bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Initially Synthesize [BMIM]CL and Apply to Extract Cellulose from Banana Rachis
Authors: Tran An T.T. , Vo Huy T. , Nguyen Quan D.
Published: February 2022

Ionic liquors are organic salts with cations as organic and anionic inorganic bases, which exist in a viscous liquid state than organic solvents. The banana rachis is one of the agricultural products from banana trees. In Vietnam, bananas are high yield fruit trees. The amount of debris from banana trees is quite large but not yet utilized effectively to bring economic value. Banana rachis material is utilized and treated with 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([BMIM]Cl) ionic liquid to initially investigate the ability of cellulose to separate the ionic liquid from the banana rachis. Banana rachis processing by [BMIM]Cl was investigated at 80oC, 100oC, 120oC and 140oC for 1 hour. Then analyze the reducing sugar and cellulose ingredients in the banana rachis samples. The results showed that the optimum temperature for banana rachis processing with [BMIM]Cl is 140°C for 1 hour. Ionic liquid in general and [BMIM]Cl in particular have great potential in the processing of fruit waste. Specifically, the content of cellulose in the banana kernel after treatment [BMIM]Cl was 73.04±7.49% compared to untreated sample was 26.25±1.43%, 3 times higher . The results of FTIR of banana rachis and recycled [BMIM]Cl showed that the lignin component in the banana rachis was quite soluble, resulting in a significant increase in cellulose content.
ChIP-Seq Peak Calling and Data Analysis in Woody Plants
Authors: Lina Wang
Published: February 2022

Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) followed by highthroughput sequencing (ChIP-Seq) provides an important tool to study genome-wide protein-DNA interactions to help understand gene regulation in the context of native chromatin. A complete ChIP-Seq workflow including peak calling, peak classification, transcription factor binding site overrepresentation and definition of new TFBS motifs. In this paper, ChIP-Seq peak calling and data analysis is described in detail.
Suppressing Epidemic Spreading Via Differential Susceptibility Models
Authors: Afshar Mehdi
Published: February 2022

This paper considers the optimal control problem for some models using differential equations in epidemiology. In particular, we consider the differential susceptibility model(DS). Because of apparent diversity of examples, the idea of dividing susceptible population into two subgroups examined. For example in plenty of diseases, disease processes is different in male or female, children or adult, addicted or non-addicted, and so on. We show that it would be useful to consider this difference to reduce the costs in epidemic spreading. We want to exert some parameters in differential susceptibility model to control the epidemic spreading. The optimal control represents a drug treatment and Prevention strategies. Existence and uniqueness results for the optimal control are discussed. Finally, numerical examples are given for illustration.
MHD Flow of Nano-Fluid with Non-Uniform Heat Source or Sink in the Presence of Chemical Reaction and Activation Energy
Authors: Akindele Akintayo , Wale Ogunsola Amos , Obalalu Adebowale Martins , Peter Adegbite , Adebayo Ajala Olusegun , Alao Saheed
Published: February 2022

The study of squeezing flow  cannot be over emphasized due to its numerous applications in manufacturing industries, food processing, lubricating system, power transmission and medical equipment are few of such processes. This calls for more studies in the area of squeezing flow. MHD flow of nano-fluid with non-uniform heat source or sink in the presence of chemical reaction and activation energy were considered. The governing partial differential equations were transformed to ordinary differential equations in terms of suitable similarity variables together with the initial and boundary conditions. The resulting equations were then solved using Newton’s finite difference technique with the aid of MAPLE 18.0 software. The effect of radiation, magnetic parameter, temperature dependent heat source parameter, surface dependent heat source parameter and other associated physical parameters on the flow system were reported.
Value Relevance and Users Confidence in Post International Financial Reporting Standards Adoption Era of Nigerian Banks
Authors: M.O. Oladejo , R.A. Adedokun
Published: February 2022

Conclusions from the existing studies on IFRS adoption and value relevance were characterized by conflicting results and mixed findings. This study attempts to evaluate the impact of adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on the value relevance of financial information of Nigerian Deposit Money Banks. A mixed research approach was adopted for this study. To analyze the secondary data correlational research design was employed using Edward, Bells and Olhson (EBO) model. Primary data through structured questionnaire administered on a sample of 200 randomly selected preparers and users of banks financial statements was also used to provide alternative evidence. Data were analyzed using descriptive and econometric approaches. General least square (GLS) multiple regression analyses were employed to analyze the panel data based on random effect model using SPSS 17 statistical tool.The results from data analysis showed r calculated of 0.69  indicating a significant relationship between adoption of IFRS variables and value relevance indexes in the NDMBs, from the analysis of questionnaire responses. The relationship, using EBO model, between the variables used for post IFRS adoption analysis shows that  share price (SP) is positively correlated with earning per share (EPS), change in earnings per share (CEPS) and  book value per share (BVPS) at 0.368, 0.096 and 0.103 respectively meaning that SP and EPS have higher positive relationship but lower with CEPS and BVPS. Invariably, higher earnings attract higher SP which automatically enhances the confidence of investors in the financial statements after the adoption. The pre-IFRS R-squared is 0.35 while post-IFRS R-squared is 0.16 showing that post IFRS financial information has a weak value relevance. However, the elements that made up financial information are not value relevant in post IFRS adoption thereby giving a low cumulative relationship to share price. The study suggests concerted efforts by banks to strengthen the value relevance and improve users’ confidence of their financial reports since IFRS adoption has been made mandatory.
Scope of Agritourism in Maharashtra (with reference to challenges in development)
Authors: Pal Sanjeeb , Murdia Madhu
Published: February 2022

