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Can Attachment Style And Temperament Predict Personality Organization?, Connor Logan Smith
Can Attachment Style And Temperament Predict Personality Organization?, Connor Logan Smith
Masters Theses
Otto Kernberg (1967) developed a psychoanalytic theory of personality organization in which he posited that all individuals operate on one of three levels of personality organization: neurotic, borderline, or psychotic. His theory was developmental in nature and based on the idea that our earliest experiences establish unconscious interpersonal patterns that persist throughout life.The current study examined whether attachment style (anxious or avoidant) and factors of temperament (negative affect, effortful control) would predict personality organization. In particular, we examined identity diffusion and use of primitive defenses as markers of personality functioning. Results revealed that anxious attachment, negative affect, and effortful control …
I Am Because You Are: Other Group Members' Attachment Avoidance And Individual Experiences Of Negative Affect In Intergroup Dialogue, Elliott Nolan Devore
I Am Because You Are: Other Group Members' Attachment Avoidance And Individual Experiences Of Negative Affect In Intergroup Dialogue, Elliott Nolan Devore
Masters Theses
We investigated the relationships between attachment style and session-level process and outcome variables (i.e., group members’ perceptions of group climate, session depth and smoothness, and positive and negative affect) among 94 participants in 17 intergroup dialogues (IGD). Each participant completed an measure of adult attachment style prior to the first IGD, and measures of group climate, session depth and smoothness, and positive and negative affect following each session. We used the actor-partner interdependence model (Kenny, Mannetti, Pierro, Livi & Kashy, 2002) to examine relationships between actor (i.e., an individual group member’s attachment) and partner (i.e., the attachment scores for the …
Prisoners Present Arms: Sectarian Christians And The American Carceral State During The First World War, Joshua Ward Jeffery
Prisoners Present Arms: Sectarian Christians And The American Carceral State During The First World War, Joshua Ward Jeffery
Masters Theses
This thesis investigates the prison experiences of Arthur Dunham, Harold Gray, Evan Thomas, and other conscientious objectors to the First World War. It demonstrates that the Federal government of the United States used scientific management techniques, including the initiation of a discourse of 100% Americanism, the use of propaganda to spread this discourse, and the use of this discourse to encourage Americans to keep their friends, neighbors, and relatives under surveillance. These techniques were used together in order to create an American "carceral state" that allowed the government to surveil and discipline its population in such a way as to …
Microbial Memory Response: Observing History-Dependent Adaptation To Repeated Exposures Of Emulsified Vegetable Oil In A Contaminated Aquifer, Kathryn R. Mcbride
Microbial Memory Response: Observing History-Dependent Adaptation To Repeated Exposures Of Emulsified Vegetable Oil In A Contaminated Aquifer, Kathryn R. Mcbride
Masters Theses
The utilization of native microbial communities to remediate and immobilize hazardous contaminants has been a common practice for decades. One technique commonly employed to enhance this process is biostimulation, where limiting nutrients are added to a contaminated system in order to stimulate favorable reducing conditions for specialized microorganisms. Many biostimulation applications have been conducted using emulsified vegetable oil (EVO), which stimulates growth of indigenous microbial communities and favorable reducing conditions. However, this practice is sometimes known to cause a lag phase before degradation can occur, lessening the overall efficiency of this practice. The studies described herein aim to reduce the …
Remote Characterization Of Physical Surface Characteristics Of Mars Using Diurnal Variations In Apparent Thermal Inertia, Cameron Blake Mccarty
Remote Characterization Of Physical Surface Characteristics Of Mars Using Diurnal Variations In Apparent Thermal Inertia, Cameron Blake Mccarty
Masters Theses
Analysis of the Martian surface today can provide insight into the processes that may have affected it over its history. Information about the physical surface characterization of a region can help determine the degree of sorting it has experienced and/or its geologic maturity. Sub-resolved “checkerboard” mixtures of materials with different horizontal thermal inertia mixtures can lead to differences in the apparent thermal inertia values inferred from night and day radiance observations. Standard methods for deriving thermal inertia from orbit via the THermal EMission Imaging System (THEMIS) can give values for the same location that vary by as much as 20% …
Role Of Organic Acids In Suppression Of Sclerotium Rolfsii During Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation (Asd), Keagan James Swilling
