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Chinese Media's Stance On Thailand's 2014 Coup D'État By Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Han Shih

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Due to political unstableness, Thailand has faced coup d’état for more than 20 times since 1932 Revolution. After the political system has been changed to constitutional monarchy, Thailand’s citizens expected to live within democratic system. However, what they have experienced after 1932 is purely repetitive coups. In the scope of the most recent coup in 2014, initiated by General Prayut Chan-o-Cha, this paper explores how Chinese state-owned/pro-state medias, including China’s Global Times, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, Taiwan’s Central News Agency & Singapore’s Straits Times, reported on Thailand’s 2014 coup. From the viewpoint of ownership and news reportage, this …

Consumers’ Perceptions And Attitudes Towards Louis Vuitton And Their Brand Ambassadors, Victor Mechai Siharath

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objective of this study was to explore consumers’ perceptions and attitudes towards Louis Vuitton and their brand ambassador, BTS. The study was qualitative in nature. An online focus group discussion was used to collect data from eight participants. The participants were purposively selected and a selection criterion was administered to ensure diversity amongst participants. The participants were consumers of Louis Vuitton, aged between 22-28 years old, and were also aware that BTS are Louis Vuitton’s brand ambassador. This study employed a discussion guideline as the research instrument. The luxury value perception framework was used to explore consumers’ perceptions towards …

The Relationship Between Interest And Attitude Towards Online Sales Promotion, And Impulsive Buying For Cosmetics Among Chinese Generation Z Consumers, Peilin Peng

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objectives of this study are as follows: to explore interest in online sales promotion, attitude towards online sales promotion, and impulsive buying behavior for cosmetic consumption among Chinese Generation Z, and to investigate the relationship among these three variables. The research samples of this research were 250 Chinese male and female Generation Z, aged between 18 and 26 years old, who have purchased cosmetics in the past three months and currently residing in China. The results illustrated that respondents had a positive opinion on interest in online sales promotion for cosmetics (M = 3.57), with discount promotion receiving the …

The Relationship Between Ewom Credibility, Consumer’S Trust, And Intention To Visit A Café Based On The Café Story Facebook Page, Nutchawee Ahrivorayapong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The purpose of this research is to explore eWOM credibility, consumer’s trust, and intention to visit a café based on the Café Story Facebook page and to explore the relationship between these three variables. This research employs a quantitative approach through an online survey, data are collected from 250 target samples who are Thai millennials, aged between 25-40 years old, and follow the Café Story Facebook page. The findings depict that the respondents considered eWOM on the Café Story Facebook page highly credible (M = 4.36). The respondents also highly trust the page (M = 4.19), with cognitive trust receiving …

Thai Viewers’ Exposure, Engagement, And Purchase Intention On The Youtube Advertisements During Covid-19 Pandemic, Xinxin Ye

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research aimed to analyze the Thai viewers’ exposure, engagement, and purchase intention on the YouTube advertisements during covid-19 pandemic. The research explored the relationship between the exposure to YouTube advertisements and Thai viewers’ engagement with YouTube advertisements, as well as the relationship between Thai viewers’ engagement with YouTube advertisements and their purchase intention. This study focused especially in the personal care products category. This quantitative research was conducted through an online questionnaire which collected data from a total of 206 valid respondents, aged between 18 and 55 years old who lives in Thailand. The results from the study reveals …

การประเมินผลโครงการพัฒนาตำบลแบบบูรณาการ (Tambon Smart Team) : กรณีศึกษา อำเภอพระนครศรีอยุธยา จังหวัดพระนครศรีอยุธยา และ อำเภอลำทับ จังหวัดกระบี่, ธรรมปพน จันทร์แก้ว

