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Business Development Strategy and Energy Analysis in the Manufacture of Agricultural Waste Bio-briquette in Post COVID-19 Pandemic
No full textObjective: The existence of rice straw waste and wood sawdust is a potential that can be used as bio-briquettes to improve the community's economy. Agricultural waste is an environmentally friendly energy source that has contributed to one-tenth of primary energy consumption. Bio- briquettes have the opportunity to substitute fossil fuels by utilizing wasted biomass and increasing the economic empowerment of local communities. This research was conducted to examine business development strategies and energy produced by bio-briquettes from waste rice straws and wood sawdust.
Methodology: Business development strategy analysis is carried out by forming farmer groups and branding for their businesses, and the production of bio-briquettes is carried out by carbonation and gluing methods.
Results: Marketing and improvement of bio-briquette products are carried out by forming groups of farmers and creating their business names. This study found that the bio-briquette business has a positive influence on improving the local community's economy. The results of the research show that the bio-briquettes that have been made have the potential to become a business opportunity at the household level that has the quality that meets SNI 016235-2000.
Implication: This research focuses on developing the household economy with a cause marketing strategy and provides an overview of briquette product marketing efforts that have the opportunity to substitute fossil fuels by utilizing wasted biomass and increasing the economic empowerment of the local community. This research was conducted to examine strategies for developing household businesses that are useful for business start- ups after COVID-19
Role of Media in Strengthening Pakistan’s Image with Respect to Security
No full textPurpose: Because national security is indeed a delicate subject in Pakistan, it is expected from the press to play a beneficial role in this respect. This study assessed the role of media in strengthening Pakistan’s image with respect to security.
Design/Methodology/Approach
The study is qualitative in nature, the researchers utilized survey method by employing close ended questionnaire as data collection tool. SPSS has been used for data analysis. Statistical analysis has been done using chi-square test.
Findings: As per the findings of the study, the participants were found to have felt unsafe in Pakistan after hearing a piece of particular news, but they do think Pakistan is a safe country.
Implications/Originality/Value: Media independence is a wonderful thing in a functioning democracy, but when it comes to sensitive topics like "national security", it is assumed that the media must only stick to their job of informing instead of dictating the processes
Resolving or Creating Conflicts Examining Role of Political Talk Shows in Pakistan
No full textPurpose: This study is “Role of Television Talk Shows in Political Conflict Resolution after General Elections 2013: A Study of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf and Pakistan Muslim League –N”. The research has aimed to explore the role of political talk shows in resolving the political conflict between PTI and PML-N, to assess their issues regarding their conflict, to examine the discussion on matters of common interest among them and to compare and analyze the discussion on matters of common interests and disputing issues between PTI and PML-N in television political talk shows.
Design/Methodology/Approach: This research has used quantitative content analysis for collecting data and has concluded that the political talk shows have not been playing a positive role in resolving the political conflict between conflicting parties and moreover the role of political talk shows has been escalating in the process of political conflict resolution between PTI and PML-N.
Findings: This study has also concluded that the role of anchor persons has not facilitated the discussion of talk shows towards a need of any possible solution regarding the discussed problem between PTI and PML-N.
Implications/Originality/Value: It has been concluded that the political talk shows have highlighted the disputing and controversial issues between the conflicting parties instead of discussing the matters of common interests among them. The political talk shows have not encouraged a need of any possible solution regarding the political conflict resolution between PTI and PML-N after general elections 2013
Role of Social Media Reviews in Capturing Brand Trust & Brand Loyalty: A Case of Burger Joints in Karachi
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this research study is to gain an insight into the role played by Social Media Reviews in capturing Brand Trust and Brand Loyalty. The study has been conducted in the fast food industry (local burger joints) available in Karachi, Pakistan. This research study is quantitative in nature.
Design/Methodology/Approach: This research study is quantitative in nature. It is an explanatory research under which deductive hypotheses testing has been used. The research instrument used is questionnaire and data has been analyzed through Correlation and Regression Analysis, using SPSS software
Findings: The findings of this research study suggest that there is a significant and positive relationship between Social Media Reviews (independent variable) and Brand Trust and Brand Loyalty (dependent variables). The findings also suggest that if consumers are more inclined towards the online reviews given by other consumers, their trust and loyalty towards the specific brand in question will tend to increase.
Implications/Originality/Value: This research paper adds to the existing body of knowledge on the role of Social Media Reviews given by the consumers on different social media platforms. This research paper will add value by deciphering and explaining the relationship that exists between social media reviews and brand relationship outcomes like Brand Trust and Brand Loyalt
Impact of Trade Facilitation Reforms on The Trade Volume of SAARC Countries
No full textPurpose: The purpose of the study is to inform the ministry of commerce and trade about the significant implications of trade facilitation for the improvement of trade in the SAARC region. This paper attempts to estimate the relationship between trade facilitation indicators and trade volume and also explored the correlation between trade facilitation reforms and the trade volume in the case of SAARC countries.
Design/Methodology/Approach: This paper is an empirical approach, which is based on secondary data from SAARC countries for the period 2006 to 2013. The study uses Pooled OLS, Fixed effect, and a random effect model for the empirical analysis.
Findings: The results of the study show, that is a significant relationship between trade facilitation and trade volume. Decreasing the total number of documents required will make it possible for SAARC countries to trade with high frequency. The study also found that a marginal decrease in the total cost of trade also encourages traders to reach the targeted trade volume.
