bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Plasma Level of Urate among Sudanese with Type 2 Diabetes in Khartoum state, Sudan.
Authors: Elhassan Salma Hussein , Elabid Bader Eldien Hassan , Yousif Sara osman
Published: February 2021

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and the risk for cardiovascular disease is increased three to four fold in type 2 diabetes mellitus as compared to non-diabetic population. Hyperuricaemia has been reported to be a potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus. The objective of this study was to assess the plasma level of urate in Sudanese patients with type 2 diabetes in comparison with apparently healthy (non-diabetic) volunteers as controls.Methods: This is a descriptive, cross- sectional and hospital-based study conducted during the period from March to May 2011 in Jabir Abu Elez diabetic center and Nurein medical center, both in Khartoum state, Sudan. The study group included 52 NIDDM cases and 30 healthy controls of either sex matched for age and gender. Fasting venous samples were collected from both cases and controls. Serum levels of uric acid, and lipid profile were assayed using commercial reagent kits from Biosystem Company.Results: In the current study there was a significant increase in plasma urate in type 2 diabetic patients as compared to the control group. There was a significant increase in lipid profile with exception to high density lipoprotein which was significantly reduced. There was insignificant correlation of plasma urea, and lipid profile with both; body mass index and the duration of diabetes.Conclusion: Hyperuricemia is significantly associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and can increase the morbidity and mortality of diabetes if not managed in time. Elevated plasma urate levels are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in type 2 diabetes.
Role of Ethnicity in Sri Lankan Politics
Authors: Ranasinghe R.A.W
Published: February 2021

The study attempts to discuss the role of ethnicity and its socio-economic and political implications with the Sri Lankan society. As it is the major purpose of the paper, it does not pay much attention to examine the conceptual base of ethnicity except to examine the role of ethnicity in Sri Lankan politics in pre and post independent Sri Lanka. Objectively the more emphasis is given to discuss the causes and consequences of the conflict between the Sinhalese and the Tamils with a historical overview of the conflict. At the initial stage, the conflict did not take the form of conflict based on ethnicity but was a war organized by Sinhalese against the South Indian Dravidian invaders. At the second stage in which South Indian Tamil invaders established their colonies in Northern territories, the conflict occurred as the form of the strengthening the central authority over the peripheral disobedient rulers. Yet during the colonial rule especially under the British Empire, the role of ethnicity shifted from its previous form of the conflict between the central authority and the territorial autonomy to acquire more opportunities in colonial politics and administration under the banners of ethno-cultural identities. The role of ethnicity during the post independent Sri Lanka moved towards the conflict between the unitary(ism) and separatism which made a severe damage to the development and progress of the country in human and physical perspectives. Still the ethnicity plays a prominent role in socio-economic and political spheres of the Sri Lankan society.
Employee Retention: A key Driver to the Growth of Tourism and Hospitality in Odisha
Authors: Mohanty Sasmita , Mohanty Kalyani
Published: February 2021

Odisha is the soul of incredible India having numerous tourist attractions both natural and manmade. The rich heritage and culture of this land is a unique feature in the global arena. The tourism and hospitality in the state of Odihsa is still in the developing stage. Tourism is a highly labour intensive sector and has the potential to generate high employment growth through a mix of activities. It is the hospitality accommodation industry which binds together a lot of other employment generating sectors through backward and forward linkages and the maximum tourist satisfaction can be achieved by means of competent human resource. However, good human resource practices can be an alternative strategy for the growth of this sector. Hence, accommodation sector being highly shared by private entrepreneurs, low pay, low career opportunity and poor employment conditions, low job security, the labour management is more in this sector. An effort has been made in this paper to bring forward the key factors associated with turnover of employee in the Accommodation Sector of Odisha which had not been explored quite significantly. So, the study has attempted to discover aspects as perceived by the employees and employers as important for them to retain employment in the Accommodation Sector. The study has adopted descriptive survey research design.
Study on Ecological College English Teaching
Authors: Li Jianying
Published: February 2021

Classroom ecology refers to the classroom activities which are guided by educational philosophy of ecology. It promotes eco-classroom teaching and the full development of nature so as to make the classroom become truly holistic and sustainable and healthy ecosystems. This article aims to analyze the present status of college English teaching and research, providing suggestions for improving the quality of college English teaching.
Synthesis of Substituted 2,2’-Dinitrobiphenyls by a Novel Solvent-Free High Yielding Ullmann Coupling Biarylation:
Authors: Mandouma Ghislain R , Epps Ayunna , Barbas John
Published: February 2021

