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TINJAUAN VARIABEL PERAN STRATEGI ENTREPRENEURIAL MARKETING START-UP DALAM MEMBANGUN SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE DENGAN PENDEKATAN CHAT GPT
Authors: clarisa sagita carin
Published: April 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meninjau variabel peran strategi entrepreneurial marketing dalam membangun sustainable competitive advantage pada start-up. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan Chat GPT yang merupakan teknologi kecerdasan buatan yang mampu memproses data dan menghasilkan output berupa jawaban atau solusi atas masalah yang dihadapi. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah studi literatur dengan mengumpulkan data dari sumber-sumber yang terpercaya. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa strategi entrepreneurial marketing memiliki peran penting dalam membangun sustainable competitive advantage pada start-up. Variabel yang diperhatikan dalam strategi entrepreneurial marketing antara lain inovasi, pengalaman pelanggan, branding, dan pemasaran berbasis komunitas. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan Chat GPT, penelitian ini memberikan solusi atau rekomendasi bagi start-up untuk membangun sustainable competitive advantage melalui strategi entrepreneurial marketing. Solusi tersebut antara lain membangun inovasi yang berkelanjutan, memberikan pengalaman pelanggan yang unik dan menyenangkan, memperkuat branding, serta membangun dan memperkuat komunitas pelanggan.
ARMONIZACIÓN DEL SISTEMA DE VIGILANCIA TECNOLÓGICA EN LA DIRECCIÓN MUNICIPAL DE DEPORTE DE MAJIBACOA.
Authors: Labrada Yenis Katia Rodríguez , Adán Jorge Antonio Frías , Domínguez Osbiel Rodríguez
Published: April 2023

La Vigilancia Tecnológica es una herramienta de laGestión de Información necesaria para lasorganizaciones deportivas. Por lo cual se planteacomo objetivo: Diseñar una estrategia dearmonización del Sistema de VigilanciaTecnológica para un adecuado monitoreo de lainformación pertinente en la Dirección Municipal deDeportes Majibacoa. Los métodos del nivel teóricoque se utilizaron fueron Análisis-síntesis eInducción-deducción. Del nivel empírico seutilizaron las encuestas a trabajadores, entrevistas alos directivos, la observación y el estadístico. Seutilizó la Metodología para la estructuración delSistema de Vigilancia Tecnológica enorganizaciones empresariales de Bouza (2010). Sepropuso una estrategia conformada por cuatroetapas. Se cumplió con el plan de acciones que seestablecido. La estrategia fue validada de muyadecuada, lográndose cumplir con el objetivotrazado. Se concluye que existe una brecha delconocimiento con respecto al tratamiento yaplicación de las estrategias de armonización en elsector deportivo.
Pengaruh Konflik Pekerjaan-Keluarga Kelelahan Emosional dan Stres Kerja Terhadap Kinerja
Authors: Darmadjie Fiant Theddy
Published: May 2023

Konflik antara pekerjaan dan keluarga dapat menyebabkan kelelahan emosional dan stres kerja, yang dapat berdampak negatif pada kinerja karyawan. Artikel ini membahas pengaruh konflik pekerjaan-keluarga terhadap kelelahan emosional dan stres kerja, serta dampaknya pada kinerja karyawan. Metode pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini adalah kuesioner yang disebarkan pada 100 karyawan di perusahaan swasta di Indonesia. Data dianalisis menggunakan analisis regresi linear berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa konflik pekerjaan-keluarga berpengaruh signifikan pada kelelahan emosional dan stres kerja, dan kelelahan emosional dan stres kerja berpengaruh signifikan pada kinerja karyawan. Dalam hal ini, kelelahan emosional mempengaruhi kinerja secara negatif, sedangkan stres kerja mempengaruhi kinerja secara positif. Implikasi dari temuan ini adalah pentingnya perusahaan dalam menyediakan program keseimbangan kerja dan kehidupan pribadi, serta strategi manajemen stres untuk mengurangi dampak negatif konflik pekerjaan-keluarga pada kinerja karyawan.
Efektivitas Penggunaan Multimedia Interaktif dalam Meningkatkan Penguasaan Konsep Fisika Siswa pada Materi Arus dan Tegangan Listrik Bolak-Balik
Authors: Saprudin Saprudin , Jusuf Ridwan
Published: April 2023

Telah dilakukan penelitian tentang efektivitas penggunaan multimedia interaktif dalam meningkatkan penguasaan konsep fisika siswa SMA pada materi arus dan tegangan listrik bolak-balik. Artikel ini merupakan bagian dari penelitian tentang pengembangan model multimedia pembelajaran fisika berorientasi peta kompetensi siswa SMA di provinsi Maluku Utara. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian eksperimen dengan desain randomized control group pretest-posttest design. Sampel penelitian adalah siswa kelas XII semester genap tahun ajaran 2014/2015 pada salah satu SMA di kabupaten Pulau Morotai. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui tes yakni uji kompetensi siswa yang berisi kemampuan yang diujinasionalkan khususnya pada materi Arus dan Tegangan Listrik Bolak-balik. Hasil analisis data menunjukkan bahwa besarnya effect size adalah 1,2 (tinggi). Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan multimedia interaktif secara signifikan efektif dalam meningkatkan penguasaan konsep siswa pada kemampuan yang diujinasionalkan pada materi arus dan tegangan listrik bolak-balik.
Kajian Ketersediaan Air Terhadap Pola Tanam Dan Luas Areal Irigasi Pada Daerah Irigasi Siafu Kabupaten Timor Tengah Selatan
Authors: Bunganaen Wilhelmus
Published: April 2023

