Browsing Advanced Academic Programs by Title
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Affordable, High-Quality Child Care for All
(2016-04-29)The first years of a child’s life are a vital period of rapid cognitive, social and emotional development. For working families, high quality early child care is a necessity that provides young children with support that ... -
Amendment of Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution
(2016-04-20)China has suffered severe haze problem since 2013. The study shows that about 350,000 to 500,000 Chinese people die prematurely due to haze weather each year. 4,400 people are killed by haze weather every day and 1,600,000 ... -
The Business of Defense Acquisition Reform: A Policy Proposal for Incentives that will Promote Acquisition Decisions Based on Good Business Models
(2016-04-19)The United States continues to develop and deploy the best weapons systems in the world. However, these acquisition programs are often founded on poor business cases. Development of new acquisition programs based on poor ... -
Clinical Trials-Related Administrative Workload and the Methods Used to Assess It
(2016-08-24)The 2012 Faculty Research Survey Research Report conducted by the Federal Demonstration Partnership (Survey) found that clinical trials were one of the 22 most common administrative workload burden activity areas. This ... -
Contingent Convertible Capital: A New Capital Requirement to Solve 'Too Big to Fail'
(2016-04-29)The adoption of Basel III capital requirements has been championed as one of the primary means for addressing the ‘Too Big to Fail’ conundrum. However, many have argued that higher standards do not effectively solve the ... -
Delinquent Scheduled Maintenance on Long-Life Vehicles
(2016-12)In 2014, an audit by the Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General found the current fleet of long-life vehicles can only meet the agency’s delivery needs through fiscal year 2017. With the next generation of vehicles ... -
Determinants of Forced Migration: The Varying Effects of Violence and Economic Conditions on Syrian Refugee Flight
(2016-12)The majority of existing research on the impact of civil war on forced migration flows uses observations at the annual-global level, limiting the applicability of results to explaining aggregate trends. This article studies ... -
Determinants of Military Expenditure for Deterrence: Interaction with Nuclear Weapons, Democracies, and Alliances
(2016-12)During his campaign trail, the President-elect announced increasing military expenditure to enable deterrence to maintain the security of the United States. However, limited quantitative research exists to determine if ... -
Determining the potential distribution of highly invasive plants in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine: a species distribution modeling approach under different climate-land- use scenarios and possible implications for natural-resource management
(Advanced Academic Programs, The Johns Hopkins University, 2011-12)Background: The Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains are one of the most species-rich ecoregions in Europe. High levels of biodiversity can be explained by the heterogeneous geomorphology of the mountain range, its geographic ... -
Development of a Research Infrastructure for the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies Simulation Hospital
(2016-08-24)The goal of this Capstone Project was to create a research development and investigator support program to be implemented at the new Simulation Hospital being built on the campus of the University of Miami’s School of ... -
Disposing of Weapons-Grade Plutonium
(2016-04-28)A U.S. Department of Energy project to convert excess weapons-grade plutonium into fuel for commercial nuclear reactors to fulfill an international agreement with Russia is billions over budget and well over a decade behind ... -
Does nitrogen gas flux through stream water account for the fate of anthropogenic nitrogen in an agricultural watershed?
(Advanced Academic Programs, The Johns Hopkins University, 2011-05-07) -
Effects of land use and land cover on alosine spawning habitat in non-tidal tributaries to the Bush River, Maryland: Implications for Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management
(Advanced Academic Programs, The Johns Hopkins University, 2011)There is extensive literature on the effects of land use and land cover on aquatic biodiversity and integrity of habitat. Aquatic health in lotic systems has been found to decline with increasing development and construction ... -
Effects of Roadway Runoff on the Water Quality of the Codorus Creek Watershed
(Advanced Academic Programs, The Johns Hopkins University, 2011-12-13)This study is to serve as a model for future, intensive studies into the effect roadway runoff has on the water quality of the Codorus Creek watershed. This runoff is known to contain nonpoint source pollutants that are ... -
The endangered Florida Panther (Puma [=Felis] concolor coryi) conservation status: in situ breeding and a shrinking habitat
(Advanced Academic Programs, The Johns Hopkins University, 2008-12-12) -
Evaluating the Contribution of City Initiatives towards Sustainability
(Advanced Academic Programs, The Johns Hopkins University, 2011-12-15)Growing concerns over environmental degradation and resource availability issues have prompted an increased interest in strategic planning, aimed at better protecting environmental and ecosystem services while simultaneously ... -
Global Wind Energy Expansion: Gauging Vulnerabilities to Climate Change
(2016-08-24)Global demand for low emission renewable energy production continues to intensify. Wind turbine power plants, which harness the kinetic energy from wind to generate electricity, continue to proliferate due to the ... -
The Implications of Shortening Early Voting Periods: A Case Study from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
(2016-05-05)Early voting is a widely available convenience voting option, yet research into exactly who casts a ballot early has produced mixed results. Researchers have simultaneously shown that early voters are wealthier and whiter ... -
Improving the Enabling Environments for Ecosystem-Based Coastal Restoration and Protection Through the Use of Ecological Modeling: Case Studies from the Mississippi River Delta and the Coastal Netherlands
(2016-12)The Coastal Netherlands and U.S. Mississippi River Delta in Coastal Louisiana share a unique feature: both areas are low-lying river deltas, threatened by some of the highest land subsidence and eustatic sea-level rise ... -
Improving Urban Transportation through the European Experience: The Case of Brasilia, Brazil
(Advanced Academic Programs, The Johns Hopkins University, 2010-01-12)