<p>This paper examines the role of earnings management for firms that report at least three consecutive years of annual earnings increases (hereafter earnings string firms). Specifically, I examine how levels of earnings ...
<p>Echo is a work for video inspired by my interest in the natural spoken voice as a vehicle for </p>
<p>musical treatment, and in narrative as a basis for meaningful work. The piece is the setting of a </p>
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Increasing human activity in the ocean has lead to an increase in anthropogenic noise in the ocean. Beaked whales are deep-diving odontocetes known to feed in the tongue of the ocean, Bahamas. Recent studies show that ...
This project focuses on finding the feasibility for Eco-Industrial Parks (EIPs) in
the Mexico-U.S. Border Region. EIPs are communities of businesses, from
different sectors of industry, that cooperate with each other to ...
To understand how plant defensive traits will evolve, we need to consider the biotic context for plant-herbivore interactions. I investigated how predators affect selection on defensive traits in plants. First, I established ...
Mangroves are tropical and subtropical ecosystems found in intertidal zones that provide vital ecosystem services including sustenance of commercially important fishery species, improvement of coastal water quality through ...
The world’s rapid economic expansion demands the construction of many new buildings annually. Nearly 4.7 million office buildings existed in 1999, and each year since then approximately 170,000 commercial buildings have ...
<p>Although we often study mutualisms (interactions in which both species benefit) at the level of the individual partners, mutualistic interactions take place in the context of populations and communities. Sharing ...
The growth rate in western North Carolina has risen 20% in the past 10 years. This drastic increase has led to an alarming rate of development causing the degradation of many of the natural habitats that are native to ...
Post-combustion Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) promises to substantially reduce CO2 emissions from conventional coal-fired power plants. The key barrier to commercialization is its high operational cost due to a ...
As North Carolina regulators begins to recognize the untapped economic, social, and environmental benefits of meeting increased electricity demand through energy efficiency, it has become clear that traditional electricity ...
As deforestation accounts for a significant percentage of worldwide carbon emissions, reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) has been the focus of intense international debate. REDD programs offer a ...
Should Phase One of California’s high-speed rail (HSR) system be built? With a rapidly growing population and congested airports and highways, California plans to build the nation’s first, true HSR system, with 800 miles ...
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is gearing up for a surge in new nuclear power plant applications for the first time in thirty years. Although a new nuclear power plant has not been built in the U.S. in twenty ...
Transportation policy evaluation involves identifying and measuring the benefits and costs of a proposed investment. This paper evaluates the socio-economic impacts of investing in fixed route bus service in Jackson County, ...
In tight fiscal times, the North Carolina General Assembly and the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) would like to increase the efficiency of their expenditures. With the increased availability of teacher-level education ...
The State of Ohio receives 90% of its electricity from coal power plants. The City of Oberlin’s power provider, Oberlin Municipal Light and Power Systems (OMLPS), is facing a 70% net annual shortfall in electric supply ...
Global climate change causes sea level rise and storm pattern changes, potentially worsening shoreline erosion. Growing risks of inundation and storm damage confronts coastal development. As an active countermeasure for ...
China, as the biggest GHG emitter and the largest developing country, has been urged by international society to take responsibilities for reducing GHG, especially in the post-Kyoto commitment period. Currently, the United ...
By measuring the extent to which improved economic relations between China and Taiwan has led to improved political relations, this project uses the case of cross-Strait relations to test the idea that economic interdependence ...