cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Does Debt Servicing Crowd-Out Federal Government Expenditures in Nigeria?
Creators: name: Iliyasu, Ibrahim
name: Gambo, Suleman Lawal
name: Iliyasu, Ibrahim
name: Gambo, Suleman Lawal
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: International Development
subject: Debt Servicing
subject: Expenditure
subject: Federal Government
subject: Nigeria

description: In the past few decades, trillions of Naira have been spent by Federal Government of Nigeria to services its domestic and foreign debts. In this regard, this study tested crowding out hypothesis among federal capital, non-debt servicing recurrent and debt serving expenditure components using Auto Regressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) Bound-Testing technique to Cointegration and Toda-Yomamota test of Granger non-causality over the period 1961-2018. Long-run and short-run parameters estimates show that, a 1 percent rises in debt servicing expenditure component decrease federal non-debt servicing recurrent expenditure by about 0.18 and 0.15 percent and capital expenditures by about 0.23 and 0.28 percent respectively; 1percent increase in federal non-debt servicing recurrent expenditure reduced capital expenditures by about 0.52 percent and a 1 percent increase in federal capital expenditure can increase federal non-debt servicing recurrent expenditure by almost 0.34 percent in the long-run. These results are further confirmed by Toda-Yomamota test of Granger non-causality, which suggest bidirectional causality among the three expenditure components. Overall, evidences are in support of crowding-out hypothesis among the three expenditure components in Nigeria. The policy implications are these: the current federal government fiscal stance (sustained increase in public debt stock and resultant debt servicing) can have short term and long-term adverse effect on capital and non-debt servicing recurrent expenditure. Thus, an optimal combination of increased revenue generation, debt and non-debt deficit financing are required.
Mapping uncertainty from multi-criteria analysis of land development suitability, the case of Howth, Dublin
Creators: name: Quinn, Bernadette
name: Schiel, Kerry
name: Caruso, Geoffrey
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: This paper presents a method for determining and mapping suitable locations for development using Multi Criteria Analysis and the Analytical Hierarchy Process and considering uncertainties in the process. The method is applied to the case study of Howth (Dublin), where development suitability is assessed against specific protection and conservation areas as well as ground water vulnerability. Uncertainty is incorporated using a Monte Carlo simulation into the Analytical Hierarchy Process calculations to determine criteria weightings. A map is derived, which includes, for all locations, both site suitability for development and the level of uncertainty attached to this suitability. The map combines a double categorization of suitability and uncertainty. The method allows for increased transparency in decision making regarding site suitability for development, as well as increased confidence in decision making to allow for reduced risk in terms of the potential impact of development.
Cultura y sociedad
Creators: name: Vélez Rivas, Martha Lucía
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2024

description: Objetivos Generales: * Analiza de manera crítica las teorías y los conceptos utilizados en el campo del turismo en lo local, lo regional o lo latinoamericano para comprender las dinámicas y las tensiones que se encuentran presentes en el territorio. * Estudia los lugares turísticos como construcción sociocultural para comprender los cambios, las permanencias y los retos del turismo frente a los usos del territorio. * Interpreta las relaciones de alteridad a partir de las prácticas turísticas para comprender las diferencias, las desigualdades y los estereotipos en las relaciones con el otro.
description: El curso se concibe como un espacio de reflexión y debate sobre las dinámicas socioculturales que se presentan en territorios donde se desarrolla el turismo. En un país con gran diversidad étnica, cultural y natural se hacen necesarios el análisis y la deliberación para generar propuestas encaminadas a desarrollar un turismo responsable, consciente, respetuoso de tal diversidad e incluyente, a través del cual las comunidades locales generen un desarrollo endógeno en el que el turismo las beneficie en lo social, poniendo en valor sus patrimonios culturales y naturales. Es así como este seminario ofrece herramientas teórico-conceptuales útiles y aplicables en distintos territorios, tanto del país como de Latinoamérica.
Oxidative Stabilization of Poly(norbornene) Polymers Prepared by Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Creators: name: Lambeth, Robert H.
name: Myvan H. Baranoski
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Physiology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Microbiology
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Polymers prepared by ring opening methathesis polymerization contain double bonds along the backbone and are susceptible to oxidation during high temperature processing or device operation. To overcome this, we report a simple method to improve the oxidative stability of ROMP based polymers by inclusion of a small percentage of monomer functionalized with a radical scavenger in the feedstock. The oxidation induction temperature was improved from 111°C up to 262°C when 8 mol% of the functionalized comonomer was included in the feedstock. Modest improvements in the thermal decomposition temperature were also observed.
Dinámicas y lógicas de la economía popular y solidaria
Creators: name: Alberto Jurado, Emanuel
name: Alvarado Rodríguez, Mónica Johanna
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2024

