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Effectiveness of ‘Adad And Ma‘dūd Learning Module Based on al-Quran Verses in Enhancing Student Achievement
Authors: Ismail Zawawi , Hussin Mohamad , Supriyatno Triyo 
Published: December 2020

Misconceptions in using ‘adad and ma‘dūd often occur among students of Arabic language. This happens because of the differences in concept between Arabic and Malay grammar. The system of categorisation, concept as well as type of ‘adad and ma‘dūd in Arabic grammar differs from the concepts used by the native language of the learner. This study aimed at testing the effectiveness of a learning module on ‘adad and ma‘dūd based on al-Quran verses for overcoming problems of misconceptions in learning the topic. Previous studies have shown that al-Quran has enough resources for constructing a module related to the topic. Meanwhile the ADDIE approach was found very helpful in helping to construct a learning module on ‘adad and ma‘dūd. Through the suggested phases the module was built by categorising ‘adad into three groups based on similar characteristics in each group namely same ‘adad, opposite ‘adad and neutral‘adad. The findings show that application of the module using al-Quran verses in learning was effective in raising student achievement in ‘adad and ma‘dūd. In all sections it was found that enhanced achievement was encouraging. Students made fewer mistakes in matching ‘adad, in determining matching ma‘dūd, in translating sentences containing ‘adad and ma‘dūd as well as better determining the i‘rāb rules for application. The findings indicate that using a special module is able to overcome the problems in conceptual application among students of second language, especially in topics likely to cause confusion in students
Does Causation hold for Panel Data in between SDP and NTR among Indian States?
Authors: Pandey Alok Kumar 
Published: December 2020

Inadequate revenue sources, uncontrolled growth of current expenditures and failure of central transfers to grow as fast as the states â€˜own revenuesâ€™ have been the major sources of fiscal imbalance at states level. The existence of nexus in between NTR and SDP can be examined in several ways like growth rates relating to SDP and NTR, proportion of NTR to SDP, several policies relating to accelerate SDP and NTR, etc. So far as inter-state non-tax revenue and state domestic product in India is concerned, limited studies have been done. Present study tries to explore the stationarity and cointigration between Non Tax Revenue and State Domestic Product of twenty major states of Indian federal system in panel data structure for the period 1980-81 to 2011-12.The objectives of the study are: to test the panel stationary of Domestic Production and Non Tax Revenue of the major states of the Indian federal system for the period 1980-81 to 2011-12 in terms of total and growth rate and to test the panel cointegration in between SDP and NTR for the Indian federal system of twenty major states state for the period 1980-81 to 2011-12 in terms of total and growth rate. In the present study data has been taken from Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy and State Finance for twenty major states; Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh (Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy 2011-12).In the present study, LLC (2002) and IPS (2003) tests of stationarity have been used. Kao (1999) test of panel cointegration shows that the SDP and NTR and NTR and SDP for the twenty states for the period under study are cointegrable. The results of the study suggest that state domestic product of the states are causing the non tax revenue of the statesÂ andÂ the non tax revenue of the statesÂ are also causing state domestic product of the states for Indian federal system.
â€œImpact of Environmental Awareness Module among Under Graduate Studentsâ€
Authors: Murthy Suman K , Putran Dr. Laxmi , Gowgi S K Mr. Nireekshan Singh , Balekoppa Ms. Nuthana D 
Published: December 2020

Abstract:Conservation of environment and bio diversity is the need of the hour to protect our habitat. The current study was undertaken to engage the undergraduate students, in a participative workshop on environment Awareness- Bio Diversity module,Â to bring about positive perception on environment conservation.A module on Environmental Awareness was prepared. Environment Awareness- Bio Diversity moduleÂ of ten hours duration, spread across two days of activity and field visit based programmes in five areas- Bio diversity, Pollution, Water conservation, Food/ fuel requirement and conservation. The module was administered to two groups of undergraduate students.Â Â Pre and post module exposure awareness was tested through a self prepared questionnaire. The results reveal that the exposure to environmental awareness module had positive impact on the respondents.Key Words: Environment awareness module; Graduate students; conservation
Regional Integration and Trade in Agrifood Products: Evidence from the East African Community
Authors: Ejones Francis 
Published: December 2020

