bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Educating for Sustainable Rural Futures
Authors: Bartholomaeus Pam 
Published: October 2023

Classrooms and their pedagogy have historically been characterised by a disconnection from the community outside, and this trend is particularly problematic for rural schools (Bryden & Boylan, 2004; Corbett, 2006). There is reduced encouragement for teachers to connect classroom and community with the current focus on standardised testing, national curriculum, and guidance on teaching strategies, all developed for students in general, without reference to local place. However, rural students differ from their metropolitan peers, particularly in their cultural and social experiences, and in the nature of their physical surroundings. For these reasons most rural students have few opportunities to bring their experiences to their learning in school, nor do they always have the background knowledge that will assist with their comprehension of texts and learning to produce texts that fulfil a particular purpose.
Whether or not students attending rural schools decide to remain in their rural community it is important they develop good literacy abilities so they and their community can prosper in the future. Rural students need to learn to become critical thinkers, able to use initiative, to be creative and effective communicators, and entrepreneurial (Darling-Hammond, 2010). A means for engaging rural students with quality literacy learning is place-based education, a pedagogy that puts place at the centre. With this approach students can be given the opportunity to pursue questions relevant to their local place, or identify questions that are important to themselves and their local place. In this way students can also develop stronger ties with and understanding of their local place and of themselves. This paper will consider some examples of place-based learning, and outline ways this approach can promote learning, and benefit the community outside the school.
Landasan Implementasi Ekonomi Syariah Dalam Perspektif Maqāṣid al-Sharī‘ah
Authors: Muhit Mugni , Athoillah Mohamad Anton 
Published: October 2023

Islam as a doctrine will certainly be the main foundation in every human activity that has claimed and positioned Islam as its belief. It is with this doctrine that all activities are guarded and regulate all forms of human activity universally and comprehensively, between humans as creatures and God as Creator and humans as His fellow creatures. A Muslim who needs a means of living, of course, will not be able to avoid all kinds of activities related to the economy, therefore as Muslims in their economic activities they must be based on God's doctrine to achieve prosperity and benefit. For this reason, the purpose of this research is to examine in more detail the transcendent basis of Islamic economics from the perspective of Maqāṣid al-Shari'ah, so that in its implementation, the economic welfare of Muslims increases to become a benefit that has a positive impact on other benefits.
Keywords: Foundation, Implementation, Islamic Economics, Maqāṣid Sharī'ah
Efektivitas Lembaga Sertifikasi Profesi dalam Meningkatkan Peluang Kerja di Balai Besar Pelatihan Vokasi dan Produktivitas Kota Bandung
Authors: Zalfa Lis Haliza , Adji Widwi Handari 
Published: October 2023

Bandung Vocational and Productivity Training Center (BBPVP) is a Government Training Institution Central Technical Implementation Unit (UPTP) under the Directorate General of Training and Productivity Development, Ministry of Manpower of the Republic of Indonesia, in accordance with Ministerial Regulation No. 21 of 2015 issued by the Ministry of Manpower of the Republic of Indonesia. BBPVP Bandung is responsible for implementing initiatives related to the development, empowerment, and certification of training personnel, instructors, and workers. On February 23, 1952, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Colombo Plan Program launched BBPVP. An area of approximately 3 hectares became the location of BBPVP Bandung on Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto No. 170. BBPVP was established as an effort to spread vocational training facilities so that those whose homes were in remote areas could still access them. Examining the relationship between the BBPVP competency test and the caliber of applicants is the main objective of this study. The research approach was quantitative and descriptive. Questionnaires and written records were used to compile the data. Based on the findings, BBPVP is an effective tool to improve the overall standard of the workforce. This was determined from the data collected through questionnaires administered to 64 respondents.
Keywords: Effectiveness of Professional Certification Bodies. Job Opportunities
Role of ICT Risk Management on Insider Fraud Prevention in Commercial Banks in Nairobi County
Authors: Mwai Rose , Wabala Samuel , Ogada Ken 
Published: October 2023

