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PENGARUH KEPRIBADIAN GURU DAN PROFESIONALISME GURU TERHADAP PRESTASI BELAJAR SISWA KELAS X SMA NEGERI 2 PEMATANG SIANTAR
Authors: Muammar Rinaldi  , Nanda Fridani
Published: September 2020

The This research was conducted to investigate whether there is an influence of teacher personality and teacher professionalism on student achievement in tenth-grade IPS 2 students of SMA Negeri Pematang Siantar. The population in this study were all students of tenth-grade IPS SMA Negeri 2 Pematang Siantar, totaling 188 people. The sampling technique in this study used a random sampling method of 64 students. Data collection techniques used were observation, questionnaires, and documentation. The validity test for item questionnaire analysis used the product-moment correlation formula, and the reliability was calculated using the Cronbach alpha formula. Data analysis techniques used were multiple linear regression, t-test, F test and test determination (R2). The value of determination (R2), the contribution of teacher personality variables and teacher professionalism to student achievement, is 14.7%. The rest is influenced by other variables that are outside the analysis of this study. It can be concluded that the teacher's personality has a positive and significant influence on student achievement. Whereas teacher professionalism did not have a positive and significant influence on student achievement in tenth-grade students IPS SMA Negeri 2 Pematang Siantar.
PENGARUH KUALITAS PRODUK, HARGA, DAN WORD OF MOUTH TERHADAP CUSTOMER SATISFICTION PADA PRODUK WALLPAPER ( UD. ELEGANCE INTERIOR )
Authors: Muammar Rinaldi
Published: September 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh kualitas produk, harga dan kata motuh terhadap kepuasan pelanggan terhadap produk wallpaper di UD. Elegance Interior Di Medan, ketahui pengaruh kualitas produk terhadap kepuasan pelanggan terhadap produk wallpaper di UD. Elegance Interior di Medan dan mengetahui pengaruh harga dan kata mulut terhadap kepuasan pelanggan pada produk wallpaper di UD. Keanggunan Interior Di Medan. Metodologi penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif kuantitatif, unit analisis dalam penelitian ini adalah produk wallpaper UD. Teknik sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah teknik sampel jenuh yang diperoleh oleh 96 pelanggan. Teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis regresi linier berganda, sedangkan pengujian hipotesis dilakukan dengan uji t, uji F, dan uji koefisien determinasi. Hasil penelitian parsial menunjukkan bahwa variabel kuantitas produk secara parsial berpengaruh terhadap kepuasan pelanggan terhadap produk wallpaper di UD. Elegance Interior Medan terbukti dari nilai thitung 999 lebih kecil dari nilai tabel 1,661. Variabel harga secara parsial berpengaruh terhadap kepuasan pelanggan pada wallpaper di UD. Keanggunan Interior Di Medan sebagaimana dibuktikan dengan thitung 5,668 lebih besar dari nilai tabel 1,661.
PENGARUH PERSONAL SELLING DAN DIRECT MARKETING YANG EFEKTIF UNTUK MENINGKATKAN VOLUME PENJUALAN PAKAIAN ANAK PADA TOKO REZEKI WIJAYA
Authors: Hendra  , Elisabeth Nainggolan
Published: September 2020

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of Personal Selling and Direct Marketing on Sales Volume at Toko Rezeki Wijaya. Research methodology used is descriptive quantitative method, the unit of analysis in this study is Toko Rezeki Wijaya and its observation unit are customers of Toko Rezeki Wijaya. The population in this study is amount to 65 of Toko Rezeki Wijaya customers. The technique of determining the number of samples used in this study was saturated samples and amounted to 65 respondents. The research method used is by data collection techniques through library research and field research conducted systematically based on research objectives. The analytical method used to solve problems and prove hypotheses is descriptive analysis, regression analysis. This analysis includes validity and reliability, classic assumption test, multiple regression analysis, hypothesis testing through t and F test, and test the coefficient of determination (R2). The t-test results show that the Personal Selling variable has a positive and significant effect on Sales Volume at Toko Rezeki Wijaya and the Direct Marketing variable have a positive and significant effect on Sales Volume at Toko Rezeki Wijaya.
Pengaruh Kompetensi Kewirausahaan dan Pengawasan Manajemen terhadap Perkembangan Perusahaan PT Ekuator Swarna Sekuritas Cabang Medan
Authors: Pesta Gultom Pesta , Claudie
Published: September 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui seberapa besar pengaruh dari Kompetensi Kewirausahaan dan Pengawasan Manajemen terhadap Perkembangan Perusahaan PT Ekuator Swarna Sekuritas Cabang Medan. Metodologi penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode deskripstif kuantitatif. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah nasabah PT Ekuator Swarna Sekuritas Cabang Medan yang berjumlah 1003 responden. Analisis ini mencakup validitas dan reliabilitas, uji asumsi klasik, analisis regresi linear berganda, pengujian hipotesis melalui uji t dan uji F, dan uji koefisien determinasi (R2). Hasil uji t menunjukkan bahwa variabel Kompetensi Kewirausahaan secara positif dan signifikan terhadap Perkembangan Perusahaan PT Ekuator Swarna Sekuritas Cabang Medan dan variabel Pengawasan Manajemen secara positif dan signifikan terhadap Perkembangan perusahaan  PT Ekuator Swarna Sekuritas Cabang Medan. Secara serempak berpengaruh terhadap variabel terikat (Perkembangan Perusahaan).
Pengaruh Return On Assets, Debt To Equity Ratio dan Earning Per Share Terhadap Price To Book Value Pada Perusahaan Perbankan yang Terdaftar Di Bursa Efek Indonesia Pada Periode Tahun 2015-2018
Authors: Cindy  , David  , Lilia  , Santitra  , Rico
Published: September 2020

