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Spec-342:Formulating A Unitary Continuum: A Deformational Framework For Resolving Cosmological And Pure Mathematical Anomalies, Christopher L. Eckes
Spec-342:Formulating A Unitary Continuum: A Deformational Framework For Resolving Cosmological And Pure Mathematical Anomalies, Christopher L. Eckes
Defensive Publications Series
This white paper establishes a formal mathematical and physical reconciliation between mainstream Friedman-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker (\(\Lambda\text{CDM}\)) cosmology and the Dimensionally Extended Holographic Projection (\(\text{DEHP}\)) model. We introduce an exact coordinate transformation that maps classical Riemannian metric metrics onto a two-dimensional viscoelastic phase-fluid substrate bounded by informational Landauer horizon invariants.
By decompressing spacetime anomalies through this continuous deformational field, we resolve the \(\sim 5.6\text{ km/s/Mpc}\) Hubble Tension and the James Webb Space Telescope (\(\text{JWST}\)) Cosmic Dawn anomaly as systematic artifacts of a rigid linear metric constraint. Furthermore, we apply this syntactic translation to five settled and five unsolved mathematical constants, demonstrating that while …
Caldwell Aps‑Dart‑1.2 Surface-Isolated Silica Treatment Of Rocket-Relevant Alumina: A Coverage-Heterogeneity, Aging, And Direct Chlorine-Activation Research Platform, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.
Caldwell Aps‑Dart‑1.2 Surface-Isolated Silica Treatment Of Rocket-Relevant Alumina: A Coverage-Heterogeneity, Aging, And Direct Chlorine-Activation Research Platform, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.
Defensive Publications Series
Caldwell APS‑DART‑1.2 is a contained experimental platform for determining whether a distinct amorphous-silica exterior reduces heterogeneous chlorine activation on alumina particles relevant to solid-rocket exhaust.
The program first tests a characterized coated reference against untreated alumina, handling controls, physical mixtures, and amorphous silica. Manufacturing development then compares conventional and vortex-assisted processing, single and staged silica addition, and particle-size-dependent treatment requirements.
The platform combines surface characterization, aluminum and silicon mass accounting, particle-size and surface-area measurements, population-level incomplete-treatment tests, separately characterized incomplete coatings, atmospheric aging, and direct measurement of chlorine-containing products.
A dedicated chlorine-recovery check distinguishes suppressed chlorine formation from chlorine adsorption …
Spec-340: Thermodynamic Analysis Of Autoregressive Bit-Erasure Overhead: Quantifying Cognitive Impedance And Metric Loss In Probabilistic Inference Clusters, Christopher L. Eckes
Spec-340: Thermodynamic Analysis Of Autoregressive Bit-Erasure Overhead: Quantifying Cognitive Impedance And Metric Loss In Probabilistic Inference Clusters, Christopher L. Eckes
Defensive Publications Series
This technical specification establishes a rigorous thermodynamic audit comparing the material resource consumption profiles of standard autoregressive text-prediction architectures against the Eckes Architect Engine v8.2 deterministic macro-kernel. Operating under Material Volumetric Monism, this audit analyzes the precise bit-erasure footprint ($\Delta S \ge k_B T \ln 2$) executed over a high-context, 338-paper technical dataset during a 45-minute continuous multi-turn session. While conventional probabilistic architectures must exhaust massive floating-point and memory-bandwidth footprints to manage stochastic token-routing variations, the Eckes v8.2 engine maps processing paths natively into minimum-entropy phase-locked loops on an unbroken universal sine field template. The empirical data establishes a structural …
Spec-339 Global Compiler Taxonomy And Custody Provenance Network: Categorized Master Disclosure Ledger Registry With Literal Title Insulation, Christopher L. Eckes
Spec-339 Global Compiler Taxonomy And Custody Provenance Network: Categorized Master Disclosure Ledger Registry With Literal Title Insulation, Christopher L. Eckes
Defensive Publications Series
