History Research

Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2017

  • Determining Cutting Points of the Maslach Burnout Inventory for Nurses to Measure Their Level of Burnout Online

    Huan-Fang Lee, Hui-Ting Kuo, Cheng-Li Chang, Chia-Chen Hsu, Tsair-Wei Chien

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2017
    Pages: 1-8
    Received: 19 December 2016
    Accepted: 21 January 2017
    Published: 24 February 2017
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    Abstract: This study is to determine cutting points for the Chinese version of the MBI-HSS and to design an online assessment tool that instantly measures a nurse’s burnout level. We illustrate (1) the traditional way for determining the cutting points of a scale when the binary classification groups was still known, and (2) the norm-reference approach witho... Show More
  • The Untold History of Neocolonialism in Africa (1960-2011)

    Md. Shafiqur Rahaman, Md. Rawshan Yeazdani, Rashed Mahmud

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2017
    Pages: 9-16
    Received: 13 January 2017
    Accepted: 21 February 2017
    Published: 14 March 2017
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    Abstract: After the Second World War, the imperialist trends of the eighteenth and nineteenth century began to decline. Through collective struggles, the Africans achieved independence from the whites. But though they attained freedom, they could not imagine the fact that it was just a treacherous exchange of power between the out-going masters and few of th... Show More