Browsing by Author "Vedlitz, Arnold"
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Jeong, Jongwoo (2022-07-19)Scholars, politicians, and pundits have repeatedly described new Americans, mostly Asian Americans and Latinos, as a “Sleeping Giant” to emphasize their potential as the decisive voter who shuffles up traditional U.S. party ...
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Olds, Christopher Paul (2012-02-14)The intention of the project is to determine whether political elites have to discuss an issue using a specific emotional tone before the public and other political elites consider that issue a problem. Research has not ...
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Christman, Jordan; Fields, KathrynAnn; Hebert, Steven; Kallenbach, Brandon; Martinez, Mario; Poncik, Shelby; Sumner, Amanda; Thomas, Elizabeth (2018)Urban flooding is a challenge for many parts of the world, and Caddo Parish, Louisiana, is no exception. Caddo Parish, located in Northwestern Louisiana on the banks of the Red River, has been the subject of intense flooding ...
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Field, Lindsey 1982- (2011-05-02)Performing evidence-based reviews (EBR) is a growing and important area of research, and more graduate students should be educated in this area. EBRs provide conclusions based on science and follow a specific methodology ...
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Beauchamp, Krystle; Chavez, Leslie; Dye, Wendy; Lamon, Matt; Mallas, Liz; Stephens, Caroline (2007)
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Goodsell, Alison (2012-10-19)The ability to quickly and accurately quantify the plutonium (Pu) content in pressurized water reactor (PWR) spent nuclear fuel (SNF) is critical for nuclear forensics purposes. One non-destructive assay (NDA) technique ...
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Warhol, Matthew Grant (2011-02-22)Do nations' allies and trading partners affect their vulnerability to transnational terrorist attacks? Prior research has focused on how the attributes of individual nations, such as regime type, economic stability, and ...
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Buck, Caitlin; Cravatt, Cody; Fagin, Paul; Finney, Angela; Gomes, Rafael; Shan, Sandy; Skarboe, Bjorne; Sarmiento Quezada, Brenda; Wagner, Jason (2010)Americans are dissatisfied with their immigration system and are seeking changes. However, additional demands and expectations will be placed on those organizations that have to enforce and implement these changes. How ...
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Socker, Erica Marie (2013-11-18)This research explores the connections between campaign contributions, congressional behavior, and electoral outcomes. Previous research on the role of money in politics has focused primarily on the influence of political ...
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Wong, Frank Yuan (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1990)Ingroup favoritism was examined by Social Identity Theory (i.e., group membership), Complexity Extremity Effect (i.e., orthogonal knowledge), and Attitude Polarization Model (i.e., correlated knowledge) in two experiments. ...
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Yarkoney Sorek, Ayala (2018-11-27)Though women make up half of the world's population, their numbers lag in top political leadership positions. Though it is common for women to compete for and win political posts, only 38% of the world's countries have had ...
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Craig, Mckinzie (2012-10-19)The "law versus politics" debate is central in the study of the Supreme Court's institutional role in US democracy and law making. Research has sought to determine if the Supreme Court is an unconstrained political actor ...
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Grover, Himanshu (2011-10-21)Climate change is possibly the greatest threat facing human society in this century. The response to this challenge has been dominated by international negotiations for controlling greenhouse gas emissions. More recently ...
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Parrent, James Michael (1990-12)For many years treasure hunters have considered the Caribbean region a prime target for their ventures. While some have chosen to seek contracts with island governments, others have chosen clandestine operations. Regardless ...
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Nejat, Ali (2012-10-19)Natural disasters result in loss of lives, damage to built facilities, and interruption of businesses. The losses are not instantaneous rather they continue to occur until the community is restored to a functional ...
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Creel, Matthew; Davis, Greg; Lindley, Jennifer; Osborne, Caleb; Reed, James; Reed, Joseph; Whicker, Keich (2010)The capstone team conducted a comprehensive review of all New Orleans Civil Service System policies and institutional arrangements. The research activity included reviews of the literature on civil service systems; analyses ...
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Bierling, David (2012-10-19)This research presents empirical evidence and interpretation about the effects of planning participants and contextual factors on information selection in public organizations. The study addresses important research ...
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Pedicini, Eowyn E (2013-05-07)The smuggling of special nuclear material (SNM) has long been a concern. In April 2009, President Obama declared that a terrorist acquiring a nuclear weapon was the most immediate threat to global security. The Second ...
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Park, Joon Guan (2012-07-16)This dissertation examines an increasingly common phenomenon in the post-Cold War context, the military coalition. At the heart of the dissertation is thus the question: what explains political leaders’ participation and ...
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Haglin, Kathryn M (2018-06-27)In the contemporary United States, politics often seems to dominate the conversation surrounding scientific topics and related technologies. At a time rich in scientific discoveries, the public is more interested than ever ...