bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An Evaluation of Topic Models for the Estimation of Unobserved Variables in Structured and Unstructured Documents
Authors: Nweke Onyinye , Udanor Collins , Okereke George
Published: July 2022

For effective data collection, researchers are often faced with three challenges of where, what and how? Where to find researchable data, with what tools and methodologies to scrape websites for such data, and how to perform the required analytics and extract insightful knowledge. This study examines the possibility and the extent user tweets could influence the direction of research, especially in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence. In this paper, we use the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic modelling technique to discover machine learning research topics popularity in 35,860 unorganized datasets (tweets) from 20 Artificial Intelligence and machine learning related handles, while using 7,241 articles from 42 years’ Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) conference papers dataset, an organized document as a control. The Latent Semantic Index (LSI) and the Hierarchical Dirichlet Process (HDP) are used to compare the performance of the LDA. Embedding methods such as the bag of words and the term frequency inverse document frequency (tf-idf) are used to encode the corpora and compared. Results suggest that using the structured dataset guaranteed better classification, though the unstructured dataset is quite informative. However, a t-test showed that the difference between the results of the two datasets was not significant. The LDA model consistently out-performed LSI and HDP across topics, respectively. A comparison of the Gensim and Mallet Python frameworks showed that Mallet promised a better topic modelling result than Gensim.
Attendance Mobile Application With Face Recognition and Detect Location
Authors: Hasta Yanto Andika Bayu , Fauzi Ahmad , Indriyani Novita
Published: July 2022

Every company must have an attendance policy for each of its employees for the purpose of employee attendance and performance reports in the performance of their work, but currently there are still many companies that still have an absence system that is not computerized, so the calculation and accounting process is still done manually, because everything is calculated manually, it is possible that there are errors in the calculations and take time to process data absence of all employees. Therefore, an application that can automatically process and record data is needed to avoid errors and speed up the data processing process. In addition, the application can facilitate employees' attendance as it can be accessed directly from cell phones by using facial recognition and location detection to prove the attendance of employees.
Viruela del mono: una enfermedad reemergente
Authors: Toro-Montoya Ana Isabel
Published: July 2022

Cerca de 4.500 casos de viruela del mono o viruela símica (MPX, del inglés, Monkeypox), una enfermedad zoonótica rara, han sido reportados en el mundo, tres de ellos en Colombia, lo cual ha puesto en alerta a los médicos y científicos que buscan respuestas. El virus de la viruela del mono (MPXV) fue aislado por primera vez en 1958 a partir de unos monos enfermos, y en 1970 se confirmó el primer caso en humanos en un niño en la República Democrática del Congo.
Curahan Waktu Tenaga Kerja Wanita Pabrik Pengolahan Sheet (Studi Kasus PT. Perkebunan Nusantara XIII (Persero) Kebun Danau Salak) Di Kecamatan Mataraman Kabupaten Banjar
Authors: Azizi Maulidy , Hidayatullah Arief
Published: July 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui besaran waktu yang dicurahkan atau dialokasikan wanita yang bekerja di Pabrik Pengolahan Sheet yang ada di PT. Perkebunan Nusantara XIII (Persero) Kebun Danau Salak untuk melakukan berbagai aktivitas, baik aktivitas produktif, aktivitas domestik, dan aktivitas sosial. Metode dalam penelitian ini adalah studi kasus pada PT. Perkebunan Nusantara XIII (Persero) Kebun Danau Salak dengan sampel yang di ambil adalah seluruh tenaga kerja wanita di perusahaan tersebut berjumlah 17 orang. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa curahan waktu kerja wanita yang tidak memiliki pekerjaan sampingan selain bekerja di Pabrik Pengolahan Sheet rata-rata menghabiskan waktu 6,17 jam/hari (25,96%), aktivitas domestik rumah tangga 16,58 jam/hari (69,83%) dan aktivitas sosial 1 jam/hari (4,21%). Wanita yang memiliki pekerjaan sampingan menghabiskan waktu rata-rata 8,7 jam/hari (36,25%), aktivitas domestik rumah tangga 14,3 jam/hari (59,58%) dan aktivitas sosial 1 jam/hari (4,17%). Kontribusi pendapatan wanita rata-rata sebesar Rp. 3.323.417,24/bulan dengan persentase 69% yang artinya kontribusi pendapatan wanita lebih dari > 50% termasuk kontribusi tinggi
EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD QUIZIZZ AS AN ASSESSMENT TOOL DURING ONLINE LEARNING
Authors: Zulfa Alvina Indana , Ratri Devinta Puspita
Published: July 2022