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การศึกษาวิจัยเรื่อง การประเมินผลโครงการพัฒนาตำบลแบบบูรณาการ (Tambon Smart Team) กรณีศึกษา อำเภอพระนครศรีอยุธยา จังหวัดพระนครศรีอยุธยา และอำเภอลำทับ จังหวัดกระบี่ ในครั้งนี้ มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ (1) ศึกษาว่าโครงการพัฒนาตำบลแบบบูรณาการสามารถดำเนินการบรรลุตามวัตถุประสงค์ของโครงการได้มากน้อยเพียงใด (2) ศึกษาปัญหา อุปสรรค ในการดำเนินโครงการพัฒนาตำบลแบบบูรณาการ และ (3) เพื่อจัดทำข้อเสนอแนะ ในการปรับปรุงและพัฒนาการจัดทำโครงการจ้างงานหรือโครงการที่มีลักษณะใกล้เคียงกันในอนาคตให้มีประสิทธิภาพ มากยิ่งขึ้น ทั้งนี้ การศึกษาวิจัยดังกล่าวใช้รูปแบบการประเมิน CIPP Model เป็นกรอบแนวคิดหลักในการประเมินผลโครงการซึ่งกำหนดรูปแบบการศึกษาเป็นการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ (Qualitative Research) โดยการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก กลุ่มตัวอย่าง ประกอบด้วย ข้าราชการสังกัดกรมการปกครองทั้งในส่วนกลางและภูมิภาค ประกอบด้วย นายอำเภอ ปลัดอำเภอ และเจ้าพนักงานปกครอง จำนวน 5 คน และลูกจ้างเหมาบริการโครงการพัฒนาตำบลแบบบูรณาการ จำนวน 12 คน รวมกลุ่มตัวอย่างทั้งหมด 17 คน ผลการศึกษา สามารถสรุปผลได้ ดังนี้ 1. จากการประเมินผลโครงการตามวัตถุประสงค์ของโครงการทั้ง 3 ประการ พบว่า (1) โครงการสามารถกระตุ้นการบริโภคได้น้อย เนื่องจากเป็นโครงการจ้างงานระยะสั้น โดยจ้างงานตำบลละ 2 คน และจ้างงานเพียง 12 เดือนเท่านั้น (2) ฐานข้อมูล Database เป็นฐานข้อมูลที่รวบรวมข้อมูลหลากหลายด้านของแต่ละหมู่บ้าน ตำบล มารวมไว้ในฐานข้อมูลเดียว ซึ่งเป็นประโยชน์สำหรับใช้เป็นข้อมูลตั้งต้นในการจัดทำแผนพัฒนาพื้นที่ได้เป็นอย่างดี โดยปัจจัยด้านบริบทของโครงการ คือ ความพร้อมบุคลากรของกรมการปกครองเป็นปัจจัยสำคัญที่ทำให้การจัดทำฐานข้อมูล Database ประสบความสำเร็จ (3) เรื่องการส่งเสริมการมีส่วนร่วมในการแก้ไขปัญหาความเดือดร้อนของประชาชนและการพัฒนาพื้นที่ พบว่า โครงการสามารถดำเนินการบรรลุตามวัตถุประสงค์ดังกล่าวได้ โดยผ่านปัจจัยนำเข้าของโครงการ คือ ลูกจ้างโครงการ ในฐานะเป็นผู้สนับสนุนอำเภอในการนำนโยบายต่างๆ ของรัฐบาล และกรมการปกครอง ที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการช่วยเหลือและพัฒนาคุณภาพชีวิตของประชาชน ไปปฏิบัติในพื้นที่ 2. ปัญหาและอุปสรรคจากการดำเนินโครงการ สามารถแบ่งปัญหาที่พบออกเป็น 2 ลักษณะ คือ (1) ปัญหาที่พบในอำเภอขนาดใหญ่ ได้แก่ งบประมาณสำหรับดำเนินโครงการของอำเภอมีไม่เพียงพอ จำนวนบุคลากรของอำเภอมีไม่เหมาะสมกับจำนวนลูกจ้างและปัญหาการปฏิบัติงานของลูกจ้างในเขตชุมชนที่ไม่มีกำนันผู้ใหญ่บ้าน …

The Impact Of Training Teachers In Multiple-Intelligences Instructional Strategies, Mary R. Massey

Theses and Dissertations

This research study outlined a professional-development program for training preschool teachers in Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. The program then continued training in practical applications of the theory for instructional use in the classroom. The preschool director and teachers’ perceptions and experiences were documented and provided the data to assess the impact of the training on the instructional strategies demonstrated in the classrooms. Attention was paid to any impact on classroom management, teacher morale, and cohesive instructional vision throughout the school.