Solvent-free reaction using a high-speed ball milling technique has been applied to the classical Ullmann coupling reaction for the first time. Biarylation of 2-iodonitrobenzene was achieved in quantitative yield when performed in a custom-made copper vial through continuous shaking without additional copper or solvent. The product was solid, NMR ready and required no lengthy extraction for purification. This reaction was cleaner, and faster than solution phase coupling which requires longer reaction time in high boiling solvents, added copper catalyst, and lengthy extraction and purification steps. Gram quantities of the biaryl compound were synthesized in larger copper vials. This is a general method that can be used to effectively reduce industrial waste en route to sustainability.
Important Of Total Quality Management And Sustainability Herbs Industry Business In Malaysia
Authors: Mokhtar Hajjah Mazita Binti , Binti Azizan Noor Azlinna
Published: February 2021

This paper discusses the importance of quality management in confirming the success of every herbs industry business in Malaysia. The research paper to be focused issues on identifying and removing the causes of errors in the production line. The reason of choosing this topic because to ensure the product can be marketed success throughout Malaysia and global.There will be lot of activities; systems, procedure and regulation need to be fulfilled. Many things need to be done by entrepreneurs to produce quality products. Besides that Deming’s theory management especially stresses improving quality for sustainability in productivity will be used in this research paper. This concept paper will benefit to all Malaysian entrepreneurs that involve in herbs industry.
Education has remained the most crucial contributor to social, political and economic development of any nation
Authors: Khatete Ibrahim
Published: February 2021

Education has remained the most crucial contributor to social, political and economic development of any nation. The contribution of education to development has been re-iterated by many scholars. Todaro (2003) asserted that a country which is unable to develop the skills and knowledge of her people and utilize them effectively in national economy will be unable to develop anything else. The importance of secondary education in stimulating social economic development was emphasized by Psacharopolous and Woodhall, (1985) and Ayot and Briggs, (1992) who argued that enlightened labour force is crucial to economic development. This realization has created a high demand for secondary education especially in developing countries. For example it is projected that enrollment in Kenya’s secondary school is to grow by 115% from 0.9 million students in 2004 to 2.7 million by 2015 (KIPPRA, 2006). Kenya’s visionary plan of being industrialized by the year 2030 demands that a majority of the youth should be able to access secondary education as a component of basic education. However, the increasing demand comes at a time of rising diminishing resources due to poor economic growth and rising poverty levels among the household.
VIRTUAL LEARNING IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
Authors: I. T. Afolabi , O. M. Adeyeye , C.K Ayo
Published: February 2021

Currently, local area network (LAN) is commonplace in the Nigerian tertiary institutions and can be a good platform for distributing and disseminating instructional materials. Thus, this paper proposes to improve the quality of academics through online provision of learning resources based on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS); wired and wireless access to contents; and availability of the system 24/7. The system is based on third party software or FOSS called phpBB and Windows 2003 Server Active Directory Services. Both are installed and configured on an intranet. It has a discussion forum which is accessed through Hypertext Transfer Protocol using a web browser; and directory services for files/folders upload and download based on a set of privilege levels in Discretionary Access Control List (DACL) as a way of improving security. The system leads to the development of a virtual campus in Covenant University. Also, it has helpedimprove the quality of teaching by making lecture notes availably on the intranet, lecturer/studentinteraction, accessibility to teaching materials and reduce student’s idle time. The system helps in no small measure to correct the problems plaguing the educational sector such as examination malpractice, decline standards of education and cultism, as students are gainfully engaged in academic and social activities. The creation of a virtual campus would enhance the level of e-participation, and e-readiness of the graduate for the employment market. In particular, it bridges the divide between the developed and the developing nations.
ADEQUACY AND UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES BY COMPUTER SCIENCE LECTURERS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: Gabriel Akindoju Olugbenga , Nwagwu Rita Nkiruka , Akintoye Hakeem O. , Avoseh Jimmy Olabamisi , Aregbede Solomon
Published: February 2021

This study determined the extent to which ICT resources are adequately provided and utilized by computer science lecturers for instructional delivery in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Thirty science educators were randomly selected from the faculties of science and science and technology education in two universities in Lagos state. Teacher’ utilization of ICT resources questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using bar chart and percentage. The finding shows that ICT resources are not adequate and many of the educators rarely use the available ICT resources for relevant instructional delivery. Suggestions were made for improvement.
OBE Method of Assessments for Capstone Civil Engineering Project Design
Authors: Pauzi NIM , Muda ZC
Published: February 2021

