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Kelayakan Pengembangan Ekowisata Berbasis Modal Sosial di Lombok Barat
Authors: Wildan Wildan , Sukardi Sukardi , Syuaeb M Zulfikar
Published: December 2017

The purpose of this study is to determine the tourism feasibilty of West Lombok for the development of social capital based ecotourism, which include: the development of tourism; identification of possible conflicts; Stakeholders’ perspective on ecotourism; the involvement of local community; identification of market segments; and relevant social capital of West Lombok for the development of ecotourism. Feasibility studies conducted through surveys in Sekotong District involving all tourism stakeholders who were selected purposily. Data were collected using guided interview, focus group discussions, observation, and documents review. The data were then analyzed qualitatively. The results showed that tourism in Sekotong District is not well developed due to unclear government programs. This is also caused by the lack of synergy between government and the community or local residents. Additionally, there has not been any positive response of tourists regarding the tourism atmosphere in the region, due to the safety factor, the environment, and attitudes and behavior of some people towards Travelers. Economic impact of tourism on the local community is still limited due to the fact that they are not fully involved in tourism development. The result of FGD emphasizes on the importance of paying attention on principles of sustainable development, such as social capital-based development by involving local communities.
Pola Etnografi Komunikasi Anak Jalanan Kota Bandar Lampung
Authors: Kartika Tina , Utaridah Nanda
Published: December 2017

Street children are an asset to the country. The problem of street children in the State of Indonesia is not just in the economic, environmental and educational inequality matters, but also in the national pride that must be maintained. Street children are a problem in every city, without exception in the city of Bandar Lampung. Many things can cause a child becoming street children. One of the reasons is the economic factor. Some cases explain that a street child actually directed by his parents to sing and beg in order to ease the economic burden of the family. Of course this is not good for the development of children’s education. Starting from the concept of the mapped problems of street children, this study focuses on perspective of socio-cultural. Ethnography of Communication Theory is a guide to map out this concept. Ethnography of communication patterns of children are begging and singing by not giving share and giving share to the individual/ specific thugs; begging and singing intentionally or unintentionally by using others as an attraction; and begging and singing intentionally or unintentionally by exploiting weaknesses/physical disability.
Analysis of Customary Institutions’ Position and Roles in Business Permission Bureaucracy: Case of Bali
Authors: Wibowo Buddi , Luthfi Bagus Adhi , Lutfi Anas
Published: December 2017

Uneven investment activities distribution in Bali result in economic disparity which causes not only social tension but also endanger cultural heritage. Preservation of Balinese culture could be threatened if economic and business activities are not managed properly and in line with efforts to preserve the culture of Bali in the long term. This study aims to assess the empirical and normative sociological legal jurisdiction over existing regulations related to economic and business activities in the Province of Bali which can be considered a potential threat to the preservation of Balinese culture and tradition. Based on the problem mapping that is the result of the empirical and normative juridical study, we are able to do the analysis of regulatory and institutional rearrangement of business and investment permission bureaucracy in the Bali province by considering the preservation of cultural and traditional law enforcement in Bali.
Model Of Communication : Corporate Social Responsibility (Csr) To Empower Communities
Authors: Nugroho David Rizar , Hubeis Aida Vitayala S. , Saleh Amiruddin , Priatna Wahyu Budi
Published: December 2017

Community empowerment is one of the keys to success in running development of a region. The empowerment program carried out with models, shapes and different strategies. The purpose of this study was to analyze (1) Determine the perception of the implementation of communication channels and approaches to communications made in the program CSR companies. (2) Analyze the influence of the characteristics of the beneficiaries, and the communication channel communication approach CSR program the company towards community empowerment. The samples used in this study were 410 respondents. This study is designed as a quantitative research boosted by the approach of a qualitative study using descriptive analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM). The results of this study include: (1) Perception of beneficiaries for variables communication channels, communication approach and community empowerment approach is generally considered good. (2) The variables that affect the community empowerment are approach communication and communication channels, while the characteristics of the beneficiaries had no significant effect.
Wage System of Female Worker Based on Putting Out System in Sidoarjo Regency
Authors: Fauziah Luluk , Mashudi Mashudi , Mariyati Lely Ika , Choiriyah Ilmi Usrotin
Published: December 2017

The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the wage system of female workers based on putting out system. The current study is located in Sidoarjo, East Java. The basic reason to choose Sidoarjo is due to its status as industrial district equipped with 2.635 large, medium, and small enterprises, including home industry that involves many female workers. Sidoarjo is also entitled to have the most Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSME) throughout Indonesia in 2015. The data was collected by indepth interview to key informants. Data analysis was done through the anticipation phase in the field that included data collection, data reduction, data display, and data verification refering to Data Management Analysis Methods proposed by Haberman & Miles. Results of the study showed that the regional employment policy is inseparable with the policy from the central government. Wages are given directly by the owner with its value and amount received depends on the workpiece and deposited amount. The role from both government and NGO are not adequate.
Multicultural Politics In Governor Candidates Of Dki Jakarta 2017 In Tempo.Co
Authors: Widiyanti Diya Sri
Published: December 2017

