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The Value Of Carbon Sequestration In The Developing World: Making The Economic Case For Tree Planting In Laos, Vongdalone Vongsikeo

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Tree plantations in developing countries are mostly driven by private sectors, mainly to increase forest cover and meet the timber demand. However, research studies on tree plantations in Laos, for instance, show that despite high profitability tree farmers and private companies face many challenges such as low timber quality, low timber selling price and slow plantation expansion. These challenges could be the result of slow policy improvement processes or the lack of basis on the justification of government intervention. This study uses a policy decision tool - a cost-benefit analysis to evaluate social costs and social benefits from private tree …

Assessing Student Learning In A One-Shot Information Literacy Instruction Session, Garrett A. Purchio

HSU Library

No abstract provided.

Data Set: An Unmediated Consortia Interlibrary Loan Service: The Data And Discovery Of Csu+, Christopher Lee, Meghann Weldon

Research Data Sets

No abstract provided.

Gender Differences In Management: Employee Preference Between Male And Female Managers, Aimee Fernandez

Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations

Conflict in the workplace is not a new phenomenon and much research has been dedicated to understanding the causes and consequences of it. Gender plays a significant role in workplace conflict and as it relates to gender equality in the workplace, there have been significant advances in training and education; however, gender discrimination persists. This dissertation deals with differences of gender in management and shows that gender bias continues to exist not only in the workplace but specifically, at the managerial level. This study focuses on employee perceptions of management to observe if employee perceptions of manger gender and if …

The Impact Of Globalization As An Economic Theory On The Mass Migration Of Vulnerable Populations, Amalia Luxardo

Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations

As the world becomes increasingly globalized, the question of economy, of who hinders it or allows it to blossom, has become a point of contention that has led to many acts of violence. This research utilizes globalization as an economic theory as the underlying factor that causes these violent conflicts and imminent mass movements of migration. In using this lens, I emphasize that economically fueled violent conflict leads to the migration of populations and their ultimate elimination. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate and draw data from major violent conflicts in different nation-states and perform a quantitative …

Momentum 2020, Stephanie Clarke

Momentum

A journal of undergraduate research

The Scramble For Texas: European Diplomacy And Imperial Contest In The Republic Of Texas, 1835-1846, Penelope Lea Jacobus

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

The story that this Dissertation analyses is the attempted European penetration of the North American borderlands during the independence of the Texas Republic. It will analyse how the independence of Texas ties into new forms of imperialism exercised by Europeans and U.S.-Americans during the first half of the nineteenth century, a time when shifting ideas about freedom and coercion, international law and rights, civilisation, nationhood, and trade redefined imperial possibilities. Imperialism in the nineteenth century had to be increasingly compatible with ideas of freedom and justice, such as free trade, free labour and the use of fair legal tenets in …

Hong Kong Identity At The Crossroads Of Localism And Global Finance Capital, Micky Lee

College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Works

Hong Kong protestors fight for a local citizen identity that is anchored in physical places and limited by time. They adopted symbols that draw on public memory and vandalized those of mainland Chinese hegemony. However, these local symbols are embedded with, layered over, and enabled by global capitalism fueled by Chinese finance capital. The sense of urgency and immediacy felt by protestors also reinforce the anticipated short-term market returns of Chinese hi-tech companies listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Finding justice for Hong Kong protestors requires an examination of finance capital that flows through global cities.

Emotional Intelligence And Psychopathic Personality Traits: Examination Of Adult Male Sex Offenders In New Jersey, Kelly Rose White

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Sexual assault and abuse have a significant impact on victims and society. Although there has been a plethora of research studies examining the criminogenic aspects of sexual offending, sparse literature exists on the emotional aspects of sexual offending. Prior research established that sex offenders hold deficits in their emotional functioning that could be a result of psychopathic personality traits. This research study sought to expand the literature on sex offenders and investigate if adult male sex offenders in New Jersey differ in emotional intelligence and psychopathic personality traits depending on victim typology. This study was grounded in coercion and integrated …

