Job Strain and Well-being of Teaching Professionals: An Empirical Investigation

The aim of the current study was to examine job strain and well-being in a group of male and female teaching professionals. The main objectives of the current study were to (i) Examine the difference between male teachers with low job strain and female teachers with low job strain on general well-being. (ii) Examine the difference between male teachers with high job strain and female teachers with high job strain on general well-being. (iii) Examine the difference between male teachers with low job strain and male teachers with high job strain on general well-being and (iv) Examine the difference between female teachers with low job strain and female teachers with high job strain on general well-being. A sample of 100 senior secondary teachers were selected from one of the Central Universities at Aligarh City using convenience sampling method of 32 were male and 58 were female teachers. The measures used were PGI Well-being scale (Moudgil et al, 1986) and Job Strain Questionnaire (Singh, 1989). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics like mean and SD and inferential statistics like t-test. The findings of the current work indicate that mental health of males is better than of their female counterparts. The findings also indicate that high job strain effects the mental health of both the groups and male teachers are influenced more than females on their well-beings. Finally, significant difference was not found between the mean scores of female teachers with low job strain and high job strain on their general well-being. The study has implications for stress management programs for the teachers at senior secondary level to enhance their well-being and specific job related performanc

Future Community-Based Ecotourism (CBET) development

Ecotourism is an alternative form of tourism and is usually confused with natural and cultural tourism.CBET is fast becoming a popular biodiversity conservation tool that develops and benefits the local community. Based on the context of conservation theory and practice, Community-Based Ecotourism (CBET) is a form of community-based natural resource management. However, a sustainable CBET development through Community Capacity Building (CCB)programs is not something that it easily achievable. Local community’s capacity varies from one culture to another. It takes a high level of community participation, in order for it to come to a level where the community members themselves are motivated to participate and contribute to the development of the program. This fully qualitative research involved 15 respondents from the community of Kg. Selai, Bekok in Johor, Malaysia. The result show there are five factors that sustained the ecotourism development based for Orang Asli Community in Kg. Selai, namely, existing CBET development, past CBET development, local community participation in planning stage of tourism, local participation in implementation stage of tourism and participation in nature conservation

A New Consistency Validation Approach to Enhance the Quality of Functional Security Requirements for Secure Software

Quality security requirements contribute to the success of secure software development. However, the process of eliciting security requirements is tedious and complex. It also requires requirements engineers to have security experience in the process of eliciting consistent security requirements from the clients-stakeholders. Most of the requirements engineers faced problems in eliciting consistent security compliance requirements from the clients-stakeholders as they misunderstood the real needs and the security term used. Thus, this resulted to inconsistent security requirements being elicited. The inconsistency leads to incorrect and insecure software systems being developed as well as to disruptions of schedule and increase of a project's expenditure. Motivated by these problems, this study is aimed to propose a new approach for consistency validation of functional security requirements. Here, security requirements specifications will be collected from software vendors to analyse the flow of functional security requirements process. Next, visual differencing will be integrated to cross-validate the consistency of the elicited functional security requirements with the best-practise template. Here, security requirements best-practice template pattern library will be designed and a new mathematical formulation that defines the consistency validation rules of security requirements will also be constructed. The formulation will be based on the security-related semi-formalised model, called SecEssential Use Case (SecEUC).This approach will then be realised with a proof of concept prototype tool and will be compared with the existing approaches, focusing on its ability to validate the inconsistency of the functional security requirements. Finally, this study is believed could provide a positive impact to the software industry by reducing the development cost as it allows the requirements engineers to validate the inconsistency that occurs in the elicited security compliance requirements at the early stage of the secure software development

Peningkatan Kemampuan Menulis Percakapan melalui Metode Latihan Siswa Kelas IV SD Negeri 003 Bangkinang Kecamatan Bangkinang Kabupaten Kampar

