Search results | J. Murrey Atkins Library

Title: COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND FALLS IN THE OLDER ADULT POPULATION: INCIDENCE AND OUTCOMES IN A LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER
Author: Churchill, Christine
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Gerontology
Description: Cognitive impairment has been found to be associated with an increased risk of falls among older adults. The aim of this study was to compare in-hospital outcomes such as time-to-surgery, complications, length of stay, intensive care utilization, ...

Title: EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF VALENCE AND AROUSAL ON PAIN PERCEPTION USING VIRTUAL REALITY MOOD INDUCTION
Author: Porter, Anne
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Computer science, Psychology
Description: Virtual reality (VR) distraction has successfully decreased chronic and acute pain perception in clinical and experimental settings, but the precise elements of VR that optimize distraction have not been fully explored. Research has suggested that...

Title: Gaze-Following, Social Monitoring, and Joint Attention in the Great Apes: A Comparative Analysis of Visual Communication and Potential Implications for Cognition
Author: Downing, Danay
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Animal behavior, Physical anthropology, Cognitive psychology
Description: Previous experimental studies indicate that gaze-following is a reliable indicator of advanced cognitive capacity in social primates. Group-living primates, in particular, must navigate complex social relationships among group members and other co...

Title: Me, Myself, and Depression: Identity Construction and Depression
Author: Thomas, Rachael
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Mental health
Description: In this narrative autoethnography, I write about and analyze my experiences with depression in order to understand how my identity is socially constructed within that context. Through thematic analysis, I use Goffman's (1963) identity theory as a ...

Title: Re-examining the positive conscientiousness-performance relationship: The role of neuroticism and stress
Author: Dunn, Alexandra
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Organizational behavior, Psychology, Personality
Description: This study adds to the growing body of research on the interactive effects of personality traits. The researcher hypothesized that the relationship between conscientiousness and task performance would be weaker for individuals high in neuroticism....

Title: Sleep duration, sleepiness, obesity, and risk for hypertension in young adolescents: A mediation model
Author: Peach, Hannah
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Medical sciences
Description: Inadequate sleep has been identified as a risk factor for a variety of health consequences. Short sleep durations and daytime sleepiness, an indicator of insufficient sleep and/or poor sleep quality, have been identified as risk factors for hypert...

Title: Tea culture and the British Empire, 1600-1900
Author: Ashby, Brittany
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: History
Description: At the end of the fifteenth century, the consumption of tea remained predominantly in the East, and only a few wealthy western aristocrats knew of the tea plant. Only one hundred years later, tea sparked the interests of many nations and consumpti...

Title: The Fighter Mafia: Vietnam, The Fighter Jet, and the Future of the Air Force
Author: Hubard, Thomas
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Military history, History
Description: This thesis examines the role of fighter pilots and their shared culture in the United States Air Force. This thesis argues that as a result of the Vietnam War, fighter pilots fought back against the traditional power structures of the Air Force t...

Title: The effects of urban renewal on African Americans in Charlotte, North Carolina, the case of the Brooklyn neighborhood: 1960-1974.
Author: Hijazi, Khalid
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: History
Description: The federal urban renewal program, which was created as part of the Housing Act of 1949, was designed to provide cities with money to rehabilitate their infrastructure by replacing old decaying buildings and blighted inner city areas. Almost in ev...

Title: War in the Shadows: IRA Intimidation and Assassination, 1919-1921
Author: Cannady, Michael
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Military history, History
Description: This work addresses a gap in the historiography of the Irish revolution: the use of intimidation and assassination by the IRA. Although some studies have focused on whether IRA assassinations were justified, little scholarship exists about their e...