Volume 11, Issue 3, March 2023 Edition - GSJ Journal Publication

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Authentic Assessment’s Integrity for Online Learning in Higher Education []


The universal pandemic of COVID-19 has led to the interruption of teaching and learning activities in many countries. Current social isolation policies have led to a general move to online education including assessment. Authentic assessment activities are those that give students chances to practice finding solutions to real-world issues and challenges, so that upon graduation they are able to apply these skills to issues and challenges they will face in their place of work. When students are able to do this successfully, they are judged as work ready. The society is concerned about the integrity of students being assessed online. Thus, there is a great need to find out strategies that institutions can take to ensure the integrity of online authentic assessment practices so that the society can be assured that the competencies of the program have been achieved by each student honestly. The study employs a mixed-method research to gather data from higher education educators and students through questionnaires, surveys and document analysis. A mixed method research design is chosen to answer what are the effective strategies for ensuring authentic assessment for online learning? Two sets of instruments (questionnaires and survey) is used to obtain information on the strategies to ensure integrity of the online authentic assessment. Ten educators from high education and ten students are selected as the respondents through purposive sampling technique. The findings will determine the effective strategies that high education institution can use to ensure the integrity of the online authentic assessment. The implications of this study will encourage the higher education institutions to use the effective strategies that ensure the integrity of the authentic assessment. Keywords: authentic assessment, online learning, integrity, higher education

THE INFLUENCE OF PERCEPTIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ON JOB SATISFACTION AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE REGIONAL FINANCIAL AND ASSET MANAGEMENT AGENCY SOUTHEAST SULAWESI PROVINCE []


The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze (1) The effect of perceived organizational support on employee performance. (2) The effect of employee engagement on employee performance (3) The effect of job satisfaction on employee performance (4) The effect of perceived organizational support on job satisfaction (5) The effect of employee engagement on job satisfaction Regional Financial and Asset Management Board of Southeast Sulawesi Province. (6) The influence of perceptions of organizational support on employee performance with job satisfaction as a mediating variable (intervening). (7) The influence of employee engagement on employee performance with job satisfaction variables. This study uses a quantitative approach. The population of this study is the entire Regional Financial and Asset Management Board of Southeast Sulawesi Province, consisting of 86 people, the research sample was determined by the census (saturated sampling). Data collection using a questionnaire. Data analysis used Structural Equation Modeling with the SmartPLS (Partial Least Square) V3 program. The results of the study explain that: (1) Perceived organizational support has a significant effect on employee performance. (2) Employee engagement has a significant effect on employee performance. (3) Job satisfaction has a significant effect on employee performance (4) Perceived organizational support has a significant effect on job satisfaction. (5) Employee engagement has a significant effect on job satisfaction. (6) Job satisfaction can mediate perceptions of organizational support for employee performance. (7) Job satisfaction can mediate employee engagement in employee performance.

EFFECT OF DEBT TO EQUITY RATIO, RETURN ON ASSET, AND FIRM SIZE TO DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES LISTING ON THE INDONESIAN STOCK EXCHANGE []


The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the simultaneous and partial effects of Debt to Equity Ratio (DER), Return on Assets (ROA), and Firm Size on Dividend Payout Ratio (DPR) variables in manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). The samples taken in this study were 2 (two) manufacturing companies. The analysis technique in this study used panel data regression with the help of the Eviews 10 application program. The results of the study concluded that DER, ROA, and Firm Size simultaneously have a positive and significant effect on the DPR, meaning that an increase in DER, ROA, and Firm Size can spur an increase in the DPR. DER has a statistical t value of 5.226727 with a significance value of 0.0347, so it can be concluded that DER has a significant positive effect on the DPR. ROA has a negative and insignificant effect on the DPR because ROA has a statistical t value of -3.148824 and ROA obtains a significance value of 0.0878. Meanwhile, Firm Size has a negative statistical t value of -3.442042 with a significance value of 0.0450, so it can be concluded that Firm Size has a significant negative effect on the DPR. The results of the coefficient of determination show that the value of Adjusted R² is 0.999928 while the remaining 0.01% is influenced by other variables outside this research model.