Role Of Organic Acids In Suppression Of Sclerotium Rolfsii During Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation (Asd), Keagan James Swilling
Masters Theses
Anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) is a non-chemical method used for controlling soilborne plant pathogens. Individual elements of the ASD (also referred to as biological soil disinfestation or BSD) process, including application of organic amendments or soil saturation, have been studied for over 50 years for suppression of various soilborne plant pathogens. More recent research, primarily in the Netherlands, Japan, and the United States has been targeted at developing a soil disinfestation process based on anaerobic decomposition of labile soil amendments that can be integrated into modern horticultural production systems as a soil fumigant. The process leads to the creation of …
Positive Identification Via Frontal Sinus Morphology: A Geographic Information Systems (Gis) Approach, Jenna Mackenzie Watson
Positive Identification Via Frontal Sinus Morphology: A Geographic Information Systems (Gis) Approach, Jenna Mackenzie Watson
Masters Theses
Frontal sinus radiographs are frequently used to identify human remains. However, the method of visually comparing antemortem (AM) to postmortem (PM) cranial radiographs has been critiqued for its lack of sufficient error rates and the potential of practitioner training, experience, and education to influence results (Page, et al. 2011). In an effort to provide a more quantifiable method of frontal sinus identification, this thesis explored the use of the ArcGIS mapping software, ArcMap, and its spatial analyst tool, Similarity Search, for identifying frontal sinus matches. AM and PM cranial radiographs for 100 donors from the William M. Bass Donated Skeletal …
Understanding Early Diagenetic Silicification: Petrographic Fabrics Within Proterozoic Microfossiliferous Chert, Jeremy Ian Dunham
Understanding Early Diagenetic Silicification: Petrographic Fabrics Within Proterozoic Microfossiliferous Chert, Jeremy Ian Dunham
Masters Theses
Early diagenetic chert is abundant in Proterozoic carbonate successions and provides a critical window into organic preservation; the depositional origin of this chert, however, remains uncertain. There have been relatively few detailed petrographic analyses of Proterozoic microfossiliferous chert, which limits our understanding of both primary depositional fabrics, and of petrographic change during post-depositional recrystallization. The ~1.1 Ga Angmaat Formation, northern Baffin Island, Canada, contains abundant early diagenetic chert that contains exquisitely preserved microbial assemblages. Petrographic analysis indicates that chert is composed of four primary phases: chalcedony spherules that replace the majority of primary microbial and sedimentary elements, equigranular microcrystalline quartz …
Performance Of Hagrid Array In Beta Delayed Neutron Emission Measurements, Thomas Tobias King
Performance Of Hagrid Array In Beta Delayed Neutron Emission Measurements, Thomas Tobias King
Masters Theses
One of the most prevalent decay modes of unstable nuclei is β[beta] decay. For nuclei far from stability these decays can be followed by the emission of a neutron. The Versatile Array of Neutron Detectors at Low Energy (VANDLE) is a proven detection system for measuring the energies of delayed neutrons. VANDLE has been upgraded to include high-efficiency scintillators for gamma-ray detection. This increases the sensitivity for the γ[gamma]-rays that can follow the neutron emission. These scintillator components form an array of large volume NaI detectors and the Hybrid Array of Gamma-Ray Detectors (HAGRiD), which is an array of LaBr …
The Indianerfilme: Detailing East Germany's Reactionary Construction Of National Identity Through Propaganda Films, Joseph Karl Robinson
The Indianerfilme: Detailing East Germany's Reactionary Construction Of National Identity Through Propaganda Films, Joseph Karl Robinson
Masters Theses
This thesis examines the role that the Indianerfilme played in the construction of the East German national identity, explains their usefulness as an illustration of the state’s propaganda narrative, and analyzes what the films indicate about racism, masculinity, international relations, and the legacy of National Socialism in East Germany. Contextualizing the Indianerfilme within East Germany’s socioeconomic and geopolitical realities and analyzing the themes and tropes within the films reveals the Socialist Unity Party’s (SED) reactionary and contradictory characteristics. These films exemplify how the SED used the state-owned film studio, Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA), to reeducate East Germans, propagate its anti-capitalist and …
Capacity Design Methods For Strongback Braced Frames, Peter C. Talley
Capacity Design Methods For Strongback Braced Frames, Peter C. Talley
Masters Theses
