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INFORME: Las Hojas de Quejas y Reclamaciones de las personas consumidoras y usuarias en Andalucía y su tramitación administrativa
Authors: Núñez Lozano María del Carmen
Published: February 2021

SUMARIO:

I. INTRODUCCIÓN

II. DISPOSICIONES GENERALES

III.- DISPONIBILIDAD Y PUBLICIDAD DE LAS HOJAS DE QUEJAS Y RECLAMACIONES

IV. PRESENTACIÓN DE LAS HOJAS DE QUEJAS Y RECLAMACIONES

V. TRAMITACIÓN DE QUEJAS Y RECLAMACIONES POR LA ADMINISTRACIÓN PÚBLICA
Qualitative Migration Research: Some New Reflections Six Years Later
Authors: Iosifides Theodoros
Published: February 2021

The main purpose of this article is a brief presentation of the most crucial stages of a research process concerning migration of foreign workers in Greece. The research (within my doctoral studies at Sussex University, Brighton, UK) was undertaken for a period of almost nine months (1995-1996) in Athens, Greece. In this article I present some important dimensions of the multiple methods used (semi-structured interviews with informational questionnaires, in-depth interviews and participant observation) to obtain information and data, mainly on the employment and housing conditions and situations of immigrants in the city, and take the opportunity to critically reflect on that researches methodology and findings today.
LEAP-ing Toward Accountability? Ideology, Practice, and the Voices of Louisiana Educators
Authors: Horn Jim
Published: February 2021

Louisiana educators at an urban K-5 school participated in a two-year study to share their experiences related to the implementation of a state high-stakes testing program (LEAP 21) that is used to make promotion decisions in grades 4 and 8. Observations, document analysis, and interviews were used to study the development of attitudes, perceptions, and practices related to the use of and consequences emanating from this testing practice. It was found that the state test has far-reaching effects on teaching, curriculum, school climate, students, parents, and school administration. The ideology of testing as a positive reform idea and the practice of testing as a constant and tangible threat, form the two poles of an experiential field that these educators encounter as figure and ground. The avoidance of failure and the threat of failure push these educators toward an ideological commitment to testing.
Confessions Of A (Somewhat) Reluctant Consultant: Or, What Happens When Academic Dreams Go "Poof"
Authors: Hammar Lawrence
Published: February 2021

This essay really is about a protracted and painful transition from academic and teacher to consultant and researcher, but first, I want to get a few things off my chest. If you can stand some wholly relevant whine at the outset, stay with me, but if not, just skip to the third section.
Dare I Embark On A Field Study? Toward An Understanding Of Field Studies
Authors: Xiao Yan , Milgram Paul
Published: February 2021

Field studies have frequently been advocated as a means for understanding cognitive activities in naturalistic settings. However, there are several fundamental obstacles that one has to overcome to conduct a field study. This paper discusses two of these obstacles in the context of studying problem solving in complex environments: defining goals of a field study and justifying methods used in data analysis. Based on our experience from a recently finished field study, we outline a framework for understanding the nature of field studies and suggest a specific approach to data analysis. We argue that the goal of field studies should not be limited to hypothesis testing, and that the process of data analysis in field studies can be viewed as an inductive abstraction process. Our field study is used to illustrate the abstraction approach to data analysis and how the obstacles in field studies were dealt with. Through these discussions, we encourage researchers to engage in more field studies.
FLUORESCENCE CHANGE OF HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN INDUCED BY METHYL VIOLET
Authors: Shahinyan M.A. , Petrosyan N.H. , Antonyan A.P.
Published: February 2021

The interaction of methyl violet (MV) with human serum albumin (HSA) has been studied, using the fluorescence spectroscopy method. It was shown that MV chnages the own fluorescence of HSA. It was also shown that MV does not induce any conformational change in the structure of HSA, since there is no change of the wavelength of HSA fluorescence intensity maximum. MV binds to HSA, near to fluorescing tryptophan, which in the hydrophilic environment, and changes the own fluorescence of the protein.
Formación docente en matemáticas. Caso de las licenciaturas en inicial y primaria en una universidad de República Dominicana
Authors: Piña del Rosario Marcelina
Published: February 2021

La investigación que se presenta es un estudio empírico descriptivo realizado en cuatro de los seis recintosdel Instituto Superior de Formación Docente Salomé Ureña (ISFODOSU); Universidad Pedagógica públicade la República Dominicana adscrita al Ministerio de Educación. El objetivo del estudio ha sido analizar lasestrategias didácticas implementadas por los formadores de formadores de matemática en los programas de licenciatura en inicial y primaria de esa entidad.

Para obtener los hallazgos se aplicaron encuestas con enunciados abiertos y escala de Likert. Tambiénentrevistas grabadas que fueron aplicados a docentes, alumnos y funcionarios vinculados con la formaciónde los docentes, tanto de la universidad objeto de estudio, como de otras instancias implicadas.

Se trata de una investigación mixta en la cual se utilizan técnicas, tanto cuantitativas como cualitativas.Los datos fueron organizados y analizados usando el SPSS y la técnica FODA.

