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Effects of two problem solving methods on senior secondary school students’ performance in simultaneous equations in Ekiti State
Authors: Ojo Oluwatoyin Faith
Published: January 2020

Abstract The study investigated the Effects of two Problem Solving Methods on Senior Secondary School Students’ performance in Simultaneous Equations in Ekiti State. The study employed quasi experimental pre-test post-test, control group design. The sample consisted of 302 senior secondary school II students. Multistage sampling procedures were used to select the sample. The instrument used for the study was a test format tagged "Mathematics Performance test (MPT)".The face and content validity of the instrument was ascertained while test retest method was used to ensure the reliability which yielded reliability coefficient of 0.71. Data collected were analysed descriptively using mean, standard deviation for the research question, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) were used for hypotheses one and two respectively both at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that, the use of KPS and PPS enhanced better performance of senior secondary school students in simultaneous equations than the CM. KPS was most effective for enhancing better students’ performance in simultaneous equations, followed by PPS method and lastly conventional method. It was therefore recommended that the use of KPS and PPS methods should be encouraged in Mathematics to enhance better performance of students in simultaneous equations. Also, Mathematics teachers should be given adequate orientation through workshops and seminars to update their knowledge in the use of KPS and PPS methods in teaching.Keywords: Problem Solving Methods, Kolawole’s Problem Solving (KPS) method, Polya’s                         Problem Solving (PPS) method, Conventional method, performance, Simultaneous Equations
Teaching Management And Sustainable Utilization Of Water Resources At Infant Level In Primary Schools In Zimbabwe: Challenges And Opportunities
Authors: Saiden Thondhlana , Remigios Mangizvo V.
Published: January 2020

Water has become an inadequate resource as a result of population and economic growth, climate change, pollution and other challenges.  This is impacting on social, economic and environmental wellbeing.  Education about water issues at all levels is pertinent to equip people with knowledge, skills and values of its management and sustainable utilization.  Young children have a tendency of wasting water because of lack of knowledge of its management and sustainable utilization.  The study aimed at establishing how knowledge, skills and attitudes of the management and sustainable utilization of water resources were being transmitted to school pupils in the infant grades in primary school.  Furthermore the study wanted to find out the extent to which the curriculum content addressed the management and sustainable utilization of water resources.  The study was conducted in the infants section of primary schools in the City of Gweru.  It was qualitative in nature and it employed document analysis, in-depth interviews and questerviews to gather data.  The sample of seven teachers in the infant section was purposively selected as these were the people with the requisite information. The study established that the infant syllabi has inadequate content for the management and sustainable utilization of water resources.  The education system in Zimbabwe has not put in place mechanisms and strategies to pass on information to the young learners.  Teachers have not been capacitated to deal with this aspect of the curriculum.  The methods used in schools to inculcate the content are suitable for the age levels.  The study concluded that the content and teaching of management and sustainable utilization were not adequate.  The materials to complement the teaching were relevant.  The study recommends the assessment methods need to be practical so as to establish the attitudes and skills acquired and that adequate content has to be injected into the curriculum.
COLLABORATIVE LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN EKITI STATE
Authors: Babalola Joseph
Published: January 2020

Abstract

This study examined the effect of collaborative teaching on students’ academic achievement in English language in Ekiti State. The population consisted of 161 Junior Secondary school three students made up of 103 males and 58 females selected from Federal Science and Technical College, Usi-Ekiti, Ekiti State. A total of 20 students (10 males) and (10 females) randomly selected from the school constituted the sample. The twenty students were divided into two groups-Experimental and Control. Group A was used as experimental group while group B was used as the control group. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The data collected were analysed using mean and percentages to answer the research questions while t-test and chi-square statistics were used to test the hypotheses. The major findings show that the students taught with Collaborative Teaching Strategy (CTS) achieved significantly better outputs than those of the control group. The study also discovered that there was no significant gender difference in the students’ achievement in English language. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that collaborative teaching strategy should be adopted as a more effective approach to teaching of English Language at the Junior Secondary School levels.
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Conceptual Discussion
Authors: Ndasi Darlene Mwende , Adusei-Asante Kwadwo
Published: January 2020

Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a dangerous practice that predates all religions and perpetrated on children for various reasons in various cultural and global contexts, causing adverse lifelong health consequences including sexual, physical and psychological problems for the survivors. Even so, there appears to be no documented work that brings together the major conceptual blocks on FGM/C, a gap this paper seeks to begin to fill. This paper summarises some major concepts on FGM/C as a resource and evaluates key evidence on the practice. While the practice of FGM/C is highly concentrated in Africa, the practice is spread out globally with a shift towards its medicalization among migrant communities and traditional settings. A focus of this paper is to propagate awareness and polarise debates to bring to an end to the practice of FGM/C globally.
The Great Mother: A Psychoanalytical Analysis of the Magna Mater In Two Novels
Authors: Warda Wahaj Unnisa
Published: January 2020

