scholarly journals Valuing the Impacts of Landslides: A Choice Experiment Approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elin Spegel ◽  
Kristina Ek
Keyword(s):  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Equal Weight ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
Negative Impacts

AbstractThis paper analyzes the preferences for reducing the negative impacts of landslides. Negative consequences of landslides include impacts on transport infrastructure, humans, the environment and important societal services. We apply a choice experiment. The analysis is based on 6048 observations from 504 participants in a web panel. The overall finding is that reducing the risk of landslides would have a positive impact on individuals’ utility, and that individuals prioritize preventing negative consequences on human health and safety over maintaining societal services, environmental status, and preventing damages to transport infrastructure, which seems to be least pressing. Results indicate that prioritizations of citizens differ from the prioritizations of public authorities, whose risk assessment model for evaluating the consequences of landslides gives equal weight to the different impacts.

scholarly journals The impact of ODA in constructing road traffic infrastructure on Vietnam’s economic growth

2021 ◽  
pp. 99-106
Author(s):  
Thanh Cuong Dang ◽  
Dang Bang Nguyen ◽  
Thi Hang Trinh ◽  
Thi Thao Banh ◽  
Thi Thu Cuc Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Domestic Investment ◽  
The Impact

The study examines the impact of official development assistance (ODA) in constructing road transport infrastructure on Vietnam’s economic growth. The authors select gross domestic product (GDP) to represent economic growth and test the influence of ODA in constructing road traffic infrastructure on Vietnam's GDP. Based on the references and analysis of previous studies, the authors propose an impact assessment model of ODA in constructing road transport infrastructure, Foreign direct investment (FDI), Domestic Investment (VDT) and Labor Force (Labor) to economic growth through GDP as a dependent variable. The regression results show that the ODA had a positive impact on GDP. Moreover, ODA plays an important role in constructing road transport infrastructure on Vietnam’s economic growth.

scholarly journals DAMPAK PENGGUNAAN TIK TERHADAP PERILAKU ANAK USIA DINI: STUDI KASUS PADA ANAK USIA 4-7 TAHUN

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-52
Author(s):  
Sri Tatminingsih
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Children's Behavior ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Frequent Exposure

This study aims to determine the impact of the use of gadgets by early childhood. This  is a case study employing descriptive qualitative method. Data was collected by means of interviewing parents and observing children's behavior. The source of data is two mothers with 4 children aged 4 to 7 years. The results showed that the use of information and communication technology, in the forms of Ipad and mobile phones can have a positive as well as negative impact on the children’s behavior. When playing a gadget, children tend to play intensively and with a high frequency. It is interesting to note that at an early age the children already have the skills to use gadget features, and they can concentrate on the game for quite a long time. Another positive impact is the improved ability of conversational English by children, due to frequent exposure to many English programs. The negative impacts are the tendency of children to be selfish when sharing gadgets with other children, and tendency to delay their routine obligations. Parents needs to control the use of gadgets by children so that it brings more positive impacts than negative consequences. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dampak yang ditimbulkan pada penggunaan gadget oleh anak usia dini. Penelitian ini merupakan studi kasusdengan metode kualitatif deskriptif. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara terhadap orang tua dan observasi perilaku anak. Sumber data adalah 2 orang ibu dengan 4 anak usia 4-7 tahun. Waktu penelitian selama 2 Minggu, yaitu tanggal 7-20 Mei 2017. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan: 1) Setiap anak, rata-rata bermain gadget(Ipad dan/atau telepon genggam) selama 5-6 jam/hari yang dilakukan setelah pulang sekolah hingga waktu tidur; 2) Orangtua melarang lunak, dalam arti melarang tapi ketika anak merengek maka akan diijinkan; 3) Anak memiliki pengetahuan dan keterampilan yang baik dalam menggunakan fitur-fitur gadget; 4) Anak dapat berbahasa Inggris terutama dalam percakapan; 5) Anak cenderung tenang dan diam selama bermain gadget sendiri; 6) Anak cenderung rebut dan sulit mengalah saat bermain gadget bersama; 7) Anak cenderung menunda kewajiban rutinnya, seperti makan, mandi, tidur, belajar ketika sudah bermain gadget; 8) Anak cenderung tidak peduli dengan situasi di sekitarnya dan asyik sendiri; 9) Anak tidak suka jika diajak kegiatan di luar rumah dan selalu ingin cepat pulang agar bisa segera bermain gadget. Kesimpulan yang diperoleh dari penelitian ini adalah bahwa penggunaan Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi khususnya Ipad dan telepon genggam dapat berdampak positif dan negatif bagi perilaku anak usia dini. Rekomendai yang dapat disampaikan adalah sebaiknya orang tua benar-benar mengontrol penggunaan gadget pada anak agar dampak positifnya lebih banyak dibanding dampak negatifnya.