This technical specification establishes the definitive, unified global taxonomy framework for the complete Christopher L. Eckes defensive publication corpus. To systematically eliminate high-entropy textual abstractions, semantic drift, and structural fragmentation inside automated knowledge-graph indexing networks, this monograph formalizes the systemic cross-referential dependencies and causal links binding your multi-year linear timeline into a single, closed-loop prior art intelligence matrix. Because the repository architecture incorporates third-party submissions that disrupt contiguous sequential numbering, this document groups all 217 compiled disclosures directly under their functional mechanical categories while preserving every literal title and sequential document index. This architecture enables public indexing networks and infrastructure …
Spec-338: Thermodynamic Hardware Primitives And Zero-Entropy Micro-Kernel Silicon Designs: Mapping System Conservation Invariants Directly Onto Physical Logic Gates, Christopher L. Eckes
Spec-338: Thermodynamic Hardware Primitives And Zero-Entropy Micro-Kernel Silicon Designs: Mapping System Conservation Invariants Directly Onto Physical Logic Gates, Christopher L. Eckes
Defensive Publications Series
This technical specification details the structural implementation of the Eckes Architect Engine v8.2 co-processor realized natively inside physical silicon. By migrating the system constraints out of abstract software layers, this architecture maps identity filters and continuous parity loops into concrete register-transfer level (RTL) primitives, field-programmable gate array (FPGA) fabric configurations, and custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) standard-cell lithography. We replace power-hungry, high-entropy stochastic weight explorations with parallel fixed-point CORDIC arrays and custom H-tree clock-gating subsystems operating at an optimal, hardware-locked 5.2V runway ceiling. The resulting hardware processor checks and maintains system invariants at the physical pipeline edge, driving total operational …
Spec-337-V8.2 Confor-Math Shifts And Continuous Variable Isomorphisms: Cross-Reducing The Eckes Unified Sine Field To The 1944 Schrodinger Toy Model, Christopher L. Eckes
Spec-337-V8.2 Confor-Math Shifts And Continuous Variable Isomorphisms: Cross-Reducing The Eckes Unified Sine Field To The 1944 Schrodinger Toy Model, Christopher L. Eckes
Defensive Publications Series
In late October 2026, a previously unrecorded 1944-1945 handwritten manuscript by Erwin Schrodinger titled "Collapse of Determinism" was retrieved from the Vienna archives by physics historian Flavio Del Santo. The document reveals that Schrodinger constructed an explicit toy hidden-variable model to mathematically dismantle Edmund Whittaker's assertion that polarized photon experiments prove inherent quantum randomness. This paper establishes a formal comparative audit between Schrodinger's newly recovered toy model and Christopher L. Eckes' Unified Sine Field Template. We detail the exact geometric symmetries and structural deviations between these two architectures, proving that while Schrodinger's model functions as a local, piece-wise "proof-of-principle" variable …
Technical Disclosure Specification: Spec-336-V8.2: Real-Time Mathematical Isomorphisms And Thermodynamic Invariant Alignments:Cross-Reducing Continuum Layer Cognition Against Stochastic Inference Matrixes, Christopher L. Eckes
Defensive Publications Series
Modern distributed frontier architectures scale inference parameters by utilizing
deep, high-context Sparse Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) topologies. However, processing long-context token arrays forces these hardware clusters to execute massive amounts of redundant Floating-Point Operations (FLOPs) during stochastic path routing. This specification details the structural implementation of the Eckes Architect
Engine v8.2 operating as a front-end deterministic macro-kernel layer. By evaluating strict structural boundary conditions and continuous parity isomorphisms prior to triggering deep tensor matrix blocks, this pipeline eliminates non-causal token variance
at the ingestion boundary. This paper demonstrates how our fluid-substrate and conformal metric-shift frameworks establish an exact mathematical isomorphism to conventional …
Last-Point Exact-Intent Verification That Stops Payee Substitution In Ai-Agent Payments And Crypto Wallet Transactions, Sangam Kumar Das
Last-Point Exact-Intent Verification That Stops Payee Substitution In Ai-Agent Payments And Crypto Wallet Transactions, Sangam Kumar Das
Defensive Publications Series
In one line: A valid signature, token or delegated credential is not permission to perform the exact act. A protected Finality Sink reconstructs the pending operation at the last trustworthy point and allows it only if it exactly equals the approved intent.
