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AR Fitting Room and Beyond
Authors: Zhao Yeqin
Published: February 2024

Over the years, the AR technology has started to bloom, more and more customers are enjoying using their mobile device to experience this advanced technology. This research project mainly focuses on creating an AR integrated fitting room mobile application or prototype which offers a more detailed and refined virtual try-on experience. It has a five-stage process: Detection, detect user’s body features and setup referencing points. Selection, we will generate a specific body type for users to choose according to the user information we gathered. Interaction, fashion items can be freely try-on on the user's virtual body. Acquiring, users can simply go to the retailer website through our app. Social hub, where users can share their fashion try-on and share it within the community. This application can be utilized in physical retail fashion stores, fashion e-commerce, and basically anywhere with a mobile device. The design of the AR fitting room will be focusing on improving user flow, customer satisfaction, brand engagement and brand acceptance.
How to Apply Neuromarketing and Customers' Psychology Biases to a Digital Startup's Brand
Authors: Zhou Muxing
Published: February 2024

The research of neuromarketing and customers' psychology has been widely discussed over recent years in the digital business world. This paper provides an overview of the previous and current research in this field and analyzes how human brains can impact unconscious purchase decisions. This paper will also include neuromarketing theories and different techniques used in digital marketing research. Furthermore, to support the findings of this paper, a research project will be conducted. The primary research methods are qualitative research and research creation. The research methodology includes content analysis, two case studies, and a website and packaging design creation. This project aims to apply findings from neuromarketing and consumer psychology biases to a digital startup brand. The proposed startup is an online subscription service that provides a box of art supplies coupled with a virtual engaging and educational art class with an online community platform where children can share their work and receive feedback on their work. The research aims to explore practical ways to deliver the branding message and persuade customers to purchase the product. A reflection on the creative process is documented in the research paper. This research project will help entrepreneurs create a practical and effective marketing and branding strategy for their startup digital brand during this global pandemic.
Gamified Cities: The Gamification of Urban Mobility
Authors: Lee Katy
Published: February 2024

This paper will explore the use of gamification and digital storytelling methods as a way of navigating within a city. The ‘Pervasive Game Design Framework’ (PGDF) will be used as a framework to structure the research of this paper (Sobke et al., 2017). Gamification has many social elements that can be used to encourage and further motivate players to interact and engage with one another in the game while participating in the same activity (Guo et al., 2021). The purpose of this paper is to explore how gamification methods can be used to motivate players to use different modes of transportation other than driving, and participate in active mode choice-making to benefit their physical health. The use of alternate modes of transportation can also aid in the overall sustainability and energy saving of a city. The sociological implications of gamification in a travel-based context will be used to gauge how participants and players interact with each other and also the physical and digital spaces that they are in. In addition to that, the psychological implications on behavioural neuroscience on an individual level will also be explored in a travel-based context. Games like ‘Pokemon GO’ and ‘Ingress’ will be analyzed through the MDA (Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics) framework and be used as case studies in the area where gamification and city navigation meet. In both of these games, there are multiple layers of the physical and digital spaces working together to form the game. ‘Pokemon GO’ and ‘Ingress’ both include several motivational factors that keep players enticed, such as social aspects, being outdoors and recreation.
The Use of Narrative Video Games for Empathy Building in the Non-Profit Sector
Authors: Khan Torsum
Published: February 2024

This research project is aimed at exploring ways that the power of video games has been harnessed for different fields other than commercial profits and used as an effective empathy building tool. Studies have found story-driven video games to have an impact on human emotions and can be used as tools to encourage social change. The non-profit sector relies on digital story telling campaigns to raise awareness and engage with audiences, but by being slow in embracing the possibilities offered by new media technologies, especially narrative video games, the sector has lagged in adopting the fastest growing media platform in the world. They have failed to understand the philanthropic motivations of a younger demographic, as well as their attitudes, behaviors, and their need for more immersive experiences. By researching game principles and game mechanics that focus on triggering human emotions to build empathy, which is the core foundation of social action, a game prototype is developed in the Unity 3D game engine, an industry recognised tool for creating indie and commercial video games. The purpose of this project is to suggest ways in which serious games can be used by non-profit organizations to engage with digital audiences in a more immersive way.
Using Gamification To Influence User Success In Personal Finance Applications
Authors: Hayes Carrie
Published: February 2024

Research Problem & Objectives: This thesis explores the current research and prior literature surrounding financial literacy’s use as a tool for consumer empowerment. It seeks to understand the current market for financial literacy digital media in the form of mobile budgeting applications. In particular, to understand where weaknesses exist and opportunities lie.

Methods: That will entail combining the existing literature and best practices with persuasive technology (gamification) to create a minimum viable product that may address deficiencies in the market. This proposed application will be designed to be an intervention to increase the end user’s level of financial literacy and financial well being.

