Point Of View In Context Research Articles

Exploring the key risk factors impeding the performance of highway construction projects: an evidence from Nigeria

Purpose Construction projects, and particularly highway infrastructures, are known to be major contributors to the socio-economic growth of developing countries. However, these types of projects are infamous for being highly risky due to the interplay of numerous risk factors. This study aims to explore the key risk factors impacting on the performance of highway infrastructure projects in Nigeria from the contextual viewpoint of key industry stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative data was collected using semi-structured interviews. Specifically, 17 in-depth expert interviews were conducted with experienced stakeholders in the highway sector of the Nigerian construction industry. The collected data was transcribed and analysed using an established coding framework (grounded on case study approach, principles of thematic analysis and saliency analysis). Findings Overall, 17 key risks were identified from the data analysis process, and 6 risks were recognised as the most significant, based on the combination of prevalence of occurrence and significance of the coded information. The six top risks were: change in government, corruption, cost of construction materials, inflation, project funding issues and construction project delay. However, the first two of these risks (change in government and corruption) are politically related, which is specific and unique to the setting of Nigeria and thus might be seen as discouraging indicators that could have an impact on attracting foreign investors/contractors to Nigeria. Originality/value The study addressed the gap related with identifying context-specific risk factors impeding the performance of highway projects in Nigeria from the viewpoints of industry experts. It is expected that the findings will provide a better insight into the various risk factors and thus aid relevant policymakers to provide context-specific mitigating strategies.

Pemanfaatan Sampah Organik Dijadikan Kompos

Waste is a fundamental problem in every region. Starting from the inappropriate construction of waste, it is hoped that the community's role in overcoming this fundamental problem needs to be aware of the importance of separating organic and non-organic waste. So that the solution to the waste problem can be resolved with high awareness by the community itself, one of the efforts, contributions and concern for waste is realized by establishing a waste bank. The purpose of this observation is to find out more about what Rumah PKD Jatimulyo does in managing organic waste after entering Rumah PKD Jatimulyo. The city of Malang knows handling strategies in managing waste starting from the community's own awareness, such as differentiating waste when they want to dispose of it by making several trash cans to differentiate organic waste from non-organic waste. The research method used is qualitative. This qualitative method was chosen because it aims to understand what phenomena occur after the waste enters the Jatimulyo PKD House from an in-depth and contextual point of view. This qualitative method includes descriptive data collection, such as observation, interviews, documentation. The results of the research can be concluded that Rumah PKD Jatimulyo contributes to organic waste management in Jatimulyo Village, Lowokwaru District, Malang City. Rumah PKD Jatimulyo's contribution in managing organic waste is a form of increasing the surrounding environmental resources. This can be felt by local communities who may need alternative fertilizers to grow plants at home or in community plantations.

When Critical View of Safety Fails: A Practical Perspective on Difficult Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.

The incidence of common bile duct injuries following laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) remains three times higher than that following open surgery despite numerous attempts to decrease intraoperative incidents by employing better training, superior surgical instruments, imaging techniques, or strategic concepts. This paper is a narrative review which discusses from a contextual point of view the need to standardise the surgical approach in difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomies, the main strategic operative concepts and techniques, complementary visualisation aids for the delineation of anatomical landmarks, and the importance of cognitive maps and algorithms in performing safer LC. Extensive research was carried out in the PubMed, Web of Science, and Elsevier databases using the terms "difficult cholecystectomy", "bile duct injuries", "safe cholecystectomy", and "laparoscopy in acute cholecystitis". The key content and findings of this research suggest there is high intersocietal variation in approaching and performing LC, in the use of visualisation aids, and in the application of safety concepts. Limited papers offer guidelines based on robust data and a timid recognition of the human factors and ergonomic concepts in improving the outcomes associated with difficult cholecystectomies. This paper highlights the most relevant recommendations for dealing with difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomies.

