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A cross-linguistic study of metacommunication in online hotel reviews
Authors: Cenni Irene , Goethals Patrick , Vásquez Camilla 
Published: October 2020

Abstract
In this study, we focus on a specific form of metacommunication found in an emerging digital genre: Hotel reviews posted on TripAdvisor. In particular, we investigate how tourists represent their service encounter interactions. The main goal of the present study is to identify what these digital metacommunicative practices reveal about communicative norms and expectations among groups of reviewers writing in three different languages. We analyzed a multilingual dataset of 1800 reviews written in English, Dutch, and Italian. The results reveal that reviewers commented upon a broad range of aspects when evaluating service encounters interactions, for instance, describing the quality of the interaction (e.g. polite, correct), or a lack of communication when a specific type of communication is expected (e.g. absence of greetings, or apologies after a service failure). Further, we found similar cross-linguistic patterns, such as appreciation for being able to communicate in one’s mother tongue during the hotel-guest encounter. At the same time, a few differences across languages emerged, such as the preference for precise and correct information within British reviews. Since service interactions are of fundamental importance for customer satisfaction, our findings contribute not only to the current research on metacommunication in digital contexts, but may also be significant for service providers in the hospitality industry.
Fiscal Rule in Africa
Authors: Shobande Olatunji Abdul 
Published: October 2020

Abstract
Fiscal policy has recently been encouraged to increase competition, monitor Africa’s debt to GDP and improve its economic growth. Importantly, the present fiscal situation in most African countries will seem to have significant consequences for both public and private investments. This paper examines whether fiscal policy and investment matters for GDP growth in a panel of forty-eight (48) African countries for the period 1970-2017. The empirical evidence explored is based on the Fixed Effect (FE) and System Generalised Method of Moment (GMM) estimators. The results suggest that public and private investment among selected African countries has a positive impact on GDP growth. The findings further indicate that fiscal policies must play a more prominent role in sustaining potential private and public investments, especially as debt servicing among the African’ countries examined may have serious shortcomings on sustainable economic growth
Key Determinants of Purchase Decision: A Case Study of Poeniko Batik Store in Pekalongan
Authors: Fatimah Nurul , Prihandono Dorojatun 
Published: October 2020

Business competition that is getting stonger makes SME (Small Medium Enterprise) must be able to compete. Batik is one of SME that has influence in economic growth. The enterpreneurs have to compete with competitiors. This study aims to examine the influence of media sosial, electronic word of mouth, and brand image on purchase decision through purchase intention at Poeniko Batik Pekalongan store. The population in this study is consumers of Poeniko Batik Pekalongan. The number of samples used in this study were 100 people using the incidental sampling method. The data collection method uses documentation and questionnaires. The results showed that the electronic word of mouth, brand image and purchase variables had a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions. While social media variables do not have a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions. The results of the path analysis test indicate that purchase intention can mediate the influence of social media, electronic word of mouth, and brand image on purchasing decisions.
Microcirculatory effects of systemic metabolic correction with reactive oxygen species: An experimental study
Authors: Martusevich Andrew K. , Karuzin Konstantin A. , Dilenyan Levon R. , Peretyagin Sergey P. 
Published: October 2020

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to estimate microcirculation changes under systemic (intraperitoneal) administration of ozonized saline.
Methods: For this study, we formed four equal groups of Wistar male rats (n = 10 per group). Rats of first (control) group was intraperitoneally injected with non-ozonized sterile saline solution (daily administration volume — 1 ml.) during 30 days. Animals of other groups (n = 10 for second, third and fourth groups) received 30 intraperitoneal infusions (1 ml/day) daily with ozonized saline solution (saturating ozone concentration for indicated groups — 3000, 10000 and 40000 mcg/l, ozone dose per procedure — 0.75, 2.5 and 10 mcg, respectively). Technology of the Laser Doppler Flowmetry (LDF) along with ``LAKK-02'' device (Moscow, Russia) was used for complex estimation of skin microcirculation state. This technology allows us to study blood flow intensity in skin microvessels at the first and thirty-first days of the experiment. We also can estimate regulatory mechanisms of microcirculation support and the presence of shunt paths of the microcirculation.
Results: We studied the dose-dependent response of microcirculation on ozone infusions in chronic experiments. We found that long-lasting course (30 procedures) of intraperitoneal administration of ozonized sodium chloride solution provides an increase in the level of microcirculation index compared to that of the control (injections of nonozonized saline solution), regardless of the applied dose of ozone. At the same time, the level of the microcirculation response was directly determined by the introduced amount of ozone, and we fixed non-linear dependence on it. Our study allowed us to show that only low doses of ozone (0.75 mcg/day) have proadaptive effects on the microcirculatory bed. This was shown both in the dynamics of the microcirculation index and the state of regulatory mechanisms. Middle ozone dose (2.5 mcg/day) also caused the stimulation of blood flow in small vessels, though this was predominantly through other mechanisms (neurogenic components). The most negative reaction of microcirculation was observed for high ozone dose (8 mcg).
Conclusion: Despite the activation of microcirculation observed in this case, we have identified that the mechanism was primarily through the respiratory component regulation and via formation of "steal syndrome" in the tissue.
Why Individuals Respond To COVID-19 Differently: A Battle of Sexes?
Authors: A. Olagunju Abdulrahmon , Lewis-Wade Amanah 
Published: October 2020

