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Corruption And Soccer In Africa: Empirical Evidence On The Determinants Of Association Soccer Success In The Continent, Mustafa Zahid

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Despite the popularity of soccer in Africa, African teams tend to underperform in international competitions such as the World Cup relative to European and South American teams. Studies have been conducted on what determines performance in international soccer. These studies stress the importance of wealth, talent pool, and soccer culture on determining performance. However, these studies focus more generally on the entire world, and, in some instances, omit African nations due to a lack of data. Additionally, the focus on a wide sample of the world results in the omission of some potentially crucial variables in relation to Africa, specifically …

Vendorgraphs - Data Visualization, Samuel Park

Masters Theses

Creating a data visualization solution for automotive dealers to enhance sales performance. As many auto dealers use over 20 vendors per store, it is very difficult to keep track of vendor performance. Therefore, auto dealers need a tool that explains vendor performance through visual charts and graphs. VendorGraphs will meet this need.

Factors That Affect Help-Seeking: Examining Racial Differences Between Whites, Asians, And African Americans, Sierra P. Saykeo, Eva Lawrence

Modern Psychological Studies

The purpose of this study was to identify factors that impact intentions to seek mental health services as well as to explore how they may vary based on race. A total of 172 participants were asked to fill out questions that measured variables related to help-seeking. Results indicated that Asians had significantly higher levels of self-stigma, lower levels of benefits of self-disclosure, and lower intentions to seek help than both Whites and African Americans. Multiple regression analyses showed that self-stigma was a significant predictor of intentions for all three groups, while benefits of self-disclosure was only significant for Whites and …

La Experiencia De Vida A Través De La Lectura, Como Herramienta Para Mejorar La Calidad De Vida Del Adulto Mayor Entre 60 - 70 Años De Edad Que Asiste A La Biblioteca Pública De Bosa, Andrea Paola Chitiva Cajamarca

Sistemas de Información, Bibliotecología y Archivística

Esta investigación formativa, evidenció los resultados del proyecto de lectura dirigido al adulto mayor usuario de la Biblioteca Pública de Bosa. Para el desarrollo de este trabajo académico, se realizaron quince talleres como estrategia para elaborar una propuesta en donde leer, se convirtió en una herramienta transformadora que contribuyó a recuperar la experiencia y mejorar la calidad de vida de los adultos mayores obteniendo como resultado aportes importantes no solo en el campo de la salud, sino también en el ámbito social. De las sesiones realizadas, se eligió aleatoriamente un taller que reúne las vivencias de los participantes en una …

Inclusion Of Blocking Power For A Complete Voting Power Analysis In The Imf, Shiwani Varal

Senior Independent Study Theses

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) calculates the voting power of a country by dividing the total of one member's votes by the total of all members' votes. This method of calculating the power of a state judges power as voting weight. However, voting weights are the total number of votes a country has in an institution, while voting power is the influence a country has on a policy decision. A better approach to calculate this voting power within an institution is by using voting power indices. However, literature only calculates the winning power, while voting power is defined as the …

Monitoring And Evaluating Malawi Youth Conservation Engagement After Community-Based Environmental Education Workshops, Stefanie Kramer

Environmental Science and Management Professional Master's Project Reports

This project addressed Peace Corps Malawi’s need to redevelop and implement environmental education workshops using a community-based approach, monitored project outcomes from these workshops, and provided an evaluation of strengths and areas for improvement of the environmental education workshop program.

Long-Term Managed Flooding To Control Invasive Phalaris Arundinacea L. And Help Restore Native Vegetation In An Urban Palustrine Wetlands Ecosystem, Robert P. Lascheck

Environmental Science and Management Professional Master's Project Reports

We sought to determine the effects of 13 years of hydrologic management on the wetland plant community in Smith and Bybee Wetlands Natural Area (SBW), an 809 ha palustrine wetland complex in north Portland, Oregon. Previous management efforts resulted in an altered hydrologic regime; historically high water levels in spring and low water levels in fall were replaced by persistent water levels with minimal annual variations. A water control structure was installed in 2003 to better approximate historic seasonal hydrologic changes to reduce invasive Phalaris arundinacea (reed canarygrass) cover and promote native wetland vegetation growth. Vegetation monitoring has been carried …

