bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
TOURISM-LED GROWTH HYPOTHESIS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN KENYA
Authors: Yano Justin , Matanda Joshua 
Published: September 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze tourism-led growth hypothesis in Kenya’s economy.
Materials and Methods: The descriptive research design was adopted. This study targeted international tourism receipts, employment, economies of scale and capital investments in tourism related economic activities that included hotels and food service activities, wholesale and retail trade, transport and information communication and travel agencies, entertainment and recreation in the period 1980 to 2019.The study used purposive sampling. a sample size of data for 40 years from 1980 to 2019 was used. The data were collected from KNBS, the World Bank and WTTC using a secondary data collection sheet. Using real GDP per capita as the dependent variable and international tourism receipts, tourism related employment, economies of scale and capital investments as the independent variables, the study used regression and vector error correction (VEC) to carry out the analysis. The analysis was systematic and begins with diagnostic tests that included Breusch-Godfrey Serial Correlation LM test, Breusch-Pagan-Godfrey test for homoscedasticity, Jarque-Bera normality test, VIF multi-collinearity test, Augmented Dickey Fuller unit root test and Johansen Co-integration test and finally the regression and the vector error correction analysis. Data analysis was done using E-views software.
Results: The study results showed that international tourism receipts, tourism related employment and economies of scale positively influence real GDP per capita in both short run and long run equilibrium. Capital investments negatively affected real GDP per capita in the long run but had a positive effect in the short run equilibrium. Granger causality test presented a bi-directional causality between international tourism receipts, tourism related employment, economies of scale and capital investments and real GDP per capita.
Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The country should enact policies that promote tourism related activities because the benefits derived from tourist expenditures positively influence the growth of the economy. Institutions such as Brand Kenya, Tourism Promotion Council, the Ministry of Tourism and recruitment of international tourism ambassadors should be strengthened to ensure more foreign tourists are attracted into the country.
Designs de Webcurriculum e descolonialidades in-devir: os recursos digitais como ferramentas para as práticas de ensino e aprendizagem
Authors: Saito Ricardo Toshihito 
Published: September 2021

O design de webcurrículos como práticas de ensino e aprendizagem deve ser compreendido como movimentos criados por alunos e professores para co-design estratégias de ensino e aprendizagem utilizando recursos digitais e analógicos. As telas, da lousa digital “interativa”, smartphones, computadores e tablets, e os conteúdos da web são ferramentas e recursos empregados para co-construir sentidos e significados por meio de inter-relações outras em rede que vão além da linearidade apresentada por programas de componentes curriculares ou livros didáticos. Serão descritos e discutidos alguns movimentos de como webcurrículos podem ser co-construídos, por meio de aulas de língua inglesa e meta-aulas, em um Curso de Formação de Professores, assim como a experiência de lidar com letramentos multimodais, práticas translíngues, e alguns processos de decolonialidades em-devir com meus alunos, professores em-devir, graduandos em Licenciatura em Letras.
Evaluation of anti-oxidative properties of <i>Tinosporacordifoliain Alloxan</i> induced diabetic Wistar rats
Authors: Thakur Kumud Ranjan , Padmadeo S.R. , Kumar Vikash 
Published: September 2021

Introduction and Aim: Type 2 Diabetes is a complex heterogenous disorder with marked hyperglycemia, reduced insulin sensitivity, increased oxidative stress, and altered carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. Increased oxidative stress is a key factor for the reduced pancreatic ? cell arose due to prolonged hyperglycemia. The present investigation admits ethanolic extract of Tinosporacordifolia (250mg/kg/body weight) as a potent antihyperglycemic agent as well as antioxidant.

Materials and methods: Wistar norvegicus rats of 180-200 gm were involved in the present study divided in to 5 groups. Each group has 5 rats. Diabetes was induced by Alloxan (100mg/kg.b.wt). Administration of T.cordifolia (250mg/kg/b.wt) done in the desired group for 10,20, and 30 days respectively. Fasting blood collected for plasma glucose and the organs were collected for the antioxidant assay.

Results: Each group showed significant recovery in the glucose and antioxidant parameters like Glutathione, Catalase, Ascorbate etc., Statistical analysis was done by Tukey multiple range test compared with entire column after ANOVA. Level of significance was denoted for diabetic Vs treated group having p values *** p<0.05, **p<0.01, *p<0.001, NS-Non-significant, >0.05.

