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PROGRAM, THE NEBRASKA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: One Hundred-Thirty-First Annual Meeting, APRIL 23-24, 2021. ONLINE
AFFILIATED SOCIETIES OF THE NEBRASKA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, INC.
1.American Association of Physics Teachers, Nebraska Section: Web site: http://www.aapt.org/sections/officers.cfm?section=Nebraska
2.Friends of Loren Eiseley: Web site: http://www.eiseley.org/
3.Lincoln Gem & Mineral Club: Web site: http://www.lincolngemmineralclub.org/
4.Nebraska Chapter, National Council for Geographic Education
5.Nebraska Geological Society: Web site: http://www.nebraskageologicalsociety.org Sponsors of a $50 award to the outstanding student paper presented at the Nebraska Academy of SciencesAnnual Meeting, Earth Science /Nebraska Chapter, National Council Sections
6.Nebraska Graduate Women in Science
7.Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences: Web site: http://www.nebraskajunioracademyofsciences.org/
8.Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union: Web site: http://www.noubirds.org/
9.Nebraska Psychological Association: http://www.nebpsych.org/
10.Nebraska-Southeast South Dakota Section Mathematical Association of America: Web site: http://sections.maa.org/nesesd/
11.Nebraska Space Grant Consortium: Web site: http://www.ne.spacegrant.org/
CONTENTS
AERONAUTICS & SPACE SCIENCE
ANTHROPOLOGY
APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
BIOLOGICAL & MEDICAL SCIENCES
COLLEGIATE ACADEMY: BIOLOGY
COLLEGIATE ACADEMY: CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS
EARTH SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
GENERAL CHEMISTRY
GENERAL PHYSICS
TEACHING OF SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS
2020-2021 PROGRAM COMMITTEE
2020-2021 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
FRIENDS OF THE ACADEMY
NEBRASKA ACADEMY OF SCIENCS FRIEND OF SCIENCE AWARD WINNERS
FRIEND OF SCIENCE AWARD TO DR PAUL KAR
Applications
Volume 3 describes how resource-aware machine learning methods and techniques are used to successfully solve real-world problems. The book provides numerous specific application examples: in health and medicine for risk modelling, diagnosis, and treatment selection for diseases in electronics, steel production and milling for quality control during manufacturing processes in traffic, logistics for smart cities and for mobile communications
Applications
Volume 3 describes how resource-aware machine learning methods and techniques are used to successfully solve real-world problems. The book provides numerous specific application examples: in health and medicine for risk modelling, diagnosis, and treatment selection for diseases in electronics, steel production and milling for quality control during manufacturing processes in traffic, logistics for smart cities and for mobile communications
Reconciling the irreconcilable? An application of economics to long-term fiscal sustainability of the HIV/AIDS response in Uganda
This Ph.D. aims to propose a pragmatic approach to the long-term fiscal sustainability of the HIV and HIV response in Uganda. It is motivated by the fact that whereas financing of the HIV response has been among the dominant economic development issues over the last years, it now faces an uncertain outlook. Using a mixed-methods research approach, this Ph.D.’s empirical, theoretical, and methodological contributions improve our understanding of the economics (and politics) of achieving fiscal sustainability of HIV responses. Empirically, I found that Uganda will not “end AIDS” by 2030 despite projected significant reductions in AIDS deaths and new HIV infections by 68% and 80% respectively between 2010 and 2030 under a scale-up strategy, the Fast-Track approach. From a fiscal perspective, the corresponding direct and indirect HIV-induced contingent fiscal liabilities range between 150% and 200% of GDP (in 2015 terms). To cope with these fiscal quasi-liabilities implied by the national HIV response, a novel analytical framework for achieving fiscal sustainability of HIV responses is proposed and, through a proof-of-concept, validated in this Ph.D. Theoretically informed and relying on a set of core principles, behavioral economics-inspired, explicit political analysis and, game-theoretic approaches, I empirically assess the likely evolution of future public spending and revenues through analytic policy simulations and conclude that the fiscal space created from applying this novel and pragmatic approach could meet the above-mentioned HIV-induced contingent fiscal liabilities estimated at US$ 24 billion by 2030. This Ph.D. also explores political economy considerations regarding long-term funding for the HIV response. This Ph.D. hopes to contribute to technically sound and politically achievable approaches to addressing HIV-related long-term fiscal challenges in Uganda and, more broadly, toward literature on the political economy of fiscal sustainability
Factors Influencing Customer Satisfaction towards E-shopping in Malaysia
Online shopping or e-shopping has changed the world of business and quite a few people have
decided to work with these features. What their primary concerns precisely and the responses from
the globalisation are the competency of incorporation while doing their businesses. E-shopping has
also increased substantially in Malaysia in recent years. The rapid increase in the e-commerce
industry in Malaysia has created the demand to emphasize on how to increase customer satisfaction
while operating in the e-retailing environment. It is very important that customers are satisfied with
the website, or else, they would not return. Therefore, a crucial fact to look into is that companies
must ensure that their customers are satisfied with their purchases that are really essential from the ecommerce’s
point of view. With is in mind, this study aimed at investigating customer satisfaction
towards e-shopping in Malaysia. A total of 400 questionnaires were distributed among students
randomly selected from various public and private universities located within Klang valley area.
Total 369 questionnaires were returned, out of which 341 questionnaires were found usable for
further analysis. Finally, SEM was employed to test the hypotheses. This study found that customer
satisfaction towards e-shopping in Malaysia is to a great extent influenced by ease of use, trust,
design of the website, online security and e-service quality. Finally, recommendations and future
study direction is provided.
Keywords: E-shopping, Customer satisfaction, Trust, Online security, E-service quality, Malaysia
Assessment of Socio-Economic Sustainability and Resilience after COVID-19
The pandemic period has caused severe socio-economic damage, but it is accompanied by environmental deterioration that can also affect economic opportunities and social equity. In the face of this double risk, future generations are ready to be resilient and make their contribution not only on the consumption side, but also through their inclusion in all companies by bringing green and circular principles with them. Policy makers can also favor this choice
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