scholarly journals Assessing Socioeconomic Opportunities of Women Selling Injera on Street at Nekemte Town, Oromia, Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarekegn Tariku Ebissa
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Cereal Grains ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Economic Opportunities ◽  
Cereal Grain ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Town ◽  
Interview Questionnaire

Abstract Injera is the most preferableand popular type of feeding items in Ethiopia. Injera can be prepared from various flours of cereal grains but it mostly produced using grinded flour of cereal grain called Teff (Eragrostistef (Zucc) Trotter). This study is conducted to assess the socioeconomic opportunities of women selling Injera on the street in Nekemtetown, Oromia, Ethiopia. The main aim of the study was indentifying and analyzing the social and economic opportunities of women engaged on selling Injera on the street. Primary data was collected from 50 women currently selling Injera on street at Nekemte town through structured interview questionnaire. The interview was conducted within one month at five Injera marketing locations in the town. Simple descriptive statistic was used to analyze the collected data. The findings of the study reveal the existence of both social and economic opportunities. The significant opportunities are the existence of indigenous knowledge and skill, good future employment option, availability of high domestic & abroad market demand, existence of high interest to work in cooperatives, existence of necessary inputs in the location, availability of cheap facilities and utilities to support the engagement and existence of eager interest to continue in supplying and trading Injera. As a result, for wise utilization of the opportunities, it is recommended to empower women engaged on selling Injera by enterprising and modernizing the production, supply and trading of Injera in Nekemte town.

scholarly journals Collective occupation in public spaces and the construction of the social fabric

2017 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 168-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Kantartzis ◽  
Matthew Molineux
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Social Fabric ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ethnographic Methodology ◽  
The Town ◽  
Multidimensional Process ◽  
Hermeneutic Process

Background. Contemporary research is expanding understandings of occupation beyond that of the individual’s doing, including the shared and social nature of occupation. The concept of collective occupation has been introduced to capture this broader understanding. Purpose. This study aimed to explicate the concept of occupation in a Greek town. Method. Ethnographic methodology was used and primary data were collected through observation, participation, and informal interviews. Analysis involved a hermeneutic process to develop a narrative of occupation in the town, including action, setting, and plots. Findings. Occupation, a dynamic and multidimensional process, served to maintain the self, family, and social fabric and balance between and within them. Collective occupation maintained the social fabric through three forms: informal daily encounters in public spaces, organization and associations, and celebration and commemoration. Implications. Occupational therapists may consider engaging with the potential power of such collective occupation when working toward social change to enable just and inclusive societies.

scholarly journals DETERMINANTS OF URBAN YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT: THE CASE OF GUDER TOWN, WESTERN SHOA ZONE, ETHIOPIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 318-327
Author(s):  
Amenu Leta Duguma ◽  
Fufa Tesfaye Tolcha
Keyword(s):  
Urban Youth ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Binary Logit ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Town ◽  
Interview Questionnaire

Despite numerous interventions by government and development partners, youth unemployment has remained an intractable challenge in Ethiopia. It creates many social- economic problems in the economy of the country. This study however aimed to identifying the determinants of urban youth unemployment. The study adopted a cross sectional data of urban youth employment-unemployment. The town was purposively selected from the town of west shoa zones. The primary data was collected from 91 sample respondents through interview questionnaire from Guder town proportionally. A descriptive and econometric analysis was employed to meet the main objective of the study. The descriptive analyses results revealed that about 61.5 % of the youth are unemployed while 38.6 % are employed.  Regression results from a binary logit model estimation show that sex, educational level, marital status, skill match and access to credit use of youth are found to be the significant determinants to urban youth unemployment while family prosperity and market information were statistically insignificant to urban youth unemployment in the town. The econometric results suggested the need for the government go aboard on creating jobs through identify employment opportunities and industrialization of agriculture. It also recommended that the government should facilitate formalization of familiar employment which reduces the problem of youth unemployment especially on skilled and educated youth and all secondary schools should have active partnership with employers. As well as government made to increase the availability of initial working capital, the identification of profitable (market gap) business areas and provision of practical training for urban youths to be engaged at their own business.

scholarly journals ANALISIS OPTIMALISASI ASET MILIK PEMERINTAH PROVINSI SULAWESI UTARA (Studi Kasus Tanah Bekas Bangunan UPTD Metrologi di Jalan Sam Ratulangi Nomor 87 Manado)

