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Stock Returns, Risk Factor Loadings, And Model Predictions: A Test Of The Capm And The Fama -French 3 -Factor Model, Daniel Suh

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This paper presents the results of time-series tests of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the Fama-French 3-factor (FF3) model in the estimation of equity capital from a perspective of corporate investment decision-making. This paper addresses Fama-French (1992, "The Cross-section of Expected Stock Returns," Journal of Finance) who find that the CAPM beta has little explanatory power in cross-sectional tests of the Fama-French portfolios sorted on market capitalization and book-to-market ratios.;The main tests of this paper are (1) the equivalence of the predicted stock risk premia of the CAPM and the FF3 model, or how significantly the two model-predicted …

Domestic Violence Survivors Experience Of Psycho-Educational Career Group: A Qualitative Study, Desiree A. Jagow-France

Theses and Dissertations

Domestic violence is a prevalent occurring phenomenon not only within the United States but in other countries as well. Research has just begun to explore the impact domestic violence has on the career paths of survivors and has made limited exploration of the impact domestic violence, in general, has on ethnic minorities. The purpose of this study was to explore and grow our understanding of the impact of a career counseling group on the vocational goals and opportunities of survivors of domestic violence through qualitative analysis. Ground Theory was chosen for the qualitative analysis specific because it provides for the …

Teacher Education Admission Requirements And Student Teacher Evaluations: Relationships Among Grade Point Average, Praxis I Scores, And Student Teacher Final Evaluations, Alan C. Olson

Theses and Dissertations

Institutions of higher education attempt to select and prepare the finest K-12 teachers possible. National, state, and local influences also search for the best and brightest teacher candidates to become K-12 teachers. The result has been increased accountability measures to ensure quality. The selection process for admission to teacher education programs frequently involves quantitative measures such as cumulative grade point average (GPA) and Praxis I test qualifying scores for candidates to gain program admission, student teach, and ultimately become licensed educators.

The purpose of this study was to investigate if significant relationships existed among quantitative measures such as cumulative GPA, …

Perspectives Of Parents Who Have A Child Diagnosed With An Autism Spectrum Disorder, Lori Ann Kalash

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the experiences and perceptions parents of a child with an autism spectrum disorder have had. The study addressed the following research question: What were the parents' experiences and perspectives with regard to their child's diagnosis and treatment options?

For this interview study, 12 parents of children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder were ultimately selected and interviewed. The audio recorded interviews were transcribed and then examined for "significant statement" sentences. Next, clusters of meaning were developed into themes. These "significant statements" and themes were then used to create the formulated meanings …

Lived Experiences Of Men In Nursing: Chickadees, Stepping Stones, And Muddling Through Maternity, Julie E. Klein

Theses and Dissertations

The profession of nursing is facing an imminent shortage of health care providers within its discipline. Registered Nurses comprise the largest group of health care professionals in the United States. The profession of nursing has experienced cycles of worker shortages in the past but this current situation is predicted to be unlike previous shortages. Efforts to alleviate previous nurse shortages focused primarily on efforts to glorify the feminine image of nursing to increase the recruitment of young women into the profession but the profession can no longer rely on an unlimited supply of women to become nurses because of an …

The Influence Of Spirituality Within Older Adults During Relocation In Long Term Care, Cheryl M. Lantz

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative research study was to develop a model focused on spiritual influences within older adults undergoing relocation to long term care (LTC) facilities. Today, there are 1.5 million Americans aged 65 or older who experienced relocation and reside in LTC facilities. Nothing has been done to qualitatively study the spiritual aspects of this experience. While the profession of nursing has a diagnosis for Relocation Stress Syndrome, as found in the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) reference, it does not incorporate the specific spiritual stressors older adults undergo during relocation; rather addressing only physiological and psychosocial …

The Relationship Between Procrastination And Intrapersonal Intelligence In College Students, Christa Grant

