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KAJIAN TEOLOGIS TENTANG PERAN KAIN TIMUR DALAM BUDAYA ISTI SUKU MAYBRAT
Authors: Elias Thomson F , Manas Janet Maria
Published: November 2024

Abstrak: Penulisan jurnal ini membahas tentang budaya Isti masyarakat adat suku Maybrat yangmenempatkan kain timur sebagai salah satu benda pusaka yang di anggap sakral dan harus ada di setiap proses adat masyarakat ini, dan di kaji menurut ilmu teologi. Penelitian ini di lakukan di Kabupaten sorong khusunya lingkungan kelurahan Klamalu. Penelitian di lakukan menggunakan metode kualiatatif – deskriptif yaitu penulis mendapatkan informasi dengan cara melakukan wawancara langsung serta mengamati setiap perilaku yang di lakukan oleh objek penelitian, serta di dukung jugs oleh kajian pustaka untuk memperkuat setiap gagasan yang di sampaikan oleh penulis.
Yang menjadi masalah dalam komunitas masyarakat ini adalah tidak menjadi bijak dalam menjalankan adat serta budayanya dalam hal ini yaitu budaya Isti. seperti yang di ketahui ajaran Firman Tuhan tidak pernah menghendaki untuk membalaskan kejahatan dengan kejahatan melainkan balaslah kejahatan dengan kebaikan. Berbeda dengan budaya Isti pihak korban akan menuntut balas atau denda adat atas kesalahan atau tindakan  kejahatan yang di lakukan. Dan sudah pasti bertentangan dengan ajaran Yesus Kristus yaitu Mengasihi musuh dan tidak menuntut balas atas apa yang telah dilakukan.
 Adat dan budaya merupakan aturan-aturan turunan yang sulit untuk di lepaskan dari satu masyarakat adat yang menjalankannya, begitupula dengan budaya Isti yang menjadi hukum adat bagi masyarakat Maybrat. Namun  sekalipun budaya ini terkesan kurang baik namun sisi positifnya adalah dengan adanya budaya ini, orang tidak akan melakukan sesuatu sesuai keinginan mereka karena akan ada sanksi yang harus di tanggung.  Budaya ini tidak akan pernah sejalan dengan Firman Tuhan, namun tidak mudah untuk di hilangkan atau di tinggalkan begitu saja. Yang bisa dilakukan adalah kesadaran dari masyarakatnya untuk bijak dalam menjalankan budaya Isti ini.
Living Soviet in Ukraine from Stalin to Maidan
Authors: Westrate Michael T.
Published: November 2024

What the world is now witnessing in Ukraine is the cumulative effect of history and memory in the lives of the people of the region—and this book directly addresses those subjects. Although the majority of scholarship on the Soviet Union focuses on top-level political and intellectual elites, these groups were only tiny minorities. What was life like for the rest of society? What was it like for the vast population that usually supported the regime, mostly accepted the rules, essentially internalized the ideology, and generally made the same choices as their neighbors and friends? What was it like to live Soviet as the USSR hit its peak as a superpower and then fell apart? What was it like to live Soviet in Ukraine in the decade after independence?

This book answers those questions. It is an oral history of a group of military colonels and their wives, children, and contemporaries, covering their lives from childhood to the present. During this period, these military families went from comfortable economic circumstances, professional prestige, and political influence as part of the Soviet upper stratum, to destitution and disgrace in the 1990s. Today, many of them are part of Europe’s largest ethnic minority—Russians in Ukraine.

The geographic focus is Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Europe’s second-largest country, a Russian-speaking city in eastern Ukraine. Based on 3,000+ pages of interview transcripts and supplemented with materials gleaned from unprecedented access to personal, family, and institutional archives, the book investigates how families endured shifting social, cultural, and political realities.

By analyzing the lives of individuals in context, Westrate provides insights at the grassroots level. He reveals how ideological, professional, gender, ethnic, and national imperatives—as developed and transmitted by elites—were internalized, transformed, or rejected by the rank and file. He reveals how the subjective identities of individuals and small groups developed and changed over time, and how that process relates to the parallel projects pursued by the leaders of their countries. In the process, he shows what those experiences have to offer the study of Soviet, post-Soviet, and transnational history, bridging the boundaries created by the collapse of the USSR and exploring the foundations of both twenty-first-century Ukraine and today’s conflicts.
Policing and Social Media
Authors: Schneider Christopher J.
Published: November 2024

This book investigates various public aspects of the management, use, and control of social media by police agencies in Canada. This book aims to illustrate the process by which new information technology—namely, social media—and related changes in communication formats have affected the public face of policing and police work. Schneider argues that police use of social media has altered institutional public police practices in a manner that is consistent with the logic of social media platforms. Policing is changing to include new ways of conditioning the public, cultivating self-promotion, and expanding social control. While each case study presented here focuses on a different social media platform or format, his concern is less with the particular format per se, as these will undoubtedly change, and more with developing suitable analytical and methodological approaches to understanding contemporary policing practices on social media sites.
Holocaust Education in Lithuania
Authors: Beresniova Christine
Published: November 2024

