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Essays On Asset Pricing And Growth Effect
(Finance & Real Estate, 2008-08-08)
This dissertation comprises two essays on growth effects and opportunities experienced by companies and their implications for asset pricing models. In the first essay, I develop and test a model to explain the empirically ...
Russia's Portrayal In The Western Media: A Quantitative Analysis Of Leading Media Agency News Stories In 2007
(Communication, 2008-08-08)
This study examined Western media news coverage about Russia. Representative samples from the leading Western wire and international broadcasting services - the AP, BBC and DW - were selected and analyzed using content ...
The Public's Role In Framing The Agenda In The Digital Age
(Communication, 2008-08-08)
The rapid growth of the Internet has transformed the business of journalism by allowing the public many new ways to participate in the news process. This thesis focuses on the public's participation in online news forums ...
Today's Army: An Examination Of The Differences Of Newspaper Coverage About America's Army In Small And Large Markets
(Communication, 2008-04-22)
This study examines differences in coverage of prominent Army news stories in a daily newspaper in a rural town near an Army post and the nearest metropolitan area. Past media and visual effects research suggests that ...
Application Of The Historic Preservation Index Strategy to Historic Vernacular Landscape
(Landscape Architecture, 2008-08-08)
The aim of this study is to form a matrix for the understanding and preservation approach for Historic Vernacular Landscapes applying the Historic Preservation Index strategy. The U.S. National Park Service (NPS) Historic ...
Art And The Built Landscape In The Central Business District Of Dallas: Influences From An Identifiable Era In the Late Twentieth Century
(Landscape Architecture, 2008-08-08)
In the mid to late 1970s, Dallas' emergence as a center of culture and art became outwardly evident in the urban landscape. International and local designers were commissioned to make their mark on the grided environment; ...
Challenging Tradition: Parkland Dedication In Subdivision Development
(Landscape Architecture, 2008-04-22)
Growth patterns of the last half century have been urbanizing the American landscape (Corrigan, et al, 2004). This new landscape has been created by the horizontal development of single-use, single-family residential housing ...
The Development And Testing Of The Academic Information System Survey
(Landscape Architecture, 2008-09-17)
The Academic Information System (AIS) is a database for academic administrators and educators in landscape architecture programs which are members of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA), an international ...
Pedestrian Corridors In Downtown Dallas, Texas And Their Implications On The Movement Of Downtown Residents
(Landscape Architecture, 2008-04-22)
The City of Dallas has embarked upon an aggressive economic redevelopment effort in the downtown area. Economic goals of this redevelopment effort are closely tied to and dependent upon a critical mass of downtown residents. ...
Users' Perceptions Of The Design And Value Of Hiking Trail Systems: A Comparison From National, State, And Regional Parks
(Landscape Architecture, 2008-04-22)
Hiking trail systems are added to many park plans by today's landscape architects. Hiking trails are defined in this thesis as paths and trails, improved or unimproved, in park areas where nature is the primary environment, ...