cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Die südburgenländische Amerikaauswanderung während der Zwischenkriegszeit und die Heimatverbundenheit bis heute
Creators: name: Stranzl, Anna Sophie
Year: 2018

description: Diese Diplomarbeit untersucht die südburgenländische Amerikaauswanderung während der Zwischenkriegszeit und die Heimatverbundenheit bis heute. In den ersten beiden Kapiteln wird der Forschungsstand aufgezeigt und theoretische Grundlagen und Begrifflichkeiten zum Thema Migration und Migrationsbewegungen erklärt. Außerdem werden gesetzliche Grundlagen und Bestimmungen in Österreich-Ungarn bzw. Österreich besprochen. Danach wird auf die Ausgangslage im Südburgenland vor und während der Zwischenkriegszeit eingegangen um auf die Lebensumstände der Auswanderinnen und Auswanderinnen hinzuweisen, die Aufschlüsse auf ihre Motive geben und zusätzlich werden die Herkunftsregionen im Südburgenland analysiert. Im Anschluss daran werden die Umstände der Reise inklusive Schifffahrtslinien, Werbeinserate, Reiseverlauf, gesetzliche Erlässe und Abfahrtshäfen erläutert. Die Destinationen in Nordamerika von den Südburgenländerinnen und -burgenländern werden in Kapitel 5 definiert. In Kapitel 6 werden die Lebensumstände der Auswanderinnen und Auswanderer in Übersee behandelt um in Kapitel 7 die regen Verbindungen zur alten Heimat aufzuzeigen. Kapitel 8 umfasst den eigenen Forschungsteil. Mithilfe eines online-Fragebogens wurde die Auswanderung und die Heimatverbundenheit der heutigen Nachfolgegenerationen untersucht, der von 101 Personen beantwortet wurde.
Theatre : A Cultural Tool for the Propagation of Peace in Africa
Creators: name: EBEWO, PATRICK
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4404
subject: Development studies
classificationCode: 440402
subject: Humanitarian disasters, conflict and peacebuilding

description: In many parts of the world, theatre has been used to educate, socialise, indoctrinate and raise consciousness. In contemporary Africa, theatre practitioners have lamented the fragmentation of human life and the erosion of peace as a result of human rights abuses, income inequality, poverty, lack of access to services, crime and wars. The aim of this paper is to examine how African theatre practitioners have used theatre as a cultural tool to create awareness and educate their audiences about the need for peaceful co-existence in their communities. The discussions examine selected plays and applied theatre projects from West and southern Africa. They conclude in the finding that the applied theatre form is more effective than conventional literary theatre in promoting peace education and local development initiatives in Africa.
USIA Poll # 1987-I87016: 1987 Central American Study
Creators: name: USIA
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2009

description: Direction of the country (1); most important problem of the country (2); country's economic situation (1); country's future economic situation (1); threats from other countries (7); aid from other countries (4); opinion about other countries (12); views about Nicaragua and the armed conflict (29); views about El Salvador and the armed conflict (9); Cuban and the Soviet Union influence in Central America (2); United States relations (2); aid from the United States (1); Contadora countries (1); perceptions about groups in the country (11); discussion about politics (2); party identification (2).
Some aspects of foreign student life in the United States
Creators: name: Trenka, Cecilia M.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: In this short study of some of the aspects of foreign students in the United States, the author has attempted to answer the following three questions: 1-Why do foreign students wish to study in the United States?; 2-How are foreign students enabled to come to the United States for such study?; 3-How are foreign students in the United States guided during their period of study in our institutions of higher education? In the conclusion the author has attempted to evaluate the success of the foreign student progress as she has been able to see it.
GEO Poll: Political Culture in Mexico City (Fourth Survey)
Creators: name: POLITICA, El Nacional's Political Magazine
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 1992

description: Media habits and media credibility(2); perception of the Mexican revolution(10); political interest and information(2); political preferences(4); perception of electoral fraud(2); President Salinas' job performance(1); current national situation(4); opinion of government(1); most important problem in Mexico City(1).
Some aspects of foreign student life in the United States
Creators: name: Trenka, Cecilia M.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3904
subject: Specialist studies in education

description: In this short study of some of the aspects of foreign students in the United States, the author has attempted to answer the following three questions: 1-Why do foreign students wish to study in the United States?; 2-How are foreign students enabled to come to the United States for such study?; 3-How are foreign students in the United States guided during their period of study in our institutions of higher education? In the conclusion the author has attempted to evaluate the success of the foreign student progress as she has been able to see it.
GEO Poll: Political Culture in Mexico City (Eighth Survey)
Creators: name: POLITICA, El Nacional's Political Magazine
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 1992

description: Personal income(1); political interest and participation(18); political parties(5); opinion of government and leaders(10); media habits and credibility(5); current national situation(6); President Salina's job performance(1); most important problem in Mexico City(1); Mexico City Mayor Camacho's job performance(2); political preferences(7); perception of electoral fraud(5).
title: Exploring factors facilitating the engagement of women in traditionally masculine employment in tourism delivery: a case study of Tanzania Northern Tourism Circuit
Creators: name: Lyimo, Witness Humphrey
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Discrimination in employment

