bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Efficacy of career guidance and counselling among secondary schools in Uganda
Authors: Otwine Anne T. , Matagi Leonsio , Kiweewa John M. , Ainamaani Herbert E.
Published: October 2022

Background: In Uganda, students face difficulty during career transition between different levels of education and employment despite government policies about implementation of career guidance and counselling services. Little has been documented about students’ levels of awareness, utilisation and extent of implementation of career guidance and counselling services within secondary schools in Uganda.Objective: This study aims at documenting students’ level of awareness and utilisation career guidance and counselling services, and how these services were being implemented in secondary schools in Uganda.Method: Cross-sectional survey was conducted using mixed methods in secondary schools in South Western Uganda. A total of 161 students in final year of secondary education (senior six) and 35 teachers across four schools met inclusion criteria and consented to participate in the study. Standardised questionnaires as primary tools of data collection were used. Quantitative data were analysed using SPSS (Version 23) and content analysis for qualitative data.Results: Majority of students (98.8%) revealed high awareness about existence of career guidance and counselling services, while 87.0% reported utilising the services. Implementation of career guidance and counselling in schools was demonstrated by type of programmes, information sources, models, timing and information structure by class level. However, challenges to implementation were sited, namely student, teachers, administrators, parents and policy factors.Conclusion and recommendation: Career guidance and counselling services were available and used in secondary schools. However, implementation was affected by functional and structural challenges that affected the quality of career counselling information and required alignment to national development goals.Contribution: The efficacy of career guidance and counselling in secondary schools in Uganda was documented in this article.
Assessing the potential of self-help group women for improving reproductive health of women in a tribal block of Maharashtra, India
Authors: Kulkarni Ragini , Chauhan Sanjay , Joshi Beena , Balsaraf Kusum , Chaudhari Ravindra , Donde Gauri , Juneja Kavita
Published: October 2022

Background & objectives:

In the current health system, cash incentives are given to accredited social health activists for referring women to public health facilities for specific maternal and child health services, however many reproductive health problems are not included in these services. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of involvement of self-help groups (SHGs) in improving reproductive health seeking behaviour and service utilization by tribal women.

Methods:

An experimental study was conducted in two tribal blocks of Nasik district (Kalvan and Surgana) in Maharashtra, India, over a period of 18 months. Interventions included training of SHG women and providing incentives to them for conducting health education sessions for reproductive age group women in the community and referring those with the requisite problems, to the health facilities. Pre- and post-intervention focus group discussions and in-depth interviews among SHG women were conducted. Training of service providers on diagnosis and treatment of reproductive morbidities was done, and health service utilization was assessed.

Results:

Sixty five per cent of the referred women with reproductive morbidities availed services at the public health facilities. A review of records of women seeking services for reproductive health problems showed that there was a significant improvement in the intent for seeking services in the study block as compared to the control block (χ
2–9.06, P<0.002).

Interpretation & conclusions:

This study demonstrates the feasibility of utilizing the potential of SHGs for improving reproductive health seeking behaviour of the tribal women. The results suggest that this model could be scaled up to address the neglected reproductive health needs of women without burdening the existing human resources.
Ayurvedic management of Hirayama disease
Authors: Sharma Pooja , Kajaria Divya
Published: October 2022

Hirayama disease (HD), also known as monomelic amyotrophy, is rare cervical myelopathy due to spinal cord compression by forward displacement of the posterior dural sac during neck flexion that manifests itself as asymmetrical, slowly progressive atrophic weakness of the forearms and hands predominantly in young males. A 23-year-old man came to the outpatient department with a complaint of weakness of the right upper limb for the past 3 years which started in the right hand and forearm along with tremors in both hands. Considering the clinical history, physical examination, and electromyography, the condition was diagnosed as HD by an allopathic consultant two years ago. The symptoms can be included under Vata vyadhi. Some of the symptoms such as Asthibheda (~splitting type of pain in the bones), Sandhishoola (~pain in joints), Mamsa kshaya (~diminution of muscle mass), and Bala kshaya (~diminished strength) come under Asthimajjagata vata. Following the symptomatology and its resemblance with Asthimajjagata vata, the patient was treated with Snehapana (~internal oleation) with Ashwagandha ghrita followed by Virechana karma (~purgation therapy). Anuvasana basti with Panchatikta kshira along with Shalishastika pinda svedana was done after Virechana. Rasayana kalpa ksheera chikitsa was given after completion of Basti procedure. After 40 days of treatment, the patient showed significant improvement in muscle bulk. The magnetic resonance imaging shows no neural compression. This case shows that Ayurveda treatment may be helpful in pathologies like HD. Further, better results may be obtained if Ayurvedic therapies start at an earlier stage and continued for a longer duration.
Management of primary open-angle glaucoma through Ayurveda – An observation
Authors: Parappurathu Manjusree Radhakrishnan , Kumar Aravind , Sukumaran Krishnendu , Varma Kavya Rama
Published: October 2022

Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma (POAG) is characterized by the normal appearance of the anterior-chamber angle and raised intraocular pressure (IOP) with no underlying disease or cause. Majority of cases are asymptomatic. Blurred vision and constricted visual fields appear in later stages of the condition. Due to the irreversible nature of visual loss, early detection and diagnosis are paramount. Ayurvedic management of a case of already-diagnosed POAG is presented in this report. A 55-year-old male presented with complaints of bilateral diminished distant vision associated with headache since January 2015. Examination of the anterior chamber in both eyes was normal, IOP was increased, visual fields were markedly constricted, and optic discs showed increased cup-to-disc ratio and bayonetting of blood vessels. The patient underwent two courses of inpatient management comprising Virechana (~therapeutic purgation), Marsha nasya (~high-dose medication through nasal route), Pratimarsha nasya (~low-dose medication through nasal route), and Shamana aushadhi (~palliative medicines including Vainateya ghrita, Dhanadarasnadi kwatha, Akshabijadi kwatha, and Bharngyadi kwatha). Sthanika chikitsa (~local treatments) including Netra kriyakalpa (~ocular therapeutic procedures) such as Seka (~ocular therapy by streaming), Aschyotana (~eye drops), Anjana (~collyrium), Netra tarpana (~therapeutic retention of medicated liquids over the eyes), and Bandhana karma (~bandaging) and therapies for the head such as Tala (~paste over the bregma), Talapoticchil (~paste on a plantain leaf over the head), and Shirodhara (~pouring medicated oil over the scalp) were also done. IOP was lowered and some expansion of the visual field was noted posttreatment. Ayurvedic management of POAG was observed to be useful in limiting the further progression of neuronal damage and maintaining the condition.
Management of Acquired Hemophilia
Authors: Marashi Mahmoud , Basha Ahmed Aly , Lal Amar , Osman Hani , Ghazal Hasan , Hashmi Sharukh , Khanani Muhammad
Published: October 2022

Acquired hemophilia A (AHA) is a rare autoimmune condition characterized by spontaneous antibodies formation against coagulation factor VIII (FVIII). In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the treatment paradigm of AHA varies, leading to heterogeneous patient outcomes. Because AHA cases often present to clinical practitioners with insufficient experience in the disease, diagnosis is sometimes delayed. This document aims to provide recommendations to clinical practitioners in the UAE to bridge the gap of heterogeneous practice in the clinical management of AHA. Structured literature searches in PubMed and Google Scholar with a three-stage Delphi method were conducted. Evidence suggests that prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time before surgery or coupled with acute or recent onset of bleeding is a hallmark of AHA. Treatment using bypassing agents is recommended in AHA patients with bleeding. Corticosteroids and rituximab with (out) a cytotoxic agent represent the first-line treatment in patients with FVIII: C <1 IU/dL. Second-line therapy involves agents not utilized in the first round of treatment. Thromboprophylaxis is recommended if FVIII: C has returned to normal levels. These recommendations are intended to improve the clinical practice and awareness of this disorder among hematologists and nonhematologists in the UAE and provide practical diagnosis and treatment advice.
Spectra of infinite graphs via freeness with amalgamation
Authors: Garza-Vargas Jorge , Kulkarni Archit
Published: October 2022

We use tools from free probability to study the spectra of Hermitian operators on infinite graphs. Special attention is devoted to universal covering trees of finite graphs. For operators on these graphs, we derive a new variational formula for the spectral radius and provide new proofs of results due to Sunada and Aomoto using free probability.

With the goal of extending the applicability of free probability techniques beyond universal covering trees, we introduce a new combinatorial product operation on graphs and show that, in the noncommutative probability context, it corresponds to the notion of freeness with amalgamation. We show that Cayley graphs of amalgamated free products of groups, as well as universal covering trees, can be constructed using our graph product.
Simulating the Impacts of Augmenting Intensive Vector Control with Mass Drug Administration or Test-and-Treat Strategies on the Malaria Infectious Reservoir
Authors: Nankabirwa Joaniter I. , Arinaitwe Emmanuel , Briggs Jessica , Rek John , Rosenthal Philip J. , Kamya Moses R. , Olwoch Peter , Smith David L. , Rodriguez-Barraquer Isabel , Dorsey Grant , Greenhouse Bryan
Published: October 2022

Highly effective vector control can reduce malaria burden significantly, but individuals with parasitemia provide a potential reservoir for onward transmission. We performed an empirical, non-parametric simulation based on cohort data from Tororo District, Uganda—an area with historically high but recently reduced malaria transmission—to estimate the effects of mass drug administration (MDA) and test-and-treat on parasite prevalence. We estimate that a single round of MDA would have accelerated declines in parasite prevalence dramatically over 2 years (cumulative parasite prevalence ratio [PPR], 0.34). This decline was mostly during the first year of administration (PPR, 0.23) and waned by 23 months (PPR, 0.74). Test-and-treat using a highly sensitive diagnostic had nearly the same effect as MDA at 1 year (PPR, 0.27) and required many fewer treatments. The impact of test-and-treat using a standard diagnostic was modest (PPR, 0.58 at 1 year). Our analysis suggests that in areas experiencing a dramatic reduction in malaria prevalence, MDA or test-and-treat with a highly sensitive diagnostic may be an effective way of reducing or eliminating the infectious reservoir temporarily. However, for sustained benefits, repeated rounds of the intervention or additional interventions are required.
A Qualitative Study Assessing Haitian Pediatric Nursing Educational Needs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Authors: Ruscica Alice , Rogers Jennifer , Stokes Stacey
Published: October 2022

