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U.S. GAAP vs. IFRS: A Comparative Study Regarding How Differences in Accounting Standards Can Affect Understanding of Company Financial Performance (thesis)
Internationally, the two main regulatory bodies, which affect company financial reporting, are the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). The standards they ... -
The Uhlan Chancellor, Franz von Papen and the End of the Weimar Republic
What is the verdict n von Papen? History has yet to pronounce it, but historians of the past generation have not judged his case sympathetically. Todcy and for some time to come students who examine it will ask, above all, ... -
Ulysses and "Among school children": Encountering, and Encounters in, Joyce and Yeats
Conclusions seem best when tentative, and it is with that frame of mind that I now try to "wrap up" this project. These two essays on Joyce and Yeats do not overlap perfectly, but there are some areas of reasonable concord. ... -
Unbeaten (videorecording)
An inside look at the Washington & Lee University Generals' 2016 football season, "Unbeaten" tells the story of the season after the best in school history, and examines what it means to be a football player in the NCAA's ... -
Understanding a Modern-Day Migrant Crisis
The Venezuelan migrant crisis is one of the worst the world has ever seen. In order to understand the complex issue, the goal of this project is to provide a historical context of the country from a high-level view, and ... -
Understanding Museums: How Design and Hanging Affect the Viewer
A popular mythology exists which claims the museum as a neutral, objective place for viewing art. Contrary to that myth, however, the museum is, by its very nature, anything but objective. It tells stories. Museum staff ... -
Understanding Summer Learning Loss: Why low-income children need effective summer programming
The evidence presented in this paper clearly defines the magnitude of summer learning loss, and hypothesizes how family, parent, and home-life characteristics can play a major role in students' summer learning loss. Though ... -
Understanding the Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders in Rockbridge Area and the Need for Health Reform
. . . This report identifies the impediments to mental health care in the Rockbridge Area, the scope of mental health illness prevalence within the community, the programs established to combat these issues, and it ultimately ... -
Understanding the Role of Accounting and Finance Skillsets in Social Impact Work
Throughout this research, we have seen that accounting and poverty studies have the potential to garner a much stronger academic association. By studying non-profits, we can see how significant of a need there is for more ... -
Understanding the Role of Identity in State-Perpetrated Mass Atrocities in Myanmar and Turkey: An Economic Approach
Ethnic and religious diversity in the face of national identity formation can result in the violent suppression of minority groups. In the most extreme cases, the state may carry out genocide and mass atrocities against ... -
Underutilization of Preventive Diabetes Care Among the Poor: Barriers and Consequences
This paper focuses on type 2 diabetes amongst low-income individuals and families and their underutilization of preventive diabetes care, which includes both measures to prevent diabetes and to prevent a diagnosed individual ... -
The Unexamined Link: Type II Diabetes and Poverty
. . . diabetes is considered to be the nation's fastest growing health problem. The impact is largely on those of low socioeconomic status (SES), who have less access to resources and healthcare. . . . Unfortunately, the ...