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Improved active disturbance rejection controller for rotor system of magnetic levitation turbomachinery
Authors: Yu Tongtong , Zhang Zhizhou , Li Yang , Zhao Weilong , Zhang Jinchu
Published: February 2023

The rotor of the magnetic suspension turbomachinery is supported by the magnetic suspension bearing without contact and mechanical friction, which directly drives the high-efficiency fluid impeller. It has the advantages of high efficiency, low noise, less fault and no lubrication. However, the system often has some unknown mutation, time variation, load perturbation and other un-certainties when working, and the traditional Proportion Integration Differentiation (PID) control strategy has great limitations to overcome the above disturbances. Therefore, this paper firstly establishes a mathematical model of the rotor of magnetic levitation turbomachinery. Then, a linear active disturbance rejection controller (LADRC) is presented, which can not only improve the above problems of PID control, but also avoid the complex parameter tuning process of traditional nonlinear active disturbance rejection control (ADRC). However, LADRC is easy to induce the overshoot of the system and cannot filter the given signal. On this basis, an improved LADRC with a fast-tracking differentiator (FTD) is proposed to arrange the transition process of input signals. The simulation results show that compared with the traditional PID controller and single LADRC, the improved linear active disturbance rejection control method with fast tracking differentiator (FTD-LADRC) can better suppress some unknown abrupt changes, time variation and other uncertainties of the electromagnetic bearing-rotor system. At the same time, the overshoot of the system is smaller, and the parameters are easy to be set, which is convenient for engineering application.
Who Loses in Financial Inclusion?
Authors: Ozili Peterson K.
Published: February 2023

Financial inclusion involves the provision of basic formal financial services to members of society. Policy efforts and collaboration with the private sector have helped to increase the level of financial inclusion in many countries. Such efforts give rise to net winners and net losers from financial inclusion efforts. This chapter identifies the net losers from financial inclusion efforts. The lesson from the net losers identified in this study is that being ‘banked' is only a necessary condition to enjoy the benefits of financial inclusion. Being ‘banked' is not a sufficient condition to enjoy the benefits of financial inclusion. A banked adult can be a net loser from financial inclusion despite being banked. This has wider implications for understanding the challenges to sustained financial inclusion.
Effectiveness of Community Education Programmes and Acceptability of Ecological Sanitation in Low Income Peri-Urban Areas
Authors: Adebayo Pauline Wambui , Msebenzi Thandeka , Ndinda Catherine
Published: February 2023

The chapter outlines the lessons learnt from an empirical study of the implementation of Urinary Diversion (UD toilets) in the Umbumbulu peri-urban settlement of Ethekwini municipality. The study found a disjuncture between the community education and promotional programmes used to introduce UD toilet technology, and the norms and practices of the community around issues of human waste handling, disposal, and use. As a result, the acceptability, use, and maintenance of UD toilets and the use of their by-product for food production by the community was low. To this extent, beneficiary exclusion from the sanitation method that they considered ‘proper' viz. water-borne sanitation endured, despite the municipality's efforts. These findings point to the need to devise more effective and robust educational and promotional programmes that reflect an awareness of the community's social and cultural norms, and which compellingly persuade the community to overcome its UD toilet reticence, particularly in the face of the more acceptable water-borne sanitation.
Walking Side by Side
Authors: Nobre Ana
Published: February 2023

The digital humanities have become a new avatar of scientific and educational progress and are part of the ideology of progress, of a linear and cumulative science. Therefore, our work questions the marketing pretension of the new digital learning environments for languages that herald an educational revolution registering itself in the idea of technological progress and addresses digital technologies in the teaching of a foreign language. We will insist in particular on the need not to ignore the term innovation, and we will see that a pedagogy that aims to be truly innovative requires a fundamental reflection, both at the educational level and at the technological levels to meet the needs of the current mobility of international students.
Reading Habits Among University Students Studying Engineering in the Digital Age
Authors: Borah Rashmi Rekha , Bhuvaneswari G. , Hussain Moon Moon
Published: February 2023

In this study, engineering students from universities all around India will have their reading interests and habits examined. Reading habits have changed as a result of technology; the most popular change is the rise of text reading from computer screens. Teachers and students face a variety of difficulties and opportunities as a result of the widespread use of screen reading. The usage of annotations and other forms of text interaction by engineering students when reading academic publications is examined in this work along with their general reading preferences, habits, and attitudes. The opinions of 109 students who participated in an online survey were examined. The report highlights a number of issues with engineering students' preferences and habits, and how those issues affect their capacity for critical thought. The researcher presented recommendations to encourage reading habits among engineering students in the continually technologically driven environment of today after conducting research to acquire a thorough overview of millennials' reading preferences.
Study on Learning of Communication Channels at the Grassroots Level With Reference to Social Issues
Authors: Verma Anurag
Published: February 2023

