Good Resource Research Articles

Early Growth and Reproductive Performance of Crossbred Dairy Cattle in Ethiopia: A Review

The economy of livestock production largely depends upon the early growth and reproductive efficiency of the animals. This review was conducted to generate the database about the early growth and reproductive traits of crossbred cattle such as birth weight (BW), age at first service (AFS) and age at first calving (AFC) under Ethiopian conditions. The effort was made to collect and discuss all the published materials in the required areas in order to provide piece of information pertaining to early growth and reproductive traits of crossbred dairy cattle. In order to achieve the best early growth and reproductive performance in dairy animals, it is concluded that management system improvement, including effective heat detection and timely insemination, better health management, genetic improvement of crossbreeding and supplementation of good quality and quantity feed resources, is necessary.

Peran Mediasi Komitmen Organisasional, Kepuasan Kerja: Pengaruh Iklim Organisasi Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan

Every organization will always be required to be able to create a conducive organizational climate to achieve the expected quality of performance. To achieve this, good human resource management is required and of course also always paying attention to factors that can be influential in achieving maximum employee performance, in accordance with the goals set by the organization. The variables of job satisfaction and organizational commitment are often tested as mediating factors in the influence of organizational climate on employee performance. The aim of this research is to examine and analyze the mediating role of organizational commitment and job satisfaction in the influence of organizational climate on employee performance. This research used a cross sectional method with 78 respondents from PT employees. Hariqu Mulya Sejahtera is located in the city of Ponorogo, East Java. Once collected, the data is processed and analyzed with the help of Smartpls 4.0 software. The research results show that (1) organizational commitment does not mediate the influence of organizational climate on employee performance (2) Job satisfaction mediates the influence of organizational climate on employee performance

Good governance and natural resource management in oil and gas resource-rich countries: A machine learning approach

Good governance and performance in managing oil and gas resources is an area of growing interest in resource-rich countries in the global economy. Countries with higher good governance indexes are expected to be more successful in managing natural resources. This study uses machine learning to investigate the good governance role in oil and gas resource management in 55 countries in 2017. Although our primary focus is on the oil- and gas-rich countries, the findings can be applied to other resource-rich countries. Using the Principal Components Analysis and K-clustering approach, countries are clustered into six groups based on good governance data. The result shows that only the four developed countries (i.e., 7% of the sample countries including Norway, UK, Canada, and US) show a high level of good governance. However, the other countries, including 82% of the sample, mainly indicate a low level of good governance. Since this majority wholly includes developing countries, the results not only confirm the resource curse hypothesis but also reveal the association between good governance and natural resource management. In addition, the results indicate that the countries in the same cluster of good governance are located in the neighboring regions, implying the effects of various cultural, social, historical, traditional, and trade factors. These countries should manage the resource revenue in a transparent and adequately taxed framework while increasing economic diversity and complexity. Furthermore, they should enhance regional cooperation and knowledge sharing by considering the spatial and geographical flows and effects to improve good governance.

A location-based model using GIS with machine learning, and a human-based approach for demining a post-war region

ABSTRACT Locating and removing landmines and other ERW (Explosive Remnants of War) is dangerous, hazardous, and time-consuming. It requires implementing multilevel on-site surveys: general non-technical surveys to mark the areas affected and technical surveys to determine the perimeter of related minefields. This paper introduces a landmine location-based prediction model, combining military experience with machine-learning techniques and spatiotemporal data, by introducing a new approach for area selection and adding military-based features for context modelling and model training. Besides predicting landmine’s location areas, this model classifies the affected regions by priority and difficulty of clearance, in such a way as to minimise the long time needed by surveys and reduce the danger related to that task, thus providing the clearance organisations with a good resource allocation for their operations. We applied several machine learning techniques that combine Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF), and Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBOOST), taking into consideration the imbalanced data problem and tweaking for the best performance and accuracy. The experimental results show that the model has the potential to provide reliable predictions and valuable services for demining operations on the field.

A Study on the Collaborative Effects of Social Media in Job Searching for College Students

People don't have relatively equal jobs, so some people can't enjoy perfect medical facilities and good educational resources. Work is also part of people's lives in the 21st century, and promoting sustained, The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals' eighth objective is to achieve inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all. It is essential that the world now is in the post-epidemic era of economic recovery. In this article, this study discusses the employment problems arising transition from the epidemic era to the post-epidemic era. In addition to the findings of investigation, it is suggested that the National and provincial governments should concentrate on employment trend in real time, provide timely economic and employment technical support, enhance the methods of entrepreneurship and employment of college students' methods of entrepreneurship and employment, and cooperate with social media platforms to help college students find a decent job.

