bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Spatial pattern of environmental perception and place attachment in a diverse socio-economic context: the case of Gauteng province, South Africa
Authors: Dlamini Simangele , Tesfamichael Solomon G. , Weir-Smith Gina , Mokhele Tholang
Published: February 2023

There is limited consensus among researchers on whether the spatial distribution of environmental perceptions and place attachment is influenced by socio-economic factors. This study aimed to determine if environmental perceptions and place attachment concepts in our study area (within Gauteng province, South Africa) showed specific spatial patterns. Hot spot, cluster-outlier analysis, and geographically weighted regression (GWR) were used to depict the spatial patterns of environmental perceptions and place attachment. Results showed a pattern where the central, generally affluent wards of the province hold more positive environmental perceptions and place attachment than those in the periphery. This is in line with dependency and other models that associate lower socio-economic status with lower levels of environmental awareness but is incongruent with other findings that have associated lower socio-economic status with pro-environmental behaviour being more prominent. Geographically weighted regression results revealed the combined importance of numbers of people with above-average income, college-level education, age below 50 years, female proportion, formal dwelling residence and African race in explaining the numbers of people with positive views on place attachment and environmental perceptions. Further, the GWR modelling allowed for the spatial dependence of the relationship between place attachment and environmental perceptions on the one hand and socio-economic factors on the other. These results have significant implications for environmental sustainability, planning and policy formulation in the province.
Sosialisasi Pola Asuh Anak yang Tepat dan Hak Kebebasannya di Taman Pendidikan Al-Qur’an Sabilil Huda Desa Purworejo Ngantang Kabupaten Malang
Authors: Afwadzi Benny , Susanto Moh. Heri , Kurniawan Moch. Al Ihza Dwi , Ulatifa Fatin Mas , Hasanah Alfiyatul , Darissalamah Nadiyah
Published: February 2023

Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat melalui sosialisasi ini bertujuan supaya bisa menambah pengetahuan kepada para wali santri mengenai pola pengasuhan anak yang tepat dan juga hak kebabasan anak. Pengasuhan yang tepat ialah pengasuhan yang dilakukan atas kasih sayang serta rasa saling menghargai antara orang tua dan anak. Adapun pola asuh sendiri terdiri atas tiga macam yaitu jenis pola asuh otoriter, pola asuh permisif, dan pola asuh demokratis. Berdasarkan ketiga jenis pola asuh di atas, maka orang tua harus belajar banyak hal tentang karakteristik anak. Kegiatan Pengabdian ini dilakukan di TPQ Sabilil Huda, Dusun Jeruk, Desa Purworejo, Kecamatan Ngantang, Kabupaten Malang. Metode dalam pelaksanaan sosialisasi parenting ini adalah observasi, wawancara, dan pemberian materi. Pengabdian ini menghasilkan temuan bahwa berdasarkan telaah awal di TPQ ini ditemukan bahwa di masih banyak orang tua yang minim pengetahuan mengenai pengasuhan anak yang tepat. Hal ini mengacu terhadap cerita ibu-ibu sendiri yang kadang mereka suka memarahi, membentak, bahkan main tangan terhadap anaknya. Salah satu dari mereka mengatakan dengan jujur bahwa ia terkadang main tangan kepada anaknya, dikarenakan emosi yang sudah tidak bisa dibendung lagi. Setelah mengikuti kegiatan ini, wali santri mulai menyadari bahwa jenis pola asuh yang paling representatif adalah pola asuh demokratis atau otoritatif yang berada pada posisi pertengahan.
Speech Development and Communicative Demands in Autistic Children Using the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
Authors: Arshad Faiza , Ansar Sidra , Khalid Rabia , Rashid Mahrukh , Masood Fahad , Umer Kanza Sana
Published: February 2023

Background: PECS, or Picture Exchange Communication System, addressed in writing. The answers for such schemes to influence word retrieval in autism spectrum disorders in children (ASD). Objective: The objective of the current study finding out the effects of Development of the picture exchange communication system in autistic children's speech and communicative requesting was the main goal of the current study. Materials & Methods: The study design was Qusai experimental. The research was carried out at Riphah International University Lahore campus. Data was collected from Lahore. The study time was six months after the approval of synopsis. Data was collected from the Autistic children and purposive sampling technique was used in this research. The sample size calculated was ten. The picture-exchange technique for communication (PECS) was used for data collection. Data was examined using SPSS software and Endnotes were used for references. Results: Results from the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) assessment scoring form indicated that there is a significant relationship between the Effects of Communicative PECS speech and request development in autistic children, overall analysis of the pre and post scores of CARS assessment. In which mean of pre score is 36.15 and mean of post score is 29.5. The standard deviation of pre score is 8.47 and the post score standard deviation is 5.39. The mean difference showed the improvement between CARS pre and post assessment. Used was the paired sample t test for finding the mean difference between the pre and post scores. The results indicate that every participant showed improvement in different skills such as verbal and nonverbal communication, visual response. Some participants got higher in verbal communication Practical implication: This will give us a better understanding of how speech develops in children with autism and how children’s vocabulary develops and awareness develops in children. Conclusion: The pre-post assessment of The Childhood Autism Rating scale (CARS) with intervention of PECS concluded that there is significant influence of intervention using a photo exchange communication technology for autistic kids. Keywords: Autism, Chemical Imbalance, PECS, CARS, Autism Rating Scale, Autism spectrum condition
Assessment of Pregnant Women for Information About Hypertension in Pregnancy: A Cross Sectional Study from a Teaching Hospital Outdoor
Authors: Naz Rizwana , Habib Bilal , Ahmed Shoaib , Kazi Asma , Nisar Sadia , Bashir Farukh
Published: February 2023

