Foreign direct investment effect on economic growth in ASEAN countries (2002 - 2019)

Thesis(Master) -- KDI School: Master of Development Policy, 2022The determination of our empirical investigation is to study the foreign direct investment (FDI) effect on ASEAN's economic growth utilizing human capital. Moreover, our empirical investigation aims to investigate how FDI interacts with domestic investment, human capital, and trade in developing countries to promote economic growth. The World Bank Indicators is the source of data obtained for the period of year 2002 to 2019 and OLS approach was used to analyze. One of the most important components in the development of a successful economy is human capital. Although FDI has favorable impact on ASEAN economic growth, human capital, domestic investment, and trade don’t have positive effect in ASEAN countries. This research’s conclusive finding is FDI effects on economic growth are independent of the human capital level of the host country. It can be concluded that the higher the quality of a country's human capital, the greater its economic growth and FDI inflows will be.CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW CHAPTER THREE: DATA AND METHODOLOGY CHAPTER FOUR: EMPIRICAL RESULTS CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONSmasterpublishedHtet Htet Hto

Actuator Disk Theory for Compressible Flow

Because compressibility effects arise in real applications of propellers and turbines, the Actuator Disk Theory or Froude’s Momentum Theory was established for compressible, subsonic flow using the three laws of conservation and isentropic thermodynamics. The compressible Actuator Disk Theory was established for the unducted (bare) and ducted cases in which the disk was treated as the only assembly within the flow stream in the bare case and enclosed by a duct having a constant cross-sectional area equal to the disk area in the ducted case. The primary motivation of the current thesis was to predict the ideal performance of a small ram-air turbine (microRAT), operating at high subsonic Mach numbers, that would power an autonomous Boundary Layer Data System during test flights. The compressible-flow governing equations were applied to a propeller and a turbine for both the bare and ducted cases. The solutions to the resulting system of coupled, non-linear, algebraic equations were obtained using an iterative approach. The results showed that the power extraction efficiency and the total drag coefficient of the bare turbine are slightly higher for compressible flow than for incompressible flow. As the free-stream Mach increases, the Betz limit of the compressible bare turbine slightly increases from the incompressible value of 0.593 and occurs at a velocity ratio between the far downstream and the free-stream that is lower than the incompressible value of 0.333. From incompressible to a free-stream Mach number of 0.8, the Betz limit increases by 0.021 while its corresponding velocity ratio decreases by 0.036. The Betz limit and its corresponding velocity ratio for the ducted turbine are not affected by the free-stream Mach and are the same for both incompressible and compressible flow. The total drag coefficient of the ducted turbine is also the same regardless of the free-stream Mach number and the compressibility of the flow; but, the individual contributions of the turbine drag and the lip thrust to the total drag differs between compressible and incompressible flow and between varying free-stream Mach numbers. It was concluded that overall compressibility has little influence on the ideal performance of an actuator disk

Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converter for Miniaturised Wearable Systems

Motivated by the demands of the integrated power system in the modern wearable electronics, this paper presents a new method of inductor-less switched-capacitor (SC) based DC-DC converter designed to produce two simultaneous boost and buck outputs by using a 4-phases logic switch mode regulation. While the existing SC converters missing their reconfigurability during needed spontaneous multi-outputs at the load ends, this work overcomes this limitation by being able to reconfigure higher gain mode at dual outputs. From an input voltage of 2.5 V, the proposed converter achieves step-up and step-down voltage conversions of 3.74 V and 1.233 V for Normal mode, and 4.872 V and 2.48 V for High mode, with the ripple variation of 20–60 mV. The proposed converter has been designed in a standard 0.35 μm CMOS technology and with conversion efficiencies up to 97–98% is in agreement with state-of-the-art SC converter designs. It produces the maximum load currents of 0.21 mA and 0.37 mA for Normal and High modes respectively. Due to the flexible gain accessibility and fast response time with only two clock cycles required for steady state outputs, this converter can be applicable for multi-function wearable devices, comprised of various integrated electronic modules

Empowering the Future Transformative Education Practices in Myanmar

This research explores the landscape of transformative education in Myanmar through a quantitative study involving 300 participants across diverse educational levels. The demographic analysis reveals a balanced gender distribution and representation across primary, secondary, and tertiary education, providing a comprehensive understanding of transformative education's potential impact. Perceptions of the current education system highlight strengths in curriculum and infrastructure satisfaction but signal opportunities for improvement in technology access. Participants' active engagement in transformative practices, such as workshops, technology integration, and critical thinking activities, suggests a substantial foundation for transformative education. The implications call for targeted investments in technology, professional development for educators, and a reevaluation of curricular frameworks. Myanmar stands at the threshold of educational transformation, and this study serves as a call to action for collaborative efforts to propel the nation into a new era of empowerment and innovation. The limitations of the study are acknowledged, and future research is encouraged to delve deeper into transformative education dynamics in Myanmar