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tulus GP Siahaan ◽  
Rosalina A.M. Koleangan ◽  
Daisy S.M. Engka
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Market Analysis ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Optimization Analysis ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
North Sulawesi

ANALISIS OPTIMALISASI ASET MILIKPEMERINTAH  PROVINSI SULAWESI UTARA(Studi Kasus Tanah Bekas Bangunan UPTD Metrologidi Jalan Sam Ratulangi Nomor 87 Manado) Tulus GP Siahaan, Rosalina A.M.Koleangan, Daisy S.M. Engka Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis, Magister Ilmu EkonomiUniversitas Sam Ratulangi, Manado ABSTRAKAnalisis Optimalisasi Aset Tanah Bekas Bangunan Unit Pelaksana Teknis Dinas (UPTD) Metrologi Provinsi Sulawesi Utara Milik Pemerintah Provinsi Sulawesi Utara menggunakan Analisis Highest And Best Use (HBU). Alat analisis yang digunakan adalah dilakukan dengan cara analisis produktifitas properti meliputi aspek fisik dan lokasi serta aspek hukum dan peraturan sehingga diperoleh alternatif penggunaan yang memungkinkan. Analisis selanjutnya adalah analisis pasar yaitu analisis permintaan, penawaran pasar, dan analisis kelayakan keuangan untuk setiap usulan penggunaan yaitu untuk hotel, pusat perbelanjaan dan hotel.Dalam penelitian ini, data yang dianalisis terdiri dari data primer dan data sekunder. Data primer meliputi data pendapatan, sewa dan pengeluaran yang diajukan sebagai alternatif penggunaan, diperoleh dengan bentuk wawancara berstruktur, sedangkan data fisik yang meliputi ukuran, bentuk tapak, topografi, utilitas dan lain-lain diperoleh melalui observasi langsung. Data sekunder diperoleh dari BPKAD Provinsi Sulawesi Utara, Badan Pusat Statistik, Situs Media Online dan sumber-sumber lain yang berhubungan dengan penelitian ini.Kata Kunci : Optimalisasi, Aset ABSTRACTUsed Land Asset optimization analysis Ex Building Technical Implementation Unit (UPTD) Metrology North Sulawesi Province,  Government-owned North Sulawesi Province by Using Analysis Highest And Best Use (HBU). The analysis tool used by the analysis of productivity and the physical aspects of the property include the location as well as the legal and regulatory aspects in order to obtain alternative uses which allows. Next step is about market analysis which is analyze market demand and supply, also financial feasibility study for every alternative, namely for the construction hotel, shopping center and parking of vehicles.In this study, the data were analyzed consist of primary data and secondary data. Primary data includes data revenues, rents and expenditure proposed as an alternative to the use, obtained by structured interview form, while the physical data which includes the size, shape of the tread, topography, utilities and others obtained through direct observation. Secondary data available at government office such as BPKAD Provinsi Sulawesi Utara, Central Bureau of Statistics, Online Media and other sources related to this research.Keywords : Optimization,  Asset

scholarly journals Effect of dairy milk, eggs, meat, fish and fruits intake on academic performances of secondary school students in Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-359
Author(s):  
MS Hossain ◽  
MR Islam ◽  
MA Ferdous ◽  
AA Trisha ◽  
MM Rahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Science ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Meat Intake ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Dairy Milk ◽  
The Town

Background: Contribution of dairy milk and other food items and schools to academic performances of students are the important factors to build a peaceful meritorious nation with sound mental and physical health.Objective: This experiment was designed to study the contribution of dairy milk and other food item intake pattern and schools to academic performances.Method: Students of class nine in Bangladesh were enumerated using a preprescribed questionnaire during March 2016 to June 2016 by direct interview method. Collected primary data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 14.015.Results: Male (69.63%) students and students of schools in the town (84.97%) performed better. Majority of the students in towns (46.85%; 49.65%) and villages (45.51%; 50.90%) drank dairy milk and ate meat respectively, once or twice in a week. Many students in towns (30.77%) and villages (38.92%) ate eggs for 3 to 4 days in a week. Maximum students in town (53.50%) and in village (46.71%) took fish for 5 to 7 days and 3 to 4 days in a week, respectively. Many students in town (39.86%) and in village (59.88%) took fruits 1 to 2 days and 5 to 7 days in a week, respectively. Most (74.31%) of the students who took dairy milk, meat (73.68%), fruits (66.67%), fish (65.81%) and eggs (64.71%) everyday in a week obtained A grade.Conclusions: Schools, availability of dairy milk, meat, fruits, fish and eggs, Tiffin intake status and gender affected the academic performances but educational institutions had no effect on weekly dairy milk, eggs and meat intake of the students but weekly fish and fruits intake status were affected.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.17(3) 2018 p.355-359

scholarly journals Cross-Cultural Social Skills of Turkish Students in Japan: Implications for Overcoming Academic and Social Difficulties During Cross-Cultural Transition

