bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
WAKAF DIRI DI PONDOK MODERN DARUSSALAM GONTOR MENURUT HUKUM ISLAM DAN HUKUM POSITIF
Authors: Azkiyah Farichatul
Published: December 2022

Wakaf merupakan ibadah maliyah yang erat kaitannya dengan pembangunan kesejahteraan umat. Selain itu merupakan ibadah yang bercorak sosial ekonomi. Dalam sejarah, wakaf sangat memiliki peran yang besar dalam meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat dalam berbagai bidang. Didalam hadis yang diriwayatkan Ibnu Umar ra yang artinya: Dari Ibnu Umar ra. Berkata: “Bahwa sahabat Umar ra memperoleh sebidang tanah dari Khaibar, kemudian Umar ra menghadap Rasulullah SAW untuk meminta petunjuk, Umar berkata:“Hai Rasulullah SAW, saya mendapat sebidang tanah di Khaibar, saya belum mendapatkan harta sebaik itu, maka apakah yang engkau perintahkan kepadaku?” Rasulullah SAW bersabda: “Bila engkau suka, kau tahan (pokoknya) tanah itu, dan engkau sedekahkan (hasilnya). Kemudian Umar menyedekahkannya (hasil pengelolaan tanah) kepada orang-orang fakir, kerabat, hamba sahaya, fisabilillah, ibnu sabil dan tamu. Dan tidak dilarang bagi yang mengelola (nazir) wakaf memakan dari hasilnya denan cara yang baik (sepantasnya) atau memberi makan orang lain dengan tidak bermaksud menumpuk harta” (HR. Muslim). Hadis diatas menjelaskan bahwa wakaf pertama kali di lakukan oleh Umar bin Khattab ra, lalu ulama fiqih menjadikan hadis ini sebagai ukuran atau tolok ukuran pelaksanaan wakaf, baik ketentuan harta benda yang bisa diwakafkan, pemanfaatannya serta pengelolaanya. Di berbagai negara Islam atau negara yang mayoritas masyarakatnya beragama Islam seperti Saudi Arabia, Mesir, Yordania, Turki, Malaysia, Indonesia sudah ada aturan atau undang-undang sendiri yang mengatur tentang wakaf. Di indonesia sendiri ada Undang-Undang Nomor 41 tahun 2004 tentang wakaf. Pada pasal 15 dan 16 menjelaskan bahwa harta benda hanya dapat diwakafkan apabila dimiliki dan dikuasai oleh wakif secara sah dan harta benda yang bisa diwakafkan terdiri dari benda tidak bergerak dan bergerak. Namun, berkembangnya zaman menjadikan pengelolaan wakaf menjadi sangat beragam seperti halnya yang ada di Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor yang memiliki keunikan tersendiri dalam praktik wakaf. Gontor memasukkan wakaf diri (wakaf jiwa) sebagai sesuatu yang dapat diwakafkan yang mana wujud dari diri atau jiwa itu bisa sewaktuwaktu hilang dan memiliki batasan waktu. Pelaksanaan wakaf diri di Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor sesuai dengan maqashid syari’ah yaitu mewujudkan kemaslahatan dan menghindarkan kemudaratan, yang berupa pengabdian untuk kemaslahan dan memajukan pondok. Praktik wakaf diri ini didasari oleh pendapat mazhab Maliki yang membolehkan semua benda yang bernilai ekonomi untuk diwakafkan. Dalam hukum Islam ini dibolehkan karna sesuai dengan pendapat ulama dan tidak keluar dari syariat Islam. Sedangkan dalam hukum positif belum ada aturan tertulis yang membahas secara jelas tentang praktik wakaf diri.
Kritik Atas Peraturan Wali Nikah Dalam KHI dan Fikih Perspektif Gender
Authors: Is Ashidiqie Mughni Labib Ilhamuddin
Published: December 2022

The guardian is one of the pillars that must be fulfilled in marriage contract. In its practice, it is deemed necessary for reconstruction due to the provisions of marriage guardian stipulated in Article 20 Paragraph (1) in Islamic Law Compilation reflect provisions that are gender biased and irrelevant to conventions ratified by the Indonesia government, because only men’s right to be marriage guardian. This article is intended to critically examine the provisions of the guardian of marriage of the Compilation of Islamic Law. This article is a literature study using descriptive-analytical research methods. The subject of this research is women's rights in the concept of marriage guardian. The approach used in the effort to critique and reconstruct women's rights as marriage guardians is the principle of gender justice. This article considers that reconstructing the idea concerning one’s right to become a marriage guardian is not something that is impossible to do. This is because the point by which only men have the right to become marriage guardian was stated by scholars, Syafi'i mazhab, was determined based on the socio-cultural conditions of the community. Back then, women were considered as lesser than men in many terms, and this was of course different from the condition of women today. That is, the parameter in determining the right of a person to be a marriage guardian is the ability to act perfectly. If so, then adult women today can become marriage guardian, as they are currently able to act perfectly (kāmil al-Ahliyyah).
Tindak Pidana Terorisme Dalam Perspektif Hukum Pidana Islam Dan Hukum Positif
Authors: Miski Miski
Published: December 2022