Agritourism is a very latest concept and form of tourism in India. It gives an opportunity to experience the real enchanting and authentic contact with real life. Promotion of Agri tourism needs conceptual convergence with rural tourism, health tourism and adventure tourism. Agri-tourism in state of Maharashtra has witnessed the growth in the past years and helped additional income to the farmers. My study basically concentrates on the future scope of Agritourism in Maharashtra in relation to the challenges in development. In order to develop Agritourism as a viable option or form of tourism it is important to have an advisory service in place to make it sustainable.
Expanding Graduate Accounting with Online Tools
Authors: James Kyle Page
Published: February 2022

In this paper, the author examines the technology needs of graduate accounting students and discuss research on the interaction between technology and the graduate level accounting course. Using the features of online tools and specialized teaching methods can be offered to graduate accounting students. An important component is the use of online tools and digital literacy skills to fill the gaps of graduate students who may not be proficient in the use of technology.   The purpose of this study was to examine the traditional approach to teaching graduate accounting with textbook only in comparison to teaching with the use of online tools. The aim was to introduce students to the use of online tools and how it could be used to enhance their twenty-first-century skills. The primary goal of the study was to determine whether the treatment group learned more than the control group taught in the previous semester the non-traditional approach. In conclusion, the use of online tools alone is not enough to result in enhancing twenty-first-century skills. The study indicated that teaching graduate accounting should include every effective resource at the disposal of the instructor.
Economic Analysis of Traditional and Sri Method of Paddy Cultivation
Authors: N. V. Shende  , P. V. Shende  , R. S. Thorat
Published: February 2022

The conventional paddy growing tracts are in worst crisis due to social, biological and technical setbacks. Well acclaimed rice bowls in several part of the nation is facing a decline in area, production and productivity. In India, there is a growing demand for rice due to ever escalating population. Rice is consumed both in urban and rural area and its consumption is growing due to high-income elasticity of demand. To meet the growing demand, a rapid income in paddy production is needed. But there is little scope to increase the area; hence increase in production and productivity with an improvement in efficiency of production to act as a technological breakthrough to meet the growing demand.
The International Financial Crisis of 2008-2009 Facing the Congolese Economy
Authors: Kibatshi Marcel Kamba
Published: February 2022

This article describes the international financial crisis of 2008-2009 facing the Congolese economy. The international financial crisis has created serious dangers for the Congolese economy in terms of job losses and declining quality of life. This article describes the global economic crisis and its direct impact in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The economic and financial crisis is global and it also affects the most vulnerable countries such as African countries. This is true since it is generally accepted that the economic situation has an influence on the social situation. Indeed, although the crisis was triggered by events in the US real estate market, it has spread to all regions of the world, with disastrous consequences for trade, growth and economic growth. global investments. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the rapidly advancing global financial crisis is taking over businesses, mines, jobs, income and livelihoods. Time is running out and decisive action can not wait.
The Question of Accountability: New Forms or a Democratic Deficit
Authors: Peter Idoko
Published: February 2022

This research examined the question of accountability; new forms or a democratic deficit. The study examined specially examines the relationship between transparency and accountability, relationship between technocratic decision making and accountability and finally the relationship between proper coordination and accountability. The study is an exploratory study that used mainly secondary sources of information obtained from journals, text books and from the internet. The findings from the review shows that public accountability is important because it provides a democratic means to monitor and control government conduct, prevent the development of concentrations of power, and enhance the learning capacity and effectiveness of public administration. This is because rulers can be investigated and held to account for actions that transgress the law or result in personal enrichment or violate common mores. These tenets are lacking in our public institutions and in broader perspective the government. The study concludes that large changes in politics, especially for the citizens of the European Union, with the latest enlargement in which brought the union to 27 member states and a half a billion people has been recorded, raising questions on issues such as democracy and the peoples options of accountability. It was recommended among others that it will be fair for all the operators to play the game of leadership according to the established rules and regulations to promote transparency. Also, the experts are to be given free hand to exercise their expertise to usher in accountability for the growth of the system. It was also recommended that it is advisable for all the operators to exhibit probity to eliminate fraudulent behavior.
The New Public Management and the Public Sector Performance
Authors: Peter Idoko
Published: February 2022