Theses and Dissertations

Procrastination is ubiquitous, encompasses many domains of life, i.e., school, work, and home, and for many people has negative results. Therefore, researchers, educators, psychologists, and counselors need to discover ways to alleviate the problem. When Gardner's multiple intelligences are used in pedagogical implementation in elementary and high schools, researchers have found positive results. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between procrastination and intrapersonal intelligence as well as the other dimensions of multiple intelligence among students in higher education in order to illuminate possible solutions to the problem of procrastination. Because intrapersonal intelligence is associated with the …

Implementing Energy Release Rate Calculations Into The Lamodel Program, Morgan M. Sears

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Mining activity at increasingly greater depths and the tragedy at Crandall Canyon that claimed the lives of nine miners have forced coal bump research to the forefront of mining engineering research. Near the end of the last century, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the former U.S. Bureau of Mines investigated the mechanics, conditions, and mitigation of coal bumps. Unfortunately, the exact mechanics of coal bumps is still not fully understood. Following this period, research into coal bumps in the United States has been limited.;The Energy Release Rate (ERR) calculation quantifies the dissipation ("release") of the …

Scientists To Place Sensors Beneath Greenland Ice Sheet, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

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Open Access Fiber To The Home Networking, Roger E. Timmerman

Theses and Dissertations

The concept of open-access networks appeals to communities that want to invest in and improve their access to modern telecommunications services. By investing in, or building their own open-access telecommunications networks, communities can create an environment where several telecommunications service providers can co-exist on a common open-access infrastructure. This model promotes innovation and competition among several smaller service providers rather than having a monopoly or oligopoly from those companies that can afford the investment of infrastructure in the community. This research provides an analysis of two large open-access fiber-to-the-home networks in Utah to determine a set of recommendations and best-practices …

Merit Selection And Performance Evaluation Of Alaska’S Judges, Teresa W. Carns

Alaska Law Review

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Transgendered In Alaska: Navigating The Changing Legal Landscape For Change In Gender Petitions, Leslie Dubois-Need, Amber Kingery

Alaska Law Review

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Winkelman: Pro Se Parents Of Children With Disabilities In The Courts (Or Not?), Sonja Kerr

Alaska Law Review

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Sentenced By Tradition: The Third-Party Custodian Condition Of Pretrial Release In Alaska, Elizabeth Johnston

Alaska Law Review

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Note From The Editor, Angelo Suozzi

Alaska Law Review

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Journal Staff

Alaska Law Review

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Irvine Barclay Theatre Operating Company, Lu Chen

Arts Administration Master's Reports (1984-2016)

The following report, which I hope will serve as a reference for future alumni and arts administrators who are interested in theatre operation and performing arts management, is based on my internship experience at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, which took place from July 1st to September 30th, 2009. The Irvine Barclay Theatre is a performing arts center which is uniquely designed to bring international and culturally-diverse programs which range from music to dance to drama to the Orange County community. It has the capacity to hold 756 people. It is managed by an independent non-profit operating company with its own …

University Of New Orleans [Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum], Anna Maria Grand

Arts Administration Master's Reports (1984-2016)

From mid-May 2009 to mid-August 2009, I served as an intern in the Marketing department of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. As an intern at this museum, I examined its daily operations, organizational structure, and program planning through the lens of a graduate student in the program of Arts Administration at the University New Orleans. Based on my internship at the Guggenheim, I have written a comprehensive report outlining my experiences and observations at the internationally renowned arts organization. The following report includes a brief history of the organization and description of its mission and organizational structure; details of the …

Vol 54 #3, Judy Zelenski

MPLA Newsletter

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Darfur: Strategic Victimhood Strikes Again?, Alan J. Kuperman

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

Although most humanitarians advocate more international intervention in Darfur, some analysts urge the opposite on grounds that intervention has backfired due to the problem of moral hazard. These contrarians argue that the expectation of bene- fiting from intervention is what emboldens Darfur’s rebels to fight, which provokes state-sponsored retaliation against their perceived civilian supporters, thereby exac- erbating and prolonging the humanitarian emergency. This article tests the moral- hazard hypothesis against four other potential explanations for why Darfur’s mili- tants launched and perpetuated their rebellion despite being unable to protect their civilians from genocidal retaliation. The evidence indicates that moral hazard— …

