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Role of Teachers To impart quality education for equitable learning.
Authors:   Research Scholar, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, Fatima Ishrat
Published: July 2023

It is widely acknowledged that quality education as one of the strong and powerful sources that guarantee sustainable development, it has a wide range of formal and informal educational applications, and which can provide numerous positive effects for the broader population. Because of its significance, this article presents a role of teachers to ensure quality education for equitable learning. As we all know Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 that attempts to “Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning” as one of the primary objectives of the 2030 Agenda. Education is the ultimate domain of the Humans; it is a process designed to socialize and humanizing citizens throughout their lives from conception to dying off. It is institutionalized and formal for a set amount of time, yet it is ongoing and practiced outside the boundaries of the institution. Education is a journey of enlightenment and personal empowerment of the individuals for improved quality of life. The Education commission (1964-66) has firmly said that “The quality and competence and character of teachers to be the most significant factor influencing the quality of education and its contribution to National development”. Teachers have a crucial role in directing and shaping how students use digital tools and maximize the educational advantages of their digital experiences. They also promote inclusive, equitable education and diversity acceptance as a positive aspect of our cultures. The current paper only uses qualitative analysis of secondary data sources. Information is gathered from books, journals, government reports, official websites, and other media. The paper will discuss about the role of teachers in providing high quality education for equitable learning. A crucial factor in the success of the educational system is “Service Quality.” It is crucial for putting into practice educational and institutional norms. This calls out for understanding, what is the quality of service that the teachers must contribute and what is the role of teacher in equitable learning? And this article briefly discusses it thematically.
Commercial Plant Breeding Vol. 2 Field Crops: Part I & Part Ii
Authors: Ram Hari Har
Published: July 2023

The present book entitled Commercial Plant Breeding- 2- Field Crops is in continuation with earlier book Commercial Plant Breeding-1-Vegetable Crops. Part-I of this book contains 11 chapters dealing with basic understanding of Commercial Plant Breeding, R&D structure in commercial organizations like private seed companies, field crops seed business, international agricultural research centres working on field crops improvement and a few most pertinent seed related regulations and global status of commercialized GM crops. Part-II of the book deals with commercial plant breeding of 14 major crops of commercial interest with emphasis on genomics, phenomics, field level hybrid seed production and varieties and hybrids having significant acreage from both public and private sectors.The field crops included are rice, wheat, maize, pearl millet, sorghum, pigeonpea, chickpea, green gram, black gram, lentil, soybean, groundnut, rapeseed-mustard and Bt cotton. Besides, there is a comprehensive glossary and updated list of references. The book is intended for wide section of students for courses on commercial field crop breeding and as a useful reference book for the professionals across institutes and seed industries.
Basics of Wood Anatomy
Authors: Upadhyay Kanica , Kumar Rajneesh , Dobhal Sneha
Published: July 2023

"Wood anatomy, the study of woody cells and tissues, has advanced considerably since the early descriptive accounts were made which consisted mainly of cataloguing what was 'out there'. Anatomical data have been applied in better understanding of the interrelationships of woody plants, confirming evidence of natural relationships of plant families in combined analyses. This book will serve its purpose well, for Undergraduates of Forestry. Wood is composed mostly of hollow, elongated, spindle-shaped cells that are arranged parallel to each other along the trunk of a tree. The characteristics of these fibrous cells and their arrangement affect strength properties, appearance, resistance to penetration by water and chemicals, resistance to decay, and many other properties. Just under the bark of a tree is a thin layer of cells, not visible to the naked eye, called the cambium. Here cells divide and eventually differentiate to form bark tissue to the outside of the cambium and wood or xylem tissue to the inside. This newly formed wood (termed sapwood) contains many living cells and conducts sap upward in the tree. Eventually, the inner sapwood cells become inactive and are transformed into heartwood. This transformation is often accompanied by the formation of extractives that darken the wood, make it less porous, and sometimes provide more resistance to decay. The center of the trunk is the pith, the soft tissue about which the first wood growth takes place in the newly formed twigs. The book will be helpful in imparting theoretical skills to the students, academicians and teaching faculty of the forestry and agricultural disciplines working in field of woody plants. This book is intended to impart basic education for the UG students of Forestry for the course Wood Anatomy."
Economics, Marketing Accountancy & Entrepreneurship Development in Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Authors: Goswami Arunasis , Biswas Sukanta
Published: July 2023

