bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Usability of mobile banking application toward Thai banking customer loyalty
Authors:   , Chaimongkol Nalatporn 
Published: June 2023

Mobile banking has become increase in its popularity and become more important for Thai people. Traditional banking seems to be fading out and Mobile banking application is widely used. This study consider how service usability, relationship quality, and banking image could impact banking customer loyalty. The online survey from 304 respondents was collected to investigate and explain the relationship of each factors toward Thai banking customer loyalty. The result from multiple regression analysis indicates that service usability, relationship quality, and banking image have significant effect on building customer loyalty. While other control variables such as gender, education, age, occupation, frequency, duration, and income have no significant effect on customer loyalty. Therefore, banks need to focus on usability of mobile banking application. It could assist bank to keep potential online customers and turn to be loyal customers. Moreover, relationship quality (satisfaction, trust, commitment) plays important role in mobile banking because it could create long term relationship between bank and customer even though the interaction is an online service. Once customers are satisfied with mobile banking services, customer would have intention to continue using. Bank image is another important factor that affect customer loyalty. This is because bank image performs the success of the bank which affect customer’s evaluation before deciding to use.
DETERMINANT FACTORS OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN YAM PRODUCTION IN MORO LGA, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: Ismail, U. O.  , Mahmud, H. U.  
Published: June 2023

This paper investigates the determinants factors of technical efficiency using the stochastic frontier production function which incorporates the inefficiency model. A sample of 150 yam farmers were randomly selected from 17 wards of Moro LGA in Kwara State, Nigeria. Data was collected from the respondents with the aid of a structured interview schedule. The empirical result showed that land size, fertilizer, seedling, and use of herbicides were the main factors determining technical efficiency while age, experience, household size and contact with extension agent were the main determinants of the technical inefficiency of yam farmers. The mean technical efficiency was 0.636 which means that 36.4% of the technical output was not achieved. The result also indicates that land size, fertilizer, seedling, and herbicides are significant in yam production. And a significant relationship between age, household size, extension contact and years of experience and the output of the yam producers as it influences their technical efficiencies. The study concludes that land size, fertilizer, seedling, and use of herbicides were the main factors determining technical efficiency while age, experience, household size and contact with extension agent were the main the main determinants of inefficiency and thus recommends youths be encouraged to form cooperative organization and into yam production with attractive incentives like easy access to farm inputs, cooperate financing, easy exposure to markets.
THE ROLES OF GLOBAL SOIL PARTNERSHIPS IN SOIL EVANGELIZATION IN POST COVID-19 ERA
Authors: Chukwu, G. O.  , Anozie, C. C.  , Omeke, J. O.  , Ekeledo, P. I.  
Published: June 2023

Soil evangelization (SE) is a holistic trans-disciplinary approach to raise awareness about soil security and to address soil and land related challenges to sustainable development. It is a major function of the Global Soil Partnerships (GSP) as a voluntary body formed in 2011 by the FAO in collaboration with European Commission. The GSP facilitates SE through multidimensional activities such as organization of the World Soil Days, celebration of the International Year of Soils 2015, and enacting the world soil charter, to facilitate and support sustainable soil resource management in collaboration with relevant agencies. Their specific and future activities include connecting people with soils and raising awareness on their critical importance in our lives, development of soil educational materials and teaching methods, in view of COVID-19 pandemic, for various grades of students. Others include strengthening initiatives in connection with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) process and post-2015 and post COVID-19 agenda.
IMPACTS OF INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON INCOME AND LIVELIHOODS OF RICE PRODUCERS IN LERE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: Mohammed, U.  , Waziri, A.  , Baba, K. C.  , Ahmad, B. S.  
Published: June 2023

