bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
دور إدارة الجودة الشاملة في تحقيق الميزة التنافسية المستدامة
Authors: شاكر شذى , أبراهيم خالد
Published: May 2021

With the beginning of the 20th century, the interest in quality began to grow, and this interest grew even more after the Second World War. This concept was expanded with the increase in customer expectations and the intensity of the competition in terms of quality, to include quality at the organization level as a whole. This study is aimed at identifying the role of TQM in achieving the competitive competitive advantage of the staff of the Directorate of Preparation and Training, and what is exposed to this Directorate of competition as strong as other departments Internal and external pressures affect Especially in terms of performance and competitive position. This led the Directorate to use TQM to maintain its competitive advantage and to enhance its competitive position. In order to achieve this, the analytical description was used. The researchers designed a questionnaire consisting of (30) ) A questionnaire on the sample of the sample has been mobilized through the staff of the Directorate has been used several statistical methods (SPSS) to achieve the objectives of the study. The researchers concluded that the implementation of TQM through the continuous training and education of all the human resources working in the Directorate, and the need to emphasize the accreditation of business organizations TQM as a modern and declared administrative approach to all leaders and employees, build a culture of quality and abandon the traditional methods of management
تدفقات الاستثمار الأجنبي المباشر وأثره على البطالة في العراق للمدة (2004-2017) دراسة تحليلية باستخدام التكامل المشترك المتزامن
Authors: عواد خالد , عبد مهند , اسعد بلال
Published: May 2021

This research aims to show the impact of foreign investment inflows into Iraq on changes in unemployment after 2004, in light of the emergence of ideas of globalization in various aspects and the convergence of distances between countries due to the development of knowledge and scientific means of communication and by the policies of economic liberalization and international trade. A long - term equilibrium relationship between foreign investment flows and unemployment, and that changes in unemployment rates explain the change in FDI flows.
قياس اتجاه معنى العمل في إطار محدداته: بحث مقارن لآراء أعضاء الهيئة التدريسية في جامعتي ديالى والأنبار
Authors: نوري حيدر , جميل عمر
Published: May 2021

The research aims to measure the meaning and direction of the work Adopting the triple model that he developed by (Rozin and Schwartz, 1997). which is represented by the dimension: (Job, Career, Callings). And then measuring its impact on the performance of the operations it performs and building the meaning of the work among the faculty members at the Iraqi universities of Diyala and Anbar, and a nine-point scale was adopted for the purpose of evaluation, in addition to adopting ten criteria to classify the work of 80 faculty members in the two research communities. It is represented in: (commitment to work, work motives, work ethics, goal of work, work proficiency, job satisfaction, work relationships, work participation, centralization of work, and work value). The directional and statistical inferential measures were adopted, which showed that the faculty members in the two universities were within the category of the Callings dimension of work, which affected their performance Positively, as well as the absence of significant differences in the answers of the two universities, which in light of which a set of recommendations were presented, which it is hoped will benefit. Including those involved.
A MEMÓRIA DA ÁGUA: INFORMAÇÕES ENERGOVIBRACIONAIS
Authors: Cossolino Martelo Mayara , Vinicius Cordeiro Forte Marcus , Abrão Neto Elias
Published: May 2021

O presente estudo trata-se de uma revisão bibliográfica acerca do tema “A Capacidade da Água de Armazenar Memória”. Baseia-se  m dois trabalhos científicos que descrevem e comprovam tal capacidade: Stagnaro (2011) e Montagnier (2011). O foco do atual  rabalho é adentrar nas bases teóricas apresentadas por ambos os autores, esclarecendo assim o funcionamento da capacidade de  etenção e transmissão de memória pela água. São também citados alguns estudos empíricos dos autores que corroboram a  ipótese  e que a água retém e transmite informação, trazendo assim também elementos práticos para o estudo de revisão. Através  a soma das informações apresentadas foi possível chegar a uma compreensão mais profunda do mecanismo responsável por essa  apacidade, esclarecendo e explicando o princípio que rege tratamentos dentro da Naturopatia como florais e homeopatia.
African Piano Tutor – Pianoforte Tutor Beginners Level 1
Authors: Gyebi-Tweneboah Kwasi
Published: May 2021

Music is an integral part of African society and the life of an African revolves around music. Musical instrument play is part and parcel of African music. Thus, learning a musical instrument is part of the African culture. The piano although not African in origin, has been adopted in Africa through globalization and glocalization. This book introduces the learner to piano playing using African rhythm as its theme. It introduces the learner to basic rhythms and basic finger positions to play the simple pieces that are in the book. This book is a result of the author’s many years of teaching piano to beginners. The author hopes that this book forms a foundation for students to learn African rhythms and to love African music for further progression.
THE TAMBOS OF THE PERUVIAN RURAL TERRITORY: A SYSTEMATIC CATALOG PROPOSAL AS DESIGN STRATEGY
Authors: Yarasca-Aybar Cristian
Published: May 2021

