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DINAMIKA DAN PERUBAHAN POLA HUBUNGAN ANTAR ETNIS DI KOTA SINGKAWANG DITENGAH GERAKAN BERBASIS PURIFIKASI ISLAM
Authors: Juliansyah Viza , Nur Fatmawati
Published: November 2020

Kota Singkawang, Kalimantan Barat, pada tahun 2019 dinobatkan oleh Setara Institut sebagai kota paling toleran se-Indonesia. Ditengah fakta bahwa kota Singkawang merupakan salah satu kota dengan penduduk paling beragam latar belakangnya di Indonesia maka ini merupakan sebuah prestasi yang sangat membanggakan. Namun, berkembangnya paham Islam puritan ke Indonesia belakangan ini ditenggarai banyak menimbulkan permasalahan dalam hal kaharmonisan antara kelompok masyarakat berbeda. Ini juga menjadi salah satu hal yang berpotensi berpengaruh pada kondisi hubungan antar kelompok masyarakat di Kota Singkawang. Menarik kiranya untuk ditilik bagaimana dampak dari masuknya kelompok tersebut ke kota Singkawang pada dinamika hubungan antar kelompok yang ada di wilayah tersebut. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif untuk bisa menilai lebih dalam mengenai apa yang sebenarnya terjadi di lokasi penelitian. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa saat ini, di permukaan, Kota Singkawang tidak mengalami masalah serius mengenai hubungan antar kelompok berbeda sehubungan dengan kehadiran kelompok Islam puritan. Masyarakat etnis Tionghoa sebagai kelompok etnis yang agamanya berbeda tidak Secara langsung merasakan ada perbedaan antara pola hubungan mereka dengan masyarakat Melayu saat ini dengan masa masa sebelumnya. Meski demikian, sebenarnya gejolak didalam kelompok masyarakat Melayu sendiri sudah terjadi.
励志图存，自强不息——论中国西安科技大学对西北联大精神的传承与发展
Authors: 宋 振宇 , 郭 连江 , 王 利伟
Published: November 2020

论文对1937-1946年期间部分西迁至西北地区的中国高校历史史料进行了梳理研究，说明了西北联大的历史，并总结了精神特征。阐述了西安科技大学对西北联大及精神的继承与发展的关系，揭示了西安科技大学精神形成发展的基本内涵和丰富内容，对进一步研究和弘扬中国部分高校抗战西迁精神具有一定意义。
Multiple skleroz hastalarında disfaji ve disfajiye yönelik hemşirelik yaklaşımları
Authors: KESİK Gülşah , ÖZDEMİR Leyla
Published: November 2020

Disfaji; multiple skleroz hastalarında sıklıkla görülen ve hayati komplikasyonlara neden olabilen bir bulgudur. Literatürde, disfajinin multiple skleroz hastalarında görülme sıklığının %33 ile %43 aralığında olduğu bildirilmektedir. Disfajinin; multiple sklerozun alevlenme dönemlerinde 2-3 haftadan 2-4 aya kadar sürebileceği, kronikleşerek remisyon dönemlerinde de devam edebileceği bildirilmiştir. Disfaji, hastada beslenmeyi olumsuz etkiler ve yaşam kalitesini düşürür. Aspirasyon pnömonisi, dehidratasyon, malnütrisyon, yutma kaygısı multiple skleroz hastalarında disfajiye bağlı gelişen önemli beslenme komplikasyonlarıdır. Bozulan beslenme örüntüsü, bu hastalarda mortalite ve morbiditeyi artıran nedenler arasında ilk sıralarda yer almaktadır. Multiple skleroz hastalarında disfajinin noninvaziv ve nonfarmakolojik hemşirelik yaklaşımları ile kontrol altına alınması mümkündür. Bu derlemede, Multiple Skleroz hastalarında önemli bir bulgu olan disfaji ve disfajinin tanılanması, tedavisi ve bakımı aşamalarında hemşirenin rolü tartışılmıştır.
Improving Community Health and Wellbeing through Multi-functional Green Infrastructure in Cities Undergoing Densification
Authors: Marques Bruno , McIntosh jacqueline , Chanse victoria
Published: November 2020

Evidence shows that maintaining a relationship with nature is essential for human health and wellbeing. This is of great importance when migration to urban areas is increasing globally and the need for nature as well as green and blue spaces as a source of recreation and relaxation is highly regarded for the health and wellbeing of local communities. Sustainable urban development and alternative design solutions to address urban compactness and densification are becoming increasingly important tools to counteract the adverse effects of urban sprawl. In the context of the highly compact bicultural capital city of Wellington, Aotearoa-New Zealand, this paper examines the effects of urban densification and compact city development in urban green spaces. It explores how architecture and landscape architecture can transform urban environments into desirable places to live and capitalise on the potentials of interstitial spaces, outdated zoning and changing land-use. To achieve that, it looks at green and blue infrastructure design solutions and opportunities that foster sustainable intensification and by offering new views for health and wellbeing that improve the social, cultural and environmental health of the city.
Pemanfaatan Limbah Sayuran, Buah, dan Kotoran Hewan menjadi Pupuk Organik Cair (POC) di Kelompok Tani Rukun Makaryo, Mojogedang Karanganyar
Authors: Sulistyaningsih Catur Rini
Published: November 2020

