bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
From variety to hybrid: maize breeding, seed pro­duction and technology
Authors: Dziubetskyi B. , Cherchel V. , Bodenko N. , Lavrynenko Yu. , Chernobai L. , Sokolov V. , Haidash O. , Abelmasov O. , Kupar Yu. , Klimova O. , Satarova T. , Kyrpa M. , Stasiv O. , Aldoshyn A. , Fedorenko E. , Kovalov D. , Dudka M. , Shevchenko M. , Desiatnyk L. , Liashenko N. , Kompaniiets V.
Published: December 2022

The monograph summarizes current problems of maize breeding for initial material and hyb­ rids of various uses; the role of biotechnology in increasing the efficiency of breeding research is highlighted; the results of scientific research on the production technology of high-quality maize seeds of parental forms and hybrids are given; innovative current recommendations re- garding the technological elements of maize cultivation are presented and the production of maize seeds and grains is economically justified. The monograph is intended for researchers, teachers, postgraduate students, students of agri­cultural higher educational institutions, specialists of agro-industrial formations and farms, breeders, maize seed producers and technologists.
Food Waste Conversion to Halal Organic Fertilizers
Authors: Sulaiman Nor Surilawana , Rahim Siti Majidah , Jopry Nabilah Ulfah , Roslan Afifah , Mohamad Akil Syahid , Irwandy Haziq Aiman Azri , Hashim Norkhairiah
Published: December 2022

Up to one-third of the food produced for human consumption is wasted, with negative effects on the environment, society, and the economy. The value contained in kitchen food waste is being recognized more and more, and Brunei Darussalam is among the highest in the region with a solid waste output of 1.4 kg per capita per day. However, it is estimated that only 11.3% of the food waste was recycled, with the remaining portion ending up in landfills. In this context, this paper aims to offer recommendations for the most environmentally beneficial methods of using kitchen food waste, with composting kitchen food waste producing natural, halal, eco-friendly fertilizer. Thus, a two-month experiment was conducted to produce compost-based fertilizer from kitchen food waste. The nutritional value of the plant was then ascertained by fertilizing one plant of bird's eye chillies with compost-based fertilizer (CBF) and another plant with clay-based soil (CBS). Results of this study showed that the nutrients in CBF plants consist % of Total Nitrogen, % Total Phosphorus which are all in the accepted range. Thus, it demonstrates how composting food waste from households can aid in the management of waste reduction for sustainable and a healthy environment, and circular economy.
Computational Assisted-Molecular Imprinted Polymer Design for Magnetic Solid Phase Extraction of Pinostrobin from Krachai
Authors: Suksuwan Acharee , Katelekha Kasinee , Santiworakun Najwa Yanya , Dahlan Winai
Published: December 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic is driving the use of herbal extracts to treat early stages of Covid-19 symptoms, particularly in light of the increased demand for Krachai (Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf.) with significant pharmacological properties. However, the relevance of establishing extract methods is still necessary for Krachai standardization at an industrial level for continued industrial development of food and health products. The purpose of this work was to develop a unique solid phase extraction with particular recognition produced by imprinting technology on the suface of Fe3O4 nanoparticles that may enable selective absorption of pinostrobin, an active ingredient in Krachai. Pre-polymerization procedure of molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) nanoparticles specific to pinostrobin was critical to computational aided-design MIP nanoparticles in this preliminary study. The molecular modeling interactions between two mixed functional monomers, methacrylic acid and vinylpyridine, in the presence of pinostrobin, a printed molecule were used by Hyperchem 7.5 software package. The complex was built and simulated in various ratios of template and functional monomer conformations in order to geometrically optimize it to the lowest energy state in the gas phase. The estimated free binding energies of each conformation were calculated using the semi-empirical PM3 simulation method. The results showed that interactions with the ratio of 1:2:2 (pinostrobin: methacrylic acid: vinylpyridine) had the maximized free binding energy when compared to interactions with other ratios. Additionally, the FT-IR approach was
Blockchain Solution for Halal Certification and Food Security During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Sim Stephen , Abdullah Irwan Shah Bin
Published: December 2022

Covid-19 pandemic outbreak caused massive disruptions globally impacting border closure and lockdowns across all industries including the food industry. The Muslim community was not spared, with challenges in Halal validation/certification, from food security, supply chain and to proving a sustainable eco-system. Blockchain provides a digital tool to supplement a sustainable Halal validation, certification, and auditing of food from farm to fork. This is especially important, as the pandemic has shifted Muslim consumers to move online which created new challenges for the Halal authorities to support the Muslim community. Using a case study, Netnography was applied to qualitatively explore ‘Big Data’ from a current blockchain on the information of halal consumer behaviour during the pandemic. This study suggests that during Covid-19 lockdown and current pandemic circumstances, Halal consumers have shifted to greater online know-how. This crisis has highlighted a need for Halal issuing authorities to adopt new technologies, such as blockchain to provide better decision making for Muslim consumers in relation to Halal food.
ETIKA POLITIK DALAM PEMENUHAN HAK ASASI MANUSIA
Authors: Asmarani Anugrah
Published: December 2022

