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Research on the Application of Value Creation of Big Data in Smart Tourism 大数据价值创造在智慧旅游中的应用研究

International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences Pub Date : 2019-08-06 DOI: 10.20448/2001.61.12.18

Yu Zhao, Y. Zhan

引用次数: 2

Public Relations Implications of the Challenges Facing the Bakassi Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria’s Cross River State 尼日利亚克罗斯河州巴卡西境内流离失所者(IDPs)面临挑战的公共关系影响

International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences Pub Date : 2019-07-08 DOI: 10.20448/2001.61.1.11

P. Okon, P. Abu

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引用次数: 3

Help-Seeking and Management Behavior of the Deans and Academic Chairpersons in the University of Eastern Philippines 东菲律宾大学院长和学术主席的求助和管理行为

International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences Pub Date : 2019-04-05 DOI: 10.20448/2001.52.65.70

V. A. Piczon, L. A. Asis

{"title":"Help-Seeking and Management Behavior of the Deans and Academic Chairpersons in the University of Eastern Philippines","authors":"V. A. Piczon, L. A. Asis","doi":"10.20448/2001.52.65.70","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.52.65.70","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the help-seeking and management behavior of Deans and Academic chairpersons in a state university In Northern Samar. It determined the effect of help-seeking behavior on management behavior of the administrators. A total of thirty-two college deans and department heads participated in the study. Colleges administrators admitted that they seek help from others when faced with challenging situations. Findings showed they are participating in decision making efficiently. Similar efficiency level was found on management behavior in terms of problem-solving, conflict management, and crises' intervention. Overall, management behavior of college school administrators was considered efficient. Help-seeking behavior positively Influenced the problem solving and conflict management abilities of the colleges' administrators. On the other hand, the test of the relationship between help-seeking behavior and performance of the school administrators showed that only occupational competence had a significant relationship with help-seeking behavior. Schools administrators' help seeking behavior is much helpful in dealing with their duties particularly on management areas of their occupation. Occupational competence was significantly related to decision making, problem-solving and conflict management. On the other hand, professional and personal characteristics were also significantly, related to crisis intervention. Punctuality and attendance had no significant relationship to any of the management behavior. Lastly, the test of difference in help-seeking behavior of colleges administrators when compared by age and gender showed that help seeking varies among different age groups. Younger colleges administrators seek more help compared to seasoned administrators. No significant difference was found on the help-seeking ability between male and female administrators. Implications of help-seeking on school administrators were discussed.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122284582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3

Teachers’ Perspective on Implementation of the Double Track Senior High School System in Ghana 加纳高中双轨制实施的教师视角

International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences Pub Date : 2019-04-01 DOI: 10.20448/2001.52.47.56

D. Mensah

{"title":"Teachers’ Perspective on Implementation of the Double Track Senior High School System in Ghana","authors":"D. Mensah","doi":"10.20448/2001.52.47.56","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.52.47.56","url":null,"abstract":"The study sought to explore teacher’ perspective on the implementation of the double track senior high school education system in Ghana; specifically, in the Effutu Municipality and Gomoa East Districts of Ghana. The study employed sequential exploratory design. Semi structured interviews and structured questionnaires were used to gather data for the study. The population comprised head teachers and teachers. The purposive and simple random sampling procedures were used to select head teachers and teachers respectively. The sample size of the study was 95 which comprise five (5) head teachers and ninety (90) teachers within the Effutu municipality and Gomoa East Districts of the Central Region of Ghana. Majority of the respondents perceived that the implementation of the double track senior high school system in their school has resulted in increased enrollment, reduced class sizes, and increased contact hours, recruitment of new teachers and optimal use of school facilities. Challenges confronting the implementation of the double track senior high school system in the study area were inadequate stakeholder consultation, inadequate provision of logistics and funds by the government, quality of education being compromised, possible incompletion of syllabus owing to increased number of holidays and maintenance of school facilities becoming a problem. The study, therefore, recommends that policy makers (Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service) should strategically involve head teachers and teachers in the development of policies since the teachers are the key implementers of the policy. Government should also ensure adequate provision of resources and logistics for successful implementation of its policies.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122907889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 12

