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2021 ◽  
pp. 81-108
Author(s):  
Md Didarul Islam

There has been a relatively new dimension of development discourse to analyze the role of Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) in global development. In doing so, most of the academic literatures have addressed how FBOs positively contributed to the global development over the years. In contrast, there are some criticisms against the FBOs. This article attempts to elucidate three major criticisms against the FBOs including a. sectarian service provision, b. proselytization and c. terrorist financing. This article finds a mixed result arguing that there are limitations of FBOs in the concerned cases but those limitations do not reduce the significance of the FBOs in global development. Philosophy and Progress, Vol#63-64-; No#1-2; Jan-Dec 2018 P 81-108


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanette Wassar Kirk ◽  
Per Nilsen ◽  
Ove Andersen ◽  
Nina Thórný Stefánsdóttir ◽  
Birk Grønfeldt ◽  
...  

Abstract Background There is a long-standing debate in implementation research on whether adaptations to evidence-based interventions (EBIs) are desirable in health care. If an intervention is adapted and not delivered as conceived and planned, it is said to have low fidelity. The WALK-Cph project was developed based on the assumption that involving stakeholders in co-design processes would facilitate the fidelity of an intervention to increase the mobility of acutely admitted older medical patients and its implementation in two hospitals in Denmark. The purpose of this study is to describe and analyse adaptations and modifications that were made to the co-designed WALK-Cph intervention and its implementation. Methods This study used a qualitative design. An ethnographic field study was performed using participant observations, workshops and semi-structured interviews. Data were analysed twice using the Framework Method. The first analysis was based on the frameworks from Stirman, Moore and Proctor. The second analysis, a retrospective modifications analysis, was based on the Adaptation-Impact Framework. Results Many different types of adaptations and modifications were made to the WALK-Cph intervention and its implementation plan. Most of the modifications were made on the contents of the intervention. In total, 44 adaptations and modifications were made, of which 21 were planned (adaptations) and 23 were made haphazardly (modifications). Most of the content and context adaptations and modifications made on the intervention had a mixed result regarding enhanced fidelity. The retrospective modifications analysis showed that modifications were ongoing and both situationally and contextually shaped. Conclusions Although an extensive co-design process was carried out to facilitate the fidelity of the WALK-Cph intervention, this study showed that many adaptations and modifications were still made to both the intervention and its implementation plan. It could indicate that the co-design process had a small effect or that adaptations and modifications are ongoing and both situationally and contextually shaped, which challenge the assumption and the desire to be able to plan and control changes.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Kadivar

The scholarship about the consequences of social revolutions contends that social revolutions boost state capacity and strengthen the state’s developmental projects. Social justice and addressing the needs of ordinary citizens also were central themes in the discourse of the Iranian revolution and the Islamic Republic that emerged as the post-revolutionary regime with the fall of the monarchy in Iran. In this essay, I assess the performance of the post-revolutionary state in Iran according to different development indicators. Specifically, I compare the record of the post-revolutionary regime with the pre-revolutionary regime. My examination of various indicators relating to health, education, poverty, income inequality, and housing presents more of a mixed result than the overall improvement that previous scholarship anticipated and that the post-revolutionary regime had promised. Furthermore, the evidence points to declines in some important areas of development and welfare provision. Based on this analysis, I propose directions for future research about the developmental outcome of revolutions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-144
Author(s):  
Era Vivianti Husada ◽  
Susi Handayani

This study aims to examine the effect of ESG disclosure on financial performance within firm. By using sample of 80 firms in finance sector, listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange for 2017-2019, sample selected using purposive sampling technique.Financial performance measured by Return on Asset, Tobin’s Q, and Sales Growth, the analysis method used is multiple regression analysis. The result showed that ESG disclosure only affect Return on Asset simultaneously, furtheranalysis showed that none of the economic performance variables affected by ESG disclosure partially, instead control variable produce mixed result that affect financial performance variable itself.


Author(s):  
Sabrina D’Andrea ◽  
Nikita Divissenko ◽  
Maria Fanou ◽  
Anna Krisztián ◽  
Jaka Kukavica ◽  
...  

Recent years have seen a growing volume of research on citations between courts from different countries. This article fills a gap in the current literature by presenting and analysing cross-citations between the highest domestic courts responsible for matters of private law in the EU from 2000 to 2018. It addresses two main questions: first, to what extent do judges cite foreign case law in their decisions? Second, what may explain the varying levels of engagement of supreme courts with foreign case law? Our findings offer a mixed result as to the nature and frequency of such cross-citations. Overall, we identify 2984 cross-citations; yet, only in few instances do we find a reciprocal relationship between the supreme courts of two countries, while more generally an asymmetric picture emerges. The article also discusses whether problems with the ease of access to court decisions may partly be responsible for limitations in the use of cross-citations.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Robin Karlin

Abstract In this paper, I examine a case of vowel insertion found in Savo and Pohjanmaa dialects of Finnish that is typically called “epenthesis”, but which demonstrates characteristics of both phonetic excrescence and phonological epenthesis. Based on a phonological analysis paired with an acoustic corpus study, I argue that Finnish vowel insertion is the mixed result of phonetic excrescence and the phonologization of these vowels, and is related to second-mora lengthening, another dialectal phenomenon. I propose a gestural model of second-mora lengthening that would generate vowel insertion in its original phonetic state. The link to second-mora lengthening provides a unified account that addresses both the dialectal and phonological distribution of the phenomenon, which have not been linked in previous literature.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 945-968
Author(s):  
Yonas T. Bahta ◽  