description: Objetivos Generales: * Identifica las diversas condiciones sociohistóricas que han posibilitado el surgimiento de la economía popular y solidaria, con el fin de reconocer su influencia en el desarrollo de este campo socioeconómico. * Reconoce el carácter plural de la economía popular y solidaria en el campo conceptual, práctico y político, para dar cuenta de los múltiples sentidos y lugares de enunciación desde los cuales se ha problematizado el modelo económico dominante y sus formas de organización. * Identifica en entornos próximos y lejanos, sujetos y experiencias relacionados con la economía popular y solidaria.
description: El curso busca constituirse en un espacio de discusión crítica y reflexiva sobre estrategias económicas alternativas a la lógica del capital (asociadas a la producción, comercialización y consumo de bienes y servicios) que han surgido en el contexto de los múltiples y complejos procesos de crisis que se han desatado en las últimas décadas. En este sentido, se hará énfasis, no solo en las prácticas, sino también en los sujetos –principalmente colectivos– que las promueven y llevan a cabo. El programa contempla cuatro módulos a través de los cuales se conocerán los principales enfoques en torno a la Economía Popular y Solidaria (EPyS), problematizando las condiciones que han posibilitado su surgimiento y desarrollo, la pluralidad de sentidos, las formas de organización, diversidad de experiencias y trayectorias, así como sus límites, desafíos y horizontes como proyecto de transformación social.
Taller para la acción socioterritorial II
Creators: name: Monroy González, Emma Constanza
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2024

description: Objetivos Generales: * Identifica un problema social en un territorio, una comunidad o un grupo, determinando sus causas, consecuencias y los objetivos de intervención. * Diseña árboles de problemas, de los objetivos relacionados y la ruta metodológica que plantea el diseño de proyectos y la innovación social. * Establece soluciones situadas y pertinentes de acuerdo con los contextos, aspecto que se relaciona con la investigación y acción participativa.
description: El taller hace énfasis en la identificación del problema social que se convierte en la razón fundamental que conduce a la formulación del proyecto orientado al fortalecimiento socioterritorial, que involucra a los líderes e integrantes de una comunidad o territorio determinado. Por lo anterior, es importante resaltar que el problema social está definido por Crespo (2015) citando a Morán (2007), como aquel que afecta las condiciones de vida y la integralidad social de los grupos con menos posibilidades de enfrentar sus condiciones de pobreza y, en consecuencia, su calidad de vida (p.35), es decir, situaciones que no permiten el bienestar de la población.
Teoría del turismo
Creators: name: Sansón Rosas, Juan Fernando
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2024

description: Objetivos Generales: * Reconoce y relaciona los diferentes enfoques teóricos y conceptuales del turismo desde una perspectiva multidimensional para la comprensión del fenómeno turístico. * Emplea las teorías y las concepciones del turismo desde las diferentes corrientes del pensamiento para la explicación del fenómeno turístico en los contextos reales. * Conoce los enfoques teóricos y conceptuales del turismo; su relación con el desarrollo de los individuos y las sociedades; su evolución y transformación histórica, y las diferentes corrientes del pensamiento que han reflexionado en torno al turismo.
description: El curso se enfoca en contextualizar e introducir a los estudiantes en la investigación teórico-práctica del turismo desde una perspectiva multidimensional. En este sentido, se busca que el maestrando examine las dinámicas turísticas relacionadas con el entorno natural, social, económico y cultural, y el aprovechamiento del tiempo libre, desde un entendimiento complejo y sistémico de la actividad turística y sus dinámicas evolutivas.
Fiscal Deficit and its Threshold Effects on Inflation in Tanzania
Creators: name: Mwankemwa, Lusajo P.
name: Luvanda, Eliab
name: Mwankemwa, Lusajo P.
name: Luvanda, Eliab
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: International Development
subject: Fiscal deficit
subject: Inflation
subject: Threshold effect
subject: Tanzania