The purpose of this research is how to comprehend the politics of Indonesian people for accepting ethnic, racial, religious and tribal diversity in occupying government seat (governor’s election of Jakarta) in the context of multicultural country. This research uses Michel Foucaul’s theory, especially in implementing the discourse of  " indigenous Indonesian leader " in people’s mind.  Foucaul’s critical discourse analyses alone does not fully answer the issues of politics in Indonesia, therefore this research also uses Jacques Ranciere's theory in its democratic spirit and the multicultural view of Bhikhu Parekh. The result of the research are society’s heterophobia of multicultural politics, the emerging burden of multicultural politics in Indonesia, antagonism,  failures in politics, and epilogue, becoming a difference border. The conclusion is, issue of SARA (ethnicity, religion, race, intergroups) still exists, especially in a country with multicultural status. Politics and multicultural discourses which do not find the logic of the equation is not the dissensus, but consensus.
Consistency between Political Party’s Program and Policy Product in Bandung Regency
Authors: Kartini Dede Sri , Yuningsih Neneng Yani , Saefulrahman Iyep
Published: December 2017

After political parties win election, several political issues will be formulated into a series of alternate policy. Based on this system, political parties have a role to collect the will of society and then use it as consideration to make various public policies. Vision and mission of Golkar as the winner of 2010 elections, has become vision and mission of all SKPD even the village chief, the realization of the programs when Golkar’s candidate used rural development policy product as source of campaign in 2010-2015 local elections for Bandung Regent, have been consistent.  In the other side, the obstacles are human resources in rural areas which frequently changed when trained by BPMPD, late disbursement in rural development and grants for Uninhabitable Houses (Rumah Tidak Layak Huni) are insufficient and not equally distributed. Moreover, the policy has been already consistent between Golkar’s programs with the product of public policy, particularly in the field of rural development. If the government is able to cover up weaknesses in the implementation of rural development programs, it should fulfill the needs of rural communities for employments on dry season as priority program for the followings years. Based on this research, it can be concluded that, in the micro policy level, the policies face a distortion because of mismatch between the tasks and functions BPMPD in reality,
The Potential Development Effect of ASEAN Connectivity: The Case of Riau Corridor
Authors: Aritenang Adiwan
Published: December 2017

The Masterplan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) presented the ASEAN transportation and connectivity plans to connect the member countries. Despite the clear define objectives, the MPAC implementation remains to be limited. Until 2015, transportation and connectivity projects in Indonesia are scattered in regions without integration under the MPAC scheme.This paper examines the issues and potential role of ASEAN Connectivity implementation in Indonesia. The paper conducts qualitative analysis on literature study, policy content analysis and interviews allowing detail information on the MPAC implementation in Indonesia. The paper findings are as follows; (i) The lack of MPAC implementation at both ASEAN and Indonesia levels. The ASEAN lacks a designated authority and leadership to carry MPAC forward within the member countries, whilst in Indonesia there is no institution to lead the MPAC delivery. (ii) The importance role of a leading institution in Indonesia government to define and determine the strategic projects with higher value added. The paper concludes that the national government should regulate and lead the MPAC projects to ensure regional-wide connectivity with ASEAN, whilst at the same time integrate local development in Indonesia.
The Role Of Women Farmer Group In Increasing Family Welfare
Authors: Camalin Maudia
Published: December 2017

The cross sector inequality puts farmers in Sumedang on the lowest level of welfare. Agricultural institutions, specifically the Women Farmer Group is formed to increase the level of farmer’s family welfare through women as the booster. The aim of starting KWT Mekar Arum is to relieve poverty which is the main social problem in Margaluyu Village, Tanjungsari Sub-district,  Sumedang Regency. This research is intended to describe its role on increasing the level of the member’s family welfare. It is a qualitative designed research with a case study method. The research result shows that the group has a social role for its members. Facilitation in production input, capital, and marketing are carried out by the group in working its role on developing member’s businesses. By joining the group, increase in welfare occurs in terms of income, health, and education of the KWT Mekar Arum.
Vote Buying In Lampung Local Election
Authors: Kurniawan Robi Cahyadi , Mariana Dede , Rahmatunnisa Mudiyati , Agustino Leo
Published: December 2017