Daerah Irigasi Siafu berada di Pulau Timor tepatnya di Desa Hoibeti, Kecamatan Kot’olin Kabupaten Timor TengahSelatan, di mana secara geografis lokasi penelitian ini terletak pada koordinat 124°04’00’’ BT dan 9°28’13’’LS.Panjang Jaringan irigasi di Daerah Irigasi Siafu sepanjang 975,00 m yang sudah melayani lahan potensial seluas4,54 ha sedangkan lahan potensial dengan luas 8,16 ha belum di kelola secara baik oleh masyarakat tani.Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah : Untuk mengetahui besar debit air yang ada pada pintu pengambilan dan debit airyang dibutuhkan tanaman pada pola tanam rencana akibat adanya peningkatan luas tanam potensial pada DaerahIrigasi Siafu.Metode yang digunakan dalam analisis ketersediaan air yaitu metode pengukuran kecepatan aliran air pada pintupengambilan dengan current meter, untuk menganalisis kapasitas air yang tersedia, dan untuk menganalisiskebutuhan air dan luas lahan tanam menggunakan Metode F.J Mock. Setelah dilakukan analisis luas areal tanamanminimal untuk padi pada musim Tanam I untuk masing-masing alternatif adalah 72,10 Ha, 72,10 Ha dan 71,43 Ha,dengan kebutuhan air pada tingkat usaha tani masing-masing 2,22 l/dt/Ha, 2,22 l/dt/Ha dan 2,38 l/dt/Ha denganketersediaan air pada pintu pengambilan 0,16 m3/dt, 0,16 m3/dt dan 0,17 m3/dt. Luas tanam minimal untuk tanaman padipada musim Tanam II untuk masing-masing alternatif 82,59 Ha, 82,59 Ha dan 90,40 Ha. Kebutuhan air untuk masingmasingalternatif 1,94 l/dt/Ha, 1,94 l/dt/Ha, 1,88 l/dt/Ha. Sedangkan air yang tersedia pada pintu pengambilan adalah0,16 m3/dt, 0,16 m3/dt, 0,17 m3/dt. Musim tanam III untuk palawija, luas tanam minimal untuk masing-masing alternatif151,80 Ha, 126,27 Ha dan 139,14 Ha, dengan kebutuhan airnya 1,05 l/dt/Ha, 1,35 l/dt/Ha, 1,15 l/dt/Ha. Ketersedian airpada pintu pengambilan adalah 0,16 m3/dt, 0,17 m3/dt, 016 m3/dt.
Primary States of Consciousness: A Review of Historical and Contemporary Developments
Authors: Schoeller Felix
Published: April 2023

Primary states of consciousness are conceived as phylogenetically older states of consciousness as compared to secondary states governed by sociocultural inhibition. The historical development of the concept in psychiatry and neurobiology is reviewed, along with its relationship to theories of consciousness. We suggest that primary states of consciousness are characterized by a temporary breakdown of self-control accompanied by a merging of action, communication, and emotion (ACE fusion), ordinarily segregated in human adults. We examine the neurobiologic basis of this model, including its relation to the phenomenon of neural dedifferentiation, the loss of modularity during altered states of consciousness, and increased corticostriatal connectivity. By shedding light on the importance of primary states of consciousness, this article provides a novel perspective on the role of consciousness as a mechanism of differentiation and control. We discuss potential differentiators underlying a gradient from primary to secondary state of consciousness, suggesting changes in thalamocortical interactions and arousal function. We also propose a set of testable, neurobiologically plausible working hypotheses to account for their distinct phenomenological and neural signatures.
Food security effects of agricultural land expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Longang Saubaber Gamo , Paul Ningaye , Yollande Tankeu Meli
Published: April 2023

Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the major strongholds of food insecurity in the world, despite the fact that, the region hosts two-third of the world’s uncultivated arable land. This study examines the role played by the recent increase in agricultural land in improving the region’s food security situation. We employed the Generalised Method of Moment in system to study the association between the expansion of agricultural land and two the accessibility and utilisation dimensions of food security. The results survive a battery of robustness checks, providing robust evidence supporting the claim that agricultural land expansion improves food security by reducing the undernourishment prevalence and improving access to water source. Nevertheless, the advantages of increased food security resulting from the conversion of forests and other natural habitats into agricultural land must be assessed against the substantial environmental expenses, including heightened carbon emissions, reduced ecosystem services and biodiversity, risk of disease, and impacts on local living standards and livelihoods.
Value profiles as tools to understand and guide societal decision making
Authors: Tuomisto Jouni T , Bliem Bernhard , Yrjölä Juha , Tikkanen Tero , Faehnle Maija
Published: April 2023

