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Pollution Prevention and Management Strategies for Mercury in the NY/NJ Harbor and its WatershedIssued in June, 2002, the report discusses major sources of mercury and methylmercury to the Harbor. It identifies pathways of mercury into the harbor, discusses environmentally sound and economically feasible strategies to avoid this pollution, and …
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Effective Water Management in Quito, Ecuador: Successes, Challenges, and ConstraintsLooking to scale-up its funding of water and sanitation in Latin America, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) sought a case study of its work in the region to serve as an example from which to draw. The bank contracted the Capstone team to spend one …
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Farmer's Willingness to Pay for Ground Water ProtectionThe effectiveness of current groundwater protection policies depends largely on farmers' voluntary compliance with leaching reduction measures, an important component of which is their willingness to adopt costlier production practices in order to prevent …
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Alternative Measures of Wealth NeutralityVarious simple ex post wealth neutrality measures capture different aspects of the concept; the use of one measure alone or several measures independently can lead to interpretation problems. The Adjusted Relationship Measure is introduced to pay …
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Alternative financing for Connecticut’s transportation fundThe State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (OPM) is the Governor’s staff agency responsible for formulating and implementing public policy, including the preparation of the Governor’s budget proposal for the State. One of Governor Malloy’s …
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Welfare Caseload Change: An Alternative ApproachIn the last decade, caseloads in AFDC/TANF have shifted dramatically up, then down. Of existing studies based on time series or state panel data, some tend to underplay the role of welfare reform. All say little about that policies drove the decline or …
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All Things Being Equal: Reflections of a Social Justice Leader - A Conversation with Darren WalkerLast night we welcomed Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation , to talk about his leadership journey and his calling to aid social justice efforts. NYU Wagner co-sponsored the event with the NYU Leadership Initiative , and moderating the …
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PARK CASE STUDYTransportation Alternatives (TA) is an advocacy organization whose mission is to reclaim New York City from cars by transforming its streets into safe, sustainable, and equitable places to walk, bike, take transit, gather, and thrive. TA’s “NYC 25x25” …
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Measures of local business climate: alternative approachesJulia Lane, Dennis Glennon and James McCabe …
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Social Change Leadership… Center for Leadership in Action. Buckley, Tamara, Jonathan Walters, Larry Ferlazzo, Reverend Tyrone Hicks, Carmen … Center for Leadership in Action. Fine, Melinda, Jonathan Walters, and John Parvensky. 2005. Staying the course for the … Center for Leadership in Action. Valdés, Javier, Jonathan Walters, and Harold Mitchell. 2005. Cleaning up a community, …
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Information and Farmers' Attitudes About Pesticides, Water Quality and Related Environmental EffectsThis paper investigates the effects of information from different sources on farmers' attitudes regarding the effects of pesticides and other agricultural chemicals on environmental quality using a survey of 2700 farmers in three mid-Atlantic states. …
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Identifying a Strategic Direction in an Alternative Payment Model FutureWith state and federal dollars, healthcare providers are increasingly incentivized to address the socioeconomic factors leading to poor health through partnerships with community-based social service organizations (CBOs). Yet access to such financial …
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Land Tenure and Water/Sanitation Service Provision: Informal Settlements Around Buenos AiresThe metropolitan area around the city of Buenos Aires is largely being developed as informal settlements lacking legal land tenure and the provision of basic infrastructure services. With the privatization of public services in Argentina came the promise …
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Body Mass Index and Physical Attractiveness: Evidence From a Combination Image-Alteration/List ExperimentThe list experiment is used to detect latent beliefs when researchers suspect a substantial degree of social desirability bias from respondents. This methodology has been used in areas ranging from racial attitudes to political preferences. Meanwhile, …
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"The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Alternative Payment Models"Lunch Panel Presentation …
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"Being Equal" with Darren Walker | March 31, 2015"Being Equal" with Darren Walker | March 31, 2015 …
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Promoting Resilience for Food, Energy and Water InterdependenciesR. Zimmerman, Q. Zhu and C. Dimitri …
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Surgical Decompression is Associated with Decreased Mortality in Patients with Sepsis and Ureteral CalculiPurpose : The combination of sepsis and ureteral calculus is a urological emergency. Traditional teaching advocates urgent decompression with nephrostomy tube or ureteral stent placement, although published outcomes validating this treatment are lacking. …
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The Effect of the Diffusion of the Surgical Robot on the Hospital-level Utilization of Partial NephrectomyIntroduction : The rapid diffusion of the surgical robot has been controversial because of the technology’s high costs and its disputed marginal benefit. Some, however, have suggested that adoption of the robot may have improved care for patients with …
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Association between Arsenic Exposure from Drinking Water and Hematuria: Results from the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal StudyArsenic (As) exposure has been associated with both urologic malignancy and renal dysfunction; however, its association with hematuria is unknown. We evaluated the association between drinking water As exposure and hematuria in 7843 men enrolled in the …
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Travel Courses There are many opportunities to find additional funding for study abroad , but it requires advance planning and some work. Please note that the Office of International Programs does not administer these funding opportunities. Please contact each …
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Informing the Strategic Planning ProcessThe Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) engaged the Capstone team to conduct a comprehensive analysis designed to aid the agency in maintaining leadership in the field of community-based alternatives to incarceration. In an effort to assist the …
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Developing Impact Measurement and Sustainable PartnershipsHigh Water Women is a nonprofit organization focused on the economic empowerment of women and youth. The organization enlisted the Capstone team to solve its lack of sustainable funding sources and cohesive programming. To attract funders, High Water …