scholarly journals The place of African belief and germ theory on the causes of human diseases

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel C. Anizoba
Keyword(s):  
Primary Source ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Personal Interview ◽  
Germ Theory ◽  
African People ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Phenomenological Research Design ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological ◽  
Pathogenic Agents ◽  
Descriptive Method

This study looks into the African belief about the mystical causes of diseases and the tenets of Western germ theory. Despite widespread Western medical practices, African people still strongly believe in the mystical causes of diseases. This reveals that as far as the African traditional belief is concerned, Western germ theory cannot satisfy the African belief in the causes of diseases. This is as a result of some of the diseases defying Western healing. The study adopts a qualitative phenomenological research design and descriptive method for data analysis. Personal interview forms a primary source of data collection while the secondary source includes library resources. The study observes that some mystical agents in African cosmology, such as witches and sorcerers, ogbanje, and breaking of taboos are responsible for untimely deaths, infliction of diseases to humankind and other related ailments which are believed to be traditional in nature.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The study recommends that hospitals and healthcare centres, within and outside Africa, should take into consideration the mystical agents as well as the pathogenic agents for good and efficient healing.

Patterns of traditional religious and cultural practices of the Idoma People of Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel C. Anizoba ◽  
Edache Monday Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Traditional Society ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Ancestor Veneration ◽  
The People ◽  
Phenomenological Research Design ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological

The research focuses on the patterns of traditional religious and cultural practices of the Idoma People of Nigeria. The study also seeks to investigate the cultural beliefs and practices of the Idoma traditional society which were affected by the advent of Christianity in the area. Some of the cultural beliefs and practices of the Idoma people before the advent of Christianity will be examined, as well as the people response to the new faith and the propelling factors behind the responses of the people. The study adopted qualitative phenomenological research design and descriptive method of data analysis. Personal interview forms a primary source of data collection while the secondary source includes library sources. The study reveals that the advent of Christianity in the Idoma traditional society had some impact and consequences on their traditional and cultural practices. Some of the Idoma beliefs and practices affected include ancestor veneration, polygamous marriage, burial rites, widowhood practices, naming ceremony among others which are no longer practiced the way it used to be practiced before the advent of Christianity. The study recommends among other things that, there should be a synergy between Idoma traditional beliefs and practices and Christianity for peaceful co-existence, progress and developments in the area.

scholarly journals The effect of Christianity on the tradition and culture of the Idoma people of Nigeria: A comparative study

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel C. Anizoba ◽  
Edache M. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Traditional Society ◽  
Traditional Beliefs ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
The People ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological

Some of the traditions and cultural beliefs and practices of the Idoma people of Nigeria have been influenced both positively and negatively as a result of the advent of Christianity in the area. The aim of this research is to investigate some of the cultural beliefs and practices of the Idoma people before the advent of Christianity, the people’s response to the new faith and the propelling factors behind the responses of the people. In doing so, a comparative study on these beliefs and practices after the advent of Christianity in Idoma traditional society was done. The study adopts a qualitative phenomenological research design and descriptive method for data analysis. Personal interviews form a primary source of data collection, while the secondary source includes library sources. This method of study was chosen to allow the data collected to speak for themselves without any interference from the researchers. The study unveils that the advent of Christianity in the Idoma traditional society had some impact and consequences on the traditional and cultural practices of the people, such as death and burial ceremonies, the Aje-alekwu festival and widowhood practices among others. The study recommends that there should be a synergy between Idoma traditional beliefs and practices and Christianity for peaceful co-existence, progress and development in the area.Contribution: It is erroneously believed that in the contemporary society, traditional religious practices are going to die and become a thing of the past. However, one would observe from this study that Idoma people still hold their traditional beliefs and practices in high esteem despite the influence of Christianity in the area.