<abstract> <p>This research aims to determine the competitiveness of South African agri-food products and the factors that influence them. The study applied a comparative advantage (RCA) index, Lafay Index (LFI), Export Diversification Index (EDI), Major export category (MEC), Hirschman index (HI), and regression analysis. The study revealed a mixed result of RCA and LFI of agri-food commodities during 2000–2018. Some commodities such as tobacco and rawhides have a comparative advantage. On the other hand, vegetables, fruit, and coffee showed a comparative disadvantage. At the same time, the LFI revealed a significant comparative advantage from 2000 to 2003 for agri-food commodities of fish and sugar, sugar preparations, and honey. EDI was near zero for all commodities, indicating that the trading structure was less concentrated. Hirschman index (HI) demonstrated that all commodities showed a reduced concentration throughout the study period. The results of regression analysis on factors that influence the competitiveness of agri-food commodities were varied. Agriculture productivity and GDP per capita had a favorable impact on comparative advantage. Macroeconomic stability had a mixed result, with agri-food commodities having positive and negative effects. South Africa had a less concentrated trade structure and did not depend on international trade from the agri-food industry. These evaluations provide policymakers with information on agri-food competitiveness and the factors that influence the industry's competitiveness.</p> </abstract>


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-122
Author(s):  
Martha Coleman ◽  
Mengyun Wu ◽  
Mark Baidoo

This study examines the effect of corporate governance on working capital policy; Aggressive and Conservative of 103 firms listed on Nigeria and Ghana Stock Exchange from 2012 to 2016. This study used a panel data of nonfinancial companies listed on Nigeria and Ghana stock exchange for the period 2012–2016. Data extracted from the annual financial report. Companies with missing data were dropped given a total of 103 companies from both countries (Nigeria and Ghana) with total observation of 510. We discovered that corporate governance on implemented aggressive/conservative working capital policy by firms produced a mixed result. Aggressive working capital policy implementation calls for strict control mechanism to ensure less investment in current assets. Therefore, there is strong corporate governance influence on working capital management of firms that operate aggressive working policy than firms which have implemented conservative working capital policy.


PHARMACON ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 911
Author(s):  
Novena Rawung ◽  
Hanny F. Sangian ◽  
Gerald H. Tamuntuan

ABSTRACT Research has been conducted to tackle the problem of CO2 emissions. Ethanol is a material that is often used, because it is a renewable energy obtained from the sugar fermentation process. Ethanol used for mixing is that which has been through the process of reflux fermentation and distillation. The first stage is the manufacture of ethanol by using a distillation process to obtain purity above 80%. The next stage is the mixing process carried out with a concentration of ethanol with a purity of 92% -98%, and the results of cracking kerosene with several variations of the boiling point. Kerosene was poured into a measuring cup with a volume of 7 ml and ethanol 92% -98% concentration was slowly added to form an emulsion. The results show that a mixture of kerosene, water and ethanol purity of 98%, only a small volume is needed to become 1 phase. But, for mixing kerosene, water and 92% ethanol purity, it takes a lot of volume. The easily mixed result is that the first kerosene product is 192-198 ℃ because it approaches the carbon gasoline chain. Meanwhile, for the results of kerosene products 272-276 ℃ is rather difficult to be mixed into 1 phase because, the carbon chain approaches diesel fuel. Keywords: Ethanol, Kerosene, Emulsion, Palm Tree (Arenga pinnata) ABSTRAK Telah dilakukan penelitian untuk menanggulangi masalah emisi CO2. Etanol menjadi bahan yang sering digunakan, karena merupakan energi terbarukan yang diperoleh dari proses fermentasi gula. Etanol yang digunakan untuk pencampuran yaitu yang telah melalui proses fermentasi dan destilasi refluks. Tahapan yang pertama yaitu pembuatan etanol dengan menggunakan proses destilasi untuk mendapat kemurnian diatas 80%. Tahapan selanjutnya yaitu proses pencampuran dilakukan dengan konsentrasi etanol dengan kemurnian 92%-98%, dan hasil cracking kerosene dengan beberapa variasi titik didih. Kerosene dituangkan kedalam gelas ukur dengan volume 7 ml dan etanol konsentrasi 92%-98% dimasukkan secara perlahan hingga membentuk emulsi. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa campuran antara kerosene, air dan kemurnian etanol 98%, hanya dibutuhkan sedikit volume untuk menjadi 1 fasa. Tapi, untuk pencampuran kerosene, air dan kemurnian etanol 92% dibutuhkan volume yang banyak. Hasil yang mudah tercampur yaitu produk kerosene yang pertama 192-198℃ karena, mendekati rantai karbon gasoline. Sedangkan, untuk hasil produk kerosene 272-276℃ agak sulit tercampur menjadi 1 fasa karena, rantai karbonnya mendekati bahan bakar diesel. Kata kunci : Etanol, Kerosene, Emulsi, Pohon Aren (Arenga pinnata)


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