Several factors including genetic variations, cytokine storm (CS), macrophage activated syndrome (MAS), and lymphopenia have been recently discovered to influence the severity of COVID-19. Many studies have exclusively studied the pathogenesis of this disease, which includes the entry of the virus into the body, multiplication and spread, the progression of tissue damage, and the production of an immune response. However, questions like what makes some people more vulnerable than others to SARS-CoV-2 - the causative agent of the coronavirus disease; the role of gene networks in determining or influencing the efficiency of infection or the severity of COVID-19 symptoms are still in the valley of obscurity. What makes some SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals extremely sensitive to the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) while others are asymptomatic remains to be understood. Herein, we review the impact of a genetic variant in susceptibility and severity among sex and gender disparities, the significance of this variation in cases of severity and immune responses. Furthermore, we address major characteristics in severe COVID-19 cases, such as biochemical and homeostatic effects. For example, lymphocyte count and concentrations of inflammatory mediators within patients. Also, this paper identifies key clinical indicators of severe infections in the presence of cytokine storm and lymphopenia. Moreover, it takes into account predisposing factors that induce the severity of symptoms and underline the differences between mild and severe infections. Lastly, we explained the benefits of using bioinformatics to accelerate the progress made in COVID-19 research and future perspective in this research area.
Testing Ground-Motion Prediction Equations against Moderate Magnitude Earthquake Data Recorded in Korea
Authors: Nizamani Zubair Ahmed , Park Duhee 
Published: October 2020

ABSTRACT
The selection of ground-motion prediction equations (GMPEs) to perform seismic hazard assessments is challenging for stable continental regions that lack a sufficient number of recordings. In this study, we implement various ranking methods to test the efficiencies of a wide range of GMPEs against the recordings from three of the largest magnitude inland earthquakes that occurred in the Korean Peninsula, which belongs to an intraplate region with low seismicity. In this context, we select a total of 14 GMPEs developed for active shallow crustal zones (Next Generation Attenuation-West2 [NGA-West2] project), stable continental regions, and Korea. Three statistical approaches, including the classical residual, log-likelihood (LLH), and Euclidean distance-based ranking (EDR) methods, are used to evaluate the performance of the GMPEs. The residual analyses show that for the very short spectral period (T≤0.1  s), regionally developed GMPEs perform the best, whereas the NGA-West2 GMPEs outperform other equations for short (0.2≤T≤0.5  s) and medium to long periods (T≥0.75  s). The LLH approach is shown to favor a stable continental region GMPE that has the highest standard deviation. The EDR method, which can account for both aleatory uncertainties and model bias, is found to favor the NGA-West2 and Korean GMPEs. NGA-West2 GMPEs show the lowest model bias, whereas the Korean GMPEs exhibit the lowest residual bias. Five GMPEs selected based on the EDR method are recommended for a probabilistic seismic hazard analysis in Korea. For deterministic hazard assessment, using the Korean GMPEs for the very short spectral period and NGA-West2 GMPEs for short and medium to long periods is recommended. Overall, the stable continental region GMPEs are demonstrated to perform poorly when tested against the earthquakes recorded in Korea.
The Role and Development of Lawas as a Traditional Literary Work in Preserving Samawa Local Wisdoms
Authors: Katili Alrisi Kalvin , Nuriadi Nuriadi , Muhaimi Lalu Muhaimi 
Published: October 2020

This paper highlights the role and development of Lawas as a traditional literary work and its preservation toward other local wisdom in Samawa. This study was a descriptive-qualitative research where the author was attempted to use the field research in the process of collecting the data. It is purposively that the participant on the interview was chosen based on the capability of the samples in apprehend Lawas and acknowledged Lawas whether as a traditional literary work or as a local wisdom that renowned to be the preserver of the other local wisdom in Samawa Island. The result of this study showed that Lawas was primarily become the foundation of the existence of many local wisdoms in Samawa island, such as in Mataq Rame which is includes BaLawas, Ngumang, Sakeco, gandang, badede, batutir, Pangantan (marriage procession), and many kinds of procession related to local parades in Samawa. As a traditional literary work, Lawas independently become an expression medium for the society in the form of literary works and the sacred parade that is perpetuated from generation to generation. It is renowned that the creation of Lawas is based on the three foundation of life that was believed by the community and apply them in the real life. Those three foundations are acknowledging as Raboat Aji Lako Nene, Raboat Aji Inak Bapak, and Raboat Aji Lako Guru.
Study of Monoamine Oxidase-B and Indole Derivatives Using Two Molecular Docking Programs: Molegro and MOE
Authors: Soufi W. , Merad M. , Hacene F. BOUKLI , Ghalem S. 
Published: October 2020

