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Dipl 6153 Aa Comparative Political Economy Of Development, Nabeela N. Alam Ph.D.

Diplomacy Syllabi

This course examines the interactions between institutions and development to understand why some countries are rich and others are poor. Using empirical evidence and comparative cases, the course will identify key features of the economic and political development processes, including individual and societal factor accumulation. We will examine underlying historical, structural, and institutional causes of development and underdevelopment, while appreciating that development is not necessarily linear or as simple as imitating the conditions in a successfully developing country. The objective of the course is for students to be able to draw on empirical evidence to evaluate the relevance of the …

Assessing Attitudes Towards Pediatric Research Participation Across Diverse Populations: Psychometric Properties Of A Novel Tool, Megan M. Hare, Courtney S. Walker, Dustin E. Sarver, Crystal S. Lim, Dustin C. Brown, Robert D. Annett

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

BACKGROUND: Clinical trials play a crucial role in advancing medical knowledge and improving health outcomes. However, there is a recognized need for greater representation of marginalized groups to ensure that research findings can be generalized and effectively applied to all individuals. While the Pediatric Research Participation Questionnaire (PRPQ) was developed to assist pediatric clinical trials research by identifying benefits and barriers to research participation among children with chronic medical conditions, there is still limited insight into the structure of the PRPQ when administered in diverse samples, including the general pediatric population. Therefore, the current study examined the factor structure of …

Education Change: Research, History, Reality, Don E. Glines

Books

Education Change is another effort from Educational Futures Projects, Sacramento California, to convince educators that more of us need to learn how to unfold our deck chairs. Author Dr. Don Glines has spent his career actually implementing change in schools and colleges, and in conjunction, consulting for others also implementing educational innovations.

Education Change is presented in cooperation with Project 100% Graduation, directed by Dr. John R. Eggers of Minnesota. The goal of this project is to have more students graduate, as graduation rates are low to extremely low in a variety of communities.

Fy2024 Faculty Salaries Over $50,000, Clemson University

Salary Reports

No abstract provided.

World Transit Research October 2023 Newsletter, Institute Of Transport Studies Monash University

World Transit Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Going Urban: The Jewish Experience Of The Metropolis In Early 20th Century Literature, Ariel Yehudith Pridan

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

This study delves into urban Jewish praxis and its impact on the production of urban space in three literary texts composed within the first four decades of the 20th century: the novella “Min HaMeitzar” [“Out of the Depths”] (1908) by Hebrew writer Yosef Haim Brenner, the novel Nokh alemen [“The End of Everything”] (1913) by Yiddish writer Dovid Bergelson, and the novel Hiob: Roman eines einfachen Mannes [“Job: The Story of a Simple Man”] (1930) by German-Jewish writer Joseph Roth. The literary readings presented in this study strive to elucidate the literary production of urban space as a means of …

The Satellite And The Territory: Essays On Remote Sensing And The Economics Of Sustainable Development, Matthew Gordon

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

The increasing availability of satellite data is creating unprecedented opportunities to study sustainable development processes at both a global scale and fine temporal and spatial resolution. Economists and environmental researchers are using satellite data products to measure land-use change, economic growth, household vulnerability, air pollution, and more. When these data products are used in research or policy-making uncritically, however, the conclusions that follow can be inappropriate. This dissertation examines the potential opportunities and the shortcomings of three different uses of satellite data to inform sustainable development policy -- targeting policy, causal inference, and measurement. The first chapter studies the question …

Specters Of Degradation: Poverty And Uplift In Modern Political Thought, Chris Anthony Chambers

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

This dissertation traces the imprint of Adam Smith on modern political theories of poverty and uplifting the poor to provide an original account of the surprising synergies between conservative, liberal, and radical perspectives on redressing poverty. Offering the first manuscript-length study of poverty and the poor in the history of political thought since the 2000s, it examines how claims about the degradation of the poor have paradoxically animated while limiting ideas of uplift and perfectibility. I show how, by focusing on the moral condition of the poor and effects of poverty, conservatives, liberals, and radicals alike reproduced hateful stereotypes about …

The Banner - V. 158, No. 9 - (October 2023), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

No abstract provided.

