COVID-19 Risk Factors, Economic Factors, and Epidemiological Factors nexus on Economic Impact: Machine Learning and Structural Equation Modelling Approaches

proficiency level and factors fostering reticence in efl learners

according to cheng (1999), in recent esl/efl literature, asian (especially east asian) learners of english as a foreign/second language have been arguably reported as reticent and passive learners. the most common allegations are that these students are reluctant to participate in classroom discourse; they are unwilling to give responses; they do not ask questions; and they are passive and over...

Exploring Impact of Educational and Economic Factors on National Intellectual Productivity Using Machine Learning Methods

Socio - Economic Factors in the Finance - Growth Nexus

The finance-growth nexus is discussed with respect to possible conclusions from economic history, contributions from economic theory as well as recent empirical crosscountry studies. Then, a new proxy for financial development is introduced, which refers to the input of real resources into the financial system. Based on this proxy, an empirical framework is elaborated to clarify the importance ...

iranian english learners’ perception and personality: a dual approach to investigating influential factors on willingness to communicate

abstract previous studies on willingness to communicate (wtc) have shown the influence of many individual or situational factors on students’ tendency to engage in classroom communication, in which wtc has been viewed either at the trait-level or situational level. however, due to the complexity of the notion of willingness to communicate, the present study suggests that these two strands are ...

Understanding Disease Control: Influence of Epidemiological and Economic Factors

We present a model of disease transmission on a regular and small world network and compare different control options. Comparison is based on a total cost of epidemic, including cost of palliative treatment of ill individuals and preventive cost aimed at vaccination or culling of susceptible individuals. Disease is characterized by pre-symptomatic phase, which makes detection and control diffic...