bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Avoiding Congestion for Coap Burst Traffic
Authors: Le Thi Thuy Duong , Hoang Dang Hai , Pham Thieu Nga
Published: March 2023

Congestion is an important issue in Internet of Things (IoT) networks with constrained devices and a growing number of applications. This paper investigated the problem of congestion control for burst traffic in such networks. We highlight the shortcomings of the current constrained application protocol (CoAP) in its inability to support burst traffic and rate control. Subsequently, we propose an analytical model for CoAP burst traffic and a new rate-control algorithm for CoAP to avoid congestion. A CoAP sender increases or decreases the transmission rate depending on the congestion detection. Using simulations, we compared the performance of the proposed algorithm with the current CoAP in various traffic scenarios. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is efficient for burst traffic and provides better performance in terms of delay, throughput, retransmission, packet duplication, and packet loss compared to CoAP.
О свойствах и погрешности параболического и гиперболического 2-го порядка возмущений симметричной гиперболической системы 1-го порядка
Authors: Zlotnik Alexander Anatol'evich , Chetverushkin Boris Nikolaevich
Published: March 2023

Изучаются задачи Коши для многомерной симметричной линейной гиперболической системы уравнений 1-го порядка с переменными коэффициентами и ее сингулярных возмущений - сильно параболической и гиперболической 2-го порядка систем уравнений с малым параметром $\tau>0$ при вторых производных по $x$ и $t$. Доказываются существование и единственность слабых решений всех трех систем и равномерные по $\tau$ оценки решений систем с возмущениями. Даются оценки разности решений исходной системы и систем с возмущениями, в том числе в норме $C(0,T;L^2(\mathbb{R}^n))$ порядка $O(\tau^{\alpha/2})$ при начальной функции $\mathbf w_0$ из пространств Соболева $H^\alpha(\mathbb{R}^n)$ для $\alpha=1,2$ и пространств Никольского $H_2^{\alpha}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ для $0<\alpha<2$, $\alpha\neq 1$ и соответствующих условиях на свободный член системы 1-го порядка. При $\alpha=1/2$ охватывается широкий класс разрывных $\mathbf w_0$. Выводятся также оценки производных любого порядка по $x$ как решений, так и их разностей порядка $O(\tau^{\alpha/2})$. Указывается приложение результатов к линеаризованной на постоянном решении системе уравнений газовой динамики 1-го порядка и ее возмущениям - линеаризованным параболической и гиперболической 2-го порядка квазигазодинамическим системам уравнений.
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Dimensiones político-afectivas en torno al trabajo del grupo de teatro callejero La Runfla: grupalidad, territorio, pasión
Authors: Rindone Francesca
Published: March 2023

Este artículo se propone indagar las dimensiones político-afectivas en torno al trabajo artístico del grupo de teatro callejero La Runfla, referente de este lenguaje artístico en la ciudad de Buenos Aires y heredero de tradiciones teatrales que conjugaban la práctica artística con la militancia política. Estas dimensiones político-afectivas tensionan y ponen en evidencia cuestiones irresueltas en el campo del trabajo artístico, a la vez que apelan a sentidos diversos acerca del rol político de las artes. El estudio se enmarca en una más amplia investigación en el marco de las ciencias antropológicas, basada en un trabajo de campo etnográfico inmersivo y colaborativo que se nutre de constantes intercambios e instancias de co-teorización con los sujetos implicados. Apostando al uso de la afectividad como herramienta de análisis, se trabajará con testimonios de actores y actrices del grupo La Runfla para mostrar las formas a través de las cuales se pone en juego la subjetividad en el marco de la experiencia de participación a los proyectos artísticos del grupo, cómo son narradas estas experiencias en el marco del espacio biográfico de sus protagonistas y cómo estas narraciones contribuyen a la construcción de determinados posicionamientos político-ideológicos acerca del trabajo artístico en el teatro callejero.
Tensionar la ficción desde los afectos. Estudio sobre la trilogía El amor es un francotirador de Lola Arias
Authors: Cobello Denise
Published: March 2023

A la luz de la teoría de los afectos y adoptando una perspectiva de género a partir de la cual poder asumir una posición crítica respecto de la relación entre los discursos provenientes de las prácticas artísticas y los discursos sociales hegemónicos, este trabajo estudia la trilogía “El amor es un francotirador” de Lola Arias, con el fin de mostrar las formas mediante las cuales lo real tensiona la ficción creando situaciones paradojales, contradictorias y distópicas. La intervención de la mímesis por medio de lo real acentúa el paradigma apocalíptico de finales de siglo al mismo tiempo que construye, desde el sueño, nuevos territorios incipientes de renovación y lucha.
The Effect of Coding Education with Minecraft EDU on Students' Problem Solving Skills and Their Attitudes towards Coding
Authors: AKTAŞ KUMRAL Hanife , ÇAM Emre
Published: March 2023

