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Higher-order thinking: An analysis of the prescribed versus tested Curricula in private secondary schools in Pakistan
Authors: Pervez Khalid , Muhammad Yaar , Waqar Yasira
Published: October 2022

Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) are incorporated in books to enhance students’ critical thinking. It is essential to know the level of HOTS offered in the prescribed curriculum and the extent to which it is covered in exams. This study analyses the higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) introduced in the prescribed curriculum and tested in the exams. The study used a qualitative content analysis approach to analyze each chapter’s Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and exercises questions of the grade 8th science book to categorize the question statements in view of Bloom’s taxonomy and nine predetermined categories of Socratic questions. The results indicate that the prescribed curriculum has comparatively more emphasis on developing HOTS than the tested curriculum does. The book analysis showed that SLOs support HOTS incorporation, but exercise questions and Punjab Examination Commission (PEC) exams tend towards Lower Order Thinking Skills (LOTS). Book exercises and exams should be improved and aligned with SLOs to incorporate HOTS in students. Moreover, book and exam criteria need to be revised to enhance higher-order thinking skills in students.
Mathematics and mechanics of liquid crystal elastomers
Authors: Mihai Angela
Published: October 2022

Due to their complex material responses in the presence of external stimuli, liquid crystal elastomers have many potential applications in science, manufacturing, and medical research. The modelling of these materials requires a multiphysics approach, linking traditional continuum mechanics with liquid crystal theory. An important problem for both applications and our fundamental understanding of nematic elastomers is their instability under large strains, as this can be harnessed for actuation, sensing, or patterning. The goal is then to identify parameter values at which a bifurcation emerges, and how these values change with external stimuli, such as temperature or loads. Constitutive parameters of real manufactured materials have also an inherent variation that needs to be taken into account. In this talk, I will present an overview of instabilities occurring in nematic liquid crystal elastomers and examine the contribution of the nematic component and of fluctuating model parameters that follow probability laws. This combined analysis may lead to more realistic characterisation of these fascinating materials.
Transforming Asynchronous Online Discussions with a Structured Conversation System
Authors: Coker David C.
Published: October 2022

Research into asynchronous online discussions (AOD) produced conflicting, contradictory results. A central problem was AOD often did not produce a high level of engagement and critical thinking. Synthesizing best practices, a dialectical framework was developed around concrete, actionable levers to improve thinking in online and remote courses. Using a convergent mixed methods triangulation design, a thematic analysis compared AOD for unstructured, structured response system, and the introduction of a structured conversation system, finding a significant improvement using a structured conversation system which incorporated a social and personal component. Instructors needed to organize three levels: the back, the stage, and the front. Applying a typology analysis to AOD, instructors can improve and maintain high levels of critical thinking, engagement, and social interaction.
Genesis 6:1–4: A Theological Interpretation
Authors: Aich Benjamin J.
Published: October 2022

This article investigates the narrative of Gen 6:1–4 through William P. Brown’s theological “method” in order to understand what the text says about YHWH, so that students, scholars, and clergy would think of this passage less in terms of defining its problem characters and more in terms of appreciating how it presents YHWH in his relationship to the world.
Human Rest and the Natural World: A Theological Reading of Noah
Authors: Shin Euntaek D.
Published: October 2022

This essay presents a theological reading of the Noah narrative to argue that humanity’s restful existence depends on their relation to the natural world. It first appropriates the theological and philosophical concept of place to show that restful existence depends on being placed in a fitting relation to the natural world. Second, in reading the story of Noah, it argues that being placed depends on God’s work of placing humans in proper relation to the natural world—as epitomized in the event of the ark. Third, analyzing the story of Noah in the light of classical theological categories of God’s providence, it argues that God’s continuing providential activity today should shape human place-building for restful living.
Ecclesiastes, Wisdom, and the Question of God
Authors: Beldman David J. H.
Published: October 2022

This essay explores the question of the role and character of God in the book of Ecclesiastes. The essay identifies the places in Ecclesiastes (especially in Qoheleth’s discourse) where God appears as a topic of discussion, attempts to classify these passages, and analyzes them in light of the whole. The essay also explores and evaluates the surprising absence of God in Qoheleth’s discourse.
The Servant and the Vineyard: Christology and the Reception of Scripture in the Shepherd of Hermas
Authors: Madden Joshua
Published: October 2022

The Shepherd of Hermas was one of the most widely circulated early Christian texts. Contemporary estimations of the text, however, are far from praiseworthy, and many regard the Shepherd to be so imprecise and poorly written as to lend itself to heterodox interpretation, especially in regard to its Christology and the infamous parable of “The Servant and the Vineyard.” This essay will argue that this negative evaluation of the Shepherd is misguided, and that not only does this specific parable avoid heterodox implications, but that it displays a thoroughly biblical understanding of Christ as the servant-messiah sent into the world by the Father to redeem the world, as witnessed by the apostolic preaching and the authors of the New Testament. This essay will demonstrate that the Shepherd presents the reader with a coherent narrative with which to understand the basic themes of the Christ event by weaving together a creative and original parable rooted firmly in the scriptural and interpretive tradition of both the Old and New Testaments.
Studies on Drug and Metal Residues Detected in Bee Products in Turkey
Authors: ÖZÜİÇLİ Mehmet
Published: October 2022

