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ADMINISTRASI LAYANAN KHUSUS
Authors: Meilinda Fuji Rahma
Published: January 2020

Special services are held in schools with the aim of facilitating the implementation of teaching in order to achieve the goals of education in schools. Special service management is a process of providing services to students to support learning activities so that educational goals can be achieved effectively and efficiently.
Fenomena Pertumbuhan Ekonomi Melalui Pendekatan Kepada Karakteristik SDM Indonesia
Authors: Aribah Farah
Published: January 2020

Along with economic growth that began to increase, the government also began to improve the quality of Indonesian human resources. The purpose of this research is to analyze the phenomenon of economic growth in Indonesia through one of the determining factors, namely the quality of Indonesian Human Resources (HR). In improving the quality of Indonesian HR, it requires several aspects that must be focused, one of them is character education of Indonesian HR itself. In this study, the authors compare how the level of economic growth in Indonesia with the quality of Indonesian human resources. By studying and analyzing the character of HR and the level of economic growth in Indonesia the author has learned how to influence the quality of Indonesian HR on the level of economic growth. The results of this study can be used as a reference for the government in analyzing how important it is to improve the quality of human resources by taking into account the characteristics of Human Resources in Indonesia. The character of qualified Indonesian HR must be formed as early as possible so that it becomes an HR that can compete with the times so that HR can be one of the factors increasing Indonesia's economic growth.
PROSES DAN TEKNIK SUPERVISI
Authors: HIDAYAH NOOR
Published: December 2019

Broadly speaking, the activities in the supervision process can be divided into 3, namely, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Administrasi Sarana dan Prasarana
Authors: Fatmawati Suci
Published: January 2020

Facilities administration is anything that can be used in the education process, such as stationery, desks, chairs, and so forth. While infrastructure is something that supports the educational process, such as land, buildings, canteens, and others.So the administration of facilities and infrastructure is everything that supports directly or indirectly in the education process to achieve educational objectives effectively and efficiently.
ANALISIS KOMPLEKSITAS WAKTU ALGORITMA KRIPTOGRAFI ELGAMAL DAN DATA ENCRYPTION STANDARD
Authors: Kabetta Herman
Published: January 2020

ElGamal as an asymmetric key cryptographysystem and Data Encryption Standard (DES) as a symmetrickey cryptography system, both of algorithms will becompared using the time complexity analysis and computersimulation. The result of time analysis shows a dif erentcomplexity for both algorithms, there is quadraticcomplexity for ElGamal Algorithm and Linear Complexityfor DES algorithm. Input that is used by ElGamal algorithmis the private key, while for DES algorithm is the plaintext’ssize. Based on result of simulation using a computer program, it shows a significant timing dif erences, ElGamal’s time execution is longer than DES. This iscaused by dif erences of arithmetic operations that is usedby each algorithms.
Konsep Dasar,dan Ruang Lingkup Administrasi Pendidikan
Authors: endiapriansyah
Published: January 2020

This article describe about Educationis a process of learning knowledle skills and habits of humangroup that are passed down for one generationto another carried out comprehensivelyand systematically . As an education procces effort so student actively develop their potential to have spiritual,strength,personality,inteligenceand self development.First,researcher found teories of expert,than making the conclusion of it,continue the to communicateand evevntually make the research based of the new information.The education result in the analysis of education is all thise and facilities ise in terms of education relation according to the policieso of which have been estavished to achieve seefsien education.The important of administration an education and purpose ,it can be conclude that education administration concept couldnt be separatedvfron another .In every education process there will be a need of education administration will not achieve its glorious purpose,wgich is the human welfare.
Administrasi Ketatausahaan
Authors: putri vilda yulia , Afriansyah Hade
Published: December 2019

Administrative administration is an organizational subsystem, in this case the school organization. Its main activity is taking care of all forms of school administration, from correspondence to inventory of goods. When viewed from the above understanding, the administration does not only involve correspondence activities but also involves all material information and information in the form of documents.
Pasar Malam Sekaten Penggerak Ekonomi di Yogyakarta
Authors: Abyan Faishal Amin
Published: January 2020

The special region of Yogyakarta is one of the tourist area that rely on cultural tour sector, there are various cultural activities held by the provincial governments of yogyakarta such as sekaten to celebrate maulid prophet mohammad. These research porpouse is to describe about the change of form of sekaten that held by the yogyakarta government with the abolishment of the night fair these year. In this study the researchers used descriptive qualitative method by doing phenomenology studies. By comparing the different about the form of sekatenthis year with the sekaten past year, we can see the participation of the community with in the past year event. With the abolishment of the night fair it caused the reducing of the space for the small group of community to continue their economic activity wich was alyas there at the sekaten. The abolishment of the night fair it is also impact on the charm of sekaten to attrack tourists both local and international. This study can be the reference for the profincial government of yogyakarta as well as the community regarding the existence of the night fair in the sekaten as an important component to stimulate the economic activities of Yogyakarta community.
Proses Dan Teknik Supervisi
Authors: putri vilda yulia , Afriansyah Hade
Published: December 2019