Civil Engineering capstone design course has been introduced in UNITEN since Semester 2 2006/2007. In theearlier of the introduction, this subject is considered as an elective subject but during Semester 2 2008/2009, thesubject has become compulsory due to the requirement by Engineering Accreditations Council (EAC). This subjectis a team design project applying engineering and project management principles for multidisciplinary designwhich would involve an integration of Civil Engineering including environmental, geotechnical, structural, watersupply and drainage system, sewerage system, project management and road design. This course has dividedthe design stage into two stages which are preliminary design and final design. This paper is a review paper onthe method of assessment for capstone design course and the example on the implementations of OBE methodassessment in UNITEN. Method of assessment in this subject should be based on the student’s participations,formal presentation, written reports, conceptual and detailed design and finally tender document andconstruction cost estimates. The assessments also including the bloom taxonomy to produce a well balancedstudent with ability to have critical thinking, soft skill and also technical skills. The rubric system makes theassessment easier by implementing range of marks to the quality of the works done by the undergraduate forthe capstone design course. The future predictions of this course would be giving the real engineering projectsto the students to help in the construction of a houses or buildings for poor community. This would expose thestudents to the importance of helping the community as the primary role of civil engineering is to help thecommunity.
Pedagogical Approach to Teaching a First Course in Engineering Electromagnetics
Authors: Rahman Habib
Published: February 2021

This paper presents a pedagogical approach to the development and teaching of a course in engineering electromagnetics to undergraduate students in electrical and computer engineering at Saint Louis University. It also discusses myriad problems and challenges in offering this course to accommodate the changing discipline boundaries. Engineering electromagnetics, by nature, is not a very popular course to many students because they incorrectly think it is full of complicated mathematics with little or no applications in the real world posing an intellectual and educational challenge to them. It makes this course appear insurmountable, abstract and abstruse. With the evolution of state-of-the-art technologies in electrical and computer engineering, the understanding the fundamental concepts in electromagnetics has become increasingly important. This approach provides tools of accurate analysis through computer methods, in addition to closed-form methods used for design analysis and synthesis. Difficult three-dimensional vector differential and integral concepts are discussed when they are encountered with emphasis being on physical insight. The course is modernized by briefly introducing the finite-difference method, and thereafter, integrating some prewritten computer programs to demonstrate graphical representation of some problems of practical interests. As a result, the students really begin to find a measure of joy in this course and emerge as engineers equipped with the best of the closed-form and computer worlds.
Educational Gaming and Use for Explaining Alternative Energy Technologies
Authors: Ritter Kenneth A. , Chambers Terrence L.
Published: February 2021

Raising awareness of energy issues to high school students using traditional teaching methods can be tedious and unproductive. However, letting a high school student engage in an interactive 3D game can not only stimulate general interest but can also captivate and educate. During 2013, several demonstrations were given in a virtual reality lab at the University of Louisiana that explained solar thermal power concepts and other alternative energy technologies. These were given on three 150 inch screens in a concave design, immersing the user in a 3D educational experience. Several software technologies were used in the creation of the game, the main ones being Solidworks, 3ds Max Design, and Unity 3D. The scene of the game was constructed using a scale model of the Cleco Alternative Energy Center in Crowley, Louisiana. This paper gives a literary review of educational games and explains the design process of the interactive 3D game and the educational experience from demonstrations during 2013.
Top Leaders Attributes in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions
Authors: Daud Mafuzah Mohamad Salina , Harun Mohd Zainal Munshid
Published: February 2021

Transforming Malaysian Higher Education Institutions to an exceptional level has become one of the main challenges in pursuing strategic vision and the ability to strengthen our Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) that could become a medium to the country economic development as well as facing global intense competition. Specifically, the role of HEIs leader is needed to transform their institution to a new paradigm. Thus HEIs leader have to furnish and equip themselves with a high leadership attributes. The main objective of this study is to investigate top leader attributes in Malaysian HEIs and it effect toward university innovation. The questionnaires were distributed to managers from various faculties and departments’ of public HEIs in Klang Valley. The findings shows, leading changes attributes of leaders is the most significantly related and asserted as the most difficult leadership challenges faced by the leader in enhancing and encouraging the spirit of innovation in HEIs.
Co-producing knowledge: Academics and non-academics partner to build synergistic teams to produce sustainable pathways to advance the emerging field of bamboo farming, manufacturing and processing in Alabama
Authors: Koontz Marcy L.
Published: February 2021

Black Belt Bamboost project was developed to advance knowledge of bamboo as a catalyst for a new type of agricultural development, identify associated potential end markets, as well as its processing, manufacturing, and general awareness within the state of Alabama, specifically the Black Belt region. It exists to provide a launch pad for leaders in multidisciplinary research collaboration, education, and the community to partner in order to build synergistic teams to develop discoveries that will position Alabama to be a leader in the emerging field of bamboo farming, manufacturing and processing. It also serves as a platform for individuals engaged in creative pursuits using bamboo. This paper examines the development of this interdisciplinary community engagement project. With the belief that a co-production of knowledge is essential for developing more sustainable pathways, an agorist strategy was used to bring non-academic and academic communities along with public, private and governmental institutions together.
Double Helix Structure and Finite Persisting Sphere Genetic Algorithm in Designing Digital Circuit Structure
Authors: Roslan Nurzanariah , Kamil Karmila , Hen Chong Kok
Published: February 2021

