bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Identification of novel Bioactivities from Bee venom to target TNF-α for cancer therapy
Authors: Saravanan Deepak , Rafi Shaik Mohammad , Mohan Monisha
Published: May 2023

Cancer is one of the major public health problems globally which arises due to uncontrolled cellular proliferation. Tumor necrosis factor alpha is a member of the TNF/TNFR cytokine superfamily. Currently, the venom from various sources have been widely used in the treatment of cancer. The bioactive present in bee venom has been reported to have potential antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer activity which has drawn the attention to identify the novel inhibitor against TNF-α. Bee venom has been reported to target ovarian, breast, prostate and malignant hepatocellular carcinoma. TNF-α is involved in the maintenance and homeostasis of the immune system, inflammation, and host defense. The oncogenic protein TNF-α plays a critical role in the development of various cancers including renal, lung, liver, prostate, bladder, and breast cancer. TNF-α enhances cancer cell growth, proliferation, invasion, and metastasis, as well as tumor angiogenesis. Due to the high prevalence and mortality, TNF-α associated cancers have remained a significant health problem globally. TNF acts biologically by activating certain signaling pathways such as nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). Various toxins are being studied as alternatives for cancer treatments, and bee venom and its active components are drawing attention as potential anticancer agents. The present study identifies novel anticancer peptides that target the oncoprotein against life-threatening cancer. Docking calculations indicate that anticancer peptides, namely Melittin, Phospholipase A2, Tertiapin, and Hyaluronidase bind TNF-α respectively with the lowest binding affinity. Interestingly, Mast cell degranulating (MCD) and Apamin have the highest binding affinity with TNF-α in comparison with the above four peptides. The two lead compounds namely MCD and Apamin have the highest docking score -1253.4 and -1067.8 respectively. The present study reveals that the bee venom peptides namely MCD and Apamin interact with TNF-α associated cancer for targeted therapy of cancer. These predicted anticancer peptides are valuable candidates for in vitro or in vivo peptide therapeutic drug studies against the TNF-α associated cancers.
A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT BUDGET AND ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
Authors: Piumini Perera W. Emesha
Published: May 2023

The government concern towards preservation of Economic, Social and cultural rights of citizens of a country can be clearly visible through the fiscal policy changes and the trends in public finance. This article intends to decompose and analyse the trends of government expenditure of Sri Lanka over the past years and to investigate whether the public expenditure has been allocated for productive sectors which truely facilitate public welfare and uplift the Ecoomic,Social and cultural rights of the citizens .The considered period for the data analysis is 2010 to 2018 and also a special emphasis has been given on 2019 budget as the latest. The trends of Public expenditure on education, health and main welfare programs and recent taxation policies have been taken into account as a proxy of the attention towards ESCR by the government. The study has illustrated a significant decline in the public expenditure on education, health and welfare with heavy burden generated by indirect taxes that can draw harmful impacts on economy’s future productive potential as well as on the obligation of protecting ESCR.
A STUDY TO ASSESS PATIENT SATISFACTION IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN KARACHI
Authors: Burney Shamaila , Burney S. M. Aqil
Published: May 2023

The Emergency Department (ED) is a crucial medical treatment unit of hospital specializing in emergency medicine. EDs are responsible for providing immediate healthcare facilities to patients arriving without prior appointment. Thus, evaluating patient satisfaction is of immense importance for efficient service delivery. Very few studies are found in Pakistan, related to patients’ satisfaction and utilization of ED services both from demand and supply perspective of ED-Services Supply Chains (SSCs). Data was collected to assess 200 patient’s satisfaction towards quality of healthcare services of ED of Sindh Government Qatar Hospital, Orangi town-a tertiary care hospital in Karachi. Structured questionnaire was developed to interview patients and their attendants. Results of SPSS analysis revealed that 55% of patients were transferred to ED within 5 minutes, which shows efficient patient queues and flow management. 64.5% patient’s average LOS was between 40-60 minutes. 71% get the availability of basic facilities in ED. Majority of patients i.e. 96.5% and 90.5%, showed satisfaction with the time spent and treatment given by the doctor. Majority of the patients (96%) are satisfied with the services and performance of ED of a tertiary care hospital and 76% patients showed willingness to recommend ED of Government Qatar Hospital, Karachi to others.
UNFOLDING THE POLITICAL PARANOID: A DISCOURSE-BASED INQUIRY INTO PAKISTANI POLITICAL NARRATIVES
Authors: Tehseem Tazanfal , Tassadiq Naima , Bokhari Zahra
Published: May 2023

