bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Responsiveness in context: Unpacking the causal model of the wisdom-responsiveness link
Authors: Kachhiyapatel Niyati , Grossmann Igor
Published: March 2024

By exploring the nuances of responsive phenomenology, Streib extends the science of wisdom beyond person-centric phenomena to include the social, interpersonal, and intersubjective dimensions. We applaud Streib's efforts to enrich wisdom models, and highlight several areas requiring further clarity, particularly regarding the causal relationship between responsive phenomenology and wisdom, and the role of broader cultural-historical factors for understanding the wisdom of responsiveness. Our commentary highlights the need for greater conceptual precision to differentiate responsiveness from related constructs in social psychology and calls for future research to delineate when responsiveness contributes to wisdom in varied contexts. Through this critical examination, we aim to advance the science of wisdom by emphasizing the significance of responsiveness within a comprehensive social-ecological framework, thereby fostering deeper understanding of interpersonal and intergroup relations.
Positive Environments and their Associations with Adolescent Appearance Dissatisfaction
Authors: Bell Beth , Deniz Emre , Toseeb Umar
Published: March 2024

Importance. Adolescents' dissatisfaction with their appearance is a modifiable risk factor of multiple negative health and wellbeing indicators (including eating disorders). Evidence on whether positive environments could play a role in reducing appearance dissatisfaction across the world is lacking Objective. To estimate the prevalence of appearance dissatisfaction globally and determine the extent to which positive home, neighbourhood, and school environments are associated with appearance dissatisfaction in early adolescence. Design, Setting, and Participants. Existing cross-sectional self-report data from the Children’s World Survey were analysed. Data from 35 countries in 4 continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America) were used. Data were analysed from approximately 85,000 adolescents between 10- and 12- years old in mainstream schools between 2016-2019. Questionnaires were administered by local teams in local languages. Multilevel regression models were fitted to the data. Analyses were pre-registered.Exposure. Adolescents reported on their perceptions of care, support, safety, respect, and participation at home, school, and in their neighbourhoods using a 17-item self-report scale. Mean scores were generated for positive home, neighbourhood, and school environments, which were used as the primary exposure variables. Main Outcome. Appearance dissatisfaction was the main outcome variable and was measured using a single item asking adolescents to report how satisfied they are with the way that they look.Results. Appearance dissatisfaction ranged considerably across the world. Whilst, on the whole, girls and 12-year olds had higher levels of appearance dissatisfaction than boys and 10-year olds, this was not the case in all countries. Additionally, whilst all three positive environments were associated with lower appearance dissatisfaction, with adolescents’ home environments being the strongest predictor followed by schools and neighbourhoods. Conclusions and Relevance. Positive home, neighbourhood, and school environments are all associated with lower levels of appearance dissatisfaction. These findings suggest that interventions within homes, schools, and neighbourhoods might lead to lower levels of appearance dissatisfaction amongst adolescents.
Reappraising a Parent can Occur with Non-Suggestive Questions: Changing Emotions and Memories of Emotion
Authors: Patihis Lawrence
Published: March 2024

Whether is it possible to reappraise parents in non-suggestive questions, and whether this has an impact on emotions and memories is of interest in psychotherapy and legal cases. Past research has shown reappraisals of past situations is associated with changes in memories of emotions. In Patihis et al (2019) we showed memories of love could be affected by reappraisals, but did not analyze that dataset on other memories of emotion. The current paper analyzes that experimental dataset for the effect of reappraisals towards participants mothers on the emotions: happiness, interest, sadness, and anger (and on memories of those emotions in childhood). Results show that emotions were significantly changed by reappraisals, and this difference was sustained four weeks later. We found memories of emotion were affected, especially memory of happiness in childhood, but to a lesser degree compared to current emotions. This offer some confirmation of the cognitive appraisal view of memories of emotions. A follow up experiment with pretest measures showed some similar patterns, but with muted effects. Therapists and clients should be aware that non-suggestive prompts might lead to reappraisals of parents, with knock on affects on emotions and memories. Whether this should be part of informed consent in therapy is open to debate.
Beyond reproducibility, making a psychological application safe to use
Authors: Osman Magda
Published: March 2024

The replication crisis inevitably deepens issues of trust in the methods and findings that the scientific community uses to advance our collective understanding of human behavior. In turn, any doubts over psychological research undermines the use of any products that it develops (e.g. assessment tools, scales, frameworks) outside of academia. With the help of the Implicit association test (IAT) this chapter shows how measurement criteria (reliability, validity) are used to determine metrics for determining a sound evidence base for the test. However, escaping the replication crisis on the grounds that a body of work is highly replicable and has high predictive validity is not sufficient when it comes to the issue of applicability. The chapter argues that without a good theoretical basis to secure construct validity the same research would be ruled out of being safe for use outside of the sciences. The reason for being even more stringent about the concepts being investigated is that the stakes are higher when the decisions based on them carry consequence in practical settings.
Engaging effort improves efficiency during spoken word recognition in cochlear implant users
Authors: Colby Sarah Elizabeth , McMurray Bob
Published: March 2024