In the current study, it was aimed to examine the effect of game-based Python coding education with Minecraft EDU on students' problem solving skills and attitudes towards coding. The study was designed with a one-group pretest-posttest experimental model, which is one of the quantitative research methods supported by qualitative data. The research group consists of 7th grade students studying in a public school in Zile district of Tokat province in the 2021-2022 academic year. The study was maintained with a 6-week program of 12 hours in total. The data collection tools used to collect data within the scope of the research are "Problem Solving Inventory for Children (PSI)", "Attitude towards Coding Scale" and semi-structured interview form. According to the findings, no difference was found in the problem solving skills of the students participating in the study. Gender, daily game playing time and daily internet usage time variables were found to have no effect on problem solving skills. However, the variables of computer use duration show a significant difference. As a result of the research, no difference was found in students' attitudes towards coding. Similarly, it was found that gender, duration of computer use (years), daily computer use, daily internet use and daily computer game playing time had no effect on attitudes towards coding. In addition, it was determined that game-based coding education is fun, more instructive, provides active learning, increases interest and motivation towards the lesson and makes the process more instructive and the learning process enjoyable. Moreover, it was determined that text-based coding caused difficulties for the students and the fact that the code groups were in English made the process more difficult.
A Field Study on School Administrators: Selection, Competencies and Challenges
Authors: UĞUR Nevruz , KİRAZ Zafer , KARA Kemal
Published: March 2023

This qualitative study was carried out to examine the views of school administrators on the reasons for choosing school administration, the competencies that a school administrator should have, how school administrators should be selected, and the difficulties they experience in the process of starting to work as administrators. Within the scope of the research, 29 participants working as administrators at different school levels were interviewed. The data obtained from the interviews were subjected to content analysis. According to the findings obtained from the content analysis, attractive and driving factors are effective on school administrators' becoming school administrators. While competency, interest and desire, education and experience, professional career and authority were the themes of attractive factors, qualification, recommendation, relocation, alienation and incompetence were the themes of driving factors. The competencies that school administrators should have are divided into four different themes. These are management skills, personal characteristics, democracy and justice, and political perception. It was concluded that the majority of the participants were of the opinion that only the written exam was sufficient for the selection of school administrators. In addition, it was seen that the problems that school administrators experience when they first take office are due to personal, institutional, political and gender situations.
Aplicação de técnicas de análise de risco em um regulador de velocidade eletro-hidráulico de turbinas de centrais hidrelétricas
Authors: Bravo Rafael Rivelino da Silva , Locateli Cristiano Cardoso , Dias Acires , Calil Luís Fernando Peres , De Negri Victor Juliano
Published: March 2023

No presente artigo aplicam-se técnicas de análise de risco em um regulador de velocidade eletro-hidráulico de uma turbina FRANCIS usada em usinas de centrais hidrelétricas. A análise de risco tem o objetivo de modelar a corrente causal do sistema regulador-turbina, identificando os perigos e riscos que poderão afetar a segurança humana e do equipamento, além do risco de perda de continuidade do fornecimento de energia. A função do regulador de velocidade é controlar o deslocamento angular das pás que promovem a abertura e fechamento do distribuidor. O movimento do distribuidor controla a vazão e a rotação da turbina de acordo com a demanda de energia requerida pela central, de forma a garantir a qualidade de produção de energia elétrica. No entanto, condições potenciais de risco oriundas de fatores externos podem, em caso de falha do regulador de velocidade, ocasionar a perda de controle da turbina. Nestas condições, faz-se necessário interromper a vazão de água por meio do fechamento do distribuidor da turbina. Nesse sentido, realizou-se a análise de risco por meio da análise de eventos por rede causal (CNEA) a fim de identificar os componentes críticos que influenciam no reposicionamento do distribuidor à condição de segurança. A partir dos elementos identificados buscaram-se encontrar, por meio das técnicas FTA e ETA, os demais componentes relacionados e suas interações lógicas com o intuito de identificar os pontos críticos do sistema técnico e as barreiras usadas para mitigar ou evitar a ocorrência de um incidente.
DETERMINANTS OF BALANCE OF PAYMENT FLUCTUATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES: 1981-2019
Authors: Sabado Jesson Rey F.
Published: March 2023

This paper identifies the determinants of the balance of payments fluctuations in the Philippines. Specifically, it presented the trends and movements of a balance of payments, interest rate, inflation rate, gross domestic product growth rate, and real exchange from 1981 to 2019. The study used Johansen Co-integration, Granger Causality, and Vector Autoregression (VAR) models to analyze this study. Johansen's Co-integration analysis revealed that the determinants of the balance of payments interest rate (IR), inflation rate (INF), an exchange rate (EX), and real GDP are rejected at a 5% significant level. On the other hand, unrestricted VAR model, there exists a relationship between the balance of payments (BOP), interest rate (IR), and inflation rate (INF). Granger causality test results revealed that BOP does not Granger cause IR and INF does not Granger cause BOP are rejected at the 5% significant level because the causality test results are significant. BOP and IR have a unidirectional relationship. Moreover, results show that there is unidirectional causality generally running from the balance of payment (BOP) to the interest rate (IR) and inflation rate (INF) to the balance of payment (BOP).