After Port-au-Prince’s 2010 earthquake, Hospital Bernard Mevs (HBM) developed a collaboration with international medical volunteers to provide clinical care and medical resources; that evolved to include medical education as local Haitian staffing developed. There has been limited coordination among volunteers and local providers about ways in which volunteers can best serve the hospital, and literature that addresses how to coordinate volunteer efforts to support the educational needs of the local nursing staff is scant. Our objectives were to complete an educational needs assessment of the most common diagnoses encountered, requested topics for education, and preferred learning modalities as reported by Haitian pediatric nurses, and categorize the strengths of HBM and barriers to care to understand more fully the context within which nurses function, and how education and international volunteers may be related. In October 2019, 10 HBM pediatric nurses participated in small-group interviews. Questions were based on an interview guide and responses were coded and analyzed for recurring themes. The most common diagnoses were sepsis, hydrocephalus, and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Topics for review included chest tubes, ventilator management, and ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Preferred learning modalities were didactics and hands-on workshops. Strengths of the hospital were team dynamics and education provided by HBM and international volunteers, whereas the most common barrier to care was lack of clinical supplies. This information is useful to guide future educational interventions, and this model may inform other programs with a volunteer presence in resource-limited settings to promote collaboration and self-directed learning.
Beyond the Unknown: A Broad Framing for Preparedness for Emerging Infectious Threats
Authors: Christofferson Rebecca C. , Cormier Stephania A.
Published: October 2022

There have been multiple instances of novel pathogen emergence that have affected the health and security of the global community. To highlight that these novel pathogens presented a clear danger to public health, the WHO included “Disease X” on their list of priority pathogens in 2018. Indeed, since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, Disease X has been pointed to as the looming threat of “the next big thing.” However, developing surveillance and preparedness plans with Disease X as the linchpin is too narrow and ignores a large swath of potential threats from already identified, often neglected diseases. We propose instead the idea of “Disease ” as a preferred call to arms with which to prioritize research and programmatic development. The common mathematical notation represents the knowledge that outbreaks are a function of many variables that define the transmission trajectory of that pathogen. Disease exploits commonalities across pathogen groupings while recognizing that emergences and outbreaks are fluid and that responses need to be agile and progressively tailored to specific pathogens with cultural and regional context. Adoption of this mindset across sectors, including biotechnology, disaster management, and epidemiology, will allow us to develop more efficient and effective responses to address the next major infectious threat.
« La trace d’une époque finie dans les moeurs d’une époque nouvelle » : la crise de mémoire dans Le Chevalier des Touches de Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly
Authors: Teichmann Patrick
Published: October 2022

« La trace d’une époque finie dans les moeurs d’une époque nouvelle » : The Memory Crisis in Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly’s Le Chevalier des Touches In his historical novel Le Chevalier des Touches (1864), Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly paints a sombre picture of the former counterrevolutionary Chouan heroes of Normandy : over the first decades following the French Revolution, the aristocrats lose their ancestral castle and end up living in an anachronistic salon while slowly falling into collective oblivion. Therefore, this article argues that Barbey d’Aurevilly’s novel is concerned with a pressing memory crisis (in the sense of the term coined by Richard Terdiman) which manifests itself in the material sphere. For this purpose, the gradual decay of the nobles’ abodes will be analyzed, from the transformation of their castle to the asylum where the protagonist spends his last days. The examination of these intérieurs allows us to gain extensive insight into Barbey d’Aurevilly’s attachment to the Ancien Régime and his fundamental repudiation of the social changes occasioned by the political developments in 19th-century France.
Nuances expressionnistes dans La Folle de Chaillot de Giraudoux
Authors: Ziółkowski Sebastian
Published: October 2022

Expressionist nuances in “The Madwoman of Chaillot” by Giraudoux The aim of this paper is to highlight the use of some expressionist motifs and patterns in The Madwoman of Chaillot [La Folle de Chaillot] by Giraudoux. In the analysed drama we can see realisation of such expressionist process as antinaturalistic desobjectivization of the world, developed monologism, social middle-class revolt, rehabilitation of a marginal protagonist, abstraction, antinaturalism, or subjectivism inducing the “irradiation” of the author’s I.
Derin Gömük İkinci Büyük Azı Dişleri: İki Olgu Sunumu
Authors: DOĞANCALI Gülce Ecem , GEDİK Betül , ÇANKAYA Abdulkadir Burak , ERDEM Mehmet Ali
Published: October 2022