This Community Service is to reduce waste pollution, especially vegetable, fruit and animal waste; and increasing POC production to meet fertilizer needs on agricultural land. The results of community service activities are evaluated on the success indicators of counseling and training, if the post test score has increased ≥ 25% from the pre-test score. Of the 15 participants who took the post test and pre test, none of them had an increase in understanding value below 25%, so that the training and counseling activities reached 100% success indicators with the number of training and service members reaching scores of 2 and 3 totaling 15 people, on average an average increase of 42.46%.
Pelatihan Tech for Kids Memperkenalkan STEM untuk Mengembangkan Kemampuan Kepemimpinan Siswa di Era Industri 4.0
Authors: Nusyirwan Deny , Prayetno Eko , Nugraha Sapta , Nugraha Harits Aditya , Andika Muhammad , Fadillah Muhammad Abyan
Published: November 2020

The industry is currently undergoing a transformation towards full digitization and intelligence of the manufacturing process, which is called the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0. Visionary but fairly realistic concepts such as Internet of Things, Cloud-based Manufacturing and Smart Manufacturing applications. Although there is mutual agreement on the need for advancement in production technology and business models in the Industry 4.0 sense, the main obstacle lies in the perception of complexity and abstractness which partially hinders its rapid transformation into industrial practice. The term "STEM education" refers to teaching and learning in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Usually includes educational activities at all grade levels starting from the period before entering school to higher education, from formal arrangements in the classroom to informal such as after school programs. Student leadership means students take an active role in their education and develop positive skills in the process. The goal of inspiring student leaders is to create a culture of ownership and collaboration. Student leadership development helps create skills that students can carry into adulthood. With this background, community service activities were carried out by providing STEM skills training to foster the leadership of the students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Raudhatul Qur'an Tanjungpinang in preparing for the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. This training is also known as Tech for Kids.
Wisata Dolanan: Pengembangan Wisata Tematik Berbasis Budaya di Kampung Biru Arema (KBA) Kota Malang
Authors: Hamamah Hamamah , Suman Agus , Setiawan Fredy Nugroho , Nufiarni Rizki
Published: November 2020

This article describes efforts to develop one of the tourism areas in Kampung Biru Arema (KBA), namely the “Dolanan” (Traditional Games) Area. The “Dolanan” Area is one of the five tourism areas in KBA which is being developed collaboratively between a team from the Faculty of Cultural Studies Universitas Brawijaya and local community. The development of the area is based on local wisdomby introducing a variety of traditional games, namely: “tapak gunung (engklek)”, “congklak (dakon)”, and “gasing” (spinning tops)presented with modern designs so that they are acceptable, especially for the young generation. The “Dolanan”Area is expected to become a distinctive KBA identity as well as a medium for educational tourism that introduces the richness of local culture in the packaging of community-based tourism.
Storytelling: Peningkatan High Order Thinking Skills Siswa Sekolah Dasar Negeri 03 Ujung-Ujung Pabelan Semarang
Authors: Wijayatiningsih Testiana Deni , Budiastuti Riana Eka , Mulyadi Dodi , Ifadah Muhimatul , Aimah Siti , Mareta Eva Dina
Published: November 2020

Students at Public Elementary School 03 Ujung-Ujung Pabelan learned English only in extracurricular activities, where grade 4 and grade 5 were joined in one class. The learning was done by memorizing vocabulary and learning the structure of English grammar. During extracurricular activities, students were not introduced to HOTS-based storytelling, they only learned English vocabulary and structures. Based on this explanation, students needed HOTS skills in learning English so that they can stimulate critical thinking skills in responding to reading and other English language materials. But in reality, they tended to memorize vocabulary and grammar relatively. Based on this statement, our service team focuses community service on the implementation of storytelling to increase student’s HOTS at 03 Elementary School Ujung-Ujung Pabelan Semarang, which had 42 students. The service method used is the lecture method, brainstorming, storytelling practice, and evaluation of the satisfaction of community service participants. The results show that the student’s HOTS in learning to read English stories, retelling what they had read, and increasing the students' critical thinking patterns. The students become motivated to retell story in English and the students improve their critical thinking patterns.
MAIN SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS, METHODS AND MODELS FOR DEVELOPING LABOR MIGRATION AND MIGRATION PROCEDURES
Authors:   World economy and diplomacy University of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Cholliyev Tulqin
Published: November 2020