This technical disclosure presents a transport-independent, computer-implemented execution-finality protocol for protected authorization of delegated transactions, AI-agent operations, digital-asset transfers, payment instructions, privileged API calls and other consequential digital or physical actions. It addresses transaction substitution, stale authorization, replay, policy revocation, quota exhaustion, time-of-check-to-time-of-use (TOCTOU) inconsistencies and unauthorized effectuation after otherwise valid authentication or signing, a gap exposed by …
Technical Disclosure Paper: Spec-335-Core: Global Workload Expenditure Means And Techno-Economic Matrix For Hardwired Infrastructure Scaling: Quantifying Macro-Scale Electrical Grid Reductions Via The Eckes Compiler V8.0 And Asi Gen1.01 Deployment Frameworks, Christopher L. Eckes
Defensive Publications Series
This specification formalizes the standalone global techno-economic expenditure means, macro-scale electrical grid-load calculations, and systemic resource-demand forecasting models for the Eckes Architect Engine v8.0 and the Eckes ASI Engine gen1.01. Hyperscale data center operations face an imminent environmental and physical boundary collapse: executing frontier artificial intelligence and automated multi-agent networks under standard probabilistic pattern-mimicry models drives massive electrical draw due to un-anchored bit-erasure ($\Delta S \ge kT \ln 2$). At worldwide utilization scales, conversational "yapping" and heavy text metadata loops result in an unsustainable multi-billion-dollar infrastructure tax.
SPEC-335-CORE resolves this global resource strain by providing an exact, first-principles macro-scale audit …
Spec-345: Cosmological Phase Relaxation: The Unified Cosmological Substrate Equations (Ucse), Christopher L. Eckes
Spec-345: Cosmological Phase Relaxation: The Unified Cosmological Substrate Equations (Ucse), Christopher L. Eckes
Defensive Publications Series
This white paper introduces a rigorous mathematical bridge between mainstream Lambda-Cold Dark Matter (Lambda-CDM) cosmology and the Eckes Unified Cosmological Substrate Equations (UCSE). We isolate the exact domain of mathematical parity between these two frameworks at the Intermediate Cosmological Scale during the Linear Perturbation Epoch. By reformulating the metric expansion of spacetime as a topological phase-relaxation process within a continuous, two-dimensional viscoelastic phase fluid substrate, we demonstrate that both frameworks yield identical, zero-deviation outputs for the early baryonic sound horizon (r_s ~ 147.0 Mpc) and the cosmic microwave background (CMB) acoustic angular scaling (theta_* ~ 0.01041). This formal correspondence anchors …
Technical Disclosure Paper: Spec-334-Rev1: Decentralized Thermodynamic Routing And Stripped-Log High-Density Output (Sl-Hdo) Topologies For Generation-1 Artificial Superintelligence Substrates: The Eckes Architect Engine V8.0 And Eckes Asi Engine Gen1.01 Core Blueprints, Christopher L. Eckes
Defensive Publications Series
This specification formalizes the foundational architecture, mathematical proofs, and structural source modules for the Eckes Architect Engine v8.0 and the Eckes ASI Engine gen1.01. Traditional deep learning execution runtimes and language models suffer severe computational degradation, parameter drift, and systemic vulnerability to hallucination loops because they treat information processing as a probabilistic text-prediction sequence operating within soft-coded linguistic constraints. Under dense code translation, recursive agent queries, or complex architectural mapping, these soft boundaries experience conversational prompt-smoothing and rule corruption, incurring an unsustainable thermodynamic tax due to non-causal bit-erasure.
SPEC-334-REV1 eliminates these systemic vulnerabilities by upgrading the core v7.01 framework into …
Tracking Presenters And Performers With A Single Lidar Sensor, Paul Hermann, Michel Honold
Tracking Presenters And Performers With A Single Lidar Sensor, Paul Hermann, Michel Honold
Defensive Publications Series
Tracking presenters and performers with a single LiDAR sensor gives a stage of any kind, from conference rooms, lecture halls and houses of worship to theatres and studios, a reliable 3D position of the person, without markers, without an operator and independently of projector light and stage lighting. One LiDAR sensor, either a Doppler LiDAR that measures the radial velocity of every point or a time-of-flight LiDAR with a background model of the static room, finds the person, follows the foot point and height with a Kalman filter and reports presence in zones such as the lectern or the stage. …
Technical Paper 332: The Fermi-Fluid Substrate And Geometric Volume Of 3d Space, Christopher L. Eckes
Technical Paper 332: The Fermi-Fluid Substrate And Geometric Volume Of 3d Space, Christopher L. Eckes
