Data Gathering Techniques Research Articles

Experiences of Science Teachers Teaching Non–science Subjects: A Phenomenology Study

The challenge of unimpressive performance in science subjects is worldwide as revealed by various international research investigation. The increasing rate of low academic achievement and failures in science subjects in schools may significantly impact both individual students whose target was to proceed with tertiary education and seek a lifetime opportunity. However, all of these aims may be affected by the unimpressive performance of students in science subjects. The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of science teachers who encountered problems and challenges in teaching non–science subjects. The study utilized the qualitative phenomenological design with two data gathering techniques, the in-depth interview and focus group discussion. There were 14 participants in this study who were science teachers from secondary schools in Montevista district, Davao de Oro Division, Mindanao, Philippines. Data triangulation was addressed through generating data from various sources to gain a fuller perspective of the study. There (3) essential themes were generated on the experiences of teachers from teaching Non–science subjects. As to the result, the study further recommends on the revisitation on the hiring policy, plans and programs for teachers particularly the need for teacher’s alignment of subject as to what teachers’ specialization or subject field of expertise.

Ragging and Bullying Analysis of Its Impact on Young Adolescent Girls

Ragging and bullying are serious problems and in maximum cases, children are primarily victims of this. This study is associated with exploring the characteristics of ragging and bullying and their impact on young adolescent girls. At different times in human lives, almost maximum people have experienced bullying. Ragging and bullying have become the result of aggressive behaviour among young children. In order to mitigate these activities, the government has framed a few anti-bullying legislations. This activity impacted the mental health of children which disturbed them in their growing process. All the reasons behind ragging and bullying have been discussed in the below section. The researcher has adopted a “secondary quantitative data-gathering technique” which proved suitable and effective in extracting the right information related to the topic. Thus, to collect the raw data the researcher used an excel sheet, and to evaluate the raw data the researcher used IBM SPSS software. Moreover, this research paper can help the readers to identify the actual reason behind this malicious activity and how to reduce it in a better and more effective way. Keyword : Adolescent Girls, Aggressive Behavior, Disturbing Childhood, Education, Mental Health, Physical Health, Ragging And Bullying.

A Free Listing Assessment of Sexual Function and Relationships for Penile Prosthesis and Intracavernosal Injection Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction

ABSTRACT Introduction Most erectile dysfunction (ED) studies focus predominantly on sexual function leaving self-esteem and relationships understudied. Free listing is a technique for gathering data about a specific topic by asking participants to list items that relate to the topic. We evaluated free listing responses of patients undergoing treatment with penile prosthesis (PP) and intracavernosal injection (ICI). Objective To compare free listing responses about sexual function and relationships between patients treated with penile prosthesis (PP) and intracavernosal injection (ICI). Methods IRB-approval was obtained to interview patients by phone who underwent ED treatment by a single surgeon. Participants were asked to give three one-word responses to questions about sexual function and relationships. Responses with like terms were grouped together to avoid redundancy in reporting results. All words reported at least four times were included. Results Fifty patients (25 PP, 25 ICI) agreed to be interviewed for this study. For Q1 (What are some words that describe how your current sexual function makes you feel?) responses for PP included positive (n=13), content (n=12), confident (n=5), dependable (n=5), nervous (n=4), nonfunctional (n=4), and unsatisfied (n=4), while responses for ICI were positive (n=9), content (n=6), excited (n=4), fine (n=4), and nonfunctional (n=4). For Q2 (what are some words that come to mind that describe your ability to have sex by yourself or with others?) responses for PP included positive (n=7), unsatisfied (n=5), dependable (n=5), and confident (n=4), while the responses for ICI were nonfunctional (n=5), dependable (n=5), and positive (n=4). For Q3 (what are some words that describe your intimate relationships with others?) the responses for PP included positive (n=7) and content (n=7), while responses for ICI were positive (n=9), content (n=8), and love (n=8). Conclusions PP and ICI patients reported predominantly positive statements but did report psychosocial concerns despite undergoing ED treatment. Further discussion into patient expectations both before and after treatment may help to improve patient satisfaction and self-perception. Disclosure Any of the authors act as a consultant, employee or shareholder of an industry for: Boston Scientific

