Month: February 2019
The Self on Instagram: A Study on How People With Different Hair Colors Use Instagram for Online Self-presentation
This study explores how women with different hair colors use Instagram for online self-presentation, considering how hair has been historically …
Investigation of the Best-case Scenario of Rice Husk/Briquette Combustion for Lower Particulate Matter Emission
Air pollution has been a major cause of diseases and deaths, especially in developing countries, due to their inability to …
Contributions of Knowledge From Past Generations in Current Contexts of Arts Education
This article stems from the analysis of the professional life and work of Portuguese scholars, researchers and artists, graduated at …
Subjective Well-being at Old Ages: Does Educational Background Matter?
Given the trend of demographic transition and population ageing around the world, improving the welfare of older persons has become …
L1 and L2 Attitudes and Willingness to Communicate in Taiwanese Middle School Bilingual Program
While most language learners in Taiwan are school aged children, academic research in field mostly address university level students. Considering …
Rethinking Facts and Values
C.S.Peirce claimed that logic is a normative science. It is not about how people think, but how they ought to …
Values as Predictor of Youth Procrastination in the Conditions of Globalization
Procrastination as a voluntary, irrational postponement of the planned actions despite the fact that it will cost a lot or …
Energy Substitution Potential in China’s Non-metallic Mineral Products Industry-based on the Translog Function and Corrected Formula for Elasticity
The non-metallic mineral products industry (NMMPI) of China is the largest in the world and has a character of low …
A Report on Students’ Views About Japanese Secondary Education in 2000 and 2019: The Basic Research for Developing Learning Content for the Original E-learning Programme of Intercultural Training
The aim of this report is to show how students’ views on secondary education for the global age have evolved …
Global Cinema as Environmental Ambassador
This argument connects several international cinematic shooting locations to ecological states of affairs that reside there in order to imagine …
Improvement of the Logistics Operations of an Integrated Waste Management Company – Application to a Real Case in Portugal
One of the strategies of companies today is, instead of directing their investments on expanding the business, focus more on …
Dance and the Future: Sustainable Contemporary Practices for the 21st Century
Arts and cultural organisations today need to have relevance in order for participants and audiences to survive economic, environmental, social …
Cambodian New Generations: From Family Dependents to State Influencers
Against the backdrop of recent social, economic and political developments, traditional interactions between youth, adults and the State have been …
Air Quality-forecasting Impacts from Industrial Sources with an Operational Atmospheric Modelling System: Spain Case Study
Introducing an integrated software tool to help industrial plants assess the impact of their emissions on air quality in surrounding …
Cultural Sustainability of China the Relationship of the “Geomantic Omen” and Microclimate
Sustainability is understood to be one of the most important solution to environmental issues. Adjusting the microclimate elements around the …
Culturally Appropriate Pedagogy on L2/FL Learning for Confucian Heritage Culture (CHC) Influenced Students
English is learnt as a second (L2) or foreign language (FL) among Asian students such as Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese. …
Measuring the of Level of Commitment in Tertiary Child Health Care Units for Effective Performance in Pakistan
The objective of the study was to examine the impact of commitment of tertiary child health Care units performance in …
Psychological Wellbeing and Organizational Commitment: A Predictive Study in Algeria
BACKGROUND: Organizational commitment (OC) and psychological wellbeing at work (PWW) are at the grassroots of organizations’ success. The importance psychological …
Reclaiming the Future of Undergraduates from the Challenges of Social Media: Elizade University, Ilara Mokin in Analysis
Functions such as stating, questioning, requesting, and exclaiming can be performed by languages especially, English language. Social Media had done …
Taiwanese Cinema Development and Ruling over Indigenous Peoples in the Early Japanese Colonial Period
Taiwanese cinema began in the era of Japanese rule. In the early days of Japanese Colony, indigenous peoples fought fiercely …
Speech Production and Language Learning of Special and Normal Children in Two Primary Schools in Osun State
Human development begins through the vast pool of transmitted experiences by care-givers and parents, hence, pass down sociocultural values to …
Residential Preference Toward Logo of Thai Property Developer
A logo is considered as one of the simplest tools that serves an organization in distinguishing itself from others. In …
Psychological Well-being and Psychological Loneliness Among Retirees With High Blood Pressure
Background: Retirees are generally suffering from various physical and psychological problems. One of which is high blood pressure which is …
Parental Stress and Coping Strategies in Mothers of Children with Cochlear Implant
Background: Children with hearing problems usually suffer from psychological problems that extend to their families. In Algeria, it is believed …
Ruby Chisti’s “Free Hugs”: Claiming Spaces Through Utopian Feminist Futures
This paper focuses on Chishti's artwork entitled Free Hugs (2002), a three-dimensional installation consisting of ten half life-size female fabric …
Women and Spirituality: The Case of Yoruba Indigenous Oro Cult and Pentecostalism
This paper is a comparative investigation of the Oro cult and the Ikoyi Pentecostal prayer mountain, both in Southwest Nigeria. …
Public Diplomacy in Lebanon: From Sectarian Division to Communitocracy
It has been almost three decades since the war in Lebanon ended. A new post-war generation which does not have …
Exploring Communicative Activities in EFL Classrooms: Can Development of CLIL Lesson Plans Work as a Communicative Task for University Students?
This study explored how and to what extent the development of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) lesson plans can …
Popular Mexican Snacks Originated in Japan
Japanese immigrants played a prominent role in Mexican snack culture. Cacahuate japones, muegano, jamonsillo, chamoy, and habas are all snacks …
The Quality in the Separation of Rigid Packaging of High-density Polyethylene – Application to a Real Case in Portugal
In recent years, companies producing high-density polyethylene have been affected by huge reductions in sales volumes as well as the …
The Spatiotemporal Dimension of “After” in Samuel Beckett’s Endgame
In After Fukushima Jean-Luc Nancy examines the nature of the Fukushima nuclear disaster through what he terms “the equivalence of …
Educational Culture in a Synchronous Class: Case of Filipino-Chinese Interface
One key target of the global education system is the equipping of graduates exhibiting sets of core 21st-century competencies. Looking …
Sin and Sin Offering as Sacred Space Among the Nigerian Sabbatharians: An Ethical Reflection
Every traditional society had inherent indigenous patterns through which its values and morals were maintained. The world has become a …