description: The recent rise in fiscal deficit, coupled with the prolonged increasing trend in public debt poses a significant challenge to the Bank of Tanzania’s inflation objectives and overall country’s macroeconomic stability. Using quarterly time series data spanning 2001 to 2019, this paper contributes to a better understanding of the threshold effects of fiscal deficit in Tanzania, by estimating the Autoregressive Distributed lag model (ADRL) and the Quadratic regression equation to examine the threshold level of Tanzania’s fiscal deficit and its impact on the country’s inflation dynamics. The finding reveals a U-shaped relationship between inflation and fiscal deficit, with a fiscal deficit threshold at 2.69 percent of GDP, above which the deficit significantly contributes to the increase in inflation.
Introducción a las economías alternativas
Creators: name: Arévalo Agredo, Antonia
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2024

description: Objetivos Generales: * Identifica las principales afectaciones sociales y ambientales del modelo económico tradicional para relacionarlas con su entorno próximo. * Diferencia los fundamentos filosóficos ancestrales y actuales de las economías alternativas, con el fin de encontrar posibles aplicaciones en escenarios concretos. * Conoce las posibilidades de las economías alternativas a partir de reconocer las principales afectaciones del modelo económico actual, caracterizado principalmente por la apuesta desarrollista.
description: El curso se divide en dos componentes principales: en primera instancia, presenta las afectaciones sociales del sistema económico vigente predominante, articulado a las vivencias y las dinámicas propias del grupo de estudiantes; y en segunda instancia, presenta el balance general de los principios filosóficos detrás de las economías alternativas, desde las rutas ya transitadas en la ancestralidad de la humanidad, así como de las apuestas novedosas de la coyuntura actual.
title: Strong as a Hippo’s Heart: Biomechanical Hippo Signaling During Zebrafish Cardiac Development
Creators: name: Bornhorst, Dorothee
name: Abdelilah-Seyfried, Salim
Publisher: name: Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: The heart is comprised of multiple tissues that contribute to its physiological functions. During development, the growth of myocardium and endocardium is coupled and morphogenetic processes within these separate tissue layers are integrated. Here, we discuss the roles of mechanosensitive Hippo signaling in growth and morphogenesis of the zebrafish heart. Hippo signaling is involved in defining numbers of cardiac progenitor cells derived from the secondary heart field, in restricting the growth of the epicardium, and in guiding trabeculation and outflow tract formation. Recent work also shows that myocardial chamber dimensions serve as a blueprint for Hippo signaling-dependent growth of the endocardium. Evidently, Hippo pathway components act at the crossroads of various signaling pathways involved in embryonic zebrafish heart development. Elucidating how biomechanical Hippo signaling guides heart morphogenesis has direct implications for our understanding of cardiac physiology and pathophysiology.
description: Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe; 1236
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Publisher: name: ÐÐ·Ð´-Ð²Ð¾ ÐÐ¾Ð»Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐ½. ÑÐ½-ÑÐ°
Year: 2017
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Orígenes y debates contemporáneos de la economía global
Creators: name: García Trujillo, Andrés
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2024

description: Objetivos Generales: * Identifica los momentos clave del origen y del desarrollo del sistema económico global, con el fin de comprender los principales determinantes del cambio tecnológico, socioeconómico y, de los distintos arreglos institucionales y políticos que los han propiciado. * Examina los debates contemporáneos del sistema económico global a la luz de las perspectivas críticas, con el fin de interpretar su contexto territorial específico dentro de estas tendencias macro. * Evalúa el enmarcamiento del sistema económico global dentro de los sistemas de vida y como parte de los ciclos ecológicos de larga duración.
description: El curso ofrece, como parte del primer componente del programa, los cimientos—tanto conceptuales como históricos— para comprender el sistema económico global vigente y, de esta manera, situar adecuadamente dentro de este contexto más amplio las distintas iniciativas que adelantan (o buscan adelantar) cada uno de los y las estudiantes en sus territorios y los desafíos que estas tienen por delante.
Effect of Trade Openness on Ecological Footprint in Sub-Saharan Africa
Creators: name: Okelele, Daniel Ochudi
name: Lokina, Razack
name: Ruhinduka, Remidius Denis
name: Okelele, Daniel Ochudi
name: Lokina, Razack
name: Ruhinduka, Remidius Denis
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: openness
subject: degradation
subject: ecological footprint
subject: EKC
subject: Instrumental variable