The tambos are small buildings that function as social platforms in Peruvian rural areas to provide essential services to the entire vulnerable and dispersed rural population. The Peruvian government intends to implement more than a thousand new tambos in the national territory. However, this social infrastructure program faces heterogeneous conditions and demands according to Peru’s geographical and population complexity. This article proposes developing a systematic catalog of modular components as a design strategy for the architectural approach of future tambos. Georeferenced data and climate design guidelines were used to conduct this study. As a result, the systematic catalog synthesizes critical variables such as natural regions and programmatic requirements to generate diverse architectural configurations of the new tambos. Therefore, these future buildings would be optimally articulated in different areas of influence under a systematic vision of the Peruvian rural territory.
HIGHER ACCURACY ORDER IN DIFFERENTIATION-BY-INTEGRATION
Authors: Liptaj Andrej
Published: May 2021

In this text explicit forms of several higher precision order kernel functions (to be used in the differentiation-by-integration procedure) are given for several derivative orders. Also, a system of linear equations is formulated which allows to construct kernels with an arbitrary precision for an arbitrary derivative order. A computer study is realized and it is shown that numerical differentiation based on higher precision order kernels performs much better (w.r.t. errors) than the same procedure based on the usual Legendre-polynomial kernels. Presented results may have implications for numerical implementations of the differentiation-by-integration method.
IGRINS RV: A Precision Radial Velocity Pipeline for IGRINS Using Modified Forward Modeling in the Near-infrared*
Authors: Stahl Asa G. , Tang Shih-Yun , Johns-Krull Christopher M. , Prato L. , Llama Joe , Mace Gregory N. , Joon Lee Jae , Oh Heeyoung , Luna Jessica , Jaffe Daniel T.
Published: May 2021

Application of the radial velocity (RV) technique in the near-infrared is valuable because of the diminished impact of stellar activity at longer wavelengths, making it particularly advantageous for the study of late-type stars but also for solar-type objects. In this paper, we present the IGRINS RV open-source python pipeline for computing infrared RV measurements from reduced spectra taken with IGRINS, an R ≡ λ/Δλ ∼ 45,000 spectrograph with simultaneous coverage of the H band (1.49–1.80 μm) and K band (1.96–2.46 μm). Using a modified forward-modeling technique, we construct high-resolution telluric templates from A0 standard observations on a nightly basis to provide a source of common-path wavelength calibration while mitigating the need to mask or correct for telluric absorption. Telluric standard observations are also used to model the variations in instrumental resolution across the detector, including a yearlong period when the K band was defocused. Without any additional instrument hardware, such as a gas cell or laser frequency comb, we are able to achieve precisions of 26.8 m s−1 in the K band and 31.1 m s−1 in the H band for narrow-line hosts. These precisions are empirically determined by a monitoring campaign of two RV standard stars, as well as the successful retrieval of planet-induced RV signals for both HD 189733 and τ Boo A; furthermore, our results affirm the presence of the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect for HD 189733. The IGRINS RV pipeline extends another important science capability to IGRINS, with publicly available software designed for widespread use.
An Exploration of Three New Methods to Facilitate the Calculation of the Significance Levels of Periodogram Peaks by Simulation
Authors: Koen C.
Published: May 2021

At a given frequency ν, calculation of the periodogram entails evaluating two linear combinations

and

of the observations. It is pointed out that C and S are normally distributed even for relatively small numbers of observations. This can be used as a basis for simulating periodograms from a multivariate normal distribution with specified covariance structure. The advantage is that computationally expensive evaluations of sinusoids need to be performed only once—in the calculation of the covariances. Furthermore, the large covariance matrix can be factorized, and the factors replaced by low-rank approximations, which alleviates the computer memory demands. The second part of the paper discusses the choice of the degree of oversampling of the periodogram, i.e., the spacing

of the frequency grid over which it is calculated. It is shown using

, where ΔT is the time baseline of the observations, leads to an error of only about 1% in the percentiles of the distribution of maximum peak values. The third part of the paper deals with the representation of the distribution of periodogram maxima by the generalized extreme value distribution. Although the generalized extreme value form may formally differ highly significantly from the actual distribution of periodogram maxima, it is demonstrated that it may nonetheless be useful in practical terms. Results are illustrated throughout using three data sets with widely different aliasing properties.
The Emergence of Structure in the Binary Black Hole Mass Distribution
Authors: Tiwari Vaibhav , Fairhurst Stephen
Published: May 2021

We use the gravitational wave signals from binary black hole merger events observed by LIGO and Virgo to reconstruct the underlying mass and spin distributions of the population of merging black holes. We reconstruct the population using the mixture model framework VAMANA using observations in GWTC-2 occurring during the first two observing runs and the first half of the third run (O1, O2, and O3a). Our analysis identifies a structure in the chirp mass distribution of the observed population. Specifically, we identify peaks in the chirp mass distribution at 8, 14, 26, and 45 M
⊙ and a complementary structure in the component mass distribution with an excess of black holes at masses of 9, 16, 45, and 57 M
⊙. Intriguingly, for both the distributions, the location of subsequent peaks are separated by a factor of around two and there is a lack of mergers with chirp masses of 10–12 M
⊙. The appearance of multiple peaks is a feature of a hierarchical merger scenario when, due to a gap in the black hole mass spectrum, a pile-up occurs at the first peak followed by mergers of lower mass black holes to hierarchically produce higher mass black holes. However, cross-generation merger peaks and observations with high spins are also predicted to occur in such a scenario that we are not currently observing. The results presented are limited in measurement accuracy due to small numbers of observations but if corroborated by future gravitational wave observations these features have far-reaching implications.
Impacts of the invasive species Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder, 1845 on the algae flora of the west coast of Algeria
Authors: Bachir Bouiadjra Benabdallah , Ghellai Malika , Daoudi Mohamed , Behmene Ibrahim Elkhalil , Bachir Bouiadjra Mohammed El Amine
Published: May 2021