This study examines the postulation that trade liberalization (regional integration) policies of LDCs normally undermine their presumed impact. The study is based on the experience of EAC trade agreement. It adopts the extended gravity model, to analyze the impact of this regional integration on food item. The model includes 168 countries and is estimated with panel data over the period 1988 â€“ 2009. The Poisson estimation method took into account unobserved trade data characteristics of the bilateral trade relations. The results show that regional trade integration increased exports, normally at the expense of exports and welfare of non-members, and these exports were more reflective of food exports growth. The same has not been true for intra-bloc exports of food although the sector experienced an increase in exports resulting from the implementation of a trade agreement. The intra-bloc results are consistent with the structural rigidities of the exporting EAC Countries.Â Â Â Â
Employment Generation and Asset Creation through MGNREGA in Andhra Pradesh
Authors: P Srinivas 
Published: December 2020

NREGA, enacted in 2005, forms the basis of a massive employment guarantee scheme, implemented throughout India, with two main objectives â€“ to enhance the livelihood security of people in rural areas, and to boost the rural economy. Ever since its implementation across the country (2008-09 to 2015-16), on an average Rs.40, 000 crore per financial year has been invested under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. In conformity with the National Act, the Government of Andhra Pradesh is implementing this Act since January 2006 and made considerable progress in fulfilling the programme objectives. The present study attempts to capture to what extent the employment was generated and durable assets are created during the last ten years of implementation of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh State. The study is based on secondary data such as official records of Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Ministry of Rural Development,Â Government of India, Journals, magazines etc. It reveals that the performance of Andhra Pradesh in terms of providing employment and generating person days to rural households particularly Women, SC and ST is significant and it could be able to provide 100 days of employment to only 5.5 per cent of the participatory households. Further, the state Govt. has created substantial number of assets during this one decade of implementation in different categories. However, it was observed that the rate of completion of works is very poor and it is gradually decreased over the years of implementation.Key words: MGNREGA, Employment, Asset creation, Livelihood Security, Rural Economy
Dynamic Approach for Index Option Pricing Using Different Models
Authors: Behera Prashanta kumar , Nadar Dr Ramraj T 
Published: December 2020

Option pricing is one of the exigent and elementary problems of computational finance. Our aims to determine the nifty index option price through different valuation technique.Â In this paper, we illustrate the techniques for pricing of options and extracting information from option prices. We also describe various ways in which this information has been used in a number of applications. When dealing with options, we inevitably encounter the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing formula, which has revolutionized the way in which options are priced in modern time. Black and Scholes (1973) and Merton (1973) on pricing European style options assumes that stock price follows a geometric Brownian motion, which implies that the terminal stock price has a lognormal distribution. Through hedging arguments, BSM shows that the terminal stock price distribution needed for pricing option can be stated without reference to the preference parameter and to the growth rate of the stock. This is now known as the risk-neutral approach to option pricing. The terminal stock price distribution, for the purpose of pricing options, is now known as the state-price density or the risk-neutral density in contrast to the actual stock price distribution, which is sometimes referred to as the physical, objective, or historical distribution.
Inclusive & Sustainable Growth â€“ Role of Reserve Bank of India
Authors: Sharma Meenal 
Published: December 2020