Assessment is an ongoing process on students’ learning achievement. It is not about giving students the value of numbers or letters; an assessment tool is used to measure and monitor students’ understanding of the material taught. Quizizz is a beneficial assessment tool with interactive features that can help students and teachers do the assessment during online learning. However, some students find difficulties in accessing Quizizz. Therefore, this research aims to investigate EFL students’ perceptions toward Quizizz as an assessment tool during online learning. This study involved 100 twelfth graders of one junior high school students in Malang, Indonesia. These students have experienced using Quizizz to do the assessment for four weeks. In this research, quantitative method with a survey research design was chosen. A close-ended questionnaire was used to collect the data on students’ perceptions about the efficacy, the benefit, and the challenges of using Quizizz, and the data were analyzed through descriptive statistics. The result of the study revealed that although there was an obstacle to fully implementing Quizizz, most of the students gave a positive attitude to the use of Quizizz as an assessment tool.
ANALISIS KEBIJAKAN SERTIFIKASI GURU BAHASA INGGRIS DALAM MEMBENTUK HABITUASI KARAKTER PROFESIONAL
Authors: Andika Alek , Nurdin Encep Syarief , Ruyadi Yadi
Published: July 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis kebijakan sertifikasi guru bahasa inggris dalam membentuk karakter professional di sekolah-sekolah lingkungan Pimpinan Cabang Lembaga Pendidikan (PCLP) Ma’arif Kebumen. Tujuan sertifikasi guru itu sendiri adalah untuk menentukan  kelayakan  guru dan mewujudkan tujuan Pendidikan Nasional, meningkatkan proses dan mutu hasil pendidikan, meningkatkan martabat guru, dan meningkatkan profesionalitas guru. Jenis penelitiannya adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Pelaksanaan metode penelitian ini tidak hanya terbatas pada pengumpulan dan penyusunan data saja,  akan  tetapi  sangat  komplek  dan  luas yaitu  meliputi  analisis  dan  interpretasi  tentang  data tersebut, selanjutnya data yang dikumpulkan memungkinkan menjadi kunci atau jawaban terhadap apa yang diteliti. Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kebijakan sertifikasi dapat meningkatkan profesionalisme guru Bahasa Inggris dilingkungan PCLP Ma’arif Kebumen. Kebijakan sertifikasi guru hampir sepenuhnya tercapai yaitu meningkatnya profesionalisme, kemampuan dan kompetensi guru. Hal ini juga didukung karena adanya workshop, pertemuan ilmiah dan kewajiban penelitian ilmiah rutin yang  membantu guru dalam meningkatkan kemampuan dan kompetensi guru. Dengan demikian hasil analisis terkait kebijakan sertifikasi guru Bahasa Inggris ternyata dapat menanamkan habituasi karakter professional.
Illocutionary Acts and Contextual Utterances in the Movie Raya and the Last Dragon
Authors: Ratri Ayu , Bram Barli
Published: July 2022

Understanding illocutionary acts in English can be challenging for EFL students. To understand illocutionary acts, EFL students can see how native speakers express utterances in their speech and understand the context that constructs the basis for using the illocutionary act. This study explored the types and contexts of utterances in the movie Raya and the Last Dragon. Data, consisting of 31 utterances, were collected from the movie transcript and analyzed using content analysis to classify illocutionary act types and contextual utterances. Results showed the movie characters usall five illocutionary acts, and the most dominant illocutionary act was the assertive type, which occurred 13 times. The context underlined the characters expressing illocutionary acts was the place, the interlocutor, the purpose of the conversation, the use of words, and the tone. This film type of verbal communication without text was direct speech or dialogue. This study offers relevant knowledge and benefits to EFL learners and teachers in the learning-teaching processes, such as creating familiarity with complex meanings in English to avoid misinterpretation, developing their consciousness of English utterances, and growing their capability to execute the speech act flawlessly.
Grice Maxims Breaking in the Teacher and Students’ Online Interaction
Authors: Wicaksono Agnes Lintangsasi , Anam Syafi’ul , Retnaningdyah Pratiwi , Setiawan Slamet
Published: July 2022

Grice promotes four maxims to obey as the requirements for successful communication, including quality, quantity, relevance, and manner. However, several conditions require breaking the maxims to make communication more effective, including an interaction between teachers and students. The gender of the students and the practice of online classes also contribute to the breaking of maxims. Hence, this study aims to examine the breaking of Grice maxims in the online classroom interaction between the teacher and students of different genders. The communication between an English teacher and her students in an online class was observed to gather the data. Then, the results were analyzed qualitatively. Finally, this study found that teachers’ interaction with students of both genders produced flouting of quantity maxim. The teacher’s interaction with the female students flouted quantity, relevance, and manner maxims which is caused by the cooperative communication leading females to talk a lot, while the teacher's interaction with male students flouted the quality, relevance, and manner maxims, which is caused by the dominance that males tend to show to female. Moreover, the flouting of maxims made positive and negative results in the communication. Lastly, a more extended period study is suggested to produce further findings.
EFL Lecturers’ Challenges and Suggestions in the Online Teaching
Authors: Zuhriyah Mukminatus
Published: July 2022

