bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Teacher Education Students’ Preferred Learning Styles in the New Normal: Basis for Enhancing Pedagogies
Authors: Quejado Ma. Rosario M. , Recede Reynald Alfred A. , Carnecer Rosario B.
Published: June 2022

The students’ preferred learning style is a very important part of the teaching and learning process.  In selecting the most appropriate pedagogy to teach a lesson, the diversity of learners must be taken into serious consideration.    The study examined the preferred learning styles of teacher educations students in Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina, Philippines during the time of the Covid 19 pandemic.   A survey was conducted among 282 college students taking education course.  Descriptive research design was used to analyze the data gathered during the investigation.   Results showed that both male (WM=3.06) and female (WM=3.11) teacher education students scored highest on the visual learning style meaning they learn best when shown instructional materials in the form of pictures and videos.  However, it was also revealed that female students learn better in terms of visual style as compared to their male counterpart.  Hence, it is recommended that college instructors and professors consider and take a look at the teacher education students’ preferred learning styles when crafting teaching strategies for their students even in remote learning in the time of pandemic.
Teachers' Perception of Instructional Technology Application and Integration Competence to the Teaching-Learning Process
Authors: Abulencia Corazon C. , Ampo Patrick Hamilcar B. , Gonzales Faye M. , Hyldgaard Selangan E. , Mangulabnan Mariver C. , Leva Erlinda F. , Pizarra Maria Regina , Victoria Eric D. S. , Vivo Ma. Victoria C.
Published: June 2022

Teachers' instructional technology competence is necessary for this information age. With this, teachers need to equip themselves with the knowledge, skills, and competence to apply instructional technologies to deliver the teaching-learning process. This study investigated the teachers’ perception of instructional technology application and integration competence in the teaching-learning process of a selected high school in Candaba, Pampanga, Philippines. This study used descriptive survey research wherein 19 high school teachers participated voluntarily. The researchers also prepared and validated a questionnaire specifically for this study. Data analysis includes the following statistical treatments like frequency, percentage, mean, and Chi-Square. Results of the study showed that the ICT competence of the teachers is on the average level. All the selected teachers integrated technology into teaching. They were highly competent in using MS Word and MS PowerPoint and, on average competent in MS Excel and the Internet. In addition, teachers also encountered problems in using ICT in teaching. Furthermore, teachers perceived that technology in teaching significantly impacts students' learning. It made the students interested and focused, enhanced their teaching activities, and helped them deliver the lesson/s effectively. The study recommended that teachers have training on ICT to equip them with the knowledge and skills to use new programs/applications. The administration should also design a long-term plan for ICT and continue encouraging and training teachers to integrate ICT into teaching.
Java-Sunda Students’ Appreciation on The Learning of Rejang Language as A Local Subject in Elementary Schools, North Bengkulu
Authors: Asmahasanah Salati , Zulela  , Marini Arita , Sumantri Mohamad Syarif
Published: June 2022

This study is about the appreciation of students of SD Negeri 158 Air Baus, a transmigration area which is dominated by Javanese and Sundanese people, towards learning Bahasa Rejang as the original language and oldest ethnic group in Bengkulu province. In North Bengkulu district, Rejang language is a compulsory subject as an effort of the government to preserve the culture and language. Considering the facts that Rejang is in the category of nearly went extinct language and rarely used by today's youth. This research uses qualitative ethnographic methods. The findings of this study are 1) Students from Javanese-Sundanese ethnic group, on average, find that Rejang language is difficult to learn, especially when learning to pronounce and understand it, 2) Students learn the local subject of Rejang language through reading, writing, singing, imitating the teacher, listening and practicing independently, 3) The materials studied are KaGaNga script, counting, reading stories, types of animals, types of plants, types of objects and others, 4) Students also have a problem learning Rejang script because the letter symbols used are very different with daily grammar.
Reform of Indirect Taxes in India through the Plexus of Goods and Services Tax (GST); A post-COVID 19 Fiscal Stimulus
Authors: Khan Ruby , Khan Shabnam
Published: June 2022

GST is a major tax reform in India that has been in the works for a long time due to political concerns and competing stakeholders' interests. It was first launched in April 2010, but the goods and services tax (GST) went into effect on July 1, 2017. The primary goal of GST is to consolidate all indirect taxes in India, including the central excise tax (CET), the value-added tax (VAT), and the service tax, into a single taxation structure. It improves the country's taxation system by increasing transparency and reducing tax evasion and corruption. The GST concept, its features, GST advantages, and their influence on the Indian economy are all discussed in this article.
Filipino Teachers' Mental Health Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Pekas Monette G. , Santos Ferdinand S. , Recede Reynald Alfred A. , Rosa Marivic Agbuya Dela
Published: June 2022