Getting Ready for Business Expansion: To Enhance Employee Motivation and Work Performance Through HR Management Practices, Emotional Intelligence and Initiating Organization Learning Culture: A Study of a Fintech Company in Myanmar

Purpose: The purpose of the study is 1) To investigate the current situation of employees’ motivation, work performance, HR management practices, emotional intelligence, and organization learning culture of ABC Co., Ltd. employees, 2) To implement appropriate Organization Development Interventions (ODIs) in order to support the organization for business expansion, 3) To determine the differences in employees motivation, work performance, HR management practices, emotional intelligence, and organizational learning culture between pre- and post-ODI, and 4) To gain insights of the participants on employees motivation, work performance, HR management practices, emotional intelligence, and organizational learning culture between pre- and post-ODI. Research design, data and methodology: This study employs questionnaires and semi-structured interviews for data collection for two phases: pre-ODI and post-ODI. After data collection, OD interventions such as human resources interventions, employees stress and wellness interventions and knowledge management interventions were performed. After data collection, quantitative data analysis with SPSS software and qualitative content analysis with NVivo software was performed. Results: The results reveal that ODI made significant improvements on employees motivation, work performance, HR management practices, emotional intelligence, and organization learning culture. Conclusions: According to the results, improving HRM policies and practices, emotional intelligence and organization learning culture improved employees motivation and work performance

A comparison of neoadjuvant therapies for gastroesophageal and gastric cancer on tumour resection rate: A network meta-analysis

Background: Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignancies around the world, and a variety of neoadjuvant chemotherapies with different drug combinations are available for the treatment. R0 resection refers to a microscopically negative margin on resection, where no gross or microscopic tumour remains in the primary tumour. We aimed to find evidence on the relative effectiveness of neoadjuvant therapies for patients with advanced gastroesophageal and gastric cancer on the R0 resection rate. Methods: Relevant randomised controlled trials were searched using appropriate keywords in health-related databases. We performed network meta-analysis within a frequentist framework. The endpoint assessed was the R0 resection rate. We assessed consistency and transitivity assumptions that are necessary for network meta-analysis. This study only used data from published studies. The need for consent from participants was waived by the Ethics Review Committee of the International Medical University in Malaysia. Results: Six randomised controlled trials involving 1700 patients were identified. A network plot was formed with five neoadjuvant regimens [DLX (pyrimidine analogue + platinum compounds + chemoradiotherapy), DELX (pyrimidine analogue + epipodophylllotoxins/etoposide + platinum compounds + chemoradiotherapy), ADL (anthracycline + pyrimidine analogue + platinum compounds), ADM (anthracycline+ pyrimidine analogue + anti-folate compounds) and LTX (platinum compounds + taxane + chemoradiotherapy)] and surgery alone for management of patients with advanced gastroesophageal and gastric cancer. Assumptions required for a network meta-analysis such as consistency ((global test: Chi2 (1): 3.71; p:0.054)), and the transitivity in accord to the characteristics of interventions considered in this review were not violated. In the network comparison, surgery alone has a lower R0 resection rate compared with LTX (OR 0.2, 95%CI:0.01, 0.38) or DLX (OR 0.48, 95%CI: 0.29, 0.79). LTX has higher resection rate compared with DLX (OR 2.47, 95%CI: 1.08 to 5.63), DELX (OR 106.0, 95%CI: 25.29 to 444.21), ADM (OR 5.41, 95%CI: 1.56 to 18.78) or ADL (OR 3.12, 95%CI: 1.27 to 7.67). There were wide or very wide CIs in many of these comparisons. Overall certainty of the evidence was low or very low. Further research in this field is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the R0 resection rates between LTX versus other neoadjuvant chemotherapy is likely to change the estimate. Conclusions: Findings suggest that overall quality of evidence on the relative effectiveness of neoadjuvant chemotherapies was low to very low level. Therefore, we are very uncertain about the true effect of neoadjuvant therapies in the R0 resection rate in patients with gastroesophageal and gastric cancer. Future well-designed large trials are needed. To recruit large samples in this field, multicountry trials are recommended. Future trials also need to assess treatment-related adverse events, and patients-centered outcomes such as health‐related quality of life

SMS Security on Android Using RC4 Algorithm

SMS plays an important role in mobile communication systems. The sending side is acting like as a server for the receiving side that receives short message service at the receiving side. SMS does not incorporate a procedure to accord security for the text sent as data. A majority of the applications for mobile devices are designed and implemented without taking security into account. SMS messages are not normally encrypted by default. Confidentiality is the notion of making sure that data is not made accessible or exposed to unauthorized people. Encryption is the main approach to confidentiality. Both symmetric and asymmetric encryption can be employed. As confidentiality was the original purpose of cryptology, this chapter is introduced as a data confidentiality approach to SMS on Android. It encompasses SMS network architecture as well as cryptographic protocols as theory background and it also deals with design, implementation, and confidentiality assessment of RC4 stream cipher for SMS data confidentiality on mobile networks