Sürme zamanı geldiği halde diş dizisi üzerinde yer almamış dişler gömük dişler olarak adlandırılır. Mandibular ikinci büyük azı dişleri nadir olarak gömük kalırlar. Genellikle bu gömüklük fiziksel bir engel ya da sistemik bir hastalık sonucu ortaya çıkar. Mandibular ikinci büyük azı dişlerinin derin gömüklüğü ise oldukça nadirdir. Bu olgu sunumunda farklı yaşlarda farklı semptomlarla kliniğimize başvuran kadın hastalardan bahsedilmiştir. İki olgunun radyolojik olarak incelemesi sonucu derin gömük mandibular ikinci büyük azı dişleri görülmüştür. Minimal invaziv tekniklerle iki hastanın diş çekimleri gerçekleştirilmiş uzun dönem kontrollerde herhangi bir fraktür gözlenmemiştir. Oldukça ender görülen derin gömük mandibular ikinci büyük azı dişleri genellikle genç yaşta fark edildiğinde ortodontik tedavi ile doğru konuma getirilirler. Diş çekimi fraktür riski nedeniyle en son tedavi seçeneği olarak düşünülmektedir. Ancak bu olgu raporunda enfeksiyon ve kist varlığı sebebiyle dişlere çekim endikasyonu konulmuştur. Derin gömük mandibular ikinci büyük azı dişleri patolojiye eşlik ettiğinde dişlerin minimal invaziv şekilde çekilmesi gereklidir. Diğer durumlarda bu dişler cerrahi, ortodontik ve protetik açıdan değerlendirilip ona göre tedavi edilmelidir.
General Manager Succession in Multinational Enterprise Subsidiaries
Authors: Li Liang (Arthur)
Published: October 2022

This dissertation, based on interviews with over 40 managers and quantitative data on over 1,900 foreign subsidiaries, aims to provide new insights regarding subsidiary general manager (GM) changes in multinational enterprises (MNEs). I study continual GM change, individual succession event, the decision-making process through which different types of subsidiary GM successors are selected, and how they link to subsidiary performance. I found that GM succession decisions are path dependent and evolving, can be influenced by MNE environments, and need to be based on both GM successor nationality and origin. My dissertation underscores the complexity of subsidiary GM succession and bridges succession strategy with implementation.
USTAVNOSUDSKA KONTROLA UPRAVE PUTEM USTAVNE ŽALBE SA OSVRTOM NA PRAVNI SISTEM BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE
Authors:   University of Istočno Sarajevo, Faculty of law, Bosnia and Herzegovina., Golijanin Sanja
Published: October 2022

In comparison to many other countries in which all legal documents and/or substantive actions of administrative bodies can be the subject of constitutional complaint, in the law of Bosnia and Herzegovina, only individual legal documents of judicial authority may be the subject of dispute through appellation which embodies general characteristic of the constitutional complaint. Appellation is not permitted against individual documents or actions of other state organs, thus administrative bodies as well. However, control of constitutionality of administrative documents by the Constitutional court is possible indirectly: through appellate questioning of substantive and legal issues of the legally binding administrative-judicial decision which determined legality of final administrative decision. Decision rendered by the court replacing certain administrative decision may also be the subject of appellation, provided that such administrative decision has breached constitutional rights and freedoms. As a rule, should the Constitutional court of BiH, within its procedure initiated with submission of appellation, decide that there has been a breach of constitutional rights and freedoms in the judicial decision which ended the respective administrative dispute, not only administrative-judicial decisions (judgements and decisions) are revoked, but often are individual legal documents of the state and republic/cantonal administrative bodies revoked as well. Likewise, should the substantive document, i.e. administrative action, constitute the breach of constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens and such citizens use all available effective legal remedies against such document or decision, appellation may be submitted directly disputing certain document or actions of state body. Should, in specific case, there be no effective legal remedies available to citizens, appellation may be used to directly dispute administrative actions.
KOMPARATIVNI PREGLED KAZNENOPRAVNE ZAŠTITE TVRTKE U PRAVU REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE I BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE
Authors: Zlatović Dragan , Galić Ante ,   The Polytechnic of Sibenik, Croatia
Published: October 2022

Although the legal protection of the business name system is preferable to the modalities of the court's protection of the company from the basic regulations on commercial (economical) companies, this does not exclude the possibility of criminal law protection of the company according to positive criminal legislation. Through the analysis of the new criminal legislation of the Republic of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, this modality of protection is updated in terms of its better quality recognition or comparison of solutions in comparable legal systems in order to change the existing regulation.
Stability of Nonlinear Neutral Mixed Type Liven-Nohel Integro-Differential Equations
Authors:   University of Souk Ahras, Algeria, BESSIOUD KARIMA , ARDJOUNI ABDELOUAHEB , DJOUDI AHCENE ,   University of Annaba, Algeria
Published: October 2022

In this paper, we use the contraction mapping theorem to obtain asymptotic stability results about the zero solution for a nonlinear neutral mixed type Levin-Nohel integro-diﬀerential equation. An asymptotic stability theorem with a necessary and suﬃcient condition is proved. An example is also given to illustrate our main results.
SPIRITUALITAS DOA MENURUT ST AFRAHAT DAN IMPLIKASINYA BAGI KEDEWASAAN JEMAAT
Authors: Simarmata Dani
Published: October 2022

