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Creation of a Support Group for Ruptured Brain Aneurysm, Arteriovenous Malformation, and Hemorrhagic Stroke
(2021-04-23)Hemorrhagic strokes, which also consist of ruptured brain aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations, carry a higher risk of physical and cognitive disabilities than ischemic strokes. Survivors will most likely suffer ... -
Crisis in the Family: Counselor Anxiety and Self-Efficacy in Responding to Family Crises
Counselors are reporting their job duties include crisis response at a frequency of at least weekly. However, counselors have previously reported a lack of curriculum exposure to crisis response training. Unfortunately, ... -
CRISPR/Cas9 knockout of HAS2 in rat chondrosarcoma chondrocytes demonstrates the requirement of hyaluronan for aggrecan retention
(East Carolina University, 2016-12-15)Hyaluronan (HA) plays an essential role in cartilage where it functions to retain aggrecan. Previous studies suggested that aggrecan is anchored indirectly to the plasma membrane of chondrocytes via its binding to ... -
CRNA DNP Project: ECG Lead Placement in the Perioperative Setting: A Quality Improvement Project
(2023-12-06)Proper electrocardiogram (ECG) placement is an important aspect of reliable cardiac monitoring during the perioperative period. Inaccurate and/or inconsistent ECG lead placement has the potential to lead to incorrect, ... -
Culinary Medicine Workshop Assessment Tools
(2022-02)With the assistance of an evidence based medical librarian we searched for validated survey questionnaires in the public domain to assist us in 1) planning the culinary medicine workshop, 2) assessing knowledge and attitudes ... -
Cultural influence on listener responses to stuttering
(East Carolina University, 2010)Stuttering is a developmental, involuntary, and intermittent fluency disorder. During moments of stuttering, people who stutter demonstrate sudden onsets and offsets of the aberrant struggling behaviors, with primary ... -
Culturally and Linguistically Tailored Faith-Based Approach to Community Health Education Among Russian Immigrants
(2018-04-20)CVD-related mortality rates among Russian immigrants are as much as 50 percent higher than U.S. natives. Russian immigrants are religiously and racially homogenous with the U.S. dominant culture, promoting their invisibility ... -
Curating MARC Indexing to Optimize Discoverability of Resources at the ECU Libraries
(2014-01-25)This presentation features a case study of an implementation of VuFind at the East Carolina University Libraries. Cataloging representatives from the main university library, the health sciences library, and the music ... -
The cyclic GMP modulators YC-1 and zaprinast reduce vessel remodeling through anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects
(East Carolina University, 2009-06)Guanosine-specific cyclic nucleotide signaling is suggested to serve protective actions in the vasculature; however, the influence of selective pharmacologic modulation of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (GMP)-synthesizing ... -
The cyclic-di-GMP signaling pathway in the Lyme disease spirochete,
(2014-05)In nature, the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi cycles between the unrelated environments of the Ixodes tick vector and mammalian host. In order to survive transmission between hosts, B. burgdorferi must be ... -
Cystic Fibrosis Virtual Patient Advocacy
(2021-07-27)Cystic Fibrosis is a rare life-limiting genetic disorder that affects 30,000 people in the United States. The CF population has seen an increase in their life expectancy as new research, therapies and technology has ... -
CYTOKINE-BASED FUSION PROTEINS FOR TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
(2014-12-30)The present invention provides fusion proteins including an autoimmune antigen, an allergen antigen or an alloantigen, and an anti-inflammatory cytokine. Compositions and meth ods including the fusion proteins are also provided. -
Cytokine-Neuroantigen Fusion Proteins as a New Class of Tolerogenic, Therapeutic Vaccines for Treatment of Inflammatory Demyelinating Disease in Rodent Models of Multiple Sclerosis
(2012-08)Myelin-specific induction of tolerance represents a promising means to modify the course of autoimmune inflammatory demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Our laboratory has focused on a novel preclinical ... -
Cytokines and neuroantigens for treatment of immune disorders
(2017-05-10)The present invention provides methods of regulating an immunological disorder comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of (i) an autoimmune antigen in conjunction with (ii) an anti-inflammatory cytokine. ...