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The Water-Food Nexus: A Data-driven, Interdisciplinary Approach to Inform Decision Making in Sri Lanka
(2017-08-09)
Water is an important resource for various societal needs, with agriculture accounting for 70% of global freshwater withdrawals and 90% of global water consumption. Due to increasing constraints from climate change (among ...
Malaria Detection with Cyclic Catch-and-Release Signal Amplification
(2017-08-10)
At the onset of some infectious diseases, diagnostic biomarkers begin to circulate the bloodstream in low concentrations. Early detection of these biomarkers can improve treatment outcomes, prevent long-term complications, ...
When Labels Lose Their Meaning: The Development Consequences of Variations in Participatory Budgeting in Brazil
(2017-08-09)
In the most recent wave of democratization, local reformers have drawn upon participatory democracy to inspire solutions to persistent issues of inequality and social justice. One of the better-known examples of this trend, ...
The Politicization of Federal Agencies and Its Consequences: Agency Design, Presidential Appointments, and Policy Expertise
(2017-08-08)
Using authority delegated to their agencies by law, civil servants make and implement policies that influence virtually all aspects of modern life. Importantly, policymaking and implementation are only the final steps in ...
Low-dimensional materials for optoelectronic and bioelectronic applications
(2017-08-08)
The field of nanotechnology has witnessed amazing development in the past decade. In particular, studies of low-dimensional materials, including carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, and other two-dimensional (2D) materials, ...
The Proliferation of Open-Source Licenses: The Cooptation of an Industrial Transition Movement by Multiple Institutions
(2017-08-02)
Although scholars now study an array of social movement outcomes, few researchers consider outcomes across multiple institutions, including the cooptation and institutionalization of a social movement by non-state actors. ...
Examining the role of genetics in lung cancer survival and risk in African Americans
(2017-08-03)
Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer in the United States and accounts for more deaths than prostate, breast, and colorectal cancers combined. Genetic variation has been known to play a role in lung cancer survival and ...
Optimization of BCL::Fold for Protein Folding de novo and with Cryo-EM Restraints
(2017-08-02)
One of the basic tenets of biology and biochemistry is that form meets function; this axiom is applicable to all levels of life. Structural data on large classes of proteins, such as membrane proteins (MPs), is largely ...
Examining the Role of Socioeconomic Status on Blood Pressure in African Americans
(2017-08-08)
Understanding the genetic and environmental factors contributing to blood pressure is an important step in elucidating the causes of hypertension, a disease of high blood pressure. African Americans experience the highest ...
Literary Inequality: Indications and Implications of Gender Disparities in High School Literature
(2017-08-09)
This paper considers classroom gender inequity and its causes. It specifically does this by analyzing the authors and protagonists of major literary works read in United States freshmen English classes. This paper finds ...