bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Let’s Drink to Being Socially Active: Family Characteristics, Social Participation, and Alcohol Abuse across Mid- and Later-life
Authors: Vogelsang Eric , Lariscy Joseph
Published: March 2022

Researchers and practitioners often extol the health benefits of social relationships and social participation for older adults. Yet, they often ignore how these same bonds and activities may contribute to negative health behaviors. Using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (16,065 observations from 7,007 respondents), we examine how family characteristics, family history, and social participation predict three measures of alcohol abuse between ages 53 and 71. Results indicate that, generally, greater social participation is associated with increased drinking days per month. We also find that religious participation and having ever lived with an alcoholic are each associated with reporting possible alcohol dependence, but not with alcohol consumption itself. Lastly, we identify gendered associations between marital dissolution and drinking behavior. These findings contextualize the increasing rates of alcohol abuse in later life by emphasizing the possible negative consequences of “linked lives” on health, via relationship stress and group norms.
The Tenure and Promotion Standards Used to Evaluate Creative Scholarship in the Media and Communication Fields
Authors: Miller Serena
Published: March 2022

The faculty tenure and promotion system is one of the most influential structures that affects the extent scholars produce creative scholarship. A thematic analysis of 69 research-intensive media and communication departments’ documents was carried out to assess whether departments expressed support and standards for creative scholarship. The results showed most departments formally recognize creative scholarship by relying on artistic and professional standards of quality such as awards, exhibitions, and festival placements. The low amount of evaluation criteria, however, suggest a need for departmental leadership to rethink how to evaluate impact since these scholars often seek to engage non-academic audiences.
How to improve scientific peer review: Four schools of thought
Authors: Waltman Ludo , Kaltenbrunner Wolfgang , Pinfield Stephen , Woods Helen Buckley
Published: March 2022

Peer review plays an essential role as one of the cornerstones of the scholarly publishing system. There are many initiatives that aim to improve the way in which peer review is organized, resulting in a highly complex landscape of innovation in peer review. Different initiatives are based on different views on the most urgent challenges faced by the peer review system, leading to a diversity of perspectives on how the system can be improved. To provide a more systematic understanding of the landscape of innovation in peer review, we suggest that the landscape is shaped by four schools of thought: The Quality & Reproducibility school, the Democracy & Transparency school, the Equity & Inclusion school, and the Efficiency & Incentives school. Each school has a different view on the key problems of the peer review system and the innovations necessary to address these problems. The schools partly complement each other, but we argue that there are also important tensions between them. We hope that the four schools of thought offer a useful framework to facilitate conversations about the future development of the peer review system.
Of Self and Polity: Writing Resistance in Dixit’s Madhavi
Authors: Phuyal Komal Prasad
Published: March 2022

Madan Mani Dixit’s novel Madhavi (1983) subtly argues for change in the existing rigid political order of his time by projecting self larger than the polity. Borrowing a narrative from the Mahabharata, the novelist develops it into a full length novel to point out the cracks in the political system of his time: as a political order, the Panchayat had lost the sense of justice within the first two decades after its promulgation in 1962. Dixit employs Galav and Madhavi as dissenting voice of the age, upholding the spirit of resistance and seeking for transformation in consciousness. The tale from the post-Vedic society serves as an instance to imply the parallel situation of the country that attempts to transcend beyond the contemporary context. In this study, I have approached the novel from the new historicist vantage point to dissect the text in the changing political context of its writing. The paper claims that as a Nepali novel, Dixit’s Madhavi rewrites the episode of political struggle between the person and polity in an oppressive political order in the 1970s in Nepal when the political self and polity were in tension as the outcome of their struggle for a new order in society. Moving beyond the existing situation, the maestro novelist picks the narrative of Madhavi and Galav from the Mahabharata and sets them in quest of new order in the form of agrarian society from the crumbling order of slavery. Dixit’s work critiques the limitations of both self and polity in leaving the impact of one on the other, thereby exposing the brutal treatment and fall of an oppressive political order. This paper reads historical reality of the 1970s in Dixit’s Madhavi in which the author writes the political history of Nepal.
Spatial Memory and Ecologically Displaced Subjectivity in Western Tharu Folk Songs of Nepal
Authors: Dangaura Mohan
Published: March 2022

This paper critically examines the folk dance songs of Dangaura Tharu fromthe perspective of space, memory, and performance. The paper establishes the relationship between Tharu subjectivity and conscience of their past topography inherent intheir folk dance songs. In one aspect where the overall folk performance of Tharu reflects their lifestyle, in another aspect, their folk songs and rituals assist them to connect with the natural environment where they inhabit. This paper has brandied their performance as the art reflecting their bucolic lifestyle and melancholic memory. The songs have been collected, translated, and interpreted from different visual sources and personal communications. To analyze the primary texts, the notion of folklore performance from Alan Dundes, Richard Schechner, and other different folklorists have been utilized as the theoretical and review guidelines. The paper also includes the translated version of the songs. As for the indigenous culture aspirant like me, the study of folklores of Tharu indigeneity helps us to understand the spatial memory of one of the largest ethnicity of Nepal and their socio-economic history. It will provide a new perspective of their historical changes from literature which have not been critically assessed in the already conducted studies. Hence, the findings of the research help us to understand the necessary social index of one of Nepal’s largest indigeneity.
Cultural Practice of Natural Theology and Environmental Ethics in the Vedas
Authors: Chalise Keshav Raj
Published: March 2022

