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“In My Blood”: External Factors For International Stem Postdoctoral Scholars’ Career Decisions, Kathryn J. Watson, Sylvia L. Mendez Jul 2024

“In My Blood”: External Factors For International Stem Postdoctoral Scholars’ Career Decisions, Kathryn J. Watson, Sylvia L. Mendez

Journal of Global Education and Research

This instrumental case study (Stake, 1995) explores the external factors that influence international science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) postdoctoral scholars in the United States to pursue a career in STEM. Interviews with 20 international STEM postdoctoral scholars were analyzed deductively to shed light on their unique backgrounds and experiences. Three themes emerged: (a) parents were highly encouraging, (b) a love of science was nurtured in school, and (c) they were eager to engage in and promote scientific innovation. These findings illustrate the ways in which family, schools, and community influence the STEM career trajectories of international postdoctoral scholars.


Engagement With Radical Propaganda Drives Cognitive Radicalization: An Analysis Of A Right-Wing Online Ecosystem, Julius B. Calvert Apr 2024

Engagement With Radical Propaganda Drives Cognitive Radicalization: An Analysis Of A Right-Wing Online Ecosystem, Julius B. Calvert

Journal of Strategic Security

Cognitive radicalization remains an issue for communities battling terrorism. Recent empirical investigations into the psycho-social processes involved with radicalization have revealed social exclusion, cognitive inflexibility, and perceived threats to an ingroup as significant predictors for one’s propensity to engage with radical content and commit to offline behaviors. This study investigates the utility of user engagement and the proxy effect on cognitive radicalization by examining users’ engagement with a radical-right online ecosystem. The study supported the assumption that content featuring outgroup prejudice would affect the cognitive radicalization process. Several results demonstrate the importance of user engagement in the process of radicalization. …


A Country Of Defiance: Mapping The Casamance In Senegal. By Mark W. Deets. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2023, Ezenwa E. Olumba Apr 2024

A Country Of Defiance: Mapping The Casamance In Senegal. By Mark W. Deets. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2023, Ezenwa E. Olumba

Journal of Strategic Security

No abstract provided.


A Personal Autobiographical Essay On The Origins And Beginning Years Of Genocide Studies, And Some Reflections On The Field Today, Israel W. Charny Mar 2024

A Personal Autobiographical Essay On The Origins And Beginning Years Of Genocide Studies, And Some Reflections On The Field Today, Israel W. Charny

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

No abstract provided.


Determining Students’ Personality Traits According To Parental Perspectives: A Scale Development Study, Cengiz Aglar, Tuncay Dilci Mar 2024

Determining Students’ Personality Traits According To Parental Perspectives: A Scale Development Study, Cengiz Aglar, Tuncay Dilci

Journal of Global Education and Research

The educational community recognizes individual differences, but it is important to fully address them in educational settings. While there are existing studies on personality traits, none focus on the personality traits of students aged 6-18. This study aims to fill this gap, as personality traits significantly influence personal, academic, and professional life. Understanding student personalities allows for the development of more effective educational programs, facilitating their full potential. The study included parents of 2,229 students from a population of 16,505,271 aged 6-18 in Turkiye. Through exploratory factor analysis (EFA), a reliable 61-item 5-point Likert scale (α = .942) was …


Uses And Limitations Of Big Data For Evaluating Transportation Equity, Tia Boyd, Taylor Dinehart, Kristine Williams Mar 2024

Uses And Limitations Of Big Data For Evaluating Transportation Equity, Tia Boyd, Taylor Dinehart, Kristine Williams

Research Reports

Social equity has come to the forefront in recent years as a hot topic and essential aspect of transportation planning. Technological advancements are allowing planners to collect more precise data and conduct analysis in real time, as well as improve visualization and forecasting abilities. “Big data” has immense potential to enrich transportation planning and our understanding of equity issues, even as it poses potential limitations regarding social equity. Examples abound of big data applications in transportation, including transportation equity analysis, yet these examples are dispersed in different agency studies, company websites, and publications. This synthesis project scanned and mined the …