This article seeks to reveal the differences in the understanding, elements, and criminal sanctions of terrorism between Islamic criminal law and positive law that applies in Indonesia. This article is a qualitative research by utilizing literature as a source. The approach used is normative juridical to analyze data sourced from sources of Islamic law and Indonesian positive law. After being analyzed, the two sources are compared to find similarities and differences regarding criminal acts of terrorism from both perspectives. This article reveals that, in the discourse of Islamic criminal law, terrorism is equated with the concept of jarimah hirabah or acts of violence using weapons, creating fear in the victim, and resulting in the loss of other people's lives. Whereas in positive law, the element of criminal acts of terrorism is the use of violence that creates an atmosphere of terror and fear en masse. Criminal sanctions in Islamic criminal law are: killed and crucified, killed, cut off legs and arms crosswise and imprisoned. Whereas in positive law, the sanction is the death penalty, or imprisonment for a specified period of time.
Sakinah Family Establishment in The Modern Era from The Perspectives of Hamka and Quraish Shihab
Authors: Amrullah Mohammad Ghaffar , Ibrahim Malik
Published: December 2022

This article explains the concept of establishment of the sakinah family according to the perspective of Hamka and Quraish Shihab. This is a qualitative research which utilizes data sourced from literature. This article shows that according to Hamka, modern Sufism can be used as a solution to achieve a happy family in this world and the hereafter, regardless of the stigma that marriage is only to have children. Sufism does not only mean zuhud which is lonely, away from the world normally, but must actively work. As for the meaning of zuhud according to Hamka, is ready to be poor, rich, and to not have any penny, and on the other hand, being willing to become a millionaire, but wealth does not the cause of forgetting God, and neglecting the obligations. This is in line with the concept that taught by Islam, that Islam advocates the spirit to fight, the spirit of sacrifice and work not to be lazy. According to Quraish Shihab, The presence of sakinah does not just come, but there is a condition for its presence, the heart must be prepared with patience and piety.
Restorative Justice Policy as Criminal Settlement in The Law of Information and Electronic Transaction (ITE)
Authors: Sasmita Ajeng Risnawati
Published: December 2022

Restorative justice in conflict resolution is an effort to resolve between criminals and victims of crime in criminal cases directly. More specifically, restorative justice seeks a way out by considering the good for all parties, be it for the perpetrator, the victim, or the victim's family. This article defines the basic concept of applying the Restorative Justice Policy as the settlement of criminal cases in the Electronic Information and Transaction Law. This article is a qualitative research using a conceptual normative approach. Data were collected through literature study, then analyzed using a data reduction process, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The application of Restorative Justice as a settlement of criminal cases as regulated in the legislation concerning Electronic Information and Transactions (UU ITE) is deemed appropriate considering that in the settlement of criminal cases, investigators must have the principle of prioritizing restorative justice in case settlement, and criminal law is the last resort that can be used. carried out as an effort to enforce the law (ultimum remidium), as stated in the Circular Letter Number: SE/2/11/2021 and the Chief of Police's Telegram Letter No. ST/339/II/RES.1.1.1./2021. With the process of returning to its original state (peace between the two parties), then criminal cases can be resolved and there is no need to continue the process in the judicial process.
A Case of Isolated Cardiac Burkitt Lymphoma Causing Right-Sided Heart Failure
Authors: Rector Graham , Koh Stephanie J. , Tabbaa Rashed
Published: December 2022

Primary cardiac tumors are rare, as the most common cause of cardiac masses is from metastatic disease. In this article, a unique case of isolated cardiac Burkitt lymphoma causing right-sided heart failure in a 70-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with abdominal distension and lower-extremity swelling is described. The right ventricular mass was initially identified via computed tomographic scans of the abdomen and pelvis. Further workup included transthoracic echocardiogram and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging that showed extension of the mass into the right atrium and pericardium. Staging imaging and bone marrow biopsy revealed no evidence of metastatic disease. Cytology of the peritoneal fluid and biopsy of the right ventricular mass confirmed Burkitt lymphoma. The cardiac mass substantially decreased in size and the right-sided heart failure resolved after the initiation of chemotherapy, which highlights the importance of prompt diagnosis and treatment of Burkitt lymphoma.
Spatial Analysis of Income Growth in the Philippines. Evidence from Intra-Country Data
Authors: ALBIS Manuel Leonard Friginal , MAPA Dennis Sioson , COMANDANTE Dorcas Mae P. , CURA Josephine D. , LADAO Maureen P.
Published: December 2022

This paper looks at the spatial relationship of the average per capita income growth using provincial data from 1988 to 2009. The results from the study provide insights on the geographical dimensions of provincial income growth and showed evidence on the role of spatial effects in the formal econometric analysis of intra-country income growth models. Despite data limitations, the study provides a strong empirical evidence of the presence of positive spatial dependence or degree of similarity in the average per capita income growth of the provinces, albeit the degree of positive spatial dependence weakens in the latter periods. This positive spatial correlation suggests the provinces may be converging in terms of their income growth and they do so in movements similar to their neighbors. Moreover, the study shows that spatial dependence weakened in the latter periods (1994-2000 and 2000-2009). The weakening of spatial dependence may provide insights on the uneven provincial/regional income growth experienced in the country. One possible explanation of the weak spatial dependence is that two or more groups of neighboring provinces are growing at similar rates within the group, but at different rates across groups. This opens the possibility of having different convergence clubs (of provinces) within the country.
Bubbles, Bluffs and Greed
Authors: HARASHIMA Taiji
Published: December 2022

