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One-size-fits-all? Evaluating the Global Compact on Refugees in Serbia
(2018-12-05)On September 19, 2016, the United Nations General Assembly Member States unanimously passed the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants. The Declaration renews the global community's commitment to respect the human ... -
To smoke or to vape? E-cigarette regulation in the US, the UK, and Canada
(2018-12-05)E-cigarettes are hailed by some as a positive development in the war against smoking and reviled by others as a weapon used to addict a new generation to nicotine. This dichotomy highlights an important debate about e-cigarette ... -
Flying Blind? Implementing a Trauma-Informed Care Approach in the Treatment of Trafficking Survivors
(2018-12-05)Millions of people are exploited for labor or sex throughout the world. Governments and non-profit organizations have increasingly explored how to best help trafficking survivors overcome their adversity through services ... -
Assessing Human Rights Risk within U.S. and UN Private Security Contracts
(2018-12)Recent trends in privatization have affected the way governments wage war and direct security services. The past two decades have witnessed the rise of Private Security Companies (PSCs) and an increasing reliance on private ... -
Blockchain’s Democratic Promise?
(2018-12-01)Though blockchain may not reshape lives in the next five years, it may very well reshape those of future generations. As a result, individuals should be aware of the morality of its potential impacts. This thesis will explore ... -
Crack-Whores and Pretty Woman: The Media Framing of Sex Workers
(2018-12-05)International human rights organizations such as the World Health Organization, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, and Amnesty International have advised nations to decriminalize sex work in order to protect ... -
A Policy Analysis of No Hit Zones: What are barriers to No Hit Zone implementation?
(2018-12-05)No Hit Zones (NHZs) represent a new policy to prevent corporal punishment and to ensure healthy environments for children and their families. NHZs designate spaces where no hitting of any kind is tolerated and serve as an ... -
Prioritizing land conservation in East Tennessee: A parcel-scale geospatial analysis to assist a land trust's multi-criteria decision making
(2018-12-10)With increasing development pressures, ever-present funding limitations, and complex stewardship responsibilities, land trusts place a premium on devoting resources to the most promising conservation projects. Taking advantage ... -
Political Party Development in South Korea: focusing on the 2017 presidential election
(2018-12)This study analyzes the extent to which the media and the public spurred changes in South Korean political parties following the impeachment of Park Geun-Hye. By analyzing the five parties in the subsequent 2017 presidential ... -
Two Applications of Summary Statistics: Integrating Information Across Genes and Confidence Intervals With Missing Data
(2018)Gene set enrichment methods are useful for the mapping of individual genes or proteins to pathways and signatures. We use this approach to study the expression levels of proteins encoded by different genes, and ... -
Biotic Interactions in the Genus Anthurium Schott (Araceae)
(2018)The genus Anthurium represents one of the largest genera restricted to the neotropics and has long been recognized as one of the "megagenera" of flowering plants, in addition to claiming the bulk of diversity (~25%) in its ... -
Improving Stability and Selectivity in Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide in an Aqueous Solution
(2018)With the rising level of CO2 in the atmosphere, methods capable of converting CO2 into useful fuels are urgently needed. The electrochemical CO2 reduction has gained significant interest recently due to its ability to use ... -
Aerodynamic Optimization of Helicopter Rotors using a Harmonic Balance Lifting Surface Technique
(2018)This thesis concerns the optimization of the aerodynamic performance of conventional helicopter rotors, given a set of design variables to control the rotor's pitching angle, twist and chord distributions. Two models are ... -
Secure Control of Cyber-Physical Systems with Intermittent Data Authentication
(2018)The increase in network connectivity has also resulted in several high-profile attacks on cyber-physical systems. An attacker that manages to access a local network could remotely affect control performance by tampering ... -
Predictors of Death Among HIV-Infected Adults Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Tanzania
(2018)Introduction: Mortality among HIV-infected individuals in sub-Saharan Africa, the region most affected by the HIV epidemic, has declined remarkably since the rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Despite encouraging ... -
Hospital-based quality improvement interventions for patients with heart failure: A systematic review
(2018)Importance: Quality improvement initiatives have been developed to improve clinicaloutcomes in patients with heart failure (HF), but data from randomized trials of theseinitiatives have not previously been synthesized.Objective: ... -
Multiphase Flow in a Hele-Shaw Cell
(2018)The primary goal of this thesis is to explore the capabilities of MOOSE (MultiphysicsObject Oriented Simulation Environment) and LAMMPS (Large-scale Atomic/MolecularMassively Parallel Simulator) and their potential to be ...
