Textual Methods Research Articles

Gender Representation in Class Ten Nepali Language Textbook

The present study is based on the analysis of gender representation in textbook. It aims to analyze the situation of gender representation in the texts included in the grade X compulsory Nepali textbook of CDC, GON Nepal. Qualitative framework has been adopted in this study. After an in-depth study of the lessons of the Nepali textbook of grade X, the data has been noted and tabulated. For this, the paradigms created by Logsdon (1985) for the analysis of gender representation have been made a basis. It has been analyzed using the textual method. Out of the seventeen texts included in the textbook of class ten, only one text is written by a female author. In terms of occupation, women are shown only in a limited field compared to men. Examples, contexts and events include a wide range of masculine names and a limited range of feminine names. Overall, it is seen that the textbook is not balanced in terms of gender representation. This study has guided the revision of this book in the future to maintain a balance in it and to pay attention to the role of textbooks in developing the sense of gender equality in children.

SILENT CRIES OF INDO-PAKISTANI WOMEN AS PORTRAYED IN NAGA-MANDALA AND KALA MEDA BHES, A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TWO FEMINIST PLAY

“One is not born a woman, but rather becomes one. Gender is not a stable identity but a performative act constituted by repeated societal norms” (Butler, 1990). The paper under analysis pertains to the two fresh and ground-breaking plays Naga-Mandala and Kala Meda Bhes by Indian and Pakistani playwrights who are quite successful and prolific writers in the arena of South Asian Literature. The aim of this study is to discover the shushed and quietened voices of women in the both plays in one way of the other. The paper is based on a qualitative research with the use of textual method and discourse analysis particularly on both the plays with the help of websites, poems, dictionaries and papers to support this research. The paper will trigger the feminist elements and identity of the Indo-Pakistani women with comparative analysis. Researchers may comprehensively draw two conclusions from this paper i.e. The suppression of the female genders due to male patriarchy in Indo-Pakistani Society and the lack of logical reasoning, supernatural elements and superstitions in both the society as represented in both the plays under-discussion.

Effect of electricity policy uncertainty and carbon emission prices on electricity demand in China based on mixed-frequency data models

This paper first constructs the electricity policy uncertainty (EPU) in China with textual methods and analyses the effect of the EPU and carbon emission prices (CEPs) on the total electricity demand. This paper also forecasts the demand for electricity in China with three mixed-frequency data models. The results show that the EPU index efficiently captures the uncertainty of China's electricity policy. The effects of EPU and CEPs on electricity demand are significant, and incorporating them into the forecasting model will improve the accuracy and timeliness. Moreover, compared with the ARMA model and LSTM neural networks, mixed-frequency data models perform better in electricity demand forecasting.

Metodologi Kontekstual dalam Tafsir Ayat Hukum: Studi Literatur atas Tafsir Klasik dan Kontemporer

The interpretation of legal verses in the Qur'an undergoes significant methodological dynamics between classical and contemporary mufassirs, which raises issues of relevance and adaptability in the modern social context. This study aims to explore and compare contextual methodologies in the interpretation of legal verses between classical and contemporary periods. The method used is a literature study with a comparative analysis approach to classical interpretations such as Al-Tabari, Al-Qurtubi, and Ibn Kathir and contemporary interpretations such as Quraish Shihab and Abdullah Saeed. The results show that contemporary mufassirs more often use a contextual approach that considers current social and cultural dynamics, while classical mufassirs tend to use a literal textual approach. The findings support the hypothesis that contextual methodology is more relevant and adaptive to social change compared to classical textual methods. This research produces the "Contextual-Textual Tafsir Integration Theory" (CTIT) which offers a synthesis between textual and contextual approaches. The implication of this study is the need for integration between textual and contextual approaches to develop a more holistic and responsive tafsir methodology, which not only maintains the classical intellectual heritage but also meets the needs of modern society.