The study investigated the problems that adversely affect the mental health of Filipino teachers during the time of Covid-19 pandemic.  The results of the study revealed various ways teachers cope with their problems on mental health. Family and other forms of social support, recreational, and spiritual activities have always been beneficial in these challenging times and a lot of studies has proved its effectiveness on dealing with mental health.  However, aside from these coping strategies, teachers have proven themselves to be flexible enough to find ways for them to feel much better. The study also proves that teachers are resilient in dealing with their problems. They acknowledged their difficulties, yet they also manage and divert their focus into something more positive and productive.  It is also noteworthy that teachers are less likely to experience pandemic fatigue since they always try to be obedient with the safety precautions mandated by the government considering that it is for their own sake.  It is recommended that teachers who are about to return to face-to-face classes or onsite reporting be subjected to counseling before they go back to pre-pandemic work set-up so that the delivery of quality education will be ensured as we gradually accept the new normal in the field of education.
Restorative Juvenile Justice: Level of Implementation and Level of Awareness among Residents in Tangub City
Authors: Anas Joel L. , Pallega Rowell B. , Bandigan Elaine Y.
Published: June 2022

This study aimed to determine the level of implementation and awareness of the juvenile restorative justice program in Tangub City during calendar year 2018-2019. This study made use of non-experimental quantitative research design utilizing descriptive, frequency count, percentage and mean. On the level of implementation of the program, the community respondents exhibited low level of response while the Philippine National Police and the CSWD exhibited a high level of responses. On the level of awareness, the respondents also exhibited a high level of response. It is recommended that the implementers may include or emphasize the community's active participation in juvenile restorative programs. This will encourage them to get involved and recognize the importance of their engagement, maybe resulting in fewer minor-related offenses. The implementers may look into the process on the way the programs are implemented. This will encourage them to examine probable flaws in the execution of the juvenile restorative justice program in order to make adjustments to the overall process of implementation, which could lead to the program's overall success. The implementers may consider looking into the victim's need for reformation and rehabilitation, as well as their family's general engagement. This is critical to ensure that the victims and their families believe the government is on their side, because if the implementers neglect this, retaliation may ensue. Further studies are warranted.
Is Organizational Ambidexterity a Good Booster to Supply Chain Flexibility in the Textile and Apparel Industry?
Authors: Seimon A. T. M. , Endagamage D. M.
Published: June 2022

The manner by which a firm’s supply chain adapts to environment dynamics demands greater attention because the frequency and speed of change vary from industry-to-industry, business-to-business. Building on the relationship between manufacturing strategy and the environment, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the direct impact of environmental dynamism on supply chain flexibility, and the indirect impact of achieving supply chain flexibility the environment requires through organizational ambidexterity in the Sri Lankan textile and apparel industry, an industry under increased pressure to be more flexible and the highest export revenue contributor to the economy.

A positivism paradigm provided the foundation for this explanatory research.  A cross-sectional survey method was used to collect data from operations or supply chain managers across firms in the Sri Lankan textile and apparel industry. Eighty-seven responses were received and analyzed using the SmartPLS software. As a preliminary result, this study finds that there is a significant positive impact of environmental dynamism on supply chain flexibility and this relationship is partially mediated by organizational ambidexterity. Moreover, the results reveal a significant positive impact among the variables; environmental dynamism, organizational ambidexterity, and supply chain flexibility.

In the practical context, managers need to be aware of environmental changes to identify areas that require investment in flexibility as it incurs both costs and risks for a firm. Practicing organizational ambidexterity helps managers to refine existing processes to maintain competitive advantage, and achieve the optimal degree of flexibility required by the firm and its environment.
Mothering Practices of Filipino Generation Z: Correlations with Personal Characteristics and State of Well-being
Authors: Bermal Marian Lucille N. , Gaerlan Paolo Miguel S. , Suarez Jesley Eryne E. , Alberto Raziel Alodia L. , Arcinas Myla M.
Published: June 2022

This study aimed to describe authoritative Filipino Generation Z mothers' mothering practices, including their concept of authority, parent-child communication, and reward-punishment practices. Eighty (80) Gen Z mothers, ages 18 to 24, with at least one child, completed a self-administered questionnaire using purposive and snowball sampling. The findings indicated that mothers have highly authoritative parenting styles and have very healthy overall well-being. The mother's completed education level showed weak inverse correlations with parent-child communication (r = -0.432, p = 0.000) and concept of authority (r = -0.283, p = 0.011). The mother's monthly income had a weak inverse relationship with her concept of authority (r = -0.269, p = 0.016). Furthermore, the number of household members had weak inverse correlation with parent-child communication (r = -0.227, p = 0.042) and positive correlations with reward and punishment practices (r = 0.437, p = 0.000). Results imply that mothers with a lower level of education value more authority and communication with their children. The findings show weak negative correlations between the mother's concept of authority and social well-being (r = -0.289, p = 0.009), implying that less concern for authority meant better social health. Furthermore, open lines of communication between mother and child have positive effects on their psychological health (r = 0.380, p = 0.001). Rewarding has shown to improve their psychological health (r = 0.257, p = 0.021) and overall well-being (r = 0.232, p = 0.038). The results could promote strategies that make Gen Z mothers use effective mothering practices in child-rearing.
Issues impacting Sales Promotion in International Marketing
Authors: Jadhav Smita , Kumar Atul , Brar Vinaydeep
Published: June 2022

