bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SUKABUMI REGENCY KPU ELECTION SMART HOUSE PROGRAM IN INCREASING POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
Authors: Daelani Mugia Resti Sinta Firdaus , Sampurna Rizki Hegia , Mulyadi Andi
Published: June 2024

The General Election Commission is an election management body and has the task of providing political education to the public. One form of the government's efforts to increase political participation is by holding the Election Smart House program. (RPP). In line with that, the Sukabumi Regency KPU also runs the RPP program to educate the public about elections and democracy so that it is hoped that it can increase people's political participation. This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of the Sukabumi District KPU Election Smart House program in increasing political participation. This type of research is qualitative research. The theory used is the theory of effectiveness according to Duncan, the techniques used are observation, interviews and documentation. Based on the results of the research that has been done. In conclusion, based on the analysis results, the RPP program is quite effective in increasing the political participation of the people of Sukabumi Regency.
IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTRIBUTION OF NON-CASH FOOD ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE CASH GIRO POS APPLICATION
Authors: Putri Andinie Sakila , Purwanti Dian , Basori Yana Fajar FY
Published: June 2024

Non-Cash Food Assistance (BPNT) is assistance to provide social protection to poor/poor vulnerable communities originating from the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia which will be given to the community based on Integrated Social Welfare Data (DTKS). In 2020 the Ministry of Social Affairs and PT Post are working together to speed up the distribution process using application of The Post Giro Cash (PGC). This study aims to find out how the implementation of application of The Post Giro Cash (PGC) in distributing Non-Cash Food Assistance (BPNT) at PT Post of Cisaat. This research method is a qualitative research method with a narrative approach. In determining the informants in this study using non-probability sampling technique snowball sampling. Data collection techniques include observation, interviews, documentation, audio-visual material. The results of this study indicate that the Implementation using of application of PGC in Distributing Non-Cash Food Assistance (BPNT) at PT Post of Cisaat has been running effectively, seen from the organization the formation of the bureaucratic structure has gone well, Interpretation or Interpretation has been fulfilled and Implementation has been carried out in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) in the regulations that have been set.
GOVERNANCE OF INSTITUTIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN JEMBER REGENCY
Authors: Hikmah Faiqoh Nurul , Dayar Mohammad Baladdudin , Handiarto Handiarto
Published: June 2024

Waste management at the Pakusari Final Disposal Site (TPA) in Jember Regency has yet to find a conducive waste management. This study aims to analyze the institutional governance model of waste management in Jember Regency through an institutional perspective framework according to Pavan et.al 2016. Through a case study at Pakusari TPA which is the largest TPA and accommodates the most waste, namely 17 sub-districts out of 31 sub-districts that scattered in Jember Regency but also experiencing various problems such as over capacity, rejection by the surrounding community and the behavior of the surrounding community who are still ignorant of the awareness of the importance of managing waste properly and maintaining the habit of disposing of waste in the river. Using a qualitative approach this research tries to provide an overview of how the institutional design of Pakusari TPA is in exercising its authority in solving waste problems in Jember district.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SIREKAP PROGRAM IN PILKADA 2020 AT KPU SUKABUMI DISTRICT
Authors: Sari Ayunda Permata , Sampurna Rizki Hegia , Mulyadi Andi
Published: June 2024

Indonesia is a democratic country where the supreme power is in the hands of the people. Therefore, the people of Indonesia have the right to choose who will become the people's representatives. In order to provide facilities and a place to improve the quality of service for the direct election of leaders and representatives of the people, the KPU provides a new innovation, namely by making or creating a Mobile Vote Recapitulation Information System (SIREKAP) programme. This research aims to find out how the implementation of SIREKAP is carried out in practice by the Sukabumi Regency KPU. This research uses the theory of Chales O. Jones (1996) which has 4 dimensions, namely Organisation, Interpretation, and Implementation. The research method used in this research is Qualitative Narrative. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of SIREKAP when viewed from the dimensions, organisation, interpretation and implementation according to Charles O. Jones (1996) is still not well implemented because it has not fulfilled 3 dimensions which in terms of Organisation has not fulfilled the suitability of resources, Interpretation is still not a lack of information, socialisation, and communication received by the public regarding the SIREKAP application and the application itself is constrained by high traffic which causes the failure of sending C1 plenary results.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF NON-CASH FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THROUGH CISAAT POST OFFICE IN 2022
Authors: Amalia Rismayanti , Amirulloh Rijal , Sampurna Rizki Hegia
Published: June 2024

