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HIV/AIDS remains a pressing global health challenge, not only because of its medical complexities but also due to associated stigma and the lack of knowledge of the illness in communities around the world. This thesis analyzed cross-cultural differences and long-term changes in women’s knowledge and stigma around HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries. Using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from 24 countries for knowledge and stigma from 2000-2018, we examined changes in HIV/AIDS knowledge score and stigma score. The findings shed light on the perception of HIV/AIDS knowledge improving while stigma persisted indicative of remaining concerns about the illness amongst women.
ContributorsMurala, Divya Sruthi (Author) / Hruschka, Daniel (Thesis director) / Loebenberg, Abby (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Molecular Sciences (Contributor) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor)
Created2023-12
ContributorsCline, Reid (Author) / Liu, Carol (Thesis director) / Wolfe, Mindy (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor) / Department of Management and Entrepreneurship (Contributor)
Created2023-12
ContributorsCline, Reid (Author) / Liu, Carol (Thesis director) / Wolfe, Mindy (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor) / Department of Management and Entrepreneurship (Contributor)
Created2023-12
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This thesis explores investing through the lens of value investing theory. It begins by examining the four M's of value investing: Meaning, Moat, Management, and MOS. The thesis then explains how to make a valuation for these companies using three different valuation methods. After exploring the theory through various authors like Phil Towns, the theory is applied to four companies. These companies are Bloomin' Brands, Texas Roadhouse, Citi Trends, and TJX Companies. The thesis explores how value investing theory is applied to each company and then a valuation is formed for two of them.
ContributorsCline, Reid (Author) / Liu, Carol (Thesis director) / Wolfe, Mindy (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor) / Department of Management and Entrepreneurship (Contributor)
Created2023-12
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Over the past few years, legislation legalizing sports betting in many states has been voted into effect. In the spring of 2021, Arizona legislators approved a bill that would legalize sports betting for anyone over the age of 21 in Arizona, and with Governor Doug Ducey signing the bill into law, September 9, 2021, marked the first day of legal sports betting in Arizona. Due to this new major avenue of business, sports betting became a very popular topic in both the news and social media, creating a buzz for new users in Arizona. This study will focus on the sports betting industry and the major companies involved in creating sports betting infrastructure in Arizona. Data will be collected and analyzed from multiple sources including company financial statements, news articles, and independent research focusing on the financial impact of Arizona sports bettors on the sports betting industry’s market profitability. It is expected that there will be a correlation between money gambled in Arizona and a rapid increase in profitability for sports betting companies. This study will provide an overview of the economic impact that sports betting had in Arizona in 2021, and look towards the future of betting in years to come.
ContributorsMorici, Samuel (Author) / Kramer, Michael (Co-author) / Bonfiglio, Thomas (Thesis director) / Voutsas, Konstandinos (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor) / Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor)
Created2022-05
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Cancer is a problem of multicellularity, making it a problem across all species. This pervasiveness has led to much research into the defense and the pathology of the disease. Previously, studies have been limited in sample size, taxonomic breadth, and comparative methods to explain and understand the data available. Here, we have access to life history and cancer risk data of 17,563 individuals for 327 species, spanning across three monophyletic clades: Amphibians, Sauropsids, and Mammals. Comparative biology’s approach to cross-species cancer prevalence is crucial to the identification of species that are uniquely resistant to cancer as well as stratifying risk across a phylogeny based on the life history framework. Using the life history framework, alongside a multitude of life history data, was able to find that neoplasia prevalence increases with adult weight and longevity, but decreases with gestation time. It was also discovered that malignancy prevalence decreases with gestation time. Gestation and adult weight are also both significant predictors of neoplasia and malignancy prevalence when controlling for the other. On an evolutionary scale, cancer risk appears to be best described by sudden shifts in cancer prevalence followed by stabilizing selection of that trait. The understanding of increases and decreases of cancer risk across species could create better insight on human’s own cancer risk, as well as disease prevention in humans.
ContributorsMellon, Walker (Author) / Maley, Carlo (Thesis director) / Compton, Zachary (Committee member) / Mallo, Diego (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor) / Department of Economics (Contributor)
Created2022-12
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This paper dives into the rising trend of content creation as a means of income, with a focus on video development for platforms like YouTube and TikTok. In addition, the individual success stories uncover the unpredictable nature of transitioning popularity on platforms into a successful business, emphasizing the absence of a guaranteed formula for success.
ContributorsWhite, Victoria (Author) / Swarup, Ava (Co-author) / Nance, Elizabeth (Co-author) / Giles, Charles (Bret) (Thesis director) / Schlacter, John (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor) / Department of Supply Chain Management (Contributor)
Created2024-05
DescriptionThis project takes a keyboard-only input program and transforms it into a GUI Application, a point-and-click application much like a web browser, file manager, or video game.
ContributorsScheder, Linden (Author) / Roumina, Kavous (Thesis director) / Guggemos, Michael (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor) / Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor)
Created2024-05
ContributorsNoland, Nicholas (Author) / Zhou, Zenan (Thesis director) / Van Orden, Joseph (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Supply Chain Management (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor)
Created2024-05
ContributorsNoland, Nicholas (Author) / Zhou, Zenan (Thesis director) / Van Orden, Joseph (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Supply Chain Management (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor)
Created2024-05