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‘Xi Jinping Thought’: Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems And Military Modernization With Chinese Characteristics, Aiden Warren, Alek Hillas

The Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies, and Development

The article seeks to appraise Beijing’s military modernization and positions on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS). In examining the rhetoric of Chinese policy makers through a qualitative analysis of relevant policy documents and Chinese statements, the article begins by evaluating the relationship between military modernization and the advancement of China’s innovation and civil- ‍military integration strategies in the Xi Jinping era. Secondly, the article considers, via an analysis of diplomatic statements, the context of Chinese discussions on LAWS under the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). The analysis proposes it is probable that China is seeking to …

Toward A Conceptual Model For Citizens’ Adoption Of Smart Mobile Government Services During The Covid-19 Pandemic In Jordan, Abeer F. Alkhwaldi, Raghda T. Al-Ajaleen

Information Sciences Letters

With the accelerated evolution of smart mobile applications, more government organizations are putting forth efforts to motivate their citizens to utilize mobile government (m-gov) applications and services. Accordingly, the citizens’ perspective is vital to improve the applications and promote their engagement in the public services. The current study explored an important issue related to the factors affecting citizens adoption of smart m-gov services in the Jordanian context in order to develop a conceptual framework. Previous research on e-government adoption has paid attention to traditional web-based services. Yet, given the distinguishing characteristics of mobile technology and its application, more study of …

Toward A Conceptual Model For Citizens’ Adoption Of Smart Mobile Government Services During The Covid-19 Pandemic In Jordan, Abeer F. Alkhwaldi, Raghda T. Al-Ajaleen

Information Sciences Letters

With the accelerated evolution of smart mobile applications, more government organizations are putting forth efforts to motivate their citizens to utilize mobile government (m-gov) applications and services. Accordingly, the citizens’ perspective is vital to improve the applications and promote their engagement in the public services. The current study explored an important issue related to the factors affecting citizens adoption of smart m-gov services in the Jordanian context in order to develop a conceptual framework. Previous research on e-government adoption has paid attention to traditional web-based services. Yet, given the distinguishing characteristics of mobile technology and its application, more study of …

Systematic Reviews On Hai Topics: A Look At Reporting Practices, Jane Kinkus Yatcilla, Kelly Weigand

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

Human-animal interactions (HAI) are being studied with increased frequency, evidenced by a steady increase in the number of published articles and the number of journals publishing them. Evidence synthesis methods like systematic review (SR) provide a stronger level of evidence than individual studies and are often used to inform practice guidelines. To ensure SR accuracy and reliability, they must follow rigorous, prescribed methodologies. Objectives: This study of HAI SRs was designed to determine the characteristics of HAI SRs in terms of publication patterns, human subjects, animal(s) of interest, and outcomes, and to answer: (Q1)Which methodological guideline was followed? Was a …

October 2022 Faculty Senate Packet, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Packets

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet October 2022, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The October 2022 Monthly packet includes the October agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held June 6, 2022.

The Rider (2022-10-03), Verilu Infante

The Rider Archives

Vol.8 No.6

The Protective Benefits Of Sexual Surrogacy In Dissatisfying Romantic Relationships, Ryan Liu-Pham

Dissertations

The study tested whether the negative effects of dissatisfaction in romantic relationships can be mitigated by sexual surrogacy, an imagined sexual relationship with a celebrity or other socially distant target. I conducted a cross-sectional experimental study to examine my question. Participants were first randomly assigned to a relationship threat task asking them to reflect on insecurities in their romantic relationship or a friendship (control). Then were randomly assigned to reflect on either a celebrity crush or their desire to travel (control). Afterward participants were asked to complete measures of relationship satisfaction and well-being (happiness, loneliness, and affect). I predicted that …

Understanding Thematic Analysis And The Debates Involving Its Use, Hani Morgan

The Qualitative Report

The misconceptions researchers have about thematic analysis lead to various problems, which include publishing papers without mentioning the techniques they used to analyze their data. One reason such problems occur is that thematic analysis has been a poorly demarcated method for many years. Another has to do with the lack of literature on how this method differs from other approaches to research. In this paper, I aim to close this gap by explaining how different versions of thematic analysis vary from each other and discussing the controversies associated with each version. My conclusions are based on an analysis of what …

Adaptation Of Three Psychological Measurement Instruments Assessing The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic: Fear Of Covid-19 Scale, Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, And Altruism, Angela Oktavia Suryani, Laura Fransisca Sudarnoto, Benedicta Prihatin D. Riyanti