Evaluation of Development Program at Persinas Asad Pencak Silat Education, Palembang City

The purpose of this study is to obtain a comprehensive picture of the implementation process of the pencak silat sports training program at Persinas Asad pencak silat college. This research is an evaluation of the Persinas Asad pencak silat achievement development program in Palembang city using a qualitative research method, using the CIPP program evaluation approach model, the data sources for this research are PERSINAS ASAD administrators, coaches, athletes, parents of athletes and administrators of City IPSI Palembang. data collection techniques are observation, in-depth interviews, documentation and data triangulation. The obtained data were analyzed by data reduction, data presentation and inference. The results of the study show that it is good from a contextual point of view, while the input, process and product of this training program are not yet viable to continue because they have failed to mold the pencak silat athletes into outstanding athletes at the industry, regional or national level. However, a change is needed in further improvements in terms of facilities and infrastructure as well as funding so that implementation can be scaled up in the future. This program can be continued with various suggestions and inputs to the training program related to science and technology in sports. The conclusion of the research is that the context aspect is good, while the input, process and product of this coaching program are not yet feasible.

대학생을 위한 진로교육에서 진로 카오스 이론의 적용 방안 탐색

The purpose of this study is to introduce the Chaos Theory of Career(CTC) and to explore specific ways to apply it to career education in domestic universities. For this purpose, the characteristics and major concepts of the CTC were introduced based on CTC-related studies and books through literature research methods. In addition, the study analyzed the studies that verified the effectiveness of CTC career education and explored ways to apply CTC-based programs to domestic universities. As a result, a plan to utilize various CTC-based programs within the framework of the four- step career education model (self- understanding, understanding of the job world, career planning, and career preparation) operated in career education of most Korean universities was suggested. This CTC-based education is expected to help students understand themselves from a more contextual point of view than the existing matching model-based education, and to improve career adaptability in the rapid change of the job world. In addition, it will contribute to promoting the possibility that planned things and unplanned happenstance can coexist rather than separate, and to positively view the uncertain situation as it is now.

On Quantum Causality

For Kant causality is an a priori category of the understanding, a necessary condition for the possibility of any experience. Later Wittgenstein’s philosophy rejects transcendentalism. We can only speak of causes and effects if in some basic situations, or ‘language games’, we already treat some things as causes of what happens. Since the notion of cause becomes meaningful only within a language game, it is not unambiguous. Quantum causal language games presuppose the use of quantum theory. We treat the latter as Wittgenstein’s grammar of a quantum form of life’, or rule (norm), anchored in its applications — quantum phenomena as language games. Quantum correlations are often interpreted as a manifestation of the nonlocality of quantum mechanics. This is a view of quantum phenomena from the perspective of classical physics. Our contextual point of view rejects the nonlocality of quantum theory in the sense of instantaneous causal influence at a distance. But it does not admit its locality in the sense of classical causality either. We introduce the notion of quantum causality which allows us to treat quantum correlations as local, but context-dependent. Their formal cause is an entangled wave function. Any particular quantum correlation, identifiable in a context of its observation as a result of the wave function reduction, post factum can be treated as a classical causal correlation. From the point of view of the proposed contextual quantum realism, epistemology is secondary, and ontology is sensitive to context. Quantum correlations exist (are real) before application of the theory, independently of their identification (description, measurement), but have no identity, which appears only as a result of application of the theory and their identification in the context. In other words, they are real, but not pre-determined, not autonomous.