A rational bubble cannot theoretically exist if people have infinite horizons. This paper shows that a

bubble-like phenomenon can be generated by a “bluff” even if people are rational and have infinite horizons. A

bluff is defined as the behavior of an agent who pretends to possess private information to gain profits,

particularly (false or misleading) information that the representative household’s rate of time preference (RTP

RH) has changed. An alternative definition of the representative household indicates that households must ex

ante generate an expected RTP RH to behave optimally, but the expected RTP RH has to be generated based

on beliefs about the RTP RH. Bluffers exploit the opportunities derived from the fragile nature of the expected

RTP RH. The driving force behind bluffs is greed because bluffers do not work hard to gain profits by producing

and selling better goods and services more cheaply, but by disseminating contaminated information, or acting in

such a way to mislead people into believing the expected RTP RH has changed.
A New Keynesian Framework for Monetary Policy Analysis in Iran’s Economy. A Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Approach
Authors: HEIDARPOUR Afshin , PAHLAVANI Mosayeb , TASH Mohamadnabi SHAHIKI , TAYEBI Seyedkomail
Published: December 2022

This paper focuses on New Keynesian framework for monetary policy analysis of Iran. It considers a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models. This article expands a sensitivity analysis of the optimal rules to deep structural parameters and investigating properties of an optimal simple rule with respect to prevailing type of shocks which is the main purpose of the article. Finally, the study highlights how an optimal policy rule depends on model structure, on the model calibration and nominal rigidities.

According to the research findings, based on the theoretical expectations, the effect of a positive shock inflicted on the government investment leads to an increase and gradual accumulation of fixed capital formation in the public sector. Among estimated parameters, consumption is the first affected and reduces, then employment increases consequently, finally production will also be affected. Also with the shock of oil revenues, increased oil revenues which results in public investment at first, because of the increase in oil revenues, the government enhances development expenditure. Though, increase in development expenditure is more than increase in current expenditure. Enhancing development expenditure and construction spending causes total spending increase. As a result of increased production of oil income, consumption and total investment will rise. This leads to inflation too.
Motives and Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in the Republic of Macedonia
Authors: TAST Jelena , HRISTOVA Snezhana
Published: December 2022

In order to design appropriate Foreigh Direct Investment (FDI) attraction policies there is a need of exploring which are the key motives and determinants of FDI inflow in the host-country.

The aim is to see whether the Republic of Macedonia follows the global trends due to FDI in transition countries and, in this regard, to research the reasons for the low FDI inflow in the country.

             The paper is organized as follows. In introduction we point the importance of FDI inflow in transition countries, and in this context we emphasize the importance of the motives, and therefore the determinants that conditioned the FDI inflow. Section I review the theoretical framework on the FDI determinants, with particular reference to the OLI paradigm. Section II analyses the inflow and structure of FDI in the Republic of Macedonia. In order to explore the FDI motives and determinants in the Republic of Macedonia, which will serve as a reference framework for defining the future direction of policy related to FDI in the Republic of Macedonia, in the third part an empirical research has been conducted in the form of a questionnaire. The conclusion defines the key findings in context of the policy for attracting FDI in the Republic of Macedonia.
Policy Rate Divergence in the ASEAN-4: Impact of Global Risk Perception and Financial Market Characteristics
Authors: FERMO Laura B.
Published: December 2022

Monetary policymakers want to know how much influence they can exert over market interest rates. Looking at how far and when benchmark market interest rates are deviating from policy rates provide them with a perspective of how the degree of influence of the central bank’s policy rate over market interest rates changes over time, and help them understand what factors are causing the divergence. The focus and main contribution of this study is that for four small, open emerging market economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the gap between policy rates and market interest rates follows a Markov-type regime-switching process. In addition, the study finds that some domestic financial market characteristics—particularly the degree of foreign ownership of the relevant money markets, and global factors that drive foreign risk-taking and search for yield—particularly indicators of global risk perception are the significant determinants of the transition probabilities.
AI, biometric analysis, and emerging cheating detection systems: The engineering of academic integrity?
Authors: Oravec Jo Ann
Published: December 2022

Cheating behaviors have been construed as a continuing and somewhat vexing issue for academic institutions as they increasingly conduct educational processes online and impose metrics on instructional evaluation. Research, development, and implementation initiatives on cheating detection have gained new dimensions in the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) applications; they have also engendered special challenges in terms of their social, ethical, and cultural implications. An assortment of commercial cheating–detection systems have been injected into educational contexts with little input on the part of relevant stakeholders. This paper expands several specific cases of how systems for the detection of cheating have recently been implemented in higher education institutions in the US and UK. It investigates how such vehicles as wearable technologies, eye scanning, and keystroke capturing are being used to collect the data used for anti-cheating initiatives, often involving systems that have not gone through rigorous testing and evaluation for their validity and potential educational impacts. The paper discusses accountability- and policy-related issues concerning the outsourcing of cheating detection in institutional settings in the light of these emerging technological practices as well as student resistance against the systems involved. The cheating-detection practices can place students in a disempowered, asymmetrical position that is often at substantial variance with their cultural backgrounds.
Académicos formados en el extranjero: Contribuciones al desarrollo de las ciencias sociales en el noreste mexicano
Authors: Sordo Juan
Published: December 2022