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui etika politik dalam hak asasi manusia,dimana etika memberikan penilaian baik dan buruk yang ditentukan oleh moral sehingga moral adalah penentu baik dan tidak baiknya sesuatu.kedua hal ini yang kemudian akan menjadi pisau dalam mengkaji norma terhadap hak asasi manusia(HAM). 1 Hak asasi manusia dan hak dasar adalah dua pilar utama kompas moral. Mengenai bidang etika dan filsafat moral, hak asasi manusia adalah pemberian Tuhan. Jadi, kemanusiaan seseorang secara otomatis terbentuk begitu dia memasuki dunia. Adapun hak-hak dasar, ini adalah hak istimewa yang diberikan kepada semua warga negara suatu negara. 2Hak-hak ini, dari sudut pandang moral dan etika, harus diberikan oleh negara dengan cara yang menjunjung tinggi hak asasi manusia warga negaranya. menetapkan perlindungan hukum yang diberikan kepada warga negara oleh Konstitusi. Di Indonesia, kebebasan fundamental tersebut dijamin baik oleh UUD 1945 maupun UUD RIS 1950, yang keduanya dapat dilihat sebagai terjemahan UUD 1945.3 Hak asasi manusia dan hak fundamental dijabarkan dalam Pasal 28A sampai 28J dari Konstitusi yang diperbarui dari tahun 1945.
TEKNOLOGI DIGITAL DALAM KOMUNIKASI BISNIS
Authors: istiqomah Bunga sahila hizbul , R Nurul Zahra Zahirah , Yaqin Ainul
Published: December 2022

Islam adalah agama Allah yang diturunkan kepada nabi Muhammad Saw empat belas abad yang lalu. Di dalamnya terdapat aturan yang mengatur hubungan vertikal antara manusia dengan Allah yang disebut dengan ibadah, dan hubungan horizontal antara sesama manusia.? Komunikasi merupakan salah satu hal yang harus diutamakan dalam melakukan sebuah bisnis, dengan adanya suatu komunikasi, kita dapat melakukan pertukaran ide dan informasi yang akan menunjang bagi tujuan perusahaan.Perkembangan teknologi informasi begitu cepat seiring dengan semakin majunya peradaban manusia itu sendiri. Hal ini memungkinkan seseorang melakukan komunikasi. ke berbagai belahan dunia dengan cepat dan efisien.? Penggunaan Information and Communications Technology (ICT) atau teknolog) informas dan komunikasi (TIK) dalam dunia bisnis telah dilakukan secara masit, terutama dalam satu dasawarsa terakhir. Teknologi informasi sendiri sesungguhnya sudah berkembang sejak lebih dari 50 tahun yang lalu.
CAUSE ANALYSIS AND CORRUPTION EFFORTS CHILD DETERMINATION (In Debong Tengah Village, District South Tegal)
Authors: Suci Anggi Wulan
Published: December 2022

Child delinquency is a form of behavior that deviates from religious and social norms. Child delinquency cannot be left alone because besides harming himself, it can also harm other people. The forms of child delinquency that occurred in Debong Tengah Village, South Tegal Sub-District, Tegal City, were Like Lying, Stealing, and Talking Impolitely. In conducting this research, the authors used a qualitative approach. The driving factor for delinquency is that the child has within himself what has become the basic potential of every human being, family and the surrounding environment will read the child to the attitudes seen in the family and society. As parents, you should equip yourself with knowledge about psychology and the ins and outs of the child's behavior level, including the problem of delinquency that occurs in children, including: Factors, characteristics and things that are strong causes of delinquency behavior . So that it will also be appropriate handling and prevention. The mischief. So that it will also be appropriate handling and prevention. Another thing that is quite important is that the educational goals that were previously proclaimed will not be achieved. The results of the research from the authors indicate that the juvenile delinquency that occurred in Debong Tengah Village, such as fighting, lying, stealing, and speaking impolitely, was the condition of the family who did not supervise and guide their children less. Besides that, the condition of the school that does not enforce discipline and the community that does not care about the surrounding environment causes child delinquency. Efforts must be made to overcoming forms of child delinquency lies with parents, schools and the community, especially educators in the family (parents), schools (teachers and supervising teachers) and educators in the community, namely religious leaders and community leaders.
THE RISE OF BUYING AND SELLING ONLINE SKINCARE AND THE IMPACT OF POST-PANDEMIC COVID 19
Authors: Arba'atun khoerun Nissa
Published: December 2022

One of the Mudumalai activities in the economy is buying and selling transactions, which are currently booming using electronic media, from technological advances that have significantly changed individuals in buying and selling. In the past, buying and selling transactions were still carried out face to face, with the exchange of goods directly without intermediaries from the seller to the buyer at the place of the transaction. And now it has moved into an era where transactions are not carried out face to face, but with intermediaries, namely online media. This research uses a qualitative research method with a descriptive type because the data obtained is in the form of descriptions, and illustrations and not in the form of numbers. Data collection techniques in this study used observation, interviews, and documentation. Based on the results of research on online buying and selling transactions among the public, especially during the Covid 19 pandemic, it increased up to 25 times compared to normal days. This pattern is a shift from conventional transaction systems to online transactions. the positive and negative impacts of buying and selling online are an option and have risks that must be borne by the buyer, the positive impact on the business concept is profitable because it does not incur additional costs to get to the destination location, it's just that the allocation of costs is diverted by quotas and the contents of the transaction system with various non-cash payment instruments that are now very familiar. then the negative impact is that the buyer does not know whether the product is genuine or fake.
Diagnostika in zgodnje odkrivanje motnje avtističnega spektra z uporabo strojnega in globokega učenja na podlagi sledenja očem
Authors: Arsenio Leo
Published: December 2022