JEL: H10; H20; H30
THE IMPACT OF ROAD, RAIL AND PORT INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE ANGOLAN EXPORT GROWTH: AN AUTO-REGRESSIVE DISTRIBUTED LAG ANALYSIS
Authors: Campos Pedro Manuel
Published: March 2023

This study seeks to analyze the impact of investment in road, rail, and port infrastructure on Angola’s exports growth, using imports and GDP per capita as control variables. This study uses annual data for the period 2000-2020. The Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag is applied to determine the existence of short-run and long-run correlation between the variables. The results of the model suggest that there is a short-run and a long-run relationship between transport infrastructure investment, imports, exports, and economic growth. The coefficient of the variables in the short run and in long run is statistically significant at 5% of significance, which means that all variables impact the growth of exports significantly.

JEL: R40; R41; F10; F15

 

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IMPLEMENTATION OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY IN THE SME SECTOR OF MALANG, INDONESIA CREATIVE INDUSTRY - STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, BUSINESS AGE AND ACCOUNTING TRAINING
Authors: Ratnawati R.
Published: March 2023

This study aims to examine the implementation of the use of accounting information systems through education levels, length of business and accounting training. Unit of analysis of SME owners of rattan industrial centers in Malang City. Data analysis was performed with multiple linear regression. The results of this study indicate that partially educational level has a positive and significant effect on the use of accounting information systems, the higher the level of education attained, the greater the use of accounting information systems. Accounting training has a positive and significant effect on the use of accounting information systems, the more often SME owners attend accounting training while practicing it, the ability of business owners will be honed.

           

JEL: L10; L23

 

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MOODLE AS A POTENTIAL ONLINE PLATFORM USED IN THE FLIPPED CLASSROOMS IN THE VIETNAMESE EFL TEACHING CONTEXT
Authors: Vuong Nguyen Huu Anh
Published: March 2023

Flipped classrooms started to be adopted in the Vietnamese EFL teaching context a few years ago. Educational technology plays a crucial role in the implementation of this teaching model. Hence, choosing a suitable online platform for these classes is a critical decision for English teachers. The current study attempted to investigate Vietnamese students’ perceptions of MOODLE as the online platform used in two flipped English grammar classes. Sixty-two students from a state university in Vietnam were recruited for this research. The study employed a mixed-methods research design to address the research question. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected through a questionnaire designed based on Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and semi-structured interviews. The data analysis revealed that the students had positive perceptions of MOODLE in terms of system characteristics, material characteristics, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, attitude toward use, and behavioural intention. Accordingly, this learning management system (LMS) could be seen as a potential online platform in flipped classrooms for Vietnamese students.
 

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FIRST AID TRAINING AT EARLY CHILDHOOD: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Authors: Tse Eleana , Plakitsi Katerina , Voulgaris Spyridon , Alexiou George A.
Published: March 2023

By teaching first aid at school, the number of bystanders can be increased. Researchers are attempting to identify effective educational methods to teach first aid to children. The literature review examines published studies to provide information on the content of kindergarten first aid training. MEDLINE, Scopus, and ERIC were the major databases searched for related literature published between January 2003 and November 2022. The first aid interventions were varied in content and aimed to improve students' first aid knowledge, skills, and attitude. Combining both theoretical and 'hands-on' training components into the education process was discovered to be a critical factor in delivering material. More research is needed to determine the role of first aid education in kindergarten, as well as interventions for knowledge and skill retention.
 

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THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF NORMATIVE COMMITMENT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING SKILLS AND TEAMWORK OF TEACHERS
Authors: Quines Lyndon A. , Albutra Divina A.
Published: March 2023

The purpose of this study was to determine the mediating effect of normative commitment on the relationship between instructional coaching skills and teamwork of teachers. Utilizing quantitative, non-experimental design via correlational technique, data were obtained from 300 elementary public school teachers who belong to the 3 districts, Magsaysay, Bansalan and Matan-ao under the Division of Davao Del Sur in the province of Davao Del Sur. The researcher utilized a stratified random sampling technique and an online survey mode of data collection. The researcher also utilized the statistical tools mean, Pearson r and Medgraph using Sobel z-test. From the results of the study, it was found out that there is a very high level of mean scores for all variables of normative commitment, instructional coaching skills and teamwork of teachers. Also, results revealed that there are significant relationships between instructional coaching skills and teamwork, between instructional coaching skills and normative commitment and between normative commitment and teamwork of teachers. Further, it was revealed that there was a full mediation effect of normative commitment on the relationship between instructional coaching skills and the teamwork of teachers.
 