When subjected to strong earthquake ground motions, conventional steel braced frames are vulnerable to soft-story mechanisms, whereby the weakest story accumulates more damage relative to the rest of the structure. This reduces the overall strength of the structure, increases the cost of repairs, and can cause issues during the design process due to the reduced redundancy of the system.One method for mitigating this behavior is the use of an elastic spine frame. These frames combine a stiff vertical “spine”, such as a truss or shear wall, with a more ductile, energy-dissipating system. The spine typically spans the height of the …
Automatic Error Detection And Correction In Laser Metal Wire Deposition - An Additive Manufacturing Technology, Adeola Idowu Adediran
Automatic Error Detection And Correction In Laser Metal Wire Deposition - An Additive Manufacturing Technology, Adeola Idowu Adediran
Masters Theses
Additive manufacturing (AM) technology involves building three-dimensional objects by adding material layer-upon-layer under computer control. Metal additive manufacturing offers new possibilities, not only in design, but also in the choice of materials. However, the additive process remains at a lower maturity level compared to the conventional subtractive processes such as milling, drilling and machining among others. Scientifically, there is a safety concern relating to the accuracy of the AM process, how printed products will perform over time and the consistency of their quality. Process accuracy and eventual part quality is compromised due to errors introduced by each of the building …
Food Security In The United States: A Futures Analysis Via Systems Modeling, Jennifer Lynn Trumbo
Food Security In The United States: A Futures Analysis Via Systems Modeling, Jennifer Lynn Trumbo
Masters Theses
Food insecurity is a pressing issue not only in developing countries, but in communities across the United States (US). Food insecurity is the lack of nutritious, sufficient, accessible, and reliable culturally-appropriate food. At least 42.2 million people across the US face food insecurity. Food insecurity has been associated with institutional barriers, gender, indigeneity, citizenship, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status, racialization, and poverty. Further, a lack of sufficient, nutritious food is associated with serious health outcomes. Food insecure populations have higher rates of chronic disease, mental health issues, and obesity. Considering the negative health outcomes associated with food insecurity, and its …
Mercury Mobilization From Contaminated Creek Bank Soils And Stabilization Using Engineered Sorbents, Leroy Goñez Rodríguez
Mercury Mobilization From Contaminated Creek Bank Soils And Stabilization Using Engineered Sorbents, Leroy Goñez Rodríguez
Masters Theses
As a global environmental pollutant, mercury (Hg), threatens our water resources and presents a substantial risk to human health. The goal of this research project was to evaluate the immobilization of Hg on sorbents to reduce ambient Hg concentrations in water leaching from contaminated East Fork Poplar Creek (EFPC) (Oak Ridge, TN, USA) soils. Using flow-through columns, we determined the potential of different kinds of engineered sorbents (i.e., ThiolSAMMS®, biochar, SediMiteTM, OrganoclayTM PM199) to reduce mercury fluxes from contaminated EFPC soils. The effectiveness of the sorbents in this experiment was determined based on the rate of Hg sorbed and the …
Transient Absorption Microscopy, Instrumentation And Application To Amphotericin B, Kevin Higgins
Transient Absorption Microscopy, Instrumentation And Application To Amphotericin B, Kevin Higgins
Masters Theses
Transient absorption microscopy (TAM) has emerged as a highly useful tool for studying a wide range of applications ranging from materials to biology. It has the advantage of being able to stimulate signal from non-fluorescent molecules and through microscopy is able to image these molecules without reliance on fluorescent quantum yield. A transient absorption microscope has been fully constructed and an initial instrumentation study is presented with white light compression and imaging of polystyrene beads in a solution of IR 1-44 laser dye. We are utilizing TAM for the study of the small-molecule antifungal, Amphotericin B (AmB) and how it …
Two Essays On Beef: Restaurants’ Preferences For Tennessee Certified Beef And Cattle Producers’ Preferences For Horn Fly (Haematobia Irritans (L.)) Resistant Cattle, Lettie Collett Mckay
Two Essays On Beef: Restaurants’ Preferences For Tennessee Certified Beef And Cattle Producers’ Preferences For Horn Fly (Haematobia Irritans (L.)) Resistant Cattle, Lettie Collett Mckay
Masters Theses
Beef cattle producers are constantly faced with decisions that will affect the profitability of their operations. Marketing avenues, product differentiation, inputs, efficiency of production, and many other factors can impact profitability. This research analyzes two aspects of the beef industry: restaurant preferences for Tennessee Certified Beef (TCB) and cattle producer preferences for horn fly (Haematobia irritans (L.)) resistant (HFR) cattle. Two surveys were developed using the contingent valuation method to estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for TCB products and HFR bulls. Previous studies have shown consumer and producer interest for TCB; however, this study of restaurant WTP provides further …
