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Stress, Burnout, and Coping Mechanisms in Health Professionals Working in Pediatric Oncology
(2015)
Burnout syndrome is a destructive repercussion of experiencing various chronic stressors and is prevalent among health care professionals. It changes driven, ambitious, hardworking people into depressed, apathetic, error-prone ...
THE INFLUENCE OF FAMILY FUNCTIONING ON MEDICAL SELF-EFFICACY IN ADOLESCENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE
(2015-04-29)
Objectives: Medical self-efficacy is defined as an individual’s belief in his or her ability to manage aspects of their disease and to lead to desired health outcomes (Edwards, Telfair, Cecil, and Lenoci, 2001). Prior ...
ASSESSMENT OF NICHE PARTITIONING IN CO-OCCURRING SILVERSIDES FROM THE ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS OF NORTH CAROLINA
(2015-05-01)
The niche partitioning hypothesis predicts that two species cannot compete for the same limited resources and that one species should differentiate (genetically, morphologically or behaviorally), so that the two species ...
Conservation of Archaeological Wood using Non-Reducing sugars
(2015)
In the conservation field there are many different thoughts on the best way to conserve waterlogged archaeological wood. The current method uses polyethylene glycol(PEG), a hydrophilic organic compound, to replace water ...
Transport of terrestrially derived nutrients along the Western Antarctic Peninsula, Anvers Island
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The mechanisms that supply Fe to the surface waters off the coast of the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) play a key role in the global climate cycle by fueling primary production in this vast and globally important ...
A Critical Look at Campus Climate After Institutional Changes
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This study examines the impact of institutional changes on campus climate. Conditions continue to be problematic for LGBTQ students, faculty and staff on college and university campuses, so many institutions are taking ...
AN EXPOSITION OF THE RIEMANN ZETA FUNCTION
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This thesis is an exposition of the Riemann zeta function. Included are techniques of analytic continuation and relationships to special functions. Some generalizations of the Riemann zeta function are outlined, as well ...
A Genetic Screen for Mcm10: Interactions Between Mcm10 and Deficiency Regions on the Third Chromosome of Drosophila Melanogaster
(2015)
Mis-regulation of the Mcm10 gene has been linked with multiple forms of cancer, including many forms of breast cancer (Thu, Y. 2014). Despite this, the role of Mcm10 in cancer is not yet fully known. One way to study a ...
Workplace Mentoring : The Roles of Humor Style Agreement, Humor Frequency, and Positive Mentor Humor Style
(East Carolina University, 2013)
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the roles of humor style agreement, humor frequency, and positive mentor humor style in workplace mentoring relationships. The author hypothesizes that the aforementioned ...
Generational Differences and Predictors of Variance in Marital Attitudes among Men
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The rise of cohabitation, premarital sex, childbearing outside of marriage, and a higher average age for first marriage allude to changes in the institution of marriage, and perhaps a changing society. According to a 2010 ...