What Hospitality And Tourism Higher Educators Learned From Covid-19: A Case Of Turkiye, Ayse Collins, Ayse S. Dulger, Muharrem Tuna, Muzaffer Uysal Mar 2024

What Hospitality And Tourism Higher Educators Learned From Covid-19: A Case Of Turkiye, Ayse Collins, Ayse S. Dulger, Muharrem Tuna, Muzaffer Uysal

Journal of Global Education and Research

Among all the sectors, the hospitality and tourism sector has been detrimentally affected by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This research aimed to determine how changes have been experienced specifically in the Turkish tourism higher education and tourism sector. Twenty-seven academics from the hospitality and tourism education departments were interviewed. Most agreed that restrictions have limited student access to hands-on practical courses and internships, which are crucial to developing necessary competencies. Moreover, the results showed the curriculum does not always meet the needs of the hospitality industry for a trained and skilled workforce. The challenge is to decide what …


Financial Characteristics Of Mobile Banking And Payment Users In The United States, Jordan Mitchell, Xiao Li, Doug Steel, Phillip Decker Mar 2024

Financial Characteristics Of Mobile Banking And Payment Users In The United States, Jordan Mitchell, Xiao Li, Doug Steel, Phillip Decker

Journal of Global Business Insights

This study aims to examine the personal finance characteristics of mobile banking and mobile payment users in the United States. To achieve this goal, we used the 2018 National Financial Capability Study, which surveyed over 27,000 American adults regarding their personal financial standing and behaviors. By using ordinary least squares models, our results indicated that the use of mobile banking and mobile payment technology was associated with lower age, Non-White Ethnicity, higher income, higher debt load, debt types (auto, student, credit card, and predatory), and spending more than one’s income. These results reveal that the higher one’s income, financial liabilities, …


Pre-Service Teachers Evaluate Mentors And Teaching Practice Schools Using Metaphors, Suzan Canli, Hasan Demirtas Mar 2024

Pre-Service Teachers Evaluate Mentors And Teaching Practice Schools Using Metaphors, Suzan Canli, Hasan Demirtas

Journal of Global Education and Research

The present study aimed to analyze the views of pre-service teachers, expressed through metaphors, about the adequacy of mentors and teaching practice schools and their recommendations for effective mentoring. A phenomenological design was adopted, and participants included 105 mentees. The current mentors and teaching practice schools had attributes that were not adequate for active mentoring. The mentor should be selected based on criteria such as professional competence, ability to perform mentoring roles, and positive interpersonal relationships. The teaching practice schools should be selected based on human relations, educational activities, the quality of education and instruction, and the physical conditions of …


Determinants Influencing The Adoption Of Mobile Banking By Women In Bangladesh, Soma Dey, Sacchidanand Majumder Mar 2024

Determinants Influencing The Adoption Of Mobile Banking By Women In Bangladesh, Soma Dey, Sacchidanand Majumder

Journal of Global Business Insights

Women’s mobile banking adoption is linked to several advantages, including empowering women, enhancing investment in women-owned businesses, and decreasing extreme poverty.This study explores the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics that affect women’s mobile banking adoption in Bangladesh using Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS; 2020) data. In this study, 12,147 ever-married women aged 15-49 are included in the analysis. The chi-square test is used to examine the effect of socioeconomic and demographic factors on women’s mobile banking adoption. Then, the enter method of a binary logistic regression model is applied to identify the factors most strongly affiliated with it. The result …


Energetic Value Estimates Of Wild And Domesticated Food Items Consumed By Congolese Bayaka Foragers, Lucie Benoit, Sheina Lew-Levy, Yann R. Ouamba, Alyssa N. Crittenden Feb 2024

Energetic Value Estimates Of Wild And Domesticated Food Items Consumed By Congolese Bayaka Foragers, Lucie Benoit, Sheina Lew-Levy, Yann R. Ouamba, Alyssa N. Crittenden