Currently, none of the exiting scientific concepts can explain migration processes thoroughly. When we study theories, approaches, and models in this area, we find out that each particular theory only covers some aspects of this versatile process. Nevertheless,it is possible to combine the ideas on migration into one comprehensive concept. The article tries to systematize the main theories researching labor migration and migration processes
The effect of executive compensation on earnings quality of conglomerates listed in Nigeria
Authors:   Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria, Yayangida Abubakar , Samuel Agbi ,   Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria, Okpanachi Joshua ,   Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, NigeriaDepartment of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria, Atabo Victor ,   Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria
Published: November 2020

This paper is an empirical analysis of the impact of Executive compensation on earnings quality of listed firms in Nigeria for the period of 2015-2019. The study adopts the multiple regression technique. Data were collected from the annual reports and accounts of sampled firms. The findings reveal that Executive compensation positively and significantly affect the earnings quality of listed Conglomerates in Nigeria, the result implies that firms that pay higher emoluments to its executive are likely to improve the quality of earnings. It is recommended that the listed Conglomerates firms should increase the amount paid as emoluments to their executives as the higher emolument paid and received by executives improve the level of earnings quality and reduces earnings management which may be detrimental to the goal and objectives of the firm. Key words: Compensation, Conglomerates, Executive, Incentives, Performance, Shareholders
Corporate governance and auditors’ expectation
Authors:   Department of Accounting, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State Nigeria, Fijabi Lateef
Published: November 2020

This study investigated the impact of Code of Corporate governance on the auditor’s expectation gap, following the implementation of the Nigerian corporate governance code. The study outcomes were based on the literature review, the analysis of the qualitative data and discussions of generated themes. The results revealed that adopting effective corporate governance (accountability) system positively contributes in narrowing the audit expectation gap due to the increasing interest in the role of accountability in fighting corruption in Nigeria. The Study recommends; the need for continued sensitization of the public, by both the auditing profession and other stake holders on the role and duties of the auditor, management and the board to avoid expectation gap from the public. The CBN, NAICOM, PENCOM and NCC should implement and enforce the approved Code of Governance. Keywords: Audit Expectation Gap, Corporate Accountability, Audit committees, Code of Corporate Governance, Regulatory agencies.
Evaluation and repair of cracks in post occupancy situations.
Authors:   Department of Architecture, Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, Ajayi Oluwatoyin , Dare-Abel Oladipo ,   Department of Architecture, Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, Ogunbowale Lanre ,   Department of Architecture, Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, Chukwuka Obianuju ,   Department of Architecture, Caleb University, Imota, Lagos
Published: November 2020

Cracks in concrete have many causes. They may affect appearance only, or may indicate significant structural distress or a lack of durability. Cracks may represent the total extent of the damage, or may point to problems of greater magnitude. Their significance depends on the type of structure and nature of the cracking. This is a review paper that proposes guidelines for crack evaluation and repair of concrete structures. The causes of cracks in concrete are examined along with the principal procedures used for crack control considering both plastic and hardened concrete. The paper presents the importance of design, detailing, construction procedures, concrete proportioning, and material properties. Relevant techniques and methodology for crack evaluation were identified and the need to determine the causes of cracks as a necessary prerequisite to repair is emphasized. The selection of successful repair techniques should consider the causes of cracking, while identifying active or dormant status, and the need for repair. Keywords: Cracks, Prevention, Remedies, Structure, Types of Cracks.
Investors’ sentiment and stock trading in the Nigerian capital market
Authors:   Department of Economics, Accounting and Finance  Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, Njogo Bibiana , Oladele Jaiyeoba ,   Department of Taxation, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Nigeria, Mabinuori Oladotun ,   Department of Economics, Accounting and Finance  Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
Published: November 2020

This study examined the relationship between investors sentiment and stock trading for thirty listed firms in Nigeria, covering periods of 2015-2019. This study comes at a time when behavioral economics gains larger interest in investment decision. This school of thought dismisses the assertion of neoclassical economics that markets are efficient;, hence they cannot be beaten by consistently earning abnormal profits. Two research objectives were formulated for the study, which borders on determining whether investors’ sentiment affects stock trading of corporate firms in Nigeria, and whether investors’ sentiment affect trading stocks for industries in Nigeria differently. Data for the study were sourced from banking, manufacturing, and insurance sectors of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Fixed effect regression was used to analyse the effect of investors’ sentiment on stock trading. The Analysis of Covariance was used to examine whether investors’ sentiment differently affect trading stocks for different sector in Nigeria. The results obtained showed that investors’ sentiment exerts significant impact on stock trading of the firms investigated, and it is used to affect trading stocks for industries in Nigeria differently. The study recommends that investors should make use of fundamental analysis and technical analysis to trade stocks. Keywords: Behavioural economics, efficient market hypothesis, Investors’ sentiment, neoclassical economics, and stock trading.
Effects of cost of transportation, external capital funding and prices of some selected staple food production on economic growth in Nigeria
Authors:   Department of Economics, College of Arts, Social and Management Sciences, Caleb University, Lagos, State, Nigeria, Afaha John , Agbaje Jolaoluwa ,   Department of Economics, College of Arts, Social and Management Sciences, Caleb University, Lagos, State, Nigeria
Published: November 2020

