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Bioarchaeological And Mortuary Patterns At Holtun, Guatemala: Integrating A Comparative Osteobiographic Approach, Horvey Palacios

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

Bioarchaeological analysis can help identify patterns of mortuary ritual and social experience of ancient Maya peoples. However, there is limited bioarchaeological and mortuary evidence for the relationship between the development of social complexity and social experience. Particularly, how is social organization reflected in patterns of burial practice and skeletal markers of stress. This thesis uses osteobiographies to contextualize the mortuary and biological profiles of 20 individuals interred at the Maya site of Holtun, Guatemala to examine bioarchaeological variation during the Preclassic (800 B.C. – 250 A.D.) and Late Classic (550 A.D. – 900 A.D.) periods. This work highlights the integration …

Biocybersecurity: A Converging Threat As An Auxiliary To War, Lucas Potter, Orlando Ayala, Xavier-Lewis Palmer

Engineering Technology Faculty Publications

Biodefense is the discipline of ensuring biosecurity with respect to select groups of organisms and limiting their spread. This field has increasingly been challenged by novel threats from nature that have been weaponized such as SARS, Anthrax, and similar pathogens, but has emerged victorious through collaboration of national and world health groups. However, it may come under additional stress in the 21st century as the field intersects with the cyberworld-- a world where governments have already been struggling to keep up with cyber attacks from small to state-level actors as cyberthreats have been relied on to level the playing field …

What Is The Cost Of Sadness? Age Differences In Risky Medical Decision Making, Jenna M. Wilson

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

It's unknown how a sadness induction affects risky decision making within the medical domain, as well as whether the cognitive appraisal tendencies of uncertainty and situational control, which are theorized to underlie sadness, explain why sadness is related to subsequent decision making. Additionally, although initial work suggests that age differences in risky decision making may not exist within the medical domain, this limited work has only used one measure of risky medical decision making (e.g., Butler et al., 2012; Hanoch et al., 2018; Rosman et al., 2013). The first aim of the current study was to examine the effect of …

Fair Questions: A Call And Proposal For Using General Verdicts With Special Interrogatories To Prevent Biased And Unjust Convictions, Charles Eric Hintz

All Faculty Scholarship

Bias and other forms of logical corner-cutting are an unfortunate aspect of criminal jury deliberations. However, the preferred verdict system in the federal courts, the general verdict, does nothing to counter that. Rather, by forcing jurors into a simple binary choice — guilty or not guilty — the general verdict facilitates and encourages such flawed reasoning. Yet the federal courts continue to stick to the general verdict, ironically out of a concern that deviating from it will harm defendants by leading juries to convict.

This Essay calls for a change: expand the use of a special findings verdict, the general …

Mastery Behavior And Brain Injury In Infancy, Kiyana S. Dunston

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

This study aims to determine the combined effect of degree of brain injury and age on mastery behavior among infants. Specifically, it investigates whether degree of brain injury in infancy can predict later competence, or mastery motivation behavior at both 7 and 10 months of age. In this context, mastery motivation is defined as “persistence” or the percent of time spent engaging in persistent behavior. To test the hypothesis that there would be a significant interaction between age and brain injury on mastery scores, participants engaged in 12-15-minute toy play sessions at 7- and 10-months-old. Data was analyzed using a …

Online Learning Librarianship In A Fully Online World: Findings (And Advice) From A National Study During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Amber Willenborg, Tessa Withorn

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

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The Impact Of Supply Chain Disruptions On Stock Market Returns During Covid-19, Hélène Flore Nguemgaing, Ana Claudia Sant’Anna

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Purpose: How has Covid-19 impacted meat processors’ stock returns? We evaluate the effects of supply chain disruptions (e.g., lockdowns and Covid-19 incidences among workers) on stock market prices of meat processors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design/methodology/approach This study uses an event study approach to examine the disruptions from COVID-19 through events such as plant shutdowns, the pandemic announcement, lockdown dates, and the first case of Covid-19 outbreaks in meat processing plants. Our dataset includes S&P 500, Google Trends, financial beta, and data collected for 14 U.S. Publicly traded meat processing companies.