description: This study explores the effect of international trade measured by trade openness and foreign direct investment flows on environmental quality measured by ecological footprint in 23 Sub-Saharan African countries. It applies the Feasible Generalized Least Square method to the 1990-2015 panel data, after checking for cross-sectional dependence, serial correlation, heteroscedasticity, and the presence of cointegrating relationships to yield efficient and consistent coefficient estimates. Moreover, it deploys instrumental variable techniques to address the problem of endogeneity of trade openness and income. The results show that ecological footprint of consumption per capita decreases with an increase in trade openness and increases with an increase in foreign direct investment inflows. The results also confirm the presence of an Inverted-U shaped relationship between ecological footprint and GDP per capita. The study findings have policy implication for socioeconomic planning for sustainable development.
Synthesis and Bioactivity of Novel Phenothiazine-Based Thiazole Derivatives
Creators: name: Mungara Anil Kumar
name: An, Tran Nguyen Minh
name: Lee, In Ja
name: Soonheum Park
name: Lee, Kap Duk
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Cell Biology

description: A series of phenothiazine-based thiazole derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their cytotoxicity against three cancer cell lines A549, MCF-7, and HT29 by MTT assay. Among several thiazole derivatives, compound 3d against HT29 cells and 3g against MCF-7 cells are found to display good cytotoxicity. These compounds have also been tested for antifungal and antioxidant activity. Some of these compounds exhibited significant antifungal activity and compound 3j was found to exhibit almost equivalent antioxidant activity as that of BHT.
Quantitative assessment of the sensitivity to desertification in the Bradano River basin (Basilicata, southern Italy)
Creators: name: Canora, Filomena
name: D'Angella, Annachiara
name: Aiello, Antonello
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Desertification is a complex environmental phenomenon that affects many regions worldwide, including the Mediterranean area. Its effects, primarily resulting from climate variations and also influenced by human-induced changes, impact upon potential regional progress due to significant economic losses, social problems and ecological damage. The aim of this study was the identification of sensitive areas to desertification at watershed scale, in the Bradano River basin (Basilicata, southern Italy). The analysis was carried out by means of the model developed within the European project MEDALUS (MEditerranean Desertification And Land USe), which identifies prone areas to desertification through the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) index. The model parameters were implemented and processed using a GIS-based approach to evaluate climate, soil, vegetation and management system quality factors, which represent the input for the ESAs assessment. The results indicate that 35% of the study area is highly sensitive to desertification, 49% of the study area has moderate sensitivity to desertification, 12% has low sensitivity and only 4% is non-sensitive to desertification.
Ring maps applied to hydrogeological and environmental studies in alluvial aquifers, central Italy
Creators: name: Palmucci, William
name: Rusi, Sergio
name: Tatangelo, Felice
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Analysis of hydrogeological data of aquifers requires assessment of multiple variables and this is difficult to visualise in a single map with commonly used techniques. Ring maps are presented in this paper as a useful option to overcome this limitation. Four alluvial aquifers from Central Italy were assessed and are presented as case studies, evaluating the hydrogeological setting, the groundwater chemistry and the distribution of representative contaminants (Boron, Iron, Manganese and Nitrates). The final result is a graphical representation showing the ring maps, which simultaneously depict 12 numerical variables and two other variables: the geographical position and the main lithological properties of the aquifers. The research indicates that coastal alluvial aquifers show higher contamination when compared to the intramontane alluvial aquifers. Boron is exclusively present in the coastal alluvial aquifers where maximum concentrations are associated with the uprising of deeper saline groundwater with a chloride-sodium chemistry. Iron and manganese are generally associated and their presence is inversely correlated to that of nitrates. The presence of Nitrates is less common in the intramontane aquifers. The ring maps presented in this paper have been effectively used as a geovisualisation tool for multivariate hydrogeological and environmental data. The technique simultaneously and clearly shows several variables in one single graphical representation.
Legislación cultural como herramienta de gestión y sostenibilidad
Creators: name: Guzmán, Diego
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2024