Los resultados expuestos hacen referencias a estrategias didácticas que se implementan en el ISFODOSUpara formar a los nuevos docentes de matemática, las creencias, aptitudes, actitudes y concepcionesque inciden, sus fortalezas y debilidades, así como la influencia de la política de formación docente.

Con el estudio se elabora, en la actualidad, una propuesta para la formación matemática que requieren los futuros docentes.
Pengaruh Lingkungan Kerja, Budaya Organisasi dan Kepemimpinan Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai Kantor Kecamatan Sanga Desa Kabupaten Musi Banyuasin
Authors: Musyodik Musyodik , Hendro Omar , Moelyati Trisniarty Adjeng
Published: February 2021

The formulation of the problem in this study is how the influence of the work environment on employee performance, organizational culture on employee performance, leadership on employee performance and work environment, organizational culture and leadership on employee performance at the Sanga Desa District office. This research method uses descriptive and inferential statistical analysis, with multiple linear regression models. Statistical calculations, resulting in a regression equation Y = 0.275 + 0.141X1 + 0.239X2 + 0.311X3. The results of the study answered the problem formulation which is also the purpose of this study. First, the work environment, organizational culture and leadership together have a positive and significant effect on the performance of the employees of the Sanga Desa, Musi Banyuasin District office. Second, the work environment has a positive and significant effect on the performance of the employees of the Sanga Village office, Musi Banyuasin Regency. Third, organizational culture has a positive and significant effect on the performance of the employees of the Sanga Village office, Musi Banyuasin Regency. Fourth, leadership has a positive and significant effect on the performance of the office employees of Sanga Village, Musi Banyuasin District.Through regression analysis, it is concluded that culture and leadership are more dominant in performance than the work environment of employees. However, leadership is more dominant than the variables of work environment and organizational culture on employee performance. Good leadership, management will be effective in its implementation so that it has an impact on the performance of the employees of the Sanga Village office, Musi Banyuasin District. Researchers provide recommendations, first, employees must provide good service to the community. Second, employees must be able to work together to achieve job goals. Third, leadership. running good work standards and there must be training for employees. Fourth, means to improve the internet / intranet network signal used for recording e-KTP and online village entry and reporting. Fifth, competence to maintain open deliberations. Emphasized to employees in completing tasks and responsibilities must be in accordance with existing work procedures
Pengaruh Bauran Pemasaran 4P terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Pupuk Eceran di Toko Tani Makmur Pagar Alam Sumatera Selatan
Authors: Saputra Ginta Ryan , Roswaty Roswaty
Published: February 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui besarnya pengaruh bauran pemasaran 4P terhadap keputusan pembelian pupuk eceran di toko Tani Makmur kota Pagar Alam Sumatera Selatan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian asosiatif kuantitatif, dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 93 responden. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah purposive nonprobability sampling. Variabel bebas pada penelitian ini adalah produk, harga, tempat, dan promosi, dengan keputusan pembelian sebagai variabel terikat. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan, berdasarkan uji F, variabel produk, harga, tempat, dan promosi berpengaruh signifikan secara simultan terhadap keputusan pembelian. Sedangkan berdasarkan uji t, hanya variabel harga yang disimpulkan berpengaruh positif namun tidak signifikan, sedangkan variabel produk, tempat, dan promosi berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap keputusan pembelian. Hasil interpretasi nilai koefisien korelasi (R Square 0,731) menunjukkan variabel produk, harga, tempat, dan promosi memiliki pengaruh yang kuat terhadap keputusan pembelian. Dan nilai koefisien determinasi (Adjusted R Square) menunjukan bahwa pengaruh produk, harga. Tempat, dan promosi terhadap keputusan pembelian adalah sebesar 53,4%, sedangkan sisanya 46,6% dipengaruhi oleh faktor lain. Variabel produk adalah variabel yang berpengaruh paling dominan berdasarkan dari nilai t hitung yang paling tinggi yaitu 7,913.
This study aims to determine the magnitude of the influence of the 4P marketing mix on the decision to purchase retail fertilizer at the Tani Makmur shop, Pagar Alam city, South Sumatra. This research is a quantitative associative study, with a total sample of 93 respondents. The sampling technique used was purposive nonprobability sampling. The independent variables in this study are product, price, place, and promotion, with purchasing decisions as the dependent variable. The results of this study indicate, based on the F test, product variables, price, place, and promotion have a significant effect simultaneously on purchasing decisions. Meanwhile, based on the t test, only the price variable is concluded to have a positive but insignificant effect, while the product, place, and promotion variables have a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions. The results of the interpretation of the value of the correlation coefficient (R Square 0.731) show that product, price, place, and promotion variables have a strong influence on purchasing decisions. And the coefficient of determination (Adjusted R Square) shows that the effect of product, price. Place and promotion on purchasing decisions amounted to 53.4%, while the remaining 46.6% was influenced by other factors. The product variable is the variable that has the most dominant influence based on the highest t value, namely 7.913.
Özgür Yazılım ve Açık Kaynağın Güncel Kullanımına Örnekler ve Durum İncelemesi
Authors: AŞICI Elif , ZENGİN Aydın Tarık
Published: February 2021