Use of Blended Learning for Combining Digital Learning Tools with More Traditional Classroom Face to Face Teaching in Educational System

Research article sheds light on the concept of blended learning in the educational system of India. Therefore, blended learning is a type of learning process which supports the combination of the tools of digital learning and face to face education. The educational system of India is developing by using several components and the uses of digital learning tools for developing educational systems can be noticed. Thereafter different types of digital learning tools such as mobile internet laptop computers are now used by educational institutions as well for developing their traditional education system. Thus, the purpose of this particular research article is to describe the usage of the blended learning process for developing the educational system in India. Mostly the process of traditional education is used in the institutes of India but during the pandemic situation while the education of the students was stopped then the uses of online education increased. Therefore, the use of online educational tools and digital applications for continuing education became important at that time. Furthermore, the use of several digital education tools impacted the productivity of the students positively and because of that the use of digital educational tools in the traditional education system is increasing. Moreover, the researcher has adopted several methods and techniques for gathering data and analysing them in this specific research article. Therefore, the researcher has adopted the secondary method for gathering data through several sources and the qualitative method for analysing all the data in a thematic way. The data and information about the concept of blended learning is analysed in this specific research article properly Keyword :Blended learning, face to face education, traditional learning, combination, educational system

The Role of Governments in Developing MSMEs in Line with Social Changes Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic

MSMEs are one of many industries that have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic that has swept the globe, particularly in Indonesia. Since the Covid-19 virus was declared a pandemic two years ago, MSMEs have seen a significant drop in turnover. In addition to MSMEs’ adaptation and creativity, the development of MSMEs undoubtedly necessitates government help to assist enterprises in surviving and competing in the contemporary era. The goal of this study was to look at the government’s role in establishing MSMEs in light of the COVID-19 pandemic’s socio-economic changes. Descriptive qualitative approaches were used, as well as data gathering techniques such as observation, interviewing, and documentation. According to the findings, the government has aided the development of MSMEs by, for example, providing assistance through people’s business loans, simplifying business permits, lowering the percentage of income taxes, and providing business assistance; however, during the pandemic, rules such as social distancing, activity restrictions, and operating hour restrictions have resulted in a decrease in MSME income. Providing support/intensive aid to MSMEs is still critical, and using technology as a digital marketing medium is a way to stay afloat in the face of societal changes that limit outside operations.
 Keywords: MSME, developing, social changes, Covid-19 pandemic

SEEDGT: Secure and energy efficient data gathering technique for IoT applications based WSNs

Internet of Things based Wireless Sensor Networks (IoT-WSNs) are widely employed in a variety of applications, including military, health-care, and industrial monitoring. Security parameters are essential to protect the network from various security threats and attacks because these applications handle sensitive information in potentially hostile and unattended environments. This paper aims to achieve the security parameters for IoT applications based WSNs by proposing a secure and energy aware data gathering technique, called SEEDGT, which integrates between trust, public key algorithm, and Compressive Sensing (CS) methods towards achieving security with fair energy load balance in IoT-WSN. The proposed SEEDGT technique has three phases, namely Cluster formation, network operation and reconfiguration phase. During the cluster formation phase, energy-aware and trust based methods are applied for the creation of clusters and cluster head selection. The network operation phase aims to achieve security by using the public key algorithm to encrypt network data during the data gathering process. Moreover, in this phase, CS strategy is employed to reduce the original data size, which leads to a reduction in energy usage. Finally, the changes that could occur during network operations is considered through the reconfiguration phase. The simulation studies illustrate that SEEDGT is effective in achieving better performance than other baseline approaches.

