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Interpretative Phronesis (Practical Wisdom) Analysis: A Hermeneutic Narrative of Research Participant Caring
Authors: Wilson Tony
Published: September 2022

Aristotle’s distinction between phronesis (practical wisdom) and episteme (theory) has been centrally influential in the development of hermeneutics. Heidegger, initiating hermeneutic phenomenology, foregrounded practical understanding as foundational (or ‘ready-to-hand’): scientific theory was but secondary (‘presented-at-hand’). Gadamer subsequently emphasised understanding as primarily practical, as an applicative achievement, within broad assumptions, ‘horizons of understanding’, a metaphor signalling explicitly/implicitly represented surroundings. How should Aristotle’s idea of practical wisdom in human affairs articulated in phenomenology’s hermeneutic thought - principally Gadamer’s scholarship - inform researcher analyses? Here an account of hermeneutic philosophy, with its core conceptual formations, is presented as concerning situated understanding in practice, phronesis. Multiple instances of this behavioural research focus from psychology’s Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis then receive reflection. Interviewing proceeds from ‘horizons of expectation’ (Jauss 1982). Themes are viewed as 'horizons of understanding’ (Gadamer 1975), interviewees’ perspectives on practices. A researcher may engage in resolving ‘indeterminacy’ (Iser 1978). Participants’ reflectively recounted meaning-making phronesis practices can be structured in their analyses by locating their a priori, universally discernible aspects. Thus phronesis is constituted by generic, care (Heidegger’s Sorge) embodying activity, ‘emplaced’ or understood from tacit representational affective ‘horizons of understanding’: participant bodies can become denoted ‘equipment’ (Heidegger’s Zeug). Keywords: caring, hermeneutic phronesis, interpretative horizons of understanding, phenomenology
The History of Bias Assessment in Educational and Psychological Testing
Authors: Geisinger Kurt F.
Published: September 2022

This chapter provides a brief historical overview of how psychometricians, educational researchers, and psychologists have studied the fairness of tests. This history does not really begin until the early 1960s. Early foci included the apparent benefits of testing during the world wars, the use of intelligence testing, and the attempt to build culture-free and culture-fair tests. Shortly after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, college admissions and employment measures came under scrutiny for fairness by researchers and the courts, often with surprising results. Researchers developed test fairness models and methods for identifying items that behave with systematic differences across demographic groups. An original focus in test fairness was African Americans; subsequently, women, language minorities, immigrants, and those with disabilities were studied. The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, & National Council on Measurement in Education, 2014) have shed much light on fairness in testing, especially in the most recent tests.
Looking Forward: Cross-Cutting Themes for the Future of Fairness in Testing
Authors: Jonson Jessica L. , Geisinger Kurt F.
Published: September 2022

In this final chapter of their edited volume, the authors summarize nine themes that were raised across chapters. In their discussion of each theme, they summarize relevant points from chapters in the book as well as the explicit and emerging recommendations for moving fairness forward. Recommendations are offered for research, practice, and future editions of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, & National Council on Measurement in Education, 2014). The purpose of this final chapter is to identify the ways that intentions to address fairness in testing are falling short and where more action needs to be taken by the measurement community and test developers, as well as test users, to ensure that our intentions for fairness in testing are understood and realized.
Do Standards Promote Fairness and Legitimacy in the Changing Marketplace for Testing?
Authors: Pullin Diana C.
Published: September 2022

Tests are increasingly seen as transactional commodities rather than tools to promote the common good. This creates new types of fairness considerations as well as broad threats to the perceived legitimacy of tests and test use. This chapter uses examples from school graduation and accountability testing, teacher evaluation through value-added models, teacher licensure testing, and higher education admissions testing to highlight perspectives on test fairness from courts, public policy makers, consumers, and businesses. The examples illustrate the need for the measurement community to pay greater attention to the contexts and uses of testing. The measurement community must revise its approach to fairness and make an enhanced commitment to better articulation and enforcement of professional standards to promote fairness.
Doing Justice to Fairness
Authors: Camilli Gregory , Newton Paul E.
Published: September 2022

Test fairness, which had a late arrival on the assessment scene, has been closely linked to the earlier concept of test validity. However, among cognitive, social, and behavioral science professionals and the general public, the concept of test validity has been continuously debated since the 1950s. As a result, test fairness does not have a clear or generally agreed-upon fit within the topic of validity. The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, & National Council on Measurement in Education, 2014) provides a useful starting point for examining fairness and its relationship to validity. However, the relationship of fairness and justice in assessment is a topic that extends well beyond the Standards. The goal of this chapter is to argue for a pluralistic and interdisciplinary approach to fairness and justice in order to promote more useful conversations about the social context of assessment. The authors illustrate how communication about fairness and justice can be sharpened with legal and philosophical illustrations.
Key Concerns About Fairness in Testing: Applications of Best Practice in the Development of Large-Scale Achievement Tests
Authors: Welch Catherine , Dunbar Stephen
Published: September 2022

