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Corporate Income Tax Rate and Foreign Direct Investment: A Cross-Country Empirical Study
Authors: Sujarwati Amalia Indah , Qibthiyyah Riatu Mariatul
Published: October 2020

This study aims to explore the impact of Corporate Income Tax Rate (CITR) on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), specified based on income levels of countries. Using an unbalanced fixed-effect method of 112 countries over the period of 2003–2017, our finding shows that CITR has no significant impact on FDI. Corporate Income Tax (CIT) is levied on all firms, and as CIT is generally more complex than other types of taxes, its influences on FDI are in question. Excluding tax havens from the sample, our findings show that CITR has a weak significance only in the lower-middle-income and low-income countries.
A prática da capoeira como componente da cultura afro-brasileira no currículo dos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental, na escola pública em Ilha Solteira/SP
Authors: Souza Andre Prevital de
Published: October 2020

Neste artigo, apresento fragmentos robustos, que compõe os resultados finais da pesquisa de Mestrado em Educação desenvolvida junto ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul (UEMS), Unidade Universitária de Paranaíba. A pesquisa apresenta como objetivo verificar junto aos/as professores/as e educandos/as, se como parte do currículo dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental a prática da capoeira agrega conhecimentos e valores culturais capazes de contribuir com o Ensino da História e das Culturas Afro-Brasileiras e Indígenas. O ponto de partida deste estudo foi o aumento dos atos discriminatórios e de preconceitos em ambientes escolares e extraescolares em relação aos/as negros/as. Dessa forma, propus refletir se a metodologia, os conteúdos e recursos didáticos usados têm sido suficientes para a construção significativa e duradoura do processo de ensino e aprendizagem das Culturas Afro-Brasileira e Indígena conforme preconizam a Lei 10.639/2003 e a Lei 11.645/2008. Para tanto, optei pela metodologia de pesquisa do tipo etnográfica: acompanhamento e observação das aulas de capoeira; apresentação e aplicação de questionários semiestruturados para alunos/as e professores/as de uma instituição escolar pública dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental, no município de Ilha Solteira/SP. Por fim, os dados obtidos foram analisados por meio da técnica da Análise de Conteúdo. Dentre os resultados, verifiquei que a prática da capoeira como componente curricular contribui para a agregação de valores culturais e mudanças de comportamentos sociais. Ademais, os dados mostraram haver baixa adesão de alunos/as na disciplina de capoeira.
SOSIALISASI EKOLOGI TEOLOGI BAGI JEMAAT GKSI IMMANUEL BAGI PENGHIJAUAN DI KECEMATAN KUALA BEHE
Authors: Resfina Damaris
Published: October 2020

Sosialisasi Ekologi tentang Penghijauan merupakan salah satu kegiatan penting yang harus dilaksanakan secara konseptual dalam menangani krisis lingkungan. Masyarakat di Kuala behe dominan bekerja sebagai pertambangan emas tanpa izin, dengan adanya pekerjaan seperti ini tanpa memikirkan sebuah solusi maka penebangan hutan sembarangan akan berkelanjutan sehingga menimbulkan efek negatif bagi alam dan masyarakat. Pada dasarnya masyarakat di Kuala Behe mempunyai hukum adat tertulis yang melarang penebangan pohon sembarang akan tetapi kurang aktif di tegakkan karna pertambangan emas merupakan peluang bagi masyarakat untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hidup hari demi hari. Dengan demikian Kegiatan sosialisasi penghijauan yang dilakukan jemaat GKSI Immanuel Kuala Behe bertujuan antara lain; untuk menambah nilai ekologi, menambah nilai estetika, serta alasan untuk mendukung program pemerintahan selain itu tulisan ini membahas tentang kajian teologi kontekstual-ekologis. Pemahaman masalah lingkungan hidup dan penanganannya perlu diletakkan di atas suatu pondasi etika dan moral untuk mendukung segala upaya yang sudah dilakukan dan di bina selama ini meski ternyata belum mampu mengatasi kerusakan lingkungan hidup. Sosialisasi penghijauan yang dilakukan Jemaat GKSI IMMANUEL Kuala Behe merupakan tindakan untuk menyadarkan bahwa masalah lingkungan hidup tidak terlepas dari tanggung jawab manusia yang beriman dan merupakan Amanat Agung Tuhan untuk memelihara dan melindungi alam dari segala macam kerusakan yang berakibat mengancam hidup.
STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING SUPPORTED BY TRADITIONAL FINANCIAL INDICATORS
Authors: Musinszki Zoltán , Süveges Gábor Béla
Published: October 2020

Traditional financial indicators calculated from financial statements cannot provide adequate information for the management, do not support strategic decisions. The reason for this is the methodology used in producing financial statements and the operational logic of financial accounting. Financial accounting thinks in terms of business year that is 12 months. It deals with events of the past, more accurately, with so called economic activities. Financial accounting evaluates such economic activities in terms of monetary processes, which means that the traditional financial indicators have their limits in application. Could it mean that traditional financial indicators cannot be used in the long-term strategic decision making? In our study we point out two connections between financial indicators and strategic decision making. Firstly, we focus on financial indicators used in supported strategic decision making, in strategic indicator systems. Secondly, we focus on cases in which financial indicators complement the methods of strategic decision making, add something to the tools available in strategic management.
IMPACT OF COMMERCIAL BANKS’ CREDIT TO THE REAL SECTOR ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA
Authors: Eburajolo Courage Ose , Aisien Leonard Nosa
Published: October 2020