A comparative study of the satisfaction level between online and face to face teaching learning method during first clinical year of MBBS and its association with academic performance. []


Background : As COVID-19 shook the world, medical students who were supposed to undergo training in hospitals and meeting real patients were forced to adapt with online learning. Objectives : This study is done to investigate the academic performance and student satisfaction levels in open distance learning (ODL) as compared to face-to-face learning. Methods : This was a comparative cross-sectional (N=48), quantitative, online-based study that involved two batches of medical students from University of Cyberjaya who were in their first clinical rotation year. The first batch of students were the students who completed the first clinical year training in the normal manner in year 2019 (FTF batch) while the second group surveyed were students who completed their first clinical rotation year in 2021 (ODL batch) during the COVID pandemic where a majority of teaching was done online. Their academic result was gained from the university and the students’ satisfaction level was assessed with an online questionnaire. The data was analysed using JASP. Results : ODL batch who had done their first clinical year online gained higher results in majority of both their clinical skills and clinical knowledge exams compared to FTF batch who underwent traditional classes. Based on satisfaction levels, online learning was perceived as satisfactory however, face-to-face learning is still preferred especially in developing their clinical skills. As for the correlation, the ODL batch was less satisfied and their results suffered in their first semester but then recovered in the next semester. Meanwhile, FTF batch was generally satisfied with the interactions in face-to-face learning but their academic performance was weaker than ODL batch. Conclusion : Online learning was perceived as satisfactory by the students however, face-to-face learning had been proven to be preferred.

HOME AND SCHOOL ACADEMIC COLLABORATION IN THE DELIVERY OF MODULAR INSTRUCTION []


The participants claimed that academic collaboration in terms of academic supervision is effective as teachers and parents are mutually engaged in improving the performance of students through active communication utilizing conferences, home visitations, and other technology-based mechanisms. However, there are gaps and issues encountered in terms of instructional support, academic supervision, and feedback and monitoring. A comprehensive training package can be proposed as a process enhancement program to improve home and school academic collaboration in modular instruction. Home and school academic collaboration in modular instruction was effective based on assessments, positive scholastic records, and attendance of parents. However, distance from home, limited time for home visitation, lack of proper training of parents, insufficient learning materials, and economic divide were identified as gaps and issues. Recommendations include collaboration efforts and two-way communication among school heads, teachers, and parents, and the utilization of a comprehensive training package. School heads, teachers, and parents should collaborate as often as needed to ensure effective instructional support, academic supervision, feedback, and monitoring. A comprehensive training package should be utilized to improve home and school academic collaboration. Of school from home and vice versa, limited time for home visitation, lack of proper training of parents in facilitating learning, insufficient learning materials for the learners, and economic divide is the gaps and issues encountered by home and school in academic collaboration in terms of instructional support, academic supervision, feedback, and monitoring. Utilization of a comprehensive training package will improve home and school academic collaboration in modular instruction that leads to a better learning outcome for the students in their educational journey. A comprehensive training package is utilized to improve home and school academic collaboration among school heads, teachers, and parents in modular instruction for the learning progress of the students in their educational journey. Study be undertaken in other divisions or regions to determine further the benefits of home and school academic collaboration in the other aspects of the student’s life. KEYWORDS: HOME AND SCHOOL ACADEMIC COLLABORATION, DELIVERY OF MODULAR INSTRUCTION

DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF THERMOELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR []


The impact of on-going progress in science and technology has created a variety of system that can be used in producing the refrigerator effect with the use of thermoelectric cooling which is also known as the Peltier heat pump, solid state refrigerator. It can be used either for heating or for cooling; although in practice the main application is cooling. It can also be used as a temperature controller that either heats or cool. It has the advantage of having no moving parts and thus it needs little or no maintenance. Thermoelectric refrigeration is a new alternative cooling device since the problem of compression is taken care off by it. This paper presents the details design and fabrication of a Thermoelectric refrigerator with 12 Peltier modules, 5 12V DC fans, a fridge and freezer compartment. The thermoelectric refrigerator’s operating power is sourced from an Alternating Current power outlet; an applied electrical power of 57 W was used. The Peltier modules were used to cool the compartments of the refrigerator. The approach intended to exploit the Peltier effect with the use of Peltier modules, to generate a cooling effect in the refrigerator compartments. From the data collected during performance evaluation, we analyzed the coefficient of performance of the Peltier Modules used to be 81.85 % and the thermoelectric refrigerator’s fridge and freezer compartments were able to achieve temperatures of 6.9 ℃ and -5.3 ℃ respectively after 2 hours of usage while being loaded.