Unknown Manuscript of “Bandura Playing Handbook” From DP Period

The purpose of the research is to introduce the manuscript of the “Bandura Playing Handbook” by an unknown author (Augsburg, Germany, 1951) into scientific circulation in the context of providing educational and methodological publications on the Ukrainian art of bandura playing abroad. The research methodology is based on the principles of historical, cultural, textual, and axiological approaches. Methods such as historical and typological, analysis and synthesis, music textual method, and musicological analysis were used, which made it possible to identify not only trends in the evolution of teaching and methodological approaches to teaching bandura playing but also the personological aspects of their formation. Particular attention is paid to the need to systematise not only the methods in printed editions of handbooks and self-tutorials on bandura but also manuscript rarities that remain in public and private archives and require proper scientific and methodological understanding. The scientific novelty of the study is determined by the introduction of the analysis of the manuscript “Bandura Playing Handbook” by an unknown author (Augsburg, Germany, 1951), created during the so-called camp period in Germany, where displaced persons (DP – Displaced Persons) were kept. The music manuscript is part of the documentary materials of the Archives of the Ukrainian Free University (Munich, Germany). Conclusions. The study analyses the handbook materials from the methodological and fingering points of view, the sequence of mastering the instrument, the formation of the bandura repertoire, and its comparison with similar examples in Ukrainian musical art. It determines the value of the handbook from the point of view of popularising the Ukrainian national musical instrument in the conditions of emigration and spreading the performing traditions of bandura art.

The UK financial firms’ textual risk disclosure and market liquidity

The informativeness of textual risk disclosure (TRD) of financial firms is unexplored in the extant literature. Employing a sample of UK FTSE all-share financial firms, this paper fills this gap in the literature by providing the first empirical evidence on the relationship between TRD and market liquidity. Consistent with the convergence argument for TRD, we find that TRD decreases the financial firms’ market liquidity. However, consistent with the divergence argument for TRD, our further analysis shows that TRD increases the market liquidity of large financial firms. Overall, our results suggest that financial firms’ TRD is informative to market participants. In addition to the practical and policy implications of our results, this paper opens avenues for future research to use our textual method to measure the determinants and use risk information of financial firms in different contexts.

Traditional African festival performances as a panacea for peace and security: the Obubra urban Ababum (cassava) festival as paradigm

ABSTRACT It has been asserted that some African and Nigerian cultural festivals are incapable of equipping community members with the requisite knowledge and skills to confront contemporary socio-political, economic and security challenges that hindered development in their communities. This paper serves as a rejoinder to enlighten the public on the powers of traditional festivals to forestall peaceful co-existence among people. The study seeks to determine whether African and Nigerian community festivals can be used as avenues for building peace, reconciliation and security development among embittered community members using the Ababum (Cassava) festival in Obubra Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria, as a paradigm. The study utilized the participant observation and personal communication research methods for data collection. Data obtained from these sources were analyzed using the textual method. The findings showed that the cassava festivals were avenues where the community members in the Obubra Urban Ward dialogued and exchanged public opinions on how to attain peace and stability. Findings also showed an increase in knowledge, added awareness of the imperatives of peace, reconciliation and security consciousness among members of these communities studied.

Big data analytics and corporate financing constraints: Evidence from a developing country

AbstractUsing the panel data of A‐share listed companies from 2011 to 2020, we explore the effect of big data analytics (BDA) development on corporate financing constraints. We innovatively design quantitative indicators of BDA with the help of textual methods and found that BDA can significantly mitigate corporate financing constraints after a series of robust and endogeneity test. Moreover, BDA can promote the corporate's total factor productivity (TFP) and increase the financing capacity of corporation. Overall, BDA will significantly ease corporate financing constraints.

