Browsing ETD--Doctoral Dissertations by Title
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Waging War: Filling the Gap in Just War Theory
(2014-07-10)1. Statement of the Problem. Just war theory’s account of jus in bello is deficient. Michael Walzer, the prime representative of the prevailing view in the United States, restricts jus in bello to combat, war-fighting, ... -
Walking, Working, and Tinkering: Perception and Practice in Environmentalism
(2013-10-18)This dissertation examines the venerated status of certain practices in the history of American environmentalism, particularly wilderness walking, traditional farming, and the scientific field work of naturalists. These ... -
War and What Remains: Everyday Life In Contemporary Kabul, Afghanistan
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2013-10-28)This dissertation explores everyday life amidst war and occupation in Kabul, Afghanistan. It is based on more than three years of anthropological fieldwork conducted between 2006 to 2008; and 2009 to 2011. The lives of ... -
Weather-Related Natural Hazards in a Changing Climate: Enhanced Understanding of Risk Through Systems Analysis
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-08-29)Weather-related natural hazards cause significant property damage and loss of life in the U.S. and globally. A better understanding of these risks can lead to more informed decision-making regarding risk management and ... -
Which Strings Attached? Toward an Ethics Framework for Selecting Conditionalities in Conditional Cash Transfer Programs
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2015-07-31)Conditional Cash Transfer programs (CCTs) present a promising new strategy for promoting the uptake of healthy behaviors, particularly for populations that face economic obstacles to these practices. CCTs provide cash ... -
“WHO CAN I BE THE BEST PARENT TO?” AN ANALYSIS OF US RACE RELATIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION
(2015-03-19)This research is a contemporary study of race relations in the United States (U.S.). The presence of international interracial adoptions reveals white Americans openness to crossing racial boundaries when forming their ... -
WHOLE BLOOD ASSAY ANALYSIS OF IMMUNOSTIMULATORY CONSTITUENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PARTICULATE MATTER
(2015-02-02)The respiratory system is continuously exposed to particulate matter (PM) through the inhalation of polluted air. The composition of this PM includes an array of hazardous constituents derived from anthropogenic (e.g. – ... -
WHY THE TURKS HAVE IT BETTER IN GERMANY: A COMPARATIVE, HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF POLICY TRAJECTORIES IN US BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND GERMAN ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION FROM 1965-2010
(2015-01-21)This study offers a test case for Zolberg and Woon's (1999) "Why Islam is like Spanish," treating Islamic religious instruction in Germany and US bilingual education as comparable issue areas in political incorporation in ... -
Wind Tunnel Studies of Decay and Spatial Diffusion of Turbulence
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2015-11-13)The study of homogeneous isotropic turbulence is one of the founding blocks of turbulence theory. It helps understanding the behavior of the Navier-Stokes equation in its most fundamental form and contributes to the ... -
Wnt5a is essential for dendrite maintenance and cognitive functions in the adult brain
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-25)Long-term structural maintenance of neuronal networks is essential for sustaining brain functions. The size and pattern of dendrite arbors dictate the ability of neurons to receive and integrate synaptic inputs and are ... -
Woven Words in the Lindisfarne Gospels
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2015-07-21)This dissertation investigates the meanings and function of the five ornamental pages that decorate the Lindisfarne Gospels (London, British Library, Cotton Nero D.IV), a Gospel book produced in the British Isles, most ... -
Young mothers with a history of child welfare involvement: Maternal health, pregnancy outcomes, and maltreatment perpetration
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-01-11)Statement of the Problem: Youth with past child welfare involvement are at risk for early entry into motherhood and increased burden of chronic health conditions. The association of these risk factors with birth outcomes ... -
Z' Searches with Heavy Fermions
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-09-07)A number of new physics models suggest that a heavy $Z^\prime$ or $W^\prime$ particle may decay through heavy fermions. In some such models, decays with intermediate new particles may have a higher branching ratio than ... -
Zeros of Random Reinhardt Polynomials
(2014-07-01)For a strictly pseudoconvex Reinhardt domain Ω with smooth boundary in C m+1 and a positive smooth measure µ on the boundary of Ω , we consider the ensemble PN of polynomials of degree N with the Gaussian probability measure ...