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(Re)Defining heroism: A Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) analysis of a president’s speech
Full text linkFrom a sociolinguistic perspective, language choice reveals a speaker’s ideologies. One among various sociolinguistic theories that could be relevant to this work is Halliday’s Systematic Functional Linguistics (SFL), in which approach it is claimed that language is a resource of meaning situated in certain contexts. This study is an attempt at making use of such framework, aided by qualitative content analysis, to surface the ideologies of heroism in Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s 2023 National Heroes’ day speech. The researchers thematically analyzed the speech manuscript into a total of 6 themes: Heroes as historically significant figures; heroes of the past as part of the Filipino identity; breaking free from the traditional definitions of a hero; heroes as today’s ordinary men and women being products of their circumstances; that anyone can be a hero in their own way; and stories and recognition of everyday, modern and ordinary heroism. The 3 major process types, along with the other 3 minor types, were used to identify the extracts: Material, mental, relational, behavioral, verbal, and existential processes. The significance of this work lies in its role in filling in the gaps in the academic literature surrounding the use of SFL as an approach in emerging conceptions from texts of sociopolitical relevance. Ultimately, this paper also brings to fore the relevance of semantics, syntax, and sociolinguistics as tools towards making sense of national and local consciousness, conceptions, and experiences
Silent Reading Difficulties Experienced in English Language by Junior Secondary School Students in Anyigba Education Zone, Kogi State Nigeria.
Full text linkThis study was undertaken to find out the silent reading difficulties experienced in the English Language by JSS 1 students in Anyigba Education Zone of Kogi State, Nigeria. The Ex Post Facto Design was adopted for the study. A total of 134 JSS 1 Students drawn from three schools in Anyigba Education Zone constituted the sample. Two of the schools were public schools, one located in the urban area while the second one is in the rural area. The third school is a private school located in the urban area since there was none in the rural area. In each of the three schools, one intact class was randomly sampled. A teacher-made English Reading Comprehension Test (ERCT) and an English Vocabulary Test (EVT) were developed, validated and used for data collection. Observation techniques were also used to obtain data for silent reading problems. The mean score and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to answer the hypotheses at 0.05 significant levels. The major findings of the study were: The students understood what they read but have problems in reading in vocalization and sub-vocalization as well as finger-pointing, Students from the private school perform better in reading comprehension and vocabulary test than their counterparts in public schools. Some useful recommendations made were that reading courses be incorporated into the Junior Secondary School Curriculum instead of being couched as aspects of the English Language lessons. There should be collaboration between parents, the community and the school in the provision of reading empowerment for the child to help bridge the gap between those from low socio-economic background and those from high socio-economic backgroun
The Availability of the Requirements for Implementing the Occupational Health and Safety Management System According to ISO 45001:2018 in Yemeni hospitals in the city of Hodeidah.
Full text linkهدفت الدراسة إلى تحديد مدى توافر متطلبات تطبيق نظام الصحة والسلامة المهنية وفقاً للمواصفة ISO45001:2018 في المستشفيات اليمنية في مدينة الحديدة، واتبعت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، واعتمدت على الاستبانة أداةً لجمع بيانات الدراسة، وتمثل مجتمع الدراسة في جميع القيادات: (الإدارية – الطبية) العاملين في المستشفيات اليمنية في مدينة الحديدة، والبالغ عددهم (378) فرداً، تم تحديد عينة الدراسة باستخدام أسلوب المسح الشامل، وبعد توزيع الاستبانة على أفراد العينة؛ تم استرداد (323) استبانة منها صالحة للتحليل.