The study examined the effect of commercial bank sectorial credit to the manufacturing and agricultural sub-sectors on economic growth in Nigeria with time series data from 1981 to 2015, using co-integration and error correction mechanism for the empirical work. A three equation model was specified to analyze this study, and the variables include; real GDP, bank sectorial credit to manufacturing and agriculture subsectors, monetary policy rate, financial market development, sourced from CBN statistical bulletin and also the interaction variables. The variables were tested for unit root using the Augmented Dickey Fuller approach and were found to be stationary. The empirical result revealed that commercial bank credit to the manufacturing and agricultural subsectors significantly affects economic growth in Nigeria both in the short run and in the long run. Furthermore, development of the financial sector enhances the growth effects of commercial banks credit to the manufacturing and agricultural subsectors of the economy. It was therefore recommended that the Nigerian apex financial authorities should encourage banks via deliberate policy to increase credits to these subsectors of the economy.
CHANGES OCCURRED IN A PORCELAIN FACTORY DUE TO QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION
Authors: Sârb Adina , Itul Liliana , Popa Maria
Published: October 2020

The issues approach in this research show the benefits of the implementation of ISO 9001 standard in different companies as well as the importance of certain criteria with respect to customer satisfaction and confidence. This standard specifies requirements for a quality management system and it is based on a number of quality management principles including a strong customer focus, the motivation and implication of top management, the process approach and continual improvement. The criteria taken into account help to improve the quality management system of the organization. The purpose of this paper is to identify the changes due to the implementation of a quality management system based on ISO 9001 standard in a porcelain factory, named S.C. Apulum S.A. and to analyse the customer satisfaction and confidence within the company considered through the implementation of the standard mentioned above. The analysis of customer satisfaction and confidence was achieved by taking into account certain measurable criteria established in the company considered, criteria that have been introduced into a formula. In conclusion, it is obvious that after the implementation of the requirements of ISO 9001 standard the situation regarding the quality process and product has been improved considerably. Also, the results show that there were several variations in the period considered (2010-2017).
MOBILE APPLICATIONS AND YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN FARMING
Authors: Meirmanova Aigul
Published: October 2020

According to the UN forecasts, by 2020 the world population will be over 9 billion people, to feed this huge amount of people the food production should grow by 70%. It means that the number of farmers, who are the main suppliers in food production, should be increased. How to enlarge the number of rural farmers? By getting young people interested in farming and agriculture. But nowadays young people are prone to move to big cities. Why young people are not involved in agriculture, what initiatives are being taken to support youth in agriculture and what recommendations can be given, so that young people stay in it? Using the potential and energy of youth in agriculture, comprehensive and integrated policies, programs for markets and trade should be available with special attention to promotions and conditions for young people, who are going to be farmers. In this paper we propose mAgriculture tools such as mobile phones and its applications from throughout the world as an instrument to draw attention of young people to agriculture, showing useful and best examples how farmers could increase their profit and yield through them. These applications help to display information about current prices of agricultural products, historical charts and future prices, comparing the prices of products at different intervals, helps to find significant trends and correlations, also farmers receive information on contracts and the latest news from the agricultural area etc.
Penguasaan maritim dan aktiviti perdagangan antarabangsa kerajaan-kerajaan Melayu
Authors: Halimi Prof. Madya Dr. Ahmad Jelani
Published: October 2020

Kapal dan pelaut Melayu merupakan antara yang terbaik dalam kegiatan maritim tradisional dunia. Ia telah wujud lebih lama daripada mereka yang lebih dipopularkan dalam bidang ini – Phoenicians, Greek, Rom, Arab dan juga Vikings. Ketika masyarakat benua sibuk mencipta pelbagai kenderaan di darat dengan penciptaan roda, masyarakat Melayu sudah boleh menyeberang laut dengan perahu-perahu mereka. Sejak air laut meningkat kesan daripada pencairan ais di kutub dan glesiar di benua, sekitar 10,000-6,000 tahun yang lampau, orang Melayu telah mula memikirkan alat pengangkutan mereka lantaran mereka telah terkepung di pulau-pulau akibat kenaikan paras laut dan tenggelamnya Benua Sunda. Justeru terciptalah pelbagai jenis perahu dan alat pengangkutan air yang dapat membantu pergerakan mereka. Sejak zaman itu, orang Melayu telah mampu menguasai laut sekitarnya. Ketika orang-orang Phoenician dan Mesir baru pandai berbahtera di pesisir laut tertutup Mediterranean dan Sungai Nil, orang Melayu telah melayari samudra luas; Teluk Benggala, Lautan Hindi dan Lautan Pasifik. Sekitar abad ke-2SM perahu-perahu Melayu yang besar-besar telah berlabuh di pantai timur India dan tenggara China, sementara masyarakat bertamadun tinggi lain baru sahaja pandai mencipta perahu-perahu sungai dan pesisir. Pada mulanya perahu-perahu Melayu hanya digunakan untuk memberi perkhidmatan pengangkutan hinggalah masuk abad ke-4 apabila komoditi tempatan Nusantara mula mendapat permintaan di peringkat perdagangan antarabangsa. Pelbagai jenis rempah ratus, hasil hutan dan logam diangkut oleh perahu-perahu itu untuk menyertai perdagangan dunia yang sedang berkembang. Perkapalan dan perdagangan ini membawa kekayaan dan kemakmuran kepada pemerintah tempatan kerana sebahagian besar daripada perusahaan itu dimonopoli oleh mereka. Namun apabila pihak penjajah Barat mula bertapak di kawasan ini, perindustrian ini mula merosot dan hapus terus setelah bahagian kedua abad ke-19. Bermulalah era orang Melayu dan rajanya tersorot ke daratan menjadi petani-petani yang mengharapkan belas kasihan penjajah.
Hubungan geopolitik dan perdagangan alam Melayu dengan dunia Arab
Authors: Md Bahrudin Mohd Zul Fahmi , Mohd Salleh Dr. Norsaleha
Published: October 2020

