bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Elaborating Indigenous Knowledge in the Science Curriculum for the Cultural Sustainability
Authors: Handayani Rif’ati Dina , Wilujeng Insih , Prasetyo Zuhdan K
Published: February 2019

Indigenous knowledge has been contrasted and compared with scientific knowledge as traditional versus modern. This becomes the main problem for the native learners who feel separated from their environment. They face the challenge of existing in a couple of worlds indigenous and non-indigenous. The research presents the theoretical viewpoints of science education and indigenous knowledge to provide a new perspective on science learning. Data are gathered through the original document analysis of indigenous communities of Javanese people and science syllabi. The results of the study propose four steps to integrate indigenous knowledge in the science curricula: fragmented, connected, sequenced, and integrated. This study indicates that indigenous knowledge incorporated in the science curricula includes attitude, knowledge, and skill aspects. It establishes a significant connection between what pupils encounter in the school and their lives beyond the school for the cultural sustainability. Elaborating indigenous knowledge in the science classroom is potential for building meaningful learning and connecting the gap of science education pathways that a student obtains in schools and community.
Professional Development of EFL Teachers through Rotatory Peer Supervision
Authors: Amini Samrand , Gholami Javad
Published: February 2019

Supervision in Iranian private language schools is carried out by one experienced teacher supervisor with too much authority. This paper reports a novel model of supervision, namely rotatory peer-supervision, in which supervision is delegated to English as foreign language (EFL) teachers themselves. In rotatory supervision, experienced teachers take turns observing each other’s classes and those of their less experienced colleagues and providing constructive feedback. In this study, we investigated the possibility of employing teachers as supervisors and analyzed what they focused and what type of supervisory feedback they provided. While observing their peers’ classes on a rotatory basis for 16 sessions, four experienced teachers evaluated their peer’s teaching performance using a researcher-made classroom observation checklist after receiving a sandwich course on providing constructive supervisory feedback. Their evaluative comments were categorized in terms of compliments, criticisms, and suggestions. The findings revealed that the teacher-supervisors offered compliments much more than criticisms and suggestions. Moreover, critical comments were offered using non-accusatory, mitigated, and face-saving language. This study calls for further recognition of rotatory peer supervision as a viable alternative to the practiced models and further research on this under-researched topic.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals and Teacher Development for Effective English Teaching in Bangladesh: A Gap that Needs Bridging
Authors: Amin Md Al , Greenwood Janinka
Published: February 2019

This article takes up the opportunity offered by the United Nations’ Strategic Development Goals to examine provisions for the selection, recruitment, training and professional development of secondary English teachers in Bangladesh. Qualified and trained teachers are considered as essential to effect the changes in English teaching and learning planned in national education policy. Since the adoption of a communicative approach to language teaching, initiatives have been taken to train teachers to teach English in this approach, and particularly to use multimedia equipment in their teaching; however the adequacy of these provisions is questioned in existing research and in media debates. This article starts with a brief description of the education context, highlighting the global Strategic Development Goals and local secondary English teaching. A review of existing recruitment and professional development provisions for secondary English teachers follows. Then project-based training programmes, which are funded and managed by external donors and aid agencies, are critically examined. Finally emerging issues and recommended changes are discussed.
Gıda Endüstrisinde Nanoenkapsülasyon Teknikleri
Authors: Tontul İsmail
Published: February 2019

Gıda endüstrisinde enkapsülasyon teknikleri hassas bileşenlerin çevresel faktörlere karşı korunması, kontrollü salınımı, biyoaktif özelliklerinin arttırılması ve tat ve kokusunun maskelenmesi amacıyla uygulanmaktadır. Elde edilen enkapsüle maddelerin boyutunun 1 Î¼m altında olması halinde nanokapsüller elde edilmektedir. Nanokapsül üretimi için birçok yöntem bulunmakta ve bu yöntemler lipid formülasyon bazlı nanoenkapsülasyon teknolojileri, doğal nanotaşıyıcı bazlı nanoenkapsülasyon teknolojileri, özel ekipman bazlı nanoenkapsülasyon teknolojileri, biyopolimer nanoparçacık bazlı nanoenkapsülasyon teknolojileri ve diğer nanoenkapsülasyon teknolojileri olmak üzere sınıflandırılmaktadır. Bu derlemede, bu sınıflandırmaya uygun olarak gıda bileşenlerinin nanoenkapsülasyonunda kullanılan teknolojiler hakkında bilgiler sunulmuştur.
Türkiye‘de Pamuk Üretiminin Ekonomik Analizi: Hatay İli Örneği
Authors: Semerci Arif , Çelik Ahmet Duran
Published: February 2019