Findings Results show that nationwide events (e.g., announcement of …

Assessing President Obama’S Appointment Of Women To The Federal Appellate Courts, Laura Moyer

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

A major legacy of the Obama presidency was the mark he left on the federal courts with respect to increasing judicial diversity. In particular, President Obama’s appointments of women to the federal judiciary exceeded all previous presidents in terms of both absolute numbers and as a share of all judges; he also appointed a record-setting number of women of color to the lower federal courts. In this Article, I take an intersectional approach to exploring variation in the professional backgrounds, qualifications, and Senate confirmation experiences of Obama’s female appeals court appointees, comparing them with George W. Bush and Bill Clinton …

“With Facebook, You Have A Voice:” Neoliberalism And Activism In Mark Zuckerberg’S Georgetown Address, Calvin Coker, Ryan Corso-Gonzales

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

In October of 2019, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg streamed a speech from Georgetown University defending the company’s practice of not regulating or rejecting blatantly false political advertisements placed on their site. The speech, part of his “transparency tour” to allay concerns about the growing social power and stunning irresponsibility of Facebook, presents a troubling articulation of “voice” along neoliberal lines that atomizes the individual, separates activism from communities, and conflates activity on Facebook with free expression. In this essay, we use rhetorical scholarship on voice to illuminate how Zuckerberg’s speech both relies on and retrenches neoliberal rationality to flatten difference …

Rework The Network: Implementing Virtual Outreach Methods In The Covid Era, Alexandra Howard

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

The COVID-19 pandemic forced academic libraries to be innovative and efficient in shifting to support online learning. While there has been much discussion of online teaching resources and tools among librarians and educators, there has been less of a focus on online outreach and virtual networking. This article presents a case study describing how a new liaison librarian used virtual outreach to build relationships in her liaison subject area, leading to opportunities for research assistance and instruction despite the challenges of starting as a new librarian in the midst of a global pandemic.

A Study Of Sustainability In The Energy Sector In Myanmar Between 2011 And 2020, Clara Mang Sui Tang

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In modern society, energy becomes a life supporting mechanism, as it is not only entangled with the environment pillar of sustainable development, but also inseparably related to the economic and social pillars of society. Taking advantage of a qualitative research method, this study critically examines the level of sustainability of Myanmar’s energy sector between 2011 and 2020, using 2011 as a baseline, by observing three critical components: energy security, environmental considerations in energy production and securing financial health for the sector. Energy security, possessing uninterrupted availability of energy sources at an affordable price, is studied from available macro secondary data …

Ecological System And Psychosocial Well-Being Of Myanmar Migrant Workers During The Covid-19 Pandemic "A Case Of Mahachai", Susan Moe Kyaw

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The complex interactions in each ecological setting influence the psychosocial well-being of a person. Migrant workers’ well-being is highly influenced by their working conditions, security, and social relationship. They encounter not only work-related stress, and discrimination, but are also caused by socio-economic changes during the global crisis such as the Covid-19 outbreak. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand, Mahachai has been a place of many studies and research as it hosts thousands of migrant workers, and its major seafood production, fishery, metal, and other factories in its area. It draws the attention of migration scholars, policymakers, and researchers to …

The Karen Diaspora : Transnational Sense Of Belonging And Practices After The 2021 Myanmar Coup, Thinh Mai Phuc

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research examines the Karen diaspora’s transnational sense of belonging, ideological transition and tactics embodied in transnational activities after the 2021 Myanmar military coup. Looking at young Karen people in 5 host countries including the United States, Australia, Canada, Norway and Thailand, it is evident that those people in the diaspora still perceive the notion of homeland and maintain an emotional sense of belonging to their homeland after a long period of resettlement in host countries. In the context of the 2021 coup, those young people have engaged actively in transnational activities with various tactics used both on-site and online. …

The Motherhood Wage Penalty In The Public And Private Sectors In Thailand, 2017, Qiuge Chen

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Prior research has shown that the Motherhood Wage Penalty on mothers has led to mothers earning a lower monthly income than women without children in Thailand. This paper uses the Social Economic Survey (SES) of 2017 to study how the motherhood penalty affects women from different sectors. Using data of 9522 women from age 15 to 65 in the SES 2017, I find that the average motherhood wage penalty stood at 7.6 percent. The average penalty was 1.6 percent higher in the public sector versus the penalty in the private sector. Human Capital Theory explains the wage gap between mothers …

The Relationships Between Socio-Economic Background And Youth Not In Education, Employment, Or Training In A Developing Country Context: A Case Study Of Thailand, Wei Liu

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This paper explores the relationship between young people aged 15 to 24 who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET) and socio-economic background in Thailand. Using a linear probability model with 16,329 samples with data from 2007 Socio-Economic Survey of Thailand and 12,813 samples with data from the 2017 Socio-Economic Survey of Thailand, I find that the results are sensitive to the definition of NEET used. For NEET status that includes unpaid family workers, I find that in both 2007 and 2017 data, compared to the lowest income group, individuals from household with higher average monthly income per capita …

The Effect Of Population Structure On Economic Development: Thailand's Provincial Panel Data, Satayu Pattarakijkusol

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research investigates the effects of demographic change, the change of labor supply, and human capital on Thailand’s economic development. This will help shed light on the relationship between population (quantitatively and qualitatively) and economic development. The demographic dividends, the neoclassical growth Solow-Swan model, and human capital are adopted as the conceptual framework for this research. The secondary panel data at the provincial level from government officials will be used for statistical analysis. Fixed effect or random effect with lagged dependent variable is introduced into the estimated model. The finding suggests that the labor productivity, employment level, share of the …