ameriavame sa na široké kategórie vizuálnych marketingovýchpodnetov a úloh: výber a vyhľadávacie správanie, tlačová reklama, verejná politika informácie, televízne reklamy,použiteľnosť webu a reklama a úlohy čítania v prieskume dizajne a brandingu. Zásadné rozdiely v povahe podnetov vtýchto oblastiach umožňujú jedinečný pohľad na príslušné procesy vizuálnej pozornosti. Konkrétne sa zameriavamena poznatky na vplyv faktorov zdola nahor a zhora nadol na proces vizuálnej pozornosti. Skúmame poznatky opozornosti zdola nahor založenej na priestore, na prvkoch a na objektoch, ktoré tieto štúdie poskytli.
The Analysis of the Views of Turkish Pre-service Teachers on Classroom Management Based on Three Movies: The Chaos Class (Hababam Sınıfı), Dangerous Mind and Dead Poets Society 1990
Authors: Öcal Seçil Dayıoğlu , İşcan Seher
Published: December 2022

Classroom management is a recurrent topic in the context of teacher education in online, face-to-face and hybrid educational context. The skills of classroom management are one of the most considerable issues of the pre-service teachers. Thus, the teacher educators should make them equip with the classroom management skills. This study focuses on the pre-service teachers’ views on analyzing three movies as The Chaos Class (Hababam Sınıfı), Dangerous Mind and Dead Poets Society according to the freshmen and sophomore students’ view at Faculty of Education in a compulsory course of ‘Classroom Management’. The findings showed that ‘lesson planning’ is mostly identified ones. Moreover, it is clear that Mahmut, Luoanna and John all are role models for the pre-service teachers in terms of their attitudes towards the students and their profession. This study implies that the pre-service teachers need comprehensible and practical knowledge to model for themselves.
Perencanaan Bisnis Dropship pada saat Resesi 2023
Authors: Hariono Vanessa Marsyall
Published: December 2022

Resesi atau kemerosotan merupakan kondisi ketika produk domestik bruto (PDB) menurun atau ketika pertumbuhan ekonomi riil bernilai negatif selama dua kuartal. Seorang pengusaha harus dapat merencanakan sebuah usaha yang dapat berjalan dan bertahan di dalam Resesi 2023 mendatang. Oleh karena itu, perencanaan bisnis yang akan direncanakan penulis di sini adalah bisnis Dropship.
UTILIZATION OF FOREST VILLAGE COMMUNITIES AS AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE HUMAN RESOURCES AND INCOME IN BUKUR VILLAGE
Authors: Rohim Nur
Published: December 2022

This research is an observation and documentation method. The observation method is a data collection technique that requires researchers to go into the field to observe things related to space, place, actors, activities, objects, time, events, and goals. While the documentation method is used to obtain secondary data. Documentation is a method for finding and recording secondary data, namely village monograph data, soil conditions, and rainfall. The aim is to provide an overview of the activities of managing forest villages by the residents of Bukur village. Developing the use of forest villages to improve community welfare and local community participation in forest utilization activities with ecotourism near the Bukur forest.
Mengawali Perencanaan Agrisbisnis dimasa Resesi 2023
Authors: Arvitio Christian
Published: December 2022

Resesi adalah kondisi atau keadaan dimana ekonomi pada suatu negara sedang mengalamitrend penurunan, hal ini dapat dilihat dari angka dari Produk Domestik Bruto yang berada padaangka minus. Seperti yang kita ketahui, satu dari sekian banyak efek dari resesi adalah penurunanpenghasilan masyarakat yang berakibat pada lemahnya daya beli masyarakat, sementara hargaproperty yang cenderung akan turun akibat menurunnya daya beli masyarakat akan mendorongternjadinya resesi yang berkelanjutan pada suatu negara dikarenakan pendapatan kas Negara akanmengalami penurunan akibat dari rendahnya PPN yang diterima oleh Negara. Dampak lain yangakan terjadi adalah adanya kemungkinan Pemutusan Hubungan Kerja (PHK) secara masal,sehingga banyaknya pengangguran yang akan memperparah kondisi resesi dikarenakan kekuatanatau daya beli masyrakat yang tergolong lemah. Disisi lain output dari perusahaan yang melakukanPHK akan menurun, sehingga pembayaraan pajak pada Negara juga akan ikut menurun.Dilihat dari situs tradingeconomic.com, disebutkan bahwasannya growth-rate produkdomestik bruto (PDB) dari Indonesia pada saat ini disebutkan berada pada angka 5.44 yang manahal ini menunjukkan growth-rate dari Indonesia masih baik-baik saja dan belum mendekatiataupun menunjukkan angka negatif. Meskipun memang pada periode Juli 2020 sampaidenganJanuari 2021 PDB Indonesia berada pada angka negatif, hal ini dikarenakan stagnansi ekonomiakibat pandemi Covid-19 yang berdampak pada hampir seluruh negara didunia. Growth-rateIndonesia pada periode ini cenderung meningkat dibandingkan periode-periode sebelumnya yangmenunjukkan angka dibawah 5.44. Banyak muncul spekulasi bahwasanya ditahun 2023diramalkan perkonomian dunia akan mengalami ketidak stabilan. Menteri Keuangan Sri Mulyanimengatakan negara tengah mewaspadai kenaikan suku bunga yang berpotensi menimbulkangejolak pasar keuangan (Hidayat, 2022). Beberapa penyebab terjadinya resesi ditahun 2023 antaralain adalah adanya pandemi Covid-19 yang dua tahun kebelakang melemahkan sektor-sektorpenting diseluruh dunia yang mana dampak terberat dirasakan oleh sektor ekonomi dunia yangdua tahun terakhir melemah, selanjutnya yang diduga sebagai penyebab daripada resesi 2023adalah adanya invasi yang dilakukan Russia terhadap Ukraina. Indonesia sendiri kemungkinantidak akan terlalu merasakan dampak langsung dari terjadinya invasi Russia ke Ukraina, hal inidipicu oleh Indonesia tidak tergantung oleh komoditas ekspor dari Russia ataupun Ukraina, yangakan merasakan dampak langsung dari invasi tersebut adalah negara-negara yang berada di BenuaEropa karena negara-negara tersebut memiliki ketergantungan untuk menggunakan produk dariRussia dan Ukraina terutama adalah penggunaan gas dari Russia.
Improvisation Strategies in Online Drama Lesson
Authors: Karaosmanoğlu Gökhan , Metinnam İhsan
Published: December 2022