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

We present a dataset that systematically estimates the energetic value of wild and domesticated food resources collected and consumed by Congolese BaYaka foragers. This dataset is unique in that it accounts for everyday practices of food processing and consumption. Reported values of inedible portions, moisture content, and estimated energetic values (kcal/g) were extracted from field research and the published food chemistry and nutrition literature. These data are central to understanding how nutritional needs are met in rainforest environments and will allow for current and future tracking of diet composition in this and similar ecologies. The dataset is available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19446938.v9


Riqueza, Abundancia Y Diversidad De Aves Acuáticas Asociadas Al Complejo Lagunar Chacopata-Bocaripo, Estado Sucre, Venezuela / Richness, Abundance, And Diversity Of Waterbirds Associated To The Chacopata-Bocaripo Lagoon Complex, Sucre State, Venezuela, Escarlyn Aguilera, Gedio Marín, Jorge Muñoz Feb 2024

Riqueza, Abundancia Y Diversidad De Aves Acuáticas Asociadas Al Complejo Lagunar Chacopata-Bocaripo, Estado Sucre, Venezuela / Richness, Abundance, And Diversity Of Waterbirds Associated To The Chacopata-Bocaripo Lagoon Complex, Sucre State, Venezuela, Escarlyn Aguilera, Gedio Marín, Jorge Muñoz

Revista Venezolana de Ornitología

Las lagunas costeras son ecosistemas de alta diversidad y productividad, pero en las últimas décadas los hábitat de muchas especies de aves acuáticas que los explotan han sido intensamente degradados y destruidos. Se inventarió la avifauna acuática asociada las lagunas de Bocaripo (LB) y Chacopata (LC), ubicadas al NE de la Península de Araya, estado Sucre, desde agosto 2013 hasta marzo 2014, mediante conteos mensuales por transectos de línea sin estimados de distancia. Se calcularon los índices de Abundancia Relativa (Ar), Riqueza (número de especies), Diversidad de Simpson (l), Equitabilidad (El), Similitud (Ss) y Relevancia Específica (RE). Se identificaron 37 …


Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gai) In Hospitality And Tourism Marketing: Perceptions, Risks, Benefits, And Policy Implications, Usman Khan, Kashif Ali Khan Feb 2024

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gai) In Hospitality And Tourism Marketing: Perceptions, Risks, Benefits, And Policy Implications, Usman Khan, Kashif Ali Khan

Journal of Global Hospitality and Tourism

This study investigates the integration of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) into hospitality and tourism marketing and its implications for industry professionals in the United States. This study employed a mixed methods approach, gathering qualitative insights from 20 professionals and quantitative data from a sample of 163 participants. The qualitative study revealed concerns about data privacy, customer trust, and ethical considerations regarding GAI implementation. However, participants acknowledged its potential to enhance personalization, engagement, and operational efficiency. The quantitative study supported these findings by showing a level of concern about risks but agreement on the benefits of GAI. Additionally, the participants were …


Designing Experiences: Unveiling Passenger Perspectives Through Service Design At An Airport, İnci Polat, Ahmet Ozturk, Ruveyda Koc, Yudem Inel Feb 2024

Designing Experiences: Unveiling Passenger Perspectives Through Service Design At An Airport, İnci Polat, Ahmet Ozturk, Ruveyda Koc, Yudem Inel

Journal of Global Hospitality and Tourism

Service design refers to applications that design, align, and optimize business operations to improve the experiences of both users and employees to support customers’ journeys. The fundamental objective of this conceptual framework is not solely to fabricate a comprehensive, pleasurable, and unforgettable encounter for customers but also to create a sustainable, proficient, and fruitful resolution for providers. This study aims to measure passenger satisfaction using service design tools, such as customer journey maps and research walls, and to demonstrate the impact of service design experience on value co-creation and customer satisfaction. In this context, this study comprises two phases. The …


