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Merloy: Stories
Full text linkThis thesis is a collection of two interlinked narratives that take place in the small town of Merloy, Tennessee, a fictionalized version of my hometown Byrdstown and its surrounding areas. A traveling musician wanders into Merloy in “The Ballad of Eddy Cage” which leaves a lasting impact on a young groundskeeper named Cal Norman as he figures out the culprit behind the vandalization of a local park. In “Terrestrial,” Kip Dillard uncovers the secret behind a supposed UFO sighting while also dealing with the overlap of his person and professional lives. The mysteries in this collection are both external and internal
Weather, Sustainability and Islamic Finance
Full text linkThe first essay examines how weather conditions affect stock market performance in the Saudi Stock Exchange (TASI). To investigate this relationship, the study employs multiple regression analysis in conjunction with the GJR-GARCH model. we analyze the effects of Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, Wind Speed, and Rainfall on TASI returns. Results indicate Air Temperature has the most significant influence. The impact of weather weakened after foreign investors entered the market, suggesting a shift in investor behavior. Sectoral analysis reveals that the Energy, Information Technology, and Utilities sectors are the most resilient to weather variations.
This second essay examines the impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance factors on the profitability of conventional and Islamic banks. Using structural equation modeling, the findings reveal that the Environmental pillar positively impacts profitability in Islamic banks. The Social pillar negatively affects profitability in Islamic banks, while the Governance pillar increases profitability in conventional banks but reduces it in Islamic banks. These results highlight the need for Islamic banks to optimize social initiatives and governance frameworks while conventional banks should enhance environmental strategies
El Rancho Gonzales
Full text linkThis linked collection of short stories is a coming-of-age account of a young boy sold by his father for labor in 1930s Mexico
Revelations
Full text linkThis is a novel about a teenage girl named Scarlet who happens to be a serial killer. After Scarlet’s parents force her to move to the most infamous house in a small town, she meets a mysterious boy through a peculiar set of circumstances. This meeting sets off a chain of events that will propel Scarlet into a mystery that might cost her her very soul
Oral History Interview with Nina Schulman
No full textNina Schulman grew up in an upper-middle class Jewish family in New York City where unions were a normal part of the culture and community. She attended Yale University, where she became involved in supporting a union organizing drive by clerical and technical workers. After graduating, she and her husband Hal decided to pursue careers in the labor movement, with Hal taking a job as an organizer with Local 100 in New Orleans and Nina initially working as a communications director before transitioning to organizing work herself.https://scholarworks.uno.edu/ejrloh/1017/thumbnail.jp
