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TWO STUDIES IN GREEN FINANCE: HAVE GREEN BONDS BEEN DELIVERING ON THEIR PROMISE TO MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT MORE SUSTAINABLE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE? AND DO ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE LABELLED FUNDS CREATE A DIFFERENT INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVE OR ARE THEY MORE OF THE SAME?
(Johns Hopkins University, 2022-02-11)
Throughout the 20th century it became clear that anthropogenic activity is the main factor in the rapid climate shift resulting from temperature increases. In capital markets this challenge has been dealt with mainly through ...
The Active Measures Working Group: a Study of U.S. Government Responses to Soviet Disinformation During the Reagan Era
(Johns Hopkins University, 2022-02-02)
Allegations of Russian meddling after the 2016 U.S. presidential elections popularized the terms “disinformation” and “foreign influence” in popular culture. However, the terms are not new; in fact, they correspond to the ...
What do African Citizens of Different Income Levels think of Chinese Investment? 2015-2019 A study of three countries in Africa
(Johns Hopkins University, 2022-01-06)
This study focused on determining the relationship between occupation, education and perception on Chinese investment in Kenya, Senegal and Nigeria.
It used a combination of qualitative and quantitative research to ...
IMPROVED IMAGE QUALITY IN CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY FOR IMAGE-GUIDED INTERVENTIONS
(Johns Hopkins University, 2022-01-05)
In the past few decades, cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) emerged as a rapidly developing imaging modality that provides single rotation 3D volumetric reconstruction with sub-millimeter spatial resolution. Compared to ...
Investigating the Relationship between Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Androgen Receptor Axis-Targeted Therapies, and Checkpoint Inhibition in the Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer
(Johns Hopkins University, 2022-01-04)
Prostate cancer is one of the most common newly diagnosed cancers and leading causes of death due to cancer in American men. Studies show that some men with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) progressing ...
Portable Rapid On-Cartridge Magnetofluidic Purification and Testing (PROMPT) Platform for Point-of-Care Infectious Disease Diagnostics
(Johns Hopkins University, 2022-01-10)
Infectious disease diagnostics can be broadly categorized as “rapid tests” or “molecular diagnostics”. Rapid tests usually take the form of a lateral flow strip to assess the presence of protein antigens or antibodies. ...
PRE-PATTERNING AND ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT MECHANISMS SHAPE NEURONAL DIVERSITY IN THE COCHLEA
(Johns Hopkins University, 2022-02-08)
In the cochlea, sensory hair cells transform sound information that arrives in the form of traveling pressure waves into electrical signals through a process called mechanoelectrical transduction (MET). The resulting ...
Delivery of IL-2 to the T Cell Surface Through Phosphatidylserine Permits Robust Expansion of CD8 T Cells
(Johns Hopkins University, 2022-01-04)
Interleukin-2 (IL-2) plays a fundamental role in both immune activation and tolerance and its discovery has revolutionized the field of immunology. Due to its ability to stimulate expansion and effector function of T cells, ...
MECHANISMS OF MOTOR AND PERCEPTUAL LEARNING IN LOCOMOTOR ADAPTATION
(Johns Hopkins University, 2022-01-18)
Moving in the real world requires continually learning and updating movement to account for systematic changes in the environment (e.g. walking in snow versus grass). One form of motor learning is ‘motor adaptation’, ...
ELUCIDATING MECHANISMS OF PAIN IN HEREDITARY PALMOPLANTAR KERATODERMAS
(Johns Hopkins University, 2022-01-05)
Palmoplantar keratodermas (PPK) are a group of rare skin disorders characterized by abnormal thickening of the epidermis of the individual’s palms or soles. Along with the variable pattern of this epidermal thickening, ...