Year: 2015
Internet Users Attitudes towards Online Targeted Advertisements
Users leave their footprints about their interests while they are surfing on the internet. Companies have the opportunity of capturing …
From Censorship to Rating System: Negotiations of Power in the Thai Film Industry
This is a conceptual paper to analyze the transformation of Thai film censorship in Thailand. The study reviews literature on …
A Documentary Film on the Lives of Families of Filipino Journalists in Quezon Province Who Died in Line of Duty
This study is about the lives of the families of Filipino journalists is Quezon Province who died in line of …
Who is Afraid of Gays and Lesbians? : Power and Politics of Queer Visibility in Kingsley Iruoegbu’s Law58
While most countries in Europe, America and Asia are taking a more critical look at their homophobic positions and granting …
My Own Little Television: Implications of the Conflation of Internet Broadcasting and Television Broadcasting in the Korean Context
Internet broadcasting jockey (BJs) has been a lucrative occupation in Korea, but it has not necessarily been a legitimate job. …
The Role of Community-Based Media in Strengthening and Promoting Community Identity: A Case Study in the Thai Public Sphere
This paper analyses the role of community-based media in the Riverside community, an old and scenic location in Chanthaburi, Eastern …
Mobile Telephony for Community Networking: A Study of Thai, Rohingya and Hmong Communities in Multicultural Australia
In situations of displacement from beloved landscapes and acquired tastes to the unfamiliar land, it is common for immigrants to …
The Reception of the Weird Sisters in Welles’s ‘Macbeth’ and Kurosawa’s ‘Throne of Blood’
This presentation will focus on the reception of the Weird Sisters of William Shakespeare's Macbeth (1606) as supernatural beings with …
Shumang Leela A Platform for Cultural and Development Communication Discourse
Shumang Leela which means ‘Courtyard performance’ is a Manipuri theatrical art form considered to have developed in the 19th and …
Government Officials Perceptions of Public Relations in Indonesia
This research attempts to illustrate the perception of Public Relations (PR) profession in Indonesia. Adapting past research from Sterne in …
Socio-Political Influence on The Ideologies in Daniel Craig’s Bond Films: The Power That Lies Within
James Bond is arguably one of the widest-reaching, longest-standing and most influential film franchises of our time. In this sense …
Police-Community Relationship in Kuwait: Public Relation Approach
Police force is an important element of society which has been vigorously investigated by scholars and thoroughly examined by social …
Insights into the Coverage of the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis in Japan’s English-Language Newspapers
In this presentation, Ms Finn-Maeda outlines the initial findings of the research she has conducted over the past two years …
Digitizing Local Trip: Global Connectivity of Spatial Narratives in Indonesian Web-Series
Indonesia’s local film creation has further flourished into many kinds of innovative narratives, giving them power to be autonomous and …
Advertorials as a Public Relations Tool and its Impact on Newspapers and Readers
Advertorials are regarded a potent form of communication, albeit with a reputation for deception. It is a portmanteau of two …
Wartime Colonial Paradise and Postwar Doom: The Uses of Place, Time, and Memory in Mikio Naruse’s ‘Floating Clouds’
Japanese director Mikio Naruse made over 89 films over the course of his career and many of them are considered …
Left Behind: The Rural Children of Chinas Alternative Cinema
Against the narrative of success propagated by the Chinese government, China's independent filmmakers have committed themselves towards articulating an alternative …
The Undercurrents of Media Convergence and Development of Viewers’ Gratification to News Consumption
A linkage between media convergence and a transformation to digital television (TV) is increasingly becoming a driving force to the …
Critical Discourse Analysis of Thailand’s Film Acts (B.E. 2473 and B.E.2551)
Critical discourse analysis of Thailand’s Film Acts was studied by using the Critical discourse analysis of Norman Fairclough as an …
Power and Silence: Australian Media Portrayal of Israeli and Palestinian Casualties during the Gaza War of 2014
At one stage of the long-lasting Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Israel launched a military operation, Protective Edge, on the Gaza Strip in …
The Relationship Between Social Support and Self-Esteem to the Self-Disclose of Social Media on Older Adults
Social Media has profoundly changed people's daily life experiences. Whether it is to collect information, consumer trading, and express their …
Visions of Postwar Fascism
For Japan, 1960s were a troubled decade, kept between modernization and national identity. Intellectuals as well as Japanese “Nouvelle Vague”’s …
New Media/New Films: Smartphones and Evocative Documentary Practices
Smartphones are part of a convergence culture which is reconfiguring our relationship with media and arguably shifting our understanding of …
A Case Study on the Religious Model Reporting Style and Mediated Moral Panics in Malaysia