The purpose of this study was to determine the implementation of the distribution of the Non-Cash Food Assistance Program through the Cisaat Post Office in 2022. The method used is a qualitative research method with a descriptive approach. Data collection techniques include observation, interview, and documentation. Data analysis uses an interactive model, namely data reduction, data presentation and verification. Data validation uses technical triangulation and source triangulation. This research uses four policy implementation variables according to George Edward III, namely Communication, Resources, Disposition, and Bureaucratic Structure. The results showed that the implementation of the distribution of non-cash food assistance programs through the Cisaat Post Office in 2022. shows that the distribution of the program has been carried out well, but in its implementation there are still obstacles. In the resource dimension, namely the lack of human resources at the Cisaat post office. So that the Cisaat post office recruits a jubar or paymaster to help the process of distributing Non-Cash Food Assistance.
7 YEARS OF DWELLING TIME POLICY
Authors: Nugroho Ramadhany , Setijaningrum Erna , Mustaqim Ikhwan
Published: June 2024

This study aims to gather responses from stakeholders regarding the Dwelling Time policy that has been in place for seven years, hoping to find new evidence to reduce logistics costs. This study uses a qualitative approach with a Case Study approach by conducting interviews with stakeholders operating in the Tanjung Perak Port related to goods importation. As a result, this study is expected to formulate more concrete and effective recommendations for improving the loading and unloading processes at the port and reducing logistics costs, eventually supporting the improvement of Indonesia's economic growth. The study shows that implementing the Dwelling Time policy to reduce logistics costs does not provide the expected outcome. Instead, it results in higher logistics costs due to PLP. Thus, the government needs to evaluate future policies. Collaboration among related agencies, namely port operators and regulators, by not carrying out PLP if the YOR position does not reach 60-70% and the extended stay indicator is a maximum of 7 days is a solution the author can provide. The government is also expected to continually evaluate policies that have been implemented if they have been running for more than five years. With the discovery of new evidence related to Dwelling Time, the definition of the problem also changes, requiring new solutions or more adaptive policies related to these changes.
ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF SMART CITIES: A CASE STUDY IN BINJAI CITY
Authors: Sukma Juanda , Nurdin Nurliah , Asropi Asropi
Published: June 2024

The concept of a smart city is not only implemented in developed countries but is also being adopted in developing nations. It is not limited to large cities, as even smaller cities are starting to embrace it, including Binjai City in North Sumatra Province. However, not all smart city innovations implemented in Binjai City have been successful, and some applications are found to be unsustainable. This research aims to analyze the factors influencing the sustainability of smart city innovations in Binjai City, which was chosen as the first city in North Sumatra to implement the smart city concept in its medium-term development agenda. The research method used in this study is a mixed-method sequential exploratory approach, combining qualitative methods to formulate hypotheses and quantitative methods to analyze them. The qualitative informants consist of policymakers in Binjai City, while the quantitative respondents are civil servants involved in smart city innovations. The findings reveal three factors—political support, resources, and institutions—that have a positive and significant impact on innovation sustainability. In contrast, the other two hypotheses, community participation, and effects/impacts, are rejected as they show a negative and insignificant influence on innovation sustainability. The research results are expected to provide policy recommendations for local governments, especially in small cities with various limitations that are currently implementing smart city initiatives.
IMPLEMENTATION DIGITALIZATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN WEST JAVA PROVINCE: A STUDY OF THE SAPAWARGA PROGRAM
Authors: Christian Albert Januar
Published: June 2024

This research was motivated by the technological development of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, which then gave rise to digitalization products. The digitalization process has also penetrated the public sector, so that the public's need for the presence of technology-based public services is increasing. This study is intended to analyze how the implementation process of digitizing public services, especially in West Java Province through the Sapawarga Jabar Super App program, which is seen from several success factors. The research design used in this study uses a descriptive method using a qualitative approach. Then the data collection technique used in this study is in the form of a literature study. While the data analysis technique in this study uses the data triangulation method. Then the process of presenting the data, carried out by filtering data that researchers consider important regarding how the implementation of the Sapawarga Jabar Super App program. Then finally, the conclusion on how the implementation of the Sapawarga Jabar Super App program in the context of digitizing public services in West Java Province. While the analysis of the results and discussion in this study is focused on analyzing data reviewed from the factors of Digital Leadership, Culture, and ICT Infrastructure.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FIRE DISASTER MITIGATION TRAINING IN SURABAYA REGIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Authors: Nurany Fierda , Irianto Heru , Nuzula Fitria Virdaus
Published: June 2024

