High Level Of Influence Research Articles

Деякі аспекти паводкового схилового стокоутворення річок степової зони з урахуван-ням сучасних тенденцій формування опадів у межах Дніпропетровської області

This study aims to define the quantitative, qualitative and spatio-temporal parameters of atmospheric precipitation and the surface runoff of rivers within Dnipropetrovsk region using the example of Samara River. The specified goal is achieved taking into account the problems of keeping and development of the water resource potential in Dnipropetrovsk region. At the first stage the survey analyzes the features of precipitation formation in Dniproperovsk region. The analysis is based on climate data base which includes fifty-six years of measurements by nine meteorological stations. The entire monitoring period was divided into two parts in order to find the trends of precipitation formation. The initial processing allows to confirm that there is a rising of moistening at researched region, spatially from southwest to northwest, and according to the annual statistics the max precipitation shifts to warm seasons of the year. The winter season is characterized by longer period of precipitation, contrary to winter, there is no changes in summer. Moreover, there are the torrential rains in summer and the average rain intensity does not exceed 1 mm per min. The probability of events when the rain intensity is more than 1 mm per min is about 3%. It was taking into account during the simulation. Nevertheless, one can see that rain type formation transformers into tropical one. The next main task of the research was to simulate the surface runoff of Samara River using the tool of QGIS- r.sim.water. The accuracy and reliability of the result correctness were confirmed by actual parameters of Vishnevy stream that placed in the territory of water-balance station Balzata (Moldova). As a result, the series of themes were created. It reflects the distribution of surface runoff parameters within Samara river basin during the warm season. In order to optimize the analyze the authors developed an estimation score system which is based on the influence of anthropogenic factors. Such solution allows to determine that the most problematic (from the “anthropogenic factors influence” point of view) regions are placed in the main river valley and at the southeast part of the Samara River basin. The rest part of the basin is characterized by minor or inessential influence of anthropogenic factors. The main anthropogenic factor that has the highest level of influence on the river runoff is an agricultural activity in the territory of Samara River basin. It affects the transformation time. The highest level of anthropogenic influence is determined in the middle of summer season, the lowest – in spring and autumn.

Cultural factors associated with the intent to be screened for prostate cancer among adult men in a rural Kenyan community

BackgroundThe aim of this study was to determine cultural factors associated with prostate cancer screening intent among adult Kenyan African men.MethodsA cross-sectional quantitative study with an analytic design was carried out in a randomly selected sample of 155 adult men aged 25–98 years living in a rural community in Kenya. Constructs from the Theory of Planned Behaviour were used to guide this study. A 5 -point Likert scale was used to assess fatalistic beliefs, fear, perceived benefits, and family influence. A structured questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data at the household level.ResultsOnly 2.4% of the study participants had been screened for prostate cancer. About 2/3rd (64%) of the participants felt that they were at risk of getting prostate cancer; 44% intended to be screened within the following 6 months. Mean scores on a 5-point Likert scale indicated: strong beliefs in the benefits of prostate screening (4.2 (±SD .8), men aged over 40 were not perceived to be at risk of getting prostate cancer (1.3 ± .6), relatively high fatalistic beliefs of prostate cancer screening (3.6 (±SD .8), high degree of fear or apprehension of prostate cancer screening (3.2 (±SD 1.2), and a high level of influence of family members in prostate cancer screening (3.9 (±SD 1.0). The Wald criterion demonstrated that only family influence made a significant contribution to the intent to screen for prostate cancer (p = 0.031). Age, education, marital status, fatalism, fear, and benefit of screening were not associated with the intent to screen for prostate cancer.ConclusionsStrong beliefs of the benefits of prostate screening tended to be surpassed by relatively high fatalistic beliefs and fear or apprehension in prostate cancer screening. The family plays an important role in influencing decision making related to prostate cancer screening in Africans.

