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Kontribusi Minat Belajar, Lingkungan Sekolah dan Profesionalisme Guru Terhadap Hasil Belajar PAI SMP
Authors: Barus Muhammad Irsan
Published: September 2017

Tujuan utama penelitian ini untuk mengungkapkan kontribusi: (1) minat belajar terhadap hasil belajar PAI: (2) lingkungan sekolah terhadap hasil belajar PAI: (3) profesionalisme guru terhadap hasil belajar PAI: (4) minat belajar, lingkungan sekolah, dan profesionalisme guru secara bersama-sama terhadap hasil belajar PAI.Penelitian ini terdiri atas tiga variabel bebas, yaitu minat belajar, lingkungan sekolah, dan profesionalisme guru. Variabel terikatnya adalah hasil belajar PAI. Populasi penelitian 170 orang. Sampel dipilih dengan teknik proportional random sampling sebanyak 135 orang. Data minat belajar, lingkungan sekolah, dan profesionalisme guru diperoleh dengan mengedarkan angket kepada 135 peserta didik, sedangkan data tentang hasil belajar diperoleh melalui dokumen hasil ujian semester. Data dianalisis menggunakan uji regresi berganda.Temuan hasil penelitian menunjukkan (1) minat belajar berkontribusi sebesar 17,8% terhadap hasil belajar PAI; (2) lingkungan sekolah berkontribusi sebesar 17,9% terhadap hasil belajar PAI; (3) profesionalisme guru berkontribusi sebesar 19,5% terhadap hasil belajar PAI; (4) minat belajar, lingkungan sekolah dan profesionalisme guru berkontribusi secara signifikan sebesar 28,1% terhadap hasil belajar PAI dan 71,9% dipengaruhi oleh faktor lain yang tidak diteliti dalam penelitian ini.
PROSES PEMBELAJARAN DI PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM FITK UIN RADEN FATAH PALEMBANG
Authors: Misdar Muh , Idi Abdullah , Isnaini M , Mardeli Mardeli , Zulhijra Zulhijra , Syarnubi Syarnubi
Published: September 2017

Education is considered as one of the potential development sectors in the effort to prepare qualified human resources. Because education is the actual meaning of education starting from the actual conditions of the learning individual and the learning environment. Learning is a process that will never stop as long as humans live on earth. No man will ever succeed without going through the process of learning, because in learning this man finds the knowledge and experience that smell. Each learning situation will be faced completely by people who learn as a whole individual as well. That is why in different situations every day, the lessons or problems encountered will also differ depending on the existing and available ways and learning.Type of research used in this research is descriptive research type. Approach in this research using approach qualitative and quantitative. The population of this study are all students of Islamic Studies Program of class of 2014 which amounted to 360 students both men and women.Sampling for students Prodi PAI conducted by randomly selecting students who are still active students of Semester V, and the technique of sampling using simple random sampling on this condition set some students representing each of their respective rombel respectively. From the above population were sampled by 72 students.
URGENSI KECERDASAN INTERPERSONAL BAGI GURU
Authors: Oviyanti Fitri
Published: September 2017

Guru merupakan komponen penting dalam pendidikan, sehingga meningkatkan kualitas guru merupakan suatu keniscayaan bagi kemajuan dunia pendidikan serta masa depan suatu bangsa. Setidaknya ada empat kompetensi yang harus dimiliki oleh guru dalam rangka mengemban tugas mulianya sebagai pengajar sekaligus pendidik. Empat kompetensi itu adalah kompetensi profesional, pedagogik, kepribadian, dan kompetensi sosial. Selama ini, peningkatan kompetensi profesional dan pedagogik guru selalu menjadi fokus utama dalam upaya peningkatan kualitas guru. Sementara peningkatan kompetensi kepribadian dan kompetensi sosial guru agak terabaikan. Padahal kompetensi kepribadian dan kompetensi sosial sangat dibutuhkan guru dalam proses mendidik watak serta karakter peserta didiknya. Kecerdasan interpersonal merupakan salah satu kecerdasan yang digagas oleh Howard Gardner dalam teori kecerdasan gandanya. Kecerdasan ini merujuk pada kemampuan seseorang untuk menjalin hubungan sosial yang baik dengan indikatornya antara lain sikap empati, pro sosia, kesadaran diri, kemampuan pemecahan masalah efektif, serta kemampuan berkomunikasi efektif. Kecerdasan ini amat dibutuhkan guru dalam memenuhi kebutuhan akan kompetensi kepribadian dan kompetensi sosialnya.
MENGELOLA STRES DENGAN PENDEKATAN COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION (STUDI EKSPERIMEN PADA MAHASISWA BARU PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM (PAI) FAKULTAS ILMU TARBIYAH & KEGURUAN UIN MALIKI MALANG)
Authors: Wahyuni Esa Nur
Published: September 2017

