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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 ... -
Measuring Individual Muscle Force Using Ultrasound Elastography and Motion Capture
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-04)Human musculature is over-determined so that one muscle could complete a movement that we make using several. For example, the biceps brachii is an agonist muscle for both elbow flexion and supination of the forearm. In ... -
Measuring the Filtration Efficiency of the Best-Selling Alternative Masks on Amazon
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)The purpose of this study is to assess the filtration efficiency of different face covering materials in comparison to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-approved N95 respirator. This ... -
Mechanism of a Metal Catalyzed Reaction from a Computational Quantum Mechanical Perspective
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-02)A recent study reported an innovative approach to the synthesis of the pharmaceutical drug, Clinprost. The authors found that the introduction of a palladium catalyst into the reaction scheme helped reduce the overall ... -
Media and Fraud - Accounting and Accountability
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-12)Media can play a huge role in the decisions of individuals. However, how media coverage impacts individuals’ decisions in an accounting setting has not been addressed in the literature. My research question is: does media ... -
Media Bias and Public Opinion
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-03)This research focuses specifically on media outlets that are considered to be biased and partisan such as Fox News and MSNBC. Understanding how media might affect public opinion is important because it helps us understand ... -
Medspectives - the Podcast about Health Professionals, the Stories of Their Practice, and Their Diverse Perspectives into the World Around Us
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)Medspectives is the podcast about health professionals, the stories of their practice, and their diverse perspectives into the world around us. The goal of the show is to capture the viewpoints of health professionals in ... -
Membrane Localization of Pyrene-Trehalose Conjugates (PYRETs)
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-01)The disaccharide trehalose is found in many organisms that can survive in extremely cold or dry environments. According to the “hydration hypothesis,” trehalose interacts with the glycerol/phosphate regions of lipid bilayers ... -
Men in Nursing Academia: Recruitment and Retention Factors
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-06)Currently there is a shortage of males holding faculty positions in schools of nursing. Minimal research has been conducted to address the shortage of male faculty. The purpose of this study was to identify factors related ... -
MentalEaseKit
(East Carolina University, 2023-12-06)MentalEaseKit is a business built on the idea of providing college students with a possible solution to mental health disparities. Our solution is to provide students with a “tool kit” that will provide them not only with ... -
Mentoring in Nursing Education: An Integrative Literature Review
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)Background: The nursing shortage is partly the result of the scarcity of nurse educators. To provide patients with competent, confident nurses that received quality education, having an adequate team of nurse educators is ... -
Merit Scholarships: Are They Accessible For All Students
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)Higher education should be accessible to all who reach for it. However, it is often out of reach for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds largely due to the cost barrier. Merit scholarship programs help make education ... -
Microsatellite analysis of brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, in western Pennsylvania
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-05)In western Pennsylvania, the brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, has dramatically declined in population due to the environmental stressors of mining, logging, water withdrawal, and acid deposition. Brook trout are game ... -
Mindfulness Meditation and its Effects on Stereotype Threat Induced Test Anxiety
(East Carolina University, 2023-12-06)There has been research regarding both the topic of mindfulness meditation and its effects generally, topic of stereotype threat which can impact many different groups of people, as well as the topic of test anxiety. As a ... -
Miscarriages during the pandemic: Relationships between social determinants of health and patient experience
(East Carolina University, 2023-04-26)Title: Pandemic miscarriages: Social determinants of health and patient experiences Background/Purpose: Miscarriage is considered the most common complication of pregnancy in the US, with 750,000-1,000,000 cases ... -
MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE USING HEART RATE VARIABILITYMITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE USING HEART RATE VARIABILITY
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-09)Objective: The primary objective of this literature review is to examine the current state of the science on heart rate variability is currently used to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. ... -
Mitochondrial alterations accompany forced differentiation in acute myeloid leukemia.
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-09)Leukemia is characterized by blocked hematopoietic differentiation. Blocked differentiation results in the uncontrolled proliferation of immature, malignant myeloblasts. To counteract myeloblast proliferation, forced ... -
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA VARIATION IN THE PITCHER PLANT FLY SARCOPHAGA SARRACENIAE: EXPLORING POSSIBLE INFLUENCES OF HOST SPECIFICITY AND GEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURING
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-03)North American pitcher plants (Sarracenia) are a recently evolved (~3 my) assemblage of 11 carnivorous species. Sarracenia pitchers also provide resources (food, shelter) for certain arthropods, including two genera of ... -
Molecular chaperone Tetratricopeptide repeat protein 2 (Tpr2) is essential for germline stem cell self-renewal and timely cyst divisions in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)Steroid hormones influence cell proliferation and cell fate in developing and injured tissues. Although steroid hormone signaling has been well-studied, the precise mechanisms by which cells specifically receive steroid ... -
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS STUDY OF DIVALENT CADMIUM AND LEAD BOUND TO HUMAN CARDIAC TROPONIN C (WT CYS 35, 84)
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-06)Toxic metals such as Cd and Pb present a threat to public health, as they can cause cognitive disorders, various cancers, and heart disease through molecular ion mimicry. Divalent Cd2+ and Pb2+ ions can bind to human ...