Online EFL teaching and learning in universities has been conducted for two years during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the EFL lecturers’ challenges in  small private universities in Indonesia are still scarcely investigated. Therefore, this research was conducted with the purpose to describe the Indonesian EFL lecturers’ challenges in their online teaching in the small private universities where they teach English. This was a qualitative research which used online semi-structured interview to six EFL lecturers from six different private universities in East Java to collect the data. Meanwhile, those six private universities did not have the official online platform for online teaching yet. The theory of Miles, Huberman, and Saldana was used to analyze the data. The result was that they faced some challenges in their online EFL teaching related to their students’ presence, the bad internet connection, the unconducive home condition, and the very slow students’ responses. Besides, they suggested to the universities to provide the official online learning platform which is completed with the places for storing their teaching administration archives. Hopefully, these research results can be the consideration for the university policy makers when deciding the guidelines of the online teaching and learning in the universities.
Using Google Classroom as Media for Learning English during Pandemic
Authors: Fahriany Fahriany , Aini Qurrotu , Husna Nida , Hidayat Didin Nuruddin , Waliyadin Waliyadin , Sufyan Agus
Published: July 2022

Google Classroom is one of the platforms that can be utilized to help learn and is one of the platforms that can be used to assist in e-learning. This study aims to investigate the students’ views regarding the use of Google Classroom as a medium for English learning. This study employed a quantitative descriptive method in the form of an online survey by recruiting 90 students from five classes to voluntarily fill in an online survey using Google Forms. With the highest mean score of 4.06, the students admitted that Google Classroom makes it easy to sign, send, and receive the assignment. This finding indicated that students were satisfied with the aspects of Google Classroom, including accessibility, perceived utility, communication and interaction, and satisfaction with the learning activities offered by Google Classroom.
A Review on Error Analysis Stages in Teaching English Structure
Authors: Agustinasari Evi , Simanjuntak Tiur , Purwanto Muhammad Bambang
Published: July 2022

The goal of this research is to determine the role of error analysis in teaching English as a foreign language, particularly English Structure. Error analysis can provide information on a student's progress in learning a target language, which is then used to improve the teaching process so that they could still properly use the language. The method used is qualitative and descriptive research design.  This research focuses on students of Politeknik Negeri Sriwijaya. Error analysis is essential for teachers to improve the quality of teaching. By doing so, the teacher owns information to improve the methodology including syllabus, teaching material and teaching techniques. The findings  are  four main stages of error analysis simplified  in this study. They are detecting, locating the errors, describing the errors, and classifying  the errors. First stage is done by gathering suspected errors; meanwhile works with unwanted errors are rejected or put aside. Then, locating the errors found on students' works were  done by  identifying them without considering types of the errors. Next step is describing errors where the errors are labeled based on the linguistic category. Final stage is error classification involving  classification and  counting errors. Each stage gives detailed information of students’ performance which is beneficial for the teachers to improve the quality of teaching including the material and how to deliver.
The Role of Muslim Family Law Ordinance 1961 in Protecting the Rights of Women, Case Studies from Mardan District
Authors: Sidra  , Rizwana Gul  , Abdus Samad
Published: July 2022

Spouses have several obligations over one another. In a marriage, the husband has rights over his wife and the wife has rights over her husband. Among these rights, the right of maintenance of wives is one of the most important. Numerous laws are there to protect the right of maintenance for wives. The Muslim family law ordinance of 1961 is one such law that ensures that women are treated fairly. Moreover, Islam also provides an explanation for the rights of partners in an Islamic marriage. If the terms of marriage declared at the time of Nikah are not satisfied, then the wife has the authority to seek help. Islam even gives women the right to get a divorce, if she is not treated or if her needs and rights are not satisfied. It is the foremost duty of husbands to look after their wives. They are accountable for giving them mental and physical support as well as financial support. Therefore, it is evident how much importance women have in Islam and how important maintenance is for Muslim women.
Management versus Governance Power Contests Facing Principals in Schools: Power Relations
Authors: Prof. Vimbi Petrus Mahlangu
Published: July 2022

The focus of the article is about issues that secondary schools face in terms of the responsibilities of principals and school governing bodies (SGBs) in terms of dispersed leadership rather than one-man role-based leadership. Methods: The study investigates issues of schools surrounding distributed leadership practices using data from research on the connection between the principal and school governing bodies. This research used qualitative and quantitative data collected from secondary school administrators, SGB members, and teachers as part of a design research project. Implications: According to the findings, concentrating on distributed leadership methods may assist overcome some of the drawbacks of providing feedback to a single leader. Findings: In Gauteng secondary schools, opposing ideas and expectations predominate. Where SGBs and principals struggle against one another, ambiguous rules are found. Some principals impose terms on SGBs, while SGBs impose terms on principals. Dysfunctional schools are caused by weak governance and management. In terms of financial problems, there is a lack of transparency in schools. Principals contribute to school problems by refusing or failing to accept their ineptness. They continue to run schools inefficiently; they do not fully engage teachers in school management; they mistreat parents; they impose terms on SGBs; they contribute to dysfunctional schools; school resources are embezzled for purposes not related to the running of schools, and they mix up their work with that of the SGBs. Principals and SGBs should be made aware that cooperation, rather than competition, may be more effective in reducing power struggles in schools.
Employment Equity Realisation: Assessing the Bridges and Barriers in the eThekwini Municipality of South Africa
Authors: Adewumi Samson Adeoluwa
Published: July 2022