This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of the Surabaya City fire disaster mitigation training, the inhibiting and supporting factors in the fire disaster mitigation training and the efforts made by the Surabaya City BPBD in overcoming obstacles in the fire disaster mitigation training. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. Sources of information were determined using purposive sampling techniques, data collection techniques through library studies, interviews and documentation as well as data analysis techniques by data collection, data reduction, data display and drawing conclusions. The results of the study show that: (1) The effectiveness of fire disaster mitigation training at BPBD Kota Surabaya is categorized as quite effective. The results of the work which can be seen from the high level of community awareness, the duration of time adjusted to the scale of the participants present, the satisfaction of the community which can be seen from the satisfaction survey data, the adaptation of trainers in adjusting to environmental conditions during fire disaster mitigation training and the development carried out to improve effectiveness, namely through employee competency improvement programs or staff. (2) The inhibiting and supporting factors in the effectiveness of this training are the facilities and infrastructure factors, employee competency factors, applicable SOP factors and community participation factors. (3) Efforts made by BPBD Kota Surabaya are by carrying out competency certification, coaching and mentoring programs, attending routine training specifically for employees or staff and collaborating with other agencies.
In Memoriam: H. H. Jürgen Keil (1930–2024)
Authors: Tucker Jim
Published: June 2024

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In Memoriam: Robert Rosenthal (1933-2024),
Authors: Cardeña Etzel
Published: June 2024

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Analysis of the modern scientific and methodological apparatus for the development of the information infrastructure of the UTP of truck transportation on the territory of the EAEU
Authors: Chupin Alexander , Makar Svetlana , Fomenko Natalia , Nikiforova Natalia , Orusova Olga
Published: June 2024

The development of the information infrastructure of the UTP of road freight transportation on the territory of the EAEU should be based on the appropriate scientific and methodological apparatus. The urgent need for its development determined the general scientific task. It consists in improving the theoretical provisions and scientific substantiation of recommendations for the development of the information infrastructure of the UTP of road freight transportation on the territory of the EAEU. At the same time, as the analysis showed, its solution can be achieved by solving a number of particular problems. These include, first of all: development of methodological provisions for improving the information infrastructure of the UTP of road freight transportation on the territory of the EAEU; development of a methodological approach to the selection of a set of automation tools for the information infrastructure of automobile checkpoints across the customs border of the EAEU; development of a methodological approach to assessing the cost of projects to improve the information infrastructure of the UTP of road freight transportation on the territory of the EAEU; scientific substantiation of recommendations for improving the information infrastructure of the UTP of road freight transportation on the territory of the EAEU.
Mental Toughness in Sports People
Authors: Dorling Jennifer , Bahr Mark
Published: June 2024

Mental toughness (MT) has yet to be systematically compared among elite athletes. Key distinctions include individual resilience and team dynamics. The research included N=28 athletes from sports such as rugby (team sport) and mixed martial arts (MMA) (individual sport). By examining these differences, the research aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of MT across different sports contexts. Using the Repertory Grid Technique and Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) for data collection and analysis, personal constructs of MT were examined (Kelly, 1955; Bell, 2001). Analysis revealed distinct themes such as perseverance, resilience, determination, composure, and integrity in individual athletes, contrasting with commitment, leadership qualities, and vulnerability in team sports participants (Clough et al., 2002; Jones & Harwood, 2008). Athletes also described strategies for developing and maintaining MT, crucial for performance in high-pressure environments. The study highlights MT's multidimensional nature and suggests expanding existing models to include interpersonal and emotional dimensions (Connaughton et al., 2008). Results advocate for the development of a new, more precise instrument for measuring MT, aiming to enhance diagnostic and interventional strategies. This research provides substantial implications for athletes, coaches, and sport psychology practitioners, underlining the need for sophisticated application of MT across various sports disciplines.
Harvesting Hunger: The Impact of Opium Ban on Food Security in Afghanistan
Authors: Jafarov Jafar , Singh Tejendra Pratap
Published: June 2024

In April 2022, the Taliban imposed a ban on opium cultivation in Afghanistan. As opium was the main crop cultivated in many parts of the country, the ban upended the livelihoods of farmers and cultivators. Leveraging spatial variation in satellite-derived measures of opium cultivation along with detailed household survey data, we examine if, following the ban, there was any effect on food security in the affected areas. Our findings from a difference-indifferences framework suggest that food insecurity emerged in the immediate aftermath of the ban but gradually diminished over time. The sale of livestock and the shift of production from opium to grain on arable soils are potential coping mechanisms for decreasing food insecurity in the medium run.
The locus of responsibility for climate action: A measurement tool for perceptions of mitigation responsibility
Authors: Cornwall Katherine Jane
Published: June 2024

