bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Evaluating Mergers as a Tool to Strengthen and Modernize the Palestinian Banking System
Authors: Awad Azmi Wasfi , Awwad Bahaa Subhi , Sharabati Abdel-Aziz Ahmad
Published: August 2020

The study aims at evaluating the banking mergers as a tool to strengthen and modernize the Palestinian banking system by focusing on the national banks listed on the Palestine Stock Exchange using the descriptive-analytical approach as well as the inductive and deductive approaches. The study concludes that the circulars issued by the Palestine Monetary Authority mainly those which relate to the raising of the minimum capital of local banks, have a positive role, and were the main motivation towards these mergers. The mergers that took place in the Palestinian banking sector have resulted in a significant improvement in data and financial indicators as well as the competitiveness of domestic merged banks and reflected positively on the national economy. The study recommends the need to redouble the efforts of the Palestine Monetary Authority by using literary persuasion at certain times, and through the development of laws and regulations that encourage and stimulate mergers to create stronger banking entities that are capable of facing the challenges of competition and financial crises, and other banking risks, at other times. Moreover, national banks and large-scale expatriates must play a more active role in the process of economic development and work to maximize their economic role and expand the value of productive projects that require large funding through granting syndicated loans and establishing joint ventures.
Identifying Factors That Influence the Use of E-Wallets and Its Continuance
Authors: Al Kubaisi Muwafaq , Naser Nedaa Ali Ahmed
Published: August 2020

The e-wallet is one of the successful innovative services that was launched in 2017. A quantitative survey approach based on a five-point Likert scale was used in this study. The sampling tool relies on the snowball and convenience sampling technique. The sample consisted of 660 users in Bahrain. This study found that the four predictor variables are statistically significant and supportive. The compatibility variable is the leading factor in the analysis. However, the study's results indicated that the moderating variables were also found to be statistically insignificant. The research findings contribute to the service providers and marketers with a clear understanding of the factors that affect the use of e-wallets and continuance use. Also, there was an addition to the theoretical implications indicated by the significant direct relationship between continuance use and compatibility.
Industry 4.0-Based Large-Scale Symbiotic Systems for Sustainable Food Security in Namibia
Authors: Musti K. S. Sastry
Published: August 2020

Climatic changes can cause severe food and water shortages, and desert nations such as Namibia can be challenged more than other countries for obvious reasons. Dependency on imports for food and electricity in Namibia is continuous in recent times. However, Industry 4.0-based large-scale symbiotic systems can potentially help in achieving a sustainable food security regime, as they operate under controlled conditions. Namibia is blessed with abundant sunshine and land availability, and hence, ample opportunities do exist for producing solar energy, which is used to meet the energy requirements of symbiotic systems. This chapter examines typical local operating conditions and then makes a strong case for fully automated symbiotic systems that use low-cost desalination and renewable energies.
The Business Process Management Systems to Support Continuous Improvements
Authors: Renna Paolo , Izzo Carmen , Romaniello Tiziana
Published: August 2020

In recent years, most universities are facing with the problem of quality management in higher-education systems and institutions. The Countries that have signed the Bologna Declaration are enforced to implement an internal system for quality assurance. One of the key element of a quality management system is the process modelling with delineation of responsibility, authority, procedures and plans. This chapter describes the use of the Business Process Management to support the higher Education Management System at University of Basilicata. The case study developed concerns the following steps: visualizing, measuring, analysing by a simulation environment, and improving the management system. The original contribution of the research concerns the development of a simulation environment using BIZAGI modeller based on BPMN notation in order to analyse and improve the performance of the case study investigated. Moreover, the use of a software based on BPMN can improve quality (error rate reduction), efficiency (saving of time) and agility (implementation of processes of changes).
Challenges of Public Policies for an Inclusive Higher Education
Authors: Muñoz Diana Patricia Skewes , Patiño Jesús Gerardo Alfaro
Published: August 2020

This research note focuses on the major challenges of public policies emphasizing the implications guarantee quality education for all in order to contribute to achieving a socially inclusive future in a metropolis like Mexico City. The importance of inclusive education is directly linked to social, economic and sustainable development of the country, therefore, a quality education that includes everyone equally, calls for an analysis of the school and the social environment, our multiculturalism and active acceptance of that which is different from the norm and the relationship between it establishes for the formation of the common good. Therefore, we consider it necessary to address a comprehensive policy for education to eliminate exclusion factors such as: accessibility, infrastructure, equal treatment, access opportunities, gender and economic deciles access.
Towards Child-Centred Sustainable Development Goals
Authors: Nhapi Tatenda Goodman , Mathende Takudzwa Leonard
Published: August 2020