The increasing pressures on the South African government to re-strategize its employment equity policy and ensure people of different races and gender are appropriately represented in employment opportunities are still without barriers. This study interrogates the bridges and barriers to the realisation of employment equity in the eThekwini municipality of South Africa. Remarking on the discourse of employment equity, sparse research attention has been given to the bridges and barriers of employment equity, specifically in the context of the eThekwini municipality of South Africa. To address this gap, the study assesses employment equity programmes that propel employment equity and the challenges constricting the realisation of employment equity in the eThekwini municipality. A total of 15 senior managers were purposively recruited and the semi-structured interview type employed to elicit qualitative data. The data were analysed for the identification of themes with the NVivo (v.12) qualitative software and the various themes analysed with the content qualitative analytical tool. Inclusive initiatives, sufficient budget and women empowerment were shown as important employment equity programmes employed in the municipality. Difficulty in recruiting and retaining scare skills, lack of clarity and commitment to employment equity policy and political leadership and corruption were revealed as constraints to employment equity targets. The study concludes on the need for a more proactive effort on the part of the South African Department of Labour in monitoring and evaluating compliance to employment equity targets with commitment to scarce skills identification and continuous awareness to encourage more women and designated groups into the employment equity folds.

 

Received: 11 February 2022 / Accepted: 29 May 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
Decision to Implementation of Credit Management System at Commercial Banks - Experimental Survey in Da Nang City, Vietnam
Authors: Tuan Le Anh , Nhan Nguyen Le , Nhu Mai Thi Quynh , Tram Nguyen Thi Huyen , Long Nguyen Vuong Thanh
Published: July 2022

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the factors affecting the decision to deploy a credit management system at commercial banks in Da Nang city. The author used a combination of mixed research methods in this study. The qualitative research method aims to build a research model from the analysis of previous related studies. The author used a quantitative method to survey 336 subjects who are managers, direct employees of the credit department at banks. Research results show that there are four factors that greatly influence the decision to choose a bank. Deposit individual customer savings in order: usefulness, controllability, relevance, and implementation cost. Through this result, it will help commercial banks orient the development of LOS credit management system at commercial banks in the future.

 

Received: 10 January 2022 / Accepted: 25 June 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
Developing Business Model Based on Islamic Classical Economic Thoughts
Authors: Nordin Nadhirah , Samsuddin Nur Amani Aisyah , Embong Rahimah , Ahmad Azlin Alisa , Usop Rossidi , Ismail Siti Khatijah , Ismail Suraya
Published: July 2022

This study aims to develop a business model based on Islamic economic thoughts pioneered by Muslim thinkers such as Abu Yusuf, al-Syaibani, Abu Ubayd, al-Mawardi, al-Ghazali, Ibn Taimiyah, and Ibn Khaldun. They existed from the early period of Islam until 1446. An absence of consensus on the definition of a business model that is universally accepted has led to the reassessment of the current business model towards pro-business and encouraged by profit margins. A holistic and comprehensive business model influences a business's enhanced performance. Hence, in reality, the survival rate of businesses, mainly businesses run by Muslims, is at a low ebb, although Islam has provided guidelines for all life activities, including business strategies. Hence, further studies should be conducted to seek solutions to overcome the resilience of Muslim businesses by referring to the thoughts of Islamic economic scholars. However, the scholarly thoughts were not organised as a scientific discipline, which eventually led to a decline in the Islamic economy, and consequently, humans began to follow the conventional economy. Data were collected through the document analysis and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) methods involving agency representatives, entrepreneurs, and academicians in the business field. It was then analysed using the content analysis method. Findings indicate that the business model comprised four components, namely production, business transactions, marketing, and the government's role, which was based on Islamic creed (aqidah), Islamic law (shariah), and Islamic morality and manners (akhlaq), acts as a catalyst for a successful business venture. This study has a significant impact and offers a new solution for overcoming and substantiating society's economic growth and development by making business a mechanism for empowering the Islamic economy.