Animal Husbandry plays an important role in development of rural economy in India. A sound knowledge on 'Economics, Marketing, accountancy & Entrepreneurship development in Animal Husbandry' is prerequisite for advances in this field. Hence, the Veterinary Council of India (VCI) has introduced a course entitled 'Livestock Economics, Marketing, Accountancy & Entrepreneurship' in B.V.Sc. & A.H. degree program as per MSVE-2016, UG-VCI curriculum. In this regard, an attempt has been made to write a Text Book on 'Economics, Marketing, Accountancy & Entrepreneurship development in Animal Husbandry & Dairying' followingÂ  Extension Education(MSVE-2016) syllabus of VCI, Govt. of India. The book will serve the purpose of UG-3rd Professional year students of Extension Education in different Veterinary Universities, Vety. Colleges, Vety. Faculty of Agril Universities, KVKs, Training institutes along with allied development departments of Central & state Governments. The Text Book has been written including various topics of the Economics, Marketing, accountancy, Entrepreneurship, Livestock Projects and contemporary issues on Animal Husbandry practices in simple and lucid manner referring varied resources. The students undergoing the courses are needed to refer different books and resources for more in-depth knowledge. The diverse experience of the authors through this informative compilation will be helpful and educative for the students and teachers in the discipline of Extension Education.
Biofilms
Authors: Agrawal Renu
Published: July 2023

"This book deals with biofilm formation in food, agriculture, soil and plant health, fruits and vegetables, seafood, dairy and milk products, meat and meat products and beverage industries. The mechanism and assaying of Biofilm Formation have been explained well. There are many techniques and approaches which interfere with bacterial attachment, bacterial communication systems (quorum sensing, QS), and biofilm matrixs. This book has discussed the role of biofilm communication and Quorum sensing, the role of antibiotics on biofilm formation, biofilm inhibitory peptides and biofilm inhibition by novel methods. The book deals both with the negative and positive aspects of biofilms, the strategies used to regulate harmful bacterial biofilms and mechanisms of formation and highlights the future perspectives of bacterial biofilms. It deals with the ways of controlling biofilms by the dietary phytochemicals and removal of bacterial adhesion to inhibit biofilms. Another very important aspect in this book is on the release of antimicrobial compounds, role of bacteriocins, bacteriophages, enzymes, essential oils, nano emulsions and nano particles to prevent biofilms formation. Utilization of newer techniques to remove biofilms have been discussed which include Cold Plasma Technology, Ultra Sound, Light assisted Technologies, Pulse Electric Field and High-Pressure Processing. The book also discusses the impact of genetic diversity in biofilm formation. This book will help the readers, industrialists, students, society activists in keeping the environment green and clean along with safe food and good health. This book will ultimately improve the human health and environment. The book gives a very comprehensive review starting from introduction to the future implications on biofilms. The book provides the most recent updates in the area with a holistic approach. The purpose of this book is to provide information to manage biofilm and to ensure hygienic practices and food safety."
Empowering The Rural Women: Ways And Strategies
Authors: Rathore Surya , Kaur Manmeet
Published: July 2023

"To address the goal 5 (Gender Equality) of Sustainable Development, it is deemed vital that we first understand the gender inequalities and the contribution of the second gender, i.e. women. We need to bring women into the mainstream to bring both genders at par. Since most of our population lives in villages, we need to have an in-depth knowledge of rural women's role in the development and understand the means and ways to empower them holistically, be it in terms of education, social, technological, political, legal etc. Today's environment calls for a need for women in rural areas to go in for bringing the various drudgery-reducing technologies into practice as well as empower themselves economically through Self Help Groups (SHGs). Rural women must understand the coping strategies associated with climate change which is again a challenge, and the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to be more informed and empowered citizens for the welfare of their families, communities, societies and the nation at large. To attain the national goal of doubling the farmers' income by 2022, rural women's economic contribution must be increased through entrepreneurship. To make this dream come true, rural women need to be educated, malnutrition in rural areas; especially among women, needs to be removed, they will have to be technologically empowered, and rural women need to break the shackles of traditional hiccups and be aware of the latest information related to government programmes and schemes along with legal literacy concerning them to be able to understand the various provisions made available by the government for them and to enable them to enforce the same. This book encapsulated all the required dimensions of rural women empowerment: education, health & nutrition, technological empowerment, political empowerment instruments like the Panchayati Raj system, economic empowerment through entrepreneurship, etc. It covers the health challenges of women labourers, hill women, drudgery issues of brick layering women, women and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and constriants to women's empowerment. A few case studies and success stories of women entrepreneurs find their place in this book. The book also provides solutions to the issues of rural women, such as knowledge about those government schemes and programmes that empower women and provides women strength with the golden rays of constitutional mandates to make them sabla from abla. In a nutshell, this book provides conceptual clarity regarding the concept of women empowerment, the different dimensions of empowerment, issues and strategies to cope with the same in one place."
Blue Planet II, the BBC, and the Semantic Web: a tale of lessons forgotten and opportunities lost
Authors: Page Roderic
Published: July 2023

David Attenborough’s latest homage to biodiversity, Blue Planet II is, as always, visually magnificent. Much of its impact derives from the new views of life afforded by technological advances in cameras, drones, diving gear, and submersibles. One might hope that the supporting information online reflected the equivalent technological advances made in describing and sharing information. Sadly, this is not the case.
Structuring model of Islamic moral economy
Authors: Pramenković Almir
Published: July 2023

