Spectral modulation detection in normal hearing children

This Capstone Project attempts to determine the ability of normal hearing children to resolve spectral information, and the relationship between spectral resolution ability and speech recognition ability in noise. This study also examines how these abilities develop with age

Migrations of Hungarian Peasants into and out of a Village at the Borders of Budapest. Social and Economic Changes in Vecsés in the Early 20th Century

The Hungarian capital, Budapest, witnessed unprecedented development during the rapid modernization period of the Dual Monarchy. It was also the time period when Austria-Hungary underwent the greatest loss of people in its history to international migration. This paper attempts to analyze this phenomenon in relation to a small town in the vicinity of Budapest. Vecsés had been a peasant village but after the abolition of serfdom and the beginnings of modernization, it lost its previous function and transformed into a residential village. The paper analyzes the growth of the population and the changes in the occupational structure, and briefly examines issues of land distribution in Vecsés based on a variety of archival records. The research demonstrates how at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries a typical agricultural village was utterly transformed by the influence of modernization, the urbanization of the capital city, and domestic and international migration

Nelagodnost u diskursu modernizacije

The paper proposes to analyze how the discourse of modernity has been providing for the historical reproduction of capitalist relations of production in the spheres of ideology, politics, science and culture, thereby maintaining the historical continuity of Western imperialism and neo-colonialism in disguised ideological forms. Particular emphasis is put on the historical analysis of the formation of post-WWII modernization discourse in social sciences as a politically grounded project and dominant scientific and cultural paradigm, whose ideological and explanatory matrix provided for the exclusion of the actual, given material relations of socio-economic, cultural and artistic production from the scientific analyses of the real historical processes. Particular importance is given to analysingthe manner in whichthe categories of modernity and modernism were conceptually appropriated by and interpolated within different forms of scientific, cultural and artistic production, in order to reveal the ideological mechanism underlying the processes of reconfiguration of ideological-political space in post-Yugoslav countries. Hence, the notion of historical revisionism is being taken as the key category underlying the analysis of current historicist interpretations of socialist historical legacy, which are premised on the general reductive presupposition that socialism historically had ensued exclusively from the so-called Western modernity project. By hypostatizing merely the modernist substratum of the entire historical legacy of Yugoslav socialism, the historicist formalism actually fits the current ideological matrix underlying the different forms of the ideological distortion and symbolic appropriation of socialist historical legacy, which we refer to as yet another form of historical revisionism. Moreover, the manner in which the historical phenomenon of Yugoslav antifascist memorials has recently been subjected to reductive formalist interpretations particularly indicatesthe extent to which a modernist-oriented historicism has been effective at converting them into depoliticized objects of revisionist historicization.Ovaj rad analizira način na koji je diskurs modernosti omogućavao historijsku reprodukciju kapitalističkih odnosa proizvodnje u sferi ideologije, politike, znanosti i kulture, održavajući pritom historijski kontinuitet imperijalizma i neokolonijalizma Zapada u prerušenim ideološkim oblicima. Polazi se od historijske analize nastanka diskursa modernizacije u društvenim znanostima nakon Drugoga svjetskog rata kao politički utemeljenog projekta i dominantne znanstvene i kulturne paradigme, čija je ideološka i eksplanatorna matrica omogućavala isključenje realnih, datih materijalnih odnosa društveno-ekonomske, kulturne i umjetničke proizvodnje iz znanstvene analize realnih historijskih procesa. Posebna se pozornost polaže na analizu načina na koji su kategorije modernosti i modernizma konceptualno prisvojene i interpolirane unutar različitih oblika znanstvene, kulturne i umjetničke proizvodnje, kako bi se razotkrili ideološki mehanizmi iza rekonfiguracije ideološko-političkog prostora postjugoslavenskih zemalja. Stoga se pojam historijskog revizionizma shvaća kao ključna kategorija u analizi aktualnih historicističkih interpretacija socijalističkoga historijskog naslijeđa, koje se temelje na općenitoj reduktivnoj pretpostavci da socijalizam historijski slijedi isključivo iz takozvanoga projekta moderne Zapada. Hipostazirajući isključivo modernistički sloj čitavoga historijskog naslijeđa jugoslavenskog socijalizma, historicistički formalizam zapravo se uklapa u aktualnu ideološku matricu koja je u pozadini različitih oblika ideološkog iskrivljenja i simboličkog prisvajanja socijalističkoga historijskog naslijeđa, što smatramo još jednim oblikom historijskog revizionizma. Štoviše, način na koji je historijski fenomen jugoslavenskih antifašističkih memorijala odnedavna podvrgnut reduktivnim formalističkim interpretacijama upućuje na to koliko ih je modernistički orijentiran historicizam učinkovito pretvorio u depolitizirane objekte revizionističke historizacije

Women and Bureaucracy: A Study of Women in Public Office in Gowa District

women is a segment in society who had been not yet get the equal space as a man in many aspects, including the formal occupation aspect. One of the caused of this situation is by the patriarchy culture which has been strongly rooted in Indonesian community.  But in reality, there is a tendention that show the differensiate realted to the assumption that conducted to the real condition in Gowa district education office. Women in the Gowa district education office had been given  a chance to occupy a certain position, it is shown on the amount of structural position in  Gowa district education office that there are 11 woman and 9 man who holds a structural position in the Gowa district education office. This research aims to analyse related to the phenomena on Gowa district education office by using descriptive qualitative reseach menthod. According to the data had been collected shown that the women in Gowa district education office had been given a chance to compete with the man in the contestation of structural positions based on formal legal rules as stipulated in Government Regulation Number 13 of 2002. Its mean that the Gowa District Government already have a strong commitment to implement the formal legal rules that already give the same chance to woman and man to compete in structural possition

