bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Optimizing PoS agent banking for inclusive rural economies:
Authors: IWARA Ishmael Obaeko 
Published: January 2025

Purpose: This paper explores the impact of Point-of-Sale (PoS) agent banking on streamlining digital and cash transactions, emphasizing its potential to alleviate financial exclusion in rural South African communities while addressing inherent challenges.
Method: An exploratory qualitative case study research methodology was employed, utilizing a participatory community-led action research approach. With proponents from the Routine Activity Theory, this study provides a comprehensive understanding of potential criminalities resonating with the model’s implementation.
Findings: In South Africa, PoS banking holds significant potential to stimulate entrepreneurship and improve livelihoods in underserved rural areas. However, the success of PoS banking is hindered by cybersecurity risks, fraud, agent credibility issues, and physical security threats like robbery. Possible interventions include strengthening agent registration, raising public awareness, enhancing digital security protocols, and bolstering regulatory and law enforcement frameworks.
Significance: The research highlights the importance of PoS banking in overcoming financial exclusion and fostering community development in Africa. It emphasizes the necessity for a multi-faceted approach to mitigate associated risks, combining better regulatory oversight, law enforcement, public education, and technological security. These measures are essential to ensure the safe and sustainable growth of PoS banking in promoting economic inclusion and resilience in vulnerable communities. Further inquiry that provides intervention measures to other forms of implementation storms is critically imperative in fostering its integration propinquity.
effet de la politique de distribution des dividendes sur la volatilité des prix
Authors: ZIADI ELLOUZ Nidhal 
Published: January 2025

Objectif : Cette recherche analyse l’impact de la politique de distribution des dividendes sur la volatilité des prix des entreprises tunisiennes, ainsi que l’effet modérateur de la structure de propriété sur cette relation.
Méthodologie : Pour mieux appréhender ces relations, nous avons procédé à une analyse multivariée en données de panel et ce à partir d’un échantillon de 44 entreprises tunisiennes cotées à la BVMT pour la période allant de 2008 à 2014. Conformément à nos deux hypothèses.
Résultats : Nous avons trouvé que la politique de distribution des dividendes est liée significativement et négativement à la volatilité du prix. D’autre part, la structure de propriété a un effet modérateur sur la relation entre la politique de distribution des dividendes et la volatilité du prix.
Originalité : Réside dans le choix de la validation empirique dans le contexte tunisien qui est en turbulence perpétuel et aussi l’intégration de l’effet modérateur de la structure de propriété sur la relation entre la politique de distribution des dividendes et la volatilité des prix qui n’a pas été abordé dans les recherches précédentes.
Examining Students' Learning, intention, and Attitudes towards accounting career
Authors: AL SALMI Aisha Nasser Sulaiman , AL QUWAITII Yaqeen Ali Saif , THOTTOLI Mohammed Muneerali 
Published: January 2025

Purpose: The decision to pursue a profession in accounting and one's future performance in that sector can be significantly influenced by the objectives and attitudes of students. Students can increase their chances of success by focusing on their education and training when they have a clear goal for their accounting career, such as a preferred profession or industry. Employers might be won over by a candidate with a strong work ethic, a feeling of responsibility, and timeliness. This should help the students improve their perception of the accounting profession even further. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine students' learning, intentions, and attitudes toward accounting career.
Method: This study tested its research model using an online survey and a quantitative methodology. 141 university students in Oman provided the survey sample data. Employing the Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) version 4.0 software, data analysis and hypothesis testing were conducted.
Results: The result showed that the learning environment has a significant relationship with choosing an accounting career. Current knowledge seeking intention also have a substantial relationship with choosing an accounting career. However, the attitude of students does not affect choosing an accounting career.
Originality / relevance: This study adds to the corpus of research by analyzing students' intentions and attitudes for a career in accounting. Accounting educators may use these findings to modify the current curriculum to better meet students' culturally compatible perspective on the accounting field.
Gender Dynamics and Non-Farm Income Diversification: A Quantitative Study in Rural Pakistan
Authors: Sahil Fatima  , Nazia Bano  , Mohsan Iqbal  , Dr. Hafiz Abdul Rehman Saleem  
Published: January 2025