This paper proposes a new approach of chromosome representation in digital circuit design which is Double Helix Structure (DHS). The idea of DHS in chromosome representation is inspired from the nature of the DNA's structure that built up the formation of the chromosomes. DHS is an uncomplicated design method. It uses short chromosome string to represent the circuit structure. This new structure representation is flexible in size where it is not restricted by the conventional matrix structure representation. There are some advantages of the proposed method such as convenience to apply due to the simple formation and flexible structure, less requirement of memory allocation and faster processing time due to the short chromosomes representation. In this paper, DHS is combined with Finite Persisting Sphere Genetic Algorithm (FPSGA) to optimal the digital circuit structure design. The experimental results prove that DHS uses short chromosome string to produce the flexible digital circuit structure and FPSGA further optimal the number of gates used in the structure. The proposed method has better performance compared to other methods.
DO THE “APPLES” BAD? AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON STUDENTS’ MORAL COGNITIVE ABILITY
Authors: ISHAK SURAIYA , OMAR AHMAD RAFLIS CHE , ARIFFIN KADIR , HUSAIN MOHD YUSOF
Published: February 2021

The purpose of this action study is to examine the moral cognitive ability among senior students who enrolled to Development Science program in Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to senior students at the end session of the final ethic class. The questionnaire is comprised of 3 sections intended to measure the student’s moral cognitive level, respond on unethical behaviors and demographic section. The findings show the students have reached the conventional moral cognitive level. Most respondents agree that parents is the most important source for moral cognitive development and had moulds their moral characters. In parallel to their moral cognitive level, most students show disapproval to most unethical behaviors listed in the questionnaire. Nevertheless, we also found a trend of ethical relativism in students reasoning. Thus, it signals that improvement is needed in the delivery of ethics subject in order to increase the conventional moral cognitive to the post-conventional level. The post-conventional moral cognitive is required to ensure the moral principles are being upheld at all times and contexts. The originality of this study lies in attempt to investigate on moral cognitive ability based on Kohlberg moral cognitive framework among a group of university students. The topic is also in line with current emphasizes to improve employees ethical behaviors within all organizations.
“Excellent” or “Outstanding”
Authors: ZHANG Xiaochi
Published: February 2021

One word is not only a symbol of language, but also reflects the cultural values where people live in a society. It is no doubt that different language reflect different cultural values. Hence, it is extremely crucial for oversea students to understand some fundamental knowledge about the relationship between language influence and cultural value in their intercultural adaptation and communication. Only in this way, the oversea students will be adapted to a new society and a new culture, and show their own academic abilities on some competitive occasions including applying for their graduates or post-graduates in colleges and universities. Therefore, the author will take his son’s application for Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s a post-graduate as a case, comparatively analyzes and discusses that the concept of cultural values directly affects applicant, especially owing to the relative function between language modification and cultural impact, and finally focuses on the intercultural adaptation’s influence on application, so as to success in his or her study career in a new culture.
University rankings game and its relation to GDP per capita and GDP growth
Authors: Lu Clifford Tan Kuan
Published: February 2021

In this study, the term ‘World-Class Universities per capita’ or ‘WCUs per capita’ is created and defined as the number of world-class universities available in a country divided by its population. To date, it is known that global university rankings are solely the numerical measures of world-class universities. ARWU is chosen as the benchmark of wold-class universities (WCUs) among the university ranking methodologies available based on the assumption that universities listed under Top 500 are WCUs. Simple regression analysis is carried out to determine the correlation between WCUs per capita and GDP per capita as well as GDP growth. The results show that WCUs per capita is strongly correlated to the nation’s GDP per capita. However, the WCUs per capita has an insignificant effect on GDP growth. There is a pronounced increase in significance level when the ranking lists are expanded from the Top 100 to Top 500. This suggests that it is crucial for a nation to increase the number of WCUs (listed in the Top 500) in order to attain a higher GDP per capita, rather than having a few elite WCUs in the Top 100. In addition, ‘freedom from corruption’ is the most significant institutional factor when institutional factors are added into the regression model, followed by ‘property rights’, ‘business freedom’ and ‘investment freedom’.
Education, Development, and Capabilities
Authors: Sampath Rajesh
Published: February 2021

