bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pengaruh Panjang Entres terhadap Keberhasilan Sambung Pucuk pada Tanaman Alpukat (Persea americana Mill.)
Authors: Dastama Ramdy , Sahputra Hendri , Harahap Evi Julianita
Published: March 2022

Pendahuluan: Tanaman alpukat berasal dari dataran rendah atau tinggi Amerika Tengah dan diperkirakan masuk ke Indonesia pada abad ke-18, secara resmi antara tahun 1920-1930 indonesia telah mengintroduksi 20 varietas alpukat dari Amerika Tengah dan Amerika Serikat. Beragamnya hasil produksi dan kualitas buah alpukat dapat diperbaiki dengan metode sambung pucuk. Sambung pucuk merupakan salah satu cara perbanyakan tanaman dengan pertautan batang bawah dengan entris sehingga menjadi satu tanaman tunggal. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh dari berbagai panjang entris terhadap keberhasilan sambung pucuk pada tanaman alpukat.

Metode Penelitian: Penelitian ini dilakukan di Balai Benih Hortikultura Tanaman Pangan dan Perkebunan Saree Kabupaten Aceh Besar dengan metode Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) non faktorial dengan empat taraf perlakuan yaitu panjang entris 7 cm= E1, 10 cm= E2, 13 cm= E3, dan 16 cm= E4. Parameter yang diamati berupa persentase sambung hidup, persentase entris dorman, persentase entris mati, jumlah daun dan jumlah tunas.

Hasil Penelitian: perlakuan panjang entris berpengaruh nyata pada parameter jumlah daun dan jumlah tunas. Perlakuan terbaik menunjukkan pada taraf panjang entris 13 cm dengan persentase sambung hidup 88%.
Utilization of Pap processing waste in submerged culture of Aspergillus niger enriched with poultry dropping extract for citric acid production
Authors: Ezea Ifeanyi Boniface
Published: April 2022

Determining the potential of pap processing waste for citric acid production was investigated using Aspergillus niger isolated from pap waste. The cost of substrate for citric acid production represents a significant percentage of the total production cost. The aim of this work was therefore, to utilize pap processing waste in submerged culture enriched with poultry dropping extract for citric acid production. The effect of initial pH, inoculums size, poultry dropping extract, pap processing waste concentration and alcohol addition were investigated on citric acid production from pap processing waste. The results show that the initial pH, inoculums size, poultry dropping extract, pap processing waste and methanol had significant effect on citric acid production from pap processing waste (p< 0.05). Citric acid concentration increased as the pH increased. A pH value of 6.0 was the optimum for maximum citric acid concentration of 6.5 ± 0.116 g/l after 96 hours of fermentation. Citric acid concentration also increased as the percentage inoculums increased. A 10 % inoculums size was the optimum with the maximum concentration of 8.0 ± 0.231 g/l citric acid. There is also an increase in citric acid concentration as the percentage poultry dropping extract concentrations increased from 5 % to 15 %. A 15 % poultry dropping extract concentrations was the optimum with the maximum concentration of 11.0 ± 0.251 g/l citric acid. As the concentration of the pap processing waste increased up to 20 % the citric acid concentration of 16.0 ± 0.413 g/l was produced after 96 hours of fermentation. A 3 % methanol addition was the optimum with the maximum citric acid concentration of 26.0 ± 0.351 g/l after 96 hours of fermentation. This research work has established the potential of pap processing waste on citric acid production if well harnessed.
Assessment of Microbial Content in some Selected Cooked Foods Sold in UCC Science Market and Amamoma Community and their Negative Health Effect on Humans
Authors: Bryant Isaac Mbir , Fobir Christina , Essandoh Paul Kwame , Arkoful Paul
Published: April 2022

Globally, the estimated amount of food found to be contaminated from street vendors particularly in developing countries is on the ascendancy. This study sought to assess the microbial content of some selected cooked food sold in UCC science market and Amamoma community and their negative health effects on humans. A mixed-method approach was adopted. Thus, both qualitative and laboratory work to achieve an in-depth insight into consumer perceptions and vendors’ knowledge of the safety of cooked food. The study recruited 7 food vendors and 100 students using purposive sampling method. A structured questionnaire was administered and an observational checklist was used to gather data on the environmental and personal hygiene status of food vendors and also student perception on food related diseases. Data collected were entered into an SPSS version 26.0 software, edited and subsequently used for multivariate analysis. The study revealed that cooked foods sold by vendors in the UCC science market and Amamoma community were unwholesome for human consumption and could be deleterious to the health of consumers. There were statically significant association between contamination of street foods and poor personal hygiene, un-knowledgeable to food borne diseases, improper food handling and illiteracy causing harm to consumers. It is recommended that the Food and Drugs Authority should enforce strict compliance to food quality standards at all food vending establishments in the named cooked food joints.
Algorithms, Intuition and Networked Activism
Authors: Carolyn Pedwell
Published: April 2022