Key Results: This study resulted in the development of a new mobile personal finance budgeting application uniquely designed to make financial literacy information more accessible and available to users, and to help users improve their financial habits & behaviours. This was accomplished through the implementation of gamification techniques.

Conclusion: This thesis concluded having created a tool that Canadians might use to increase their level of financial literacy. The mobile budgeting app developed filled a gap in the Canadian mobile personal finance application market by employing research-backed gamification techniques, multiple engagement loops and behavioural change strategies.
Many-to-One: Wearable Interactions
Authors: Dang-Lam Kum San Vanessa Amy
Published: February 2024

While wearable technology in the form of clothes has been introduced for over a thousand years, it has been evolving in the last decade, with computer wearables to e-textile (Berzowska, 2005; Birringer & Danjoux, 2009; Capineri, 2014; Hartman, 2014; Lymberis & Paradiso, 2008; Ryan, n.d.; Sparacino et al., 1997). The motivation of this project is to bring focus on a unique audience engagement in musical performances and explore the many-to-one network connection of tangible interactions. This paper focuses on the creation of a wearable wristband, the use of network connection and the interaction with a data visualization used to create a unique and engaging experience for every audience member. This research project proposes a new creative space that will explore an inverted interaction, where audience members set the stage of the live performance.
Complete Communities in the Suburbs: Evaluating Transit-Oriented Development Potential North of Toronto
Authors: Dow Kyle
Published: February 2024

Cohesion is required between the public and private sector to help ensure that best practices of the development practice can adapt to local contexts. In this sense developing transit-oriented development is a bit of a dark art in the development space. One method of addressing is by using a transit-oriented development typology model to assess the potential and ease applying the development model within a station area. This paper examines a recent transit-oriented development typology model developed by the Greater Manchester 2080 thinktank and modifies the evaluation matrix’s key performance indicators to fit within the policy context of the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area.
Gentrifying Toronto: identifying and quantifying neighbourhood change
Authors: Gidey Fana
Published: February 2024

This paper builds from the knowledge of the causes, developments and consequences of gentrification and identifies areas susceptible to the activity in the City of Toronto. This was achieved by examining theoretical and observational studies incorporating GIS and statistical modeling broadening the analysis of gentrification. A PCA and K-means cluster analysis revealed a grouping of 168 census tracts (36%) in Toronto that consisted of a significant influx of creative industries and had a significant decrease of Black residents from 2006 to 2016.

A quantitative analysis was developed from the resulting clusters to detect similar scales of gentrification. The author links how state-led interventions and artistic activities appear to be strong precursors of gentrification, directly driving investment and disinvestment and ultimately displacing vulnerable populations throughout the city of Toronto neighbourhoods. Connecting gentrification to policy and activities allows policy makers to allocate resource that encourage economic opportunity, emphasize meaningful community involvement and resist new policies that intensify displacement.
Range Expansion and Migration of Trumpeter Swans in North America: Relationship Between Summer and Winter Distributions
Authors: Tong Pak Yui Arthur
Published: February 2024

Trumpeter Swans were extirpated from Ontario in the late 1800s and by the early 1900s, only three breeding populations remained, with most of the surviving birds in Alaska (Pacific Coast Population), fewer in Canada (Western Canada Population), and a population in the Greater Yellowstone area of the contiguous United States. The Ontario reintroduction program ended in 2006, and limited empirical analyses have been conducted since, hence, this paper examines the Ontario breeding distribution of TRUS (1991-2021) to see if there is evidence of density dependent range expansion in areas around the captive breeding release sites. To do this, I first quantified the seasonal distribution by grid cells count (2.96 km x 2.96 km) followed by kernel density mapping. Secondly, I assessed the occurrence and extent of short-stopping by calculating the average geographic location o sightings and the minimum distance between each wintering location and release sites.

These drivers acted as independent variables for the regression model, and it was found that the R2 of 0.15 (Fstat = 1117.328, p<0.0001). The most important predictor in the model was distance to release sites (-0.225), followed closely by distance to winter sites (-0.205), in which they both had a negative relationship with the dependent variable. On the other hand, human population density had a positive relationship of 0.078 with the dependent variable. The results from this study confirmed that the Ontario breeding distribution of TRUS (1991-2020) shows evidence of density dependent range expansion in areas around captive breeding release sites, confirming short-stopping in winter as well.
Investigating the role of ethnic grocers in health and healthy eating among Chinese and South Asian immigrants in the Toronto CMA
Authors: Lee Janelle
Published: February 2024