This chapter discusses the processes that test developers typically follow to help ensure that tests are fair, offers recommendations for how fairness procedures should be conducted, and suggests approaches and considerations that may improve the processes. These processes incorporate item reviews at multiple stages of test development, including early engagement in the articulation of design features, test specifications, and item development. The chapter also includes a discussion of the empirical methods that are used to investigate fairness issues, such as differential item functioning. The authors discusses how procedures could be expanded to incorporate more focused activities, such as expert judgments, focus groups, and cognitive labs to provide more actionable information for test developers. Potential barriers for moving best practices forward include the proprietary nature of fairness practices as defined by different testing organizations, as well as a reluctance to broadly disseminate this information if it might reflect poorly on an assessment. Finally, new aspects of test development, such as automatic item generation, artificial intelligence used for the scoring of open-ended responses, and applications of machine learning, should be more closely studied with respect to fairness issues.
School Psychology Trainees’ Administration and Scoring Errors on The Woodcock Johnson IV Tests of Achievement
Authors: Lockwood Adam
Published: September 2022

Sixty-three Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement protocols, administered by 26 schoolpsychology trainees, were examined to determine the frequency of examiner errors. Errors werenoted on all protocols and ranged from 8 to 150 per administration. Critical (e.g., start, stop, andcalculation) errors were noted on roughly 97% of protocols. Wilcoxon signed-rank testsindicated multiple subtests were more prone to both critical and non-critical (e.g., failure torecord answers verbatim, failure to record qualitative observations) errors; critical errors weregenerally more common on subtests with objective scoring criteria (i.e., Written Expression andSpelling) and non-critical errors were more frequently observed on subtests that required therecording of answers verbatim. Based on these findings we encourage trainers to place increasedscrutiny on trainee’s objective scoring performance and on requiring recording responsesverbatim. Areas of needed future research studies are also discussed.
Fleet sizing a university bike loan program: assessment of realistic and non-realistic users’ interest
Authors: Félix Rosa , Sobral Ricardo , Moura Filipe
Published: September 2022

The Portuguese government launched U-Bike, a nationwide program that aims to encourage university students, faculties and staff to switch to cycling, by providing a long-term bicycle rental scheme. This study aims to analyze the potential of adoption of U-Bike based on a cross-sectional online survey applied to a university campus in Lisbon, where the 1406 responses obtained adequately represent students, faculties, and staff. To minimize unrealistic forecasts striving from socially-desirable responses and unfamiliarity with cycling, stated willingness of U-Bike adoption was compared to the estimated likelihood to regularly cycling to campus. The assessment of realistic and unrealistic options is based on revealed mobility habits and housing constraints that are scrutinized and accounted for with a rule-based methodology, informed by the literature, in which respondents are assigned to five qualitative profiles ordered from "not realistic" to "meet all criteria". The stated interest and willingness to adopt U-Bike discloses an optimism bias of nearly 50% of those who fall in the profiles of not realistic and very unlikely options. The results suggest that 10% of the campuscommunity would most likely adopt the program, having interest and being realistic, and another 7% are interested in the program but do not meet all the mobility and housing requirements to commute by bike to campus, still being a very likely option. The results contribute to estimate bike loan fleet sizes through stated preferences surveys and inform decision-makers when planning for bike loan programs in university campuses.
Contemplating Terawatts of Renewable Electricity and the Need for Improved Energy Efficiency and Reduced Energy Demand in the U.S.
Authors: Kirk Alexander P
Published: September 2022

The amount of power generated in the U.S. from solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and wind turbines that will be required in order to replace the amount of power generated from fossil fuels, bio fuels, and nuclear fission is analyzed. The relatively small capacity factors of solar PV and wind generation are not ideal. However, increased efficiency due to switching from equipment such as gas furnaces and internal combustion engine vehicles to electric heat pumps and battery electric vehicles helps to lessen the amount of power needed. Nonetheless, as an initial estimate, an installed nameplate capacity of 3.4 TW of electricity sourced from a combination of solar PV and wind generation may be required to match the amount of power that was generated in the U.S. in 2021 from a combination of fossil fuels, bio fuels, and nuclear fission. Also as an initial estimate, 0.7 to 1.1 TW of installed battery storage capacity may be needed. Actual power generation and storage capacity will depend on energy efficiency and energy demand. With concerted focus and effort, there is an opportunity to reduce energy demand and therefore minimize the amount of solar PV panels, wind turbines, and batteries that need to be manufactured, installed, maintained, and recycled.
Differential expression of ACTN2 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: September 2022