description: Objetivos Generales: * Analiza implicaciones legales en el ámbito cultural, como la protección de los derechos fundamentales frente a los derechos de terceros, con el fin de comprender cómo las manifestaciones cultures pueden entrar en conflicto con los derechos de terceros. * Estudia la Ley General de Cultura, Ley de Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación, y las regulaciones del Ministerio de Cultura, identificando los aspectos fundamentales de cada ley y su regulación. * Identifica las diferentes estructuras jurídicas que permiten explotar los modelos de negocio basados en las industrias culturales.
description: El curso busca articular el conocimiento de las normas en cultura y gestión del patrimonio por medio de la implementación y la formulación de instrumentos de gestión patrimonial, que permitan realizar una adecuada explotación de los bienes culturales sin dejar de lado su relevancia y la necesidad de su conservación
Ring maps applied to hydrogeological and environmental studies in alluvial aquifers, central Italy
Creators: name: Palmucci, William
name: Rusi, Sergio
name: Tatangelo, Felice
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Analysis of hydrogeological data of aquifers requires assessment of multiple variables and this is difficult to visualise in a single map with commonly used techniques. Ring maps are presented in this paper as a useful option to overcome this limitation. Four alluvial aquifers from Central Italy were assessed and are presented as case studies, evaluating the hydrogeological setting, the groundwater chemistry and the distribution of representative contaminants (Boron, Iron, Manganese and Nitrates). The final result is a graphical representation showing the ring maps, which simultaneously depict 12 numerical variables and two other variables: the geographical position and the main lithological properties of the aquifers. The research indicates that coastal alluvial aquifers show higher contamination when compared to the intramontane alluvial aquifers. Boron is exclusively present in the coastal alluvial aquifers where maximum concentrations are associated with the uprising of deeper saline groundwater with a chloride-sodium chemistry. Iron and manganese are generally associated and their presence is inversely correlated to that of nitrates. The presence of Nitrates is less common in the intramontane aquifers. The ring maps presented in this paper have been effectively used as a geovisualisation tool for multivariate hydrogeological and environmental data. The technique simultaneously and clearly shows several variables in one single graphical representation.
Ética y sostenibilidad
Creators: name: Beltrán Torres, César
name: Ruiz Urquijo, Juan Carlos
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2024

description: Objetivos Generales: * Argumenta sobre los conceptos de sostenibilidad corporativa, la gestión basada en los valores y la ética profesional desde una perspectiva de los stakeholders. * Evalúa los problemas ambientales por su origen histórico, político y cognitivo, así como su perspectiva ética, más que por su protagonismo e impacto. * Relaciona el cumplimiento organizacional con la sostenibilidad corporativa desde su complementariedad.
description: El curso busca repensar la ética a la luz de la realidad global actual mediante la evaluación de los sistemas éticos y su idoneidad para guiar a la humanidad en el Antropoceno y develar cómo la creciente concienciación social acerca del impacto humano y de la actividad empresarial en el medio ambiente ha llevado a integrar la sostenibilidad en la gestión de las organizaciones y a impulsar, desde el ámbito institucional, medidas tendientes a fomentar comportamientos desde una ética de la responsabilidad.
Taller para la acción socioterritorial I
Creators: name: Delgadillo Méndez, Claudia Joanna
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2024

description: Objetivos Generales: * Contextualiza escenarios problemáticos y oportunidades que requieren el diseño de alternativas económicas, comprendiendo la realidad social y sus dinámicas. * Aplica los elementos prácticos metodológicos para la construcción del mapeo de actores, demostrando habilidades para identificar y caracterizar detalladamente a los actores clave en el contexto socioterritorial y las relaciones que estos establecen en el contexto socioterritorial. * Aplica herramientas para formular proyectos de intervención, de acuerdo con las realidades y los retos actuales.
description: El Taller para la acción territorial I busca brindar herramientas prácticas para que el estudiante pueda formular proyectos de intervención, según las realidades y los retos actuales, teniendo como insumo primordial las experiencias de estos. De esta manera, se hará énfasis en la etapa de la ideación de proyectos que parte de la contextualización e identificación de los actores, los aspectos que son clave para la identificación de los problemas sociales y que se convierten en la razón fundamental que conduce a la formulación del proyecto orientado al fortalecimiento socioterritorial, que involucra a los líderes e integrantes de una comunidad o territorio determinado.
Corruption, Governance and Tax Revenue Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Creators: name: Yaru, Mohammed Aminu
name: Raji, Ajibola Simbiat
name: Yaru, Mohammed Aminu
name: Raji, Ajibola Simbiat
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: International Development
subject: Tax Revenue
subject: Corruption
subject: Governance
subject: Sub-Saharan Africa

description: Many developing countries, particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), are facing the problem of low tax revenue, and institutional challenges such as a high level of corruption. This paper examines the impact of corruption and five other indicators of governance on tax revenue performance in Sub-Saharan African countries. A dynamic panel data modelling approach is used as against the static approach used by most of the earlier studies. The findings show that out of the governance indicators considered, only corruption has a significant impact on tax revenue performance, while the effects of the other indicators (political stability and absence of violence, rule of law, government effectiveness, regulatory quality and voice accountability) are not statistically significant.
Seminario de Investigación I
Creators: name: Rueda Esteban, Nancy Rocío
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2024

