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Why Has There Been A Drought In The Ipo Market?, Hannah Picott May 2026

Why Has There Been A Drought In The Ipo Market?, Hannah Picott

Theses & ETDs

In recent years, initial public offerings have seen a decline in volume that historically should not have taken place. The economic conditions have indicated a strong initial public offerings market; however, this has not been seen. Research has shown that there has been a rise in alternatives to entering the public market and a lengthened timeline of companies remaining private. In this study, data on the volume of initial public offerings, P/E ratios, and private equity have been used in tandem with charts and a regression to analyze the potential diminishing of IPOs. Finance is forever evolving; what is known …

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Manatee Acoustic Detection: Adapting Cnn Models To New Locations, Vivian Cargille May 2026

Manatee Acoustic Detection: Adapting Cnn Models To New Locations, Vivian Cargille

Theses & ETDs

Automated detection of manatee vocalizations across a wide range of habitats, from coastal and estuarine systems to rivers and freshwater springs, is challenged by domain shift, the reduction in model performance when applied to acoustic conditions not represented in training data. We compiled a training dataset of 61,924 annotated clips (19,461 manatee vocalizations, 42,463 background noise) from seven locations spanning West Africa and Florida, including both African (Trichechus senegalensis) and American (Trichechus manatus) manatee vocalizations, and evaluated four Convolutional Neural Network architectures for binary vocalization detection. Leave-location-out cross-validation revealed substantial variation in cross-location generalization, with on-animal tag recordings producing the …

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Return Of The Wolf: An Assessment Of The Reintroduction Of The Gray Wolves To Yellowstone National Park, Keagan Roeder May 2026

Return Of The Wolf: An Assessment Of The Reintroduction Of The Gray Wolves To Yellowstone National Park, Keagan Roeder

Theses & ETDs

This paper examines the reintroduction of gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park by breaking the topic into several sections. It begins with an introduction and a history and timeline section, which provide background on wolf eradication and the events leading up to their reintroduction in 1995–1996. The paper then moves into legal sections, including discussions of the Endangered Species Act, the Environmental Impact Statement, and key court cases, explaining how policy and law made the reintroduction possible and continue to shape wolf management. Ecological impacts are explored in sections focused on animal populations and behavior, waterways, and plant communities, highlighting …

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Time Is A Tree: Arboreal Chronotopes & Reciprocal Dendrochronology, Alyssa Bernard May 2026

Time Is A Tree: Arboreal Chronotopes & Reciprocal Dendrochronology, Alyssa Bernard

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This thesis proposes a framework for reciprocal dendrochronology, a decolonial approach to tree-ring science that shifts the role of the researcher from an extractive observer to a vessel for translating arboreal memory, and explores how trees function as chronotopes: material intersections where time and space are fused into a living record (Bakhtin 1981). By applying the structuralist frameworks of Claude Lévi-Strauss (1955) and Joseph Campbell (1949), it is argued that trees have long functioned as universal symbols of continuity and the axis of existence. This baseline is then brought into conversation with the chronotopic theory of Mikhail Bakhtin (1981) and …

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From The Field To The Sidelines: Student-Athletes’ Transitions Into Coaching, Lais Leonardo Martins May 2026

From The Field To The Sidelines: Student-Athletes’ Transitions Into Coaching, Lais Leonardo Martins

Theses & ETDs

This study explores the transition from student-athlete to coach and examines how athletic experiences shape individuals’ motivations, leadership philosophies, and identity development. Drawing on qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with current and former student-athletes, as well as the researcher’s own experience, this research analyzes how individuals navigate the shift from competitive sport to leadership roles. The findings highlight the central role of athletic identity in shaping the transition process, as many participants experienced challenges redefining their sense of purpose after leaving competition. Coaching emerged as a key pathway that allows former athletes to maintain their connection to sport while transforming …

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Everyday Objects, Disrupted: Five Chairs As Form And Sculpture, Lily Cerle May 2026

Everyday Objects, Disrupted: Five Chairs As Form And Sculpture, Lily Cerle

Theses & ETDs

We sit in chairs every day without thinking twice about it. My thesis asks what happens when this changes. By transforming 14-gauge sheet metal into folded, origami-inspired forms, my project reimagines the chair as something more than a place to sit, exploring how a chair can function as both functional furniture and sculptural artwork that challenges the way we experience our own bodies in space. The collection consists of five chairs, each built through bending, folding, rolling, and welding. Inspired by the work of Ron Arad and Vivian Beer, the series plays with the idea that a hard, industrial material …