Migration And Child Domestic Work: Evidence From Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Domestic work is frequently the initial survival strategy for rural Ethiopian girls migrating to urban areas. Following migration from rural areas, most girls enter the workforce as domestic workers, because it is a readily available form of work requiring little or no education. In 2015–16, the Population Council undertook a study of migrant, out-of-school girls in urban and rural areas in six Ethiopian regions which demonstrated that this is a common phenomenon. Originating from poor rural areas and armed with little in the way of education, domestic workers receive low pay and frequently work in abusive situations, including sexual abuse. …

Understanding Medicalisation Of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (Fgm/C): A Qualitative Study Of Parents And Health Workers In Nigeria, Otibho Obianwu, Adetayo Adetunji, Osasuyi Dirisu

Reproductive Health

This community-based, cross-sectional qualitative study was conducted in four communities in Nigeria’s Delta, and was conceptualized to address gaps in our understanding of medicalization of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and to provide critical evidence needed to effectively design abandonment interventions. The study findings reveal that the social norms driving FGM/C practice remain entrenched despite a shift to medicalization. They also reflect the tendency of parents and health workers to view FGM/C, whether traditional or medicalized, as a minor procedure with few complications and significant benefits that would positively impact a daughter’s future status as a wife and mother. Findings reveal …

Adolescent Girls' Voices On Enhancing Their Own Productivity In Pakistan, Iram Kamran, Tahira Parveen, Maqsood Sadiq, Rehan M. Niazi

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This study was conducted in the Punjab province of Pakistan to examine the lives, aspirations, and perspectives of the largely invisible and marginalized group of older adolescent girls (ages 15–19 years) who are “not in education, employment for pay or profit, nor in marriage” (“NEEM”). The study seeks to identify the reasons for the exclusion of the NEEM girls from education and participation in paid work; explore opportunities and avenues for changing these girls’ existing opportunity structures; and probe the gender norms and behaviors underlying their marginalization to obtain insights into what it would take to change their situation.

The Effect Of Localized Density On Housing Prices In Singapore, Eric Fesselmeyer, Kiat Ying Sky Seah, Jonathan Ci Yi Kwok

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

This paper measures how localized residential density impacts housing prices in Singapore. Using exogenous variation in residential density, we find that an increase in density causes non-trivial decreases in property values: a 10% increase in density decreases price per square foot by between 1.3% and 2%. To the best of our knowledge, ours is the first paper to measure this effect.Further, we find that the negative effect of density is biggest in magnitude for low density apartment projects and the magnitude is decreasing in the density of the project, and that the negative effect of density is increasing in magnitude …

Audience Prototypes And Asymmetric Efficacy Beliefs, Sonny Rosenthal

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

Prior research suggests that the third-person effect is related to media schemas, for example, that general audiences are vulnerable to influence. The current study evaluates whether the effect of media schemas depends on more specific audience schemas. Participants read vignettes of four “actors” in a 2 (gullible vs. critical-minded) x 2 (heavy vs. light Internet users) repeated measures experiment and rated how much the actors can resist the influence of media and how much they benefit from censorship. For comparison, participants rated themselves on the same dependent variables. Results show that gullible heavy Internet users are perceived to have the …

Real-World Large-Scale Iot Systems For Community Eldercare: A Comparative Study On System Dependability, Hwee-Pink Tan, Austin Zhang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The paradigm of aging-in-place — where the elderly live and age in their own homes, independently and safely, with care provided by the community — is compelling, especially in societies that face both shortages in institutionalized eldercare resources, and rapidly-aging populations. Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies, particularly in-home monitoring solutions, are commercially available, and can be a fundamental enabler of smart community eldercare, if they are dependable. In this paper, we present our findings on system performance of solutions from two vendors, which we have deployed at scale for technology-enabled community care. In particular, we highlight the importance of quantifying actual system …

Heinonline’S World Constitutions Illustrated In Top 5 Fcil Sources, Yemisi Dina

Articles & Book Chapters

World Constitutions Illustrated provides access to constitutions of various jurisdictions. There is a current constitution in the original language, one English language translation for each country, and amending laws for each constitution.