description: Despite the apparent increase of women working in the traditionally masculine employment (TME) in tourism, (such as tour guiding, supervision, and management), empirical research indicates that men are still predominant in these positions (Carvalho et al., 2018; Chambers et al., 2017; Pritchard and Morgan, 2000). Literature that analyzes women in traditional masculine employment predominantly focuses on the barriers to attain these positions (Carvalho et al., 2018; Ferguson, 2010; Segovia-Pérez et al., 2018). The principal assumption is that knowing the barriers is vital to overcome them and reach the desired state. The question remains, what are the positive facilitators for women who do reach these top positions. This research critically explores the facilitating factors for women's engagement in traditionally masculine employment in tourism delivery. Using qualitative methodology this study took a strengths-based approach and used the social-ecological model as a theoretical framework. Exploring the lived experiences of women who were employed in traditionally masculine positions, this study focused on facilitators rather than the barriers that prevent women’s equitable employment. Drawing from the strength-based approach, this study did not ignore the deficit responses, but it navigated the deficits and identified the opportunities for engagement of women in TME in tourism. From a social-ecological standpoint it was concluded that in Tanzania, women’s engagement in traditional masculine employment was facilitated by intrapersonal, interpersonal, organizational, community, policy, and structural factors. Individual factors such as skillset, career interest, and resilience were noted. Interpersonal factors like the importance of relationships with family members, friends, and significant others were revealed. The role of formal institutions like schools, post-secondary institutions, and tourism organizations were noted. Community factors like the role of related and non-related tourism associations emerged. Supportive policies were noted to influence and support women's careers. Lastly, structural factors like changing social norms, and globalization were noted to increase opportunity for women engagement in TME and influence other SEM levels. Further, this study reinforced that women’s perspectives, experiences, and resilience to achieve and prevail in TME is a form of resistance to traditional gender roles. This study supports that it is worthwhile for researchers in Tanzania, and elsewhere, to use the social-ecological model in their inquiries to scrutinize the social contexts to provide better design interventions to enhance gender equality and equal participation in the labour market.
Emesinae
Creators: name: Tatarnic, Nikolai J.
name: Cassis, Gerasimos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Reduviidae

description: Key to Emesinae species of Norfolk Island
1. Apterous species; medium sized (12–13 mm), yellow and brown in colour (see Wygodzinsky 1966: Fig. 159A–P)............................................................................................... Leaylia norfolkiana
- Winged species; size and colour variable................................................................... 2
2. Pronotum with elongate, petiolate modification (see Wygodzinsky 1966: 366, Fig. 98E); forewing with three closed cells (dis- cal and divided basal cell; Wygodzinsky 1966: 366, Fig. 98J)................................. Stenolemus fraterculus
- Pronotum subrectangulate, without modification; forewing with discal cell alone (Fig. 8 A)........................... 3
3. Small species (ca. 5 mm); forewings patterned throughout (see Tatarnic et al. 2011: Fig. 16A); pronotum not divided posteri- orly into short, elevated discal lobe................................................... Empicoris rubromaculatus
- Large species (~ 9 mm); forewings darkened basally, weakly patterned apically (Fig. 8 A); pronotum divided posteriorly into short, elevated lobe (Fig. 8 B)................................................................. Ploiaria weiri
description: Published as part of Tatarnic, Nikolai J. & Cassis, Gerasimos, 2011, The thread-legged bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, pp. 21-43 in Zootaxa 2967 on page 23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.207009
Presidential Performance in Foreign Affairs Survey: March, 1990.
Creators: name: Office Of The Technical Advisor To The President Of Mexico
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 1997

description: Level of awareness of presidential visit to Chile and Ecuador(2); presidential job performance during his visit Chile and Ecuador(12); evaluation of foreign debt negotiation(1); presidential job performance(3); expectations on the end of the economic crisis(1); party preference(4); candidate preference for the 1988 presidential election(1); demographics(1).
title: Chinese square dance: an analysis of its fast growth with the constraint-effects-mitigation model
Creators: name: Wu, Lihui
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Square dancing--China