The assessment of the impacts of the expansion of the invasive species on taxonomic diversity, the abundance and dominance of groups of algae, the presence and/or absence of species of ecological interest that may or may not be indicative of water quality well mentioned, through the installation of a 20 × 20 cm quadrat representing the minimum area. The observation stations were visited monthly, during a repetitive three-year cycle, during the spring, summer and autumn seasons, periods of maximum growth and development of the algal flora and the results suggest the following facts. The invasive alga Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder, 1845 tends to colonise disturbed ecosystems reflecting a reduction in native algal diversity; in fact, we note a drastic impoverishment of the invaded algal community, represented by a limited number of Macrophyte algae accompanying the invasive taxon in phytosociological surveys and a Shannon-Weaver Diversity Index (H’) and Equitability reduced by 4.49 and 0.77 n the heavily affected station. The number of macroalgal species accompanying the invasive species has dropped by 52% in Salamandre. In addition, the multidimensional analysis, represented by the Hierarchical Ascendant Clustering applied to this case, confirms our results.
Que pensent les habitants des territoires peu denses de la mobilité ? Une exploitation textuelle des données du Grand Débat National
Authors: Flipo Aurore
Published: May 2021

Mise en place à la suite du mouvement des Gilets Jaunes au début de l’année 2019, la plateforme du Grand Débat a recueilli 569 000 contributions issues d’un peu plus de 250 000 contributeurs individuels (Bennani, Gandré, Monnery, 2019). Malgré de nombreuses limitations, qui sont abordées en préalable de l’analyse, cette large base de données peut constituer un outil de compréhension complémentaire des perceptions de l’action publique sur les territoires. Dans cet article, nous utilisons les contributions postées en ligne sur le site du Grand Débat pour analyser la manière dont l’objet mobilité est appréhendé dans deux territoires à dominante rurale, à l’aide d’une analyse textuelle. Nous nous intéressons d’abord aux thématiques générales dans lesquelles on trouve un discours sur la mobilité. Nous analysons ensuite la place de la question de la mobilité au sein de la thématique de la transition écologique, qui est celle qui a recueilli le plus de contributions portant sur la mobilité. Enfin, nous nous intéressons aux souhaits exprimés par les contributeurs sur l’accès à divers modes de transport sur leur territoire, avant de discuter des potentialités et des limites de l’outil d’analyse textuelle pour traiter les données de ce type. L’analyse montre un hiatus important entre les discours publics, centrés sur les pratiques et la responsabilité individuelles et l’importance dans le corpus d’un discours mettant en avant la dimension systémique de la transition écologique. Elle confirme également des clivages observés ailleurs au sujet de la voiture électrique.
Les miroirs aux princes au reflet des idées politiques de leur temps (XVI e et XVII e siècles)
Authors: Gendre Xavier
Published: May 2021

L’expression « miroirs des princes » est communément utilisée pour décrire les traités politiques adressés au pouvoir royal dans le but d’exhorter le prince aux vertus, de le former et de le préparer à l’exercice du pouvoir, en y décrivant l’idéal de sa figure. Au-delà de l’emploi générique de l’expression métaphorique du miroir, la littérature politique des « miroirs des princes » a cependant été sujette à des ruptures qui ont non seulement consommé le genre de manière définitive mais surtout transformé l’exercice politique du pouvoir royal.
Le climat est-il une ressource ? Perspectives historiques à partir de la conception bioclimatique en architecture
Authors: Gaillard Clément
Published: May 2021

Cet article vise à étudier dans quelles conditions le climat peut être considéré comme une ressource, à partir du développement de la conception bioclimatique en architecture. Il s’appuie sur l’étude d’archives et d’entretiens avec des acteurs, afin de montrer la manière dont cette méthode de conception s’est historiquement structurée suivant l’idée que le climat englobe un ensemble de ressources énergétiques potentiellement utiles. À la suite de cette analyse historique, l’article se concentre sur le cas du « gisement solaire » et des difficultés d’appréhension de cette ressource. Ces difficultés, ainsi que les problèmes d’équité dans l’accès à des apports climatiques favorables, traduisent le caractère équivoque de la ressource climatique, qui nous paraît être d’actualité.
L’Arbre colonne de Kitayama : comment passer d’une ressource matérielle à un paysage culturel ?
Authors: Jacquet Benoît , Urushima Andrea Flores
Published: May 2021

