bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pakistan, Rushdie and Shame
Authors: Adhikary Ramesh Prasad
Published: February 2023

The objective of this research paper is to investigate the fragments of historical reality regarding the military coup in Pakistan. In Salman Rushdie's novel Shame, the concept of shame refers to the national shame caused by an attack on democracy. From the standpoint of New Historicism, the work contains several traces and pieces of history relating to the military takeover during Bhutto's government in Pakistan. In Rushdie's Shame, physical details and cruel and horrible acts cover numerous historical truths. Suffiya is a representation of the shame she experienced. She first expresses the shame through her normally ashamed expression. Later, the internal guilt manifests as disease. She keeps feeling more and more ashamed. In this study, a fragment of historical truth about the military coup and the ensuing loss of democracy in Pakistan is indirectly examined beneath the literary specifics of Salman Rushdie's novel Shame. In order to show how Zia's military coup overthrows democracy, the study claims that Rushdie makes many allusions to historical truth that are concealed under fiction and fantasy. The researcher uses the theory of New Historicism, particularly those interpretative tools advanced by Michel Foucault and Stephen Greenblatt, to interpret the text. As part of a qualitative research project, Salman Rushdie’s novel Shame was analyzed using the literary device of new historicism. The study came to the conclusion that Rushdie's Shame uses fiction and fantasy to depict the traces of historical fragments. By fictionalizing official history, it reveals the historical truth that lies behind historical actuality.
Demographic Factors Affecting the Job Satisfaction of Mathematics Teachers: A Case Study of Kathmandu Municipality
Authors: Adhikari Ganesh Prasad
Published: February 2023

Job satisfaction is a crucial factor for professionals. Job satisfaction among teachers reflects their high levels of professional motivation. This study investigated the effect of demographic factors on job satisfaction among secondary mathematics teachers in the Kathmandu Municipality. In quantitative research, a cross-sectional survey research design was used in this study. The data was collected through a validated structural questionnaire, which consisted of ten items on job satisfaction and eight demographic variables. The structural questionnaire was administered to a sample of 136 mathematics teachers over the course of one month (17 August–16 September). Data were entered in SPSS Version 26, and frequency, percentage, and multiple linear regression were used in the analysis of the data. The results of this study revealed that there is no statistically significant effect of demographic variables on the job satisfaction of mathematics teachers. Based on the findings of this study, I contend that demographic variables have no effect on job satisfaction among mathematics teachers. The study's limitations include the fact that demographic variables (gender, age, school type, school area, teaching experiences, educational level, and job position) explained only 6% of the variation in job satisfaction. Future research should be done on a larger scale to increase the number of demographic variables and sample sizes in other parts of Nepal and by other subjects' teachers. Similar studies could be done with basic-level and university-level mathematics teachers in Nepal.
Reconsidering Context in Psychedelic Research: Rituals as Ancient Libraries of Knowledge
Authors: Lutz Heather
Published: February 2023

The outcomes of recent psychedelic research have been attracting more public attention in the media along with more private funding.  This research is primarily being conducted in a clinically administered setting while attention to context has largely been ignored.  Entheogens have been used by indigenous peoples in ritual settings as far as recorded history can be found.  Modern clinical use has only been occurring within the last century.  This leaves much to explore in terms of the context in which such a potent treatment has effect.  This manuscript conceptualizes entheogenic spiritual rituals as ancient libraries of healing knowledge. It examines the therapeutic use of psychedelics from both the biomedical perspective of the diagnosis and treatment model contrasted with the ritual context.  It discusses a number of explicit and implicit ritual attributes that may play a role in the healing process. Additionally, the manuscript identifies cultural assumptions of healing embedded in psychedelic study in favor of mechanistic causation that could be affecting a dismissal of the value of the ritual context. The paper proposes considerations for alternative research design philosophy along with the notion that spiritual rituals viewed as ancient libraries of healing knowledge may introduce hypotheses that current scientific bias is preventing researchers from realizing.
Evaluating the Mystery of ‘Brushy Bill’ Roberts (aka., Billy the Kid) as a Case of Extreme Celebrity Worship
Authors: Houran James , Sheridan Lorraine , Dagnall Neil
Published: February 2023

‘Brushy Bill’ Roberts gained notoriety in 1950 for identifying himself as the presumably deceased outlaw ‘Billy the Kid.’ We hypothesized that his case reflected extreme celebrity worship, which involves psychological absorption with a target celebrity and potential fantasy-reality breakdowns. A blinded expert panel mapped Roberts’ claims, activities, and circumstances against the three phases of celebrity worship and their known correlates. Outcomes from this exercise suggested that: (a) his reported attitudes and behaviors equated to an above-average score on the Celebrity Worship Scale (McCutcheon, Lange, & Houran, 2002), (b) his identity as the Kid unfolded somewhat similarly to the behavioral progression of celebrity worship, and (c) he ostensibly had the most psychosocial risk factors for the ‘Entertainment-Social’ level of celebrity worship, though many were also noted for the more extreme ‘Intense-Personal’ and ‘Borderline Pathological’ phases. These results imply that Roberts might have consciously adopted Billy the Kid as an alter ego primarily for leisure and escapism, although this construction perhaps evolved to include more compulsory or addictive aspects.

