Public Trust and Confidence towards Judiciary of Nepal: A Study based on Nepal National Governance Survey 2017/18

Citizens’trust and confidence occupy central place in democratic governance. They are more vital in public organizations. The level of trust and confidence of the people towards any institution shows the performance level of that organization. This paper tries to look at the level of trust and confidence towards the court system (judiciary) in Nepal. In order to analyze the level of trust and confidence level, this paper has used the data base of Nepal National Governance Survey, 2017/18 conducted by Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC) in a sample size of 12,872 individuals across 43 districts (out of 77) of Nepal. The study uses simply descriptive method of data presentation. The study finds that the level of trust and confidence of the people towards courts in Nepal is quite satisfactory. It also reveals that level of honesty is comparatively better for courts in comparison to civil service and bureaucracy, NGOs and political parties. Though there is slight difference in the perception of respondents from different demographic groups and regions on the issue of trust and confidence, no significant difference is marked among these groups. However, it is evident that courts need to make their services better, respond the clients properly, give impartial judgment, and curtail corruption in order to have more public trust and confidence.

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Kecemasan Masyarakat Terhadap Covid-19 Berdasarkan Usia dan Zona Tempat Tinggal

ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) ◽

10.32505/enlighten.v4i1.2592 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 20-29

Author(s):

Roby Maiva Putra ◽

Zulfan Saam ◽

Raja Arlizon

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Random Sampling ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Guidance And Counseling ◽

The People ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Green Zone ◽

The Government ◽

Descriptive Method

The current study aims to identified and described the differences in the level of public anxiety concerning the COVID-19 pandemic based on age and residential zone and the implications for guidance and counseling. This research used a quantitative approach with a comparative descriptive method. The population in this study were the people of 12 districts/cities in Riau Province with the sampling technique using simple random sampling which obtained a sample of 200 people ranging from adolescence to senior with details of 100 people coming from the red zone and 100 people from the green zone of COVID-19 transmission. The research instrument used a Likert-scale questionnaire on the level of public anxiety. The questionnaire was distributed using the google form and the data collection was conducted start from April until May 2020. The results of this study indicated that: (1) the public's anxiety concerning COVID-19 pandemic categorized as moderate; (2) public anxiety concerning COVID-19 pandemic with the highest percentage emerges in the senior category; (3) there was a significant difference between the level of anxiety of people living in the green zone and the red zone concerning COVID-19. These results can be used as references in making guidance and counseling programs in educational units, counseling organizations, and the government as a foundation for a policy brief in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Australia and People Seeking Asylum who Arrive by Boat

The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190856908.013.55 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 518-536

Author(s):

Caroline Fleay

Keyword(s):

Political Parties ◽

United Nations ◽

Government Policies ◽

The Past ◽

The People ◽

The Status ◽

Repeated Use ◽

United Nations Convention ◽

The United Nations

Throughout the past forty years various leaders from both major political parties in Australia have categorized the arrival by boat of people seeking asylum as a “crisis” and the people themselves as “illegal.” This is despite Australia being a signatory to the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, and receiving relatively few people who seek asylum compared with many other countries. Punitive government policies and processes have further reinforced these representations, such that “crisis” and “illegal” can now be understood as both categories of analysis and practice. The repeated use of such categories may be helping to produce and reproduce prejudice and racism and obscure the needs and experiences of people seeking asylum.

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Book Review: Government by the People: The Laws and Customs Regulating the Elective Sys-Tem and the Formation and Control of Political Parties in the United States

Journal of Education ◽

10.1177/002205740806800231 ◽

1908 ◽

Vol 68 (2) ◽

pp. 66-66

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Political Parties ◽

The United States ◽

The People ◽

And Control

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COVID-19 Seroprevalence among Healthcare Workers of a Large COVID-19 Hospital in Rome Reveals Strengths and Limits of Two Different Serological Tests

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18052650 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (5) ◽

pp. 2650

Author(s):

Giuseppe Vetrugno ◽

Daniele Ignazio La Milia ◽

Floriana D’Ambrosio ◽

Marcello Di Pumpo ◽

Roberta Pastorino ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Blood Test ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Point Of Care ◽