In the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, digital, smart and algorithmic technologies, it is claimed, may be fundamentally transforming ‘the human’. They may, that is, be radically re-mediating human senses, habits and capacities. In Thumbelina (2015), for example, the late French philosopher and media theorist Michel Serres argues that millennials are not only the first generation to experience the internet and related forms of digital media in their adolescence, they have also been comprehensively ‘[re]-formatted by the media’, and, thus, ‘no longer have the same body or behavior’ as previous generations (2015: 5-6).
New Cities New Economies: South Africa and Africa’s Grand Plan, A Pan-African Economic Revolution
Authors: Tshilidzi Ratshitanga
Published: April 2022

There is no doubt that the year 2020 will go down in history as a year of major disruption towards humanity. It is critically important to analyse exactly what this disruption is. Such analysis should be rooted in the understanding of the world’s balance of power.
Johannesburg, Ontario: Street Naming Strategies and the Decolonised City to Com
Authors: Melissa Levin
Published: April 2022

South Af rica’s transition f rom apartheid to democracy was both enabled and burdened by the global political conditions of the late 1980s. The shifting balance of forces at the time meant that the global appetite for authoritarianism was passing as the horizon of possibility suggested by socialism was fading. In other words, democratisation efforts were encouraged by the international community, while radical transformative economic and social projects were not.
George Floyd, bad governance, and the silent violations of African human rights
Authors: Sunjo Tata Emmanuel
Published: April 2022

In 2020, George Floyd – a Black man in the United States – was brutally killed by a white police officer. The world was unequivocal in denouncing such an outrageous act, but Black people living in Sub-Saharan Africa continue to face multiple right violations. This can be attributed to fundamental governance crevices associated with poor leadership that characterise many of these African states. This article outlines a number of examples of the incessant suppression of the socio-economic, civil, political, and overall human rights of Africans in the face of dictatorship, anarchy, and bad governance. The clamour for good governance on the continent is critical for upholding the dignity of Black African lives.
I (Don’t) See You: Absence, Omissions, and Spectrality in the Works of Ishtiyaq Shukri
Authors: Iqra Raza
Published: April 2022

This paper studies the representation of the Muslim body (within the context of the War on Terror) as an instance of disembodied subjectivity that haunts through the remnants of its presence, via a close textual analysis of Ishtiyaq Shukri’s novels The Silent Minaret (2005) and I See You (2014). The paper examines the corporeal absence within the said texts as a template for understanding the modus operandi of the necropolitical regime and the extremities of state violence it implies. It explores the implications of spectrality within texts saturated by instances of taxonomical categorisations of the body and examines spectrality alongside the implications of absences and omissions in order to reveal how the three interact and inform each other. Conceptualising spectrality as the dominant mode of writing for post-9/11 novels, the paper engages with Derrida’s work on deferred mourning in relation to spectres, offering a new paradigm for an understanding of the post-9/11 Muslim experience.
The Dilemma of Vulnerable Groups During Lockdown: Implications for Social Work Education and Practice in Ghana
Authors: John Boulard Forkuor  , Charles Selorm Deku  , Eric Agyemang
Published: April 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has created socio-economic challenges for countries globally and has touched lives in some of the world’s most remote areas. While other countries have been proactive in addressing these challenges, I fear that Ghana, and to an extent most of sub-Saharan Africa, have failed to adequately prepare for and anticipate these challenges. This reflective essay discusses the paradoxes that the pandemic and the measures used to curb it have created for two vulnerable groups: informal economy workers and women and children in abusive relationships. I introduce the essay with a reflective account of the relevance and practicality of social work education and practice in Ghana in light of the ongoing pandemic. Subsequently, I focus on the two aforementioned vulnerable groups. I present a reflective account of how the challenges that emerged from this pandemic create new opportunities for my work as a social work educator and also for practice with these groups in Ghana.
The Pan-African Pantheon
Authors: Moloi Tshepo Mvulane
Published: April 2022

Advocates and critics of literature on Pan-Africanism stand to studiously benefit from this contemporary book on the theme of Pan-Africanism, meticulously edited by Nigerian scholar Adekeye Adebajo. For the record, Adebajo is the incumbent Director of the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation at the University of Johannesburg (UJ). When contextualised, this edited text is certainly a welcome addition to the discourse on Pan-Africanism. This book adroitly adds to contributions made by other scholars who have also addressed the theme of Pan-Africanism. A sample of preceding texts include Hakim Adi and Marika Sherwood’s Pan-Africanism History: Political Figures from Africa and the Diaspora since 1787 (2003), followed by Guy Martin’s African Political Thought (2012), and Marika Sherwood’s Origins of Pan-Africanism: Henry Sylvester Williams, Africa, and the African Diaspora (2012). Observably, Adebajo’s text shares the same publication year as African-American Reiland Rabaka’s edited volume The Routledge Handbook of Pan-Africanism (2020). From this list of scholars, one may justly opine that the theme of Pan-Africanism has been addressed by scholars from around the world.
Listening to Dissonance at the Intersections of International Human Rights Law
Authors: True-Frost C.
Published: March 2022

Within the United Nations (UN) human rights system, there are ten human rights treaties, each with its own treaty body or “Committee” that claims to offer the most authoritative interpretation of its corresponding treaty. Rather than resolving contests for primacy, this arrangement often generates conflicting interpretations of certain human rights.