Keywords: absorption, alter ego, celebrity worship, grandiose delusions, narrative reality
Guest Editorial: Mythical Identities, Scientific Realities, and Search for Transpersonal Meaning
Authors: Cunningham Paul F
Published: February 2023

Myths weave in and out of historical context, even as dreams do relative to daily life, functioning in the modern world much as they did in earlier times, operating at both the personal and cultural levels. This essay discusses three special difficulties in appreciating the power of myth and understanding its reasons for being: (a) the nearly universal tendency to situate myth as the opposite of fact and truth, (b) the problem of identifying prevailing myths in culture and private life, and (c) the challenge of acknowledging myth as more than a personal intellectual construct or a cultural construction. Transpersonal theory offers a way forward in addressing these difficulties by placing personal and cultural myths and their relationship to historic–scientific fact in a greater context that endows them with greater meaning and reason for being than ordinarily appreciated by orthodox, mainstream Western psychology. Let us explore this premise detail.
Connecting the Dots. Between Ape and Human: An Anthropologist on the Trail of a Hidden Hominoid by Gregory Forth
Authors: Meldrum Jeffrey
Published: February 2023

Dr. Gregory Forth’s latest publication, Between Ape and Human, is his first monograph directed to a general audience, while maintaining a scholarly approach. It provides a more accessible, welcome and authoritative voice addressing the timely anthropological question, “Are other hominins alive today?” (Forth, 2012). His decades of enthnographic field research are juxtaposed with the discovery of fossil hominins on the eastern Indonesian island of Flores. The discovery of 50,000-year-old skeletal remains of an australopoithecine-like hominin seemed to lend substance to the traditional and contemporary stories of hairy diminutive ape-men that may survive to this day.

The announced discovery of Homo floresiensis came on the eve of a department seminar as part of my bid for promotion to full professor. I hastily prepared and added a preamble to my presentation, highlighting the implications of the discovery for the prospects of the persistence of relict hominoids, including the sasquatch, which has been a central element of my research program. Based on feedback following my presentation, the bearing of the unfolding of the discovery of floresiensis for my research, considered questionable by many of my colleagues, was utterly lost on them. Indeed, the discovery of the “Hobbit”, and other indications of additional persistent hominin lineages of an ever-bushier hominin tree, has likewise been seemingly lost on the anthropological community at large, as well. This in spite of isolated comments, such as Nature’s managing editor, Henry Gee’s (2004), “The discovery that Homo floresiensis survived until so very recently, in geological terms, makes it more likely that stories of other mythical, human-like creatures such as yetis are founded on grains of truth…Now, cryptozoology, the study of such fabulous creatures, can come in from the cold.”
2022 Acknowledgements and Reflections
Authors: Houran James
Published: February 2023

This year brought a whirlwind of learnings, so my warmest thanks to the SSE leadership and JSE editorial team for actively supporting my adjustment to the Editor-in-Chief role. I want to especially acknowledge the production efforts of our stalwart Managing Editor Kathleen Erickson, as well as the selfless and continuing mentorship from the prior editor Stephen Braude. Extremely helpful discussions and guidance also came from colleagues, including Garret Moddel, Julia Mossbridge, Brian Laythe, Mark Rodeghier, Daniel Sheehan, and Michael Sudduth. Their periodic calibrations were much needed and greatly appreciated.

Of course, tremendous gratitude goes to the Associate Editors for doing the heavy “thinking and lifting” of evaluating submissions and facilitating quality reviews on a deadline. The time and energy associated with their work can neither be overstated nor overappreciated. This excellent group of scientific advisors likewise challenges me in many ways that enhance my perspective and hopefully my performance—so bravo to Imants Barušs, Jeremy Drake, Álex Escolà-Gascón, Hartmut Grote, Rense Lange, Brian Laythe, James G. Matlock, Julia Mossbridge, Roger Nelson, Mark Rodeghier, Paul Smith, Harald Walach, and N. C. Wickramasinghe.
Comments on Watson's "Empirical Analysis of the Hugh Gray 'Nessie' Photograph"
Authors: Champagne Bruce
Published: February 2023

I would like to comment on Watson’s interesting paper in the Spring 2022 Journal of Scientific Exploration on the subject of the 1933 Hugh Gray Loch Ness photograph. Having a couple of Roland Watson’s books in my personal library (which I strongly recommend) and having corresponded with him for his opinion and thoughts in my own research, I can assure the reader that Watson has a significant knowledge of the history and current thought on the subject of the Loch Ness Monster (LNM) and other unidentified aquatic megafauna of the area. I would suggest this paper would benefit, and the proposals strengthened, with a greater and more consistent application and methodology (Heuvelmans, 1988) and a greater effort towards explanations of any imbalance.
A Four Element-Themed Self-Selecting Mobile Application for ESP Testing
Authors: Laythe Brian Robert
Published: February 2023

A new computerized test for ‘extrasensory perception’ (ESP) is designed for use in everyday environments and draws on principles in occultism to promote better results. Results suggest that induction techniques and focus contribute to ESP trial success, but are in need of larger sample replication.