Failure Properties And Phenomena For Zircaloy-4 From Ring Compression Testing, Benton Edward Garrison
Failure Properties And Phenomena For Zircaloy-4 From Ring Compression Testing, Benton Edward Garrison
Masters Theses
An effective method to determine the plastic strain at fracture and investigate the fracture energy of as-received and hydrided unirradiated Zircaloy-4 tubes in the hoop direction at room temperature was developed for ring compression tests through experimental and computational evaluation. The hydrogen content was varied up to 610 weight parts per million so that failure was consistently ductile. A Gurson-based approach for ductile damage was used to model material failure. Experimental test results and computational simulations modeled in Abaqus were integrated to directly determine plastic strain at fracture, and empirical fitting was used to investigate fracture energy. As expected, increasing …
Predictive Promoter Activity In Soybean Using A Novel Cell-Suspension Culture And Transient Expression Analysis In Protoplasts, Mst Shamira Sultana
Predictive Promoter Activity In Soybean Using A Novel Cell-Suspension Culture And Transient Expression Analysis In Protoplasts, Mst Shamira Sultana
Masters Theses
Transient gene expression in plant protoplasts has been widely utilized for rapid functional screening of promoters. This project describes a novel soybean cell suspension culture and protoplast system for rapid and predictive analysis of promoter activity. Since recovery of transgenic lines is low in soybean stable transformation, high-throughput studies of promoter activity have intrinsic limitations. First, I describe a novel cell suspension culture system from leaf-derived callus. Once the cell culture is established, it is easy to maintain, sterile, and produces fast-growing cells amenable for protoplast production. Second, I describe an efficient and simple protoplast preparation procedure. The results revealed …
Survival And Conflict Behavior Of American Black Bears After Release From Appalachian Bear Rescue, Coy Dale Blair
Survival And Conflict Behavior Of American Black Bears After Release From Appalachian Bear Rescue, Coy Dale Blair
Masters Theses
Wildlife agencies are forced to deal with difficult situations when orphaned or injured American black bear (Ursus americanus) cubs (<12 months old) or yearlings (>12 and <24 months old) are captured. However, bears have strong public support and interest and simply euthanizing orphaned animals would be opposed by much of the public. One option is bear rehabilitation. Unfortunately, the survival and movements of bears released from rehabilitation facilities are rarely documented. My goal was to assess survival and post-release conflict of orphaned bear cubs and yearlings following rehabilitation and release from a rehabilitation facility, Appalachian Bear Rescue (ABR), in Townsend, Tennessee, USA. My specific objectives were to (1) estimate first-year survival, (2) identify key variables affecting survival, (3) determine cause-specific mortality, and (4) assess conflict behavior of bears released from ABR. I hypothesized that rehabilitated bears would survive at similar rates, die from similar causes, and engage in similar conflict behavior to wild conspecifics. I equipped 42 black bear cubs and yearlings from ABR with Global Positioning System (GPS) wildlife tracking collars during 2015 and 2016 and released them in either Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) or Cherokee National Forest (CNF). I estimated survival using known-fate methods in Program MARK. Wildlife agencies provided reports of released bears in conflict situations. I estimated survival by treating lost telemetry signals as collar failure on a living bear (optimistic estimate) or as collar destruction related to mortality (pessimistic estimate). Pessimistic and optimistic estimates of overall annual survival of bears was 0.88 (SE = 0.07) and 0.93 (SE = 0.06), respectively. Survival for bears released as cubs (0.64, SE = 0.14, n = 13) was lower than for bears released as yearlings (1.00, SE = 0.00, n = 29), and the major cause of mortality was vehicular-collisions. Three of 42 bears (7.1%) released from ABR engaged in conflict up to 1 year post-release. Survival, cause-specific mortality, and engagement in post-release conflict of my study bears was similar to or higher than published reports for wild conspecifics. Bear rehabilitation should be considered a viable option for orphaned or …
Online Machine Learning Algorithms Review And Comparison In Healthcare, Nikhil Mukund Jagirdar
Online Machine Learning Algorithms Review And Comparison In Healthcare, Nikhil Mukund Jagirdar
Masters Theses
