bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Making space for disability studies within a structurally competent medical curriculum: Reflections on Long Covid
Authors: Hunt Joanne Elizabeth
Published: February 2022

Whilst critically informed approaches to medical education are increasingly advocated in literature, discussion of the potential role of disability studies in informing pedagogy and practice is largely lacking. The emergence of Long Covid, alongside the possibility of a wave of covid-related disability, underlines an urgent need for medicine to develop more contextualised, nuanced and structurally competent understandings of chronic illness and disability. This article argues that the integration of thinking from disability studies into medical curricula offers a pathway to such understanding, informing a more equitable, holistic and patient-centred approach to practice. Further, a structurally competent, anti-ableist approach positions clinicians and patients as allies, working together within a structural context that constrains both parties. Such positioning may mitigate tensions within the clinical encounter, tensions that are well-documented in the realm of marginalised chronic illness and disability. Whilst the possibilities arising from a partnership between disability studies and medicine are numerous, the foci here are the social relational model of disability and the concept of psycho-emotional disablism, within a broader paradigm of critical disability studies. It is argued that inadequate healthcare provision and policy in the realm of Long Covid can be understood as a form of structural and psycho-emotional disablism, arising from and reinforcing an ableist psychosocial imaginary permeated with neoliberal assumptions, and carrying a risk of furthering both disability and impairment. After considering Long Covid through these particular lenses, the article concludes with a discussion of how a partnership between disability studies and a structurally competent approach to medical education might translate into practice.
Impact of Remittances on Economic Growth in Nepal
Authors: Shakya Prasiddha , Gonpu George P.
Published: February 2022

Remittances have become a significant source of foreign exchange as well as funds for small business start-ups and expansion and consumption spending of recipient households in developing countries. Accordingly, it is expected that remittances would contribute to economic development. Notwithstanding, there is yet no consensus on the impact of remittances on economic growth. This paper focuses on the impact of remittances on economic growth in Nepal, a small Asian country where remittances were 31% of GDP in 2016. Using data from the World Bank and other sources, the study found that remittances does not significantly impact economic growth. The study also found that democratic form of governance as measured by a dummy variable had a significant and positive impact on economic growth alongside capital formation and exports. Based on additional tests using cointegration and regression analysis, the paper found that there is a possibility that remittances negatively impact economic growth in the long run.
Nepal’s growing dependency on food imports: A threat to national sovereignty and ways forward
Authors: Adhikari Jagannath , Shrestha Milan , Paudel Dinesh
Published: February 2022

Nepal's food imports are growing at an alarming rate. Recent reports suggest a 65% jump in the imports of the key agricultural products between 2015 to 2020. It signals not only the growing dependency trends but also raises serious questions about the future of the agricultural sector in the country--a potential threat to national security and sovereignty. While the topic receives regular media coverage, rarely examined are the historical contexts and the socio-economic, (geo)-political, and cultural drivers of the growing dependency on food imports. Using a political economy approach, we take a systematic look at the food production and import trajectories along with a set of historically important internal and external factors affecting Nepal's food systems. The main objective of this paper is to examine how Nepal became a net food importer in recent decades and discuss some potential ways forward. We argue that while the sharp rise in food imports is unprecedented for Nepal's historically agriculture-based economy, it is hardly surprising in a globalized world; it is emblematic of the global decline of subsistence agriculture in the face of the wider market economy. We conclude that the changes in Nepal's food production and import trajectories are largely influenced by four key interconnected endogenous and exogenous drivers: 1) the politics of modernization and economic growth affecting the agriculture and food systems, 2) regional geopolitics and increasing economic/market dependence, 3) ineffective government policies on food production and imports, and 4) political instability and insurgency forcing migration and off-farm incomes.
Trilateral Engagement in Nepalese Geopolitics: Soft Power Approach in Nepal's Foreign Policy
Authors: Chand Hari Prakash
Published: February 2022

The contemporary South Asian geopolitics in general and Nepalese geopolitics, in particular, is a crucial factor to analyze trilateral engagement, and their affairs in Nepal. Geopolitics is one of the major factors of shaping and reshaping bilateral and multilateral relations. It is influenced by the actions and reactions of geopolitical players. They sometimes push their actions broadly to achieve their national and global interests, and sometimes even narrow down their actions. But, whatever their actions, their national and global interests continue to grow. China, India and the USA have been dealing, in one way or the other, to widen, broaden and defend their national and regional interests. Dealing of three super and great powers in Nepal have dealt based on the changing geopolitics which greatly implicates Nepalese domestic affairs and foreign policy. This paper mainly assesses the engagement of the USA, China, and India in Nepal, and how their power play implicates Nepal's foreign policies. It aims to explore Nepal’s way of moving forward in the context of the Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI), Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and the newly emerged China-Russia security dialogue platform. The paper adapts interpretivism as the philosophical position and hence method is qualitative. It only focuses on geopolitics, BRI, MCC, and China-Russia security dialogue platform. The conclusion of the paper is that Nepal’s foreign policy should be based on soft power discourse to eliminate the issues of any kind of regional and global security alliance with super and great powers.
सार्वजनिक वित्तीय व्यवस्थापन : वर्तमान अवस्था र भावी कार्यदिशा {Public Financial Management: Current Status and Future Directions}
Authors: मैनाली Mainali गोपीनाथ Gopinath
Published: February 2022

