scholarly journals A Study of the Neurolinguistic Features of Programming Unhealthy Personality Mindset: A Case Study of the Language of Affection in the Qur’an

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Hussain Hamid Hussain Ali
Keyword(s):  
Scale Model ◽  
Initial Reaction ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Righteous Indignation ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
Programming Process ◽  
Forms Of Violence ◽  
Potential Sign

For a start, the present study tackles the language of affection in the Qur’an and its role in managing unhealthy personality. Primarily, it provides a full-scale model for programming unhealthy mindsets. The model uses linguistic and neurological tools in the process of analysis. Affectional language is a case in point that shows how language, emotions, and cognition interact to reflect each other. The study highlights the effective role of affectional language in shaping minds. In the same vein, a typical example for the neurological programming process is the Qur’anic representation of the attitudes of some believers at the time of the Prophet Muħammad (PBUH) after a specific battle. This representation reports the initial reaction of the believers which is emotionally shaped. Also, it helps in making proper reactions which are shaped according to the normal pathways of thinking. The process of shaping cognition is carried out according to specific neurological strategies that include the proper process of sensation, retrieval of the previous experience, neuroplasticity, and acceptance. Also, these strategies include self-compassion and compassion for others. Adding to its motivational role in the promotion of forgiveness, it plays the same motivational role for doing justice. Accordingly, the study concludes that the discourse of affection plays an effective role in shutting the door on any potential sign of the hurt-perceived and the righteous indignation reactions. Furthermore, it combats radicalism and extremism in a way that ends all forms of violence.

scholarly journals Measuring the Effective Role of Public Sector Monitoring and Evaluation in Promoting Good Governance in Uganda: Implications from the Ministry of Local Government

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 410 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Ojok ◽  
Benon C. Basheka
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
Accountability Management

The general objective of the study was to examine effectiveness of the role of public sector monitoring and evaluation in promoting good governance in Uganda, with a focus on Ministry of Local Government. Specifically, the study sought to: examine out how effective role of M&E accountability, M&E Management Decision, M&E Organisational learning in promoting good governance and draw lessons from practice, and provide a recommendation to better inform the implementation strategy of M&E in the Ministry of Local Government. A case study design was used and both qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques were employed. The respondents comprised of staff of the Ministry of Local Government and Office of the Prime Minister. Quantitative data was analysed using correlation and percentages while qualitative data was analysed using content analysis. The study revealed that M&E accountability, M&E management decision and M&E organisation learning had significant role in promoting good governance in the Ministry of Local Government. It was therefore concluded that M&E enhanced accountability, management decision and organisation learning and promoted good governance. The study recommended that M&E should not only be tied to nominal compliance but should support evidence-based decision making. M&E should be properly institutionalised, funded and located so as to mediate policy process, planning and service delivery.

scholarly journals Mama, Keep Walking for Peace and Justice: Gender Violence and Liberian Mothers’ Interreligious Peace Movement

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 323
Author(s):  
Wonchul Shin
Keyword(s):  
Civil Wars ◽  
Peace Movement ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Peace And Justice ◽  
Structural Poverty ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
Forms Of Violence

Focusing on the understudied area of women, religion, and peacebuilding, this essay offers the case study of Liberian mothers’ actions in the interreligious peace movement to address multiple forms of violence in the midst and aftermath of Liberian civil wars. This essay examines three forms of gender violence and their impact on the lives of Liberian women: (1) sexual violence, (2) forced mobilization of child soldiers, and (3) structural poverty. Afterwards, the essay explores the journey of Liberian mothers to peace and justice and analyzes the role of religion(s) in organizing and sustaining the mothers’ interreligious peace movement. Specifically, this essay highlights the concept of motherhood rooted in Pan-African religious traditions as a key moral resource to empower the mothers as peacebuilders and to foster restorative justice in their war-torn nation.

