bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Zoning System In Education Application In The City Of Pasuruan, East Java
Authors: Firmansyah Bayu
Published: March 2021

This paper examines the application of the zonation system in the City of Pasuruan. Based on preliminary observations of the zoning system in Pasuruan through the Education and Culture Office of Pasuruan City, it showed that; (a) the zoning system has been implemented in Pasuruan City, (b) there are written regulations regarding the implementation of zoning system policies in Pasuruan City, (c) there are technical guidelines regarding zoning system policies in Pasuruan City, (d) there is socialization regarding the requirements and flow of registration admission of new students (PPDB), (e) there is a schedule and time for registration, (f) there is a score for PPDB supporting values, (g) there is a school capacity, and (h) there is a division of zoning area designations. The purpose of this study was to explain parents' perceptions, equal access and improve the quality of education. The research method in this study used field research methods, namely direct observation of the research subject (parents of students) and combined with literature study. The research approach wass a qualitative approach. The qualitative research procedure produced descriptive data in the form of sentences or writings from other researchers as reinforcement of explanations in the articles and field data that the authors refer to. From the results of the study, most of the parents of students assumed that the zoning system policy was a process of admitting new students based on distance, namely the distance between the house to the school. The positive impact was that parents of students did not bother thinking children's transportation costs. The students’ parents found that it was easier to monitor their children's interactions at school and in their neighborhood.Keywords: Sistem Zonasi, Akses dan Peningkatan Mutu Pendidikan, Kota Pasuruan.
The Use Of Deixis In Students’ Speech Text At Ma’had Sunan Ampel Al-Aly Dormitory Universitas Islam Negeri Malang
Authors: Hasanah Nadiyatul Uswatul , Mujianto Januariyus , Rukmini Dwi
Published: March 2021

Through in the finding product of speech text, students’ can speech their knowledge, thoughts, and feeling to the listener. Deixis is one of parts in pragmatics. Deixis is parts hold intimate relation between textual meaning and context. And one of the speech text components that have to be show by the students’ to communicate the meaning in speech text. This study aimed at identifying the use of deixis in the students’ speech text at Ma’had Sunan Ampel Al-Aly Dormitory Universities Islam Negeri Malang and focus on how they realized in different texts. Descriptive qualitative method is used in this research.  Eight research texts were chosen as the sample for analysis. The result shows that the speech text use all kinds of deixis, the use of person deixis is more dominant. Because the position of the speaker as the main characters is themselves of their own knowledge. The proximal form is more dominant rather than the distal form in the place deixis. In the time deixis was used by present time, past time, and future time. In the social deixis was used in two parts. Therefore, absolute social deixis and relational social deixis. After that in the discourse deixis used through discourse marker and form of demonstrative this/that. Also, deixis is highly context-dependent that is cannot be understood without considering the context. Therefore, in realizing students' speech texts, English learners cannot only understand in the whole context of the students' speech text also trust on their vocabularies need. Because of this research for the future can improve knowledge of pragmatics especially in the speech text of deixis.
Análise Estratégica de Tendências Socioculturais: uma triangulação de métodos científicos
Authors: Pinheiro Gomes Nelson , Martins Alves Lopes Clarissa , Afonso Cantú William , Prado Gilbertto
Published: March 2021

O principal objetivo deste artigo passa por ilustrar os potenciais benefícios na articulação de métodos e práticas como a semiótica, a análise de conteúdo e a imersão urbana no contexto dos Estudos de Tendências. Desta forma, articulando os principais autores que trabalham a análise de tendências socioculturais e estas práticas metodológicas, é possível rever o processo de recolha, sistematização e análise da informação, conferindo um maior rigor científico ao processo de identificação e interpretação de tendências. Pretende-se, assim, contribuir para um maior mapeamento de métodos que possam ser úteis aos Estudos de Tendências, bem como promover uma contínua revisão dos processos analíticos associados à interpretação de grandes padrões de comportamento e mudanças nas mentalidades.
Mıgırdiç Margosyan e la condizione di ogni armeno: Garod
Authors: Vazzana Fabrizia
Published: March 2021

Migration and exile experiences usually influence at least four aspects, concepts, words: identity/alterity, language, city, memory. ‘Go, study, become a man’: these imperatives do not break the isolation nor the exile, but cross themselves and lock up in a condition of estrangement the boy who receives those orders from his father, and leaves his beloved Diyarbakir to reach the far, remote Istanbul.
IMPLEMENTASI MEDIA PERMAINAN CODAKA DALAM MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR RANAH KETERAMPILAN SISWA DI KELAS IV SDN SAMBUNG
Authors: Lestari Endang Eni , Roysa Mila , Purbasari Imaniar
Published: March 2021