Pamuk, kullanım alanı genişliği ve farklı sektörlerde sağlamış olduğu katma değer bakımından tarım ürünleri içinde özel bir yere ve öneme sahiptir. 2016/17 döneminde Dünya lif pamuğu üretiminde Türkiye 703.000 ton ve %3,05‘lik pay ile 7. sırada yer almıştır. Türkiye‘nin bitkisel üretim deseninde yer alan pamuğun üretiminde önde gelen illerden biri de Hatay‘dır. İl, Türkiye pamuk üretim alanlarında %10,32, kütlü pamuk, çiğit ve lif üretiminde %10,84‘lük pay ile ülke genelinde 3. sırada yer almaktadır. Araştırma kapsamında incelenen işletmelerde birim alandan (ha) ortalama 5,29 ton kütlü pamuk elde etmek için; 26,2 kg tohum, 648,8 kg gübre, 8,5 lt tarımsal mücadele ilacı 404,9 lt mazot, 6417,1 kw elektrik ve 26,7 EİB kullanılmıştır. İşletmelerde pamuk ekim alanlarının %71,45‘inde salma sulama yöntemi kullanılmış, pamuk üretim alanlarının %58,38‘inde hasat makinayla yapılmıştır. Araştırmada; pamuk üretimine verilen destekler dikkate alınmadığında birim alana gelir 2447,24 $/ha olup, destekler dâhil edildiğinde bu değer 3529,39 $/ha düzeyine ulaşmaktadır. Pamuk üretimine verilen destekler birim alandan elde edilen geliri %44,22 oranında artırmıştır. Bu artışta en büyük payı fark desteği (1052,97 $/ha) oluşturmaktadır.
Farklı Besin Solüsyonlarının Yüzen Su Kültüründe Rokanın Verim ve Kalite Özelliklerine Etkileri
Authors: Oztekin Golgen Bahar , Uludağ Tuğba , Tüzel Yüksel , Tepecik Mahmut
Published: February 2019

Teknelerde, havalandırmalı besin solüsyonu üzerine yerleştirilen köpük viyollerde yürütülen bu çalışmada, farklı besin solüsyonlarının rokada bitki gelişimi, verim ve kalite özellikleri üzerine etkisinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bengi F1 roka tohumları torf ortamına ekilmiştir. Her bir viyol gözüne (17 cc) 1 tohum gelecek şekilde (957 bitki/m2) ekim yapılmıştır. Çimlenme sonrası tohumlar adaptasyon serasına alınmış, çıkışlar tamamlandıktan sonra fideler su kültürüne aktarılmıştır. Bitkilerin beslenmesinde “tam doz” (komple besin solüsyonu: mg/L: N 150, P 50, K 150, Ca 150, Mg 50, Fe 5,0, Mn 0,50, Zn 0,05, B 0,50, Cu 0,03, Mo 0,02), “yarım doz” (makro elementleri %50 azaltılmış) besin solüsyonu ve “su” uygulaması kullanılmıştır. Ardışık 2 dönemde yapılan yetiştiricilikte her dönemde 3‘er hasat yapılmış, ilk hasattan alınan yapraklarda kalite analizleri gerçekleştirilmiştir. Sonuçlar iki dönem ortalaması şeklinde sunulmuştur. Elde edilen sonuçlar, bitki gelişimi, verim ve kalite özelliklerinin besin solüsyonu konsantrasyonuna bağlı olarak değiştiğini göstermiştir. Besin solüsyonu konsantrasyonu azaldıkça bitki gelişim ve verim değerlerinin azaldığı; renk ve toplam klorofil miktarlarının değişmediği, nitrat içeriğinin azalırken vitamin C içeriğinin arttığı saptanmıştır. Yaprak N, P, K ve Fe element içerikleri yarım doz uygulaması ile azalmış; Ca ve Mg‘da değişiklik olmamıştır. Ancak ölçülen birçok parametrede tam doz ve yarım doz uygulamaları arasında istatistiksel bir farklılığın olmadığı görülmüştür. Su uygulaması bitki gelişimi ve verim için gübreli uygulamalara göre yeterli bulunmamıştır. Araştırma sonucunda, rokanın yüzen su kültüründe yetiştirilebileceği, besin elementleri %50 azaltılmış yarım doz uygulamasının verimde önemli bir azalma meydana getirmeden gerek nitrat içeriğini azaltıp, vitamin C içeriğini arttırması ve gerekse daha az gübre kullanımına olanak vermesi nedeni ile tercih edilebileceği sonucuna varılmıştır.
An Overview of Evapotranspiration Guide for Irrigated Crops in Turkey
Authors: Yiğen Melek , Tekiner Murat
Published: February 2019

The “Action Plan for the Water Use in Agriculture Activation Program” in the Tenth Five-Year Development Plan, prepared by The Ministry of Development for the period 2014-2018, is one of the most important indicators of the increasing importance of water resources and irrigation. It‘s published according to Blaney-Criddle method with the data of the Crop Evapotranspiration Guideline in 1982, for a guide to be updated by General Directorate of Agricultural Research And Policies (TAGEM) and General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSI) in 2013, using the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Penman Monteith method. While DSİ undertakes the calculation of reference plant water consumption (ET0), effective precipitation and irrigation water requirement of this update, TAGEM is responsible for the compilation of information obtained from irrigation researches, calculation of plant coefficient (kc) values, publication of guides in written and electronic media realized. In this study, five guides (Balıkesir, Çanakkale, Edirne, Kocaeli and Tekirdağ) in three different climatic regions (Akdeniz Ardı, Marmara and İç Geçit-Marmara) were used in this guide, which the two institutions jointly organize and update with intensive effort, TUIK 2012-2016 considering the data, the county made on the basis of agriculture and untreated plants, guide place whether to get cases examined, the importance and aspects to be developed contacts have tried to reveal.
Influence of Chitosan-Based Coatings with UV Irradiation on Quality of Strawberry Fruit During Cold Storage
Authors: Bal Erdinç
Published: February 2019

