise in Young Versus Old Men and Women
(East Carolina University, 2009)It has been shown that skeletal muscle 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) phosphorylation and/or activity is more greatly elevated in response to resistance exercise or loading in aged rats, and that eukaryotic elongation ... -
A Comparison of Elementary Student Curriculum Satisfaction to Performance
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)Elementary students need to learn keyboarding skills in order to keep up with expectations of teachers. The purposes of this study include: to explore if there is any relationship between student satisfaction with the ... -
A FAMILY-CENTERED APPROACH TO PRIMARY CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-13)Cognitive impairment (e.g., dementia) presents challenges for individuals, their families, and healthcare professionals alike. It disproportionately impacts minoritized communities and often goes unassessed or undiagnosed, ... -
A THREE WORLD VIEW META-EVALUATION OF INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Integrated behavioral health care (IBHC), the simultaneous interface of medical and behavioral health care, is an emerging solution for the delivery of behavioral health in primary care contexts. While significant scholarship ... -
Ability of the Functional Movement Screen™ to Predict Injuries and Performance in Collegiate Track and Field Athletes
(East Carolina University, 1/13/16)The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) is a tool designed to identify limitations and compensatory movement patterns of individuals in order to help improve performance and decrease injuries. While research has demonstrated ... -
Acute Effects of JUUL and IQOS in Cigarette Smokers
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Acute Modulation of Adipose Tissue Lipolysis by Intravenous Estrogens
(East Carolina University, 2006-12)Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether intravenous (IV) conjugated estrogens (EST) acutely enhance the suppression of whole-body or regional subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) lipolysis by insulin in ... -
Adaptations of the Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus in Response to Exercise and Hunger
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-02)The arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus serves as a critical node for regulation of mammalian energy balance with the ability to sense the status of many organ systems and exert control over effector arms that potently ... -
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 ... -
Adolescent free time activity participation and its relationships with perceptions of parenting and intrinsic motivation
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)The positive youth development framework emphasizes those developmental tasks and milestones that assist youth in the successful transition to adulthood. These developmental affordances thrive in contexts where social-emotional, ... -
Adolescents' health behaviors and obesity: Does race affect this epidemic?
(2010-12)This study explores the influence of health behaviors and individual attributes on adolescent overweight and obesity using data from Wave II (Add Health). Structural equation model/path analysis using maximum likelihood ...