scholarly journals The Role of Factors Affecting the Adoption of Environmentally Friendly Farming Practices: Can Geographical Context and Time Explain the Differences Emerging from Literature?

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Mozzato ◽  
Paola Gatto ◽  
Edi Defrancesco ◽  
Lucia Bortolini ◽  
Francesco Pirotti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Farming Practices ◽  
Temporal Perspective ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Geographical Context

Environmentally Friendly Farming Practices (EFFPs) are tools aimed at providing ecosystem services or mitigating the environmental impacts of intensive agriculture. A large literature has explored the factors affecting the adoption of EFFPs by farmers. However, opposite effects of several factors on uptake have often emerged. We carried out a qualitative meta-analysis of the literature seeking to identify some geographical and temporal trends that can provide a rationale to explain these opposite results. To reach this goal, we analysed the literature and classified the following factors affecting farmers’ behaviour according to the theory of reasoned action and planned behaviour: farm, farmer, informational, and social factors. Our perspective in exploring the existing literature shows that the geographical context and the temporal period under analysis, considered as different adopters’ cohorts, can explain most of the opposite effects. For example, while the different effects of farm structural factors show specific geographical patterns, those of the management and economic factors follow temporal trends. The impact of some farmers’ socio-demographical characteristics and some social factors can be explained in terms of both geographical context and time. The broad trends we found cast light on the importance of further research adopting the same methodological approach in different geographical contexts and under a temporal perspective.

scholarly journals Modelling the Heterogeneity of the Mutual Influence between Russian Regions in the Manufacturing Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 944-955
Author(s):  
Mikhail B. Petrov ◽  
Leonid А. Serkov ◽  
Кonstantin B. Kozhov
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Interaction Matrix ◽  
Sverdlovsk Oblast ◽  
Russian Regions ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Interregional Interaction ◽  
The Impact

As factors affecting interregional interactions play an important role in regional economic development. Thus, developing a methodology for assessing these interactions is becoming urgent. The article proposes a methodological approach to analyse the factors influencing possible interactions between Sverdlovsk oblast and other constituent entities of the Russian Federation in the manufacturing industry. It is hypothesised that the elements of an interregional interaction matrix are proxy variables characterising the degree of this interaction. An economic analysis of relations and production chains between Sverdlovsk oblast and other constituent entitles confirmed this hypothesis. First, based on the spatial distribution of manufacturing output in the examined regions, values of an indicator showing the strength of their mutual influence were determined. Second, the impact of economic, infrastructural and institutional factors on the obtained indicator, characterising the inter action between Sverdlovsk oblast and other regions, was assessed using quantile regression. In this case, such a technique was chosen instead of the classical ordinary least squares (OLS) regression that incorrectly estimates the dependencies between the studied variables. This is expressed in the fact that the regression coefficients de pend on q-quantile of the dependent variable. We have revealed that price levels of the examined regions do not affect their possible interactions with Sverdlovsk oblast. Simultaneously, the dissemination of knowledge acts a driver of interaction between the considered regional manufacturing industries. The research findings can be used to prepare strategies, programmes and schemes for the placement and development of industries, considering the potential of Sverdlovsk oblast and other Russian regions.

Family Estrangement

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kylie Agllias
Keyword(s):  
Family System ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Bowen Family Systems Theory ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Parental Alienation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Family ◽  
Grief Responses ◽  
The Impact

Family estrangement—a concept similar to emotional cutoff in Bowen family systems theory—is the unsatisfactory physical or emotional distancing between at least two family members. It is attributed to a number of biological, psychological, social, and structural factors affecting the family, including attachment disorders, incompatible values and beliefs, unfulfilled expectations, critical life events and transitions, parental alienation, and ineffective communication patterns. Family estrangement is often experienced as a considerable loss; its ambiguous nature and social disenfranchisement can contribute to significant grief responses, perceived stigma, and social isolation in some cases. The social-work profession has a role to play in raising social and political awareness of the prevalence of, contributors to, and effects of estrangement on the intergenerational family, with clinicians working to assess and address the impact of estrangement on individuals and the family system.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting The Jordanian Purchasing Behavior Of Housing Apartments: An Empirical Study In Irbid City

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 446
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Mohammed Khrais
Keyword(s):  
Influential Factors ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Purchasing Behavior ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Purchasing Decision ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Northern Jordan

The aim of this study is to show the extent of the impact of factors that affect the purchasing behavior of housing apartments per capita in Irbid city. It discusses the most influential factors in the purchasing decision for housing issues. These factors are independent factors: structural, geographical, environmental, and economical. Data was collected via questionnaires which were distributed to a sample of 150 individuals who are owners of apartments in Irbid city (Northern Jordan). The study showed different results and the various factors (structural, geographical, environmental, economical, and demographic) which have a significant impact on the purchasing decision of housing apartments in Irbid city. It is evident that these factors in full manner and the structural factors (construction area, land area, finishing, age of the building, and the outer shape) have an effect on the decision making process of the respective apartments.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS AFFECTING REAL ESTATE PRICE IN HUE CITY, THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 129 (3C) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Binh ◽  
Ho Nhat Linh ◽  
Tran Thi Anh Tuyet
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Shape Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Real Estate Price ◽  
Property Prices ◽  
Real Estate Prices ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Relevant Factors

