Social Sciences and Humanities

This study examined the term “‘umran” introduced by Ibn Khaldun in his Muqaddimah in the 14th Century A.D. with the aim to identify the real meaning of the term through different studies made by Muslim scholars. The discussion begins with the contants of the Muqaddimah as understood by the Muslim scholars, followed by an analysis and comparision between `umran, `asabiyyah, and dawlah, which of the three is the main focus of the Muqaddimah.

Water demand projections (WDPs) are widely used for future water resource planning. Accurate WDPs can reduce waste or scarcity associated with over development or under development of water resources. Considering that the projection period of some WDPs have now passed, this paper examines how closely such past projected withdrawals match current water withdrawals to identify lessons that can be learned and strengthen future studies on WDPs. Six WDPs conducted before 1990 and seven conducted after 1990 are analyzed in detail.

Over the years, livestock breeding especially cattle ranching is considered as one of the major economic activity that has contributed to modernise and improve on the traditional system of breeding. Due to increasing demand of cattle and its by-products, there was absolute need to transform the sector in order to perk up the quality and quantity of cattle production. Thus, this paper seeks to examine how cattle ranching is percieved as a mechanism to boost livestock production.

En métamorphosant la réalité, l’écrivain, intervient dans la modification de la perception usuelle des choses au monde, au point de les présenter sous un aspect personnel. C’est ainsi que l’auteur a recours à des procédés pour s’exprimer avec un relent d’innovation. Cela étant, il advient que son écriture s’en ressent au niveau de l’expression, où un effort particulier est fait pour donner un cachet original à l’œuvre.

During the years school performance management has become an important issue in many countries. As performance measurement plays an important role in the management of secondary school. This document shows an understanding of how schools measure its performance, report it and use it for improvement purposes.

The techniques of measuring service quality and its dimensions have become a major area in marketing. The purpose of this research paper has been to examine the impacts of quality service on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty which using internet broadband services in Viet Nam. This paper used qualitative research conducted through discussions with 30 consumers, and quantitative research conducted through direct interviews with 548 consumers.

In this article, we approach the concept ofimplied reader by Wolfgang Iser to converse with Kafka on the Shore by the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami and Lessons for a Dead Hareby the Peruvian-Mexican writer Mario Bellatin. We are interested in reflecting about the mechanisms that the empirical reader performs as soon as the roles of the implied reader are assumed in these indeterminate works, provoking multiple empty spaces.

A great and huge deflection exists between the American and Chinese mores as to foundationalphilosophical hypothesizes, epochal effects, financial systems, business tactics and, innumerable business-linked commentaries and conceptions. Thesediscrepancies lead to make a great challenging start for business negotiations between these two nations.

The phenomenon of population aging has begun to bring the need for research in this field, since the issue of violence against the elders is not a new event; it is a growing challenge along with this age group. Responding to the call of the World Health Organization, this study aimed to give visibility to the reality of João Pessoa - PB, through the database of denunciations made in the period 2014-2016 to the Municipal Council for the Elder’s Rights.

Instructional material is apreeminent factor toward academic performance. It is remarkable for the teacher to develop instructional material to guide the student in their academic performance. With the presence of this instructional material, thelearning process can be fun because of the healthy exchange of information from the student and teacher. The research method that was used in this study is amixed method, thirty-four (34) students were identified based on the random sampling from thefirst year to fourth year IT Students.