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-39
Author(s):  
Ayse Ilgin Sozen
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Cultural Transition ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Difficulties ◽  
Interview Transcript

he present study examines the social skills of Turkish students during their cross-cultural transition to the academic and social cultures of Japan. One of the purposes of this study is to partially fill the gap in the literature by exploring and identifying Turkish students’ social skills during their stay in Japan. Another purpose of the study is to differentiate social skills, particularly used in educational settings – such as the classroom environment – from those exhibited in other contexts. This study also aims to provide universities with potential solutions to design better support and provide aid to Turkish students through their transition stages. A semi-structured interview was selected as the primary data collection tool for the present research. A total of 21 students from Turkey who were in higher education or had already obtained a degree from a university in Japan volunteered to participate in this study. Each interview transcript was individually examined via qualitative analysis, aiming to identify and categorize cross-cultural social skills. The analysis produced separate hierarchical levels of categories related to both the academic and social cultures of Japan. The findings revealed that Turkish students tend to use different types of social skills in different settings which are labelled “social skills specific to academic culture in Japan” and “culture-specific social skills.” Additionally, the cross-cultural social skills of Turkish students are classified in respect of their use (i.e., acquired skills, avoided skills, and maintained skills), based on a previous study.

University As A Social Entreprise:Modelling Enterprise 3.0 Application In Engineering Curriculum

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 393-398
Author(s):  
Andreas Ahrens ◽  
Olaf Bassus ◽  
Jeļena Zaščerinska
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Positive Direction ◽  
Social Agent ◽  
Primary Data Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technical Expert ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Broad Understanding

AbstractUniversity as a social enterprise has become the dominant response to the challenge of bringing up an engineer as a first-rate technical expert who acts as a social agent, rather than just a technician, with a “broad understanding of the social and philosophical context in which he will work” [3]. Aim of the research is to analyze student engineers' Enterprise 3.0 application in engineering curriculum. The meaning of the key concepts of university as a social enterprise, engineering curriculum and Enterprise 3.0 is studied. Explorative research has been used. The empirical study was conducted at Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia, in 2011. Descriptive statistics was implemented for primary data analysis. The findings of the research allow drawing the conclusions on the favourable context of Enterprise 3.0 application in engineering curriculum as the student engineers' knowledge and attitude towards Enterprise 3.0 application are positive. Direction of further research are proposed.

Cereal grain digestion by selected strains of ruminal fungi

1993 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. A. McAllister ◽  
Y. Dong ◽  
L. J. Yanke ◽  
H. D. Bae ◽  
K.-J. Cheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corn Starch ◽  
Fungal Growth ◽  
Wheat Starch ◽  
Cereal Grains ◽  
Starch Granules ◽  
Starch Digestion ◽  
Protein Matrix ◽  
Cereal Grain ◽  
Neocallimastix Patriciarum ◽  
Grain Starch

The ruminal fungi Orpinomyces joyonii strain 19-2, Neocallimastix patriciarum strain 27, and Piromyces communis strain 22 were examined for their ability to digest cereal starch. All strains digested corn starch more readily than barley or wheat starch. Orpinomyces joyonii 19-2 exhibited the greatest propensity to digest starch in wheat and barley, whereas the digestion of these starches by N. patriciarum 27 and P. communis 22 was limited. Media ammonia concentrations were lower when fungal growth was evident, suggesting that all strains assimilate ammonia. Fungi formed extensive rhizoidal systems on the endosperm of corn, but O. joyonii 19-2 was the only strain to form such systems on the endosperm of wheat and barley. All strains penetrated the protein matrix of corn but did not penetrate starch granules. Starch granules from all three cereals were pitted, evidence of extensive digestion by extracellular amylases produced by O. joyonii 19-2. Similar pitting was observed on the surface of corn starch granules digested by N. patriciarum 27 and P. communis 22, but not on wheat and barley starch granules. The ability of ruminal fungi to digest cereal grains depends on both the strain of fungus and the type of grain. The extent to which fungi digest cereal grain in the rumen remains to be determined.Key words: ruminal fungi, cereal grain, starch digestion, ruminant.