This paper aims at unfolding political conspiracies that help to manipulate political reality in Pakistan. It significantly builds on the empirical data to show how language and social semeiotics are used to coin catchy slogans to serve the politicians. Political narratives remained a field of utmost interest to the discourse analysts since they offer a rich data for a significant use of persuasively manipulative language, and they signify one of the most implicit ways in which socio-political dogmas are disseminated so they are to be carefully crafted to help model linguistic choices. Based on Discourse Historical Approach (DHA) the present study highlights that the identifiable linguistic patterns perform a greater role in shaping political reality, and those are influenced by the sociopolitical and historical perspectives of the society concerned. The data comprises slogans from different registered political parties in Pakistan such as Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) and Pakistan Tehreke’ Insaf (PTI). The study has found that the political parties in Pakistan use to craft new slogans to manipulate reality to legitimise political environment in their favour and in doing so, they use different semiotic resources including entities, socio-cultural circumstances and verbal exchanges.
SUBVERSION OF PRE-DEFINED FEMALE GENDER ROLES IN PAKISTANI SOCIETY: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF THE SHADOW OF THE CRESCENT MOON, BUTTERFLY SEASON AND STAINED
Authors: Zaidi Saba , Sahibzada Mehwish , Farooq Sardar
Published: May 2023

The present research aspires to represent the subversion of pre-defined gender roles in the novels; The Shadow of the Crescent Moon (2013) by Fatima Bhutto, Butterfly Season (2014) by Natasha Ahmed, and Stained (2016) by Abda Khan. The researchers had tried to depict the destabilization of gender-based stereotyped identity from the Pakistani perspective. The selected method of study was Feminist Analysis by Tyson (2006), which examined literature as a medium to represent feminist issues, whereas; the theoretical angle of “Matrix of Domination” from Collins’ (2004) Feminist/Gender theory was used as a principle to analyze and depict the subversion of pre-defined gender roles in the selected novels. Present study aimed to establish the notion of gender as a social construct that could be subverted through literary discourses that have the potential to challenge the power-based gender roles within a patriarchal society. In this regard, different critical works of prominent theorists and writers had been discussed briefly in the literature review to project the significance of the works by contemporary Pakistani women writers as a medium to subvert identities formed by their society. Gender was also a means of power, through which the dominant sought to control the subordinate. The objective of the research was to suggest that gender is socially constructed, therefore, it can be deconstructed through literature. The selected novels exemplify the current gender inclinations of today’s Pakistan with the pen of female writers. Stereotyped gender identity is a socially constructed vice that divides humans into segments, hence it is required of the contemporary discourses to decenter such power discourses that perpetuate hegemonic boundaries and restrict the women into social shackles of imposed identities.
PROMOTING METACOGNITION OF READING STRATEGIES IN A HIGHER EDUCATION CONTEXT IN PAKISTAN
Authors: Khurram Bushra
Published: May 2023

To develop reading skills of students, teachers have been advised to provide metacognitive reading strategy instruction by researchers. However, previous research has provided limited understanding of how teachers could foster metacognition of reading strategies in a ‘real’ classroom setting. Moreover, previous research pre-supposed an a priori list of teaching practices in the lessons and did not take into account the needs of the students and the context during metacognitive reading strategy instruction. Studies facilitating metacognitive reading strategy instruction in an ESL setting are also rare. This paper reports on an action research that provides a detailed data-led understanding of how metacognition of reading strategies could be promoted in an ecologically valid university level ESL classroom setting. The study participants of this study were eight undergraduate university students. Data for the study was collected through learner diaries, interviews, think aloud protocols, note-taking, researcher journal and end of class feedback in two action research cycles over an academic year. The findings revealed that providing explicit instruction and opportunities for collaborative discussion about strategy use as well as promoting students’ interest in reading helped raise students’ awareness, use and regulation of reading strategies. Implications of the study are discussed.
INVESTIGATING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE THROUGH LINGUISTIC CHOICES IN SLUM CHILD: A GENDER-BASED STUDY
Authors: Masood Tarim , Tehseem Tazanfal
Published: May 2023

This study investigates how domestic violence and abuse have been portrayed in Bina Shah’s Slum Child. The study analyzes how women’s portrayal construes domestic violence, abuse, marginalization, and victimization. The study employs Thematic Roles given by Andrew and Radford, as cited in Saeed to explore the linguistic choices which are significant in reflecting the underlying ideology of the author. Research shows that the beats, mourns, screams, and shouts of the female characters as portrayed in the novel represent the distress, restraint, and implicit horrendous recollections. This study has contended that the selected novel features the complex relationship of females with space and researched how the female characters swaying among private and public spaces find the metropolitan space afraid for them. This study suggests that the academia through literature must commend voice following the troubles of the declined women whosoever are tragically collided together by the perpetrators.
MARITAL LIFE: A CHALLENGE FOR PURSUING HIGHER EDUCATION BY WOMEN IN PAKISTAN
Authors: Munir Malik , Munir Bakhtawar , Bhutto Sana
Published: May 2023