This study was carried out in order to compile the information obtained from current studies in Turkey on the use of pesticides and antibiotics and metal residue in other bee products, especially honey, offered for human consumption. The beekeeping sector has been rapidly advancing towards industrialization both in our country and around the world. It is rapidly progressing towards becoming an additional income especially for families located in rural areas. Honey should be clean and healthy by nature. As in other living things including humans, various pesticides and antibiotics are used against viral, bacterial, fungal and ectoparasites in honeybees, although their use is prohibited. Therefore, there is a drug residue problem in bee products, especially honey, in our country and in the world. At this point, both bee health and human health are adversely affected. In order to prevent this situation, people working in the health sector, especially veterinarians, have great duties. First of all, beekeeper should be made aware, and researchers should accelerate their efforts to find the most appropriate treatment methods against honey bee diseases by researching natural treatment methods instead of pesticides and antibiotics. These studies should be supported by both the state and the private sector.
Futbolcuların Vücut Yağ Yüzdesi ile Sürat ve Dikey Sıçrama Performansları Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi
Authors: ÇELİK Seyfullah , ERİKOĞLU ÖRER Gamze , DİLER Kadir , YELKEN Mehmet Emin
Published: October 2022

Bu çalışma futbolcuların vücut yağ yüzdesi ile dikey sıçrama ve sürat performansları arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi amacı ile planlanmıştır. Kulüp düzeyinde futbol oynayan ortalama yaşları 25,45±4,25, ortalama boy uzunlukları 176,45±6,03 cm ve ortalama vücut ağırlıkları 74,62±6,05 kg olan, toplam 22 yetişkin futbolcu, basit rastgele örnekleme yöntemiyle araştırma için seçilmiş ve gönüllü olarak çalışmaya katılmıştır. Futbolculara antropometrik (boy uzunluğu, vücut ağırlığı, beden kitle indeksi-BKİ ve vücut yağ yüzdesi) ve performans (10-30 metre sprint ve dikey sıçrama) ölçümleri uygulanmıştır. Değişkenler arasındaki ilişkilerin tespit edilmesi için Pearson Korelasyon Katsayısı hesaplanmıştır. Futbolcularda sprint ve sıçrama performanslarının vücut yağ yüzdesi ile ilişkileri incelendiğinde, 10 metre sprint ile pozitif yönlü zayıf ilişki (r=0.474, p
Presentación
Authors: Gutiérrez Alejandro , Anido José
Published: October 2022

Con el número 51 (julio-diciembre de 2020) de la Revista Agroalimentaria se cierra el volumen con ocasión de cumplir 25 años ininterrumpidos de actividades de difusión y vulgarización de la investigación especializada. Esta sección tradicional incluye tres manuscritos, para luego dar paso al Dosier 25 Aniversario (II parte, con 11 artículos), más una sección In Memoriam a Asdrúbal Baptista Troconis y la acostumbrada sección de Reseñas y Misceláneas.
¿Son los productos orgánicos más caros? Estudio comparativo de los precios hortofrutícolas en distintos canales de comercialización de Pelotas, Brasil
Authors: Sacco Flávio , Rauter Gabrielito , Ehlert Germano , Velleda Nádia
Published: October 2022

La cuestión de la alimentación se inserta en el seno de los debates de la contemporaneidad. En efecto, los escándalos mundiales resultantes de adulteraciones y de la contaminación alimentaria se inscriben como prueba fehaciente de una sociedad de riesgo dibujada, en tono profético, por Ulrich Beck. La incertidumbre en relación con la calidad de los productos es considerada como uno de los factores que explican –en mayor o menor medida– el crecimiento ininterrumpido de la producción y del consumo de los productos orgánicos a nivel mundial. Sin embargo, otro conjunto de estudios apunta diversos obstáculos que impiden la expansión de dicho segmento económico. Gran parte de ellos afirman que el precio de los orgánicos tiende a ser más alto que los productos convencionales. Con el objetivo de dar respuestas a esta cuestión, la presente investigación se basó en un muestreo efectuado a lo largo de 54 semanas para los precios de diez productos en cuatro canales distintos de comercialización de un municipio de Brasil (Pelotas, Río Grande del Sur-RS, Brasil), a saber: dos grandes supermercados y dos ferias de calle (una, de productos de la agricultura convencional; y otra de agricultura orgánica). Los principales resultados indican que en la feria convencional se registró el mayor número de productos cuyos precios fueron los más bajos. Empero, en la feria orgánica los precios fueron muy competitivos, incluso algunos se mostraron más bajos y más estables que en los restantes canales estudiados. Así, la presente investigación se suma a los estudios que consideran que el precio no es –necesariamente– un obstáculo al consumo de productos orgánicos.
La alimentación como derecho humano y sus vínculos con las políticas económicas en Venezuela: de la I República al Socialismo del Siglo XXI
Authors: Quintero Ana , Anido José
Published: October 2022