Açık Kaynak ve Özgür Yazılımlar verimlilik, kullanılabilirlik, güvenlik, tasarruf, girişimcilik ve daha birçok açısından oldukça önemlidir. Bu çalışma, açık kaynak ve özgür yazılım başlığı altındadı “özgür yazılım”, “açık kaynak yazılım” ve “açık kaynak donanım” kavramları ile ilgili farklı yazarlar tarafından elde edilen çalışmaların incelemesini sunmaktadır. Bu sayede çalışmalar hakkında okuyucuya özet bilgiler sunarak konu ile ilgili okuyucunun ön bilgilenmesini sağmak ve gerekli olan yol haritasını ortaya koymayı hedeflemektedir. Bu çalışmada, genel olarak “Eğitim”, “Sağlık”, “Bilişim-Teknoloji” ve “Endüstri” alanındaki yayınlar üzerine yoğunlaşılmıştır.
INFLUENCE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ON THE LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE TO PROJECT INTERNAL CONTROLS IN UNDP FUNDED PROJECTS
Authors: Mukiri Jackson
Published: February 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of corporate governance on the level of compliance to project internal controls in UNDP funded projectsMethodology: The study adopted a correlation survey research design. A questionnaire and an interview schedule were the main data collection tools. The preferred statistical tool for quantitative data analysis was Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) computer software. Qualitative data was analysed using content analysis. The study utilized descriptive and regression analysis to determine the relationship between factors contributing to adherence of internal controls and mechanisms and level of compliance to project internal controls in UNDP funded projects. The population of this study was all the 28 UNDP-Kenya staffsResults: The study findings indicated that the UNDP maintains proper governance system which in turn boosts her adherence to her Project Internal Controls mechanisms.Policy recommendation: The study recommended that Corporate Governance should also be keenly observed while managing NGOs
THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN KENYA
Authors: Lagat Philemon , Nyangena Dr. John
Published: February 2021

Purpose: This study examined the effects of climate variability on livestock production in Kenya.Methodology: The study used the Ricardian cross-sectional approach to measure the relationship between climate variability and net revenue from livestock. Net livestock revenue is regressed against various climate and socio-economic variables to help determine the factors that influence variability in net livestock revenues. This study is based on data from ASDSP household baseline survey of 1871 livestock farming households interviewed across the country.Results: The empirical results show that climatic variables (temperature and precipitation) have significant effects on net livestock revenues in Kenya. The net livestock revenues are affected negatively by increases in temperature and rainfall. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommends that there is a need to provide adequate extension information services to ensure that farmers receive up-to-date information so as to ensure increased production. Similarly, policies that increase farmer training and access to credit can help improve net livestock revenues.
THE IMPACT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT ON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR PERFOMANCE IN KENYA
Authors: Kimani John Githii , Ruigu Dr. George Ruigu
Published: February 2021

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of research and development investment/expenditure on the agricultural sector performance in Kenya.Methodology: The study took the peoples impact assessment direction. The data for this study was collected from various government agencies such as KARI, ASTI, Kenya Agricultural Sector Data compendium website, FAOSTAT, World Bank among others. Co-integration and error correction modeling methods were used in analyzing the data for this study.Results: Co-integration results for both the parsimonious and non-parsimonious model indicated that that there is a long-run relationship among the variables in the agriculture performance in Kenya. Further, findings in this study indicated that the variables under study were insignificant determinants of the long run Total Factor Productivity of the agricultural sector.  Meanwhile, Trade openness was the only significant determinant of the short run agricultural Total Factor Productivity.Unique Contribution to Policy and Practice: This study recommends the institutionalization of policies aimed at ensuring interaction between the various stakeholders in the agricultural sectors. This interaction will ensure that resources are better allocated to reduce duplication of research and dissemination activities. In addition, greater collaboration among the stakeholders will promote and strengthen the connection between research, policy and the application of research findings. The study further advocates that the government should follow a trade liberazation oriented approach to the agricultural sector as opposed to a trade tightening approach.
Consumption and Acceptability Pattern of 21 Evaluated Maize Hybrids for Fresh Maize Production in South-Eastern Nigeria
Authors: Okoli Evans Ebuka
Published: February 2021

