Browsing ETD -- Graduate theses by Title
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U.S. Counterinsurgency Malpractice?
(2014-09-22)The U.S. miscalculated the balance between soft and hard power for employment in counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan. -
U.S. Energy Policy: Impacts of an Increased Federal Revenue Neutral Gasoline Tax
(2008-05-27)The future holds significant challenges for the United States with regard to clean, inexpensive, and reliable energy resources. Of these energy challenges, issues relating to transportation fuels appear to be some of ... -
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES WITH THE WAR ON TERROR
(2008-06-04)An organization’s reputation, productivity, and even its existence often depend on the way the media and the public perceive its goals and policies. As a massive organization, the United States government relies on the ... -
U.S. Nuclear Triad: Is It Sustaining the Cold War or 21st Century Framework?
(2014-05-19)On September 28, 1991, President George H. W. Bush directed all nuclear bomber aircraft to “stand down” from day-to-day alert and download their nuclear weapons to return back to the base’s weapons storage areas. Bush ... -
U.S. Nuclear Triad: Is It Sustaining the Cold War or 21st Century Framework?
(jhu, 2014-05)On September 28, 1991, President George H. W. Bush directed all nuclear bomber aircraft to “stand down” from day-to-day alert and download their nuclear weapons to return back to the base’s weapons storage areas. Bush ... -
U.S. Security Partnerships in Latin America: How a Lack of Sustainability is Preventing Stability
(2014-12-12)This thesis is meant to examine the influence of U.S. security partnerships on Latin American nations. With four major partnerships created in the past fifteen years, it is important to review the successes and failures ... -
UNDERSTANDING HOW CLIENTS MAKE MEANING OF THEIR VARIANTS OF UNCERTAIN SIGNIFICANCE IN THE AGE OF MULTI-GENE PANEL TESTING FOR CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2017-02-01)Background: Many clients who undergo genetic testing (GT) for cancer risk assessment receive variant of uncertain significance (VUS) result(s) whose association with cancer is unknown and lacks clinical utility. Clients’ ... -
Understanding the Past to Grow the Future: A Comparison of Agricultural Policies in America, Europe, and China
(2014-12-12)Governments tend to make agricultural policy changes to address immediate problems rather than create long term holistic solutions. This results in one problematic area being addressed at the expense of another. This ... -
Understanding the Sino-Japanese Bilateral Relationship
(2014-12-30)This thesis portfolio assesses the Sino-Japanese bilateral relationship using three sources of contention. The main question is, “What are the main sources of conflict in the Sino-Japanese bilateral relationship?” Each ... -
Understanding Transgene Silencing and Environmental Stress Adaptability in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
(2013-12-30)Microalgae are photosynthetic organisms that can be used as a biofuel source. Their high lipid content and fast growth rate provide an excellent platform for lipid extraction. With the unicellular organism Chlamydomonas ... -
UnderstandSCI.com: A Patient-Centered, Educational Website for Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
(2014-03-25)In 2013, the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center estimated there could be as many as 332,000 people living with spinal cord injuries (SCIs) in the United States with an estimated 12,000 new SCIs each year. Every ... -
Unexpected Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-Positive Bacteria Recovered from the Chesapeake Bay and Associated Rivers and Investigating the Antimicrobial Activity of a Wide Variety of Essential Oils as a Means to Identify Novel Drug Targets
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-04-22)Drug resistant bacterial infections pose a serious hurdle to effective healthcare today. Multi-drug resistant infections are becoming more widespread which further complicates patient care. If a bacterium develops resistance ... -
United Nations Interventions in Civil Conflicts and the Utility of Private Military Security Companies
(2015-05-13)The current global environment and technological advancements of society has led to an increase in the visibility of crisis throughout the international community. Humanity cannot stand idly by as spectators to humanitarian ... -
UROGYNECOLOGY PATIENT EDUCATION: VISUALIZING SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE
(2014-03-24)Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common condition among postmenopausal women, with some 200,000 corrective surgeries being performed annually in the United States. Prolapse occurs due to weakened support of the pelvic ... -
THE USE OF THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION SENSITIVE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT PROGRAM AS A POLICY TOOL TO IMPROVE RULE OF LAW IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
(2014-12-16)This Capstone proposes a budgetary increase to the DEA in order to expand the SIU program in Mexico and Central America. The program has proven to be a useful policy tool in the development of rule of law reform in Colombia. -
USING THE INFLUENZA POLYMERASE 5'-ENDONUCLEASE ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP NOVEL siRNA THERAPEUTICS
(2014-04-24)Influenza is a global public health burden, producing seasonal epidemics with 3-5 million severe cases and 250,000 to 500,000 deaths each year. In addition to seasonal illness, influenza has also been responsible for ... -
UTILIZATION OF A NOVEL WEB-BASED TOOL TO STUDY GENETIC COUNSELOR COMMUNICATION
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2017-02-02)Objective: Communication has been shown to be an important aspect of healthcare. This thesis aims to explore a new method of studying genetic counselor communication as well as further describe genetic counselor communication ... -
Validation of the automated segmentation for the hippocampal subfields using Large Deformation Diffeomorphic Metric Mapping on 7T MR images and its application to volumetric and shape analysis for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy
(2013-09-19)This thesis first aims to validate the Large Deformation Diffeomorphic Metric Mapping (LDDMM) method used in the automated segmentation of three major subfields of the hippocampus known as Cornu Ammonis (CA), dentate gyrus ... -
Variability in the Experimental Response of Thermally Excited Aluminum Alloys
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2017-12-13)The use of aluminum alloys for load bearing elements continues to expand rapidly across the marine, aviation, and commercial building industries, among others. Some factors driving this expansion are aluminum's low density, ... -
VEGF BOUND TO HEPARIN-CONJUGATED, ELECTROSPUN FIBRIN MICROFIBER SUPPORTS ECM FORMATION AND ORIENTATION ON 3D, IN VITRO MICROVASCULAR MODEL
(2014-08-08)Current three dimensional (3D) models for microvasculature fail to understand the combinatorial role nanotopography, curvature, and bound growth factors have on extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition and cell alignment. ...