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Geo 3200 : Human Impacts On The Environment, Geology/Geography

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Geo/Aet 2300g : Science And Technology: A Promise Or A Threat, Geology/Geography, Technology

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Geo 3070 : Geography And Culture Of Mexico, Central America, And Caribbean, Geology/Geography

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Geo 3060 : Geography And Culture Of Europe, Geology/Geography

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Geo 1120g : The Natural Environment, Geology/Geography

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Geo/Aet 2300g : Science And Technology: A Promise Or A Threat, Geology/Geography, Technology

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Esc/Geg 3020 : Natural Disasters, Geology/Geography

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Financial Development, Human Capital, And Economic Growth: A Cross Country Analysis, Keshob Sharma

Masters Theses

Taking a panel of 66 countries and employing panel data methodology, this study examines the impact of financial development, human capital and their interaction on economic growth. This study covers a period of 40 years from 1971 to 2010. To smooth out the short-run fluctuations in the data for my growth study, I take 5-year non-overlapping averages of variables. As a proxy for financial development, I use private credit by deposit money banks or liquid liabilities, as a percent of GDP. In turn, human capital is represented by the percentage of population above 25 years of age with the secondary …

Butchered Bones, Carved Stones: Hunting And Social Change In Late Saxon England, Shawn Hale

Masters Theses

Textual, archaeological, and art historical evidence all point to a significant reorganization of Anglo-Saxon society in the tenth and eleventh centuries. Changes in landownership, the development of proto-urban centers, the growth of merchant and artisan classes, as well as the proliferation of occupations associated with royal and regional administration, collectively altered the Anglo-Saxon social order. This radical reorganization benefitted some groups of individuals and threatened others with decreased social standing. Established elites and the nouvuae riche utilized exclusionary measures to counter any degree of social mobility provided by economic and political changes.

Shifting hunting practices and perceptions are particularly emblematic …

Economic Growth Paradox In Nigeria: A Perspective From Natural Resource Wealth Time Series Analysis For The Period 1980 - 2013, Jamiu Amusa

Masters Theses

This thesis empirically examines the paradox of economic growth in Nigeria with a viewpoint from natural resource wealth. The question involved in this study is that whether natural resource wealth has a positive impact on economic growth in Nigeria or not. The economy of Nigeria is observed to be growing on paper but deplorably, poverty and unemployment is on a progressive increase in reality. The study uses the endogenous growth theory (AK Model) in terms of how resource wealth can influence economic growth. It exploits time series analysis (Unit Root and Co-integration) techniques to test for the existence of a …

Intersections Of Space, Movement, And Diasporic Subjectivity In Brick Lane, White Teeth, And Maps For Lost Lovers, Md. Alamgir Hossain

Masters Theses

This thesis explores the correlations between characters' encounters with specific locations and their interior development as they adjust to their new environments in the novels Brick Lane (2003), White Teeth (2000), and Maps for Lost Lovers (2004). Monica Ali's Brick Lane focuses on Nazneen's (the protagonist) encounters with different places such as particular streets, pubs, restaurants, cafés, and train stations, which impact her personality to such an extent that, in the process of traversing London's physical terrain, she is transformed from a passive Bangladeshi rural woman into an active, independent agent in London. In With Teeth, Zadie Smith depicts …

"Favorite Of Heaven": The Impact Of Skin Color On Atlantic Ethnic Africans In The Eighteenth Century, Kimberly V. Jones

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How The Internet Is Used By The Millennial Generation And Its Impact On Family Interaction, Kendra Myers

Masters Theses

The purpose of the current study was to examine how Internet technology is used by the Millennial Generation and how it impacts family interaction. A questionnaire developed by the author was posted online and the final sample consisted of 92 participants, 13 men and 79 women. The average age of the participants was 27.97 (SD = 4.46). Findings showed that that the Millennial Generation used the Internet multiple times a day and for many reasons which were sorted into six distinct themes: 1) research/information seeking, 2) work, 3) social media/communication (besides email), 4) academics, 5) email, and 6) personal/entertainment. …

Modeling The "Gravity" Of Foreign Aid: A Dyadic Panel Analysis On The Impact Of Bilateral Aid Commitments On Bilateral Immigration From 1994 To 2011, Miles D. Williams

Masters Theses

While research shows policymakers increase bilateral foreign aid commitments in response to an increase in bilateral immigration, supposedly as a means for reducing the demand for immigration, the effectiveness of this strategy is given only passing consideration in the literature. Many doubt this approach's success, but little effort has been made to empirically justify this doubt. This paper attempts to fill this gap in the literature and proposes a novel hypothesis. It is argued here that aid, more than simply failing to promote development quickly enough to reduce the demand for immigration, functions as a signal of donor wealth. When …

His/Geo 3530 : Medieval Archaeology And Cultural Heritage In Europe, History, Geology/Geography

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Geo 5810 : Introduction To Geographic Information Science, Geology/Geography

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Geo 3820 : Remote Sensing I, Geology/Geography

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Geo 3775 : Urban Geography, Geology/Geography

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Geo 3020 : Natural Disasters, Geology/Geography

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Geo 2100 : Geology Of Energy Resources, Geology/Geography

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Geo/His 3500 : Climate, Environment, And History Since The Last Ice Age, Geology/Geography, History

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Bio 3850 : Environmental Health/Sustainability, Biological Sciences

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Geo 5590 : Special Topics, Geology/Geography

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Geo 3780 : Land Use Planning, Geology/Geography

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Geo 3640 : Geography Of Sports, Geology/Geography

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Geo 3440 : Tectonics, Geology/Geography

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Geo 3420 : Geomorphology: Surficial Processes And Landforms, Geology/Geography

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Geo 3340 : Land Change Science, Geology/Geography

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Geo 3310 : Introduction To Biogeography, Geology/Geography

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Geo 3100 : Global Threats And Problems, Geology/Geography

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