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The quality of employee performance is a community right that must be fulfilled by the government. This research is a qualitative descriptive study that aims to determine the quality of employee performance at the Ujung Tanah Sub-district Office of Makassar City. The types and sources of data used are Primary Data and Secondary Data. Data collection techniques used are Observation, Interview, Documentation. The research informants were 7 people, consisting of 1 person from the Head of Ujung Tanah Subdistrict, 3 people from the Employee Staff, and 3 people from the Community. Researchers act as the main instrument in collecting the necessary data and information. The data analysis technique used is Data Condensation, Data Display, Conclusion. The results showed that the performance of the Ujung Tanah Sub-District Office employees was as expected, however, there were still some aspects that needed to be improved. Judging from the indicators used by researchers in measuring the Quality of Employee Performance in terms of Productivity aspects, the category is quite good, Service Quality is in the good category, the efficiency is in the good category, the effectiveness is in the good category, the responsiveness in the category is quite good, and the responsibility is in the good category.

This paper aims to examine marine tourism as an empirical phenomenon. To gain insight into the systemic conditions of the collaboration process, it is observed from the point of view of the principles of the collaboration process from Roberts, Van Wyk & Dhanpat. The authors identify the principles implemented in the collaborative process between the Community, Village-Owned Enterprises, and the Government in a collaborative network towards sustainable marine ecotourism. This analytical descriptive study used case survey methods in the partnership networks. The data is obtained through a qualitative approach, observation, semi-structured interviews, and documentation. The findings reveal that stakeholders involved in the collaboration contribute to realizing a common purpose and providing mutual benefits, but the quality of collaboration is not optimal because it is still informal. Lessons learned from the application of collaboration principles on marine tourism in the Lusi Mud Island, Sidoarjo Regency, Indonesia are: the importance of trust and enabling environmental factors that collaboration to be realized; the importance of the characteristics of community leaders who have a deep concern as leaders, and ensure the participation of local communities in the development and management stages of marine tourism towards marine ecotourism.

Higher education institutions conduct strategic planning to attain their goals and enhance their operations. Aiming for improved institutional efficiency, the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) conducted SWOT analysis to help establish an effective strategic plan. This quantitative-descriptive study, contributes to the understanding of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) affecting the operations of PMMA as a maritime higher education institution. Using a Likert Scale survey questionnaire, the data gathered from 767 respondents revealed that deliberate changes must be made to facilitate institutional growth. The PMMA's strengths showed that the academy is meeting its objectives and its weaknesses are primarily process driven issues that need attention. The academy's opportunities are external essentials that provide better chances and options for midshipmen to progress through their academic and training experiences. Most of the respondents agreed that the Academy has threats related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and other future health crisis. To face many challenges brought by the globalization and the pandemic, PMMA has to develop a strategic approach based on the SWOT Analysis leading to improved efficiency. This initiative is meant to institutionalize SWOT analysis at the PMMA and encourage the practice of SWOT analysis in other higher education sectors.

Se presenta un estudio descriptivo con el objetivo de aproximarnos a la representación social de los jóvenes NiNi. Se realizaron entrevistas a 28 personas vinculadas al sistema educativo. Resultados: el término NiNi se ha incluido en nuestro vocabulario sin haber realizado un acercamiento a las circunstancias y características del colectivo. Conclusiones: existe una representación social clara y concisa sobre estos jóvenes por parte de los distintos agentes que componen la comunidad educativa y la necesidad de profundizar en el conocimiento sobre este colectivo para el diseño de intervenciones que prevengan la exclusión social de los jóvenes que atraviesen esa situación.
A descriptive study is presented with the objective of approaching the social representation of young NEETs. Interviews were conducted with 28 people linked to the educational system. Results: the term NiNi has been included in our vocabulary without having made an approach to the circumstances and characteristics of the group. Conclusions: there is a clear and concise social representation of these young people by the different agents that make up the educational community and the need to deepen the knowledge about this group for the design of interventions that prevent the social exclusion of young people who go through this situation.

Abstract— West Java is in the fourth highest position with the most COVID-19 cases in Indonesia. The West Java Regional Government felt the need to obtain field surveillance data by carrying out a massive swab test program. With limited financial capacity for PCR tests, it is necessary to know which swabs are more effectively directed to a population, massive swab test or contact tracing swab test. Depok City in particular was entrusted with conducting 1351 sample swabs. From 1351 samples, 693 samples were tested at RSUI. In other time, RSUI held periodic swab for its staff and found out 8 staffs tested positive for COVID-19 at RSUI, therefore RSUI carried out tracing test up to three layers. This research uses analytic descriptive study with chi square test. From the 693 massive swab participants, 3 were invalid, 655 (94,9%) negative, 35 (5,1%) positive. Of the 588 swab tracing tests, 517 (87,9%) negative, 71 (12,1%) positive. This means that swab tracing is more effective than massive swab (p value <0.001). Tracing should take precedence over massive swabs aimed at searching for people without symptoms because with very limited state financial capacity it is impossible to carry out as many tests as possible.