Abstract

The current study engaged in a pilot data analysis for the purpose of examining a newly developed E (Element)-PSI application which was completed in varying real life environments while reporting information about their location, mood, and focus on the ESP task. In addition, participants completed an ESP induction task, and trait measures of Transliminality, Paranormal Belief, and paranormal experience as measured by the Survey of Strange Events. A total of 44 participants from the United States completed the study as part of an initial registration process for an ongoing experiment. Results indicate small, but non-significant effects due to sample size in terms of the induction process and focus on the ESP task towards positive increases in ESP hit rates. Implications from this research in terms of cultural, trait, and contextual variables contributing to ESP success rates are discussed in terms of using these findings towards formal large sample replication.
JSE 36:4 Winter 2022 Full Issue
Authors: Laythe Brian Robert
Published: February 2023

FULL ISSUE WINTER 22
Analisis Tren Citayam Fashion Week Terhadap Preferensi Konsumen Pada Pembelian Produk Second Hand di Carousell
Authors: Yuliana Lingga
Published: February 2023

Suatu hal yang baru, tentunya menjadi daya tarik bagi sebagian orang termasuk saat lahirnya suatu fenomena baru. Adanya tren yang baru menjadi pertimbangan konsumen dalam melakukan pembelian. Preferensi konsumen  terhadap suatu  produk  pada  dasarnya ditentukan  oleh  sejumlah  atribut  produk  yang  ditawarkan  kepada  konsumen. penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis preferensi konsumen dengan adanya tren Citayam Fashion Week dengan studi kasus pada pembelian produk second hand di Carousell. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan secara purposive sampling dengan melibatkan tiga responden yang berasal dari Jakarta, Depok dan Bekasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa prefrensi konsumen tidak sepenuhnya dipengaruhi oleh kehadiran suatu tren. Pemilihan berbelanja di Carousell menjadi pertimbangan karena konsumen dapat memperoleh barang yang berkualitas dengan harga yang terjangkau.
Pengaruh Tingkat Kesehatan Bank Terhadap Nilai Perusahaan Perbankan Negara Asean
Authors: Apriyanti Apriyanti , Hariyani Diyah Santi , Azizah Maratul , Wahyuandari Wenni
Published: February 2023

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat pengaruh tingkat kesehatan bank terhadap nilai perusahaan menggunakan RGEC. Penilaian pada metode RGEC meliputi faktor Risk Profile (profil risiko), Good Corporate Governance (GCG), Earnings (rentabilitas), dan Capital (permodalan). Penelitian ini dilakukan dilakukan di delapanpuluh empat perusahaan perbankan negara ASEAN. Sampel yang digunakan yaitu perusahaan perbankaan negara ASEAN yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek masing-masing negara tahun 2020, yang diambil menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Negara yang digunakan dalam sampel meliputi negara Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapura, Thailand, Filipina, Vietanam dan Kamboja. Metode yang digunakan untuk menganalisis data yakni pendekatan kuantitatif melalui analisis regresi Cross-Section dengan menggunakan bantuan program Eviews 12. Hasil penelitian ini yakni risk profile secara parsial berpengaruh negatif dan signifikan terhadap nilai perusahaan perbankan Negara ASEAN. Good Corporate Governance secara parsial berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap nilai perusahaan perbankan Negara ASEAN. Earnings secara parsial berpengaruh negatif dan tidak signifikan terhadap nilai perusahaan perbankan Negara ASEAN. Capital secara parsial berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap nilai perusahaan perbankan Negara ASEAN. The purpose of this research is to find out whether there is an effect of bank soundness level on firm value using RGEC. The assessment on the RGEC method includes factors of Risk Profile (risk profile), Good Corporate Governance (GCG), Earnings (profitability), and Capital (capital). This research was conducted in eighty four banking companies of ASEAN countries. The sample used is the banking companies of ASEAN countries which are listed on the stock exchanges of each country in 2020, which were taken using the purposive sampling method. The countries used in the sample include Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia. The method used to analyze the data is a quantitative approach through cross-sectional regression analysis using the help of the Eviews 12 program. The results of this study are that the risk profile partially has a negative and significant effect on the value of banking companies in ASEAN countries. Good Corporate Governance partially has a positive and significant effect on the value of banking companies in ASEAN countries. Earnings partially have a negative and insignificant effect on the value of banking companies in ASEAN countries. Capital partially has a positive and significant effect on the value of banking companies in ASEAN countries
Analisis Faktor-Faktor Yang Memengaruhi Customer Loyalty
Authors: Effendi Hernita , Yenita Yenita
Published: February 2023

Peningkatan jumlah penumpang Terminal Jatijajar Depok hanya terjadi pada peak season seperti: perayaan Natal, pergantian tahun, dan hari raya besar, namun di bulan-bulan lainnya nampak fluktuatif dan cenderung turun. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengkaji faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi customer loyalty Terminal Jatijajar Depok. Penelitian termasuk dalam deskriptif kuantitatif. Data dianalisis menggunakan path analysis. Hasil membuktikan service quality tidak memengaruhi customer satisfaction and loyalty, tetapi berpengaruh pada customer trust. Customer experience tidak memengaruhi customer satisfaction and trust, tetapi mampu memengaruhi customer loyalty. Satisfaction tidak mampu memengaruhi customer loyalty. Trust memengaruhi customer loyalty. Service quality tidak memengaruhi loyalty dimediasi customer trust and satisfaction, tetapi customer experience mampu memengaruhi. The increase in passengers at the Jatijajar Depok Terminal only occurred during the peak season such as: Christmas celebrations, New Year's Eve, and major holidays, but in other months it seemed fluctuating and tended to decrease. The research will aim to examine the factors that influence loyalty. Research is included in the quantitative descriptive. Data analysis using path analysis. The results prove that service quality does not affect customer satisfaction and loyalty, but does affect customer trust. Customer experience does not affect customer trust and satisfaction, but can influence customer loyalty. Satisfaction is not able to influence customer loyalty. Trust affects customer loyalty. Service quality does not affect loyalty mediated by customer trust and satisfaction, but customer experience can influence it.
Pendampingan Literasi Pengelolaan Sampah pada Anak Di Bondowoso
Authors: Nashrullah Lanang , Nurdian Yudha
Published: February 2023

