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Analisis Penerapan Hidden Curriculum dalam Mewujudkan Kebhinekaan Global di Sekolah Dasar
Authors: Mustikaweni Marthata Cahya Tria , Attalina Syailin Nichla Choirin , Hamiddaturohmah Hamiddaturohmah
Published: February 2025

Hidden curriculum dapat menjadi fondasi penting dalam mendidik generasi yang siap menghadapi tantangan global dengan pemahaman yang mendalam tentang keberagaman. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperluas perspektif tentang hidden curriculum sebagai instrumen penting dalam mendidik siswa dengan nilai-nilai kebhinekaan global, tidak hanya melalui keterlibatan guru tetapi juga melalui lingkungan sekolah secara keseluruhan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif. Penelitian ini dilakukan di SD Negeri 12 Karanggondang, Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada semester ganjil tahun ajaran 2023/2024. Subjek penelitian dalam penelitian ini adalah kepala sekolah, guru kelas  VI, guru agama dan siswa kelas VI yang berjumlah 15 siswa. Perayaan hari besar agama Islam dan Kristen serta pembiasaan membaca Asmaul Husna dan menyanyikan lagu rohani menjadi langkah efektif dalam menanamkan nilai toleransi dan penghargaan terhadap perbedaan. Hubungan yang kuat antara siswa dan guru serta dukungan orang tua merupakan faktor pendukung utama, sementara keterbatasan kegiatan ekstrakurikuler menjadi hambatan dalam pelaksanaan hidden curriculum.
Learning Trajectory Peserta Didik Pada Materi Kubus Ditinjau Dari Kemampuan Matematis Dan Gaya Belajar
Authors: Hanipah Siti , Solahudin Iman , Nugraha Azi
Published: February 2025

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui Learning Trajectory peserta didik pada proses pembelajaran materi kubus dengan meninjau pada kemampuan matematis dan gaya belajar peserta didik. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif. Pengumpulan data pada penelitian ini menggunakan tes angket gaya belajar, tes tulis learning trajectory dan wawancara. Hasil penelitian ini mendeskripsikan hasil analisis learning trajectory peserta didik dengan kemampuan matematis tinggi,sedang, dan rendah serta karakteristik gaya belajar peserta didik audio, visual dan kinestetik. Terdapat keberagaman learning trajectory pada peserta didik dalam memahami materi kubus, dimana Hypothetical Learning Trajectory yang disusun peneliti sebagai alur pemahaman materi kubus. Peserta didik dengan kemampuan matematis tinggi telah mampu memahami materi kubus sebagaimana hasil wawancara memperkuat jawaban hasil tes. Subjek yang memiliki kemampuan matematis sedang telah mampu memahami sebagian materi kubus. Subjek dengan kemampuan matematis rendah belum sesuai dengan capaian Hypothetical learning trajectory yang disusun peneliti karena belum memahami materi penunjang kubus. Selanjutnya peserta didik yang bergaya belajar audio memahami materi kubus ketika benar-benar memperhatikan guru menjelaskan, Subjek yang bergaya belajar visual, menunjukkan pemahaman jika subjek dibantu dengan gambar materi yang jelas. Selain itu subjek dengan gaya belajar kinestetik akan mempelajari hal-hal yang konkrit.
Penggunaan Media Paprik untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berhitung Meminjam Siswa Kelas II SD
Authors: Nursya'adah Siti , Afendi Arief Hidayat , Rizal Fahrur , Hidayat Slamet
Published: February 2025

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan hasil belajar matematika pada materi operasi hitung pengurangan meminjam melalui media papan pengurangan interaktif (Paprik). Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian Tindakan kelas model Kemmis & Mc. Taggart. Data penelitian ini dikumpulkan melalui hasil tes, lembar observasi, dan dokumentasi. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas II SDN Pegambiran 2 yang berjumlah 30 siswa, yakni 11 orang Perempuan dan 19 orang laki-laki. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa penggunaan media Paprik dapat meningkatkan hasil belajar matematika pada materi operasi hitung pengurangan meminjam bagi siswa kelas II SDN Pegambiran 2 Kota Cirebon. Hal ini dapat dibuktikan dengan adanya peningkatan dari pra siklus, siklus I, II, dan III. Pada pra siklus rata-rata nilai diperoleh 45, meningkat pada siklus I dan II menjadi 68, pada siklus III diperoleh nilai rata-rata 70. Jumlah peserta didik yang mencapai ketuntasan pada pra siklus sebanyak 5 orang atau sebesar 16%, pada siklus I meningkat menjadi 16 orang atau sebesar 53%, pada siklus II meningkat lagi menjadi 18 orang atau sebesar 60%, begitupun pada siklus III meningkat menjadi 20 orang atau sebesar 66%.
The Effect of Parents’ Income on Students’ English Achievement
Authors: Jannah Miftakul , Yassin Muhammad , Yolanda Alvina
Published: February 2025