This chapter is mainly based on a historiography approach and explores enhanced child protection and safeguarding mainstreaming in Zimbabwe within the milieu of sustainable development goals (SDGs). The 17 SDGs set the tone for further global development outcomes taking off from the millennium development goals. The chapter unpacks how SDGs can complement Zimbabwe's readily comprehensive legal and child protection policy framework to enrich child protection. The chapter offers recommendations on possible approaches to dovetail SDG targets with enhanced child protection and development in Zimbabwe.
King Abdulaziz University Path to the Excellence
Authors: Mashat Abdulfattah S. , Fardoun Habib M.
Published: August 2020

Almost all international universities focus their efforts to appear in the best positions within the different lists of Universities Academic Rankings, to be part of the World Class Universities. But universities must show, that their objective is not the ranking, but the excellence in providing students a quality education. Thus education process differs according to each region, and environment and there is a set of different factors to be considered to achieve the desired results from the institutions objectives and strategies. For that the how to select and prepare universities to fulfill these factors must converge with which is needed and necessary for the environment of the institution, being the most critical and important issue. This research work shows how KAU adapted a strategic plan, to obtain these certifications, which led it to be in the top between its academic peers in its region as in the world.
A Structural Evaluation of University Brand Equity Dimensions: Evidence from Private Indian University
Authors: Kaushal Vikrant , Ali Nurmahmud
Published: August 2020

The purpose of this article is to employ brand equity concepts to higher education. In doing so, the effects of certain dimensions, namely: university image, perceived quality, perceived value, and student satisfaction, on student loyalty are examined. A survey of 438 students enrolled in various programs was conducted on a large private university in north Indian state of Punjab. To arrive at an acceptable model, structural equation modelling was used and various hypotheses were tested. In the sampled data it was found that unlike theoretical indications, perceived quality was not found to be influencing student loyalty, moreover satisfaction only showed diminutive impact. However, perceived value emerged as the most important dimension in affecting students' loyalty behaviour. The study also highlights vital implications, limitations and scope of further studies.
Risk Based Thinking and Contingency Modeling in Leadership and Administration for Quality Management in Higher Education
Authors: Jasmine K.S.
Published: August 2020

Risk based thinking is the core aspect to avoid or reduce the undesired effects and promote continual improvement for any organization, especially in the field of higher education. Preventive action becomes an automatic process when a management system is risk-based. The contingency approach to management will make fruitful results once it is considered as more explicit and builds it into strategic plan of the management system with upfront planning with the help of business models. In the strategic plan of any organization, leadership and administration plays an important role. By identifying the context related risks, leaders can analyze the opportunities in terms of impact and feasibility and plan towards prioritizing the risks to act on. In this direction, the need for a business model which focuses on efficient process-based approach towards risk prioritization, thereby prevention and avoidance is proposed, which demonstrates management their leadership, and commitment to the quality management of higher education.
Business Intelligence in Secondary Education
Authors: Spruit Marco , Adriana Tiffany
Published: August 2020

This research assesses the education quality factors in secondary schools using a business intelligence approach. We operationalize each layer of the business intelligence framework to identify the stakeholders and components relevant to education quality. The resulting Education Quality Indicator (EQI) framework consists of seven Critical Success Factors (CSFs) and is measured through twenty-eight Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The EQI framework was evaluated through expert interviews and a survey, and uncovers that the most important factor in assuring education quality is a teacher's ability to communicate with students. Furthermore, a feasibility analysis was conducted in a Dutch student monitoring information system. The results pave the way towards attainable and data-driven innovation in secondary education towards personalized student and teacher performance management using business intelligence technologies, which may ultimately integrate a wide variety of data sources from environmental sensors to wearables to optimally understand each individual student and teacher.
A Comparative Study on the Curriculum in the Community-Based Chinese Heritage Language (CHL) Schools and Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Program
Authors: Yuan Shizhan
Published: August 2020

This chapter compares and contrasts the curriculum, pedagogy, instructional materials, and extracurricular activities in a community-based CHL school and a Chinese-English DLI program in a southeast state of the US to discern how each is promoting Chinese immigrant children's heritage language and cultural learning. The author also explored how each school was supported by the local community. The result of this study indicates that the curriculum of the community-based CHL school was more focusing on teaching heritage culture as well as the reading and writing of Chinese words. In the Chinese-English DLI program, its cultural study curriculum in the social studies classes was more focused on the US citizenship education. However, in the social studies classes, teachers in the DLI program were able to integrate more Chinese literacy learning activities into the subject content instruction.
Higher Education at a Crossroads
Authors: Lemoine Pamela A. , Hackett Thomas , Richardson Michael D.
Published: August 2020