Corruption and control from the perspective of Islam

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-368
Author(s):  
Waled Younes E. Alazzabi ◽  
Hasri Mustafa ◽  
Ahmed Razman Abdul Latiff
Keyword(s):  
Primary Source ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Situational Factor ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Control

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and provide insights into corruption and the control procedures from an Islamic perspective. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts qualitative research approach using the holy Quran as a primary source and hadith of the Prophet Mohammed supported by the anecdotes of his companions as a secondary source and prior literature. Findings This paper offers an Islamic taxonomy of corruption that contains economic, managerial, financial, political, environmental, social and ethical corruption which is explicitly prohibited because of their consequence on societies. Islam establishes proactive, preventive, detecting and reactive procedures to control corruption and prescribes how to avoid its harmful consequences. The paper also reveals significant concepts in relation to individuals’ qualities that if taken care of, better chances to reduce corruption and better living conditions can be accomplished. Research limitations/implications The paper recommends means to the business community through providing managerial and practical procedures which can be used for limiting corruption effectively. However, this piece of work provides further explanations on corruption to improve our understanding on such a phenomenon and contributes to the literature from the perspective of Islam point of view. Originality/value The paper contributes to the debate on corruption, human, religion and control from an Islamic point of view, which is lacking. This paper finds evidence that loss of belief is a situational factor that leads to corrupt acts. Also, moral teaching in early ages is necessary for inner and self-control. Moral renovation is an influential factor that keeps individuals motivated and refrain from indulging into corrupt acts.

scholarly journals A Survey on the Teenagers’ Need of Public Libraries’ Resources and Services

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
Asefeh Asemi
Keyword(s):  
Leisure Time ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Title Page ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Inferential Statistics ◽  
The Public ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Descriptive Method

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>This paper discusses teenagers’ need of library resources and library services in the public libraries in Iran. Descriptive method is used and a researcher-made questionnaire formed the major instrument for data gathering. Descriptive and inferential statistics are applied. It found that teenagers’ need is more textbooks than other resources, </span><span>of course their first priority is educational books. It means that the teenagers interest to educational books, but it </span><span>wasn’t their main need. Most used library services was familiarity to library while adolescents need to expand and improve lending services. Finally, it was concluded that libraries were less successful in meeting the teenagers’ need based on their priorities. Therefore, libraries need to be equally important in the development of their resources and services based on the priorities and needs. In this way, their needs are answered, and according to their priority, the library will answer their leisure time according to teenagers’ interest. </span></p></div></div></div>

scholarly journals The Pursuit of the Source, or The Inevitability of Death

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mats Persson ◽  
Jan Ch. Karlsson
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Critical Realist ◽  
Dying Patients ◽  
False Idea

The purpose of this article is to apply the method of the genre of studying chains of references to an instance of a secondary source of the contested concept of ‘resistance to change’ back to the primary source and thereby exercise criticism of the sources. This includes discussing whether the theory itself is empirically sustainable or sufficiently scientifically grounded. In the article, we adopt a theoretical lens of Critical Realist Discourse Analysis, mainly because it is sensitive to the importance of the influence of nondiscursive social positions on discourses. The primary source of the chain of theories of resistance to change turns out to be Kübler-Ross’s model of stages of dying patients’ reactions to their immanent death. We find that the model is systematically misinterpreted to fit the empirically false idea of resistance to change of the ideological discourses of management research.

scholarly journals KONSEP PENDIDIK DAN METODE PEMBELAJARAN YANG HUMANIS MENURUT IBNU KHALDUN

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-114
Author(s):  
Kiki Sumber Rejeki
Keyword(s):  
Primary Source ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Ibn Khaldun ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Methods Of Learning

This study aims to find out and analyze the concept of educators and humanist learning methods according to Ibn Khaldun in his book entitled "Muqaddimah". The concept of educators and methods of learning in question is the behavior of educators in providing teaching to learners. The meaning of humanist according to Ibn Khaldun is a teaching that contains elements of humanity according to his nature as a human being. The approach used in this research is qualitative descriptive by reviewing the book of Muqaddimah with publisher of Maktabah Al-Hidayah as primary source and translation book of Muqaddimah with publisher Pustaka Al-Kautsar as secondary source and other supporting book. This research produces some educational concepts and learning methods that are humanist according to Ibn Khaldun.

scholarly journals Modeling and Control of Fuel Cell/Supercapacitor Hybrid Source Based on Energetic Macroscopic Representation