This study aims to determine whether there is an effect of parents' income on student English achievement at Senior High School 1 Rasau Jaya. The research design used is Analysis Of Variance test, while the research method is quantitative. Discussion method as the independent variable (X) is parents’ income (low, Middle and High), while English learning achievement as the dependent variable (Y). The participants in this study were students selected using random sampling technique, namely students from Senior High School 1 Rasau Jaya totaling 100 people, namely 32 from the low income group, 36 students from the middle income group and 32 students from the high income group. Data in the study were collected using instruments (questionnaires), then assessed normality test, homogeneity test used to evaluate the requirements of data analysis. While analysis of variance analysis was used to test the hypothesis using computer software assistance through the SPSS (Statistcal Package for the Scial Sciens) version 24 for windows program. Based on the research findings and discussion, the following conclusions can be drawn: There is no effect of parents' Income on English Achievement. This is indicated by the result of the significance level of Analysis of variance 0.974 > 0.05. This shows that there is no influence between parents' income on student English achievement. This means Ho is accepted and Ha is rejected.
Interferensi Budaya Asing Terhadap Perilaku Mahasiswa Di lingkungan Universitas Kaltara
Authors: Pornamasari Tias
Published: February 2025

Seiring berkembangnya zaman dan teknologi, munculah globalisasi. Globalisasi merupakan sebuah proses meghadirkan sesuatu benda atau perilaku sebagai ciri dari setiap individu tanpa dibatasi oleh wilayah. Globalisasi juga dapat disebut dengan proses integrasi yang terjadi karena adanya pertukaran pandangan dunia, produk, pemikiran dan aspek-aspek kebudayaan lainnya. Globalisasi tidak semata berdampak positif, tetapi ada pula dampak negatif. Globalisasi menggeser nilai-nilai Nasionalisme dan kebudayaan yang telah ada di Indonesia. Globalisasi menimbulkan berbagai masalah dalam bidang budaya, contohnya memudarkan budaya asli suatu daerah dan menurunkan rasa Nasionalisme serta Patriotsime dan juga menghilangkan sifat kekeluargaan serta gotong royong. Kebudayaan Asing yang masuk akibat globalisasi ke Indonesia telah mengubah perilaku dan kebudayaan Nasional.
The New Barbarism and the Modern West
Authors: Koivukoski Toivo
Published: February 2025

Liberalism is being called into question both in practice and in principle, from insurgencies at its bloody hinterlands and from the illiberal responses those insurgencies engender within the so-called civilized world, with technological integration creating the conditions for new forms of barbarism.

What then are the chances of progress towards a substantial equality of freedoms within this new context of retrograde attitudes framed by the occlusion of others as somehow essentially different? How can we register the significances of cultural distinctions without letting those ‘we's’ and ‘they's’ split an emergent global civil society into parochial retro-nations, where belonging knows itself only by exclusion? What is it that is being called out of the spirit of modernity in our seemingly backward-moving age of essentialized others and self-righteous rage? And to the end of inter-cultural understanding, how can we come to know the other, both through the care of others and in ourselves?

This work of political theory reflects on how cultures imagine their barbarians in the form of essentialized others, focusing specifically on the kinds of barbarism associated with a civilization devoted to technological progress. In response to the excesses of modernity, the author looks to advances an ethic of difference, inverting the golden rule so as to do unto others as those others would do unto themselves.
Michael Manley and Jamaican Democracy, 1972-1980
Authors: Ledgister F. S. J.
Published: February 2025

This book examines the democratic ideas of Michael Manley, Jamaican prime minister from 1972 to 1980, and again from 1989 to 1992, during his government in the 1970s. Manley wrote three books during or about that period, The Politics of Change, A Voice at the Workplace, and Jamaica: Struggle in the Periphery. The first two laid out his policy ideas regarding egalitarian democratic change and economic democracy, and the third reprised those ideas and assessed their implementation and the obstacles they faced during the eight and a half years Manley served as prime minister. While Manley was seen as a socialist firebrand, a close examination of his ideas reveals a democratic nationalist whose motivation was love of country and a desire to promote national self-confidence and egalitarianism within the framework of liberal democracy and a reformed capitalism.
The Bottle, the Breast, and the State
Authors: Oakley Maureen Rand
Published: February 2025

This books explores the ways in which breastfeeding is both promoted and made difficult in the United States, while the use of formula is both shamed and promoted. It uses a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the politics, policies, and individual experiences surrounding infant feeding. The analysis shows that a failure to separate the issue of breastfeeding rights and support from breastfeeding promotion and advocacy in both academic scholarship and public discourse has led to a deadlock that prevents groups from working together in support of breastfeeding without shaming. A caring infant feeding advocacy is developed. This approach values the caring work done by parents and recognizes the benefits of this work to society. It promotes policies supportive of parenting in general, and breastfeeding in particular, to remove barriers that may present a challenge to some women who may wish to breastfeed, while supporting the development of better alternatives for those who don’t.
The Meat Puppets and the Lyrics of Curt Kirkwood from Meat Puppets II to No Joke!
Authors: Smith-Lahrman Matthew
Published: February 2025

In The Meat Puppets and the Lyrics of Curt Kirkwood from Meat Puppets II to No Joke!, Matthew Smith-Lahrman sheds light on the words of Curt Kirkwood, founding member and songwriter of the Meat Puppets, a pioneering rock ’n’ roll band of the last forty years. Smith-Lahrman covers Kirkwood’s lyrics on nine albums, from 1983 to 1995, when he wrote virtually every lyric for the band. A lyricist whom Rolling Stone writer Kurt Loder once rated alongside Bob Dylan, Kirkwood remains an important, yet overlooked songwriter.