Misapprehensions of culture and religion are used for the early marriages of women in Pakistan, which generates few significant challenges for women to pursue their higher education. The present study identifies such challenges for married women in higher education. These challenges are relevant to women’s post-marriage lifespan in rural Pakistan. Building upon Fredrickson’s (2001) and Hobfoll’s (2001) theories focused on post marriages issues, the study has developed open-ended questions for collecting in-depth information. Therefore, 43 in-depth interviews with married women were conducted and through qualitative data analysis using NVIVO software, the study has highlighted that early marriages of girls have become a cultural norm, and education priorities of the girls are insignificant for parents to decide the marriage date. Married women pursuing education at marriage do not get any support from husbands and in-laws as the patriarchal norms prohibit women from stepping out from home. In these circumstances, women may get subject to the victim of many unlawful practices, including intimate partner violence (IPV). Thus, the present study findings imply that married women's participation in higher education is negligible due to weak legislation on women’s rights and strong illegitimate tribal practices.
ROLE OF SPORTS SPONSORSHIP IN REVENUE GENERATION
Authors: Pawar Bhavya
Published: May 2023

Sports sponsorship's contribution to income generation has been a hotly debated issue in the business world. In return for opportunities for advertising or promotion, businesses back teams or sporting events financially through sports sponsorship. This essay looks at the value of sports sponsorship in terms of generating income for both the sponsor and the organisation being sponsored. The paper examines how sports sponsorship can aid businesses in gaining brand recognition, boosting sales, and cultivating customer loyalty. It also examines how athletic organisations can generate money for their operations and investments through sports sponsorship. The paper concludes that, if done strategically and with a clear grasp of the goals and objectives of both the sponsor and the sponsored entertainment, sports sponsorship can be a potent tool for revenue generation
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS ON PERFORMANCE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN NYANDARUA COUNTY, KENYA
Authors: Ndungu Dr. Antony Wainaina , Ochora Ochoi Kepha , Maureen Nkirote Nturibi
Published: May 2023

The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of project management information systems on road construction project performance; a case of Nyandarua County, Kenya. The objective of this study was to establish the extent to which system quality influences the performance of road construction projects. The study was hinged on the Delone and Mclean IS Success Model .The study adopted a descriptive research design. The target population was 302 comprising of project managers, construction managers and project supervisors from 62 local road construction projects in Nyandarua County. The 169 participants were recruited by a stratified proportional random selection procedure. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect primary information. Statistical Analysis Software for the Social Sciences was used for the data analysis (SPSS Version125.0). All numerical variables had their descriptive statistics computed, including frequency and percentage distributions, mean and standard deviation, and presentation in frequency tables. Inferential data analysis was done using multiple regression analysis. According to the research, the quality of the system had a minor impact on road construction project performance. The research found out that the information quality provided by the system has a significant impact on the outcomes of road construction performance projects. The study also found out that the performance of road construction projects was moderately affected by the ease with which project data could be accessed and retrieved. From the findings, the study revealed that a unit increase in system quality would lead to a 0.828 increase in performance of road construction projects in Nyandarua County. This variable was significant since p=0.001 is less than 0.05 and therefore the study established that system quality had a positive influence on the performance of road construction projects in Nyandarua County, Kenya (β=0.828, p=0.001<0.05).
EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES: A STUDY OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN INDIA AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Tapuriah Aarav
Published: May 2023

During my 9th and 10th grades, from March 2020 to December 2021, I witnessed the extensive impact of COVID-19 on all aspects of life. Seeing how businesses shut down and individuals and communities were impacted, I realized that I wanted to pursue business, but with a specific focus on the role business can play in the community. Although I had always been interested in business and entrepreneurship, this period solidified my decision. I searched for opportunities to study or intern in companies during my summer holidays, but due to the pandemic, these possibilities did not exist. Instead, I followed the news, which was dominated by growing COVID-19 numbers, vaccinations, and mainly the human aspect. I saw how people were struggling with their jobs, taking care of their families, and adapting to several new realities of life. However, what impressed me the most was how the Indian corporate sector, including Indian companies of all sizes and multinationals in India, went the extra mile to help people who had lost their jobs or were facing hardships within their families. I realized that these activities fell within the scope of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which companies regularly do. I also witnessed my mother working in community-building initiatives even before the pandemic. I realized that CSR is a crucial aspect of business, particularly in India, and that I wanted to explore it further. My research paper focuses on CSR, its types, scope, the top 10 companies in India by CSR spends. It also features case studies of two large Indian corporations that I admire for their diversity, namely ITC and TCS, as well as Cosmo First, with which I was personally involved in CSR.
HOW DOES INDIA’S UNION BUDGET FOR 2023-24 IMPACT CHILDREN?
Authors: Garg Suhani
Published: May 2023

India’s Union Budget is an annual financial statement that details all of the country’s estimated expenses and receipts by the government for a certain year. These include provisions for infrastructure, sustainable development, subsidies and taxes as well as children’s education and healthcare, including various schemes and programs allocated towards them. However, the majority of current research lacks a specific focus towards children in its budget analyses. This study aims to understand the impact of the Union Budget on Children as the population. Budget allocation is done in two major areas for children: education and healthcare. The findings show an underallocation of funds towards child health and education according to the Union Budget based on the growing population, status of children and the country’s requirements. This paper showcases the need for a greater monetary focus on children in future allocations in order to secure the country’s future. This will allow governments and organisations to aid child growth and development and reduce rates of child mortality and wasting.
GREENWASHING IN BUSINESS: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF DECEPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIMS ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
Authors: Somany Nirvaan
Published: May 2023

