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Title of article: The effect of electronic service quality and theory of planned behavior on behavioral intention: A case on AliExpress

Date of Retraction: 11 April 2023

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Abstract: Body size is a correlate of copulation duration in Centrobolus. I tested for the presence of a relationship between moments of inertia and precipitation, relative humidity, and temperature in C. digrammus (n=6), C. fulgidus (n=11), C. inscriptus (n=88, 56+41), C. ruber (n=18). Male moments of inertia correlated significantly with precipitation (r=0.85, Z score=1.77, n=5, p<0.01). Female moments of inertia correlated significantly with precipitation (r=0.94, Z score=2.41, n=5, p<0.01). Moments of inertia were correlated with precipitation (r=0.79, Z score=2.82, n=10, p<0.01). Male moments of inertia marginally correlated with lowest precipitation (r=0.79, Z score=1.53, n=5, p=0.06). Female moments of inertia correlated significantly with lowest precipitation (r=0.90, Z score=2.09, n=5, p=0.02). Moments of inertia were correlated with lowest precipitation (r=0.75, Z score=2.57, n=10, p<0.01). Male moments of inertia marginally correlated with highest precipitation (r=0.89, Z score=2.01, n=5, p=0.02). Female moments of inertia marginally correlated significantly with highest precipitation (r=0.74, Z score=1.34, n=5, p=0.09). Moments of inertia were correlated with highest precipitation (r=0.71, Z score=2.33, n=10, p<0.01). Male moments of inertia were marginally correlated with months with the highest number of rainy days (r=0.75, Z score=1.38, n=5, p=0.08). Female moments of inertia correlated significantly with months with the highest number of rainy days (r=0.88, Z score=1.93, n=5, p=0.03). Moments of inertia were marginally correlated with months with the highest number of rainy days (r=0.72, Z score=2.41, n=10, p<0.01). Male moments of inertia were correlated with months with the lowest number of rainy days (r=0.86, Z score=1.81, n=5, p=0.03). Female moments of inertia correlated significantly with months with the lowest number of rainy days (r=0.91, Z score=2.13, n=5, p=0.02). Moments of inertia were significantly correlated with months with the lowest number of rainy days (r=0.78, Z score=2.74, n=10, p<0.01). Male moments of inertia were correlated with lowest relative humidity (r=-0.94, Z score=-2.41, n=5, p<0.01). Female moments of inertia correlated significantly with lowest relative humidity (r=-0.94, Z score=-2.42, n=5, p<0.01). Moments of inertia were significantly correlated with lowest relative humidity (r=-0.82, Z score=-3.08, n=10, p<0.01). Male moments of inertia were correlated with average temperature (r=0.95, Z score=2.63, n=5, p<0.01). Female moments of inertia correlated significantly with average temperature (r=0.96, Z score=2.69, n=5, p<0.01). Moments of inertia were significantly correlated with average temperatures (r=0.84, Z score=3.22, n=10, p<0.01). Larger species were suspected to be more inert during rainfall depending on temperature.

Keywords: Arthropods, body size, Centrobolus, precipitation.

Title: THE MOMENTS OF INERTIA TIE-UP WITH PRECIPITATION, NUMBER OF RAINY DAYS, LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN RED MILLIPEDES CENTROBOLUS COOK, 1897

Author: M. Cooper

International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD)

Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2022 - June 2022

Page No: 130-145

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Published Date: 18-June-2022

Abstract: Body size is a correlate of copulation duration in Centrobolus. I tested for the presence of a relationship between sexual size dimorphism (SSD) and moments of inertia in C. fulgidus (n=11), C. inscriptus (n=88, 56+41), and C. ruber (n=18). Male moments of inertia correlated significantly with SSD (r=-0.99, Z score=-2.62, n=4, p<0.01). Females' moments of inertia did not. Larger males were suspected to be more competitive.

Keywords: Arthropods, body size, Centrobolus, sexual dimorphism.