Word recognition is generally thought to be supported by an automatic process of lexical competition, at least in normal hearing young adults. When listening becomes challenging, either due to properties of the environment (noise) or the individual (hearing loss), the dynamics of lexical competition change and word recognition can feel effortful and fatiguing. In cochlear implant users, several dimensions of lexical competition have been identified that capture the timing of the onset of lexical competition (Wait-and-See), the degree to which competition is fully resolved (Sustained Activation), and how quickly lexical candidates are activated (Activation Rate). It is unclear, however, how these dimensions relate to listening effort. To address this question, a group of cochlear implant users (N=79) completed a pupillometry task to index effort and a visual world paradigm task to index the dynamics of lexical competition as part of a larger battery of clinical and experimental tasks. Listeners who engaged more effort, as indexed by peak pupil size difference score, fell lower along the Wait-and-See dimension, suggesting that these listeners are engaging effort to be less Wait-and-See (or to begin the process of lexical competition earlier). Listeners who engaged effort earlier had better word and sentence recognition outcomes. The timing of effort was predicted by age and spectral fidelity, but no audiological or demographic factors predicted peak pupil size difference. The dissociation between the magnitude of engaged effort and the timing of effort suggests they perform different goals for spoken word recognition.
Perceived Mobility Need Satisfaction (PMNS) Scale - german
Authors: Schrills Tim Philipp Peter , Gruner Marthe , Sieger Marvin , Franke Thomas
Published: March 2024

The Perceived Mobility Need Satisfaction (PMNS) scale is a psychometric instrument that can be used to assess the perception of need satisfaction through a mobility resource. The scale was developed based on the scientific work of Sheldon et al. (2001) and aims to measure seven key components of mobility need satisfaction: Autonomy, competence, relatedness, safety, money, physical well-being and pleasure. By assessing these dimensions, the PMNS scale provides insight into how individuals perceive their experience of mobility in different contexts, such as on-demand ridepooling. Focusing on individual experiences and psychological needs, the PMNS scale provides a tool for researchers and practitioners who want to understand and improve people's mobility experiences and promote positive transportation behaviors.
Can I Offer You Something? Examining How People With Social Anxiety Disorder Experience Feedback in the Workplace
Authors: Westwood Rebecca
Published: March 2024

In relation to human behaviour feedback is described as a learning mechanism intended to enhanceperformance and support development. (Hattie & Timperley, 2007; Sanford & O’Loughlin, 2019).However, within organisations there are proposed limitations to the impact of feedback prompted byvarious factors including the diversity of the feedback metaphor and the mental health of thosereceiving feedback, particularly individuals experiencing social anxiety disorder (SAD; Bregman &Jacobson, 202; Voegler et al., 2019). SAD is the most prevalent anxiety disorder (Willacy, 2021) andwhile existing research has explored the relationship between SAD and various features of feedback(Beard and Amir 2008; Houle-Johnson et al., 2019), no qualitative study could be identified thatconsiders this relationship. This research is a phenomenological exploration of the relationshipbetween SAD and feedback, examining how individuals with social anxiety experience feedback inthe workplace. Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was used to analyse the narratives ofsix participants captured via semi-structured interviews. Four superordinate themes emerged from theIPA: Dissociation and the Somatic Experience; Self-Editing vs Self-Disclosure; Interaction andConnection; The Power of What If. The findings of this study offer a possible contrast to the currentview of maladaptive behaviours and compliments current research on anxiety and dealing withambiguity. More practically it provides insights into the totality of the feedback experience forindividuals with SAD, how the feedback experience may be improved and highlights the continuedimportance of returning the receiver of feedback to the centre of the feedback dynamic.
Review of “La science est un jeu: La théorie des jeux dans la France des années 1950” by Tarik Tazdaït
Authors: Leonard Robert
Published: March 2024

Review of “La science est un jeu: La théorie des jeux dans la France des années 1950” by Tarik Tazdaït.
Rejoinder to Rural Transformations and Rural Crime Book Review published in Rural Society (Vol. 32, Iss. 3)
Authors: Bowden Matt , Harkness Alistair
Published: March 2024

A review of a book we edited, Rural Transformations and Rural Crime (Bowden & Harkness, 2022) was published in Volume 32, Issue 3 of Rural Society (Scott, 2023) in December 2023. In his review, John Scott makes two key but misleading charges: first is an intimation that rural criminology is dominated by a clique of scholars; and second that the book by and large lacks ‘critical’ analysis to his liking. The reviewer provides a glimpse of a broad analysis of the field and adopts an independently minded position. Indeed, some observations and claims are made that should rightly be part of a wider debate in criminology broadly, about its relevance, impact and contribution to the social sciences: legitimate and important questions that ought to be addressed. However, a few errors in the review need to be corrected and cannot go unchallenged.
Evaluation of the UK Household Support Fund in a case study organisation using a novel machine learning methodology
Authors: Mahmood Shajat
Published: March 2024

