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Natural Disasters, Foreign Aid And Economic Development, Valeriu Tomescu Jan 2016

Natural Disasters, Foreign Aid And Economic Development, Valeriu Tomescu

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Contributing Factors To Attitudes And Beliefs About Diversity, Rachael M. Duda Ms. Jan 2016

Contributing Factors To Attitudes And Beliefs About Diversity, Rachael M. Duda Ms.

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Diversity is a major issue in the world today. This project studied the attitudes and beliefs about diversity in order to understand where they originate. It focused on family beliefs and educational experiences and whether they each play a role in one’s perspective of other races/ethnicities. The sample consisted of 100 University of New Hampshire undergraduate students recruited through Facebook as well as in-class presentations on campus. Students were asked to complete a survey online. Quantitative results revealed that neither family nor education, as measured with forced-choice questions, were predictive of acceptance of other races. Overall, students reported themselves and …


Photography's Power To Shape Our Realities, Anna Catherine Molinaro Jan 2016

Photography's Power To Shape Our Realities, Anna Catherine Molinaro

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The Constructive Healing Powers Of Dance Rhetoric, Emmy Ciabattoni Jan 2016

The Constructive Healing Powers Of Dance Rhetoric, Emmy Ciabattoni

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The Use Of Catastrophe Bonds As A Means Of Economic Development In Emerging Economies, Lauren Mattucci Jan 2016

The Use Of Catastrophe Bonds As A Means Of Economic Development In Emerging Economies, Lauren Mattucci

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Catastrophe bonds offer a way for entities located in natural disaster prone regions to safely and efficiently transfer the risk of insuring property to the financial markets and subsequently, create a financially attractive environment for insurers and investors. The opportunity for investors to utilize modeled loss analytical platforms such as those created by AIR, Risk Management Solutions, and EQECAT, could be used to bridge the growing gap in emerging economies between economic losses created by natural disasters and insured losses. Bridging this insurance gap in emerging economies could have positive global implications for the insurance industry, global trade, foreign direct …


I Heard It Through The... Vine: A Look Into Virality And Its Importance, Jennifer L. English Jan 2016

I Heard It Through The... Vine: A Look Into Virality And Its Importance, Jennifer L. English

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Ultrasonic Vocalizations As A Predictor Of Resilience To Intermittent Swim Stress-Induced Anxiety: An Investigation Of Re-Exposure Effects, Yandan Wang, Robert C. Drugan, Nathaniel Stafford Jan 2016

Ultrasonic Vocalizations As A Predictor Of Resilience To Intermittent Swim Stress-Induced Anxiety: An Investigation Of Re-Exposure Effects, Yandan Wang, Robert C. Drugan, Nathaniel Stafford

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.