The purpose of the study was to evaluate the extent to which one community college was preparing its early childhood education students for employment in the field accord[...]

Background: Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) are facing significant communication challenges in peri-operative settings, spanning from understanding anesth[...]

Common pollutants present in cities, such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2), can cause a variety of adverse human health outcomes. Urban form (e.g., land cover and its spatial pa[...]

Although the multiracial population is currently the fastest growing racial group in the United States, little remains known about their identity and mental wellness. The[...]

Vanadium (V) and chromium (Cr) contamination has become a rising concern in North Carolina due to a coal ash spill in February 2014. Coal ash is known to contain these tr[...]

This dissertation employs an interdisciplinary perspective to examine the relationship between economic development and environmental quality in China. The first essay in[...]

Background: The most common cause of sentinel events is ineffective communication among the healthcare team. Nurses’ documentation of communication, including documenting[...]

Sleep is important for numerous regulatory processes of health and cognition and sleep impairments can lead to impairments in these outcomes. Sleep and breathing disorder[...]

Agricultural streams are subject to considerable disturbance including channelization, erosion, and sedimentation. Fertilizer is often applied to agricultural fields in e[...]

Fringe projection technique has been a powerful tool for 3D metrology and surface profilometry with high repeatability. However, for in-situ measurement of objects with h[...]