IOSR-JHSS   Volume-26 ~ Issue-5 ~ May 2021

Abstract: Background: Tribal population in the Indian state of Kerala experience lot of deprivations which gets reflected in persisting vulnerabilities, particularly in their health status. Additionally, tribes in Kerala are susceptible to a genetic disease named sickle cell disease which cause premature death. Enhancement in the material, psychosocial conditions of life and primary health care facilities can improve the health and survival of sickle cell patients. The tribal people who are prone to sickle cell disease are weak in their socio-economic condition culminating in health-related vulnerability which succumbs them to untimely death. The study against this background examines the health-related vulnerability among the sickle cell patients and analyses the relative importance of demographic and socio-economic factors in determining vulnerability......

Key words: Health-related vulnerabilities, Sickle cell disease, tribal communities

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Abstract: The study examines how the International policy (Positive Discipline's) interaction with local conditions influenced children's access to education in Eswatini. The International policy and Child rights Based Policies Mediation conceptual framework and Raw's (1971) Theory of Justice theoretical framework were used. One family was observed and eight children were sampled through convenient purposive sampling. The interaction between local conditions and international policies were observed. Content analysis was used to analyse the data. The findings indicated that international policies' interaction with local conditions led to practices which negatively influenced students' learning. Indigenous knowledge was destabilised and left the family without strong centre of authority. It concluded that International policies are recognised but crafted within the context-neutral mindset which failed people to recognise local realities. It is recommended that policies need to be contextualised and their inappropriate structures be questioned to enhance children's access to education.

Keywords: Decolonising, Deconstructing Policies, Education

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Abstract: This study ascertained the effect of Value Added Tax on Economic Development in Nigeria from 1994-2018. Two hypotheses were formulated in line with the objective of the study. Time seriesresearch design was adopted and the data for the study were obtained from CBN statistical bulletin, Federal Inland Revenue bulletin and Joint tax board bulletin for the period under study. Pearson coefficient of correlation and simple regression analysis were applied for the test of the hypotheses formulated with aid of E-Views 9.0 statistical software. Findings showed that Value Added Tax has a positive and statistically significant relationship with economic development (proxy by Gross Domestic Product and Total Government Revenue) at 5% significant level. Based on these findings, the study recommends among others that Government should therefore put in place measures to enhance productivity so as to increase the contribution of VAT to economic growth and development in Nigeria.

Key Words: Taxation, Value Added Tax, Economic Development, Gross Domestic Product

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Abstract: Despite several studies on strategic marketing, government policy and firm size have not been used as moderating variables in relation to strategic marketing and performance in Nigeria Insurance industry. Hence, this study investigated investigate the combined moderating effect of government policy and firm size on the relationship between strategic marketing practices and performance of selected Insurance companies in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopted cross-sectional survey research design. The total population of the study was 1,980 management staff of the selected insurance companies operating in Lagos State, Nigeria. A sample size of 731 was obtained using Krejcie and Morgan table. Proportionate stratified sampling techniques was adopted to select the respondents. A structured questionnaire was adapted and validated for data collection. Data were analysed using inferential (hierarchical regression) statistics.......

KEY WORDS: Firm Size, Government policy, Performance, Strategic marketing practices.

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Abstract: Bakground: Era 4.0 shows all web-based activities, making it more efficient and effective at work. South Bandung Livestock Cooperative (so called KPBS) Pangalengan, Bandung, West Jawa, Indonesia, which is engaged in milk processing, is trying to implement Milk Collection Point Mobile (MCPM ), a system that makes it easier for employees to calculate milk deposits from breeders. To implement this MCPM, employees need to be given training first.........

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Abstract: Background: The analysis of Idealized Cognitive Models (ICMs) has received growing interest since the emergence of Cognitive Linguistics in the last quarter of the 20th century, and the further development of Cognitive Stylistics. These theoretical backgrounds allow researchers to explore metaphors and metonymies from a cognitive perspective, shedding light onto literary genres that had been previously left outside the scope of multiple analysis on semantics. On the other hand, American Rock Songs are examples of near-poetry that tackle abstract concepts like "love" which are prone to the creation of ICMs. Thus, the aim of this paper is to analyze the ICMs in two American Rock songs.......

Keywords: Idealized Cognitive Model; Metaphor; Metonymy; Semantics; American Rock; Cognitive Linguistics.

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Abstract: Background: Background: African Christian identity is in crisis. The exponential numerical growth of the religion that bears the Name of Christ presents itself with an image that is basically blended with elements of tenets of religions with which it hascontended in the continent. Three main religions that have painted the African landscape for a period spanning over a century include African Traditional Religions, Islam, and Christianity. These have contributed to how Christianity is identified in Africa today. Arrival of Christianity to the African soil during the European missionary expeditiondid not mark its first interaction with a different culture. The birth of historic Christianity was itself within a cultural context, and it was not long until it had to deal with the Greco-Roman culture before scaling cultures of the very missionaries who conveyed it to Africa. But in Africa, it has been depicted in various forms such as prompting the question of their authenticity. This study recognizes the existence ofAfrican Christian identity problem, and traces it to syncretic tendencies that grew from gaps left by Western missionaries......

Key Words: Authentic, Contextualization, Historic, Syncretism.

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