This text treats the concept of rizq, homo-Islamicus, zekah and khalifah as a model of Islamic moral economy. At the beginning, the author presents the basic assumptions and principles of Islamic finance. The importance of individual work and effort in the path of acquiring risk or supply is emphasized. In addition, the principle of profit and loss sharing was emphasized. Then the author defines the philosophical foundations of economic development in the general Islamic conception, emphasizing the principle of building, improving the country and human responsibility in that process. With the aim of offering alternatives to the existing economic system, a model of Islamic moral economy should fulfill the ethical expectations of Muslims, whose fundamental components are: the idea of rizq, homo islamicus, zakat and khalifa. The concept of rizq, homo islamicus, zakat and concept of khalifa are explained in detail in this paper, where different interpretations in the Islamic thought tradition are presented, presenting a model of Islamic moral economy.
Strategic decision
Authors: Hadžović Jasmina
Published: July 2023

The strategy represents a unique set of vision, policies, goals and main action plans and activities that ensure the development and progress of an organization. Sophisticated IT technology tools, today, help managers make the right decisions and quality strategic plans. A strategy is a planning decision that specifies the ways to achieve goals. It starts from the given state of the organization, needs and possibilities, and opportunities that prevail in the environment and that condition the way of reaction. Strategy is necessary if the management wants to maintain the organization and achieve some profit. It should enable a higher degree of sensitivity of the organization to changes and demands of the environment, to enable an adequate degree of flexibility in case of great resistance from external factors. Thus, strategic planning is a time, resource concretization component that specifies the most important actions and policies of the entire organization. I believe that the work conceived in the following way provides a solid basis for understanding this issue. Certainly the literature of eminent authors was of great help to me.
Intellectual capital and business performance in ICT companies
Authors: Lekić Nemanja , Vapa-Tankosić Jelena , Mandić Slavica , Vapa Bojan , Lekić Snežana
Published: July 2023

The requirements of the modern business environment have initiated the emergence of a new paradigm, which finds its starting point in the fact that intellectual property is a crucial success variable of every company, which has stimulated numerous researches in this area. Rapid and extensive changes in all domains of business require companies to be flexible and ready to respond to given changes in accordance with the specificity of the concrete situation. In such conditions, companies must create their own knowledge base and have valuable and competent employees who should be properly managed. Human resources who possess adequate knowledge, who have mastered specific skills and competencies, who are dedicated to teamwork, innovation and permanent improvement form the base of intellectual capital. The aim of the paper is to enrich the previous research model in order to analyse the interconnection of intellectual capital components and business performance of Serbian companies in the ICT sector.
Concept of culture in Serbian and French pictures of the world
Authors: Marčeta Jovana
Published: July 2023

The aim of this research is to investigate and compare the concept of culture in the Serbian and French linguistic and cultural communities by analysing associative responses to the stimulus word 'culture', given by the Serbian and French students. The responses are classified according to the concepts they express in order to determine linguistic and cultural similarities and specificities. Results of the research have shown that fifty responses are equivalent in meaning. Nevertheless, statistical analysis has revealed that identical associations differed in frequency. In addition, primary responses in Serbian ('theatre') and French ('knowledge') have not yielded the same meaning. In both languages, culture is conceptualised as necessity, life, wealth, prestige and preciousness. According to the results of the analysis, we can conclude that culture is conceptualised in a similar way in the two observed linguistic and cultural communities, with certain differences in the choice and frequencies of responses and concepts.
Popular culture In motion: Dialectical games of power and subversion
Authors: Milankov Marijana
Published: July 2023

This paper discusses the challenges in defining popular culture and its dynamic character in different contexts and time periods. The main intention is to highlight the distinction from stereotypical views of popular culture as mass culture produced in entertainment industry, as well as low culture versus high culture. The work emphasizes that popular culture is actually shaped through contradictions and contrasting elements that fight for supremacy, such as control and resistance, power and subordination, elitism and populism, traditional and industrial, innovative and conformist, cohesion and stratification. The central issue of consideration has been the question of identity and identity politics in rethinking of popular culture and its role in challenging dominant narratives and inciting social changes. The paper has specifically examined the dialectical games of power and subversion in popular culture on the example of Eurovision as an arena of popular culture, as well as popularity of the song In Corpore Sano, applying the analytical framework of the critical paradigm of cultural studies in search of an answer to the question "what is the secret" of this music track.
Change of field in Gould's pianism
Authors: Rodić Bojana
Published: July 2023