"Bend so you don't break!" A longitudinal moderated mediation study on human resources management practices, humility, psychological well-being, and job performance.

This study aims to examine the mediating role of psychological well-being in the relationships between human resources management practices and job performance. Also, this study aims to assess the moderating role of humility on these relationships. Multiple regression, mediation, and moderation analyses were conducted with MPlus software on a sample of 569 workers who filled out a questionnaire at both Time 1 and Time 2. Both data collections took place between April 20, 2022, and May 2, 2022, for Time 1, and between June 20, 2022, and July 3, 2022, for Time 2. Data were collected through the Leger Opinion (LEO) online panel, with respondents required to be workers. We found that psychological well-being at T1 did not play a mediating role between human resources management practices at T1 and job performance at T2. Also, humility did not moderate the relationships between human resources management practices at T1 and psychological well-being at T1 but did significantly moderate the longitudinal relationships between human resources management practices at T1 (i.e., dotation, formation, career management, autonomy, occupational health and safety, diversity management, indirect compensation, flexibility, performance management), and job performance at T2. For all significant interactions, the results indicated that when humility was high, the longitudinal effect of good human resources management practices led to high in-role job performance.

The potential of prefabricated technologies for rental housing

The aim of the paper is to highlight the benefits of lean prefabricated and modular construction for the construction of rental housing by considering financial and time savings. In the current turbulent development of prices of building materials as well as banking products and availability of housing, Slovakia is facing significant problems with housing shortage, which is also addressed by foreign countries in the form of rental housing. According to Eurostat data for 2021, the ratio of rental housing in Slovakia to the total number of dwellings is the second lowest in the European Union at 7.1%, while this is mainly rental housing in properties owned by private landlords. The Act on State Support for Rental Housing sets maximum rent levels for individual regions of Slovakia, which directly affect the costs associated with construction. The paper shows that there is great potential of volumetric modular construction to solve increasing demand for rental housing. This article analyses the current state of adoption of modular construction abroad and in Slovakia by the good practice review and literature research resources review.

Emergence of taurine as a therapeutic agent for neurological disorders.

Taurine is a sulfur-containing, semi-essential amino acid that occurs naturally in the body. It alternates between inflammation and oxidative stress-mediated injury in various disease models. As part of its limiting functions, taurine also modulates endoplasmic reticulum stress, Ca2+ homeostasis, and neuronal activity at the molecular level. Taurine effectively protects against a number of neurological disorders, including stroke, epilepsy, cerebral ischemia, memory dysfunction, and spinal cord injury. Although various therapies are available, effective management of these disorders remains a global challenge. Approximately 30 million people are affected worldwide. The design of taurine formation could lead to potential drugs/supplements for the health maintenance and treatment of central nervous system disorders. The general neuroprotective effects of taurine and the various possible underlying mechanisms are discussed in this review. This article is a good resource for understanding the general effects of taurine on various diseases. Given the strong evidence for the neuropharmacological efficacy of taurine in various experimental paradigms, it is concluded that this molecule should be considered and further investigated as a potential candidate for neurotherapeutics, with emphasis on mechanism and clinical studies to determine efficacy.

Study of influence ofWork Discipline and Organizational Cultureon Employee Performance

Success in the labor market necessitates skills and abilities, devotion, hard work, and honesty at work. A successful individual must have thoughts and attitudes that value work as a noble pursuit for human existence. Organizational success must be matched with high-quality human resources. To obtain good resources, it is vital to increase work discipline among employees so that they may be disciplined in all aspects that would benefit the organization, one of which is work discipline, which is time discipline in performing job. The goal of this study is to determine the significant influence, both concurrently and partially, of the Work Discipline variable and the Organizational Culture variable on the Employee Performance variable, as well as to determine which of the Work Discipline variables and the Organizational Culture variable has the most dominant influence. This research employs explanatory research. Primary data is collectedthrough questionnaires, interviews, observations, and documentation, whereas secondary data is the company's history and organizational structure. The data was analyzed using multiple linear regression. The study's findings indicate that work discipline and corporate culture have a considerable impact on employee performance, both partially and simultaneously. Furthermore, the Work Discipline variable has the most significant impact on the employee performance variable.

