scholarly journals Market Infrastructure and Species Availability of Four Wholesale Fish Markets in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-300
Author(s):  
Jannatul Ferdhosi Shikha ◽  
Rumana Tasmin
Keyword(s):  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Control Fish ◽  
Dhaka City ◽  
Fish Market ◽  
The People ◽  
Market Infrastructure ◽  
Fish Marketing ◽  
Fish Trade

The study was conducted on species availability and infrastructure analysis of four different wholesale fish markets in Dhaka City. Two markets were selected from Dhaka South City Corporation, Showari Ghat and Jatrabari fish market, and two from Dhaka North City Corporation, Karwan Bazar and Abdullahpur fish market. The investigation was carried out from November 2018 to October 2019. Questionnaire based survey, FGDs (Focus Group Discussion) and KIIs (Key Informant Interviews) were conducted to get quantitative and qualitative data for present study. A total number of 62 fishes and 6 crustacean species were recorded during the study period. Among all species, 39 freshwater, 10 marine and 13 exotic fishes were recorded. Infrastructure facilities were very poor for all four markets in the matter of hygiene and quality control. Fish shades were not enough, improper sanitation and drainage system indicates the possibilities of disease transmission and deteriorate fish quality. Electricity and water supplies were good but no system was present to determine the distillation of those supplied water. Thus, infrastructural condition of the markets does not support a hygienic condition for fish marketing to provide quality fish and fish byproducts. The study highlighted the need for national initiatives, awareness building, and law implementation for improving the wholesale markets infrastructure to a minimum standard so that fish trade could provide good quality to the people of Dhaka City Bangladesh J. Zool. 49 (2): 289-300, 2021

Etos Kerja Islam Dan Ketahanan Usaha Kerajinan Tangan

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Ubaidillah ◽  
Misbahul Khoir
Keyword(s):  
Group Discussion ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Religious Rituals ◽  
The People ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Village ◽  
Collection Methods

The objectives of research include; first, to describe what local Islamic working ethos are as the basis for the resilience of songkok, whip and slap handicraft businesses in Serah Panceng Gresik Village. Second, to describe the resilience of the songkok, whip and slap handicraft business in the village of Serah Panceng Gresik. This study is a qualitative-descriptive study with the aim of understanding the phenomena experienced by the subject of research including behavior, perception, motivation, and action holistically by utilizing various scientific methods. Data collection methods include; Observation, In-depth Interview or Focus Group Discussion, Documentation. Data analysis techniques include: processing and preparing data for analysis, reading the entire data, analyzing in more detail by coding data, considering detailed instructions that can help the coding process, giving descriptions that will be presented in the report, interpreting and interpreting data. The results showed that in Serah Village local Islamic working ethos were preserved by the community, such as alms giving, reading dziba', reading tahlil, attending haul akbar, and reading sholawat together every Friday. Although in the tradition it does not involve songkok, whip, and slap directly, there is a good impact to support the resilience of songkok, but not whip, and slap production. Religious rituals by praying together asking Allah to facilitate and carry out business in production songkok, whip, and slap are an expression of gratitude for what God gave to the people of Serah Village. All economic activity done by Serah community is meant to get God’s willing. Keywords: Islamic Working Ethos, Handicraft Businesses

scholarly journals Managing everyday life with chronic pain and interaction with healthcare: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebba Ranås ◽  
Amanda Dahlrot ◽  
Anna Grimby-Ekman ◽  
Linda Ahlstrom
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Healthcare Personnel ◽  
Written Narratives ◽  
Care Plans ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
The People

Abstract Background: Chronic pain is a costly, widespread condition that often reduces the quality of life of individuals who suffer from it, for whom healthcare interaction is seldom efficient or free of problems. Outcomes of coping with chronic pain can depend upon patients’ approaches towards their pain, their defensive or offensive behaviours and their choices based upon their self-efficacy. Thus, even when their symptoms and diseases seem homogeneous, patients should be regarded as multidimensional individuals and their care plans should be individually tailored. The aim of our study was to examine how individuals with chronic pain manage their everyday lives and, from their perspectives, how primary care organisations should support them. Method: We conducted qualitative content analysis on the written narratives of 21 patients with chronic pain and held a focus group discussion with 15 of them. Results: The overarching theme in the patients’ narratives was that individuals with chronic pain develop adaptability in managing their everyday lives. Therein, the first sub-theme captures how such individuals use their bodies and souls to condition themselves and adapt to the people around them, take control of their everyday lives and find empowerment, whereas the second sub-theme captures how they interact with primary care organisations, their experiences with such interaction and the need to be treated with respect. Conclusions: For patients living with chronic pain, managing everyday life, the accompanying challenges and ongoing interactions with healthcare organisations requires developing adaptability. Although the individuals indeed bear great responsibility for their own health and wellbeing, healthcare personnel can ease that burden by adopting person-centred approaches in their care. However, to that end, healthcare personnel need more knowledge about supporting individuals living with chronic pain in order to ease their suffering.