Dynamic Capabilities and Where to Find Them

Despite its immense popularity, the dynamic capabilities framework faces fierce criticism because of the ambiguous and contradictory interpretations of dynamic capabilities. Especially challenging are the aspects related to the nature of dynamic capabilities and the issue of agency. In an attempt to avoid circular and overlapping definitions, I explicate dynamic capabilities as the regular actions of creating, extending, and modifying an organizational resource base. This implies that the individual’s intention to change the status quo in the organization and the individual’s high level of influence in the organization are necessary and sufficient conditions for dynamic capabilities. This approach overcomes challenges associated with current interpretations of dynamic capabilities, necessarily focusing on the actions and interactions of individuals in organizations. Following the micro-foundations movement, I present a multilevel approach for studying the individual-level causes and the firm-level effects of dynamic capabilities.

Pengaruh Perkembangan Bandara Internasional Adi Soemarmo terhadap Perubahan Guna Lahan Perdagangan dan Jasa pada Koridor Jalan Adi Sucipto di Kota Surakarta-Kabupaten Karanganyar

<div><p><strong><em></em></strong><em>Adi Soemarmo International Airport is one of the terminal air transportation, which is currently being carried out development. Empirically, Adi Soemarmo International Airport have a direction towards the development of Surakarta is a corridor that connects the Adi Soemarmo International Airport with the city center of Surakarta</em><em>. One </em><em>of the corridors that developed along the development of Adi Soemarmo International Airport is an Adi Sucipto road corridor. Development in Adi Sucipto road corridor are emerging land use of commercial activities. The problem in this research is how to influence the development of Adi Soemarmo International Airport to changes in land use of trade and services in the Adi Sucipto road corridor? The purpose of research is influence the development of Adi Soemarmo International Airport to changes in land use of trade and services in the corridor of Adi Sucipto road corridor. The method used is the deductive research methods with quantitative research. The analysis technique used is descriptive analysis. Conclusions from this research is the development of Adi Soemarmo International Airport influence to changes in land use of trade and services in the corridor of Adi Sucipto road corridor. The degree of influence can be divided into three classifications that is high levels of influence, medium levels of influence, and low levels of influence. High levels of influence, that is (1) the influence of the facility of Adi Soemarmo International Airport to function of land use and floor space ratio of trade and service in the corridor of Adi Sucipto road. (2) the influence of of the accessibility of Adi Soemarmo International Airport to function of land use and floor space ratio of trade and service in the corridor of Adi Sucipto road.</em></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><em> </em><em>airport, road corridor, land use</em><em></em></p></div>

PENGARUH FAKTOR PREFERENSI BERMUKIM MASYARAKAT DALAM MEMILIH HUNIAN PERUMAHAN TERHADAP KONDISI FISIK LINGKUNGAN DI PINGGIRAN SELATAN KOTA SURAKARTA

<p><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong>: <em>Limited land for housing in Surakarta eventually make the society chosen an alternative to living in residential housing on the southern fringe of Surakarta.The problems in this research is how influence of factors society living preference when choosing a residential housing to the physical condition of the environment on the southern fringe of Surakarta. The purpose of research is to find the influence of factors society living preference when choosing a residential housing to the physical condition of the environment on the southern fringe of Surakarta. </em><em>The used research method was quantitative with deductive approach</em><em>. The analysis technique used is descriptive eksplanatif analysis. Overall the conclusion of this research is </em><em>factors society living preference when choosing a residential housing give high influence to physical condition of the environment on the southern fringe of Surakarta. When viewed its influence to each of these aspect physical condition of the environment, factors society living preference when choosing a residential housing give high level of influence on the residential density condition, give high level of influence on the facilities condition, give high level of influence on the infrastructure condition and give medium level of influence on the accessibility condition.</em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Keyword: </em></strong><em>Housing, Living preference, </em><em>Physical condition of the environment</em><strong><em></em></strong></p>

기업의 공유가치창출(CSV:creating shared value)전략 활성화를 위한 매체 활용 효과연구 : 뉴 시니어 세대의 태도 형성 요인을 중심으로