Is there a tool to enable Guidance Counsellors’ bias more students into STEM related careers in Cameroon Grammar Schools? []


The strides to emerge Cameroon by 2035 have placed accent on key areas and sectors of development, such as the need to develop the labor sector or man power requirements, which is the responsibility of the Education Sector. Much progress has been made in this sector over the years, but in spite of the thousands of students enrolled in our schools, a good number of the students in the grammar schools do not have specific career orientations, leading to a lot of wastage of skills in the long run. As such, there is need, to focus on orienting these students to take up STEM roles (Science and Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), to complement sector development plans for Cameroon. With this in mind, the study was embarked on producing a Students Career Orientation Inventory that will enable Career Guidance Counselors to discharge their duties effectively. Questionnaires were used in a survey research design to collect data from 403 respondents. The basic issues raised to develop this Iventory were; the career needs of students in High school, the procedure to produce a valid and reliable test and the extent to which the test could identify students with STEM interest. The Delphi technique was employed in the survey research design, to establish a pool of items through a cyclical process and ascertain their reliability through the split-halve method. Cronbach Alphas for the test components for VIP (Values, Interests, Personality) for p˂0.05 and reliabilities of at least ˃.3 were accepted. The tool was recommended for use at the entry stage of career counseling, to identify students with STEM interest and find appropriate ways to motivate them to pursue such roles in their careers. The study recommended that a comparative study between grammar and technical colleges should compare their attitudes towards the instrument to verify the extent to which lodging of students in particular careers influences their career aspirations. Furthermore, other researchers should develop a program to motivate or encourage students to offer science related fields in Cameroon Grammar schools, in order to boast the provision of man power requirements, needed to emerge Cameroon by 2035 to a middle income economy. Key words: assessment, tool, career, Guidance counseling

PREVALENCE AND ANTIBIOTICS UTILIZATION AMONG COVID-19 PATIENTS ON A SELECTED HOSPITAL IN KORONDAL CITY: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS []


This study aimed to determine the prevalence and antibiotic utilization among COVID-19 patients in selected hospital in Koronadal City. A retrospective quantitative-descriptive method was used in this study. This research utilized frequency and percentage to present continuous and categorical data and descriptive statistics with confidence intervals was used in this investigation. Also, the researchers utilized the multiple regression analysis to determine if there is a significant relationship on the prevalence and frequency of antibiotics utilization among COVID-19 patients based on patient’s demographic profile. Results of the statistical analysis revealed an existing significant difference (p<0.05) in the level of prevalence and antibiotic utilization among COVID-19 patients. Results signifies that most of the usage, duration, used in ICUs, frequently prescribed, route of administration and dosage strength of antibiotics has no significant relationship on patients’ age, sex, comorbidities, and drug allergen. The findings revealed that the demographic profiles of the COVID-19 patients matter to the prevalence and antibiotic utilization. The results also showed a close frequency rate of each factor on the variables which cannot be disregarded and should also be considered potential reasons in understanding the utilization of antibiotics in COVID-19 patients. However, this study provides further evidence that a significant proportion of patient who went to the hospital with COVID-19 had taken antibiotics.