Despite widespread agreement that climate change is one of the most pressing problems facing society today, there remains considerable debate around who is responsible and the extent to which different actors should contribute to mitigation efforts. Given the strong link between beliefs and behaviors, if individuals believe they are personally responsible, they might be inclined to participate in behaviors that will reduce their environmental impact. Understanding how individuals assign responsibility for climate change mitigation can help direct efforts to ensure that people are engaging in solving the crisis, rather than waiting for others to act. The current research developed and assessed the psychometric properties of a survey scale that measures the locus of responsibility for climate action (LORCA) – the extent to which individuals assign responsibility for mitigating climate change to various actors. Through an exploratory study and experimental design (N = 297), the survey scale was tested and refined. A pre-registered, confirmatory study (N = 450) demonstrated further evidence of validity. Psychometric analyses revealed two factors within the scale, proximal ( = .94) and distal ( = .83). The resulting survey scale presents researchers with a way to measure individual perception of climate change responsibility.
THE EFFECT OF COMBINATION OF SOLID AND CHICKEN MANURE ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF FIVE TOMATO (LYCOPERSICUM ESCULENTUM) VARIETIES ON YELLOW RED PODZOLIC SOIL
Authors: Sinaga Markus
Published: June 2024

Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) is a high economic value horticultural crop cultivated in Sintang Regency. However, its productivity remains low, averaging only 1.23 tons/ha compared to the optimal potential of 20-30 tons/ha. The main factor for the low production is the less fertile soil condition, particularly the Yellow Red Podzolic soil (PMK), which has weaknesses such as low pH, low organic matter, and high Al content. This study aims to evaluate the effect of combining solid fertilizer and chicken manure on the growth and yield of five tomato varieties (Betavila, Ratna, Tymoti, Mutiara, Lentana) on ultisol soil. The research used a field experiment method with a split plot design and three replications. The main treatment was the combination of solid fertilizer and chicken manure, while the sub-plot was the tomato varieties. The results showed that the combination of 1.5 kg solid + 0.5 kg chicken manure provided the best results, increasing plant height, stem diameter, leaf number, fruit weight, and fruit number in the Ratna and Betavila varieties. Organic fertilizer was proven to enhance soil microorganism activity, improve soil structure, and increase nutrient availability. In conclusion, the use of a combination of organic and solid fertilizers can increase tomato production on PMK soil. This study suggests proper soil management and the selection of adaptive varieties to achieve optimal production.
Online Learning versus Face to Face Learning toward Students: Which can be an effective way of Learning Methodology to our current Educational System?
Authors: Lee Christopher M.
Published: June 2024

Over the past many decades, Face to Face teaching and learning are the main source of education in the Philippines. These were brought up many years ago by all academic institutions in the community. Many of us learners and educators progressed on how physical classes becomes successful because of its direct and onset teaching-to-learning education. But when the global academe status struck by a health crisis known as the Covid-19 Pandemic dated back the year 2020 until now, many of its educational workforce such as DepEd and CHED decided to transition its academic strategy from face to face learning into online and virtual classes. Thats why every Schools, Colleges, and Universities adjust the way that online learning will transform and managed every cornerstone of our educational management compared with Face to Face Learning.
Ideology in EU Politics? An Analysis of the Positions of Political Parties on EU Issues
Authors: Dassonneville Ruth
Published: June 2024

In this research note, I verify to what extent EU issues shape the European Parliament campaigns of parties across Europe, by assessing whether the parties that form the political groups in the European parliament take coherent positions on EU issues. The main research question is whether the positions that parties take on EU issues are mostly driven by country-level factors, or by their membership of a group in the EP.
Dynamic Attention Seeking to Address the Challenge of Named Entity Recognition of Large Language Models
Authors: Hata Tomoe , Aono Ruriko
Published: June 2024

Named Entity Recognition (NER) plays a crucial role in natural language processing tasks, enabling systems to accurately identify and classify entities within text. The introduction of a dynamic attention mechanism into the Llama model significantly enhances NER performance by allowing real-time adjustments to attention weights based on contextual relevance. This novel approach addresses the limitations of static attention mechanisms, leading to substantial improvements in accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score metrics. The modified Llama model outperforms baseline models and previous approaches, demonstrating its superior ability to handle diverse linguistic contexts. Comprehensive evaluations using a diverse dataset reveal the model's robustness and adaptability, with a detailed error analysis providing insights into common misclassifications and their potential causes. Future research directions include exploring hierarchical attention, integrating multi-modal data, leveraging external knowledge bases, and optimizing computational efficiency. The findings demonstrate the potential of dynamic attention mechanisms to revolutionize NER tasks, paving the way for more advanced and accurate natural language processing systems.
DEEP: A model of gaming preferences informed by the hierarchical nature of goal-oriented cognition
Authors: Dubourg Edgar , Chambon Valerian
Published: June 2024