Currently, the healthcare industry uses Big Data for essential patient care information. Electronic Health Records (EHR) store massive data and are continuously updated with information such as laboratory results, medication, and clinical events. There are various methods by which healthcare data is generated and collected, including databases, healthcare websites, mobile applications, wearable technologies, and sensors. The continuous flow of data will improve healthcare service, medical diagnostic research and, ultimately, patient care. Thus, it is important to implement advanced data analysis techniques to obtain more precise prediction results.Machine Learning (ML) has acquired an important place in Big Healthcare Data (BHD). ML …
A Physics-Based Analytical Compact Model, Tcad Simulation, And Empirical Spice Models Of Gan Devices For Power Applications, Frances D. Garcia
A Physics-Based Analytical Compact Model, Tcad Simulation, And Empirical Spice Models Of Gan Devices For Power Applications, Frances D. Garcia
Masters Theses
The demand for high performance power electronics in consumer electronics, electric vehicle, aerospace, renewable energy is increasing and Si devices are failing to meet the demands of higher voltage, higher current, and high switching frequency efficiency.Wide bandgap devices, SiC and GaN, offer an alternative solution since they can operate at higher temperatures. GaN in particular is only recently being developed commercially and has a higher mobility, saturation velocity, electric breakdown field, and bandgap. GaN experiences spontaneous and piezoelectric polarization which is exploited in the high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) topology by creating a two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) that forms …
Me, Meat, And Mo'town: A Multisensory Ethnography Of Morristown, Tennessee, Caitlin Mize
Me, Meat, And Mo'town: A Multisensory Ethnography Of Morristown, Tennessee, Caitlin Mize
Masters Theses
The 20th century was a time of substantial change in American farming communities. Researchers have documented the environmental and community impacts of corporate-controlled food crop production and corporate-controlled beef and pork production and processing. Far less research focuses on either corporate-controlled poultry production or processing. This project aims at those gaps in the literature with an exploratory case study of the former family farming community of Morristown, Tennessee.After analyzing literature on the characteristics that most distinguish family farming communities from corporate farming communities, I drew insights from the literature on sense of place and deployed the multisensory ethnography method. In …
Identifying Factors Associated With Lying Behavior And Mastitis In Organic Dairy Cows, Victoria Couture
Identifying Factors Associated With Lying Behavior And Mastitis In Organic Dairy Cows, Victoria Couture
Masters Theses
Dairy cow health and welfare recommendations based on lying behavior and udder health are standardized in systems that rely on confined housing. However, factors may influence mastitis and behavior differently under organic pasture systems, due to changes in time budgets and treatment methods. Our objectives were to 1) determine the association of lying behaviors with cow-level factors, including milk yield, DIM, and parity when cows are managed under two organic management systems 2) identify probability of subclinical mastitis on organic farms in the southeastern region of the US and 3) characterize frequency and probability of mastitis-causing organisms by season, parity, …
The Impact Of Shared Attention On Multiple Object Tracking In Competitive And Cooperative Settings, Sydney Blaine Michelson
The Impact Of Shared Attention On Multiple Object Tracking In Competitive And Cooperative Settings, Sydney Blaine Michelson
Masters Theses
Shared attention theory postulates that when simultaneously co-attending to a stimulus with a similar other, cognitive prioritization occurs that has both psychological and behavioral impact, with the ultimate goal of generating collective knowledge. A cooperative scenario occurs when a group’s goal is linked such that one person’s success is also another’s. By contrast, a competitive scenario occurs when a group’s goal is linked such that if one person succeeds, the other fails. The purpose of this thesis was to understand the effect of cooperative and competitive settings on shared attention in a performance domain. I hypothesized that cooperation would moderate …
Online Switching Time Monitoring Of Sic Devices Using Intelligent Gate Driver For Converter Performance Improvement, Jacob Hamilton Dyer
Online Switching Time Monitoring Of Sic Devices Using Intelligent Gate Driver For Converter Performance Improvement, Jacob Hamilton Dyer
Masters Theses
