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Hagerty Library Collection Development Internship, James Gross

James Gross

Collection Development Internship at the Drexel University, Hagerty Library. Summary of several collection management projects. Heavy usage of excel for data extraction. Screenshots used for visual aid.

Online Pump Supplies’ Water Usage Survey, Jamie Knop

Jamie Knop

1.1bn people across the world don’t have access to safe water and 2.7bn people find water scarce each year. Although water is a renewable resource, it’s still finite, and less than 3% of the total planet’s water is actually fresh water. More than half of the world’s wetlands have dried up and rivers, lakes, and aquifers are depleting or polluted. With climate change drastically affecting every country on the planet, the situation is only going to get worse, especially as the population increases.

Decomposing Poverty Change: Within- And Between-Group Effects, Srijit Mishra

Srijit Mishra

This slide share explains the method of 'Decomposing Poverty Change: Deciphering Change in Total Population and Beyond' published in the Review of Income and Wealth.

Freeze, So I Can Take Your Stuff!, Daniel Rothschild

Daniel Rothschild

This paper reports findings from my investigation of the effect of civil asset forfeiture on the state of California. I investigated the effect that civil asset forfeiture has on different cities in the State of California. The intention of this study was to build on Baicker and Jacobson’s research by looking at the overall effects of the cities’ budget to determine if civil forfeiture (and equitable sharing) leads to an increase in the amount of total funds for the city. My hypothesis is that the amount of money seized in an earlier year predicts the total budget of the subsequent …

U.S. Migration Of A Family Member: Impacts On The Activities Of Adolescent Boys And Girls Left Behind In Mexico, Elizabeth T. Powers, Qing Wang

Elizabeth T Powers

We use the Mexican Family Life Study to estimate the effect of a household member’s migration to the U.S. on the time use of family members left behind in Mexico. We show that the effects of migration on adolescents vary with both the migrant’s former household role and with the sex of the left-behind adolescent. Adolescent boys spend less time in paid and agricultural work when males migrate from the household to the U.S., while their mothers correspondingly increase their time in market work and reduce their housework time. We find no significant effects of U.S. migration on adolescent girls’ …

Turismo E Padrões De Desenvolvimento Endógeno E Exógeno, Prof. Dr. Eloi Martins Senhoras

Elói Martins Senhoras

No abstract provided.

Toll-Free Highways, Vijaya Krushna Varma Mr

VIJAYA KRUSHNA VARMA Mr

The government should build toll-free highways to save the common man from being fleeced at toll plazas on highways

The Economics Of Implementing Population Health Strategies, Glen P. Mays

Glen Mays

Successful strategies to scale up and spread complex community-level interventions require an understanding of the resources required for implementation, how best to distribute them among supporting institutions, and how resource consumption and distribution varies across settings. This session reviews methods and early findings from the RWJF’s Public Health Delivery and Cost Studies (DACS) Initiative, which includes 12 inter-related studies examining the causes and consequences of variation in the costs of delivering complex community-level prevention strategies across more than 300 community settings in 12 states. Findings from these studies highlight the value of studying the economics of implementation, the measurement and …

The Role Of Social Groups In Radicalisation, Kira J. Harris, Eyal Gringart, Deirdre Drake

Kira J Harris

The inability to form psychological profiles of individual members across a variety of extremist groups, as well as the recognition in extremism and terrorism research indicates that no adequate personality profile exists. This requires an analysis of other factors that influence the radicalisation process. By drawing on social identity theory, this paper offers a psycho-social explanation for how people define themselves in relation to their social group, as well as how the intra-group relationships can lead to extreme behaviour and resistance to counter efforts. These groups promote a salient social identity that becomes intrinsic to the self to the extent …

Opportunities And Future Directions For The National Health Security Preparedness Index, Glen P. Mays

Glen Mays

This presentation examines options and opportunities for future development of the National Health Security Preparedness Index, created through a partnership of national public health and health care organizations led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO).