The leadership needs to develop new organizational structures and systems that will promote and encourage quality learning and the ability to assess the impact of the teaching. Governments across the world have steadily minimized their support for public higher education, and costs associated with gaining a degree have increased constantly over the last decade. Most universities are forced to adopt a restructuring model for commoditizing education to make a profit from large numbers of students. The road ahead for higher education is filled with challenges, risks and uncertainties that begin with education being valued as more than a simple commodity: education becomes a public good. Higher education is increasingly viewed as a major instrument of economic development. In order to hold universities accountable despite limited governmental budgets, many nations have adopted performance-based university research funding strategies for targeted programs.
Cost of Poor Quality Management on Organizational Performance in Educational Settings
Authors: Khumalo Shuti Steph
Published: August 2020

The purpose of this case study was to explore teacher absenteeism in both primary and secondary schools administered by the Department of Basic Education (DoBE) in South Africa. Further, the chapter focuses on how this phenomenon of teacher absenteeism is managed in schools and by the departmental authorities and its implications on the organization. This chapter proposes a number of quality improvement strategies that can be employed to mediate teacher absenteeism and enhance quality management of the problem.
Investigating the Role of Data-Driven Decision-Making Within School Improvement Processes
Authors: Fernandes Venesser
Published: August 2020

This chapter provides a detailed literature review exploring the importance of data-driven decision-making processes in current Australian school improvement processes within a context of evidence-based organizational change and development. An investigation into the concept of decision-making and its effect on organizational culture is conducted as change and development are considered to be the new constants in the current discourse around continuous school improvement in schools. In a close examination of literature, this chapter investigates how key factors such as collaboration, communication, and organizational trust are achieved through data-driven decision-making within continuous school improvement processes. The critical role of leadership in sustaining data cultures is also examined for its direct impact on continuous school improvement processes based on evidence-based organizational change and development practices. Future implications of data-driven decision-making to sustain continuous school improvement and accountability processes in Australian schools are discussed.
Is the Character of Institutional Leadership Central to the Quality of Higher Education (HE) Management?
Authors: Ololube Nwachukwu Prince
Published: August 2020

This study employed a descriptive, empirical and suggestive approach. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the character of institutional leadership is central to the management of higher education (HE). First, the study x-rayed the role of character in institutional leadership and management of HE. Second, it highlights the character of institutional leadership in combination with values, morals, principles and ethics in the management of HE, and third, the implication of the character of institutional leadership on the quality of HE. To address the descriptive part of this study, this article reviewed literature on the relationship between the character of institutional leadership with particular focus on values, morals, principles and ethics, and the quality of HE management. The empirical part of this article included the collection of data from 250 respondents through a structured questionnaire, and data were analyzed using the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) version 21. While the suggestive part portrayed the study's findings, which redolent that the neglect of the role of character in institutional leadership as being central to HE management might possibly explain the dysfunctional and poor quality state of HE particularly in Nigeria and perhaps many sub-Saharan Africa countries. Therefore, appointment of institutional heads should be based on technical qualification and character of institutional leaders, and must be a continual effort towards the integration of positive thoughts, both in words and in actions. The target audiences for this article include educational managers and planners, researchers, academics, professionals, students, and leadership practitioners.
Designing Valid Humanitarian Logistics Scenario Sets
Authors: Vargas-Florez Jorge , Lauras Matthieu , Comes Tina
Published: August 2020

Literature about humanitarian logistics (HL) has developed a lot of innovative decision support systems during the last decades to support decisions such as location, routing, supply, or inventory management. Most of those contributions are based on quantitative models but, generally, are not used by practitioners who are not confident with. This can be explained by the fact that scenarios and datasets used to design and validate those HL models are often too simple compared to the real situations. In this chapter, a scenario-based approach based on a five-step methodology has been developed to bridge this gap by designing a set of valid scenarios able to assess disaster needs in regions subject to recurrent disasters. The contribution, usable by both scholars and practitioners, demonstrates that defining such valid scenario sets is possible for recurrent disasters. Finally, the proposal is validated on a concrete application case based on Peruvian recurrent flood and earthquake disasters.
Entrepreneurship Embedding Social Network Capability as Best Practice for Small Firms
Authors: Tongiani Maria Giovanna , Ceragioli Giacomo
Published: August 2020

The rapid development of information communication technology (ITC) has opened up potential new marketing channels, and the enterprises must keep abreast of the evolution of the context and start operating with a multichannel approach, that is, with the interaction of various different marketing channels. It is in this perspective that the work examines a small Italian sportswear retailer operating locally. Said retailer has achieved a very significant market position in its sector of expertise thanks to the use of the social networks. For this purpose, information will be acquired from questionnaires filled out by consumers in the aim of highlighting the marketing instruments and activities that give rise to adequate customer satisfaction. The analysis of the results will make it possible to identify the capabilities which, via appropriate integration of the tools made available by the internet, suggest the best practices for small businesses.
Successful Practices in ICT Team Building in International Projects
Authors: Silveira Clara , Duarte Renato , Reis Leonilde
Published: August 2020