The Role of Peace Education in the Restoration of Community Confidence in Terrorism Affected Areas of Marawi City []


This paper aimed to examine peace education initiatives in restoring confidence of the communities in the wake of terrorist violence. The terror plot destructed many building such as; schools, churches, hospital and business establishments in the area. This situation rendered the communities of Marawi helpless to provide education to their children in an environment of terror, volatility and insecurity. Many innocent children and their parents suffered psychological and socially. Still the danger is looming large. To grapple with the situation, various national and international philanthropic organizations in collaboration with the government of the Philippines started community sensitization programmes in order to restore peace and development in the area. Findings of this study revealed that peace education initiatives have led to restoration of peace in the area. Students have started going to schools have slowly come out of the psychological stress and strain. Parents now confidently are sending their children to schools. School-home communication has strengthened. Parents also coordinated with teachers to ward off any untoward future situation. Keywords: Peace Education, Community Confidence, Terrorism, Peace and Development, Marawi City

Using Sorghum Stalk as a Partial Replacement of Lime in the Stabilization of Red Clay Soil for Road Sub-Grade Construction. []


This research aimed at testing the viability of using Sorghum Stalk Ash (SSA) as a partial replacement of lime in the stabilization of red clay soils for road subgrade construction. Red clay soils have been identified as highly expansive soils, which are affected by both climatic conditions and loading patterns. The consideration of both traffic loading patterns and climatic effects on these soils has been taken into account. A penetration test of 2.5mm has been used on both pure red soils and stabilized soils at 10% and 15% partial replacement of lime with SSA and showed an improvement in the CBR of stabilized red clay soils up to 11.6%. Again, the PI of stabilized soils at 15% partial replacement of lime reduced up to 11.2%. The results obtained on both CBR and PI of these red clay soils are within the recommended values for the effective subgrade required for laying both permanent and flexible pavements. As a result, a recommendation of making use of SSA to lower the quantities of lime and its costs used in the stabilization of highly expansive soils have been tested through this research. However, further research on a more percentage partial replacement of lime to improve the PI of these soils to below 10% while keeping the CBR levels within the road construction regulations is welcomed.

REVISED HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY IN CAMEROON AND THE SOUTH WEST LABOUR MARKET []


Education has been one of the driving forces through which the government of Cameroon has sought to extri-cate poverty alleviation, a key tenet of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In order to achieve this goal, the government, in consultation with the World Bank, adopted a new higher education policy in 2001. This research examines the outcome of this new policy revised on the labour market for graduates in the South West region of the country. The impact of the implementation and implications of the new policy on the la-bour market for graduates is examined within the context of the country’s bilingual culture. The research complemented desk-based information with field data. Findings indicate that the new higher education policy has led to a democratization of the higher education sector with a corresponding proliferation of higher educa-tion institutions, an explosion in graduate numbers, but without corresponding employment opportunities. It is therefore recommended that more emphasis be placed on professional programmes in the region’s institutions in order to reinforce the job-readiness of its graduates. These professional programmes should be designed in partnership with industries to satisfy their specific needs which will have a direct impact on the absorption of unemployed graduates. Most especially, Alumni Relations Offices should be created and reinforced in all in-stitutions of higher learning which should cater for the employment of graduates through alumni relations, creation of entrepreneurship hubs that are meaningful, and Endowment Funds to manage graduate growth. In addition, there should be a revision of the policy to accommodate a General Graduate Service Corps (GGSC) - designed to deploy all new graduates to serve a one year mandatory period on a small stipend in other parts of the country. This would provide graduates with language skills, practical hands-on experience to gain compe-tences, reduce the frustration of graduates, curb mass migration, foster national integration and eventually re-duce unemployment.

Cybersecurity enhancement capabilities for legal and security officers in Cameroon []


This work examines some of the complexities faced by judicial and security officers in the country in tackling the menace posed by cybercriminality which has permeated almost every facet of modern day society. With advancements in technology, the new arena for the commission of crimes is the cyber space, where criminals use the benefit of the internet to commit crimes from the comfort of their bedrooms, mobile phones, computers, and computer systems, while victims (companies, governments and individuals) suffer huge losses. Since this is a new pathway used by criminals, the law is slow to catch-up, and judicial police officers (police and gendarmes), lawyers (advocates), and magistrates in the country are still entrenched in solving traditional crimes. Indeed, it is not enough to understand the laws needed to investigate and prosecute; it is now critical that they also learn the craft of the cybercrime enterprise, by acquiring the fundamental technical skills necessary to help them match these online ‘wizards’. Their new training curricular should incorporate a cybersecurity component which will equip them with the requisite technical skills needed to combat cybercriminality. Most especially, police and gendarmerie branches, and courts across the country should have cybercrime units that are dedicated to solving this menace. ENAM 1 recently revised its curriculum to incorporate a component on firearms deployment; a cybersecurity component should also be added to the academic curricular/programs of these investigating and prosecuting institutions in the country, as the damage caused to organizations and governments by burglary, even armed robbery, is now miniscule in comparison to that done by a compromised network security system.

