bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
In-between discourses
Authors: Nilsen Ann Christin E.
Published: July 2018

During the last decades, early intervention has become a major concern across political parties in Norway. In line with the discourse of early intervention, kindergartens are perceived as important arenas for identifying children at risk and initiating intervention. Equally important in the kindergarten sector is the discourse of diversity, in which a tolerance for behaviours that deviate from the majority norm is assumed. Drawing on an institutional ethnography in Norwegian kindergartens, and in particular the concept of ruling relations, I compare these two discourses in this article and discuss how kindergarten staff have to negotiate between different, and sometimes conflicting, institutional discourses that can justify different interventions. As a consequence, and despite good intentions, kindergarten staff can end up treating children with different backgrounds unequally.
Exploring the social relations of Roma employability
Authors: Baciu Loreni Elena , Dinca Melinda , Lazar Theofild , Sandvin Johans Tveit
Published: July 2018

The article reports on a qualitative study of Roma employability in Romania. Being the largest ethnic minority group in Europe, the Roma population is the object of profound marginalization in most of the countries where they reside, by measures such as spatial segregation and exclusion from the formal labour market. This article focuses particularly on the Roma living in rural segregated communities. Inspired by institutional ethnography, the aim is to explore the social organization of rural Roma employability from the standpoint of the Roma themselves. The main obstacles to employment, as they are known and shared by our interviewees, are a lack of available jobs within reach, their own lack of education and a rejection by employers on the grounds of them being Roma. As the analyses show, these obstacles, and the individual’s experiences and knowledge about them, are shaped and maintained by extended translocal relations of administration and governance, thus making the rural Roma dependent on a precarious secondary labour market of low-paid day work for neighbouring farmers. The uncertainty of this work, and the organization and work of everyday life it implies for the people inhabiting these communities, further increases the distance to formal employment. It is this complex set of relations coordinating people’s doings that produce the employability of Roma inhabiting the rural segregated communities.
Adolescents’ Subjective Views about Interprofessional Team Participation
Authors: Sæbjørnsen Siv Elin Nord , Ødegård Atle
Published: July 2018

Background: One common arrangement in the Norwegian child welfare system is the interprofessional collaborating team, not unlike the English core group. This team is often referred to as the ‘responsible team’ (RT) and is arranged when a child has needs that call for several services. Few studies about interprofessional collaboration focus on views of service users and, in particular, those of child and adolescent service users.

Aims and objectives: The present study aims to explore adolescents’ subjective views about their participation in RTs. This study contributes further knowledge about the field of interprofessional collaboration, especially regarding the participation of adolescents.

Design: Non-experimental, exploratory research design.

Methods: Q-methodology was used to explore 26 adolescents’ subjective views about their collaboration within the responsible teams that were formed to support their welfare. Q-methodology is known as being particularly suitable for revealing vulnerable people’s nuanced subjective views and perspectives. The adolescents in this study were asked to rank order a set of 42 statements (Q-set). PQMethod was used to analyse the data.

Results: Four factors emerged and revealed patterns of shared views among the adolescents. Factor 1: Optimistic and engaged despite bad experiences, Factor 2: Strive to not be defeated by their helpers, Factor 3: Battle weary and resigned, and Factor 4: Content, positive and full of trust.

Implications: The present study may be relevant to researchers, health and social policy makers, in addition to professionals working in services that aim to improve children’s situations through interprofessional collaboration.
Respon Pertumbuhan Dan Produksi Tanaman Kedelai (Glicyne max L.) Varietas Tanggamus Terhadap Pemberian Pupuk Kompos Limbah Brassica Dan Pupuk Hayati Riyansigrow
Authors: Sipayung Nine Yusnita , Gusmeizal Gusmeizal , Hutapea Sumihar
Published: July 2018

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui respon pertumbuhan dan produksi tanaman kedelai (Glicyne max L.) terhadap pemberian kompos limbah Brassica dan pupuk hayati Riyansigrow. Penelitian dilaksanakan di kebun percobaan Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Medan Area yang berlokasi di jalan kolam No. 1 Medan Estate, Kecamatan  Percut Sei Tuan. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan mulai dari bulan Mei  2014, mengunakan Rancangan Acak Kelompok (RAK) faktorial, dengan dua ulangan, 16 kombinasi. Faktor pertama adalah Pupuk kompos limbah Brassica yaitu K0 = tanpa kompos, K1 = diberi kompos 2 ton/ha, K2 = diberi kompos 4 ton/ha, dan K3 = diberi kompos 6 ton/ha. Faktor kedua adalah konsentrasi pupuk hayati Riyansigrow yaitu H0 = tanpa pupuk hayati,  H1 = diberi pupuk hayati 2,5 kg/ha, H2 = diberi pupuk hayati 5 kg /ha dan H3 = diberi pupuk hayati 7,5 kg/ha. Hasil penelitian  menunjukan bahwa pengaruh kombinasi kompos limbah Brassica dan pupuk hayati Riyansigrow mampu meningkatkan pertumbuhan (kecuali tinggi tanaman) dan produksi tanaman kedelai, dibandingkan dengan penggunaan pupuk anorganik. Secara umum penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa penambahan kompos limbah Brassica dan pupuk hayati Riyansigrow dapat meningkatkan pertumbuhan dan produksi tanaman kedelai dengan biaya produksi lebih ekonomis.
Pengaruh Pemberian Pupuk Organik Cair Terhadap Pertumbuhan Dan Produksi Tiga Jenis Tanaman Sayuran Dengan Sistem Aeroponik
Authors: Sianipar Saut Marodjahan , Pane Erwin , Maimunah Maimunah
Published: July 2018