The issues concerning moral panics and music subcultures have often been overblown in the press coverage in Malaysia. Various models …
Street Art as Political Media Literacy: About Geneng Street Art Project 2014 in Yogyakarta
Geneng Street Art Project 2014 (GSAP) was a project undertaken by street art artists in Jogjakarta. GSAP used people houses …
Rise of Media Technologies and Emergence of a New ‘Political’ Popular Culture in South Asia
The advent of media technologies changed the whole course of communication and its dissemination. The convergent global media brought a …
Daily Pleasures: Intensity, Significance, and Modality Specific Features of Auditorily and Visually Induced Emotions
Visual communication in various digital medias, and increasingly personalized usage of such medias has become an extensive part of daily …
Media and Human Rights: India’s North East in National India Media
With the dawn of India’s independence in 1947 and subsequent consolidation of its territory, and reorganisation of international border with …
Friends with Benefits: A Discourse Analysis on Framing US-Philippine Relations through Print Media’s Coverage of EDCA
This study examines discourse production in the reportage of foreign affairs. In early 2014, Philippines announced the planning and signing …
Celebrity Cinema and Hallyu 2.0
Korean directors such as Im Kwon-Taek are synonymous with Korean national Cinema. They have raised the country’s cultural profile internationally …
Discourses of Democracy and Freedom in the Election Manifestos of the Political Parties in the Turkish General Elections of 2015
This study had been focused on the democracy and freedom discourses in the election manifestos of four political parties which …
Hate Speech in Reader Comments Made on News Regarding the Turkish General Elections of 2015
The main problematic of this study is to reveal how the political hate speeches directed to a political opinion or …
Communication of Anti-Violence and Anti-Vengeance Themes in Revenge Films
Narrative film is potentially a powerful means to reflect, reinforce or alter attitudes within society. In Asia, popular martial arts …
The Construction of City Image in Micro-Filmsthe: The Case of Taipei City Government
Due to the emergence and the widespread of the Internet and the mobile device technology, micro-film has become one of …
Uses and Gratifications of Live Streaming Apps Amongst Indonesian Youth: An Exploratory Study of Periscope
Indonesia, with a total online population of 93.4 million people in 2015, is one of key regions to watch in …
Bread Maker-Turned-Breadwinner: Representations of Gender and Power in the Canadian Television Series Bomb Girls
This research explores the representation of gender roles in the Canadian prime-time television series Bomb Girls, which depicts the lives …
A Study of the Effect of Using Social Networks on the Quality of Family Interpersonal Communication (with an Emphasis on the Relationship between the Couple)
Social networks played an undeniable role in everyday life and human relationships and social networks .Iranian's interest to join, like …
When Terrorism Enters the Theatre. A Reflection on the Terrorist Attack to the Dubrovska Theatre in Moscow in 2002
In October 23, 2002, forty two Chechen Terrorists attacked the Dubrovka theatre in Moscow and took 850 people hostage during …
Discussion on the Elements of Listed Energy Companies’ Environmental Information Disclosure in the New Context of China’s Environmental Legal System
Energy industry is the typical polluting industry. Listed energy companies face severe (internal and external) environmental risks for the particularities …
The Power of Social Machines
The main issue of this paper concerns the future of social machines, analyzed as united system of computers and people. …
Makespan Optimization for the Travelling Salesman Problem with Time Windows Using Differential Evolution Algorithm
Travelling salesman problem with time windows (TSPTW) is a well-known NP-hard problem in which the objective is to minimize the …
Role of Traditional Market as a Main Component of Javanese Cultural City Space Study Case: The City of Surakarta
Traditional market does not only function as a mere trading place; moreover, it functions as a place for life conception …
Concept and Practice of the Cultural Heritage Conservation after Flood Disaster: A Case Study of Ayutthaya, Thailand
Following the flood in 2011, the historical monument sites of Ayutthaya were also affected and damaged, the threat posed to …
The Dynamism of Old Wooden Houses within the Chiang Mai City Wall
Cultural sustainability is one of the key factors for sustainable development apart from economic growth, environmental stewardship, and social inclusion. …
Capacity Building towards Improvement of Energy, Environment, and Community Development Compliance in Indonesia: A Case Study of Pesanggaran Power Generation
Gas Fired Power Plant of Pesanggaran is one of power generation unit that currently operated by PT. Indonesia Power – …
Historical Notes on Forts and Floods in Colonial Iligan
The Sendong experience in 2011 was not the first major destructive flood in the recorded history of Iligan. Historical sources …
Finding the Leverage Point in the Sustainability Crisis: Global, National and Regional Australian Responses.
