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A Mathematical Model for
Estimating Retail Price Movements of Basic Fruit and
Vegetable Commodities Using Time Series Analysis by
Villaren M. Vibas & Avelina R. Raqueño |
Prices of basic agricultural
commodities in the market truly concern the entire populace
in a region or country. They directly affect the consumers,
farmers, traders, entrepreneurs, and even the government and
policymakers. Developing a mathematical model in relation to
the retail price movements of these basic agricultural
commodities could possibly help every concerned individual
with regard to economic matters as well as in planning the
future. Specifically, the study included basic commodities
such as fruits (banana and mango) and vegetables (tomato,
cabbage, and pechay) in the National Capital Region (NCR) of
the Philippines. The data were obtained from the Philippine
Statistics Authority (PSA) in coverage of ten (10) years,
from 2009 – 2018, while the time series modeling techniques
used, were the ARIMA, SARIMA, and ARIMAx. After undertaking
proper procedures and processes in developing the model, it
was found that each of the commodities investigated in the
study showed an increasing trend of monthly prices for a
ten-year period (2009-2018). In terms of estimating the
monthly retail prices of fruit commodities, ARIMAx (5, 2, 2,
x=mango) emerged as the finest model for banana and ARIMAX
(2, 2, 1, x=banana) for mango. For vegetable commodities, the
best model to use for estimating monthly prices of cabbage
was ARIMAX (3,2,1,x=pechay), SARIMA (1,1,1)(1,1,1)12 for
pechay and SARIMA (2,1,1)(2,1,1)12 for tomatoes. |
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The Chinese Development
Policies: An Empirical Analysis of Gross Domestic Product
Growth Rate & Human Development, from the Post-Independence
Regime to Xi Jinping’s Era by Matthew Boadie - Ampong |
The Chronicles of China in terms
of its domestic development, as well as other development
initiatives that transcend its territorial boundaries but
under its championship has created a burning discourse among
scholarships, experts, policy deciders and advisors at the
state, regional and international level. This call for an
empirical study on the various Chinese development policies
since its post-independence regime to the contemporaneous
leadership of President Xi Jinping. With this in mind, the
study focused on the internalization of China’s development
by finding the effect of its Gross Domestic Product growth
rate on the human development of Chinese citizens. The study
used Karl Pearson’s method of calculating for correlational
coefficient to make an empirical analysis. The empirical
result depicted, that there is a negative correlation between
Chinese Gross Domestic Product growth rate and its human
development. Based on this empirical outcome, the study
concluded that the rising Gross Domestic Product growth rate
of China does not have any significant effect on the lives of
Chinese citizens as hypothesized by the pro - Chinese
scholarships. |
06 - 15 |
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Quality of Life of NGOs’
Beneficiaries in Telangana by Dr.K.Balaraju |
This paper intends to measures
the quality of life of the beneficiaries adopted by
Non-governmental organizations. The specific objectives are
to understand the perceived QOL of NGOs’ beneficiaries in
various developmental blocks of Telangana state and analyze
the perceptions of the beneficiaries. The descriptive and
analytical research design is adopted to measure the quality
of life of the beneficiaries of the NGOs. Using stratified
disproportionate random sampling method ten NGOs were
selected from three developmental blocks (developed,
developing and underdeveloped) of Telangana state. It is
found that the beneficiaries who belongs to the developing
block are enjoying more quality of life in the majority
quality of life dimensions namely, “psychological being”,
“spiritual being”, “ physical belonging” “community becoming”
“leisure becoming” and “growth becoming” than other
developmental blocks of Telangana. In the developed block of
Telangana NGOs beneficiaries are enjoying more quality of
life in the dimensions namely “physical being” and “practical
becoming”. Interestingly in developed block beneficiaries are
not enjoying in dimensions like “leisure becoming” and
“growth becoming”. |
16 - 21 |
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Bacterial, Fungal, and
Protozoal Microflora of Hay by Ibadete Ismajli, Osman
Fetoshi, Albona Shala Abazi, Pajtim Bytyçi, Alban Hyseni and
Qendrim Ramshaj |
Herbivores feed on plant
structural carbohydrates such as lignin, cellulose, and
hemicellulose, which they are not able to utilize themselves
because of their inability to produce respective hydrolytic
enzymes. Therefore, symbiotic microorganisms are established