Vote buying in elections, both general elections and local elections is a phenomenon in Indonesian politics. Lampung Province has implemented direct elections simultaneously in December 2015 and February 2017. This study explains that vote buying can change voter choice in three regional head elections in Lampung Province. This study was conducted with the object of research residing in Way Kanan District on July 2014, Pringsewu District on February 2016 and Bandar Lampung City on November 2015. This study used a survey approach, using stratified random sampling method. The survey conducted on 662 respondents in each county or district and city object being studied. The results show that voters believe that vote buying will happen in local elections.Voters may be influenced their choice if given relief goods, gifts of money or the provision of project. The thesis in this study is vote buying can change voting choice of voters.
Communicative Leadership in Constructing Innovative Learning Organization
Authors: Supratman Lucy Pujasari
Published: December 2017

The lecturers have the duties totransfer science and technology and conduct research as well as undertake community service (three pillars of higher education). Telkom University which turned into four years has been working hard to encourage all lecturers in achieving the three pillars. It has given the evident as best classified listings college of Higher Education in Indonesia. The Faculty of Communication is the youngest faculty in Telkom University. This study used qualitative method with descriptive case study. The result is that innovative leadership of the Head of Department is needed to encourage lecturers to achieve comprehensive targets of three pillars of higher education. She uses Whatsapp Group, creates Gmail Group, posts the achievement photos on social media, has personal discussion of specific issues, and praises the best works of fellow lecturers. These communication forms communicative leadership in motivating lecturers to increase their three pillars on higher education.
Development Of Training Curriculum In Improving Community-Based Geological Hazard Mitigation Competency
Authors: Rusman Rusman , Rohman Asep
Published: December 2017

The purpose of this study was to provide training curriculum model in improving community-based geological hazard mitigation competency. The goal was achieved through research and development method, is divided into three main stages. First, applied need analysis as the introduction. Second, developed the curriculum model. Third, tested the curriculum model in order to explore the curriculum effectiveness in improving the competency for mitigation measurement related to geological hazard. This study showed that the training curriculum model, which is developed based on the result of need analysis, is effective to improve the participant’s competency. The result of pre-post test shows that the improvement of the participant’s cognitive aspect.  The significant improvement is identified in the training competency showing the effectiveness of Test II in improving the participant’s practical competency to carry out the training. Some factors that support the training curriculum model development related to community-based Landslides management are: (a) the public servant’s competency for geological hazard mitigation; (b) the motivation of the community who becomes the volunteer; and (c) support from the decision maker. On the other hand, the inhibitors are the lack of competency for training related to geological field, the lack of educational background and knowledge of geology and landslides, and the lack of time.
Islamic Content On Malaysian TV: A Case study of TV Al Hijrah
Authors: Wahab Juliana Abdul
Published: December 2017

Religion and media are converging and frequently becoming a subject matter for news content and popular entertainment programmes in television and film, publishing, music as well as the new media. Religion, arguably has become part and parcel of the media environment today. In Malaysian context, during the millennium era, many locally produced ‘Islamic programmes’ started to gain popularity among Malaysian audience especially within the entertainment genre such as television drama. With the establishment of Malaysian first Islamic free-to-air television, TV Al Hijrah in 2010, this paper aims to understand the nature of Islamic content available on the station. The preliminary findings of this paper suggest that there are varieties of television programmes created and aired on TV Al Hijrah cutting across different genres meant for disseminating Islam as a way of life. Programmes available are mainly about showcasing the values of Islamic teaching and beliefs with the ultimate goal to highlight Islam as a beautiful and peaceful religion.
Improving Young English Learners’ Language and Literacy Skills Through Teacher Professional Development: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Babinski Leslie M. , Amendum Steven J. , Knotek Steven E. , Sánchez Marta , Malone Patrick
Published: December 2017

Using a randomized controlled trial, we tested a new teacher professional development program for increasing the language and literacy skills of young Latino English learners with 45 teachers and 105 students in 12 elementary schools. School-based teams randomly assigned to the intervention received professional development focused on cultural wealth, high-impact instructional strategies, and a framework for collaboration. We observed each teacher three times during the school year and assessed students individually at the beginning and end of the school year using the Woodcock Muñoz Language Survey (WMLS). Using an intent-to-treat (ITT) analysis, we found effects for the intervention on teachers’ implementation of high-impact instructional strategies and students’ language and literacy skills.
The Costs and Consequences of Excess Credit Hours Policies
Authors: Kramer Dennis A. , Holcomb Michael R. , Kelchen Robert
Published: December 2017

The growth of the public discourse on college completion and student debt has pushed policymakers and institutional leaders to implement a variety of policies aimed at incentivizing student completion. This article examines state-adopted excess credit hour (ECH) policies on student completion and median debt outcomes. Using a quasi-experimental approach, we find little evidence that ECH policies positively affect student completion. However, we find statistically large estimates that adoption of ECH policies increase median student debt. Students from marginalized backgrounds (i.e., first-generation and low-income) appear to be most adversely affected by ECH policies. As states face constant pressures for resources, the adoption of tuition-based surcharges does not significantly alter student course-taking behaviors, rather shifts the cost burdens from the state to the individual student for perceived inefficiencies in students’ course-taking behaviors.
The Effects of Teacher Match on Students’ Academic Perceptions and Attitudes
Authors: Egalite Anna J. , Kisida Brian
Published: December 2017