In recent years, the concept of “greenwashing” has become increasingly prevalent in the marketing industry. Greenwashing refers to the practice of companies exaggerating or misrepresenting the environmental benefits of their products or services in order to appeal to environmentally conscious consumers. To better understand and analyze this practice in the context of a need to urge corporations towards environmental-friendly approaches, we must deconstruct and study the causes, rationale, and outcomes of this practice as well. This paper aims to examine the prevalence, causes, effects, and techniques of greenwashing in marketing through a wide-perspective literature review and a critical analysis of three case examples that include a study of cases of greenwashing by corporations and brands like H&M, Unilever, and Nestle.
Las tensiones entre el movimiento de masas y la vía institucional: un análisis del movimiento “Chile despertó”
Authors: Yáñez Lagos Lidia
Published: May 2023

This essay aims to analyze the tension between institutionality and mass social movements based on the case of the ‘Chile awoke’ movement, which developed from October 2019 to March 2020. In order to do this, the essay begins contextualizing Chilean democracy after the dictatorship and the re-emergence of social movements. Subsequently, it explores the tensions with the institutionality of the Chilean student and feminist movements, which are the most relevant in recent decades. In the following section, the emergence of Chile awoke movement and its characteristics are examined, trying to reveal the reasons for its massiveness and the role of non-politicized or organized people in it. The text ends with some comments on the recent results of the constitutional process undertaken as a result of these protests, revealing some keys to understanding the possibilities and limits of the institutionality to canalize the demands of the mass movement.
¿Qué pasa en Nicaragua? La rebelión autoconvocada en contra del modelo corporativo
Authors: Gómez Rivera Jimmy Javier
Published: May 2023

El 18 de abril del 2018 estalló en Nicaragua una de las mayores protestas sociales en contra de las reformas de la seguridad social, haciendo tambalear al modelo corporativo desarrollado por la alianza entre el gobierno y el gran capital. Las protestas han sido ferozmente reprimidas, y desde entonces el país se encuentra sumido en una grave crisis. Este trabajo propone una lectura de la rebelión de abril de 2018 y de la situación política en Nicaragua diametralmente diferente a la que se difunde desde la narrativa oficial y de los sectores del gran capital. Presenta un análisis de la trayectoria del gobierno de Ortega Murillo y el Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, que habiendo sido un partido revolucionario se convirtió en un proyecto político reaccionario, tradicional, que opera un modelo de concertación con el gran capital, promoviendo el desarrollo de un proyecto neoliberal, extractivista, desigual, patriarcal y autoritario. Asimismo, ofrece un análisis de una serie de rebeliones que, aunque dispersas en el tiempo y desarticuladas entre sí, fueron los antecedentes de la rebelión de abril de 2018, donde se expresaron una serie de tensiones acumuladas en varios campos de la realidad nicaragüense.
SUPPORTIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND TURNOVER INTENTION: TESTING THE MEDIATION EFFECT OF PERSON-ORGANIZATION FIT
Authors: Noor Azlina Yusoff  , Yusliza Mohd Yusoff
Published: May 2023

The study’s overarching goal was to experimentally investigate how Person-Organization Fit (POF) mediates the connection between a Supportive Work Environment (SWE) and an employee Turnover Intention (TI). Academic staff from Malaysian Research Universities (RUs) were be selected using a technique of convenience sampling. Multiple items from previous studies were incorporated into questionnaires to collect responses utilizing quantitative methods. Partial Least Squares (PLS) Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) were performed using the Smart PLS 3.2.8 software sampling technique for statistical analysis and testing the proposed hypothesis. The results of this study are meant to demonstrate why SWE is linked favourably and significantly to TI. Furthermore, POF worked as a mediator between an SWE and TI relationship. This study finds that university management should continue developing ways to deliver SWE to establish a healthy environment for employees, which would lessen their willingness to resign. The literature connecting SWE and TI will benefit significantly from this research while stressing the essential retention aspects that must be considered. Additionally, the study explains the constraints and scope of future research.
PENJARAKAN SOSIAL TERHADAP PESAKIT MENTAL: PERANAN SIKAP DAN MEDIA SOSIAL
Authors: Selamat Taufiqnur , Raja Ibrahim Raja Zirwatul Aida , Mohd. Dagang Mazidah
Published: May 2023