This study was conducted because of the students\u27 writing ability is low. It can be seen (1) student mastery of the material is still less taught, it can be seen from the results of the daily tests carried out and the value of the majority of the semester students are below the Minimum Criteria for completeness (KKM) is 35.3% while that, which should KKM in the classroom at least 70%, (2) students are less active in the subjects presented, it is seen from the activities of children who tend to just quietly listening to the teacher deliver material without responding, and (3) low ability students in writing a text conversation simple in grade IV elementary School District 003 Bangkinang Bangkinang District of Kampar. Of the 34 students, only 12 people who can write a good text conversation with. The method used in this study is action research. The results showed an increase in the teaching of writing essays conversation with the application of training methods. Based on the research results, it could be concluded towards this research is to improve the ability to write a conversation with the training methods Elementary School fourth grade students Bangkinang 003 Bangkinang District of Kampar district. Average student at the beginning of the test were categorized with an average value of 63.2, and in the first cycle increased to 71.8 with the high category, while the second cycle of the average ability of students categorized as good with an average value of 89.4. completeness in terms of number of students who completed the student reaches 94.12% or 32 of 34 students. From the data on the increase in capacity and the number of students who achieve mastery KKM then exercise techniques proven to improve the ability to write the conversation. Thus the research hypothesis that reads "Improved Ability to write conversations with students training methods fourth grade 003 State Bangkinang Bangkinang District of Kampar district" may be "acceptable"

Haunted histories and ambiguous burial grounds in Iraqi Kurdistan

As part of a wider research project that documents site-specific oral history associated with caves and cemeteries among the rapidly changing populations of Iraqi Kurdistan, the present study analyses oral histories and traditions concerning one particular graveyard. Reputed to be the burial site of seventh century Muslim conquerors, this graveyard is concomitantly preserved by taboo and subject to transgressive acts. This article discusses the anachronisms that underpin the cemetery’s reputation, the aetiological functions of the local lore and the shifting significance of the memorial space in relation to current events. As the region faces the menace of the self-declared Islamic State, this cemetery has become a locus for reconsidering allegiances and identities with regard to the past and present

Campur Kode Dalam Ceramah Majelis Taklim Masjid As-sakinah Pekanbaru

This study discusses the mixed code is contained in the lecture taklim Masjid As-Sakinah Pekanbaru. This study aimed to describe code-mixing in the form of words, phrases, clauses, and the driving factors behind code-mixing in taklim Masjid As-Sakinah Pekanbaru. Helpful research theoretically and practically. This study is a qualitative research and descriptive method. Techniques used in data collection in this study is a technique to record and log techniques. The data have been collected and analyzed by several stages of data inventory, classify the data, describing data, and summarize the results of research. This research data is sourced from a document recording delivered peceramah taklim Masjid As-Sakinah Pekanbaru. From the research that has been done, the researchers found 215 data. Data that is 153 words, 41 Data phrase, and 21 klausa.Jadi the data, the data most is the word .. Based on the results of this study concluded that the language used in the code-mixing speaker when bercemarah is Indonesian and Minang. Speakers use the language because of the audience more Minang Minangkabau ethnic group, so that the audience will more easily understand the lectures delivered. In the lecture, speakers should pay attention to code-mixing spoken to avoid the occurrence of misunderstanding on the listener

Does allicin combined with vitamin B-complex have superior potentials than alpha-tocopherol alone in ameliorating lead acetate-induced Purkinje cell alterations in rats? An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study

Background: The current article aims to explore the protective potentials of α-tocopherol alone and the combination of allicin and vitamin B-complex against lead-acetate neurotoxicity on the cerebellar cortex. Materials and methods: Forty rats were divided into four groups (n = 10). Group 1 was the control group; Group 2 received 10 mg/kg body weight (BW) of lead acetate; Group 3 was exposed to 10 mg/kg BW of lead acetate plus a combination of allicin (100 mg/kg BW) and vitamin B-complex (40 mg/kg BW); Group 4 was administered lead acetate (10 mg/kg BW) and α-tocopherol (100 mg/kg BW). The animals received the treatment for 60 days by oral gavage. All the groups were studied ultrastructurally and immunohistochemically with glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). Results: The affected groups revealed shrunken and degenerated Purkinje cells with irregular nuclei. The cytoplasm comprised several lysosomes, unhealthy mitochondria, and dilated Golgi saccules. The myelinated nerve fibres demonstrated breaking of the myelin sheaths, apparent vacuoles, and broad axonal spaces. Immunohistochemically, there was a tremendous surge in GFAP-positive astrocytes in the lead acetate-treated group. These histological and ultrastructural variations were ameliorated by the administration of a-tocopherol and the combination of allicin and vitamin B complex. Moreover, an apparent decrease in the number of GFAP-positive astrocytes was obvious in the protected groups. Conclusions: Although both a-tocopherol and the combination of allicin and vitamin B-complex can be used as possible adjuvant therapies to ameliorate nervous system ailments attributable to lead acetate, α-tocopherol showed more protective potential