This paper presents a novel estimate of Indian household balance sheet (HBS) starting from 1970-71 to 2017-18 and studies the evolution of Indian household finance in an international context.

Based on the empirical data of two sociological studies conducted in accordance with the uniform methodology using the personal questionnaire method in April 2012 and May 2018 (almost immediately after the election of the President of the Russian Federation), the article analyzes the structure of values of Russian urban voters, influencing their attitude to participation in the presidential elections and to the competing candidates, as well as the nature of the changes that took place in the structure during 6 years. The socio-economic and socio-political conditions in Russia in 2012 and in 2018 and their influence on the structure of values of urban voters are considered in the article. The article reveals the reasons why the fewer urban voters participated in the elections and a much larger number of them voted for Vladimir Putin when the economic situation of voters deteriorated in 2012 compared to 2018. It is revealed that within the framework of the “materialistic” value structure of urban voters, the value of material wealth does not play a significant role when voters choose the future development of Russia. The value of unselfish patriotism and family is in the first place. The difficult political conditions in Russia in 2018 gave the voters patriotism a militant character that was absent in 2012.

The current study adopted a longitudinal design to investigate 105 EFL teachers' belief change after a three-month teaching practicum. Pre-test and post-test questionnaires were administered before and after the practicum. Repeated measures and t-test data analyses were used to examine differences across different aspects of beliefs, and differences of teachers' beliefs before and after the practicum. Further content analyses of interview and reflective journals were conducted to find out the change and its potential factors.

This paper examines the changes in Filipino immigrants’ perceptions about themselves and of Americans before and after coming to the United States. Filipinos have a general perception of themselves as an ethnic group. They also have perceptions about Americans whose media products regularly reach the Philippines. Eleven Filipinos who have permanently migrated to the US were interviewed about their perceptions of Filipinos and Americans. Before coming to the US, they saw themselves as hardworking, family-oriented, poor, shy, corrupt, proud, adaptable, fatalistic, humble, adventurous, persevering, gossipmonger, and happy. They described Americans as rich, arrogant, educated, workaholic, proud, powerful, spoiled, helpful, boastful, materialistic, individualistic, talented, domineering, friendly, accommodating, helpful, clean, and kind. Most of the respondents changed their perceptions of Filipinos and of Americans after coming to the US. They now view Filipinos as having acquired American values or “Americanized.” On the other hand, they stopped perceiving Americans as a homogenous group possessing the same values after they got into direct contact with them. The findings validate social perception and appraisal theory, and symbolic interaction theory.

A previous study commissioned by the League of Cities of the Philippines and funded by the United Nations Environment Programme showed that Sorsogon, an emerging city in the Philippines, does not possess enough data to enact sound policies that balance economic growth and environmental sustainability. To help the city make quality policy decisions, the author designed a knowledge management framework that city leaders can use. The said framework was based on the classic works of Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995) and Davenport and Prusak (1998), as well as publications of the Asian Productivity Organization on knowledge management in the public sector. The author also provided examples of specific strategies that Sorsogon City can use to operationalize the framework.

the present study deals with a more detailed, and updated, modified model that allows for the identification of internet usage patterns by gender. The model was modified due to the development of the internet and new access models, on the one hand, and to the fact that previous studies mainly focuses on various individual (non-interactive) influences of certain factors, on the other. The Decision Tree (DT) method, which is used in our study, does not require a pre-defined underlying relationship. In addition, the method allows a great many explanatory variables to be processed and the most important variables are easy to identify. Obtained results can serve as to web developers and designers, since by indicating the differences between male and female internet users in terms of their behaviour on the internet it can help in deciding when, where and how to address and appeal to which section of the user base. It is especially important to know their online preferences in order to enable the adequate and targeted placement of information, actions or products and services for the intended target groups.

The aim of this paper is to epitomize on the outcomes of the skill gap questionnaire of Management Information Systems (MIS) alumni from Ahlia University, Bahrain. This study evaluated the importance of the job skills and the skill gaps which are associated with 58 technical and non-technical (soft) skills. These skills were assembled into five classifications in relevance with prior literature. The outcomes of this study can help instructors in the MIS programs of the higher education institutions to improve the MIS curricula, hence the programs, as per the current needs of MIS graduates.