Title: THE MOMENTS OF INERTIA TIE-UP WITH SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM IN RED MILLIPEDES CENTROBOLUS COOK, 1897

Author: M. Cooper

International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD)

Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2022 - June 2022

Page No: 127-129

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Published Date: 17-June-2022

Abstract: Mathematics is an art of giving the same name to different things (Henri Poincare). Properties of commonly occurring physical and abstract spaces are often generalized using Metric Spaces. This is by building some Mathematical framework into them. This work is one in a series of papers derived from the doctoral dissertation which was based on the formalization of Metric Topological Space in the milieu of Legal Jurisprudence; a Metric Topological Space (called MTS) in which the points are bodies of evidence with the concept of nearness of points defining the evidence clearly stipulated, thus determining an earliest systematic and Mathematical approach to Jurimetrics in the recent times.

Keywords: Mathematical framework, Jurimetrics, Metric Topological Space (called MTS),.

Title: A JOURNEY INTO MATHEMATICAL JURIMETRICS

Author: Professor Nnamuchi O. E., Professor C.S. Moore

International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD)

Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2022 - June 2022

Page No: 122-126

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Published Date: 11-June-2022

Abstract: On the first month of the year January 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs divulges the iPhone a touchscreen portable phone with an iPod, camera and Web browsing capabilities, among other features at the Macworld tradition in San Francisco. Jobs, dressed in his standard pants and dark deride turtleneck, called the iPhone a revolutionary and mysterious item that's actually five a long time ahead of any other portable phone.” When it went on deal within the Joined together States six months afterward, on June 29, in the midst of colossal buildup, thousands of clients lined up at Apple stores across the nation to be among the primary to buy an iPhone.

Keywords: Apple, Steve Jobs and iPhone.

Title: Marketing Management Theory and Method Apple's iPhone Launch: A Case Study in Effective Marketing

Author: Frederick Larbi

International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD)

Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2022 - June 2022

Page No: 113-121

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Published Date: 08-June-2022

Abstract: The Tropical Conservativism Hypothesis and Biogeographical Conservativism Hypothesis were tested in Southern African millipedes. Latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) was measured in the  Centrobolinae Hoffman, 1980, Chilognatha Latreille, 1802, Colobognatha Brandt, 1834, Dalodesmidea Hoffman, 1980, Diplopoda Gervais, 1844, Eugnatha Attems, 1898, Harpagophoridae Attems, 1909, Harpagophoridae nomum nudem, Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887, Juliformia Attems, 1926, Julomorphidae Verhoeff, 1924, Merocheta Cook, 1895, Oniscomorpha Pocock, 1887, Polydesmida Leach, 1815, Polyzoniida Gervais, 1844, Sphaerotheriida Brandt, 1833, Sphaerotheriinae Brandt, 1833, Spinitarsus Attems, 1909a, Spirobolida Bollman, Spiroboloidea Sylvestri, 1896, Spirostreptida Brandt, 1833 and Trigoniulidea Brölemann, 1913 to distinguish between the two hypotheses. There was a significant correlation between the number of species and latitudinal degrees away from the equator in Centrobolinae (r=-0.91, r²=0.83, n=35, p<0.01), Chilognatha (r=-0.87, Z score=-3.25, n=9, p<0.01), Colobognatha (r=-0.86, Z score=-2.92, n=8, p<0.01), Dalodesmidae (r=-0.78, Z score=-2.11, n=121, p=0.02), Diplopoda (r=-0.87, Z score=-3.24, n=9, p<0.01), Eugnatha (r=-0.85, Z score=-3.10, n=9, p<0.01), Harpagophoridae (r=-0.86, Z score=-2.90, n=8, p<0.01) (r=-0.68, Z score=-1.85, n=8, p=0.03), Helminthomorpha (r=-0.85, Z score=-3.09, n=9, p<0.01), Juliformia (r=-0.94, Z score=-3.99, n=8, p<0.01), Julomorphidae (r=-0.89, Z score=-2.02, n=8, p=0.02), Merocheta (r=-0.83, Z score=-2.68, n=8, p<0.01), Oniscomorpha (r=-0.86, r²=0.75, n=47, p<0.01), Polydesmida (r=-0.83, Z score=-2.68, n=8, p<0.01), Polyzoniida (r=-0.87, Z score=-2.97, n=8, p<0.01), Sphaerothriida (r=-0.86, r²=0.75, n=47, p<0.01), Sphaerotheriinae (r=-0.87, r²=0.76, n=46, p<0.01), Sphaerotheriini (r=-0.87, r²=0.76, n=46, p<0.01), Spinotarsus (r=-0.61, Z score=-1.41, n=8, p=0.08), Spirobolida (r=-0.82, r²=0.68, n=38, p<0.01), Spiroboloidea (r=-0.82, r²=0.68, n=38, p<0.01), and Spirostrepstida (r=-0.93, Z score=-3.78, n=8, p<0.01). An evolutionary preference for temperate environments appearing to have led to climatic constraints on dispersal based on precipitation seasonality gradients and predation was questioned.