Koncer Kidul adalah salah satu desa yang berada di Kecamatan Tenggarang, Kabupaten Bondowoso. Pandemi Covid-19 berdampak pada semua bagian perekonomian salah satunya adalah sektor pendidikan. Pelaksanaan KKN dilaksanakan dengan sistem Back To Village 3 dengan melakukan kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat di desa masing-masing. Pertumbuhan jumlah masyarakat berpengaruh terhadap produksi sampah yang tidak diolah secara benar. Pembuangan sampah secara sembarang mengakibatkan pencemaran lingkungan yang akan berdampak pada kehidupan lainnya. Selain itu, rendahnya kepedulian masyarakat dalam memilah sampah menurut jenisnya turut serta dalam pencemaran lingkungan. Adanya permasalahan tersebut tentunya dibutuhkan suatu inovasi yang dapat mendukung dan meningkatkan kepedulian masyarakat dalam memanajemen pengelolaan sampah. Inovasi yang dilakukan adalah melalui sosialisasi dan pelatihan kepada masyarakat dalam memanajemen pengelolaan limbah sampah plastik. Diharapkan dengan adanya program kerja KKN Back To Village 3, masyarakat memiliki kesadaran yang lebih tinggi untuk mengelola sampah menurut jenisnya dan mendaur ulang sampah menjadi barang yang dapat dimanfaatkan kembali.
Penyuluhan Optimalisasi Keuntungan Produksi Kopi Saggabuana pada BUMDes Buana Mekar Kecamatan Tegalwaru
Authors: Wijaya I Putu Eka , Indah Novi Permata , Muhyiddin Yusuf
Published: February 2023

Permasalahan yang dihadapi BUMDes Buana Mekar yakni produksi kopi Sanggabuana masih belum efektif dan efisien, belum kompetitif dengan merk dagang yang lain, masyarakat masih belum mengetahui komoditas kopi Sanggabuana, kopi Sanggabuana adalah komoditas khas Karawang yang perlu dibudidayakan, rendahnya inovasi dan penggunaan teknologi dalam pemasaran. Tujuannya adalah mengembangkan kegiatan produksi kopi Sanggabuana, meningkatkan kualitas laporan dan administrasi BUMDes Buanamekar dalam produksi kopi Sanggabuana. Metode yang digunakan dalam pengabdian kepada masyarakat dengan melakukan penyuluhan optimalisasi keuntungan dan bimbingan teknis penyusunan rencana bisnis. Hasil pengabdian kepada masyarakat adalah ditemukannnya ketidakefisiensi terhadap penggunaan faktor produksi dilihat bahwa peningkatan  jumlah bahan baku diatas 8 kg greenbean tetap menghasilkan produk kopi premium sebanyak 40 pcs dan bertambahnya pemahaman dalam penyusunan rencana bisnis serta dibuatnya proposal rencana bisnis.  Hal ini mengindikasikan bahwa faktor lain cenderung tidak berpengaruh terhadap produksi, produksi kopi yang menguntungkan hanya kopi premium sebanyak 40 pcs dan tidak direkomendasikan untuk memproduksi kopi sachet.
Peningkatan Nilai-Nilai Integritas Di TK Desa Simpang Rimba Melalui Pembiasaan Senam Sahabat Pemberani
Authors: Oktarina Oktarina , Yusmaliana Desfa , Fadhila Ridho , Nuramanah Sri Astuti , Aji Suparno , Ulfa Laela Fitria
Published: February 2023

Pemberian sosialisasi dan pelaksanaan senam sahabat pemberani merupakan kegiatan untuk mengenalkan nilai-nilai integritas pada anak usia dini. Pencegahan tindakan korupsi mutlak harus dilakukan tidak hanya dalam tataran hukum semata, namun juga harus pada ranah pendidikan karena pendidikan memberikan kontribusi jangka panjang terlebih dalam pembentukan karakter peserta didik. Kegiatan senam sahabat pemberani merupakan upaya pengintegrasian nilai-nilai antikorupsi pada peserta didik dengan menanamkan pembiasaan dan stimulus kata-kata yang terdapat dalam irama sehingga diharapkan dapat tertanam dalam benak peserta didik hingga dewasa. Beberapa nilai-nilai integritas tersebut adalah Jujur, Peduli, Mandiri, Disiplin, Tanggungjawab, Kerja Keras, Sederhana, Berani dan Adil atau disingkat menjadi JUPE MANDI TANGKER SEBEDIL.
Pengembangan Media Pembelajaran Busy Book pada Materi Pokok Mengenal Tanaman Buah untuk Anak Usia 4-5 Tahun
Authors: Kirana Sheila Nadia , Kharismawati Indah , Hariyanto Hariyanto
Published: February 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan pengembangan dan kualitas produk media busy book pada materi pokok mengenal tanaman buah untuk anak usia 4-5 tahun. Jenis penelitian ini menggunakan Research and Development (R&D), dengan menggunakan data kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Prosedur penelitian pengembangan ini meliputi; potensi masalah, pengumpulan data penelitian, desain media pembelajaran, validasi media pembelajaran, revisi media pembelajaran, uji coba media pembelajaran. Masalah diperoleh dari temuan oleh peneliti melalui wawancara kepada guru kelas TK Raudlotul Jannah. Masalah atau kendala yang terjadi di sekolah mengenai kurangnya fasilitas media pembelajaran, oleh sebab itu pendidik kesulitan untuk menjelaskan materi pembelajaran di kelas dan anak menyebabkan anak kurang tertarik dalam memahami materi pembelajaran di sekolah. Setelah melakukan pengumpulan data hasil analisis kebutuhan, selanjutnya mendesain produk yaitu media pembelajaran Busy Book, dan dilanjutkan dengan memvalidasi produk media pembelajaran. Validator produk media pembelajaran dilakukan oleh ahli media pembelajaran, kepala sekolah, dan guru. Hasil validasi keempat validator diperoleh skor nilai 4,755 yang dikategorikan “baik” serta layak digunakan. Setelah itu dilakukan uji coba pemakaian produk kepada anak usia 4-5 tahun di TK Raudlotul Jannah Jenggawah. Hasil dari uji coba pemakaian produk anak mempunyai ketertarikan pada media dan lebih mudah mengenal bentuk dan nama buah. Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa dengan menggunakan media busy book ini, guru dan siswa terbantu dalam mengenal bentuk dan nama buah.
The Effect of Work Experience and Hard Skill on Employee Performance of PT. Multi Kencana Niagatama
Authors: Nurdin Mokhamad
Published: February 2023