Background : In this study, we focused on CSV activity as one of the solutions that can resolve the fundamental problem arisen from population aging, and which can be activated consistently. We also suggest a media application plan that can resolve the problem through a more effective method aimed at the New Senior Generation that is newly emerging these days. Methods : We lay the groundwork by examining the creation of shared value and brand attitude, the New Senior and media application, and the suitability of media and creating shared value through preceding research, and we borrow and produce the experimental subject of this study by referring to existing cases. The experimental subject consists of print media, web sites and mobile applications and was estimated in order with a survey. Results : The results of this study show that CSV activity has a positive effect in the order of print media, web sites and mobile applications on brand attitude formation of New Senior. Especially mobile applications, which have the most effective power, have the highest level of influence on behavioral attitude as well as has a positive effect on the cognitive and affective attitudes. Conclusions : This study shows that improvement of user experience through a more personalized and progressed form of media(i.e., mobile application) that exceeds the utilization of traditional media, is important for the CSV activity of the business aimed at New Senior to contribute to social problem resolution, and to have a positive effect on the reconsideration of the awareness and formation of loyalty about the business. That is, it shows the importance of the CSV activity of the business through effective media application that is suitable for the target.

Wave spectral shapes in the coastal waters based on measured data off Karwar on the western coast of India

Abstract. An understanding of the wave spectral shapes is of primary importance for the design of marine facilities. In this paper, the wave spectra collected from January 2011 to December 2015 in the coastal waters of the eastern Arabian Sea using the moored directional waverider buoy are examined to determine the temporal variations in the wave spectral shape. Over an annual cycle for 31.15 % of the time, the peak frequency is between 0.08 and 0.10 Hz; the significant wave height is also relatively high (∼ 1.55 m) for waves in this class. The slope of the high-frequency tail of the monthly average wave spectra is high during the Indian summer monsoon period (June–September) compared to other months, and it increases with an increase in significant wave height. There is not much interannual variation in the slope for swell-dominated spectra during the monsoon, while in the non-monsoon period when wind-seas have a high level of influence, the slope varies significantly. Since the exponent of the high-frequency part of the wave spectrum is within the range of −4 to −3 during the monsoon period, the Donelan spectrum shows a better fit for the high-frequency part of the wave spectra in monsoon months compared to other months.

Corporations as agents of social change: A case study of diversity at Cummins Inc.

This case study on the American multinational Cummins Inc. calls into question traditional, normative theories of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Although the dominant literature views CSR as a response to society, Cummins’ promotion of diversity dates back to the 1940s, making their efforts well in advance of society’s expectations. The article shows that Cummins’ management pushed for civil and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights at times when society viewed these actions as being illegitimate and against community values. The study suggests that leaders for diversity at Cummins were able to gain support during these difficult times due to their high level of influence and by connecting the value of diversity to Cummins’ organisational identity.

PENGARUH KEDISIPLINAN GURU MENGAJAR TERHADAP PENINGKATAN MOTIVASI DAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN AQIDAH AKHLAK DI MIN 1 KOTA BENGKULU

Abstract: This research aims to know: (1) students’ system in a lesson in morals aqidah MIN 1 Bengkulu City? and (2) whether the teacher teaches discipline may influence towards improving student learning outcomes in the belief moral lesson in MIN 1 Bengkulu City. This type of research is classified as a field research (field research), using a quantitative approach that the data in the form of figures relating to the research theme. To determine the influence of teachers teaching discipline to increased motivation and student learning outcomes in learning Aqidah Morals at MIN 1 Bengkulu city, the authors analyzed using quantitative methods that the formula used is product moment.Based on the data processing and discussion of the results in the previous chapter, it can be concluded that: (1) The level of discipline teachers Aqidah Morals in MI country 1 Tanjung Agung is on. category “medium”, and the level of student motivation MI countri 1 Tanjung Agung also is in the category “medium”. The discipline of teachers influence on students’ motivation MI countri 1 Tanjung Agung, namely in carrying a very high level of influence (the value of the space between 0.800 to 1.000). Thus, discipline teachers can increase student motivation. (2) The level of discipline teachers Aqidah Morals in MI contri 1 Tanjung Agung in the category “medium”, and the level of student learning outcomes MI 1 countri Tanjung Agung also is in the category “medium”. The discipline of teachers influence on student learning outcomes MI countri 1 Tanjung Agung, which is in effect a very high level (grades space between 0.800 to 1.000). Thus, discipline teachers can increase student motivation.

