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Incorporating Team Science in Undergraduate Research
(East Carolina University, 2023-04-25)Across many environments today, including work, education, and research, it has become increasingly common to use interdisciplinary teams to perform science and research to tackle a variety of complex challenges and advance ... -
The Incorporation of Reading and Writing in the Middle Grades Math Classroom
(2015-03-23)Through observations during my training in teacher education, I have noticed a general student distaste, accompanied by lower achievement, in mathematics word problems. Among closer investigation, I noticed that this ... -
Increasing Awareness through my Passion for the Arts
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-03)As we meet more people in our day to day lives, we come to notice that we are more different than we are similar. However, it’s these differences that seem to bring us closer to one another. Varying cultures play a large ... -
Indigenous Ways of Explaining Health and Illness
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-11)The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to examine indigenous ways of explaining health and illness from the perspectives of Mayans in one rural village in Guatemala. A bilingual research team conducted ... -
Individual Virtual Competence Across the Generations in a Workforce
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-01)Many companies have found huge benefits in having work groups who have the flexibility to work from any location at any time by using various tools for virtual communication, also known as virtual teams. The success of a ... -
Influence of Aerobic Training in Unfit Women During Pregnancy on Infant Heart Function
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Research has shown that women are more likely to make positive lifestyle changes, such as exercise, during pregnancy. Women, with healthy, low-risk pregnancies, free from complications, can participate in exercise throughout ... -
Influence of Dialect and Stimulus Audibility on LiSN-S Performances
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)The main objectives were to investigate the effect of dialect on Listening in Spatialized Noise-Sentences (LISN-S) performances and to assess the relationship between bilateral pure-tone threshold averages (PTAs) and LISN-S ... -
Influence of Exercise Types during Pregnancy on Maternal Cardiometabolic Profiles
(East Carolina University, 2023-12-15)Pregnant women can follow exercise recommendations posted by the American College of Sports Medicine for the general population. Various studies demonstrate that exercise during pregnancy is safe for the pregnant woman and ... -
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 ... -
INFLUENCE OF MATERNAL FITNESS LEVEL BEFORE PREGNANCY ON INFANT HEART OUTCOMES
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Heart disease has increased over the past 40 years, with little focus towards prenatal development. Maternal behaviors and in utero environment influence offspring development and health into adulthood. Recent research ... -
Influence of Modified Starches on Mental Performance and Physical Endurance Following Exhaustive Exercise
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)Slow-releasing carbohydrates may delay the effects of fatigue after exhaustive exercise. The purpose of this study was to observe the influence that hydrothermally modified starches (HMS) and traditional maltodextrin (MAL) ... -
The Influence of Pre-Pregnancy Activity Level on Birth Weight
(2015)Current research suggests that healthy pregnant women can follow the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) exercise recommendations for the general population. Studies demonstrate that exercise during pregnancy improves ... -
Influence of Trait Mindfulness on COVID-19 Anxiety in College Students
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-23)Among the battery of physical symptoms and signs that COVID-19 imposes, the pandemic has also sparked an increase in anxiety across the globe. The emotional responses that this death reminder has triggered can be understood ... -
An Information-Theoretic Approach to Cellular Decision-Making Strategies: How Rate Distortion Theory Provides an Optimal Method for Describing Binary Cellular Decision-Making Systems
(2014)Rate distortion theory, a branch of information theory, was originally developed to help improve the efficiency of data transmission in telecommunications. It's currently being used as a major modeling method to provide ... -
Inhouse Call Business Plan
(East Carolina University, 2023-04-26)InHouse Call is an information directory app that can be used to facilitate smooth communication between medical providers and other staff that are part of the healthcare team by eliminating call transfers within an ... -
Insight Into the Location of DNA Xenobiotic Damage by Mass Spectrometry
(2014)Damage to DNA by a bioactivated xenobiotic typically occurs at specific sites within the genome, called hotspots. An example of this is benzo[a]-pyrene (BP), a xenobiotic that enters the body via cigarette smoking. ... -
Installation of Metal-Binding Functionality at Lysine Residues via Azide-Alkyne "Click Chemistry"
(2015-04-29)A novel non-natural amino acid designed to bind divalent metal ions, dubbed Lys(PYRIT), was prepared in a “click reaction” by treating Fmoc-Lys(N3)-OH with 2-ethynylpyridine and Cu(I). It was incorporated into a 12-residue ... -
INSULATION IN RESIDENTIAL HOME BUILDINGS: COST COMPARISON OF TRADITIONAL AND HEMP BUILDING INSULATION
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)The materials from harvested from hemp plants have become an increasingly popular material for building across the world based on its availability and sustainable properties. Hemp is being used as an alternative insulation ... -
Insulin Stimulated Lactate Production
(2014)It has been shown that Type 2 diabetic patients who undergo Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass surgery (RYGB) show a decrease in muscle lactate production, liver glucose production and pancreatic insulin secretion. To explain these ... -
INTERACTION BETWEEN HTLV-1 BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER FACTOR (HBZ) AND HOST CELL PROTEINS PROMOTES CELLULAR TRANSFORMATION
(2016-04-26)Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) is a complex retrovirus which preferentially infects CD4+ T-cells. Endemic to Japan, regions of South America, Africa, and the Caribbean, HTLV-1 is transmitted through breastfeeding, ...