Progress in music recording technology has influenced a change in artistic work and its reception. In this sense, performing, composing and listening represent the reverse side of social, historical, economic and political reality. Reflecting on the artistic practices of a producer/artist, which emerged from Pierre Bourdieu's theory of artistic production, this paper analyses the concepts of field, capital and habitus. An emphasis is given to the presentation of a shift in the practice of the artist Glenn Gould, more precisely to the change of field in his pianism, from live performance to production work. This shift has created a recording as an artistic product which, in reference to Bourdieu's theory, is set as an intentional sign whose artistic existence is conditioned by scientific approach and analysis. As such, the recording implies recognition of the author's signature, more precisely his artistic and social context, which is viewed as a system of comprehensible relationships.
Information technologies as a tool for the development of digital entrepreneurship and achieving a competitive advantage
Authors: Raut Jelena , Mitrović-Veljković Slavica
Published: July 2023

Information technology continues to be a growing industry. Thanks to the inventions in the development of software, hardware, as well as information and communication technologies, there have been numerous advantages that are reflected in business integration, entrepreneurial ventures, as well as micro, small and medium and large enterprises, where savings and profits are realized thanks to information technologies. Defining the business strategy, in accordance with the influences of information technology, refers to the definition of products and services, ways of doing business and forecasting. Thanks to the development of information technologies, traditional entrepreneurial ventures are becoming digital entrepreneurial ventures, which are becoming far more competitive. This paper aims to define digital entrepreneurship through a literature review, to see the basic advantages of digital entrepreneurship compared to traditional ones and to show the importance of using information technologies and digital platforms for the development of competitive digital entrepreneurial ventures.
Determinantes sociales de anemia ferropénica en niños menores de 5 años, durante el primer año de la POSTCOVID-19 Huambocancha Baja-Cajamarca, Perú
Authors: Julcapoma Vargas Elmer Antonio
Published: July 2023

La investigación tiene como objetivo principal, evaluar los determinantes sociales de la anemia en niños durante el contexto de la Covid-19 en Huambocancha; por otro lado, su metodología es de un enfoque mixto con un diseño no experimental, correlacional con una población conformada por niños menores de 5 años, quienes son atendidos en la Micro Red de Salud Huambocancha, durante los años 2020 - 2021; donde se tomó una muestra considerativa de 150 personas. Para la recolección de la información se realizó lo siguiente; primero se coordinó con el director encargado de la Micro Red de Huambocancha para solicitar el permiso correspondiente a la información general y luego realizar una encuesta mediante un cuestionario al grupo de estudio. Y con ello, lograr procesar la información recopilada. De igual forma, se utilizó el método analítico, considerado por la operatividad de las dos variables para lograr obtener resultados de la investigación. Resultados, la prevalencia de anemia en niños menores de 5 años, afecta en las categorías de leve, moderada y severa en 10.0%, 8.0% y 6.7% respectivamente. Conclusión, los determinantes sociales de anemia en niños durante contexto COVID 19; es una gran preocupación para el personal de salud de la Micro Red Huambocancha, donde nos muestran que la anemia leve, moderada y severa; los cuales varía de acuerdo a los determinantes evaluados.
Accesibilidad y factores personales en la satisfacción del usuario externo del Hospital Regional Docente de Cajamarca- Perú, 2023
Authors: Bazualdo Fiorini Enzo Renatto , Chilón Moisés Chuquimango , Saavedra Alvarado Teddy William , Pajares Huaripata Edwin , Contreras Rivera Robert Julio
Published: July 2023

El objetivo de la investigación es, Determinar la correlación entre la accesibilidad y la satisfacción de los usuarios externos. Hallar los factores personales que se relacionan con la accesibilidad y la satisfacción. Material y métodos: Investigación cuantitativa, transversal y correlacional, en una muestra de 361 usuarios atendidos en consultorios externos, escogidos por muestreo no probabilístico, a quienes se les aplicó una herramienta validada de 36 preguntas con Alfa de Cronbach de 0.786 para accesibilidad, y 0,813 para satisfacción. La información fue tratada con estadística inferencial, usando Chi cuadrado para encontrar la correlación con intervalo de confianza 95\% y valor de p <0.05; se realizó el análisis bivariado con regresión logística binaria para establecer Riesgo de prevalencia con el Software SPSS 25. Resultados: Existe relación entre la accesibilidad y la satisfacción del usuario externo (X2=8,255 y p= 0,004). La accesibilidad fue adecuada en 52,4%, la aceptabilidad y contacto de servicio fueron barreras de accesibilidad con un 88,1% y 69,3% respectivamente. La satisfacción fue del 61,8%. Se relacionan con la satisfacción la dimensión disponibilidad (X2=9,808; p=0,002) y la dimensión contacto con servicio (X^2=3,917; p=0,048). El tipo de cliente sólo se relaciona con la satisfacción (X2=5,554; p= 0,018). El grado de instrucción (X2=12,177; p=0,016), la ocupación (X2=13,792; P=0,003) y el nivel socioeconómico (X2=19,688; P=0,000); se relacionan con la accesibilidad Conclusiones: Existe asociación de la accesibilidad con la satisfacción de los usuarios. El factor personal asociado a la satisfacción fue el tipo de usuario y para accesibilidad fueron el grado de instrucción, la ocupación y el nivel socio económico.
Influencia del involucramiento de funcionarios de las IGED en la gestión de políticas públicas - Región Junín, Perú
Authors: Rojas Cruz Peter Pepe
Published: July 2023