Communication helps an individual to survive, grow, progress, and develop within a structure. Communication also creates a common pool of ideas and beliefs through a systematic process. When it comes to rural areas, the role of communication and communicators becomes more important because of the educational background of people. The Indian rural population faces a lot of social issues like girl's education, dowery, domestic violence, etc. The government always initiates number of programs in rural areas to make people aware regarding the social issues. Also, the change agents like educators and NGO workers work along with the government agencies, but most of the time, the campaign fails to impress the people at grassroot level. The communication at grass root level allows rural people to be at the centre of any initiatives. There are so many formal channels of communication in rural areas and there are some informal channels of communication at grass root level which helps people to understand information as they are.
Review of the Research on Design Education and Practices
Authors: Tiwari Shweta Vivek
Published: February 2023

Since time immemorial, the space where teachers and students assembled for traditional learning was the classroom. But the internet has changed how people think about place, time, and space. The physical dimension no longer confines space; it also includes the virtual domain. Futuristic methods of teaching and learning have emerged based on improved cognitive understanding. As a result, the concept of a classroom has expanded and evolved. Spaces are no longer defined by their physical notions but identified by their intangible usefulness. Today, though technology and the internet have drastically reduced the importance of distance, space is still a crucial determinant for collaborative creative work. Building on the premise that the physical environment influences learning, this research intends to identify spatial characteristics that play a role in facilitating creativity and innovation, especially in the context of design education.
Underprivileged Children and COVID-19
Authors: Bhojia Sudeshna Jayant
Published: February 2023

The pandemic has disrupted lives and is continuing to affect the right to education across the world; a shelter home housing underprivileged kids in the state of Gujarat is no exception. The crisis that hit the world unannounced, and led to hurried closing down of the educational institutions for indefinite periods. After a hiatus, a new mode of imparting education was sought to be adapted –the online mode. And the inequalities in access to education were striking. With online education becoming an only way to maintain continuity, the fragility of the public education system and institutions that were under funded became vivid. The pressure on the parents, educators, and administrators increased manifold. A tiny section of students at a shelter home in Ahmedabad—the Visamo Kids Foundation—endeavoring to access quality education in the finest English medium schools under RTE, were marginalized and deprived of their right to access to quality education.
Mobile Journalism and Dissemination
Authors: Kumar Sandeep
Published: February 2023

Communication and dissemination of information forever changed after 1990, and media is changing to adapt or survive the emerging trends in use with new media. Smartphones with touch screens and online connectivity are more prevalent than computers in the digital age. Emerging new technologies have changed the journalism and styles of news presentation and dissemination as smartphones changed their audience. Mobile journalism is a journalistic practice in which a reporter uses a smartphone for reporting, recording, editing, and even uploading content on media port or air. The researcher is studying how journalists adapt the culture of mobile journalism in their journalistic tasks and the effects of mobile journalism on their work. It also tries to analyze news organizations' responses toward using mobile phones in journalism instead of traditional equipment and studio setups.
Embedding Technology in Human Resource Management
Authors: P. Bhanumathi , R. Jeevitha , V. Rema
Published: February 2023

Technology-driven human resource management is the order of the day. The knowledge of available technologies and their implications in some HRM functions is critical for today's managers. The focus of the chapter is to discuss the challenges and issues in traditional HRM, and the impact of the integration of technologies in some of the HRM functions like human resource planning, candidate tracking, workforce management, talent acquisition and recruitment, career management, employee relationship management, compensation, training, succession planning, retention, and others. The chapter also provides a list of software tools available for various HRM functions and their purpose, information technologies in Industry 5.0
Ecosystems in Precision Medicine
Authors: McCurdy Denise
Published: February 2023

Emerging technology requires participating members to intensely collaborate in fundamentally novel ways. This participation includes established and start-up firms, health professionals, standards bodies, regulatory agencies, and of course, patients. But how to design, implement, and manage emerging technology that cuts across shifting zones? With firm and global boundaries increasingly blurred, uneven regulatory treatment, and evolving standards, how can ecosystem partners collaborate to mitigate the risks to consumers as their data becomes ever more precise and identifiable? This chapter explores the relationships and decisions that ecosystem partners must collaboratively take together in the context of precision medicine and the challenges of working effectively – and ethically - with consumers.
Converging Technologies and Business Models That Will Transform the Healthcare Sector Exponentially
Authors: Hofert Alistair
Published: February 2023

“Any company designed for success in the 20th century is doomed to failure in the 21st,” says David S. Roe. In a rapidly changing world of converging technologies and business models morphing into ecosystems, there is a need for agility to deal with exponential change in healthcare and life sciences. The world used to manage scarcity of resources, capabilities, technologies, and sciences, but now we manage an abundance of the same to harness capabilities for betterment of humankind in the next decade and beyond. The purpose of this chapter is to highlight the emerging business model options enabled by exponential converging technologies over the next decade.
Práticas escolares no laboratório do gabinete do ensino de História Natural/Biologia no Colégio Pedro II (1960-1970)
Authors: Alves de Oliveira Flaviana , Gomes Maria Margarida Pereira de Lima
Published: February 2023