Young voices and visions for tropical restoration science in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

Young voices and visions for tropical restoration science in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

Analysis of Interest in Learning English Studying PKBM Rahmatunajah

The purpose of this study is to determine how interested package B students are in learning PKBM Rahmatunnajah. A descriptive qualitative technique with a case study method is used in this study. Residents studying package B, subject instructors, and PKBM manager Rahmatunnajah were among the participants. Techniques for gathering data through observation and interviews. The veracity of the data is checked utilizing triangulation and reflexivity during the thematic analysis. The findings show that residents enrolled in the package B program at PKBM Rahmatunnajah are influenced by the following factors: first, internal factors of learning residents, such as a dislike for English lessons and the belief that English lessons are difficult, the attention of students who are still studying English, and low learning outcomes for learning citizens. Second, external elements such as the teacher's teaching manner or style are still repetitive, and students seldom employ learning media when learning.

Using Process Stories to Foster Process Flexibility: The Experts’ Viewpoint

Process flexibility is essential for organizations coping with uncertainty, emergence, and change. In this study, we research how process stories may lessen friction in realizing flexible processes. We use friction as a metaphor, which characterizes the realization of flexible processes as handling two opposing forces: one pushes towards flexibility while the other pulls against flexibility. Using in-depth interviews with BPM experts as a data-gathering technique, we provide insights into the dynamics of friction in the BPM lifecycle. We also provide empirical evidence about the capability of process stories to lessen friction in realizing flexible processes. This research contributes to understand the context where process stories may be most fit to realize process flexibility and adds knowledge about practical complaints experienced by BPM experts when realizing process flexibility.

PENGGUNAAN BAHASA GAUL DALAM “MEME” DI MEDIA SOSIAL INSTAGRAM

The Use of Slang in Memes on Social Media Instagram. The study aims to: (1) review the slang form of meme and (2) examine the social function of using slang in meme. This type of study is qualitative work it is done in Makassar and via Internet access to instagram. The research design used is a qualitative description. The focus of the study, which focuses on the slang form of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and calls, as well as the social function of the slang language, shows a direct view of social media in the slang language. The data-gathering technique covered by the reading and research instrument quotes consists of the main instruments that are researchers and supporting instruments that include smartphones. Studies reveal that the use of slang in social media has been found in two things: (1) expressions of using the slang language, including phrases, clauses, and sentences, and (2) as for the function of using the slang language, four are found: consoling, criticizing, insinuating, and counseling.

Multi Swarm Optimization Based Clustering with Tabu Search in Wireless Sensor Network.

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) can be defined as a cluster of sensors with a restricted power supply deployed in a specific area to gather environmental data. One of the most challenging areas of research is to design energy-efficient data gathering algorithms in large-scale WSNs, as each sensor node, in general, has limited energy resources. Literature review shows that with regards to energy saving, clustering-based techniques for data gathering are quite effective. Moreover, cluster head (CH) optimization is a non-deterministic polynomial (NP) hard problem. Both the lifespan of the network and its energy efficiency are improved by choosing the optimal path in routing. The technique put forth in this paper is based on multi swarm optimization (MSO) (i.e., multi-PSO) together with Tabu search (TS) techniques. Efficient CHs are chosen by the proposed system, which increases the optimization of routing and life of the network. The obtained results show that the MSO-Tabu approach has a 14%, 5%, 11%, and 4% higher number of clusters and a 20%, 6%, 14%, and 6% lesser average packet loss rate as compared to a genetic algorithm (GA), differential evolution (DE), Tabu, and MSO based clustering, respectively. Moreover, the MSO-Tabu approach has 136%, 36%, 136%, and 38% higher lifetime computation, and 22%, 16%, 51%, and 12% higher average dissipated energy. Thus, the study’s outcome shows that the proposed MSO-Tabu is efficient, as it enhances the number of clusters formed, average energy dissipated, lifetime computation, and there is a decrease in mean packet loss and end-to-end delay.

Investigating Indonesian Spelling Error on the Learners’ Composition

The aim of this research was to investigate errors in the implementation of EBI (Indonesian Spelling System) on the learners’ composition of the second grade students of SMAN 05 Kepahiang. In order to analyze the case deeply and comprehensively, this research was designed by using qualitative approach and content analysis method with data gathering techniques in the form of documentation. The data of this research were collected through purposive sampling and analyzed by using an interactive model consisting of four stages: data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and withdrawal conclusion. The result of this research revealed that the learners’ errors in the implementation of EBI on their composition included misusing of capital letters, italics, prepositions, commas, and compound words. In academic writing, the errors need to be avoided as such errors can interfere with the effectiveness and efficiency of the learners’ composition in Indonesian.