La actividad científica en regiones periféricas ha estado marcada históricamente por su dependencia de los llamados países desarrollados. El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar los roles más relevantes que académicos posgraduados en el extranjero han jugado en el desarrollo de las ciencias sociales en el noreste de México, de 1960 al presente. Se realizaron 26 entrevistas con actores clave del campo científico regional, triangulando la información obtenida con literatura sobre el campo y con datos de los padrones anuales del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. Los hallazgos muestran contribuciones determinantes como introductores de saberes y prácticas de investigación, aunque condiciones institucionales limitan sus aportaciones y les demandan también un rol activo en la legitimación social de su campo científico.
Kooperative Siedlungsflächenentwicklung in Stadtregionen: Das Fallbeispiel Leipzig
Authors: Zimmermann Thomas , Gollata Judith Anna Marie , Knieling Jörg , Vogt Fabian
Published: December 2022

City-regional discourses around organisational forms offer little evidence to analyse and guide cooperative processes in a context-specific way. Design criteria can contribute to overcoming this deficit. This paper operationalises a proposed set of design criteria by drawing on the discourses on collaborative governance and land management. Subsequently, these design criteria are used to analyse an ongoing process for the development of a housing development concept in the Leipzig city region and to reflect on the criteria. This contributes to the question of how collaborative governance of land-use development in city regions should be designed. Important points of reference for the design of cooperations are the conscious selection of the actors to be involved and the development of mutual trust between them, joint definition of rules of the game for cooperation, determination of the nature of the emerging institution, orientation of the joint work towards the future and the development of a common understanding of the situation to be improved.
DA FILOSOFIA DA EDUCAÇÃO ÀS NEUROCIÊNCIAS
Authors: Castro Paulo Alexandre
Published: December 2022

A filosofia da educação desde as suas formulações iniciais (que remontam à antiguidade grega) que procura refletir criticamente sobre o que é a educação e a pedagogia (tomada genericamente como o conjunto de teorias e métodos voltados para a educação e o ensino). A didática, enquanto eixo central da pedagogia, procura determinar segundo técnicas, métodos e processos de ensino aquilo que pode ser aprendido. Dos primeiros modelos teóricos (sobretudo a partir do início do século XVII com Coménio na Didáctica Magna e posteriormente com Herbart e a Pedagogia Geral), passando pela educação expressiva até se chegar aos game-based learning, a didática tem procurado conciliar diferentes paradigmas de racionalidade e inteligência humana com a dinamização do conhecimento e apreensão (captação da atenção) do real. No entanto, as neurociências que vem ganhando e expandido o seu horizonte de aplicação, tem sugerido e colocado hipóteses de trabalho que ajudam à construção de uma neuroeducação, o que por sua vez nos encaminha para uma neurodidáctica. Tendo por base algumas dessas premissas procurar-se-á aclarar o sentido e alcance dessa nova área experimental e exploratória.
DIDÁTICA EXPRESSIVA PROXIMAL
Authors: Silva Levi Leonido
Published: December 2022

Pretendemos nesta investigação validar o conceito de Didática Expressiva Proximal (DEP) que deliberadamente reúne as expressões artísticas e a relação intergeracional e profissional entre o trabalho desenvolvido na academia auxiliado de forma participada / tutelar pela comunidade em regime de trabalho autónomo. Assume-se com uma participação assente num modelo com dos principais vetores: entre área (diálogo entre expressões artísticas-culturais) e base e / ou complemento de aprendizagens em outras áreas do saber através das expressões artístico-culturais. Ambas as abordagens são obrigatoriamente de apresentação publica pois redundam num esforço de integrar e fundir investigações em vários níveis e com profissionais experimentados conjuntamente como iniciantes neste domínio da participação em eventos internacionais como oradores ou palestrantes. Eventos estes, preparados pelos próprios e articulados com especialistas convidados (externos à UC, ao curso e à instituição) mediante o grupo e tema escolhido dentro do tema central acordado na unidade curricular, atendendo ao perfil do estudante e do futuro profissional a formar. Os especialistas funcionam como revisores por e entre pares, apresentando em conjunto o trabalho até aqui desenvolvido num evento internacional organizado a partir desta iniciativa (participação a convite), sendo o docente da unidade curricular o moderador da partilha de saberes (durante o processo), incluindo o debate e moderação do evento semipresencial para potenciar a participação de tutores e especialistas nacionais e internacionais de referência (apresentação pública). Como resultado das iniciativas realizadas a partir deste modelo, recorremos à metodologia mista (qualitativo e quantitativo) com base a um inquérito e Análise Swot em contexto educacional, perfazendo uma amostra de 153 indivíduos (de entre discentes, especialistas e oradores convidados dos eventos pedagógico-didáticos escolhidos para esta investigação).
¿Cómo entender la justicia organizacional en tiempos de pandemia? Relación con la disposición al cambio
Authors: García-Rubiano Mónica , Toro-Tobar Ronald Alberto , Sarmiento López Julián Camilo , Aguilar-Bustamante María Constanza , Pasmay Ramos Segundo Gonzalo
Published: December 2022

