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Impact of Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefit Expansion on Startup Funding
(2023-08-05)In 2018, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they would expand the supplemental benefits that can be included in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The goal was to encourage insurers to innovate ... -
The Detainment and Quarantine of HIV+ Haitians at Guantanamo Bay: A Biosecurity Case Study
(2023-08)This thesis investigates the relationship between Haitians, the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and the US government at the site of Guantanamo Bay. Through an exploration of this relationship, I utilize the concept of biosecurity to ... -
Illuminating the Economic Costs of Conflict: A Night Light Analysis of the Sri Lankan Civil War
(2023-07-29)This paper investigates the economic consequences of the Sri Lankan Civil War (1983-2009) by using event-based data on civilian and combatant fatalities in addition to night light imagery as a proxy for economic activity. ... -
Timber and Wood Products Trade in India
(2023-05-28)India's efforts to reduce deforestation have resulted in a gap between timber supply and demand, leading to increased imports of wood products, which can exhaust foreign exchange. However, trees outside of forests, such ... -
Supporting Women Vanilla Farmers in Madagascar: The Promise of VSLAs and Alternative Livelihoods
(2023-05-10)To examine how to strengthen the income security and overall resilience of women vanilla farmers, I ask: How can Duke Lemur Center (DLC)-SAVA Conservation better support the livelihoods of local women vanilla farmers in ... -
Green Is Not Enough: A Management Framework for Urban Biodiversity Friendly Parks
(2023-05-05)The potential of cities to conserve biodiversity is increasingly gaining more recognition and cities mainly contribute to biodiversity through planning and managing urban green spaces (UGS), for example, urban parks. Research ... -
Research on Species Distribution and Population Dynamics of the Reintroduced Chinese Alligators in Chongming Dongtan, Shanghai
(2023-05-04)The Chinese alligator is a critically endangered species that is endemic to China, with fewer than 200 individuals in the wild and over 13,000 in captivity. Reintroduction is crucial to restore its wild population, and Dongtan ... -
Model the Hidden Cost of China’s 2060 Carbon Neutrality: Potential Biodiversity Impacts of Wind and Solar Energy Expansion
(2023-05-04)Large-scale renewable energy deployments, as urgent solutions to mitigate climate change and its consequences, are reshaping the landscape in the human-environment nexus. Albeit promoted as pathways to bend the curve of ... -
Setting the Standard: Meeting the Needs of Sex Trafficked Black Girls in the State of California
(2023-05-03)The sex trafficking industry has become glamorized in recent years, with films like the movie Taken (2008) shaping America's perception of the industry. The film portrays an upper-middle class White teenage girl's abduction ... -
Exploring the Perceptions of Local Citizens towards the Hangzhou Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) Program and its Outcomes
(2023-05-02)This paper highlights the issue of a large number of stray cats in China and emphasizes the need for proper intervention to prevent further problems. The Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program policy has been implemented in many ... -
Smart Microgrids to Improve Reliability and Resiliency of Power Supply in the Southeast
(2023-05-01)Extreme weather events in the Southeast have frequently caused significant damage to the power grid, leaving millions without electricity for extended periods. Despite substantial investments, vulnerabilities stemming from ... -
Entanglement: A Community Art Approach to Environmental Education
(2023-05)Entanglement was first defined in 1997 by David W. Laist, marine mammal expert and policy analyst, as the ways in which loops and openings of marine debris may entrap an animal. Entanglement has documented effects on 354 ... -
Role of Low Carbon Solutions in Utility Planning
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PROSPECTS FOR REVENUE-SHARING IN REDUCING INEQUITIES IN DRINKING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
(2023-04-28)Drinking water infrastructure is aging across the United States and is in desperate need of significant capital investments. While federal funds designated for capital infrastructure improvements have increased in recent ... -
Human Dimensions of Blue Carbon - Resource Portal
(2023-04-28)Blue carbon is defined as the carbon stored in ocean ecosystems, and there is increased interest (among governments, non-government organizations, businesses, and philanthropies) in preserving, restoring, or enhancing blue ... -
Documenting the Māla Lāʻau Project using a Community Science Tool
(2023-04-28)Western contact has altered Hawaiian ecology through land-use manipulations and the introduction of invasive species. Today, Kaua'i, Hawaii, relies heavily on continent imports and faces inadequate ecological resilience ... -
Assessing the Water Footprint of Electric Car Batteries – A Dive into the Water-Energy Nexus
(2023-04-28)Water has been historically overlooked as a criterion when measuring the environmental impact of a project. This project aims to visualize the water impacts and risks associated with extracting three critical minerals commonly ... -
Toxicity of an Urban Creek: Effects of developmental exposure to water from Ellerbe Creek Watershed on zebrafish (Danio rerio) swimming behavior
(2023-04-28)Urban changes in land use, such as increasing impervious surface cover and the building of stormwater pipes, result in anthropogenically manipulated water drainage into local watersheds. Along with changes in drainage patterns, ... -
Evaluating the Impacts of Climate Change and Changes in Coastal Housing Accessibility on the Maine Lobstering Community: A Quantitative Analysis
(2023-04-28)The lobstering industry in Maine is both culturally and economically important to the State of Maine. It is also experiencing dramatic changes both from climate change as well as socio-economic shifts along the coast. This ...