The data from this study revealed that the years of experience of the teachers proved to be the …

Parental Involvement In At-Risk Students’ Academic Affairs Versus The Athletic Arena In Low-Performing Schools In South Florida, Antrell L. Dirden

Theses and Dissertations

The researcher designed a qualitative case study to delve further into the lack of consistent parental involvement and academic support in low-performing schools in South Florida with at-risk African American students, most especially when compared to the support in the athletic arena by those same parents. Educators and leaders in the field of education agree that the same effort and energy displayed in support of the athletic aspirations of their child should be equal or even greater in the academic success of the same students. Research questions focused on perceived challenges that prevent consistent parental involvement in academics over athletics, …

Novel Piezo Actuators For Surface Cleaning, Yezad H. Anklesaria

Doctoral Dissertations

"Optical cameras are becoming increasingly common and are used in a variety of applications. With recent progress and transition toward more autonomous systems, the usage of optical systems will be common and widespread. Applications of the optical systems range from autonomous vehicles, home security systems, aviation, extraterrestrial vehicles, spacecraft, and satellites. Imaging systems are used in decision-making in many of these applications. Fouling of the field of view of the imaging system can impede the decision process. An active autonomous cleaning method for the optical surface of the optical systems reliably would be advantageous. The research work focuses on developing …

Instrumentation, Modeling, And Sound Metamodeling Foundations For Complex Hybrid Systems, Natasha Amelia Jarus

Doctoral Dissertations

Many of our critical infrastructures, from power grids to water distribution networks, are complex hybrid systems that use software to control their non-trivial physical dynamics. These systems must be able to capably serve their purpose, while also being reliable, dependable, safe, secure, and efficient. Representation and analysis of these features requires the creation of several distinct models. These models may encode design goals or be derived from collected instrumentation data, reflecting both how a system ought to operate and how it does operate. It is essential to ensure that all of these models consistently and accurately describe the same system. …

Covid-19 Vaccine And Social Media In The U.S.: Exploring Emotions And Discussions On Twitter, Amir Karami, Michael Zhu, Bailey Goldschmidt, Hannah R. Boyajieff, Mahdi M. Najafabadi

Faculty Publications

The understanding of the public response to COVID-19 vaccines is the key success factor to control the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand the public response, there is a need to explore public opinion. Traditional surveys are expensive and time-consuming, address limited health topics, and obtain small-scale data. Twitter can provide a great opportunity to understand public opinion regarding COVID-19 vaccines. The current study proposes an approach using computational and human coding methods to collect and analyze a large number of tweets to provide a wider perspective on the COVID-19 vaccine. This study identifies the sentiment of tweets using a machine learning …

Planning And Evaluating Policy To Address Information Inequalities: An Information Worlds Matrix Approach, Kim M. Thompson

Faculty Publications

One objective of public policy is to solve social problems and often it is through policy that digital inclusion efforts enter our information society. Digital technologies can help accelerate progress in fighting poverty, hunger and ill-health, in improving educational outcomes and in reducing gender and other inequalities. Digital inclusion is a means to empower underserved and marginalized populations. Policy related to digital inclusion often starts with building infrastructure and providing affordable access to information and communication technologies such as through phone connections, broadband, computers in classrooms or a computer (i.e., smartphone) in every pocket. But how can we know whether …

Video Meetings In A Pandemic Era: Emotional Exhaustion, Stressors, And Coping, Betty J. Johnson