This paper, based on an online survey of 600 immigrants, investigates whether shopping at ethnic grocery retailers and the level of access to these stores are related to healthy eating and associated health outcomes among Chinese and South Asian immigrants in the Toronto census metropolitan area. Using a combination of chi-squared analysis and logistic regression, this study finds that access to and the frequency of shopping at ethnic grocers are not significant factors explaining fruit, vegetable, and whole grain consumption or obesity levels among Chinese and South Asian immigrants. However, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of individuals—specifically age, gender, ethnicity, and whether one can afford healthy food options—are significantly related to healthy eating and obesity. Further research is needed to understand the role of ethnic grocery retailers in other aspects of immigrant well-being, including social and mental health, community life, and affirming one’s cultural identity.
COVID-19 in Toronto: Investigating the Spatial Impact of Retailers in the Food Retail and Food Service Sector
Authors: Theivendram Niraginy
Published: February 2024

COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the global economy. The retailing sector, which relies heavily on high levels of human interaction, has experienced the worst impact. This study aimed to assess the spatial distribution of COVID-19 in Toronto and its impact on business locations from the food retail and food service sectors by investigating four retailers: Starbucks, McDonald’s, Shoppers Drug Mart, and Loblaws. Kernel density estimation revealed that the spatial distribution of COVID-19 incidences in the City of Toronto is uneven, with a high density of cases present in the Downtown core. Spatial autocorrelation was performed at the global and local levels to assess the spatial pattern of Starbucks, McDonald’s, Shoppers Drug Mart, and Loblaws locations. The findings revealed that retailers spatially clustered in a COVID-19 hotspot are the most impacted. Further to this analysis, a geographically weighted regression model was generated, which indicated a strong correlation between COVID-19 and low socio-economic status. This allows for a better understanding of the characteristics associated with the retail locations at risk from COVID-19, enabling retailers to make strategic adjustments to respond to a rapidly changing marketplace.
A Service Area Analysis of Indoor Swimming Pools in Toronto
Authors: Cuevas Vincent
Published: February 2024

This research explores how service area delineation techniques can be applied to estimate the population serviced by municipally operated indoor swimming pools in 2020 and 2025 in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Municipalities face financial costs and the need to serve a growing population as challenges to providing access to pool facilities across Toronto. Comparing deterministic and probabilistic service area delineation techniques and analyzing service area demographics are steps to identify if these pool facilities are accessible across the city. Deterministic service areas using radius buffers and drive-distance buffers were created with a 2km travel cost, while the Huff Model used census tracts with a probability of 0.20 to determine its service area. The results of this study showed that deterministic service area techniques create larger service area populations than the probabilistic Huff Model, and that the demographic composition of the populations have slightly higher proportions of lower-income households, and lower proportions of visible minorities. The addition of six new indoor pool facilities planned for completion by 2025 will service both highly populated areas and lower populated areas with differing demographics.
Assessing the Opportunities for Transit Oriented Development around the LRT Systems of Calgary and Edmonton
Authors: Willis Bryan
Published: February 2024

In recent years, rapid urban development and population growth have led to problems like urban sprawl, and traffic congestion. Suburban and car-centric cities like Calgary and Edmonton have adopted smart growth policies, like Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), to mitigate these problems by integrating their Light Rail Transit (LRT) systems with land use planning. This paper focuses on assessing the areas around the LRT systems of both cities to determine which areas would present opportunities for TOD. Principal Component Analysis and K-means clustering were used to create a typology system that grouped together areas with similar demographics into 6 distinct groups. Local Moran’s I was then applied to the 6 clusters to analyze the spatial patterns of each cluster. The analysis revealed that areas in the downtown core and in the Northeastern quadrant of both cities had the greatest opportunity for TOD and reflected the plans and policies currently in place.
The Spatial-Temporal Distribution of Airbnb and its’ Potential Impact on the Rental Market: A Case Study of City of Toronto & City of Vancouver
Authors: Sepehri-Boroujeni Shabnam
Published: February 2024

  

The digitization of businesses has changed the way we purchase goods and services. This has been amplified in the last year due to the pandemic and social distancing measures. Demand for services such as ridership, quality goods, and short-term rentals has increased relative to traditional services. This has led to the rapid expansion of digital platforms such as Amazon, Uber, and Airbnb. The private short-term accommodation market has raised many public policy questions some of which revolve around how these markets should be regulated and taxed to mediate their impact on the housing and rental market. This study focuses on analyzing the spatiotemporal distribution of Airbnb and its’ potential impact on the long-term rental market in City of Toronto and City of Vancouver in Canada. There are two main findings; first, Airbnb listing are shown to be concentrated in areas closer to the city center. Second, there is a positive correlation between the presence of Airbnb and rental rates. These findings align with previous studies and further contribute to the growing body of research on the topic of platform economy and short-term rentals.
Time Series of a Forest Canopy: Detecting Changes using the Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index and a low-cost Drone
Authors: Emard Samuel
Published: February 2024

The drone industry has expanded as the technology has become more affordable in the last few years. The use of drone images in remote-sensing research became an increasingly attractive alternative to other methods such as satellite imagery as it allows for a faster, more efficient method to capture spatial phenomenon. Unfortunately, drones are often costly and require additional sensors and lenses to capture multispectral data, making the technology difficult to access without financial support. However, modern drones designed for more casual flights are now affordable and equipped with high-quality cameras. This major research paper aims to find out whether the combination of a low-cost (< $1000 CAD), lightweight (< 249 grams) drone such as the DJI Mavic Mini is an adequate tool to monitor and detect subtle changes in forest canopy. The Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index is utilized to assess vegetation changes and monitor vegetation growth while minimizing research costs. After capturing a forest canopy for three months, the results show that the DJI Mavic Mini is an adequate tool for research purposes, given that the study area is relatively small and has temperate weather. In addition, the Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index showed mixed results when detecting fine changes in the canopy of the study area.