Third-Party Employer Branding, Mukta G. Saini, Filip Lievens

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

There has been a growing interest in third-party employment branding (TPEB) because prospective and current employees perceive it more credible than the company-controlled employer branding. The academic research on TPEB has also been rapidly growing. This chapter reviews the TPEB research using a bibliometric analysis of 734 articles published between 1996 and 2021. The analysis shows that 'employer branding,' 'recruitment,' 'Glassdoor,' and 'word-of-mouth' are the major keywords in this domain. TPEB research can be grouped into three themes – (i) ‘best employer status and its outcomes’, (ii) ‘antecedents and consequences of third-party employment branding’, and (iii) ‘word-of-mouth and recruitment’. We …

Does The Consolidated Feed Matter?, Shihao Yu

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

In this paper we examine the role of the consolidated feeds in the current U.S. equities market by studying exogenous events which affect their speed and availability respectively. We find that faster consolidated feeds have an adverse, albeit mild, impact on market liquidity, possibly as a result of more non-high-frequency algorithmic trading activities from informed institutional traders. Moreover, when the consolidated feeds become corrupted or unavailable due to technical glitches, market liquidity significantly worsens. Our findings suggest that the consolidated feeds remain a crucial component of today’s market data infrastructure.

Financial Alignment Initiative: New York Fully Integrated Duals Advantage For Individuals With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities: Preliminary Third Evaluation Report, Kimberly I. Snow Mhsa, Elizabeth Gattine Jd, Amy Kandilow Phd, Matthew Toth Phd, Amy Chepaitis Phd

Disability & Aging

The New York FIDA-IDD demonstration was launched in 2016 in nine downstate counties and was the first comprehensive managed care demonstration exclusively serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the nation. Due at least in part to a lack of provider participation, less than 8 percent of eligible beneficiaries enrolled. Beneficiaries who did enroll reported high levels of satisfaction, especially with care coordination and the ease of obtaining durable medical equipment. The MedicareMedicaid Plan’s (MMP) assessment and care coordination model provided person-centered care planning that identified goals and helped to achieve them, improving enrollees’ quality of life. The …

The Great Displacement: Climate Change And The Next American Migration, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Weather/Natural Disasters

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Panglima Laot And Contributions In Upholding Customary Law In Aceh's Maritime Regions (Panglima Laot Dan Kontribusinya Dalam Penegakan Hukum Adat Di Perairan Aceh), Heru Susetyo, Satrio Febriyanto, Shaubi Laidinar, Wahyumi Ilahidayah, Muhammad Febriansyah, Nadila Mahilaveda

The Indonesian Journal of Socio-Legal Studies

Panglima Laot has been felt in Aceh since the era of Sultan Iskandar Muda and is still known today. Panglima Laot is not part of the Aceh government but is recognized as Aceh's cultural heritage. Later, Panglima Laot was also regulated in the Aceh Qanun as the living law in Aceh. Culturally, it can be said that the Marine Commander is the leader of the fishermen in Aceh, whose job is to coordinate the fishermen, maintain maritime security according to their respective territories, and conserve Aceh's marine environment. This article examines the existence of Panglima Laot in Aceh in this …

Eco-Necrotourism And Public Land Management: Last Chance Tourism, Ecological Grief, And The World’S Disappearing Natural Wonders, Robin Kundis Craig, Katrina F. Kuh

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

Last Chance Tourism. 500 Places to See Before They Disappear. 100 Places to Go Before They Disappear. As these (real) book titles attest, climate change, often in combination with loss of biodiversity, has created a new kind of ecotourism, which we term eco-necrotourism--the desire to see natural wonders and rare species before they are lost or transformed forever. As a scholarly topic, eco-necrotourism is a small facet of an emerging necessity for climate change law and policy: the need for planners, managers, lawmakers, and policy writers to consider human psychological responses to climate change and its impacts. However, those responses …

Country-Of-Origin Information Reports: The Political And Legal Geographies Of Central American Migrants, Elise Dosch