Emotions and politics of sensibilities in Latin America

2021 ◽  
pp. 026858092199451
Author(s):  
Adrian Scribano
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Latin America ◽  
The State ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach

The social sciences in Latin America have always had a special connection with the study and analysis of the place of emotions in the social structuration processes. The aim of this article is to offer a synthetic exposition of some inquiries about emotions and the politics of sensibilities in Latin America, emphasizing those that are being felt in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. To achieve this objective, first we offer a synthesis of the theoretical and methodological points that will guide the interpretation; then we draw on pre-existing inquiries and surveys which allow us to capture the state of sensibilities before and during the pandemic in the region; and finally some conclusions are presented. The work is based on a multi-method approach, where qualitative and quantitative secondary and primary data are articulated in tandem.

scholarly journals Multilingualism in Vanuatu: Four case studies

2021 ◽  
pp. 136700692110231
Author(s):  
Mary Walworth ◽  
Amy Dewar ◽  
Thomas Ennever ◽  
Lana Takau ◽  
Iveth Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Language History ◽  
Speech Communities ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Historical Processes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Original Contribution ◽  
B Mobility

Each of the 65 inhabited islands of Vanuatu hosts its own unique linguistic environment in which varying degrees of multilingualism are found. This paper defines various types of small-scale multilingual settings in Vanuatu and explores what sociohistorical factors have led to them. This paper is based on first-hand observations and primary data collected by the authors in four locations in the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu since 2016: two neighboring villages of Emae Island (Makatu and Tongamea), North Malekula, and on Maewo Island. The assessments of multilingualism in these examples from Vanuatu were qualitative, based on observations of sociolinguistic practices in each of these areas, as well as data from language history and language use surveys carried out in each place. Through defining and comparing the types of multilingualism present in the four case studies, we identify patterns in the social and historical processes that lead to various kinds of multilingualism: (a) interaction of linguistic and sociocultural identities and (b) mobility of both individuals and entire speech communities. The examples described in this paper are used to highlight the diversity of multilingualism found in Vanuatu and to explore how their differing linguistic environments and histories have contributed to their varying degrees of multilingualism. This paper makes an original contribution to knowledge about the small-scale multilingual situations in Vanuatu, offering descriptions of previously undocumented and endangered multilingual environments. Through an examination of the sociocultural motivations for multilingualism, alongside historical migrations of speaker groups and marked sociolinguistic identities, this paper contributes to research on why and how small-scale multilingualism can develop. Furthermore, this paper provides the foundation for future, more rigorous investigations into the small-scale multilingual situations of this highly understudied region.

scholarly journals Managing Herder-Community-Based Tourism: An Institutional Framework for an Integrated Social–Ecological System

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 4001
Author(s):  
Undrakh Zagarkhorloo ◽  
Wim Heijman ◽  
Liesbeth Dries ◽  
Buyanzaya Batjargal
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Buffer Zone ◽  
Ecological System ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Conceptual Foundation ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Social

Improving household livelihoods through tourism, while at the same time achieving the goals of conservation, remains a challenge in high-value nature areas around the world. This paper studies a herder-community-based tourism system in Mongolia in light of these challenges. The social–ecological system (SES) framework was used as a conceptual foundation. The generic SES framework was adapted to the case of the herder-community-based tourism system. The adapted framework was then used to assess the economic, ecological, and social objectives of the herder-community-based tourism system characterised by natural resources and cultural landscapes. Primary data collection included interviews with key informants in the tourism sector: tourism researchers, representatives of donor projects, managers of tour operators, and guides. Based on their responses, the study site was selected in the buffer zone of the Hustai National Park, which is a protected area. Respondents in the second stage of interviews were herders who participate in herder-based tourism and who live in the vicinity of the protected area. Results show that the SES framework is able to diagnose the sustainability of the herder-community-tourism system, but sustainability outcomes indicate an imbalance between social, economic, and environmental performance. The herder-community-based tourism system is successful in conserving wildlife and habitats; however, the distribution of revenues gained from tourism shows that only a small and inequitable share reaches the herder community.

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