Holocaust Education in Lithuania is based on a six-year, multi-sited ethnographic research project that was conducted to analyze the effects of the controversial policies of Holocaust education which were introduced as conditions of membership for access into post-Soviet western alliances. In order to understand how individuals take up transnational policies and programs intended to support democratization, Beresniova delves into rarely discussed issues. She looks at the means through which inherent cultural and political assumptions have had an impact on the ways in which memory and history are used in educational programs. She also scrutinizes the motivating factors for involvement in Holocaust education, such as the importance of community building, civic activism beyond the topic of the Holocaust, and the perceived power of the international community in dictating domestic education policy guidelines. Beresniova contends that educators must acknowledge the political and cultural elements in Holocaust education programs and policies, or risk undermining their own efforts. This book is recommended for scholars of anthropology, education, history, political science, and European studies.
Confronting Affirmative Action in Brazil
Authors: Penha-Lopes Vânia
Published: November 2024

Using affirmative action to decrease racial inequality is the latest chapter of a long tradition of comparing Brazil and the United States with regard to race. Confronting Affirmative Action in Brazil: University Quota Students and the Quest for Racial Justice is timely for both countries as they struggle with racial justice in higher education. This book responds to the United States’ dismantling of affirmative action programs and a belief that they have run their course. Data show that, while affirmative action policies have contributed to a significant increase in the representation of non-Whites in the U.S. middle class, other segments of the population have yet to take full advantage of such policies. In Brazil, this book engaged with the need to understand the first results of a public policy expected to promote major social change, as it represents the first time that country admitted the existence of racial inequality in its core and took measures toward combating it despite any subsequent controversy or dissent.
Introducing Prophetic Pragmatism
Authors: Goodson Jacob L. , Stone Brad Elliott
Published: November 2024

Prophetic pragmatism is a gritty philosophical framework that undergirds the intellectual and political work done by those who seek to overcome despair, dogmatism, and oppression. It seeks to unite one’s intellectual vocation and one’s duty to fight for justice. Cognizant of the ways in which political forces affect thought, while also requiring political action to not be so sure of itself that it simply replaces one oppressive structure with another, prophetic pragmatism requires a critical temper through the mode of Socratic questioning. Introducing Prophetic Pragmatism argues that hope lies between critical temper and democratic faith. Socratic questioning, prophetic witness, and tragicomic hope open a space for democratic energies to flourish against the forces of nihilism and poverty. Critical temper keeps democratic faith from becoming too idealistic and Pollyannaish, and democratic faith keeps critical temper from being pessimistic about the ability to change current realities. These twin pillars provide the best and most helpful framework for understanding the nature and purpose of prophetic pragmatism. Through their dialogue, Jacob L. Goodson and Brad Elliott demonstrate why prophetic pragmatism is, in the words of Cornel West, “pragmatism at its best.”
The Roots of Western Finance
Authors: Park Thomas K. , B.Greenberg James
Published: November 2024

In The Roots of Western Finance: Power, Ethics, and Social Capital in the Ancient World, Thomas K. Park and James B. Greenberg take an anthropological approach to credit. They suggest that financial activities occur in a complex milieu, in which specific parties, with particular motives, achieve their goals using a form of social, cultural, or economic agency. They examine the imbrication of finance and hidden interests in Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, classical Greece and Rome, the early Judeo-Christian traditions, and the Islamic world to illuminate the ties between social, ethical, and financial institutions. This unique breadth of research provides new perspectives on Mesopotamian ways of incentivizing production through financial arrangements, the source of Egyptian surpluses, linguistics and usury, metrological influences on finance, and the enduring importance of honor and social capital. This book not only illustrates the particular cultural logics that drove these ancient economies, it also depicts how modern society’s financial techniques, ethics, and concerns with justice are attributable to a rich multicultural history.
Stalin's Legacy in Romania
Authors: Bottoni Stefano
Published: November 2024

This study explores the little-known history of the Hungarian Autonomous Region (HAR), a Soviet-style territorial autonomy that was granted in Romania on Stalin’s personal advice to the Hungarian Székely community in the summer of 1952. Since 1945, a complex mechanism of ethnic balance and power-sharing helped the Romanian Communist Party (RCP) to strengthen—with Soviet assistance—its political legitimacy among different national and social groups. The communist national policy followed an integrative approach toward most minority communities, with the relevant exception of Germans, who were declared collectively responsible for the German occupation and were denied political and even civil rights until 1948. The Hungarians of Transylvania were provided with full civil, political, cultural, and linguistic rights to encourage political integration. The ideological premises of the Hungarian Autonomous Region followed the Bolshevik pattern of territorial autonomy elaborated by Lenin and Stalin in the early 1920s. The Hungarians of Székely Land would become a “titular nationality” provided with extensive cultural rights. Yet, on the other hand, the Romanian central power used the region as an instrument of political and social integration for the Hungarian minority into the communist state. The management of ethnic conflicts increased the ability of the PCR to control the territory and, at the same time, provided the ruling party with a useful precedent for the far larger “nationalization” of the Romanian communist regime which, starting from the late 1950s, resulted in “ethnicized” communism, an aim achieved without making use of pre-war nationalist discourse. After the Hungarian revolution of 1956, repression affected a great number of Hungarian individuals accused of nationalism and irredentism. In 1960 the HAR also suffered territorial reshaping, its Hungarian-born political leadership being replaced by ethnic Romanian cadres. The decisive shift from a class dictatorship toward an ethnicized totalitarian regime was the product of the Gheorghiu-Dej era and, as such, it represented the logical outcome of a long-standing ideological fouling of Romanian communism and more traditional state-building ideologies.
Howard Thurman's Philosophical Mysticism
Authors: Neal Anthony Sean
Published: November 2024