Senior Theses

Country-of-origin information reports provide purportedly objective information on the political, economic, security, and humanitarian situation of a certain country. Within the context of asylum adjudication, country-of-origin information reports provide contextual information on the country-of-origin of the person seeking asylum. Academic literature on the legal use and application of these reports is limited, with the majority of research being contained within the European context. This thesis uses interviews with legal practitioners from the United States to investigate the use of country-of-origin information reports in the asylum adjudication process. These interviews revealed the uses of country-of-origin information reports by 3 key actors …

Disaster Movies And The Perception Of Human Behavior Myths In Disasters, John Carr

Dissertations

This study explored if disaster movies change the perceptions viewers hold regarding human behavior in disasters, and if so, whether these effects are observable six weeks after watching the disaster movie. The study documented the anticipation of disaster myths in human behavior for 121 respondents, providing data that can better inform the discussion of disaster myths and realities. The study found changes to anticipation of disaster myths in human behavior and realities across multiple categories, with statistically significant results related to the factor of Looting Myth. Limitations for this study include a small sample size, and the external influence of …

Campus Building, Shilo Virginia Previti, Grant Mcmillan, Samuel Amendolar

Digital Press Books

This book celebrates Merrifield Hall on the campus of the University of North Dakota. This century-old building is now enduring a radical renovation designed to keep it relevant for the next generation of students on the UND campus.

The editors’ goal with this book was both to respect Merrifield Hall’s past and look forward to its now in-process future. It is our hope that this book will offer a space of thoughts, memories, fragments, criticisms, and jokes for all those who have walked the halls of this building and for all those who may one day dance—intellectually and materially—its halls, …

Modernizing The Arab American National Museum: Enhancing Cultural Representation And Community Engagement, Mariam Ktiri

Historic Preservation Final Projects

With a global Arab population of 646 million and 3.7 million Arabs in the United States, the presence of only one Arab-American-focused museum is a matter of concern. The Arab American National Museum (AANM) in Dearborn, Michigan, was established in 2005 in response to post-9/11 discrimination, violent racism, and xenophobia. AANM became a pivotal touchstone for connecting communities to pan-Arab American culture. While its permanent exhibits span the historical narrative of Arab Americans, they remain outdated, especially in the face of ongoing issues such as the Liberation of Palestine movement. This essay analyzes the AANM’s role as a cultural bridge-builder, …

Nature-Based Solutions Workshop Report: Placencia, Belize (Report No. 3), Maya Trotz, Alex Webb, Amanda Brinton, Rebecca Zarger, Lisa Carne, Nadia Bood, Kris-An Hinds, Rory Mckenna, Sandy Fogg, Juliet Neal, Anne Guerry, C. G. Lasserre, David Gutierrez, Jess Silver, Tiara Moore, Mike Beck

Strong Coasts Collection

No abstract provided.

Racial Bias, Accomplice Liability, And The Felony Murder Rule: A National Empirical Study, G. Ben Cohen, Justin D. Levinson, Koichi Hioki

Denver Law Review

Two long criticized prosecutorial tools—the felony murder rule and the accomplice liability doctrine—play an outsized role in the operation of American homicide law. Though each of these tools have separately faced intense criticism for their resistance to the supposedly foundational principles of moral culpability and individual responsibility, their legacy is also defined by the way they function symbiotically and specifically to heighten racialized punishment. This Article addresses the weighty combined reach of the accomplice liability doctrine and felony murder rule, and proposes that racial bias has fueled the operation and survival of these tools. Specifically, it suggests that implicit racial …

Ex Libris, Fall 2023, West Virginia University Libraries

Ex Libris: The WVU Libraries Magazine

The West Virginia University Libraries magazine, Ex Libris, is produced and printed once a year through the support of library donors.

HUMANITIES CENTER JOINS WVU LIBRARIES Read about the Humanities Center’s highlights during its inaugural year as part of the Libraries.

VAL NIEMAN VISITS HOME The author, retired editor and WVU alumna reminisces about learning journalism from the Old Guard in Martin Hall and working the trade at the Daily Athenaeum. Her story also includes meeting governors and senators, reporting on a prison riot and writing novels.