To make it easier for principals in conducting supervision activities supervision techniques are needed. The experts differed in formulating the stages of the supervising techniques but basically remained the same. The core academic supervision competence is to foster lecturers or instructors in improving the quality of the learning process. Therefore the target of academic supervision is the lecturer or instructor in the learning process, which consists of the main material in the learning process, preparation of syllabus and lesson plans, selection of strategies / methods / techniques of learning, use of media and information technology in learning, assessing the learning process and results and classroom action research.
ARTIKEL ADMINISTRASI HUSEMAS
Authors: HIDAYAH NOOR
Published: December 2019

Husemas is a process of communication between schools and the community to increase community understanding of educational needs and activities and encourage community interest and cooperation in improving and developing schools.
Administrasi Layanan Khusus
Authors: putri vilda yulia , Afriansyah Hade
Published: December 2019

Specific services provided to students are generally the same, but the management and utilization processes are different. Some of the special services in schools are services: BK, library, laboratory, extracurricular, UKS, cafeteria, cooperative, OSIS, transportation, dormitory, acceleration, inclusion class, and PSG / internship. (1) planning, consisting of needs analysis and preparation of special service programs; (2) organizing, consisting of division of tasks to carry out special service programs; (3) Mobilization, Arrangements in the implementation of special services, and (4) Supervision, Program Control, and Supervision of Special Service Programs in Schools. Special services are needed that need to be managed with an effective management process in order to maintain the education management process, specifically at the school level.
Konsep dasar, proses dan ruang lingkup administrasi pendidikan
Authors: SANTIKA ELMI
Published: January 2020

Education is a process that exists in the learning of skills and knowledge in human groups with an effort that students can actively develop their potential. In every education process, there will be educational administration will not achieve its noble goal, which is human welfare
Dissociating gait from static appearance: A virtual reality study of the role of dynamic identity signatures in person recognition
Authors: Simhi Noa , Yovel Galit
Published: December 2019

Studies on person recognition have primarily examined recognition of static faces, presented on a computer screen at a close distance. Nevertheless, in naturalistic situations we typically see the whole dynamic person, often approaching from a distance. In such cases, facial information may be less clear, and the motion pattern of an individual, their dynamic identity signature (DIS), may be used for person recognition. Studies that examined the role of motion in person recognition, presented videos of people in motion. However, such stimuli do not allow for the dissociation of gait from face and body form, as different identities differ both in their gait and static appearance. To examine the contribution of gait in person recognition, independently from static appearance, we used a virtual environment, and presented across participants, the same face and body form with different gaits. The virtual environment also enabled us to assess the distance at which a person is recognized as a continuous variable. Using this setting, we assessed the accuracy and distance at which identities are recognized based on their gait, as a function of gait distinctiveness. We find that the accuracy and distance at which people were recognized increased with gait distinctiveness. Importantly, these effects were found when recognizing identities in motion but not from static displays, indicating that DIS rather than attention, enabled more accurate person recognition. Overall these findings highlight that gait contributes to person recognition beyond the face and body and stress an important role for gait in real-life person recognition.
Dissociating identity from gait: A virtual reality study of the role of dynamic identity signatures in person recognition
Authors: Simhi Noa , Yovel Galit
Published: December 2019

Studies on person recognition have primarily examined recognition of static faces, presented on a computer screen at a close distance. Nevertheless, in naturalistic situations we typically see the whole dynamic person, often approaching from a distance. In such cases, facial information may be less clear, and the motion pattern of an individual, their dynamic identity signature (DIS), may be used for person recognition. Recently, several studies examined the role of motion in person recognition by presenting videos of people in motion. However, such stimuli do not allow for the dissociation of gait from identity, as different individuals differ both in their gait and their identity. To examine the role of gait independently from person identity in person recognition, we used a virtual environment, which enables presenting the same type of gait across different identities. Using this setting, we assessed the accuracy and distance at which identities are recognized based on their gait, as a function of gait distinctiveness. Furthermore, the virtual environment also enabled us to assess, for the first time, the distance at which a person is recognized as a continuous variable. We find that the accuracy and distance at which people were recognized increased with gait distinctiveness. Importantly, these effects were found when recognizing identities in motion but not from static displays, indicating that DIS rather than attention, enabled more accurate person recognition. Overall these findings highlight an important role for gait in real-life person recognition and stress that gait contributes to recognition independently from the face and body.
Personality and Morality: Role of the Big Five Personality Traits in Predicting the Four Components of Moral Decision Making
Authors: Abbasi-Asl Roya , Hashemi Soheila
Published: December 2019