Fast paced economic growth is supposed to be the panacea for many problems in developing countries like poverty reduction, generation of employment, improvement in standard of living etc. However, just fast paced growth if not necessarily inclusive and sustainable will not meet the desired objectives for under- developed and emerging economies in the long-run.In India, after independence the government targeted economic growth but relied on the â€˜Trickle Downâ€™ effect for a balanced and equitable growth. It was during the Ninth plan period that the government documents having realised that the â€˜Trickle-down effectâ€™ did not work as was predicted by economic pundits and the benefits of economic growth were not being equitably shared.The conceptual change in the policy making was thus adopted in India after the Ninth Five Year Plan has been that instead of focusing the policy making to income redistribution aspects, the focus would be on sustainable and â€˜inclusive growthâ€™ essentially meaning a growth process involving participation of all sections of the society in economic activity, generating income through it and being able to spend that income with choice.Inclusive and sustainable growth has since then become the focal point of the governmentâ€™s policy making efforts. Fast paced economic growth that is sustainable as well as inclusive is only possible through easy access to finances, well developed financial markets i.e. â€˜financial inclusionâ€™. The development of financial markets and its various measures positively contribute to economic growth.The role of Indiaâ€™s Central bank is vital in this regard as it is the primary body responsible for â€˜financial inclusionâ€™.Â Â Â
Impact of globalization on Spatial Price Linkages in chillies: Empirical analysis using Cointegration Test
Authors: Sujatha R. V. , Eswara Prasad Y. , Suhasini K. 
Published: December 2020

Â Commodity price trends affect the incidence of poverty through their impact on employment opportunities and earnings of producers. At the farm household level, the impact of price change depends on whether global and border price trends are passed through to the producer at local level and whether improvements in productivity and production are able to compensate in a context of falling prices. Hence, the importance of the present study lies in the fact that, the domestic price trends and its movements with world market price of chillies are likely to have profound influence on the levels of living of millions of people (both workers and farmers) who depend either directly or indirectly on the cultivation of this crop. The central focus of the present paper is to address two interrelated issues of chillies â€“ the extent of co-movement of chilli prices in the domestic and world markets and the bearing of WTO measures on the extent of transmission of world prices to the domestic markets. Â Â
Analysis of Inflation Indicators during the Period of UPA Government (India)
Authors: Sachdeva J K 
Published: December 2020

Rising food prices hurt poor the most. The real burden of inflation is always higher than what the WPI figures suggest. Right through 2007, consumer inflation was running much higher for all categories. During the last month of 2007, inflation as measured by the consumer price index was above 5 per cent for the three categories of workers that are tracked by the official statistics, even as wholesale price inflation was just 3.5 per cent. Even as the government pulls out all stops to douse the fires of inflation, one should not forget that it is the outcome of years of neglect of agriculture. It has been observed that prices were highly volatile during the first half of 2008.Â UPA government took office in may, 2004. Leaving the first year of office as it is with period lagged effect of earlier government, an analysis of period between April, 2005 to May 2008 (leaving highly volatile period from April, 2004 to March, 2005 and June, 2008 to July 2008, by the time this paper is written) needs to be carried out to see trends in prices.
Economic Reforms and Inter-Regional Disparities
Authors: Solanki Sandip P. 
Published: December 2020

The impact of Indiaâ€™s economic reforms on economic performance has been the subject of much academic study and public debate in India, but the focus has been largely on the performance of the economy as a whole or of individual sectors. The performance of individual states in the post-reforms period has not received comparable attention and yet there are very good reasons why such an analysis should be of special interest.Â The study focuses on the issue of inter-state disparities of the 14 major states in the post-reform period beginning from the 1991-92 to 1998-99 and further from 2000-01 to 2005-06.
Carbon Emissions and Income Trajectory in Eight Heterogeneous Countries: The Role of Trade Openness, Energy Consumption and Population Dynamics
Authors: OWOYE OLUWOLE , ONAFOWORA OLUGBENGA A. 
Published: December 2020