This Article is the first to shed light on conflicts between treaty bodies’ interpretations within the UN human rights system and to confront the question of how to resolve such conflicts at the intersections of international human rights law. The Article analyzes three case studies of such conflicts: 1) clashing interpretations relating to a child’s right to live with a family; 2) the right to life, reproductive access, and disability-selective abortion; 3) and involuntary detention and the right to liberty and security. These conflicts of interpretation matter to individuals seeking clarification of potential legal claims, as well as to legislators and regulators seeking to draft legislation to comply, or to evade compliance, with human rights standards.

This Article then argues that secondary rules of interpretation are unlikely to resolve these conflicts, as they avoid necessary contests of meaning. Even with the uncertainties that enduring conflicts create, they are preferable to rules of resolution favoring uniformity and systemic integration, as the related risk is either the hegemonic elevation of majoritarian interests or the elevation of possibly biased perspectives. This Article thus proposes pragmatic institutional design tools to promote dialogue and engage each conflict in a context-specific fashion. Mitigating the conflicts between treaties in this way will help optimize the object of all international human rights law treaties.
A Legal Obituary for Ramiro
Authors: Johnson Sheri
Published: March 2022

Most death penalty lawyers who practice long enough will watch the execution of a client. It is always, always terrible, but not always terrible in the same way. With each client’s execution, a lawyer is confronted with the death of a human being—not an accidental death, not an inevitable death, but an avoidable one—and with his or her own failure to prevent that death. Some executions also involve a very personal loss for the lawyer because of their relationship with the client. Other executions are horrific because things go awry and impose extreme suffering on the executed individual. No matter how many times a lawyer walks that last walk with a client, it does not get easier. Each loss is different because each life is different. I have lost clients whom I have loved as friends and I have witnessed a botched execution. Ramiro Hernandez Llanas was not a friend, nor did his execution appear to cause him pain. But for me as a lawyer, his execution was the hardest. I could not save Ramiro. I could not get even one judge to care about Texas’s willingness to flout the law. This is the story of Ramiro’s case—not a famous case, but one that otherwise would be lost to history, as many outrageous applications of the death penalty are.
Child Abuse Evidence: New Perspectives from Law, Medicine, Psychology & Statistics: Question and Answer Session
Authors: Thomas Kimberly , Maddox Keith , Sommers Samuel , Barnes Patrick , Leo Richard
Published: March 2022

A transcript of the Question and Answer session during the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform Symposium, Child Abuse Evidence: New Perspectives from Law, Medicine, Psychology & Statistics.
ANALISIS KESALAHAN BERBAHASA DALAM KARANGAN DESKRIPSI PADA SISWA KELAS V SD NEGERI 2 SIANGAN
Authors: Weda Dayu , Ariyanthi Ni Kadek Meini , Adhikara I Nyoman Artika
Published: March 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan memaparkan kesalahan berbahasa pada karangan deskripsi siswa kelas V SD Negeri 2 Siangan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Objek penelitian ini yaitu karangan deskripsi siswa dengan pengumpulan data melalui observasi dan dokumentasi. Analisis data dilakukan dengan, reduksi data, penyajian data, dan verifikasi data. Hasil penelitian ini yaitu terdapat kesalahan berbahasa dalam penulisan huruf kapital, tanda baca, kata depan dan pemilihan diksi.
Bilaterale III
Authors: Ambühl Michael , Scherer Daniela S.
Published: April 2022

Mit einem konkreten Vorschlag für ein umfassendes Bilaterale-III-Paket kann die Schweiz das Verhandlungsresultat positiv beeinflussen: Die Autorenschaft vertieft einen entsprechenden Vorschlag, der aktuell diskutiert wird.
Satisfaction among the Patients Attending Himalaya Eye Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal
Authors: Tiwari Sirjana , Bhatta Bimala , Wagle Shreejana
Published: March 2022

Introduction: Patient satisfaction is one of the key elements for the overall improvement of health service management. Patient satisfaction in the health care organization is popularly used for benchmark and accreditation purposes.

Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted among the 164 patients who got their at least one type of eye surgery done following at least three OPD visits at Himalaya Eye Hospital from January 2019 to July 2019. A systematic random sampling technique was used to enroll the study subjects. Face to face interview was done with a semi-structured interview schedule to gather the data from the subject. Data were entered into Epi-Data and transfered to SPSS 20 for analysis. A Chi-square test was applied to find out the association between dependent and independent variables.

Results: The average satisfaction score was (4.061±0.26). Overall 48.2% of respondents were satisfied with the physical environment, 59.1% were satisfied with eye care service, 67.1% were satisfied with a health care provider, and 59.1% satisfied with a financial cost, and 88.4% respondents were satisfied with the outcome of care.

