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A prospective quality improvement project using a mammography risk assessment tool to increase screening mammogram use with low-income Hispanic women
(2018-08)Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality among U.S. women. Hispanic women experience a lower 5-year survival rate of 79% compared to 91% among non-Hispanic White women. The purpose of this DNP project ... -
A quality improvement initiative to improve diabetes self-care education for Hispanic older adults using culturally-sensitive, age specific-approach
(2018-08)Introduction: The underuse of culturally-sensitive, age-specific diabetes education for older-aged Hispanic people likely contributes to deficits in diabetes knowledge, self-management and glycemic control. This quality ... -
Reducing nurse practitioner turnover in home-based primary care:a Department of Veterans Affairs quality improvement project
(2018-08)Objective: To identify factors in the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) program that may contribute to nurse practitioner (NP) retention and decrease provider gaps and access to primary care ... -
A vivar! A plant-based diabetes prevention pilot program for older Hispanics in South Texas
(2018-08)Purpose: A community-oriented culturally sensitive plant-based nutritional pilot program for older South Texas Hispanics was designed to determine if participation in a three-month plant-based diabetes prevention program ... -
Occupational health nurses’ self-efficacy in implementing smoking cessation interventions for workers: a manufacturing company quality improvement project
(2018-08)The purpose of this study was to improve the delivery and quality of care to smokers at work who are poorly motivated to quit and to explore the concepts of self-efficacy for enhancing this care process within a manufacturing ... -
Nurse practitioner-led telehealth to improve outpatient pediatric tracheostomy management in South Texas
(2018-08)Pediatric tracheostomy patients are a medically complex population with increased incidence of emergency room (ER) use, hospital readmissions, tracheostomy-associated complications, and caregiver anxiety, especially the ... -
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Biological productivity associated with the serpulid reefs of Baffin Bay, Texas
(1997-08)The upper Laguna Madre and Baffin Bay-complex has long been noted for its abundant finfish populations despite its generally persistent hypersaline condition. The purpose of this present study was to determine the ... -
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Servant leadership behaviors of general equivalency diploma (GED) graduates: a non-randomized exploratory inquiry
(2018-08)Leadership in the 21st century continues to be an ongoing concern and challenge for leaders and followers alike. According to the Servant Leadership Theory (SLT), individuals with a natural desire to serve have the potential ... -
Facilitation plays a key role in Marsh-Mangrove interactions along a salinity gradient in South Texas
(2018-08)Climate change is resulting in fewer and less intense freezes which allows tropical mangroves, Avicennia germinans, to expand into saltmarshes in the Gulf of Mexico, causing a regime shift from herbaceous to woody plant ... -
The risk assessment capability and defense induction strategy of the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica
(2018-08)Prey respond to predation risk by implementing defensive mechanisms such as avoidance behavior, interrupting the periodicity of their life history, and altering their morphology. Prey employ defensive mechanisms at a cost ... -
UAS multispectral imaging for detecting plant stress due to iron chlorosis in grain sorghum
(2018-08)This study uses a small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) equipped with a multispectral sensor to assess various Vegetation Indices (VIs) for their potential to monitor iron chlorosis levels in a grain sorghum crop. Iron ... -
Strike a chord: music therapy as a related service as experienced by a key stakeholders
(2018-08)Music therapy is a related service not easily measured in public schools as an intervention for students with disabilities (Booth, 2004). The fact that music therapy is not a required related service explains why it is ... -
Sense of emptiness: development and validation of a scale
(2018-08)Sense of emptiness is a common human experience and a prevalent mental health issue, included as a diagnostic criterion and/or associated with several mental health disorders. Despite its prevalence and clinical relevance, ... -
Validation of the State of Mind Questionnaire (SMQ): evaluating polyvagal emotion regulation
(2018-08)As counselors address issues of the mind, they inherently intervene with underlying neurobiological mechanisms. The gap between mind and body is closing, with many researchers in Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) calling ... -
Applying segmentation and neural networks to detect and quantify marine debris from aerial images captured by unmanned aerial system and mobile device
(2018-08)Marine debris is a global issue with adverse impacts on the marine environment, wildlife, economy, and human health. Its presence on beaches may vary due to topography, hydrological conditions, proximity to litter sources, ... -
Effectiveness of community-managed "rest areas" in restoring a population of broadcast-spawning marine invertebrates
(2018-08)Due primarily to overharvesting, marine fisheries have been declining for decades and achieving sustainable fisheries has proved challenging. Top-down, enforcement-centric fisheries management has been largely ineffective, ... -
How and when: the development and strategic maintenance of supervisor-subordinate blended relationships in the workplace
(2018-08)This study explores the development and maintenance strategies of blended supervisor subordinate relationships in the workplace, or those friendships that develop in and outside of work. The motives that drove ... -
Quantifying and characterizing the Mississippi River's contribution of microplastic debris to the Gulf of Mexico
(2018-08)Plastics presence in the ocean is becoming increasingly ubiquitous which is widely recognized by the public, scientific communities, and government agencies. However, only in the past decade have plastics, specifically ...