2021 ◽  
Vol 297 ◽  
pp. 01049
Author(s):  
Mohamed Haidoury ◽  
Hatim Jbari ◽  
Mohammed Rachidi
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Proton Exchange Membrane ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Low Pass Filter ◽  
Modeling And Control ◽  
Control Approach ◽  
Dynamic Simulator

In this paper, we present a dynamic simulator that uses a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). This source, is used as a primary source with a supercapacitor (SC) considered as a secondary source. This simulator integrates a PEMFC’s dynamic model, validated on the Bahia bench and a semi-empirical model of SC. The developed model is implemented using the macroscopic energetic representation tool (EMR). The energy management system (EMS) is based on rule-based power management, where a low-pass filter splits the power among sources (PEMFC and SCs) using a cut-off frequency of 0.2Hz, and a controller block that regulates the bus voltage deduced by the EMR’s inversion-based control approach.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF TAXATION AS AN AID TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (APPLIED STUDY IN KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanj Mohamed Ahmed ◽  
Muhammad Nawzad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Probability Method ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
The Government ◽  
Taxation System ◽  
The Impact

<p><em>This research was carried out to determine the weight of taxation in economic development, the main purpose is to discover the level of impact of taxation on economic development or if it has any impact. Another key objective is to improve the level of understandability and find probable solutions toward issues in taxation within the Kurdistan region, as well as unveiling the Kurdistan Regional Government’s taxation system in compliance with the up to date old Iraqi tax laws. KRG is barely surviving this crisis, with the increase of unemployment and poverty could taxation work as an aid to support the piles of the region. The current corruption in the government that does not use tax money efficiently and lack of transparency has been evaluated. Primary and secondary research methods were used to be able to gather information in order to reach an understanding. The primary source of data includes personal interviews and questionnaires, meanwhile, the secondary source of data includes the use of textbooks, social media, internet, and newspapers. Non-probability method of sampling was used in selecting the respondents. The study used the standard deviation, chi-square formula, and tables for the method of the examination. The results clearly illustrates that the government should</em> <em>commence the critical pursuit of broadening regional economy in order to improve economic growth and expansion and to become meticulous to fight with real corruption. The limitation and resources should be expanded by the government and bring taxation back to life through educational systems and social awareness.</em></p>

scholarly journals SEJARAH SYAIR GULUNG DI KETAPANG

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hera Yulita ◽  
Agus Sastrawan Noor ◽  
Yuver Kusnoto
Keyword(s):  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Local History ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
Mass Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
Bird Beak ◽  
History Of ◽  
In The Beginning

<p class="Default" align="center"><strong>Abstrak</strong></p><p class="Default">Penelitian ini berjudul “Sejarah Syair Gulung di Ketapang”. Adapun rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah bagaimanakah sejarah syair gulung di Ketapang. Hasil penelitian ini diharapkan dapat memberikan kontribusi bagi masyarakat dan peneliti sejarah lokal yang ada di Kalimantan Barat. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian sejarah maka peneliti menggunakan metode sejarah yang ditulis dengan deskriptif analitis dengan langkah atau tahapan, yaitu : 1). Heuristik, 2). Kritik Sumber, 3). Interpretasi, 4). Historiografi. Dalam memperoleh data-data penelitian ini, peneliti menggunakan metode sumber primer, sekunder dan tradisi lisan atau folklor di dalam heuristik dengan menggunakan metode sejarah lisan.Hasil penelitian syair gulung pada awalnya hanyalah sebuah bentuk karangan atau disebut kengkarangan yang berada di Tanah Kayong, Tanah Tanjungpura yang sekarang bernama Kabupaten Ketapang. Ada juga yang menyebutnya Syair Layang karena isinya hanya selayang pandang. Lambat laun berubah menjadi syair gulung dikarenakan ditulis di atas kertas kemudian digulung dan disimpan di dalam parug burung. Isinya berupa bait-bait kata yang mengandung nasehat dan petunjuk hidup kepada masyarakat Melayu. Terdapat tiga fase syair gulung, yakni fase Kerajaan Tanjungpura yang diwakili oleh Syair Pangeran Syarif, fase kedua fase syair gulung jenaka, fase ketiga fase syair gulung berisi kritik sosial.</p><p class="Default"> </p><p class="Default"><strong>Kata kunci: </strong>sejarah, Syair Gulung, Ketapang</p><p class="Default"> </p><p class="Default" align="center"><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong></p><p class="Default"><em>The tittle of of this research is “The history of Syair Gulung”. The main problem of this research is how the history of Syair Gulung in Ketapang. The results of this research hopely could giving a contribution for the mass society and the researchers of local history studies in West Kalimantan. The research is a historical research. The methods of the research is descriptive-analitic includes four stages : 1) heuristic 2) verification 3) interpretation 4) historiography. The methodologies of research have been with a primary source, a secondary source, and oral tradition or folklore in heuristic with the oral history methods.The results of this research is in the beginning with namely of Syair Gulung is Kengkarangan, in Kayong Land, Tanjungpura Kingdom in nowdays becoming popular with Ketapang Regency. The several society knowing Syair Gulung with Syair Layang. At this time people knowing with Syair Gulung due to writed in paper and then rolled up and saved in the bird beak. The contents of Syair Gulung is a stanzas with the advice and life wisdom for Malay societies. The Syair Gulung includes three phases, such as The Tanjungpura Kingdom phase with with Syair Pangeran Syarif, The witty phase, and the social critics phase. </em></p><p class="Default"><em> </em></p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><em> history, Syair Gulung, Ketapang</em>