Sigmund Freud formulated the theory of “Oedipus Complex”,  Erich Newmann came forth with “The Great Mother or the Magna Mater” based on Carl Jung’s Theory of the Archetype and the Mother Complex, which charts the  mental processes of women’s psychological development. Two novels are analysed based on the given psychoanalytical theories the first a British novel  “Sons and Lovers” by D.H. Lawrence and the other Australian “The Thorn Birds” by Colleen McCullough. Both novels have  two brothers who become the focus of their mother’s attention and the overbearing mother’s control clashes with their identities, which results in death or fallout from society. The characters’ personal conflicts reveal encrypted truth.
The Teaching New Generation of Students. Millennials in the Hospitality & Tourism Industry
Authors: Abdullah Rahman , Zahari Harnizam , Adli Zain Razlan , Nik Mat Nik Adnan , Derani Nazarudin , Mohamed Muneer  , Noor Armia Radzuan
Published: January 2020

Millennials is the largest group of segmentation that is still studying and looking forward to join the workforce. Their characteristics, traits, needs and wants, and their ability and talents including their pool of resources available today (technology, internet, mass amount of online information) makes them a group that is going to influence the socioeconomic condition of a nation. The ability of an educator to better understand their condition would be able to alleviate their talent and ability in the right channel while not abusing the previous generation still in the workforce.
Some reflections before the Beginning of the Research Project on Modern Natural and Technological Challenges in Russia
Authors: Yanitsky Oleg
Published: January 2020

The article represents an attempt of qualitative modelling of the organization and the process of work on the research project titled the ‘Volunteering in the Critical Situations as a Response to Natural and Technological Challenges in Russia’ taking into account the main impediments and difficulties generated by the inside and outside forces. Such attempt seems necessary because we launch this project in very uncertain conditions such as the transition period of Russia toward the Forth scientific and technological revolution (hereafter the STR-4), the prevalence of mono-disciplinary mode of the research and teaching as well as by a very waste territory of Russia with highly dispersed habitat, especially in the North, Siberia and the Far East. Only the triad as the ‘scientific knowledge—teaching—experience in situ’ could offer to the rescuers and volunteers a necessary knowledge and social experience, and our project have to be organized in a right way. Therefore, I suggest to launch the work on the project ‘from the end’ i.e. from the anticipated results of it in the form of one or several hypotheses related to the final results of the project. Such mode of collaboration of the project’s participants allows us to avoid a widespread mistake when the theoretical model of subject in question begins to contradict with the results of the following field-research.
Pursuit of a sustainable tourism policy by connecting historical sites and ancient conventions in Seoul
Authors: OH LEE JONG
Published: January 2020

Gyeongbokgung Palace is the most visited historical site in Seoul. With Gyeongbokgung Palace in the middle, Jongmyo Shrine is located to the left on Jongno 5-ga and Sajikdan Altar to the right in Sajik-dong. Currently, two events take place here—changing of the guards at Gyeongbokgung Palace and a memorial rite at Jongmyo Shrine—buttheyare conducted separately, whichindicates the lack of focus in explaining the connection between Seoul’s historical sites and history. Historical content that can be used to address this includes the procession of the king of Joseon and jikso activities by Joseon’s people. Jiksois a way to appeal directly to the king instead of a state agency about the people’s problems. The king’s ceremonial walk from the palace can be linked to Jongmyo Shrine, Sajikdan Altar, and the Cheonggyecheon Stream,Joseon’s busiest areas. Moreover, historical scenes of communication between the king and people can be recreated in spaces between the palace, Jongmyo Shrine, Sajikdan Altar, and Cheonggyecheon. This example will serve the history and sustainability of the city’s capital. Therefore, the present study utilized the Smart Seoul Map operated by the Seoul Metropolitan Government to identify the locations of Seoul’s important historical sites and analyze their distribution and scopes of influence and, consequently, identify places that can be utilized as new historical content. Determining how to link the king of Joseon’s ceremonial walk and jibs to historical places will help develop historical content to connect historical sites and small cities. This will enable the development of large-scale historical content that links the unit areas outside small cities as well as creation of a new type of urban culture while preserving Seoul’s historical nature.
Enhancing Critical Thinking Through Calla In Developing Writing Ability Of EFL Students
Authors: Yufrizal Hery
Published: January 2020

The objectives of this research are firstly to investigate the application of Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach in improving students’ English writing ability andsecondly to answer what factors influence the students’ writing performance. The subjects of the research were the students of senior high schools in Indonesia consisting of a group of students as experimental group and as control group. The results showed that students improved their writing after they were involved in Cognitive Academic Language Learning Actvitities. Furthermore, the study also showed that levels of students’ critical thinking did not any significant effects toward their writing achievement
Financial Deepening And Financial Performance Of Deposit Money Banks In Nigeria
Authors: Yusuff Mulkat Ajibola , Olaniran-Akinyele Fatimah Olabisi
Published: January 2020