राज्यले प्रभावकारी सेवा व्यवस्थापन र स्वच्छ राजस्व परिचालन एवम् जिम्मेवारीपूर्ण खर्च गर्नको निम्ति प्रभावकारी सार्वजनिक वित्तीय व्यवस्थापन महत्वपूर्ण हुन्छ । यस लेखको उद्देश्य वित्तीय व्यवस्थापनको सङ्क्षिप्त विकासक्रम र वर्तमान अवस्थाको लेखाजोखा गर्दै सार्वजनिक वित्तीय व्यवस्थापनका उद्देश्य, सार्वजनिक वित्तीय व्यवस्थापन चक्र तथा नेपालमा देखिएका प्रमुख सवाल र चुनौतीको पहिचान गर्नु र भावी दिनमा अवलम्वन गर्नैपर्ने केही नीतिगत तथा कार्यगत पक्षमा सुझावहरू पेश गर्नु हो । सार्वजनिक वित्तीय व्यवस्थापनका दश वटा चुनौतीहरूको पहिचान गर्दै सुधारका लागि वास्तविक बजेट निर्माण, योजना र खर्च संरचनाबिच तार्किक सम्बन्ध, स्वचालित वित्तीय कारोबार, सूचना समावेश गर्ने खरिद प्रणाली, एकीकृत सार्वजनिक वित्तीय सूचना व्यवस्थापन प्रणाली, सम्पूर्ण बजेट प्रलेखीकरण प्रणाली, नतिजामूलक अनुगमन र कम्प्युटर–सहकृत लेखा परीक्षण, आदि सुझावहरू पेश गरिएका छन् ।
{Effective public financial management is important for effective service management, clean revenue mobilization, and responsible spending. The purpose of this article is to present a brief history of financial management and assessment the current situation, and to identify the purpose of public financial management, the working of public financial management cycle, the major issues and challenges in Nepal, and to suggest some policy and action plan to be adopted in coming days. Identifying some ten challenges of the current public financial management, suggestion are offered which include practices and measures for actual budget, the logical relationship between planning and expenditure structure, automated financial transactions, procurement system that captures information, integrated financial information management system, whole-of-the-budget documentation system, result-based monitoring and computer-assisted accounting.}
Historical Land Use and Land Cover Change of Eastern Nepal: A Case of Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City
Authors: Rai Raju , Tandan Rajendra Prakash , Basnet Laxmi , Baniya Binod
Published: February 2022

Land use and land cover change (LUCC) has become an essential for monitoring and managing the natural resources, urban planning as well as sustainable development of any place. This study analyzes the historical LUCC during 1986-2020 of Dharan sub-metropolitan city (DSC) of Sunsari district, eastern Nepal. To analyze historical LUCC, LRMP (1986), ICIMOD (1990, 2000, 2010) and Google Earth Image (December, 2020) were used in the study. The results reveal the expansion of built-up areas by 500%, whereas agricultural land and forest cover decreased by 4% and6%, respectively, during the past 34 years. Mainly the growing built-up area encroached on the agricultural land, forest and river banks. The built-up area is expanded to the south-eastern, north-eastern and western direction from the core area. The built-up area is still likely to increase with high pace in the future, where need to give more attention to future possible urban hazards, urban pollutions and haphazard urbanization while making urban planning and policies.
Farmer’s Awareness on Pesticide Waste Management and Role of Pesticides in Water Contamination in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Authors: Hussan Hammad Ul , Amjad Muhammad Nabeel , Mumtaz Faisal , Bashir Barjeece , Ahmad Adeel
Published: February 2022

This study emphasizes the awareness and training of farmers on sustainable agricultural practices for restrictive use of pesticides to reduce water pollution caused by pesticides in rural areas. For this assessment, 150 feasible farmers were selected randomly using a convenient sampling technique. Data was collected through interviews (n=30) and questionnaires (n=120). Data was scrutinized in SPSS software. To examine freshwater contamination with pesticides, freshwater samples were collected from open water bodies (5 wells) in the area of tehsil Hasilpur (29.6902° N, 72.5796° E) and Qaimpur of Bahawalpur, Punjab, and analyzed for eight pesticides which are frequently used. ECD: Electron Capture Detector was used to detect the organochlorine pesticides, herbicides, and various halogenated hydrocarbons. NPD: Nitrogen Phosphorus Detector was used to detect nitrogen- or phosphorus[1]containing compounds. Approximately 80% of farmers revealed that they never got any training or informative 64 sessions for pest management other than using chemical pesticides. The remaining 20% were trained by some private non-toxic pesticide manufacturing firms operating in Pakistan. Although non-significant cooperation from the government bodies of the state, the correlation among respondents’ profiles and the extent of training they have received in total was positive. Results for pesticide contamination were astonishing as 6 out of 8 pesticides were detected in water samples with alarming concentrations of Carbofuran (23.1µg/l) and Monocrotophos (8.3µg/l) which can be fatal for animals and humans in prolonged usage. The use of pesticides in a preventive and sustainable way gives more protection against pests and minimizes pollution such as water pollution or air pollution, etc., caused by the chemicals (pesticides). Hence such sustainable practices must be adopted for better production and conservation of the environment.
Urgensi Literasi Keuangan Terhadap Pengelolaan Keuangan Pribadi Mahasiswa di Masa Pandemi Covid-19 di Indonesia
Authors: Hariyani Reni
Published: February 2022