Using student survey data from six U.S. school districts, we estimate how assignment to a demographically similar teacher affects student reports of personal effort, happiness in class, feeling cared for and motivated by their teacher, the quality of student–teacher communication, and college aspirations. Relying on a classroom fixed-effects strategy, we show that students assigned to a teacher with similar demographic characteristics experience positive benefits in terms of these academic perceptions and attitudes. The most consistent benefits are among gender matches, and the largest benefits are demonstrated by the combination of gender and racial/ethnic matches. The effects of gender matches are largely consistent across elementary and middle school, while the most consistent effects from race matches occur in middle school.
Does Remediation Work for All Students? How the Effects of Postsecondary Remedial and Developmental Courses Vary by Level of Academic Preparation
Authors: Boatman Angela , Long Bridget Terry
Published: December 2017

We examine the impact of remedial and developmental courses on college students with varying levels of academic preparedness, thus focusing on a wider range of students than previous studies. Using a regression discontinuity design, we provide causal estimates of the effects of placement in different levels of remedial courses on short-, intermediate-, and long-term outcomes at both 2- and 4-year colleges. Similar to other research, we find that remediation has negative effects for students on the margin of needing one developmental course. However, for students with lower levels of academic preparation, the effects of remediation are estimated to be positive in some subjects. These results suggest that remedial courses can help or hinder students differently depending on their incoming levels of academic preparedness. Moreover, our conclusions are largely driven by positive and negative effects observed for students at 2-year institutions, and we discuss several hypotheses that may explain these findings.
Ending to What End? The Impact of the Termination of Court-Desegregation Orders on Residential Segregation and School Dropout Rates
Authors: Liebowitz David D.
Published: December 2017

In the early 1990s, the Supreme Court established standards to facilitate the release of school districts from racial desegregation orders. Over the next two decades, federal courts declared almost half of all districts under court order in 1991 to be “unitary”—that is, to have met their obligations to eliminate dual systems of education. I leverage a comprehensive dataset of all districts that were under court order in 1991 to assess the national effects of the termination of desegregation orders on indices of residential-racial segregation and high-school dropout rates. I conclude that the release from court orders moderately increased the short-term rates of Hispanic–White residential segregation. Furthermore, the declaration of districts as unitary increased rates of 16- to 19-year-old school dropouts by around 1 percentage point for Blacks, particularly those residing outside the South, and 3 percentage points for Hispanics.
Tracking Skill Acquisition With Cognitive Diagnosis Models: A Higher-Order, Hidden Markov Model With Covariates
Authors: Wang Shiyu , Yang Yan , Culpepper Steven Andrew , Douglas Jeffrey A.
Published: December 2017

A family of learning models that integrates a cognitive diagnostic model and a higher-order, hidden Markov model in one framework is proposed. This new framework includes covariates to model skill transition in the learning environment. A Bayesian formulation is adopted to estimate parameters from a learning model. The developed methods are applied to a computer-based assessment with a learning intervention. The results show the potential application of the proposed model to track the change of students’ skills directly and provide immediate remediation as well as to evaluate the efficacy of different interventions by investigating how different types of learning interventions impact the transitions from nonmastery to mastery.
On the Estimation of Standard Errors in Cognitive Diagnosis Models
Authors: Philipp Michel , Strobl Carolin , de la Torre Jimmy , Zeileis Achim
Published: December 2017

Cognitive diagnosis models (CDMs) are an increasingly popular method to assess mastery or nonmastery of a set of fine-grained abilities in educational or psychological assessments. Several inference techniques are available to quantify the uncertainty of model parameter estimates, to compare different versions of CDMs, or to check model assumptions. However, they require a precise estimation of the standard errors (or the entire covariance matrix) of the model parameter estimates. In this article, it is shown analytically that the currently widely used form of calculation leads to underestimated standard errors because it only includes the item parameters but omits the parameters for the ability distribution. In a simulation study, we demonstrate that including those parameters in the computation of the covariance matrix consistently improves the quality of the standard errors. The practical importance of this finding is discussed and illustrated using a real data example.
Optimizing the Use of Response Times for Item Selection in Computerized Adaptive Testing
Authors: Choe Edison M. , Kern Justin L. , Chang Hua-Hua
Published: December 2017