Esta investigación tuvo por objetivo analizar la capacidad predictiva de la percepción de justicia distributiva y justicia deinteracción en la disposición al cambio organizacional en trabajadores durante la pandemia por covid-19. La población fuede 342 colaboradores de diversas organizaciones colombianas. El estudio se apoyó en un diseño predictivo transversal. Seutilizaron los instrumentos de justicia organizacional —adaptado a población colombiana— y cambio organizacional. Losresultados evidencian la existencia de la predicción del cambio organizacional como resultado de la percepción de justiciaorganizacional. De esta forma, las organizaciones se benefician en los procesos de cambio en los momentos en que exponeny dan certeza de los ajustes, afectaciones y decisiones a tomar por sus miembros, procurando que estos se transformen enagentes que acojan los cambios razonables y racionales que la institución procura. El contexto cambiante de la pandemiaes una condición que limita la predicción de la justicia organizacional procedimental y el cambio organizacional en el nivelindividual total.
Psicología del desarrollo en Colombia: pasado reciente y situación actual
Authors: Puche-Navarro Rebeca , Cerchiaro-Ceballos Elda , Ossa Julio César
Published: December 2022

El presente artículo analiza el estado actual de la psicología del desarrollo en Colombia. El punto de partida es la producciónacadémica más significativa de los grupos de investigación, registrada en el Sistema Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología deColombia (Scienti) en las últimas tres décadas. La revisión documental se organizó a partir de las principales áreas de trabajoidentificadas: desarrollo en contextos de pobreza, desarrollo cognitivo, relaciones vinculares, desarrollo afectivo y emocional,desarrollo moral, psicología cultural del desarrollo y desarrollos atípicos. Se identificaron 44 grupos de investigaciónque aportan al campo de la psicología del desarrollo desde diferentes ámbitos teóricos, conceptuales y metodológicos. Cadauno de estos grupos brinda sus aportes desde diferentes regiones del país y en distintos segmentos de la población, en losque se destaca una preocupación por poblaciones en contextos de pobreza y violencia, respondiendo así a la situación delpaís. Algunos de esos estudios han contribuido a la identificación de factores protectores en poblaciones vulnerables y al fortalecimiento de bases seguras en familias, así como en la formulación de políticas públicas a favor de la niñez colombiana.
Influence of National Culture on Perspectives and Factors Affecting Student Dropout: A Comparative Study of Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Ethiopia
Authors: Singh Harman Preet , Alhamad Ibrahim Abdullah
Published: December 2022

Student dropout is a complex issue with significant repercussions for educational institutions and nations. Using the Hofstede national culture model, this study assessed the various social, psychological, economic, and organizational factors that influence student dropout. Since developed, developing, and least-developed countries score differently on the Hofstede model, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Ethiopia were selected as representative nations. The evaluation indicates that social factors may have a low, moderate, and high influence on student dropout rates in Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Ethiopia, respectively. Different organizational factors may influence student dropout rates in Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Ethiopia. In Australia and Ethiopia, psychological factors may play a larger role in student dropout than in Saudi Arabia. In Australia and Ethiopia, economic factors may play a larger role in determining student attrition than in Saudi Arabia. In Australia, the dropout rate among female students may not be a major concern, while it could be a more prominent concern in Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia. However, in Saudi Arabia, such concerns are mitigated by the substantial financial assistance provided by the government to students pursuing an education.
Misalignment Between Business and Information Technology(It) Strategies: Risks Implication for Johannesburg Stock Exchange Listed Companies
Authors: Mantey Nicholas Otu
Published: December 2022

This article examines some aspect of Information Technology (IT) Governance and highlights potential risks companies can possibly encounter as a result of misalignment between business and IT strategies. Using a five point- likert scale questionnaire and a convenient sampling technique, data was collected online from fifty Chief Information Officers (CIO’s) operating on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The significance of this study can be viewed from two stand points- managerial and academic. From managerial standpoint this study examines the impactful consequences of misalignment of Business and IT strategies. From academic standpoint this study provides cognitive information for advancement of knowledge in the field of IT Governance research. The findings of this study revealed that from managerial standpoint there were various risks consequences associated with misalignment between business and IT strategies, ranging from management risks, operational dysfunctional of business processes, information security risks, financial risks, and reputational risks to companies.
Anxious Dynamics of Exile and the Ambivalence of Arab American Identity in Diana Abu-Jaber’s Crescent: Critical Reflections and Contemplations
Authors: Berrebbah Ishak
Published: December 2022