Price to Book Value is a form of scale assessment that measures Shareholder’s wealth. The purpose of research is to test and analyze the influence of  Return on Assets, Debt to Equity Ratio and Earning Per Share against Price to Book Value on Banking Company registered on Indonesia Stock Exchange on the period 2015-2018. Theory used are the theories that have a relation with Return on Assets, Debt to Equity Ratio and Earning Per Share against Price to Book Value. This research Using quantitative approaches with types of descriptive research and the nature of research Explanatory. The population of this research is 43 registered companies in IDX. Sample of This study as many as 28 companies where samples were obtained from the process purposive Sampling that meets certain criteria. Research results can be concluded that The simultaneous Return on Assets, Debt to Equity Ratio and Earning Per Share are influential Against Price to Book Value with a signed value (0.002 < 0.05). Partial Return on Assets affect Price to Book Value while Debt to Equity Ratio and Earning Per Share has no effect on Price to Book Value.
THE IMPACT OF RELIGION ON VALUES AND BEHAVIOR IN KENYA
Authors: Wambui Naomi
Published: September 2020

Purpose:  The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of religion on values and behaviour in Kenya.Methodology: The paper adopted a desk top research design. The design involves a literature review of existing studies relating to the research topic. Desk top research is usually considered as a low-cost technique compared to other research designs.Results: Based on the literature review, the study concluded that religion has positive impact on values and behavior. The study further concludes that a belief in fearful and punishing aspects of supernatural agents is associated with honest behavior, whereas a belief in the kind, loving aspects of gods is less relevant.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommended that policy makers should review policies involving religion by changing commonly held beliefs regarding the Constitution and religion. The study also recommended that religious leaders and parents take special care of the religious formation of children, especially during the transition period from childhood to adolescence, when they are most likely to lose their religious faith.
GEEZ ORAL POETRY [QENIE]: A STYLISTICAL AND THEMATIC ANALYSIS
Authors: Gebrai Isaias Haileab
Published: September 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to present the stylistic and thematic analysis of Geez poetry, in a way that examines the profound and complex meaning that it carries.Research Methodology: The article methodology consisted of qualitative research methodology and a purposive sampling was used in field work.  Secondary data was also obtained from books and scholarly journals and duly acknowledged. Idiomatic and literal translation methods were used, with special emphasis on meaning rather than form. The translation from Geez to English was conducted by the researcher and content analysis was used to analyze the data.Findings: The poems revealed a rich, valuable aesthetics and dynamic changes taking place in the cultural mold of the Geez speaking society.  It has also revealed that a huge amount of Geez oral poetry still remains unrecorded. It has also shown that Geez oral poetry is not being learned by the young generation and this could lead to a loss in cultural practices embodied in it.Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy and Practice: The article will contribute to the preservation, documentation and research endeavors being undertaken by researches, educators as well as policy makers involved in areas related to the study of the classical language of Geez. This is because none of Geez poetry has been composed, written or recorded in any parchments or books by the churches at all. Hence, it is only too obvious that a massive amount of poetic wisdom has been lost that future generations could have benefited from.
AGENTS IN THE PROCESS OF INCULTURATION: FRIEND OR FOE?
Authors: Ogera Okelloh
Published: September 2020