 

Received: 16 April 2022 / Accepted: 25 June 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
The Changing Approach of North Korea Towards America, South Korea and the Prospects of Inter-Korean Relations
Authors: Dang Bui Hai , Hiep Tran Xuan , Tuan Luc Minh , Thao Nguyen Thi Phuong , Thang Nguyen Van
Published: July 2022

North Korea's international integration strategy and the normalizing process of inter-Korean ties forced North Korea to modify its attitude to the US and South Korea. Observing inter-Korean relations in recent years, we do acknowledge the adjustments of both sides to each other and in relations with the US; in which, the most notable is the adjustment in North Korea's approach to South Korea and to the US. In relations with the US, there are significant shifts in North Korea’s approach from the "maximum cordiality" approach to a parallel one: constructing "a new peace" in accompaniment with "a new threat". The US has been such an important factor in inter-Korean relations which have been affected by US relations with the two sides of Korea peninsula. With South Korea, North Korea has built a new type of relationship with four matching objectives: jointly reform personnel in the direction of respecting the spirit of reconciliation between the two regions; jointly promote economic self-reliance alongside the military policies to diminish dependence on allies of both sides; establish inter-Korean trade activities unaffected by international sanctions; and support mutual communication to gradually change negative public opinion trends about North Korea in the region and around the world. This paper is to focus on analyzing and explaining the changes in North Korea's approach to the US as well as to South Korea after the 2nd U.S-North Korea Summit in 2019 failed. It will conclude by making predictions about the prospects of inter-Korean relations in the coming years.

 

Received: 7 March 2022 / Accepted: 9 May 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Economic Performance: DSGE and Probit Investigations
Authors: Alofaysan Hind , Mabrouk Fatma , Bousrih Jihan
Published: July 2022

The paper proposes an innovative microeconomic analysis of the effects of COVID-19 on the economic performance by relying on two different approaches. Firstly, we consider a theoretical investigation by implementing a DSGE model where we propose a negative health shock on the supply part of the economy. The second approach is based on empirical investigation via Ordered Probit Regressions using the Saudi Labour Force Survey where we focus on time and regional effects by comparing 2019 and 2020 indicators. On one side, our findings reveal that health shock impacts household health spending. An affected household by the COVID-19 will see its resources decreasing due to the indirect costs of the pandemic related to the loss in productivity and labour supply. It is much more than that the COVID-19 pandemic hurts working hours and earnings. On the other side, the results show that individuals with higher degree of schooling and high skills seem to be not affected during the pandemic. Additionally, the effect of the current health crisis is more noticeable in Riyadh, Southern and Western region and is more intensive in the private sector and for non-Saudi workers.

 

Received: 16 March 2022 / Accepted: 3 May 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
The Association between Accounting Conservatism and Cash Holding, Dividends and Leverage
Authors: Atwa Rawan , Bsoul Ruba , Kharabsheh Buthiena , Azzam Mohammad
Published: July 2022

This paper examines the effect of accounting conservatism on several financial decisions in Jordan. In particular, it aims to expose the effect of accounting conservatism on cash holdings, dividends distributions, and leverage for a sample of 83 Jordanian industrial and service firms listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) for the period 2015-2019. The feasible generalised least squares (FGLS) regression technique is used to test the association between accounting conservatism and financial decisions. The findings of this paper reveal a negative and significant relationship between accounting conservatism and cash holding. However, positive but insignificant relationships are reported between accounting conservatism and both dividends distributions and leverage. These findings have important implications for investors, corporate managers, and policymakers. The study recommends that future research use different measures of leverage, such as debt-to-equity ratio and long-term debt to equity ratio, in order to compare the results of different measuring instruments. It also recommends incorporating other measures of conservatism, such as market to book ratio and timeliness asymmetric measure.

 

Received: 23 March 2022 / Accepted: 20 June 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
Utilizing Open Access Webinars to Promote Continuing Professional Development during COVID-19 Crisis in the Philippines
Authors: Arnilla Arvin Kim
Published: July 2022

This study aimed to evaluate the virtual synchronous continuing professional development (CPD) through webinars organized by a rural university in a developing country. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, the results highlighted the resourcefulness of the organizers to resolve technological and financial limitations prevalent across the preparation and implementation stages. The desire to participate in the narrative of CPD during the COVID-19 pandemic resorted to researching, testing, and utilizing free online platforms to deliver knowledge and skills to a wider audience. Screen sharing and audio-video streaming through social media were enough to facilitate the webinars. The result of the evaluation revealed that the webinars were appreciated by the participants and contributed to the increase in their knowledge of the topics presented. The CPD project also confirms the disparity in resources confronting institutions in developing countries like low internet bandwidth, outmoded internet cable wires, and unreliable supply of electricity. Management systems may be revisited to keep up with the pace in instruction and extension services in the light of changing requirements of the new normal.