Purpose: Green (fresh) maize (Zea mays L.) provides food security and income to farmers especially when other crops are still in the field. However, research on green maize variety is scarcely reported in literature or information on the consumption or acceptability pattern of the developed maize hybrids. Unattractive colour, bad taste, kernel size and hard kernels are among factors that affect the level of fresh maize acceptability and subsequent consumption of genotypes in the South eastern part of Nigeria, therefore, the purpose of this work is to study the variation in sensory characteristics of hybrids generated from crosses between seven maize genotypes of two local varieties (Oka Mbaise and Oka Bende-white) and five improved varieties (DTMA-4, DMR-ESRY (POOL 18-SR), PVA SYM 8 F2 (PRO VIT A), POOL 66/ACR-91 SUWAN – 1- SR (QPM), DTMA – W, from IITA) was evaluated at the Centre for Agricultural Research, Federal University of technology Owerri and the sensory evaluation was done at different hostels in Umuchima, Ihiagwa and Centre for Agricultural Research, FUTO.Methodology: The methodology used in the field to develop these hybrids was the Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). Questionnaires were used to achieve the following palatability qualities measured; colour, kernel hardness, appeal, size and taste. The numerical scoring from the questionnaires was analysed using Genstat discovery 10th Edition.Results: The result of this work revealed that there were significant differences among the hybrids for kernel size and appeal. The cross between DTMA-4 and all other genotypes had the highest grain size (2.17) and was the most preferred by the respondents. The crosses between POOL 66/ACR-91 SUWAN – 1- SR (QPM) and Oka Mbaise; POOL 66/ACR-91 SUWAN – 1- SR (QPM) and Oka Bende-white; DTMA – W and Oka Mbaise; DTMA – W and Oka Bende-white; Oka Mbaise and Oka Bende-white had the hardest grain (3.00) and were least preferred by the respondents. Correlation matrix of the sensory evaluation revealed that grain size, colour and appeal were positively correlated while hardness was negatively correlated with appeal.Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: In contribution to practice, the study recommends the cross OKA MBAISE X OKA BENDE-WHITE as it was highly preferred by the respondents.
REVIEW OF TWENTY YEARS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES RESEARCH AT HENFAES SILVOPASTORAL NATIONAL NETWORK EXPERIMENT
Authors: Nworji Michael Jide
Published: February 2021

Purpose: This study systematically reviewed and synthesised all the scientific literature that has so far been conducted on the ecosystem services of the UK’s Silvopastoral National Network Experiment, the Henfaes Silvopastoral Systems Experimental Farm of Bangor University, Wales, and other studies in temperate Europe from 1988 to 2012 to establish what has been done to date, the benefits and contributions to our knowledge base, and potential knowledge gaps and priorities for future research.Methodology: All available papers and grey literatures, since the inception of the UK’s Silvopastoral National Network Experiment in 1988, were extracted and reviewed primarily by accessing various electronic databases and existing library collections. The research papers were split into peer-reviewed (published) and non-peer-reviewed (unpublished) papers. The ecosystem services framework was used to relate the four major categories of ecosystem services (provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting) to the scientific domain of the research studies. The scientific domains addressed include timber or wood-fuel potential, pasture/livestock management, carbon sequestration, soil improvement, water management, and biodiversity enhancement.Findings:  Results show that 66 research studies were conducted over the 20-year study period on ecosystem services of which 45% were produced based on studies at Henfaes Silvopastoral Systems Experimental Farm, 32% at UK’s Silvopastoral National Network Experiment, 12% were from other silvopastoral systems trials in the UK, and 11% were from European-wide silvopastoral systems studies. The trendline indicated that the number of annual studies on ecosystem services were greatest in the mid and late 1990s than in any other time over the 20-year study period. The studied ecosystem services dealt with provisioning services (40%), regulating services (13%), and supporting services (47%). The scientific domains addressed include timber or wood-fuel potential (20%), pasture/livestock management (20%), biodiversity (20%), carbon sequestration (13%), water management (15%), and soils (12%).Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: It is hoped that the results of this study will lead to better understanding of the economic and environmental implications of silvopastoral system, and hence generate more attention towards accelerating its adoption and institutionalization in national rural development policies.
Occurrence and Distribution of Aflatoxin in Maize from Selected Counties, Eastern Region, Kenya
Authors: Jacob Nicholas M. , Wandiga Shem O. , Kariuki David K. , Madadi Vincent O.
Published: February 2021

Purpose: The study aimed to assess the occurrence and distribution of aflatoxin contamination on dry maize in different types of stores in Meru, Embu, Isiolo, Makueni and Machakos Counties of Eastern region of Kenya.Methodology: Automatic spear sampler was used to collect maize samples from each bag at even intervals. 280 maize samples were collected from 29 stores in five Counties. 100 g of each maize sample was ground, resampled into 50g, blended, extracted, centrifuged, filtered and a quantified for Aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2. Samples were prepared and extracted with methanol/water. The bulky of the samples were analyzed with enzyme-linked immunoassay test kits. Confirmation of positive samples was done with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with fluorescence detector.  Data analysis was done with SPSS and Microsoft excel.Findings: Maize samples from Counties in eastern region of Kenya had significantly high levels of (93.10%) aflatoxin contamination. The mean values for aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 were: 50.08± 4.42, 17.26±1.08, 30.17±2.06 and 10.54± 1.52 (ng/g) in that order. Only nine samples had total aflatoxin within the accepted limit for human consumption of 15 ng/g. The highest total aflatoxin contamination recorded was 198.45ng/g in Makueni county and the lowest recorded was 8.76ng/g in Embu county. Makueni and Embu had mean values for aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 being (83.07±7.53, 22.15± 1.36, 49.38±3.11, 20.52± 0.70 ng/g) and (18.71 ±2.63, 8.07 ±0.64, 17.02 ±1.38, 8.86 ±1.62 ng/g). Makueni NCPB depot had the highest mean contamination with aflatoxin B1 of 92.67± 5.78 ng/g and Embu had the lowest with 6.26 ± 4.14 ng/g. All the county markets recorded high aflatoxin B1 contamination with exception of Embu county which had a mean of 4.0 ±0.84, Makueni (83.67± 10.42 ng/g), Isiolo (51.27± 32.29 ng/g), Meru (46.02± 23.88 ng/g) and Machakos (36.34± 26.27 ng/g). The stores had aflatoxin load varied from on store to the other and county to county.Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: The counties in the region had high occurrence and distribution of aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in maize in all stores where samples were picked. Location for maize stores should be in areas with low levels of carbon dioxide because mycotoxins are produced under aerobic conditions. The design for maize threshing machines should not course shocks, breakage and cracks on maize grains to decrease chances of mycotoxins infestation during their storage.
Effect of Fertilizer Types and Rates on The Production of Moringa (Moringa Oleifera) In Ogbomoso
Authors: Femi Olawepo Taiye , Babatunde Akanbi Wasiu , Ayobami Olayiwola Shakirat , Oyepero Ojo Abisoye , Salimat Idiaro , Bolajoko Atotileto Zainab
Published: February 2021