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

In the first quarter of 2020, societal upheavals related to the COVID-19 pandemic included employers’ work-from-home mandates and an almost overnight adoption of video meetings to replace in-person meetings no longer possible due to contagion fears and social distancing requirements. This exploratory study aimed to address, in part, the scientific knowledge gap about video meetings as a source of emotional labor. The study used mixed methods to explore three hypotheses concerning how the contemporary use of video meetings related to emotional exhaustion, stressors, and coping. Data were gathered through an online survey questionnaire. Emotional exhaustion, the dependent variable in the …

How Male Technology Leaders Navigate Inclusion And Diversity Expectations Using A Paradoxical Leadership Framework, Lori Ann Hofmann

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Male technology leaders have faced mounting expectations regarding topics related to inclusion, diversity, and equity (IDE). The impact of COVID-19, events exposing racial injustice, as well as political discord in the US have increased sensitivities to when and how leaders should respond to this highly charged arena. This study seeks to understand more about male leaders’ experiences of navigating the tensions and expectations that often accompany enacting IDE practices. Leaders that have experience in leading technology organizations as well as a background in technology or product development participated in interviews exploring various aspects of their experience with IDE topics. The …

The Challenge Of Tribal Relations In Chad: Impacts On Socioeconomic Development, Adoum K. Ey Moussa

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The multitude of different tribes in Africa is what makes the continent rich and diverse. At the same time, this diversity, when combined with self-centered and exclusive behaviors, can yield detrimental impact on the economy and society. This dissertation examined tribalism, defined as favoritism based on kinship, and its impacts on socioeconomic development on the Republic of Chad. Specially, this research investigated tribalism and its direct and indirect influence on corruption, human capital potential, social justice, and socioeconomic development in Chad. This mixed-methods study comprised a two-phase design. The first phase was mainly a quantitative survey that was administered to …

Autobiographical Meaning Making Protects The Sense Of Self-Continuity Past Forced Migration, Christin Camia, Rida Zafar

All Works

Forced migration changes people’s lives and their sense of self-continuity fundamentally. One memory-based mechanism to protect the sense of self-continuity and psychological well-being is autobiographical meaning making, enabling individuals to explain change in personality and life by connecting personal experiences and other distant parts of life to the self and its development. Aiming to replicate and extend prior research, the current study investigated whether autobiographical meaning making has the potential to support the sense of self-continuity in refugees. We therefore collected life narratives from 31 refugees that were coded for autobiographical reasoning, selfevent connections, and global narrative coherence. In line …

Human Milk Microbiota And Oligosaccharides: A Glimpse Into Benefits, Diversity And Correlations, Carole Ayoub Moubareck

All Works

Human milk represents a cornerstone for growth and development of infants, with extensive array of benefits. In addition to exceptionally nutritive and bioactive components, human milk encompasses a complex community of signature bacteria that helps establish infant gut microbiota, contributes to maturation of infant immune system, and competitively interferes with pathogens. Among bioactive constituents of milk, human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are particularly significant. These are non-digestible carbohydrates forming the third largest solid component in human milk. Valuable effects of HMOs include shaping intestinal microbiota, imparting antimicrobial effects, developing intestinal barrier, and modulating immune response. Moreover, recent investigations suggest correlations between …

Trust-Empowered, Iot-Driven Legitimate Data Offloading, Zakaria Maamar, Noura Faci, Fadwa Yahya, Ejub Kajan

All Works

In an IoT environment deployed on top of fog and/or cloud nodes, offloading data between nodes is a common practice that aims at lessening the burden on these nodes and hence, meeting some real-time processing requirements. Existing initiatives put emphasis on “when to offload” and “where to offload” using criteria like resource constraint, load balancing, and data safety during transfer. However, there is limited emphasis on the trustworthiness of those nodes that will accept the offloaded data putting these data at risk of misuse. To address this limited emphasis, this paper advocates for trust as a decision criterion for identifying …

Uncertainty Due To Infectious Diseases And Stock–Bond Correlation, Konstantinos Gkillas, Christoforos Konstantatos, Costas Siriopoulos

All Works

We study the non-linear causal relation between uncertainty-due-to-infectious-diseases and stock–bond correlation. To this end, we use high-frequency 1-min data to compute daily realized measures of correlation and jumps, and then, we employ a nonlinear Granger causality test with the use of artificial neural networks so as to investigate the predictability of this type of uncertainty on realized stock–bond correlation and jumps. Our findings reveal that uncertainty-due-to-infectious-diseases has significant predictive value on the changes of the stock–bond relation.

