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The Expansion of Renewable Energy Technologies and Their Impact on Household Energy Portfolios and Sustainable Development: A Study Of Nepal
(2017)
Encouraging households to switch from traditional fuels to cleaner, modern fuels (e.g.; electricity, liquid petroleum gas (LPG), biogas) is a widespread policy focus due to its expected benefits for health and the environment. ...
Three Essays in Microeconometrics
(2019)
Traditional econometric methods can perform poorly in applications. The poor performance is usually due to challenges faced by researchers conducting empirical data analysis, yet overlooked by large sample reasonings that ...
Networked Miscommunication: The Relationship Between Communication Networks, Misunderstandings, and Organizational Performance
(2020)
In this dissertation, I introduce and define the concept of networked miscommunication – unintentional, aggregated effects of communication practices throughout an organization – and demonstrate its deleterious impacts on ...
Gender representation and academic achievement among STEM-interested students in college STEM courses
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022-12)
Substantial gender equity gaps in postsecondary degree completion persist within many science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, and these disparities have not narrowed during the 21st century. ...
Advanced placement course credit and undergraduate student success in gateway science courses
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023-02)
Approximately 2 million students take Advanced Placement (AP) examinations annually. However, departmental policies that allow students to replace introductory courses with AP credit greatly vary within and across universities, ...
The impact of community midwives on maternal healthcare utilization
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Advancing Partners & Communities, 2023-03)
Globally 800 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. One of the major reasons for high maternal mortality ratios in many developing countries is the low proportion of births attended ...
The local health impacts of natural resource booms
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.World Bank, 2023-02)
This paper uses novel micro-data on natural resources and administrative health data in Brazil to study how economic booms in minerals affect health at birth. By implementing a reduced-form estimation of shift-share research ...
Leading instructional improvement in elementary science: State science coordinators’ sense-making about the Next Generation Science Standards
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022-11)
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), a reform effort “for states, by states,” advances ambitious ideals for elementary science teaching, but the fate of these ideals will depend in part on the engagement of state ...