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Title: Self-care management strategies used by Black women who self-report consistent adherence to antihypertensive medication
Author: Abel, Willie M., Joyner, Jessica S, Cornelius, Judith B, Greer, Danice B
Date Created: 2017
Description: Background: Black women in the USA have the highest prevalence rate of hypertension (HTN) contributing to a higher risk of organ damage and death. Research has focused primarily on poorly controlled HTN, negative belief systems, and nonadherence f...

Title: Contrastive learning‑based pretraining improves representation and transferability of diabetic retinopathy classification models
Author: Alam, Minhaj Nur, Yamashita, Rikiya, Ramesh, Vignav, Prabhune, Tejas, Lim, Jennifer I., Chan, R. V. P., Hallak, Joelle, Leng, Theodore, Rubin, Daniel
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Diabetic retinopathy, Diabetes
Description: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major cause of vision impairment in diabetic patients worldwide. Due to its prevalence, early clinical diagnosis is essential to improve treatment management of DR patients. Despite recent demonstration of successful...

Title: The study of COVID-19 within the state of North Carolina in the United States
Author: Alzate, Cesar, Li, Xingjie Helen
Subjects--Topical: COVID-19 (Disease), Virus diseases--Transmission
Description: Research on COVID-19 was done for North Carolina to assess local governmental policies, to measure COVID-19 growth rate, and to discover what predictors impact COVID-19 spread. Using a Time-Delayed SIR model, removal rates were calculated to compa...

Title: Ajuga turkestanica increases Notch and Wnt signaling in aged skeletal muscle
Author: Arthur, Susan, Howden, Reuben, Zwetsloot, Kevin, Shanely, Andrew
Subjects--Topical: Musculoskeletal system, Cells
Description: Abstract. – BACKGROUND: The declining myogenic potential of aged skeletal muscle is multifactorial. Insufficient satellite cell activity is one factor in this process. Notch andWnt signaling are involved in various biological processes including o...

Title: GSI treatment preserves protein synthesis in C2C12 myotubes
Author: Arthur, Susan, Huot, Joshua, Marino, Joseph S., Thompson, Brian, McMullen, Charlotte
Subjects--Topical: Muscle proteins, Cells
Description: It has been demonstrated that inhibiting Notch signaling through γ-secretase inhibitor (GSI) treatment increases myogenesis, AKT/mTOR signaling, and muscle protein synthesis (MPS) in C2C12 myotubes. The purpose of this study was to determine if GS...

Title: Notch inhibition via GSI treatment elevates protein synthesis in C2C12 myotubes
Author: Arthur, Susan, Huot, Joshua, Marino, Joseph S., Turner, Michael
Subjects--Topical: Proteins--Synthesis, Muscle proteins
Description: The role of Notch signaling is widely studied in skeletal muscle regeneration but little is known about its influences on muscle protein synthesis (MPS). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether Notch signaling is involved in the regul...

Title: Comparative phylogenetic studies on Schistosoma japonicum and its snail intermediate host Oncomelania hupensis : origins, dispersal and coevolution
Author: Attwood, Stephen W., Ibaraki, Motomu, Saitoh, Yasuhide, Janies, Daniel
Subjects--Topical: Parasites, Coevolution, Public health
Description: Schistosoma japonicum causes major public health problems in China and the Philippines; this parasite, which is transmitted by freshwater snails of the species Oncomelania hupen- sis, causes the disease intestinal schistosomiasis in humans and cat...

Title: Extending our reach : integrating librarians and library resources into Canvas
Author: Auten, Beth, Croxton, Rebecca A., Tingelstad, Catherine
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Embedded librarians, Academic libraries
Description: A team of librarians developed and implemented a plan to create coordinated library access for all students through the Canvas learning management system. Partnering with campus information technology services, librarians developed a specialized r...

Title: Artivism, virtual workshops, and the pandemic
Author: Bennett, Adreonna
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Social justice, Photography, COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-), Academic libraries, Internet videoconferencing
Description: I was hired as a Community Engagement Archivist in the Special Collections and University Archives unit at J. Murrey Atkins Library, University of North Carolina at Charlotte in June 2019. Not only was this my first full time library job but it wa...

Title: Biopsychosocial contexts influence adult cognitive functioning concurrently and longitudinally
Author: Bennett, Jeanette M., Payen, Ameante, Bateman, James R., Persin, Michael J.
Date Created: 2024
Subjects--Topical: Cognition--Age factors, Aging
Description: Background: Cognitive aging is a complex process that impacts human behavior. Identifying the factors that preserve cognitive functioning is a public health priority, given that 20% of the US population will be at least 65 years old in the next de...

