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The heart healthy lenoir project-an intervention to reduce disparities in hypertension control: Study protocol
(2013-10-25)
Background
Racial disparities in blood pressure control are well established; however the impact of low health literacy (LHL) on blood pressure has garnered less attention. Office based interventions that are created with ...
Tolerogenic vaccines for multiple sclerosis
(2013-01-28)
Tolerogenic vaccines represent a new class of vaccine designed to re-establish immunological tolerance, restore immune homeostasis, and thereby reverse autoimmune disease. Tolerogenic vaccines induce long-term, antigen-specific, ...
The errors of individualistic public health interventions: Denial of treatment to obese persons: Comment on “Denial of treatment to obese patients—the wrong policy on personal responsibility for health”
(2013-09-28)
I agree entirely with Nir Eyal’s perspective that denying treatment to obese patients is morally wrong. However, the reasons for this belief differ in some ways from Eyal’s analysis. In this commentary, I will try to explain ...
Chlorpromazine reduces avoidance performance deficit in rats with dorsomedial thalamic lesions
(2013-11-08)
Rats with bilateral lesions of the dorsomedial area of the thalamus were shown to have a significant performance deficit on the acquisition of a one-way active shock-avoidance task relative to sham-operated controls. ...
Measuring Importance, Performance, and Frequency of Green Initiatives among North Carolina Bed and Breakfast Operators: A Pilot Study
(East Carolina University, 2013)
A bed and breakfast (B&B) is a house or small hotel where someone can rent a room for a price that includes breakfast the next morning (Bed and Breakfast, 2012). According to Tsai (2008), green hotels are lodging facilities ...
A Study of Travelers' Foodie Activity Dimensions, Demographic Characteristics, and Trip Behaviors
(East Carolina University, 2013)
People who identify themselves as foodies may do so for vastly different reasons. From interests in sustainable agriculture to gardening, they differ in their lifestyles and behaviors. These interests can be grouped into ...
Planning for Resilience in Coastal Louisiana
(2013-05-22)
Traci Birch a managing partner with The Verdant Group – a woman-owned urban planning
firm based in New Orleans. In this position she specializes in land use and environmental
planning, and has worked extensively in ...
Pond Life : A Landscape of Sustainability for the Table
(East Carolina University, 2013)
The purpose of this written report of my thesis is to discuss the visual element presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Master of Fine Arts degree. The objects in this visual presentation address our ...
Solar Panel Installation on ECU Warehouse Campus
(2013-04)
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