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A Machine Learning Approach to Stock Selection using Technical Analysis (thesis)
This thesis introduces a novel machine learning framework for stock selection that only uses technical indicators and chart patterns as inputs. In contrast to other papers, the machine learning model first employs a recursive ... -
A Madwoman for Every Room in the House: Eating Disorders, Schizophrenia and Other Forms of Insanity in Seven Victorian Novels
The subject of insanity, particularly in female characters, in British novels first attracted my attention while studying nineteenth century Gothic novels with my tutor in Oxford last year. I began looking at "sensation" ... -
Maggie Lena Walker: Banker, Entrepreneur, and Social Activist (thesis)
Few women have achieved the stature in the black community of Richmond, and the United States, as Maggie Lena Walker. In 1903 she founded the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, becoming the first woman, white or black, to found ... -
The Making of a Modern Saint: An Analysis of Grief, Charisma, and Community Identity in Transition (thesis)
In concluding this research, I will briefly recount the analytical progress that has been made. Such concluding remarks reaffirm the theoretical model. Primarily, however, my conclusion will engage with this very idea of ... -
Malaria as a Cause of Poverty: Poverty as a Contributor to Malaria
Malaria remains to be a huge problem in developing countries. We cannot ignore this problem as we try to eradicate global poverty. Malaria causes a downward spiral of poverty without effective interventions. It causes huge ... -
Mangrove Management Strategies for Social and Ecological Integrity
This research seeks to determine if mangrove restoration projects successfully contribute to improved ecological and social well-being in case-studies from three different countries: Colombia, Vietnam, and Kenya. By comparing ... -
Many Children Left Behind: The Problems with the Promises of Accountability in Education
This paper begins with a brief history of accountability in education law, followed by a closer examination of accountability and its role in NCLBA. The paper then examines some key problems and concerns with the effectiveness ... -
Many Shades of One Man: Heroic Personalities in the Works of J. R. R. Tolkien
Tolkien's heroes appeal to the reader because the heroic development of the individual is so apparent; heroes progress in noticeable ways which are easy for the reader to follow and understand. Plus, no heroic figure goes ... -
MAPPing Healthcare of the Physically Disabled in Rockbridge County, VA: A Community Based Research Project
The following study was completed in conjunction with the Rockbridge Area Free Clinic's assessment of the access to and quality of health care for the disadvantaged residents of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The study was ... -
Margaret Junkin Preston, Lexington poetess
Even in 1950 one can enjoy reading Margaret Preston's poems, which were written for a Victorian audience. She wrote in many forms and metres, and because of this almost everyone can select from her volumes certain examples ... -
Margaret Junkin Preston: Virginia's Poetess of the Old South
The title of this dissertation is: "Margaret Junkin Preston, Virginia's Poetess of the Old South." . . . It is the purpose of this work to disc:iss her life as it throws light upon her works, and to evaluate her works by ... -
Marginalization through Content Moderation: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Silencing of Marginalized Voices on Social Media
Social media is largely considered a democratic space. It seemingly promotes the freedom and equality of all people by enabling individuals to voice their perspectives online, regardless of their identities. However, while ... -
Marianismo as Cultural Memory
In many Hispano-American countries the Virgin mother is revered with social significance, often through the social determinants of religion. When viewed through the concept of cultural memory the ideal of the Virgin mother ... -
Martian North Polar Crater Morphology: Implications for an Aquifer
Recent studies of martian north polar craters have suggested that they have more cavity fill than the global crater population, and that the morphology of the crater fill is in some cases-similar to pingo structures on ... -
Martyr, Victim, Schemer, or Queen? Debating the Character of Anne Boleyn from Tudor England to the Present Day (thesis)
This thesis is structured chronologically and divided into four main chapters corresponding with historical eras. The first focuses on her persona during her rise at court and time as queen. This section utilizes pamphlets, ... -
Maruja Mallo: Lost at Sea
Like many female artists, Maruja Mallo has been "written out of history." Standard texts treating Surrealism generally exclude female Surrealist artists, and Mallo is no exception. However, she is also seldom included even ... -
Massacre of the Millenium? A Study of the AIDS Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa
. . . With 95% of HIV-infected people living in developing countries, AIDS has become a "disease of Third World poverty rather than First World affluence." No one knows what AIDS will do to the economy and people's quality ... -
A Mat of Serpents: Aztec Strategies of Control from an Empire in Decline
As an amalgamation of the self and the other, identity offers a blurred line between liberation and limitation. In skewing too far toward the self, the individual risks stagnation, blinding themselves to the possibilities ... -
The Maternal Wall in Corporate America: Why the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 Is Failing Mothers Today (thesis)
The Swedish government experienced success with their family leave policies because they were designed to promote gender equality and were implemented in a way that would actually encourage the policy's success. When H.R. ... -
Mathematical Ontology and Epistemology: An Analysis of Quine's and Maddy's Unique Arguments (thesis)
This thesis is concerned with the existence and knowledge of mathematical objects within a naturalistic philosophy. I will begin with a brief explanation of what constitutes a mathematical object and will then define and ...