bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Measuring website quality of the Indian railways
Authors: Jain Rajesh Kumar , Rangnekar Santosh
Published: February 2020

Websites are being widely used for commercial purpose in both private and public sectors. Whether such widespread use and dependency on web enhances the satisfaction among its users or not is to be understood. The objective of the present study is to examine and analyze the quality of the website of the Indian Railways. The Indian Railways website quality was compared with a perceived ideal website. The attributes for assessing the website quality of a railways were developed on the basis of pertaining literature review, interview with some of the web site users and with personal observations. In the present study the mean value in case of the Indian Railways is 36.28 and in case of perceived ideal website the mean value is 45.06. The F-statistic value is 52.75. The result allows us to infer that the Indian Railways website quality is not on the mark compared to what the users expect in a perceived ideal website. The implication of the present study is that the Indian Railways should focus on the quality of its website for increased user satisfaction and for enhancing its image.
Towards Entrepreneurship: Reflections Between Theory And Practice
Authors: Benešová Tereza
Published: February 2020

The paper deals with the pragmatic need of linking theory and practice in the learning process, focusing on vocational education in economics and entrepreneurship education. In connection with selected alternative economic theories is shown the necessity of praxeological educational background and practical work experience in teaching process in entrepreneurship education. Results are based on the research, which was done in the framework of prepared dissertation thesis on the theme of entrepreneurship education from the perspectives of theory and the perspective of vocational school teachers of economics subjects. The results focus on the concept of entrepreneurship education preferred by teachers of the economical subjects at the secondary schools specialised in economics. The main aim of the research was to check, to what degree are the theoretical bases of the education of the entrepreneurship fulfilled in the reality of a secondary school specialised in economics. The results show that in the case of preferred aims of the respondents of our examination we could talk about the combination of creation of knowledge and preparation for the profession. It is confirmed that the teachers rely significantly on a prescribed list of educational topics, but at the same time the results clearly show that the respondents think about their subject and formative aspect of their classes through using of cross-sectional topic.
Cultural Reversal: Why Does Obedience Lose With The Initiative
Authors: Slinták Karel
Published: February 2020

The article deals with the question which management philosophy is better, management philosophy based on culture HOW or management philosophy based on culture WHY.  With respect to this article, author used these techniques, namely quantitative research, case methodology and literature analysis. Consequently, from the research, it can be predicted that most companies prefer a management model which inclines more towards planning, organizing and controlling than to leadership. This approach is a part of the traditional management system through which the organizational culture of “HOW” is implemented. The hidden costs of this model are apathetic staff, lost revenues and mainly work-related stress. These factors, which cause a lack of participation in the workplace, similarly lead to paralysis of innovation capabilities of most companies. They negatively affect the overall productivity of the economy and cause considerable social costs. However, there is also alternative management system based on the WHY culture. This management system, which releases initiative, creativity and enthusiasm, was investigated in the Toyota, FAVI and W. L. Gore. Author found out that these companies are able to eliminate the negative consequences of the traditional management model. The key features of this model are trust, freedom and responsibility, all three of which enrich the system with the ability to learn iteratively from one’s own mistakes.
Binary Options As A Modern Fenomenon Of Financial Business
Authors: Kolková Andrea , Lenertová Lucie
Published: February 2020

Binary options are a new instrument of the financial market. The aim of this paper is to analyze the use of binary options with trading and to illustrate this on the practical example of trades based on Bollinger bands indicator. Currency pair EUR/USD and 6912 time series values of this instrument will be put to analysis. The contribution will be evaluated 8 strategies based on Bollinger Bands. There will be used a backtesting method. From the results follows the most trades could have been realized with the use of Bollinger bands with a double deviation. This strategy, however, also showed the greatest percentage of failed trades. On the contrary the fewest transactions could have been carried out with Bollinger bands with a triple deviation and the MACD filter.
Prediction model of dividend payment of Czech joint stock companies
Authors: Sejkora František
Published: February 2020

The dividend payment is the very important part of investment decision for many stockholders. Results of this text identify finance factors that influence the management in dividend policy within the examined branch “Production and distribution of electric energy, gas and water”. Seven regressive models were created and they identify and define the effect of individual factors on the dividend payment among individual owner´s types. The retained earnings, the rate of return of invested assets in total and the size of company have the positive effect on the dividend payment. For the purpose of better interpretation the individual factors were quantified in form of the chance that the company will pay the dividend when compared to the fact that the company is not going to pay any dividend. The resulting regressive model was subsequently validated using the classification table and the receiver operating characteristic curve.
Comparison shopping agents and Czech online customers’ shopping behaviour
Authors: Pilik Michal , Klimek Petr , Jurickova Eva , Palka Premysl
Published: February 2020