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to investigate the predicting role of the big five personality traits in the four components of moral decision-making. Method: The population of this descriptive-correlation study included all the students in the University of Mazandaran. The participants were 384 students selected by stratified random sampling. In order to collect data, the Mini-IPIP, Ethical Sensitivity Scale, DIT-2, Moral Identity Questionnaire and the Moral Courage Scale were used. The data were analyzed by SPSS-24.Results: According to the results of this study, neuroticism was a negative significant predictor of moral identity and moral courage, extraversion was a negative significant predictor of moral identity, openness was a positive significant predictor of moral identity, agreeableness was a positive significant predictor of moral sensitivity and moral identity and conscientiousness was a positive significant predictor of moral identity, and moral courage.Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, it can be stated that different personality traits can predict different aspects of moral decision making.
Karma and God: Convergent and divergent mental representations of supernatural norm enforcement
Authors: White Cindel , Norenzayan Ara
Published: December 2019

Cultural evolutionary theories have proposed that prosocial religious traditions can facilitate societal complexity and large-scale cooperation among strangers, in part, through the culturally transmitted belief in morally concerned supernatural entities. Although a growing number of studies have documented an association between commitment to moralizing deities or forces and increased prosocial behavior, few studies have directly examined mental representations of supernaturally monitored morality, as they are reflected in world religions as conceptions of karma and God. In seven samples (total N= 3861), we use an open-ended free-list task to investigate participants’ mental representations of God and karma, among culturally diverse samples from the USA and India, including Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, and non-religious participants. Key results showed that (1) there is substantial consensus among believers that actions relevant to interpersonal cooperation (e.g., generosity, harm, fairness, and honesty) are highly relevant to both karma and God beliefs; however, (2) God is prototypically represented as a personified, social agent, who believers have a devotional relationship with, whereas karma is more commonly conceived of as a non-agentic causal process, through which moral actions generate commensurate good and bad consequences; (3) God—but not karma—is expected to reward and punish acts of religious devotion, in addition to the harm and fairness norms that characterize interpersonal prosociality; and (4) karma—much more than God—is expected to reward generosity and punish greed. These findings show how culturally-constructed religious beliefs shape expectations about the consequence of moral behavior.
Perceived Exploitation in Quality Discrimination
Authors: Baum Stephen , Evers Ellen Riemke Katrien , Inbar Yoel
Published: December 2019

The proliferation of software and firmware-based technologies has made it easier than ever for firms to modify existing products and sell these modified products at different prices. One such production method—downward quality discrimination—involves a firm disabling certain features of a product that they produce and selling that product with disabled features as a cheaper, standalone product. For example, the (less expensive) GoPro Hero 2018 consists of the same hardware as the (more expensive) GoPro Hero 5, but includes firmware that limits the quality of the camera. Seven experiments demonstrate that consumers find firms’ downward quality discrimination less acceptable than alternative production processes. Experiments 1-2 establish this effect, while also ruling out artifactual and competing theoretical explanations. Experiments 3a-3c provide complementary and convergent evidence—via mediation and moderation—that this effect is driven by the perception that firms’ downward quality discrimination represents an attempt to exploit consumers. Two final experiments offer practical insights for marketing managers: How consumers’ disapproval of downward quality discrimination can lead to (1) decreased willingness to pay in a real, incentive-compatible online market (Experiment 4), and (2) negative word-of-mouth (WOM) and public evaluations of a firm (Experiment 5).
Group work, reflective practice and blogging in academic teaching: Developing peer learning networks
Authors: Brailas Alexios , Avani Stella-Maria , Gkini Christina , Deilogkou Maria-Afroditi , Dimitriadis Giorgos , Thravalou Elisavet , Fouka Efstathia , Koskinas Konstantinos
Published: December 2019

Collaborative work in small groups offers participants the opportunity to learn not only through the multilayered processing of a particular subject of a given body of knowledge but also through the spontaneous and unprompted communication of the different perspectives, allowing for a multivoiced understanding of the subjective lived experience. Additionally, reflective practice allows participants to revisit, understand more thoroughly, and revise their lived experiences, and, by doing so, redefine in a more empowering way their personal narratives. Online blogging in public interconnected spaces forms the necessary techno-social background for supporting the development of specialized micro-networks of practice and empowerment for all the participants. In this work, we combine these three pillars, (a) group work, (b) reflective practice, and (c) online blogging, into a university teaching model that exploits synergies and creates a context of trust and commitment to share and learn in groups. The innovation in the proposed model lies in the utilization of the individual reflections on the participants’ blogs to extend online a meaningful face-to-face group process that takes place in the here and now of the weekly group meetings. The first results from the pilot application of this model in higher education settings are presented and discussed.
A Qualitative Investigation into the Representations of Habit by Lay People
Authors: Brown Daniel , Morrissey Shirley , Hagger Martin S , Hamilton Kyra
Published: December 2019