Neurodegenerative diseases that affect the motor neurons, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), have little treatment options and are generally rapidly fatal (1, 2). We harnessed the power of unbiased, whole transcriptome differential gene expression analysis, utilizing primary patient cells and tissues to discover genes whose expression defines sporadic ALS using published data (3, 4). We found significant differential expression of ACTN2, encoding actinin alpha 2, in primary fibroblasts of patients with sporadic ALS (SALS). ACTN2 transcript was present at significantly lower levels in SALS patient fibroblasts as compared to control, non-diseased fibroblasts. These analyses will begin to define the transcriptional landscape of sporadic ALS.
Differential expression of DNAH11 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: September 2022

Neurodegenerative diseases that affect the motor neurons, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), have little treatment options and are generally rapidly fatal (1, 2). We harnessed the power of unbiased, whole transcriptome differential gene expression analysis, utilizing primary patient cells and tissues to discover genes whose expression defines sporadic ALS using published data (3, 4). We found significant differential expression of DNAH11, encoding dynein axonemal heavy chain 11, in primary fibroblasts of patients with sporadic ALS (SALS). DNAH11 transcript was present at significantly higher levels in SALS patient fibroblasts as compared to control, non-diseased fibroblasts. These analyses will begin to define the transcriptional landscape of sporadic ALS.
Theorems on the Binomial Coefficients for Combinatorial Geometric Series
Authors: Annamalai Chinnaraji
Published: September 2022

This paper presents binomial and factorial theorems on the binomial coefficients for combinatorial geometric series. The coefficient for each term in combinatorial geometric series refers to a binomial coefficient. These ideas can enable the scientific researchers to solve the real life problems.
Improving Breastfeeding Rates: Evolutionary Anthropological Insights for Public Health
Authors: Emmott Emily H
Published: September 2022

Breastfeeding is championed as an effective way to improve global health, associated with improved health outcomes for children and mothers. Various public health strategies to promote breastfeeding have been developed and implemented for over four decades, yet progress has stagnated, and exclusive breastfeeding rates remain low globally. From an evolutionary anthropological perspective, low breastfeeding rates seem like an “evolutionary puzzle”; breastfeeding is a behaviour which confers survival and fitness advantage to children and mothers, yet so many mothers do not breastfeed exclusively or at all. Is this a globally maladaptive behaviour? Framing breastfeeding as a maternal investment behaviour, an evolutionary perspective directs us to consider the fitness costs of breastfeeding, together with the role of social learning and cultural norms. Indeed, an evolutionary anthropological perspective provides insights to why some breastfeeding promotion strategies may have been ineffective, while pointing to potentially promising policies and practices which have been overlooked.
The impact of incentivization on recruitment, retention, data quality, and participant characteristics in Ecological Momentary Assessments: Experimental study
Authors: Giese Helge , König Laura M
Published: September 2022

Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) study participation is usually incentivized using monetary (e.g., fixed or performance-contingent payment) or non-monetary (e.g., feedback) compensation. This study investigates the impact of this incentivization on recruitment, retention, data quality, and participant characteristics in a sample of 74 students. For this purpose, an EMA study (time-based sampling) was conducted in participants’ daily life using a 2 Payment (fixed/ performance-contingent) x 2 Feedback (yes/ no) experimental between-subjects design. Offering feedback increased the likelihood of participation and reduced the likelihood of participants receiving fixed payment to drop out. Offering feedback additionally improved data quality. Furthermore, offering feedback attracted participants with higher interest in research and the study topic. Offering fixed vs performance-contingent payment had little effect on the outcomes of interest. Offering feedback as compensation in EMA studies may facilitate recruitment and increase data quality; however, it may also risk higher selection bias. Conclusions are drawn from a relatively small student sample; the results thus need to be replicated in larger and more diverse samples.
Post-Spinal Cord Injury AIS Score improvement: An Automated Machine Learning analysis on the TRACK-SCI Cohort
Authors: Khan Ali Danish , Haider Bangash Ali , Yurf Saleha , Ullah Tauseef , Bazai Iftikhar , Khan Inayat Ullah , Khan Haris , Mushtaq Fahad , Zehra Saiqa , Fatima Arshiya , khalid Ayesha , Shah Ali Haider , Abbas Syed Mohammad Mehmood , Khawaja Hashir Fahim
Published: September 2022

Automated machine learning is explored to develop predictive models for post-SCI AIS score improvement.
COVID-19 Related Stress and Emotion Regulation: An Examination of their Effect on Sleep, Dreaming, and Social Cognition.
Authors: Gordon Daniel , Kidd Tara
Published: September 2022