 

Received: 23 March 2022 / Accepted: 16 June 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
The Impact of Accounting Conservatism on Financial Performance in Services Companies Listed on Amman Stock Exchange
Authors: Al-Fasfus Fuad Suleiman , Al-Rawashdeh Abdulwahhab Mahmoud , Al-Theebeh Ziyad Abdulhaleem , Al-Enabi Hasan Abdulnasser Mohamad
Published: July 2022

This study aimed to identifying the impact of accounting conservatism on financial performance in services companies listed on Amman Stock Exchange, where the accounting conservatism was measured through the model of (Gvoly & Hyans, 2000), an approach that based on accruals, while the financial performance was measured through the return on equity (ROE), and earnings per share (EPS). And in order to achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive and analytical approach was adopted, where the study was conducted on a sample of (23) service companies listed on Amman Stock Exchange during the period from 2015 to 2019. Also, in respect of analyzing the study data and test its hypotheses, the statistical analysis program (SPSS) was utilized, and simple regression equation was relied on in testing the hypotheses. Whereas, the major findings of the study are as follows: There is no statistically significant impact of the accounting conservatism on the financial performance with its indicators (rate of return on equity, and profit per share) in the services companies listed on Amman Stock Exchange. Meanwhile, the study recommended the necessity of urging the researched and listed services companies’ management on Amman Stock Exchange (especially those characterized by low accounting conservatism) to apply the principles and standards of accounting conservatism, due to the importance of these procedures on the quality of the financial reports and consequently the profits therein.

 

Received: 23 March 2022 / Accepted: 30 June 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
Work Motivation and Leadership of Learning Activity Center Head on Tutors’ Performance
Authors: Husain Rusmin , Botutihe Sukma Nurilawati , Djafri Novianty , Umar Arif Alauddin
Published: July 2022

The purpose of this study was to determine the partial and simultaneous effect of work motivation and leadership of the head of learning activity center (LAC) on tutors’ performance in Bone Bolango Regency. The study was relied on a quantitative approach and causality design. Further, the data analysis technique consisted of a descriptive analysis of importance performance analysis (IPA) and multiple regression. The results showed that (1) work motivation positively and significantly influenced tutors’ performance in Bone Bolango Regency with a determination coefficient of 44.30%. (2) The leadership of the LAC head positively and significantly contributed to tutors’ performance in the site area with a determination coefficient of 40.20%. (3) Work motivation and the leadership of LAC head simultaneously and significantly affected tutors’ performance with a determination coefficient of 84.50%. On the other hand, the remaining 15.50% was explained by other variables, namely work discipline, performance allowance, work environment, and work ethic.

 

Received: 25 November 2021 / Accepted: 30 June 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
European Union between the Right of Education and Social Integration
Authors: Muskaj Blerina , Musaraj Joniada , Cilento Marco
Published: July 2022

For the European Union, one of the greatest challenges of recent years is to guarantee quality education for all European citizens. The right to education, training and lifelong learning is enshrined in the first principle of the Europe pillar of social rights, establishing that everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education, training and lifelong learning in order to maintain and acquire skills that enable them to participate fully in society and successfully manage transitions in the labor market. This principle together with others are the guiding light towards a strong, equitable, inclusive social Europe and full of opportunities. Moreover, it is found that todays skills are an indispensable element for affirmation not only in a constantly evolving market, but also after the challenges of the situation created by the Covid-19 pandemic, they are indispensable elements in a global market and in an evolving society. In order for the retraining and development of skills to become a reality for all, as the statements of the European Commission also express, Member States need to collaborate with the social partners and stakeholders, through a process not only of decentralization but also of social integration. This work aims to analyze not only the historical path but also the guidelines of the future of the European Union policy which challenges to carry out reforms in the field of education.

 

Received: 20 May 2022 / Accepted: 30 June 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
Social Roles, Employment and Spousal Adjustments of Married Women in Nigeria
Authors: Egbule Elizabeth Osita , Okoh Iyeke Patrick , Solomon Eluowa Chukunweiken
Published: July 2022

This study investigated the relationship between social roles, employment and spousal adjustment of married women in Nigeria. A total sample of 1,582 married women from the two states selected through multi stage sampling procedure were selected from 17 of the 33 local government areas of the 6 senatorial districts of the two states. A questionnaire designed by the researcher and certified by experts was the main instrument utilized for the study. Data collated were analyzed. Pearson Product Moments Correlation was used to answer the research questions, while simple regression, multiple regression and ANOVA statistics were used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that a significant relationship existed between women’s employment and social roles of married women in Bayelsa and Delta States. It was recommended that couples should be enlightened on the importance of spousal adjustment in facilitating harmonious family life and by extension, proper societal function. Counsellors should guide couples in acquiring effective relationship skills. Some suggestions for further studies were made.  