The purpose of the chapter is to address the importance of building the project team in order to contribute to maximize the number of project success histories in an international context. The design science research methodology allowed, based on the literature review on the thematic domain, to elaborate a reference framework in order to obtain the scientific validation of the work. The main conclusions focus on presenting the added value of the team building in the implementation and adaptation of software products. The need to define strategies when setting up the teams is emphasized, so that specialists are incorporated in the various domains, taking into account the specificity of the country in which the project will take place. Thus, the definition of team formation policies is considered a differentiating factor, in order to include the knowledge in the domains of the culture of the country, organizational culture and current legal and fiscal frameworks as well as the interpersonal relations component.
Exploring Cognitive Biases, Groupthink, and Polythink Syndrome in Security Decisions and Business Outcomes
Authors: Dall'Acqua Luisa
Published: August 2020

Cognitive bias among workers can undermine security work and lead to critical misinterpretations of data. Understanding cognitive biases can improve understanding of how employees make decisions. This work analyzes key factors to better understand, predict, and obviate the detrimental bias symptoms, focusing on groupthink and polythink phenomena occurring in security and business decisions. It intends to provide support for the strategic versus tactical hypothesis in a strategic group decision-making, confirming how even in a clear-cut decision, following a groupthink or polythink dynamic, implementation becomes difficult due to a group dynamics at the other end of the decision-making continuum.
Tactical Art of Risk Management in the History of Ninja
Authors: Nardi Maria Luisa
Published: August 2020

The notion of the innovation system is connected to the role of leaders and decision makers in the management of the scientific and technological environment. Innovative frameworks of analysis, by approaching science and technology systemically (i.e., in relation to the economy, politics, and society), adapt stress for success. Any research and innovation policy must take account of a complex set of problems. The focus of this work is to analyze the application of tactical strategies in the risk management, looking at the historical ninja training. Their worldview, the “way of the warrior” as an art of war but also as a path of inner knowledge, has also had great importance in artistic production, culture, and the construction of social relations.
General George S. Patton and Our Climate Crisis
Authors: Riley John Thomas
Published: August 2020

The story of General Patton at the Battle of the Bulge is an excellent example of a story with a message that can be applied to our climate crisis. Our climate crisis is the defining problem for human society in the 21st century. Although the current situation is chaotic, as in this story, several positive paths are now clear enough to allow useful plans for a worldwide effort. One alternative to fear is to build a vision of a viable future through stories. Stories have a long history of being a common tool for building unified societal efforts. The stories that society now needs require both a science-based background and believable characters in effective action on our climate crisis. The elements used to build stories, first the background and then the plot, are called beats. The background beats developed here include sea level rise, no-till farming, population peaking, and technology innovation for the period 2020 to 2100. These beats should enable fiction writers to place stories and characters in a world of action on our climate crisis.
Lobbying a Crucial Mechanism for NGOs to Obtain Funding for Poverty Alleviation Programs in Africa
Authors: Igbinakhase Idahosa , Naidoo Vannie , van der Westhuizen Thea
Published: August 2020

The need to unravel the organizational capabilities of youth-serving NGOs that may influence the replication of successful programmes designed to empower poor youths in order to make these programmes accessible to more youths and more geographical locations has motivated this study. This chapter will highlight the crucial role lobbying plays for NGOs in their efforts to obtain funding for poverty alleviation programs in Nigeria. Lobbying challenges experienced by youth-serving NGOs and factors that influence lobbying capabilities will be also be unpacked and discussed. A quantitative study was conducted on 196 youth-serving NGOs in Nigeria. Simple random sampling was used to collect data. This chapter will highlight the crucial role lobbying plays for NGOs in efforts to obtain funding for poverty alleviation programs. The results of the study indicated that lobbying is an important organizational capability for youth-serving NGOs in their bid to alleviate youth poverty in Nigeria.
Beyond the Crossroads
Authors: Wilson Trish , Kirkpatrick Aubrey , Miller Katy , Harvey Marcus R.
Published: August 2020

The key strategic goal for research at Te Herenga Waka ‑ Victoria University of Wellington is to create a culture of ambitious research for transformative impact. To support this goal, a library restructure and investment in library teams supporting research has enabled a detailed understanding of the university's research output and how to increase its visibility. New working relationships and clearly defined research initiatives have demonstrated the diverse value of the library. New services and tools are outlined that help create value for schools, academics, and postgraduates; benchmark university performance; develop tailored services; enhance research profiles; and foster collaboration. Challenges and opportunities remain, including developing a university policy to support open access (OA) research and a new OA research repository to aid the promotion of, and access to, university research. The library continues to change perceptions of its services and works collaboratively to enhance individual and university research reputations.
Leadership in the Digital Age
Authors: Smith Peter A.C. , Cockburn Tom
Published: August 2020