Doa merupakan spiritualitas yang erat dengan kehidupan orang Kristen. Seluruh kategori usia diajarkan spiritualitas doa. Namun, spiritualitas ini mulai dipandang kuno dan ditinggalkan oleh orang Kristen, khususnya pada era postmodern. Oleh karena itu, diperlukan internalisasi spiritualitas doa dengan pendekatan dan sumber yang berbeda. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan makna berjaga-jaga di dalam doa  menurut para bapa gereja dalam buku St Afrahat. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif deskriptif dengan teknik pengumpulan data melalui library research teks atau tulisan-tulisan dari Bapa-bapa Gereja yang telah tertulis dalam buku St Afrahat. Hasil penelitia menyatakan berjaga-jaga dalam doa adalah salah suatu dari proses agar kita tidak terjatu dalam dosa duniawai, dengan berjaga-jaga didalam doa adalah salah satu dari penyucian diri kita agar tidak tergoda akan duniawi.
SIGNIFICANCE OF LEFT VENTRICULAR END DIASTOLIC PRESSURE FOR RISK STRATIFICATION OF CONTRAST-INDUCED ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY AFTER PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
Authors: Ammar Ali , Khowaja Sanam , Kumar Rajesh , Kumar Vinesh , Hussain Afzal , Ahmed Salik , Siddiqui Maria Noor , Rasool Muhammad , Sial Jawaid Akbar , Saghir Tahir
Published: October 2022

Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the significance of left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP) for risk stratification of contrast-induced acute kidney injury after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the largest cardiac care center of the Pakistan. Consecutive patients presented to the emergency department and diagnosed with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergone primary PCI were included. Serum creatinine level were obtained at baseline and after 48 to 72 hours and contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) was recorded. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to assess the predictive strength of LVEDP and area under the curve (AUC) was reported.
Results: Out of 488 cases, seventy-two (14.8%) patients developed CIN. Left ventricular end diastolic pressure predicted CIN with an AUC of 0.582 [95% CI: 0.510 to 0.654], the optimal cut-off value of LVEDP ≥ 20 mmHg yielded overall classification accuracy of 49.2% (95% CI: 44.7% to 53.7%) with sensitivity of 66.7% (95% CI: 54.6% to 77.3%) and specificity of 46.1% (95% CI: 41.3% to 51.1%). The predictive accuracy increased as patients ejection fraction decreased, LVEDP predicted CIN with an AUC of 0.623 [95% CI: 0.540 to 0.707] among patients with LVEF ≤40%, while, the AUC of LVEDP for predicting CIN was 0.504 [95% CI: 0386 to 0.622] for patients with LVEF > 40%.
Conclusion: Elevated intra-procedural LVEDP (≥20mmHg) is independently associated with an increased risk of CI-AKI for patients undergoing cardiac catheterization and PCI, especially in the setting of reduced LVEF (≤40%).
Effects of Work Flexibility and Compensation on Employee Performance through Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Shopee-Food East Java, Indonesia
Authors:   Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang
Published: October 2022

This study aims at analyzing the effect of work flexibility and compensation on partner performance through job satisfaction as a mediation. The population of this study was ShopeeFood driver partners in Malang Raya, East Java, Indonesia. The sampling technique used was probability sampling with simple random sampling. The samples used were 150 respondents. The data analysis method employed Structural Equation Modeling – Partial Least Square (SEMPLS) with SmartPLS 3.0 program. The findings show that work flexibility and compensation have a significant effect on performance. Compensation has a significant effect on job satisfaction but not job flexibility. The role of mediation also shows that job satisfaction is able to mediate the effect of compensation on performance, but cannot mediate the effect of work flexibility on performance.
A Comparative Study to Assess the Awareness of Disaster Management among Teachers at Selected Schools of Kashmir Division
Authors:   M. Sc in Community Health Nursing, Sheikh Masood Ahmad , Paddar Uzma ,   M. Sc in Child Health Nursing, Kaur Kirandeep ,   M. Sc in Medical Surgical Nursing Associate Professsor Saraswati Institute of Nursing Dhianpura
Published: October 2022

Aim: The aim of this study is to provide adequate awareness of disaster management among school teachers. Introduction: The history of disasters of affecting the man is rightly started from the history of mankind as it is not new to the human. The school going students spend most of the time in school. Teachers are expected to have equipped to face the challenges of disasters in school. The study explores the awareness of school teachers on disaster management. Methodology: The study conducted on government and private school teachers of Kashmir division. The sample selected for the study is a total number of 114 school teachers which have been selected from government and Private schools through a stratified random sampling. The tool used for the study is School teacher’s disaster Management Awareness Inventory Developed by the researcher. The tool is a ‘YES’ or ‘NO’ question Inventory which consisted 25 questions from five dimensions. The statistical techniques used for analyzing the data are mean, standard deviation and t-test. Results: The result showed school teachers are not well aware about disaster management. The result also showed that there is difference in disaster management awareness based on gender and level of classes teaching. It is also revealed that no difference is found based on type of management and syllabus of school and years of teaching experience. Conclusion: The study recommends ensuring needed provisions to enhance the awareness of disaster management among school teachers
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO OF LISTED COMMERCIAL BANKS IN NIGERIA
Authors: Farouk Musa Adeiza , Abdul Fatah Latifat Abdussalam , Shehu Tijjani Muhammed , Aliyu Abdullahi Ahmed
Published: October 2022