El presente estudio busca desarrollar una investigación descriptiva respecto al estudio bibliográfico sobre la implementación de las políticas públicas educacionales en favor de los ciudadanos. Como problema de estudio se tiene: ¿Cuáles son los estudios en revistas indexadas respecto al involucramiento de los funcionarios en la gestión de políticas públicas educativas? Como objetivo se tiene: Determinar los estudios realizados en revistas indexadas respecto al involucramiento de los funcionarios en la gestión de políticas públicas educativas. Del mismo modo el tipo de investigación en el que se enmarca la presente es el cualitativo. Hernández, Fernández y Baptista (2014); describen que una investigación cualitativa aborda desde la percepción de los investigados, para luego relacionarlo con las teorías fundamentales existentes y de este modo se enriquece el conocimiento científico. El método específico es el descriptivo, por otro lado, el nivel de investigación, es el descriptivo explicativo, porque en base a una planificación coordinada a nivel de investigador se considera la descripción, análisis, y reflexión del proceso de investigación y descripción del involucramiento de los funcionarios en la gestión de las políticas públicas educativas, se consideró el método especifico la revisión topográfica sistemática siguiendo el protocolo PRISMA. Entre los resultados se encuentran: Más del 50% de las investigaciones realizadas en revistas indexadas respecto a involucramiento de funcionarios y gestión de políticas públicas, se refieren a aspectos genéricos de políticas públicas educacionales detallando aspectos de tipo descriptivo y sobre todo históricos económicos de inversión económica.
Beta-Sorted Portfolios
Authors: Cattaneo Matias D. , Crump Richard K. , Wang Weining
Published: July 2023

Beta-sorted portfolios—portfolios comprised of assets with similar covariation to selected risk factors—are a popular tool in empirical finance to analyze models of (conditional) expected returns. Despite their widespread use, little is known of their statistical properties in contrast to comparable procedures such as two-pass regressions. We formally investigate the properties of beta-sorted portfolio returns by casting the procedure as a two-step nonparametric estimator with a nonparametric first step and a beta-adaptive portfolios construction. Our framework rationalizes the well-known estimation algorithm with precise economic and statistical assumptions on the general data generating process. We provide conditions that ensure consistency and asymptotic normality along with new uniform inference procedures allowing for uncertainty quantification and general hypothesis testing for financial applications. We show that the rate of convergence of the estimator is non-uniform and depends on the beta value of interest. We also show that the widely used Fama-MacBeth variance estimator is asymptotically valid but is conservative in general and can be very conservative in empirically relevant settings. We propose a new variance estimator, which is always consistent and provide an empirical implementation which produces valid inference. In our empirical application we introduce a novel risk factor—a measure of the business credit cycle—and show that it is strongly predictive of both the cross-section and time-series behavior of U.S. stock returns.
Analysis of Brand Awareness and Brand Image Strategies on Lake Toba Tourists' Interest through the F1H20 Power Boat Digital Marketing Strategy in Balige, North Tapanuli
Authors: Pranata Sungguh Ponten , Sinaga Anggiat
Published: July 2023

