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Optimizing Vaccine Supply Chains With Drones In Less-Developed Regions: Multimodal Vaccine Distribution In Vanuatu, Deng Pan

Dissertations

In recent years, many less-developed countries (LDCs) have been exploring new opportunities provided by drones, such as the capability to deliver items with minimal infrastructure, fast speed, and relatively low cost, especially for high value-added products such as lifesaving medical products and vaccines. This dissertation optimizes the delivery network and operations for routine childhood vaccines in LDCs. It analyzes two important problems using mathematical programming, with an application in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. The first problem is to optimize the nation-wide multi-modal vaccine supply chain with drones to deliver vaccines from the national depot to all health zones …

2021-November-19-Etsu Health Covid-19 Vaccine Clinics Return To Millennium Center, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 19, 2021) – ETSU Health is returning to the East Tennessee State University Millennium Center for community COVID-19 vaccine clinics in November and December. The clinics will offer both primary doses and booster doses of the Johnson & Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine. They are free and open to the public.

The clinics will be:

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  Sunday, Nov. 21, 1-5 p.m.
• Tuesday, Nov. 23, 3-6 p.m.
• Saturday, Dec. 4, 10 a.m.- noon

The vaccine clinics will be held in the ballroom at ETSU’s Millennium Center, located at 2001 Millennium Place. Patients may park on the third level or …

2021-November-19-Etsu Offering Pharmacy Open House Event, Dec. 7, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 19, 2021) – East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy is offering a free Open House event for any prospective student interested in pursuing a career in pharmacy on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 4-6:30 p.m. 

The event will include a welcome from Dean Debbie Byrd, an overview of the college’s nationally recognized program, a chance to talk with student pharmacists, admissions information and tours of campus.

“We are excited to offer this preview day to give prospective students a chance to learn more about some of the over 30 unique pharmacy career options that they …

Transfer Agreement Signed With Jefferson College, Lindenwood University

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To Boldly Go Into Dynamic Equations On Time Scales, Lindenwood University

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2021-November-19-Open House Slated For Dec. 7, Bill Gatton College Of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Nov. 19, 2021) – East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy is offering a free Open House event for any prospective student interested in pursuing a career in pharmacy on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 4-6:30 p.m.

The event will include a welcome from Dean Debbie Byrd, an overview of the college’s nationally recognized program, a chance to talk with student pharmacists, admissions information, and tours of campus.

“We are excited to offer these preview days to give prospective students a chance to learn more about some of the over 30 unique pharmacy career options that they can …

Staff Council Agenda, Georgia Southern University

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

• Call to Order
• Consent Agenda
• Presidential Updates and Comments | Dr. Kyle Marrero
• Information Sharing and Gossip

• Human Resources Updates | Vicki Shaw, Deputy CHRO/Director of Engagement & Employee Relations

• Treasurer Report | Matthew Pulliam

• Committee Reports

• Old Business

• New Business

• Important Dates and Announcements

• Adjournment

2021-November-19-Etsu Trustees Meeting, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – (Nov. 19, 2021) East Tennessee State University is one of just four public four-year colleges in the state that saw an increase in new students for the fall 2021 semester. While overall enrollment at ETSU is down approximately 3% from last fall, the number of new students choosing ETSU went up by 13 percent, President Brian Noland reported today to members of the Board of Trustees during their quarterly meeting in the D.P. Culp Student Center.

Noland said the overall enrollment decrease mirrors national trends and is likely due to the difficulties students in last year’s freshmen …

A Content Analysis Of Hospitality Research's Research Methods In The 2010s, Cass Shum, Jaimi Garlington, Ankita Ghosh, Seyhmus Baloglu

Hospitality Faculty Research

Purpose. This study aims to describe the development of hospitality research in terms of research methods and data sources used in the 2010s.

Design/methodology/approach. Content analyses of the research methods and data sources used in original hospitality research published in the 2010s in the Cornell Hospitality Quarterly (CQ), International Journal of Hospitality Management (IJHM), International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IJCHM), Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research (JHTR) and International Hospitality Review (IHR) were conducted. It describes whether the time span, functional areas and geographic regions of data sources were related to the research methods and data sources.