Prevalence and Determinants of Loneliness among Older Adults in Bangladesh 孟加拉国老年人孤独感的患病率和决定因素

International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences Pub Date : 2019-03-05 DOI: 10.20448/2001.52.57.64

M. S. Rahman, M. A. Rahman, Md Saidur Rahman

{"title":"Prevalence and Determinants of Loneliness among Older Adults in Bangladesh","authors":"M. S. Rahman, M. A. Rahman, Md Saidur Rahman","doi":"10.20448/2001.52.57.64","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.52.57.64","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The prevalence of loneliness confirms its commonness among older adults which leads to further functional declination, of physical and mental health along with disability and the last result is to be death. Thus, this study was undertaken with a view to examining the potential risk factors for loneliness in aging population in Bangladesh which is responsible for its prevalence. Methods: Data gathered for this cross-sectional study from 517 older adults’ older adults in Meherpur district, Bangladesh. The level of loneliness was assessed using short version (6-items) of De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale and the depression was measure with the help of 15-items geriatric depression scale (GDS). Chi-square test was run to find out the possible associated factors for loneliness and multivariate multinomial logistic regression model was performed to predict the significant risk factors. Results: The overall prevalence of loneliness found 54.3% whereas 41% felt ‘sometimes’ and 13.3% had feeling of ‘always’ loneliness. In bivariate model, except place of residence, all other selected characteristics were significantly associated with increasing of loneliness. In adjusted analysis, gender, marital status, living status, hearing-visual impairment, depression, concern about falling were found as the statistically significantly risk factors for causing of different degrees of loneliness. Conclusion: Study connotes the prevalence of loneliness among aged people of Bangladesh and their associated risk factors. Results of this study would be assistive to reduce the prevalence of loneliness and helpful for geriatric policy implications.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"284 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122961294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 10

Does Corruption really affect the Growth of Entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe? 腐败真的会影响津巴布韦企业家的成长吗?

International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences Pub Date : 2019-02-11 DOI: 10.20448/2001.51.33.46

J. Muzurura

{"title":"Does Corruption really affect the Growth of Entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe?","authors":"J. Muzurura","doi":"10.20448/2001.51.33.46","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.51.33.46","url":null,"abstract":"Like in most developing countries, the level of entrepreneurship growth as measured by the number of new firm start-ups has become a central economic issue in Zimbabwe. Necessity and opportunity-driven entrepreneurial activities in the country are being driven by weakening economic growth, poverty, idiosyncratic macro-uncertainties and high levels of unemployment. The country has consistently been listed by the Transparent International Perception of Corruption Index as one of the most corrupt countries in Sub-Saharan Africa outside a war zone. The study examined the nexus between entrepreneurial activities and corruption in Zimbabwe using Ordinary Least Regression equation for the period 1998 to 2016. Our findings suggest that productive entrepreneurial activities in Zimbabwe are significantly being curtailed by regressive tax regimes coupled with enfeebled public institutions. We also demonstrate a positive one way causality running from entrepreneurial activities to corruption and, hence proving the applicability of the greasing hypothesis of corruption in Zimbabwe. The study recommends a number of policy prescriptions that include: reducing levels of taxes on entrepreneurial activities, eliminating red-tape and regulations that add costs on opportunity-driven entrepreneurship, increasing the effectiveness of public institutions especially those that deal with entrepreneurs, introducing robust legislation aimed at reducing public officials’ opportunities for rent seeking in entrepreneurial activities that are most prone to corrupt practices. In addition, there is need to monitor bureaucrats and impose severe penalties in order to make corruption payoffs too risky. Our study contributes to the literature on the greasing effect of corruption on entrepreneurial activities in developing countries.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130571525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Factors Influencing Hypertension Prevalence in Patients Attending Hypertensive Clinic in Siaya County Referral Hospital, Kenya 肯尼亚Siaya县转诊医院高血压门诊患者高血压患病率的影响因素