Dans l’architecture japonaise, les poteaux en bois de cryptomère (Cryptomeria japonica) sont utilisés à Kyoto depuis le XVIe siècle dans les bâtiments de style sukiya, dans les alcôves décoratives (tokonoma) et certains détails des maisons urbaines (machiya). Ce bois de construction, le Kitayama sugi, provient d’un village dans les montagnes du nord de Kyoto, dont le paysage et l’agroforesterie sont en cours de classement en tant que « paysage culturel ». L’objectif de cette recherche est d’observer comment l’exploitation d’une ressource matérielle peut devenir un lieu reconnu pour le caractère exceptionnel de son paysage culturel. Cette étude est fondée sur une série d’entretiens, menés entre 2014 et 2021 dans une forêt de Kitayama sugi auprès d’un pépiniériste et négociant en bois. Il est l’un des derniers garants de la transmission de techniques et de savoirs, il témoigne de l’évolution de cette sylviculture depuis la fin du XXe siècle.
Le Sacre du stock
Authors: Landauer Paul
Published: May 2021

Dans le champ de l’architecture, comme dans la plupart des secteurs d’activité du monde occidental contemporain, la part fonctionnelle du stock est invisibilisée. Partout la performance du flux tendu l’emporte. Les greniers et les entrepôts ont été remplacés par les sites de logistique. Les surfaces de vente ont envahi les réserves. Les logements ont vu la part dédiée au rangement se réduire. La transparence de l’open space s’étend jusqu’au cœur des immeubles de bureaux. Pourtant, l’architecture du stock résiste. Elle rejaillit, tel le retour du refoulé, dans le logement ; s’invite dans toutes les démarches qui prônent aujourd’hui le recyclage et la résilience ; devient un enjeu de pouvoir pour reconquérir une autonomie de production ; et s’impose de manière inattendue dans certaines des fonctionnalités les plus aiguës de la société hyperindustrielle comme les data centers. Les installations du stock, hier dépréciées et aujourd’hui abandonnées pourraient bien prendre leur revanche et (re) devenir les matrices du territoire de demain. L’architecture du stock retrouverait dès lors l’aura qui a été la sienne dans un grand nombre de civilisations d’avant la modernité ; une architecture dont Bernard Rudofsky, dans son exposition doublée d’un livre, Architecture Without Architects en 1964, a révélé la capacité à répondre à quatre aspirations humaines essentielles : le besoin de monument, la recherche d’un équilibre entre nomadisme et sédentarité, le souci de conjurer les risques et la propension pour le commun.
L’Extraction du sable au Maroc, de la ressource au produit
Authors: Driffort Duncan
Published: May 2021

Selon un rapport de 2017 de l’Organisation des Nations Unies, le sable est la deuxième ressource la plus consommée dans le monde après l’eau, dont plus de la moitié de l’extraction concerne le domaine de la construction. Dans ce contexte, cet article propose une étude des pratiques d’extraction incontrôlées du sable au Maroc, à partir de deux enquêtes de terrain réalisées à l’automne 2019. Pour ce faire, le sable est abordé à travers deux entrées d’analyse : d’une part, comme élément constitutif du paysage dunaire considéré comme un bien public, et, d’autre part, comme produit commercialisé pour la constitution du béton armé. Dans cette optique, cette recherche aborde dans un premier temps l’altération du littoral par la construction de bâti à Mohammédia, pour ensuite analyser les conséquences relatives à l’extraction du sable. Dans un contexte où l’architecture est de plus en plus envisagée à travers un prisme environnemental, l’article cherche à comprendre dans quelle mesure notre relation aux ressources impacte le territoire entendu comme un bien public.
Evaluation of quality of life and associated factors among HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy in North West region of Cameroon
Authors: N Busi Anissette , Nsoh Marius , O Otieno Moses , A Ndeso Sylvester , E Halle-Ekane Gregory
Published: May 2021

Background: There is evidence that Quality of Life (QoL) of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) has a significant role in ART retention, treatment adherence, and survival. As a result, QoL is becoming increasingly important for policy- makers, program implementers, and researchers. However, factors associated with QoL, in a culturally diverse country like Cameroon are unknown.

Objective: We aimed to assess the QoL of PLHIV on ART and assess the extent to which physical, psychosocial, environ- mental, and spiritual factors drive QoL.

Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 394 PLHIV aged >21 in North-West Cameroon from April to July 2019. Data were collected using WHO-QOL BREF questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, bivariate, and multivariate linear regression analyses were performed.

Results: Majority (34.5%) of participants were in the age range of 41-50, with 73% females. The average QoL of the re- spondents was “good” with mean score of 3.57 on 5 and 71.4% agreed to have satisfactory QoL. Bivariate regression anal- yses revealed that all six proposed predictors were significantly associated with QoL. Psychological factors made the greatest impact (β = 0.213; p<0.003), followed by physical factors (β = 0.19; p<0.001).

Conclusion: PLHIV fairly agreed to have good QoL. The QoL was driven by mainly psychological and physical factors and not level of independence. However, the mean score perceptions for the investigated domains were low. Mental health ser- vices should consider these predictors when designing strategies to improve the QoL of PLHIV. While this study provides useful insights, other possible drivers of QoL among PLHIV should be investigated.