Conclusion: Relying on the Herbal extract of T.cordifolia would be one of the best options for controlling glucose concentration, enhanced immunity, and getting rid of unnecessary free radicals which increases aging. The plant under investigation is a reservoir of countless secondary metabolites.
Insecticidal efficacy of <i>Rubus steudneri</i> and <i>Rubus apetalus</i> against <i>Aedes</i> (Diptera: Culicidae) and <i>Culex</i> (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes
Authors: Raghavendra H. L , Prashith Kekuda T. R. , Shetty Chaithra R. , Shantaram Manjula 
Published: September 2021

Introduction and Aim: Rubus steudneri Schweinf. and Rubus apetalus Poir. belonging to the family Rosaceae is one of the ethnomedicinal plants used widely in Ethiopia as food, for construction and as medicine. To the best of our knowledge, insecticidal activity of R. steudneri and R. apetalus has not been investigated so far. In this study, we report insecticidal efficacy of R. steudneri and R. apetalus in terms of larvicidal effect against II and III instar larvae of Aedes and Culex mosquitoes.
Materials and Methods: The shade-dried and powdered leaves were extracted using methanol by maceration process. Insecticidal activity of leaf extract was determined by larvicidal assay against II and III instar larvae of Aedes and Culex species. LC50 and LC90 values were calculated.
Results: The leaf extract of both Rubus species exhibited concentration dependent larvicidal effect. II instar larvae were shown to be highly susceptible than III instar larvae. Among leaf extracts, extract of R. steudneri exhibited marked insecticidal activity when compared to extract of R. apetalus as revealed by lower LC50 and LC90 values. Culex larvae displayed marked susceptibility to leaf extracts when compared to Aedes larvae.
Conclusion: Marked larvicidal effect was observed against larvae of Culex species when compared to Aedes species as indicated by lower LC50 and LC90 values. It is evident that the leaf extracts of both Rubus contain insecticidal principles.
<i>In-vitro</i> antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic activity of <i>Cucumis melo L. </i>of ethanolic extract
Authors: Malathi G. , Vadivelu J. 
Published: September 2021

Introduction and Aim: Cucumis melo L. commonly known as wild melon (in English) belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae and well distributed in rural areas. Cucumis melo L. is a annual climbing or perennial herb, distributed almost throughout India and neighbouring countries. Nowadays food wastes are a major concern. On the other hand, the demand for natural valuable compounds to human health is increasing. These by-products contain phytochemical compounds with great nutritional and functional potentials. The fruits of this plant possess the abortifacient property and have antitussive, antioxidant, digestive, cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory properties.

Materials and Methods: The ethanolic extract was used to determine the antioxidant scavenging activity using DPPH method, protein denaturation for anti inflammatory studies, as well as in vitro cytotoxic activity by brine shrimp lethal assay (BSLA).

Results: The results obtained indicated highest antioxidant activity as compared to DPPH methods. The protein denaturation test showed the ethanolic extracts of Cucumis melo L. had effective anti-inflammatory activity. Extracts of Cucumis melo L. also registered potential cytotoxic activities by BSLA. This study provides the basis for further investigation of Cucumis melo L. for potential identification of novel bioactive compounds with therapeutic properties.

Conclusion: The presence of phytoconstituents such as flavonoids, terpenoids, alkaloids, may indeed assist to the antioxidant activity of fruit extract. That this next thing that must be done will be to conduct in vivo experiments and discern the histopathological mechanism.
Improving the existing cardiovascular risk scoring systems for better prediction in type 2 diabetes mellitus with and without coronary artery disease: A cross sectional study
Authors: Chakraborty Arpita , Prabhu M.Mukhyaprana , Stanley Weena 
Published: September 2021