Kekayaan Alam Melayu dengan hasil bumi seperti emas, bijih besi, bijih timah dan rempah-ratus menjadikannya sebagai satu kawasan perdagangan yang menjadi tumpuan pedagang dunia, termasuklah dari Dunia Arab. Dominasi laluan perdagangan di Lautan Hindi sehingga ke Alam Melayu oleh pedagang-pedagang Arab sehingga penghujung abad ke-15M telah menyebabkan berlakunya interaksi perdagangan, budaya, agama dan hubungan diplomatik antara kedua-dua kawasan berbeza di dunia ini. Semua hubungan ini terjalin dan wujud tanpa perlu kepada perantaraan oleh tamadun China. Selain itu, hubungan yang begitu rapat antara Alam Melayu dan Dunia Arab yang diperkukuhkan dengan nilai Islam telah mendorong khilafah Islamiyyah menghantar bantuan ketenteraan kepada kerajaan-kerajaan Melayu yang berhadapan dengan serangan dari penjajah Eropah. Sumber sejarah Melayu yang banyak dikutip dari sumber atau catatan China mungkin hanya boleh menggambarkan sebahagian kecil dari wajah sebenar suasana geopolitik dan yang telah berlangsung lebih dari ribuan tahun. Sumber-sumber luar lain seperti dari Arab, India, Eropah dan Afrika mengenai Alam Melayu amat penting untuk diteliti dan dikaji supaya perspektif sebenar khususnya dalam aspek perdagangan dan geopolitik boleh dibaca dengan lebih tepat dan komprehensif.
PRINCÍPIOS DA ADMINISTRAÇÃO: CONCEITOS E PRÁTICAS
Authors: Rodrigues Jaqueline Fonseca
Published: October 2020

Antes de efetuar a apresentação do volume em questão, deve-se considerar que por ser a Administração uma ciência que consiste em gerenciar, estudar e sistematizar as práticas usadas para conduzir processos empresariais, tendo como escopo uma linhagem social, pois estuda as relações de eficiência através do ato de administrar ou gerir negócios, pessoas ou recursos, com o objetivo de alcançar metas definidas. Por não levarem em conta os impactos sociais que podem surgir diante dos processos decisórios empresariais efetuados, muitas falhas podem surgir e resultar em impactos negativos aos “olhos” do cenário mercadológico. Em seu amplo estudo administrativo as políticas governamentais adotadas acabam estendendo-se para outras partes do contexto social os quais não foram inseridos em momentos decisórios da formulação e aplicação de destas. Percebe-se que é de extrema relevância a inserção de questões que englobem aspectos sociais, ambientais, que envolvam: relações interpessoais, empreendedorismo, Instituições de Ensino Superior Públicas e Privadas, Pandemia, Hábitos de Consumo e Impactos Econômicos; no sentido de constituir uma sociedade que preze por justiça, igualdade, seja bem-sucedida e neste sentido, organizada. Diante dos contextos apresentados, o objetivo deste livro é a condensação de extraordinários estudos envolvendo a sociedade e o setor empresarial de forma conjunta através de ferramentas que a abordagem administrativa propicia. O principal destaque dos artigos é uma abordagem de Conceitos e Práticas relacionadas aos Princípios da Administração, através da apresentação de temas como: Empreendedorismo, Rotatividade Docente, Falhas na Rotina de Processos, Fomento Público ao Ensino Superior, Compliance e Cultura Organizacional, destacando o tema de Modal Rodoviário como Valor Estratégico e Novos Hábitos de Compra e Consumo, além da contribuição para que se interprete as relações de Planejamento Financeiro, Reuso da Água, Relações Interpessoais e Trabalho Voluntário. A seleção efetuada inclui as mais diversas regiões do país e aborda tanto questões de regionalidade quanto fatores de desigualdade promovidas pelo ambiente e cenário em que atuam. Deve-se destacar que os locais escolhidos para as pesquisas apresentadas, são os mais abrangentes, o que promove um olhar diferenciado na ótica da Administração, ampliando os conhecimentos acerca dos temas abordados. A relevância ainda se estende na abordagem de teorias inerentes à Educação Ambiental, Índices de Crescimento das Instituições de Ensino Superior Públicas e Privadas, incluindo ainda, Externalidades e os Direitos de Propriedade de Terras Indígenas. Finalmente, esta coletânea visa colaborar ilimitadamente com os estudos de Administração e áreas afins, referentes ao já destacado acima. Não resta dúvidas que o leitor terá em mãos extraordinários referenciais para pesquisas, estudos e identificação de cenários que envolvam estudos administrativos através de autores de renome na área científica, que podem contribuir com o tema.
Military perceived overqualification in a civil organization
Authors: Saragih Hondor , Supriyati Yetti , Nikensari Sri Indah , Sutawidjaya Ahmad Hidayat
Published: October 2020

