bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of Crime and Safety in Lagos Metropolitan Parks
Authors: Ajayi A.O.
Published: May 2021

The principle of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) was applied to examine the fear of crime on park users at selected urban parks in Lagos State, Nigeria. The objectives were to evaluate the types of security measures, as well as the types and frequency of crime in urban parks. Incidental sampling technique was employed to gather information from 300 patrons in the parks. In addition, site observations, crime mapping, and interviews with park users as well as managers were used to collect data. Descriptive statistical methods were used for data analysis. Findings revealed that the parks had very few crime generators. In addition, low levels of crime occurrences were observed due to the physical settings and their locations within the city. Although, the majority of the park users (90.4%) felt safe in the parks but still had fear of crime relating to crimes that they had experienced somewhere apart from the parks under study. The study concluded that security-related environmental design attributes had a significant effect on the users’ safety perception of the parks. Suggestions on how to improve safety conditions in the parks were made.
Implementation of a Smart Battery Charger Using LLC Resonant Converter
Authors: Nwosu E.U.
Published: May 2021

This research was influenced by the need to eradicate voltage selection error in manual battery-charging, as well as the necessity for getting more batteries charged within a short duration without compromising the cycle life of a battery. Minimizing human interference in charging of batteries as a means of making the process stress-free, safer and faster is also a motivation for this work. This paper presents a battery charger which takes accurate decisions by itself and eliminates poor charging parameters which can damage even brand new batteries. The battery charging unit automatically senses the battery terminal voltage(s), supplies appropriate charging voltage/current, and terminates charging process based on preset operational conditions of voltage, current and temperature. Key components of the developed prototype include PIC16F877A microcontroller chip, LLC resonant converter, and an LCD based display unit. The chip runs dedicated codes that control all tasks involved in the operation of the charger. Pulse-width modulation (PWM) technique was employed to control switching duty cycle which consequently varies the output of the converter and enables battery-charging from 6-volt to 48-volt. Before embarking on the actual constructions, simulations were done to evaluate the performance of the system. The model was subjected to tests under various load conditions and the results agreed with objectives of the research.
Compact Modeling of Non-Linear Contact Effects in Short-Channel Coplanar and Staggered Organic Thin-Film Transistors
Authors: Prüfer Jakob , Leise Jakob , Nikolaou Aristeidis , Borchert James W. , Darbandy Ghader , Klauk Hagen , Iniguez Benjamin , Gneiting Thomas , Kloes Alexander
Published: May 2021

We present analytical physics-based compact models for the Schottky barriers at the interfaces between the organic semiconductor and the source and drain contacts in organic thin-film transistors (TFTs) fabricated in the coplanar and the staggered device architecture, and we illustrate the effect of these Schottky barriers on the current-voltage characteristics of the TFTs. The model for the source barrier explicitly takes into account the field-dependent barrier lowering due to image charges. Potential solutions have been derived by applying the Schwarz-Christoffel transformation, leading to expressions for the electric field at the source barrier and for the contact resistance at the source contact. With regard to the drain barrier, a generic compact-modeling scheme based on the current-voltage characteristics of a barrier-less TFT is introduced that can be applied to any compact dc model. Finally, both models are incorporated into an existing charge-based compact dc model and verified against the results of measurements performed on coplanar and staggered organic TFTs with channel lengths ranging from 0.5 μm to 10.5 μm.
Evolutionary Optimization of Residual Neural Network Architectures for Modulation Classification
Authors: Perenda Erma , Rajendran Sreeraj , Bovet Gerome , Pollin Sofie , Zheleva Mariya
Published: May 2021

Automatic Modulation Classification (AMC) receives significant interest in the context of current and future wireless communication systems. Deep learning emerged as a powerful AMC tool, as it allows for the joint learning of discriminative features, and signal classification. However, the optimization of Deep Neural Network (DNN) architectures for AMC is a manual and time-consuming process that requires profound domain knowledge and much effort. Moreover, most proposed solutions focus mainly on classification accuracy, while optimization of network complexity is neglected. In this paper, we propose a novel bi-objective memetic algorithm, BO-NSMA, to search optimal DNN architectures for AMC to maximize classification accuracy and minimize network complexity. We show that BO-NSMA, with a small initial population of six individuals and only ten generations, finds a DNN architecture that outperforms all human-crafted State-of-the-Art (SoA) models. BO-NSMA discovered the first low-complexity Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)-based model, which achieves slightly better performance than costly Recurrent Neural Network (RNN)-based approaches, allowing a 2.8-fold reduction in network complexity with 0.7% performance improvement. Compared to its counterparts from Network Architecture Search (NAS), BO-NSMA finds the best architecture, which achieves up to 18.24% accuracy gain and up to a 78.71-fold reduction in network complexity.
Real-Time Internet of Things Enabled Dashboard for Next Generation Anxiety Risk Classification
Authors: Siddiqui Shama , Nait-Abdesselam Farid , Khan Anwar Ahmed , Qasmi Shamsul Arfin , Dey Indrakshi
Published: May 2021

The ubiquity of sensor technology and the Internet
of Things prompted us to propose to develop an end-to-end
communication architecture for real-time digital dashboards to
visualize the anxiety risks of a population during a pandemic, as
in the case of COVID-19. Such an architecture can be regarded
as the next-generation anxiety risk classification mean for the
healthcare industry 4.0 as it will be capable of generating
automated and quick actions through the use of analytics on the
collected data and predefined thresholds. Based on Internet of
Things and wearable healthcare sensors, the proposed end-to-end
communication architecture is capable of detecting physiological
data related to heart rate, blood pressure, and SPO2, and
communicate them to remote cloud servers. Based on this
collected data, the centralized dashboard will classify in real
time the patients of each geographic region involved according
to a specific attribute, namely: normal, mild, moderate, high,
severe, or extreme. In addition, we also propose to incorporate
the emerging technologies of Space Time Frequency Spreading
(STFS) and Space-Time Spreading-Aided Indexed Modulation
(STS-IM) for the design of the communication links. It has
been found that the integration of STFS and STS-IM promises
to reduce the likelihood of data disruption for the proposed
architecture.
A Different Type of Property: White Women and the Human Property They Kept
Authors: Goodwin Michele
Published: May 2021

A Review of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. by Harriet A. Jacobs, and They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South. by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers.
The "Innocence" of Bias
Authors: James Osamudia
Published: May 2021

A Review of Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudices that Shapes What We See, Think, and Do. by Jennifer L. Eberhardt.
A Perfectly Empty Gift
Authors: Ponsa-Kraus Christina
Published: May 2021

A Review of Almost Citizens: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Constitution, and Empire. by Sam Erman.
LEARNERS’ PERCEPTIONS ON TEACHERS’ CODE-MIXING DURING ENGLISH CLASSES: BASIS FOR AN ENHANCED SCHOOL ENGLISH PROGRAM
Authors: Eryl A. Garantuza
Published: May 2021

In Executive Order No. 210, s 2003 titled “ESTABLISHING THE POLICY TO STRENGTHEN THE USE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM”, it was ordered by then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to develop the aptitude, competence and proficiency of students in the English language to maintain and improve their competitive edge in emerging and fast-growing local and international industries, particularly in the area of Information and Communications Technology [ICT] as well as to strengthen the use of the English language as a medium of instruction which will depend on the improvement of the entire educational system, particularly in the training of educators and the provision of learning materials and resources. One of the policies in the said Executive Order states that (as provided for in the 2002 Basic Education Curriculum), English shall be used as the medium of instruction for English, Mathematics and Science from at least the Third Grade level.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPOST, HUMIC ACID AND PURE FULVATE ON IMPROVEMENT OF ULTISOL SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Authors: Resman  , Sahta Ginting  , Muhammad Tufaila  , Fransiscus Suramas Rembon  , Halim
Published: May 2021

The research aimed to determine the effectiveness of compost containing humic and fulvic acids, and pure humic and fulvic acids in increasing of Ultisol soil chemical properties. The research design used a randomized block design (RBD), consisting of 10 treatments, namely K0: 0 g polybag-1, KO1: 500 g polybag-1, KO2: 500 g polybag-1, KO3: 500 g polybag-1, KO4: 500 g polybag-1, KO5: 500 g polybag-1, KO6: 500 g polybag-1, KO7: 500 g of polybags-1, H: 50 g of polybag-1, A: 500 g polybag-1. Each treatment was repeated three times and obtained 30 treatment units. The results showed that pH H2O (K0: 4.49, KO1: 5.64, KO2: 5.47, KO3: 5.43, KO4: 5.51, KO5: 5.39, KO6: 5.48, KO7: 6.17, H: 5.06, F: 5.15), total-N (%) (K0: 0.13, KO1: 0.17, KO2: 0.18, KO3: 0.30, KO4: 0.25, KO5: 0.24, KO6: 0.29, KO7: 0.36, H: 0.16, F: 0.14), organic-C (%) (K0: 1.85, KO1; 2.30, KO2: 2.24, KO3: 2.33, KO4: 2.62, KO5: 2.25, KO6: 2.27, KO7: 2.95, H: 2.32, F: 2.26) , available-P (%) (K0: 2.75, KO1: 3.24, KO2: 3.16, KO3: 3.27, KO4: 3.57, KO5: 3.31, KO6: 3.37, KO7: 3.89, H: 3.10, F: 3.12), exchangeable-Al (me100g-1) (K0: 2.51, KO1: 2.11, KO2: 2.13, KO3: 2.15, KO4: 1.88, KO5: 2.14, KO6: 2.12, KO7: 1.75, H: 2.16, F: 2.17), base saturation (%) (K0: 30.91, KO1: 63.48, KO2: 52.63, KO3: 53.76, KO4: 56.13, KO5: 54.96, KO6: 56.71, KO7: 65.53, H: 39.11, F: 42.76), cation exchange capacity (me100g-1) (K0: 12.76, KO1: 15.64, KO2: 14.86, KO3: 14.35, KO4: 14.13, KO5: 15.01, KO6: 15.50, KO7: 17.94, H: 14.19, F: 13.73). The combined compost treatment of three types of organic matter (Imperata cylindrica + Rice straw + Glincidia sepium) is more effective in increasing the pH, H2O as 37.42%, total-N as 176.92%, Organic-C as 59.46%, available-P as 41.45%, base saturation as 65.53%, cation exchange capacity as 17.94% and exchangeable -Al, Alreduction as 30.28% of ultisol soil.
KEY WORDS: compost, humic acid, fulvate, soil chemical, ultisol
Environmental problems in the Alinjachai basin as a result of natural and anthropogenic impacts and ways to overcome them
Authors:   Naxçıvan Dövlət Universiteti, Zahid qızı Əliyeva Nailə
Published: May 2021

The article provides information on the environmental problems of the Alinjachai basin under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors. It is noted that the Alinjachai basin is one of the largest river basins in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The history of human settlement here dates back to ancient times, and at the same time it is one of the fastest growing areas of agriculture and animal husbandry. Provides information about the morphometry of the river, gives detailed information about the climatic features of the area, climatic types, distribution of precipitation by seasons and months, types of landscape. Ancient settlements in this area, agricultural development, population growth, climate change have led to an increase in anthropogenic impact on nature, and, thus, environmental problems have arisen. In particular, climate change has led to a decrease in biomass, accelerated erosion and desertification. In the past, the Alinjachai River provided the population's water needs throughout the year, but today the Alinjachai River is one of the drying up rivers.
Agroecological Characteristics of lands spread in the territory of Mil-Karabakh cadastry district (in the example of Agdam district)
Authors:   AMEA Torpaqşünaslıq və Aqrokimya İnstutu aqrar elmlər üzrə fəlsəfə doktoru, İmanəli oğlu Cəfərov Vüqar , Mais oğlu Qubatov Rəşad ,   Bakı Dövlət Unversiteti magistrant
Published: May 2021

Fundamental reforms are being carried out in many spheres of the national economy in our republic. In particular, the development of the agricultural sector in the liberated territories is one of the main goals today. It is very important to reorganize the agrarian sector on the basis of the adopted laws, to use lands efficiently, and to organize agricultural land management in a modern form. The article studied the agrochemical properties of meadow-gray soils in the territory of Aghdam region and determined that the 0-100 cm layer of soils is poorly supplied with common and active forms of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium elements. Key words: Mil-Garabagh, Ağdam district, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, meadow-gray soils, cadastre, fertility
BÖYÜK QAFQAZIN CƏNUB-ŞƏRQ YAMACINDA ANTROPOGEN TRANSFORMASİYANIN QİYMƏTLƏNDİRİLMƏSİ
Authors:   Bakı Dövlət Universiteti magistrant, Ehtibar qızı Tağızadə Jalə
Published: May 2021

The article assesses the anthropogenic transformation of the southern slope landscape complexes of the Greater Caucasus. In this case, the location of settlements in the landscape (in%), population density (people / km2) were taken as evaluation criteria. Key words: Anthropogenic factor, Greater Caucasus, anthropogenic transformation, landscape Böyük Qafqazın cənub-şərq zonası 412290,65 ha sahəni əhatə edir. Həmin ərazidə kiçik və orta ölçülü 196 yaşayış məntəqəsi qeydiyyata alınmışdır. Burada yerləşən məntəqələrin 4-ü şəhər tipli, 5-i qəsəbə və 187-si isə kənd tiplidir.
CORRELATION PARENTS COMMUNICATION TO FREE SEX BEHAVIOR OF ADOLESCENT IN SMA NEGERI 5 PEMATANGSIANTAR IN 2017
Authors: Saragih Hanna Sriyanti
Published: May 2021

Conflict in the family often occurs due to poor communication between parents and children. Parents who are equally busy, causing the intensity and quality of communication to be very less and not infrequently also cause disputes between them. Through communication, parents should be the primary source of information and educators about free sex behavior on their teenagers.

This method aims to analyze the relationship of parent communication (openness, empathy, supportive attitude, positive attitude and equality) to free sex behavior in adolescents in SMA Negeri 5 Pematangsiantar. The type of this research is an analytic survey with cross sectional approach. The population in this study is the students of SMA Negeri 5 Pematangsiantar class XI which amounted to 160 people. A sample of 20 people, taken with cluster sampling technique. Data were obtained by using questioner, analyzed by chi square test at ? = 5%.

Based on the initial survey conducted, it was found that around 60% not have free sex. This situation is related to good communication between parents and children, especially communication about sex and good sex education from parents to children who have already obtained children from parents.

The conclusions that parents and children are expected to maintain joint communication with free sex behavior of SMA Negeri 5 Pematangsiantar, to students of SMA Negeri 5 Pematangsiantar always improve self-control and be able to withstand a momentary desire or drive that is contrary to inappropriate behavior with social norms and to SMA Negeri 5 Pematangsiantar public still pay attention to students and direct students not to have free sex.

 

Keywords                    : Parent Communication, Free Sex Behavior,  Adolescent
DEEP BREATHING EXERCISE DAN AKTIVITAS BERTAHAP DALAM MENURUNKAN DYSPNEA PADA PASIEN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Authors: Suharto Dewi Nurviana
Published: May 2021

Jantung merupakan organ pertama dan terpenting dalam system sirkulasi. Fungsi jantung dalam system sirkulasi adalah memompa darah keseluruh tubuh untuk memenuhi kebutuhan metabolism tubuh baik pada saat istirahat maupun melakukan aktifitas. Congestive Heart Failure adalah suatu keadaan dimana jantung tidak mampu untuk memompa darah yang adekuat untuk memenuhi kebutuhan jaringan akan oksigen dan nutrisi. Masalah yang sering muncul pada pasien Congestive Heart Failure salah satunya adalah dyspnea..Penatalaksaan dyspnea diantaranya menggunakan pendekatan farmakologis dan non farmakologis. Salah satu pendekatan non farmakologis adalah deep breathing exercise dan aktivitas bertahap. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi studi literatur yang berhubungan dengan deep breating exercise dan aktifitas bertahap dalam menurunkan dyspnea pada pasien CHF. Metode Penelusuran yang digunakan dalam studi literatur ini yaitu Publish Or Perish, Google Scholar, dan Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia. Ada 6 jurnal yang diidentifikasi dan diterbitkan dari 2015-2020. Hasil dari jurnal menunjukan bahwa deep breathing exercise dan aktivitas bertahap mampu menurunkan dyspnea pada pasien CHF. Diharapkan hasil penelitian ini bisa menambah pengetahuan dan wawasan bagi pembaca dan dapat diterapkan pada intervensi-intervensi mandiri keperawatan.
Keikutsertaan dalam kelas antenatal Dapat menurunkan intensitas nyeri persalinan Kala 1 fase aktif
Authors: Nainggolan Lenny
Published: May 2021

The antenatal classes are means of learning activity for pregnant woman, together in a group which aimed to increase their knowledge and skills. During the labor process, there are various problems that may occur in the mother, one of which is labor pain. Efforts that can be made to reduce the pain problems are through the implementation of antenatal classes. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of antenatal classes and the intensity of labor pain during the active phase of labor. This is an observasional analytic study with  cohort design in 33 mothers who attended the antenatal classes. The sampling tehnique that used is consecutive sampling and the data were analyzed by chi-square. As the results of data analysis on the relationship between the antenatal class and the intensity of labor pain during the first stage of active phase, the value of p = 0.000. The P value < 0.05. The results of data analysis obtained that there was a relationship between the antenatal class and the intensity of the labor pain during the first stage of the active phase. Midwives are expected to be able to increase the quality of antenatal classes and can attract the interest of the community, especially pregnant woman to actively participate antenatal classes.
EDUKASI ONLINE TERHADAP TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN MENJAGA ORAL HYGIENE SELAMA PANDEMI COVID-19
Authors: Iatassomi Fateh Hayati
Published: May 2021

ABSTRACT

Oral health and hygiene reflect a person's health condition entirely. High prevalence on COVID-19 cases are likely to connect with lack of oral hygiene maintenance. Education is one of knowledge changes towards an educative method with well-planned, systematic, and directed activity with active participation from person, group, or community to solve the problems, considering economic and cultural backgrounds. Oral hygiene maintenance during COVID-19 pandemic is important because it can help us to improve our immunity system. The purpose of this research is to determine the online education effect towards oral hygiene maintenance level during COVID-19 pandemic. This research was conducted by cross sectional analysis. Samples were collected with accidental sampling technique and data were collected by questionnaires. The results of this research with paired t test statistical analysis showed p value= 0,001 (p<0,05), which means that there are significant differences between oral and dental hygiene behavior during COVID-19 pandemic before and after online education. From this research, it stated that there were significant differences in online education effect towards oral hygiene maintenance knowledge changes during COVID-19 pandemic.

 

ABSTRAK 

Oral Hygiene yang baik menunjukkan status kesehatan keseluruhan individu. Tingginya kasus covid-19 kemungkinan ada hubungannya dengan kurang pengetahuan tentang menjaga oral hygiene. Mengedukasi merupakan salah satu perubahan pengetahuan manusia melalui pendekatan edukatif dengan mengikuti rangkaian kegiatan yang terencana, sistematik, terarah dengan peran aktif kelompok, individu, ataupun masyarakat, untuk menyelesaikan masalah dengan memperhitungkan faktor budaya dan ekonomi sosial Menjaga oral hygiene di masa pandemi covid-19 juga tidak kalah penting, karena dengan menjaga oral hygiene dapat menyempurnakan sistem kekebalan tubuh.Tujuan penelitian ini apakah adanya pengaruh edukasi online terhadap tingkat pengetahuan menjaga oral hygiene selama pandemi covid-19. Metode penelitian dilakukan dengan analytic cross sectional. Pengumpulan sampel dilakukan dengan teknik accidental sampling. Data menggunakan kuesioner. Hasil penelitian ini diperoleh uji statistik paired t test diperoleh p value = 0,001 (p<0,05) yang berarti bahwa ada perbedaan secara signifikan pengetahuan menjaga oral hygiene di masa pandemi covid-19 sebelum dan sesudah edukasi online. Hasil penelitian dapat dinyatakan bahwa ada pengaruh edukasi online terhadap perubahan pengetahuan menjaga oral hygiene terhadap perubahan pengetahuan menjaga oral hygiene di masa pandemi covid-19.
Face-to-Display Working: Decarbonisation Potential of not Commuting to Work before Covid-19 and during and after Lockdowns
Authors: Beno Michal
Published: May 2021

The main goal of this study was to examine whether full face-to-display working instead of commuting to work is a suitable solution for carbon emission reduction. Data from an international Austrian company were used. The study adopted cross tabulation for analysing the relationships of commuting (carbon emissions) in different periods in relation to face-to-display environmental benefits. The study analysed whether the major benefit of e-working, namely not commuting to work, can reduce carbon emissions. Real evidence of decarbonisation data from an Austrian company was provided. There are significant differences in the numbers of workers in cubicles and at home during the periods. The study reveals that face-to-display work can save CO2 emissions by reducing work-related trips. The data obtained offer a stimulating view of potential carbon emissions savings if employees continue working from home. Additionally, further saving factors correlate with the findings of this study, in particular decreases in energy consumption. Based on the data received, after the easing of the lockdown period, full e-workers mitigated the extent of their carbon footprint by almost 62% because of transport emissions. Moreover, in that period, 126 072 kg of CO2 emission of energy consumption was saved. Generally, the results indicate that an increase of e-workers tends to decrease the footprint from transport emissions and energy consumption. This paper finds that workers working remotely decrease the carbon foot print as a result of zero commuting and energy consumption during different periods of the Covid-19 pandemic. The findings show that more long-term and comprehensive studies are needed, especially in relation to e-workers who have invested in lower-emission home offices. This study has contributed to highlighting the environmental benefit of reducing CO2 emissions of face-to-display workers by not commuting to work. The findings are based on data from an international Austrian company.

 

Received: 4 February 2021 / Accepted: 24 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
The Relationship between Organisational Psychology and Career Decision: A Study of Hospitality and Tourism Professionals
Authors: Dos Santos Luis M.
Published: May 2021

Hospitality and tourism management is one of the rapid growth industries over the decades due to transportation developments. However, a significant concern of the current hospitality and tourism industry is frequent and high-level of employee turnover rate. The hospitality and tourism industry always required vocational skills and practical experiences which professionals could not gain from other business sectors and universities. Therefore, the replacement of employees, regardless of their grading and positions, is significantly expensive due to the additional costs of training and professional development. The purpose of this study is to explore and understand the reasons and motivations that cause employees and professionals in the field of hospitality to remain. Based on the Social Cognitive Career Theory, the results indicated that the sense of belonging and the balance between family responsibilities and work served as two of the key themes for their career decision. The results of this study may indicate that hotel leaders, managers, human resources planners and employers should take the results of this study as the opportunity to reform, polish and develop their employee’s satisfaction plan, training programmes and human resources planning in order to increase the satisfaction of their employees and reduce the turnover rate.
 
Received: 11 February 2021 / Accepted: 30 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
India - Myanmar Relations (1948 - 1992): From “Idealism” to “Realism” in India’s Foreign Policy towards Myanmar
Authors: Hiep Tran Xuan , Binh Nguyen Tuan , Long Tran Hoang , Tra Duong Quang , Son Nguyen Quang
Published: May 2021

India and Myanmar are two neighboring countries that share the border of nearly 1.500km and have the relationship on history, politics, culture, ethnic... from over 2.000 years to present. India officially established diplomatic relations with Myanmar, just after this Southeast Asian country gained independence (1948). From 1948 to 1992, the bilateral relationship was influenced by India’s foreign policy towards Myanmar, especially the impact of “idealism” and “realism” in India’s policy. “Idealism” succeeded in India’s foreign policy towards Myanmar from 1948 to 1962; however, it was not effective in the period 1962 - 1988, which made India’s position severely decrease, contrary to the rise of China’s position in Myanmar. For this reason, India must innovate the foreign thought, moving from “idealism” to “realism”, which have more pragmatic quality to Myanmar in the years 1988 - 1992 when the international and regional contexts have many changes. On the basis of the reference sources, this research’s aim focuses on analyzing the foreign policy adjustment of India, especially this study will focus on the issue of India - Myanmar relationship (1948 - 1992) was dominated by the “idealism” and “realism” in the planning of foreign policy of India towards Myanmar. The scope of this research is the relationship between India and Myanmar from 1948 to 1992 under the influence of “idealism” and “realism” in India’s foreign policy. From the early 90s of the 20th century, India’s foreign policy towards Myanmar has been more realistic than in the previous period, especially since 1992, when India implemented its new foreign policy, the Look East Policy.

 

Received: 4 February 2021 / Accepted: 9 April 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
An Appraisal of Digital Documents as Evidence in Islamic Law
Authors: Ismail Wan Abdul Fattah Wan , Baharuddin Ahmad Syukran , Mutalib Lukman Abdul , Alias Mohamad Aniq Aiman
Published: May 2021

Major shifts in the science and technology landscape have made the collection and analysis of digital evidence an increasingly important tool for resolving of crimes as well as the preparation of court cases. Digital documents are known as electronic documents and it can be used as a means of proof in court. However, this kind of method is still need to be discussed in detail regarding its admissibility in the Syariah court. This is because there is no specific provision on the use of it. Thus, this article focuses on the concept of digital documents as evidence in Syariah courts. It also explores the Islamic legal perspective on digital documents as a means of proof by considering the Quran, hadiths, legal maxims, and acts. This article also will focus on the admissibility of digital documents as evidence in Syariah courts. The methodology of this study is a qualitative approach. The data collected is divided into two types: primary sources, such as the Quran, hadiths, legal maxims, and acts; and secondary sources, such as journal articles, books, cases reported in law journals, and kitab fiqh. The data obtained is analyzed using document analysis methods. The results show that there is a high need to accept digital documents as evidence, especially in Syariah courts. This is because, the scientific and technological developments have led to this need to make use of digital documents. Studies show that the use of digital documents as evidence serves to reinforce other evidence presented in court.

 

Received: 7 September 2020 / Accepted: 2 February 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
Exploring Informal Learning Opportunities via YouTube Kids among Children During COVID-19
Authors: Temban Magdeline M. , Hua Tan Kim , Mohd Said Nur Ehsan
Published: May 2021

Education has been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Children are becoming restless and stressed upon adjusting to emergent learning. An online platform that can regulate informal learning opportunities and entertainment for children during the worldwide crisis is needed. This need points towards the potential use of YouTube Kids (YTK); the app is age-appropriate and it offers popular videos with diverse contents. Studies have focused on the safety of YTK, but none has explored how young users could navigate their informal learning through the app. Fifty respondents aged 11 to 12 from a rural school in Sarawak, Malaysia participated in this study. Employing a mixed-methods research design, the study incorporated an online questionnaire and semi-structured group interviews as research instruments. Findings indicated distinctive features concerning the safety and multimodality of YTK. These features make YTK a great informal learning tool for children during present worldwide pandemic.

 

Received: 25 January 2021 / Accepted: 24 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
Building Moderate Islamic Thoughts in Indonesian Students Through Dialogue-Argumentative Methods
Authors: Yahya M. Wildan Bin H.M. , Rahmat Munawar
Published: May 2021

Although the Indonesian Constitution guarantees freedom of religion for every citizen, the problem of religious harmony is still existent. Intolerant Islamic groups are very active in voicing that non-Muslims and minority schools of thought are deviants and infidels. The term ‘religious harmony’ is one of the competencies in the national curriculum of universities but is unfortunately weak in implementation. These research results showed that most students have an exclusive and intolerant religious mindset. Therefore, this study aims to test the effectiveness of the dialogue-argumentative method in Islamic Religious Education (PAI) to build moderate thinking patterns among students by employing a quasi-experimental research method. The research sample, which comprised 300 students participating in the PAI course, was divided into 150 persons, each placed into the four experimental and control classes. Before and after the lecture, pre-tests and post-tests were provided for both groups of students. The research proved that the dialogue-argumentative method was a more effective alternative in building moderate Islamic thinking patterns among students. However, the researchers also need to find models, methods, or other means that are much more effective than these findings.

 

Received: 25 January 2021 / Accepted: 24 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: Evidence from Manufacturing and Service Industry
Authors: Sharma Raj Bahadur , Sharma Asha , Ali Sajid , Dadhich Jyoti
Published: May 2021

Corporate Social Responsibility is the commitment for the equitable and sustainable development of the community. In the growth of society, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has had a huge influence and builds a healthy bond and a strong relationship. The company’s mainly focus on the three level of sustainable development–Environmental Preservation, Financial growth, and Social Development. The present study objective is to examine the impact of CSR on financial performance of selected manufacturing and service sector companies in India. The study also revealed the relationship between CSR score with ROE, ROA, and ROCE.  The study considered financial data of the Indian manufacturing and service industry for the year 2008 to 2017.  Correlation technique had been used to examine the relationship of CSR score and the financial parameters. The result the result shows that ROE, ROA, and ROCE have a negative correlation with CSR Score of Manufacturing Sector Companies. Whereas, ROE has positive correlation with CSR Score of Service Sector Companies together with ROA and ROCE have a strong a positive correlation with CSR Score of Service Sector Companies.  Hence, this result suggests that there is no significant association between CSR Score and Financial Performance of Manufacturing Sector Companies.

 

Received: 17 February 2021 / Accepted: 9 April 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
Regulating Foreign Labor in Emerging Economies: Between National Objectives and International Commitments
Authors: Harianto Aries
Published: May 2021

The dialectics of the regulation of foreign workers, is a problematic indication as a legal problem in Indonesian legislation. This article aims to describe the urgency of critical studies concerning the regulation of foreign workers by exploring existing legal problems with national commitments to ratify international agreements regarding free trade, with a case study in Indonesia. By using normative and juridical approach with a variety of approaches both the law approach, conceptual approach, case approach and comparative approach, the study found that the regulation there is an inconsistency clause regarding special competencies that must be owned by foreign workers, including the selection and use of terminology in Act No. 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower. Thus, this study offers a constitutional solution due to the regulation of the subordinate foreign workers on international trade commitments which in turn negate the constitutional goals of creating the welfare of domestic workers. The normative consequences that immediately bind Indonesia after integrating itself in the World Trade Organization (WTO) membership are services trade agreements that are contained in the regulations of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Based on the GATT/WTO rules, national legislation or labor regulations that are too protective are considered to violate WTO provisions because the WTO substantially requires the creation of policies without discrimination in all matters including equalizing the position of foreign workers and domestic workers. The final finding of this study offers to draft the concept of future regulation regarding the regulation of foreign workers who are loaded with elements of the objectives of constitutional-based law.