Peluang kebutuhan akan sayuran berkualitaas sangat terbuka dengan makin banyaknya masyarakat yang berbelanja ke pasar swalayan. Diversifikasi jenis sayuran perlu dilaksanakan untuk memenuhi berbagai permintaan pasar. Hingga saat ini jenis sayuran yang banyak dibudidayakan secara aeroponik antara lain berbagai kultivar selada (lettuce keriting hijau, cos/romaine, butterhead, batavia, lollo rossa, iceberg, head lettuce), pakchoy hijau dan putih, caysim, dan kailan serta horenzo yang baru mulai dikembangan. Kangkung dan bayam juga dapat diusahakan secara aeroponik.  Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk melihat bagaimana pengaruh pemberian pupuk organik cair terhadap pertumbuhan dan produksi tanaman sayur-sayuran dengan sistem aeroponik. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) Faktorial, yaitu: 3 x 4 dengan 3 kali ulangan dan setiap ulangan terdiri dari 3 konsentrasi. Berdasarkan penelitian yang telah dilakukan dapat di simpulkan bahwa pemberian pupuk cair Herbafarm tidak memberikan pengaruh yang nyata untuk semua jenis tanaman yang ditanam (sawi, kangkung, bayam).
Efektivitas Penggunaan Biofumigan Limbah Brassica Terhadap Penyakit Layu Bakteri (Ralstonia solanacearum ras 3) Pada Tanaman Kentang Di Pematang Silima Huta Kabupaten Simalungun
Authors: Prizoise Nababan Christolo , Suswati Suswati , Hasibuan Syahbudin
Published: July 2018

Berkurangnya produktivitas tanaman sayuran, termasuk kentang, dipengaruhi oleh beberapa faktor dan salah satu diantaranya adalah serangan hama dan penyakit tanaman. Salah satu penyakit penting pada tanaman kentang adalah  penyakit layu bakteri yang disebabkan oleh  Ralstonia solanacearum. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektifitas pemanfaatan jenis limbah tanaman  Brassica, sebagai pengendali layu bakteri (Ralstonia solanacearum ras 3) pada tanaman kentang. Untuk mengetahui keefektivan biofumigan dari limbah Brassica dengan cara dengan mengunakan Rancangan Acak Kelompok (RAK) faktorial dengan 2 Faktor perlakuan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa aplikasi limbah Brassica (Brassica oleracea vaR.capitata. B.chinensis. B. oleracea vaR.italica) dapat menekan perkembangan R.solanacearum ras 3 dengan efektifitas penekanan sebesar 50-100% di bandingkan dengan kontrol (tanpa Brassica). Aplikasi 3 jenis limbah Brassica (Brassica oleracea vaR.capitata. B.chinensis. B. oleracea vaR.italica)  juga dapat meningkatkan tinggi tanaman.
Perbedaan Coping Stress Penderita Kanker Ditinjau Dari Jenis Kelamin Di RSUP H. Adam Malik Medan
Authors: Isnainy Ade Ari , Alfita Laili
Published: July 2018