Background: The term "pregnancy-induced hypertension," or PIH, refers to a pattern of elevated blood pressure that appears during a woman's pregnancy. It is one of the most important factors contributing to the maternal mortality rate and infant morbidity rate worldwide. In addition to its impacts, this risk can be decreased by the transmission of health education that emphasises early identification and appropriate treatment of disease. This study aims to determine the current levels of knowledge about PIH among pregnant women in the general population. Methods: This study was undertaken with the participation of 300 pregnant women, and data were gathered through direct interviews with the participants. The participants' verbal consent to participate in the research was acquired in the form of their acceptance to participate in the study through the use of a questionnaire prepared specifically for the research project. Both the Student T-test and the ANOVA test were utilised in order to explore the parameters associated with pregnancy awareness. Place of Study: Hayat memorial teaching hospital Duration of Study: August 2021 to June 2022 Results: The study shows that 80.6% of pregnant women were aware with the idea of PIH, according to the results of this survey. The first individuals they consulted in order to get knowledge were their friends and family members, followed by medical specialists. As a result of their performance, 47.1% of the participants obtained a score that indicated they had a low level of comprehension. The participants' ages, the type of family they came from, whether or not they had a history of PIH or gestational diabetes, whether or not they participated in sports, and whether or not they attended frequent antenatal care appointments were all important factors in calculating their knowledge score. Conclusions: The outcomes of the study suggested that pregnant participants had a poor understanding of PIH; this underscores the importance of increasing public knowledge and education about the illness. Keywords: Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH), Preeclampsia
Prediction of ICU Admission and its Outcome a Prospective Study of Different Scoring Systems in Women with Pregnancy Associated Sepsis
Authors: Naz Rizwana , Bashir Farukh , Ullah Zia , Manzoor Navida , Nisar Sadia , Manzoor Nusrat
Published: February 2023

Objective: This study aims to compare the effectiveness of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) and the Sepsis in Obstetrics Score (SOS) in predicting admission to intensive care and mortality in pregnant women with pregnancy-associated sepsis (PAS). Specifically, the researchers wanted to determine the performance of these two scoring systems. Methods: Cases were recruited from the obstetrics department who were diagnosed with PAS and met any two of the criteria for fast SOFA (qSOFA). At the time of admission, the features of SOFA and SOS were recorded and compared to determine the influence of these two models on patient outcomes. Place of Study: Hayat memorial teaching hospital Duration of Study: January 2021 to May 2022 Results: There were 30 intensive care patients, which leads to a significant fatality rate (31.7%). This was associated with the deaths of numerous patients. A criteria of SOFA less than 6 had the optimal combination of sensitivity (84.4%) and specificity (61,3%) for determining critical care admission for the study population. A cutoff value less than six produced the highest levels of sensitivity (64%) and specificity (40%) for the same. Conclusions: Compared to SOS, SOFA produced a significantly more accurate forecast of both the patient's dire health and the likelihood of their death. SOFA performed significantly better than SOS when assessing the proportion of PAS patients who required critical care hospitalization and the death rate. Keywords: SOFA • SOS • Obstetric sepsis
Ureteric Injuries During Gynecological Procedures and Repair
Authors: Asif Muhammad , Sohail Muhammad , Anjum Muhammad Shakeel , Yasin Shumaila , Rashid Zakariya , Irshad Faiza
Published: February 2023

Introduction: Injury to the ureter is a risk of any pelvic or abdominal surgery. The anatomic proximity of the lower urinary tract and the female reproductive system renders the ureter vulnerable to injury during obstetric and Gynecologic procedures. Ureterovaginal fistula is an uncommon but serious sequela of unrecognized distal ureteral injury during pelvic surgeries because of their common embryologic origin. Method: This study involved a series of 25 patients, who developed ureterovaginal fistula after Obstetric and Gynecologic procedures managed in urology department Muhammad Islam teaching hospital Gujranwala. These patients were managed with open Ureteroneocystostomy, within 2 weeks of primary procedure. In this study we present our postoperative result of 6 months of follow up. Results: All patients were cured (100%) with complete cessation of urinary fistula with complete restoration of renal function and complete restoration of urinary anatomy. Conclusion: The results of our study showed that the patient with Ureteric injury should be evaluated and intervened at the earliest. Early identification and repair of ureterovaginal fistulas results in a high quality of life, less postoperative complications, and a high success rate and preservation of renal function. keywords: Ureteric injury, ureterovaginal fistula.
Local Understandings of Disarmament-Demobilization-Reintegration (DDR): Former Combatants’ Perspectives on DDR in Colombia
Authors: BAYSAL Başar , DİLEK Esra
Published: February 2023

