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Approximate Calculations Of The Net Economic Impact Of Global Warming Mitigation Targets Under Heightened Damage Estimates, Patrick T. Brown, Harry Saunders

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Efforts to mitigate global warming are often justified through calculations of the economic damages that may occur absent mitigation. The earliest such damage estimates were speculative mathematical representations, but some more recent studies provide empirical estimates of damages on economic growth that accumulate over time and result in larger damages than those estimated previously. These heightened damage estimates have been used to suggest that limiting global warming this century to 1.5 °C avoids tens of trillions of 2010 US$ in damage to gross world product relative to limiting global warming to 2.0 °C. However, in order to estimate the net …

Expressions, Fall 2020, San Jose State University, College Of The Humanities And The Arts

Expressions (College of Humanities and the Arts)

College of Humanities and the Arts Newsletter

Spartan Daily, October 1, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 155, Issue 18

Discrepancy Between High And Low Level Of Attitude Among Parents Of Lalgola And Beldanga-Ii Blocks In Murshidabad District Of West Bengal Towards Public Libraries In Empowering Women, Subrata Biswas, Prasenjit Deb

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In this study attempts have been made to bring into focus discrepancy between high and low level of attitude among the parents of Lalgola and Beldanga-II blocks in Murshidabad District of West Bengal towards public libraries in empowering women. The study was conducted from the aforementioned blocks on 100 parents of the students who were benefited from Kanyashree one time scholarship grant of Rs. 25,000. The main purpose of the study is to assess the role of public libraries in empowering women. The result shows that Kanyashree Prakalpa has a significantly powerful effect towards reducing child marriage (thereby reducing the …

Library Management Software: A Comparative Study Of Cloud Service And In-House Software Implementation At Upsa-Ghana, Amy P. A. Asimah, Sebastian H. Ofoe

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study looks at Library Management Software, a comparative study of Cloud Service and In-house Software implementation at UPSA-Ghana with the help of key performance indicators. The purpose of this study is to identify the security effects of Cloud Software as a Service (SaaS), the benefits of Cloud Service as compared to In-house Software implementation within the context of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The study uses self-administered questionnaires to collect data and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) tool to analyze data collected from 52 respondents from UPSA. The results indicated that the users of the In-house library system …

Research Contribution Of Library And Information Science Teachers Towards The Profession In India, Nagesh R, Chandrashekara M

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The aim of the study was to examine the research contributions of library and information science teachers in India in terms of gender, type of universities and regional offices of university grants commission(UGC). A survey approach was used in this study and structured online questionnaire framed using google form. Responses received from 287 (81%) out of 353 LIS teachers. The scope of study was confined to the present working LIS teachers in state and central universities of India. A total of 287 respondents, 202 (70.38%) was male and 85 (29.61) was female. In this study the research contributions of LIS …

The Ecco-Darwin Data-Assimilative Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Model: Estimates Of Seasonal To Multidecadal Surface Ocean PCo2 And Air-Sea Co2 Flux, D. Carroll, D. Menemenlis, J. F. Adkins, K. W. Bowman, H. Brix, S. Dutkiewicz, I. Fenty, M. M. Gierach, C. Hill, O. Jahn, P. Landschützer, J. M. Lauderdale, J. Liu, M. Manizza, J. D. Naviaux, C. Rödenbeck, D. S. Schimel, T. Van Der Stocken

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Quantifying variability in the ocean carbon sink remains problematic due to sparse observations and spatiotemporal variability in surface ocean pCO2. To address this challenge, we have updated and improved ECCO-Darwin, a global ocean biogeochemistry model that assimilates both physical and biogeochemical observations. The model consists of an adjoint-based ocean circulation estimate from the Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) consortium and an ecosystem model developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Darwin Project. In addition to the data-constrained ECCO physics, a Green's function approach is used to optimize the biogeochemistry by adjusting initial conditions and six biogeochemical …

What Sexual And Gender Minority People Want Researchers To Know About Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Questions: A Qualitative Study, Leslie W. Suen, Mitchell R. Lunn, Katie Katuzny, Sacha Finn, Laura Duncan, Jae Sevelius, Annesa Flentje, Matthew R. Capriotti, Micah E. Lubensky, Carolyn Hunt, Shannon Weber, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Juno Obedin-Maliver

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) people—including members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities—are understudied and underrepresented in research. Current sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions do not sufficiently engage SGM people, and there is a critical gap in understanding how SOGI questions reduce inclusion and accurate empirical representation. We conducted a qualitative study to answer the question, “For SGM people, what are the major limitations with current SOGI questions?” Focus groups probed reactions to SOGI questions adapted from prior national surveys and clinical best practice guidelines. Questions were refined and presented in semi-structured cognitive interviews. Template …

Communication And Culture In International Business – Moving The Field Forward, Betina Szkudlarek, Joyce S. Osland, Luciara Nardon, Lena Zander

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The centrality of communication in international business (IB) is undeniable; yet our understanding of the phenomenon is partially constrained by a cross-cultural comparative focus as opposed to intercultural, process-oriented research designs that capture the dynamic nature of communicative interactions. Our brief review of studies at the intersection of culture and communication in the context of global work interactions reveals the dominant research trends that guided IB scholarship to date in this domain. We propose eight shifts in perspective to advance the field's theorizing and create avenues for further research.