Purpose: An experiment was conducted to study the effect of fertilizer types and rates on the production of moringa in Ogbomoso on the Teaching and Research Farm of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, in 2012 and 2013 planting seasons.Methodology: The experimental design was randomized complete block design with 3 replicates. Nine treatments were used. The treatments were no fertilizer, 400 kg/ha NPK, 600 kg /ha NPK, 800 kg/ha NPK, 1000 kg/ha NPK, 2.5 t/ha tithonia compost, 5.0 t/ha tithonia compost, 7.5 t/ha tithonia compost and 10.0 t/ha tithonia compost. The land was prepared by ploughing and harrowing after the pre cropping soil sampling to determine the physical and chemical properties of the soil. Data collected were plant height, number of leave/plants, dry matter yield, fruit and seed yield components, biomass proximate and elemental compositions. The analyses of variance done were on the data collected and means were separated using Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (P <0.05).Results: Vegetative growth of moringa was better enhanced by the application of 1000 kg/ha NPK, as it produced the tallest plant height and the greatest number of leaves/plants which is followed by the 10.0 t/ha tithonia compost. The fertilizer application had significant effect on the seed and fruit yield of moringa. 1000kg/ha of NPK gave the highest seed and fruit yield components such as fruit set, number of fruits per plant and 100 seed weight. The application of 10.0 t/ha tithonia compost had highest proximate and nutrient composition in moringa leaves production.Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: In conclusion, the application of 10.0 t/ha tithonia compost produce a comparable result as 1000 kg/ha NPK (15:15:15) fertilizer and may be used as alternate to NPK (15:15:15) fertilizer in the production of moringa. Hence 1000kg of NPK/ha or 10.0 tons tithonia compost/ha were recommended for moringa biomass and seed production in Ogbomoso
Effect of Beneficiary Participation on the Implementation of Sand Dam Drift Projects in Kaiti Sub-County
Authors: Masila Benson Muteti , Iravo Dr. Mike
Published: February 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of beneficiary participation on the implementation of sand dam drift projects in Kaiti Sub-County.Methodology: The study used descriptive research design. The target population for the study was all 19, 656 households in Kaiti Sub-County. The sample size was 150 household. The study used simple random sampling to select the household. The households’ heads were the respondents. The study used primary data gathered by use of a structured and semi-structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics such as, mean and frequencies and inferential statistics, regression and correlation analysis, were used to perform data analysis. A multiple linear regression analysis model was used to test the hypotheses and link the variables.  Results: The findings indicated that there was a positive and a significant relationship between Beneficiaries’ participation in identification of project activities, Beneficiary Commitment, Beneficiary knowledge and Capacity building and the implementation of sand dam drift projects.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The findings of this study are useful to the government in policy formulation on community project involvement.
CHALLENGES AFFECTING USE OF I.C.T BY SMALL & MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMES) IN KENYA: A CASE STUDY OF TSAVO SECURITIES LTD
Authors: Maghanga Elnorah
Published: February 2021

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to underscore the challenges faced by Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in using Information Communication Technologies (ICT) in the case of Tsavo Securities Ltd.Methodology: A descriptive case study design was used in this study and the population (32 employees) constituted all the employees appearing on the employment register. A sample of 50% (16) was selected from the population. A self-report questionnaire was the data collection tool used in this study. The data was analyzed by use of inferential statistics and presented using graphs and charts.Results: Findings in this study indicate that inadequate funds and costs of acquiring hardware and software, inadequate training, lack of an ICT policy and poor ICT security were fundamental challenges facing SMEs in Kenya. Benefits accruing to SMEs from the use of ICT were competitive advantage, local expansion and cost saving.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The researcher concluded that the above challenges affected the use of ICT use by SMEs. Consequently, the researcher suggested several solutions to curb these challenges. The deepening of the local SME financial market was advocated for to curb the challenge of finance. In addition, the introduction of an ICT policy was advocated for. Training needs needed to be addressed by the introduction of government sponsored ICT training initiatives. The study recommended an investigation into the causal relationship between ICT use and financial performance.
INFLUENCE OF PROJECT STRENGTHENING ON PROJECT OUTCOMES IN UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES IN KENYA
Authors: Kwena Ronald , Mukulu Prof. Elegwa , Nzulwa Dr. Joyce , Odhiambo Prof. Romanus
Published: February 2021