Vedic texts have established the cult of worshipping natural phenomena, which from the surface understanding is the process of personification, but in real, Vedic hymns show on how the Vedic people have understood the underlying power of nature. Vedas, Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda, have joined the human culture with the philosophy of nature in the mode of natural theology. The culture of sacrifice taught through Vedic hymns has conveyed the knowledge of mutual dependence of man, God and nature. Vedas have proven the natural theological notion of nature-God relation with the hymns devoted to nature phenomena as the metaphors of power, creativity, essence and purity in the forms of deities. Vedas have pertained ecocentrism as the cultural practice  of nature eminence. They have further addressed the idea of environmental ethics through the Vedic view of cosmological and ontological unity in nature, and the ethics of natural law in the form of rita, dharma and karma. With the examination of Vedic priority to nature, especially from the Rig Veda, this study anticipates to link Vedic natural religion with the nineteenth century philosophy of natural theology and late twentieth century ecological study of environmental ethics.
OPERATION OF MOSUL – DOKAN RESERVOIRS AND SAMARRA BARRAGE USING HEC – RES.SIM MODEL DURING FLOOD PERIOD
Authors: M.Abdulateef Thabet , Hoobi Raad , Sadeq Abbas Ali
Published: March 2022

Major dams on Tigris River were designed and constructed as multi – purposes reservoirs. Since the flood event may occur for a specified period of the year, simulation model could be developed for rapid release decision according to time series reservoir inflow. This study deals with the application of HEC – ResSim version 3.1 in order to simulate and evaluate the behavior of the reservoirs system represented by Mosul, Dokan reservoirs, and Samarra barrage during the flood period 1987-1988 which is considered as a flood period. The release function of date was applied as an operating rule in order to provide safety reservoir storage accompanied with downstream release control. The results obtained from simulation of operating alternatives had been compared with the historical recorded data for the same time of simulation period, and exhibit flood control caused by specifying reservoir outflow with an appropriate limits yields appreciable matching between reservoirs' rule curves and computed pool elevation for both reservoirs. The simulation plots revel the ability of the existing projects to assist in sizing flood risk during flood event, and the storage level in the reservoirs reached a suitable elevation according to the time period of inflow, storage, and release values with the ability of Samarra barrage to divert excess flood water towered Tharthar Lake.
VIRTUAL CFRP STRENGTHENING OF NON-PRISMATIC RC BEAMS WITHOUT LATERAL REINFORCEMENT
Authors: Hameed Aziz Ali
Published: March 2022

The provision of the international codes does not cover clearly the design of non-prismatic reinforced concrete beams and the design has been left to the experience and judgment of design engineers. In the present paper, four beam specimens were cast and tested, one of which was poured as a prismatic beam (reference beam), while, the others were poured with non-prismatic sections. Virtual strengthening with bonded CFRP strips was adopted as an alternative technique instead of the real lateral reinforcement (stirrups) to evaluate the degree at which the load-carrying capacity of tested beam specimens was enhanced. Finite element method, as a numerical solution by ANSYS software, was adopted to simulate all the tested beam specimens which presented as three-dimensional problems. Experimental results show that the degradation due to tapering was varied between (50-94%) and (53-81%) for the ultimate and cracking load respectively, in comparison with the reference beam. While the analysis results indicated that the adopted technique plays important parameters to enhance the performance of the strengthened beams and the presence of CFRP increased the strength in the case of stirrups-less beams.
EFFECT OF ULTRAVIOLET ON OUTDOOR WORKERS
Authors: B. Mohsin Bushra , A. Khaleefa Ali Seroor
Published: March 2022

The sunlight mainly affected the development of this life on the surface of the globe, most people love and enjoy the sunlight and its warmth, but fear its harmful effects from sunburn and long-term damage to the skin due to excessive exposure to the sun, and thus people began to seek for protection from the sun's rays. To avoid the pain of sunburn and its harmful effects, and since the internal workers are protected from the sun's rays, outdoor workers are more exposed to ultraviolet rays and are more exposed to adverse consequences from the effects on the eyes and skin, although most of the body is protected by clothing, it is not sufficient, the size of the risks depends. On the skin and the increase in skin cancer incidence based on several factors, climatic factors or according to the sensitivity of the personality to ultraviolet rays, this is wholly related to personal habits related to sunlight. This research paper measured ultraviolet rays on Baghdad's outdoor workers, although temperature and UV index. At the beginning of November 2020, the results showed that exposure to ultraviolet rays is significantly related to temperature, UV index, and cloud cover, where P-vale is less than 0.001. Farther more, there is increased exposure to UVB as well as  UVA.
Anti-fungal Activity of Punica Granatum I.peels Powder and Extracts from Pathogenic Samples
Authors: S.Shaokat Siham , A.Hameed Hamoudi , J.Mohammad Hassan
Published: March 2022

Thirty five samples were collected from patients (1-30) years old, suffered from, infected skin , rushes, boils , oral thrush, anal & vaginal itches.  Candida albicans 57.3% (20 isolates) and Candida tropicalis 22.5% (8 isolates) Aspergillus  fumegatus 11.5% (4 isolates)   Aspergillus nigar 8.7%(3 isolates) , were isolated & identified from these samples.  Alcoholic & water hot extracts of the punica granatum (Pomegranate) peels as well as the dried powder were prepared.  The anti-fungal activity of the extracts was evaluated by means of the agar-well diffusion assay. The extract exhibited potent activity against yeast. The Minimum inhibitory concentrations were 128-1024 Î¼g/ml against Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis .Their was little difference between the activities of alcoholic extract & aqueous extract. These results suggest the Pomegranate Peels extract which contains gallotanic acid as a promising anti-fungal agent.