The original Meat Puppets spent their early career releasing albums on the seminal indie rock label SST Records, moving on to the major label London Records in the early 1990s. Along the way they forged a unique blend of punk, country, psychedelic, and hard rock that paved the way for the grunge and alternative movements. As a lyricist, Kirkwood commonly addresses the individual psyche and behavioral expectations, drug use, mental illness, and Christianity. As the original Meat Puppets began to dissolve, Kirkwood turned to writing about personal issues: his frustrations with the major label industry, the death of his mother, the addictions of his brother, and the demise of the band itself.

The Meat Puppets and the Lyrics of Curt Kirkwood from Meat Puppets II to No Joke! is the perfect work for Meat Puppets fans worldwide.
X-Men and the Mutant Metaphor
Authors: Darowski Joseph J.
Published: February 2025

First appearing in 1963, The Uncanny X-Men had a rough start, lasting until 1970 when the comic book was canceled due to low sales. Following a relaunch in 1975, however, it found new popularity thanks to intricate scripting by Chris Claremont and the artwork of John Byrne. Within a few years, The Uncanny X-Men was one of Marvel Comics’ best-selling series and over the decades it became one of the most successful and popular franchises in comic book history. Spin-off titles, mini-series, multimedia adaptations, and a massively expanded cast of characters followed. One of the reasons for the success of X-Men is its powerful “mutant metaphor,” which enhances the stories with cultural significance and the exploration of themes such as societal prejudice and discrimination.

In X-Men and the Mutant Metaphor: Race and Gender in the Comic Books, Joseph J. Darowski thoroughly analyzes The Uncanny X-Men, providing its historical background and dividing the long-running series into distinct eras. Each chapter examines the creators and general plot lines, followed by a closer analysis of the principal characters and key stories. The final chapter explores the literal use of race and gender rather than the metaphorical or thematic ways such issues have been addressed. This analysis includes insights gained from interviews with several comic book creators, and dozens of illustrations from the comic book series. Of particular significance are statistics that track the race and gender of every X-Men hero, villain, and supporting character. By delving into the historical background of the series and closely examining characters and stories, X-Men and the Mutant Metaphor illuminates an important popular culture phenomenon.
Spirituality and Reform
Authors: Lane Calvin
Published: February 2025

In colorful detail, Calvin Lane explores the dynamic intersection between reform movements and everyday Christian practice from ca. 1000 to ca. 1800. Lowering the artificial boundaries between “the Middle Ages,” “the Reformation,” and “the Enlightenment,” Lane brings to life a series of reform programs each of which developed new sensibilities about what it meant to live the Christian life. Along this tour, Lane discusses music, art, pilgrimage, relics, architecture, heresy, martyrdom, patterns of personal prayer, changes in marriage and family life, connections between church bodies and governing authorities, and certainly worship. The thread that he finds running from the Benedictine revival in the eleventh century to the pietistic movements of the eighteenth is a passionate desire to return to a primitive era of Christianity, a time of imagined apostolic authenticity, even purity. In accessible language, he introduces readers to Cistercians and Calvinists, Franciscans and Jesuits, Lutherans and Jansenists, Moravians and Methodists to name but a few of the many reform movements studied in this book. Although Lane highlights their diversity, he argues that each movement rooted its characteristic practice – their spirituality – in an imaginative recovery of the apostolic life.
Qoheleth's Hope
Authors: Peterson Brian  Neil
Published: February 2025

Pessimist! Hedonist! Skeptic! Fatalist! Scholars have used these and a variety of other pejoratives to describe Qoheleth, the author of the book of Ecclesiastes. But are these monikers fair assessments of this formative book of the Hebrew wisdom tradition? Brian Neil Peterson challenges this dominant scholarly perspective by arguing that Qoheleth’s message is more optimistic than it appears. He insists that Qoheleth—a realist who recognizes that the world is broken due to the Fall in Genesis 3—is instructing his readers to live life to the fullest in the fear of God despite the presence of injustice, oppression, and futility experienced on a daily basis. Due to the fleeting nature of life, Qoheleth offers hope to his readers and urges them to put God first and enjoy God’s good gifts, not as a destination in life, but rather as part of one’s earthly journey.
Torah, Temple, and Transaction
Authors: Ramos Alex J.
Published: February 2025

In this book, Alex J. Ramos examines production, consumption, and transaction in the regional economy of Galilee during the Early Roman period. Drawing on literary sources—including biblical texts, Josephus, and the Mishnah—and archaeological evidence, he assesses the ways that the Roman and Herodian states, settlement patterns, and Jewish religious obligations would have shaped household economic behavior. Approaching the topic through new institutional economics, Ramos considers the role of state institutions of administration and taxation and religious institutions derived from the Torah and the Temple in structuring for Galilean Jews the incentives, priorities, and costs of economic decision making. In contrast to classical economic assumptions of what is economically “rational” behavior, he considers the ways that the laws of the Torah defined the bounds of rational and socially permissible approaches to economic production, consumption, and transaction. Ultimately, Ramos argues that state institutions played a rather indirect and weak role in shaping the economy through much of the Early Roman Galilee; religious institutions, by comparison, played a more formative role in defining economic behavior.
The People's Faith
Authors: Denysenko Nicholas  E.
Published: February 2025

Works of liturgical theology tend to be produced by experts who draw from the sources and explain the meaning of the liturgy to the lay people. When such explanations are firmly grounded in the sources, the academy accepts and celebrates them as genuine works of liturgical theology. Liturgical theology requires an examination from a different perspective: the lay people's. How do the lay people explain their understanding of the liturgy in their own words? Drawing from the results of parish focus groups and a clergy survey, The People’s Faith presents the liturgical theology of the lay people in the Orthodox Churches of America.