Climate change is the largest global health threat. To protect human welfare locally and globally, municipalities need to take bold actions. However, even in situations with support for ambitious targets, the complexity and conflicting interest in details severely hinder green transition.We combined open policy practice and other decision support methods into a framework that allows for citizen participation and systematic, public description and evaluation of participants’ factual and value basis of their priorities. The similarities and differences of thought are explicated. Particular information objects are used for actions, outcomes, hypotheses, priorities and value profiles.In this proof of concept, we analysed priorities and arguments about climate change from a voting advice application for the Finnish Parliamentary election in 2023. The content was described on the web platform Kausal Watch as it had many of the functionalities that would be needed for the full-blown implementation of the framework.The information objects described fairly well the respondents’ mental models. The approach clarified the nature of disagreements, as some were due to values and some factual beliefs. The framework seems to be able to describe this information in such a structured way that enables further scrutiny and co-development of policies.
Pragmatic Awareness of Speech Acts, Politeness, and Grice Maxims of Iraqi EFL Postgraduate Students
Authors: Abdulateef Rana Yousif , Ali Hanan Najim Abd
Published: April 2023

This study examines postgraduate students’ awareness of pragmatic aspects, including Grice Maxims, Politeness, and Direct and Indirect forms of speech. According to Paul Grice’s theory of implicature, which is considered one of the most important contributions to pragmatics, this paper discusses how postgraduate students can meet the cooperative principle when communicating effectively. It also outlines how does politeness principles influence obeying or violating the maxims and how is the use of direct or indirect forms of utterances prompted by politeness. Sixteen master’s students of Linguistics and Literature were asked to take a multiple-choice test. The test will be represented along with the interpretation of each option given in each item. The initial point that the study investigates if belonging to two different groups (Linguistics and Literature) will result in various performances; this will be supplied with a clear-cut answer in the practical part. The theoretical part summarizes a literature review of the discoursal aspects understudy. In addition to clarifying maxims of quality, quantity, relation, and manner, the theoretical part discusses direct and indirect speech and how indirect speech is used to communicate perlocutionary effects. The conclusion will summarize the whole study by drawing upon the theoretical and practical parts simultaneously and providing further reasons for the variability and choice of one option over another.
Teaching Anxiety in Foreign Language Classroom: A Review of Literature
Authors: Gannoun Hameed , Deris Farhana Diana
Published: April 2023

Foreign language teaching anxiety is a complex phenomenon recently receiving increasing attention. Negative emotions, such as anxiety, may significantly impact a teacher’s professional practices, identity, and student’s ability to learn a foreign language. Recognizing such feelings is crucial for language teachers, learners, and researchers to improve language education quality and promote successful learning outcomes. Therefore, this narrative research review examines the causes, effects, and possible interventions for anxiety about foreign language teaching. This review aims to explore the current state of research on the topic, identify gaps in the literature, and suggest future research directions. This review provides a narrative synthesis of the literature on FLTA through a systematic, comprehensive search on teaching anxiety among foreign language teachers. The study highlights that students and EFL teachers are prone to anxiety during the language teaching-learning process. When EFL teachers try to alleviate their students’ anxiety, they may experience anxiety that can negatively impact their teaching behavior. The literature on teacher foreign language anxiety (TFLA) is sparse compared with EFL learners’ studies. Researchers have yet to explore the unique psychology of EFL teachers. Hence, the consequences of such an experience are highly questionable. Therefore, it is essential to address EFL teacher anxiety before evaluating how teachers can alleviate student anxiety.
Female English Majors’ Perceptions of E-portfolios at Some Saudi Universities
Authors: Dahmash Jawaher Nasser
Published: April 2023

Numerous higher education institutions have been increasingly utilizing e-portfolios to serve multiple purposes. E-portfolios provide a wide range of possibilities for promoting language learning in terms of both the learning processes and the learning outcomes. This study tries to gain insight into the perception of female English majors towards e-portfolios at some Saudi universities. Data were collected from 181 female English majors by means of a web-based questionnaire with items eliciting responses using a five-point Likert-type scale. The questionnaire was adapted from Ritzhaupt, Singh, and Seyferth’s (2008) Electronic Portfolio Student Perspective Instrument (EPSPI). The questionnaire included two domains related to student’s perceptions of e-portfolios as learning and assessment tools. Results indicate that most students have a positive perception of e-portfolios as learning and assessment tools. However, participants expressed neutrality toward some items concerning time spending, group working, errors in assessment, and having some difficulties with e-portfolios. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in perceptions of e-portfolios among students from different universities and levels. These findings promote the use of e-portfolios in English major programs. They also show that the e-portfolios might have a good potential to be part of EFL education.
Critiques of work: The radical roots of degrowth
Authors: Hoffmann Maja , Pantazidou Maro , Smith Tone
Published: April 2023

Critiques of work are at the roots of degrowth. Early degrowth pioneers, in particular Gorz and Illich as well as the French décroissance tradition, placed considerable emphasis on overcoming the centrality of work in the organisation of society. However, more recent degrowth authors have largely been inconsistent or conflicting in the stance they take towards work. This contribution traces the development of degrowth thought with regard to work and critiques of work, from its roots in the 1970s up until the present. It finds that at large, current degrowth debates do not embrace their postwork roots or engage with the postwork literature that has re-emerged over the last decade. At the same time, work is a prominent topic on the degrowth agenda and despite its contradictions, degrowth remains open for critical work scholarship. For future degrowth debates, we argue that the perspectives of critiques of work and critiques of growth are natural allies and that a genuinely critical and radical degrowth debate should again adopt a clearer stance towards work. From engaging once more with postwork perspectives, degrowth could gain a more profound analysis of the unsustainable status-quo and renewed momentum as a much-needed corrective in sustainability debates.
Academic Writing of Saudi Graduate Students: Issues and Improvements
Authors: Mahmud Fawaz Al , Rahmanu Mohammad Afzal ur
Published: April 2023