Political discourse today is no longer dependent on the performance of the political elite; however, it has shifted to active participation of their supporters. This phenomenon is widely recorded in social media as the background event. Without exception to Jakarta's 2017 Gubernatorial Election that received an international spotlight because the roar is so massive in the universe of cyberspace. This qualitative descriptive study examined the pattern of campaign movements as a political discourse conducted by the public in supporters community account as a form of public participation in the politics of free-active democracy. It aimed to map out the pattern of discourse movements arising from the supporter community accounts of one of the candidate through the perspective of the discourse comparison offered by Sawirman (2014). The findings show that there are three supporting accounts of candidates which posited as primary, secondary and tertiary discourse. For the configuration of the discourse, gradable adjectives are used as a linguistic strategy to weaken and to dispel sympathy for opposing factions. It is based on the spirit that speakers are superior to their rivals. In general, the pattern of discourse movements identified is synergistic and mutual in order to demonstrate the superiority of their group by degrading the opposing side.

Concerns about the implications of COVID-19 on agriculture and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa abound. Containment measures in response to the pandemic have markedly different outcomes depending on the degree of enforcement of the measures and the existing vulnerabilities pre-COVID. In this descriptive study, we document the possible impacts of the pandemic on bean production and food security using data collected from March to April 2020 in eleven countries in four sub-regions in Sub-Saharan Africa. The results reveal that COVID-19 created significant bean production challenges across the sub-regions, including low access to seed, farm inputs, hired labor, and agricultural finance. We also show that COVID-19 threatens to reverse gains made in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals number 1 and 2. Countries in Southern and Eastern Africa are likely to suffer temporal food shortages than those in Western and Central Africa. Although governments have responded by offering economic stimulus packages, much needs to be done to enable the sub-sector to recover from ruins caused by the pandemic. We recommend building sustainable and resilient food systems through strengthening and enabling public-private partnerships. Governments should invest directly in input supply systems and short food supply chains through digital access and food delivery.

Concerns about the implications of COVID-19 on agriculture and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa abound. Containment measures in response to the pandemic have markedly different outcomes depending on the degree of enforcement of the measures and the existing vulnerabilities pre-COVID. In this descriptive study, we document the possible impacts of the pandemic on bean production and food security using data collected from March to April 2020 in eleven countries in four sub-regions in Sub-Saharan Africa. The results reveal that COVID-19 created significant bean production challenges across the sub-regions, including low access to seed, farm inputs, hired labor, and agricultural finance. We also show that COVID-19 threatens to reverse gains made in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals number 1 and 2. Countries in Southern and Eastern Africa are likely to suffer temporal food shortages than those in Western and Central Africa. Although governments have responded by offering economic stimulus packages, much needs to be done to enable the sub-sector to recover from ruins caused by the pandemic. We recommend building sustainable and resilient food systems through strengthening and enabling public-private partnerships. Governments should invest directly in input supply systems and short food supply chains through digital access and food delivery.

The purpose of this writing is to find out and analyze the implementation of Government Regulation (PP) No.12 of 2019 and Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs (Permendagri) No.77 of 2020 in the implementation of Cash Expenditure Management Systems and Procedures Against Supply Money (UP) during the Covid-19 pandemic at the Youth and Sports Service of East Kalimantan Province. This research is a qualitative descriptive study, with the PP No.12 of 2019 and Permendagri No.77 of 2020 as analysis tools. The results of the evaluation of the implementation of cash disbursement management systems and procedures for supply money (UP) during the Covid-19 pandemic period at the East Kalimantan Provincial Youth and Sports Office through the implementation stages as regulated in PP No.12 of 2019 and Permendagri No.77 In 2020 and hypothesis testing, it can be concluded that the hypothesis is accepted, which means that the results of the evaluation of the system and procedures for managing cash disbursements against money supply (UP) during the Covid-19 pandemic period at the East Kalimantan Provincial Youth and Sports Office are in accordance with PP No. Number 77 of 2020.

This research is a qualitative descriptive study, which is aims to analyze how tourism development in the Osing Kemiren Traditional Village using a SWOT analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Treats). This research shows that the strength of the tourism object in the Osing Kemiren Traditional Village has the potential for a panoramic view of the village which is still beautiful, the availability of interesting events, cleanliness, good facilities and infrastructure and community friendliness. The weaknesses of the Osing Kemiren Traditional Village, the lack of clean water available in the toilets, the lack of a security and supervision system, and low human resources. Opportunities for the Osing Kemiren Traditional Village, cultural preservation of the surrounding community, opening jobs, government policies, availability of information on tourism objects on the internet and social media. The threat of the Osing Kemiren Traditional Village, the number of competitors and the development of competitor tourism facilities. From the SWOT diagram, it can be seen that the research results show that the intersection point (2.38: 2.37) is in diagram I. So, the right strategy to be applied in the tourism development strategy of the Osing Kemiren Traditional Village is to support the policy (Growth Oriented Strategy).