Food insecurity (FI) may be a powerful stressor that impacts on children’s development. Yet the parent-child pathway through which these effects are mediated remains unclear, which may limit the effectiveness of support programs, such as the Household Support Fund, in mitigating the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on FI. A mixed methods approach was used with a novel machine learning algorithm to identify attributes and affects characterising food insecurity. It was found that parents may experience food insecurity as pain, which they cope with by numbing. This may have several negative consequences: 1) it attenuated parents own pleasure and contentment reducing wellbeing; 2) reduced parents awareness of indicators of food insecurity of their children, risking unintentional transmission of food insecurity, and 3) potentially increased susceptibility to and hindered recovery from neuropathological conditions such as anxiety, depression and PTSD. Transmission of FI from parent to children occurred in 18% of households, which were characterised by larger family size and reduced propensity for parents to seek support. Parents used a range of buffering strategies focused on self-sacrifice, which are encoded as part of household culture, which children may learn vicariously in a way that is inextricable from their parent’s emotion-spatial hermeneutic. HSF reduced both negative affect of parents and influenced the transmission of Fi from parent to child. A model of FI is presented where parents foster coping mechanisms amongst their children as they transmit FI, usually when their own buffering capacity is exhausted but also as a conditioning mechanism. However, these coping mechanisms reduce parent wellbeing and risk seeding mental health challenges in their children. Co-created HSF type support should therefore be coupled with wider support to encourage parent self care.
LRFAF : une exploration numérique du rap français depuis les années 1990
Authors: de Courson Benoît
Published: March 2024

Cet article introduit le grand corpus ouvert LRFAF, qui contient 37307 textes de rap français et leurs métadonnées. En utilisant des méthodes de lexicométrie et de traitement automatique des langues, il se propose une première exploration numérique du corpus. Il combine (i) une analyse diachronique, à la recherche des tendances lourdes connues par le rap français pendant ces trente dernières années, et (ii) une étude transversale, qui compare les rappeurs, à la recherche des lignes de force qui décrivent leur style. L'analyse diachronique révèle deux phases. Les textes deviennent plus noirs et plus agressifs entre 1990 et 2014, dans une sorte d'élargissement de la fenêtre d'Overton, avant de devenir plus légers, polis et moins politiques depuis, dans un mouvement de \enquote{variétisation}. L'analyse transversale aboutit à une analyse factorielle interprétable, qui propose de résumer le style des rappeurs par deux axes, que nous avons nommé littérarité et hardcorité.
The Perpetual Misery: The Plights of the Accused Under the Digital Security Act 2018 in Bangladesh
Authors: Akter Shrabony , Miah Arman , Tasneem Sadia , Khan Shihab Uddin , Riaz Ali
Published: March 2024

This paper contains 12 Case Studies of Bangladesh Digital Security Act(DSA) 2018 Victims i.e. Khadijatul Kubra, Didarul Islam Bhuiyan, Mamunur Rashid Nomani, and others. We delineated the plights of the accused under the DSA from its adoption in 2018 to September 2023. We also analyzed the overall impact of this act on the freedom of expression of the citizens of Bangladesh. Another focus point of the paper was on the Cyber Security Act 2023, which is tagged as 'Old Wine in a New Bottle', by civil society intellectuals.
On Generative Artificial Intelligence: Open-Source is the Way
Authors: Merilehto Juhani
Published: March 2024

The rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (AI) presents both immense opportunities and challenges for society. This paper argues that the development of open-source generative AI is crucial for promoting transparency, accountability, and inclusion in the creation and deployment of these powerful technologies. By making models and datasets accessible to a wide range of stakeholders, open-source generative AI can foster innovation, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing while enabling the identification and mitigation of potential risks and harms. To realize the full potential of open-source generative AI, a concerted effort from the AI community, policymakers, and society at large is necessary. This paper outlines a vision for the future of open-source generative AI and provides specific recommendations for researchers, industry practitioners, and policymakers to promote responsible development practices, establish institutional frameworks, and engage the public in decision-making processes. The AI community has a unique opportunity and responsibility to shape the future of generative AI in a way that promotes the public good, and embracing open-source development and prioritizing responsible AI practices are key steps in this direction. The time to act is now. Collaboration is essential to build a future where generative AI empowers individuals, advances societal well-being, and upholds the values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity.
Vulnerable areas in Oslo – toward “Swedish conditions”?
Authors: Allvin Annica , Gerell Manne , Skardhamar Torbjørn
Published: March 2024