Sales promotion in international marketing is somewhat different from domestic markets for a few reasons. Adequate information may not be available with the exporter to make sales promotion decisions. At the same time, customers from the foreign markets may not know the exporter and his products well. Further, the exporter might face resource constraints while executing sales promotion plans in the international markets. Thus, sales promotion in global marketing is a different ball game and requires an understanding of issues that impact the sales promotion plans in the international markets. In this paper, we enlist some such areas which need to be considered by exporters while working out their sales promotion strategies for the export markets. This has been done by way of a survey of 120 exporters. Ten critical factors have been identified that have a bearing on the sales promotion efforts of international marketing.
Motivating and Critical Success Factors in the ISO 9001:2015 Implementa-tion of the Provincial Government of Bulacan
Authors: Santos Cecille de Guzman
Published: June 2022

Quality is an essential performance measure in both the private and public sector. The adoption of a Quality Management System (QMS)/ISO 9001:2015 standard is a strategic decision that can help improve an organization’s overall performance. This study aimed to assess the ISO 9001:2015 implementation of the Provincial Government of Bulacan in terms of the selected critical success factors and workforce level of motivation and be able to provide recommendations for improvement. This study used the quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive research design, employing survey and correlational approaches. A qualitative approach through qualitative interview was also utilized to capture the implementation strategies. The overall analysis revealed that 8 motivating factors obtained a low level of relationship with all of the selected critical success factors while the 9th motivating factor, Recognition and Feedback Received obtained a high level of relationship with 7 critical success factors indicating that Recognition and Feedback Received can affect the implementation of QMS tasks in terms of the critical success factors. Findings also showed that there is an opportunity in trainings. Leaders can identify training needs to support a more effective QMS implementation. Furthermore, the Provincial Government of Bulacan can revisit and strengthen the performance evaluation process as this can help meet the upper-level self-actualization needs of employees. A quality program with the suggested action plan has also been recommended towards overall performance improvement.
Evaluation of pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids for fighting hidden hunger in Nepal
Authors: Tripathi Mahendra Prasad , Gautam Damodar , Koirala Keshab Babu , Shrestha Hari Kumar , Besir Abdurahman
Published: June 2022

Prevailing vitamin A deficiency is a malnutrition repercussing retarded growth, weak immune system and night-blindness in human beings. Pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids could be a strategy for combating vitamin A deficiency, mostly prevailing in children and women of Nepal. With the objective to investigate superior pro-vitamin A enriched ‘bio-fortified’ maize cultivars, twice replicated experiments were laid out in α-lattice design over two consecutive growing seasons of 2019 and 2019/20 at the National Maize Research Program (NMRP), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal. The results revealed that the difference among tested hybrids was glaring for all agro-morphological, yield, and yield components traits. Among the evaluated traits, days to 50% anthesis and silking, plant and ear height, numbers of kernel rows per cob, grains per row, and grain yield varied significantly among the tested maize hybrids. Effect of planting season was significant for grain yield where winter maize produced 32% higher grain yield than spring maize. HPO16-2, HPO49-3, HPO49-5, and HPO49-2 were the 38-61% high yielding ‘bio-fortified’ maize genotypes than normal hybrid check. Therefore, these hybrids might be the potential higher-yielding future pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids to resolve food insecurity, malnutrition, trade deficit on maize grains and specially to combat vitamin A deficiency in Nepal.
Rate of stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis) on wheat in the highland and lowland area
Authors: Zewde Ashagre Asnakew , Purba Jhon Hardy
Published: June 2022

Stripe (Yellow) rust caused by Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici (Pst) is a crucial wheat disease causing severe damage to cultivated susceptible wheat varieties. The wheat yellow rust assessment was conducted during the primary rainy season of 2018/19 at Ada’a, Lume, and Gimbichu using the zigzag disease assessment method. Disease data, agro-ecological data, and other essential parameters were recorded. The disease was prevalent in all districts by diverse incidence and severity ranges.  This implies that yellow rust is distributed wheat disease at all surveyed potential districts. The highest yellow rust prevalence, 62.5% was recorded at Gimbichu district; conversely, the lowest prevalence 31.25% was recorded at Ada’a district. The highest severity and incidence of yellow rust 60% and 100%, respectively, was recorded at Ada’a district with susceptible reaction. In comparison, the lowest severity and incidence (30% and 5%) respectively were recorded at Lume districts with moderately sensitive responses. Many distributions and occurrences govern yellow rust. The highest incidence of yellow rust, namely 100% on land cultivated with kakaba and kubsa wheat bread varieties, occurred at the milk growth stage to the ripe stage. The local cultivar has shown the lowest incidence and severity percentage with moderately susceptible responses than improved varieties.
First report of the termite Glyptotermes ceylonicus (Blattodea: Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from India: an example of discontinuous distribution
Authors: Edwin Joseph  , Ipe Chinnu , Nisha P. Aravind  , Antony Sherin , Mathew Jobin
Published: June 2022

