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ISO 14001: The Creation of an Effective Environmental Management System
(2017-12)
A majority of research that is completed on ISO 14001 has focused on the development of the Environmental Management System for a company. Little research has been focused on whether the ISO 14001 certification ensures a ...
Considerations for Reliance on Single Institutional Review Boards
(2017-12)
The Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network has trialed several versions of the NIH mandated single IRB model in hopes to find the most efficient model. Study startup milestones were measured over four trials ...
Fraccidents: The Ostensible Link Between Oil and Gas Development and Car Accidents in Post-Shale Boom Texas Counties
(2017-12)
New developments in the exploration of unconventional Oil and Gas (O&G) resources have become an energy industry trend. Nevertheless, there are underlying environmental and socio-economic impacts attributed to “fracking”, ...
An Analysis of Academic Research Administration Central Office Structures
(2017-12)
The purpose of this Capstone Project was to assess academic research office structures. A descriptive and qualitative research method was used in the process of conducting a literature review and the analysis of survey ...
China's Renewable and Nuclear Energy Agenda: A Geopolitical Strategy?
(2017-12)
This study is a culmination of research performed during the Master of Science in Energy Policy and Climate Program at Johns Hopkins University. Through questioning, research accumulation, aggregation, analytical review, ...
The Competitive Advantage of Sustainability Reporting
(2017-12)
Over the last few decades, the demands for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) developments and reporting have dramatically increased in business. Currently, the majority of the S&P 500 Index is providing sustainability ...
A Proposal to Protect and Expand Affordable Housing Construction Using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
(2017)
Ensuring that every American can afford a safe and decent dwelling is a stated policy goal of the United States federal government. Congress appropriates billions of dollars every year to provide housing vouchers to ...
Application of the National Academies’ Recommendations in the Publication “Research Universities and the Future of America: Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital to Our Nation’s Prosperity and Security” to a Division within a Research University
(2017)
In the fall of 2015, the Division of Nuclear Medicine (“Division”), a twelve million dollar research division at an institution of higher education (IHE) (“Institution”), was in administrative shambles, and lacked many ...
Retaining Expertise in the Directorate of Analysis
(2017)
This Capstone memorandum explores the potential for a significant increase in the loss of analytic expertise in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The CIA’s Directorate of Analysis (DA) prides itself on developing ...
Addressing the Medicare Appeals Backlog
(2017)
When a Medicare provider is denied payment for a Medicare claim, the provider can appeal the decision to a five-level appeals system. However, the backlog of appeals at the third level of appeal is so large that statutory ...