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Corruption, Political Instability And Growth: Evidence From The Arab Spring, Hany Abdel-Latif, Hanaa Elgohari, Ayat Mohamed

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

This paper empirically investigates the relationship between corruption, political instability and economic growth. We first show how these variables interact by allowing for bidirectional causality between each two of the three variables for which we employ a panel VAR model on a dataset of 140 countries over the period of 1990-2017. Then, we exploit the incidence of the Arab Spring, as an exogenous shock, to measure the short-term effects of political shocks on corruption levels, political stability and economic growth using the differencesin-differences (DiD) framework.

Harlem And Abroad: Notes To An International 'Renaissance', Joshua I. Cohen

Publications and Research

Like other intractable figures of the Harlem Renaissance, the movement’s visual artists sometimes exceeded their expected parameters, and thus their anticipated representativeness of a locality. Their images, in other words, did not automatically disclose Harlem-bound or even US-bound concerns. Now familiar through continual reproduction in exhibition catalogues, scholarly monographs and literary compendia, certain artworks from the period – such as Archibald J. Motley’s Blues (1929; Figure 1) and Aaron Douglas’s Congo (c. 1928; Figure 2) – subverted any definition of the Harlem Renaissance that would hinge on a narrowly delimited urban geography or national imaginary. Motley, who painted ‘Blues’ during …

Grandfathers And Fathers In Ukraine And Across Cultures, David W. Shwalb, Oleh Vasylenko

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

This article begins with a review of international research on how cultures and contexts influence the roles of grandfathers and fathers (for book-length reviews, see Shwalb & Hossain, 2018; Shwalb, Shwalb, & Lamb, 2013). Subsequently, this article describes the historical and contemporary background of Ukrainian society, provides a review of the extremely limited existing literature on families in Ukraine, and describes the results of exploratory open-ended interviews with 20 fathers and 20 grandfathers in Lviv City and three nearby villages in western Ukraine. The main finding of the interviews was a confirmation of several contextual influences on grandfathers and fathers, …

Hss 404-003: Population Movements In Eastern Mediterranean, Elektra Kostopoulou

History Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Hist 377-001: Cities In History, Kyle Riismandel

History Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Fin 422-101: International Finance, Bill Rapp

School of Management Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Sts 201-H01: Understanding Technological Society, Narendra Neel Khichi Jr.

Humanities Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Hum 102-101: Writing, Speaking, Thinking Ii, John Esche

Humanities Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Hum 212-001: The Making Of The Modern World, John Esche

Humanities Syllabi

No abstract provided.

A High-Frequency Mobile Phone Data Collection Approach For Research In Social-Environmental Systems: Applications In Climate Variability And Food Security In Sub-Saharan Africa, Stacey A. Giroux, Inna Kouper, Lyndon Estes, Jacob Schumacher, Kurt Waldman, Joel T. Greenshields, Stephanie L. Dickinson, Kelly K. Caylor, Tom P. Evans

Geography

Collecting high-frequency social-environmental data about farming practices in sub-Saharan Africa can provide new insight into environmental changes that farmers face and how they respond within smallholder agro-ecosystems. Traditional data collection methods such as agricultural censuses are costly and not useful for understanding intra-annual and real-time decisions. Short-message service (SMS) has the potential to transform the nature of data collection in coupled social-ecological systems. We present a system for collecting, managing, and synthesizing weekly data from farmers, including data infrastructure for management of big and heterogeneous datasets; probabilistic data quality assessment tools; and visualization and analysis tools such as mapping and …

Key Elements Of Environmental Justice In The Geothermal Power Plant Resistance Movement, Priyo Fajar Santoso, Bevaola Kusumasari

Jurnal Politik

Geothermal energy is currently considered as an environmentally friendly, renewable energy source. However, based on empirical data from various countries, geothermal energy production often results socioecological losses for the host community. Various environmental justice movements have emerged to protect environment by protestesting and providing a counter discourse against the dominant perception that geothermal energy is renewable and environmentally friendly. As Indonesian government put more effort to develop more geothermal power thermal across the country, more reactions also emerge and surprisingly include the critical one. This article aims to look at one of the critical reaction from community to counter the …

Challenges And Innovation Of Indonesia Overseas Election In Tokyo, Gusti Raganata