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Reproductive Characteristics Of The Chain Pipefish, Syngnathus Louisianae, David Kelley May 2026

Reproductive Characteristics Of The Chain Pipefish, Syngnathus Louisianae, David Kelley

Theses & ETDs

Syngnathids: pipefish, seahorses, and seadragons in the family Syngnathidae, are an evolutionarily unique, yet often understudied group of species typically found in shallow seagrass habitats, defined by their collection of extremely specialized adaptations, which include but are not limited to: male pregnancy, elongated and rigid bodies with bony plates, small fins not well suited for swimming, and fused jaws that form long and thin snouts. This study examines the species Syngnathus louisianae, a large pipefish native to coastal waters, namely seagrass and sargassum habitats, in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Coast. This species was chosen for this study over …

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Scrolling Fatigue: How Continuous Short-Form Video Consumption Affects User Attention And Satisfaction, Maribeliy Ramos Jimenez May 2026

Scrolling Fatigue: How Continuous Short-Form Video Consumption Affects User Attention And Satisfaction, Maribeliy Ramos Jimenez

Communications and Digital Media Theses

This thesis focuses on the negative effects that derive from continuous short-from video consumption. It specifically examines the relationship between user scrolling fatigue, attention, and satisfaction with constant usage of short-form video platforms. It mainly focuses on the use of digital platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram. This research builds on previously examined empirical investigations that analyzed the effects of scrolling through short-form video digital platforms influences users’ memory, stress, and procrastination. The research analyzes the possible connection with the use of survey-based quantitative methods. The study aims to determine how users process the continuous exposure to short-form …

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Back To The Bayfront, Dania Hefley May 2026

Back To The Bayfront, Dania Hefley

Theses & ETDs

I’m trying to make sense of the different versions of myself that existed inside New College over the last four years. How I existed while studying. Which classrooms made me feel like a person. Which professors taught me how to read. Which ones taught me how to think. Which ones made me want to rise to the level of the room. Which ones made me feel like I was disappearing. I don’t want to turn these four years into a lesson, but I need a way in that lets me see the throughline. Recently, my literature professor, Miller, was talking …

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Optimizing Fleet Use And Revunue Management Of Car Rentals: A Case Study Of Enterprise Mobility, Cannon Hinkle May 2026

Optimizing Fleet Use And Revunue Management Of Car Rentals: A Case Study Of Enterprise Mobility, Cannon Hinkle

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This thesis provides a comprehensive analysis of fleet utilization, pricing strategies, customer demand, and the relationship of these aspects with operational efficiency. The analysis is performed via the case of Enterprise Mobility and is based on personal experience gained during an internship program at Enterprise Mobility's airport rental facility. Firstly, this paper addresses the issue of how rental companies maximize revenue via effective distribution of their assets, use of dynamic pricing strategies, and proper forecasting of customer demand. It is important to note that unlike most businesses, companies in the car rental industry do not have the luxury of storing …

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Are Brothers Of Italy And National Rally Really Fascist? An Analysis Of Fascism In Europe And Case Study Of Two Modern European Political Parties., Alexander Konuch May 2026

Are Brothers Of Italy And National Rally Really Fascist? An Analysis Of Fascism In Europe And Case Study Of Two Modern European Political Parties., Alexander Konuch

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This thesis is a qualitative case study of the parties Rassemblement National in France and Fratelli d’Italia in Italy. They have been called fascist by both political opponents and some proponents in the media, this thesis attempts to verify this claim. To do so, the thesis reviews the past 80 years of literature on fascism to create a taxonomy of the concept, since there is not a single academic consensus about what exactly “fascism” is. Using this literature, this taxonomy of fascism is comprised of 12 characteristics, where a characteristic match of 10/12 points would provide substantial evidence to call …

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A Comprehensive Look At Gaps And Needs In Resources And Services For The Unhoused In Four Counties In Midcoast Maine., Emily Carroll Ma May 2026

A Comprehensive Look At Gaps And Needs In Resources And Services For The Unhoused In Four Counties In Midcoast Maine., Emily Carroll Ma

All Student Scholarship

Homelessness represents a significant public health concern affecting communities across the nation.  This matter requires society’s focus on cities because it is visible to all and represents an obvious public health concern. However, Homelessness is not limited to cities; it impacts people from varied backgrounds and exists as much in rural areas as in urban areas.   Rural homelessness remains insufficiently researched and is frequently misunderstood.  This project looks at one geographic location on the Coast of Maine and assesses the specific barriers and service gaps within this region.