Keywords: diversity, gradient, latitude, richness, species.

Title: The inverse latitudinal gradients in species richness of Southern African millipedes

Author: Mark I. Cooper

International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD)

Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2022 - June 2022

Page No: 91-112

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Published Date: 04-June-2022

Abstract: Mating frequencies and copulation duration were assessed in sympatric red millipedes of the genus Centrobolus across the ground and tree substrata early and late in a season. There was a correlation between male and female mating frequencies of C. anulatus and C. inscriptus and copulation durations (r=0.72, Z-score=2.02, n=8, p=0.02). There was a correlation between male and female mating frequencies and copulation durations recorded late (r=0.83, Z score=2.64, n=8, p<0.01), on the ground late (r=0.93, Z score=3.74, n=8, p<0.01), and in the trees late (r=0.89, Z score=3.13, n=8, p<0.01). This suggested copulation duration is seasonal when mating frequencies were controlled. 

Keywords: duration; frequency; ratio, size; species.

Title: Do copulation durations of sympatric red millipedes vary seasonally with mating frequencies?

Author: Mark I. Cooper

International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD)

Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2022 - June 2022

Page No: 85-90

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Published Date: 04-June-2022

Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to obtain the numerical solution of linear Volterra and Fredholm integral equations by using Haar wavelet collocation method. Specifically, a numerical solution of the second kind of LinearVolterra and Fredholm integral equations has been discussed.This equation cannot be easily evaluated analytically. As a result,an efficient numerical technique has been applied to find the solution which is indeed an approximate solution. In this paper,The Haar wavelet collocation methodis used to transform linear Volterra and Fredholm integral equations in to a system of linear algebraic equations. The resulting systems of algebraic equations are solved by using Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting to compute the Haar coefficients. The presented method is verified by means of different problems, where theoretical results are numerically confirmed. The numerical results of six test problems, for which the exact solutionsare known,are considered to verify the accuracy and the efficiency of the proposed method. The numerical results are compared with the exact solutions and the performance of the Haar wavelet collocation methodis demonstrated by calculating the error norm and maximum absolute errors for different number collocation points. The computational cost of the proposed methods is analyzed by examples and the error analysis is done by Haar wavelet collocation method numerically. The convergence of the Haar wavelet collocation methodis ensured at higher level resolution (J).The numerical results show that the method is applicable, accurate and efficient. Most of computations are performed using MATLAB R2015asoftware.

Keywords:  Integral equations; system of algebraic equations; Haar wavelets; collocation method.