ЕДИНИЧНЫЕ ЛЕКСЕМЫ В ЯЗЫКЕ ОЛОНХО (к методологии словарной интерпретации)

Compilation of a dictionary of the language of the Yakut heroic epic Olonkho resulted in distinguishing two main groups of units of lexicographic description: stable verbal complexes and single lexemes. The article is devoted to the consideration of the functional-semantic features of single lexemes from the point of view of their lexicographic presentation in the given dictionary. The analysis carried out on the material of the text «Nyurgun Bootur the Swift» (version by K. G. Orosin, 1947) indirectly revealed the problem of semantic relations of units of the Olonkho language, focusing on the need to use textual method when carrying out dictionary work. In addition, conclusions are formulated about the main trends in the semantic typification of single lexemes related to the process of their use in the olonkho text.

Hybrid Approach To Unsupervised Keyphrase Extraction

The exponential growth of textual data poses a monumental challenge for extracting meaningful knowledge. Manually identifying descriptive keywords or keyphrases for each document is infeasible given the massive daily generated text. Automatic keyphrase extraction is, therefore, essential. However, current techniques struggle with learning the most salient semantic features from lengthy documents. This hybrid keyphrase extraction framework uniquely combines the complementary strengths of graph-based and textual feature methods. Our approach demonstrates improved performance over relying solely on statistical or graphical. Graph-based systems leverage word co- occurrence networks to score importance. Textual methods extract keyphrases using linguistic properties. Together, these complementary techniques overcome the limitations of relying on any strategy. The hybrid approach is evaluated on standard SemEval 2017 Task 10 and SemEval 2010 Task 5 benchmark datasets for scientific paper keyphrase extraction. Performance is quantified using the F1 score relative to human-annotated ground truth keyphrase. Results will quantify effectiveness on long documents with thousands of terms where only a few keywords represent salient concepts. Results show our technique effectively identifies the most salient semantic keywords, overcoming limitations of current techniques that struggle to mix features of graphical or statistical methods. Our experiments demonstrate that the proposed hybrid approach achieves superior F1 scores compared to current state-of-the-art methods on benchmark datasets. These results validate that synergistically combining graph and textual features enables more accurate keyphrase extraction, especially for long documents laden with extraneous terms.

BEAUTIFYING MOSQUES, ENHANCING WORSHIP: THE FIQH PERSPECTIVE OF FOUR MADHHABS AND MUHAMMAD IQBAL'S AESTHETIC CONCEPT

Muslims recognize the significance of mosques as sites of worship and as centers for their religious and other activities. Various efforts are organized and designed to make mosques relevant to cultural changes and the needs of Muslims. Mosque buildings are often not identical in each region and nation, with different customs and cultures, and are sometimes even similar to other religions. In addition, the temptation of capitalism also raises questions about mosque designs that are overly grand and problematic for the socio-economic life of the community. This article aims to interrogate whether such a well-built mosque is permissible from the perspective of scholars of the four madhhabs of fiqh and the aesthetics of Muhammad Iqbal. Thus, this research uses descriptive-interpretive and textual methods to scrutinize fiqh views and analyze Iqbal's aesthetic perspective on the mosque building. The study revealed that the four madhhabs allow decorations on mosque buildings so that the mosque remains the principal place of worship and does not inconvenience the solemnity of the congregation's prayers. Furthermore, the mosque's decoration, ornamentation, design, and construction must provide meaningful objectives with practical usefulness and philosophical value; otherwise, for Iqbal, decorating a mosque in excess is wasteful and unavailing, and embellishing a mosque means squandering time and money.