The proliferation of reforms in public administration based on the principles and instruments of the New Public Management (NPM) have triggered protest from and collective action by many professional groups in various sectors (healthcare, education, justice, social work, research.) and raised questions about the future of professionals working in the public service, particularly as concerns their autonomy. This exploratory study indicates that public administration in the 21st century is undergoing dramatic change, especially in advanced economies, but also in many parts of the developing world such as Nigeria. Globalization and the pluralization of service provision are the driving forces behind these changes. Policy problems faced by governmentsare increasingly complex, wicked and global, rather than simple, linear, and national in focus. And yet the prevailing paradigms through which public sector reform are designed and implemented are relatively static and do not fully encompass the significance or implications of these wider changes. While public sector reforms in the developing world such as Nigeria are influenced by policy experiments and organizational practices originating in OECD countries, they tend to operate within the traditional public administration paradigm. Consequently, there is often a discrepancy between the thrust of public sector reform efforts in developing country contexts and wider shifts in the nature of governance and contemporary approaches to publicmanagement grounded in OECD experience. It was concluded therefore that Nigeria has embraced the concept of new public management from their western originator but its core principles and tenets are not strictly applied in the management of public sector administration. It was recommended among others that for us to achieve the tenets of new public management in Nigeria, the government need to be honest, transparent, probity and accountability in the political leadership management including the managers in the public sector organizations.
Community Participation and Sustainability of Water Flow Project in Rwanda: A Case of Water and Sanitation Corporation in Bugesera District
Authors: Kantengwa Monique , Kamande Mercyline
Published: February 2022

The communities don’t get the opportunity of fully participating in their projects which is at the core cause of the failure and unsustainability of the most of the project conducted among communities. Thus, the researcher conducted a study to evaluate the role of community participation in sustainability of water flow project in Bugesera of Rwanda. This study used 268 respondents as the primary informants of this study but before actual time of data collection the researcher used 12 respondents to measure validity and reliability of the instrument and it found that CVI is above 0.7 of content validity index. Descriptive research design was used to collect data during actual time of data collection that was presented in a table of frequency, correlation and regression to facilitate the data interpretation process. The findings of the study have revealed that there is a relationship between community participation and water flow project as proven by relationship between joint consultation and stakeholder ownership (r=0.860 and sig=0.00), between joint consultation and effective management (r=0.806 and sig=0.00), between community empowerment and stakeholder satisfaction (r=0.867 and sig=0.00) basing on the calculated p-values which are strong and positive and the calculated level of significance which is under 0.01 results indicate a positive and significant relationship between community participation and water flow project sustainability in WASAC in Bugesera District. The regression analysis results have shown the positive regression coefficients while the calculate significance levels are under 0.05 level of significance implying that community participation and stakeholder ownership is positive and significant. Hence, basing on the research findings, the researcher would like to recommend to the management to formulate policies that favor water flow project. Therefore, the researcher would like to recommend to the government to empower its communities and the community members so that the water flow project would be more sustainable. In conclusion, the findings of the study have proven a positively significant relationship between community participation and water flow project sustainability in Bugesera District, Rwanda.
Solvency requirements effect on the financial performance of merged commercial banks in Rwanda: A Case of Banque Populaire Du Rwanda Public Limited Company (BPR) Atlas Mara
Authors: Patrick Rwakayigamba , Muiruri Paul Munene
Published: February 2022

As the world is becoming global and competitive is growing at an increasing rate where firms are engaging themselves in the rivalry and banks are not left behind. One of the best strategies used by firms to penetrate into the competition is mergers. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of solvency requirements on merged commercial banks in Rwanda guided by shareholder’s wealth maximization theories, Trade–off theory of capital structure and the theory of Modigliani and Miller. The targeted population was 70 employees of BPR Rwanda Atlas Mara. The sample size was picked from the different departments by the help of purposive sampling technique. The researcher used the questionnaires to gather data and also the published information from the company websites and the data analysed using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21. The findings on solvency requirement had influence on the financial performance after merger efforts and the overall mean of 3.138 agreed with the statement. The Spearman’s Rho correlation coefficient is 0.674 implying that the variables used in subsequent regression modelling are not similar and thus, there are no multicollinearities. This means that 67.4% of the changes in the financial performance of firms is being affected by the merger process. The regression results indicated that the coefficient is positive (0.79) and the significant levels are less than 0.05 (P-value=0.0033). This indicates that banks engage in various merger activities in order to improve their financial performance. The study concludes that solvency requirements contribute to financial performance of commercial banks in Rwanda. The researcher recommended that banks should engage themselves in merger activities in order to maintain the competition since it got a bigger effect concerning the performance improvements.
ESCALATE MILK PRODUCTION: THE AMAZING ADVANTAGES OF MARMET AND ACUPUNCTURE TECHNIQUES
Authors: Dahliana  , Rika Hairunisyah  , Yunike  , Kusumawaty Ira
Published: February 2022

