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Agenda Control In The Indian Parliament And The Impact On Its Oversight Function – Analysis And Evidence, Maansi Verma

Socio-Legal Review

Separation of powers is understood as the diffusion of powers among different branches of the government, with each branch acting as a check on the other. This principle is considered an anti-thesis to totalitarianism, preventing the absolute concentration of power and thus protecting liberty. The Cabinet-style parliamentary form of government, with its genesis in Britain, fused together the executive with the legislature. This resulted in powerful executives and weakened legislatures with limited oversight capabilities. As institutions evolved over time, internal rules and procedures also evolved both as constraints and enablers of executive dominance, by distributing the powers of agenda control. …

‘Private Acts’ And Structural Inequality: Law And Housing Discrimination, Rowena Robinson

Socio-Legal Review

This paper focuses on law and housing discrimination within the context of a sociological understanding of the cumulative disadvantageous effects of what are legally considered ‘private acts’. It therefore brings a distinct perspective to the examination of vertical versus horizontal rights. The paper particularly focuses on housing discrimination against Muslims in urban areas against the background of marginalisation, conflict, and violence. It seeks to think about housing segregation as both producing discrimination, targeted violence, economic inequality, and social exclusion as well as itself being a product of these factors. Public policy in the form of equal opportunities legislation has been …

Women, Gender Politics, And Resistance In Kashmir, Seema Kazi

Socio-Legal Review

This article focuses on Kashmiri women and the gender politics underpinning the August 5, 2019 revocation of Article 370 in Kashmir. Reclaiming Kashmiri women’s property rights was among the justifications cited by the state for revoking Kashmir’s autonomy. Paradoxically, however, most analyses centered on its political implications. Kashmiri women’s opinions regarding the revocation, the state’s use of the women’s rights argument to justify the same, or Kashmiri women’s rights and experiences in the wake of the revocation were seldom the subjects of discussion or analysis. Beginning with a brief overview of Kashmiri women’s role in the Kashmiri struggle, I juxtapose …

The Internal Audit Functions: Competence, Effectiveness And External Auditors ' Reliance In Tanzania, John Sosthenes, Ernest G. Kitindi, Judika L. King'ori

Business Management Review

This study examines the influence of internal audit function competence on the extent of external auditors ' reliance on internal audit function work and whether the internal audit function effectiveness mediates such a relationship. Data was collected from 100 external auditors of the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange-listed companies and analysed using a Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling. The result indicates that internal audit function competence does not affect the external auditors ' reliance on internal audit function work. Nevertheless, the result shows that the competence of internal audit function has a positive effect on the external auditors ' …

Travel Motivations And Constraints Of Solo Women Travelers In Turkey, Egemen G. Tukenmez

Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research

Developments in the field of technology and transportation have accelerated people to travel and encourage consuming tourism products. For this reason, interest of people for individual travels increases year by year along with package tours. Solo travel, which has important parts of individual travel, is one of the crucial elements in travel industry. An important part of this travel is composed by women. Women interest travel solo with different motivations. In this way, they tend to consume different types of touristic products. However, travel constraints that experienced during solo travels affect satisfaction level of solo women travelers. For this reason, …

The Importance Of Gamification On Motivation Of Hotel Employees, Abdullah Birtek, Oguz Colak, Onur Gulbahar, Omer Sarac

Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research

Hotel establishments, have a labor intensive nature, are required to meet the needs of their customers by making optimum use of their human resources in order to gain a competitive advantage in the markets in which they operate. With this approach, many hotels try to increase their employees’ motivation by satisfying the various needs of their employees in order to retain their existing workforce. Highly motivated employees, whose wishes and needs are met, use their knowledge and skills to achieve the goals set by the hotel managements and play an important role in the hotels’ competitive advantage. This superior performance …

Ganglion Cyst Of Lumbrical Muscles: A Casereport, Pao-Sheng Wu, Chun-Te Lu, Valeria Chiu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Ganglion cysts arising from joints or tendons are commonly seen in our daily work as physiatrists, but those originating from muscles have been infrequently reported. In this casereport, we present a patient with a ganglion cyst arising from the fascia of the fourth lumbrical muscle in an occupational therapist, which has never been reported before. The lumbrical muscles of the hand vary greatly from other intrinsic muscles, because of their distinctive structure and function. A ganglion cyst that arises from the lumbrical muscle is supposed to affect the precise movement of the occupational therapist's hand. As a result, the early …