Implementation of Urban Policy and Sustainable Development Goal 11 in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja

The quest to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 target through implementation of urban policies has continued to pose challenges in developing countries including Nigeria and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja in particular. The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways implementation of urban policies has influenced the realization of SDG 11 goals in the FCT given the challenges confronting the residents in the city, particularly in the areas of clean water and efficient transportation system. The paper was anchored on the elite theory which helps in explaining the connection between implementation of SDG 11 target and elite preferences. The population of the study consisted of 3,510 respondents, while the sample size of the study was 360 respondents determined using Rakesh sample size formula.360 questionnaires were administered. Twenty-five (25) respondents were selected for an in-depth interview on the basis of their knowledge on issues under study. Data, particularly in the areas of clean water were also collected using secondary sources. Data from questionnaires were analyzed using percentages and frequency tables, while data from in-depth interviews were analyzed using textual methods. Data from secondary sources were analyzed using relational-content analysis. Among other things, findings revealed that the level of implementation of urban development before the introduction of SDG 11 has been very poor, while the SDG 11 has not brought meaningful development in FCT since inception based on the records available. On the basis of the findings, it is concluded that significant improvement in the level of implementation of urban development policies in the FCT is vital to ensuring the objectives of SDG 11 target in the city and in its suburban areas are achieved. Among other things, it was recommended that urban development policies regarding availability of clean water should be adequately implemented in FCT in order to achieve SDG 11 targets in the city, while at the same time, implementing the Abuja Master Plan to achieve an efficient transportation system in the city.

The Sisinnios' Legend in Codex Sturdzanus: the Text and the Language

The article presents the results of a study of two South Slavic redactions of the St. Sisinnios’ legend (the Prayer of the Archangel Michael and the Prayer of St. Sisinnios) in the manuscript known as the Codex Sturdzanus (Library of the Romanian Academy, Ms. rom. 447). The Prayer of the Archangel Michael and the Prayer of St. Sisinnios are considered in the context of the South Slavic and Greek tradition of Sisinnios’ legend. The using of linguistic and textual methods of the investigation made it possible to describe the redactions as stylistic. The complex of orthographic, phonetic and morphological features of the Prayer of the Archangel Michael and the Prayer of St. Sisinnios in the Codex Sturdzanus (reflexes *ȩ, *ě, *dj, transition *y " [i], spelling of syllabic consonants, declension of nouns and adjectives) allows to describe the language of the texts as the Middle Bulgarian redaction of the Church Slavonic language, used as a written language in the principalities of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania.

Effect of Cost Efficiency Restructuring Strategy on Financial Performance of Coffee Cooperative Societies in Meru County

This study sought to assess the effect of cost efficiency restructuring strategy on organizational performance of coffee cooperative societies in Meru County. The study was guided by the resource based theory. The research targeted top management team in the 42 coffee cooperative societies in Meru County, the study adopted a descriptive research design with a sample size of 121 participants who were the managers of the cooperatives, the study utilized census to get information from the respondents. The data gathering tools were structured questionnaire including both open-ended and closed-ended questions, as well as a quantitative part using a 5-point Likert scale. Quantitative methods which included measures of central tendency and dispersion such as Mean and standard deviation, as well as inferential statistics were used for data analysis and interpretation. The data collected was presented through; Textual method a narrative description of data gathered and Tabular Method a systematic arrangement of information into columns and rows. Finally, SPSS Version 27 was used to process and analyze the collected data, and its results informed the report's discussion, conclusions, and recommendations. The study established that cost efficiency restructuring had a positive significant relationship with the financial performance of coffee cooperative societies in Meru County. The study concluded that elimination of non-profitable products/services and reduction of inventory, improvement of business strategy through innovation management enhances financial performance. The study recommended that the organization should consider purchase of new equipment to cater for most profitable market niche. The current study suggests that further studies should be done that focus on different turnaround strategies on organizational performance

On the methodology of three-way structured merge in version control systems: Top-down, bottom-up, or both

Three-way merging is an essential component of version control systems. Despite the efficiency of the conventional line-based textual methods, syntax-based structured approaches have demonstrated benefits in improving merge accuracy. Prior structured merging approaches visit abstract syntax trees in a top-down manner, which struggles to identify and merge shifted code generally. This work introduces a novel methodology combining a top-down and a bottom-up visit of abstract syntax trees, which manipulates shifted code effectively and elegantly. Especially, we reduce the merge problem of ordered lists to computing a topological sort of strongly connected components of the constraint graph. Compared with four representative merge tools in 40,533 real-world merge scenarios, our approach achieves the highest merge accuracy while being 2.5x as fast as a state-of-the-art structured merge tool.