Purpose: The main objective of the research was to investigate the role of ICT risk management on reduction of insider frauds in the Kenyan banks in Nairobi County. The research explored ICT risks management practices incorporated in the banking industry to mitigate and control insider fraud.
Methodology: Explorative research design and inferential statistics were used. The unit of analysis was the ICT risk management professionals in all the commercial banks in Nairobi County. 42 commercial banks formed the population of the study. The unit of observation were the ICT security, audit and risk professionals mandated with implementing ICT risk management. The targeted number was at least one respondent from each bank from the three departments identified: internal audit, Information technology, and security managers. In total, the study targeted 42 respondents and a total 29 responses were received which formed 69% of the targeted population. Responses from the distributed questionnaires were analyzed using statical packages for social science (SPSS). The open-ended questions were listed, analysed and reported by descriptive narrative with such statistics as mean and standard deviation. The ANOVA test was used to test the results.
Findings: The findings revealed that there is a positive but insignificant correlation between ICT risk assessment, ICT awareness, Information security implementation and a significant positive correlation between information security audits and Insider fraud prevention. This study recommends that ICT risk assessment; ICT risk awareness; information security audits; and information security policy are important for preventing insider fraud in commercial banks, but there is need to implement them in conjunction with other stringent measure to increase efficiency
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The findings give a theoretical basis for validating the effectiveness of ICT risk management practices in Banks in Nairobi County, this can be adopted by other counties in Kenya. For policy implementation, the study will be important to the central bank of Kenya and any other institution that regulates the banking sector in Kenya in reviewing the current ICT Risk management guidelines. The study shows the adoption of the selected ICT risk management practices by different banks and gives a measure of their effectiveness that ICT Security professionals can use. The study gives the banking sector ICT security professionals a perspective on how ICT risk management can help them improve their ability to curb insider fraud. The study adds to the pool of knowledge for to scholars and academicians.
ABRAZ-RJ: RETRATO DE UMA ORGANIZAÇÃO DE APOIO AOS FAMILIARES DE PESSOAS PORTADORAS DA DOENÇA DE ALZHEIMER
Authors: Guimarães Motta Moema , Jacinto de Freitas Rayene 
Published: October 2023

O presente estudo é o resultado de pesquisa quanti-qualitativa que investigou o perfil dos afiliados da Associação Brasileira de Alzheimer Regional do Rio de Janeiro (ABRAz-RJ) entre os anos de 2010 e 2019. OBJETIVOS: Identificar o perfil sócio-epidemiológico de seus associados e oferecer subsídios para a entidade propor ações adequadas às demandas dos seus associados. Metodologia: O gerenciamento e análise das informações coletadas foram realizados através do programa Excel 2019 e adotado um desenho de estudo transversal exploratório de caráter quantitativo, tendo como base a epidemiologia descritiva das distribuições das frequências simples relacionadas a variáveis populacionais relativas à idade, profissão e local de residência. Em seguida foi realizado contato individual dos associados que informaram seu e-mail ao realizar o cadastramento, através do envio de um questionário eletrônico para saber as motivações pela procura da ABRAz-RJ e as repercussões da Doença de Alzheimer (DA) na vida dos respondentes. O projeto foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética e Pesquisa (CEP/HUAP), CAAE Nº. 63666322800005243. Resultados: Analisadas 859 fichas cadastrais e contatados por correio eletrônico um total de 608 associados. Entretanto, do total de mensagens enviadas, apenas 07 responderam à pesquisa. A análise dos cadastros confirmou a residência dos associados no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, majoritariamente mulheres, com idade acima de 60 anos e sem formação na área da saúde. As respostas dos questionários confirmaram a sobrecarga de trabalho do cuidador e reconhecem a ABRAz-RJ como uma fonte confiável de informação e apoio aos familiares dos portadores de DA.
Forest Policy of Ethiopia from 1990 to 2020: An Assessment of Contemporary Forest Management Approach and Its Impact on Local Livelihood
Authors: Mengist Wondimagegn , Asfaw Asaye 
Published: October 2023