The database provides access to constitutional development documents, which is very important and critical, especially when researching smaller economies and jurisdictions. It serves as a one-stop shop for materials that may not necessarily be easily available anywhere else.

Independent And Interactive Associations Of Negative Affect, Restraint, And Impulsivity In Relation To Binge Eating Among Women, Tyler B. Mason, Kathryn E. Smith, Jason M. Lavender, Robin J. Lewis

Psychology Faculty Publications

There is growing recognition that impulsivity may serve as an underlying risk factor for binge eating. In addition, the association of impulsivity with binge eating may be moderated by other affective and cognitive risk factors. This study examined independent and interactive associations of negative affect, dietary restraint, and facets of impulsivity with binge eating. A diverse sample of 566 undergraduate women completed online questionnaires of study variables. Results revealed a three-way interaction of negative affect, dietary restraint, and attentional impulsivity in relation to binge eating. Women who were high on each of these three variables reported the greatest levels of …

Psychometric Properties Of A Modified Moral Injury Questionnaire In A Military Population, Abby L. Braitman, Allison R. Battles, Michelle L. Kelley, Hannah C. Hamrick, Robert J. Cramer, Sarah Ehlke, Adrian J. Bravo

Psychology Faculty Publications

Moral injury (MI) results from perpetration of or exposure to distressing events, known as morally injurious events (MIEs), that challenge moral beliefs and values. Due to the type of involvement in recent military conflicts, many veterans report MIEs that may cause dissonance and, in turn, MI. Although 2 existing measures assess MIEs, neither currently assesses the defining characteristics of MI (i.e., guilt, shame, difficulty forgiving self and others, and withdrawal). The present study reports the initial psychometric test of a modified version (Robbins, Kelley, Hamrick, Bravo, & White, 2017) of the Moral Injury Questionnaire—Military version (MIQ-M; Currier, Holland, Drescher, & …

Sexual Coercion, Drinking To Cope Motives, And Alcohol-Related Consequences Among Self-Identified Bisexual Women, Michelle L. Kelly, Sarah J. Ehlke, Robin J. Lewis, Abby L. Braitman, Wendy Bostwick, Kristin E. Heron, Cathy Lau-Barraco

Psychology Faculty Publications

Background: Given higher sexual victimization and greater alcohol use among bisexual women, a critical public health challenge is to understand within-group variation that may heighten or explain these associations in bisexual women. Objectives: The present study tested a moderated-mediation model in which sexual coercion was hypothesized to be associated with alcohol-related consequences via drinking to cope motives in self-identified bisexual women who reported at least occasional binge drinking. Negative affect was hypothesized to moderate the sexual coercion-drinking to cope motives association. Methods: Participants were a community sample of 107 self-identified bisexual women (age M = 20.97, SD = 2.11) who …

Contributors Of Singaporean Youths' Wellbeing: Life Goals, Family-Community-Nation Capitals, Opportunity And Social Mobility, Kong Weng Ho

Research Collection School Of Economics

Life goals induce one’s current investment and set one’s expectations of future outcomes, affecting one’s current state of subjective wellbeing. Using National Youth Survey (NYS) 2016, which has a representative sample of Singaporean youths, we find that non-zero-sum life goals such as family-oriented life goals and altruism-oriented life goals enhance happiness and life satisfaction of Singaporean youths while career-oriented life goals, zero-sum in nature, reduce subjective wellbeing. Apart from personal motivations or life aspirations, perceived social mobility (in terms of career opportunity and meritocracy) matters positively in the subjective wellbeing of both youths in school and in the workforce. Family …

Cultural Stressors, Identity Development, And Substance Use Attitudes Among Hispanic Immigrant Adolescents, Timothy J. Grigsby, Myriam Forster, Alan Meca, Byron L. Zamboanga, Seth J. Schwartz, Jennifer B. Unger