From an economic perspective, the sustainability crisis is ultimately characterised by a worsening relationship between the resources required to support …
Environmental Challenges and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Indonesian Perspective
Economic growth has become an objective of developing countries, including Indonesia. The sustainability of economic growth in developing countries depends …
Regional Disparity of Productivity and the Factors in Japanese Industries
This study examines productivity change and the factors of regional industries in Japan using a data set consisting of 47 …
Management of Sustainability Activities in Projects: The Perspective of Project Managers
Managing project sustainability is becoming important in the last two decades. An increasing number of projects have built in sustainability …
Marketing Mix to Promote Tourism in the Nature Education Center for Mangrove Conservation and Ecotourism in Chonburi Province
This study specifically aims to investigate appropriate marketing mix model to promote tourism in Chonburi province. It consists of three …
Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures: A Study of the Financial Characteristics and Capital Investment of the S&P 500 Firms
This paper examines the corporations' decision to disclose information related to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its implications. While there …
Corporate Tax Aggressiveness, Corporate Governance and Firm Value: Evidences from China
Tax represents a significant cost to shareholders as well as to the firms, and it is generally expected tax aggressiveness …
A Powerful Tool to Engage a Multi-Generational Workforce
This research examines the generational differences in an engagement model. A survey of 539 respondents was carried out where the …
Empowerment or Disempowerment of Middle and Lower Level Managers as Efficient Model of Managing in a Manufacturing Company in Poland
During the field research concerning job satisfaction and commitment we noticed, that there are no fundamental difference between answers of …
The Role and Tasks of the Bursar on Controlling in Non-Public Higher Education Institutions (HEIS) in Poland
Since 1990 the number of higher schools in Poland is growing rapidly. Attractiveness of the sector of non-public HEIs is …
Bank Access, Insurance Markets and Financial Structure on the International Risk Sharing
This project re-investigates the extent of international consumption risk sharing across countries and time. While there are some works documenting …
Decision of Incentives Type in Power Holders’ Hands: Joint Evaluation as a Cause of Overemphasize on Monetary Incentives
Most organizations emphasize monetary incentives more than non-monetary incentives. The practice is still common although ample of research showed it …
The Study of Service Quality and Costs of Hospitals in Social Security System in Thailand
This research aims to study factors influence the medical service quality of hospitals in the Social Security System. Also, it …
Professionals’ Perceptions of the Quality of the Transnational Higher Education in Sri Lanka
This paper discusses the professionals' perceptions of the quality of the transnational higher education in Sri Lanka. The main research …
The Effects of Using Non-Verbal Semiotic Elements in Teaching Vocabulary at A2 Level
This paper attempted to reveal to what extent using non-verbal semiotic elements (visuals, realias, maps, videos, body language, gestures etc.) …
Crude Oil Intensity, Production Efficiency and Adaptability to Energy- Evidence from an Economy with a High Dependence on Energy Imports
Taiwan is an economy with highly dependent on energy imports. Change in oil price not only affects the cost of …
A Study on the Energy Certified and Consuming of the Supermarkets in Taiwan
The European Union issued the "EPBD (Energy Performance of Building Directive)” in 2009, as a building energy consumption labeling standards. …
Energy Demand Exploration for Yogyakarta Energy Eficiency Plan
Yogyakarta is one of the provinces in Indonesia that has no fossil energy potential. All activities of the community in …
The Impact of Agglomeration Economies on Energy Efficiency in Japan
While environmental constraints are being strengthened, an important question that arises for Japan's economic policy is how to best achieve …
Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Tableware Ceramic Production in Thailand
Ceramic industry is one of high energy intensive industry and major sources of GHG emission. This paper reported the GHG …
Optimum Co-Digestion Conditions for Methane Production from Chicken Manure and Napier Grass by Single Stage Digention
The purpose of this research was to examine optimum co-digestion conditions for methane production from inoculum, chicken manure and Napier …
Energy Efficiency Application in Yanbu Industrial City
The Industrial City of Yanbu was established by Royal Commission of Yanbu (RCY) in the Red Sea to do commerce …
Solar PVs to Charge EVs in Auckland: Potential for a Community Based Approach
Auckland enjoys 2050 hours of sunshine per year, yet, in the absence of supportive government policies, the solar resource has …
Game Analysis on Stakeholders of Low-Carbon Building Market Promotion
Recently, the climate change has become a globe issue influencing human survival and development and all countries have taken steps …
Bioclimatic Solar Home Design in Bangkok, Thailand
This research aimed to study the bioclimatic home design in Bangkok, Thailand, and the installation of Photovoltaic System on the …
Comparison of Photometric Quantities and Photon Quantities of Light Sources for Interior Green Wall Illumination
Interior green walls which are vertical greenery systems inside buildings are gaining popularity due to their environmental, economic and social …
IPA Free Texturization Process for Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells by PTFE Mask
Silicon surface texturization is required for high efficiency solar cells to reduce light reflectance. Anisotropic chemical etching utilizes a mixture …
Training Onshore Failure Rate to Offshore Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Condition Monitoring System
Offshore wind energy is a newly rising technology in marine exploration for its rich potential output in the past decades. …
Assessment of Carbon Footprint Organization and Analysis of Appropriate Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures: Case Study PTA Factory in Thailand
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) become a mandate for counties that ratified the Kyoto protocol. Mainly, each county has to …
The Effect of Deforestation on Sediment in the Upper River Basin of the Lam Phra Phloeng Reservoir, Thailand
Land use in the upper river basin of the Lam Phra Phloeng reservoir, especially the forested area has mainly been …
Light Pollution Mapping of Urban Human Activity and Land Zoning