This study focuses on determining the impact of factors on property prices in Hue city, Thua Thien Hue province. The study used quantitative and qualitative analysis in SPSS to statistically characterize the investigated subjects; using Likert scale with five levels and regression method to evaluate the influences of relevant factors on real estate; surveying 115 samples in 03 wards of An Tay, An Cuu and An Dong of Hue city. The results showed that, 6 factors affecting real estate prices were identified, including: (i) Location, (ii) Topographic and shape, (iii) Legal, (iv) Social factors, (v) Infrastructure and (vi) Environment. The impact level of 6 factors on real estate prices are: Environment (0.416), Terrain (0.408), Location (0.225), Infrastructure (0.197), Legal (0.195) and Social factors (0.120). For factors affecting real estate prices, depending on the type of street that the factors affecting real estate prices have different roles. For streets with good business potential, the important factor is that the location of the land plot provides high profitability and stability leading to high buyer demand, followed by parcel shape factors, infrastructure conditions, living environment. The main purpose of a street to build houses is the natural environment, social factors, infrastructure, followed by shape and area. Among the 3 surveyed wards, An Cuu ward had the highest real estate price; followed by An Dong and An Tay wards.

Why Does Momentum Persist?

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 119-125
Author(s):  
Greg Samsa
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Finance ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Cognitive Biases ◽  
Financial Incentive ◽  
Feedback Loops ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Money Managers ◽  
The Impact

The phenomenon of short-term momentum in intriguing because it directly contradicts the notion that in an efficient market stock prices should lack memory.  Three classes of possible explanation for momentum are (1) it is consistent with tenets of efficient markets after appropriate risk adjustment; (2) it is consistent with tenets of behavioral finance because of investors' cognitive biases; and (3) it is consistent with structurally-based positive feedback loops.  The presence of extreme bubbles provides evidence against the first explanation.  The fact that prices are effectively set by institutional investors who are aware of the cognitive biases in question and have a financial incentive to avoid them provides evidence against the second.  Structurally-based explanations include the short-term incentives of institutional money managers and the impact of indexing.   We believe that considering structural factors affecting the behavior of stock prices provides an additional perspective, to be used in combination with behavioral finance and market efficiency. 

MODELING THE SPREAD OF STREET KIDS IN ZIMBABWE

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (03) ◽  
pp. 429-447
Author(s):  
C. P. BHUNU
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Child Neglect ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Street Kids ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Foster Homes ◽  
Children’S Homes ◽  
The Impact

Child neglect and abuse has been linked with the growth in the number of street kids for some time. A mathematical model is used to explore the impact of peer influence and child abuse in the presence of removal of street kids from the streets into children's homes/foster homes and improvement in the welfare of adults. The threshold quantity known as the reproduction number and equilibria for the model are determined and analyzed. Results from this study suggest that removal of street kids from the streets into children's homes/foster homes and improving the welfare of adults have the potential to reduce the number of children living in the streets. Interestingly, our results illustrate that adult peer influence leading to child abuse of children makes the problem of street kids worse than any other factor. To effectively control the growth in the number of street kids require strategies that address both economic and social factors affecting children and their guardians. Addressing only an issue affecting one group like guardians through improvement of their welfare may not be enough to stem the growth in the number of street kids as some would be turning to the streets due to negative peer influence among children.

Principal succession in schools: A literature review (2003–2019)

2020 ◽  
pp. 174114322094033
Author(s):  
Felipe Aravena
Keyword(s):  
School Improvement ◽  
School System ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Common Pattern ◽  
Principal Succession ◽  
Educational Management ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Leadership Quality ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The Impact

Principal succession is an inevitable phenomenon in school systems. Given the relevance of principal succession for leadership quality and school improvement, there has been a lack of research in recent decades that has synthesized principal succession. This study aims to review the literature from 2003 to 2019 on principal succession in schools. Using a systematic review as the methodological approach, the eight core educational management and administration leadership journals were selected to collect the sources. Among this corpus of data, four main topics emerged: (a) factors affecting principal succession; (b) the dilemma between change and continuity; (c) the impact of principal succession on teachers; and (d) the evaluation of succession programs. We found that the volume of evidence on principal succession in K-12 schools is low and narrow, even with the importance of the topic. Given the increasingly common pattern of principal movements across the school system, it is urgent to research principal succession in greater detail. Otherwise, the association between principal succession and school failure will be maintained.