Predictive Modeling For Occupational Safety Outcomes And Days Away From Work Analysis In Mining Operations, Anurag Yedla, Fatemeh Davoudi Kakhki, Ali Jannesari

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Mining is known to be one of the most hazardous occupations in the world. Many serious accidents have occurred worldwide over the years in mining. Although there have been efforts to create a safer work environment for miners, the number of accidents occurring at the mining sites is still significant. Machine learning techniques and predictive analytics are becoming one of the leading resources to create safer work environments in the manufacturing and construction industries. These techniques are leveraged to generate actionable insights to improve decision-making. A large amount of mining safety-related data are available, and machine learning algorithms can be …

Comparisons Of Upper Air Ozone At A Coastal And Urban Site And The Impacts Of Non-Controllable Ozone Sources, Chloe Gore, Sen Chiao

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

This study quantified the impact of non-controllable and urban emission sources on the enhancement of ozone (O3) in the troposphere. These enhancements were investigated using data from simultaneous ozonesonde launches at Half Moon Bay (HMB), CA and San Jose (SJ), CA on eleven dates in July and August 2018. The urban O3 enhancement in the SJ vertical profile was derived by subtracting out HMB, which represents baseline O3, from the urban SJ profile. Within the planetary boundary layer (PBL), urban emissions had a large impact on SJ, as SJ O3 was 20–30 ppb higher than HMB for all dates. Above …

Freight Demand Model For Southern California Freeways With Owner–Operator Truck Drivers, Joseph J. Kim, Samuel Dominguez, Luis Diaz

Mineta Transportation Institute

This study evaluates the demand for truck-only toll lanes on Southern California freeways with owner–operator truck drivers. The study implemented the stated preference survey method to estimate the value placed by drivers on time, reliability, and safety measures using various scenarios geared towards assessing those values. The project team met face-to-face with owner- operator truck drivers near the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to understand the drivers’ perspectives regarding truck-only toll lanes on Southern California freeways. A data set containing 31 survey responses is obtained and used for statistical data analysis using analysis of variable (ANOVA) and two …

Southern California Regional Workforce Development Needs Assessment For The Transportation And Supply Chain Industry Sectors, Tom O’Brien, Deanna Matsumoto, Diana Sanchez, Caitlin Mace, Elizabeth Warren, Eleni Hala, Tyler Reeb

Mineta Transportation Institute

COVID-19 brought the public’s attention to the critical value of transportation and supply chain workers as lifelines to access food and other supplies. This report examines essential job skills required of the middle-skill workforce (workers with more than a high school degree, but less than a four-year college degree). Many of these middle-skill transportation and supply chain jobs are what the Federal Reserve Bank defines as “opportunity occupations” -- jobs that pay above median wages and can be accessible to those without a four-year college degree. This report lays out the complex landscape of selected technological disruptions of the supply …

Scientometrics Profile Of The Banasthali Vidyapith: A Deemed University Of Rajasthan, India, Md.Safiqur Rahaman, Shakil Ahmad, Khadeeja M.N Ansari, Isam Mohammed Abdel-Magid, Dr. Praveen Babel

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The current investigation work utilized bibliometric and visualization techniques. Scopus bibliographic database sources used to retrieve data. Two thousand seven hundred sixty-four (2764) papers retrieved by applying the 'Affiliation' in Scopus' simple search section. Biblioshiny (3.0), MS-Access, Excel, and VOS Viewer software used to analyze data and bibliometric indicator extraction employ to evaluate the research productivity of Banasthali University for a period of twenty-one years from 2000 to 2020. This data analysis leads to monitor the university's past and present status to maps its future perspectives. This study ventured to examine the overall performance of the faculties and researchers of …

Authorship And Collaboration Pattern Of Research Output Published By Researchers Of Tripura University During 2010-2019: A Scientometric Analysis, Manoj Kumar Verma Dr., Saumen Das

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present paper is a scientometric enquiry of research publications of Tripura University for a period of 10 years (i.e. from 2010-2019) and based on the secondary data collected from Web of Science databases and found that the total 503 papers published during this study period which index in web of science database. The study endeavours to analyse the pattern of publications, annual growth in publications, authorship pattern, types of documents, collaboration patterns, collaborative index, collaboration coefficient, modified collaboration coefficient, prolific author etc. based on collected data and found that 2017 and 2019 were the most productive year for this …

