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TELLUS: A BUSINESS DRIVING THE WORLD’S TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)
Tellus is a business founded in the HNRS 2000/3000 courses with a mission of driving
the world’s transition to eco-friendly products. Initially, Tellus targeted the waste generated by
plastics in the medical field, such ...
Designing A Research Study on ECU’s Recycling Habits Through Prototyping, Pivoting, and Failing
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)
According to the National Waste and Recycling Association, approximately 25% of items in recycling bins are considered nonrecyclable contamination, obstructing recycling efforts nationwide. On ECU’s campus, contamination ...
DNA methylation analyses identify an intronic ZDHHC6 locus associated with time to recurrent stroke in the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) clinical trial
(2021-07-12)
Aberrant DNA methylation profiles have been implicated in numerous cardiovascular diseases; however, few studies have investigated how these epigenetic modifications contribute to stroke recurrence. The aim of this study ...
Photodynamic Therapeutic Effect of Nanostructured Metal Sulfide Photosensitizers for Cancer Treatment
(2022-03-08)
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) utilizes photosensitizers (PSs) to produce reactive oxygen species (ROSs) upon irradiation, which causes the shutdown of vessels and deprives the tumor of nutrients and oxygen, and in turn induces ...
Differences in receipt of multimodality therapy by race,insurance status, and socioeconomic disadvantage in patientswith resected pancreatic cancer
(2022-03-10)
Background and Methods:Racial and socioeconomic disparities in receipt ofadjuvant chemotherapy affect patients with pancreatic cancer. However, differencesin receipt of neoadjuvant chemotherapy among patients undergoing ...
Solutions of a Class of Multiplicatively Advanced Differential Equations II: Fourier Transforms
(2022-07-07)
For a wide class of solutions to multiplicatively advanced differential equations (MADEs), a comprehensive set of relations is established between their Fourier transforms and Jacobi theta functions. In demonstrating this ...
Community Lost? Changes and Stratification in Perceived Neighborhood Social Cohesion among Families with Children
(2022-02-16)
Neighborhood social cohesion is strongly associated with health and well-being, especially among families with children. However, there is a widespread perception in the media, policy circles, and prominent research ...
Understanding COVID-19 Situation in Nepal and Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Management
(2022-06-07)
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) present one of the greatest challenges to public health in the 21st century. An emerging virus, depending on its potential to spread among humans, may cause individual or sporadic cases, ...
Utilization of EHR to Improve Support Person Engagement in Health Care for Patients With Chronic Conditions
(2022-02-09)
Innovations in electronic health record (EHR) systems invite new patient and family engagement methods and create opportunities to reduce healthcare disparities. However, many patients and their identified support persons ...
Insights into Diversity in the Environmental Health Science Workforce
(2022-02-07)
Environmental Health Science (EHS) professionals protect the public from environmental threats by conducting risk assessments and recommending preventative measures based on scientific findings. The EHS field itself is ...