Coping stress is an individual effort to reduce, tolerate, or overcome the stress caused by a source that is considered to burden the individual. This study aims to see differences in coping stress of cancer patients of men and women in RSUP H. Adam Malik Medan. Assuming that women's coping stress is higher than men, which means women are more able to clutch than men. The subjects of this study were patients with stage 3 and 4 cancer who underwent inpatient at RSUP H. Adam Malik Medan. This research is based on Guttman scale method which consists of 2 coping stress strategies that are problem focused coping and emotion focused coping. The data analysis technique used in this research used 1 lane variance analysis with F = 12,087 and coefisisen significant 0,002(p <0,05) . Based on the results of data analysis performed, then obtained the result that there are differences in coping stress male and female cancer, where, coping stress in men with cancer is in the low category, because the hypothetical mean 30 is greater than the empirical mean (28.7333) where the difference is less SD value (10,738). While coping stress in women with cancer is in the high category, because the hypothetical mean (30) is less than the empirical mean (57,333), where the difference exceeds the SD (8,208). This means that the phenomenon seen by the researchers in accordance with the data obtained during conducting research, which from this research is known that coping stress in women with cancer expressed high. This means the proposed hypothesis reads that there is a difference in coping stress in male and female cancer patients with the assumption that women are more able to clutch than men are accepted.
Hubungan Motivasi Berprestasi Dengan Prestasi Akademik Pada Mahasiswa Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Prima Indonesia
Authors: Siregar Nurmaizar
Published: July 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi hubungan antara motivasi akademik dan prestasi akademik. Hipotesis dalam penelitian ini adalah adanya hubungan positif antara motivasi akademik dan prestasi akademik, dengan asumsi bahwa semakin tinggi motivasi akademik  semakin tinggi prestasi akademik seseorang akan, atau sebaliknya. Subjek penelitian adalah 51 mahasiswa semester IV tahun 2012/2013 Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Prima Indonesia yang dipilih dengan teknik purposive random sampling. Data diperoleh dengan menggunakan skala untuk mengukur motivasi akademik dan dokumentasi nilai rata-rata kelas siswa (IPK). Perhitungan statistik dilakukan dengan uji prasyarat (assumption test) yang terdiri dari uji normalitas dan pengujian hubungan linieritas. Analisis data menggunakan korelasi Parsial dengan program SPSS untuk Windows. Hasil analisis data menunjukkan bahwa koefisien korelasi 0,844 dengan p value 0,0001 (p <0,05). Hal ini mengindikasikan adanya korelasi positif antara motivasi akademik dan prestasi akademik. Hasil penelitian juga menunjukkan bahwa kontribusi variabel motivasi akademik terhadap prestasi akademik sebesar 71,5 persen dan sisanya 28,5 persen dipengaruhi oleh faktor lain yang belum diteliti. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa hipotesis yang menyatakan bahwa ada hubungan positif antara variabel motivasi akademik dan prestasi akademik dapat diterima
Perbedaan Minat Keagamaan Remaja Ditinjau dari Tipe Kepribadian Ekstrovert dan Introvert di HKBP Sei Putih Medan
Authors: Tarigan Mustika
Published: July 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan membuktikan perbedaan minat keagamaan remaja ditinjau dari tipe kepribadian ekstrovert dan introvert di HKBP Sei Putih Medan. Hipotesis yang diajukan adalah ada perbedaan minat kegiatan keagamaan  antara remaja perempuan tipe kepribadian ekstrovert dengan remaja perempuan tipe kepribadian introvert, dengan asumsi remaja perempuan tipe kepribadian ekstrovert memiliki minat keagamaan yang tinggi sedangkan remaja perempuan tipe kepribadian introvert memiliki minat yang sedang. Subjek penelitian ini adalah remaja perempuan dengan tipe kepribadian ekstrovert dan introvert di gereja HKBP Sei Putih Medan, dengan jumlah sampel 60 remaja. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan Purposive Sampling. Metode pengumpulan data menggunakan skala likert dengan koefisien 0,525. Berdasarkan hasil analisis t-test data menunjukkan terdapat perbedaan minat keagamaan antara remaja perempuan dengan tipe kepribadian ekstrovert dan introvert, dimana F 0.087 dan sig. yakni 0.000 < 0,05. Hasil lain yang diperoleh dari penelitian ini adalah minat keagamaan remaja perempuan dengan tipe kepribadian ekstrovert tergolong tinggi dengan mean empirik 83.83 sedangkan minat keagamaan remaja perempuan dengan tipe kepribadian introvert tergolong sedang dengan mean empirik 69.13. Dari hasil penelitian ini, maka hipotesis yang diajukan dinyatakan diterima.
Perbedaan Penerimaan Diri Ibu yang Memiliki Anak Tunagrahita ditinjau dari Tingkat Pendidikan di SLB-E PTP Medan
Authors: Novita Eryanti
Published: July 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat perbedaan penerimaan diri ibu yang memiliki anak tunagrahita ditinjau dari tingkat pendidikan, dimana subjek penelitian adalah ibu dari anak tunagrahita di SLB-E PTP yang berjumlah 60 orang. Dimana 30 ibu berpendidikan SMA, dan 30 ibu berpendidikan Sarjana.Sejalan dengan pembahasan yang ada dalam landasan teori, maka hipotesis yang diajukan dalam penelitian ini berbunyi: Ada perbedaan penerimaan diri ibu yang memiliki anak tunagrahita ditinjau dari tingkat pendidikan  Dalam t-test. upaya membuktikan hipotesis tersebut, digunakan metode analisis data t dimana berdasarkan pengolahan data, diperoleh hasil-hasil sebagai berikut: a). terdapat perbedaan penerimaan diri antara ibu dengan tingkat pendidikan sarjana danibu dengan tingkat pendidikan SMA yang signifikan dengan signifikan p = 0.000 < 0,050. Artinya adanya perbedaan penerimaan diri antara ibu dengan tingkat pendidikan sarjana dan ibu dengan tingkat pendidikan SMA, dinyatakan diterima. b). Secara umum hasil penelitian ini menyatakan bahwa penerimaan diri ibu dengan tingkat pendidikan Sarjana lebih tinggi dibandingkan Penerimaan diri ibu dengan tingkat pendidikan SMA. Penerimaan diri ibu dengan tingkat pendidikan sarjana mean empiriknya adalah 155.10 dan Penerimaan diri ibu dengan tingkat pendidikan SMA mean empiriknya adalah 138.53, sedangkan nilai rata-rata hipotetiknya sebesar = 127.5
Hubungan Kontrol Diri dengan Perilaku Menyontek pada Siswa YP Mts. Al-Azhar Medan
Authors: Nafeesa Nafeesa
Published: July 2018

Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif yang bertujuan untuk menguji dan mendapatkan data secara empiris mengenai hubungan kontrol diri dengan perilaku menyontek pada siswa. Sejalan dengan landasan teori, maka diajukan hipotesa yang berbunyi ada hubungan negatif antara kontrol diri dengan perilaku menyontek. Dimana semakin tinggi kontrol diri siswa, maka semakin rendah perilaku menyontek. Penelitan ini melibatkan 187 siswa YP MTs Al-Azhar Medan sebagai subjek penelitian. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan teknik Purposive Sampling. Penelitian ini menggunakan instrumen skala likert untuk skala kontrol diri dan skala perilaku menyontek. Skala kontrol diri disusun berdasarkan aspek-aspek menurut Averil, 1973 yaitu: kontrol perilaku, kontrol kognitif, dan kontrol keputusan. Skala perilaku menyontek disusun berdasarkan bentuk-bentuk menurut Klausmeier, 1985 yaitu: menggunakan catatan jawaban sewaktu ujian atau tes, menyontoh jawaban sewaktu ujian, memberikan jawaban yang telah selesai kepada teman, dan menghindar dari aturan-aturan ujian. Berdasarkan analisis data, diperoleh hasil terdapat hubungan negatif antara kontrol diri dengan perilaku menyontek. Hasil ini dibuktikan dengan koefisien korelasi, dimana rxy = - 0.222; p = 0.002 < 0.05. Nilai koefisien determinasi (R square) penelitian dengan nilai sebesar 0.049. Dapat diartikan bahwa variabel kontrol diri mempengaruhi perilaku menyontek sebesar 4.9%. Dari hasil perhitungan mean hipotetik dan mean empirik diperoleh kontrol diri tinggi dan perilaku menyontek rendah.
Pengaruh Pencahayaan Ruang Kerja Terhadap Stres Kerja Karyawan Biro Perencanaan dan Kerjasama Universitas Sumatera Utara
Authors: Martian Emmy , Suri Findy
Published: July 2018