African American Philosophy and African American Philosophers have played a central role in understanding and also shaping what it means to be black in America. Some of their conclusions were reactions to the mistreatment they received from the majority population, but other of their conclusions were extensions and/or novel positions taken with a view through past perceptual lenses. Yet, with the mass exodus of black students from HBCU’s after the civil rights era, many of the important figures and their inquiries have been little or poorly studied. The significance of this work is found in its attempt to grapple with one such seminal figure, his memory of his ancestors, and the education he received from Morehouse College (in the Atlanta University Center), all of which formed the roots of the ideas he later produced. Howard Thurman, former Dean of Marsh Chapel at Boston University, and mentor to figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr., left quite a large ideological footprint; however, just as others of his milieu, his ideas have been largely overlooked. Thurman’s deep-rooted knowledge of black culture, particularly black religious ideas as they existed during the period of African enslavement in the United States and as they were exhibited in the Negro Spirituals, shaped his thinking and allowed him to produce a body of work grounded in the musings and traditions of his ancestors. This volume investigates, forms an analysis, and even critiques Thurman’s work such that others can benefit from the profundity of his thoughts while also taking note of their relevance for today’s philosophers concerned with humanity.
Presumption of Innocence in Peril
Authors: Gray Anthony
Published: November 2024

This book explains the historical significance and introduction of the presumption of innocence into common law legal systems. It explains that the presumption should be seen as reflecting notions of moral comfort around judgment of others. Specifically, when one is asked to make a judgment about the guilt or otherwise of a person accused of wrongdoing, the default position should be to do nothing. This reflects the very serious consequences of what we do when we decide someone is guilty of wrongdoing and is not a step to be taken lightly. Traditionally, decision makers have only taken it when they are morally comfortable with that decision. It then documents how legislators in a range of common law jurisdictions have undermined the presumption of innocence, through measures such as reverse onus provisions, allowing or requiring inferences to be made against an accused, redefining offenses and defenses in novel ways to minimize the burden on the prosecutor, and by dressing proceedings as civil when they are in substance criminal. Courts have too easily acceded to such measures, in the process permitting accused persons to be convicted although there is reasonable doubt as to their guilt, and where they are not guilty of sufficiently blameworthy conduct to attract criminal sanction. It finds that the courts must be prepared to re-assert the prime importance of the presumption of innocence, only permitting criminal sanctions to be imposed where they are morally certain that the accused did that of which they have been accused, and morally comfortable that the conduct being addressed is worthy of the kind of criminal sanction which prosecutors seek to impose. Courts must be morally comfortable about the finding of guilt, and the imposition of the criminal penalty in a given case. They have lost sight of this moral underpinning to criminal law process and substance, and it must be regained.
Hannah Arendt and the Fragility of Human Dignity
Authors: Macready John  Douglas
Published: November 2024

Professor John Douglas Macready offers a post-foundational account of human dignity by way of a reconstructive reading of Hannah Arendt. He argues that Arendt’s experience of political violence and genocide in the twentieth century, as well as her experience as a stateless person, led her to rethink human dignity as an intersubjective event of political experience. By tracing the contours of Arendt’s thoughts on human dignity, Professor Macready offers convincing evidence that Arendt was engaged in retrieving the political experience that gave rise to the concept of human dignity in order to move beyond the traditional accounts of human dignity that relied principally on the status and stature of human beings. This allowed Arendt to retrofit the concept for a new political landscape and reconceive human dignity in terms of stance—how human beings stand in relationship to one another. Professor Macready elucidates Arendt’s latent political ontology as a resource for developing strictly political account of human dignity hat he calls conditional dignity—the view that human dignity is dependent on political action, namely, the preservation and expression of dignity by the person, and/or the recognition by the political community. He argues that it is precisely this “right” to have a place in the world—the right to belong to a political community and never to be reduced to the status of stateless animality—that indicates the political meaning of human dignity in Arendt’s political philosophy.
Medical Sexism
Authors: Delston Jill B.
Published: November 2024