Kenyan girls as agents of peace: Enhancing the capacity of future women peacebuilders

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Zanoni
Keyword(s):  
Peace Education ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Peace Movement ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
International Instruments ◽  
Forms Of Violence

The role of women in peacebuilding efforts has been recognized through various international instruments that have advanced the ability of women to access the peace table. In order for women to act as leaders, they must possess the capacity to disrupt structural, cultural, and direct forms of violence, engage in peacemaking activities, and employ prevention strategies for sustainable peace to be secured. This paper draws on qualitative research on a leadership program called Women of Integrity, Strength, and Hope (WISH) offered at the Daraja Academy, an all-girls boarding school in Kenya. The case study is situated within the larger global context of the women’s peace movement galvanized by the United Nations to highlight the potential role women may offer as peacebuilders. The WISH program engages Kenyan girls through critical peace education pedagogy to enhance capabilities required for future female architects of sustainable peace in Kenya and in the world.

scholarly journals The Role of Formal and Informal Credit in Agriculture Sector: A Case Study of District Faisalabad, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 99-102
Author(s):  
Khadija Akram ◽  
Muhammad Amjed Iqbal ◽  
Muhammad Munawar Hayat
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Time Delay ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Informal Credit ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Effective Role

The study aims to examine the role of formal and informal credit in the agriculture sector. The agriculture sector is considered the backbone of the economy of Pakistan. Credit is used as the most important source to enhance the productivity of the agriculture sector. Primary data were collected after choosing a sample of respondents of formal and informal credit users from district Faisalabad. It was observed from the literature that the disbursement of credit to farmers has a more important and effective role in agricultural output. So to check this impact the study in hand was carried out. The study also includes an exploration of the role of formal and informal credit on the productivity and profitability of farmers. The data were collected from 100 formal credit borrowers and 50 informal credit borrowers from district Faisalabad. Primary data were collected randomly through a well-designed questionnaire from farmers. Multiple regression analysis was used for the estimation of the results. This method was used to estimate the role of formal and informal credit in the agriculture sector. The results showed that annual income increased after getting the loan. The focus of the study was to investigate the role of formal and informal credit in the agriculture sector. The result showed that informal credit was more convenient in terms of timely availability of loans, less distance to travel, less time delay, and no specific securities. In this way, this study concluded that formal and informal credit has a significant impact on agricultural productivity, and the trend of agriculture credit has been gradually increased has a positive impact on income.

scholarly journals Interethnic violence and principles of intercultural education in schools: The case study of Slovenia

Sociologija ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-431
Author(s):  
Zorana Medaric ◽  
Maja Zadel ◽  
Martina Ramesa
Keyword(s):  
School Environment ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Intercultural Education ◽  
General Acceptance ◽  
Peer Violence ◽  
Interethnic Violence ◽  
Forms Of Violence

This paper discusses the main findings of a study on interethnic violence carried out in the school environment in Slovenia. It examines the occurrence and perception of different forms of violence and the role of educators and the commitment of schools to promote nonviolence and the wellbeing of pupils, which is reached mainly by applying principles of intercultural education. The quantitative and qualitative findings take three perspectives into account: (1) pupils? opinions and experiences, (2) perceptions of educators and (3) perspectives of experts in the area of (interethnic) peer violence. Special emphasis is placed on the informants? perceptions of the school environment, their experiences of interethnic violence and interventions in cases of violence in schools aimed at its prevention. The paper argues that despite the general acceptance of principles of intercultural education in Slovenian schools and the recurrent self-initiatives of individual educators, a coordinated and integrated approach is needed both for dealing with (interethnic) violence and for promulgating values of intercultural coexistence in schools.

scholarly journals Judicial Activism and Pakistani Society: A Case Study of Musharaf Era

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-68
Author(s):  
Dr. Muqarrab Akbar ◽  
◽  
Mahnoor Malik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Judicial Activism ◽  
Independent Judiciary ◽  
Chief Justice ◽  
The Future ◽  
Effective Role