We report Glyptotermes ceylonicus (Holmgren, 1911), an endemic Sri Lankan termite, for the first time from India. Glyptotermes show a high degree of endemism throughout the world. Record of this species from the current location indicates a wide distribution of this species in southern India, in the past, before the complete separation of Sri Lanka from India. The current distribution of Glyptotermes ceylonicus is also an example of discontinuous distribution. Pictorial illustrations of the morphologically important parts and revised key for the Indian species are provided.
Report of Euphaea pseudodispar Sadasivan & Bhakare, 2021 (Insecta: Odonata) from Kerala, India
Authors: P.K. Muneer  , M. Madhavan  , A. Vivek Chandran
Published: June 2022

The newly described damselfly, Euphaea pseudodispar Sadasivan & Bhakare, 2021 (Insecta: Odonata) is reported from Wayanad in Kerala state for the first time. This observation suggests that it is distributed from the northern Western Ghats to the southern part of central Western Ghats up to Wayanad, north of the Palghat gap. This study highlights the need for extensive field surveys of Odonata in the Western Ghats of India.
The dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, southern Western Ghats, India
Authors: Kalesh Sadasivan  , Vinayan P. Nair  , K. Abraham Samuel
Published: June 2022

The odonate diversity of Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, southern Western Ghats (WG) of Kerala state, is discussed in this paper. A total of 181 species belonging to 87 genera and 14 families have been compiled for Kerala and this includes 68 Western Ghats endemics. A total of 116 species of odonates including 33 endemics were recorded for the region. A total of 41 damselflies (Zygoptera) and 75 dragonflies (Anisoptera) were recorded for the sanctuary. Shendurney thus harbours 56.04 % of WG and 64.08 % of the odonate diversity of Kerala. In addition, this includes 48.52% of Kerala and 41.25 % of endemic odonates of Western Ghats. About 29% of all the species recorded for the Shendurney are endemic to WG. With respect to IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, one species is ‘Endangered’, three ‘Vulnerable’, two ‘Near Threatened’, 84 ‘Least Concern’, 20 ‘Data Deficient’, and six species whose IUCN Red List status was not assessed. Family Libellulidae (41 species) dominated the odonate diversity, followed by Coenagrionidae (15 species) and Gomphidae (13 species). Regarding the occurrence status, we found that 11 species were Very Common, 42 species were found to be Common, 34 species Not Rare, 10 species were Rare, and 19 species were Very Rare inside the sanctuary. None of the species listed is protected under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act 1972.
Rediscovery of Gardena melinarthrum Dohrn from Sri Lanka
Authors: Tharindu Ranasinghe  , Hemant V. Ghate
Published: June 2022

We are now confirming the presence of G. melinarthrum from Sri Lanka, after a long gap of over 150 years, from three different localities.
A “healthy honest-to-God out-of-the-door life-loving deflowering”
Authors: Verhulst Pim
Published: June 2022

This article analyzes Beckett’s radio plays Embers and Words and Music in the context of the BBC Third Programme and its cultural politics, to argue that they engage with the censorship of his work, especially when it comes to sexual matters, in hitherto unexplored ways. While Embers both challenges and eludes censorship by means of ambiguous or abstract phrasing, Words and Music builds on this strategy and thematizes self-censorship through music. This connects Beckett’s radio plays from the 1950s and 1960s to earlier works from the 1930s like Murphy and Dream of Fair to Middling Women, widening the censorship debate.
The Relationship Between the CPC and Think-tanks in Xi Jinping’s New Era
Authors: Anh Hoang The
Published: June 2022

This article reviews the ideology, guidelines, and policies of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on think-tanks and especially focuses on analysing Xi Jinping’s policies towards them since the 18th Party Congress in 2012. Observing both the CPC’s directives and the activities of some important think-tanks, this article finds that the relationship between the CPC and think-tanks in China has gotten increasingly closer. The closeness is reflected in indicators such as the CPC’s promulgation of the policy to build ‘a new type’ of think-tank, increasing reliance on and appreciation for the advice of think-tanks, funding for official think-tanks, and frequent emphasis on the absolute leadership of the CPC over them. This is a typical model of the corporatism between the CPC and the state, market and social organisation in China.
Agriculture in Communist China: Progress without Structural Reforms
Authors: Nguyen Binh Giang
Published: June 2022

This article examines the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) policies toward agriculture from an institutional perspective. Mao Zedong viewed the peasantry as allies of the CPC, and in order to socialise rural areas, he ordered massive collectivisation, attempting to manage the countryside and peasants with people’s communes and production brigades. Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin responded to the dysfunction that followed with reforms and opening up, including the abolition of collectives and people’s communes, liberalising agriculture, and promoting incentives for labour. This led to its own complications, and efforts later by Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping have been directed towards resolving the ‘three rural issues’ – of agriculture, rural areas, and farmers – in order to achieve a ‘moderately prosperous society’ and the ‘great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation’. This article argues that while there is an emphasis on innovative policies and approaches, there is a lack of structural reforms owing to the CPC’s wish to remain in control of rural areas and peasant life.
Role of Prospective Memory in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Authors: Palit Anuradha , Roy Prasanta Kumar , Saha Pradeep Kumar
Published: June 2022

Background:

The role of memory in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been an area of research that has yielded mixed results, particularly in prospective memory (PM) functioning. Hence, one objective of the study was to assess PM deficits in patients with OCD. Also, research in this area has been sparse, and most researchers have used questionnaires and people with subclinical symptoms of OCD, which might have impacted the generalizability of the findings. Thus, the second objective was to assess PM functioning using a performance-based task in persons with OCD having clinical symptoms.