Title: Haar Wavelet Collocation Method for Solving Linear Volterra and Fredholm Integral Equations

Author: Mohammed Abdujebar Essa, Dr. Melisew Tefera, Dr.  Seleshi Demie

International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD)

Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2022 - June 2022

Page No: 65-84

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Published Date: 25-May-2022

Abstract: Despite the existence of plenteous investment opportunities in various sectors such as mining, infrastructure, energy, agriculture, services, construction, and telecommunication, moreover the unprecedented attention of the international community, large-scale financial assistance in the last two decades, the strong support and significant reforms initiated by the government to facilitate a better environment for doing business; unfortunately, Afghanistan remains one of the most unattractive poor economies in the world. Four decades of conflicts, the deterrent security situation, and the political instability significantly caused backwardness and poverty and negatively impacted the overall economic growth in the country.

Therefore, this study investigates the negative impacts of insecurity and instability on the inflow of foreign direct investments (FDI) and business activities in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, it explores the role of FDI and business activities in stimulating economic growth, improving security conditions, and assuring peace and stability in the country.

The research employed a survey questionnaire to collect the primary data from the Afghan business community who have been directly and indirectly affected by the consequences of insecurity and instability. At the same time, the literature of other studies was comprehensively reviewed to discuss the research topic and collect the secondary data. A mixture of qualitative and quantitative approaches was adopted to analyze and describe the research findings. 

Keywords: Afghan Economy, Business Activities, Economic Growth, FDI, Insecurity and FDI, Instability.

Title: The Impacts of Insecurity and Instability on FDI Inflow and Business Activities in Afghanistan

Author: Atiqullah Nusrat

International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD)

Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2022 - June 2022

Page No: 54-64

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Published Date: 13-May-2022

Abstract: This qualitative-phenomenological research design study looked into the challenges faced by the teachers assigned in delivering the modular instruction in the remote schools of Maitum, Sarangani during the global pandemic. Using thematic analysis and codes that emerged from the transcribed data were the challenges of academically deficient parents, fear of one’s health, poverty, the challenge of disinterested parents, the challenge of no face-to-face classes, the challenges of self-reproduction of the modules, and the adherence to health protocols. Despite the challenges, teacher participants described the challenges as stressful, yet, they still have full commitment to their work as a teacher. These were the themes that sprouted out from the codes. Hence, it is recommended that teachers may be recognized for their efforts to boost their morale. Also, efforts towards improving the socio-economic status of residents in far flung schools should be intensified. Further, teachers should be given enough remuneration for their efforts in continuing education in the new normal. Lastly, accessibility and availability of resources must be at the teacher’s disposal.

Keywords: educational management, challenges, experiences, master teacher, remote areas, new normal, phenomenology, Philippines.

Title: CHALLENGES EXPERIENCED BY TEACHERS TEACHING IN REMOTE AREAS IN THE NEW NORMAL

Author: Gerosie M. Caraan, Geraldine D. Rodriguez, Lyndon A. Quines

International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD)

Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2022 - June 2022

Page No: 46-53

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Published Date: 27-April-2022

Abstract: This study aimed to find out whether the use of self-learning modules was effective in improving the academic performance among learners of grade 3. The subjects of the study were thirty-four (35) learners of Mamangos Maulana Kandog Elementary school for the school year 2020-2021 at Kiamba, Sarangani Province, Philippines. The study used the experimental design. Utilizing the frequency counts, and t-test for correlation of big size sample. The findings of the study revealed that the most of the grade 3 learners improved after the use of learners in Mathematics subject.

Keywords: educational management, effectiveness, self-learning module, Mathematics 3, Philippines.

Title: EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF LEARNING MODULES (SLM) IN TEACHING MATHEMATICS 3

Author: Sandra M. Benito, Johhny S. Bantulo, Fortunata S. Haudar

International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD)

Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2022 - June 2022

Page No: 33-45

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Published Date: 27-April-2022

Abstract: This study utilized a single case study design to describe the impact of Work from Home (WFH) alternative work arrangement among the five grade chairpersons of Saavedra Saway Central Elementary School for the School-Year 2020-2021. This study used the key participant interview approach to gather the needed data. Findings of the study revealed the case of the five teachers of Saavedra Saway Central Elementary School and their perspective on the impact of work from home among teachers as the challenge of connectivity, ups and downs of productivity, and two sides of job satisfaction. The study implied that the impact of work from home among teachers entails a new challenge for teaching productivity and teaching satisfaction in the new normal educational setting. Working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic entails that a teacher should be flexible and is professional enough to adapt to the fast-changing educational landscape.