Talents other than farm for income distribution are a vital strategy for socio-economic resilience in rural households, particularly in developing countries like Pakistan. The paper inspects gendered participation in non-farm projects and their impact on domestic welfare. The primary data has 290 rural households with 54.79% dependents, this is quantitative research which implements statistical analysis, visual highlights and linear regression model to assess determinants and income disparities. The paper is based on query How gender disparities in income contributions and access to resources effect households in Pakistan? Pakistan is enriched with patriarchal society, where men have been destined to opportunities for economic development since ages. On the other hand, women are largely confined to domestic roles. Despite this, women in small and medium-sized enterprises are found of having strong decision-making abilities and righteous contributions to household income. Rural women face lots of challenges, some include access constraints to education, finances, and entrepreneurial training. Empowering women and enhancing their participation in non-farm activities is essential to creating a balanced economy where both men and women contribute effectively to national development. Since 2006, Pakistan has increased gender parity by 0.5%. However, Southern Asia collectively got 63.4% of it.
Teachers’ Classroom Management Styles and Practices: A Case Study of Government Girls’ Secondary Schools of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Authors: Ismat Ara  , Dr. Syed Munir Ahmad  
Published: January 2025

Classroom management is one of the primary areas of concern expressed by teachers, wherein teachers’ personal belief influences their choice of classroom management approaches. Using a quantitative research design, the study used survey questionnaire to gather data from teachers focusing upon exploring relationships between teachers' classroom management styles and practices in government girls’ secondary schools of Peshawar. The study was conducted with the following objectives to explore classroom management styles and practices of female secondary school teachers, investigate how teachers' attitudes and personal experiences influence their classroom management styles and practices. The doctoral research from which this paper is drawn focused upon secondary school teachers and students in grades 9th and 10th. Using stratified sampling strategy, the data were gathered from 105 teachers from fifteen (15) girls' secondary schools in Peshawar. The study revealed that the classroom management styles and practices of the majority of the participating teachers aligned with the modern instructional approach. Nevertheless, the teachers' scores on the inventory indicated a greater implementation of student-centered classroom management styles and practices compared to teacher-centered practices. However, in an environment that prioritizes student-centered learning, learners should autonomously make decisions to become self-regulated learners. The cause of this phenomenon may be attributed to the overcrowded classrooms, with 77% of the participants reporting having more than 30 students in their classrooms. Educators in the modern day need to be extra careful to meet the demands of students all over the world in the twenty-first century. It is the responsibility of educators to prepare students for real-world challenges and inspire them to pursue further practical education. The study recommended that Teachers may undergo training to develop self-assurance and the capacity to maintain discipline, organize workshops in KP to build curriculum based on classroom management approaches, focusing on both theoretical and practical aspects, as per the respondents' comments.
Teacher as a Trendsetter in Character Development of the Students: A Quantitative Study at Secondary School Level in District Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Authors: Muhammad Saud  , Dr. Rahim Khan  , Syed Rambel Shah  
Published: January 2025

Teachers perform an indispensable role in shaping the moral and ethical growth of students in an educational environment. The main aim of the study was to understand the role of teachers in character-building, identify effective practices, examine the challenges they face, assess the need for professional development, and analyze teachers' views on assessment and grading related to the character-building of the students at secondary school level of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The research design of the current study was purely quantitative. The sample size of the study was comprised of 234 boys’ secondary school teachers (SSTs) who were selected based on Krejcie and Morgan (1970) sampling table from district Charsadda of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Data was collected through a simple random sampling technique using a Likert scale questionnaire of five students character-building attributes, each with six items rated from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree. The data was analyzed by using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) software version 24 and all the results showed a strong need for teachers' training programs and continuing professional development to improve their ability to effectively promote character-building traits of the students. The study highlighted the importance of teachers’ practices as role models, mentors, and guides in promoting students' moral and ethical development. Practical recommendations were also given to teachers, principals, policymakers, and other stakeholders to support the overall development of students through character-building education.
Incontinencia Urinaria en el adulto mayor: Una revisión actualizada de las estrategias terapéuticas
Authors: Delgado Quiñonez Anderson Stefano , Moreira Navarrete Emily Michelle , Muñoz Valdivieso Gabriela Pierina , Peña Meza Dayana Mercedes , Ponce Alecastro Jhon Alexander 
Published: January 2025

