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Cloud computing research: a review of research themes, frameworks, methods and future research directions
No full textThis paper presents a meta-analysis of cloud computing research in information systems with the aim of taking stock of literature and their associated research frameworks, research methodology, geographical distribution, level of analysis as well as trends of these studies over the period of 7 years. A total of 285 articles from 67 peer review journals from year 2009 to 2015 were used in the analysis. The findings indicate that extant cloud computing literature tends to skew towards the technological dimension to the detriment of other under researched dimensions such as business, conceptualization and application domain. Whilst there has been a constant increase in cloud computing studies over the last seven years, a significant number of these studies have not been underpinned by theoretical frameworks and models. Also, majority of cloud computing studies utilized experiment and simulation as methods of enquiry as compared to the qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies. This study contributes to cloud computing research by providing holistic insights into trends on themes, methodology, research framework, geographical focus and future research directions
Integrating sea-level rise adaptation into planning policies in the coastal zone:integrating generations
No full textDeterminants of e-learning adoption among students of developing countries
No full textPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of e-learning adoption (ELA) among students in the University of Ghana.Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative research approach comprising of a survey of 337 students was adopted. Data were collected using questionnaires designed in conjunction with 13 factors (computer self-efficacy (CSE), perceived ease of use (PEOU), perceived usefulness (PU) and attitude towards use (ATTU)) in the conceptual model of the study. Data analysis was conducted using structural equation modelling.Findings – The result revealed that PU and ATTU had a direct effect on ELA whilst, PU and PEOU also had a direct relationship on ATTU. Other variables such as CSE and PEOU had an indirect relationship on ELA though they were found to have an insignificant direct relationship on ELA.Practical implications – The level of significance of each construct identified in the study provide practical guidance to school administrators and instructors as to which factors to pay close attention to when implementing e-learning projects within their respective institutions.Originality/value – This study provides insight into ELA from the students’ perspective, through an extension of the TAM model in a developing country context given the existence of cultural differences and societal idiosyncrasies which exist in different contexts, particularly in Africa
E.-A. Boateng. « A geography of Ghana ». Cambridge University Press, 1959
No full textPéhaut Yves. E.-A. Boateng. « A geography of Ghana ». Cambridge University Press, 1959. In: Cahiers d'outre-mer. N° 51 - 13e année, Juillet-septembre 1960. pp. 374-375
Recreational sports participation: Malaysians' motives for participation in recreational sports / Kwame Ampofo-Boateng
No full textBackground. One of the most important issues confronting sports psychologists is the motive people assign for participating in sports (Ampofo-Boateng, 2009b; Duda, 1989). The present research continued this trend by investigating the motives Malaysians' assign for participation in recreational sports. Aims. The aims of the current research were two-fold: (a) to examine the motives Malaysians assign for taking part in recreational sports; and (b) to investigate the influence of demographic variables on the motives Malaysians' provide for participation. Method. A modified version of Duda's (1989) Purpose of Sport Questionnaire was used as the research instrument, and was administered to 602 randomly selected Malaysians (resident in the Selangor State of Malaysia). Results. The data collected was collated and statistically analysed using SPSS. Principal component analysis of the data revealed 6 motives for taking part in recreational sport. They were: (a) competitiveness and social status; (b) physically active lifestyle; (c) self-esteem; (d) good citizens; (e) high status careers; and (f) teaching tools. Overall, the results also showed the influence of demographic variables of occupation, income and race on motives for taking part in recreational sports. Conclusion. The implications of the findings as they relate to the devising of strategies to encourage Malaysians to participate in recreational sports are discussed, and suggestions offered for future research
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Effect of mobile phone-based health insurance contribution payment system on retention of coverage in the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana: An evaluation study (Data)
No full textThis study sought to estimate the effect of a newly introduced Digital health intervention (mobile phone-based enrolment payment system) to improve renewal of membership in the scheme. the findings show that more members are renewing their membership in the scheme using this innovative system particularly the males and informal sector workers who hitherto were less likely to do so. The dataset used for the study is a routine enrolment data of members of the national health insurance scheme in Ghana. It covers the period December 2018 to December 2019. key variables include sex, age, marital status, and membership category. The data was collected through a formal request to the national health insurance authority, managers of the scheme
AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN PEOPLE AND PLACES: ENDING THE LEGACY OF POVERTY IN THE RURAL SOUTH: DISCUSSION
No full textThese comments discuss the presentations by Christy, Wenner, and Dassie ("A Microenterprise-Centered Economic Development Strategy for the Rural South: Sustaining Growth with Economic Opportunity") and Freshwater ("What Can Social Scientists Contribute to the Challenge of Rural Economic Development?") in three sections. These are (1) a brief overview of the Southern Black Belt and its rural development needs, (2) an assessment of the microenterprise-centered economic development strategy for the rural South, and (3) a quick review of what social scientists can contribute to the challenges of rural economic development. This approach also emphasizes the authors' background at a historically black land-grant university, and the belief that as goes the Black Belt, so goes the rural South.Community/Rural/Urban Development,
NHISenrolmentdata
No full textThis dataset describes individuals who enrolled in the Ghana's national health insurance scheme between the period, 2014 and 2016 at the Ashiedu Keteke district office in Accra. The data was formally sourced from the Management of the scheme
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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