HOST COUNTRY WELFARE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) AND IMPORTS: AN APPLICATION TO THE PROCESSED FOOD INDUSTRY

In case of tariff-induced capital inflow, growth might be immiserizing, under certain assumptions for the host country. Higher levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) might be associated with higher wages and employment levels in a host country, justifying the forbearance of some countries to the immiserizing effects of FDI.Financial Economics, International Development,

HOW COMPETITIVE IS THE WORLD WHEAT MARKET?

Japan is one of the largest importers of wheat in the world, with imports originating from three countries, Australia, Canada, and the United States. Australia, Canada, and Japan all use a government single-desk agency to control wheat trade. Many previous studies on competition in the world grain trade have argued the market is imperfectly competitive, and they often point to the Japanese market. We study the Japanese wheat import market for this reason, but find no compelling evidence of imperfect competition.wheat trade, competition, Crop Production/Industries, International Relations/Trade, F14, L10, Q17,

Trends on Distance Education in the COVID-19: A Content Analysis Study

It is clear that the world has changed with the latest pandemic known as the COVID-19. Moreover, a part of this change will be permanent. Because humanity has always been successful to create new alternatives during the crisis. When the COVID-19 pandemic was declared by World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020, people worried about sustainable education as well as accessible health. Accessing and sustaining education were one of the main problems. This study is a content analysis. In this study, the re-searchers have investigated the educational sciences studies during the COVID-19 pan-demic. They have identified 61 relevant studies on Web of Science database and analysed them with the dimensions of research methods, data collection tools, working groups, sample size, parameters and findings/results. This examination has showed that most of these studies are quantitative studies. The most frequently used data collection tool is questionnaire. The most preferred working group are “university students” and “teachers”. The studies were conducted with groups between 1-101 and 101-200 individuals, at most respectively. The most compiled variables are “distance education” and “perception”. The most frequently reported points in the results are the limitations of distance education and the digital transition

Morfološka i kemijska varijabilnost plodova medvjeđe lijeske (Corylus colurna L.) na području Turske

AbstractTurkish hazel (Corylus colurna L.) is naturally distributed in southeast Europe, Anatolia, the Caucasus and Western Himalayas. In Turkey, there are many isolated populations in the Black Sea, Marmara, Aegean, and Central Anatolian Regions. Many of the small populations in Turkey are endangered. In this study, the morphological and chemical characteristics of Turkish hazelnut fruits collected from seven populations were researched. In this regard, considering the morphological characteristics of fruits and kernels, significant differences were observed between the populations. Length, width, thickness, and weight averages were 15.98 mm, 15.38 mm, 12.00 mm and 1.4651 g in the fruits, and 13.03 mm, 11.22 mm, 7.64 mm and 0.5047 g in the kernels, respectively. The average shell thickness was 1.92 mm, shell weight was 0.9604 g, and kernel ratio was 35.16%. Statistically significant differences were found out between the populations whose chemical contents were analyzed. As a result of the analysis, the average fat content, protein, starch, and ash were 64.1%, 15.9%, 10.2 g, and 2.5%, respectively. According to the averages in the obtained fatty acids, the main fatty acids were oleic acid (79.53%), linoleic acid (11.34%), palmitic acid (5.68%), and stearic acid (2.03%), while the rest of other oils were found in trace amounts. Overall, our results suggest that the information relating to morphological and chemical characteristics of Turkish hazelnut can be useful for discriminating among populations.SažetakMedvjeđa lijeska (Corylus colurna L.) prirodno je rasprostranjena u jugoistočnoj Europi, Anatoliji, Kavkazu i zapadnoj Himalaji. U Turskoj postoje mnoge izolirane populacije ove vrste u regijama Crnog mora, Mramornog mora, Egeja i središnje Anatolije. Mnoge male populacije medvjeđe lijeske u Turskoj su ugrožene. U ovoj studiji istraživana su morfološka i kemijska svojstva lješnjaka prikupljenih iz sedam populacija na području Turske. Provedenim istraživanjem utvrđene su statistički značajne razlike između populacija s obzirom na morfološke karakteristike plodova i sjemenki. Prosječne vrijednosti za dužinu, širinu, debljinu i masu plodova bile su 16,04 mm, 15,38 mm, 12,00 mm i 1,4650 g te za dužinu, širinu, debljinu i masu sjemenke 13,03 mm, 11,21 mm, 7,64 mm i 0,5047 g. Prosječna debljina ljuske bila je 1,91 mm, težina ljuske 0,9603 g, a omjer jezgre 34,64%. Utvrđene su statistički značajne razlike između populacija čiji je kemijski sastav analiziran. Kao rezultat analize, prosječni sadržaj masti, proteina, škroba i pepela iznosio je 64,1%, 15,9%, 10,2 g, odnosno 2,5%. Prema prosjeku u dobivenim masnim kiselinama, glavne masne kiseline bile su oleinska (79,53%), linolna (11,34%), palmitinska (5,68%) i stearinska kiselina (2,03%), dok su ostale masti bile pronađena u tragovima. Naši rezultati upućuju na to da se morfološke i kemijske karakteristike plodova medvjeđe lijeske mogu uspješno koristiti za razlikovanje populacija

THE EFFECT OF PROACTIVE PERSONALITY ON CUSTOMER-ORIENTED BEHAVIORS: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY

Purpose - The study explores creativity as a mediator in the impact of proactive personality on customer orientation in light of Allport’s trait theory, 1961. Methodology/Design - The study was conducted in four- and five-star hotels in a destination resort, Cesme, Izmir. The data was obtained via a questionnaire. 194 valid questionnaires were subjected to reliability and validity test. The hypothesized relationships were tested by regression. Findings - The results show that although proactive personality increases hotel employees’ creativity, proactive personality decreases their customer-oriented behavior. In addition, the results show that employee creativity has a partial mediating effect on the relationships between proactive personality and customer orientation. Originality of the research - The results can contribute to the literature on customer orientation in the hospitality industry and assist hoteliers in hiring the right employee. They offer practical implications to encourage the proactive and creative tendencies of their current employees

Automatic Registration of Optical Aerial Imagery to a LiDAR Point Cloud for Generation of City Models

This paper presents a framework for automatic registration of both the optical and 3D structural information extracted from oblique aerial imagery to a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) point cloud without prior knowledge of an initial alignment. The framework employs a coarse to fine strategy in the estimation of the registration parameters. First, a dense 3D point cloud and the associated relative camera parameters are extracted from the optical aerial imagery using a state-of-the-art 3D reconstruction algorithm. Next, a digital surface model (DSM) is generated from both the LiDAR and the optical imagery-derived point clouds. Coarse registration parameters are then computed from salient features extracted from the LiDAR and optical imagery-derived DSMs. The registration parameters are further refined using the iterative closest point (ICP) algorithm to minimize global error between the registered point clouds. The novelty of the proposed approach is in the computation of salient features from the DSMs, and the selection of matching salient features using geometric invariants coupled with Normalized Cross Correlation (NCC) match validation. The feature extraction and matching process enables the automatic estimation of the coarse registration parameters required for initializing the fine registration process. The registration framework is tested on a simulated scene and aerial datasets acquired in real urban environments. Results demonstrates the robustness of the framework for registering optical and 3D structural information extracted from aerial imagery to a LiDAR point cloud, when co-existing initial registration parameters are unavailable