A Deep Learning Approach For Real-Time Analysis Of Attendees’ Engagement In Public Events, Sujith Samuel Mathew, Manar Alkhatib, May El Barachi

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Smart city analytics requires the harnessing and analysis of emotions and sentiments conveyed by images and video footage. In recent years, facial sentiment analysis attracted significant attention for different application areas, including marketing, gaming, political analytics, healthcare, and human computer interaction. Aiming at contributing to this area, we propose a deep learning model enabling the accurate emotion analysis of crowded scenes containing complete and partially occluded faces, with different angles, various distances from the camera, and varying resolutions. Our model consists of a sophisticated convolutional neural network (CNN) that is combined with pooling, densifying, flattening, and Softmax layers to achieve …

The Impact Of Arabic Part Of Speech Tagging On Sentiment Analysis: A New Corpus And Deep Learning Approach, Abdul Munem Nerabie, Manar Alkhatib, Sujith Samuel Mathew, May El Barachi, Farhad Oroumchian

All Works

Sentiment Analysis is achieved by using Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques and finds wide applications in analyzing social media content to determine people’s opinions, attitudes, and emotions toward entities, individuals, issues, events, or topics. The accuracy of sentiment analysis depends on automatic Part-of-Speech (PoS) tagging which is required to label words according to grammatical categories. The challenge of analyzing the Arabic language has found considerable research interest, but now the challenge is amplified with the addition of social media dialects. While numerous morphological analyzers and PoS taggers were proposed for Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), we are now witnessing an increased …

Restoring The Traditional Quality Of African Leadership: Perspectives From The Diaspora, Daniel Kyei-Poakwa

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

There is a widely held and mainly fair view that Africa’s contemporary leadership is deeply flawed. Reform is needed and this dissertation takes the position that the challenges to and desirable characteristics of leadership are understood and can be influenced by Africans living in the Diaspora. To explore the challenges and possible solutions, four focus groups were convened drawing on Diasporic Africans living in Rhode Island in the United States. Each group meeting was facilitated by the researcher and discussed several questions about the most needed changes in leadership in Africa today. These concerned the most desirable characteristics in political …

Holding On To Who They Are: Pathways For Variations In Response To Toxic Workplace Behavior Among U.S. Intelligence Officers, Greta Creech

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The U.S. intelligence community is a critical mission industry responsible for protecting lives and safety in ways that impact the global security environment. Research on the deleterious impact of toxic workplace behavior on other critical mission fields, such as health care and the U.S. military, is robust. However, intelligence scholars publishing within the unclassified arena have been silent on the phenomenon, how personnel respond to it, and how it may impact the intelligence function. This lack of scholarship has afforded an opportunity to understand what constitutes toxic behavior in the intelligence environment and how it may affect U.S. national security …

Influencing Capitalist Attitudes To Drive More Capital Towards Social Good, Leah Michelle Burton

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The purpose of this study is to better understand how to influence capitalist attitudes and drive more capital towards social good. This is why we must explore the prospect of emancipating the capitalists from capitalism. This study identifies capitalism as a form of oppression that is contributing to a newly developed ethics of capital, a term introduced in this study. Emancipatory action research and general systems theory were employed as the primary approaches to engaging a group of venture capitalists and finance professionals in activities and dialogues. Value2 is the theory of action I use to influence the attitudes of …

Self-Concept, Healthcare, And Leadership: Understanding The Lived Experiences Of Physician Leaders In Urban Community Healthcare Centers, Eric James Charlton