Key wards : Antifungal agents, Plant extracts, Candida isolation
The Release of Diazepam from Different Conventional and Hollow Type Suppository Bases
Authors: A. Kamal Balkis
Published: March 2022

The objective of this study was to investigate the release profile of different fat and water soluble bases using diazepam as a model drug , and then to develop  a satisfactory formula with a rapid release of diazepam from suppository bases .The study was conducted using theobroma oil ,glycerol-gelatin and glycerol-PEG1540 bases using conventional mold method for preparation .while the later base was utilized to incorporate diazepam ( buffered solution ) in a hollow type suppositories. The results indicated that all types of bases can be utilized to formulate diazepam as  rectal suppositories with acceptable disintegration time ( 12, 10, 6, and 6min.), respectively . While 100% of the  released drug had been shown different release profiles with different storage time ( 15, 30, and 45 days ) in a refrigerator at 5Â°C , best results were obtained , when glycerol- PEG1540 used as a base for both conventional and hollow type mold methods .However , a decrease in the release rate of the drug was seen with glycerol-gelatin and glycerol-PEG1540 and to a lesser extent for glycerol-PEG1540 prepared

by hollow type method .

Key words:  Diazepam  , Hollow type suppository
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Financial Livelihood Assets: A Case Study in Mahawewa Divisional Secretariat Division, Sri Lanka
Authors: Peiris M. W. J. W. , Thennakoon T. M. S. P. K.
Published: March 2022

The most recent catastrophe, COVID-19 changed the lives and the livelihoods of the people in the world and in Sri Lanka. The main objective of this study was to identify the nature of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial assets of the community engaged in six (06) livelihood types and the measures taken by the government and social organizations to mitigate the impact. A total of 64 families representing the livelihood types in two Grama Niladhari divisions in the study area were selected for the sample by employing stratified random sampling technique. Data were collected through questionnaire survey and informal discussions while the data analysis was mainly done through Chi Squared Analysis. The study confirmed that the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected on the income generation and savings of the community in the study area. Further, 13% (out of 16) and 07% (out of 14) of households engaged in agriculture and fisheries respectively has earned a monthly income of over 150,000 while no household in all categories has earned a monthly income of less than 5,000 before the COVID 19 pandemic. However, the monthly income generation of 82%, and 57% of households who engaged in tourism and both fisheries and self-employments has significantly dropped to less than 5000/= respectively during the COVID 19 pandemic. Also, the pandemic has adversely affected the income generation of the households in fisheries, tourism and self-employment sectors compared to agriculture sector. Savings of the same categories was also reduced due to the pandemic. The study further ascertained that the government and social organizations have taken several measures to provide essential items to cope with the economic impacts of COVID 19.
EVLENME GELENEĞİ BAĞLAMINDA DÜĞÜNE YATIR OKUMA: DOĞANHİSAR (KONYA) ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: SAVAŞ Hasan
Published: March 2022

Türk toplulukları arasında “toy” yahut ″toyun″ olarak adlandırılan düğün merasimleri, bulunduğu coğrafyanın kültürel unsurlarından etkilenerek çeşitlilik arz etmiştir. Nitekim Türk kültürünün inanç unsurlarından biri olan türbe ve yatırlara bağlı olarak ortaya çıkan evlenme âdetleri ile karşılaşmak mümkündür. Toplumun saygı ve korku duyduğu yatırlar, gösterdikleri kerametler neticesinde tanrısal bir figür olarak tezahür eder. Kutsalı kendi bünyesine dâhil etmek ve yapılacak işleri kutsal olmayandan uzak tutmak adına bu kişilerden yardım istenir. Çünkü insanoğlu yaşadığı bu dünya kadar öteki dünya ile de ilişki içerisindedir. Ölmüş atalara saygı duymak, onların gazabından korkmak ve birtakım ritüellerle ruhlarını takdis etmek öteki dünya ile iletişimin bir göstergesidir. Bu iletişim, evlenme törenlerinde de ortaya çıkar. Evlilik kurumu ile toplumun inanç dünyasını yansıtan türbe ve yatırlar, kültürel örüntülerin bir yığını olarak geçmişe dair pek çok iz barındırır. Bu kültürel izlerden biri ″düğüne yatır okuma″ geleneğidir. Konya iline bağlı Doğanhisar ilçesinde bulunan yatırların kadınlar tarafından düğüne davet edilmesi bu geleneğin esasını oluşturur. Gelenek, yöre halkının muhayyilesindeki mistik tasavvurların ne denli kuvvetli olduğunu göstermesi açısından önemlidir. Doğanhisar’da yapılan saha çalışmaları neticesinde, ilçeyi çevreleyen iki hâkim tepede iki ayrı yatır ve ilçe merkezinde bir yatır etrafında düğün okuntusu pratiğinin gerçekleştirildiği tespit edilmiştir. Elde edilen veriler doğrultusunda, evlenme geleneği bağlamında yatırların düğüne davet edildiği ve bu durumun nedenselliği ele alınmıştır. Çalışmada yazılı ve sözlü kaynaklardan yararlanılarak evlenme geleneği bağlamında gerçekleştirilen ″düğüne yatır okuma″ ritüelinin kültürel temelleri irdelenmiştir.
LALE DEVRİ SEFARETNAMELERİNİN OSMANLI MODERNLEŞMESİNDEKİ YERİ
Authors: EŞEL Gökhan
Published: March 2022