Video game design and player engagement revolve around the concept of agency, which refers to the ability to influence and shape one’s environment through personal choices and actions. However, agency is far from being a unitary concept: different types of agency can be distinguished according to the nature of the agent’s goal. Recent models of voluntary action in cognitive science suggest that goals are organized hierarchically along two major gradients: (1) a gradient of abstraction that depends on the role the goal plays in controlling and monitoring action, (2) a gradient of exploration that depends on the relationship the goal has with other goals or actions in the hierarchy. Here, we argue that a careful examination of these models can help better characterize players’ experiences. Specifically, we hypothesize that variability in players’ preferences for different forms of agency can account for inter-individual differences in gaming preferences. To test this hypothesis, we first performed a factor analysis on a wide variety of game-related actions that participants (N=750) were asked to rate on an interest scale. As predicted by the theoretical framework, we found that game preferences varied along 4 dimensions organized along gradients of goal abstraction and exploration (i.e., Discovering, Experimenting, Expanding, Performing, or DEEP dimensions). We then used a Large Language Model (LLM), to automatically annotate video games (N=16,000) on each of these dimensions, to directly test the hierarchical structure of goal-directed actions in video games. Finally, in a pre-registered experiment (N=1000), we show that the DEEP dimensions as measured by the DEEP questionnaire predict participants’ preferred video games and are correlated with expected psychological and socio-demographic factors. We suggest that this research can help improve existing taxonomies of video game types, better understand player preferences, and refine the relationship between game design and human psychology. We also believe that it can, in turn, inform and further ground empirically models of goal-directed actions in cognitive science.
ESM-Q: A Consensus-Based Quality Assessment Tool for Experience Sampling Method Items
Authors: Eisele Gudrun , Hiekkaranta Anu Pauliina , Kunkels Yoram Kevin , aan het Rot Marije , van Ballegooijen Wouter , Bartels Sara Laureen , Bastiaansen Jojanneke A. , Beymer Patrick N. , Bylsma Lauren , Carpenter Ryan William , Ellison William D. , Fisher Aaron Jason , Forkmann Thomas , Frumkin Madelyn , Fulford Daniel , Naragon-Gainey Kristin , Greene Talya , Heininga Vera Ellen , Jones Andrew , Kalokerinos Elise Katherine , Kuppens Peter , Modecki Kathryn , Müller Fabiola , Neubauer Andreas B. , Panaite Vanessa , Schneider Maude , Sun Jessie , Wilson Stephen Jeffrey , Zygar-Hoffmann Caroline , Myin-Germeys Inez , Kirtley Olivia J
Published: June 2024

The Experience Sampling Method (ESM) is increasingly used by researchers from various disciplines to answer novel questions about individuals’ daily lives. Measurement best practices have long been overlooked in ESM research, and recent reviews show that item quality is often not reported in ESM studies. The absence of information about item quality may partly be explained by the lack of consensus on how ESM item quality should be evaluated. As part of the ESM Item Repository project (esmitemrepository.com) — an international open science initiative that collects ESM items in an open item bank and evaluates their quality — we brought together 42 international ESM experts to develop an ESM item quality assessment tool. In four Delphi phases, experts suggested 57 item quality criteria, rated the criteria, provided arguments for and against the criteria, and rated the criteria again, considering reflections from other experts. The result of the Delphi process is ESM-Q: A quality assessment tool consisting of 10 core criteria, as well as an additional 15 supplementary criteria, to be used depending on the type of items being rated and the availability of supplementary information. The criteria cover topics ranging from construct validity to the optimal wording of items. ESM-Q can aid ESM researchers in selecting existing ESM items, developing new high-quality ESM items, and evaluating the quality of ESM items in systematic reviews. Expert reflections also highlight open research questions surrounding ESM item design that form a research agenda for ESM measurement.
It Only Takes One: The Psychology of Unilateral Decisions
Authors: Lewis Joshua , Allen Carter , Winter Christoph , Caviola Lucius
Published: June 2024

Sometimes, one decision can guarantee that a risky event will happen. For instance, it only took one team of researchers to synthesize and publish the horsepox genome, thus imposing its publication even though other researchers might have refrained for biosecurity reasons. We examine cases where everybody who can impose a given event has the same goal but different information about whether the event furthers that goal. Across 8 experiments (including scenario studies with elected policymakers, doctors, artificial-intelligence researchers, and lawyers and judges and economic games with laypeople, N = 1,518, and 3 supplemental studies, N = 847) people behave suboptimally, balancing two factors. First, people often impose events with expected utility only slightly better than the alternative based on the information available to them, even when others might know more. This approach is insufficiently cautious, leading people to impose too frequently, a situation termed the unilateralist’s curse. Second, counteracting the first factor, people avoid sole responsibility for unexpectedly bad outcomes, sometimes declining to impose seemingly desirable events. The former heuristic typically dominates and people unilaterally impose too often, succumbing to the unilateralist’s curse. But when only few people can impose, who know the stakes are high, responsibility aversion reduces over-imposing.
Estimating social influence using machine learning and digital trace data
Authors: Arvidsson Martin , Keuschnigg Marc
Published: June 2024