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Not Set In Stone; Medusa As A Monster, Victim, And Symbol Of Protection, Caroline Dziekan May 2026

Not Set In Stone; Medusa As A Monster, Victim, And Symbol Of Protection, Caroline Dziekan

Theses & ETDs

This thesis will examine the ancient Greek monster Medusa in order to outline the three key elements of her identity as a monster, victim, and symbol of protection. It will do so through examinations and analysis of her written mythology and artistic representations, tracking the progression of her identity throughout these works and then analyzing her identity within them. Each chapter will focus on one of the three principal aspects of her identity in order to dissect each piece on its own before examining how these aspects interact with each other. In doing so, this thesis will explore the roles …

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Emily Dickinson And Poetic Presentation, Eirinn Flanagan May 2026

Emily Dickinson And Poetic Presentation, Eirinn Flanagan

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No abstract provided.

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Callie Goes To College, Callie Flemming May 2026

Callie Goes To College, Callie Flemming

Theses & ETDs

This document discusses the musical process, influence, and construction of the alternative rock album callie goes to college, released in 2026. It was self- produced over four years on New College of Florida’s campus by Callie Flemming, who is also the author of this thesis. It starts with a discussion of the album’s broad influences and its general sonic profile, then moves onto specific analysis of consistent and repeated ideas in harmonic and melodic composition, the presence of several different types of counterpoint, the appearances of improvisatory solo sections, the emotional implications of the lyrics and the impact that composition …

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Synthesis And Characterization Of Bis(Pyrazolate) Metal-Organic Frameworks For Carbon Dioxide Adsorption And Sequestration, Emily Granville May 2026

Synthesis And Characterization Of Bis(Pyrazolate) Metal-Organic Frameworks For Carbon Dioxide Adsorption And Sequestration, Emily Granville

Theses & ETDs

There has been an increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into the atmosphere due to the burning of fossil fuels for energy, vehicle transportation, industrial factories, and deforestation. This is harmful to the environment as it is the primary factor of climate change and ocean acidification. To help solve this issue, scientists have been using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to adsorb and sequester the CO2 due to the highly porous crystalline structures and open metal sites of the MOFs. Hard metal cations act as hard Lewis acids that would coordinate in the open metal site, which attracts the lone pair on …

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Effects Of Early Life Karenia Brevis Exposure On Bottlenose Dolphin Calves In Sarasota Bay, Florida, Elizabeth Fry May 2026

Effects Of Early Life Karenia Brevis Exposure On Bottlenose Dolphin Calves In Sarasota Bay, Florida, Elizabeth Fry

Theses & ETDs

Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) have increased in frequency, intensity and geographic distribution in the past several decades. Florida is an epicenter for an HAB, commonly referred to as red tide, caused by the algal dinoflagellate Karenia brevis, which produces the neurotoxin brevetoxin. Acute exposure to brevetoxin causes respiratory distress and has been associated with large scale marine mammal mortalities and fish kills. However, potential chronic effects of exposure, including via maternal transfer, have not been well characterized. Fetal and juvenile mammals may be particularly susceptible to the neurobiological effects of excitotoxins due to their developmental stage. Many resident coastal bottlenose …

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Canvascram Automating The Generation Of Learning Materials Using Retrieval Augmented Generation (Rag), Paige Grimes May 2026

Canvascram Automating The Generation Of Learning Materials Using Retrieval Augmented Generation (Rag), Paige Grimes

Theses & ETDs

An increasing number of students across the globe have been utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in their studies. These tools can be beneficial when assisting students in understanding different topics; however, hallucinations that provide incorrect explanations by these models may negatively impact the learning process. CanvasCram is proposed to create an alternative approach to generating learning materials by integrating the use of retrieval augmented generation (RAG) into the generation process for both students and teachers. RAG relies on a knowledge base, rather than solely relying on public training data that base models use to generate their output. Additionally, a Canvas …

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Rhetorical Models Of Conspiracy Theories How Two Political Commentary Youtubers Build Narrative Authority, Riley Bucklin May 2026

