bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Mobile Banking and Technical Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Kenya
Authors: Getugi Joyce Chepkoech , Osoro Cliff , Kihara Allan 
Published: June 2023

Purpose: The financial sector is being revolutionized as a direct result of technological progress, with banks and other financial institutions embracing new technologies to better serve their customers online. Technological developments in the financial sector are simplifying access to financial services. The study set out to dissect the effects of Fintech on Kenya's commercial banking sector. The general objective was to establish the effect of mobile banking on technical efficiency of commercial banks in Kenya. The study was anchored on Theory of Constraint-Induced Innovation.
Methodology: The entire study relied on collecting empirical data and evaluating hypothesis in a positivist way. A causal-comparative research design was used in this research. The study targeted population of Seventeen Kenyan commercial banks from the first and second tiers. The analysis relied on secondary sources of information. The gathered quantitative data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Numbers, medians, and standard deviations were used to characterize the data, and frequency distributions were used to determine the sample size. Models for analyzing correlations and regressions are inferential statistics. STATA was used for the data analysis.
Findings: The study established that mobile banking has a positive and significant effect on technical efficiency of commercial banks in Kenya.
Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: Commercial banks in Kenya are recommended to improve their mobile banking services in light of the study's findings.
A Mediação da informação em prol do Desenvolvimento Sustentável: estudo no mapa mundial da IFLA
Authors: Gama Merabe Carvalho Ferreira da , Santos Neto João Arlindo dos , Bortolin Sueli , Zaninelli Thais Batista 
Published: June 2023

Objetivo: identificar e apresentar as ações de mediação da informação presentes nos relatos compartilhados na aba SDG Stories do Library map of the world.
Método: observação sistemática, por meio de um roteiro que analisou 56 relatos de experiências sobre ações de bibliotecas para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, disponíveis na aba SDG Stories do Library map of the world. A forma de tratamento de dados foi a análise de conteúdo de Bardin (2015).
Resultado: Identificou-se ações de mediação da informação em 48 dos 56 relatos, sendo 7 do tipo implícita e 41 explícita, em 32 países. A maioria das ações de mediação são de capacitação de usuários (workshops, oficinas, treinamentos) e estão vinculadas ao Objetivo de Desenvolvimento Sustentável 4: Educação de qualidade, concluindo-se que é necessário promover mais ações que contemplem diretamente os demais Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável.
Conclusões: a maior parte das ações de mediação da informação compartilhadas no Library map of the world são do tipo explícita. Dentre elas estão: capacitação de usuários, oferta de fontes de informação, auxílio prestado nas buscas por informação, assistência pessoal e interação com o usuário, sendo a capacitação de usuários (workshops, oficinas, treinamentos) a atividade mais frequente nos relatos analisados. Quanto aos ODS, a maioria das ações estão vinculadas ao ODS 4: Educação de qualidade, concluindo-se que é necessário promover mais ações que contemplem os demais ODS.
Voice, Choice and Power: Using co-production to develop a community engagement strategy for an ethnically diverse community
Authors: Caperon Lizzie , Ahern Sara , Saville Fiona , Community Reference Group Better Start Bradford 
Published: June 2023

The context of the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the need to increase co-production activities to empower communities. The pandemic has further highlighted systemic health and socioeconomic inequities, especially for those from ethnic minority communities and in areas of economic deprivation. This research article presents a complex, collaborative process of co-production we undertook as part of the service design of Community Engagement work within the Better Start Bradford Programme; a program of projects for pregnant women and families with children aged 0–4 years living in an ethnically diverse area. Using theory of change as our underpinning theoretical framework, we co-produced a community engagement logic model or ‘strategy’. Our approach involved nine 90-minute workshops with a range of community stakeholders. We used the seven Scottish National Standards for Community Engagement and Communities’ self-identified key concepts of ‘voice’, ‘choice’ and ‘power’ to structure the partnership activity. Workshop discussions were analysed using qualitative framework analysis, and we developed a comprehensive, multi-faceted community engagement logic model with the community.
Discussions with the community highlighted that (1) the COVID-19 pandemic had opened new avenues of community engagement, primarily virtual ones, and a blended offer of face-to-face and online activities; (2) vital support for community readiness to engage, facilitated through culturally sensitive engagement delivered by trusted sources, transparent governance processes and informal consultation, combined with a flexible approach to adapting to the community’s needs; (3) the need for a continuous reflective process of recruitment to key governance roles to include a range of diverse voices to ensure power is given to community voices.