Purpose: This article looks at the role played by agents: the people responsible for articulating and implementing inculturation in Africa. The article asks the simple question of are these agents useful or a hindrance in the process of inculturation? The article begins by identifying these agents then discusses the challenges they face in the process of inculturation. The article concludes by giving a way forward and that is an integrated approach in inculturation.Methodology: This study will review the available literature on the subject with a view to examining what previous research says concerning the role of the agents, that is human beings, in the process of inculturation. This was done with the main objective of examining the challenges that he agents of inculturation face, and concluding by exploring an integrated approach to inculturation, where all the agents are brought on board. Findings: This study found out that if inculturation is to truly take root in African Christianity, it must bring on board all actors, not just Church leaders, and trained theologians, but also the laity. All these actors also need to overcome some of the challenges that have hindered the prospects of inculturation which include but not limited to fear of syncretism, lack of enthusiasm by some Church leaders, answering the question of culture in a post-modern and globalized world.Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: This paper will offer unique contributions to policies and practices governing the attempts to make the Church in Africa truly African by proposing a re-evaluation of the way inculturation has been carried out in the past. This has tended to be spearheaded by professional theologians and some church leaders, neglecting the biggest constituency in the entire process, and that is the consumer of inculturational processes; the laity.
THE EFFECT OF INNOVATION ON SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN KENYA
Authors: Wambugu Doris , Wachira Dr. Muturi , Mwamba Mrs. Dorcas
Published: September 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of innovation on service delivery.Methodology: The study adopted descriptive research design. The study adopted a descriptive analysis by use of descriptive statistics such as mean and frequencies. The target population in this study was 280 employees working in Nairobi GPO. A mixed sampling technique was adopted. The sample size of this study was 65 employees of Nairobi GPO Huduma Centres and 5 members of the public. This study used primary data. Data was collected using questionnaires.Results: These findings imply that products/service innovations carried out at Huduma centers have contributed immensely on performance of the centers in Kenya. The findings indicated that the respondents rated technology innovations to have major positive effects on increasing the number of people served, reducing time of service delivery, increasing accountability and transparency and finally improving public understanding of government activities. These findings imply that Huduma center innovations faced lack of adequate resources during implementations.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommends that Huduma should involve their staff more in the innovation in order to have better service delivery. The study also recommends that Huduma centers should encourage their customers to give their feedback on services and products innovation at the centers for further development. The study also recommends that Huduma centers directors should encourage the employees to come up with new ways to better service delivery. Huduma centers should also address the issue of lack of adequate and sufficient finance since it poses a major challenge to development of innovations at the centers
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS OF MICROFINANCE ORGANIZATIONS IN KENYA INTO DEPOSIT TAKING INSTITUTIONS
Authors: Kendi Belinda , Kamaria Prof. Kinyua
Published: September 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of leadership in the transformation process of microfinance organizations in Kenya into deposit taking institutions.Methodology: This study adopted descriptive research design. For purposes of collecting primary data, the use of a questionnaire developed by the researcher was used. Data was then analyzed using Excel and SPSS and presented in tables, graphs and charts. A total of 120 questionnaires were distributed to the above five organizations and 42 of them were returned. This represents a 35% response rate.Results: The study concluded that leadership plays a positive role in the transformation success.  This conclusion was supported by correlation results which revealed that there is a positive correlation between leadership and transformation success. Therefore an increase in the effectiveness of leadership is associated with an increase in transformation success. The conclusions were also supported by regression results that revealed a positive and significant relationship between leadership and transformation success.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommends to the leaders of transformation organizations to be on the front line in communicating change to subordinates, supporting them as well as being actively involved in the change process.
IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS OF MICROFINANCE ORGANIZATIONS IN KENYA INTO DEPOSIT TAKING INSTITUTIONS
Authors: Kendi Belinda , Kamaria Prof. Kinyua , Kamaria Prof. Kinyua
Published: September 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of organizational culture in the effectiveness of the transformation process of microfinance organizations in Kenya into deposit taking institutions.Methodology: This study adopted descriptive research design. For purposes of collecting primary data, the use of a questionnaire developed by the researcher was used. Data was then analyzed using Excel and SPSS and presented in tables, graphs and charts. A total of 120 questionnaires were distributed to the above five organizations and 42 of them were returned. This represents a 35% response rate.Results: Based on the findings, the study concluded that the dominant culture of MFIs that have transformed to DTMs is that of Control. The results further led to the conclusion that this type of culture is appropriate for MFIs since MFIs operate in heavily regulated and structured environment where standardized procedures and efficient processes enhance the stability of such MFIs. The study also showed that the most dominant organization leadership culture is that of Control. The leaders exemplify coordinating, organizing or smooth running efficiency. Results further revealed that leadership culture that is generally considered to exemplify entrepreneurship, innovation or risk taking is associated with the highest transformation success. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommends that the leadership of organizations should have an understanding of the attributes of the dominant culture of their organizations, the level of opposing tension or balance between values, or the congruence between the organization and its leadership or initiatives.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORK AND STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION GAPS
Authors: Narikae Parmain ole , Namada Dr. Juliana M. , Katuse Prof. Paul
Published: September 2020

Purpose: The journal aims at assessing how organizational policy framework leads to strategy implementation gaps. The study population was made up of management and support staff of Kenyan commercial banks.Methodology: It employed the use of questionnaires to obtain relevant data from respondents. The study focused on 250 top, middle and lower level employees from Kenyan commercial banks. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistics methods used include mean and standard deviation. The inferential statistics used in the study include Pearson correlation, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and coefficients. The research data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 and Microsoft Excel programs. Organizational policy framework was divided into ten parameters; standard operating procedures, operations manuals, loan processing policies, human resource policies, company circulars, departmental communication, memos, instructional letters, email instructions and information technology policies. Of all the ten factors of organizational policy framework, the highly statistical significant ones were standard operational procedures and loan processing policies.Results: A correlation analysis to determine the relationship between standard operating procedures and loan processing policies established that standard operating procedures influenced loan processing policies.Unique  Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study assessed how policy framework leads to strategy implementation gaps in Kenyan Commercial Banks. Further studies about factors leading to strategy implementation gaps should be conducted on other financial institutions like insurance and, indeed, other industries.
MANAGING STRATEGIC CHANGE AT GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IN KENYA
Authors: Jepchirchir Rebecca Tallam , Memba Dr. Florence
Published: September 2020