Meaningful Work And Job Burnout Among Frontline Employees Of Classified Hotels In Nairobi City County, Kenya: Does Gender Identity Matter?, John Kahuthu Gitau, Rosemarie Ayuma Khayiya, Vincent Nyamari Maranga Feb 2024

Meaningful Work And Job Burnout Among Frontline Employees Of Classified Hotels In Nairobi City County, Kenya: Does Gender Identity Matter?, John Kahuthu Gitau, Rosemarie Ayuma Khayiya, Vincent Nyamari Maranga

Journal of Global Hospitality and Tourism

This study investigates the impact of meaningful work on job burnout (JBO) among frontline employees in Nairobi City County. Data was collected from 309 employees in various hotel categories ranging from two- to five-star-rated hotels. The present study applied the conservation of resources (COR) theory to develop a framework. It found that positive meaning in work had inverse relationships with all aspects of JBO. The negative influence of meaning-making through work significantly affected emotional exhaustion (EE) but not depersonalization (DP) and reduced personal accomplishment (RPA). The study recommends that operators and managers of classified hotels recognize the importance of boosting …


Molt And Ageing Criteria In Eight Birds From Northwestern Costa Rica, Tyler C. Christensen, Sean P. Graesser Jan 2024

Molt And Ageing Criteria In Eight Birds From Northwestern Costa Rica, Tyler C. Christensen, Sean P. Graesser

North American Bird Bander

No abstract provided.


Reviews: The Home Place: Memoirs Of A Colored Man's Love Affair With Nature (Lanham, J.D.); The Seabird's Cry: The Lives And Loves Of The Planet's Great Ocean Voyagers (Nicholson, A.); The End Of The End Of The Earth (Franzen, J.); Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers And Caregiving (Collins, C.), Marine Ornithology Jan 2024

Reviews: The Home Place: Memoirs Of A Colored Man's Love Affair With Nature (Lanham, J.D.); The Seabird's Cry: The Lives And Loves Of The Planet's Great Ocean Voyagers (Nicholson, A.); The End Of The End Of The Earth (Franzen, J.); Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers And Caregiving (Collins, C.), Marine Ornithology

Marine Ornithology

No abstract provided.


Separating Black-Browed Albatross Thalassarche Melanophris And Atlantic Yellow-Nosed Albatross T. Chlororhynchos By Osteological Morphometric Analysis, A. Pereira, M. Tavares, I. B. Moreno Jan 2024

Separating Black-Browed Albatross Thalassarche Melanophris And Atlantic Yellow-Nosed Albatross T. Chlororhynchos By Osteological Morphometric Analysis, A. Pereira, M. Tavares, I. B. Moreno

Marine Ornithology

No abstract provided.


Individual Consistency In The Non-Breeding Behavior Of A Long-Distance Migrant Seabird, The Grey Petrel Procellaria Cinerea, K. Delord, C. Barbraud, P. Pinaud, S. Ruault, S. C. Patrick, H. Weimerskirch Jan 2024

Individual Consistency In The Non-Breeding Behavior Of A Long-Distance Migrant Seabird, The Grey Petrel Procellaria Cinerea, K. Delord, C. Barbraud, P. Pinaud, S. Ruault, S. C. Patrick, H. Weimerskirch

Marine Ornithology

No abstract provided.


Foraging Patterns Of The Antarctic Shag Phalacrocorax Bransfieldensis At Harmony Point, Antarctica, R. Casaux, M. L. Bertolin Jan 2024

Foraging Patterns Of The Antarctic Shag Phalacrocorax Bransfieldensis At Harmony Point, Antarctica, R. Casaux, M. L. Bertolin

Marine Ornithology

No abstract provided.


Illegal Egg Harvesting And Population Decline In A Key Pelagic Seabird Colony Of The Eastern Indian Ocean, R. Mondreti, P. Davidar, D. Grémillet Jan 2024

Illegal Egg Harvesting And Population Decline In A Key Pelagic Seabird Colony Of The Eastern Indian Ocean, R. Mondreti, P. Davidar, D. Grémillet

Marine Ornithology

No abstract provided.