وأظهرت نتائج الدراسة حصول بُعد "سياق المنظمة" على أعلى متوسط، بينما جاء بُعد "تقييم الأداء" في المرتبة الأخيرة. وأظهرت نتائج الدراسة عدم وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية في مدى توافر تطبيق نظام الصحة والسلامة المهنية، وفقاً للمواصفة ISO 45001:2018 يعزُو إلى عمر المستشفى، وفي ضوء ذلك تم تقديم مجموعة من التوصيات؛ لتعزيز تطبيق متطلبات نظام الصحة والسامة والمهنية.The study aimed to determine the availability of the requirements for the application of the occupational health and safety system in accordance with the ISO45001:2018 standard in Yemeni hospitals in the city of Hodeidah, and the study followed the descriptive analytical approach, and relied on the survey as a tool to collect the study data, and represent the study community in all leaders (Administrative - Medical) staff in Yemeni hospitals in the city of Hodeidah 378 individuals, the sample of the study was identified using the comprehensive survey method, and after distributing the questionnaire to the sample members, 323 valid analytical questionnaires were recovered.'
The results of the study showed that the "organization context" dimension had the highest average value. The "performance appraisal" dimension ranked last. The results of the study showed that there are no statistically significant differences in the availability of the application of the occupational health and safety system, according to ISO 45001:2018 attributed to the age of the hospital, and in light of this, a set of recommendations was presented to strengthen the application of the requirements of the health, toxic and occupational system
Cinematic techniques in the literature of the television journey (picture as a model )
Full text linkيهدف هذا البحث إلى دراسة تقنية الصورة السينمائية المتعددة، ودورها الجمالي في أدب الرحلة التلفزيوني؛ وذلك بالنظر إلى أسلوب السرد التصويري السينمائي، وإبراز دوره في تشكيل بنية أدب الرحلة المرئي، المعتمد على تقنيات عديدة إلى جانب الصورة، وإلقاء الضّوء عليها من النّاحية الأدبيّة والفنّيّة، كالصوت والمونتاج، والمؤثرات السينمائية المختلفة؛ للكشف عن جماليات هذا الأدب الرحلي المرئي، وتقنيات الفنية، ودلالاتها المتعددة فيه؛ وذلك من خلال تناول البحث مقومات الصورة التلفزيونية: (الحركة، لقطات الكاميرا، زوايا الكاميرا، الإضاءة، اللون). وقد اعتمد البحث المنهج السّيميائيّ لدراسة الصورة، وإلقاء الضّوء عليها من النّاحية الأدبيّة والفنّيّة؛ للكشف عن فنّيّات وتقنيات أدب الرّحلة التلفزيوني، مع الاستفادة من أدوات وإجراءات المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، والتي قد تفيد البحث في بعض المواضع.
وقد خلص البحث إلى نتائج عدَّة، منها: أن برامج أدب الرحلة المرئي، اتَّكأت على تقنيات الصوت، والصورة، والمونتاج، واستخدام المؤثرات السينمائية المختلفة؛ مما منحته بُعدًا دراميًّا جديدًا، وأن تقنيات الصورة المختلفة قد أحدثت نقلة نوعية في ذلك الأدب الرحلي المرئي -التلفزيوني. وأن هذه الدراسة تميَّزت في تقديمها دليلًا على أنّ استثمار الأدب لمعطيات التّكنولوجيا أدّى إلى تقديم جنس أدبيّ جديد يجمع بين الأدبيّة والتّكنولوجيا، وتجلّت معالمه في أدب الرّحلة التلفزيوني.This research aims to examine the technique of multiple cinematic images, and their aesthetic role in the literature of the television journey; This is due to the cinematic narrative style, highlighting its role in shaping the structure of visual journey literature, based on many techniques besides the image, and shedding light on it in literary and artistic terms, such as sound, montage, and various cinematic effects; To reveal the aesthetics of this visible traveling literature, artistic techniques, and their multiple connotations in it; By addressing the elements of the TV image: (Movement, camera footage, camera angles, lighting, color). The research adopted the semiotic method of studying the image and illuminating it literally and artistically; To uncover the art and techniques of travelogue, making use of analytical descriptive methodology tools and procedures, which may be useful for research in some places.