The Indonesian military is currently faced with a situation in the colonel's career bottleneck so that there is the potential for overqualification of military employees working in government institutions. This symptom can lead to the situation of early retirement for military employees in civilian settings. As many as 157 colonels and lieutenant colonels working at the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia were involved in a study to find out how the perceived overqualification and leader-member exchange was independently related to job satisfaction and the early retirement intention. The results show that leader-member exchange has a positive effect on job satisfaction but has positive effect on early retirement intention. Meanwhile, the perceived overqualification affects only employee job satisfaction, not on early retirement intention. Job satisfaction influences early retirement intention. Even so, leader-member exchange does have a negative effect on perceived overqualification. Policies aimed at improving the quality of subordinate superiors' relationships are needed to prevent early retirement intentions of employees who experience overqualification.
Role of Reamed and Unreamed Interlocking Intermedullary Nailing in the Management of Compound Fracture of Shaft Tibia
Authors: Ahmed Md. F , Rahman Md. M , Dipu K , Islam Md. N
Published: October 2020

Tibia is the commonest bones to sustain open injury because of subcutaneous position. Treatment of open fractures requires simultaneous management of both skeletal and soft tissue injury. Intramedullary nailing with reaming is generally considered to be contraindicated for open fractures tibia, because it damages the endosteal blood supply which will lead to non-union, deep infection. The study was done to compare the clinical and radiological results of intramedullary interlocking nailing of open fractures of the tibial shaft after reaming versus unreamed medullary canal. Open fractures of shaft of tibia treated with unreamed/reamed interlocking nailing gave excellent results. In present series, 19 fractures (95%) treated by unreamed and 19 (95%) fractures treated by reamed technique, united within 6 months of injury. Delay in union was noticed in one patient treated by unreamed technique who had segmental and extensive soft tissue injury and in reamed nailing there was one patient with deep infection, which was treated with antibiotic coated nail. Time to complete union was similar in both groups. Adequate debridement of wound and adequate soft tissue coverage is the key to minimize deep infection irrespective of whether the bone is reamed or not.
Dengue Fever : Study of 100 Cases in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Dhaka City
Authors: Karnal A H M , Mollah K H , Begum A , Khoda K , Tanzeem S , Sultana N
Published: October 2020

Dengue is a rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral disease worldwide. The endemicity in Bangladesh is also increasing gradually. The study was a prospective observational one, documented the presenting features and outcome of management. It was carried out in Department of Medicine in Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital, Dhaka from June 2013 to December 2013. Total 100 admitted cases of both sera positive and sera-negative were included in this study. Detailed history was taken, clinical examination and relevant investigations were done. Out of 100 patients 54 (54%) were male and 46 (46%) were female. So male to female ratio was 1.7:1. The age of the patients ranged from 12-75 years. Among them 20-40 years age group was highest 63%. Patients of higher socio-economic group were (69%) more affected. Out of 100 cases 54 had classical dengue fever (DF), 46 had dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). Antibody was positive in 81% cases. All patients presented with high fever, headache in 90%, retro-orbital pain in 45%, body ache in 56%, and backache in 48%. Leucopenia found in 60, platelet count <100x1091L was in 57, HCT- normal 17, <20% rise in 48%, ?20% rise in 28%. With proper management all patients were recovered.
Apresentação
Authors: F. Domínguez Avila Carlos
Published: October 2020

O décimo número da revista Hegemonia apresenta sete artigos inéditos sobre economia, política, cultura e sociedade internacional. O primeiro artigo aborda comparativamente as inserções internacionais do Brasil e do México. O segundo artigo comenta a relevância dos meios de comunicação na formação das agendas políticas dos Estados, com ênfase no caso argentino. O terceiro artigo destaca a importância das pesquisas de mercado no comércio internacional. O quarto artigo explora a relevância do pensamento da Hannah Arendt no início do século XXI. O quinto artigo menciona a importância da região Antártica para o Brasil. O texto seguinte verifica a relevância da segurança pública no contexto geral dos estudos sobre segurança internacional e defesa dos direitos humanos. O último artigo coloca em questão o tema da Internet e seu impacto na formulação das políticas públicas no Brasil.
Apresentação
Authors: F. Domínguez Avila Carlos
Published: October 2020

O décimo-sétimo número da revista Hegemonia apresenta sete artigos inéditos sobre economia, política, cultura e sociedade internacional, bem como um ensaio bibliográfico. O primeiro artigo aborda a evolução histórica das economias latino-americanas na segunda metade do século XIX. O segundo texto é sobre o desenvolvimento recente da macroeconomia brasileira. O terceiro artigo comenta a problemática da segurança alimentaria, a agricultura familiar e o desenvolvimento social no Estado das Alagoas. O quarto artigo explora o impacto das emissões de CO2. O quinto artigo destaca a relevância da política nacional de educação permanente em saúde. O sexto artigo explora a questão das violações aos direitos humanos durante o regime militar brasileiro. O sétimo artigo destaca aspectos relevantes da política de segurança pública e a cultura da violência no Brasil. E finalmente apresentamos um ensaio bibliográfico sobre a Primeira Guerra Mundial.
Apresentação
Authors: F. Domínguez Avila Carlos
Published: October 2020