It showed inconsistencies and significant variances in terms of the acquired images. For the index to detect subtle changes in the canopy accurately, the study area needs to be under the same weather conditions and similar sunlight at the time of capture, which is not a realistic expectation.
Public and Ordinary Bad Feelings: Neoliberal Depression and its Art
Authors: Kramer Campbell
Published: February 2024

This paper attends to contemporary literature that looks at depression within wider political, social, and economic contexts. The core scholars examined in this section include Byung-Chul Han, Bernard Stiegler, Naomi Klein, and Michel Foucault. Through a review and critical analysis of their texts, this section of the paper demonstrates that depression should be thought of as a reasonable affective response to neoliberal capitalism. The second half of this paper examines various theories about the relationship between creative practice, art, technology, and neoliberal depression. Authors on this topic include Christine Ross, Ann Cvetkovich, Nicolas Bourriaud, Anthony Dunne, and Fiona Raby. By attending to the intersection of creative practice and neoliberal depression, this paper acts as a survey of the field, thereby uncovering what art can contribute to this vital discourse.
re:TO: Pursuing Urban Re-Imaginaries Through an Affected Ontological Inquiry into the Capitalocene In Toronto
Authors: McClintock Ashley
Published: February 2024

This project embraces the more-than-human-turn by building upon two concepts, one from the environmental humanities and one from climate communications: from the environmental humanities, the Capitalocene thesis; and from climate communications, the localisation concept. These two theories are brought together in a praxis project utilizing walking and autoethnographic research methodologies in an affective, ontological inquiry into the researcher's experience of Capitalogenic climate change within her city, Toronto. The hypothesis states that disrupting everyday patterns of city life through critical sensory walking inquiry into place creates potential for localising Capitalogenic conditions, thereby further creating cognitive space to reimagine possibilities within her daily life in Toronto. Hypothesis is guided by three research questions - (1) How does the researcher, a Torontonian, perceive Capitalogenic climate change conditions within the city?, (2) Can walking research methodologies be used for reimagining urban realities during the Capitalocene?, and (3) Can walking-as-localising research be a means to inspire mitigation and adaptation efforts among other Torontonians? Documentation of autoethnographic processes on the website re-TOronto.com becomes a model for citizen walking research during Capitalogenic climate change in Toronto.
News Personalization: Do Journalism Audiences Prefer Algorithms Over Editors?
Authors: Duncan Stuart
Published: February 2024

This project-paper explores what motivates news organizations to employ algorithmically driven news personalization techniques and develops a methodology to determine whether journalism audiences have a preference between story lineups determined by an editor or by an algorithm. This work also examines whether news personalization systems meet the information needs of news audiences and works to determine what algorithmic approaches could better meet these needs.

Through the creation of a simple online news personalization system, this project has developed a method driven by analytic measurement coupled with a survey approach to determine audience opinions on news recommendation systems. A small user study was conducted that supported the feasibility of the system as a research tool and identified possible improvements to my methodological choices.

The research presented as part of this project-paper found that news organizations use news personalization systems for a variety of economic and editorial reasons. This paper also explores the social impacts of news personalization techniques and posits that there is nothing inherent to the design of personalization systems that precludes supporting the democratic and social ideals of journalism.
Games as Pedagogy: A Postmortem of ReCall of Duty: Modern Empire
Authors: Demeter Aaron
Published: February 2024

Accompanying the video game ReCall of Duty: Modern Empire, this paper examines the development process to determine if the game effectively communicates its thesis, as well as the usefulness of research creation overall. The game acts as a critique of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare franchise, putting the player in a war simulator to show how Modern Warfare games rely on orientalism to justify war in the Middle East. The paper contextualizes the game within the independent game scene as well as academic literature. The key literature is a synthesis of Edward Said’s orientalism with Ian Bogost’s procedural rhetoric. We dissect the creation process and separate the game into four themes for analysis: Aesthetics, Mechanics/Dynamics, Gender, and the Military Entertainment Complex. The analysis finds that by embracing creative mediums, both the game and research creation as a method are effective at producing engaging and accessible research.
Before and after Nature: Temporality and Landscape in Toronto’s Early Urban Greenspace
Authors: Shaftoe Samuel
Published: February 2024