Objective: There is continued debate regarding the most useful and meaningful way to measure habit and how to form habits via intervention. To date, lay representations of habit have rarely been explored. Such understandings may provide clarity on how researchers might better define habit, develop valid measurements of habit, and evaluate habit-based interventions. This study aimed to explore how lay people represent habit, across two studies. Methods: Study 1 (N = 158) used an online, open-ended questionnaire to elicit what lay people believe to be the salient features of habit. Study 2 involved a series of interviews and focus groups (N = 27), to explore individual representations of habit. Results: Theoretical thematic content analysis across the two studies revealed that participants described habit by what it is (i.e., an explicit outcome or internal mechanism), by habit’s features (i.e., automatic, frequent, stable cue/context, and emotionally rewarding), and by how they evaluated habits (i.e., being both “good” and “bad”). When describing the characteristics of habitual behaviours, participants identified that habits were either simple, discrete behaviours; clustered, repetitive behaviours synonymous with routine; or a self-identity characteristic. Conclusions: Current findings indicate that lay people hold consistent and contradictory representations of habit. Largely, lay representations were similar to scientific conceptualisations, with some notable difference. Participants appeared to misunderstand the cue-based mechanism of habits, interchangeably used ‘habit’ with ‘routine’, and believed that habits were emotionally rewarding. Future research should focus on integrating the beliefs identified in this research with new measures of habit and habit interventions.
The Impact of Sexism on Leadership in Female-Male Climbing Dyads
Authors: Kulich Clara , de Lemus Soledad , Muro Pilar Montañés
Published: January 2020

We investigated how sexism affected leadership in mixed-gender alpine climbing-dyads. We asked whether benevolent sexism would impair, and hostile sexism would increase (as a form of resistance) women’s leadership; and whether benevolent sexism would increase men’s leadership (as a form of paternalism). A correlational study assessed reported leading behaviour of alpine climbers. Then a vignette-based experiment presented climbers with cross-gender targets of which three were sexist (non-feminist), and one feminist (non-sexist) and assessed leading intentions depending on targets’ and participants’ gender attitudes. Findings showed that women endorsing benevolent sexism indicated lower leading intentions with targets expressing benevolent sexism (i.e., benevolent and ambivalent men) as compared to hostile sexist men. Moreover, women’s benevolent sexism negatively affected their leading intentions with men endorsing the same gender ideology. Unexpectedly, women with low endorsement of hostile sexism reported higher leading intentions with a hostile sexist man than an ambivalent one, and with an ambivalent than a benevolent man. Conversely, men intended to lead more with female targets who expressed benevolent sexism, accommodating these women’s expectations. Further, men intended to lead more with ambivalent women, than with women deviating from gender stereotypes (i.e., feminist women, or hostile sexist women - who lack benevolence expected based on gender stereotypes). We conclude that benevolent sexism likely reinforces traditional gender roles in a leadership context when men face women who fit the gender stereotype; and when women are benevolent sexist, themselves. Moreover, low hostile sexist women, confront men’s hostility with higher leading intentions, as a form of resistance.
Functional and Dysfunctional Fear of Crime in Inner Sydney: Findings from the Quantitative Component of a Mixed-Methods Study
Authors: Lee Murray , Jackson Jonathan , Ellis Justin R
Published: December 2019

This article presents the quantitative findings from a mixed-method study of perceptions of crime in inner Sydney. A survey was deployed via Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) on a randomly selected sample of the inner-Sydney population (n=409). We find that less than half of the participants worry about crime but that a sizable minority (13%) indicated that they have some worry about a category of crime every week of the year or more. Building on a recent conceptual advance Grey et al 2011), we differentiate between functional and dysfunctional fear of crime. We find that greater direct and indirect experience of victimization, believing one’s neighbourhood to be disorderly, and believing that collective efficacy is low all predict moving up the scale from no worry, to functional fear, to increasingly frequent dysfunctional fear. The findings suggest gender and age are largely unrelated to worry about crime, controlling for perceptions of community disorder, perceptions of collective efficacy, direct victimisation experience and indirect victimisation experience. We conclude with some thoughts on the role of environmental cues in shifting people’s functional response to perceived risk to dysfunctional patterning of emotions in people’s daily lives.
Integrated Insiders or Alienated Outsiders? How Strong Norms in Organizations Relate to Contractors' Cultural Integration
Authors: Corritore Matthew , Makridis Christos
Published: December 2019