Many studies have considered how stress impacts our sleep and dreams, but far fewer have examined how stress disrupts subtle aspects of social cognition, despite recent research suggesting that stress might impair certain subdomains, such as emotion recognition. Understanding how individuals control and regulate their emotions during times of distress, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may be one way to help understand these associations. This online cross-sectional survey aimed to determine if COVID-19 stress and emotion regulation strategy impacted on sleep, dreams, and emotion recognition. A total of 80 participants were recruited, with an average age of 25 years. Participants were predominantly university students (87.5%), of which 67.5% were female. Statistical analysis was undertaken using multiple linear regressions. Increases in COVID-related stress enhanced the emotional intensity of participants dreams and disrupted their ability to correctly identify emotions (p<0.05). However, no significant effects were reported for emotion regulation strategy on any other outcome measure (p>0.05). These findings demonstrate the diverse effects of COVID-related stress on social cognition and dream mentation; suggesting that reducing stress could improve social cognition. Future work should consider if interventions aimed at stress reduction may have secondary effects related to the accurate processing of social information.
Defining Health Misinformation
Authors: Wang Yuan , Thier Kathryn , Nan Xiaoli
Published: September 2022

In light of the ongoing debate about the nature of misinformation and the urgent need for a clear definition of health misinformation, this chapter aims to critically review current definitions of health misinformation, identify key challenges in defining health misinformation, and finally propose a tentative, unifying definition of health misinformation to guide future research. We conclude bydiscussing directions for future efforts in refining the definition for health misinformation.
Procedural and Motor Learning, to appear in Oxford Handbook of Human Memory
Authors: Knowlton Barbara , Schorn Julia
Published: September 2022

Procedural memory is a form of implicit memory whereby we may learn skills through practice without conscious awareness of what has been learned. While declarative memory is often described as “knowing that”, procedural memory is considered “knowing how”. For example, it may be hard for a pianist to verbally explicate what she does when she plays a passage but she could easily demonstrate it. While motor skill learning is the most representative example of procedural memory, perceptual and cognitive skills can also be learned through practice without awareness of what has been learned. Procedural memory is tested in the lab using tasks such as the pursuit rotor task, the serial reaction time task, and various probabilistic classification tasks. Studying clinical populations, like patients with diseases of the basal ganglia, can inform our understanding of the neural substrates of procedural memory. Patients with Parkinson’s Disease and Huntington’s Disease are impaired on procedural memory tasks but show intact performance on declarative memory tasks. The opposite is true for patients with Alzheimer’s and those who have sustained a traumatic brain injury. Patients with psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and Gilles de la Tourette syndrome also show deficits in procedural learning. Research with different clinical populations has deepened our understanding of the neural correlates of procedural memory and points to the basal ganglia and the cerebellum as key regions. Future research should consider the role of procedural memory in childhood development, as developmental disorders likely involve procedural learning systems.
Refining Bayesian Hierarchical MPT Modeling: Integrating Prior Knowledge and Ordinal Expectations
Authors: Sarafoglou Alexandra , Kuhlmann Beatrice G. , Aust Frederik , Haaf Julia M.
Published: September 2022

Multinomial processing tree (MPT) models are a broad class of statistical models used to test sophisticated psychological theories. The research questions derived from these theories often go beyond simple condition effects on parameters and involve ordinal expectations (e.g., the same-direction effect on the memory parameter is stronger in one experimental condition than another) or disordinal expectations (e.g., the effect reverses in one experimental condition). Here we argue that by refining common modeling practices, Bayesian hierarchical models are well suited to estimate and test these expectations. Concretely, we show that the default priors proposed in the literature lead to nonsensical predictions for individuals and the population distribution, leading to problems not only in model comparison but also in parameter estimation. Rather than relying on these priors, we argue that MPT modelers should determine priors that are consistent with their theoretical knowledge. In addition, we demonstrate how Bayesian model comparison may be used to test ordinal and disordinal interactions by means of Bayes factors. We apply the techniques discussed to empirical data from Bell et al. (2015).
Revisiting the connection between Luce’s Choice Axiom and Signal Detection Theory: Application to visual memory
Authors: Robinson Maria Martinovna , Destefano Isabella , Brady Timothy F. , Vul Edward
Published: September 2022

