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Feasibility Of Audio-Visual Teaching Materials To Support Tennis Learning, Septian Raibowo, Abi Fajar Fathoni, Sapto Adi

Jurnal Keolahragaan

This study aims to produce court tennis audio-visual teaching materials and determine the effectiveness of audio-visual teaching materials to support court tennis learning. This research is development research with stages: needs analysis, data collection, product development, expert validation, product testing, product revision, and evaluation. The subjects of this study were taken using a random sampling method, amounting to 47 people. The instruments used to collect data were questionnaire sheets, expert validation sheets and further tests were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Seeing the effectiveness of the product using an experimental design with the format "one group pretest-posttest design", which does not …

An Overview Of The Significance And Application Of Constructability In Value Engineering, Samereh Jadidoleslami, Mojtaba Azizi

CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development

Value Engineering (VE) and constructability are not distinct; instead, they are complementary work processes that may be used as vital elements in achieving total quality. Constructability is a value management (VM) tool developed as an attempt to integrate design and construction activities. VE is often implemented when there is a limited chance to influence the cost and time of the project effectively. Thus, project contractors and owners conduct VE analysis before construction by applying the constructability process. The activities of these two processes somehow complement each other in achieving their goals. Considering the output of existing VE approaches, it seems …

A Thematic Literature Review On The Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic On Indian Real Estate, Manaswi S. Bothlikar, Triveni Prasad Nanda

CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world badly. Almost all activities were suspended, and thus it severely impacted the economy, including the real estate sector. This ongoing pandemic has pushed the sentiments of the sector to their all-time lowest. This research aims to analyze the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the real estate industry in India, as well as to determine the most impacted segments. Report achives from eminent property consultants including Knight Frank, Coldwell Banker Richard Ellis (CBRE), and Cushman & Wakefield were reviewed in this study. The qualitative analysis done to the reports and literature shows that …

Perception Of Housing Quality By Households In Peri-Urban Neighbourhoods Of Owerri Municipality, Ikechukwu A. Diugwu, Michael N. Eneje, Haruna D. Musa, Saheed O. Yusuf, John D. Njoku

CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development

Basic housing infrastructure influences the comfort of several residents. There are, however, indications that the residents in severalurban housing estates in Nigeria are dissatisfied with their housing infrastructures and maintenance. Therefore, this study focuses on evaluating the relationship between the quality of housing infrastructure and the decision of occupants on where to live. Thisstudy involved the application of a quantitative approach with the aid of a structured questionnaire to collect data from residents. The survey was conducted in six selected neighbourhoods of Owerri Municipal area with the occupants as respondents (n=399). Moreover, the chi-square test of independence was applied to …

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, …

Operating Fund Budget/ Expenditure Summary Report 2022-23, Csusb Budget Office

University Budget Office records

No abstract provided.

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 …

Spatial And Seasonal Variation In Polychaete Communities According To Their Trophic Categories In Southwest Tobago, West Indies, Attish Kanhai

Neotropical Biodiversity

Bon Accord Lagoon (BAL), Tobago is home to a Thalassia testudinum (K.D. Koenig, 1805) dominated seagrass community and polychaetes usually show an affinity to seagrass beds compared to other environments. The objectives of this study were to investigate the polychaete community associated with the Thalassia beds in BAL, determine seasonal variation, and compare with the neighbouring hard bottom polychaete community in Mt. Irvine Bay (MIB). Benthic macroinvertebrates were sampled using a 15 cm diameter corer at a depth of 10 cm. Six stations were sampled during the wet and dry seasons of 2018. Samples were sieved in the field using …

An Update Of The Geographical Distribution Of Hylodes Pipilans (Canedo & Pombal, 2007), An Endemic Torrent Frog Of The Brazilian Atlantic Forest, With Comments On Its Conservation, Luiz Fernando Carmo, Manuella Folly, Leo Ramos Malagoli

Neotropical Biodiversity

The Brazilian Atlantic Forest (BAF) is hotspot for conservation priorities due to the high concentration and maintenance of biodiversity, comprising more than 600 species of amphibians, of which 88% are endemic to this biome. Many of these species are under some level of threat, especially those with restricted distributions to mountainous regions. Hylodes is the most speciose genus within Hylodidae, housing 26 recognized species of the diurnal frogs related to streams of forest massifs in the BAF. Hylodes pipilans is endemic to the state of Rio de Janeiro, considered restricted to the Serra do Órgãos mountains. Here, we updated its …

Current And Future Geographic Patterns Of Bird Diversity Dimensions Of The Yucatan Peninsula And Their Representativeness In Natural Protected Areas, Jazmín Escobar-Luján, Sandra M. Castaño-Quintero, Fabricio Villalobos, Andrés Lira-Noriega, Xavier Chiappa-Carrara, Carlos Yañez-Arenas