DDR processes, the design of which follows technical knowledge produced by international organizations and programs, have become a standard way for addressing the process of armed groups’ transition from armed to civilian life. However, the components of DDR, namely disarmament-demobilization-reintegration, may themselves be contested at the local level. This study investigates this contestation through the case of the Colombian peace process, with a focus on ex-combatants’ perspectives. Based on extensive fieldwork in Colombia, this study investigates how and why former combatants contest DDR components. Former FARC members rejected disarmament and demobilization terms since they indicate an idea of defeat. They also rejected “reintegration” since, in Colombia, reintegration indicates a different process focusing on individual reintegration. Thirdly, many FARC members refute the term “ex-combatant”, arguing that the group continues its struggle in the political arena. The study contributes to recent research focusing on domestic understandings of international norms and practices in peace processes.
Uluslararası Örgütler, Koşulluluk ve Demokratik Temsil: Yunanistan’ın IMF Deneyimi
Authors: METİNSOY Saliha , ANGIN Merih
Published: February 2023

IMF programlarının demokrasi üzerindeki etkisi, uluslararası örgütler yazınında sıklıkla tartışılan bir konudur. Bir müzakere sürecinde IMF’nin kendine ait bir gündemi varken, seçmenler de hükümete kendi tercihleriyle ilgili işaretler verir. Bu ikisi örtüştüğünde demokrasi etkilenmez fakat birbirlerinden farklı olduklarında demokrasi üzerindeki etkiler, borç alan hükümetin IMF karşısındaki göreli gücüne bağlıdır. Bu makale, IMF programlarının yerel temsili kurumlar üzerindeki etkisine odaklanmaktadır. Çalışmada, IMF etkisinin uç bir örneği olarak 2010-2015 yılları arasında uygulanan Yunanistan programları analiz edilmiş, eski bakanlar, parlamento temsilcileri ve Troyka yetkilileri ile yapılan mülakatlara yer verilmiştir. Yapılan analiz, borç alan hükümetin IMF karşısında zayıf olduğu ve iktidar partisi ile IMF arasında bir anlaşmazlık olduğu zaman, IMF programlarının demokratik kurumların temsili işlevini kısıtladığını iddia etmektedir. Bunun, 2010-2015 yılları arasında Yunanistan’da yaşandığı gibi, borç alan ülkelerde parti sistemleri ve demokrasinin geleceği üzerinde sağ ve sol popülist partilerin “egemenlik” ihlalinden yararlanarak yükselişi ve temsili kurumlara olan güvenin azalması gibi önemli etkileri vardır.
Sant Antoni i Santa Clara de Barcelona, 1513
Authors: Jornet i Benito Nuria
Published: February 2023

El texto analiza el cambio de familia monástica que emprendió en la primera década del siglo XVI la comunidad de Sant Antoni i Santa Clara de Barcelona -de clarisas a benedictinas- situándolo en un proceso cronológico más amplio de reformas monásticas emprendidas por el Papado o por la propia orden, y en las particularidades de la historia de esta comunidad de “damianitas” fundada en la ciudad de Barcelona en la década del 1230 y su integración en la naciente orden Santa Clara. El papel ejercido por la monarquía hispana en el punto álgido de este proceso, con la reforma de Cisneros, lo sitúa también en otro orden que refuerza la construcción y consolidación del estado moderno. Aspectos como la clausura, el hábito monástico o la cura monialium nos permiten fi nalmente integrar los episodios vividos por esta comunidad de mujeres en un contexto más amplio de la política sexual, o de las relaciones entre los sexos, del momento. El análisis incorpora la documentación inédita del fondo de archivo de esta antigua comunidad.
A Mutual-Grand Strategy Modeling of the Russia-Ukraine War 2022: Balancing the Unbalanced
Authors: ARİBA Mariam
Published: February 2023

In this research paper, we seek to strategize the Russian-Ukrainian War 2022 based on a game theory and hypergame theory perspective. Setting the most optimal strategies described and prescribed for each conflicting party is the main objective of this Mutual-Grand Strategy Modeling. At the core, theorizing the actual war situation through four waves predicting this war multiple possibilities and explaining the grand strategy made by each side reflects the manner under which the rationality argument and utility assumptions of a (hyper)game theory situation exist. Meaningfully, a rational player picks those moves that (are perceived correctly or incorrectly to) contribute to raising its payoffs in the conflict while reasoning about the opponent’s best strategies and outcomes. By applying our developed balance of deterrence rules and the related equilibria, the war can be terminated by each wave’s end in either a theoretic-strategic diplomatic way, military victory, or both.
Çin Devlet Başkanı Xi Jinping’in Söylemlerinin Realist, Eleştirel ve Konstrüktivist Güvenlik Yaklaşımları Kapsamında Analizi ve Değerlendirmesi
Authors: KAMALAK Elçin
Published: February 2023

