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Law, Culture, And Equality - Human Rights' Influence On Domestic Norms: The Case Of Women In The Americas, Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol

Florida Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Corruption, Transparency And Rule Of Law, Kenneth H. Mackay Jr.

Florida Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Issue 397: June 30-July 14, 2022, The Local Voice

The Local Voice

No abstract provided.

Genomic Prediction Accuracy Of Stripe Rust In Six Spring Wheat Populations By Modeling Genotype By Environment Interaction, Kassa Semagn, Muhammad Iqbal, Diego Jarquin, Harpinder Randhawa, Reem Aboukhaddour, Reka Howard, Izabela Ciechanowska, Momna Farzand, Raman Dhariwal, Colin W. Hiebert, Amidou N’Diaye, Curtis Pozniak, Dean Spaner

Department of Statistics: Faculty Publications

Some previous studies have assessed the predictive ability of genome-wide selection on stripe (yellow) rust resistance in wheat, but the effect of genotype by environment interaction (GEI) in prediction accuracies has not been well studied in diverse genetic backgrounds. Here, we compared the predictive ability of a model based on phenotypic data only (M1), the main effect of phenotype and molecular markers (M2), and a model that incorporated GEI (M3) using three cross-validations (CV1, CV2, and CV0) scenarios of interest to breeders in six spring wheat populations. Each population was evaluated at three to eight field nurseries and genotyped with …

The The Cooperation Between The Philippines And China In The Field Of Culture, Education And Tourism (2001-2021), Trần Thai Bảo, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao

CNU Journal of Higher Education

Cultural exchange is becoming increasingly significant in international relations as a result of globalization. The use of culture as a new and independent kind of diplomacy in global relations is highly valued by countries all over the world. In their bilateral relationship, the Philippines and China are highly active in building cultural diplomacy to improve mutual understanding, cooperation, and friendship, and settle issues and conflicts of interest through peaceful means, in addition to political and diplomatic accords. To clarify the cooperation process between the Philippines and China in the fields of culture, education, and tourism, the author has flexibly applied …

Supreme Court Jurisprudence And School Shooting Threats: A Legal Review, Benjamin P. Comer

Journal of Criminal Justice and Law

This legal review provides a general synopsis of selected school shooting threat cases processed in U.S. Federal courts and specifically emphasizes the interpretive mechanisms employed by judges during the adjudicatory process. Approximately 29 federal cases involving school shooting threats are reviewed, and six different legal tests and rules commonly used by federal courts are discussed in detail. Among other findings, descriptive statistics reveal that a majority of courts employed the Tinker rule when analyzing threats (72.4%) and that the majority of cases involved the application of a single test (72%). Select cases are then discussed which highlight the application of …

Modelling Monthly Rainfall Of Calabar, Nigeria Using Box-Jenkins (Arima) Method, Francis Ogbozige

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

Rainfall has both positive and negative effects on human activities hence, correct prediction of the period of occurrence is very essential. However, the traditional method of predicting months of heavy rainfall is gradually fading out as irregular rainfall pattern is been experienced in most regions of the world. The rainfall pattern in Calabar city in Southern Nigeria has been reported in past literatures of being irregular. Hence, this research applied the Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) also known as Box-Jenkins method to model the rainfall pattern of Calabar. This was achieved by subjecting 50years monthly rainfall (1971 – 2020) to …

“Gahum, Kahimtangan, Kag Bugal”: Isang Alternatibong Pagbasa Sa Maagang Kasaysayan Ng Misyong Baptist Sa Pilipinas, 1898–1922, Kristoffer R. Esquejo

Malay Journal

Layunin ng papel na ito na maghain ng isang bagong pagpapakahulugan hinggil sa pananaw ng mga Pilipinong Bisaya kung bakit nila tinanggap, niyakap, at itinaguyod ang pananampalatayang Baptist noong unang dalawang dekada ng ika-20 dantaon. Gamit ang “kaloobang-bayan” bilang alternatibong lente sa kasaysayan, makikitang umakma ang mga layunin ng itinaguyod na “Social Gospel” ng Misyong Baptist mula sa Estados Unidos sa tatlong halagahin ng lipunang Bisaya. Dahil sa mga ipinatayong iglesya, paaralan, at ospital sa Kanlurang Bisaya, partikular sa Iloilo at Capiz, unti-unting nakamtan ng mga katutubo ang “gahum” (kapangyarihan) na maaari pang mauri sa tatlong magkakaugnay na mga larangan: …

