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Analysis Of Recent Trends In Continuous Sign Language Recognition Using Nlp, Vijayshri Nitin Khedkar, Sonali Kothari Dr, Aarohi Prasad, Arunima Mishra, Varun Saha, Vinay Kumar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Oralism is an ideology and practice that advocates communication that is based solely on speech. This practice is encouraged from a pretty early age in our country. As a consequence, the hard of hearing are constantly forced to negotiate with schools, colleges, organisations, workspaces, and families that don’t acknowledge the need and preference for sign language over oral languages. This results in inconsideration of an entire community for admissions, jobs and general social position. We aim to close that communication gap a little and take a step towards fighting the stigma associated with Sign Language. The aim is to provide …

A Scientometric Study Of Greenhouse Effect Research Output In India And China, Mohanathan P, Rajendran N

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article discuses the greenhouse effect research output from India and China, 3776 records published by both countries during 2010 to 2019 which is Indexed in Scopus Database. It is observed that the main producers of research output in the greenhouse effect are The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Education China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Anna University and National Environmental Engineering Research Institute India. The most number of publications were in 2019 with 990 (26.2%) articles and Wang Y topped with 179 publications. The …

Research Trends Of Icar-Iari Scientists: A Scientometric Analysis, Nidhisha P K, Sarangapani R Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of the study is to analyze the research publication of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute published from 1989 to 2020. The study focuses on axes like publication growth, document type, country, journals, authors and trending topics. A total of 8764 publications visible through the Web of Science database as of January 2021 consider for the study. Bibexcel, Bibliometrix R-packages and MS Excel are the data analysis tools. The major findings show that Articles are the most published form of research works and the USA is the most collaborative country. Most of the top productive journals are Indian journals. …

Scientometric Study Of Greenhouse Effect Research Output Among Brics Countries., Mohanathan P, Rajendran N

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present scientometric study highlighted the contributions made by BRICS countries in the field of Greenhouse Effect research, as reflected in the SCOPUS database during the year 2014-2018. BRICS countries have contributed 1953 publications during this research period. China made the highest contribution of 62.93% (41,369) among the BRICS countries followed by India 277 publications. The highest account of records presented in Article (81.11%) followed by Conference Paper (7.63%). The 106 (20.98%) papers were published in ‘Science of the total environment’ followed by ‘Plos One’ with 90 publications. On the subject of affiliations, Beihang University (1228) was the top prolific …

Web Visibility And Research Productivity Of Nirf Ranked Universities In India: A Webometric Study, Sandip S. Patel Dr., Dharmendra Trivedi Dr., Atul Bhatt Dr., Chaudhari Shanti

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study aims to examine the website analysis of top 15 Indian universities ranked in NIRF (National Institutes Ranking Framework). The study focused on research productivity and webometric analysis which examine the domain, domain age, external and internal links, whereas all three types of web impacts of all respondent websites have been analysed. Study also examine usage of websites by stakeholder from inside and outside the country. For measuring research productivity of the respondent’s universities, researchers has approached the Scopus database and analysed the no. of papers published, total citations received and h-index of respondent’s universities. The present study used …

Digital Competencies Needed By Librarians And Information Professionals For Knowledge Management Of 21st Century University Libraries In Borno State, Anthonia Peace Joel, Fatima Lasisi Ibrahim

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study determined digital competencies needed by librarians and information professionals for knowledge management of 21^st century university libraries in Borno State. Three research questions guided the study. This study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised 59 registered librarians in university libraries in Borno State. The whole population was used for the study because the size is considered manageable by the researcher. The instrument for data collection is questionnaire. The rating scale was titled “Questionnaire on Digital Competencies for Knowledge Management” (QDCKM). The instrument was sub-divided into three clusters. The instrument was face …

Literature Schedule Practiced In Ddc 22nd And Cc 6th Revised Ed.: A Comparative Study, Binay Krishna Das Library Trainee

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Classification in a library arranges the documents in classes based on mutual relationship between them and brings the like classes together and separates them from the unlike classes. It predominantly acts as the backbone of the library services provided in a library. In this study an attempt has been made to make an extensive study on how literature schedule is treated i.e. how class number building approach is carried out with the help of certain selected titles. An attempt has been made to delineate and outline how the literature schedule is practiced in different ways in both the classification scheme. …

Scientometric Analysis And Visualization Of Astrovirus Based On R-Packages, Sivankalai S, Virumandi A, Sivasekaran K, Bala Sankar B, Balamurugan B, Sharmila M, Kaladevi P