Mother's milk contains essential components for the growth and development of infants. Limitations of breastfeeding are often caused by the inhibition of production factors which can be minimized by applying traditional marmet and acupuncture techniques. However, information about implementing marmet techniques and acupuncture techniques on breast milk production is still not widely found. This study aims to identify and analyze marmet and acupuncture techniques on breast milk production. The purposive sampling technique was used in determining the research respondents, totaling 60 respondents were divided into two groups. 30 respondents received treatment with marmet and acupuncture techniques for 30 other respondents. The research method used was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design, and the results of data collection were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test. The respondent's informed consent was signed after explaining and agreeing to be involved in the research. The results of statistical tests showed an effect of marmet techniques and acupuncture techniques on significant baby weight before and after the study. It can be concluded that the marmet technique and acupuncture technique were significantly able to encourage milk production, which was indicated by an increase in the baby's weight on the tenth day. It is necessary to increase literacy regarding the benefits of marmet techniques and acupuncture techniques through the use of social media.
Potensi sumber daya ikan Layur (Trichiurus lepturus) di Perairan Palabuhanratu, Sukabumi
Authors: Rahmawaty Dhea , Patanda Mercy , Syafrie Hendrawan
Published: February 2022

Perairan Teluk Palabuhanratu merupakan salah satu daerah yang memiliki potensi sumberdaya perikanan yang melimpah, salah satunya ikan yang dominan didaratkan di PPN Palabuhanratu adalah ikan layur. Keberadaan sumberdaya ikan layur sangat penting, baik secara ekologis maupun ekonomis. Ikan layur merupakan salah satu ikan yang memiliki nilai ekonomis tinggi dan telah menjadi komoditas ekspor. Tingginya permintaan pasar terhadap ikan layur mengakibatkan intensitas penangkapan meningkat. Ikan layur (Trichiurus lepturus) adalah ikan yang popular dikalangan masyarakat karena hampir tersebar di seluruh perairan Indonesia. Secara ekonomi ikan layur merupakan ikan komersil dan bisa meningkatkan devisa negara. Permintaan pasar terhadap ikan layur yang terus meningkat menyebabkan upaya penangkapan juga meningkat.
Análisis de la pintura contemporánea española en el mercado del arte y las subastas
Authors: Vico Belmonte Ana , Robledano Menéndez Olga
Published: February 2022

En este artículo se lleva a cabo un estudio sobre la rentabilidad de la pintura contemporánea española en relación con las ventas en subasta en la última década. Para ello, se han seleccionado veinte artistas españoles de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, en virtud del volumen de negocio generado dentro del mercado del arte a nivel nacional e internacional, y se han analizado tanto sus obras como los métodos de venta y las plazas en las que se realizaron de forma que, a partir de los datos pudiéramos extraer reflexiones sobre sus rentabilidades, tendencias coleccionistas y cifra de negocios del sector en estos años. Entre los resultados de la investigación se han reflejado las diferentes circunstancias de la pintura de los artistas nacionales en subasta, así como la trascendencia cultural y económica de estos, en el mercado internacional y nacional. Demostrando cómo el sector del arte contemporáneo que en los últimos años se vislumbraba como uno de los periodos más demandados por los coleccionistas, durante los periodos de recesión económica parece retraerse, en pro de la pintura de periodos anteriores o de artistas plenamente consolidados. Una tendencia que recuerda a lo acaecido durante la etapa de la crisis económica de 2008, cuando las motivaciones de compra de los coleccionistas tendieron hacia adquisiciones de obras de artistas plenamente consolidados en el mercado.
El proceso de creación y reposición en la Compañía de Danza Antonio Najarro durante la pandemia de la Covid-19: Alento.
Authors: Najarro Antonio
Published: February 2022

Al finalizar su mandato como director del Ballet Nacional de España Antonio Najarro, retomó la actividad de su Compañía de Danza Antonio Najarro durante la pandemia. Ponerla en funcionamiento fue un camino arduo con el cual no se contaba, primero el confinamiento, y una vez concluido éste, las restricciones sanitarias mantuvieron la mayoría de los teatros cerrados mermando así, el desarrollo de las actividades culturales y artísticas. En el presente artículo se pretende abordar cómo se está afrontando el proceso creativo y de reposición de la obra Alento en la compañía, desde una perspectiva distinta a la que se realizaba antes del inicio de la pandemia. La metodología empleada para el desarrollo de dicho proceso es la recopilación de documentos, soportes audiovisuales y ensayos de la compañía.
PENGEMBANGAN JEJARING BISNIS BERBASIS MEDIA DIGITAL SEBAGAI RESILIENSI PEREMPUAN DEMI KETAHANAN EKONOMI KELUARGA
Authors: MADONNA METHA
Published: February 2022