Impact of American Political Marketing on Israeli Society

The extensive literature examining the impact of American campaign styles in other countries generally attributes various political changes to the presence of American professionals and imported campaign techniques. Yet foreign professionals working on international campaigns may have more or less influence, and there is little systematic understanding of the factors that contribute to their actual influence over the local campaign. This paper examines the Israeli case as an example of strong penetration of American campaign professionals and techniques and analyzes the factors that contributed to their relatively high level of influence. Following this, a framework is proposed for assessing when imported American professionals and/or styles are likely to have a strong or weak influence on a campaign, based on factors leading to easy adoption or requiring more extensive adaptation. The study finds that in Israel, endogenous factors including social, political, cultural, and economic evolution contributed to the easy adoption of American campaign practices, creating a welcoming environment for American professionals. Thus, the major changes in campaigns often attributed to Americanization in other countries may be due at least in part to organic social, economic, and cultural changes of that society.

Indicadores de gobernanza en políticas y programas de salud mental en México: una perspectiva de actores clave

ObjectiveTo analyse the role of Mexico's mental health system governance in the development of mental health policies and programmes, from the perspective of its own actors. MethodsA map was developed for identifying the actors in Mexico's mental health system. A guide was designed for in-depth interviews, which were recorded and arranged in categories for their analysis. The Atlas-ti v.7 software was used for the organisation of qualitative data and Policy Maker v.4 was used to determine the position and influence of actors within the health system. ResultsThe actors were identified according to their level of influence in mental health policies: high, medium and low. Actors with a high level of influence participate in national policies, actors with medium influence are involved in regional or local policies and the participation of actors with a low level of influence is considered marginal. ConclusionsThis study facilitated understanding of governance in mental health. The level of influence of the actors directly affects the scope of governance indicators. Relevant data were obtained to improve policies in mental health care.

The Romance of Police Pracademics

A human science true to itself will explore the ideals, strivings, failures and fulfillments of everyday life Philip Selznick (2008 , p. 23) In his essay on the limits to leadership, Stephen Mastrofski challenges the ‘romantic’ view of police chiefs as exercising high levels of influence over their agencies (2002). His purpose is not to suggest that chiefs are powerless to make things happen, particularly in their capacity to shape perceptions of the organization’s goals and activities. Rather, his aim is to reveal the significant organizational constraints on chiefs’ abilities to govern and reform their departments. These include employment regulations limiting a chief’s hiring authority, or the power of elected officials to determine police policy through budget decisions. The danger of subscribing to the romance of police leadership is that it ‘misstates the chief’s influence and diverts attention from the processes by which chiefs are most likely to exert it’ ( Mastrofski, 2002 p. 153).

Uncovering governance mechanisms surrounding harbour porpoise conservation in the Danish Skagerrak Sea

The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is the focus of a range of conservation efforts and policies, including the Habitats Directive, aimed at reducing the bycatch of non-target species in gillnet fisheries. This paper describes the governance process and analyses the governance mechanisms and conflicts surrounding ongoing fisheries management planning with a focus on two Natura 2000 sites in the Danish part of the Skagerrak Sea designated to protect harbour porpoises. Responsibility for developing fisheries management for Natura 2000 sites is solely the remit of the fisheries agency, including mechanisms related to stakeholder involvement. This approach fuels the efficiency of the decision making process, while full transparency and/or co-decision becomes less of a given within a ministry for an economic sector compared with the environment ministry. In relation to porpoises, conflicts are driven mainly by the economy and the varying perceptions of the bycatch issue, with great differences between government, NGO's and fishers. Interviews with fishers and fishing effort data reveal intra-sectoral conflicts pertaining to the incompatibility of active trawling and passive gillnetting in the areas. The paper questions the overall approach to managing the harbour porpoise bycatch issue in light of Natura 2000 and discusses the role of science and its high level of influence in this planning process.