In the past decade, Sweden has experienced a large increase in gang violence, strongly linked to what is termed “vulnerable areas”. This has sparked concerns about vulnerable areas across the Nordic countries. A recurring public debate is how to prevent the occurrence of “Swedish conditions” and its implications for gang violence, and more broadly, ethnic segregation. As a result, there has been an increased emphasis on analyzing the spatial separation of different social groups and geographical patterns of crime.The Danish government annually publishes a list of vulnerable neighborhoods, which included 17 neighborhoods in 2022. Similarly, in Sweden, the police release a biannual list of vulnerable areas, with the most recent edition contains 61 areas. How vulnerable areas are defined and identified differ between and within these countries. Currently, Norway lacks a national strategy for identifying vulnerable areas, but both the City of Oslo and the Oslo police department have recently adopted similar approaches.In this study, we use methods applied in Denmark (Danish government, 2022a) and Sweden (Guldåker et al., 2021) to identify similarly vulnerable areas in Oslo. By doing so, we identify the differences that exist between the two methods and observe that Norway appears to be less segregated. To further build on our understanding of vulnerable neighborhoods, we also analyze differences in crime levels among the identified areas.
GENDER INEQUALITY IN INTERGENERATIONAL CONTACT AFTER PARENTAL SEPARATION IN THE DIGITAL ERA
Authors: Tosi Marco , Arpino Bruno
Published: March 2024

ObjectiveThe goal of this brief report is to analyze the association between parental separation and parent-adult child contact frequency, by focusing on parent and child gender and the type of contact.BackgroundParental separation increases gender inequality in parent-child relationships, with separated fathers having less frequent contact with their adult children compared to separated mothers. We investigate whether the reduction of post-separation contact varies according to parent-child gender (mis-)match and the type of contact, i.e. face-to-face, phone, or digital.MethodWe use data on Italian families from a nationally representative survey to examine parent-child contact frequency among 6,855 adult children aged 30-55 (11,332 parent-child dyads). We estimate multinomial logistic regression models to analyze the probabilities of having sporadic, occasional, and frequent contact with older parents in intact and non-intact families.ResultsParental separation is associated with less frequent face-to-face, phone and digital contact between parents and their adult children, particularly between fathers and their daughters, while mother-daughter ties remain substantially unaffected. Face-to-face and phone contact reduces at greater extent than digital contact. However, changes in phone and digital contact reinforces, rather than compensates for, the reduction of face-to-face contact following parental separation.ConclusionWe interpret these findings by focusing on the centrality of mother-daughter ties and the loyalty that children have with the same-gender parent. We also suggest that the cumulative effect of parental separation on different types of contact may lead to a polarization of older parents with “strong” and “weak” family ties.
Taxes in Ancient Nepal in the Light of Incriptions and Sacred Texts
Authors: Regmi D.R.
Published: March 2024

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The Supply Function of Wheat in Nepal
Authors: Adhikaree Bhima Raj
Published: March 2024

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The Impact of the Supervised Sajha Program on the Credit Function of the Sajha Societies: A Case Study of Nepalese Cooperatives
Authors: Karki Dan Bahadur
Published: March 2024

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Sajha Societies in Nepal: Financial Viability and Coverage
Authors: Poudyal Sriram
Published: March 2024

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Impact of Sectoral Growth Rate on the Growth Rate of the GNP
Authors: Qayum Abdul , Attaran Mohsen
Published: March 2024

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Diabetes distress prevalence, determinants and its association with the treatment regimen -A cross sectional study from north-east India
Authors: Veeraraghavan V , Agrawal D , Singh A
Published: March 2024

Background: Diabetes distress (DD) in India has always been studied along with depression. There are no studies explaining the prevalence, correlation with diabetes management. This is study is first of its kind from northeast India.
Methods: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of DD and determine the socio-demographic variables. Focus was also on the relationship between treatment regimen and diabetes distress. A cross sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital in Guwahati, Assam. DD scale was administered on 226 patients reporting to the medicine outpatient department. Data on treatment regimen for diabetes mellitus was collected and formulated. Sample size calculation was done according to the prevailing prevalence estimates. Statistical tests like ANOVA, independent t-tests and regression analysis were used.
Results: DD was found to have a prevalence of 43% in our study. Duration of diabetes, sedentary lifestyle, and low education were associated with higher distress levels. Patients on insulin were found to have greater distress when compared with patients on oral hypoglycaemic agents.
Conclusion: DD was found to have higher prevalence in our study. This influences the self-care in diabetes. DD specific modalities have to be incorporated in conventional treatment of diabetes mellitus. Early screening should be foci of interest.
Correlation of Neutrophil Lymphocyte ratio with HbA1c in patients of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus attending Medical Department of a Tertiary Care Centre
Authors: Singh R , Shrestha JK , Chaudhary OP , Singh S , Agrahari MK
Published: March 2024

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with chronic low-grade inflammation. Neutrophil lymphocyte is an indicator of subclinical inflammation. One of the novel inflammatory markers is neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio. We find only less studies that are directly accessing the relation between NLR and HbA1c, in the present study we aim to correlate neutrophil lymphocyte ratio with glycemic control in patients having type 2 diabetes.