The internet has changed the lifestyles and shopping behaviours of customers. Online purchasing enables people to obtain information about products and services provided more effectively and easily, with the result that home shopping has become ordinary and usual. This paper presents part of a research focusing on online shopping customers’ behaviour in the Czech Republic. The article pertains to comparison shopping agents (CPAs), a tool which provides information to customers and helps find the best offer. The research was conducted on the basis of an online questionnaire available on an internet web page. The main results confirmed a dependency between online purchasing and the use of shopping agents, which are very popular in the Czech Republic. Almost two-thirds of online shoppers use CPAs when they engage in internet shopping. The final part of the paper addresses references and customers’ reviews as an important factor for the selection of online retailer.
Employee motivation, recruitment practices and banks performance in Nigeria
Authors: Adeola Mukarramah Modupe , Adebiyi Sulaimon Olanrewaju
Published: February 2020

Many organisations recognizes the use of human resource as a major influence to their success. And with today’s competitive environment, it is imperative for organisations to find ways to be more effective and efficient in utilizing their resources so as to improve their general performance. Hence, there is need to recruit and retain highly qualified and motivated employees in order to remain competitive in the unstable environment. This study evaluates the relationship between recruitment practices, employee motivation and their impact on organisational performance focusing on the Nigerian banking industry, with a view to investigating factors that motivate employees of Nigerian banks and the methods banks adopt to motivate their employees. The study also assesses recruitment and selection methods used by Nigerian banks to select effective employees. The study is a cross-sectional in time and the primary data collected from a conveniently selected sample of 60 employees each of the seven selected banks. Face-to-face survey and interview was carried out in order to achieve the research objectives and back up theoretical findings. Using correlation and thematic analysis, the results indicated that there was a strong positive relationship between employee motivation, recruitment practices and organisational performance. Findings from the analysis identified that bank employees are mostly extrinsically motivated; although intrinsic factors also motivate them, it is not as motivating as extrinsic factors. The banks also provide more of extrinsic motivators to increase the performance of their employees. The banks make use of various methods of employee selection, by dividing the methods into stages. In addition, recruiting is mostly undertaken through recruitment agencies or advert placements. The study provides future recommendations that banks in Nigeria should be firmer in their selection processes; this will allow them to identify unsuitable applicants and make room for effective employees who will improve the efficiency of the bank and be motivated. At the same time, this research also suggests that the bank should provide more accessible motivational incentives for its employees in order to boost their performance because unmotivated employees are of no use to any organisation.
EFFECT OF GLOBALIZATION ON SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMES) PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA
Authors: OLADIMEJI Moruff Sanjo , EBODAGHE Augusta Thereza , SHOBAYO Peter Babatunde
Published: February 2020

This paper studies the effect of globalization on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) performance in Nigeria. The study adopts an ex post-facto type of descriptive research design. In carrying out this study, the secondary statistics data was used. Data was extracted from CBN bulletin on relevant information which depicts globalization and its effect on SMEs performance in Nigeria.A co-integration model was used to investigate the effect of globalization on SMEs performance in Nigeria. To capture the activities of globalization, three proxies were used to capture the activities of globalization; they include interest rate, bank credit and trade openness while on the other hand, output of SMEs to GDP was used to capture SMEs performance covering the period of 1992 to 2014. It was observed that interest rate, bank credit and trade openness do not improve the performance of SMEs output. The overall effect as shown by the F-statistics reveals that the variables considered in this study are not significant in explaining the level of improvement in SMEs output and performance in Nigeria.
PERSONAL BANKRUPTCIES FROM MACROECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
Authors: KUBÁLEK Jan , ČÁMSKÁ Dagmar , STROUHAL Jiří
Published: February 2020

Personal bankruptcies are traditionally discussed from legal, microeconomic or social point of view. This paper focuses on the development of personal bankruptcies in the Czech Republic during the time period 2008-2016 and aims to connect performance of economy and the development of personal bankruptcies. As statistical tools there are used descriptive statistics and regression and correlation analysis. For the economy performance are used the measures of GDP, unemployment rate, household indebtedness and share of debts in default. Based on the results of the analysis there shall be said that lower economic performance influences increasing number of personal bankruptcies. This conclusion has significant consequences for the government and its politics, banks and other financial institutions.
Competencias, empleabilidad y polivalencia ¿prepara hoy nuestra universidad?
Authors: Aparicio de Santander Miriam
Published: February 2020

Los avances tecnológicos, la flexibilización y polivalencia de las ocupaciones y la globalización de los mercados implican la puesta en juego de competencias diversas que son condición de empleabilidad. El tema, vinculado a educación y trabajo, es relevante desde el punto de vista de la productividad y de la equidad. Urge, por parte de los sistemas educativos, consolidar su formación conforme a las necesidades en un mundo que maximiza la calidad, transferibilidad e innovación. En ese marco, problematizar la noción de competencia tal como es usada científicamente hoy y preguntarnos acerca de las competencias reales que genera nuestro sistema universitario y el rol que asume la empresa es una prioridad. Tal es el objetivo de esta investigación, cuyo eje pasa por la relación entre educación superior y empleo, analizada a la luz de un modelo holístico sui generis (151 variables). La muestra estuvo constituida por graduados de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina (1980-1993) en dieciocho carreras. La estrategia de análisis macro-micro-macro y el abordaje desde los procesos y productos permiten avanzar un diagnóstico de situación en materia de competencias y efectos más notables en el doble plano educacional y productivo.
Procesos de socialización mediante el lenguaje y para el uso del lenguaje
Authors: Balzano Silvia
Published: February 2020

En los trabajos etnográficos tradicionales, referidos a la transmisión de las pautas culturales de una generación a otra, pocas veces se ha prestado atención al lenguaje como vehículo de esta transmisión. En las últimas décadas ha habido un importantísimo aporte al tema de la socialización desde el campo de la lingüística. Diferentes autores han señalado en dicho proceso una doble dimensión: la socialización para el uso del lenguaje y la socialización por medio del lenguaje.

