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Mental Health In Healthcare Workers: Is It Just A Myth Or A Fact, Considering The Abundant Access To Healthcare, Shiwani Ranjitkar

Create@State

Healthcare workers have direct access to healthcare resources, yet many continue to experience significant mental health challenges. This study investigates the factors contributing to this issue and its implications for healthcare systems. Using data analysis and a review of recent literature, national surveys, and public health reports, key factors identified include heavy workloads, emotional strain from patient care, staffing shortages, workplace harassment, and stigma associated with seeking mental health support. Research indicates that healthcare professionals frequently experience burnout, anxiety, depression, and compassion fatigue even when support resources are available. For instance, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Ai In Minimizing ​The Bullwhip Effect In Supply Chains​, Ngan Vo, Khang Cao, Nikita Lama

Create@State

This study evaluates the effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) in reducing the bullwhip effect within a simulated supply chain using the Beer Game model. Three decision-making approaches were compared: traditional human-only ordering with limited information, AI-assisted ordering using ChatGPT, and collaborative decision-making with full information sharing across supply chain tiers. Supply chain performance was evaluated over four simulation rounds using key operational metrics, including order variability, inventory levels, backorders, and customer service performance. Results indicate that traditional human decision-making led to higher order variability and stronger fluctuations due to reactive decisions and limited information visibility. AI-assisted ordering improved decision consistency …

Which Ai For What? An Ai Value Index For Small Business Adoption, Ahesanul Karim Abid

Create@State

Every day, millions of small business owners hear the same advice: use AI to grow your business. But when they look at the options — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek – they face an overwhelming question with no clear answer: which one should I actually use for my specific business need?

This question needs a fact-backed answer. Small businesses make up nearly all U.S. companies, about 99.9%, and employ close to half the country's workforce. Yet they adopt AI at rates 38 percentage points lower than large corporations. The issue is not cost. The issue is that no one has …

The Convergence Of Big Data And Ai, Prasanna Rajbhandari

Create@State

Big data and artificial intelligence are transforming how organizations analyze information and make decisions. Traditional analytics struggle with large, distributed, and unlabeled datasets. Modern AI systems must adapt quickly, preserve privacy, and extract meaningful insights from complex data environments.

Supersuit Up Or Get Left Behind: Why A Personal Agentic Os Is Required For Commercial Viability In The New Economy, Gary Sheng, Ron Roberts

Digital Laboratory: Publisher of Internet Journal

In my first article, The Writing on the Wall, we laid out the case: self-improving AI has arrived, the economy is splitting, and every organization faces an existential choice. This paper answers the question we heard most after that piece: “Okay, I believe you. What do I do on Monday morning?” The answer is your Personal Agentic OS. It is the minimum viable infrastructure that turns you from a passive consumer of AI into a sovereign operator of it. And in April 2026, three events converged to make this the most urgent professional skill in the world: Andrej Karpathy’s LLM …

Swosu Research And Scholarly Activity Fair 2026, Swosu Office Of Sponsored Programs

SWOSU Research and Scholarly Activity Fair Programs

On behalf of the University Research and Scholarly Activity Committee (URSAC) and the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, we are pleased to welcome you to the Thirty-Fourth SWOSU Research and Scholarly Activity Fair.

The Invisible Fuel: How Corporate Affinity For Technology Drives Resilience, Rachel Gandy

Theses

This paper examines how Corporate Affinity to Technology (CAT) affects organizational resilience among U.S. managers. Based on survey data from 364 managers in the retail, finance, and healthcare industries, this research indicates that the degree of technology use in a firm does not relate to the firm’s level of broadband availability or technology intensity, but rather to the extent to which technology is woven into the fabric of skills development, organizational culture, and the decision-making process. High-CAT firms are resilient under stress; low-CAT firms are fragile, irrespective of the level of technology they have invested in. Recommendations for managers who …

Strategic Audit - Lululemon, Jared M. Loos, David Goldsmith, Madelyn Martin, Grant Taylor, Carson Downs

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

No abstract provided.