This study aims to describe the improvement of the learning outcomes of the students in the fourth grade of SDN Sambung using Codaka game media. This research is a classroom action research. The research subjects were 23 grade IV students of SDN Sambung. Data collection techniques obtained from observation, documentation, and tests. Data analysis techniques using quantitative and qualitative data analysis. The results of the implementation of Codaka game media in class IV SDN Sambung obtained that the observed student skills included listening, communication, and participation skills. The listening skills of the first cycle students, the percentage of students who completed was 65% and increased in the second cycle to 83%. In the first cycle communication skills, students who completed obtained a percentage of 57% while the second cycle gained 78%. Cycle participation skills, the percentage of students who completed was 65% while in cycle II the percentage was 83%. Based on these data it can be concluded that listening skills, communication, and student participation in cycle I to cycle II have increased so that they can reach the percentage of completeness of more than 75% so that it can be concluded that the media of Codaka games can improve student learning outcomes in the realm of skills.
PENINGKATAN KETERAMPILAN UNGGAH-UNGGUH RAGAM KRAMA MELALUI MODEL PEMBELAJARAN ROLE PLAYING PADA SISWA KELAS IV SD N KLETERAN 3
Authors: Masjid Akbar Al , Nugraheni Salsabila
Published: March 2021

This article aims to describe the increase in upload-upload skills of various manners through the role-playing learning model for grade IV students of SD Negeri Kleteran 3 Grabag. This action hypothesizes that the role-playing learning model can improve speaking skills, especially regarding the upload-upload variety of manners. Data collection techniques in this study were carried out using observation, interviews, tests, and documentation. The observations were analyzed by determining agreement on the assessment of speaking skills uploading a variety of student manners. Analysis of the data used is quantitative and comparative descriptive analysis. The results showed how applying the role-playing method to Javanese language skills subjects from pre-action to cycle I and cycle II increased motivation. The average value of speaking skills using poultry-really diverse students in the first cycle 75.47 and increased in the second cycle to 86.88. Students who completed in the first cycle were 18 students with a percentage ofÂ  56%Â  and in the second cycle students completed as many as 28 students with a percentage of 87,5%. Based on this research, learning using a variety of student manners increased through the role-playing method.
PENGGUNAAN VARIASI MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN IPA UNTUK MENANAMKAN KETERAMPILAN BERPIKIR TINGKAT TINGGI SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR
Authors: Rahayu Ayu , Utaminingsih Retno , Andini Dinar Westri
Published: March 2021

The purpose of this study is to describe the variation of the science learning media used to instill high order thinking skills in elementary school students. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. The study was conducted at Taman Muda Ibu Pawiyatan Yogyakarta Elementary School in the odd semester of the academic year 2018-2019. The subjects were students of class III, which amounted to 12 people. Data collection techniques are tests, observations, and interviews. Analysis of the data used in this study consisted of descriptive analysis consisting of data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The results showed the fact that the variation of science learning media used to instill high order thinking skills in Taman Muda Ibu Pawiyatan Yogyakarta Elementary School is the surrounding environment, concrete objects, learning videos, concept map boards, and worksheets. The media is used according to the models and methods in learning.
PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER DALAM KOMIK GIGANA (DIGITAL MITIGASI BENCANA) GEMPA BUMI KARYA SITI ANAFIAH DAN SHANTA REZKITA
Authors: Anafiah Siti , Rezkita Shanta
Published: March 2021

The purpose of this study was to determine character education in the Gigana (Digital Disaster Mitigation) Comic Earthquake. This type of research is a qualitative descriptive study. This research uses the Abrams model pragmatic theory, which is the study of language usage that is associated with the context of its use. Data collection techniques namely refer, read, and note. Data analysis using Miles and Huberman consisting of data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. The results of the study show that Comics as reading can benefit readers, namely children. Character education can be found in children's reading, one of them through comics. In the comic titled Comics Gigana (Digital Disaster Mitigation) Earthquakes by Siti Anafiah and Shanta Rezkita found 6 character values, namely peace, independence, responsibility, peace, environmental care, and social care. Such character education can be found through characters, characterizations, plot, settings, and mandates in the story.
PERAN GURU DALAM MENGEMBANGKAN KEMANDIRIAN SISWA MELALUI LAYANAN BIMBINGAN DAN KONSELING DI SEKOLAH DASAR
Authors: Sumiyati Yohana , Pamungkas Rachmi Wiharyati
Published: March 2021

This research aims to describe the teachersâ€™ role in developing student's independence through counseling (BK) services at the Suryodiningratan 1 Public Elementary School Yogyakarta in the 2018/2019 school year. This study included qualitative descriptive research. The subjects of this study were the principal, the 1st grade till 6th-grade teachers, 4th grade to 6th-grade students, and their parents. Data collection techniques used observation, interviews, and documentation. The data analysis technique in this study used some steps namely data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. Based on the teachersâ€™ role in developing studentsâ€™ independence through counseling services at the Suryodiningratan 1 Public Elementary School Yogyakarta in 2018/2019 school year, the results were described in the form of descriptions and tables.
Hanseníase: formas sociais da doença no Brasil e na Índia
Authors: Costa Elizabeth Parente
Published: March 2021