Title: Childhood ADHD, going beyond the brain : a meta-analysis on peripheral physiological markers of the heart and the gut
Author: Bennett, Jeanette M., Payen, Ameante, Chen, Michelle J., Carter, T. Grace, Kilmer, Ryan P.
Subjects--Topical: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Children
Description: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurodevelopmental disorder diagnosed in children. Questions regarding its increased diagnostic rates and pharmacological treatments in developing children have led to a more holis...

Title: Inflammation–nature’s way to efficiently respond to all types of challenges : implications for understanding and managing "the epidemic" of chronic diseases
Author: Bennett, Jeanette M., Reeves, Glenn, Billman, George E., Sturmberg, Joachim P.
Subjects--Topical: Stress (Psychology)--Health aspects, Clinical medicine, Inflammation, Psychoneuroimmunology, Chronic diseases, Complex adaptive systems
Description: Siloed or singular system approach to disease management is common practice, developing out of traditional medical school education. Textbooks of medicine describe a huge number of discrete diseases, usually in a systematic fashion following headi...

Title: “It just feels right” : perceptions of the effects of community connectedness among trans individuals
Author: Bowling, Jessamyn, Barker, Jordan, Lace, Tatim, Gunn, Laura
Subjects--Topical: Transgender people, Mental health
Description: Trans individuals (e.g. trans men and women, non-binary, gender fluid) are at higher risk for mental health concerns, in part due to marginalization. Previous work has documented the effects of social support and community engagement on health out...

Title: “Making peace” with bodies and sexual selves : changes during COVID-19 among adults in the United States
Author: Bowling, Jessamyn, Basinger, Erin, Montanaro, Erika
Subjects--Topical: COVID-19 (Disease), Body image
Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the physical and mental health of many and has necessitated widespread societal shifts, including changes to work and family activities. These changes have impacted individuals’ identity, including the...

Title: Perceptions of resilience and coping among gender-diverse individuals using photography
Author: Bowling, Jessamyn, Schoebel, Victoria, Vercruysse, Chloe
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Transgender people, Resilience (Personality trait)
Description: Gender-diverse individuals (those whose gender and/or sex differ from societal expectations, such as trans or genderqueer) face stigma and discrimination, which can translate into negative health outcomes. Resilience describes the process of overc...

Title: Impact of electrical topology, capacity factor and line length on economic performance of offshore wind investments
Author: Cali, Umit, Kucuksari, Sadik, Erdogan, Nuh
Subjects--Topical: Offshore wind power plants, Electric network topology, Wind power--Economic aspects
Description: In this study, an economic performance assessment of offshore wind investments is investigated through electrical topology, capacity factor and line length. First, annual energy yield production and electrical system losses for AC and DC offshore ...

Title: The criminal cannibal : examining the similarities of cannibalistic offenders
Author: Carroll, Brittany, Coston, Charisse Tia Maria, 1958-
Subjects--Topical: Cannibalism, Violent crimes
Description: Cannibalism is sometimes practiced by particularly violent offenders. This article discusses this behavior as it presents across 26 individual offenders convicted of murder. The similarities examined among these offenders present uniting features ...

Title: Symbiotic life of echinoderm larvae
Author: Carrier, Tyler J., Reitzel, Adam M.
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Symbiosis, Life sciences, Marine biology
Description: Echinoderms larvae have served as a fundamental system for understanding development and life history evolution over much of the last century. In the last few decades, our understanding of echinoderm larvae has expanded to the microbiota that they...

Title: How do we publish when our work is collaborative and everyone's too busy?
Author: Caruso, Beth
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, Scholarly publishing
Description: In the current world of academic librarianship, where collaboration is mainstream and high workloads are commonplace, publishing about collaborative initiatives with colleagues, though ideal, is not always feasible. Sometimes, publishing alone is ...

Title: Field-observed cracking of paired lightweight and normalweight concrete bridge decks
Author: Cavalline, Tara L., Calamusa, Jeremy T., Kitts, Amy M., Tempest, Brett Q.
Subjects--Topical: Lightweight concrete, Bridges--Design and construction, Concrete--Cracking
Description: Research has suggested that conventional lightweight concrete can offer durability advantages due to reduced cracking tendency. Although a number of publications exist providing the results of laboratory-based studies on the durability performance...