Methods:

This is a cross-sectional comparative study of 30 adults with OCD and 30 adults without psychiatric morbidity. The tools used were Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DY-BOCS), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD), General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ 12), and Cambridge Prospective Memory Test (CAMPROMPT).

Results:

Event-based PM was significantly poor in the OCD group. In time-based PM, no significant difference was found between the groups. Three subgroups in OCD, predominantly obsessions, predominantly compulsions, and mixed types, did not differ significantly with respect to PM.

Conclusion:

The result suggested a deficit of event-based PM in OCD, which can help understand the psychopathology of memory deficit in the clinical population and bridge the gap with respect to memory research in this domain.
A Prospective Observational Study on Changes in Intraocular Pressure and Iridocorneal Angle Following the Use of Escitalopram and Amitriptyline
Authors: Mandal Shaswata , Acharya Rudraprasad , Mallik Nitu , Jain Sneha , Ghosh Asim Kumar , Ghosal Malay Kumar , Pal Arghya
Published: June 2022

Background:

Depression has emerged as one of the prime morbidities affecting professional and personal lives worldwide. Antidepressants are one of the mainstays of management of depressive episodes. Although antidepressants are considered a safe class of drugs, the studies examining the effects of antidepressant prescription on intraocular pressure (IOP) have shown a propensity to increase IOP, but not consistently. This study aimed to compare the changes in IOP and iridocorneal angle in drug-naïve patients with depressive episodes prescribed escitalopram or amitriptyline.

Methods:

Overall, 109 patients were recruited, of which 53 were prescribed amitriptyline and 56, escitalopram. A comparison of IOP and the iridocorneal angle at weeks 0, 4, and 8 was done using a two-way repeated-measures analysis of variance (two-way RM analysis of variance).

Results:

Patients initiated on escitalopram tended to show a higher rise in the IOP (left eye–[F = 3.27; P = 0.04]; right eye [F = 2.47; P = 0.08]). No difference was found in the iridocorneal angles in any of the four quadrants across both eyes.

Conclusions:

Escitalopram use had an association with an increase in IOP. While initiating patients on antidepressants, clinicians should be aware of this possibility, which can lead to ocular emergencies, and obtain a proper history of ocular morbidities.
The Shifting Epistemological Horizon of the Pandemic
Authors: Ascione Gennaro
Published: June 2022

The reaction to the pandemic has put in place some profound transformations. These transformations do not come entirely anew. They are rooted in the long-term process of oscillation between scientism and relativism. Yet, the fallout of the pandemic promises to work as a new global social regulatory system, different from the ones that predate it. Thereby, it preludes to a paradigmatic epistemological shift. I sketch out four dimensions of such a shift, which I refer to in terms of vectors, in order to emphasise the directional as well as orientational nature of such elements. A vector is a pattern of long-term and large-scale social change. It manifests as a historical configuration of power that organises the collective and individual activities of humans. The evolution of these four vectors designs trajectories of development. The four vectors of the shifting horizon of the pandemic are as follows: the normalisation of the colonial exception; the centrality of necro-politics as global technology of control; the displacement of uncertainty from the margin to the centre of the intersectional space between expert knowledge, political power and public opinion; the radicalisation of the word ‘theory’.
A Bibliometric and Visualization Analysis of Human Capital and Sustainability
Authors: Rana Surekha , Pragati
Published: June 2022

The extensive and practical usage of human capital for sustainability in organizations has emerged as a popular topic in the research domain. An in-depth bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer software is used to analyse and visualize a conceptual and knowledge growth map of human capital and sustainability. Bibliometric indicators like citations are accustomed to establishing the sphere structure and the visual map to determine the research growth trends in a defined area. From January 1993 to March 2021, 573 papers were obtained through Scopus-listed journals related to human capital and sustainability. In the current article, co-citation analysis and annual trends for the top keywords are provided. Network analysis is to identify authors, publications and other research groups. Data mapping techniques diagrammatically depict the evolution of publications over time and determine trending interests in research and potential indications for future applications in achieving sustainability. Co-authorship analysis, co-citation and co-authors of the origins are also defined. In addition, country-wise quantitative analysis and temporal of publications with highly cited papers are marked and identified. The study provides analysers and practitioners with a visual and simplified frame of research on this content.
A CB-SEM Approach to Modelling Agri-preneurship Development Prospects in Haryana, India
Authors: Gulsia Oshin , Yadav Sarika
Published: June 2022