Keywords: Quality of life and associated factors; HIV patients; antiretroviral therapy; Cameroon.
Short report: knowledge and perceptions of health workers that strengthen adherence for paediatric and adolescent clients on the intensive adherence counselling program in Kampala, Uganda. A qualitative study
Authors: Nasuuna Esther , Kigozi Joanita , Muganzi Alex , Sewankambo Nelson , Nakanjako Damalie
Published: May 2021

Background: Health care workers (HWs) support HIV positive children and adolescents with detectable HIV viral loads on the intensive adherence counselling (IAC) program to achieve viral suppression through individual adherence counselling. Low re-suppression rates of 23% showed low program effectiveness in fifteen public health facilities.

Objectives: We set out to determine the knowledge and perceptions of HWs that support this program to improve its effectiveness.

Methods: We conducted a qualitative study where five HWs that oversee clinical care for children on ART were interviewed about the program. Data on their knowledge of the program, and perceptions on why it was not effective was collected. Thematic analysis using the inductive approach was used. Transcripts were read, coded and emergent themes determined.

Results: Five HWs participated and all were knowledgeable about the program. Two themes emerged as barriers to IAC program effectiveness, patient factors and health system factors. Patient factors were failure to attend appointments, failure to change adherence practices, and lack of consent. Health system factors were work overload, delay in getting results and drug stock outs.

Conclusion: HWs are knowledgeable about the IAC program and client specific barriers should be addressed to improve viral suppression for children.

Keywords: Intensive adherence counselling; health care worker barriers.
Safe birth matters: facilitators and barriers to uptake of the WHO safe childbirth checklist tool in a Tanzania Regional Hospital
Authors: Thomas Joycelyn , Voss Joachim , Tarimo Edith
Published: May 2021

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) developed the Safe Birth Checklist (SCC) to facilitate best practices in safe birthing practices. The SCC is utilizing existing evidence-based WHO guidelines and recommendations which has combined those into a single and practical bedside tool. The SCC is the first checklist-based intervention to target the pre- vention of maternal and neonatal deaths.

Objective: The objective of this project was to pilot-test the World Health Organization Safe Childbirth Checklist with Maternity Regional Hospital in, Tanzania.

Study Design and Methods: Retrospective analysis on 35 charts were completed to identify presence or absence of docu- mentation aligned with evidenced based checklist items. Staff training, end user observations and focus group discussions were utilized to elicit feedback about the tool and the process. Descriptive statistics and manual content analysis were used to analyze the rate of uptake and ownership over the checklist. The Checklist is broken down into four sections or time points (that are considered natural pause points in the care of laboring women). The four different pause points are admission, delivery, post-partum, and discharge.

Results: We trained 26 participants out of 32 staff how to use the SCC. Delivery time point had the lowest at SCC comple- tion rate at 39% compared to discharge having the highest completion rate at 93%. There was variation in completion rate of the checklist items at each time point. Checklist items at the beginning of each time point were completed between 94% and 100% of the time with the latter checklist list items completed between 29% and 57% of the time.

Conclusion: This project was able to identify facilitators and potential barriers to the successful uptake of the Safe Child- birth Checklist in Shinyanga Regional Hospital. Based on these findings, the MOH have opportunities to utilize those find- ings in the scale-up of the implementation of the checklist and future evaluation activities.

Keywords: Safe birth matters; WHO safe childbirth checklist tool; Tanzania Regional Hospital.
Enhancing the Quality and Relevance of Teaching and Learning through University Community Partnerships: the Case of Art at Makerere University
Authors: Edopu Ritah N. , Mpoza J B , Namutebi Edith
Published: May 2021

A key gap in writing on the University Community Partnership (UCP) approach to higher education delivery relates to the fact that, in general, the fruitfulness of the approach is taken for granted. Furthermore, the usefulness of UCPs is tacitly expected to be two-way with universities helping their communities to address some of their challenges and the experience of partnership helping the universities to enhance their relevance. However, this paper reports the findings of a study that presents a different picture. Investigating the implementation and impact of the UCP approach to the delivery of the Bachelor of Industrial and Fine Arts program at Makerere University’s Margaret Trowel School of Industrial and Fine Arts (MTSIFA), the study found that contrary to the widely held view that the approach to higher education delivery results into universities helping their communities to deal with some of their challenges, at the MTSIFA, the approach has not resulted into service learning. However, it has helped the school to close critical gaps in studio support for its students, thereby enhancing the quality and relevance of teaching and learning. Therefore, using this case, the study argues that UCPs present a panacea to some of the resources constraints inherent to massification that many HEIs in Africa are grappling with.
Effectiveness of Study Centres in Supporting Open and Distance Learning at Makerere University
Authors: Mutambo Nabushawo Harriet , Aguti Jessica Norah , Winterbottom Mark Harriet
Published: May 2021

In open and distance learning (ODL), the teacher and student are separated in time and space for most of the time. To ensure continuity of teaching and learning, learner support mechanisms are required. Rumble (1992) contends that for effective support these mechanisms should be decentralized and accessible to students. It is with this understanding that this study examined the effectiveness of Makerere University’s study centres in supporting teaching and learning in its ODL programmes. Following a survey design, data was elicited from 422 respondents who included students and staff of the University. This was done using questionnaires, interviews, focus group discussions and documentary analysis. The findings were that the centres are relevant to offering remote learner support, especially given the low level of technological advancement in Uganda. However, due to a number of factors, the centres are not offering satisfactory support to the students. These include the centres’ indistinct status and mandate; gaps in the University’s policies and understanding of ODL; inadequate funding of the centres; communication gaps between the centres and their coordinating unit at the University’s main campus; inadequacy of study, ICT and human resources at the centres; and unconducive location and opening hours of the centres. Recommendations for the better performance of the centres are discussed.
Rethinking Teacher Education towards Producing Critical and Creative-Minded Educators in Nigeria
Authors: Akinsanya Patrick O , Osiyemi Emmanuel S
Published: May 2021

