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Comparing Medical Emergency Preparedness in U.S. Public and Academic Libraries
(Taylor & Francis (Public Services Quarterly), 2022-12)This study sought to determine what medical emergency resources and training are provided in U.S. public and academic libraries, how public versus academic preparedness compares, and what reasons may contribute to decisions ... -
Recapping the History of the Antipodes: Reappraising Absolute and Relative Connotations
(Research in Geographic Education, 2014-11)During the first half of the 20th century teaching and learning about the antipodes were considered a fundamental element within the undergraduate geography curricula. However, in the 1970s the antipodes were absent from ... -
Circumstantial response to "Who shot Bounty mast with this small lead ball?"
(Pitcairn Log, 2022-10)A circumstantial response to Herb Ford's question "Who shot the Bounty mast with this small lead ball?" Using primary and secondary sources the author examins different situations for plausibility. -
Mary Ann Christian, Exercising Social and Spatial Agency: An Isolated Island Case
(Shima, 2022)Mary Ann Christian (1793-1866) was the only daughter of chief Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian and his Tahitian consort Mauatua who settled on Pitcairn Island in 1790. After a violent first decade, and one death to a ... -
Mutiny on the Bounty - A Cornucopia of Fruits and Invectives
(The Pitcairn Log, 2022-07)On April 28, 1789, the most infamous of mutinies occurred in the South Pacific Ocean within sight of an erupting volcano on Tofua. Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian deposed “Captain” William Bligh and eighteen men in ... -
Hispanic Student Access to Advanced Placement Courses
(Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, 2011)This qualitative, collective case study describes the perceptions of academically successful Hispanic students regarding their access to Advanced Placement (AP) courses in 4 suburban Texas high schools. A multistage, ... -
Nurse Adaptability and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms During the COVID- 19 Pandemic: The Effects of Family and Perceived Organizational Support
(Frontiers in Psychology, 2022-03-04)Objective: To examine the effect of family and perceived organizational support on the relationship between nurse adaptability and their experience with COVID-related PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms in ... -
Healthy Tazewell County Initiative: Variations in Community Quality of Life, Health Problems, and Risky Behaviors by Age Category
(Undergraduate Research Journal of for the Human Sciences, 2014)The MAPP process, a strategic planning tool that allows communities to prioritize their public health issues, was employed by the Tazewell County Health Department to assess what factors residents perceived to be (a) the ... -
Understanding Centenarians’ Psychosocial Dynamics and Their Contributions to Health and Quality of Life
(Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research, 2010-06)While it is understood that longevity and health are influenced by complex interactions among biological, psychological, and sociological factors, there is a general lack of understanding on how psychosocial factors impact ... -
Successful Aging: A Psychosocial Resources Model for Very Old Adults
(Journal of Aging Research, 2012-05)Objectives. Using data from the first two phases of the Georgia Centenarian Study, we proposed a latent factor structure for the Duke OARS domains: Economic Resources, Mental Health, Activities of Daily Living, Physical ... -
A Distribution-free Convolution Model for Background Correction of Oligonucleotide Microarray Data
(BMC Genomics, 2009-07-07)Introduction: Affymetrix GeneChip® high-density oligonucleotide arrays are widely used in biological and medical research because of production reproducibility, which facilitates the comparison of results between experiment ... -
Detecting Differentially Methylated Loci for Multiple Treatments Based on High-Throughput Methylation Data
(BMC Bioinformatics, 2014-05-15)Background: Because of its important effects, as an epigenetic factor, on gene expression and disease development, DNA methylation has drawn much attention from researchers. Detecting differentially methylated loci is ... -
Home Economics in Higher Education: Enhancing Student Learning and Promoting Responsible Student Behavior
(International Journal of Home Economics, 2008)Numerous challenges exist for Home Economics/Family and Consumer Sciences Departments and their universities. For universities, one challenge is the promotion of responsible social behavior by students, especially in light ... -
College Student Snacking Behaviour Pilot Study
(International Journal of Home Economics, 2012)This study examined the snacking behaviour of undergraduate college students using a comprehensive survey that included a Healthy Snacking Knowledge Test (HSKT), a Snack Frequency Questionnaire, a survey of psychosocial ... -
Influences on Cookware Choices of Young Adults
(Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences, 2007)This study employed a focus group of thirteen mid-western university students ages 20-25 to test the hypothesis that after observing a demonstration using high-end stainless steel cookware, college student participants ... -
Microbial Growth in Ground Beef During Different Methods of Thawing.
(Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences, 2010)Consumer safety has now become a pressing issue with recent illnesses and food recalls due to elevated microbiological contamination of a variety of different foods. Although there are many different steps in the ... -
Correlates of Protein Intake among Community Dwelling Older Adults
(Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences, 2010)Nutritional recommendations, BMI, and quality of life may be uniquely related in a population of older adults. The current recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for dietary protein in older adults is 0.8 g/ kg of body weight ... -
Beverage Consumption of College Students: Factors that Influence Their Choices
(Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences, 2011)Beverage consumption is a major source of energy; intake varies depending on demographics, availability, and personal and behavioral influences (Storey, Forshee, & Anderson, 2006). To date no studies were found investigating ...
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