Conclusion: The majority of respondents were satisfied with the cleanliness and health care providers of the hospital. The main dissatisfaction was on the lack of provision of safe drinking water, insufficient space for caretakers, lengthy time for ticketing system, long waiting time, and waiting area. Concerned authorities are recommended for considering the need of people in the community which may further increase their satisfaction towards services and institutions.
Challenges of COVID-19 Vaccines
Authors: Yadav Dipendra Kumar , Shrestha Niranjan
Published: March 2022

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Disruption of the human gut microbiota affected by ulcerative colitis
Authors: Wang Haichao , Wu Changhao , Kong Dehui
Published: April 2022

Objective: The stability of the intestinal flora is an important guarantee for maintaining human health. Whether it will disturb the stability of the flora after ulcerative colitis (UC) is worth exploring.

Methods: An observational study was performed to evaluate the disruption of the human gut microbiota affected by UC. Chromosomal DNA was extracted, and the length of DNA fragments was examined and quantified. Gene amplification and sequencing of the V3 region of 16S rRNA were subsequently performed by Illumina’s MiSeq sequencer for high-throughput sequencing.

Results: The structure of intestinal flora in UC patients exhibited a significant increase of Proteobacteria and a remarkable decrease of Bacteroidetes compared with that of healthy controls. Among each genus in the Proteobacteria, UC patients exhibited a significant decrease of Alcaligenaceae (55.08% ± 13.90 to 0.56% ± 0.04) and a remarkable increase of Enterobacteriaceae (6.64% ± 10.22 to 98.05% ± 3.28) compared with that of healthy controls. Our results demonstrated that the disorder of the intestinal flora is associated with UC patients.

Conclusions: Therefore, UC patients exhibited a significant shift in the dominance of the gut microbiota, and restoring the homeostasis of the intestinal flora may be an important target for the treatment of UC and alleviation of symptoms.
Interferogram blind denoising using deep residual learning for phase-shifting interferometry
Authors: Xiaoqing Xu  , Ming Xie  , Song Chen  , Ying Ji  , Yawei Wang
Published: April 2022

The interferogram containing the noises often affects the accuracy of phase retrieval, leading to the degradation of the phase imaging quality. To address this issue, a new interferogram blind denoising (IBD) method based on deep residual learning is proposed. In the presence of unknown noise levels, during the training, the deep residual convolutional neural networks (DRCNN) in the IBD approach is able to remove the latent clean interferogram implicitly, and then gradually establish the residual mapping relation in the pixel-level between the interferogram and the noises. With a well-trained DRCNN model, this algorithm can deal not only with the single-frame interferogram efficiently but also with the multi-frame phase-shifted interferograms collaboratively, while effectively retaining interferogram features related to phase retrieval. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate the feasibility and applicability of the proposed IBD method.
INFORMASI AKUNTANSI BAGI USAHA MIKRO KECIL MENENGAH “OLEH-OLEH” MAKANAN KHAS MALANG
Authors: Prasetyo Bambang Eko , Ningsih Ayu Agus Tya
Published: April 2022

This study aims to examine and analyze the effect of business scale, company age and owner education on the use of accounting information. This research uses a quantitative approach with respondents of MSME owner research "souvenirs" of typical foods in Malang. Data collection techniques using questionnaire instruments. The analytical tool used is the linear regression method using SPSS. The results showed that: 1) The scale of the business did not significantly influence the use of accounting information, this is because some of the businesses that were established were still very small with low income and the number of employees employed was also slightly in accordance with business activities, as indicated by the sig amounted to 0.972; 2) The age of a business company does not significantly influence the use of accounting information, the results of this study indicate that the longer the life of an MSME business, is not followed by the higher level of use of accounting information, which is indicated by a sig value of 0.231; 3) Owner education has a significant positive effect on the use of accounting information. The results of this study indicate that the level of education of an owner / manager influences the use of accounting information, which is indicated by a sig value of 0.001.
BUDAYA ORGANISASI, GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN, DAN LINGKUNGAN KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA PEGAWAI MELALUI MOTIVASI SEBAGAI VARIABEL MEDIASI
Authors: Purnamasari Ika
Published: April 2022

The performance of the Village Government employees stated that, previously, the organizational culture that was built in the Ngadirejo Village Government environment had minimal innovation, because employees tended to work monotonously and there was no improvement. The research objective is to analyze Organizational Culture, Leadership Style, and Work Environment on Employee Performance through Motivation as a Mediation Variable. The research sample was 58 employees of the Ngadirejo Village Government, Malang Regency. The results of the study explain that leadership style and environment directly affect motivation. Leadership style and motivation directly affect employee performance
PERSPEKTIF EKONOMI KELEMBAGAAN: EKONOMI KOLEKTIF PEREMPUAN PERAJIN ANYAMAN BAMBU
Authors: Indrayani Luh
Published: April 2022