Neotropical Biodiversity

The deviation of expected relationships between taxonomic (TD), phylogenetic (PD), and functional (FD) diversity may inform about some processes (speciation, extinction, competition, and migration) responsible for current biodiversity patterns. We studied the relationship between different dimensions of bird diversity (TD, PD, and FD) of the Yucatan Peninsula (YP) in a context of future climate change. We used ecological niche models to predict the current and future potential distribution of 257 bird species of the YP and estimate their TD, PD, and FD. We calculated a standardized effect size of PD (SES.PD) and FD (SES.FD) to provide an estimation of phylogenetic …

Assessing Morphological Changes Of The Msimbazi River Using Satellite Images, Fides J. Izdori

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

This study assessed historical morphology changes of the Msimbazi River in Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania, following heavy rainfall events using historical Google earth images. The erosion and sedimentation processes that cause morphological changes of a river are also associated with flooding within the river catchments. In this study, the bank-line movement, erosion and sedimentation areas and changes in river section width were analyzed under three-time periods: 2005- 2012, 2012- 2018, and 2018- 2020. Data shows that, the timing for floods coincides with the historical records for heavy rains. It was found that, area in the upper reaches of the …

Foreword From Editor - 12th Edition, Yandi Andri Yatmo

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

This edition of AJCE focuses on three main objectives of community engagements, running under the theme of literacy, creative innovation, and resilience. Covering these objectives, this edition consists of three research articles and five case-based articles written by authors from multi-nationalities. These authors' expertise spans across fields and industries, from communications, journalism, nursing, and economics; demonstrating various means of engaging with society informed by their respective backgrounds.

Social Media, Mass Mobilization And National Development In Nigeria: Lessons From The #Endsars Protest, Eno-Obong Blaise Akpan, Tordue Simon Targema

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

This study explored the potential of social media for effective mass mobilization and community engagement to attain national development in Nigeria. Premised on the fact that social media have become popular platforms attracting millions of subscribers, the study examined how the opportunities they offer could be harnessed and purposefully deployed to galvanize the citizens to pursue national development causes. This was done against the backdrop of the technological determinism theory that provides the framework for investigating the indispensable role which technology plays in the advancement of a nation’s socio-economic development. The secondary research approach was adopted to carry out the …

Isotopic Signature Of Massive, Buried Ice In Eastern Taylor Valley, Antarctica: Implications For Its Origin, Christopher B. Gardner, Melisa A. Diaz, Devin F. Smith, Andrew G. Fountain, Joseph S. Levy, W. Berry Lyons

Geography Faculty Publications and Presentations

The coastal regions of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, contain deposits of the Ross Sea Drift, sedimentary material left from the Ross Sea ice sheet from the advance of the West Antarctic ice sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum. Much of this deposit is ice-cored, but data on the stable isotopic composition of water from this ice, which may contain a valuable climate archive, are sparse or incomplete. Widespread thermokarstic ground subsidence in this “coastal thaw zone” of the McMurdo Dry Valleys suggests that these potential records are rapidly being lost due to the melting of ground ice and permafrost. …

Does Bergmann’S Rule Apply In Bats? Evidence From Two Neotropical Species, Dennis Castillo-Figueroa

Neotropical Biodiversity

Bergmann’s rule is one of the most vigorously debated ecogeographic patterns but has rarely been examined in Neotropical bats. Herein, I examined Bergmann’s rule in Carollia perspicillata and Artibeus lituratus along an elevation gradient of 2500 m at both inter- and intraspecific level. I measured 384 specimens from collections belonged to C. perspicillata (89 ♀, 102 ♂) and A. lituratus (89 ♀, 104 ♂). The size of C. perspicillata increased with increasing elevation and decreasing temperature, whereas A. lituratus showed the converse pattern. For both species, females did not differ between elevation categories, contrary to males that were larger above …

Variación Intraespecífica De Carollia Brevicaudum Y Carollia Perspicillata (Phyllostomidae: Chiroptera) De Perú Y Ecuador, Dennisse Ruelas, Víctor Pacheco

Neotropical Biodiversity

Los murciélagos colicortos Carollia brevicaudum y C. perspicillata son dos de las especies de filostómidos más abundantes y ampliamente distribuidos en el Neotrópico. Debido a esto, diversos autores han encontrado variación intraespecífica a lo largo de su distribución, principalmente en tamaño corporal y coloración. Dado a que no hay un consenso en la magnitud de la variación intraespecífica, en este estudio evaluamos los patrones de variación de siete poblaciones de C. brevicaudum (n = 185) y C. perspicillata (n = 190) de poblaciones de Perú y Ecuador. Las poblaciones se delimitaron en base a las principales cuencas, río Amazonas y …