The Relationship Between Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy And Client-Therapist Attachment On Symptom Reduction, Kelly Tobin

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

For centuries, scholars and individuals have recognized the psychophysiological impact of the horse-human connection. The felt impact helped launch the creation of equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP), an alternative form of treatment for individuals who struggle to connect to traditional forms of therapy. The limited amount of research on the objective benefit of EAP as an alternative to traditional psychotherapy has limited the number of individuals who are referred for such treatment. Grounded in Bowlby's theory of attachment, the purpose of this quantitative quasi-experimental study was to determine if attachment to a therapist differs between the method of treatment, traditional psychotherapy or …

Social Connectedness And Financial Independence Strategies Supporting Nonprofit Sustainability, Christopher Edmund Maylor

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Leaders of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) often lack strategies to ensure the sustainability of their organizations beyond initial funding, resulting in significant risk to program continuity. Grounded in social entrepreneurship theory, the purpose of this qualitative single-case study was to explore strategies used by 3 leaders of a small NPO in the southwest region of the United States. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and a review of organizational documents. Through thematic analysis, 6 social themes emerged: optimization of business strategies, income and donor growth, program cost management, funding diversification, program licensing, and public awareness of NPO programs. The contributions to …

An Exploration Of The Criminal Thinking Processes In Criminal Offenders, Mark V. Lemieux

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study sought to learn about Criminal Thinking patterns of thought in former criminal offenders. The discovery of this information is important to several fields in the formulation of treatment programs toward the elimination of criminal behavior. This research is based on the theory formulated by Yochelson and Samenow, and expanded on by Walters, that holds that Criminal Thinking patterns develop along a continuum and can lead to criminal behavior in some. Specifically, this study sought to learn whether criminal offenders were aware of their Criminal Thinking patterns and if that awareness impacted their criminal behavior. This qualitative phenomenological study …

Perceived Neighborhood: Preferences Versus Actualities, Saeed Moradi, Ali Nejat, Da Hu, Souparno Ghosh

Department of Statistics: Faculty Publications

Housing recovery plays a key role in the overall restoration of a community. A multitude of factors affect housing recovery, many of which are associated with interactions of residents with their perceived neighborhoods. Targeting perceived neighborhoods rather than administratively defined measures of land helps with devising recovery plans that could better address social preferences of the residents. However, such measures are commonly subject to collection of information via expensive and time-consuming surveys. The current research aims to contribute to the domain by exploring the relationship between perception of households of their neighborhood anchors (perceived anchors) and the anchors that exist …

Chula In Colors แต่งแต้มอนาคต ในแบบที่แตกต่าง, สิริธร ศรีชลาคม

Jamjuree Journal

No abstract provided.

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Jamjuree Journal

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How Vending Machines Can Conquer Access To Better Quality Convenience Food, Tessa C. Greenhalgh

Senior Projects Spring 2020

As the food system has evolved it has been forced to include convenience. Changing life styles and big food companies have dictated a switch in expectations from our food. They have made it so that time and energy can be saved when it comes to producing, cooking or eating food. Technology has evolved beside convenience food, to sell or manufacture it and make it more convenient. One of these invention is vending machines. Automated food vending began with the Automat, which served fresh and healthy dishes but has come to dispense food that is mostly considered unhealthy. Vending machines are …

Can You See It?: Providing Visual Arts Access To Audiences With Visual Impairment And Blindness, Rowan A. Puig Davis

Senior Projects Spring 2020

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Health In The Musical Profession: A Human Rights Investigation At The Intersections Of Identity, Reputation, And Resources, Jillian P. Reed

Senior Projects Spring 2020

This project investigates the effects of illness, injury, and disability on professional musicians. Issues of the musician’s identity, importance of reputation, and disability stigma are explored through firsthand accounts of 15 musicians who faced health challenges during their careers. My original research also includes the data from 200 responses to my musicians’ health survey. The patchwork of resources available to these musicians is examined through the lenses of human rights claiming and humanitarian charity, with a focus on healthcare, interpersonal accommodations, and the currently insufficient legal protections for this population.