The research was aimed at impacts of integrated agricultural development project on income and livelihoods of rice producers in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. This study was carried out in five communities of Lere LGA of Kaduna State, Nigeria which were; Abadawa, Garu Mariri, Kayarda, Kudaru and Dan Alhaji as participation communities in Integrated Agricultural Development Project. Multi-stage random sampling was used to choose 212 respondents. Face-to-face interviews with rice producers generated primary data, which was obtained using structured questionnaire. The socio-economic profile of the sampled respondents was determined using descriptive methods. The data obtained from objective i and iii was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as (frequency distribution, percentage mean) objective ii was achieved using Ordered Probit Model. The objective iv was achieved using the Kendall’s coefficient of concordance (W). The outcome of the research appeared that most of the respondents were of active working group and the average age of the sample respondents was approximately 46 years while the average family size was 10. The findings of the study showed that 88.6% were married and educational mean was 9years and almost 73.7% of sample respondents has access to credit. The results showed that the mean annual income of the respondents was N12,2875, indicating that majority of the rice producers in the study area had large annual income. The coefficient of training (110430.2) was positively significant at 1% level of probability, implying that access to training is expected to increase rice producers’ income in the study area. The result also indicates that increase income and increase in quality and quantity of rice production were both ranked as 1st implying that introduction of IAD project has resulted into significant in income and increase in quality and quantity of rice in the study area. The results inadequate fund ( = 4.90) ranked 1st as the most serious constraint faced by rice producers. It was recommended that credit facilities should be provided for the rice producers in the study area to enable then expand their farming activities.
ADOPTION AND CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH ORGANIC FARMING IN BOGORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: Tikon, F. U.  , David, A. H.  , Gadu, H. O.  , Apeh, C. C.  
Published: June 2023

The study investigated the adoption and challenges associated with organic farming in Bogoro local government, Bauchi State, Nigeria. A snowball sampling technique was employed to contact 90 respondents. Data was gathered using a well-constructed questionnaire and was examined using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Logistic regression analysis was employed to examine the components that affected organic farming adoption. The outcomes revealed that the majority (98.9%) of the respondents were aware of organic farming due to visits by extension agents. Socio-economic factors such as education (0.065), gender (0.548), visits by extension agents (0.313), household size (0.094), source of information (0.453), access to credit (1.552) and farmers’ cooperative membership (0.902) positively influenced their organic farming adoption. Conversely, age of the farmers (-0.532) and farm size (-0.083) negatively influenced farmers adoption of organic farming. Constraints/challenges faced by farmers include; the high cost of organic farming, unavailability of organic inputs, low technical know-how, consumers yet to appreciate the difference between the production of the two farming systems, poor market outlet, poor storage facilities and inadequate information. It was recommended that to take advantage of the components, policies that guide farmers’ decisions on the adoption of organic farming should be framed and if well implemented could boost agricultural production and help in environmental sustainability.
ANALYSIS OF TYPES OF CROPS CULTIVATED WITH TOMATO AND CROPPING INTENSITY OF IRRIGATED UPLAND TOMATO (Lycopersicon esculentum) FARMERS IN GOMBE STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: Makka, T. B.  , Murtala, N.  , Sani, M. H.  , Haruna, U.  
Published: June 2023

The study was carried out on analysis of types of crops cultivated with tomato and cropping intensity of irrigated upland tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) farmers in Gombe State, Nigeria. Multi-stage random sampling procedure was used to select 461 farmers as sample size for this study. The results that most (36.4%) of the respondents cultivate lettuce with tomato. Many (32.9%) of the respondents for tomato production acquired their seeds from open markets representing. The results also showed that 45.4% of the respondents used NPK as their fertilizer and that many (37.8%.) farmers acquired their fertilizer from open markets. In Dukku LGA of Gombe State, many of the farmers use seedlings representing 64.3% while those use seeds 35.7%. More than half of the respondents in Nafada LGA use seedlings for dry season tomato farming and others use seeds representing 45.5%. Many of the respondents in Funakaye LGA used seeds representing 52.0% and some seedlings 48.2%. The planting materials in Yamaltu LGA are seedlings and seeds representing 52.5% and 47.5%, respectively. The result obtainable in Kaltungo LGA showed that most of the respondents use seeds for tomato farming representing 63.2% and others use seedlings representing 38.6%. So, by implication the respondents in Dukku, Nafada, and Yamaltu Deba preferred using seedlings while those from Funakaye and Kaltungo use more of seeds for dry season tomato production. in terms of cropping intensity, the results showed that the many (41.4%) farmers had one-off engagement in the dry season tomato. The varieties of tomato grown in Dukku LGA of Gombe State are Cherry (Omo-Oko), Capari (Gbeske), Grape (Alahusa), Plum (Kerewa) Better boy (UTC), Beef steak (Tyres) representing 15.7%, 15.7%, 17.1%, 22.9% 12.9%, and 15.7% respectively. The study concluded that in Gombe State, have different sources of capital for the production of dry season tomato in a sustainable manner for farm efficiency. In the study area many of the farmers used the irrigation tools because it is easier to use. It was recommended that farmers should formed strong cooperative associations, to be united in one voice to have a bargaining power over labour cost and can also make request to government on their needs.
Rancang Bangun Smarthome Sebagai Kendali Lampu Penerangan Rumah Tangga Menggunakan Google Assistant Berbasis Mikrokontroller
Authors: Pratama Aditya 
Published: June 2023