Doctors routinely deny patients access to hormonal birth control prescription refills, and this issue has broad interest for feminism, biomedical ethics, and applied ethics in general. Medical Sexism argues that such practices violate a variety of legal and moral standards, including medical malpractice, informed consent, and human rights. Jill B. Delston makes the case that medical sexism serves as a major underlying cause of these systemic and persistent violations. Delston also considers other common abuses in the medical field, such as policy on abortion access and treatment in childbirth. Delston argues that sexism is a better explanation for the widespread abuse of patient autonomy in reproductive health and health care generally. Identifying, addressing, and rooting out medical sexism is necessary to successfully protect medical and moral values.
Creative Practice Ethnographies
Authors: Hjorth Larissa , Harris Anne M. , Jungnickel Kat , Coombs Gretchen
Published: November 2024

Creative Practice Ethnographies focuses on the intersection of creative practice and ethnography and offers new ways to think about the methods, practice, and promise of research in contemporary interdisciplinary contexts. How does creative practice inform new ways of doing ethnography and vice versa? What new forms of expression and engagement are made possible as a result of these creative synergies? By addressing these questions, the authors highlight the important roles that ethnography and creative practice play in socially impactful research. This book is aimed at interdisciplinary researchers, scholars, and students of art, design, sociology, anthropology, games, media, education, and cultural studies.
Detection of a Gossypiboma as a Retrocardiac Mass in a Female Patient with a History of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Authors: Naseri kivi Zahra , Geramifard Asal , Rafiei Mahyar
Published: November 2024

Introduction: "Gossypiboma," also known as "textiloma," refers to retained surgical items left in the body after an operation. These retained items can lead to a range of issues, from asymptomatic cases to life-threatening complications. Diagnostically challenging, gossypibomas can mimic malignant masses, making it essential to consider them in the differential diagnosis of postoperative patients with unexplained symptoms. Imaging is crucial for detection and management. Case Presentation: A 69-year-old female with a history of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery presented with exertional shortness of breath. Imaging revealed a large mass near the left atrium. Initially suspected to be a tumor, further investigation identified it as retained surgical gauze from her surgery ten years prior. Despite the mass, the patient exhibited only mild symptoms, and given her stable condition, regular follow-ups were recommended. Conclusions: Gossypibomas are rare but serious complications that may surface years after surgery. This case highlights the importance of meticulous surgical practices and careful postoperative monitoring. It underscores the need for accurate gauze counting and effective communication in the operating room to prevent errors that can lead to health risks and potential legal issues.
Apoptotic Impact of Heliox Cold Plasma on a Cervical Cell Line Using Gold Nanoparticle-Doped Graphene Oxide Nanosheets
Authors: Vatani Mahsa , Hosseinzadeh Simzar , Sari Amirhossein , Ghomi Marzdashti Hamidreza , Rahimpour Azam , Fattahi Roya
Published: November 2024

Background: Invasive cervical cancer is recognized as the second most common malignancy in women after breast cancer. Objectives: This study investigates, for the first time, the effect of gold nanoparticle-doped graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets on the human epithelial carcinoma (HeLa) cell line in the presence of heliox cold plasma. Methods: Graphene oxide nanosheets were synthesized using the Hummer method and then doped with gold nanoparticles. The nanoparticles were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and the diffraction peaks of GO and gold nanoparticles were confirmed through X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. Additionally, the optical absorbance of the nanoparticles was measured in the range of 200 - 900 nm using UV-Visible spectroscopy. A plasma generator was fabricated to produce cold plasma using helium (He) and oxygen (O₂) gases at a 99:1 ratio. The radicals generated by the cold plasma were analyzed via optical emission spectroscopy (OES). Cell treatment was conducted by applying various concentrations of GO and GO/Au nanoparticles. Cellular phenotype was monitored through optical microscopy, and biocompatible concentrations of both nanoparticles were determined using the 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5 diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Subsequently, cold plasma at varying distances and durations was applied to the nanoparticle-treated cells. The generated radicals and the expression of apoptotic genes in treated cells were assessed using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and real-time PCR, respectively. Results: The width of the bacillus-like gold nanoparticles was 15.13 ± 0.96 nm. The cold plasma generated radicals such as N2I2⁺, N2II1⁻, He•, and O⁻•. XRD analysis confirmed the successful coupling of gold onto the GO nanosheets. The biocompatible concentrations of GO and GO/Au nanoparticles were found to be 30 µg/100 µL and 20 µg/100 µL, respectively, as determined by the MTT assay. Radical formation increased as incubation time was extended from 30 to 60 seconds. Furthermore, real-time PCR analysis demonstrated the highest levels of p53, Bax, and caspase 3/8 expression at a plasma exposure time of 60 seconds in the composite-treated group, while Bcl2 expression was significantly reduced. Conclusions: The findings suggest that the parameters of heliox cold plasma and the concentrations of GO/Au nanoparticles must be optimized to effectively induce apoptosis in cervical cancer cells.
Malaria Epidemiology in Rask City and Surrounding Areas (2020 - 2023), Southeast Iran
Authors: Rezaei Kahkha-Zhaleh Mahdi , Salahi Davoud , Dabirzadeh Shaghayegh , Dabirzadeh Mansour
Published: November 2024