This study examines the effect of financial deepening on financial performance of Nigerian Deposit Money Banks using time-series data spanning 1990Q1-2017Q4. The financial performance is expressed by return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE) with total bank liability, private sector credit and market capitalization as measure of financial deepening. The technique of analysis deployed is autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) to co integration. The findings show that the effect of total bank liability is positive and significant. Market capitalization and private sector credit on the other hand exert negative and significant effect. The study concludes that financial deepening affect financial performance of Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria. It then recommends effective loan recovery strategy to mitigate the negative influence of private sector credit due to non-performing loans.
POSSIBLE OTRIVINE-INDUCED BRUTAL BILATERAL EXSUDATIVE RETINAL DETACHMENT
Authors: LOUIS DE GONZAGUE MIRAY
Published: January 2020

Retinal detachment (RD) is the separation of the neurosensory retina (NSR) from the underlying retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). The purpose is to report a case of patiente presenting a brutal bilateral exsudative retinal detachment. A 25-year-old woman with no significant ocular history  noted rapid, painless blurring in both eyes, facial edema and buccal dryness 2 days  following a nasal spray of  Otrivine by selfmedication for nasal stuffiness . Her best-corrected visual acuity was hand movement perception in both eyes. The anterior chamber, iris, and intraocular pressures were within normal limits. Dilated fundus examination showed clear vitreous with intraretinal hard exsudats mimicking an hypertensive retinopathy and inferior retinal detachment in both eyes. We suspected a drug-induced retinal detachment. We ask several experts for their opinion toward this case. Physicians should enquire about the overuse of nasal sprays.They must monitor patients' use of nasal sprays containing oxymetazoline and advise those with chronic nasal congestion that the overuse of this drug may be dangerous.
Effects Of Exchange Rate Volatility On Real Estate Prices In Developing Economies, A Case Of Ghana
Authors: Adu Jack John Kwame , Okyere Frimpong , Amoah Emmanuel K. S.
Published: January 2020

This study aims to find out whether exchange rate volatility affects real estate domestic house prices in Ghana. To this end, a 32 years secondary data from World Development Indicators (WDI) and data from Real Estate Developers in Ghana are employed for the study. The study employs Autoregressive distributed lags (ARDL) bounds testing of cointegration t o test the null hypothesis that exchange rate volatility has n o impact on real estate housing prices. The study finds that real estate price is cointegrated with remittances, exchange rate and inflation. The long run equilibrium is stable and significant. Exchange rates d o not cause changes in real estate prices in both short and long run. Similarly past prices of real estate d o not have impact on current house prices.  Rather, remittances positively cause real estate prices. Inflation on its part has a negative impact on real estate prices. It is therefore concluded that, volatility in the exchange rate between the cedi and other trading currencies does not predict changes in real estate prices.
Accountability Analysis in the Implementation of Employees Performance in Kanreg II BKN Surabaya
Authors: Wahyuni Sri , Aliyaturrahma Ikadona
Published: January 2020

The research aims to analyze administrative and professional accountability in the implementation of employees performance in Kanreg II BKN Surabaya. There are two elements in the implementation of employees performance, namely Employee Work Targets and Work Behavior. Antonio Bar Cendon (1999), states that there are four forms of accountability typology, namely a) Political Accountability b) Administrative Accountability c) Professional Accountability d) Accountability for Democracy. The research uses descriptive qualitative method that focuses on operational principle, internal accountability, external accountability, subject matter, criteria, mechanism, and consequences. Data collection technique is done by observation, interviews, and documentation. The results of the analysis of administrative and professional accountability in implementing employees performance in Kanreg II BKN Surabaya are more dominant type of administrative and professional accountability, that can be seen from the sub-indicator of the dominant type of administrative accountability. The research is inseparable from the supporting factors, namely regulation, supervision, application systems, description of main tasks and functions, rewards, and sanctions.
Research on Premium Income Prediction Based on LSTM Neural Network
Authors: Diao Li , Wang Ning
Published: January 2020

As one of the four financial pillars, insurance has the functions of risk diversification, loss compensation, financing and social management. It is of great practical significance to predict the level of premium income in the new normal of economy. In this paper, long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network was innovatively applied to the study of premium income prediction. The monthly data of China's premium income from January 1999 to October 2019 was selected for prediction, and the prediction results were compared with BP neural network. The results show that LSTM model can accurately predict premium income, and its performance is better than BP neural network.
Disruption in Manufacturing Industry - The Future of Global Workforce
Authors: Bambe, PhD Dayo Ife
Published: January 2020

The aim of this research was to evaluate the future of the global workforce aligned with the disruptive technologies in the manufacturing industry. The impacts of 5G, robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning were focused on current research. The purpose was to identify the possible safety net, which could be used by the governments and regulatory authorities to deal with the negative effects of technologies on the workers’ displacement in the next 5 to 10 years. Through the implementation of the inductive research methodology based on structured survey questionnaire administered with the sample of 100 employees working in the manufacturing sector, effects of disruptive technologies on the employment situation, production activity and overall organisation performance were addressed.