Di dalam rumah, diperlukan suatu kenyamanan serta kemudahan menyalakan atau mematikan lampu di rumah, terutama bagi penyandang cacat fisik atau orang tua yang sulit untuk berdiri atau mencapai saklar lampu. Selain itu juga kurangnya pemanfaatan smartphone dalam mengontrol peralatan elektronik. Alat dasar yang digunakan dalam pembuatan pengendali rumah berbasis mikrokontroller menggunakan smartphone android dengan voice recognition Google Assistant. Fitur voice recognition pada Smartphone Android sebagai pengganti saklar dengan menggunakan mikrokontroller NodeMCU yang sudah dilengkapi dengan modul WiFi dan firmware nya yang bersifat open source. Fitur voice recognition pada android diubah menjadi perintah suara sebagai masukan pada NodeMCU sehingga dapat mengoperasikan lampu pada rumah . Pada dasarnya penggunaan prinsip dari alat ini, pengguna harus dapat mengoperasikan smartphone berdasarkan sistem operasi Android. Hasil penelitian ini adalah peralatan yang sudah teruji dan dapat digunakan sebagai pengontrol untuk menyalakan lampu dengan smartphone android dengan voice recognition Google Assistant.
PELATIHAN KEPEMANDUAN WISATA CAGAR BUDAYA MAHASISWA PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN SEJARAH UNIVERSITAS PGRI MAHADEWA INDONESIA PADA SITUS CANDI TEBING TEGALINGGAH, GIANYAR BALI
Authors: I Nyoman Bayu Pramartha  , Ni Putu Yuniarika Parwati  , Dewa Made Alit  , Putu Tejawati  
Published: June 2023

Kepemanduan wisata cagar budaya adalah salah satu program kegiatan pembelajaran sejarah yang memanfaatkan objek cagar budaya sebagai dasar implementasi kegiatannya. Metode pelaksanaan pengabdian pada masyarakat ini mengunakan metode ceramah, metode karya wisata, metode bimbingan, dan metode pelatihan. Materi-materi pelatihan dan pedampingan wisata cagar budaya ini berupa: Materi yang diberikan adalah dasar-dasar kepemanduan, cara menjadi pemandu wisata cagar budaya, dan objek wisata cagarbudaya yang bidsa dijadikan sebagai tempat pelatihan kepemanduan wisata cagar budaya. Dapat dijelaskan hasil observasi selama kegiatan berlangsung, bisa ditarik kesimpulan materi yang diberikan kepada peserta pelatihan dapat diterima dengan sangat baik serta respon dari peserta pelatihan sangat positif. Hasil kegiatan pengabdian ini antara lain 1) memahami dasar-dasar dan teknik menjadi pemandu wisata cagar budaya, 2) mengetahui dan memahami tugas dan etika pemandu wisata cagar budaya, 3) berlatih menjadi pemandu wisata cagar budaya dari tahap pembukaan cara memandu, kegiatan inti di objek wisata cagar budaya, dan penutup dalam kegiatan pemandu wisata cagar budaya, 4) mampu menjadi peemandu wisata cagar budaya dan memberikan citra diri sebagai pemandu wisata cagar budaya yang profesional.
PELATIHAN DAN PENDAMPINGAN PEMASARAN ONLINE TANAMAN HIAS MENUJU SMART VILLAGE BERLANDASKAN TRI HITA KARANA DI DESA PETIGA, MARGA, TABANAN
Authors: N. Putri Sumaryani  , Ni Wayan Sunita  , Ni Nyoman Parmithi  , Putu Gede Subhaktiyasa  
Published: June 2023