Son yıllarda yapılan araştırmalar Çin’in uluslararası alanda yükselen gücünü ortaya koyar nitelik barındırmaktadır. 1978 yılından bu yana sosyalist piyasa ekonomisi uygulayan Çin, Devlet sosyalizmi stratejisiyle ilişkilidir. Araştırma kapsamına Çin’in 2013 yılından bu yana Devlet Başkanlığını yapan Xi Jinping seçilmiştir. Bu çalışmada, “Çin’deki sosyalist yapı Jinping’in söylemlerine, Realist güvenlik anlayışıyla uyum olarak yansımıştır.” hipotezinden yola çıkılarak, Jinping’in söylemlerinin analizlerinin yapılması amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma örneklemi için Jinping’in son yıllarda yaptığı konuşmalar, farklı konu ve başlıklar çerçevesinde belirlenmiştir. Bu minvalde, Jinping’in konuşmaları: 18 Ocak 2017’de Cenevre’deki Birleşmiş Milletler Ofisinde yaptığı konuşma, 1 Temmuz 2021’de Çin Komünist Partisi’nin 100. Yıldönümü töreninde yaptığı konuşma ve 21 Nisan 2022’de Boao Asya Yıllık Konferansı’nın açılış töreninde video aracılığıyla yaptığı açılış konuşması olarak sıralanmıştır. Hem nitel hem de nicel özellikler barındıran çalışmada içerik analizi kullanılmış, fenomolojik yaklaşımdan da faydalanılmıştır. Analizler için Realist, Eleştirel ve Konstrüktivist güvenlik yaklaşımları kriter alınmıştır. İçerik analizi için Maxqda programı kullanılmıştır. Bu muhteviyatta, Jinping’in 3 konuşması Realist, Eleştirel ve Konstrüktivist güvenlik yaklaşımları kapsamında türetilen kodlar ile analiz edilmiştir. Analiz sonuçları, her bir konuşma için, bu güvenlik yaklaşımları çerçevesinde ayrıntılı grafiklerle yorumlanmış ve değerlendirilmiştir. Keza, her bir konuşma için her bir güvenlik yaklaşımının kodlarının frekans değerleri de hesaplanmıştır. Buna göre, Jinping’in söylemlerinin Realist, Eleştirel ya da Konstrüktivist güvenlik yaklaşımlarından hangisiyle daha uyumlu olduğu değerlendirilmeye çalışılmıştır. Maxqda analizlerinin ardından ulaşılan bulgulara göre, Jinping’in konuşmalarında 3 güvenlik yaklaşımına da uygun kodlar tespit edilmiştir. Analiz sonuçları ağırlıklı olarak hem Realist hem de Eleştirel güvenlik yaklaşımına uygun kodlar barındırsa da, Jinping’in 3 konuşmasında da Realist güvenlik kodlarından daha fazla Eleştirel güvenlik kodlarına rastlandığını göstermiştir. Jinping’in söylemlerinin Konstrüktivist güvenlik anlayışından da göreli uzak olduğu anlaşılmıştır. Çalışma, Çin’in halen görevde olan Başkanı Jinping’in yakın tarihli söylemlerinin Realist, Eleştirel ve Konstrüktivist güvenlik yaklaşımları bakımından incelenmesi açısından önem teşkil etmektedir. Bu şekilde, lider söylemi çerçevesinde devlet çizgisine ve güvenlik tutumuna farklı bir bakış açısı oluşturmak amaçlanmıştır.
IMF precautionary facilities and their use in Latin America
Authors: Gallego Sonsoles , Garrido Isabel , Hernando Ignacio
Published: February 2023

Between 2009 and 2010, in response to the global financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund created a number of lending tools to pre-empt and insure against crises. These pre-emptive facilities were intended for countries with sound economic fundamentals and policies, but with exposure to financial contagion risks. The use of these instruments (in terms of number of countries) was limited during the first ten years of their existence, but with the outbreak of the pandemic three Latin American countries applied to use them. An assessment of these lines suggests they have performed the insurance function for which they were conceived. In anticipation of the forthcoming review of these credit lines, and in the light of recent experience, possible reasons for the limited demand are analysed and relevant factors are suggested for the design of “exit strategies”, the aspect of their use that has attracted most attention.
Screening for days to Flowering and Photo Insensitivity in Vigna mungo
Authors: Kumar Sudhir , Kumar Kuldeep , Kumar Rahul , Pandey Jyotishree , Sagar Pritee , Rathore Meenal , Singh Awnindra Kumar
Published: February 2023

Earliness and photo insensitivity is a crucial factor for accommodation of crops in different cropping systems across different agro ecological zones. In the current study we used a core set of 98 genotypes consisting of germplasm as well as released varieties of blackgram to screen it for its response to photoperiodism. Data on days to first flowering and days to fifty percent flowering (DFF) was noted for the individual lines in all the three seasons (Kharif, late kharif, and zaid). An absolute mean difference for days to flowering in all possible combinations and mean of all absolute mean differences were calculated. The core set of genotypes display a huge difference in days to flowering, and thus their differential response to photoperiodism. The set of genotypes were further categorized into early, medium and late flowering according to the mean number of days required for flowering. A total of 32 early, 21 medium, and 2 late flowering lines were identified and were common across both season and years. Similarly, 13 photoperiod insensitive and 8 photoperiod sensitive lines were identified for further validation and studies.
Analysis of Sewage Water Quality in and Around Mulund Region of Mumbai, India
Authors: Sankaranarayanan Ganga , Kumbhar Ritika R. , Nair Anjali P. , Bayas Ranjitsing , Shinde Seema
Published: February 2023