El presente artículo presenta cómo los niños van adquiriendo las habilidades necesarias para transformarse en miembros competentes de su grupo social por medio del lenguaje y su adecuado uso en el contexto de la interacción con otros miembros que ya han adquirido dichas destrezas. Más específicamente se presentan dos ejemplos en donde se advierte cómo el proceso de socialización —en su doble dimensión— es puesto en práctica mediante el concepto de educación dentro del contexto de interacción de una familia de origen mexicano, residente en los Estados Unidos. En este proceso de socialización lingüística los niños no sólo aprenden fórmulas de cortesía, sino también adquieren un conocimiento empírico de los valores que sustenta el grupo.
Las universidades empresariales
Authors: Castillo Osuna Ismael
Published: February 2020

Obra reseñada:

Meister, Jeanne C. (2000). Universidades empresariales. México: McGraw-Hill Interamericana.
Neuroticismo, intropunición y entorno sociocultural: un aporte metodológico en el marco de la teoría de Eysenck
Authors: Aparicio de Santander Miriam
Published: February 2020

El artículo da cuenta de un estudio realizado en la ciudad de Mendoza, Argentina, con 126 sujetos normales, estudiantes de nivel medio y 130 pacientes neuróticos que asistían a consultorio externo en hospitales neuropsiquiátricos, a quienes se le aplicaron varios instrumentos tendientes a evaluar la dimensión neurotismo-somatización y otras variables de base y socioculturales. En el marco de la teoría de Eysenck se da especial consideración al Cuestionario de Síntomas Psicosomáticos (adaptación Phitod-Santander) cuya validación y confiabilidad el estudio trata de establecer.
Modelo bilingüe-cultural: estudio exploratorio de un curso de lengua de señas argentina
Authors: Moroni Edith , Curtino Beatriz
Published: February 2020

El curso de Lengua de Señas Argentina (LSA), que viene siendo dictado en la Universidad Nacional de Misiones (UNAM), ha posibilitado la divulgación de los fundamentos del nuevo paradigma para la educación del sordo: modelo bilingüe-bicultural. Según manifestaciones de los alumnos, todos oyentes, dicho curso ha permitido mejorar notablemente la comunicación con los sordos, a la vez que permitió una mayor comprensión de su problemática y una visión diferente de su mundo. El presente artículo enfatiza la importancia de una efectiva comunicación con la persona sorda mediante su lengua natural, para el logro de su verdadera inserción en la sociedad.
Hábitos de estudio y factores relacionados en alumnos de la Universidad de Montemorelos
Authors: Grajales Guerra Tevni
Published: February 2020

El logro de los objetivos de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje está determinado por diversos factores entre los cuales se destacan los hábitos de estudio del alumno. Este trabajo se enmarca en la línea de investigación que John Slate y Craig H. Jones han desarrollado desde finales de los años 80. Se observan 62 conductas académicas y la forma como éstas se relacionan con el género, el nivel académico, el tiempo que se dedica al estudio fuera de clase y al trabajo no académico, el concepto de inteligencia y el locus de control que tienen los estudiantes (N = 1108) de la Universidad de Montemorelos en Noviembre del 2001.

Se observó que las conductas relacionadas con tomar notas en clase y las estrategias utilizadas al momento de estudiar son las que más se practican, mientras que se notó deficiencia en los hábitos de lectura, la capacidad de concentración y la forma de organizarse para estudiar. En la medida en que el alumno asume la responsabilidad por los resultados tiende a manifestar mejores hábitos de estudio y el tiempo que dedica al trabajo no académico ejerce un mayor impacto que el número de créditos matriculados en el tiempo que dedica a estudiar fuera de clase.
Indicadores institucionales de logro académico: un estudio exploratorio en noveno año de educación general básica en Mar del Plata
Authors: González Gloria , Massone Alicia
Published: February 2020

Esta investigación se propuso conocer la relación entre el logro académico en las áreas Matemática y Lengua de los alumnos al terminar el tercer ciclo de la educación general básica (EGB) y algunos aspectos propios de la institución educativa: tipo de gestión, infraestructura, disponibilidad de equipamiento y recursos humanos. Se trabajó sobre una muestra de tipo accidental constituida por dos escuelas privadas y cinco públicas de la ciudad de Mar del Plata, Argentina, que suman en su totalidad 301 alumnos de noveno año de EGB.

