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Community Efforts To Fulfill The Availability Of Green Open Space (Rth) Through Activities Urban Farming (Case Study: Rw 01, Rawasari Village, Johar Baru District, Central Jakarta Administrative City), Fajri Ananda Hade, Ardila Mike

Cities and Urban Development Journal

Background: The Special Capital Region (DKI) of Jakarta's achievements in the Global City indicators for environmental and sustainability aspects include meeting the availability of micro and macro scale green open spaces (RTH) to optimize space utilization. The need for RTH refers to Law No. 26 of 2007 concerning the availability of RTH with a percentage of 30%.

Aims: This study reviews community efforts to fulfill the availability of green open space through urban farming activities in the Central Jakarta Administrative City with a case study of the RW 01 area, Rawasari Village, Johar Baru District.

Methods: This research method …

An Evaluation Of Green Energy Implementation In The Household Sector : The Use Of Energy-Efficient Lighting In Dki Jakarta, Aldi Gilang Permana

Cities and Urban Development Journal

Background: Rapid population growth and urban activities in DKI Jakarta have led to an increase in energy consumption, particularly in the household sector. This condition highlights the need for the implementation of the green housing concept, especially in terms of green energy, to promote more efficient and environmentally friendly energy use. One of the most common efforts is the use of energy-efficient lighting as a form of energy efficiency in household lighting systems. Although the adoption rate is relatively high, the implementation of green energy remains suboptimal, as the utilization of renewable energy such as solar panels is still very …

Transformative Climate Change Mitigation And Adaptation Policy Analysis In Medan City, Citra Tatius, Mega Anggraeni, Wiwandari Handayani, Rukuh Setiadi

Cities and Urban Development Journal

Background: Climate change is not only a global challenge but also a strategic issue of development in Indonesia. The Medan City Government has implemented various mitigation and adaptation efforts, yet it continues to produce greenhouse gas emissions and is exposed to climate change impacts. A transformative approach in mitigation and adaptation is needed to enable systemic change to comprehensively address climate change from its root causes.

Aims: This paper aims to elaborate on the extent to which mitigation and adaptation policies in Medan City can fulfill the principles of transformative climate actions.

Methods: Data collection for climate profiles and mitigation …

Analysis Of Infectious Waste Management In Hospital X Based On The Minister Of Health Regulation Number 02 Of 2023, Carissa Gianika

Cities and Urban Development Journal

Background: Infectious waste management is a crucial aspect in preventing cross-infection and protecting the hospital environment. Hospitals, as healthcare facilities with high levels of medical activity, generate large amounts of infectious waste that can potentially pose health and environmental risks if not managed according to standards. Hospital X, South Jakarta, as a referral hospital with a high patient volume.

Aims: This study aims to analyze the implementation of infectious waste management at Hospital X, South Jakarta based on the provisions of Minister of Health Regulation Number 2 of 2023, and to identify the obstacles faced in its implementation.

Methods: This …

Land Use Assessment In The Concept Of Green Housing: A Case Study Of Mulia Gading Kencana, Serang, Banten, Dwiky Fajar Ramadhan, Lita Sari Barus

Cities and Urban Development Journal

Background: The application of the green housing concept in housing estates is important for maintaining environmental balance amidst the issue of global warming, which can accelerate the rate of environmental degradation.

Aims: This article aims to assess the application of the green housing concept in relation to land use and management at the Mulia Gading Kencana housing estate..

Methods: The research was conducted using observation, interviews and document review, based on the Green Neighbourhood 1.1 framework..

Results: The assessment results show that the Mulia Gading Kencana housing estate scored 6 out of a total of 10, with a score of …

From Infrastructure To Outcomes: Institutions, Capabilities, And Sustainable Transformation, M. Kabir Hassan

Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Economics and Administration

No abstract provided.