This study investigates research writing difficulties encountered by Saudi graduate students at a Saudi university and seeks to offer interventional guidelines accordingly. A fuller understanding of these difficulties will contribute to the development of instruction aimed at improving students’ research writing skills. The main question this study addresses is this: What are the major academic writing problems facing Saudi graduate students? The investigation used an explanatory sequential mixed methods approach involving 87 participants at the University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The data were collected through a 20-item Likert scale questionnaire completed online by 85 Saudi graduate students (37 males, 48 females; 69 majoring in English, 16 majoring in other subjects) and semi-structured interviews conducted with two faculty members. The quantitative data were analyzed statistically using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), and the qualitative data were analyzed thematically. Results revealed that most students experienced difficulties related to language, argumentation, and research-article genre when composing research reports in English. Both the participating students and teachers thought the most serious academic writing challenges for Saudi graduate students were presenting complex information in clear sentences and building strong arguments. In contrast, the least problematic task was finding and documenting sources. Regarding evaluating sources, writing Literature reviews, and using technical vocabulary, most students were unsure of their abilities. Besides, English majors and other majors had similar perceptions of difficulties in three out of four significant aspects of research writing. As far as documenting sources is concerned, the perception varied significantly between the English-major and other-major students. The findings of the present study can assist stakeholders in identifying instructional needs in research writing in the Saudi Arabian context, and our guidelines will make research writing less difficult for Saudi students.
Complexity, Environment and Future Aesthetics: From New Media to Non-Media
Authors: Liu Ivan Chen-Hsiu
Published: April 2023

In this article, we discuss two ongoing projects at the Future Narratives Lab, namely Audible Complexity and Art in the Post-Anthropocene, along with some of their outcomes. The projects aim to bridge the gap between scientific research and artistic expression by leveraging emerging technologies, such as interactive technology and deep learning, as a means of conveying complex ideas and issues. They break down the boundaries between art and science to create unique and thought-provoking experiences for the audience. The methodology and epistemology employed in these projects are also discussed. These projects serve as examples of how new media artworks shift from being medium-centric to narrative-centric (non-media).
What’s Not to See? Foucault on Invisible Political Economy in Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson
Authors: Heath Eugene
Published: April 2023

In his lectures of 1978-1979, published posthumously as The Birth of Biopolitics, Michel Foucault addressed versions of liberalism in which an invisible market appears immune to government intervention. Among the thinkers discussed were Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson. This essay offers critical reflections on Foucault’s description of Smith as emphasizing the invisibility of the economy, as well as on Foucault’s interpretation of the “invisible hand” and his ascription of egoism to Smith’s economic agents. Foucault also appeals to Ferguson’s notion of civil society to resolve incompatibilities between economic agents and the sovereign. However, Ferguson’s theory of society does not provide the assistance that Foucault thinks it does. Moreover, like Smith, Ferguson holds no egoistic view of economic motivation. Nonetheless, and surprisingly, Foucault would have found enticing Ferguson’s use of conjectural history, with its appeal to the unintended, contingent, and conflictual basis of social change.
Dark Patterns, Enforcement, and the emerging Digital Design Acquis: Manipulation beneath the Interface
Authors: Leiser Mark , Santos Cristiana
Published: April 2023

The term ‘dark patterns’ is commonly used to describe manipulative techniques implemented into the user interface of websites and apps that lead users to make choices or decisions that would not have otherwise been taken. Legal academic and policy work has focussed on establishing classifications, definitions of dark patterns, constitutive elements, and typologies of dark patterns across different fields. Regulators have responded to this issue with several enforcement decisions related to data protection and privacy violations, and with rulings protecting consumers. Accordingly, this article analyses the appropriateness of regulatory oversight of designers and platforms that deploy dark patterns inside digital technologies. By further analysing design techniques, we conclude this type of deceptive design is inappropriately attributed to the user interface when some patterns are embedded in the system architecture. With this in mind, the article also analyses the emerging digital design acquis of the European Union. The Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act, the proposals for a new Data Act and AI Act are critiqued for suitability of regulating deceptive design over the entirety of, what we coin, the deceptive design visibility spectrum.
Hilbert mathematics versus Gödel mathematics III. Hilbert mathematics by itself, and Gödel mathematics versus the physical world within it: both as its particular cases
Authors: Penchev Vasil Dinev
Published: April 2023

The paper discusses Hilbert mathematics, a kind of Pythagorean mathematics, to which the physical world is a particular case. The parameter of the “distance between finiteness and infinity” is crucial. Any nonzero finite value of it features the particular case in the frameworks of Hilbert mathematics where the physical world appears “ex nihilo” by virtue of an only mathematical necessity or quantum information conservation physically. One does not need the mythical Big Bang which serves to concentrate all the violations of energy conservation in a “safe”, maximally remote point in the alleged “beginning of the universe”. On the contrary, an omnipresent and omnitemporal medium obeying quantum information conservation rather than energy conservation permanently generates action and thus the physical world. The utilization of that creation “ex nihilo” is accessible to humankind, at least theoretically, as long as one observes the physical laws, which admit it in their new generalization
Phonological Features of Saudi Arabian Anthroponyms
Authors: Tamimi Yasser A. S. Al , Smith Michael
Published: April 2023