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THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF TEACHER COLLEGIALITY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS
Authors: Quines Lyndon A. , Monteza Marvi T.
Published: March 2023

The purpose of this study was to determine the mediating effect of teacher collegiality on the relationship between instructional leadership and professional development of teachers. Utilizing quantitative, non-experimental design via correlational technique, data were obtained from 300 elementary public school teachers who belong to the 3 districts, Magsaysay, Bansalan and Matan-ao under the Division of Davao Del Sur. Davao Del Sur. The researcher utilized stratified random sampling technique and survey mode of data collection. The researcher also utilized the statistical tools mean, Pearson r and Medgraph using Sobel z- test. From the results of the study, it was found out that there is a very high level of mean scores for all variables of teacher collegiality, instructional leadership and professional development of teachers. Also, results revealed that there are significant relationships between instructional leadership and between teacher collegiality and professional development of teachers. Further, it was revealed that there was full mediation effect of teacher collegiality on the relationship between instructional leadership and professional development of teachers. This implies that the teacher collegiality conveys instructional leadership of teachers.
 

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ATTITUDES D’ELEVES ET ELEVES-MAITRES ENVERS LES SCIENCES PHYSIQUES ET CHIMIQUES ET APPROPRIATION DE L’APC PAR DES ENSEIGNANTS DU SECONDAIRE / STUDENTS AND STUDENTS-TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PHYSIC AND CHEMISTRY SCIENCES AND AC APPRIATION BY SECONDARY TEACHERS
Authors: Tounkara Sidi M. , Diarra Mamadou M. , Kone Ibrahima , Konate Nfaly , Dolo Arouna
Published: March 2023

Ce travail de recherche a lieu dans un contexte d’innovation curriculaire, marquée par une diminution drastique des effectifs dans les séries scientifiques maliennes comme partout ailleurs. Nous avons donc réalisé une enquête auprès de 600 élèves de Seconde CG (14-15 ans) et 100 élèves-maîtres de 2e année IFM, afin d’identifier leurs rapports aux Sciences physiques et chimiques (SPC), ainsi qu’auprès de 50 enseignants du secondaire sur leur mode d’appropriation de l’APC. Les résultats ont mis en évidence une relation entre l’attitude négative et les sujets d’évaluation de la part de 52% et 85%, respectivement des élèves et élèves-maîtres enquêtés. Ces pourcentages défavorables envers les SPC, qui sont les plus élevés parmi nos résultats, peuvent être minimisés par l’application correcte de l’Approche Par Compétence (APC), non encore effective par manque de formation des enseignants ; car 56,5% des élèves de seconde CG sont désireux de poursuivre en 1re Science. 

 

This research takes place in a context of curricular innovation, marked by a drastic decrease in enrollments in Malian science programs as elsewhere. We conducted a survey of 600 Seconde CG students (14-15 years old) and 100 student-teachers in their 2nd year of IFM to identify their relationships with Physical and Chemical Sciences (PCS), as well as 50 secondary school teachers on their mode of appropriation of the APC. The results highlighted a relationship between negative attitude and evaluation topics among 52% and 85%, respectively, of the surveyed students and student-teachers. These unfavorable percentages towards PCS, which are the highest among our results, can be minimized by the correct application of the Competency-based Approach (CA), which is not yet effective due to lack of teacher training; because 56.5% of high school 1st year students are willing to pursue in 2nd year Sciences.

 

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TEACHING GREEK AS L2 IN NON-FORMAL EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS: INVESTIGATING TEACHERS’ INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE
Authors: Mogli Marina , Magos Kostas
Published: March 2023

For immigrants/refugees, it is important to learn the language of their host country and to familiarize themselves with its culture. This is closely related to the intercultural competence not only of the immigrant/refugee students but also of their instructors. The present study attempts to examine the attitudes of instructors who teach Greek in non-formal educational settings regarding the importance of intercultural competence and the approaches they use. The findings show that, although the instructors have very positive attitudes toward intercultural competence, multiculturalism and multilingualism, in practice they do not really adopt intercultural practices.
 