El de la alimentación es un derecho humano incluyente, según el cual toda persona debería acceder a una ingesta de todos los elementos nutritivos que requiere para vivir una vida sana y activa, así como a los medios para materializarlo. Es responsabilidad de los Estados, mediante las políticas y medios a su alcance, actuar y velar por la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de toda la población. En el caso venezolano, una nación rural y exportadora agrícola hasta entrada la década de 1930, diversas corrientes ideológicas e intereses delinearon las distintas políticas implementadas desde la conformación del Estado-nación iniciada en 1830 hasta el presente, entre ellas las orientadas a satisfacer las necesidades alimentarias y nutricionales. En este escenario, el artículo tiene como objetivos: i) realizar un inventario de las principales políticas de carácter económico general y sectoriales agrícolas/agroalimentarias implementadas por los distintos gobiernos a lo largo de los siglos XIX, XX y XXI, con énfasis en el período 2013-2021; y, ii) sobre esta base, discutir cómo han contribuido para garantizar el ejercicio de este derecho a todos los ciudadanos. Metodológicamente se sigue un enfoque histórico-económico para el examen de las principales políticas, sustentado también desde la teoría y las evidencias empíricas. Se revisaron, catalogaron y contrastaron diversas fuentes secundarias de información, tanto bibliográficas como hemerográficas, así como información económico-financiera de algunas fuentes oficiales o privadas cuando estaban disponibles. Los principales hallazgos dan cuenta que durante los primeros años del Socialismo del siglo XXI hubo importantes avances en cuanto a reivindicaciones sociales para el conjunto de la población, que se tradujeron en mejoras en la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional y que coadyuvaron a reducir la pobreza. No obstante, factores de ocurrencia más reciente –tales como la merma de la actividad económica petrolera exportadora, la profundización del sesgo estatista-rentista de los gobiernos, el auge de una cultura rentista y la creciente y generalizada corrupción, entre otros–, han devenido en una severa crisis económica en general, y alimentaria en particular, cuyas consecuencias más visibles han sido el empobrecimiento general, una emigración sin precedentes y una crisis alimentaria y nutricional, cuya magnitud y consecuencias aún no se pueden precisar. El balance efectuado evidencia la insuficiencia del nuevo marco jurídico e institucional y la incapacidad del Sistema Alimentario Venezolano actual para cumplir con las condiciones de disponibilidad de alimentos en cantidad y calidad suficiente, culturalmente aceptables y acceso sostenible, que permitan al conjunto de la población materializar el derecho a una alimentación adecuada.
Estrategias de mitigación y sostenibilidad. El caso de las certificaciones en el sector vitivinícola
Authors: Compés Raúl , Latorre Teresa
Published: October 2022

El sistema agroalimentario es uno de los más afectados por la crisis climática actual. Todos los sectores que lo componen están obligados a adaptarse a las nuevas condiciones ambientales para mantener la producción y asegurar su continuidad en el futuro. Al mismo tiempo, deben reducir sus emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero para cumplir con los objetivos del Acuerdo de París. Este reto se inscribe en la necesidad de alinearse con el nuevo paradigma de desarrollo sostenible y contribuir en la consecución de los objetivos previstos en la Agenda 2030 de Desarrollo Sostenible aprobada por las Naciones Unidas en 2015. Este artículo analiza la respuesta del sector vitivinícola internacional ante el reto de cambiar el modelo productivo en materia de mitigación y sostenibilidad. El instrumento más importante son los certificados ambientales y de sostenibilidad. Se trata de compromisos voluntarios de las empresas para cumplir con distintos tipos de estándares. En cada país tienen un origen y evolución diferente, pero en su desarrollo destaca la importante participación del sector privado y la colaboración entre entidades de distintos ámbitos. Aunque las diferencias iniciales entre ellos eran muy acusadas, en los últimos años se ha producido una convergencia, en particular en su dimensión ambiental. Sin embargo, es incierta la capacidad de este instrumento para integrar a un gran número de empresas y lograr resultados significativos en materia de emisiones. La complejidad metodológica de estos certificados también muestra la dificultad de diseñar políticas de reducción de las emisiones y de convertir los grandes objetivos de sostenibilidad aprobados en 2015 en estrategias operativas adaptadas a las posibilidades de implementación de los distintos sectores.
Los nuevos retos del sector agroalimentario: Fintech 3.0, AgTech y FoodTech
Authors: Clemente Lino
Published: October 2022

La historia del desarrollo tecnológico y su progreso transcurre a través de oleadas sucesivas que se superponen. Cada revolución tiene su propio ciclo de vida, así como su paradigma tecnoeconómico con sus componentes estructurales de invención, innovación y difusión. La era digital y móvil está penetrando todos los ámbitos de la vida; en este caso, los referidos a la innovación tecnológica, los mercados financieros y el sector agroalimentario –especialmente la emergente “nueva arquitectura” de los servicios financieros–. La era FinTech 3.0 se relaciona con la cadena de valor de las finanzas e impactan sus modelos de negocios. Las nuevas tecnologías digitales están cambiando la agricultura en muchas dimensiones más allá de los servicios financieros (AgTech). En este escenario, el objetivo central del artículo es entender los tres desafíos simultáneos, habilitados por las tecnologías digitales y móviles las cuales impactan los eslabones de las cadenas de valor, su funcionamiento real, financiero y el diseño de productos del sector agroalimentario. Hay buenas razones para creer que las tecnologías digitales emergentes pueden mejorar el funcionamiento de los mercados agrícolas a un costo muy bajo por agricultor. También los servicios agrícolas digitales pueden mejorar la productividad agrícola, el funcionamiento de las cadenas de suministro agrícolas, la trazabilidad, conexión entre los productores y el cliente final frente al cambio climático y el estrés ambiental. Las nuevas tecnologías están impactando no solamente a los procesos y a los modelos de negocios sino también a los productos y sus componentes es el caso de la disrupción de las proteínas (FoodTech). El éxito de las innovaciones tecnológicas emergentes con mayor potencial para la agricultura de América Latina y el Caribe dependerá en buena medida del funcionamiento, evolución y madurez de los ecosistemas de innovación que potencien las oportunidades que ofrecen los países. La disrupción en la alimentación y la agricultura es inevitable, los productos modernos serán superiores en múltiples atributos, pero son los encargados de formular políticas, los inversionistas, las empresas, los emprendedores y la sociedad civil en su conjunto quienes tienen el poder de frenar o acelerar su adopción.
RICA: creación de una plataforma digital de intercambio de conocimiento
Authors: Albisu Luis
Published: October 2022

