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Arsenic exposure from groundwater in Union County, North Carolina

Merola, R. Brittany (2009-04-24)

Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a global problem affecting human health. The highest concentrations occur overseas in areas such as Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, and Thailand. The United States is not immune and ...
Arte Abstracto E Ideologías EstéTicas En Cuba

Menendez-Conde, Ernesto (2009)

<bold>This dissertation deals with Cuban art criticism and other written texts related to Abstract Art. From a critical perspective that relates art to society and political and institutional practices, all of the above ...
Articulating the Core Realist Committment

Morton, Nathan D. (2013)

This thesis comprises an investigation into a very well known and perennial philosophical debate over the interpretive status of our most well confirmed scientific theories, known as "scientific realism." I do not defend ...
The Art of Distances or, A Morality for the Everyday

Stan, Corina (2010)

The Art of Distances or, a Morality for the Everyday shows how British, French and German writers have dramatized the dilemmas of the ethical life with others in the twentieth century, and taken up the challenge of ...
Aspects of the Feeding Ecology of the Antillean Manatee (<italic>Trichechus manatus manatus</italic>) in the Wetlands of Tabasco, Mexico

Gonzalez-Socoloske, Daniel (2013)

Manatees (Mammalia: Sirenia), along with the closely related dugongs, are the only herbivorous marine mammals. Manatees consume a wide variety of vascular plants and algae in both marine and freshwater habitats. However, ...
Assessing BRAC's Community Health Volunteer Program in Tanzania

Lamb, Jade (2012-04-20)

Life expectancy in Tanzania is 58 years for women, and 53 for men (WHO 2011). Tanzania’s maternal mortality ratio is among the world’s highest at 454 per 100,000 births (UNDP); likewise, its infant mortality ratio is high ...
Assessing Climate Change under Uncertainty: A Monte Carlo Approach

Park, Jeeyoung (2008-04-25)

Climate change has emerged as one of the most multifaceted manifestations of global change of our time. However, there is less confidence about exactly how the climate will change in the future, and lesser confidence still ...
Assessing Consumer Valuation of Fuel Economy in Auto Markets

Fifer, Daniel Paul Catron; Bunn, Nicholas Patrick (2009)

The need for and efficacy of CAFE standards for auto-makers depends largely on whether consumers properly value fuel efficiency in their vehicle purchases. In this paper we use data describing heterogeneous driving behavior ...
Assessing Dose Components to PET Technologists; Exploration of Novel Approach to PET Facility Shielding Design

Scott, Andrew Michael (2012)

Purpose: (1) To verify the accuracy and linearity of the ThermoScientific Radeye G Personal Rate Meter with respect to exposure rate across the full dynamic range of the instrument. (2) Use a combination of empirical ...
Assessing Economic Impacts of Barrier Beach Drowning: Fire Island, New York

Bowie, Patricia (2008-04-24)

Barrier islands are critical to our economy, lifestyle and welfare, as homes, businesses, and critical roadways are located on or near barriers. Over the past 30 years, barrier islands have become densely developed. Now, ...
Assessing Equity in Transit Pricing: An Analysis of Triangle Transit

Crowther, Adam (2011-04-22)

Executive Summary Triangle Transit seeks to answer two related questions: • Are lower-income riders more likely than other riders to use a less efficient payment method that contributes to overpayment? • What ...
Assessing Extent to Which US Southeastern Woody Biomass Supply Can Meet Renewable Electricity Demand in Present and Future Scenarios

Cadigan, Christine (2010-12-10)

Woody biomass has rapidly come to the forefront of renewable energy discussions as a potentially reliable and affordable energy solution. The reason for such is rooted in international and domestic policy evolution. The ...
Assessing Juniper Woodland Encroachment into the Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystem of Southeastern Idaho for the Protection of the Greater Sage Grouse

Naton, Kristina (2012-04-27)

The landscape of the Western United States is changing rapidly, due to human interventions, climatic factors, and invasive species. In southeastern Idaho the sagebrush steppe is under pressure from all of these forces, ...
Assessing Municipal Operations as a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Management Strategy

Mohammad, Basma A. (2009-12-04)

Across the United States, federal and state policy on surface water quality is actively expanding to require local governments to address non-point source pollution from stormwater runoff into impaired streams. Many local ...
Assessing Neurocognitive Impairment in HIV-positive Patients: The Sensitivity and Specificity of the CogState Brief Battery

Yechoor, Nirupama (2012)

Objective: The prevalence of cognitive impairment in HIV-positive patients is estimated to be 39% in Uganda [1]. Despite the high prevalence of impairment, routine HIV management in Uganda does not include neuropsychological ...
ASSESSING RIPARIAN CONDITION AND PRIORITIZING LOCATIONS FOR STREAMSIDE REFORESTATION PROJECTS: NORTHERN MANABÍ PROVINCE, ECUADOR

Jolley, Jeremiah (2013-04-26)

Riparian corridors perform ecological functions to a degree that vastly exceeds their spatial area on the landscape. These unique ecotones decrease sedimentation, provide unique wildlife habitat, help attenuate flood ...
Assessing the Accuracy of Logbook Data Using VMS Data in the California Groundfish Fishery

Thomas-Smyth, Alice (2013-04-10)

I will work with the logbook and VMS data from the 2009 California groundfish fishery to analyze if fishers are correctly reporting their trawl locations. Once the two datasets are matched by vessel ID and trip numbers, ...
ASSESSING THE BIODIVERSITY SUPPORT POTENTIAL OF FOREST PATCHES FOR CONSERVATION PLANNING

Leddick, Jesse (2008-12-04)

Biological diversity is a critical component controlling ecosystem function and resiliency, yet it remains difficult to measure at the spatial and temporal scales relevant to conservation. Recently, biodiversity surrogates ...
Assessing the competency needs in the Green Technology Industry

McMahon, Rosemarie (2011-04-29)

This study reviews the technical and interpersonal competencies of professionals in the Green Technology industry. This industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in Europe. This growth trend is expected to continue ...
Assessing the Diurnal Cycle of Surface Energy and Water Fluxes in an Irrigated Agricultural field using an Hydrological Model

Manandhar, Rojina (2007-05)

The diurnal variation of water and energy fluxes at the land surface is important to understand the diurnal cycle of photosynthesis, moisture and temperature at surface and deeper soil layers, especially during the growing ...