Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Type "Honors thesis"
Now showing items 1-20 of 916
-
911, Is There an Emergency? The Effects of Gentrification on 911 Calls in Durham, NC
(2021-02)In recent years, urbanization in the United States has led to the displacement of low-income, minority communities for middle and high-income individuals, a process termed gentrification. Scholars debate the benefits and ... -
A "Right for Every American:" Understanding the Concept of a "Human Right to Health" in the Context of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(2012-12)This project examines the role that the concept of a “human right to health” played in the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). It analyzes this topic through the study of speeches made by ... -
A Bargaining Theory of the “Edwards’ Effect” in the 2007-8 Democratic Presidential Primary
(2009)2008’s Democratic Presidential Primary will go down as one of the most competitive races in recent history. Two candidates, Senators Barack Obama (Illinois) and Hillary Clinton (New York), fought a see-saw battle to obtain ... -
A Bayesian Approach to Understanding Music Popularity
(2015-05-08)The Billboard Hot 100 has been the main record chart for popular music in the American music industry since its first official release in 1958. Today, this rank- ing is based upon the frequency of which a song is played ... -
A Black-Scholes-integrated Gaussian Process Model for American Option Pricing
(2020-04-15)Acknowledging the lack of option pricing models that simultaneously have high prediction power, high computational efficiency, and interpretations that abide by financial principles, we suggest a Black-Scholes-integrated ... -
A Brief Review and Analysis of Spectrum Auctions in Canada
(2017-05-08)We begin by explaining the importance of efficient spectrum allocation and reviewing Canada’s recent spectrum allocation history. We then use a dataset covering more than 1,200 licenses auctioned from 2001 to 2015 that ... -
A Closer Look at ADC Multivariate GARCH
(2009-05-04)In the past thirty years, academia and the marketplace have devoted signi cant e ort and resources toward gaining a better understanding of how volatility changes over time in the nancial markets and how changes in one ... -
A Comparative Sociological Investigation of the Conceptions and Perceptions of Mental Health and Illness in Arica, Chile and Rome, Italy
(2013-05-08)This comparative study aimed to discover the principal factors that influence the perceptions of citizens in Arica, Chile and Rome, Italy toward mental illness. Specifically, the study aimed to investigate how these perceptions ... -
A Comparative Sociological Investigation of the Conceptions and Perceptions of Mental Health and Illness in Arica, Chile and Rome, Italy
(2013-11-12)This comparative study aimed to discover the principal factors that influence the perceptions of citizens in Arica, Chile and Rome, Italy toward mental illness. Specifically, the study aimed to investigate how these perceptions ... -
A Constitutional Crisis: The Kentucky Court of Appeals Schism, 1824-1826
(2010-04-23)This thesis examines Kentucky’s tumultuous political history from 1824 to 1826. Prompted by power struggles between the legislature and judiciary, a court schism ensued. Dueling judicial bodies, the “Old Court” versus ... -
A Diplomatic Sequel to the War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870): United States President Rutherford B. Hayes' 1878 Arbitration for Paraguay and Argentina
(2022-04-20)Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893), the 19th United States (U.S) President, served as arbiter in 1878 for Paraguay and Argentina when the countries’ governments disputed a portion of the South American Grand Chaco after the ... -
A Green Chemistry Analysis of Metal Complexes by MALDI-TOF
(2017-05-05)Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI) is a type of ionization that is commonly used for the analysis of high molecular weight biological compounds, but has also been used for metal complex analysis. By combining ... -
A Home of Our Own: Social Reproduction of a Precarious, Migrant Class
(2019-04-29)Many of the recent migrants from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico have experienced the rise of drug-related gang violence and declining economic conditions in their home countries brought on by transnational ... -
A maximum entropy-based approach for the description of the conformational ensemble of calmodulin from paramagnetic NMR
(2016-05-04)Characterizing protein dynamics is an essential step towards a better understanding of protein function. Experimentally, we can access information about protein dynamics from paramagnetic NMR data such as pseudocontact shifts, ... -
A Model of Speculative Attacks and Devaluations in Korea and Indonesia
(2009)Since the beginning of the Bretton Woods era, currency crises and speculative attacks have affected the world economy. This paper presents a model, originally derived by Blanco and Garber, that predicts one-period ahead ... -
A Model of the Foot and Ankle in Running
(2011-05-11)We present several variations on a model and simulation of the foot and ankle during the course of one running stride. We summarize the motivation behind the model and similar work in the field, then describe the model and ... -
A Música Tropicália: Três Histórias, Um Movimento
(2018-04-20)Tropicália é o nome do movimento cultural influenciado pela cultura popular e de massa e pela cultura de vanguarda que se tornou proeminente no Brasil no final da década de 1960. Durante este período, um grupo de músicos, ... -
A new context for agroecology: establishing the foundation in the southeastern US considering the implications of climate change
(2018-04-25)Agroecology is grounded in indigenous knowledge. Current agroecological research is primarily focused on Latin America, reflecting an area where substantial indigenous populations actively practice it. This project aimed ...
