bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Payment and Motivation: Female Community Health Volunteers in Nepal
Authors: Bashyal Lalita Kaundinya
Published: December 2023

The paper attempts to critically discuss the payment issue among Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHV) in Nepal. It examines how the Female Community Health Volunteers experience such issues and the impact on them. The payment issues among Community Health Workers are very contentious, particularly in developing countries. The prevalence of this issue in Nepal merits critical attention. The paper further examines Female Community Health Volunteers’ motivation to work despite the numerous challenges. The paper is based on fieldwork in the Bardiya District of Nepal where most respondents expect to receive some basic remuneration for their service regularly. The question, therefore, arises for examination as to why they are unwilling to leave their position even though they do not receive any financial rewards for community service. Social status, mobility, gaining new knowledge, participating in various programs, and building relationships with others are some of the motivating factors for FCHVs.
The Narrative of Abjection and Dissidence: Reading The Voice of Bhumika
Authors: Lama Kumari
Published: December 2023

The paper explores the narrative of abjection and analyzes the voices of dissent portrayed in Bhumika Shrestha’s autobiography Bhumika: Autobiography of a Transgender (2018). Shrestha is a trans-woman, who suffers due to the established gender concept, normative heterosexuality and encounters consistent criticism, hatred and rejection from the society. Nonetheless, she dares to challenge the established social values and gender austerity. She rejects and resists against the patriarchal gender coding and struggles hard for her identity claim. She has been raising her voice for the rights of sexual and gender minorities since she got associated with Blue Diamond Society. To explore the established idea of gender and abjection, I have analyzed the life experience of Bhumika employing theoretical concept of Judith Butler that sheds light on the discriminatory concept of ‘liveable’ and ‘unliveable’ bodies in terms to sexual orientations.
Corportae Governance Issues in Nepalese Banks and Financial Insti-tutions and Legal Settelement at the Supreme Court of Nepal
Authors: Vaidya Rashesh , Pradhan Prajan , Patel Sunil Kumar
Published: December 2023

Corporate governance includes a set of relationships among Board of Directors, management team, employees, and other stakeholders of an organization. Corporate governance is a mechanism that determines the setting of goals, attainment of objectives, and monitoring of the performance of an entity. Banks and financial institutions (BFIs.) in Nepal have been under great concern regarding good corporate governance from the regulatory body, Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), a central bank of Nepal. After back-to-back off-site supervision and on-site supervision, issues of corporate governance have come to the surface. Issues of corporate governance at Nepalese BFIs go beyond the picture reflected in the books of accounts and financial indicators. Hence, issues of corporate governance have been raised in the courtrooms of Nepal. Thus, the paper conducted a case study on the issues of corporate governance within Nepalese BFIs. In such a scenario, the Supreme Court of Nepal, in most cases, gave verdicts in favor of the central bank, found the top managerial personnel to be the main culprit, and ordered it to settle the issues as corporate governance comes under the jurisdiction of NRB.
Modeling and Forecasting of Spinach Production in Bangladesh
Authors: Das Keya Rani , Jahan Mashrat , Barman Linnet Riya , Burman Preetilata
Published: December 2023

Background: In Bangladesh, spinach (Spinachia oleracea L.) is most frequently known as "Palong shak" or Bengal Spinach. Spinach is one of the most prominent vegetable crops grown around the earth. It is a quick-growing annual plant that only lives for one year. Although spinach can be cultivated at any time throughout the year, Bangladesh's production of spinach on a per-unit basis is very low in comparison to that of other advanced nations.

Objective: This study explores the impacts of area, price, and weather parameter adaptability on the local production of spinach in Bangladesh employing annual data from time series covering 60 years.

Materials and Methods: This investigation seeks to comprehend the linear relationship between spinach production, commercial price, geographic location, and meteorological characteristics in Bangladesh by applying stepwise regression analysis to find the most suitable model of Spinach production. In order to evaluate how well the multiple linear regression model fits the data, several diagnostic charts were constructed using the R programming language. To forecast the Spinach production, an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model was applied.

Results: According to the findings of the study, there was a positive correlation between spinach output and total harvest area under spinach cultivation. There is weak positive correlation between production and annual mean temperature and a weak negative correlation exists between production and annual mean rainfall. Also, production is perfectly positively correlated with price.  Regression analysis revealed that the variables sales price and annual mean rainfall are the best predictors of spinach output. Every unit increase in the price of spinach is increases an additional 5.98 times the average of spinach being produced. An increase of 1 millimeter in annual mean rainfall (AMR) decreases 0.001 times spinach production while other predictors remain fixed. Also, ARIMA (1, 1, 0) with drift model forecasts for next fifteen years that the Spinach production is expected to increase considerably by 75000 tons.

