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Reports to the Board of Trustees by Duke University President Nannerl Keohane

Keohane, Nannerl O., 1940-

Summary of activities at Duke University as reported to the Board of Trustees by President Nannerl Keohane.
Reports to the Board of Trustees by Duke University President Richard Brodhead

Brodhead, Richard H., 1947-

Summary of activities at Duke University as reported by the President to the Board of Trustees.
Speeches by Duke University President Nannerl O. Keohane

Keohane, Nannerl O., 1940-

Various speeches given by Nannerl Keohane during her tenure as President of Duke University
Moving Outside of the Hermit Kingdom: Policies & Programs that Aid North Korean Adolescent Refugees in South Korean Alternative High Schools

Heo, Kelly (2013-05-13)

Currently, there are over 20,000 North Korean refugees in South Korea with at least 2,000 entering each year. North Koreans hope to experience freedom and comfort in their new home but tend to find only poverty and ...
An Empirical Analysis of Airline Network Structure: The Effect of Hub Concentration on Airline Operating Costs

Short, David (2013-05-13)

The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 provided the impetus for domestic U.S. airlines to establish hub-and-spoke networks to improve profitability and stem financial losses. This study seeks to determine if a significant ...
North Carolina Teacher Perceptions of School Turnaround Efforts

DeNeal, Jennifer (2013-05-13)

This exploratory pilot study utilizes in-depth interviews to gain baseline information in anticipation of a larger, mixed methods study examining North Carolina teacher perceptions of school turnaround efforts. Results of ...
A Jewish Asylum in Greco-Roman Egypt

Rigsby, Kent J.
Límites y Linderos: Una interpretación decolonial de los conflictos territoriales en la Región Norte de Esmeraldas durante los finales del siglo XIX.

Leon, Evan Michael (2013-05-10)

This thesis examines the interactions between Anglo-American mining companies and Afro Ecuadorian communities in the northern region of Esmeraldas province, Ecuador during the late nineteenth century. Specifically in these ...
Feeding patterns in mantled howling monkeys

Glander, KE (Garland Press, )
Human Migration and Resource use in Sulawesi Fishing Communities

Kramer, Randall; Simanjuntak, S.

The relationship between human population changes and the use of coastal resources in several communities in North Sulawesi, Indonesia is examined using a combination of demographic and econometric analysis. The study area ...
Religions, African, in the Americas

Matory, JL (Simon and Schuster, 2013-05-09)
A Comparative Sociological Investigation of the Conceptions and Perceptions of Mental Health and Illness in Arica, Chile and Rome, Italy

Kontchou, Nelly-Ange (2013-05-08)

This comparative study aimed to discover the principal factors that influence the perceptions of citizens in Arica, Chile and Rome, Italy toward mental illness. Specifically, the study aimed to investigate how these ...
Rifeo: Un'Immagine della Giustizia, Roma, e Dante

Niculescu, Lauren (2013-05-08)

Nonostante le tante storie incredibili e i personaggi notevoli che Dante avrebbe potuto scegliere di salvare dall’Eneide, come ad esempio Enea, Dante sceglie Rifeo, un uomo apparentemente irrilevante. Tutto che Dante sapeva ...
Empowerment, Ethics and Intercultural Competence in Short-Term Medical Missions in the Dominican Republic

Gravier, Anna (2013-05-07)

While the Dominican healthcare system has recently been lauded by USAID for strides in more efficient patient care, the day-to-day experiences of patients, doctors and other healthcare providers in a small community in San ...
Modeling the Folate Pathway in Escherichia coli

Lopez, Carmen (2013-05-06)

Folates are a class of metabolites that are essential to living cells across all life. Because these molecules are especially important in aiding cell division, folates are targets for antibiotics, such as trimethoprim. I ...
Incentives and Characteristics that Explain Generic Prescribing Practices

Nayak, Rahul (2013-05-03)

This study uses the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (2006-2010) and Health Tracking Physician Survey (2008) to study the incentives and characteristics that explain physician generic prescribing habits. The findings ...
Is the Blind Side Tackle Worth It?: An Analysis of the Salary Allocation of the NFL Offensive Line

Froelich, Kelly (2013-05-03)

The importance of the left tackle position in comparison to the other offensive line positions in the National Football League (NFL) has been widely debated amongst sports commentators, as the left tackle is traditionally ...
A Strategy and Honesty Based Comparison of Preferential Ballot Voting Methods

Mallernee, James (2013-05-02)

This paper presents an analysis of various preferential ballot voting systems based on the idea that voters should be encouraged to vote honestly and independently of the other votes cast. Random votes are simulated in ...
Human Rights and the Sovereign State: An Examination of the Compatibility of State Sovereignty with the Humanitarian Necessities of a Global World

Yaffe, Leah (2013-05-02)

This thesis looks at the problem of sustaining human rights in a world of sovereign states. What does it mean for the global human rights movement that the predominant form of political organization in the world is the ...
Post-Earnings-Announcement Drift Among Newly Issued Public Companies in U.S. Capital Markets

Saifan, Sami (2013-04-30)

Post-earnings-announcement drift is the tendency for a stock’s cumulative abnormal returns to drift in the direction of an earnings surprise for several weeks following an earnings announcement. I show that the drift is ...

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