El conocimiento propicia la innovación, pero es importante reconocer que el sistema no es lineal, en las ya clásicas siglas de I+D+i, partiendo de la investigación continuando con el desarrollo para llegar a la innovación. El conocimiento proviene de distintas fuentes y una de ellas es el conocimiento empírico de las personas que están cercanas a la realidad de los problemas cotidianos y de la puesta en práctica de los desarrollos tecnológicos. Por tanto la transmisión del conocimiento no es unidireccional sino bidireccional, desde los expertos (investigadores y técnicos) y desde los agricultores y empresarios agroalimentarios. Ambos grupos necesitan intercambiar sus conocimientos que suelen tener distintas perspectivas. Esta aproximación se trata en una nueva plataforma tecnológica que emplea los medios digitales para su comunicación y que se denomina RICA (Red de Intercambio de Conocimiento Agroalimentario, en http://ricagroalimentacion.es). En este trabajo se explica su generación, las secciones que lo componen, las dificultades de su gestión, los resultados y algunas reflexiones para el futuro. Después de 4 años de desarrollo de RICA es tiempo suficiente para evaluar todos esos aspectos. También se explica la importancia de incorporar en RICA secciones relacionadas con la información y otras con el conocimiento. Las primeras impulsan una mayor visibilidad, la que a su vez genera un mayor contacto con las secciones relacionadas con el conocimiento. La experiencia indica que los expertos han sabido responder a las expectativas de divulgación, en mucha mayor medida que los agricultores y empresarios agroalimentarios en cuanto a expresar sus problemas y conocimientos. Los primeros reaccionan positivamente para divulgar sus conocimientos, cuando constatan que lo publicado en la plataforma tiene una alta visibilidad. Sin embargo, los segundos son más reticentes al uso de la plataforma digital, acostumbrados a un contacto más personal, mediante el establecimiento de relaciones estables y creíbles. La dificultad que tienen los expertos para llegar con sus conocimientos a los usuarios finales se debería solventar con técnicos particularmente sensibilizados con la innovación. El uso de Internet para la adquisición de conocimientos es todavía restringido por parte de ciertos colectivos y, un mayor uso, tardará bastante tiempo en realizarse y será liderado por las generaciones más jóvenes.
Presentación Sección especial: Asdrúbal Baptista, in memoriam
Authors: Gutiérrez Alejandro , Anido José
Published: October 2022

Esta sección especial: ASDRÚBAL BAPTISTA, IN MEMORIAM representa un pequeño homenaje desde la visión de algunos profesores de la Universidad de Los Andes-ULA, ya en su condición de familiares cercanos, estudiantes o compañeros de un académico con más de 70 años de trayectoria en esta casa (aunque también ha sido profesor en otras instituciones como el Instituto de Estudios Superiores en Administración-IESA, así como en otras universidades de Europa y Sudamérica).
Talento territorial en el cambio de la matriz productiva agroalimentaria
Authors: Delgado Juan
Published: October 2022

En la actualidad ingentes sectores del planeta están desarrollando modelos agroproductivos muy eficientes, sustentados tanto en espacios impulsados por desarrollos territoriales como por las ciencias aplicadas a la agricultura y recursos humanos altamente calificados, elevando sustancialmente la calidad de vida de las sociedades locales. Este artículo es el resultado de una investigación más amplia sobre el talento territorial que desarrolla el autor, cuyo punto de partida es definir al territorio y al desarrollo territorial como contextos del objeto de estudio centrado en el cambio de la matriz productiva agroalimentaria, desde el enfoque del talento territorial. El objetivo de la investigación fue estudiar el talento territorial, argumentado en el desarrollo de un análisis teórico-reflexivo como sustento del diseño de una estrategia de gestión del cambio de la matriz productiva, desde una agricultura primaria a una matriz productiva agroalimentaria en un área geográfica particular: la zona Sur del Lago de Maracaibo (Venezuela). Esta, a pesar de contar con extraordinarias potencialidades agroecológicas e hídricas, acusa bajos niveles de desarrollo y crecimiento económico. Como hipótesis de investigación se estableció que esta paradoja se debe a carencias en el talento territorial. Se utilizó la metodología analítica-documental y explicativa y los resultados de la investigación se expresan en los rasgos del cambio de la matriz productiva agroalimentaria pertinentes, como parte de una estrategia de desarrollo territorial para la zona geográfica en estudio, que enfatiza en el comportamiento de los actores locales vistos desde la perspectiva del talento territorial. Finalmente, a fin de superar el estancamiento ya consuetudinario en la zona objeto de estudio, se recomienda adoptar una estrategia para la gestión de redes de desarrollo del talento territorial, orientada a superar las desigualdades sociales, económicas y políticas que acusan su población ante el bajo nivel de talento territorial.
ÓBITOS POR COVID-19 EM TRABALHADORES DA ENFERMAGEM BRASILEIRA: ESTUDO TRANSVERSAL
Authors: Fernandes Barreto Márcio Adriano , Rocha Pessoa Graça , Bezerra de Queiroz Neto João , Camelo Chaves Edna Maria , Sales Silva Lucilane Maria , Magalhães Moreira Thereza Maria
Published: October 2022