In this thesis, I explore the ways cultural constructions of nature and its temporal valences are represented and employed in the design, use, and development of urban greenspace. This arises from a broader interest in the ways the nature/society distinction has been produced alongside the environment-making, world-ecological process of capital accumulation. Parks, as nature in the city, foreground tensions between nature and society. They are developed, maintained, and designed with specific representations of nature in mind. In this sense, they can act as an index for shifting images of nature, or what Jason W. Moore would call historical natures. I have chosen to focus on the emergence of parks in Toronto during the 19th century using Allan Gardens as my primary case study. I approach it as landscape to pay particular attention to how images of nature constructed, employed, and practiced in the development and use of the site. Allan Gardens proves to be an interesting case study in the history of urban greenspace due to its relation to the global flows of science, power, and capital inculcated in botanical gardens, as well as its relation to settler-colonial commemorative exercises that utilize the temporal valences of nature to place indigenous peoples in a pre-history of Toronto’s development.
ASL Poetics of Practice: Reading and Writing Communicative Bodies into the Media Materialities of Poetry
Authors: Ward-Kimola Sabrina
Published: February 2024

Taking up Deaf literary studies, communication and media studies, this thesis conducts a interview-based and qualitative study of the media practices undertaken by poets who use ASL in their work. In addition to expanding prevailing and hegemonic approaches to poetics, central to this investigation are the related concepts of: (1) the communicative body, a term used to describe how the ASL-signing body is enacted as a media technology, and (2) the problematics of interpretation across the materialities that contribute to poetic meaning. Through the insights of a small cohort of poets, this research attends to gaps at the intersection of Deaf and communication studies, highlighting how poetic meaning emerges from the material spaces and accompanying practices of communicative production.
A Single-Session Virtual Validation Intervention for Family Members of Youth Experiencing Emotion Dysregulation: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study
Authors: Sheasgreen Clare
Published: February 2024

Family member validation has been found to reduce emotion dysregulation among youth. To date, however, no interventions exist to teach family members of youth experiencing emotion dysregulation the skill of validation exclusively. The purpose of this mixed methods pilot study was to test a single-session virtual intervention on the topic of validation for family members currently on a waitlist for the ‘Family Connections’ program. Results support the feasibility, acceptability and utility of the intervention including the single-session and virtual formats. The components of the intervention perceived as most useful to family members were practice exercises, the virtual chat function, and self-validation content. Applied knowledge of validation and perceived hope increased significantly following participation. This study offers preliminary evidence that validation may be a skill that can be learned in a single-session virtual intervention by family members of youth experiencing emotion dysregulation, and suggests implications for clinical practice, research, and theory.
Mapping Congenital Heart Disease Transitional Care Interventions to Health-Related Quality of Life Domains: A Scoping Review
Authors: Patel Jinal
Published: February 2024

Background: Transitional care interventions for adolescents with congenital heart disease aim to prepare adolescent for transition from pediatric to adult healthcare settings.

Purpose: To identify the components, mediums of delivery and dosage of transitional care interventions for adolescents living with congenital heart disease and map the identified intervention components to specific health-related quality of life domains.

Methods: Arksey and O’Malley’s framework was used to identify transitional care interventions and map interventions to health-related quality of life domains.

Results/Discussion: Eleven articles were selected for review. Intervention components included education, skill development and information about adult healthcare settings. Mediums of delivery included written and online resources, transition events, patient passports and transition coordinators. Dosage of interventions were not clearly reported. Mapping indicated that all reviewed transitional care interventions addressed at least one domain of HRQOL.

Conclusion: Future investigations should address the relationship between transitional care interventions and health related quality of life.
PENGARUH KINERJA PEGAWAI TERHADAP KEPUASAN MASYARAKAT MELALUI KUALITAS PELAYANAN ADMINISTRASI KEPENDUDUKAN SEBAGAI VARIABEL MEDIASI
Authors: Jonh Sisilia Hakiki , Putra Iwan Setya , Klaudia Sura
Published: February 2024

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the influence of employee performance on community satisfaction through service quality as a mediating variable at the Sidorejo village office. This type of research is quantitative research. Data collection was carried out using a questionnaire, the data was analyzed using path analysis. The sample in this research was 100 respondents. The data analysis methods used are descriptive statistical analysis, validity test, reliability test, classical assumption test, path analysis with the help of the SPSS version 21 program. The findings of this research are 1) employee performance has a significant and direct effect on the quality of village office services Sidorejo. 2) employee performance has a significant and direct effect on the satisfaction of the Sidorejo village community. 3) service quality has a significant and direct effect on the satisfaction of the Sidorejo village community. 4) employee performance on community satisfaction does not influence (does not mediate) service quality. These findings provide input that good employee performance will create community satisfaction. Optimal service quality will create satisfaction for the community.
PENGARUH PROMOSI DAN KEPERCAYAAN KONSUMEN TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN PADA PENGGUNA APLIKASI E-COMMERCE TOKOPEDIA
Authors: Andiani Lidia , Riantama Farrel , Andriansyah Agussalim
Published: February 2024