 

Received: 25 September 2020 / Accepted: 9 April 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
The Role of Educational Counselors in Developing Students' Acceptance of Online Learning during COVID 19 Pandemic in Jordan: Educational Counselors and Students' Acceptance of online Learning
Authors: AlKhamaiseh Omar Soud
Published: May 2021

This study aimed at examining the role of educational counsellors in helping students accept distance learning through the international pandemic of COVID 19 and the quarantine which many countries have to process on its population through closing universities, schools and academic institutions. The study adopted the basics of educational counselling which included (Individual Differences, Gender Differences, Growth Needs, Social Basics and Neurological and Physiological Abilities). Depending on the quantitative approach and using a questionnaire; (150) educational counsellors responded to the questionnaire and SPSS 21st Ed was used to screen and analyze the gathered data. Results of the study showed an influence of educational counsellors' role in helping students accept online learning, among used variables in the study; it appeared that minding gender difference between male and female students was the most influential compared to other variables. The study recommended promoting tasks and priorities of academic counselling in all schools, particularly government schools, and developing a culture that supports distance education and creates a positive electronic environment.

 

Received: 31 January 2021 / Accepted: 14 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
Mindfulness and Its Relation to Psychological Resilience and Depression of Distinguished Students
Authors: ALHarbi Bassam Hilal , Mhedat Fatin Abdulrahman , Alkhazaleh Ziad Mansor
Published: May 2021

The study aimed to identify the level of mindfulness, psychological resilience, depression, and its correlation to psychological resilience and depression of distinguished students. To achieve objectives of the study, Toronto scale for mindfulness, scale of psychological resilience, and Beck depression list were used. Findings of the study unveiled that the level of mindfulness and psychological resilience was high, while the depression level was medium. The findings also showed that there was a positive correlation with statistical function between mindfulness and psychological resilience; there was also a negative correlation with statistical function between mindfulness and depression; and a negative correlation one with statistical function at a level between psychological resilience and depression.

 

Received: 27 February 2021 / Accepted: 29 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
The Role of Emotional Intelligence as a Mediating Variable in Predicting Intrinsic Motivation in Solving Mathematical Problems among Fourth-Grade Students in the Sultanate of Oman
Authors: Al-Kiyumi Mohammed , Albeloushi Asma Hassan
Published: May 2021

This study aimed to investigate the role of emotional intelligence as a mediating variable in intrinsic motivation prediction of the ability to solve mathematical problems among fourth-grade students in the Sultanate of Oman.  The study sample consisted of 183 male and female students from six schools of the first cycle of basic education. The study tools are: Goleman's Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Intrinsic Motivation Scale of Lepper, and a mathematical problem-solving test prepared by the researchers. The content validity, and internal consistency reliability of the three tools were measured. The results found a weak and negative correlation between the ability to solve mathematical problems and each of: emotional intelligence, intrinsic motivation, and weak and positive correlation between emotional intelligence and intrinsic motivation. The results of this study also indicated that there is no mediating role for emotional intelligence in predicting intrinsic motivation in the ability to solve mathematical problems.

 

Received: 24 February 2021 / Accepted: 18 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
Empathic Tendencies among Student Nurses and Student Teachers: A Comparative Study
Authors: Gazo Ahmad M. , Mhaidat Fatin A. , Alharbi Bassam H.
Published: May 2021

The current study compares the empathic tendencies of student nurses and student teachers and identifies whether there are significant differences in the levels due to gender and academic level, data were collected from a study sample of 552 student nurses and student teachers using the Empathic Tendencies Scale. Results showed moderate levels with no significant differences between nurses and teachers, but showed significant differences in the level of empathic tendencies by gender, in favour of female students, and by academic level, in favour of third- and fourth-year academic students.

 

Received: 17 January 2021 / Accepted: 3 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
Exploring Enabler Actions Influencing Basotho Teachers’ Wellbeing to Cope with Schools’ Adversities at a Rural School
Authors: Mukuna Robert Kananga
Published: May 2021

Teachers at South African schools work under unfavourable conditions that manifest as burnout, fatigue, exhaustion and stress, violence, lack of infrastructures, lack of resources, poor working relationships, inflexible curriculum, etc. Despite these conditions, they still managed to do their jobs to uplift their community. Against this background, this study explored enabler actions that influence Basotho teachers to surmount schools’ adversities at a rural school district. It adopted a qualitative multiple case study as a research design and semi-structured interviews as data collection instrument. Four participants (n=4; females, aged 25-35 years) were selected through purposive and convenience sampling techniques. All participants worked at a South African rural school in Free State province, South Africa. They are Basotho speakers and have at least three years of teaching experience. The thematic findings revealed that Basotho teachers developed enabler actions to cope with schools’ adversities and adjust to social and cultural environments. These include the availability of supportive services, awareness of inadequate assets, awareness of teachers’ strengths, developing of teacher resilience, self-efficacy, problem-solving skills, managing self-emotions, and self-confidence. This study concluded that the identified enabler initiatives contributed and stabilized the Basotho teacher wellbeing effectively regardless of challenges at a rural school.

