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A PILOT STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CASUAL VIDEO GAMES IN IMPROVING COGNITION IN PEOPLE AGED 50 YEARS AND OLDER
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Cognitive health impacts quality of life, ability to maintain independence, and even survival. As adults age, cognition is known to decline. Effective interventions are needed to maintain and improve cognition for an aging ...
Insights into Ebola and Other Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease Risks
(2014-10-29)
Are the risks of transmission of infectious diseases such as Ebola actually increasing, or is the public just more aware of the problem because of the efficiency of the global media in identifying infectious disease outbreaks?
Educating Future Environmental Health Professionals
(2015)
Future environmental health problems will require a new generation of educated and trained professionals. Efforts to enhance the environmental public health workforce have been promoted by several organizations. While ...
Integrative Health Coaching : A Phenomenology of Clients' Discoveries
(East Carolina University, 2012)
The field of health coaching has experienced significant growth in response to the social and economic burden of chronic disease. Integrative health coaching (IHC) applies the principles of integrative medicine and a ...
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 ...
Sex-Specific Abdominal Activation Strategies During Landing
(East Carolina University, 2006)
Context: Control of the trunk segment in landing has been implicated as a contributing factor to the higher incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in females than in males. Investigating the sex-specific abdominal ...
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 ...
Xylene
(2016-09-26)
Effectiveness of Visual Supports in the Home for Preschool Age Children with Autism: Implementation of Modified TEACCH Methodology
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-25)
Researchers examined the effectiveness of visual supports in the home for preschool age children (3-5 years old) with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) using a modified TEACCH methodology. Four parents of children with ASD ...