Agri-Entrepreneurship Development (AED) refers to a process wherein people are equipped with necessary knowledge, skills and competencies so that they may run business on their own. In this purview, we assert that entrepreneurial competencies and managerial capacity play an imperative role as the markers of ‘necessary knowledge, skills and competencies’ that mediate the relationship between institutional support as the supportive factor and farm business performance as a qualitative measure of AED. We further argue that these mediators positively and independently interact with institutional support and farm business performance. The proposed conceptual model is tested with covariance-based structural equation modelling approach using survey data from 240 agri-entrepreneurs in Haryana. Our findings demonstrate that institutional support exercises both direct and indirect positive effects on farm business performance, with the latter being mediated by managerial capacity and entrepreneurial competencies. Limitations and future research have also been discussed.
Songs by Ballot: Binaca Geetmala and the Making of a Hindi Film-Song Radio Audience, 1952–1994
Authors: Alonso Isabel Huacuja
Published: June 2022

Binaca Geetmala was a weekly countdown or hit parade radio programme that ranked Hindi film songs by order of popularity, first based on listeners’ requests and later on record sales. The programme aired from 1952 until 1994 and is arguably one of the longest lasting and most influential radio programmes in the world. Drawing on a variety of sources, including listeners’ diaries, correspondence from listener radio clubs and interviews with broadcasters and devoted listeners, I trace Geetmala’s four-decade ‘melodious journey’, charting the programme’s central role in making Hindi film songs – the leading popular music in the Indian subcontinent. I make two interrelated arguments. First, I argue that through its popularity charts, Geetmala cultivated an understanding of Hindi film songs as ‘the music of the common people’ and made partaking in film song’s so-called ‘commonness’ the very attraction of the programme. Here, I consider how this fascination with ‘commonness’, with measuring popularity, and with individuals’ participation in the process, relates to the larger political culture of independent India’s first decades, including the experience of universal suffrage. Second, I argue that by encouraging alertness to ever-changing popularity lists and by developing specific terminology, Geetmala effectively transformed ordinary radio listeners into discerning Hindi film-song experts.
The Effect of Fragility on Labour Market Employment and Wages in the Philippines
Authors: Lanzona Leonardo A.
Published: June 2022

Fragility refers to weak regional institutions that fail to respond to specific risks and needs of the community. The article aims to measure fragility and its effects on labour market employment and wages. The observed non-work-related migration is used to derive annual fragility indices for regions that are then incorporated into standard labour market employment and Mincer wage equations. The estimates indicate higher employment but lower wages in fragile regions. Under weak institutions, workers will decide to engage in alternative low-paying work arrangements in anticipation of conflict, environmental or income shocks. Furthermore, biases on effects of macroeconomic policies can be noted in regression estimates that do not control for fragility.
Mechanisms of cell injury induced by inhaled molybdenum trioxide nanoparticles in Golden Syrian Hamsters
Authors: Huber Erin A , Cerreta Joseph M
Published: June 2022

Molybdenum trioxide nanoparticles (MoO3 NPs) are extensively used in the biomedical, agricultural, and engineering fields that may increase exposure and adverse health effects to the human population. The purpose of this study is to evaluate a possible molecular mechanism leading to cell damage and death following pulmonary exposure to inhaled MoO3 NPs. Animals were separated into four groups: two control groups exposed to room air or aerosolized water and two treated groups exposed to aerosolized MoO3 NPs with a concentration of 5 mg/m3 NPs (4 h/day for eight days) and given a one-day (T-1) or seven-day (T-7) recovery period post exposure. Pulmonary toxicity was evaluated with total and differential cell counts. Increases were seen in total cell numbers, neutrophils, and multinucleated macrophages in the T-1 group, with increases in lymphocytes in the T-7 group (* P < 0.05). To evaluate the mechanism of toxicity, protein levels of Beclin-1, light chain 3 (LC3)-I/II, P-62, cathepsin B, NLRP3, ASC, caspase-1, interleukin (IL)-1β, and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were assessed in lung tissue. Immunoblot analyses indicated 1.4- and 1.8-fold increases in Beclin-1 in treated groups (T-1 and T-7, respectively, * P < 0.05), but no change in protein levels of LC3-I/II in either treated group. The levels of cathepsin B were 2.8- and 2.3-fold higher in treated lungs (T-1 and T-7, respectively, * P < 0.05), the levels of NLRP3 had a fold increase of 2.5 and 3.6 (T-1 * P < 0.05, T-7 ** P < 0.01, respectively), and the levels of caspase-1 indicated a 3.8- and 3.0-fold increase in treated lungs (T-1 and T-7, respectively, * P < 0.05). Morphological changes were studied using light and electron microscopy showing alterations to airway epithelium and the alveoli, along with particle internalization in macrophages. The results from this study may indicate that inhalation exposure to MoO3 NPs may interrupt the autophagic flux and induce cytotoxicity and lung injury through pyroptosis cell death and activation of caspase-1.
Low-cost Technologies for Kirana (Small) Retail: A Game Changer?
Authors: Choudhary Vikram , Aithal Rajesh K
Published: June 2022

The small retail sector in India, which employs millions of people, faces continuous threats from the emergence of modern retail and e-commerce. There is an urgent need to become more efficient and competitive. Increased use of technology can address many of the challenges, and in the last few years, many tech start-ups have come up with low-cost technology solutions for small retailers. The article attempts to map the emergence of these low-cost technologies and draw out the themes that could help increase the adoption and help the small retailer become more competitive.
Trajectories of Brand Personality Research since the New Millennium: A Bibliometric Analysis
Authors: Roy Shaunak , Banerjee Shivaji
Published: June 2022