The main objective of this study is to analyze the effect of brand awareness and brand image on the interest of Lake Toba tourists through digital marketing strategies. The approach used in this research is associative and quantitative, using path analysis. The population and sample of this study were micro, small, and medium enterprises around the location of the Lake Toba Powerboat F1H20 event in Sibola Hotang Village, Balige District, Samosir Regency, North Sumatra Province, totaling 93 people. The sampling technique used is quota sampling. The sample size in this study consisted of 93 respondents. The results showed that the effect of brand awareness on visitor interest had an original sample size of 0.550, P-Value 0.000 < P-Table 0.05, and T-value 4.374 > T-Table 1.196. The effect of brand image on visitor interest has an original sample size of 0.507, a P-value of 0.036, a P-table of 0.05, and a T-value of 3.666. T-Table 1.196. The effect of brand awareness through digital marketing on visitor interest has an original sample of 0.235 with a P-Value of 0.040 < P-Table 0.05 and a T-value of 2.051 > T-Table 1.196. The influence of brand image through digital marketing on visitor interest has an original sample of 0.435 with a P-Value of 0.040 (P-Table 0.05) and a T-Value of 3.051. T-Table 1.196. Finally, the effect of digital marketing on visitor interest has an original sample size of 0.435, a P-Value of 0.040, a P-table of 0.05, and a T-value of 3.051. T-Table 1.196.
Pengembangan media powerpoint berbasis pendekatan kontekstual pada pembelajaran IPA di Sekolah Dasar
Authors: Celsie Carolien  , Shanta Rezkita  , Ayu Rahayu
Published: July 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: 1) mendeskripsikan karakteristik media pembelajaran powerpoint interaktif, 2) mendeskripsikan kualitas pengembangan media powerpoint interaktif, dan 3) mendeskripsikan respon siswa terhadap penggunaan media pembelajaran powerpoint interaktif berbasis pendekatan kontekstual pada materi daur air muatan pelajaran IPA kelas V SD Negeri Putren Bantul. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah Research and Development (R&D) Borg and Gall. Penelitian ini hanya menggunakan sembilan langkah yaitu: (1) potensi dan masalah; (2) pengumpulan data; (3) desain produk; (4) validasi desain; (5) revisi desain; (6) uji coba terbatas; (7) revisi desain produk; (8) uji coba pemakaian, dan (9) revisi produk akhir. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah wawancara, kuesioner, dan dokumentasi. Tahap validasi dilakukan oleh ahli media dan ahli materi. Uji coba terbatas dilakukan terhadap 3 orang siswa yang dipilih secara acak, dan uji coba pemakaian dilakukan terhadap oleh 13 orang siswa yang dipilih secara acak. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis kuntitatif dan kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan: 1) media pembelajaran powerpoint interaktif memiliki karakteristik yang menarik bagi siswa, 2) kualitas media pembelajaran powerpoint baik sehingga dapat digunakan dengan mudah oleh guru kelas, dan 3) media pembelajaran powerpoint interaktif mendapatkan respon yang sangat baik oleh siswa sehingga dinyatakan layak digunakan. Kategori yang didapatkan dengan rata-rata yang didapatkan; ahli media 3,7 dengan kategori “Sangat Baik,” ahli materi 3,32 dengan kategori “Sangat Baik,” guru kelas 3,67 dengan kategori “Sangat Baik,” dan siswa 3,90 dengan kategori “Sangat baik.” Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa media pembelajaran yang digunakan pada penelitian ini mendapatkan respon yang “Sangat Baik”.
Pengaruh model pembelajaran discovery learning terhadap prestasi belajar IPA siswa kelas VIII SMPSK Kotagoa Boawae
Authors: Fitriana Muhamad  , Melkyananus Bili Umbu Kaleka  , Daniel Wolo
Published: July 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui ada tidaknya pengaruh model pembelajaran discovery learning terhadap prestasi belajar Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam siswa kelas VIII semester 1 Sekolah Menengah Pertama Katolik Kotagoa Boawae. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian eksperimen. Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah pre-experiment design dengan pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan adalah pendekatan kuantitatif.  Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa kelas VIII dengan jumlah 214 siswa, sedangkan sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas VIII B dengan jumlah 31 siswa. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan random sampling. Data yang diperoleh berupa tes soal pilihan ganda. Data dianalisis menggunakan uji-t. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada pengaruh penggunaan model pembelajaran discovery learning terhadap prestasi belajar Ilmu Pengetahuan Aalam siswa kelas VIII. Hal ini ditunjukkan dari hasil t_hitung > t_tabel yaitu 7,967 > 0,396 (n = 23) dengan taraf signifikan 0,05.
17th AfryKamera African Film Festival in Poland
Authors:   Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kozieł Patrycja
Published: July 2023

The AfryKamera Film Festival ran from September 30 to October 9, 2022 in Warsaw and featured more than thirty films, including several competitive categories, such as feature films, musical documentary features, short films and animations. The programme is continuously available in numerous cities in Poland and on the biggest online platforms. As indicated in the festival’s official Manifest, AfryKamera is changing, developing and referring to the future, hence this year’s poster, which, like the entire event, was linked to Afrofuturism, a visual, literary, and philosophical concept and artistic genre of groundbreaking significance for Afro-American and African communities.
Hin und her und hin – zum Verhältnis der Leistungen der öffentlichen Kinder- und Jugendhilfe zu anderen sozialstaatlichen Leistungen
Authors: Lehr Sebastian
Published: July 2023

Der Aufsatz beleuchtet aus der Perspektive der Beratungspraxis von Sozialarbeiterinnen und Sozialarbeitern heraus den Grundsatz der Nachrangigkeit von Leistungen der öffentlichen Kinder- und Jugendhilfe und zeigt Ausnahmen sowie Rückausnahmen von dieser Nachrangigkeit auf.
The Challenges Confronted by the Asian English as Second Language Teachers on Implementation of E-Learning During Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Jayampathy Anoma Samanmaali , Ali Mohammad Lubna , Antony Anmary Sheela
Published: July 2023

