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Essays on Macroeconomic and Financial Stability
(2016-05-05)
“Assessing and Forecasting Financial Vulnerability in the U.S.: A Factor Model Approach,”
This paper presents a factor-based forecasting model for the financial market vulnerability in the U.S. We estimate latent common ...
Essays on Macroeconomics Forecasting and Economic Policy Uncertainty
(2023-08-03)
First paper analyzes the properties of forecast bias in the Survey of Professional
Forecasters in relation to economic policy uncertainty. Employing the quarterly forecast bias of 14 key macroeconomic variables and 12 ...
Essays on Option Hedging and Application of the Black-Scholes Model
(2020-05-04)
This dissertation is composed of three essays related to hedging and application of the Black-Scholes model. The first essay is motivated by the short-lived arbitrage model, which has been shown to significantly improve ...
Essays on Production Efficiency, Tariffs and Trade, and Oil Price and US Macroeconomic
(2014-05-01)
The dissertation explores three different subjects. The first chapter investigates the source and trend of agricultural productivity growth in African countries with a translog production function. The second chapter ...
ESSAYS ON PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS
(2021-12-06)
This dissertation includes three essays conducting analyses of firm performance with the emphasis on estimating production technology, productivity, cost effectiveness and their relations with closely related aspects of ...
Essays on South Africa: Exchange Rates, Bilateral Trade and Inflation
(2012-04-20)
South Africa shows how natural resources can be harnessed to build a successful economy. This success gives rise to peculiar macroeconomic issues that warrant analysis. Chapter one of this dissertation investigates the ...
Essays on the Labor Market for Internships
(2017-07-25)
In chapter one we first describe the demand for interns. By processing the text of all available ads on a popular internship website, we are able to characterize the occupation that best matches the advertised internship. ...
Essays on the Profitability of Winter Farming Enterprises
(2010-12-08)
Cover crops can boost soil productivity as they increase soil organic carbon levels, improve water infiltration and reduce soil erosion. In addition to the agronomic and environmental benefits, they can also provide ...
Essays on US Forest Products Markets
(2021-07-20)
International trade of forest products plays a critical role in the economy of many countries around the world. Knowledge of market curves elasticities and the effect of currency exchange rates on goods trade are instrumental ...
Essays on Using Experimental Agronomic Data to Solve Practical Cropping Decision Problems
(2014-05-01)
Across the United States, agronomic research is being conducted that provides agricultural producers with new cropping options; however, without having insight into the profitability or risk associated with the options, ...
Essential amino acid balance in channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus diets
(2021-12-02)
Channel catfish are among the top cultured aquaculture species in the U.S. Protein is an important factor in catfish feeds to allow for proper health and development and accounts for 50%-60% of the total feed cost. Due to ...
Essential Role for P62 in AMPA Receptor Trafficking and Synaptic Plasticity
(2008-05-15)
AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs) mediate major fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the mammalian central nerve system (CNS). Trafficking of AMPA receptors to and away from the postsynaptic membrane is fundamental ...
Essential Soft Skills for Success in the Twenty-First Century Workforce as Perceived by Alabama Business/Marketing Educators
(2008-12-15)
This study was designed to determine (a) the extent to which Alabama business/marketing educators perceive the importance of specific soft skills for success in the twenty-first century workforce and the integration of ...
Essentialist Beliefs About Homosexuality: Structure and Implications for Prejudice - A Replication of Haslam and Levy, 2006
(2008-08-15)
Past studies have indicated that essentialist beliefs are associated with prejudicial attitudes. In this study, 300 Auburn University undergraduates responded to measures assessing the degree to which participants ascribed ...
Establishing Balance: An Experience Sampling Methodological Study of the Work-Life Interface
(2019-04-18)
The present study aimed to examine whether daily perceptions of work-life balance effectiveness and satisfaction were related to within-day, between-day, and between-individual levels of stress when mediated by positive ...
Establishing Energetic Cost of Acute Exposure to Select Anthropogenic-Caused Environmental Conditions in the North Gulf of Mexico Derived Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
(2024-04-16)
Oyster aquaculture is an important industry in the Gulf of Mexico and has seen a significant increase in interest over the last 20 years. Because oyster farming takes place in ambient waters, farmed oysters are subjected ...
Establishing Prolonged Hyperlactatemia in a Canine Model
(2014-07-29)
The purpose of this study was to maintain acid-base and electrolyte balance while inducing an eight-hour hyperlactatemic clamp of 8-9 mM using the canine model. Six adult dogs were anesthetized using sodium pentobarbital. ...
Establishing Viability of a Novel Wire Induction Extrusion 3D Printing Method
(2020-07-31)
Metal additive manufacturing is an emerging alternative to traditional manufacturing. While several systems currently exist within the realm of metal 3D printing, there is room for further innovation and development to ...
Establishment and optimization of the LC-MS-based strategy for screening of passively absorbed açaí and maca constituents for CYP3A4 inhibition
(2017-07-27)
The escalation of cancer morbidity and mortality has increased the use of botanical dietary supplements among cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Euterpe oleracea Mart. (açaí) berry and Lepidium meyenii Walpers (maca) ...
Establishment and validation of molecular predictive models for understanding survival and susceptibility of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in seafood stored at low temperature
(2016-05-04)
Vibrio parahaemolyticus has been a leading cause of pathogenic diseases to human health after consumption of contaminated seafood. Microbial predictive models have been very important parts in quantitative microbiological ...