Bhutan is a small land-locked country between India and China with a landscape ranging from subtropical plains in the south to high Himalayan peaks in the North. The country has generally isolated itself and continues to ...
Increasing reliability concerns over the last decade have led stakeholders within the Energy Industry to place a great deal of attention on the management of electricity load. Traditionally, consumers have been shielded ...
Coastal North Carolina is facing a crisis. Small towns up and down the coast are facing
development pressures, population booms, environmental degradation, and loss of the working
waterfront and traditional cultures. The ...
<p>The moral and ethical choices made during the Nazi Occupation of France would echo for generations: they served as a source of pain and pride when the French sought to rebuild their national identity after the ignominy ...
<p>Changes in gene transcription driven by the activation of intracellular calcium signaling pathways play an important role in neural development and plasticity. A growing body of evidence suggests that stimulus-driven ...
Red wolves historically lived throughout the southeastern United States. However their numbers were significantly reduced to the point of extinction in 1980. Prior to extinction, U.S. Fish and Wildlife managers were able ...
Dolphin, Coryphaena hippurus, is a highly migratory cosmopolitan pelagic fish
that is found seasonally in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and along the Atlantic coast of
the United States. Dolphin are considered as one ...
The identification of suitable habitat sites for potential reintroduction or natural recolonization is an important step in the recovery of an endangered species. Since the early 20th century, there has not been evidence ...
<p>This dissertation contains two related documents: a piece of music entitled <italic>Hallmarks, Sigils & Colophons</italic> for three female singers and chamber orchestra setting excerpts from Christian Bök's ...
Recent years have witnessed a rapid rise of a new class of data-intensive applications in which data arrive as transient, high-volume streams. Financial data processing, network monitoring, and sensor networks are all ...
The New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) manages New
England’s northeast multispecies fishery with effort controls including gear restrictions,
seasonal and permanent closures, trip and daily possession limits, ...
<p>Aberration is a correctable phenomenon that degrades diagnostic quality in a significant number of ultrasound images. Previous aberration correction studies have focused on development of aberration estimation algorithms ...
<p>My dissertation explores how constructions of memory, space, and violence intersected in the history of early Christianity. It analyzes the crucial roles of memory and space/place in the formation, practice, and ...
<p>This dissertation explores two important development policies, the introduction of microcredit, and access to free anti-retroviral medications, including the causal impact of providing access through a randomized control ...
<p>Uncontrolled birth spacing is associated with higher rates of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in low resource countries. The use of modern contraception (MC) is a strategy that proven to be successful to ...
This study explores the effect of benefit designs and demographic factors on health care utilization and health status of elderly rural enrollees in the New Cooperative Medical Scheme, a rural health insurance program ...
<p>Little is known about the general health concerns of three-wheel drivers, who provide an important transport service through many South Asian nations, including Sri Lanka. In order to fill this gap in the literature, a ...
<p>BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases are currently the leading cause of death worldwide. Leading healthy lifestyles as a means of prevention is one of the most important aspects of preventing the occurrence of ...
<p>Sonic hedgehog (Shh) is a critical secreted signaling molecule that regulates many aspects of organogenesis. In the absence of Shh, many organs, including the foregut, larynx, palate, cerebellum and heart do not form ...
While a vast amount of research in marketing has examined how information prior to purchase helps consumers to make purchase decisions, relatively little work has considered how marketers can increase the value consumers ...