Although brand personality as a research construct has been gaining immense consideration since the inception of the new millennium, the nature of research conducted over the years has heavily converged on a few specific avenues, such as scale validity across cultures and the generalizability across diverse sectoral contexts. The bibliometric analysis undertaken in the present review maps the global trajectories of brand personality research using the Scopus database. The current review analyses the entailed co-citation analysis based on cited references and cited sources, bibliographic coupling analysis based on authors and countries, and co-occurrence analysis based on author keywords. The review explains how the congruence between consumer personality and brand personality is yet to be explored further. The associated concepts of brand animism and anthropomorphism have not been sufficiently addressed when discussing brand personality. The review further advances that the applications of brand personality have been heavily concentrated in only a few specific brand categories, namely, travel and tourism, and Islamic marketing. The review shall engender pertinent research avenues that can be justified by the theoretical and managerial implications that would emanate from the study.
‘Once Upon a Time in the Land of Grave-Holes’: Cheran’s Poetry in Sri Lanka
Authors: Ramaswamy Anushiya
Published: June 2022

My essay looks at the Sri Lankan-born Tamil poet Cheran Rudhramoorthy’s recent poetry collections, Ajnar (‘Trauma’, 2018) and Tinai Mayakkam allathu Nenjodu Killarthal (‘Binary Overlapping or Struggles with the Heart’, 2019). Published almost a decade after the final war—the massacre of Sri Lankan Tamils by the state’s armed forces at Mullivaikal on 18 May 2009—these poems provide a searing counter-narrative to the official justifications. The finality of what took place at Mullivaikal, when what seemed like all the powers of the world had conspired to draw the 30-year Tamil militancy to an end, has provided Sri Lankan Tamils with a historical moment tied to a specific locus.2 The Ajnar and Tinai Mayakkam poems present Cheran as a poet for the dispossessed. These poems with their split movements between the homeland and new snowscapes erase the borders between the refuges of the diaspora and a lost island.

Cheran’s poems and other writings—on grief, love, land and exile—are made amid unimaginable state-sponsored violence against minority bodies. In this essay, I provide a historico-cultural background in terms of the various discourses that were coming into prominence in the 1960s and 1970s as Cheran came of age—for instance, the remnants of colonial racism that provided the impetus to a post-independence nationalism, a thriving literary caste-driven Saivism, and the manifestation of an authoritarian state apparatus and its militant opposition.
Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan, The Globally Familiar: Digital Hip Hop, Masculinity and Urban Space in Delhi
Authors: Brandon Vinay
Published: June 2022

Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan, The Globally Familiar: Digital Hip Hop, Masculinity and Urban Space in Delhi. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2020. xiii + 250 pp., US$25.95 (paper), ISBN: 978-1-4780; US$99.95 (cloth), ISBN: 978-1-4780-1015-9; US$26.50 (electronic), ISBN: 978-1-4780-1015-0.
Book review: Jenia Mukherjee, Blue Infrastructures: Natural History, Political Ecology, and Urban Development in Kolkata
Authors: Dahake Shilpa
Published: June 2022

Jenia Mukherjee, Blue Infrastructures: Natural History, Political Ecology, and Urban Development in Kolkata. Singapore: Springer, 2020, 239 pp. ₹4,123.25. ISBN: 978-981-15-3951-0.
Accurate recombination estimation from pooled genotyping and sequencing: a case study on barley
Authors: Schneider Michael , Casale Federico , Stich Benjamin
Published: June 2022

Sexual reproduction involves meiotic recombination and the creation of crossing over between homologous chromosomes, which leads to new allele combinations. We present a new approach that uses the allele frequency differences and the physical distance of neighboring polymorphisms to estimate the recombination rate from pool genotyping or sequencing. This allows a considerable cost reduction compared to conventional mapping based on genotyping or sequencing data of single individuals. We evaluated the approach based on computer simulations at various genotyping depths and population sizes as well as applied it to experimental data of 45 barley populations, comprising 4182 RIL. High correlations between the recombination rates from this new pool genetic mapping approach and conventional mapping in simulated and experimental barley populations were observed. The proposed method therefore provides a reliable genetic map position and recombination rate estimation in defined genomic windows.
Making implementation science more real
Authors: Sarkies Mitchell N. , Francis-Auton Emilie , Long Janet C. , Pomare Chiara , Hardwick Rebecca , Braithwaite Jeffrey
Published: June 2022