Herpes Zoster And Resultant Segmental Zoster Paresis: A Casereport And Literature Reviewarticle, Yen-Jou Ho, Hong-Yi Lin, Yao-Jen Chen

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Herpes zoster (HZV) is ascribed to the reactivation of the dormant varicella-zoster virus (VZV) in the dorsal root ganglia. The most commonly seen manifestation is a painful skin rash. However, several additional complications have been documented in the literature. A less-mentioned yet severe complication is segmental zoster paresis (SZP), which can cause limb paralysis. SZP's mechanism is still under debate, and a direct invasion of motor fibers due to anatomical adjacency has been proposed. Here we report a patient who had sudden onset of left upper limb paresis and gradually developed a skin rash afterward, which a dermatologist confirmed as …

Detection Of Human, Porcine And Canine Picornaviruses In Municipal Sewage Sludge Using Pan-Enterovirus Amplicon-Based Long-Read Illumina Sequencing., Temitope O. C. Faleye, Erin M. Driver, Devin A. Bowes, Rochelle H. Holm, Daymond Talley, Ray Yeager, Aruni Bhatnagar, Ted Smith, Arvind Varsani, Rolf U. Halden, Matthew Scotch

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

We describe the successful detection of human, porcine and canine picornaviruses (CanPV) in sewage sludge (at each stage of treatment) from Louisville, Kentucky, USA, using Pan-enterovirus amplicon-based long-read Illumina sequencing. Based on publicly available sequence data in GenBank, this is the first detection of CanPV in the USA and the first detection globally using wastewater-based epidemiology. Our findings also suggest there might be clusters of endemic porcine enterovirus (which have been shown capable of causing systemic infection in porcine) circulation in the USA that have not been sampled for around two decades. Our findings highlight the value of WBE coupled …

Studying The Solution Of The System Of Differential Equations Obtained In Simulation Of Gas-Lift Process By The Relaxation Method, Institute Of Applied Mathematics, Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan, Orkhan Z. Namazov, Rashad M. Tagiyev, Azerbaijan State Oil And Industry University, Baku, Azerbaijan

Baku Mathematical Journal

Using the relation method for the system of first order, two-dimensional hyperbolic type partial differential equations describing the motion of gas liquid gas mixture corresponding to gas-lift process of oil production in an annular and lifting pipe, we consider a boundary condition problem. In this problem the existence a boundary condition problem. In this problem the existence of the solution with respect to the equations of motion is studied and it is shown that when constructing the solution of this problem by means of boundary conditions, it is impossible to determine the coefficients of positive degrees of the parameter ε. …

Does Live Stream Selling Affect Customer Engagement And Purchase Intention? The Shopee Live Platform Case Study, Arisman Arisman, Imam Salehudin

ASEAN Marketing Journal

Manuscript type: Empirical paper

Research Aims: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how customer shopping values (utilitarian, hedonic, and symbolic) influence customer trust, engagement, and purchase intention for live stream selling on e-commerce marketplace platforms.

Design/methodology/approach: The information was gathered online from 225 valid respondents. Respondents are Shopee users from Indonesia who have watched Shopee Live stream selling within the last two weeks. The data was analysed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with LISREL 8.51.

Research Findings: The findings revealed that only symbolic value affects purchase intention, both directly and indirectly, whereas hedonic value affects purchase intention directly. …

Pengaruh Tingkat Pendidikan Dan Pengetahuan Terhadap Kepemilikan Bpjs Ketenagakerjaan Pada Relawan Penanggulangan Bencana Gunung Semeru Tahun 2021, Rahmat Adi Prasetyo, Afifa Nur Chabibah, Setya Haksama

Preventia: The Indonesian Journal of Public Health

Humanitarian workers or volunteers are included in non-wage workers which are one of the sectors that can be protected by BPJS Ketenagakerjaan. The research results in 6 provinces show that BPJS Ketenagakerjaan participants are 3.7 percent and haven’t reached the 6 percent target. Based on the interviews results with deskrelawan admin also stated that many volunteers didn’t have BPJS Ketenagakerjaan. Individual awareness in insurance is marked by openness in accepting and utilizing insurance. This awareness can be influenced by various factors, including: age, gender, occupation, education. This research is quantitative research with cross-sectional design. It is a descriptive analysis with …