Ketidakpastian ekonomi merupakan salah satu dampak dari pandemi Covid-19 di Indonesia. Pemulihan ekonomi dilakukan dengan berbagai upaya. Program literasi keuangan mulai ditingkatkan oleh Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) dengan berbagai strategi. Konsep pemahaman dasar keuangan menjadi bekal utama dalam pengelolaan keuangan pribadi. Mayoritas sumber pemasukan utama mahasiswa berasal dari orang tua. Sedangkan karakteristik mahasiswa mengenai gaya hidup dimaknai dengan menikmati hidup yang hanya sekali (YOLO/ You Only Live Once) dan ketakutan ketinggalan tren yang tengah berlangsung di komunitas (FOMO/Fear Of Missing Out). Kondisi inilah yang membuat semakin memprihatinkan dalam kondisi pandemi Covid-19 dimana orang tua berusaha semaksimal mungkin untuk memenuhi semua kebutuhan biaya kuliah dan uang saku putra putrinya. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui hubungan literasi keuangan terhadap pengelolaan keuangan pribadi mahasiswa. Metode asosiatif digunakan dalam penelitian ini dengan menggunakan skala likert dan teknik purposive sampling dalam pemilihan responden. Sampel penelitian berjumlah 116 Orang berasal dari mahasiswa Program Studi Akuntansi Fakultas Ekonomi Bisnis  Universitas Budi Luhur dan Akademi Sekretari Budi Luhur. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan antara literasi keuangan dengan pengelolaan keuangan pribadi mahasiswa dalam bentuk hubungan moderat dan arah koefisien positif. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa semakin tinggi literasi keuangan yang dimiliki oleh mahasiswa maka semakin baik pengelolaan keuangan pribadi yang dilakukan oleh mahasiswa. Menumbuhkan habit menabung dan mulai melakukan micro investing merupakan cara yang dapat dilakukan oleh mahasiswa. Sebuah implementasi yang bijak dan tepat untuk bertahan dalam kondisi sulit serta meningkatkan kesejahteraan hidup di tengah kondisi pandemi Covid-19. Kata Kunci: Literasi, Keuangan, Pengelolaan, Mahasiswa.
Efektivitas Peran Keluarga Dalam Perkembangan Teknologi Digital
Authors: Rimayati Elfi , Handayani Dwi Asih Kumala , Sayekti Sri , Redjeki Sri
Published: February 2022

Di lingkungan keluarga, teknologi seperti telepon pintar/gadget memberikan dampak positif seperti antar anggota keluarga bisa tetap saling berkomunikasi tatkala sedang tidak bersama-sama di rumah. Tetapi gadget juga memberikan dampak negatif seperti retaknya keluarga, anak-anak yang a-sosial, penyakit-penyakit mental bahkan penyakit fisik. Perlu adanya elemen-elemen masyarakat yang memberikan edukasi terkait pentingnya peran keluarga dalam mendidik dan mendampingi anak, utamanya dalam hal efek positif dan negatif dalam pemanfaataan gadget. Tujuan kegiatan ini mendiskripsikan penguatan peran keluarga dalam pemanfaatan teknologi gadget pada anak. Kegiatan diselenggarakan dengan metode ceramah atau diskusi interaktif, metode pelatihan atau permainan/simulasi, dan test. Hasil dan pembahasan: berdasarkan deskripsi tersebut dapat dikemukakan bahwa dari 20 peserta, 55 persen menyatakan bahwa keluarga sering memberi penguatan kepada anak dalam pemanfaatan teknologi gadget,  21,5 persen menyatakan selalu memberi penguatan kepada anak dalam pemanfaatan teknologi gadget, 16 persen menyatakan kadang-kadang memberi penguatan kepada anak dalam pemanfaatan teknologi gadget, dan 7,5 persen tidak pernah memberi penguatan kepada anak dalam pemanfaatan teknologi gadget. Simpulan, Orang tua secara alamiah bertanggungjawab terhadap perkembangan anak dalam segala aspek kehidupan. Penggunaan gadget secara positif merupakan salah satu media untuk membantu perkembangan aspek kognitif, psikomotorik, emosi dan sosial.

Kata kunci: Peran keluarga, Teknologi digital.
Conjugation of Steroidal and Non â€“ Steroidal Anti- Inflammatory Drugs as Possible Mutual Prodrug
Authors: D. Saud Muthanna
Published: February 2022

Prednisolone (SAID) was conjugated with ibuprofen (NSAID) through an amino acid (glycine) as a spacer arm to synthesize the following compound:

Prednisolone â€“ glycine â€“ ibuprofen.