Findings of the investigation have confirmed that new technologies have positive impacts on the production activity and overall organisational performance. New technologies are contributing vitally to increasing the production output, production quality, improving the cost of delays, increasing efficient waste management, reliable and consistent growth and enhanced profitability for the manufacturing companies. In contrary, these technologies are also having negative effects on the employment situation such as reduced recruitment, training, compensation, and increased unrest. Lastly, the set of recommendations directing towards introducing governmental regulations and policies for mandatory training, balanced compensation and increased hiring, are expected to have a significant positive contribution for tackling the issue of displacements.
THE CAUSES, PREVALENCE AND THE RAVAGING COROLLARIES OF ILLEGAL CROSS BORDER TRADES (ICBTs) ON NIGERIA’S ECONOMY
Authors: Sunday Ameh Ojonugwa
Published: January 2020

This study elucidate the causes, prevalence and ravaging corollaries of Illegal Cross Border Trades ( ICBTs ) on the Nigerian economy with a view to proffering workable solutions. The study is anchored on the broken window theory. A sample size of 75 respondents was arrived at using Taro Yamane’s formula and to ensure greater representation of the sample relative to the population, proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used for the selection of respondents. Quantitative data were obtained from the 75 selected respondents who were Nigeria Customs Service staff and who resides in Illela and Sabon-Birni border areas. These areas are in Sokoto State of Nigeria but share boundary with Niger Republic. Data collected were analyzed in line with study objectives and research hypotheses, using descriptive and inferential statistics at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that though policies and programmes tailored along the line of curbing and ameliorating smuggling are made yearly, the rate of ICBTs continue to increase. Reasons for this include preference for foreign goods, craze for cheaper prices of goods, connivance between smugglers and some security personnel, paucity of border security. It was also found that the rate of ICBTs in the studied areas and by projection the nation is on the high side, thus contributing enormously to the receding economy. The study recommended among other things that a threesome relationship between Nigeria Customs Service, traditional elites and local settlers should be developed or built into government policies for curbing ICBTs; there should be a continuous orientation and re-orientation of the people by government agencies and other stakeholders; government increase employment opportunities and reduction in poverty rate; and government should be apt in carrying out statutory responsibilities.Keywords: Border, Illegal Cross Border Trade, Security personnel, Smugglers, Threesome relationship.
Health care practices of slum dweller adolescent girls in Bangladesh: The case of Sylhet city
Authors: Hussain Muhammed Muazzam , Wakkas Mphammad Ali
Published: January 2020

The aim of the paper is to know the health care practices of adolescent girls living in the slum areas of Sylhet city, Bangladesh, understand their health and hygiene issues including treatment, pregnancy, menstruation, vaccination, housing, water and sanitation related challenges they face in their daily lives. The study was based on primary sources of data; however the secondary data e.g. official documents, books, journals, policy papers etc. were used to conduct the study. The study followed qualitative research approach and the case study method to generate sufficient primary data. The study reveals that adolescent girls of slum areas face some menstruation related physical health problems e.g. abdominal pain, irregularity in menstruation cycle, excessive bleeding etc. Sometimes the guardian and doctor do not give much importance on it. The study findings show that adolescent girls of slum areas face multiple health care challenges including low level of personal hygiene, carry on treatment cost, lack of appropriate water, housing and sanitation facilities, etc. The study also highlights that family poverty, behavior of doctors, high cost of medicine, illiteracy of guardian etc. are responsible factors for low uptake of health care services. Therefore, the study suggests for coordinated efforts from the government, local government and voluntary agencies to upgrade their service delivery system.
nalyzing the effectiveness of Water Conservation Fee amidst growing water scarcity in India
Authors: Khorakiwala Zainab
Published: January 2020

Water scarcity has become a significant issue in India, causing the central government to take various measures in addressing the issue through conservation efforts. This includes revising existing and formulating new regulation guidelines, creating awareness about conservation methods, and identifying critical and over-critical areas. In 2018, the concerned ministry endorsed the suggestion to levy Water Conservation Fee (WCF) on industrial, commercial, domestic and agricultural users of water in a bid to conserve depleting groundwater resources. The following paper aims to analyze the effectiveness of WCF, highlighting two major impediments to its success.
Psychometric Properties of an Agriculture Teacher Efficacy Scale for Senior Secondary Schools in Eswatini
Authors: Mathenjwa Mpendulo , Dlamini Marietta P.
Published: January 2020

