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Smoking Habits of In-family Caregivers of Children with Special Healthcare Needs: A Case Study
(East Carolina University, 2017-06-09)
The purpose of this study was to understand the smoking habits of caregivers of children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN) in an inner-city, low-income population. CSHCN have a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, ...
Fatigue Tolerability and Physical Activity Post Myocardial Infarction or Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
After a myocardial infarction (MI) or coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), early lifestyle changes coupled with pharmacologic therapies are essential to halt the progression of coronary heart disease and prevent ...
The Relationship Between Offseason Testing and Game Performance of Division I Collegiate Football Players
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
Offseason football strength programs consist of three distinct areas of training: speed/agility/quickness (SAQ); strength/power; and flexibility. These areas have been predetermined to be of most relation to football ...
Social Media Use, Political Efficacy and Political Participation Among Youth During the 2016 Campaign
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
This study examines social media use among youth during the 2016 election. Using an email survey administered to undergraduate students at East Carolina University, participants were asked questions about their social media ...
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 ...
Facilitating Visitation in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Examining the Influence of Parental Feeding Involvement
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-27)
Each year thousands of infants in the United States are admitted to a Neonatal intensive Care Unit (NICU). These units exist to provide highly specialized care to a wide array of newborns in critical condition. However, ...
The Effect of Visual Queues on Social Status Formation and Mauthner Sensitivity in Zebrafish
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-27)
Zebrafish of the TLN strain, a genetic variant of the Tüpfel Long-fin (TL) wild-type zebrafish that does not display the trademark striped scale pattern of wild-type zebrafish, but are instead pale, were tested through a ...
QUANTITATION OF INTERCELLULAR CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SPERMATOGONIA IN THE MOUSE
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-09)
Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) are critical in the male reproductive process, as they can either self-renew or proliferate into progenitor cells that differentiate to enter meiosis and eventually form functional sperm. ...
Quantification of Health Information Within Parents Magazine
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
The purpose of this study is to quantify the advertisements and information within parenting magazines in order to discover the amount of exposure readers are getting to health related information. This is significant ...
Characterizing Multigenerational Effects of Nicotine-Dependent Behaviors in Caenorhabditis Elegans
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
This project aims to investigate the effects nicotine, a highly addictive chemical associated with tobacco smoking, have on offspring (F1 and F2) using the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). C. elegans is ...