Beyond its traditional function, phonology has been demonstrated to play a significant role in the gender marking of given names in some Germanic languages. However, this significance has not been investigated for Semitic languages, including Arabic. Therefore, irrespective of the classical gender-identification approaches (i.e., familiarity, morphology, semantics, and pragmatics), the present study examines whether the phonological structures of Saudi first names may solely reveal the gender of that name. The first names of Saudi males (N= 237) and Saudi females (N=419) drawn from the registrar of a Saudi university in Riyadh were analyzed according to various phonological variables, including the number of phonemes, the number of syllables, the distinction between open vs closed syllables, the manner of articulation of name-initial and name-final sounds, stress position, in addition to the state of the glottis. The quantitative study finds that compared to male names, female names have fewer phonemes, tend to begin with an open syllable, are more likely to be stressed in the second position, are more likely to end with a vowel or a voiceless consonant, are more likely, to begin with, a glottal stop and a trill, and are more likely to end with a vowel or a glottal fricative.
Challenges in Teaching Pronunciation to Saudi Female Learners at Taif University
Authors: Journal Arab World English
Published: April 2023

Prince Muhammad Bin Salman’s 2030 vision has amplified the importance of the English language in Saudi Arabia and efforts to increase its use in the Kingdom. This need is illustrated by the increasing trend of Saudi universities and certain corporations requiring prospective students to take regional standardized English examinations. The goal of this study is to identify female Saudi EFL learners’ pronunciation issues, assess needed help, and suggest teaching strategies to EFL instructors. Learners will be examined through a series of pronunciation exams intended to enhance their listening and pronunciation skills. This research is relevant because young people are a key element of HRH Mohammed Bin Salman’s Vision 2030 as they represent the kingdom, internationally. The questions in this study address the challenges instructors confront in dealing with the most common pronunciation issues faced by adult female Saudi students in the EFL classroom. The obstacles faced by ESL instructors teaching pronunciation in schools included self-confidence, professional development knowledge, and instructional methodologies. Fear of making mistakes while pronouncing words was commonly stated as an obstacle to confidence when teaching pronunciation to students. Moreover, several teachers admitted to having difficulty pronouncing some phrases, indicating a lack of familiarity with English pronunciation. According to respondents, the time given to cover the required courses in the program proved insufficient for pronunciation teaching. The most successful method was to include pronunciation tasks in English classrooms. Due to the unique qualities and needs of each student, there are a limited number of instructional materials and other resources accessible on pronunciation.
Effects of Merger and Acquisition on Employee Satisfaction in Nepalese Banking Sectors
Authors: Devkota Niranjan , Shrestha Eliza , Mahato Surendra , Upretee Sahadeb , Paudel Udaya Raj , Basyal Devid Kumar
Published: May 2023

Background: Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are seen  as effective strategies for business growth in the corporate sector. However, there are very little study on ‘merger and acquisition’ available in the context of Nepal.
Objectives: This study examines the effects of mergers and acquisitions on employees’ satisfaction in Nepalese Banking sectors.
Method: The study, which adopts the Job Characteristics Theory as its theoretical foundation, was conducted among employees from Nepalese banking sector that had undergone M&A. The study seeks cause and effects relationship amongst banking employees in Kathmandu valley due to merger and acquisition and adopts explanatory research design. Data were collected from 310 respondents and Structural Equation Modeling was used to analyze the data.
Results: The findings demonstrate that merger and acquisition have an influence on employees’ satisfaction, with just one out of every four employees reporting high levels of satisfaction following M&A. The results exhibit that organizational climate, recognition and nature of work remain signifi cant to employees’ satisfaction and their motivation. Likewise, pay/remuneration is also statistically significant to employees’ motivation. Again, employees’ motivation also seems significant to employees’ satisfaction.
Conclusion: Therefore, this study offers practical insights to human resource managers in strengthening human resources of the organization as perceived by employees after an M&A by considering the crucial role of employees in organizational performance.
How is Sociological Knowledge Possible? Influences of Kantian Epistemology in Max Weber’s ‘Verstehende Soziologie’ and the Problem of Objectivity
Authors: Atakan Ümit Ege
Published: April 2023

Kant’s ‘Copernican Revolution’ has caused a radical change in the common-sense theory of knowledge. The subject became the centre and the necessary premise for the validity of the objective world. This change in the understanding of knowledge has best manifested itself in Weber’s ‘Verstehende Soziologie’. Therefore, in order to understand the Weberian sociological method and to be able to detect the possible problems that may arise from his sociology, a better grasp of what Kantian epistemology is and in what ways it has influenced Weberian sociology is needed. Accordingly, this paper will firstly analyse Kantian epistemology with a special emphasis on transcendental idealism, and will expand and explain in detail Weber’s ‘Verstehende Soziologie’. Next, the paper will show how Weberian sociology relates to Kantian epistemology through the construction of ideal types. Before concluding, the focus moves to the objectivity claim of both Kantian epistemology and Weberian sociology and shows how objectivity arises from subjectivity through the establishment of causality. Finally, the paper will propose an objection to the objectivity claim of Weberian sociology and will argue that Kantian epistemology, when adopted as a method of sociology, becomes reflexive and threatens to deprive sociology of its objectivity claim.
PENGARUH PUPUK NPK DAN NUTRISI ORGANIK TANAMAN (NOT) LAU KAWAR TERHADAP PETUMBUHAN DAN HASIL TANAMAN OKRA (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) VARIETAS GREENIE
Authors: Eliaser Eliaser , Sujalu Akas Pinaringan , Syahfari Helda
Published: May 2023