Investigating the effect of cost of transportation, external capital funding and price of some selected staple food production on economic growth in Nigeria is the objective of the study. Time series data were sourced from the Food and Agricultural Organization online database 2020, covering periods of 1980 -2019. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) methodology was adopted. The result of the analysis shows that the current period of the Net export earnings and price of selected staple foods has a positive and significant impact on Economic growth while Exchange rate, cost of transportation, Foreign direct investment has a significant but negative impact on Economic growth. Evidently, the Prices of selected staple foods and Net export earnings occupy vital positions in the economy and thus its activities must remain under constant review and analytical spotlight. Increased efficiency in the agriculture sector and promoting foreign trade is essential and recommended for rapid growth.
Impact of equity and debt financing on financial performance of quoted manufacturing companies in Nigeria
Authors:   Department of Economics, Accounting and Finance  Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, Njogo Bibiana , Oladele Jaiyeoba ,   Department of Economics, Accounting and Finance  Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, Mabinuori Oladotun ,   Department of Taxation, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Nigeria
Published: November 2020

Empirical studies have shown that equity and debt financing is one of the important determinants affecting the performance of a company. This study sought to examine the impact of equity and debt financing on performance on quoted manufacturing companies in Nigeria using the Panel Fully Modified Least Square on secondary data on earnings per share, debt and equity covering the period 2010-2018. To increase earnings, findings show that equity positively influences earnings per share while a negative relationship exists between earnings per share and debt. The study recommends that firms should finance their company majorly with equity shares rather than debt. KEY WORDS: Corporate governance, Equity, Debt, Earnings per share, and Firm’s performance.
The impact of education tax and investment in human capital on economic growth in Nigeria
Authors:   Department of Economics Federal College of Education, Zaria, Aminu Abubakar
Published: November 2020

This paper investigated the impact of education tax and investment in human capital on economic growth in Nigeria utilizing the Non-Linear Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model of cointegration covering the period of 25 years from 1995 to 2019. The findings reveal that education tax and investment in human capital have positive and significant effect on the growth of the Nigerian economy over the sampled period. The paper recommends that in order to boost the economy, Nigeria would need to, among other policy frameworks, provide a suitable environment for ensuring macro-economic stability through effective utilization of income from education tax that will encourage increased investment in human capital in the public sector. In addition to income from education tax, for effective and speedy economic growth and development in Nigeria, the government, beneficiaries (students/parents), employers of labor and other stakeholders in the society should share the responsibility for financing primary, secondary and tertiary education, so as to provide a solid foundation for human capital development. However, as revealed in this paper, the contribution of education tax and investment in human capital is most likely to be realized over a long-run period than in the short term. Keywords: Education Tax; Investment; Human capital; Economic growth
Evaluation of the influence of social media on youth restiveness in Nigeria
Authors:   Department of Criminology and Security Studies,  Caleb, University Imota, Lagos, Ezeji Chiji
Published: November 2020

The causes of youth restiveness are many and continue to increase every day, just as the miscreants who thrive on this misdemeanour improve on their talent for mischief. The youths constitute a large army of the unemployed and blame their plight on the society that does not care for them. Youth restiveness is the omnibus term for a host of anti-social and downright criminal behaviours perpetrated by a sizeable proportion of youth in various communities around Nigeria. This study evaluated the influence of social media on youth restiveness in Nigeria. The study adopted qualitative methodology. An interview technique was used to collect data. A total of fifty-five participants were purposively selected for the interview due to their vast knowledge on the topic under study. The findings revealed that the youth use social media to receive and share information and that fake news-play role in escalating violence, youths are involved in restiveness due to unemployment, rebel, youths and exuberance, youth restiveness leads to breakdown of law and order, low productivity, disruption of production activities. The recommends that the government should tackle the problem from the grass root, provide employment for the youth. Keywords: Combating, Evaluation, Government, Nigeria, Restiveness Strategies, Youth.
Moderating effect of managerial ownership on accounting conservatism and quality of earnings of listed industrial firms in Nigeria
Authors:   Department of Accounting, Faculty of Administration Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria, Oyedokun Godwin , Usman Tanimu ,   Department of Accounting, Faculty of Administration Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria, Osuza Alex ,   Department of Accounting, Faculty of Administration Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria
Published: November 2020

This study adopts a positivist view to the examined moderating effect of managerial ownership, accounting conservatism, and quality of earnings of listed industrial firms in Nigeria from 2009 to 2018. The study employed ex-post facto research design and panel multiple regression for the analysis. The population of the study comprised of 13 listed industrial firms in Nigeria as at 31st December 2018. Accounting conservatism was measured using Beaver and Ryan's (2000) model while the quality of earnings as measured by the modified Jones model. Managerial ownership was measured by the proportion of managerial ownership in the firm. It was discovered that an increase in accounting conservatism of industrial firms will lead to a decrease in quality of earnings, but moderated accounting conservatism has no statistically significant effect on the quality of earnings of industrial firms in Nigeria. The study recommends that shareholders of industrial firms in Nigeria should encourage accounting conservatism because it will reduce earnings quality practice by the management thereby bringing out the true picture of the financial activities of the organization. This will encourage more investment in the firm by potential and existing shareholders. Keywords: Accounting conservatism, Corporate governance, Financial reporting, Managerial ownership, Quality of earnings
What is killing newspapers in Lagos state: the internet or dwindling economy?
Authors:   Department of Mass Communication  Caleb University, Lagos, Ogbonna Sunday
Published: November 2020

