108 research outputs found
Endless Possibilities Await
No full textNaing Lin Tun was awarded Honorable Mention for his essay.
At the request of the author, this essay is not available for download
A study of Operation on Multi-author Blogs - A case study of TechSea Blog
No full textMulti-Author Blog is a kind of blog which is an important source of information on the internet. Unlike the Single-Author Blog that is managed by one author, two or more authors cooperate to write the Multi-Author Blog that becomes popular especially in the online community with the interest on Internet Communication Technology. However, there is none research about the Multi-Author Blog.
The aim of this research is to study the operation and management of the Multi-Author Blog. The author performed a case study and operated a Multi-Author Blog for seven months to approach the research purpose. For the case study, the author designed a field interview with the management team of \ue2TechOrange\ue2 that is a famous IT Multi-Author Blog in Taiwan in order to understand the related issues. For the implementation, the author built of a Multi-Author Blog named \ue2TechSea\ue2 and collected associated website data.
The research observed that the number of words in an article and the link to news have influences on the blog pageviews. In addition, the social media like Facebook helps to increase pageviews. Furthermore, the case study of TechOrange summarized the experiences and insights of the editorial team. The research results provide authors or managers of Multi-Author Blogs some answers about business operation of the online social media
Not all Asians are doctors or engineers: Factors influencing Asian American college education choices
No full textStatement of the ProblemThe purpose of this study is to understand and delineate the various factors which contribute to Asian American college students' major and/or career choices, and to specify how these potential factors interact with various intersecting identities. There is often a predominant yet faulty notion among Asian cultures and cross-ethnically, that the ideal career choice is that within the sciences or STEM fields with not much consideration given to the Arts or Humanities disciplines (Lowinger & Song, 2017). The latter fields of study are often stigmatized and looked down upon. It is important to understand what exactly causes this kind of an outlook, whether or not it is still prevalent today and the individual responses to such factors. The current consensus so far shows that the majority of Asian college graduates are pursuing or expressing interest in pursuing STEM related fields, according to Lowinger and Song (2017).The importance of this study rests in the fact that there is a lack of literature studying Asian American college students. The utilization of existing data regarding Asian culture and Asian American college students allows for research to consider how one may be influencing the other, while simultaneously taking into consideration gender and intersectional identities. This study hopes to achieve this and fill the research gap in understanding the Asian American higher education experience.Sources of DataThe study utilized narrative and survey inquiry as its methodology using qualitative and quantitative data collection. To maximize quality results and to minimize bias, a mixed methods approach was utilized, whereby a survey was distributed to 35 upper division education class students, who identified as Asian American. Of the 35, 10 were purposively sampled for in-depth interviews with the researcher. The questions sought to investigate each individual's cultural background, personal experience, and current academic trajectory, with an emphasis on understanding their intersectional identity and how that affected their major choices.Conclusions ReachedThe factors identified throughout the study which were found to greatly influence the academic choices of these ten individuals were social, cultural, economic, gender, and life events. What was seen was that these factors work in concert with each other in a variety of combinations in each individual, which ultimately resulted in unique situations that are idiosyncratic. Each interviewed participant also expressed some form of relief to be able to speak with and relate to someone, to discuss their own personal situations and being able to delineate and verbalize their experiences gave them a sense validation, satisfaction and empowerment
[[alternative]]Studies on the Relationship between the Adult Ocelli and Life-Style of Common Insects in Taiwan
No full text[[abstract]]Although compound eyes are main visual organs for most insects,ocelli are not the same for all of the insects. The positions, quantities, sizes and arrangement of ocelli in each kind of insect are different from each other. According to life-style, insects could be classified into many types, for example, land-insect, aqua-insect, diurnal insect, nocturnal insect, flying-insect or walking-insect etc. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between ocellar features and life-styles. There are a variety of insects living in Taiwan. The insect sampling time is during the seasons of insect’s prosperous activity, from April to October in Taiwan. After collecting, all samples are recorded by photography under microscope and measured for data, for example, pitch between compound eyes, width of head, pitch between ocelli, and the shape, sizes, arrangement of ocelli. The results evidence that most adult-insects possess a pair of compound eyes and various ocelli, some insects having no ocelli, some having a pair of ocelli and some having three ocelli. The pitch between ocelli is shorter for most diurnal insects with a pair of ocelli. Among 3 orders and 21 species, the average value of RL/CRCL is 0.60±0.19. As for most nocturnal insects, the distance between ocelli is longer. The average value of RL/CRCL is 0.96±0.11 among 7 orders and 24 species. There is a significant difference between two groups. For all diurnal insects with three ocelli, all ocelli are on the same plane, pitches are shorter and lenses are upwards. As for most noctural insects with three ocelli, all ocelli are not on the same plane, pitches are longer and lens of bilateral ocelli are sideward and lens of middle ocellus is forwards or downwards. All of the corneal lens of diurnal insects are cone-shaped, whereas the lens of the nocturnal insects are plate-form. In conclusion, this study showed that the positions, lens morphology and arrangement of ocelli in adult insects are related to their life-style in Taiwan.