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Reducing disparities in health services delivery and outcomes is a continued challenge. The consistence of healthcare disparities, despite advances in medical technology and increased awareness of the problem, poses an ongoing test to the nation. There is a growing body of work that demonstrates providing access to good primary care may be the most effective intervention at hand. For over 40 years, community health centers have been providing quality, comprehensive primary care focusing on reducing health outcome disparities. Increased awareness is now emphasizing primary care elimination of health disparities within disadvantaged, underserved populations. A major failing of the system that …

Educating For Global Competence: Co-Constructing Outcomes In The Field: An Action Research Project, Kristina A. Van Winkle

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Capacity building for globally competent educators is a 21st Century imperative to address contemporary complex and constantly changing challenges. This action research project is grounded in positive psychology, positive organizational scholarship, relational cultural theory, and relational leadership practices. It sought to identify adaptive challenges educators face as they try to integrate globally competent teaching practices into their curricula, demonstrate learning and growth experienced by the educators in this project, and provide guidance and solutions to the challenges globally competent educators face. Six educators participated in this three-phase project, which included focus groups, reflective journal entries, and an exit interview. Data …

Teachers Of Color's Perception On Identity And Academic Success: A Reflective Narrative, Lynette Suliana Sikahema Finau

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Research and scholarship in multicultural education has consistently affirmed that as a result of the long standing racial academic achievement gap and the current teaching force not reflecting the changing demographics of students in the United States, students of color continue to be deprived from having teachers who look like them and who may bring similar life, social, and cultural experiences that can increase the value they place on academics. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of teachers of color and how they perceive their identity as significant and meaningful to their profession and its …

Strengthening Organizational Performance Through Integration Of Systems Leadership, Participatory Communication, And Dynamic Capabilities, Esther Ewurafuah Sackey

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This dissertation seeks to include systems leadership and participatory communication as facilitators of the elements that enhance dynamic organizational capabilities to improve performance. The study employs the normative theory-building process to show how systems leadership and participatory communication can facilitate and enhance dynamic capabilities. Specifically, this dissertation offers an integrative model that combines systems leadership, participatory communication, and dynamic capabilities. The proposed integrative model is accompanied by a series of propositions that extend the dynamic capabilities theory through the integration of systems leadership and participatory communication. The potential relevance and application of the proposed model are demonstrated through multiple case …

Effects Of Sacubitril/Valsartan On Cardiac Function, Mitochondrial Quality And Autophagy In A Rat Model With Chronic Mitral Regurgitation, Lalida Tantisuwat

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Sacubitril/Valsartan (S/V), an angiotensin receptor blocker-neprilysin inhibitor (ARNi), has demonstrated beneficial outcomes in heart failure (HF) patients. However, the effects of the drug in mitral regurgitation (MR) condition are not thoroughly elucidated. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of S/V compared with valsartan (Val) on cardiac function, mitochondrial quality and autophagy in a rat model with chronic MR. MR was induced in male, Sprague-Dawley, rats (n=24), while the other 6 rats underwent sham surgery. Four weeks post-surgery, the MR rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: MR (n=8), Val (n=7), and S/V (n=8); one rat was …

The Acute And Chronic Effects Of Electromagnetic Radiation Of Mobile Phone On Cardiac Function And Heart Rate Variability In Healthy Dogs, Dong Nhut Khanh Van

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The study aimed to determine the effects of acute and chronic exposures of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitted from mobile phone (MP) on cardiac structure and function, as well as autonomic control to the heart in healthy dogs. Seven male beagles were enrolled in this study. The study consisted of two parts: (1) the acute effects of EMR from MP on electrocardiography (ECG), blood pressure (BP), heart rate variability (HRV), and body’s surface temperature; and (2) the chronic effects of EMR from MP on ECG, echocardiography, BP, cardiac biomarkers (i.e., cardiac troponin I–cTnI), HRV, and body’s surface temperature in healthy conscious …