Em 6 de abril de 2017, foi publicado o mais recente relatório do Conselho Cidadão para a Segurança Pública e Justiça Penal A.C. (2017). Segundo o documento, todas as doze cidades (de mais de 300000 habitantes), bem como 43 das 50 cidades, mais violentas do mundo estão localizadas na América Latina e Caribe. Sendo que as taxas de homicídios intencionais para grupos de 100 mil habitantes em Caracas (Venezuela), Acapulco (México) e San Pedro Sula (Honduras) são particularmente dramáticas. [...]
Apresentação
Authors: F. Domínguez Avila, Carlos
Published: October 2020

O número Especial da revista Hegemonia apresenta seis artigos sobre política, cultura, economia e sociedade no Brasil. O primeiro artigo aborda um estudo aplicado à Economia, particularmente do mercado financeiro. O segundo texto versa sobre a Economia Política do setor sucroalcoleeiro no Estado de Alagoas. O terceiro artigo comenta a problemática da Desaposentadoria. O quarto artigo explora a Violência Simbólica e as Relações de Gênero. O quinto artigo destaca os dilemas da Violência Policial. E o sexto artigo pondera sobre a Origem e as Transformações do Estado e da Sociedade na América Latina.
Apresentação
Authors: F. Domínguez Avila Carlos
Published: October 2020

O vigésimo-oitavo número da revista Hegemonia apresenta seis artigos sobre política, cultura, economia e sociedade no Brasil e no continente americano. O primeiro artigo reflete sobre o devir da democracia brasileira, especialmente no último triênio. O segundo texto destaca a relevância da evolução dos direitos humanos. O terceiro artigo procura avaliar o impacto da economia na contemporaneidade. O quarto texto discute a administração dos recursos naturais e a sustentabilidade ambiental sob uma perspetiva económica. O quinto trabalho destaca a luta pela igualdade de direitos, cidadania e minorias sexuais. E o sexto artigo comenta a política brasileira no inicio da Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Editorial
Authors: Domínguez Avila Carlos
Published: October 2020

É com grande satisfação que apresentamos o terceiro número da revista Hegemonia. Nesta oportunidade a revista está integrada por sete trabalhos de autores brasileiros e estrangeiros. Inicialmente o Embaixador Gonçalo Mourão, Chefe do Departamento do México, América Central e Caribe no Ministério das Relações Exteriores, comenta a evolução recente das relações do Brasil com os países da bacia do Caribe. A seguir, a professora Tereza França aborda a dramática situação humanitária dos deslocados no conflito armado interno colombiano. A professora mexicana Maria Ileana Gossio analisa a questão das comunidades chicanas residentes nos Estados Unidos e seu impacto nas relações bilaterais méxico-estadunidenses. Os acadêmicos argentinos Carlos Nahuel Oddone e Leonardo Granato avaliam a evolução recente dos processos de integração regional na América Latina, com ênfase nos casos da ALBA e da então CSN – atualmente denominada UNASUL. O professor Carlos Domínguez Avila explora alguns aspectos fundamentais da política externa global do Brasil durante a década de 1980. Finalmente o pesquisador e analista de comércio exterior Cláudio Ferreira da Silva comenta algumas tendências da inserção internacional do Brasil.
EFFECT OF Coturnix japonica (QUAIL) EGG ON SERUM GLUCOSE, B-VITAMINS AND MINERAL ELEMENTS IN ALLOXAN INDUCED DIABETIC RATS
Authors: J Ibrahim , M Lawal , SA Isa , A Abubakar , KG KG
Published: October 2020

Background: Cases of diabetes are on the rise in almost every population and without proper management and control the burden of the disease will continue to rise globally. Vitamins and minerals play significant roles in the management of diabetes and studies have shown the hypoglycemic effect of quail's egg. Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of Coturnix japonica (Quail) egg on serum glucose and some serum B-vitamins and mineral elements in alloxan induced diabetic rats. Methods: Rats were rendered diabetic by intravenous injection of alloxan (80mg/kg body weight). Coturnix japonica egg was administered orally at 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight per day for four weeks to the experimental animal groups. Serum glucose was significantly decreased
PRIMARY UMBILICAL ENDOMETROSIS
Authors: AA Panti , KA Tunau , SP Agbo , U Mohammed , lO Omokanye , B Ugege
Published: October 2020