Introduction and Aim:Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)and Framingham score (FRS) are two important scores used for the prediction of coronary events in an individual.Both of these scores do not account for certain known predisposing factors such as BMI, duration of diabetes, LDL cholesterol and glycemic index levels among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) subjects. So, this study aims to assess whether addition of any of these important risk factors might help in improving these scoring systems in T2DM patients.
Methodology: Our study is a cross-sectional study which included 320 T2DM patients without CAD and 120 T2DM patients with CAD. Duration of T2DM, BMI, glycated hemoglobin and fasting lipid profile values of the T2DM patients were recorded from the Laboratory information system.
Results: IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 16 version was used for statistical analysis. T2DM patients with CAD had more years of duration of T2DM than the patients without CAD and a significant association was found (p=.045*). A strong significant positive correlation was observed between FRS score and duration of T2DM in diabetic patients with CAD (r=.331, p=<.0001*).
Conclusion:Our observations imply that inclusion of important parameter such as duration of T2DM might improve in better calculation of these risk scores in T2DM patients. Future studies are needed to assess the performance of existing risk scores by including important parameter such as duration of diabetes which might help in improving these scoring systems in T2DM patients.
Penerapan Dam Ibadah Haji Dalam Perspekltif Islam
Authors: Mahfudzi Mahfudzi 
Published: September 2021

Al-Qur’an dan As-Sunnah merupakan pedoman hidup yang mampu menjawab tantangan kehidupan manusia, sehingga menjadikan manfaat dan maslahat yang merupakan tujuan dari amaliyah seorang muslim. Islam adalah agama rahmatan lil‘alamin, artinya tiada satupun permasalahan di dalam kehidupan manusia itu berakhir dengan kebuntuan dan pasti ada jalan keluarnya yang tidak menyalahi sunnatullah dan sunnah rosulullah.
Tanpa disadari roda dunia dalam peradaban Islam sudah seperti yang kita saksikan sekarang ini, sejak dicetuskan oleh pembawanya yaitu Nabi Muhammad SAW, Islam tidak pernah tergelincir rodanya sampai hari ini dan tetap berjalan dalam koridornya secara vertikal. Di era globalisasi yang serba bersentral kepada sains dan tekhnologi, maka kita harus benar-benar cerdas mengamalkan Islam secara utuh (menyeluruh), tentunya yang bersumber dari Al-Qur’an dan As-Sunnah.
Peningkatan Kecerdasan Verbal Linguistik Melalui Kegiatan Bernyanyi
Authors: Kamarudin Hapsa 
Published: September 2021

Increasing Verbal Linguistic Intelligence through Singing Activity( An Action Research in TK Kemala Bhayangkari Kota Ternate). The aims of this research were: the process of increasing Verbal Linguistic through Singing Activity; the result of increasing Verbal Linguistic intelligences through singing activity. This research was applied in TK B Kemala Bhayangkari Kota Ternate, Respondents of this research were 20 childreen with two collaborators.
The action research employed Kemmis and Taggart Procedures which consisted four process : Planning, Act; observing and Reflection. The collecting data used qualitative analyses and quantitative analyses. The result of this reseacrh showed that Using Singing activity can increase verbal Linguistic intelligence in early childhood, especially the students’ of TK B Kemala Bhayangkari Kota Ternate.
IMPLEMENTASI LINK & MATCH MELALUI PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS PROYEK BERSAMA PT. PESONA KHATULISTIWA NUSANTARA DI SMK NEGERI 1 TANJUNG PALAS
Authors: ANDAYANI FRANSISKA 
Published: September 2021

Menghasilkan lulusan yang terserap di dunia usaha/Industri/kerja atau menjadi wirausaha adalah antara lain tujuan dari SMK sebagai penyelenggaraan pendidikan. Untuk itu diperlukan kemitraan antara sekolah dengan DUDI melalui link and match. Best practice implementasi link and match melalui pembelajaran berbasis proyek bersama DUDI PT. Pesona Khatulistiwa Nusantara bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kompetensi keterampilan siswa yang memiliki stándar DUDI, meningkatnya kinerja guru, tumbuhnya budaya kerja industri disekolah dan percepatan menjadi sekolah pencetak wirausaha. Link and match melalui pembelajaran berbasis proyek dilaksanakan pada ruang lingkup program keahlian Agribisnis Tanaman dan pada kompetensi keahlian Agribisnis Tanaman Pangan dan Hortikultura kelas X, XI dan XII, semester genap tahun ajaran 2020/2021 dengan proyek pembibitan kakao. Link and match melalui pembelajaran berbasis proyek bersama DUDI dapat mengembangkan SMK Negeri 1 Tanjung Palas dalam menghasilkan lulusan yang relevan dengan perubahan yang terjadi di masyarakat dan DUDI.
PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN CTL (CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING) DALAM MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA PADA MATERI DESAIN WADAH PEMBESARAN IKAN KELAS XII PERIKANAN SMK NEGERI 1 TANJUNG PALAS
Authors: MUHRAM MUHRAM 
Published: September 2021