The activities of the people of Kayubihi Village, Bangli Regency, Bali Province, Indonesia, especially housewives, have traditionally preserved the ancestral culture of making woven bamboo. The woven bamboo produced is done individually or in groups. The bamboo used to make the wicker is obtained from the artisans' own gardens and also purchased from neighboring villages. This study aims to determine (1) the system of shared resource management, (2) production activities. This research includes qualitative research with a grounded research approach, with a gradual analysis with a systematic approach from Strauss and Corbin. The research subjects are women who are bamboo weaving craftsmen, the data collection procedure is through observation and interviews. From the data analysis, it is known that the system manages shared resources based on considerations in the availability of raw materials, the relationship between the coordinator and the craftsmen as well as trust and solidarity. The existing production activities when making woven bamboo by craftsmen are seen from productivity and creativity.
INTENSIFIKASI PENINGKATAN WAJIB PAJAK DALAM MEMBAYAR PBB P2 DI BPK-AD KECAMATAN TUMPANG KABUPATEN MALANG
Authors: Lein Maria Anita Goreti , Rahayu Yayuk Ngesti
Published: April 2022

In summary, this study aims to analyze efforts to increase taxpayers in paying land and property taxes (PBB) on the basis of the collection system guided by Law No. 28 of 2009 (1) the collect local taxes in the payment of services or the issuance of certain permits provided by local governments or for personal or corporate interests; (2) Is a regional tax, administered by the Regional Revenue Authority, and its collection is based on rate rules set forth by the local government; (3) Collecting a regional tax as a tax may confer a better socioeconomic advantage or position on beneficiaries or entities or who derive an advantage from land and buildings. This study is a qualitative descriptive study. The informants for this study are the Services, Billing, General and Internal Compliance subsection, and the Advisory and Extension subsection at the Malang Regency Regional Property Administration. Data for this study were collected through interviews, documents, and observations. The results of this study indicate that (1) the compliance of taxpayers with the Regional Financial Asset Management Authority of Malang Regency sometimes increases and sometimes also decreases. As a result, the officers working at the Regional Property Management Authority of Malang Regency are working to increase taxpayers in paying land and property taxes
Hubungan pengetahuan ekologi dan sikap pro-lingkungan dengan kepedulian dalam pengelolaan lingkungan siswa
Authors: Yuli Remondo  , Herry Redin  , Eka Nor Taufik
Published: March 2022

Permasalahan lingkungan yang terjadi di Kabupaten Murung Raya dikarenakan minimnya kepedulian, sehingga berdampak buruk terhadap kesehatan masyarakat dan kelestarian lingkungan. Kepedulian tidak akan tumbuh tanpa adanya pengetahuan ekologi yang cukup, sehingga dapat membentuk sikap pro-lingkungan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan antara pengetahuan ekologi dan sikap pro-lingkungan dengan kepedulian dalam pengelolaan lingkungan siswa Sekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP). Desain penelitian menggunakan metode cross-sectional survey. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada siswa kelas VIII yang tersebar di 5 (lima) SMP wilayah Kabupaten Murung Raya, dengan jumlah responden sebanyak 213 siswa. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis korelasi dan regresi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan yang kuat antara pengetahuan ekologi (X1) dan sikap pro-lingkungan (X2) dengan kepedulian dalam pengelolaan lingkungan siswa SMP (Y), sehingga kontribusi X1 dan X2 secara simultan terhadap Y sebesar 47,61%. Salah satu variabel yang memberikan sumbangan paling besar terhadap kepedulian dalam pengelolaan lingkungan (Y) adalah variabel sikap pro-lingkungan (X2).
To What Extent Do Nurses Use Clinical Trials in Their Practice?
Authors: Hani Salam Bani , Nashwan Abdulqadir J.
Published: March 2022

Due to the growing global need for clinical trials, the number of nurses working as research nurses or research coordinators has increased during the last two decades. This paper discusses the potential role and contribution of nurses in conducting high-utility nursing clinical trials. More work is still needed to optimize the knowledge and skills of nurses working in the field of clinical trials.
Kārlis Frīdrihs Vatsons latviešu literārās kultūras vēsturē
Authors:   Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka. Letonikas un Baltijas centrs, Daija Pauls
Published: March 2022

In the article, an insight into the creative work of Baltic German pastor, historian, ethnographer and writer Karl Fredrich Watson is provided by turning special attention towards previously understudied traits. His only belletrist book in Latvian, “Lasāma grāmata” [A Reading Book] (1816), has been analysed in great detail. It was based on Friedrich Eberhard von Rochow’s work and written in collaboration with Courland physician Johann Heinrich Lichtenstein. This book attempted to include the Latvian reading public in the network of European modern pedagogical ideas and popular enlightenment trends and promoted the development of a new mindset in rural society. It is also valuable as a source of cultural history, as many everyday life observations were included in the book. Watson’s work in the German periodical press has been explored in the article as well as his studies in history and ethnography besides his involvement in establishing the Latvian periodicals – he established and edited the first Latvian newspaper “Latviešu Avīzes” [Latvian Newspaper]. An overview of Watson’s participation at the 1819 debates on Germanization has been provided. The work of Watson has been explored within the context of expanding of ideas and themes in popular enlightenment during the early 19th century by integrating historicism and traits characteristic to Biedermeier age. These developments brought closer radical and moderate wings of enlightenment by integrating ideas outlined by Garlieb Merkel in the views of moderate enlighteners. By exploring these topics, the main turning points in Watson’s biography have been described in the article.
Žemaitė XX a. II pusės lietuvių poezijoje ir prozoje
Authors:   Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Daugirdaitė Solveiga
Published: March 2022