Purpose: This research project aimed at investigating the management of strategic change at Geothermal Development Company.Methodology: This study adopted a case study since the unit of analysis was biased to one organization that is GDC. Face to face interviews were carried out.  Permission from the organization was sought and consent from individual heads of divisions was also requested through a formal letter. The data obtained from the interview guide was analyzed qualitatively.Results: From the study, the researcher found that GDC change management as a critical decision making for the institution. In addition leadership in GDC strongly influences change.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: Management should address the challenge of insufficient resources to facilitate strategy implementation. The management of GDC should also be forecasting on the long term strategic change and minimize creation of short term forecasts that requires change that will not take them to the forecasted long term objectives.
Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy Implementation: A Global Overview
Authors: Chepkwei Ambrose Kipruto
Published: September 2020

Purpose: To establish corporate social responsibility strategy implementation globally.Methodology: This paper employed literature study, which is descriptive in nature as based on a review of existing literature within (journals, conference reports and websites) in regard to corporate social responsibility among various countries of the world. The researcher surveyed randomly existing research on corporate social responsibility strategy implementation in fifteen (15) countries within five (5) continents of the world with the sole objective to establish corporate social responsibility strategy implementation globally.Findings: In the global business set up today, clients are more informed about their rights and obligations. Corporate social responsibility strategy has greatly contributed to the success of various corporate institutions including financial institutions in the western world. Corporate social responsibility strategy is considered as an important instrument that pushes the competitive advantages, the creativity and innovation, improves business reputation to the society with the employees, furniture, state institutions and non governmental organization.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: Socially responsible companies can provide a better environment, a better quality of life and a more desirable community, corporate social reponsibility results in less government regulation while social reponsibility benefits long term stock prices as the market deems socially reponsible firms less risk.
EFFECT OF RAILWAY NETWORK INEFFICIENCIES ON BUSINESS OPERATIONS OF TATA CHEMICALS MAGADI, MOMBASA IN KENYA
Authors: Sakimpa Keponyi , Muturi Dr. Willy M. , Otieno Dr Mos
Published: September 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of railway network inefficiencies on business operations of Tata chemicals Magadi, Mombasa in Kenya.Methodology: This study adopted a descriptive survey design. The target population of this study was the 450 employees of TATA Chemical Magadi Ltd. The study used a sample of 135 employees. The study employed stratified random sampling to identify the 135 respondents. The strata were those of top management, middle management/supervisors and non-managerial employees. Primary data was used to gather information by use of questionnaires. Information was sorted, coded and input into the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS 20) for production of descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: Results on the analysis of variance showed that the overall model was statistically significant and that the independent variables were good predictors of performance.  This was supported by an F statistic of 71.69 and the reported p value (0.000) which was less than the conventional probability of 0.05significance level. Descriptive results indicated that inefficiencies of Kenya Railway Corporation greatly affect production targets, customer satisfaction, sales targets and equipment utilization in Tata chemicals Magadi Ltd which in turn affects the performance of the company.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The government should allocate additional annual budget to the Kenya Railways Corporation to provide efficient means of transporting freight between cities and towns. Additionally, management of Tata Chemicals Magadi Ltd should exercise stronger leadership to enhance long term planning and disaster management to avoid loss to customers and manage its efficiency.
DIRECT INDIVIDUAL BASED PARTICIPATION AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN NAIROBI CITY WATER AND SEWERAGE COMPANY, NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA
Authors: Ontiri Motieri Stanely , Minja Prof. David
Published: September 2020

Purpose: The main purpose of the research was to examine the level of service delivery at Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company and how direct participation can be leveraged to foster the delivery of the company servicesMethodology: The research was premised on a descriptive research design with convenient random sampling being utilized. The research data was collected using a structured questionnaire with the collected data being analyzed using descriptive and correlational analysis.Findings: The findings confirmed a strong positive association between direct participation through; delegation of work duty, involvement in setting up work plans, participation in decision making, setting up of individual goals all contributed to positive increase in service delivery.Unique Contribution: The study offers invaluable insight into the service delivery of the state parastatal and highlights how personnel participation has been integral in enhancing the level of corporate service delivery
CORPORATE BOARD SIZE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANIES IN UGANDA
Authors: Rwakihembo John , Kamukama Nixon , Nsambu Fredrick Kijjambu
Published: September 2020