The People’s Faith presents original findings on how ordinary laity experience the Divine Liturgy, Holy Communion, Lent and Easter, liturgical change, and gender roles in the Liturgy. The author brings the laity’s views into dialog with the prevailing liturgical theology in the Orthodox Church and identifies several topics worthy of theological reflection. The people’s veneration for tradition tops a list of liturgical issues worthy of further research, including ecumenical aspects of the Eucharist, the relationship between liturgy and theological anthropology, and a desire to receive divine compassion during ritual celebration.
Deep Mysteries
Authors: Nichols OP Aidan
Published: February 2025

This study explores the way in which, by way of the Christian mysteries, divine action impacts human life. The triune God acts in Jesus Christ by means of historical events whose effects transcend time and which are mediated through their celebration in memorial and worship. Drawing on both Evangelical and Catholic writers, Nichols provides evidence that the general portrait of Jesus found in the Pauline letters and the four Gospels rests on reliable historical witness. On this basis, he offers a concise Christology which presents Jesus Christ as the fulfillment of the Messianic hope of the Old Testament; explores his unique being as laid out in the teaching of the great Ecumenical Councils of the first Christian millennium, and describes how the classic theologian of the Latin tradition, St Thomas Aquinas, sees the chief historical events of Christ’s life as affecting humanity throughout future time. Nichols then looks at the Christian concept of God – namely, Trinitarian monotheism. God so conceived can act efficaciously in the created order and does so by the deployment of his Word and Spirit in ways which express for a fallen, historical world, the dynamics of the interaction of the divine Persons in eternity – Persons who now draw human beings within their range. Those gains in understanding are then applied to the individual mysteries of the life of Christ, from his biological conception to his coming Parousia. For each mystery, Nichols describes a biblical preamble; an account of how the mystery is seen by the Liturgy and the Fathers of the Church; illumination from the three theological masters whom the author makes his own in this work – Aquinas, Balthasar and Bulgakov;- and a visual image drawn from the treasury of sacred art.
An American Biblical Orientalism
Authors: Grafton David D.
Published: February 2025

An American Biblical Orientalism: The Construction of Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Nineteenth-Century American Evangelical Piety examines the life and work of Eli Smith, William McClure Thomson, and Edward Robinson and their descriptions of the “Bible Lands.” While there has been a great deal written about American travelogues to the Holy Lands, this book focuses on how these three prominent American Protestants described the indigenous peoples, and how those images were consumed by American Christians who had little direct experience with the “Bible Lands.” David D. Grafton argues that their publications (Biblical Researches, Later Biblical Researches, and The Land and the Book) profoundly impacted the way that American Protestants read and interpreted the Bible in the late-nineteenth century. The descriptions and images of the people found their way into American Bible dictionaries, theological dictionaries, and academic and religious circles of a growing bible readership in North America. Ultimately, the people of late Ottoman society (e.g. Jews, Christians and Muslims) were essentialized as the living characters of the Bible. These peoples were fitted into categories as heroes or villains from biblical stories, and rarely seen as modern people in their own right. Thus, in the words of Edward Said, they were “orientalized."
Bonhoeffer's Questions
Authors: de Gruchy John W.
Published: February 2025

While in prison during the Third Reich, Dietrich Bonhoeffer raised several “core questions” in his correspondence with his close friend Eberhard Bethge: How shall future generations live? Who is Jesus Christ actually, for us, today? What does it mean to be truly human? And who am I? In Bonhoeffer’s Questions, John W. de Gruchy explores the development of each question in the course of Bonhoeffer’s life, how he attempted to answer them, and how each prompted further questions in an ongoing conversation with himself, with others, and now with us today. De Gruchy does this within the framework of his own life-long and life-changing conversation with Bonhoeffer in the context of South Africa from the beginning of the apartheid era to the present day. He also describes how he has come to know Bonhoeffer as a theological witness to Christ, a prophet of God’s justice, and a Christian humanist before proceeding with a series of questions addressed to Bonhoeffer with the reader in mind. These range from the debate about God and the future of Christianity to the involvement of Christians and the church in political struggles today.
Political Theology Based in Community
Authors: Tomszak Marty
Published: February 2025

In Political Theology Based in Community: Dorothy Day, The Catholic Worker Movement, and Overcoming Otherness, Marty Tomszak sutures together the seemingly disparate realms of radical political theology, communally oriented pedagogy, the Catholic Worker movement, and Catholic Social Teaching to carve a new way of doing ethics in our contemporary sphere. Through an adoption of weak theology and anatheism, brought into the fold by John Caputo and Richard Kearney specifically, and partnering them with the groundbreaking work of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in their outpouring of works of mercy, Tomszak highlights the hope present in radical hospitality for our world. This hope is addressed to the distinct publics of the academy, the Church, and wider society as this radical ethic provides distinct answers for a multitude of current crises.
Theosis and Forgiveness in the Gospel of Matthew
Authors: Kim Kangil
Published: February 2025