This paper reviews historical perspectives on deforestation, forest law and policy, and participatory forest management (PFM) in Ethiopia. The main aim of this review was to state historical trends in forestry policy and forestry laws since the 1990s as well as the impacts of PFM on forest status and local community livelihoods in Ethiopia. To achieve the objective, the paperwork reviewed theoretical concepts from many scientific studies, previous documents, published articles, institutional documents, and legislation, as well as findings on forest management approaches, trends in forest coverage, causes of forest degradation, and the PFM approach in Ethiopia. The framework of driving force, pressure, state, impact, and response (DPSIR) was used to evaluate the country’s forest resources. The forest policy before 1991 was a top-down management approach, which discouraged local people from having access to and benefiting from the forest resource and participating in forest conservation practices. During the transition period from the military to the federal government in 1991, most of the natural forest cover of the country was affected and degraded by the local communities until the transitional government passed state regulatory laws. The deforestation rate kept going up during the political transition period from 1987 to 1991 due to agricultural land expansion, settlement, and investment pressures. As an option, PFM was introduced in Ethiopia in the mid-1990s with the help of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). However, the new approach was not equally beneficial to the local people, like training, collecting non-timber forest products (wild coffee and spices), hanging traditional beehives in the forest, and providing firewood and round wood for home construction. The approach demands more finance, and it is run by NGOs. Therefore, the PFM’s success depends on the financial return that the local people secure from the natural forests.

Received: 15 March 2023 | Revised: 9 August 2023 | Accepted: 13 September 2023

Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to this work.

Data Availability Statement
Data available on request from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Author Contribution Statement
Wondimagegn Mengist: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Supervision, project administration. Asaye Asfaw: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Data curation, Writing - review & editing, Visualization.
Sistem Rekrutmen Karyawan NICESO Rancang Bangun Sistem Perekrutan Karyawan Dengan Framework Bootstrap (Studi Kasus PT Niceso Sukses Indonesia)
Authors: Handayani Dede , Azis Mohammad Aidul 
Published: October 2023

Abstrak — PT NICESO SUKSES INDONESIA merupakan perusahaan yang bergerak di bidang retail, membeli karyawan di PT NICESO SUKSES INDONESIA masih menggunakan cara manual seperti pengiriman Curiculum Vitae melalui Email atau Offline, disini penulis ingin membuat sebuah karya pada aplikasi Website yang akan digunakan untuk merekrut karyawan . Dengan tujuan memilih karyawan yang aman agar pekerjaan yang dilakukan akan dijalankan secara maksimal. Perancangan website ini sendiri menggunakan framework Bootstrap, dengan bahasa pemrograman PHP dan MySQL serta menggunakan metode Waterfall untuk menjalankan project ini.
Kata Kunci — Rekrutmen, Waterfall, Bootstrap, PHP, MySQL
Sistem Pakar Analisis Kerusakan Engine Alat Berat Menggunakan Metode Case Based Reasoning (CBR) Untuk Mengidentifikasi Jenis Kerusakan Engine Alat Berat
Authors: Setiawan Anjar Setiawan , Widyaningsih Tri Wahyu 
Published: October 2023

Abstract— Engine merupakan alat dengan memiliki kemampuan untuk merubah energi panas yang dimiliki oleh bahan bakar menjadi energi gerak. Dalam setiap pergeraknnya akan menghasilkan panas. Panas yang berlebih akan mengakibatkan keruskan pada komponen engine. Setiap pergerakan putaran dari engine mengakibatkan pergesekan antar komponen sehingga harus ada perawatan yang tepat untuk mengantisipasi keruskan . Untuk mengantisipasi dan memprbaiki kerusakan diperlukan langkah- langkah yang akurat sehingga mekanik dapat langsung memberikan solusi yang tepat. Kerusakan dapat dianalisa berdasarkan gejala yang timbul pada engine. Untuk mempermudah analisa kerusakan dapat dibuatkan sistem analisis kerusakan secara lengkap berbasis website. Sistem ini dapat menganalisis gejala yang timbul untuk merujuk kerusakan apa yang terjadi sehingga mekanik dapat melakukan pencegahan dan perbaikan berdasarkan tips atau panduan yang ada dalam website menggunakan metode Case Based Reasoning (CBR). Dari hasil penelitian yang dilakukan dan di uji coba secara langsung, data uji diperoleh tingkat persentasi keberhasilan similaritas identifikasi dari masing-masing kasus baru sebesar 80% pada kasus baru K000023 dan 80% pada kasus baru K000021 sehingga penggunaan metode ini sudah cukup baik untuk menyelesaikan permasalahan terhadap kerusakan yang terjadi pada engine alat berat.
Keywords — Sistem Pakar, Metode Case Based Reasoning (CBR), Engine alat berat
Climate change and cutaneous leishmaniasis in the province of Ghardaïa in Algeria: A model-based approach to predict disease outbreaks
Authors: Saadene Yasmine , Salhi Amina , Mliki Feriel , Bouslama Zihad 
Published: October 2023