A Profile of Dental School Deans, 2014

To develop a profile of current U.S. dental school deans and report their perceptions, challenges, and opportunities that should be addressed in the leadership development programs of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA), data were gathered using a web-based survey organized into seven content areas. In 2014, the deans of all accredited dental schools in the U.S. including Puerto Rico were invited to participate in the survey. The response rate was 86% (56/65). A majority of the deans were male (N=44; 79%) and white/non-Hispanic (N=49; 88%); all reporting degrees held a DDS/DMD (N=54; 100%). Just over half were between the ages of 46 and 55 (N=31; 55%) when they first became a dean. The mean age of these deans was 61.4 years, with a range of 48-72. The respondents reported that school administration/management, fundraising, students, the academic environment, leadership development, and faculty had a high level of influence on their job satisfaction. Communication, conflict resolution, and finance were reported as the most important knowledge areas. A majority reported being better prepared for clinical education and student relations than fundraising and research when they took their positions. They responded that finances and faculty recruitment and retention were their greatest challenges as a dean. Among these respondents, 98% (N=55) reported being satisfied to very satisfied with their job overall. The survey results will inform ADEA’s leadership development programs for the next five to seven years.

Relationship of Psychological Contract and Employees' Job Engagement (An Investigation of the Millennium Generation and the Impacts of Various Generations)

The current paper was administered with the aim of examining the relationship between the psychological contract fulfillment and the employees' job engagement at the Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch (Investigation of the millennium generation and the impact of various generations). For this purpose, all the employeesof this university were examined as the statistical universe. This study, methodologically speaking, is a descriptive research of correlation type, of applied nature in terms of goal, and of survey information in terms of collection manner while temporally it is latitude-periodic. To measure the fundamental concepts of the research, the Rousseau Psychological Questionnaire (including 9 questions) and the Wiley and et al's Job Engagement (in 12 questions) were applied. The questionnaires' reliability in form of Cronbach's alpha was calculated as 0/953 for the psychological contract and 0/872 for ye job engagement. The final findings in the SPSS software suggest the existence of a significant relationship between the psychological contract and its dimensions (officials' thoughts, officials' obligations and act upon the promises made by the officials) with the employees' job engagement of the Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch. The results from the research findings indicate that there is a lack of relation between psychological contracts and job engagement and the millennium generation and various generations. In the analysis of the multiple regression results, the variable of officials' obligation among other dimensions of the variable of the psychological contract has the highest level of influence on the employees' job engagement while there is no strong relation between the various generations and the millennium generation with the psychological contract and job engagement.

Roles of course facilitators, learners, and technology in the flow of information of a cMOOC

<p>Distributed Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are based on the premise that online learning occurs through a network of interconnected learners. The teachers’ role in distributed courses extends to forming such a network by facilitating communication that connects learners and their separate personal learning environments scattered around the Internet. The study reported in this paper examined who fulfilled such an influential role in a particular distributed MOOC – a connectivist course (cMOOC) offered in 2011. Social network analysis was conducted over a socio-technical network of the Twitter-based course interactions, comprising both human course participants and hashtags; where the latter represented technological affordances for scaling course communication. The results of the week-by-week analysis of the network of interactions suggest that the teaching function becomes distributed among influential actors in the network. As the course progressed, both human and technological actors comprising the network subsumed the teaching functions, and exerted influence over the network formation. Regardless, the official course facilitators preserved a high level of influence over the flow of information in the investigated cMOOC.</p>

