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Correlation of the NBME Advanced Clinical Examination in EM and the National EM M4 exams
(2015-01)Introduction Since 2011 two online, validated exams for fourth-year emergency medicine (EM) students have been available (National EM M4 Exams). In 2013 the National Board of Medical Examiners offered the Advanced ... -
Course of Depressive Symptoms and Treatment in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS-2) Study
(2014-05)Objective To examine changes in depressive symptoms and treatment in the first three years following bariatric surgery. Design and Methods The Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery-2 is an observational ... -
Cranial Ultrasound Lesions in the NICU Predict Cerebral Palsy at Age 2 Years in Children Born at Extremely Low Gestational Age
(East Carolina University, 2009-01)Our prospective cohort study of extremely low gestational age newborns evaluated the association of neonatal head ultrasound abnormalities with cerebral palsy at age 2 years. Cranial ultrasounds in 1053 infants were read ... -
Crc Is Involved in Catabolite Repression Control of the bkd Operons of Pseudomonas putida and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(East Carolina University, 2000-02)Crc (catabolite repression control) protein of Pseudomonas aeruginosa has shown to be involved in carbon regulation of several pathways. In this study, the role of Crc in catabolite repression control has been studied in ... -
Creating and sustaining a healthy food environment in hospitals with a food service management company
(2018-01)This article updates a 2010 article, Moving Toward Healthier Eating Environments in Hospitals. It provides advocates for healthy food environments in hospitals with suggestions about the roles they can play in initiating ... -
creating and sustaining a healthy food environment in hospitals with a food service management company
(2018-01)This paper describes the successes and challenges in hospitals providing a healthy food environment for employees as well as visitors to the hospital. Based on literature review and interviews of professionals, including ... -
Creating Vidant Health's Healthy Food Environment
(2013-04)The paper describes the journey taken by Vidant Health (formerly University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina) to create a healthy eating environmnet on its entire campus. Vidant Health was among the first hospitals in ... -
Creating Vidant Health's Healthy Food Environment
(2012-10)This paper documents the steps Vidant Health took from 2003 to 2012 in creating a healthy food environment. It describes criteria for foods to be sold/provided to employees and visitors. It provides a rationale for selecting ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ...