bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Medición y comparación de la actitud docente hacia la salud mental en la escuela (Measurement and comparison of teacher attitude towards mental health in school)
Authors: García-Álvarez Diego , Hernández Lalinde Juan Diego , Ureña Villamizar Yan , Suddy Olarte Paula Andrea , Medina Azuaje Victoria Isabel
Published: September 2021

El objetivo fue analizar la validez, confiabilidad e invarianza de la Escala de Actitud Docente hacia la Salud Mental en la Escuela, además de comparar sus dimensiones según características sociodemográficas. A nivel metodológico es un estudio instrumental, comparativo, transversal y no experimental integrado por 200 docentes. El instrumento reportó propiedades adecuadas, aunque mostró debilidades en la validez convergente y discriminante. Se hallaron diferencias a favor de las mujeres en las actitudes favorables, así como en los disgustos y expectativas; también a favor del personal docente de instituciones públicas en las actitudes favorables y desfavorables. La escala es apta para medir este constructo, pero debe profundizarse en su dimensionalidad.
Abstract. The aim was to analyze the validity, reliability and invariance of the Teacher Attitude towards Mental Health in School Scale, in addition to compare its dimensions according to sociodemographic characteristics. At a methodological level, it’s an instrumental, comparative, cross-sectional and non-experimental study composed of 200 teachers from Maracaibo. The scale reported adequate properties, although it showed weaknesses in convergent and discriminant validity. Differences in favor of women were found in favorable attitudes and in dislikes and expectations; also in favor of public school teachers in favorable and unfavorable attitudes. The scale is suitable to measure this construct in Venezuelan teachers, but it must be deepened in its dimensionality.
El fútbol como recurso educativo en el deporte formativo de la provincia de Sevilla (Football as an educational resource in formative sport of Sevilla)
Authors: Alcayne Mario Ibañez , Camacho Lazarraga Pablo , Barrero Alberto Martín
Published: September 2021

El objetivo de esta investigación fue conocer los valores socio-educativos (autonomía/responsabilidad, prosocialidad y satisfacción/diversión) en las competiciones de fútbol federado en el contexto de las categorías de formación en la provincia de Sevilla. Para ello, participaron padres (n=31), entrenadores (n=44) y jugadores (n=33) de diferentes clubes de fútbol base de la provincia de Sevilla. Como instrumento de evaluación se utilizó el cuestionario “Deporteduca”. En el cuestionario se analizaron variables como la influencia social del triángulo que participa en el proceso de formación del niño formador-niño-familia, la medición del nivel de compromiso y el esfuerzo. Los resultados obtenidos mostraron tendencias positivas en todas las dimensiones analizadas. Por lo tanto, se puede concluir, atendiendo a los resultados del estudio, que el fútbol es un recurso muy útil para fomentar los valores de autonomía, respeto, prosocialidad y diversión en los niños y niñas que se educan a través de esta práctica deportiva. 
Abstract: the objective of this research was to know the socio-educational values (autonomy / responsibility, prosociality and satisfaction / fun) in soccer competitions in the context of training categories in the province of Seville. For this, parents (n=31), coaches (n=44) and players (n=33) from different youth soccer clubs in the province of Seville participated. The “Deporteduca” questionnaire was used as an evaluation instrument. Variables such as the social influence of the trainer-child-family triangle, the measurement of the level of commitment and effort, were analyzed in the questionnaire. The results obtained showed positive trends in all the dimensions analyzed. Therefore, it can be concluded, taking into account the results of the study, that soccer is a very useful resource to promote the values of autonomy, respect, prosociality and fun in the boys and girls who are educated through this sport.
Topical Issues of the Russian State Antimonopoly Policy (Proposals for the Draft National Plan for the Development of Competition for 2021-2025)
Authors: Golomolzin A. N.
Published: September 2021

The article is devoted to the development of Antimonopoly policy for the future 2021-2025, which ensures the fundamental rights and freedoms of consumers and entrepreneurs, and supports existing and new forms of economic activity in the context of profound changes in the economy. It is about how the new situation in the markets and in life is beginning to test the foundations of understanding economic and human relations. The author formulates the values of economic development in the new conditions. It is said that the role of consumers in the conditions of clip thinking is decreasing, and they need to be activated in the digital economy. The author assesses the emergence and development of new «human — machine» and «machine - machine» relationships, the ongoing convergence processes, the formation of multilateral, interconnected and global markets, and the correlation of the real and virtual world.Approaches to intellectual Antimonopoly regulation that stimulate innovative development are proposed. Recommendations are given for improving the Antimonopoly policy, taking into account the problems and challenges caused by the coronavirus and similar threats. Approaches to legal regulation of the activities of operators (aggregators) of digital platforms are proposed. Recommendations are given on the procedure for applying Antimonopoly legislation to actions and agreements on the exercise of exclusive rights to the results of intellectual activity. The article substantiates the need to switch to Pro-competitive, flexible, long-term tariff regulation and resuscitate structural reforms based on competitive mechanisms. Changes in international cooperation in the field of Antimonopoly policy are discussed. It is said about creating equal conditions for the activities of Russian and foreign participants in the e-Commerce markets. It is shown how, based on the creation of an exchange ecosystem, it is possible to form one of the world's financial centers in the country. Proposals are made to decriminalize the regulation and control of economic relations in General, as well as issues of Antimonopoly and tariff policy, and state procurements. We propose conceptual changes in the public procurement system with the transition from control of procedures to control the achievement of results using objective quotations of the prices of goods (works, services).
Alliances of maritime liner container carriers: the essence of this phenomenon and its practical significance
Authors: Neiogov A. G. , Ouami A.
Published: September 2021

Alliances are a key element of modern liner shipping. This article introduces alliances as a new form of consolidation of container lines and offers general information about their activity. The authors examined numerous reliable sources to evaluate different factors which influence the results of shipping lines' participation in global alliances. The authors offer their appraisal of alliances based on research as well as their own experience in shipping. They consider the liner market as an oligopoly of a few companies, which are closely intertwined with the world’s largest corporations and where international law has been substituted with a control by regulators from some of the most powerful countries in the liner trade. This system allows the business of some customers to be protected, while applying limitations on others. Undoubtedly, the alliances have an influence on Russian foreign trade. In summary, the authors believe that the Russian authorities should carefully investigate and control the service of global carriers and alliances. The chief aim of effective control is the free participation of Russian companies in foreign trade, which is not possible without due support of maritime transport. The alliances are truly global entities. They combine both traditional and new methods, including cutting-edge capabilities of information and digital technologies. To prevent a negative influence of the oligopoly, a new international initiative to regulate the alliances as was done with shipping conferences is highly welcomed by the authors.
Evolution of Economic Analysis in the System of Competition Policy in Russia
Authors: Gagarina I. V.
Published: September 2021

Economic analysis is one of the key elements of the state competition policy system. The issue of the quality of analytical research carried out by the antimonopoly authorities has been topical and highly controversial for many years. Many scientific works have been devoted to the role of economic analysis in Russian antitrust, the most significant contributions were made by I. V. Knyazeva, A. G. Tsyganov, A. E. Shastitko, S. B. Avdasheva, A. A. Kurdin. This study proposes the stageization of the evolution of economic analysis depending on the processes of transformation of competition policy in the country, and, as a consequence, the development of the powers of antimonopoly authorities. The article outlines the prerequisites for a new stage in the evolution of economic analysis, due to the transition of traditional markets to a new business format — digital, the emergence of new markets based on IT-technologies. The new philosophy of market regulation requires fundamentally new methodological approaches to assessing the state of competition in them.
Antimonopoly Compliance in the Energy Sector
Authors: Gromov V. V.
Published: September 2021

The purpose of the article is to identify and clarify the main features of the functioning and implementation of the antimonopoly compliance system at electric power enterprises. The main idea of the article is to use various methods (analysis, induction, etc.) to conduct a study of changes in domestic legislation that relate to the legislative consolidation of the antimonopoly compliance system. Based on statistical data and data from scientific sources, we can identify the main areas of activity of energy companies, where violations of antitrust legislation are most common, which will be identified and prevented by the antitrust compliance system. The scientific novelty of this article is confirmed by the almost absent publications of other authors, which study the effectiveness of the antimonopoly compliance system in the field of electric power industry. The author comes to the conclusion that the antitrust compliance system is an effective mechanism that allows identifying antitrust risks both inside the company and outside it. An increase in the number of companies that have antitrust compliance services will reduce the number of illegal violations by unscrupulous market participants, while these circumstances affect not only the electric power industry, but also other areas of the Russian economy. According to the author, the implementation of antitrust compliance will help to: l) reduce the number of offences committed by companies; 2) to prevent the actions of employees, which may in its work, to violate the antitrust laws; 3) to reduce the number of anti-competitive actions. Availability of antitrust compliance within the company promotes as corporate ethics, and the adoption by the staff of the values of the organization.
Common Interest as a Sign of Related Party
Authors: Kamenkov M. V.
Published: September 2021

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation proposes to consider a group of persons as a single economic entity, the participants of which act in the common economic interest of the group in relation to third parties (other market participants). At the same time, it is proposed to give an opportunity to interested parties to prove that an economic entity that is formally included in a group of persons in accordance with Article 9 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition” should not be subject to the legal regime of this group, if in reality this entity is autonomous in its behavior, for example when other group members do not have sufficient legal (contractual, corporate) and organizational (managerial) means of influencing his behavior.

The Supreme Court of Russia does not clarify the correlation between the signs of a general economic interest among members of a group of persons and sufficient means of influencing the economic behavior of an economic entity in relation to a group of persons. The author chose the above ratio as the main subject of his research. According to the author, the presence of a general economic interest of economic interest is not sufficient for the recognition of the totality of economic entities as a group of persons in the absence of a real connection between them.
The concept of development of the Contract System of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia as a tool for effective use of budget funds and ensuring competition in the state procurement market
Authors: Tsviliy-Buklanova A. A.
Published: September 2021

The article is devoted to the relevance of the development and adoption of the Concept for the development of the Contract System of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in order to increase the efficiency of using budget funds and eliminate corruption risks in the implementation of public procurement. The regulatory framework of federal and departmental level was considered, attention was paid to practical aspects of procurement of goods, works and services for the needs of internal affairs bodies, issues of regulation and control are reflected. Structural elements of the Concept, ways to improve the Contract System of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia are proposed.
Konsep Bimbingan Dan Konseling Perspektif Pendidikan Karakter Non Dikotomik
Authors: Ussolikhah Nakhma
Published: September 2021

BK services make students able to know themselves independently, able to plan for the future better. Mistakes often occur in terms of understanding, but educators cannot be separated from their role in dealing with children who are "problematic", the function of BK plays a very important role in optimizing the developmental stage, through BK services it is expected to be able to shape individual character to be better, the cooperation of all school personnel and Hard work and seriousness of the counselors in carrying out their duties are the main keys to the success of the service which in the end can contribute to quality human resources. The research method used is qualitative in which the researcher conducts research with the method of observation, and interviews with counselors who work in formal educational institutions. The role of the researcher is as a full observer where the researcher observes the BK service process provided to the client until the client finally finds a solution. Character is part of individual intervention, according to the results of studies that have been reviewed in several scientific forums, it has been suggested that moral value education is oriented towards self-enlightenment from individual life systems in general. This is formed on the basis of fostering, enforcing, realizing and developing a set of values, and is given with the aim of changing behavior.

Abstrak

Layanan BK menjadikan peserta didik mampu mengenal diri pribadi secara mandiri, mampu merencanakan masa depan menjadi lebih baik. Kekeliruan sering kali terjadi dalam hal pemahaman, namun pendidik tidak lepas dengan peran dalam menangani anak  yang “bermasalah”, fungsi BK berperan sangat penting dalam optimalisasi tahap perkembangan, melalui layanan BK diharapkan mampu membentuk karakter individu menjadi lebih baik, kerja sama seluruh personil sekolah dan kerja keras serta kesungguhan para konselor dalam melaksanakan tugas merupakan kunci utama keberhasilan layanan yang pada akhirnya, mampu berkontribusi terhadap SDM  yang berkualitas. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif  yang mana peneliti melakukan penelitian dengan metode observasi, dan wawancara kepada para konselor yang bertugas di lembaga pendidikan formal. Peran peneliti disini sebagai pengamat penuh dimana peneliti melakukan pengamatan terhadap proses layanan BK yang diberikan kepada klien sampai akhirnya klien tersebut menemukan penyelesaian. Karakter merupakan bagian dari intervensi individu, sesuai dengan hasil studi yang telah dikaji pada beberapa forum ilmiah telah dikemukakan bahwa pendidikan nilai moral berorientasi pada pencerahan diri dari system kehidupan individu secara umum. Hal ini dibentuk atas dasar membina, menegakkan mewujudkan dan mengembangkan perangkat tatanan nilai, serta diberikan dengan tujuan perubahan perilaku.
Studi Kasus: Penggunaan Intervensi Token Ekonomi Untuk Menurunkan Perilaku Agresif Pada Anak Usia Dini
Authors: Fajri Rizqi Isnaeni
Published: September 2021

Aggressive behavior often occurs in children, especially in early childhood. Many factors of a child having an aggressive attitude, environmental factors or a person who can be imitated or emulated and not given a correct understanding of how to behave should make the child have that attitude. In this case study, you were given a series of psychological tests to determine the dynamics of your personality. So get comprehensive results, by providing BINET, VSMS, NST, observation and interview tests. The next step is giving an intervention to you, the intervention is carried out for one month by conducting three session meetings or the first session introducing, the second session informing you about the agreement that should be done, the third session conducting a joint evaluation of the activities that you have carried out. The method used to modify the economic token can reduce the aggressive behavior ananda, it was strengthened by the family and teacher when holding a follow-up. The class teacher revealed that anada had pinched behavior, hit her themes and sometimes she could share with her friends at school. Meanwhile, the family said that you don't speak loudly or angry when you want something

Abstrak

Perilaku agresif seringkali terjadi pada anak, terlebih pada anak usia dini. Banyak faktor seorang anak memiliki sikap perilaku agresif, faktor lingkungan tempat tinggal atau adanya orang yang dapat ditiru atau dicontoh dan tidak diberikannya pemahaman yang benar tentang bagaimana seharusnya bersikap menjadikan anak memiliki sikap tersebut. Studi kasus ini, ananda diberikan serangkaian tes psikologis untuk mengetahui dinamika kepribadian ananda. Sehingga mendapatkan hasil yang komprehensif, dengan memberikan tes BINET, VSMS, NST, observasi dan wawancara. Langkah selanjutnya yaitu memberikan intervensi kepada ananda, intervensi dilakukan selama satu bulan dengan melakukan tiga sesi pertemuan yatiu sesi pertama melakukan pengenalan, sesi kedua memberitahukan kepada ananda tentang kesepakatan yang harus dilakukan oleh ananda, sesi ketiga melakuan evaluasi bersama tentang kegiatan yang telah dilakukan ananda. Metode modifikasi token ekonomi yang digunakan dapat menurunkan perilaku agresif ananda, hal itu dikuatkan oleh keluarga dan guru saat mengadakan follow up. Guru kelas mengungkapkan bahwa annada berkurang perilaku mencubit, memukul temanya dan kadangkala ananda sudah dapat berbagi dengan teman-temannya di sekolah. Sedangkan dari pihak keluarga mengatakan bahwa ananada tidak berbicara dengan nada keras atau marah ketika menginginkan seuatu.
Dampak Psikologis Kekerasan Seksual Pada Anak
Authors: Hidayat Muslim , Taufiqurrahman Taufiqurrahman
Published: September 2021

Penelitian ini membahas mengenai dampak psikologis lain dari kekerasanseksual pada anak korban bujuk rayu. Korban kekerasan seksual anak akibatdari bujuk rayu yang dimaksud, bahwa membujuk anak untuk berbuat asusilamerupakan bagian dari sebuah kejahatan. Kajiannya meliputi bagaimanadinamika psikologis dari korban kekerasan seksual bujuk rayu pada saatmenghadapi permasalahannya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untukmengetahui gambaran dinamika psikologis dari anak korban kekerasanseksual bujuk rayu. Pengalaman dari subjek atau informan yang mengalamitindakan kekerasan seksual bujuk rayu digali dan dikaji menggunakan studikasus, dengan menelaah terhadap dokumen laporan sosial penulis pada saatmenjadi pekerja sosial pendamping korban. Dokumen kerja dari penulisdianalisis dan disajikan dengan deskriptif kualitatif studi kasus. Hasilpenelitian ini disajikan sebagai gambaran mengenai dampak psikologissubjek yang mengalami peristiwa menjadi korban kekerasan seksual bujukrayu selain pengalaman traumatis pada korban.
Studi Literatur: Teori Perkembangan Karir Donald Edwin Super
Authors: Putra Bela Janare
Published: September 2021

Selama musim dingin pertama di Polandia, Super kehilangan kakaknyakarena penyakit fatal. Semenjak itu, Super mengembangkan a rationalintellect dan an iron will yang menjadi mekanisme penanganan utamanya. Iamengandalkan sifat-sifat ini sambil bersekolah di asrama di Jenewa. Setelahlulus, ia kuliah di Oxford University dan menerima gelar BA dalam sejarahekonomi. Teori self-concept merupakan bagian yang sangat penting daripendekatan Super terhadap perilaku vokasional. Penelitian menunjukkanbahwa vocational self-concept berkembang melalui pertumbuhan fisik danmental, observasi kehidupan bekerja, mengidentifikasi orang dewasa yangbekerja, lingkungan umum, dan pengalaman pada umumnya. Pada akhirnya,perbedaan dan persamaan antara diri sendiri dan orang lain akan terasimilasi.Berdasarkan teori yang dikemukakan oleh Super, kelebihannya ialah Setiapindividu memiliki potensi, sehingga seseoarang yang memiliki keterampilandan bakat yang mampu mereka kembangkan menjadikan mereka mampu diberbagai tugas. Selain itu dapat membantu siswa atau seseorang memperjelaskonsep diri. Mewujudkan konsep diri dalam suatu bidang yang palingdiinginkan untuk mengekspresikan diri sendiri dan juga berkaitan denganpilihan terhadap peran yang dimiliki, tersedianya kesempatan untukmengambil keputusan sepanjang hidup serta dapat mengetahui tahapperkembangan karir jelas.
Analisis Terhadap Keseimbangan Badan Dan Jiwa Manusia Menurut Abu Zaid Al-Balkhi Dalam Psikologi Kognitif
Authors: Sugiarti Titi
Published: September 2021

Abu Zaid al-Balkhi merupakan ilmuwan Islam yang hidup pada abad ke-9 M.Balkhi terkenal dengan banyak talenta dibeberapa bidang, kemampuanyamenulis dua tema dalam satu karya yang sistematis telah membawa dirinyadikenal sebagai perintis kesehatan mental pertama yang sebelumnya padamasa itu lebih mementingkan kesehatan fisik. Tujuan penelitian ini untukmengetahui gambaran konsep Kognisi Badan dan Jiwa menurut Abu Zaid alBalkhi, menggunakan metode library Research dari data karya Abu Zaid alBalkhi yang berjudul “Mashalih al-Abdan wal-Anfus” dan dari sumber lainyang berkaitan dengan penelitian. Penelitian ini menemukan 2 (dua) bahasanantara lain; 1.Dalam menangani gangguan neurosis dan psikosis, untukgangguan neurosis proses terapi dilakukan dengan terapi kognitif sedangkanuntuk gangguan psikosis proses terapi dilakukan dengan spiritual, Demikianpentingnya menjaga keseimbangan badan dan jiwa untuk kesehatan,sebaliknya ketidakseimbangan akan menyebabkan penyakit. 2.Pentingnyamenjaga kesehatan badan dan jiwa yaitu kesehatan badan sebagaimana padaprinsip-prinsip umum ilmu kesehatan seperti menjaga kesehatan lingkungan,tempat tinggal, sanitasi air dan udara, sedangkan untuk kesehatan jiwapentingnya menjaga pikiran dan perasaan.
Peran Guru BK Dalam Membangun Psikoedukasi Di Tengah Pandemi Covid-19 Terhadap Anak Berkebutuhan Khusus
Authors: Faishol Lutfi , Budiyono Alief
Published: September 2021