In this book, Kangil Kim reads the Matthean teaching of forgiveness through the framework of theosis. Kim argues that theosis provides a theological lens that brings into sharper focus the meaning of forgiveness, especially with respect to the dynamics of heaven and earth and of God and the human in Matthew’s Gospel. Forgiveness as an embodied way of life is more than following Jesus and imitating what Jesus does but one of theosis, the extension of God’s own power working itself out through Jesus in our lives.
Peningkatan Kemampuan Siswa Siswi Mengenai UKS Melalui Pelatihan Dokter Kecil di SDIT Tahfiz Al Fatih
Authors: Harahap Afrida Sriyani , Hasanah Ulfa , Asniati Asniati , Daim Azahra Luthfi , Yuwaldi Desri
Published: February 2025

Hasil Riset Kesehatan Dasar (Riskesdas) tahun 2018, kondisi kesehatan anak usia sekolah dan remaja sangat mengkhawatirkan, khususnya terkait konsumsi makanan beresiko setiap hari, status gizi, kebersihan diri, dan aktivitas fisik. Upaya mendukung terbentuknya peserta didik yang sehat, salah satu indicator yang direalisasikan sekolah adalah mengaktifkan program Usaha Kesehatan Sekolah (UKS) yang dapat mengoptimalkan prestasi peserta didik dalam belajar. Salah satu pendekatan dalam usaka kesehatan sekolah adalah melibatkan partisipasi peserta didik sebagai penggerak perilaku hidup bersih dan sehat melalui program dokter kecil. Tujuan pengabdian ini adalah untuk melatih siswa siswi SDITTahfiz Al Fatih menjadi dokter kecil. Metode yang digunakan dalam pengadian ini adalah pre dan post test, ceramah Tanya jawab, small group discussion dan praktek. Setelah dilakukan kegiatan selama 3 hari, ada peningkatan pengetahuan siswa siswi tentang UKS dan telah dilatihnya sebanyak 20 orang siswa siswi menjadi Dokter Kecil.
The Role of English Language in Fostering Human Development in Nigeria
Authors: P Phineas T. , I Yusuf L. , F Ahmed F. , G Dauda
Published: February 2025

The language policy in Nigeria granted the English language as the status of being the sole official language, and the language of instruction in the country. This approach influenced the educated people's competence, and subsequently, attitudes towards others within their locality and global arena. The study aims to investigate the Role of English language in fostering human development in Nigeria. This paper argues that English as the Nigerian official language is well accepted due to the multi-lingual state of Nigeria. The study observes that English language is a political and social element in the process of building, unification, and maintaining the Nigerian state and as an essential element of national development. This study contributes to the understanding of multi-lingual nations and supports the research literature which showed that English language plays a significant role in unifying multi-lingual Nigeria. English language has the status of being the sole official language in Nigeria, and the language of instruction in the country. Its role in fostering socio-economic development cannot be overemphasized. The study also examined the role of the English Language in the socio-economic Development of Nigeria. The study observed that English language is a political and social element in the process of the socio-economic development of the Nigerian state and as an essential element of national development. This paper also recommends that grassroots language education should be given to all citizens. This, in turn, will help promote human capacity building and the socioeconomic development of Nigeria.
Escaping Poverty through Tricycle Business Operations in Jalingo Metropolis, Taraba State, Nigeria
Authors: Enganya Yakubu , Yerima Mary , Maikomo John Moses , Dabale Jesse Dearsley
Published: February 2025

Poverty today has become one of the biggest global challenges facing mankind. Global poverty statistics shows that the percentage of people living in extreme poverty has not declined especially in Third World countries. In Nigeria, recent data from the National Bureau of Statistics have shown that over 40%, which represents 82.9 million people lived below poverty line. Taraba state presently occupies 2nd position in poverty level among the 36 states of the federation with poverty prevalence put at 87.72%. Tricycle operations, otherwise known as Keke-NAPEP as an interventionist scheme, was introduced in 2012 to reduce incidence of poverty in the state, though initially tailored towards addressing rising insecurity but eventually metamorphosed into reduction in unemployment and poverty in the process.  As it stands today, well over 13,000 registered tricycles are providing intra-city commercial operations in Jalingo metropolis. This study aims at interrogating the relationship between tricycle business operation and poverty alleviation in Taraba state.  Has tricycle business operation caused a reduction in poverty among operators? What are the challenges faced by tricycle operators? The study adopted the Marxian Political Economy approach as a theoretical model. The study discovers that there’s a significant improvement in income generation by tricycle operators which consequently reduces poverty among them. Therefore, the study recommends that government should get directly involved in tricycle business by making provisions for more tricycles for operators at subsidized rates in order to strengthen and sustain its anti-poverty measures in the state.
Andreas Heuslers Gedanken zu «Recht und Moral» – zugleich Einleitung der Edition «iurisprudentia»
Authors: Boente Walter , Kister-Schuler Gabriele
Published: February 2025

