Exploratory Analytic Approach Research Articles

THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ON ORGANIZATIONAL AMBIDEXTERITY THROUGH HUMAN CAPITAL AS AN INTERACTIVE VARIABLE IN IRAQI TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES

Objective: This study aims to test the interactive role of human capital in the relationship between digital human resource management and organizational ambidexterity in Iraqi telecommunications companies. Theoretical Framework: In this topic, the main concepts and theories that underlie the research are presented. [Digital human resources management, human capital, organizational ambidexterity] stand out, providing a solid basis for understanding the context of the investigation. Method: An exploratory analytical approach was used, as the study was based on a stratified random sample of workers from Iraqi telecommunications companies. (350) questionnaires were distributed, and the number of questionnaires retrieved was (20), while those suitable for statistical analysis totaled (330) questionnaires, with a response rate of (90%). advanced statistical program (AMOS. V.26) and statistical program (SPSS.V.26). Results and Discussion: The results of the study revealed that there is a direct positive influence relationship between (human resource management (digital organizational ambidexterity). The results also showed that there is an interactive role for the variable (human capital) between digital and organizational human resource management ambidexterity). Based on these results, a set of conclusions was formulated and recommendations reached in the study. Research Implications: The practical and theoretical implications of this research are discussed, providing insight into how the findings can apply or influence practices in the field of HR management and organizational digital ambidexterity. These effects may include companies affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Minerals and the services they provide. Originality/Value: The importance of this study arose from the scarcity of studies that attempted to identify and understand the nature of the relationship between the variables (digital human resources management, human capital, organizational ambidexterity), as well as the present study's attempt to address a realistic problem issue that affects directly the performance of workers in Iraqi telecommunications companies.

Future Orientation Among Children Affected by Parental HIV in China: An Exploratory Analysis of Complex Interactions.

We utilized an exploratory analytic approach to examine predictors of children's future beliefs, an internal asset associated with resilience among children affected by HIV, with emphasis on complex interactions among multisystem factors. Children (N = 1221) affected by parental HIV in China reported on psychosocial functioning, as well as internal, familial, and community resilience assets. Exploratory data analysis was conducted using a binary segmentation program. Six binary splits on predictors accounted for 22.78% of the variance in future expectation, suggesting interactions between children's perceived control of their future, loneliness, caregiver trust, and social support. Four binary splits accounted for 23.15% of the variance in future orientation, suggesting multiway interactions between control of the future, loneliness, social support, and perceived stigma. Findings suggest combinations of resilience factors are associated with children's positive future beliefs. Implications for screening, prevention, and intervention among Chinese children affected by parental HIV are discussed.

Reconsidering the structure of the questionnaire for eudaimonic well-being using wide age-range Japanese adult sample: An exploratory analysis

BackgroundAn increasing amount of research is now highlighting the importance of approaching issues of happiness through eudaimonic well-being. However, the literature does not conclusively show a full understanding of the construct of eudaimonic well-being, as previous studies primarily focused on younger samples from Western countries and only a few studies have attempted to explore its psychological construct through exploratory approaches. Therefore, we conducted a survey among a wide range of age groups in Japan to capture the psychological construct of eudaimonic well-being, through an exploratory analytic approach using Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Wellbeing (QEWB).MethodsA total of 1126 Japanese participants (580 females, 546 males) were included for analysis. Participants were divided into three age groups according to their age, including 10s to 20s (18–29 years), 30s to 40s (30–49 years) and 50s to 60s (50–69 years). After narrowing down the total number of factors by exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM), we conducted an ESEM and bifactor ESEM with oblique goemin and oblique bi-geomin rotations for choosing and assessing the final model based on the rotated results and its interpretability.ResultsThe results of a parallel analysis and goodness-of-fit indices obtained by ESEM indicated that the QEWB consisted of three or more factors. Both a three-to-six factor and bifactor ESEM with oblique goemin rotation showed that three-factor structure for the 30s to 40s and 50s to 60s and four-factor structure for the 10s to 20s should be chosen, respectively. “Deep and Meaningful Engagement,” a factor only relevant to the 10s to 20s may be an expanded version of what original paper called the Intense Involvement in Activities, with more emphasis on the enthusiastic attitude one has towards activities.ConclusionsThe structure of eudaimonic well-being may differ across cultures and ages, thus requiring further investigation in the field.