Background: Malaria, a disease caused by Plasmodium parasites and transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes, remains a major global health challenge, causing widespread illness and mortality. Objectives: This study provides an in-depth analysis of malaria trends in Rask, Southeast Iran, from 2018 to 2023, assessing malaria prevalence, transmission factors, and impacts on the local population and healthcare system. Methods: Blood samples were collected from individuals suspected of having malaria at health centers in Rask. For each positive case, demographic information was recorded in a questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 26, with t-tests applied to compare variables. Results: Findings indicate a peak in malaria cases in 2022, with an annual incidence rate of 2.49%. The most common species identified was Plasmodium vivax, affecting primarily males over the age of 12, with the highest number of cases reported in September. Conclusions: The results underscore the urgent need to enhance malaria prevention and control measures. The study emphasizes the value of targeted interventions, including improvements to prevention and treatment programs, reinforcement of healthcare systems, and advancement of health infrastructure. These strategies should consider climatic patterns and rainfall rates to effectively address malaria transmission dynamics.
The Efficacy of Quality-of-Life Therapy Training on the Psychological Burden of Mothers of Children with Cancer: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Authors: Lavarzaei Samira , Rezaee Nasrin , Navidian Ali
Published: November 2024

Background: Cancer in children, due to its unpredictable and progressive nature, causes a psychological burden and reduces the quality of life for mothers. The present study aimed to examine the effect of quality-of-life therapy (QOLT) training on the psychological burden of mothers of children with cancer. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted with mothers of children with cancer who visited the chemotherapy departments of Ali Ibn Abi Talib Hospital in Zahedan in 2023. The sample consisted of 80 participants who were randomly divided into two groups: An intervention group and a control group, each containing 40 members. The mothers in the intervention group attended eight group counseling sessions based on QOLT every other day. Data were collected before the intervention and eight weeks after the intervention using the Zarit Burden interview (ZBI). The collected data were analyzed using SPSS-27 software with independent samples t-tests, paired samples t-tests, chi-square tests, Fisher’s exact tests, and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). A significance level of less than 0.05 (P < 0.05) was set for data analysis. Findings: There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of the mean psychological burden score before the intervention (P = 0.97). However, the results of the ANCOVA, controlling for the variables of mothers' age, number of children, duration of illness, and pre-test scores, showed that the mean psychological burden score for mothers in the intervention group (27.22 ± 12.82) was significantly lower than that of mothers in the control group (41.20 ± 11.50) after the QOLT training intervention (P < 0.001). Conclusions: The QOLT intervention in this study had a positive and significant effect on reducing the psychological burden of mothers of children with cancer. Therefore, healthcare providers and medical staff are encouraged to utilize this counseling technique to enhance the well-being and psychological health of mothers and to promote the quality of life for both mothers and their children.
Tschechisch-Unterricht in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts
Authors: Rinas Karsten
Published: November 2024

This article examines three Czech textbooks published by the teacher Jan Urban in the first half of the 19th century. These works are translations of German textbooks, but these templates are only partially known. The article identifies the German originals and contrasts them with Urban’s Czech translations in order to shed light on Urban’s adaptation strategy. It also reflects on the historical context of these German and Czech textbooks. The study thus contributes to research into German-Czech linguistic-cultural transfer during the period of Czech National Revival.
Kelâbâzî’nin Ta’arruf’u Bağlamında Tasavvuf ve Kelam İlişkisi
Authors: Tekmen Durdane Zeynep
Published: November 2024

Bu çalışmada erken dönem sufilerinin kelâmî görüşlerine yer verilmiştir. Bu kapsamda tasavvuf ve kelam disiplinleri arasındaki ilişkiler tartışılmış ve bu tartışmalarda mutasavvıfların tasavvufi eserleri- ki bahusus Kelâbâzî’nin et-Ta’arruf’u- dikkate alınmıştır. Binaenaleyh önce Lüma, Keşfu’l-Mahcub, Kûtu’l-Kulûb, er-Risâle ve Risâleler (Kitâbu’l Ferağ)’da kelâmî konulara nasıl ve ne orada yer verildiği ortaya konulmuş; ardından -yazımızı üzerine inşa ettiğimiz- et-Ta’arruf’a geçiş yapılmıştır. Bu bağlamda et-Ta’arruf’un kelam ve tasavvuf açısından özelliklerine, dolayısıyla da bu eserin neden tercih edildiğine değinilmiştir. Bunların akabinde tevhit, Allah’ın isim ve sıfatları, insan fiilleri ve kader, peygamber, melek gibi daha pek çok mesele kelâmî açıdan ve fakat sufilerin yorumlarıyla ele alınmıştır. Netice itibariyle tasavvufun erken döneminde neredeyse sufilerin tamamının yukarıda zikrettiğimiz konularda ehlisünnet kelamına bağlı oldukları anlaşılmıştır. Nitekim Kelâbâzî de et-Ta’arruf’ta bunu deklare etmiştir. Öte taraftan zikredilen konular arasında tasavvufi boyutları olanlar (yani tevhit, peygamber gibi tasavvuf ve kelamda ortak işlenen mevzular) varsa; sufiler, bu konuların kelami yönlerinde kelama bağlı olduklarını, tasavvufi yönlerinde ise bağımsız olduklarını beyan etmişlerdir. Bu minvalde ikinci hususla ilgili sözlerin Ta’arruf’ta doğrudan değil; bilakis dolaylı olarak ve peyderpey yer aldıkları görülmektedir. Hasılı Ta’arruf’ta apolojik olarak tasavvufun kelamla olan ilişkisi ortaya koyulmuştur.
Influence of Social Media on Grade 12 HUMSS Students’ Academic Behavior
Authors:   Students, Senior High School Department, UM Digos College, Philippines, Kyle Ruga Rhendiv , Rey Mendez Joshua ,   Students, Senior High School Department, UM Digos College, Philippines, Pacasem Jamael ,   Students, Senior High School Department, UM Digos College, Philippines, Ruiz III Miguel ,   Students, Senior High School Department, UM Digos College, Philippines, Tero Jr. Jesus ,   Students, Senior High School Department, UM Digos College, Philippines, Castillo Joe Carl ,   Faculty Member, Senior High School Department and Department of Arts and Sciences, UM Digos College, Philippines
Published: November 2024

