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The Role of Media in Mergers and Acquisitions.
No full textUsing a novel dataset of news events for 170,000 entities across over 100 countries, we examine how media sentiment could affect firm acquisition decisions. Studying 77,552 completed merger and acquisition (M&A) deals around the world from 2000 to 2015, we find that firms with high media sentiment are more likely to become an acquirer and to pay a higher deal premium. The effect of media on the likelihood of an acquisition is stronger for cross-border deals, in countries with higher governance standards, larger firms with fewer financial constraints, and firms with higher market-to-book ratio and more media coverage. Target firms typically have low media sentiment. Acquirers with high media sentiment experience significantly positive returns prior to acquisitions and negative returns post-acquisition, inconsistent with theories of media content as a proxy for new information about fundamental asset values. Overall, we show that the media play an important role in the market for M&As
The Future of Healthcare Delivery
Get PDFThe advancement of modern technology is a perpetual cycle that enhances the current ways in which we live and our quality of life, while also improving upon older technological conceptions. Just recently, virtual reality (VR), has risen to the top as a result of the media’s fascination with the profound level of sophistication with which the product operates. The first concept of virtual reality was developed in 1968 by Ivan Sutherland. Since then, Sutherland’s rudimentary invention has blossomed, as have its potential applications in life irrespective of the entertainment industry with which it is most commonly associated. Specifically, virtual reality’s applications in the healthcare industry are unprecedented and endless. As a matter of fact, the virtual reality market in medicine is “projected to grow to 5.1 billion by 2025”. These projections make it apparent that in just a few years, significant and valuable progress will be made in medical VR technology
Paula Ferrada, M.D. FACS Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (Interview)
Get PDFInterview by Joseph McEachon
Titles at VCU: Professor of Surgery at VCU.
Program Director for the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship.
Medical Director of the Surgical and Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Snake Venom is a Cancer Therapy
Get PDFCancer is a deadly disease affecting and killing many people every year. For 2019, the estimated number of new cancer cases exceeds 1.5 million, and the estimated number of deaths caused by cancer exceeds six-hundred thousand. Treatments for cancer certainly exist; although current treatments are often costly and are not always effective in the long-run. The treatments also come with side effects often associated with the destruction of healthy, noncancerous cells. The expansion of alternatives for treating cancer is a constant objective for the medical community, and researchers are experimenting with many new solutions in order to provide new opportunities to treat cancer. One potential treatment in development is snake venom, a substance that is normally poisonous to humans in its unmodified form
More than Just a Label: The Afterlife of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Richmond, VA
Get PDFThis project investigated the current state of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Richmond, Virginia. Specifically, this project took into account the connections between HIV/AIDS and certain identity factors (race and sexuality), as well as the connections between HIV/AIDS and social isolation. Through using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methodology, this study provides information regarding new rates of HIV/AIDS contraction and the racial demographics of these new contractions, while also providing information of the lived experiences of people living with HIV/AIDS. Ultimately, this study sought to gain more information about HIV/AIDS to encourage continued research on this topic while also attempting to combat the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS. This project could not have been completed without funding from the Humanities Fellows Program, as well as support from Drs. Abigail Cheever, Patricia Herrera, and Rania Sweis
Characterization of a MYO19 knockdown phenotype in a cultured neuron-like cell line
Get PDFWe will be characterizing and analyzing properties related to neurite outgrowth, including neurite length & mitochondrial dynamics, in order to understand how MYO19 activity and mitochondrial distribution play a role in neurite development. We aim to observe if loss of MYO19 expression alters these properties, and if reintroducing specific aspects of MYO19 function can “rescue” any observed defects in cells where normal MYO19 expression has been lost. Our studies and hypothesis are based on the previous work of Dr. Quintero and his students, where they have observed differences in the behavior of neuron-like CAD cells when MYO19 expression has been altered
Of Blood Transfusions and Feeding Tubes: Anorexia-Nervosa and Consent
Get PDFIndividuals suffering from anorexia nervosa experience dysmorphic perceptions of their body and desire to act on these perceptions by refusing food. In some cases, anorexics want to refuse food to the point of death. This paper explores the following question: If an anorexic, A, wants to refuse food when the food would either be lifesaving or prevent serious bodily harm, can A\u27s refusal be valid? It is shown that there is compelling reason to think that anorexics can validly refuse food, even in these extreme circumstances
The 2020 election and its aftermath: Love, lies, and ensorceling leadership
Get PDFThough Donald Trump decisively lost the 2020 US presidential election, his mob-inciting charisma created a large and devoted base unusual in American politics. Insights from Sigmund Freud’s account of the emotional connections between leaders and followers, and later reframing of those views, suggest some of the dynamics that create the intense attachment expressed by Trump supporters, and his resulting ability to get his most loyal followers and allies to believe and do almost anything, no matter the evidence revealing his lies and the extremity of his demands. Essential elements include qualities of a leader and the leader’s message that make followers unable to countenance any criticism of their loved, overvalued messenger; followers’ uncritical willingness to believe whatever the leader says; and followers’ capacity to rationalize whatever actions they take as a result of those claims. The troubling implications for democracy of both the Electoral College and the Republican Party’s embrace of Trump and his message are discussed