Mit der Edition «iurisprudentia» sollen in Zukunft rechtshistorische Dokumente ediert werden, die bis jetzt nicht den Weg an die breite Fachöffentlichkeit gefunden haben. Den Auftakt macht ein bis jetzt unveröffentlichtes Manuskript von Andreas Heusler (1834-1921) über «Recht und Moral».
Examining the Urgency of Adab-Based Learning
Authors: Ahmad Fauzan  , Muhammad Asrori
Published: February 2025

The global ethical crisis, marked by increasing unethical behavior such as corruption and social conflict, necessitates an educational approach that instills moral and ethical values. This article examines the urgency of adab-based learning as a potential solution, drawing upon hadith of the Prophet Muhammad SAW and relevant literature. Using a literature study approach, this research reveals the hadith's explicit emphasis on character building through adab, including respect for teachers, politeness, and integrity. Consequently, implementing adab values in education is crucial for developing individuals with noble morals who can contribute to mitigating the global ethical crisis. This study suggests that adab-based education offers a valuable framework for addressing contemporary ethical challenges.
EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES OF SPECIAL REMEDIAL TEACHERS IN IMPLEMENTING MATHEMATICS TEACHING STRATEGIES
Authors: Sithra Subramaniam  , Mohd Norazmi Bin Nordin
Published: February 2025

The Special Remedial Programme in Malaysia was introduced in the 1960s by the Ministry of Education Malaysia to assist primary school students who face difficulties in mastering basic literacy and numeracy skills (3M). This initiative continues to be strengthened through Programme such as LINUS and Primary Literacy and Numeracy (PLaN). However, various challenges are faced by teachers in implementing Mathematics instruction, especially for students with special needs. This study aims to explore the challenges faced by special education teachers in teaching Mathematics and their strategies for overcoming them. It uses a phenomenological design with five special education teachers from Sepang as the sample, selected using purposive sampling techniques. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analysed using a thematic analysis approach. Research findings indicate that teachers face challenges such as the diversity of students' ability levels, lack of resources and teaching aids, time constraints for concept repetition, and low student motivation. Teachers overcome these challenges with creativity in teaching, including the use of contextual learning and interactive activities. The implications of the study suggest the need for enhanced professional training, the provision of relevant teaching resources, and the integration of technology to improve the effectiveness of Mathematics teaching. This study highlights the importance of holistic support for Special Education teachers and provides guidelines to improve pedagogical practices, thereby increasing students' chances of mastering Mathematics.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MUSIC INTEGRATION IN LEARNING AND FACILITATION SESSIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS: PERSPECTIVES OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS
Authors: Siti Nur Izzati Shahira Binti Jarahim  , Mohd Norazmi Bin Nordin
Published: February 2025

The element of entertainment such as the use of music should be widely implemented in classrooms especially for Special Education Needs students to help enhance their learning process. This study was conducted to identify the effectiveness of incorporating music in the teaching and facilitating process of Special Education Needs students from the perspective of Special Education teachers. This study is a quantitative descriptive design and uses a questionnaire as an instrument for data collection. Convenience sampling was applied involving 31 respondents from 8 Special Education schools in Tuaran district. The findings were analyzed descriptively using SPSS software. The results indicated a high mean score regarding the effectiveness of music in the teaching and learning process for Special Education Needs students. Overall, this study demonstrates that the integration of music in teaching and learning has the potential to enhance the quality of learning process in classroom for students with special needs. The findings confirm that music can improve the attention, comprehension and engagement of Special Needs Students during learning sessions. Therefore, teachers are encouraged to creatively utilize music as a teaching aid tailored to the individual needs of each student to ensure a more effective and impactful learning outcomes.
Rewaste Innovation at The Friendship Center General Hospital
Authors: Muhaeminah Nemi
Published: February 2025

This research aims to implement waste management innovations at the Central Friendship General Hospital through the development of compost, biopore infiltration holes, and reuse of plastic waste. The hospital produces around 10,000 tons of domestic waste per year, so a solution is needed to minimize this waste. This innovation involves making compost from organic waste such as leaves and vegetable scraps which are processed into organic fertilizer. Biopore infiltration holes are used to reduce organic waste and maximize water absorption, while broken plastic waste is reused as plant pots. The results of the study show that this innovation not only succeeds in significantly reducing waste, but also provides cost efficiency that has a positive impact on hospitals.
Paul Henry Gerber — physician, professor and poet from Königsberg
Authors: Dementev Ilya O.
Published: February 2025

The article explores the biography of Professor Paul Henry Gerber (1863-1919), a bright representative of the intellectual elite of Königsberg at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries. A native of the capital of the German province East Prussia, he was an outstanding otorhino­lar­yngologist, a lecturer at the University of Königsberg, as well as an original poet and pub­li­cist. The study, based on biographical and narrative methods, reveals the main stages of Ger­ber’s life, and clarifies the dating of its most important events. The author comments the Ger­ber’s most significant works, including scholarly publications on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Wolfgang Goethe (the article briefly covers subsequent scholarly controversy sur­rounding the article on Mozart’s ear). Some of Gerber’s scholarly and popular texts are quot­ed, reflecting both his varied interests and the specificity of his literary style. Based on the materials of address books of Königsberg the article reconstructs the addresses of Gerber’s residence and work as well as the current state of the places connected with the biography of the outstanding citizen of Königsberg (the house where Gerber lived in the last years of his life has been preserved and included in the register of cultural heritage objects in contemporary Kaliningrad, but the memory of the famous tenant is not commemorated there). The author describes the research perspectives related to further study of the integration of medical and literary discourses.
Hieroglyphic sign weakening mechanisms
Authors: Proskurin Sergei G. , Lebedeva Daria S.
Published: February 2025

