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Moral Injury: Examining The Role Of Meaning Making In Veterans, Katelyn A. Mccreight

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Moral injury is a transdiagnostic process that spans a collection of symptoms similar to PTSD (Litz et al., 2009). Many veterans develop PTSD symptoms following exposure to potentially morally injurious events (pMIE) occurring in the context of war (e.g., killing an enemy combatant or accidentally killing a civilian; (Currier, Holland, & Malott, 2014; Litz et al., 2009; Purcell, Koenig, Bosch & Maguen, 2016). The potential mediating and moderating variables between moral injury and PTSD may also contribute to pMIE-related PTSD symptoms being overlooked and left untreated (Litz et al., 2009). Furthermore, while extensive research has been conducted on coping and …

Extending Animal Welfare Science To Include Wild Animals, Walter Veit, Heather Browning

Animal Sentience

Ng’s (2016) target article built on his earlier work advocating a science of welfare biology (Ng 1995). Although there were problems with the models proposed in Ng’s original paper regarding the balance of pleasure and suffering for wild animals, his call for a science of wild animal welfare was a sound one. This does not require a new discipline but just an extension of the existing frameworks and methods of animal welfare science to include wild animals.

A New Explanation For Samuelson’S Dictum And The Stock Market: Novel Events And Knightian Uncertainty, Nicholas Mangee

Finance: Faculty Publications

Samuelson’s Dictum argues that aggregate stock markets do not convincingly reflect information on fundamentals, such as dividends or earnings, and are, thus, inefficient in setting prices. By contrast, firm-level stock prices share a much closer connection with fundamentals and are, therefore, deemed relatively efficient. This paper presents an alternative explanation: Knightian uncertainty stemming from historically unique events produces differential impacts on investor forecasting bounds at the aggregate versus firm level. Several uncertainty proxies are employed from millions of unscheduled events identified in the universe of Dow Jones & Co. financial news reports over the last twenty years. Uncertainty based on …

Latin America & Caribbean Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection, assembled by Dr. Corinna Zeltsman of Georgia Southern University, consists of items from Latin America and the Caribbean dating from 1692 to 1985. Materials include political pamphlets, newsletters, ephemera, sheet music, published books, and other materials. The subject matter includes U.S.-Latin American relations, popular culture, and revolutions.

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Gretsch Collection Of Slingerland Drum Company, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of catalogs, correspondence, clippings, administrative papers, and published materials that were either produced by Slingerland Drum Co. or were participated in by the Slingerland Drum Company from the late 1920s through 2003. The bulk of the materials are from the period of time immediately following the Slingerland family selling the company in 1970 until it was bought by Fred Gretsch in the late 1980s.

Gretsch Audio-Visual Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection contains audio-visual materials that have either been produced, recorded, or collected by the Gretsch Company from 1981-2002. The recordings are mostly on VHS, though there are some U-Matic tapes. Content of recordings include Gretsch Anniversary dinners and performances, televised performances of Gretsch artists or music shows, and commercially produced media related to music.

Gretsch Company Records, Zach S. Henderson Library, Special Collections

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Spanning 1909-2020, the Gretsch Company records consists of materials created by the Gretsch Company and brand throughout its over 140-year history. Materials include company catalogs, advertisements, and other publications produced by the Gretsch Company. There is also a sizable amount of Gretsch related press and industry articles that have been organized into binders by type or time period.

Bigsby Company Records, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of the Bigsby Company records during the latter years of Ted McCarty’s ownership, with the bulk of materials dating from 1991 to 1999. Records include receipts, purchase orders, invoices, and some related correspondence. Materials document interactions with both Bigsby customers and its suppliers.

Gretsch Collection Of Leedy Manufacturing Company, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection contains catalogs and other publications created between 1907-1965 under the Leedy Manufacturing Company brand before production was paused during the 1960s. The binder contains photocopies of the digitized Music Trades Review with mentions of Leedy highlighted.

Musical Industry Reference Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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Spanning 1908-2023, this collection contains published materials acquired by the Gretsch Company that are either related to the Gretsch Company or to the various aspects of the music industry. This includes catalogs and advertisements from other music instrument manufacturers, materials from music events or trade shows over the years, and publications such as newsletters and magazines.