    The method employed consists of converting the carboxylic acid function of (R,S) â€“ ibuprofen â€“ glycine to the highly reactive acid chloride and subsequent reaction with the C21 hydroxyl group of prednisolone. This reactive intermediate was found to react as well with the C17 tertiary hydroxyl group of the steroid to form three compounds and eight diastereomers. These results were confirmed by T.L.C, and the desired compound was separated by column chromatography. The identity of the prepared compound was established using U.V spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy and elemental microanalysis.The partition coefficient (PC) for this compound was estimated and found to be more soluble in the organic phase (n â€“ octanol). Preliminary kinetic study indicated that the compound needs more than 15 hours for significant hydrolysis in phosphate buffer pH 7.8.
Phosphodiester Conjugation of Metronidazole and Dexamethasone as Possible Mutual Prodrug
Authors: D. Saud Muthana , M. Ghani Suhair
Published: February 2022

As possible mutual prodrug had been synthesized that contain metronidazole and dexamethazone conjugated through phosphodiester linkage. The rationale for this type of conjugate is to get a prodrug with possible site â€“ specific delivery of its active constituents into the lower parts of the G.I.T.

This compound was synthesized by the reaction of dexamethzone â€“ 21 â€“ phosphate with metronidazole to form:(1 â€“ (dexamethazone â€“ 21 â€“ phosphoryl) â€“ metronidazole)

   This conjugate was performed using dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) as a condensing agent. The identity of the prepared compound had been confirmed using T.L.C., U.V. spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis.

The partition coefficient for it had also been determined through n â€“ Octanol / water partitioning system.
A Highly Sensitive Kinetic-Spectrophotometric Method for the Assay of Carbamazepine in Pure and Commercial Tablet
Authors: B. Dikran Sarmad , H. Zankanah Faeza
Published: February 2022

The study aimed to recommend a new spectrophotometric-kinetic method for determination of carbamazepine (CABZ) in its pure form and pharmaceutical forms. The proposed procedure based on the coupling of CABZ with diazotized sulfanilic acid in basic medium to yield a colored azo dye. Factors affecting the reaction yield were studied and the conditions were optimized. The colored product was followed spectrophotometrically via monitoring its absorbance at 396 nm. Under the optimized conditions, two method (the initial rate and fixed time (10 minute)) were applied for constructing the calibration graphs. The graphs were linear in concentration ranges 2.0 to 18.0 Âµg.mL-1 for both methods. The proposed was applied successfully in the determination of CABZ in its commercial formulations.

Keywords: Kinetic, Spectrophotometry, Carbamazepine, Pharmaceutical formulations
Economic and biological traits and study results of the new sandy sainfoin variety (Onobrychis arenaria) ‘Atamansky 20’
Authors: Ignatiev S. A. , Regidin A. A. , Goryunov K. N. , Gryazeva T. V. , Kravchenko N. S. , Shishkin N. V.
Published: February 2022

The purpose of the current study was to estimate the economic and biological characteristics and properties of a new, highly productive sainfoin variety resistant to various stressful conditions. The study was carried out as part of the competitive variety testing of the laboratory for breeding and seed production of perennial grass of the “ARC “Donskoy” in 2018–2021. The experimental sowing for the competitive variety testing was done in spring, with a seeding rate of 4 million germinated seeds per ha. The area of plots was 25 m2 , 4–6 times of repetition. There has been identified the new sainfoin variety ‘Atamansky 20’, an artificial synthetic population obtained by the methods of individual family selection and poly-crossing of the varieties ‘Atamansky’, ‘Zernogradsky 2’ and ‘Veles’. The variety belongs to the sandy species. The sainfoin variety ‘Atamansky 20’ during the years of competitive variety testing significantly exceeded the standard variety ‘Zernogradsky 2’. The green mass productivity of the variety ‘Atamansky 20’ was higher than that of the standard variety on 4.5 t/ha, dry matter on 1.4 t/ha, seeds on 0.14 t/ha, or on 17.1%, 20.6% and 21.2%, respectively. According to raw and digestible protein percentage per hectare, the sainfoin variety ‘Atamansky 20’ exceeded the standard one on 20.1% and 25.7%, respectively; gross energy yield on 12.3%. When using the sainfoin variety ‘Atamansky 20’ as a green manure crop there can be used an average of 297 kg/ha N, 65 kg/ha P2 O5 , 159 kg/ha K2 O, which is respectively on 32%, 27% and 30% more than used when the green mass of ‘Zernogradsky 2’ is applied into the soil.
A new spring durum wheat variety ‘Omsky Korall’
Authors: Evdokimov М. G. , Yusov V. S. , Meshkova L. V. , Kiriyakova M. N. , Glushakov D. A.
Published: February 2022