BACKGROUND:
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a vector-borne disease prevalent in Algeria since 2000. The disease has significant impacts on affected communities, including morbidity and social stigma.

OBJECTIVE:
Investigate the association between environmental factors and the incidence of CL in the province of Ghardaïa and assess the predictive capacity of these factors for disease occurrence.

DESIGN:
Retrospective

SETTING:
The study area included both urban and rural communities.

METHODS:
We analyzed a dataset on CL in the province of Ghardaïa, Algeria, spanning from 2000 to 2020. The dataset included climatic variables such as temperature, average humidity, wind speed, rainfall, and the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). Using generalized additive models, we examined the relationships and interactions between these variables to predict the emergence of CL in the study area.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:
The identification of the most significant environmental factors associated with the incidence and the predicted incidence rates of CL in the province of Ghardaïa, Algeria.

SAMPLE SIZE AND CHARACTERISTICS:
252 monthly observations of both climatic and epidemiological variables.

RESULTS:
Relative humidity and wind speed were the primary climatic factors influencing the occurrence of CL epidemics in Ghardaïa, Algeria. Additionally, NDVI was a significant environmental factor associated with CL incidence. Surprisingly, temperature did not show a strong effect on CL occurrence, while rainfall was not statistically significant. The final fitted model predictions were highly correlated with real cases.

CONCLUSION:
This study provides a better understanding of the long-term trend in how environmental and climatic factors contribute to the emergence of CL. Our results can inform the development of effective early warning systems for preventing the transmission and emergence of vector-borne diseases.

LIMITATIONS:
Incorporating additional reservoir statistics such as rodent density and a human development index in the region could improve our understanding of disease transmission.
Evaluation of the systemic immune inflammation index and the systemic inflammatory response index as new markers for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children
Authors: Siki Fatma Özcan , Sarıkaya Mehmet , Gunduz Metin , Sekmenli Tamer , Korez Muslu Kazim , Ciftci Ilhan 
Published: October 2023

BACKGROUND:
Abdominal pain is a common and non-specific symptom in children. It is important to be able to distinguish the source of abdominal pain before surgery.

OBJECTIVES:
Assess importance of the systemic immune inflammation index (SII), systemic inflammation response index (SIRI), and other systemic inflammatory response blood cell indices in predicting the diagnosis and prognosis of acute appendicitis in children.

DESIGN:
Retrospective cohort

SETTING:
Single center in Turkey

PATIENTS AND METHODS:
The files of patients with abdominal pain aged 0–18 years who underwent surgery for appendicitis in our clinic between January 2011 and January 2022 were reviewed. According to the pathology results, patients were divided into two groups, those with pathologic findings of appendicitis (positive for appendicitis) and those without appendicitis. Systemic inflammation markers were statistically compared between the groups.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:
Systemic inflammation markers.

SAMPLE SIZE:
1265 patients

RESULTS:

Of the 1265 patients, 784 (62%) were male and 481 were female (38%). According to the pathologic examinations, 256 (20.2%) patients did not have appendicitis, and 1009 (79.8%) patients had acute appendicitis. The SIRI level was significantly higher in patients with acute appendicitis compared with patients without acute appendicitis (
P
<.001). Levels of SII were significantly higher in patients with acute appendicitis (
P
<.001).

CONCLUSION:
In children presenting with abdominal pain, high SIRI and SII values alone support the diagnosis of acute appendicitis at a rate of 95%. When physical examination findings, duration of pain, and imaging test results are added, the diagnosis becomes clear at a rate of 98%.