This article is the study of the Chinese characters through the semiotic weakening law. The hieroglyphic sign shapes the Chinese linguistic and cultural domain following the unique algorithm to code information. However, the linear principle of the Indo-European semiotics can hardly be applied to the Chinese semiotics with the hieroglyph sign at its heart. This makes the problem of the research obvious, that is to study cognitive processes that underlie the formation of the Chinese characters. The objective of the research is to identify the basic mechanisms of the hieroglyphic signs weakening. This research is based on the works of Charles S. Peirce, Charles W. Morris, Yuri S. Stepanov, Sergey G. Proskurin, Viktor P. Va­si­liev, Lev S. Vygotsky, Xue Jin, Li Feng, and others. The analysis of 214 characters has revea­led the basic mechanisms of weakening. The general scientific methods are as follows: gra­pheme analysis to study the structural components of the hieroglyphic sign, semantic and etymological analysis to trace the evolution of the form and meaning of a character. The re­search has revealed the following weakening mechanisms: simplification, complication, prese­rvation. These changes in form trigger semantic variations based on metaphoric and meto­nymic shifts. To study the mechanisms of sign formation is of significance because it enables us to solve the problems in intercultural communication. The investigation of the cognitive processes that underlie the formation of the hieroglyphic code allows us to get a deeper insight into how the native speakers of the Chinese language categorize reality.
On the question of the syllabic system of versification: the poetic practice of Theophan Prokopovich
Authors: Patroeva Natalia V.
Published: February 2025

The study is devoted to the analysis of the accentual architectonics of the isosyllabic works of Theophan Prokopovich. The primary objective of this analysis was to examine the hypothesis regarding the gradual emergence of the syllabo-tonic system within the framework of syllabic verse. This hypothesis challenges the views of numerous scholars of versification, who argue for a revolutionary shift in Russian poetic tradition, attributed to the publication of Vasily Trediakovsky's 1735 treatise. Additionally, the study aims to compare the theoretical recommendations outlined in Prokopovich's poetics and rhetoric with his own experiments in versification. The most common form in Theophan's poetry, as well as in the works of the Virsheviks—his predecessors and contemporaries—is the thirteen-syllable verse. This form is genre- and theme-diverse, appearing in odes, epigrams, inscriptions, occasional poems, and humorous poem cycles. However, it is less metrically ordered compared to other types of syllabic verse and exhibits the greatest diversity in accent placement. It actively demonstrates the "inverted rhythm" described by A. P. Kvyatkovsky and shows the least tendency toward a "fixed" rhythm. Eleven-syllable verses, found in epitaphs, psalm adaptations, messages, epigrams, and occasional poems, are somewhat less common in Theophan's lyrics. Octosyllabic and heptosyllabic verses are rare, while a single example of a decasyllabic verse is present in his body of work. The "incorrect" lines in isosyllabic verses turn out to be marginal, which, along with the increase in the number of repeating accent patterns in Theophan's poems, speaks of the high development of the verse technique in the post-Petrine era. The norms of the future syllabo-tonic system gradually, slowly, but steadily developed in the depths of verse poetry. Thus, Theophan’s 11-, 10- and 8-syllable verses, as well as non-isosyllabic cants and arrangements of psalms, demonstrate a high (reaching the level of ideal trochaic, iambic, anapestic and dactylic lines) degree of rhythmic orderliness, supported by anaphoric repetitions, internal rhymes, rare inter-verse hyphenations, which together bring the rhythm and intonation of Theophan's elegies, cants and songs closer to the melodious syllabo-tonic verse, while the thirteen-syllable verses and some humorous heterosyllabic verses are saturated with conversational and declamatory intonations. The results of the analysis confirm the reformist role of Theophan Prokopovich in the field of ordering syllabic versifica­tion, which evolved in the direction of metrotonicity.
Determinan Akuntabilitas Pengelolaan Dana Desa
Authors: Muhammad Nur , Wahyuni Fitri
Published: February 2025