The methodological approach for the determination of the pressure of artificial raindrops as a question of the theory of splash soil erosion

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-28
Author(s):  
Mihail Zver'kov
Keyword(s):  
Block Diagram ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Soil Conditions ◽  
Effective Pressure ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Splash Erosion ◽  
Rain Drops ◽  
Artificial Rain ◽  
The Impact

To the article the results of the theoretical and experimental researches are given on questions of estimates of the dynamic rate effect of raindrop impact on soil. The aim of this work was to analyze the current methods to determine the rate of artificial rain pressure on the soil for the assessment of splash erosion. There are the developed author’s method for calculation the pressure of artificial rain on the soil and the assessment of splash erosion. The study aims to the justification of evaluation methods and the obtaining of quantitative characteristics, prevention and elimination of accelerated (anthropogenic) erosion, the creation and the realization of the required erosion control measures. The paper considers the question of determining the pressure of artificial rain on the soil. At the moment of raindrops impact, there is the tension in the soil, which is called vertical effective pressure. It is noted that the impact of rain drops in the soil there are stresses called vertical effective pressure. The equation for calculation of vertical effective pressure is proposed in this study using the known spectrum of raindrops. Effective pressure was 1.4 Pa for the artificial rain by sprinkler machine «Fregat» and 5.9 Pa for long distance sprinkler DD-30. The article deals with a block diagram of the sequence for determining the effective pressure of rain drops on the soil. This diagram was created by the author’s method of calculation of the effective pressure of rain drops on the soil. The need for an integrated approach to the description of the artificial rain impact on the soil is noted. Various parameters characterizing drop erosion are considered. There are data about the mass of splashed soil in the irrigation of various irrigation machinery and installations. For example, the rate (mass) of splashed soil was 0.28…0.78 t/ha under irrigation sprinkler apparatus RACO 4260–55/701C in the conditions of the Ryazan region. The method allows examining the environmental impact of sprinkler techniques for analyzes of the pressure, caused by raindrops, on the soil. It can also be useful in determining the irrigation rate before the runoff for different types of sprinkler equipment and soil conditions.

DAMPAK KEBIJAKAN FISKAL TERHADAP KINERJA SEKTOR PERTANIAN DI SULAWESI TENGGARA

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
La Ode Jabuddin ◽  
Ayub M Padangaran ◽  
Azhar Bafadal Bafadal
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Simultaneous Equations ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Historical Simulation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Direct Expenditure

This study aims to: (1) Knowing the dynamics of fiscal policy and the performance of the agricultural sector, (2) Analyze the factors that influence fiscal policy and the performance                   of the agricultural sector, and (3) Analyzing the impact of fiscal policy on the performance of the agricultural sector. The data used in this study were pooled 2005-2013 data in the aggregate. Econometric model the impact of fiscal policy on the performance of the agricultural sector is built in the form of simultaneous equations, consisting of 7 equations with 25 total variables in the model, 7 endogenous variables, 12 exogenous variables, and 6 variables lag. The model is estimated by 2SLS method SYSLIN procedures and historical simulation with SIMNLIN procedure.The results showed that: (1) The development of fiscal policy in Southeast Sulawesi from year to year tends to increase, (2) The performance of the agricultural sector from the aspect of GDP has decreased, from the aspect of labor is still consistent, in terms of investment to grow positively, and assign roles which means to decrease the number of poor people, (3) factors affecting fiscal policy is local revenues, equalization funds, other revenues, as well as the lag fiscal policy, (4) the factors that affect the performance of the agricultural sector from the aspect GDP is labor, direct expenditure and GDP lag; from the aspect of labor is the total labor force, investment, land area, direct expenditure, as well as the lag of labor; from the aspect of investment is influenced by GDP per capita, land area, interest rates and investment lag; as well as from the aspect of poor people, are affected by population, investments, direct expenditure and poverty lag, (5). Fiscal policy impact on the agricultural sector GDP increase, a decrease in the number of poor, declining agricultural laborers, and a decrease in the amount of investment in the agricultural sector.Keywords: Fiscal policy, the performance of the agricultural sector, the simultaneous equations

Comparing the Impact of Religious Discourse on HIV/AIDS in Islam and Christianity in Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sloane Speakman
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Hiv Prevalence ◽  
Religious Discourse ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
The Social ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Islam And Christianity ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact

In examining the strikingly high prevalence rates of HIV in many parts of Africa, reaching as high as 5% in some areas, how does the discourse promoted by the predominant religions across the continent, Islam and Christianity, affect the outlook of their followers on the epidemic? This question becomes even more intriguing after discovering the dramatic difference in rate of HIV prevalence between Muslims and Christians in Africa, confirmed by studies that have found a negative relationship to exist between HIV prevalence and being Muslim in Africa, even in Sub-Saharan African nations. Why does this gap in prevalence rates exist? Does Islam advocate participating in less risky behavior more so than Christianity? By comparing the social construction, epidemiological understanding and public responses among Muslim populations in Africa with Christian ones, it becomes apparent that many similarities exist between the two regarding discourse and that, rather than religious discourse itself, other social factors, such as circumcision practices, contribute more to the disparity in HIV prevalence than originally thought.

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