Sky glow, a kind of light pollution, which brightens the night sky significantly results from the spill light of inappropriate …
Disaster Adaptation by Community for City Sustainability. Case Study: “Poor vs Rich Settlements” in Coping Flood Hazard in Jakarta, Indonesia
The presence of events caused by climate changing hit communities in Asia such as declining agricultural production and sea level …
Soil Water Repellency a Global Problem: Impact, Measurement and Mechanisms
Food security and production is a major global issue faced by society. It has become essential to work the land …
Sustainability of Local Food Supply Using New Agriculture Theory in Organic Farming Context in Uttarakhand, India
The purpose of this research was to explore the changes in livelihood of group of farmers in Dehradun, Uttarakhand India …
Classical Charcoal Making and Properties of the Charcoal from Palmyra Palm Fruit as the Traditional Community Practice
Survey on classical charcoal making from Palmyra palm fruit as the traditional community practice at Ramdang, Songkhla was carried out. …
The Global Ummah as a Communicative Strategy: Power and Identity in the Organization of the Islamic Conference
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s status as an international organization articulating the collective interests of Muslims was copper fastened by …
Sino-Japanese Cultural Trade Development Status Quo and Its Influencing Factors – Empirical Analysis Based on the Gravity Model
This paper, based on the analysis of the Sino-Japanese cultural trade situation applies the gravity model into the field of …
English as an International Language in Japan: A Threat to Cultural Identity?
Language performs many important roles in society by allowing people to form and maintain groups as well as transmit information. …
Explaining Crimmigration in Indonesia: A Discourse of the Fight against People Smuggling, Irregular Migration Control and Symbolic Criminalization
Controlling migration in the world's largest archipelago brings various challenges to the Indonesian authorities that differ from other countries. The …
The Reasons for Women’s Labour Force Non-Participation; Empirical Evidence from Turkey
It is well known fact that women’s full integration into the labour market plays a key role for their personal …
Apocalypse of Terrorism in Kashmir: Interface between Patriarchal Domination and Gender Issues
In the quagmire of terrorism in Kashmir spanning over a period of nearly three decades innocent women and children have …
ASEAN Framework Agreement on Visa Exemption and Its Impact to the Rise of Transnational Crime in East Java Province, Indonesia
The rise of regional power comes with its consequences. ASEAN as the only regionalism in South East Asia is widely …
The Concept of Power in International Relations: Lessons from the Ukrainian Crisis
Russia’s ongoing political, economic and most disturbingly military involvement in Ukraine’s internal affairs has shaken the world in general and …
Hyundai, Hallyu and Hybridity: South Korea and Asia After the Cold War
This paper draws from Katzenstein’s (1996) hypothesis that identities or ‘varying constructions of nation and statehood’ (p. 46) play a …
Food and Power: Global Food Challenges Affecting Interactions among Actors
This paper emphasizes on food as a source of power of states in international politics. During the twentieth century, there …
A Study of Efficies a Dissolved Oxygen Test Kits in the Water for Science Laboratories on the Method of Measure
There were two purposes of the study: 1) to development the Dissolved Oxygen Test Kits in the water for Science …
A Preliminary Study of Factors Influencing Well-Being of the Elderly in a Rural Area of Thailand
This research was the survey research. The research aimed to study the personal factors, predisposing factor, contributing factors, and supporting …
Responsibility of Armed Group for Sexual Violence against Women during Internal Armed Conflicts: The Case of Iraq
Women have become the most affected civilian group in armed conflicts, and they constitute the majority of all victims of …
The Experiences of the Members of Basic Faith Community (BFC) of San Isidro Labrador Parish, Virac, Catanduanes
This study explores the Basic Faith Community experience of San Isidro Labrador Parish in Virac, Catanduanes. It also identifies the …
Policy Implications of Leadership Instability in Contemporary Australian Politics
Australia’s Liberal-National Party (LNP) Coalition government under Prime Minister Tony Abbott has already confronted leadership instability, despite its decisive election …
State Responsibility toward the Embodiment of Education Rights Protection of Disabled Community
The State has a responsibility to guarantee its citizen rights, and what means by these rights are the fulfillment of …
The Power and Importance of the State after the Global Economic Crisis in Relation to the Concept of Neo-Weberian State
As a result of the economic crisis started in 2007-2008 the public began to look longingly in the direction of …
Out of Debt-Driven Economic Growth
My study shows the burden handling mechanisms of economic crises. The cases in this paper are focused on Korea and …
Children and Domestic Violence: The Perspective of Abused Women in Malaysia
Domestic violence has been regarded as a significant social and public health problem in many countries. Notably, the impact of …
A Research and Development of Prevention of Primary Students’ Inappropriate Behavior from Internet by Self-Regulation Technique
A research and development of prevention of Primary students' inappropriate behavior from internet by Self-Regulation technique was conducted by 3 …
The Bridge between Problems and Solutions in Design: Taking a Toddler’s Case as an Example
Problem solving in Industrial Design is focused on the realization of ideas. At the end, the ideas are applied as …
A Glimpse on the Anatomy of the Tribulations and Successes of the Chinese-Filipino in Lanao del Norte
This paper examines the various challenges encountered by the Chinese-Filipino in the Philippines, specifically in the municipality of Tubod and …
Continuity of Japan’s Soft Power: Historical Legacies and National Identity
Japan’s modern history sheds light on the ambiguous nature and effects of soft power as power of persuasion and power …
Sustainable Urban Transportation with Demand Management Methods: A Case Study for Istanbul
Increasing population in urban areas necessitates increasing levels, mix and modes of transportation, roads, land use, which all lead to …
The Construction of Low-Carbon Renewal System of Rural Community
Climate change has become a global issue influencing human survival and development while carbon emissions are the main factor. As …
Management for Disabled Workers in the Establishment of Fruit and Vegetable Processing Industry in the Upper Northern of Thailand.
