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VAPING PREVENTION AMONG THE YOUTH POPULATION IN PITT COUNTY
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-03)Vaping and nicotine products have been identified as an increasing problem in schools in the U.S. Although electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are relatively new, they pose a significant issue. The primary focus of this ... -
VETERAN-CENTERED CARE CONTENT IN THE UNDERGRADUATE NURSING CURRICULUM: RESPONDING TO OUR JOINING FORCES COMMITMENT
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-04)The consequences of war can drastically alter the lives and well-being of veterans and their families in physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual ways that are seen and unseen. Nurses and other health care providers ... -
VIRAL REGULATION OF IMMUNITY AND BIOINFORMATIC ANALYSIS
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)Smallpox, eradicated in 1980, remains a historic milestone in medical science as well as a testament to the power of vaccines. However, its vaccine has remained relatively unchanged and continues to be one of the more ... -
Virtual Reality Sailing Simulation: Perspectives from Individuals with Physical Disabilities
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)Sailing is shown to have a positive outcome on an individual's quality of life including physically, socially, mentally and/or emotionally. Virtual reality sailing simulators (VRSS) are shown to have better outcomes of the ... -
Visualizing the Fruit of the Spirit
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-09)The context of the project is a composition on the fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22-23. There are nine in total: love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control ... -
Vitamin B12 Regulation of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Synthesis
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)Low-grade, chronic inflammation is associated with a range of diet and age-related disorders, including diabetes, arthritis, and cognitive deficits. Inflammatory cells have the capacity to synthesize complex Polyunsaturated ... -
Vocal Pedagogy and the Art of Singing
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-27)This project is not only significant for teaching future students, but is also applicable in self-reflection and practice. By participating in a vocal science class, it will give me the knowledge and awareness to better ... -
Voices of Men in Nursing Academia: What Attracts Them to the Faculty Role?
(East Carolina University, 2022-12-08)Aim: The aim of this study was to recognize factors that attract male nurses to the nurse educator role. Background: Although there is a shortage of nurse educators in general, the particularly low retention rate of male ... -
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC) EMISSION IN A UNIVERSITY PRINTING PRESS FACILITY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)Many printing facilities use large scale printing presses to meet their order demand. Printing presses are known to release volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that may be potentially hazardous to the health of print workers ... -
Well Water: A Parable
(2015)I endeavored to write the story, book, and lyrics of an original musical, then produce and direct a performance of the show. The process involved finding inspiration, using music composition and creative writing, securing ... -
What Explains Getting a Tattoo? Religious Beliefs in Body Adornment
(2014)Since the 1970's, tattooing has become increasingly popular in American society, explanations for this phenomenon include expressing individuality and gaining acceptance into a subculture (Gagne 2009). Although research ... -
What Factors Maintain the Mixed Mating System of a Local Annual Plant, Triodanis perfoliata?
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)A plant capable of reproducing by cross- and self-fertilization is known to have a mixed mating system. This system is an evolutionary puzzle to many researchers because the factors maintaining both outcrossing and selfing ... -
What You Will: a Twelfth Night Adaptation
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-18)For my Senior Honors Project in ECU’s Honors College, I have adapted and directed Twelfth Night, cut down to only the sub-plot of Antonio and Sebastian, and titled it What You Will (Shakespeare’s alternate title for Twelfth ... -
Whose history matters? An examination of Black vs White cemetery loss
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)Historical Cemeteries across the United States are at risk of being moved, destroyed, and/or abandoned. However, not all cemeteries appear to face this same risk: those belonging to oppressed minority groups are often more ... -
Why Accounting? Perceptions of the Accounting Industry and Factors That Affect Choosing a Major
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)This research study explores decision-making factors that affect students’ college major choice along with their perceptions of accounting as a major and professional career. It discovers what factors affect one’s college ... -
Why are Women Less Financially Motivated Than Men?
(East Carolina University, 2023-04-25)A previous group in the honors college wrote a research paper about women’s motivation to become financially literate. They found that, on average, women reported lower motivation to learn about personal finance than men ... -
Women Living With HIV in the South: Facilitators and Barriers to HIV Care
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-03)Currently, the Southern states in the United States (US) are facing an epidemic of HIV that disproportionately affects the region more than any other region of the country. The percentage of new diagnoses in southern rural ... -
Women Living with HIV in the South: How Mental Health Affects Medication Adherence and HIV Care Engagement
(East Carolina University, 2023-12-05)Introduction: Barriers to HIV care engagement and ART adherence in women living with HIV (WLWH) include discrimination, HIV stigma, and mental health issues. 21% of women living with HIV report symptoms of depression ... -
Women's Sexual and Reproductive Concerns, Perspectives, and Strategies, Including Perspectives About Pelvic Floor Muscles, as Perceived by Sexually Active College Women
(2015-04-16)Health issues such as pelvic floor muscle (PFM) dysfunction can impact the wellbeing of young women, detrimentally altering sexual and urinary function that can continue throughout their lives (Rosenbaum & Owens, 2008). ... -
Wound Related Pain Management in a Community Healthcare Setting
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-27)Chronic wounds affect millions of individuals in the United States with a large percentage of these individuals experiencing wound-related pain. Dressing removal has been reported to be the most painful procedure related ...