Pendekatan kontekstual (CTL) adalah konsep belajar yang membantu guru mengaitkan antara materi yang diajarkan dengan situasi dunia nyata siswa dan mendorong siswa membuat hubungan antara pengetahuan yang dimilikinya dengan penerapannya dalam kehidupan mereka sehari-hari, dengan melibatkan tujuh komponen utama pembelajaran afektif, yaitu konstruktivisme, bertanya, menemukan, masyarakat belajar, pemodelan, refleksi, dan penilaian yang sebenarnya. Penelitian Tindakan Kelas ini di lakukan dengan 3 siklus yakni Pra siklus, siklus I terdiri dari 2 pertemuan dan siklus II juga dilakukan dengan 2 X pertemuan. Pada pra siklus, jumlah siswa belajar tuntas hanya mencapai 7 siswa dan nilai rata-rata hanya 63,42. Pada siklus I Jumlah Siswa Tuntas Belajar mencapai 21 siswa, nilai rata-rata mencapai 78,8 Pada siklus II Jumlah Siswa Tuntas Belajar mencapai 25 siswa, nilai rata-rata mencapai 84. Artinya Model Pembelajaran CTL (Contextual Teaching And Learning) efektif di gunakan untuk meningkatkan hasil belajar siswa pada materi Desain dan tata letak wadah pembesaran dan bagian-bagiannya
The effects of storms and a transient sandy veneer on the interannual planform evolution of a low-relief coastal cliff and shore platform at Sargent Beach, Texas, USA
Authors: Palermo Rose V. , Piliouras Anastasia , Swanson Travis E. , Ashton Andrew D. , Mohrig David 
Published: September 2021

Abstract. Coastal cliff erosion is alongshore-variable and episodic, with retreat rates that depend upon sediment as either tools of abrasion or protective cover. However, the feedbacks between coastal cliff planform morphology, retreat rate, and sediment cover are poorly quantified. This study investigates Sargent Beach, Texas, USA, at the annual to interannual scale to explore (1) the relationship between temporal and spatial variability in cliff retreat rate, roughness, and sinuosity and (2) the response of retreat rate and roughness to changes in sand and shell hash cover of the underlying mud substrate as well as the impact of major storms using field measurements of sediment cover, erosion, and aerial images to measure shore platform morphology and retreat. A storm event in 2009 increased the
planform roughness and sinuosity of the coastal cliff at Sargent Beach.
Following the storm, aerial-image-derived shorelines with annual resolution
show a decrease in average alongshore erosion rates from 12 to 4 m yr−1, coincident with a decrease in shoreline roughness and sinuosity (smoothing). Like the previous storm, a storm event in 2017 increased the planform roughness and sinuosity of the cliff. Over shorter timescales, monthly retreat of the sea cliff occurred only when the platform was sparsely covered with sediment cover on the shore platform, indicating that the tools and cover effects can significantly affect short-term erosion rates. The timescale to return to a smooth shoreline following a storm or roughening event, given a steady-state erosion rate, is approximately 24 years, with the long-term rate suggesting a maximum of ∼107 years until Sargent Beach breaches, compromising the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) under current conditions and assuming no future storms or intervention. The observed retreat rate varies, both spatially and temporally, with cliff face morphology, demonstrating the importance of multi-scale measurements and analysis for interpretation of coastal processes and patterns of cliff retreat.
‘Dancing about architecture’: the fraught practice and chequered history of writing about the physical act of wave riding
Authors: Baker Tim 
Published: September 2021