Exploring The Usage Pattern Of Smartphone For Academic Pursuit: A Case Study Of Utkal University, Satyajit Nayak, Kunwar Singh, Ramesh Kuri, Abhimanyu Pradhan, Dillip Kumar Parida, Madan Singh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper aims to determine the usage patterns of smartphones by Utkal University students for their academic pursuits. This study uses a survey method to collect data from students at Utkal University. A total of 250 questionnaires were distributed, and 215 duly filled questionnaires were received, with the response rate of 86%. The students expressed that they used smartphones for both general purposes as well as academic purposes. The main aim of this paper is to throw light on how students are using smartphones for their academic purposes without prior training. The study found that 90% of the respondents indicated …

Making Public Libraries In Ghana Better: A Look At Funding And Governance Issues, Kwarteng Frimpong, Kwabena Adjei

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper is predicated on the thought that effective governance structures and reliable funding options are sine qua non to providing improved library and information services. It provides laconic profile of library and information services landscape of a local government area, and identifies chronic lack of funding and weak governance structures as two major snags to providing efficient library and information services in the local government area. Declining global funding for library and information services is reviewed, whilst best practices for financing and governing public libraries are examined. The authors conclude by suggesting a municipal library governance structure and dedicated …

The Documents Published In The Electronic Library: A Scientometric Overview, Vishal Dattatray Bapte

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present article is a bibliometric analysis of 2340 documents published in The Electronic Library retrieved from Scoups during 1983 to 2020. However, the primary focus has been on the prominent authors, thematic map and multiple collaboration ratio. The average citation for these documents is 4.74 citations per paper. Articles and review papers have been the important ingredients of the source journal. Overall 9787 citations were calculated for 2340 documents. The collaborative index is calculated as 1.99%. USA, United Kingdom and South Korea have been the leading countries in case of country-wise output. USA is equally ahead in terms of …

Co-Occurrence Of Keywords In Ecocriticism Research Publications: An Analytical Approach, Pranjal Deka, Mukut Sarmah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The keyword is a significant part of scholarly publications, which can play a vital role in information retrieval and research. Author Keywords are those provided by the original authors, and Keywords Plus are those extracted from the titles of the cited references by Thomson Reuters. Keywords Plus are those created by an automatic computer algorithm; these are words or phrases that frequently appear in the titles of an article’s references and not necessarily in the article's title or as Author.

The Web of Science (WoS) database is used to conduct this study. While conducting this study, a total of 654 …

Information Access Skills In Social Science Researchers: Assessment Of Competency, Rajesh Singh Dr., Shailendra Kumar Prof.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study assesses levels of Information Access Skills (IAS) in social science researchers at select central universities in Delhi. Questionnaire was used to collect relevant data on skills like information browsing, use of information search tools, and information search strategy consisting of natural language search, keyword search and Boolean search. The descriptive and inferential statistical tools like ANOVA, Post-hoc test using LSD were used to analyze and interpret the collected data. On the competency scale, a big total of 46.2% of researchers were found incompetent in IAS. Suggests measures to enhance the IAS levels of information privileged researchers.

An Assessment Of Demographic Factors As Predictors Of Career Commitment Of Librarians In Universities In Southern Nigeria., Mercy Arodovwe Igere Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Unwillingness and negative attitude of librarians was observed as a factor that hinders users from accessing information resources in most developing country libraries. This negative attitude could be associated with the demographic factors of the librarians hence this study investigated demographic factors as predictors of career commitment of librarians in South-South universities, Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study and three hypotheses were formulated at 0.05 level of significance using simple regression analysis. The research questions and hypotheses were analysed using inferential statistics such as simple regression analysis. The population comprised 197 librarians in universities of South-South, Nigeria. Questionnaire was …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Research Publications Of Bldea’S V P Dr.P.G.Halakatti College Of Engineering And Technology, Vijayapur, Karnataka, M M. Bachalapur, Jayaprakash G. Hugar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper carried out the bibliometric analysis of research publications published by the BLDEA’s V P Dr.P.G.Halakatti College of Engineering and Technology, Vijayapur for the period from 2001 to 2019. In this period, 156 research articles were published and indexed in Scopus bibliographical citation databases. It examines the year wise publications, the annual distribution of publications, author productivity, etc. Analysis found that, the publications raised from 0.64%to 18.59% publications from the year 2001 to 2019 and observed good progress in scholarly publications. Highest citations 324 are received just from 3 publications in the year 2008. More number of scholarly publications …

Undergraduates’ Digital Literacy And Access To Information In Nigerian University Libraries: Does Subject Background Make A Difference?, Harriet Uche Igbo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study attempted to find out whether undergraduates’ subject background has influence on their application of digital literacy skills in accessing digital information for educational problem solving.The design of the Ex- Post Facto survey was used for the study. A37- item Questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 1506, which represented 5% of 30,121 undergraduates of seven federal universities in southern Nigeria, which were purposely selected for the study. The major finding of the study showed that subject background had strong influence and makes the difference in undergraduates’ ability to use digital literacy skills in accessing information. …

Information Literacy Skills And The Use Of E-Library Resources Among Undergraduates In South-West Nigeria, Paul Adeoye Omosebi, Fehintoluwa E. Omosebi .