Conclusion: Finally, the study found that farmers' perspective on spinach cultivation could potentially experience a positive upward shift which is expected to last for the next fifteen years.
The Expression of Psychological Trauma: A Study of Prakash Saput’s Bola Maya and Pir
Authors: Dhakal Suresh Raj
Published: December 2023

Giving the feelings of real-life situation to the audiences through the expression of physical, mental and psychological pain is common in Nepali music. In this regard, this study aims to analyze the issues of psychological trauma in two songs of Prakash Saput which give the realization of their actual condition to the audiences, and it further discusses the major effects of those inner pains. The study explores a qualitative approach along with unstructured interview as the tool for data collection. In the study, the lyrics and some snapshots of two very popular creations of a popular singer, music director and composer Prakash Saput which clearly replicate the psychological trauma of the people in our society are selected as the major text for research. They are entitled ‘Bola Maya’ and ‘Pir’. A branch of traumatic theory, psychological trauma is taken as a theoretical base for discussion. The songs for analysis were taken from the official You-tube channels of Prakash Saput and the secondary data were collected from authentic sources such as library, google scholar and newspaper articles. To make the research strong, the perceptions of the creator himself, other singers, a researcher who did research in folk music and a listener of the songs were taken through interview and other secondary sources. The finding of the research shows that the creator of such songs creates these sorts of creations to replicate the real-life trauma of the people in our society who are compelled to face different kinds of traumatic situation due to which people have to think several time before going for foreign employment.
Non-Performing Assets and Profitability of Joint Venture Banks in Nepal
Authors: Pant Chet Raj
Published: December 2023

This study examines the impact of non-performing assets and profitability of commercial banks in Nepal. Out of 27 commercial banks, five joint venture banks have been selected as sample based on descriptive and analytical technique. Secondary data was collected from the annual  reports of five selected commercial banks for the period of 2011/12 to 2020/21. Data have been collected and analyzed by using mean, standard deviation, and correlation and regression analysis. The profitability in terms of return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE) and profitability are selected as dependent variables. Non-performing assets (NPA), capital adequacy ratio (CAR) and total loan to total deposit ratio (TLTD) are taken as independent variables. The finding indicates that NPA has significant impact on the profitability of Nepalese joint venture banks. The result shows that ROE has been found a positive impact on the NPA, CAR and TLTD. Thus, this study concludes that non-performing assets is an important predictor for the profitability of the bank. Therefore, the success of the bank in term of profitability depends on its non-performing assets.
The Representation of the Body in new media, TikTok
Authors: Joshi Satya Raj
Published: December 2023

The representation of the body in new media appears to be focused on navigating gendered norms of the body image, particularly those of masculinity and femininity, and perceived ideals of beauty as a sign of sexual attraction. The goal of this study is to examine how social networks contribute to the development of stereotypes that rely on body visibility. TikTok is one of the most current social networking applications (SNAs) that allow users to create, modify, and share short form films. The research technique offers a self-representation focused content analysis of sample videos. Such analysis examines the impact SNAs have on the formation and expression of users’ notions of beauty and gender through their digital representations of the body.
Nomadic Lifestyle and Sustainable Livelihood Practices of the Raute
Authors: Oli Lok Bahadur
Published: December 2023

The study highlights the significance of the Raute community, their unique traditional lifestyle, and the challenges they have faced with. It emphasizes the importance of protecting and supporting marginalized communities like the Raute, as well as the need for equitable development. The main objective of the study is to identify the traditional livelihood practices of the Raute tribe in Nepal. The research was carried out in different districts but was focused on the Raute tribe from Gurans Rural Municipality of karnali province in Nepal. This study used descriptive research techniques to look at quantitative and qualitative data from 149 people between the ages of 18 and 65. Purposive sampling was used to interview 70 Raute people in this age group as well as the Raute leader (Mukhiya). To validate qualitative findings, primary and secondary sources were used, as well as informal conversations took place with key persons of local authorities. The study revealed that the Raute tribe, which consists of 149 people and has 48 percent women, frequently, shifts their dwellings and uses building materials from the forest. They rely on government assistance and forest preservation activities for income because they lack formal education and employment. Child marriage, dangerous deliveries, a lack of awareness about family planning, and a dependence on conventional medicine are all causes for concern. The Karnali Province has taken steps to preserve Raute culture, however due to environmental changes; poverty and a lack of jobs still exist.
Subjectivity in Prateek Dhakal’s Parikrama Annapurna
Authors: Kattel Achut Raj
Published: December 2023

Travel writing specially niyatra is becoming popular globally for introducing the hidden culture and location by travelers’ point of view. This research focuses on Prateek Dhakal’s Parikrama Annapurna as niyatra, a travel writing in which the writer expresses his experiences and emotions he has had during the travel. The study helps to promote Nepali niyatra literature globally and make the mountains of Nepal as described in Dhakal’s niyatra known to the world. Dhakal informs the readers about the hills and mountains of Nepal and describes how beautiful are the trekking trails for the nature lover to roam around the snow filled mountains. He explains the readers about the experiences of trekking in the Himalayas. The major objective of the research is to show how the writer’s personality appears in niyatra. For this, the theoretical approach of Byaas, Thompson and Blanton on niyatra literature are used. All of these theorists claim that writers involve in the travel and express their personal thoughts, feelings and emotions they have had during the travel in the writing. The writer steps out of home alone or with friend or friends and completes the travel by the means of transportation or on foot. Several evidences of writer’s appearance in niyatra are presented in the findings. Regarding methodology, the study draws the insights of travel writing and specially niyatra literature of Byaas, Thompson and Blanton as a theoretical framework and adopts descriptive research design for pointing out the voice of author, expression of his self, emotions, experiences and personal matters in the course of travel as conceptual framework. The major findings of the study are that Dhakal goes on trekking with the friends in Annapurna circuit, feels and experiences many things personally, watches mountains and hills and expresses his views and ideas in the text. The main conclusion of the research is that Dhakal expresses his self in the text and his appearance is dominant in Parikrama Annapurna. The text is a travel writing in which the personality of the writer is visible, his voice, feelings, emotions, and personal matters are audible. For the further researcher, use of imagination in travel writing can be another area to investigate in the text.
Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Are Conventional Ways of Managing the Ailment Sufficient?
Authors: Dahal Kapil Babu
Published: December 2023