International Conference on Assessment and Learning (ICAL)

The COVID-19 pandemic has been going on for more than two years and has caused problems for the world community. One of the impacts of COVID-19 is psychological barriers, including decreased well-being, increased stress, anxiety, depression, loss of family members, and being laid off. Is there still energy in a difficult situation like this to give empathy and have a sense of wanting to help without reward (altruism)? The psychological condition of the impact of COVID-19 is the background for the need to carry out valid and reliable psychological measurements. This study aims to identify the psychometric properties of three …

Amjambo Africa! (October 2022), Kathreen Harrison

Amjambo Africa!

In this Issue

Election special .....................2-3

Moonglade .............................4-5

Amjambo Arts.......................... 6

Credential equivalencies ....8-10

In 7 languages

Ask the doctor ........................11

In 7 languages

Housing update ......................12

Editorial ...................................13

Market Basket ................... 14-15

Beautiful Blackbird .......... 16-17

All about the Workforce ........18

Community Happenings..20-21

News from Africa ..............22-23

Health & Wellness .............24-31

In 7 languages

Community columns .............32

Financial literacy ....................33

New Voices columns ........34-35

Tips & Info ........................36-37

Deconstructing The University: Contemporary Dei, Neoliberal Rationalities, And The Abolition Of The Administrative Apparatus, Jonah Henkle

Media and Cultural Studies Honors Projects

The following chapters attempt to develop some working theories to combat capitalist exploitation and racist and gendered oppression in the university, culminating in a call for the abolition of the university’s administrative apparatus. The project is divided broadly into two parts, which are referential to each other, but maintain slightly different areas of focus. Part 1 details a preliminary critique of the political-economy of the contemporary neoliberal university, drawing influence from Marxian economics and structuralist theories of ideology, critiquing contemporary discourses of diversity, equity and inclusivity (DEI). Part 2 focuses more directly on issues pertaining to oppression and difference, maintaining …

Gay Cultural Studies Newsletter: Fall 2022, Peighton Corley (Ed.)

Gay Cultural Studies Newsletter

Fall 2022 issue of the Gay Cultural Studies Newsletter, produced by students in the Department of Women's Studies.

Graduate Program Course Catalog 2022-2023

Bryant University Graduate School Course Catalog

No abstract provided.

Much To Do About Identity: Successful Women In Science Reflect On Their School Years, Jonathan L. Hall, Malcom B. Butler

Teacher Education and Technology Faculty Publications

This study presents the recollections of 12 successful women in science duringtheir school years before postsecondary education. The participants shareddetailed descriptions of their science experiences through three semi-structured interviews. An identity works conceptual framework consisting offigured worlds, positioning, and agency constructs to portray the complexdynamics of their experiences was used to analyze the data. The following fourthemes emerged from the data analysis: participants had an early interest inmathematics and science; they were“stubbornly”persistent in science-figuredworlds; they engaged in science-figured worlds beyond school; and they posi-tioned themselves as science leaders. These findings add to the evolution of sci-ence identity development theoretical models …

Proposition 26: California Sports Wagering Regulation And Unlawful Gambling Enforcement Ac, Jara Lindgren, Elizabeth Rocha Zuñiga

California Initiative Review (CIR)

No abstract provided.

Local Measures For The City Of Sacramento, Elizabeth Rocha Zuñiga, Jara Lindgren

California Initiative Review (CIR)

No abstract provided.

Girls From The Heights: From Mexican Spitfire To Maddy Perez, Gabi Martinez

[Archive] Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS)

The stereotype of the “Spicy Latina” is as prevalent today as it was in the early days of film, and tracing its origins leads to the discovery of a complicated root system of prejudice and stereotype. From the days of Lupe Velez and the film Mexican Spitfire, to the TV shows Modern Family and Jane the Virgin, Hollywood has never seemed to know how to portray Latinas in all of their complexity. This paper investigates how the white male gaze has shaped the perception of Latinas in the media, and how even the modern, more diverse media landscape contributes …

Diminished Citizens: Reproductive Sovereignty Through Historical Memory And Health Data In Peru, 1995-2006, Emilie E. Egger