scholarly journals ANALISIS BISNIS DAN TREN KONSUMSI MASYARAKAT KABUPATEN BANGKALAN TERHADAP FROZEN FOOD PADA MASA PANDEMI COVID 19

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-68
Author(s):  
Atik
Keyword(s):  
Fast Food ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Food Ingredients ◽  
Frozen Food ◽  
The People ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Business Analysis ◽  
Food Needs ◽  
Depth Interviews

The shift in consumer behaviour and food fulfilment by people who initially shopped for fresh good food ingredients during the pandemic is predicted to require fast food with long durability, so this can be an opportunity for developing the food business in the future, especially in the development of the frozen food business. The purpose of this study is to explore the interests and consumption trends of the people of Bangkalan Regency towards frozen food and describe how frozen food business analysis can be developed by MSMEs and home-based culinary business actors during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research methodology used is qualitative, with a phenomenological paradigm approach. Data were collected using questionnaires, group discussion forums (FGD), and in-depth interviews, where all the information was selected by purposive sampling. The results showed an increase in frozen food consumption during the pandemic, extensive business opportunities opened up in the frozen food sector, and frozen food could be an alternative to fulfil food needs during the pandemic. Keywords: Frozen Food Business, Consumption Trends, Covid 19 Pandemic

scholarly journals Portrayal of Bangladeshi Existentialism: “Like a Diamond in the Sky” in Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-58
Author(s):  
Moniruzzaman ◽  
Safi Ullah
Keyword(s):  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Meaning Of Life ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Dhaka City ◽  
Meaningful Life ◽  
Capacity Limitation ◽  
Existential Crisis ◽  
The People ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Power Play

Shazia Omar, a Bangladeshi novelist, depicts the less-known imagery of modern Dhaka in her debut novel “Like a Diamond in the Sky” (2009) where she portrays Bangladesh infected with depression, drug addiction, power-play, corruption and fundamentalism. Deen, the protagonist, is lost in addiction, isolated from his mother and outer world but in love with Maria, aware of the future of Bangladesh and eager to search for the meaning of life. Deen, which literally implies the earthly life in Bangla, is an existentialist who is conscious of himself and the people around him. He is aware of his capacity, limitation, existence and essence. He comments on different orders and institutions that hinder at the path of freedom, and about politicization and islamisation in Bangladesh. Not only Deen but also his widowed mother, his friend AJ, drug peddler Falani, the sergeant of the Police, Deen’s girlfriend Maria- all are conscious of their existence and essence. This novel is about a journey from a dark and aimless world to redemption, to a meaningful life. Omar presents existentialism and existential crisis as noticed in Bangladesh in her novel where almost all characters try to find the meaning of life, though in different ways. Omar says in an interview that the novel “explores their feeling of alienation in the chaotic metropolis of Dhaka city” and her protagonist struggles “to find a spiritual connection”. Before writing this novel, Shazia Omar researched in a rehab in Mumbai, visited slums of    Bangladesh and thus shaded light on the darker and less-discussed imagery of Bangladesh. “Like a Diamond in the Sky” is thoroughly examined in the light of existentialism, developed by Descartes, Kierkegaard, Sartre and Heidegger. This paper analyses how “Like a Diamond in the Sky” represents Bangladeshi existentialism, and existentialists who are conscious of existence and essence. It also discusses the observation, of Omar’s characters projected in the novel, about established orders and institutions and finally, desire for freedom and searching for meaning of life.

scholarly journals Radioactive Contamination due to 241Am Lightning Rod Failure

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 262
Author(s):  
K. L. Karfopoulos ◽  
G. N. Papadakos ◽  
D. J. Karangelos ◽  
P. K. Rouni ◽  
N. P. Petropoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Surface Soil ◽  
Collection Efficiency ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Radioactive Material ◽  
Building Roof ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People

