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Heterogeneity in Mortgage Refinancing
(2022-06-22)Many households who would benefit from and are eligible to refinance their mortgages fail to do so. A recent literature has demonstrated a significant degree of heterogeneity in the propensity to refinance across various ... -
Prescribed Fire: Balancing Public Health and Land Management Goals
(2022-05-22)Fire is a critical component of many natural disturbance regimes in the southeastern United States; however, a century of fire suppression policies has disrupted many such regimes and severely degraded ecosystems throughout ... -
Ensuring sustainability in Hawaii’s offshore aquaculture industry: Environmental, economic, and social considerations for future development
(2022-05-15)Offshore aquaculture, also known as open-ocean fish farming, is an emerging industry in the United States. Hawaii, home to the nation’s only active commercial open-ocean fish farm, has received increased interest and attention ... -
Exploring Relationships with Food, Body, and Exercise at an Elite University: Determinants of Patterns of Disordered Eating
(2022-05-15)Diet culture, or the pervasive and far-reaching societal norms that emphasize thinness and control over one’s diet and exercise, tends to become even more pervasive during transition periods, such as when one leaves home ... -
Soldiers of Yellowstone: The Role of the U.S. Army in the World’s First National Park
(2022-05)By the 1860s, the United States’s colonization of the West was reaching its peak. Not even the most challenging terrain could escape European-American exploration, as was proven when groups began to enter the Yellowstone ... -
Non-Genetic Littoraria Fitness: How Size, Environment, and Health Affect Survivorship of Predator Interactions
(2022-05)Marsh periwinkles (Littoraria irrorata) have many predators. When they encounter one, traits of both the periwinkle and its environment should contribute to whether or not it escapes. A better understanding of how these ... -
Au Revoir Paris, Bonjour Pékin en Afrique Francophone ?
(2022-04-23)La géopolitique de l’Afrique francophone est en processus de changement rapide. La France a longtemps été un pouvoir sans compétition dans la région pendant des décennies mais doit maintenant prendre en compte une nouvelle ... -
Geothermal District Heating Feasibility Study for Duke University
(2022-04-22)Recognizing the importance of renewable energy in combating climate change, Duke University has set a goal to become carbon neutral by 2024 from a 2007 baseline. To fulfill the goal, Duke is keen for an alternative to the ... -
Practical Approaches for Reducing Ocean Noise: Opportunities using systemic evidence synthesis, multi-sectoral dialogues, and ‘Smart Shipping’ technology to protect marine mammals from anthropogenically produced sound
(2022-04-22)This Master’s Project presents data-informed strategies to minimize anthropogenic ocean noise. With the blue acceleration—the driver of human development through the use of ocean resources—we can mitigate impacts of ocean ... -
GIS Project to Categorize and Map Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata) Shoreline and Nearshore Habitat Features in Southwest Florida
(2022-04-22)This project was conducted in cooperation with NOAA Fisheries to support the management of smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) in Charlotte Harbor, Florida. Smalltooth sawfish have experienced a serious decline in their ... -
Nitrogen addition to a mixed pine-broadleaved forest under elevated atmospheric CO2 exacerbates phosphorus and potassium deficiencies
(2022-04-22)Forests are vital ecosystems because they capture and store carbon from our atmosphere; this is essential for maintaining the balance between carbon uptake and release in the global carbon cycle. However, human activities—mainly ... -
Solarizing the Island of Culebra, Puerto Rico: Rate-Design Model and Analysis
(2022-04-22)Power on the island of Puerto Rico has historically been served through a centralized generation system that has largely failed to provide reliability— ability of the grid to provide the right quantity and quality of electricity ... -
Evaluating the Marketing and Conceptualization of Farmed Oysters Along the NC Oyster Trail
(2022-04-22)North Carolina’s shellfish industry has grown due to increased attention to shellfish farming, specifically for oysters, through legislative actions by the North Carolina General Assembly and support from non-profit ... -
U.S. Market Prospects for Long Duration Energy Storage Technologies
(2022-04-22)Often thought of as the ultimate solution to renewable energy intermittency, energy storage has been one of the most sought-after technologies for a clean energy future. The market for long duration energy storage, or LDES, ... -
Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) to Assess the Occurrence of Prey in Deep-Diving Cetaceans off Cape Hatteras, NC
(2022-04-22)The elusive nature of deep-diving cetaceans, including short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus), creates a gap in knowledge for understanding their foraging behavior. Multiple techniques exist for analyzing ... -
Assessing Industrial Energy Transition in the Textile Sector in Pakistan
(2022-04-22)This study assesses the industrial captive power generation in Pakistan and its on-going transition to renewable energy. By focusing on the textile sector and conducting an energy survey with detailed interview sessions ... -
Impact of Extreme Weather Events on the Grid
(2022-04-22)The rise in temperature due to climate change has increased the frequency and severity of extreme weather events in the past few years. The 2010s in the US saw a total of 119-billion-dollar disasters, with an estimated cost ... -
An Examination of the Relationship between the Conservation Reserve Program and Stumpage Prices in the South
(2022-04-22)Declines in stumpage prices have been linked to the Conservation Reserve Program, which may have influenced overall planting volume, and thus, supply, in the South since inception in 1986. This project investigates historic ... -
Examine Agricultural Land Use Practices and Their Effects on Carbon Storage and Flux in the United States
(2022-04-22)The terrestrial ecosystem has provided a net carbon sink, equal to 20% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emission from industrial activities in the past three decades, yet many land use activities, mainly agriculture, can drastically ... -
Evaluating the Use of Carbon Offsets in IPCC 1.5C Warming Scenarios
(2022-04-22)The world faces the daunting task of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Integrated Assessment Models help us understand pathways to achieve this goal in the most efficient way. In most scenarios where ...