Wabak penyakit koronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) telah merebak ke semua benua dan mengurangkan interaksi fizikal serta menimbulkan tekanan psikologi yang ketara. Penjarakan sosial terhadap pesakit mental boleh meningkatkan ketakutan, gejala kebimbangan, kesunyian, dan perasaan tertekan dalam masyarakat. Kajian ini secara empirikal menguji model penjarakan sosial terhadap individu yang mengalami masalah mental dan mempertimbangkan faktor biopsikososial seperti pengaruh media sosial dan sikap pelajar universiti awam di kawasan Pantai Timur Semenanjung Malaysia. Kajian ini melibatkan seramai 424 orang melalui kaedah pensampelan rawak mudah. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan hampir 89% pelajar universiti melakukan penjarakan sosial pada tahap sederhana dan tinggi. Analisis item menunjukkan bahawa sikap dan pengaruh media sosial adalah peramal penting kepada penjarakan sosial terhadap orang yang mempunyai masalah kesihatan mental. Faktor peramal untuk penjarakan sosial pula menyumbang sebanyak 10.6% kepada perubahan varians untuk penjarakan sosial. Penjarakan sosial boleh memberi kesan terhadap ketakutan dan kebimbangan kepada perkembangan gangguan obsesif-kompulsif akibat ketakutan penolakan orang sekeliling ke atas kehidupan individu. Pendekatan teori biopsikososial dalam kajian ini menyediakan kausalitas yang integratif untuk interaksi faktor-faktor berkenaan.
Správnost lidské společnosti v kontextu Descartovy metody
Authors: Zika Richard
Published: May 2023

The article focuses on social context and consequences of Descartes’s method. The method demands rejection of human society as an intrusion into the development of human rationality. Though a declared acceptance of human society in its historically established facticity makes part of this rejection, it is necessary to defend oneself against it at first. The philosopher of method defends himself against society not only by means of isolation, but by external integration as well. When thus secured, he convinces the authorities not only about social harmlessness of his method, but also about its usefulness. He presents his method as ready to contribute a great deal to stability or to solid foundation of hitherto society. But even this cautious claim is guided by a pursuit of protection – now of the protection by authorities – for the benefit of the most important thing in the human world, the method itself, and the freedom of reason.
Hledání minimálního slovníku: jazyková analýza ideje pokroku
Authors: Holeček Tomáš
Published: May 2023

The article provides a language analysis of the idea of progress. It briefly outlines the method of search for minimal vocabulary as has been proposed by Bertrand Russell in Human Knowledge, Its Scope and Limits. Then it considers the application of this method to a social theory, namely to the language used in a theory of progress. As an example theory it uses the well known essay L’anciene regime et la revolution (1856) by Alexis de Tocqueville. The language of the theory is analyzed, abstracted expressions are pointed out and the minimal vocabulary is presented: it consists of verb-expressions “to see”, “to be wrong”, “to doubt”, “to think”, “to feel”, “to be surprised”, “to choose”, “to express” and “to rely”; of noun-expressions “demise”, “cause”, “change”, “nature” and “banality” together with pronouns and logical expressions. The rules for construction of composed expressions and propositions are set up and a reconstruction of the object language is suggested. The abstract character of the method is reflected.
Několik problémů, jimž čelí sociologie jako profese
Authors: Parsons Talcott
Published: May 2023

Talcott Parsons wrote this paper as a basis for discussion at the General Session: Analysis of the Sociological Profession organized within the frame of annual meeting of the American Sociological Society in Chicago. He sketched here some of the most urgent problems facing sociological profession. These problems can be broken down into four basic questions. The most central of these concerns the extent to which the canons of scientific objectivity have come to be established as the working code of the profession in dealing with defined intellectual subject matters. The second concerns the present clarity of the differentiation from and relation to neighboring scientific disciplines, so that we can speak with certain definiteness about what, as distinct from other scientists, a sociologist does. The third question concerns the differentiation of sociology as a science from sociological “practice” and its proper relation to applied field. Finally, there is a problem of sociology’s differentiation as a scientific discipline and a relation to the non-scientific aspects of the general culture.
Sociologická technoimaginace
Authors: Dvořák Tomáš
Published: May 2023

The article introduces the concept of “sociological technoimagination” and delineates the field of visualizations used in the social sciences: the various forms of graphs, schemes, and diagrams. It surveys the uses and functions of visualizations in sciences generally and places their development in the wider context of the modernization of vision of the 19th century; examining the pioneering uses of visualization methods by Etienne-Jules Marey, Francis Galton, or Otto Neurath. Gabriel Tarde’s account of statistics (from his Laws of Imitation, 1890) is reinterpreted in regard to both the nature and social roles of the sociological technoimagination.
Dilema schématu a skutečnosti v sociologické teorii
Authors: Balon Jan
Published: May 2023