Tanaman okra mempunyai pasar yang baik untuk dikembangkan di Indonesia baik untuk kebutuhan domestik maupun ekspor.Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh pupuk NPK dan nutrisi organik tanaman (NOT) serta interaksinya terhadap tanaman okra, serta untuk memperoleh dosis pupuk NPK dan konsentrasi Nutrisi Organik Tanaman (NOT) yang tepat untuk tanaman okra.Rancangan percobaan dalam penelitian ini adalah rancangan acak lengkap (RAL) dengan pola factorial 4 x 4, diulang sebanyak 3 kali. Setiap faktor perlakuan diberikan 4 taraf. Data dianalisis menggunakan sidik ragam, yang dilanjut dengan Uji Beda Nyata Terkecil Taraf 5%. Faktor I dosis pupuk NPK (N), terdiri atas 4 taraf yaitu : tanpa pupuk NPK (n0), 8 g/polibag (n1), 12 g/polibag (n2), dan 16 g/polibag (n3) . Faktor II konsentrasi Nutrisi Organik Tanaman (P) terdiri atas 4 taraf yaitu, tanpa nutrisi organik tanaman (p0), 10 ml/1 ltr air (p1), 20 ml/1 ltr air (p2), dan 30 ml/1 ltr air (p3).Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa pemberian pupuk NPK tidak berpengaruh nyata terhadap tinggi tanaman umur 15 hari setelah tanam, berpengaruh nyata terhadap tinggi tanaman umur 25 hari setelah tanam, umur berbunga, serta berpengaruh sangat nyata terhadap tinggi tanaman umur 35 hari setelah tanam, jumlah buah, berat buah, dan panjang buah. Berat buah terberat terdapat pada perlakuan n3 yaitu 63,03 g.Perlakuan pemberian Nutrisi Organik Tanaman tidak berpengaruh nyata terhadap parameter semua parameter yaitu tinggi tanaman umur 15 hari setelah tanam dan berpengaruh tidak nyata terhadap tinggi tanaman umur 25 dan 35 hari setelah tanam, umur berbunga, jumlah buah berat buah, dan panjang buah. Berat buah terberat terdapat pada perlakuan p2, yaitu 58,26 g. Interaksi perlakuan (NxP) tidak berpengaruh nyata terhadap semua parameter yang diamati.
Experiences of Teachers in implementing learning to higher education students using Digital Instructional Materials in Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Teotia Vaishali , Wadhwa Veenu , Gulati Renu
Published: April 2023

The year 2020 saw the closure of academic institutions all over the world and the transition to online education due to the COVID-19 epidemic. The Indian government has created National Educational Policy 2020, which promotes critical and innovative thinking as well as blended learning as one of the essential foundations for transforming India into a global education powerhouse, at that vital moment. This technological innovation happened so quickly that it essentially taken over the world in education across the nation. This article seeks to outline experiences and challenges faced by teachers when teaching online from their homes. To accomplish the paper's objective, data were gathered from secondary sources including publications, news stories, journals, interview videos, magazines, and social media. Analytical and descriptive are the two focuses of the investigation. The findings showed that education institutions have taken numerous steps to provide education in this epidemic scenario. However, from a teacher's perspective, these measures have not been very effective. While teaching students online, teachers faced a number of challenges, including insufficient technical resources, family disturbances, inadequate training, an absence of transparency and supervision, and a lack of technological competency.
The Integral Ecology of Laudato si’ as a New Framework for Social Sustainability Values
Authors: Sršen Andreja , Petrović Štefanac Dubravka
Published: May 2023

The Encyclical Letter Laudato si’ On Care for Our Common Home gathers to dialogue all people, organizations and institutions that share the same concern — the care for our common home. Since Pope Francis promulgated Laudato si’ in 2015, many people have become better informed about Catholic social teaching which advocates concern for God’s creation, the environment included. In Laudato si’ Pope Francis describes what is happening to our common home, then considers a theological and sociological approach to today’s crisis — the responsibility of humanity — and examines the concept of “integral ecology” as a new social sustainability values framework. In this paper integral ecology is conceptually inseparable from integral society. The great contribution by environmental sociology is emphasized since the subject of analysis thereof are the social causes and effects of environmental change. In the encyclical Laudato si’ Pope Francis promotes the principle of the “common good” on three levels — individual, social, and global — in which we find all elements of the Church’s social doctrine, such as solidarity and subsidiarity, the common good, justice, participation and “commitment” to the poor.
Longing Across the Black Diaspora: Love, Being and the Door of No Return
Authors: Walcott Rinaldo
Published: May 2023

In this paper I argue that in Map to the Door of No Return, Dionne Brand is an ethnographer of Black interiority and gives us a poetics of Black psychoanalysis rejoining our slaveness to a less alienated geo-environmental social. I argue that we might read Brand alongside Saidiya Hartman and Paule Marshall as writers coming to terms with Black being as one consecrated in disruption and producing a “tribe of the Middle Passage.” I further suggest that they do so without a demand for a common unity beyond the logic of survival, and without a demand for an official or proper name.
Prodigious Presence: AftertheDoor of No Return
Authors: Crichlow Warren
Published: May 2023