Integration Of Urban Farming Into City Infrastructure Development, Ayobami Popoola, Bolanle Wahab, Hangwelani Magidimisha Chipungu, Lovemore Chipungu

CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development

The ability to respond to the need for food is threatened by the scarcity of urban farmers (UF) in the elevation of the urban population. This shows that the availability of food is a cultivated land function, indicating that agriculture is only a mirage when sites are unavailable for farming. Irrespective of these conditions, the sustainability of food production within the city spaces is still the complimentary urban infrastructure enhancing the movement of goods and farmers. Therefore, this study aims to determine the patterns of integrating urban farming into city infrastructure development. In this case, a mixed methods approach was …

Understanding The Importance And Factors Of Participation In The Urban Planning Process: A Case Study Of Nigeria, Louis Nwachi

CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development

Studies show that most urban planning systems in many countries still rely on expert-driven, top-down technocratic plan-making processes rather than a public and people-led process. The objective of this paper is twofold: (a) to evaluate the need for public participation in the plan-making process; and (b) to highlight the factors that affect public participation in the plan-making process. A qualitative approach is adapted to obtain these objectives by conducting observations, document studies, and interviews with real-world phenomena. The Metropolitan Area of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, is examined as the case study. The research finds that public participation and engagement …

Perbedaan Edukasi Pemberian Makan Balita Dengan Metode Emotional Demonstration Dan Metode Ceramah Terhadap Pengetahuan Dan Sikap Ibu Balita Di Rt 06 Rw 08 Kelurahan Keputih Kota Surabaya, Anugrah Linda Mutiarani, Pratiwi Hariyani Putri, Kartika Yuliani

Preventia: The Indonesian Journal of Public Health

Undernutrition under five years old has a variety of health risks. In Surabaya, the SSGI 2021 report that underweight cases were 16,6 percent. One of the causes of nutritional problems for toddlers is the behavior of mothers in feeding toddlers which will affect the growth and development of toddlers. The right educational method is needed to change behavior, namely Emotional Demonstration (Emo Demo). This study aimed to analyze the differences in emo demo education and lectures on the knowledge and attitudes of mothers in feeding toddlers. The design for this research is quasi-experimental with a Pre-Postest Control Group. The total …

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Malay Journal

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Edu-Aksiyon. Ang Distansiya Ng Mahihirap Sa Distance Learning Sa Panahon Ng Pandemya, Billy N. De Guzman, Catherine C. Cocabo

Malay Journal

Sinasandalan ng mahihirap na pamilyang Pilipino ang edukasyon bilang pangunahing pangangailangan upang makaalis sa kahirapan. Sa panahon ng pandemya, ang paniniwalang ito ay nagbigay ng pagsubok sa mahihirap na pamilya. Ang pananaliksik na ito ay tumutugon sa distansiya ng mahihirap sa pagkakamit ng edukasyon sa panahon ng pandemya. Pangunahing sinasagot sa pananaliksik na ito ang kahandaan ng mahihirap na pamilyang Pilipino sa paparating na distance learning. Dahil sa isyu ng Covid habang sinusulat ang pananaliksik, isinaalang-alang ng mga mananaliksik ang pagsusuot ng face mask, face shield, at paggamit ng alkohol. Gamit ang deskriptibong pananaliksik at purposive sampling ay naging maayos …

Heat Transfer Enhancement In Stirling Engine Using Fins With Different Configurations And Geometries, Ahmad Ramahi, Hasan Hamdan, Sharul Sham Dol

Platform: A Journal of Engineering

The temperature difference across a Stirling engine cylinder is one of the main factors contributing to the power output and efficiency. Stirling engine is a heat engine that operates through expansion and compression cycles through different fluid temperatures. In addition, the engine was noted to have three different configurations, which include the alpha, beta, and gamma types, which are discussed in work. This study aims to investigate the effect of adding various fin geometries on different engine cylinder locations to simulate and visualize heat transfer enhancement across the cylinder. The various configurations were simulated through the ANSYS Fluent commercially available …