The research concluded several results, including: That the programs of visual journey literature, leaned on the techniques of sound, image, montage, and the use of various cinematic effects; This gave it a new dramatic dimension, and the different image techniques brought about a paradigm shift in that visual-television travelogue literature. This study was distinguished in providing evidence that the exploitation of literature for technology data led to the introduction of a new literary race combining literature and technology, and its features were reflected in the literature of the television journey
COMMISSION ON AUDIT’S INVOLVEMENT IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND RESILIENCE IN CALAPAN CITY: BASIS FOR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
Full text linkهدفت هذه الدراسة إلى تحديد دور ديوان المحاسبة (COA) في تعزيز القدرة على مواجهة الكوارث في مدينة كالابان، أورينتال ميندورو، من خلال ممارسات الحكومة في إدارة الكوارث. وباستخدام التصميم الوصفي الارتباطي، تم جمع بيانات المسح من 186 مشاركًا، بما في ذلك سكان المدينة، ومسؤولو الحكومة المحلية، ومدققو ديوان المحاسبة، حول تصوراتهم لممارسات إدارة الكوارث، ومستويات القدرة على الصمود، ومدى تنفيذ ديوان المحاسبة للتدقيقات المالية، وتدقيقات الامتثال، وتدقيقات الأداء. وأظهرت التحليلات الإحصائية، بما في ذلك تحليل الانحدار والتحليل الوسيط، وجود علاقات إيجابية ذات دلالة إحصائية بين المتغيرات الثلاثة. وتوصلت الدراسة إلى أن إدارة الكوارث تعزز بشكل كبير القدرة على الصمود، ويزداد هذا الأثر قوة عند دعمه بدور التدقيق الذي يقوم به ديوان المحاسبة. كما أظهر التحليل الوسيط وجود وساطة جزئية؛ مما يؤكد أن دور ديوان المحاسبة في التدقيق يضمن تنفيذ جهود الحكومة بالشكل الصحيح، وترجمتها إلى نتائج ملموسة، تعكس القدرة على الصمود. وخلصت الدراسة إلى أن الرقابة الفعالة، والحكم الرشيد، وثقة الجمهور تؤدي إلى مستويات أعلى من القدرة على مواجهة الكوارث. وبناءً على النتائج، تقدم الدراسة توصيات سياساتية لتعزيز دور ديوان المحاسبة، وتحسين استراتيجيات الحوكمة المحلية في مجال إدارة الكوارث.This study determined the role of the Commission on Audit (COA) in enhancing disaster resilience in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro through government disaster management practices. Using a descriptive correlational design, survey data were collected from 186 respondents, including city residents, local government officials, and COA auditors on their perceptions of disaster management practices, levels of resilience, and the extent of COA’s financial, compliance, and performance audits. Statistical analysis, including regression and mediation analysis, revealed significant positive relationships among the three variables. The study found that disaster management significantly boosts disaster resilience, and this effect becomes even stronger when supported by COA’s auditing role. Mediation analysis showed partial mediation, confirming the COA’s auditing ensures that government efforts are properly implemented and translated into tangible results of resilience. The study concludes that effective oversight, good governance, and public trust lead to higher level disaster resilience. Based on the findings, the study offers policy recommendations to strengthen COA’s role and enhance local disaster governance strategie
The Role of the Faculty of Education at Hodeidah University in Citizenship Education among Student Teachers: "Field Study"