Rhetorical Models Of Conspiracy Theories How Two Political Commentary Youtubers Build Narrative Authority, Riley Bucklin

Theses & ETDs

The purpose of this study is to explore the rhetoric that independent political commentators on YouTube used to develop conspiracy theories in the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder. On September 10th, 2025, Charlie Kirk — a prominent conservative political commentator and activist — was assassinated at a Turning Point USA event on Utah Valley University campus. Following the shooting, various conspiracy theories developed online as the narrative from the federal investigation was still developing. This study is necessitated by the rapid pace at which digital subcultures have displaced traditional media outlets and reshaped what is considered trustworthy reporting. To …

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Inbreeding Effects On Fitness-Related Traits: Evidence From Two Populations Of The Least Killifish (Heterandria Formosa), Abigail Hansen May 2026

Inbreeding Effects On Fitness-Related Traits: Evidence From Two Populations Of The Least Killifish (Heterandria Formosa), Abigail Hansen

Theses & ETDs

Inbreeding, the mating of closely related individuals, can affect the fitness and overall health of natural populations by reducing genetic diversity and exposing deleterious recessive alleles. To better understand the effects of inbreeding, a controlled lab experiment was conducted using the Least Killifish species, Heterandria Formosa. Many species have evolved behavioral and demographic mechanisms to avoid inbreeding; however, these mechanisms can be constrained in small or structured populations. This species was purposely chosen for this experiment as the fish appear in two diverse populations; a population with high density from the Wacissa River (WR) located in South-Central Jefferson county, Florida …

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Honduras’ Stagnant Development: An Institutional And Solow Growth Analysis From 1990-2022, Alejandra Martinez May 2026

Honduras’ Stagnant Development: An Institutional And Solow Growth Analysis From 1990-2022, Alejandra Martinez

Theses & ETDs

For the past 33 years, Honduras has been persistently one of the poorest Latin American countries, classified as a lower-middle income country with high crime rates and political corruption. Honduras, like other Latin American countries, is known for being rich in natural resources, but despite over 60 years of foreign aid has yet to develop itself domestically and internationally, as Western standard deems it. Previous research on Honduras’ poverty and economic development are typically centered around a specific region and the rural sector, but there is a gap in the literature that analyzes the economic disparity of the country as …

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Sunless, Gabriel Olah May 2026

Sunless, Gabriel Olah

Theses & ETDs

My thesis is simple. It is a novella which I have been working on in one form or another for the better part of a year and a half. Over my lengthy times working on this work, it has changed shape drastically, just as any proper story should. Characters were added and dropped, locations were visited and left behind, ideas and plotlines developed or removed, all eventually being boiled down into this current version. This is a version I hold no belief in being perfect, for perfect is the enemy of done, but I am of the belief that it …

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Corporate Leverage And Private Investment: Short-Run Constraints And Long-Run Financing In The U.S., Brandon Sisneros May 2026

Corporate Leverage And Private Investment: Short-Run Constraints And Long-Run Financing In The U.S., Brandon Sisneros

Theses & ETDs

This thesis examines the relationship between corporate leverage and private investment in the United States using quarterly macroeconomic data from 1971Q2 to 2025Q2. The framework employed consisted of an Engle-Granger cointegration framework and an error correction model (ECM), the analysis finds evidence of a consistent long-run equilibrium between corporate leverage and real gross private domestic investment as a share of GDP. The long-run estimates return a positive and statistically significant relationship. Conversely, the short-run ECM output shows that increases in leverage reduce investment, while both contemporaneous and lagged coefficients confirm a negative persistent effect. In addition, the error correction term …

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Inverse Problems On Networks With Self-Loops And Related Problems In Electrical Impedance Tomography, Hope Steen May 2026

Inverse Problems On Networks With Self-Loops And Related Problems In Electrical Impedance Tomography, Hope Steen

Theses & ETDs

The central topic of this thesis is the inverse problem for random walks on graphs, i.e. finding the transition probabilities of some Markov chain restricted to a rooted tree graph with known topology and a set of joint distributions of first hitting time and hitting place. It has already been shown by de la Peña et al. in the case where self-transitions are prohibited that the transition probabilities of such a Markov chain can be determined given these joint distributions on two ’boundary layers.’ This thesis proves that the problem can be solved for Markov chains allowing self-transitions, via an …

