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Modernizing the electric power grid: an analysis of the US Smart Grid policies
(2012)This research project investigates whether states receiving Recovery Act funding are adopting policies that align with the objectives defined by Title XIII, Sec. 1301 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ... -
Considering Data Breaches: Public Information, Corporate Responsibility, and Market Valuations
(2012)This study examines the relationship between data loss incidents and stock price impact by exploring the question of whether the stock price impact of a corporate data breach differs depending on the nature of the breach. ... -
Late Teacher Hiring in Washington State: The Role of Collectively-Bargained Contract Provisions on Late Hiring
(2012)The practice of late hiring has detrimental and disruptive effects on school district and state finances, teacher morale, and student outcomes. While there are many direct and indirect causes of late hiring, a majority of ... -
SocialLDA:Scalable Topic Modeling in Social Networks
(2012-08-10)Topical categorization of blogs, documents or other objects that can be tagged with text, improves the experience for end users. Latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) is a well studied algorithm that discovers latent topics ... -
Real-Time Traffic Prediction Improvement through Semantic Mining of Social Networks
(2012-09-13)Many years of research have yielded computer modeling techniques that can predict the behavior of complex systems, such as traffic speeds in regional transportation systems, with high accuracy. However, the prediction ... -
Accelerating large-scale simulations of cortical neuronal network development
(2012-09-13)Cultured dissociated cortical cells grown into networks on mult-electrode arrays are used to investigate neuronal network development, activity, plasticity, response to stimuli, the effects of pharmacological agents, etc. ... -
Adaptive Probabilistic Topic Models for Social Networks
(2012-09-13)Online social networks such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook generate tremendous amount of text and social interaction data. On one hand, the increasing amount of available information has motivated computational research ... -
Reproductive Rights on Lockdown: A State-‐by-‐State Prison Policy Analysis of Reproductive Rights, Transparency and Access
(2013)This study reports the normative need for transparency of correctional policy relating to pregnancy during incarceration. Today, anyone with a smartphone can access the Internet; it has become ... -
An Evaluation of King County School District’s Wellness Policies
(2013)The aim of this study is to evaluate the wellness polices in King County’s nineteen school districts. The evaluation of current wellness policies (2013) was compared to an evaluation done in 2009 by University of Washington ... -
Campaign Spending in City Council Elections : A Comparison of At - Large and District Contests
(2013)This study seeks to add to the research literature on city council electoral system s by investigating the association between campaign spending and whether councilmembers are elected at - large or by district. ... -
Supply Chain Transparency: Comparative Analysis on Government Policy and NGO Advocacy
(2013)Slavery and Human Trafficking are crimes under state, federal, and international law. Legislative efforts have been made to address the market for goods and products tainted by slavery and trafficking by providing ... -
The Impact of Teacher Perception Regarding Administrative Support and Retention of Behavior Teachers
(2013)Students categorized under the disability category of Emotional/Behavioral Disorder are currently struggling to find success in today’s school system. The current research suggests that current graduation rates for students ... -
Promising Artists in Recovery Program Evaluation
(2013)The implementation of interventions designed to address the needs of juvenile justice involved youth, while also conducting program evaluations, provides critical feedback to program deliverers and policy makers. This ...