Desa Petiga merupakan desa yang dikenal sebagai pengahasil tanaman hias, Desa yang memiliki luas daerah 2,82 km2 dengan jumlah penduduk 1,769 jiwa yang memiliki keunikan hampir 90% masyarakatnya berkerja sebagai petani tanaman hias, namun dalam kegiatan pemasaran masih kalah dibandingkan dengan wilayah lain yang tidak banyak menghasilkan tanaman hias. Guna meningkatkan perekonomian masyarakat di Desa petiga dilakukan Pelatihan dan Pendampingan Pemasaran Online melalui dua tahap yaitu pembuatan media social dan pemanfaatan media social untuk kegiatan pemasaran. Pemanfaatan media sosial dan aplikasi shopee yang benar- benar optimal diharapkan dapat meningkatkan perekonomian masyarakat Desa Petiga, sehingga Desa Petiga dapat berdikari secara ekonomi, dan berkepribadian dalam kebudayaan dengan tetap mengusung konsep kearifan lokal Tri Hita Karana yang berarti tiga penyebab kebahagiaan yang terdiri dari hubungan baik dengan Tuhan Yang Maha Esa (Parahyangan), hubungan baik dengan sesama manusia (Pawongan), dan hubungan baik dengan alam (palemahan) akan menjadikan landasan kuat untuk mengembangkan Desa Agropolitan Desa Petiga menjadi desa wisata dengan konsep “Smart Village”
KEMAMPUAN KEUANGAN DAERAH SEBAGAI ACUAN DALAM MEMBERIKAN TUNJANGAN BAGI ANGGOTA DPRD KABUPATEN SUBANG TAHUN 2022
Authors: Haryono Rakhmat , De Keizer Hendriady 
Published: June 2023

Kemampuan keuangan daerah digunakan sebagai acuan dasar dalam perhitungan besaran tunjangan bagi Pimpinan dan Anggota DPRD khususnya di Kabupaten Subang. Penentuan besaran kemampuan keuangan daerah dipengaruhi oleh besaran pendapatan umum daerah dan belanja pegawai aparatur sipil negara. Selain memperoleh tunjangan kesejahteraan, pimpinan dan anggota DPRD Kabupaten Subang berdasarkan PP No. 18 tahun 2017 juga memperoleh tunjangan perumahan dan transportasi yang tidak melebihi tunjangan pimpinan dan anggota DPRD Provinsi Jawa Barat.
Hasil penelitian ini digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi gambaran umum, permasalahan-permasalahan dalam implementasi eksisting kebijakan, dan diketahuinya besaran tunjangan perumahan dan transportasi bagi Pimpinan dan Anggota DPRD Kabupaten Subang.
ANALISIS PERKEMBANGAN NPM, ROA DAN ROE PADA BANK SYARIAH INDONESIA SEBELUM DAN SESUDAH MERGER
Authors: Fitriyani Elsha , Oktavia Lestari , Magdalena Sara , Gunardi Gunardi , Kesumah Priatna 
Published: June 2023

Ditengah kondisi perekonomian yang tidak stabil pada berbagai negara di seluruh dunia mengharuskan setiap negara untuk berinovasi dan berimprovisasi dalam mempertahankan segala aspek agar tetap bertahan. Atas permasalahan tersebut, salah satu bentuk inovasi yang dilakukan oleh pemerintah Indonesia khususnya di perdagangan saham adalah dengan melakukan merger pada bank BUMN Syariah. Proses merger ketiga bank syariah (BRI Syariah, BNI Syariah, dan Mandiri Syariah) menjadi Bank Syariah Indonesa (BSI) dengan kode BRIS di Bursa Efek Indonesia dilakukan untuk memperluas pangsa pasar BSI. Oleh karena itu, tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis mengenai perkembangan profitabilitas BSM, BBRI, dan BNIS sebelum dan sesudah merger menjadi BSI. Untuk mendukung penelitian, penulis menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif dengan data yang diperoleh melalui data sekunder dari laporan keuangan tahunan di Bursa Efek Indonesia. Hasil yang diperoleh menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perkembangan profitabilitas di setiap periode pada Bank Negara Indonesia Syariah (BNIS) dan Bank Rakyat Indonesia Syariah (BRIS), sedangkan pada Bank Syariah Mandiri (BSM) analisis nilai ROA dan ROE mengalami penurunan dari sebelum dan setelah melakukan merger menjadi Bank Syariah Indonesia (BSI).
Pokkali Rice Cultivation: A Review on the Indigenous Rice Cultivation Method in Kerala
Authors: Jose Asha Elizabeth , Charitha Nalla , Karde Rohit , Bayskar Akshay , Reddy Yanala Akhil 
Published: June 2023

