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An Analysis Of Gender And Entrepreneurship In Sudan, Salma Abdalla

English Language Institute

The purpose of this paper is to analyze gender inequality in entrepreneurship in Sudan. Adopting simple questions design, the author collected data from existing secondary sources. The findings reveal that there is some gender inequality impeding female entrepreneurs in Sudan.

Causes Of Early Age Drinking In Cambodia, Sopheakpanha Sok

English Language Institute

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Laughter In Interactions Among Japanese Women During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Mugiho Kojima

English Language Institute

This poster explores ① why people laugh about the impact of COVID-19 and ② what consciousness is behind this laughter. In order to explore these questions, discourse analysis (Bambarg, 2004) is performed targeting Japanese women in their mid-20s.

Economics For Everyday Life: Opportunity Cost And Marginal Benefit, Christian Palencia

English Language Institute

Economics is a social science that may feel unreal or even useless for many people. Its concepts and definitions can be abstracts, complex and unpragmatic. However, the comprehend of some ideas of this science can be the key for a success decision making process for normal people’s life.

Contrary to popular belief, the economy is not about money, it is focused on studying the problem of shortage. Resources such as time and money are scarce, consequently, understanding the basic of economics is fundamental for everyone not only for economists. The opportunity cost and marginal benefit are an examples of two …

Analysis Of The Failure Of Ivorian Startups In Cote D'Ivoire, Kleyban Sanogo

English Language Institute

After the post-election crisis of 2011, Cote d'Ivoire has experienced increased economic growth. However, this growth does not benefit local businesses, especially startups. Athough the phenomenon is very trendy, the many startups that are created are struggling to succeed. the founders' motivations are not always good, their knowledge and skills need to be reviewed and the environment is not favorable to them.

The Use Of Sarcasm In The American Sitcom "The Big Bang Theory", Emma Cahyani

English Language Institute

As a means of communication, language leads to variations in humans’ verbal exchanges. This research was aimed to determine how sarcasm, indirect messaging, is applied in a popular American situation comedy (sitcom) according to the classification of its purposes. The researcher employed discourse analysis technique to analyze sarcastic utterances in the American sitcom “The Big Bang Theory”.

How Humans Produce And Interpret Sentences Using Syntax, Jun Tamura

English Language Institute

Humans are able to use languages freely and understand the meaning of languages. This universal linguistic ability of humans can be accounted for by “syntax” in our brains, for which I will provide three pieces of supportive evidence.

How Can Countries Protect Vulnerable Groups Against Gender Based Violence (Gbv)?, Mahwish Khan

English Language Institute

Develop an understanding about the different international treaties that exist to protect vulnerable groups against GBV.

What Are The Social Impacts Of Deepfakes?, Rafael Luiz Testa

English Language Institute

Images and videos generated by computers, also called deepfakes, are usually created by automatically changing its facial attributes. They can have beneficial social applications and harmful effects. It is crucial to mitigate the negative consequences while allowing helpful applications.

How Do The Representations Of The Government And Bourgeois Compare To Each Other In Nuri Bilge Ceylan’S The Wild Pear Tree?, Omer Faruk Erdogan

English Language Institute

This poster is an analysis of the representations of the government and bourgeois in Turkish film director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s last film, The Wild Pear Tree (2018). This poster aims to analyze the similarities and the differences between two characters representing the government and the bourgeois on their interactions with the lead character in the film.

Relationship Between Gender-Based Violence And Poor Access To Water, Sanitation, And Hygiene Services, Yousra Abu Sharekh

English Language Institute

It is generally believed that gender gaps in having access to safe, equitable and adequate Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services arise from the unfair distribution of WASH resources between females and males, in addition to the gender norms that assign WASH responsibilities to women and girls.

It was found that poor access to WASH services is not a main cause of Gender Based Violence (GBV), however, it increases the vulnerability of females to different types of GBV. It is strongly recommended to conduct research on GBV and access to WASH facilities that is more comprehensive, qualitative, reliable and evidence …

Why Crimean Tatars Are Being Persecuted In Occupied Crimea, Nara Narimanova

English Language Institute

This poster discusses the three main reasons why Crimean Tatars are being persecuted by the Russian Federation in Occupied Crimea: for their religious beliefs, political will, and citizen journalism.

Investigating Job Performance Of Female Legislators Under Quota System: An Indonesian Case, Dede Puji Setiono

English Language Institute

This paper examines to what extent Indonesian female legislators elected through gender quota perform their legislative duties compared to non quota counterparts. Employing OLS method, the finding suggests that quota congresswomen perform similar level of legislature works to non-quota congressmen.

What Are The Reasons For Transition To 5g Technology?, Batin Karahasanoglu

English Language Institute

This poster explains technological expectations from 5G technology due to the technological improvements of today's world by giving real-life examples. As a piece of background information, the timeline of generations from beginning to today is explained.

How Does Social Media Enhance Access To Information And Criticism In Vietnam?, Linh Vu

English Language Institute

Social media appeared in Vietnam in the 90s when people had less free space to access diverse information. By presenting compelling interactive platforms, social media has become a game-changer to create profound impacts.

The Impacts Of Lacking Responsive Care On Early Childhood Development, Thao Nguyen

English Language Institute

This paper examines the negative impacts of lacking responsive care on a child’s development in early childhood. It also pays close attention to the essential roles of caregivers and some possible strategies on how to best support a child’s complete development.

The Advantages Of Internationalization In Higher Education, Brenda Rojas

English Language Institute

All those involved in the Internationalization in Higher Education, such as academics, researchers, and students, benefit from advantages that affect various areas, which allow educational, professional, and social interconnection. Each area focuses on the development of skills that allow training to face an increasingly globalized world.

Aesthetics Of Public Space : Taiwanese And Western Concepts Of "Public", Sin-Yu Lin

English Language Institute

It is not easy for Taiwanese people to tell the differences between public and private, for they tend to consider public space as "sharing space." How and when did this phenomenon occur in Taiwan? This article will discuss how people thought of public space from the Taiwanese and the western perspective.

Turkish Image In American Official Documents In The Onset Of The Cold War, 1945-1952, Zeynep Koc

English Language Institute

American foreign policy during the Cold War years were formulated in accordance with geopolitical considerations, which constitute a general overview for American geopolitical imagination. The imagination in question was shaped by so-called Soviet threat that aimed at increasing Soviet spheres of influence in all over the world. In such a framework, Turkey had constituted one of the pillars of geopolitical strategy of the US. On this basis, Turkey’s image in American foreign policy papers is the main analytical interest of this paper. It analyzes articulation of Turkish image within official American foreign policy intelligence documents by conducting a post structuralist …

Is There Language Attrition In Bp Due To The Development Of English-L2?, Anderson Romário Souza Silva

English Language Institute

This poster discusses the influence of English as a language on syllabic patterns in Brazilian Portuguese.