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MACRO READING SKILLS INCORPORATED IN GAZA PREPARATORY STAGE ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS AND TEACHERS' PROBLEMS WITH INSTRUCTING THEM
Authors: Hammad Enas A. R.
Published: March 2023

The final goal of any reading activity is to extract the macro-level meaning (Sadeghi, 2021). The study aimed to examine macro-reading skills incorporated in Gaza preparatory stage English textbooks. The study also aimed at investigating the preparatory stage teachers' problems with instructing such skills. The researcher employed an evaluation checklist to examine macro-reading skills included in Palestinian preparatory stage English textbooks. Then, she conducted semi-structured interviews with 18 teachers teaching English to preparatory school students (seventh, eighth, and ninth graders) in Gaza so as to identify their problems with teaching macro-reading skills. Results indicated that the three English textbooks neglected many important macro skills of reading (e.g., identifying implied meaning in a passage, recognizing a sequence, making comparisons, and identifying the rhetorical form of the text). Additionally, the interview data revealed the participants' problems with teaching macro skills of reading (e.g., teachers' focus on micro skills at the expense of macro skills of reading and teachers' lack of knowledge about macro-reading skills).
 

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PHONOLOGICAL DEVIATION AMONG SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN THE FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC NASARAWA, NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: Okundare Benson Kayode
Published: March 2023

In Nigeria today, most speakers of English are second users of the language because they acquire their different mother tongues before they come to learn English. This article studied the phonological deviation among speakers of English at the Federal Polytechnic. Nasarawa. Adopting the survey research design, the oral production test (OPT) was used whereby thirty (30) students were randomly selected to speak on some topical issues and issues; related to academics such as Examination Malpractice in Nigeria’s Higher Institutions, Campus Gangsterism, High Rate of Unemployment in Nigeria, The 2019 General Election and hate speeches among politicians during the 2019 electioneering campaign. The student’s speeches were recorded and transcribed in their raw forms and compared with the Received Pronunciation (RP) for the purpose of analysis. The results showed that there were deviations in the production of some sounds that are not present in the phonetic inventory of most Nigerian languages as well as wrong placement of stress on English words. The results also showed that the mother tongue plays a significant role in the wrong pronunciation of English words by most Nigerian English bilinguals.
 

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WHAT IS THE WAY ALLAH'S WORD MANIFESTS ITSELF IN YEMENI ARABIC?
Authors: Al-Nahdi Yousef Ali Ahmed Saleh , Shuo Zhao , Si Fuzhen , Firdous Tehmina
Published: March 2023

The paper shows how "Allah" is used in Yemeni Arabic (YA daily conversations). As in the Arabic world and the Muslim world, the term Allah has a variety of meanings in Yemeni Arabic, reflecting the belief that Allah alone handles all their affairs, blesses, and is eager or criticizes someone to do something. Therefore, it shows several expressions containing the word Allah when it contains a sentence. Some of these expressions have multiple meanings, such as /Allah alaik/, which has two meanings: (“You are the best!” and the irony, “this is like a disaster!”) The word Allah is present in other expressions but with entirely different meanings, such as when expressing moaning or aiming for guidance. This research-based is on social life contact, reaction, and cultural influence of native Yemenis. Other most common expressions have been discussed in this paper, which shows the word, in its rule, has a significant religious and cultural bias in Yemeni society using this term.
 

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INTEGRAÇÃO DOS STAKEHOLDERS NA ESTRATÉGIA ORGANIZACIONAL: UMA VISÃO PLURALISTA / INTEGRATION OF STAKEHOLDERS INTO THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY: A PLURALIST VISION
Authors: Rodrigues Jorge
Published: March 2023

Os indivíduos ou grupos atingidos pelas atividades de uma organização, para com os quais esta tem responsabilidades em dar satisfações, são conhecidos por stakeholders. Esta comunidade de referência é crucial para o desenvolvimento e a boa saúde da organização, constituindo a sua identificação e integração na estratégia global daquela um importante desafio de gestão. Para isso os gestores necessitam de identificar e incluir aqueles nos seus modelos mentais. Com recurso à revisão da literatura, não obstante as críticas, sugerem-se os atributos poder, legitimidade e urgência, para aquele fim. Estes são atributos inclusivos que permitem adequar contingencialmente a formulação da estratégia global da organização, como resposta às dinâmicas do meio envolvente. Assim, deverão ser envolvidas todas as partes interessadas num diálogo multilateral que permita obter um melhor conhecimento das expetativas daquelas, para a tomada de decisões com maior aderência à realidade.

The individuals or groups affected by the activities of an organisation, to whom the organisation has a responsibility to provide satisfaction, are known as stakeholders. This reference community is crucial for the development and good health of the organisation, and its identification and integration in its global strategy is an important management challenge. Thus, managers need to identify and include them in their mindsets. Using the literature review, notwithstanding the criticism, we highlight the attributes of power, legitimacy and urgency. These are inclusive attributes that enable the contingential adaptation of the formulation of the organisation's global strategy as a response to the dynamics of the environment. Thus, all interested parties should be involved in a multilateral dialogue that allows better knowledge of their expectations, so that decisions can be taken with greater adherence to reality.