It is estimated that until 1978 about 200000 lightning conductor rods with -a emitting sources attached to their end were installed worldwide. The sources were supposed to increase the lighting collection efficiency of these rods through the ionization of the surrounding air. Nevertheless, this improvement has never been established conclusively. Such devices are, in most cases, not accessible by the pub- lic; therefore, the dose to the population is considered insignificant. However, the possibility of radioactive material leakage, due to the source attachment failure, and the subsequent contamination of the surroundings that could lead to possible health risk of the public cannot be excluded. In this work, the case of 241Am contamination due to a lightning rod conductor failure is investigated. This contamination was accidentally detected on the surface soil around a laboratory building in the National Technical University of Athens Campus, during a routine in-situ gamma-ray measurement campaign that took place in 2003. A detailed survey revealed that this 241Am contamination was due to the leakage from two lightning rods on the building roof. Consequently the rods were removed from the building and the contamination pattern on the roof and on the surface soil around the building was examined in detail. From the results obtained so far it may be concluded that there exists well localized contamination on the roof and also around the building. It was established that the pathway through which contamination reached the ground was  the rainwater drainage system of the building. The gamma ray dose rate due to 241Am contamination found on the roof and on the surface soil is low compared to that due to its natural radioactivity and does not seem to pose any health risk to the people working in the building or to the public.

Application of AHP and Geospatial Techniques for Evaluating Gully Erosion Vulnerability in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Deborah Alaigba ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Drainage System ◽  
Pairwise Comparison ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Gully Erosion ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Pairwise Comparison Matrix ◽  
Geospatial Techniques ◽  
Benin City ◽  
The People ◽  
And Control

Gully erosion remains a major threat to the people of Benin City. This study applies Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) and geospatial techniques to evaluate vulnerability to gully erosion in Benin City, Nigeria. Five essential criteria were identified based on literature, and evaluation by experts. Pairwise Comparison Matrix (PCM) was obtained and weights for each of the PCM were determined using AHP. The consistency of generated weights obtained is not above 0.07. The method resulted in a gully erosion vulnerability model. Analysis of the model revealed that 52.1% (488.69Km2) of the area is vulnerable to gully erosion, while 3.4% (32.37 Km2) was found to be highly vulnerable to gully erosion. Fieldwork was conducted to establish the people’s perception and identify the causes and control measures for the gully erosion problem in the area. Findings on the major contributing factor that leads to the gully erosion formation showed that lack of drainage system accounts for 56.25%, improper land use practice account for 25%, and bad road construction (18.75%). About 50% of the respondents are of the view that an adequate drainage system would go a long way to mitigate the gully erosion. This present study has provided information on the state of gully erosion vulnerability in Benin City through mapping of vulnerable areas.

Tools of Data Collection in Empirical or Non-doctrinal Legal Research

2020 ◽  
pp. 326-358
Author(s):  
P. Ishwara Bhat
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
General View ◽  
Natural Setting ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Social Unit ◽  
The People

This chapter maps the data collection tools employed in empirical legal research: observation, focused group discussions, case study, survey, and questionnaire. Discussing observation, one of the oldest and commonly used tools in social and natural sciences, it points out the benefits of observing the people in their natural setting and actions as is done in ethnographical study: conversation through interview unearths personal perspectives, beliefs, feelings, and attitudes of the interviewee. Focused group discussion is similarly used to amass valuable information from a group of people having specific experience on a topic. Case study through intensive study of individuals, institutions, instances holds the lens to the life of social unit. On the other hand, survey method takes a general view of population or community by door to door data collection, its prominent type being census. Questionnaire is a popular method of data collection by framing and communicating list of relevant questions on research topic, collecting responses and analysing them. The chapter ends by stressing on how the instruments of data collection should be carefully and objectively employed through proper procedure.

Climate Change and Adaptation through the Lens of Capability Approach

2017 ◽  
pp. 1351-1365
Author(s):  
Bhupen Mili ◽  
Anamika Barua ◽  
Suparana Katyaini
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Study Region ◽  
The People ◽  
Agent Of Change

Climate Change impacts would disproportionately have larger impacts on the developing countries. Both government and development agencies have initiated various adaptation strategies in the developing countries to enhance the adaptation of the local communities. Various policies and programmes have been designed keeping in mind the impact of climate change. This study was conducted in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India, to see the benefits of such policies and programmes. Focus group discussion with community members were held in the study area. Based on the fieldwork it was seen that most of the intervention made in the study area focused on income, resources, and assets. It has failed to benefits the people due to variation in the capability among various section of the society. Various projects related to health, education, housing, and livelihood, have been implemented in the study region. However, due to lack of conversion factors in the form of gender inequality, discriminatory practices, transparency among others have come as a hindrance in the successful implementation of the projects. Hence, such project-based approach to enhance community's adaptation to climate risk, in the end fails to show benefits as it fails to expand community's capabilities and real freedom, due to the project's pre-defined aims. It is important to understand community's as agent of change rather than merely beneficiaries of adaptation projects. This study therefore recommends that to enhance community's adaptation to climate change, the interventions should be such that it enlarges the range of people's choices so that when climate disaster strikes them they will have a set of opportunities.