Workers who have been on the job for a while have amassed a wealth of experience and are therefore expected to possess a diverse set of abilities. The study's objective was to determine the value of prior job experience and specialized training in improving productivity in the workplace. Quantitative verification is utilized. The total number of participants in this study was 126. Multi Kencana Niagatama Tbk. One hundred PT. Multi Kencana Niagatama staff members were recruited for the study. The research sample was selected using a random sampling strategy. One hundred PT Multi Kencana Niagatama workers were surveyed using a questionnaire. The smart PLS 3.0 software was used to analyze the research data. The study found that work experience significantly (p<0.05) influenced employee performance, that hard skills significantly (p<0.05) influenced employee performance, and that work experience significantly (p<0.05) influenced employee performance through the mediation of hard skills. Thus, employees' productivity is influenced by their job experience and concrete talents. It is hoped that future study would yield a performance escalation paradigm for fostering the competitive growth of employees' hard talents for the benefit of the business.
Utilization of information technology as a business means for the Sugihmas Village Community
Authors: Arumi Endah Ratna , Fauzi Ahmad , Handoko Fani Chairul , Ananda Kevin Syahidan , Pramudyanti Talitha Ayu , Meganingrum Intan
Published: February 2023

This community service activity focuses on the use of information technology to do business and market products belonging to the residents of Sugihmas village. Activities are carried out through training and mentoring. The result of this activity is the utilization of e-commerce and social media applications for marketing activities that can cover a wider market. With this information technology use training program, it is hoped that it will be able to improve the economic quality of the Sugihmas villagers through product innovation from plastic waste recycling and strengthening digital marketing.
Improvement of blood donor knowledge in community at Sumbertlaseh, Bojonegoro
Authors: Muflikhah Nina Difla , Nuraini Fatia Rizki , Palupi Eva Riantika Ratna , Nuryanti Titik , Astuti Retno Puji
Published: February 2023

Blood services is one of the health support systems which play important role for fulfilling blood stock, blood production, and distribution. Fulfilment of blood stock become the main focus of blood support unit in Indonesia. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Indonesia Government applied community activities restrictions enforcement which social distancing became the major reason for decreasing donor quantity in Bojonegoro while blood supply was needed from other units. In case of increasing blood donor, socialization programme held at Sumbertlaseh Village. This programme accommodated by Student of diploma programme of blood bank technology, undergraduate programme of ners, dan Blood Donor Unit Bojonegoro. The programme share information about the important and advantage of blood donor using various media, such as brochure, leaflet, and presentation. The results of the activity show that 78.26% of the community has good knowledge about blood donor.
Étude comparative de l’effet de l’extrait des feuilles et des fruits deSolanum sodomaeum(Solanaceae) sur les larves deCulex pipiensetCuliseta longiareolata(Culicidae)
Authors: Belkhiri N. , Benhissen S. , Aberkane N. , Habbachi W. , Rebbas K.
Published: February 2023

Les moustiques ont toujours été considérés comme source de nuisance pour l’homme principalement parce qu’ils sont les vecteurs les plus fréquents de transmission de diverses maladies à l’homme et aux animaux. Pour lutter contre ces insectes nuisibles, l’homme a utilisé plusieurs moyens qui ont des conséquences néfastes sur l’environnement, la santé humaine et animale. Si bien que l’utilisation des insecticides botaniques est très recommandée. Le présent travail a pour but d’évaluer les réponses de deux espèces de moustique, à savoirCulex pipiensetCuliseta longiareolatasous condition de laboratoire à l’impact de l’extrait aqueux des feuilles et des fruits d’une plante toxique (Solanum sodomaeum). Le traitement des larves a été fait selon les recommandations de l’OMS. Les résultats ont montré que l’extrait aqueux préparé par décoction possède une activité larvicide intéressante. Au bout de quatre jours de traitement, 100 % de mortalité des larves deCulex pipiensetCuliseta longiareolataa été enregistrée lorsque nous utilisons une forte concentration de l’extrait étudié. Les paramètres toxicologiques calculés ont permis la détermination des concentrations létales (CL50 %, la CL90 %) et des temps létaux (TL50 %, TL90 %) pour chaque extrait testé.
Intracranial solitary fibrous tumor with delayed symptomatic metastasis to the lumbar spine: illustrative case
Authors: Menaker Simon A. , Ljubimov Vladimir A. , Krutikova Viktoria O. , Urnes Cole , Bannykh Serguei I. , Ross Lindsey B. , Eboli Paula
Published: February 2023

BACKGROUND

Intracranial solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs), formerly known as hemangiopericytomas, are rare, aggressive mesenchymal extra-axial tumors typically treated via resection, often with preoperative embolization and postoperative radiation and/or antiangiogenic therapy. Although surgery confers a significant survival benefit, local recurrence and distant metastasis are not uncommon and may occur in a delayed fashion.