The present study examines a sample of 220 pieces of news related to human evolution, written in Spanish and published over a period of two years, both in digital and print media. The aim of this study is to assess the rigour and coherence of the information in the news in our sample with the scientific knowledge on the Theory of Evolution. To this end, errors and the incorrect use of concepts related to Biological Evolution are identified; classified according to criteria resulting from the review of previous studies and finally, the frequency of errors identified in news published in print media is compared with that identified in digital media. The results presented allow us to highlight the significantly high frequency of errors in the news analysed and the most frequent error categories. Results are discussed within the frame of the important role of dissemination of information played by scientific journalism in the processes of knowledge dissemination, in this case, related to human evolution

This study illuminates how Israelis define and treat the Japanese term kawaii

Creative abstract imagination is important in creativity. We propose a five Cs creativity model. 3Cs from individual creativity and 2Cs from organizational structure.

Albay province in the Philippines is beset by multiple climatic and geologic hazards, but it has largely managed to stick to its zero-casualty goals during disasters. In fact, many international organizations have hailed the provincial government’s highly effective disaster risk response and management (DRRM). Through interviews, focus group discussions, and document analysis, the researchers sought to know the reasons for Albay’s success. Six strategies were discovered: (1) making DRRM a goal, (2) ordaining policies on DRRM, (3) building institutions related to DRRM, (4) providing an adequate budget for DRRM, (5) implementing DRRM programs and projects, and (6) forging partnerships with other DRRM stakeholders. Recommendations on how other provinces can replicate the Albay system are provided.

Background: Service quality is an important dimension for examining value of hospitals. Satisfaction of patients from the available service quality determines the overall value of a hospital. The increasing emphasis of services in hospitals and patients satisfaction has called for providing improved service which yields more satisfaction. Aims & Objectives: The aim of the study was to develop and validate a questionnaire that measures service quality and patients satisfaction in hospitals. Material & Methods: A self structured questionnaire containing 29 items was initially developed and was subjected to scrutiny by the experts to access the content validity of the questionnaire. A total of 200 patients responded to the service quality and satisfaction scale. The reliability of the scale was determined by Coefficient of Cronbach’s α. Exploratory factor analysis was used to test the validity of the scale and further the hypothetical model was evaluated by structural equation modelling for adequacy of goodness-of-fit to sample data. Result: The resultant outcome showed that the proposed model was a good fit. Conclusion: The result concludes that the conceptualised domain of service quality and patients satisfaction could be measured successfully through the use of the 18 item instrument developed in this study.

The literature on interpersonal conflict management is already extensive and theories have been forwarded since the 1960s. However, these theories were created with proximal couples in mind. They do not address the situation of partners in long-distance relationships (LDRs). Thus, a grounded theory study was done among 10 Filipinos in LDRs. They were individually interviewed for about an hour per session and the interviews were transcribed. The transcriptions were then subjected to open coding, which yielded 18 open codes. During the selective coding, these were pared down to five categories. Their relationships were identified during the theoretical coding, which resulted in a grounded theory on conflict management in LDRs. This theory posits that the reason for the LDR; long-term relationship plans; communication practices; and the values, behaviors, and other attributes of the couple all shape long-distance conflicts. The computer-mediated communication technologies used by the long-distance couples were factors in relational maintenance.

The report presents both quantitative and qualitative date indicating factors affecting use of female condom among youths in Migori County, Kenya. Quantitative data was analyzed using SPSS version 23 and qualitative data was analyzed using N- Vivo version 11. Tables were used to present the results. Significant results were reported at p value < 0.05. The study used a mixed method study design

Measurement model of an instrument of sources of Self-efficacy for Mathematics to the Mexican population and to test it, as well as the invariance of the measurement model in men and women.

The technology of interactive learning is one of personality-oriented technologies which provide self-determination and self-regulation of the student as a language personality. These technologies are based on using various methodological strategies and techniques for modelling situations to solve communicative problems jointly. The urgency of the problem is the fact that modern methods of a foreign language teaching have been switching from a communicative approach to an interactive approach. The latter is focused on a broader interaction of students both with the teacher and each other. The task is teaching to use the language through the interaction of people with different levels of language command and cognitive activity by overcoming the “cognitive conflict”.

Due to Modern science and technology, rural house would sources income are changing. This research investigates the non farm income on agriculture productivity in Pakistan. we took data from Pakistan social and living standards measurement survey 2017-2018. Heckman's two step procedure has been used to tackle the endogeneity and selection bias. First phase of the probit regression coefficient indicates and another phase OLS regression exhibits.

A less time-consuming method named Modified z-test is suggested here as an alternative to one-way ANOVA (completely randomized design) to test hypothesis manually for three or four samples with unequal and equal sample size respectively. Two illustrations taking sets of Microsoft Excel generated random numbers are solved with Modified z-test. Six assumptions of this suggested method are listed. Computed statistics and critical values according to this method and according to completely randomized design are compared and found to be significantly not different.