The research proposes a study of the social representations of leprosy, we seek three times to understand the sense of every society and their dynamics in relation to disease. The first in the city of Sobral/CE, where we carry out research in the years 2008 and 2009; the second moment in the city of Mogi das Cruzes/SP, with a man who has gone through several periods of hospitalization and overcame the stigma through work aimed at manufacture of prosthetic patients amputees; and the third time in New Delhi in India, where we find the largest number of leprosy patients. The places chosen for the field work were selected after repeated bibliographical research, readings of scholarly articles, medical texts and physicians about the disease and mainly with the data of the World Health Organization (WHO) and of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). We investigate the sociocultural reality of people afflicted by illness and how these could be with the disease.
Factors Contributing to Teacher Burnout During COVID-19
Authors: Pressley Tim
Published: March 2021

As teachers returned to the classroom for the 2020–2021 school year, they faced new and challenging environments, instructional approaches, and roles as educators. The current study is one of the first empirical studies that identified factors contributing to teacher burnout due to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) and instruction during fall 2020. Controlling for demographics, the results found significant predictors for teacher burnout-stress those being COVID-19 anxiety, current teaching anxiety, anxiety communicating with parents, and administrative support. The results are important for schools and researchers to consider when it comes to the impact of COVID-19 on teachers.
The Effect of Training Effectiveness and Career Management on Apparatus Performance through Development Competence at Soppeng District Police (Polres)
Authors: Umanailo M Chairul Basrun
Published: March 2021

This analysis aims to evaluate and examine the influence of training quality and career management on the performance of officials at the Soppeng District Police through competency growth. The Shopping District Police, which lasted from June to July 2020 for 2 (two) months, conducted this report. With a quantitative approach, this analysis used a causal design. Both Soppeng District Police officers, as many as 351 personnel, were in the sample community. The sampling procedure was carried out using a purposeful sampling technique in this analysis, and the final sample collected was 150. Data collection methods are carried out by evaluation, interviews, questionnaires and notes, and data processing techniques using route analysis. The findings revealed that the achievement of the Polish officers' performance in Soppeng Regency was motivated by the creation of competencies that had an impact on the enhancement of work skills and improvements in work behavior. In addition, behavior besides the officers' performance to the efficacy of the training carried out in conjunction with the objectives where the officers were highly enthusiastic. They will better contribute to the organization by organization exercises for them. Improving the efficiency of the apparatus is often motivated by the capacity of the company to handle the company's
Pituitary insufficiency as a complication of COVID-19
Authors: YAMAMOTO MASAAKI
Published: March 2021

We here report a case of multiple endocrine disorders—hypopituitarism with multiple hormone insufficiency and primary hypogonadism—that developed after recovery from respiratory failure in an individual with COVID-19.
The Effect of Service Quality and Professionalism on Patient Loyalty Through Hospital Image (Study at Makassar Happy Hospital)
Authors: Umanailo M Chairul Basrun
Published: March 2021

This research aims to examine and evaluate the impact of standard service and Professionalism on patient satisfaction through the hospital's picture in the Bahagia Makassar Hospital. This study method is quantitative, with the research design used for survey research and uses a cross-section approach. This study was performed at Bahagia Makassar Hospital from July 20 to August 20, 2020, with 231 respondents as samples. Sampling in this analysis used probability sampling using unintended sampling methods. The researcher's methodological approach is "Path Analysis." it is because the researchers want to see how Service Quality and Professionalism affect Customer Satisfaction through the Picture of the Hospital at Makassar General Hospital. The findings showed 1) the impact of the service quality variables on the hospital image is positive and significant; 2) the effect of the professionalism variable on the Hospital Image is positive and significant; 3) the influence of the service quality variables on patient satisfaction is positive and significant; 4) the impact of the variable Professionalism on patient loyalty is positive and significant..
Faulty scientific paper has damaged all sides
Authors: Si H.L. Cu
Published: March 2021

So, a peer-reviewed scientific paper, written by Professor James Kirkpatrick, Suyanti Winoto-Lewin and Jenny Sanger from the University of Tasmania’s Discipline of Geography and Spatial Sciences, has been retracted from the MDPI journal Fire. The journal has apologised to its readers. Source: Bruce Mitchell
Asuhan Keperawatan Jiwa Pada Tn. A Dengan Risiko Perilaku Kekerasan Di Yayasan Pemenang Jiwa Sumatera
Authors: Radinova Khristian Hulu
Published: March 2021