Miladi 1718 yılında Habsburg Hanedanı’nın idaresindeki Avusturya Krallığı ile Osmanlı Devleti arasında imzalanan Pasarofça Antlaşması ile başlayan görece barış döneminde Osmanlı Devleti, Avrupalı devletlerle ilişkilerinde normalleşmeye önem vermiştir. Bu dönemde Batı ile iyi ilişkiler teşkil etmek amacıyla da Avrupa’da bazı devletlere elçiler gönderilmiştir. Gönderilen bu elçilerin kaleme aldıkları sefaretnameler (elçilik raporları) aracılığı ile Avrupa’yı daha yakından tanıma imkânı bulan Osmanlı Devleti, bir yandan Batı tarzı diplomasi usulleri ile tanışırken bir yandan da Batının sosyal, kültürel ve teknolojik farklılıklarını yakından tetkik etme imkânı bulmuştur. Divan edebiyatının genellikle nesir usulünde kaleme alınan önemli çeşitlerinden olan sefaretnameler, aynı zamanda Osmanlı modernleşmesinin ve Osmanlı diplomasi tarihinin temel belgeleri arasında yer almaktadır. Günümüze kadar ulaşabilmiş olan yaklaşık kırk altı adet sefaretname örneklerinin bazıları daha sonra tarihçiler ya da vakanüvisler tarafından kaynak olarak kullanılmış ve bazıları da yayımlanmıştır. Bunların arasından en fazla bilineni Yirmisekiz Çelebi Mehmet Efendi’nin Paris Sefaretnamesi günümüze Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı Talim Terbiye Kurulunca “100 Temel Eser” arasında geçerek ortaöğretim ders kitaplarında yer almaktadır.Sefaretnamelere dair kaleme alınan ve temel kaynaklardan biri olan Faik Reşit Unat’ın “Osman Sefirleri ve Sefaretnameleri” isimli eserinde de belirtildiği gibi Lale Devri diye adlandırılan ve M. 1719-1730 yıllarını kapsayan dönemde bilinen dört sefaretname günümüze ulaşmıştır. Dolayısıyla çalışma bu sefaretnameleri ihtiva etmektedir. Çalışmada, İbrahim Paşa’nın Viyana Sefaretnamesi, Yirmisekiz Çelebi Mehmed Efendi’nin Fransa Sefaretnamesi, Nişli Mehmed Ağa’nın Rusya Sefaretnamesi ve Ahmed Dürri Efendi’nin İran Sefaretnamesi örnekleri özelinden hareketle sefaretnamelerin Osmanlı modernleşmesindeki yeri ve Lale Devri’nde dönemin uluslararası ilişkilerin de diplomasi yöntemleri, tarihsel bir perspektif ile değerlendirilmeye çalışılmıştır.
E. SEMİH YALÇIN, TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET TARİHÎ KAYNAKLARI, BERİKAN YAYINEVİ, ANKARA, 2010, 476 S., ISBN: 9789758736362
Authors: YERAL Tacettin
Published: March 2022

Prof. Dr. Semih Yalçın, Modern Türk Tarihinin yazılı kaynaklarının tasnifini yaparak bu alanda çalışma yapacak araştırmacılar için yararlı olacağı görüşü üzerine bir eser kaleme almıştır. Eser genel olarak bir ön söz, yedi bölüm, kaynakça ve dizinden oluşmaktadır. Yazar ilk olarak tarihin esas konusunun insanlık ve milletler olduğunu dile getirerek okuyucuyu esere hazırlamıştır. Tarih nedir ve tarih ilmi nasıl yapılır gibi sorulara cevap arayan yazar, esere bağlı kalarak ana konudan çıkmamaya özen göstermiştir. Tarih araştırmalarında mutlaka zaman, mekân ve toplum çerçevesinde kalınması gerektiğini söyleyen yazar, ülkemizden ve dünyadan önemli tarihçilerden alıntılar ile esere zenginlik kazandırmıştır. Millî kültürümüzün oluşması açısından tarihin önemli bir yere sahip olduğunu dile getirmiştir. Günümüz tarihçilik anlayışı ile tarih felsefesi arasında bağlantı kurarak değerlendirme yapılmıştır. Diğer sosyal ilimler ile iç içe olduğu ve bu yüzden birlikte eserler kaleme alınması gerektiği vurgulanmıştır. Arşiv kavramının kelime kökeni hakkında detaylı bilgi verilmiştir. Ülkemizdeki arşivlerin yanı sıra birinci elden ve ikinci elden kaynaklar hakkında tespitlerde bulunulmuştur. Osmanlı ve Cumhuriyet arşivleri hakkında örnekler gösterilmiştir. Gazete ve dergiler ile ilgili örnekler verilmiş, dünyadaki ilk ortaya çıkışı ile bağlantı kurulmuştur. Yunus Nadi’den Halide Edip Adıvar’a kadar geniş bir hatırat yelpazesi sunan yazar. Cumhuriyet tarihi alanında çalışacak araştırmacılar için önemli bir kaynak havuzu sunmaktadır.
ÖĞRETMENLERİN İŞ DOYUM DÜZEYLERİ İLE OKUL YÖNETİCİLERİNİN LİDERLİK STİLLERİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN İNCELENMESİ
Authors: DOĞAN Ümit
Published: March 2022

