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The timing of insider trading and management forecast credibility
(2022-05-16)
In this paper, I study how past insider trading patterns affect management forecast credibility. I first hypothesize and find that, due to litigation concerns, executives are unlikely to use a “pump-and-dump” strategy to ...
Sexual Consent: Conceptualizations, Practices, and Education Among Texas High School Students
(2022-05-06)
This study investigates high school students’ understanding of sexual consent and healthy relationships. While many studies have investigated practices, concepts, and definitions of consent among college-aged students, ...
SURFACE FLASHOVER UNDER VARIOUS SURFACE CONDITIONS
(2022-05-12)
Electrical insulators are critical components used in every high voltage application whether it is operated continuously or in a pulsed mode. Bulk dielectric breakdown and surface flashover must be prevented in all use ...
Exploring Deep Learning in Finance
(2022-05-20)
Financial market analysis is process of analyzing market closely and predict the next move of market whether it will go up or down using historical data. Financial market is stochastic and has rapid changes over time, ...
INVESTIGATION OF THE CELLULAR UPTAKE AND CYTOTOXICITY OF RUTHENIUM(II) POLYPYRIDYL COMPLEXES AS A FUNCTION OF LIPOPHILICITY
(2022-05-17)
Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes have been one of the focal points of investigation for inorganic anti-cancer drugs, as they are robust enough to remain chemically intact in vivo and many show potent cytotoxicty. In particular, ...
Does Experiencing and Witnessing Violence Negatively Impact Delinquency throughout the Life Course?
(2022-06-02)
At some point in an individual’s life, there will be some type of exposure to violence whether direct or indirect. Also described as victimization, this takes place when there is a change in three main assumptions: belief ...
Working for Peanuts: Labor, Geography, and Class Composition in the American Circus Industry, 1872-1938
(2022-04-14)
This dissertation focuses on class composition in the traveling circus in the Gilded Age (1870s-1900s), the Progressive Era (1890s-1910s), and the New Era (1920s-1930s). American circuses became industrial operations ...
MECHANISTIC BASIS FOR THE ROLE OF RESISTANCE AND TOLERANCE DETERMINANTS IN ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT FAILURE
(2022-05-09)
Failure of antibiotics in treatment of nosocomial Gram-negative bacterial infections has created a substantial burden for global public health. The β-lactam class of antibiotics includes last resort carbapenems, which are ...
Identifying the Distinct Adaptive and Plastic Gene Expression Patterns and Microbial Indicators that Mediate Coral Disease Resistance
(2022-05-18)
Infectious diseases are an increasing threat to coral reefs, resulting in altered community structure and hindering the functional contributions of disease susceptible species. While forecasting disease outbreaks based on ...
Making Selves as We Make Scholars: The Many Uses of Life Writing in College English
(2022-05-16)
This dissertation addresses the perennial question, for both new and more seasoned English professors, “What should we teach in English?” In composition, “What types of writing should we teach?” And in literature, “what ...