Jurnal Politik

Indonesian overseas elections were first done in 1955. However, Indonesia has lacked specific laws in regards to regulating overseas elections, with almost no distinction between overseas and domestic elections. It has barred the Overseas Election Committee (PPLN) from properly conducting simultaneous elections as well as affecting the quality of the elections. Whereas Indonesian elections are traditionally done through paper ballots in which data are collected manually, PPLNs have promoted innovations to overcome challenges. Constraints are faced by PPLN Tokyo when implementing technology-based solutions. Several of the innovations done can be studied, replicated, and applied in Indonesia’s domestic elections and can …

Predictors Of Returning Filipino Expatriates' Job Success, Ramon Borrero Segismundo

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

This dissertation research investigated the potential predictors of returning Filipino expatriates’ and their sustainable job success. This research investigates the extent of firm level differences such as a companies’ global engagement, repatriate support programs and individual differences such as the repatriates’ compensation, alignment of their personal goals with organizational values, and the level of patriotism to predict their job success upon return to the Philippines. The research employed a grounded theory approach to develop the hypotheses and was executed using a survey methodology. The results were analyzed using a variety of quantitative and statistical techniques. A total of 141 respondents …

Eastern, Fall/Winter 2019, Eastern Washington University. Division Of University Relations.

Alumni Publications

This issue contains articles about: A Next-Generation Science Star Steps Up, Marcos Monteiro, a molecular biology standout, is the first-ever Goldwater Scholar, and Beauty Wild and Untrammeled, can Eastern restore a long-lost patch of prairie? EWU administrators announced a plan to restore a 120-acre parcel of university-owned farmland to its native habitat, thus creating a "living laboratory" of restored Palouse prairie proximate to the cheney campus, and Advancing the Standard, EWU's athletic director Lynn Hickey explains the hows and whys of proposed Roos Field renovations, and Eastern Achievers, an awards gala showcases the extraordinary stories of amazing Eagle alumni James …

The Ice At The End Of The World, Noel Trujillo

Water Law Review

No abstract provided.

Free And Open Source Gis In South America: Political Inroads And Local Advocacy, Sterling Quinn

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

Geographical information systems (GIS) practitioners worldwide enjoy a growing array of free and open source software (FOSS) options. This software has expanded the accessibility of GIS in economically developing countries while fostering local technical expertise. This article reviews FOSS GIS uptake and advocacy in South America, especially how it relates to a climate of political friendliness toward FOSS in the region. The use or absence of FOSS GIS is assessed in public-facing web maps in South America, first at the national government level, and then at the provincial level using Argentina as a country of study. Local technical support groups …

Hist 373-001: The Rise Of Modern Science, K. W. Schweizer

History Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Ucc Minutes, September 10, 2019, University Curriculum Council

UCC Agendas/Minutes

No abstract provided.

Madison And Shannon On Social Media, Justin "Gus" Hurwitz

The Business, Entrepreneurship & Tax Law Review

The Internet has changed speech, and our traditional understandings of speech regulation are struggling to adapt. This article argues that the Internet has tipped the quantity of information that individuals are exposed to beyond the point which they are able to meaningfully process. This article draws from a range of fields— from Information Theory, to cognitive psychology, to informatics—to provide both empirical and theoretical support for the idea that there is a limit to how much information individuals can meaningfully process and that we have surpassed that limit. This argument poses a direct challenge to bedrock First Amendment concepts such …

Ndërtesë Shoqërore - Hotel Malor (4-Yje), Njomza Ferati

Theses and Dissertations

Tema e marrë për ta shqyrtuar në këtë punim diplome është Hotel Malor.Kjo temë mendoj që është mjaft e rëndësishme pasi që projektimi i ketij hoteli eshte i duhur dhe i bazuar në norma dhe standarde europiane qe mundëson një akomodim shume te mirë te turistëve. Arsyeja e zgjedhjes së kësaj teme është sepse konsiderohet si një problem që duhet të trajtohet në një mënyrë të veqantë pasi që Kosova ka shumë zona turistike që vizitohen nga pushues te shumtë e sidomos në zonën e Brezovicës, por janë të mangëta hotelet në atë pjesë e sidomos ato të cilat përmbushin …

Notes For The Stalled, V12n2, September 2019, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Rod Library newsletter: Notes for the Stalled

Contents:

--Iowa Academy of Science
--Wiki Loves Monuments
--Career Readiness
--Living Arctic
--Banned Books Week

Upending Minority Rule: The Case For Ranked-Choice Voting In West Virginia, Matthew R. Massie

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Least Cost Analysis: Correlative Modeling Of The Chaco Regional Road System, Sean Field, Carrie Heitman, Heather Richards-Rissetto

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

During the ninth through twelfth centuries A.D., Ancestral Pueblo people constructed long, straight roads that interconnected the Chaco regional system across the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico. The intent and use of these features has eluded archaeological consensus, although recent research has reiterated the occurrence of long distance timber importation to Chaco Canyon. To enhance our interpretation of these features we offer a large-scale least cost analysis wherein optimal pathways that are modeled to simulate timber importation are compared to the actual road locations. A series of least cost paths were produced through different energy allocation algorithms, at …

Critical Analysis Of Research On The Impact Of Visual Literacy For Learning: Strengths, Weaknesses And Recommendations For Improvement, Daibao Guo, Wendi Zimmer, Sharon D. Matthews, Erin M. Mctigue

Literacy, Language and Culture Faculty Publications and Presentations

The current systematic review aimed to investigate in what ways the incorporation of visual display tasks benefits K-12 students’ content-area learning. After screening 1693 articles at abstract level and a systematic evaluation of methodological quality, we synthesized 44 articles for this review. The qualitative synthesis of the studies is organized by categories of interaction with visual displays (ViDis), instructional support, and types of knowledge and learning. Overall findings indicate the simple inclusion of visual displays does not guarantee a positive learning effect. More detailed findings distinguish three categories of ViDis: author-provided, student-filled-in, and student-created visual displays. Furthermore, we discuss …

Accuracy Of Drone Based Surveys To Measure Stockpile Volume, Joseph M. Burgett, Scott Shaffer, Eric Stuckey

The Professional Constructor

This paper outlines a two phase experiment evaluating the accuracy of volumetric calculations using a commercially available drone and structure-from-motion (SfM) software. In the first phase, a large cardboard pyramid with a known volume was used to simulate a stockpile. Using georeferenced images collected by a Phantom 4 Pro drone and the SfM software ContextCapture, the computed volumes ranged between 1.5% and 3.3% of the actual volume. In the second phase of the experiment, a photometric survey was created of a large SCDOT borrow pit. The volumetric calculations were computed using conventional survey practices and with drone collected images. There …

Hiv And Tuberculosis Co-Infection In East Asia And The Pacific From 1990 To 2017: Results From The Global Burden Of Disease Study 2017, Jianrong Zhang, Stephanie Kern-Allely, Tiange Yu, Rumi Kato Price

Open Access Publications

Background: Periodic surveillance is crucial to provide information for resource allocation to control HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and their co-infection, especially in areas with high morbidity and mortality like East Asia and the Pacific. Therefore, we examined the morbidity and mortality of HIV/AIDS and TB co-infection in this region from 1990 to 2017.

Methods: Utilizing the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2017, we obtained incidence, prevalence, and mortality numbers and rates of HIV/AIDS and TB co-infection, including HIV and drug-susceptible TB (DS-TB), multidrug-resistant TB without extensive drug resistance (MDR-TB without XDR), and extensive drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB). The trends in incidence, …

Occurrence And Potential Sources Of Cd, Cu, And Pb In Reach 6 Of The Santa Ana River, May Mamari

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

The Santa Ana River (SAR) is the largest river in Southern California. The flow of the SAR begins in the San Bernardino Mountains and discharges into the Pacific Ocean at Huntington Beach. The SAR contains one of the most essential and rare biodiversity hotspots on earth. In order to protect the wildlife, and suit population demands, the SAR must meet the Clean Water Act (CWA) regulations. The SAR Reach 6 is the uppermost segment of the river, and is currently listed under the CWA 303(d) List for impaired water due to contamination of cadmium, copper, and lead from an unknown …

Nrsm 422.01: Natural Resource Policy & Administration, Martin A, Nie

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2016-2020

No abstract provided.

Nrsm 513.01: Natural Resources Conflict Resolution, Shawn M. Johnson

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2016-2020

No abstract provided.

Fors 594.01: Graduate Seminar, Thomas H. Deluca

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2016-2020

No abstract provided.