Venous Blood ◽

Administrative Staff ◽

Serological Tests ◽

Predictive Values ◽

Work From Home ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Sensitivity Specificity

Healthcare workers are at the forefront against COVID-19, worldwide. Since Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli (FPG) IRCCS was enlisted as a COVID-19 hospital, the healthcare workers deployed to COVID-19 wards were separated from those with limited/no exposure, whereas the administrative staff were designated to work from home. Between 4 June and 3 July 2020, an investigation was conducted to evaluate the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) immunoglobulin (IgG) antibodies among the employees of the FPG using point-of-care (POC) and venous blood tests. Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values were determined with reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction on nasal/oropharyngeal swabs as the diagnostic gold standard. The participants enrolled amounted to 4777. Seroprevalence was 3.66% using the POC test and 1.19% using the venous blood test, with a significant difference (p < 0.05). The POC test sensitivity and specificity were, respectively, 63.64% (95% confidence interval (CI): 62.20% to 65.04%) and 96.64% (95% CI: 96.05% to 97.13%), while those of the venous blood test were, respectively, 78.79% (95% CI: 77.58% to 79.94%) and 99.36% (95% CI: 99.07% to 99.55%). Among the low-risk populations, the POC test’s predictive values were 58.33% (positive) and 98.23% (negative), whereas those of the venous blood test were 92.86% (positive) and 98.53% (negative). According to our study, these serological tests cannot be a valid alternative to diagnose COVID-19 infection in progress.

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The Court System of China in the Digital Age: Main Developmet Ditections

RUSSIAN JUSTICE ◽

10.37399/issn2072-909x.2021.6.75-82 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 75-82

Author(s):

P. V. Troshchinskiy ◽

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Legal Regulation ◽

Point Of View ◽

Judicial System ◽

General Level ◽

Court System ◽

The People ◽

Intelligence Services ◽

The Status

The article is devoted to the study of the process of introducing digital technologies into the work of the People’s Courts of China and the issues of its legal regulation. The judicial system of the modern Chinese state is based on courts of three levels and two courts. Judicial bodies include the Supreme People’s Court, local people's courts, military courts and other special courts. For several years, various digital technologies have been used in all Chinese courts. In addition, since August 2017, special Internet courts have appeared in the PRC (three such courts have now been created in Hangzhou, Beijing and Guangzhou), which consider civil, administrative and criminal cases online without the personal presence of participants. The use of digital technologies in the judicial system of the PRC contributes to its transparency, reducing corruption, combating the spread of coronavirus, increasing the general level of legal literacy of the people. So, the creation of a unified platform for online broadcasting of court hearings online, the public disclosure of court sentences (decisions, rulings) in various categories of cases allows society to control the activities of the people's courts of the country. Considering the case online during the confrontation of the coronavirus epidemic prevents the spread of infection among participants in the process. The experience of China in the large-scale implementation of digital technologies in judicial activity is not only of scientific interest, but also important from a practical point of view for the Russian expert community. The Russian Federation has also embarked on the path of using digital technologies in litigation, but China is following it ahead of the schedule, which is important in terms of studying the results it has achieved and the mistakes made so that the Russian legislator can take them into account in their law-making activities. It is also important that China, in the process of digitalizing its national system, uses exclusively national platforms and databases. Access to information by foreign intelligence services is not possible. The main providers of digital services for the judicial system are also national corporations, which legally have the status of private companies, but in fact they are completely controlled by the СРС.

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Social identification with the “Yellow Vests”: An exploratory study in France.

10.31234/osf.io/rgy84 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mathilde Barbier ◽

Grégory Lo Monaco ◽

Sylvain Delouvée

Keyword(s):

Political Parties ◽

Social Order ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Moral Economy ◽

Social Identification ◽

Democratic Regime ◽

Conspiracy Theories ◽

The People ◽

Full Swing ◽

New Social Order

The present study was carried out in December, 2018 and aimed at exploring the “Yellow Vests” movement when the revolts were in full swing. It involved 260 French participants (Mage = 42.9 years, SDage 14.6, Min = 18 to Max = 88). Results confirmed our hypotheses. The people who most identified with the “Yellow Vests” are those who perceive the system to be less fair and more illegitimate, and who express more dissatisfaction with the democratic regime and are generally more politically cynical. They feel more alienated and affirm that they would be more likely to resort to violence in order to introduce a new social order. They adhere more to conspiracy theories. Finally, we found greater identification of the “Yellow Vests” with extreme compared to moderate political parties. We discuss these results from the defence of the moral economy principle.