Stres kerja yang dialami karyawan dapat merugikan perusahaan ataupun organisasi tempatnya bekerja. Lingkungan kerja yang baik dan nyaman dapat menurunkan stress kerja karyawan sehingga karyawan dapat bekerja maksimal. Pencahayaan ruang kerja merupakan faktor penting pada lingkungan kerja. Intensitas cahaya yang sesuai membuat karyawan nyaman dan stress kerja berkurang. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh pencahayaan ruang kerja terhadap stress kerja karyawan Biro Perencanaan dan Kerjasama Universitas Sumatera Utara. Metode yang digunakan pada penelitian ini yaitu pendekatan kuantitatif dengan metode kuasi eksperimen. Desain yang digunakan adalah one group pretest-posttest design. Pada saat pretest, diberikan skala stress kerja kepada subjek penelitian dan pencahayaan ruang kerja diukur dengan menggunakan lux meter. Kemudian intensitas cahaya ruang kerja dinaikkan dan diukur kembali dengan menggunakan lux meter. Setelah diberi tenggang waktu selama satu minggu, diadakan posttest dengan memberikan kembali skala stress kerja kepada subjek penelitian seperti pada saat pretest. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa stress kerja pada karyawan Biro Perencanaan dan Kerjasama Univeritas Sumatera Utara mengalami penurunan setelah intensitas pencahayaan ruang kerja dinaikkan. Hasil analisis statistik dengan menggunakan paired sample t-test menunjukkan t-hitung sebesar 5.179 dengan tingkat Sig (2-tailed) = 0.000 pada df = N-1 = 13-1 = 12 dengan nilai t-tabel = 2.179. keputusan : t-hitung > t tabel atau [5.179 > 2.179] maka Ho ditolak dan Ha diterima artinya ada pengaruh pencahayaan ruang kerja terhadap stress kerja karyawan Biro Perencanaan dan Kerjasama Universitas Sumatera Utara.
Hubungan Dukungan Sosial dengan Harga Diri pada Mantan Pengguna Narkoba
Authors: Nainggolan Wita Sari , Sembiring Shirley Melita
Published: July 2018

Penelitian bertujuan melihat hubungan antara dukungan sosial dengan harga diri pada mantan pengguna narkoba di Pemuda/i Mandiri Bersatu (PMB) Medan-Deli. Sampel penelitian ialah anggota PMB Medan-Deli yang berjumlah 32 orang dengan menggunakan teknik Purposive sampling. Skala ukur yang digunakan adalah skala harga diri dan skala dukungan sosial. Skala harga diri  disusun berdasarkan aspek-aspek harga diri yang dikemukakan oleh sarafino (dalam Lubis, Namora dan Hasnida, 2009), skala dukungan sosial disusun berdasarkan aspek-aspek dukungan sosial yang dikemukakan oleh Coopersmith (dalam Lubis, Namora dan Hasnida, 2009).  Data dianalisa dengan menggunakan uji Product Moment. Hasil analisa menunjukkan ada hubungan antara dukungan sosial dengan harga diri pada mantan pengguna narkoba di PMB Medan-Deli (rxy = 0.900 ; p = 0.000 < 0,05). Dukungan sosial diketahui berkontribusi terhadap harga diri sebanyak 81,1% (R2= 0.811). dukungan sosial yang diterima oleh sampel diketahui tergolong tinggi (mean hipotetik 102,5 < mean empirik 122,97 dan selisihnya melebihi SD 17,943). Harga diri sampel tergolong tinggi (mean hipotetik 100 < mean empirik 125,66 dan selisihnya melebihi SD 15,800).
Perbedaan Kecerdasan Emosi Guru Ditinjau Dari Jenis Kelamin
Authors: Hasanuddin Hasanuddin
Published: July 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui secara empirik perbedaan kecerdasan emosi guru ditinjau dari jenis kelamin. Teknik pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan teknik total sampling, sampel penelitian sebanyak 50 orang. Intrusmen penelitian yang dipakai sebagai alata ukur penelitian berbentuk skala psikologi yang dikembangkan oleh peneliti dengan cara mempedomani aspek-aspek dan indikator variabel penelitian. Instrumen pengukuran dalam penelitian yaitu skala kecerdasan emosi yang dikembangkan oleh Goleman dalam Noriah, dkk (2004) dengan indeks reliabilitas Cronbach’s Alpha sebesar 0.914. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan analisis anova 1 jalur. Berdasarkan analisis data penelitian didapatkan nilai F beda = 857.764 dengan sig = 0.000 <0.05, maka dapat ditarik kesimpulan bahwa ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara kecerdasan emosi guru pria dengan kecerdasan emosi guru perempuan. Dengan kesimpulan kecerdasan emosi guru pria lebih tinggi daripada kecerdasan emosi guru perempuan.
 
Upaya Meningkatkan Kepercayaan Diri Anak Usia 5-6 Tahun Melalui Metode Demonstrasi Di PAUD Binika Desa Sukaramai Kab. Langkat
Authors: Nurmaniah Nurmaniah
Published: July 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perkembangan kepercayaan diri anak usia 5-6 tahun dengan menggunakan metode demonstrasi di PAUD Binika Desa Sukaramai Kab. Langkat. Subjek penelitian ini adalah anak usia 5-6 tahun di PAUD Binika Desa Sukaramai Kab. Langkat, yang berjumlah 15 orang anak yang terdiri dari 11 anak perempuan dan 9 anak perempuan. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian tindakan kelas yang dilakukan dalam 2 siklus. Instrumen dalam penelitian ini adalah lembar observasi perkembangan kepercayaan diri  anakdengan indikator sebagai berikut: bersikap tenang, konsep diri, optimis, mampu menyesuaikan diri, kreatif, bersosialisasi. Hasil observasi dan refleksi pada siklus I menunjukkan dari hasil penlitian terdapat anak sebanyak 5 orang anak (25%) bersikap tenang, 7 orang anak (35%) konsep diri, 5 orang anak (25%) optimis8 orang anak (40%) mampu menyesuaikan diri, 7 orang anak (35%) kreatif , 6 orang anak (30%) bersosialisasi. Pada siklus II terdapat sebanyak 7 orang anak (35%) tergolong sangat percaya diri, sedangkan banyaknya anak yang tergolong percaya diri meningkat menjadi 5 orang anak (25%), sedangkan anak yang tergolong cukup percaya diri menurun atau berkurang menjadi 3 orang anak (15%) dan dan tidak ditemukan lagi anak yang tergolong tidak percaya diri.
PENGARUH MENULIS PENGALAMAN EMOSIONAL DALAM MENURUNKAN STRESS TRAUMA PASCA BENCANA PADA REMAJA KORBAN GEMPA BUMI BENGKULU
Authors: Mariskha Silvia Eka , Umaroh Siti Khumaidatul
Published: July 2018