ABSTRACT This research aims at describing the professional practices of Primary Health Care teams regarding rapid tests for STDs. It follows a descriptive study under a quantitative approach; participants include 18 municipalities, 94 Basic Health Units, and 100 staff teams working on Family Health Strategies. The sample was composed of the managers and the staff members directly involved in the testing, while the variables included adhesion to the tests and factors regarding the testing process. Data collection was performed in loco through a semi-structured instrument. Rapid tests were offered by 93% of the teams, 78.5% offering the tests to any users. In 89.2% of the staff teams, the nurse was solely responsible for collecting tests; 55.9% of members did not feel confident about reporting on a positive result, while 63.1% of those who considered the community health agent the main form of outreach assessed their performance as inadequate. Treatment against syphilis accounts for 50.5%. There is fair adhesion to testing by part of the staff teams; the focus on the nurse, however, leads to an increase in their workload, highlighting their protagonism, leading to a reflection on professional practices and paving the way for different realities to be further investigated

Generally, teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) at elementary, secondary, and university levels in Ecuador focuses primarily on applying teacher-centered approaches or on merely following up on the English textbooks' scope and sequence. There is much emphasis on developing grammar skills, practicing isolated concepts, and studying different realities depicted in commercial textbooks while neglecting students' real interests and needs. These traditional practices have created conscious and unconscious conditioning in students, and a significant number of instructors think that English learning is contingent upon grammar rules and the repetition of irrelevant and unnecessary notions, which results in low student academic performance. This descriptive study proposes the use of reading as an educational tool for improving the English teaching and learning process. The researchers applied five reading comprehension tests, three related to General English and two to Academic English, and a confidence level in reading comprehension questionnaire to 37 A1/A2 English third-level university students. Measures of central tendency and variability were used for data analysis. Results show significant improvements in understanding and analyzing texts, high confidence levels for reading in English, and better overall language learning. We suggest making replicas of these didactical practices in other courses offered at the university level.

Water literacy has become a fundamental aspect in today's society, as its conservation, preservation and management is key to ensuring human survival. The purpose of this paper was to analyze the effectiveness of flipped learning methodology on a traditional training practice in water literacy at the first level of secondary education. The flipped learning method consisted in providing the contents to the students before the class sessions, encouraging an active learning. A descriptive study was adopted with two experimental groups, two control groups and only post-test. An ad hoc questionnaire was used as an instrument to measure the parameters: Socio-educational, Motivation, Interactions, Autonomy, Collaboration; Deepening of contents; Problem solving, Class time and Ratings. The final sample was composed of 120 students, divided into four groups of 30 students each. The application of the treatment in the experimental groups lasted 10 sessions of 55 min. The results indicate that the use of time in class, the autonomy and the deepening of the contents were the aspects that improved most with the flipped learning approach. However, no significant differences in ratings were found. Finally, the main findings and their implications for water literacy are discussed. ; Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of the Government of Spain (Project reference: FPU16/01762).

Abstract Food allergies are reproducible adverse reactions mediated by specific immunological mechanisms that occur in sensitive individuals after consumption of a certain food. It is recommended that the allergic person excludes from the diet the food that triggers the allergic reactions. In Brazil, the Collegiate Board Resolution nº 26 of July 2, 2015, establishes the requirements for mandatory labeling of the main foods that cause food allergies, by implementing the use of alerts. The objective of this work was to verify if food labels in Brazil comply with this resolution. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out at the Ezequiel Dias Foundation from July/2018 to September/2018. The compliance of food labels was investigated according to the requirements for mandatory labeling of the main foods that cause allergies, regulated by CBR 26/2015. The results showed that 12.13% of the analyzed foods did not contain the allergy alert. In addition, 31% of the samples used precautionary allergen labeling, due to possible cross-contamination by an allergenic food. People who have food allergies benefit from advances in food labeling. However, much still needs to be done to ensure that legislation is duly complied, in order to improve the quality of life of allergic people.

Abstract Food allergies are reproducible adverse reactions mediated by specific immunological mechanisms that occur in sensitive individuals after consumption of a certain food. It is recommended that the allergic person excludes from the diet the food that triggers the allergic reactions. In Brazil, the Collegiate Board Resolution nº 26 of July 2, 2015, establishes the requirements for mandatory labeling of the main foods that cause food allergies, by implementing the use of alerts. The objective of this work was to verify if food labels in Brazil comply with this resolution. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out at the Ezequiel Dias Foundation from July/2018 to September/2018. The compliance of food labels was investigated according to the requirements for mandatory labeling of the main foods that cause allergies, regulated by CBR 26/2015. The results showed that 12.13% of the analyzed foods did not contain the allergy alert. In addition, 31% of the samples used precautionary allergen labeling, due to possible cross-contamination by an allergenic food. People who have food allergies benefit from advances in food labeling. However, much still needs to be done to ensure that legislation is duly complied, in order to improve the quality of life of allergic people.