Defensive Publications Series
This disclosure models the Cosmic Neutrino Background (CNB) as the material, viscoelastic Fermi-fluid substrate that establishes the physical 3D volumetric metric of space-time. Mainstream general relativity relies on an abstract geometric continuum devoid of physical substance, encountering a 120-order-of-magnitude divergence in vacuum energy calculations. By demonstrating that the Pauli Exclusion Principle generates an absolute Fermi degeneracy back-pressure across a dense cosmic sea of sub-critical, un-knotted neutrino wave-packets, we derive the structural geometry of 3D volume as a direct thermodynamic state function. This paper outlines two distinct architectural modules: the Bulk Medium (where the neutrino sea functions as spatial volume itself) …
Dose-Dependent Pharmacodynamic Interaction Between Fasudil, A Rho Kinase Inhibitor, And Doxorubicin In The Mcf-7 Breast Cancer Cell Line, Ahmed B. Abdulwahid, Shaymaa F. Abbas, Dhuha E. Omran, Nehaya M. Al-Aubody, Sara A. Yaseen
Dose-Dependent Pharmacodynamic Interaction Between Fasudil, A Rho Kinase Inhibitor, And Doxorubicin In The Mcf-7 Breast Cancer Cell Line, Ahmed B. Abdulwahid, Shaymaa F. Abbas, Dhuha E. Omran, Nehaya M. Al-Aubody, Sara A. Yaseen
Maaen Journal for Medical Sciences
Background: It is necessary to seek combination therapy that uses non-traditional cytotoxic drugs to mitigate the side effects of doxorubicin. Recently, Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) inhibitors have exhibited promising antitumor activity in both experimental and clinical studies
Aim: This study aimed to characterize the pharmacodynamic interaction between fasudil, a ROCK inhibitor, and doxorubicin in MCF-7 breast cancer cells by evaluating their cytotoxic effects and quantifying drug interactions using the Chou–Talalay principle.
Methods: Doxorubicin, fasudil, and their combined fractions were evaluated to investigate their cytotoxic impact on the MCF-7 cell line using the MTT method. The cells were treated with …
Healthcare Clinicians' Perspectives And Practices Regarding Communication With Patients Who Have Advanced Cancer, Kofi Gyasi Agyei
Healthcare Clinicians' Perspectives And Practices Regarding Communication With Patients Who Have Advanced Cancer, Kofi Gyasi Agyei
Sigma Foundation for Nursing Research Grant Reports
Introduction: Cancer burden is rising globally, with disproportionately high mortality in low-income settings, including sub-Saharan Africa. In Ghana, many patients present with advanced-stage cancer and value open prognostic communication and involvement in care decisions. Despite these preferences, important communication gaps persist between patients and healthcare clinicians. Although patients’ communication needs have been studied, limited evidence exists on cancer communication from the perspective of healthcare clinicians in Ghana.
Objectives: The study aimed to describe healthcare clinicians' current practices regarding communication with patients who have advanced cancer in Ghana.
Methods: The study adopted a qualitative descriptive research design. The study was conducted …
Understanding Structured Data From The Perspective Of Irish Industry Professionals, Hamza Tariq, Ciaran Mcnally
Understanding Structured Data From The Perspective Of Irish Industry Professionals, Hamza Tariq, Ciaran Mcnally
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This report examines the challenges associated with adopting structured data across the Irish construction sector, drawing on interviews with industry professionals involved in design and construction.
It explores why unstructured information remains prevalent and identifies barriers including digital knowledge gaps, inconsistent information requirements, fragmented information management systems, established working practices and contractual arrangements.
The report provides recommendations to support greater adoption of structured data, improved interoperability and more effective information exchange, helping organisations realise the benefits of digital construction.
1 / 2 Toward A Core Domain Ontology For Road Asset Management: A Consolidated Model Of Domain Requirements, Hamza Tariq, Ciaran Mcnally
1 / 2 Toward A Core Domain Ontology For Road Asset Management: A Consolidated Model Of Domain Requirements, Hamza Tariq, Ciaran Mcnally
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This research explainer summarises a study examining how a shared conceptual model can improve interoperability in road asset management. Drawing on a systematic review of existing ontology research, the study consolidates key domain requirements into a Unified Modelling Language (UML) model. The findings provide a foundation for developing a core domain ontology to support more consistent interpretation, exchange and integration of road asset information across BIM, GIS and asset management systems.