Türkiye’den Toplanan Inula graveolens (L.) Desf. Türünün Bazı Biyolojik Aktivitelerinin Araştırılması

In this study, it was aimed to determine the phenolic and flavonoid content and different biological activities (antioxidant, enzyme inhibitor, anthelmintic) of the methanol extract of Inula graveolens (L.) Desf collected from Muğla (Turkey). As a result of the study, the total phenolic content was determined as 5.36±0.32 mg GAE/g, and the total flavonoid amount was determined as 3.49±0.05 mg QE/g extract equivalent. In the ß-carotene/linoleic acid method, the extract showed lower activity than the standard BHA used. The extract was determined to be equivalent to 4.28±0.24/0.47±0.03 mg TE/g extract in terms of copper and iron-reducing power capacity, respectively. Although the enzyme inhibitory activities of the extract increased with the increase in concentration, it was determined that it had lower activity than galantamine (89.41±0.05%) and kojic acid (73.93±0.10%) used as standard. Paralysis and death times of the extract at different concentrations (2.5,5,10,20 mg/mL) on Tubifex tubifex worms were determined. It was determined that the extract at high concentrations (20 mg/mL) exhibited an activity near that of andazole (10 mg/mL) used as a standard. According to these results, I. graveolens can be considered a good resource for the pharmaceutical industry due to its activities.

In Silico Molecular Docking Analysis of Flavone and Phytol from Vilvam (Aegle marmelos) against Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HepG-2) Mitochondrial Proteins

The vilvam fruit is an important source of phyto compounds, that are a good natural resource for curing several health illnesses. Annually, around 906,000 new cases and 830,000 deaths worldwide are attributed to liver cancer, making it one of the most prevalent malignant tumors. Humans' physical and mental well-being, as well as their social and economic advancement, are seriously threatened by and challenged by liver cancer. The molecular interactions between biological chemicals originating from plants and proteins relevant to apoptosis, however, are not well documented in research. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the potential biological compounds of flavone and phytol found in the vilvam fruit and examine their interactions with the targeted apoptotic proteins using molecular docking simulation towards liver cancer mitochondrial signalling pathway proteins such as Caspase 3, Caspase 9, Bax, Bcl-2, PARP, p53, and Cytochrome C. Flavone showed a docking score with Caspase 3 (-10.51 kcal/mol), Bax (-9.49 kcal/mol), Bcl-2 (-11.10 kcal/mol), PARP (-10.22 kcal/mol) and p53 (-10.36 kcal/mol), but could not bind with Caspase 9 and Cytochrome C, while phytol could not bind with all the apoptotic proteins. The consequence of Lipinski rule recommends that flavone is the best curative drug for liver cancer. Docking results verify the application of flavone as a potential and natural therapeutic agent to treat diseases.

Hyaluronic Acid Extraction from Eggshell Membrane with Papain and Bromelain Hydrolysis


 
 
 
 Eggshell membranes which is one of the food wastes that naturally contains glycosaminoglycan and other proteins has the potential to become a good natural resource alternative to produce hyaluronic acid. The reuse of eggshell membranes can greatly reduce the production of food wastes globally. The objective of this research was to compare the yield of HA extracted from eggshell membrane by using single and mixture of papain and bromelain enzyme. More than that, the other aim of this research was to determine the optimum condition for the hyaluronic acid (HA) extraction from eggshell membrane using mixture of enzymatic in ratio. The yield of HA extracted was determined by using carbazole method. This research has shown that enzyme hydrolysis using combination of enzyme capable of increasing the yield of HA extracted from eggshell membrane. The final condition selected for the extraction of hyaluronic acid is 1:2 papain to bromelain ratio in enzyme mixture (62.23mg/g ESM, 6.723% HA yield) at pH 7 (34.17mg/g ESM, 3.417% HA yield) and 60℃ (44.628mg/g ESM, 4.463% HA yield). Based on this study, the extraction of hyaluronic acid from eggshell membrane could be a more economic and environmental friendly an alternative natural sources for hyaluronic acid production.
 