Pola pembelajaran online memberikan perhatian khusus bagi para pendidik seperti guru untuk bisa memberikan layanan yang komprehensif terhadap anak berkebutuhan khusus. Tujuan dalam penelitian ini adalah memberikan informasi kepada guru Bimbingan dan Konseling agar bisa memberikan layanan psikoedukasi di tengah pandemi Covid-19 kepada anak berkebutuhan khusus.  Serta memberikan pengetahuan untuk para orang tua dengan melihat studi kasus dalam penelitian ini bahwa anak-anak berkebutuhan khusus ternyata ada yang mampu mengembangkan potensinya, dalam hal ini menjadi dorongan agar setiap orang tua yang memiliki anak berkebutuhan khusus agar tetap semangat dan mempunyai pandangan yang optimis terhadap masa depan anak tersebut. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode studi literatur. Penulis melakukan pengumpulan data produktif. Teori yang mendukung menjadi sumber informasi lengkap bagi penulis.
PERAN GURU KELAS DALAM PEMBENTUKAN KARAKTER MELALUI PEMBELAJARAN TEMATIK DI SEKOLAH DASAR
Authors: Rohana Sy.
Published: September 2021

This paper aims to examine the role of class teachers in character formation through a thematic learning process. The method used in this discussion is the library research. The library is one of the sources of reference in this discussion by examining various sources from books, magazines, journals, and others for the topics of the relevant discussion. The results of the discussion make it clear that the role of the class teacher in character formation through thematic learning in elementary schools must be implemented through the implementation of character education in all subjects. Namely through exemplary and habituation exemplified by the teacher himself. Promoting character values through thematic learning includes, among other things, inserting character values into the lesson plans and preparing media, methods, teaching materials and assessment sheets.. As supporting material, there are routine activities in the form of 15-minute lectures by the teacher in class every Friday.
Ekonomicheskaya the assessment of farmlands with application of geographic information systems
Authors:   Kazakh National Research Agrarian University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Shalabay A. B. , Oryngozhin E. S. ,   Kazakh National Research Agrarian University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Zhusupov E. ,   Kazakh National Research Agrarian University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Omarova Sh. Zh. ,   Kazakh National Research Agrarian University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Bazarbay Zh. A.
Published: September 2021

A general system of ecological and economic assessment of agricultural lands is introduced. The system was developed taking theoretical basics of economic land evaluation and methods of significant ecological factors cost estimation into account. A possibility of allotting of ecological indicators as independent criteria for economic land evaluation is substantiated. The system of assessment was realized in application to the Novosibirsk region agricultural lands, which are actively used and subjected to erosion and ravine formation.
Smart specialization for the development of small and medium-sized businesses in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Authors:   Rudny Industrial Institute, Rudny, Kazakhstan, Zarubin R. V. , Zarubin M. Y. ,   Rudny Industrial Institute, Rudny, Kazakhstan
Published: September 2021

The article deals with the development of small and medium-sized businesses, taking into account the concept of smart specialization. The article presents a combination of data from the “quad spiral”, aimed at the formation and intensification of network interactions of business-state-science-civil society components for the creation of evolutionary, “smart”, sustainable entrepreneurship, growth of the economy of regions and the country as a whole. The analysis and classification of regions by the level of production of the gross regional product is carried out, the set of specialization is defined. The monitoring of targets for achieving key indicators of innovative development of the country was carried out. The sequence of work with smart specialization is presented. Conclusions are drawn on the further development of small and medium-sized businesses in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Critical Discourse of Discursive Pluralism and Inclusivism of Islamic Leadership in the Local-National Context
Authors: Nahdi Khirjan , Juaini Muhamad , Wathoni Hamzani , Utomo Danang Prio , Sururuddin Muhammad , Aswasulasikin  , Lutfi Samsul , Fahrurozi Muh. , Taufiq Muh.
Published: September 2021

This study aims to find the value of pluralism and inclusivism in the discursive leadership of Islam. The data was collected through the recording of documents from the discursive leader of the Islamic organization Nahdlatul Wathan (abbreviated NW), as well as the governor of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB abbreviated), Indonesia, namely Mr. Guru Bajang (abbreviated as TGB). Data is in the form of thought texts, statements, TGB actions, and other parties' statements as discursive. TGB is positioned as a discursive storyteller as well as a guide in its transformation. Data were analyzed according to the communication function in functional grammar and Critical Discourse Analysis component analysis. Through this study, it was found that the discretion of the TGB was related to optimism, alignment of Islamic values, safeguarding the Unitary Republic of Indonesia, caring for diversity, and building the nation as a discursive common property and needs as a plural society and transformed inclusively. As an ideational communication function, discursive becomes TGB aspirational form of contextual dynamism, as an instrument of accelerating interpersonal development agenda, and textual future historical responsibility. The five discursive TGB in this study belong and jointly guide the dynamics of the future. TGB as a storyteller has a reciprocal relation to the five discourses and has shown results through development progress in the context of NTB and Indonesia.
Strengthening Rice Farmers' Social Capital in Increasing Agricultural Productivity
Authors: Upe Ambo , To’at Mohamad , Mugambiwa Shingirai Stanley , Huma Hertly , Samad Akenbi Ahmed
Published: September 2021