Implementation science in healthcare aims to understand how to get evidence into practice. Once this is achieved in one setting, it becomes increasingly difficult to replicate elsewhere. The problem is often attributed to differences in context that influence how and whether implementation strategies work. We argue that realist research paradigms provide a useful framework to express the effect of contextual factors within implementation strategy causal processes. Realist studies are theory-driven evaluations that focus on understanding how and why interventions work under different circumstances. They consider the interaction between contextual circumstances, theoretical mechanisms of change and the outcomes they produce, to arrive at explanations of conditional causality (i.e., what tends to work, for whom, under what circumstances). This Commentary provides example applications using preliminary findings from a large realist implementation study of system-wide value-based healthcare initiatives in New South Wales, Australia. If applied judiciously, realist implementation studies may represent a sound approach to help optimise delivery of the right care in the right setting and at the right time.
Abdominal obesity phenotypes are associated with the risk of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: insights from the general population
Authors: Kuang Maobin , Lu Song , Xie Qiyang , Peng Nan , He Shiming , Yu Changhui , Qiu Jiajun , Sheng Guotai , Zou Yang
Published: June 2022

Background

The diversity of obesity-related metabolic characteristics generates different obesity phenotypes and corresponding metabolic diseases. This study aims to explore the correlation of different abdominal obesity phenotypes with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Methods

The current study included 14,251 subjects, 7411 males and 6840 females. Abdominal obesity was defined as waist circumference ≥ 85 cm in males and ≥ 80 cm in females; according to the diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome recommended by the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III, having more than one metabolic abnormality (except waist circumference criteria) was defined as metabolically unhealthy. All subjects were divided into 4 abdominal obesity phenotypes based on the presence ( +) or absence (− ) of metabolically healthy/unhealthy (MH) and abdominal obesity (AO) at baseline: metabolically healthy + non-abdominal obesity (MH−AO−); metabolically healthy + abdominal obesity (MH−AO+); metabolically unhealthy + non-abdominal obesity (MH+AO−); metabolically unhealthy + abdominal obesity (MH+AO+). The relationship between each phenotype and NAFLD was analyzed using multivariate logistic regression.

Results

A total of 2507 (17.59%) subjects in this study were diagnosed with NAFLD. The prevalence rates of NAFLD in female subjects with MH−AO−, MH−AO+, MH+AO−, and MH+AO+ phenotypes were 1.73%, 24.42%, 7.60%, and 59.35%, respectively. Among male subjects with MH−AO−, MH−AO+, MH+AO−, and MH+AO+ phenotypes, the prevalence rates were 9.93%, 50.54%, 25.49%, and 73.22%, respectively. After fully adjusting for confounding factors, with the MH−AO− phenotype as the reference phenotype, male MH−AO+ and MH+AO+ phenotypes increased the risk of NAFLD by 42% and 47%, respectively (MH−AO+: OR 1.42, 95%CI 1.13,1.78; MH+AO+: OR 1.47, 95%CI 1.08,2.01); the corresponding risks of MH−AO+ and MH+AO+ in females increased by 113% and 134%, respectively (MH−AO+: OR 2.13, 95%CI 1.47,3.09; MH+AO+: OR 2.34, 95%CI 1.32,4.17); by contrast, there was no significant increase in the risk of NAFLD in the MH+AO− phenotype in both sexes.

Conclusions

This first report on the relationship of abdominal obesity phenotypes with NAFLD showed that both MH−AO+ and MH+AO+ phenotypes were associated with a higher risk of NAFLD, especially in the female population. These data provided a new reference for the screening and prevention of NAFLD.
Delayed versus early umbilical cord clamping for near-term infants born to preeclamptic mothers; a randomized controlled trial
Authors: Rashwan Ahmed , Eldaly Ashraf , El-Harty Ahmed , Elsherbini Moutaz , Abdel-Rasheed Mazen , Eid Marwa M.
Published: June 2022

Objective

This study aims to assess delayed versus early umbilical cord clamping in preeclamptic mothers undergoing scheduled caesarean delivery regarding the maternal intra-operative blood loss and neonatal outcomes.

Methods

A clinical trial was conducted on 62 near-term preeclamptic mothers (36-38+6 weeks) who were planned for caesarean delivery. They were randomly assigned into two groups. The first group was the early cord clamping (ECC) group (n= 31), in which clamping the umbilical cord was within 15 seconds, while the second group was the delayed cord clamping (DCC) group (n= 31), in which clamping the umbilical cord was at 60 seconds. All patients were assessed for intra-operative blood loss and incidence of primary postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). Otherwise, all neonates were assessed for APGAR scores, the need for the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission due to jaundice, and blood tests (haemoglobin, haematocrit. and serum bilirubin).

Results

There was not any significant difference between the two groups regarding the maternal estimated blood loss (P=0.673), the rates of PPH (P=0.1), post-delivery haemoglobin (P=0.154), and haematocrit values (P=0.092). Neonatal outcomes also were showing no significant difference regarding APGAR scores at the first minute (P=1) and after 5 minutes (P=0.114), day 1 serum bilirubin (P=0.561), day 3 serum bilirubin (P=0.676), and the rate of NICU admission (P=0.671). However, haemoglobin and haematocrit values were significantly higher in the DCC group than in the ECC group (P<0.001).

Conclusion

There is no significant difference between DCC and ECC regarding maternal blood loss. However, DCC has the advantage of significantly higher neonatal haemoglobin.

Trial registration

It was first registered at ClinicalTrials.gov on 10/12/2019 with registration number NCT04193345.