description: Chinese square dance, or guangchang wu in Chinese, is a contemporary, popular practice among middle-aged and older Chinese women, with over 100 million practitioners throughout the People’s Republic of China (China.org.cn, 2016; Xiao & Hilton, 2019). The boom of square dance in the country is a rare and persistent phenomenon involving social and political influences such as rapid urbanization, population ageing and government support (Martin & Chen, 2020). Even massive complaints about the space occupation and noise pollution (Liu et al., 2018; Zhou, 2014) of square dance do not reduce these dancers’ passion for this leisure activity or the fact that square dance teams are expanding at a fast pace (Li, 2020). The past literature on this topic focuses on the physical, cognitive and social benefits of square dance and conflicts arising from space occupation and noise. The multi-faceted reasons for the rise of Chinese square dance were seldom fully and thoroughly analyzed in this literature. Incorporating the constraint-effects-mitigation model, this research aimed to identify various factors for the recent surge in the number of Chinese square dancers. Specifically, it aimed to identify how motivation and constraint affect negotiation, and further how motivation, constraint, and negotiation interact with one another to jointly influence intention to participate in square dance. Using convenient sampling methods, 304 people were recruited from square dance groups in various Chinese cities to complete an online questionnaire. Descriptive analysis, correlation test, and structural equation modelling were conducted to analyze data. The structural equation modelling results revealed the positive effects of both motivation (β = 0.31, P-value < .001) and negotiation (β = 0.54, Pvalue < .001) on intention to participate in Chinese square dance. There was a strong positive and direct association between motivation and negotiation (β = 0.60, P-value < .001). Additionally, a direct negative association was found between constraint and negotiation (β = -0.10, P-value = -0.057). The study interprets these associations and discusses their theoretical and practical implications.
Economic Stability and Growth Pact Survey: January, 1990
Creators: name: Office Of The Technical Advisor To The President Of Mexico
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 1996

description: PECE effectiveness(4); inflation observed(2); inflation expected(1); savings(1); consumption(3); PECE approval(1); employment(3); privatization of banks(10); Salinas approval(1); vote in past Presidential elections(1); demographics(7).
title: Vortäuschen - gespielter Wahn im Film
Creators: name: Müllner, Agnes
Year: 2018

description: Psychiatrie und Film sind eine enge Verbindung miteinander eingegangen und beeinflussen einander wechselseitig. Viele AutorInnen haben sich deshalb bereits mit der Darstellung von psychischen Störungen im Film auseinandergesetzt, aber ohne dabei einem spezifischen Phänomen nähere Beachtung zu schenken: dem vorgetäuschten Wahn im Film. Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich genau mit diesem Thema der Vortäuschung einer psychischen Störung im Film. Sieben US-Produktionen, die solche Figuren zeigen, werden analysiert, um abschließend Gemeinsamkeiten und wiederkehrende Motive aufzuzeigen. Besonderes Augenmerk wird einem von Rosenhan initiierten Experiment geschenkt: Er untersuchte in der Realität, ob das Gesundheitspersonal in psychiatrischen Einrichtungen in der Lage ist, geistig Gesunde von geistig Kranken zu unterscheiden. Rosenhan und auch die Filme kommen zu dem Schluss, dass das PsychiaterInnen nicht gelingt. Der Antipsychiater Thomas Szasz schreibt, dass es Menschen gibt, die persönliche Vorteile darin sehen, sich als psychisch krank auszugeben. Alle Filmfiguren sehen einen Nutzen darin eine psychische Störung vorzutäuschen, wobei das “ungestrafte” Morden ein deutlich wiederkehrendes Motiv ist. Da in Ländern mit moderner Strafrechtsordnung gilt, dass Menschen, die aufgrund einer psychischen Störung zum Tatzeitpunkt nicht zurechnungsfähig waren, nicht strafrechtlich zur Verantwortung gezogen werden dürfen, werden in den Filmen häufig auch Gerichtsprozesse gezeigt. Das amerikanische Strafrecht mit seinen Besonderheiten (z.B. “double jeopardy”) wird dabei oft kritisiert. Das Thema, vorgetäuschter Wahn, wird gerne von „Mind-game Filmen“ aufgegriffen, da es sich besonders eignet, nicht nur Filmfiguren sondern mit ihnen auch die ZuseherInnen zu täuschen. Der Antipsychiatriefilm wiederum greift die vorgetäuschte psychische Störung auf, um zu zeigen, wie (zunächst) völlig gesunde Menschen durch die Psychiatrie erkranken. Während beim Antipsychiatriefilm das System Psychiatrie und seine VertreterInnen, die PsychiaterInnen als “böse” gezeigt werden, sind es bei den neueren Filmen eher die Protagonisten, die böse Absichten verfolgen und das System und ihre VertreterInnen für ihre persönlichen Ziele missbrauchen. In allen Filmen findet eine Art Machtkampf zwischen System bzw. VertreterInnen und den “täuschenden” Protagonisten statt. Auch wenn die SimulantInnen mit ihrer Täuschung anfangs erfolgreich sind, endet der Kampf doch am Ende meist tragisch für sie.
Atisne Wygodzinsky 1966
Creators: name: Tatarnic, Nikolai J.
name: Cassis, Gerasimos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Reduviidae
Atisne