La incontinencia urinaria en el adulto mayor es una condición prevalente que afecta la calidad de vida y se asocia con síndromes geriátricos como Depresión, Deterioro cognitivo y Aislamiento social. El entrenamiento del suelo pélvico sigue siendo el tratamiento de primera línea, mostrando efectividad en distintos tipos de incontinencia urinaria.
Los fármacos anticolinérgicos y agonistas beta-3 adrenérgicos son opciones terapéuticas, aunque sus efectos adversos y la baja adherencia limitan su uso. Las innovaciones terapéuticas incluyen agentes de abultamiento, electroacupuntura y estimulación eléctrica transcutánea, que han demostrado eficacia y seguridad en estudios recientes, representando alternativas menos invasivas para quienes no pueden optar por tratamientos convencionales.
Este trabajo revisó 50 artículos en bases de datos como: Pubmed, Springer, y Proquest, usando como promotor de búsqueda Google Scholar. Tras leer los artículos accesibles y aplicando los criterios de inclusión y exclusión de la presente investigación, por lo cual se seleccionaron 13 artículos, destacando la necesidad de enfoques interdisciplinarios y personalizados que optimicen los resultados clínicos. La incontinencia urinaria en el adulto mayor requiere un abordaje integral que combine avances terapéuticos y estrategias adaptadas para maximizar la eficacia y mejorar la calidad de vida en esta población.
Pembuatan Eco Enzyme sebagai Upaya Pengolahan Sampah Organik Menjadi Detergent yang Berguna Bagi Masyarakat
Authors: Ertawan Juliadi  , Umi Salamah  , Moestin Moestin  , Rimbun Natalael  
Published: January 2025

Eco enzyme is a fermentation liquid from organic waste, namely fruit or vegetable peels, which are stamped with brown sugar or molasses and water. The ratio between brown sugar or molasses, organic matter (BO), and water is 1:3:10. There are many benefits of eco enzymes, from the results of research and testimonials of eco enzyme users in the field. The benefits of eco enzymes include soil fertilization, water purification, for disinfectants, hand soap, and detergents, to nourish hair, floor cleaners, healers for injuries, and so on. The implementation of this community service activity was carried out 2 times, namely: 1) Tuesday, July 19, 2022, with socialization material and the practice of making eco enzymes. 2) Thursday, November 10, 2022, with socialization material and practice of making Eco Enzyme Detergent. The results of the development of one of the benefits of eco enzymes are Eco Enzyme Detergents, which are followed up with research related to the quality test results of EE Detergent washing results, SEE Detergents, and Chemical Detergents. Development of community service activities related to eco enzymes to advanced eco enzyme products will continue to be developed and researched, to provide optimal benefits to the community.
Producción y comercialización de cacao y su aporte al empleo en la parroquia San Placido Del Cantón Portoviejo.
Authors: Ponce Vélez Wagner Fabricio , Barros Naranjo Jhon Roland 
Published: January 2025

La comercialización constituye un eslabón importante dentro de la cadena productiva, lo que tiene implícito la generación de empleo en sus diferentes formas, la siguiente investigación tiene como objetivo determinar la producción y comercialización de cacao y su aporte al empleo en la Parroquia San Plácido, en el período 2017 – 2020. La metodología aplicada fue de tipo cualitativo inductivo, considerando los instrumentos de la encuesta y entrevista para recopilar la información que dio origen a los resultados. La encuesta consideró a 64 agricultores, entre ellos 45 socios de la corporación fino de aroma ubicada en la misma parroquia, se realize la entrevista al representante legal de la misma. Del análisis de los resultados se orientan las conclusiones que permiten inferir que la corporación genera principalmente fuentes de empleo indirecto, propiciado por los socios que integran la corporación
Pemberantasan Femisida di Meksiko: Kebijakan Kriminal yang Tertunda dan Dampak Sosialnya
Authors: Zul Khaidir Kadir  
Published: January 2025