A strong two-way feedback loop is at the core of our community engagement strategy, with both the community and the organisation playing equal roles.
'I want to be screened just like the pirates!': The Power of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Theatre to Aid Research Participation
Authors: Spencer Rhonda , Hwang Jayden , Sinclair Ryan , Alramadhan Fatimah , Montgomery Susanne 
Published: June 2023

Research participation is an important component of advancing whole health and eliminating health disparities, especially in communities facing environmental justice (EJ) issues. Though federally mandated, recruitment of racial and ethnic minorities can be a daunting task and recruitment of children an even greater challenge. A range of typical recruitment strategies (printed materials, word of mouth, broadcast etc.) for those of ethnically and culturally diverse backgrounds have exhibited only limited to modest success, depending on the community being served and the type of engagement. To date, there has been only limited assessment of the use of community-based participatory research (CBPR) theatre as a culturally relevant recruitment strategy.
The ENRRICH Railyard Study used CBPR theatre to engage an underserved EJ community, and to assess the health impact of residential proximity to a major freight railyard. The railyard community is comprised of primarily low-income Hispanic families. To promote participation, a CBPR theatre play – a partnership between a community- based organisation (CBO) and a university institution – was produced, from design to production, at two elementary schools. Following the play, parental consents and surveys were sent home. The response was immediate and one of the largest to date – 74 percent of children participated in the study.

The CBPR theatre, university and CBO partnership provided an opportunity to engage under-served minority children and their parents, thus encouraging participation and facilitating educationon respiratory health and the environment. This article includes experiences and lessons learned from using CBPR theatre to encourage study participation, critical for promoting sustainable change in an EJ community.
Reducing errors on estimates of the carbon uptake period based on time series of atmospheric CO2
Authors: Kariyathan Theertha , Bastos Ana , Marshall Julia , Peters Wouter , Tans Pieter , Reichstein Markus 
Published: June 2023

Abstract. High-quality, long-time-series measurements of atmospheric greenhouse gases show interannual variability in the measured seasonal cycles. These changes can be analyzed to better understand the carbon cycle and the impact of climate drivers. However, nearly all discrete measurement records contain gaps and have noise due to the influence of local fluxes or synoptic variability. To facilitate analysis, filtering and curve-fitting techniques are often applied to these time series. Previous studies have recognized that there is an inherent uncertainty associated with this curve fitting, and the choice of a given mathematical method might introduce biases. Since uncertainties are seldom propagated to the metrics under study, this can lead to misinterpretation of the signal. In this study, we use an ensemble-based approach to quantify the uncertainty of the derived seasonal cycle metrics. We apply it to CO2 dry-air mole fraction time series from flask measurements in the Northern Hemisphere. We use this ensemble-based approach to analyze the carbon uptake period (CUP: the time of the year when the CO2 uptake is greater than the CO2 release): its onset, termination and duration. Previous studies have diagnosed CUP based on the dates on which the detrended, zero-centered seasonal cycle curve switches from positive to negative (the downward zero-crossing date, DZCD) and vice versa (upward zero-crossing date, UZCD). However, the UZCD is sensitive to the skewness of the CO2 seasonal cycle during the net carbon release period. Hence, we develop an alternative method proposed by Barlow et al. (2015) to estimate the onset and termination of the CUP based on a threshold defined in terms of the first derivative of the CO2 seasonal cycle. Using the ensemble approach, we arrive at a tighter constraint to the threshold by considering the annual uncertainty; we call this the ensemble of first derivative (EFD) method. Further, using the EFD approach and an additional curve-fitting algorithm, we show that (a) the uncertainty of the studied metrics is smaller using the EFD method than when approximated using the timing of the zero-crossing date (ZCD), and (b) the onset and termination dates derived with the EFD method provide more robust results, irrespective of the curve-fitting method applied to the data.
Review article: Large fluctuations in non-equilibrium physics
Authors: Jona-Lasinio Giovanni 
Published: June 2023

Abstract. Non-equilibrium is dominant in geophysical and climate phenomena. However the study of non-equilibrium is much more difficult than equilibrium, and the relevance of probabilistic simplified models has been emphasized. Large deviation rates have been used recently in climate science. In this paper, after recalling progress during the last decades in understanding the role of large deviations in a class of non-equilibrium systems, we point out differences between equilibrium and non-equilibrium. For example, in non-equilibrium (a) large deviation rates may be extensive but not simply additive. (b) In non-equilibrium there are generically long-range space correlations, so large deviation rates are non-local. (c) Singularities in large deviation rates denote the existence of phase transitions often not possible in equilibrium. To exemplify, we shall refer to lattice gas models like the symmetric simple exclusion process and other models which are playing an important role in the understanding of non-equilibrium physics. The reasons why all this may be of interest in climate physics will be briefly indicated.
SOSYAL MEDYADA ENFORMASYON YOĞUNLUĞU VE HABERDEN KAÇINMA DAVRANIŞLARI ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA
Authors: AKYÜZ Selman Selim , AKPINAR Gönül 
Published: June 2023