Questions of studying Yakut fairy tales: a comparative analysis of stories about Granny Taаl-Taаl and Chaarchakhaan

The article is devoted to the study of Yakut fairy tales. The works of I. A. Khudyakov, E. K. Pekarsky, G. U. Ergis, N. V. Emelyanov, modern researchers V. V. Illarionov, Yu. N. Dyakonova, N. A. Orosina and others are presented in the context of theoretical positions in the writings of Russian folklorists. The semantics of the study text is actualized as a process and result of live communication of carriers of cultural memory of ancestors, accompanied by targeted actions to rethink individual parts or episodes of its content. The preservation of interest in an ethnic literature in the modern world is facilitated by the availability of variants of fairy tales and images, but the early recordings of fairy tales are particularly significant. The aim of the work is to seek to substantiate various directions of analysis of folklore texts collected and systematized at the beginning of the 20th century; to identify static and dynamic episodes in stories, descriptions of portraits and functions of main characters. The methodological basis of the research are the works of V. Y. Propp, V. P. Anikin, S. Y. Neklyudov, Yakut ethnographers and folklorists A. E. Kulakovsky and G. V. Ksenophontov. In the process of work, source and textual methods of philology are used. The results consist in the analysis of the “Bibliography of the Yakut Fairy Tale” by Pekarsky (1912) and Ergis (1964 - 1967); in the characterization of the archival sources of features of the early folklore texts of Granny Taаl-Taаl and Chaarchakhaan. In this regard, one of the significant conclusions is the clarification of common places in their stories, and in the functions of the characters - analogies with mythological images and ancient rites.

Insight into the experiences of caregivers of older adults in long-term care homes: A photovoice study.

To explore the lived experiences of caregivers of people living in long-term care (LTC) homes during the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic and potential supports and resources needed to improve caregivers' quality of life. Carers (or care partners) of adults in LTC contribute substantially to the health and well-being of their loved ones by providing physical care, emotional support and companionship. Despite their critical role, little is known about how caregivers have been impacted by the pandemic. An interpretive descriptive approach that incorporated the photovoice method was used. Using a purposive sampling strategy, six family carers in Ontario, Canada were recruited between September and December 2021. Over a 4-week period, caregivers took pictures depicting their experience of the pandemic that were shared in a virtual focus group. Visual and text data were analysed using thematic analysis with an inductive approach. Caregivers expressed feelings of frustration, confusion and joy. Emerging themes included: (i) feeling like a 'criminal' amidst visitor restrictions and rules; (ii) experiencing uncertainty and disappointment in the quality of care of long-term care homes; (iii) going through burnout; and (iv) focusing on small joys and cherished memories. The combination of visual and textual methods provided unique insight into the mental distress, isolation and intense emotional burdens experienced by caregivers during the pandemic. Our findings underscore the need for LTC organizations to work in unison with caregivers to optimize the care of residents and support the mental health of caregivers. This work adhered to the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) checklist. The caregivers included in the study were involved in the co-creative process as active contributors informing the design and validation of the codes and themes.

New Skin for an Old Ceremony

This article employs heteroactivism as a frame of analysis to examine recent shifts in resistances to gender and sexual equalities in Israel. Using ethnographic, visual, and textual methods, I examine as case studies the oppositions to two academic conferences, Issues in Therapy with Polyamory and Queer Utopias, that were both held at Bar Ilan University in 2019. The oppositions, which were led by three organisations affiliated with the Religious Zionist public (Leeba; Shovrot Shivion; Boharim Bamishpacha) reveal how Israeli heteroactivist discourses invoke familism, pro-natalism, religious sentiments, Zionist narratives, and collective trauma, in their attempts to recentralise the heteronormative Jewish family. LGBT equality in Israel has been achieved through legislative court-rulings, instead of being legally secured by the parliament, as it was in other countries previously explored by research on heteroactivsim. Nevertheless, this article shows, how this quasi-equality, combined with public sentiments of growing acceptance, induced by homonationalist and homonormative trends, sufficed to create a fertile ground for heteroactivist resistances. Through a discussion of the symbolic meaning of Bar Ilan University as an academic institution, affiliated with the Religious Zionist public, this article also illustrates how heteroactivist resistances may be embedded in specific localities and events, and not just on grand national campaigns.