Ethnicity, Democracy, and Political Instability in Nigeria: An Appraisal

The article examined how ethnocentrism is used to further the interest of petty bourgeoisie leading to political instability in Nigeria. The establishment of elective principle midwifed liberal democratic party system in 1922. The Nigerian National Democratic Party in Nigeria was the first party to be birthed. The electoral requirements for candidates and electorates provided opportunities for the educated elite to hijack the process. The partitioning of the country into three regions-east, north and west in 1945 led to the formation of ethnic based political parties- National Congress Nigeria and Cameroon (east), Northern People Congress(north), and Action Group (west), which gave rise to fierce ethnic competition among the political elite. The political elites fell back to the region to consolidate their power base. The contention for space-dominance became more pronounced. However, over decades, this politics of ethnic acrimony has continued and increased the degree of political instability to the extent that almost all the general elections conducted in the post-independence era have been bedeviled with electoral violence leading to destruction of lives and properties. The study adopted clientelist theory and culture of violence theory in its theoretical underpinning. The study explored qualitative method of data gathering technique. The study unraveled that the competition for political position predicated on primitive accumulation of natural resources promotes ethnic cleavage. The study recommends amongst others that politicians indicted for electoral violence in past and present should be tried in the content court of jurisdiction to discourage political violence in Nigeria.

Internet Analysis of Figurative Language in Automotive Advertisement Slogans

This study aims to figure out what figurative language was utilized in the slogan and assess what that figurative language means in context. The data for this study came from advertising on the internet. The data were analyzed using descriptive qualitative research methods. Qualitative research methods focus on features of a problem's in-depth understanding. This study collects, analyzes, and interprets data through data gathering techniques such as observation and document analysis. In this study, the researcher analyzed twenty-two automotive brand slogans. It showed that there were three slogans using Personification, two slogans using Metaphor, seven slogans using Hyperbole, three slogans using Metonymy, one slogan using Simile, one slogan using Litotes, one slogan using Paradox, one slogan using Synecdoche, and one slogan using Symbols. From these results, it can be concluded that the most widely used figurative languages in the automotive advertising slogans studied are Hyperbole, Personification, and Metonymy. Keywords: Figurative Language, Analyzes, Automotive, Slogan

Penegakan Hukum terhadap Pelaku Tindak Pidana Human Trafficking Berdasarkan Putusan (Nomor:3107/Pid.Sus/2018/PN Mdn)

The writing is to know law enforcement of the criminal trafficking of human trafficking based on ruling number 3107/ pid. SUS /2018/ pn MDN. The research method used in this writing was normative-that is, legal research that is conceptualized as written in legislation. The source of the legal material used was secondary data. The data-gathering technique used library studies and then qualitative data are analyzed. The study has a conclusion that the high crime rate of human trafficking shows yet the government's efforts to implement the protection of human trafficking victims are serious. Law enforcement is deemed to be lacking sterility to have a lasting effect on perpetrators. The crime of trafficking people is organized crime and all the perpetrators have different roles. Law enforcement in the 2007 statute number 21 was strengthened by the release of the amendment number 69 in 2008. The law policy against human trafficking according to rule number 3107/ pid. SUS /2018/ pn MDN used the penal approach that has been applied to the penal penal system in the theory of law enforcement and the coping of crime of the application of criminal law.

How agricultural economists are using big data: a review

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe the main ways in which large amounts of information have been integrated to provide new measures of food consumption and agricultural production, and new methods for gathering and analyzing internet-based data.Design/methodology/approachThis study reviews some of the recent developments and applications of big data, which is becoming increasingly popular in agricultural economics research. In particular, this study focuses on applications of new types of data such as text and graphics in consumers' online reviews emerging from e-commerce transactions and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data as well as other producer data that are gaining popularity in precision agriculture. This study then reviews data gathering techniques such as web scraping and data analytics tools such as textual analysis and machine learning.FindingsThis study provides a comprehensive review of applications of big data in agricultural economics and discusses some potential future uses of big data.Originality/valueThis study documents some new types of data that are being utilized in agricultural economics, sources and methods to gather and store such data, existing applications of these new types of data and techniques to analyze these new data.

