Projects implementation remain to be universal in all entities of life more so the policy makers with respect to both local and international development, but then ironically, the poor performance of projects and the disappointment of projects appear to be a commonest scenario. The main purpose of this study was to determine factors affecting successful implementation of projects in non-governmental organizations of Kajiado County. Specific objectives were to find out the effects of staff training, project management on successful implementation of projects in non-governmental organizations of Kajiado County. The study adopted descriptive research design. The study covered a population is 110 employees and used stratified random sampling where 50% of the entire target population formed the sample size 55) of the study. Data was collected from both primary and secondary sources using questionnaires. Study findings, revealed that staff training affect successful implementation of projects in non-governmental organizations of Kajiado County. The researcher recommends that the firm allocate enough money for staff training the non-governmental organizations should be able to improve the competency of personnel. On the other hand, the study recommended efficient project management for better performance. It was highly recommended that the stakeholders should be able to make major decisions relating to the project and determine the outcome of the decisions. Finally, the study recommends monitoring and evaluation of project since it is very essential in improving performance, is also very complex, multidisciplinary and skill intensive processes.

The government of Kenya recognizes the importance of implementing strategic of plans in schools as the key approach of management of institutions, strategic planning is very crucial in realization of management outlook for the Kenyan vision 2030. The purpose of this study was to investigate networking dimensions as determinant implementing strategic of plans in public secondary schools, Bungoma County Kenya, The study sought to examine stakeholders influence on the implementation of strategic plan in public secondary schools. The study was guided by a mixed method Research design. The study sample comprised of 9 sub-county education officials, and 85 principals. The respondents were selected using purposive and simple random sampling technique. Cronbanch‟s Alpha coefficient was used to test reliability of the instruments. The findings of this study revealed that stakeholders influence have a significant relationship with implementation of strategic plan in public secondary schools. The study recommended that the management on public secondary schools should consider adopting training programmes during strategic plans implementation process, this will help the institutions to gather valuable information that will provide valuable insights in the strategic plans implementation. This study will help the government, educational managers, principles, teachers and relevant stakeholders to improve on their strategic plan implementation and generally the way of operations.

This research aims to examine and analyze the Effect of Co-Creation, Communal Activation and Caring on Customer Decision using Banking Services of Bank BTN that Impact on Customer Satisfaction (Case Study Student Card Utilization in Faculty of Da’wah and Communication UIN Walisongo Semarang Co-Branding Bank BTN). The population in this research is active students Faculty of Da’wah and Communication period 2016 - 2017. The sampling method used is purposive sampling with main criteria are having and using student card at least one times. The type of data used in this study is primary data obtained directly from the results of questionnaires distributed to 233 respondents. The method analysis used in this research is Multiple Linear Regression with Statistical Product Service Solution (SPSS) software version 24. Result of research indicate that Co-Creation has significant effect on Customer Decision, Communal Activation has significant effect on Customer Decision, Caring has significant effect on Customer Decision; Co-Creation, Communal Activation and Caring have significant effect on Customer Decision simultaneously; and Co-Creation, Communal Activation, Caring and Customer Decision have significant effect on Customer Satisfaction simultaneously

With the university reform of 1993, the government of Cameroon had a political will to endow each of the country‟s ten regions with a State university, or at least, a faculty. In this light, some regional capitals became hosts of State universities. Since 2014, the city of Bertoua, hosts an annex of to the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences of the University of Yaoundé II, and recently the Higher Teacher Training College of the University of Ngaoundere. The establishment of university infrastructure requisitions land in urban centres or peripheries, dislodging populations especially autochthons and engendering socio-spatial changes. This is compounded by the fact that most often their land is not registered or legally secured. This poses problems of land ownership in Cameroon. The objective of this article is to show that endowing these cities with university infrastructure, a major land grabber, impoverishes the local population. To achieve this, related literature and regulatory texts were reviewed, and questionnaires administered to ascertain the procedures and impacts of eviction and compensation. The main premise of this study is that despite the fact that the local population receives compensation, in the medium and long terms they become poorer than before owing to loss of identity and socioeconomic prestige. Consequently, a revision of the land law to include a compensation procedure based essentially on an “eviction-relocation” model and an accompaniment of locals‟ reestablishment is imperative and seen as plausible solutions.

In this correlational study, 54 MA students were selected out of 68 initial participants majoring in TEFL at Khatam ol-Anbia University, Tehran, Iran. The homogeneity of participants was calculated through administration The Cambridge Proficiency Test. Then, participants took a motivation test. After that, a topic was given to them to write an essay. All important parts of essay including thesis statement, body paragraphs, conclusion, outlining, and coherence was already taught to the participants. In addition, they were asked to read their own writing and score based on Writing Scoring Rubric modified. In order to avoid subjective rating and ensure the intra- rater reliability of the assessment, these writing samples were scored twice based on the same scale that the students utilized in self-assessment. The results revealed that there was not statistically significant relationship between motivation and students` self-assessment. Moreover, the relationship between self-assessment and teacher’s rating of students` writing ability was statistically significant. The findings have some implications for language teaching and assessment.