The digital and computational revolutions have improved the prospects for analyzing the dynamics of large groups of interacting individuals. Digital trace data provide the type of large-scale, time-stamped, and granular information on social interactions that is needed to feasibly conduct research on social influence in non-experimental settings and to distinguish social influence effects from the confounding effects of homophily. This chapter reviews three concrete ways in which machine learning can improve the estimation of social influence effects from observational digital trace data. These computational approaches (a) make high-dimensional information about individuals accessible for analysis, (b) infer latent confounders from the structure of large-scale social networks, and (c) facilitate large-scale annotation of measures that can serve as instruments for causal identification.
Análisis de las reformas tributarias en el pago del Impuesto a la Renta para personas naturales bajo relación de dependencia
Authors: Ayabaca Mogrovejo Orlando , Figueroa Campoverde David , Becerra Palacios Edgar
Published: June 2024

Este trabajo realiza un Análisis sobre el impacto de las Reformas Tributarias del Reglamento a la Ley Orgánica para el Desarrollo Económico y Sostenibilidad Fiscal tras la Pandemia COVID-19; sobre el cálculo y pago de Impuesto a la Renta para personas naturales bajo relación de dependencia. Se utiliza información de la Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de Hogares Urbanos y Rurales y la Encuesta Nacional de Empleo, Desempleo y Subempleo obtenidos del Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) para determinar el impacto sobre los Ingresos y Gastos de la población ecuatoriana. Los resultados describen los principales cambios sobre el cálculo de la Base Imponible por la reglamentación actual entre cada uno de los escenarios planteados siendo el efecto principal la imposibilidad de deducción de Gastos Personales Deducibles tales como; Vivienda, Educación, Salud, entre otros y la compensación de esta deducción con una rebaja del Impuesto en la Renta.
URL: https://revistas.uta.edu.ec/erevista/index.php/bcoyu/article/view/1958
Clinical Profile, Pacemaker Parameters and Early Outcome of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation in Lumbini Province Nepal
Authors: Gautam Samir , Dhungel Sachin , KC Bishal , Khan Majhar , Shakya Abhishesh , Panjiyar Rajesh , Sharma Deepanjali
Published: June 2024

Background: Pacemaker implantation was started for the first time in Lumbini province Nepal at Gautam Buddha Community Heart Hospital. The objective of this research is to evaluate clinical parameters and compare with established centers in Nepal. 
Methods: Patient and pacemaker parameters noted in proforma after getting consent from the patients. This is simple observational study. Calculation of parameters done using SPSS 17 version.
Results: Total 224 patients were evaluated over the duration of 3 years. Majority (60.3%) were female and 39.7% were male. 51.3% were of age group 65 to 80 years. 21% were above age 80 years, 22.8% were 45 to 65 years and 4.9% were below 45 years. 96.4% were Single chamber and 3.6 % were Dual chamber pacemaker. 97.8% were implanted on left side and 2.2% were implanted on right side. Impedance more than 1000 ohm noted in 3.6%. Threshold more than 1 mV noted in 7.6% and R wave amplitude less than 10 noted in 28.1%. Dislodgement was in 2.6% and Infection in 1.3%. No procedural death.
Conclusion: Single chamber implantation was far more common than dual chamber. Pacemaker parameters were similar at our hospital to other hospitals in Nepal.
Challenges of Bachelor Level Nursing Students in Clinical Learning Environment
Authors: Bhandari Nisha , Gurung Bishnu
Published: June 2024

Introduction: Students’ exposure to clinical learning environment is one of the most important factors affecting the teaching-learning process in clinical settings. Identifying challenges of nursing students in the clinical learning environment could improve guidance in clinical setting and enhance the quality of its planning and promotion of the students. The study aims to assess nursing students’ challenges in the clinical learning environment.
Methods: Mixed method was used to collect the data among bachelor level nursing students of Pokhara Nursing Campus. Self-administered structured questionnaire for quantitative analysis and focus group discussion was done for qualitative data using FGD guideline. Complete enumeration was done quantitative data and sample was selected purposively from different academic years for FGD.
Results: About 92% of students reported shortage of staff, 91.0% said content of theory classes is not fully applicable to the clinical situation, 86.4% reported clinical surrounding is not helpful for instruction, 82.0% expressed deficit of required resources, facilities, materials and equipment necessary for clinical practice, 73.8% reported insufficient numbers of clinical supervisors. Likewise students expressed that teachers were competent in students' evaluation (80.3%), provide feedback and reflection timely (86.1%), effective role model (78.7%), monitor and evaluate student’s development (84.4%), provide encouragement to students and detects students’ interest and motivation (82.0%) and considers students’ feelings (86.1%). Insufficient number of clinical supervisors in the ward, inadequate guidelines for paperwork, no feedback for submitted paperwork was the major challenges identified in qualitative data.
Conclusions: Insufficient number of staffs in the ward makes them to perform ward activities, theory-practice gap, inadequate learning resources to perform ward activities and facilities in the ward, unreadiness for clinical training, insufficient number of clinical supervisors were the major challenges recognized.
Sleep Quality and Stress among Nursing Students during COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Sharma Sharada , Gurung Punam , Panta Ganga
Published: June 2024