Investment Model Of Commitment To Parasocial Interaction And Purchase Intention Among Beauty Youtuber Followers, Parima Kosakarn

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Internet celebrities, such as Youtuber, have become an important figure in influencing purchase intention among viewers. This effect was linked to the parasocial interaction, which is prominently studied in communication and marketing fields. This research aimed to broaden this link by using a social psychological theory. Thus, the purpose of this research was to examine the effect of commitment (according to the Investment Model of Commitment Processes) and parasocial interaction on purchase intention of endorsed beauty products. Data were collected using internet-based survey from 181 participants, who were (1) Youtube users i.e., having Youtube accounts, (2) subscribing to a channel …

Testing Of A New Job Crafting Measure And Intervention To Enhance Thai Healthcare Professionals' Motivation, Work Engagement And, Job Performance, Pichaya Rochanadumrongkul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The present research consisted of two studies. In Study I, the objective was to develop and validate the job crafting measure in related to the levels of motivation, work engagement and job performance in Thai healthcare professionals using structured interview and structure equation model (SEM). Qualitative method using the interview (N = 20) was employed to extract employees’ experiences of crafting their job and explore additional dimension of job crafting. The results of the interview revealed an additional dimension of job crafting namely "humor” for Thai Job Crafting Behavior scale (Thai JCB) (physical crafting, relational crafting, cognitive crafting and humor). …

A Multi-Time-Point Study Of Newborn Self-Regulation And Child Self-Regulation In The First Two Years Of Life: The Mediating Effects Of Child Anger Temperament And Quality Of Mother-Child Interaction, Pimjuta Nimmapirat

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Studies on the development of child self-regulation during the first two years of life are limited. This study examined the association between newborn self-regulation at 1 month old and child self-regulation at 2 years old, with the child anger temperament and quality of mother-child interaction at 1 year and 2 years of age as the nature and nurture mediators for child selfregulation. The participants were 322 mother-child dyads in Chomthong and Fang districts, Chiangmai. The study was a multiple time-point design with a longitudinal data collection from the mothers and children at 1 month, 1 year, and 2 years of …

Effects Of Intergroup Ideologies On Willingness To Engage In Intergroup Contact With Essentialism As A Mediator, Piraorn Suvanbenjakule

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Various studies have found that merely interacting with an outgroup does not necessarily lead to better intergroup relations. The prejudice against Myanmar in Thailand is still an issue that needs solving. Therefore, cultures should be understood as an ongoing process in the hope that it would be more consistent with the current social environment and improve intergroup relations. The first study was a cross-sectional study that examined the self-reported scores of polyculturalism and the willingness to engage in intergroup contact with essentialism as a mediator. The online survey was distributed, and 112 high-school and university students were included in the …

Facebook And Depression In Covid-19 Pandemic: The Role Of Time Spent On Information Overload And Depressive Symptoms With Trait Rumination As A Moderator, Vidchuda Taechajinda

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The current COVID-19 pandemic has led to concerns for health and well-being, especially when the quarantine strategy such as social isolation has been implemented. Since social media has become an essential source of information, it might overwhelm its users by providing too much information which could yield many negative psychological outcomes, including depressive symptoms. The proposed research is designed to investigate the role of time spent on Facebook for searching and receiving information about COVID-19, as well as trait rumination on information overload and depressive symptoms. Non-clinical 140 active Facebook users aged between 18 to 34 who live in Bangkok …

The Cultural Assimilation Of The Hakka Communities In Southeast Asia : The Case Of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia And Bangkok, Thailand, Douglas Philip Labadin

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Since migrating from China, the Hakka communities have continued to spread all around the world, especially in the Southeast Asian region. This research puts focus on the cultural assimilation of the Hakka communities in Malaysia and Thailand, with special reference to Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. The aspects of culture here is referring to the festivals and ceremonies, religion and worship, the Hakka association, the use of the Hakka dialect, the Hakka cuisines and delicacies, as well as the art and culture that remains until today. The aim is to compare the similarities and differences of the Hakka communities in these …

Vietnam-India Security Relations: Extrapolating India’S Potential Role In The Maintenance Of Balance Of Power In Aasen, Felix Jonas Jantz

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The thesis examines why and how Vietnam-India security relations have deepened significantly in reaction to the shifting geopolitical landscape of the Indo-Pacific. As Vietnam has to date been the ASEAN state that has engaged most deeply with India’s potential to be a regional security partner, the thesis focusses on ascertaining the factors that have led these two countries to develop a deeper security relationship than other states in the region. Following the analysis of the big geopolitical shifts that drive the two partners’ willingness to cooperate more deeply, the progression of bilateral security arrangements is analyzed, both in terms of …