Liderler, örgütsel kaynakları etkin kullanmak amacındadır. Bu nedenle örgütsel kaynakların temelini oluşturan insanların, örgüte olan eğilimlerinin ve bakış açılarının incelenmesi önem arz etmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, okulun temel paydaşı olan öğretmenlerin iş doyum düzeyleri ile okulun lideri olarak kabul edilen okul yöneticilerinin liderlik stilleri arasındaki ilişkilerin incelenmesidir. Araştırmada ilişkisel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın evreni 2021-2022 eğitim öğretim yılında Sakarya ilinde, kamu okullarında görevli toplam 15.489 öğretmenden oluşmaktadır. Araştırmanın örneklemini ise evrenden basit seçkisiz örneklem yöntemi ile seçilmiş 17 okulda görev yapan 252 öğretmen oluşturmaktadır. Bu çalışmada okul yöneticilerinin dönüşümcü liderlik stilleri ile öğretmenlerin iş doyum düzeylerinin pozitif yönde ve orta düzeyde olduğu, okul yöneticilerinin serbest bırakıcı ve sürdürümcü liderlik stilleri ile öğretmenlerin iş doyumu ise pozitif yönlü ve düşük düzeyde ilişkili olduğu sonuçlarına ulaşılmıştır. Bu bulguya göre okul yöneticilerinin dönüşümcü, serbest bırakıcı ve sürdürümcü davranış ve uygulamalarının öğretmenlerin iş doyumunu etkilediği söylenebilir. Bunlar arasında dönüşümcü liderlik davranışları ve uygulamalarının ise doyumu daha çok etkilediği görülmektedir. Çalışmada okul yöneticilerinin dönüşümcü, serbest bırakıcı ve sürdürümcü liderlik stilleri ile öğretmenlerin iş doyumu algı düzeyi arasında orta düzeyde ilişkiler görülmüştür. Okul müdürünün dönüşümcü, serbest bırakıcı ve sürdürümcü liderlik davranışları ve uygulamalarının öğretmenlerin iş doyumu algılarının anlamlı bir yordayıcısı olduğu tespit edilmiş ve makalede araştırma bulguları doğrultusunda önerilere yer verilmiştir.
Oseltamivir and Its Potential Effect on the Management of the Flu in Children and Adolescents
Authors: Bello Cordero Jhon Fredy , Gualdrón Moncada Juan Pablo , González Lozano Alieth Paola , Wilcox Robles Andrea Carolina , Ascencio Vera Maria Gabriela , Caballero Mieles Ana María , Arrieta González Alexandra Paola
Published: March 2022

Influenza is a viral infection that mainly affects the respiratory tract from the most proximal to the most distal portion, it is characterized by lasting about 7 days and by having a variable clinical picture. This infectious disease is positioned as one of the most relevant causes of hospitalization in the child population associated with possible complications that can be fatal, generally the treatment is symptomatic but in special cases antivirals are used, in the pediatric population oseltamivir is the indicated drug.
PENILAIAN KINERJA UPK PUTI BUNGSU KECAMATAN TANJUNG EMAS DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN PENDEKATAN BALANCED SCORECARD
Authors: Saleh Sri Madona , Farina Desy , Farina Desy , Sofiana Rafida , Sofiana Rafida
Published: March 2022

This study aims to assess the performance of UPK Puti Bungsu, Tanjung Emas District using the Balanced Scorecard approach. The assessment technique used in this study is an assessment of the four Balanced Scorecard perspectives, namely: financial perspective, customer perspective, internal business process perspective and learning and growth perspective. This type of research is field research using quantitative descriptive methods. The data used in this study are primary data in the form of interviews and questionnaires, secondary data. The results of this study indicate that, based on a financial perspective, seen from the Net Perform Loan ratio in 2015 1%, 2016 1% and 2017 1.50%, seen from Idle Cash in 2015 amounted to 0.47%, 2016 1.19% and 2017 amounted to 2.53% and seen from the Capital Growth in 2015 34.76%, 2016 amounted to 9.86% and in 2017 amounted to 50.76 %, seen from the customer perspective, UPK Puti Bungsu, Tanjung Emas District has a good performance. This is indicated by the large number of members who expressed satisfaction by the SPP group members of the UPK Puti Bungsu service. Viewed from the perspective of the internal business process, the performance of UPK Puti Bungsu, Tanjung Emas District for the innovation process is good, seen from the perspective of growth and learning the performance of UPK Puti Bungsu can be seen from the large number of satisfied employees of UPK Puti Bungsu with management and training at UPK Puti Bungsu. Tanjung Emas District and increasing worker productivity.
PENGARUH CAR, FDR,BOPO TERHADAP ROA DENGAN NPF SEBAGAI VARIABEL INTERVENING PADA BTPN SYARIAH 2015-2019
Authors: Mirawati Mirawati , Putra Rahmad Ade , Fitri Meli Diana
Published: March 2022