description: Objetivos Generales: * Plantea un anteproyecto de investigación, siguiendo los preceptos de la investigación científica en ciencias sociales, que den respuesta a problemáticas del turismo en Colombia o Latinoamérica. * Propone preguntas problema y objetivos de investigación coherentes con la realidad del fenómeno que se estudiará, y que sean pertinentes para el territorio de estudio que permitan tener una visión clara de lo que se va a desarrollar en las investigaciones. * Plantea un estado del arte coherente con el contexto de un territorio, para lograr una base de discusión teórica y conceptual pertinente, y suficiente en sus temas de investigación. * Comprende los diferentes paradigmas de la investigación y los enfoques epistemológicos que le permitan identificar la metodología adecuada para el problema de investigación.
description: El Seminario de Investigación I busca introducir a los estudiantes en las teorías y las metodologías de investigación contemporáneas, así como en las principales líneas de investigación del campo del turismo. Además, pretende darles herramientas conceptuales y metodológicas, y estrategias para el desarrollo de los proyectos de investigación en turismo. En este primer seminario, los estudiantes construirán sus anteproyectos, los cuales serán la base de su trabajo de investigación. Su objetivo general es brindar a los estudiantes las herramientas teóricas, conceptuales, metodológicas e instrumentales para la formulación del anteproyecto de investigación.
Economía crítica de la ocupación territorial
Creators: name: Alfonso Roa, Óscar Alfredo
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2024

description: El curso se centra en la comprensión y uso de instrumentos de análisis de los procesos de ocupación del territorio en diferentes escalas y de sus principales implicaciones socioespaciales y políticas. De manera que la economía no es una ciencia monolítica. Por el contrario, hay escuelas de pensamiento cuya vigencia es cuestionada por quienes se adhieren a una forma de pensamiento único, según el cual en el libre funcionamiento de los mercados reposa el alcance de objetivos sociales cruciales, tales como la eficiencia en la asignación de recursos escasos, la libertad de elección de los consumidores y la maximización de su satisfacción.
Interactions between coastal acid sulfate soils and greenhouse gas generation potential
Creators: name: XU, CHANG
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Soil Science

description: Acid sulfate soils (ASS) usually contain large amounts of organic matter which can be potential sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The aim of this thesis is to determine the GHGs in ASS from coastal wetlands due to sea level rise in Australia and from agricultural land due to the post-glacial rebound by isostatic uplift in Finland. The objectives were to identify the effects of inundation on GHGs and soil chemistry in coastal acid sulfate soils (CASS) with sea level rise with different vegetation types in southern Australia and determine the effect of lime (CaCO3) addition on ASS in agriculture land.
Ring maps applied to hydrogeological and environmental studies in alluvial aquifers, central Italy
Creators: name: Palmucci, William
name: Rusi, Sergio
name: Tatangelo, Felice
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Science
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Genetics
subject: Microbiology

description: Analysis of hydrogeological data of aquifers requires assessment of multiple variables and this is difficult to visualise in a single map with commonly used techniques. Ring maps are presented in this paper as a useful option to overcome this limitation.Four alluvial aquifers from Central Italy were assessed and are presented as case studies, evaluating the hydrogeological setting, the groundwater chemistry and the distribution of representative contaminants (Boron, Iron, Manganese and Nitrates). The final result is a graphical representation showing the ring maps, which simultaneously depict 12 numerical variables and two other variables: the geographical position and the main lithological properties of the aquifers.The research indicates that coastal alluvial aquifers show higher contamination when compared to the intramontane alluvial aquifers. Boron is exclusively present in the coastal alluvial aquifers where maximum concentrations are associated with the uprising of deeper saline groundwater with a chloride-sodium chemistry. Iron and manganese are generally associated and their presence is inversely correlated to that of nitrates. The presence of Nitrates is less common in the intramontane aquifers.The ring maps presented in this paper have been effectively used as a geovisualisation tool for multivariate hydrogeological and environmental data. The technique simultaneously and clearly shows several variables in one single graphical representation.
Mapping uncertainty from multi-criteria analysis of land development suitability, the case of Howth, Dublin
Creators: name: Quinn, Bernadette
name: Schiel, Kerry
name: Caruso, Geoffrey
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Medicine