 

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NOT JUST SATISFACTION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RECURSIVE AND NON-RECURSIVE MODELS ON MODERN RETAIL CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
Authors: Indraningrat Ketut , Nugraha Kristian Suhartadi Widi , Endhiarto Tatok , Saleh Chairul
Published: March 2023

The purpose of this study is to compare recursive and non-recursive models that explain the influence of employee friendliness (courtesy), understanding of the products sold, and the variety of product items on consumer loyalty through customer satisfaction at modern retail stores in the city of Surabaya. The object of observation is consumers who visit modern retail stores to shop. The convenience of consumers in shopping will lead to satisfaction and, in turn, can lead to loyalty to keep shopping at these modern retail stores. In serving consumers, a sales assistant must show friendliness and be able to explain the function of the product being sold. Another factor is the variety and completeness of the product items sold, which can cause consumers to feel their desires fulfilled, so they do not have to go shopping elsewhere. However, other expert opinions state that loyalty must be created first to cause satisfaction. In this study, observations were made of 200 consumers who were shopping at modern retail stores, provided that the consumer has made at least five purchases at the same modern retail store anywhere in Surabaya. There are two SEM models analyzed, namely: (a) recursive SEM (with exogenous variables: friendliness of the salesperson; understanding of the salesperson of the product, completeness, and variety of available product items; endogenous variables: customer loyalty; intervening variables: customer satisfaction); and (b) a non-recursive SEM model (with the same variables, but there is an alternating relationship between the endogenous variables and the intervening variables). The findings and results of the research show that from comparing the goodness of fit of the two models, the recursive model is better at explaining the phenomena studied. Thus, these findings further support the theory that loyalty arises after a person is satisfied.
 

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RELATIONSHIP MARKETING STRATEGIES APPLIED TO DIGITAL MEDIA: TRENDS AND IMPLICATION
Authors: Costa Wesley Moreira , Belli Rodrigo Fernando , Dos Santos Ruan Carlos
Published: March 2023

Purpose: To develop strategies that enable bars and restaurants to improve their relationship marketing with their consumers using digital media as auxiliary tools. Method: This is an applied research, with a problem approach configured as quantitative, whose objectives present a descriptive character, having as technical procedures the survey, it was conceived non-probabilistic sampling by convenience. Originality/Relevance: Makes visible the possibility of measuring and understanding the desires and expectations of consumers in relation to the target companies, which in turn can provide a scientific bias to the fulfilment of certain market demands, as in the case of the formulation of relationship marketing strategies directed to the expectations and desires of the consumer public. Results: The sample researched has a greater appreciation for the bars and restaurants that are present in the digital media and that, mainly, relate to their customers through them; still, it was observed the importance of good reviews linked to the bars and restaurants in the consumers' perspective; and lastly, it was noted the predisposition of consumers about the use of the social networks Instagram and WhatsApp. Finally, from the strategies developed, it was realized the too much relevance of performing relationship marketing based on the tastes and preferences of the one whose attention you want to get.

 

JEL: M30; M13

 

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UTILIZATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE BY ZAMBIA DEFENCE FORCES PERSONNEL AND THEIR CARETAKERS AT MAINA SOKO MEDICAL CENTRE, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA
Authors: Changwe Major Gilbert , Makukula Marjory Kabinga , Lyambai Kestone , Milanzi Jamia , Kapungu Kelvin
Published: March 2023

Globally, mental health is recognized as an important component of health, despite it being one of the most neglected conditions in the health sector. In many cases, people seek out a mental health expert only after a crisis has occurred. The aim of the study was to determine the factors affecting the utilization of mental health services in the Zambia defence force in Lusaka at Maina Soko medical centre in Lusaka district. The study was conducted among patients, family members and members of staff from Maina Soko Medical Centre. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used. Firstly, a pilot study was carried out at Arakan Garrison Hospital in Lusaka before conducting the actual study. A simple random sampling method was used to select 167 study participants. Data was collected using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data for all the respondents were entered and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences Software (SPSS). Using SPSS, frequency tables, pie charts and cross-tabulations were carried out to determine special relationships between dependent and independent variables. A chi-square test was carried out to test associations among variables. With the confidence interval set at 95 percent, the P-value was used to ascertain the degree of significance by using the decision rule which rejects the null hypothesis if P-value is equal or less than that of 0.05. The findings revealed that 86 percent of the respondents who had no knowledge about mental health services never utilized mental health services (p value 0.011), 73 percent of respondents who had no social support never utilized mental health services (p value 0.020), 80 percent with moderate combat exposure utilized mental health services (p-value 0.039) and 88 percent revealed the emotional challenges they face due to stigma and hence compromise on seeking mental health services (p-value 0.066). Overall, the findings have important implications for research policy and programme efforts towards improved utilization of mental health services and designing interventions to mitigate mental illness and its determinants..
 