Beginning with how women know about the particular condition of having pelvic organ prolapse, this article examines what women do when they know about this medical condition. The paper specifically addresses the customary management of this health problem by women. In the process, it also clarifies how people come to possess this knowledge. It also looks at whether this knowledge is enough to treat the diseases or if they also need to stay away from alternative forms of therapy. While doing so, this article also examines whether women with uterine prolapse have narrower healing pathways that only go in one direction or if there are other options in a plural healing context. The ethnographic data from an anthropological study carried out in Nepal’s middle hills served as the basis for the development of this essay.
Saving Habits Utilization Practices on Rural Nepal : A case study of Namobuddha Kavre
Authors: Acharya Suresh
Published: December 2023

Saving is a process of setting aside a portion of current income for future use. Saving is considered important for every individual because of a number of reasons. Saving helps in situations of emergency, helps in providing for family and in living a comfortable retirement. In rural areas, saving money is quite the problem because of illiteracy, lack of employment and poor access to financial institutions.

The main purpose of this research was to understand the perception of people in rural areas about their saving habits. This research was done to understand the respondents view on importance of saving and factors that might affect the saving practices of rural people. Altogether 100 samples were taken in the area of Namobuddha rural area Kavery District Rural Nepal .Face to face interview, observation method and structured questionnaire was used to collect data from respondents. The data was then analyzed to reach the conclusion. The research conducted revealed that the saving is influenced by social and cultural factors. People seemed to be conscious about the importance of saving. However, it was seen that the access of people towards commercial banks was extremely low and most of them saved their money in finances.
Sergio Blanco’s Tebas Land: Staging an Authentic Fiction
Authors: Misemer Sarah M.
Published: December 2023

Sergio Blanco’s play Tebas Land (2012) is an exploration of his concept of autoficción [self- or autofiction] in which Blanco shows how creative acts like writing and performance reflect the ways that truth and fiction coexist in our understanding of self and other, and in which identities and staged realities are relational rather than binary. The stage functions in Blanco’s work not as a place to arrive at the real reason or motivation for an event or its consequences, or amplify the context for unexplored histories to enter into the dialogue, but rather as a place where truth is always already fiction. Blanco sets up vectors where fact and fiction are constantly made, undone, and remade . Tebas Land features Oedipus’ infamous patricide as its point of departure, and Blanco uses this story to explore familial murder and the ethics of reconstructing it on stage, as well as the feasibility of re-presenting any “real” or performed act as authentic. Blanco toys with frameworks like theatre of the real, nested space and time, the act of watching and being watched, and objects that shift meaning and thereby defy documentary impulses to fix significance to context.
Ric Knowles. International Theatre Festivals and 21st-Century Interculturalism
Authors: Fişek Emine
Published: December 2023

Knowles presents a rich overview of how twenty-first-century theatre and performance festivals contribute to fostering intercultural collaboration, exchange, and community-building. Drawing on a mixed methodology and featuring global case studies, the book sits at the intersection of scholarship on festivalization, urban entrepreneurialism, and the new interculturalism studies.
Are Brazilian innovation systems innovative? Regional and sectorial decompositions of triple-helix synergies
Authors: Almeida Mariza , Porto-Gómez Igone , Leydesdorff (posthumous) Loet
Published: December 2023

A knowledge-based economy adds innovation as another dynamic to a political economy. Whereas a political economy is institutionalized -for example, in a nation state- the knowledge base is volatile although it leaves footprints behind by transforming the institutional layers. This transformation into new options can be measured as redundancy using the Triple-Helix indicator. The balance between historical entropy generation and the knowledge-based generation of options can be measured in terms of positive and negative contributions to the prevailing uncertainty. At what scale and in which sectors is synergy among geographical, technological, and organizational distributions of firms evident? Using mutual information in the three dimensions as an indicator, we analyse a dataset of more than 16 million firms in Brazil and compute synergy within and across states and sectors in this country in terms of bits of information. The results suggest that no synergy is generated at the national level. The political economy of the country has not (yet) been transformed into a national innovation system. At state level, synergies vary according to geographical levels and sectors due to the specifics of the states. Above-average values were found for some states in the South and Southeast Regions. Also, the political capital, Brasilia, has resulted to have no impact in the innovation system of Brazil.
On a boundary problem for the fourth order equation with the third derivative with respect to time
Authors: Apakov Yu.P. , Meliquzieva D.M.
Published: December 2023