Psychology Faculty Publications

The goal of this investigation was to determine whether various cultural stressors (bicultural stress, perceived discrimination, and perceived negative context of reception [PNCR]) predict positive and negative substance use attitudes, directly and indirectly through personal identity, in a sample of immigrant Hispanic adolescents. Data on cultural stressors, substance use attitudes, and covariates were collected from 302 Hispanic immigrant adolescents (152 from Miami [61% Cuban] and 150 from Los Angeles [70% Mexican]) at 3 time points. PNCR was associated with identity confusion (𝛽=.175, p=.033). Identity confusion significantly predicted higher positive attitudes toward alcohol and other drug (AOD; 𝛽 =.216, p<.001) and cigarette use (𝛽=.191, p=.015) and mediated the relationship between PNCR with unfavorable AOD attitudes (𝛽 =-.019, 95% confidence interval [CI] [-0.052,-0.001]) and favorable AOD attitudes (𝛽=0.038, 95% CI [0.003, 0.086]). Perceptions of a negative context of reception may hinder successful personal identity formation and impact health outcomes for immigrant youth.

Intimate Partner Violence, Interpersonal Aggression, And Life History Strategy, Aurelio José Figueredo, Paul Robert Gladden, Jeanmarie Bianchi, Emily Anne Patch, Phillip S. Kavanagh, Connie J. A. Beck, Marcela Sotomayor-Peterson, Jiang Yunfan, Norman P. Li

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

We integrate life history (LH) theory with “hot/cool” systems theory of self-regulation to predict sexually and socially coercive behaviors, including intimate partner violence (IPV) and interpersonal aggression (IPA). LH theory predicts that a variety of traits form LH strategies: adaptively coordinated behavioral clusters arrayed on a continuum from slow to fast. We test structural models examining 2 propositions: (a) “hot” cognitive processes, promoted by faster LH strategies, increase the likelihood of sexually/socially coercive behaviors that make up IPV and IPA; (b) “cool” cognitive processes, promoted by slower LH strategies, buffer against the likelihood of sexually/socially coercive behaviors that make up …

Transformasi Paradigmatik Ketahanan Nasional Sebagai Kajian Stratejik, Abdul Rivai Ras

Jurnal Kajian Stratejik Ketahanan Nasional

This article tries to elaborate national security in terms of science and an overview of the historically paradigmatic transformation. The study of national resilience in Indonesia has developed dynamically as a response to the development of strategic environment. Various approaches ranging from interdisciplinary to transdisciplinary are described as part of discovering the scholarly format of this study. This study is in its development into a universal approach and refers to the sciences related to the good governance, assessment of national strength and national security leadership. Also the study of national resilience is able to predict the potential of a nation's …

Ketahanan Nasional Dalam Perspektif Keilmuan Dan Kesejarahan, Amirsyah Sahil

Jurnal Kajian Stratejik Ketahanan Nasional

National resilience studies can be discussed from different perspectives. Since the nature of study is multi-perspective and hence in gaining knowledge requires a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach. In its development, the national resilience studies requires a variety of measurement method frameworks, including quantitative data analysis using SPSS, Hierarchical Analysis, Delphi Methods etc. The choice of method depends heavily on the research needs.

Peran Otonomi Dan Konsolidasi Daerah Dalam Penguatan Ketahanan Nasional Di Indonesia, Burhan Djabir Magenda

Jurnal Kajian Stratejik Ketahanan Nasional

Since its indepence in 1945, Indonesia has encountered problems of relations between the regions and central government. The from of the state has changed from federalism in the revolutionary days to unitary state since 1950. This from of state has created many problems, the worst among them had been the sectarian and regional rebellions, be it south moluccas republic (RMS) in 1950. PRRI-permesta in 1958, darul islam in various propioncers since 1950 (in west java, sout and sop outh east Sulawesi), aceh, south Kalimantan and party of central java (Merapi merbabu complex rebellion).