Recomposing bright shimmers of autobiographical memory, this essay ruminates on the author’s reencounter with Dionne Brand’s resplendent cartographic poetic, A Map to the Door of No Return, on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, 20 years into the 21st century.
Black Light: On the Origin and Materiality of the Image
Authors: Jackson Zakiyyah Iman
Published: May 2023

Aesthesis is a political matter, such that black folk have often sought to challenge a mode of representation that mythologizes blackness as mere absence or lack. There is artmaking that seeks to transfigure both the void blackness is thought to represent and a known world whose “facts” depend on a fiction of black vacancy. These are works that, in the words of curator Adrienne Edwards, “are philosophically charged, culturally compounded abstractions” and figurations “that point to discourse beyond medium and art movements,” alternately affirming nothing or attuning to the indeterminacy and incalculability of blackness, whether blackness be attributed to person, place, or thing. Perception and its organization are meaningful and necessarily remain a ground of contestation. This essay concerns the refractive potentialities of blackness as well as its density or fullness that exceed the capture of mimetic representation. It highlights works that critically explore the received terms and limits of representation in the interest of the dissolution of given categories and conceptual forms. Focusing particular attention on Faith Ringgold’s Black Light and American People series, this essay both demonstrates that the aporia and paradoxical power that “black womanhood” has come to represent is pivotal in mediating the relation between abstraction and figuration in modern art and our social worlds as well as considers related works that reposition blackness as incalculable density and a light source in its own right.
From Moruga: a Reflection on A Map to the Door of No Return
Authors: Browne Kevin Adonis
Published: May 2023

A reflection on Dionne Brand’s A Map to the Door of No Return for the A Map to the Door of No Return at 20 on November 3–6, 2021.
Relationship between Gadget Usage and the Mental Emotional State of Schoolchildren during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Lee Siew Pien , Abdul Hamid Siti Hazariah , Khalid Nur Aifanadhirah
Published: April 2023

Introduction: The COVID?19 pandemic and associated public health measures have disrupted the mental health or well-being of children in some way. It is already evident that the increased use of gadgets and excessive screen time during the COVID-19 pandemic among children and adolescents has a significant influence on mental and emotional well-being among children. Objective: This study aimed to determine the association between device usage and the mental-emotional state of schoolchildren during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: This is a quantitative cross-sectional study. A questionnaire survey was employed using the Malay Parent-Report Version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, conducted among 232 parents of schoolchildren aged 7 to 12 years. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to draw insights from the data. Results: The findings indicate a statistically significant relationship between gadget usage (including the duration of playing a gadget per day, the frequency of playing a gadget per week, the type of gadget, ownership of the gadget, and the use of a gadget) and mental emotional state among schoolchildren (p value ? 0.05).Conclusion: The outcomes of the study indicate that the pattern of electronic gadget usage has significantly impacted schoolchildren's mental and emotional states.
Experience of Patients with Breast Cancer at Home During Chemotherapy Treatment: A Qualitative Approach
Authors: Sarkarsi Rosnani , Syed Elias Sharifah Munirah , Lee Siew Pien
Published: April 2023

Introduction: Cancer is the primary cause of death worldwide and a significant barrier to increasing life expectancy. The estimates from World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019, cancer is the first or second leading cause of death before the age of 70 in 112 of 183 countries and ranks mortality third or fourth in 23 countries. Patients with breast cancer in Malaysia have one of the lowest survival rates in the Asia-Pacific region, with a 5-year survival of only 49%, compared with up to 90% in the United States. Chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen. It may be given with a curative intent (which almost involves combinations of drugs), or it may aim to prolong life or reduce symptoms (palliative). The challenges for the patient in dealing with the side effects of the chemotherapy treatment begin while they are at home.Objective: To explore the experience of patients with breast cancer at home during chemotherapy treatment.Methods: This study employed a qualitative research design involving 20 patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy treatment. The participants were recruited via purposive sampling and data were collected by semi-structured interview with recorded. The thematic analysis approach was used to analyze the data. Results: Two themes were revealed: including emotional changes and physiological changes. This theme revealed the preference described by emotional changes with the explanation of physiological changes.Conclusion: Patients with breast cancer not only experience the side effects of chemo drugs but also have to deal with the changes at home during chemotherapy treatment. There is a need for healthcare workers in Malaysia to be able to provide support, especially in terms of emotional and physiological support at home for patients with breast cancer.
DİKKAT GELİŞTİRMEYE YÖNELİK ÇALIŞMALARIN 2. SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN FONONOJİK FARKINDALIK BECERİLERİNE ETKİSİ
Authors: TUNA ASLAN Rabia , BALCI Emine
Published: April 2023