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NIGERIA BORDER CLOSURE AND THE ECOWAS PROTOCOL ON FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, RESIDENCE AND ESTABLISHMENT AMONG MEMBER STATES: IMPLICATION FOR ECOWAS SUB-REGIONAL COHESION
Authors: Uwak Uko E. , Ebong Victor Edem
Published: March 2023

This study was on the Nigeria border closure and ECOWAS protocol on the free movement of persons among member states: implications for sub-regional cohesion. Thus, the 2019 policy of Nigeria’s Government to close borders between its neighbours Benin Republic, Cameroon and Niger Republic was followed by the circular issued on 20th August 2019 and disseminated to all border security agents. The people living around border communities largely depend on cross-border trade for their survival, and closing the border has led to difficulty and hardship for those living around the border. On the other part, the government proclaimed that closing its border has numerous benefits and for security reasons which will ensure economic growth and development of Nigeria, whereas member states of the West African sub-region believed this action to be, an affront and counter-productive act to ECOWAS protocol on the free movement of goods and persons in the West African sub-region and for the sub-regional integration at large. Hence, the main objective of this paper was the assessment of the border closure and its implications on sub-regional cohesion. The research study made use of a secondary source of data collection and data from the secondary sources were subjected to qualitative content analysis, with the main purpose of assessing the implication of the border closure on the sub-regional integration as stipulated by the ECOWAS protocol. The Theory of Comparative Advantage as propounded by David Ricardo was adopted for the work. His notion significantly explained the theoretical exploration and analytical discussion of the need for a country to trade and relate with other countries in various ramifications with certain advantages especially when these countries are under a common economic bloc, as the case in ECOWAS. The findings showed among other things that the policy of border closure by the Nigeria government has so far been counter-productive, as other West African member states with particular reference to Ghana, have started rejecting and getting Nigerian goods out of their countries, thereby posing a serious threat to economic cohesion of the sub-region. The study recommended among others that the policy of border closure should always consider the poor people who are about 87 million in Nigeria and became subject to hardship following the closure of cross-border trade. And that such border closure was not necessary when the effort was being made to fully actualize the principles of the ECOWAS protocol as applied to all member states.
 

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A REVIEW OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN CHINA
Authors: Xiaoyan Wang , Azam S. M. Ferdous , Tham Jacquline
Published: March 2023

This research determines the sustainable development of the higher education curriculum management system in China. As a literature-based review paper, this study explores some insights into the Chinese higher education curriculum management system. China, a growing country, struggles to improve its education system. After a thirty-year war that caused immense misery, the nation must be rebuilt. Higher education is vital to meeting the nation’s demands. The structure of observed learning outcomes may be utilised to develop a curriculum around learning outcomes, boosting national education quality and alignment. Curriculum developers enable education within the evolving methodology, topic content, and course options. In this time of fast change, curriculum authors’ concerns about pedagogy and curriculum have grown. Most significantly, it offers curriculum developers experience-based classroom data. The findings will benefit curriculum developers and college administrators.

 

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THE DECISIVE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION IN TURKISH WOMEN'S PERCEPTION OF POLITICS
Authors: Oral Uğur
Published: March 2023

Although Turkish women received their political freedoms even before many European countries, today Turkey lags behind many countries in terms of the proportion of women in active politics. This research, which aims to question the reasons for this decline and whose findings are the subject of this paper, also shows the problems women face in politics and their expectations from politics. In this research, which was conducted with the participation of 958 women representing different sociocultural segments, a very different and comprehensive diversity of findings was provided through the original questions included in the questionnaire. The women who responded to the research questions agreed that the number of women in politics is too low and expressed their suggestions for solutions to improve their conditions. In Turkey, women voters outnumber men. Therefore, the findings of this research will help political parties to communicate with and understand women properly and will provide important clues to politicians who want to gain the support of women voters. These findings will also give ideas to sociologists and political scientists who want to investigate the way of doing politics and voter tendencies in Turkey. A democracy can only be a true democracy if women have the right to participate in politics on an equal basis with men and if they can exercise this right freely. The findings of this research give very important messages to society on how this can be realized.
 

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THE IMPACT OF NEGOTIATED LESSON PLAN ON INTERMEDIATE EFL LEARNERS’ VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE
Authors: Porkand Mona , Pourmohammadi Majid
Published: March 2023

The current study investigated the effect of the traditional lesson planning determined by teachers and the negotiated lesson plan (NLP) on Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ vocabulary knowledge. To this end, a copy of Solution Placement Test was administered to 47 learners, and 36 participants at the intermediate level of language proficiency were homogeneously selected. They were then divided into two groups of 18 participants as the experimental and the control groups. Next, the vocabulary pretest was conducted to measure the participants’ vocabulary knowledge and check the homogeneity of the groups at the beginning of the treatment. The learners in the experimental group shared their ideas in small groups, had the key role and enjoyed shared-decision making deciding what they would do for the next sessions of the course. The learners in the control group had no role in determining the course materials. The result of data analysis based on their pretest and posttest scores of vocabulary showed that the participants of the experimental group became better vocabulary learners after receiving NLP treatment compared to those in the pre-determined lesson plan that received unnoticeable results from the pretest to the posttest. The teachers and the material developers need to consider the negotiated lesson planning into account so that the issue of learner involvement in instructional materials is paid attention to.
 