Does Ai Advance Environmental Sustainability? The Moderating Roles Of Institutional Quality And Skill-Biased Technological Change, Arshad Javed, Insha Ihsan, Haleema Ahsan

Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Economics and Administration

Is the Earth saved or sacrificed by artificial intelligence? Our inquiry into whether AI innovation improves environmental sustainability, as assessed by the Load Capacity Factor (LCF), a comprehensive indicator that includes both ecological supply and demand, is centred on this subject. Study uses moderation analysis to investigate synergistic effects using Driscoll-Kraay standard errors to address cross-sectional dependence and heteroskedasticity using panel data from 20 countries between 2017 and 2025. According to our research, LCF is greatly enhanced by AI patent filings, and this benefit is further reinforced by institutional quality and FDI. Crucially, the connection between AI and skill-biased technological …

Polycentric Islamic Finance: Authority, Law, And Structured Differentiation In A Global System, Muhammad Saarim Ghazi

Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Economics and Administration

Islamic finance has long been guided by an aspiration toward harmonization, with standardization and regulatory alignment viewed as pathways to coherence across jurisdictions and institutions. However, persistent variation in governance structures, interpretive approaches, and financial practices suggests that convergence has not been fully realized. This paper reconceptualizes variation not as a residual outcome of incomplete harmonization, but as a structurally generated feature of the system.
Drawing on a conceptual framework of polycentric authority, the study argues that Islamic finance operates through multiple, overlapping centers of decision-making, including transnational standard-setting bodies, national regulators, institutional Shari'ah boards, and market actors. Within this …

Literature Review Of Zero-Leverage Firms: A Text-Mining Approach, Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Paolo Saona, Laura Muro, Mehedi Hasan Ifti, Chowdhury Noushin Novera

Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Economics and Administration

Purpose: While zero-leverage firms have been studied individually, comprehensive literature reviews exploring their research streams and future directions remain scarce. This study addresses this gap by conducting the first review of the zero-leverage puzzle utilizing a hybrid bibliometric and text-mining approach. This methodological framework systematically categorizes established research streams and identifies future research directions on this topic.
Methodology: The study employs a hybrid approach, combining bibliometric analysis with text mining to efficiently analyze unstructured textual data. A full-text analysis of 56 publications from the Web of Science (WoS) database is conducted using R programming and VOSviewer software. Additionally, the data …

Role Of Ngos In Financial Inclusion, Basic Health Awareness, And Climate Change Resilience Towards Sdgs: Bangladesh Perspective, Md. Mamunar Rashid, Mohammad Main Uddin, Md. Asaduzzaman Babu, Md. Javed Kayser

Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Economics and Administration

Objectives: This study focuses on what connections, if any, NGOs have made with financial inclusion, basic health awareness, and climate change resilience over time in Bangladesh. What are the contributions of NGOs to the design, implementation, and attainment of financial inclusion, basic health awareness, and climate change resilience? In what manner does this contribution correspond with the achievement of the SDGs?
Materials and Methods: This study used self-administered, structured, and closed-ended questionnaires. Three sections comprise the survey questionnaires: Financial Inclusion (FI), Basic Health Awareness (BHA), and Climate Change Resilience (CCR). This study reached out to 406 respondents, all of whom …

Cardozo Law News Brief: July 31, 2026, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Briefs

Highlights from the July 10, 2026 Cardozo Law News Brief include:

• Interim Dean of Students Francesca Acocella received the National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals’ (NALSAP) Core Four Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to law student affairs.
• Professor Jessica Roth spoke to Bloomberg about the Supreme Court’s Cook, Slaughter, and birthright citizenship decisions, discussing their implications for the Fourteenth Amendment.
• Professor Michael Pollack was quoted in Bloomberg about the legal history of sidewalks and responsibilities for their maintenance, and also appeared on CNN to discuss a viral story about community sidewalk construction.
• Adjunct Professor Gary …

From Hesitation To Creation: Bookmaking, Language, And The Development Of Student Confidence In The Arts And Crafts, Kayla Rich

Theses and Dissertations

Many secondary students enter art classrooms believing that artistic ability is an innate talent rather than a skill that can be developed, often resulting in low confidence, perfectionist tendencies, and a reluctance to take creative risks. This action research study investigated how participation in a crafts-focused bookmaking curriculum affected students' engagement, divergent creativity, artmaking, and mindset in relation to success, failure, and creative risk-taking. Drawing on research in growth mindset, guided mastery, craft education, and artists' books, I designed and implemented a scaffolded curriculum that progressed from structured bookbinding techniques and process-based exploration to conceptually driven artists' books. The study …

