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Managing an Epidemic: Zika Interventions and Community Responses in Belize
Title
Managing an Epidemic: Zika Interventions and Community Responses in Belize.
Creator
Gray, Deven, Mishtal, Joanna, Harris, Shana, Reyes-Foster, Beatriz, Branting, Scott, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Implementing effective health interventions in recent epidemics has been difficult due to the potentially global nature of their spread and sociocultural dynamics, raising questions concerning how to develop culturally-appropriate preventive measures, and how these health threats are understood locally. In Belize, health policy makers have only been marginally effective in managing infections and mosquito vectors, and Zika has been declared endemic in multiple regions of the country,...
Show moreImplementing effective health interventions in recent epidemics has been difficult due to the potentially global nature of their spread and sociocultural dynamics, raising questions concerning how to develop culturally-appropriate preventive measures, and how these health threats are understood locally. In Belize, health policy makers have only been marginally effective in managing infections and mosquito vectors, and Zika has been declared endemic in multiple regions of the country, particularly on the island of Caye Caulker. With one locally confirmed case of microcephaly on this small island already, this disease has the potential to severely impact the health and wellness of pregnant women and future generations. Based on ethnographic and Geographic Information Systems research conducted primarily in 2017, I examine how perspectives of Zika-related health risk are shaped, and how state interventions to manage Zika are understood. I argue that despite its declared endemic status, Zika is not perceived as a true health concern for community members due to numerous neoliberal structural challenges. Moreover, the state's restrictive form of reproductive governance which limits family planning services is forcing individuals to weigh conflicting conceptions of health consequences. This also contributes to an ambiguous healthcare environment for health practitioners, giving them an unclear picture of the scope of Zika as a public health concern and limiting their ability to treat patients. This thesis also considers how critical medical anthropology and feminist analytical approaches are useful in exploring these questions and contributing to understandings of the health impacts of Zika.
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Date Issued
2018
Identifier
CFE0007402, ucf:52068
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007402
Accelerated flight test data as a basis for forecasting logistical requirements of military aircraft
Title
Accelerated flight test data as a basis for forecasting logistical requirements of military aircraft.
Creator
White, Charles James, Doering, R. D., Engineering
Abstract / Description
University of Central Florida College of Engineering Thesis; The initial forecasting of logistical support for new types of military aircraft is a perplexing problem. The objective of this research was to investigate the feasibility of using data generated by the accelerated flight tests as a basis for forecasting the logistical field requirements. The data used in the study were obtained from the U.S. Army Aviation Board, Fort Rucker, Alabama, where performance tests are conducted on all new...
Show moreUniversity of Central Florida College of Engineering Thesis; The initial forecasting of logistical support for new types of military aircraft is a perplexing problem. The objective of this research was to investigate the feasibility of using data generated by the accelerated flight tests as a basis for forecasting the logistical field requirements. The data used in the study were obtained from the U.S. Army Aviation Board, Fort Rucker, Alabama, where performance tests are conducted on all new aircraft to determine their suitability for Army use. It was statistically shown that the use of these data could provide more realistic logistical forecasts earlier in the introductory phase of the aircraft. This concept would increase the operational availability of the aircraft and reduce the cost of maintaining the aircraft during its introductory phase.
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Date Issued
1979
Identifier
CFR0003498, ucf:53013
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFR0003498
Three essays on the compensation, structure, and decision making of the board of directors
Title
Three essays on the compensation, structure, and decision making of the board of directors.
Creator
Pham, Duong, Frye, Melissa, Turnbull, Geoffrey, Gatchev, Vladimir, Farrell, Kathleen, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
My first essay examines compensation of newly formed boards of directors following tax-free corporate spin-offs. The empirical results show newly formed spin-off boards are paid significantly more than peer boards in the same industry with similar firm size. Higher compensation is observed for spin-off firms where the CEOs are not formerly employed by the parent firms but not for spin-off firms with parent related CEOs, indicating that new directors demand higher compensation for the work...