Despite common operationalization, measurement efficiency of computerized adaptive testing should not only be assessed in terms of the number of items administered but also the time it takes to complete the test. To this end, a recent study introduced a novel item selection criterion that maximizes Fisher information per unit of expected response time (RT), which was shown to effectively reduce the average completion time for a fixed-length test with minimal decrease in the accuracy of ability estimation. As this method also resulted in extremely unbalanced exposure of items, however, a-stratification with b-blocking was recommended as a means for counterbalancing. Although exceptionally effective in this regard, it comes at substantial costs of attenuating the reduction in average testing time, increasing the variance of testing times, and further decreasing estimation accuracy. Therefore, this article investigated several alternative methods for item exposure control, of which the most promising was a simple modification of maximizing Fisher information per unit of centered expected RT. The key advantage of the proposed method is the flexibility in choosing a centering value according to a desired distribution of testing times and level of exposure control. Moreover, the centered expected RT can be exponentially weighted to calibrate the degree of measurement precision. The results of extensive simulations, with item pools and examinees that are both simulated and real, demonstrate that optimally chosen centering and weighting values can markedly reduce the mean and variance of both testing times and test overlap, all without much compromise in estimation accuracy.
Significant Heritages of Upper Mustang and Issue of Conservation
Authors: Darnal Prakash
Published: December 2017

Upper Mustang has been an important centre of Tibetan Buddhism for many centuries. The walled city of Lomanthang with three monasteries Jyampa, Thubchen and Chodye, Chortens and mani wall, the monasteries of Namgyal, Loghekar, Charang, Ghami and Ghiling, the palaces of Lomanthang and Charang, the Chungsi, Gonga Gang and Luri caves, the 305-metre long Mani wall and Khorok chortens in Ghami, and the group of chörtens in Tangya are the outstanding tangible monuments of Upper Mustang, which are collectively significant because of their paintings, sculptures, manuscripts and other artefacts, and also because of their intangible heritage. Upper Lo Mustang is famous for its hundreds of caves. It’s famous river Kaligandaki, is the only river in Nepal where śāligrāmas, stones containing ammonites, are found. These black stones are very sacred to both Buddhists and Hindus. Upper Mustang is the most promising area in Nepal for archaeological work. It is rich in both indigenous biodiversity and cultural heritage. The main purpose of this article is to light on how important is the Mustang in aspect of archaeological and heritages, it also focus on how new built road would impact its heritages.Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.11, 2017; 1-23
Life and Livelihoods in the ‘Forbidden Kingdom’, the Trans-Himalaya, Nepal
Authors: Pandey Rishikesh
Published: December 2017

Rural livelihoods in Nepal are generally based on ecosystem resources. Despite a large number of studies on the Himalayan livelihoods, representation of the Trans-Himalaya, particularly Upper-Mustang, are rare. Such a scarcity could be associated with the fact that the place was isolated from the rest of the world and mainstream Nepali societies for a long time and also used to be known as ‘forbidden kingdom.’ This paper documents livelihood situation of Upper-Mustang in reference to the data collected in 66 households, in-depth interviews taken with 22 key informants, and focus group discussions conducted in 6 locations. Household livelihood system was studied with reference to five livelihood capitals, which were transformed into Livelihood Capital Index (LCI) at first and Livelihood Sustainability Index (LSI) later. Households in the Trans-Himalaya fulfill their livelihood requirement from multiple sources such as farming and livestock ranching together with small-scale enterprises, remittance and labouring. Overall status of livelihood capital is weak that cannot satisfy households’ food and livelihood requirements. There exists inter-household variation in the status of livelihood capitals.The households with diversified livelihood options have relatively secured livelihood, although such security is relative to the households of Upper-Mustang. Considering the weak status of agro-livestock system, which is mostly associated with unfavorable geographic conditions and lack of agro-livestock service provision, the region has sound scope for tourism industries and production as well as marketing of medicinal and aromatic plants, and fruits. Therefore, there is a plenty of possibility of diversifying livelihoods, however, neither the communities are eager to do so nor the state policies are encouraging. Therefore, together with expansion and advancement of physical infrastructure, effective service delivery and provision for social welfare, government programs should be facilitative for optimum and sustainable utilization of ecosystem resources for the sustainability of household livelihood system.Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.11, 2017; 24-59
Perceptions About The “Third Gender” In Nepal
Authors: Chhetri Gyanu
Published: December 2017

This paper is built around the argument that negative attitudes of family and society towards the third gendered persons could lead to unacceptance, discrimination, exclusion and ostracization of the third gendered persons in the family and society. This paper presents an analysis of the causes of abandonment of one’s own family by the third gendered persons. Third Gendered Persons could open-up, come out and organize themselves for equality in par with other genders, when they get support from an organization. The third gendered persons in Nepal are getting organized under the umbrella of Blue Diamond Society. The Court recognition of third gendered persons as ‘natural’ people led the Government of Nepal consider the third gendered persons from ‘unnatural’ and ‘perverted’ to appoint a third gendered person a member of the Constituent Assembly. However, these people are not visible in the national census report. Same sex marriage is yet to be legalized.Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.11, 2017; 96-114
Perceptions of Citizen Affiliated with Community Based Institutions on Social Norms and Practices Related Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Baitadi District of Nepal
Authors: Panthi Giri Prasad
Published: December 2017