description: Atisne Wygodzinsky 1966
Atisne Wygodzinsky 1966: 92 (new genus, type species: Nesita derelictus Wygodzinsky 1956, by original designation); Maldonado, 1990: 98 (catalogue); Cassis & Gross 1995: 291 (catalogue).
Diagnosis. Atisne is separated from other members of the Leistarchini by the following combination of characters: apex of anterior acetabulum rounded, asymmetrical foreclaws (Fig. 3 F), eighth sternite of the male visible, unornamented male pygophore and dorsal sclerotization of the phallus (Fig. 2 E: modified from Wygodzinsky 1966). This genus can be distinguished from other Lord Howe Island emesines by the presence of the proximoventral forefemoral process (Figs. 1, 2 B–C, 3B–C, E).
Remarks. The discovery of a second species of Atisne from Lord Howe Island does not require an alteration of the diagnosis of the genus. Aside from size, characters of the forefemora, and colouration, these two species are very similar in morphology.
Wygodzinsky (1956) originally described the type species, A. derelictus, as a member of the endemic Madagascan genus, Nesita Bergroth. He later erected the monotypic genus Atisne for its inclusion, and suggested that it was instead more closely related to Gomesius Distant (Wygodzinsky, 1966). The latter contains five species in the eastern Indo-Pacific, with the most eastward species occurring in New Guinea (Irian Jaya and Papua). Atisne shares with Nesita, Gomesius, Orthunga Dohrn (Afrotropical) and Tinnunga Wygodzinsky (Madagascan), the presence of a proximoventral process on the forefemora, which may represent a synapomorphy for these taxa. The female genitalia of Atisne also bear discussion. In particular, separated third gonapophyses in Atisne, a trait shared with the Collartidini Wygodzinsky, 1966, possibly represents the plesiomorphic condition. This condition is also found in the eastern Australian endemic genus, Armstrongula Wygodzinsky, 1950.
The sister-genus to Atisne remains unknown, and at present no comparable species is known to exist in New Caledonia, New Zealand or mainland Australia.
description: Published as part of Tatarnic, Nikolai J. & Cassis, Gerasimos, 2011, The thread-legged bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, pp. 21-43 in Zootaxa 2967 on page 23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.207009
LEVELS OF IDEOLOGY AND IDEOLOGICAL CONSENSUS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Creators: name: Hemple, William Ernst
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4410
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: This survey research investigated whether dimensions of ideology hypothesized from the literature could be located empirically. A questionnaire measuring four levels of ideology with seven types of ideology was administered to 635 respondents in the Criminal Justice System. An investigation of.
L’Autore si dilegua: “morte dell’autore” e “libri latenti”
Creators: name: Russo, Fabiana
Publisher: name: Status Quaestionis
Year: 2023

description: The essay proposes, at first, a historical-critical reconstruction of the debate on authorship developed in the second half of the Twentieth century. The second part aims to apply Roland Barthes’s concept of “death of the author” to the publishing category of “libri latent”, as Domenico Scarpa defines them, proposing a different philological approach to this category.
description: Status Quaestionis, N. 24 (2023): The Imaginary Voyage: New, Other, Virtual Worlds
Volume and composition of individual's saving in the United States
Creators: name: Friend, Irwin
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 35
subject: Commerce, management, tourism and services
classificationCode: 3502
subject: Banking, finance and investment
classificationCode: 350205
subject: Household finance and financial literacy

description: The purpose of this study is to analyze the available data on individuals' saving in order to determine the trends in saving, the reasons for these trends and their economic implications. The study will start with a discussion of concepts, defining saving and indicating various theories as to its role in the economy. It will then proceed to discuss the measurement of saving, appraising the reliability and limitations of the different series published in this field and attempting for the first time a conceptual reconciliation of the most important of these series.
title: The role of leisure in coping with acculturative stress among Chinese international students: an exploratory study
Creators: name: Wu, Manhua (Ariel)
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Chinese students—Foreign countries

description: Chinese international students face numerous challenges and difficulties when they study in another country. These challenges can generate acculturative stress, which negatively affects the perception of health and well-being among Chinese international students. While there are many studies investigating acculturative stress and leisure of Chinese immigrants, and Chinese students in the United States, within the field of leisure studies little attention has been paid to Chinese international students in Canadian universities, such as Vancouver Island University (VIU). By addressing the issues of acculturative stress and leisure among Chinese international students at VIU, this research endeavoured to understand their special challenges and how they cope with acculturative stress through their leisure engagement. Guided by a qualitative methodology, the researcher conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 Chinese international students attending VIU. Through an inductive thematic analysis of the data, six themes reflecting the experiences of Chinese international students were captured: (a) Experiencing challenges and barriers as an international student, (b) Experiencing sociocultural challenges as a “stranger”, (c) The experiences of emotional distress under acculturative stress, (d) Using leisure to manage stress and stress-induced emotions, (e) Leisure as a means to access and strengthen supportive relationships, (f) Leisure as a vehicle for integrating into the local community and culture. Based on the results, this study also provided suggestions for relevant stakeholders including education institutions, leisure service providers, and counsellors to better help Chinese international students navigate acculturative stress and enhance their well-being.
Volume and composition of individual's saving in the United States
Creators: name: Friend, Irwin
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The purpose of this study is to analyze the available data on individuals' saving in order to determine the trends in saving, the reasons for these trends and their economic implications. The study will start with a discussion of concepts, defining saving and indicating various theories as to its role in the economy. It will then proceed to discuss the measurement of saving, appraising the reliability and limitations of the different series published in this field and attempting for the first time a conceptual reconciliation of the most important of these series.
title: Theatervermittlung zwischen Freiheit und Regeln
Creators: name: Peuerböck, Leonora
Year: 2018