Ketahanan Ekonomi Keluarga: Studi Komunitas Perempuan Pengusaha Pempek Palembang

The research entitled Family Economic Resilience: Study of Palembang Pempek Entrepreneurs departs from the general assumption that one's business emerges and develops if the atmosphere and environment provide motivation for it, and low, lose enthusiasm to the point of nrimo if the atmosphere and environment build otherwise. This assumption examines the truth through the problems of home industry women in improving the quality of their business amidst the pressures of patrical culture and the various consequences for the women who surround them. The formulation of the research problem is 1) How is the Pempek Palembang Entrepreneur Community in increasing family economic resilience?; 2) What is the impact of the Palembang Pempek Entrepreneur Community's business on family economic resilience?; and 3) How is the Study of Islamic Values ??on the business activities of the Pempek Palembang Entrepreneur Community on family economic resilience? The theory of this research is the theory of injustice and gender treatment, and the theory of the sakinah family. The method used is field research with primary data sources from yield data and field analysis, secondary data sources in the form of scientific studies discussing gender studies and family resilience. Data collection by interviews and documentation. All data were analyzed by descriptive qualitative. The results of the study concluded that efforts to increase family resilience for various reasons related to family welfare. The impact on the resilience of the empek-empek entrepreneur family on family management and family and social balance. In Islamic studies these activities can be seen from the quality of togetherness and problem solving in the economic resilience of the family. From a textual and contextual point of view, Pempek Palembang entrepreneurs have valued the benefits of gender in Islam.

Coaches’ Experiences of Morality in English Professional Football Environments: Recommendations for Creating a Moral Atmosphere

Coaches are key socializing agents who influence the sociomoral context. A function of socialization in coaching is the imparting of values and ideology, which guide behavior. English professional football is known for authoritarian and subservient cultures whereby coaches will enforce cultural norms and values, which consequently shape their players’ moral development. Therefore, from a contextual viewpoint, professional football serves as a suitable site for exploring coaches’ views of morality. This study consisted of two aims: (a) explore English professional football coaches’ experiences of morality in football and (b) share coaches’ accounts of how they create and manage a moral atmosphere. Semistructured interviews were conducted with eight male professional English football coaches. Thematic analysis resulted in two general dimensions: coaches’ experiences of morality and recommendations for creating and managing a moral atmosphere. Coaches shared accounts of the moral conflicts and antisocial behaviors they experienced. The findings suggest that coaches struggle to define morality while highlighting the lack of coach education on the topic. Furthermore, similarities were observed in relation to coaches’ recommendations for creating and managing a moral atmosphere. Therefore, the study concludes by providing a selection of guiding principles that professional football coaches could implement when creating and managing a moral atmosphere.

Biblical Aramaic Passive Stems

Abstract Perfect verbs in the Passive-Qal (qetil) and Hufʿal (huqtal or hoqtal) stems are attested in both Biblical (BA) and Middle Aramaic. This paper contests the claim of BA grammars that the Hufʿal imperfect is unattested in BA. Moreover, some scholars have doubted the authenticity of the Masoretic vocalisation of some Hufʿal and Passive-Qal occurrences, postulating that the Hufʿal preformative vowel was changed from a to u under the influence of the Hebrew Hufʿal. This paper discusses the most problematic occurrences from morphological, syntactic, and contextual viewpoints, and concludes that the Masoretic vocalisation of the forms in question is generally reliable. Lastly, a form that was mistakenly identified as a disguised Passive-Qal form is shown to be a Qal (active) form. It appears that the marking of human direct objects by lamed accusativi in BA has fewer exceptions than previously thought.

A Context-Specific Modularization for Ontology Change Management

Knowledge engineering has a vital role in advancing the semantic web, in which ontologies play a key role in data interoperability and integration. One of the key issues in ontology engineering is how to handle the subsequent updates in the ontologies. A number of concerns need to be considered while working on the ontology change, such as, tracking ontology versions and heterogeneity issues. Ontology change management has been partially addressed by different researchers in overlapping research areas. However, a concrete description of the problem and its related concerns are still not available in the literature. Our work aims to present an overview of ontology change management and its concerns. We point up the need for modularization in ontology change management based on its advantages in the context of ontology reuse from different contextual viewpoints. For this purpose, we propose a protege plugin for reusing OWL modules, and allowing a safe/clean manual integration and reuse of different ontology modules.