Background: Primary endometriosis is the presence of endometrial glands and tissues outside the endometrial cavity. Primary umbilical endometriosis is a very rare entity. Case:We reported a 40-year-old Para 2 plus 2Alive 2 patient who presented with 2 year history of umbilical swelling with cyclical pain. The case was managed by simple excision and histopathological examination diagnosed it as a case of umbilical endometriosis. Conclusion: Endometriosis should be considered as a differential diagnosis in cases of any umbilical pain or swelling in women of reproductive age group.
Drug Delivery System Using Multiwalled Carbon Nano Tube Tagged with COVID – 19 Immunoglobulin and Lipase or Trypsin or Protease like Enzyme
Authors: R Chandramohan , V Muruguvalavan , SR Srikumar
Published: October 2020

he strategy to overcome the COVID–19 problem though quite cumbersome does have numerous opportunities to involve a hybrid strategy. While fighting to flatten the curve and converge towards better control to protect health workers and doctors, pre-post care management, endeavoring alternate drug composition trials, developing protocols and quarantine must be simultaneously supported by innovations. For example drug delivery systems may be deployed. Nanoparticles of metals like silver used in antibacterial and anti-viral applications may be coated to hospital equipments to withstand washing life. Designs of special masks and nanomaterials may be improved. A comprehensive approach is presented in this paper. A drug delivery system (DDS) using multiwalled carbon nanotube tagged with COVID–19 immunoglobulin and lipase or trypsin Or protease like enzyme is suggested here. Keywords: COVID 19 pandemic; Drug Delivery; Nanotechnology; MWCNT application for COVID; Nanomaterials;
The Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink
Authors: Mariani John F.
Published: October 2020

First published in 1983, John Mariani's Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink has long been the go-to book on all things culinary. Last updated in the late 1990s, it is now back in a handsome, fully illustrated revised and expanded edition that catches readers up on more than a decade of culinary evolution and innovation: from the rise of the Food Network to the local food craze; from the DIY movement, with sausage stuffers, hard cider brewers, and pickle makers on every Brooklyn or Portland street corner; to the food truck culture that proliferates in cities across the country. Whether high or low food culture, there's no question American food has changed radically in the last fourteen years, just as the market for it has expanded exponentially. In addition to updates on food trends and other changes to American gastronomy since 1999, for the first time the Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink will include biographical entries, both historical and contemporary, from Fanny Farmer and Julia Child to the Galloping Gourmet and James Beard to current high-profile players Mario Batali and Danny Meyer, among more than one hundred others. And no gastronomic encyclopedia would be complete without recipes. Mariani has included five hundred classics, from Hard Sauce to Scrapple, Baked Alaska to Blondies. An American Larousse Gastronomique, John Mariani's completely up-to-date encyclopedia will be a welcome acquisition for a new generation of food lovers.
Categories of coherence relations in discourse annotation
Authors: Scholman Merel C.J. , Evers-Vermeul Jacqueline , Sanders Ted J.M.
Published: October 2020

Over the last decennia, annotating discourse coherence relations has gained increasing interest of the linguistics research community. Because of the complexity of coherence relations, there is no agreement on an annotation standard. Current annotation methods often lack a systematic order of coherence relations. In this article, we investigate the usability of the cognitive approach to coherence relations, developed by Sanders et al. (1992, 1993), for discourse annotation. The theory proposes a taxonomy of coherence relations in terms of four cognitive primitives. In this paper, we first develop a systematic, step-wise annotation process. The reliability of this annotation scheme is then tested in an annotation experiment with non-trained, non-expert annotators. An implicit and explicit version of the annotation instruction was created to determine whether the type of instruction influences the annotator agreement. The results show that two of the four primitives, polarity and order of the segments, can be applied reliably by non-trained annotators. The other two primitives, basic operation and source of coherence, are more problematic. Participants using the explicit instruction show higher agreement on the primitives than participants used the implicit instruction. These results are comparable to agreement statistics of other discourse corpora annotated by trained, expert annotators. Given that non-trained, non-expert annotators show similar amounts of agreement, these results indicate that the cognitive approach to coherence relations is a promising method for annotating discourse.
Discovering Rhetoric Agreement between a Request and Response
Authors: Galitsky Boris
Published: October 2020

To support a natural flow of a conversation between humans and automated agents, rhetoric structures of each message has to be analyzed. We classify a pair of paragraphs of text as appropriate for one to follow another, or inappropriate, based on both topic and communicative discourse considerations.  To represent a multi-sentence message with respect to how it should follow a previous message in a conversation or dialogue, we build an extension of a discourse tree for it. Extended discourse tree is based on a discourse tree for RST relations with labels for communicative actions, and also additional arcs for anaphora and ontology-based relations for entities. We refer to such trees as Communicative Discourse Trees (CDTs). We explore syntactic and discourse features that are indicative of correct vs incorrect request-response or question-answer pairs. Two learning frameworks are used to recognize such correct pairs: deterministic, nearest-neighbor learning of CDTs as graphs, and a tree kernel learning of CDTs, where a feature space of all CDT sub-trees is subject to SVM learning.  We form the positive training set from the correct pairs obtained from Yahoo Answers, social network, corporate conversations including Enron emails, customer complaints and interviews by journalists. The corresponding negative training set is artificially created by attaching responses for different, inappropriate requests that include relevant keywords. The evaluation showed that it is possible to recognize valid pairs in 70% of cases in the domains of weak request-response agreement and 80% of cases in the domains of strong agreement, which is essential to support automated conversations.  These accuracies are comparable with the benchmark task of classification of discourse trees themselves as valid or invalid, and also with classification of multi-sentence answers in factoid question-answering systems.  The applicability of proposed machinery to the problem of chatbots, social chats and programming via NL is demonstrated. We conclude that learning rhetoric structures in the form of CDTs is the key source of data to support answering complex questions, chatbots and dialogue management.
Towards Integration of Cognitive Models in Dialogue Management: Designing the Virtual Negotiation Coach Application
Authors: Malchanau Andrei , Petukhova Volha , Bunt Harry
Published: October 2020

