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What is the Impact of Pricing Gun Violence on Support for Gun Control Organizations?
Get PDFThis paper investigated the impact of economic valuation of gun control on views, attitudes, and behaviors towards gun control legislation in an experimental setting. The data for this study was collected through the use of a survey administered on MTurk in March 2019. The sample consists of 810 participants evenly disturbed between a treatment group and a control group. Both groups received a narrative regarding gun violence in the United States, however the treatment group received economic valuation information in addition to the qualitative description. Participants were then given the opportunity to donate a part of their compensation to a gun control organization. Prior research has shown that salience of monetary value of natural resources lead to decreased support for natural resource conservation funds (Goff et al., 2017) Using a probabilistic regression model, we found that economic valuation information increased likelihood of supporting a tax policy that would decrease gun violence but increase taxes with no impact on propensity to donate. Furthermore, we found that participants who were female, college-educated, or gun owners when subjected to the treatment were more likely to support the proposed tax policy. Based on this evidence, we assert that economic valuation information has the potential to increase support for gun control legislation
Market Manipulation and a Case for the Further Regulation of Social Media and the Finance Industry
Get PDFThis paper intends to investigate the potential of market manipulation in under regulated markets that does not exist in regulated ones. I do this by looking at the previous literature discovered on ambiguity aversion, and how it is linked to the increase of social media’s effect on price changes in markets. I investigate two different markets that are regulated and unregulated. These markets are the US stock exchange and the cryptocurrency market. I then see what the effect that twitter has on the two over the same periods of time using the most up-to-date models. Finally, I recommend policy changes that will help prevent market manipulation of under regulated markets
Optical Properties of Nanocomposite Films: Size-tuned vs. Shape-tuned Silver Nanoparticles
No full textColor change is a desirable response when designing user-friendly chemical sensors. However, when preparing colored nanocomposites sensors, it can be challenging to transfer the color from solution into films. This work demonstrates that films of various colors can be prepared by blending premade nanoparticles with poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA); however, the color in solution differed from the color in film. While, this color discrepancy and the appearance of the films depended on how the optical properties of nanoparticles were tuned, UV-visible spectroscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) showed that changes in nanoparticle’s morphology was not the cause of the color discrepancy. Reflecting the polydispersity of nanoparticles in solution, more homogeneous colored films were obtained by controlling the size of nanoparticles rather than their shape. This work shows how to readily prepare silver-PVA nanocomposite films of various colors, which may facilitate the design of nanocomposites intended for chemical sensing based on the optical properties of silver nanoparticles
Translation and Transformation: Mythology in Choreography
Get PDFThe myth of Pygmalion tells the story about a man’s obsession with his sculpture of the perfect woman. We began our choreographic translation of Pygmalion by asking what ideas and ideals Ovid’s representation of the myth imparts. What does it mean to craft the perfect woman? How are these ideals constructed within the story, and how can we understand and reinvigorate this myth through our current understanding of these expectations?
Using the material act of crafting a sculpture as our anchoring image, we have choreographed three distinctive sections: construction, the role of the creator, and deconstruction. By exploring the dynamic exchange between belief and the physical objects we venerate, we hope to have curated an event which invites you to explore what it means to translate and reinvent narratives. The sculptures you see on display from the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum’s collections also consider the reconfiguration of stories. We encourage you to explore the pieces on display, and to use this booklet as your guide as you walk through the galler
The Word Concreteness Effect -2
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Achieving Genuine Progress: An Exploration of the Well-being Increasing and Decreasing Components of Economic Activity
Get PDFGross Domestic Product (GDP) is one of the most well-known and used economic indicator to measure the strength and size of an economy. However, too often the assumption is made that the higher the GDP of a country, the better off the people are. Using GDP to measure the wellbeing can lead to the unwanted consequence of a reduction in well-being by economic policies being made to further expand GDP. Because of this, another indicator is needed to measure the well-being of an economy. The Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) attempts to measure wellbeing by taking into account both economic activity which benefits society and those which hurt it. By dividing economic activity into benefits and costs, instead of treating any and all activity as a positive, like GDP, GPI provides a better picture of well-being and can help to drive economic policy in ways that GDP fails to do
Sexual Minority Status and Child Maltreatment: How Do Health Outcomes among Sexual Minority Young Adults Differ Due to Child Maltreatment Exposure?
No full textBackground: Although prior studies indicate heightened health and well-being concerns for sexual minority (SM) youth, as well as for youth exposed to child maltreatment in the general population, it is unclear whether there are differences in these outcomes among SM youth that have and have not experienced maltreatment.
Objective: Our aim was to investigate the unique associations between child maltreatment and emerging health outcomes beyond the impact of SM status. Data was drawn from a nationally representative sample of 648 SM youth in the U.S. in grades 7–12 during the 1994–1995 school year.
Methods: Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, descriptive statistics and ordinary least squares regression models were used to investigate differences in SM young adult outcomes by experiences of child maltreatment. Results: Maltreatment among SM individuals showed strong associations with poor adult mental health outcomes (e.g. depression, anxiety, isolation, and suicidal ideation) and fairly strong negative associations with general health outcomes (e.g., heart and lung problems) when compared to their non-maltreated peers. Associations with maltreatment and behavioral health and socioeconomic outcomes were not as strong for this population, which suggests the effects of maltreatment for SM youth are most salient in regards to mental and physical health.
Conclusions: Findings provide insight into what areas of health and well-being should be focused on when working with SM youth that have been maltreated, and offer evidence to encourage further exploration of the outcomes of SM maltreated individuals in young adulthood
C\u27s Get Degrees and Degrees lead too…Healthier Mental Health? The Effect of Cultural and Social Capital on Mental Health
Get PDFDoes social and cultural capital have beneficial outcomes that extend to the mental well-being of First Generation College graduates? Obtaining higher levels of educational degrees is known to produce positive rewards in lifestyle, opportunities, and income. Educational mobility is directly linked to social mobility. As one climbs the social ladder, one builds a broader network of people to rely on. This study analyzes 2010-2014 General Social Survey (GSS) data to report on the relationship between first-generation graduate status and self-reported days of mental health among 1654 non-institutionalized respondents in the U.S. All the parents of the respondents in the subset did not have a college degree of any kind. I hypothesize that among individuals whose parents do not have a college degree, first-generation college graduates (FGCG) are more likely to report less days of poor mental health than respondents with no college degree. The results support the hypothesis. Being a FGCG decreases the amount of days of poor mental well-being. In this study I make the connection that acquiring social and cultural capital is an effect of FGCG status. However, age appears to have a significant effect on the number of days of poor mental health, as well. I suggest reasons for this finding in the discussion
