scholarly journals Potential for inter-state spread of Covid-19 from Arizona, USA: analysis of mobile device location and commercial flight data

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Watts ◽  
Natalie H Au ◽  
Andrea Thomas-Bachli ◽  
Jack Forsyth ◽  
Obadia Mayah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
The United States ◽  
Significant Rise ◽  
Flight Data ◽  
Need To Evaluate ◽  
Commercial Flight ◽  
Device Location ◽  
Inter State

A significant rise of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Arizona in June 2020 prompted the need to evaluate potential dispersion to other regions in the United States. We evaluate the potential for domestic dissemination of SARS-CoV-2 from Arizona using mobile device-location and scheduled flights data.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Branded Mobile Apps on User’s Brand Attitudes and Purchase Intentions

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria A. Seitz ◽  
Nada M. Aldebasi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
The United States ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Brand Attitudes ◽  
Limited Impact ◽  
The Past

AbstractThe mobile device market, particularly for smart phones, has experienced incredible growth over the past five years. What sets this market apart is the use of applications or apps for just about anything from information to purchases. The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of branded apps on consumers’ attitudes toward brands as well as purchase intentions. The sample was drawn from students enrolled at a southwestern university in the United States, resulting in 50 usable questionnaires. Results of Pearson’s correlation analysis indicated that using branded apps strongly influenced users’ attitudes toward brands; however, using branded apps had a smaller impact on purchase intentions. As well, attitudes towards the branded apps, although significant, had a limited impact on purchase intentions. Implications of the findings were then discussed.

The Measure of All Things

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme Lamy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Large Range ◽  
The United States ◽  
Significant Rise ◽  
The Other ◽  
Satellite Mission ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Joint Mission ◽  
The 1960S

The TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite mission to observe the oceans triggered the formation of the new specialty of space oceanography from the 1970s to 1990s. Previously, in the 1960s in the United States, traditional oceanographers had shown little interest in the possibilities of space and thus space engineers and physicists worked on the first missions (Seasat in particular). TOPEX/POSEIDON brought together two projects, one American (TOPEX) and the other French (POSEIDON). The gradual crystallization of the disciplinary specialty of space oceanography occurred by making available a platform of instruments able to meet an ensemble of varied needs. Battery failures just before the launch of the joint mission meant that the mission had to focus on the essentials (notably El Niño effects). Subsequently, the discovery of a significant rise in sea levels due to global warming resulted in space oceanography becoming a recognized specialty. The case of TOPEX/POSEIDON shows the original ways in which instruments gained a place in the very large range of oceanographic techniques.

Herbicides as Ripeners for Sugarcane

Weed Science ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caleb D. Dalley ◽  
Edward P. Richard
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Temperate Climate ◽  
Sugar Production ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Climate Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Need To Evaluate ◽  
Chemical Ripening ◽  
Sugarcane Industry

Chemical ripening of sugarcane is an important component to profitable sugar production in the United States as well as other sugarcane industries throughout the world. Harvesting of sugarcane often begins before the sugarcane reaches the desirable maturity level. This is especially true in the Louisiana sugarcane industry where the window for harvesting is limited because of the risk of freezing temperatures encountered in a temperate climate. Research on the application of chemicals, mostly of herbicide origin, to enhance sucrose accumulation (ripening) or limit flowering to conserve stored sucrose has been conducted for more than 60 yr. The only sugarcane ripener currently registered for use in the United States is glyphosate applied before harvest. The herbicide fluazifop is used as the primary ripener of sugarcane in South Africa. The herbicides glyphosate, fluazifop, and sulfometuron-methyl and the growth regulators ethephon and trinexapac-ethyl are registered for use in Brazil. There is a continuing need to evaluate sugarcane ripeners to increase the utility of currently registered ripeners and to find additional ripeners for use by sugarcane industries. The need for alternatives to glyphosate is especially critical before a glyphosate-tolerant sugarcane can be utilized to improve control of problematic weeds.