In drama lessons based on improvisation and role playing, participants express themselves spontaneously, take on various roles and act out by pretending. With improvisation, which is one of the two basic strategies used together with role playing in drama, the participants act in accordance with the designed dramatic fiction. The goal of this research is to determine opinions of the participants about the improvisations performed in online drama lessons. It was attempted in this context to show the influence of participants and instructors on improvisation by determining which strategies were employed throughout the online drama lesson. In this study, interpretative qualitative research design was used and the experiences of the participants were tried to be explored, made comprehensible and interpreted. Participants consist of 21 undergraduate students studying in different departments who attended online drama lessons at Ankara University in 2021-2022 academic year. Participants answered the questions in the "Assessment Form for Improvisations in Digital Platform" online. The data obtained in the research were analyzed with the descriptive analysis, and the findings were explained in accordance with the determined themes and categories. The results showed that the participants used some strategies before and during the improvisation, and these strategies made improvisations more qualified. Participants also stated that while improvising on the digital platform, some situations have positive or negative effects, and they try to adapt themselves according to these situations. The research also reveals that the films watched and the topics discussed during lessons facilitate the participants to take roles while improvising, and the examples given about the elements of drama contribute to the improvisation. According to the results, it is recommended to inform the participants before the improvisations in online drama lesson, to create the dramatic fiction with the participants and to make the improvisations in accordance with this dramatic fiction. The elements of drama may be discussed, short films and feature-length films can be shown, examples can be offered, and improvisations can be made more qualified throughout the drama lesson.
WOMEN'S CIRCUMCISION PERSPECTIVE OF THE QUR'AN
Authors: Arba'atun khoerun Nissa
Published: December 2022

Female circumcision is a practice based on traditional customs which is mostly practiced by Indonesian society. In fact, this female circumcision could already be known before the existence of the Islamic Religion at the time of ancient Egypt which passed down the tradition of the wives of Prophet Ibrahim AS, they considered that this was a ritual of purifying the soul. This tradition will continue to spread throughout Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia including India, Indonesia and Malaysia. In the explanation of Female Circumcision Medical Science that there are no benefits given to the woman alone, but it results in damage to the tissues in the female organs so that it will worsen reproductive fertility, and reduce the aggressiveness of the woman. Based on this, The Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia once issued a rule regarding the prohibition of female circumcision and was only allowed to carry it out symbolically. The regulation was later repealed because it considered it controversial among the Muslim community, which he considered part of the Shari'a order. This paper provides an analysis of female circumcision in the perspective of the Qur'an as well as historically and medically, the results of this study show that female circumcision is not burdensome to punish female circumcision and is not a sharia order, but a tradition in some parts of life. muslim community. The research method this time uses qualitative methods, namely descriptive resea.
IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSOCIATE SOCIAL INTERACTION BETWEEN STUDENTS AT NIRMALA PUTRI KOST
Authors: Yuliani Iyut Silvi
Published: December 2022

Nirmala Putri Kost is one of the boarding houses in the Kajen District, on Jalan Pahlawan, Gejlig Village, Kajen District, Pekalongan Regency. The author is interested in taking the title of this research, ''Implementation of Associative Social Interaction Between Female Students at Kost Nirmala Putri''. In the boarding house environment, it shows female students carrying out their daily lives are not doing well because of several main problems. For example, the lack of management of parking lots that are not orderly, the obstruction of the communication process that is less effective, there is no picket schedule for the residents of the 1st-floor boarding house, they do not want to take turns buying LPG, and for the 2nd floor it does not correctly carry out the pre-existing regulations regarding cleaning picket. The method used in this research is a qualitative descriptive method. Data collection techniques through observation and interviews. The results of this study indicate that the Nirmala Putri boarding house could have gone better. First, this was due to the problems described above. However, from these problems, the residents of the boarding house can solve their problems which there are points regarding the Implementation of Associative Social Interaction.
FAIZ BATIK BUSINESS STRATEGY IN FACING CHALLENGES AND OTHER BATIK BUSINESS COMPETITORS IN PEKALONGAN CITY
Authors: Rizqiyani Eka
Published: December 2022

