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Interdisciplinary Diabetes Care: A New Model for Inpatient Diabetes Education
(2015-11)
A patient-centered interdisciplinary diabetes care model was implemented at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, N.C., a 909-bed tertiary care teaching hospital, for the purpose of providing all patients with diabetes clear ...
Medical Student Performance on the National Board of Medical Examiners Emergency Medicine Advanced Clinical Examination and the National Emergency Medicine M4 Exams
(2015-11)
In April 2013, the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) released an Advanced Clinical Examination (ACE) in emergency medicine (EM). In addition to this new resource, CDEM (Clerkship Directors in EM) provides two ...
Spatial and temporal translational control of germ cell mRNAs mediated by the eIF4E isoform IFE-1
(2015)
Regulated mRNA translation is vital for germ cells to produce new
proteins in the spatial and temporal patterns that drive gamete
development. Translational control involves the de-repression of
stored mRNAs and their ...
Nuclear progestin receptor (Pgr) knockouts in zebrafish demonstrate role for Pgr in ovulation but not in rapid non-genomic steroid mediated meiosis resumption
(2015)
Progestins, progesterone derivatives, are the most critical signaling steroid for initiating final
oocyte maturation (FOM) and ovulation, in order to advance fully-grown immature oocytes
to become fertilizable eggs in ...
An Extended Fourier Approach to Improve the Retrieved Leaf Area Index (LAI) in a Time Series from an Alpine Wetland
(2015)
An extended Fourier approach was presented to improve the retrieved leaf area
index (LAIr) of herbaceous vegetation in a time series from an alpine wetland. The retrieval
was performed from the Aqua MODIS 8-day composite ...
Bias Within: Examining the Role of Cultural Competence Perceptions in Mammography Adherence
(2015)
Breast cancer mortality has affected African American women at a disproportionate rate. The purpose of this research was
to assess how health professionals’ cultural competence contributes to African American women’s ...
Single-institution comparative study on the outcomes of salvage cryotherapy versus salvage robotic prostatectomy for radio-resistant prostate cancer
(2015)
Background
Although primary treatment of localized prostate cancer provides excellent oncologic control, some men who chose radiotherapy experience a recurrence of disease. There is no consensus on the most appropriate ...
Disparities in healthy food zoning, farmers' market availability, and fruit and vegetable consumption among North Carolina residents
(2015)
Background: Context and purpose of the study. To examine (1) associations between county-level zoning to support
farmers’ market placement and county-level farmers’ market availability, rural/urban designation, percent ...
Disseminated superficial porokeratosis involving the groin and genitalia in a 72-year-old immunocompetent man
(2015-09)
The porokeratoses are a group of disorders of
abnormal epidermal keratinization resulting in the
characteristic histologic feature of the cornoid
lamella. Several clinical variants of porokeratosis
exist, which are ...