Teacher efficacy is an important motivational attribute influencing teacher performance and student learning outcomes. Teacher efficacy is multidimensional yet inconsistencies exist on the nature of construct that best measure teacher efficacy across different subjects and contexts. The purpose of the study was to explore the psychometric properties of the agriculture teacher efficacy scale adapted from the Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale (TSES) of Tschannen-Moran and Hoy (2001). Data were collected from 161 beginning agriculture teachers at senior secondary schools in Eswatini. Item analysis and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) using principal component and verimax rotation were used to analyse the data. The findings indicate that the agriculture teacher efficacy scale was reliable (.92) with inter-item correlation value of .41 to .67 and items discrimination index of ≥ .40). EFA revealed that the agriculture teacher efficacy scale had four factors explaining 47.7% of variance among the items which were instructional strategies, student engagement, classroom management, and practical work management. Conclusion was, the scale is valid to assess agriculture teacher efficacy. Recommendation was, further testing the agriculture teacher efficacy scale across school levels in teaching agriculture.
Talent Enrichment and Operational Sustainability in the Nigerian Telecommunication Sector
Authors: Akpotu Christopher , Tamunosiki-Amadi Jasmine
Published: January 2020

Organisations are striving towards improved operational modes that enhance responsiveness to customer needs. One of the strategically considered means is talent enrichment practices for employees who are talent repository for firms. This study examined the empirical link between talent enrichment and operational sustainability. A sample of 216 employees the telecommunication sector in Nigeria was surveyed using questionnaire instrument. The data showed a positive and significant relationship between the constructs examined. This was noticeably strong with targeted skill mapping and operational effectiveness measured by quality service delivery, process improvement and timelines in service delivery. It is clear from the findings that talent enrichment remains a strategic imperative that engenders effective and efficient operations in work organisations. The findings hold strong theoretical implications in terms of operationalization of the variables that has been hitherto viewed as unidimensional. Its value-driven implication in terms of managerial policy is underscored.
Eastern Anatolıa Regıon Wıth Respect To Tourısm Based Development
Authors: Gunduz Ali Yilmaz
Published: January 2020

Significant developments and changes happened in economic, technological, political, social and cultural fields in recent years crucially affected tourism sector/segment. Despite the fact that Turkey, which possesses a majör potential with rich cultural, historical and natural values, has a remarkable advantage in terms of tourism, it couldn't enjoy this advantage for long years. Development of tourism sector/segment in Turkey is encountered in post 1980 era. In this era Tourism Incentive Law, taking decisions regarding Promotion of Foreign Exchange Earning Services and Businesses, enactment of Foreign Capital Law, decisions taken on the subject of bending law no. 31, Protection Order of Turkish Currency Value became crucial factors in development of tourism. As a result of these decisions taken, tourism income, which was 326 million USD in 1980, has risen up to 35 billion USD in 2017. Tourism's share in GDP has risen from %0.6 to the level of %4 for the same years. Tourism sector/segment is gaining greater importance in decreasing regional derangement/conflict, developing of underdeveloped regions which lack sufficent resources and opportunities for agriculture and industrial sector on the other hand have rich tourism potential. Main purpose of this research is measuring potiential usability of Eastern Anatolia Region, which has a unique beauty in terms of tourism, so much the more Hakkari zone and providing recognisability by destroying negative image of this zone.
Study of the English Autonomous Learning Situation of College Freshmen in the “Internet Plus” Era
Authors: Wang Ying , Wang Chao
Published: January 2020

Combining “the Internet plus” technology with education makes it possible and convenient for learning to happen beyond the restraints of time and place. Following this new trend of autonomous learning, learners have obtained easier access to the learning resources they need. Freshmen are clearly an indispensable group who benefit from it.

Based on the theory of multiple intelligences and constructivist learning theory, this thesis aims to discover the current status of freshmen’s autonomous learning in the internet plus era through questionnaires and interviews, explore the impact of learning tools and learning environments supported by internet plus technology on students’ autonomous learning ability and effectiveness, and provide some corresponding advice for college English learning and teaching practice. 

A questionnaire survey followed by a face-to-face interview is employed in this thesis. The researcher randomly selected 460 freshmen with an English proficiency of level B (the intermediate level based on the Entrance Level Test hosted by BIPT) as subjects, issued relevant questionnaires online, and analyzed the final data via SPSS 20. Results show that freshmen at BIPT do have the awareness of autonomous learning with the help of various platforms online and apps on smart phones, but they have problems in making a long-term study plan, and following the plan regularly. They do have the motivation to improve their English competency through autonomous learning in the “Internet-plus” environment, but they have difficulty in information processing and resources acquisition. There is a correlation between college freshmen’s autonomous learning ability and their English academic achievements. Freshmen with better abilities of autonomous learning tend to get higher scores in the English test. It is strongly suggested that students should be more self-disciplined in terms of self-planning and self-supervising. In order to guarantee the effectiveness of autonomous learning, it is necessary for teachers to provide specific guidance, such as helping students make feasible study plans and regularly checking their implementation of the plans.