Financial Fair Play (Ffp) Regulations And Their Effects On The ‘Big Five’ Leagues’ Competitiveness And Financial Health, Thomas Viscuso

Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

In 2011, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) introduced Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations in response to the low profitability of European football clubs, with the aim of discouraging clubs from spending more than they earn and promoting competitive balance. Research conducted in this project investigated the effectiveness of the FFP regulations in promoting competitive balance and limiting excessive club spending. Data from the ‘Big Five’ European leagues (England, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France) from 2008 through 2024 was used to analyze differences pre- and post-FFP. The overall wage-to-revenue ratio of each league will be used as a measure …

Understanding Technological Innovation In Electric Vehicle Systems: A Patent-Based Analysis Of Trajectories And Opportunities, Dai Jie

Student Works (2020-2029)

This dissertation examines the evolutionary dynamics of technological innovation in the new energy vehicle (NEV) industry, focusing on hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) in comparison with the internal combustion engine (ICE) trajectory. Anchored in the framework of technological paradigms and trajectories, the study addresses three core questions: (1) which trajectory shows the strongest medium-term prospects, (2) which convergence-driven technologies underpin interdependencies across trajectories, and (3) where underexplored technological opportunities (“vacua”) exist within the most viable trajectory. To address these questions, the research applies a patent-based, multi-method strategy using over 120,000 patent …

Improve Institutions And Mechanisms For Basic Research To Cultivate Major Scientific And Technological Achievements, Wei Lyu, Xielin Liu, Ke Wen

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Basic research is the source of important S&T innovation. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) proposed the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy, S&T innovation has become a strategic support for enhancing social productivity and comprehensive national strength, and the role of basic research in the national innovation system has been significantly enhanced. How to give full play to the role of basic research has become a major decision-making issue in providing the source and leading the direction of S&T innovation. This study conducts in-depth case studies and extensive questionnaire surveys focusing on two …

Determinants Of Self-Employed Retirement Preparation: The Mediating Effects Of Financial Capability, Financial Literacy, And Financial Self-Efficacy, Ricardo Russi

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2020 - Present

A substantial number of older Americans lack confidence in their retirement preparation, and many approach retirement without a formal plan. Additionally, despite the economic significance of self-employment, little research has examined whether self-employed individuals differ from wage workers in retirement preparation and the conditions of underlying such differences. Guided by capability theory, this dissertation investigates the relationship between self-employment and retirement preparation, with particular attention to the mediating roles of financial capability, financial literacy, and financial self-efficacy.

Using data from the 2018 National Financial Capability Study (NFCS) (N = 9,499 working-age adults), the study employs Bayesian structural equation modeling to …

Northern Rainstorm Belt And Response Strategies, Jianping Huang, Xiaodan Guan, Xiaohuang Liu, Xiaohan Shen, Xiaojie Liu

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

In the summer of 2025, the Northern Rainstorm Belt stretching from eastern Northwest China to the Northeast region exhibited a significant increase in summer precipitation and rainfall frequency over northern China. Cities in the north were frequently struck by extreme rainstorms, resulting in prominent disasters such as “floods in drylands and urban waterlogging”. Northern China spans a vast territory, serving not only as a major grain-producing area and a densely populated region but also as an ecological security barrier that connects the farming-pastoral ecotone and the Loess Plateau. Its stability has nationwide implications. Therefore, comprehensively enhancing flood control capacity, strengthening …

Technology-Driven Risk Governance In U.S. Financial Reporting: The Role Of Cybersecurity Disclosure And Regulatory Technology In Strengthening Capital Market Transparency, Kingsford Brakye, Mary Magdalene Yeboah

Beacom School of Business Student Publications

The rapid digitalization of the financial reporting systems has exposed the U.S. public companies to cybersecurity threats that could impair financial information integrity, the reliability of disclosure, and investor confidence. This paper examines how cybersecurity risk disclosure practices and regulatory technology adoption affect transparency and accountability in US capital markets. The study reviewed existing literature, regulatory guidance, and corporate disclosures in the filings of U.S. public companies, 2020-2026, using a qualitative analytical approach. The results show that the disclosure of cyber risk in corporate reporting is becoming visible in recent years, with the advent of new laws, such as new …

Benchmarking Digitalized Innovation In Business Strategy Across Msmes, Shyam Sundar. S, Uma Raman. M, Shanmuga Priya. G, C. M. Sudha Arogya Mary

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

The contemporary globally interconnected economy is fundamentally changing international trade and opening up new prospects for businesses, particularly Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs). The basic concept of global business is changing in the modern world due to the digital environment. To preserve their competitive advantage both domestically and internationally, businesses must look for new opportunities. Since the usage of digital technology is causing entrepreneurial processes to become more fluid and irregular over time and space, our research chose a conceptual approach to examine how the digitalization of MSMEs would benefit decision-makers in global organizations. Using a conceptual approach, as …

Customer Lifetime Value (Clv): A Qualitative Study From India On How Satisfaction, Relationships, Loyalty And Wom (Word-Of-Mouth) Shape Clv, Sharmistha Bhattacharyya, Mrinmoy Kumar Sarma