O presente artigo visa escrutinar as práticas escolares e curriculares vivenciadas no âmbito do laboratório do gabinete de História Natural do Colégio Pedro II entre 1960 e 1970 a fim de compreender como a disciplina escolar Biologia se conformou nos muros da referida instituição. Para entender a práxis no gabinete, utilizamos como material empírico o livro de registro das aulas práticas laboratoriais e depoimentos de ex-professores. O fazer cotidiano caracterizou a disciplina escolar História Natural/Biologia como de caráter experimental ligada ao método científico e ao ensino prático, predominantemente acadêmica e associada às Ciências Biológicas; e permitiu a consolidação e legitimação dela no contexto do movimento de renovação do ensino de Ciências.
The Effectiveness of Millennium Challenge Corporation Grants in Accelerating Economic Growth
Authors: Gunaruwan T. L. , Indeewari G. K. D.
Published: February 2023

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a United States’ agency, with a novel structure that provides international development assistance. It operates with the stated objective of assisting the grant-recipient countries in their attempts to accelerate economic growth through poverty reduction, particularly by identifying and removing the binding constraints to growth. There is much debate over how the MCC programme is effective in realising its growth-supporting objective. A few studies have been conducted to examine this aspect. The present study, another attempt to shed light on the comparative growth performance in the MCC grant recipient economies, did not enable the inference that the MCC grant has successfully accelerated the growth impetus in recipient nations. This suggestive inference, however, has to be reconfirmed through future research, that could possibly include any other variables which might be considered as influential, and also capture the long-term growth effects which may not have been reflected through macroeconomic data thus far.
Electricity Usage as A Proxy Indicator For Poverty Targeting
Authors: Gunewardena D. , Siyambalapitiya S.
Published: February 2023

This perspective demonstrates that household electricity usage is a good proxy for poverty and a quick, efficient, and effective targeting mechanism for welfare benefits. As Sri Lanka’s economic crisis continues, up to 50% or more of the population will likely need state support, yet the existing welfare benefit scheme falls far short of its goals. Current targeting through Samurdhi reaches just about a quarter of all households and only 40% of the poorest decile of individuals. The analysis presented in this perspective shows that the alternative of using a threshold of 60kwh of electricity usage per month as a preliminary eligibility criterion will reach approximately 50% of the population and over 80% of the poorest among them and performs best among a set of alternatives, including Samurdhi.
One Hundred Years of Social Sciences in Sri Lankan Universities
Authors: Weerawansa S. R. S. D. K. , Hewage T. U.
Published: February 2023

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Long Non-Coding RNA TUG1 Attenuates Insulin Resistance in Mice with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus via Regulation of the MicroRNA-328-3p/SREBP-2/ERK Axis
Authors: Tang Xuwen , Qin Qingxin , Xu Wenjing , Zhang Xuezhen
Published: February 2023

Background: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been illustrated to contribute to the development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). In the present study, we aimed to elucidate how lncRNA taurine upregulated gene 1 (TUG1) influences insulin resistance (IR) in a high-fat diet (HFD)-induced mouse model of GDM.Methods: We initially developed a mouse model of HFD-induced GDM, from which islet tissues were collected for RNA and protein extraction. Interactions among lncRNA TUG1/microRNA (miR)-328-3p/sterol regulatory element binding protein 2 (SREBP-2) were assessed by dual-luciferase reporter assay. Fasting blood glucose (FBG), fasting insulin (FINS), homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), HOMA pancreatic β-cell function (HOMA-β), insulin sensitivity index for oral glucose tolerance tests (ISOGTT) and insulinogenic index (IGI) levels in mouse serum were measured through conducting gain- and loss-of-function experiments.Results: Abundant expression of miR-328 and deficient expression of lncRNA TUG1 and SREBP-2 were characterized in the islet tissues of mice with HFD-induced GDM. LncRNA TUG1 competitively bound to miR-328-3p, which specifically targeted SREBP-2. Either depletion of miR-328-3p or restoration of lncRNA TUG1 and SREBP-2 reduced the FBG, FINS, HOMA-β, and HOMA-IR levels while increasing ISOGTT and IGI levels, promoting the expression of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway-related genes, and inhibiting apoptosis of islet cells in GDM mice. Upregulation miR-328-3p reversed the alleviative effects of SREBP-2 and lncRNA TUG1 on IR.Conclusion: Our study provides evidence that the lncRNA TUG1 may prevent IR following GDM through competitively binding to miR-328-3p and promoting the SREBP-2-mediated ERK signaling pathway inactivation.
La información judicial en la prensa colombiana, camino a la pérdida de credibilidad
Authors: Gutiérrez-Coba Liliana
Published: February 2023