 

Received: 31 October 2021 / Accepted: 14 March 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
Improving Higher Education Administration: A Case Study of Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University
Authors: Al-Khathlan Mansour bin Zaid bin Ibrahim
Published: July 2022

The study undertakes to identify the point of view of university leaders to develop university administration. The researcher used the descriptive-analytical method for the present study. The study uses a questionnaire as a tool for data collection. The questionnaire consists of four main dimensions to measure the competitiveness of university administration in Saudi universities. There are 37 items in the questionnaire. The research sample includes 172 deans of faculties, heads of academic departments, and administrations at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University. The research concluded that Saudi universities' administration role in achieving a competitive advantage is moderate. There are no statistically significant differences according to the variable of gender and service years. Based on the findings, a proposal has been developed to advance university administration and improve the competitiveness at Sattam bin Abdulaziz University. The research also recommended establishing advisory councils to provide developmental consultations to the university to serve the vision 2030 of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

 

Received: 02 February 2022 / Accepted: 17 June 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
Relation between Behavioural Problems and Reading Skills in Gender Contexts: Forecasting Longitudinal Data from Kindergarten to Fifth Grade
Authors: Mulyati Yeti , Hadianto Daris
Published: July 2022

This study investigated the association between behavioural problems and reading ability in gender contexts. Specifically, its goal is to determine to what extent of girls and boys differ in the development of reading skills and behavioural problems, and how the relationship between these variable changes based on gender perspectives. This research employed a correlational method whose purpose is to find out the relationship among multiple variables—genders, behavioural problems, and reading skills. To elicit all data of these variables, we focused on nine schools located in the capital city of West Java province, Indonesia. The participants in this research were 500 students from kindergarten to fifth grade which encompassed females (N=260) and males (N=240). The age of the participants ranges from 58 months to 11 years old and they originated from public and private schools. We used Dynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy (DIBELS)—which is a set of standardized and validated early literacy indicators—to measure reading skills; We employed Office Discipline Behaviour (ODB) to measure students’ destructive behaviour or behavioural problems. Findings of the research revealed that reading skills and behavioural problems were significantly different for each learning levels from kindergarten to fifth grade. In addition to correlation between behavioural problems and reading skills, we found a strong correlation for them both of boys and girls. Thus, the gender differences contributed equivalent or similar to reading skills showing this variable has lack of contribution to differences of reading skills. 

 

Received: 21 April 2022 / Accepted: 30 June 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
The Corona Pandemic Impact on Education: Proposing a Mechanism for Postgraduate Programs at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSU)
Authors: Al-Khuzaim Khalid Mohammed , Al-Zuhair Nouf Fahad , Al-Mutairi Dalal Theyab
Published: July 2022

Based on the instructors' and the students' viewpoints, this study identifies and investigates the positive and negative effects of the pandemic (COVID-19) on the postgraduate programs in the Curricula and Teaching Methods Department (Department hereafter) at IMSU. The study provided a system for creating postgraduate programs at IMSU in the wake of the pandemic experience by employing descriptive survey methodology and designing a series of questionnaires. The study sample comprised 53 teaching staff individuals and 90 male and female graduate students studying in the Department at IMSU at the masters and doctoral levels. The results found that the study sample respondents' responses regarding the pandemic's positive effects on the postgraduate programs reached 3.85, indicating that the respondents' approval rate is very high. The study sample respondents' responses regarding the pandemic's negative effects on the University's postgraduate programs reached 3.43, signaling that the approval rate is high among the respondents. Accordingly, the network's poor service in remote areas and the absence of effective technical support to the e-learners and teachers are the significant negative effects of the pandemic recorded by the study's respondents on education.

 

Received: 25 March 2022 / Accepted: 26 June 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
Exploring Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions and Practices on How to Use Netiquette Rules in Creating Professional Emails
Authors: Jama Itithaz , Alnefaie Mashael
Published: July 2022

In this current study, we explored Saudi undergraduate students’ perceptions toward netiquette rules in professional and formal emails through their communication with their professor in spring semester 2020. We investigated how learners formulated their formal emails in an academic domain or for their future careers whether they needed clarification, asked question, or shared issues. To apply this research, we chose critical discourse analysis as a theoretical framework to understand students’ perceptions and practices. This qualitative study applied open-ended questions survey, semi-structured interviews, and document analysis (students’ emails) with a thick description of their perceptions and practices. We had seven Saudi students from TESOL course. The data was analyzed through vivo coding that went through three different phases and wrote separate memos for every participant to reflect the intended meaning of the data. The results of the study revealed students’ understanding of netiquette rules in professional emails. However, students’ actual practices under stressful situations showed that they did not always follow the netiquette rules in emails with their professor.

 

Received: 21 April 2022 / Accepted: 29 June 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
Thematic Choices in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Discourse: We Should All Be Feminists
Authors: Djimet Issa
Published: July 2022

This paper is about the analysis of Chimamanda’s discourse on feminism. The paper adopts the systemic functional approach to language, notably the textual meaning so as to find out what are the thematic choices made by the author of the discourse and how this contributes in constructing or deconstructing cultural beliefs about women. The linguistics data are analyzed both on the quantitative and qualitative bases, that is, the paper uses the mixed research method. The discourse is therefore split into analyzable units referred to as clauses to which figures and statistics are meticulously ascribed. The results reveal a predominance of Topical Themes followed by textual ones whereas interpersonal elements are rarely thematized in the discourse. Furthermore, the analysis discloses a significant number of marked Themes. It is through such thematic choices that the author highlights and deconstructs discriminating prejudices by emphasizing positive attitudes that might bring about cultural changes in favor of women’s empowerment.