In many decision tasks, we have a set of alternative choices and are faced with the problem of how to use our latent beliefs and preferences about each alternative to make a single choice. Cognitive and decision models typically presume that beliefs and preferences are distilled to a scalar latent strength for each alternative, but it is also critical to model how people use these latent strengths to choose a single alternative. Most models follow one of two traditions toestablish this link. Modern psychophysics and memory researchers make use of signal detection theory, assuming that latent strengths are perturbed by noise, and the highest resulting signal is selected. By contrast, many modern decision theoretic modeling and machine learning approaches use the softmax function (which is based on Luce’s choice axiom; Luce, 1959) to give some weight to non-maximal-strength alternatives. Despite the prominence of these two theories of choice, current approaches rarely address the connection between them, and the choice of one or the other appears more motivated by the tradition in the relevant literature than by theoretical or empirical reasons to prefer one theory to the other. The goal of the current work is to revisit this topic by elucidating which of these two models provides a better characterization of latent processes in m-alternative decision tasks, with a particular focus on memory tasks. In a set of visual memory experiments, we show that, within the same experimental design, the softmax parameter β varies across m-alternatives, whereas the parameter d′ of the signal-detection model is stable. Together, our findings indicate that replacing softmax with signal-detection link models would yield more generalizable predictions across changes in task structure. More ambitiously, the invariance of signal detection model parameters acrossdifferent tasks suggests that the parametric assumptions of these models may be more than just a mathematical convenience, but reflect something real about human decision-making.
Linguistic and Psychological Processes in the Novel 13 Reasons Why: Implications for School Counselors
Authors: Zooi Rachel Ware , Dykeman Cass
Published: September 2022

The 2007 suicide fiction 13 Reasons Why (13RW) emerged as a central popular culture manifestation of its time. Since then, widespread discourse over the potential risks and benefits of 13RW’s depiction of adolescent suicide has persisted. The purpose of this study was to gain understanding of the significance of 13RW in terms of its congruence with established verbal indicators of suicidality and to consider related implications for current prevention practice in schools. The Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count software was used to evaluate 21 selected variables encompassing three types of word count categories within both 13RW and a large novel norm reference. The variable types were broad psycholinguistic processes, linguistic processes, and psychological processes. The statistical analysis consisted of a log-likelihood ratio test with risk ratio serving as the effect magnitude. The majority of the hypothesized suicidality indicator variables exhibited substantial differences between 13RW and general novel norms. Notably, 13RW’s first-person singular references were approximately three times higher than average (2.99) while the number of second-person singular references was nearly twice as high (1.96). The study demonstrates the potential popular of culture fiction as a vehicle for current and complex understanding of societal issues such as adolescent suicide. Implications for school-based suicide prevention suggest that the incorporation of core language analysis concepts in conjunction with interpersonal process and school climate considerations may assist in synchronizing evidence-based strategies in this field.
Rainfall and Temperature Perception among Farmers in India: A Study of Bundelkhand Region
Authors: Jatav Surendra Singh
Published: September 2022

Climate change has impacted the crop yield and affected the livelihoods of the farmers. Using a systematic random sampling technique, 200 samples were collected from two districts, viz., Jhansi and Jalaun of Bundelkhand region, India from September to November 2017, while rainfall and temperature data were collected from 1969 to 2017 from the Indian Meteorological Department of India to find the link between farmers’ perception on rainfall & temperature, and district’s rainfall and temperature pattern in long-term.  Different statistical tools such as the Man Kendall test was employed to examine the rainfall and temperature trends, while the Breusch-Pagan test was used to check heteroscedasticity in the model. Further, the binary logistic regression model was also used to examine the determinants of farmers’ perceptions using socioeconomic variables. The results confirm based on the majority of the farmers’ perception that temperature has increased, while rainfall has declined. These results are in a similar line with the district’s rainfall and temperature trends. The regression results suggest that gender, education, and access to toilets are less likely to influence the farmers’ perception of climate change, while age, income, and access to electricity are significantly likely to influence the farmers’ perception of climate change. Hence, policy should be implemented to enhance rural farming communities’ awareness of climate change by providing training and creating awareness.
Typha angustifolia L. Grass Hindering against Agricultural Productivity in Aliero River, Kebbi State, Nigeria
Authors: Aliero Zubairu S. , Singh Dharmendra , Keta Jibrin N.
Published: September 2022

This research work tries to examine the socioeconomic impact of Typha angustifolia L. grass in parts of Kebbi state (Aliero, Kashin Zama and Sabiyal), Nigeria. For better understanding of the field conditions with regards to the impact of the grass on the socioeconomic of the area (agriculture, fishing and the livelihood pattern), two hundred (200) questionnaires were designed and administered, out of which only One hundred and forty five (145) were returned. Findings from the questionnaire survey of some communities along river Aliero (Kashin Zama and Sabiyal) show that, there is general reduction in the flow of water in the river channel over the last few years. This was attributed to blockages by Typha angustifolia L. grass and silt deposits within the river channel. There is also reduced or loss of cultivation of some crops particularly irrigated crops such as millet, maize, rice, wheat and vegetables, fishing activities in the area is also affected by the grass. This situation is worst in Kashin Zama area, where many farmers reported that, before the emergence of Typha angustifolia grass in the area, they recorded 225bags of rice in 10hecter, and now only 60-65 bags where recorded in the same piece of land. Moreover, communities have tried communal and individual manual clearance of the Typha, while Aliero Local Government, Kebbi State and Federal Governments are also carrying out mechanical clearance work in the channel. All these efforts have little impact.
EMI as a Form of Cultural Hegemony
Authors: Parajuli Babita
Published: September 2022