Due to the limitation of time and resources, the design of the questionnaire only focuses on certain aspects of autonomous learning, and the quantity of the sampling is not large enough. The author hopes that more researches would be done to further explore the nature of autonomous learning in the “Internet plus” era and make it a booster for education and self-development.
The Effect of Whatsapp in A Flipped Classroom on Students’ Writing Achievement at MTsN 1 Konawe
Authors: Tarisman  , Hanafi Hilaluddin
Published: January 2020

This study aims at finding out the significant effect of using WhatsApp as a media in a flipped classroom on students’ writing achievement. This study applied the pre-experimental design. The population was the 2017/2018 second grade students of MTsN 1 Konawe which consists of 240 students. The samples were 30 students of Class VIII-2. The experimental class was taught by using WhatsApp Group chat as a flipped classroom media. The tests consisted of pre-test and post- test. The instrument used in this study was a writing test. The data were analyzed by using paired sample t-test. The hyphotesis of this research stated if there was a significant effect of using WhatsApp on students’ writing achievement at MTsN 1 Konawe (H1). The result of paired sample t-test shown that the asymp sig. is 0.000. It means that the asymp sig. was lower than 0.05 (0.000 < 0.05). Therefore, the H1 is accepted. It can be concluded that WhatsApp has significant effect on students’ writing achievement at the second grade students of MTsN 1 Konawe..
Tax Disputes Resolution In Nigeria: Going Beyound The Traditional Court And Administrative Resolution System
Authors: Anyebe Peter Ademu
Published: January 2020

It is the requirement of law that tax is paid. Therefore, the discharge of tax obligation in Nigeria is not by choice. In the process of the tax authorities who are authorized under the law to collect taxes from tax payers, disputes arise.  The paper reveals that in its bid to lessen the incidents of tax evasion in Nigeria, the Federal Government carried out a major reform in its tax regime. Thus, the Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) was established to ensure fairness and transparency of the tax system through a quick and efficient method of dispensing justice. Appeal from there lies to the Federal High Court on point of law. However, there is the unresolved problem of the constitutionality of TAT in its powers and jurisdiction in resolving tax disputes with Federal High Court (FHC).  Furthermore, the paper reveals that tax disputes are not arbitrable under Nigerian law. It is the argument of this paper that although the courts are recognized as the most visible dispute arbiter, it is not always the most effective or efficient method. Therefore, it is further the argument of this paper that Nigeria’s tax objection procedures as governed by statutory rules should incorporate Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanism as practiced in other jurisdictions. The paper recommends that the necessary amendments should be made to enable TAT and FHC at their levels to encourage the use of early dispute resolution (EDR) and alternative dispute resolution (ADR), particularly mediation in the settlement of tax disputes brought before them. The introduction of VAIDS (Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme) by the Federal Government of Nigeria is in line with global best practices on non-disclosure of informal and declaration of assets. The paper concludes among others  that Nigeria, as a country cannot operate in isolation, hence the introduction of ADR in its tax dispute resolution processes should be imminent and mandatory.
Liberia's Political Economy: An Examination of Public Institutional Quality (Rule of Law, Democratic Accountability, and State Authority) Based on Citizens' Ethnic, Residence, and Gender Status by Stephen H. Gobewole - A REVIEW
Authors: Acharya Rajeshkumar
Published: January 2020

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Prototyping Mass Nouns from Students’ Perspective: A Pedagogical Implication
Authors: Alam Md
Published: January 2020

This paper investigates ESL learners’ prototyping mass nouns as a grammatical category. The study is supported by the theory of prototype developed by Rosch in 1970s which plays a wide role in graded categorization of the existent entities in the world. With an expected inspiration from the theory, the prototyping of vocabulary received research attention especially in the pedagogical world. Promisingly, this study seeks to extend the theory to explore a lexico-grammatical category i.e. “mass nouns” from learners’ perspective. Actually, the study was directed to  find out which prototypical feature ESL students exploit to prioritize some mass nouns as prototypical examples over some other mass nouns, and  how far students’ experientially and pedagogically perceived “prototypes” of mass nouns help them to correctly grouping up nouns as in mass category. The study was focused on  shedding some light on a few pedagogical tips and implications in some likely challenging contexts of teaching mass nouns. The study reveals that ESL students shortlist ‘liquids’ (such as water, milk, wine, juice etc.) ‘gases’(such as hydrogen, oxygen etc.), ‘abstract ideas’ (such as childhood, anger, safety, knowledge etc.), ‘powdered substances’ (such as sand, sugar etc.), and some ‘natural entities’ (such as heat, sunshine etc.) as “prototype of mass nouns” which all are un-individuated and sometimes  intangible - meaning uncountable - while the learners recognize ‘non-countable’ status as the most important prototypical feature of mass nouns. And, the students isolated ‘rice’, ‘wheat’, ‘hair’, ‘grass’ , ‘cotton’ and ‘coal’ as less prototypical mass nouns based on their intrinsic sense that these mass nouns are plural and they even can be individuated. However, the study reflects that the students’ perceived prototypes are not sufficient as they selected and considered many of mass nouns as so distant members as countable. It was further found that contextual type shifts of mass-count nouns, arbitrary sematic distributions to lexis, cross-linguistic approach to mass nouns, intrinsic and realistic conception, superordinate-subordinate influence, and perception of enumerating status etc. account for students’ this surprise selection of a number of mass nouns as opposite category i.e. count nouns. If pedagogues are non-responsive to these factors and fail to redefine their approaches to mass noun teaching, it is most likely to lead to learners’ grammatical inaccuracy resulted from their determiner-number-mass noun mismatch.
Strategic Leadership to Prevent Corruption in Indonesia
Authors: Sarjito Aris
Published: January 2020

