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Cardiac Output Measurements with UDCO and ECHO under general anesthesia during normotension, hypotension and hypertension in adult alpacas
(2021-07-30)
Cardiac output (CO) is defined as the quantity of blood pumped into the aorta each minute by the heart. Measurement of CO is considered an important tool to determine oxygen deliver to the tissues. Currently, there are ...
Cardioprotective mechanisms of PPAR gamma in diabetic heart
(2014-04-23)
Patients with diabetes exhibit significantly altered renin-angiotensin system (RAS). Recently it has been determined that hyperglycemic conditions induce an increase in angiotensin II (AT II) expression; specifically in ...
Cardiovascular autonomic modulation following maximal exercise: Its relationship to race, VO2max, and resting heart rate variability
(2009-04-13)
The purpose of this dissertation was to provide a better understanding of post maximal exercise cardiovascular autonomic function and its relationship to race, VO2max and resting heart rate variability. Heart rate variability ...
Career Decision-Making: Implications for Emerging Adults’ Career Identity Development
(2008-05-15)
Identity exploration in the areas of work and love is theorized to be salient in emerging adulthood, and therefore, commitments often are delayed (Arnett, 2000). The exploration that takes place during adolescence and ...
Career Longevity Among Southeastern Band Directors: Environmental, Personal, and Educational Factors
(2009-03-11)
The purposes of this study were to determine whether variables reported in
previous research on teacher turnover could be reduced to a number of factors, and to
determine how those resulting factors affected career ...
Career Preparation during the Transition from High School
(2010-07-20)
Preparing for an adult career through careful planning, choosing a career, and gaining confidence to achieve career goals is a primary task during adolescence and early adulthood (Erikson, 1968; Skorikov, 2007b). The theory ...
Career Thoughts of Incarcerated Students
(2021-07-09)
In 2018, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released the results of a nine-year longitudinal study following 412,731 inmates released in 2005, finding that 84% of these individuals were rearrested (Alper et al., 2018). This ...
Caregiver/Speech-Language Pathologist Communication in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(2021-04-12)
Purpose: The purpose of the current investigation was to determine caregiver satisfaction with Speech-Language Pathologist’s (SLP) communication in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), as well as the impact this ...
Caregivers of Family with Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: Well-Being and Meaning in Life
(2014-12-10)
Family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia experience threats to their well-being through the stress of care. There are many factors that can improve the well-being of caregivers, but the present ...
Caring for the Caregivers: A Phenomenological Study of Supervisors and Vicarious Trauma
(2017-11-20)
Trauma is prevalent in the world, leading individuals who have experienced trauma to seek counseling services. Counselors who listen to trauma narratives are at risk for experiencing vicarious trauma. Vicarious trauma is ...
Carotenoid-Based Dewlap Color as a Visual Signal in Social Communication of Brown Anoles (Norops sagrei)
(2007-12-15)
Carotenoids have been shown to be important integumentary coloring agents in many birds and fishes. The role of carotenoids as a prominent integumentary coloring agent of the dewlap has been noted in many Anoline lizards, ...
Cartel Monitoring and NCAA Football
(2012-01-06)
In the last twenty-five years, economists have developed and tested the hypothesis that the member institutions of the National Collegiate Athletic Association behave as a cartel and contrive market power in the sports of ...
A Case Study Analysis of Rural Middle School Science Teachers: The Perception of Culture to Inform Pedagogical Practices in the Classroom
(2019-12-09)
Since the early 1980’s, a push for equitable learning practices has resulted in the creation
of culturally centered pedagogy to counter educational disparities targeting marginalized
populations across disciplines—particularly ...
A Case Study in Applying Agile Software Engineering Practices to Systems Engineering
(2013-02-01)
With the fast-paced nature of technology, the need to rapidly field systems has never been more important. Success does not just depend on well-defined requirements but also on the ability to respond to change during and ...
A Case Study of a Career Academy: Toward a Conceptual Framework of School-Industry Partnerships
(2015-04-06)
School-business partnerships that provide authentic learning for students have been a well-documented part of our history. This study examined one such educational partnership developed to create a career academy. The ...
A Case Study of an Innovative Pharmacy Curriculum and Leadership Behaviors
(2023-07-24)
Change is constant in higher education, and innovation is central to change. Facilitating innovation requires the influence of leaders. Transformational leadership is a prominent leadership construct which has been shown ...
A Case Study of Military-Connected Principals' Trauma-Informed Decision-Making
(2023-10-24)
A substantial body of research spanning almost two decades has demonstrated that
widespread trauma from adverse childhood experiences and toxic environments exists within the
American population and is predictive of ...
A Case Study: Perceptions of Rural School Principals that Utilized the Transformation Turnaround Model for School Success and Sustainability
(2021-04-23)
Abstract
This qualitative case study identified how rural school principals utilized the transformation turnaround model in conjunction with the eight turnaround principles to promote and sustain academic success within ...
Catalase-Peroxidase: A Structure that Facilitates Electron Transfer, Protein-based Cofactor Formation, and Antibiotic Activation
(2022-12-09)
Catalase-peroxidase (KatG) is a heme-dependent enzyme that uses a single active for the degradation of H2O2 by two distinct mechanisms. One is a catalase mechanism where two equivalents of H2O2 are disproportionated with ...
Catalyst Design for Methane to Methanol Transformation via C-H Bond Activation using Transition Metal Oxide Dications
(2023-07-27)
The push towards greener energy solutions has been a focus for society in the last several decades, due to the need for cleaner industrial processes. One elusive process that draws the focus of several groups is methane ...