The objective of this work was to determine the effects of UV-C and chitosan coatings, alone or in conjunction, on the quality of strawberry fruit during storage. The treated fruits were examined for weight loss, respiration rate, soluble solids content, titratable acidity, ascorbic acid contents, total anthocyanins, total phenolic contents, decay incidence and sensory analysis of strawberry fruit were investigated during cold storage 1±0.5Â°C and 90±5% RH for 15 days. The result showed that chitosan coating with UV-C irradiation could further reduce decay incidence of strawberry fruit, restrain increase of respiration rate and weight loss of strawberry fruit compared to other treatments. Moreover, the total anthocyanins and total phenolic contents were maintained at higher level, and the decrease of ascorbic acid was restricted during storage period. Likewise, sensory analysis results also showed the effectiveness of UV-C + chitosan treatment by retaining the quality of strawberry fruit. Control and individual UV-C treatment had similar effects on respiration rate and weight loss. The results showed that UV-C + chitosan treatment can be an effective method for enhancing the phytochemical content and delaying fruit senescence of strawberry fruit during cold storage.
Degradation Kinetics of Anthocyanins in Shalgam Beverage
Authors: Bozdoğan Adnan , Yaşar Kurban
Published: February 2019

This research was performed to elucidate the effects of temperature on the degradation kinetics of anthocyanins in shalgam beverage. Shalgam beverage was produced according to traditional production method. Then, it was kept at three different temperatures (65Â°C, 75Â°C, and 85Â°C) for 12 hours, and the relevant quantities of anthocyanins were determined thereafter. The research revealed that degradation of the anthocyanins was well described with a 1st-order reaction kinetics model and the R2 values varied in the range of 0.9059-0.9715. Activation energy of the reaction was determined to be 48537 Joule/mole. The half-lives of anthocyanins at 65Â°C and 75Â° C, and 85Â°C were found to be 138.63, 136.72, and 51.57, respectively. Compared the half-life periods at different temperatures, anthocyanins were found to be more resistant at 65Â°C and 75Â°C than at 85Â°C.
Doğum eylemindeki gebelerde intravenöz parasetamol kullanımının analjezik etkinliği; prospektif, randomize kontrollü çalışma.
Authors: AYDIN Gerçek , TÜFEKÇİ Mehpare , BÜLBÜL Mehmet , YILMAZ Ahmet , ÖZERKAN Kemal
Published: February 2019

Amaç: Doğum ağrısı kadının yaşamı boyunca karşılaşacağı en şiddetli ağrılardan biridir. Doğum eylemi analjezisinde günümüzde en etkili yöntem epidural analjezidir (EA). Fakat her zaman ulaşılabilir değildir. Bundan dolayı farklı alternatifler düşünülmüştür. Biz de intravenöz parasetamolu (IVP) bu amaçla kullanmayı araştırdık. Yöntem: Eylül 2007-Ağustos 2008 tarihleri arasında prospektif, plasebo kontrollü olarak iki merkezli olarak planlandı. Randomizasyon sonrası IVP grubunda 32,  epidural analjezi grubunda 24 ve plasebo grubunda 37 gebe olmak üzere 93 kişi çalışmaya dahil edildi. Bulgular: Plasebo grubunda, hem IVP hem de EA grubuna göre daha yüksek 1. dk APGAR skorları elde edilmiştir. Fakat 5. dk APGAR skorları bakımından üç grup arasında fark saptanamamıştır. VAS ortalamaları bakımından üç grup karşılaştırıldığında en düşük ortalama EA grubunda en yüksek ortalama plasebo grubunda saptandı. VAS ortalamaları IVP grubunda 7,7–8,5 aralığında, EA grubunda 4–6 aralığında ve plasebo grubunda ise 8–9,5 aralığında olduğu saptandı. IVP ve Plasebo gruplarında doğum eylemi ilerlediğinde VAS skorları artarken EA grubunda azaldı. Epidural analjezi grubunda daha belirgin olmak üzere parasetamol grubunda da, 0 ile 30. dakikalardaki VAS skorları farkı negatif değerler olarak saptanmış ve 30. dk skorlarının daha düşük olduğu görülmüştür. Epidural analjezi grubunda 0 ile 60. dk skorları farkı da negatif değer olarak saptanmışken diğer iki grupta bu fark saptanmamıştır. Genel olarak tüm gruplar için eylemin erken evrelerinde ağrı daha yaygın alanda tarif edilmişken, eylem ilerledikçe ağrının daha iyi lokalize edildiği görülmektedir. Sonuç: EA’nin uygulanamadığı durumlarda IVP güvenli ve kolay uygulanabilir bir seçenek olarak göz önünde bulundurulabilir. IVP’ün tek başına ya da kombinasyon tedavilerinde daha sık ya da farklı dozlar kullanılarak etkinliğinin değerlendirileceği, iyi standardize edilmiş geniş katılımlı klinik çalışmalara ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır.
Identifikasi Gaya Belajar ditinjau dari Kecenderungan Bakat Khusus pada Mahasiswa Program Studi Bimbingan dan Konseling Universitas Muhammadiyah Metro
Authors: Wibowo Agus , Atieka Nurul
Published: February 2019