The purpose of the current study was to develop an adaptive, rust-resistant variety of spring durum wheat with best pasta properties for agricultural landscapes of the steppe and forest-steppe areas of Western Siberia. There have been presented the methods of development, morphological and agrobiological features of the variety and the study results in the plots of competitive variety testing according to the complex of economically valuable traits through 2013–2020. The trials were laid in fallow with a seeding rate of 450 germinating kernels per 1 m2 , in four repetitions at the sowing dates of May 12–16. The area of the plots was 10 m2 . The soil of the experimental plots was a slightly leached chernozem. An ecological testing was carried out at the seed breeding base of the steppe zone in 2013–2019 and in various climatic zones of Russia and Kazakhstan under the program of Kazakhstan-Siberian network of spring wheat improvement (KASIB) in 2013–2014. The basis for the development of the variety was the hybridization of the variety ‘Omskaya yantarnaya’ and the line developed under the program with CIMMYT (POD11/ YAZI 1). The variety showed a high stable productivity, resistance to drought and lodging. The mean productivity for 2013-2020 in the competitive variety testing of the FSBSI “Omsk ARC” was 4.19 t/ha, which was on 0.36 t/ha higher than that of the standard variety ‘Zhemchuzhina Sibiri’. At the seed breeding base (Omsk region), the variety ‘Omsky Korall’ produced 3.46 t/ ha, and exceeded the standard variety on 0.57 t/ha. An extensive ecological testing in various climatic conditions of the regions of Russia and Kazakhstan revealed high adaptive properties (high adaptability and stable productivity). The grain quality of the variety was not inferior to that of the standard variety, and the pasta color estimation was much better. The variety was resistant to brown and stem rust, less affected by kernel smut and powdery mildew. In the State Variety Testing, the variety ‘Omsky Korall’ was tested in 2019–2020 on variety plots of the steppe and forest-steppe zones of 9,10,11 regions of the Russian Federation. The variety has been included in the State List of Breeding Achievements in the 10th region since 2021.
Letting Madness In: Toward Hospitality without Incarceration
Authors: Ingram Richard
Published: February 2022

In a setting suffused in madness, two people experiment with topologies of hospitality excluded from Jacques Derrida and Anne Dufourmantelle’s Of Hospitality. The sanity of the host and author, Richard Ingram, is called into question by the nature of the dwelling in which he lives and writes-a residence for people who have been excluded from the realm of reason. Following Bataille, Blanchot, and Foucault, the host and his guest ask what it means to pursue a form of “communication” characterized by what Nietzsche termed “self-overcoming.” This form of communication is precisely the kind rendered impossible in the dialogue between Derrida and Dufourmantelle in Of Hospitality.

Part 1 of this article, written by Erin Soros, was published in TOPIA 43 - Carceral Cultures/Carceral Logistics ( https://doi.org/10.3138/topia-43-005 )
Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) Intervention with Slow Deep Breathing Exercise (SDBE) on Blood Pressure of Hypertension Patients
Authors: Sartika Andry , Andri Juli , Padila Padila
Published: February 2022

This study aims to determine the difference between Intervention Effectiveness Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) and Slow Deep Breathing Exercise (SDBE) in TD patients with hypertension. This type of research is an experimental design with a randomized pre-test and post-test three-group design without a control group. The results showed that there was a decrease in systolic and diastolic BP after the intervention in all groups. There was no significant difference in effectiveness between the three groups after the intervention; the optimal time to decrease systolic BP in the PMR and SDBE groups occurred on day 3. On the other hand, the diastolic BP does not show time. Optimal BP reduction. The conclusion of the three relaxation techniques effectively reduces blood pressure in patients with hypertension. Adequate time to lower blood pressure occurs on the third day.

 

Keywords: Hypertension, Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR), Slow Deep Breathing Exercise (SDBE), Blood Pressure
Ergonomic Exercise Against Elderly Functional Capabilities
Authors: Ngo Ly
Published: February 2022

This study aims to analyze the effect of ergonomic exercise on increasing the functional ability of the elderly in posyandu who have decreased ability to help. The design of this study used a quasi-experimental method with pre-test and post-test techniques without a comparison (control) group. The results showed that there was an increase in the value of functional ability with p-value = 0.000 <0.05. In conclusion, ergonomic exercise therapy has an effect on increasing helping capacity in the elderly.

 

Keywords: Elderly, Functional Ability, Ergonomic Gymnastics
A new species of the genus Phradis Förster with 10-11-segmented antenna from the Ukraine (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae)
Authors: Khalaim A.I.
Published: February 2022

A new species, Phradis decameron sp. n., with 10-11-segmented antenna, is described from the Ukraine. This is the minimum number of antennal segments known in the family Ichneumonidae.
A new species of the genus Schizoprymnus Förster from Turkey (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Brachistinae)
Authors: Belokobylskij S.A. , Güçlü C. , Özbek H.
Published: February 2022

The composition of the subfamily Brachistinae is discussed. A new species, Schizoprymnus erzurumus sp. n. from Turkey, is described and illustrated.
The genera Allurus Förster and Asiacentistes Belokobylskij in Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Euphorinae)
Authors: Belokobylskij S.A.
Published: February 2022

The genera Allurus Förster and Asiacentistes Belokobylskij are recoerded from Taiwan for the first time. A new species, Allurus choui sp. n. from Taiwan, is described and illustrated.
TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT APPROACH IN ORGANIZATIONS
Authors: AĞIN Kaya
Published: February 2022

In today's world, the changing environmental conditions of organizations make it difficult for these organizations to achieve success. The key to being successful is that organizations can comprehend the changing environmental conditions, keep up with these changes, and carry out continuous improvement efforts within the organization with all their employees. In the understanding of total quality management, it should be considered as taking precautions before making mistakes, instead of detecting and correcting mistakes that can be made depending on changing conditions after they occur. Organizations that continue their activities within the framework of this understanding can meet the needs of their customers and the environment and continue their existence by increasing the quality of their products and services. In this study, the principles and objectives of the concept of total quality management are examined, and the place and importance of these concepts in terms of organizations are touched upon. Keywords: Organization, Total Quality Management, Customer
Struggling for home where home is not meant to be
Authors: Grønseth Anne Sigfrid , Thorshaug Ragne Øwre
Published: February 2022