Introduction: Long-term stress has a significant impact on people's ability to fall asleep. The study was conducted with the aim to assess the sleep quality and stress during COVID-19 Pandemic.
Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was done among nursing students. One nursing campus was selected from the total of six bachelor level nursing campuses in the Pokhara from simple random lottery method. All the bachelor level students of that campus were included in the study. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaire using Pittsburgh sleep quality index and perceived stress scale. The collected data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science 16. Chi square test was used to identify the association between level of sleep quality and COVID related variables. Pearson’s correlation was used to examine the relationship between stress score with sleep quality. P value <0.05 was considered as statistically significant in all inferential statistical procedures.
Results: The mean age was 24.208±3.028, 31.4 percent of students lived with their family and 81 percent of them had clinical posting during COVID-19. The 61.9 percent of students had good sleep quality whereas 38.1 percent had poor sleep quality. Likewise, majority (91.4 %) of students had moderate stress. A significant association was observed between sleep quality and students infected with COVID-19. Pearson’s correlation showed the students’ stress had significantly positive correlation with sleep quality (P=0.030).
Conclusions: The study concluded that prevalence of poor sleep quality was found in more than one third of the nursing students. The majority of students experienced moderate level of stress during COVID-19 Pandemic.
Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Patients with Breast Cancer in Cancer Hospital, Chitwan, Nepal
Authors: Shrestha Nishya , Lawot Isabel , Tamrakar Neeta
Published: June 2024

Introduction: Patients with breast cancer often experience psychological distress, including anxiety, depression, and potential mood disorders. The objective of the study was to assess the Depression, Anxiety and Stress among patients with breast cancer.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to conduct the study in B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Chitwan. All patients with breast cancer undergoing treatment at the hospital were taken as study population. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample of 111 respondents. Standardized tool DASS-21 was used as research instrument to collect information for Depression, Anxiety and Stress of respondents. Data was entered into Epi-data 3.1 and exported to SPSS- 16 version for data analysis. Descriptive analysis was done to assess the status of Depression, Anxiety and Stress whereas significance of association was measured by using Chi-square test.
Results: The mean age of respondents was 46.4 years (range: 23-76). 56.8%, 47.7%, and 40.5% of respondents reported experiencing depression, anxiety, and stress, respectively. Depression was significantly associated with age, educational status, menstrual status, and age at diagnosis of breast cancer (p<0.05), while anxiety and stress were significantly associated with marital status.
Conclusions: The study found a high prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress among patients with breast cancer in BPKMCH. These findings highlight the importance of providing psychosocial support to patients with breast cancer to improve their overall well-being.
Fahr Disease: Review and case Report
Authors: Jha Prabhat
Published: June 2024

Introduction: Fahr disease is a rare neurodegenerative condition characterized by diffuse calcifications within brain. It is common in the fourth to sixth decade and few cases have been described in pediatric population
Case presentation: This case report describes a twelve year old boy with suspected Fahr disease. The clinical presentation was seizure, ataxia, tremor. The patient was managed conservatively with anti seizure medication.
Conclusion: Fahr disease is a rare neurodegenerative disease and can present in pediatric population as well.
 
Key words
Fahr disease, Pediatric
Ambivalent Culture: A Migrant's Subject in Kiran Desai’s the Inheritance of Loss
Authors: Shrestha Kamal
Published: June 2024

The research explores The Inheritance of Loss from the perspective of Post-colonialism. The cultural relation between East and West or the Indian and Western culture is hierarchical, controversial, and ambivalent due to misunderstanding and misinterpretation. In this age of multiculturalism and globalization, any individual has a fondness for Western culture. But being a migrant, people experience cultural controversy and contradictory feelings simultaneously.
Ambivalent Culture is the subject of Third and Fourth World people. At first, these people observe the First and Second World; and assume their superiority in culture, custom, and lifestyle; and they are highly modernized and technologically updated. Due to these assumptions, the Third and Fourth World people willingly migrate to the First and Second World with the dream of economic prosperity and for the betterment of life to secure a better future by accepting the very concept of Western lifestyle, custom, and culture. The main problem of migrants appears with the involvement of Western lifestyle and culture, and they encounter cultural dilemmas and trauma. The migrants realize the gap between their own culture and another culture; and as compensation the hybridity in culture appears—the migrants relocate their existence with the cultural hierarchy, disorder, geopolitical confusion, inequality, illegal immigration, and forefront terrorism activity.
The Third and Fourth World people’s migration to secure life with prosperity and a bright future in the First and Second World postulates the imbalance contact between self-identity and foreign identity which lead to the crucial situation and forms ambivalent culture; of the subject of migrant.
नेपाली सांस्कृतिक लौकिक न्यायको अन्तर्वस्तु
Authors: अधिकारी सुशीलकुमार
Published: June 2024