CONSCIOUSNESS TO LIBERATE: In Search of the Political Paradigm of Muhammadiyah

<p><strong>Abstract:</strong> This paper examines the political paradigm of Muhammadiyah in thinking and behaving because Muhammadiyah can survive to surpass political impediments for more than a century ago. Methodologically, it is qualitative research by utilising documentary study and in-depth interviews as the data-gathering technique. The finding demonstrates that “consciousness to liberate” is the political paradigm of Muhammadiyah. This paradigm has three interrelated dimensions: transcendental dimension, humanistic dimension, and modernity dimension. The former indicates the prophetic consciousness, the middle demonstrates the liberation theology, and the latter denotes the values Muhammadiyah’s goal. Therefore, the Muhammadiyah consciousness to strives for prophetic missions not merely restricted to liberate humankind from colonisation, oppression, backwardness, and poverty but also to liberate mustadh‘afin from unfair policies and liberal systems. </p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Muhammadiyah, consciousness, political paradigm, liberation, <em>al-Mâ‘ûn</em></p>

A rendezvous point‐based data gathering in underwater wireless sensor networks for monitoring applications

SummaryIn underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs), most of the mobile sink data gathering scheme assumes that sensor nodes are static. Also, very limited set of works aim to eliminate the data redundancy during data gathering. Moreover, the data collection latency, error rate and load have to be considered in addition to the buffer space and energy level of the nodes. Here, a mobile sink data gathering technique is designed where rendezvous points (RPs) and sojourn times are selected. The RPs, where the mobile sinks stop to gather the data, are selected based on the node density, current traffic load and energy level of nodes. The proposed scheme, that is, adaptive distributed mobile sink data gathering (ADMSDG), eliminates data redundancy even by considering mobility of all the nodes including sink node. Here, multihop data gathering is also considered to address the energy hole problem near the sink based on similarity index. To examine the result, proposed scheme and other state‐of‐the‐art schemes are implemented in NS2.30 having the same environment. Obtained results show that when proposed scheme is experimented with respect to number of nodes, the proposed ADMSDG technique achieves 18% high data collection accuracy with 5% reduced data collection delay and 5% less energy consumption. Similarly, when proposed scheme is experimented with respect to transmission range, the proposed ADMSDG technique achieves 18% high data collection accuracy with 12% reduced data collection delay and 8% less energy consumption.

PESANTREN POLICY MANAGEMENT IN STUDENT EMPOWERMENT FUNCTIONS

The study will discuss boarding policies for implementing its function as an empowering institution. The research was intended to find out how pestuous boarding policies are particularly interesting and to see how high the policy is. The research method used is the library research method that is a data gathering technique by conducting the study of books, literature, notes, and various reports relating to boarding policies in apostate encouraged function. The next discussion is to analyze the policy's no. 18 year 2019 law on boarding schools, particularly the chapter chapter on empowerment functions with swot analysis techniques that will examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the policy. The policy on government support listed in act number 18 in 2019 of boarding schools chapter 46 has the strengths and weaknesses of each in the application of the santri empowerment function.

INSIGHTS OF GENDER BASED TOURISTS PREFERENCES BY CONSTRUCTING TRAVEL DIARY USING SOCIAL MEDIA DATA

Insights into traveller’s behavior are important for the Tourism Authority of Thailand to draw up plans and make decisions to manage and promote their capital city (Bangkok) as a tourism hub. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to obtain a comprehensive understanding of traveller's behavior in Bangkok. To achieve this, we used a variety of methods such as activity, temporal, and spatial analysis to identify visitor patterns in Bangkok by utilizing a relatively new data gathering technique to extract social media check-in data. The findings include comprehensive statistics about traveller’s behavioral patterns at these spots that have practical implications in various city management applications.