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This study seeks to find the meaning behind verbal expressions in the pilgrimage tradition of the people of Suntenjaya Village, Lembang District, West Bandung Regency, and West Java Province, Indonesia. This study focuses on the cultural meanings contained in verbal expressions in the form of words, phrases, clauses, and discourses contained in the pilgrimage tradition of the Suntenjaya Village community. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive method using an ethnoscience modeled analysis with an ethnolinguistic paradigm. The data in this study refers to verbal and nonverbal expressions contained in the pilgrimage tradition of the Suntenjaya Village community. The source of data in this study is the people of Suntenjaya Village who carry out and preserve the pilgrimage tradition. The data collection method in this study used the listening method and the conversational method with note-taking techniques and in-depth interview techniques. This study found 3 categories of verbal expression, namely doa, the pronunciation of ijab kobul, and the pronunciation of ngukus.

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Nigeria has played significant role in the economy for sustainability growth and development in Africa. However, the outbreak and spread of the Covid-19 has affected the small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs), the basic unit of economic expansion. As the pandemic continues to ravage the country, SMEs are struggling to survive due to decline in the volumes of production and harsh market condition increase with its severe effects on the population. This study intends to investigate the sound effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on small business owners in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. The research method employed is a descriptive research design of the survey type. The choice of this method is based on the fact that it focuses on people, event or phenomenon. The population for this study consisted of small business owners and simple random sampling techniques was used to select the respondents from five (5) communities under Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. The study area is given academic attention due to strategic location for socio-economic advancement. The data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Frequency counts and percentage were used on the three research questions raised while chi-square was used on the two hypotheses. The findings of this study revealed that in hypothesis one, there are no significant effects of the Covid-19 lockdown on small business owner, because the p-value of each of the items is less than 0.05 (p<0.05) and, therefore, rejected. To inferred that there is a significant effect of the Covid-19 lockdown on small business owner, the hypotheses two revealed that there was no significant difference in the opinion of male and female business owners on the effects of the Covid-19 lockdown on small business owners (t (148) = 1.103; p>0.05). Therefore, the effects of the Covid-19 lockdown on small business owners were not rejected.

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For a successful teaching-learning process, both teachers and learners should agree about the styles to use. The present research work aimed at investigating suitability and unsuitability of EFL teaching-learning styles in public secondary schools in Parakou municipality (Benin). Three hundred and fifty (350) EFL learners and thirty five (35) EFL teachers were randomly selected for the study. Questionnaires and interviews had been the major instruments for data collection. Statistical analysis carried out with R 4.0.2 revealed significant mismatch between the two styles. It was noted that most of learners are likely to prefer to learn English language with the help of visual and kinesthetic materials than auditory. Teachers strongly favored kinesthetic teaching style (14.9), visual style (13.6) and disfavored auditory teaching style (12.9). The majority of them have two teaching styles (70%). Meanwhile, it was shown that such unsuitability has important negative impacts on students such as stress, unhappiness, boredom and makes teaching-learning failed.

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The dynamic environment and the capability of information systems is one of the challenges companies face in order to achieve effective performance. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of Management Information Systems agility on the performance of commercial banks in Nairobi city County, Kenya. Commercial banks in Nairobi County have been performing poorly because of poor service quality, insufficient ICT literacy of bank employees, information system insecurity, inadequate information storage and government regulations. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of service quality, ICT literacy, system security and information storage on the performance of commercial banks in Nairobi County Kenya. The target population was 430 employees from 43 commercial banks in Nairobi County Kenya. Purposive sampling was used to draw a sample size of 86 ICT specialists as respondents. Primary data was collected through questionnaires. Data was analyzed using descriptive, relational, and inferential analysis especially use of regression model. The study found out that service quality, ICT literacy, system security, information storage were significant and had positive effect on performance of commercial banks. The study concluded that management information system agility has influence on the performance of commercial banks. The study recommended that commercial banks should formulate strategies that will enhance performance of commercial banks based on service quality, ICT literacy, systems security and information storage in their organizations.

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Objective: It is to analyse the perceptions and representations of diabetes with alternative medicine in the Yeminkol culture of Soa, Centre Region of Cameroon. Methods: The study is purely qualitative with interviews administered individually at the respondents' homes simultaneously in the cities of Yaoundé and SOA in March 2020. The sample size consisted of ten informants: two health professionals, three radiotherapists, five members of the community predominantly former patients until saturation, i.e. until no new information was available, and sources of potential variation properly explored. Results: Representations and perceptions of diabetes in the Soa's Yeminkol socio-culture focused on the community member's knowledge of diabetes. It is anthropology of the inner body showing it works when it is healthy and how it works when it is unhealthy. Conclusion: In Yeminkol's socio-culture, each member of the community perceives and represents diabetes by referring to the cultural patterns of the society to which he belongs. He gives opinions on the history, origin, causes, and therapeutic routes. The perceptions and representations that diabetics have in this cultural universe are a concern because there is the refusal to accept this pathology thereby explaining the failure of medical care.

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The Ministry of Public Health in Cameroon (2017) defines perinatal death as the birth of a lifeless fetus weighing at least 1000 g or after 28 weeks of amenorrhea or a size greater than or equal to 35 cm, as well as death of any newborn that occurs from birth to the first seven (7) days of life. This loss is of great importance to parents and those around them. Perinatal bereavement is then the process following a perinatal death. In fact, the bereavement following a perinatal loss is difficult for parents. We imagine that the emotion engendered by this type of loss is much less than for a bigger child, but the intense grief caused by this one does not depend neither on the duration of the pregnancy, nor on the age of the child. The child, but the intensity of the bond forged and its investment. This bereavement is often overlooked in its complexity and its impact on the individual and the couple. This article aims to read the experiences of Bulu couples in the aftermath of perinatal mourning.

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The study is essentially qualitative and aims, through a comprehensive approach, to clarify the factors that foster the relations of opposition between the Société des Caoutchoucs de Grand-Béréby (SOGB) and the populations who were evacuated in the department of Grand-Béréby for its installation. In this article, we hypothesise that the process of installation of state companies on rural arable land and their concessions to the private sector is a source of conflict. The data from the 27 interviews conducted with the different actors highlight the following main conflict factors: the lack of transparency in the signing of contracts, the non-respect of certain contractual clauses, the claim to arable land within the SOGB perimeter, and the claims to land within the SOGB perimeter for village extension. The results of this study show that the "development of San Pedro and its hinterland" project, which saw the construction of the bridge over the Sassandra River at Soubré, the Port of San Pedro and the installation of SOGB, did not really meet all the expectations of the populations, which is the reason for the persistence of conflicts in the area.