Findings. Results …

The Impact Of Target Audit Quality On The Likelihood Of Future Goodwill Impairment, Elizabeth Boyle

Dissertations

US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) require that in an acquisition, the purchaser must record a premium when the purchase price exceeds the fair value of the target’s identifiable net assets (both tangible and intangible). This premium lives on the balance sheet as an intangible asset called goodwill. Goodwill has an indefinite life, but over time it may become impaired due to overpayment of the original acquisition, unrealized synergies, changes in the business, legal issues, etc., and as a result, require a write-down. This impairment not only impacts the acquirer’s balance sheet but can also impact the market value of …

Impacts Of Online Retail Business On The Built Environment In The Pandemic Context, Giovanny Adi Pratama

Smart City

The growth of online retail is considerably fast, prompted by the development of information technology and the internet in society. During the pandemic, people are often prohibited by law from commencing activities outside of their homes to prevent virus spreading. This situation made accessing e-commerce for online shopping became a norm. Last year, research presented approximately twenty million visitors increase in Indonesian online retail platforms during the first half of 2020, which was also the earlier phase of the pandemic in Indonesia. The highest-selling products during this period fell in the retail category, including fashion, hobby, and medical drugs and …

2021-November-18-Etsu Researchers Publish On The Red Panda, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 18, 2021) – Only a bit bigger than a domestic cat, the creature sports a body that looks more like a bear. Then there’s the thick – and reddish-brown – fur.

For decades, scholars have asked the question: what is a red panda?

Researchers are again tackling that and many more questions, and East Tennessee State University is an important part of that conversation. 

Dr. Steven Wallace, Gray Fossil Site and Museum director of field operations and a professor in the ETSU Department of Geosciences, and Dr. T. Andrew Joyner, an associate professor in Geosciences, …

2021-11-18 Faculty Senate Newsletter, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate newsletter from November 18, 2021.

2021-11-18 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes from November 18, 2021.

2021-11-18 "50% Rule" Document, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

A document presented to the Faculty Senate on November 11, 2021 related to the "50% rule" in relation to curriculum.

The Effectiveness Of The Partial Credit Model In Calibrating Multi-Step Paragraphs, Mohammed Al-Zoubi

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

This study aimed at assessing the efficiency of the partial Credit Model, in Calibration of polytomous items for the purposes of the study, an achievement test in chemistry for the second secondary class was prepared. The test consisted of 20 polytomous items which differed in the number of steps in each item. The test was administered to a sample of 771 male and female students. Mor specifically, the follwing findings were of particular importance: 1. Item difficulty increased as the number of the item steps increased. 2. There were no statistically significant differences in estimates of a sample of 11 …

Privatization And Its Role In ‎Reducing The Public Sector In The ‎Balance Of Islam, Adnan Smadi

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Privatization and its role in Shrinking the Government’s Sectors As Judged by Principles of Islam The study aims at explaining the attitude of Islam towards privatization in general, and its influence on ‎shrinking the role of government's sectors in particular.‎ The significance of this study lies in investigation the causes that have called the world, particularly the ‎tird world, to follow the sector, which have raised from the faulty management of the local authorities, ‎and its failure to guide the economy towards development at the estimated rate.‎ The study has come of to the fact that the reason behind this …

The Effect Of Leadership Styles On ‎Resistance To Change With The Workers, Shaker Al-Khashali

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This research attempts to study the relationship between leadership style and employees resistance ‎to change at industrial firms in Jordan. A simple of (191) employees is selected from (3) of the largest ‎industrial firms.‎ Results show an overall “above – average” degree of resistance to change, the same degree of ‎resistance under associated with democratic leadership style.‎ Results, also, show that authoritarian leadership style is positively associated with resistance to ‎change (organizational, subjective, economic, and culture dimension), and democratic leadership ‎style is negatively correlated with organizational dimension of resistance only (and not other ‎dimension). Moreover, results show that classifier leadership …

Difficulties Facing Representatives ‎Selling Insurance Policies In Jordan, Marwan Shamout