Batik is a very large source of the economy in the Pekalongan area. Neighborhoods in the Pekalongan area on average have batik businesses or work in the batik industry, so various products appear with a very large number of models and patterns. CompetiFaiz in this indand try is very tight so it requires strategies to deal with this. This research uses a qualitative method with a case study approach, namely going directly to the field to interview batik entrepreneurs in the Pekalongan area to find out the various challenges faced by these entrepreneurs and their strategies in dealing with competition in the batik industry. The theory that I use is the theory of constructive structuralism approach by Pierre Bourdieu
PEJABAT NEGARA SEBAGAI BENTUK KEDAULATAN RAKYAT DALAM PENJELMAAN PANCASILA
Authors: Putri Sofi Ekiana
Published: December 2022

Secara harfiah yang ada pada lingkup ketatanegaraan dimana diistilahkan sebagai suatu rumah yang mana sebagai citra sendiri, untuk memayungi keadaaan sosial dan administrasi didalamnya, dalam sebuah misi yang tak lain adalah pondasi sebuah rumah itu berdiri. Sehingga sudah semestinya dalam menjalankan suatu prosedur yang sudah diisbatkan dan dilesatkan pada panah dan ranah yang kuat dalam artian dalam membangun sebuah negara yakni memerlukan titik juang yang harus dikaitkan untuk menuju pada titik yang sudah dibuat sebelumnya. Dalam membangun sebuah negara tidak luput dari yang dikatakan sebagai penentu yakni dapat dikatakan sebagai pemimpin, dimana pemimpin ini diibaratkan sebagai angin yang mengarungi landaian air dimana air ini dapat dikatakan sebagai rakyat secara umum dan hamparan tanah sebagai negara. Jika pemimpin sendiri tidak menentukan bagaimana arah yang akan dituju maka rakyat pun tidak dapat searah dalam menentukan arus lambaian airnya, sehingga negara yang didasar tersebut semakin kacau karena pergerakan yang tidak merata dari adanya kedua pemain tersebut.
PERCEPTION OF FUAD STUDENTS ON THE DISCIPLINE OF PRAYING IN CONDITIONS AT NEGERI ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY KH ABDURRAHMAN WAHID PEKALONGAN ”
Authors: Rizqiyani Eka , haq Muhammad ghufron zaidul
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this study was to find out how the perceptions of FUAD students at UIN KH. Abdurrahman Wahid Pekalongan on the Discipline of Congregational Prayers. Based on the problem regarding the younger generation who often ignore the disciplinary aspect of performing prayers. Thus, the authors are compelled to research how the discipline of students in carrying out congregational prayers. The author conducted research at UIN KH. Abdurrahman Wahid Pekalongan to find out how the discipline of students in carrying out congregational prayers. In research, the author uses a qualitative descriptive method that observes behavior patterns/an object and describes the results of the research in the form of a descriptive regarding the observed behavior or object. From the research results, it can be seen that the implementation of congregational prayers at UIN KH. Abdurrahman Wahid Pekalongan can be said to be good, even though there are still some problems in terms of prayer times. From the results of several student questionnaires, it can be concluded that students already have the awareness and discipline to carry out congregational prayers. In daily life, students have begun to have an awareness of carrying out congregational prayers on the UIN KH Abdurrahman Wahid campus even though it still feels difficult because it is still in the process of building the UIN KH Abdurrahman Wahid mosque where congregational prayers are held in the prayer room on the 1st floor specifically for students who the place is not so wide that congregational prayers are carried out alternately. Therefore, there needs to be cooperation between the campus and parents in supervising student prayers.
A treatise on InSAR geometry and 3D displacement estimation
Authors: Brouwer Wietske , Hanssen Ramon
Published: December 2022

The estimation of displacement vectors for (objects on) the Earth’s surface using satellite InSAR requires geometric transformations of the observables based on orbital viewinggeometries. Usually, there are insufficient viewing geometries available for full 3D reconstruction, leading to non-unique solutions. Currently, there is no standardized approach to deal with this problem, resulting in products that are based on haphazardand/or oversimplified assumptions with biased estimates and reduced interpretability. Here we show that a clear definition of—and subsequent adherence to—enabling conditions guarantees the validity and quality of displacement vector estimates leading to standardized interferometric products with improved interpretability. We introduce the concept of the null line as a key metric for InSAR geometry and bias estimation, assess its impact and orientation for all positions on Earth, and propose a novel reference system that is inherently unbiased. We evaluate current operational practice, leading to a taxonomy of frequently encountered misconceptions and to recommendations for InSAR product generation and interpretation. We also propose new subscript notation to uniquely distinguish different projection and decomposition products. Our propositions contribute to further standardization of InSAR product definition, improved map annotation, and robust interpretability.
Does career calling help manage job demands and maintain good performance? A follow-up study on teachers.
Authors: Mauno Saija , Vianello Michelangelo
Published: December 2022