description: This paper presents a method for determining and mapping suitable locations for development using Multi Criteria Analysis and the Analytical Hierarchy Process and considering uncertainties in the process. The method is applied to the case study of Howth (Dublin), where development suitability is assessed against specific protection and conservation areas as well as ground water vulnerability. Uncertainty is incorporated using a Monte Carlo simulation into the Analytical Hierarchy Process calculations to determine criteria weightings. A map is derived, which includes, for all locations, both site suitability for development and the level of uncertainty attached to this suitability. The map combines a double categorization of suitability and uncertainty. The method allows for increased transparency in decision making regarding site suitability for development, as well as increased confidence in decision making to allow for reduced risk in terms of the potential impact of development.
Dramatic Improvement in Ionic Conductivity and Water Desalination Efficiency of SGO Composite Membranes
Creators: name: Gahlot, Swati
name: Sharma, Prem P.
name: Vaibhav Kulshrestha
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Energy efficient membranes of SGO (Sulfonated Graphene Oxide) into SPES (Sulfonated Polyethersulfone) matrix have been prepared containing different weight content of SGO. Proton conductivity and water retention capacity of membranes increases by increasing SGO while degree of swelling decreases. TEM micrograph shows the uniform distribution of SGO throughout the membrane. SGO-5 membrane shows the maximum proton conductivity (5.8 x 10−2 S/cm), which is almost double to the SPES with higher stability. SGO-5 membrane shows 4.73 mole.m−2h−1 ionic flux, 0.98 kWhkg−1 power consumption and 93.1% current-efficiency for salt removal, which are 62% and 15.2% higher, respectively, while 16% lower power consumption is observed as compared to SPES.
Neighborhood physical disorder in New York City
Creators: name: Quinn, James W.
name: Mooney, Stephen J.
name: Sheehan, Daniel M.
name: Teitler, Julien O.
name: Neckerman, Kathryn M.
name: Kaufman, Tanya K.
name: Lovasi, Gina S.
name: Bader, Michael D. M.
name: Rundle, Andrew G.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Neighborhood physical disorder, or the deterioration of urban environments, is associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes. Eleven trained raters used CANVAS, a web-based system for conducting reliable virtual street audits, to collect data on nine indicators of physical disorder using Google Street View imagery of 532 block faces in New York City, New York, USA. We combined the block face indicator data into a disorder scale using item response theory; indicators ranged in severity from presence of litter, a weak indicator of disorder, to abandoned cars, a strong indicator. Using this scale, we estimated disorder at the center point of each sampled block. We then used ordinary kriging to interpolate estimates of disorder levels throughout the city. The resulting map condenses a complex estimation process into an interpretable visualization of the spatial distribution of physical disorder in New York City.
Different substrates for seedling production of Euterpe Oleracea Mart.
Creators: name: José Smiderle, Oscar
name: Das Graças Souza, Aline
name: Diane Menegatti, Renata
name: De Jesus Silva, Thayane
Publisher: name: Advances in Horticultural Science
Year: 2020

description: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of substrates involving different combinations of soil, cattle manure, burnt rice husks, sand and commercial substrate on growth in the açai palm (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) under nursery conditions in the State of Roraima. The experiment was conducted in the Fruit-Farming Sector of Embrapa Roraima, located in the district of Boa Vista. The experimental design was completely randomised, with nine treatments and four replications of five plants per replication. The treatments were T1: sand, T2: commercial substrate (OrganoAmazon©), T3: 25% T1 + 75% manure, T4: 50% T1 + 50% manure, T5: 75% T1 + 25% manure, T6: 25% T1 + 75% burnt rice husks, T7: 50% T1 + 50% burnt rice husks, T8: 75% T1 + 25% burnt rice husks and T9: 25% soil + 25% sand + 25% manure + 25% burnt rice husks. The morphological characteristics plant height (H), stem diameter (SD) and number of leaves (NF) were evaluated every 30 days from transplanting to the end of the experiment (210 days). The root dry weight (RDW), shoot dry weight (SDW), total dry weight (TDW) and the Dickson quality index (DQI) were obtained at 210 days. The substrates composed of 50% sand + 50% manure and 25% soil + 25% sand + 25% manure + 25% burnt rice husks are indicated for the production of seedlings of Euterpe oleracea Mart., as they provide superior growth in plant height and stem diameter, and improve total dry-weight production in the plants.
description: Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 34 No. 1 (2020): Advances in Horticultural Science
Neighborhood physical disorder in New York City
Creators: name: Quinn, James W.
name: Mooney, Stephen J.
name: Sheehan, Daniel M.
name: Teitler, Julien O.
name: Neckerman, Kathryn M.
name: Kaufman, Tanya K.
name: Lovasi, Gina S.
name: Bader, Michael D. M.
name: Rundle, Andrew G.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Neighborhood physical disorder, or the deterioration of urban environments, is associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes. Eleven trained raters used CANVAS, a web-based system for conducting reliable virtual street audits, to collect data on nine indicators of physical disorder using Google Street View imagery of 532 block faces in New York City, New York, USA. We combined the block face indicator data into a disorder scale using item response theory; indicators ranged in severity from presence of litter, a weak indicator of disorder, to abandoned cars, a strong indicator. Using this scale, we estimated disorder at the center point of each sampled block. We then used ordinary kriging to interpolate estimates of disorder levels throughout the city. The resulting map condenses a complex estimation process into an interpretable visualization of the spatial distribution of physical disorder in New York City.
Development of interspecific hybrids between Habenaria radiata and Habenaria rhodocheila complex
Creators: name: Sinumporn, Punpaka
name: Narumi-Kawasaki, T.
name: Fukai, S.
Publisher: name: Advances in Horticultural Science
Year: 2020