This paper presents an approach to flexible and adaptive dialogue management driven by cognitive modelling of human dialogue behaviour. Artificial intelligent agents, based on the ACT-R cognitive architecture, together with human actors are participating in a (meta)cognitive skills training within a negotiation scenario. The agent  employs instance-based learning to decide about its own actions and to reflect on the behaviour of the opponent. We show that task-related actions can be handled by a cognitive agent who is a plausible dialogue partner.  Separating task-related and dialogue control actions enables the application of sophisticated models along with a flexible architecture  in which  various alternative modelling methods can be combined. We evaluated the proposed approach with users assessing  the relative contribution of various factors to the overall usability of a dialogue system. Subjective perception of effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction were correlated with various objective performance metrics, e.g. number of (in)appropriate system responses, recovery strategies, and interaction pace. It was observed that the dialogue system usability is determined most by the quality of agreements reached in terms of estimated Pareto optimality, by the user's negotiation strategies selected, and by the quality of system recognition, interpretation and responses. We compared human-human and human-agent performance with respect to the number and quality of agreements reached, estimated cooperativeness level, and frequency of accepted negative outcomes. Evaluation experiments showed promising, consistently positive results throughout the range of the relevant scales.
Using Gestures to Resolve Lexical Ambiguity in Storytelling with Humanoid Robots
Authors: Scholl Catelyn , McRoy Susan
Published: October 2020

Gestures that co-occur with speech are a fundamental component of communication. Prior research with children suggests that gestures may help them to resolve certain forms of lexical ambiguity, including homophones. To test this idea in the context of human-robot interaction, the effects of iconic and deictic gestures on the understanding of homophones was assessed in an experiment where a humanoid robot told a short story containing pairs of homophones to small groups of young participants, accompanied by either expressive gestures or no gestures. Both groups of subjects completed a pretest and post-test to measure their ability to discriminate between pairs of homophones and we calculated aggregated precision. The results show that the use of iconic and deictic gestures aids in general understanding of homophones, providing additional evidence for the importance of gesture to the development of children’s language and communication skills.
Signaling of Causal Relations in Spanish: Variety, Functionality, and Specificity
Authors: Ibáñez Romualdo , Moncada Fernando , Cárcamo Benjamín , Marín Valentina
Published: October 2020

While some recent studies on Spanish have shown that some causal discourse markers specialize in expressing certain types of causal relations, others have revealed that causal relations may be signaled by a variety of linguistic devices. Given that we were interested not only in specificity and variety, but also in the (poly) functionality of signals, our objective in the present study was threefold. First, to identify the variety of markers used to signal causal relations in Spanish. Second, to describe the (poly) functionality of those causal markers. Third, to determine whether there exists a relationship of specificity between markers and particular types of causal relations. We analyzed a corpus of 2,514 causal coherence relations previously annotated. 40 different linguistic devices used to signal causal relations were identified. These devices were grouped into two main classes: Discourse Markers and Cue Phrases. Regarding the (poly) functionality of the markers, we found that 8 of the most frequent markers were used to signal different relations. Regarding specificity, it was observed that various conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs specialize in signaling specific relations.
Human Kinetics Library
Authors: Dennis Pamela R.
Published: October 2020

Human Kinetics Library is a subscription-based database that allows students, researchers, and instructors access to a bundled collection of electronic textbooks, supplementary monographs, and videos previously available only as individual titles (labeled by the company as “a
digital hub for sport and exercise studies”). The database is easy to navigate through its indexing and search tools. It is updated twice a year and includes an excellent help module. The many videos and images benefit college students and professors, personal trainers, rehabilitation
specialists, athletes, coaches, physical educators, nutritionists and more.
ProQuest Coronavirus Research Database
Authors: Salmon Marcia
Published: October 2020

Coronavirus Research Database is created and maintained by ProQuest. It is freely available to existing ProQuest customers and is an authoritative source of information on Coronavirus Disease pandemic (Covid-19) and past coronavirus epidemics such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). It has a robust search engine and a clean user interface. ProQuest Coronavirus Research Database has become a reputable and reliable research source for coronavirus research and the virus’s impact on public health.
Public Health: Global Origins of Modern Health Policy and Management, 1957‐1995
Authors: Leekley Elisabeth
Published: October 2020

Public Health: Global Origins of Modern Health Policy and Management, 1957-1995 from Readex is a sub-collection of Readex’s Joint Publication Research Services (JPRS) Reports, 1957-1995 which created reports for the U.S. government from translations of unclassified news, radio
bulletins, journals, and reports from foreign countries and international agencies. The department responsible for these reports shifted during the years of 1957 to 1995, which also shifted the focus of these reports from Cold War interests to a more comprehensive global overview. Public Health:
Global Origins of Modern Health Policy and Management, 1957-1995 contains health-related topics pulled from the larger collection of reports. Limited indexing and sorting features possibly obscure what might be rare translations from the Cold War era.
American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Authors: Bareiss Warren , Ismail Lizah
Published: October 2020