IMPROVEMENT OF NATIONALISM REFLECTED IN PANCASILA'S 3rd SILA THROUGH THE ART OF REOG KENDHANG

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Andreas Andrie DJATMIKO
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Planned Change ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
Social Controls ◽  
Younger Generation ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Right

Community Service is one of the programs that are needed by the community today. This is done as an effort to respond to the needs of the community and is real program and realistic, especially in the fields of education, social, economic and cultural. Community Service Program is a program that is learning, studying and serving that is realized in the form of introduction and appreciation of community development through the clarity of planned change programs and problem solving methods regarding the ability to choose and use the right skills. A big nation is a nation that wants to respect its culture. Indonesia has a diversity of cultures that are characteristic and assets of the Indonesian nation. But most of the younger generation has forgotten a lot of the culture of the nation. The tendency of the younger generation now prefers outside cultures and many younger generations are less able to sort out most of which have negative impacts rather than a positive impact on themselves and others as well as the environment. There is a need for character education so that the younger generation can be relied upon in the future according to the nation's culture, such as being responsible for mutual cooperation, mutual assistance and good manners. Reog Kendhang's art proves that local culture can increase the sense of community nationalism and be able to become social controls so as not to fall into bad lifestyle. The formation of a national culture that can truly reunite all components of the nation's culture, therefore it is necessary to have a deeper introduction to history and cultural heritage in search of the identity of a pluralistic Indonesian society.

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT THE LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC EFFECT DUE TO THE USING OF LOW-SPEED INDIVIDUAL VEHICLES, BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE TOWN OF SERPUKHOV

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-90
Author(s):  
Olga Leptiukhova ◽  
Marija Utkina
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Economic Effect ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Operational Parameters ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Low Speed ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
Complex Criterion ◽  
Electric Bicycle

For more than half a century bicycle transport demonstrates its effectiveness as one of the elements of the transport network of the city. Currently, vehicles with low-power motors such as electric bicycle, electric scooter, gyrometer, segway, wheelbarrow, scooter motor and others are gaining people's attention. These vehicles can be combined into a group of low-speed individual vehicles (hereinafter - NITS) with similar re-quirements for the operational parameters of urban infrastructure. From the urban point of view, the interest in NITC is that the number of its users has increased significantly in recent years. The article presents the results of a sociological survey of residents of Serpukhov, allowing to assess the current and potential readi-ness of the population to use NITC. The growing popularity of NITC has led to an increase in the environmen-tal and economic effect, which is manifested at a particular level of development of the movement on NITC. The ecological and economic effect of the use of NITC has an extremely positive impact on the improvement of the urban environment. This article provides a list of indicators that reflect the growth in the standards of living of society from movement by the NITC, and the calculation of one of them - the increase in entrepre-neurial activity on the streets with increased traffic to the NITC. Indicators are necessary for calculation of complex criterion of efficiency and safety of street network due to development of the movement by NITC. The result will allow public authorities authorized to make decisions on the strategy of transport policy of cities to quantify the ratio of economic benefits from the development of infrastructure of the NITC with the cost of its construction and operation.

Impact of Job Stress and Social Support on Job Satisfaction among Academic Staff

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumari Kumkum ◽  
R. N. Singh ◽  
Yogershi Rajpoot
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Four Dimensions

There may be so many negative consequences of stress for human beings and dissatisfaction among employees happens to be one of the major problems. It indicates negative feelings that individuals have regarding their jobs or its facets. On the other hand, social support is assumed to be mitigating the relationship between negative aspects of the work environment and job satisfaction. Job stress is said to be associated with job dissatisfaction as well as experience of strain. In view of the above, this study examined the role of job stress and social support in job satisfaction. The sample consisted of 30 school teachers from different school of Varanasi (U.P.). The job stress, job satisfaction and social support scales were administered on the participants. The responses of the participants were converted into scores for statistical analyses. The scores of participants on the scales were correlated. The findings revealed that job stress led to increased job satisfaction. It is against the proposed hypothesis and it appears as if the social support received by the participants is a factor behind it. Two of the four dimensions of social support were found to exert positive impact on job satisfaction but the other two dimensions were not found to be correlated with it. The findings are thoroughly discussed and interpreted.