This chapter introduces the scope and focus of the new book. The reader is briefly introduced to the definitions and debates about leadership and management boundaries, differences, and overlapping responsibilities in the digital age. Drawing on both theory and practice, current issues and topics are covered in depth, providing an introduction and overview of perceptible trends and scenarios relevant to the current post-global financial crisis (GFC) and the emergent IR4.0 leadership outlook for global business. The editors then provide an outline and overview of the chapters, topics, and themes of each chapter and a coherent rationale for this new book as developing discussions and research from our first book in the series, “Dynamic Models of Leadership for Global Business: Enhancing Digitally Connected Environments.”
Multi-Process Analysis and Portfolio Optimization Based on Quantum Mechanics (QM) Under Risk Management in ASEAN Exchanges
Authors: Chaiboonsri Chukiat , Wannapan Satawat
Published: August 2020

This research attempts to classify, predict, and manage the financial time-series trends of the large stock prices of significant companies in the development of e-commerce and e-business in the ASEAN countries. Moreover, the Markowitz portfolio optimization analysis based on quantum mechanics was utilized to find out the direction of e-commerce and e-business in the future. Data collection for this study consists of Maybank, PPB Group Berhad, Golden Agri-Resource, SingTel, and Global Logistic Properties. And the stock prices of those companies were carried out to this study from 2004 to 2018 by daily data. Interestingly, the empirical results would provide a possible solution and efficiently suggest a beneficial for the development of both e-commerce and e-business in the ASEAN countries. The commerce and business based on electronics in ASEAN, especially agribusiness, energy business, and telecommunication business, still play a major important role in the economy of ASEAN countries.
The Use of Big Data in Marketing Analytics
Authors: Goi Chai-Lee
Published: August 2020

Big data has broken through the public imagination, has revolutionised the process through which business find innovative ways, and has transformed the data into valuable information that will shape business intelligence and gain business insights to make better decisions. The purpose of this study is to review the development of big data, architecture, and the use of big data in marketing analytics. From the analysis of literature reviews, a big data in marketing analytics model has been proposed. In using big data in marketing, marketers need balanced analytics and then identify opportunities for improvement based on reporting or analysing past and present big data to predict and influence the future.
The Challenges and Opportunities of E-Commerce Data Collection in Indonesia Compared to BRICS Countries
Authors: Basorudin Muhammad , Rahman Khalilur , Ratu Nadra Yudelsa , Ikhsan Easbi , Perwitasari Wida Siddhikara
Published: August 2020

The development of e-commerce business in Indonesia is very rapid. The rapid development of e-commerce in Indonesia will make Indonesia the largest digital economy in Southeast Asia in 2020. However, there are several obstacles, one of which is the provision of a trusted e-commerce database. Data has an important element in development in developing an e-commerce business in Indonesia. As the National Statistics Organizations, BPS Statistics Indonesia was pushed to collect the e-commerce data. BPS has developed several methods of collection e-commerce data using e-commerce survey and crawling technique in 2018 but still has a weakness. As a comparative study, there are several countries of G-20 that have high development in e-commerce and associate themselves as BRICS countries. With SWOT Analysis and Maturity Assessment, this study wants to analyze strength, weakness, opportunity, and thread, also measure the maturity from each method of collection used. Based on the result, Indonesia has better maturity in technology implemented, but worse regulation and people cooperation.
Roadmap to Gaining Customer Satisfaction
Authors: Pg Japar Dk Nurrahimah , Awang Matkasim Noor Hazwani , Haji Rabaie Nor A'shiqeen , Hamdani Nur Izzah Hasna Farihin @ Hamiza , Haji Ahmad Nurhazimah
Published: August 2020

The provision of reliable and accurate data through a competent communication tool encourages the significantly competitive public sector and nurtures a prosperous society. The chapter discusses the optimization of digital assets, specifically, allocating accessible two-way communication between the government and its stakeholders which can lead to far-sighted information processing and resourceful decision-making. Simultaneously, it aims to recognize and suggest solutions to the prevailing strains towards the digitalization of operations in the said industry. Accompanied by a thematic analysis of data collected from literature, a qualitative in-depth interview was deployed with a relevant agency to gain enlightenment of the public service in its real context. The results of the study present an essence of the advanced process sophistication, the comprehensiveness, and flexibility of the IT system, the reuse of knowledge, as well as the quality of customer orientation response capabilities.
Enhancing Online Repurchase Intention via Application of Big Data Analytics in E-Commerce
Authors: Chan Siang Hui Steven , Dastane Omkar , Johari Zainudin , Roslee Mardeni
Published: August 2020