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Adolescentes Nas Franjas Dos Territórios E As Violências: Vozes E Existências, Susy Cristina Rodrigues

Susy Cristina Rodrigues

Este artigo tem o objetivo de contribuir com apontamentos sobre uma pesquisa em andamento com a temática de adolescentes que sofrem violências e vivem em territórios periféricos. A expectativa desse texto é aproximar os leitores da vida nas periferias, trazendo seus sentidos, a partir da narração das vozes dos sujeitos da pesquisa com as metodologias da história oral de vida e do grupo focal, a fim de potencializar suas experiências e vivências.

International Migration And Development: Myths And Facts, Piyasiri Wickramasekara

PIYASIRI WICKRAMASEKARA

International migration has emerged as a priority issue on the global agenda in the two decades, especially in the context of its positive role for economic development. There is however, still considerable controversy and stereotyping on migration and migrants. Politicians, anti-immigration lobbyists and the media in Western countries propagate a number of unfounded myths about migration. It is claimed that there is massive migration from the South to the North in recent times. Increasing migration under irregular situations is believed to result in security threats demanding stringent border controls at destinations. Another longstanding myth is that migrants steal jobs from …

Youth Transition And Life Course Policy In Social Investment States: An Exploration Of Related Social Policy Reforms In Sweden And Uk, Chih-Lung Huang

Chih-lung Huang

It is one of the most important issues to resolve youth unemployment problem for every country during the era of rapid economic and social-structural transformation. Related strategies of the European Union stressed the policy instruments of prompting human capital for unemployed youth. How does the social investment state idea strengthen labor supply through state power and combine with different institutional context of state? What is the specific life course policy for these states? In this article I try to trace the two representatives of social investment state in European Union -- Sweden and UK, especially about youth transition from the …

God And Discipline: Religious Education And Character Building In A Christian School In Jakarta, Chang Yau Hoon

Chang Yau HOON

No abstract provided.

Young People’S Attitudes Towards Interethnic And Inter-Religious Socializing, Courtship And Marriage In Indonesia, Lyn Parker, Chang Yau Hoon

Chang Yau HOON

No abstract provided.

Hiring Domestic Help And Family Well-Being In Hong Kong: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis, Adam Ka-Lok Cheung

Adam Ka-Lok Cheung

Outsourcing household tasks has become an important strategy for couples to avert the conflict between work and family roles. There is an increasing trend of domestic outsourcing, including the use of hired domestic help, in post-industrial societies. Despite the increasing popularity of outsourcing domestic tasks, the possible impact of hiring domestic help on family relations remains an important hole in our knowledge. Contributions of hiring domestic help to the employers’ family, such as averting marital conflict and improving marital quality, are often assumed in the literature but are rarely examined with empirical data, especially in a non-western context.

This paper …

Avaliando O Modelo De Governança Das Agências Reguladoras, Lucia Helena Salgado, Eduardo Pedral Fiuza

Lucia Helena Salgado

A agenda de melhoria regulatória é muito mais complexa que parece a princípio. A partir dos diagnósticos traçados neste capítulo, elencam-se a seguir as principais diretrizes de atuação do próximo governo no sentido de aperfeiçoar o modelo de governança das agências reguladoras: 1) Necessidade de garantir autonomia orçamentária e financeira das agências, eximindo-as de contingenciamentos. 2) Aperfeiçoar o método de seleção e nomeação de diretores das agências. 3) Reforçar os quadros de pessoal das agências com mais concursos e política de retenção de talentos, em especial aquelas com maior rotatividade de pessoal. 4) Aumentar os níveis de transparência e accountability …

What Is Islamic Democracy? The Three Cs Of Islamic Governance, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This book chapter explores the three Cs of Islamic Governance; Constitution, Consultation and Consent.

Terror, Torture And The Banality Of Evil, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

The article looks at torture and terror and reflects on the common place nature of evil today.

How The Usage Of It Is Effecting Academic Libraries, Mohammed J. Sarwar

Mohammed J Sarwar

The purpose of this treatise is to determine how information technology is affecting the usage of services in the academic library. Various studies suggest that there has been a decline in usage of traditional face-to-face reference services. The majority of the college students prefer to use the Web instead of frequenting the library. Librarians and educators are concerned that these students are developing poor research skills if they only use the internet for research. Many of them are not familiar with the best electronic resources. Librarians may have less reference work but they will need to offer instruction on using …

Urbicidio O La Producción Del Olvido, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Se puede afirmar que se trata de un concepto (urbicidio) en construcción que tiene que ver con el asesinato litúrgico de las urbes cuando se producen agresiones y acciones con premeditación, orden y forma explicita. Es decir, se trata del asesinato o de la violencia en contra de la ciudad por razones urbanas.