Krisis ekonomi dan pandemi Covid-19 membuat masyarakat lapisan sosial bahwa rentan miskin. Sejumlah program perlindungan sosial telah diluncurkan Pemerintah seperti Bantuan Langsung Tunai (BLT), subsidi listrik, hingga kuota internet guna menunjang Pendidikan Jarak Jauh (PJJ). Namun belum menyentuh seluruhnya tepat sasaran dan mencukupi bagi mereka yang terdampak resesi. Upaya perempuan, ibu rumah tangga, dalam merintis bisnis berbasis media digital menjadi penting dikaji dalam perspektif perencanaan sosial partisipatif. Resiliensi perempuan dalam penguasaan bisnis berbasis komunikasi digital dimotivasi membangun ketahanan ekonomi keluarga. Implikasi: terjadi pemberdayaan perempuan dalam bentuk partisipasi ibu rumah tangga dalam bisnis online untuk membantu perekonomian keluarga.
ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI PENYERAPAN TENAGA KERJA DI KOTA JAMBI
Authors: ANDRI DEVITA , IRMANELLY IRMANELLY
Published: February 2022

This study is entitled "Analysis of Factors Affecting Labor in the City of Jambi". The purpose of this study is the first to determine and analyze the absorption of labor in Jambi City. Second, to analyze the influence of the factors that influence the absorption of labor in Jambi City. The research method used is secondary data analysis with the aim of the research is descriptive analysis method to answer the first objective used to identify how much increase in the workforce in Jambi City from time to time in a series of data during the period 2007 to 2018. Both tools The analysis used is multiple linear regression using the SPSS series 22 application. The results of the analysis carried out concluded, firstly, the development of labor absorption in Jambi City also experienced fluctuating increases during the 2007-2018 period. Second, partially based on the t test and F test of the independent variable of economic growth (X1), investment (X2) and the provincial minimum wage (X3) have a positive and significant effect on labor absorption (Y) in Jambi City during the 2007- 2018 period.
PERKEMBANGAN EKONOMI KREATIF DALAM MENOPANG PEREKONOMIAN RAKYAT DI MASA PANDEMI COVID 19 (Studi Kualitatif Di 5 Penerbitan Independen)
Authors: MUBAROK DJIHADUL , FAUZIANA EVA
Published: February 2022

The creative economy becomes the major survivor and its growth increased during the COVID19 pandemic. Several sectors in the industry that prioritize creativity and art are increasing in demand. An example is the independent book publishing business, although it is still a micro, small and medium scale business, the business of publishing books through independent channels is increasingly in demand by writers to publish their books in this UMKM scale publisher. On the one hand, readers are also enlivening e-books, aka more and more fond of reading books through online applications. In contrast to the development of this independent publication, several major publishers with retail networks throughout Indonesia were forced to deactivate their outlets during the pandemic, due to the PSBB policy. Therefore, this research focuses on how the creative economy, in this case independent publishing, is able to support the people's economy during the pandemic.
AFRICAN CITIES IN THE 2020S: WEAKNESSES AND STRENGTHS
Authors: Bekker S
Published: February 2022

A series of case studies will illustrate trends in migration and urbanization in urban Africa. Weaknesses in the search for inclusivity – especially during and after COVID - refer particularly to the continuing dominant roles of urban (as well as national and global) elites in these cities and the associated high levels of urban poverty and inequality. Strengths refer particularly to the roles of the better qualified urban youth, to the spread of digital skills and means of communication, and to the presence of both global as well as national positive influences in these cities.
RURAL SETTING: THE PARADOX OF ITS ACCESSIBILITY AND AFFORDABILITY IN THE URBAN PLANNING AND POLITICAL ACTIONING
Authors: Popoola A A
Published: February 2022

The argument that rural areas or rurality will disappear in the face of undoubted urbanisation remains vague and inconclusive. However, the infrastructure poverty and poor service delivery that characterise rural spaces are evident. Using data from interview and focus group discussion (FGD) collected from sampled rural communities in Oyo State Nigeria, this study asks the question if there is no confusion or rather a paradox in what planning and politics ought to be in rural areas. The study concludes that planning and politics in the sampled community driving at opposite direction of public rural infrastructure and service good. The recommendation was for planning to be more rural oriented and the urban bias (as it relates to planning standards) corrected. The need for a more inclusive and responsive rural governance towards achieving inclusion that will promoted national rather than urban development was emphasised.
SYSTEMS CONNECTIVITY FOR SOUND URBAN POLICY CREATION AND ENHANCEMENT: EXPLORING RURAL-URBAN INTERDEPENDENCIES AND LINKAGES FOR INCLUSIVE CITIES
Authors: Chirisa I , Mazanhi P
Published: February 2022