Femisida merupakan kejahatan yang menyerang perempuan sebagai korbannya. Di Meksiko, jumlah perempuan yang dibunuh karena gender mereka meningkat secara konsisten selama dekade terakhir. Sayangnya, banyak kasus tidak dilaporkan, salah diklasifikasikan, atau tidak diinvestigasi yang menciptakan hambatan besar dalam memberikan keadilan bagi korban. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan konseptual. Metode pengumpulan data dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan studi kepustakaan, lalu dianalisis menggunakan metode kualitatif dan disajikan secara deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa femisida di Meksiko merupakan cerminan dari kegagalan sistemik yang berakar pada ketimpangan gender, lemahnya institusi penegak hukum, dan budaya impunitas yang mengakar dalam masyarakat. Meskipun upaya legislasi telah dilakukan dengan mengakui femisida sebagai kejahatan pidana khusus, implementasinya masih jauh dari memadai. Reformasi kebijakan di Meksiko harus berfokus pada harmonisasi hukum di seluruh wilayah, peningkatan kapasitas institusional, penguatan mekanisme pengawasan independen untuk menjamin transparansi dan akuntabilitas. Selain itu langkah preventif diperlukan agar dapat menciptakan sistem peradilan pidana yang lebih adil serta masyarakat yang setara dan bebas dari kekerasan berbasis gender.
Problematising the Hyper-Inflationary Context and Teachers in Zimbabwean Schools: A Scoping Review
Authors: Mufanechiya Albert , Makgalwa Matseliso Mokhele 
Published: January 2025

Teachers are critical pillars of any education system. If teachers work in unstable economic environments, their responsibility and accountability to ensure that learners learn are compromised and reduced. This paper aimed at synthesising existing literature on how much has been studied on teachers’ coping strategies in the hyper-inflationary context in Zimbabwe. The documents used in the study were purposefully sampled from Google Scholar and Freefullpdf as other data bases were unable to provide results on the Zimbabwean context. The review found that teachers suffered substantial financial and material losses, experienced stress and have not put in their best in the education of learners. The study concluded that the hyper-inflationary dynamics remains the stumbling block to optimising teaching and learning with severe output implications for both teachers and learners. We recommend that an empirical study be conducted on the lived experiences of learners on the effects of hyper-inflation in Zimbabwean schools.
Historiographie et Décolonisation de l'Histoire du Congo
Authors: KABUIKA KANKUENDA Jonathan 
Published: January 2025

Résumé

La question de l'historiographie du Congo se focalise sur la nécessité de la décolonisation de l'histoire du Congo. L'influence des narrations coloniales à longtemps dominé et déformé la perception de l'histoire congolaise. Les récits, souvent produits par des historiens européens, ont systématiquement marginalisé ou effacé les perspectives locales, réduisant les réalités complexes de la société congolaise à une simple opposition entre colonisateurs et colonisés. En occultant les dynamiques précoloniales, les résistances locales et les contributions des peuples congolais, ces narrations ont consolidé une vision eurocentrique qui a servi à légitimer la domination coloniale et à perpétuer des stéréotypes déshumanisants.
L'article propose des approches concrètes pour réécrire l'histoire de la RDC, en mettant en valeur les perspectives locales et en adoptant une approche décoloniale. Cela implique une réévaluation critique des sources historiques, une réhabilitation des récits oraux et traditionnels, et une reconnaissance des contributions des historiens congolais, souvent marginalisés dans les discours académiques dominants. Il plaide pour une redéfinition des paradigmes historiques, nécessaire pour déconstruire les mythes coloniaux et construire une historiographie qui reflète plus fidèlement la diversité et la complexité de la réalité historique.
En soulignant l'importance de cette démarche, l'article montre que décoloniser l'histoire dans le cadre de la RDC n'est pas seulement une question académique, mais un enjeu politique et culturel dans la mesure où, la réécriture de l'histoire est essentielle pour rétablir une représentation plus juste et équilibrée du passé, et pour permettre au peuple congolais de se réapproprier son histoire, en tant que fondement d'une identité nationale affirmée et d'une mémoire collective libératrice.

