Dawn Birch Doctorate of Education

List of Papers

This thesis is based on the following papers, which are referred to in the text by their Roman numerals. Extraction of antioxidants from spruce (Picea abies) bark using eco-friendly solvents, Accepted in Phytochemi-cal Analysis 2010.traction and degradation of antioxidants from birch bark using water at elevated temperature a pressure. Manuscript in preparation for Analytica Chimica Acta 2010. ...

Resolving Hydractiniidae and Hydroidolina Phylogeny Using Mitochondrial Genomes

Resolving Hydractiniidae and Hydroidolina Phylogeny using Mitochondrial Genomes by Erica Dawn Blight Department of Biology Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Clifford W. Cunningham , Supervisor ___________________________ Kathleen M. Pryer ___________________________ Paul S. Manos ___________________________ Gregory A. Wray _______________________...

The Impact of Accented Speech in International Television Advertisements

Moving forward together: the practice doctorate in nursing.

Societal drivers, as well as trends in education and health care, are advancing the practice doctorate in nursing. For nurse practitioner preparation, the current resurgence of interest in the practice doctorate could precipitate change that mimics the evolution from post-basic certificate to Master's level education. The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) is a resour...

The professional doctorate for nurses in Australia: findings of a scoping exercise.

This paper presents the findings of a scoping exercise to map the professional doctorate for nurses and midwives in three Australian Universities using a modified form of Illuminative Evaluation. The visit was prompted by the increase in the number and range of professional doctorates introduced in the UK over the last decade which stimulated a desire to obtain details of similar programmes in ...