Objetivo: analisar óbitos por Covid-19 em profissionais da enfermagem brasileira, confirmados com Covid-19, e em quarentena, internados ou falecidos, no Observatório do Conselho Nacional de Enfermagem.

Método: estudo transversal, entre março de 2020 e agosto de 2021, no Brasil, via observatório do Conselho Federal de Enfermagem. Os dados foram analisados utilizando estatística descritiva e inferencial.

Resultados: a prevalência de óbito por Covid-19 em profissionais da enfermagem brasileira foi de 2,5% (825/32.560), nos auxiliares de enfermagem 4,9% (109/2.224), estes com média de idade mais elevada (p< 0,0001). Apesar de 84,5% (27.508/32.560) da amostra ser feminina, a porcentagem de óbito foi maior no sexo masculino 5,2% (263/5.052) (p<0,0001). A regressão logística demonstrou que o sexo e a categoria profissional podem predizer o óbito por Covid-19 entre a enfermagem brasileira.

Conclusão: o estudo contribui para evidenciar os riscos da categoria no enfrentamento da Covid-19 e repensar medidas para reduzir danos da pandemia nessa população.
DEATHS DUE TO COVID-19 AMONG BRAZILIAN NURSING WORKERS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Authors: Adriano Fernandes Barreto Márcio , Rocha Pessoa Graça , Bezerra de Queiroz Neto João , Camelo Chaves Edna Maria , Sales Silva Lucilane Maria , Magalhães Moreira Thereza Maria
Published: October 2022

Objective: to analyze deaths due to COVID-19 in Brazilian Nursing professionals, with confirmed diagnoses of the disease and in quarantine, hospitalized or deceased, at the Federal Nursing Council Observatory.

Method: a cross-sectional study conducted in Brazil between March 2020 and August 2021, via the Federal Nursing Council Observatory. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: the prevalence of death due to COVID-19 in Brazilian Nursing professionals was 2.5% (825/32,560) and 4.9% (109/2,224) in nursing assistants, these latter with a higher mean age (p<0.0001). Although 84.5% (27,508/32,560) of the sample was female, the percentage of deaths was higher in the male gender, with 5.2% (263/5,052) (p<0.0001). The logistic regression analysis showed that gender and professional category can predict deaths due to COVID-19 among Brazilian Nursing workers.

Conclusion: the study contributes to evidencing the risks faced by the professional category in coping with COVID-19, as well as to rethinking measures to reduce the harms imposed by the pandemic on this population segment.
Impact of Teacher Education Level, Years of Teaching Experience and Teaching Behaviour as Determinants of Pupils’ Academic Achievement In Integrated Science in Eastern Sierra Leone 2005-2007
Authors:   Njala University, Bo Campus Sierra Leone, Kebbie Tamba
Published: October 2022

The study investigated “Impact of teacher education level, years of teaching experience and teaching behaviour as determinants of pupils’ academic achievement in integrated science in Eastern Sierra Leone between 2005 and 2007”. A descriptive research type of a survey design was employed for the study. The target population included: junior secondary school pupils, integrated science teachers and integrated science heads of department. Stratified sampling technique was adopted to select the junior secondary schools while purposive sampling technique was used to select sample sizes of 270 JSS pupils, 54 integrated science teachers and 27 Heads of Integrated science Department. The key instrument employed was Self-Administered Integrated Science Questionnaire form (SAISQ).The instrument was validated by a team of science experts in the Department of Science Curriculum Development Centre, Njala University. A reliability coefficient were computed and a Cronbach alpha constant of dependability values of 0.78 and 0.80 were obtained respectively for the instrument. Findings of the study revealed that the highest qualification obtained among the HODs is Bachelor of Science Education degree followed by those with HTC (Primary) and HTC (Secondary) respectively. The study further confirmed that majority of the integrated science teachers obtained HTC (Secondary) and B.Sc Ed. degree respectively. There is clear indication that a very good percentage of Integrated Science teachers of the survey are trained and qualified but they are qualified in other subjects areas, and are found teaching Integrated Science in the schools. There are few teachers trained for the primary schools and are also teaching in the junior secondary schools. Results of the study also confirmed that high concentration of the teachers with experiences fall within (10-14) years. Regarding the extent to which the unprofessional attitude are accepted, the result revealed that teachers conduct or attitude were never acceptable behaviour to the pupils. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended that: Firstly, Government should employ trained and qualified teachers and others with experience in the schools. Secondly, school authorities should ensure that teachers make use of adequate teaching aids and encourage them to improvise equipment where necessary. Thirdly, Government should provide better conditions of service and incentives to retain the existing qualified teachers in the schools. Finally, academic performance of pupils should be a requirement for teachers’ promotion exercise. Keywords: School, Level, Achievement, Impact, Behaviour, experience
Penggunaan ICT Sebagai Medium Komunikasi Perniagaan Usahawan B40: Satu Kajian Rintis
Authors: Faradillah Iqmar Omar  , Ummi Munirah Syuhada Mohamad Zan  , Mawar Murni Yunus  , Nor Azlili Hassan
Published: October 2022