Performance Evaluation Of 1-Hexadecyl-3- Methylimidazolium Bromide, Lauryl Glucoside And Decane In Creating Winsor Type-Iii Microemulsion, Abang Muhamad Luqman Arif Abang Norden, Sia Chee Wee

Platform: A Journal of Engineering

While ionic liquids are usually high in cost, only small amounts are needed to establish their beneficial characteristics combined with the utilization of a cosurfactant. A cationic surface-active ionic liquid, 1-hexadecyl-3- methylimidazolium bromide (C16mimBr) was chosen as the main surfactant because it is non-volatile, non-flammable, and able to withstand high temperature. However, it was studied that this ionic liquid poses a major threat to the aquatic environment, thus another surfactant is needed as a cosurfactant. Lauryl glucoside was used as the cosurfactant because it is environmentally friendly, has low toxicity and excellent biodegradability. The potential of this surfactant mixture for …

The Study Of The Effect Of Temperature And Ph Value On Adsorption Characteristics Of Urea Based Sacrificial Agent In Clay Minerals, Andi Mohd Syaiful Andi Radi, Mazlin Idress, Farah Rosmaniza Redzuan

Platform: A Journal of Engineering

The Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) process has grown within the time oil exploration was conducted, and many recovery methods were invented to maximize production. One of the promising recovery techniques is carbon dioxide (CO2) flooding. However, CO2 flooding has its disadvantages where due to different mobility and heterogeneity between CO2 and reservoir, the sweep efficiency is reduced because of gas channelling and viscous fingering. Thus, the application of surfactant is introduced to solve the problem. But, by using surfactants in CO2 flooding, loss of surfactant to the formation is observed. Due to this setback, the cost of the EOR process …

Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion Of Bio-Waste And Biogas Utilization Technologies: A Review, Louis Kon Wei Yii, Ho Yeek Chia, Tee Jia Jun

Platform: A Journal of Engineering

In this modern era, more individuals have concluded that utilising biogas as a significant energy source is necessary for considering the depletion of fossil fuels and rising concerns about ecological problems, including environmental pollution. Thermophilic anaerobic digestion (AD) of bio-waste helps to produce more biogas for future uses. However, several significant AD parameters are to be considered, impacting the sludge properties, such as the temperature, pH, hydraulic retention time (HRT) and mixing systems. One of the most important operational parameters influencing the thermophilic AD process is the temperature, which only occurs between 45°C and 60°C. With that, biogas utilisation has …

Rainfall-Runoff Simulation Of A Sub-Catchment Using Hec-Hms, Abubakar Abbas Adamu, Salisu Dan'azumi, Mujahid Abbas

Platform: A Journal of Engineering

Hydrological data in the form of stream flow is very scarce in most developing countries. This affects the planning and management of urban watersheds. Therefore, it is necessary to estimate peak discharge from rainfall using hydrologic models based on some measurable watershed characteristics. This study aims to model the rainfall-runoff process from a typical urban watershed using Hydrologic Engineering Center Hydrological Modeling System (HEC-HMS) software. The catchment basin has a total area of 21.91 km2 , and a dendritic stream system. Soil Conservative Services (SCS) Curve number was used for getting excess rainfall from total rainfall, SCS dimensionless unit hydrograph …

Perkembangan Sanitasi Dan Prasarana Kebersihan Di Kota Bandung Awal Abad Ke-20, Hary Ganjar Budiman

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

This study aims to show the development of sanitation and hygiene infrastructure in Bandung from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. This research positions sanitation and hygiene infrastructure as part of urban technology that contributes to public welfare. This research used the historical method which consisted of four stages: heuristics, critics, interpretation, and historiography. Results show that sanitation management in Bandung in the early 20th century was conducted by harmonizing technology and natural fortress. Gemeente Bandung anticipated the unhygienic habits of the villagers, environmental pollution, and spread of diseases by providing clean water, toilet facilities, public washing, …

Perkembangan Kanal Oud Batavia Abad Xvii–Xx: Tinjauan Sejarah Perkotaan, Heru Mulyanto

