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  • The false consensus effect in estimates of safe and unsafe sexual practices

    Creator:
    Pedersen, Peggy Jo
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    The purpose of this study was three fold: 1) to determine if false consensus effects would be found for estimates of sexual behaviors, 2) to determine the directional accuracy of consensus estimates for subscribers and nonsubscribers and 3) to determine if the degree of accuracy of those estimates was influenced...
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    The false consensus effect in estimates of safe and unsafe

  • Networked Multi-agent Modeling of Connected Vehicles in Mixed Traffic Environment: A Decentralized Consensus Approach

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    Wahid, Merih
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    Transportation systems are facing safety and operational challenges with a cost of billions of dollars annually in lost production time and wasted fuel. Infrastructure expansion, previously held as a panacea to most transportation challenges has lost its appeal due to financial, land-use and environmental constraints. Interest is surging in intelligent...
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    Multi-agent Modeling of Connected Vehicles in Mixed Traffic Environment: A Decentralized Consensus

  • Determinants of public opinion on renewable energy : the case of wave energy development in Oregon

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    Stefanovich Petrova, Maria A.
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    Renewable energy resources, such as wind, solar, and wave, have a number of advantages compared to traditional fossil fuels. Numerous studies attest to the physical potential for wave energy development in Oregon. In transitioning from conventional fossil fuel to alternative energy provision, citizen understanding of the global energy problems and...
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    environmental values and value orientations, ideology preferences, climate change awareness and energy policy

  • Postsecondary student consumerism : a national Delphi forecast of developments and articulation of policy options

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    Franks, Robert Grover
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    The purpose of this research, expressed in two coequal parts, was: to establish a forecast of developments and an articulation of policy options vis-a-vis postsecondary student consumerism; and to determine if interest groups of experts differed significantly in their evaluations of the aforementioned developments and policy options. The Delphi technique...
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    : POSTSECONDARY STUDENT CONSUMERISM: A National Delphi Forecast of Developments and Articulation of Policy

  • Distribution center performance assessment

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    Kuo, Chun-Ho, 1969-
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    The objective of this research is to assess the performance measurement systems currently used in today's distribution centers. A comprehensive investigation of distribution centers' performance measurement system is completed. Three major research phases are included in this study. An overview of distribution centers, including background, components, functions, and material handling...
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    Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering presented on May 7, 1998. Title: Distribution Center

  • Collaboration Challenges: Stakeholder Perceptions of Managing a National Forestry Program. A Case Study of the Multi Stakeholder Forestry Program in Nepal

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    Maskey, Stuty
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    Increasing calls from stakeholders for a greater role in public decision making has led to the rapid world-wide adoption of multi stakeholder collaboration for policymaking. In line with this emerging trend the Government of Nepal with support from its long-time development partners and bi-lateral donors initiated a policy level experiment...
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    for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy presented on February 12, 2020. Title

  • Current Drug Policies in the United States : Using Research to Inform Policy

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    Beathard, Candice
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    Drug policies in the United States are rapidly changing at the state and national level paralleling a shift in drug culture from a societal perspective. This dissertation addresses current public health policy topics with a focus on three recent drug policies. As of 2015, medical cannabis is legal in 23...
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  • Macro Stories: Policy Process Dynamics of Presidential Environmental Ideas

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    Peterson, Holly L.
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    Public policy narratives and stories are often referenced by the media, politicians, advocacy groups, and across many disciplines in academia. Studies of social and political narratives support the notion narrative matters, but often lack systematic design capable of producing generalizable findings. The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) has responded to this...
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    in policy studies for emphasis on issue-based subsystems, which lump macro, national-level

  • Greenwashing as Public Policy Problems: Reflections from Indonesia

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    Pradipta, Sena
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    Greenwashing is a relatively novel, diversely interpreted, and under-researched social phenomenon. Therefore, studying greenwashing concepts, methodological yardsticks, and the dynamic behind its pervasiveness provides an excellent opportunity to improve our understanding of it, refine our detection tools, and illuminate its influencing factors and impacts on society. This study aims to:...
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    Sena Pradipta for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy presented on January 4, 2023

  • Colombia's national parks : an analysis of management problems and perceived values

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    Meganck, Richard Albert
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    This analysis of Colombia's System of National Park Reservations accomplishes four objectives: 1) The historical development of national parks in Colombia was described; 2) The status, as of August, 1974, of the areas administered by the Colombian Renewable Natural Resources Development Institute (INDERENA) was summarized; 3) An analysis of major...
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    visitors center, Isla de Salamanca National Park ............... 104 2. Interpretive nature walk at Los