Abstrak: Empati memegang peranan penting dalam pembangunan perilaku prososial dan kompetensi social pada fase anak. Anak yang memiliki tingkat emptai yang tinggi akan mampu menyesuaikan diri dengan baik di lingkungannya dan menunjukkan rasa kasih sayang terhadap sesama. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimen sebanyak lima (5) sesi, 120 menit setiap sesinya. Penelitian ini melibatkan 20 anak usia 9-12 tahun di SD “X” Samarinda, dengan metode bermain peran untuk meningkatkan perilaku empati. Alat ukur yang digunakan adalah Skala Empati untuk Anak (SEA) yang disusun oleh peneliti dan memperoleh nilai koefisen alpha sebesar 0.899. Uji-t menemukan bahwa ada peran signifikan metode bermain peran dalam meningkatkan empati pada anak yang terlibat dalam penelitian (t= 4.884, p<.005).
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING WANITA DEWASA LAJANG (Ditinjau dari Empat Tipe Wanita Lajang menurut Stein)
Authors: D.W.S Frisca Putri
Published: July 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggambarkan psychological well-being wanita dewasa lajang. Sehingga terdapat 3 hal yang akan diteliti, antara lain yaitu: 1) gambaran psychological well-being wanita dewasa lajang dalam menjalani kehidupannya sehari-hari; 2) Faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi psychological well-being wanita dewasa lajang; 3) Upaya wanita dewasa lajang dalam meraih psychological well-being. Subyek dalam penelitian ini terdiri atas tiga wanita dewasa lajang (belum pernah menikah). Sampel pada penelitian ini dipilih secara purposive sampling dan memenuhi kriteria sebagai berikut: 1) wanita dewasa lajang (belum pernah menikah); 2) Termasuk dalam empat kriteria wanita lajang menurut Stein (Voluntary temporary singles, Voluntary stable singles, Involuntary temporary singles, dan Involuntary stable singles); 3) Termasuk dalam kelompok masa dewasa awal (usia 18-40 tahun), masa dewasa madya (usia 40-60), dan masa dewasa akhir (60-meninggal); 4) Berdomisili di kota Samarinda. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan peneliti yaitu wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Hasil dari penelitian ini menyatakan bahwa wanita dewasa lajang dapat menjalani kehidupan yang sama selayaknya wanita yang sudah menikah. Penelitian ini membuktikan bahwa wanita dewasa lajang mampu mencapai psychological well-being.
SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING (SWB): PNS DAN NON PNS YANG BERSUKU KUTAI ( STUDY INDIGENOUS)
Authors: Yusnita Emilda Rifi
Published: July 2018

Subjective Well-Being merupakan suatu hal yang penting dalam hidup, karena dengan bahagia setiap orang pasti merasakan kenyamanan. Nilai-nilai budaya yang berbeda mempunyai pengaruh terhadap kognitif, emosi, motivasi dan sistem perilaku individu (Markus dan Kitayama,1991 dalam Boyun Woo, 2009). Penelitian bertujuan agar peneliti serta pembaca mengetahui Bagaimana perspektif PNS dan Non PNS bersuku Kutai mengenai subjective well- being dan Faktor – Faktor yang mempengaruhi SWB. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif (study indigenous). Partisipan dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 200 orang, yaitu PNS dan Non PNS bersuku Kutai. Model sampling dalam penelitian ini menggunakan teknik snow ball sampling, dengan alat pengumpul data berupa open-ended questionnaire. Hasilnya diketahui bahwa SWB menurut Suku kutai adalah jika mereka memiliki Rasa Puas (34.00%), Nilai Spiritual (33.50%), Kebersaman Keluarga (12.50%), Kesuksesan Pekerjaan (38.00%), Kecukupan Materi (11.00%), Pencapaian/Keinginan (29.50%), Hubungan Sosial (10.00%). Faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi SWB Suku Kutai adalah Faktor Hubungan Sosial, Faktor Kecukupan Materi / Permasalahan Keuangan, Faktor Kesuksesan pekerjaan.
Can we afford not to screen and treat hepatitis C virus infection in Canada?
Authors: Wong William WL , Haines Alex , Farhang Zangneh Hooman , Shah Hemant
Published: July 2018

Background

Screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) followed by direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment in individuals born between 1945 and 1964 has been shown to be both effective and cost-effective, but the question of affordability remains unresolved. We looked at long-term cost and health outcomes of HCV screening for Ontario up to 2030.

Methods

We used a validated state-transition model to analyze the budget and health impact of HCV screening followed by DAA treatment in individuals born between 1945 and 1964 versus current practice. We used a payer’s perspective, discounting costs at an annual rate of 1.5%. Costs, liver-related deaths, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and decompensated cirrhosis (DC) cases detected were measured over a 14-year period.

Results

By 2030, the cost of implementing a HCV screening program for individuals born between 1945 and 1964 will add an additional $845 million to the Ontario health care budget. Sensitivity analyses showed that DAA costs had the largest effect on the budget, and decreasing DAA costs to $16,000 will lead to a significantly lower budget impact of $331 million. Regarding population health, a screen-and-treat strategy will prevent 1,199 cases of HCC, 1,565 cases of DC, and 1,665 liver-related deaths by 2030.

