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Emerging Issues in Wetland Loss Mitigation: A Policy Analysis in the Tar-Pamlico Basin

Hill, Tamara (2006)

Ecological functions of wetlands and streams provide valuable services to human societies, but conflicting societal objectives at times place greater value on conversion or destruction than on preservation of wetlands. ...
Emissions Trading: EU ETS, US Voluntary Market & Carbon Credit Projects As Offsets

Hansen, Morgan (2008-04-25)

This project examines the Kyoto Protocol-based European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), the current US voluntary carbon market, and the role of carbon credit projects as offsets within emissions trading programs. ...
Emotional Modulation of Cognitive Skill Learning.

Thomas, Laura Anderson (2007-12-13)

In this set of studies the modulation of feedback-based cognitive skill learning was investigated by modulating a probabilistic classification learning (PCL) task to be either emotional or neutral. In the current task, ...
Emperor Qin in the Afterlife

Wolff, Jennifer (2007)

The question that still puzzles scholars and archaeologists is why Emperor Qin had this army of pottery constructed.
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 ...
Empirical Determinants of Female Genital Cutting: Evidence From The Gambia

Steinmetz, Tara (2012-04-20)

Despite widespread efforts to end the practice of female genital cutting (FGC), the practice persists across much of the world, including The Gambia. In The Gambia, approximately 78 percent of women are circumcised. In ...
Empirical Evaluation of DSGE Models for Emerging Countries

Garcia Cicco, Javier (2009)

This dissertation is the collection of three essays aimed to evaluate the empirical performance of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models in explaining the behavior of macroeconomic dynamics in emerging ...
An Empirical Examination of the Commitment to Increased Disclosure

Evans, Mark (2008-06-04)

I examine the relation between a corporate commitment to increased disclosure and measures of liquidity, information asymmetry, and cost of equity capital. Relative to prior research on voluntary disclosure, I use a ...
An Empirical Investigation of Eating Disorders and Difficulties Regulating Emotion: Do Difficulties Vary Based on Symptom Profiles?

Lacy, Jennie (2011)

Eating disorders pose a serious threat to the physical and mental health of those who suffer from them. Given the impact of these disorders and difficulty treating them, it is important to understand the nature of them ...
Employment Outcomes for Arab and Iraqi-Pakistani-Afghani Men in the United States

Abdullah, Hasan (2012-04-27)

Executive Summary Overview In the months following 9/11, considerable evidence suggests that anti-Islamic sentiment rose in the US and resulted in an increase in hate crimes. Anti-Islamic sentiment also likely extended ...
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 ...
EM Scattering from Perforated Films: Transmission and Resonance

Jackson, Aaron David (2012)

We calculate electromagnetic transmission through periodic gratings using a mode-matching method for solving Maxwell's equations. We record the derivation of the equations involved for several variations of the problem, ...
Enabling Technologies for Synthetic Biology: Gene Synthesis and Error-Correction from a Microarray-Microfluidic Integrated Device

Saaem, Ishtiaq (2011)

Promising applications in the design of various biological systems hold critical implications as heralded in the rising field of synthetic biology. But, to achieve these goals, the ability to synthesize in situ DNA ...
Encounters with Conservation and Development in Suriname: How Indigenous Peoples Are Trying to Make Things 'Right' through Scalar Politics, Identity Framing, and Hybrid Governance Arrangements

Haalboom, Bethany Janna (2009)

This dissertation research explored how indigenous peoples have responded to increasing conservation and development pressures in Suriname using two case study communities. One, in West Suriname, faced a proposed ...
Encouraging Sustainable and Equitable Upgrades to New York City's Affordable Housing Stock

Quinlan, Maureen; Hou, Ying (2013-04-26)

This study offers a qualitative appraisal of the interaction between affordable housing policies and energy efficiency in New York City. We summarize key affordable housing policies and energy efficiency programs at the ...
Encouraging Sustainable and Equitable Upgrades to New York City’s Affordable Housing Stock

Hou, Ying; Quinlan, Maureen (2013-04-26)

This study offers a qualitative appraisal of the interaction between affordable housing policies and energy efficiency in New York City. We summarize key affordable housing policies and energy efficiency programs at the ...
Endangered Caribbean Sea Turtles: An Educator’s Handbook

Harold, Sera (2005)

This project was undertaken as a part of the mission of the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST), which is now housed at the Duke Nicholas School’s Marine Lab. The Handbook is inseparable from its ...
Ending Electricity Poverty In Nigeria

Thomas, Rotimi (2013-04-26)

Nigeria, a country of 162.5 million people and the apparent giant of Africa, is also one of the world’s most under electrified countries. As of 2010, Nigeria had an operational installed generation capacity of 4 Gw, an ...
The End of Civilizations: The Role of Religion in the Evolution of Subnational Conflict, 1946-2007

Yeisley, Mark Owen (2010)

Conflict between states in an anarchic international system is generally the result of an inability among state leaders to successfully negotiate perceived power imbalances within the system. Interstate conflicts are ...
The End of the Age of Miracles: Substance and Accident in the English Renaissance

Tangney, John Richard (2009)

This dissertation argues that the 'realist' ontology implicit in Renaissance allegory is both Aristotelian and neoplatonic, stemming from the need to talk about transcendence in material terms in order to make it ...