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

We examined scientific production of the astroviruses study community done the past two decades in the worldwide. Scientometric methods, particularly the literature development models, Document types, Most Global Cited Documents, Most Frequent Words, Authors collaboration, Author Impact (h-index, g-index, m-index), Most Local Cited Authors, Relevant Countries by Corresponding Author, Most Cited Countries, Most Relevant Affiliations are identified. The results of this study confess that the scientific literature on astroviruses in worldwide had grown-up exponentially with an annual growth rate of about 8.86% during the above declared period. Journal of medical virology were the most productive journals contributing 71 articles of …

Awareness And Use Of Electronic Journals By Academic Staff Of Selected Private Universities In Nigeria, Adesina Samson

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The developments in Information Communication Technology (ICT) have altered the methods through which information for academic enquiry are processed, stored, distributed, retrieved and circulated. This study expounds the outcomes of an investigation on the awareness and use of electronic journal (e-journals) among the teaching staff of 5 selected private universities in South West zone of Nigeria, The study employed a descriptive analysis and the use of questionnaires as the key instruments to obtain information from the respondents. The prime finding of the study discovered that there is a clear-cut correlation linking awareness and use of e-journal among the academic staff …

Best Practices In The Libraries Of Provincialised Degree Colleges Of Karimganj District, Assam: A Study, Niraj Barua, Shyam Thakuria, Tilak Sarma

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper discusses the best practices adopted by the college libraries of the Karimganj District of the State of Assam in India. The best practices are a set of guidelines or ideas which aims to take the most efficient and effective course of action to fulfill the goals of the library. The present study adopted the best practices guidelines set by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of India. The researcher adopted the survey method to study the present problem. The questionnaire was used as the principal tool for data collection. However, interview, gathering data from websites of respective …

Growth In Global Research Productivity Of Virology Literature Over 10 Years: A Scientometric Study, Vishakha Sankar, R. Sarangapani

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In order to expand upon the limited literature estimating the quantity and quality of worldwide research output in the field of virology, a bibliometric analysis was conducted for the period 2011-2020 using the web of science databases. The major focus was only growth perspective for example year wise productivity, Relative Growth rate, Annual growth rate, Compound growth rate, doubling time, Annual Ratio of growth, Exponential Growth rate, and Arithmetic mean over the years. It is found that India shared 2.46% of global publications. The RGR has been decreasing from 2012 (0.69) to 2020 (0.10) but other hand Doubling time increased …

Exploring Mindfulness As An Illness Pathway Between Eating Disorder And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, Emma G. Roberts, Brenna M. Williams, Cheri Levinson

Grawemeyer Colloquium Papers

Eating disorders (EDs) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have high rates of comorbidity. One shared protective factor for PTSD and ED symptoms is mindfulness. However, research on how mindfulness relates to ED-PTSD comorbidity is limited. Thus, the current study used network analysis to explore aspects of mindfulness as illness pathways bridging (i.e., connecting) symptoms among comorbid ED and PTSD symptoms. We hypothesized that mindfulness would negatively relate to ED and PTSD symptoms.

Participants (N=709 undergraduate students) completed self-report ED, PTSD, and mindfulness measures. Network analysis was conducted using R.

Five symptoms were identified as being the most central. …

The Role Of Parents’ Negative Emotional Symptoms, Time Homebound, And Parent-Infant Interactions During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Kolbie A. Vincent, Katherine G. Golway, Cara H. Cashon

Grawemeyer Colloquium Papers

Parent-child interaction plays a vital role in child development. Previous research has shown that parents’ negative emotional symptoms are related to the quality of parent-child interactions.

Parents with depression have been found to be less engaged and spend less time playing with their babies at 3 months of age compared to parents without depression. While depression has been researched extensively, there is a scarcity in the literature on other negative emotions, such as anxiety and general stress and their relation to parent-child interaction.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in the daily lives of caregivers and their infants …

The Effect Of Leader-Member Exchange, Co-Worker Cooperation And Locus Of Control On Employee Outcomes In Lebanese Smes: Perceptions Of Politics As A Mediator, Sakina El Jisr, Abdul Rahman Beydoun, Nehale Mostapha

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

Purpose – This study aims to investigate the nature of the relationships between three variables (leader-member exchange, locus of control and co-worker cooperation) and two employee outcomes (job satisfaction and turnover intention). It also examines whether these relationships are mediated by perceptions of politics.

Design/methodology/approach – Survey data was obtained from 300 employees from Lebanese SMEs located between Tripoli and Beirut. Mediation was tested using Baron and Kenny (1986)’s framework.