The purpose-The paper seeks to compare the corporate board size and the financial performance of private companies in Uganda.Methodology-The paper adopted a positivist paradigm besides a cross-sectional study design. Researchers gathered quantitative data from 394 companies in Western and Central Uganda. An open questionnaire was administered to board members and executives from companies. Pearson correlation and standard regression techniques were used for data analysis.Findings-A significant positive relationship between the performance of the firm and the board size among private companies was established from the findings.Unique Contribution to Practice and Policy-This study will provide a precise and direct understanding of the relationship between board size and performance.The practical implications-The study recommends that private companies should recruit large boards of directors due to their diversified skills and connections that increase firm value.Research limitations-The study falls short of examining the influence of other characteristics of the board, such as composition, and leadership structure, on financial performance but solely concentrates on the board size. Besides, it was cross-sectional and generalized all private companies without considering industry-specific factors that could have changed the results.Originality/value-This is the first study that focuses on exploring the comparison between the corporate board size and the financial performance of private companies in Uganda.
EFFECT OF BRANDING AS A COMPETITIVE STRATEGY IN SALES PERFORMANCE OF AIRTEL KENYA
Authors: Ouma Paul M. , Ambrose Dr. Jagongo
Published: September 2020

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to establish the effect of branding as a competitive strategy in sales performance of Airtel Kenya.Methodology: This study employed descriptive survey design. The population of this study was drawn from 600 employees of Airtel Kenya. The sampling design of this study was random sampling. A random sample of 10% of the employees was taken. The sample size of the study was 60 employees. The particular random sampling technique was lottery method. The sampling frame was all the employees of the Airtel. This study utilized a questionnaire. Qualitative and quantitative methods of data analysis were used. The Data was analyzed using Descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics used the mean and standard deviation while inferential analysis used of correlation and regression. Analysis was made with use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Ms Excel spreadsheets.Results: The study findings indicated that recognition & identity, customer loyalty, differentiation and quality image building affected sales performance.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommends all companies to view strategy of differentiation as a more important and distinct means to achieve competitive advantage than a low cost strategy.
Boas práticas de produção e a percepção do manipulador em relação ao COVID-19 em uma unidade de alimentação e nutrição militar no município de São Paulo
Authors: Pontes Bárbara Pestana , Silva do Amaral Jhessica , Rodrigues Michetti Laiz , Beneton Luques Cláudia , Ferreira Corrêa Fernanda
Published: September 2020

O Manual de Boas Práticas é um documento que descreve as ações realizadas no estabelecimento, como as medidas higiênico-sanitárias do local, a fim de garantir a qualidade dos alimentos preparados. Com o surgimento do novo coronavírus (COVID-19) e a situação atual de pandemia, o cenário de alimentação coletiva deve ser analisado pelo nutricionista para avaliar as possíveis adequações no serviço de alimentação e nutrição durante este período. Este trabalho tem como objetivo verificar a aplicação das ferramentas do Manual de Boas Práticas na prevenção do COVID-19 em uma UAN militar. Realizou-se uma avaliação diagnóstica através de um questionário online com 10 militares, homens, adultos, envolvidos na produção de alimentos. Baseado nos apontamentos, realizou-se treinamentos sobre o manual de boas práticas e ações de prevenção ao COVID-19 através de apresentações verbais e infográficos fixados no ambiente. Após os treinamentos, o questionário foi reaplicado da mesma maneira para os mesmos militares, para comparar assertividade entre a primeiro e o segundo questionário. Como resultado, o houve um aumento de 70% de assertividade nas respostas no segundo questionário após as intervenções. Dessa forma, o manipulador com maior grau de informação compreende e executa corretamente as diretrizes do Manual de Boas Práticas de Produção, que é uma ferramenta essencial na prevenção de diversas doenças transmitidas por alimentos e, ainda, reduz a transmissão direta do COVID-19 entre os colaboradores no ambiente de produção, visto que este fornece o passo a passo para o controle higiênico-sanitário, sendo ainda mais imprescindível no cenário atual em que vivemos.
La antología de relatos Ciudad fantasma: del México prehispánico al caos de la modernidad
Authors: Zavala Medina Daniel , Sardiñas José Miguel
Published: September 2020

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar algunas de las características de los dos volúmenes de la antología Ciudad fantasma. Relato fantástico de la Ciudad de México (XIX-XXI) (2013), compilada por Bernardo Esquinca y Vicente Quirarte. Inicialmente, se revisará la manera de construir lo fantástico a partir de dos aspectos: por un lado, a través de los paratextos más importantes de la obra (prólogos y cartas anexas); por el otro, mediante varios de los elementos que le dan forma como antología propiamente (selección y organización de los textos). Asimismo, señalaremos de manera general otras particularidades de lo fantástico en esta obra. Y una de las más significativas es postular el fenómeno fantástico con base en la irrupción del mundo y de los mitos del México prehispánico en la capital actual.
Caja de fractales (2017), una propuesta de humanismo antropocénico en tiempo de ecocidio.
Authors: Albújar-Escuredo Miguel Angel
Published: September 2020