Based on the empirical research, this chapter investigated the impact of big data-based techniques typically used in big-data driven E-commerce such as information search, recommendation system, dynamic pricing, and personalisation on the online repurchase intention in Malaysia. This study also investigated the mediating effect on customer satisfaction. Therefore this study utilised the quantitative research method with an explanatory study to predict the link between dependent and independent variables. Additionally, the snowball sample method was used to select a sample size of 318 working adults in Klang Valley. Next, a self-administered online questionnaire was used to collect the necessary data. The IB, SPSS 22 software was then used to assess the reliability and normality of the variables at the first stage. Next, the Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modelling were examined via IBM SSS AMOS 22. The findings showed that the big data analytic factors like information search, recommendation system, dynamic pricing, and personalisation had a positive significant impact on customers' repurchase intention. Nonetheless, the mediation effect of customer satisfaction on information search, recommendation system, and dynamic pricing did not encourage the repurchase intention. Then, this chapter discussed the managerial implication, limitations, and future research scope. Finally, this study suggested strategies to enhance online repurchase intention via application of big-data analytics in E-commerce.
Capturing the Velocity of Sharia Economy Through an Islamic Boarding School's (Pesantren) B2B E-Commerce
Authors: Dellyana Dina , Sudrajad Oktofa Yudha
Published: August 2020

Indonesia is the largest Muslim majority country in the world, representing 13% of the global Muslim population. The high number of Islamic boarding schools, or pesantren, in Indonesia and the value of conventional transactions that occur among them present a big economic opportunity. However, this opportunity is not well-documented, captured, or maintained. The need to digitalize transaction processes between pesantren is of high importance. The government, which in this case is represented by the Central Bank, has tried to form an e-commerce platform for pesantren markets through one particular pesantren considered the most mature and prepared to coordinate and manage such a platform. However, the characteristics of users from pesantren are very unique with a strong culture among them. Thus, the building of an e-commerce platform for this specific market needs to be carried out carefully. By using qualitative and quantitative methods, this research attempts to design the most appropiate e-commerce platform for this Islamic market.
The Actual Use of Social Media in Indonesia
Authors: Candra Sevenpri , Steffani Steffani , Klaudiya Klaudiya , Sutiana Iva
Published: August 2020

In Indonesia, the use of social media has been increased. Many factors are related to support the use of social media. This research aims to prove the affects between quality of life, social exchange, and technology acceptance model, which is based on previous research by adding privacy concern as moderating variable. This research conducted by distributing online questionnaires to the citizen that using social media in Indonesia. This research used Structural Equation Modeling as analysis method with software WarpPLS 5.0 as statistic tools. Data were collected from online questionnaires and the total of sample are 440 respondents. The result for this research shows that quality of life affects social exchange, which also affects to technology acceptance model and results to actual use of social media while the variable of privacy concern doesn't prove as moderating variable. As the result of the study, researchers suggest to the organizations that provide social media to pay attention to quality of life that will motivate someone to using social media.
The Impact of Enhancing Social Media Marketing Knowledge on Customer Attraction and Engagement for University Organizational Growth and Development from the TRACK Theory
Authors: Sambo Glenton Khulani , Musundire Austin
Published: August 2020

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of integrating social media in the marketing strategy for customer attraction and engagement in universities in order to solve challenges associated with marketing strategies for student attraction and community engagement in the context of the University of Mpumalanga in South Africa. A descriptive correlational research design was used in the study. Fifty sales and marketing employees, 50 departmental lecturers, and 100 students randomly selected within the Mpumalanga University responded to the questionnaires. The results indicated that there is a positive impact of applying technological social media-based marketing content knowledge (TSMBCMCK) framework on student attraction and recruitment and community engagement. It is therefore recommended to adopt and apply the technological social media-based marketing content knowledge framework to enhance marketing strategies within universities.
Servant Leadership (SL) in the Context of Bangladesh
Authors: Howladar Mohammad Harisur Rahman , Rahman Md. Sahidur
Published: August 2020

The main purpose of the study is to know the practices of servant leadership (SL) in the context of Bangladesh. Specifically, the study explores the fitness of SL constructs in a developing country like Bangladesh. Data were collected using SL scale developed by Van Dierendonck and Nuijten from 432 respondents working in the different branches of private commercial banks of Bangladesh. The convenience sampling technique was used for selecting the respondents. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied for analyzing the data. It was revealed that SL is partially practices in the context of Bangladesh. All the constructs of SL are well fit with little modification in empowerment and forgiveness. The main implication of the study is that the SL has crossed the cultural applicability even in developing countries like Bangladesh, which has a cultural difference with any other Western country. The study also pointed out limitations and future research directions.
Security of E-Health Systems Using Face Recognition Based on Convolutional Neural Network
Authors: Chen Zhixian , Tang Jialin , Gong Xueyuan , Su Qinglang
Published: August 2020