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study is a correlational survey study which investigates information literacy skills and the use of E-library resources among business administration undergraduates in south-west Nigeria. A sample size of 900 respondents was used but 800 questionnaires were retrieved. The target population for the study comprised of undergraduate business administration students in private universities in Southwest Nigeria. A simple random sampling technique was adopted for the purpose of this study. The questionnaire was the main instrument used for data collection and was divided into three sections namely demographic characteristics, information literacy and use of e-library among students in the private universities …

Highly Cited Works In Covid-19 - The Global Perspective, Senthamilselvi .. A. Asst.Professor, Surulinathi .. M. Asst.Professor, Sankaralingam .. R. Librarian, Jayasuriya .. T. Student

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Research papers published covid-19 during 1989-2020 and cited at least 100 times. It is founded that 72 countries contributed a total 1000 highly cited research publications and received 227766 Citations (Average Citation Per Articles is 227.766 and Cited References 51830). United States of America (USA) topped in the table with highest citations (86603) for 432 publications followed by China with 83829 citations for 280 Publications, United Kingdom (UK) with 29372 citations for 122 publications. It is also important to note that the top 8 countries have more than 10,000 citations that include Netherlands, Germany, Canada, France, and Saudi Arabia. …

Relevance Of Generational Cohorts In The Analysis Of Academic Library Usage, Laura D'Aveta, Thomas Sullivan, Tina Budzise-Weaver

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The literature surrounding student usage of academic libraries often relies upon generational cohort classifications when discussing patterns and preferences. We analyzed the most recent data available at [University] Libraries to determine whether any statistical significance could be attributed to these generational cohort classifications. We found that no significance could be attributed to generational cohorts that could not also be accounted for by other factors, bringing into question the importance of alleged generational differences when making decisions within academic library practice and policy.

Library And Information Services Move Quickly Online In The Covid-19 Pandemics: A Mixed-Method Approach, Naimat Ullah Shah Mr., Salman Bin Naeem Dr., Rubina Bhatti Prof.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Information professionals such as librarians are rapidly moving to streamline the resources and services related to Covid-19 for healthcare professionals and the general public through online and virtual services. The study attempts to assess library and information services delivery status and the role of librarians in service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. We adopted an embedded approach of mixed-method design to conduct the study. We assessed the academic libraries' websites of the top five affected countries by a coronavirus to determine the ways of service delivery and evaluate the role of LIS professionals towards library & information service delivery in …

The Archival Knowledge And Practices Of Academic Librarians In A Private University, Sheryll D. Barut, David A. Cabonero

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Archivists are managing a large amount of information every day. Hence, the basic foundation of archival philosophy is understanding the nature of archives and manuscripts and that an archivist or a librarian should manage the collections to properly preserve corporate memory. This study used the descriptive methods of research using survey questionnaire to: 1) determine the extent of knowledge and practices of academic librarians on the ten domains based on RA 9470 namely: a) scope, interpretation, and objectives; b) functions of the University Archives; c) structure and staffing pattern; d) management of archival records; e) transparency of transactions and access …

Strengthening Democracy With Information: An Assessment Of Rural Dwellers’ Political Information Behavior, Muhammad Asif Naveed

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study explored political information behavior of citizens residing in a rural setting from the district of Toba Tek Singh, Punjab-Pakistan. Qualitative research design using an unstructured interview guide was employed to conduct this research. Face-to-face interviews of 51 participants, selected through purposive sampling process, were conducted for data collection by visiting their homes using local language. Each participant was informed of his responses at the end of the interview for data verification and authentication. Each interview was carefully recorded and transcribed. Using thematic analysis, the verbal data were analyzed and multiple responses were grouped together and reduced into ‘information …

Role Of Public Libraries In Information Literacy For Women Empowerment: With Special Reference To Kanyashree Girls Of Nabagram In Murshidabad District Of West Bengal, Subrata Biswas, Prasenjit Deb

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

As per Michelle Obama, "No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens". It is quite lucid that empowerment of women means making women economically and socially independent, self-reliant, confident and positive in attitude. Kanyashree Prakalpa is considered as one of the most significant tools in this regard with a participatory approach for the empowerment of women. This helps the women to develop themselves individually and to participate in the developmental activities of the family and society. The main objective of the conduct of …