In this paper, we consider a boundary value problem in a rectangular domain for a fourth-order homogeneous partial differential equation containing the third derivative with respect to time. The uniqueness of the solution of the stated problem is proved by the method of energy integrals. Using the method of separation of variables, the solution of the considered problem is sought as a multiplication of two functions X (x) and Y (y). To determine X (x),we obtain a fourth-order ordinary differential equation with four boundary conditions at the segment boundary [0,p], and for a Y (y) – third-order ordinary differential equation with three boundary conditions at the boundary of the segment [0,q]. Imposing conditions on the given functions, we prove the existence theorem for a regular solution of the problem. The solution of the problem is constructed in the form of an infinite series, and the possibility of term-by-term differentiation of the series with respect to all variables is substantiated. When substantiating the uniform convergence, it is shown that the “small denominator” is different from zero.
Boundary value problems with displacement for one mixed hyperbolic equation of the second order
Authors: Balkizov Zh.A.
Published: December 2023

The paper studies two nonlocal problems with a displacement for the conjugation of two equations of second-order hyperbolic type, with a wave equation in one part of the domain and a degenerate hyperbolic equation of the first kind in the other part. As a non-local boundary condition in the considered problems, a linear system of FDEs is specified with variable coefficients involving the first-order derivative and derivatives of fractional (in the sense of Riemann-Liouville) orders of the desired function on one of the characteristics and on the line of type changing. Using the integral equation method, the first problem is equivalently reduced to a question of the solvability for the Volterra integral equation of the second kind with a weak singularity; and a question of the solvability for the second problem is equivalently reduced to a question of the solvability for the Fredholm integral equation of the second kind with a weak singularity. For the first problem, we prove the uniform convergence of the resolvent kernel for the resulting Volterra integral equation of the second kind and we prove that its solution belongs to the required class. As to the second problem, sufficient conditions are found for the given functions that ensure the existence of a unique solution to the Fredholm integral equation of the second kind with a weak singularity of the required class. In some particular cases, the solutions are written out explicitly.
Implementation of summation theorems of Andrews and Gessel-Stanton
Authors: Qureshi M.I. , Shah T.R.
Published: December 2023

Generalized hypergeometric functions and their natural generalizations in one and several variables appear in many mathematical problems and their applications. Solving partial differential equations encountered in many applied problems of mathematics physics is expressed in terms of such generalized hypergeometric functions. In particular, the Srivastava-Daoust double hypergeometric function (S-D function) has proved its practical utility in representing solutions to a wide range of problems in pure and applied mathematics. In this paper, we introduce two general double-series identities involving bounded sequences of arbitrary complex numbers employing the finite summation theorems of Gessel-Stanton and Andrews for terminating 3F2 hypergeometric series with arguments 3/4 and 4/3, respectively. Using these double-series identities, we establish two reduction formulas for the (S-D function) with arguments z, 3z/4 and z, −4z/3 expressed in terms of two generalized hypergeometric function of arguments proportional to z3 and −z3 respectively. All the results mentioned in the paper are verified numerically using Mathematica Program.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF UKRAINIAN MYTHOLOGY AS A SCIENCE FROM THE PRE-SCIENTIFIC PERIOD TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Authors: Syvachuk Natalia
Published: December 2023

This article is devoted to the problem of the formation of Ukrainian mythology as a science from the pre-scientific period to the beginning of the 20th century. Ukrainian mythology is a part of all-Slavic mythology. The question of the formation of this science is a special place in our time, when Ukraine is choosing its right to understanding. The author examines the sources of the study of Ukrainian mythology and singles out the following: oral folk art, data from ethnography, archeology, onomastics, chronicles (instructions against paganism, Nestorʼs annals from 980 about the establishment of the Kumyriv by Prince Volodymyr, the biography of Prince Volodymyr in manuscripts of the 15th–17th centuries, etc.). Archaeological data – Zbrutskyi idol, pagan complex of the 2nd–5th centuries AD. in the village of Ivankivtsi in Khmelnytskyi, etc.).Scientists associate the beginning of the collection and study of information on Ukrainian mythology with the names of the ascetic of the “Russian Trinity” Hryhoriy Ilkevych (1801–1841), his work “On Russian Mythology according to folk tales” (1837), as well as the work of Ivan Vahylevych on the study of folk mythology and the work of Ya. Holovatsky “Essay on Old Slavic fables or mythology” (1866).The scientific period of the study of Ukrainian mythology is associated with the names of M. Kostomarov (“Slavic mythology”), O. Kotlyarevskyi (“On the funeral rites of pagan Slavs”), O. Potebny (“On some symbols in Slavic folk poetry”, “Language and thought”, “On the mythical meaning of some rites and beliefs”, “On the connection of some ideas in language”, “On Fate and creatures related to it”, “On bathing fires and related to their ideas” and others...).A notable phenomenon in the realm of mythology was the work of I. S. Nechuy-Levytskyi “Worldview of the Ukrainian People”. A significant event was the activity of P. Chubynskyiʼs expedition and M. Dragomanovʼs work “Little Russian Tales and Stories”.The scientific understanding of Ukrainian folk mythology belongs to V. Hnatyuk, in whose work the simplicity and accessibility of the presentation of the material is combined with deep scientific knowledge.An important milestone in the formation of Ukrainian mythology is the study of Ivan Franko (“Peopleʼs beliefs in Pidhirya”. The studies of D. Shcherbakivskyi, F. Kolessa, M. Sumtsov, A. Onyshchuk, T. Rylskyi, V. Dashkevich are significant.