İnternet, sosyal medya ve dijital araçlarla birlikte insanların talep ettiğinin ötesinde maruz kaldığı enformasyon yoğunluğu, günümüz haber tüketme davranışlarında önemli değişikliklere neden olmuştur. Yaşadığı çevrede ve dünyada olup bitenlerden haberdar olmak isteyen haber tüketicileri, geleneksel ve yeni medyadaki kaynak ve araçların hızlı artışı, sosyal medya uygulamalarının algoritmalarının da etkisiyle özellikle kriz dönemlerinde yoğun bir enformasyona maruz kalmaktadır. Bilgi ve haber ekosistemindeki bu sorunun psikolojik olarak yorgunluk, yılgınlık, tükenmişlik, çaresizlik gibi sorunlara yol açtığı ve insanların haber tüketmekten kaçınarak kendisini korumaya çalıştığı son dönemde sıklıkla tartışılmakta ve araştırmalara konu olmaktadır.
Bu çalışmada, enformasyon yoğunluğu ve sosyal medya kullanıcılarının haberden kaçınma davranışlarının nedenleri araştırılmıştır. Türkiye’de farklı demografik özelliklere sahip 419 sosyal medya kullanıcısıyla yapılan saha araştırması sonucunda, katılımcıların büyük bölümümün her gün ya da günde birkaç kez haber takip ettiği, karşılaştığı olumsuz konularla ilgili haberlerin kendilerini yorduğu ancak haberden kaçınma davranışının orta düzeyde olduğu belirlenmiştir. Haberden kaçınma nedenleri arasında ilk sırada yalan haberlerle karşılaşmama isteği görülürken, sürekli aynı konularda haberlerle karşılaşmak, haberlerin olumsuz konularla ilgili olması ve COVID-19 döneminin oluşturduğu yorgunluğun da haberden kaçınma davranışında önemli etkenler olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
Desain Lembar Kegiatan Siswa (LKS) Berorentasi Pada Pendekatan Saintifik Bagi Guru Sekolah Dasar
Authors: Dwikoranto Dwikoranto , Suliyanah Suliyanah , Sucahyo Imam , Kholik Abdul , Sukarni Sukarni , Marsini Marsini , Setiani Rahyu 
Published: June 2023

Tujuan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat ini untuk mengembangkan kemampuan merancang dan melaksanakan kegiatan laboratorium IPA berorientasi pada pendekatan saintifik pada penekanan kemampuan mengamati, menanya, mencoba, menganalisis, dan mengkomunikasikan hasil. Metode pelaksanaan PkM dengan pemodelan kegiatan laboratorium, perancangan kegiatan laboratorium, dan implementasi hasil rancangan dalam pembelajaran. Peserta pelatihan guru SD sekolah Disabilitas di Bojonegoro. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan instrument keterlaksanaan kegiatan PkM dan Angket Respon peserta pelatihan terhadap pelaksanaan pelatihan. Data dianalisis secara deskriptif. Hasil kegiatan menunjukkan: (1). Peserta pelatihan memiliki keterampilan dalam merancang dan melaksanakan kegiatan laboratorium. (2). Hasil Rancangan Kegiatan Laboratorium IPA berorientasi pada pendekatan saintifik berupa LKS. (3) Penerapan LKS yang dibuat peserta dapat dilaksanakan di sekolah masing-masing berjalan dengan baik dan tidak terdapat kendala yang berarti. (4) Peserta memberikan respon positif terhadap kegiatan pelatihan.
Edukasi dan Inovasi Pangan untuk Pencegahan Stunting pada Ibu Hamil di Kabupaten Gowa, Sulawesi Selatan
Authors: Citrakesumasari Citrakesumasari , Nasrah Nasrah , Lestari Dian , Sahabuddin Sitti Mutmainnah Nur , Rahmah Nuur , Wijaya Mita , Asysa Nur , Hasim Srifa Noevi , Kurniati Yessy , Rachmat Muhammad 
Published: June 2023