Methods: Hospital based observational cross section study was carried out at department of medicine at Bharatpur Period August 2023 to December 2023. 176 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus as per ADA criteria aged more than 18 years were included in the study. Microsoft excel and SPSS version 20.0 were used for collection and analysis of the data, p<0.05 was considered as significant.

Results: Out of 176 cases having mean age 55.78±9.111, Mean BMI of all participant was 28.37±4.061, mean absolute Neutrophil count was 7.36±7.123 10³/μl and Mean neutrophil lymphocyte ratio count was 4.03±1.545, in which 147 patients (83.5%) had NLR within normal limit, and remaining 29 patients (16.5%) had NLR within more than 3.53. In our study 123 patients (69.9%) had HbA1C more than 9.0. The association of NLR with HbA1c which was significant association (p=0.047) noted between two parameters indicating higher frequency of NLR had a positive correlation with HbA1c and was found to be an independent predictor of poor glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Conclusions: Our study concluded that the association of NLR with HbA1c which was significant association. The Association of HbA1c with absolute neutrophil count was which significant and association of HbA1c with absolute lymphocyte count was which significant. Type 2 DM patients with raised NLR should be evaluated for cardiovascular, renal and ocular complications of diabetes. NLR may be useful as an easily measurable, noninvasive, widely available and cost-effective parameter for the disease monitoring tool during follow up of diabetic patients.
Unusual presentation of Chronic Subdural hematoma as Isolated Oculomotor palsy
Authors: Shrestha Janam , Rajbhandari Pravesh , Gurung Pritam , Sharma Upama , Malla Samriddha , Pant Basant
Published: March 2024

Isolated oculomotor palsy (ONP) is an unusual presentation in chronic subdural hematomas (CSDH) and is very rare as an initial manifestation. Most commonly, ONP is caused by ischemic microangiopathy, posterior communicating artery aneurysm, uncal herniation, neoplasia, traumatic and/or any inflammatory conditions. ONP in chronic subdural hematoma is a sign of cerebral herniation that is typically associated with a deterioration of consciousness. We describe a case of chronic subdural hematoma that presented with an isolated ONP.
Microsurgery of Brainstem Cavernoma: Challenges and Outcomes
Authors: Paudel Kumar , Rai Prahasan , Khadka Namrata , Bhattarai Sushil Mohan , Rajbhandari Binod , Aryal Sameer , Shrestha Rajendra , Jha Rajiv
Published: March 2024

Cavernous malformation of brainstem is at increased risk of hemorrhage compared to supratentorial cavernomas. Increased morbidity associated with brainstem cavernoma (BCs) is defined by the inherent eloquence of the surrounding structures. At present watchful waiting, microsurgical resection and gamma knife surgery are the treatment modalities for symptomatic brainstem cavernoma. However, in the resource limited settings microsurgical excision by selecting an appropriate corridor can help in gross total removal in the meantime improving the neurological deficit and patient satisfaction. In this case series we have reviewed cavernomas of midbrain and pons, the technical difficulty with its management and its outcomes.
The Review of Affirmative Action for the Inclusive Civil Service of Nepal
Authors: Bhul Baburam
Published: March 2024

This article examines the executing effects of affirmative action for the inclusive civil service of Nepal. Affirmative action is part of a broader social inclusion agenda introduced after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed in 2006. The reservation system as a tool of affirmative action has been performing its role, which has been adopted since 2007, after the second amendment of the Civil Service Act, 1993. This article employed the descriptive research design based on the systematic review of secondary data for the analysis. In a nation like Nepal, it can be challenging to implement affirmative action successfully since it includes challenging redistributive behaviors and welfare societal norms as well as centuries-old discrimination that is reinforcing every day. The construction of target groups in affirmative action based on social categories as indicators of discrimination leads to debate regarding its good intentions. Two unintended implications arise from this: firstly, affirmative action can foster inter-group differences and polarization between targeted and non-targeted groups, potentially fueling discrimination and resentment. Secondly, there is a risk of overlooking inequalities within social groups, as observed in Nepal's civil service positions, where reserved spots may be filled by relatively well-off families, neglecting economically disadvantaged individuals. These unintended consequences highlight the complexity of affirmative action and emphasize the need for careful consideration and evaluation to address potential drawbacks and ensure fairness and inclusivity.
Agglomeration in Tourism Governance and Community Based Tourism in Nepal: An Ethnographic Reflection from Panauti Historical Area
Authors: Gautam Sahadev
Published: March 2024