This paper discusses the training of the Nigerian pedagogue. It contends that the curriculum used to prepare the Nigerian pedagogue must be enriched with the capacity to produce critical and creative teachers who will, in turn, produce critical and creative Nigerians. This will be beneficial to the education system, for the latter will henceforth be managed by stakeholders who possess the ability to innovate the system. Such a system will automatically be rid of robots and fuddy-duddies. The paper suggests three options to rejuvenating the teacher education curriculum: infusing a new course on ‘Logic and Aesthetics’ into the teacher education curriculum; strengthening the philosophy of education component of teacher training courses and making it core; modifying the existing general course on ‘Philosophy & Logic’ into ‘Philosophy, Logic & Aesthetics’; and enriching the content in such a way that it can instil both criticality and creativity.
Utilization of E-Learning Resources among Tertiary Students in Ogun State, Nigeria
Authors: Lukmon Adeola Kiadese
Published: May 2021

This study investigated assessment of e-learning resources utilization by students of tertiary institutions in Ogun State, Nigeria. The study was conducted using a descriptive survey design. Three hundred and eighty-one (381) tertiary students in the area were randomly selected for the study. A researcher-designed questionnaire titled “Utilization of E-learning Resources Questionnaire” (UERQ) with a Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient of 0.76 was used to collect data.  Frequency counts, percentages, means, t-test and ANOVA statistics were used to analyse the data. The findings were that there is a significant difference in utilization of e-learning resources based on class and institutions. However, there is no significant difference based on gender and age. It is recommended that tertiary institutions re-design their general studies curriculum to include e-learning skills so as to help students to understand how they can utilize e-learning resources.
Reliability and Validity Testing of Modified Structured Wellness Questionnaire for Monitoring the Wellness Perception of University Students
Authors: Gbenga Jaiyesimi Boluwaji
Published: May 2021

Wellness on a general scale is a major global concern as it is perpendicular to achieving monumental success in a drive towards global health challenges. The health status and wellbeing of university students should be major concern as they constitute young adolescent population and are prone to risky lifestyle. The objective of this study is to carry out exploratory factor analysis of modified structured wellness questionnaire used by university students in pursuit of healthy living. The study explored the orientation, health perspective and practices of the university students to assess the factor loading of the modified structures questionnaire for extraction, reduction and compression into variables. A 20-item questionnaire was administered to 1030 students from four different colleges of Afe Babalola University. Analyses were performed using SPSS. Principal axis component was conducted on the data and Cronbach Alpha was used to test the internal consistency of the data. The results of factor analysis showed five factors and eliminate five items that loaded below the cut-off points. The factors were drug and alcohol pattern; health belief and finance; self-expression and social integration; exercise, sleep and food; strength of social circle.Keywords: Principal axis factoring; Wellness; Healthy living
THE INFLUENCE OF ISLAMIC LEADERSHIP AND ISLAMIC WORK ETHICS ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE OF ISLAMIC BANKS IN RIAU PROVINCE MEDIATED BY ISLAMIC ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Authors: Hamzah Zulfadli , Basri Yuswar Zainal , . Zulhelmy
Published: May 2021

The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of Islamic leadership and Islamic work ethics on employee performance of Islamic banks in Riau province, whereby Islamic organizational culture became the mediator variable. This research employs the Structure Equation Model (SEM) based on Partial Least Square (PLS) with the help of SmartPLS 3.0 M3 software. The data were collected by using a questionnaire from 275 respondents. The respondent in this research was an employee of Islamic banks in Riau Province. The result showed that Islamic leadership, Islamic work ethics, and Islamic organizational culture positively and significantly influence on employee performance of Islamic banks in Riau province. On another side, the Islamic leadership mediated by Islamic organizational culture does not significantly influence on employee performance of Islamic Banks in Riau Provence. The finding of this research suggests that to enhance the role of Islamic leadership to create Islamic organization culture and Islamic work ethics increasingly would be an effect on employee performance of Islamic Bank in Riau province.

JEL Classification Codes : M1, G21, M540.
«Видеть туман внутреннего пространства»: поэтика материи и повествования в фильме Ёжик в тумане Юрия Норштейна
Authors: Lécole Solnychkine Sophie
Published: May 2021

we could define the cinema of Yuri Norstein as characterized by the change of status in the forms and textures materializing on the screen the elements of the story. According to these transformations, the narration – understood in the classical sense – seems to split in its films: it then designates not only the sequence of actions that compose the story of the film, but also the history of the successive plastic alterations constitutingthe flesh of the image and building photogram after photogram what one could describe as scenario-matter (by distinction of the scenario-narration).