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Industry Analysis In The Event Clothing Retail: Market And Price Strategies, Challenges And Implications, Sports Promotions Group Case Study, Pablo Herrera Jara May 2026

Industry Analysis In The Event Clothing Retail: Market And Price Strategies, Challenges And Implications, Sports Promotions Group Case Study, Pablo Herrera Jara

Theses & ETDs

The event clothing retail sector occupies a unique space within the broader apparel industry, offering customized products tied to specific occasions such as sports events, concerts, or festivals. This segment of the market benefits from emotional engagement and time‑limited availability, but it also presents challenges due to production cycles or fluctuating inventory. In this thesis, the Industry Strategy is applied to a case study: Sports Promotion Group, a company specializing in event‑specific apparel for sports events. By analyzing the various situations and interactions that shape the firm’s choices, the study extracts insights relevant to businesses operating in the event-clothing retail …

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I’Ll Have A Who Christmas Without You: A Case Study On The One-Person Show Through Who’S Holiday, Caitlyn Turner May 2026

I’Ll Have A Who Christmas Without You: A Case Study On The One-Person Show Through Who’S Holiday, Caitlyn Turner

Theses & ETDs

This thesis discusses the experience and history of the one-person show, or monodrama, through a performance of Who’s Holiday by Matthew Lombardo. Who’s Holiday was first performed in November 2017 at the Westside Theatre Off-Broadway. This thesis is in three parts: History & Theory, Analysis of the Play, and a Reflection of the performance. My professor Tim O’Donnell directed my performance of the play, which was performed in December 2025.

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Pro Rege Chr. Brass Band: A Century Of Sound, Jonathan T.J. Henneveld May 2026

Pro Rege Chr. Brass Band: A Century Of Sound, Jonathan T.J. Henneveld

Dissertations

The Christian Brass Band Pro Rege of Heerenveen, The Netherlands, celebrated its one hundredth birthday in 2024. As one of the most prominent community-based brass bands in the region, Pro Rege is part of a Dutch wind ensemble tradition that goes largely undocumented. While they and other bands like them function as cultural and educational institutions, academic literature remains limited, almost ignoring them completely. This dissertation wishes to address this oversight by providing an historical study of the brass band from its establishment in 1924 to the present day.

Starting out in the Dutch ensemble tradition of the Fanfare band, …

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Ai Literacy In The Nursing Informatics Community: A Needs Assessment, Jerri Westphal May 2026

Ai Literacy In The Nursing Informatics Community: A Needs Assessment, Jerri Westphal

Doctoral Projects

Nursing informatics professionals are required to lead AI integration in healthcare, yet their baseline AI literacy, competency, and educational needs have not been formally assessed. This descriptive needs assessment examined AI literacy, competency, adoption readiness, and engagement among nursing informatics professionals, concurrently identifying educational priorities and preferred learning modalities. A cross-sectional survey was administered to members of the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) and the broader community (N = 194). The N.U.R.S.E.S. framework (Hoelscher & Pugh, 2025) informed the survey instrument's domain structure. Five composite indices were developed: AI Familiarity, Knowledge, Attitude, Competency, and Use. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation …

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Wanti Wanti Nuh Ghetti: Navigating The American Theatre Through A Multicultural Lens, Gabriela Madu May 2026

Wanti Wanti Nuh Ghetti: Navigating The American Theatre Through A Multicultural Lens, Gabriela Madu

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores how actors of color navigate educational and professional spaces so they can bring their full experiences to the projects they take on, whether those projects are written for them or not. Through the depiction of the struggles faced by women of color in educational theatre in my one-person show Wanti Wanti Nuh Ghetti, the thesis argues that theatre holds transformative potential when actors of color are not merely visible on stage, but are deeply invested in their work and have a sense of belonging within the creative process. Drawing on this performance, the study further explores how …

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No Place But Here, Dillon Bryant May 2026

No Place But Here, Dillon Bryant

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The writing in this document is a dovetailing of fragments ranging from critical inquiry, analysis, scripts, and other observations that relate to the body of work in “No place but here”. It is an accompanying document attempting to enrich the visual work rather than a direct illustration. The installation of “No place but here” at the Rogers Creamery is an investigation utilizing collage, text, and other constructed photographs, images, and objects to play with and against familial and broader narratives of power, control, and ambiguity associated with the American West. Underpinned and intersected by interior questions revolving around artifice, connection, …

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