In order to improve the low accuracy of the face recognition methods in the case of e-health, this paper proposed a novel face recognition approach, which is based on convolutional neural network (CNN). In detail, through resolving the convolutional kernel, rectified linear unit (ReLU) activation function, dropout, and batch normalization, this novel approach reduces the number of parameters of the CNN model, improves the non-linearity of the CNN model, and alleviates overfitting of the CNN model. In these ways, the accuracy of face recognition is increased. In the experiments, the proposed approach is compared with principal component analysis (PCA) and support vector machine (SVM) on ORL, Cohn-Kanade, and extended Yale-B face recognition data set, and it proves that this approach is promising.
Health and Well-Being Education
Authors: Li Tengyue , Marques Joao Alexandre Lobo , Fong Simon
Published: August 2020

The use of learning analytics (LA) in real-world educational applications is growing very fast as academic institutions realize the positive potential that is possible if LA is integrated in decision making. Education in schools on public health need to evolve in response to the new knowledge and the emerging needs like how to deal with violence or eviction as well as understanding health pandemics like the Corona virus. However, in education, emotion should be considered prior to a full cognition. While negative emotions tend to make one clearly remember data including the minutest detail, positive emotions tend to help one remember more complex things. Using learning analytics, the authors based on LA extended the SCARF model to include social life indicators like happiness. The hypothesis of the extended SSCARF model has been via ignited by the experimentation and data mining from this work with a voluntary teaching program in a local rural school. The results show of SSCARF model reveals that happiness is of more value in the children's learning compared to the material wealth.
RIPK3–MLKL–Mediated Neutrophil Death Requires Concurrent Activation of Fibroblast Activation Protein-α
Authors: Wang Xiaoliang , Gessier Francois , Perozzo Remo , Stojkov Darko , Hosseini Aref , Amirshahrokhi Keyvan , Kuchen Stefan , Yousefi Shida , Lötscher Pius , Simon Hans-Uwe
Published: August 2020

Cytokine-primed neutrophils can undergo a nonapoptotic type of cell death using components of the necroptotic pathway, including receptor-interacting protein kinase-3 (RIPK3), mixed lineage kinase-like (MLKL) and NADPH oxidase. In this report, we provide evidence for a potential role of serine proteases in CD44-mediated necroptotic death of GM-CSF–primed human neutrophils. Specifically, we observed that several inhibitors known to block the enzymatic function of fibroblast activation protein-α (FAP-α) were able to block CD44-mediated reactive oxygen species production and cell death, but not FAS receptor–mediated apoptosis. To understand how FAP-α is involved in this nonapoptotic death pathway, we performed immunoblotting experiments in the presence and absence of inhibitors of RIPK3, MLKL, p38 MAPK, PI3K, and FAP-α. The results of these experiments suggested that FAP-α is active in parallel with RIPK3, MLKL, and p38 MAPK activation but proximal to PI3K and NADPH oxidase activation. Interestingly, neutrophils isolated from the joints of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis underwent a GM-CSF–independent necroptosis following CD44 ligation; this effect was also blocked by both FAP-α and MLKL inhibitors. Taken together, our evidence shows that the RIPK3–MLKL pathway activates NADPH oxidase but requires, in addition to p38 MAPK and PI3K, a serine protease activity, whereby FAP-α is the most likely candidate. Thus, FAP-α could be a potential drug target in neutrophilic inflammatory responses to avoid exaggerated nonapoptotic neutrophil death, leading to tissue damage.
Diversity Outbred Mice Reveal the Quantitative Trait Locus and Regulatory Cells of HER2 Immunity
Authors: Wei Wei-Zen , Gibson Heather M. , Jacob Jennifer B. , Frelinger Jeffrey A. , Berzofsky Jay A. , Maeng Hoyoung , Dyson Gregory , Reyes Joyce D. , Pilon-Thomas Shari , Ratner Stuart , Wei Kuang-Chung
Published: August 2020