scholarly journals Does Employee Care Trigger Innovation Under a Healthy and Safe Working Environment? Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry in China

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 194
Author(s):  
Minghui Yang ◽  
Qian Lin ◽  
Petra Maresova
Keyword(s):  
Safety Management ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Firm Innovation ◽  
Corporate Managers ◽  
Pharmaceutical Firms ◽  
Corporate Ability ◽  
Safe Working

Sustainability of the workforce becomes a crucial issue, of which responsible care for employees can increase job satisfaction and human capital that impact corporate ability to absorb and generate new knowledge. Firms are obligated to provide a healthy and safe working environment for their employees, but it may in turn hinder innovation due to rigid and structured institutional regulations. Drawing on data of 308 China’s pharmaceutical firms from 2010 to 2017, we investigated whether employee care can trigger innovation under corporate adoption of the occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS). Our results suggest that both employee care and OHSMS adoption have a positive impact on innovation. Moreover, the positive relationship between employee care and innovation was more pronounced in firms that had adopted the OHSMS certification. These findings are valuable to policymakers and corporate managers in emerging economies through corroborating the important role of workforce sustainability in facilitating firm innovation.

Infrastructure and Trade: An Empirical Study Based on China and Selected Asian Economies

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110360
Author(s):  
Imran Ur Rahman ◽  
Mohsin Shafi ◽  
Liu Junrong ◽  
Enitilina Tatiani M.K. Fetuu ◽  
Shah Fahad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Sea Transport ◽  
Asian Economies ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
High Standards ◽  
Merchandise Trade

We empirically determine the role of different forms of infrastructure on a country’s trade. We use an augmented gravity model that incorporates infrastructure in the estimation of merchandise trade flows. We take panel data, including China and 21 selected Asian economies, from 1999 to 2018. We find that the panel ordinary least squares (OLS) and poisson pseudo maximum likelihood (PPML) model estimations prove to be significant. Proxies for Transport Infrastructure including roads, railways, and sea transport, and Proxies for information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure consisting of mobile, electricity, and internet connections show a strong and positive impact on trade while air transport and landline phone connection have an unexpected negative effect on trade. The positive estimates for quality of infrastructure signify that high standards of Transport and ICT infrastructures lead to increased trade flows of the exporting and importing countries. Results also show that cultural similarity leads to increased trade flows between China and its trading partners in Asia.

scholarly journals Can Corporate Fairness towards Public Authorities Enhance Customer Loyalty? A Multi-Sectorial Investigation in a Developing Country

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ovidiu I. Moisescu ◽  
Oana A. Gică ◽  
Victor O. Müller ◽  
Camelia Ancuța Müller
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Retail Banking ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Banking Services ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Company Identification

This paper investigates how customer loyalty can be enhanced by improving customers’ perceptions of corporate fairness towards public authorities, taking into account the mediating role of customer-company identification, in a multi-sectorial context, in a developing country in Central and Eastern Europe. The investigation is conducted comparatively within four main industries (telecom services, retail banking services, dairy products and personal care products) and depicts the particular impact these perceptions have on customer loyalty in each domain, with practical implications concerning corporate social responsibility (CSR) communications. A consumer survey was designed and implemented among a sample of 1464 customers from Romania. The collected data was analyzed by means of partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). We found that customers’ perception of corporate fairness towards public authorities has a significant and positive impact on customer loyalty in all investigated industries, both directly and indirectly via customer-company identification, with a higher impact for services, especially for retail banking services.

scholarly journals Improving drug safety predictions by reducing poor analytical practices

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 239784732097863
Author(s):  
Stanley E Lazic ◽  
Dominic P Williams
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Drug Discovery ◽  
Drug Safety ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Predictive Modelling ◽  
Equal Weight ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Preclinical Data ◽  
Safety Pharmacology ◽  
Patients At Risk

Predicting the safety of a drug from preclinical data is a major challenge in drug discovery, and progressing an unsafe compound into the clinic puts patients at risk and wastes resources. In drug safety pharmacology and related fields, methods and analytical decisions known to provide poor predictions are common and include creating arbitrary thresholds, binning continuous values, giving all assays equal weight, and multiple reuse of information. In addition, the metrics used to evaluate models often omit important criteria and models’ performance on new data are often not assessed rigorously. Prediction models with these problems are unlikely to perform well, and published models suffer from many of these issues. We describe these problems in detail, demonstrate their negative consequences, and propose simple solutions that are standard in other disciplines where predictive modelling is used.

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