In 1957, there was law number I …

Representasi Kapal Selam Indonesia Dalam Perspektif Pertahanan Regional, Marsetio Marsetio, Rajab Ritonga

Jurnal Kajian Stratejik Ketahanan Nasional

Indonesia as one of the centers of gravity in Asia Pacific region requires defence equipment, including submarines as a deterrence effect to play a leadership role within the regional area with all its dynamics in South China Sea. In relation to that role, the Navy is now transformed to meet World Class Navy standards with four elements: (1) excellence in human resources, (2) excellence in technology, (3) organizational excellence, and (4) excellence in operational capabilities. This study tries to find out how submarine representation in the perspective of regional defence is faced with China's overlapping claims in South China Sea, …

Sistem Ekonomi Pancasila Sebagai Landasan Ketahanan Ekonomi Indonesia Dalam Perspektif Filsafat Ilmu, Palupi Lindiasari

Jurnal Kajian Stratejik Ketahanan Nasional

This article aims to analyze the fundamental of the Pancasila economic system as a foundation for the resilience of the Indonesian economy in the perspective of National Resilience. The study method uses a philosophy of science approach through the ontological dimension. There are three elements to determine the essence of the Pancasila economy, namely: macroeconomics, microeconomics and literal meaning. In macro terms, Pancasila economic system is explained in the UUD 1945 chapter 33 verses 1 to 5, whose essence consists of two elements (dualism) in defining welfare, namely material (outwardly) and inner (spiritual) which must be achieved equally through Gotong …

Kajian Strategi Dan Global : Strategi Keamanan Nasional, Koesnadi Kardi

Jurnal Kajian Stratejik Ketahanan Nasional

National Security Strategy is a vast subject involving a daunting array of interrelated subelements woven in intricate, sometimes vague, and ever-changing patterns. Its processes are often irregular and confusing and always based on difficult decisions laden with serious risks. In short, it is a subject undestood by few and confusing to most. It is, at the same time, a subject of everwhelming important to the fate of civilization itself. Col. Dennis M. Drew and Dr. Donald M have done a considerable service by drawing together many of the diverse threads of national security strategy into a coherent whole. They consider …

Socio-Economic And Demographic Determinants Of Modern Contraceptive Utilization Among Currently Married Women In Myanmar, Kyaw Than Min

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The key purpose of this study is to explore socio-economic and demographic characteristics that influence modern contraceptive use of currently married women aged 15-49 in Myanmar. This study is contributing to fill the literature gaps at the national level. Even though there have been a number of studies on modern contraceptive use and family planning in Myanmar, these studies did not represent the whole nation. This study utilizes data from the Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS) 2015-16, a national level cross-sectional dataset. Based on the study, the currently married women in this study included 6,597 women in Myanmar, 51 …

Roles Of Parent's Preferences And Student's Subjective Beliefs On College Decision, Kansini Sillapawanich

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This paper investigates whether and how children's educational choice is affected by parental preferences and perceived earnings. We assume that individuals choose college major to maximize their own utility which depends on several factors such as personal background, perceived earnings, and importantly parents' preferences. The study employs the "Students Survey about Services of Government in Thailand" data to study two educational choice decisions. First, whether to enroll in college. Second, conditional on college enrollment, which major to choose. Empirically, the logistic model and conditional multinomial logit model are estimated. We find strong evidence that parental preferences significantly correlate with educational …

Clmv Male Migrant Sex Workers In Bangkok : Livelihoods And Social Protection, Ob-Orm Utthasit

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Due to the lucrative business of sex industry in Thailand, it welcomes not only Thai sex workers to engage in sex industry, but also migrant sex workers from neighboring countries including Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam. The high incomes of sex industry convince not only the female migrants, but also male migrants either heterosexual or homosexual identified to engage in sexual services. These migrant sex workers are experiencing more barriers that the local due to their migrants' legal status. Because sex work is not considered a legitimate form of employment, these migrant sex workers are unable to exercise their …

Impact Of Trade And Fdi Openness On Wages In The Manufacturing Sector In China, Qianyi Chen

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of trade openness and foreign direct investment (FDI) on wages in China using a panel data set of 27 manufacturing sectors over the period of 2001 to 2016. The effects are separated into three groups: total industries, capital-intensive industries and labor-intensive industries. First, by comparing the determinants of three groups of industries, it shows that the impact of trade openness on wages only significant and positive in labor-intensive industries while the impact of FDI on wages is significantly positive in both capital-intensive industries and labor-intensive industries. Second, in the case …