Dynamic Analysis Of The Role Of Border Area Teachers In Implementing The Deep Learning Approach Through Visual Mapping Assisted By Cousal Loop Diagram (Cdl), Siprianus Jewarut, Usman Usman, Rikardus Sehajun, Pramatatya Resindra Widya

Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktek dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi

Bengkayang is one of the districts in Kalimantan Province. This regency is very special because it is located right on the border between Indonesia and Serikin Sarawak, Malaysia. The condition of the border area certainly leaves various challenges due to the area's location quite far from the city center and a fairly large area. This situation presents a very significant challenge in efforts to improve the quality of education and human resources of the community in the Bengkayang region. Based on the actual conditions in the field, various limitations were found, ranging from the lack of availability of educational facilities …

Las Exposiciones Temporales De Cristóbal Balenciaga (2015-2022), Julio González Liendo, Trilce Navarrete Hernández

Artículos científicos

Este estudio realiza un análisis comparativo y retrospectivo de las estrategias de comunicación utilizadas para promocionar las exposiciones temporales de Cristóbal Balenciaga entre 2015 y 2022. Los elementos utilizados en sus planes de comunicación se identificaron mediante entrevistas semiestructuradas con los directores de comunicación de 16 espacios expositivos internacionales y con el director de comunicación del Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa. El análisis reveló que los museos no emplean estrategias transmedia, lo que se traduce en una política de comunicación unilateral que limita la participación en redes sociales y el compromiso con la narrativa de las exposiciones. La falta de una estrategia …

Morocco’S Sand Wall Construction: Challenges In Peacemaking Efforts In Western Sahara, Tarasyah Faz'lin, Apipudin Apipudin

Journal of Strategic and Global Studies

The Sahrawi ethnic conflict in Western Sahara has been ongoing for decades. Although various international efforts have been made to resolve it peacefully, they have not yielded results. This study focuses on the construction of a sand wall by Morocco and the involvement of international actors in the Western Sahara conflict. It explores the legal implications of Morocco’s construction of the sand wall, the role of international actors, the causes of the UN’s failure in achieving a peaceful resolution, and the impact of the conflict on the younger generation of Western Sahara. This research uses qualitative methods and primarily employs …

Housing Precarity Among Marginalized Women In Neoliberal Contexts: A Systematic Literature Review, Faza Nur Syahida, Joko Adianto

Journal of Strategic and Global Studies

This study presents a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) investigating the lived experiences of women from vulnerable groups in securing access to housing within the ideological contours of neoliberal capitalism. The inquiry delves into the layers of exclusion, precarity, and structural silencing that frame their trajectories. The study identifies five intersecting identities among vulnerable women: (1) single women; (2) single mothers; (3) survivors of gender-based violence; (4) elderly women; and (5) migrant women laborers. Through a rigorous database search guided by predetermined selection criteria, fifteen scholarly articles were selected for review. These were organized into the five categories, each containing two …

Ethics Under Siege: The Conflict In Tigray Through The Lens Of Just War Theory, Daniela Widya Purba

Journal of Strategic and Global Studies

This research article explains the ethical principles of the conflict in Tigray based on the Just War Theory. By using the descriptive qualitative methodology, this research article draws data from secondary sources which includes; academic journals, news reports, as well as international legal instruments to analyze the moral trajectory of the conflict. This research begins with jus ad bellum, to assess Ethiopia’s government justification in declaring conflict within Tigray. While the government fulfilled the criteria of just cause and legitimate authority, the question stands on the ambiguous political intentions and the failure to enact peaceful alternatives before resulting in waging …

Presidential Visits As Foreign Policy Instruments: U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy In Trump’S Second Term, Atar Thaung Htet

Journal of Strategic and Global Studies

Through an analysis of President Donald Trump's October 2025 travel to Asia, this study investigates the consequences of U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy under his second-term diplomacy. The paper examines three significant diplomatic encounters—the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia, bilateral meetings in Japan, and the APEC Summit in South Korea—using a qualitative case study methodology based on role theory and foreign policy analysis. The results show that alliance-centered security cooperation, strategic balancing toward China, and selective economic engagement were U.S. Indo-Pacific goals. Through extremely transactional and bilateralized relations, presidential diplomacy allowed the United States to fulfill a number of foreign policy responsibilities, such …