Kerala state's rice consumption is predicted to be between 3.5 and 4 million tons per year, but production is just a sixth of this. In order to boost the state's rice production, attention must be paid to traditional rice growing techniques. Thus, there is a need to understand the Pokkali rice cultivation method used in Kerala. The Pokkali style of rice farming in Kerala's acidic, saline soil is a distinctive way of rice cultivation. A native historic salt-tolerant type of rice called Pokkali, with a 120-day growing season, can withstand flooding by growing up to a height of 1.5 meters. Chettivirippu, Vyttila 1, Vyttila 2, Vyttila 3, Vyttila 4 and Vyttila 5 are the other rice varieties cultivated using the Pokkali rice cultivation method. With this technique, a single rice crop is harvested on mounds during the low salinity part of the production cycle (June to mid-October), with prawn aquaculture taking place during the high salinity phase (November to April). Pokkali cultivation only produce 2000 kg of rice per hectare, making it slightly unprofitable. The rice plant residue after harvesting is left to rot in the water which subsequently acts as prawn feed. Prawn farming takes place from November to April. Sluice gates help in prawn culture filtering by maximizing the amount of saline water that enters the field and preventing the prawns from escaping. The two main cultivated prawns species are Penaeus monodon (Tiger prawn) and Penaeus indicus (White prawn). Prawns are typically collected in mid-April, especially two to three days before new full moon days, as tidal activity affects their movement. Prawn excreta serve as a natural fertilizer for rice cultivation; prawns feeding on rice cultivation stubbles help to minimize the occurrence of illness in rice to a minimum. It is an organic rice production approach with less cost than commercial rice farming because chemical fertilizers and pesticides are not used.
Extending the US Food and Drug Administration’s Postmarket Authorities
Authors: Fernandez Lynch Holly , Sachs Rachel E. , Lee Sejin , Herder Matthew , Ross Joseph S. , Ramachandran Reshma 
Published: June 2023

ImportanceThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expansive regulatory flexibility regarding the quality and quantity of evidence it deems sufficient to approve new drugs, which has been increasingly used to grant approval based on less certain evidence of benefit. However, the FDA’s regulatory flexibility with respect to standards for approval has not been matched by sufficient stringency in its exercise of postmarket safeguards, including the FDA’s authority and willingness to require confirmation of benefit through postmarket efficacy studies or to withdraw approval when benefit is not confirmed.ObjectiveTo identify and evaluate opportunities for the FDA to extend its authority to require postmarket efficacy studies and use expedited withdrawal procedures for drugs approved despite substantial residual uncertainty outside the accelerated approval pathway.EvidenceThe FDA’s current approaches to regulatory flexibility with respect to standards for drug approval; examples of shortcomings in the postmarket period; existing statutes and regulations governing the scope of the FDA’s authority to impose and enforce postmarket study requirements; and recent legislative reform and agency action regarding the accelerated approval pathway.FindingsDrawing on the broad language of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the FDA could independently extend its core accelerated approval authorities—required postmarket efficacy studies and expedited withdrawal procedures—to any drug approved with substantial residual uncertainty regarding benefit, such as those supported by a single pivotal trial. To avoid exacerbating existing problems that have become evident during the past 3 decades of experience using the accelerated approval pathway, however, the FDA must ensure that postmarket studies are well designed and completed quickly, while compelling expedited withdrawal when needed.Conclusions and RelevanceUnder current FDA approaches to drug approval, patients, clinicians, and payers may be left with little confidence about a drug’s benefit not only when it first enters the market but also for an extended period thereafter. If policy makers continue to favor earlier market access over evidentiary certainty, flexible approvals must be matched by more expansive use of postmarket safeguards, an approach possible within the FDA’s existing legal authorities.