Aim/Purpose–It is becoming clear that the existing ownership structure in commercial banks in Nigeria is inefficient because it fails to protect the owners’ interest as a result of dwindling financial performance leading to little or no payment of dividend. Based on this, the study investigates the effect of ownership structure and financial performance on dividend pay-out ratio of Nigerian listed commercial banks. Design/methodology/approach – The research design is causal comparative design. The population is fourteen listed commercial banks in Nigeria as at 31st December, 2017. The period covered is from 2009 to 2017 and secondary data source was employed. Data were retrieved from the banks’ annual statement of accounts. The study adopted the generalized least square techniques of regression for the analysis. Findings – The study documented that share owned by managers (managerial ownership) and shares owned by foreigners (foreign ownership) have negative but significant impact on dividend pay-out ratio of commercial banks in Nigeria. Concentrated ownership was reported to have negative and insignificant influence on dividend pay-out ratio of banks. Furthermore, shares owned by institutional investors have positive and significant effect on dividend pay-out ratio of banks. Also, after moderation with financial performance, managerial ownership and shares owned by foreign investors (foreign ownership) significantly influence dividend pay-out ratio positively except for ownership concentration which has positive effect but weak effect on dividend pay-out ratio of commercial banks. Meanwhile, after moderation institutional ownership now negatively, but significantly impact on dividend pay-out of banks. Research implications/limitations – The implication of the findings is that ownership structure and financial performance is a driver to increased dividend payout ratio of listed deposit money banks in Nigeria. Originality/value/contribution – Listed commercial banks are one of the most active sectors in Nigeria which help maintain liquidity in the Nigerian system. This sector which plays vital roles has experienced crises such as withdrawal of government fund into Treasury Single Account (TSA) and thus created a liquidity problem. These happenings cannot be disconnected from the banks’ ability or inability to continuously pay dividend to their shareholders.
uso das tecnologias digitais para o controle da evasão discente no Ensino Superior em Educação à Distância (EAD)
Authors: Rocha Jorge Vieira , Antônio Peterle Angelo
Published: October 2022

Novas tecnologias associadas a projetos de Ensino à Distância (EAD) aumentam a capacidade de acesso a um programa de formação profissional. Mesmo com o avanço tecnológico cada vez maior no EAD, não foi eficiente para conter o número de evasão. O objetivo do estudo é o de conhecer os principais fatores que contribuem para a evasão no EAD e como a utilização da tecnologia por minimizar este problema. A metodologia que será realizada fundamenta-se na pesquisa exploratória, da qual se realizará o levantamento de trabalhos de tese, dissertação e artigos científicos que trazem para discussão as causas de desistências e evasão na EAD, entre os anos de 2002 e 2021. O estudo será pelo método qualitativo, com pesquisa bibliográfica e análise documental com o propósito de melhor entender o objeto investigado. Entre os referenciais teóricos adotados, privilegiou-se a produção de alguns autores como Mill (2018), Kenski (2015), Alves (2011) entre outros.
THE IMPACT OF SPECIFIC WORK EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE SME EMPLOYEES ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION
Authors:   Faculty of Business, Kyoritsu Women’s University, Tokyo, Japan, Nakayama Takeshi
Published: October 2022

Although entrepreneurial activity is an engine for stimulating innovation and economic growth, its growth rate in Japan has been declining since 1980 and is at an internationally low level. While policies to increase the growth rate must be strengthened, as the first step, increasing the number of entrepreneurs will require increasing the number of people interested in starting a business. Thus, it is necessary to identify the factors that promote entrepreneurial intention to increase the number of entrepreneurs. The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) is well-known for identifying factors that determine entrepreneurial intention regarding human psychology and attitude. However, it is also considered that there are other factors (experience and knowledge) from the aspect of work and practice. We focus on employees in their 20s and 30s working in small and medium-sized companies that have produced many entrepreneurs, and measure the degree of knowledge influence about entrepreneurship and practical experiences such as new product planning, job change, side job, and sales on entrepreneurial intention. Multiple regression analysis using a questionnaire (self-administered), which is based on hypotheses drawn from previous research, reveals that, among the six factors, entrepreneurial education and experience in new product planning, experience in selling products, and side job experience were the most important factors in influencing entrepreneurial intentions.
THE MODERATING EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT FRAUD IN AN EMERGING ECONOMY
Authors:   Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, Sule Inu Imoudu , Monye-Emina Henry Emife ,   Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Published: October 2022

The study examines corporate governance and financial statement fraud: the moderating role of institutional quality. The study adopted the ex-post facto research design and a sample of 75 non-financial firms listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) was used for the study. The binary regression technique was adopted. The results reveal that, board size has shown a positive effect on Financial Statement Fraud. Board independence is negative both in the response and selection equations. Foreign Ownership is negative both in the response and selection equation and significant, and Finally, the study recommends that listed firms may need to cut down their board sizes. Although there is still no consensus on what an optimal board size should be, the study is of the opinion that firms with board sizes above the industry average should look at bringing down their board sizes and also corporate boards should increase their board independence levels by bringing in more non-executive directors. On the part of foreign ownership presence in boards, they are indeed diverse in line with the resource-based view theory and this study confirms their effectiveness in constraining financial statement fraud. Hence it is recommended that companies should seek and maintain some level of foreign ownership presence in their boards.
Böbrek Transplantasyonu Sonrası Cinsel Yaşam, Gebelik ve Danışmanlık/Sexual Life, Pregnancy and Counseling After Renal Transplantation
Authors: KARAYURT Özgül , SAVSAR Adile
Published: October 2022