This paper aims to provide critical analysis of the relevant literature, particularly focusing on how English as a Medium of Instruction has promoted cultural hegemony in the context of developing countries. The descriptive summary from the documentary analysis of recent literature helps to develop the argument on different themes. This paper reports that the current trend of adopting English as the medium of instruction is one of the forms of cultural hegemony as the government endorses EMI policy in the national curriculum focusing to develop English competence as the determiner of quality education, index of socioeconomic status and the foundation of students‟ career. Moreover, it indicates that EMI has served the elites to channelize their power and hegemony resulting the wider educational gaps, socio-economic inequality, marginalisation of the local languages, confusion in educational language policies, linguistic and cultural identity crisis and implementational challenges in theory and practice levels. It is significant to understand the practice and outcomes of EMI in the different educational settings in many multicultural countries including Nepal. The paper suggests developing critical discourses among the stakeholders, policymakers, educators and parents to create the appropriate model of multilingual pedagogy to prevent the English hegemony.
Using English as a Medium of Instruction in EFL Context in Higher Education
Authors: Dahal Betendra Kumar , Gyawali Yadu Prasad
Published: September 2022

This paper attempts to find out the use of English as a Medium of instruction (EMI) in higher level in English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom. For the study, weselected 16 teachers and 80 students teaching and studying in Bachelor level in Mid-West University and TU affiliated colleges from the Surkhet valley using simple random sampling technique. Then, we distributed the questionnaire to the participants, observed their classes, and took interviews to collect the required information. From the critical analysis and interpretation of the information, we conclude that all the teachers and most of the students in higher level preferred EMI. Similarly, EMI in English subjects forced to implement EMI in other subjects in EFL situation, too. The result showed that EMI is being implemented but majority of the students in higher level have been facing various problems and challenges; specifically, most of the students were interested in learning English through mother tongue though they want to be enclosed with the EMI. This study concludes with suggestion to develop positive attitude towards EMI from practice to policy level with sufficient teaching learning aids, trainings and essential requirements in higher education in EFL context
Rebuilding Identities amidst the Cultural Trauma in “Pali”
Authors: Chhetry Tek Bahadur
Published: September 2022

The Indo-Pak partition of 1947 has not only invaded the physical space by making two independent nations - secular India and Islamic Pakistan - creating a demarcation between Hindus and Muslims but also intruded upon their psychological space tearing and ripping off their mindsets with the clear division of cultural identities between the two. This paper examines critically how the aesthetics of art employed in the story “Pali” does full justice in distributing the equal burden of trauma on both the parties- Hindus and Muslims-to arouse a special affect in the minds of readers in the post-partition of 1947. Such affect is quintessential and very meaningful while reshaping and rebuilding the identities in the community to reconcile with peace and harmony. It also examines how the shadow of an individual trauma falls on communal families and then on the society caused by the handful of bigshots-Maulvi and Chaudhri for their identity politics. The story spins around the little boy, who was lost in Pakistan during the partition riots, got separated from the Hindu family, lived with the childless Muslim couple, and was restored to the Hindu family eventually. It portrays the sufferings of both the child-Pali Yashpal and his parents due to communal superiority and religious fanaticism. “Pali” by Bhisam Sahni can be analyzed in the light of trauma art - the trauma of the partition, traumatic experience of religious conversion, identity politics, morality, and ethical concern.
Practices of Inclusive Education in Nepal
Authors: Shahi Bhakta Bahadur
Published: September 2022

Inclusive education is an approach, process, perspective and universal principle of mainstreaming the people to address the diverse needs and interests of students through a responsive, respectful and supportive learning environment. Students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and with different learning abilities can learn together by participating in their educational settings. This study aims to identify the indicators of inclusive education that can be helpful for teachers to make their teaching effective. After being familiar with the national and international practices of inclusive education, teachers can broaden their knowledge and will incorporate inclusive attitudes into their content delivery practices. Despite the high public interest in technical and vocational education (TVE), few of them have access and the opportunity to enroll in the TVE stream. Considering this problem, this study was conducted in a natural setting through field visits, interviews with parents, students, SMC chairpersons and political leaders in the sampled district. The study found the various gaps in inclusive practices such as promoting diversity, social justice, cooperative learning and collaboration in general and TVE schools in Nepal. Using Herzberg motivational-Hygiene theory as a theoretical lens to investigate the practice of inclusiveness in TVE schools, I found some demotivating factors such as fragile TVE policy and job insecurity of teachers to demotivate teachers and students toward technical and vocational educations in western Nepal.
Comparative Analysis of Diffusers for Micro Wind Turbine
Authors: Chhetri Roshan Kumar , Upadhyay Dilip Bhattarai , Ghimire Nirajan
Published: September 2022