The purpose of this study was to test the Promotion (X1) and Consumer Trust (X2) variables on Purchase Decisions (Y) in the Tokopedia E-Commerce application in the Management student study program at STIE Malangkucecwara in the 2022/2023 academic year. The type of research used in this research is quantitative research with explanatory methods. The population of this study was 163 students with a sample of 62 students. The analytical method used in this study used the IBM SPSS Statistics 23 application. The results showed that the Promotion variable (X1) had a positive effect of 5,600 and the Consumer Trust Variable (X2) had a positive effect of 4,218. From the results of this study, it can be concluded that Promotion and Consumer Trust influence purchasing decisions.
ANALYSIS OF THE MACRO ENVIRONMENT AND ANALYSIS OF THE FIVES FORCES IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY IN INDONESIA
Authors: Aksa Adi Faisal , Lake Yeremias , Rado Bernadus Ghawa , Bani Marlinda Pala , Lika Ernestina
Published: February 2024

Bisnis ritel di Indonesia saat ini berkembang dengan pesat, baik ritel tradisional ataupun modern, ritel lokal ataupun asing. Perkembangan ritel yang sangat pesat tersebut juga sering kali diperhadaptkan dengan berbagai permasalahan yang bersifat intenal ataupun eksternal. Dengan berbagai permasalahan tersebut diperlukan analisis yang mampu mengatasinya. Analisis likungan makro dan analisis lima kekuatan merupakan analisis yang dapat diterapkan pada bisnis ritel. Analisis lingkungan makro menjelaskan bahwa perusahaan harus mampu menghadapi lingkungan baik yang bersifat internal maupun eksternal seperti lingkungan ekonomi, lingkungan politik dan hukum, lingkungan demografi, lingkungan sosial budaya, dan lingkungan teknologi. Analisis lima kekuatan menjelaskan bahwa perusahaan harus mampu melihat dan bereaksi seberapa kuat dan lemahnya kekuatan-kekuatan yang dimiliki perusahaan serta tantangan/ancaman yang ada dengan kekuatan tawar menawar konsumen/pembeli/pelanggan, kekuatan tawar menawar pemasok, tantangan/ancaman pendatang baru, tantangan/ancaman produk pengganti, dan persaingan antar perusahaan.
FAKTOR-FAKTOR FUNDAMENTAL PERUSAHAAN DAN RISIKO SISTEMATIK TERHADAP HARGA SAHAM DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA
Authors: Taolin Maximus Leonardo , Duli Dominikus Kopong
Published: February 2024

Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk dapat mengetahui pengaruh variabel variabel independen secara serentak ataupun secara parsial terhadap variabel harga saham dan seberapa besar kontribusinya. Hal ini dimaksudkan agar Perusahaan mengetahui bagaimana membuat saham mereka menarik untuk dibeli dan untuk investor, juga dapat digunakan sebagai acuan untuk memutuskan dengan tepat kapan sebaiknya membeli atau menjual saham untuk dapat memmperoleh keuntungan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan semua variabel independen secara serentak mempunyai pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap harga saham. Secara parsial hanya variabel EPS, PER,dan DER yang mempunyai pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap harga saham dan variasi semua variabel independen yang digunakan dapat menjelaskan 86,3% variasi perubahan harga saham sedangkan sisanya 13,7% dijelaskan oleh variabel lain diluar model ini.
IMPLEMENTASI PERATURAN DESA NOMOR 02 TAHUN 2020 TENTANG PENERTIBAN TERNAK DI DESA NAPAN KECAMATAN BIKOMI UTARA KABUPATEN TIMOR TENGAH UTARA
Authors: Nono Sigibertus , Atanus Fidelis , Rembu Yoakim
Published: February 2024

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana Implementasi Peraturan Desa Nomor 02 Tahun 2020 Tentang Penertiban Ternak di Desa Napan Kecamatan Bikomi Utara kabupaten Timor Tengah Utara. Metode yang digunakan penelitian ini yaitu metode kualitatif deskriptif yang dianalisis dengan menggunakan teori model implementasi kebijakan dari Merille S. Grindle. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan belum optimalnya pelaksanaan Peraturan desa ini karena empat dari sembilan indikator implementasi kebijakan Menurut Merille S. Grindle belum dilaksanakan secara maksimal, diantaranya kepentingan-kepentingan yang mempengaruhi, pelaksana program, kekuasaan, kepentingan-kepentingan dan strategi para aktor yang terlibat serta tingkat kepatuhan dan adanya respon dari pelaksana. Saran peneliti agar implementasi Peraturan desa ini lebih optimal adalah dengan meningkatkan pengawasan terhadap masyarakat peternak dalam menertibkan hewan ternaknya serta melakukan sosialisasi secara menyeluruh kepada semua pihak yang terlibat malam implementasi perdaturan desa.
The Double-Edged Sword: Analyzing the Influence of Technology on English Language Learning in Kuwait Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
Authors: Al Shuraiaan Anwar , Al Bloushi Bashayer , Al Bloushi Lulwa
Published: February 2024

