The aim of this paper is to investigate the claim that tourism development can be the engine for poverty reduction in Kenya using a dynamic, micro-simulation computable general equilibrium model. The paper improves on the common practice in the literature by using the more comprehensive Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) index to measure poverty instead of headcount ratios only. Simulations results f...

Negotiating romantic relational dynamics is inherent to family caregiving situations, which continue be on the rise in United States. However, despite evidence that duties are linked a variety of negative outcomes, limited research examines communication processes contribute or alleviate burden caregiver relationships. Guided by psychological reactance theory (PRT), this study examined link bet...

“You must stay at home!” This is how the UK Prime Minister announced lockdown in March 2020. Many countries implemented similarly assertive messages. Research, however, suggests that authoritative language can backfire by inciting psychological reactance (i.e., feelings of anger arising from threats to one’s autonomy). In a series three studies, we therefore tested whether commanding versus con...

ABSTRACT: In this article, I used series hazard modeling and multivariate logistic models to test the relative strengths of deterrence and reactance models for the risk of piracy attacks under a military intervention and several major events. I found significant evidence for the conclusion that the rate of piracy attacks reduced significantly when direct controls are implemented to reduce the e...

Introduction: In light of HP lab’s 2008 announcement [1], huge interest in memristors has revived and it has been investigated in many circuits and systems [2-5] In this letter, a novel reactance-less mono-stable oscillator is proposed using memristors. The resistance storage property of the memristor replaces the energy storage elements needed for oscillation. The increase/decrease in the memr...

This problem is based on the overoptimistic claim in [1] that the reactance of an antenna can be decomposed into capacitive and inductive reactances. Deduction of antenna reactance via so-called complex Poynting theorem (sec. 13.14 of [2], sec. 2.20 of [3]) goes back at least to sec. 5 of [4]. See also chap. 8 of [5]. We consider only media with unit relative permittivity and permeability. For ...

Several recent studies have debated whether climate change consensus messages cause reactance, although they sometimes employ different procedures and measurement. This study uses measures from competing to allow for a comparison of the respective approaches. We find that particularly among Republicans those who do not believe in anthropogenic change. These findings highlight concerns messaging...

Objective(s)Bioelectrical impedance is the measure of impedance of the body. Impedance consists of electric resistance and reactance. Phase angle (PA) is the tan value of the ratio of reactance versus electric resistance. PA depends on cell membrane integrity and on body cell mass. There exists a correlation between PA values and body cell mass.The objective of this study was to compare the PA ...