description: Freiheit ermöglichen, Regeln geben und Rahmen dafür schaffen sind im theaterpädagogischen Feld ein Balanceakt. In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden sowohl Freiheit wie Regeln auf zwei Ebenen bearbeitet: Auf der gesellschaftlichen Ebene der Partizipation am Theater mit der Frage, wem diese dient, und auf der theaterpädagogischen Ebene, also der Theatervermittlung im engeren Sinn. Die Begriffe Freiheit und Regeln werden in einen wissenschaftlichen Diskurs gebracht und auf die Theaterpädagogik bezogen. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf den theaterpädagogischen Konzepten von Bertolt Brecht, Augusto Boal und Keith Johnstone. Aus ihren Theorien leiten sich Thesen ab, die einen Umgang mit Freiheit und Regeln darstellen. Auf dieser Grundlage wird die teilnehmende Probenbeobachtung an einem Spielclub am Dschungel Wien und einer Werkstatt der Offenen Burg durchgeführt. Diese mündet in eine exemplarische, vergleichende, qualitative Fragestellung und Untersuchungsmethode. Die Auswertung geschah anhand einer Themenmatrix, die auf das Vorkommen der Thesen der zuvor vorgestellten Theatermacher baut. Festgestellt kann werden, dass die drei Theaterschaffenden großen Einfluss auf die heutige theaterpädagogische Arbeit haben. Weiters wird klar, dass eine Struktur, die durch Regeln erschaffen wird, von Vorteil ist, um freies Denken zu ermöglichen. Mögliche gesellschaftspolitische Veränderungen, die dem Aufkommen der Theatervermittlung zugrunde liegen, werden aufgezeigt.
Sales Tax Tokens: A Study in Fractional Revenue
Creators: name: Stolaroff, David
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The exchange of sales tax tokens within segments of the national economy is an economic phenomenon which has affected the monetary considerations of millions upon millions of people. Although it has been characteristic of many state economies, a survey of the literature of the field revealed that no thorough analysis had been made either of the operation of the token system or of the economic significance of this fractional money flow.The presentation of such analyses, it was thought, would be of definite historical and analytical value.
USIA Poll # 1998-I98043: August 1998 Nigerbus Survey
Creators: name: USIA
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2012

description: Most important Nigeria problem (1); government job ratings (4); election timetable (4); international observers ensuring free election (1); trust in electoral commission (3); confidence in Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar (3); giving states more authority (1); 1995 constitution (2); corruption in government officials (4); ethnic factors affecting election (1); influence of ethnic group (2); relations between ethnic groups (1); country living peacefully (1); voting for party based on ethnic principles (2); US dealing with West African problems (1); US-Nigeria relations (4); human rights situation (1); Abubakar respecting the laws (1); role of non-governmental organizations (2); most important news source (1).
title: Applying the motivation-opportunity-ability (MOA) model to reveal factors that influence community participation in tourism-related development: a case study of Macau Light Rapid Transit
Creators: name: Fang, Ziwei (Summer)
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sustainable development

description: This research study examines the contributing factors that influence three-level community participation in light rail transit (LRT) development planning and how development is improved with enhanced community participation. The Motivation-Opportunity-Ability (MOA) model was adopted in this study to reveal the factors that influence participation, while the three-level participation typology of Tosun (1999) was applied to indicate the participation result. This research presents a new approach to the study of transportation in the context of tourism and employs an integrated model that combines the MOA model and participation level to generate a better understanding of community participation in Macau, China. A total of 310 responses were collected through online and on-site surveys with residents of Macau, China who were over 18 years old. In the survey conducted in Macau, China, three levels of participation were examined by way of three components: motivation, opportunity, and ability. The findings demonstrated that motivation, opportunity, and ability significantly influenced participation levels regarding LRT in Macau, China. The component, opportunity, had the most decisive influence on the three levels of participation, emphasizing the importance of opportunity in driving local residents to participate in development planning. The component of motivation mainly described residents’ perspectives towards LRT: positive perspectives contributed to high-level participation while negative perspectives led to low-level participation. The third component, ability, refers to residents’ awareness and knowledge. The survey results demonstrated that knowledge positively influenced the three levels of participation when awareness visibly influences lower-level participation, caused by the negative information about LRT perceived by residents. As a result, this research emphasizes optimizing residents’ perspectives, providing sufficient participation channels, and conducting efficient information delivery. These findings can assist the Macau government in generating better LRT planning and can also be applied to other tourism development programs.
Sales Tax Tokens: A Study in Fractional Revenue
Creators: name: Stolaroff, David
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration
classificationCode: 440709
subject: Public policy