Inhibition of the enzyme Monoamine oxidase (MAO) is an important approach in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. A series of indole derivatives were synthesised and evaluated as inhibitors of MAO-B may give insight to develop new ways of antiparkinson drug, In general, the derivatives were found to be selective MAO-B inhibitors with IC50 values . MAO-B inhibitors, are considered useful in the therapy of Parkinson’s disease since oxidation by MAO-B represents a major catabolic pathway of dopamine in the central nervous system .
Our goal of research is to study the inhibition of MAO-B by molecular modeling methods. Different molecular modeling tools are used to perform this work (molecular mechanics, molecular dynamics and molecular docking by two programms MDV ( molegro virtual docker) and MOE (modelling Opering Environment. The results obtained from this work, into which the inhibition of MAO-B by molecular modeling methods was elucidated, allow us to conclude that indole derivatives are promising reversible MAO-B inhibitors with a possible role in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease (PD).
Improving the Methodological Basis for Assessing Regulatory Policy in the Agricultural Sector: Areas for Further Research
Authors: Shibaeva Natalia , Baban Tetiana 
Published: October 2020

The agricultural sector occupies an important place in post-industrial society. The agricultural sector is associated with such sustainable development goals as economic growth, food security, rational use of resources, increasing the incomes, rural development and preserving the environment.
An effective state policy is able to ensure the advancement of the agriculture towards achieving the sustainable development goals. But the formation of state policy should be preceded by a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of state measures in previous periods.
The article proposes an improving the author's methodology of comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of state policy of Ukrainian agriculture. Suggestions for improvement are to strengthen the environmental and social components of assessing the progress of sustainable development goals. The strengthening of the environmental component of the assessment of the progress of sustainable development goals was carried out through the inclusion in the system of assessment of protection indicators and restoration of ecosystems in the process of their use in the agriculture. The strengthening of the social component was achieved through the inclusion in the cost estimation system of the State programs to support housing in rural areas, social investments and own resources of local communities to create a comfortable environment.
Approbation of the improved methodology of comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of state policy in the agriculture was conducted on the example of the agricultural sector of Ukraine in 2010, 2016-2018. The comprehensive assessment showed slow progress in the effectiveness of regulatory policy in agricultural sector of Ukraine in 2010, 2016-2018 and revealed the backlog of social and environmental indicators in the approach to sustainable development goals in comparison with economic ones.
Market and Brand Positioning and Sustainability Strategies in International Marketing
Authors: Adıgüzel Selminaz 
Published: October 2020

Knowing that all failures prepare people for different and more beautiful things rather than being obstacles, and seeing the failure process as an adventure will be the only approach that will bring a person to ultimate success. Marketing has always been an important determinant for companies. There were certain eras which devided marketing techniques to a timeline. During the production period, which was dominating the global system after industrial revolution, marketing methods were simple.
Firms were providing the product which consumer needs, so during that time consumer did not have multiple choices but with the competition involved in the equation and with wider product range, consumer changed his position and became the one who chooses the product. We researched on trademarks, market positioning, brand’s ınnovation, successful innovators, brand management, market segmentation in this article.
Questioning the Leadership and Preferences of Regional Heads in Determining Minimum Wage
Authors: Harahap Hadry , Hamid Adnan 
Published: October 2020

This study aims to identify and questioning the leadership and preferences of regional heads in setting minimum wage policies. The research method used is normative juridical legal research, using a statutory approach in the national labor law system. The results showed that the regional head has the authority to set the minimum wage for workers / laborers to meet the needs of a decent life (KHL) by determining the UMSP and UMSK. As public leaders, regional heads are expected to have transformational leadership behavior, be able to present the vision, mission, and task completion plans as well as problem solvers, produce a positive work environment to strengthen professionalism, transparency in decision making, and trust. Then the regional head is expected to be able to make innovative efforts related to human resource development, creative industry development and programs that support small and medium enterprises so that they can be an option in overcoming labor problems.
The Implementation of Decentralization Reform Policy in Tanzania: The Case of Singida Municipality
Authors: Sulle Dr. Andrew 
Published: October 2020