 

Received: 25 August 2020 / Accepted: 23 November 2020 / Published: 10 May 2021
Solution existence of general variational inequalities and coincidence points
Authors:   DEPARTMENT OF PURE MATHEMATICS UNIVERSITY OF SHAHREKORD SHAHREKORD 88186-34141, IRAN SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCES (IPM) P.O. BOX:19395-5746 TEHERAN, IRAN E-mail address: aminih a@yahoo.com, AMINI-HARANDI ALIREZA , LASZLO SZILARD ,   DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA MEMORANDUMULUI 28, 400114 CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA E-mail address: laszlosziszi@yahoo.com
Published: May 2021

In this paper, by using a simple technique, we obtain several existence results of the solutions for general variational inequalities of Stampacchia type. We also show, that the existence of a coincidence point of two mappings is equivalent to the existence of the solution of a particular general variational inequality of Stampacchia type. As applications several coincidence and fixed point results are obtained.
On a generalization of the Levin-May Theorem
Authors:   BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS TECHNICKA 2, 616 69 BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC E-mail address: cermak.j@fme.vutbr.cz, CERMAK JAN , JANSKY JIRI ,   BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS TECHNICKA 2, 616 69 BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC E-mail address: E-mail address: yjansk04@stud.fme.vutbr.cz
Published: May 2021

The paper discusses a distribution of the zeros of the polynomial ...with respect to the unit circle. This problem is of theoretic as well as practical importance which motivated S.A. Levin and R. May to formulate a necessary and sufficient condition guaranteeing the location of all the zeros of p(λ) inside the unit circle. We give a simple alternate proof of their criterion and, as the main result, present a complete list of all possible zero distributions of p(λ) with respect to this circle.
Distribution of some quadratic linear recurrence sequences modulo 1
Authors:   DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS VILNIUS UNIVERSITY NAUGARDUKO 24, VILNIUS LT-03225, LITHUANIA E-mail address: arturas.dubickas@mif.vu.lt, DUBICKAS ARTURAS
Published: May 2021

We show that if a is an even integer then for every ξ ∈ R the smallest limit point of the sequence ||ξan||∞n=1 does not exceed |a|/(2|a| + 2) and this bound is best possible in the sense that for some ξ this constant cannot be improved. Similar (best possible) bound is also obtained for the smallest limit point of the sequence ||ξxn||∞n=1, where (xn)∞n=1 satisfies the second order linear recurrence xn = axn−1 + bxn−2 with a, b ∈ N satisfying a > b. For the Fibonacci sequence (Fn)∞n=1 our result implies that supξ∈R lim infn→∞ ||ξFn|| = 1/5, and e.g., in case when a > 3 is an odd integer, b = 1 and θ := a/2 + p a 2/4 + 1 it shows that supξ∈R lim infn→∞ ||ξθn|| = (a − 1)/2a.
Morphic bimodules and rings
Authors:   DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS BABES-BOLYAI UNIVERSITY MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU 1, 400084 CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA E-mail address: lvspop@gmail.com, POP LAVINIA
Published: May 2021

Morphic bimodules and morphic rings are defined and studied. Several special classes of morphic rings with involutions and modules over skew group rings are also discussed.
Multivalued representation and new algebraic structures for fuzzy numbers
Authors:   DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS UNIVERSITY OF ORADEA UNIVERSITAT˘ ¸II 1, 410087, ORADEA, ROMANIA E-mail address: dfechete@uoradea.ro, FECHETE DORINA , FECHETE IOAN ,   DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS UNIVERSITY OF ORADEA UNIVERSITAT˘ ¸II 1, 410087, ORADEA, ROMANIA E-mail address: ifechete@uoradea.ro
Published: May 2021

In this paper we introduce a new representation of fuzzy numbers (called the multivalued representation) and a new multiplication on the set F of fuzzy numbers. Introducing a Dorroh type product between fuzzy numbers, we construct some semiring structures on the set F. Two important particular cases of the general Dorroh type product are the cross product, introduced in [Ban, A. I. and Bede, B., Properties of the cross product of fuzzy numbers, Journal of Fuzzy Mathematics, 14 (2006), 513–531] and the Dorroh product, introduced in this paper. An equivalence relation, compatible with the addition and the Dorroh product, is also given.
Asymptotic expansions for the ratio of gamma functions
Authors:   HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS JIAOZUO CITY 454000, HENAN PROVINCE, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA E-mail address: chenchaoping@sohu.com, CHEN CHAO-PING , LIN LONG ,   HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS JIAOZUO CITY 454000, HENAN PROVINCE, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA E-mail address: linlong1978@sohu.com
Published: May 2021

The main object of this paper is to establish a class of the asymptotic expansions for the ratio of gamma functions ..., by mainly using Bell polynomials and the partition function. This unifies several approximation formulas for the ratio of gamma functions due to Mortici.