The Functioning Of Global Fit Statistics In Latent Growth Curve Modeling, Kathryn K. Deroche

Dissertations

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The Existence Of Implicit Racial Bias In Nursing Faculty, Kathleen A. Fitzsimmons

Dissertations

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A Comparison Study Of Sponsorship Effectiveness Between On-Site And Web-Based Sponsorship Activities, Issadee Kutintara

Dissertations

Virtually no evidence exists that current sponsorship activities on sporting event Web sites enable corporations to achieve sponsorship objectives including, but not limited to, increasing sales, improving image, or increasing awareness. The purpose of this study was to determine if significant differences of sponsorship effectiveness measures (brand awareness, attitude toward sponsorship, and purchase intentions) existed among a sample of Generation Y participants exposed to various sponsorship activities (on-site, online, and both on-site and online). The study surveyed 228 participants (112 on-site fans, 56 online fans, and 60 both on-site and online fans) exposed to the ESPN Winter X Games 13. …

Voices Of Striving Elementary Readers: An Exploration Of The Enhancement Of Struggling Reader Research Through Portraiture Methodology, Roland Kerry Schendel

Dissertations

This investigation was conducted to determine the value of using self-reports to elicit participant views of their reading struggles and to explore the potential benefits of using portraiture methodology as a means for illuminating the goodness inherent to struggling reader experiences in school. Three fourth grade participants were purposefully selected from one public and two charter elementary schools. Approximately three hours of interviews and 20 hours of observations were completed to collect data from each student over a 20 week period. With the participating students' teachers, approximately two hours of interview data were collected. Artifact gathering and the researcher journal …

An Information Prescription For Prescription Drug Regulation, Anita Bernstein, Joseph Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

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Full Issue 4.3

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

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The International Criminal Court, The Security Council, And The Politics Of Impunity In Darfur, Victor Peskin

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

This article analyzes the political challenges confronting the International Crimi- nal Court (ICC) in its efforts to bring war crimes suspects to trial in connection with mass atrocities committed in the Darfur region of Sudan. It chronicles and ex- amines the battles over cooperation between the ICC and the defiant Sudanese gov- ernment that have forestalled the handover of suspects such as Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir. It also seeks to explain why the Security Council, in its ambivalence toward the ICC, has not vigorously pressed Sudan to fulfill its legal obligation to cooperate.

The New Concept Of Loyalty In Corporate Law, Andrew S. Gold

Faculty Scholarship

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No Association Of Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Related Genetic Variants With Colon Cancer, Cheryl L. Thompson, Sarah J. Plummer, Thomas C. Tucker, Graham Casey, Li Li

Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications

Background: Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) are known risk factors for colon cancer. Recent reports from a number of genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with obesity and T2D. Here we tested the hypothesis that these SNPs may also be associated with risk of colon cancer.

Methods: We genotyped nine SNPs reported in GWAS of obesity and/or T2D, including SNPs in HHEX, KCNJ11, SLC30A8, FTO, CDKN2, CDKAL1, TCF2, and the rs9300039 SNP in an intergenic region, in 561 colon cancer cases and 721 population controls.

Results: None of these SNPs were …

The Use Of Classroom Walk-Through Observations As A Strategy For Improving Teaching And Learning: Teacher Perspective, Leslie Mcentire, Mark Weller, Thomas R. Sorensen

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of classroom walk-through observations and their effect on Communication Arts and Mathematics Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) scores, summer school placement, discipline referrals, and retention. This study was conducted in three Midwestern Middle Schools. This study focused on classroom walk-through observations. If the principal increased the number of classroom walk-through observations, would it have an impact on Communication Arts and Mathematics MAP scores, summer school placement, discipline referrals and retention? This study will attempt to determine if classroom walk-through observations had an impact on Communication Arts MAP scores, Mathematics MAP scores, …