Mots-Clés :	Historiographie – Décolonisation – Narrations coloniales – Eurocentrisme – Paradigmes historiques – Identité nationale
Hábitos alimenticios e hipertensión en pacientes ambulatorios de un Hospital en Honduras
Authors: López-Flores Medarda De Jesús , Arana-Blas Richard , Barrera-Torres Martha María 
Published: January 2025

Eating habits play an important role in the prevention and management of high blood pressure. The World Health Organization demonstrated that poor eating habits trigger arterial hypertension, which is a chronic increase in blood pressure with values ​​equal to or greater than 140 millimeters of mercury (MmHg) systolic pressure and 90 mmHg. diastolic pressure. The general objective of this study was to identify the eating habits of patients with high blood pressure who attended the outpatient clinic at the Gabriela Alvarado Hospital in Danlí, Honduras, in the period January-March 2024. It was a descriptive, cross-sectional study; The study data was obtained through a structured questionnaire addressed to each of the participants. Among the results found, the eating habits of the 81 participating patients reflect that 86.4% eat 3 times a day, with lunch being the most substantial with 88.9%, in which they mainly consume more fruits and vegetables, 35.8% consume 4 to 6 glasses of water a day, have eating habits that include healthy aspects according to their health status.
Editorial
Authors: Lorenzo-Martín PhD. Rafael 
Published: January 2025

El progreso en la investigación científica encuentra su riqueza en la diversidad de enfoques y campos del conocimiento. Desde la eficacia terapéutica de los anestésicos disociativos en el tratamiento de la depresión, hasta la exploración de estrategias neurodidácticas para la enseñanza de las Ciencias Naturales, se evidencian esfuerzos por abordar problemas complejos desde perspectivas innovadoras. Estas iniciativas no solo destacan la relevancia de conectar disciplinas como la neurociencia y la educación, sino también la necesidad de fortalecer la investigación aplicada, como lo refleja el análisis comparativo de técnicas quirúrgicas avanzadas para la hiperplasia prostática benigna.
En el ámbito educativo, las herramientas tecnológicas como Padlet o los videos diseñados para estudiantes y docentes universitarios contribuyen a enriquecer el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Asimismo, la inclusión educativa de estudiantes con discapacidad intelectual y el desarrollo de competencias socioemocionales en la educación inicial revelan la importancia de diseñar metodologías que respondan a las necesidades actuales de los sistemas educativos. Estas estrategias, fundamentadas en principios éticos y pedagógicos, se complementan con estudios sobre el uso de software educativo, fortaleciendo el aprendizaje en contextos diversos.
Por otro lado, los retos sociales y legales son abordados desde distintas perspectivas. La aplicación de la Ley de Benford para detectar fraudes en encuestas universitarias, así como el análisis jurídico de la minería artesanal en Ecuador, reflejan la relevancia de investigaciones que integran análisis cuantitativos y normativos. Temas como la violencia digital contra la mujer y el interés superior del niño en el régimen de visitas cerrado destacan la necesidad de avanzar hacia marcos legales más inclusivos y protectores en entornos ecuatorianos, cubanos y más allá.
Por su parte, el fortalecimiento de los sistemas alimentarios locales y las prácticas agroecológicas en fincas familiares resalta la importancia de promover la sostenibilidad desde la perspectiva agroecológica. Estas iniciativas, complementadas con estudios sobre hábitos alimenticios y su relación con la hipertensión, conectan los ámbitos de salud, alimentación y economía. A su vez, investigaciones sobre el uso de arvenses en Cuba o la intención de compra de vehículos eléctricos en mujeres ecuatorianas aportan a la construcción de un modelo de desarrollo integral, innovador y comprometido con el bienestar social y ambiental.