Persekitaran komunikasi pada hari ini banyak bergantung kepada teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT). Ini telah menjadi fenomena penting dalam pelbagai aspek kehidupan, ekonomi dan sosial masyarakat. Komunikasi tidak lagi hanya bersemuka malah berterusan dengan rancak menerusi medium dan pelbagai aplikasi ICT. Perkara ini juga merangkumi aktiviti perniagaan di era digital. Kertas kerja ini merupakan satu kajian rintis yang membincangkan tentang penggunaan ICT sebagai medium komunikasi perniagaan dalam kalangan usahawan B40. Antara objektif kertas kerja ini adalah untuk meninjau pola penggunaan ICT dalam kalangan usahawan B40 serta mengenal pasti tahap kebolehpercayaan item. Data dipungut melalui kaedah kuantitatif secara tinjauan terhadap 30 orang usahawan B40 di Semenyih. Satu set borang soal selidik diedarkan secara bersemuka kepada responden. Hasil kajian rintis mendapati bahawa responden kerap menggunakan ICT bagi membolehkan mereka berkongsi sumber yang membantu mereka menjalankan perniagaan serta dapat menguruskan pesanan daripada pelanggan dengan cekap. Ujian kebolehpercayaan bagi dimensi penggunaan ICT ini adalah diterima dengan bacaan Cronbach Alpha α=.832. Ironinya, usahawan B40 amat digalakkan untuk mengoptimum penggunaan ICT sebagai medium komunikasi perniagaan serta platform pemasaran yang lebih berdaya saing.
A Preliminary Study of QAFSCALE Measuring Waqf-Based Qardhul Hassan Financing Receptiveness
Authors: Amin Hanudin
Published: October 2022

Understanding the elements favoured by waqif (donor) in engaging in waqf-based qardhul hassan financing has been a major topic of Islamic social finance, should and if it is implemented to better assist ummah amid financial and health crises, primarily in Malaysia. Previous studies, on the other hand, represented a narrow theoretical viewpoint and disregarded the significance of maqasid al-Shariah and its relationship to customers. Thus, using an Attia's maqasid method (Attia, 2010), this research constructs QAFSCALE to quantify waqif preference of waqf-based qardhul hassan financing in Malaysia. A total of 292 prospective donors responded in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) 21 was used to analyse the data. The results show that the family factor, consumer factor and the ummah factor were found important as constructs representing the QAFSCALE. Interestingly, this study introduces new QAFSCALE that measures waqif preference to donate in waqf-based qardhul hassan financing.
Debt Financing and Capital Structure Influencing the Firm’s Financial Performance: A Bibliometric Analysis
Authors: Surbhi Ms. , Sharma Priti
Published: October 2022

Debt financing plays a prominent role in deciding future growth and the earning capacity of any company. Debt financing is a part of capital structure; hence both terms are interlinked with each other. The main aim of this study is to provide widespread view of previous studies associated with debt financing and capital structure. For this purpose, a Bibliometric analysis is performed with the aid of Bibliometrix Library along with BiblioShiny tools in R Studio software. Web of Science is elected as main database consisting data of 21 years from 2002-2022, gathered by using keywords “debt financing”, “capital structure”, “financial leverage”, “financial performance” and “profitability”. USA and China has been found as top contributing countries. Most of the authors belong to the USA, China, Canada, UK etc. Texas Christian University from United Statusis discovered as most active institute in writing documents/articles related to this field.
The Effects Energy Consumption, Export, GDP, and Import on Indonesia’s Emission of CO2
Authors:   Islamic Economics study program, Department of Economics, University of Jember, Indonesia, Lestari Oky
Published: October 2022

The purpose of this study is to examine the connection between exports, imports, GDP, and energy consumption on Indonesia's CO2 emissions used the World Bank data. This research is a type of quantitative research using VAR (Vector Autoregression) estimation. The data used comes from secondary data in a time series from 1971-2014. The data analysis technique in this study used the Vector-Autoregression (VAR) method. The tests performed include the optimum lag, Granger causality test, cointegration test, stationary test, VAR stability test, Impulse Response Function, and Variance Decontamination test. This study found that an increase in economic activity, in general, will affect an increase in CO2 gas emissions, which is caused by the large energy consumption of the economy. The increase in CO2 emissions will cause climate change, thus causing environmental damage. The Granger causality test analysis demonstrates the exports no one has any effect on CO2 emissions.So with imports, there is also no causality to CO2. The VAR analysis test also explains that export and import activities have no significant effect on increasing CO2 because both variables' values are higher than with the t-statistics' values. So, international trade has no effect on increasing CO2 and environmental degradation. According to the study's findings, CO2 emissions can rise as a result of energy usage.
The Impact Of Monetary Policy On Indonesian Bank Loans
Authors:   Islamic Economics study program, Department of Economics, University of Jember, Indonesia, Rulinda Hijjas Zakina , Agustiya Rini
Published: October 2022