The idea of conceptual scheme is clearly present in the classical and modern sociological theory. However, contemporary sociological thinking is highly critical of it and in its radical versions this idea is dismissed altogether. This article traces various historically formed insights into the nature of concept formation in sociology and tries to demonstrate that without the attempts at creating a coherent conceptual scheme, sociology would be deprived of any possibility to push through a specifically sociological perspective on the social world. Talcott Parsons’ conceptual level of theory is examined in detail and taken as an example of a viable theoretical approach based on the transformation of sociological concepts. The account of the sociological dilemma of scheme and reality is brought together with Donald Davidson’s argument against the dogma of scheme and reality. The idea of a conceptual scheme has been discredited in contemporary thinking together with the idea and the project of (grand) general theory of society. It is argued that from the generalizing critique of the idea of general theory it does not follow that sociology does not need sound concepts. If it were so then no sociological knowledge that would not refer only to itself would be possible.
6-7 EYLÜL OLAYLARININ GERÇEKLEŞMESİNDE KIBRIS TÜRKTÜR CEMİYETİNE YÖNELTİLEN SUÇLAMALAR VE CEMİYETİN ÖNDE GELEN SİMALARININ SAVUNMALARI
Authors: ÇAKICI Derya
Published: May 2023

Cumhuriyet tarihinde önemli bir yer tutan 6-7 Eylül 1955 olayları, Türkiye’nin yakın tarihinde yaşanmış ve ülke sınırları içerisinde yaşayan başta Rumlar olmak üzere diğer etnik unsurları da derinden etkilemiş bir olaydır. Olaylar, Mustafa Kemal Paşa’nın Selanik’te doğduğu eve ve Türk Konsolosluğu’na bomba atıldığı haberinin duyulmasının ardından başlamıştır. Öncelikle İstanbul Beyoğlu’nda gösteri yürüyüşü yapmak için toplanan küçük bir kalabalığın slogan atmasıyla başlayan olaylar, bir anda yağma ve talan hareketlerine dönüşmüş ve literatüre 6-7 Eylül olayları olarak geçen hadiseler gerçekleşmiştir. Büyük halk kitlelerinin ayaklanma sebebi olarak Kıbrıs sorunu gösterilmiştir. Ardından olayların sorumluları arasında görülen Kıbrıs Türktür Cemiyeti bütün faaliyetlerinden men edilmiş, cemiyetin önde gelen isimleri tutuklanmış ve mal varlığına el konulmuştur. Uzun süren yargılamalar sonucunda cemiyet üyeleri hakkında tahliye kararı verilmiştir. Bu çalışmada Kıbrıs Türktür Cemiyetinin kuruluş aşaması ve faaliyetleri, cemiyetin önde gelen isimlerinin 6-7 Eylül olaylarına giden süreç içerisindeki faaliyetleri ve cemiyet üyelerinin olayların çıkış sürecinde etkisi olup olmadığı, arşiv belgeleri ve dönemin basın-yayın organları temel alınarak ortaya konulmaya çalışılmıştır.
Empowering Leadership and Counterproductive Work Behavior: Mediating Role of Person-Organization Fit and Moderation effect of Overall Justice
Authors: Akhter Adnan
Published: May 2023

The current research effort explains the phenomenon of counterproductive work behavior among employees of higher education sector of South Punjab, Pakistan. The data was collected from 308 academic employees of public sector as simple random sampling technique was implied, furthermore Smart-PLS was utilize for data analysis. The results revealed that empowering leadership influence the counterproductive work behavior and person organization fit. The person-organization fit negatively influence the counterproductive work behavior, so therefore mediation role of person-organization fit was observed between the relationship of empowering leadership and counterproductive work behavior, similarly significant moderation role of organization overall justice was observed between the relationship of person-organization fit and counterproductive work behavior.
Sobre conhecimentos e ativismos: associações canábicas nas redes sociais digitais
Authors:   , Rodrigues Ana Paula Lopes da Silva
Published: May 2023

O surgimento de associações civis em prol da cannabis é um fenômeno recente, iniciado na década de 2010. Diante da inércia do Estado, essas organizações atuam no acolhimento, apoio, informação, capacitação e facilitação do acesso a pacientes e familiares a medicamentos à base de maconha, substância proibida no Brasil. Com a pandemia da Covid-19, essas instituições precisaram rever suas práticas ativistas, adaptando-as para o ambiente virtual, o que proporcionou o advento das lives de conteúdo canábico, assim como o crescimento substancial no número de seguidores dessas associações nas redes sociais digitais. Diante do exposto, o objetivo desta tese é analisar como diferentes associações em prol da cannabis compartilham conhecimentos sobre os usos terapêuticos e medicinais da Cannabis spp. por meio do Instagram, a fim de identificar como o ativismo canábico se fundamenta em dados científicos ou na vivência dos associados. As associações participantes foram Associação Cultural Cannábica de São Paulo (ACuCa), Associação Brasileira de Pacientes de Cannabis Medicinal (Ama+me), Associação de Apoio à Pesquisa e à Pacientes de Cannabis Medicinal (Apepi). A metodologia contemplou: levantamento bibliográfico, entrevistas semiestruturadas com representantes e associados de associações canábicas brasileiras e Análise de Conteúdo dos perfis dessas associações no Instagram. Como resultados, verificou-se que o ativismo canábico praticado no Instagram possui semelhanças com aquele que se pratica presencialmente, no entanto, nas mídias sociais prioriza-se a divulgação do conhecimento pela informação e capacitação de seus seguidores, tendo o cuidado de tratar o conteúdo para se adequar às diretrizes da plataforma. O acolhimento, apoio e facilitação do acesso a produtos à base de cannabis, principais frentes do associativismo canábico no Brasil, aparecem de forma velada nas publicações, sendo que em sua maioria ocorrem em conversas privadas nos meios de comunicação com as associações. Palavras-chave: Conhecimentos canábicos. Ativismo. Associativismo. Redes Sociais Digitais.
Genome wide selection optimization in maize breeding
Authors:   , Bernardeli Arthur Martins Almeida
Published: May 2023