description: Reciprocal crosses between Habenaria radiata and H. rhodocheila complex were investigated to develop new hybrids. The fruit-setting frequency and seed germination in the cross combination of H. radiata × H. rhodocheila complex were higher than those of H. rhodocheila complex × H. radiata. The hybridity of the obtained progenies was confirmed through PCR-RFLP analysis of the rRNA gene. Cross combinations producing true hybrids, apomicts, or both were observed, indicating that both H. radiata and H. rhodocheila complex were facultative apomixis. The obtained hybrids, H. radiata × H. rhodocheila (orange flower), showed the intermediate plant form and flower shape of the parents, and both petals and lip were pale yellow
description: Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 34 No. 1 (2020): Advances in Horticultural Science
Effect of foliar spray of calcium lactate on the growth, yield and biochemical attribute of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) under water deficit stress
Creators: name: Khani, A.
name: Barzegar, Taher
name: Nikbakht, J.
name: Ghahremani, Z.
Publisher: name: Advances in Horticultural Science
Year: 2020

description: The field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of foliar spray of calcium lactate (Ca) on fresh yield and biochemical attribute of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) under water deficit stress, in a split plot form based on a randomized complete block design with three Irrigation regimes (70, 85 and 100% ETc) and three calcium lactate treatment levels (0, 0.75 and 1.5 g L-1) in three replicates. Results revealed that water deficit stress significantly reduced the growth and yield of plant, leaf relative water contents, excised leaf water retention and N, P and Mg absorption while led to increase anthocyanin, phenol and flavonoids contents, antioxidant activity, peroxidase and catalase activity and water use efficiency. The results of our research indicated that the application of CaL 1.5 g L-1 is capable of increasing lettuce yield, under field conditions with 30% less than optimal irrigation. CaL treatment showed a clearly protective effect in stressed plants, enhancing their leaf water status, antioxidant capacity and N and Ca contents in comparison to untreated plants. Therefore, feeding leaves by CaL with increasing antioxidant activity and nutrients content especially N led to increase growth and fresh yield of lettuce under normal irrigation and water deficit conditions.
description: Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 34 No. 1 (2020): Advances in Horticultural Science
Neighborhood physical disorder in New York City
Creators: name: Quinn, James W.
name: Mooney, Stephen J.
name: Sheehan, Daniel M.
name: Teitler, Julien O.
name: Neckerman, Kathryn M.
name: Kaufman, Tanya K.
name: Lovasi, Gina S.
name: Bader, Michael D. M.
name: Rundle, Andrew G.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology

description: Neighborhood physical disorder, or the deterioration of urban environments, is associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes. Eleven trained raters used CANVAS, a web-based system for conducting reliable virtual street audits, to collect data on nine indicators of physical disorder using Google Street View imagery of 532 block faces in New York City, New York, USA. We combined the block face indicator data into a disorder scale using item response theory; indicators ranged in severity from presence of litter, a weak indicator of disorder, to abandoned cars, a strong indicator. Using this scale, we estimated disorder at the center point of each sampled block. We then used ordinary kriging to interpolate estimates of disorder levels throughout the city. The resulting map condenses a complex estimation process into an interpretable visualization of the spatial distribution of physical disorder in New York City.
An Alternative Hotel Pricing Technology: Hedonic Price Model for Pricing Beach Resort Revenue in Thailand.
Creators: name: Kongkoon Tochaiwat
Publisher: name: Thammasat Printing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: Pricing
Hotel Pricing Technology
Physical Attribute
Location
Thailand
Hedonic Price Model

description: International Journal of Building, Urban, Interior and Landscape Technology, 14, , 37-50