THE PROSPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL ACQUISITIONS IN CAR INDUSTRY DURING THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS - THE CASE OF GEELY VOLVO

Significant technological, social and economic changes on the global level marked the beginning of the 21st century. Growing importance of Chinese economy stands out as one of the most important among these changes. Accelerated economic development of China was first based on FDI inflow and the export of low-cost less technology intensive products. However, a gradual alternation to Chinese economic policy and the growth of outward FDI followed by a global breakthrough of some Chinese companies operating in technology intensive industries (Huawei, Lenovo, Mindrey, Haier etc.) has been marked in the past few years. Further economic development of China will to a large depend on the positioning of Chinese car manufacturers. In this paper the stress will be put on high technology intensity in car industry, on its global character, high concentration within the industry and on market saturation in developed countries due to global economic crises. Basic characteristics of automotive industry and its development will be considered regarding prolonged economic crisis. Current local character of Chinese car manufacturers and its going global prospects will be observed. In order to become global players Chinese car manufacturers could implement the acquisition strategy of some key competitor from developed countries. Chinese car companies aimed at relatively small targets in the previous period because they were inexperienced in acquisitions and restructuring management and tended to decrease risks. The last and the most important is the acquisition of Swedish Volvo by Chinese Geely. These are the companies significantly differing in the level of technology, corporate and national culture, brand perception and geographic orientation of business operations. Potential risks that follow these differences as well as potential synergetic effects, supposing that the acquisition process is properly managed, will be considered in the paper

Dental Disparities: A Quantitative & Regional Analysis of Male Oral Health in the United States

Project of Merit Winner Multiple factors contribute to the oral health of male individuals in the United States, including economic, regional, and gender disparities. My study compares health care coverage and poverty rates to indicators of oral health status and dental care access such as percentage of tooth lost, number of dental visits, and oral health services at federally qualified health centers. This oral health data is drawn from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention across all fifty states in the year 2018 and from the United States Census. By examining this data, I will be able to answer the questions is there a correlation between poverty per capita and oral health care across the fifty states among males and if so why, is there a correlation between health insurance coverage per capita and oral health care across the fifty states among males and if so why, and lastly, is there a difference of correlation between men and women oral health in the fifty states. Through quantitative correlation assessments I will be able to reveal results about the accessibility and regional disparities of oral health care in the U.S. Population. This study also allows for further evaluation of an underrepresented aspect of healthcare in the United States

Uloga društvenih i poslovnih mreža u internacionalizaciji poduzeća koja se rano globaliziraju (engl. born global): Dokazi iz Srbije

Purpose – This paper examines the specifics of born global firms from a post-transitional European country with regard to the role of social and business networks in the internationalization process. Design/Methodology/Approach – Given that born global firms are an emerging phenomenon in South-Eastern Europe, the research method was a case study. Four cases were judgmentally chosen for the analysis. Literal and theoretical replication was applied. Findings and implications – Regarding the role which social and business networks play in starting and stimulating the internationalization in post-transitional countries, the results indicate similar patterns of this contemporary phenomenon to those in developed countries. The main implications for entrepreneurs and policy makers may be found in the area of fostering cooperation between small firms and enhancing their personal and business interactions through the development of industrial/technology parks, industrial clusters, and business incubators. Limitations – The results have to be taken with some reservations due to a small number of firms examined and the fact that a half of them are from the information technology industry. Originality – The study contributes to the research of the born global phenomenon by addressing the issue in the South-Eastern European region, where it has not been widely investigated, especially in the context of a country with a socialist heritage.Svrha – Tema rada su specifičnosti poduzeća koja se rano globaliziraju (engl. born global) iz posttranzicijske europske zemlje, u pogledu uloge društvenih i poslovnih mreža u procesu internacionalizacije. Metodološki pristup – S obzirom da su poduzeća koja se rano globaliziraju (engl. born global) pojava u nastajanju u jugoistočnoj Europi, odabrana je metoda studije slučaja. Za analizu su odabrana četiri slučaja, i to oni za koje se predviđaju slični rezultati (engl. Literal replication) kao i slučajevi za koje se pretpostavlja da će pružiti kontradiktorne rezultate (engl. Theoretical replication). Rezultati i implikacije – Što se tiče uloge društvenih i poslovnih mreža u pokretanju i poticanju internacionalizacije u posttranzicijskim zemljama, rezultati pokazuju obrasce ovog suvremenog fenomena slične onima u razvijenim zemljama. Glavne implikacije za poduzetnike i kreatore politika u području su poticanje suradnje između malih poduzeća i jačanju njihovih osobnih i poslovnih interakcija kroz razvoj industrijskih/tehnoloških parkova, industrijskih klastera i poslovnih inkubatora. Ograničenja – Rezultati se moraju razmatrati uz određena ograničenja zbog malog broja ispitanih poduzeća i činjenice da ih je polovica iz IT industrije. Doprinos – Rad doprinosi istraživanju fenomena poduzeća koja se rano globaliziraju (engl. born global) zahvaljujući činjenici da temu razmatra u jugoistočnoj Europi gdje ne postoji puno istraživanja, posebno u kontekstu zemlje sa socijalističkim naslijeđem