This paper examines the long-run and dynamic temporal relationships between economic growth, energy consumption, population density, trade openness, and carbon dioxideÂ Â Â (CO2) emissions in Brazil, China, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, South Korea, and South Africa based on the environment Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis. We employ the ARDL Bounds test to cointegration and CUSUM and CUSUMSQ tests to ensure long-run cointegration and parameter stability.Â The estimated results show that the inverted U-shaped EKC hypothesis holds in Japan and South Korea.Â In the other six countries, the long-run relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions follows an N-shaped trajectory and the estimated turning points are much higher than the sample mean. In addition, the results indicate that energy consumption Granger-causes both CO2 emissions and economic growth in all the countries.Â An important implication of our findings is that it would be ill-advised for the policy decision makers to adopt the EKC postulate as the conceptual basis for policies favoring economic growth unconditionally. A wide range of policy initiatives that would induce increased demand for better environment quality and its sustainability should be explored in tandem with measures to spur economic growth.
Exchange Rate Pass Through in a Small Open Economy: A case study of West African Monetary Zone
Authors: Raji Rahman olanrewaju 
Published: December 2020

TheÂ study investigated the magnitude of exchange rate pass through to import prices and domestic pricesÂ Â Â (consumer price index) in WAMZ economy using quarterly time-series data between 2000 and 2010 with the aids of Vector autoregressive (VAR) modeling technique supported with Johansen co-integration approach cross country analysis comprising of Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra-Leone. The study discovered that transmission of exchange rate to import prices is more when compared with consumer price in the zone while the contributions of exchange rate to import price are not less 13 percent at average in entire zone. Consumer price index was explained by exchange rate pass through with an average of 26 percent in the zone where the pass through to consumer price is less than two percent in Ghanaian economy. The Taylor (2000) hypothesis was observed in the study where Ghana and Nigeria are the outlier economies while Nigeria established a positive relationship between interest rate volatility and exchange rate pass through to import prices.
DIGITALIZATION IN INDONESIAN COOPERATIVES: IS IT NECESSARY?
Authors: Nurdany Achmad , Prajasari Anniza Citra 
Published: December 2020