Despite evidence that contract workers are often tightly integrated into organizations' work routines and processes, researchers still do not understand when contractors might be more or less culturally integrated with their organizations. How do the prevailing cultural norms in organizations relate to contract workers' cultural integration? It is unclear whether strong norms are conducive to culturally integrating both regular employees and contractors, workers who may have different cultural preferences, and who differ in status as full versus provisional organizational members. Using data from an employer review website, we examine how norm strength in organizations relates to both contractors' and regular employees' cultural integration. While regular employees exhibit more integration in organizations with stronger norms, we find that norm strength is associated with less integration among contractors, specifically those doing more independent jobs. We also examine whether strong collaborative and strong hierarchical norms appear conducive to integrating contractors versus regular employees. The results have implications for the returns to contracting in organizations, and suggest that organizational cultures face trade-offs in integrating workers across different employment arrangements.
Dialectical Evolution in the Proceeds of Knowledge Development and Social Changes
Authors: CHATTOPADHYAY BIPLAB
Published: December 2019

Evolution is a process pertaining to the material world that shapes the course of everything, both animate and inanimate, belonging to this planet and the universe. Here, we focus on understanding as to how evolution gets going through the Hegelian dialectical paradigm and the way it influences the trails of knowledge development and social dynamic changes. In congruent endeavours, the meaning of evolution in biological systems is explored. An elaboration, with illustration, is attempted in the field of science and technology to show the optimistic influence of evolution. That, the society is prone to evolutionary changes for uplifting its state, is discussed and following of the views and concepts of natural sciences, in social dynamic changes, is emphasized.
Pesantren Resistance to Modern Education System
Authors: Azalea Fariha
Published: December 2019

Pesantren (Islamic boarding school) grew as traditional Islamic education institutions since the beginning of Islam arrival to Indonesia. The kiai in the traditional pesantren educated the student set of classical Islamic text books those organized by the method sorogan and bandongan. In the early 20th century, pesantrens have got challenge with school education system that introduced by Dutch Colonial Government in the first 1900s. The challenge to pesantren also came from Muslim Reformist which also performed modern educational system in their schools and madrasah. Facing the challenge, most of pesantren modernized their educational system by performing schools and madrasah affiliated to the Indonesian government. There were only a few pesantrens those rejected the of modern educational system. Pesantren al- Is’af rejected the school education system and had ben keeping the sustainability of traditional education of Islamic knowledge teaching learning. The rejection brought about the effort of the pesantren in sthrengtening teaching learning classical Islamic textbook (kitab kuning) with sorogan and bandongan methods. Some of the text books had taugt the rule of santri learning. There were many rules, norms and belief that resulted the culture of learning in Pesantren.
Immunology Pedagogical Psychology of Pesantren Kindergarten
Authors: Azalea Fariha
Published: December 2019

Normatively, children's education is the responsibility of the family. But when families experience disharmony, even broken home, children's education prone to be abandoned. When a modern school has not been able to maximally accommodate broken home children, Early Childhood Pondok Pesantren/pontren becomes the best alternative choice. The purpose of this research is to find the best alternative education for broken home children in the modern era. This research was conducted throughout 2017 at Early Childhood Pesantren Baiquniyah Yogyakarta. This research was using the qualitative approach, while data collection techniques were observations, interviews, and documentation; data analysis was done in descriptive, interpretative, and comparative. The results show that Baiquniyah Early Childhood Pontren Yogyakarta can be the best alternative choice. This is because the Baiquniyah Early Childhood Pontren Yogyakarta is able to bring the children closer to their parents psychologically, even when they are biologically separated. This condition has implications for the increase of pedagogical immunity, in which children are not easy to stress and depression, thus comfortable in studying at pesantren.
Value Based Services for Indonesian Microtakaful
Authors: Azalea Fariha
Published: December 2019

Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) found that the poor and low income people were reluctant to join as insurance participants. OJK has conducted many socialization activities about microinsurance for low-income people which aimed to increase their literacy of insurance. SMES (Sederhana – Mudah – Ekonomis – Segera) services aim to increase insurance inclusion. The study aims to propose a model of value-based service on microtakaful. The service refers to SMES (Sederhana – Mudah – Ekonomis – Segera) and Maslahah Performa value. SMES value to explain the value expected by takaful participants. Maslahah performa to explain the fulfillment of needs to sharia demands by takaful operator. The SMES variable is developed into various sub variables according to SEOJK. Maslahah performa is elaborated to get worship orientation variables and internal process orientation which then be developed into various sub variables. The sub-variable weight is determined according to the importance level of each sub variable. The research finds that a value-based microtakaful service model can be derived from the SMES approach and maslahah performa. There is a linkage between the value-based microtakaful service according to participant expectation and spirituality and sustainability. The reasearch will contribute to increase literacy of microinsurance.
Developing the Character of Learning Community: Islamic Education in Nusantara Perspective
Authors: Azalea Fariha
Published: December 2019