Profit (ROA) is the main goal in the company. The greater that affects profits, of course, makes this profit change every year. The purpose of this study is to provide an overview to see the magnitude of the influence of CAR, FDR, BOPO on ROA with NPF as an intervening. The method used is a quantitative method with a descriptive approach. The conclusion that can be drawn is that CAR has a negative and significant effect on ROA, FDR statistically has a negative and insignificant effect on profitability (ROA), BOPO has a negative and significant effect on ROA, NPF statistically has a negative and insignificant effect on profitability (ROA). CAR, FDR, BOPO, and, NPF have a joint effect on ROA, CAR has a significant positive effect on NPF, FDR has a significant negative effect on NPF, BOPO has a significant negative effect on NPF, NPF cannot significantly mediate CAR on ROA, NPF cannot mediate significant CAR on ROA, NPF can significantly mediate BOPO on ROA.
UPAYA PROGRAM PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT (PNPM) MANDIRI DALAM MENINGKATKAN PEREKONOMIAN MASYARAKAT DESA PADANG LUAR NGARI III KOTO KECAMATAN RAMBATAN
Authors: Fikri Hilman Azka , Hidayah Aini
Published: March 2022

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui upaya apa saja yang telah PNPM Mandiri lakukan untuk meningkatkan perekonomian masyarakat Desa Padang Luar. Jenis penelitian yang dilakukan peneliti yaitu field research atau penelitian lapangan. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif atau pengambila data yang dilakukan pada suatu lokasi. Teknik pengumpulan data yang peneliti gunakan adalah melalui wawancara dan dokumentasi. Analisis data dilakukan dengan mengumpulkan data melalui wawancara, peneliti akan merangkum, diklasifikasi sesuai aspek masalah yang telah disusun, kemudian dianalisis dengan menggunakan analisis data kualitatif. Dari penelitian yang peniliti lakukan di lapangan dapat disimpulkan upaya yang telah PNPM Mandiri Kecamatan Rambatan dalam peningkatan ekonomi masyarakat Desa Padang Luar terdiri dari: 1). Upaya peningkatan pembangunan sarana/prasarana desa yaitunya dengan membangun pasar Bungo Ladan. 2). Upaya peningkatan layanan kesehatan dan pendidikan. 3). Upaya peningkatan keterampilan kelo mpok usaha dalam meningkatkan perekonomin. 4). Upaya penyaluran dana bergulir untuk masyarakat yang penyaluran nya melalui SPP (Simpan Pinjam Perempuan) Desa Padang Luar.
Inovasi Administratif: Fungsi Dan Metode Organisasi PT PWD Insurance Bandung
Authors: Sudrajat Ajat , Sofyan Yayan , Rosmayati Siti
Published: March 2022

This study aims to determine the magnitude of the effect of organizational functions and methods on administrative innovation. This study adopted a quantitative method, adopted a non-experimental and horizontal design. Through transaction research on the sample of PT PWD Insurance Bandung. Sampling of PT PWD Insurance Bandung is for convenience. The results of this research on organizational functions and methods are predictive of administrative innovation. As long as PT PWD Insurance Bandung encourages the development of training and knowledge methods, development of independent methods for employees, and when PT PWD Insurance Bandung conducts performance evaluations, the new method will be able to formulate and standardize management procedures and procedures, distribution of responsibilities and benefits among employees, and to develop new structural concepts for the workplace, organizational practices, and external relations.
Pengaruh Gaya Kepemimpinan dan Motivasi Terhadap Efektivitas Kerja Dengan Disiplin Kerja Sebagai Variabel Intervening
Authors: Fariska Dita , Chandra Kirana Kusuma , Subiyanto Didik
Published: March 2022

This study aims to determine and examine the effect of Leadership Style, work motivation on work effectiveness with Work Discipline as an intervening variable. This study uses quantitative research methods. The population in this study is all employees and their partners in the BUMDes Maju Mandiri Office. This study consisted of 60 employees. The sampling technique in this study used a saturated sampling technique, i.e. all the population was sampled. The analytical method used in this study used multiple linear regression analysis. The results in this study indicate that partially leadership style affects work discipline. Work motivation has no effect on work discipline, leadership style has no effect on work effectiveness, work motivation has no effect on work effectiveness, and simultaneously or together work discipline has an effect on work effectiveness.
Arıcılık Faaliyeti için Sosyo-Ekonomik Bir İnceleme: Malatya İli Örneği
Authors: BAYDEMİR Muhammed
Published: March 2022

Arıcılık gelişime açık bir alandır. Bölgeden bölgeye ciddi farklılıklar olmasının yanında, aynı bölge içerisinde dahi birçok faktörden etkilenebilmektedir. Bu çalışmada Malatya ilinde arı yetiştiriciliği yapan işletmelerin yapısal özellikleri ve üretimlerine ilişkin sorunları incelenmiştir. Arıcılık faaliyeti ile uğraşanlara yönelik 2020 yılı Kasım ayı ile 2021 yılı Şubat ayları arasında yapılan 77 adet anket sonuçları değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışma sonunda kovan başına ortalama bal veriminin 11.87 kg düzeyinde olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bu miktar Türkiye ortalamasından düşük ve bu fark istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulunmuştur (p
Effect of open field crop management on the floral development of gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides Ellis)
Authors: Murguía González Joaquín , Núñez Galindo Yesenia , Castañeda Chávez María del Refugio , Bañuelos Hernández Karina Patricia , Guevara Valencia Marina , Herrera Corredor José Andrés
Published: March 2022