OBSERVATIONS

The authors describe the case of a 29-year-old male who initially presented with headache, visual disturbance, and ataxia, and was found to have a large right tentorial lesion with mass effect on surrounding structures. He underwent tumor embolization and resection with gross total resection achieved and pathology consistent with World Health Organization grade 2 hemangiopericytoma. The patient recovered well, but 6 years later presented with low back pain and lower extremity radiculopathy and was found to have metastatic disease within the L4 vertebral body causing moderate central canal stenosis. This was successfully treated with tumor embolization followed by spinal decompression and posterolateral instrumented fusion. Metastasis of intracranial SFT to vertebral bone is exceedingly rare. To our knowledge this is only the 16th reported case.

LESSONS

Serial surveillance for metastatic disease is imperative in patients with intracranial SFTs given their propensity and unpredictable time course for distant spread.
Reflecting on Jack C. Richards’ 60 Years in TESOL: A Systematic Review
Authors: Richards Jack C. , Panahi Ali , Mohebbi Hassan
Published: February 2023

The study examines Jack C. Richards’ six-decade contribution, philosophy, works, and research starting from 1967 and continuing to the present (January1, 2023). It was conducted in two phases. In phase one, we systematically reviewed Jack C. Richards’ articles, books, and book chapters, briefed on pedagogical implications and annotations for every single resource, derived from his journal articles, approximately 800 ELT terminology grouped into a set of 182 entries, and extracted 17 research types, statistics and instruments, 18 disciplines, and subdisciplines and 24 journals in which he has published. The topics in his research were vast in scope; more centrally focused issues were on second language teacher education, teacher training, professional development, reflective thinking, method issues, communicative methodology, syllabus design, curriculum development, textbook writing, needs analysis, tasks and activities, input, output, interaction, feedback, teaching language skills and subskills and English medium instruction. Our analysis provides an overall perception into the key language teaching terminology and concepts and major implications of Jack C. Richards’ works. In the second stage of the study, Jack C. Richards presents his personal reflection and discussion of this systematic review.
Language Teaching in the ‘Third Space’: Identity Trajectories and Professional Development Needs
Authors: Aguilar Jenny Mendieta , Rütti-Joy Olivia
Published: February 2023

As Pennington and Richards (2016) observe, a teacher’s sense of what it means to be a teacher is created interactively with the knowledge base and identity of the larger field. Technological developments and unprecedented societal change have recently, however, rendered the teaching profession more complex and diverse. This is particularly evident in higher education settings, where clear divisions between professional and academic areas are increasingly blurred. The breaking down of strict boundaries between professional domains gives rise to a “third space” (Whitchurch, 2008), which staff, including language teachers, must learn to navigate. Reconstructing their identities in highly dynamic third spaces can place language teachers in liminal states of in-between-ness and ambiguity (Beech, 2011), where negotiating stable identities becomes especially demanding. While language teacher identity in the context of higher education has been widely discussed, the implications of transitioning into ‘third space’ settings for language teachers’ identities have received less attention. Adopting a theorising from practice approach (Richards, 2016), in this reflective autoethnographic article, we examine our shifting language teacher identities as we seek to successfully navigate ‘third space’ work environments in New Zealand and Switzerland. We use critical reflection to explore how our professional identities have evolved as we switched from relatively ‘bounded’ language teaching roles to more fluid and dynamic ‘third space’ positions. Further, we discuss the role of professional development as enablers (or inhibitors) of our evolving language teacher identities as we moved into roles that diverged from what we had initially trained for. Lastly, we relate these reflections to suggestions for professional development that could help language teachers better respond to the demands of an increasingly diversified and complex profession.
Decision Making in English Language Teaching: Unpacking Novice Teachers’ Pedagogical Reasoning
Authors: Tajeddin Zia , Bolouri Maryam
Published: February 2023

Teachers are constantly involved in the act of decision-making in every moment of the classroom. These decisions are underpinned by pedagogical reasoning, which entails situated knowledge about particular teaching episodes and is reconstructed through teaching practice. The present case study sought to explore the pedagogical reasoning skills that novice English language teachers use in making classroom decisions. Results from a combination of lesson plans, classroom observations, and semi-structured interviews revealed that novice teachers applied their pedagogical reasoning to achieve syllabus objectives and deal with learners' misbehavior. In the absence of previous teaching experiences, they did not tend to reflect on the decisions they made to deal with learners' learning and their teaching. They also lacked consistency in their reasoning process, disrupted by their changing beliefs about learning and teaching. These findings imply the need for the improvement of teachers’ pedagogical reasoning through teacher education programs.
A Linkage Between Perceived Corporate Image and Organisational Identification in the Banking Sector in Nigeria
Authors: Awomailo Lanke B. , Ayeni Johnson O. , Adekunle Oluyemi O. A.
Published: February 2023