This article is based on a study that investigated and examined the relevance of rural-urban linkages towards sustainable and inclusive development for both cities and rural areas. It argues that rural-urban linkages have great potential in facilitating sustainable development when harnessed and supported. The old definitive notion of rural and urban areas separated the two as distinct and independent regions. This led to biased policy initiatives towards urban development without consideration of the interdependencies between the two regions. The article is based on a desktop study involving the interrogation of literature and documents extracted from Google scholar, Ebsco and websites with news and policies and related material for data analysis. Emerging from the study are three main observations, that rural-urban linkages have huge potential that can help improve development; if not managed well, they can be manipulative and beneficial to one side and active participation in decision-making and implementation paves way for a sustainable future. It concludes that an in-depth understanding of these linkages can help harness the potential benefits that emanate from the rural-urban relationship. Policy recommendations are given that encourage inclusive city development rather than the separationist approach that dissects the existing rural-urban linkages.
AFRICAN MIGRANTS TOWARD INCLUSIVE GROWTH IN MOZAMBIQUE: A CASE STUDY OF THE CITY OF MAPUTO
Authors: Raimundo I M
Published: February 2022

Migration African scholars have argued that the Migration of Africans is occurring within the continent. That Migration can either be intra-regional or inter-regional. South Africa and Northern Africa constitute the core for all African immigration flows; the so-called intra-immigration is made of migration chains such as within the Maghreb region, west, east, and southern Africa. Historically, Mozambique has sent labor to South Africa in plantations and mining for more than two centuries, while on the other hand, it was seen as a producer of refugees, a Portuguese-speaking country, and lower levels of Development indicators. As a consequence, it was a country not desirable to be or to settle. In the last two decades, the stigma on immigration towards Mozambique is deconstructed because of the businesses and jobs opportunities that arose in the country for the boom era of mining, including oil, gas, and coal. The current geography of immigration is made of a multicultural of people from all over the world. A chain of new shops made of construction material, spare car material, barber, boutiques, groceries, and liquor shops are widely seen in Maputo. Most in containers and owned mainly by African migrants, Chinese, and Mozambicans. African migrants have been portrayed as those who do not add any value to any economy. Instead, they are job stealers. However, the study has demonstrated African’s contribution to economic growth as they give jobs and regularly pay rents and taxes. The study is part of MIAG (Migration for Inclusive African Growth)1 results where interviews and surveys were used.
Neurocognitive Mechanism of Remote and Close Associations: An fMRI Study
Authors: Wu Ching-Lin , Chan Yu-Chen , Chen Hsueh-Chih
Published: February 2022

Remote association is the ability to combine seemingly unrelated components into new concepts and is evaluated via the Remote Associates Test (RAT). The RAT has generally been used to examine brain activation during insight problem solving but not remote association. Moreover, little is known about the neural correlates of remote association and close association. To address this issue, we used the associative distance in the development of the RAT and designed remote associated items and close associated items. We collected brain images during observation of remote and close associated items from 30 adult participants and analyzed the activation of brain regions involved in remote and close associations. The results showed that processing of remote and close association occurred in the posterior cingulate cortex. After controlling for the influence of other associations, we found that the rostromedial prefrontal cortex, precuneus, and middle temporal gyrus were involved exclusively in remote association. These results showed that remote association has conjunctive and disjunctive neurocognitive mechanisms. Our results contribute to the understanding of the neurocognitive mechanisms of different associations and provide empirical support for the associative theory of creativity.
Exile: Mapping the Migration Patterns of Japanese Canadians Exiled to Japan in 1946
Authors: Kobayashi Audrey , Rose-Redwood Reuben , Aagesen Sonja ,   The Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective
Published: February 2022

In 1946, after a period of internment that began in 1942, approximately four thousand Japanese Canadians were exiled to Japan and stripped of their citizenship. More than half were Canadian-born, and the majority of those who had been born in Japan were Canadian citizens. The exiles were given a choice of impossible options: to relocate outside of British Columbia or be sent to Japan. Drawing upon extensive archival research, this study examines the spatial patterns of migration between Japan and Canada with a particular focus on the exile of Japanese Canadians to Japan in 1946. Our findings indicate that the majority of the exiles were from Wakayama, Shiga, and Hiroshima prefectures, where rates of return prior to the 1940s were already high. Although more definitive explanations require further research, our exploratory analysis suggests that regional patterns of exile were likely influenced by the prefectural origin of the original migrants, obligations to re-establish the traditional Japanese agrarian household, and religious practices.
Exhaustion as Affective Alignment: Social Justice Work in Denise Giardina’s Storming Heaven
Authors: Fennell Jill
Published: February 2022