Böbrek transplantasyonu, son dönem böbrek yetersizliğinde
altın standart tedavi olarak kabul edilmektedir. Transplantasyon
uzun vadeli sağkalım ile birlikte, ölüm riskini azaltarak cinsel
sağlığı ve yaşam kalitesini iyileştirmektedir. Böbrek nakli
alıcılarının yaklaşık %40’ını doğurganlık çağındaki kadın ve
erkekler oluşturmaktadır. Böbrek transplantasyonu, böbrek
yetersizliği hastalarına anne veya baba olmak için bir umut ışığı
olsa da transplantasyonun beraberinde getirdiği birtakım zorluklar yer almaktadır. Cinsel işlev bozuklukları ve plansız gebelikler bunların başında gelmektedir. Böbrek transplantasyonu
sonrası immünsupresif tedavi alan kadınlarda cinsel fonksiyon
bozuklukları, olumsuz gebelik sonuçları, emzirme endişeleri
görülürken, immünsupresif tedavi alan erkeklerde cinsel işlev
bozuklukları sık görülmektedir. Nakil sürecinde hasta bakımı ve
izlemi trasplant cerrahı, nefrolog, nefroloji, transplantasyon
hemşireleri ve organ nakil koordinatörü vd. içeren multidisipliner bir ekip yaklaşımı gerektirmektedir. Böbrek transplantasyonu öncesi, sırası ve sonrası nefroloji ve transplantasyon hemşireleri ile diğer nakil ekibine önemli sorumluluklar düşmektedir. Nefroloji ve transplantasyon hemşirelerinin hastaya
bütüncül yaklaşarak cinsellik ve üreme konusunda danışmanlık
vermesi ayrıca greftin sağkalımını ve yaşam kalitesini en üst
düzeye çıkarmak için hastanın ameliyat öncesi ve sonrası
bakımını yönetmesi gerekmektedir
Analysis and Identification of Suspected Substance in the Trial of Drug Offences in Nigeria: A Review of Oyem v FRN
Authors: Ediru Moses Ejiro
Published: October 2022

Purpose: The purpose of the review was to show that the affirmation of the appellant’s conviction in the case of Oyem v FRN by the Nigerian apex court was erroneous. To achieve the purpose, it is expedient to unravel the various errors committed by the apex court as a result of its failure to adhere to the law and to observe the peculiarities in the procedure for the trial of drug offences.

Methodology: This work adopts the doctrinal method of research which involves the use of primary and secondary sources of law. The primary sources used in this work were legislation (Acts of the National Assembly), Case laws and Decrees while the secondary sources were books and article. The review of Oyem’s case in substance reveals that the apex court affirmed the conviction of the appellant on the assumption that, (1) the result of the preliminary (color) test conducted by the exhibit keeper at the NDLEA Command, using UN Narcotic Identification Testing Kit was the legal proof of the suspected substance as Indian hemp, instead of a chemist’s report on the mandatory confirmatory laboratory test by an analyst and, (2) the appellant’s confessional statement and guilty plea served as alternative proof that the suspected substance was Indian hemp even when the trial court did not carry out the test of veracity on the confessional statement.

Findings: The two (2) assumptions by the apex court are the main findings in this work. Furthermore, even when the appellant was charged, tried and convicted for an offence constituted by expert evidence, no expert gave evidence at the trial, at least not on record. This work is of the view that extra-judicial confession made prior to analysis of a suspected substance cannot serve as proof of the nature of the substance, that is, Indian hemp. Moreover, the Nigerian Evidence Law having provided for the method for the analysis and identification of suspected substance in the trial of drug offences no other method can be used under the law.
Optimization of Legal Enforcement and Protection Against Women Victims of Crime Threats (Revenge Porn) in Electronic Media
Authors: Budiono Arief , Sugiarto Dito Pratama Adi , Shaharani Zahira , Pradnyawan Sofyan Wimbo Agung
Published: October 2022

Technological advances in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 have a significant impact on the development of social life patterns. In addition, information and communication technology which is developing very rapidly also has a negative impact. Among them is the misuse of internet media as a means of revenge porn, which often occurs within the scope of society. The purpose of this research is to find out how the legal efforts taken by a country in providing legal protection to women who are victims of revenge pornography. The approach method used in this study is a descriptive normative juridical approach, using a statutory approach (State Approach). The data collection method used by the author is to use library research collection methods (library research). The data in this paper are sourced from revelation data and secondary data using qualitative analysis. Based on the results of the study, it is known that actions related to revenge porn can be seen from the production of intimate content which is carried out by recording without permission, hacking intimate content, manipulating content regarding resemblance to someone. So it can be concluded that efforts to provide protection to women victims of revenge porn have been regulated in Law no. 19 of 2016 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions, Law no. 44 of 2008 concerning Pornography, but this protection is still considered ineffective and there is not full protection regarding the losses received by the victim.
Studying the Correlates of Adolescents’ Trust in the Police: A Conflict Theory Approach
Authors: Celik Ishak , Bakiev Erlan , Koseli Mutlu
Published: October 2022