Establishing a Nexus between On-Street Commercial Activities, Associated Environmental Risks Hazard Risks and Planning Policy: An Exploratory Analytical Approach

The paper established a nexus between on-street commercial activities, associated environmental and hazard risks and environmental planning policy in Ado Ekiti. In order to achieve the objectives, a series of survey was carried out. This included site visitation, field observation, and collection of relevant data through questionnaire. A total number of 800 lock up shops were identified in various locations in the study area meant for various commercial purpose and a further 1200 slots were added for hawkers, market induced service operators, road side traders, members of Drivers’ Unions, passengers, pedestrians etc, bringing the total number to 2000 out of which 10% was sampled totaling 200 respondents in all. The two hundred respondents were randomly stratified from the Atikankan, old garage, Mathew, Irona, Ojumose, Oke-Iyinmi and Idolofin area. Out of the 200 questionnaires, only 199 were filled and returned. The study revealed that on-street commercial activities were responsible for several environmental problems and other hazards in the study area, thereby frustrating environmental planning policy. It is recommended that a more efficient rerouting of traffic along major high ways and around market locations must e adopted. Markets like Oba’s Market, Bisi Market, Erekesan Market should be developed to meet the global standard. Enough parking spaces should also be provided around these Markets to ease the commercial activities in the study area among others.

What Boosts Talent Development? Examining Predictors of Academic Growth in Secondary School Among Academically Advanced Youth Across 21 Years

We examined 482,418 students who took the ACT in the seventh grade and again in high school, taking an exploratory analytic approach to examine academic growth trends from 1996 to 2017. Predictors included sociodemographics, interests, high school (HS) characteristics, HS coursework and GPA, and extracurriculars, which explained 25% of the variance in academic growth. Overall, growth improved from 2005 to 2017, but growth for low-income and Hispanic students was stagnant. Catholic and private school students had the highest growth; homeschooled and high-poverty public school students had the lowest. High growth was associated with STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) elective HS courses and advanced AP, accelerated, and honors courses. Students with investigative and conventional interests had higher growth. Some extracurriculars had significant relationships with academic growth, though the effects were small.

Why is it Imperative for Tanzania to Industrialize?

Tanzania’s average annual growth rate of GDP of 6.4% between 2005 and 2017 has had limited impact on jobs and poverty reduction. The current government’s mantra, ‘Tanzania ya Viwanda’, is meant to tackle these two problems. The objectives of thepaper are fourfold: first, to gain clear understanding of the Tanzanian context and why it is imperative to industrialize; second, to examine to what extent Tanzania has structurally transformed, and how that has been responsible for poverty and growthwithout jobs; third, to examine how industrial development could enhance agricultural production; and fourth, to assess the opportunities and challenges that exist in Tanzania’s industrialization drive and draw some policy implications. The paper uses labour market, macro and trade data from secondary sources, and employs the exploratory analytical approach. It concludes that the imperative to industrialize in Tanzania cannot be overemphasized due to the following gains: structural transformation, job creation, higher agricultural productivity, and poverty reduction. The industrialization drive must focus on Tanzania’s comparative advantage and ensure that some of the challenges identified—i.e., poor infrastructure, weak business environment and regional integration hurdles—are well known, addressed, and given the priority they deserve.
 JEL Codes: I30, J60, O55

Examining Microstructural White Matter in Active Duty Soldiers with a History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Traumatic Stress.

Background:There is a high comorbidity of posttraumatic stress (PTS) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), with largely overlapping symptomatology, in military service members.Objective:To examine white matter integrity associated with PTS and mTBI as assessed using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).Method:Seventy-four active-duty U.S. soldiers with PTS (n = 16) and PTS with co-morbid history of mTBI (PTS/mTBI; n = 28) were compared to a military control group (n = 30). Participants received a battery of neurocognitive and clinical symptom measures. The number of abnormal DTI values was determined (>2 SDs from the mean of the control group) for fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD), and then compared between groups. In addition, mean DTI values from white matter tracts falling into three categories were compared between groups: (i) projection tracts: superior, middle, and inferior cerebellar peduncles, pontine crossing tract, and corticospinal tract; (ii) association tracts: superior longitudinal fasciculus; and (iii) commissure tracts: cingulum bundle (cingulum-cingulate gyrus and cingulum-hippocampus), and corpus callosum.Results:The comorbid PTS/mTBI group had significantly greater traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, and post-concussive symptoms, and they performed worse on neurocognitive testing than those with PTS alone and controls. The groups differed greatly on several clinical variables, but contrary to what we hypothesized, they did not differ greatly on primary and exploratory analytic approaches of hetero-spatial whole brain DTI analyses.Conclusion:The findings suggest that psychological health conditions rather than pathoanatomical changes may be contributing to symptom presentation in this population.