The genetic basis and mechanisms of disparate antitumor immune response was investigated in Diversity Outbred (DO) F1 mice that express human HER2. DO mouse stock samples nearly the entire genetic repertoire of the species. We crossed DO mice with syngeneic HER2 transgenic mice to study the genetics of an anti-self HER2 response in a healthy outbred population. Anti-HER2 IgG was induced by Ad/E2TM or naked pE2TM, both encoding HER2 extracellular and transmembrane domains. The response of DO F1 HER2 transgenic mice was remarkably variable. Still, immune sera inhibited HER2+ SKBR3 cell survival in a dose-dependent fashion. Using DO quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis, we mapped the QTL that influences both total IgG and IgG2(a/b/c) Ab response to either Ad/E2TM or pE2TM. QTL from these four datasets identified a region in chromosome 17 that was responsible for regulating the response. A/J and NOD segments of genes in this region drove elevated HER2 Ig levels. This region is rich in MHC-IB genes, several of which interact with inhibitory receptors of NK cells. (B6xA/J)F1 and (B6xNOD)F1 HER2 transgenic mice received Ad/E2TM after NK cell depletion, and they produced less HER2 IgG, demonstrating positive regulatory function of NK cells. Depletion of regulatory T cells enhanced response. Using DO QTL analysis, we show that MHC-IB reactive NK cells exert positive influence on the immunity, countering negative regulation by regulatory T cells. This new, to our knowledge, DO F1 platform is a powerful tool for revealing novel immune regulatory mechanisms and for testing new interventional strategies.
The Eskimo Lakes Fault Zone renamed Husky Lakes Fault Zone, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Northwest Territories
Authors: Hadlari T , Millar R A , Lane L S
Published: August 2020

A significant geological structure in the Mackenzie Delta and Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula areas was named in 1975 after a geographic feature that had a name considered inappropriate to indigenous people in the region. Following a more appropriate place name, the
geological features should be called the Husky Lakes Fault and Husky Lakes Fault Zone.
Debenture as Alternate Scheme of Raising Investment Fund and Its Prospects under Ethiopian Company Law
Authors: Anebo Lantera Nadew
Published: August 2020

With a view to attracting investors, the Government of Ethiopia has offered a variety of incentives and financing schemes. However, the incentives or loan options can be inadequate, susceptible to corrupt practices and inaccessible to many business undertakings. This article examines other possible options of raising investment fund privately from the general public by issuing debt security (debenture). Instead of looking for hand outs of governments or sole reliance on bank loan, investors can raise investment fund from the general public –even beyond national borders– by offering debenture bonds for public subscription. A debenture is debt security that entitles its holder to collect periodic interest until the loan is paid back. Compared to bank loans, raising investment fund through the instrumentality of debentures is more advantageous. The rate of interest, the volume of loan needed for running business, and the time for repayment can be determined by investors. Moreover, the loan is not generally subject to collateral. This article highlights the nature, form, and class of debenture under Ethiopian law, and discusses the legal requirements for the issuance of debenture, the amount of money that can be raised by issuing debentures, the status of debentures in Ethiopia, and legal safeguards for repayment of the loan.

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Debenture, Bond, Investor, Floating charge, Creditor, Debtor, Ethiopia
Iglesia católica y política en América Latina: la teología de la liberación
Authors: Sofia Pasquale
Published: August 2020

El trabajo analiza la posición de la Iglesia católica como actor político en América Latina luego de la Segunda guerra mundial hasta la década de los ochenta, con un enfoque específico sobre la Teología de la Liberación. Es una investigación analítico crítica con base documental, donde se consideran los elementos teológicos y filosóficos que han engendrado esta teología política. En ella, se produce una narrativa de los textos sagrados cristianos a partir del hombre concreto en situación de pobreza en esta región, con un enfoque denominado “recentramiento antropológico”. Su carácter político en general, se expresa en la “opción preferencial por los pobres” enmarcada en el Concilio Vaticano II y en la Populorum Progressio de Pablo VI. Hay ramas moderadas como la Teología del Pueblo y otras más radicales que se fundamentan en el método marxista de la “lucha de clases” y de la “vía violenta”, como medios para solucionar la causa social. El resultado es un enfrentamiento entre el método marxista y el método de la Doctrina social de la Iglesia para la solución de los problemas de la pobreza e indirectamente de la dependencia, donde se evidencia la “inconciliabilidad epistemológica” entre la doctrina marxista y la doctrina cristiana.
Functional Self-Limitation of State Authority
Authors: Makogon Boris V. , Gogolev Aleksej M. , Novikov Andrey B. , Peterburgskiy Andrey P. , Khakonova Irina B.
Published: August 2020

Based on the analytical and synthesis study of a wide range of published documentary sources, the article presents the authors' approach to the issue of self-restriction of state power. General theoretical aspects, historical and oriented to the current state of the problem were considered in order to analyze the self-limitation of the authority of the State in theory and in concrete reality. Methodologically, it is a study that uses in equal conditions the qualitative analysis of the systems and processes that emerge from the exercise of the authority of the State, with the hermeneutic reading of the legal doctrine that accounts for the matter. It is concluded that, in the considered context of the Russian Federation, the problem of the constant and continuous improvement of the system of separation of state power often seems to manifest itself satisfactorily. Theoretically, at first sight, once regulated, the corresponding system a priori acquires a constant and stable character, however, there is still a long way to go to achieve the foundation of a sustained dynamic of self-limitation and self-regulation of state power in in line with the principles of the rule of law.