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

The study aims to assess the impact of non-financial measures like satisfaction, relationship-related driver, loyalty and word-of-mouth on the lifetime value of customers of small retail businesses. This work is targeted to develop a conceptual phenomenon on the impact of these drivers on customer lifetime value from the viewpoint of owners of the entities. 30 in-depth interviews are conducted. The interviews are analysed following the six-step thematic analysis method. The analysis reveals significant influence of all the four factors. It is found that the participants have their own ways of maintaining these drivers for an enhanced lifetime value. The study …

Accounting For Non-Monetary Exchange: A Systematic Review Of Barter Literature From Colonial Ledgers To Digital Economies, Christian Timotius Peilouw, Unti Ludigdo, Imam Subekti, Yeney Widya Prihatiningtias

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

Non-monetary exchange systems persist throughout human history, challenging assumptions about monetary dominance and revealing fundamental limitations in conventional accounting frameworks. This systematic literature review examines how accounting practices adapt to and shape non-monetary exchange across diverse historical and contemporary contexts, investigating patterns in accounting practices, challenges to conventional theory, and implications for economic resilience. Following PRISMA guidelines, the review analyzed 28 peer-reviewed articles from 1979 to 2025 identified through Scopus database searches combining barter-related and accounting terms. The analysis reveals four major themes: historical foundations showing sophisticated proto-banking systems in colonial America that operated without currency; crisis-driven alternatives demonstrating how …

Engaging Young People In Sustainable Finance: Opening Up Opportunities For Transformation, Allison Guerette

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

The field of sustainable finance could benefit from more meaningful engagement with young people, who offer a unique perspective and have a vested interest in addressing climate change and other global issues that will shape their future. In this post-qualitative study, three young people document what they see, hear, and experience as they attend a symposium for experts on sustainable finance and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. These raw tellings are used in the cocreation of a youth sustainable finance assemblage and analysis tool, which the young people then apply to the Return on Sustainable Investment (ROSI™) methodology. Relationality, …

The Globe Spins Faster; We Keep Providing Clearer Interpretive Snapshots, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Zeynep Ozdamar Ertekin, Delphine Godefroit-Winkel

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

No abstract provided.

Risk Identification Of Green Hydrogen Supply Chain In Ammonia Industry In Indonesia Using Delphi And Topsis Methods, Ananda Priatama, Sheila Tobing

Journal of Materials Exploration and Findings

The development of green hydrogen in Indonesia, while promising for supporting industrial decarbonization, remains in its early stages and faces various challenges across technical, economic, and regulatory domains. This study aims to identify and prioritize the risks linked to green hydrogen supply chain in Indonesia, particularly for applications in the ammonia industry. A set of 49 potential risk factors was initially compiled through literature review and prior studies. The Delphi method was employed with a panel of experts to validate these risks, ultimately refining the list to 27 critical risk factors. Subsequently, the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to …

On Humans And Ai: A Financial Reporting Dilemma, Jeremy Bertomeu, Edwige Cheynel, Radhika Lunawat, Mario Milone

Olin Business School Faculty Research

This study examines the resolution of ethical dilemmas in financial reporting by human participants and large language models. Participants act in the role of a CFO deciding whether to discontinue a prior policy with biased reporting; however, the bias is known and corrected by investors whereas a change may temporarily mislead investors. We find that models are less amenable to competing ethical considerations than humans, and exhibit greater preference for truthful reporting. Moreover, they respond with greater consistency to institutional ethical guidance, while humans become more indecisive under pressure from management. The models exhibit more internal coherence between their moral …

Lightning Talk, Emmanuel Insley Napa

Undergraduate Research Symposium Lightning Talks

This research examines the tension between public taxpayer funded professional sports stadiums and the decline of public education within the Clark County School District. While projects like Allegiant Stadium and upcoming Athletics stadium have received hundreds of millions in public funding, CCSD faces a $50 million budget deficit driven by low enrollment and rising employee costs. Thus, the increasing revenues at the state level do not correspond to success in K-12. This study uses the quantitative comparative analysis to evaluate the Return on Investment of public funds used for the public sports stadiums versus the investments in CCSD. By calculating …

The Effects Of Neighborhood And Interior Characteristics On Residential Sale Prices, Ella Hagman

Undergraduate Research Symposium Podium Presentations

This study analyses how certain neighborhood and interior characteristics affect residential sale prices, after accounting for standard property variables. This is important to examine in order to understand the function of the housing market, the sources of price differences, and whether residential values can be controlled by emphasizing specific desirable property features. The study is based on a dataset of approximately 330,000 observations from the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), as well as walkability data obtained from Walk Score. The data is analyzed in Stata, using three regression models with different combinations of explanatory variables. The results show that the model …