IDENTIFICATION OF LEARNING STYLES BASED FROM SPECIAL TALENT STUDENT PROGRAM STUDY OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING UM METRO. Pragmatism of educational practice can be seen from learning process without based of individual characteristics. This condition appears in the selection of methods and strategies of lstudents who tend to be oriented towards teacher oriented. In learning identification the characteristics of students are very poorly identified by teachers. Based from the problems, it is very important to study and identify student talents and student learning styles. Through this research, it is expected to be a reference in the development of the learning process based of special talents and student learning styles. This study aims to identify the characteristics of talent, learning styles, and the relationship between talent and learning styles in students. The method used is correlational research. Data collection uses aptitude tests and learning style scales.The results of research is majority students guidance and counseling study program of UM Metro have special talent is vebal talent, dan characteristics of style learning is visual learning. Thus the results of the study also show that the majority of students who have a verbal talent are also types of visual learning.
Perbedaan Perilaku Agresif antara Siswa Aktif dengan Tidak Aktif dalam Kegiatan Ekstrakurikuler di SMPN 3 Way Jepara
Authors: Mudaim Mudaim , Susanto Eko
Published: February 2019

DIFFERENCES IN AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR BETWEEN ACTIVE STUDENTS AND INACTIVE IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 3 OF WAY JEPARA. Aggressive behavior in adolescence is often shown with courageous attitude against parents and teachers, mischief, crime and acts aggressively. This study will look at differences in aggressive behavior between active and inactive students in extracurricular activities in Junior high School 3 of Way Jepara. The method of this study is comparative research, where the instrument that used for collecting the data is scale of aggressive behavior. The population of this research is eighth and ninth grade students of Junior High School 3 of Way Jepara in East Lampung that consist of 180 students. The sample is took by Disproportionate Stratified random Sampling, then it is obtained the sample of 124 of active extra-curricular students, whereas, the non-active extra-curricular student that consist 56. Hypotheses assessment is conducted by independent sample t-test where obtain calculated value of aggressive behavior in 1.360 with significance level of 0.015. Because p < 0.05 so Ho refused. There are some differences between active students and inactive students of extra-curricular.
PCR Prevalence of Murine Opportunistic Microbes and their Mitigation by Using Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide
Authors: Ragland Natalie H , Miedel Emily L , Engelman Robert W
Published: February 2019

Exposing immunodeficient mice to opportunistic microbes introduces risks of data variability, morbidity, mortality, and the invalidation of studies involving unique human reagents, including the loss of primary human hematopoietic cells, patient-derived xenografts, and experimental
therapeutics. The prevalence of 15 opportunistic microbes in a murine research facility was determined by yearlong PCR-based murine and IVC equipment surveillance comprising 1738 specimens. Of the 8 microbes detected, 3 organisms— Staphylococcus xylosus, Proteus mirabilis,
and Pasteurella pneumotropica biotype Heyl—were most prevalent in both murine and IVC exhaust plenum specimens. Overall, the 8 detectable microbes were more readily PCR-detectable in IVC exhaust airways than in murine specimens, supporting the utility of PCR testing of
IVC exhaust airways as a component of immunodeficient murine health surveillance. Vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) exposure of IVC equipment left unassembled (that is, in a 'static-open' configuration) did not eliminate PCR detectable evidence of microbes. In contrast, VHP exposure of IVC
equipment assembled 'active-closed' eliminated PCR-detectable evidence of all microbes. Ensuring data integrity and maintaining a topographically complex immunodeficient murine research environment is facilitated by knowing the prevalent opportunistic microbes to be monitored and by implementing
a PCR-validated method of facility decontamination that mitigates opportunistic microbes and the risk of invalidation of studies involving immunodeficient mice.
Paddy Farmers’ Adaptation Practices to Climatic Vulnerabilities in Malaysia
Authors: Alam Md. Mahmudul , Siwar Chamhuri , Molla Rafiqul Islam , Talib Basri , bin Toriman Mohd Ekhwan
Published: February 2019

The climatic factors in Malaysia have been changing very rapidly affecting agricultural productivity and farmers’ sustainable livelihood. Agriculture which depends heavily on climate is becoming increasingly vulnerable to risk and uncertainty. In order to face and manage the situation farmers are trying in various ways to adapt to these climatic vulnerabilities. This study analyses paddy farmers’ perception of climatic variations and vulnerabilities and focuses on the techniques they use to adapt to the situation. It uses primary data collected through a questionnaire survey on the paddy farmers in the Integrated Agricultural Development Area (IADA), North-West Selangor in Malaysia. Through a descriptive analysis of the data, the study finds that most farmers do not have a clear perception of the climatic changes and vulnerabilities. Farmers’ adaptation practices to the climatic vulnerability are mostly based on their common sense responses. It suggests that farmers need necessary training and support from the government and international agencies to make them able to effectively adapt to the climatic vulnerability and avert any adverse effect on their socioeconomic sustainability and national food security.
We cannot know whether a being has subjective experience or what a being experienced subjectively by physical method
Authors: Yu Xiaoyang
Published: February 2019

I proved that we cannot know whether a being has subjective experience or what a being experienced subjectively by physical method.
Inside Productivity of Microcredit in Bangladesh: A surgical Analysis
Authors: Alam Md. Mahmudul , Molla Rafiqul Islam
Published: February 2019