The study attempted to explore and analyze perceptions of citizens affiliated with Community Based Institutions on social norms and practices related to adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Baitadi district of Nepal. The objective of this study was to assess social acceptance level of citizen to challenge prevailing social norms and their readiness to abandon unhealthy traditional practices related to sexual and reproductive health as a social accountability. Descriptive and analytical research design was used to take the citizens perspectives. A total of 337 respondents affiliated with the five different types of Community Based Institutions (CBIs) were interviewed using structured questionnaire for data collection and data analysis was done by using SPSS version 16.0. The findings of the study revealed that majority of citizens were sticky on traditional social norms and practices. Majority of citizens were not agree to allow adolescent girls to go to school during mensuration, to allow to stay inside home during mensuration and talking about sex and sexuality between parents and adolescents. Therefore, there is a need of social norms change and step up for positive social deviant by citizen leaders to promote enabling social environment for adolescent sexual and reproductive health.Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.11, 2017; 151-163
Malik, R., & Naveed, A. (2015). Financing Education in Pakistan: The Impact of Public Expenditure and Aid on Educational Outcomes. RECOUP WP, no. 42.
Authors: Qutoshi Sadruddin Bahadur
Published: December 2017

No abstract availableDhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.11, 2017; 190-196
Trichoderma species as Biocontrol Agent against Soil Borne Fungal Pathogens
Authors: Bastakoti Srijana , Belbase Shiva , Manandhar Shrinkhala , Arjyal Charu
Published: December 2017

Soil borne pathogenic fungi are of major concern in agriculture which significantly decreases the plant yield. Chemically controlled plant imposes environmental threats potentially dangerous to humans as well as other animals. Thus, application of biological methods in plant disease control is more effective alternative technique. This study was carried out to isolate Trichoderma species from soil sample and to assess its in vitro biocontrol efficacy against fungal pathogens viz. Sclerotium rolfsii, Sclerotionia sclerotiorum, Fusarium solani and Rhizoctonia solani. Biocontrol efficacy testing of isolates against different fungal pathogens was performed by dual culture technique.In this study, 5 different Trichoderma species were isolated from 26 various soil samples and were tested against four fungal soil-borne pathogens. Inhibition percentage of radial growth of Sclerotium rolfsii by three of the Trichoderma isolates was found to be 100%; about 62% and 68% of maximum inhibition was observed against Rhizoctonia solani and Fusarium solani respectively whereas Sclerotionia sclerotiorum was inhibited maximum up to 23%. This in vitro study revealed that although Trichoderma species plays an important role in controlling all type of soil borne fungal plant pathogens, however, isolates as biocontrol agent against Sclerotium rolfsii was found to be more efficient in comparison to other pathogens.Nepal Journal of Biotechnology. Dec. 2017 Vol. 5, No. 1: 39-49
In vitro Cultivation of Newly Reported Wild Edible Mushroom Volvariella bomybycina from Nepal
Authors: Chaudhary Pradip Kumar , Shrestha Mitesh , Poudel Bal Hari , Adhikari Mahesh Kumar
Published: December 2017

Wild edible mushrooms are becoming endangered all over the world. Very few wild edible mushrooms are found in natural habitat. Volvariella bombycina is an edible and medicinal mushroom. The mushroom was collected in natural habitat growing on Populus tree. Mycelium of the mushroom was developed in PDA slant tubes by tissue culture method, incubated at 25°C for 1-2 weeks. Spawn was developed in wheat grains after incubation at 25°C for 2-3 weeks. Substrates were formulated for the development of fruiting bodies by combination of paddy straw, saw dust and rice husk. Fruiting bodies of V. bombycina was cultivated in these substrates after incubation at 28 ± 2°C for 2-4 weeks. The work describes the optimized process for in vitro culture of wild edible mushroom Volvariella bomybycina.Nepal Journal of Biotechnology. Dec. 2017 Vol. 5, No. 1: 27-31
Effect of Herbs and Herbal Products Feed Supplements on Growth in Fishes: A Review
Authors: Shakya Shubha Ratna
Published: December 2017

The herbs and herbal products added to the feed cure many diseases, promote growth, reduce stress, improve immunity and prevent infections in fish under culture. The addition of herbs and herbal products in fish diet is cheaper and environmental friendly with low side effect to the fish and consumers. Hence, their use as drugs in disease management in aquaculture is gaining popular. They are better than various antibiotics and vaccines used in the treatment of diseases. The present review highlights the importance of herbs and herbal products supplementation in fish feed for better fish production.Nepal Journal of Biotechnology. Dec. 2017 Vol. 5, No. 1: 58-63
Synechococcus salsus sp. nov. (Cyanobacteria): A new unicellular, coccoid species from Yuncheng Salt Lake, North China
Authors: Lv Hong-Rui , Wang Jie , Feng Jia , Lv Jun-Ping , Liu Qi , Xie Shu-Lian
Published: December 2017