Purpose: This study addressed how project strengthening influenced project outcomes in United Nations’ Agencies in Kenya. UN agencies have valid interests in using capacity building amid humanitarian action as a means to deliver project outcomes more efficiently. They also have a responsibility to ensure that local and national actors are ultimately better able to take charge of their own work. Difficulties arise because these short- and long-term goals generally require different strategies, partnerships and funding mechanisms. These differing and sometimes conflicting goals need to be managed better if the sector is to match its rhetoric with on-the-ground programming choices.Methodology: The study adopted a descriptive research design guided by cross sectional survey.  The study findings showed a great influence of project strengthening to the Project outcomes in UN agencies.Results: The results indicated a regression analysis value of t – Calculated which was greater than 2 (i.e. 6.855) and P Value is 0.018 at 95% level of significance that is less than 5%.  The null hypothesis was subsequently rejected and it was concluded that project strengthening had a significant positive influence on project outcomes in UN agencies in Kenya.Unique Contribution to policy, practice and theory: The study recommended that there is need to enhance project financing mechanisms for sustainability of project outcomes as it reduces budgetary constraints, reduces cost overruns, reduces interference with implementation of the project schedule, and reduces insufficient capital to run project activities. The internal controls such as record keeping and ensuring sufficient funds are offered for the sustainability of the project outcomes.
Imagens literais demais: Pensando elementos estéticos no fazer político do bolsonarismo e suas consequências
Authors: Scola Jorge
Published: February 2021

O texto focaliza o entrelaçamento entre elementos estéticos, modos de pertencimento e a construção de grupos políticos bolsonaristas. São vistas nas cenas públicas de apoio ao mandato de Jair Bolsonaro materialidades, mensagens e imagens que relacionam religiões, Estados-Nação e sentidos de maioria cujo arranjo não deve ser compreendido como um acúmulo de referências desordenadas, mas como o acionamento de elementos que funcionam segundo uma lógica própria, a do bolsonarismo. O argumento do texto é o de que a ocupação de espaços públicos por apoiadores deste governo e as formas de aparição de seus elementos estéticos mais recorrentes oferecem boas chaves interpretativas para abordagens antropológicas ao tema do bolsonarismo e do fortalecimento do conservadorismo na política contemporânea.
“A pílula nos castra!”: Narrativas sobre recusar o contraceptivo hormonal
Authors: Squizani Rodrigues Virgínia
Published: February 2021

Sessenta anos após a criação do medicamento que, supostamente, revolucionou a vida das mulheres, uma nova geração diz não à pílula anticoncepcional. O presente artigo é resultado de uma investigação antropológica realizada na cidade de Florianópolis, SC, no ano de 2019. Um dos objetivos da pesquisa foi entender quem eram essas mulheres e por que motivos estavam optando não mais utilizar o contraceptivo hormonal. Entre as narrativas coletadas foi possível verificar os seguintes argumentos: vontade de ser mais saudável e ter mais libido; medo de desenvolver alguma doença grave; desejo por conhecer a si mesma. Além da apreensão dos usos e desusos de um medicamento controverso como a pílula, o texto também perpassa noções de corpo, saúde e bem-estar.
Occurrence of Inverse Creeps in Nylon Multifilament Yarns
Authors: Patil Pratap G.
Published: February 2021

Creep and Inverse creep are the important fundamental properties of textile materials. These properties determine the relaxation behavior of the product. We have designed and fabricated an instrument which can measure the creep and inverse creep. The instrument consists of a Trans - Receiver unit interfaced with Embedded System along with the Personal Computer. Existing technique for measuring inverse creep does not measure the instantaneous extension or contraction. The newly fabricated instrument, can measure the instantaneous extension and contraction of the yarn of an accuracy of 0.02%. This can be measured after every 500 µs. The position of the yarn, which is to be hanged, is vertical. The ‘Electronic Timer Unit’, replaces a meter scale. Set up is improved by using electronic utilities. The capability is enhanced to next level of time and distance resolutions. Automation enables to have flexibility of time from microseconds to minutes. Data is stored in different text files. Different samples of Nylon multifilament yarn were used in the experiment. The length and the load were altered. Change in stress lead to instantaneous extension or contraction followed by creep or inverse creep. This can sensed by the sensor and further stored in the memory of the Computer. The percentage creep and inverse creep were measured and have been reported in this present paper. Your paper should be in the same format as this file. The abstract goes here. Your abstract should be a maximum of 200 words here clearly outlining the contribution of your paper. Abstract is in italic fonts.
Measurements of Inverse Creep in Polyester Multifilament Yarns
Authors: Patil Pratap G.
Published: February 2021