In the General Explanation of the 2002 KPK Law, it states: Increased corruption unhindered creates disasters, not only for the national economy, but also for national and state life in general. Extensive and systematic corruption is also a violation of the social and economic rights of the community and, therefore, corruption can no longer be classified as an ordinary crime, but rather as an extraordinary crime. By any standard, Indonesia's corruption level is high. There are indications that since the fall of Suharto, overall corruption has actually increased. Regional autonomy is generally blamed for dispersing power to regional officials, many of whom are expected to exploit their offices for personal gain.

This study uses a qualitative analysis approach that aims to analyze strategic leadership to prevent corruption in Indonesia, using Hughes's strategic leadership theory as an analysis tool.

The results of this study are: (1) good governance requires transparency in the management of regional development using the budget originating from the APBN (state budget) and APBD (local budget); (2) strategic leaders always encourage the creation of clean bureaucracy; Organizational principles are encouraged to prohibit illegal actions against the internal environment and, in particular, external organizations will have an impact in the long term and grow the organization to be healthier; and (3) a strategic leader in running an organization must hold fast to the principle of legality and anti-corruption.

Keywords: corruption, strategic leadership.
On the blow-up of GSBV functions under suitable geometric properties of the jump set
Authors: Tasso Emanuele
Published: January 2020

In this paper, we investigate the fine properties of functions under suitable geometric conditions on the jump set. Precisely, given an open setΩ⊂ℝn{\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}}and givenp>1{p>1}, we study the blow-up of functionsu∈GSBV⁢(Ω){u\in\mathrm{GSBV}(\Omega)}, whose jump sets belong to an appropriate class𝒥p{\mathcal{J}_{p}}and whose approximate gradients arep-th power summable. In analogy with the theory ofp-capacity in the context of Sobolev spaces, we prove that the blow-up ofuconverges up to a set of Hausdorff dimension less than or equal ton-p{n-p}. Moreover, we are able to prove the following result which in the case ofW1,p⁢(Ω){W^{1,p}(\Omega)}functions can be stated as follows: wheneveruk{u_{k}}strongly converges tou, then, up to subsequences,uk{u_{k}}pointwise converges touexcept on a set whose Hausdorff dimension is at mostn-p{n-p}.
Enfermedad relacionada con IgG4: a propósito de un caso
Authors: de las Heras Flórez Silvia , Carretero Pérez Mercedes , Sanz Díaz Carmen Teresa , Medina García José Alejandro
Published: January 2020

La enfermedad relacionada con IgG4 (ER-IgG4) es un proceso patológico de reciente descripción que puede afectar a casi cualquier órgano. Su diagnóstico se basa en la correlación de hallazgos clínicos con los resultados histopatológicos, así como en el hallazgo de la IgG4 sérica elevada. El tratamiento se basa en corticoides y rituximab en los casos más graves. Presentamos el caso de un paciente con un cuadro sistémico, diagnosticado de ER-IgG4 en el que el hallazgo de niveles elevados de IgG4 en suero sirvieron como apoyo en el diagnóstico.
Kinetic Modeling of Citrullus Lanatus (Watermelon) Peel Using Thermo Gravimetric Analysis
Authors: Tallam Aarti , Bairy Sai Rohith , Kalakuntala Raju , P.V Naga Prapurna , Suranani Srinath
Published: January 2020