This paper argues that a deeper appreciation of the philosophical nature of oppression is required in our age of globalization, science and technology, particularly for rethinking educational systems aimed at social justice, equality and liberation in developing countries. It draws on the inspiring concepts of Paolo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, which itself is indebted to the philosophical innovation of the philosopher Hegel. The aim of the article is to outline various ways to analyze the requirements for critical consciousness to rise given the dialectical contradiction of scientific and technological progress on the one hand and new forms of alienation that arise from anonymity and the dissolution of the self on the other. At stake is how we understand the process and ends of ‘sustainable development’ to achieve greater inclusion and social justice in a multicultural, pluralistic and intrinsically heterogeneous globalized world.
Integration of Quality and Safety Education for Nurses Into Nursing Curriculum
Authors: Durham Roberta , Hofwegen Lynn Van
Published: February 2021

International heath and nursing organizations have called for significant changes in nursing education to improve health outcomes. In the United States, a national initiative of Quality and Safety in Nursing Education (QSEN) has been underway to articulate competencies to improve patient safety and health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the integration of QSEN competencies into an undergraduate nursing curriculum. Student self-reports of QSEN competencies were evaluated with the Student Evaluation Survey. Data was collected at baseline, and after Year 1 and Year 2 following implementation of a QSEN integrated curricular intervention. Two-sample T-tests, was used to analyze data from comparable groups. Although the findings were not statistically significant, this is an important area of inquiry as it represents one undergraduate program’s efforts to quantify and measure QSEN integration through curricular changes. Suggestions are made to quantify curricular change and lessons learned are discussed.
WATER POLLUTION AND ITS CONTROL IN THE CONTEXT OF PHYSICAL PLANNING. A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED WATER BODIES IN OWERRI.
Authors: OSUJI SABINA CHIAKA , ABIASO NNENNA MERCY
Published: February 2021

Owerri has faced water pollution problems for many years. These have created many social, physical economic technological and political issues in Owerri city. The general feeling among Owerri inhabitants is that supply of water in Owerri could be a nuisance. The survey method using questionnaire was adopted in the study. The stratified, random and systemic sampling techniques were used in two rivers and 480 respondents from six zones of the city. The result shows that there are pollutants in the Rivers Nwaorie and Otamiri. The study therefore highlighted the control measures for effective curbing of water pollution resulting from pollutants seeping into rusted galvanized iron pipes, flood/underground seepage of human and material wastes into River Nwaorie and Otamiri, streams Okitankwo/Onumurukwa which form the major sources of water in Owerri. The leading of contaminants from industrial wastes, agricultural wastes, oil spills, hazardous wastes and natural water wastes and other refuses. The study therefore concludes that the contribution of the State Government and the Municipality improving on provision of adequate manpower and training of stakeholders in the water industry, provision of solid quality materials for general maintenance, regular treatment of water from its in-take point and also borehole water, extension of tap water (pipe born water) to all the cranies of Owerri in order to stop completely the direct-use of water from Otamiri and Nwaorie Rivers which is injurious to health, provision of suggestion box in which the inhabitants could suggest further remedies for the provision of quality water keywords: Water Pollution; Rivers; Streams; Owerri City.
Talking About Interpretation In n Intercultural Context
Authors: Zhang Xiaochi
Published: February 2021

An interpretation is an important work for people to communicate with other people from different cultural background. An interpreter not only translates a sentence or an idiom but also provides the equivalent sentence or an idiom in the target language. Meanwhile, the interpreter should go in the cultural adaptation and gives mutual understanding and comprehension in an intercultural context。 Thus, the author takes a case as an example to show that no one can easily and effectively act as an interpreter. The paper analyzes and discusses the relationships between language and culture, intercultural communication and interpreter. And then the author points out that any successful interpreter must be good at both target languages and cultures, he or she needs to interpret the meaning with acceptable cultural elements of the original speech, and so as to be a qualified interpreter for intercultural communication between different people from different cultural backgrounds.
Cultural Transformation Processes in the Current Development of Yogyakarta-Style Classical Dance
Authors: Saearani Muhammad Fazli Taib bin , Simatupang Gabriel Lono Lastoro , Soedarsono R.M , Kusmayati A. M Hermin
Published: February 2021

Yogyakarta-Style Classical Dance plays an important role in the part of human-life values, both seen from the religious function and from the social function. From a comprehensive perspective, it is shown that the preservation related to the development of this type of dance occurs because each generation has its own soul of the era that encourages cultural creativity. Eventually, Yogyakarta-style classical dance transform both internally and externally. The interplay among different traditions may result in something new that constitutes an additional repertoire in addition to the existing traditions. This paper discusses how such transformational processes apply in Yogyakarta-Style Classical Dance and what happens to the dance that belongs to the Palace of Yogyakarta and how their current development is. The processes of cultural transformation that have occurred to Yogyakarta-Style Classical Dance (in conjunction with the performing arts) also lead to shifts in the functions of the performing arts in the environment of Yogyakarta Palace that initially tended to be sacred, with the advancement of the society’s mindset, the functions get eroded and change into the profane ones or into a performance that the general public can learn.
Talking About “Chinese Dream” and “American Dream” From an Intercultural Communication Perspective
Authors: Zhang Xiaochi
Published: February 2021