A efectos de abordar las instituciones desde las dimensiones de análisis que aparecen destacadas en las investigaciones dedicadas al estudio de la calidad de la prestación educativa, se administró a los directivos de cada institución escolar una encuesta semiestructurada. Para evaluar el desempeño académico se administraron a los alumnos del noveno año de la EGB pruebas de logro en Matemática y Lengua, diseñadas por la Dirección de Planeamiento de la Dirección General de Escuelas, Provincia de Buenos Aires, y dirigidas a la evaluación de la calidad educativa.
Filosofía de una teoría curricular
Authors: Aranda Fraga Fernando
Published: February 2020

Obra reseñada:

Daros, William R. (2001). Filosofía de una teoría curricular. Rosario: Centro Educativo Latinoamericano.
Factores relacionados con el grado de virtud en adolescentes de Medellín, Colombia
Authors: Valderrama Rincón Alberto
Published: February 2020

El estudio pretendió determinar en qué medida el clima percibido en el hogar, la escuela y la iglesia, la estructura familiar, el contexto socioeconómico, la religiosidad y el género, en presencia del esfuerzo que hace el alumno para representarse bien socialmente, son factores que, en su conjunto o en parte, se relacionan con el grado de virtud que sostuvieron haber alcanzado los estudiantes de educación media (n = 1090) de la ciudad de Medellín, Colombia, en el año 2002.

Se utilizaron el Cuestionario de Valoración de la Virtud de Loehrer para medir el grado de virtud y de deseabilidad social y el Cuestionario de Concepto del Estudiante para medir la percepción que el estudiante tiene del clima del hogar, la escuela y la iglesia. El grado de deseabilidad social resultó el factor más relacionado con el grado de virtud que dicen tener los estudiantes, seguido del clima percibido en el hogar, la iglesia y la escuela, y la religiosidad.
Los sistemas algebraicos computarizados en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de las matemáticas: consideraciones filosóficas
Authors: Rodríguez Gómez Jaime
Published: February 2020

El autor presenta primeramente las tendencias actuales de diversas filosofías de la educación, las cuales son criticadas por su carácter reduccionista. El presente trabajo se basa en una revisión bibliográfica de investigaciones recientes sobre la introducción de sistemas algebraicos computarizados (CAS: Computer Algebra System) en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de las matemáticas. Los objetivos principales del artículo son identificar los fundamentos filosóficos que sustentan los estudios revisados, hacer un análisis y elaborar un marco filosófico personal sobre el tema.
Subempleo, inconsistencia de estatus y efectos psicosociales disgregadores: un estudio longitudinal en graduados argentinos
Authors: Aparicio de Santander Miriam
Published: February 2020

El estudio es parte de una investigación en la que se abordaron las interrelaciones entre los subsistemas de personalidad y socio-cultural, partiendo de una hipótesis general de semi-dependencia y en un intento de develar “patterns” de respuestas psicológicas en su relación con condicionantes contextualestructurales y, particularmente, con el fenómeno conocido como "inconsistencia de estatus", que hoy afrontan muchos graduados, de acuerdo con la teoría de las tensiones estructurales. El análisis, efectuado desde un modelo multidimensional sui generis, se realizó sobre los resultados obtenidos de una muestra de graduados de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, quienes constituyen una franja privilegiada del subempleo estructural. Por haber alcanzado el nivel educativo superior, era esperable encontrar en ellos un marcado desequilibrio o inconsistencia de estatus y, consecuentemente, efectos psicosociales disgregadores.

Los resultados confirman lo sustentado en la escasa literatura internacional. Surgen dos “patterns” diferentes de respuesta psicosocial conforme con el perfil de inconsistencia de estatus. La combinación de estatus adscripto alto con estatus adquirido bajo (ocupacional) deriva en respuestas intropunitivas (somatización, autoculpa, estrés); el “pattern” inverso —estatus adscripto bajo/adquirido alto (línea educacional)— conlleva, en cambio, extropunición (inconformismo, rebeldía). Ambas respuestas psicosociales en universitarios son riesgosas en Argentina, en donde la matrícula universitaria es alta y, aun teniendo estatus de origen medio-bajo, se llega a la Universidad sin poder luego insertarse satisfactoriamente en el mundo laboral, dadas las transformaciones estructurales.
La traición fatal: la cultura contra la educación
Authors: Kerbs Raúl
Published: February 2020

Se trata de mostrar cómo algunos fenómenos destacados de la cultura actual (la ruptura de los vínculos con las tradiciones, la relación con la realidad mediante imágenes, el desbordamiento del caudal de información indiscriminadamente distribuida, la teoría de la mente como procesamiento de información, la exaltación de la economía y de la tecnología, y el declive de la responsabilidad a favor del infantilismo creciente) constituyen una configuración cultural que es fatalmente peligrosa para la existencia de algunos elementos esenciales para la educación, como las fuentes de valores y de orientación sobre el futuro, los criterios para distinguir la realidad de los simulacros, los marcos para evaluar, discriminar, y seleccionar la información que llega a los sujetos, el reconocimiento de la superioridad del hombre respecto de las máquinas, la subordinación de la tecnología y la economía a la moral y la existencia de una meta a alcanzar en la vida por medio de la formación de la responsabilidad personal y de la disciplina del deber.
Potential of Cooperation of the EAEU Countries in the Perspective of Digitalization of the Agri-Food Sector
Authors: Kheyfets Boris A. , Chernova Veronika Yu.
Published: February 2020