Carbon Stock And Dynamic In The Middle Xingu Forests At Eastern Amazonia, José Farias Costa, Emil José Hernández Ruz, Graciliano Galdino Alves Dos Santos

Neotropical Biodiversity

Studies on the quantification and spatial distribution of stored carbon, as well as the potential for carbon uptake by forests, are of great importance. We assessed the spatial distribution and dynamic of carbon in forest plots in the Middle Xingu. These plots are part of the vegetation monitoring area of the Belo Monte Dam. We estimated the biomass of trees with diameter at breast height (DBH) ≥10 cm using an allometric equation with forest inventory data in the eastern Amazonian region in the Xingu River area. We evaluated the vegetation structure and carbon stock dynamic in 2012, 2014, and 2016, …

A Review Of Arctomecon Californica (Papaveraceae) With A Focus On The Species’ Potential For Propagation And Reintroduction And Conservation Needs, Alexander Stosich, Lesley A. Defalco, Sara J. Scoles-Sciulla

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

Las Vegas bearpoppy (Arctomecon californica) occurrences have fluctuated during the past several decades, in part due to interannual variability in rainfall that influences recruitment and mortality events; yet, development in the Las Vegas Valley continues to threaten habitat supporting this species. Arctomecon californica was petitioned for listing under the Endangered Species Act in 2019 and is currently under review to determine whether listing is warranted (USFWS 2020). This review updates species information for A. californica and includes recent insights into the species’ seed ecology, habitat requirements and suitability models, propagation and reintroduction, and pollinator biology. We include information …

Perkembangan Aspek Ilmu Pengetahuan Dalam Industri Perkebunan Di Sumatra Timur 1863–1942, Devi Itawan

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

This study aims to reveal the relationship between science and the plantation industry on colonial expansion in East Sumatra. In this study, science is regarded as a colonial construction, which in the context of East Sumatra was used as a tool for colonial expansion, supporting the process of surplus accumulation through the plantation industry. This research applied the historical method, in which analysis was carried out on primary sources such as colonial scientific publications, travelogues, newspapers, and magazines. An examination of these primary sources was conducted by analyzing the text and the context. The decolonial perspective provides an analytical framework …

Diet Of The Golden Jackal (Canis Aureus) And Silver-Backed Jackal (Canis Mesomelas) In The Southern Part Of The Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania: A Comparative Study, Steven E. Temu, Cuthbert L. Nahonyo, Marion L. East, Patricia D. Moehlman

Tanzania Journal of Science

Habitat and food resource partitioning are predicted to facilitate the coexistence of similar-sized carnivores. The golden jackal (Canis aureus) and silver-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) are similar-sized canids that respectively inhabit grassland and woodland in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania. As information on the diet and food-intake of these two species in this ecosystem is limited, we aimed to compare the diet and food-intake of these canids in the wet and dry seasons, using data from focal samples of foraging behaviour and scat analysis. We predicted dietary differences between these species, seasonal differences within species and peak food intake when breeding. Result …

The Potencial Of Ginger (Zingiber Officinale R.) As A Standardized Herbal Product In North Sumatera, Rahmad Syukur Siregar, Rika Ampuh Hadiguna, Insannul Kamil, Novizar Nazir, Nofialdi Nofialdi

Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development

Indonesia has more than 9,609 plant species which have medicinal properties that is spread across various regions in Indonesia. Ginger is a group of medicinal plants that are therapeutic. Ginger has been cultivated on a large scale with the highest harvested area, total production and demand in Indonesia, including the Province of North Sumatra. The use of ginger as a medicinal plant has been carried out on the scale of the Traditional Medicine Industry (IOT), of which there are 135 IOTs in Indonesia and one of them is in North Sumatra, namely in the city of Medan. This article uses …

Economic Implications Of International Energy Trade : A Comparative Analysis Across Developed, Developing, And Least Developed Nations, Mmaduabuchi Chigozie Emeghebo, Bintou K.B. Janneh, Semeria Youlo Maurice

World Maritime University Dissertations

Energy trade and consumption constitute vital components of international trade, a significance that has been amplified by escalating global industrialization and globalization. Nonetheless, the patterns of demand, trade, and utilization of energy differ markedly across various categories of economies, as delineated by the United Nations into Developed, Developing, and Least Developed Nations.