 
 

Impact of Supply Chain Integration in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems that Affect Company Performance

PT Sumber Graha Sejahtera, Way Kanan, Lampung often experiences unfulfilled production targets and customer demands. Many customers give complaints because the number of products sent by the company does not match the desired amount. The purpose of this study was to determine the direct effect of the ERP system on company performance, and the indirect effect of the ERP system on company performance mediated by supplier integration, internal integration, and customer integration. This research uses quantitative methods. The population in this study were all employees at PT Sumber Graha Sejahtera, Way Kanan, Lampung, totaling 340 people. The sample size was calculated using the Yamane and Isaac formula which resulted in 184 employees. Samples were taken using purposive sampling technique. The data analysis technique used is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)-Partial Least Square (PLS). The results of the study show that ERP has a direct, significant effect on firm performance. In addition, ERP has no significant effect on firm performance through supplier integration, internal integration and customer integration. PT Sumber Graha Sejahtera must improve the management of management resources well, increase performance improvement, and build business innovation, so that corporate decision making can be effective for all related parties. With the implementation of good resource planning, the company will no longer receive complaints from customers.

Principles and methods to advance value for money

Value for money poses the question, “What is good resource use?” It is often answered with a narrow economic analysis that does not adequately address what diverse people value. We suggest new principles and methods that may help evaluators answer the question better. First, we define value for money, which sits at the intersection of evaluation and economics. Next, we make the case for a holistic assessment of value for money that evaluators can conduct with tools they already have, like rubrics. We introduce three principles that further align value for money with evaluation: value depends on the credibility of estimates; things do not have value, people place value on things; and people value the same things differently. Together, they suggest evaluators should arrive at multiple, possibly conflicting conclusions that represent diverse value perspectives. We demonstrate how this may be done using a value-for-money rubric to improve resource allocation for impact.

Boosting Service Delivery through Strengthened Local Government Assessments: Insights from Uganda's LGMSD Framework

In an era where efficient service delivery is paramount for the socio-economic development of regions, it is essential to explore effective mechanisms in improving local governance. This paper dissects the utilisation of the Local Government Management and Service Delivery (LGMSD) framework in Uganda as an innovative approach to enhancing service delivery at a local level. From 2014/15, the Ugandan government introduced the Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer Reforms (IGFTR) to enhance the adequacy, equity, and efficiency of local government financing for improved service delivery. The paper investigates the application and impact of the LGMSD assessment as a critical component of the IGFTR, focusing on five primary areas: Crosscutting, Water and Environment, Education, Health, and Micro Scale Irrigation. The findings in this paper present how this assessment model has contributed to incentivising good administrative practice, resource management, accountability, and overall service delivery. The study demonstrates how the framework has been instrumental in identifying local government functional capacity gaps and needs for performance enhancement. A noteworthy highlight of the study is the exploration of the independent assessment and internal verification audit firms; role in evaluating the effectiveness of the LGMSD framework. The study concludes with an analysis of the lessons learned and proposed strategies to improve this approach, offering a comprehensive understanding of how to replicate and tailor the LGMSD model in similar contexts in Africa to enhance LG service delivery. This study contributes to the ongoing discourse on improving governance and service delivery through enhanced monitoring and evaluation systems and provides insights for policymakers, M&E professionals, academics, and practitioners in local government administration and service delivery

Selection and Phenotyping for Drought Tolerance in Somatic Hybrids between Solanum tuberosum and Solanum bulbocastanum That Show Resistance to Late Blight, by Using a Semi-Automated Plant Phenotyping Platform

Drought stress is one of the most limiting abiotic stresses for plant growth and development. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), due to its shallow root system, is considered sensitive to drought. In potato breeding, the wild Solanum species may represent a good resource for disease and abiotic stress resistance genes, but their transfer is limited by sexual incompatibilities. Somatic hybrids (SH) between potato and the wild species Solanum bulbocastanum, sexually incompatible with potato, proved to be late-blight-resistant in laboratory and field assays. The aim of this study was to screen a series of somatic hybrids and derived backcrosses for drought stress tolerance. In vitro stress exposure (with 5% and 15% PEG 6000) allowed the selection of several tolerant genotypes in a short time. The eleven selected genotypes were tested by using a semi-automated plant phenotyping platform at the Biological Research Centre in Szeged, Hungary, where the plants’ biomass accumulation and photosynthesis under long-term drought conditions were monitored. The findings of this study affirm that the somatic hybrids between potato and S. bulbocastanum, along with their backcrosses, constitute valuable pre-breeding material. This is attributed to their possession of both late blight resistance and drought stress tolerance.