Dream is usually a beautiful or wonderful thing, and often begins from the pursuit of beautiful or wonderful thing and the desire for happiness from poverty or suffering. The Chinese Dream and the American Dream have their own different cultural connotations especially under the influence of their own cultural values. Therefore, the author tries to compare the Chinese Dream with the American Dream from an intercultural perspective, discusses the cultural connotations of the different two dreams and focuses on the comparative analysis on the different intercultural values of the different two dreams, so as to deeply understand the Chinese Dream and American Dream from its history, culture, and its cultural values.
Investigating the use of the method of "nearest neighbors" to predict the behavior of stock prices in the implementation of arbitrage
Authors: G. Perminov
Published: February 2021

In this paper, it was considered one of the types of trading in the stock market - Implementation of arbitrage. The aim of the study was to examine the possibility of using the method of "nearest neighbors" with heuristic rules to predict short-term stock price behavior during arbitrage transactions. In a paper tests the hypothesis that the two parameters - TotalRise (percentage price change over the entire period of growth) and LastChange (percentage change in price over the last day) - are crucial for predicting the behavior of stocks after a sharp rise on positive news. Consequently, an investor might assume, how to behave in the price of the shares, if the result will analyze arbitrage other stocks have close to the value of the shares and TotalRise LastChange. For this action, the risk of loss was defined as the ratio of the neighbors with a loss to all of its neighbors (if 20 neighbors of the action 5 neighbors were unprofitable (i.e. the respective shares rose in price), the riskiness of the operation can be set equal to 25%). Win value was defined as the average of the gains (and losses) of all the neighbors. As a result, developed a model is plausible determines the behavior of the shares.
EUROPEAN CROSS CULTURAL DIFFERENCIES VS. GERMAN AND ROMANIAN STYLE NEGOTIATIONS
Authors: BAICU MARIANA
Published: February 2021

Negotiation is a kind of communication between contractual partners having a target, a consensual objective to achieve. In an international negotiation, the businessmen have to know the culture of their partner in order to approach him according to his language, habits, traditions, moral and religious customs. In Europe we know two kinds of cultures: monochronic and polychronic cultures and some authors describe the cultural trinity (Northern, Central and Southern geographical oriented cultures). In the European Union the trend is to have UNITY IN DIVERSITY, proper to the prospective European family, defined by tolerance, understanding, competitive alliances and win-win negotiations. This goal will be achieved by knowing the cross cultural differences, playing the role of the adult negotiator, tolerant, knowing and understanding each other.
academic thinking based on the perspective of fashion design
Authors: Chunyan QIU , Yue HU
Published: February 2021

With the contemporary socio-economic, political, and cultural diversity, Fashion Design leads us toward a broader field rapidly. Under the "people-oriented" principle, Fashion design which integrating the design concept of multi-angle, multi-paradigm and multi-aspect should be on the stand of severing people so as to meet people's physiological and mental needs and to enrich people's spiritual and material life for the purpose. It further opens up a new vision for Modern fashion frontier and will be bound to the clothing design practice.
MODELLING URBAN GROWTH FROM MEDIUM RESOLUTION LANDSAT IMAGERIES OF AKURE, NIGERIA
Authors: Oyinloye Michael Ajide , Fasakin Julius Olubumi
Published: February 2021

The city of Akure has experienced rapid growth in the past 2 to 3 decades which has led to the expansion of the core urban areas of the city into adjoining rural lands. The paper analyses the urban growth of Akure using medium resolution Landsat imageries. Landsat (MSS), Landsat Thematic Mapping(TM) and Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) images for 1972, 1986 and 2002 respectively were used in a post-classification comparison analysis to map the spatial dynamic of land cover changes and identify the urbanization process in Akure. The land cover statistical results revealed a rapid growth in the built-up area of Akure from 997.2 hectares in 1972 to about 3852.70 hectares in 2002 due to increase in population of Akure within this period. Results of the prediction showed that the built-up area of the city has increased in size from 977.2 hectares in 1972 to 5863.66 hectares in 2022 corresponding to 500% at the rate of 13.1% per annum. Implications of growth include loss of open space, pressure on limited infrastructure, overcrowding, traffic congestion and poor standard of living. The study recommends regular monitoring of urban area, development of small towns around the city area to avoid overcrowding, training of planners and administrators to acquire more knowledge in the use of GIS and remote sensing to enhance efficiency.
CONFLICT AS AN ORGANIZATION’S ELEMENT OF ADJUSTMENT
Authors: Omokeji Ganiyu Rasaq , Taiwo Felix Olalekan
Published: February 2021