This research aims to promote the development of the character of learning community at Madrasah Tsanawiyah of Bantul Regency Yogyakarta, and two problems posed to be addressed: why the character of community learning pattern does not realize as it has been expected, and how does the development of the character of learning community at MTs of Bantul look like? The research uses the Research and Development model that is consisted of four stages: exploration, development, tests, and dissemination. The data were collected by means of observatiosn, interviews, questionaire, and review of documentation. The results show: (1) the character of learning community at the MTs in Bantul Regency has not been fully established because the teachers were not active in preparing their lesson study, and they did not benefit from it. Also, they were too busy in fulfilling their obligations as teachers; (2) the development of the character of learning community at MTs in Bantul could be implemented through Classroom Action Research-based lesson study plans which are consisted of five stages: consolidation of lesson study concepts, explanation of Classroom Action Research as a form of scientific publication, planning, implementation of action, and reflection.
The 110th anniversary of Academician Vladimir Rodionovich Volobuev
Authors: Geraizade Akif Pasha oglu , Gulalyev Chingiz Gyulaly oglu , Chichulin Alexander V. , Androkhanov Vladimir A.
Published: December 2019

The article gives some biographical information and a brief outline of scientific and organizational activities of the Academician, Professor Vladimir Rodionovich Volobuev, who made an outstanding contribution to the study of the fundamental and applied properties of soils. The article also highlights his role in the development of new scientific directions, namely soil ecology and the soil formation energetics.
Managing Resources in Community Schools: An Accountability Practice in Paradox
Authors: Khanal Kul Prasad
Published: December 2019

Scholars have raised two contradictory issues of particular relevance to current debates of accountability in the utilization of resources for service delivery in public schools. First, that inadequate resource resulted in the poor performance; second, that school actors lack accountability in managing the resources at their disposal. Corresponding to these views, empirical evidence suggests that school head's proactive initiatives find ways to fill up the resource gap; and at the same time, in doing so, school head’s agency has created an invisible power structure putting his accountability practice in paradox. Building on these insights, this paper presents evidences from Nepali community schools on how head teacher’s accountability as managing resources manifests in paradoxes. I argue that under the performativity of market-based accountability narrative, the school head’s accountability is fluid and moving between the two paradoxical extremes of providing service or promoting dominance over other school actors.
Through Women’s Eyes: A Study of Vulnerability in 2015 Earthquake
Authors: Gurung Devi
Published: December 2019

The effects of disasters as being differentiated across the spectrum of sociological categories have received wider acceptance through a number of scholarly articles. In the context of Nepal, a disaster prone country, the social science scholars came to their big awakening of the long established anecdotes only after Gorkha earthquake hit the country in 2015. This qualitative research, conducted through a case study in earthquake hit Gamchha in outskirts of Kirtipur town in Kathmandu, where fifteen female respondents were interviewed in long form, puts itself in a gap, left out by the previous scholars who largely missed the post-disaster experiences of the women corresponding to their different social categories and contexts. It takes a close-up of a nuanced and a step-wise process to flesh out gender, disaster as being sociologically biased towards women, and in due course targets the gap within the category of women through the gendered perspective of disaster. Showing the pointers to the existing gaps in the approach toward the disasters, the differentiated policies are intrinsically prescribed to address the demands of women depending upon their positionality in the social landscape.
Nepali Domestic Workers in New Delhi: Strategies and Agency
Authors: Basnet Chudamani , A. S. Sandhya
Published: December 2019

Scholars have noted deplorable conditions of female migrant workers who suffer several types of citizenship disabilities as most countries do not extend equal citizenship rights and protections to migrant workers. In addition to this, they are unable to take full advantage of the rights available to them in the host countries because of low cultural and social capital. Further, studies have emphasized how the breakdown of the traditional economy and the penetration of the market in developing societies have forced people, especially from rural areas, to seek low-paying dead-end jobs in the global labor market. Examining Nepali domestic workers in New Delhi, while this research agrees with the existing studies, we also bring to notice the fact that migrant female workers are not always passive victims and that they exercise considerable choice and agency. The case of Nepali domestic workers in New Delhi offers fresh insight into the ways in which migrant women attempt to actively influence and control the work conditions and immediate labour market outcomes. This paper also shows that even if Nepali migrant workers gain in a limited way, they actively collude with their employers to marginalize native domestic workers. In the end, traditional power relations and inequality are reproduced unchallenged.
Medical Pluralism among the Tharus of Nepal: Legitimacy, Hierarchy and State Policy
Authors: Subedi Bamdev
Published: December 2019