Keywords: mythology; Ukrainian mythology; worldviews of Ukrainians; mythological views; history; archeology; folkloristics; culturology; philology; psychology; mythical consciousness.
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING OF VOCATIONAL TEACHERS: A DEFINITIONAL ANALYSIS
Authors: Hvozdetska Yuliia
Published: December 2023

The article presents the results of the definitional analysis of the concept of “psychological and pedagogical training of vocational teachers”. The essence of the terms “vocational education”, “vocational teacher”, “vocational training”, “vocational and pedagogical training”, “psychological and pedagogical training of vocational teachers” is substantiated. “A vocational teacher is a mobile specialist who organizes and carries out engineering and pedagogical activities of students, is engaged in self-education, is creative in solving professional problems, knows how to cooperate in a team and communicate in an educational and information environment”. Specified components of psychological and pedagogical training: basic psychological and pedagogical training; fundamental psychological and pedagogical training; scientific psychological and pedagogical training; functional psychological and pedagogical training; creative psychological and pedagogical training. It is determined that “psychological and pedagogical training of future vocational teachers is a complex process of combining different types of activities of a future specialist in the field of vocational education, which results in the formation of psychological and pedagogical readiness of a future vocational teacher”.

Keywords: vocational teacher; vocational education; vocational training; vocational and pedagogical training; psychological training; psychological and pedagogical training of vocational teachers.
PEDAGOGICAL POTENTIAL OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IN STIMULATING A POSITIVE AND ACTIVE ATTITUDE TO THE ENRICHMENT OF BIOLOGY COMPETENCE OF FUTURE BACHELORS OF NATURAL SCIENCES
Authors: Gramatyk Nadiia
Published: December 2023

The article is aimed at considering the possibilities of stimulating a positive and active attitude of future bachelors of natural sciences to the formation of competence in biology in the educational process. In the light of the modern educational environment, it is important to focus on pedagogical tools that promote studentsʼ active participation in the study of biological sciences. The effectiveness of this process can be significantly increased by using a system of diversifying methods, techniques and approaches to learning.The active use of such a system provides great pedagogical resources to stimulate the process of forming competence in biology in future bachelors of natural sciences. The study shows that these approaches help to engage future specialists in more effective learning of not only practice-oriented knowledge, but also give the process of professional training an effective focus and subjectively significant positivity.An important component is the integration of modern technologies into the educational process, which helps to maintain students’ interest and provides them with access to relevant information. Pedagogical methods aimed at using interactive platforms, virtual laboratories and multimedia expand studentsʼ opportunities in learning biology.The study of natural sciences, in particular biology, can become attractive to students if pedagogical methods that stimulate active participation and personal development are effectively applied. These approaches not only contribute to the enrichment of knowledge, but also form a positive attitude to the learning process, which is an important factor in the education of future professionals.

Keywords: competence; positive-active attitude; student-centred educational process; contextual learning; interdisciplinary integration; stimulation; competence in biology; future bachelor of natural sciences.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ITS PECULIARITIES UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF MARITAL STATE
Authors: Zakharova Natalia
Published: December 2023

The purpose of the article is to substantiate the peculiarities of financial management in the conditions of martial law, which is accompanied by a high level of business risk, as well as to outline the priority directions for making managerial decisions of a financial nature based on adaptation to rapidly changing business conditions in order to achieve the set goals.

Approaches to determining the essence of financial management are distinguished: based on the use of a systemic approach, as a science of financial management, which involves the development of methods to achieve the goals of the enterprise, in particular, ensuring a strong and stable financial position; as a process primarily related to the management of financial resources; from the position of enterprise asset management.

It is substantiated that in the conditions of martial law, the main goals and tasks of economic activity, traditional approaches to financial management change.

The peculiarities of the financial management of the enterprise in the conditions of martial law, which is accompanied by a high level of business risk and the need to adapt to new market realities, are outlined.

Attention is focused on the need to use non-standard solutions for attracting financial resources through state support programs, international financial assistance, etc. The main types of additional financial opportunities for business from the state, which were developed and proposed recently, are presented.

The directions of digitization of the financial management of the enterprise are outlined, which involves the use of digital technologies and tools to optimize financial processes, increase the efficiency of management decisions of a financial nature. The significance of the introduction of cloud technologies, automated risk management systems, electronic document management, specialized programs for accounting and reporting, financial analytical tools, electronic banking and electronic payments, cyber security measures for increasing the efficiency of financial management at the enterprise is characterized.
The Counter-Reformation Art Serving the Orthodoxy: The Changes in the Artistic Concept of Ukrainian Iconostasis during the Second Quarter of the 17th Century
Authors: Olianina Svitlana
Published: December 2023

