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Trump or Bust: How Political Identification Impacts Opinions on Health Reform
(2022-05)Considerable research has been conducted on the development of one’s political ideology and its impact on opinions regarding policy. This study contributes to this body of research by studying factors which influence the ... -
Introspections: Medical Stories and Other Essays
(2022-05)This collection of stories is about discovering identity, and the dreams that were born from this long hunt. Such a pursuit might have been chasing an ideal that never truly existed. Or worse yet, chasing somebody else’s ... -
Professionals Who Care: A Nonprofit Design for Inclusivity of Caregivers in the Workplace
(2022-05)Informal caregivers provide essential care to the disabled, ill, aging, or injured, services that are valued over $470 billion annually in the United States. Research has shown that nearly half of these caregivers had no ... -
Establishing a Government Run Safe Injection Facility in the City of Philadelphia
(2022-05)The City of Philadelphia is currently facing an opioid epidemic of unprecedented proportions, with 1,214 drug related overdoses in 2020 alone. The problem has been so detrimental that in 2019, the city had the highest rate ... -
Drug Use and Possession in the United States: A Twenty-First Century Proposal for Federal Decriminalization Efforts
(2022-05)For decades, the United States has waged a moral crusade against illicit drugs and people who use such drugs, responding with criminal penalties. This punitive response to illicit substance use has increasingly been ... -
A Proposal to Establish a National High-Speed Rail Network in the United States
(2022-05)High-speed rail is well positioned to offer a solution to shrinking transportation capacity and growing environmental threats in the United States. While many competing nations have taken steps to build their own robust ... -
A Collection of Stories about the Opioid Crisis, Climate Change, and the People Working to Fix them
(2022-05)The opioid crisis touches millions. Many families, including my own, have been affected by addiction to opioids. The first half of this collection of stories examines how addiction works in the brain, naloxone distribution, ... -
Securing the Pre- and Post-Award Process for Boston Children's Hospital and Collaborating Institutions
(2022-05)In the world of research, where there are ever-changing policies and procedures, we must adapt technically as an institution by implementing well-established procedures to ensure security, version control, auditability and ... -
Addressing Occupational Staffing Shortages in the Veterans Health Administration
(2022-05)The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the component agency of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) responsible for administering health care benefits to veterans and eligible beneficiaries, is facing chronic workforce ... -
Closing the Last Loophole
(2022-05)The proliferation of illegitimate capital being spent in the United States remains an economic and national security concern. The American economic system is becoming an innocuous haven for illegitimate capital as 70.6% ... -
The Price of Transgender Military Service: Do Public Opinions on Government Defense Spending Predict Support for Allowing Transgender People to Serve?
(2022-05)While a significant body of research exists regarding public attitudes toward the transgender community, little has been conducted specifically concerning views on transgender military service. Existing scholarship suggests ... -
Policy Proposal to Reduce Water Pollution in China
(2022-05)China's economy has grown rapidly over the past decade, but the country's extensive economic development model caused China to neglect environmental protection. China's water quality has been deteriorating in recent years ... -
Freedom of Navigation in the Arctic: Options for Deterring Russia's Excessive Maritime Claims
(2022-05)As climate change opens up new lanes of international commerce from melting sea ice in the Arctic, the region has growing importance to American strategy. The newly viable Northern Sea Route (NSR) through the Arctic Ocean ... -
A Proposal for the Revision of the Leahy Laws to Align Human Rights and Security Cooperation Policies with National Strategy
(2022-05)The United States has long paired human rights and security cooperation policies to meet national strategic objectives. The 2021 Interim National Security Strategy called for an increase in security partnerships with ... -
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A Proposal to Stabilize Puerto Rico's Debt Through Medicaid Equity
(2022-05)In January 2022, a federal judge ruled that a new debt restructuring framework for Puerto Rico would be in effect to partially relieve the island of its debt obligations to creditors. Despite the judge’s ruling, Puerto ... -
Ethical Considerations in Research Across Cultures
(2022-05)Through a review of relevant literature and institutional policies and guidelines on research ethics, this capstone project explored the effect that cultural components can have on the outcome of a project through the ... -
Addressing Marijuana Commercialization Amid State-Level Legalization Efforts
(2022-05)Several states have acted to defy federal law and legalize the commercialization of marijuana. The resulting conflict between state and federal law represents a constitutional and public health crisis which this paper ... -
Sponsored Research Feasibility Checklist: A Guide for Research Operation Managers
(2022-05)Feasibility assessment of a clinical trial is one of the first steps institutions should take to ensure they have adequate patient population, staff, space, and resources to conduct a proposed clinical research project. ... -
A Quick Start Guide to Setting Up Internal Funding Grant Programs
(2022-05)Today’s universities are not only places to teach and learn; they often serve as hubs of basic and applied research and even as hubs of technology development and commercialization. To help faculty secure research funding ...
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