Objective: To analyze the effect of open field crop management on gardenia flower development
Design/Methodology/Approach: A randomized block design was used with a factorial arrangement of two factors conformed by field management (four levels: M1 = old plant in natural shade; M2 and M3 = old plant in full sun and M4 = mature plant in full sun) and the floral stages (eight levels: tender, lemony, striped, white, star, caracolled, open and yellow). Eight morphological descriptors were measured: flower weight, perianth length, perianth diameter, calyx length, calyx diameter, corolla width, number of sepals, and length of sepals.
Results: The analysis of variance allowed to identify highly significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) in the variables weight, perianth length, calyx length and diameter, number of sepals, and length of sepals for the management-stage interaction. In handling M1 and M2, the caracolled flower reached a weight greater than 2.94 ± 0.08 g with a perianth diameter of 60.66 ± 1.23 mm. The open flower presented the largest corolla width of 37.39 ± 1.07 mm. The white button cataloged from the commercial point of view in the category of buttons, according to weight, perianth diameter, and width of the corolla, presented flower characteristics, thus classifying the floral development in three stages for buttons and five for flowers.
Findings/Conclusions: Crop management with natural shade increases the size of the flowers in terms of weight, perianth diameter, and corolla width. These descriptors can be used as quality criteria when selecting the flower. In addition, the open and caracolled flower can contain the largest reserve of volatile components and, as they are not commercial qualities, it could be used in the extraction of compounds to produce cosmetics.
Prevalence and risk factors associated to the incorrect application of the anabolic implant in intensive cattle feedlots in Sinaloa, Mexico
Authors: DAVILA RAMOS HORACIO , Molina-Gámez Gamaliel , Portillo-Loera Jesús José , Félix-Bernal José Adrían , Robles-Estrada Juan Carlos , Rodríguez-Millán Jesús , Sánchez-Pérez Jaime Noe , Vasquez-Sarabia Fredy , Montero-Pardo Arnulfo
Published: March 2022

Objective: To determine the prevalence and the risk factors associated to the incorrect application of the anabolic implant in intensive cattle feedlots.
Design/Methodology/Approach: An observational study was conducted in which 888 cattle ears were evaluated from five livestock feedlots. The criteria of the condition of the anabolic implant were: correct and incorrect (encapsulated, abscessed, in cartilage, badly placed, heaped, partial and absent). The results were evaluated through the chi-squared test and logistic regression, the alpha level established was 0.05.
Results: A prevalence of 64.30% incorrectly applied anabolic implants was observed. At least 50% of the cattle from the feedlots evaluated presented faults in the application of the implant. Encapsulated and badly placed implants represented 91.6% (51.4 and 40.2%, respectively) of the total incorrect conditions. The risk of a bovine presenting an incorrect condition increased 1.8 times more when the feedlot has more than 4000 cattle (P<0.001) and 4.2 times more when they are females (P<0.001); the season of the year was not a risk factor (P>0.17).
Study Limitation/Implications: The incorrect application of anabolic implants derives in faults that complicate their absorption and integration into the organism, which is why more studies are suggested to determine the economic impact that this can cause.
Findings/Conclusions: The prevalence of the fault in anabolic implants is high, and, therefore, the productive and economic benefits that favor the application of this productive technology are not being obtained, in addition to there being determinant risk factors.
Characterization of the biochemical and nutritional content in simple white grain maize (Zea mays L.) crosses
Authors: Sánchez-Ramírez Francisco J. , Mendoza-Castillo M.C. , Mendoza-Mendoza C.G. , Delgado-Alvarado A.
Published: March 2022

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Objective: To characterize the nutritional and biochemical content of 25 genotypes: 5 S4 inbred lines and the 20 possible single crosses formed between them.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The content of oil, starch, protein, ash and phytic acid was determined in kernels of each genotype, using the American Association of Cereal Chemists’ methods; the information obtained was analyzed by a complete randomized experimental design and Tukey’s means tests.
Results: For the parents and the crosses, correspondingly, the intervals of the substances under study were: a) Oil: from 5.99 to 3.84 and 6.40 to 3.55 g ∙ 100 g-1, b) Protein:  from 8.26 to 5.43 and 9.83 to 5.56 g ∙ 100 g-1, c) Starch: from 88.25 to 74.48 and 96.64 to 72.57 g ∙ 100 g-1, d) Ash: from 1.90 to 1.20 and 2.0 to 0.89 g ∙ 100 g-1, e) Phytic acid: from 2.40 to 1.08 and 2.29 to 1.11 g ∙ 100 g-1.
Study Limitations/Implications: The study shows that in comparison to the parents, the crosses were only significantly superior in the content of starch, although there were statistical differences of the contents within each group. The crosses that showed higher contents for a nutritional component were those in which at least one parent had a high composition of the nutrient.
Findings/Conclusions: The variation in the nutritional and biochemical content showed that there is diversity among genotypes, which is linked to the contrasting genetic origin of the inbred lines and is feasible to be used. This research showed the potential of taking advantage of the nutritional components of white maize through crosses (specially its starch content).
MULTIFUNCTIONAL IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND REGULATION OF HYDROTHERMAL REGIME OF AGROPHYTENOSIS
Authors: Mayer Alexander
Published: March 2022

Based on the analysis of long-term research carried out in the Volgograd region and the Re-public of Kalmykia, where hot and dry climate prevails, it is necessary to create a universal multifunctional irrigation irrigation system, based on the principle of combining irrigation methods and techniques, both among themselves and in combination with small -dispersed sprinkling. The introduction of additional irrigation functions into the irrigation system with the activation of irrigation water with carbon dioxide, oxygen and the supply of warm air to the irrigation system, to prevent early and late frosts in the spring - autumn period, will un-doubtedly preserve and even increase the yields of agricultural crops
ENERGY SAVING WITH MULTI-SUPPORT IRRIGATION SPRINKLING MACHINES
Authors: Ryzhko Nikolay , Ryzhko Sergey , Khorin Sergey
Published: March 2022