Teachers in Asian countries confront major problems adjusting to online teaching and establishing a minimum extent of communication with students to support their learning and growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to examine the challenges faced by English as a second language teachers in Asia while implementing e-learning during COVID-19. The study employed a quantitative cross-sectional research technique using a total of 300 ESL teachers from the selected Asian countries, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and China, with different demographic backgrounds. The data was analyzed using a standard multiple regression model. The results showed that the teachers’ ICT competence, the infrastructure, and resources available to the teachers, and the suitability of working environment had a significant positive impact on implementing e-learning during Covid-19. This study suggested that policymakers can use the findings to plan curriculum by considering teachers' ICT skills as well as access to infrastructure and online resources.
Parental Engagement in Schooling: A Survey of Secondary Schools in Kwara State, Nigeria
Authors: Atunde Martins Olanrewaju , Adebayo Tijani Abdulganiyu , Medupin Johnson Abiodun , Ogbudinkpa Ijeoma Charity , Oladejobi Janet Oluwakemi
Published: July 2023

This study inquired about parental engagement (PE) in schooling, focusing on secondary schoolstudents in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study also examined the existing differentials in parental engagements based on school type, geographic location, and students’ academic level. To accomplish the objectives, a descriptive survey design was adopted for the research. One thousand two hundred and ninety-six students were sampled from 72 secondary schools with multi-stage sampling procedures. A questionnaire titled “Parental Engagement Assessment Questionnaire” (PIAQ) was utilized as a data collection instrument. Mean scores, standard deviation, t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were appropriate statistical tools used in analyzing the collected data. The key finding made known was that the general level of parental engagement in schooling among secondary school students in Kwara State was moderate. Explicitly, students in private schools experienced higher PE than those in public schools; students schooling within the Kwara Central senatorial district experienced higher PE than those in Kwara-South and Kwara-North respectively; even in grade 10 students received a higher level of PE compared to those in grade 11and grade 12 respectively. The study concluded that, despite the moderate level of PE in secondary school students schooling, significant disparitiesexistbased on school ownership, geographic/senatorial distribution, and students’ academic level. Thus, further studies are needed to investigate other students’ characteristics that determine PE.
Influence of Preschool Teachers’ Characteristics on Children’s Socio-Emotional Developmental Skill in Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, Nigeria
Authors: Adedigba Olabisi , Abdullahi Abubakar
Published: July 2023

In the provision of quality preschool education, teachers occupy a serious and elusive place. They are the strength of the entire educational arrangement as rightly stated in the National Policy on Education that no education can rise above the quality of its teachers (Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2013). Therefore, the study investigated the influence of the teachers’ characteristics on children’s socio-emotional developmental skills in the Dutsin-Ma Local Government Area. The study employed a descriptive research design of the observation type. The sample size comprised 25 preschool centres from both private and public schools, 50 teachers and 250 preschool children who were selected through a simple random sampling technique. The Children’s Socio-Emotional Developmental Skill Rating Scale (CSEDSRS) with a reliability index of 0.77 was used for data collection. Hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Variance. The result indicated a significant influence of teachers’ area of specialization, working experience, and qualification on the socio-emotional developmental skills of children. The study concluded that teachers are critical to supporting children’s socio-emotional developmental skills in preschool education centres. It was recommended that teachers with a specialization in Early Childhood Education (ECE), high qualifications and good years of working experience be employed to work in ECE centres. This would help to improve the children’s socio-emotional skills in preschool education centres.
rotación del personal docente: ¿Representa un indicador relevante a conocer en las instituciones educativas?
Authors: Rivero Rafael , Colmenarez Francis
Published: July 2023

Entre los mayores desafíos de los sistemas educativos en Latinoamérica, se encuentra la necesidad de repensar el proceso educativo desde diversos aspectos que permitan superar barreras y desarrollar procesos de calidad, eficientes, eficaces y pertinentes. Para este fin, los actores institucionales son fundamentales. Tal es el caso del docente, el cual desempeña funciones de liderazgo y tiene la responsabilidad, tanto del quehacer educativo, como del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje.

 El presente artículo tiene como objetivo analizar la rotación del personal docente como un indicador que afecta de manera negativa al correcto funcionamiento y organización de las instituciones educativas. Para esto, este artículo está apoyado en los postulados teóricos de Chiavenato y su teoría de la administración. Asimismo, se hace uso de los aportes de Aragay, Melo, Puedmag y Rivero en sus investigaciones sobre la rotación del personal docente, a partir de un análisis interpretativo.
Teachers’ Perceptions of the Teaching of English to Non-English Undergraduates at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences in Rabat
Authors:   Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, Al Ghadi Abdellatif , Biddou Nada ,   Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, Boukanouf Asmae ,   Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
Published: July 2023