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ATTITUDES OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES TOWARDS INCLUSION
Authors: Foteini Christopoulou , Dimitrios Sarris , Panagoula Papadimitropoulou , Vlotinou Penelope
Published: March 2023

The present research focused on investigating the attitudes of parents of children with disabilities regarding their children’s educational inclusion in general education. Also, the effect of certain demographic characteristics of the participants on their attitudes was investigated. 125 parents of children with disabilities attending primary education participated in this research, residing in Western Greece. The collection of research data was carried out using the questionnaire "Attitude Toward Inclusion/Mainstreaming Scale" (Leyser & Kirk, 2004-translated by Kokaridas et al., 2008). The statistical analysis of the data was done using the statistical package SPSS, version 26.0. A statistically significant relationship emerged between the variables parents’ attitudes, gender and parents' educational level. From the results of the research, emerged that the participants showed above-average positive attitudes regarding inclusion and that the mothers of children with disabilities had more positive attitudes towards inclusion, compared to the fathers. It also emerged that participants with a higher educational level were more positive towards the inclusion of their children with disabilities. The findings of this research are expected to contribute to the effective implementation and achievement of the concept of inclusive education.
 

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MULTICULTURALISM AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN THE FACE OF HOMOGENOUS NATIONALISM IN FINLAND
Authors: Otiso Richard Ondicho
Published: March 2023

Finland as a country has not been on the receiving end of migration for a long time. However, in the last two decades, there has been an increase in the number of people immigrating to Finland than those emigrating. With the increasing cultural and ethnic diversity, the country’s migration policies have attempted to accommodate immigrants even in the face of homogenous nationalism. This study examines the limits of multiculturalism and ethnic diversity and how it affects the social integration of immigrants into Finnish society. Based on the current population dynamics of Finland, there is tension between increasing multiculturalism and a native approach that informs the homogenous representation of the Finnish identity. There are clearly limits to which immigrants can express their cultural identity and conditions to which a middle ground for social integration between immigrants and Finnish citizens can be reached. With the aid of semi-structured interviews, this study seeks to obtain an empirical evaluation of the experiences of immigrants in the process of settling and socially integrating into Finnish society.
 

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Calculating Indicators From Global Geospatial Data Sets for Benchmarking and Tracking Change in the Urban Environment
Authors: Mackres Eric , Shabou Saif , Wong Theodore
Published: March 2023

This technical note discusses methods for using these data in combination with locally meaningful jurisdictional boundaries to calculate local measurements of indicators on several themes—including access to urban amenities, air quality, biodiversity, flooding, climate change mitigation, heat, and land protection and restoration—relevant to urban decision-makers, researchers, and other stakeholders.
The Danish Constitutional Charter of 29 July 1282
Authors: Vogt Helle
Published: March 2023

In 1282, the kingdom of Denmark received its first constitutional charter. The charter laid down the boundaries of the king’s power, and established the governmental role for the ‘best men’ in the kingdom: i.e., the most prominent members of the elite, secular as well as ecclesiastical. The charter was the culmination of a long period of political conflicts between the king’s and the magnates, about the king’s right to legislate, judge and levy taxes and dues. In the charter, the king promised to rule together with the parliament, and that their consent was needed to new legislation, taxes and dues. The freedom of the church was secured, and a number of legal guaranties were given, for instance against arbitrary imprisonment and sentences.
Ethnomathematics Exploration in Coffee Planting Activities at Durjo Jember Plantation
Authors:   Department of Post Graduate of Mathematics Education, University of Jember, Indonesia, Fatoni Yusril Achmad , Sunardi Sunardi ,   Department of Post Graduate of Mathematics Education, University of Jember, Indonesia, Yudianto Erfan ,   Department of Post Graduate of Mathematics Education, University of Jember, Indonesia
Published: March 2023

Ethnomathematics refers to the apllication of mathematics in social and cultural life. This study aims to explore and describe ethnomathematics in coffee planting activities carried out by coffee farmers in Durjo Plantation, Jember which involves mathematical concepts. This type of research is a qualitative research with an ethnographic approach. The data collection method uses observation, documentation, and conducts in-depth interviews with 3 farmers who will be labeled with S1, S2, and S3. The results of data collection were carried out and analyzed descriptively. This research found that in the activities of coffee farmers involving mathematics, there are mathematical elements including the concepts of flat building, building space, revival, concongruence, translation, reflection, and rotation.