Microcredit typically refers to petty collateral-free credits given to groups of poor members in the society for their socioeconomic emancipation. It is claimed to be an effective tool for enhancing income of the poor primarily through creation of self-employment opportunities for them in a variety of small economic activities. However, in this survey of microcredit borrowers in Bangladesh it is found that when self-employed family labor is paid wages at market rate, under the framework of economic-profit counting, economic productivity of credit for about 48 % of the borrowers is not enough to support payment of any interest. Similarly its social productivity in terms of job creation and women‟s empowerment at family level is also found to be low and marginal. Even then about 90% of the borrowers prefer taking microcredit from microfinance institutions (MFIs) even at exorbitantly high interest rate, ostensibly to avoid compromising their socio-political rights and potentials at the hands of the local moneylenders or friends and relatives if credits are obtained from them. They see microcredit as a means of socio-political empowerment of the economically weak and underprivileged members of the society. As such they regard it as a more credible social than economic program
The Relationships between Exchange Rates and Stock Prices: Empirical Investigation from Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Authors: Alam Md. Mahmudul , Uddin Gazi Salah , Taufique Khan Md. Raziuddin
Published: February 2019

This study seeks evidence supporting the existence of market efficiency and exchange rate sensitivity on stock prices in the Johannesburg stock exchange (JSE). The sample includes the daily price indices of all securities listed on the JSE, and the exchange rate of the USD/Rand for the period since January 2000 to December 2004. The results from the unit root test, the ADF test and the causality test at the Granger sense provide evidence that the Johannesburg stock exchange (JSE) is informationally efficient. It has a long run comovement with exchange rate, and long run equilibrium or steady state. Hence, in JSE there is a strong possibility that foreign direct investors and forex market traders cannot influence and gain abnormal extra benefits by using exchange rate mechanism or by using exchange rate to forecast stock prices in the market. So, JSE is semi-strong form efficient. Through cointegration test, this paper gives more insight on the concept of market efficiency and the reliability of the results. These results are important to security analysts, investors, and security regulatory exchange bodies in policy making decision to improve the market conditions
Climate Change Adaptation Policy in Malaysia: Issues for Agricultural Sector
Authors: Alam Md. Mahmudul , Siwar Chamhuri , Talib Basri , Mokhtar Mazlin , bin Toriman Mohd Ekhwan
Published: February 2019

Malaysia is one of the highly vulnerable countries due to climatic changes. Here the changes in climate factors cause adverse impacts on agricultural sustainability and relevant livelihood sustainability. To adapt to these changes a prudent adaptation policy is very important. Several countries follow different adaptation policy based on their localized socioeconomic and geographical status. While defining its adaptation policy, Malaysia also needs to consider several crucial factors. This study discusses issues relevant to the farmers’ adaptation to climate change in Malaysia and also provides few recommendations that will help policy makers to prepare the agricultural adaptation policy for climate change
Climatic Change and the Socioeconomic Sustainability of the Paddy Farmers in Malaysia
Authors: Alam Md. Mahmudul , Siwar Chamhuri , Talib Basri , Jaafar Abdul Hamid
Published: February 2019

The changing nature of climatic factors has different impacts on agriculture based areas, periods and crops. Farmers are the most vulnerable group who are affected both directly and indirectly through climatic changes. In the study area in Malaysia, climatic changes have adverse impacts on farmers. Due to climatic change, productivity and profitability of paddy cultivation have declined in the Integrated Agricultural Development Area, North-West Selangor. Farmers perceive that paddy cultivation is no longer profitable due to low productivity as a result of climatic changes. They now prefer full-time to part-time engagement in paddy cultivation. Heavy government subsidy and encouragement are not enough; it requires increase in productivity and profitability of paddy cultivation for making it a viable and sustainable sector. All efforts of mitigation and adaptation must be pursued to counter the adverse impacts of climatic changes and increase the productivity of paddy cultivation in the area. It is observed that there is a high degree of income inequality among the paddy farmers in the study area.
Farmers’ Perceptions Study on Required Supports for Climate Change Adaptation in Malaysia
Authors: Alam Md. Mahmudul , Siwar Chamhuri , Talib Basri , Jaafar Abdul Hamid , bin Toriman Mohd Ekhwan
Published: February 2019

The agriculture of Malaysia is one of the most vulnerable sectors due to the rapid changes in climatic factors in Malaysia. In order to face and manage the situation, farmers are trying in various ways and government and other external agencies are providing several supports to adapt to these climatic vulnerabilities. Still, there is a gap between farmers’ adaptability and adverse impacts of climatic change. Here, sustainability of agriculture and relevant livelihood is strongly dependent on the external supports, and farmers also expect to increase this level. Now, the focus on farmers’ adaptability to climate change needs to go beyond the incentive and subsidy. They also need trainings, conceptual supports, and technological innovations. This study finds out the required supports that farmers need to adapt to climate change through a questionnaire survey on 198 paddy producing farmers in the area of Integrated Agricultural Development Area (IADA), North-West Selangor, Malaysia. The data of the study has been analyzed by descriptive statistics, ordered regression, percentile, and scale analysis. The findings of the study are important for the policy makers and relevant agencies.
Effect of Policy Reforms on Market Efficiency: Evidence from Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)
Authors: Alam Md. Mahmudul , Yasmin Shakila , Rahman Mahmudur , Uddin Gazi Salah
Published: February 2019