Ang Espasyo Ng Espasyo Sa Araling Pilipino Batay Sa Debateng “North–South” Sa Metro Manila, Michael D. Pante

Malay Journal

Ano ba ang gitna ng Metro Manila? Taga-North o taga-South ka ba? Sa mga nakalipas na taon, isang hindi-mamatay-matay na debate sa social media ang pagsagot sa mga tila simpleng tanong na ito. Bagama’t masasabing walang maayos na kalutasan ang balitaktakang ito, dalawang mahalagang punto ang mapupulot. Una, malinaw na mayrong mayabong at taal na diskursong pang-espasyo ang mga Pilipino para unawain ang kanilang posisyon—sa parehong literal at di-literal na kahulugan—sa lipunan. Ikalawa, at mas mahalaga, tila hindi nakasasabay ang akademikong diskurso sa bilis ng pagbabago sa aktuwal na danas ng mga tao sa iba’t ibang nosyon ng lapit, layo, …

The Drivers Of Repurchase Intention During The Corona Pandemic: An Examination Of Gender Difference, Wahyuningsih Wahyuningsih, Hanny Nasution, Yulia H. Yeni, Ratna Roostika

ASEAN Marketing Journal

Manuscript type: Research Article

Research Aims: To examine the drivers of repurchase intention and test the difference between male and female consumers on the relationships between consumption value, satisfaction, and repurchase intention.

Design/methodology/approach: This study employs a descriptive research design. Data were collected from 214 consumers who purchased food from the restaurant using the online application. Structural Equation Modeling has been employed to test the proposed hypotheses.

Research Findings: This study finds that repurchase intention is driven by perceived consumption value and satisfaction for all consumers. The result suggests that male and female consumers perceived different perceptions …

Digital-Based And Sustainable Tourism Village Development Planning Inpapa Garang Village, Labuan Bajo, Rahmi Setyawati

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

Indonesia as a maritime axis, of course, will not be separated from maritime culture and technology. The maritime axis is a development paradigm needed by maritime-based regions such as Labuan Bajo. Maritime culture should be the original culture of Indonesia, because Indonesia is an archipelagic country. However, the development of tourist villages located on the coast requires a special planning program that is in accordance with the characteristics of the community, geography, and socio-culture so that tourism development is sustainable. This study aims to create a digital-based and sustainable independent tourism village development program. The concept used is sustainable tourism, …

A Phenomenographical Study: The Effects Of High-Stakes Test Failure On Low Income Black Students, Tuqwan Taylor

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership Dissertations

The purpose of this research study is to gain firsthand insight into the experiences and perceptions of students and parents regarding end-of-year high-stakes test failure. This insight will be attained through qualitative data collection using interviews, surveys, demographics reports, and state-monitored school report card results. All research will be conducted at two predominately Black Title I urban middle schools in the southeastern United States. The research will determine the social and emotional burden students, parents, and families carry when test failure occurs. Proposed for this study will be two distinct research questions. The first question will examine the variety of …

Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Development Classification Utilizing Machine Learning And Synoptic Composites, Rupsa Bhowmick, Jill C. Trepanier, Alex M. Haberlie

Faculty Publications

This study evaluates the ability of machine learning algorithms to classify tropical depressions (TDs) and tropical storms (TSs) in the western region of the southwest Pacific Ocean (SWPO). Decision rules are generated to predict the environment required for a depression to fully develop into a mature storm, and the most influential predictors in the classification decision are ranked. TD and TS are discriminated based on a maximum sustained wind speed threshold (≥17 ms−1). Various aerosol, thermodynamic, and dynamic parameters are extracted closest to the initiation point of each non-developing and developing sample. The covariates associated with each labelled sample are …

Enabling Hotspot Detection And Public Health Response To The Covid-19 Pandemic, Randi Foraker, Joshua Landman, Ian Lackey, Matthew D Haslam, Alison L Antes, Dennis Goldfarb

2020-Current year OA Pubs

INTRODUCTION: Public-facing maps of COVID-19 cases, hospital admissions, and deaths are commonly displayed at the state, county, and zip code levels, and low case counts are suppressed to protect confidentiality. Public health authorities are tasked with case identification, contact tracing, and canvasing for educational purposes during a pandemic. Given limited resources, authorities would benefit from the ability to tailor their efforts to a particular neighborhood or congregate living facility.