El control de calidad del tratamiento que dan los medios de comunicación a la información que publican resulta cada vez más necesario. Un estudio realizado sobre el manejo de los temas de justicia en seis de los principales periódicos colombianos, revela que estos han descuidado su función analítica y orientadora para dedicarse al simple registro de los hechos, que se basan en gran medida en fuentes oficiales y que en más ocasiones de las deseadas evitan identificar la fuente de información. Por esta razón, se requiere que las empresas periodísticas revisen los procesos de tratamiento de la información y dicten políticas claras para modificar las actuales rutinas periodísticas, pues de lo contrario, se verán abocados a la pérdida de credibilidad y, por ende, de lectores.
Predictors of delayed consultation in undescended testis patients at a Rwandan referral hospital
Authors: Bonane A. , Nshimiyimana A. , Nzeyimana I. , Nyirimodoka A. , Nyirimodoka A. , Muhawenimana A. , Hategekimana T. , Rickard J.
Published: February 2023

INTRODUCTION: Delayed management of undescended testes (UDT) is associated with an increased risk of malignancy and impaired fertility. To identify causes of delayed consultation of patients with UDT at a Rwandan referral hospitalMETHODS: This was a retrospective study of patients with delayed UDT presentations from 2012 to 2016. A delayed UDT presentation was defined as any patient presenting with UDT at >1 year of age. RESULTS: There were 44 cases of delayed UDT presentations. Most patients (n = 35, 79.5%) were born at a hospital; the rest (n = 9, 20.5%) were born at home. The patient’s parent with higher education in the family was considered. Most of the patients’ parents (n = 29, 65.9%) had a primary education, 6 (13.6%) had a secondary education (high school graduate), 1 (2.3%) had a university education, and 8 (18.2%) never went to school. The reported reasons for delays as they appear in the patient chart were 16 (36.4%) patients due to ignorance, 12 (27.3%) due to poor physical examination at birth, 7 (15.9%) due to poor guidance, 4 (9.0%) due to poverty and 5 (11.4%) due to long appointments. There were no overlapping reasons for delay reported. Patients born at home were more likely to identify ignorance as a reason for the delay (p = 0.007). Of the 16 patients who reported a delay due to ignorance, 12 of their parents had primary education, and 3 had no education. Most (n = 34, 77.3%) patients were fertile in adulthood, but 9 (20.4%) presented with infertility and 1 (2.3%) presented with testicular torsion. CONCLUSION: A number of reasons are responsible for delayed consultation in patients with UDT, including ignorance, poor physical examination, poor guidance, and poverty. Most of the causes are preventable. The urgent need for awareness of UDT and collaboration between physicians is paramount for early consult and management.
The Role of Perceived Ease of Use and Customer Engagement In Influencing Behavioural Intention to Use Traveloka Paylater
Authors: Sugandi Evelyne Austine , Saberina Sabilla , Sarifiyono Aggi Panigoro
Published: February 2023

The objective of this study were to find out the role of perceived ease of use and customer engagement in influencing behavioural intention to use Traveloka Paylater. Based on the increasing number of paylater services users in Indonesia, as well as the lack of behavioural intention to use Traveloka Paylater as the service from Traveloka, which incidentally is the number one online travel and lifestyle superapp in Indonesia. In this study, data were collected through the online questionnaire distribution to the respondents. The population in this study were users of Traveloka as seen from the number of users who gave ratings on PlayStore. The number of sampels taken based on calculations using Isaac and Michael formulas with a total sample are 271 (two hundred seventy one) respondents. The research method that used in this study is an associative quantitative method with a descriptive and verification approach. The result of the questionnaire distribution were analyzed by multiple regression analysis, coefficient of determination, t-test and F-test. The result of this study showed that: (1) perceived ease of use has a partial influence on behavioural intention to use Traveloka Paylate by 0,536 or 53%r. (2) customer engagement has a partial influence on behavioural intention to use Traveloka Paylater by 0,573 or 57,3%. (3) perceived ease of use and customer engagement has a stimultaneous on behavioural intention to use Traveloka Paylater by 0,680 or 68%.
Improving Students' Learning Achievement Through Cooperative Learning and Padlet Application in Class XI MIPA 3
Authors: Rulianah Nita , Prabowo Agung , Sukono Sukono
Published: February 2023

Chemistry learning is still less active which can be seen t students tend to be passive and less enthusiastic in learning. Students participate in learning activities with less enthusiasm and tend to wait for explanations from the teacher. One of the solutions used to overcome this is the cooperative learning model and the use of padlet application media. The purpose of this study was to find out the application of cooperative learning and padlet application media in class XI MIPA 3. The research sample was students in class XI MIPA 3 SMA N 1 Mirit, Kebumen consisting of 36 students. The research was conducted in 3 meetings. This type of research is quantitative research using descriptive analysis. Screening data through pretest and posttest value data. The results showed that learning using cooperative learning and padlet applications increased 30.94% of student achievement in class XI MIPA 3 SMA N 1 Mirit.
How to Teach English to Children Early on
Authors: Hidayana Rizki Apriva , Yakubu Usman A.
Published: February 2023