With the increase in demand for clean energy, a micro wind turbine would be the best option for remote and urban residential areas. Installing wind turbines is not feasible in most land areas due to low or inadequate wind speed. The energy generated by the wind turbine is directly proportional to the cube of wind velocity. So, if we manage to increase wind speed slightly, it would increase energy significantly. One approach to solving problems in areas with low wind speed is using Diffuser Augmented Wind Turbine (DAWT). In DAWT, the turbine blades are typically surrounded by a duct which increases the cross-sectional area in the stream-wise direction. Since a diffuser encloses the wind turbine, the pressure behind the turbine will drop, which results in an increasing wind velocity. Different types of diffusers have been introduced to increase wind velocity. The main aim of the research is to perform a comparative analysis of four different types of diffusers to increase the power output of wind turbines. The CFD simulation of Plain Diffuser, Plain Diffuser with Inlet Shroud, Flanged Diffuser, and Flanged Diffuser with Inlet Shroud is performed to determine the maximum velocity each diffuser produced. With the solution from the simulation, a comparative analysis of each diffuser is conducted, and the results are further verified with the previous studies on DWAT. And Flanged Diffuser is found to be optimum with an increase in power generation up to 3.6 times compared to a bare wind turbine.
Peningkatan kualitas peta kerja dalam pendaftaran tanah sistematis lengkap
Authors: Mujiati Mujiati , Aisiyah Nuraini
Published: September 2022

This study presents the process of improving the quality of PTSL work maps (physical data) and collecting juridical data on land parcels, and identifying problems. This study uses a qualitative method with descriptive analysis, with the object of research in two sub-districts in the Bantul area of ??Yogyakarta. The results of this study indicate that the identification of problems in collecting physical data and juridical data on land parcels is very useful and is used to determine the best strategy so that the PTSL agenda can run according to the target. Based on the existing maps, it can be processed and improved in quality by the stages of making work maps, registration maps, CSRT maps, and KKP maps superimposed, there will be overlapping of land parcels and improvements are made with delineation by the community and field surveys and rubber sheeting of land parcels is carried out to get a working map. quality ones. Problems that occur in making work maps in sub-urban areas are related to the subject of land rights which are difficult to find, while in rural areas there is a lack of public awareness of land parcel boundaries.
Analysis of the Job Creation Act (UUCK) Mandate Through Government Regulation Number 18 of 2021
Authors: Wibowo Arif Tri , Kinanggi Dzulhidayah
Published: September 2022

Agrarian conflicts occur from legal politics in the land sector, where the rules issued by the government are not compatible or contradictory. The Job Creation Act (UUCK) provides convenience in various regulatory aspects such as in the land sector, one of the implementing regulations is Government Regulation no. 18 of 2021. This study focuses more on analyzing with the intention to show a comparison of regulations that have been issued before and after the Job Creation Act as a regulation arrangement in the land sector through Government Regulation No. 18 Year 2021. The author uses a quali­tative method through a statute approach by collecting data and information and interpreting matters relating to relevant objects to draw conclusions. The results of the analysis show that the Job Creation Act has produced implementing regulations for at least 5 (five) government regulations in the land sector to cut previous regulations and reorganize regulations. Govern­ment Regulation No. 18 of 2021 provides new scope arrangements such as arrangements for Right to Manage (HPL), Land Reclamation, Land Destroyed, Space Above Land (RAT) and Underground Space (RBT). Government Regula­tion No. 18 of 2021 cut overlapping regulations in the land sector so that in their implementation, they can be aligned according to objectives by priori­tizing the interests of the wider community and minimizing agrarian conflicts. However, the birth of Government Regulation No. 18 of 2021 raises prob­lems and does not refer to the Basic Agrarian Law as a special law.
A Study on the Influnce Factors of Tenant Satisfaction, Continuous Stay and Recommendation Intension of the Knowledge Industry Center: Focused on the Knowledge Industry Center in Goyang City
Authors:   Korea Real Estate Academy, Seo Eunyoung , Kang TaeWook , Seo ChaeYeong
Published: September 2022

1. CONTENTS (1) RESEARCH OBJECTIVES This study aims to seek better ways to promote knowledge industry centers built in the 3rd new cities and improvements of their self-sufficient functions.
(2) RESEARCH METHOD This study used Multiple regression method to analyze the influence factors of tenant satisfaction, a continuous will to stay and recommendation intension.
(3) RESEARCH FINDINGS The results can be summarized as follows. First, accessibility, environment, management management, followed by environment, accessibility and parking. Second, accessibility and telecommunication service affected a will to stay in knowledge industry centers.
Third, accessibility and parking affected recommendation intension.
2. RESULTS The results imply that the use of concentrated urban facilities and convenient commuting led to mobilizing workforce as accessibility served as an affecting factor. And Telecommunication service seems to have expanded as more different industries not limited to manufacturing companies enter the centers due to the expansion of knowledge and information industry. Also, As accessibility influenced both satisfaction and a will to stay in the centers, it seems the most important variable in creating passive and active demand.
A Study on Prediction of Seoul Prime Office Price Using Deep Learning
Authors:   Korea Real Estate Academy, Yang Hye Seon , Chun Hae Jung
Published: September 2022