The paper analyzes the reasons causing the structural and plastic changes of Ukrainian iconostases during the second quarter of the 17th century and eventually resulting in the Ukrainian iconostasis of the Baroque period. During the period, the iconostasis achieved monumentality and plasticity in the interpretation of the façade side as a result of introduction of the broken entablature, deep niches for icons, and passages to the altar, as well as to exceptionally rich carved decor, which, in general, added spaciousness to its architectural composition. The specified structural and plastic iconostases characteristics appeared when the Metropolitan Petro Mohyla was the archpastor; they are notable in the iconostases built with his direct or indirect assistance. The hypothesis of the paper is that the concept of iconostasis’ new artistic image as a monumental and architectural space frame was formulated by Petro Mohyla in the context of the program he developed for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine renovation, which, in particular, included the domain of church art and artistic decoration of temples. Petro Mohyla’s idea of the iconostasis architectural image renewal was based on the desire to provide more artistic expressiveness to its form and carved decorations. During the era, these features were characteristic of the Catholic Church altars of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth built in the Baroque style. The methods of significant emotional influence on the congregation developed by the post-Tridentine art as an instrument of the Catholic Church struggling against the Reformation ideas proved to be appropriate for the Kyiv Metropolis Orthodox art, that, after the Union of Brest, faced the problems similar to those of the Catholic Church, which arose with the spread of the Reformation.
Musical Architectonics: A Methodological Aspect
Authors: Vodolieieva Natalia
Published: December 2023

The importance and functions of musical architectonics in the creative process of a composer and performer are considered in the paper. The conceptual basis of the work is the definition of musical architectonics and classification of its types by V. Moskalenko. Specific features of musical architectonics compared to musical composition are revealed. The functions of architectonics in the musical-creative process of a composer and performer are defined. A method of studying the architectonics of a musical work is proposed. It consists of the study of indirect data, the features of musical material, the definition of the basic composition model and the dramatic relief of the work. It is emphasized that musical tempo-rhythm is an important means of materializing the “virtual” image of architectonics. In the sheet music, the composer fixed a certain tempo-rhythmic solution that clarifies the architectonic project of the work. Performers embody it in different ways, so the comparative analysis of performance versions is of particular importance. By identifying the differences in tempo-rhythmic solutions, the composer’s architectonic project is clarified, and the artistic potential of the musical work is revealed. Musical architectonics is an indicator of the composer’s and performer’s styles.
The Principles and Techniques of Artur Schnabel’s Performance of the Piano Sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven
Authors: Dexin Xu
Published: December 2023

The piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) represent the highest achievement of the First Viennese School in modern piano performance. The complexity and depth of the stage interpretation requires the study of the composer’s music based on its performance specifics. The study of the features of the piano sonata works by Beethoven on the example of performances by Artur Schnabel, one of the most prominent pianists of the twentieth century, will enrich modern knowledge about the style of Beethoven’s piano works. The objectives of the paper are to characterize the genre and stylistic features of Beethoven’s sonata works and to study the performing features of the German composer’s sonatas in Schnabel’s interpretation.
Rationalistic approach is not typical for Schnabel’s interpretation of Beethoven’s sonatas. On the contrary, his performance has romantic features in terms of strength and depth of feeling but is classical in terms of the proportionality of expressive means. His performance impresses with its philosophical orientation and epic spirit. What is especially important to him in the musical composition is an individual approach to the intonation of recitatives, cadences, syncopation, and those stylistic components of playing that form an original interpretation of Beethoven’s music. Schnabel embodies Beethoven’s concepts on the basis of integrity, starting from the epic characteristics of Beethoven’s work
IMPLEMENTASI NILAI-NILAI BUDAYA HUKUM DALAM KEHIDUPAN MASYARAKAT
Authors: Kusumaningsih Rila , Yulianingsih Dwi , Welly Irma
Published: December 2023

This journal aims to measure theoretically the correlation of society, law, and culture in the dimensions of theory and practice. In the dimension of legal practice, it is closely related to culture. Law itself is a product of culture, because actually a legal product is a product of human creation. Law can be used as a means of change and renewal of society. In addition, law is positioned as a means of driving development, or then law can function as a means of dispute settlement. In general, this study uses normative juridical research methods. The approach in this method is used as an effort to deepen all aspects of law formation, the relationship between law and culture, to its implementation in social life. The results of this study indicate that society, culture and law are three interrelated components. Law is a product of culture and has a role in regulating people's behavior and shaping attitudes and behavior internalized by society. The relationship between culture and law is mutually influencing and plays an important role in the formation of norms, values, behavior, and collective identity in society
PENDAMPINGAN PENGUATAN PROFIL USAHA UMKM PENGOLAHAN BERBASIS UBI KAYU DI DESA M SITIHARJO KECAMATAN TUGUMULYO KABUPATEN MUSI RAWAS
Authors: Annisa Febrina Nur , Primalasari Ira
Published: December 2023