Creep and Inverse creep are the important fundamental properties of textile materials. These properties determine the relaxation behaviour of the product. We have designed and fabricated an instrument which can measure the creep and inverse creep. The instrument consists of a Trans - Receiver unit interfaced with Embedded System along with the Personal Computer. Existing technique for measuring inverse creep does not measure the instantaneous extension or contraction. The newly fabricated instrument, can measure the instantaneous extension and contraction of the yarn up to an accuracy of 0.02%. This can be measured after every 500 µs. The position of the yarn, which is to be hanged, is vertical. The ‘Electronic Timer Unit’, replaces a meter scale. Set up is improved by using electronic utilities. The capability is enhanced to next level of time and distance resolutions. Automation enables to have flexibility of time from microseconds to minutes. Data is stored in different text files. Different samples of Polyester multifilament yarn were used in the experiment. The length and the load were altered. Change in stress lead to instantaneous extension or contraction followed by creep or inverse creep. This can sensed by the sensor and further stored in the memory of the Computer. The percentage creep and inverse creep were measured and have been reported in this present paper
Long-Term Immersion Corrosion of Irons and Steel in Seawaters with Calcareous Deposition
Authors: Melchers R.E.
Published: February 2021

The marine immersion corrosion of irons and steel under calcareous deposition (principally calcium carbonate) is known to be relatively low for shorter exposures (e.g., a few years). Herein the effect of calcareous deposition on corrosion is considered for exposures up to 1,300 y. The data are derived from archaeological steel and iron shipwrecks, cast iron cannons and cannonballs, and wrought iron anchors in locations where there was direct evidence, in and on the corrosion products, of calcareous deposition. Such deposition promotes formation of calcium and ferrous carbonate layers of low permeability on and within rusts. These tend to inhibit both early and long-term corrosion rates. The data show that up to about 200 y exposure corrosion losses as a function of time can be approximated closely by a linear function of time. Longer exposures follow a moderate power-law function, consistent with diffusion considerations. Comments are made about the likely interplay between calcareous deposition and microbiological corrosion.
Theatre and Memory: The Body-as-Statue in Early Modern Culture
Authors: Perletti Greta
Published: February 2021

This chapter relates the statue-like bodies of some Elizabethan and early Jacobean plays to the theories about memory and forgetting that were circulating in late sixteenth-century philosophical and medical discourse. In particular, the chapter shows how memory images, which in antiquity played a pivotal role in the art of memory, were represented as inducing a paralysing, statue-like state in living bodies. Shakespeare’s work partakes in this re-assessment of memory images, as words are more powerful memory triggers and carriers than monuments and statues. Moreover, while Shakespeare’s tragedies stage bodies turning into stone because of the destructive fixedness of the past, his late plays manage to set in motion the images produced by memory and by so doing resist death-like paralysis.
Pantomime in Stone: Performance of the Pose and Animal Camouflage
Authors: Grespi Barbara
Published: February 2021

This essay addresses cinema slapstick stars as figures of the body poised between flesh and stone: by matching the gestures of stone with those both of the statue and of the mineral as such, the silent actor becomes the emblem of how a body can be de-animated in a way that evokes at once certain pathological states and the freezing of a mimetic animal. Analysing in particular Charlie Chaplin’s work with gesture in his first encounters with statues and in the famous “fight” with the marble group of City Lights (1933), the paper interrogates the aesthetic meaning of the pose within the wider process of the de-humanising of the actor’s body as theorised in early film theories, in which one leading model was animal mimicry.
Brancusi’s ‘Sculpture for the Blind’
Authors: Grazioli Elio
Published: February 2021

One of the lesser-known works by Brancusi, Sculpture for the Blind is
actually a key work, paradigmatic of the artist’s entire output. Perfectly
oval in shape, it is the endpoint of Brancusi’s trajectory towards abstraction,
which leads from the head to the egg as a symbol of origin. But,
destined for the “blind”, on the one hand it displaces fruition from sight
to touch, highlighting the importance of this modality also for other
works; on the other hand it indicates the importance of “blinding” for
understanding art; finally it denounces in its own way the blindness of
so many self-styled art users. The essay reconstructs the history of the
sculpture, its interpretations and its further implications.
Cinema, Phenomenology and Hyperrealism
Authors: Conte Pietro
Published: February 2021

Traditionally, hyperrealistic mannequins have embodied the dream
(or rather the nightmare) of animating the inanimate: by imitating the
living model to such an extent that any distinction becomes (almost)
impossible, they blur the threshold between life and inert matter. It thus
comes as no surprise that wax figures have often been taken as a symbol
of cinematic creation and its attempt to recreate motion (a quality immediately
associated with life) by means of a sequence of static frames.
By focusing on three classic movies—Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr.
Caligari (1920), Paul Leni’s Waxworks (1923) and Michael Curtiz’s Mystery
of the Wax Museum (1933)—the essay explores the tension between reality
and unreality as the crux of cinema tout court.
The Celluloid and the Death Mask : Bazin’s and Eisenstein’s Image Anthropology
Authors: Somaini Antonio
Published: February 2021

Funereal images are characterised by a peculiar dialectic tension between
presence and absence that plays a crucial role in understanding the anthropological
roots of image-making tout court. Building on Bazin and
Eisenstein’s remarks about the longue durée of funerary practices aimed at
preserving the visual appearances of dead bodies after their disappearance
due to physical decay, this essay offers a genealogy of techniques that from
casting, moulding and embalming eventually leads to the recording of
images onto celluloid film. The death mask, in particular, with its capacity
of capturing and fixing through the imprint process the traits of a face
that was once alive, seems to respond to that same need to arrest time and
‘secure phenomena’ to which photography and cinema would later respond.
On Jack Torrance As a Fossil Form
Authors: Le Maître Barbara
Published: February 2021