Fonolojik farkındalık; konuşma seslerini tanımada, sözcükteki sesleri ayırt etmede kullanılan önemli okuma becerilerindendir. Fonolojik ilişkiyi kavramış olan çocuklar, duydukları sesleri doğru bir şekilde yazabilirler. Fonolojik farkındalık becerisinin gelişmesi çocukta; dilsel gelişimi, yargıda bulunabilme ve dikkat gibi diğer bilişsel yetenekleri de geliştirmektedir. Bu araştırmada, ilkokul ikinci sınıfta okuyan öğrencilerin dikkat geliştirmeye yönelik ses, hece, sözcük çalışmalarının fonolojik farkındalık becerisine etkisinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma, Antalya ilinde bir ilköğretim okulundaki toplam 55 ikinci sınıf öğrencisi ile yürütülmüştür. Yürütülen çalışma ön test ve son test kontrol gruplu olarak planlanmış olup yarı deneysel bir araştırmaya örnektir. 31 deney, 24 kontrol grubu olmak üzere 55 ilkokul ikinci sınıf öğrencisi ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışma grubundaki öğrencilere “Kelime Okuma Bilgisi Testi” (KOBİT) ve planlanan etkinlikler deney öncesinde ve sonrasında öğrencilerle gerçekleştirilmiştir. Deney grubundaki çocuklara, dikkat geliştirmeye yönelik ses, hece ve sözcük çalışmaları 15 hafta boyunca uygulanarak deneysel işlem gerçekleştirilmiştir. Yürütülen çalışma sonucunda elde edilen bulguların normalliğini test edebilmek için öncelikle Kolmogorov-Smirnov testi uygulanmıştır. Ardından bulguların analiz edilmesinde aritmetik ortalama, standart sapma ve yürütülen deneysel çalışma neticesinde elde edilen puanlar arasında anlamlı bir fark olup olmadığını tespit etmek için bağımlı örneklem t-testi kullanılmıştır. Deney grupları ve kontrol grubu arasında deney grupları lehine anlamlı bir fark bulunmuştur.
The Correlation between Students’ Academic Self-Efficacy and Their English Learning Achievement at SMAN 1 Pekanbaru
Authors: Tasha Devina Avissa
Published: April 2023

The research objective was to discover whether or not there is a significant correlation between students’ academic self-efficacy and their English learning achievement at SMAN 1 Pekanbaru.  The research applied quantitative approach with correlational research design,. The population of the research was 250 students of tenth grade at SMAN 1 Pekanbaru, meanwhile the samples were 70 students, who were selected using a cluster random sampling technique. The instruments employed in this study were questionnaire to measure students’ academic self-efficacy and secondary data that was taken from the exam results of students’ English achievement. To analyze the data, the researcher applied SPSS 25. The findings proved that the correlation coefficient between the two variables is 0.422 and categorized as ‘moderate’. In addition, the determinant coefficient of students’ academic self-efficacy is 0.1780. It  was inferred that there is a moderately significant and positive correlation between two variables.
Efektivitas Bimbingan Kelompok Teknik Home Room Terhadap Motivasi Belajar Siswa Kelas VIII A SMP MIN-QU Gumukmas
Authors: Fauzi Ahmad
Published: May 2023

Keefektifan pembelajaran kelompok ditambah penggunaan metode home room merupakan tujuan dilaksanakan penelitian ini. Motivasi belajar yang relatif kurang akan selalu menghambat terciptanya suasana belajar yang kontributif dan peringkat yang merosot. Merupakan jenis penelitian kuantitatif berdesain eksperimen semu dengan pelaksanaan pretest posttest pada satu kelompok penelitian. Hasil akhir menyatakan terjadi perubahan (µ) pretest 97,714 < 113,000 (µ) posttest setelah diberi treatment bertahap. Diterima pula data statistik berupa Ho tidak diterima sebab Asymp.Sig. 0,011 lebih kecil dari 0,025 sehingga bimbingan kelompok teknik home room efektif mengatasi rendahnya semangat menuntut ilmu dibidang pendidikan. Pertolongan mengetahui kedua hasil tersebut memakai formula Wilcoxon pada SPSS.
Pengaruh Bimbingan Kelompok dengan Teknik Diskusi Kelompok Kecil Terhadap Kepercayaan Diri Siswa Kelas VII SMP MIN QU Jatiagung Gumukmas Jember
Authors: Lailah Alful , Kurniawan Moh. Usman
Published: May 2023

Penelitian ini untuk meningkatkan kepercayaan diri siswa. Lokasi yang di gunakan sebagai tempat penelitian adalah SMP MIN QU Desa Jatiagung Kecamatan Gumukmas Kabupaten Jember menggunakan bimbingan kelompok dengan teknik diskusi kelompok kecil. Kepercayaan diri merupakan suatu sikap atau keyakinan atas kemampuan pada diri sendiri sehingga dalam setiap tindakannya merasa bebas untuk melakukan hal yang sesuai dengan keinginan dan tanggung jawab atas perbuatannya, memiliki dorongan untuk meraih prestasi serta dapat mengenal kelebihan dan kekurangan pada dirinya sendiri. Oleh karena itu penelitian ini ditujukan untuk meneliti. Apakah bimbingan kelompok dengan teknik diskusi kelompok kecil berpengaruh dalam meningkatkan kepercayaan diri siswa kelas VII SMP MIN QU Jatiagung Gumukmas Jember. Data yang di ambil adalah data uji validitas dan uji reliabilitas. Metode penelitian eksperimen menggunakan jenis Quasi Eksperiment dengan desain one group pretest-postest design dan analisa data menggunakan uji Wilcoxon. Berdasarkan metode perhitungan yang di lakukan di dalam uji Wilcoxon Signed rank test, nilai Wilcoxon yang di dapatkan adalah sebesar (0,012) pada nilai Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed). Menunjukkan bahwa H0 ditolak, sehingga dapat di simpulkan bahwa bimbingan kelompok dengan teknik diskusi kelompok kecil berpengaruh untuk meningkatkan kepercayaan diri siswa.