On a micro scale, this paper is about the experiences …

The Intersection Of Socioeconomic Segregation, The Black Voter, And Redistricting Within Tallahassee, Florida, Tsion Kiros

Senior Projects Spring 2020

This thesis explores answering the question of why Tallahassee is considered one of the most economically/racially segregated cities within America. This thesis also wants to create the argument on why and how socioeconomic segregation, black voting behavior, and redistricting all intersect with each other and help perpetuate the issue of economic stagnation among black people in Tallahassee. The first chapter consists of providing the historical context within Tallahassee dating all the way back to slavery in the mid-1800s when it was the slave trading capitol of the state. From there I focus on the transition from there to the era …

Existing But Not Living: A Discussion And Proposal For The Acute Social Withdrawal Syndrome Hikikomori In Japan, Andrea Michelle Otey

Senior Projects Spring 2020

This senior project is a comprehensive discussion of hikikomori syndrome. It intends to offer a deeper knowledge of the complicated acute social withdrawal phenomenon that is impacting the lives of millions of people worldwide, with a specific focus on its relevance within the country of Japan. This project sets out to look deeper into hikikomori’s meaning and prevalence, its receival in the world of psychiatry, and its placement within modern Japanese society. This project also offers a proposal for a potential method of treatment for hikikomori syndrome, wherein the structure of modern Japanese households is explored and the possibility of …

Impacts Of Technological And Social Media Surveillance On Early Childhood Teachers And Caregivers(ผลกระทบของการสอดส่องผ่านเทคโนโลยีและสื่อสังคมที่มี ต่อครูและผู้ดูแลเด็กปฐมวัย), Patrapan Tamdee, Watcharee Boonwittaya

Journal of Social Sciences

This qualitative case study research aims to explore the work context under technological and social media control and also the impacts on early childhood teachers and caregivers. The data was collected from 41 early childhood teachers and caregivers in Bangkok and Chiang Mai province by using purposive sampling technique. In-depth interview and non-participant observation methods were used. The study reveals that early childhood teachers and caregivers had to work under the control of instruction media technology, work monitoring equipments, communication technology via applications on smart phones and communication via online social media. This work context leads to indistinguishability between working …

Universal Social Protection: A Rights - Based Approach To Basic Income Support(การคุ้มครองทางสังคมถ้วนหน้า: แนวทางการวิเคราะห์ เน้นสิทธิมนุษยชนสู่การสนับสนุนรายได้พื้นฐาน), Kritsada Theerakosonphong

Journal of Social Sciences

This article examines the concept of basic income, its policy application in certain countries and the associated controversies in the midst of neo-liberalism. It employs a rights-based approach in examining the social protection system, seeing universal basic income as a socio-economic policy appropriate to all citizens and constituting the floor of social protection in line with the proposal made by the International Labour Organization (ILO). It argues that, in fact, in allocating benefits to target populations, attention should be paid to the provision of money and benefits without conditions. In sum, in the future, basic income needs to be considered …

Democratic Festivities During The Elections Of "Lok Sabha" Members Of Parliament, India 2019(เทศกาลแห่งประชาธิปไตยในการเลือกตั้งสมาชิก "โลกสภา" อินเดีย ค.ศ. 2019), Aphirat Kamwang

Journal of Social Sciences

This article examines the surge of political activities surrounding the 17th general elections in 2019 for the Indian lower House of Parliament or "Lok Sabha", in which there were 900 million voters, using data collected from Indian government organizations and online news media. It focuses on important activities undertaken by political parties and their leaders, and also their votebanks, alliances and contested seats. The study revealed a political orientation positive towards the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Narendra Modi's return as Prime Minister for a second term to further his socio-economic policies in accordance with long-term nationalistic ideals. On the …

The Defense Of State's Role In Public Policy(รัฐยังต้องมีบทบาทสำคัญในนโยบายสาธารณะ), Pisanu Sangiampongsa