The relevance of the research is caused by the need to reduce energy losses during irrigation and improve the quality of irrigation of the «Fregat» sprinkling machines. The article describes a low-pressure sprinkling machine «Fregat» with an additional polyethylene pipeline and a filter that provides fine cleaning of water from debris and feed to the hydraulic drives of the sprinkling machine’s carts. The formulas are given and the sequence for calculating the di-ameter of the additional polyethylene pipeline and the pressure at the inlet to the machine, de-pending on its modification, is shown. When using an additional polyethylene pipeline with a diameter of 63 mm and the cyclicity of the hydraulic cylinder of the last cart equal to 4 strokes/min, the pressure at the inlet of machines of various modifications decreases from 0.53-0.7 MPa to 0.37-0.45 MPa or 1.3-1.5 times. For such machines, in order to increase the movement speed by 2-4 times, the hydraulic cylinders are fed with water from an additional polyethylene pipeline only in the second half of the length of the machine pipeline. Researches have confirmed the high efficiency of modificating the «Fregat» sprinkling machine to a low-pressure operating mode, which leads to optimization of the pumping station operation, also increases the number of simultaneously operating machines, decreases the time of irrigation of an irrigated area and a decreases an electricity consumption for irrigation.
THE USE OF THE PHYSICAL PRINCIPLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF EXPERIMENTAL MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF THE STUDIED PROCESSES IN RECLAMATION SCIENCE
Authors: Likhatsevich Anatoly
Published: March 2022

When constructing experimental mathematical models of the processes under study, it is proposed to use mathematical modeling based on the physical principle of the balance of cause-and-effect interactions in a closed physical system. The essence of this principle is revealed and examples of its application are given in the derivation of the "Darcy's law", the formula of S.F. Averyanov, who connects the moisture conductivity of the soil with the filtration coefficient, when substantiating the structure of the mathematical model of agricultural crops yield
The Impact of Purchasing Intentions on Retail Home Improvements in E-Commerce on Generation Y and Z's Brand Engagement
Authors: Bañares Nicole Andrea , Go Jazmine Andrea , Nuñez Marc Angelo , Taporco Derick Paul
Published: March 2022

Businesses advanced from E-commerce, and it exists locally wherein the consumers can share and allude to encounters of electronic exchanges with one another before settling on purchase intention. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of different factors and stimuli that become determinants of purchase intention of E-commerce home improvement consumers, specifically Generations Y and Z, that will result in brand engagement (BE). This theoretical study will highlight a better understanding and effectiveness of the purchase intentions such as consumer satisfaction (CS), perceived attributes of the products (PAP), perceived benefits (PB), perceived value (PV), brand image (BI), social influence (SI), and marketing activities (MA) in terms of E-commerce. A descriptive correlational study will be conducted in this quantitative research to be able to measure the relationship between the given determinants to consumers’ brand engagement in the E-Commerce field. The findings of this study would help E-commerce, which is rapidly dominating the business industry, to determine the level of effectiveness of the different factors of online purchasing intentions on home improvements for their current and potential customers to be more engaged with them despite the rapid increase of competition. 305 respondents were gathered from the study. These respondents became part of the study where it has been proven that consumer satisfaction (.554), social influence (.233), and marketing activities (.123) have a significant and positive impact on the brand engagement of retail home improvements in E-commerce.
The Effect of the Proportion of the Independent Board of Commissioners and the Structure of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee on Tax Avoidance and their Impact on Company Value
Authors: Sutarmin  , Andesto Ronny
Published: March 2022

Until now, the tax authorities have indicated that there are still tax avoidance practices by companies in Indonesia. The phenomenon shows that government revenues from the tax sector have not been maximized, as can be seen from the realization of tax revenues that have not been achieved from the target from 2009 to 2019. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of the proportion of independent commissioners, the composition of the board of directors, the audit committee on tax avoidance, and its impact on firm value. The population of this study is all manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2015-2019 period. With the purposive sample method. Samples obtained 61 companies with a span of 5 years, a total of 305 samples. The instrument used to analyze the hypothesis is path analysis. This study concludes that the Audit Committee has a significant effect on Tax Avoidance, while the proportion of the Board of Independent Commissioners and the composition of the Board of Directors has no significant effect on Tax Avoidance. The proportion of Independent Commissioners has a significant influence on Company Value. Other variables The composition of the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee, and Tax Avoidance do not have a significant effect on Company Value.
Independensi Pengawasan Anggota Lembaga Perlindungan Saksi Dan Korban
Authors: Satrio Ndaru , Toni Toni
Published: March 2022

The problem in question is the independence of supervision of LPSK members. This is related to the mechanism for forming an advisory board and an ethics board that affects the pattern of supervision of LPSK members when it is correlated with the determination of LPSK members who are suspected of committing disgraceful acts. The analytical knife used is independence. The formation of this advisory board and ethics board must go through a selection formed by the President. The reason for the formation of the advisory board and the ethics board must go through a selection mechanism by the selection committee that forms the president, so that the supervision carried out within the LPSK becomes more independent.