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Enhancing Compliance through Annual Purchasing and Effort Allocation Training
(2022-05)Recipients of grant funding must ensure compliance with grant guidelines through effective internal controls and oversight. As such, recipients are responsible for establishing, monitoring, and improving processes to ensure ... -
Leadership in Research Insights and Business Intelligence: A Conceptual Framework and Guide
(2022-05)Research insights and business intelligence are the cornerstones of informed business decisions. When these functions within a company are led effectively and work well, the value speaks for itself. To address the challenge ... -
Bet on Baltimore Yr 4 Final Report
(Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2022-01)Bet on Baltimore is an intensive summer youth development program with a focus on creativity, hands-on experience, community impact, and entrepreneurship created by Dent Education in 2017 and designed for Baltimore City ... -
Languages of Criticism and the Sciences of Man conference recordings, October 21, 1966
(1966-10-21)Digitized recordings of The Languages of Criticism and the Sciences of Man conference. These recordings are from the fourth and final day of the conference, October 21, 1966. Reel 7B features a lecture by Neville Dyson-Hudson, ... -
Languages of Criticism and the Sciences of Man conference recordings, October 20, 1966
(Johns Hopkins Humanities Center, 1966-10-20)Digitized recordings of The Languages of Criticism and the Sciences of Man conference. These recordings are from the third day of the conference, October 20, 1966. Reel 5B features a paper presentation by Jean Hyppolite, ... -
The Porfirio Gutíerrez Studio: More Than A Rug, A Way of Life and A Business
(2021-08)This paper evaluates the sustainability of the Porfirio Gutierrez Studio (PGS), a family-run Zapotec textile enterprise. It explores what constitutes sustainability for this cultural entrepreneurship initiative, how ... -
Languages of Criticism and the Sciences of Man conference recordings, October 19, 1966
(Johns Hopkins Humanities Center, 1966-10-19)Digitized recordings of The Languages of Criticism and the Sciences of Man conference. These are recordings of the second day of the conference, October 19, 1966. Reel 4A features the conclusion of the discussion of Lucien ... -
Languages of Criticism and the Sciences of Man conference recordings, October 18, 1966
(Johns Hopkins Humanities Center, 1966-10-18)Digitized recordings of The Languages of Criticism and the Sciences of Man conference. These recordings are from the first day of the conference, October 18, 1966. Reel 1A features an introduction by Richard Macksey and ... -
ASSESSING THE ENERGY IMPACT OF PANDEMIC-RELATED VENTILATION UPGRADES ON WASHINGTON, D.C.-AREA COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
(2022-03)The COVID-19 pandemic revolutionized our relationship with indoor spaces. The respiratory nature of the SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission resulted in greater emphasis on adequate ventilation and air purification as effective ... -
Enhancing Seismic Resiliency of Steel Buildings through Three-Dimensional Modeling of Diaphragm System Interaction with Braced Frame
(2021-03-29)The design objectives of early seismic codes were mainly achieved by using acceptable construction materials, and minimum levels of strength and stiffness largely derived based on roughly estimated demands. Early seismic ... -
Seismic Performance and Topology Optimization of Building Diaphragms
(2021)This dissertation investigates the seismic performance of steel deck diaphragms through the effects of rigid and flexible diaphragms on the seismic response, the diaphragm and wall interactions, and the improvements to the ... -
ENABLING EFFICIENT AND STREAMLINED ACCESS TO LARGE SCALE GENOMIC EXPRESSION AND SPLICING DATA
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2020-10-14)As more and larger genomics studies appear, there is a growing need for comprehensive and queryable cross-study summaries. We focus primarily on nearly 20,000 RNA-sequencing studies in human and mouse, consisting of more ... -
Imposing Commitment to Rein in Overconfidence in Learning
(2017-09-19)A rational principal delegates learning to an overconfident agent who overestimates the precision of the information he collects. The principal chooses between two contracts: commitment, in which the agent commits to the ... -
Oral history of James Davis, M.D.
(Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, 2021-04-02)Dr. James Davis graduated from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1974, specializing in infectious diseases and internal medicine, he was always very interested in offering compassionate care for African American ... -
Walking The Line: Examining an Illustration of A.L. 288-1 for Anatomical Accuracy and Its Implications for Studying Australopithecine Locomotion
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-03-26)After over 45 years, since Dr. Donald Johanson’s famed discovery of “Lucy” (A.L. 288-1), a debate in the scientific community still endures over the nature of her bipedal gait. Did Australopithecus afarensis walk upright ... -
Implementing Overtime Regulations in a Nonprofit Setting
(2016-12)New overtime regulations go into effect in December 2016. Implementing these new regulations will take intention and effort. U.S. PIRG has expressed particular concern about this implementation process and the impact the ... -
From Dead to Femme: A Qualitative Analysis of Lesbian Representation on Television
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2022-02-07)This study analyzed the ways in which lesbian characters are portrayed on television between 2010 and 2019. These series’ intended audiences were teen to young adult. The questions for this study focused on the quality of ... -
How is the Chinese Domination of the Supply Chain of Rare Earth Elements Affecting the Relative Power of China Compared to the US?
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2022-01-24)Research study assessing whether the Chinese Domination of the Supply Chain of Rare Earth is Affecting the Relative Power of China Compared to the United States. The paper explores the linkage between natural resource ... -
UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE STRATEGIES OF FAR-RIGHT EXTREMIST GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2022-01-27)Amid a concurrent rise of digital communication and far-right extremist groups in the United States, political violence has become increasingly more common and poses a larger threat to national security. Past research has ... -
Conflict Implications of Rising Cobalt Demand and the Effects of Classifying Cobalt as a Conflict Mineral on the DRC
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2022-01-10)As the world pushes towards renewable energy, the demand for critical minerals is predicted to see unprecedent levels of growth. One of these minerals is cobalt, a mineral needed for electric vehicles and battery storage. ...