Possible Drivers Of Nest Usurpation In African Penguins Spheniscus Demersus, Gwendoline Traisnel, Lorien Pichegru Jan 2024

Possible Drivers Of Nest Usurpation In African Penguins Spheniscus Demersus, Gwendoline Traisnel, Lorien Pichegru

Marine Ornithology

No abstract provided.


Ashy Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma Homochroa Mist-Netting And Capture Rates In The California Channel Islands, 2004-2007, Josh Adams Jan 2024

Ashy Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma Homochroa Mist-Netting And Capture Rates In The California Channel Islands, 2004-2007, Josh Adams

Marine Ornithology

No abstract provided.


Random Measurement Error And Specimen Shrinkage In Short-Tailed Shearwaters Puffinus Tenuirostris, Stephen L. Totterman Jan 2024

Random Measurement Error And Specimen Shrinkage In Short-Tailed Shearwaters Puffinus Tenuirostris, Stephen L. Totterman

Marine Ornithology

No abstract provided.


Vocal Repertoire Of The Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria Rostrata: A Preliminary Assessment, M. J. Rauzon, A. B. Rudd Jan 2024

Vocal Repertoire Of The Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria Rostrata: A Preliminary Assessment, M. J. Rauzon, A. B. Rudd

Marine Ornithology

No abstract provided.


Insect Prey Of Breeding South American Terns, E. J. Woehler, J. Y. Saviolli, C. L.B Francini, T. Neves, R. B. Francini Jan 2024

Insect Prey Of Breeding South American Terns, E. J. Woehler, J. Y. Saviolli, C. L.B Francini, T. Neves, R. B. Francini

Marine Ornithology

No abstract provided.


Brood Patch And Sex-Ratio Observations Indicate Breeding Provenance And Timing In New Zealand Storm-Petrel Fregetta Maoriana, M. J. Rayner, C. P. Gaskin, B. M. Stephenson, N. B. Fitzgerald, T. J. Landers, B. C. Robertson, R. P. Scofield, S.M.H. Ismar, M. J. Imber Jan 2024

Brood Patch And Sex-Ratio Observations Indicate Breeding Provenance And Timing In New Zealand Storm-Petrel Fregetta Maoriana, M. J. Rayner, C. P. Gaskin, B. M. Stephenson, N. B. Fitzgerald, T. J. Landers, B. C. Robertson, R. P. Scofield, S.M.H. Ismar, M. J. Imber

Marine Ornithology

No abstract provided.


A Simplified Method Of Determining The Sex Of Pygoscelis Penguins Using Bill Measurements, M. J. Polito, G. V. Clucas, T. Hart, W. Z. Trivelpiece Jan 2024

A Simplified Method Of Determining The Sex Of Pygoscelis Penguins Using Bill Measurements, M. J. Polito, G. V. Clucas, T. Hart, W. Z. Trivelpiece

Marine Ornithology

No abstract provided.


Diet And Habitat Use By The African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus Moquini In De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa, H. A. Scott, W. R.J. Dean, L. H. Watson Jan 2024

Diet And Habitat Use By The African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus Moquini In De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa, H. A. Scott, W. R.J. Dean, L. H. Watson

Marine Ornithology

No abstract provided.


Gender Determination From Morphometrics In Migrating Magellanic Penguins Spheniscus Magellanicus, R. E.T. Vanstreels, A. C. Adornes, V. Ruoppolo, P. L. Canabarro, R. P. Silva-Filho, J. L. Catāo-Dias Jan 2024

Gender Determination From Morphometrics In Migrating Magellanic Penguins Spheniscus Magellanicus, R. E.T. Vanstreels, A. C. Adornes, V. Ruoppolo, P. L. Canabarro, R. P. Silva-Filho, J. L. Catāo-Dias

Marine Ornithology

No abstract provided.