description: The exchange of sales tax tokens within segments of the national economy is an economic phenomenon which has affected the monetary considerations of millions upon millions of people. Although it has been characteristic of many state economies, a survey of the literature of the field revealed that no thorough analysis had been made either of the operation of the token system or of the economic significance of this fractional money flow.The presentation of such analyses, it was thought, would be of definite historical and analytical value.
USIA Poll # 1997-I97036: Economy/Politics/Media/Domestic Priorities/Confidence in Government/Former Territories/Chechnya/International Organizations/Foreign Leaders/Security/Foreign Policy
Creators: name: USIA
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Direction of the country (1); most serious problem facing the country (1); economic situation (2); personal economic situation (3); promptness of payment of wages/scholarship/pensions (1); "non-payments" crisis (1); views on economic matters (1); best feature/advantage of state ownership (2); best feature/advantage of private ownership (2); agree/disagree with statement (8); foreign investment (1); interest in political affairs (1); media about domestic political affairs (5); knowledge of public figures (3); knowledge of foreign political leaders (5); State Duma (2); importance of practices in society (7); accurate description of country (7); dictatorship (1); leader for Russia (1); importance of tasks (10); government job performance (10); confidence in organizations/government bodies (11); confidence in public figures (10); President Yeltsin in office/resigning (1); Chechen agreement (3); Russian assistance for Chechnya's reconstruction (1); Chechen independence (2); treaty with Belarus (1); Russian-Belorussian union (1); Russian-Ukrainian union (1); confidence in international organizations (7); opinion of foreign leaders (8); meeting between President Yeltsin & President Clinton in Helsinki (1); President Yeltsin job performance (1); President Clinton job performance (1); concern of foreign attack on Russia (1); concern with war on Russian borders (1); greatest threat to security (3); NATO (7); Russia's participation in "Partnership for Peace" (1); foreign policy goals (12).
USIA Poll # 1999-I99035: International Relations/Foreign Aid/Nuclear Weapons/NATO/Kosovo
Creators: name: USIA
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Knowledge of international issues/foreign affairs (1); opinion of other countries (5); confidence in countries/international organizations to deal responsibly with international problems (11); foreign threat to country (2); foreign aid (2); arms control agreements with U.S. (4); relationship with NATO (1); NATO membership (1); foreign policy towards Russia (5); conflict in the Balkans (8); NATO's action in Kosovo situation (6); agree/disagree with statement (5); actions of organizations in the Kosovo crisis (6); support/oppose Russia taking part in U.N. peacekeeping operations in Kosovo (1); movement of Russian troops to Pristina airport (2); views on U.S. actions in Kosovo (2); U.S. vs. Russian armed forces (1); Russia's international reputation (1); Russia within the world community (1).
A New Method of Analyzing Extreme-Value Data
Creators: name: Lieblein, Julius
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: A new method is presented and proposed for analyzing extreme-value data which may arise in a wide variety of applications.Classical applications of statistical methods, which usually concern average values, are inadequate when the quantity of interest is the largest (or smallest in a set of magnitudes. This is the situation in a number of fields, e.g., gust loads of an airplane in flight, highest temperatures or lowest pressures in meteorology, floods and droughts in hydrology, breaking strengths in materials testing, breakdown voltage of capacitors, and human lifespans--in all of which applications of methods for dealing with extremes have already been made.
ABC News/Washington Post Poll: CIA/Afghanistan
Creators: name: ABC News
name: Washington Post
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2015

description: NATIONAL ADULT SAMPLE: Barack Obama job performance (1); Obama handling various issues (4); Obama or Republicans better to handle problems (1); Obama or Republicans trusted more (2); opinion of political parties (2); feelings toward economy and finances (2); impact of gas prices (1); report on Central Intelligence Agency abuse (1); CIA intentionally misleading people (1); torturing suspects (4); releasing CIA report (1); criminal charges against CIA (1); executive action on immigration program (3); Congress blocking immigration program (1); Afghanistan war worth fighting (2); keeping troops in Afghanistan (1); presidential candidate preferences (6). OVERSAMPLE: Criminal justice system treating races equally (1); confidence in police (4); requiring officers to wear cameras (1); who investigates police civilian deaths (1); no indictment in Eric Garner's death (1); recent killings as isolated incidents or sign of broader problems (1).
title: Successful and failed international mediation
Creators: name: Vervecken, Yves Albert M
Year: 2018