We investigated whether career calling (CC) operated as a moderator between intensified job demands and job performance, which was measured via task performance (TP) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). The study was based on one-year follow-up data collected among teachers (n = 507). The results showed that the effects varied by job demands but not by the outcomes. Under increased job-related planning- and decision-making demands employees with high CC reported improved TP and OCB compared to employees with low CC. However, under increased time pressures and multitasking demands, employees with high CC reported impaired TP and OCB compared to employees with low CC. Our findings suggest that there is a complex interplay between job demands, CC, and their consequences.
Relationship of self-regulation and lifestyle behaviour with overweight among male and female adolescents in Selangor
Authors:   Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, Ganason Anu Suria , Muhammad Noor Azimah ,   Department of Family Medicine, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Rao Gunenthira ,   Health Department of Pulau Pinang, Georgetown, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, Tohid Hizlinda ,   Department of Family Medicine, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Hamzah Majmin Sheikh ,   Department of Family Medicine, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Omar Khairani ,   Management and Science University, Shah Alam Selangor
Published: December 2022

Introduction: The ability of a person to self-regulate and practise healthy lifestyle behaviours determine one’s weight status. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship of self-regulation, dietary practices, and physical activity with overweight status among male and female adolescents. Methods: This crosssectional study used multistage cluster sampling involving government secondary school students aged between 13 and 14 years old in Hulu Langat, Selangor. Students answered a validated self-administered questionnaire comprising socio-demography, dietary practices, physical activity, and self-regulation items. Their body mass index (BMI) was calculated, and weight status was determined using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) BMI chart. Results: Among 636 students, 27.0% were “overweight”, affecting more male than female students (p=0.032). Majority of them (96.7%) were motivated to maintain healthy body weight, but only a third of the students took vegetables, fruits and grains (32.4%), and performed vigorous physical activity (31.1%) regularly. Regardless of the “overweight” status, there were no significant differences in dietary practices, physical activity, and autonomous regulation for both genders. Female students showed a higher level of controlled regulation than male students in non-overweight (p=0.005) and overweight (p<0.001) groups. Higher controlled regulation increased the odds of being overweight among female students (AOR=1.04, 95% CI=1.04-1.08, p=0.010). Conclusion: Thus, health authorities need to develop programmes to assist, particularly female students, in practising higher autonomous regulation to combat overweight and obesity, as this group exhibits a high level of controlled regulation, which increases the likelihood of being overweight.
Customer Satisfaction, Revisit Intention and Word of Mouth in the Restaurant Business
Authors: Pun Lal Bahadur
Published: December 2022

Restaurant businesses were hard hit by the pandemic over the last few years. The prolonging situation calls for appropriate remedial considerations. This paper attempts to predict the revisit intention and word-of-mouth using customer satisfaction. The data from 399 respondents were collected using mail survey immediately after the hit of COVID-19. Firstly, the result from linear regression of customer satisfaction on their revisit intention suggests that the customer satisfaction is the crux of customer retention in restaurant business. Secondly, the logistic regression of customer satisfaction on word-of-mouth reveals that word-of-mouth is likely to take place when the customers are dissatisfied with the restaurant services. Contrary to this, word-of-mouth communication is less likely to happen when the customers are happy with the restaurant services.
Determinants of Shareholders’ Profitability in Nepalese Commercial Banks
Authors: Lamichhane Pitamber
Published: December 2022

This paper aims to examine impact of bank-specific factors on shareholders’ profitability in Nepalese banks for the period 2009/10 to 2018/19. In this paper, various univariate and multivariate regression models have been used to examine the impact of various explanatory variables on shareholders’ profitability. Return on equity has been used as dependent variable to measure the profitability and bank loans, deposits, capital ratio, credit risk and assets size have been used as explanatory variables. Results of this paper indicate bank loan, deposits and equity capital have positive relationship with shareholders’ profitability. Moreover, findings of the study report inverse effect of credit risk and assets size on shareholders’ profitability. Based on the results, this study concludes that equity capital and credit risk of banks have significant impact on shareholders’ profitability of commercial banks in Nepal. Policy makers can apply findings of this study to formulate and implement effective bank policies to use more equity capital and control credit risk of banks for maximization of shareholders’ profitability.
Stock Returns Volatility in Nepal: Evidence during Covid-19
Authors: Rana Surya Bahadur
Published: December 2022

This study scrutinizes the stock returns volatility pattern in Nepal during the COVID-19 period from March 3, 2020 to February 27, 2022. By examining GARCH family models with Generalized Error Distribution specification, the results of symmetric GARCH models show that there is persistent volatility in daily stock returns in Nepal over the study period. The observed persistent volatility in daily stock returns indicate that the current shocks in daily stock returns exist in forecasting variance for longer period in future. The results of asymmetric TGARCH (1, 1) model show that there is the leverage effects on the volatility of daily stock returns in Nepal during the study period. The observed leverage effects implies that uncomplimentary news have larger effects on the volatility than the complimentary news of the same intensity. Finally, results establish the GARCH (1, 1) model as the best fitted symmetric model to explain the volatility persistence and the TGARCH (1,1) model as the best fitted asymmetric models to predict the leverage effects on the time varying conditional volatility of daily stock in Nepal. The main implication of findings from this study is that it offers an additional insight to form sound investment strategy to address risk structure of Nepali stock market.
Age and Sex: The Demographic Factors Matter in Sight Care Treatment Decision in Nepal
Authors: Bhusal Durga
Published: December 2022

