The Empty Mill: An Analysis of a Disappearing Linchpin of Southern Society and its Hope for a Preserved Future

August Kohn’s report, The Cotton Mills of South Carolina, published in The News and Courier in 1907, attempted to document the impact that cotton mills in South Carolina had on its places, people, and growth. Over 100 years since the lists publishing, a comprehensive evaluation of the mills had not been undertaken. This thesis endeavored to evaluate the current status of the South Carolina cotton mills from Kohn\u27s 1907 list. Of the original 141 mills, 120 were successfully located and their status mapped in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Sixty-six were found demolished, twenty-five were standing, and twenty-nine were developed or under development. Great opportunities lie ahead, whether through private redevelopment or redevelopment through public-private partnerships, for the preservation of this disappearing linchpin of Southern society. Through wise urban husbandry and development, with an emphasis on historic preservation, communities can once again claim with pride to be a flourishing “mill town” in South Carolina

Unclaimed property program: building on the current audit process

This projects focuses on the Unclaimed Property Program and how to improve the process for carrying out the program's audits for the State Treasurer's Office

Harnessing Population Genetics for Pest Management: Theory and Application for Urban Rats

Effective management of rodent pests requires an ecological understanding of how they move through their environment and how those movements influence the invasion, persistence, or reinvasion of problematic colonies. Traditional methodologies used to describe rodent movement patterns, such as mark-recapture, are hindered by their time-consuming nature and limited geographic scope. As such, our understanding of how rodents interact with urban environments remains limited. Population genetic principles and tools have the capacity to greatly increase our understanding of rodent population dynamics, ecological relationships, and movements across space, but this field is often unapproachable to non-scientist pest management professionals (PMPs). In this commentary, we aim to promote collaborative and integrative rodent pest management by introducing relevant population genetic principles, providing examples of their applications in studies of urban brown rats (Rattus norvegicus), and proposing future initiatives that link scientific, private, and government entities. We reinterpret results from a 2018 study of brown rats in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to show how genetic relationships among individual brown rats can be used to understand the geographic distribution of genetic clusters (i.e., colonies), natural barriers to migration, and the spatial scale of dispersal. While the 2018 study originally aimed to describe patterns of population genetic structure to understand the influence of urban landscapes on rats, here we describe how these results can be exploited by PMPs to directly inform the creation of management units and decrease the likelihood of rapid post-treatment reinvasion. Further, we discuss the difficulties inherent in population genetic studies and the potential for high-quality model sites to develop generalizable strategies. Overall, we hope to expand the toolbox of PMPs, foster collaboration, and move toward more informed and sustainable management strategies

Transitioning Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations to acquisition programs

This thesis evaluated the Department of Defense's Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) process and the challenges encountered in transitioning an ACTD to an acquisition program. The methodology included case analyses of two ACTD programs that transitioned to acquisition programs to determine their levels of success. The scope included a review of: 1) ACTD origins and processes as of July 2002, 2) past ACTD programs, 3) the established documentation criteria associated with ACTD selection and evaluation, 4) the two ACTD case programs selected for analysis, 5) the apparent ACTD transition areas prone to success or failure, and 6) potential process improvements that would aid in ACTD transition to acquisition programs. This thesis identified both the strengths and the weaknesses in the existing ACTD transition process. The results indicated that several of the existing ACTD criteria should be maintained. However, it was also determined that several enhancements could be incorporated into future processes. It concluded with recommended improvements that would enhance the insertion of technology to the warfighter via the acquisition process. With the combination of current practices and implementation of these recommendations, ACTDs could become the cornerstone of the Secretary of Defense's new acquisition process.http://archive.org/details/transitioningadv109456142GM-15, Department of the NavyApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited

ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE FASHION INITIATIVES IN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA

Clothing is a basic human need, but contemporary clothing production, consumption, and disposal have been so rapid that the fashion industry has been deemed to be amongst the most polluting in the world. This paper investigates ethical and sustainable fashion initiatives in two countries: India, which is one of the world’s largest producers of ready-made garments, and Australia, which is the world’s largest per-capita consumer of apparel. Several innovative approaches were found amongst exemplary businesses in both countries. The paper concludes with some suggestions on business models that could further reduce the negative impacts of the global textiles and apparel industry

The SHOW RESPECT adaptable framework of considerations for planning how to share trial results with participants, based on qualitative findings from trial participants and site staff

We are very thankful to the people who participated in this study and the women who contributed to our patient and public involvement activities. We are very grateful for the work of the Show RESPECT site teams in carrying out this study. We thank the members of the Show RESPECT study management group and steering group who are not authors on this manuscript: Andrew Copas, Cara Purvis, Nalinie Joharatnam-Hogan, Carlos Diaz-Montana, Archie Macnair, William J. Cragg and Conor Tweed. We thank the ICON8 trial team for their support of this project, particularly Andrew Clamp, Babasola Popoola, Francesca Schiavone, Jonathan Badrock and Rick Kaplan. We also thank the CHAPAS-4 trial team for allowing us to use CHAPAS-4 as an illustration of the application of our framework.Peer reviewe

The economic benefits of South Carolina's beaches and barrier islands : assessment narrative and methodology

South Carolina's beaches and barrier islands produce a wide variety of benefits, contributing to the culture, lifestyle, and well-being of its residents. The economic benefits provided by beaches and barrier islands can be both market and non-market-based measures. This assessment is focused on South Carolina's beach and barrier island ecosystems.The purpose of this assessment is to get us closer to answering the question: "What are the economic benefits of South Carolina's beach and barrier island ecosystems?

Tree planning and planting campaigns : a guide for reforesting cities and towns

This guide is written for planners, landscape architects, urban foresters and arborists, elected officials, community tree advocates or anyone who wants to make the case for robust urban canopies, funding forest expansion and implementing strategic tree-planting campaigns. This guide shows how to craft a compelling argument for the urban forest. It also details the data needed to both set a canopy goal and create realistic, proven strategies for engaging both the public and private sector in growing and sustaining the urban forest. Case studies and examples are provided throughout this guide to show that these ideas really do work