Public Perception On Privacy And Acceptance Of Contact Tracing Application For Controlling The Spread Of Covid-19 In Quang Ninh, Vietnam, Hung Gia Do

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Since personal data has become valuable resources in the digital age, the concern of people on privacy turns to be more sensitive and significant among Vietnamese young adults. However, when the government introduced contact tracing application (Bluezone) in April 2020 to trace the movement of people with the aim in controlling the spread of COVID-19, the public attitude changed significantly. As time goes by, many comments on social networks and reviews on the Bluezone app had shown positive attitudes when people gradually accepted Bluezone and recommended others to download the app on their phone. With a case study in Quang …

Sino-Burmese Overland Trade Under Dual-Overlordship System In Qing Dynasty With Special Focus On Tea Trade In Sipsong Panna, Jingli Bai

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Overland trade had played a significant role in the interactions among China, Southeast Asia and South Asia for centuries. Though maritime trading raised in fifteenth century overwhelmingly attracts more attention from scholars, overland route was far from inconsiderable. Continental commercial intercourse essentially affected the demography, politics and also modernization process of Southern China and mainland Southeast Asia to a large range. During 17th to early 20th century, represented by several Shan states, Sino-Burmese frontier trade reached another peak. Enormous commodities carried by caravans shuttled on Tai leaders’ domains. By tributing to both China and Myanmar courts, Tai leaders received recognition …

Rohingya Refugee Assimilation In Bangladesh : A Case Study Of Cox’S Bazar, Safen Roy

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Refugees and forced migration are recurrent tragedies in today's world. Despite the efforts of international organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to address the global refugee crisis, there are obstacles to overcome and a negative attitude toward refugees among host nations. In most situations involving developing countries, host towns struggle to manage their populations and the influx of refugees. This thesis aims to look at the Rohingya refugee surge in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a developing country reliant on international assistance to deal with the Rohingya influx in 2017. With the influx of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, this paper demonstrates that the …

Taiwan As A Norm Entrepreneur : Advocating People-Centred Values In Southeast Asia, Ssu-Yu Chou

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research looks at the relations between Taiwan and Southeast Asia under President Tsai Ing-wen's first term (2016-2020) as her administration launched the people-centred New Southbound policy by analysing Taiwan's political discourse and interviewing shareholders in the policy projects. It argues that Taiwan acts as a norm entrepreneur framing its initiative and persuading targeted countries to join hands in development matters for people's well-being in the region. In turn, the people-centred rebranding is expected to justify and normalise cooperation at non- and semi-governmental levels with Taiwan without violating the one-China policy since the policy mainly aims to forge socio-economic partnerships. …

Bribes And Merits: Exchange Mechanisms In Thai Society, Enrico Bargnani

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Animist beliefs continue to play an important role for Thai people in the 21st century, forged by sacred yet intermittent interactions in everyday life. The appeal of spirits’ power, and perhaps the fear of them, appears to offer benefits with a worldly-focus that sometimes exceeds or at least complement the more other-worldly scope of Theravada Buddhism. Joining animism and Buddhism, seems to be the idea of an exchange taking place with something to be given and something to be received. Scholars have long debated on the matter of Thai faith, formulating various academic theories to account for the co-existence of …

Segmentation Of Thai Generation Z On Value, Attitude, Brand Loyalty, And Purchase Intention Towards Cruelty-Free Products, Emmika Lounporn

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research examines Thai Generation Z consumers and their value, attitude, brand loyalty, and purchase intention toward cruelty-free products, as well as the relationship among the variables. An online questionnaire was developed to study 400 male and female respondents, aged between 18 - 26 years, that are Thai by nationality or residency, with the acknowledgement of cruelty-free brands. The research findings shows that Thai Generation Z hold Universalism value towards cruelty-free products, have overall positive attitudes towards integrated marketing communication tools of cruelty-free products, positive brand loyalty, and positive purchase intention towards cruelty-free products. Additionally, each independent variable (value, attitude, …

Storytelling Techniques, Social Media Strategies, And Tourism Destination Images Of Thailand By Chinese Douyin Content Creators, Xuanrui Xiao

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study explores the storytelling techniques, social media strategies, and tourism destination images of Thailand by ten famous Chinese Douyin content creators. Two qualitative approaches conduct to obtain data. A narrative analysis examines the storytelling techniques of Douyin content creators, and the tourism destination images of Thailand portrayed by them. An in-depth interview is conducted to examine the social media strategies of Chinese Doyin content creators and tourism destination images of Thailand held in their minds. As a result, fifty vlogs are collected and analyzed to obtain 20 attributes under three categories of storytelling techniques and 8 attributes of tourism …