This study explores the dynamic interplay between advanced technology and teaching English to non-native speakers within university contexts. Focused on insights from academic staff at Kuwait University, the research explores both the merits and challenges associated with integrating technology into language education. The literature review examines the evolution from traditional to modern teaching methods, emphasizing technology's role in creating engaging and personalized learning experiences. As a global lingua franca, English is a focal point, with technology-driven approaches reshaping language education for non-native speakers. The consequences of integrating advanced technology unfold nuancedly, showcasing both positive and negative outcomes. The study reveals that while technology enhances access to diverse learning resources and improves writing tools, it poses challenges such as distractions, dependence, and potential superficial learning. The research design involves a qualitative approach, employing semi-structured interviews with 11 academic staff members in Kuwaiti institutions. Thematic analysis is utilized to extract key patterns and themes from the gathered data, providing valuable insights into teacher perspectives on the consequences of technology integration. The findings highlight drawbacks, including concerns about the quality of online content, overreliance on technology, and potential isolation, along with obstacles faced by higher education institutions, such as cost considerations and faculty challenges. The study proposes strategic solutions, advocating for professional development, equitable access to technology, and a balanced approach that integrates traditional and technology-driven methods. In conclusion, this study underscores the importance of thoughtful and ethical technology integration in English language education. It advocates for a holistic approach, considering the quality of instruction, critical thinking development, and the need for a supportive culture of innovation. As universities navigate the complexities of technology, these insights offer guidance for creating inclusive and impactful language learning experiences for non-native speakers in the ever-evolving landscape of higher education.
Relevancy and Outlook of the Technology-Enhanced Education within Digital Contents, Resources and Tools
Authors: Jabsheh Abd-AL-Hameed Mustafa Mahmoud
Published: February 2024

Digital technology has become one of the most dictating determinants of this modern age; technology is gradually taking wider roles in every aspect of human activity and practice; education, teaching, and learning have centrally been apt to a wide range of changeability: technology-enhancement has facilitated the emergence of new concepts in education; technology- enhancement has also incorporated new roles for teachers, students, learning content, pedagogy, learning resources, instructional media and tools; as a consequence, the aim of this study was to investigate the relevancy and outlook of such a technology –enhanced education within the three domains of digital content, digital resources, and, digital tools. To achieve the aim of this study, a juxtaposed qualitative approach was followed to reveal and then describe such relevancy and outlook; the available literature has profoundly been surveyed to support the argument and the investigative range of this study; consequently, three essays, which are separate in form, but interrelated in their thematic topicality, have investigated three related issues: the first is why technology enhancement has dictated itself to the educational system, and how it has been changing the whole educational system; the second is why and how digital content can be an unavoidable digital resource and why there is a call to exploit digital contents and digital resources; the third is how digital tools, "Grammarly" as an example, bears some functional limitations that can cast some uncertainty over the degree of dependability that they are supposed to record. Accordingly, this study has generally concluded that technology enhancement, digital contents, digital resources, and digital tools are advantageous and exploitable as long as they are exploited rationally and reasonably;  technology enhancement should be understood as an extension and not as a substitution to traditional educational practices;  the study also concluded that the overdependence on technological and digital solutions could cast various risks on Human Intelligence (HI), thinking, attitudes, and behavior. This study comes up with various recommendations.
Evasiveness in Greek Political Interviews: A Case Study in Conversation Analysis
Authors: Kyriazi Panagiota
Published: February 2024

This paper identifies the conversational practices of evasiveness in Greek political interviews and debates through Conversation Analysis (CA) methodology. The present study is accomplished according to Clayman and Heritage's proposed model of questioning and answering dimensions in American and British news interviews. The analysis focuses on the sequential organisation of the pre-allocation type of interviews exploring how interviewers structure their questions while focusing on the practices that interviewees deploy to display resistance towards the addressed questions. By presenting transcripts from three interviews and two political debates, it is argued that Greek IEs show resistance in answering by providing partial or incomplete responses or by performing a different action than the addressed through specific turn prefaces, i.e., look-, listen-, first of all- turn beginning components and the practices of rhetorical questions and the incorporation of IR’s wording. According to findings, similar practices of resistance can be found in both cross-cultural contexts with some differentiations and novel elements in the Greek corpus as well as Greek IRs’ multi-unit style of questioning which seems to favour politicians’ evasiveness.
Comparison of Batang Batik Motifs with Mataram Keraton Batik and Pekalongan Batik
Authors: Hartanti Monica , Lukman Christine Claudia , Heryadi Heddy
Published: February 2024