Many organizations today are engrossed with many problems amounted from human interaction, interrelationship and interdependence among its members. The nature and environment of work largely determine the intensity and extensiveness of the interaction, interrelationship and interdependence of each person or group of persons within each of the organization. Conflict, is an important concept in adjustment because it makes threat or frustration inevitable precisely the action designed to satisfy one goal necessarily threaten or frustrate the other. Conflict may be problematic to the success of an organization but it could also be instrumental to, evoking a new culture that will be more enduring, give opportunity for cooperation, resource discovery, conducive working environment, and attainment of the corporate goals of the organization (Ayodele, 2002). There is no completely satisfactory solution to conflict as long as the individual remains committed to both goals. Since conflict is a universal problem, how it is handled is of the utmost importance. This study attempts to examine the dimension of conflict resolution in the contemporary world of work.
An Efficient, Meaningful, Dynamic and Fun Didactical Methodological Possibility
Authors: Martins V. B
Published: February 2021

The Brazilian educational system demands, more and more, pedagogical practices which encourage the students to get really involved with the learning process and also that have them develop the ability of establishing relation between what they learn in school and what happens in everyday life. Thus, it is not possible to accept a teaching practice which requests from the students, for example, memorization of big nomenclature lists, which will never be used in daily communication. Onwards this belief, came the idea of creating a work proposal guided by interdisciplinarity. The objective is to show how a Basic Education teacher can work with the figure of speech concept in a playful, meaning, efficient and mainly interdisciplinary way, which is a modern slope of the educational field nowadays, but it is not present so commonly within Brazilian schools.
Cultural Mistranslation and Intercultural Communication--A Case Study of Chinese Reports on Zhai Tiantian’s Incident in the U.S.A.
Authors: Zhang Xiaochi
Published: February 2021

Globalization enters a world in which people of different cultural backgrounds and increasingly comes to depend on one another. To understand and accept cultural differences becomes imperative to be effective in intercultural communication in global society. In this process, translation has played an important role in intercultural mass communication connecting different cultures and different nations. However, people including translators and reporters from another culture sometime misunderstood some incidents and were unbelieving what happened with the specific incident due to mistranslation which resulted in misreports from mass media. Therefore, the author will take Zhai Tiantian’s incident in the U.S.A. as a case and make further analysis of the relationship between language and culture, and the function of translation in the intercultural communication. Finally, the author also discusses how to make intercultural translation better in order to promote intercultural communication between different people from different cultural backgrounds.
Pedagogic Discourse
Authors: Sang James Kimeli , Lelan Dr. Joseph , Korir Susan Jelagat
Published: February 2021

HIV and AIDS is an epidemic that has remained a serious health concern across the globe for more than a quarter of a century since it was first diagnosed in 1981. This is in spite of a myriad of health education and prevention programs that have been developed and are in use. Current studies in Kenya concur that information on HIV and AIDS prevention is readily available. Focus is now on quality and policies that guide implementation of prevention education programs. This paper therefore attempts to give a detailed analysis of the HIV and AIDS curriculum that is used in Secondary Schools in Kenya. This is achieved by using Basil Bernstein’s model of Pedagogic discourse. This model entails a set of concepts and criteria which are invaluable in studying the curriculum. The classroom texts and class readers are critically analyzed using this model so as to illuminate on this curriculum.
Disciplined be Locke in the image of the teaching device and the construction of professional self in human development
Authors: Santos Mateus Casanova dos , Leite Maria Cecília Lorea
Published: February 2021

The present work is a theoretical and reflective study of the pedagogical and educational aspects of the concept of discipline and training in John Locke Gentleman (gentleman), dialoguing with the theories of Basil Bernstein and Rudolf Steiner to initiate the discussion of vocational training, especially of health professionals. Reflecting the imagistic dialogue corpus of the idea of gentleman and disciplinary award of this concept in John Locke through the methodology of image analysis and the documentary method. Understandings about the context assigned by participant observation the researcher of the practices of the discipline of Human Anatomy, Department of Morphology, Federal University of Pelotas, in 2012, allowed overlap and interconnect theorizing and re-contextualize the analysis of pedagogical device. It is considered that the regulative discourse of pedagogical device to Basil Bernstein can be conferred with the concept of discipline in John Locke, especially in the development of children's habits, skills and construction of the interior of each gentleman I professional in the formation stage, considering that the regulative discourse controls the instructional discourse.
Study on Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Banking Industry
Authors: K.K Sofiah , P Padmashantini , K Gengeswari
Published: February 2021