The paper assesses the potential of cooperation between Russia and the countries participating in the EAEU in the agri-food sector. It is revealed that the share of agricultural organizations and food industry enterprises participating in joint projects to carry out research and development is much lower than in other industries. The weak interest of Russian enterprises in innovation activity has been noted. At the same time, in the agri-food sector, certain changes have emerged in the area of intensification of innovation activity. To this end, the study assessed the potential for cooperation in innovation in the agri-food sector. The reasons for the low rate of the digital transformation of the agri-food sector and the factors involved in these processes have been analyzed.
Platform dan Pemodelan Kerjasama Multi Agen untuk Layanan Pengiriman Barang
Authors: Osmond Andrew Brian , Suhono Harso Supangkat
Published: February 2020

sistem multi agen sampai saat ini masih banyak diterapkan untuk mensimulasikan berbagai permasalahan di bidang transportasi dan logistik. Teknologi rantai blok juga saat ini mulai banyak diterapkan di berbagai penelitian, walau masih sedikit penerapannya dalam bidang transportasi dan logistik. Di dalam paper ini akan direview paper - paper terkait sistem multi agen dan blockchain untuk bidang transportasi dan logistik. Review ini menggunakan metode Systematic Literature Review (SLR) dengan mendefinisikan pertanyaan penelitian. Setelah mereview 20 paper, maka didapat bahwa pendekatan dalam bidang transportasi dan logistik dengan sistem multi agen sebagian besar digunakan untuk menyelesaikan permasalahan penentuan rute kendaraan dengan memanfaatkan perilaku agen seperti komunikasi, koordinasi, kerjasama, dan perencanaan. Semntara itu, teknologi rantai blok masih sedikit diterapkan dalam bidang transportasi dan logistik. Teknologi rantai blok pada paper yang direview diterapkan dalam komunikasi kendaraan. Kontribusi yang diharapkan dalam paper ini yakni memberikan overview secara umum bagi para peneliti yang ingin melakukan penelitian dalam bidang logistik, khususnya menggunakan pendekatan sistem multi agen dan teknologi rantai blok.
The Performance of Fuzzy Logic How to Fixed The Risk Level of Bug System as Hard-working Quality Software
Authors: Pamuji Agus
Published: February 2020

The quality of software production is considered important when testing which is involves several IT Staff such as IT development, operation, end-user. One of the issue was having today is a bug processing where it almost all platforms too difficult to avoid from the bugs and even might be full of the risks. In the main of Our focus is on how to measure and attempt to reduce the number were indicated as bugs from low up to critical levels. Furthermore, we were propose with a method already known as a fuzzy logic approach to measure the severity of the presence of bugs during the testing process. there are 20 thousand even more bugs have been reported and be supposed removed with the fuzzy logic approach with various levels. As The end result is that we have found a gradual 20% reduction in various criteria in the testing process as experimentally. Therefore, fuzzy logic is considered as  effective enough to be able to improve existing methods and support to reduce bugs significantly.
Analisis Big Data untuk Kota Aman
Authors: Setiyono
Published: February 2020

Abstract—Smart solutions are needed by the city government to overcome various city problems. One solution is smart city. To realize smart city, one of the main challenges is the solution to overcome the city's security problems. Currently cities in Indonesia do not yet know the level of security of their cities. The level of city security can be obtained by surveying various cities. But surveys require personnel, time and cost that is not small. In this study the authors propose a method by designing a model to determine the level of security of cities in Indonesia by utilizing big data through the prediction of sentiment analysis of people's perceptions of city security on Twitter. This research was conducted in 25 cities in Indonesia which are divided into 8 big cities, 9 medium cities and 8 small cities. The results of the prediction models designed in this study are generally not much different from the results of the 2019 RKCI (Indonesia Smart Cities Rating) survey in the field of security and disaster. The results of this study found that 4 cities with a maturity level of security are at the Integrative level (score 60 to 79 in GSCM Maturity Level), namely Tangerang, Kediri, Parepare and Probolinggo, while the other 21 cities are at the Scattered level (score 40 to 59). The average score for the big city category is 55.41, while the middle city score is 55.48 and the small city is 53.70. The results of performance measurement of this prediction model are for an accuracy value of 80.10% while a precision value of 81.10% and a recall value of 82.62%.
Rancangan Layanan Informasi Anggota DPRD Kabupaten Brebes Berbasis Web Service dengan SOAML
Authors: Setiawan Iwan
Published: February 2020