FOSTERING RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION IN CAMEROON USING FOOD WASTE FROM ANAEROBIC DIGESTION []


This paper examines the current trend in waste management which is drifting towards a ‘blue economy’ designed to address sustainability and counter environmental pollution. It explores the prospects and challenges of developing an anaerobic digestion sector for the generation of alternative energy from food waste feedstock in Cameroon. At the present time, waste in the country is managed in a an uncontrolled manner; with small waste operators undertaking different and uncoordinated waste management activities, without real efforts designed to reap the full benefits that could be garnered from sustainably managing food waste. However, harnessing this sector with dedicated structures to oversee its activities will contribute to transforming not only lives, but the whole environmental and economic strata of the country. In focusing on food waste transformation for biogas generation and digestate production, the country could create jobs, reduce pressures on natural resources and uplift most of its youthful population from the throes of poverty and underdevelopment. With the energy sector facing real pressures as a result of the growing population, growth in the industrial sector without a corresponding investment in the country’s energy infrastructure, lack of real political will to tackle the energy problems and other crisis that have come to bear on the country, the need to diversify the energy portfolio is now very critical. By generating methane and carbon dioxide for heating, cooking and electricity for its fast growing population, anaerobic digestion also has the added potential of providing the rural agricultural sector with digestate that has little or no negative environmental effect as compared to artificial imported fertilizer that the country has come to depend on so heavily, with its antecedent impact on the country’s ecosystem. The proposal is that government should diversify its energy portfolio by investing in the transformation of food waste as a means of supplementing its current weak energy sector.

Basis for Practice Development: Acceptability of the Community Pharmacies’ Pharmaceutical Services in Koronadal City, South Cotabato during COVID-19 Pandemic []


Objective: To identify the level of acceptability of the Community Pharmacies’ Pharmaceutical Services in Koronadal City, South Cotabato during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A descriptive quantitative research design was used in this study through survey questionnaire form. Results: Results of the study indicated that the level of practices/acceptability of pharmaceutical services delivered by community pharmacies based on cost, drug supplies, dispensing/counseling services, human resources and pharmacy extended services was found to be between on high and very high. For the community pharmacies pharmaceutical service provider, the result shows 3.50, 3.61, 3.55, 3.56, and 2.70 respectively. For the customers, the result shows 3.38, 3.42, 3.47, 3.44, and 3.20 respectively. For the significant relationship in the demographic profile of community pharmacies’ service provider and customers and the level of acceptability of the community pharmacies’ services, in terms of age, current position, working of hours and years of work experience, results revealed that there is no significant relationship. In testing the significant difference in the level of acceptability on community pharmacies’ services of customers and community pharmacies’ services, results revealed that there is a significant difference in human resources and pharmacy extended services. In human resources, according to NBC News, staff shortages is the main issue that community pharmacies are facing since the start of pandemic. This means that they should work on managing and organizing their working staff members who are currently employed by community pharmacies to complete all tasks without errors and delays. On a similar note, pharmacy extended services has a significant difference in the level of acceptability on their offered community pharmacies’ services. It implies that community pharmacies should provide their customers with extra services that will benefit them and improve their patients' health. On the other hand, the cost, drug supplies and dispensing/counseling services has no significant difference because in cost, the DOH implements the Maximum Drug Retail Price and the Cheaper Medicine Act, the cost of medications in community pharmacies is regulated and controlled. For the drug supplies, all drug suppliers or distributors behave the same and for the dispensing/counseling services, all community pharmacies follow Republic Act No. 10918 or Pharmacy Law, which mandates that all medication dispensed by a pharmacist must be thoroughly explained to patients for improved health outcomes and to help them complete their treatment program.