Stunting adalah gangguan pertumbuhan linier yang berlangsung sejak kehamilan hingga anak berumur 24 bulan. Stunting terjadi karena kekurangan zat gizi yang berlangsung dalam waktu yang lama. Salah satu penyebab terjadinya stunting adalah kurangnya pengetahuan ibu tentang pola makan dan pola asuh yang baik pada anak. Sehingga ibu perlu dibekali tentang pencegahan stunting sejak dini. Pengabdian ini bertujuan meningkatkan pengetahuan dan keterampilan ibu hamil mengenai bahan pangan lokal pencegah stunting dan cara mengolahnya. Pengabdian ini berlangsung 2 kali dimana pertemuan pertama dilakukan edukasi melalui permainan pembelajaran dan pada pertemuan kedua dilakukan demo masak beberapa menu inovasi pangan lokal di empat desa lokus stunting yang menjadi lokasi pengabdian. Hasil analisis uji Wilcoxon yang digunakan didapatkan hasil dari empat lokasi pengabdian, tiga diantaranya (Desa Pakatto, Je’nemadinging dan Pacellekang) terjadi peningkatan pengetahuan ibu hamil sebelum dan sesudah pemberian edukasi inovasi pangan (p-value <0,05). Sedangkan pada lokasi keempat (Desa Panaikang) tidak terjadi perubahan pengetahuan ibu hamil sebelum dan sesudah edukasi inovasi pangan (p-value >0,05). Kegiatan ini menunjukkan bahwa edukasi dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan tentang pencegahan stunting pada ibu hamil
Skrining Kesehatan Siswa SMK “X” di Wilayah Jakarta Selatan dengan Penilaian Status Gizi
Authors: Anggraini Dian , Hermawan Stepanus Maman , Nurhasanah Nurhasanah 
Published: June 2023

Masalah kesehatan yang terjadi pada remaja salah satunya adalah penurunan kualitas hidup akibat dari remaja yang kurang melakukan aktivitas fisik, sehingga muncul masalah kesehatan, yaitu terjadi gangguan mental, terjadinya berbagai penyakit infeksi akibat dari pola hidup remaja yang berisiko, seperti merokok dan mulai mengenal alcoholisme akibat dari pergaulan bebas. Tujuan dari kegiatan yaitu teridentifikasi status gizi remaja SMK ”X” di wilayah Jakarta Selatan. Kegiatan dilaksanakan melalui tiga tahapan. Tahapan pertama persiapan, melakukan studi pendahuluan dan perizinan. Tahapan kedua, pelaksanaan skrining kesehatan melalui pemeriksaan status gizi dengan pengukuran berat badan dan tinggi badan, serta perhitungan IMT. Ketiga, evaluasi dan tindak lanjut kegiatan. Hasil yang didapatkan, yaitu siswa yang bersedia mengikuti skrining kesehatan berjumlah 103 siswa. Terbagi dalam tiga ruang kelas sesuai jurusan. Karakteristik siswa mayoritas berjenis kelamin perempuan (73%). Hasil perhitungan status gizi, sebagian besar memiliki status gizi normal 67 %, status gizi lebih 17%, status gizi kurang 13% dan obesitas 3% (n=103). Pola hidup sehat perlu ditingkatkan dan dimotivasi dengan edukasi kesehatan dan pemeriksaan kesehatan secara rutin dan berkala, guna mencegah terjadinya masalah kesehatan pada remaja.
Analisis Budaya Organisasi di Kantor Dinas Tenaga Kerja Kabupaten Minahasa, Sulawesi Utara
Authors: Nababan Grace , Soputan Grace , Fajar Nikolas 
Published: June 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis Budaya organisasi pada Pegawai di Dinas Tenaga Kerja Kabupaten Minahasa, Sulewesi Utara. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara, dokumentasi, dan observasi. Selanjutnya data dianalisis dengan mengumpulkan data, mereduksi data, dan menarik kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa budaya organisasi Pegawai di Dinas Tenaga Kerja Kabupaten Minahasa, Sulewesi Utara dapat dikatakan berjalan dengan baik sesuai dengan visi dan misi yang telah ditentukan. Dalam menjalankan budaya organisasi, terdapat faktor-faktor penghambat yang dihadapi, yaitu terjadinya berapa banyak karyawan yang tidak memahami tentang inovasi terbaru dan beberapa karyawan tidak merespon perubahan yang mengakibatkan kegagalan dalam budaya organisasi. Dengan adanya hambatan, organisasi harus berusaha untuk meningkatkan kualitas dengan terus berinovasi dengan berani mengambil risiko, memperhatikan hal-hal kecil dalam organisasi yang berorientasi pada hasil yang dicapai dan memiliki sikap kompetitif dalam organisasi