Newspapers in Switzerland and the Netherlands, have lost half of their classified adverts to the internet as reflected in an article titled: Who killed the Newspaper? in The Economist of April 24, 2006. However, in recent time, the Nigerian economy has faced a major decline that has affected the existence of newspapers. The marriage of newspapers to the web has not yet proved financially successful for the older medium (Baran, 2012). Thus, this paper examined the impact of economic recession and the internet on newspapers in Nigeria. Study adopted the survey research, sampling four hundred staff of selected newspapers and anchored on the political economy theory. Study found that seven out of ten staff of the four newspapers representing 77.4% said their daily activities are affected by the current economic recession; five out of ten staff of the four newspaper houses representing 47.3% strongly agreed that the internet has effect on the readership of printed newspaper, and four out of ten sampled representing 39.5% said that their management performed fairly during the period. It is therefore recommended that for newspaper houses to survive recession, they should relate with employees and motivate them to give their best. KEYWORDS: Print media/ownership, Political economy theory, Economic recession, Internet (Online) newspaper.
The effect of minimum wage and inflationary pressure on youth unemployment in Nigeria
Authors:   Department of Economics, Accounting and Finance  Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, Ajibola Alao , Oraka Kesiena ,   Department of Economics, Accounting and Finance  Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
Published: November 2020

This study carried out an empirical investigation on the impact of minimum wage and inflationary pressure on youth unemployment in Nigeria from 1991 to 2019 using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag method to estimate the multiple regression model. The model captured the impact of Inflation, GDP Growth Rate, FDI, Government Expenditure, and Minimum Wage as determinants of youth unemployment in Nigeria. The results show that minimum wage exerts a significant impact on youth unemployment in the country, whereas inflation does not significantly influence youth unemployment. These results disapprove argument in the literature that supports minimum wage as an income policy to improve the welfare of workers in Nigeria because it raises the youth unemployment level in the country. Hence, the study concludes that minimum wage determination should be market-based. With this, the study recommends that the Nigerian government seek alternative measures of improving workers’ welfare and reduce youth unemployment in the country. Keywords: Minimum Wage, Inflation, Youth Unemployment
Using Systematic Synthetic Phonics to Accelerate Rural Indigenous Children’s Acquisition of Early Literacy Skills
Authors: Yap Jia Rong , Chin Mellisa Lee Lee
Published: November 2020

Studies focusing on the strategy of phonics in Malaysia have highlighted the insufficiency and ineffectiveness of SBELC phonics training received by teachers, resulting in confusion among them as to what really constitutes effective use of the phonics strategy. On the other hand, systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) has been proven beneficial in accelerating the performance of children in their early literacy. However, few studies have been conducted on English language learners as the majority of those research was focused on native speakers of the English language. Against this background, this article presents a description of a systematic way of teaching phonics that could inform teachers on how the strategy can be optimally utilised to accelerate the performance of students who are possibly at risk of being left behind. It then reports an investigation that compared the efficacy of SSP against SBELC phonics in accelerating the acquisition of early literacy skills with a group of indigenous children residing in the rural parts of Sarawak, Malaysia. Five instruments; (1) productive letter-sound test, (2) free-sound isolation test, (3) reading test, (4) spelling test, and (5) oral-reading fluency test were administered to measure phonemic awareness, decoding, reading, and spelling ability. Data were collected from the pretest and the posttest. The results demonstrate that both groups recorded significant improvement in reading and spelling, but children in the experimental group (SSP) outperformed the control group (SBELC phonics) significantly. Following this, SSP should be implemented in classrooms to help accelerate children’s early reading fluency and spelling ability.
Active Learning in Economic Subject: A Case Study at Secondary School
Authors: Ismail Ramlee , Awang Marinah , Pyng Seow Yea , Abdullah Muhammad Ridhuan Bos
Published: November 2020

This study aims to investigate the impact of active learning in the economics subject in Perak secondary school on students’ achievement, motivation, interest, and social interaction. This study applies a quasi-experimental research design, which involves the control and the treatment groups with thirty and thirty-four participants, respectively. The active learning materials for the treatment group were based on active learning methods provided by the Ministry of Education with support from structured lesson plans namely: simulations, discussions, brainstorming, case studies, and visits in the school’s compound. A questionnaire is also used to measure students’ motivation, interest and social interaction before and after the intervention. The results showed that students who had experienced active learning activities score higher than their counterparts significantly for topic 1 and 2. Besides, findings show that they were motivated and interested in learning economics through active learning compared to the traditional approach. However, the researchers find that the social interaction element is not as significant as the others. It has been concluded that the active learning method attracts student’s interest and motivation in the economic subject and subsequently improves their achievement. Students also will get benefit from the varieties of teaching method with a focus of learning outcomes to enrich student-learning activities.
Inclusion of the FuzzyILS Method in MOODLE for Creating Effective Courses
Authors: Sprock Antonio Silva
Published: November 2020