This study investigates the possible influences of social media to the students' academic behavior. Awareness of the potential outcomes of using social media can help them understand the possible impacts. The goal of this study is to develop plans to enhance students' holistic development and encourage responsible social media use by addressing these consequences. This research will be conducted at a Senior High School in Digos City. The sampling design for this study is a survey questionnaire. Furthermore, the study's respondents are Grade 12 HUMSS students who use various social media platforms. To add to that, this study will use the survey instrument, specifically the questionnaire. This study will use an attitudinal measure, a quantitative way to assess a person's attitude. This study aims to collect data and information regarding students' academic behavior. The findings conclude that social media helps the students' in various ways, including the improvements they made by searching for the things they wanted to understand. However, social media also distracted the students, affecting their study habits and academic performance. In conclusion, social media affected the students' lives moderately. They are distracted by social media, but their academic behavior is untroubled at all.
Sustainable Development in Organization: A Literature Review
Authors:   University of Baghdad / College of Administration and Economics, Abdulbaqi Hasan Raad , Mhaibes Hussam Ali ,   University of Baghdad / College of Administration and Economics
Published: November 2024

The current study aimed to review previous scholarly efforts to understand the concept of sustainable development, its practices, and its significance for public institutions. The study focuses on the dimensions of sustainable development—environmental, social, and economic—within public institutions. Sustainable development allows these institutions to balance environmental protection, economic growth, and social justice, ensuring the prosperity of both current and future generations. Furthermore, sustainable development is crucial for maintaining organizational performance. The review bridges knowledge gaps related to sustainable development and utilizes an analytical approach, surveying previous studies on the topic. The selected studies highlight the importance of sustainable development as it recognizes the interconnectedness between economic growth, social well-being, and environmental protection.
The role of oil revenue in shaping Iraq's public budget
Authors: Yaqub Kamaran Qader
Published: November 2024

The objective of this paper was to give a wide overview of the background of Iraq’s economy during last five decades. From the previous studies, it is evident that oil export has made a significant contribution to the Iraqi economy. This contribution, as we have analyzed took the form of periodic injections of purchasing power into the domestic economy. However, changes in the country's earnings were mostly influenced by crude oil revenues, reflecting global prices of oil and daily level of oil production. Then the fluctuating oil price and production levels disturb this injection and also disturb whole Iraqi economy. Due to changing oil revenue, the structure of Iraqi economy significantly changed from tradable goods sectors to non-tradable goods sector. Apart from that the contribution of oil sector to GDP has significantly increase and government expenditure also increased sharply. The outcomes is shown in data via tables and figures throughout the period of 1970-2013.
Construction of solutions to PDEs using holomorphic functions of several variables
Authors: Shpakivskyi Vitalii
Published: November 2024

The work develops Humbert's method of solving PDEs. It applies method for constructing solutions of the three-dimensional  Laplace, Helmholtz, and Poisson equations in the form of components  of holomorphic functions of several variables (complex and hypercomplex).  
For more information see https://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2024/71/abstr.html
A narrativa da imagem e a didática da frontalidade: o exemplo do MathLibras
Authors: Grutzmann Thais Philipsen , Copello Adryan Chaves , Lebedeff Tatiana Bolivar
Published: November 2024

O presente trabalho tem por objetivo problematizar o conceito de frontalidade em produtos audiovisuais de ensino de Matemática, assim como suas principais implicações, na Educação de Surdos. A partir de um caráter crítico analítico, o texto propõe um estudo de produtos audiovisuais e a utilização de suas premissas para o ensino inclusivo, a importância da frontalidade e da busca pelo contato visual entre o ator e o espectador dos vídeos. O texto, baseando-se, principalmente, na experiência do projeto X, da Universidade Federal X, trabalha com a produção de conteúdos didáticos da disciplina de Matemática para alunos surdos. Destacam-se como resultados a frontalidade dos personagens, que ajudam a reforçar a conexão do ator com o público, e acrescentam uma camada lúdica no material audiovisual, um componente de apoio à narrativa didática da imagem.
Shopee E-Commerce Website Quality Analysis Based on User Perception Using the Webqual Method
Authors: Khairan Fatihatul , Winarno Wing Wahyu , Nasri Asro
Published: November 2024