International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences Pub Date : 2019-02-08 DOI: 10.20448/2001.51.21.32

J. Owenga, J. Odhiambo, R. Olayo, Leon Awiti

{"title":"Factors Influencing Hypertension Prevalence in Patients Attending Hypertensive Clinic in Siaya County Referral Hospital, Kenya","authors":"J. Owenga, J. Odhiambo, R. Olayo, Leon Awiti","doi":"10.20448/2001.51.21.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.51.21.32","url":null,"abstract":"This study focused on the factors influencing hypertension prevalence among patients attending a hypertensive clinic in Siaya County Referral Hospital. Cross-Sectional descriptive study design was employed and the researcher collected both qualitative and quantitative first-hand information from the key informants and hypertensive patients respectively. The study targeted 34o hypertensive patients attending the hypertensive clinic in the county hospital, Krejcie and Morgan sampling frame was used to arrive at a sample of181patients who were then obtained through simple random sampling. The study used key informant interview guides and questionnaires to collect the data. Quantitative data were analyzed descriptively using measures of central tendency, frequencies and percentages and inferentially through Spearman Correlation. Qualitative data were analysed through content analysis. The study found out that demographic characteristics and attitude on hypertension had an insignificant negative influence on hypertension prevalence. Knowledge and social-economic characteristics had significantly negative influence on the prevalence of hypertension. The study recommends that the government and the various agencies like the NGOs and mass media should intensify campaigns that are aimed at increasing the knowledge, awareness, education and information concerning hypertension and its effects. Finally, there is a need for both the county and the national government to come up with health support programs, including subsidized medicare, increasing free medical camps and provision of affordable health insurance covers that would cater for patients of low socio-economic status to enable them access medical care.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127264441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Analysis on the Risk and Supervision of P2P Online Financing Platforms in China 中国P2P网络融资平台的风险与监管分析

International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences Pub Date : 2019-02-06 DOI: 10.20448/2001.51.16.20

Zhi-hong Song, Yu-xin Tian, Dong-mei Lee, Jin-xia Qin

{"title":"Analysis on the Risk and Supervision of P2P Online Financing Platforms in China","authors":"Zhi-hong Song, Yu-xin Tian, Dong-mei Lee, Jin-xia Qin","doi":"10.20448/2001.51.16.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.51.16.20","url":null,"abstract":"Microcredit is a vital breakthrough to solve the financial problems of low-income groups and small and medium-sized enterprises, while traditional microfinance providers can only meet a small proportion of their capital needs. By using internet technology, P2P online financing extends the innovative development of microcredit with the aim of solving traditional micro-credit problems. This paper mainly explores the existing online financing operation model of P2P in China, and summarizes the relevant problems, such as low entry barriers for P2P online financing enterprises and lack of supervision, Lack of verification on the qualification of borrowers and poor management of the platform, imperfect information revealed or providing false information by platform, etc. Finally, the article put forward some suggestions concerning the healthy development for the P2P online financing platform, including the establishing entry audit system and strengthening the supervision of the P2P platform, strengthening the management of borrowers and improving the credit collection system, and strengthening the disclosure of information by platform.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124116073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Design of GPS Information Processing System Based on Single Chip Microcomputer 基于单片机的GPS信息处理系统设计

International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences Pub Date : 2019-02-04 DOI: 10.20448/2001.51.12.15

Yu Zhao, Y. Zhan, Hongbin Zhou

引用次数: 0

Role of Cooperatives and Participation of their Members in Agricultural Output Marketing: Empirical Evidence from Hetosa District, Ethiopia 合作社的作用及其成员在农产品营销中的参与:来自埃塞俄比亚赫托萨地区的经验证据

International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences Pub Date : 2019-02-01 DOI: 10.20448/2001.51.1.11

E. Tefera, Cho Young-bohk, Seon-hwa Kwag

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引用次数: 2