Les marqueurs illocutionnaires holophrastiques du désaccord

Our focus is on a subclass of discourse markers that we have called “holophrasis” (Galatanu, 1984, 1992, 1997, 2016). We define “holophrasis” from linguistic (syntactic and semantic) and pragmatic criteria (types of language acts, stereotypical contexts, propositional content classes), as prefabricated expressions from a cognitive but also contextual point of view, which: – mark the illocutionary force of an act of speech and the link between that force and a class of contexts in which the act is performed; – incorporate a class of propositional content appropriate to these contexts; – imply the propositional content of the occurrence of the act in situation. From the theoretical perspective of semantics of the argumentative possibilities (Galatanu, 2018), particularly, its extension by a unified semantic approach of Illocutionary forces and their linguistic realizers, we hypothesize that these expressions coming from a pragmaticalization process (Dostie, 2004), have a complex semantics, enriched by the modal complexity of the illocutionary act they perform and by the complexity of the class of discursive contexts to which they refer. This semantics underlies their pragmatic polyfunctionality. We illustrate our theoretical proposition with three holophrasis among those identified as expression of disagreement – ben voyons; allons, allons and et alors/après – and propose a conceptual model (Meunier, 2009) of the illocutionary acts concerned by these expressions.

Dietary-nutritional needs in tennis: A narrative review

Introduction: Tennis is characterized by a large number of competitions and little recovery time between them. Thus, tennis players and coaching staff have become interested in the role that nutrition can play in maximizing sports performance. The scientific literature does not have recent narrative and/or systematic reviews about to nutrition in tennis. The aim of this study is to map, describe and discuss the state of the science of nutrition and dietetic practices for tennis players from a theoretical and contextual point of view, to enable focused future systematic reviews.Material and methods: A narrative review through the Dialnet, Elsevier, Medline, Pubmed and Web of Science databases, through a search strategy based on keywords separated by Boolean connectors. A series of inclusion / exclusion criteria were applied to select those investigations that responded to the aim of the work.Results: Nutritional recommendations on carbohydrate intake depend on the training load, 5-7 g/kg/day g/kg/day for normal training and 7-10 g/kg/day for competitive periods or high training load. The recommended protein intake is 1.8 g/kg/day and 1 g/kg/day of lipids. The supplements that can optimize tennis performance are caffeine, sodium bicarbonate, creatine and β-alanine. Beetroot juice can be a possible aid to consider in dietetic-nutritional planning in tennis players.Conclusions: Performance and health of tennis player can be optimized, as well as adequate periodization of nutrients and supplements, meeting to the physiological demands of tennis.

The representations and implications of gender stereotypes portrayed in three selected TV advertisements shown in Bangladesh: a critical interpretation

Purpose This paper aims to the precise critical interpretation of gender roles portrayed in the three selected TV advertisements shown in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach The analysis begins with the theoretical framework of gender roles analysis here in this paper: Goffman’s gender stereotypes hypothesis which is used to identify and analyse the thematic features present in the ads. After critically examining the hypothesis, Kress and Van Leeuwen’s systemic functional analysis framework is used to analyse the semiotic feature to interpret the signs and symbols. After that, Fairclough’s stylistic analysis of discourse analysis is used to find out these features in the advertisements to search the cultural, political implications. Finally, the paper uses Pope’s The Rape of the Lock and it is Cultural-Ecofeminist Analysis of Francois d’Eaubonne. Findings This paper tries to connect with the above-mentioned frameworks from a contextual point of view to predict the future progression of the gender representations and their implications in the coming years to check whether the changes in gender roles are reflected in the society or not. Originality/value Both in houses and workplaces, women empowerment, more female entrepreneurs in the working forces will bring out a change in the minds of people about the stereotypes and make more women inclusive and the women-friendly environment in Bangladesh and South Asian Countries.

Evaluating nursing competence with the Nurse Competence Scale from an ontological and contextual point of view: An integrative literature review

Evaluating nursing competence is challenging and among many instruments the Nurse Competence Scale is one of the most used. This integrated literature review aimed to describe how ontological and contextual nursing competence becomes evident in evaluations done with it and the value of using it for professional development in nursing. The starting point was a former systematic review and additional searches were carried out using electronic databases with keywords and Boolean operators. The search followed the PRISMA search strategy and the articles were appraised against the JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist. Thirty-four original research articles published between January 2004 and April 2020 were included. The data were displayed and analyzed descriptively. Results showed that the Nurse Competence Scale covers both ontological and contextual competence, that the competence profiles vary in different cultures, cohorts and contexts, but that it is suitable for evaluating and following up competence development in nursing.