This paper analyzes the novel Caja de fractales (2017) by Puerto Rican writer Luis Othoniel Rosa, which portrays an original proposal of the humanist artist’s role in a time of ecocide. The novel belongs by its own right to the Climate Fiction subgenre. It proposes that we should evolve towards a more humane and less harmful humanity thanks to a recycled mentality, which could adapt and consequently make us survive our anthropocenic era. This essay also argues the importance of the novel in the current literary scene; it points out the author’s interpretation of what humanism is confronting the risk of a possible human extinction, and compares it with the similar vision of other theorists of humanism in our time of Anthropocene. Finally, it translates Othoniel Rosa´s survival proposal into a mixture based on artistic cooperation and empathic action that would give rise to human salvation through a new civilizational paradigm, now that Petrocapitalism has been overcome.
Autofiction and its fantastic modalities in César Aira’s Cómo me hice monja
Authors: Snauwaert Erwin
Published: September 2020

As a narrative practice in which the author invents a personality and an existence while preserving his personal identity and true name, ‘autofiction’ constitutes a suitable instrument to give rise to ‘the fantastic’. By fusing the narrative pacts of the autobiography and the autobiographical novel, autofiction establishes an ambiguity similar to that of the ‘vacillation’ between the strange and the marvelous, which lays the foundations of the fantastic genre. The continuous allusion to the author’s person, in addition, provides the reference to reality, which is crucial in accentuating the uncanny, and intensifies the sense of perplexity experienced by the reader. This affinity between these concepts will be illustrated in Cómo me hice monja (1993), a short novel by César Aira, in which autofiction elicits the fantastic, at the level of ‘perception’, by merging with the monstrous, and by establishing a posthumous narration, at the level of ‘language’. By acting in concert, these two modalities revive ancestral fears and corroborate the unusual character of the fantastic genre.
Un acercamiento al fantástico femenino hispanoamericano
Authors: Burgos López Campo Ricardo
Published: September 2020

El texto es una reseña de la obra Fantastic Short Stories by Women Authors from Spain and Latin America (2019), una antología crítica de cuentos fantásticos escritos por mujeres de España y Latinoamérica editada por Patricia García y Teresa López-Pellisa.
La Ciencia Recreativa, “Un viaje al país de las larvas” (1879), de José Joaquín Arriaga
Authors: Fernández Delgado Miguel A
Published: September 2020

Se trata de uno de los últimos capítulos que publicó el científico y divulgador mexicano José Joaquín Arriaga, referente a las hormigas y su mundo, para lo cual se imaginó a sí mismo convertido en hormiga con el fin de describir mejor su vida, en un capítulo en el que predominó la imaginación, pues a veces los insectos parecen vivir en forma muy similar a la de los humanos.
Clinical manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment of Klinefelter syndrome
Authors: Cho Hyun Hee
Published: September 2020

Klinefelter syndrome is the most common congenital chromosomal syndrome in men. Clinical manifestations of Klinefelter syndrome vary greatly depending on the level of expression of the added X chromosome, the sensitivity of the androgen receptor, and the testosterone level. On average, the likelihood of a lifetime diagnosis of Klinefelter syndrome patients is less than 40%, and more than 60% of patients are unaware of their condition. Klinefelter syndrome patients in infancy sometimes have speech impairment; however, there are more cases without symptoms. In the early stages of puberty, there are many normal puberty development cases, but after mid-puberty, secondary sexual characteristics stop progressing. In adulthood, it is often diagnosed as a non-obstructive azoospermia disease. After middle-age, an increase in various metabolic disorders due to testosterone reduction appears as the main symptom. Testosterone treatment can promote the development of secondary sexual characteristics from puberty. Diagnosing a patient with Klinefelter syndrome due to infertility in adulthood may cause a psychological shock; therefore, a psychotherapeutic approach is also essential. Klinefelter syndrome is a disease that requires lifelong management, and in most cases the quality of life of patients and their families can be improved with appropriate therapeutic intervention. Because there are many cases without symptoms, it is important to screen suspected patients through active chromosomal testing.
Characteristics of the summer atmospheric boundary layer height over the Tibetan Plateau and influential factors
Authors: Che Junhui , Zhao Ping
Published: September 2020