Maize is a staple crop and the most grown cereal worldwide. The expansion of this crop was possible due to efforts in management and breeding. In the breeding standpoint, advances were achieved in the release of hybrids presenting heterosis, field experimental design and analyses, establishment of heterotic patterns, and effective seed production and marketing. From the last decade on, advances in data analyses benefited from the surge of genotypic data, allowing the prediction of hybrids without being tested through genomic selection approaches. This study aims to convert a high-density SNP data set and use it in a genomic selection or predicting non- tested hybrids and non-observed environments, and for indicating most promising mating parent material for obtaining hybrids and inbred lines for ASI, EPP, FFT, GY, and MFT maize traits. For that, we ranked the SNPs according to their effects from a ME analyses and selected the minimum portion of markers that reached the plateau of prediction accuracy per chromosome, followed by eliminating the repeated markers between traits, and removing the ones tightly linked according to LD analyses. For the GS of hybrids and environments, three methods that comprised GCA and SCA main and interaction effects were fitted, and the prediction accuracy was assessed. The step of selecting parent material was performed according to PS, GS, and GM. The GM methods used the marker effects predicted in the previous GS step, and the 40 top- and bottom-performing crosses and their respective parent lines were selected for each trait. The selected SNPs maintained the accuracy for all traits under drought or well-watered conditions when compared to using full SNP set. For GWS of hybrids, Model 3 performed better for all traits when cross validation schemes had information of all environments (CV1 and CV2) in terms of prediction accuracy, and Model 2 performed better when there was missing information about environments (CV0 and CV00). The mating parents chosen for positive selection were different than the ones from negative selection, ensuring maximization of gains for hybrid and inbred lines development. The highest coincidences of selected parent lines occurred in GS-based methods (Methods 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15), where parents were directly selected based on means or GCA/SCA (and interaction) values of their respective hybrids. The methods based on crosses simulations (Methods 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 16) had moderate to low coincidences, but were consistent in indicating the best parent materials overall. GS- and GM-based parent selection results must be further compared to Method 17 (observed crosses) for an effective validation. PS, GS, and GM methods together must help in the decision making of selecting parent material for future crosses. These approaches must be further performed using other training populations. Keywords: Cross-validation. Hybrids. Inbred Lines. Prediction Accuracy. SNP Markers.
Densidade de semeadura como fator modulador da produção, crescimento e anatomia foliar de cultivares de trigo tropical
Authors:   , Batista Claudio Vieira
Published: May 2023

Originário dos terraços dos rios Tigre e Eufrates, no Irã, o trigo é uma das culturas mais importantes mundialmente, sendo cultivada, preferencialmente em regiões mais frias. O trigo segue em expansão no Brasil, mais especificamente na região do cerrado, que possui grande potencial para produção da cultura. O Brasil possui um déficit produtivo de 37% do volume consumido em 2022. A densidade de semeadura é um fator importante para aumento do rendimento de grãos. Objetivo do trabalho foi determinar a densidade de semeadura como fator modulados da produção, crescimento e anatomia foliar de cinco cultivares comerciais de trigo tropical em diferentes safras de cultivo. Os ensaios foram conduzidos nas épocas de verão e inverno de 2021, com quatro densidades de semeadura e cinco cultivares elites, no Campo Experimental Professor Diogo Alves de Mello, pertencente ao Departamento de Agronomia da Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa-MG. As características agronômicas avaliadas foram: produtividade de grãos, altura de planta, peso hectolitro e dias para o espigamento. As características anatômicas foram: distância entre feixes vasculares, espessura da epiderme na face inferior, espessura da epiderme na face superior, espessura do limbo foliar, espessura do mesofilo, espessura da parede da face da epiderme inferior e espessura da parede da face da epiderme superior. A interação época de cultivo x densidade x cultivar foi significativa para as variáveis produtividade de grãos, altura de plantas e peso hectolitro. A interação época de cultivo x cultivar, foi significativa para dias até o espigamento. Os resultados de produtividade da época de inverno foram melhores que a época de verão em todos os tratamentos testados. Os números de altura de plantas e produtividade de grãos são considerados bons, quando comparados na literatura (superior a 4000 kg ha -1 ). As variáveis dias até o espigamento e altura de plantas, são as que mais influenciam na produtividade de grãos. A época de inverno, mostrou melhores resultados produtivos, havendo comportamento diferentes entre as cultivares. A cultivar ORS Guardião obteve a maior produtividade de grãos. As variáveis anatômicas não sofreram efeito significativo da densidade de semeadura.Palavras-chave: Triticum aestivum L. Histometria. Comportamento agronômico. Rendimento de grãos. Época de cultivo.
Pengaruh Kompetensi Pedagogik Guru Terhadap Minat Belajar Bahasa Arab
Authors: Nurul Hijrah  , Amran AR  , Ramli
Published: May 2023