Even though existing philosophy advocating patients should be active partakers in treatment decision-making about their care, the literature suggests that patients require be informing but not involving. Eyesight treatment-decision of the participants involving free Eye-Care-Camp in a one-day free Eye-Care-Camp organized by Krim Samaj with the technical support of Tamnagar Chasma Ghar were considered with 91 responses. Two technical officers checked up the eye conditions. On the Treatment Decision-Making, they overwhelmingly wished to be performed by the technical officers. Near and free service was a most influencing factor for the treatment decision. Age significant result regarding eyesight care treatment-decision was appeared in the study. Although the treatment decisions of patients were autonomous up to the participation in free eye care camp, few wishes to hand over the treatment decision-making control to their technical personalities. The findings suggested that choices are not free but controlled under the technical officer, and household decision. Hidden serious eye problems not exhibited in household got the chance to disclose and the patients got the idea what to do further.
कथा शिक्षणका विधि र प्रकृया
Authors: पन्थ नारायणप्रसाद
Published: December 2022

कथा सङ्क्षिप्त एवम् प्रभावपूर्ण रूपले विषयलाई प्रस्तुत गरिएको आख्यानात्मक गद्य रचना हो । प्रस्तुत लेखको मुख्य उद्देश्य कथाको सैद्धान्तिक परिचय, शिक्षण विधि र प्रक्याको परिचय दिई विश्लेषण गर्नु रहेको छ । यस लेखमा कथाको सैद्धान्तिक परिचय, शिक्षण विधि र प्रकृयाका स्वरूपहरूलाई उदाहरणसहित प्रस्तुत गरिएको छ । यसमा पुस्तकालयीय कार्यबाट सामग्री सङ्कलन गरी कथाका विभिन्न सैद्धान्तिक ग्रन्थलाई स्रोत सामग्रीका रूपमा लिई विश्लेषणात्मक विधिको उपयोग गरिएको छ । यसमा कथानक, चरित्र वा पात्र, परिवेश, उद्देश्य वा सारवस्तु, भाषाशैली, दृष्टिबिन्दु, विषय वा केन्द्रीयकथ्य जस्ता तत्वहरूले कथाको आन्तरिक र बाह्य स्वरूप निर्माण गर्ने निष्कर्ष प्रस्तुत गरिएको छ । कथा शिक्षणबाट विद्यार्थीको स्तर र तहअनुुसार सुनाइ, बोलाइ, पढाइ र लेखाइ सिपको विकास गराउन सकिन्छ । कथा शिक्षणका क््रmममा व्याख्या, छलफल, प्रश्नोत्तर, तुलना, समीक्षा, प्रतिवेदन प्रस्तुति, परियोजना, पठनबोध र कक्षा प्रस्तुतीकरण विधिको उपयोग गर्न सकिने निचोड निकालिएको छ ।
Corporate Culture and Organizational Performance in the Banking Industry of Nepal
Authors: Ghimire Binod , Rai Bharat , Dahal Rewan Kumar
Published: December 2022

Determining the strength of corporate culture and its impact on commercial bank performance has long been a priority for Nepalese banks. This study identified corporate culture drivers and their effects on a Nepalese commercial bank's performance. This study aimed to examine the impact of Nepalese commercial banks' participation, consistency, and adaptability cultures on organizational performance from the perspective of the employees of Nepalese commercial banks. A descriptive research design was used to discover facts and information on cultural elements affecting shareholder value. This study was based on a questionnaire survey. This study utilized the 5- point Likert scale to study a statistical measurement of corporate culture and organizational performance in Nepalese Commercial Banks. Using a survey of 394 employees in the Nepalese commercial banks, this study took into account participatory, consistency, and adaptability to assess the corporate culture of the banks. Adaptability was found to be the strongest predictor of organizational performance, while consistency was found to be a poor predictor, with the highest and lowest beta values, respectively. These findings suggested that adaptability and consistency characteristics were useful in measuring organizational performance. Adaptability cultures, it is concluded, have a significant impact on how well a business performs its activities. It broadens the awareness of the cultural impact on organizational performance that banks, particularly in Nepal, typically overlook. Commercial banks should prioritize strengthening their competitive cultures by emphasizing more adaptive human values aligned with their goals.
Judicial Trend in Nepalese Law of Contract: Current Perspective
Authors: Kalika Satya Narayan
Published: December 2022

This paper analyzes judicial decisions established by the Supreme Court of Nepal in relation to contractual disputes between 2023 and 2074 B.S. The earliest case of Dhruba Shumsher v. Nabaraj and the latest case of Tularatna Bajracharya v. Chetsundar Shrestha's legal heir Tara Shrestha Patrabansha are selected as basic information. The case laws related to contract law during the given period of more than five decades of modern Nepal have been collected, documented, selected and analyzed to understand the development trends of Nepalese law of contract. It helps us get a better and holistic current perspective on the existing and emerging issues and trends of Nepalese law of contract and guess the future voyage of this sector.
Thematic Analysis Approach: A Step by Step Guide for ELT Research Practitioners
Authors: Dawadi Saraswati
Published: December 2022