Diana Abu-Jaber’s Crescent is an Arab American literary piece of fiction that symbolizes the remarkable emergence of this kind of literature in the early years of the twenty-first century. The social and political atmosphere in the USA after 9/11 ushered in the rise of this ethnic literature to worldwide prominence. In addition to the desire to challenge the multi-faceted oppression that Arab Americans confront in the USA – gender-related, sexual, racial, and ethnic – the literary canon of Arab American writers also discuss the experiences of exile and displacement that Arabs go through when settling in the USA and how such experiences affect their sense of authenticity. As such, this paper examines the politics of exile as projected in Diana Abu-Jaber’s Crescent, taking the co-protagonist Han as a prototype of Arab exiles living in the USA. In addition to employing critical and analytical approaches to the novel, this paper relies on a socio-cultural conceptual framework based on perspectives of prominent critics such as Edward Said, Avtar Brah, and Svetlana Boym, to name a few. This paper argues that the politics of exile – such as nostalgia, memory, and displacement – make Arab American identity more convoluted and interlaced with the dilemma of authenticity, featuring feelings of estrangement, loneliness, and homesickness.
‘Force’ and ‘Chi’: Duality, Identity, and Struggle in Star Wars and Buchi Emecheta’s Kehinde
Authors: Gil Naveira Isabel
Published: December 2022

Cultural and religious representations may seem different from one culture to another. Yet the concept of the ‘Force’ that George Lucas developed in the Star Wars saga (1977–2019) has been compared to the Judeo-Christian and East Asian religions and traditions, and even to the Greco-Roman philosophical concept of ‘pneuma’. In turn, the Igbo of Nigeria believe in the existence of ‘Chi’, an enigmatic concept that has given rise to various interpretations. This article conducts a comparative analysis of the concept of ‘Force’ in Lucas’ Star Wars saga and the Igbo ‘Chi’ in Nigerian author Buchi Emecheta’s novel Kehinde (1994). It focuses on the principle of duality these works establish between the natural and supernatural worlds and its relevance for the twin characters in the narratives. The connections between the ‘Force’ and the twins Luke and Leia and between ‘Chi’ and Kehinde and her dead twin sister Taiwo evoke the epic structure of a hero that must, in Joseph Campbell’s terms, “slay [the] dragon” (Campbell and Moyers 1988/1991: 182). The article examines the relevance of religion and myths in these twentieth-century narratives that readdress the development of the heroes’ identity and their struggle to offer audiences role models to confront modern social and political questions.
Construction of Identity/World and ‘Symbolic Death’: A Lacanian Approach to William Golding’s Pincher Martin
Authors: Kim Il-Yeong , Jung Narie
Published: December 2022

William Golding’s Pincher Martin is about the problem of maintaining one’s identity in the face of death/non-existence. To give himself an illusion of being alive, Martin, who died at the beginning of the novel, creates a fictitious world of a rock, to which he clings for metaphysical survival. The rock where his survival is staged is, in a metaphorical sense, Lacanian symbolic order which is created to give Martin a sense of identity, while protecting him against Lacanian real, his non-existence. Martin, however, would not admit the fictionality of his world which also implies the fictitiousness of his own identity. At the end of the novel, the black lightening, Lacanian real as “unquestionable nothingness” (Golding 1956/2013: 95), reveals the fictionality of Martin’s symbolic order, and erases the rock as well as Martin himself whose identity is constructed on his fictional world, as if they were words written on the paper. This is Martin’s second death as the Žižekian ‘symbolic death’ which exposes the fictionality of the symbolic order and human identity.
Existence of two solutions for singular Φ-Laplacian problems
Authors: Candito Pasquale , Guarnotta Umberto , Livrea Roberto
Published: December 2022

Existence of two solutions to a parametric singular quasi-linear elliptic problem is proved. The equation is driven by theΦ\Phi-Laplacian operator, and the reaction term can be nonmonotone. The main tools employed are the local minimum theorem and the Mountain pass theorem, together with the truncation technique. GlobalC1,τ{C}^{1,\tau }regularity of solutions is also investigated, chiefly viaa prioriestimates and perturbation techniques.
University student perceptions of English language study changes: reactions to remote emergency teaching during the COVID-19 emergency
Authors: Hartle Sharon
Published: December 2022

The implementation of emergency remote teaching (ERT) in many institutions has led to radical changes in both teaching and studying approaches in Higher Education institutions worldwide. This pilot study examines the changes in study strategies from the first to the second term in the 2019–2020 academic year in the Foreign Languages and Literatures Department at the University of Verona. A survey was conducted with a group of 19 language students, all of whom studied English as a foreign language. They completed a questionnaire, which consisted of both closed and open-ended questions, as part of a mixed methods study of their perceptions of ways in which their learning strategies had changed from the first to the second term. They were also asked to identify which elements of the ERT experience they considered effective. The aim of the study was primarily to examine the changing strategies with an eye to determining elements to be integrated into our pedagogical approach in the future: to establish which factors had been positive and where the problems lay. This paper focuses mainly on the findings from the qualitative analysis of the open-ended questions section of the questionnaire, which underline the changes that came about as a consequence of the emergency. Whilst many strategies remained the same, a positive evaluation of the blending of asynchronous online resources with synchronous online lessons held in video-conferencing contexts also emerged. A partially mixed message, however, was noted. This was because, despite their endorsement of social interaction when studying in groups during streamed lessons, a preference for “studying alone” to prepare for their exams was also highlighted by participants.
Embed sustainability in the curriculum: transform the world
Authors: Kaur Kashmir
Published: December 2022