This paper offers an understanding of medical pluralism as practiced among the Tharus of Nepal, and makes a discussion on the indigenous medicine in relation to the state health policy and the ambivalence that exists regarding official recognition of indigenous healers. Field data were collected from a village cluster of Dang district following qualitative methods: observation of healing sessions, interview with healers, patients, and key informants. Tharu healing tradition consists of three main practices: shamanic, herbal, and midwifery; practiced mainly by three types of healers: guruwa, baidawa, and surenya who employ three major strategies of healing: mantra, medicine and massage. The knowledge of healing mantras, use of local herbal medicine, and traditional midwifery and massage are the most important features of the Tharu’s indigenous healing practices. Such practices, along with those of co-inhabited non-Tharu healers and healing practices form the universe of local folk medicine. The folk medicine, which represents an oral tradition, co-exists along with scholarly traditional medicine and biomedicine. In terms of official recognition and support, biomedicine is on the top followed by scholarly traditional medicine and folk medicine falls at the bottom of the hierarchy. The scope of medical pluralism has been widened with the inclusion of scholarly traditional medicine in the official health care system. However, many of the indigenous traditional medicines that indigenous ethnic communities continue to practice still fall outside the purview of state regulation. The legitimacy of indigenous healers remains in question. An expression of sceptical and ambivalence attitudes towards indigenous healers has been reflected in the policy and planning documents. There has been an insignificant and inconsistent efforts to link indigenous healers with the official health care system and a hesitation to legitimize indigenous traditional medicine. A serious reflection is needed to move ahead from this ambivalence and inaction towards a more inclusive and democratic medical pluralism.
White Painting Pigment as a Low-Cost Light Scattering Material for Bilayer Photoelectrodes of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Authors: Joshi P.
Published: December 2019

White pigment (DuPont R902+) has been used as a light scattering material in the preparation of bilayerphotoelectrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). The X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern of the white pigment revealed that the material consists of rutile phase of titanium dioxide. The light scattering layer prepared from the white pigment was coated onto the main-layer of the photo electrodes of DSCs. The solar cells with and without light scattering layer were tested in the simulated light of 100 mW/cm2. The DSCs with the light scattering layer generated more current density than the DSCs without scattering layer and the overall light to electric power conversion efficiency of DSCs with the light scattering layer was ~4.00 % compared with 3.25 % efficiency of the DSCs without the scattering layer.
Spatial Orientation of Galaxies in Supercluster S[195+027+0022]
Authors: Malla J. R. , Aryal B. , Saurer W.
Published: December 2019

We present a study of spin vector orientation of 1198 SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey) galaxies in Super cluster S[195+027+0022] having red shift 0.07 to 0.09. The databases of these galaxies are taken from SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey) 7th and 9th data release. We have converted two dimensional data to three-dimensional by Godlowskian Transformation using position angle-inclination angle method. We intend to find non-random effects in the spatial orientation of galaxies in Super cluster. No preferred alignment of angular momentum vectors (spin vector) is noticed, supporting Hierarchy model of galaxy formation.
Energy Loss of Proton Beam on Ovary Tumor
Authors: Giri K , Khanal R.
Published: December 2019

Proton beam therapy is more effective method than most common radiation (x-rays or photons) therapy and is a new type of irradiation that destroys the tumor or cancer cells in the human body. In the proton therapy, the beam consists of charged nuclei of hydrogen atoms i.e. hydrogen ions or protons. The beam of proton loses the most of its energy to the targeted tissue like ovary tumor cells, with less impact of healthy tissues and organs. This property of a proton beam makes it ideal for clinical applications. When organ safe keeping is our priority then proton beam therapy is the most effective tool to damage nearby affected tissues. For efficient treatment planning in ovary tumor, the maximal energy loss of proton beam in its tissues must be exactly calculated. The method of computer simulation, SRIM is employed for the calculation of energy loss by energized proton beam irradiation on ovary tumor at a depth of 43.3 mm. The stopping power and range data agrees with standard reference data. 65 Mev energy loss is caused by ionization and the energy loss in various layers viz. skin, adipose tissue, soft muscle and ovary are approximately 2.6 MeV, 15 MeV, 7 MeVand 40 MeV respectively, ensuring less injury to healthy cells.
Theoretical Study of Plasma Using Different Dimension of Hollow Cathode
Authors: Mishra L. N. , Khanal K.
Published: December 2019

This article deals about the theoretical study on DC hollow cathode glow discharge using different hollow cathode geometry. The mechanism of discharge is analyzed at various gas pressure and radial configuration. The dependence of temperature on gas pressure has been elucidated with the help of Scotty limit. Discharge behavior with radius has also been explained. It is revealed that floating potential increases as gas pressure increases whereas plasma potential decreases as gas pressure increases. This theoretical work resembles with the experimentally measured results. This work might be useful for the plasma processing for industrial purposes.
Study of a Far Infrared Cavity around an AGB Star under Iras Survey at Galactic Latitude -1.6°
Authors: Gautam A. K. , Aryal B.
Published: December 2019