This article focuses on how asylum seekers in Norway struggle to create a sense of home within a physical and political environment that puts significant challenges to their efforts to do so. Based on a national survey and fieldwork, we demonstrate that poor housing and the political derived marginality challenge existential and material home-making processes, thus making it an ambiguous and strenuous experience. This view is rooted in a critical phenomenological understanding in which home is built through inter-relational and intersubjective relations that constitute self and senses of belonging and/or estrangement, as well as well-being and mental health. The agentive struggle for home is a crucial aspect of asylum seekers’ experiences of belonging, well-being and mental health, thus being at the heart of questions of social justice.
Some Results of Vietnam's ASEAN Presidency in 2020
Authors:   RUDN University, Russia, Moscow, Shpakovskaya Marina , Ngiem Ba Chi ,   RUDN University, Russia, Moscow
Published: February 2022

The article examines the activities of Vietnam as the Chairman of ASEAN in 2020. It is noted that during this period took place in particularly difficult conditions associated with the spread of the coronavirus pandemic Covid-19, which was the biggest challenge to all of humanity. The article also examines the main results of Vietnam's activities in the field of politics, security, economy and social sphere. The authors note that one of the most significant achievements in the political and economic spheres during Vietnam's chairmanship in ASEAN was the signing in Hanoi of the multilateral economic agreement on the creation of the largest free trade area in history – RCEP, the discussion of which lasted for a long time. At the same time, it was not possible to resolve the issue and sign the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea in accordance with international law, UNCLOS 1982, as previously planned. The countries were forced to postpone negotiations with China on the conclusion of a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, because it is impossible to hold consultations on such a sensitive and controversial issue in the format of video conferences.
Unkind Beginning: First Contact of Maori with French
Authors:   Institute of oriental studies, Russian academy of sciences (MOSCOW), Kochetkov Dmitry
Published: February 2022

This article is about the very first visit of the French sailors to New Zealand and their first contact with the native new zealanders now known as Maori people. During this visit a series of conflicts was started, that could affect the whole process of French and British colonization of Polynesia.
Empirical Analysis of the Factors affecting Current Account Deficit in Pakistan
Authors: Minhajuddin  , Bakhsheesh Malik , Khan Muhammad Sohail Alam
Published: February 2022

The maintenance of a balanced current account is among the enormous challenges faced by most of the developing economies. This study seeks to examine the determinative factors of the current account deficit in Pakistan over the period of 1976-2020.Assessment of these factors has been made within the stipulated structure of the ARDL model.Findings reveal that fiscal sustainability, sustainable economic growth, controlled inflation,and growth in gross saving are the reasons that help in stimulating the current account balances in the long run. This study also finds that exchange rate, money supply, and TOT were unable to change the position of the current account. Based on the empirical findings, it is recommended that government should concentrate on recognitions of channels that help in boosting the government revenue, accelerating the growth process, stimulating the gross saving, and maintaining a moderate level of inflation.
Impact of Community of Practice (COPs) on Inter-University Research Partnerships and Socio-Collaborative Culture in Balochistan
Authors: Yaqoob Ghazala , Ramzan Saubia , Gul Nagina
Published: February 2022

Foundations of Higher Education (HE), public and private, are going through a critical state while going through subsidizing or funding cuts, educational cost increments, and layoffs. An all-encompassing methodology is fundamental whereby greatness in instructing and learning just as research examination ought to be a definitive point of the objective. Among the different approaches to accomplish this is the advancement of communities of practices (CoPs) among the scholastic academics. In this manner, CoPs are to be viewed as an extension of any program to accomplish excellence because it is the sharing of the tacit knowledge that impacts any association in its interest for a competitive advantage. This research examination presents that CoPs positively influence creating academic linkages/collisions with different other universities of the region for knowledge-sharing. It explains the overall impact of CoPs on building collisions among universities. The explorative research study follows a mixed-method approach with qualitative and quantitative research design. However, the research examination concludes that CoP impacts the cycle of knowledge sharing by creating and overseeing linkages among universities to advance explorative research culture and innovation. In light of the findings, the research investigation suggests further skylines for comparative exploratory research relating to the transfer of knowledge and barriers in knowledge sharing for CoPs inside institutions and organizations.
YouTube Usage Motivation among Students: Uses and Gratification Analysis
Authors: Pasha Saadia Anwar , Rasheed Amina , Ali Sana
Published: February 2022

YouTube grow into one of the potential commercialization platforms after the inception of the Internet. Users can decide the content of the video by subscribing to popular trends. This research also aims to examine the motivation behind YouTube usage among the young generation in Pakistan. The researchers employed a descriptive quantitative approach and gathered data from n= 105 respondents from young students. Results indicated that the YouTube watching pattern among the students of AIOU showed that students use YouTube to satisfy their cognitive needs and gratify their personal, effective, and social integrative needs. Students also use YouTube for tension release. The majority of the students of AIOU use YouTube to get extra information about the topic they want to prepare for their exams. The students use YouTube to clear their concepts about specific topics and courses. Thus, it is concluded that students watch an aspiring video on YouTube, and they not only get entertained and are also motivated by these videos. Further, the research has concluded and highlighted significant study limitations accordingly.
ANALISIS POTENSI DESA WISATA DI KERTAJAYA, KECAMATAN CIRANJANG, KABUPATEN CIANJUR, PROVINSI JAWA BARAT
Authors: Hanny Hanny , Agustina Lidya , Debbianita  , Sari Endah Purnama , Marpaung Elysabeth I , Natalia Maria , Carolina Verani , Joni Joni , Halomoan Daniel Togu , Leliana
Published: February 2022

