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Communication style of intercultural communicators: A comparative analysis of two sermon interpreters
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-09-16)As globalization accelerates, intercultural communication becomes essential in all aspects of society. The linguistic and cultural barriers that hinder communication require the involvement of interpreters who play a key ... -
The Long Red Thread
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-09-09)This history of U.S. House elections from 1964-2018 examines how Democratic dominance in the House prior to 1994 gave way to a Republican advantage in the years following the GOP takeover. Nationalization, partisan ... -
DISENGAGEMENT, DERADICALIZATION, AND COUNTER-RADICALIZATION: AN EXAMINATION OF GLOBAL PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS EXTREMISM
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-09-05)Though the study of deradicalization is relatively new, in the last several decades many countries have undertaken the task of building programs within the space to address the growing threat of extremism and radicalization ... -
HUMANITARIAN RELIEF: AMERICAN HUMANITARIANISM AND GREAT POWER DECISION MAKING
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-09-04)Humanitarian relief operations are among the most popular uses of a government, but despite this, not all disasters receive international attention. This thesis’ goal is to explore the question: why do countries participate ... -
NAVAL ECONOMIC WARFARE: CONSTRUCTING A FRAMEWORK FOR MODERN POLICY
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-09-05)What lessons do historical examples of blockades and commerce raiding provide for the creation of a general naval economic warfare framework for modern policymakers? This research study examines the implementation of naval ... -
THE WOMEN OF THE ISLAMIC STATE
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-30)Current counterterrorism approaches primarily target male militants with little regard for women in terrorism. However, today women are major contributors to the growth of extremist groups, most notably the Islamic State. ... -
THE ROLES OF COMMUNITIES IN THE EFFECTIVE REINTEGRATION OF VIOLENT EXTREMIST OFFENDERS IN THE LAKE CHAD BASIN COUNTRIES
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-29)This research paper examines the roles of communities in the effective reintegration of violent extremist offenders in the Lake Chad Basin countries, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, and Chad. It is important to examine ... -
Cooperation and Water Scarcity: A Case Study Analysis of Water Treaties, Mechanisms, and Adaption to True Scarcity
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-28)Increasing water scarcity remains one of the largest geopolitical challenges in the mid-21st century. Access to clean water is the foundation of our civilization and yet, in many parts of the world, water is increasingly ... -
Post-Cold War Russian Revisionism and Conspiratorial Thinking: Revealing Centuries of State Security and Intelligence Dependence
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-29)The purpose of this research study is to draw attention to the lack of academic concentration on the connection between revisionist thinking in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the contemporary structure ... -
THE INTERACTIONS OF GENERALS AND COMMANDERS, AND THEIR EFFECTS ON OPERATIONS
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-27)This study examines an overarching research question: to what extent do military leaders’ personalities and command relations affect strategy and operations? The method used for this study is a single-case qualitative case ... -
A CHOICE BETWEEN DESPOTISMS: COMPARING WESTERN AND EASTERN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PARADIGMS
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-27)This paper claims that the way infrastructure is developed, more than a boring and technical topic, demonstrates a regime’s character. As the 20th century was dominated by Western-led infrastructure efforts including such ... -
The Decline and Decay of the U.S. Consitutional Order
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-26)An analysis of the U.S. Constitutional Order -
AN ASSESSMENT OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND THE TALIBAN INSURGENT GROUP, 2001-2018
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-27)This paper examines peace negotiations between the United States government and the Afghan Taliban insurgent group from 2001 to 2018. Although the U.S. government has attempted several times in the last 17 years to hold ... -
COMORBIDITY CLUSTERS IN CLINICAL CONDITIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD DATA
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-29)Background and Objective: Comorbidity is defined as other conditions present alongside a major condition at the same time. Knowledge of existing comorbidities in study participants may help to guide their disease assessment ... -
UNDERSTANDING THE VARIABILITY IN VALUE SETS: THE ROLE OF STEWARD
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-26)The goal of this research was to find out whether a statistical signal of a steward’s purpose could be ascertained through viewing the length of the value sets or the lengths of the intersections of pairs of value sets, ... -
CLINICAL CONTENT COVERAGE EVALUATION ON ICD-11: THE THIRD IN SERIES
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-26)Background and Objective: To better help store and render computer-based patient records in an accurate and efficient way, standardized and robust clinical classifications and taxonomies should be developed. To investigate ... -
EFFECTS OF COMMON GENETIC VARIANTS IN TP53 AND TLR8 ON IMMUNE RESPONSE AND RISK OF CANCER IN PEOPLE WITH HIV/AIDS
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-23)Background: Cancer represents a significant source of morbidity and mortality in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and risk of most cancer exceeds that observed in the general population. A substantial proportion of ... -
A Multi-modal Quality- Improvement Study of Strategies for Enhancing Adoption of Naloxone- Prescribing Clinical Decision Support
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-28)ABSTRACT: Objectives: Clinical Decision Support (CDS) has enormous potential to improve health outcomes and healthcare in general. Our working hypothesis is that CDS in the form of Best Practice Advisory for naloxone ... -
UNDERSTANDING CORRUPTION: WHY CORRUPTION EXISTS AND THE INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS NEEDED TO LESSEN ITS PRESENCE IN GOVERNMENT.
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-21)This thesis aims to provide insight into why corruption exists in government and how to prevent it from happening. Corruption, bribery, and the slew of illicit activities that accompany abuse of public office is a central ... -
Perspectives on Russian Foreign Policy: The Gerasimov Doctrine and War by Other Means
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-20)This thesis views interstate actions between the Russian Federation and its perceived adversaries through the lens of the so-called “Gerasimov Doctrine.” It traces the difference in origins of sovereignty between the United ...
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