Keywords: impact, work from home, Covid-19 pandemic, public elementary school teachers, case study, Philippines.

Title: Impact of Work from Home among Teachers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study

Author: Juvy E. Millan, Geraldine D. Rodriguez, Kristoffer Franz Mari R. Millado

International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD)

Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2022 - June 2022

Page No: 17-32

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Published date: 27-April-2022

Abstract: The concept of SCP had a lot of definitions over time; it was first introduced at the RIO 20+ summit in 1992 as one of the most highlighted elements to reach sustainable development through the 10-year framework programs. The most common definition was introduced by the Oslo Symposium in 1994 as “the use of goods and services that respond to basic needs and bring a better quality of life, while minimizing the use of natural resources, toxic materials and emissions of waste and pollutants over the life cycle, so as not to jeopardize the needs of future generations”. İt was later on defined by the UNEP as the act of reducing and minimizing the negative environmental radiations of production and consumption, with the maintenance of a better quality of life as a priority. As people often tend to say something and do another, in psychology, the lack of correspondence between what is being said and the action following it, lead the researchers to state that attitude and behavior are inconsistent with one another therefore there is a gap between the two. To study more about the gap between attitude and action, and determinants behind behaviors, we will discuss furthermore the infamous Theory of Planned Behavior by Icek Ajzen and Perceived Consumer Effectiveness and apply this theory on the concept of SCP to see whether a gap exists indeed between Attitude and Action when it comes to a sustainable consumption and production.

Keywords: Information Integration Theory, Life Cycle Thinking, Perceived Consumer Effectiveness, Policy Development, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Theory of Planned Behaviour, Theory of Reasoned Action.

Title: Analyzing the Attitude-Action Gap in Sustainable Consumption and Production

Author: Nour Elhouda ATEMNI

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Abstract: The objectives of this study were to determine what happened when Bergmann’s Rule meets Rensch’s Rule if Sexual Size Dimorphism (SSD) and body size changed with a geographical factor. Latitude was correlated with body size and SSD in the forest millipede genus Centrobolus. There were significant positive correlations between SSD and latitude (r=-0.44, Z score=2.05, n=22, p=0.02), temperature and latitude (r=0.364, Z score=1.66, n=22, p= 0.05), longitude and latitude (r=0.75, Z score=4.28, n=22, p<0.01), and precipitation and latitude (r=0.62, Z score= 3.079, n=22, p<0.01). Geographical variance in the polygynandrous reproductive systems occurs with larger females and higher SSD occurring in northern habitats.

Keywords: Dimorphic; geography; gradient; latitude; size; species.

Title: Does sexual size dimorphism vary with latitude in forest millipedes Centrobolus Cook, 1897?

Author: Mark Cooper

International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD)

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Abstract: The objectives of this study were to determine what happened when Bergmann’s Rule meets Rensch’s Rule if Sexual Size Dimorphism (SSD) and body size changed with a geographical factor. Longitude was correlated with body size and SSD in the forest millipede genus Centrobolus. There were significant positive correlations between SSD and longitude (r=0.37, Z score=1.71, n=22, p=0.04), temperature and longitude (r=0.522, Z score= 2.53, n=22, p<0.01), latitude and longitude (r=0.75, Z score=4.28, n=22, p<0.01), and precipitation and longitude (r=0.85, Z score=4.71, n=22, p<0.01). Geographical variance in the polygynandrous reproductive systems occurs with larger females and higher SSD occurring in eastern habitats.

Keywords: Dimorphic; geography; gradient; longitude; size; species.

Title: Does sexual size dimorphism vary with longitude in forest millipedes Centrobolus Cook, 1897?

Author: Mark Cooper

International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD)

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