Full text linkهدفت الدراسة للتعرف على الدور الذي تقوم به كلية التربية بجامعة الحديدة في التربية على المواطنة، استخدمت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي التحليلي؛ لتحقيق أهداف الدراسة، واعتمدت على أداة الاستبانة لجمع المعلومات من الطلبة عينة الدراسة، التي بلغ عدد فقراتها (24) فقرة، موزعة على ثلاثة محاور، تكون مجتمع الدراسة من طلبة كلية التربية بجامعة الحديدة المستوى الرابع (الخريجين) من جميع الأقسام البالغ عددها اثنا عشر قسماً، للعام الدراسي (2018- 2019م)، حيث بلغ مجتمع الدراسة الأصلي (481) طالباً وطالبة، اختار الباحثان عينة عشوائية طبقية، بلغت (125) طالبًا وطالبة. وتوصلت الدراسة إلى مجموعة من النتائج أهمها: ضعف دور كلية التربية بجامعة الحديدة في تنمية قيم المواطنة لدى طلبتها. ولا توجد فروق ذات دلالة احصائية بين متوسطات إجابات أفراد عينة الدراسة تعزى إلى متغير الجنس، ولا توجد فروق ذات دلالة احصائية بين متوسطات إجابات أفراد عينة الدراسة تعزى إلى متغير القسم. وتوصي الدراسة إدارة كلية التربية والجامعة بشكل عام بمراجعة رؤية الجامعة ورسالتها، ووضع استراتيجية واضحة المعالم، تتضمن تفعيل الأنشطة الطلابية الثقافية، والاجتماعية، والرياضية، والفنية، والإعلامية، بقصد تنمية قيم المواطنة، وخلق مواطن واع بكل ما يحيط به، وإيجاد برامج حديثة تفي بتعليم الطلبة المعلمين القيم حتى يستطيع الإيفاء بتحمل مسؤولياته أمام المجتمع أثناء الخدمة وتعليم النشء.This study aimed to examine the role of the Faculty of Education at the University of Al Hudaydah in promoting citizenship education. The research utilized a descriptive analytical approach to achieve its objectives and employed a questionnaire as the data collection instrument for the study sample. The questionnaire comprised 24 items distributed across three domains. The study population consisted of fourth-year (graduating) students from all twelve departments of the Faculty of Education at the University of Al Hudaydah for the 2018-2019 academic year. The total population was 481 students. The researchers selected a stratified random sample of 125 students. The study reached several conclusions, the most significant of which is the weak role of the Faculty of Education at the University of Al Hudaydah in fostering citizenship values among its students. No statistically significant differences were found between the mean responses of the study sample based on the gender variable, nor were there any statistically significant differences based on the department variable. The study recommends that the administration of the Faculty of Education and the university, more broadly, review the university’s vision and mission and develop a clear strategy that includes the activation of students’ cultural, social, athletic, artistic, and media activities with the aim of cultivating citizenship values, fostering citizens who are fully aware of their environment, and creating contemporary programs that effectively instill these values in teacher candidates, enabling them to fulfill their societal responsibilities both during their service and in educating the younger generation
Impact of Transformational Leadership in Crisis Management from the Perspective of Workers Case Study of Yemen Oil Company – Hodeidah
Full text linkهدف البحث إلى قياس أثر القيادة التحويلية بأبعادها (الاستثارة الفكرية – الاعتبارات الفردية – التمكين – التأثير المثالي ) في إدارة الأزمات من منظور العاملين في شركة النفط اليمنية بالحديدة. تم استخدام الاستبانة أداةً لجمع المعلومات من عينة البحث البالغ قدرها (150) موظفًا. واعتمد الباحثون على المنهج الوصفي التحليلي في دراسة ذلك. واستخدام برنامج التحليل الاحصائي SPSS V.28.
توصل البحث إلى النتائج الآتية: أن شركة النفط اليمنية تقوم بممارسة القيادة التحويلية و إدارة الأزمات بمستويات متفاوتة، فقد جاء مستوى ممارسة إدارة الأزمات في المرتبة الأولى في حين جاء مستوى ممارسة القيادة التحويلية في المرتبة الثانية، كما أظهرت النتائج وجود أثر ذي دلالة إحصائية للقيادة التحويلية في إدارة الأزمات، ووجود أثر ذي دلالة إحصائية لأبعاد القيادة التحويلية كل على حدة: (الاستثارة الفكرية– الاعتبارات الفردية – التمكين – التأثير المثالي) في إدارة الأزمات.
