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Full-Cost Accounting of the Beef Industry
No full textIn the face of escalating environmental challenges and ethical concerns surrounding beef production, this study conducts a comprehensive examination of the industry\u27s true external costs. Utilizing a full-cost accounting framework, the research scrutinizes the environmental, health, and animal welfare impacts associated with beef production in comparison to plant-based alternatives, particularly the Beyond Burger. Key factors analyzed include water and energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, land use, health and nutritional impacts, and animal welfare practices. Through a comparative analysis, this study aims to provide insights into the sustainability and ethical considerations of dietary choices, shedding light on the broader implications for food systems and environmental stewardship
It’s Not What You Say, It’s What You Do: Leaders’ Attitudes and Intentions Toward Reducing the Gender Pay Gap In Nonprofit Organizations
Get PDFThis study examines the impact of leadership styles on attitudes and intentions to reduce the gender pay gap within nonprofit organizations (NPOs). NPOs are economic engines existing to improve individual lives, communities, and the collective society. The gender pay gap is defined as the difference between median earnings of women relative to median earnings of men. While NPOs employ women at a higher rate and tend to exhibit a smaller gender pay gap, a gap exists and is relatively unstudied within the sector. Reducing discrimination by examining antecedents to pay equity supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically through Goal 5: Gender Equality and Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth. This study draws primarily upon the theory of planned behavior (TPB) while considering gender role, social role, and role congruity theories to examine how a leader’s style impacts their intention to reduce the gender pay gap in their organization. A leader’s attitude about societal gender norms may also influence their intentions to act toward reducing the gender pay gap. This research examines servant, transactional, and transformational leadership styles to understand how each might influence behavioral intentions. This dissertation does not seek to add another econometric study to the literature, rather it uses the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, Servant Leadership Survey, Gender Role Attitudes Scale, and the newly created Intention to Reduce Gender Pay Gap Scale to assess how attitudes and intentions influence reductions in the gender pay gap
Socialization Procedure for an Adult Feral Cat in a Home Setting
Get PDFOf the nearly sixty million feral cats, most are deemed unadoptable and thereby unable to be rescuable given their aggressive behaviors towards humans. There are currently no evidence-based socialization training procedures used to socialize adult feral cats with the main interventions for the fearful adult feral cats being trap-neuter-return (TNR) or euthanasia. The purpose of the current study was to decrease undesirable behaviors of an adult feral cat to facilitate safe and reciprocal interactions between her and humans. The study evaluated the use of a differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) procedure without extinction on an adult feral cat to decrease human-directed aggression while being approached, exposed to aversive sounds, and exposed to unfamiliar toys
Participant Preferences of Identified Maintaining Contingencies
Get PDFThis study sought to evaluate the relationship between preference for reinforcement and behavioral function of one participant. In Study 1, functional analysis (FA) methodologies were employed to determine the function of disruptive behaviors. Study 2 consisted of a concurrent chains analysis where the participant was asked to select the FA condition, they preferred the most. Study 3 evaluated preferences for contingent reinforcement or non-contingent reinforcement of the preferred reinforcer identified in study 2. Results demonstrated that although the participants’ behavior was maintained by escape and attention, the participant preferred the attention condition. Study 3 was inconclusive due to the participant verbally indicating he did not wish to continue. Results, limitations, and future directions are discussed
A Comparative Study of HPV Vaccine Acceptability Across Global North and South Countries: USA and Kenya
Get PDFThis study examined the HPV vaccine landscape in Kenya and the USA with
a focus on if differences exist in the perceptions of HPV knowledge, vaccine
attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, and vaccine
intention among students across country and gender. It also provides useful
findings that can inform the design of persuasive health messages to promote
the uptake of HPV vaccines among college students in Kenya and the USA.
The study used surveys to recruit 1,033 participants (511 Kenyan and 522 USA
students). The two-way MANOVA analysis revealed that the multivariate
main effects showed no significant differences for gender, but the results
revealed a significant main effect for the country. However, the interaction
between gender and country of the participants was not significant. The
univariate analysis revealed that the participants of the two countries had
small significant differences in their subjective norms about HPV vaccination,
and perceived behavioural control. The correlation analysis showed that HPV
knowledge correlates with knowledge about the HPV vaccine and country,
but not with gender. The results also revealed that knowledge about the HPV
vaccine correlates with both gender and country. These results highlight the
most salient predictors of vaccination intentions among college students that
health communicators can focus on when designing and implementing HPV
vaccination campaigns targeting students in Kenya and the USA
Chatbots Selling Condos: Generative Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate
No full textGenerative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has become a hallmark of the 21st century\u27s technological revolution, allowing users to answer questions instantly through an automated conversation. Although GenAI has controlled news narratives and captivated technology companies, minimal academic research exists regarding GenAI’s impact on the real estate industry. We interviewed 13 real estate professionals and completed a thematic analysis to understand how they use GenAI and their sentiment toward it. Professionals highlighted GenAI’s ability to quickly create marketing materials as a catalyst for using the technology. Thematic analysis revealed sentiments regarding efficiency, human intervention, ethics, generational adoption, relational business, and GenAI’s future development. This study forces real estate’s veiled nature into the light by considering the potential impacts of new technology on longstanding industry practices
The Provenance of a Pali- and Thai-Language Manuscript at the Rollins College Library: A Buddhist Book of Merit and Its Long Journey from Southeast Asia to America
Get PDFThrough researching the provenance of a Buddhist manuscript written in the Pali and Thai languages currently held at Rollins, this article seeks to answer the question of how a religious document created in Thailand ended up in a liberal arts college library in America. Regarded as an act of devotion by many Buddhist followers in Southeast Asia, the use of folding manuscripts (samut khoi) has been observed for centuries. The folding manuscripts served as handbooks and chanting manuals for Buddhist monks, who often recited in religious ceremonies while paying tributes to the deceased, with the hope of reincarnation in a heavenly realm. Acquired by Henry Harkness while serving in the British colonial forces in Asia in the early nineteenth century and later donated by Howard Kelly in 1932 to support Professor Edwin Grover\u27s course, The History of Books, at Rollins College, the large leporello manuscript contains five Pali texts in Khom script and one Thai text in Khom Thai script. Both scripts are variations of ancient Khmer script and have been extensively used in Thailand. The long journey of this samut khoi from Thailand to America not only shows the growth of Buddhism and the popular religious practice in Southeast Asia, but also reflects the colonial history in Asia and the rise of Oriental Studies in the West. By focusing on the background of the Pali- and Thai-language manuscript and through careful examinations of both Henry Harkness and Howard Kelly\u27s lives, this article also sheds light on the practice of manuscript collection in the Western tradition and the act of philanthropy in America