Tariff Exposure In The U.S. National Sector: An Input-Output Analysis Of 2018-2019 Tariffs An Input-Output Analysis Of 2018-2019 Tariffs, Sean Curry

Undergraduate Research Symposium Podium Presentations

In March 2018, the United States imposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, aiming to strengthen domestic production. While the policy targeted upstream industries, it raised many important questions such as: how do higher input costs affect employment in downstream industries that rely on these materials? This study examines the relationship between tariff exposure and employment growth using national industry-level data. The sectors chosen for this study were inspired from Nevada's unique economic structure. Nevada’s economy ( primary: services, mining, and a small but growing manufacturing sector) provides a good framework for …

Hedonics Of Used Car Attributes On Market Price, Alexander Bent, Jason Gutierrez

Undergraduate Research Symposium Podium Presentations

This analysis of hedonic price attributes uses Rosen’s paper on hedonic pricing as a framework to analyze the determinants of used car prices found in Craigslist. Using cleaned data, we see over 43,000 listings from 2005 to 2020 and investigate factors that affect used car prices and how they interact in this market. Results show that odometer readings and condition are the strongest factors that influence price, while manufacturers, paint color, drive type, fuel type, size, and year are adverse and depend on perceived attributes, consumer preferences, or market conditions.

Graph-Augmented Llms For Scalable Malware Detection: Integrating Gft And Rag In Portable Executable Malware Analysis, Matthew Jackson

Undergraduate Research Symposium Podium Presentations

The proliferation of generative AI has exponentially accelerated the generation of novel malicious software. Las Vegas’ gaming industry is a high-value target for these attacks. In 2023, a massive ransomware incapacitated gaming operations, leading to over $100 million dollars of damages and Nevada state services disrupted by cyberattacks in 2025, underscores the critical necessity for capable automated detection frameworks. Traditionally, malware analysis relies on manual, resource-intensive signature extraction by experienced analysts. While Large Language Models (LLMs) demonstrate utility in source code analysis, applying them to compiled Portable Executable (PE) Windows files is bottlenecked by LLM context window limitations and difficulty …

Beyond The Game: Measuring The Effectiveness Of Tourism And Hospitality In Super Bowl Host Cities, Yazmine Cardoza

Undergraduate Research Symposium Podium Presentations

This research examines the types of tourism and hospitality campaigns cities use when they host the Super Bowl, and takes into account how successful those campaigns and efforts are. By comparing host cities, the research found that the campaigns fall into a few main categories. These categories include promoting the city's culture, promoting the city's entertainment scene, working with businesses and sponsors in order to attract visitors, and improving infrastructure to withstand the rise in large crowds that they will see. The study measures success by looking at statistics such as hotel bookings, dollar amounts spent by visitors, media attraction …

Examination Of The Hiring Process: Bias In Selection, Conor Johanson

Honors Theses

Racial discrimination in the hiring process remains a persistent problem despite decades of anti-discrimination legislation and widespread bias-awareness training. The present study examined whether resume quality and candidate race jointly influence hiring evaluations among human resource professionals, a population with formal training in equitable selection practices. Using a 2 × 2 between-subjects design, 129 HR professionals recruited through Prolific were randomly assigned to evaluate a high- or low-quality resume attributed to either a Black or White candidate. Participant evaluations were assessed across warmth-related and competence-related dimensions derived from the Stereotype Content Model, with Aversive Racism Theory guiding predictions about when …

An Evaluation Of The Nebraska Ffa Launch! Program, Miranda M. Hornung

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this program evaluation was to discover the experiences of entrepreneurial education received in the Nebraska FFA Launch! Program in relation to future decisions for high school students about entrepreneurship. The Launch! Program aims to provide an educational experience for youth to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and view entrepreneurship as a possible career pathway. This focus addresses the opportunity to potentially help solve the issue of brain drain in rural Nebraska communities. A program evaluation was conducted by story harvesting from past participants through Zoom interviews to understand personal experiences and takeaways from their time in the Launch! …

Critical Decisions Regarding Retirement, Philip Zettlemoyer

Senior Honors Theses

Many retirees in America do not understand the variables and important decisions that go into a retirement plan. These variables, however, have a significant effect on any retiree’s financial wellbeing. This case study explains such variables and decisions, as well as the various rules and regulations from the United States Government around the decisions. It then applies this knowledge of variables and regulations in a practical manner by analyzing a specific case study of a middle-class couple nearing retirement. This analysis includes in-depth projections for the couple’s specific situation which would traditionally be created with the expertise of a financial …