Abstract. Based on intensive sounding, surface sensible heat flux, solar radiation, and soil moisture observational datasets from the Third Tibetan Plateau Atmospheric Scientific Experiment and the routine meteorological operational sounding and total cloudiness datasets in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) for the period 2013–2015, we investigate the features of summer atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) over the TP and its major influential factors. It is found that the convective boundary layer (CBL) and the neutral boundary layer (NBL) show remarkable diurnal variations over the TP, while the stable boundary layer (SBL) diurnal variation is weak. In the early morning, the ABL height distribution is narrow, with a small west-east difference. The SBL accounts for 85 % of the TP ABL. At noon, there is a wide distribution in the ABL height up to 4000 m. The CBL accounts for 77 % of the TP ABL, with more than 50 % of the CBL height above 1900 m. The ABL height exhibits a large west-east difference, with a mean height above 2000 m in the western TP and around 1500 m in the eastern TP. In the late afternoon, the CBL and SBL dominate the western and eastern TP, respectively, resulting in a larger west-east difference of 1054.2 m between the western and eastern TP. The high ABL height in a cold environment over the western TP (relative to the plain areas) is similar to that in some extreme hot and arid areas such as Dunhuang and Taklimakan Deserts. For the western (eastern) TP, there is low (high) total cloud coverage, with large (small) solar radiation at the surface and dry (wet) soil. These features result in high (low) sensible heat flux and thus promotes (inhibits) the local ABL development.
Airborne mapping of the sub-ice platelet layer under fast ice in
McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Authors: Haas Christian , Langhorne Patricia J. , Rack Wolfgang , Leonard Greg H. , Brett Gemma M. , Price Daniel , Beckers Justin F. , Gough Alex J.
Published: September 2020

Abstract. Basal melting of ice shelves can result in the outflow of supercooled ice shelf water, which can lead to the formation of a sub-ice platelet layer (SIPL) below adjacent sea ice. McMurdo Sound, located in the southern Ross Sea, Antarctica, is well known for the occurrence of a SIPL linked to ice shelf water outflow from under the McMurdo Ice Shelf. Airborne, single frequency, frequency-domain electromagnetic induction (AEM) surveys were performed in November of 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, and 2017 to map the thickness and spatial distribution of the landfast sea ice and underlying, porous SIPL. We developed a simple method to retrieve the thickness of the consolidated ice and SIPL from the EM inphase and quadrature components, supported by EM forward modeling, and calibrated and validated by drill-hole measurements. Linear regression of EM inphase measurements of apparent SIPL thickness and drill-hole measurements of true SIPL thickness yields a scaling factor of 0.3 to 0.4, and rms error of 0.47 m. EM forward modeling suggests that this corresponds to SIPL conductivities between 900 and 1800 mS/m, with associated SIPL solid fractions between 0.09 and 0.47. The AEM surveys showed the spatial distribution and thickness of the SIPL well, with SIPL thicknesses of up to 8 m near the ice shelf front. They indicate interannual SIPL thickness variability of up to 2 m. In addition, they reveal high-resolution spatial information about the small-scale SIPL thickness variability, and indicate the presence of persistent peaks in SIPL thickness that may be linked to the geometry of the outflow from under the ice shelf.
Wind turbine load validation in wakes using field reconstruction techniques and nacelle lidar wind retrievals
Authors: Conti Davide , Pettas Vasilis , Dimitrov Nikolay , Peña Alfredo
Published: September 2020

Abstract. This study proposes two methodologies for improving the accuracy of wind turbine load assessment under wake conditions by combining nacelle-mounted lidar measurements with wake wind field reconstruction techniques. The first approach consists in incorporating wind measurements of the wake flow field, obtained from nacelle lidars, into random, homogeneous Gaussian turbulence fields generated using the Mann spectral tensor model. The second approach imposes wake deficit time-series, which are derived by fitting a bivariate Gaussian shape function on lidar observations of the wake field, on the Mann turbulence fields. The two approaches are numerically evaluated using a virtual lidar simulator, which scans the wake flow fields generated with the Dynamic Wake Meandering (DWM) model. The lidar-reconstructed wake fields are input to aeroelastic simulations of the DTU 10 MW wind turbine and the resulting load predictions are compared with loads obtained with the target (no lidar-based) DWM simulated fields. The accuracy of load predictions is estimated across a variety of lidar beam configurations, probe volume sizes, and atmospheric turbulence conditions. The results indicate that the 10-min power and fatigue load statistics, predicted with lidar-reconstructed fields, are comparable with results obtained with the DWM simulations. Furthermore, the simulated power and load time-series exhibit a high level of correlation with the target observations, thus decreasing the statistical uncertainty (realization-to-realization) by a factor between 1.2 and 5, compared to results obtained with the baseline, which is DWM simulated fields with different random seeds. Finally, we show that the spatial resolutions of the lidar's scanning strategies as well as the size of the probe volume are critical aspects for the accuracy of the reconstructed wake fields and load predictions.
La frontera del territorio conocido: colonización y deslinde de tierras baldías en el México decimonónico
Authors: Sanchez Evelyne
Published: September 2020