This study aimed to determine the effect of implementation Cognitive Behaviour Modification (CBM) to improve the ability to manage stres on new students. The design research is one group Pretest-Postest. Based on the recommendations and observations, specified the ten new students FITK UIN Maliki as research subjects who indicated experiencing stres. Data on the ability to manage stres obtained from student records to fill Manage Stress Inventory (MSI). Hypothesis test results indicate CBM approach has a significant effect p = 0.000> 0.05. The average score of 82.00 (posttes scor) > 62.4 (pretest scor) and N-gain = 20. It can be concluded CBM approach has a significant impact on improving the ability to manage stress for new students.
RELASI GENDER DALAM KAJIAN ISLAM “THE TAO OF ISLAM, KARYA SACHIKO MURATA”
Authors: Sufiyana Atika Zuhrotus
Published: September 2017

Listened more closely, Sachiko's cosmological and theological approach of murata flourished from the view of men and women, the word of Allah: "and everything we created in pairs". Couples who are often called dalm al-Qur'an that can be interpreted as a picture of the cosmos is the sky and earth. A number of verses imply that everything in the universe is covered by both of these. In this discussion, we can find the special feature of Sachiko Murata's thinking lies in the approach that uses cosmological and theological approach, followed by Chinese cosmology which focuses on the thinking of Chinese and Islamic philosophy which depicts the universe within the boundaries of Yin and Yang principles. In an easily digestible language, Sachiko murata attempts to analyze gender relations through cosmological theory in Islam, by emphasizing the concept of Tajalliyat Ibn 'Arabi, which is similar to Emotion's emancipation theory. In the Qur'an, there are 99 names of Allah that show these two attributes. He concludes that the Feminine Masculine mapping of gender differences of identity when associated with God as a source of human and natural existence, then every human being has masculine and feminism, as the phenomenon of day and night, darkness, and so on.The product of his thinking about gender relations became clearer, when Sachiko murdered the argument in the form of an analogy of the creation of the heavens and the earth (male and female relationships such as the relationship of heaven and earth), the degree of men to women and in marriage, all of which came from reality cosmology. A woman in relation to a man is like Nature in relation to divine command, because woman is the locus for the existence of children. Nature in relation to the divine command is the locus of the embodiment for the entities of the physical bodies. Through the laws of nature they are born and from themselves they become manifest. There is no command without the laws of nature and there is no law of nature without command. Understanding the degree of men over women, men are superior to one level above women in terms of cosmological justification, not merely based on the text of the Qur'an. While the woman's degree is elevated when the position of women as the recipient of the activity of men, means women have the advantage over the uterus as a manifestation of the survival of natural reproduction and women are made alluring so that men give love, affection to women because women are part of men. Here is where God makes men and women equal in the case of Shari'a.
PEMENUHAN HAK-HAK PENDIDIKAN KEAGAMAAN ISLAM ANAK BINAAN DI LEMBAGA PEMASYARAKATAN PAKJO PALEMBANG
Authors: Anggara Baldi
Published: September 2017

Latar belakang pemilihan judul ini didasarkan pada kajian empiris dan teoritis, bahwa pembinaan yang diberikan bagi Anak Binaan sudah selayaknya harus di perhatiakan dengan baik. Anak merupakan generasi penerus bangsa oleh karena itu, anak harus diberikan kasih sayang agar anak dapat tumbuh dan berkembang dengan baik. Seorang anak yang tidak mendapat kasih sayang, ia akan cenderung menjadi anak yang nakal dan akibatnya dapat melakukan perbuatan yang menyimpang yang melanggar undang-undang. Anak yang demikian harus menjalani proses pidana yang berujung pada suatu pembinaan yang terjadi di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Anak. Salah satu bentuk pembinaan yang ada di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Anak adalah pembinaan yang bersumber pada individu anak. Pembinaan itu disebut dengan pembinaan anak secara perorangan (individual treatment).Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Penelitian deskriptif kualitatif bertujuan untuk menganggkat fakta, keadaan dan fenomena yang terjadi ketika penelitian berlangsung dan menyajikan data apa adanya.Pelaksanaan dalam pemenuhan hak-hak pendidikan keagamaan Islam juga tidak terlepas dari kendala yang ada, baik itu struktur, substansi, dan kultur. Pada struktur, pembinaan anak perorangan memerlukan kuantitas dan kualitas dari tenaga pembina yang berhadapan langsung dengan anak didik. Pada substansi, peraturan perundang-undangan mengenai anak mengakibatkan timbulnya stigma yang membekas pada diri anak. Pada kultur, sangat dibutuhkan peran pihak di luar Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Anak (LPA), yaitu keluarga dan masyarakat.Dari ketiga kelemahan tersebut hanya menekankan pada kesejahteraan anak mendorong munculnya pembinaan restoratif. Pembinaan secara restoratif dilakukan dengan melibatkan pihak-pihak yang ada disekitarnya, yaitu pelaku, keluarga, masyarakat, dan tidak tertutup kemungkinan korban sehingga membina anak dilakukan secara lebih manusiawi karena juga tetap diperhatikan kepentingan lainnya, yaitu masyarakat dan korban.Hal lain yang mendukung keberhasilan pembinaan anak didik pemasyarakatan adalah adanya partisispasi dari orang tua, keluarga, dan masyarakat. Dengan memperhatikan dan bersikap mau menerima anak tersebut, maka program pembinaan yang dilaksanakan di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Anak (LPA) akan berjalan dengan baik dan berhasil.
Repensando a fotografia impressionista: a descoberta do real na estética fotográfica
Authors: Samÿn Henrique Marques
Published: September 2017