The work exposes the analysis of the effectiveness of courses in MOODLE when the course is developed with activities according to the learning styles of the students which have been determined using the FuzzyILS Method. The investigator has adapted the FuzzyILS method and designed the FuzzyILS questionnaire based on former attempts and the researcher’s observations to calculate the degrees of belonging of the fuzzy sets, and evaluate the activities of MOODLE, according to the learning styles of students. The investigator has used the experimental research with forty students from the Central University of Venezuela grouped into two groups, namely the experimental group and the control group with twenty students each. The results show evidence of improvement in learning and reflect greater participation in the proposed activities when the FuzzyILS Method and MOODLE techniques are used with the learning styles of students.
Effect of Differentiated Instruction on the Achievement and Development of Critical Thinking Skills among Sixth-Grade Science Students
Authors: Al-Shehri Mohammad Salih
Published: November 2020

The objective of this study was to explore the effect of using a differentiated instruction method on the achievement and development of critical thinking skills among sixth-grade students in Abha, Saudi Arabia. The study used the experimental method through the application of the instructional program on a sample of 50 students, who were chosen purposefully from one school in Abha city. The sample was divided into an experimental group (n = 25), which received instructions using differentiated instruction, and a control group (n = 25), which received instructions using conventional methods. Two tests were developed, an academic achievement test and a critical thinking test, to measure the performance of students before and after using the instructional program. Findings showed an improvement in the academic performance of the experimental group, which were taught using the instructional program based on differentiated instruction. Participants were able to increase their level of critical thinking skills in science. The study recommends using this instructional strategy in different school subjects other than science. The study also recommends training teachers on its implementation in classrooms.
COMPARISON OF AERODYNAMICS CHARACTERISTICS OF NACA 0015 & NACA 4415 AEROFOIL BLADE
Authors: R. I. Rubel , Uddin  , Islam  , Rokunuzzaman
Published: November 2020

NACA 0015 and NACA 4415 aerofoil are most common four digits and broadly used aerodynamic shape. Both of the shapes are extensively used for various kind of applications including turbine blade, aircraft wing and so on. NACA 0015 is symmetrical and NACA 4415 is unsymmetrical in shape. Consequently, they have big one-of-a-kind in aerodynamic traits at the side of widespread differences of their utility and performance. Both of them undergo the same fluid principle while applied in any fluid medium giving dissimilar outcomes in aerodynamics behavior. On this work, experimental and numerical investigation of each NACA 0015 and NACA 4415 is done to decide their performance. For this purpose, aerofoil section is tested for a prevalence range attack of angle (AOA). The study addresses the performance of NACA 0015 and NACA 4415 and evaluates the dynamics of flow separation, lift, drag, pressure and velocity contour and so on.
Myxomycetes of boreal forests of the Laplandskiy State Nature Biosphere Reserve (Kola Peninsula, Russia) Yuri
Authors: Novozhilov Yuri K. , Shchepin Oleg N. , Gmoshinskiy Vladimir I. , Schnittler Martin
Published: November 2020

Northern taiga forests and subalpine plant communities of the Laplandskiy State Nature Biosphere Reserve (Kola Peninsula, Russia) were surveyed for myxomycetes. A total of 1675 specimens of myxomycete fruit bodies (sporocarps) were registered, among them 1584 records from field collections and 92 obtained from 210 moist chamber cultures of ground litter, bark of living trees, wood, and weathered dung of moose and willow ptarmigan. Most of 125 taxa (124 morphospecies and one variety) representing 34 genera were recorded only in the field (104 taxa from 32 genera), but some were exclusively obtained from moist chamber cultures (8 taxa from 5 genera). All of the recorded species are new for the Laplandskiy Reserve. Species numbers decreased among the four studied forest associations along the elevation and mositure gradient, and the Shannon index showed a similar trend: spruce forest (PICa; 84 taxa, H’=3.8), spruce-peat moss forest (PICb; 70, 3.5), dry spruce-pine forest (PIN; 62, 3.7), subalpine birch forest (SB; 30, 2.7). The estimated completeness of the survey according to the Chao1 estimator was 66%, indicating that most of the more common species should have been recovered. The trend among forest associations runs mainly parallel to diversity: PICa and PICb 83%, PIN 47%, SB 57%. The myxomycete assemblage of dry coniferous forests is the most distinctive among the three forest types and shows the highest number of indicator species. The overall degree of specialization of myxomycetes is higher for substrate type than for forest associations. Among substrate types, species diversity and richness increase from litter over bark to wood.
Pengembangan Modul Praktikum Generik Sains Kimia Bahan Alam: Isolasi Asam Anakardat dari Kulit Biji Jambu Mete
Authors: Mujiyanti Ayu Rizki , Hakim Aliefman , Hadisaputra Saprizal
Published: November 2020

Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan (Research and Development) yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui: (1) langkah-langkah proses pengembangan modul praktikum kimia bahan alam berbasis generik sains tentang isolasi asam anakardat dari kulit biji jambu mete. (2) Tingkat validitas serta kepraktisan modul praktikum kimia bahan alam berbasis generik sains tentang isolasi asam anakardat dari kulit biji jambu mete yang sudah dikembangkan. Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah model 4D (define, design, develop, and dissemination). Populasi dalam penelitian ini meliputi 80 orang mahasiswa program studi pendidikan kimia tahun akademik 2017/2018 yang sedang memprogramkan mata kuliah kimia bahan alam. Sampel penelitian yaitu tujuh mahasiswa yang diambil secara acak dan kemudian dijadikan responden untuk uji coba terbatas. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan nilai validitas dari tiga orang validator yang diperoleh menggunakan indeks Aiken adalah V = 0,6 yang menunjukkan bahwa modul praktikum praktikum kimia bahan alam berbasis generik sains tentang isolasi asam anakardat dari kulit biji jambu mete telah valid dan layak digunakan. Sementara itu, kepraktisan dapat dilihat dari respon mahasiswa dan dosen yang menunjukkan respon positif dengan rata-rata kepraktisan semua komponen sebesar 81% respon mahasiswa dan 81% respon dosen. Berdasarkan data tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa modul praktikum kimia bahan alam berbasis generik sains tentang isolasi asam anakardat dari kulit biji jambu mete yang dikembangkan bersifat valid dan sangat praktis digunakan dalam proses pembelajaran.  Kata kunci: Pengembangan, Modul Praktikum, Kimia Bahan Alam, Asam Anakardat
Pengembangan Modul Praktikum Kimia Bahan Alam Berbasis Generik Sains: Isolasi Fenobarbiton dari Kulit Batang Pohon Api-api (Avicennia marina)
Authors: Adawiyah Siti Rabiatul , Hakim Aliefman , Hadisaputra Saprizal
Published: November 2020

Penelitian ini termasuk penelitian pengembangan (R&D). Adapun yang dikembangkan dalam penelitian ini adalah modul praktikum kimia bahan alam berbasis generik sains tentang isolasi fenobarbiton dari kulit batang pohon api-api (Avicennia marina) dengan menggunakan model 4D (define, design, development, dan dissemination). Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui langkah-langkah pengembangan modul praktikum, tingkat kelayakan dan kepraktisan dari modul praktikum yang dikembangkan. Populasi penelitian diambil dari mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Kimia, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Mataram angkatan 2016 berjumlah 67 orang yang sudah mengambil mata kuliah kimia bahan alam, sedangkan sampel yang dipilih sebanyak 18 orang dari populasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan hasil validitas yang diperoleh menggunakan indeks Aiken diperoleh nilai V = 0,7 dengan kategori valid dan layak untuk digunakan. Sementara itu, praktikalitas semua komponen modul diperoleh nilai rata-rata respon mahasiswa sebesar 85% dengan kategori sangat praktis dan untuk respon dosen sebesar 78% dengan kategori praktis. Berdasarkan data tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa modul praktikum kimia bahan alam berbasis generik sains tentang isolasi fenobarbiton dari kulit batang pohon api-api (Avicennia marina) yang sudah dikembangkan menggunkan model 4D telah terlaksana bersifat layak dan sangat praktis digunakan dalam proses pembelajaran.
The children is rights in the textbooks of Social Studies and Citizenship in general education in the light of the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Child and The Privacy of Saudi Society
Authors:   jac, Musleh Alansari Widad
Published: November 2020

The Petrpose of the study was to focus on exploring children is rights that are implicit in Social Studies and Citizenship textbooks in the Saudi general education, in the light of the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Child, as well as to know level of sequence and integration of children is rights, inordbr to build a matrix of the range and sequence of children is rights in the textbooks of Social Studies and Citizenship in the general Saudi education. The study applied the descriptive analytical method and used content analysis Reliability and validity for the tool was a chieved .The results of the study led to a list of 97 items the representing Rights of The Child, it’s number is (97) distributed to (8) domains. In addition, the results of content analysis revealed that children‘s rights were not balanced, insufficient and varies in the books of Social Studies and Citizenship. Also the results showed big varies between child rights domains in sequence level in three books range between (0.72%-10.07%). Also, the results showed there were no integration between child rights and domains in three books, where the Chi-Square Value was (48) not statistically significant at (α ≤ 0,05). In view of this, a model for the matrix of the range and sequence of the rights of child and Privacy of Saudi Society were designed in the books of Social Studies and Citizenship books. Based on the findings of the study, a set of relevant recommendations were suggested. Keywords: Content Analysis, Children Rights, Universal Declaration, Social Studies and Citizenship Textbooks, Saudi General Education.
Building a culture of tolerance during early childhood in the kindergartens of Saudi Arabia - Rea-sonings and methods: A descriptive study with a proposed methodology
Authors:   jac, Mohamad Ali HAMMAD Nahla
Published: November 2020