This article uses Denise Giardina’s 1987 novel, Storming Heaven, as a case study to look at how labor is represented aesthetically in fiction for political ends. The narrative depicts the theft of an Appalachian pastoral scene, which quickly devolves into mine work, abuse, and death. Mine labor is described vividly, and it is performed under the steady eye of mine guards who use threats, intimidation, and weapons to quash strikes, kill strikers, and keep miners working and living in fear. Giardina’s novel is a political novel that challenges unfair working conditions and neoliberal exploitation. She uses her work to create a sense of exhaustion through aesthetic and narrative choices. Exhaustion, with its resonances of hard work and honest labor, helps Giardina shift the Southern Appalachian structures of feeling from past political and social loss toward an alignment of political activism and futurity. Excerpts from reviews of the novel show how readers process their sense of exhaustion and the novel’s political aims. Giardina’s style is effective for getting readers to sympathize with her labor politics by using a familiar, anti-cathartic staying-power, although this style seems to lack a sense of sustainability and risks making readers feel manipulated or politically fatigued.
“What’s Our Olympic Legacy?”: A Case Study of One Community’s Efforts to Optimize Youth Sport Programming Following a Mega-Sporting Event
Authors: Dorsch Travis E. , Vierimaa Matthew , Terwillegar Matthew , Coffman Julian , Shaw Tate
Published: February 2022

The present research was designed to identify stakeholders’ perceptions of the ways Park City, Utah, has leveraged its role as a host community during the 2002 Winter Olympics to optimize youth sport programming over the subsequent two decades. Through focus groups with athletes, parents, coaches, and administrators, the present study highlights multiple factors that have impacted the experiences and outcomes associated with organized youth sport participation in Park City. Findings shed light on the role of mega-sporting events as a catalyst to shape youth sport participation.
Observations Regarding the Biology of Pteropurpura trialata
Authors: Tuskes Paul , Tuskes Ann
Published: February 2022

The Three-Wing Murex, Pteropurpura trialata, is a moderate sized predator that specializes in feeding on the vermetid snail Serpulorbis squamigerus. Reproduction occurs from February to August, but peak activity is April through June. Adult growth is not continuous but occurs in brief spurts most commonly when the water is cool between December and April. Shells from San Diego are notably different in both shape and size from those to the north in Los Angeles, California. The population in Orange County between San Diego and Los Angeles is intermediate for these characteristics. Distribution, abundance, habitat, feeding, reproduction, color forms and sub-adults are reviewed in this paper.
LABORATORY STUDIES OF HYBRIDIZATION IN CALIFORNIA ABALONE (HALIOTIS)
Authors: Owen Buzz , Meyer Richard
Published: February 2022

Interspecific hybridizations involving five species of California Haliotis were carried out in the laboratory. The following hybrid progeny were successfully produced, cultured, and positively identified on a morphological basis: H. corrugata x H. rufescens, H. corrugata x H. walallensis, H. kamtschatkana assimilis x H. walallensis, H. sorenseni x H. corrugata, and H. sorenseni x H. kamtschatkana assimilis. Additionally, more complex multi-species hybrids and backcrosses were cultured and are listed in the text. The interaction between egg and sperm appears to be the principal mechanism controlling the success of hybrid crosses.
Jaspidiconus: what are the options?
Authors: Tucker John
Published: February 2022

The number of species of Jaspidiconus recognized in three recently published works are compared. These references varied in the number of species recognized as valid ranged from 6 to 36 taxa. Using a metric, Percentage synonyms, the degree to which taxa are lumped was measured. The Percentage synonyms varied from 0 in the base document to 69% and 56% in the other documents. Such variation among publications by different authors suggests that morphological species concepts are too subjective to allow direct comparisons among publications or identification of valid species. In contrast, use of molecular methods may avoid the problems of the subjective morphological species concepts. However, molecular methods are only valid when they are applied to geographically coded samples to arrive at clades in the phylogram. Use of molecular methods for samples that have previously been identified to taxon by morphological methods is biased by the need to identify samples to species first to obtain a phylogram.
Camaena abbasi, a new species (Gastropda: Camaenidae) from Indonesia
Authors: Thach Nguyen
Published: February 2022

A new species of the genus Camaena Albers, 1850 is described from Popidolong, South East Peleng Island, East Sulawesi, Indonesia and is compared to four other species of this genus: Camaena gabriella f. subhainenensis (Pilsbry, 1890); Camaena gabriellae var. platytaenia Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908; Camaena duporti (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900); and Camaena sakishimana Kuroda, 1960. It is characterized by a slightly flat base with a concave umbilical area and not reflected outer lip.
A New Species of Cone Shell (Gastropoda: Conidae) from the Saharan Coast of Northwestern Africa
Authors: Petuch Edward , Berschauer David
Published: February 2022

A new species of Lautoconus (Conidae: Puncticulinae) is described from the intertidal rocky environments of Dahkla Bay, central Western Sahara. The new species is most similar to L. guanche from the Canary Islands, but differs in having a stockier, more darkly-colored, and lowerspired shell. The new species, here named L. saharicus n. sp., is endemic to Dahkla Bay and the Dahkla area of Western Sahara, roughly 400 km south of the Canary Islands.
Native Pteropurpura of the Eastern Pacific (Muricidae)
Authors: Tuskes Paul , Tuskes Ann
Published: February 2022

