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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPsychological Effects of Youth Unemployment in GhanaChristopher M. Amissah, Kingsley NyarkoThis study investigated the psychological effects of youth unemployment in Ghana. Youths within the ages of 18 and 35 years in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana constituted the research population. A sample of 362 youths, comprising both the employed (n = 172) and the unemployed (n = 190), were purposively selected. The employed youths served as a control group … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 8 Mar 2017 · 10,408 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPerception and Awareness of Young Internet Users towards Cybercrime: Evidence from MalaysiaMd Shamimul Hasan, Rashidah Abdul Rahman, Sharifah Farah Hilwani Binti Tengku Abdillah, Normah OmarCybercrime is a criminal (unethical and unlawful) activities using internet facilities such as virus infections, identity theft and hacking. There is high risk of becoming a victim especially for young internet user. The purpose of this study is to protect them by providing empirical evidence to the policy makers in combating cybercrime. The study examines the relationship between perception and … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 4 · 10 Nov 2015 · 8,729 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractJuvenile Court Dispositions in the Deep South: Examining the Concept of Justice by GeographyBret Blackmon, Daphne S. Cain, Michelle LivermoreThe concept of justice by geography suggests that sentencing decisions in the juvenile justice system are influenced by the geographical context of the courts. This study sought to examine this phenomenon by examining rates of harsh juvenile sentencing (dispositions) in 64 parishes (i.e., counties) in the Deep South using parish-level characteristics such as geographic location (urban/suburban vs. rural), race and … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2015 · 7,250 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSex, Health Behaviors and Social Support: Functional Decline among Older DiabeticsEmily Joy NicklettProblem statement: Men and women experience pronounced differences in functional decline as they age. The mechanisms behind these differences remain unclear, particularly among chronically ill populations. Drawing on the theory of the disablement process, this research examines sex differences in functional decline, focusing on two mechanisms suggested by the literature to partially mediate these disparities: health behaviors and social support. … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 19 May 2012 · 8,045 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractInversion of Covariance Matrix for High Dimension DataSamruam ChongcharoenProblem statement: In the testing statistic problem for the mean vector of independent and identically distributed multivariate normal random vectors with unknown covariance matrix when the data has sample size less than the dimension n≤p, for example, the data came from DNA microarrays where a large number of gene expression levels are measured on relatively few subjects, the p×p sample … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 27 Jul 2011 · 7,869 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among Adult Australian-Lebanese in MelbourneLina Shahwan-AklThis descriptive exploratory study reports on the prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risk factors among adult Australian-Lebanese migrants living in Melbourne. This study fills a gap in extant research regarding CVD risk factors within this ethnic community in Melbourne. Problem statement: Australia’s multicultural society consists of more than 200 ethnic groups and nearly a quarter of the Australian population are … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 30 Jun 2010 · 15,011 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Numerical Computation of Rational Structures and Asymptotic Standard Deviations in Causal Time Series DataConcepción González-Concepción, María Candelaria Gil-Fariña, Celina Pestano-GabinoProblem statement: The specific properties of data series are of primary importance in several sciences. In the field of time series analysis, several researchers have considered the rational approximation theory, particularly the Padé Approximation and Orthogonal Polynomials. Approach: In this study, an approach for the statistical significance of two numerical methods, the r-s and q-d algorithm, was proposed which made … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2009 · 7,049 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIncome Statements Transparency and Firms' Characteristics of Companies Listed on the Bursa MalaysiaSazilah Mohd Saad, Syed Noh Syed Ahmad, Kamaruzaman Jusoff et al.Problem statement: This research was intended to contribute to the one of Corporate Governance mechanism on transparency and disclosure on the financial statements. Approach: As in the recent development of findings from Financial Statements Review Committee (FSRC) that company did not disclose of Material expenses and not classified accordingly. Results: This study provides an evidence for the transparency level on … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2009 · 7,527 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHIV/AIDS Prevention Knowledge among Youth in Cape Town, South AfricaKermyt G. Anderson, Ann M. BeutelHIV/AIDS knowledge is an important component of HIV/AIDS risk prevention strategies that may influence engagement in high risk behavior. This paper examines HIV/AIDS prevention knowledge among a representative sample of 4,174 youth living in Cape Town, South Africa. Data come from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS), and include black, coloured, and white respondents ages 14-22. Using an open-ended question, … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2007 · 9,219 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSystem Availability in the Presence of Estimating Common-cause Time-varying Failure RatesM. A. El-Damcese, Kh. A. Abd AlttifThis study presents a method for calculating the availability of a system depicted by availability block diagram, with identically distributed components, in the presence of estimating common cause hazard, we use the Marshall and Olkin formulation of the multivariate exponential distribution. That is, the components are subject to failure by Poisson failure processes that govern simultaneous failure of a specific … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2005 · 6,732 accessesView PDFCite