Critical Interpretations of Gender Stereotypes in Selected Bangladeshi TV Advertisements

This paper aims at a precise critical interpretation of gender roles portrayed in the three selected TV advertisements shown in Bangladesh. The analysis begins with the theoretical framework of gender roles analysis here in this paper: Goffman’s Gender Stereotypes Hypothesis which is used to identify and analyse the thematic features present in the ads. After critically examining the hypothesis, Kress and Van Leeuwen’s Systemic Functional Analysis framework is used to analyse the semiotic feature to interpret the signs and symbols. After that, Fairclough’s stylistic analysis of Discourse Analysis is used to find out these features in the advertisements to search the cultural, political implications. Lastly, the paper uses Pope’s The Rape of the Lock and its Cultural-Ecofeminist Analysis of Francois d’Eaubonne to connect with the above-mentioned frameworks from a contextual point of view to form the “Multi-Disciplinary Framework” to predict the future progression of the gender representations and their implications in the coming years. Results show that despite the presence of gender stereotypes, the changes in gender roles both in houses and workplaces, women empowerment, more female entrepreneurs in the working forces will bring out about a change in the minds of people about the stereotypes and make a more women-inclusive and women-friendly environment in Bangladesh.

Analisis Surat Al-Anfāl Ayat 17: Upaya Mengungkap Sisi Transendental Hermeneutika Double Movement

The study of the Koran from a contextual point of view continues to grow. One of the offers that has been continuously studied and applied is the double movement theory initiated by Fazlur Rahman and developed by Abdullah Saeed. The double movement theory emphasizes the socio-historical context of the Koran and the present. To bridge the two periods, a researcher must sensitively take the meaning of the verse being studied or what is called the moral ideal. Thus, the meaning of the purpose of the revelation of the Qur'anic verse will continue to be conveyed at any time. The object of the application of the double movement is indeed law verses, so as to produce a moral ideal that is real or concrete. However, in this study, the researcher found that double movement not only produces concrete moral ideals, but also transcendental ones. The verse studied is the verse of war, surah al-Anfāl verse 17. So that, the result is that the moral ideal which is concrete from this verse is that it is permissible and even required to take the path of war if it is in an emergency and is depressed. For example, there is pressure, discrimination and so on that cause torture. And, the transcendental moral ideal is that there must be an attitude of tawakal and endeavor from every Muslim. That Allah can make real what is considered impossible by humans.

Heirloom or Antique? Import or Imitation? Objects with Fictive “Biographies” in Early Iron Age Knossos

During the Early Iron Age, Knossos was one of the most important cities of the Aegean. In addition to objects from elsewhere in the Aegean, a wide range of Cypriot, Phoenician and North Syrian imports has been discovered in the Early Iron Age Knossian cemeteries. In certain cases, these grave goods predate their funerary context by a century. This paper examines the stylistic and contextual dating of these imports, in an attempt to associate, from a contextual point of view, these items with the funerary practices of the Knossians. Grave goods deposited in the same cemeteriesalso included Early Iron Age local imitations of Late Bronze Age Near Eastern imports. It is suggested that members of the Early Iron Age Knossian elite treated certain contemporary objects, which belonged stylistically either to the Late Bronze Age Cypriot, Phoenician or North Syrian traditions, on the one hand, or to the local Minoan tradition, on the other hand, as if they were antiques and/or heirlooms. In this way, that is, by appropriating the ancestral past of the community, the elite could establish and maintain their authority. For this reason, “fake” keimelia and heirlooms had to acquire new complex “biographies”.