Findings – Results revealed that leader-member exchange and co-worker cooperation are positively related to job satisfaction and negatively related to turnover intention. Locus of control, on the other hand, is …

Self Care, Mental Health And Covid-19: An Exploratory Study Of The Coping Strategies Of Caregivers Of Individuals With Autism During The Pandemic (In Hyderabad, India), Triveni Goswami Vernal

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease-19), an infectious condition was first identified in December 2019, in Wuhan, in China. It has led to a worldwide pandemic with millions of people affected—not just health wise, but also economically and psychologically. The uncertainty associated with it, has caused immense anxiety, stress and trauma to people all over the world. India’s response to COVID-19 has comprised of a series of phases of Lockdown and subsequent Unlock. In mid-March, India announced a nationwide Lockdown, that led to the closure of educational institutions, factories, work places, transport, cinema halls, hotels, malls etc. The only places that were open …

Resilience, Emotion Regulation, Peer Relationship, Humor And Body-Esteem In Indian College Students, Shweta Singh, Ajai Pratap Singh

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

The aims of the present study were (1) to explore sex-related differences and (2) to estimate the associations between resilience, emotion regulation, peer relationship, humor, and body-esteem. A sample of Indian college students (N = 1000) took part in this study. They responded to the Hindi versions of the resilience scale, emotion regulation questionnaire for children and adolescents, peer relationship scale, humor style questionnaire, and body-esteem scale. Results indicated that men obtained higher mean scores on resilience, peer relationship, humor, and body-esteem than women. All the correlations between the variables were statistically significant and positive. It was concluded that those …

Peningkatan Pembangunan Sosial Melalui Optimalisasi Program Kampung Tematik Kampung Purun , Kalimantan Selatan, Dwi Rahyanti Sihotang, Fentiny Nugroho

Jurnal Pembangunan Manusia

Social development should be able to evenly touch all areas, where welfare is felt by all groups of society. One of the areas in Indonesia that still has many social problems such as unemployment, poverty, health, or regional planning is kampong. Various programs have been carried out by the government as an effort to improve social development so that the kampongs are no longer in a condition called distorted development. One of the kampong improvement efforts in Indonesia is the thematic village program. Several regions in Indonesia use thematic kampongs as a means of promoting local potential, regional development solutions, …

Kontribusi Pondok Pesantren Dalam Mengembangkan Human Capital, Muh. Niam, Isbandi Rukminto Adi

Jurnal Pembangunan Manusia

The development of Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia has been transformed not only as an Islamic educational Institution (tafaqquh fiddin), but also as a Faith-Based Organization (FBO) which is engaged in the social, economic, and the surrounding social community. Developing human capital as one of the strategies in social development and has become one of the forms of activities that can be carried out by Islamic boarding schools to the surrounding community, activities in the community also become one of the forms of dakwah bil hal in the community. This Research discussed the contribution of Roudlotun Nasyi’in Ash Shiddiqiyyah (RN …

Peran Teknologi Informasi Dan Komunikasi Pada Program Kemitraan Pt Tanifund Madani Indonesia (Tanifund), Lydia Maria Kusnadi, Isbandi Rukminto Adi

Jurnal Pembangunan Manusia

The agricultural sector is one of the highest contributors to Indonesia’s GDP, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. The irony is that based on Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics data, at least 25.14 million Indonesian were below the poverty line, with 15.15 million lives in rural areas and the majority of whom worked in the agricultural sector. TaniFund is a startup company with a vision to improve the welfare of farmers by utilizing information and communication technology (ICT). TaniFund builds partnerships with farmers in rural areas and opens access to capital through a peer-to-peer lending system. This study aims to describe …

Tahapan Pada Program Penyediaan Rumah Berbasis Masyarakat, Herbet Barimbing, Triyanti Anugrahini

Jurnal Pembangunan Manusia

Inadequate houses and slums are part of the welfare problems of low-income families. A community-based approach is believed to be an effective way of providing housing for low-income families, as it is seen as an effort to empower them. This study describes the stages in community based housing program in Mauk Sub district, Tangerang District, conducted by a non-governmental organization, Habitat for Humanity Indonesia (HFH Indonesia). This study aims to describe how the stages being implemented with the community based approach. This qualitative research using purposive sampling techniques. Data collected with a semi- structured in-depth interview with the representatives of …