Etymologically, tourism is an industry and part of recreation and the way for sustainable resource management at the local level through community participation. Community-based tourism in Nepal is famously known as homestay tourism. It is an agglomeration of much authentic cultural and ecological richness within diversity to the tourist’s experience at the exact moment to the local’s participation and empowerment. Homestay is a very potential rural and historical site-based tourism enterprise. Tourism governance is not isolated discourse; it has many tangible and intangible transactions. It has been a positive backbone for the growth of environmental tourism around the globe by utilizing and empowering the local community. The primary data was collected for my research work for my MPhil thesis. The article aims to assess the socioeconomic, cultural, and participation contribution of community-based tourism in Nepal, based on the ethnographic narration analysis design. Moreover, community-based tourism is not an isolated subject so tourism is highly accountable to income elasticity and local empowerment with local resource marketing and distribution. Findings show that homestays should have an eco-friendly infrastructure for sustainable resource mobilization and homestay as community-based tourism is community lead activities for the sake of empowerment of the local, especially women.
Handling Syntactic Complex Predicates of Maithili in English Classes
Authors: Yadav Binod Kumar
Published: March 2024

This article attempts to explore the causativized syntactic complex predicates in the southern Saptarian Maithili analysing them within Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) and also pinpoint show English teachers/learners with Maithili background are facing difficulties for expressing such concepts in English. The data were mostly based on the researcher's own PhD work, his own intuition and experiences and also from the secondary level students/teachers, and presented them using Leipzing glossing rules analyzing under the four interacting structures of LFG. It is found that this variety uses the predicative item lǝga 'cause/force' with another predicative polar to form the causative syntactic complex predicates and such a construction is causing problems for the students learning English. Thus, English teachers in particular area to be conscious about the students' difficulties in learning English, especially while dealing with the concepts of Maithili complex predicates.
Using ICT Facilities by Science Teachers during COVID-19 Pandemic in Higher Education
Authors: Yadav Rajeshwer Prasad
Published: March 2024

Several adverse educational impacts are observed due to COVID-19 pandemic in academic sessions in the Nepalese higher education system. The aim of the study was to describe the exiting situation of using of ICT tools for online teaching by science education teachers at higher level both in constituent and affiliated campuses in Madhesh Province, Nepal. The study followed descriptive research design with in quantitative framework. The population of the study were science teachers from both the constituent and affiliated campuses and by applying census sampling all 103 teachers were selected for the study. The data were collected through survey questionnaires. I analyzed data by applying Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 20. The result shows that constitute campuses hadbetter ICT facilities than affiliated campuses but the practice was adverse. Less than one-third teachers had better practice of ICT tools for online teaching and learning. It was also found that MS Teams and Zoom were two widely used learning platforms but Zoom was more popular. Most of the science teachers had limited knowledge of ICT with poor ICT friendly culture. However, teachers’ ICT competencies significantly support for the paradigm shift towards online science teaching in Madhesh Province.
अछामी भाषामा रूपध्वनि प्रक्रिया (Phonological Process in Achhami Language)
Authors: Ghodasaini Khagendra
Published: March 2024

प्रस्तुत लेख अछामी भाषाका रूपध्वनि प्रक्रियाको विश्लेषणमा केन्द्रित छ । यसमा ‘अछामी भाषामा पाइने रूपध्वनि प्रक्रिया’ पहिल्याउने उद्देश्य राखिएको छ । अछामी भाषाका शब्दमा वर्ण र रूप परिवर्तन भएका शब्दलाई रूपध्वनि भनेर बुझाउन खोजिएको छ । गुणात्मक ढाँचामा संरचित यस लेखमा सोद्देश्यमूलक नमुना छनोट विधिबाट रूपध्वनि प्रक्रिया छनोट गरी क्षेत्रीय अध्ययन विधि र अवलोकन विधि अपनाई कृतिबाट तथ्य सङ्कलन गरिएको छ । परम्परागत व्याकरणमा सन्धिभित्रै समावेश गरिएको रूपध्वनि प्रक्रियालाई सैद्धान्तिक पर्याधार बनाइएको छ । मध्यकालीन नेपाली भाषा र अछामी भाषाका कतिपय रूपध्वनिमा समानता देखिने हुँदा अछामी भाषाका रूपध्वनिहरू नेपाली भाषाबाट विकसित भएका नभई अछामी भाषाबाट नेपाली भाषामा रूपध्वनिहरू विकसित भएका हुन् भन्ने ऐतिहासिक भाषावैज्ञानिक दृष्टिकोणबाट पहिल्याउने काम गरिएको छ । यस्तै केही रूपध्वनिहरू संस्कृत भाषाबाट अपभ्रंश हुँदादेखि नै भिन्न भिन्न पनि देखिन्छन् । त्यसैले अछामी भाषा र नेपाली भाषामा पाइने रूपध्वनिहरू एकअर्काबाट विकसित भएका नभई स्वतन्त्र ढङ्गले विकसित मौलिक विशेषताका रूपमा देखिन्छन् भन्ने सार निकालिएको छ ।
The present article focuses on the analysis of the phonological process of Achhami language. It aims to find out the 'morphological process found in Achhami language'. In Achhami language, the words whose characters and forms have changed have been tried to be explained as phonological. In this article, facts have been collected from the work by adopting the field study method and the observation method by choosing the phonological process from the questionable sample selection method and is structured in a qualitative format. In traditional grammar, the phonological process included in the text has been made the theoretical basis. Due to the similarities between some phonemes of the medieval Nepali language and Achhami language, it has been determined from a historical linguistic point of view that the phonemes of Achhami language were not developed from Nepali language, rather the phonemes of Nepali language were developed from Achhami language. Likewise, some of these sounds are also different since they were degenerated from the Sanskrit language. Therefore, it has been concluded that the phonemes found in Achhami language and Nepali language were not developed from each other rather are seen as original characters developed independently.]
Job Satisfaction among the Nurses Working in Government and Private Hospital in Eastern Part of Nepal
Authors: Poudel Pushpa
Published: March 2024