Sewage wastewater is water discharged from the premises of a home after being used for various purposes by the community. Sewage wastewater contains microbial contaminants, plastic particles and traces of drugs that can threaten water and food safety and human health. The problem is acute in densely populated areas with limited treatment facilities. It can contain household or municipal waste that eventually flows into natural rivers and oceans. Recording the quality of water discharged into streams is critical to maintaining the health of our ecosystems. This research work aims at analyzing the water quality of Mulund’s wastewater. The results showed the presence of toxic raw chemicals affecting a variety of important parameters such as pH, conductivity and microbial community. This hazardous water quality could not only affect marine life but also leads to various diseases among the people living in the slums nearby in the absence of proper sanitation measures. This sewage is left untreated, requiring local and national wastewater treatment measures.
Adoption Level of Farmers about Henna Production Technology in Pali District of Rajasthan, India
Authors: Meena Mamta , Rathore R.S. , Sisodia S.S. , Sharma F.L. , Upadhyay B. , Meena Jitendra Kumar
Published: February 2023

Agriculture sector is the heart of India’s social development. India is agriculture dependent country because 2/3rd of its population depends upon agriculture for their survival and it contributes approximately 14% to India’s GDP. Henna (Lawsonia inermis L.), is a plantation crop native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia and is found in arid and semi-arid zones. From its leaves a red orange dye agent is extracted which has an affinity for bonding with proteins, and thus is used to dye human body parts (skin, hair, fingernails), as well as leather, silk and wool. The present study was conducted purposively selected Pali district in arid zone of Rajasthan State of India. One hundred and twenty beneficiaries were selected purposively who have obtained training on improved henna production technologies and 120 non-beneficiaries were selected randomly in same number from same villages of study area. Thus, a total of 240 farmers was selected from 20 villages for the present investigation. it was found that more than half (57.91%) of respondents belong to medium level of adoption category followed by 27.08 percent of respondents belong to high level of adoption category. Only 15 percent of respondents belongs to low level of adoption category of improved henna production technologies.
Agronomic Practices Enhancing the Productivity of Bidi Tobacco (Nicotiana tabaccum L.) – A Review
Authors: Basha S. Jaffar , Manjunath J. , Pullibai P.
Published: February 2023

Bidi tobacco is commercially cultivated under rainfed vertisols in late rainy season i.e., September (2nd fortnight). Six week old seedlings should be planted during August-September at planting geometry of 75 cm x 75 cm and ridge planting is advisable for higher moisture conservation. Standard bidi tobacco production requires 110 kg N, 70 kg P2 O5 and 50 kg K2 O ha-1 which is closely dependent on mineral nutrient supply. Topping is done either at bud stage or early flowering stage by keeping 12–15 leaves. Bidi tobacco grown with two irrigations each at 5 cm depth / 0.4 IW/ CPE (first at 60 days after transplanting and second between 35-45 days after first irrigation) increased the yield which resulted from more leaf width. Foliar application of 2.5% KNO3 or 2.5% AS + SOP twice at 45 and 60 DAT to bidi tobacco is optimum for supply of nitrogen and potassium under moisture deficit condition. Application of foliar spray with Triacontanol 0.1% EW @ 2ml /l at early growth stage and grand growth stage is economical during drought period. Bidi tobacco recorded higher seed yield (532 kg ha-1) and oil yield (173.4 kg ha-1) when planted at 60 cm x 60 cm with application of 150 % RDF (165 N+105 P2 05 +75 K2 O ha-1).
Effect of Sowing Methods and Irrigation Levels on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Authors: Singh Satybhan , Singh Virendra , Pal Ramesh , Trivedi Himanshu , Narayan Ashesh , Gautam Mohit
Published: February 2023

The field experiment was carried out at agricultural research farm of IFTM University Moradabad (U.P.), India during rabi season 2018-19 to study the effect of sowing methods and irrigation levels on wheat. Sowing method and irrigation being a major constraint to reduces the potential of wheat yield. The treatments were arranged in split plot design in three replications, sowing methods in main plots and irrigation levels in sub-plots. The experiment treatments included two sowing methods, i.e. [S1 – conventional sowing method and S2 - furrow irrigated raised bed (FIRB) system] in main plots and six irrigation levels [I0 – (control), I1 – (one irrigation at CRI stage), I2 – (two irrigation at CRI and tillering stage), I3 – (three irrigations at CRI, tillering and late jointing stage), I4 – (four irrigations at CRI, tillering, late jointing and milking stage) and I5 – (five irrigations at CRI, tillering, late jointing, milking and dough stage). Wheat crop was sown by traditional method and furrow irrigated raised beds (FIRB) method. Raised beds were accommodating 3 rows of wheat at 20 cm wide. Furrows that are in between the beds are used for irrigation. This system permits adequate saving of irrigation water. Results indicated that sowing of wheat on FIRB system surpassed the conventional method of sowing for plant height, number of tillers plant-1, dry weight (g plant-1), number of effective tillers plant-1, spike length, number of grain spike-1, 1000 grain weight, grain yield, straw yield and biological yield followed by conventional sowing method. On the other hand irrigation levels I5 - (five irrigations at CRI, tillering, late jointing, milking and doughing stage) recorded the highest values for most of growth, yield components and yield of wheat. In FIRB system beds gave the opportunity for mechanical weeding and fertilizer placement and also improved the fertilizer and water use efficiencies. The role of sowing methods and level of irrigation in plant health and growth has been investigated in crop and it seemed significantly affecting with treatment.
CONSTRUCTING INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM THROUGH COLLABORATION: AMERICAN AND ASIAN INDIAN COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS DISCUSS CURRICULUM FOR A SOCIAL ISSUES COURSE
Authors: Hood Mr. Caleb , Mukunda Iyengar Dr. Kalpana
Published: February 2023