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

This dissertation brings together key moments of reproductive violence inflicted on Indigenous Peruvian women between 1995 and 2002 and their relationship to the Peruvian State’s Programa Nacional de Salud Reproductiva y Planificación Familiar (PNSRPF). Each chapter focuses on how the violent constraining of Indigenous Peruvian women’s reproduction through PNSRPF linked that campaign to longstanding patterns of reproductive violence against Indigenous Peruvians. It argues these events are connected through reproductive sovereignty as produced by public health data and historical memory. Reproductive sovereignty explains how the Peruvian state has coerced, restricted, and neglected the reproduction of Indigenous Peruvian women who it has …

Navigating The Social World: Children’S Developing Understanding Of Groups And Inequalities, Xin Yang

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Children are born into a social world with a dizzying array of groups. These groups are often hierarchically structured in the society, leading to social inequalities. For example, children interact with and are also members of social groups like the wealthy and the poor, males and females, and different national and ethnic groups. This dissertation consists of three bodies of work that contribute to our broader scientific understanding of how children reason about social groups and inequalities. Specifically, I show that children imbue randomly assigned, meaningless groups with rich affiliative meanings, develop complex conceptualizations of wealth, poverty, and inequality, and …

A Genealogy Of Social Geomedia: The Life, Death, And (Possible) Afterlife Of Location-Based Social Networks, Jordan Frith

Publications

In the early 2010s, location-based social networks (LBSNs) received significant attention from both the public and venture capital. The “LBSN moment” was an important period of early mobile geomedia history, and this article argues that the reverberations of that moment still shape the contemporary social geomedia landscape. This article examines the LBSN moment through a media genealogy approach that views the period as a moment of juncture for the development of social location-sharing, which ended up being dominated by large platforms like Facebook and Uber. The article also draws from research on technological development to push back against narratives of …

Law School Announcements 2022-2023, Law School Announcements Editors

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Work Works, Julius Crump

Intersections

No abstract provided.

Languages, Cultures, & Literatures 2022 Apr Self-Study & Documents, Unm

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Languages, Cultures, & Literatures APR self-study report, review team report, response to review report, and initial action plan for Fall 2022, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.

Reconsidering “Romanesque” Art Through The Pilgrim’S Body: The Migrating Art Historians Project Five Years Later, Ivan Foletti, Martin F. Lešák

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

The Extension Newsletter, Issue 110, Fall 2022, Wright State University Retirees Association

The Extension Newsletter

An eight page newsletter from the Wright State University's Retirees Association.

Market Feminism In Morocco, Claire Madsen

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Despite widespread views of “Moroccan Exceptionalism,” Morocco continues to rank poorly on international evaluations of gender equality. This project seeks to understand the extent of the influence neoliberal economic forces in Morocco have had on the feminist landscape. Analysis of Moroccan political history, Foucauldian theories of power relations, and relevant literature on state feminism set the groundwork for the evaluation of the extent state feminism in Morocco can be understood as market-based, in accordance with the definition from From State Feminism to Market Feminsim (2012) by Kantola and Squires. Through interviews of three experts, three meetings with women’s empowerment NGOs, …

Copley Connects | Fall 2022, University Of San Diego

Copley Connects Library Newsletter

Message From the Dean | 2

Alumni Works Reception | 4

COPLEY READS: Book Recommendations | 6

Problematizing Scholarly Publishing | 7

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Resources | 8

Library’s Pontem Partnership Expands | 9

Summer Programs at Copley | 10

Spotlight Feature: Julie Wright | 12

Staff News | 13

Alumni Works Art Catalogue | 14

Red Lip Theology with Candice Marie Benbow | 18

Digital Initiative Symposium: April 17-18, 2023 | 19

Riding Off Into The Sunset: Dual-Class Structure In The Age Of Unicorns Going Public, Hao Liang, Junho Park, Wei Zhang

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The increasing adoption of dual-class shares (DCS)—an ownership structure that gives corporate insiders greater voting power than other shareholders—among newly listed companies has raisedsignificant governance concerns. We investigate the decision to adopt the DCS structure and itsvalue implications in the recent U.S. IPOs. Using founder cultural traits and Silicon Valley lawfirms as instrumental variables, we find significant post-IPO outperformance by firms adopting DCSwith a sunset clause, especially incapacity-based sunset which stipulates that the DCS will ceaseafter founders’ death, incapacitation or departure, compared to non-DCS firms and DCS firms without sunsets. This outperformance is more pronounced for high-tech firms, after Google’s …

Code^Shift Newsletter Fall 2022, Srividya Ramasubramanian

CODE^SHIFT Research

No abstract provided.