METHODS: We describe the methods of building a real-time visualization of patients with COVID-19-positive tests, which facilitates timely public health response to the pandemic. We developed an interactive street-level visualization that …

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Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Konstitusionalitas Penerapan Mekanisme Omnibus Law Dalam Pembentukan Undang-Undang Di Indonesia, Charles Simabura, M. Nurul Fajri

Jurnal Konstitusi & Demokrasi

This paper intends to describe how the omnibus law mechanism applied in lawmaking in Indonesia. Look at the 2020 priority national legislation program, which includes four draft bills that formed using the omnibus law mechanism. The omnibus law is a new mechanism in the lawmaking process in Indonesia. Because this mechanism not contained in Law Number 12 of 2011 concerning the Formation of Laws and Regulations as amended by Law Number 15 of 2019 concerning Amendments to Law Number 12 of 2011 concerning the Formation of Laws and Regulations. With this, the first thing that must answer is the question …

Implementing The Army University Experiential Learning Model: A Case Study Of Instructors' Experiences, Rebecca Lynne Towle Strawn

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The purpose of this descriptive, bounded, qualitative single-case study was to explore the experiences of ten training instructors at the School for Family and Morale, Welfare, and Recreation, a civilian training institution of the Army, about their transition to using a new standardized model of curriculum design and delivery. This study used semi-structured interviews supported by document analysis to describe the instructors’ experiences learning and fully implementing the Army University Experiential Learning Model (Army U ELM), a specialized experiential learning model adapted from Kolb’s (1984) experiential learning theory. The study documents the instructor’s experiences learning to use the model and …

Florida Punks: Punk, Performance, And Community At Gainesville’S Fest, Michael Anthony Mcdowell Ii

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Fest is an annual punk rock music festival held in Gainesville, Florida. At Fest, participants engage in aesthetic creation and participation, negotiate identities, participate in political discourse, and forge communities. In this dissertation, I use theories of performance, framing, and culture to understand Fest. To do so, I theorize Fest using three approaches to performance: performance as an object of study, performance as a metaphor for everyday life and identity, and performance as a method of inquiry. Using these three approaches to performance, I understand Fest as performance, as a site that permits and constrains performances of self, identity, and …

A Convergent Approach To Aqueous Lead (Pb) Mitigation Of A Supplemental Self-Supply Shallow Groundwater Source Accessed By Handpumps In Madagascar, Adaline Marie Buerck

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The World Health Organization (WHO) has consistently listed lead (Pb) as one of the ten chemicals of major public health concern. Though the toxic nature of lead has been known since the 20th century it is still utilized in a wide variety of products due to its favorable properties. Exposure to lead still accounts for approximately 900,000 deaths annually and disproportionately impacts those in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) due to a variety of reasons such as poverty, malnutrition, and lack of knowledge on the toxic nature of lead. Lead exposure routes include air, soil, dust, diet, and water. Though …

Music Tourism Potentials In Indonesia:Music Festivals And Their Roles In City Branding, Peny Meliaty Hutabarat

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

The great potential of music tourism has not been optimized in Indonesia. Meanwhile, music tourism is increasingly becoming one of the forms of new economic growth. The growth of music festival from year to year has also made the Indonesian people, especially the younger generation, make music as one of their needs and lifestyles. The number, diversity, and popularity of music festivals in Indonesia have grown tremendously. That’s why Indonesia needs to encourage tourism potentials, one of which is the potential of music festivals that plays a role in creating city image and city branding. This study seeks to see …

A Comparison Of School Science Curricula Of Indonesia, Vietnam, And Thailand, R. Ahmad Zaky El Islami, Song Xue, Indah Juwita Sari, Le Hai My Ngan, Vipavadee Khwaengmake, Samia Khan, Nguyen Van Bien, Chatree Faikhamta, Nguyen Thi To Khuyen, Thauresean Prasoplarb