This paper is an activity report that draws on the experience of embedding sustainability into the mainstream curriculum in the Language Centre, School of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the University of Leeds, UK. It describes and reflects on programmes that delivered the concept of sustainability and how learners developed their academic and sustainability literacies. The programmes in question are Language for Engineering and Language in Context Sustainability module. These programmes are developed and delivered in the context of English for Academic Purposes to pre-sessional postgraduate and undergraduate international students. The former programme prepares students for their postgraduate studies in the receiving schools, such as Engineering, Computer Science and Transport. The latter is an elective programme for a cross-discipline student cohort primarily to develop language specific to the concept of sustainability. Both programmes focus on expanding subject specific lexis and developing criticality skills. Positive student engagement and response – student feedback – is an effective indicator that there is a demand for programmes in the mainstream curriculum that promote sustainability literacies. It is time for sustainability to move from the margins and occupy its place at the forefront in language learning.
Raising concepts and awareness of sustainability and the environment in higher education through French foreign language teaching: a multidisciplinary didactic proposal
Authors: Ruyffelaert Ariane
Published: December 2022

Our society is affected by the climate crisis, which is largely a consequence of human activity. For this reason, the education and awareness of society plays a fundamental role. Spain and Andalusia are committed to the 17 sustainable development goals established by the United Nations and their fulfilment by 2030, representing an important part of the Challenges of Andalusian Society (CAS). One of the goals to be achieved is to “improve education, awareness and human and institutional capacity for climate change mitigation, adaptation and early warning”. Education and environmental awareness in relation to CAS remain one of the main challenges, especially in foreign language teaching and learning. By means of an innovative educational strategy, this project aims to address four CAS in university language learning/teaching of French as a foreign language (FFL): 1. Climate action, environment, resource and raw material efficiency, 2. Smart, green and integrated transport, 3. Safe, clean and efficient energy, and 4. Health, demographic change and social well-being. The aim is to train and raise awareness of key concepts among undergraduate students through the integration of the CAS as didactic units in FFL subjects of the Bachelor’s Degree in French Studies at the University of Granada (Spain). This project may well have a positive impact on the environmental attitude, interest and motivation of students towards the CAS and the acquisition of linguistic competences in the French language.
A Posteriori Error Estimator for Weak Galerkin Finite Element Method for Stokes Problem Using Diagonalization Techniques
Authors: Zhang Jiachuan , Zhang Ran , Li Jingzhi
Published: December 2022

Based on a hierarchical basis a posteriori error estimator,
an adaptive weak Galerkin finite element method (WGFEM) is proposed
for the Stokes problem in two and three dimensions.
In this paper, we propose two novel diagonalization techniques for velocity and pressure, respectively.
Using diagonalization techniques,
we need only to solve two diagonal linear algebraic systems
corresponding to the degree of freedom to get the error
estimator. The upper bound and lower bound of the
error estimator are also shown to address the reliability of the
adaptive method. Numerical simulations are provided to demonstrate
the effectiveness and robustness of our algorithm.
Positivity-Preserving Numerical Method for a Stochastic Multi-Group SIR Epidemic Model
Authors: Ma Han , Zhang Qimin , Xu Xinzhong
Published: December 2022

The stochastic multi-group susceptible–infected–recovered (SIR) epidemic model is nonlinear, and so analytical solutions are generally difficult to obtain. Hence, it is often necessary to find numerical solutions, but most existing numerical methods fail to preserve the nonnegativity or positivity of solutions.
Therefore, an appropriate numerical method for studying the dynamic behavior of epidemic diseases through SIR models is urgently required.
In this paper, based on the Euler–Maruyama scheme and a logarithmic transformation, we propose a novel explicit positivity-preserving numerical scheme for a stochastic multi-group SIR epidemic model whose coefficients violate the global monotonicity condition.
This scheme not only results in numerical solutions that preserve the domain of the stochastic multi-group SIR epidemic model, but also achieves the “

order
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{\mathrm{order}-\frac{1}{2}}

” strong convergence rate.
Taking a two-group SIR epidemic model as an example,
some numerical simulations are performed to illustrate the performance of the proposed scheme.
Performance of the anaerobic baffled reactor for primary treatment of rural domestic wastewater in Iraq
Authors: Mahdi Fatimah K. , Abu-Alhail Saad , Dawood Ammar Salman
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this work is to evaluate the performance of the anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) for on-site primary treatment of domestic wastewater in rural areas of Iraq. The performance of the three-chamber ABR has been investigated at four different hydraulic retention times (HRTs) ranging from 6 to 36 h. The results showed that the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency is enhanced with increasing HRT, where it was recorded at 75, 71, 63, and 56% removals rate of COD at HRTs of 36, 24, 12, and 6 h, respectively. The mean steady-state removals of total suspended solids are 91, 78, 72, and 67% at HRTs of 36, 24, 12, and 6 h, respectively. Also, it was shown that there was low-nutrients removal within the ABR. Consequently, the effluent ABR wastewater needs to be post-treated before being discharged to the receiving water bodies. In general, it is concluded that the ABR could introduce a solution for on-site primary treatment of domestic wastewater in rural communities in Iraq.
Numerical analysis of high-strength reinforcing steel with conventional strength in reinforced concrete beams under monotonic loading
Authors: Harba Ibrahim S. I. , Abdulridha Abdulkhalik J. , AL-Shaar Ahmed A. M.
Published: December 2022