Digitalization has already penetrated all sectors of life and dominates business models. This study evaluates the extent to which small businesses should adopt digitalization. We focus on the cooperative's business model currently fighting with another fast-growing and popular business model, the start-up. Then, we used direct field research, including descriptive analysis and in-depth interviews with cooperatives in the Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia. We found that that the use of digital media by cooperatives in our study was minimal. From in-depth interviews, we found that some non-digital cooperatives insist on not using digitalization due to the lack of digital media penetration of their targeted customers and a preference for word-of-mouth marketing. One practical implication of this study is that digitalization depends somewhat on the addressed customer market model. Keywords: Digitalization, Cooperatives, Word of Mouth JEL Classification: D22, G23, O14
Transcriptomics of Type 2 Diabetic and Healthy Human Neutrophils
Authors: Kleinstein Sarah E , McCorrison Jamison , Ahmed Alaa , Hasturk Hatice , Dyke Thomas E. Van , Freire Marcelo 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Objectives: Chronic inflammatory diseases, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease, are heterogeneous and often co-morbid, with increasing global prevalence. Uncontrolled type 2 diabetes (T2D) can result in severe inflammatory complications. As neutrophils are essential to inflammation, we conducted RNA-seq transcriptomic analyses to investigate the association between neutrophil gene expression and T2D phenotype. Further, as specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators, including resolvin E1 (RvE1), can actively resolve inflammation, we further surveyed the impact of RvE1 on isolated neutrophils. Methods: Cell isolation and RNA-seq analysis of neutrophils from N=11 T2D and N=7 healthy individuals with available clinical data was conducted. Additionally, cultured neutrophils (N=3 T2D, N=3 healthy) were perturbed with increasing RvE1 doses (0nM, 1nM, 10nM, or 100nM) prior to RNA-seq. Data was evaluated through a bioinformatics pipeline including pathway analysis and post hoc false-discovery rate (FDR)-correction. Results: We observed significant differential expression of 50 genes between T2D and healthy neutrophils (p<0.05), including decreased T2D gene expression in inflammatory- and lipid-related genes SLC9A4, NECTIN2 and PLPP3 (p<0.003). RvE1 treatment induced dose-dependent differential gene expression (uncorrected p<0.05) across groups, including 59 healthy and 216 T2D neutrophil genes. Comparing T2D to healthy neutrophils, 1097 genes were differentially expressed across RvE1 doses, including two significant genes, LILRB5 and AKR1C1 , involved in inflammation (p<0.05). Conclusions: Inflammatory- and lipid-related genes were differentially expressed between T2D and healthy neutrophils, and RvE1 dose-dependently modified gene expression in both groups. Unraveling the mechanisms regulating abnormalities in diabetic neutrophil responses could lead to better diagnostics and therapeutics targeting inflammation and inflammation resolution.
High-throughput profiling of diapause regulated genes from Trichogramma dendrolimi (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)
Authors: Zhang Xue , Du Wenmei , Zhang Junjie , Zou Zhen , Ruan Changchun 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Background: The parasitoid wasp, Trichogramma dendrolimi, can enter diapause at the prepupal stage. Thus, diapause is an efficient preservation method during the mass production of T. dendrolimi. Previous studies on diapause have mainly focused on ecological characteristics, so the molecular basis of diapause in T. dendrolimi is unknown. We compared transcriptomes of diapause and non-diapause T. dendrolimi to identify key genes and pathways involved in diapause development.Results: Transcriptome sequencing was performed on diapause prepupae, pupae after diapause, non-diapause prepupae, and pupae. Analysis yielded a total of 87,022 transcripts with an average length of 1,604 bp. By removing redundant sequences and those without significant BLAST hits, a non-redundant dataset was generated, containing 7,593 sequences with an average length of 3,351 bp. Among them, 5,702 genes were differentially expressed. The result of Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis revealed that regulation of transcription, DNA-templated, oxidation-reduction process, and signal transduction were significantly affected. Ten genes were selected for validation using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). The changes showed the same trend as between the qPCR and RNA-Seq results. Several genes were identified as involved in diapause, including ribosomal proteins, zinc finger proteins, homeobox proteins, forkhead box proteins, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, Glutathione-S-transferase, p53, and DNA damage-regulated gene 1 (pdrg1). Genes related to lipid metabolism were also included.Conclusions: We generated a large amount of transcriptome data from T. dendrolimi, providing a resource for future gene function research. The diapause-related genes identified help reveal the molecular mechanisms of diapause, in T. dendrolimi, and other insect species.
Improving the efficiency of liver targeting rAAV-mediated homologous recombination using ribonucleotide reductase inhibitors
Authors: Tsuji Shinnosuke , Stevens Calvin , Bortolussi Giulia , Zhang Feijie , Pekrun Katja , Baj Gabriele , de Alencastro Gustavo , Muro Andres , Kay Mark 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Recombinant adeno-associated viral (rAAV) vectors continue to gain popularity for in vivo therapeutic gene delivery. Homologous recombination-based gene therapy using rAAV (AAV-HR) without nucleases has several advantages over classical gene therapy, especially when targeting the liver in neonatal/pediatric populations due to its potential for permanent sustained transgene expression. However, the low efficiency of AAV-HR remains a limitation for some clinical applications. Here, we tested series of small molecule compounds with different mechanisms of action in the context of AAV-HR and identified that ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) inhibitors significantly enhanced the AAV-HR efficiency in mouse and human liver cell lines. Furthermore, short term administration of the RNR inhibitor fludarabine increased the in vivo efficiency of both non-nuclease and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated AAV-HR in the murine liver, without causing toxicity. Mechanistic experiments showed that fludarabine administration induced transient DNA damage signaling in both proliferating and quiescent hepatocytes. Surprisingly, in vivo BrdU labeling implicated that the majority of AAV-HR events occurred in non-proliferating hepatocytes in both fludarabine-treated and control mice. These studies suggested that the induction of transient DNA repair signaling in non-dividing hepatocytes was responsible for enhancing the efficiency of AAV-HR in mice during RNR inhibition. In total, we show the use of a clinically approved RNR inhibitor can enhance AAV-HR based genome editing therapeutics.