Judicial organ is one of the three organs of the state of Pakistan. It plays important role in Constitutional machinery by performing its functions like interpreting laws and keeping an eye over the laws made by legislature that they are according to the injunctions of Islam or not and whether these laws are implemented properly by the executive or not. Judicial activism refers to the judicial rulings based on personal views rather than on existing law. The research is based on the questions like, is Judiciary playing effective role in Pakistan? What is the role of judiciary in Musharaf’s regime? Did judicial organ work in accordance with the Constitution of Pakistan 1973 in Musharaf’s regime? The conflict between president Musharaf and Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhry on March 9, 2007 when the Iftikhar Chaudhry refused to move under the pressure of the former to resign as Chief Justice. This led to the frontal attack by Musharaf against the judiciary on November 3, 2007 in the grab of unconstitutional emergency and PCO. In terms of judicial crisis and lawyers’ movement, the resistance offered by a large portion of the judiciary from March 9, 2007 onwards supported by the lawyers’ fraternity was a step toward change in favor of an independent judiciary in the future.

scholarly journals Role of Stakeholders in Heritage Management in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Mahasthangarh

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 354-372
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mahmudul Hasan Khan
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Outstanding Universal Value ◽  
Effective Role

The notion of stakeholders is becoming increasingly significant in heritage management activities and planning. It is commonly argued that individuals, groups, organizations, environs, societies, institutions, and even the natural environment can be potential stakeholders. However, most of the case heritage sites are impacted and concerned by particular stakeholders such as the local community, regional government, and NGOs. Every project has stakeholders who can influence or be influenced by the project in a positive or negative manner.  Mahasthangarh and its environs are a potential heritage site of South Asia that helps understand the chronological history and cultural development of Bengal Civilization. Like many other heritage sites in Bangladesh, Mahasthangarh faces serious threats and challenges which are damaging and waning its outstanding universal value of tangible and intangible heritage. Since site managers involve potential key stakeholders to enhance the sustainable heritage management, planning, reduce the possibility of conflict, increase the stakeholders’ ownership through regular communication, raising awareness, educational activities, and building campaigns, and to augment the community’s trust in heritage management; without the effective role of stakeholders, the outcomes are precarious and can be catastrophic. The paper will demonstrate the possibilities of using the roles of stakeholders as potential tools for safeguarding and managing the heritage site by using Mahasthangarh and its environs as a case study.

scholarly journals XBeach Process-Based Modelling of Coastal Morphological Features Near Breakwater

2018 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 01007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Shahrizal Ab Razak ◽  
Nur Arriffah Zaimah Mohd Nor
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Empirical Models ◽  
Coastal Protection ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
Optimum Model ◽  
Coastal Features ◽  
Simulation Time

An effective role of a detached breakwater as a coastal protection structure leads to morphological evolutions of tombolo. This paper presents the application of process based model of XBeach to investigate the morphological tombolo evolution using the model domain from the previous case study. Sensitivity analysis with optimum model parameters such as facua 0.1, Chezy coefficient 60, directional energy distribution, dtheta 10 and morfac 100 is conducted and the model results are compared to the empirical models. At 50 and 75 days simulation time, XBeach model results for breakwater at distance 120 m, 150 m, 200 m and 300 m offshore forms tombolo and salient at a distance of 500 m from the shoreline. Numerical investigation of tombolo through XBeach model has given us an understanding on the morphological effects of breakwater offshore distance towards evolution of coastal features like tombolo and salient.

Measuring the social capabilities and the implication on innovation

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 907-928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annunziata de Felice
Keyword(s):  
Specific Area ◽  
Industrial Cluster ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to seek to develop a rigorous analysis of social capabilities (SC) and measuring them in a special industrial cluster, considering the key role of knowledge and SC in innovation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper sets off from the definition of SC and the elements that characterize them in an industrial cluster. The focus also examines how it is possible to measure SC within a specific area, using the scoreboard approach. The empirical aspect remains based upon the original results of surveys conducted on a sample of entrepreneurs specializing in a special industrial cluster utilizing a multi-method approach and the paper presents the empirical analysis estimating an innovation equation. Findings – The results of the case study show that the relationship between SC and innovation does not only involve large enterprises but small- and medium-sized businesses as well. Originality/value – Measuring SC is very complex since not all the highlighted determinants can be subject to empirical verification and given that they are intangible elements, residual and often incorporated into tacit knowledge and a literature that can help us in defining and measuring them accurately is not always available for all the indicators. In this research the author proposes a measure of SC using a composite indicator and investigates the effective role of these inputs in stimulating innovative activity in an industrial cluster performance.

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