No presente artigo apresento uma série de reflexões, de cunho filosófico e histórico, acerca do nascimento da fotografia impressionista, em fins do século XIX. Meu argumento é que o Impressionismo fotográfico realizou uma síntese entre o idealismo do Pictorialismo e o Realismo naturalista, de modo que sua importância na História da Fotografia não deve ser subestimada.
(Re)interpretação contemporânea do ritual andino Santiago
Authors: Reyna Carlos
Published: September 2017

Este artigo procura reinterpretar o rito andino de marcação do gado denominado Santiago, que a comunidade camponesa de Auray (Andes Centrais do Peru) celebra todo dia 25 de julho de cada ano. O reconhecimento da complexidade dessas crenças e práticas religiosas é muito importante e decisivo para saber a percepção e o entendimento do pensamento do povo dos Andes Centrais com relação ao aumento, à diminuição e à proteção do gado e, sobretudo, com relação às condições sociais e naturais em que essas práticas se realizam hoje.
O dérbi campineiro: futebol, sociedade e imprensa de Campinas
Authors: Zago Vitorio Luis Oliveira
Published: September 2017

O presente artigo é um estudo sobre o maior clássico de futebol da cidade de Campinas, o encontro entre times da Associação Atlética Ponte Preta e do Guarani Futebol Clube, chamado de "Dérbi Campineiro", realizado desde 1912, e sua relação com a imprensa escrita e a história da cidade. Nesse espaço e percurso, podemos identificar cinco períodos que mostram diferentes formas dessa interação entre imprensa e o dérbi, no espaço específico de Campinas.
A educação no corpo: as torturas da infância. Breve análise dos corpos produzidos pelo patriarcalismo brasileiro na obra "Infância" de Graciliano Ramos
Authors: Fontana Roseli Aparecida Cação , Pinto Ana Lúcia Guedes
Published: September 2017

Propomo-nos, neste trabalho, a realizar uma análise dos corpos rpoduzidos pelo patriarcalismo brasileiro, a partir da obra Infância de Graciliano Ramos. Trabalhando nas interfaces entre a história cultural, a antropologia e a linguagem, pretendemos focalizar a pedagogia sádica, através da qual os signos do patriarcalismo, baseados na distância entre o menino e o homem - distância em termos de condição humana - inscreveram-se nos corpos de pais e filhos, tanto como práticas de assujeitamento quanto de resistência ao aniquilimento. Como nos interessa uma aproximação da materialização dessa pedagogia nas relações sociais vividas, optamos pela literatura como documento.
A linguagem oral no telejornalismo brasileiro
Authors: Roldão Ivete Cardoso do Carmo
Published: September 2017

Existe um senso comum de que a linguagem oral do telejornalismo deve ser "coloquial". Entretanto, aceitar que a definição da linguagem oral do telejornalismo seja apenas "coloquial", significa simplificar uma área de estudo que possui complexidades até então não exploradas. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho é identificar o padrão de redação da linguagem oral utilizada no telejornalismo brasileiro, fazendo uma reflexão sobre a linguagem escrita e a linguagem oral, bem como discorrer sobre o dualismo existente entre ambas na construção do texto escrito para ser falado nos telejornais.
THE FUNCTION OF LEGAL REASONITY IN COURT JUDGEMENT (MODEL ON FINDING THE LAW REFLECTY PANCASILA VALUE)
Authors: Budihanto Deka Rachman
Published: September 2017

Legal research is a process to determine the rule of law, principles of law and legal doctrines in order to address the legal issues at hand. This study using a type of normative juridical (legal research). Rechtvinding understanding in Indonesian as legal discovery (translated literally) could mislead rechtvinding function is to find concrete norm to associate the relevant legal facts. Adhering to the understanding of the rechtvinding the judge in carrying out its functions prosecute a legal case can not be separated from efforts to find concrete norms to be linked to the fact the law. Furthermore, when the facts of law has no grounding norms that govern mutatis mutandis thus not regulated in the rules of positive law and customary law. Scholasticism and dialectic method is used as a support hermeneutic interpretation of legal facts to me recht construction of a new legal norm normative ideas should not be separated from Idee recht itself. Rechvinding model contained in the provisions of the Basic Law of Judicial Authority Article 1 in Conjunction with Article 5, Article 10 in conjunction with Article 50 1 for the model Rechtvinding is the approach taken by norma series is a concept of morals and justice and practices considered society as law and the criminal law model rechtvinding is also banned norma concrete (new), to assess the actions (act) so that an exit permit from the actions that have not been regulated in the act so that such actions are not punished.
LEGAL PRINCIPLES IN FUNCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF BOT CONTRACT
Authors: Eventia Reifon Cristabella
Published: September 2017

Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) represents a long term partnership of the government and private sector. In BOT project, either the government or a private sector identifies a need for a development project. The philosophy in BOT contract begins from the increasing infrastructural needs in all areas and with a limited budget, government are required to commit the duties and functions state governance so that the concept of BOT give a solution through a partnership with the private sector. The government then gives a concession to the private sector to build the project and operate it for a fixed period years, after the period ended, the building shall be transferred to the government. Through BOT, the country is able to gain asset without government spending while maintaining a measure of regulatory control over the project. BOT permits the government to use private sector fund to finance public infrastructure development. The main issues elaborated in this article are the legal principle in the formation of BOT contract and the legal principle in the performance of BOT contract. There are two results; firstly, in the formation of a BOT contract, the principles of partnership and the principle of transparency should be emphasized. Secondly, in performance of the BOT contract, the principle of risk management and the principle of proportionality should be clearly stated in the rules and legal norms.
The influence of religiosity and self-efficacy on the saving behavior of the Іslamic banks
Authors: Priyo Nugroho Anton , Hidayat Anas , Kusuma Hadri
Published: September 2017

Indonesia is a country with the largest Muslim population in the world. However, since the Islamic banks were being established in Indonesia for about 20 years, their market share only accounts for about 5% in the Indonesian banking system. Muslim participations in using Islamic bank are relatively low. This study expands the Theory of Planned Behavior by adding the variables of religiosity and self-efficacy. Previous studies have not examined this new expanded model to analyze customers who participated in using the saving Islamic bank’s products and services. Based on 220 Islamic bank consumers who participated in the study, the study indicated that questionnaires about religiosity and self-efficacy had good external validity and could be adapted for the Indonesian culture context. The most interesting finding was that the religiosity variable strongly enhanced the use of Islamic banks. Similarly, this study found that the self-efficacy variable improved an intention of customers to participate in the Islamic banking system. This paper also discusses the implications of the findings and recommendations for future studies.
Impact of return on long-memory data set of volatility of Dhaka Stock Exchange market with the role of financial institutions: an empirical analysis
Authors: Mahboob Ali Muhammad , Kumar Tiwari Aviral , Raza Naveed
Published: September 2017

The current study intends to empirically test a relationship between long-memory features in returns and volatility of Dhaka Stock Exchange market. As such, the study uses the ARFIMA-FIGARCH and FIPARCH structure for the daily data ranging from 15 December 2003 to July 31, 2013 of Dhaka Stock Exchange market index, i.e., DSE General Index (DGEN). The observed indication assembled from long-memory tests supports the occurrence of long memory in Bangladesh stock returns. The study aims at doing research work with long-memory data set, as it provides a superior strategy, as well as gives real picture with short-memory data set. Moreover, the backup indication for existence of long memory in both return and volatility denies the efficient market hypothesis of Fama (1970) that the future return and volatility values are unpredictable. Extra measures ought to be given for the smooth functioning of the Dhaka Stock Exchange market so that both individual and institutional investors can get congenial atmosphere to invest. Authors’ suggested that Bangladesh Bank must play vital role as share market of Bangladesh is dominated by banking shares and in case of other listed shares of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, market authority should deal with transparently and fairly so that the market can be transformed into strong efficient market. This requires suitable directives, groundwork, removing malpractices and also implementation of investors’ friendly decisions. Further, fiscal policy of the country should be pro investor friendly, as well as monetary policy should work as complementary towards investment at stock exchange market as suggested by the authors.
Employee critical psychological states as determinants of employee brand equity in banking: a multi-group analysis
Authors: Altaf Mohsin , Sanuri Mohd Mokhtar Sany , Hasmini Abd Ghani Noor
Published: September 2017

The objective of the study is to investigate the moderating role of affective sentiments of brand psychological ownership of an employee in the relationship among the cognitive sentiments of employee brand understanding and employee brand equity of conventional and Islamic banks. Survey method was adopted to collect data from respondents from conventional and Islamic banks. Data were collected from 279 employees from the banking sector using two-stage probability sampling. Disproportionate stratified random sampling and simple random sampling were employed to collect responses. To analyze the data, multi-group analysis was applied using PLS-SEM technique through SmartPLS 3.0. Results demonstrated that congruence between brand image and individuals has a moderating effect on the relationship between brand confidence and employee brand equity in conventional banking. Responsibility to maintain brand image has a moderating effect on the relationship between brand knowledge and employee brand equity in conventional banking. In case of Islamic banking, only congruence between brand image and individuals exhibited a moderating role on the relationship between brand knowledge and employee brand equity. The importance of brand understanding of employees and psychological ownership of a brand has been widely discussed in branding literature. However, only a few studies investigated the relationship between dimensions of employee brand understanding and the employee brand psychological ownership with employee brand equity. The cognitive and affective sentiments of both exogenous latent constructs, their relationships, and the interaction effect of cognitive and affective sentiments were seldom discussed in branding literature. This study covers the in-depth view and investigation of brand understanding of employ¬ees and the affective and cognitive sentiments of brand psychological ownership with em¬ployee behavior toward a brand. This study also uncovers the moderating role of affective sentiments of brand psychological ownership on the relationship between cognitive senti¬ments of employee brand understanding and employee brand equity. This study will help researchers analyze the in-depth role of affective and cognitive sentiments on brand sup¬portive related behavior of employees.
Benchmarking of bank performance using the life cycle concept and the DEA approach
Authors: Ponomarenko Volodymyr , Kolodiziev Oleh , Chmutova Iryna
Published: September 2017