The research aimed to ﬁnd a methodology that can be proposed to build a culture of tolerance through the daily programs of kindergarten in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to clarify the justiﬁcation for build-ing that culture, and to identify the methods that reinforce it. The researcher used the descriptive ap-proach for that by implementing the “Delphi” instrument to identify the reasons for and the dimensions of the proposed methodology that has been achieved in this research which includes the philosophy of the proposed methodology, its objectives, its importance, its justiﬁcations and dimensions in early childhood (such as attitude and manners, kindergarten activities and the role of kindergarten teacher in building a culture of tolerance, acceptance of others and coexistence wiht other children. Keywords: tolerance - accepting others - early childhood - peaceful coexistence - Kindergarten
Social representations of parents about kindergarten
Authors:   jac, Abdellatif Mansouri Saﬁa
Published: November 2020

The Study attempted to identily the most important representations Parents held in their mind towards kindergartens, as demanstrated by technical network up Anna waria de Rosa (1995). The sample cansisteal of 39 Parents of kindergaoten children. The results showed that the parents looked up at kindergarten as an educatiansl and peda-gogical institution, and they held positive attitudes towrds it, as it was illustrateal by the oufcome of the study.
Dental Treatment Phobia and Its Relationship with Temperament Among Children
Authors:   jac, Qassim Abdullah Mohammad
Published: November 2020

The aim of this study was to identify the percentage of dental phobia among children, and its relartionship with temperament of children. The analytical descriptive methodology was used with two instruments: Dental phobia questionnaire and child temperament scale. The sample included (393) outpatient children in dental clinics of Aleppo University in the academic year of 2017-2018. The children aged between 6-13 years. The findings indicated that the mean of dental phobia was 31.5 while high level of dental phobia was 49.11. The dental phobia was significantly higher among females than among males. On the other hand, there were significantly positive correlation between dental phobia and the following factors: Activity, resistance, mood quality, distractibility, and negative correlation between dental phobia and the following factors: regular-ity, first reaction (approach), and adaptability.
Influence of organic additives on electret state of high pressure polyethylene
Authors: Eldar Mekhraly Gojayev  , Sevinc Sarkar Osmanova  , Shujayat Aman Zeynalov  , Farhad Shamil Karimov
Published: November 2020

The paper presents the results of a study of the electret properties of high-pressure polyethylene (hppe) modified with organic additives as phthalic-anhydride (pha) and orthophenylenediamine (ophd). Samples obtained and processed by extrusion on an industrial unit brand LRP-700m. Additives were introduced into HPPE by mechanical mixing. For polarization, the samples were placed on a grounded electrode and charged with a negative corona at a voltage of 7 kv. After polarization, the total surface charge of the samples was determined by the compensation method. The thermally stimulated current was recorded in the temperature range 290–520 K, provided that the heating increased linearly at a rate of 3.5 k / min. It is shown that after polarization of hppe composites modified with pha and ophd organic fillers, the depolarization process begins in connection with the resolution and release of trapped charge carriers from traps. After the complete destruction of the homo charges, the density of the surface charge of the hppe films and their optimal modification, reaching a certain value, in the future, depending on the duration of storage, does not change. It was also revealed that the introduction of the organic additive pha and ophd into hppe makes it possible to obtain an antistatic polymer material with improved technological and electrical properties.
Automation of bio-digester stirring system using locally available materials
Authors: Kingsley Ogueri Chilakpu
Published: November 2020

An anaerobic bio-digester with electronically controlled stirring system was fabricated and tested using locally available materials. The experiment was conducted on a laboratory scale in Federal University of Technology Owerri. Cow dung obtained from an abattoir in Owerri and household biodegradable waste randomly collected from residential homes and eateries were used as the feedstock for this work. The feedstock was pre-fermented for a period of 10 days in an airtight bag before it was mixed with water in the ratio of 1:2 to form slurry that was fed into the digester. An Arduino system controlled timer with LED display screen was designed to control the on/off signal of a 2Hp electric motor powering the stirring arms. The programmable stirring timer device was set to run the electric motor for 30minutes at an interval of four hours to allow for even distribution of nutrients and microbes in the bio-digester. A control experiment was also carried out with non-automated stirring system. . It was observed that gas production in the control experiment reached its peak in fourteen days and the period was mired by fluctuating and less volume of gas production when compared to the main experiment where the gas production increased appreciably and steadily with maximum volume recorded on the tenth and eleventh day as contained in the results obtained. Model equations were generated for the two experiments and the wide variation in values of determinant factors (R2) in the two experiments is an indication that the automated stirring system with R2 = 0.97 performed better than the manually timed stirred trials with R2=0.88.