Proteomic and Metabolomic Profiling Elucidate the Impact of PEDV on Yorkshire Piglets and Reveal the Underlying Molecular Mechanism of PEDV Response

Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is an RNA virus causing acute diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration and high mortality in piglets, and poses significant challenges for the global pig industry. However, the molecular mechanism underlying PEDV in piglets has not been well comprehended. In this study, we constructed the Yorkshire piglet model (control, resistance, and susceptible groups) to perform the proteomics of jejunum and metabolomics of serum. In total, 734 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) and 208 significant differentially accumulated metabolites (DAMs) were identified, and the functional annotation showed that they were mainly involved in metabolic and signal transduction pathways. Further, we used weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), short timeseries expression miner (STEM) and random forest analyses to detect key promising biomarkers for each corresponding group. By constructing the relationships between proteins and metabolites, we excavated the biomarkers and explained their molecular mechanism of the PEDV response. These data and results might be good resources for the PEDV infection and offer valuable insights into the molecular PEDV response mechanisms.

Çocuk Yetiştirmede Ebeveyn Övgüsü Kavramı

Praise is stated as a good performance resource that can increase the individual's sense of competence and motivate their new learning. When the literature is examined, the importance of communication with the child in parenting is emphasized, especially the power of the words used by the parents. Parental praise is expressed as parents' repetition of the desired behaviors in children and giving feedback that will make them feel warm and sensitive with their words and behaviors in order to indicate the satisfaction felt towards them. Studies emphasize that parental praise is an important method in child development and a method that parents use very often. It is reported that many parents prefer to use praise as a tool to build self-confidence in their child. In terms of positive discipline, it is assumed that praise creates a reward value as a result of operant conditioning and can affect behavioral acquisition in the child's development. The type of parental praise plays an important role in how children form their self-image. It is in these early relationships that children first begin to feel capable, competent, and loved. Although praise is expressed as a source of motivation when it cannot be used beneficially, it can become harmful to the child when used incorrectly or excessively. At this point, the content of the praise is important. In this study, the concept of parental praise is discussed, the content of praise, which is seen as a reference to motivation, is examined and its benefits for child development are tried to be explained.

A Development HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN HALAL TOURISM: A CASE STUDY OF THE ISLAMIC TOURIST DESTINATION OF SAPURO TOMB IN PEKALONGAN

This research intends to analyze Human Resource Development in Halal Tourism: Case Study of Islamic Tourism Destinations in Indonesia. This research is library research with a qualitative approach. The data sources used in this research come from various literature journal articles that are relevant to the research topic. The data analysis method used is content analysis of the literature sources used in the research. From this research it is concluded that human resources have the potential contained within humans to realize their role as adaptive and transformative social beings who are able to manage themselves and all the potential contained in nature towards achieving a prosperous life in a balanced and sustainable order. Human resources are a process of utilizing humans as workers in a humane manner, so that their physical and psychological potential functions optimally to achieve organizational goals. Tourism in Indonesia is a place that has good prospects. With this, Indonesia needs to increase its capacity to develop management to attract more domestic and foreign tourists. The management itself also requires good human resources so that it takes from the existing workforce to increase halal tourism business actors in various regions of Indonesia. In general, halal tourism is a tourist attraction that has special rules that meet the provisions of Islamic law, such as facilities and services. This halal tourism aims to make a tourist destination friendly for Muslim tourists but can still be enjoyed by non-Muslim tourists.

Good finance, bad finance, and resource misallocation: Evidence from China

Using city-level data from China, we find that the overall size of finance does not affect the extent of resource misallocation. However, when finance is decomposed into different parts, we find that local government-driven finance backed by the revenues from land sales exacerbates the misallocation problem, while the remaining part of finance, which is more likely market-driven, significantly improves allocative efficiency. We use the instrumental variable approach to establish causality. Further evidence shows that local government-driven finance lowers allocative efficiency by facilitating the allocation of resources to the low-productivity state sector, but non-local government-driven finance reduces the extent of such distortions. Our analyses suggest that identifying the sources of financial assets and, more broadly, distinguishing between good finance and bad finance are critical to develop a socially desirable financial system.