Despite the widespread use of benchmarking as an effective tool for improving the efficiency of the bank’s functioning, its implementation does not take into account the relation between comparable performance indicators, the choice of benchmark for comparison, deviations of indicators from target values with stages of the bank’s life cycle, which cause differences in the intensity and characteristics of development of financial institutions. The procedure for identifying a reference bank for comparison is also insufficiently specified, which is important in terms of adapting its experience by the recipient bank due to the possible fundamental differences in their functioning. Therefore, the article has modified the technology of benchmarking of the bank’s performance based on the life cycle concept and the DEA approach. The research is based on the use of the DEA method to determine the most efficient bank as a reference bank in benchmarking comparison; canonical analysis – for the formation of a list of indicators of bank performance; cluster analysis – to substantiate the levels of deviations of the actual values of comparable indicators from the target ones. The study envisages, firstly, the selection of indicators for benchmarking comparisons based on the identification of causal relationships between the indicators of subsystems “Finance”, “Customers”, “Business processes”, “Personnel development” that arise at each stage of a bank’s life cycle; secondly, the choice of a benchmark bank for comparison according to the maximum value of the performance indicator calculated through the DEA method for a set of banks that are at one and the same stage of their life cycle; thirdly, definition of the range of deviations (low, permissible, critical) of the actual values of comparable indicators of the effectiveness of management of finance, customer base, business processes and personnel of the bank from the target ones. A practical testing of the benchmarking technology was carried out on the example of Ukrainian banks, whose stage in 2016 was identified as “intense growth”.
Midiativismo em processos de comunicação ambiental engendrados por organizações ambientalistas: discussões e proposições
Authors: Mazzarino Jane Marcia , Miguel Katarini Giroldo
Published: September 2017

O presente trabalho é um ensaio prático-conceitual que analisa as estratégias midiativistas e suas possibilidades no âmbito da comunicação ambiental, a partir de discussões teóricas sobre o tema e de reflexões sobre as práticas das ONGs ambientalistas, observadas pelas autoras em investigações sistemáticas anteriores. A internet possibilita uma renovação da linguagem, dos recursos técnicos, das propostas de interação e participação, assim como da construção coletiva de informação e opinião. Mas as análises apontam que as organizações ainda ensaiam sua imersão no universo cibernético e reproduzem, na sua experiência comunicativa, a lógica da mídia convencional, perdendo a oportunidade de democratizar e ampliar a discussão ambiental.
CLIENT-ORIENTED OPTIMIZATION OF ACTIVE TOURISM PROPERTIES
Authors: Дьяченко Александр , Dyachenko Aleksandr
Published: September 2017

Based on the results of theoretical studying the active tourism, the article synthesizes the category and formulates the imperatives of active tourist recreation management, and proposes the approach to corresponding economic processes optimization. It was revealed that active tourism is implemented in the form of travels and sports entertainments for all population groups, including people with disabilities, through programs of hiking, climbing, sports games, rafting, diving, safari, horse ride walks, skiing, cycling, motorcycling, car walks, nonprofessional activities of any kind of sports. At the same time, an active way of traveling along the route is carried out with the orientation to the possibilities, needs, tastes, preferences of the holidaymaker and local attractions. This makes it possible to provide treatment, health improvement, and recreation for tourists, increase inbound tourist flows, create workplaces, and attract investments for the implementation of promising infrastructure development projects of active types of travel and recreation. The author point out the necessity to choose the criteria for optimizing the routes of active tourism, focused on resources properties satisfying the tourist needs, tastes and preferences.vit should be based on the unique sports and recreational resources and increasing tourist needs. The author proposes and illustrates the approach that makes it possible to optimize electing basic properties of resources affecting the satisfaction of participants of active tours, and, consequently, on the price of the relevant services.

This work was supported by RHSF Grant №17-12-34032.
Unlocking the Potential of Women Entrepreneurs in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Authors: Nomnga Vikelwa Judith
Published: September 2017

At the height of political turmoil and the so-called economic downgrade to ‘junk’ status by rating agencies in South Africa, the tourism and hospitality industry, through women entrepreneurship, seems to be an alternative exit the government can use to foster economic growth and curb unemployment. The paper adopts an extensive documentary review analysis to determine the challenges and opportunities for women entrepreneurs in the tourism industry in South Africa. The paper observes that women entrepreneurs in the Eastern Cape Province face a myriad of challenges emanating from low levels of education, lack of financial resources, poor information dissemination, gender inequity, limited support from stakeholders, limited technical skills and reluctance to shift from status quo. The paper concludes that, to unlock the potential of tourism and hospitality industry, women entrepreneurs need to embrace education and get trained on how to use modern technologies-which is fundamental in coping with the trends in the globalized environment. The paper recommends and empowers women to be at the forefront and become active entrepreneurs in tourism opportunities whereby stakeholder funding is the key to achieve economic growth.
Re-testing Wagner’s Law: Structural breaks and disaggregated data for South Africa
Authors: Mlilo Mthokozisi , Netshikulwe Matamela
Published: September 2017