The study is qualitative research focusing on employees with disabilities in the fruit and vegetables processing industry. The results show …
Reconstruction Model of Community Development for Energy Self Sufficient Village
Changes in Indonesia's status as a nett importer of oil and the rise of international crude oil prices in 2005, …
Portable Monitoring Devices Using IR Technology and their Social Impact
Portable monitoring devices are widely used by people from different sectors of the society and their use is steadily increasing. …
Towards Sustainable Human Settlements Growth on Urban Fringe Areas with Case Study Semarang City – Indonesia
Early urbanization generally took place within an urban core but in the last few decades the process has moved towards …
Exploring Determinants of Voting for the Helpfulness of Online Consumer Product Reviews
With the growth of e-commerce, online product reviews have become a major information source in consumer purchase decisions. However, anyone …
Integrating TTF and UTAUT to Explain the Pharmacists’ Adopting Intentions of Telepharmacy
Pharmaceutical care involves the process through which a pharmacist cooperates with a patient and other professionals in implementing a therapeutic …
Needs of the Provinces on the Academic Services of Higher Education Institutions to Promote and Support the Enhancement of Learning
The purpose of this research was to study and compare the province committee's on needs of the province on the …
Degradation of AEG PV Modules Parameters After 20 Years of Operation
Si-based photovoltaic (PV) modules are now a mature technology and their lifetime is in the range of 25 to 30 …
Conversion of Black Wattle to Bio-Oil and Chemicals on the Continuous Pyrolytic Reactor
Black wattle (Acacia auricaliformis) is the fasting tree which used as fuels to electrical generation plant and paper mill industry. …
Modelling and Analysis of Real Underwater Acoustic Signals Produced by Marine Energy Devices
This paper proposes a virtual underwater acoustic model that characterises the propagation properties and changes of underwater acoustic signals produced …
Comparison Analysis Between Rice and Cassava for Bioethanol Production in Japan Considering Land Use Efficiency
Japan has its national demand for rice completely covered, however in the past years total rice consumption had a slightly …
Effect of Organic Solution based Additive on Exhaust Emissions of an Indirect Injection Diesel Engine
Exhaust emission from engine combustion is concerned increasingly to environmental effect. Fuel additives mixed for reduction of the exhaust are …
Optical Advances in the Field of Selected Solar Technologies for Exploitation in Building Energy Efficiency
Research findings in the scope of building science and building engineering are more frequently looking for a challenge related to …
Sustainable Advances of Windows in Energy Efficient Buildings: A Perspective Novelty Integrating of New Conceptual Solutions
As result of building industry and its produces, buildings account more than one third of the primary energy use and …
River Flooding on Taipei City Area Inundation
Owing to geographic location of Taiwan being on subtropical monsoon zone, so typhoons and storms occur frequently. Typhoons and storms …
Effects of Turbulence Models on Microbubble Distributions in Dissolved Air Flotation Process for Water Treatment
Dissolved air flotation(DAF) system is one of the water treatment processes that clarifies wastewaters by floating internal contaminants to the …
Solar Photocatalytic Degradation of 4-Chlorophenol in Water with Novel Shell-Core P3HT@TiO2 Nanoparticles
Shell-core poly 3-hexylthiophene (P3HT)@TiO2 nanoparticles were synthesized by a physical deposition method using tetrahydrofuran (THF) as a solvent of P3HT …
Coastal Urbanization Impacts on Biodiversity the Case of Marinas in Singapore
Marinas are typically designed as a semi-enclosed environment with a complex mix of structures that provide ecological niches throughout the …
Analysis of Recreation Satisfaction, Motivation, and Consumer Behavior at the 99-Peaks Forest Trail to Pursue Sustainable Forest Management in Taiwan
Sustainable national forest management is a day-to-day business as well as long term process in Taiwan. There are eight forest …
Analysis of Trail Visitors When They Pay Visit to a National Forest in Taiwan
Management of hiking trails on national forest is very important business in Taiwan. Trail visitors are demanding higher quality of …
Female Consumers Behavior Analysis and Marketing Strategy for a Beauty Spa
Beauty SPA is now a very popular leisure activity for females in Taiwan. Consumer satisfaction and loyalty is very important …
De-Polarization in Delivering Public Services? Impacts of the Minimum Service Standards (MSS) to the Quality of Health Services in Indonesia
Some scholars argue that the decentralization policy tends to create polarization, an increase inequality/disparity among districts. To deal with this …
Developing the Methodology to Investigate the Thermal Comfort of the Elderly for Sustainable Living in Hot-Humid Thailand
Providing thermal comfort is one of the main requirements for housing and the ways in which thermal comfort can be …
Sustainable Management for a Long-Term Caring Center Taking Community Service as a Moderating Role
According to Ministry of Interior, there were more than 2.6 million people older than 65 years in Taiwan. It consisted …
Sustainable Management and Environmental Limitation in Recreational Raft Industry at Cigu Wetland in Taiwan
Cigu wetland is one of few well preserved wetlands in Taiwan. It covers 2,997 hectares including the Cigu lagoon. The …