Nursing is a profession which directly deals with the health of the human being. It requires competence, compassion and genuine commitment. So, job satisfaction among the nurses remains the matter of concern because it directly impacts the quality of patient care. The objective of the Study is to assess the level of satisfaction among the nurses.

A descriptive Cross-Sectional study was conducted by using self-administered questionnaire among 200 nurses working in different Governmental and Private Hospital in Eastern Part of Nepal. Data was collected from 2080/1/1/ to 2080/6 30. Job Satisfaction was measured by using five-point Likert scale type questionnaire. Descriptive statistics; Mean, Standard Deviation, Percentage and inferential statistics co-relation analysis were utilized to examine data and draw meaningful insight. The findings of the study revealed that 54.5% (109) respondents were satisfied with their job and 45.5% (91) respondents were unsatisfied with their job. Based on the weighted mean score satisfaction level was assessed where the weighted mean was 3.105. Finding showed that there is significant relationship of job satisfaction with salary and type of hospital and there is no any relationship of job satisfaction with designation, age, qualification, marital status and work experience. Level of job satisfaction is more in government hospital than the private hospital. There is significant relationship between level of job satisfaction with its different components and there is significant differences in level of job satisfaction among nurses between government and private hospital.

The study was aimed to find out the job satisfaction among nurses. Based on the findings more than half of the nurses were satisfied with their job and it is also showed that there is significant relationship of job satisfaction with salary and type of hospital. There are various factors where nurses are not satisfied such as; job security, self-growth and development, salary, working condition and hospital environment. If there are dissatisfied, they may stimulate the nurses to intend to leave their job/centers. For the quality care to the patient in hospital nurses’ source of job dissatisfaction must be addressed and managed.
Capital Structure and Profitability of Commercial Banks in Nepal
Authors: Mukhiya Ramesh
Published: March 2024

The study intends to look into how capital structure affects a Nepalese commercial bank's profitability. The statistical analysis of the study includes the secondary data. Using software for analysis, Descriptive and a casual comparative analysis has conducted by gathering data from bank websites and using correlations and multiple regression models for hypothesis testing. Out of the entire population, 12 bank has taken as a sample for the study. The capital structure and profitability have been investigated as a cause and effect relationship using a casual comparative research design. In this study NIM is used as dependent variables, and leverage ratio, bank size, liquidity ratio, and capital ratio are independent variables. As a statistical tool, the following tools are used: mean, standard deviation, correlation, multiple regression model, and hypothesis testing. Excel and SPSS are both used to evaluate those variables. Leverage Ratio has a negative and significant impact with NIM on Nepal's commercial banks. Bank Size has remained negatively and insignificantly impacted with NIM. The Liquidity Ratio shows significantly and positively affects with NIM. The capital ratio has a significant and favorable impact on NIM. However, Banks should value the significance of other variables.
Implementation Network Nerves Imitation Using the Backpropagation Method For Prediction Sale Groceries
Authors: Nuraitul Janah Siti , Hastono Tri , Nurmala Nurmala , Nor Azhari Azman Mohamed
Published: March 2024

Abstract
The sale of groceries is one of the important things _ in the retail industry, Predicting the sale of groceries accurately can help the company in planning supplies, and making decisions for business. In implementing network nerves imitation backpropagation method as tool predictions For sale basic food.Method This can used To practice network nerve imitation to recognize patterns and relationships between influencing factors _ _ in the sale of groceries, like price, promotion, and economic factors. Data sale collected groceries _ from periods previously used as a training dataset For practice network nerves imitation. Aside from That For shows that implementation network nerves imitation with backpropagation method can give predictions of sales enough basic necessities accurate predictions This is also used by other companies for optimizing inventory, managing promotional strategies, and responding to change conditions company with more effectively. .
Web-Based Project Work Management Information System Development (Case: CV. Trijaya Abadi Electric)
Authors: Arsyad Maulana Faruq , Wibawa Wibawa , Kusuma Wardana Ari
Published: March 2024