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TOLERANCE IN MADRASAH STUDENTS BASED ON RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION AFFILIATES

JOMSIGN: Journal of Multicultural Studies in Guidance and Counseling ◽

10.17509/jomsign.v5i2.35063 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 43-61

Author(s):

Muhammad Rezza Septian ◽

Arip Budiman

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

T Test ◽

Quantitative Approach ◽

Religious Organizations ◽

Guidance And Counseling ◽

Religious Organization ◽

Counseling Program ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Nahdlatul Ulama ◽

Descriptive Method

This article contains a description of tolerance in students of Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 1 Cimahi. The method used is a descriptive method with a quantitative approach. Data collection using tolerance instruments. The research sample consisted of 120 students of Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 1 Cimahi and 64 students identified who were affiliated with Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah religious organizations. The results of this study are first that the tolerance of students at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 1 Cimahi is in the high category. Second, profiles of the aspect of tolerance consist of aspects of equality, respect for differences, and peace. Third, the results of the t-test indicate that there is no significant difference in the tolerance of students who are affiliated with the religious organizations of Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah. The results of this study can be used as consideration for developing peace counseling and developing multicultural guidance and counseling program in Madrasah.

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People-centred management for improving construction workers' productivity in Zimbabwe

Built Environment Project and Asset Management ◽

10.1108/bepam-02-2020-0029 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 350-368

Author(s):

Tirivavi Moyo ◽

Gerrit Crafford ◽

Fidelis Emuze

Keyword(s):

Labour Productivity ◽

Construction Workers ◽

Primary Data ◽

Related Factors ◽

Content Type ◽

Construction Companies ◽

The People ◽

Significant Difference ◽

High Concern ◽

The Impact

PurposeWhile operational factors reduce construction workers' productivity in Zimbabwe, the impact of the people-centred management aspects has not been empirically interrogated as a remedy. This article reports on a study that sought to determine significant people-centred management aspects that lead to improved labour productivity and assesses the existence of statistically significant differences due to the demographic variables of respondents. Demographic-specific strategies that enhance construction “workers” productivity were revealed.Design/methodology/approachThe survey research design using a self-administered questionnaire was deployed to collect the primary data. The design followed a positivist paradigm to evaluate objectively how people-centred management affects construction workers' productivity. The statistical data were descriptively and inferentially analysed.FindingsPeople-centred management was determined to be significant in improving construction workers' productivity, with the most significant aspect being the building of employee confidence in related approaches. Designations and educational levels mostly indicated a statistically significant difference in several aspects that included the adoption of a functional reward culture for workers and training on people-centred principles. Training on-site management and construction workers in people-centred management and its application are crucial to improving construction workers' productivity.Research limitations/implicationsConstruction companies should drastically improve their concern for people while they sustain a high concern for production within their construction sites. Although several factors affect construction workers' productivity, this study determined that management-related factors and people-centred management were significant towards influencing low productivity in Zimbabwe.Originality/valueThe study determined people-centred management and demographic-specific interventions as being able to improve construction workers' productivity in Zimbabwe.

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Percepção da atratividade mentual feminina por cirurgiões bucomaxilofaciais, ortodontistas e leigos

Orthodontic Science and Practice ◽

10.24077/2021;1453-8691 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (53) ◽

pp. 86-91

Author(s):

Alípio Miguel Rocha Neto ◽

Emerson Filipe de Carvalho Nogueira ◽

Laísa Brenda de Holanda Cavalcanti ◽

Patrícia Mendonça Borba ◽

Guaracy Fonseca Junior ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Profile Analysis ◽