Abstract

Indonesia has enormous potential tourism to be developed because it has a diversity of natural resources and culture. The development of local tourism needs to be continued to improve local communities' welfare. However, there are a lot of local tourism potentials in villages which have not been explored and exposed. Through community services, academics world could be connected with the village to explore the villages’ potentials and to develop them into tourist villages. This study aims to explore the potential tourism of Kertajaya village based on various aspects and constraints, then to analyze the tourism potentials of Kertajaya Village which could be developed more. The method we used in this research is descriptive with qualitative analysis. Based on the results of some interviews and surveys that we conducted in Kertajaya Village, it can be concluded that Kertajaya Village is potential to become a Tourism Village because of their natural resources, culture, and society.

Keywords: Potential tourism; Tourist village; Kertajaya Village

 

Abstrak

Indonesia memiliki potensi wisata yang sangat besar untuk dikembangkan karena memiliki keanekaragaman kekayaan alam dan budaya. Pengembangan potensi wisata local perlu terus dilakukan agar meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat lokal. Namun masih banyak potensi wisata local, khususnya yang terdapat di desa-desa yang belum tergali dan terekspose. Melalui pengabdian masyarakat, dunia akademik akan dapat terhubung dengan desa untuk mengeksplorasi potensi desa dan mengembangkannya menjadi desa wisata. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggali potensi pariwisata desa Kertajaya dengan melihat dari berbagai aspek dan kendala, serta menganalisis potensi pariwisata Desa Kertajaya yang mungkin dapat dikembangkan lebih lanjut. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif, dengan analisis kualitatif. Berdasarkan hasil wawancara dan survey yang kami lakukan di Desa Kertajaya, dapat disimpulkan bahwa Desa Kertajaya cukup berpotensi menjadi Desa Wisata karena kekayaan alam, budaya dan kondisi masyarakatnya.

 

Kata kunci: Potensi wisata; Desa wisata; Desa Kertajaya
Edukasi Kesiap-Siagaan Bencana Tsunami Pada Anak Melalui Penggunaan Media Pembelajaran Interaktif
Authors: M Iqbal Liayong Pratama  , Hendra  , Daud Yusuf
Published: February 2022

The implementation of the service focuses on educating children about tsunami disaster preparedness in the coastal area of Tomini Bay as the first step for disaster risk reduction. This is done based on efforts to reduce disaster risk for children, where children are a group that is vulnerable to a disaster. The implementation of the education service for tsunami preparedness for children using interactive media showed positive results. Children know more about the concepts and causes, signs of a tsunami disaster, and actions to deal with the disaster. In addition, children are willing to share information with friends and family about the concept of a tsunami disaster and the attitude of preparedness in dealing with it.
Pemanfaatan Teknologi Informasi untuk Pengembangan Desa Wisata Widarapayung Wetan melalui Pemberdayaan Kelompok Sadar Wisata (Pokdarwis)
Authors: Wanti Linda Perdana , Fadillah  , Romadloni Annisa , Ikhtiagung Ganjar Ndaru , Prasetya Nur Wachid Adi , Prihantara Andesita , Bahroni Isa , Pangestu Ilham Aditya
Published: February 2022

Efforts to create a productive society and develop the world of tourism around their homes require attention from both the community and the government. Widarapayung Wetan Village in Cilacap Regency is a village that has tourism potential that has not been developed optimally. The problem in Widarapayung Wetan village related to tourism is that there is no quality, interesting, and informative tourism website that is used to promote the village's tourism potential. The development of superior aspects of the village requires appropriate and effective facilities and infrastructure to be used. A technological facility such as a tourist village website can help develop the potential of village tourism as well as be a means of promotion. The method of implementing this community service activity is training on the development and use of a tourist village website as a medium for introducing tourism potential by Pokdarwis in the village of Widarapayung Wetan. The expected output target is the development of village websites as a means of tourism promotion and increasing knowledge of tourism awareness groups (Pokdarwis) in managing tourism village websites.
Penyelenggaraan Kesehatan Berdasarkan Peraturan Daerah Provinsi Riau Nomor 4 Tahun 2020 di Kecamatan Kerinci Kanan Kabupaten Siak
Authors: Faridhi Adrian , Fahmi Sudi , Yandra Alexsander
Published: February 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit all countries in the world and Indonesia is no exception, the Regional Government issues regional regulations to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the Riau Provincial Government issues Regional Regulation Number 4 of 2020 concerning Health Implementation. Partners need legal information on activities and can avoid legal sanctions, both fines and imprisonment, implementation methods by distributing questionnaires to participants before and after implementation, the issue of health protocol enforcement is a central issue among efforts to prevent the transmission of Covid-19.
Workshop Penulisan Artikel Ilmiah sebagai Pengembangan Keprofesian Berkelanjutan Guru di Sekolah Menengah Atas
Authors: Kusmaryono Imam , Abdul Basir Mochamad
Published: February 2022