Infrastructure and facilities should be sufficient to support the early introduction of English. To properly implement learning management, the teacher, who is a part of the learning process manager, must be aware of the early childhood thinking framework (AUD). Learning should be controlled to produce engaging and fulfilling learning activities. To make learning English for young children meaningful and enjoyable, singing (song) is used as a teaching tool. Children can be engaged in learning English by using a variety of approaches, tactics, games, and learning resources that will make them feel like they are playing rather than learning. Even the local culture can be useful for making learning enjoyable for AUD. The topic of learning English for AUD, in general, and through singing, in particular, will be covered in this article. A positive attitude toward learning English will keep AUD from being disinterested, dissatisfied, or even terrified by it.
Determinant Factors of Dividend Policy in Cooperative Organization
Authors: Sugiyanto Sugiyanto , Nur’aeni Nur’aeni , Dewi Leli Savitri
Published: February 2023

Dividend policy is one of the functions of financial management with regard to the distribution of corporate earnings after tax or the cooperative surplus to the owner. Dividend policy in cooperatives organization is regulated based on regulations and member agreements stipulated in the articles of association and by-laws of the cooperative. The purpose of this study is to analysis the determinant factors of dividend policy in cooperative organization. This study uses research and analysis of descriptive qualitative approach. Data were obtained from 4 cooperatives, where the cooperative determined with consideration of routinely distributing cooperative surplus.The results of the study show that the determinant factors of cooperative dividend policies are found in several additional determinants such as: member participation, cooperative principles, member conditions and regulation, in addition to determinants that have been widely researched and used as guidelines for in general, such as: liquidity, profitability, firm size, capital requirement (leverage), and risk. New findings from the determinants of dividend policy in cooperatives organization such as member participation, cooperative principles, member conditions and regulation need to be studied further with a quantitative research approach, so that the conclusions can be generalized.
Violencia familiar y victimización fuera del hogar en adolescentes. Diferencias de género en relación con la polivictimización
Authors: Grijalva Eternod Aurea Esther
Published: February 2023

En el presente trabajo se analizan los efectos de la violencia familiar (VF) en adolescentes. Concretamente, se evalúa si existen diferencias entre los que la han experimentado y los que no, en relación con la probabilidad de ser víctima fuera del hogar y, en consecuencia, de ser polivíctima. El análisis se realiza con datos obtenidos mediante la aplicación de la tercera edición del instrumento International Self-Report Delinquency Study, ISRD-3, en una muestra de adolescentes de nivel secundaria en Guadalajara, México. Los resultados muestran que la violencia familiar directa (VFD) se relaciona con una mayor probabilidad de experimentar victimización fuera del hogar, mientras que los efectos de la violencia familiar indirecta (VFI) se observan sólo en las mujeres. Asimismo, al valorar si existen diferencias en la probabilidad de consumo de sustancias entre no víctimas, víctimas de VF, víctimas de delitos fuera del hogar y polivíctimas, se confirma la importancia de identificar la condición de víctima y los efectos diferenciados en función del género. Finalmente, se discuten las implicaciones de los resultados y se realizan algunas recomendaciones de intervención para las víctimas de VF.
PROBLEMS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES AND THREATS
Authors: Biloshkurskyi Mykola , Chvertko Liudmyla
Published: February 2023

The monograph represents the results of research of the scientific and pedagogical staff of the Department of Finance, Accounting and Economic Security of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University on the research topic “Problems of financial support of economic and social sphere” (state registration number 0116U000117). Ukraine’s financial security in the context of global transformation, formation of local budgets in the context of modern challenges and threats, the role and place of communities in the management of sustainable development in a region under institutional change, financial instruments of social protection of internally displaced persons in Ukraine, management of agricultural enterprise economic security are given in the monograph. Recommended for readers interested in economic issues, academics, professionals, postgraduates, educators and students.
An Autoethnographic Reflection from Two Black Women Ph.D.’s and Their White Woman Advisor on the Use and Impact of Sista Circle Methodology in the Dissertation Process
Authors: Nathan B, , Love Rashida , Carlson Laurie
Published: February 2023

Black Women doctoral students experience the journey as “outsiders within” (Collins, 1986), navigating how to excel and thrive while being on the margins (hooks, 1991). The authors of this manuscript reflect upon the impact of adopting a culturally relevant methodology and method, integrating various forms of Black Women’s art, and challenging tenets of traditional western research. An auto-ethnographic exercise illuminated the critical need for Nathan and Love to insert their Black Womanhood into their dissertation research process using Sista Circle Methodology, an active decision to decolonize research. Carlson provided a critical link to ensuring Nathan and Love graduated and provides her reflective learning about the methodology, methods, and advising Black Women using a Black Feminist lens.
IMPLEMENTATION OF BIL WAKALAH MURABAHAH ACADEMIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH DSN-MUI FATWA NO. 4/DSN-MUI/IV/2000
Authors: Mansyur Saidin , Hasanuddin  , Amri Ulil
Published: February 2023