This work aims at the kinetic studies of the hydrochar produced from hydrothermal carbonization of citrulluslanatus(watermelon) peel. The hydrochar was prepared at optimized conditions regarding Carbon content, High Heating Value and Yield at experimental conditions of 210 °C and 1 h operation. The Watermelon peel hydrocharkineticswereinvestigated at heating rates of 5 °C${\text{mi}}{{\text{n}}^{ - 1}}$, 10 °C${\text{mi}}{{\text{n}}^{ - 1}}$, 15 °C${\text{mi}}{{\text{n}}^{ - 1}}$, & 20 °C${\text{mi}}{{\text{n}}^{ - 1}}$, through thermogravimetric analysis. Two iso-conversional models were applied to compute the kinetic parameters and pyrolysis behavior of hydrochar. The kinetic study using Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose (KAS) model revealed that for a conversion range of 0.1 to 0.8,the activation energy was observed to be in the range of 146 to 220 kJ/mol. Similarly, the activation energies estimated through Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (FWO) model also gave a similar range of kinetic energies from 147 to 219 kJ/mol. Moreover, higher pre-exponential factor values explained the convoluted structure of biomass. The regression coefficient (${R^{2\,}}$) for both the models is high and they have shown similar activation energies which confirms that the best reaction mechanism is predicted. This research helps in establishing an economical and efficient technology for producing clean bioenergy and useful chemicals.
Varieties of nilpotent Lie superalgebras of dimension ≤ 5
Authors: Alvarez María Alejandra , Hernández Isabel
Published: January 2020

In this paper, we study the varieties of nilpotent Lie superalgebras of dimension

≤
5

{\leq 5}

.
We provide the algebraic classification of these superalgebras and obtain the irreducible components in every variety.
As a byproduct, we construct rigid nilpotent Lie superalgebras of arbitrary dimension.
Validity and reliability of the Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire in Kosovar adolescents
Authors: Ilijazi-Shahiqi Donika , Mehmeti Blerim , Kelmendi Jeta , Krasniqi Dafina , Kamberi Blerim , Anic-Milosevic Sandra
Published: January 2020

Objective

To test the validity and reliability of the Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire (PIDAQ)-Albanian version in Kosovar adolescents and assess gender-based differences of malocclusion on PIDAQ subscales.

Methods

A sample of 200 adolescents aged 12–15 years were evaluated for orthodontic treatment need by a previous calibrated dental examiner, using the aesthetic component (AC) of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need-Aesthetic Concern (IOTN-AC) and the dental aesthetic index (DAI). Internal consistency, test-retest reliability, discriminant validity and gender-based impact of malocclusion on psychosocial impact was assessed.

Results

The Albanian version of the PIDAQ shows satisfactory internal consistency (α ranging from 0.73 to 0.90) with high test-retest reliability (r > 0.83). The discriminant validity revealed that subjects with minor and severe malocclusion according to dichotomous DAI categorization had different PIDAQ scores. No significant gender-based differences were noted on the impact of malocclusion on psychological and social aspect or Dental Self-confidence (DSC); however, significant gender-based difference was noted on the impact of malocclusion on AC.

Conclusion

The Albanian version of the PIDAQ demonstrated good psychometric properties and applicability to this age group in Kosova.
Iterative techniques with computer realization for initial value problems for Riemann–Liouville fractional differential equations
Authors: Agarwal Ravi , Golev A. , Hristova S. , O’Regan D.
Published: January 2020

The main aim of this paper is to suggest some algorithms and to use them in an appropriate computer environment to solve approximately the initial value problem for scalar nonlinear Riemann–Liouville fractional differential equations on a finite interval. The iterative schemes are based on appropriately defined lower and upper solutions to the given problem.
A number of different cases depending on the type of lower and upper solutions are studied and various schemes for
constructing successive approximations are provided. The suggested schemes are applied to some problems and their practical usefulness is illustrated.
Deformation detection through the realization of reference frames
Authors: Papadopoulos Nestoras , Paraskevas Melissinos , Katsafados Ioannis , Nikolaidis Georgios , Anagnostou Euagelos
Published: January 2020

Hellenic Military Geographical Service (HMGS) has established and measured various networks in Greece which constitute the geodetic infrastructure of the country. One of them is the triangulation network consisting of about 26.000 pillars all over Greece. Classical geodetic measurements that held by the Hellenic Military Geographic Service (HMGS) through the years have been used after adjustment for the state reference frame which materializes the current Hellenic Geodetic Reference System of 1987 (HGRS87). The aforementioned Reference System (RS) is a static one and is in use since 1990. Through the years especially in the era of satellite navigation systems many Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) networks have been established. The latest such network materialized by HMGS is ongoing and covers until now more than the 2/3 of the country. It is referenced by International GNSS Service (IGS) permanent stations and consists a local densification IGS08 Reference Frame. Firstly, this gives the opportunity to calculate transformation parameters between the two systems and a statistical analysis of the residuals leads to intermediate conclusions. After that and in conjunction with existing past transformations, tectonic deformations and their directions are concluded. Moreover past GPS observations on the same pillars in compare to the newer ones give also a sense of tectonic displacements. Greece is one of the most tectonically active countries in Europe and the adoption of a modern kinematic or semi-kinematic geodetic datum is a necessity as it should incorporate a deformation model like 3d velocities on the reference frame realization. The detection of geodynamic changes is a continuous need and should be taken into consideration at each epoch.