“Let Someone Who is Not a Mathematician Not Read Me” (Natural-Scientific Views in the Works of Leonardo da Vinci)

Introduction. It is noted the originality of Leonardo da Vinci’s natural-scientific views in the context of the Renaissance. The objectives of the article are outlined: the systematization of Leonardo’s natural-scientific views, the identification of methods used by him to cognize the reality, the analysis of the set of social conditions that influenced the formation of the thinker’s views. It is also indicated the relevance of the researched argument; the object and subject of the study are determined. Materials and Methods. It is indicated that the main source used in the article are the notes of Leonardo, reflecting his ideas about nature. The methods used in the study are related to the specifics of this source: a concrete historical approach, a comparative historical method, logical and textual methods. Results. The circumstances that gave rise to an interest in natural-scientific problems are indicated – painting and its interpretation as a reflection of the real world, on the one hand; good mathematical training received by Leonardo in his youth, on the other. It is proved, using primary sources, that Leonardo da Vinci considered experience to be the main method of cognition, and the ultimate goal of cognitive activity was the practical application of knowledge. The peculiarity of the humanistic orientation of Leonardo’s thought is revealed. On the basis of primary sources, the thinker’s ideas about nature, human, and the purpose of science are revealed. It is shown how Christian ideas and the humanistic Renaissance view were combined in a peculiar way in the views of the thinker. Attention is drawn to the inconsistency of Leonardo da Vinci’s relationship with Christianity. Discussion and Conclusion. It is shown the significance of Leonardo’s philosophical views, his role in the history of philosophy as a predecessor of the empiricist philosophers of Modern Time. It is noted that the comprehensive activity of the thinker, in fact, embodied the ideal of a person, great creative opportunities that feed, firstly, the desire to fully know the world and, secondly, the awareness of the usefulness of their activities for others. It is noted that the cultivation of these motivations has a huge educational potential in our time.

Novosibirsk Samizdat of the 1980s — early 1990s: Oleg Volov and the "Blumkin Shelter" Partnership

The object of the study is the Novosibirsk samizdat of the 1980s - early 1990s, the subject is the socio–cultural ties underlying its creation and distribution. The aim of the work is to present a picture of the existence of the Novosibirsk samizdat of the late Soviet period on the example of the local art community and its involvement in the cultural context of the region. Special attention is paid to the interrelationships between various artistic, literary and musical circles operating in the general field of unofficial culture of the late Soviet era and the first post-Soviet years. The study is not limited to Novosibirsk, it also analyzes the precedent of a large number of republications between independent publications in Novosibirsk and Kostroma. At the center of the study is the figure of the leader of the cultural community (kulturtrager), around whom creative forces unite. The study used comparative historical, source studies, textual methods, the method of content analysis, as well as general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis. The work introduces for the first time into scientific circulation a wide range of sources related to the history of Novosibirsk samizdat and the field in which it was distributed, describes the mutual influences of various local communities of Novosibirsk, which were based on informal publishing practices. The article considers in detail the samizdat magazine "Zelen'", which appeared at the turn of the 1980s - 1990s and is an example of late Soviet samizdat, the traditions of which were preserved in the regional book culture throughout the 1990s. The data given in the article will further serve to recreate the real cultural landscape of Novosibirsk of late Soviet and post-Soviet times with an emphasis on the informal sector of book culture.