description: Diese Arbeit möchte durch politische Analysen und eine Synthese rechtswissenschaftlicher Bestimmungen eine Einsicht in Gelingensfaktoren internationaler Mediation geben. Die Evaluation der Richtlinie ‘UN Guidance for Effective Mediation’ bezogen auf zwei verschiedene Kosovo-Missionen unter der Leitung von Martti Ahtisaari einerseits und Catherine Ashton andererseits ergibt, dass die Zustimmung und der lokale Besitz entscheidend sind für den Erfolg , sofern sich Gelegenheiten bieten und genutzt werden. Unter Berücksichtigung der dargestellten Einsichten in den kosovarischen Einheitsprozess verdeutlicht diese Arbeit, dass viele – vornehmlich mediatorische – Neuentwicklungen einen dritten Weg aus dem Dilemma zwischen einerseits der ‘staatlichen Souveränität und territorialen Integrität’ und andererseits dem ‘Selbstbestimmungsrecht der Völker’ zeigen, einer “paradigmatischen Verschiebung der rechtswissenschaftlichen Grundlagen des Sicherheitsrates zur Autorisierung von Macht” (Haines 2009, 486, übersetzt). Da aber das Vetorecht diese Verschiebung inkonsequent erscheinen lässt und eine Änderung der UN-Charta sehr unwahrscheinlich ist, empfiehlt diese Arbeit, dass die UN die Leitung übernimmt, die internationale Mediation als eigenständige Profession zu entwickeln, weil “es sein kann, dass die Mediation den einzigen zur Verfügung stehenden Ansatz bietet, mit Konflikten des 21. Jahrhunderts umzugehen.” (Bercovitch 2011, Intro, übersetzt).
description: Through policy analysis and legal synthesis this thesis pursues insight into what makes the difference between success and failure in international mediation. In addition to applying the ‘UN Guidance for Effective Mediation’ to two Kosovo missions, a first one led by Martti Ahtisaari and a second one by Catherine Ashton, comparing and contrasting the findings thereof reveals that ‘consent’ and ‘local ownership’ are decisive for success given opportunities present themselves and are seized. Bringing together prominent insights into Kosovo’s legalistic road to independence, it appears that many, mainly mediatory, innovations to finding a third way out of the legal dilemma between on the one hand ‘Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of States’, and on the other hand ‘Self-Determination of Peoples’, led to “a paradigm shift in the jurisprudential underpinning in the Security Council’s power to authorize force” (Haines 2009, 486). While veto power has left that shift largely inconsequential and a change to the UN Charter is highly unlikely, this thesis recommends the United Nations to take the lead in fully developing international mediation as a profession in its own right, because “it may well be that mediation is the closest thing we have to an effective technique for dealing with conflicts in the twenty-first century” (Bercovitch 2011, Intro).
A New Method of Analyzing Extreme-Value Data
Creators: name: Lieblein, Julius
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 49
subject: Mathematical sciences
classificationCode: 4905
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A new method is presented and proposed for analyzing extreme-value data which may arise in a wide variety of applications.Classical applications of statistical methods, which usually concern average values, are inadequate when the quantity of interest is the largest (or smallest in a set of magnitudes. This is the situation in a number of fields, e.g., gust loads of an airplane in flight, highest temperatures or lowest pressures in meteorology, floods and droughts in hydrology, breaking strengths in materials testing, breakdown voltage of capacitors, and human lifespans--in all of which applications of methods for dealing with extremes have already been made.
Ploiaria Scopoli 1786
Creators: name: Tatarnic, Nikolai J.
name: Cassis, Gerasimos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Reduviidae
Ploiaria

description: Ploiaria Scopoli 1786
Ploiaria Scopoli 1786: 60 (new genus; type species: Ploiaria domestica Scopoli 1786, by monotypy); Wygodzinsky 1966: 158 (description); Maldonaldo 1990: 108 (catalogue); Cassis & Gross 1995: 292 (catalogue).
Cerascopus Heineken 1830: 36 (new genus; Cerascopus marginatus Heineken 1830, by monotypy); China 1938: 22 (synonymy).
Emesodema Spinola 1840: 87 (new genus; type species: Ploiaria domestica Scopoli 1786, by monoypy); McAtee & Malloch 1925: 48 (synonymy)
Luteva Dohrn 1860: 242 (new genus; Luteva concolor Dohrn 1860, by subsequent designation by Van Duzee 1917: 235); McAtee & Malloch 1922: 95 (synonymy); McAtee & Malloch 1925: 50 (as subgenus of Ploiaria)
Ploiariopsis Champion 1898: 173 (new genus; type species: Ploiariopsis megalops Champion 1898: 174, by subsequent designation by McAtee & Malloch 1922: 95); McAtee & Malloch 1922: 95 (synonymy)
Elymas Distant 1909: 504 (new genus; type species: Elymas praesentans Distant 1909, by monotypy); Wygodzinsky 1966: 158 (synonymy)
Culicimimus Villiers 1948: 446 (new genus; type species: Culcimimus gabonensis Villiers 1948, by monotypy); Putschkov 1984: 18 (synonymy).
Wahrmania Dispons 1964: 71 (new genus; type species: Wahrmania katznelsoni Dispons 1964, by original designation)
Diagnosis. Macropterous, brachypterous, micropterous or apterous, 4–20 mm. Ploiaria is diagnosed by the following combination of characters: ventral surface of head lacking spinelike setae, posterior margin of prosternum medially emarginate, posterior lobe of pronotum not covering mesonotum, scutellum and metanotum lacking spines, forefemora lacking penicillate processes, and tarsi 3-segmented.
Remarks. Ploiaria is one of the largest genera of Emesinae, with around 130 described species (Reidi 2008) and many more undetermined specimens in museum collections (Wygodzinsky 1956). Although the genus is highly variable, Wygodzinsky (1956, 1966) it is thought that it nonetheless reflects a true monophyly, as no characters have yet been found to subdivide it into additional well-definable groups.
description: Published as part of Tatarnic, Nikolai J. & Cassis, Gerasimos, 2011, The thread-legged bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, pp. 21-43 in Zootaxa 2967 on pages 28-29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.207009
Türkiye’de Göçmen Kaçakçılığının Hukuki ve Ekonomik Açıdan İncelenmesi
Creators: name: Baltaci, Alisan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: 160303 Migration
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: 2002 yılında Türk Hukuk’unda ilk defa tanımlanmış olan Göçmen Kaçakçılığı Suçu, bireyin ikamet ettiği ülkeden görece çeşitli açılardan daha iyi imkânlara sahip başka bir ülkeye yasadışı yollardan gitmek için bu alanda uzmanlaşmış kişilerle veya örgütlerle ücreti mukabilinde anlaşması fiilidir. Bireyleri bu suça sevk eden sosyal, ekonomik, siyasi ve psikolojik pek çok etken bulunmaktadır. Göçmen kaçakçılığı hem kaçakçılığa konu olan kişilerin hem de kaçakçıların geçiş yaptığı ülkelerin zararına olacak pek çok sonuç doğurabildiğinden devletler düzeyinde tedbir alınması gereken uluslararası bir sorundur. Bu araştırmada, 2016-2019 yılları arasında Türkiye’de gerçekleştirilen göçmen kaçakçılığı vakaları ikincil veriler kullanılarak hukuki ve ekonomik açılardan irdelenmektedir.
Gallup News Service Survey # 1990-922004-W2: South Africa/Sports
Creators: name: Gallup
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 1990