In this paper, we discuss about the physical properties of the dusty environment around the AGB star located at R.A. (J2000) = 06h 42m 02s and Dec (J2000) = 00° 53’ 00”, in the far infrared (60 and 100μm) IRAS maps. A cavity like structure (major diameter ∼ 2.5 pc & minor diameter ∼0.9 pc) is found to lie at R.A. (J2000) = 06h 41m 43.03s and DEC (J2000) = 01° 09’ 22.8”, located at a distance ∼ 405 pc from the star. By using contour map diagram, we studied the distribution of flux density, dust color temperature, dust mass and outflow mass in the cavity. The dust color temperature is found to lie in the range 21.4K to 21.9 K which shows the cavity is isolated and independently evolved. Such a low offset temperature variation shows that the star is stable and its life is long. Dust particles are less interacting and mean free path is large. The cavity may be in thermally pulsating phase. Product of dust color temperature and visual extinction is found to be less than one. A possible explanation of the results will be discussed.
A Study of Far Infrared Cavity At -3.6° Galactic Latitude
Authors: Sapkota B. B. , Aryal B.
Published: December 2019

We have present properties like inclination angle, dust color temperature and dust mass of core region in far infrared located nearby White dwarf WD2236+541.The size of cavity is 0.84 pc×0.51 pc. The cavity is formed by high pressure at the time of white dwarf formation. The dust color temperature varies from 22.42K to 27.43 K. The inclination angle of cavity is 54.2°. The position of white dwarf is found at R.A. J (2000)= 22h38m24s and Dec. J (2000)= +54°26m19s.
Study of Total Electron Content and Electron Density Profile from Satellite Observations During Geomagnetic Storms
Authors: Rana B. B. , Chapagain N. P. , Adhikari B. , Pandit D. , Pudasainee K. , Chapagain S. , Chhatkuli D.
Published: December 2019

Total Electron Content (TEC) and electron density profile are the key parameters in the mitigation of ionospheric effects on radio wave communication system. In this study, the variations of TEC and electron density profile have been analyzed using satellite data from four different latitude-longitude sectors (13°N -17°N, 88°E - 98°E), (30°N - 50°N, 95°W - 120°W), (26°S - 29°S, 163°W - 167°W,) and (45°S - 60°S, 105°W-120°W) during different geomagnetic storms. The interplanetary magnetic field (Bz), solar wind velocity (Vsw), solar wind pressure (Psw) and geomagnetic indices, aurora index -AE, Kp and disturbed stormed time index (Dst) are also analyzed to distinguish their effects on TEC and electron density. The geomagnetic indices and solar wind parameters are correlated with the TEC and electron density. The study showed that the value of TEC and electron density vary significantly with different latitude, longitude, altitude and solar activities. The result also concludes that the electron density profile increases with the altitude, acquired peak value around 250km-300km and decreased beyond the altitude of 300 km.
Empirical Models for the Evaluation of Global Solar Radiation in the Different Sites of Nepal
Authors: Pant B. P. , Poudyal K. N. , Acharya B. , Budha B.
Published: December 2019

To operate many phenomenon’s on the earth surface such as physical, chemical and biological process solar radiation plays vital role. A common practice is to estimate average daily global solar radiation (GSR) using appropriate empirical models for the areas lacking the actual measured values. In this context several single and multiple meteorological parameters were selected to estimate the GSR for Jumla, Nepalgunj and Kathmandu. In order to validate the selected models various statistical test were employed. The selected models were compared on the basis of statistical errors. In the statistical analysis the value of root mean square error (RMSE) and coefficient o determination R2 is found to 0.15.0.23, 0.26 and 0.98, 0.96, 0.96 respectively for Jumla, Nepalgunj and Kathmandu in Samuel model. These values were comparatively better than other models. It is concluded that Samuel model (order three) is the best among the used models. The established result uncover that there is a good possibility of solar energy as a alternative energy source in Nepal.
An Infrared Survey of Isolated Nebular Structures at Galactic Latitudes 16.98° & 1.98° in ARAS map
Authors: Thapa A. S. , Paudel M. S. , Pant B.
Published: December 2019

Two isolated far infrared dust structures (∼2.61pc × 1.57pc and ∼82.99pc × 39.99pc) at galactic coordinates: (353.01°, 16.98°) and (18.42°, 1.98°), were selected. We adopted the distance of the first structure to be about 139 pc and that of the second structure to be 2.6 kpc. In this present work we have studied the flux density variation and calculated dust color temperature and mass profile of the dust and Jeans mass of the structures using the data reduction software ALADIN v9. Our aim was to test whether this region is star forming or not. We also calculated the size and inclination angle of our structures. The dust color temperature is found to lie in the range 20.75 K to 35.90 K for the first region and 22.52 K to 45.63 K for the second region. The total mass of gas for the first structure is found to be about 20.99 M☉ and Jeans mass is found to be 180.9 M☉, which is significantly greater than the total mass of the structure, suggesting no possibility of star formation activity for the first region. For the second region, the total mass of gas and the Jeans mass are found to be 5621.61 M☉ and 6005.04 M☉ respectively. The mass of the region is still significantly lesser than the Jeans mass. Thus, we conclude that this region is also probably not a star forming region. Also the study of inclination angle suggests that the three-dimensional shape of structures is non uniform and regularly shaped.