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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 ... -
Discrimination In The Treatment of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-22)The age requirement included in the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care (SOC) for genital surgery presents an ethical challenge for adolescent patients. Adolescents with Gender ... -
The Power of Local Government: A Case Study of Rockbridge County's High School Consolidation
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-19)Local government policies are far reaching and have a greater impact upon the lives of citizens than the state or national governments on a regular basis. This theory is examined through a case study of Rockbridge County, ... -
Disparities in access to fertility care in the united states: Ethical considerations for equitable solutions
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-19)There are significant disparities in access to fertility services in the United States. These disparities exist along lines of race, ethnicity, education, income, geographic location, marital status, gender identity, and ... -
HIGH SCHOOL ADVISORY PROGRAM AND ITS EFFECTS ON STUDENTS AND TEACHER ADVISORS IN AN INTERNATIONAL SETTING.
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-19)This dissertation begins by outlining the underlying factors impacting the provision of care through advisory programs in schools through a widespread literature review. The networked model of the ecological systems theory ... -
Reorganizing for Homeland Security: Does Centralization Improve Information-Sharing?
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-19)In the wake of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush signed into law the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296), which formally authorized the creation of the Department of Homeland ... -
DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN THE UNITED STATES: IDEOLOGY, RADICALIZATION, MOBILIZATION, AND THE LAW
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-29)While the United States fought wars in the mountains and valleys of Afghanistan and in the cities and sands of Iraq, as a part of the Global War on Terrorism, it is “quite clear that domestic terrorists … remain a clear ... -
Invisible Wounds of War: The Impact of Military and Civilian Communication on Soldier Mental Health
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-19)As soldiers and veterans return home from war, mental illnesses such as PTSD and moral injury can follow military personnel into civilian life. Throughout history, how society portrays or handles these invisible wounds of ... -
Under-representation in America: Special Interest Groups, Referendums, and Election Reform
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-26)Americans are inadequately represented. Despite being such an important part of political science, social choice theory remains an area of study seldomly incorporated into political dialogue. Special interest groups and ... -
The New Black: Third-Party Litigation Funding
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-14)Litigation finance is not new. The fact that some of today’s ethical restrictions on legal fee arrangements date back to Medieval England tell us that people have been trying to figure out creative ways to pay for lawsuits ...