The study sought to find out the impact of the use of firearms in wildlife poaching. Use of firearms in poaching is a threat to the stability and peace in any given country. It threatens the socio-economic environment. There has been a proliferation of use of firearms by poachers and it is in the context of this major concern that this study had to be conducted. The study adopted a qualitative research paradigm and descriptive research design was the preferred research design. The population of this study was the Hwange National Parks staff members. Game rangers and the main camp manager were selected as respondents. An interview was conducted with the main camp manager while game rangers were selected for focus group discussions. The major findings were that that use of firearms in poaching at Hwange National Park is fairly a new phenomenon but it has come with so much intensity such that statistics are rising at an alarming rate. Besides loss of lives among game rangers and poachers there is always the danger of the extinction of animal species like the rhino. The study therefore recommended that there is need for more refresher trainings for staff to enhance anti-poaching skills. More sophisticated and advanced equipment is required for rangers to keep ahead of poachers. A small aircraft for aerial surveillance would almost end use of firearms in wildlife poaching within national parks.

The purpose of this study was to prove empirically the influence of trust and electronic word of mouth to the consumers’ decision to shop using Lazada’s shopping website in Jakarta. There were 156 respondents involved in this research who shop using Lazada’s shopping website in Jakarta. The method of analysis was quantitative by using multiple regression model. Based on the results of test that has been done, it was found that trust and electronic word of mouth have a positive and significant impact on consumer decisions to shop using Lazada’s shopping website in Jakarta.

This study dealt with the relationship between school feeding program and pupil`s attendance in primary schools in Moshi rural District, which guided by reinforcement theory proposed by Skinner. The study used correlational research design. 5 primary schools were used for the study with 5 teachers from each school, and 15 pupils from each sampled school. Probability sampling was utilized to select respondents‟ questionnaire were the main tools for data collection. The data analysis used percentage and frequency to describe and summarize the research variables. The study concluded that the provision of school feeding program does not provide balance diet to pupils since the food provided do not contained five types of food, school feeding program influenced pupils enrollment and attendance at large number which accelerated performance in primary schools, school feeding program influenced pupils performance at high level, the implementation of school feeding program facing challenges such as lack government support, poor parent contribution and the issue of free education. The recommendations which can be made were community and parents should be given education on the importance of school feeding program in primary schools, the community should be involved on contribution of school feeding program, the government should elaborate the issue of free education.

Adverse events (AE) are an ongoing challenge in healthcare. Apart from having a significant impact on patient morbidity and mortality, AE also result in increased healthcare costs due to longer hospital stays. However, little is known about AE occurrence and their risk factors in Tunisian healthcare system. To determine the incidence of severe adverse events (SAEs) and identify risk factors associated with SAE during hospitalization in a Tunisian University Hospital. A case-control study with incident cases was conducted including all patients hospitalized in the Teaching Hospital Farhat Hached within a one-month period in 13 clinical units. Medical records for caseswere selected by using stratified random sampling. The sample size was proportional to the number of admissions in each of 13 clinical departments. Controls were matched by the service and the duration of hospitalization preceding the appearance of SAE. Risk factors were collected and analyzed by conditional stepwise logistic regression. Overall, 304 controls were matched to cases, totalizing 456 patients. Multivariate conditional stepwise logistic regression analysis showed that night-time admission, hospitalization in the last six months, difficulty of communication, longer surgical operation, biopsy, presence of at least two medical devices, exposure to peripheral venous catheter, exposure to more than four medications and blood transfusion were considered as independent risk factors of SAE occurrence. Our results highlighted care-related risk factors such as catheters, blood transfusion and polymedication, which underlined the need to strengthen the care safety by focusing efforts especially in the field of hospital hygiene and infection control as well as pharmacovigilance

This study aims to produce a model of Introduction to Accounting Learning Development and Utilization of Document Content. Lecturers have an important task, which is to determine the concept of learning that is in accordance with the document content, which is a method of learning through a gradual process. This goal is based on current conditions. The facts after the introduction of the introductory course of content-based accounting study documented the results of changes in the teaching and learning process, where a lecturer who used the method of learning process with question and answer, contributed 44 percent and 36 percent of lectures. KKNI's competence in knowledge acquisition contributes 27 percent, managerial ability contributes 30 percent and work ability contributes 26 percent. Students and Lecturers in the Assumption of difficult material contributes as much as, 29 percent, Motivation to learn to contribute as much as, 33 percent, and learning techniques to contribute 25 percent. The quality of learning in Document Content contributes to, 26 percent, and Lecturer Readiness contributes, 38 percent. The transparency of knowledge given by the lecturers to the students gives positive results, where the students become active and creative, motivated to learn to understand the material independently and can develop its potential, by optimizing its capability by capturing the phenomenon that occurs in the business world.

