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Does a Better Environment Cost Jobs? An Assessment on Relationship Between Climate Policy Stringency and Employment Rate
(Georgetown University, 2019)
Increasing climate crisis and extreme weather have led to serious consequences to environment and society. Developing strong policy tools to assuage negative effects of climate change has gain popularity among countries. ...
The Basolateral Amygdala and Superior Colliculus Regulate Physiological and Behavioral Measures of Avoidance and Approach
(Georgetown University, 2019)
The superior colliculus (SC) and amygdala are central components of the defensive system within the brain. The SC processes conscious and non-conscious visual information and directs orienting and defensive behavioral ...
Faith and Development in Focus: Tanzania
(2019-09-15)
Religious forces have shaped nearly every aspect of Tanzanian society over the past centuries, spanning the precolonial era to the present. Today, the vast majority of Tanzanians identify as Christian or Muslim and, when ...
Suicide Memes: Internet Users’ Anti-Future Expressions
(2019-04-09)
An internet meme refers to a modern type of humor that usually comes in the form of an image layered with a funny caption. Such an image would only be considered an internet meme if it spreads across the internet and is ...
Assessing RadTriage Colorimetric Dosimeter Response to Low-Dose Gamma-Ray Exposure
(Georgetown University, 2019)
There is a need for instantly indicating, easy-to-read, and relatively inexpensive ionizing radiation casualty dosimeters for first responders and members of the general public. One such dosimeter is the RadTriageTM ...
Health Insurance To Die For: The Impact of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion on Criminal Homicide Rates
(Georgetown University, 2019)
While a significant body of research details the effects of Medicaid Expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 (ACA) on patient outcomes and economic impacts, few studies investigate the fringe ...
Locating Selves in 21st Century Tibet: Tibetan Youth Identity and Hip Hop in the People’s Republic of China
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2019)
This paper uses the lens of hip hop to examine contemporary Tibetan youth identity
in China. Based on an analysis of the hip hop scenes in four Tibetan cities, as well as
online virtual space, the study finds that the ...
TLISI 2019: Creating Spaces to Lead with the Heart
(2019-07-10)
Rights of Transgender Persons: A Case for More Regional Cooperation in South Asia
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2019)
This article makes a case for a regional convention on the rights of transgender persons
in light of the legal developments in transgender rights across key member nations of
the South Asian Association for Regional ...
Creating Optoelectronic Devices from Atomically Thin Materials Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition
(Georgetown University, 2019)
Two-dimensional materials such as graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are ideal candidates to create ultra-thin optoelectronics that can be flexible and semitransparent. Although optoelectronic devices ...