The essay starts with the photograph that reveals the mystery of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980) to introduce the notion of a fossil as a mineral compound that continues to evolve into something biologically distinct from the cadaver that provided its origin. The fossil represents a form of survival in stone, a material within which the dead body can continue to decay and so, in a certain sense, to live on. Considered to be a state of suspended animation, the fossil holds a particular attraction for the cinema, as we see in the character of Jack Torrance, a paradoxical figure who takes on a clear identity if we recognise him as a fossil—and more precisely a ‘living fossil’.
Glass, Mixed Media, Stone : The Bodily Stuffs of Suspended Animation
Authors: Violi Alessandra
Published: February 2021

The essay takes ‘bodies of stone’ in its actual, literal sense, discussing
nineteenth-century embalming techniques which involved a material
transformation of human remains into glass, mixed media or stone. These
processes of vitrification or petrification provided, on the one hand,
auto-icons of the dead that seemed to rival the chemical immortality
offered by the emergent media, such as photography or film. On the other
hand, by mimicking natural processes of fossilisation, bodies of glass or
stone were infused with vitalist notions of matter, hinting at states of
suspended animation and latent life. The essay explores this ‘biochemical
constellation of immortality’ through some peculiar nineteenth-century
examples and traces the uncanny survival of these living corpses in today’s
pop cultural imaginary.
Bodies’ Strange Stories : Les Revenants and The Leftovers
Authors: Malavasi Luca
Published: February 2021

Focusing on two TV series, the French Les Revenants and the American The Leftovers, the essay aims to analyse the cultural and techno-scientific paradigm of animation of the inanimate and its opposite, which may range from reification and ghostly disembodiment to a redefinition of what the human is. Driven by an apocalyptic imaginary, both television projects revolve around the failure of the natural order to distinguish and separate life from death; therefore, they revolve as well around the crisis of the psychological, social and ritual processes through which life, by working through the thought of death, allows the subject to make sense of time and reality—that is, to perceive and understand the finitude of things and the mortality of bodies.
The Phantasmagoric Dispositif: An Assembly of Bodies and Images in Real Time and Space
Authors: Elcott Noam M.
Published: February 2021

This essay aims to identify, historicize, and theorize an image-spectator
relationship best characterized as phantasmagoric: the actual (or apparent)
gathering of human beings and images in a single time-space continuum.
The first two sections locate phantasmagoria in relation to art, film, and
their respective corpuses of criticism and theory. The third section situates
phantasmagoria alongside two related dispositifs: the cinematic (images
set at a distance) and the domestic (images enclosed in objects). The fourth
section identifies the salient qualities of phantasmagoria in relation to
corporeality, space, and time. The final section returns to the works of
McCall, Whitman, Viola, Campus, and Oursler. The article demonstrates
the importance of dispositifs—not only their subtle variations but also
their stark and enduring differences.
Conclusion: Ways Forward for Theme Park and Fan Studies
Authors: Williams Rebecca
Published: February 2021

This chapter reiterates how theme parks offer a crucial site for the exploration of transmediality and the development of paratexts, offering an ongoing site for analysis of the intersections between fandom, media texts, and merchandise, as well as fans’ own affective and physical responses to visiting the parks. It highlights the ongoing commercial and economic value of themed spaces and the continuing expansion of such sites around the world. Arguing for a move away from Western-centric views of themed spaces and transmedia theory, the chapter concludes by proposing avenues for the future of studying theme park spaces, their fans, and the ongoing tensions that occur when fans of themed spaces and their intellectual properties come into proximity with one another.
The Political Uncanny, or the Return of Domination: The Shining
Authors: Lie Sulgi
Published: February 2021

My concluding interpretation of Kubrick’s The Shining is once again a
synthetic reading of the whole work using the tools of film analysis. In
a Lacanian/Žižekian extension of Jameson’s reading of the film, I will
demonstrate how Kubrick, in the guise of a popular genre film, creates a
spectral analysis of the postmodern, late capitalist totality. In a second
step I seek to go beyond Jameson in order to prove that The Shining, in its
natural-history totalization of capitalism, is even more total than Jameson
ascribes to the film in his class-history reading. Like perhaps no other
film, The Shining opens itself up to the wounds of the social totality, but
at the same time, in its hermetic formal perfection, the film creates the
counter-measure of a purely aesthetic totality, which may itself be utopian.
‘Put on the dress of a wife, so that you might preserve your virginity’
Authors: Shuve Karl
Published: February 2021

In the third century, Christian virgins began to be described as brides
of Christ. The nuptial metaphor had been employed since the earliest
decades of the Christian movement to speak of communal identity, with
the Church being the bride, but it is not until the third century, in the
writings of Tertullian of Carthage, that we first encounter the notion
that specifically virgin women embody the bride. Tertullian is clear that
virgins are to conduct themselves in public as wives, which includes the
wearing of a veil. This chapter focuses particularly on dress to explore
what kind of ‘marriage’ it was that these virgins were believed to enter
into with Christ, and what this means for their social identities.