The Impact Of Local Content Requirements Policy For 4g Lte Cell Phones On The Performance Of The Indonesian Telecommunications Industry, Gary Dabelza Abi, Mohamad Dian Revindo, Indri Br Situmorang

Journal of Strategic and Global Studies

This study examines the impact of Indonesia's 2017 tightening of Local Content Requirements (LCR) for fourth-generation long-term evolution (4G LTE) mobile phones on firm performance in the telecommunications manufacturing industry, a setting characterized by a large domestic market but limited upstream electronics capability. Using firm-level data from the 2016 Economic Census and the 2017-2018 Large and Medium Manufacturing Survey, we examine the effects of raising the minimum LCR threshold from 20% to 30% on firm output, labor productivity, imported input intensity, and foreign capital ownership through pooled regressions with firm-level controls. The results show that the stricter LCR threshold is …

Ripples Of A Global Health Crisis: 2019’S Pandemic And Its Impact On Sharia-Compliant Equities In Oic Countries, Windiya Saputri, Nur Fatwa, Nurwahidin Nurwahidin

Journal of Strategic and Global Studies

The outbreak of COVID-19 marked not only a global health emergency but also a strategic shock with profound economic implications, particularly for developing economies. This study investigates how Sharia-compliant stock markets in selected OIC countries responded to the World Health Organization’s declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Using an event study approach, the analysis focuses on abnormal returns (AR) from six major Islamic indices representing Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and Qatar. The results reveal that the pandemic announcement carried significant informational content, as reflected in the notable ARs across all …

Comparative Effectiveness Of Antiseptic And Antibiotic Irrigation Versus Normal Saline In Infected Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review, Madelaine Adkins, Yahan Wei, Amanda Killeen

School of Podiatric Medicine - Student Research

Introduction: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a rare but devastating complication following total ankle arthroplasty (TAA). Acute infections are commonly managed with debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR), in which irrigation plays a critical role in reducing bacterial burden. Although irrigation protocols have been investigated in total hip and total knee arthroplasty, evidence specific to infected TAA remains unclear. This systematic review evaluated the available literature regarding irrigation practices in the surgical management of infected TAA.

Methods: A systematic review was conducted in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. PubMed and Scopus were search for English-language studies published between December 2005 and …

Employment Research, Vol. 33, No. 3, July 2026

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Unlocking The Past: Chemical Cleaning And Xrf Analysis In The Restoration Of A Renowned Work Of Art, Crisencio M. Paner

DLSU Arts Congress Conference Proceedings

This study presents the conservation and scientific analysis of a painting by Ang Kiukok, a prominent Filipino National Artist. The project emphasized preventive and restorative conservation, focusing on cleaning methods and pigment identification using X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis. The findings provide valuable insights for developing effective preservation strategies and enhance our understanding of the artist’s materials and techniques, thereby contributing significantly to the documentation and advancement of Philippine art history. Conservation trainees, under expert supervision, followed a structured restoration process. For initial cleaning, three standard materials were used: Vulpex (a non-acidic liquid soap), Artist’s Picture Cleaner, and purified beeswax. These …

Type-2 And Type-N Rough Sets: A Hierarchical Generalization Of Pawlak Approximations With Some Applications", Takaaki Fujita, Ajoy Kanti Das, Suman Das, Sankar Prasad Mondal

Sustainable Machine Intelligence Journal

Uncertainty is ubiquitous in real-world systems and has motivated the development of various generalized set-theoretic frameworks, including rough sets, fuzzy sets, intuitionistic fuzzy sets, and neutrosophic sets. In particular, rough set theory represents uncertainty by approximating a target subset of a universe through two crisp sets, namely the lower and upper approximations, which are induced by an equivalence, or indiscernibility, relation.
Motivated by the well-established hierarchy of Type-2 and, more generally, Type-(n) fuzzy sets, this paper proposes and studies analogous higher-order extensions of rough sets. First, we introduce Type-2 rough sets as a two-level parameterized framework in which each primary …

Ai-Driven Prognostics For Pem Fuel Cells Using Optimized Machine Learning And Deep Learning Models For Accurate Lifetime Prediction, Walid Abdullah, Reda Mohamed, Ibrahim Alrashdi, Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Mahmoud Mahdi