Representation and participation in management committees of teaching and service integration.

To analyze the representation and participation of the management, attention, teaching and social control segments in management committees of health teaching-service integration. Qualitative research with exploratory-analytical approach that involved representatives of these segments who participate in the management instances of the Pro-Health integrated proposal of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 11 members of the segments and observation of six meetings of instances between October 2012 and April 2013. The following categories emerged: Representation through dialogue: possibility to negotiate; Legitimacy of representation: establishing fecund relationships; Disparity in the representation of the segments: the four-way approach in disharmony. It is incipient participation of some segments; there are different understandings as to the perception of the meaning of representation. There are conflicts, but the dialogue prevails, provided that the subjects need improve their communication skills.

Using wildfires as a natural experiment to evaluate the effect of fire on southern California vernal pool plant communities

Fires in Mediterranean-type ecosystems (MTEs) have been studied widely with emphasis on shrub and grassland vegetation types. Although vernal pools comprise a very small fraction of MTEs, they are important to regional biodiversity due to high local endemism. Fire frequency has been increasing in MTEs and while altered fire regimes have been shown to threaten native shrub communities, their effect on vernal pools is uncertain. Due to the number of at-risk species in this habitat, experiments with potentially harmful effects are problematic. Therefore, we initiated this study to take advantage of two anthropogenic but unplanned fire events. The analysis uses data collected from 2001 to 2009 on a site burned in 2000 and 2003. We analyzed the data in an exploratory framework and applied unadjusted and adjusted models using different parameterizations of the exposure variables. The results did not provide evidence that fire reduced the abundance of native vernal pool species in southern California. There is provisional evidence of a positive but temporary effect of fire on native vernal pool species. Our analysis demonstrates an exploratory analytical approach for use with problematic data sets that can arise when conservation objectives constrain opportunities for experimental studies.

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This paper presents the phenomenology of Issa-Afar protracted violence in Ethiopia from hitherto unexplored vintage points of remembering (subjective memory), re-presentation (narrative construction and re-construction of remembering), and dramaturgy (the discursive and performative utility) of violence. Issa-Afar violent conflict is one of the most protracted violent conflicts in the Horn of Africa that unabatedly perpetuated at least since the turn of 20th century to date. Situated at the cross-roads of the most insecure, fragile and geo-strategically significant region of the Horn characterized by Regional Security Complex, and the environmentally and historically marginalized pastoral territories of Ethiopia, Issa-Afar protracted violent conflict is checkered with local, national, regional and global interplay of forces; the complex overlap of identity, politics, geography and history have set the context and dynamics of perpetual violence. The study strongly contends that the unattended continuity of memories of violence, the remembering, representation and dramaturgy involved have contributed to the self-perpetuation of violence; and strongly recommends to re-tune state and none state efforts to address the invisible and visible, consequential and inconsequential utilities of Issa-Afar conflict in a synchronic orientation. The paper has purely qualitative research design and exploratory analytical approach which is based on the collection and analyses of huge qualitative data from triangulated data collection tools covering eight decades. Primary data sources were gathered from Afar, Issa, Oromo and federal organ informants; secondary archives of the three successive governments accessed are from Afar, Somali, Harari and Dire Dawa administrative organs, as well as Central (Federal) government archives at Addis Ababa. Theories of protracted violent conflict (from peace studies), dramaturgy of violence (from sociology) and memory and representation of violence (from Hierological history and anthropology) are triangulated under the umbrella of Constructive Conflict Transformation; theories are embedded in the main body as triangulated frame of analyses. The paper is organized into four parts; part one provides prefatory note; part two describes the prognosis of the conflict; part three analyses memories, narrations and representation of violence based on critical reflections on popular beliefs, official evidences and historical documents and informant narrations; part four presents the complex impact of remembering and representation in molding the dramaturgical shift of recent Issa-Afar violence; the last part makes brief remarks as conclusion and recommendation. Key words: Issa-Afar, remembering, representation, dramaturgy, trauma, victimization.