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

Urban environmental problems such as flooding and water pollution have actually occurred in Jakarta (formerly Batavia) since the Dutch colonial era. Batavia was one of the cities with a myriad of urban planning problems, such as canal flooding which continues to this day. This article was written to find the root of the water problem in Jakarta by reviewing the development of canal construction from the Oud Batavia to the Nieuwe Batavia era. This study was conducted to identify the colonial government’s methods for dealing with flooding and repairing problematic canals. Thus, this research is expected to provide an insight …

Dampak Strategi Koping Masyarakat Jawa Di Masa Pandemi Covid-19, Faruq Faruq, Hanum Midya Syahrina, Nureyzwan Sabani, Siti Rahmawati, Laksmy Dewi Sukmakarti, Nanik Prihartanti

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

The Coping Strategy is a way that is considered effective in overcoming the problems experienced by the Indonesian people during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially the Javanese people. The implementation of the coping strategy will have a positive impact on the lives of the Javanese people in carrying out daily activities. The research method used in this study is qualitative to uncover the meaning of social problems experienced by individuals or communities, with the focus of research being the impact of implementing the coping strategy of the Javanese community during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data collection technique used in this study …

Ichthyofaunal Diversity In The Upper Jejuí River Watershed In Eastern Paraguay, Gerald L. Zuercher, Lee Jackson, David R. Edds, Jeffrey C. Miller, S. Andrew Satterlee, Alan Butler, Fredy Ramirez Pinto, Sixto Fernandez, Myriam C. Velazquez, David E. Koch, Phylicia Schwartz

Neotropical Biodiversity

The upper Jejuí River is a major tributary of the Paraguay River in eastern Paraguay and is the principal drainage for the Mbaracayú Forest Biosphere Reserve. Despite the international significance of the biosphere reserve and detailed documentation of its terrestrial fauna and flora, the fish fauna in its streams remains relatively unknown, with 48 species previously recorded. We sampled 35 sites within the biosphere reserve over five years (2007–2011) to assess the richness of its ichthyofauna. These surveys yielded a new total of 105 known species for the biosphere reserve, including two newly-recorded orders, Gymnotiformes and Cyprinodontiformes, and 14 newly-recorded …

Una Nueva Especie De Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) De La Provincia Del Azuay, Andes Sur De Ecuador, Juan C. Sánchez-Nivicela, Eduardo Toral-Contreras, Verónica L. Urgiles

Neotropical Biodiversity

En este estudio, basándonos en evidencias morfológicas y moleculares, describimos una nueva especie del género Pristimantis que habita en las montañas y valles áridos de la provincia del Azuay, incluyendo zonas urbanas y periurbanas de la ciudad de Cuenca. La nueva especie se destaca por presentar una textura dermal externa fuertemente granulada, una papilla proyectada en la punta del hocico y un canto de advertencia que consiste en series combinadas de tres y dos notas, Morfológicamente, la nueva especie es similar con P. cajamarcensis, P. ceuthospilus, P. jimenezi, P. lojanus, P. phoxocephalus y P torresi, por presentar una quilla en …

Natural History Of Odonata Assemblages In Tropical Streams In Puerto Rico, Ashley Mariani-Ríos, Norman Maldonado-Benítez, Alonso Ramírez

Neotropical Biodiversity

Freshwater macroinvertebrates play an important role in maintaining stream food webs. Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) are important top predators in these communities and serve as indicators of stream health. Our understanding of odonate assemblages is limited in the Caribbean and the natural history of most odonate species in the region remains unknown. The focus of this research is to study the natural history of odonate species in headwater montane streams following major hurricane impacts in Puerto Rico. We monitored assemblages from August 2018 to July 2019 in two headwater streams within El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico. The study streams …

A Novel Biomaterial Platform For Cardiac Tissue Engineering, Andrew House

Dissertations

Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in the world. With a growing demand for in vitro cardiac models that can recapitulate the complex physiology of the cardiac tissue, there is a desire to create novel therapies and treatments. However, due to a lack of fundamental understanding of the heart's inflammatory response to myocardial infarction, the development of new therapies is both time consuming and costly. In this work, a novel approach to fabricating a dynamic hydrogel cardiac platform is reported. This platform better mimics the dynamic changes occurring in the native cardiac tissue microenvironment during cardiac …