1. CONTENTS (1) RESEARCH OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to establish an office price prediction model in a situation where Seoul prime office is preferred as an investment product for real estate funds and REITs in the domestic real estate indirect investment market.
(2) RESEARCH METHOD The methodology of this study analyzed the VAR model, SimpleRNN model, and LSTM model using macroeconomic indicators and market condition indicators to compare office price prediction power.
(3) RESEARCH FINDINGS As a result of the analysis, the RMSE of the VAR model was lower than that of the LSTM model and the RNN model, so it was analyzed that the predictive power was high.
These analysis results empirically show that the VAR model, a multivariate time series eep learning model, an artificial neural network algorithm.
2. RESULTS As a result, this study confirmed that the Seoul prime office market operates in a linear relationship rather than a non-linear one between variables. In other words, compared to other real estate markets, the Seoul prime office market can be seen as a market in which prices are formed while exhibiting a stable relationship with interrelationships between variables rather than rapidly changing environmental factors such as macroeconomic variables in terms of price prediction through time series methodology.
Problems of the declared real estate price and the effect of improvement measures.
Authors:   Korea Real Estate Academy, Yoon Jung Duck
Published: September 2022

1. CONTENTS (1) RESEARCH OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to analyze the problems of how land price disclosure systems are evaluated or calculated, and how they affect our society, and to suggest ways to improve them.
(2) RESEARCH METHOD In order to achieve the purpose of this study, the government's presentation data, prior research, daily newspapers, etc., as well as statutes related to the published price, etc.
currently in force, were reviewed.
(3) RESEARCH FINDINGS The declared real estate price provides important price information necessary for real estate activities to the market and is used for about 60 purposes closely related to the people's property rights.
2. RESULTS If possible, amendments to laws should be made to increase the proportion of evaluations so that they can be more accurately evaluated through experts in "Appraisal Corporations, etc." In addition, the quoted price must be assessed and calculated through an 'on-site survey' and a verification system must be complete. The standard housing selection and management guidelines shall also stipulate that the public housing verification institution is unified into a "evaluation corporation, etc.“
Framework Management to Minimize Risk in Protecting Enterprise Systems: Systematic Literature Review
Authors: Adiyono Soni , Risaldi Romy Aziz , Widodo Aris Puji , Sediyono Eko
Published: September 2022

Purpose: This study aims to determine the efforts to minimize the occurrence of risks in enterprise systems and how far the framework is applied to an organization, as well as what steps must be applied in anticipation of it.Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a systematic review research method of literature published by international journals in the period 2016 to 2021 which is subscribed to by Diponegoro University.Findings/result: Most of the selected journals stated that in an effort to secure enterprise systems in an organization, they really consider several aspects in it, especially in terms of cost which is one of the biggest considerations in it, besides that support from policy makers must be needed to make guidelines in implementing framework (framework) regarding the limitations of Authentication access and interaction on a system.Originality/value/state of the art: the method applied will focus on discussing the realm of enterprise systems, specifically discussing framework management in an effort to minimize risks to enterprise systems.
Regional Security Perspectives in South Asia: Indo-Pakistan Rivalry
Authors: Ariyawardana S. S. N.
Published: September 2022

Inter-state and intra-state conflicts emerged with political, social, and economic factors which increasingly contributed to security dilemmas at global and regional levels. This study investigates the regional security issues which have emerged through the Indo-Pakistani conflict in South Asia. In order to obtain the data for this study, secondary qualitative data and information based on an archival research methodology were used. Books, journal articles, research papers, official websites, and e-Newspapers were incorporated into this archival research. According to this study, the first and second Kashmir wars, the 1971 conflict, the Kargil conflict, the attack on the Indian Parliament, the 2002 Military Standoff, the Mumbai Terror attack, and the Surgical Strikes carried out by India have all contributed to the gradual development of the Indo-Pakistan war, which has led to current concerns about regional security. Interstate strife and tension, hostility between nations, mutual mistrust and animosity posed by terrorism, religious extremism, nuclearization, and economic and political instability have all intensified due to security concerns posed by the Indo-Pakistan rivalry. Finally, as an effort to address these security issues related to the Indo-Pakistani wars, this study has proposed the establishment of a ‘South Asian Regional Security Cooperation’. This proposed Cooperation will be treated under four basic regional security corporation models: alliances, collective security, security regimes, and security communities to reinforce regional security in South Asia.