Direction of causality between government expenditure and output growth is pertinent for a developing country since a sizeable volume of economic resources is in the hands of the public sector. This paper investigates the Wagner's law in South Africa over the post-apartheid era, 1994-2015. This paper is unique to present studies since it uses disaggregated government expenditure and controls for structural breaks. The Granger non-causality test of Toda & Yamamoto, a superior technique compared to conventional Granger causality testing, is employed and this paper finds no support for Wagner's law. However, there is causality running from total government and education expenditures to output. This finding is in line with the Keynesian framework. It is recommended in the paper that the government should take an active role in promoting output growth through increases in education expenditures in particular.
Determinants of Venture Capital Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Oni Olabanji
Published: September 2017

The purpose of this paper is to determine the variables that influence venture capital supply in Sub-Sahara Africa. The study developed econometric models and examined a 10-year period (2006 to 2015) pertaining to eight (8) Sub-Sahara African countries namely: Botswana, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda. The empirical model includes six determinants (initial public offering, market capitalisation, unemployment rate, foreign direct investment inflow, inflation rate and trade openness). Secondary data was utilised for the study. The primary sources of data were the World Bank Development indicators and Preqin data base. All the statistical analyses in the study were performed using E-views version 8. Panel data models of pooled, fixed and random effects were employed. The results suggest that there is a significant positive relationship between initial public offering, market capitalisation and venture capital supply. Second, there is no significant relationship between unemployment rate, foreign direct investment inflows, trade openness and venture capital supply. Based on the empirical findings, this study recommends that Sub-Sahara African governments should attempt to develop their economies by improving infrastructure and corporate governance. There is also a need for African countries to develop the equity market.
Profiling Smallholder Farmers Goals and Aspirations for Enhanced Agricultural Development: a Case of Smallholder Maize Farmers
Authors: Oyedokun Fakunle Olufemi , Leocadia Zhou
Published: September 2017

The intervention of government in the development of smallholder agriculture is still grappling and has not yielded the desired results, despite the huge investment from government. This has been a source of concern to government and policy makers. This paper sought to analyze the socio-demographic features of the smallholder maize farmers; profile the goals and aspirations of these farmers; and lastly, to analyze the technical efficiency of maize farmers. Qamata and Tyefu in the Transkei and Ciskei homelands, respectively were purposively chosen for the study. Descriptive statistics; Principal component analysis (PCA) and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) were used in the analysis. The result shows, that majority (66%) of the farmers were males with an average range of 61 years old. On the other hand, the PCA indicated that there is a variation between predicted goals and aspiration among maize farmers. The SFA result showed that farmers were efficient. The mean technical efficiency estimates up to 100%, an indication that farmers are more efficient in the usage of factors of production at their disposal in the study area. This implies that smallholder maize farming is lucrative due to its profit-making potentials. Moreover, this is a clear indication that more income and wealth is generated thereby implying that it is strategic and pivotal in improving farmers’ livelihoods
Informal Entrepreneurship as a Poverty Alleviation Mechanism in Zimbabwe: Challenges and Prospects
Authors: Gunhidzirai Constance , Tanga Pius T.
Published: September 2017

Informal entrepreneurship is a source of livelihood which provides employment and income to poor households in Chitungwiza Municipality in Zimbabwe. The dominant entrepreneurial activities are street vending, foreign currency exchange, urban farming, and home industries and cross border trading. The research approach that underpins this study is a triangulation of qualitative and quantitative. A semi-structured questionnaire and an interview guide were the instruments used in collecting data. The study sample was made up of 156 respondents that comprised informal entrepreneurs, social workers, municipal officials and community development practitioners from Chitungwiza Municipality. The findings revealed that few informal entrepreneurs are benefitting whereas the majority are failing to improve household income due to stiff competition, limited funding, poor infrastructure and harsh municipal policies. The paper recommends that the government of Zimbabwe should build infrastructure (shelters) for the informal entrepreneurs in their designated area of work.
The Time Preference of Chinese Tend to be Less Affected by Positive Emotions: As Proved by an Experimental Study
Authors: Yingnan Shi , Li Xinghao
Published: September 2017