It has been said of music journalism, that writing about music is like dancing about architecture, a flawed and pointless exercise, the wrong medium for the artform. One might regard surf writing similarly. Perhaps the point of surf writing is that the experience is so fleeting and elusive that attempting to convey it in literary form stretches any writer to their limits. It is an open-ended challenge in which we are almost destined to fail but compelled to try anyway, like paddling out in a tumultuous sea, or taking off on a close-out. This paper provides an historic overview of literary efforts to conjure the ethereal, multi-sensory experience of wave-riding, not just surf writing in general, but specifically efforts to describe the physical act of wave riding. I have written about surfing, as a career, for over 35 years, and am often struck by how little surf writing is focussed on describing the act itself. Most surf writing concerns itself with character profiles of elite surfers, exotic travel, competition, social and environmental issues that impact surfing. In the context of the popular surf media, images are the hero, better able to capture the splendour and magic of wave-riding, where words may seem inadequate.
Đánh giá kết quả phẫu thuật tái tạo hai dây chằng chéo khớp gối một thì bằng gân tự thân với kỹ thuật nội soi
Authors: Hanh Lê , Dũng Nguyễn Quốc , Thanh Trần Ngọc , Hiếu Nguyễn Đức , Hải Lê Hồng 
Published: September 2021

Mục tiêu: Đánh giá kết quả tái tạo hai dây chằng chéo khớp gối 1 thì qua nội soi. Đối tượng và phương pháp: Nghiên cứu tiến cứu với 52 bệnh nhân (31 nam và 21 nữ) được tái tạo hai dây chằng chéo khớp gối từ tháng 8 năm 2008 đến tháng 2 năm 2019. Thời gian theo dõi tối thiểu 1 năm sau phẫu thuật (từ 12 đến 92 tháng). Kết quả: Đánh giá kết quả sau phẫu thuật ít nhất 1 năm theo các thang điểm IKDC và Lysholm. Theo phân loại theo IKDC-2000, tại thời điểm theo dõi có 5 bệnh nhân xếp loại A, 32 bệnh nhân xếp loại B, 15 bệnh nhân xếp loại C so với 52 loại D thời điểm trước phẫu thuật. Theo thang điểm của Lyshom, điểm trung bình tại thời điểm theo dõi là 86,9 ± 9,5 điểm so với trước mổ là 43,6 ± 9,3 (cụ thể có 5 rất tốt, 33 tốt, 14 bệnh nhân kết quả trung bình. Kết luận: Phẫu thuật tái tạo hai dây chằng chéo khớp gối tuy bệnh nhân không thể phục hồi hoàn toàn như trước khi bị chấn thương nhưng hầu hết bệnh nhân phục hồi chức năng ổn định và đã cải thiện đáng kể chức năng khớp gối so với tình trạng trước phẫu thuật của họ.
Sustainable Growth of Nonfinancial Firms: An Empirical Examination of Emerging Economies
Authors: Mubeen Muhammad , Ahmed Mansoor , Iqbal Athar , Arif Kashif 
Published: September 2021

The classic model of sustainable growth presented by Higgins is extensively used in accounting and finance research. This research empirically examines this model which was suggested to be underestimated in the existing literature. The investigation was performed using data from 2000 to 2015 for seven emerging countries. To find out the mean difference in growth between secondary equity issuing firms and non-issuing firms, we used an independent sample t-test. To identify the factors affecting differences in sustainable growth and realized growth, regression analysis was performed and a panel of seven countries for sixteen years data was used to estimate the panel regression. The study found the Higgins’ model to be underestimated. One of the main factors of underestimation of the model was found to be the secondary equity issue. This factor was observed to be significant in the case of five countries i.e. Pakistan, India, Korea, Indonesia and Brazil while the same was found insignificant in Turkey and China. Also during the examination, firm-specific factors that are important for the underestimation of the SGR (Sustainable Growth Rate) model were detected which include leverage and size, whereas dividend policy and profitability gave mixed results. Our study suggests that firms with secondary equity issues are more likely to have sustainable growth than firms not having secondary equity issues.
Health economics agenda in the 21st century - Analysis of research publication trends in health economics from 2000 to 2020
Authors: Polašek Ozren 
Published: September 2021

#Background The aim of this study was to assess the bibliometric output related to health economics from 2000 to 2020. #Methods Published papers that were indexed in Pubmed were enumerated and later stratified by regions. #Results A declining publication trend was observed, with the most articles recorded in 2015, followed by a steady decline ever since. From 2015 to 2020, as many as 42 thousand articles less was published compared to the projected trend of growth recorded from 2000 to 2015. This decline was the strongest for articles related to Europe and the Americas, while articles related to Africa, Asia, and Australia were rising. #Conclusions A steady decline of health economics research output was observed during the past five years, which was to a degree negated by the rising output from the low- and middle-income countries.