description: Bush job performance(1); favorability ratings of specific countries(10); South Africa/Nelson Mandela(11); German reunification(2); interest in sports(39); major league baseball(13); sports gambling(4); cholesterol(7).
title: Genealogisches Erzählen als Instrument zur historischen Analyse und zur Suche nach Identität in ausgewählten literarischen Werken deutschsprachiger MigrantInnen
Creators: name: Schroeder, Karin
Year: 2018

description: Inspiriert von ihren eigenen Lebensgeschichten entwerfen die aus Ungarn, Russland und Bulgarien nach Österreich zugewanderten AutorInnen Anna Mwangi, Julya Rabinowich und Dimitré Dinev in ihren Romanen Die Kinder des Genossen Rákosi (2015), Spaltkopf (2008) und Engelszungen (2003) Familienerzählungen, die sich über mehrere Generationen und große Teile des 20. Jahrhunderts erstrecken. Es wird untersucht, in welcher Form sich die Texte mit der Geschichte der Herkunfts-länder der AutorInnen auseinandersetzen, sie verarbeiten und inszenieren. Dabei wird die Ent-wicklungsgeschichte bzw. Biographie eines Landes, welche Azade Seyan als „unauthorized biography of the nation“ bezeichnet, durch subjektive, emotionale und individuelle Aspekte angereichert und der offiziellen Geschichtsschreibung gegenüber gestellt. Erzählt wird entlang einer Generationenfolge, wobei der familiäre Mikrokosmos beispielhaft für die Gegenwartsgeschichte ausgelegt wird. Die ProtagonistInnen sind in den Romanen Reisende, Suchende und Heimatlose, die die Erfahrung der Migration teilen. Oft sind es traumatische Ereignisse wie die Verhaftung des Vaters (bei Mwangi), die Erschießung des Großvaters im Zuge eines Pogroms (bei Rabinowich) oder die Entdeckung, dass der eigene Vater politische Häftlinge folterte (bei Dinev), welche im kommuni-kativen Gedächtnis der Familie weiterleben und zum Problem bei der Identitätssuche werden. Die Identitäten der zentralen Romanfiguren erscheinen durch die Grenzüberschreitungen und die zunehmende Globalisierung hybride und losgelöst von territorialen und kulturellen Begrenzungen. Die AutorInnen tragen mit ihren Romanen zu einem besseren historischen und zwischen-menschlichen Verständnis bei, agieren sie doch selbst in einem sog. „Dritten Raum“ (Homi K. Bhabha), in dem sich kulturelle und politische Räume überlappen und die Präsenz zweier oder mehrerer Kulturen ermöglicht wird.
An Investigation of the Changes in the Level of Aspiration under Conditions of Praise and Reproof
Creators: name: Taylor, Thaddeus James
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5201
subject: Applied and developmental psychology
classificationCode: 520102
subject: Educational psychology

description: There have been many investigations into the various phases of level of aspiration. Almost all of these investigations have taken place since 1930. However, the specific problem undertaken here is without precedence and there remains much work to be done in this area.This investigation may serve as a pilot study that utilized the two well known psychological factors of praise and reproof in an unexplored situation.
An Investigation of the Changes in the Level of Aspiration under Conditions of Praise and Reproof
Creators: name: Taylor, Thaddeus James
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: There have been many investigations into the various phases of level of aspiration. Almost all of these investigations have taken place since 1930. However, the specific problem undertaken here is without precedence and there remains much work to be done in this area.This investigation may serve as a pilot study that utilized the two well known psychological factors of praise and reproof in an unexplored situation.