The practice of the Murabahah Bil Wakalah contract is a form of implementing the rules or norms of the Murabahah Bil Wakalah sharia in accordance with Islamic principles. This study uses a qualitative method. The data collection technique used in this study is through interviews and documentation with an employee who works in the field of credit and financing analysis and with a financing customer for a Murabahah bil Wakalah contract. The results of the research that has been carried out show that the implementation of the Murabahah Bil Wakalah contract has been running in accordance with DSN-MUI Fatwa No. 4/DSN-MUI/IV/2000 concerning the implementation of murabahah contracts and the implementation of the norms of the Murabahah Bil Wakalah contract that have complied with sharia norms, namely avoiding things that conflict with Sharia, and its implementation has followed Sharia principles, namely: Justice, Help, Togetherness, and Halal
Fungsi, Kategori, dan Peran Sintaksis Bahasa Arab: Perspektif Linguistik Modern
Authors: Fitriani
Published: February 2023

Penggunaan bahasa Arab semakin meluas dengan latar belakang pengguna yang juga semakin beragam. Oleh karena itu, dibutuhkan konsep kaidah yang bersifat universal agar bisa diterjemahkan dan diselaraskan dengan perspektif yang berlaku secara umum, sebagaimana prinsip universal grammar dari Chomsky. Konsep tersebut ditemukan dalam perspektif linguistik modern. Oleh karena itu, peneliti merumuskan penelitian yang mencoba untuk membuka paradigma sintaksis bahasa Arab menurut perspektif linguistik modern. Tujuan dilakukannya penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis konsep fungsi, kategori, dan peran sintaksis bahasa Arab berdasarkan perspektif linguistik modern. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif berdasarkan jenisnya sebagai penelitian kualitatif. Adapun data dan sumber data yang digunakan adalah buku yang menyediakan satuan sintaksis bahasa Arab. Data-data yang diperoleh dianalisis dengan metode simak dengan teknik analisis yang terdiri dari tiga tahap, yakni penyediaan data, analisis data, dan penyajian hasil. Adapun hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan tiga poin: pertama, bahwa dalam bahasa Arab dikenal dua pola fungsi dasar sintaksis, yakni subjek-predikat-objek/komplemen-keterangan dan predikat-subjek-objek/komplemen-keterangan, 2) kategori sintaksis bahasa Arab tidak hanya fi’l, ism, dan harf, melainkan diperluas menjadi verba, nomina, adjektiva, adverbia, preposisi, pronomina, numeralia, dan konjungsi, serta 3) Analisis peran sintaksis pelaku, tindakan, sasaran, dan pelengkap juga dapat diterapkan dalam kalimat bahasa Arab.
CORRELATION BETWEEN EXTROVERT CHARACTER AND SPEAKING ABILITY ON FIRST YEAR STUDENTS IN ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF STAIN MAJENE
Authors: Wardiman
Published: February 2023

This study discusses how significant the relationship between extroverted character and students' speaking ability is. With data obtained through questionnaires distributed to as many as 36 students in the first year of STAIN Majene English education, it was found that 15 of these students were students who tended to fall into the extrovert category. In this study, researchers used a quantitative approach to measure the extent of the relationship between the two variables. After distributing questionnaires to classify which students had extroverted characters, the researcher then measured speaking ability by giving short readings for students to read and found that all of them had a fairly good average speaking ability score with a score of 78.8. To measure the significance of the relationship between the two, researchers used the Pearson product moment correlation analysis method to measure variables. After conducting the analysis, it was found that the significance level of the correlation was 0.986, meaning that there was a fairly close relationship between extroverted character and the speaking ability of English language education students at STAIN Majene.
THE USE OF KAHOOT GAME TO ENRICH STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY AT SMA NEGERI 2 MAJENE
Authors: Nurhaspiah Nurhaspiah , Fachruddin Achmad Taqlidul Chair
Published: February 2023

This research aimed to find out whether or not the use of Kahoot game effects students’ vocabulary at SMANegeri 2 Majene. The research employed quasi-experimental research method. The subjects of this researchwere two groups, the experimental and control group of tenth grade students at SMA Negeri 2 Mejene. Thedata of this research were analyzed by calculating the data using SPSS 26. The result of the data showed themean scores of experimental group pre-test was 43.20 and the control group 39.77. After both groups obtainedthe treatments, the mean score of both groups increased. The mean score of experimental post-test was 71.09and the control group was 53.03. It was also supported by the result of the independent t-test. The resultshowed that the value of Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.000 < 0.05, it means Ho was rejected and H₁ was accepted. Afteranalyzing the data, the researcher found that there were differences of the score between the students whowere taught by using Kahoot Game and the students who were taught by using conventional method. As theresult, Kahoot Game was effective to enrich students’ vocabulary at the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 2Majene.
HISTORY OF THE BORN OF THE ISLAMIC STATE SECULAR TURKEY
Authors: Hasan  , Hasaruddin  , Firdiani Dian , Jabri Umiyati , Assidiq Ilham
Published: February 2023