Collaboration between college instructors who teach the same similar courses at a public university resulted in higher student engagement. This qualitative study provided a beneficial platform for both instructors and their students with regard to student engagement, multimodal curricular materials, and topics for reflective essays. The study focused on the collaborators memo notes, student samples (reflective essays and digital presentations) and technology integration.
EXPRESSION OF LANGUAGE IN CONSTRUCTING PHYSICAL FEMININITY WRITTEN IN INDONESIAN TEEN LIT
Authors: Zahr Azizatuz , Santoso Anang , Dawud  , Hs Widodo
Published: February 2023

Physical femininity is a feminine imagery pictured through the corporeal aspects. Physical femininity in Indonesian teen lit is quite dominant along with the opposition statement stated that beauty is diverse. Teenlit, to be known, is a novel that depicts the lives of adolescence around the middle to secondary school age and typically uses women characters point of view. This paper aims to describe the expression of language in constructing a physical femininity written in teen lit using critical discourse analysis. The data are in the form of linguistic units used to express the conception of physical femininity obtained from five popular Indonesian teen lit.The result of data analysis shows that there are six expressions of language for constructing physical femininity, such as the use of synonyms of beautiful, denial of the negative judgment, affirmation of the stigma, the use of diction about hair, analogy of women’s beauty using popular figure, and giving a negative connotation to the dandy. Beauty is always closely attached to the female figure. However, this concept of beauty is dynamic along with the times. The use of the word sweet, charming, quirky, and cute as the pronoun of the word pretty clearly shows that beauty is diverse. Through these various expressions, women wanted to be appreciated as she is. Therefore, women need to have a high self-confidence and need to respect themselves as well as others.
SOCIO DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARAB-BEDOUIN POPULATION IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL, ALONG WITH MODELS AND THEORIES THAT EXPLAIN THE FORMATION OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR AMONG BEDOUIN STUDENTS
Authors: Abu Queder Hatem
Published: February 2023

The Arab education system in Israel, conducts itself next to the Jewish education system while both population live separately and detached from each other, speak different languages, live a different lifestyle, and to a great extant strange to one another [1]. In addition to and as a part of the control system of the main rule over the Arab minority in Israel, the Arab education system is subordinate to the main education system in regard to the studied contents, the organizational construct, and the allocation of resources [2]. This subordination holds two aspects with contradicting patterns, on the one, since the establishment of Israel the rates of student attendance in schools in the Arab population have consistently increased, and mostly the rate of girls learning in them
FOREIGN BANKS IN INDIA
Authors: Dr. T. VINILA
Published: February 2023

Narasimham Committee in 1991 and the licensing of the new private sector banks through the next two decades inaugurated an era of change. Meanwhile, the opening-up of the economy to increased participation by foreign players created greater opportunities for foreign banks to work with their multinational clients in India. In the more recent past, foreign banks have followed Indian corporate entities in their outbound expansions. The survival of the banking system in India through the financial crisis has demonstrated its strengths and most foreign banks present in India believe that India is a market with undeniable potential. 

After the setting up of Foreign Banks in India, the banking sector has become competitive and customer friendly. In that, four foreign banks have set up shop in the recent past. At present, there are 43 foreign banks operating in India with a network of 334 branches.
ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE PSYCHO-SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON DIVORCED MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN IN SUB- CITY OF SABEAN IN DIRE DAWA, ETHIOPIA
Authors: Tufa Telila Shambel , Tafa Gemechu Dagne , Ethiopia Dire Dawa,
Published: February 2023

The justification of writing this paper was to investigate the psychological, social and economic impact of divorce on mothers and their children in Dire Dawa City in sub-City of Sabean. The study attempted to examine the shocks happened due to divorce because divorce is the termination marriage. The impacts include psychological, social and economic which caused families upset especially the shock to children after divorce in Dire Dawa City particularly to Sabean sub- City. 

Anthropologists need to have a concern about the ethical consideration for the society under study (the host society). Everything about the society under study should have to be kept in secret or not exposed without the consent of these societies. Therefore, the researcher tried to establish rapport with the host community to get permission in order to get consent of the society under study to investigate the issue. The study also has its own methodology, the study design, source of data, instruments of data collection, and methods of data analysis and interpretations. 