Great Majority ◽

Class Ii ◽

Lateral Face ◽

Vertical Line ◽

Fisher Exact Test ◽

Exact Test ◽

Lay People ◽

The People ◽

Significant Difference

Objectives- Evaluate the perception of the female chin attractiveness by maxillofacial surgeons, orthodontists and lay people through simulations of mentoplasty performed with the aid of a software. Profile photography along with lateral face teleradiography were manipulated using Dolphin Imaging Software version 11.8, and different clinical situations were designed. Methods: The alterations were performed with anteroposterior movements, with images of mentoplasty of advancement (+2, +3 and +4), and recoil (-2, -3, -4). The reference of the movement was given in relation to the True Vertical Line (TVL). Ninety people were interviewed. 30 orthodontists, 30 maxillofacial surgeons and 30 lay people. They observed the photos and classified the profile according to extremely pleasant, pleasant, unpleasant and extremely pleasant. To evaluate the presence of significant difference between the groups in relation to the profile analysis, the Fisher Exact test was used. Results: Most lay people, surgeons and orthodontists (46%) considered the chin at the limit of the TVL as an extremely attractive profile. 34.4% considered the chin 2 mm before the TVL as an attractive profile; chin 3 mm beyond the TVL as unattractive (45.5%), and the most unattractive ones were 4 mm beyond the TVL (75.6%). Conclusion: So the great majority of the people interviewed showed a preference for the positioning of the chin in the TVL or slightly Class II profile in female patients, which can guide professionals in a better planning.

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LIVING HADIS PADA TRADISI TAWASUL DAN TABARUK DI MAKAM SUNAN BONANG LASEM REMBANG

Riwayah Jurnal Studi Hadis ◽

10.21043/riwayah.v6i2.8159 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 299

Author(s):

Nur Huda

Keyword(s):

Human Resource ◽

Social Action ◽

Max Weber ◽

Religious Leaders ◽

The People ◽

Value Rationality ◽

Instrumental Action ◽

Muslim Communities ◽

Theory Of Social Action ◽

Descriptive Method

Tawasul dan Tabaruk merupakan tradisi yang sudah banyak dipraktekkan oleh masyarakat muslim pada saat berdoa di makam. Kedua tradisi ini juga sering disalahpahami sebagai praktek yang menjerumuskan kepada kemusyrikan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap aspek living hadis pada tradisi tawasul dan tabaruk warga Desa Bonang di makam Sunan Bonang dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif induktif, dan menganalisisnya dengan teori tindakan sosial Max Weber. Penelitian ini menghasilkan beberapa temuan. Pertama, tradisi ini merupakan suatu living hadis. Kedua, berdasarkan tipe tindakan tradisional, para pelaku tradisi ingin terus menerus menghormati Sunan Bonang dengan cara melestarikan tradisi yang sudah dilakukan secara turun temurun. Ketiga, tindakan afektif, memperlihatkan bahwa para pelaku memiliki ikatan emosional dengan para tokoh agama dan waktu pelaksanaan (malam Jumat). Keempat, tindakan instrumental rasional, para pelaku secara sadar mampu melaksanakan tradisi tersebut, baik dari aspek sumber daya manusia maupun aspek finansial. Kelima, rasionalitas nilai, pelaku ingin meniru perilaku tokoh-tokoh agama dan membiasakan diri bersedekah sekaligus ingin menanamkan nilai solidaritas jamaah. [Tawasul and Tabaruk Traditions in Sunan Bonang’s Tomb Lasem Rembang: A Study of Living Hadith. Tawasul and tabaruk are traditions that have been widely practiced by Muslim communities when praying at the grave. These two traditions are also often misunderstood as practices that lead to idolatry. This study aims to reveal aspects of the living hadith in the tradition of tawasul and tabaruk of the people of Bonang Village in the Sunan Bonang tomb by using the inductive descriptive method, and by analyzing it through Max Weber's theory of social action. This study yielded several findings. First, this tradition is a living hadith. Second, based on the type of traditional action, traditional actors want to continue to respect Sunan Bonang by preserving traditions that have been carried out from generation to generation. Third, affective action shows that peoples have an emotional bond with religious leaders (ulama) and the time of implementation (Thursday night). Fourth, rational instrumental action, where the actors are consciously able to carry out the tradition, both from the human resource and financial aspects. Fifth, value rationality, the people want to imitate the behavior of religious figures and get used to giving alms at the same time wants to instill the value of solidarity among the jama'a.]

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