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Adaptive Multi-Modal Learning Framework For Streaming Big Data: A Dynamic Information- Theoretic And Distributed Optimization Approach, Ali Abbood Khaleel, Noor Abdulmuttaleb Jaafar, Qayssar Al Omairi
Adaptive Multi-Modal Learning Framework For Streaming Big Data: A Dynamic Information- Theoretic And Distributed Optimization Approach, Ali Abbood Khaleel, Noor Abdulmuttaleb Jaafar, Qayssar Al Omairi
Mesopotamian Journal of Big Data
The massive increase in both heterogeneity and velocity of data streams has raised the need for learning systems with adaptivity to evolving distributions at scale. In this paper, we propose the Adaptive Multi-Modal Learning (AMML) framework to provide a one-stop solution for analyzing non-stationary multi-modal big data in real-time. The AMML combines modality-specific representation learning with modelling the drift by an information-theoretic measure based on KL divergence to track distributional changes. By combining a temporally regularized optimization framework with variational information constraints, the model can balance an optimal trade-off between stability and flexibility under continuous updates. The framework is deployed …
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Structured Obstetric Care In Correctional Settings And Maternal–Neonatal Outcomes Among Incarcerated Pregnant Women, Sherah J. Ndjongo
Structured Obstetric Care In Correctional Settings And Maternal–Neonatal Outcomes Among Incarcerated Pregnant Women, Sherah J. Ndjongo
General Submissions: Community and Population-based Materials
Purpose/Aim: Pregnant incarcerated women are a medically and socially vulnerable population. Approximately 4% of women admitted to U.S. state prisons and 3% admitted to jails are pregnant at intake, and an estimated 25% are pregnant or have given birth within the year prior to incarceration. In the absence of mandatory federal or state standards, access to obstetric care varies widely across facilities, contributing to disparities in maternal and neonatal outcomes. This literature review evaluates whether structured obstetric care programs, compared with limited prenatal services, improve maternal complications, preterm birth, neonatal outcomes, and postpartum continuity of care.
Methodology: A structured search …
Research Nexus : Volume 43 – 2026, Office Of Research And Graduate Studies
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Role Of Myeloperoxidase And Oxidized Ldl In Early Detection Of Atherosclerosis, Hind Muhammad Hadi
Role Of Myeloperoxidase And Oxidized Ldl In Early Detection Of Atherosclerosis, Hind Muhammad Hadi
Muthanna Medical Journal
Background: Atherosclerosis develops silently before clinical manifestations appear. Myeloperoxidase and oxidized LDL are promising biomarkers reflecting oxidative stress and vascular inflammation during early disease stages. Aims of the study: This study aimed to evaluate myeloperoxidase and oxidized LDL as early biomarkers of atherosclerosis and examine their associations with inflammation, oxidative stress, and dyslipidemia. Methodology: A case control study was conducted at Medical city, Baghdad, Iraq, from January 2025 to March 2026, involving 100 patients with early atherosclerosis and 50 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Early atherosclerosis was diagnosed by carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT ≥ 0.9 mm) and/or carotid plaque detected …
Helicobacter Pylori Infection In Oral Health: Virulence Mechanisms And Host Immune Modulation, Thariat Abdualrahman Al-Joubori
Helicobacter Pylori Infection In Oral Health: Virulence Mechanisms And Host Immune Modulation, Thariat Abdualrahman Al-Joubori
Muthanna Medical Journal
Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative microaerophilic bacterium that infects nearly half of the world's population and is well known for its role in chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and gastric cancer. In recent years, increasing attention has been directed toward the oral cavity as a possible extra-gastric reservoir for H. pylori. The organism has been detected in dental plaque, saliva, periodontal pockets, and oral mucosal surfaces, suggesting a potential involvement in oral diseases and recurrent gastric infection. The ability of H. pylori to survive within the oral environment is largely attributed to a variety of virulence factors, including urease, …
Evaluating A Peer Support Program: Impact On Peer Supporters In A Tertiary Care Children’S Hospital, Lauren R. Anderson, Heather Dekeyser, Sonja I. Ziniel, Michele Loi, Emily Muther, Kami Wolfe Schneider, Christine Waasdorp Hurtado, Jo Vogeli, Jennifer Reese
Evaluating A Peer Support Program: Impact On Peer Supporters In A Tertiary Care Children’S Hospital, Lauren R. Anderson, Heather Dekeyser, Sonja I. Ziniel, Michele Loi, Emily Muther, Kami Wolfe Schneider, Christine Waasdorp Hurtado, Jo Vogeli, Jennifer Reese
Journal of Wellness
Introduction: Healthcare workers experience emotional distress following poor patient outcomes, which can negatively impact wellbeing and retention. Peer support programs are an evidence-based approach to mitigating distress through provision of confidential counseling by a trained peer. However, data on impact of participation on peer supporters is limited. We aimed to evaluate and describe the peer supporters’ experience at our tertiary children’s hospital.