Detecting Human Population Diversity within an Archaeological Context: A Comparison of Finite Mixture Analysis and Discriminant Function Analysis

Quantifying levels of variation to differentiate between human groups is problematic in prehistoric contexts due to the lack of clearly defined populations among humans. Group differences are typically assessed by comparing cranial morphology or body shape through some variant of discriminant function analysis (DFA), which relies on a priori assumptions of group membership. Alternate methods, such as finite mixture analysis (FMA), take a model-free approach and use internal characteristics of the sample to identify population substructure and estimate probabilities of group membership. Differences between these methodologies are explored using 3D coordinate data of Arikara crania from Larson (39WW2) and Sully (39SL4); Larson is temporally constrained and historically documented as reflecting a single population, whereas Sully has been shown to represent a single population, despite the evidence that multiple cultures were present at the site. It was anticipated that DFA and FMA demonstrate similar results in differentiating between the number of human groups present in archaeological samples. The coordinate data are translated, rotated, and scaled using a Procrustes superimposition and the fitted coordinates are subjected to a principal component analysis. The resulting principal components were used as variables in the DFA and FMA to assess variation in shape differences within the samples. Results show that an unconstrained approach, such as FMA, is preferential as an exploratory analytical approach to differentiate between human groups. The ability of these analyses to detect groups within a context wherein population substructure is not known is discussed, as well as the implications for the manner in which human variation is quantified.

Analyzing State-Based Silver Alert Programs: The Case of North Carolina

Recent discussions about securing the autonomy and safety of older people in a cost-effective way have culminated in the establishment of "Silver Alert" media-alert policies in more than half of US states over the past 5 years. Although these policies have been established with exceptional legislative speed, research has not yet examined how these policies have been implemented across geographic areas. Data from the 587 Silver Alerts activated in North Carolina in 2008, 2009, and 2010 were analyzed. Zero-inflated negative binomial regression and exploratory spatial analyses were employed. Despite a policy focus on older adults and individuals with cognitive impairment, activation of Silver Alerts in a county was not related to the proportion of the population 65 years of age or older or to the prevalence of poor mental health in the county. Rather, a 1-unit increase in the proportion of the population comprised of African Americans increased the rate of Silver Alert activation by a factor of 1.019 (P < 0.01). Additionally, spatial analyses suggested that the number of Silver Alerts in a county was related to its proximity to North Carolina's state capital, Raleigh. These results should be interpreted with caution because an exploratory analytic approach was employed in both regression and spatial analyses. The current mission and implementation of the Silver Alert program should be reviewed, given that significant effects were observed for the proportion of African Americans in a county and the county's distance from the state capital, but not for the proportion of older adults in the county or for the prevalence of impaired mental status.

Importancia de la intervención de la administración en el proceso de transición a NIIF en las Pymes de Sogamoso, Boyacá

Se tiene la concepción que el proceso de convergencia a Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera, NIIF, le concierne únicamente a los profesionales de contabilidad y al área financiera de las empresas, cuando en realidad ésun proceso que involucra a la gerencia y debe iniciarse desde sus más altos niveles de administración empresarial, debido a la importancia y trascendencia de dicho proyecto que afecta a toda la organización, incluso su estrategia de negocio. La administración de las PyMES de Sogamoso no está exenta de las consideraciones anteriores, pues no se han detenido a reflexionar sobre los impactos que el proceso de convergencia trae a la organización y la incidencia en la toma de decisiones, al igual que las ventajas competitivas que el mejoramiento en la calidad de la información financiera puede traerles. Este escrito pretende mediante un enfoque exploratorio analítico, visualizar la importancia de la intervención de la administración en el proceso de transición a NIIF. Las conclusiones de este documento están encaminadas a proponer estrategias que orienten y permitan una mejor intervención de la gerencia en el proceso de convergencia, especialmente en las PyMES de Sogamoso.

An IconMap-based exploratory analytical approach for multivariate geospatial data

This paper discusses an iconmap-based visualization technique that enables multiple geospatial variables to be illustrated in a single GIS raster layer. This is achieved by extending the conventional pixel-based data structure to an iconic design. In this way, spatial patterns generated by the interaction of geographic variables can be disclosed, and geospatial information mining can be readily achieved. As a case study, a visual analysis of soil organic matter and soil nutrients for Shuangliu County in the city of Chengdu, China, was undertaken using the prototype IconMapper software, developed by the authors. The results show that the static IconMap can accurately exhibit trends in the distribution of organic matter and nutrients in soil. The dynamic iconmap can both reflect interaction patterns between organic matter and the nutrient variables, and display soil fertility levels in a comprehensive way. Thus, the iconmap-based visualization approach is shown to be a non-fused, exploratory analytical approach for multivariate data analysis and as a result is a valuable method for visually analyzing soil fertility conditions.