The article dedicated to the works of the Lithuanian literature written in the second half of the 20th century depicting the writer Žemaitė (pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė, 1845–1921). This writer was not rejected by the Soviet authorities because of her realistic outline and her democratic political views, the social criticism expressed in her work towards greed, selfishness and clericalism. Lithuanian writers dedicated to her their poetry, fiction, and drama works. However, Soviet writers were also impressed by Žemaitė’s personality traits, which mentioned less frequently in public: independence, perseverance, wit, the courage to stand out from her surroundings and to disregard the societal norms that stifled older women in traditional society. The article analyses the features of Žemaitė’s personality in works of Lithuanian literature created by poets Salomėja Nėris, Judita Vaičiūnaitė, and others. The author reveals how different aspects of Žemaitė’s work and personality were emphasised depending on the time of writing. This change partly reflects the shift of literature from socialist realism to more modern literature. Among the works of prose, the author singles out Bitė Vilimaitė’s cycle of short stories “Apsakymai apie Žemaitę” (Short Stories about Žemaitė) from her collection Papartynų saulė (Fernery Sun, 2002). The stories reveal both the character of Žemaitė, her environment and people close to her, and the most important features of Vilimaitė’s own work: attention to a woman’s fate, subtle psychological insight, attention to detail, and a specific model of a short novella. Since the protagonists of the cycle are usually real people, Vilimaitė’s talent for using documentary material and combining it with fiction is also evident here. The article concludes that Soviet-era authors portraying Žemaitė’s character raised aspects relevant to the time of writing, such as the promotion of national culture, problems of women’s emancipation and, also the fact that for female writers, Žemaitė was a role model.
Revolūcijas literatūra Liepājas pilsētas lasāmbibliotēkā (1790–1796)
Authors:   Latvijas Universitāte. Literatūras, folkloras un mākslas institūts, Valke Simona Sofija
Published: March 2022

The Liepāja City Reading Library, founded in 1777, includes books primarily in German, but there are also publications in French and Latin. The founder of the library, Johann Andreas Grundt (1732–1802), pastor of the Latvian congregation of the Anna Church, gathered 50 readers during the first two weeks of the library’s existence. Over the years, books on the natural sciences, geography, history, medicine, law, art, travelogues, fiction, encyclopaedias, periodicals etc. have been stored on the library shelves. The reason for the library’s closure in 1799 was because of censorship; officials of the Russian Empire determined that the library contained banned books, including those related to the events of the French Revolution. The article identifies and studies works translated from French into German and created by German authors under the influence of the revolution and German periodicals from published library catalogues. Qualitative desk research methods and digital tools are used in the collection and analysis of the material. The objective of the research is to find what ideologically incorrect literature related to the French Revolution was represented in the Liepāja library at the end of the 18th century. The operational term of revolutionary literature is used to refer to the range of literature analysed in this study, which includes periodicals, almanacs, pamphlets, letters, speeches, and theatrical dialogues. The study concludes that it was possible for the readers of the Liepāja library to obtain detailed information on the events of the French Revolution and the political changes, as the proposed literature provides different views on the revolutionary events. The works of French authors express a pro-revolutionary opinion. The point of view of the German authors is more distant and differentiated – from the positions of the constitutional monarchy to the open and hostile condemnation of the revolution.
May the Force be with You: Ethnographic Access into the World of Film Production Workers
Authors:   Vytautas Magnus University, Stankutė Akvilė
Published: March 2022

The aim of the article is to reveal the researcher’s problems when trying to gain access to a particular film industry field. Yet, since most researchers try to gain access to the field as outsiders, this present study, with reference to other anthropologists’ studies, is based on the insider researcher’s status. Participant observation and semi-structured interviews with film production workers in Lithuania were selected as the main methods to understand their social world fully. Insider researcher’s status provided an opportunity for complete participation. This includes not only participation on set, but also pre-production processes, meetings, attendance of events for the film community in Lithuania, informal meetings with film production staff, parties. During the beginning of research from 2020 autumn till 2021 spring, 50 film production workers were interviewed. To provide a holistic picture of these workers, the respondents were selected from different production departments. A survey of published works by other researchers reveals these factors that help to get access into the film production workers world: it’s easier to get inside when the researcher belongs to the group of the field or has contact with people who work in the film industry; informants are “below-the-line” workers, who have less power and prestige; researcher status in the academic world gives more trust and solidity towards the research results. This article suggests ways in which the insider researcher gains the following: positive access, trust of the respondents, a possibility to observe and make notes on the group’s inside systems, beliefs, traditions, and daily practices.
Validating The Framework of The Accounting Information Systems Components and Firm Performance: A Conceptual Study
Authors: Shawabkah Abdllah Mohammad , Kadir Mohd Rizuan Bin Abdul , Nori Wan Mohd Nazif Wan Mohd , Hassan Hasmaizan Binti
Published: April 2022