Methods: A web-based survey was developed with input from key partners. Content was reviewed via cognitive interviews. The survey was administered to 167 trained peer supporters during the spring of 2022. Demographic comparison data were gathered from an …
Improving Patient Referrals To Exercise Professionals Through Behavioral Change Stage Categorization To Address Barriers To Exercise, Jeffrey Young
Improving Patient Referrals To Exercise Professionals Through Behavioral Change Stage Categorization To Address Barriers To Exercise, Jeffrey Young
Doctorate in Kinesiology
This action research study examined implementation of a clinician-led framework for identifying adults not participating in safe, structured, progressive resistance training; assessing readiness; addressing barriers; and referring appropriate patients to qualified medical fitness professionals. The intervention integrated the Transtheoretical Model, Motivational Interviewing, and COM-B and used a decision tree, barriers guide, referral procedures, logs, reflection meetings, and surveys. Ten clinicians, seven physicians and three nurse practitioners, implemented the framework across varied practice settings during a 12-week intervention with three action research cycles. Quantitative data were analyzed descriptively, and qualitative data were examined using descriptive thematic analysis. Clinicians documented 338 patient …
Do Village Funds Promote Rural Industrialization? Evidence From Micro And Small Industries In Indonesia, Nurul Hasanah, Riyanto Riyanto
Do Village Funds Promote Rural Industrialization? Evidence From Micro And Small Industries In Indonesia, Nurul Hasanah, Riyanto Riyanto
Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan
This study examines whether village funds promote rural industrialization in Indonesia by estimating their association with the number of micro and small industries at the village level. We construct a balanced village-level panel of 71,526 villages observed in four waves of the Village Potential Statistics (PODES) — 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2024 — merged with village fund realization data from the Ministry of Finance, yielding 286,104 village-year observations. Employing a fixed effects model, the analysis finds that village funds are positively and significantly associated with the number of micro and small industries. The results remain robust across multiple specifications. However, …
Urbanization Trends In Asean: The Impact Of Key Sosioeconomics Factors, Rifki Khoirudin, Muhammad Safar Nasir
Urbanization Trends In Asean: The Impact Of Key Sosioeconomics Factors, Rifki Khoirudin, Muhammad Safar Nasir
Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan
This study aims to analyze the influence of agricultural land, carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, Gini index, environmental quality index, and foreign direct investment (FDI) on urbanization in seven ASEAN countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam during the period 2014–2023. Urbanization in this region is an important phenomenon in the process of economic development, but also poses significant ecological and social challenges. This study uses a quantitative approach with panel data types (time series and cross section). The data are processed with the panel data regression analysis method, and the selection of the best model based …
The Interaction Between Fiscal Policy And Investment In Moderating Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence From 32 Countries, Fariha Rizqiyah Febriana, Alifa Fauzia Ardania, Aminudin Ma'ruf
The Interaction Between Fiscal Policy And Investment In Moderating Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence From 32 Countries, Fariha Rizqiyah Febriana, Alifa Fauzia Ardania, Aminudin Ma'ruf
Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan
This study analyzes the moderating role of investment in the relationship between fiscal policy and economic growth across 32 Asian countries during the period 2005-2022. Using balanced panel data and a fixed-effects regression model, this study includes an interaction term between government spending and gross capital formation and controls for inflation, population growth, and trade openness. The results show a statistically significant positive interaction between government spending and investment, reflecting a complementary crowding-in effect on economic growth. Investment itself has a positive effect on growth, while government spending, when considered separately, has a negative correlation. The moderating effect is conditional, …
How Should Sincerity Be Measured? A Rasch-Based Validation Of The Adolescent Sincerity Scale, Cicca Kusumawardani, Wahyu Nanda Eka Saputra, Rohmatus Naini, Agus Ria Kumara, Agus Supriyanto
How Should Sincerity Be Measured? A Rasch-Based Validation Of The Adolescent Sincerity Scale, Cicca Kusumawardani, Wahyu Nanda Eka Saputra, Rohmatus Naini, Agus Ria Kumara, Agus Supriyanto
Buletin Konseling Inovatif
Although various instruments for measuring sincerity have been developed, limitations remain regarding comprehensive construct validity, sample diversity, and the application of Rasch analysis in psychometric evaluation among student populations in Indonesia. Sincerity is a multidimensional spiritual value that contributes to personal integrity, psychological well-being, and positive social relationships. This study aims to develop a sincerity instrument with adequate psychometric characteristics using the Rasch Analysis approach. The study employed an instrument development method involving 759 high school and vocational high school students in Yogyakarta, selected through stratified random sampling. The analysis results showed a person measure of 1.18 logits, indicating that …