A new species of the genus Synechococcus C. Nägeli was described from extreme environment (high salinity) of the Yuncheng salt lake, North China. Morphological characteristics observed by light microscopy (LM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were described. DNA barcodes (16S rRNA+ITS-1, cpcBA-IGS) were used to evaluate its taxonomic status. This species was identified as Synechococcus salsus H. Lv et S. Xie. It is characterized by unicellular, without common mucilage, cells with several dispersed or solitary polyhedral bodies, widely coccoid, sometimes curved or sigmoid, rounded at the ends, thylakoids localized along cells walls. Molecular analyses further support its systematic position as an independent branch. The new species Synechococcus salsus is closely allied to S. elongatus, C.Nägeli, but differs from it by having shorter cell with length 1.0–1.5 times of width.Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 24(2): 137–147.
Capsicum sonitpurensis (Solanaceae) - A new species from Assam, India
Authors: Sarma Jintu , Dutta Gitamani , Devi Ashalata
Published: December 2017

A new species Capsicum sonitpurensis (Solanaceae) is proposed from Sonitpurdistrict of Assam. It resembles Capsicum chinense and C. annum but has many contrasting characters from each other. The description, photographs and IUCN conservation status of the species are provided.Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 24(2): 215-218.
Cololejeunea microscopica var. microscopica (Marchantiophyta: Lejeuneaceae) – A new record for India
Authors: Singh Sushil Kumar , Kumar Shashi
Published: December 2017

Not available.Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 24(2): 233–236.
A new variety of Dimeria connivens Hack. (Poaceae) from India
Authors: Chandramohan K. , Prasanna P.V.
Published: December 2017

Not available.Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 24(2): 237–240.
Suicide prevention strategies: Which one to consider?
Authors: Arafat SM Yasir , Kabir Russell
Published: December 2017

Abstract not availableSouth East Asia Journal of Public Health Vol.7(1) 2017: 1-5
Urban environment and major challenges in sustainable development: Experience from Dhaka City in Bangladesh
Authors: Siddiqy Md Ruhullah
Published: December 2017

Sustainable development is one of the most discussed and desired issues for the last few decades in Bangladesh and also throughout the world. But due to various challenges it is really tough to prepare and execute a proper plan for achieving sustainable development. The objective of this study is to find out the major challenges that the urban environment has been facing in sustainable development in Dhaka city. The qualitative study was done purposively and data collection methods were 10 Key Informants Interviews (KII) and 10 Focus Group Discussions (FGDs). KII were conducted among university teachers and Government officials as well as FGDs were conducted among city duelers in Dhaka. Urbanization process providing reasonable housing and infrastructure for duelers of all financial gain categories is a nice challenge for capital of Bangladesh town. Lack of swamp, open places, public parks, land with tree cover up causes environmental degradation and also creates aesthetic discomfort is another challenge in urban areas. Surface water is becoming useless because of having extensive pumping of groundwater in capital of Bangladesh. City dwellers didn’t follow the environmental rules and pollutes the surface waters with freedom. Impenetrable population with quick urbanization, industrialization and the lack of land coming up with has created major environmental problem to establish sustainable development. In future we need to study on identify the implementation strategy to sustainable development of urban environment.South East Asia Journal of Public Health Vol.7(1) 2017: 12-16
An outbreak of rubella at rural area of West Bengal, India in 2016
Authors: Biswas Dilip Kumar , Bhunia Rama , Manna Doli , Chattaraj Anjan
Published: December 2017

Rubella is a contagious, generally mild viral infection that occurs most often in children and young adults. The infection in pregnant women may cause foetal death or congenital defects known as congenital rubella syndrome (CRS). Globally, the incidence of CRS was from 0.4-4.3/1000 live birth. The aims of the study were to (i) investigate outbreak to determine the magnitude of outbreak, and (ii) analyze outbreak in term of time, place and person distribution, and recommend preventive measures. We conducted investigation by house to house active case search at Dumra village of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal; India between February and May’ 2016. Epidemic curve was drawn to see the dynamic of outbreak and spot map was plotted to see the distribution of cases. Blood specimen was taken for serological test of virus. A total of 54 cases were identified; among those five cases were found positive for rubella (IgM). The attack rate (AR) among the women more 7.5% (27/358) than men 7.0% (27/388), with overall AR was 7.2% (54/746). Maximum cases were found among age group of 5-9 years with AR was 8.0% (23/286), followed by age group 0-4 years with AR was 3.9% (12/309). Median age was 8 years with rage from 0.6 to 33 years. Seventeen percent (9) cases were among female reproductive age (15-33 years). None of them were pregnant. Under five children were 33% (18/54) and 72% (13/18) were vaccinated with measles but none of them were vaccinated with rubella vaccine. All the patients were treated at home and at outpatient department. Outbreak of rubella was confirmed. We recommended introduction of rubella vaccine in National Immunization Schedule of India.South East Asia Journal of Public Health Vol.7(1) 2017: 17-22
Social network addiction (SNA) related to anxiety among students at Kyaukse University, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Authors: Win Kyaw Sann , Maung Thae Maung , Win Tun Tun , Soe Kyaw , Sein Than Tun
Published: December 2017