This study aims to analyze organizational culture in employees at the Minahasa Regency, Sulewesi Utara Manpower Office. This study used qualitative descriptive research method. Data collection is done by interviews, documentation, and observation. Furthermore, the data is analyzed by collecting data, reducing data, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that the organizational culture of employees at the Minahasa Regency, Sulewesi Utara Manpower Office can be said to run well in accordance with the predetermined vision and mission. In running organizational culture, there are inhibiting factors faced, namely the occurrence of how many employees do not understand about the latest innovations and some employees do not respond to changes that result in failure in organizational culture. With obstacles, organizations must strive to improve quality by continuing to innovate by daring to take risks, pay attention to small things in the organization that are oriented to the results achieved and have a competitive attitude in the organization.
Estrategia organizacional del sector agropecuario de Nicaragua frente al cambio climático
Authors: Vega-Corea Elbenes de Jesus , Salmeron-Miranda Francisco , Zuniga-Gonzalez Carlos Alberto , Saenz-Rojas Silvio Javier , Calvo-Reyes Harol Raul , MAES Mesa de Agroecologia y Suelo 
Published: June 2023

Antecedentes: La Mesa Nacional de Agroecología y Suelo (MAES) es una iniciativa liderada por el Gobierno de Reconstrucción y Unidad Nacional de Nicaragua (GRUN) a través del Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), con el propósito de la implementación de un modelo organizacional de carácter interinstitucional para gestionar los impactos provocados por el cambio climático en el sector agropecuario. La investigación se focalizó en la sistematización de experiencias y buenas prácticas validadas para la adaptación al cambio climático, que se han venido implementando desde la MAES. Metodología: para la sistematización de las experiencias, se utilizó la metodología de estudio de casos múltiples. Resultados: Los resultados evidencian que las estrategias y prácticas, que desde la MAES se están promoviendo, fortalecen las capacidades institucionales del sector agropecuario y amplían las opciones tecnológicas para las y los productores en el fomento de la Bioeconomia Agroecológica como una alternativa viable para el desarrollo sostenible del sector agropecuario en Nicaragua. Conclusiones: La MAES destaca las fortalezas, funciones, roles y responsabilidades de las instituciones. Una segunda conclusión es las estrategias son una experiencia referente para America Latina. La tercera conclusión es el enfoque de la bioeconomía agroecología en la gestión de políticas públicas y finalmente, el espacio de articulación inclusiva en la transformación del sector agropecuario de Nicaragua.
Developing an individual therapeutic programme suitable for use by counselling psychologists in a multicultural society: A multimodal perspective
Authors: Palmer Stephen 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis article illustrates how the multimodal approach developed by Arnold Lazarus (1989) has been used within a multicultural society. Multimodal therapy takes an idiographic perspective by focusing on a client’s personal experiences (Ridley, 1995). Multimodal assessment procedures and counselling strategies and interventions are covered including five key factors: client qualities; therapist qualities; therapist skills; therapeutic alliance; and technique specificity.
The Sanctions on Environmental Performances: An Assessment of Indonesia and Brazilia Practice
Authors: Zaid M , Musa M. , Adinda Fadhel Arjuna , Cait Lamberton 
Published: June 2023

This study aims to offer an overview of the effect of environmental law sanctions, particularly criminal sanctions for restoring environmental functions for firms, on restoring environmental functions in Indonesia and Brazil.Â Using conceptual techniques, statutory methodologies, and comparative legal approaches with Brazil, this study examines how norms emerge in the law. The research shows that criminal sanctions for environmental function restoration in Indonesia have not had their full intended effect and often lead to confusion over their implementation since they do not specify a means of gauging whether or not their goals have been met. This discovery also suggests that criminal consequences for environmental function restoration have not been utilized to their full potential. This is because criminal sanctions do not offer a mechanism for gauging the degree to which ecological restoration efforts have been fruitful. Brazil, which is more likely to apply administrative sanctions and has a better impact, conducts a wide range of things, including imposing fines, canceling company licenses, and other preventative steps used to anticipate excessive environmental exploitation. Brazil has taken these precautions to avoid the negative effects of environmental overexploitation. The actions are in effect to ensure that environmental exploitation does not reach unsustainable levels.