Le cinéma de Youri Norstein se caractérise par le changement d’état des formes et des textures qui composent, en les matérialisant, les éléments du récit. Au gré de ces transformations, la narration, entendue au sens classique du terme, semble dans ses films se dédoubler : elle désigne alors non seulement le déroulé des actions qui composent le récit du film, mais aussi l’histoire des altérations plastiques successives qui constituent la chair de l’image et qui construisent, photogramme après photogramme, ce que l’on pourrait qualifier de scénario matière (par distinction du scénario récit).

aнимационное кино Юрия Норштейна мы могли бы определить через характерное для него изменение статуса форм и фактур, в которыхматериализуются на экране элементы повествования. Согласно этим трансформациям, рассказ – понимаемый в классическом смысле слова – претерпевает расщепление: он не только означает череду действий, которые составляют повествовательную канву фильма, но также и историю последовательных пластических изменений, создающих плоть образа и складывающих одну за другой теневые картины-фотограмы; что можно было бы назвать сценарием-материей (в отличие от сценарием-повествованием).
Andrei Khrzhanovskii’s The Glass Harmonica (1968). Dissent in new forms.
Authors: Pontieri Laura , Mélat Hélène
Published: May 2021

Andrei Khrzhanovskii began to study and work on animation inthe wake of the more tolerant, although contradictory, spirit that characterized theKhrushchev’s Thaw, during which a few animators began to experiment with newstyles and create films on topical issues addressed to an adult public. With The GlassHarmonica Khrzhanovskii ventured to present a harsh critique of the system in a stylethat clearly departed from the prevailing children-oriented Disney style adopted in thestudio Soiuzmul’tfil’m. By proposing a subtle message about the position of the artistin a totalitarian system and endorsing a manner that contrasted with the official andapproved style, Khrzhanovskii created a work of art that, despite its exceptional artisticvalue, could be hardly accepted by the authorities.

Andreï Khrjanovski a commencé à étudier l’animation et à réaliser desfilms dans l’atmosphère plus tolérante, bien qu’ambiguë, qui caractérisait le dégelkhrouchtchévien, période pendant laquelle un certain nombre d’animateurs se sontmis à expérimenter de nouveaux styles et à créer des films destinés à un public adultetraitant de problèmes d’actualité. Avec L’Harmonica de verre, Khrjanovski s’estrisqué à présenter une critique sévère du système dans un style qui se démarquaitclairement du style disneyen adopté par le studio Soïouzmoultfilm dans les dessinsanimés pour la jeunesse. En proposant un message subtil sur la situation de l’artistedans un système totalitaire et adoptant un style contrastant avec le style officiel etapprouvé, il a créé une oeuvre d’art qui, magré sa qualité exceptionnelle, ne pouvaitguère être acceptée par les autorités.

Андрей Хржановский начинал работать в анимации еще ватмосфере духа большей толерантности, хотя исполненного противоречий,характеризовавшего хрущевскую Оттепель. В этот период некоторыеаниматоры стали экспериментировать с новыми стилями и создавать фильмыдля взрослой аудитории, обращенные к актуальным вопросам на злобу дня. Сосвоей Стеклянной гармоникой Хржановский смело предпринял резкую критикусистемы в стиле, очевидно далеком от стиля ориентированных на Диснеядетских мультфильмов, который превалировал на Союзмультфильме. Тонкоподавая свое идейное представление о месте художника при тоталитарнойсистеме и подписываясь под художественной манерой, контрастноотличающейся от официально принятой эстетики, Хржановский создалпроизведение искусства, которое, вопреки его исключительной художественнойценности, едва ли могло быть воспринято властью.
Russia as a Life and Writing Experience: The Journals Of A White Sea Wolf by Mariusz Wilk
Authors: Després Isabelle
Published: May 2021

Mariusz Wilk is a Polish prose‑writer, who travels to the remote north of Russia. His first book, The journals of a White Sea wolf reveals his originality. He tries to delve into the mysteries of the ‘Russian soul’ and history, for that he chooses to blend in with local life. That is why he settled in a faraway, but representative place, the Solovetsky Islands. He writes of the ordinary folk he meets on a daily basis. He discovers a world marked by the ruins of the Soviet prison system, but also by the secular presence of the monastery. In his notes, Wilk stops on some details with strong metaphorical potential. Finally, he writes of himself as a writer and a traveler. For in his writing and his travels, Wilk’s main aim is to find himself, to understand who he is, to think about writing that allows self‑transcendence, about the language and about the specificity of each word, with its emotional and symbolic charge. The journals of a White Sea wolf is a testimony on past and today’s Russia, a reflection on practice and literary genre of travel prose.