This study aims to determine the pattern of strengthening social capital in increasing agricultural productivity in Tridana Mulya Village. The approach used in this study is a qualitative approach with data collection techniques including interviews, observation, and documentation. In this study, 19 rice farmers were used as informants. The results showed that the strategy of strengthening the social capital of rice farmers in increasing agricultural productivity in Tridhana Mulya Village included mutual trust and cooperation. The mutual trust of rice farmers in Tridhana Mulya Village is in the form of providing agricultural business capital, increasing the work ethic of rice farmers, increasing farmers' tenacity in farming, and allocation of working hours by farmers. While strengthening social capital through cooperation, namely cooperation in maintaining facilities and infrastructure, cooperation in working on rice fields and the use of livestock manure for fertilizer, cooperation in maintaining agricultural hygiene, and cooperation in maintaining the cleanliness of agricultural irrigation.
The Implication of Farmers - Herders Conflicts on the Socio-Economic Development of Omala L.G.A, Kogi State, North Central Nigeria
Authors: Esomchi Obi Success , Odikpa Sunny , Sunday Jeremiah Edegbo , Yakubu Emeje Abubakar , Godwin Onuche
Published: September 2021

Famers’- Herders’ conflict has become a widespread occurrence spreading to all parts of Nigeria. The study examined how farmers-herdsmen conflict constitutes a threat to rural development, internal security, and socio-economic development in Nigeria about Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State, North Central Nigeria. The study adopted the qualitative method making use of semi-structured interviews and 100 informants were purposively selected. Findings from the study revealed among others that; Crop damage by cattle, land encroachment without permission, inadequate grazing reserves, lack of access to water points, killing of stray cattle, pollution of the water point, cattle routes blockage, Mbororo migrants, ECOWAS treaty, fertile land of the host community, socio-economic, cultural differences, the political economy of cattle herders were major causes and persistence of farmers-pastoralists conflicts. The study among others recommends that; since farmers-pastoralists conflicts were resource-based conflict due to blockage of cattle route by farmers which eventually leads to encroachment of farmers land and thus translate to open violence and animosity, there is a need for resignification of cattle routes for the pastoralist to have a route to avoid farmlands encroachment, regarding the transit route for irregular migrants through Niger, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Chad, Cameroon, it is suggested that the Minister of Interior should initiate dialogue with the neighboring governments on how to address and curb the rising number of migrants transiting border Nations. Based on the study findings, to end this crisis once and for all, there is a need for the consideration of cattle colonies implementation while implementing former recommendations.
A study on perceived value as a parallel between quality and kitsch in the design assessment of industrial products
Authors: Craciun Alexandra Elena
Published: September 2021

The present paper represents a study that examines the relationship between the concepts associated with kitsch and quality approached as antagonistic concepts, for which was considered the direct connection to the product and its defining characteristics described as the product features, colour, form, material and dimensioning. Considering the relative influence of the proposed features, it was generated a series of concepts that represent the basis of the analysis format, on which numerical values will be assigned. The research contributes to industrial product design assessment in the situation where the product is approached from the perspective of the intrinsic components of the perceived value, being proposed an analysis model that starts from the relative importance ratios of the product features considered in direct relation with a correspondent assigned value.
Education for Nation Building: The Vision of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah for University Education in the Early Stages of Self-Government and Independence in Ghana
Authors: BOAKYE Peter , KWARTENG Kwame Osei
Published: September 2021

The Gold Coast was renamed Ghana by the political leadership on the attainment of Independence. But before 1957, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah had become Prime Minister of the Gold Coast in 1952, and by this arrangement ruled alongside the British Colonial Governor. Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah set out to rebuild the new nation, and by doing so, Education, especially University Education, became a significant tool for the realization of such an objective. He, and the Convention People’s Party (CPP) Government saw education as “the keystone of people’s life and happiness.’’1 Thus, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah wanted the University Colleges in the Gold Coast to train intellectuals capable of combining both theory and practice as well as use their energies to assist in the task of national reconstruction.2 This explains why Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah clearly spelt out the visions of University Education in Ghana. This paper, which is multi-sourced, uses archival documents, newspapers, interviews and scholarly secondary works such as articles, book chapters and books to examine the visions of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah for University Education in the early stages of self-government and independence in Ghana. The paper particularly focuses on measures adopted by the first Prime Minister of Ghana such as establishment of an International Commission on University Education (ICUE), making the existing University Colleges independent, the rationale for setting up the University College of Cape Coast (UCCC), the Africanization of the University staff, establishment of the Institute of African Studies and the formation of the National Council for Higher Education to transform the University Colleges to reflect the needs and aspirations of Ghanaians.

 

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1 H. O. A. McWilliam, & M. A. Kwamena-Poh, The Development of Education in Ghana. (London: Longman Group Ltd., 1975), 83.

