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Business Influence in Public Policymaking: A Case Study of the Loan Guarantee Program Using an Assemblage-Theoretic Framework
(Georgetown University, 2018)
This thesis investigates the influence of business on the public policymaking process in the United States. A framework is proposed for categorizing policymaking contexts and mechanisms of influence, synthesized from ...
Transformation of Payment Models in the World Bank: Does the Result-based Payments (Program-for-Results Financing) Really Reduce Corruption in Borrowing Countries?
(Georgetown University, 2018)
This study finds a surprising correlation between the engagement of Program-for-Results (PforR) Financing, a results-based financing mechanism started by the World Bank in 2012, and the corruption in a beneficiary country. ...
The Impact of Live Webinar Asthma Education for Caregivers of Asthmatic Children 0-4 Years of Age
(Georgetown University, 2018)
Asthma is the most common chronic condition in children in the United States with an estimated 6.2 million children affected. The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program recommends self-management education for ...
An Exploration of a Substance Abuse Treatment Program and Its Effects on Opioid Addicted Adults’ Ability to Maintain Recovery
(Georgetown University, 2018)
As deaths related to opioids continue to increase across the country, with more than 41,000 deaths in 2016, a dark cloud looms over Florida as the state strives to contain the epidemic. There were 779 deaths related to ...
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Advanced Practice Providers Regarding Use of Buffered Versus Non-Buffered Lidocaine Hydrochloride 1% for Interventional Procedural Pain Management in Adults
(Georgetown University, 2018)
The purpose of this study was to examine: a) knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of advanced practice providers (APPs) - nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs) - regarding the use of buffered versus ...
Opioid Prescribing in the Emergency Department: Provider Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Related to the New Jersey State Statute
(Georgetown University, 2018)
In response to the national opioid crisis, many states have implemented opioid prescribing statutes in the past year. Research regarding the impact of these statutes on the opioid prescribing practices of providers in an ...
The Association Between Free Maternity Services and Facility Delivery Use: Evidence From Kenya
(Georgetown University, 2018)
In most developing countries, delivering at a health facility plays a vital role in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. In 2013, Kenya implemented a policy that abolished user fees associated with maternity services ...
Identity Construction through Positioning in Mealtime Narratives of Kazakh-speaking Village Residents.
(Georgetown University, 2018)
Mealtime narratives are a site for constructing a community’s social worlds (e.g., Ochs and Taylor 1995). Extending this research direction, I examine mealtime narratives among Kazakh-speaking Kazakhs, an under-researched ...
Second Language Acquisition of Variable Use of the Nominative and Accusative Case Morphemes in Korean: A Corpus Study
(Georgetown University, 2018)
The goal of this dissertation is to examinethe the second language (L2) acquisition of variable use of nominative/accusative case morphemes by English- or Japanese-speaking adult learners of Korean.
Nonlinear Response Of Strongly Interacting Quantum Systems in Nonequilibrium
(Georgetown University, 2018)
The recent developments in experimental techniques such as pump-probe spectroscopy, new technologies in building two dimensional materials, and the advent of highly tunable systems in the form of ultracold optical lattices, ...