प्रस्तुत लेख नेपाली लौकिक न्यायको अन्तर्वस्तु तथा नेपाली लौकिक न्यायको सांस्कृतिक पक्षको तुलनामा केन्द्रित छ । गुणात्मक अनुसन्धान पद्धतिमा आधारित यस लेखमा प्राथमिक र द्वितीयक दुबै स्रोतका सामग्रीको उपयोग भएको छ । पुस्तकालयीय कार्य र क्षेत्रान्वेषणबाट प्राप्त सामग्रीका आधारमा तयार भएको यस लेखको सैद्धान्तिक आधार संस्कृतिसम्बन्धी मान्यता र अवधारणा नै हो । नेपाली समाज बहुभाषिक, बहुजातीय र बहुसांस्कृतिक सामाजिकता र राष्ट्रियताबाट निर्माण भएकाले यस विविधताभित्र रहेका ज्ञानसम्बन्धी दृष्टिकोण तथा तिनले प्रतिबिम्बन गरेको समान अवधारणाको विश्लेषण यस लेखमा भएको छ । यस लेखमा नेपाली र राई वान्तवा भाषामा ज्ञान र यसको सांस्कृतिक आधारको विश्लेषण र तुलनात्मक अध्ययन गरी प्राचीन वाङ्मयमा अभिव्यक्त भएका दृष्टिकोण तथा मौलिक संस्कृतिलाई अङ्गीकार गर्ने जनजातीय संज्ञानमा ज्ञानको स्थान र अवधारणा समान रहेको विषयमा विमर्श भएको छ ।
Mathematical Modeling of Drying Behavior of Carrot Slices in a Cabinet Dryer
Authors: Shrestha Rojee , Dhungel Abhitosh , Dhakal Santosh
Published: June 2024

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Towards a Critique of Mediatisation
Authors: A. Prodnik Jernej
Published: June 2024

Mediatisation has established itself in the last decade as a key approach in media and communication studies. Its aim is to explain the vast transformations of social relations caused by the growing power of the media. I provide a theoretical and empirical critique of this approach, with a particular focus on the institutionalist (strong) approach to mediatisation. As I argue, one of the biggest problems of mediatisation is that it perceives the power of the media in a wholly abstract manner. Even though authors advocating for the mediatisation approach typically preach about holism, their works often narrowly focus on the media, without embedding them in the social totality. This leads to a flawed approach, primarily due to the excessive media-centrism. For a critique of the ontological, epistemological and theoretical failures of mediatisation, I largely base the article on two critical approaches to the media and communication research: critical sociology of the media and political economy of communication. Empirically and mostly for illustrative purposes, the article is based on semi-structured interviews with representatives of Slovenian political parties. Three fundamental issues are identified based on this focus of the paper: mediatisation fails to distinguish between the form and content of communication; it does not make a proper distinction between public political communication and political activity; and it ignores the non-public parts of politics and deep inequalities, which influence the political process. Mediatisation generally bypasses these issues, in turn also ignoring the wider relations of power in capitalist society and how they change.
Influence of Animated Video Media on the Knowledge and Attitudes of Fluor Albus Prevention for Young Women at SMP PGRI 2 Ciledug
Authors: Moshthafavi Alfi Zahra , Mardhiati Retno
Published: June 2024

Cases of fluor albus are still common in women and if not addressed will lead to infection of the female genital area. Adolescent need to be educated in such a way, because education has an impact on long-term decisions. The existence of this study is to see the effect of fluor albus prevention education counseling using animated videos on the knowledge and attitudes of young women at SMP PGRI 2 Ciledug in 2023. This study applied a quantitative method of experimental design with non-randomised pre-test post-test control group design and non-probabilty sampling technique with purposive sampling. A total of 110 grade 9 young women were sampled. Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney test were used as analysis techniques. There was a significant difference in the mean total score of pre-test (6,55) and post-test (8,82) of knowledge variables of the experimental group (p-value <0,00001). A significant difference was also found in the mean total score of pre-test (4,78) and post-test (7,69) attitude variables in the same group. There was a significant difference in the mean total score of the experimental groups’s knowledge post-test (8,82) with the control (6,84) and the mean total score of the experimental group’s attitude post-test (7,69) with the control (4,64). This happened because only the experimental group was exposed to education, so that the reasoning was that providing education using animated video media had an influence on the difference in the total score of knowledge and attitudes of young women at SMP PGRI 2 Ciledug