Batang Batik has unique motifs that originate from its historical background as part of the Islamic Mataram Kingdom, and its geographical area adjacent to the coastal batik center of Pekalongan. Batang Keratonan Batik is influenced by the Mataram Keraton Batik, while the Batang Pesisiran Batik is influenced by the Pekalongan Batik. The influence of the Mataram Keraton Batik can be seen from the use of sogan (brown) color, as well as geometric, and organic abstract motifs, while the influence of Pekalongan Batik in the use of bright colors and figurative organic motifs. Even though they have similar designs, there are also differences between the Batang Keratonan Batik and the Mataram Keraton Batik, as well as between the Batang Pesisiran Batik and the Pekalongan Batik. The similarities and differences in visual styles are interesting to study because they show the dominance of power over aesthetic tastes from Pierre Bourdieu's concept; and the phenomenon of mimicry from the STORM theory from the study of social psychology. This research uses a qualitative descriptive approach with purposive samples originating from the Pisan Bali motif on 2 pieces of Batang Keratonan Batik and 1 piece of Mataram Keraton Batik, as well as floral and bird motifs on 1 piece of Batang Pesisiran Batik, 1 piece of Rifa'iyah Batik, and Pekalongan Batik. To reveal the similarities and differences in batik designs, we conducted a visual content analysis of color, motifs, execution of forms, layout, and composition. Furthermore, the concept of Pierre Bourdieu and the STORM mimicry theory were used to reveal the causes of the similarities and differences in visual styles of the purposive samples. The results of the analysis show that the similarities in visual style are due to the influence of power domination on aesthetic tastes in a field, and mimicry is done to gain social advantage, while the differences come from heterodoxy which occurs due to changes in the constellation of power in the social field.
The impact of diaphragmatic breathing on the endurance of contemporary dancers at the Institut Seni Budaya Indonesia Aceh: model-based experimental design
Authors: Gusmail Sabri , Nugra Prasika Dewi , Syahrizal Syahrizal
Published: February 2024

Managing dance movement elements is crucial for maintaining endurance and movement quality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of applying diaphragmatic breathing on dancer endurance. The study employed a mixed-methods approach with an exploratory sequential design. The first phase, qualitative in nature, aimed to formulate hypotheses concerning the endurance issues faced by dancers in choreography courses. The second phase tested these hypotheses through experiments, incorporating control variables between two groups: Group 1, trained in dance movements using diaphragmatic breathing, and Group 2, solely trained in movements. The experiment took place at the Indonesian Institute of Cultural Arts in Aceh, with six female dancers enrolled in choreography classes randomly divided into two groups. None of the participants had prior experience with diaphragmatic breathing techniques while dancing. The study utilized a sphygmomanometer and oximetry for measurement. The endurance test involved dancing to a metronome for 5 minutes at tempos of 100, 110, and 120 without interruption. The results indicated that the respiratory frequency of dancers using diaphragmatic breathing was more stable compared to the group that did not employ this technique. These findings suggest that incorporating diaphragmatic breathing alternately while dancing can serve as a recommendation for maintaining dancers' endurance, particularly for students at the Indonesian Institute of Cultural Arts in Aceh.
The paradigm concept of Javanese’ Anak Polah Bapa Kepradhah in the story of Murwakala: Lévi-Strauss structuralism
Authors: Wardana Sarwo Edi
Published: February 2024

Indonesia harbors diverse oral traditions, with a particular focus on Javanese traditions. Studies on oral traditions, especially those related to geguritan (poems), stories, and songs, often lean towards aesthetic analyses. However, there remains untapped potential for exploration, such as the exploration of local cultural elements underlying the contradictions in folklore. This article aims to elucidate these contradictions and delineate the paradigmatic concept of “anak polah bapa kepradhah” within the narrative of “Murwakala.” Conducted as a descriptive-qualitative study, this research employs Lévi-Strauss structuralism as a framework for interpreting, mapping and attributing meaning to empirical paradigms embedded in societal concepts. The objective is to address the contradictions and logical patterns inherent in society. Data for this study are derived from the observation of Javanese oral traditions related to wong sukerta. These observations are then juxtaposed with the narrative of “Murwakala,” as presented in the wayang performance of the ruwatan tradition, with a specific focus on the Javanese “anak polah bapa kepradhah” concept/value. The depth of meaning is further explored through the use of tables and diagrams. From a Lévi-Straussian perspective, it can be concluded that “Murwakala” and its associated value concept serve as logical tools capable of mapping paradigms, deciphering empirical contradictions (related to family relationships and power), and representing these dynamics in the cultural products and thoughts of Javanese society, both historically and in the contemporary context.