Conclusions

Contrasting the budget impact of this HCV screening strategy with other recommended health services and technologies, we conclude that HCV screening should be considered affordable. If Canada is committed to meeting the targets set out by the World Health Organization, then provinces cannot afford to not expand current screening programs.
6th Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus: Delivering a cure for hepatitis C infection—What are the remaining gaps?
Authors: Khan Sarwat , Bernier Annie , Dapp Dustin , Fortier Emmanuel , Krajden Mel , King Alexandra , Grebely Jason , Sagan Selena M , Cooper Curtis L , Crawley Angela M
Published: July 2018

Estimates are that more than 250,000 people in Canada are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), and many more are unaware of their infection status. If untreated, chronic HCV infection can lead to cirrhosis and subsequent complications such as hepatocellular carcinoma. The Canadian Network on Hepatitis C, supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, has been committed to the scientific study of chronic hepatitis C and to supporting the advocacy work to improve diagnosis and access to HCV care in Canada. Although the treatment of HCV infection has been greatly advanced with direct-acting antivirals, with cure rates as high as 95%, many challenges remain in the implementation of HCV care. These issues include the lack of an effective vaccine, infection screening, treatment failure or resistance, post-cure health issues, limitations of treatment access despite increased provincial subsidization, complex needs of at-risk populations (ie, injection drug users, societal obstacles). At the 6th Canadian Symposium on HCV in March 2017, the theme “Delivering a Cure for Hepatitis C Infection: What Are the Remaining Gaps?” provided a framework in which basic scientists, clinicians, epidemiologists, social scientists, and community members interested in HCV research in Canada could showcase how they are working to address these ongoing challenges.
1931 Genel İslam Kongresi’nin İslam Dünyasına Etkileri Ve Türkiye’deki Yansımaları
Authors: BEYAZ Yasin
Published: July 2018

Aralık 1931 tarihinde İslam dünyasından birçok temsilcinin
katılımıyla Beytülmakdis’te gerçekleştirilen Genel İslam Kongresi’nde başta
Filistin ve Mescid-i Aksa, olmak üzere Müslümanların genel problemleri ele
alınmıştır. Bunların en önemlilerinden birisi de hiç şüphesiz hilafet
meselesidir. Hilafet tartışmaları nedeniyle başta Türkiye olmak üzere Mısır ve
Suudi Arabistan kongreye karşı sert tepki göstermiştir.

Bu çalışma Genel İslam Kongresi’nin yapılış sebeplerini, Kongre
nedeniyle ortaya çıkan hilafet tartışmalarını ve kongrenin İslam dünyasına
yansımalarını ele alacaktır. Ayrıca kongrenin sonunda alınan kararlara da yer
verilecektir. Bunu yaparken konuyla alakalı arşiv belgelerinden, dönemin Türkçe
ve Arapça gazetelerindeki haberlerden, makalelerden ve kitaplardan
faydalanılacaktır.
قراءة في الرسائل الجانبية لمراسلات حسين - مكماهون
Authors: Jabari Tareq , Yatiban Dr. Aminurraasid , El-Awaisi Prof Abd al-Fattah
Published: July 2018

تناولت
هذه الدراسة الرسائل الجانبية التي رافقت ردود السير مكماهون على الرسائل الخمس
للشريف حسين والتي اشتهرت بمراسلات الشريف حسين مكماهون عام 1915. وتوحي ضخامة أعداد هذه الرسائل الجانبية وتنوع مواضيعها والجهات المشاركة
فيها من قبل أركان الحكومة البريطانية ومستعمراتها، على الجدية العالية والدراسة
المعمقة في صياغة الردود بما يتوافق مع المصالح والأماني البريطانية لا الأماني
العربية. وقد بلغ عدد الصفحات التي احتوت هذه الوثائق 149 صفحة ضمت 84 وثيقة سرية حول المراسلات مع الشريف حسين. وهدفت
الدراسة إلى التعريف بطبيعة الجوانب الخفية والمشاورات الموسعة للحكومة
البريطانية، قبل إصدار أي رد من السير مكماهون على رسائل الشريف حسين. مما يساعد
الباحثين والمهتمين على فهم هذه الردود بشكل أوضح. ومعرفة الأبعاد والرؤى التي
كانت تجول في السياسة البريطانية وترجمتها على صورة ردود إلى الشريف حسين.
Harem-i Şerîf-i Kudsî Hakkında Filistin Meclisi A'lâ-i Şer'i-i İslâmisinin 1923 Tarihli Beyannâmesi
Authors: Bozan Oktay
Published: July 2018

Beytülmakdis, Müslümanlar açısından kutsal kabul edilen bir şehirdir. Bu
bağlamda Beytülmakdis’te bulunan özellikle Aksâ Camii ve Kubbetü’s-Sahre,
Müslümanların önem verdiği dini yapılardır. Emeviler döneminde inşa edilen bu
yapılar, sonraki zamanlarda Abbasiler, Fatımiler, Eyyubiler, Memlukler,
Osmanlılar tarafından özenle korunmuştur. Bu makalede Aksâ Camii ve
Kubbetü’s-Sahre hakkındaki bir rapor ele alınmıştır. Rapor, 1923 yılına ait
olup Filistin’den Türkiye’ye gönderilmiştir. Raporda, Aksâ Camii ve
Kubbetü’s-Sahre’nin tarihi süreçteki durumları, İslam devletlerinin yaptıkları
onarım ve ilaveler ele alınmıştır. Bunun yanı sıra bu yapıların onarımı için
kurulan teknik bir heyetin çalışmalarına yer verilmiştir. Bu heyet, Müslümanlar
açısından önemli bir yere sahip olan bu eserlerin onarımında ihtiyaç duyulan
finansmanın karşılanması için tüm Müslümanları yardıma davet etmiştir. Türkiye’nin saygın
mimarlarından olan Mimar Kemalettin Bey’in de yer aldığı bu heyet, Aksâ Camii ve
Kubbetü’s-Sahre’nın onarımını tamamlamıştır.
Moving from Policy to Practice: A Report of School Nutrition Policy Adherence in Nova Scotia
Authors: McIsaac Jessie-Lee D. , Kontak Julia C.H. , Kirk Sara F.L.
Published: July 2018

Purpose: School food and nutrition policies have the potential to encourage healthier eating among children and youth to address rising concerns of poor diet quality. Despite their widespread implementation, there is little reported monitoring of policy adherence. This short report describes adherence to the provincial school food and nutrition policy in Nova Scotia (NS) that was implemented in 2006.