This work presents finite element (FE) modeling using the ABAQUS program to investigate the effect of steel reinforcement with three different types of high-strength steels, grades 420, A1035, and SD685 on the flexural behavior of RC beams under monotonic loading. Experimental findings from the literature have been used to validate the proposed model. The numerical load, deflection, mode of failure, failure concrete strain, and bottom steel strain at failure of 24 numerical specimens with collapsed conditions of tension-controlled, balanced, and compression-controlled are recorded. Also, the effect of compression reinforcement is being investigated. The results reveal that the flexural behavior of the experimental test for the three steel grades is well validated by FE analysis. The ductile and brittle behavior features of yield strength (YS) larger than 420 can be predicted for specimens designed according to current standards ACI-318M-19. Also, the compression reinforcement improves load capacity while reducing displacement. It may be argued that when YS decreases, tensile stress and strain of flexural rebar rise, causing the beam to become more ductile. When the YS increased, the brittle behavior was induced.
A comparative study of different coagulants used in treatment of turbid water
Authors: Jasim Nuralhuda Aladdin , Azeez Jasim M. , Shamkhi Mohammed S.
Published: December 2022

Turbidity is one of the major problems in the treatment of drinking water. Turbid water contains molecules, plankton, and colloids, and is dealt with through the addition of coagulation chemicals in processes called coagulation and flocculation. In this research, three of the most commonly used coagulants utilized in the process of turbid water treatment are examined for their efficiency in reducing turbidity. The three types of different coagulants that have been employed are aluminum sulfate (alum), ferric chloride, and poly aluminum chloride (PACl). The samples are taken from the Tigris River at various levels from the water’s surface (60, 120, 180, 240, and 300 cm). The results showed that PACl is more efficient in removing turbidity than alum and ferric chloride. Ferric chloride is a more efficient coagulant than alum at different ranges of turbid water. In this study, the effects of employing a natural coagulant such as “Walnut coat” with PACl and synthetic polyacrylamide with PACl for removing turbidity are compared to using PACl alone. When compared to PACl alone, polyacrylamide with PACl was effective in removing turbidities of 22.8 and 25.7 NTU. Walnut coat was also proven to be more effective when combined with PACl for lower turbidities (20.7 and 21 NTU). Within the first 5 min of slow mixing with polyacrylamide, large, transparent, and readily settled flocs formed, whereas the same flocs formed after 30 min of slow mixing with PACl and walnut coat as flocculant. With both polyacrylamide and walnut coat as coagulants, better sludge properties were obtained, with low water content and high density that can be readily dried and disposed of.
Producing low-cost self-consolidation concrete using sustainable material
Authors: Abbas Zena K. , Abbood Ahlam A. , Mahmood Raghad S.
Published: December 2022

The disposal of the waste material is the main goal of this investigation by transformation to high-fineness powder and producing self-consolidation concrete (SCC) with less cost and more eco-friendly by reducing the cement weight, taking into consideration the fresh and strength properties. The reference mix design was prepared by adopting the European guide. Five waste materials (clay brick, ceramic, granite tiles, marble tiles, and thermostone blocks) were converted to high-fine particle size distribution and then used as 5, 10, and 15% weight replacements of cement. The improvement in strength properties is more significant when using clay bricks compared to other activated waste ceramics and granite tiles. The percentage increases to 11.59% at 28 days for compressive strength when using 10% replacement of cement weight. The ability to produce eco-SCC with less cement content and lower cost consumption is encouraged, although the enhancement in strength is not high since the waste can be disposable. While the percentage reduction in the strength of SCC mixes containing marble tile or thermostone block powder increases with the replacement of cement weight with a greater need for superplasticizer justification, we recommend using 5% as a replacement by weight of cement with an insignificant retardation of strength. Finally, there is a good relationship between compressive strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity and between tensile and flexural strength with a high R
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Optimum hydraulic investigation of pipe aqueduct by MATLAB software and Newton–Raphson method
Authors: Abbas Hiba Ali , Musa Taghreed Abd-Almahdee , Jihad Ayam Jabbar
Published: December 2022

An aqueducts are a water source (the channel that a flowing body of water follows) designed to transport water from a specified point to a point where the designer aims to distribute the water within it. To enhance the hydraulic properties of pipe aqueducts, a workable, efficacious, and convenient method for the optimal design of an aqueduct has been determined in this research article to study the optimum design of pipe aqueduct (finding optimum diameter) and study the effect of design parameters on safe span length by MATLAB Software R2017b and Newton–Raphson method and check the effects of the parameters of design such as the span length (L), discharge (Q), overhead loss (H), inlet and outlet coefficient (KK1 &KK2), etc. Also, this article studies the safe span (L) depending on the optimum value of pipe diameter.