Interoperabilitas adalah kemampuan yang harus dimiliki oleh sistem agar mudah diintegrasikan dengan sistem lain. Integerasi informasi menjadi suatu kebutuhan bagi pemerintah dalam mewujudkan layanan terpadu kepada masyarakat. Layanan Informasi Anggota DPRD adalah salah satu layanan yang disediakan oleh DPRD Kabupaten Brebes untuk memudahkan akses informasi bagi pengguna, baik OPD maupun instansi lain. Penelitian ini menjabarkan desain layanan informasi anggota DPRD Kabupaten Brebes yang merupakan bagian dari sistem informasi DPRD dengan teknologi web service untuk menghubungkan pengguna dan penyedia informasi dalam pengambilan informasi yang dibutuhkan oleh pengguna.
A Survey on Product of Smart Service System
Authors: Azmy Moh. Roufiq
Published: February 2020

Smart service is a new value that results from a collaboration between service providers and service users. Company as a service provider transformed not only provide a physical product, but also provide services. We conducted this research to integrate knowledge between smart products and smart service systems. The conceptualization of smart products is done by conducting a literature study of previous research. It is used to obtain the characteristics of smart products on smart service systems. This research also presents various topics and research focus in the context of products on smart service systems by including several smart service system implementations and illustration of smart product.
Pengaruh Penggunaan Telepon Seluler Terhadap Hasil Balajar Mahasiswa pada Program Studi S1 Pendidikan Ekonomi Angakatan 2015 Fakultas Ekonomi Universitas Negeri Gorontalo
Authors: Ilato Maryam , Arham Muhammad Amir , Payu Boby R.
Published: February 2020

This research aims at investigating in what extent the influence of mobile phone utilization towords students learningachievement in bachelor study Program of Economics, Batchof 2015, Faculty of Economics, State University of Gorontalo.It applies quantitative method. Techniques of date collectionare observation, questionnaire, and documentation and Technique of date analysis is simple linear regression. Samples are 42 students. Finding reveals that mobile phone positively influences learning achievement students of Dapartement of Economics, State of University of Gorontalo. Thehigher the frequency of students in using mobile phone inlearning process leads to tower their learning achievement.
Pengaruh Penggunaan Modul Pembelajaran Terhadap Hasil Belajar Siswa Pada Mata Pelajaran Ekonomi di Kelas XI SMA Negeri I Suwawa Kabupaten Bone Bolango
Authors: Mooduto Rustam , Ilato Rosman , Akib Fitri Hadi Yulia
Published: February 2020

This research aims at investigating in what extent the influenceof module learning utilization to word students learningachievement in economics subject at grade XI in SMANegeri 1 Suwawa, District of Bone Bolongo. Data have beencollected by distributing questionnaire to students of SMANegeri 1 Suwawa,District of Bone Bolongo therefore the dataare categorized as primary data.. Technique of data analysisis simple linear regression.Finding reveals that there is significant influence of learningmodule utilization toword students learning achievementin SMA Negeri 1 Sumawa, District of Bone Bolango. It canbe seen by determination coefficient is 0,211, the value indicatesthat for 21,1% of students learning achievement inSMA Negeri 1 Sumawa,District of Bone Bolango can be explainedby learning Module utilization while the rest 78,9%can be explained by other variables that are not observed inthis research.
Gorontalo Province Tourism: Leading Sector In The Middle Of Weakness And Challenge
Authors: Mopangga Herwin , Puhi Fitriaty
Published: February 2020

Tourism shows a significant contribution to foreign exchange and regional income in Indonesia. Defined as a priority and leading sector in the RPJMD, tourism development in the Regencies and the Province of Gorontalo must measure the results, benefits and impacts for all stakeholders. Contribution to regional income (PAD) and the composition of internal and external factors in each of the leading destinations is needed for the purpose of determining the strategy and policy of sustainable tourism development. The study concluded that tourism sector was relatively small in its contribution to each PAD total by Regencies in Gorontalo Province. The low of PADsp is relevant to the low occupancy rate (TPK) of the hotel and the length of stay (LoS). The lack of retribution income from recreation and sports spot is relevant to the lack of activities to support the attractiveness such as art and cultural attractions and local products that can be souvenirs for tourists. Infrastructure facilities at leading tourism objects are relatively incomplete or do not meet tourism standards. The low of PAD, TPK LoS can also explain that the increase in tourists to Gorontalo is only a transit to the other tourist objects outside of Gorontalo Province.Keywords: Tourism, Leading Sector, Gorontalo, Income, Swot Analysis
The Security Dilemma of Iraq and Syria and Regional Politics
Authors: Muhammad Sabir
Published: February 2020

Middle Eastern dilemma is the corollary of the power vacuum after the Iraq invasion. ‘Replacement of authority’ does not necessarily conform to the objective of democracy and hope. Invade, overthrow, install and roll-back, a Machiavellian scheme, does not serve the goals of democracy. A major power in a hurry disturbs equilibrium. Replacing one autocrat with another will not do any good for the society at hand and the region into consideration. All the regional actors would try to adjust to the changes in equilibrium. As a result, organizations like ISIS exploit the slip-ups of provisional governments and get the backing of other actors, whose interests are at stake. The regional actors, operating in the environment of security dilemma join the conflict to extract as much as possible to keep regional balance in order. History replicates this phenomenon time and again. Middle East (Iraq and Syria) is the contemporary example of this phenomenon. This paper will try to understand the ongoing conflict in the Middle East from the perspective of regional politics operating under the environment of security dilemma, and major powers’ politics operating under the basic logic that regional influence enhance the capabilities of major powers that contribute to state’s hierarchical position internationally, which therefore, makes it difficult to create common grounds for peace process.
(Book Review) Iran and Nuclear Weapons: Protracted Conflict and Proliferation by Saira Khan
Authors: Jafri Masooma
Published: February 2020