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Difficulties facing salesmen working in Jordanian Insurance Companies. This study aimed to ‎identify the difficulties facing salesman working in Jordanian insurance companies , Further , ‎the study aimed to identify the‏ ‏impact of certain demographic variables identify the impact of ‎certain demo graphic variables upon the difficulties . The population consisted all the salesmen ‎working in Jordanian insurance companies, 188 of them participated in this study. The study ‎instrument, developed by the researcher, consisted of two parts: personal information, which ‎formed the independent variables, and the difficulties questionnaire. Mean, Standard ‎deviations, One way analysis of Variance, and sheffe ' method …

Logical Darwinism In Strategic ‎Objectives: An Experimental Study ‎In The Jordanian Commercial ‎Banking Industry, Abdul Sattar Al Sayyah

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The theory of Organizational Power management is one of the modern and contemporary ‎essential perspectives in analyzing, interpreting and predicting the strategic behavior at the ‎micro- and macro levels. The multi - dimensional and visional perspectives of (Synthesize- ‎Coalitions) has been elected within the science of strategic management. And one main model ‎has been formed; demonstrated the mechanism of the relationship between organizational ‎Dar win and strategic objective. ‎ The study aims at answering conceptual and practical dilemmas through preparing theoretical ‎ideas about the former and expressing the latter by model and five hypotheses. Data have ‎been collected from 75 …

Analyze The Relationship Between ‎Product Costing By Activity And ‎Energy And Pricing Decisions, Hasan Zaki

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

Recently management accountants have focused attention on the appropriate treatment of ‎costs associated with resources committed to support activities which do not vary ‎proportionally to production once initial capacities have been set. In one typical case it is ‎assumed that costs of committed resources will be incurred irrespective of actual usage and ‎increasing initial capacities to accommodate unexpected demand involves penalties above ‎normal costs. There are at least two important issues that arise in such a case : ( 1 ) how should ‎costs of resources committed to , or subsequently required by , support activities enter into ‎pricing and …

A Proposed Mathematical Model For ‎Allocating Energy Costs And Joint ‎Costs In Industrial Facilities In Light Of ‎Agency Theory, Hasan Zaki

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Banker and Haghes (1994) demonstrated the economic sufficiency of normal activity - based ‎unit cost for optimal pricing decisions. This paper provides an agency paralle to their analysis by ‎examining how, in the presence of capacity cost, the desirable tradeoff between risk- sharing ‎and incentives can be achieved through modification of the performance measures on which ‎the contract is based. Similar to Banker and Hughes (1994), it was found in this study that the ‎optimal capacity cost allocation is a function only of budgeted volume when capacity can be ‎used to product a single product. Analysis of a joint production …

The Extent Of Understanding And Use ‎Of Accounting Information By Individual ‎Investors In Baghdad Stock Exchange, Majid Hatf, Firas Al-‎Zubaidi

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The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of accounting information on the investor’s ‎decision in Baghdad stock exchange. ‎ It also aims at determining the extent to which the investors rely on such information in ‎making investment decisions in company’s shares.‎ A sample of 46 investors was drawn and a questionnaire was used to gather the data of the ‎study. ‎ The results of the study indicated that the investors understand the accounting information ‎and realize its importance regardless of other information sources (non - financial) that might ‎affect their decisions, especially stock advisory, market lists, magazines …

Explanation Of “Lamyaat Al-Arab” By ‎Al-Muayyad Bin Abdul Latif Al-‎Naqjwani, Mahmoud Al-Amoudi

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This research investigates the book “SharhLameyet Al - arab” by Al moayed Bin Abdullatif Al - ‎nagjawani It contains a biography of Al - shanfara. Interpretations of the poem are included. It ‎explicates Al - nagjawani's approach of interpretation and investigation

Job Values In Public Service: ‎A Field Study Of Karak ‎Governorate Employees, Tahseen Tarawneh, Aktham Al-‎Sarayreh