The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) features almost 40,000 hours of audio and video recordings produced among noncommercial broadcasting stations across the United States from the late 1940s to the 2010s. All 40,000 hours of broadcasts are accessible at WGBH in Boston
and at the Library of Congress. A large portion of those hours—about 7,000 programs—is directly available via online streaming at no cost via <https://americanarchive.org/>. Data
pertaining to the entire collection is also accessible via the website. AAPB offers a wealth of audio and video programs for teaching, scholarship, and entertainment in a user-friendly interface that makes browsing and searching AAPB relatively easy for novice and expert searchers.
Shards of the Shoah in R. B. Kitaj's Painting If Not, Not (1976)
Authors: Frankel Hazel
Published: October 2020

This article discusses R. B. Kitaj's painting If Not, Not (1976) with reference to issues of aesthetic representation of the Holocaust, in which Kitaj creates a cultural site for bearing witness for the Jewish victims. Striving to depict the unimaginable, Kitaj's method endorses meaning. Juxtaposing ambiguous, discordant images, he evokes a broken modern world and serves traumatic memory.
The Role of Operating Income on the Internal Long-Term Financing Decisions
Authors: Ahmaro Hisham I. , M. Alrawi Abdul Khaliq
Published: October 2020

This paper aims to demonstrate the roles and importance of the operating income of the management of Jordanian industrial companies, and the extent to which they depend on it to make the necessary financial decisions in order to meet their long-term needs. The data was collected from the financial reports of companies representing the study community for the period 2012-2016, after being classified by different industrial sectors. The research employed the operating incomes as an independent variable and long-term internal financial decisions as a dependent variable. The results of the data analysis showed a disparity between the different industrial sectors. The Engineering and Construction industries achieved the highest average of the ratio of long-term internal financing by 0.986, due to the importance of this activity on the Jordanian economy and the size of the high investment in it from the researchers' point of view. The lowest average was shown in the Paper and Cardboard sector by 0.550, due to the lack of investments in it compared to other industrial sectors that are more important to the Jordanian economy. The overall annual average of long-term domestic financing for all sectors was 0.892. The results also showed a statistically significant role for operating income in long-term internal financial decisions by the management of Jordan's public industrial joint stock companies.
Implementation of a Formative Objective Structured Clinical Exam to assess self evaluation in a rural BSN-DNP program
Authors: Rogers Jennifer Lynn , Garth Katy
Published: October 2020

Background and objective: The role of self-assessment in competency-based education has been controversial. The Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) has been used to assess competencies across the health professions. However, exploring the role of the OSCE as a method of self-assessment for nursing students has been limited. Objective: Implementation of a low cost pilot OSCE in a rural BSN-DNP program to explore graduate nursing students perceived self-evaluation of competencies to their actual OSCE performance.Methods: Eight students enrolled in a small, rural Bachelor of Science and Nursing to Doctorate of Nursing Practice (BSN-DNP) program in the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) specialty track were required to complete an OSCE. Graduate students participating in the OSCE completed a Self-Assessment of Competency questionnaire prior to performing the OSCE and the results were compared to their actual performance on the OSCE. Using available resources, undergraduate students in the BSN program at the institution were utilized as standardized patients.Results: Students perceived self-assessment of competence rated higher than their actual performance in subjective and objective data collection and implementation of a plan. Students’ actual performance was superior to their perceived self-assessment regarding communication with the patient.Conclusions: Without competency-based self-assessments, students can be unaware of their strengths and weaknesses. The OSCE is an instrument that provides faculty and students with objective measures of self-evaluation and should be considered as a component of competency-based education in rural nursing institutions.
Maternity Clients Satisfaction with Client-Health Provider Interaction in State-owned Secondary Health Facilities in Cross River State
Authors: Lukpata Felicia Ekwok , Nwakwue Ndukaku , Lukpata Hippolatus Ogar , Tangban Edum , Anagor Chiamaka Rosemary , Mgbekem Mary Achi
Published: October 2020

INTRODUCTION: Satisfaction with care is a facilitator and major determinant of facility-based maternal healthcare utilization. It is therefore worrisome when maternity clients express dissatisfaction with any aspect of maternity care as this tend to discourage them from patronizing facility-based maternal services. This study examined Maternity Clients Satisfaction with Client-Health Provider interaction in State-owned Secondary Health Facilities in Cross River State.

METHODS: The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design while a multistage sampling technique was used to select a sample population of 754 women of reproductive age found accessing maternal healthcare services in the studied facilities. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data and data obtained was analyse using descriptive techniques.

RESULT: Maternity clients were dissatisfied with the dimension of healthcare provider respect for clients as 321(42.6%) were dissatisfied and 133(17.6%) were “very dissatisfied”. Areas of dissatisfaction were health provider tone of voice, politeness and show of sympathy and support. However, clients were satisfied with healthcare provider provision of information as 234(31.0%) were “very satisfied” and 225(29.8%) were “satisfied”.

CONCLUSION: Based on the findings, it was concluded that respect for clients dimension of client-health provider interaction is a cause of dissatisfaction among maternity clients accessing care in State-Owned secondary health facilities. It was therefore recommended that stakeholders should make recruitment and retention of healthcare providers a priority as work overload affects interpersonal interactions. Also, update workshops on respectful maternity care should be organized at regular intervals for healthcare providers involved in maternity services.