Therefore, the researcher used both primary and secondary sources of data to explore the impact of divorce on children and divorced mothers in Sabean sub-City. Lastly the researcher tried to conclude that the study showed divorces have strong impact on future life of children.
PANEL: POLITICS AND GLOBALIZATION AND NATION-STATE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION IN INDIA: ‘POLITICS OF 50 PERCENT ACCEPTANCE’
Authors: Stephensen Vaseekaran Dr. M. Kennedy
Published: February 2023

Globalization has many dimensions including its political aspirations. Politics of globalization implies existence of a beneficiary and the supplier. In the entire transaction of business the beneficiary located in one nation state or in all nation-states of world. This paper argues that the globalization discourse in India is sustained by the argument of that globalization benefiting ‘G-8’ countries and so also only 50 percent of the population of India accepts. But it is being pushed through legal tangles, political trade-offs and ultimately the ‘other’‘50 percent’ are made to accept the globalization.
THE ROAD TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND LABOUR WELFARE THROUGH THE EMPLOYEE’S STATE INSURANCE ACT, 1948 AND JUDICIAL CONTRIBUTION
Authors: Sharma Raman
Published: February 2023

The Employees State Insurances Act, 1948 is social welfare legislation aimed at ensuring certain benefits to all covered employees (medical care and cash allowance during sickness, maternity and employment injury, pension for dependents on the death of the worker due to employment injury, and funeral benefit towards the expenditure on the funeral of an insured person), the benefits are provided through dispensaries and hospitals set up by the Employees State Insurance Corporation. The Act provides a scheme under which the employer and the employee must contribute a certain percentages of the monthly wage to the Insurance Corporation that runs dispensaries and hospitals in working class localities.
IMPACT OF SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED ENVIRONMENT STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS AT SCHOOL
Authors: Leščáková Paed Dr. Alena
Published: February 2023

The aim of this paper is to ascertain whether socially disadvantaged environment has an impact on school performance of children and students. The theoretical part will elaborate the issue of socially disadvantaged environment. The second part will be devoted to each cognitive ability that can have a weakening effect on school performance. Survey to verify which areas of cognitive abilities have pupils from socially disadvantaged environment weakened. In the end, we evaluate the impact of socially disadvantaged environment students for success at school and outlines the actions and activities that improve their performance.
LEADER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Neam Atef
Published: February 2023

This article focuses on the role of the social leader in developing creativity among the members of society. He asks: When community leaders start energy projects, what kinds of skills and knowledge practices do they use to enhance individual creativity? Individual creations are usually motivated by social and sustainable motives, and developed by civil society groups. Based on mixed approaches approaches including research interviews and field visits, the article is based on previous literature on community leadership, creativity by individual and specialized literature. Community leadership is analyzed through two deep states of social energy in the state. Research results show that social leadership can help develop creativity, which works in niches and requires care. Community leadership benefits from being an integral part of social networks, common vision and decision-making, but preexisting skills and implicit knowledge also play a role. Community leaders can also help build a niche by working closely with intermediate actors
A STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS OF IXTH STANDARD STUDENTS OF AHMEDABAD IN RELATION TO THEIR ACHIEVEMENT
Authors: M. Chauhan Dr. Rameshsingh
Published: February 2023

India has succeeded in every field in the 21st century; it is necessary and important to take education in this time. We cannot get anything done without education. It is difficult to think about a future today, what exists today, may be tdated tomorrow and something much better could be found next year. With such a development, it is necessary that students are nurtured in such a way that they are capable to cope with each and every situation that they have to face in their course of life.
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF RESEARCH POLICIES ON RESEARCH PERFORMANCE IN AFRICAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
Authors: Brian Lwendo Sitali , N. Sazita Vincent. , F. Kandjeo
Published: February 2023

This paper focuses on the assessment of the implications of research policies on the performance of research at the institutions of higher learning in Africa. There are numerous challenges the institutions face and these among others include limited supply of high quality evaluation evidence, which is seen as the market failure for both education outcomes and the institutional research. The public seems to have limited information about performance in universities and educators face limited incentives to improve performance. In the market for institutional research, consumers face information problems, which in turn make it difficult to determine the quality of research product due to work overloads on the part of the lecturers and students. The success of institutional research policies are therefore based on requiring better data in the institutions under study to ascertain the workloads and  to limit management interferences in research.
CASTAÑETS AND CONJUGATIONS: SPANISH LINGUISTICS AS CULTURAL CONCEPTS
Authors: Heep Hartmut
Published: February 2023

Spanish is the most popular foreign language studied   at American secondary schools and institutions of higher learning. While French departments throughout the educational landscape in the United States are dwindling, Spanish programs have been growing exponentially Since Spanish lacks the nasalization of vowels, it is treated as a linguistic relative to English by English-speaking students. Indeed, the omission of personal pronouns in contextualized statements, the phonetic spelling and pronunciation, as well as sufficient cognates within other Romance and even Germanic languages, make Spanish a popular language destination for American students. Although students at the novice level advance rapidly, most students do not move beyond the intermediate level and deprive themselves of the true soul of the Spanish language, the intricacy of Spanish verb tenses, and the Spanish subjunctive. While basic grammar, structure, vocabulary, and etymology are Latin based, Spanish displays unique linguistic phenomena. I will argue that Spanish is not listener focused but speaker based; in other words, it is less important what is said, but how it is said. The impact on Spanish culture of this linguistic hypothesis is the focus of this study.
NOT SO GOOD, NOT SO BAD
Authors: Mejia Martin
Published: February 2023

Not so good, not so bad: IMF and World Bank market reform beyond the Washington Consensus in the Latin American cases of Ecuador and Argentina.
RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS TOTAL CULTURAL CHANGE AND A CALL FOR A NEW ETHICS
Authors: Abun Damianus , Magallanez Theogenia
Published: February 2023