Whether an organization makes an effort to change its image, every organization has one. The stakeholders' perceptions of a particular firm activity as well as related global and industry challenges shape the perceived corporate image. One of the important topics in the management and organizational fields has been corporate image. The study's goal is to investigate the relationship between organizational identity and perceived corporate image. The study used a survey methodology to gather the data, which was then analyzed using IBM SPSS version 21.0's arithmetic mean, correlation, and regression functions. The study found that the notion of perceived corporate image is one of the fundamental ideas for being relevant and competitive in a globalized company environment. The link between perceived corporate image and employee engagement was examined in two distinct dimensions, external and internal, each with its own set of values. According to their own social responsibility ideals, an employee who believes that their company is renowned because it practices social responsibility may be more (or less) inclined to report involvement. Additionally, based on the study's findings, it was determined that there is a strong positive association between perceived internal and external image and organizational identity, and that both of the perceived corporate image's sub-dimensions had a favorable impact on that relationship. Future research might evaluate if, and to what extent, organizational culture influences corporate image and organization identity, according to the study's recommendations.
Intercultural Competence in Textbooks of Croatian as a Mother Tongue
Authors: Čosić Gordana , Slovaček Katarina Aladrović
Published: February 2023

The development of language competences is the fundamental goal of educational documents at the world (Eight Key Competencies for Lifelong Learning, 2008; 2020), European (CEFRL, 2015) and national level Curriculum for the subject Croatian language for elementary schools and high schools (2019). This implies the development of language communication and linguistic competence. In the process of primary school language learning, it is important to develop linguistic and communicative competence, which includes sociolinguistic, strategic and pragmatic competence, but also intercultural competence. Intercultural competence is most often defined as competence in which knowledge of elements of different cultures that are in contact with the dominant culture is developed or the child gets to know them through different contents in order to understand the world in which he lives. In Croatian language classes, the child most often encounters this competence through various texts that are written from the perspective of another culture or talk about different cultures that live in the Republic of Croatia, as well as outside it. Thus, a child will, for example, learn something about the eating habits of the British if he reads E. Blyton's novels Five Friends and the like. Therefore, the goal of this research is to analyze textbooks and reading books for the teaching of the Croatian language from the third to the sixth grade and to find elements of intercultural competence in the texts through qualitative analysis. It is expected that crosscultural elements will most often be found in the starting texts and that most of the texts will belong to the Anglo-Saxon linguistic and cultural area.
Przestępstwo oszustwa w polskim i niemieckim prawie karnym
Authors: Borkowska Katarzyna
Published: February 2023

Fraud is one of the most common crimes against property. Given the progress in information technology, digitalization and other areas, the number of frauds has been constantly growing for a few years now and legal regulations need to be adapted to the requirements of the present era. The legal retort to damage caused by fraudulent activities under the criminal law systems can vary. The subject of this paper is a detailed comparative examination of the Polish and German criminal regulations in the area of fraud. The research includes analysis of the statutory features of the basic type of this crime laid down in the Polish and German criminal codes with particular reference to subject, subjective side of an offence, object and objective side of an offence. Reference is also made to the criminal sanction and to the mode of prosecution in case of fraud. The analysis is based on views of legal academics and commentators and judicial decisions. The discussion is concluded with a comparison of the Polish and German provisions with an indication of the similarities and differences between these regulations.
URGENSI PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT DALAM PERLINDUNGAN LINGKUNGAN MELALUI GUGATAN ADMINISTRASI
Authors: Hartawan Hasibuan Ali Huristak , Arifin Zainal , Lucyana Delya
Published: February 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan pentingnya mengembalikan partisipasi masyarakat berupa gugatan administrasi terhadap keputusan tata usaha negara ke dalam hukum lingkungan agar keputusan tata usaha negara tidak bersifat otoriter dan dapat dikontrol. Sehingga dapat terjadi kesimbangan antara fungsi pejabat tata usaha negara, kewajiban pelaku usaha dan hak warga negara. Dengan menggunakan metode penelitian hukum normatif disimpulkan bahwa ; 1. Peran serta masyarakat untuk melakukan kontrol terhadap izin lingkungan/persetujuan lingkungan yang dianggap merugikan masyarakat karena adanya kelalaian maupun yang disebabkan karena terjadinya tindak pidana korupsi sangat diperlukan. 2. Hak atas lingkungan hidup yang baik dan sehat adalah sebagai bagian dari hak asasi manusia, oleh karena itu gugatan dari masyarakat ke Pengadilan Tata Usaha Negara (PTUN) untuk membatalkan izin lingkungan maupun persetujuan lingkungan yang merupakan keputusan administrasi negara tidak boleh dihilangkan, karena hal tersebut sama saja dengan melanggar hak asasi manusia dan melanggar konsitusi negara yaitu UUD Negara republik Indonesia Tahun 1945.
QUESTIONING THE POSITION OF CORRUPTION OFFENSES IN THE RKUHP
Authors: Nurisman Eko
Published: February 2023