The aim of this research is to propose a conceptual framework that links the Accounting Information System components with the Firm Performance. The framework contained the Availability, the Security and the Integrity, the Confidentiality and Privacy, and the System Quality as independent variable, with Firm financial and non-financial performance among the Jordanian Firms as dependent variable. The researcher followed the quantitative research methodology by testing the measurement model of the conceptual framework by checking the convergent and discriminant virility of the framework. The researcher used the mean of survey questionnaire as a research instrument, on which the researcher developed a 31 items questionnaire and distributed 350 questionnaires, and received 263 fully answered questionnaire. The findings of this study revealed that the scores of factor loadings and AVE did not achieve the recommended level of 0.4 and 0.5 respectively, which required a modification on the research model in the second run, on which the researcher achieve a satisfactory level of Factor loadings, Composite Reliability, Cronbach Alpha, and AVE. However, the scores of the Fornell and Larcker Criterion and HTMT which confirmed the discriminant validity. This study was limited to the measurement model analysis only, an empirical study with both the measurement and structural model will be a great addition to the future studies.
Dinosaur Track from the Jurassic Xiahuayuan Formation of Northern China
Authors: Xing Lida , Lockley Martin , Wang Zhitao , Liu Jianjun , Persons IV W. Scott , Tong Bolin , Chang Liu
Published: March 2022

An isolated but moderately well-preserved theropod track from the coal-bearing strata of the Zhangjiakou City region of Hebei Province was reported to have originated from the Xiahuayuan Formation, which is considered Middle Jurassic in age. Although the track has a wide divarication angle and length-width ratio reminiscent of Cretaceous tracks like Magnoavipes, it would be speculative to apply this Identification based on a single track. Therefore, it is considered most likely to be a preservational variant of Kayentapus, in which the heel trace is lacking. Kayentapus is widely known from the Lower Jurassic of China. This is the first report of a track or any vertebrate fossil from the Middle Jurassic of this region of Hebei Province, China.
Contribution of Cyber Literature by Agus Noor to the Preparation of “Kisah - Kisah Kecil dan Ganjil Malam 1001 Pandemi”
Authors: Alfian Muhammad Afnani , Sari Ifit Novita
Published: April 2022

Cyber literature is literature that is present due to the development of communication media, especially internet media. His presence became a benefit for several writers, including Agus Noor. Agus Noor developed a story idea with flash fiction or a collection of stories taken from Instagram with the use of the hashtag 1001night pandemic. The collection of stories is then combined into a whole story that is recorded. This work is closely related between the cyber world and the literary space to produce a literary work. This research aims to map the work of Agus Noor on social media in relatively deep. The approach used in this study is qualitatively exploratory. With reading without data, but focus on exploration found on Instagram accounts and books. This research will produce some narrative. First, the relationship of cyber literature with the book collection of stories by Agus Noor. Second, the usefulness of cyber literature in making story ideas and stories by Agus Noor.
AN ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE OF INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR AND FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING OF ‘MILLENNIAL GENERATION’ IN POST COVID 19 ERA: EXPLORING STRUCTURE AND INSTRUMENT FOR AN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH STUDY
Authors: Argade Nidhi U. , Purohit Kalpesh
Published: March 2022

Global pandemic situation like COVID-19 or any other of such type may always create disequilibrium and fetch adversity with many negative consequences disturbing human life in general. The challenging time duration of prevailing evil of COVID-19 has surfaced certain significant dimensions among different strata of generations with regard to perception, priority and conduct of ensuring financial security in almost all demographic and psychographic segments of the society.
Savings and investments have always remained as a priority concern among all generations to ensure protection and bright future for oneself and in the legacy. It is always a rational decision-making process, gets influenced by individual priorities, access and availability of information, objectives to be served and aptitude towards risk. Investment behavior of an individual investor is governed through activities in relation to the Searching, Evaluating, Acquiring, Reviewing the investment products and if necessary, disposing such investment products. In particular, investment behaviour of individuals unfold not only approach but priorities and factors that have been taken for their influence while allocating the surplus financial resources to various instruments available at their disposal. In the present-day context with regard to various social and commercial fronts, Millennial Generation has been enjoying extra significance for academicians, researchers and policy makers, as the strata of the population has been passing through its maturity stage of a life cycle. This stage is characterized by some commonality such as earning capacity, decision making, shaping lifestyle and many more. Any study on demographic, social and psychographic aspects of the referred strata, undoubtedly, probe in to a valuable insight in cultivating understanding on decision making and behavioral aspects. A benevolent concern is explored to unfold the sited dimensions, as they may be related among the selected respondents who may be found appropriate in context to the proposed ambit of the study. This paper is an attempt to explore a construct as a research instrument that can be used to analyzes the investment behaviour of Millennial Generation individuals, in Post COVID-19 Era, who have born after the 1984 but before the year 2000, serving and associated with academic institutions in the State of Gujarat.
EDMODO AS A LEARNING TOOL: PERCEPTIONS OF TRAINEE TEACHERS OF BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY
Authors: Suman Sangeeta , Ijjina Victoria Susan
Published: April 2022