Se propone analizar la evolución, desde la independencia hasta el Porfiriato, de las políticas llevadas a cabo por los sucesivos gobiernos para controlar el territorio mediante la creación de colonias agrícolas. Si los proyectos de los años 1820 muestran un optimismo y una concepción clásica de la noción de frontera, se observa que rápidamente las élites intelectuales y políticas mexicanas se dieron cuenta de su poco conocimiento del territorio mexicano, incluso del más antiguamente controlado –entre el puerto de Veracruz y la ciudad de México– y transformaron su proyectos utilizando una táctica de control de frontera en un territorio cada vez más cercano. Varios eventos aceleraron esta evolución: la pérdida de Texas como consecuencia de la instalación de la colonia por S. Austin; la rebelión maya en Yucatán y la inestabilidad política que impidió el diseño de verdaderas políticas públicas. Más de un siglo después de las grandes exploraciones botánicas, el gobierno tuvo que contratar empresas extranjeras para conocer el potencial y el estatus de tierras tan cercanas como las de Veracruz. Las colonias agrícolas, pensadas originalmente para poblar e integrar a la economía nacional zonas marginales del territorio, terminaron instalándose en propiedades privadas endeudadas o tierras ya pobladas y a veces reivindicadas por los pueblos vecinos, o siguiendo la instalación de las vías férreas con las que se contaba reconquistar y unificar el territorio nacional.
'En mi condición de apátrida…' La inmigración sirio-libanesa en Ecuador durante la primera mitad del siglo XX
Authors: Terán Najas Rosemarie
Published: September 2020

Frente a políticas inmigratorias de tipo restrictivo y selectivo que Ecuador puso en marcha durante las primeras décadas del siglo XX, y ante la imposibilidad de acceder a la ciudadanía formal, los sirio-libaneses buscaron integrarse en el lugar de destino mediante un doble mecanismo: negociando una identidad formal enmarcada en la acción tutelar de la Legación Francesa en Ecuador; y generando espacios asociativos que, sin dejar de visibilizar la procedencia de origen, mostraron una disposición a articularse a la nación de acogida. Este artículo explora ambas dimensiones como experiencias de una diáspora que permitieron inventar sentidos identitarios alternativos a los nacionales, interrelacionando los lugares de origen y de destino.
Basura electrónica
Authors: Costa Morata Pedro
Published: September 2020

Nacido en Amsterdam en 1959. Es autor del libro Fibra oscura, profesor de nuevos medios, cofundador de la lista de correos Nettime y un participante prolífico en la creación de una cultura crítica de la red. Este activista y conferenciante holandés combina teoría y práctica para ofrecernos una radiografía fidedigna de los nuevos medios.
Gender and Development: A Study of Feminist Theories
Authors: Haque Farhana
Published: September 2020

The term feminism derived from the notion to establish women’s right equal like men. It refers to the ideology that men and women should be treated equally both in the sections of politics and morality. Feminism means to create a scope to women to raise their voice against men regarding the matter of equality and as a result feminism does frequently linked towards different types of motions since last two centuries and performed to execute the concept of parity through implanting it throughout the culture. There are several other opinions and ideologies by different feminists regarding the term equality. The individual feminists said equality means equal treatment and that should be under the laws about homage the person and possession like the entire human beings without paying attention towards the secondary characteristics like sex, race, ethnicity. The school of feminism which is radical feminism. According to them parity means socioeconomic parity where power and wealth should be re-established by law through the society. Therefore from the historical perspectives advantages of men become deleted.
Learning Through Pictures: The Integration of Reflexive Photography in Social Justice Education
Authors: Goitom Mary
Published: September 2020

This article explores the use of reflexive photography as an experiential teaching method in teaching social justice education in an undergraduate social work program. Using critical auto-ethnography as a method, it discusses how this was built into a second-year Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) course by way of planning and application. Drawing on Freire’s concept of reflexive practice and based on the experiences of a social work educator teaching this course, the paper describes how (a) the course was designed and executed to realize student knowledge, (b) reaffirm the importance of reflexive practice for knowledge building and (c) for social transformation. On the basis of reflection from its application and student experiences, the author discusses the potential effect that integrating arts-informed teaching methods have on social justice oriented approaches to social work practice, the development of students’ practice and professional identity.
Evaluation of Entomopathogenic Bacteria Against Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
Authors: Tozlu Elif , Kotan Recep , Tozlu Göksel , Tekiner Nasibe , Çalmaşur Önder , Dadaşoğlu Fatih
Published: September 2020

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti) (Hemiptera: Diaspidae) which has a wide host range, is an important pest causing losses in yield. The insecticides are used for control against this pest but insecticidal control is difficult as scales protect themselves very effectively with hard, waxy armor. Also, the negative effects of the chemicals used in the control against benefical insects and with the increasing awareness on environmental issues, alternative methods were sought. Therefore, this study was performed to develop an alternative and effective control method for this pest by using biocontrol bacteria Bacillus pumilus (TV-67C), Brevibacillus brevis (CP-1) and Bacillus megaterium (TV-91C) under controlled conditions. The death adult number of the pest was recorded and mortality rate was calculated. All of the tested bacterial strains showed mortality rates from 41.68% to 89.04% against the white peach scale under controlled conditions. Consequently, our results indicated that especially B. pumilus strain TV-67C and B. brevis strain CP-1 can be used as biocontrol agents of P. pentagona.
Nota editorial
Authors: Ferrada Walker Luis Valentín
Published: September 2020

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