An Empirical Evaluation Of The Connecticut Death Penalty System Since 1973: Are There Unlawful Racial, Gender, And Geographic Disparities?, John J. Donohue

John Donohue

This article analyzes the 205 death-eligible murders leading to homicide convictions in Connecticut from 1973–2007 to determine if discriminatory and arbitrary factors influenced capital outcomes. A regression analysis controlling for an array of legitimate factors relevant to the crime, defendant, and victim provides overwhelming evidence that minority defendants who kill white victims are capitally charged at substantially higher rates than minority defendants who kill minorities, that geography influences both capital charging and sentencing decisions (with the location of a crime in Waterbury being the single most potent influence on which death-eligible cases will lead to a sentence of death), and …

The Brotherhood Of Bikers, Kira J. Harris

Kira J Harris

No abstract provided.

Lessons For Librarians: Career Of Ghana’S Dr Helena Asamoah-Hassan, Christopher Mfum Owusu-Ansah

CHRISTOPHER MFUM OWUSU-ANSAH

Purpose: The mission of librarians is to provide access to information required for the satisfaction of their users. This article brings to the fore the need for academic librarians in particular to assert themselves and reinforce their competencies in their bid to serve a very complex clientele in the age of information and communication technology and changes in higher education. Design/Methodology: The authors achieved the purpose of this study through a brief review of the literature in an attempt to identify some standards expected of highly competent librarians. Through a face to face interview with a seasoned Ghanaian librarian, these …

Automation And Job Satisfaction Of Library Staff, Christopher Mfum Owusu-Ansah

CHRISTOPHER MFUM OWUSU-ANSAH

he study discussed the impact of library automation on the job satisfaction of University of Education, Winneba (UEW) library staff. The overall aim of the study was to investigate the impact of the implementation of the library automation project on library staff in terms of how it affects their job satisfaction. The study employed the use of the survey research approach through the purposive sampling method as the study actually sought the views of all library staff with the aid of a structured questionnaire. A total of ninety-four (94) questionnaires with 35 items were used to obtain relevant data for …

Web 2.0 Y Medios Sociales Para El Desarrollo En Pesca Y Acuicultura. En Ruta Hacia Las Redes Sociales, ¿Cuál Puede Ser Un Itinerario De Puesta En Marcha?, Enrique Wulff

Enrique Wulff

El modelo usado por la antigua red, en base a carpetas compartidas y repositorios, para desarrollar nuevos contenidos y transmitirlos se agota. En éste libro se propone recordar que si nadie visita tu página, que si uno se limita a hablar de si mismo sin formular preguntas, que si por el contrario facilita respuestas y las promociona construyendo algo excitante, si establece objetivos trimestrales, y si siempre tiene un horizonte a largo término. Entonces accede a las nuevas y fáciles de usar herramientas que se conocen como Web 2.0, las cuales conectan gente dando lugar a redes sociales, colaborando y …

Cooperativas De Transporte No Processo De Desemvolvimento Local: Uma Avaliação Das Cooperativas Intermunicipais De Pasageiros Do Estado De Roraima, Prof. Dr. Eloi Martins Senhoras

Elói Martins Senhoras

No abstract provided.

The Market Failure Myth, Daniel Rothschild

Daniel Rothschild

No abstract provided.

Marketing In The Field Of Information Disciplines: Research Trends In Latin America (1985-2012), Carlos Luis González-Valiente

Carlos Luis González-Valiente

This study seeks to clarify research trends related to marketing in the field of information disciplines from Latin American scientific production. As a reference source, we used the electronic journals indexed in the Latindex Directory. Some bibliometric indicators were applied to 108 documents; these indicators were as follows: productivity by year, journals, authors, language, and finally term cooccurrence analysis. It was evident that the highest rate of productivity was found in Brazilian journals and authors, and in the Portuguese language. The four main clusters in term co-occurrence analysis in the most relevant topics were as follows: marketing of the information …