The Correlation of Imagination and Computer Graphics Ability of Visual Communication Design Majors
This study aims to examine the correlation of imagination and computer graphics ability of visual communication design majors. To obtain …
Quantifying Uncertainty to Plan in Dynamic Environments
Uncertainty is defined by the lack of information to know the future state of a system. This definition highlights the …
Make-Up Water Utilization Using WWTP Effluent Recycle: A Case Study of Grati Combined Cycle Power Plant, East Java Province, Indonesia
In 2013, average waste water production of Grati Combined Cycle Power Plant is about 3,801 m3/month within only less than …
Awareness on Fish Depletion and Fishing Practices among Fishermen around River Rima and Kware Lake, Northwestern Nigeria
Human dependence on freshwater fish is significant, owing to the nutritional value provided by fish to populations particularly in the …
The Party’s Command: Explaining the Near Absence of Military Coups in Communist Countries
Why are military coups almost nonexistent in communist countries, despite the fact that democratic, and authoritarian regimes in the developing …
Opinion Formation under the Two-Step Flow Model and the GR Game Framework
The Gur game, an artificial game, associates voters in the game with finite state automata and a moderator with a …
The Distributional and Welfare Effects of the Emission Trading Scheme on Australian Households
The paper presents the effects of the emission trading scheme in Australia on price of goods and services, as well …
A Business Model of Low Cost Carrier in Indonesia (The Influence of Perceived Advertising Spending and Price Deals on Brand)
This research aims to analyze the influence of the elements of marketing communication mix, especially the influence of advertising as …
Assessing Tourism Destination Image and Spatial Pattern using Opinion Mining Analysis
Footprints of tourism activities from tourists are significantly increased in social medias with its maturity in recent years. More tourists …
The Study of the Behavior, Attitude and Satisfaction of High School in M. 6th Grade in the bangKok Region in Accessing New and Information About Mahidol University International College Through Online Social Media
The purpose of this research project is to study the behavior, attitude and satisfaction of the respondents with respect to …
The Storytelling Teacher: Using Storytelling to Improve Engagement and Content Retention in History and Social Studies for all Learners
The purpose of this study is to explore the way that story is used as a method of making the …
ASEAN Student’s Reflection: The Role of Japan’s Higher Education in Fostering Global Human Resources Through the Twin College Envoys Program
There is no doubt that education play a vital role for development of a nation. Countries around the world are …
Get Real: Using Real Dialogue in the English Language Classroom
Being able to use authentic communicative events such as telephone conversations, office gossip and shopkeeper-customer dialogues as example conversations will …
The Shift from Yakudoku to Communicative Language Teaching: Empowering Students with a Diversity of English Classes
Traditionally, English classes taught in Japanese schools have followed the yakudoku method (Gorsuch, 1998; Nishino, 2008; Rutson-Griffiths, 2012). In this …
The Design and Outcomes of a Writing Improvement Programme in an Australian University
This paper will present the educational design of an English writing improvement programme for upper-intermediate/advanced English L2 writers at a …
An Investigation of Taiwanese College English Majors’ Learning Motivation and Self-Identity Changes
Most studies investigating learners’ motivation have probed into the relationship between motivation and leaners’ linguistic outcomes; however, not many looked …
Analysis of Compositions Written by a Fifth Grade Chinese Child in Japan
This paper outlines an approach to analyzing linguistically diverse student writing. The current study focuses on the Chinese and Japanese …
The Use of Trilingual Instruction by Teachers on Different Instructional Phases in Selected Mathematics Classes in Central Philippines
This research sought to determine the extent of use of trilingual instruction: English (international language), Filipino (national language), and Hiligaynon …
Management Practices and Communication Patterns of Lyceum De Cebu: Bases for Enhancement
This study sought to determine the extent of implementation of the basic management functions and the effectiveness of the organizational …
Exploring Emerging Trends in Information Seeking Strategies for Discovery Learning
The ubiquitous information and communication technologies and internet are a worldwide phenomenon that has revolutionised people’s lives and has reshaped …
Increasing ESP Student Engagement through a Process of Structured Feedback
Student engagement is a common concern among many instructors in higher education (Fraser, 2012). This is particularly true relative to …
Online Discussion Using Facebook Module Versus Moodle Forum Module in a Moodle Platform: Feedback From Secondary Students in Tonga
Students engagement in online discussion sometimes defines their learning attitudes. However, the tools that is being used for online discussion …
Faculty Members Opinions Toward Faculty Administration in Dharmacracy in Rangsit University
The objectives of this research were (1) to study faculty members' opinions toward faculty administration in Dharmacracy and (2) to …
Simple-O, An Automated Essay Grading System for Indonesian Language Using the LSA Method with Multi-Level Keywords