This paper is part of a larger project which examines the teaching of English to non-English majors at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Rabat. Starting from the official objectives set on Law 01.00, the implementation of these objectives at the level of the Cahier des Normes Pédagogiques Nationales (Book of Pedagogical Guidelines), to the teachers’ practices in the classroom, the teaching of English to non-English majors suffers of many shortcomings: definition of clear objectives, content and teaching methodology, human resources, logistics, and the degree of readiness and motivation of the students themselves. This paper deals with the human resources aspect of the problem, namely the teachers themselves, the way they conceive of their mission, how prepared they are to accomplish it, and their perceptions of the challenges before them. Current teachers of English to non-English majors have been asked to fill in a questionnaire devised to this end. Results show that while the surveyed teachers’ attitude towards their teaching of English is in general moderately positive, they see the students’ readiness and behavior as major obstacles to an effective teaching. Their opinion of the content is evenly split between positive and negative.
Research information service development plan based on an analysis of the digital scholarship lifecycle experience of humanities scholars in Korea: a qualitative study
Authors: Lee Jungyeoun , Chung Eunkyung
Published: July 2023

Purpose: Given the impact of information technologies, the research environment for humanities scholars is transforming into digital scholarship. This study presents a foundational investigation for developing digital scholarship (DS) research support services. It also proposes a plan for sustainable information services through examining the current status of DS in Korea, as well as accessing, processing, implementing, disseminating, and preserving interdisciplinary digital data.Methods: Qualitative interview data were collected from September 7 to 11, 2020. The interviews were conducted with scholars at the research director level who had participated in the DS research project in Korea. Data were coded using Nvivo 14, and cross-analysis was performed among researchers to extract central nodes and derive service elements.Results: This study divided DS into five stages: research plan, research implementation, publishing results, dissemination of research results, and preservation and reuse. This paper also presents the library DS information services required for each stage. The characteristic features of the DS research cycle are the importance of collaboration, converting analog resources to data, data modeling and technical support for the analysis process, humanities data curation, drafting a research data management plan, and international collaboration.Conclusion: Libraries should develop services based on open science and data management plan policies. Examples include a DS project liaison service, data management, datafication, digital publication repositories, a digital preservation plan, and a web archiving service. Data sharing for humanities research resources made possible through international collaboration will contribute to the expansion of new digital culture research.
ombinatorial Bounds of the Regularity of Elimination Ideals
Authors:   Department of Mathematics, Govt. College University, Lahore, Pakistan, Junjua Muhammad Junaid Ali , Shabbir Khurram ,   Department of Mathematics, Govt. College University, Lahore, Pakistan, Naseem Asim ,   Department of Mathematics, Govt. College University, Lahore, Pakistan
Published: July 2023

Elimination ideals are monomial ideals associated to simple graphs, not necessarily square--free, was introduced by Anwar and Khalid. These ideals are Borel type. In this paper, we obtain sharp combinatorial upper bounds of the Castelnuovo--Mumford regularity of elimination ideals corresponding to certain family of graphs.
A Note on Distance Irregular Labeling of Graphs
Authors:   College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia, Ahmad Ali
Published: July 2023

Let us consider a~simple connected undirected graph \(G=(V,E)\). For a~graph \(G\) we define a~\(k\)-labeling \(\phi: V(G)\to \{1,2, \dots, k\}\) to be a~distance irregular vertex \(k\)-labeling of the graph \(G\) if for every two different vertices \(u\) and \(v\) of \(G\), one has \(wt(u) \ne wt(v),\) where the weight of a~vertex \(u\) in the labeling \(\phi\) is \(wt(u)=\sum\limits_{v\in N(u)}\phi(v),\) where \(N(u)\) is the set of neighbors of \(u\). The minimum \(k\) for which the graph \(G\) has a~distance irregular vertex \(k\)-labeling is known as distance irregularity strength of \(G,\) it is denoted as \(dis(G)\). In this paper, we determine the exact value of the distance irregularity strength of corona product of cycle and path with complete graph of order \(1,\) friendship graph, Jahangir graph and helm graph. For future research, we suggest some open problems for researchers of the same domain of study.
Effect of Organizational Leadership on Performance of Energy and Petroleum Sector State Corporations in Kisumu County, Kenya
Authors: Odak Odingo , Fredrick Aila
Published: July 2023

The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of organizational leadership on performance of energy and petroleum sector state corporations in Kenya. The study employed explanatory research design. The target population was 99 senior managers from 11 energy and petroleum sector state corporations in Kisumu County. Data were collected using structured questionnaire and secondary data schedule. SPSS was used for data analysis. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for the analysis of quantitative data. Percentages, standard deviation and mean was used in descriptive while, correlation (r) and regression analysis were used for hypothesis testing at 95% confidence interval in inferential statistics. Reliability was tested through Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. SD and mean were used to analyse the objective. Organization leadership (p=0.12). Organization structure had statistically significant with organization performance and the null hypothesis rejected. It was evident that organization structure significantly influenced Kenyan energy and petroleum sector state corporations performance. The management of energy and petroleum sector state corporations in Kenya should therefore leverage all the aspects of organization leadership to exponentially enhance the corporations’ performance.