 

Received: 26 April 2022 / Accepted: 30 June 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif dengan Memanfaatkan Alat Peraga Kotak Determinan Matriks (Kodetik) untuk Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Siswa
Authors: Wiharyanti Wiharyanti
Published: July 2022

Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui penerapan model pembelajaran kooperatif untuk meningkatkan aktifitas belajar di kelas XI MIPA SMA N 1 Setu. Metode yang digunakan adalah demontrasi. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan model pembelajaran kooperatif dalam meningkatkan aktivitas siswa untuk mengembangkan pengetahuan mereka tentang pokok bahasan matriks. Seluruh strategi dan model pembelajaran yang siswa temukan dan di diskusikan menunjukkan bagaimana kontruksi dan kontribusi siswa dapat digunakan untuk membantu permasalahan awal mereka tentang pokok bahasan matriks.
Analisis Rantai Pasok (Supply Chain) Komoditas Ayam Cemani (Studi Kasus Di Pakis, Kota Malang, Jawa Timur)
Authors: Alfian Adi Atma Alfian Adi Atma , Nur Aliyya Wenny Ladhunka , Wahyuni Wahyuni
Published: July 2022

ABSTRACT
Chicken Cemani is a local Indonesian chicken that has been worldwide. The potential of Cemani chicken is very good, apart from being a chicken used for traditional ceremonies, Cemani chicken has good production potential and has very large export prospects. However, the population is still limited causing many requests that cannot be fulfilled. Maintenance that has not implemented an integrated and traditional supply chain system causes the development of Cemani chicken agribusiness to be slow. The supply chain management system (SCM) is an integrated marketing system that includes the integration of products and actors to provide satisfaction to customers. In the Cemani chicken commodity, the actors and those involved are not clearly known. This study aims to determine the actors involved in the Cemani chicken supply chain and to find out the product flow, as well as the finances contained in the supply chain in Pakis, Malang, East Java. The study was conducted at the Cemani chicken farm in Pakis, Malang, East Java. The location selection was done purposively based on the consideration that the center of the Cemani chicken farm in Indonesia was in Pakis, Malang City, East Java. The research was conducted in November 2020. The research method used is a descriptive survey method. The method of determining respondents is purposive sampling which is based on the supply chain of a farm owned by Mr. Ihsan and Mr. Sigit. Determination of the respondents of traders and consumers in this study was carried out by snowball sampling, namely tracing the supply chain channels of the livestock owned by Mr. Ihsan and Mr. Sigit from traders to consumers in the Java area. Respondents in this study were 2 breeders. The data for product flow obtained were analyzed descriptively while for financial flows were analyzed using margin and efficiency analysis. Based on the results of the study, it is known that the actors in the supply chain of grade I and grade I Cemani chickens are breeders, traders in the city, traders outside the city and consumers. There are three marketing channels in the marketing supply chain for Cemani chicken in Pakis Malang City, namely channel I consisting of Breeders → Traders Outside Malang City → Traders in the City → Consumers. Channel II consists of Farmers → Traders in the City → Consumers and channel III consists of Farmers → Consumers. Sales use online and offline systems. The flow of finance where the selling price is the highest is the out-of-town traders belonging to Mr. Sigit at a price of Rp. 350,000 – Rp. 531,250 / head with the age of 2-5 months. The most efficient marketing channel is that farmers distribute directly to consumers.
Keyword : Products flow, financial flow, local chicken
Andinapp
Authors: Villegas Mazo Juan Esteban , Hincapié Hernandez German , Fernández Marín Oscar Alberto
Published: July 2022

Este trabajo presenta una aplicación desarrollada para dispositivos móviles que puede ser utilizada para crear contenidos de música andina colombiana en los géneros de bambuco y pasillo con muestras de instrumentos de cuerda como el tiple y la guitarra, y de percusión como el bombo, la esterilla, la guacharaca y las cucharas. Se busca que esta aplicación pueda ser utilizada por cualquier persona como herramienta pedagógica que facilite y promueva estos géneros, principalmente en la comunidad estudiantil. Una parte complementaria de este trabajo contiene un instructivo para orientar al usuario en su manejo e incluye un apartado teórico donde se explican los géneros musicales aquí desarrollados; adicionalmente cuenta con videos tutoriales grabados exclusivamente para apoyar su comprensión.
Palabras clave: aplicación, herramienta pedagógica, bambuco, pasillo.