This study examined high school students’ trust in police in from a conflict theory point of view by using Ungdata Vestland County package (N=7,796). Four models were tested by employing binary logistic regression analysis. Seven out of eight variables of conflict theory were significant to predict students’ trust in the police, but conflict theory alone accounted for a low level of variation in predicting trust in the police (5%). In Model 2, variables related to victimization, safety feelings, and antisocial behavior alone were significant in predicting students’ trust in police.  This variable group happened to be two times more powerful to predict students’ trust in the police compared to conflict theory variables. The third model assessed the capacity of social capital variables to predict students’ trust in the police. Among social capital variables, school well-being, family relations, and quality of life were also significant predictors of students’ trust in the police.  In the final model, when controlled with other related factors, the effect of conflict theory somewhat weakened but five out of eight variables were still strongly related to trust in the police and the final model accounted for a 15% variation in the trust in police. The significance of the study, theoretical and policy implications and future direction was discussed in advance.
The Urgency of Introduction Elections in the Mechanism of the Presidential Nomination in Indonesia
Authors: Nugroho Rahmat Muhajir , Sudarsono Sudarsono , Istislam Istislam , Safa’at Muchamad Ali
Published: October 2022

Preliminary elections are urgent to be implemented in the presidential nomination system in Indonesia. This needs to be done as an effort to create a more democratic and open mechanism for the presidential nomination, as well as a solution to determine the figure of the presidential and vice presidential candidates who will be elected in the general election, who really have high electability in society. Therefore, it is necessary to revise the Election Law, especially those related to the mechanism for nominating the President and Vice President.
Species Composition and Hydrolase Enzyme (EC.3) Activity of Fungi Isolated from Thasala Mangroves, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Southern Thailand
Authors: Ungcharoenwiwat Pakpimol , Sakayaroj Jariya
Published: October 2022

In the present study, we aimed to investigate diversity of manglicolous and endobiotic fungi associated with mangrove plants from Thasala mangroves, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand. Extracellular hydrolase enzymes (EC.3) including amylase, cellulase, lipase, protease, and pectinase from isolated fungi were evaluated. A total of 31 obligate marine fungal species was recorded from various Thasala mangroves sites. These included 24 ascomycetes (77.4 %), 1 mucoromycete (3.2 %), 3 basidiomycetes (9.7 %), 4 asexual morphs (12.9 %), and tentatively identified fungi (9.7 %). The average percentage occurrence of the fungi recorded from each site ranged from 0.4 to 16%. At all sites, the common filamentous marine fungi were Cumulospora sp., Halorosellinia oceanica, Kallichroma tethys, Leptosphaeria sp., Rimora mangrovei, Lulworthia sp., Phoma sp., Halenospora varia, Halocyphina villosa, Nia vibrissa, and Sclerococcum haliotrephum. Also, the most frequent marine fungi include Eutypella naqsii, Sammeyersia grandispora, Marinosphaera mangrovei, Nemania maritima, and Verruculina enalia. Seven mangrove plants were selected for endophytic fungal isolation including Acanthus ebracteatus, Acrostichum aureum, Avicennia alba, Bruguiera cylindrica, Rhizophora apiculata, R. mucronata, and Sonneratia alba. The isolation rate (IR) and colonization rate (CR) of fungal endobiota varied for all plant studied. The isolation rate ranged from 24 - 53.3 %, while colonization rate varied from 29.3 - 61.3 %. The fungal isolates were screened for the production of hydrolase enzymes (EC.3), of which 37.2 % exhibited enzyme activities. The 16 out of 28 obligate marine fungi (57.1 %) and 13 out of 50 fungal endophytes (26 %) had enzyme production efficiency toward specific substrates or an enzymatic index (EI) higher than 1.4. None of the fungal isolates depicted lipase activity. Additionally, the environmental stressors (temperature, pH, salinity) affecting enzyme production were evaluated in order to discover potential candidates for industrial application.

HIGHLIGHTS

Diversity of obligate marine fungal species was estimated from Thasala mangroves

The obligate marine fungi and fungal endophytes had hydrolase enzyme (EC.3) production efficiency toward specific substrates or an enzymatic index (EI) higher than 1.4

The temperature, pH, and salinity affecting enzyme production were evaluated in order to discover potential candidates for industrial application

GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
A Modelagem como processo de ensino e aprendizagem da Matemática no meio ambiente: a construção do curral ecológico
Authors:   Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, KOMAR Marcelo F.C. , MIQUELIN Awdry F. ,   Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, BURAK Dionisio ,   Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
Published: October 2022

O presente artigo tem como objetivo relatar uma das práticas realizadas pela modelagem, na concepção de Educação Matemática, desenvolvidas na Dissertação do Mestrado em Ensino de Ciências Naturais e Matemática, no ano de 2017, a partir de um dos temas escolhidos pelos estudantes, a decomposição de materiais na natureza, preocupados com as situações que envolvem o meio ambiente. Participaram dessa prática um grupo com quatro estudantes da Educação Básica, 9º ano do Ensino Fundamental. Esta investigação é concebida na perspectiva qualitativa/interpretativa, com delineamento na perspectiva de Lüdke e André (1986). O tratamento dos dados segue a perspectiva de Bogdan e Biklen (1994). A metodologia da pesquisa segue as etapas sugeridos por Burak (1992, 2008, 2012, 2013), Klüber e Burak (2008), para a utilização da Modelagem Matemática na perspectiva da Educação Matemática. Os resultados analisados apontam para uma melhor qualidade do ensino quando ocorre a interação do profesor e do estudante, metodologias adequadas e a reciprocidade entre as disciplinas.