Sustainable Machine Intelligence Journal

Predicting how long proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells will last is important for making them more reliable and reducing maintenance costs. However, most existing methods struggle to understand complex patterns in the data, leading to less accurate predictions. This paper introduces two new models to improve predictions. The first model, attention-based long short-term memory (ALSTM), is based on LSTM networks with an attention mechanism. This helps the model focus on the most important time steps in the data, making predictions more accurate. The second model, B-Ridge-JADE, selects the most useful features from the data using an adaptive differential evolution …

Measuring Maintainable Income Under Natural Capital Depletion: A Dynamic Sustainability-Weighted Cost Of Capital Framework, Khaled Aldhaferi

Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Economics and Administration

Sustainability reporting has improved the visibility of climate, resource, and safety risks, but it still does not provide a measurement mechanism for separating maintainable operating surplus from income generated by depleting finite natural capital. This paper develops Dynamic Sustainability-Weighted Cost of Capital (Dynamic SWACC) as a governed shadow-accounting architecture for estimating sustainability-adjusted maintainable income. The framework begins from the Hicksian capital-maintenance view of income and the El-Serafy user-cost method, derives the user-cost charge from a finite-horizon operating-surplus annuity, and endogenizes the discount rate through auditable state variables: reserve-life constraint intensity, carbon-budget utilization, and operational safety risk. The developed contribution extends …

Examining The Relationship Between Transport Infrastructure Quality And Co2 Emissions: Evidence From South And Southeast Asia, Badr A. Alreshidi

Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Economics and Administration

Transport infrastructure quality plays a critical role in supporting economic activity and facilitating the movement of goods and people. However, improvements in transport systems may also generate environmental consequences through increased emissions. The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of the transport infrastructure quality on CO₂ emissions in fifteen South and Southeast Asian countries during the period from 2013 to 2019. An OLS regression model of panel data was used in order to evaluate the influence of the transport infrastructure quality (road, rail, air, port) on CO₂ emissions. The results of the empirical analysis demonstrate …

Digital Transformation And Sme Economic Contribution In Saudi Arabia: A Critical Analysis Through The Dynamic Capabilities Lens, Rodrigo Bochner

Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Economics and Administration

This analytical essay examines the intersection between digital transformation initiatives and small-to-medium enterprise (SME) economic contribution within Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 framework. Drawing upon dynamic capabilities theory and analysis of government data, academic literature, and policy documents, we explore how digital transformation intensity influences SME performance and their contribution to economic diversification objectives. Government reports reveal that SMEs in Saudi Arabia grew from 429,026 enterprises in 2016 to over 1.8 million in 2024, yet contribute only 30% to GDP versus the Vision 2030 target of 35%. Concurrently, Saudi Arabia has achieved fourth place globally in digital government services and sixth …

Neurodivergent Peer Tutoring And Anti-Ableism: Two High Schoolers’ Lived Experiences While Working In A Neurodiversity-Based Writing Center, Daniel S. Harrison

The Writing Center Journal

Neurodivergence is naturally present in the writing center and most often recognized by labels like ADHD, autism, OCD, dyslexia, and so on. However, neurodivergent voices in writing center scholarship have been few and far between in postsecondary institutions (Babcock, 2017; Batt, 2018; Kleinfeld, 2023), and in the secondary writing center even less so. Therefore, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the personal, relational, and formative aspects of the lived experiences of two neurodivergent students through a critical disability theory lens as they provided writing consultations to their neurodivergent peers in a Mid-Atlantic, independent special education school. …

Where Do Ai Coding Agents Fail? An Empirical Study Of Failed Agentic Pull Requests In Github, Ramtin Ehsani, Sakshi Pathak, Shriya Rawal, Abdullah Al Mujahid, Mia Mohammad Imran, Preetha Chatterjee

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

AI coding agents are now submitting pull requests (PRs) to software projects, acting not just as assistants but as autonomous contributors. As these agentic contributions are rapidly increasing across real repositories, little is known about how they behave in practice and why many of them fail to be merged. In this paper, we conduct a large-scale study of 33k agent-authored PRs made by five coding agents across GitHub. (RQ1) We first quantitatively characterize merged and not-merged PRs along four broad dimensions: 1) merge outcomes across task types, 2) code changes, 3) CI build results, and 4) review dynamics. We observe …