This study aims to analyze the quality of Shopee's e-commerce site using the WebQual method approach. Three main dimensions, namely usability, information quality, and service interaction, are used to evaluate the quality of the Shopee website from the user's point of view. This method measures users' perception of the main aspects that determine their experience in using the Shopee website. The results of the study show that although Shopee has succeeded in providing a responsive and informative platform, several areas need improvement, especially related to aspects of service interaction and the security of users' personal information. In conclusion, Shopee needs to optimize several important aspects to improve the user experience and strengthen its position as a leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia. Improved design and navigation of a more modern and intuitive interface can make it easier for users to navigate the platform. In addition, real-time updates of product information regarding stock and prices will help prevent user dissatisfaction. Shopee also needs to improve customer service, both with the addition of staff and technology such as advanced chatbots, to answer customer needs faster. Finally, increased security and transparency regarding transactions and protection of personal data will strengthen user trust in this platform. Through these efforts, Shopee is expected to be able to provide a better shopping experience and maintain the loyalty of its users in the midst of fierce e-commerce competition.
The Improvement of Teacher’s Organizational Commitment through Strengthening Servant Leadership with Trust as a Mediator
Authors: Sukarno Sabar , Setyaningsih Sri , Tukiran Martinus
Published: November 2024

Teacher’s organizational commitment is crucial for achieving school goals. Teachers with high commitment to their schools can significantly positively impact both students and the overall school environment. This study explores the influence of servant leadership and trust on teacher’s organizational commitment, an area that has not been researched in the context of private Buddhist elementary schools. This research aims to analyze the direct and indirect relationships between servant leadership, trust, and teacher’s organizational commitment. The study employs a quantitative approach with path analysis techniques. The sample was drawn from a population of 355 permanent teachers from private Buddhist elementary schools in the Greater Jakarta area, resulting in a total of 189 respondents. Data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed using path analysis to test the proposed hypotheses. The results indicate that servant leadership (β = 0.314), and trust (β = 0.395) have a direct positive influence on teacher’s organizational commitment. Additionally, trust (β =0.262) serves as an significant intervening variable between servant leadership and teacher’s organizational commitment. The findings offer recommendations for schools and stakeholders as a strategy to improve teacher’s organizational commitment by strengthening servant leadership and trust.
Assessing the Impact of Mass Media in Investigation of Cases in the Criminal Justice System of Uganda
Authors:   School of Law, Kampala International University, Uganda, Shamim Nansubuga
Published: November 2024

This article assesses the impact of mass media in investigation of cases in the criminal justice system of Uganda. The study reveals that the media, through its depictions of crime, significantly influences public perception and understanding of criminal justice. Moreover, we found that the evolution of technology, specifically social media, plays a substantial role in media criminology. On this note, the article calls for force media liaison officers should be formally members of management teams within serious crime investigations, at least for the initial phase of the investigation when press interest is likely to be at its height. Second, investigators could achieve this by participating in joint exercises with media liaison and exposing them to a variety of media handling scenarios and exercises. Third, we should also consider introducing investigators to the principles of media handling in criminal investigations at an earlier stage in their careers. Fourth, there should be more effort to improve communications between press and media officers, as well as CID. This could be achieved through a combination of workshops and short secondments of junior officers in media offices. Finally, as part of ongoing family liaison, we should monitor and address the media’s impact on the relatives of victims. At the earliest opportunity, family liaison officers should provide relatives with copies of all formal press statements. Keywords: Court trial, Crime, Criminal justice system, Investigation, Mass media.
CfP: NDiMS conference “Gender, Equality and Voice”. March 20, 2020 @ University of Leicester (UK). Deadline: Feb 17, 2020
Authors:   CSTonline
Published: November 2024

New Directions in Media and Sociology Research (NDiMS) conference 2020

Gender, Equality and Voice

20 March 2020 | School of Media, Communication & Sociology (University of Leicester). Keynote speakers (confirmed): Dr. Ruth Lewis (University of Northumbria), Dr. Jilly Kay (University of Leicester) Despite decades of social change, the challenge for gender equality remains extremely topical.
TITLE TATTLE
Authors: Pixley Andrew
Published: November 2024

‘Have you noticed how poetic and philosophic the titles of some of those tough American drama series are getting on TV? Tonight’s

Sam Benedict

(1962-1963) [i] story on London ITV at 8.0, for instance is called

Green Room, Grey Morning

. Last week it was

Run Softly, Oh Softly

. And before that

Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep

. Dr Kildare (1961-1966) appears tonight (BBC 8.0) in

Love is a Sad Song

. Last
REFLECTIONS ON MEDIA EDUCATION DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS
Authors: Arnold Sarah
Published: November 2024

Like many other lecturers and tutors of media and creative industries courses, I have spent much of the past semester redesigning for online delivery classes intended for face-to-face teaching. In some cases, learning, teaching and assessment were radically altered in order to facilitate students’ submission of work for the semester’s end. Students’ documentary shorts became paper-based portfolios.
WATCHING TELEVISION IN A PANDEMIC
Authors: Joyrich Lynne
Published: November 2024