2 Samuel Obeng, Selected Speeches of Kwame Nkrumah, Vol. 1 (Accra: Aframs Publication Ltd., 1997), 74.
Does perception of hospitality employment change post internship?
Authors: Appietu Melody E. , Asimah Vincent K. , Mensah Christopher
Published: September 2021

Remarkably, exposures to hospitality workplaces through internships have been found to rather dissuade students from envisaging hospitality career. However, knowledge of this phenomenon remains inconclusive. Consequently, this study explored the effect of internship work experience on undergraduate students’ commitment and perception of the nature of hospitality work using before-and-after design. A convenience sample of 171 hospitality management students in a Ghanaian technical university completed paper- and-pencil questionnaires, and data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The majority of the students indicated positive perceptions of hospitality employment and were accordingly willing to work in hospitality-related jobs after graduation. Contrary to the commonly held view, commitment, attitude, and perceptions of hospitality work do not undergo significant reconsiderations post-internships.
Does gender exacerbate the effect of Work-family conflict on employee Satisfaction in the hotel industry?
Authors: Fay Amissah Eunice , Efua Kwansima Bempong Valerie , Gamor Emmanuel
Published: September 2021

Hotel employees, in recent times, put in more effort at work, working for long hours and even on holidays and weekends. As a result, they find it difficult to efficiently meet the demands of both their work and personal life. This study used a cross-sectional research design to examine work-family conflict and its effects on job satisfaction and life satisfaction of hotel staff. The study also sought to examine the moderating effect of gender on the relationships between work-family conflict, job satisfaction and life satisfaction. A diverse sample of 286 respondents, conveniently selected, completed a structured questionnaire. Generally, the results of a PLS-SEM analysis showed that work-family conflict is not significantly related to job satisfaction but with employees’ life satisfaction. Specifically, work-to-family conflict has no significant relationship with job satisfaction whereas work-to-family and family-to-work conflict were uniquely associated with life satisfaction. The interference of family demands with the work of a hotel employee positively affects life satisfaction irrespective of the gender of employees. However, job satisfaction significantly relates to life satisfaction. Gender fully moderated employee work interfering with family and job satisfaction relationship. Theoretical and practical implications as well as directions for future studies were discussed in the paper.
Soyinka’s archetypal triad and the dialectics of terror
Authors: Kayode Niyi Afolayan
Published: September 2021

There is doubt that the search for global peace in the world today is receiving attention unprecedented in history. Perhaps, the turning point, which opened up fresh security challenges, was the infamous 9/11 attacks on the United States of America by Al-Qaeda. Since this horrific incidence, similar carnage of the Al-Qaeda has continued with the activities of the ISIS in the Middle East, Al-Shabaab in the eastern corridors Africa, and other groups in the western part of Africa. Rightly or wrongly, ‘terrorism’ is always used as label for the activities of these groups. This paper examines the subjective nature of the term, using selected poems from Wole Soyinka’s Idanre and Other Poems (1967), A Shuttle in the Crypt (1972), Ogun Abibiman (1976), Mandela’s Earth and Other Poems (1989) and Samarkand and Other Markets I Have known (2002), as basis of analysis. The writer, drawing a compelling link between terrorist actions and the interventions of Ogun, Atunda, Shaka and Mandela in the selected poems, establishes, from the perspective of Soyinka, the causes of and antidote to terrorist acts. The conclusion of the paper emphasizes that the easiest route to the much needed global peace lies in mutual respect of boundaries by all.
Replacing “Whole Limbs with Borrowed Ones”: Whiteness, Decolonization, and Early Nationalist Identification
Authors: Baker Raquel
Published: September 2021

In this essay, I center an examination of the satirical play “The Blinkards,” written by Kobina Sekyi in 1915 in the context of British colonization of the Gold Coast in West Africa, present-day Ghana. I show that postcolonial modes of identification emerged within the conceptual framework of cultural nationalism. As such, I argue that emergent postcolonial practices of identification are grounded in transnational modes of modernity. My examination of a selection of Sekyi’s texts shows how whiteness structures oppositional self-making practices within a colonial context, positioning whiteness itself as a key ground of transnational subject positions that develop in modernity.
The Making of the New Man in Contemporary African Fiction: A Reading of J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace
Authors: Sam Christabel Aba
Published: September 2021

Critical works on Coetzee’s Disgrace shows that the novel constructs a distressing picture of the conditions in post-apartheid South Africa –tabling his attempts at blurring national enthusiasm, creating racial stereotypes and consequently damaging the hopes of the new South Africa.  However, a re-reading of the novel reveals that the survival of post-apartheid South Africa reside in the potential of a willing unity of racial bodies and a careful re-definition of masculinity vis-à-vis spatial re-configurations. Drawing on the concept of futurity and Frantz Fanon’s idea of the new man, this paper argues that the correlation between forms of community and forms of masculinity provide basis for re-configuring social cohesion in post-apartheid South Africa.
Ayi Kwei Armah’s Two Thousand Seasons: A Case Study Of The Epic Plot
Authors: Denkyi- Manieson Gladys Akua Agyeiwaa
Published: September 2021