Solving environmental problems needs a holistic approach. It involves social, cultural and moral approach. This paper presents cultural and moral approach. It argues that culture affects the mind and the mind affects the attitude of persons toward something and such attitude affects the behavior. In line with such argument, the author agrees that solving environmental problem need to reverse the culture, the basic world views which are held by the community. Old views need to be revisited and a new perspective about the world needs to be introduced. Laws may not be enough to solve environmental problem unless there is a total transformation of culture and mind.
URBAN SPRAWL AND CHANGES IN AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST AREAS IN THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF YAOUNDÉ, CAMEROON
Authors: Hervé Tchékoté , Pélagie SA’A Mazoa
Published: February 2023

The Eastern periphery of Yaoundé is an agro-forestry area counted among the agricultural basins that supply the markets and inhabitants of the city of Yaoundé with food. This article focuses on the spread of the city of Yaoundé towards the eastern periphery and the changes over agricultural and forest areas, and has enables us to analyze the impact of urban growth on agricultural and forest areas. The methodology used consisted firstly of documentary research, then the acquisition of satellite images and the administration of a questionnaire to 50 households. The results show a trend in the evolution of the city of Yaoundé towards its Eastern periphery from 2001 to 2018 as well as changes in agricultural and forest areas as a result of the city's pressure. They also show that agricultural land is spreading, reinforcing the role of peri-urban agriculture in food supply to the town of Yaoundé.  Finally, the results call upon public policies with the aim of the sustainable management of peri-urban areas.
TOPIC: WOMEN AND INFORMAL CROSS BORDER TRADE IN TANZANIA
Authors: Bolak Funteh Mark
Published: February 2023

As Regional integration continues to grow in Africa, trade is one of the factors that contribute to regional integration. In trade, mainly informal trade contributes to a large extent to regional integration in the cross-border areas. This study focused on the contributions of Tanzanian women in the form of informal trade to regional integration in the East Africa region. In spite of widely conceived variables promoting trade across Africa, women’s contributions have been rather neglected or undermined. Therefore, this study aimed to elicit various contributions of women to informal trade in Tanzania. It also analyzed different bottlenecks impending trade facilitations across trans-borders of Tanzania: security issues, financial challenges and payment of customs duties. Primary and Secondary data was be collected and analyzed from secondary sources through descriptive statistics (simple percentage).
MIGRATION AND CULTURAL DISSONANCE IN SELECTED AFRICAN NOVELS
Authors: Eveline Akem Phd Maformba
Published: February 2023

Migration has become a very hot issue all over the world today with a lot of cultural challenges involved. People from the former European colonies in Africa who migrated to the metropolis after independence formed a cultural society. Because of equality in the metropolis, the migrants had a problem of integrating themselves in to the society. Despite what appears to be a large population movement, Gary Younge noted some time ago that people are not able to move as freely as commodities. There are always restrictions being put on people’s movements. Damian (2013) in ‘’African Culture and International Understanding’’, states that, too often a gloomy picture is painted of the future of African culture given the battering it is presently taking from the incursion of western ideas and culture.(p.15).
DESIRABLE COMMUNAL FREEDOM DEMOCRACY BASED ON COMPARISON OF CAPITALISM, SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM: A VIEW OF THE ULTRON-LOGOTRON THEORY
Authors: Jang Chung Sung
Published: February 2023

A scientific, economic relationship among self, society and nation is still not clearly known in sociology, economics and philosophy because of lack of concrete historical human data that would enable us to substantiate it. Humanity experienced many conflicting economic and political systems. Consequently, sociologists, economists and philosophers have been investigating to study the economic relationship among self, society and nation that may lead to a desirable political and economic system for individual and social prosperity. The author presented a desirable ideology of “communal freedom democracy” based on his theory of the science of self, society and nation that is derived from the perspective of his theory of the science of self, mind and body. In this study, the ideology of “communal freedom democracy” is compared with other theories related to socio-economic systems:  Ringmar’s “surviving capitalism”, Marx’s communism, socialism, Acemoglu and Robinson’s economic and political theory, Thaler's behavioral economics, and teachings related to economics in Confucianism. There is a considerable agreement between the ideology of “communal freedom democracy” and Ringmar’s “surviving capitalism”, Acemoglu and Robinson’s economic and political theory, or teachings related to economics in Confucianism.

The “communal freedom democracy” seems to be a desirable economic and political system that would contribute to achieve individual and social prosperity, and further harmony and peace in the society and nation.
JUSTIFICATION FOR AUTONOMY, COMMON MORALITY AND BENEFICENCE USING THE METHODS OF PRINCIPLISM
Authors: Alnahdi PhD Saleh
Published: February 2023

This article focus on methods of principlism and how it can be used as a mode of justification for Autonomy, Common Morality, and Beneficence. Each area will be explored in this paper in order to give insight into how these principles came to be what they are today. In particular, I will discuss the nature of autonomy, by referring to definition of autonomy and theories of it, as well as to what the main principle of autonomy is, and what types it consists of. Common morality includes the differences between normative and non-normative ethics in terms of principles, rules, and rights. Furthermore, the discussion will focus on what the meaning of common morality is as it is shared among all cultures. Lastly, the discussion will consider the concept of beneficence and the types in which it manifests itself.