During this time of Covid-19’s pandemic spread — when worries for ourselves and others can be all-consuming—we need jokes along with much else.
CINEMA PARADISO/CINEMA INFERNO
Authors: Edgerton Gary R.
Published: November 2024

We are in more than an evolution.  We are in a revolution of communication and cinema or movies or whatever you want to call it. — Martin Scorsese, 19 December 2019 (Galloway 106)   Martin Scorsese first moved to Hollywood in 1971.
Online talk, ‘Doctor Who and the Communist: the writing and politics of Malcolm Hulke’
Authors:   CSTonline
Published: November 2024

Date: 10th Jun 2020

Event time: 14:00 to 15:00 We will be livestreaming this talk, with login details available on this page on the day. Malcolm Hulke (1924-1979) was a successful writer for radio, television and the cinema from the 1950s to the 1970s.
SILICON VALLEY + HOLLYWOOD = CONVERGENCE 2.0
Authors: Edgerton Gary R.
Published: November 2024

It’s a whole new world starting in November [2019].

— Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings, speaking at the Royal Television Society Conference in Cambridge, England on 20 September 2019 (O’Connell 46)   Netflix’s dozen-year run as the unassailable superpower in the brave new world of streaming is being seriously challenged for the first time beginning in late 2019 and now into early 2020.
Pengembangan Multimedia Pembelajaran Interaktif Berbantuan Software Lectora Inspire pada Sub Elemen Keamanan Pangan Bagi Siswa SMK Kuliner Fase E
Authors: Siti Raudah  , Asrul Bahar  , Sri Handajani  , Any Sutiadiningsih
Published: November 2024

Learning media is one of the most important things in the learning process, so innovation is needed so that the media can overcome problems that exist in schools. This study focuses on the development of interactive learning multimedia assisted by lectora inspire on the sub-element of food safety for students of SMK Kuliner Phase E. The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of interactive learning multimedia assisted by lectora inspire software based on media expert tests, material expert tests and student responses. This research method uses R&D with the ADDIE development model, the process used through four stages, namely analysis, design, development and implementation. The data collection instruments used are material expert validation sheets, media expert validation sheets, and student response questionnaires. The data analysis technique used is quantitative descriptive analysis using a Likert scale. The results of this study show the percentage of material expert eligibility of 92%, media expert validation of 90% and student responses of 83% with very feasible criteria. Thus, interactive learning multimedia assisted by lectora inspire on the sub-element of food safety for students of SMK Kuliner Phase E that has been developed is feasible for use in learning
Pengaruh Kesehatan Mental dan Kepuasan Kerja terhadap Komitmen Organisasi pada Karyawan UMKM
Authors: Akbar Ahmad , Suwandaru Rachman , Muhammad Natsir
Published: November 2024

Today there is a phenomenon that employees who do not have good mental health tend to be dissatisfied with their jobs so it is easy to leave their place of work. Therefore, we cannot underestimate the quality of mental health because it has an impact on where they work. This study focuses on aspects related to mental health and job satisfaction of MSME employees regarding their effect on organizational commitment. This research was conducted in Maros Regency. The sampling technique used Accidental Sampling to 50 MSME employee respondents in Maros Regency. The reason for determining the object of this research is because it is easily accessible by researchers so that it can facilitate the implementation of research. From the study results, it can be concluded that mental health (X1) has a positive and significant effect on the organizational commitment of MSME employees. Mental health is very important because it encourages employees to be loyal and strongly commit to their workplace. This condition cannot be fully carried out at the Al-Azhar Islamic School in Makassar City, because every teaching staff uses SOP as a reference in their work. Job satisfaction (X2) has a positive and significant effect on the organizational commitment of MSME employees. MSME employee job satisfaction is very important to note because of its influence on organizational commitment, if employees do not have job satisfaction it will greatly impact their commitment to where they work. If job satisfaction is fulfilled, it will lead to motivation to take action towards a better place to work. Mental health and job satisfaction have a simultaneous effect on organizational commitment. The R Square value of 84% indicates the contribution of these two variables to large organizational commitment.
Pengaruh Budaya Organisasi dan Kapabilitas Kerja terhadap Kinerja Karyawan melalui Efektivitas Forum Peningkatan Kinerja
Authors: Aslamsyah Muhammad , Anshar Muh. Ashary
Published: November 2024

From the study results, it can be concluded that Organizational Culture has a positive and significant effect on the PT Pegadaian Area Makassar Employee Work Improvement Forum 2. Work Capability has a positive and significant effect on the Employee Work Improvement Forum PT Pegadaian Area Makassar 2. Organizational Culture has a positive and insignificant effect on Employee Performance PT Pegadaian Area Makassar 2. Work Capability has a positive and not significant effect on Employee Performance PT Pegadaian Area Makassar 2. Work Improvement Forum has a positive and significant effect on Employee Performance PT Pegadaian Area Makassar 2.