The aim of this paper was to understand the implementation of decentralization policy in Tanzania. Just like many other countries in Africa and elsewhere, Tanzania has also adopted decentralization policy for various reasons. The main objectives of the paper was to assess and determine the extent to which decentralization policy has been fully implemented in Tanzania and identify factors that inhibit effective implementation of the decentralization policy. The study used a case study design and Singida municipality was taken as focal point. Using both random and purposive sampling techniques, respondents were picked among councilors, top management and ordinary civil servants in Singida municipality.
The main findings of this study are that decentralization reform has not been effectively implemented in Sindiga municipality. The municipality did not have autonomy and powers in many areas that e decentralization was supposed to empower them. Political will, institutional framework, resource constrains are among factors that inhibit effective implementation of decentralization policy in Tanzania. Our main conclusion is that effective implementation of decentralization would demand a strong institutional framework and political will, all of which are the missing ingredients in the case of Singida municipality.
Pre-Service Teachers’ Perception of Online Teaching and Learning During the COVID – 19 Era
Authors: Amoah Charles Agyei , Naah Anna Mwinbuabu 
Published: October 2020

The disclosure of COVID – 19 saw an increasing popularity of Information technology. Most of the educational institutions has resort to online teaching and learning. The purpose of the study was intended to find out pre-service teachers’ perception of online teaching and learning during the COVID – 19 era. In this study, a quantitative descriptive survey research design was adopted. The research instrument that was used to collect the data was questionnaire. The items on the instrument that is the questionnaire were self-developed by the researcher for this study. The non-probability sampling technique namely purposive sampling was employed to select the respondents from Offinso College of Education in the Ashanti Region. A total of 94 pre-service teachers participated in the study. Out of this total, 49 females and 45 males, were pre-service teachers’ trainees on a 4-year Bed Primary Education Programme pursuing General Chemistry as one of their core courses.
The results from the study showed that most of the pre-service teachers’ had an idea of the units taught for the semester. Pre-service teachers’ expressed great need for lessons to be delivered using video and audio as it makes lesson real and also see their tutor even though it required much data to access video. The pre-service teachers’ expressed great interest in tutors using trial questions and quiz in assessing them and responds from assessment should be submitted through what’s up platform. With all the challenges pre-service teachers’ encountered during online teaching and learning they appreciated the tutor-learner relationship and interactions as cordial, collaborative and done in a form of discussion. It is therefore recommended that there should be stable network connectivity and subside on data bundle for learners.
Pengaruh Etos Kerja Islam Terhadap Kepuasan Kerja Karyawan Pada Waroeng Steak and Shake Surabaya
Authors: Saputro Harjanto , Prasetyo Ari 
Published: October 2020

This research was aimed to investigate the effect of Islamic work ethics to the employee Satisfaction on Waroeng Steak & Shake in Surabaya. This study used questionnaires in primary data collection and quantitative approaches. Experiments were done using simple linear regression, where the dependent variable (Y) is the employee work satisfaction and the independent variable (X) is Islamic work ethics. The research sample were taken by census. The research sample was 33 employees working in Waroeng Steak & Shake Surabaya.Based on the findings, it obtained simple linear regression equation : Y = 0,929 + 0,684X. The magnitude of the influence of Islamic work ethics to the employees work satisfaction on Waroeng Steak & Shake in Surabaya is the R2 value of 0,423 (42,3%). The result show that employee work satisfaction on Waroeng Steak & Shake in Surabaya significantly affect by Islamic work ethics.
Pengaruh Pembiayaan Dana Baitul Maal Wat Tamwil (BMT) Teladan Terhadap Kinerja Usaha Mikro di Pasar Semolowaru Surabaya
Authors: Damayanti Nurul Farida , Herianingrum Sri 
Published: October 2020

This research aims to find out the influence of funding of BMT Teladan towards microenterprises' performances in Semolowaru’s Market Surabaya. Questionnaires are used to collect the primary data. The data is analyzed by using one of quantitative approaches which is simple regressive analysis. The samples of the analysis are 30 BMT Teladan customers who have been partners for at least one years. Purposive sampling is used as it eases the researcher to take detailed informations and it also appropriate towards the aim of the research.The result of the research shows that the BMT Teladan funding which covers Ijarah and Murabahah financing are indeed influential towards micro-enterprises' performances in increasing earnings and asset of micro-enterpreneur in Semolowaru’s Market Surabaya. BMT Teladan shoud provide stronger internal factors for increasing the performances of micro-enterprises such as developing and empowering human resources (microenterpreneur). The successes and failures of an enterprise or a business relies on the capability of its human resources especially in applying business strategy. In other words, the success of an enterprise is determined by the quality of its human resources as microenterpreneurs. It is hoped for the next further research to use a broaderfactor (internal and external) that influences the performance of micro-enterprises.