Analysis of Benefits Associated with Wetland Restoration in Rwanda []


The objective of this study was to analyze benefits associated with wetland restoration case of Rugezi wetland located in the Northern Rwanda from 2000 to 2020. Secondary datasets of wetland restoration policies like removal of football playgrounds, human houses and farmlands and land uses management were used. The restoration benefits were specifically, change on water level and electricity production. These data were collected from the States Geological Survey (USGS Earth Explorer), National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) and Burera district along with the Offices of Ntaruka and Mukungwa hydropower plants. The Extraction by Mask of the Spatial Analyst Tools in the Geographic Information System (GIS) built maps of land use and land cover over the study area. The Chart and Tables of Microsoft Excel revealed annual changes on water level and electricity production. Finally, the Pearson Correlation analysis analyzed the relationship between wetland restoration and its associated benefits. It was noted that wetland extended from 1,989.36 to 2,741.16 Ha in 2000 and 2020, respectively. Water level rose form 1,860 and 1,880 m³/s between 2004 and 2020, respectively. From 2004 to 2020, the increased water level regenerated the hydropower from 20.09 to 32.02 MWH and from 53,028.70 up to 55,063.47 MWH at Ntaruka and Mukungwa Hydropower plants, respectively. The Pearson correlation analysis indicated the P values of 0.0072, 0.0072 for restoration with water change and Ntaruka electricity production along with 0.02 for restoration with Mukungwa electricity production. Similarly, the P value between wetland restoration and Rugezi hydropower generation was 0.03. All P values were lower than 0.05 and confirmed the statistically significance relationship between Rugezi wetland restoration and its benefits. The results of this study can facilitate policy makers to better understand ways of formulating and implementing further wetland restoration measures countrywide. Keywords: Burera district, Hydropower plant, Rugezi wetland, Wetland restoration

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS OF SOME SCHOOLS IN THREE DIVISIONS IN REGION V []


There is a significant improvement in academic performance from one school year to another. Leadership capabilities exhibited by the principals in initiating charges and in the instructional program were very effective to highly effective. The perceptions of the principals and teachers were significantly different. The perceptions of the principals and teachers on leadership capabilities significantly differ. Leadership, supervisory, and administrative proficiencies as perceived by principals themselves and by their teachers were very effective to highly effective. Was a significant difference in the leadership, supervisory, and administrative proficiencies as perceived by the principals and their teachers. The perceptions of principals and teachers significantly vary on the proficiencies of principals. There was a significant difference in the rank orders of the proficiencies for principals as perceived by themselves in the three divisions. Incentives like task scholarships and cash gifts are given to principals to improve their leadership capabilities. Principals must disseminate to teachers proper directions in all aspects of their jobs to understand organizational efforts for productivity. Should be taught specific skills to improve their proficiencies in leadership, supervision, and administration. Younger ones should be promoted to principals and principals should exert more effort to increase their educational qualifications. A regular increase in the salary of principals must be adopted. KEYWORDS: EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS

FACILITATING LEADERSHIP STYLES UTILIZED BY PRINCIPALS IN ENHANCING THE LIVED JOB EXPERIENCES OF TEACHERS []


This qualitative study examined the different facilitating leadership styles utilized by principals in enhancing teachers' job experiences in terms of input, process, output, and outcomes. It found that most of the participants answered that their principal is a democratic leader, followed by Transformational Leadership, Strategic Leaders, and Highly visible Leaders. In terms of classroom management, the results showed that the principal is always positive and respects every teacher's classroom management style, provides continuous Professional Development, communicates goals, shares expectations, and suggests how to make the school a family-type atmosphere. Additionally, seventy percent of the participants strongly believe that their principal ensures that student progress is monitored through the continual aggregation and disaggregation of student performance data that are directly related to the school's mission and goals. The most important details in this text are the different leadership styles of principals that affect teachers' performance, classroom management, assessment of learning, coping mechanisms of teachers, and gaps and issues of teachers and principals regarding leadership styles in enhancing job experiences. These leadership styles include delegating power to teachers with expertise, encouraging creativity, bringing personal talent to school activities, providing professional development, bestowing praise or effective teaching, cutting budgets in certain departments, and showing their utmost authority in all matters of education. Additionally, teachers take a short period to relax, talk to peers about the events, and read. KEYWORDS: FACILITATING LEADERSHIP, JOB EXPERIENCES OF TEACHERS