This study endeavors to elucidate the influence of international energy trade and consumption on the economic development trajectories of these three distinct categories of nations. Employing linear panel regression methodologies on panel data sets spanning the period from 1995 to 2021 for each category, the analysis reveals that …

Health Outcomes Of Fitbit, Garmin Or Apple Watch-Based Interventions: A Systematic Review Of Systematic Reviews, Hossein Motahari-Nezhad, Fateme Zare, Hadi Akbari, Aslan Sadeghdaghighi

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Introduction: A rising number of systematic reviews of smartwatch clinical effectiveness have been published; however, the findings are conflicting and need further investigation. Our purpose was to assess the methodological and evidence synthesis quality of meta-analyses of the therapeutic efficacy of Fitbit, Garmin, or Apple Watch-based interventions. Material and Methods: Systematic searches were carried out with three electronic databases from inception to October 2021. Full text systematic reviews originally published in English in peer-reviewed journals describing meta-analyses of all clinical outcomes of Fitbit-, Garmin-, or Apple Watch -based interventions were eligible for this study. The Amstar-2 scale and GRADE were …

The Perspective Of Increasing Entrance Fees Ontourist Destination For Conservation Or Monopoli Purpose, Army Tunggu Hariwanto

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

As a big archipelago country Indonesia have many of tourist destination and attraction from east to west in whole over the archipelago. As much of its islands Indonesia have tourist destination which from nature give or even by human made. Tourist destination become one part that contain within one tour package that must visited by the tourist. Tourist must spend money to visit tourist destination and the cost will be different among them. From June until August there are few cases mentioned about increasing tourist destination entrance fees in several provinces and once become polemic among Indonesian citizen such entrance …

Mindfulness For Children? A Comparative Study Of Boy Novices In Buddhist Temples In Vietnam And Thailand, Hang Thanh Pham, Chi Phuong Tran, Ronald A. Pernia

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

No abstract provided.

Telemedicine Payment System Based On Quality:A Scoping Review, Zuhaira Husna Fatma, Ryan Rachmad Nugraha

Jurnal Ekonomi Kesehatan Indonesia

Telemedicine has been proven to improve access to care. However, it is still not sure how a payment system can accommodate high-quality telemedicine services. This paper aims to study the available payment system to accommodate telemedicine with a focus on health services quality. We conducted a scoping review of the telemedicine payment system and telemedicine quality through the PubMed and CINAHL databases including primary research, literature reviews, and expert opinion, aside from policy documents. The number of records identified through the database was 286. In addition, 195 were screened after removing duplicates, and 28 papers were included in the review …

Measuring And Validating Innovation Self-Efficacy: The Case Of Business Management Students, Andrei Raymund R. Relente, Erik Paolo S. Capistrano

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

This study aims to examine the lived experience of boy novices in two Buddhist temples in Vietnam and Thailand. Lodged within the overarching framework of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and taking into account the impact on children’s overall well-being, this study uses phenomenological qualitative research design to bring about the narratives of young boys in such religious sites. Primarily, this study looks at the (a) reasons for entering the temples, (b) the issues and concerns that each boy encountered while on the temple premises, and (c) how they overcame the daily demands of …

Effects Of Riverine Barriers On Avian Evolution In The Amazon Basin, Andre Eugene Moncrieff

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The high biodiversity found in the Amazon Basin has long captivated the attention of naturalists and evolutionary biologists seeking to explain its origins. Early observations by Alfred Wallace highlighted the role of rivers in delimiting the geographic ranges of many species; furthermore, where rivers narrow towards their headwaters, he noted that some species cross rivers freely. A major goal of this dissertation is to investigate how these and other observations about riverine barriers might inform our understanding of how speciation unfolds in Amazonia. My approach involved generating genomic data with dense geographic sampling for manakins in the genus Lepidothrix, …

The "Write" Stuff: The Plausible Capability Of Jesus’ Followers To Author The Gospels, Charles D. T. Miller

Liberty Theological Review

It is common for critics of the New Testament to cite William Harris’ 10% literacy rate for first-century Greco-Romans as evidence for the implausibility of Jesus’ followers to write, publish, and circulate the New Testament. This “evidence” is often used to dismiss the entire New Testament as a second-century fabrication that cannot accurately represent the true teachings of Jesus. Is this an accurate portrayal of Galilee during the time of Jesus? The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that Jesus’ followers possessed the “‘Write’ Stuff”—the ability to read, write, and memorize, as well as, access to the technology needed …

Development Indicators Of Health Services Using Geographical Information Systems In Beit Lahia, Gaza, Saleh Abu Amra

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

The study aimed to identify the health services and contribute to solving their problems in Beit Lahia, Gaza in light of urban indicators in terms of quantity, type and the efficiency and effectiveness of spatial distribution. To achieve this, the population of the study was studied in terms of its size, growth and sustainable development of health services. The results showed that the population was growing at a high rate as it multiplied about 25, 8 times in an estimated period of (50) years with poor health services. That is, the health services constituted 0,06% of the total concern as …