This community service is carried out with the aim of improving the skills of writing scientific articles for teachers in the Kendal district, Central Java province. Strategy activities through workshops and assistance in writing scientific articles as a sustainable teacher professional development. The outputs of this workshop are (1) Teachers have good scientific article writing skills for teacher professional development, and (2) Teachers can produce scientific articles to be published in accredited national journals. The results of the workshop were effective in improving the skills of teachers in writing scientific articles where 70% of participants succeeded in compiling scientific articles
Pembuatan Sistem Informasi Retribusi Pelayanan Kesehatan Hewan Kota Pangkalpinang
Authors: Riki Afriansyah  , Fujiyanti Linda
Published: February 2022

Dalam pengelolaan retribusi pelayanan kesehatan hewan kota pangkalpinang masih memiliki berbagai kendala terutama dalam pengelolaan rekapan laporan penerimaan, laporan setoran dan karcis yang masih menggunakan cara manual. Dengan menggunakan sistem informasi maka pengelolaan dan pengontrolan retribusi pelayanan kesehatan hewan akan lebih mudah sehingga meminimalkan terjadinya kesalahan dalam pengolahan data. Untuk membangun sistem informasi retribusi pelayanan kesehatan hewan menggunakan metode waterfall model. Sistem informasi retribusi pelayanan kesehatan hewan ini mengintegrasikan perangkat lunak dengan perangkat keras serta jaringan komputer. Untuk melakukan pengujian sistem informasi retribusi pelayanan kesehatan hewan kota pangkalpinang menggunakan metode black box testing.
With the help of The Ubi authorities in Egypt and Sham country between the years (569-648 K/1173-1250AD)
Authors:   College of Basic Education, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Taha Miqdad Hussein
Published: February 2022

Abstract The aim of the study is to display the culture and life style in the era of Ayoubi ruling family on the lands other than Kurdistan. It tackles the Kurdish presents and gifts given in marriages, child births, political internal and external relationships. Because of their dramatic victories they gained and peace they made during wars and peace on the lands in and out of the Ayubi family. Other than these, presents given to scholars, artists and deprived people in the ceremonies and celebrations, also the rest of the social ranks were not deprived from those gifts.
The relationship between voice, movement, and physical references during language learning in breastfeeding
Authors:   Psychology Department, Faculty of Arts, Soran University, Awlla Farman Hassan , Kakamad Karwan Kakabra
Published: February 2022

Abstract Background: Language development is a part of the overall biological development of the human being, and it has relation to the maturity of some parts of the human body. This research attempted to investigate the relationship between sound, movement, and body signals during language learning in infancy and the mechanism of the relationship between language development and motor growth at this stage. Objective: This study attempted to study the nature of language development and the relationship between language development and motor development in infancy. Methods: This study relied on the descriptive and qualitative approach, and the content analysis method was used to review and compare four research papers related to the relationship between sound and movement during language learning in infancy. Result: This study has achieved results that are summarized by the existence of stages of language development during infancy, the difference in the speed of the level of growth at the first stage, the relationship between sound, movement, and physical signals during language learning in infancy, and the growth and development of this relationship in the first week of life until the end of the breastfeeding stage. Conclusion: This study indicates the relationship between sound, movement, and body signals and the growth of this relationship in all stages of language development during language learning during infancy.
The measuring of self-destructive behavior in adolescent students
Authors:   Soran University, Hassan Barzan Kamal , Ahmed Rafiq Salh
Published: February 2022

Abstract The main goal of this study is to measure the behavior of adolescents in general. Depending on the gender, family number members and economic status, the researchers have used the method (description of the how many) the community of this research includes several government and non-government schools in Soran. The sample of the study consisted of (250) students who were randomly selected from each of the relevant subjects, (125) male students and (125) female students. After the data was entered into the SPSS Advanced Statistics Program for Objectives, it was revealed that adolescent students generally behave in a self-destructive manner, also female gender more affects the behavior of self-destructive compared to male gender. And the students of the big family are less affected by the behavior compare to the little family, Also, those who are good at economics are more likely to self- destructive behave compared to those who are worse off in economics.
The relations between Khwarizmis,and kurdish forces, Kurdish authorities, Kurdish area in the first half of the seventh century BC/thirteenth AD
Authors:   Ministry of Education, Shwan Saadadin Sulaiman , Haruty Mahdi Osman ,   History Department, Faculy of Education, Koya University
Published: February 2022

Abstract The beginning of the revolt of the relationship between The Khwarizmi state and the Kurdish forces, and areas returns to the era of Khwarzmisha Aladdin Tksh (568-596CE1172-1199AD/) When he took over the mountain region, Then Aladdin Muhammad (596-617CE/1199-1220AD), and the political situation in The Khwarizm region towards a new stage of wide authority, or when they were defeated against the Mongol army, they dragged to Iran and the West. It seems that Kurdistan was not out of that region that was monopoly and occupation by the Khwarizmi arm, the ways were paved to come up some relations between sultan Khwarizmi and Kurdish forces, particularly the era of sultan Jalaladin Mankabartin (617-628CE/1220-1231AD) the relations concern political and military fields, even social despite that disasters happened to the Kurdish areas as a result of the surrounded army.