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

هدفت الدراسة إلى تشخيص قيم بمحافظة الكرك ومقارنة آراء الرؤساء بآراء المرؤوسين وآراء الإناث بآراء الذكور حول القيم ‏الوظيفية ودراسة أثر المؤهل العلمي والعمر على القيم الوظيفية وشملت الدراسة (21) إدارة حكومية مبينة في جدول (1) ملحق ‏‏(ب) وقد أجاب عن الأسئلة (254) موظفا. وتوصلت الدراسة إلى أهم النتائج التالية :‏ ‏1- يوجد (12) قيمة مشتركة بين العاملين حيث كانت أهمها (أسعى لتوفير الأمن لعائلتي ). ‏ ‏2- اختلفت إجابات الإناث عن إجابات الذكور وكانت متوسطات إجابات الإناث أعلى من متوسطات إجابات الذكور على جميع ‏مستويات القيم الوظيفية .‏ ‏3- اختلفت إجابات الرؤساء عن إجابات المرؤوسين حول مجموعة القيم المشتركة …

The Demand For Money In Jordan: ‎Evidence From Cointegrartion ‎Analysis, Manhal Shotar

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

The goal of this paper is to investigate the money demand function in Jordan by employing the ‎cointegration analysis proposed by Engle and Granger, and extended by Johansen. By using ‎Johansen procedure the relative importance of each variable explaining the money demand ‎function is identified.‎ Generally it was found that all suggested variables are nonstationary. This consequently sheds ‎some doubts on previous studies based on conventional methods of estimation. Also, the ‎study found that there exists a long run relationship among money income and interest rate

The Profession And Its Impact ‎On Efficiency In Islamic ‎Marriage Contracts, Muhammad Bani ‎Sale

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The researcher arrived at the following decisions and recommendations: ‎ ‎1-‎ Taking into account the environmental and living near ness between the couple ( ‎husband and wife ) as well as their families which lead to similarity in traditions which ‎has mostly positive results on the daily social as well as behavior relationships , and ‎other aspects of tranquility and content ‎ ‎2-‎ Taking into account the nearness in profession between the couple or their families ‎which is of great importance since it is common among people. This is corner stone to ‎solve many of the psychological conflicts between the …

Planning Budgets ... And Inflation ‎Effects ... And Treatment, Muhammad Salim

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

يؤدي الارتفاع في المستوى العام للأسعار إلى انخفاض القوة الشرائية للوحدة النقدية ، ويطلق على هذه الظاهرة التضخم ‏والذي يمكن تعريفه " بأنه درجة ( معدل ) التغيير في المستوى العام للأسعار خلال فترة زمنية معينة ‏"‏ ( 1 ) ، وبما أن ‏المباديء المحاسبية المتعارف عليها تفرض استخدام التكلفة الفعلية ( التاريخية ) في السجلات المحاسبية ، مما ينتج ‏عنه خلال فترات التضخم أن يظهر قياس الأداء بشكل مبالغ فيه بسبب الفارق الزمني بين التكاليف والإيرادات كما ‏يؤدي التضخم إلى صعوبة التمييز بين أرباح النشاط الاقتصادي وبين أرباح حيازة موجودات غیر نقدية.‏ وتعتبر الموازنات التخطيطية إحدى الأدوات الرئيسية المستخدمة …

Agricultural Credits In Jordan : ‎ A Field Survey For Irbid District, Fawzi Al-‎Khatib

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This study examines problems and obstacles facing agricultural ‎credit in Jordan in general, and Irbid district in particular.‎A questionnaire was designed for this this purpose.‎The statistical results were analysed and the Five point Likert ‎Scale was applied, Using the well-known ( SPSSX).‎The study suggests the creation of a new agricultural credit institution ‎to replace the actual infective credit organizations.‎The study ends with recommendations and policy implications for ‎desistion maker in Jordan.4‎

Components Of An Effective Grant Proposal, Leonine Greaves

Symposium of Student Scholars

United Way of Greater Atlanta is seeking to start a homeless initiative in Cherokee County, Georgia. For the initiation of any program or service, it requires a stream of funding. In the case of nonprofit organizations, grant funding is a source of revenue to support those services and programs. Grant funding is acquired by submitting a grant proposal to a funder through an application process meeting their requirements. This project identifies key components that all grant proposals should possess when pursuing grant funding. These key components were found by searching and analyzing peer-reviewed scholarly literature that details the nature and …