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

This study aimed to investigate the science curricula of Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand. This study was undertaken to compare science curricula and determine which scientists’ current practices, such as hypothesizing, are represented in science curricula. A cross-case analysis was carried out using the junior science curriculum (ages 12–14) of these countries. The analysis revealed similarities in the science curriculum, including that the purpose of the science curriculum is to develop scientific literacy. The junior secondary science curriculum content tends to consist of biology, physics, chemistry, and earth and space sciences. Students are prescribed no more than 10 hours/week, and each …

Weathering The Storm: Community Socio-Economic And Physical Vulnerability Assessment Of Informal Settlements To Disasters In Arusha City, Tanzania, Herbert Hambati

Tanzania Journal of Science

Urban population growth has demonstrated a synergetic relationship with the growth of informal settlements and vulnerability to disasters in urban areas. This study employed Community Participatory Vulnerability Assessment (CPVA) to analyse vulnerability in informal settlements in Arusha City, Tanzania. The results show that a plethora of factors, including socio-economic and physical realities interact in complex non-linear ways to shape vulnerability to disasters in informal settlements in the city. The study shows that coping strategies of some individuals in informal settlements reinforce their risks to disasters. This is particularly demonstrated by the stones that are positioned on weak roof structures for …

Charcoal Whirlwinds And Post-Fire Observations In Serengeti National Park Savannahs, Colin J. Courtney Mustaphi, Heleen C. Vos, Rob Marchant, Colin Beale

Tanzania Journal of Science

Whirlwinds and visible dust devils occur over semi-arid ecosystems and entrain particles from the ground surface. Fires produce abundant charcoal across savannahs and the resulting blackened surfaces create a large albedo contrast. Whirlwinds have been observed associated with active fires; yet, there are few published observations on post-fire landscapes. Spatiotemporal patterns of whirlwinds have been documented for a limited number of regions and have not been made for the ecosystems of eastern Africa. From field-based sightings in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, we report on whirlwinds over burned savannah patches that entrained large quantities of charcoal to produce black coloured …

Indirect Investment Opportunities And Challenges: Agency, Licensing, Distribution, And Franchising, William P. "Jay" Andrews, Clyde Mcfarland, Ricardo Barretto Ferreira Da Silva, Peter Rodenbeck, Ana Julia Jatar, Franciso Javier, Silvia Regina Dain Gandelman, Antonio Millé

Florida Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

The Surge In Trade With Latin America: Considerations In The Export Trade, Mark Rosenberg, Jay T. Malina, Alfredo Fournier, Francisco De P. Carral Puccio, Daniel Price, Luis Malpicca De La Madrid

Florida Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Introduction—Proceedings Of The Seventh Annual Conference On Legal Aspects Of Doing Business In Latin America: Adapting To A Changing Legal Environment, L. Janá Sigars, Charles Dusseau

Florida Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Second Annual International Business Law Symposium: Trading With Cuba: The Cuban Democracy Act And Export Rules, E.K. Cottrell, Michael Wallace Gordon, Clara David, Harold G. Maier, Manfred Wolf, Gabriel M. Wilner

Florida Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

An International Transaction In The American Conflict Of Laws, Friedrich K. Juenger

Florida Journal of International Law

Professor Gordon’s hypothetical fact situation touches upon a wide variety of problems ranging from tort and contracts principles to the law of conflicts and public international law. Leaving aside the substantive issues, let me tackle those within my sphere of competence. I shall address them in chronological order following the sequence in which they would present themselves to counsel charged with planning and litigating international transactions.

Some Observations On Nafta, Michael W. Gordon

Florida Journal of International Law

It was my initial intention to discuss several areas of the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), such as rule of origin and dispute resolution alternatives. But several speakers have already spoken about these issues, and I must admit both a reluctance to return to those topics, and a sense that what most of us here have to say about these issues is mostly speculation. Those of us who are able to speak on the draft agreement really do not know what is in that agreement. Those persons here who are involved in the negotiating process may not speak …

Proceedings Of The Fifth Annual Seminar On Legal Aspects Of Doing Business In Latin America: Chapter Ii: The United States/Mexico/Canada Free Trade Agreement, Shelly P. Battram, Miguel Noyola

Florida Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.