SOMALILAND’S TRADE PATTERN WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD: AN ANALYSIS OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS []


Somaliland got an independent economy since its breaks away from Somalia in 1991. This study aims to explain the trade pattern between Somaliland and the rest of the world, livestock export is the main in Somaliland economy accompanied to those other commodities like hides and skins gums and water melon for some times, though the country heavily dependent on imports, like food, construction material, fuel, spare parts and accessories, also Kat and tobacco. Somaliland livestock sector have the highest percentage share for economic contribution, it faces many challenges, including successive drought conditions, absence of internationally certificate for animal health, poor domestic financial system, and dependent of one or two foreign markets.

HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH A MEDICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FEATURE FOR AEMILIANUM COLLEGE INC. []


Any entity, including a school, could experience organizational conflict and discord as a result of poorly managed information. Education depends heavily on information and effective counseling depends on the provision of accurate, complete, and timely information, implementing appropriate information management practice is crucial in all educational settings. An institution's Health Services Unit (HSU) plays a crucial role in attending to and keeping track of the health needs and general well-being of the student body. Its responsibilities include upholding a healthy environment, providing health services, and disseminating information about health. The Health Service Unit of Aemilianum College Inc. continues to collect and use the time-consuming paper-based method for all health information on students and staff. Written physical health forms and other medical files that are submitted and preserved in physical storage are where all students' and employees' information is collected. Keeping track of and managing all student and staff records in the simplest and quickest manner presents a significant challenge for ACI's Health Services Unit. With the aforementioned factors presented, the developer saw the necessity of creating an online health management system that could satisfy the requirements of the health services unit of Aemilianum College Inc. The developed system's goals were to automate the submission, monitoring, and processing of health records; to provide a user-friendly interface to its users; to keep and monitor all health information about students and staff in a centralized database; to generate reports for the health services unit; and to evaluate the system using ISO 25010, an industry-accepted quality standard. The researcher decided on the system and specified that it satisfied the ISO 25010 level of acceptance based on the system evaluation. The produced system's usability, reliability, performance, efficiency, interoperability, security, maintainability, and portability were all evaluated. The developer received positive feedback regarding the evaluation of the system. It is therefore ready to cater to the needs of the health services unit of the college. Also, the system may be changed to accommodate the college’s future development.

Application of Multiple Technologies in Cloud-Based Voting System for Aemilianum College Inc. []


This study aimed to design and develop an Application of Multiple Technologies in a Cloud-Based Voting System for Aemilianum College Inc. The application had different functions and features for the Administration of voting utilities, system utilities, report generation, and themes for vote’s features were also included in the application. The system also aimed to integrate the use of multiple technologies such as Smart TVs, Barcode readers, Quick Response (QR) Scanner, Android phones, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers, Short Message Service (SMS), and the like. In order to evaluate the system, it has been fitted against an industry-accepted quality model-the ISO 25010. The developed system was tested against functional suitability, performance efficiency, usability, reliability, security, maintainability and portability. It was evaluated by a set of competent evaluators. After carefully evaluation, the system passed the ISO 25010 with a weighted average of 4.69, which was interpreted as “Far more than what is expected” and rated as “Highly Acceptable”.

THE RELATIONSHIP OF NURSE BEHAVIOR TO THE APPLICA-TION OF K3 CULTURE IN THE INPATIENT INSTALLATION OF DR. R.M. DJOELHAM BINJAI HOSPITAL IN 2022 []