LIMITATIONS:
Single-center study and retrospective.
Retrieval of aerosol properties from zenith sky radiance measurements
Authors: Herrero-Anta Sara , Román Roberto , Mateos David , González Ramiro , Antuña-Sánchez Juan Carlos , Herreras-Giralda Marcos , Almansa Antonio Fernando , González-Fernández Daniel , Herrero del Barrio Celia , Toledano Carlos , Cachorro Victoria E. , de Frutos Ángel M. 
Published: October 2023

Abstract. This study explores the potential to retrieve aerosol properties with the GRASP algorithm (Generalized Retrieval of Atmosphere and Surface Properties) using as input measurements of zenith sky radiance (ZSR), which are sky radiance values measured in the zenith direction, recorded at four wavelengths by a ZEN-R52 radiometer. To this end, the ZSR measured at 440, 500, 675 and 870 nm by a ZEN-R52 (ZSRZEN), installed in Valladolid (Spain), is employed. This instrument is calibrated by intercomparing the signal of each channel with coincident ZSR values simulated (ZSRSIM) at the same wavelengths with a radiative transfer model (RTM). These simulations are carried out using the GRASP forward module as RTM and the aerosol information from a co-located CE318 photometer belonging to AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) as input. The dark signal and the signal dependence on temperature are characterized and included in the calibration process. The uncertainties for each channel are quantified by an intercomparison with a co-located CE318 photometer, obtaining lower values for shorter wavelengths; they are between 3 % for 440 nm and 21 % for 870 nm. The proposed inversion strategy for the aerosol retrieval using the ZSRZEN measurements as input, i.e. so-called GRASP-ZEN, assumes the aerosol as an external mixture of five pre-calculated aerosol types. A sensitivity analysis is conducted using synthetic ZSRZEN measurements, pointing out that these measurements are sensitive to aerosol load and type. It also assesses that the retrieved aerosol optical depth (AOD) values in general overestimate the reference ones by 0.03, 0.02, 0.02 and 0.01 for 440, 500, 675 and 870 nm, respectively. The calibrated ZSRZEN measurements, recorded during 2.5 years at Valladolid, are inverted by the GRASP-ZEN strategy to retrieve some aerosol properties like AOD. The retrieved AOD shows a high correlation with respect to independent values obtained from a co-located AERONET CE318 photometer, with determination coefficients (r2) of 0.86, 0.85, 0.79 and 0.72 for 440, 500, 675 and 870 nm, respectively, and finding uncertainties between 0.02 and 0.03 with respect to the AERONET values. Finally, the retrieval of other aerosol properties, like aerosol volume concentration for total, fine and coarse modes (VCT, VCF and VCC, respectively), is also explored. The comparison against independent values from AERONET presents r2 values of 0.57, 0.56 and 0.66 and uncertainties of 0.009, 0.016 and 0.02 µm3 µm−2 for VCT, VCF and VCC, respectively.
STUDI EKSPERIMENTAL NATURAL REFIGERANT DENGAN VARIASI DIAMETER TiT-HEAT EXCHANGER TERHADAP REFRIGERATOR PERFORMANCE
Authors: Ariyano  , Apri Wiyono  , Rifqi Rahmadiansyah  , Rany Anggrainy  , Dibyo Setiawan  , Zeqy Zulhaqy  
Published: October 2023

ABSTRACT
Almost all households in Indonesia use a refrigerator as a place to store food that is more durable. But behind these needs, refrigerators are identified as one of the household appliances that use high electrical energy. Therefore, this study aims to examine the use of Tube in Tube Heat Exchanger (TiTHX) with refrigerant R290 in the refrigerator system to reduce household electricity consumption. This research was conducted experimentally by varying the 3 diameter ratios on TiTHX. The results showed that the use of TiTHX with the most optimum value was obtained at the variation diameter ¼ : ½ increasing refrigerator performance by 3.7%. and also reduce the consumption of electricity costs up to Rp. 17,544.44 per month. This is because the difference between the evaporation pressure and condensation pressure is smaller in systems using TiTHX which then results in lower compression work.