Risiko perilaku kekerasan timbul akibat rasa tidak nyaman dan panik yang terjadi akibat stressor dari dalam dan luar lingkungan. Perilaku kekerasan yang timbul pada klien skizofrenia diawali dengan adanya perasaan tidak berharga, takut dan ditolak oleh lingkungan sehingga individu akan menyingkir dari hubungan interpersonal dengan orang lain
Children’s trichotillomania for parents: self-blame and trichotillomania knowledge are linked to expressed emotion
Authors: Hill-Harding Chiara K. V. , Stevenson Judith L , Dawydiak Eugene Jurij
Published: March 2021

Negative parental expressed emotion (EE) has shown to hinder positive mental healthoutcomes in children and seems directly related to parental self-blame for children’s mentaldisorders. Some research has investigated the link between self-blame, EE, and mental healthknowledge for other conditions. However, no study has yet examined how those factors relatein parents of children with trichotillomania (TTM). Therefore, this study investigated whetherparents’ self-blame, their subjective TTM knowledge, and perceived TTM severity affect theirEE towards their child. A positive relationship between self-blame and EE was hypothesised,based on comparable research of other mental disorders. In total, 43 mothers completed allonline measures in a within-subjects design. Linear regression analyses showed that self-blamesignificantly and moderately predicted overall EE, emotional over-involvement, and - to a lesserextent - critical EE. Correlational analysis further showed a significant negative relationshipbetween perceived TTM knowledge and self-blame. This study provides support for parentpsychoeducation to reduce parental self-blame. Likewise, findings allow for better interventiondesign by addressing parental self-blame to reduce negative EE towards children with TTM.
OskiCat - UC Berkeley Library Web Catalog / Bạch, Ngọc Chiến
Authors: Si H.L. Cu
Published: March 2021

Author Bạch, Ngọc Chiến, author.Title Bằng chứng cuộc sống : suy nghĩ về phát triển bền vững Việt Nam / Bạch Ngọc Chiến, Vương Quân Hoàng.Published Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Chính trị quốc gia - Sự thật, 2015.
Challenges of Public Administration Reform in the Industrial Age 4.0
Authors: Umanailo M Chairul Basrun
Published: March 2021

The history of the industrial revolution starts from industry 1.0 to 4.0, increasing digitalization of manufacturing supporting factors such as increased data, computing power and connectivity, analytics, business capabilities and intelligence, changing human-machine interactions, and improving digital changes to the physical world, such as robotics and 3D printing. This paper describes how the basic principle of industry 4.0 is the amalgamation of machines, workflows and systems by implementing an intelligent network along the production chain and process to control each other independently. The research findings show that transparency of information is the ability of information systems to create cyber knowledge by enriching digital models with data sensors including data analysis and information provision. There is an aid system to support humans by combining and taking information consciously to make informed decisions and solve proximity problems in a short time.
An ethnopsychological ABC framework of psychiatric morbidity to facilitate psychotherapeutic interventions in Nepal
Authors: Paudel Dhirendra
Published: March 2021

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic can be overwhelming leading to strong emotions and distress. Most studies reported the impact on mental health due to uncertainty, fear, and anxiety about the pandemic and post pandemic states. The sufferers may present with a variety of symptoms of psychological distress. Failure to communicate this psychosocial distress between lay and health care providers may pose barriers to treatment and challenges for integration of mental health into primary health centers. There is a need for tools to screen and explain pandemic associated distress in a way that attending physician can communicate with laymen in a coherent way. The article introduces an ethnopsychologial ABC framework that individual in distress can better understand the nature of the illness. Rather than providing a diagnosis to inexperienced clients of psychiatric morbidity, this method promotes improved communication and bridge the observed gaps. Thus, it helps to raise awareness of the relationship between cultural, emotional, thought, behavior, and psychosocial distress. This article discussed the assessment of the ABC framework with ethnopsycholgical premises and psychotherapeutic intervention at different levels that can be applied.
The Challenges of Large-Scale, Web-based Language Datasets: Word Length and Predictability Revisited
Authors: Meylan Stephan , Griffiths Tom
Published: March 2021

Language research has come to rely heavily on large-scale, web-based datasets. These datasets can present significant methodological challenges, requiring researchers to make a number of decisions about how they are collected, represented, and analyzed. These decisions often concern long-standing challenges in corpus-based language research, including determining what counts as a word, deciding which words should be analyzed, and matching sets of words across languages. We illustrate these challenges by revisiting "Word lengths are optimized for efficient communication" (Piantadosi, Tily, & Gibson,2011), which found that word lengths in 11 languages are more strongly correlated with their average predictability (or average information content) than their frequency. Using what we argue to be best practices for large-scale corpus analyses, we find significantly attenuated support for this result, and demonstrate that a stronger relationship obtains between word frequency and length for a majority of the languages in the sample. We consider the implications of the results for language research more broadly and provide several recommendations to researchers regarding best practices.
Diurnal fluctuations in musical preference
Authors: Heggli Ole Adrian , Stupacher Jan , Vuust Peter
Published: March 2021