This article discusse monetary policy's impact on bank borrowing. The data selected are Indonesian state data and the annual research period for 13 years from 2008 - 2020 with secondary data from the world bank. This study investigates wide money as a percentage of Gdp, Interest payment percent of expense, Domestic credit to private sector by banks percent of GDP. This study uses a quantitative method with an autoregressive vector model with the results of data processing showing that there is no reciprocal or two-way relationship between the three variables. This study found that monetary policy's impact can have macroeconomic action by increasing or limiting the supply of bank loans. This is evidenced by the different magnitudes of growth in lending in various sectors reflecting the growing effects of monetary policy.
Analysis of Factors Affecting Economic Growth in Indonesia
Authors:   Islamic Economics study program, Department of Economics, University of Jember, Indonesia, Erina Putri Eka , Azizatun Naimah Mukarromatul
Published: October 2022

In these research intend to determine the factors that influence Indonesia's growth which includes human resources and technology using time series data from 2000 to 2019. To understand the connection between advances in human resources and technology on economic growth, the researcher uses autoregressive vector analysis. The researcher uses the variables of gross domestic product, health, capital, work participation, and internet users to represent technology. The results show that the quality of human resources will affect economic growth in Indonesia and as well provide a significant boost to the workforce and health. Where the labor force or work participation and health are considered the most important factors to increase human capital. This shows that investment in human resources is very important for economic growth. The output also show that technology has no effect on economic growth. This is due to increased economic growth, and decreased government spending on research and technology.
Import Tariffs to Reduce the Use and Consumption of Fossil Energy in Indonesia
Authors:   Islamic Economics study program, Department of Economics, University of Jember, Indonesia, Dwi Sholeha Mauvirah
Published: October 2022

This Research aims to simulate the application of import tariffs on reducing the use of fossil energy and the impact of using alternative energy on minimizing the use of fossil fuels in Indonesia. This research method applies VECM (Vector Error Correction Model) model to analyze the effect vectors on Energy Use, usage of energy from fossil fuels, and Import Costs with the research period from 1999 to 2020. The data used in this analysis is time series. This secondary data was used in the study. secondary data from the World Bank. We found that import tariffs have a significant effect on reducing using fossil fuels in Indonesia. Where the application of environmental taxes can be effective in limiting the use of fossil energy and increasing environmental sustainability. This is related to a sustainable economy. The utilizing energy itself has no significant effect on the use of fossil energy and import tariffs. This shows that the use of alternatives has not significantly reduced the use of fossil fuels in Indonesia.
Impact Of International Trade On Indonesia's Consume Of Renewable Energy
Authors:   Islamic Economics study program, Department of Economics, University of Jember, Indonesia, Lailatul Amaliyah Nur , Inayah Arifatul , Para Wibangga Wempi Aprilla Maulanasyah
Published: October 2022

This research intends to look into the exports percent of GDP, imports percent of GDP, and percentage of renewable energy in the GDP's total energy usage. This study uses data from 1999 to 2019 It was constructed using secondary data from the World Bank. The method used is quantitative by modeling the Model for Vector Error Correction (VECM) using exports, imports, and consumption of renewable energy in Indonesia as variables. We found that Causality or causal relationship occurs in renewable energy consumption variables that affect imports, import variables affect exports and vice versa export variables affect imports. This shows that using renewable energy is encourages imports and exports in Indonesia. So that international trade has a significant role in encouraging the renewable energy usage.
Evaluation of transpiration capacity of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus tereticornis) and Bamboo (Bambusa arundinacea) for biodrainage of surface waters
Authors: Chhabra R. , Thakur N.
Published: October 2022

Waterlogging and surface water stagnation are the serious impediments for the irrigated agriculture. Trees, which can tolerate waterlogging and possess high transpiration capacity can act as biodrains to solve these problems. Water balance studies conducted for five years in big lysimeters showed that Eucalyptus plants can biodrain 5.03, 5.14, 6.96 and 8.01 times the potential evaporation in the second, third, fourth and fifth year respectively. The corresponding maximum biodrainage capacity of Bamboo was 2.09, 2.73, 5.73 and 6.30 times the potential evaporation, respectively. Their water use efficiency decreased with increase in water supply. Higher amounts of moisture in the root zone did not show any adverse effect on their growth. Eucalyptus and Bamboo are excellent species for removing excess water and controlling water stagnation in land locked low-lying areas and disposal of wastewaters through land application.
A Study of Some Neutrosophic Differential Equations as a Direct Application of One-Dimensional Geometric AH-Isometry
Authors:   Departement of Mathematics and Computer science, port said, Egypt, Salama Ahmed A. , Alaswad Malath F ,   PHD of Mathematics, GaziAntep, Turkey, Dallah Rasha ,   Departement of Mathematics, Albaath University, Homs, Syria, Ali Rozina ,   Departmrnt Of Mathematics, Cairo University, Egypt
Published: October 2022