Abstract: Diabetic retinopathy is the most common cause of vision loss among people with diabetes and a leading cause of blindness among working age adults, it is a serious sight threatening complication of diabetes. Hs-CRP is a marker of low-grade inflammation and its levels are raised in patients with diabetic retinopathy. The current study was undertaken in 60 subjects. 30 diabetic retinopathy patients and 30 non diabetics as normal control group. The aim of the study was to assess the serum levels of hs-CRP in diabetic retinopathy patients. hs-CRP is significantly much higher in diabetic patients with retinopathy compared to control group. TC, TG, LDL-C and VLDL-C levels where significantly elevated and HDL-C levels were significantly lower in cases when compared to controls. Hence it is concluded that the serum levels of hs-CRP appear to be useful as markers of diabetic retinopathy and provide valuable information for proper medical intervention.

Examination malpractice or academic dishonesty has become a concern to education stakeholders the issue of examination malpractice is a national emergency. This study sought to examine institutional dynamics that contributes to examination malpractice in public universities. Kenya. Descriptive research design was used. Simple random sampling techniques were used in choosing the sample size. The target population for the study was the student counselors and third year students from the school of Education. The research instruments used to collect data were questionnaires and interview schedules. The analysis of data was done using both qualitative and quantitative. It was found out that that lack of accommodation facilities contribute significantly to examination malpractices as most students travel long distances to and from the university campus instead of revising or studying in the library leading to little time left for studies. It was therefore recommended that there is need for the institution to provide accommodation facilities, the findings and recommendations from this study will go a long way in helping the university senates to review university examination policy in Kenya and come up with appropriate strategies to fight institutional factors that contribute to examination malpractices in universities in Kenya

Kebaya was born in Indonesia, especially in Java, then spread throughout the archipelago with a variety of cultural adjustment that enriched its form. Some designers start looking for ideas for preserving the cultural heritage through community activities kebaya lovers who want to develop the business sector with the creative industries by empowering home sewers. The method used is descriptive, while verification through hypothesis testing, modeling approaches use SEM. The results of the research reveales that creativity, supported by Quality of Service has a strong influence, resulting in the designers are difficult to develop their efforts because of the customers’ image to the rules / grip of Kartini kebaya, Kerancang, or other old models which are still maintained. Apart from the taste of customers constantly changing, causing the designer difficult to standardize Kebaya models that will be sold. In addition to its impact to the Customer Value less balanced between the value / benefits to be obtained at a cost that will be incurred. Customer Loyalty which was expected to last a long time in fact customers are beginning to miss the kebaya Kartini and feel tired of Kebaya Modification although not all customers are turning to other older models of Kebaya.

Evaluation of strategies in Kenya may be done either quantitatively or qualitatively. This is to ascertain whether the process of implementations will succeed in attaining the objectives or not. This study sought to investigate the implementation dynamics of strategic plans in secondary schools in Masaba north-sub county, Nyamira County, Kenya. The study used descriptive research design to get the information under investigation. The target population consisted of: 1 Sub county Education Officer (SCEO) and 31 Principals. The study used purposive sampling and simple random sampling. The research instruments used to collect data was questionnaires and Interview schedules. The findings of the study show that during the implementation of strategic plans school environment affect implementation of strategic plans through effective Institutional policies which reflect the picture of school needs, The Education policy makers would find this study useful in spearheading a campaign to foster a positive attitude among stakeholders who have the implementation dynamics of strategic plans in secondary schools, also to bring forth a practice where major players in schools adopt a willingness to work and bring changes in performance in all the departments in an institution to improve on strategic planning process.

Agile has fast become the now preferred approach to project management. The traditional, sequential approach to project management is a formal, documentation heavy process to running and managing projects. The transition from a sequential approach to an agile approach to project management, has proved challenging. One of the key areas of concerns for project managers, has been how they could effectively monitor, track and forecast the project deliverables and progress within an agile approach to projects. Agile is a light weight, leaner approach to running projects, however in this, the traditional mechanisms by which a project manager could track the progress of work, is no longer available to project managers. However, the concept of a wall or a storyboard to highlight and track work, has proved incredibly useful for the project team as well as the project manager alike. The aim of this manuscript is to introduce agile and the way storyboards have evolved to become one of the most powerful tools available to project managers within agile projects.