Mariusz Wilk est un auteur polonais qui voyage dans la Russie du grand Nord. Son premier ouvrage, Le Journal d’un loup, révèle l’originalité de ce regard. Wilk cherche à découvrir la Russie en profondeur, en choisissant de se fondre dans la vie locale. Pour cela il s’installe dans les îles Solovki, un lieu excentré, mais représentatif à ses yeux, de l’histoire et de la mentalité russes. Il y découvre un monde en sursis, marqué par les ruines du système pénitentiaire soviétique, mais aussi par la présence séculaire du monastère. Dans ses notes, Wilk s’arrête sur certains détails à forte potentialité métaphorique. Enfin, il se livre à une réflexion sur son double statut d’écrivain et d’étranger, sur l’écriture qui permet le dépassement de soi, sur la langue et le mot, avec sa charge émotive et symbolique. Le Journal d’un loup est autant un témoignage sur la Russie d’hier et d’aujourd’hui, qu’une réflexion sur la pratique et l’écriture littéraire du voyage.
Die Epistemologie der Ausnahme
Authors: Ermakoff Ivan
Published: May 2021

Außergewöhnliche Situationen werden meist als untypisch, komisch und selten dargestellt. Womit lässt sich dann aber ihre systematische Untersuchung rechtfertigen? Ausgehend von der Differenzierung zwischen Abweichungen, Ausnahmen und Sonderfällen, hebt dieser Beitrag drei epistemische Beiträge außergewöhnlicher Fälle hervor. Erstens verdeutlichen außergewöhnliche Fälle die Grenzen von Kategorien und Klassifizierungen. Ihr Beitrag ist kritisch. Zweitens verweisen außergewöhnliche Fälle auf neue Gegenstandsmodelle. Sie erhalten einen paradigmatischen Rang durch das Aufzeigen spezifischer Charakteristika dieser neuen Modelle. Drittens verdeutlichen außergewöhnliche Fälle Beziehungsmodelle, die in gewöhnlicheren Zusammenhängen unsichtbar bleiben. Ihr Beitrag ist hier heuristisch. Diese drei Beiträge sind möglich, wenn wir unsere normativen Verhaltensweisen bezüglich des Vorhersehbaren aufheben und die Fälle in Beziehung zu einem analytischen Raum konstitutiver Dimensionen setzen. Der Beitrag fußt hauptsächlich auf Beispielen aus den Sozialwissenschaften: Organisationssoziologie, Ethnomethodologie, vergleichende Geschichtssoziologie und Wissenschaftsgeschichte

Exceptional cases are at odds with the typical : they stand out as bizarre and rare. What then could justify their systematic analysis? Elaborating the analytical distinction between anomalies, exceptions and outliers, this paper outlines three potential epistemic contributions of exceptional cases. First, exceptional cases reveal the limits of standard classification categories. In so doing, they problematize usual classificatory grids. Their input is critical. Second, exceptional cases point to new classes of objects. They acquire paradigmatic status when they exemplify the characteristic features of these new classes with utmost clarity. Third, exceptional cases magnify relational patterns that in more mundane contexts lack visibility. Here their contribution is heuristic. These three contributions become possible when we put at bay normative expectations of what should happen, and specify cases by reference to an analytical space of constitutive dimensions. To underscore the general significance of these observations, I draw on examples borrowed from different quarters of the social sciences: the sociology of organizations, ethnomethodology, comparative historical sociology and the history of science

Cet article éclaire trois contributions possibles du cas d’exception défini comme tout objet de considération qui se démarque et se distingue d’un cadre normatif, d’une thèse explicative ou d’une distribution fréquentielle. La contribution est critique lorsque le cas met en doute les fondements d’une taxonomie, le bien-fondé d’un énoncé prédictif ou celui d’une modélisation. Elle est paradigmatique dès lors que le cas exemplifie un ensemble de propriétés caractéristiques d’une classe empirique. Elle devient heuristique à partir du moment où le cas rend visible la logique de rapports restés jusqu’alors non documentés
Denken der Relation : Franz Boas und der « Typus »-Begriff
Authors: Joseph Camille
Published: May 2021

Der « Typus »-Begriff wird hier in dem wissenschaftlichen Werk des deutsch-amerikanischen Anthropologen Franz Boas (1858-1942) untersucht.Anhand einer Analyse seiner wichtigsten Texte über Anthropometrie wird gezeigt, wie bei Boas die Statistik dazu dient, die physische Anthropologie von seinem taxinomischen Hintergrund zu befreien und einen neuen Zugang zu einem Denken der Relation zu eröffnen, das auf Variationen und Korrelationen den Fokus legt.Boas denkt die « Typen » im Plural und legt den Nachdruck auf die Anleihen und Mischungen, auf die Plastizität der Menschen und auf ihre Grenzen.

This article focuses on the concept of « type » in Franz Boas’ work. Based on a close examination of his main anthropometrical texts, it sheds light onthe way Boas used statistical methods in order to criticize the taxonomic approach of physical anthropology. Instead, he developed a perspective where relations between types are put forward and emphasized the importance of variability and correlation phenomena. By using the plural “types”, Boas was able to consider human plasticity as a scene for borrowing and intermixture.

Cet article se propose d’examiner le concept de « type » dans le travail de Franz Boas (1858-1942). À partir d’une lecture des principaux textes del’anthropologue consacrés à l’anthropométrie, cet article expose la manière dont il s’est servi des méthodes statistiques pour détourner l’anthropologie physique de ses objectifs taxinomiques et mettre en avant une pensée de la relation fondée sur la variation et les phénomènes de corrélation. Boas préfère penser les « types » au pluriel pour mieux observer les jeux d’emprunts et de mélanges qui se manifestent dans les limites de la plasticité humaine.