Including corruption offenses, particularly offenses, into the Draft Criminal Code (RKUHP) raises problems because the RKUHP is a compilation of general criminal law regulations included in one book. Such an arrangement raises questions about the position of corruption offenses, the Draft Criminal Code (RKUHP), and the legal consequences of regulating corruption offenses in the RKUHP. This article uses normative legal research with two approaches: legislation and conceptual. The legal materials used consist of primary, secondary, and tertiary legal materials. The result is that corruption offenses as particular offenses are only regulated regarding the core crimes. Meanwhile, the legal consequences of such an arrangement are uncertainty regarding the realization of the principle of lex specialis derogate legi generali.
ANALISIS YURIDIS TERHADAP BATALNYA DEMI HUKUM PERJANJIAN PINJAMAN ONLINE BERBASIS FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY (FINTECH)
Authors: Ginting Nia Clarissa , Hendra Muhammad , Monica Romaito
Published: February 2023

Suatu kegiatan yang melakukan pinjam maupun meminjam baik secara langsung maupun tidak langsung ialah sistem yang sudah ada di dalam kehidupan masyarakat dikarenakan adanya Financial Technology (Fintech). Financial Technology merupakan istilah suatu layanan keuangan yang digunakan untuk bertransaksi, dimana contoh dalam kemajuan teknologi digital ini ditandai dengan adanya fintech (financial technology) yang dapat mempermudah masyarakat untuk bertransaksi dengan produk, barang, dan jasa. Berdasarkan latar belakang ini, maka penelitian ini akan diteliti dan dikaji permasalahan sebagai berikut, yakni bagaimana Batalnya Demi Hukum Perjanjian Online Berbasis Fintech dan Bagaimana bentuk Perlindungan Hukum terhadap Kreditur yang melakukan Perjanjian Pinjaman Online Berbasis Fintech. Metode Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian hukum normatif. Data-data ini disaring dengan catatan dalam hukum primer maupun sekunder, dengan arti mempelajari dan menyelidiki dari beberapa bahan materi seperti jurnal-jurnal, literatur dan peraturan perundang-undangan. Setelah terkumpulnya materi tersebut, kemudian menganalisis materi tersebut dengan deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil daripada penelitian ini mengungkapkan bahwa batalnya perjanjian online berbasis financial technology (Fintech) jika perjanjian tersebut tidak menganut dasar dari Pasal 1320 KUH Perdata dan Pasal 47 ayat (2) Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 82 Tahun 2012 tentang Penyelenggaraan Sistem dan Transaksi Elektronik (PP PSTE). Kemudian bentuk perlindungan hukum terhadap kreditur yang melalukan perjanjian pinjaman online berbasis financial technology (Fintech) terdiri dari perlindungan hukum preventif dan hukum represif.
PEMIDANAAN TERHADAP PELAKU PENIPUAN MELALUI MEDIA ELEKTRONIK HANDPHONE (Studi di Polsek Kampak Polres Trenggalek)
Authors: Sukirno Sukirno
Published: February 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana aparatur penegak  hukum  Kepolisian Sektor Kampak Polres Trenggalek, melakukan pengungkapan terhadap pelaku penipuan melalui media elektronik dan bagaimana upaya pencegahan praktik penipuan yang dilakukan oleh pelaku, penelitian ini merupakan yuridis empiris, yaitu penelitian hukum dilakukan dengan cara meneliti langsung kelapangan. Dengan meneliti langsung kita akan mendapatkan data yang nyata dan factual apa yang terjadi dilapangan mengenai pemidanaan terhadap pelaku penipuan melalui media eletronik handphone,

Jenis data yang digunakan adalah data primer, sekunder dan tertier. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan berdasarkan jenis penelitian berdasarkan empiris maka untuk memperoleh data yang mendukung, kegiatan pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini adalah dengan cara wawancara atau studi lapangan dan dari data yang didapat kemudian dianalisis sebagai data penunjang dalam penulisan hukum ini, penelitian ini juga mengakaji tetang penerapan pasal terhadap pelaku penipuan melalui media eletronik hanphone dan dalam kesimpulan bahwa upaya pemidanaan dan pengungkapan terhadap pelaku penipuan melalui media elektronik handphone yang dilaksanakan oleh Kepolisian Sektor Kampak Polres Trenggalek sudah sesuai prosedur dan pemidanaan terhadap pelaku dalam putusan sidang dinyatakan bersalah.

Kepolisan sebagai penegak hukum, melindungi, mengayomi dan melayani masyarakat, supaya menekan angka kejahatan maupun perbuatan curang yang dilakukan melalui media eletronik handphone dan dunia maya maka meningkatkan penyuluhan pencegahan terhadap masyarakat sebagai pengguna telefon dan juga meningkatkan penegakan hukum terhadap pelaku sehingga membuat efek jera para pelaku.
Peran Manajemen Sumber Daya Manusia dalam Meningkatkan Kinerja Dosen pada Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Mandailing Natal
Authors: Lubis Muhlisah
Published: February 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji peranan mananjemen sumber daya manusia dalam meningkatkan kinerja Dosen di Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Mandailing Natal dan bagaimana manajemen sumber daya manusia di Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Mandailing Natal menurut prespektif ekonomi manajemen. Adapun analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu mengunakan metode kualitatif dengan cara penelitian pustaka, wawancara, dan dokumentasi yang dilakukan di tempat objek penelitian. Hasil penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bahwa peran manajemen sumber daya manusia ini sangat berpengaruh dalam meningkatkan kinerja dosen di Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Mandailing Natal, dan juga untuk mengetahui bagaimana cara meningkatkan kinerja dosen dengan mengunakan peranan manajemen sumber daya manusia, serta untuk mengetahui bagaimana manajemen sumber daya manusia di Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Mandailing Natal menurut prespektif ekonomi manajemen.