Nowadays, Social Network (SN) is one of the essential tools of people especially young and adolescents. In consequence, there are so many controversial things on advantages and disadvantages of SN. In Myanmar, the rate of mobile phone users and internet users is on the increase today. This is a cross-sectional study conducted to the university students at Kyaukse University from June to November, 2015. In total 400 students who are aged between 16-23 years were randomly selected and interviewed with pretested structured questionnaires. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of Social Network Addiction (SNA) and the prevalence of anxiety. Furthermore, this study also found out SNA related to anxiety among students. Among the students, 110 students (27.5%) addicted to SN and 146 students (36.5%) suffered from anxiety. There is significant association between SNA and anxiety. Among the social network addicted users, 59.1% suffer from anxiety (χ²=33.408, p<0.001). Most of the students who used SN addicted to SN. The students addicted to SN, duration of SN more than 3 years, SN using hours more than 4 hours per day, using Facebook and Google suffer from anxiety. According to the findings in this study, there is a positive association between SNA and anxiety. So parents, teachers and other authorities should be aware and involved in checking and controlling the internet use of the students. In addition, the similar researches should be encouraged in different population and different age groups to explore other side effects of SNA.South East Asia Journal of Public Health Vol.7(1) 2017: 23-28
Impact of health facilities on malaria control interventions among children under five years of age and pregnant women in Nigeria
Authors: Aregbeshola Bolaji Samson , Khan Samina Mohsin
Published: December 2017

Malaria is still one of the biggest public health problems in Nigeria in spite of numerous control interventions against the disease as well as access to and availability of medicines to address it. The children under five years of age and pregnant women are household members that are most at risk of this disease. The study aims to examine the impact of health facilities on malaria control interventions. Secondary data from Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2013 was utilized to investigate the impact of type of health facility visited on malaria control interventions. Variables on malaria control interventions such as malaria prevention in pregnancy, antimalarial drugs and rapid diagnostic testing were analysed. Chi square analysis was used to test for association between variables at 0.05 level of significance. The number of dose of Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy (IPTp) taken during pregnancy was associated with private hospital/clinic, government health post and government hospital. The type of antimalarial drug used was associated with the type of health facility visited by children under 5 years. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for children under 5 years of age was associated with government hospital, government health centre, private hospital/clinic, chemist/patent medicine store and other private medical sector. Our study concludes that the type of health facility visited has an impact on malaria control interventions in Nigeria. There is a need for political actors and policy makers to improve the standard of health care facilities across the country in order to engender the provision of adequate health service delivery to the children under 5 years of age and pregnant women.South East Asia Journal of Public Health Vol.7(1) 2017: 35-41
Association of socio-demographic issues with level of knowledge of HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users in Dhaka City in Bangladesh
Authors: Nahar Nasreen , Akter Jesmin , Mahbub Md Shahriar , Sultana Rabeya , Khan Farzana Islam , Faruque Mithila , Ara Begum Rowshan
Published: December 2017

Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired immune Deficiency Syndromes (AIDS) continues to be a major burden of morbidity and mortality among the population. Injecting drug users (IDUs) are at high risk of contracting the disease. The study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge of HIV/AIDS and the influence of different socio-demographic factors among IDUs in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. A descriptive type of cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 200 injecting drug users were selected purposively. A semi-structured questionnaire was used for collecting socio-demographic information of the respondents and their knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS. The level of knowledge was categorized into two: poor (<Mean – 1 SD) and good (≥Mean + 1 SD). The χ2 test was used for finding the association between socio-demographic factors and level of knowledge about HIV/AIDS. Forty-eight percent of the respondents were aged 18-26 years, and 33% were educated up to secondary level. About 47% had an income of Taka 4500-5500. Of the respondents, 41% and 47% were aware of HIV/AIDS and their preventive measures respectively. Age and education of the respondents were significantly (p<0.05) associated with level of knowledge of HIV/AIDS among IDUs. Functional and productive educational campaigns to educate people regarding the health consequences of HIV/AIDS are strongly suggested for creating awareness through disseminating knowledge among IDUs in Bangladesh particularly for the age group with a low level of knowledge and limited access to HIV/AIDS educational intervention programs.South East Asia Journal of Public Health Vol.7(1) 2017: 42-47