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Reducing Maladaptive Sensory Neuronal Growth to Target Below-Level Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury
(2015-04-28)
Chronic neuropathic pain is a common, debilitating consequence of spinal cord injury (SCI). Up to 94% of the SCI population suffers from SCI pain, with over half reporting it as their worst medical problem. Modern day ...
Can a Medical Specialty Camp Become a Venue of Providing Reinforcement Preparation Education Regarding Transition From Pediatric to Adult Healthcare?
(2014-12)
There is limited research available regarding preparation education for adolescents with a congenital heart defect (CHD) approaching the transition from pediatric to adult healthcare. Medical specialty camps have been ...
Examining the Connections between Structural Violence and Food Politics
(2015)
The primary claim of this analytic paper is that the U.S. government and private food corporations have committed acts of structural violence which have perpetuated declines in Americans’ nutritional status. This paper ...
Evaluating Two Measures of Postural Stability in Response to Perturbations in People with Diabetic Neuropathy
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Diabetic neuropathy is a common complication of diabetes. It is characterized by a marked decrease in proprioception, particularly in the lower body. This reduced proprioception leads to an increase in falls risk in this ...
Falls in the Independent Living Glenaire Community
(2014)
Falls are a major issue in the geriatric community and lead to premature incapacitation as well as direct and indirect loss of life. Glenaire is a continuing care retirement facility in Cary, North Carolina. Glenaire ...
Early Childhood Caries: An Overview and a Combative Effort in Eastern North Carolina
(2014)
Early childhood caries have become an endemic problem in recent years within many varying populations and regions across the globe. Both developed and underdeveloped nations have seen the impacts of dental caries on ...
RESTAURANT AND BAR OWNERS AND MANAGERS RESPOND TO NORTH CAROLINA'S SMOKE-FREE LAW, ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE USE INSIDE THEIR BUSINESSES, AND SMOKE-FREE OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This descriptive, cross-sectional study was used to collect and analyze data provided from a pencil and paper survey mailed to a randomly selected group of North Carolina restaurants and bars. The topic of the study was ...
Dengue risk assessment
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Dengue fever is the most prevalent vector borne disease in the world with over 3.6 billion people at risk and one billion new infections (including one million deaths) recorded annually. Risk assessments showing the impact ...
Effects of obesity on the transcriptional regulation of protein degradation in skeletal muscle
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Effects of obesity on the transcriptional regulation of protein degradation in skeletal muscle by Lance M. Bollinger November, 2013 Director of Thesis/Dissertation: Jeffrey J. Brault Major Department: Kinesiology ...
An Exploration of Collegiate Outdoor Recreation Professionals' Personality Traits and Job Task Affect
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The investigator of the present study examined the Big Five personality traits of 94 Collegiate Outdoor Recreation (COR) professionals employed within a campus recreation setting. Using the Five Factor Model (FFM) of ...