This research was conducted to build a System Information Management Project with efficient, effective, and easy as well as can count budget work, budget shopping, budget wages employees, Manage presence employees, count payroll in a way, got it make report payroll. and reports readiness Work on discussion budget. This research was carried out through four stages, namely 1. Planning ( planning ), 2. Analysis ( analysis ), 3. Design ( designing ), and 4. Implementation ( application ). Development System Information Management Work Project Web Based ( Case Study: CV. Trijaya Abadi Electric). CV. Trijaya Abadi Electric has so far managed everything related to work, still using manual systems such as employee absences verbally to superiors, work progress verbally, payroll still using Microsoft Excel, and work management that has not been fully organized causing data input errors. and budget calculations that are often missed, resulting in errors in invoices and tender notes. The process of calculating the shopping budget and equipment rental along with worker salaries must be maximum and optimal so that there are no errors in the bookkeeping so that it is clear that the profits obtained are in accordance with the calculations.
A Study on the Levels of Adoption of Cyberculture and Global Citizenship among Social Studies Teacher Candidates
Authors: GEÇGEL Şükran
Published: March 2024

The research utilized the descriptive survey model, a quantitative research method, with a study group consisting of 172 social studies teacher candidates (131 females, 41 males). As data collection tools in the study, the Cyberculture Adoption/Development Level Scale developed by Koçak (2019) and the global citizenship scale (Global Citizenship Scale –GCS) developed by Morais and Ogden in 2010 were used. The Turkish adaptation, validity, and reliability study of the global citizenship scale was conducted by Tutkun (2019). In addition, a personal information form prepared by the researcher was used. The data analysis involved the use of the Independent Samples t-test, to determine the relationship between participants' scores on the cyber culture adoption level scale and the global citizenship level scale concerning the gender variable. For situations where differentiation was observed based on class, social media usage purpose and internet usage frequency, the One-Way ANOVA was employed for unrelated Samples. The findings of the research indicate that there is no statistically significant difference in the levels of cyberculture adoption and global citizenship among teacher candidates concerning gender and class variables. When examining the variable of social media usage purpose, a statistically significant difference is observed in the global citizenship levels of teacher candidates. In contrast, no statistically significant difference is found in the levels of cyberculture adoption. Regarding the daily internet usage duration variable, no impact is observed on the global citizenship levels of teacher candidates. In contrast, a statistically significant difference is found in the levels of cyberculture adoption.
Research of the vacuum brake booster working process
Authors: Sklyarov N.V , Shapovalov A.I. , Chernenko P.V. , Korniev A.V , Kashkanov A.A. , Kashkanov V.A. , Kucheruk V.Yu.
Published: March 2024

The creation of a laboratory installation was carried out with an aim to ensure the study of the working processes and characteristics of vacuum boosters as a part of hydraulic brake drives for vehicles with a gross weight of up to 3.5 tons for civilian usage, and armored vehicles with a gross weight of up to 8.5 tons designated for service and combat missions. Theoretical researches in this direction have been previously carried out by a number of scientists of the Department of “Automobiles” named after prof. Gredeskul A.B. in Kharkiv National Automobile and Road University, the results of which have been highlighted in a number of scientific papers. Comparison of the results of theoretical studies with the experimental ones, received on the laboratory setup and suggested in this paper, according to the experimental method described in the article, using the created electronic signal processing complex and sensor unit, made it possible to establish a discrepancy between theoretical and experimental studies within 6%. This complex for experimental research was created for the first time, thus allowing to obtain the results that confirm the theoretical studies of the vacuum boosters of the brake drive of cars, as well as revealed a number of dependencies between the weight and overall parameters of the under research unit, along with the number of functional relationships between the structural components of the vacuum boosters, which enables to significantly optimize its design.
Program Pembelajaran dalam Pembentukan Kompetensi Bahasa Asing dan Teknologi Informasi Siswa
Authors: Pramono Diah Atika , Asy’ari Hasyim , Zamroni Afif , Haidar M. Ali
Published: March 2024

Based on the results of data source analysis, it is known that the foreign language competency establishment program focuses on the English and Arabic learning programs. The program is divided into co-curricular, intra-curricular, and extracurricular. Co-curricular activities stand in the form of habituation, which is the English morning program for Class X, also Muhadatsah Lughatil Arabiya and Shobahul Lughah for Class XI. Intra-curricular is filled with English and Arabic language subjects. Meanwhile, extracurricular activities include English Specialization Class and Arabic Specialization Class. The IT competency establishment program is also divided into three types of activities. Co-curricular for Class X in the form of Microsoft Office Training and 2D & 3D Design Training for Class XI. Intra-curricular is filled with learning Multimedia: Graphic Design & Video Editing for Class X and Mobile Programming learning for Class XI. IT Specialization Class is an extracurricular activity in the field of Information Technology. In addition, students also take part in workshops and competitions according to their interests. Students have mastered each competency as evidenced by portfolio results in the form of pamphlet designs, photography results, short video editing and foreign language learning videos, and also participated in a speech contest