Factors Influencing Career Decision-Making among Tenth grade students in South Batina Governorate

The purpose of the present study was to investigate factors that influence the career decision-making of tenth graders in the South-Batina governorate and the extent of influence of each, in addition to the effect of gender, level of achievement, field of specialty, and parents educational level variables on those factors. A quantitative method approach was used for data collection. A questionnaire of career decision-making factors was applied to a random cluster sample of (350) tenth grade students (52.3% male, and 47.7% female). Factor analysis yielded three subscales for self-efficacy, family and social factors, and school factors. The results of the study indicate that first school factors, then self-efficacy, and finally family and social factors reported high levels of influence on the career decisions made by tenth graders. The independent samples t-Test revealed that the self-efficacy and school factors influence female students. Moreover, the results show that the self-efficacy and school factors are mainly influencing the science students. The One-Way ANOVA Test revealed significant differences in self-efficacy related to the achievement level, favouring students with high achievement. The results also show significant differences in both school factors influencing low achievement students and the self-efficacy factor favouring parents with higher education.

Social Media as a Tool for Improving Teaching and Learning Experience

Abstract At least a quarter of human population is actively engaging in social media. Social media possesses a high level of influence and importance. For example, social media shapes communication habits between people and provides a communication channel for business enterprises. The statement that teachers should utilise social media as a tool for improving teaching and learning experience, rather than ignoring it, is becoming a common topic for discussion. Hence the aim of this article is to analyse how to use social media in order to improve teaching and learning experience. A theoretical overview of scientific literature on the topic of social media application prospects in education is provided in this article, and a traditional input-process-output schematic for social media usage in teaching and learning is also developed.

Factors Influencing Career Decision-Making among Tenth grade students in South Batina Governorate

The purpose of the present study was to investigate factors that influence the career decision-making of tenth graders in the South-Batina governorate and the extent of influence of each, in addition to the effect of gender, level of achievement, field of specialty, and parents educational level variables on those factors. A quantitative method approach was used for data collection. A questionnaire of career decision-making factors was applied to a random cluster sample of (350) tenth grade students (52.3% male, and 47.7% female). Factor analysis yielded three subscales for self-efficacy, family and social factors, and school factors. The results of the study indicate that first school factors, then self-efficacy, and finally family and social factors reported high levels of influence on the career decisions made by tenth graders. The independent samples t-Test revealed that the self-efficacy and school factors influence female students. Moreover, the results show that the self-efficacy and school factors are mainly influencing the science students. The One-Way ANOVA Test revealed significant differences in self-efficacy related to the achievement level, favouring students with high achievement. The results also show significant differences in both school factors influencing low achievement students and the self-efficacy factor favouring parents with higher education.

Determining the Relative Importance of Parameters Affecting Concrete Pavement Thickness

Spending costs in construction of road pavements has turned this subject into one of the significant points in transportation infrastructure of countries. Concrete slabs consider as a paving method with ability of reducing the rehabilitation needs. Therefore, to manage costs and optimize the thickness of concrete pavements, recognizing the amount of determinative factors’ influence will be required. A study with the aim of determining the influence of traffic parameters, type of subgrade soil and the base layer thickness on the concrete pavement slab thickness can provide the choice of best concrete pavement design. For this purpose, the PCASE software has been used in this paper to construct sufficient number of numerical examples, 288 specimens, with taking into account the number of equivalent single axle, the subgrade modulus of concrete pavement construction place and the base layer thickness. These samples are considered as the basis of training and testing an artificial neural network and the level of pavement design parameters importance is relatively determined on the results of optimal neural network. The method used in this paper for calculating the relative importance of each parameter involved in the concrete pavement thickness indicates that the parameters of base layer thickness and the number of equivalent single axle have the lowest and highest level of influence, with the values of about 21 and 42 percent, respectively. The obtained results are also compatible with concepts and structural features of concrete pavements.