The rhythm of human life is governed by diurnal cycles, as a result of endogenous circadian processes evolved to maximise biological fitness. Even complex aspects of daily life, such as affective states, exhibit systematic diurnal patterns which in turn influence behaviour. As a result, previous research has identified population-level diurnal patterns in affective preference for music. By analysing audio features from over two billion music streaming events, we find that the music people listen to can be divided into five distinct time blocks corresponding to morning, afternoon, evening, night and late night/early morning. By integrating an artificial neural network with Spotify’s API, we show a general awareness of diurnal preference in playlists, which is not present to the same extent for individual tracks. Our results demonstrate how music intertwines with our daily lives and highlight how evensomething as individual as musical preference is influenced by underlying diurnal patterns.
Further evidence for the role of felt understanding in intergroup relations: Japanese and Chinese relations in Japan
Authors: Ioku Tomohiro , Watamura Eiichiro
Published: March 2021

Felt understanding in intergroup context is the belief that members of an outgroup understand and accept ingroup members’ perspectives. A series of studies in Europe conducted by Livingstone, Fernández Rodríguez, and Rothers (2020) showed the unique effect of felt understanding in intergroup relations. The effects were apparent even when controlling for outgroup beliefs and metabeliefs. The present article reports a cross-cultural replication of the findings in Japanese and Chinese relations in Japan. Consistent with Livingstone et al. (2020), felt understanding uniquely predicted intergroup outcomes (e.g., action intentions, outgroup trust, and intergroup orientation). The effects remained significant after adjusting for multiplicity with multiple variables. However, there were two differences. Felt understanding did not predict (a) negative approach intentions and (b) institutional trust.
Fast Solutions for the First-Passage Distribution of Diffusion Models with Space-Time-Dependent Drift Functions and Time-Dependent Boundaries
Authors: Boehm Udo , Cox Sonja , Gantner Gregor , Stevenson Rob
Published: March 2021

Diffusion models with constant boundaries and constant drift function have been successfully applied to model phenomena in a wide range of areas in psychology. In recent years, more complex models with time-dependent boundaries and space time-dependent drift functions have gained popularity. One obstacle to the empirical and theoretical evaluation of these models is the lack of simple and efficient numerical algorithms for computing their first-passage time distributions. In the present work we use a known series expansion for the first-passage time distribution for models with constant drift function and constant boundaries to simplify the Fokker-Planck equation for models with time dependent boundaries and space-time-dependent drift functions. We show how a simple Crank--Nicolson scheme can be used to efficiently solve the simplified equation.
The multilevel memory–reward coactivation framework of nostalgia: a literature review
Authors: Oba Kentaro , Sugiura Motoaki
Published: March 2021

Nostalgia, a sentimental longing for the past, has attracted attention in the fields of psychology and marketing in recent years. Although these studies have identified what nostalgia is, including its triggers and functions, the question of how nostalgia is induced remains unanswered. In this article, we review existing psychological models and recent neuroimaging studies that have investigated the neural correlates of nostalgia and propose a provisional framework of nostalgia induction. The multilevel memory‒reward coactivation framework expects that different types of autobiographical memory (AM), such as episodic AM and semantic AM, activate the associated mesolimbic reward system. This framework also assumes a working self, a complex set of active goals and associated self-images, which enables us to explain individual differences in nostalgia experience by influencing what is remembered and how the retrieved information is evaluated. This framework is advantageous in that it can integrate existing psychological models into one model and can explain individual differences in nostalgia that are important for the use of nostalgia, especially in clinical situations.
Informal Diplomacy Reinforces Formal International Cooperation: Evidence from Track Two Diplomacy
Authors: Chen Ted Hsuan Yun
Published: March 2021

Track two diplomacy is the set of government-sanctioned but informal diplomatic activities that are intended to overcome difficulties associated with formal diplomacy. Track two meetings should complement official diplomacy because they are external to the government apparatus and have low public visibility, insulating governments from unwanted commitment and attention. While track two meetings are a prevalent diplomatic tool, empirical examinations of their effectiveness using larger-scale statistical approaches are rare. Using a multilayer network approach, I explore the relationship between official and track two diplomacy in the Asia Pacific region using a new network data set constructed from diplomatic meeting records. Results indicate that the two tracks of diplomacy are mutually reinforcing, which suggests that track two diplomacy is effective in facilitating formal international cooperation. Further examination finds evidence to support the notion that states strategically select between different tracks of diplomacy to avoid being publicly tied to unpalatable opponents.
Impact Metrics
Authors: Gerring John , Karcher Sebastian , Apfeld Brendan
Published: March 2021