Methods: An online survey was distributed to NS public schools in 2014–2015 to assess adherence to the directives and guidelines of the policy. Descriptive information was obtained for schools and indicators for policy adherence were explored.

Results: A total of 242 schools completed the survey (73% response rate) and policy adherence was variable across the different components. Few schools adhered to the policy standard related to the sale of unhealthy foods and there was inconsistency in school adherence reported for other policy indicators.

Conclusions: This research suggests that further action is need to ensure “minimum nutrition” food and beverages are not available in schools and that healthy eating is reinforced through prioritizing key policy actions like pricing strategies, discontinuing fundraising with unhealthy food, and ensuring food programs are available in a nonstigmatizing manner.
Improving Documentation of Pediatric Height, Weight, and Body Mass Index by Primary Care Providers
Authors: Wray Coraine V. , Brauer Paula M. , Heuberger Roschelle A. , Logomarsino John V.
Published: July 2018

The regular documentation of anthropometric data in an electronic medical record (EMR) is one tracking method used by primary care providers to follow the growth trajectory and development of children in their health care practices. EMR reminders have been proposed as a method to increase recording of pediatric height and weight by primary care providers, leading to potentially better detection and management of children classified as overweight or obese. The aim of this pre–post study was to improve a Family Health Team’s physician documentation of pediatric height and weight through the implementation of an EMR reminder alert tool. The documentation rate for children 4–7 years old in the 6 months before intervention was 36% of children seen. After implementation of EMR reminder alerts, primary care physicians’ documentation rate rose to 45% (9% increase; P < 0.01), but it was below the 15% target increase. Better documentation of pediatric height and weight by family physicians is needed to improve monitoring of children’s growth trajectories. Additional strategies to increase documentation rates are needed.
Size Matters: Package Size Influences Recognition of Serving Size Information
Authors: Baxter Victoria M. , Andrushko Justin W. , Teucher Ulrich
Published: July 2018

Purpose: To identify the impact of package size on an individual’s use of serving size information. The hypothesis was that participants would make more serving size assumption errors on a nutrition facts table (NFT) interpretation task when assessing packages that appear as a single serving but contain multiple servings, compared with products that appear as a multi-serving and contain multiple servings.

Methods: Sixty participants were randomized into 1 of 3 conditions (n = 20 each); products that appeared as a single serving and contain a single serving (SSSS), products that appeared as a single serving and contain multiple servings (SSMS), and products that both appear as a multi-serving and contain multiple servings (MSMS). All 3 conditions were tested on a NFT interpretation task while participants were being presented food items that were appropriate to their given condition.

Results: Participants in the SSMS (9.55 ± 7.78) condition made significantly more serving size assumption errors than the SSSS (0.00 ± 0.00; P < 0.001) and MSMS (0.40 ± 0.75; P < 0.001) conditions.

Conclusions: Participants did not address serving size information when they perceived a product to be a single serving. This resulted in people misinterpreting nutritional and caloric content of foods that were single unit foods with multiple servings.
Study of the Existence and Uniqueness of Global Solution for the Fractional Second Order Nonlinear Integro â€“Differential Equations with Boundary Conditions
Authors: Edress Ammar Isam
Published: July 2018

In this paper, the existence of the global solution and its uniqueness is studied for the Second Order

Nonlinear Integroâ€“Differential Fractional Equations with boundary conditions by utilizing the Picard approximation

method which is given by Sturble, 1962. Furthermore, several given results by Butris, 2010 have been extended
On Harmonic Index of Some Special Graphs with Certain Vertex Gluing Graphs
Authors: Aljanabi Haneen Kareem
Published: July 2018

The stability of cycloalkanes strain energy, branched alkanes and linear alkanes, can be reasonably modeled using the harmonic index (H), which is commonly defined as ( ) Î£ ( ) ( ) where d(u) denotes the vertex degree of u in graph G. In the current work, public equation is derived to the H index of vertex gluing and certain graphs.
Graph Visualization Tools: A Comparative Analysis
Authors:   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan, Fariha Majeed Fariha Majeed , Saif-ur-Rahman Saif-ur-Rahman ,   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
Published: July 2018

Data visualization is becoming a necessity for big organizations as the social networking data is growing rapidly. It is becoming difficult to visualize data and perform complex comparisons. There have been large databases to store huge data but to study the behavior is becoming time consuming and sometimes impossible. One can analyze small sets of relations but as the relationship grows, it becomes difficult to make decisions. Data Visualization tools are used to overcome this issue; however, the algorithms used to perform the analysis requires high performance processors otherwise, the data size would degrade the performance. The research provides a comparative study on popular visualization tools that could be used in the analysis of large datasets. The comparison would comprise of statistics on their common features identified on the basis of market research and literature survey.
Standard Framework for Comparison of Graph Partitioning Techniques
Authors:   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan, Iqbal Mudasser , Saif-ur-Rahman Saif-ur-Rahman ,   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan
Published: July 2018

Graph Partitioning is used to distribute graph partitions across nodes for processing. It is very important in the pre-processing step for distributed graph processing. In Math and Computer Science, many different distributed graph processing solutions use different partitioning approaches. This research deals with the identification of issues associated with the different graph partitioning approaches. This research paper compared the different graph partitioning solution (GraphLab, ParMetis, PT-Scotch) by applying them on different real world datasets and obtained the I/O and partitioning variation between them using different technique. This paper describes the procedure of configuring the GraphLab on Ubuntu OS and applying partitioning and pagerank techniques on it. Pmetis and Kmetis are two graph partitioning algorithms used in ParMetis. These algorithms were on same graph for different numbers of partitions and obtained the I/O and partitioning comparison between Pmetis and Kmetis. Different vertex cut strategies are also discussed in this paper. In this paper, the behavior of PowerGraph and PT-Scotch was explored while working on a very large datasets.
A Semi-supervised approach to Document Clustering with Sequence Constraint
Authors:   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan, Fazal Murtaza Munawar , Rafi Muhammad ,   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan
Published: July 2018