This study aims to determine the effect of teacher pedagogical competence on interest in learning Arabic in class VIII MTsN 1 Sinjai. The type of research used in this research is ex post facto using a quantitative approach. The object of this research is 75 students of class VIII, with a total sample of 59 people, the results of this study indicate that there is an influence between the teacher's pedagogic competence and interest in learning Arabic for class VIII students of MTsN 1 Sinjai. based on the results of simple linear regression analysis, the value obtained if t-count < t-table, then H0 is accepted. Ha is rejected, if t-count > t-table, then Ha is accepted, and H0 is rejected. Based on the coefficients table the t-count (3.852) > t-table (1.672). So it can be interpreted that the teacher pedagogic competence variable (X) affects the learning interest variable (Y).
The Problems of Learning Arabic at Madrasah Ibtidayyah
Authors: Norhidayah Norhidayah , Aulia Mustika Ilmiani  , Nor Anisa Siska  , Nurlaila
Published: May 2023

The purpose of this study is to analyze the problems of learning Arabic in class I madrasah ibtidayyah students at the integrated madrasah ibtidayyah "Blessing". This study uses qualitative research that discusses the problems of learning Arabic at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah. As for the type of research used is descriptive qualitative research. The subjects in this study were the students of the integrated Madrasah Ibtidaiyah "Blessing" totaling 36 people. In this study, data collection was carried out by means of observation, interviews, and documentation. As for the data analysis technique used, namely the inductive qualitative analysis method, which was carried out before entering the field, during the field and after finishing in the field. The results of this study indicate that; The problems of Arabic learning faced by first grade students at the integrated Madrasah Ibtidayyah "Blessings" are: (1) Students lack the will to learn Arabic, (2) Environmental backgrounds that do not support the progress of Arabic learning achievement, (3) Students lack confidence in Arabic (4) students do not know the hijaiyyah letters (5) students do not understand Arabic reading.
دراسة تحليلية عن مشكلات قراءة النصوص العربية لطالبات المدرسة المتوسطة الإخوان توفويو
Authors: Amin Nur Fadilah , Sarah Mutmainnah Putri  , Darmawati
Published: May 2023

This study aims to determine difficulty of reading Arabic texts, determine the supporting and inhibiting factors in reading Arabic texts, and Find out the teacher's efforts in overcoming the difficulties of Eighth Grade Students of Madrasah Tsanawiyah Al-Ikhwan Topoyo, Mamuju Tengah, West Sulawesi in reading Arabic texts. This study uses a qualitative approach with interview, observation and documentation as data collectiob methode. The results of this study indicate that in reading Arabic texts, the difficulties that are often experienced by students are: 1) Linguistic difficulties which include aswat difficulties, difficulties in how to read harakat fathah, kasroh, and dommah. Students also have difficulty in vocabulary because of the lack of memorization of mufrodat, and the last is difficulty in terms of meaning. 2) Supporting factors in reading Arabic texts are if the students live in dormitories and students' interest in learning is quite high, while the inhibiting factors are teaching methods that are less varied, media or infrastructure that is not complete. 3) The efforts made by the teacher to overcome the problem are trying new breakthroughs such as alternative methods, then the teacher also tries to always motivate and encourage students to like Arabic, as well as implementing the routine of reading the Qur’an before lessons start.
Language Skills and critical thinking of Basic Education Students
Authors: Mendoza Laz Pasqueline Elizabeth , Moran Aguilar Mayra Antonieta , Mendoza Cedeno Jhon Henry , Freire Jauregui Jenny Paola , Quiroz Alonzo Bianca Gabriela , Loor Mendoza Joseph Eulises
Published: May 2023

The work presented allows the analysis of Basic Education students' language skills and critical thinking. Language ability and critical thinking are fundamental bases for people's educational, social, and labor development from their first educational years. To this end, an inductive-deductive, analytical, and quasi-experimental study was carried out, where it was possible to implement information collection techniques such as the survey to determine that teachers use teaching methods focused on establishing reading habits and reading comprehension among all educational levels. Finally, it can be concluded that young students have an average level of language ability, which is influenced by the context in which they develop in additionto the academic contributions offered by the educational unit.