In recent decades, another metric has come to the fore that takes a fundamentally different approach to evaluation. This approach measures impact, inferred from the citations accrued by a study. Like reputation, impact may be measured at any level. An individual may be evaluated according to the citations accruing to her publications; a department may be evaluated according to the citations accrued by studies produced by all its faculty; a journal or press may be evaluated according to the citations accrued by all its publications; and so forth. Naturally, there is some inter-dependence among impact measures. A study’s citation-count is apt to be influenced by a journal’s citation-count, for example. Nonetheless, there is a much greater degree of independence among the units being assessed. An implication is that impact-based metrics are more meritocratic than reputational metrics
Territorial mobility in traditional societies of Bhojpur, Majhkirant
Authors: Rai Dhyanendra Bahadur , Subedi Bhim Prasad , Koirala Hriday Lal
Published: March 2021

Territorial mobility is an inherent element for survival and it is a common feature of rural area. It reflects the whole life style and livelihood pattern of a community. Therefore, territorial mobility could be an important aspect of living and coping with external world particularly in the traditional communities of rural Nepal. This paper seeks to explore the changing territorial mobility among the Rai people from Sampang area of Bhojpur district in Majhkirant region. The mixed method, both quantitative and qualitative is adopted for data collection. The formal instruments such as household survey, focus group discussion, mobility register, and the folk sources such as folk songs, local sayings, proverbs, local events were used to generate the data together with the observation method as well. Findings indicate that all forms of mobility of Majhkirant people in which they participate can be summarized into two categories i.e. basai sarai and ghumphir. The long-term moves such as Muglan bhasine, Madhesh jharne, ghar khana jane, desh nikala hune are the specific types of basai sarai. On the other hand all types of short-term mobility normally of short distance are part of ghumphir which are common forms of movement among the people of this area. The feature and frequency of various types of moves vary among Rai and non-Rai community and it also differs over time and space. For example, pitri garna jane, nwagi garna jane, mang garna jane, kaliya jane are more noticeable among Rai community while tirthayatra, chardham jane, astu selauna jane, puranma jane, katha sunna jane are commonly found among non-Rai (Brahmin community). Similarly, moves such as, Lahur jane, phukna jane, ghar banauna jane are associated with Rai people whereas moves like jajamani garna jane, puranma jane, katha bhanna jane are primarily confined to Brahmin community. Many other forms of localized moves were also noticed and all of them had their linkages with participation in socio-cultural, professional, political and economic spheres of rural life. Some moves associated with kinship and neighborhood network as well as obligatory are commonly found in all community. In addition, many of these move are age-sex specific, others are associated with occupation of the person and with changing aspiration of people including changing geography of development activities.
Policy issues in informal market place and marketing system in Nepal: Experiences from the cities of Kathmandu Valley
Authors: Sharma Puspa
Published: March 2021

Informal market places and marketing systems are important sectors in providing employment and income to the poor residents of Kathmandu Valley, the largest urban agglomeration of Nepal. The informal marketing system is a traditional system and has been operated in the valley since the long. This sector shows unique features in terms of marketing, spatial location, and transformation. In this paper, the salient features of the informal market places and marketing systems prevailing in the cities of Kathmandu valley are portrayed and based on these, five major policy issues are explored and suggested for consideration to the urban government for the better management of the informal market places and marketing systems.
Economic Prospect of Belt and Road Initiatives in Nepal
Authors: Poudyal Biranchi
Published: March 2021

This paper attempts to explore global economic prospect of Belt and Road Initiative with special focus on Nepal. The paper begins with the overall account of BRI and examines how connectivity with China would help in prosperity for Nepal. Furthermore, the paper discusses about funding modality as Kerung-Kathmandu railway under BRI and various other dimensions of the construction. The paper concludes with some recommendations regarding immediate requirements for Nepal that should be addressed via BRI.
Impact of value chain activities on value addition in paddy farming in Nepal
Authors: Khanal Kapil
Published: March 2021

Objective: The objective of this research is to measure the impact of processing activities on value addition in paddy farming in Bagmati zone.

Methods and Materials: For the efficient completion of the research, samples of 400 farmers were taken from four districts of Bagmati Zone: Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur and Kavrepalanchowk respectively. Simple random sampling method was used where every element of the study population had equal and non zero chance of being selected as a sample of the study. The research study is completed using a blend of descriptive and causal research design. Quantitative method is used in the research where the questionnaires are close ended with fixed options.

Results and Conclusion: It is found that there was positive significant relationship between the method of farming, storing and hulling on value addition in paddy whereas there was no significant relationship between the harvesting and value addition in paddy.
Factors affecting employee absenteeism in Nepalese commercial banks
Authors: Ojha Bhoj Raj
Published: March 2021