Antiretroviral-therapy-related Hepatotoxicity in HIV-infected Children in Integrated HIV-care Clinic, Mandalay Childrens Hospital, Myanmar
No full text421 Diagnostic accuracy of echocardiographic parameters on the third day of life in predicting spontaneous closure of ductus arteriosus in preterm neonates
No full textNew Phoenix Museum of Chinese Heritage and Cultural Center
No full textabstract: Major cities in the US such as Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago have a rich cultural hub within the realm of central business district known as the Chinatown where large Chinese communities reside. These districts are usually located in or around the neighborhoods where the first Chinese immigrants settled. Though Phoenix has had a Chinese community since the mid-nineteenth century, the historic and contemporary community is represented by a commercial retail center which is distant from the sites where the initial immigrants resided. Using a both textual and mapping research I explored the history of the development of Phoenix and contributions which Chinese culture made to the process. In the course of my research I learned that city of Phoenix not only had one Chinatown but two Chinatowns. My project examines the influence of Chinese culture on the urban development of Phoenix throughout history and contemporary era and reintroduces the presence of this community within the urban context of Phoenix through the creation of a cultural center. Political unrest in the Guangdong region in Southern China during the 1870s combined with both the California Gold Rush (1848 - 1850 and the construction of transcontinental railroad (1864 - 1869) led to the migration of Chinese citizens to the United States. Many of these immigrants migrated to the Valley after working at the transcontinental railroad construction near the Salt River Valley area. The first Chinese immigrants, three men and two women arrived in Phoenix I n 1872. The community remained rather small until 1879 when the transcontinental railroad construction along Salt River valley stopped due to extreme summer weather which led to the establishment of the First Chinatown in 1889. According to the old insurance Sanborn map, the first Chinatown in Phoenix was established along first and Adam street with diversified businesses such as laundries groceries, and restaurants. The Chinese community in the city was pretty small compared to other ethnic group settlements. Racial segregation was one of the major issues that caused the shift of First Chinatown from its original location to first and Madison Street and the Second Chinatown emerged in 1901. Post WWII, suburban sprawl and development of model single family detached homes were some of the reasons that led to disappearance of Chinatown in downtown Phoenix. In order to deliver this information and educate the public about the existence of Chinatown and the culture, I developed the concept of merging history and the 21st Century ideals by creating a place where Chinese culture is being reintroduced to Phoenix community. My design proposal for this issue is to construct a museum that is mainly focused upon historical Chinese Immigration to Phoenix and a cultural center that promotes Chinese culture, art, literature, merchandise, and cuisine in a way to reconnect mainland China and the city of Phoenix in 21st Century
"A Study on Land Use and Land Cover Classification in Mandalay Area by Using Remote Sensing & GIS Techniques"
No full text"Land Use & Land Cover classification have been identified by using supervised classification
(MLCM) and band ratioing method from reflectance bands of Landsat7 image. Firstly,
supervised classification was done by using field data and questionnaires which were asked
during field survey. Field data was used for image classification and verifying the result.
Finally, seven band ratios have been created and each ratio reveals two or three LULC
features. Ratio of visible spectrum bands (b2/b3 and b3/b2) can help to clear the images of
forests, crop lands, barren lands; ratios of red and near IR bands (b3/b4 and b4/b3) reveal
urban area, vegetation, waterbody and croplands. This study has been on the basis of visual
interpretation on different classification techniques. This study shows that images of large
area can be obtained rapidly and low cost by using different classification methods.
From plural society to Bangsa Malaysia : ethnicity and nationalism in the politics of nation-building in Malaysia
No full textThe question of nation-building has always been a central issue in Malaysian politics. Whilst the country has been able to sustain a relatively stable politics since the 1969
tragedy, and hence spawn a rapid economic development (at least until the 1997 Asian economic crisis), the project of nation-building remained a basic national agenda yet
to be fully resolved. This study investigates the delicate process of nation-building in Malaysia in the post 1970s, especially in the context of the vision of constructing the
Bangsa Malaysia or 'a united Malaysian nation' enshrined in Mahathir's Vision 2020 project which was introduced in 1991. The aim of the study is firstly, to examine the
underlying socio-political parameters that shaped and influenced the politics of nation-building in the country, and secondly, to explore the viability of the project of
Bangsa Malaysia in the context of the daunting challenges involved in the process of nation-building. Drawing from a range of theoretical frameworks as well as from
both primary and secondary data, the study contends that, based on the Malaysian experience, the potent interplay between the forces of ethnicity and nationalism
constitute the crux of the problems in the politics of nation-building in Malaysia. This dialectic it is argued, stems from the prevalence of the varying perceptions of 'nation-of-intent' within and across ethnic groups. These phenomena have not only shaped the pattern of ethnic political mobilisation in the country, but above all, laid the most complex set of obstacles in the path of the project of nation-building. This study argues that the project of constructing the Bangsa Malaysia therefore, can be seen as a significant attempt by the state to reconcile the varying ethnic ideologies of nation-of-intent.
It can also be considered as an attempt to consolidate Malay nationalism and cultural pluralism, thus, depicting 'the nation' as a 'mosaic of cultures', or reflecting a creation of 'a supra-ethnic' national identity. However, the viability of the envisaged
project is yet to be tested. The concept itself is still vague to many people and the challenges ahead are enormous, involving political, economic, socio-cultural and
religious issues. Indeed, the project risks becoming the 'latest' in the series of competing notions of nation-of-intent circulating in Malaysia. This study contends
that whilst, to some extent, the socio-political landscape of Malaysian society has been rapidly changing, especially under the eighteen years of Mahathir's reign,ethnicity still pervades Malaysian political life. This study differs from many previous studies on nation-building in Malaysia which have mainly focused on either the historical dimensions or those which have examined the impact of key national policies. As such, it is hoped that this study would be able to provide an alternative perspective in the analysis of ethnic relations and nation-building in Malaysia, thus broadening the understanding of Malaysian politics and society
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