The Representations and Implications of Gender Stereotypes Portrayed in Three Selected TV Advertisements Shown In Bangladesh: a Critical Interpretation

This paper aims at a precise critical interpretation of gender roles portrayed in the three selected TV advertisements shown in Bangladesh. The analysis begins with the theoretical framework of gender roles analysis here in this paper: Goffman's Gender Stereotypes Hypothesis which is used to identify and analyse the thematic features present in the ads. After critically examining the hypothesis, Kress and Van Leeuwen's Systemic Functional Analysis framework is used to analyse the semiotic feature to interpret the signs and symbols. After that, Fairclough's stylistic analysis of Discourse Analysis is used to find out these features in the advertisements to search the cultural, political implications. Lastly, the paper uses Pope's The Rape of the Lock and it's Cultural-Ecofeminist Analysis of Francois d'Eaubonne to connect with the above mentioned frameworks from a contextual point of view to predict the future progression of the gender representations and their implications in the coming years whether the changes in gender roles both in houses and workplaces, women empowerment, more female entrepreneurs in the working forces will bring out about a change in the minds of people about the stereotypes and make a more women inclusive and women friendly environment in Bangladesh and South Asian Countries.

The Representations and Implications of Gender Stereotypes Portrayed in Three Selected TV Advertisements Shown in Bangladesh: A Critical Interpretation

This paper aims at a precise interpretation of gender stereotypes portrayed in the three selected TV advertisements in order to find out their implications in Bangladeshi context. The analysis begins with Goffman’s Gender Stereotypes Hypothesis, a theoretical framework to examine and justify the thematic features present in the ads. After critically examining the hypothesis and Kress and Van Leeuwen’s Systemic Functional Analysis framework is used to analyse and interpret the semiotic features such as; the signs and symbols. After that, Fairclough’s Discourse Analysis is used to find out the stylistic features and their implied meanings in the advertisements to search the social, cultural and political implications. Then the paper uses Pope’s The Rape of the Lock and it’s Cultural-Ecofeminist Analysis of Francois d’Eaubonne to connect the above mentioned frameworks from a contextual view-point. To give the interpretation of Stereotypes deeply rooted in the minds of both male and female, Freud’s Psychoanalysis is used. Both Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis are taken into consideration for exploring the Gender Stereotypes thoroughly. This research is basically a blend of Literature, Language and Gender along with other Disciplines to interpret Stereotypes from a holistic framework. To predict the future progression of the gender representations and their implications in the coming years in Bangladesh, an umbrella term “Multi-Disciplinary Framework” will be used to examine whether the changes in gender roles both at home and outside in the workplaces due to the changes in different socio-economic and cultural factors are reflected or not in the TV advertisements.

The Representations and Implications of Gender Stereotypes Portrayed in Three Selected TV Advertisements Shown in Bangladesh: A Critical Interpretation

This paper aims at a precise interpretation of gender stereotypes portrayed in the three selected TV advertisements in order to find out their implications in Bangladeshi context. The analysis begins with Goffman's Gender Stereotypes Hypothesis, a theoretical framework to examine and justify the thematic features present in the ads. After critically examining the hypothesis, Kress and Van Leeuwen's Systemic Functional Analysis framework is used to analyze and interpret the semiotic features such as; the signs and symbols. After that, Fairclough's Discourse Analysis is used to find out the stylistic features and their implied meanings in the advertisements to search the social, cultural and political implications. Then the paper uses Pope's The Rape of the Lock and it's Cultural-Ecofeminist Analysis of Francois d'Eaubonne to connect the above mentioned frameworks from a contextual view-point. To give the interpretation of Stereotypes deeply rooted in the minds of both male and female, Freud’s Psychoanalysis is used. Both Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis are taken into consideration for exploring the Gender Stereotypes thoroughly. This research is basically a blend of Literature, Language and Gender along with other Disciplines to interpret Stereotypes from a holistic framework. To predict the future progression of the gender representations and their implications in the coming years in Bangladesh, an umbrella term “Multi-Disciplinary Framework” will be used to examine whether the changes in gender roles both at home and outside in the workplaces due to the changes in different socio-economic and cultural factors are reflected or not in the TV advertisements.