Eight species in the genus Pteropurpura are known to occur in the Eastern Pacific, from central California to Peru. All eight species are found in the California or Panamic marine provinces. Pteropurpura deroyana occurs only in the southern portion of the Panamic province off the Galapagos Islands. New biological, distribution, depth, substrate, and shell length information is presented. The generic status of two species P. leeana and P. festiva are in flux, and until genetic analysis suggests otherwise they are assumed to belong to this genus.
Three New Gastropods (Cypraeidae, Fasciolariidae, and Volutidae) from the Great Australian Bight
Authors: Petuch Edward , Berschauer David , Waller David
Published: February 2022

Three new gastropods, belonging to the families Cypraeidae, Fasciolariidae, and Volutidae, are described from the Great Australian Bight region of southern Australia. These new taxa, which encompass two new subspecies and a new species, include: Austrocypraea reevei bishopi new subspecies (Cypraeidae), Fusinus bishopi new species (Fasciolariidae), and Mitraelyria mitraeformis grockeae new subspecies (Volutidae).
A New Athleta Volute from Namibia, Southwestern Africa
Authors: Petuch Edward , Berschauer David
Published: February 2022

A new subspecies of the widespread South African volute, Athleta abyssicola (Adams and Reeve, 1848), is described from deep water off the Namib Desert coast of Namibia. The new subspecies, Athleta abyssicola massieri, differs from the nominate subspecies in being a stockier, squatter shell with a lower spire, in having a much coarser shell sculpture, and in having proportionally larger columellar plications.
Description of four new species of Marginellidae from the East Coast Province, South Africa: Marginella nigromaculata, M. persicum, M. rubescens and M. ignifer
Authors: Veldsman Stephan
Published: February 2022

Four new marginellid species, Marginella nigromaculata, M. persicum, M. rubescens and M. ignifer, are described from the East Coast Province, South Africa. The four new species are compared to Marginella cosmia Bartsch, 1915, M. roseolineata Turton, 1932, M. fulvocincta Turton, 1932, M. eucosmia Bartsch, 1915 and M. transkeiensis S.G.Veldsman, 2013
The Cypraeidae of the Southeast Atlantic Vema Seamount (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)
Authors: Daughenbaugh John
Published: February 2022

The Vema Seamount, discovered in 1957, is located in the southeast Atlantic Ocean, 480 km west off the Namibian coast and 1,000 km west northwest of Cape Town, South Africa. To say this is an unusual location and habitat for Indo-Pacific Cypraeidae species is an obvious understatement. Yet, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, at least two species and possibly a third were reported from that location. Are these migrants or from a population at the seamount? The acquisition of one such species from Werner Massier, a prominent Namibian dealer and author, prompted the research which led to this article.
On Imperfect Duplets In Some Refined Neutrosophic Rings
Authors:   Islamic University Of Gaza, Palestine, Ahmad Katy D. ,   Gaziantep University, Turkey,   Cairo University, Egypt,   Cairo University, Egypt, Bal Mikail , Hajjari Arwa A. , Ali Rozina
Published: February 2022

This paper solves the imperfect duplets problem in refined neutrosophic rings, where it presents the necessary and sufficient conditions for a pair to be an imperfect duplet in any refined neutrosophic ring. Also, this work introduces a full description of the structure of imperfect duplets in numerical refined neutrosophic rings such as refined neutrosophic ring of integers , refined neutrosophic ring of rationales , and refined neutrosophic ring or real numbers.
Welkom Today: On Collaborative Practice in Contemporary Photography
Authors: Ruygt Anne
Published: February 2022

This article centers on the notion that photography is inherently collaborative. This might not seem like a contested or groundbreaking line of thought but, until quite recently, photography’s history was shaped by the modernist concept of the artist as individual author.[2] Following a century-long debate about the medium’s status, photography was finally embraced as an art form in the late 1960s when conceptual artists started using photography, and photographers, on the other hand, started to edition and sign their work (as “vintage prints”). Although the idea of authorship was instrumental in the legitimization of photography as art, it also led to a highly restricted understanding of the medium.[3] In his recent publication Photography and Collaboration (2017), RMIT University professor Daniel Palmer even goes so far as saying, “Bound up with the construction of the modern author more generally—and related anxieties around originality and intentionality—it is difficult not to read [the fixation on authorship] as stemming from the idea that photography can be performed by anyone. Unease about photography’s democratic promise has, particularly in the hands of art historians, been overcompensated for in the figure of the bloated author.”[4] Roughly put, in order for a photograph to be an artwork (to be exhibited, studied, and collected by modern art museums), curators and historians stressed the original vision and unique eye of its maker. This focus on the photographer as artist—and less on the subject and the sociopolitical conditions that shaped their view—remained persistent long after photography’s emancipation in the art world.