Evaluation is a very important tool to measure students' level of understanding, both in e-learning or conventional studying system. Essay …
The Potential Use of Videos to Improve Communication Skills in an English Language Course
An important soft skill that would be advantageous for undergraduate students is the ability to communicate effectively in English in …
Latent Semantic Analysis Based Automatic Cross-Language Plagiarism Detector for Paragraph Written in Two Syntactically Distinct Languages
The number of scientific publication in Bahasa Indonesia is now in steady rise. As a speaker of under-resourced language, Indonesian …
Case Study Applied to Smart Learning’s Quality Management
Emergence of diverse smart devices by developing information and communications technology has affected every phase of life. These devices able …
Engagement and Outreach: A Content Analysis of Students’ Instagram Postings
Instagram, a social media tool designed for photo and video sharing, is increasingly being used as an outreach and engagement …
Using Stop-Motion Video with Advertising to Promote Perceptions Judgment of Others and Situational Awareness in Adolescents with ASD
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by deficits in understanding others' minds, an aspect of which involves recognizing …
Teaching Positive Psychology: Successes and Challenges in Implementing Two Introductory Short Courses at Waseda University, Japan
Diverging from the ‘deficit’ model prominent in much of 20th century psychology, positive psychology may be defined as the scientific …
The Matrix of Education, Power and Empowerment: Where Do We Stand?
The Matrix of Education, Power and Empowerment: Where do we stand? Traversing the matrix of ‘education’, ‘power’ and ‘empowerment’ brings …
Online Interactions of Japanese and Hungarian EFL Learners: A Critical Analysis
This presentation seeks to address how Japanese and Hungarian EFL learners co-constructed their social relations, identity and power through the …
The Spiral Jetty and the Palm Jumeirah: Robert Smithson’s Art and the Art of the Islamic Culture.
This paper intends to focus on the on some of the similarities and differences between the artist, Robert Smithson’s “Spiral …
De-colonizing Canadian Post-Secondary Education
In Canada, the recent Truth and Reconciliation Committee of Canada Report (2015) revealed the devastating impact of over a century …
Cultural Taxation: Myth or Reality? Research in Progress
This presentation discusses the rationale and proposed research methods of a research project currently under development in Christchurch, New Zealand. …
The School Garden as a Learning Object and Leaning Space in Primary Schools
This presentation outlines the changing discourses on the garden as a learning object as well as a learning space in …
The Four Freedoms: Raising Awareness of Human Rights in the English for Academic Purposes Classroom
This presentation introduces an approach to teaching students about human rights, a term-long project that is being implemented in an …
English for Business Education in India: An Empirical Approach
English seems to have become the global language of business. Most companies across the world are now embracing English as …
Using Facebook Applications in School Based Assessment (SBA) for Moral Studies
The aim of the research is to identify the extent of the students’ response in using the Facebook application and …
Redefining Educational Boundaries with Technology: The Systemic Perspective
This paper examines global trends in education reform from the point of view of a specific references selected within the …
Blended E-Learning for Postgraduate Research-Article Writing: A Case Study in One University in Thailand
The present study aimed at utilizing blended e-Learning as a tool to enhance genre-based instruction in order to facilitate the …
Leaning and Teaching Beyond Boundaries- Educational Change Through Technologies
Introduction: The UN Millennium Development Goals underscore the importance of applying the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICT) with …
The Necessity of Shifting the Emphasis in Japanese Lifelong Learning: How to Survive in a “Super-Aged Society”
Japan has been experiencing an unprecedented demographic upheaval of rapid aging and extremely low birth rate over the last decades, …
Alternative Education in Thailand
Alternative Education also known as non-traditional education or educational alternative, includes a number of approaches to teaching and learning separate …
An Analysis of the Characteristics of Self-Directed Learners and Strategies to Enhance Self-Directed Learning in Education Systems: Transcending Boundaries
Education can allow individuals to transcend boundaries of space, identity, and culture by empowering learners with the ability to pursue …
English Education in Japan: Back to the Basics
Japan is caught between a rock and a hard place. It is aware of the need for its people to …
Untried and Untrue: Common Core’s Mechanization of Education
In 2013, according to National Public Radio, two-thirds of Americans had not heard of the Common Core State Standards Initiative …
The Research and Development of Internal Quality Assurance System for the Faculty of Education, Burapha University
The objective to develop an internal quality assurance system for Faculty of Education. To try and assess the quality assurance …
Building Students’ Characters Through the Utilization of Used Goods As Learning Media
This study aims to investigate the utilization of used goods as learning media to build students’ characters in the economics …
What Do University Students Liken Academic Members to?