Saira Khan in her book ‘Iran and Nuclear weapons: Protracted Conflict and proliferation’, has discussed a number of key issues related to the Iranian nuclear program, and made an attempt to make explicit the factors that persuade a state to seek nuclear weapons. Khan addresses the following questions in here book: why a state enduring economic pressure and international condemnation still looks forward to developing its nuclear capabilities? What are the drivers of the Iranian nuclear keenness to acquire the status of a nuclear power? What is the relation between protracted conflicts and the risks of proliferation of nuclear weapons considering the Iranian case in Middle East?
An Analysis of UN Peacekeeping as Pakistan’s Soft Power Asset
Authors: Farwa Ume , Ali Garewal Ghazanfar
Published: February 2020

The power of attraction and admiration is soft power. Generally, it is perceived that hard power cannot generate soft power, but the protective role of military in humanitarian crises and conflicts negates this prevailing misperception by specifying their contexts and effective utilizations; hard power assets can be transformed into soft power resources. This paper argues that the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions are the source of soft power and Pakistan, being an active participant in this field, can utilize this asset for shaping the preferences of others. Overall, it did earn admiration from international community and managed to build its soft image abroad through peacekeeping missions. Pakistani blue helmets not only earned the admiration and appreciation of the people of the conflict-zones and earned praises, but from international community also. However, to what extent has the country utilized this asset of soft power to exercise its influence in the global arena remains debatable. Although Pakistan’s UN Peacekeeping missions have been an instrument of building the country’s soft image, it is publicized in a far less productive manner. Peacekeeping can be used as a means to enhance the country’s presence and the level of participation in both international and regional organizations. By effective application of soft power strategy in tandem with public diplomacy, Pakistan’s UN peacekeeping can provide the country with the platform where its narratives can be projected effectively and its influence can be exercised adroitly.
The Securitization of Refugee Movements in Contemporary Politics
Authors: Naseem Noorulain
Published: February 2020

Securitization implies moving a situation up the security agenda of a state, so as to perceive it as a potential existential threat to national security. This article attempts to analyze the post-cold war refugee situations in context of the securitization concerns they raised for states hosting them. Here both the traditional and non-traditional contours of security are highlighted, including incidents of direct armed conflict between sending and receiving dyad, external intervention, infiltration or facilitation of trans-national movements across international borders and compromise of territorial integrity in the wake of these movements. The current narrative of persecution and accusation around refugee movements has led to unnecessary bias, directed towards those fleeing conflict zones. There is a need for a delicate balance between concerns of state and human security in the wake of these movements. This can help to understand why these seemingly humanitarian disasters have lately been identified as a securitization concern for host states in international politics. The analysis also uses social constructivism to establish the host state‟s challenges; which may account for as an incremental threat to the integrity of host state‟s ethnic, demographic and social constructs. The primary question that the paper seeks to address is to why and how these movements were able to raise security concerns, though they are usually associated with destitution and marginalization, yet lately have been associated with diffusing negative externalities of violent conflict zones across international borders.
Efficacy of Lessons Learnt and Best Practices in United Nations Training
Authors: Agha Azam
Published: February 2020

The United Nations (UN) finds itself involved in varied circumstances in present times. This necessitates increased emphasis on evolution of employment doctrine, instructions and training methodology. Drawing on lessons of history has always been considered a wise course of action while preparing for future, and in the same vein, UN Integrated Training Service (UNITS) also opted to tap into past experiences. In order to improve performance as well as to keep their contingents out of harm’s way the member states started to clamor for sharing of lessons learnt from previous missions within the community of peacekeepers, and to learn from an easily accessible repository of best practices which produced the best results. This article aims to analyze the whole process of revamping at UN headquarters level with a view to coming up with workable solutions to make it even better. It argues that pre-induction training institutions have been kept largely out of the loop, while relying entirely on post-induction training. A section on Lessons Learnt and Best Practices is also markedly absent from latest Core Pre-Induction Training Material (CPTM) / Specialized Training Material (STM) issued by UNITS. With lack of prior training and pre-occupation with their primary functions in the mission area, dedicated implementation of the policy at best becomes questionable. The article further identifies that the UNITS has mostly remained limited to available analytical reviews of its past operations which in turn have remained limited in scope to strategic level. Despite identifying this peculiarity, no attempt has been made to constitute special committees to review past mission experiences broken into individual, tactical and operational lessons and best practices. This reflects on the need to carry thorough review of the latest policy, following which the UN would be able to quickly remedy the shortfalls and thus be in a position to take on new challenges in a befitting manner. In this vein, the paper aims to establish and emphasize the potential to learn from the available best practices in terms of UN missions.
Establishment of UN Cyber Peacekeeping Force: Prospects and Challenges
Authors: Nabeel Fahad
Published: February 2020