scholarly journals Performance Evaluation of the Urban Cadastral System in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 505
Author(s):  
Solomon Dargie Chekole ◽  
Walter Timo de Vries ◽  
Pamela Durán-Díaz ◽  
Gebeyehu Belay Shibeshi
Keyword(s):  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Real Property ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Quality Of Leadership ◽  
Land Administration ◽  
The People ◽  
Cadastral System

The cadastral system is a land management and land administration tool to provide a safe and reliable real property registration system. In Ethiopia, however, the attempts to implement a reliable urban cadastral system have not been successful, which translates into a deficient land administration system. This paper is an evaluation of the performance of the urban cadastral system of Addis Ababa, based on the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) excellence model. The nine criteria of the model were used as independent and dependent variables. Data were collected through interviews, Likert-type questionnaires, and focus group discussions, and validated with method-to-method technique. Qualitative and quantitative data analysis techniques (ordinal logistics regression model) were employed. In order to ascertain reliability of the data, Cronbach’s alpha reliability test was performed in SPSS, and a coefficient of 0.883 was calculated, confirming that the items (questions) have relatively high internal consistency. According to the statistical result from the independent variables, the people result criteria estimated the achievement of cadastral organization at most (1.724). The societal result predicted with a coefficient of 0.281 less. This indicates that the people criterion determines more importantly than other variables. Overall, the independent variables scored the performance of the cadastral organization 24.92 out of 40 points. Findings from interviews and group discussion also confirmed that the most bottlenecks for the organizational achievement are the strategic plan, quality of leadership, bureaucratic processes, and supply of resources. Therefore, we suggest that the responsible authorities need to pay more attention to the enabler criteria (especially, the design of policy and strategy, quality of leadership, provision of resource and partnership, and the process), in order to improve the achievements of the urban cadastral system organization.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTASI DAN PERMASALAHAN DALAM IMPLEMENTASI PERMENDIKNAS NOMOR 2 TAHUN 2008 TENTANG BUKU

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 307-324
Author(s):  
Lina Miftahul Jannah ◽  
Muh Azis Muslim ◽  
Eko Sakapurnama
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Technology Infrastructure ◽  
Text Book ◽  
Information Technology Infrastructure ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
The People ◽  
Printing Quality ◽  
Implementation Policy

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui implementasi Permendiknas Nomor 2 Tahun 2002 tantang buku dan mendeskripsikan masalah-masalah yang ditimbulkannya. Pene-litian dilaksanakan dengan metode campuran kuantitatif dan kualitatif di Kota Depok, Kabupaten Cianjur, Kota Makassar, dan Kabupaten Maros dengan menggunakan angket, wawancara mendalam dan diskusi kelompok terfokus untuk mengumpul-kan data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa implementasi Permendiknas yang bertujuan untuk menyediakan buku murah dan berkualitas bagi masyarakat belum sepenuhnya tercapai. Terdapat beragam masalah dalam pelaksanaannya antara lain minimnya sosialisasi, tidak memadainya infra-struktur teknologi informasi, ketidaksesuaian materi dengan kurikulum, rendahnya kualitas cetakan, dan Permendiknas dianggap sebagai kebijakan elitis yang mematikan iklim persaingan usaha.Kata kunci: kebijakan, pelaksanaan, buku cetak, buku sekolah elektronik ______________________________________________________________IMPLEMENTATION AND ISSUES IN IMPLEMENTATION PERMENDIKNAS NUMBER 2 OF 2008 ON THE BOOKAbstract This research aims to figure out and elaborate the implementation of  Cultural and Educational Ministry’s regulation No 2, 2002 as well as the problems occurring during the implementation. The research was conducted by applying mixed method -qualitative and quantitative- held in Depok City, Cianjur Regency, Makassar City, and Maros Regency using questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussion to collect data. The result shows that the implementation of regulation, which originally aimed to provide affordable and quality book for the people, fails to achieve its purpose. There are various problems found in the implementation, e.g. lack of socialization, lack of information technology infrastructure, unfitness between the materials with the curriculum, lack of printing quality, and the prevailing opinion that the regulation is an elitist policy that kills business competition.Keywords: implementation, policy, education, text book

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