Education today is lot more complex with explosion of knowledge, tools and techniques of learning. Learning is no more restricted to classroom or teacher only. Learning multiple concepts from multiple sources is the need of the hour. Trainee Teachers must be well acquainted with different learning resources and tools to shape the future generations. Edmodo is one such effective web 2.0 tool for effective learning. The present study aims to examine the perceptions of trainee teachers about the use of Edmodo as a learning tool. The study is descriptive. Perceptions of trainee teachers in effective use of Edmodo as a learning tool are analyzed using a five point likert scale. The findings indicated that the trainee teachers have high levels of perception for the use of Edmodo as a learning tool.
Addressing Linguistic Disadvantage in Writing Articles for International English Medium Journals
Authors: Abdelhadi Amina
Published: March 2022

The study at hand aims to investigate Algerian researchers’ perceptions of the importance of writing research articles for publication in international English medium journals, along with the incentives and disincentive influencing this process, and the challenges they encounter. To reach these aims, a survey is conducted with twenty-six Algerian researchers from three different fields of study using an online questionnaire created in Google Forms. The vast majority of the participants rate writing research in English as of great importance and they opt for different incentives influencing their decision to publish in international English medium journals, but they perceive themselves to be disadvantaged by their non-native status as the degree of their perceived difficulty of writing scientific articles in English is very high. This study highlights the correlation between the mastery of English as a principal prerequisite in the respondents’ fields of study and the use of English as an indispensable key to communicate their research results to the global scientific community. It then ends up with some strategies to be taken by higher education institutes to address this issue from different standpoints.
Quality of Service of Sub-Puskesmas in Bongohulawa Village, Limboto District, Gorontalo Regency
Authors: Biga Kalsum , Idji Rusly Abdurrahman
Published: March 2022

This study aims to determine the service quality of the sub-health center (Health Center) in Bongohulawa Village. The research method uses a qualitative type. The results showed that the service of the sub-health center (Health Center) in the Bongohulawa Village, was not of high quality. Of the five indicators used as instruments, it shows that only one indicator is considered to have been fulfilled, namely the reliability indicator where Health Center Bongohulawa officers have knowledge and educational backgrounds that are in accordance with their field of work. The other four indicators are considered unfulfilled, namely physical evidence (tangibles), responsiveness (responsiveness), assurance (assurance), and empathy (empathy). This can be seen from the condition of facilities and infrastructure as well as the inadequate number of medical personnel, the low responsiveness of officers to the needs of the community in the health sector, the low public trust in the implementation of health services carried out by the Health Center and the low awareness of the Health Center which only provides health services for a month.
Sociological Implications of Social Exchange in Regional Head Elections in Gorontalo Province
Authors: Tilome Apris Ara
Published: March 2022

This study aims to dissect the Sociological Implications of Social Exchange Post-Election of Regional Head Candidates in Gorontalo Province. Methods of data collection using interviews, documentation and retrospective. This study produced several findings, including: First; Political elite social exchange relations are strategic situations that are mutually dependent, need each other, and are mutually beneficial as well as an effort to consolidate power to achieve electability/victory in the momentum of regional head elections. Second; The pattern of social exchange is based on a number of ownership potentials in the form of elite, figure and financial resources, which can determine the social forces that are considered by political parties to give party approval/recommendations to pairs of candidates for regional heads. Third, the social exchange strategy between party elites and political elites uses each other to achieve victory in the contestation of regional head elections. This study concludes that the sociological implications of social interactions take place in people's lives before and after the election of regional head candidates. There are divisions in society due to friction generated in the election of regional heads originating from social exchange relations, patterns of social exchange and social exchange strategies both individually and in groups of political elites and party elites.
The Ins and Outs of the Leather Industry in Bangladesh
Authors: Reza Manjurul Hossain
Published: March 2022

The leather industry in Bangladesh is growing thanks to the country's expanding economic prosperity. Hides and skins, which are by-products of the meat and meat products sector, are often used as raw materials in the leather business. This research aims to offer a complete picture of Bangladesh's leather industry's performance, products, tanning, investment, and environmental impact. This research focused on the technique that will be utilized to gather sufficient data to support this study, as well as the way by which it will be carried out. This study is based upon the literature survey for exploring particular aspects of the leather industry of Bangladesh. The amount of information extracted from several studies based on the objective is related to Bangladesh's leather industry. This study has given a clear picture of the leather industry of Bangladesh which helps government and leather-oriented organizations to take further steps and decision making. This research was limited to investigate only the industry's performance, products, tanning, investment, and environmental impact. But some other facts affect the leather industry of Bangladesh. The leather industry’s performance has improved over time, but it is still not adequate. This research aims to offer a complete picture of Bangladesh's leather industry's performance, products, tanning, investment, and environmental impact.