Problem Statement: Sometimes people try to explain the feelings and thoughts in life by using metaphors. These metaphors may be …
Perceptions of an Artist and Art Education: A Study of Pre-Service Year One Teachers at a Fijian University
Gaining an insight into primary pre-service teachers' perceptions is vital for teacher educators especially in the field of primary art …
The Efficacy of Placement Interviews for English Language Classes at a National Japanese University Based on a CEFR-J Model
From January 2015 to March 2015, the authors in conjunction with other faculty at the University of Fukui created a …
Mechanisms of Moral Disengagement in Police Unethical Behaviour
Recently there were a lot of police unethical behaviour reported in Indonesia which became concern of law enforcement agency and …
The Link between the Process of Change and Coaching in an Organization: A Case Study
The aim of this article is to highlight the empowerment of coaching in the process of change in an organization …
A Study of School-based Curriculum to Disaster Prevention Teaching for Sixth Graders in the Elementary School
For the past few years, global natural disasters happened constantly. Taiwan is located in Northeast Asia. The most impressed natural …
The Attitudde and Performance of the Cadets of Maritime Instutution during Shipboard Training: An Assesment
The study was conducted to measure the performances of the cadets of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific …
Resocialisation and Change Implications for Inservice Teacher Professional Development
A sociocultural perspective on teacher education highlights the process of resocialisation (Johnson, 2009) faced by experienced teachers returning to their …
Double-Talk: A Bakhtinian Take on the Code-Mixing Practices of English Language Teachers in China
It is a common phenomenon in many English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts for teachers to use the first …
ADHD and Mothers Psychological Distress: Mothers Responses to a Child Diagnosed with ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Mothers Psychological Distress: Mothers’ Responses to a child Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Author: …
Supporting University Athletes to Succeed in Both Academic and Sport Performance at a University in Japan
University athletes often face a dilemma of succeeding in both academic performance and sport performance. For example, Inoue et al …
An Exploration of One Learner’s Affective Experiences and FLA Development from a DST Perspective
The mainstream studies regarding FLA affective experiences focused more on negative emotions, particularly language anxiety; whereas other emotions that one …
Improving Nature of Science Understandings through Scientific Inquiry
The main goal of this naturalistic case study was to examine prospective secondary science teachers’ developing understanding of nature of …
Association of Engagement, Drive and Self-Beliefs to Academic Resilience: An Analysis of Data from PISA 2012
This article explored the association of three broad themes 'students' school engagement, drive and motivation, and self-beliefs, dispositions and participation …
Thinking Classroom: A Case Study of Education for Empowerment in Thailand
This research aimed to study an integrated approach to learning and teaching of students studying communication arts and empower their …
Learning Exponential-Logarithmic Equations through Values-Driven Interventions
Mathematics is, undeniably, a fundamental skill that a learner should acquire and master. Its purposes since the era when man …
Tropical Summer School Experience: Gleaning EFL Students’ Responses
Learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) might be a daunting experience especially if it were to take place on …
Chinese University Student Perceptions of Teacher Quality
This paper focuses on the qualities and characteristics of Chinese university students’ favorite and least favorite professors. The paper looks …
Personality Tendency that Contributes Self-Adjustment of the Migrant Students in Jakarta
Self-adjustment in a new living environment is a challenge for every person, and intelligence aspect is considered the contributing aspect …
The Correlation between Moral Disengagement and Cheating Behavior in Academic Context
Cheating behavior is a form of academic dishonesty that violates integrity in the academic life. In Indonesia, cheating behavior in …