IconMap-Based Visualisation Technique and its Application in Soil Fertility Analysis

With the development of geographic information science and the progress in the research of scientific visualisation, the visualisation of multivariate geospatial data has attracted much attention. This paper discusses an IconMap-based visualisation technique that enables multiple geospatial variables be represented in a single raster layer. This is achieved by extending the conventional pixel-based image structure to the three-tiered iconic design. Thereby the spatial pattern generated by the interaction between multivariate geographic variables can be disclosed, and the goal of geospatial data mining is achieved. A visualisation case study on soil organic matter and nutrients for the Shuangliu County of Chengdu City, China, was performed using the proposed approach. The result shows that the static IconMap can better display the distribution tendency of the high-end and low-end soil organic matter and nutrients, and that the dynamic IconMap can both reflect the interaction between the organic matter and the nutrients variables, and display the soil fertility levels in a comprehensive way. Thus, the IconMap-based visualisation approach is a non-fused, exploratory analytical approach for multivariate data and valuable for visually analyse the soil fertility condition.

Establishing a Nexus Between Residential Quality and Health Risk: An Exploratory Analytical Approach

One of the basic sources of risk to public health is the built environment. Both housing and health are social issues that need to be constantly ensured by urban stakeholders. There seems to be a strong connection between housing quality and health conditions of inhabitants. However, not much is known about the health risks that poor housing conditions could pose to the residents in Lagos, Nigeria. This paper therefore examines the impacts of housing conditions on the health of dwellers in Lagos metropolitan areas. Data were obtained from survey of residences in three areas of Lagos. Bivariate and multivariate analyses showed that there are strong negative correlations between housing conditions and health of residents and the residential use value, space quality and structural quality factors are responsible for health risk experienced in the areas under study.

Human factors at sea: common patterns of error in groundings and collisions

This research aimed to identify and map the common patterns of human and organizational causes underlying two types of marine accident: groundings and collisions. Generalizing patterns of causality from relatively unique and individual accident events required a structured and exploratory analytical approach. Two complementary human factor analysis tools were employed to analyse a set of 30 detailed marine accident reports produced by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Common patterns of causality were identified for both groundings and collisions. Groundings commonly resulted from a failure to adequately plan a passage, coupled with either a problem locating the vessel, or communication problems on the bridge. Collisions often involved a fishing vessel and a bulk carrier or cargo vessel, and commonly resulted from both a problem identifying the existence or speed of the other vessel and, again, an inadequate planning process. Generalizing these common causal patterns from a number of accidents identifies a range of points at which crews, managers and policymakers can intervene to forestall the development of these accidents. The method developed here may also be productively extended and applied to other accident types and used as an ongoing risk management tool.

Human metabolic phenotype diversity and its association with diet and blood pressure.

Metabolic phenotypes are the products of interactions among a variety of factors-dietary, other lifestyle/environmental, gut microbial and genetic. We use a large-scale exploratory analytical approach to investigate metabolic phenotype variation across and within four human populations, based on 1H NMR spectroscopy. Metabolites discriminating across populations are then linked to data for individuals on blood pressure, a major risk factor for coronary heart disease and stroke (leading causes of mortality worldwide). We analyse spectra from two 24-hour urine specimens for each of 4,630 participants from the INTERMAP epidemiological study, involving 17 population samples aged 40-59 in China, Japan, UK and USA. We show that urinary metabolite excretion patterns for East Asian and western population samples, with contrasting diets, diet-related major risk factors, and coronary heart disease/stroke rates, are significantly differentiated (P < 10(-16)), as are Chinese/Japanese metabolic phenotypes, and subgroups with differences in dietary vegetable/animal protein and blood pressure. Among discriminatory metabolites, we quantify four and show association (P < 0.05 to P < 0.0001) of mean 24-hour urinary formate excretion with blood pressure in multiple regression analyses for individuals. Mean 24-hour urinary excretion of alanine (direct) and hippurate (inverse), reflecting diet and gut microbial activities, are also associated with blood pressure of individuals. Metabolic phenotyping applied to high-quality epidemiological data offers the potential to develop an area of aetiopathogenetic knowledge involving discovery of novel biomarkers related to cardiovascular disease risk.