Organ (1988) defined organization citizenship behavior (OCB) as the individual’s behavior that is discretionary not directly or explicitly recognized by the formal reward system and that in the aggregate promotes the effective functioning of the organization. There has been numerous studies performed on organization citizenship behavior and antecedents of this behavior were explored since this behavior contributes to the effective functioning of an organization. The positive contribution of OCB to organizational performance is widely accepted by literature(Podsakoff and MacKenzie,1994,1997; Podsakoff et al.,2000). This behavior have been described by the service literature as being essential; for achieving superior returns. The service industry has been a major contributor to the growth and development of the Malaysian economy (Central Bank of Malaysia, 2007;Deparment of Statistics Malaysia,2010; Malaysian Industrial Development Authority,2010). According to Warrier(2010), the services sector is estimated to contribute 70 percent of GDP to Malaysia’s economy by 2020.There has been a significant correlation in literature between the relationships of competency, quality of work life, transformational leadership) and organization citizenship behavior. The research intends to explore on how this variables encourage the exhibition of OCB among the service personnel in the banking industry. The relevant hypotheses have been developed and further testing on its relationship will be conducted in order to investigate its impact on organizational citizenship behavior.
advantages of transmidias narratives for a Dialogic Education in Distance Education
Authors: Santos Fabiana Alves
Published: February 2021

We live in a time of significant social and cultural, defendants primarily by technological transformations. In particular, in the field of education, new forms and practices have been required to meet this new scenario. This article aims to discuss the possibilities of transmedias narratives to encourage creative processes in Distance Education, from the perspective of dialogical education. The methodological been used to systematize the contributions of authors such as Freire and Henry Baktin and Jenkys. From a reflection on the potential of Virtual Learning Environments as convergence channels, there is a need for adoption of motivational strategies, such as those found in transmedias narratives for the realization of a dialogical education.
Globalization and Nation State
Authors: Sivakumar N , Baskaran S
Published: February 2021

The article explains the impact of globalization on state sovereignty. The globalization is the dominant force which has shaped a new era of interaction and interdependence among nations. It has many dimensions such as economic, political, military, social and cultural dimension. It creates both opportunities and costs to the nation state. Sovereignty is the most essential element of the state. Globalization contributes to the change and reduction of the scope of state sovereignty. The scope of the inner sovereignty has legally narrowed to a large degree due to the international agreements including global financial flows, activities of International Organization and Multinational Corporation, Information communication technology and issues concerning human rights and in connection with already formed models and traditions of states' behavior. At the same time increasingly more states quite often give away some of their sovereign powers voluntarily for certain reason.
PUBLIC PERCEPTION AND JOB PERFORMANCE NEXUS ANALYTICAL EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIAN POLICE.
Authors: AREMU Amos Oyesoji , ODUOLA Olayemi Zainab
Published: February 2021

The study seeks to analytically investigate the impact of public perception on job performance of Nigerian Police. It made use of 300 police male and female officers from two States in South Western part of Nigeria (Oyo and Lagos). The study made use of six valid and reliable instruments named Police Officer’s Job Performance Scale (POJOPES to sample the respondents. Data analysis involved the use of path analysis which involved goodness of fit (step wise path) at 0.05 level of significance. Each of the significant variables showed relative effect on each other in the initial path model. The results indicated that public perception was found to be positively significant to police job performance. It is therefore recommended that the Federal Government should adhere to the United Nations prescription of one policeman to 400 citizens and to exhibit a continuous recruitment drive and training in order to benefit and enhance the performance of the police force.
PUBLIC POLICIES OF TEACHER TRAINING AND HUMAN DIGNITY
Authors: Araujo Margareth Martins de
Published: February 2021

It is in silence that men do, but in word, in work, in action-reflection (Paulo Freire) Work, self-reflection: What do human. This paper presents an experience report on the management of an integral unit of the public school system in the state of Rio de Janeiro that, in the 1990s, offered full-time. The study is based on the reflections made by ancient principals that over the ten years, been at the forefront of an Integrated Center for Public Education (CIEP). Committed to overcome the problems of their daily lives, this team transcribed into a kind of diary, called Notebooks Registration, episodes of their day to day, your questions, challenges, experiences finally composing their daily lives. With support from the pedagogical literature, revisit your memories allowing us to understand the experiences and expand relationships. Reading, in particular, Paulo Freire and authors in the field of teacher education, enabled us to reframe experiences built on that everyday marked by social and educational exclusion.