Interinstitutional Relational Capital of Support for Climate Change and Food Security, an Analysis from the Social Networks in Cauca, Colombia

Social media, sustainability, and environmental protection in sustainable education

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202020809002 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 208 ◽

pp. 09002

Author(s):

Mihaela Simionescu ◽

Zuzana Horváthová ◽

Nataliia Kovshun ◽

Nina Kushnir

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Social Networks ◽

Social Media ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Protection ◽

Environmental Awareness ◽

Sustainable Education ◽

The Social ◽

The Future ◽

Social Environmental

This paper focuses on the perceptions of sustainability and environmental protection expressed by the users of social networks (such as Facebook or WhatsApp). Forming the perception of climate change and environmental protection is a part of sustainable education. Social networks and Internet-based technologies might contribute to the process of gaining, processing and exchanging the information on sustainable development and to help to shape the social environmental awareness. Our results demonstrate that people who are familiar with the concept of sustainability consider environmental protection to be very important compared to those who are not familiar with this concept. In addition, it appears that people without any significant knowledge about sustainability are not interested in environmental protection. These outcomes suggest that sustainable education might help people in changing their perspectives and considering environmental protection to be essential for the future.

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Averting robo-bees: why free-flying robotic bees are a bad idea

Emerging Topics in Life Sciences ◽

10.1042/etls20190063 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (6) ◽

pp. 723-729

Author(s):

Roslyn Gleadow ◽

Jim Hanan ◽

Alan Dorin

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Computer Simulation ◽

Food Security ◽

European Countries ◽

Plant Interactions ◽

Plant Insect Interactions ◽

Native Habitat ◽

Insect Pollinators ◽

Insect Interactions

Food security and the sustainability of native ecosystems depends on plant-insect interactions in countless ways. Recently reported rapid and immense declines in insect numbers due to climate change, the use of pesticides and herbicides, the introduction of agricultural monocultures, and the destruction of insect native habitat, are all potential contributors to this grave situation. Some researchers are working towards a future where natural insect pollinators might be replaced with free-flying robotic bees, an ecologically problematic proposal. We argue instead that creating environments that are friendly to bees and exploring the use of other species for pollination and bio-control, particularly in non-European countries, are more ecologically sound approaches. The computer simulation of insect-plant interactions is a far more measured application of technology that may assist in managing, or averting, ‘Insect Armageddon' from both practical and ethical viewpoints.

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Supplemental Material for The Social Networks of Smokers Attempting to Quit: An Empirically Derived and Validated Classification

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors ◽

10.1037/adb0000336.supp ◽

2017 ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

The Social

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Pro-Social Peers and Protective Influences in the Social Networks of Homeless Youth

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e516812010-004 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Eric Rice

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Homeless Youth ◽

The Social

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The value, costs, and meaning of transnational migration in rural Oaxaca, Mexico

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v6i1.83 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 15-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jeffrey H. Cohen ◽

Bernardo Rios ◽

Lise Byars

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Sense Of Belonging ◽

Southern California ◽

Transnational Migration ◽

Urban Centers ◽

Cultural Economic ◽

Southern Mexico ◽

Shared Identity ◽

The Social

Rural Oaxacan migrants are defined as quintessential transnational movers, people who access rich social networks as they move between rural hometowns in southern Mexico and the urban centers of southern California. The social and cultural ties that characterize Oaxacan movers are critical to successful migrations, lead to jobs and create a sense of belonging and shared identity. Nevertheless, migration has socio-cultural, economic and psychological costs. To move the discussion away from a framework that emphasizes the positive transnational qualities of movement we focus on the costs of migration for Oaxacans from the state’s central valleys and Sierra regions.

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Emotive Trending And Tracking of Tweets

International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering ◽

10.23956/ijarcsse.v7i11.463 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (11) ◽

pp. 25

Author(s):

Sanjay Chhataru Gupta

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Social Media ◽

Social Network ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

Complex Events

Popularity of the social media and the amount of importance given by an individual to social media has significantly increased in last few years. As more and more people become part of the social networks like Twitter, Facebook, information which flows through the social network, can potentially give us good understanding about what is happening around in our locality, state, nation or even in the world. The conceptual motive behind the project is to develop a system which analyses about a topic searched on Twitter. It is designed to assist Information Analysts in understanding and exploring complex events as they unfold in the world. The system tracks changes in emotions over events, signalling possible flashpoints or abatement. For each trending topic, the system also shows a sentiment graph showing how positive and negative sentiments are trending as the topic is getting trended.

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THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS IN FACILITATING TRAINING TRANSFER AND GOAL SETTING AMONGST SMALL BUSINESSWOMEN: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

ADVANCES IN BUSINESS RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ◽

10.24191/abrij.v3i2.10093 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 20

Author(s):

Norlina Mohamed Noor ◽

Raja Munirah Raja Mustapha

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Human Resource Development ◽

Goal Setting ◽

Training Transfer ◽

Business Environment ◽

Main Role ◽

Training Process ◽

Knowledge And Skills ◽

The Social ◽

Training Activities

Knowledge and skills have become the most crucial resource capital which enables organizations to survive in the ever changing business environment. One of the common strategies for organizations to increase their performance and productivity is through training and the main role of human resource development is to fulfil the needs of the organizations by providing employees with up to date expertise, information, knowledge and skills. Since huge financial investments and enormous time are allocated for training, organizations hope that the training will lead to the desired workoutcomes. However, this does not always happen. There is only a small percentage of training programs which had successfully shown lasting transferability to the workplace and this indicates thatunderstanding and improving the training transfer process is still a major concern for training researchers and practitioners. As training transfer is influenced by several variables at different levels of analysis, this study attempts to investigate the relationship between training transfer determinants, the involvement of different stakeholders and training activities in the training process. Specifically, this study investigates the influence of training transfer determinants on goal setting amongst small businesswomen. In addition, it will emphasize the roles of primary stakeholders in the social networkat different times during the training process towards achieving training transfer. Therefore, the framework postulates social networks as a moderating variable in enhancing training transfer andgoal setting amongst small businesswomen.

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