The Islamic civilization which was influenced by Arab and Persian civilizations became a deep legacy for the Turkish people as a legacy of the Ottoman dynasty. The direction of modernization that is oriented to the west directly makes acculturation of western culture look more advanced and modern. The mixing of Turkish, Islamic and western civilizations has colored the identity of the Turkish people which Mustafa Kemal Ataturk considered as an obstacle to Turkey's progress. 1 Mustafa Kemal principally wanted a new civilization that could bring Turkey back to its glory. The change towards secularism is an ironic thing in the life of Turkish society because it has lived in the Islamic world for hundreds of years. This can be explained as something that is forced to accept secularism as a new order in carrying out the life of the nation and state. This problem needs to be analyzed, bearing in mind that Turkey, as an Islamic country that was very victorious in its time, was finally drowned in a touch of secularism. Another question is why Turkey has adopted secularism as a way to save its nation and state. Based on the above, this paper discusses the dialectic of secularism in Turkey and the role of Mustafa Kemal in the Turkish revolution
PERSPEKTIF MAQASHID SYARI’AH TERHADAP SAKSI NON-MUSLIM DALAM PERKARA DI PENGADILAN AGAMA
Authors: Husain  , Taufik Hidayat
Published: February 2023

Penelitian ini mengkaji dua permasalahan tentang, 1) Pandangan Maqashid Syariah terhadap penerimaansaksi non muslim dalam perkara di Pengadilan Agama, 2) Pertimbangan hakim serta alasan diterimanyakesaksian non muslim di Pengadilan Agama Polewali perkara nomor 334/Pdt.G/2020/PA.Pwl. serta AnalisisMaqashid Syariah terhadap saksi non muslim dalam perkara perceraian nomor 334/Pdt.G/2020/PA.Pwl..Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian deskriptif kualitatif untuk menggambarkan sesuatu secara umum dan kompleks mengenai pandangan maupun laporan dari informan terhadap permasalahan yang terjadi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: kedua saksi yang beragama Protestan tersebut telah memenuhi syarat formil dan materil serta alasan-alasan tertentu sehingga diterimanya kesaksian non muslim, Bahwa saksi tersebut benar-benar mendengar dan melihat dengan mata kepalanya sendiri mengenai kejadian yang dialami oleh pihak yang berperkara, dalam Hukum Acara Perdata tidak ditentukan kriteria saksi harusberagama Islam, perbedaan agama dan keyakinan tidak menjadi halangan untuk diterimanya seseorang menjadi saksi, tetapi hanya syarat formil dan materilnya saja.
Modern Islam in Southeast Asia : Mindanao
Authors: Indriani H. Ismail  , Hasaruddin
Published: February 2023

This research is entitled History of Modern Islam in Southeast Asia: Mindanao. The limitations of the discussion in this study are: 1) History of the Arrival of Islam in the Philippines, 2) Spanish Colonial Period, 3) United States Imperialism Period, 4) Transitional Period, 5) Post-Independence Period until now. It aims to find answers to the following questions: (1) What are the reasons behind their armed struggle and the search for secession? (2) What actions have been taken and are still being taken by the Philippine government to solve the problem of Muslim rebellion? This research was conducted using a literature study approach, with the aim of tracing the history of Islam in Mindanao. The results show that: The research shows that the causes of the Muslim problem are rooted in the Philippines' colonial past while the direct and current causes are traced to government neglect and abuse, corrupt local/traditional Muslim leaders, agrarian discontent and land disputes and, the rise of the Islamic religion in the whole world. The study revealed that the Philippine government was sincere in finding a solution to the problem as they hadstarted peace negotiations with the insurgents. Any peace negotiations or talks that the government participates in are always within the terms of the Tripoli Agreement and within the constitutional boundaries of the Philippines.
Botulinum Toxin for Post-stroke Spastic Hypertonia: A Review of its Efficacy and Application in Clinical Practice
Authors: Francisco Gerard E
Published: February 2023

Botulinum toxins (BTX) have revolutionised the management of focal post-stroke spastic hypertonia. Published literature has supported the efficacy and safety of BTX in reducing spastic hypertonia but has not convincingly demonstrated the ability to enhance function. While clinicians and stroke survivors have reported impressive clinical outcomes, randomised, con-trolled trials (RCTs), have demonstrated only significant improvement in muscle tone but not functional changes. This paper will review the evidence supporting the efficacy of BTX for spastic hypertonia and discuss current clinical practice.