This paper aims at testing whether positive emotions have a different impact on Chinese participants’ time preference choices from American respondents on average, considering that the Chinese people own a different culture background and more inward-oriented national characteristic. The researcher conducted a controlled experiment based on random assignments, and the experiment is specifically adapted for Chinese participants. Further, in order to approach to a more accurate result, the research also determines such effect is influenced, if any, by personality factors such as risk preference. The BDM (Becker-DeGroot-Marschak) and an MPL（Multiple Price List）methods were utilized to gather sufficient data and to ensure accurate measures. This paper indicates that, on average, for a Chinese participant, positive emotion will still reduce their time preference over intertemporal decision regarding to cash payment, but in a smaller amount on average, compared to an American respondent. Also, the result shows that, risk preference does play a role and tend to risk neutral persons have a weaker time-preference, compared to risk-takers and risk-avoiders. Moreover, several other factors, such as the health state, family income, and gender may also have correlation with time preferences. Alternative explanations are proposed at the end. This research may contribute to explain the differences of credit card usages preferences between the Chinese and American consumers and to explicate the reasoning of the Chinese economic miracles in the recent decades.
Oil Price Fluctuations and the Future of Saudi Arabian Non-Oil Traded Sector: An Empirical Investigation
Authors: Algaeed Abdulaziz Hamad
Published: September 2017

The major focus of this paper is to investigate theoretically and empirically the effects of non-linear oil price changes on Saudi manufacturing (traded) sector covering the period of 1970 till 2015, utilizing structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) approach. The Dutch disease syndrome will be clarified, and the impacts of oil price variations (increase and decrease) are investigated. Johansen’s testing procedure result asserts the existence of stable long-run relationship between real traded sector (MANUFACTURING), oil price increase and decrease, real government expenditure (GOEX), real exchange rate (REX), and the mining sector (MINING). The findings confirm that OILshock(+), and REX influence MANU negatively, while the spending effect, GOEX affects MANU positively. However, this could be attributed to the government efforts to nullify the Dutch disease symptoms. Given, the obtained tests’ results, the exchange rate REX appreciation confirms the existence of the Dutch disease, and consistent with the Dutch disease literature and findings. The Manufacturing sector harmed enough to the degree that government has to subsidize.
Determinants of Tax Non-Compliance among Small and Medium Enterprises in Zimbabwe
Authors: Dlamini Banele
Published: September 2017

Small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) are recognized global for being the backbone of the economy through; economic advancement; innovation, wealth generation and furthering growth. SMEs have a high tax non compliance rate which hinders the development they bring to many economies. This paper aims to establish the major determinants of tax non-compliance among SMEs in the Zimbabwean economy. The survey research design was used and the SMEs operating in the Bulawayo provincewere considered as the sample of the study. The stratified random sampling technique was adopted in eliciting information and questionnaires were administered in the collection of data from the respondents. 187 questionnaires were issued out and 150 were returned. Regression analysis was used to establish the relationship that exists between tax non-compliance and the predictive variables, using SPSS ver. 22. The study revealed that poor follow-up strategy and lack of a tax audit, high tax rates, financial constraints, abuse of public funds by authorities and tax education as the major determinants. SME operators should apply modern business survival strategies so as to counter financial constraints. ZIMRA should maintain a database for SMEs for tax audit purposes; intensify follow-up strategies, increase tax audits and increase tax support services to SMEs. The government should consider reducing tax rates (which are perceived to be too high) as they promote tax evasion and failure among SMEs.
Acute complications in multiple myeloma
Authors: Stankovikj Svetlana , Martinova Kata
Published: September 2017

Multiple myeloma is a malignant disorder of plasma cells, characterized by uncontrolled and progressive proliferation of a single clone of plasma cells. The disease leads to progressive morbidity and eventual mortality by lowering resistance to infection and causing significant skeletal destruction with bone pain, pathological fractures and hypercalcemia. Improved understanding of the multiple myeloma biology along with the discovery of novel anti-myeloma agents has led to a better-quality treatment of these patients. However, it still remains an incurable disease for the vast majority of patients, with a median survival 2-3 years. Patients with multiple myeloma frequently develop complications that are reason for early mortality within 60 days of diagnosis. Acute complications such as hyperviscosity syndrome, hypercalcemia, spinal cord compression, early infection, bone disease and renal impairment may be life-threatening. The treatment of these medical emergencies has greatly decreased morbidity and early mortality in patients.
Outcome of multivisceral echinococcosis: A case report conflict of interest
Authors: Hajrić Zlata , Pašić Amela , Spahić Razija
Published: September 2017

Introduction: The pathogen of multivisceral echinococcosis is the same agent as for single organ echinococcosis: Echinococcus granulosus. According to the consensus of experts under the aegis of the WHO-IWGE-WHO-Informal Working Group on Echinococcosis options of treatment should be: (1) percutaneous treatment, (2) surgery, (3) anti-infective drug treatment or (4) watch and wait approach or combinations thereof. Case report: The presented case was a seven-year-old Caucasian boy, a permanent resident of rural region near Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, who had a history of asymptomatic giant liver and small lung hydatid cyst (multivisceral echinococcosis). We consider that the patient was in the phase of secondary hydatidosis even before undergoing the first treatment PAIR method of liver and continued with adjunctive chemotherapy. Two weeks after discharge, during the adjunctive chemotherapy he had one of possible complication where pre-existed small lung hydatid cyst got inflamed and performed an abscess mass and potential septic risk, which required surgical and antibiotic treatment. Surgery and early postoperative course were normal and the patient was discharged with recommendation to continue with previously started adjunctive chemotherapy (Albendazol) according to treatment protocol. Conclusion: Most infected persons are asymptomatic and clinical manifestations vary according to the anatomic location of the cyst, so we want to indicate the importance of routine ultrasound screening of preschool children, and eventually X ray chest scan. This case report highlights the necessity of caution with choosing appropriate treatment, even though size of cyst can be irrelevant to take surgical treatment in first line instead of medical therapy.
Total knee surgery: Our experience licensing
Authors: Kamnar Viktor , Poposka Anastasika , Doksevska-Bogojevska Milena
Published: September 2017