The paper tries to find evidence supporting the impact of continuous policy reforms on the market efficiency on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Different policies formed/reformed from 1994 to 2005 were categorized in eleven groups depending on their time of issue and subject matter. To get the result, both non-parametric test (Kolmogrov-Smirnov normality test and Run test) and parametric test (Auto-correlation test, Auto-regression) has been performed. Analyses were done for each policy group, and it is found that formed/reformed policies for DSE during the study period failed to improve the market efficiency even in the weak form level
The Processes of Location Study for Developing Economic Zones under Public Private Partnership Model: Country Study on Bangladesh
Authors: Alam Md. Mahmudul , Abu Rashed
Published: February 2019

In spite of the complexity in defining the boundary, the concept of Economic Zones (EZ) has been evolved as a way forward for the government of the developing countries for enhancing the national trade. Similarly the recent phenomenon of widespread Public Private Partnership (PPP) practices especially in infrastructure sector is also providing a window to develop many of such economic zones through PPP model as EZ typically is capital intensive. Bangladesh has discrete success both under PPP and EZ regime. However, developing EZ under PPP model has few commercial complexities as both the public and private sector need to bear some roles and obligations one of which is selection of appropriate location for EZ development. The location study for PPP EZ development therefore receives paramount attention both from developer and lenders perspective. Such location study generally is not typical project site study by nature, rather it is more economic concentrated. This paper will try to identify the factors that are essential to consider for conducting these location studies based on the examples of Bangladesh. The paper will also identify the appropriate methods and approaches required for successful EZ development through PPP.
An Empirical Study on Export, Import and Economic Growth in Bhutan
Authors: Khan Shibli A. , Uddin Gazi Salah , Alam Md. Mahmudul
Published: February 2019

This paper focuses on the casual relationship between export, import and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Bhutan using annual data from 1980 to 2005. The Granger causality test and Co-integration Models are employed taking care of stochastic properties of the variables. The co-integration analysis suggests that there is a long-run equilibrium relationship. The results of Granger causality test shows that there is a causal relationship between the examined variables. The causal nexus is unidirectional from export to import and GDP, and GDP to import only. Here export led growth is empirically proven in Bhutan.
Climate change and vulnerability of paddy cultivation in North-West Selangor, Malaysia: a survey of farmers’ assessment
Authors: Alam Md. Mahmudul , Siwar Chamhuri , Molla Rafiqul Islam , bin Toriman Mohd Ekhwan
Published: February 2019

Climate and agriculture highly interrelated. Agriculture is highly dependent on the climatic factors. The climatic factors as well as other factors that are determined by climate cause vulnerability of agriculture and agricultural production. Using a survey method this study aims to determine the impacts of climatic change on agricultural vulnerability in the Integrated Agricultural Development Area (IADA), West Selangor, Malaysia. Results suggest that over the last 5 years vulnerability of the factors like, injurious insects, high temperature, soil fertility loss, and cost of input materials increased greatly due to climatic changes; and the vulnerability of the factors like shortage of rainfall, excessive rainfall, and labor scarcity increased moderately during this period. It is projected that due to climate change agricultural production sustainability will become vulnerable in Malaysia by 2020
Mainstreaming Third-Sector Economics by Adopting Islamic Principles of Entrepreneurship
Authors: Alam Md. Mahmudul , Molla Rafiqul Islam
Published: February 2019

The ‘private’ and ‘public’ sector economics found their own strong places to play roles in the mainstream economy. At the end, however, these two systems – the private, popularly called the first sector economy, and the public, called the second sector economy - both individually and jointly have been found seriously inadequate and incapable to ensuring wellbeing of human societies nationally and globally. Responding to such a situation a number of nonconventional approaches like cooperatives and social enterprises, waqaf, foundations, and other non-profit institutions, etc., together called third sector economy, were moved and promoted to ensure social justice and wellbeing of mankind. Initially it emerged as a make-up and defensive strategy of the market-state model to meet the minimum of unmet requirements in the sectors where the market and state have grossly failed. It, thus, played only a subordinate role. As a result, it could not help much to solve the problem of economic inequity, concentration of wealth, and social divides. However it is strongly felt that a broadly based third sector economic model with both not for-profit business like enterprises and for-profit businesses blended with social justice is necessary to play its role as a mainstream model not only for poverty alleviation but also for economic growth to bridge the economic and social divides. Mainstreaming the third sector is the urgent call of the day. Islamic entrepreneurship, which is basically a community-centric mode of business initiative, is an antidote to the problem of intolerable economic and social dualism in the economies. It is a natural strategy against all forms of capitalist exploitations, like in the past through European colonialism and now through American led terrorism, to control resources. Accordingly it is the natural model for solving the problems of economic inequity, concentration of wealth, and social divides. Therefore, this study finds the Islamic mode of entrepreneurship as most suitable and effective for widening and mainstreaming the third sector economics, more particularly in the developing countries. Johor Corporation (JCorp) in Malaysia and Sheba Polly in Bangladesh are examples of two types of Islamic style third sector enterprises – one is staunchly business like initiative and the other is cost based charity initiative for social benefit. For the development and promotion of the community-centric third sector economics model, the paper recommends for urgently establishing a research and development centre on third sector economics preferably under an Islamic Research and Development Institute in any reputed university
An empirical study on income and energy consumption in Bangladesh
Authors: Uddin Gazi Salah , Alam Md. Mahmudul , Murad Wahid
Published: February 2019