Show moreMy first essay examines compensation of newly formed boards of directors following tax-free corporate spin-offs. The empirical results show newly formed spin-off boards are paid significantly more than peer boards in the same industry with similar firm size. Higher compensation is observed for spin-off firms where the CEOs are not formerly employed by the parent firms but not for spin-off firms with parent related CEOs, indicating that new directors demand higher compensation for the work involved in setting up the new governing system for the spun-off firms especially when there is a brand new CEO managing the spinoff firm. Differences in the structure of director compensation are consistent with better incentive alignment for the newly formed spinoff boards who have the rare opportunity to design their compensation from scratch. The paper also finds evidence that limited CEO's influence on the composition of the spinoff board leads to weaker cronyism between the board and the CEO of spinoff firms.My second essay explores the role CEO gender plays in shaping the board of directors. The literature provides strong evidence that male CEOs are more overconfident than female CEOs. I contend that a male CEO, who may overestimate his ability and/or underestimate the monitoring role of the board, will prefer to exert as much control over the board as possible and thus prefer a weaker board. I find consistent results that new male CEOs are more likely to increase board size, decrease board independence, reduce board gender diversification, have worse director attendance and have lower overall board monitoring. In contrast, new female CEOs have more gender diversified boards and are associated with an increase in overall board monitoring intensity. I also find supporting evidence in terms of CEO compensation, where new male CEOs gain more control and are compensated more in both total compensation and equity compensation post transition, consistent with what we expect from a weaker board.iiiMy third essay examines CEO's influence on the board of directors in spinoff firms. CEO's influence on the board of directors has been the main concern for shareholders who entrust the firm board with the task of monitoring the firm CEOs. Current literature shows that the more powerful the CEO, the better he is able to extract rents via his compensation at the expense of shareholders. In this study, I utilize a sample of spinoff firms that need to form a brand new board of directors from scratch to shed more lights on the CEO influence question. Particularly, I hypothesize and find that since spinoff CEOs appointed from the parent firm have more influence over the selection of spinoff directors, they enjoy higher compensation with lower pay-performance sensitivity (PPS) and have lower turnover-performance sensitivity than CEOs at similar non-spinoff firms. In contrast, spinoff CEOs hired from outside the pre-spinoff business have similar compensation, PPS and turnover-performance sensitivity to their peers. The results provide supporting evidence for the CEO influence hypothesis and show that limiting CEO's involvement in the selection of directors might help mitigate subsequent CEO rent seeking behavior.
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Date Issued
2017
Identifier
CFE0006639, ucf:51245
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006639
A Reassesment of the Presidential Use of Executive Orders, 1953-2008
Title
A Reassesment of the Presidential Use of Executive Orders, 1953-2008.
Creator
Romich, Graham, Knuckey, Jonathan, Lanier, Drew, Ilderton, Nathan, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Quantitative studies of the presidential use of executive orders have attempted to determine whether presidents are more prone to resort to unilateral action when faced with legislative opposition. To date, the results have been mixed however, with studies demonstrating that the type of executive order is an important factor in understanding the conditions under which presidents will resort to unilateral action. Despite this advancement in theory, there has been little consensus regarding the...
Show moreQuantitative studies of the presidential use of executive orders have attempted to determine whether presidents are more prone to resort to unilateral action when faced with legislative opposition. To date, the results have been mixed however, with studies demonstrating that the type of executive order is an important factor in understanding the conditions under which presidents will resort to unilateral action. Despite this advancement in theory, there has been little consensus regarding the actual conditions under which presidents will issue the different types of executive orders that have been identified in the literature.This thesis addresses this puzzle through an empirical analysis that engages the "Two Presidencies Thesis," which argues that presidential decision-making, action and success is conditioned by policy area (foreign and domestic) and executive order type (major, routine, or symbolic). An original dataset was constructed by coding all executive orders issued between 1953 and 2008 as related to either foreign or domestic policy. Thus, an analysis is undertaken of major executive orders, minor executive orders, foreign policy-based executive orders, domestic policy-based executive orders, and major and minor categories of each policy area.A multivariate analysis is completed using negative binomial regression given that the dependent variables are overdispersed count variables. The effects of divided government and ideological distance are the primary independent variables examined. The ideological distance variable consists of the absolute distance between the president's ideology and the ideology of the median member of the Senate. Various other control variables are included, including presidential party, election year, and approval ratings. The findings indicate that executive order type does matter in predicting presidential use of executive orders and that the prevailing political climate does influence the president's use of executive orders.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
CFE0005992, ucf:50765
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005992
Let a hundred flowers bloom
Title
Let a hundred flowers bloom: The complete text of "On the correct handling of contradictions among the people".
Creator
Mao, Zedong, Hudson, G. F.
Date Issued
1957
Identifier
1927459, CFDT1927459, ucf:4842
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927459
Fidel Castro speaks on Marxism-Leninism: Dec. 2, 1961
Title
Fidel Castro speaks on Marxism-Leninism: Dec. 2, 1961.
