Global Journal of Human-Social Science (1423)
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A Literary Appraisal of Poets as Historians
Published In: GJHSS Part: A: Arts and Humanities Volume: 16 Issue: 7
The Yoruba believe that our past and present histories are being preserved for future generation. Hence, the Yoruba genres can be used to trace the history of a set of people and one occurrence or the other. Various genres of the Yoruba are embodiment of their history. In essence, Yoruba poets are seen as historians or repertoire of knowledge. All the stories which are embedded in Yoruba...
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Authors DR. J.B. Agbaje, Aransi Ayoola OladunkeRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 21 to 26
Analyzing Social Networks
Published In: GJHSS Part: A: Arts and Humanities Volume: 16 Issue: 7
The raise of social networks in the last decades in various fields has called upon the need for their analysis. This phenomenon gave birth to Social Network Analysis (SNA) in the 1970s. Parallel to this quick development and the increasing need for such a methodology to analyze social networks, researchers developed a number of software for SNA. For these reasons, the authors of the pres...
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Authors Borgatti, S. P., Everett, M. G., Johnson, J. C.Read Journal Click Here
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Page No. 19 to 20
Technical Efficiency Analysis of Cambodian Households Rice Production
Published In: GJHSS Part: E: Economics Volume: 16 Issue: 3
The aims of this study are to measure the technical efficiency (TE) of Cambodian household’s rice production and its main influencing factors using SFA model. Primary data was collected from 301 rice farmers in three selected districts of Battambang by structured questionnaires. The empirical results indicated the mean TE is 0.34 which means famers produce 34% of rice at...
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Authors Sokvibol Kea, Hua Li, Linvolak PichRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 33 to 44
Rural Household Vulnerability to Poverty in South West Ethiopia: The Case of Gilgel Gibe Hydraulic Dam Area of Sokoru and Tiro Afeta Woreda
Published In: GJHSS Part: E: Economics Volume: 16 Issue: 3
This study was proposed to measure the extent of vulnerability to poverty as well the effect of socio-economic characteristics on household susceptibility to poverty using Feasible Generalized Least Squares (FGLS) estimation and logistic regression methods. The results revealed that, sizable fractions of non-poor households (51.3%) were vulnerable to poverty and 53.2 % of the sampled poo...
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Authors Sisay Tola, Wondaferahu Mulugeta, Yilkal WassieRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 45 to 54
Quantitative Research Study: Genetically Modified Organisms: A College Student’s Perspective
Published In: GJHSS Part: H: Interdisciplinary Volume: 16 Issue: 5
material has been manipulated “artificially†in a laboratory through genetic engineering. This relatively new science creates unstable combinations of plant, animal, bacterial, and viral genes that do not occur in nature or through traditional crossbreeding methods (Non-GMO Project, 2015). With so many food options available, the aim of this study is to explo...
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Authors Rameca Vincent LearyRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 15 to 26
An Analysis of Metadiscourse in the Abstracts of English Academic Papers
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 9
As an important part in academic writing, meta discourse has got considerable attention in recent years. Abstract plays an important role in academic writings and it reflects the main contents of the whole papers. Based on the theory of metadiscourse and the classifications of Hyland, this study compared the different frequency and usage of metadiscourse in mathematical and linguistic ac...
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Authors Lichan Wang, Yi ZhangRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 9 to 15
The First World War and Cocoa Industry in Ghana: A Study of the Hazards of Economic Dependency
Published In: GJHSS Part: A: Arts and Humanities Volume: 16 Issue: 6
This paper is about the impact of World War I (1914- 1918) on the cocoa industry in Ghana. Scholars have examined the impact of the Great War on African political and economic sectors, but have downplayed the War’s impact on African economies, most especially cocoa industry in West Africa. I examine the effects of the war-time trade restrictions on cocoa industry in Ghan...
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Authors Olisa Godson MuojamaRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 33 to 41
A Review of Max Weber Thesis on the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Published In: GJHSS Part: C: Sociology & Sociology of culture Volume: 16 Issue: 6
This paper describes about the review of The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism, which was written by Max Weber, translated by Talcott Parsons, and introduced by Anthony Giddens in 2005 in the publishing link of Routledge: London and New work. Weber produced most of his major works in the late 1800s and early 1900s (Glatzer, 1998). Weber was identified more as a historian who ...
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Authors Nahom EyasuRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 49 to 58
Analysis of Women Empowerment in Rural Nigeria: A Multidimensional Approach
Published In: GJHSS Part: C: Sociology & Sociology of culture Volume: 16 Issue: 6
This study assessed the empowerment status of women in Rural Nigeria. Following Alkire and Foster (2007) multidimensional poverty measure, we constructed the multidimensional women empowerment index across selected dimensions and indicators using the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey data (DHS). The logit regression was used to profile its determinants. The multidimensional women disemp...
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Authors Ayevbuomwan O.S, Popoola O.A, Adeoti A.IRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 35 to 48
Differences in College Readiness Rates in Two School Years for Students in Special Education
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 17 Issue: 2
Examined in this study were the college readiness rates (i.e., reading, mathematics, and both subjects) of students who received special education services in the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years. Data from the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 Texas Academic Progress Reports were obtained and analyzed. Students who received special education services had a statistically significantly higher r...
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Authors Kathrine Mahler, John R. SlateRead Journal Click Here
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Differences in Dropout Rates by Ethnicity/Race of Middle School Students: A Multi-Year Analysis
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 8
Examined in this study were dropout rates for Black, Hispanic, and White middle schools students during the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years. Texas middle school dropout rates were downloaded from the Texas Academic Performance Reports for two school years. Inferential statistical analyses were conducted separately for each ethnic/racial group to determine whether changes had occurre...
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Authors Jessica Wiltz, John R. SlateRead Journal Click Here
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Mahatma Gandhi is a Father of India
Published In: GJHSS Part: A: Arts and Humanities Volume: 16 Issue: 6
The literal translation of Mahatma, the name which the people of India gave to Gandhiji, is ‘the Great Soul’, maha, great; atma, soul. The word goes back to the Upanishads, where it is used in speaking of the Supreme Being, and, through communion of Knowledge and Love, of those who become One with Him: "He is the One Luminous, Creator of All, Mahatma Always...
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Authors Dr. Vandana ShrivastavaRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 29 to 32
Mechanistic Solidarity and the Diminution of Conscience
Published In: GJHSS Part: H: Interdisciplinary Volume: 16 Issue: 5
One of the main modes of other-directedness that has only been indirectly linked with anomie, and that is the technique and technology of the modern machine, both as a metaphor for mechanism in semi-conscious working states of affairs – the public life of our large and general social role as ‘one of the others’ and one of the mass, producer...
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Authors Gregory LoewenRead Journal Click Here
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The Praxis of Learning Analytics for a Conceptual Open Textbooks System
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 10
Textbook costs have skyrocketed in recent years, putting them beyond the reach of many students, but there are options which can mitigate this problem. Open textbooks, an open educational resource, have proven capable of making textbooks affordable to students. There have been few educational development as promising as the development of open textbooks to lower costs for students. While...