This work examines the plot of Two Thousand Seasons as an epic plot. The work contends that contrary to the popular belief that an epic narrative is a new form in Africa, epic narratives have long been known in African literary cycles. There are many models on the Epic analysis, but in this work, Albert Sackey’s eight-part division of the epic plot as identified by Aristotle is used in this analysis. In the Poetics, Aristotle identified five elements of an epic: plot, character, setting, diction and thought. Two Thousand Seasons is subjected to an epic plot analysis. In analysing the epic plot, Albert Sackey’s eight-point parts of the epic plot, which he refers to as “structural devices” of the Epic: the unity of time and action, Deux ex Machina, in medias res, opening invocation, extensive geographical travelling, catalogues of troops, digressions and division of texts, are used in this analysis.
Rights and religious belief in maintaining prison social order
Authors: Tukwariba Yin Elijah , Atudiwe Atupare Peter
Published: September 2021

This paper argues that it is not the prison rules and regulations that alter the behaviour of inmates but rather the ideological justification of their religious faith. The article draws upon the social constructionist theory of reality to underpin the discussion of the data. Data was gathered through in-depth interviews and the distribution of semi structured questionnaires. When analysed, the data revealed that although inmates had the right to practice the precepts of their religious faith as defined in law, in practice, these religious rights were not entirely observed. The partial recognition of these rights divulges that the principle of humane treatment underpinning the respect for rights in prison was ignored and reduced to mere formal respect for rules. Besides, the data disclosed that inmates rarely attributed the change in their personality to the impact of prison rules and regulations, but rather to the transformative power of their religion.
Reflections on identity and terrorism: A tale of misfit
Authors: Peasah Owusu Linda , Prehi Botchway Thomas , Peasah Owusu Linda , Tukwariba Yin Elijah , Kojo Mawuena Kudzedzi Constantine
Published: September 2021

This paper focuses on the relationship between discursive exclusion practices and terrorism. The changing linguistic meaning of civilisation, the structure of modern discourse and the objectivity of knowledge claims undergirding western civilisation have contributed immensely to the construction of the idea of terrorism. The paper argues that these expressions of self and practices define the individual and give credence to their existence. Using some examples of violent acts, the paper illuminates the biases in the usage of the term terrorism and its implications on the apparatuses adopted to minimise it.
Parkinson‘s disease and GIT involvement
Authors: Ďuriček Martin , Králová Trančíkova Alžbeta , Harsányiová Jana , Kašovič Patrik , Grofik Milan , Bánovčin Peter
Published: September 2021

Involvement of the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract in patients with Parkinson disease is reported less frequently than the involvement of the lower part. Its clinical impact is, however, substantial because dysphagic symptoms considerably decrease the quality of life and may lead to life threatening complications. Even though the clinical symptoms related to esophageal motility disorders as a result of Parkinson disease are more common in the advanced stages of the disease, these could be dia­gnosed much earlier using high resolution manometry. The authors describe the basic principles of dia­gnostic management of dysphagia in patients with Parkinson disease and in the clinical part they present an analysis of their patient cohort. They found out that nonspecific and diverse motility disorders are present in most patients, even without dysphagic symptoms. In the experimental part, we outlined new possibilities for dia­gnostic procedures using the most up-to-date methods for the detection of pathological forms of alpha-synuclein and advanced microscopic methods. Key words: esophageal motility disorders – manometry – Parkinson disease – alpha-synuclein – FLIM analysis – immunohistochemistry
Heyde’s syndrome
Authors: Michalová Renáta , Šimonová Radoslava , Michalová ml. Renáta , Bánovčin Peter , Hyrdel Rudolf
Published: September 2021

Gastrointestinal bleeding is a severe and potentially life-threatening condition associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In clinical practice, its differential dia­gnosis can sometimes be complicated, especially when bleeding is recurrent. One of the lesser-known reasons for recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding is the so called Heyde’s syndrome. It is a combination of bleeding from gastrointestinal angiodysplasia, aortic stenosis and acquired type 2A von Willebrand syndrome. In the submitted article, authors present a summary of the current knowledge on etiology and pathogenesis of the disease. The degenerative aortic valve disease, typically present in elderly patients, causes changes in the blood flow through stenotic opening. This results in elongation of otherwise globular von Willebrand’s factor (vWF) molecules, resulting in its reduced efficacy in hemostasis. According to new scientific discoveries, vWF also plays a role in angiogenesis and therefore in gastrointestinal angiodysplasia formation. This combination of factors results in recurrent bleeding typical for Heyde’s syndrome. Surgical aortic valve replacement is the gold standard treatment. A vicious circle can often be created between the gastroenterologist, who refers the patient for cardiac surgery procedures, and the cardiothoracic surgeon, who is waiting for a time when the patient will stop bleeding. A close communication and cooperation between the gastroenterologist, hematologist and cardiothoracic surgeon is required to properly manage the patient. The presence of angiodysplasia in an elderly patient, associated with recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding, should lead clinicians to look for aortic stenosis and consider Heyde’s syndrome as a potential dia­gnosis. Its interesting etiopathogenesis and rare occurrence led the authors to further investigate this topic. They also present a short summary of their own group of patients. Key words: Heyde’s syndrome – aortic stenosis – angiodysplasia – von Willebrand’s syndrome