Most intelligent gate drivers designed for new state of the art WBG devices typically only focus on protection and driving capabilities of the devices. This paper introduces an intelligent gate driver that incorporates online switching time monitoring of silicon carbide (SiC) devices. For this specific case study, three timing conditions (turn-off delay time, turn-off time, and voltage commutation time) of a SiC phase-leg are online monitored. This online monitoring system is achieved through transient detection circuits and a micro-controller. These timing conditions are then utilized to develop converter-level benefits for a voltage-source inverter application using SiC devices. Junction temperature monitoring …
Tensor Based Monitoring Of Large-Scale Network Traffic, Gerald Liso
Tensor Based Monitoring Of Large-Scale Network Traffic, Gerald Liso
Masters Theses
Network monitoring systems are important for network operators to easily analyze behavioral trends in flow data. As networks become larger and more complex, the data becomes more complex with increased size and more variables. This increase in dimensionality lends itself to tensor-based analysis of network data as tensors are arbitrarily sized multi-dimensional objects. Tensor-based network monitoring methods have been explored in recent years through work at Carnegie Mellon University through their algorithm DenseAlert. DenseAlert identifies events anomalous events in tensors through quick detection of dense sub-tensors in positive-valued tensors. However, from experimentation, DenseAlert fails on larger datasets. Drawing from RED …
Effectiveness Of Aerial And Ground-Based Acoustic Bat Detection Technologies, Adrienne Michelle Dykstra
Effectiveness Of Aerial And Ground-Based Acoustic Bat Detection Technologies, Adrienne Michelle Dykstra
Masters Theses
Wildlife acoustic monitoring technologies have been advancing detection capabilities in many areas of species monitoring. Detection of species using remotely deployed technologies such as acoustic detectors provides population data with little effort, supplying critical information for many research analyses. Acoustic echolocation detectors have been used to detect and identify bats for several years, with constant improvements to the technologies utilized by these detectors. Because of the limitations associated with using a ground-based detection technology to monitor species flying at unknown altitudes, we designed and tested an Aerial Bat Detection Technology (ABDT) to monitor bats in flight at various altitudes (25m, …
Approach To Qualification For Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion In Ti-6al-4v, Sean Lucas Yoder
Approach To Qualification For Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion In Ti-6al-4v, Sean Lucas Yoder
Masters Theses
Recent developments in additive manufacturing (AM) show promise for using AM manufactured components in a production setting. However, a crucial step for mass producing AM components is to certify these parts for use. One common method for certifying parts is to manufacture tensile coupons alongside any parts. These coupons are characterized and the results are related to the parts. This causes many researchers to focus on the process-material interactions while neglecting build setup. Another issue related to certification of AM parts is the lack of knowledge in the software calculations for a given process. Original equipment manufacturers (OEM), such as …
Heat Flux Model Validation Utilizing Convolutional Neural Networks And Sub-Surface Thermocouples For Nstx-U, Thomas Patrick Looby
Heat Flux Model Validation Utilizing Convolutional Neural Networks And Sub-Surface Thermocouples For Nstx-U, Thomas Patrick Looby
Masters Theses
A proof of concept convolutional neural network (CNN) has been developed to assist in operating tokamaks outside of existing empirical scalings for the heat flux width, λq [lambda-q]. NSTX-U has designed new plasma facing components (PFCs) to withstand increased halo current forces as well as elevated heat fluxes driven by increased poloidal field and neutral beam power compared to NSTX. Larger graphite tiles are castellated to 2.5 cm [centimenter] x 2.5 cm [centimeter] to reduce bending stresses. Maintaining PFCs below engineering limits will be an important consideration for operation of NSTX-U. Sub-surface thermocouples will be utilized to demonstrate validation …
Uncertainty In The Production Decisions Of Smallholder Broiler Producers In Musanze, Rwanda, Bartholomew Wade Kenner
Uncertainty In The Production Decisions Of Smallholder Broiler Producers In Musanze, Rwanda, Bartholomew Wade Kenner
Masters Theses
Uncertainty is a vital component of decision-making for any business. A project in the district of Musanze in Rwanda introduced new income streams and sources of nutrition for households in the form of smallholder, household broiler operations that produce 100 chickens. Prices and poultry production data were gathered from the operations.This information was used to calibrate a stochastic financial analysis model. By incorporating field data into the model, Monte Carlo simulations were performed based on the market price, input, and production data collected over an eight-month period. Historical price index data and Brownian motion were used to simulate twenty years …