scholarly journals Impact of biogenic hydrocarbons on tropospheric chemistry: results from a global chemistry-climate model

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 10517-10612 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Folberth ◽  
D. A. Hauglustaine ◽  
J. Lathière ◽  
F. Brocheton
Keyword(s):  
Tropospheric Ozone ◽  
Radiative Forcing ◽  
Climate Model ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Tropospheric Chemistry ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Peroxy Radicals ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Global Mean

Abstract. We present a description and evaluation of LMDz-INCA, a global three-dimensional chemistry-climate model, pertaining to its recently developed NMHC version. In this substantially extended version of the model a comprehensive representation of the photochemistry of non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) from biogenic, anthropogenic, and biomass-burning sources has been included. The tropospheric annual mean methane (9.2 years) and methylchloroform (5.5 years) chemical lifetimes are well within the range of previous modelling studies and are in excellent agreement with estimates established by means of global observations. The model provides a reasonable simulation of the horizontal and vertical distribution and seasonal cycle of CO and key non-methane VOC, such as acetone, methanol, and formaldehyde as compared to observational data from several ground stations and aircraft campaigns. LMDz-INCA in the NMHC version reproduces tropospheric ozone concentrations fairly well throughout most of the troposphere. The model is applied in several sensitivity studies of the biosphere-atmosphere photochemical feedback. The impact of surface emissions of isoprene, acetone, and methanol is studied. These experiments show a substantial impact of isoprene on tropospheric ozone and carbon monoxide concentrations revealing an increase in surface O3 and CO levels of up to 30 ppbv and 60 ppbv, respectively. Isoprene also appears to significantly impact the global OH distribution resulting in a decrease of the global mean tropospheric OH concentration by approximately 0.9×105 molecules cm−3 or roughly 10% and an increase in the global mean tropospheric methane lifetime by approximately four months. A global mean ozone net radiative forcing due to the isoprene induced increase in the tropospheric ozone burden of 0.09W m−2 is found. The key role of isoprene photooxidation in the global tropospheric redistribution of NOx is demonstrated. LMDz-INCA calculates an increase of PAN surface mixing ratios ranging from 75 to 750 pptv and 10 to 250 pptv during northern hemispheric summer and winter, respectively. Acetone and methanol are found to play a significant role in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere (UT/LS) budget of peroxy radicals. Calculations with LMDz-INCA show an increase in HOx concentrations region of 8 to 15% and 10 to 15% due to methanol and acetone biogenic surface emissions, respectively. The model has been used to estimate the global tropospheric CO budget. A global CO source of 3019 TgCO yr−1 is estimated. This source divides into a primary source of 1533 TgCO yr−1 and secondary source of 1489 TgCO yr−1 deriving from VOC photooxidation. Global VOC-to-CO conversion efficiencies of 90% for methane and between 20 and 45% for individual VOC are calculated by LMDz-INCA.

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