Evaluating International Competitiveness at the Industry Level

1998 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Momaya
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Competitiveness ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Project ◽  
Industry Level ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Need To Evaluate ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Indian Industries ◽  
Different Levels

In recent years, the importance of competitiveness has been increasingly recognized. In this article⁄ Momaya discusses different levels of competitiveness and reviews its significance at the industry level. To enhance the understanding of the dynamics of competitiveness, it is divided into three facets: assets, processes, and performance. A methodology to evaluate the relative competitiveness at the industry level is developed and listed in the context of the construction indus try in Canada, Japan, and the United States. While presenting the findings of the international project, Momaya confirms the important role strategic management processes play in enhancing competitiveness and stresses on the need to evaluate international competitiveness of crucial Indian industries.

Perceptions Toward the Federal Flight Deck Officer Program and Willingness to Fly

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott R. Winter ◽  
Stephen Rice ◽  
Kasey Friedenreich ◽  
Rian Mehta ◽  
Bryan Kaiser
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Airline Pilots ◽  
Commercial Airline ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
September 11 Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Commercial Flight ◽  
Amazon's Mechanical Turk ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Flight Deck

Abstract. In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States, numerous changes were implemented to aviation security. One of those programs was the arming of commercial airline pilots with handguns while they were on duty in a flight capacity. Since its inception, the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program has been controversial in nature. The purpose of this study was to examine participant perceptions and their willingness to fly based on whether or not the pilot of their hypothetical flight was armed and participating in the FFDO program. A sample of 812 participants was selected from both India and the United States using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk® (MTurk). In general, the findings indicate that participants were more willing to fly when their pilot was armed; however, American females indicated no significant difference between the two conditions. Affect measures were also collected from participants and suggest that the relationship between the condition and the participants’ willingness to fly was mediated by emotions. The findings of the study provide information on participants’ view of the arming of pilots and suggest that, for the most part, participants in this study seem supportive of FFDO and the arming of pilots of commercial airliners. This finding is limited to participants who take part in online human intelligence tasks through services such as MTurk, who may or may not have been a commercial flight passenger.

March into the Global North

2020 ◽  
pp. 90-114
Author(s):  
Yun Wen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
The United States ◽  
European Market ◽  
Original Equipment Manufacturer ◽  
Equipment Manufacturer ◽  
Developed Markets ◽  
The Us ◽  
Global North ◽  
Inter State

This chapter examines Huawei’s move to the global North, particularly to the European and US markets. Changing from an original equipment manufacturer to a favored investor, Huawei’s entry and encroachment into the European market shows a pattern and ramifications of Chinese ICT capital’s counterflow into developed markets. A series of setbacks Huawei encountered in the United States, however, demonstrates the US move to contain China’s business and technological power. The evolving disputes surrounding Huawei fully show inter-state/inter-capitalist competition between US hegemonic power and the newly emerging-market corporate power.

A Messenger of Peace to the World

2020 ◽  
pp. 301-356
Author(s):  
Duncan Bell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Science Fiction ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fin De Siecle ◽  
The World ◽  
Fiction Writers ◽  
Political Structures ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Inter State

This chapter traces the Anglotopian visions of universal peace in the context of fin-de-siècle debates about democracy, empire, race, and war. It contends that the most ambitious projects for Anglo-American synthesis promoted the idea of global racial peace — the abolition of war through the unification of Britain and the United States. Recognizing the character and significance of such arguments requires a reappraisal of the genealogy of modern peace discourse. After delineating several popular visions of peace that circulated during the nineteenth century, the chapter introduces the “democratic war thesis” and the “democratic empire thesis.” The former posited that democratic political structures caused or exacerbated inter-state conflict, while the latter suggested that vast empires could cooperatively govern the world and eradicate war. The chapter examines the racial peace thesis, which was propounded, albeit in different forms, by Andrew Carnegie, Cecil J. Rhodes, W. T. Stead, and H. G. Wells, many of the science fiction writers discussed in Chapter 5, and an array of other unionist political thinkers. This was the utopian core of the Anglo-racial dreamworld.

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