The impact of absenteeism on firms or even a nation’s economy is enormous, taking account of the costs associated with it. The major objective of the study is to analyze the relationship between job satisfaction, health status, family responsibilities, working condition, employee relation, occupational stress, and transportation problem and employee absenteeism of Nepalese commercial banks and to make suggestions to minimize the level of absenteeism of employees. However the specific objectives of this study are to analyze the perception of employees towards the absenteeism in Nepalese commercial banks, to determine factor affecting employee absenteeism in Nepalese commercial banks, to identify the reasons for absenteeism among employees in Nepalese commercial banks, to examine the relationship between job satisfaction, health status, family responsibilities, working condition, employee relation, occupational stress, transportation problem employee absenteeism in Nepalese commercial banks, to investigate the impact of job satisfaction, health status, family responsibilities, working condition, employee relation, occupational stress, transportation problem on employee absenteeism, to analyze the most important variable affecting employee absenteeism. The study found that job satisfaction is inversely related to absenteeism. The absent from a work situation that is sampling errors, scale inadequacies and the use of different measurement instruments. The psychological model that discusses this is the withdrawal model, which assumes that absenteeism represents individual withdrawal from dissatisfying working conditions. The study support in a negative association between absence and job satisfaction, especially satisfaction with the work itself. Medical-based understanding of absenteeism find support in research that links absenteeism with smoking, problem drinking, low back pain, and migraines Absence ascribed to medical causes is often still, at least in part, voluntary.
Taxpayer Awareness and Understanding on Taxpayer Compliance in Nepal
Authors: Adhikari Naba Raj
Published: March 2021

This study aims at examining the influence of taxpayer awareness and taxpayer understanding toward taxpayers’ compliance in Nepal. The research population is taxpayers that are registered in Inland Revenue Office, Nepalgunj. This study used convenience as well as purposive sampling as a sampling technique. A total number of 60 questionnaires were distributed to the taxpayers comprised with five point Likert scale with 1 for a highly disagreeable rate to 5 for a strongly agreed answer from Nepalgunj sub metropolitan during January to March 2020 AD. Out of these, 52 questionnaires were returned and accepted for data analysis. Descriptive statistical analysis and linear regression analysis have been applied as for the analysis of data. The findings of this study showed that the taxpayer awareness and understanding of tax have a positive and significant effect on taxpayer compliance. The taxpayer understanding have a stronger influence than a variable of taxpayer awareness. Therefore it is suggested that the tax office should enforce tax education programs to taxpayers regularly and continuously to increase the taxpayers’ understanding and awareness.
Attitude Dimensions and Shopping Mall Purchasing
Authors: Manandhar Raju Bhai
Published: March 2021

The concept of attitude has been one of the main concept used to explain individual differences. The main objective of the study was to examine association between attitude dimensions and shopping mall purchasing and to determine the impact of advertising on shopping mall purchasing in Nepalese consumers. The present study is descriptive and analytical in nature. Structured questionnaire technique under survey approach is applied for collecting primary data with five point Likert scale questionnaire. The population of this study targeted the consumers of shopping malls in Kathmandu valley. This sample size has been derived for unknown population that is 384. The judgment sampling technique has been used in this research to make this study more inclusive and representatives. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as correlation analysis and Regression analysis have been used to analyze the data. The study found that the affection and behavior components are positively associated but cognition is negatively associated with shopping mall purchasing. However the study also found that advertisement has no significant impact on shopping mall purchasing.
Review on Insurance and their Present Status in Nepalese Economy
Authors: Khanal Nirdosh
Published: March 2021

The study aims to overview the types of insurance operating in Nepal, product delivered by them and status of insurance market in Nepalese economic development. The paper is based on secondary data and literature reviews. Insurance can be acknowledged as tool that shares risk, offers financial protection, minimizes the financial distress and accelerates the pace of economic growth. Insurance encourages saving in the society and collects the scattered fund in term of premium and invest for maximization. Presently 40 insurance companies (19 life insurance, 20 non-life insurance and 1 reinsurance) are operating in Nepal providing diversified range of services. Recently agriculture insurance on crop and livestock sector and health insurance policy is being offered through many governmental and private insurance companies of Nepal. Insurance Board statistics of 2017 revealed total premium of 46.97 billion rupees and 2.03% contribution in total gross domestic product. We cannot deny the fact that insurance market of Nepal is witnessing major obstacles in terms of new product innovation, service issues related to consumers and time lapse of long-term policy. The study concludes that with little improvisation based on market research and consumer awareness can lead insurance companies & the concept to a peak level in Nepal.
Comparison of Intrathecal Midazolam and Fentanyl Added to Bupivacaine for Spinal Anesthesia in Patients Undergoing Appendicectomy
Authors: Thapa Puja , Panta Sunita , Amatya Biswo Ram , Rayamajhi Mallika
Published: March 2021