Tujuan dari kegiatan PKM ini untuk melakukan upaya penguatan terhadap pelaku usaha/pengrajin pengolahan berbasis Ubi Kayu pada desa M. Sitiharjo, Kecamatan Tugumulyo, Kabupaten Musi Rawas. Tahapan yang dilakukan dalam kegiatan ini yaitu, tahapan persiapan, tahapan sosialisasi dan tahapan evaluasi. Pelaksanaan pengabdian kepada masyarakat di Desa/Kelurahan M. Sitiharjo Kecamatan Tugumulyo Kabupaten Musi Rawas yang dilaksanakan oleh Tim Dosen Prodi Sosial Ekonomi Pertanian Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Universitas PGRI Silampari  berlangsung dengan lancar dan dalam suasana kondusif.  Selanjutnya dilakukan pengurusan perizinan PIRT dan sertifikasi halal oleh mitra sehingga keberlanjutan program dapat terlaksana dan memberikan manfaat bagi mitra seperti peningkatan kualitas dan nilai jual produk, peningkatan kepercayaan dan minat beli konsumen, perluasan area distribusi, peningkatan penjualan produk, dan peningkatan kesejahteraan masyarakat di desa M. Sitiharjo. Selain itu hal yang mengemuka selama pelaksaan PKM ini berlangsung adalah adanya sikap terbuka, adaptif, dan antusias dari para peserta.  Sikap ini menyebabkan pelaksanaan kegiatan PKM  kurang lebih selama kurang lebih 6 jam terasa cepat berlalu. Situasi ini, adanya potensi usaha untuk berkembang, adanya harapan yang dikemukakan oleh peserta agar kegiatan PKM ini berlanjut, serta adanya kebijakan pemerintah untuk mendorong hilirisasi dari berbagai produk  menjadi dasar pertimbangan bagi tim untuk melanjutkan kegiatan PKM pada kelompok kelompok usaha industri rumah tangga berbasis ubikayu yang ada di kelurahan M.Sitiharjo ini.
PELATIHAN DAN PENDAMPINGAN PENULISAN KARYA ILMIAH BAGI GURU SMP NEGERI SUMBER REJO KECAMATAN MEGANG SAKTI
Authors: Triyanti Merti , Sulistiyono Sulistiyono
Published: December 2023

Banyak hal yang bisa dilakukan oleh seorang guru dalam mengembangkan pengetahuannya, salah satunya adalah dengan menulis, salah satu kompetensi yang harus dimiliki oleh guru  adalah berupa kemampuan menulis artikel ilmiah tidak dapat dipisahkannya kegiatan menulis bagi seorang guru yang dituntut harus selalu kreatif dalam membuat tulisannya. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pemahaman dan kompetensi guru dalam penulisan artikel ilmiah. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah metode ceramah untuk penyampaian materi terkait penulisan karya ilmiah dan kemudian dilanjutkan dengan praktik pembuatan artikel secara langsung. Luaran dari kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah meningkatkan pemahaman dan pengetahuan guru dalam mempublikasikan karya tulis ilmiah yang di publish dalam jurnal.
PENDAMPINGAN LITERASI SAINS SISWA DI SEKOLAH DASAR NEGERI 1 EMBACANG BARU
Authors: Amin Ahmad , Yuneti Armi
Published: December 2023

Tujuan dari PKM ini keberhasilan siswa mencapai nilai yang tinggi, dan dari setiap materi yang disampaikan dapat dihubungkan dalam kehidupan sehari. Hal ini diharapkan mampu menumbuhkan kemampuan literasi sains siswa sehingga pembelajaran di kelas lebih interaktif. Selain itu siswa sekaligus mendapatkan pencerahan dalam pembelajaran dengan baik. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini dilaksanakan dari bulan Juli s.d Agustus 2023. PKM ini melibatkan tim peneliti yang berjumlah 1 orang ketua dan 1 orang anggota dosen, 3 orang anggota mahasiswa. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan ini adalah ceramah, tanya jawab, dan praktek pembelajaran menggunakan model kontekstual dengan melibatkan peserta dalam diskusi secara berkelompok, dan Pendampingan pasca pelatihan. Untuk efektivitasnya kegiatan pelatihan ini, tim pelaksana membatasi peserta yang mengikuti pelatihan adalah siswa kelas VI. Selama proses berjalannya PKM ini, tim menyiapkan instrumen tes untuk mengukur ketercapaian materi selama pelatihan. Adapun pelatihan yang dilakukan melalui tiga tahapan yaitu: tahap persiapan, tahap pelaksanaan, tahap evaluasi dan tahap pendampingan. Hasil  belajar yang diperoleh dalam evaluasi pembelajaran sains siswa kelas VI, rata-rata 75, mencapai persentase rata-rata 75% dengan kategori tinggi. Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa pelatihan dan pendampingan Literasi Sains Siswa SDN 1 Embacang Baru dapat menigkatkan hasil belajar siswa.
PEMBERDAYAAN KADER SARISEJAYA DALAM PEMBUATAN PENCIL BOX BAMBOO DENGAN MOTIF BATIK DURIAN SEBAGAI UPAYA MELESTARIKAN BUDAYA LOKAL LUBUKLINGGAU
Authors: Supriyanto Supriyanto , Isbandiyah Isbandiyah
Published: December 2023

Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah kader Sarisejaya memiliki: (1) pemahaman terkait potensi dan upaya dalam melestarikan budaya lokal Lubuklinggau; dan (2) keterampilan dalam membuat pencil box bambo dengan motif batik durian. Metode yang digunakan pada kegiatan pengabdian ini adalah sosialisasi dan demonstrasi. Pada kegiatan sosialisasi mitra diberikan berbagai pemahaman mengenai potensi wisata budaya Kota Lubuklinggau dan upaya dalam melestarikan budaya lokal Lubuklinggau. Selanjutnya, kegiatan demonstrasi dilakukan dengan mengajak mitra untuk praktik membuat pencil box bamboo menggunakan motif batik durian. Berdasarkan hasil kegiatan pengabdian ini, maka diperoleh tingkat pemahaman peserta terhadap materi yang disampaikan oleh narasumber adalah baik sekali dengan persentase sebesar 76%, sedangkan nilai rata-rata yang diperoleh peserta secara keseluruhan mencapai 78,6. Untuk tingkat keterampilan kader sarisejaya dalam membuat karya pencil box bamboo termasuk dalam kategori baik sekali dengan nilai rata-rata keseluruhan adalah 85,02. Adapun luaran yang dihasilkan dalam kegiatan pengabdian ini yaitu publikasi artikel di Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat.
PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT MELALUI PENDAMPINGAN KELOMPOK BELAJAR BAHASA INGGRIS UNTUK ANAK-ANAK SEKOLAH DASAR DI KAMPUNG WARAMUI KECAMATAN SIDEY KABUPATEN MANOKWARI PROVINSI PAPUA BARAT
Authors: Syahira Syahira , Prafiadi Sigit , Kartini Kartini , Sulistyahadi Sulistyahadi , Suriani Irma
Published: December 2023

Kegiatan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat (PKM) ini bertujuan untuk memberikan pendampingan kelompok belajar untuk  mata  pelajaran  Bahasa  Inggris  dengan materi yang disesuaikan dengan kebutuhan anak-anak sekolah dasar di kampung Waramui Kecamatan Sidey Kabupaten Manokwari Provinsi Papua Barat, khususnya untuk meningkatkan penguasaan kosakata dan keterampilan berbicara sesuai dengan materi yang diajarkan.  Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan pengabdian pada masyarakat ini terbagi atas tiga tahap 1) Tahap persiapan adalam melakukan observasi dan koordinasi dengan kelompok belajar sebagai mitra, 2) Tahap pelaksanaan ini dilaksanakan pendampingan terhadap kelompok belajar dalam belajar bahasa inggris sesuai dengan materi yang ditentukan dan 3) Tahap evaluasi ini dilaksanakan untuk melihat sejauh mana kegiatan pengabdian pada masyarakat ini telah mencapai tujuan atau belum. Hasil dari kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah anak-anak sangat antusias dan tertib mengikuti pendampingan bimbingan belajar bahasa inggris karena ini merupakan pengalaman baru bagi mereka. Anak-anak kelompok belajar dengan cepat dalam memahami kosakata baru, sehingga anak-anak kelompok belajar berani dan percaya diri untuk mencoba berbicara dengan bahasa inggris karena dalam kegiatan PKM ini setiap pertemuan pengajar mengadakan permainan dengan memeberikan hadiah kepada siswa yang berani maju untuk berbicara bahasa inggris.
PENDAMPINGAN PENGUATAN UMKM DUA PUTRI DESA PURWODADI KECAMATAN JAYALOKA
Authors: Fauziah Anna , Pandra Viktor , Luthfiana Maria
Published: December 2023

Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk memberikan pendampingan dan penguatan UMKM Dua Putri Desa Purwodadi Kecamatan Jayaloka dalam memasarkan produk hasil olahan UMKM dengan menggunakan media sosial. Metode yang digunakan oleh TIM Pengabdian Pada Masyarakat yaitu melaksanakan kegiatan PKM dengan dua tahapan, yaitu tahap persiapan dan pelaksanaan. Berdasarkan kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat yang telah dilaksanakan maka didapatkan hasil bahwa UMKM Dua Putri sudah mampu memasarkan produk  yang telah dihasilkan hinga luar desa purwodadi dan sekitarnya, pengelolaan manajemen yang belum tersusun rapi, maka dari itu diadakan pendampingan untuk meningkatkan  pemahaman akan pentingnya media sosial sebagai sarana pemasaran serta memberikan wawasan tentang pentingnya berinovasi dalam kemasan produk mulai dari pembuatan logo, pengepakan hingga ke tahap siap jual dan memberikan pelatihan pengelolaan manajemen yang tepat.
PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN CTL (CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING) PADA PEMBELAJARAN IPA KELAS IV SDN 31 LUBUKLINGGAU
Authors: Agustina Agustina , Satinem Satinem , Arini Tri
Published: December 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui ketuntasan hasil belajar IPA siswa kelas IV SD Negeri 31 Lubuklinggau. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu metode experimen dengan design one-group pre-test dan post-test. Populasi dalam penelitian ini menggunakan satu kelas yaitu siswa kelas IV dengan jumlah siswa 28 orang. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan teknik sampling jenuh. Instrument yang digunakan peneliti berbentuk soal essay yang berjumlah 8 soal. Teknik pengumpulan data diambil menggunakan tes. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan rumus uji-z. Berdasarkan hasil uji analisis data dengan taraf α = 5% menunjukkan besar Zhitung = 5,07 dan Ztabel = 1,64. Karena Zhitung > Ztabel (5,07 > 1,64), yang menunjukkan bahwa H0 ditolak dan Hα diterima. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa model pembelajaran CTL (Contextual Teaching and Learning) pada pembelajaran IPA kelas IV SD Negeri 31 Lubuklinggau signifikan tuntas dengan rata-rata hasil belajar siswa sebesar 79,07.