وأوصى البحث بضرورة تعزيز ممارسات القيادة التحويلية بأبعادها (الاستثارة الفكرية – الاعتبارات الفردية – التمكين – التأثير المثالي)، وكذا تعزيز مستوى ممارسة إدارة الأزمات.The research aimed to measure the impact of transformational leadership in its dimensions (intellectual stimulation - individual considerations - empowerment - ideal influence) in crisis management at the Yemeni Oil Company, the main branch in Hodeidah. The questionnaire was used as a tool to collect information from the research sample of (150) employees. The descriptive analytical approach was adopted for the research and the statistical data analysis program SPSS 28 was used.
The research reached the following results: The company practices transformational leadership and crisis management at varying levels, as the level of crisis management practice came in first place, while the level of transformational leadership practice came in second place. The results also showed that there is a statistically significant effect of transformational leadership in crisis management, as well as a statistically significant effect for the dimensions of transformational leadership each separately (intellectual stimulation - individual considerations - empowerment - ideal influence) in crisis management.
The research recommended the necessity of enhancing transformational leadership practices in its dimensions (intellectual stimulation - individual considerations - empowerment - ideal influence), as well as enhancing the level of crisis management practice
The Merdeka Curriculum as a Reflection of National Identity: Dynamics of Character Education Based on Local Wisdom in South Sumatra
Full text linkThis study explores how the Merdeka Curriculum reflects national identity through character formation among students in South Sumatra. Using a qualitative case study approach involving interviews and classroom observations at three junior high schools, the research investigates how local wisdom values are integrated into teaching practices to cultivate students’ religious, social, and nationalistic character. The findings reveal that teachers employ contextual pedagogical strategies rooted in Malay-Sumatran traditions, Islamic values, and community-based activities, shaping a hybrid student identity one that intertwines national values with local cultural roots. This identity formation process demonstrates the strong potential of the Merdeka Curriculum as a medium for character education and national cohesion. The study recommends strengthening the integration of local content in curriculum design and reinforcing the teacher’s role as a mediator of national values through a local cultural len
Approximate Solutions of Bratu-Type Boundary Value Problems
Full text linkThe Bratu's equation is a strongly nonlinear second-order ordinary differential equation that arises in electrospinning process and models temperature distribution within a flame in combustion theory. Bratu-type equations are used to simulate the ignition of flammable gases and flame propagation. In this paper, two methods are proposed to obtain highly accurate and reliable approximate solutions of Bratu-type boundary value problems. The first technique is a power series method which is based on the generalised Cauchy product that simplifies the difficulty associated with the nonlinear terms. Subsequently, explicit recurrence relations for the expansion coefficients of the series solutions are obtained. The second approach uses a twelfth-order second derivative backward differentiation formula that is implemented as a boundary value method. This numerical method is referred to as second derivative backward differentiation boundary value method. Three examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness, reliability, and accuracy of the proposed methods. The results obtained from both methods are in excellent agreement with the known exact solution. Comparison of the approximate and exact solutions shows that the proposed methods are reliable and accurate in solving a class of strongly nonlinear boundary value problems of Bratu-type
TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS OF CHOLERA DISEASE USING FRACTIONAL--ORDER MODEL
Full text linkTraditional epidemic models usually use integer-order derivatives, which often fail to capture inherent memory and hereditary effects involved in the transmission of diseases. This work presents a cholera model of fractional order that is formulated within the Atangana–Baleanu fractional derivative, which possesses a non-local and nonsingular kernel. The existence and uniqueness of the proposed model were analyzed uti lizing Banach’s and Krasnoselskii’s fixed point theorems, while the stability analysis results indicated that the disease-free equilibrium of the model is locally asymptotically stable if the basic reproduction number is less than unity. Numerical simulations are presented using the predictor–corrector scheme in the Atan gana–Baleanu framework, showing the significant impact of the fractional order on the system dynamics. Our results suggest that the memory-dependent transmission patterns exhibited by cholera are captured more exactly by the fractional-order formulation than its classical integer-order counterpart. Overall, this paper confirms the mathematical flexibility and improved realism of the Atangana–Baleanu fractional oper ator within the context of modeling cholera dynamics and further advances the theoretical developments underlying fractional epidemic modeling