The author, having drawn examples from her doctoral study, describes how a thematic analysis approach was employed to interpret raw data in her doctoral study which explored the impacts of a high-stakes test on students and parents in Nepal. As the main purpose of this paper is to provide some guidelines for English language teaching (ELT) practitioners and early career researchers to rigorously apply a thematic analysis approach, this paper presents a step-by-step guideline for the application of the approach. It also presents detailed examples of the processes the author followed during the analysis of her data (from familiarising with the data to identifying initial codes to preparing a fi nal report) to reveal how analysis of the raw data (from interviews and oral diaries transcripts) progressed towards the identifi cation of overarching themes that captured the nature of the test impacts in the Nepalese context described by participants in the study.
Functional Analysis of ‘Teacher English’ Used by Content-subject Teachers: A Case Study
Authors: Poudel Kamal Kumar
Published: December 2022

Providing ‘quality education’ through English is a challenge for the prestige and survival of private schools in Nepal. In this background, a private school in Kathamandu, having realized that its content-subject teachers had to be better-equipped with the classroom-based English language proficiency, offered the researcher to conduct a short-term teacher training program on ‘teacher English’ for them. With a view to preparing for the short-term ‘training course’, the researcher undertook to investigate the current status of the affairs. The present article reports on an observational case study, informed by the grounded theory methods, on the usual classroom teachings performed by nine content-subject teachers at the school. The major functions of the ‘teacher English’ served as the basis for the thematic analysis of the data. As the findings of the study, fifteen classroom functions of the ‘teacher English’, were identified, namely, greeting, introducing the lesson and lesson activities, defining, checking understanding, asking, instructing, giving feedback, encouraging, controlling, personalizing/labelling, asking for and giving permission, cautioning, thanking, attracting attention and closing the lesson. Finally, the study recommended that the forthcoming teacher training should target at these functions of teaching English with a view to building on and improving their classroom English.
Teachers’ Perceptions of Critical Pedagogy in English Language Teaching Classroom
Authors: Kadel Purna Bahadur
Published: December 2022

Critical pedagogy practices are rarely followed in the traditional English Language Teaching (ELT) classes in which the focus is on transmitting knowledge to the learners, rather than transforming it. This study is an attempt to explore teachers’ experiences in and their perceptions of the existing practices of critical pedagogy and on its usefulness in ELT classrooms. This is qualitative research in which phenomenological research design was adopted to accomplish this study. Six respondents were selected from three secondary schools of Kathmandu district as a sample through a purposive non-random sampling procedure. In-depth-interview was used as a tool to assemble the required data to answer the research questions of this study. The findings of the study show that the ELT classroom in the district is teacher-directed but not learner-centered; the textbooks, teaching strategies, and methods are partially focused on marginalized groups and underprivileged learners. The ELT practices at the secondary level do not address multiple intelligences; and critical pedagogy is not adopted for the elevation of the marginalized learners though the teachers are aware of its usefulness.
Our World and Let’s Go: Analysis and Comparison of Two EFL Texts on Young Learners
Authors: Bidari Samikshya
Published: December 2022

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Investigation of post-traumatic growth and traumatic and psychological effects in children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer
Authors: AKTAŞ TERZİOĞLU Merve , SOYLEİCİ MERT Tugce , YAKARIŞIK Selin , ŞENOL Hande
Published: December 2022

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare traumatic and mental effects and PTG by comparing a patient group in hematological-oncological cancer remission with a healthy control group.

Materials and methods: Children and adolescents aged 8-18 years, who were in remission with a diagnosis of childhood cancer, and presented at the Paediatric Hematology Department of PAUTF between 1 September 2021 and 30 April 2022 were included as the study group and a control group was formed of healthy children and adolescents with no history of cancer diagnosis. The Post-traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), the Child Revised Impact of Events Scale (CRIES-13) and the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale-Child Version (RCADS-CV) were applied to all the children in both groups. A sociodemographic information form prepared by the researchers, and the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale- Parent Version (RCADS-PV) were applied to parents.

Results: Evaluation was made of 27 patients aged 8-18 years with a diagnosis of childhood cancer who were in remission, and a control group of 25 healthy children. No statistically significant difference was determined between the groups in respect of parental ages, family structure, parental educational levels, and mean monthly family income (p>0.05).In the comparisons of the raw scores of the RCADS-PV between the two groups, RCADS-PV Panic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Depression subscale scores were found to be statistically significantly higher in the control group than in the remission group (p=0.048; p=0.045; p=0.047). When the CRIES-13 scores of the two groups were compared, no statistically significant difference was found (p=0.659).When the PTGI scales and subscales of the two groups were compared; while no statistically significant difference was found in the total PTGI score (p=0.066), the change in life philosophy subscale and the change in relationships with others subscale was found to be statistically significantly higher in the remission group than in the control group (p=0.038; p=0.05).Considering the relationship between CRIES-13 and PTGI scale scores, no statistically significant relationship was found in the remission group.

Conclusion: Cancer survivors grow from this negative experience, become stronger and survive with positive gains; they can adjust their expectations from themselves, the world and their future. Considering the current prevalence of cancer and increasing survival rates with treatments, new multicenter studies with larger samples are needed on this subject.