In this paper, we use the one dimensional AH-isometry to find the structure of the solutions of many neutrosophic differential equations. These equations will be handled by the algebraic direct image of the neutrosophic AH-isometry taken in one dimension.
A Study of Neutrosophic Bernoulli's and Recati Differential Equations
Authors:   Departement of Mathematics and Computer science, port said, Egypt, Salama Ahmed A. , Alaswad Malath F ,   PHD of Mathematics, GaziAntep, Turkey, Dallah Rasha ,   Departement of Mathematics, Albaath University, Homs, Syria, Ali Rozina ,   Departmrnt Of Mathematics, Cairo University, Egypt
Published: October 2022

In this paper, we study the neutrosophic Bernouli and Ricatti differential equations by using one dimensional AH-isometry. Also, we illustrate many examples to clarify the validity of our work.
White Nostalgia: The Absence of Slavery and the Commodification of White Plantation Nostalgia
Authors: Adamkiewicz Ewa A.
Published: October 2022

Since the 1960s, the United States has experienced a rise in heritage and plantation tourism that plays a significant role in passing on cultural narratives and constructing memories. In cases of plantation tourism, some narratives are constructed that deny the history of slavery or mention it only as a side effect. This absence of critical engagement commodifies a specific type of nostalgia: white nostalgia. White nostalgia exemplifies an attempt to escape issues of race by downplaying their implications and rejecting the legacy of slavery. Plantation tourism sites tend to celebrate personal narratives depicting the antebellum South as a time and place of union and jauntiness despite the fact that their histories are inseparably connected with slavery. Refusing to engage in critical discussions on slavery, these historical plantation sites can be regarded as comfortable spaces of refuge longing for an uncritical and colorblind—yet unrealistic—past. In this essay, the commodification of white nostalgia will be investigated by looking at seven plantation websites, thereby examining how white nostalgia not only distorts the history of the antebellum South but also how it sells history without racism and performs memory that distances itself from emotional legacies of slavery.
Playing in the Name of Life: Biopolitics and the American Play Movement
Authors: Brandes Lea
Published: October 2022

This paper will explore the argumentation made by advocates of the American play movement during the Progressive Era. With reference to Michel Foucault’s concept of biopolitics, this paper will show that the argumentation in favor of playgrounds in America’s urban centers was, in fact, highly (bio)political. Contrary to what one might assume from taking into account the conventional historiography of the Progressive Era, the political endeavors of the American play movement (serving as an example for many other Progressive sociopolitical efforts) were not solely motivated by its advocacy’s charitable character. Analyzed on the basis of the concept of biopolitics, the arguments in favor of public provision of playgrounds will expose the movement’s true colors. These were mainly saturated with white, middle-class ideals concerning the act of play and the effects it had on children as well as on society as a whole. On the one hand, the activists sought to counteract the supposedly chaotic living conditions of urban centers by providing playgrounds for mostly immigrant children. On the other hand, they aimed at disciplining the individual bodies of these children through supervised play in accordance with Progressive ideals so that the children would eventually become productive members of society.
Apologies or Evasions: A Critical Look at the New York Times’s and the Washington Post’s Self-Criticism
Authors: Wiegant Ruurt
Published: October 2022

More than a year after the US invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003, both the New York Times and the Washington Post published self-critical articles regarding their coverage of the run-up to the Iraq War. However, an analysis of this coverage in the five days following the UN speech by then-secretary of state Colin Powell shows both papers’ bias to be more profound than these pieces acknowledge. This article quantitatively analyzes each newspaper’s coverage concerning how much of a platform each paper gives to pro- and antiwar voices, thereby revealing both papers’ reporting to be subject to significant prowar bias. A qualitative analysis of the same coverage exposes the various ways in which this bias comes to the fore. Comparing these analyses to the self-critical pieces reveals a lack of acknowledgment of both the severity and the nature of this bias. These findings, which show that the New York Times and the Washington Post downplayed their bias, call into question the ability of these papers to provide balanced news reporting on future proposed military ventures.
Assessment of antiproliferative and toxic effects of a peptide from Momordica dioica using in vitro and in vivo studies
Authors: S Rupachandra , S jagadeeshwari
Published: October 2022

Abstract:
Inflammation occurs during a cascade reaction to cause damage to the tissues. Increased oxidant and cytokine expression were observed in the damaged tissues. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be a chronic and lethal disease of inflammation in gastro enteric tissue characterized by intestinal inflammation. The objective of the study was to investigate the toxicological effects of Peptide extract from Momordica dioica in treating colitis conditions. The isolated protein was digested with trypsin enzyme with an E:S ratio of 1:100 and the hydrolyzed peptides were analyzed using LCMS. The peak obtained at 678.67 Da at 17mins showed hydrophobic peptide and MALDI-TOF analysis which showed similar peaks at 3388.7Da. The results from the MTT assay showed the IC50 value of the peptide extract at 100µg/ml. Similarly, the acridine orange staining showed decreased green fluorescent nuclei cells than red fluorescent acidic vesicular organelles indicating autophagy-dependent cell death.
The peptide extract displayed a cell viability effect on Colo-205 cells at 100 μg/ml when compared to the control. In the acute toxicity test, the mice were orally receiving peptide extract at a dose of 50-250 mg/kg BW for 14 days. The significant adverse effects were evident at a dose of 250mg/kg BW indicating that the LD50 value is lesser than 250 mg/kg.