KITTIE BLAKEMORE PORTRAIT WVU Libraries unveiled a portrait of Virginia “Kittie” Blakemore, the …

Crime In A Time Of Cannabis: Estimating The Effect Of Legalizing Marijuana On Crime Rates In Colorado And Washington Using The Synthetic Control Method, Alexis J. Harper, Cody Jorgensen

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations

The legalization of marijuana for recreational use continues to expand across America. Colorado and Washington were the first states to legalize marijuana in 2012. A primary concern regarding legalization is how these policy changes affect crime rates. Researchers have begun to estimate the effect marijuana legalization has had on crime rates. We extend this literature by using a different analytical approach. State level data covering years 2000–2019 were analyzed using the synthetic control method to find that legalizing marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington was generally not associated with variations in index crime rates. These findings substantiate prior …

Friends In High Places: Establishing Pollination Networks For The Páramos Of Central Ecuador, Emma Diaz

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Well-known for being a global biodiversity hotspot, the Andean Páramos hosts a unique array of floristic diversity seen nowhere else in the world (Luteyn, n.d.). With the resiliency of this ecosystem dependent on the successful reproduction of these plants, it is crucial to understand the pollination network which sustains them. Modern-day research has outlined networks in the Chilean, Venezuelan, and Argentinean Páramos, but one has yet to be defined for Ecuador, despite being the suspected home to nearly half of floristic diversity in the Páramos (Arroyo et al., 1985; Pelayo et al., 2021; Medan et al., 2023; Caranqui et al., …

The Extension Newsletter, Issue 113, Fall 2023, Wright State University Retirees Association

The Extension Newsletter

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

Might All Be Saved?, Bradley Rettler, Andrew M. Bailey

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.

Reifying Injustice: Using Culturally Specific Tattoos As A Marker Of Gang Membership, Beth Caldwell

Washington Law Review

The “gang” label has been so highly racialized that white people who self- identify as gang members are almost never categorized as “gang members” by law enforcement, while Black and Latino people who are not gang members are routinely labeled and targeted as if they were. Different rules attach to people under criminal law once they are labeled gang members, yet this two-track system is justified under the guise that the racially disparate treatment is legitimate because of gang association.

This Article takes one concrete example—culturally specific tattoos—and unmasks how racial markers are used to attach the gang label. Specifically, …

Socio-Economic Factors And Its Influence On The Association Between Temperature And Dengue Incidence In 61 Provinces Of The Philippines, 2010–2019, Xerxes Seposo, Sary Valenzuela, Geminn Louis Apostol

Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health Publications

Background

Temperature has a significant impact on dengue incidence, however, changes on the temperature-dengue relationship across axes of socio-economic vulnerability is not well described. This study sought to determine the association between dengue and temperature in multiple locations in the Philippines and explore the effect modification by socio-economic factors.

Method

Nationwide dengue cases per province from 2010 to 2019 and data on temperature were obtained from the Philippines’ Department of Health–Epidemiological Bureau and ERA5-land, respectively. A generalized additive mixed model (GAMM) with a distributed lag non-linear model was utilized to examine the association between temperature and dengue inci-dence. We further …

Csbs Kudos, Fall 2023, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Social And Behavioral Sciences.

CSBS Kudos

Contents:

--- Greetings from the Dean
--- Faculty Accolades
--- Retirement: Sharon Mord
--- New Faculty & Staff
--- In Memoriam: Robert Leslie Ross
--- Department News
--- Gerdin Charitable Foundation donates $1M gift to establish Gerontology Chair
--- UNI ROTC stair climb honors 9/11 first responders
--- ARCTICenter part of $13.9 million grant to fight climate change
--- UNI student gets up-close look at the FBI and urban law enforcement
--- UNI’s nursing program receives Higher Learning Commission accreditation
--- UNI and Des Moines University partner to help students interested in healthcare
--- UNI course invites the community to …

The Guardian The Month Of October 2023, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the Month of October 2023. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.