Introduction: Hyperbaric Bupivacaine is the extensively used local anesthetic but the major disadvantage is profound sympathetic blockade leading to hypotension and prolonged duration of motor block. The addition of Fentanyl or Midazolam can provide excellent quality and prolong the duration of analgesia. The study aims to compare the effect of intrathecal Fentanyl with that of intrathecal Midazolam in combination with 0.5% hyperbaric Bupivacaine on the duration and quality of spinal anesthesia in patients undergoing appendicectomy.Materials and Methods: This is a prospective, comparative and interventional study where patients were randomized into two equal groups. The study was conducted in a tertiary referral hospital from July 2018 to December 2018 after ethical approval. Group BF received Fentanyl and group BM received Midazolam The outcomes measured were, peak sensory level, quality of intraoperative analgesia and motor block, duration of effective analgesia, intraoperative and postoperative complications.Results: A total of 44 patients were studied with 22 in each arm. The two groups were comparable in terms of age, weight, height, duration of surgery, and ASA status of the patients. Peak sensory level and degree of motor block were not statistically different in the two arms. Duration of effective analgesia was 293.16±35 min in the BF group and 267.80±32 min in the BM group (p=0.01). Increased incidence of pruritus was recorded during the postoperative period in the Fentanyl group.Conclusions: Fentanyl and Midazolam both are equally effi cient adjuvant added to hyperbaric Bupivacaine for intrathecal use to improve the quality of spinal anesthesia in patients undergoing appendicectomy.
ANALYSIS OF THE ACTION OF RACISM ON THE HELP FILM DIRECTED BY TATE TAYLOR
Authors: Padma Damara Komala , Yustitia Senja , Fathonah Siti
Published: March 2021

Racism is a problem that has existed throughout the world since ancient times. Indonesia also does not escape the issue of racism. From the small issues that we did not realize until the big problems involving many parties. This racism makes the atmosphere uncomfortable and conducive if it has to involve many parties. Therefore, many filmmakers who try to raise the theme of racism become a film. This study's problem is how the movie, especially those related to forms of racism. From the formulation of this problem, this study aims to find out the contents of the film The Help, especially those related to forms of acts of racism. This study uses the content analysis method with the data validity technique is reliability testing. Based on the results of the study, it is known that the film The Help contains many acts of racism. In the scene of discrimination and prejudice dominated by actions taken by white figures to blacks. The response to this attitude of racism gave rise to hatred also fear—the scene dominated by black characters' treatment to white people. The scene of the rules made for black characters also appeared. At the same time, violence and prohibition are dominated by actions to fellow race. The act of racism appears more in the middle part of the film.
THE FIREHOUSE OF FALSEHOOD OF RATNA SARUMPAET’S HOAX IN MEDIA FRAME
Authors: Ervitasari Bellinda Putri , Suparno Basuki Agus
Published: March 2021

Hoax often appears with massive political momentum, such as the atmosphere of the Presidential Election campaign. Its appearance is often related to other issues and can lead to confrontations on social media such as hatred, blasphemy, and humiliation. On October 2, 2018, the news of Ratna Sarumpaet being persecuted appeared on the internet. It was linked to imposing another camp after her several political colleagues echoed the report everywhere. It didn't take a long time for the police officer to uncover the truth, which turned out to be a hoax. The formulation of this research problem is how Detik.com's online news portal frames, selects, and highlights the news about hoax cases created by Ratna Sarumpaet. This study aims to determine the 1) syntactic structure of the online news portal Detik.com through the hoax case about Ratna Sarumpaet, 2) to know how journalists tell the facts (scripts) used by Detik.com by referring to their vision and mission in emphasizing hoax about Ratna Sarumpaet, 3) to understand the thematic structure by identifying the involvement of Detik.com media in reporting hoax cases of Ratna Sarumpaet, and 4) to find out the rhetorical structure by emphasizing the fact in the case of Ratna Sarumpaet's hoax. The researcher used a qualitative research method, with data collection techniques through online media data tracking techniques and by reviewing documents and archives. The analysis theory used was the framing analysis by Zhongdang Pan and Gerald M. Kosicki. This research indicates that Detik.com focuses more on high site traffic and a massive amount of visitors or readers. The profit from the income received can maintain good relations between the company and the stakeholders.
Multivariate dynamics of Spanish universities in international rankings
Authors: Gómez-Marcos María-Teresa , Ruiz-Toledo Marcelo , Vicente-Galindo María-Purificación , Martín-Rodero Helena , Ruff-Escobar Claudio , Galindo-Villardón María-Purificación
Published: March 2021

Global rankings help boost the international reputation of universities, which thus attempt to achieve good positions on them. These rankings attract great interest each year and are followed attentively by stakeholders in higher education. This paper investigates the trajectory of Spanish universities in the ARWU and THE rankings over the last 5 years using the dynamic biplot technique to study the relationship between a multivariate dataset obtained at more than one time point. The results demonstrate that Spanish universities achieve low positions on international rankings when analyzed using this multivariate and dynamic approach. Indeed, only a small percentage occupy good positions in both studied rankings and stand out in terms of some of the indicators, whereas most achieve weak scores in the global context. Spanish universities should attempt to improve this situation, since the prestige resulting from a good position on these lists will always be beneficial in terms of the visibility of both the universities themselves and the whole Spanish university system.