Introduction: Revision knee arthroplasty is not a routine procedure and almost always it is a technically demanding operation. The paradigm in revision total knee arthroplasty is to achieve correct alignment of the components, maintenance of the joint space and ligament balance by providing a stable bone-implant fusion. Metaphyseal bone loss is a crucial problem in revision total knee arthroplasty. The bone loss is due to primary arthroplasty technical errors and design, or problematic removal of the implants. Aim: The aim of this article is to present our experience on total knee revision surgery using tantalum metal cones as a structural bone graft substitute in total arthroplasty failure with gross metaphyseal bone loss categorized by the AORI classification, performed by a specific surgical technique and evaluated by the Knee Society Score (KSS). Material and methods: From 2013 to 2016 at the University Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery in Skopje 21 patient has been treated with revision total knee arthroplasty. Twelve patients had type 1/type 2 bone defects according to AORI, and nine had type 3 bone defect. We used trabecular metal bone graft in type 3 bone defects. A special emphasis is placed on preoperative planning according to the classification system for ligament and soft tissue damage as well as the AORI classification in order to determine the quantity, location and extent of the bone loss. In our series in patients with type 3 deformities, trabecular metal augments were used. This material resembles the human trabecular bone by its cellular structure and elastic characteristics. Results: Preoperatively, all the patients had Knee Society Score below 60, most of them were housebound, experiencing great pain and disability. After six months 95% were rated excellent, and on one year follow up, 89% were rated good or excellent (KSS score above 82, mean score 81.5), 1 patient was marked as poor with a complication-dislocation of the prosthesis. In the follow up period there was no infection. Conclusion: Our results of revision knee arthroplasty by using the trabecular metal augments with at least a year of follow up are excellent according to the KSS compared to the other studies. The disadvantages of the study are mentioned and the need for further investigation is stressed.
Validation of Psychological Resilience Youth Developement Module and Implication for Guidance and Counseling
Authors: Suranata Kadek Suranata , Atmoko Adi , Hidayah Nur
Published: September 2017

This study investigated the validation of the psychological resilience scale adaptation from youth development module (RYDM) for secondary school. The psychological RYDM is measured by six factors psychological assets was strongly associated with students academic success. A sample of study is 158 seventh grade students from five secondary schools in Singaraja, Bali Province (75 or 47.4% male and 83 or 52.6%  female, with age range 12-13 years). The constructs validation was conduct by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) method, with SPSS 22.0. Five iterations of the EFA reducing 18 original items to 14 items and 6 original factors to 5 factors. Five factors and 14 items produced are consistent with the conceptual basis used in the original RYDM. The stability of new five factors is formed by a split sample analysis method showed the all of the items of factors identified in the earlier testing stable adequacy of forming a common factor in this analysis in the first and second iteration. The results of analysis the item-total correlation on 14 item (n = 158) showed Cronbach's Alpha value of 0.777. Implications the study for guidance and counseling practice in schools is discussed.
Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Student Learning Achievement
Authors: Hadiwijaya Hendra
Published: September 2017

The Effect of Emotional Intelligence Against Student Achievement aims to determine the effect of emotional intelligence which consists of self awareness, self management, Motivation, social awareness, relationship management partially and simultaneously on learning achievement. Respondents are students of SMP Negeri 4 Lalan Bumi Agung  Vilage Musi Banyuasin Regency to be 135 people. Methods of data analysis using regression analysis techniques. Partial assay results (t-test) showed emotional intelligence consists of Self awareness, self management, Motivation, social awareness, relationship management positive and significant effect on learning achievement. Simultaneous Test Results (Test-F) emotional intelligence consists of Self awareness, self management, motivation, social awareness, relationship management and significant positive effect on learning achievement. Social awareness is more dominant influence on learning achievement.
Treatment for Disruption of Smartphone Use in Learning Activity Through School-Wide Positive Behavior Support
Authors: Mufrihah Arina
Published: September 2017

This study is purposed for guiding students to use their smartphone appropriately and opportunely through School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPB). Location of this research was at SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Yogyakarta which used Classroom Action Research and Spiral Self-Reflective as its design. The research process was undertaken within 2 cycles where each cycle consists of the planning phase, action phase, and reflection phase. Group counseling and individual counseling were applied as the form of SWPB in which students who received these services were selected purposively. All data collected through observation, questionnaire, and interview. Respondents participated cooperatively during counseling service sessions; as a result, they can manage their selves to not use smartphone unless it is necessary for learning resource and assignment in the classroom.