Document clustering is usually performed as an unsupervised task. It attempts to separate different groups of documents (clusters) from a document collection based on implicitly identifying the common patterns present in these documents. A semi-supervised approach to this problem recently reported promising results. In semi-supervised approach, an explicit background knowledge (for example: Must-link or Cannot-link information for a pair of documents) is used in the form of constraints to drive the clustering process in the right direction. In this paper, a semi-supervised approach to document clustering is proposed. There are three main contributions through this paper (i) a document is transformed primarily into a graph representation based on Graph-of-Word approach. From this graph, a word sequences of size=3 is extracted. This sequence is used as a feature for the semi-supervised clustering. (ii) A similarity function based on common[1]word sequences is proposed, and (iii) the constrained based algorithm is designed to perform the actual cluster process through active learning. The proposed algorithm is implemented and extensively tested on three standard text mining datasets. The method clearly outperforms the recently proposed algorithms for document clustering in term of standard evaluation measures for document clustering task.
Urdu Optical Character Recognition Technique for Jameel Noori Nastaleeq Script
Authors:   Computer & Software Engineering Department Bahria University Karachi Campus, Karachi, Pakistan, Khan Engr. Reema Qaiser , Khan Engr. Wafa Qaiser ,   Computer & Software Engineering Department Bahria University Karachi Campus, Karachi, Pakistan
Published: July 2018

Urdu OCR’s have been an object of interest for many developers in the recent years. Active research is being done pertaining to Urdu OCR’s, but because of the complexity associated with Urdu fonts; it still lacks perfection halting it from coming up to the surface. The main objective was to create a technique that could be applied to any of the existing Urdu fonts/scripts. In this paper, the authors have developed a technique which is capable of extracting the Urdu font “Jameel Noori Nastaleeq” from images and converts it into editable textual Unicodes. The approach comprises of pre-processing techniques, label connected components, feature extraction, and image comparison. The identified objects are saved as templates which are then compared to the white pixel position length database created by the authors in order to identify the templates which are then converted into Unicode.
Guiding Girls
Authors: Smith Lisa , Paterson Stephanie
Published: July 2018

Nova Scotia’s Guide for Girls and Manitoba’s 4 Girls Only! represent recent shifts in policy that aim to include and empower young women vis-a-vis public policy. In this article, we analyze these manuals, illuminating the ways in which young women are configured as subjects in late modern capitalist societies such as Canada. We show that, as neoliberal subjects, young women are increasingly expected to be autonomous and self-governing yet appear to require guidance to follow the right path towards future ideal neoliberal citizenship. Thus, despite their notable intentions, the manuals identify and target certain forms of conduct as problematic, eschewing a broader discussion of the structural causes of a variety of social problems such as poverty, unemployment, poor health, sexual violence, and stress, thus raising important questions regarding policy by, for, and about young women.
Girls’ Work in a Rural Intercultural Setting
Authors: Padawer Ana
Published: July 2018

In this article I explore the meaning of work for girls in rural northeastern Argentina as formative experience that forges their identity as peasants in the contemporary world. Based on ethnographic research conducted from 2008 to the present in rural areas of San Ignacio (Misiones), I examine, from the perspective of regulatory definitions regarding children’s work, the ways in which young girls gradually participate in the social reproduction of families. Girls’ participation in these activities should not be romanticized as part of a socialization process, but, rather, critically considered as formative experience in which class, age, gender, and ethnic distinctions define certain tasks as girls’ peasant skills. Using data from participant observations made on three farms, I show how girls have an active role in the appropriation of knowledge through shared activities with boys, although such learning is overshadowed by the prevailing socio-historic construct of male dominance.
Usefulness of a flow chart for targeted screening of congenital cytomegalovirus-related hearing loss
Authors: Ciccia Matilde , Monari Caterina , Vitagliano Gianna , Zarro Nicola , Sandri Fabrizio
Published: July 2018

Around 90% of congenital cytomegalovirus infected neonates are asymptomatic at birth. Among the infected infants showing no clinical abnormalities, 7 to 15% or over may develop sensorineural hearing loss and only about 50% of these cases are detectable at birth. In 2013, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Maggiore Hospital in Bologna (Italy) introduced a one-page flow chart aimed at identifying neonates with unapparent congenital cytomegalovirus infection by means of selective cytomegalovirus screening of patients who failed to pass a hearing screening test. Since its introduction, 83 infants have been referred to our clinic for sample collection and two cases of congenital cytomegalovirus-related sensorineural hearing loss were diagnosed and treated at the appropriate time.
Lung ultrasound in early diagnosis of neonatal transient tachypnea and its differentiation from other causes of neonatal respiratory distress
Authors: Ibrahim M. , Omran A. , AbdAllah N.B. , Ibrahim M. , El-Sharkawy S.
Published: July 2018

BACKGROUND:

Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN) is one of the most common causes of neonatal respiratory distress (RD). However, distinguishing TTN from other causes of RD may be difficult during the first 12:24 h after birth. Lung ultrasonography (LUS) has been successfully utilized in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of neonatal RD. This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of LUS for early diagnosis of TTN as well as differentiate it from other causes of neonatal RD in near and full term Egyptian neonates.

METHODS:

LUS was performed in 65 near and full term neonates presented with RD within the first 12:24 hours of admission in NICU of Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.

RESULTS:

Among the 65 neonates included in the study, 73.8% were diagnosed to have TTN, 18.5% were diagnosed to have pneumonia, 4.6% had meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) and 3.1% had respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). The Double lung point has 69.6% sensitivity, 100% specificity, 100% PPV and 39.1% NPV for detecting TTN. We have novel data showing a positive correlation between the degree of alveolar-interstitial syndrome (AIS) and the type of oxygen support offered to neonates diagnosed with TTN.

CONCLUSION:

We found LUS to be a reliable and non-invasive tool for the early diagnosis of TTN and its differentiation from other causes of neonatal RD in near and full term Egyptian neonates.