Introduction; Occupational Health and Safety (K3) culture in health organizations has a strong influence on many efforts, including at-tempts to identify behaviors, assumptions or omissions that can lead to medical errors. The results of observations at the hospital. Dr. R.M. Djoelham by looking directly at the behavior of nurses in the inpatient room shows that there are still nurses who do not apply the K3 culture such as not using handscoons during patient examinations and not wearing masks. Purpose; to find out the relationship of nurse behavior to the application of K3 culture in the Inpatient Installation of Dr. R.M. Djoelham Binjai Hospital. Method; This type of research uses a quantitative design with a cross-sectional design. The study population was all inpatient nurses as many as 199 people with a sample of 67 people taken using random sampling techniques. Data analysis using univariate and bivariate analysis with chi-square test statistics. Results; The results showed that the P value for the knowledge variable = 0.002 < α = 0.05, attitude = 0.000 < α = 0.05 and action = 0.002 < α = 0.05 which means that knowledge, attitudes and actions have a relationship to the application of K3 culture in the Inpatient Installation of Dr. R.M. Djoelham Binjai Hospital. Conclusion; there is a relationship of knowledge, attitudes and actions to-wards the application of K3 culture in the Inpatient Installation of Dr. R.M. Djoelham Binjai Hospital.

Customer Satisfaction towards Mobile Banking Service Quality []


The study sought to find out the effects of mobile banking on customer satisfaction, the study adopted a descriptive and causal-comparative research designs. To achieve the purpose of the study, structured questionnaire was prepared. Out of 385 questionnaires, only 299 numbers of customers’ response were received. The data was analyzed by the aid of Statistical Package of Social Scientists Program (SPSS) 22.0 Version. Subjects were asked to assess their perceptions of various items representing customer satisfaction towards service quality of mobile banking of commercial banks of Rupandehi district. According to correlation analysis, all the service quality variables (tangibility, reliability, assurance, empathy and responsiveness) and customer satisfaction is positively related. The regression result has shown that among the variables undertaken in this study, responsiveness has a significant positive effect in determining customer satisfaction in the Rupandehi district, which is followed by the other variable tangibility.

DETERMINANTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF TOURISM & HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY OF PAKISTAN []


The tourism and hospitality industries have grown significantly in some countries over the past few decades, while in others they have not. Additionally, Pakistan's supply chain has seen growth of 24.9% in 2020, before the COVID19 hit. In order to provide a roadmap for adopting the common practices that can affect the organizational performance of the tourism and hospitality industries, the purpose of this research is to analyze which technological integration and Technological innovation in supply chain. Respondents in Pakistan's supply chain make the study's research population. Additionally, the research method is quantitative; survey is the best way to gather the necessary data, and questionnairesare used to gather information from respondents. The worthwhile findings of this study confirm that the impact of Technological innovation in supply chain on operational performance in Pakistani organizations is significant and that such practices should be implemented in line with their original intent. The bias of staff and employees' perceptions affecting the data, the exclusion of technical staff, and the exclusion of other regional firms are all additional limitations of this research, which means that the findings may not be applicabl to a wider range of regional firms in Asia.

DESIGN OF PHOTOVOLTAIC WATER PUMPING SYSTEM: CASE STUDY GASABO DISTRICT []


Abstract This project intended to design a small scale PVWPS to be implemented in Kajevuba marshland of Gasabo District in Kigali city for irrigation of one hectare maize crop. In the current work, a solar irrigation system was sized according to the quantity of water required in all growing stages of maize for the site of interest. The site meteorological data, solar radiation and reference evapotranspiration were obtained from Kigali station using CLIMWAT software. By entering those data in combination with site soil and plantation date of chosen into the CROPWAT 8.0 software, the Effective rainfall and the crop Irrigation water requirement were determined. The highest average daily reference evapotranspiration and solar irradiation were obtained for the month of August with respective values of 4.65mm and 19.0MJ/m2. The highest water demand and maximum number of sun hours are found in the month of July with respective value of 52.6mm/dec and 7.5. This month having the lowest ratio between daily solar radiation and water demand was chosen for designing the size of the system. For proper irrigation of 1 hectare of maize crop in kajevuba site, for the month of July the everyday requirement of water has been 52.6m3corresponding to the flow rate of 117LPM. The total dynamic head in this research was estimated to be 20m. From the water demand and TDH, the required hydraulic energy, pump system power required and PV rating KWpeak were calculated and the respective values found are 2.87KWh pr day, 1.27KW and 1.637KWp. By using a GRUNDFOS sizing tool, SQF-5A-7 pump was selected and the corresponding solar modules was proposed. Six modules were connected in series to supply the electrical power of 1.62KW.