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DELINEATING THE MECHANISM OF AGGREGATE OR BIOFILM FORMATION IN THE LYME DISEASE SPIROCHETE BORRELIA BURGDORFERI
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-14)
Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete causing Lyme disease, is transmitted to a vertebrate host by the bite of an infected Ixodes scapularis tick. The spirochete develops antibiotic resistance in humans likely due to the ...
A MIXED METHODS STUDY ON NURSING STUDENT STRESS, ANXIETY AND RESILIENCE DURING AN UNEXPECTED DEATH SIMULATION
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-15)
About one third of the more than 700,000 deaths that occur in hospitals each year are unanticipated. Without appropriate training and experience, a patient's impending death can be overwhelming, and an unexpected death can ...
ROLE OF EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE SECRETED INTERLEUKIN-34 IN FIBROBLAST TO MYOFIBROBLAST TRANSDIFFERENTIATION AND ATRIAL FIBROSIS
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-26)
The adiposity of the heart has been proven to be significantly associated with cardiac dysfunction. Chronic low-grade inflammation of the adipose tissue and cardiac fibrosis are common complications in type 2 diabetes ...
Discourse Processing in Neurologically Healthy Adults: A Cross-Modal Eye tracking Study
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-20)
One of the methods to study discourse comprehension is inference revision. Inferencing can be defined as a controlled, information-generation process that requires deductive reasoning abilities (Kintsch, 1998). Studies ...
Assessing anesthesia providers’ perceptions of adequacy of endotracheal tube cuff occlusion assessment techniques: A DNP project
(2021-12-07)
Current literature describes subjective and objective endotracheal tube cuff pressure measurement techniques and their effectiveness. However, current literature does not assess anesthesia providers’ perceptions of the ...
Subjective Versus Objective Measurement of ETT Cuff Pressures in the Operating Room: A Quality Improvement Project
(2021-12-06)
With a variety of adequate techniques to choose from, there is a lack of understanding of provider’s preferences for selection of a subjective versus an objective measurement technique for monitoring ETT cuff pressures ...
Non-dairy treats leave lactose behind with alternative ingredients
(2022-01-12)
This is a weekly Q and A newspaper column under the byline of Dr. Kathy Kolasa. Today's column is about how to still enjoy frozen desserts when you are lactose intolerance. Also, this column provides information about ...
Set manageable goals for the New Year
(2021-12-29)
This is a weekly Q and A newspaper column under the byline of Dr. Kathy Kolasa. Today's column is all about how to eat healthy, nutritious meals in the coming new year. Improving one's outlook on progress and patterns of ...