With the emergence of cyberspace as the fifth domain of warfare, the prospects of cyber conflicts have increased significantly. Around 300 state-sponsored cyber operations have been conducted since 2005. The future uncertainty of cyber-warfare has prompted calls for necessary measures to regulate the actions of states in cyberspace. In this regard, cyber-peacekeeping has also emerged as a significant research area to distinctively deal with the cyber component of future conflicts. Although, a number of challenges exist regarding materialization of full fledge cyber-peacekeeping force, it can be easily integrated into the current United Nations (UN) peacekeeping organizational structure. In legal terms, operationalization of cyber-peacekeeping force will depend on the mandate of peace operations approved by the UN Security Council (UNSC). This paper discusses the challenges confronting the creation of a cyber- peacekeeping force and also offers recommendations by presenting a general framework regarding how such a force can be operationalized. Despite the fact that a dedicated cyber-peacekeeping force seems a far sighted idea in present times, a distinct cyber unit can certainly be formed and integrated into UN peace operations in near future.
Emerging Trends of Artificial Intelligence in South Asia and its Implications for Pakistan
Authors: Arif Shaza
Published: February 2020

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a breakthrough technology which is astonishingly impressive. Major world powers are rapidly integrating AI in their military doctrines. This trend of militarization of AI can be seen in the South Asian region as well. Following the theoretical approach of offensive realism, China and India are in full swing to revolutionize their militaries with this emerging trend in order to accumulate maximum power and to satisfy their various interests. Consequently, Indian military modernization has the potential to provoke Pakistan to take counter measures. Pakistan is already encountering a number of challenges in economic sector and will face the strenuous task of accommodating a handsome financial share for the development of its AI capabilities. South Asia is a very turbulent region characterized by arch rivals who are also nuclear powers and have repeatedly indulged in various crises over the years. Introduction of AI in South Asia will have significant repercussions as it will trigger an arms race and at the same time disturb the strategic balance in the region.
Book Review: UN Peacekeeping Operations in Somalia, 1992-1995: The Pakistani Perspective by Tughral Yamin
Authors: Hanif Siddiqui Farhan
Published: February 2020

Book Review: UN Peacekeeping Operations in Somalia, 1992-1995: The Pakistani Perspective by Tughral Yamin

NUST Journal of International Peace & Stability 2019, Vol. II (2)

Author : Farhan Hanif Siddiqui
Red Birds by Muhammad Hanif
Authors: Durrani Azka
Published: February 2020

Red Birds by Muhammad Hanif

Author : Azka Durran
United Nations, Peacekeeping Operations, and Peacebuilding Framework: A Critical Analysis of ‘Security- Development’ Nexus
Authors: Nagai Yosuke
Published: February 2020

The security-development nexus has become one of the most important agendas especially in the field of peacebuilding in response to urgent needs in complex humanitarian assistance in war-torn areas. With the changing dynamics of conflict since the end of the Cold War, recent peacebuilding efforts have employed a combination of security and development paradigm to ameliorate severe human rights situations in different contexts. In particular, the functionality of security-development nexus has been well observed in post-conflict scenarios where broader state-building, institutional, security, and governance-related reforms were implemented to ensure sustainable peace processes. In addition, it has been criticized in terms of the imposed liberal values. This article critically analyzes the security-development nexus and attempts to examine how and why the nexus has become essential to the post-Cold War peacebuilding framework. It further elucidates the role of the United Nations (UN) as the leading actor in peacebuilding operations, especially in the form of UN Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) which have played a significant role in establishing and consolidating peace in various conflict-ridden societies.
Beyond Proscription: Rethinking Government Response to ‘Yan Shilla’ Gang Violence in Yola Metropolis of Adamawa State, Nigeria
Authors: Babajide Owonikoko Shaheed , A. Momodu Jude.
Published: February 2020

Adamawa State in North-Eastern Nigeria has been battling with the Boko Haram crisis for over a decade. While the group is yet to be significantly decimated, a new gang known as Yan Shilla has emerged and continues to wreak serious havoc among the inhabitants of the state. Within a month of the emergence of a new political administration in the state in May 2019, the group was banned. This paper critically examines the implications of the proscription of the group, and general peace and security of the state. Using the theory of securitization, the paper argues that, although proscription of the group has heralded attention of security agents to the threat of the group, it does not constitute sustainable management of gang violence in the state. The root of the crises such as widespread poverty, decadence in education, and increase in school drop-out rates have fuelled the emergence of the criminal gangs in the state. Consequently, the paper recommends that the Nigerian government and the state in question should consider addressing the root causes of its myriad of security challenges by addressing widespread poverty, education, and unemployment among the youths. Similarly, the government should prioritize education through funding and also criminalize political patronage of these gangs by the politicians. Finally, it is also recommended that good governance should be entrenched in the political administration of the state.