This study investigates the inter-temporal causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in Bangladesh during the period 1971-2007. This issue is of fundamental importance for the developing economy of Bangladesh. We use the Autoregressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to cointegration tests to explore the dynamic relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in Bangladesh. We apply newly developed methods based on simulations that are robust to the violation of statistical assumptions especially when the sample size is small as is the case in this paper. The interesting results of the paper are that unidirectional causality runs from energy consumption to economic growth in Bangladesh and then restrictions on the use of energy could lead to a reduction in economic growth. There is a convergence process in the long-run dynamics of energy use to real GDP so that any shock in energy adjusts with real GDP by 2-2.5 year. The growth hypothesis suggests that energy consumption plays an important role in economic growth in Bangladesh
Review Journal The Development of Digital Economy in Indonesia
Authors: Pricillia Elizabeth
Published: February 2019

Review ini membahas tentang perkembangan digital ekonomi di Indonesia
Review “The Development of Digital Economy in Indonesia” Hariyo Panjawi / 130216013 23 Februari 2019
Authors: Panjawi Hariyo
Published: February 2019

Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk dapat memahami tentang pengembangan gaya hidup modern dan industry dengan teknologi digital. Penelitian ini menggunakan data primer dan data sekunder dengan fokus pada Usaha Mikro Kecil dan Menengah (UMKM) dan perilaku konsumen sebagai pengguna internet (smartphone)
Tantangan Akuntansi Dalam Pengungkapan Corporate Sosial Responsibilities dan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan
Authors: Yusuf Akbar
Published: February 2019

The purpose of this study to determine the accounting challenges in the disclosure of corporate social responsibilities and sustainable development by using a conceptual study approach. The study shows that the challenges faced in the field of accounting for sustainable development is the complexity and uncertainty of the subject, which began with the absence of a clear definition to be understood about "sustainable development", the accountant should have an important role to determine the sustainability, the inconvenience of the relationship between sustainability and the main purpose of business, practical difficulties are the current accounting system did not facilitate the inclusion of environmental and social factors external to the organization's operations. This study suggests the role of accountants to improve the transparency of business activities, particularly in the areas of social and environmental impacts.
Changes of the Education System in Minangkabau Families in the Seribu Rumah Gadang Tourism Area, Sungai Pagu District South Solok Regency
Authors: Firman Firman -
Published: February 2019

Education is an effort in shaping the character of students. With the existence of education, a person will have knowledge; have values that are adhered to in accordance with the norms that apply to a culture. Minangkabau is a tribe which contains elements of education, namely the planting of values based on Minangkabau indigenous culture, religious elements, and manners, one of which is in the tourist area of a Seribu Rumah Gadang. Seribu Rumah Gadang area is a traditional tourist area located in Sungai Pagu District, South Solok Regency, West Sumatra Province. There are still many areas where we find these traditional rumah gadang and are well maintained, so this area is dubbed as the most popular traditional settlement. With this nickname, ideally the local people still maintain their traditions well, especially in the pattern of family education. But in reality, juvenile delinquency, courtesy and family manners are a serious problem for the community. The purpose of this study was to analyze how changes in the pattern of education in the Minangkabau family in the tourist area of Seribu Rumah Gadang, Sungai Pagu Subdistrict, South Solok Regency, West Sumatra. This study uses a qualitative approach. The selection of informants using purposive sampling technique. Data analysis techniques are done by reducing data, presenting data, and drawing conclusions. The changes in the pattern of education in the family that occur in the thousand houses of the Gadang are, (1) the reduced interaction between parents and children, (2) the pattern of relationships between uncle and nieces, (3) the community's role in child development.
Review Jurnal The Development of Digital Economy in Indonesia- Venesia Novianti Wijaya
Authors: wijaya venesia novianti
Published: February 2019

Dunia saat ini telah memasuki era industri 4.0 dimana industri ini didasarkan pada teknologi baru yang mampu mengubah seluruh rantai dan manajemen di setiap cabang industri. Dimana Cabang industri ini termasuk industri keuangan yang saat ini dikenal sebagai teknologi keuangan dan perbankan digital. Ketersediaan layanan dan produk perbankan digital saat ini sangat dihargai oleh masyarakat, baik perseorangan hingga pelaku bisnis khususnya UMKM atau Usaha Mikro, Kecil dan Menengah.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEARNING MATERIALS-BASED GUIDED NARRATIVE WRITING SKILLS WRITING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Authors: Firman Firman -
Published: February 2019

Effected by the use of materials that are less able to attract students and writing less in accordance with the process of writing (pramenulis, saatmenulis, and pascamenulis). The goals achieved in the efforts of the development of these materials is to produce learning materials to write a narrative-based Guided Writing for teachers and students of class V SD a valid, practical, and effective. This type of research is research development. This research uses a 4-D model which consists of 4 stages: stage define, design, develop, and disseminate. Test the validity of the data obtained through the assessment of the response sheet teacher and students. The effectiveness of the activity seen from the students, assessment processes and results of narrative writing students. Based on the results of test validity, practicalities, and effectiveness of the materials obtained a valid, practical, and effective, as well as being able to enhance the narrative writing skills of students. It can be concluded that the materials to write a narrative using Guided Writing developed can be used in learning to write narratives in class V primary school.
Review “The Development of Digital Economy in Indonesia” Hariyo Panjawi / 130216013 / Kp C 23 Februari 2019
Authors: Panjawi Hariyo
Published: February 2019

Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk dapat memahami tentang pengembangan gaya hidup modern dan industry dengan teknologi digital. Penelitian ini menggunakan data primer dan data sekunder dengan fokus pada Usaha Mikro Kecil dan Menengah (UMKM) dan perilaku konsumen sebagai pengguna internet (smartphone).
Review Jurnal Development PF Digital in indonesia
Authors: Novelia Ria D
Published: February 2019

Review perkembangan digital ekonomi di indonesia
Review Jurnal The Development of Digital Economy in Indonesia - Josephine Argacia
Authors: Argacia Josephine
Published: February 2019

Di era industri 4.0 ini pengembangan gaya hidup digital dan industri berbasis teknologi telah menjadi kebutuhan bagi sebagian besar orang. Hal ini dapat menyebabkan ancaman yang serius bagi bisnis konvensional karena perubahan karakteristik belanja konsumen melalui e-commerce, yaitu cepat, praktis, dan murah. Masuknya era industri 4.0 ini didasarkan pada teknologi baru yang mampu mengubah seluruh rantai dan manajemen di setiap cabang industri, termasuk industri (teknologi) keuangan dan perbankan digital.
Relationship between Interest Rate and Stock Price: Empirical Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
Authors: Alam Md. Mahmudul , Uddi Gazi Salah
Published: February 2019

Stock exchange and interest rate are two crucial factors of economic growth of a country. The impacts of interest rate on stock exchange provide important implications for monitory policy, risk management practices, financial securities valuation and government policy towards financial markets. This study seeks evidence supporting the existence of share market efficiency based on the monthly data from January 1988 to March 2003 and also shows empirical relationship between stock index and interest rate for fifteen developed and developing countries- Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippine, S. Africa, Spain, and Venezuela. Stationarity of market return is tested and found none of this stock market follows random walk model, means not efficient in weak form. To investigate the reasons of market inefficiency, relationship between share price and interest rate, and changes of share price and changes of interest rate were determined through both time series and panel regressions. For all of the countries it is found that interest rate has significant negative relationship with share price and for six countries it is found that changes of interest rate has significant negative relationship with changes of share price. So, if the interest rate is considerably controlled for these countries, it will be the great benefit of these countries’ stock exchange through demand pull way of more investors in share market, and supply push way of more extensional investment of companies.
Are We Silent or Silenced? A Case Study of Working Mothers
Authors: Ansari Nyla A. , Jalbani Amanat Ali
Published: February 2019

This paper argues for a rhetorical approach to understand how teachers (working mothers) construct silence (resistance or acceptance) in their multiple identities, when academic decisions  are taken in meetings that directly affect them and their work. This cross-sectional case study  examines arguments for and against a structural change made in an educational institution for  girls in Karachi, where 80%of the population is female faculty. The objective is to present how  certain constructions (arguments) are made real while others are undermined as a rhetorical  achievement through persuasive talk. Rhetorical analysis was chosen to expose the link between  identity construction and silence, through rhetorical strategies drawing on local and cultural  discourses with language as a unit of analysis. Since rhetoric is a study of argumentation and  persuasion; its application to organizational studies may help the researcher to emphasize over  its political functions and understand the language in a critical perspective. Semi-structured  interviews with 12 respondents, for an in-depth analysis turned out to be the most effective  technique for collecting such data.
Determinants of Choice for Dining out to Fast Food and Traditional Food
Authors: Shaikh Abdul Samad , Rehman Mustaghis Ur
Published: February 2019

Expenditure on food-away-from-home has been increasing with a rapid increase in market share of fast food industry. In this paper, food-away-from-home has been analyzed in the context of two different types of restaurants i.e. fast food and traditional food restaurants. The trend in the fast food may impact the structure of the food distribution and demand for goods at farm level. This study investigates the effects of selected socio-demographic variables on consumers' choice for fast food and traditional food restaurants. The variables considered in this study were age, income, gender, taste, cost and quality of customer service. These variables were used to check whether and to what extent they affect consumers' choice to dine out to either fast food or traditional food restaurants. Gender and quality of customer service found to be insignificant for fast food restaurants, while significant for traditional food restaurants. All other variables were found significant for both types of restaurants.
The Prospects of Entrepreneurial Education in Pakistan: An Economic Perspective
Authors: Muhib Yasir , Khan Naveed Ali
Published: February 2019

Entrepreneurship has most commonly been thought of as in terms of economics and business ventures, but today, it is seen from several other perspectives. It encompasses economic, social, cultural and technological aspects of a region. In the more recent years, entrepreneurship has sought a wide acceptance as a discipline and as a domain of research. With the increased significance of entrepreneurship, a parallel increase has also been witnessed in the significance of entrepreneurialeducation. In Pakistan, the entrepreneurial education is still an alien discipline and it is no more than a decade back that the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan realized its importance with the changing global trends and considered its incorporation in the higher education. However, still it is just limited to a single or two subjects in the undergraduate and postgraduate Business Administration degree programs. The main objective of this paper is to evaluate the potential role the entrepreneurialeducation can play in the economic growth of Pakistan. The prospects of entrepreneurship education are found to be higher in terms of economic growth. As a policy implication, the paper suggests the incorporation of entrepreneurial education into the higher education as a single standing specialization, for, it has a strong potential for the economic revitalization of Pakistan.