Implications/Originality/Value: The trade facilitation reforms can be an effective policy option on the regional level across all the SAARC countries. However other policy reforms and actions such as basic physical infrastructure, good governance and insuring political stability are also obligatory for the possible improvement of the trading capabilities of SAARC countries
Proactive Personality as Mediating variable between Career Skills, Servant Leadership and Subjective Career Success of Working Women: A Study from Private Sector Universities of Pakistan
No full textPurpose: To examine the effect of career skills and servant-leadership on intrinsic career success with surrogating effect of proactive personality traits.
Design/method/approach: Structural equation modeling has been applied to extract the statistical finding by applying MPlus Software.
Findings: Proactive personality traits mediates between the relationship of career skills, servant-leadership, and intrinsic career success.
Research implications: The model have a look at providing the suggestion for policy makers to hire and train highly educated faculty to participate in servant-leadership for the betterment of career skills and intrinsic career success, which improves institutional performance.
Originality: The research study examined the P-E fit theory and the model in this particular context of Pakistan is unique and constructed to suggest policy makers the techniques for advancing the career success of working women in academia
Factors Influencing the Intention for Early Retirement: A Case Study Among Teachers at Secondary Cluster Schools in Dungun, Terengganu
No full textPurpose: Teachers’ roles in delivering classroom instructions and executing lessons in this 21st century is much bigger than assumed by many who are not in the teaching field. Some people perceived teaching is a stressful job and those who do not have the passion would give up after a certain number of years. Many have opted for early retirement and this number has increased year by year. Thus, this study aims to analyze the factors (health, school management and workload) that influence teachers’ intention towards early retirement.
Design/Methodology/Approach: 152 teachers were chosen from four cluster schools in Dungun, Terengganu and online questionnaires were distributed among them using Stratified Random Sampling Method. The data was analyzed using SPSS.
Findings: The results show only teachers’ health influence them towards early retirement intention. Meanwhile, the other factors are viewed as a challenge in the teaching world and would not influence them to opt for early retirement.
Implications/Originality/Value: This finding will assist the Ministry of Education in taking actions, to circumvent teachers from leaving their profession before reaching the compulsory retirement age. As a result, the school’s management will focus on improved alternatives in managing the teachers’ welfare and controlling the factors of early retirement among teachers
Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting Information and Control Mechanisms: A Way to Combat Corruption
No full textPurpose: Corporate governance has recently attained huge attention in corporate law and is considered an antidote to combat corporate corruption. The study aims to examine the relationship between; accounting information, corporate control mechanisms and corruption.
Design/Methodology/Approach: It conducts a critical evaluation of the relevant literature that interrogates the contribution of good corporate governance of the financial accounting information as the use of externally reported financial accounting data in both direct and indirect ways.
Findings: Results suggest that corporate control mechanisms are the most effective tools for reducing corruption from the supply side. These mechanisms are essential for improving the operation of securities markets, which in the uncertain environment of this era seek accurate and reliable information based on transparent financial statements.
Implications/Originality/Value: This study will help to understand the significance of implementing corporate governance regulation, corporate control mechanisms and accounting information that can help eradicate corporate corruption. The use of transparent financial accounting information in corporate control systems improves the governance process efficacy, avoiding corporate corruption. It will suggest that corporate governance and control procedures can curb the offence of bribery and fraud by acting as a deterrent to corruption
Infant Swimming Increase the Risk of Atopy and Respiratory Tract Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
No full textPurpose: The benefits of infant swimming must be considered against the risk of adverse occurrences during infant swimming practice. Several research studies have recommended against newborn swimming since there is little data to support its use in preventing drowning in infants.
Methodology / Evidence Acquisitionː In the context of the PRISMA guidelines, the researcher did a systematic review and meta-analysis research on infant swimming. From 1950 to 2021, an online database search was conducted using keywords and MeSH terms such as "infant swimming", "safety", "infant swimming lessons", and "infant diving" on healthcare search engines such as PubMed, Google Scholar, BioMed Central, Cochrane Library, ERIC, PILOTS, PsycARTICLES, MEDLINE, AMED, CINAHL, EMBASE, Web of Science, Science Direct, Taylor & Francis, and Med SC. The researcher excluded articles that were first published in a foreign language and did not have an English translation.
Findings / Evidence Synthesisː The risk of respiratory tract infection is greater in the control group, 95% confidence interval is 1.95 [1.24, 1.97] (p = 0.000). The difference in risk of atopy is between infant swimmers and the control group is significant, and the risk is greater in the control group compared to swimming infants; 95% confidence interval is 1.36 [1.01, 1.84] (p = 0.000).
Conclusions/ Originality Value: Swimming does not raise the risk of infection in infants, nor does it predispose them to asthma. We propose further more research into the benefits of infant swimming in reducing the burden of childhood drowning, which is the leading cause of death in this age group.  
The Relationship between Psychological Distress, Sociodemographic Variables, and Mental Health for Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic
No full textPurpose: The current study examined the impact of demographic correlates such as socio-economic status, family structure, resources, pre-existing physical and mental health conditions, and the home environment on the psychological distress reported by adolescents during a lockdown period.
Design/Methodology/Approach: It was a correlational study that followed the cross-sectional research design. Through purposive and convenient sampling adolescents were approached and 158 participants aged 18-27 years (M = 18.89, SD = 1.83) completed an online survey. The survey consisted of a demographic information sheet, medical history form, and DASS 21.
Findings: Results indicated that psychological distress, anxiety, and depression were significantly positively correlated with socioeconomic status. There was a negative correlation between distress and the availability of house help. The data show a strong positive relationship between distress and having a pre-existing medical condition and even stronger correlations when family members have such conditions.
Implications/Originality/Value:
This data is relevant for teachers and administrators who are actively involved with these young adults at a personal or systemic level, as well as for college counselling centres to create supportive spaces for mental health care during the pandemic