Journal of Social Sciences

Criticisms of the state's role relate to many of its aspects - the continuing expansion of the scope of its responsibilities; its encroachment on people's lives and freedoms through its making of public policy, and its inefficiency of operation, as compared to the private sector. The origin of the state's role and its various types that led to a varying extent of intervention in society are delineated. Economic and political rationales for the state are discussed, arguing for its significance in public life and that the nonexistence of state is implausible. The state's roles in various kinds of public policy, …

A Criminological Synthesis Of The Crime Of Genocide(การสังเคราะห์ทางอาชญาวิทยาของอาชญากรรมการฆ่า ล้างเผ่าพันธุ์), Sanhawan Srisod

Journal of Social Sciences

Thecrimeof genocide,or the"crimeofallcrimes", isoftenanalysed throughthelensof law. However, social scientists have argued that legal explanations and descriptions of the crime of genocidearetoolimited inanalysis. Criminology - asasociological discipline dedicated tostudying variouscrimesand toseeking explanations behind therootsof thesecrimes - can providesubstantial guidance which could be employed to deconstruct, analyse and understand the crime of genocide. This article thus synthesizes criminological theories that have been employed to study the crime of genocide, toshow how using thelensofcriminology instead of law could improveourunderstanding about thecrimeof genocide. Whilethereisnouniversallyaccepted criminological theory tounpack thiscrime, thestudies do contribute greatly to our understanding of the causes and patterns of genocide. Findings from …

Islamophobia As Represented By Thai Buddhist Organizations(โรคเกลียดกลัวอิสลามที่ถูกนำเสนอโดยองค์กรชาวพุทธไทย), Jesada Buaban

Journal of Social Sciences

Scholarly works on Islamophobia in Thailand always focus on the state's marginalization of Islam in Thai historiography and ultimately makes Muslims become strangers. I argue that the negative labeling of Islam has not only been adopted by the Thai state to support its militarization in the three southern provinces, but is also reproduced by conservative Buddhists to seek supports from the governmentand Buddhist followersthemselves.Therefore, IslamophobiainThailand cannot be understood without scrutinizing Buddhist groups who reproduce hatred and anti-Islam campaigns. This phenomenon occurs under the condition that the Thai state fails to promote secularism. While the government chooses to assimilate and satisfy …

Approaches For Developing Thai Diplomats To Become World Class(แนวทางการพัฒนานักการทูตไทยสู่มาตรฐานสากล), Suwanee Auephunsirikul, Suebsakul Narintarangkul Na Ayudhaya

Journal of Social Sciences

The purposesof thisarticle weretostudythecurrentstateand desired stateof the development of diplomats' competencies and to propose approaches for training and development of diplomats' competencies to become world class. This study employed a mixed method research design. From a total population 836 diplomats, 240 samples were selected by using stratified random sampling. The research instruments used for quantitative data were a questionnaire and an evaluation form to assess appropriateness and feasibility. Qualitative data were collected by interviewing according to aschedule. The findings on the current state of the training and development of diplomats' competencies, werethaton-the-job training and blended learning models wereata moderatelevel, whileoff-the-job …

2020 Annual Campus Security And Fire Safety Report, University Of Nebraska-Lincoln, University Police, University Of Nebraska-Lincoln

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University Police

2020 Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Safety and security information for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, including crime and fire statistics for the 2019 calendar year, and the information required by the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1989. All data are submitted to the United States Department of Education according to law.

Communicating In Crisis Situations, Rick Gorvett, Chris Morse, Julie Volkman

Communication Faculty Journal Articles

Communicating technical information, especially in a crisis situation and particularly when the audience does not share the technical background, is a challenge that actuaries frequently face. This essay describes the dynamics and issues involved in crisis communications and provides some recommendations for actuaries confronting such a situation.

Stepping Into The Shoes Of The Department Of Justice: The Unusual, Necessary, And Hopeful Path The Illinois Attorney General Took To Require Police Reform In Chicago, Lisa Madigan, Cara Hendrickson, Karyn L. Bass Ehler

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

No abstract provided.