Creator
Castro, Fidel
Date Issued
1962
Identifier
2683392, CFDT2683392, ucf:5073
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683392
Fidel Castro denounces bureaucracy and sectarianism: Speech of March 26, 1962
Title
Fidel Castro denounces bureaucracy and sectarianism: Speech of March 26, 1962.
Creator
Castro, Fidel
Date Issued
1962
Identifier
363249, CFDT363249, ucf:5276
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/363249
Turning point in China
Title
Turning point in China.
Creator
Mao, Zedong
Date Issued
1948
Identifier
370377, CFDT370377, ucf:5490
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/370377
PRO-GOVERNMENT MILITIAS AND THE LEGACY OF MILITARY RULE IN LATIN AMERICA
Title
PRO-GOVERNMENT MILITIAS AND THE LEGACY OF MILITARY RULE IN LATIN AMERICA.
Creator
Mendelsohn, Alexander, Boutton, Andrew, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Currently Latin America experiences a phenomenon of widely varying levels of violence across the region. Many countries, such as El Salvador and Honduras, have exceptionally high murder rates upwards of 40 homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC 2015). Other countries, such as Uruguay and Argentina, have relatively low rates, below 10 homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC 2015). I believe this variation stems from the use of pro-government militias specifically employed in the past by military...
Show moreCurrently Latin America experiences a phenomenon of widely varying levels of violence across the region. Many countries, such as El Salvador and Honduras, have exceptionally high murder rates upwards of 40 homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC 2015). Other countries, such as Uruguay and Argentina, have relatively low rates, below 10 homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC 2015). I believe this variation stems from the use of pro-government militias specifically employed in the past by military governments as tools of suppression. Under the guise of combating subversive elements within their countries, these groups were used to silence and repress those who opposed the military governments. Employing civilians, active military, police officers and high-ranking government officials; these groups often carried clandestine and sometimes public ties to their governments. By examining the origins, afterlives, and level of control exerted over these pro-government militias in Argentina and El Salvador; this study aims to understand the role these groups played in the dispersion of violence throughout society ultimately accounting for the variation we see today.
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Date Issued
2019
Identifier
CFH2000517, ucf:45660
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000517
People's front
Title
The People's front: The new betrayal.
Creator
Burnham, James
Date Issued
1937
Identifier
1927044, CFDT1927044, ucf:4797
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927044
The people's victory in Czechoslovakia.
Title
The people's victory in Czechoslovakia.
Creator
Storm, Walter
Date Issued
1948
Identifier
DP0003095.PDF, 1927483, CFDT1927483, ucf:4858
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927483
The Yugoslav peoples fight to live
Title
The Yugoslav peoples fight to live.
Creator
Tito, Josip Broz
Date Issued
1944
Identifier
1927050, CFDT1927050, ucf:4803
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927050
Soviet Russia: Promise or menace?
Title
Soviet Russia: Promise or menace?.
Creator
Petersen, Arnold
Date Issued
1940
Identifier
2100306, CFDT2100306, ucf:4906
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2100306
Nazis preferred: The renazification of Western Germany
Title
Nazis preferred: The renazification of Western Germany.
Creator
Miller, Moses
Date Issued
1950
Identifier
1745503, CFDT1745503, ucf:4787
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1745503
The national question in the Soviet Union
Title
The national question in the Soviet Union.
Creator
Chekalin, M. V.
Date Issued
1941
Identifier
2100539, CFDT2100539, ucf:4919
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2100539
Stalinist imperialism: The social and economic forces behind Russian expansion
Title
Stalinist imperialism: The social and economic forces behind Russian expansion.
Creator
Hass, Eric
Date Issued
1946
Identifier
2683069, CFDT2683069, ucf:5019
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683069
Stalinist international anarchism: A condemnation of Stalinist international brigandage and forcible annexation of territory in the light of Marxian fundamentals.
Title
Stalinist international anarchism: A condemnation of Stalinist international brigandage and forcible annexation of territory in the light of Marxian fundamentals..
Creator
Socialist Labor Party
Date Issued
1940
Identifier
2683071, CFDT2683071, ucf:5020
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683071
American workers need a labor party
Title
American workers need a labor party.
Creator
Hansen, Joseph
Date Issued
1944
Identifier
363251, CFDT363251, ucf:5278
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/363251
Public enemies in public office
Title
Public enemies in public office.
Creator
Hirsch, Carl
Date Issued
1951
Identifier
2700026, CFDT2700026, ucf:5152
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2700026
Toward nationalization of industry
Title
Toward nationalization of industry.
Creator
Laidler, Harry Wellington
Date Issued
1949
Identifier
2683079, CFDT2683079, ucf:5024
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683079

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