Key words: Botulinum toxins, Cerebrovascular accident, Spasticity, Stroke
Emerging Therapies in Stroke Rehabilitation
Authors: Young Sherry , Kong Keng He
Published: February 2023

Traditionally, practitioners of stroke rehabilitation are taught that benefits of rehabilitation are achieved primarily through training patients in new techniques to compensate for impairments, and that neurological recovery is predominantly spontaneous in nature. Recent animal and human experiments have, however, indicated that the adult brain is capable of reorganisation and the term plasticity has been coined to describe this ability. Furthermore, it has been shown that cerebral reorganisation is use-dependent and can be manipulated via appropriate stimuli. This has resulted in a paradigm shift in the way stroke survivors should be rehabilitated and also given rise to several novel rehabilitation techniques.

Key words: Rehabilitation, Stroke
Impact of the Singapore National Asthma Program (SNAP) on Preventor-Reliever Prescription Ratio in Polyclinics
Authors: Chong Phui Nah , Tan Ngiap Chuan , Lim Tow Keang
Published: February 2023

Introduction: The Singapore National Asthma Program (SNAP) was launched in 2001 to address the high burden of asthma in Singapore. One component of the SNAP was directed at improving asthma control in the community by promoting preventive treatment with inhaled corticosteroids. This paper describes the program on prescription patterns of preventor and reliever medication for asthma in the polyclinics.

Materials and Methods: We monitored the prescription pattern for asthma as the preventor-reliever (PR) drug ratio. The PR ratio was employed both as a positive feedback tool and as a key performance indicator (KPI) for the program. Individual clinics were encouraged to implement locally relevant and effective initiatives to increase the KPI and facilitate this process. The different methods included chronic care models, multidisciplinary teams, enhanced primary care clinics, pre-counselling screening, decision support tools, self-management support, a patient information system and community education.

Results: In the course of the program, the case load for asthma in the polyclinics increased by 31%. During the same period, the average PR ratio increased significantly from 0.68 to 1.80 (P <0.001).

Conclusions: A simple audit and positive feedback program based on PR ratios, accompanied by sustained local quality improvement cycles has been associated with a significant shift in the drug treatment of asthma away from episodic quick relief medication towards long-term daily preventive treatment with inhaled steroids in polyclinics.

Key words: Education, Inhaled steroids
Current Understanding of the Treatment and Outcome of Acute Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma: An Asian Perspective
Authors: Ang Leslie PS , Ang Leonard PK
Published: February 2023

Introduction: Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) is a major cause of blindness among Asians. A better understanding of the disease will improve the treatment and outcome of this condition.

Methods: A literature review of all recent publications on PACG was carried out. Articles were retrieved using a key word search of MEDLINE, PubMed and Science Citation Index databases.
Results: Following laser peripheral iritodomy for acute angle-closure, Asians were found to have a higher tendency to develop a subsequent rise in intraocular pressure compared to Caucasians. Furthermore, the extent and severity of visual field damage was more severe in Asians than Caucasians, particularly in eyes that presented insidiously with chronic PACG. Prophylactic laser iridotomy in the contralateral eye was found to be highly effective in preventing acute angle-closure attacks.
Conclusion: PACG is more difficult to manage and is associated with more severe long-term visual morbidity in Asians than Caucasians. Regular follow-up of patients with PACG is important for the early detection of progression of the disease and visual field deterioration.
Pathological Pulmonary Hernia in a Patient With Metastatic Breast Cancer
Authors: Pirjavec Aleksandra , Lulic Ileana , Kovic Ivor , Zelic Marko
Published: February 2023

Introduction: Pathological pulmonary hernia is a rare clinical entity which can be caused by malignancies.

Clinical Picture: A 72-year-old female presented with a painful bulge in the left 4th intercostal space. Chest radiography and computed tomography demonstrated a left pulmonary hernia, pleural effusion and destruction of ribs.

Treatment: The hernia sac was excised and a part of the chest wall was resected with reconstruction of residual defect.
Outcome: The patient died 2 years after the treatment.

Conclusions: A multidisciplinary approach involving various medical specialists may offer patients with pathological pulmonary hernia remarkable palliation and better quality of life.

Key words: Palliative care, Surgical flaps, Surgical mesh
Fitness to Work: Legal Pitfalls
Authors: Lee See Muah , Koh David
Published: February 2023

Medical examinations for fitness to work are undertaken by the specialist and the non-specialist occupational physicians alike. An assessment done negligently in such a capacity will expose physicians to legal risks, even if they are not specialist occupational physicians. This is not unlike negligent care given in the traditional therapeutic care setting. Much of the case law governing legal disputes in medical fitness to work assessments depend on the kind of loss that is at stake, that is, whether it is one resulting in economic loss, as in loss of an employment opportunity, or one resulting in personal injury, such as when the doctor negligently fails to diagnose or to communicate a serious medical finding. In the latter, the courts are more likely to find for the injured claimants. One of the ways for doctors to reduce their risk in this area is to establish with prospective employers and employees the ground rules when conducting medical fitness to work examinations.

Key words: Duty of care, Economic loss, Personal injury, Physical harm, Standard of care, Tort