Report On Japanese-Language Manga Magazine Survey 2020, Victoria Rahbar

Journal of East Asian Libraries

The North American manga boom occurred in the early 2000s, but the anime and manga studies boom is occurring now as fans grow up and design their research based on childhoods complete with idols, magical girls, ninjas, and superheroes. Japanese-language manga magazines are one text utilized by these fans turned anime and manga studies researchers, and yet there has been no documentation prior on where patrons are able to access these magazines in North America. Thus, the Japanese-language manga magazine survey was primarily developed to document the availability of Japanese-language manga magazines at North American East Asian academic libraries with …

The Scope Of The Death Penalty, Austin Bullock

Master of Arts in Criminal Justice Leadership

The problem I will explore in my paper is the death penalty’s role in the criminal justice system and the feasibility of it as a solution versus the current alternative of lifetime prison sentences. I will also address subtopics that fuel the death penalty versus life imprisonment debate including the effectiveness on recidivism and ethical considerations.

Blackstone Communion, Anne-Catherine Schaaf

Office of Sustainability

This short story describes a spiritual connection with nature experienced by the author when walking along a trail in Blackstone Gateway Park. Blackstone Gateway Park is an urban, riverfront park in Worcester, Massachusetts. Features of the park include walking paths and an elevated boardwalk which crosses the Middle River and the surrounding wetlands.

St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic Church And Center For The Deaf Sunday Bulletin, February 28, 2021

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Landover Hills, MD

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin Finding Aid

St. Francis Borgia Deaf Center Church Bulletin, February 28, 2021

Saint Francis Borgia Deaf Center Church Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Chicago, IL

Saint Francis Brogia Deaf Center Church Bulletin Finding Aid

St. Benedict Parish For The Deaf Church Bulletin, February 28, 2021

Saint Benedict Parish for the Deaf Church Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in San Francisco, CA

Saint Benedict Parish for the Deaf Church Bulletin Finding Aid

Komitmen Perusahaan Dalam Implementasi Program Csr Beasiswa Pendidikan Pt Krakatau Steel Yang Bermitra Dengan Lp3i Cilegon, Banten, Albar Meky Pondalus, Indra Lestari Fawzi

Jurnal Pembangunan Manusia

The financial crisis in 2017 made many SOEs reduce and even stop the CSR program. PT Krakatau Steel, one of the largest SOEs experiencing financial difficulties remains committed to its CSR program to keep it going. One of PT Krakatau Steel's CSR programs that is still running is an educational scholarship in partnership with LP3I Cilegon. The program, which has been running since 2007, is a form of PT Krakatau Steel's commitment to solving the social problems in Cilegon, namely low education, poverty and unemployment. This research uses a qualitative approach with descriptive type. The purposive of this study is …

Keberlanjutan Program Japfa For Kids Melalui Kegiatan Menjaga Kebersihan Dan Kesehatan Lingkungan Sekolah Yang Dilakukan Oleh Pt Gagas Inspirasi Nusantara, Nia Kurnianingtyas, Triyanti Anugrahini

Jurnal Pembangunan Manusia

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) number 3 dan 17 provide guidance for the development of policies and programs to enhance children’s welfare and health, which could be implemented by a partnership between government and corporation. SDGs implicate the urgency to undertake program continuation for development programs. Japfa for Kids is one of the social development programs that undertake its program continuation. Japfa for Kids is a CSR program for PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia, working to enhance students' clean and healthy behavior, especially for elementary students. This program has transformed itself from an event and charity-based program into a community development program …

Documenting And Mapping Covid-19 Responses By Ceal Libraries, Ryuta Komaki

Journal of East Asian Libraries

This paper presents an ongoing project to collect as-it-happens data on CEAL libraries’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and discusses the information collected so far. The author collected website and social network site postings of CEAL libraries (n=43), which were posted from March to mid-September, 2020, and analyzed them using visualization tools. In the period of initial responses in March, most CEAL libraries suspended in-person reference services and circulation of print holdings, and closed their physical locations to patrons. Access to print books restarted in some libraries during the spring semester/quarter, while other services remained relatively unchanged. Print collections became …

Essays On Random Social Choice Theory, Soumyarup Sadhukhan Dr.

Doctoral Theses

The thesis covers an extreme point characterization of strategy-proof and unanimous probabilistic rules over binary restricted domains. It shows that every strategy-proof and unanimous probabilistic rule on a binary restricted domain has binary support, and is a probabilistic mixture of strategy-proof and unanimous deterministic rules. Examples of binary restricted domains are single-dipped domains, which are of interest when considering the location of public bads. We also provide an extension to infinitely many alternatives. It also discusses that a random rule on a top-connected single-peaked domain is unanimous and strategy-proof if and only if it is a random min-max rule. As …