in their alimentary tracts that can hydrolyze these compounds
to generate energy for themselves, as well as for the host
animal. This study aimed to the qualitative determination of
bacterial, fungal and protozoal microflora in hay (dry grass)
harvested from the lowland meadow in Bradash village,
municipality of Podujeva. Based on the results, the number of
microflora represented differs in the first, second, and
third test. The number of microflora, bacteria, yeasts, and
molds has been low in the first test, respectively high in
the third test. |
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Brittle Experiment:
Dispute Resolution Practices of the Federal High Court and
the National Industrial Court of Nigeria by Monalisa, Kunle
Akindele |
The modern trends in settlement
of disputes are obviously tilting, or have actually already
heavily tilted towards the Alternative Dispute Resolution
mechanisms in preference over litigation, and the reasons are
quite apparent. The high cost of litigation in terms of
finance, time wasted, public divulgence of otherwise private
information, and the adversity that comes with heated
crossexamination of witnesses have collectively become the
bane of that method of settlement of disputes. In recognition
of the challenges litigation as a dispute resolution
mechanism is faced with, and in a smart attempt to eschew the
challenges, Courts in Nigeria and beyond, have adopted the
court-connected system of Alternative Dispute Resolution. The
Federal High Court and the National Industrial Court of
Nigeria have also joined the train by establishing Dispute
Resolution Centres within their premises. While these Centres
have a few similarities, the differences between them are
quite astounding. This paper therefore attempts a study of
the differences between the Dispute Resolution Centres – as
well as practice and procedures of the Federal High Court and
the National Industrial Court of Nigeria. What is immediately
discovered is that the Federal High Court’s ADR processes
allow for a wider spectrum of ADR mechanisms to be employed
in dispute resolution than the two-pronged approach of the
National Industrial Court of Nigeria. Also, while the Federal
High Court’s Dispute Resolution Centre has more autonomy to
run its affairs, that of the National Industrial Court of
Nigeria is more tied to the dictates and/or supervision of
the Head of that Court in all major dealings. Recommendations
are made at the end of the work. |
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Scrutinize Way of
Deliberative Low-Making Steps in Schools by Dr. Seema Mukhi |
The study focuses on the various
kinds of decisions made in schools both at classroom and
school level. Three schools were studied to understand the
nature of various kinds of decisions. A variety of decisions
like curriculum & pedagogy related, developing time-table,
deciding on uniform, forming rules, recruiting teachers,
utilising funds for the school and infrastructure related
decisions were observed taking place in schools. Combination
of observation, personal interviews and focus group
discussions with teachers, students, parents and members of
management was used to develop an understanding of students‟
current involvement in decision making processes as well as
their possible involvement in some decisions. The objective
is to identify a set of decisions which can be made through
involving students and if there are some decisions in which
involving students may not be necessary. Involving students
in decision making processes is seen as the first step to
initiate deliberation as these processes would require
different stakeholders to discuss and exchange reasons among
themselves. Having students involved in such processes, they
would have opportunities to practice the principles of
deliberation. It was found that all decisions mentioned above
can be made through involving students and they are also
observed in practice in these schools. Their degree of
involvement may vary but the possibility of their involvement
in every decision is quite plausible. |
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The Tiny Mankind of
Civic India: Urban Needy Youth by Sona Deshpande |
This paper is an attempt to shed
light into the vulnerable conditions of urban deprived
children (across four major Indian states- Maharashtra, West
Bengal, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh) - a population
characteristic of the growing urban setting in India. This
paper is based on secondary review of existing literature on
urban deprived and/or vulnerable children across key
indicators- Living conditions, health, education and
protection. Brief assessment of existing policies targeted at
this population forms the final body of the paper. |
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