Latar Belakang: Meningkatnya penyaluran dana desa, menuntut pemerintah untuk dapat melakukan pengelolaan dana desa secara akuntabel dalam rangka memaksimalkan manfaat  yang dapat dirasakan masyarakat.
Tujuan: Penelitian ini meginvestigasi pengaruh partisipasi masyarakat, sistem pengendalian internal, aksesibilitas laporan keuangan, dan komitmen organisasi terhadap akuntabilitas pengelolaan dana desa di Kabupaten Pati.
Metode Penelitian: Penelitian ini melibatkan 120 responden yang merupakan perangkat desa / pemerintah desa berdasarkan purposive sampling. Data yang terkumpul selanjutnya dianalisis menggunakan regresi linear berganda menggunakan SPSS v.2.2.
Hasil Penelitian: Akuntabilitas pengelolaan dana desa dipengaruhi oleh partisipasi masyarakat, sistem pengendalian internal, dan komitmen organisasi. Namun demikian, aksesibilitas laporan keuangan tidak berpengaruh terhadap akuntabilitas pengelolaan dana desa di Kabupaten Pati.
Keaslian/Kebaruan Penelitian: Penelitian ini mereplikasi penelitian terdahulu dengan menggunakan konteks yang berbeda untuk memperkuat generalisasi hasil penelitian-penelitian terdahulu.
PLANES: Plausibility Analysis of Epidemiological Signals
Authors: Turner Stephen
Published: February 2025

This blog has moved. This is reposted from Paired Ends:

https://blog.stephenturner.us/p/planes-plausibility-analysis-of-epidemiological-signals-rplanes-r-package

PLANES provides a set of methods for evaluating the plausibility of epidemiological signals and forecasts.
Use nanoparquet instead of readr/CSV
Authors: Turner Stephen
Published: February 2025

This is reposted from the original at https://blog.stephenturner.us/p/use-nanoparquet-instead-of-readr-csv.Parquet is interoperable between Python and R, fast to read+write, works well with databases, and stores complex data types (e.g., tibble listcols). Use it instead of CSV. Many pros, few (no?) cons. Yesterday I wrote about base R vs. dplyr vs. duckdb for a simple summary analysis.
Use R to prompt a local LLM with ollamar
Authors: Turner Stephen
Published: February 2025

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Conflicting visions of Connectivity: EU's and China's infrastructural agendas for the Western Balkans
Authors: Stekić Nenad , Nikolić Jovana
Published: February 2025

This article examines the strategic engagement of the European Union and China in the Western Balkans, analyzing their respective approaches through the EU Connectivity Agenda and China's Belt and Road Initiative from 2015 to 2020. While both initiatives sought to enhance regional Connectivity and infrastructure, they were shaped by differing agendas rooted in national interest. The EU's approach focused on fostering economic integration and regulatory alignment with Europe, prioritizing shared standards and sustainable development. Conversely, China's approach emphasized rapid infrastructure development to expand its geopolitical influence, often leveraging state-driven investments to further its strategic interests. This study underscores how these competing agendas manifest in significant investments and their impacts on regional infrastructure, economic growth, and political dynamics. The intensifying geopolitical competition between the EU and China also brings new challenges for the Western Balkan states, including debt dependency and sovereignty concerns, as they seek to balance foreign influence with national priorities. This analysis offers insight into the region's evolving role within the broader global landscape. It reveals the long-term implications of external powers pursuing Connectivity and national interests to shape its development.
Menyiapkan Generasi Emas Melalui Pendidikan Politik Progresif
Authors: Utami Ichwani Siti , Wahidin Darto , Sugiyanto Sugiyanto
Published: February 2025

Dalam menyongsong Indonesia Emas 2045, pendidikan politik progresif menjadi salah satu fondasi penting untuk membekali generasi muda dengan karakter yang berintegritas, kemampuan berpikir kritis, serta daya saing yang tinggi di tingkat global. Kegiatan Pengabdian Kepada Mayarakat ini bertujuan untuk menanamkan pemahaman mendalam kepada generasi muda tentang pentingnya partisipasi aktif dalam demokrasi, sekaligus mengedepankan nilai-nilai kebangsaan, inklusivitas, dan keberlanjutan. Kegiatan ini dilakukan secara daring melalui metode ceramah yang kemudian dilanjut dengan sesi diskusi. Hasil dari kegiatan pengabdian ini yaitu memberikan pemahaman yang mendalam kepada generasi muda mengenai pentingnya keterlibatan aktif dalam proses demokrasi.
Pemanfaatan TikTok Ads untuk meningkatkan Customer Engagement Akun TikTok Kedai Upin Ipin
Authors: Lestari Windi Ageng , Vina Euodia Putri , Octafiani Florentina Tristawulan , Witanto Edward Octarian , Nugroho Basuki
Published: February 2025

Era industri 4.0 telah membawa dampak besar bagi dunia pemasaran. Pemasaran yang awalnya dilakukan secara nyata mulai dikembangkan atau digabungkan dengan dunia digital sehingga tercipta sebuah sistem baru yang disebut sebagai digital marketing. Pemasaran di era industri 4.0 telah bertransisi dari metode tradisional ke digital marketing, yang mencakup penggunaan media sosial untuk promosi produk dan jasa. Pengabdian ini merangkum implementasi TikTok Ads sebagai sarana pemasaran untuk meningkatkan customer engagement di Kedai Upin Ipin, melalui pendampingan dan pelatihan. Metode pertama yang digunakan wawancara serta pendampingan dan pelatihan mengenai TikTok Ads. Metode Kedua melakukan Uji Coba TikTok Ads terhadap postingan TikTok Kedai Upin Ipin. Analisis ini menekankan pentingnya pemahaman digital marketing di kalangan pelaku usaha kecil agar dapat memaksimalkan potensi promosi produk di platform media sosial.
Pembuatan Konten Pemasaran Digital Media Sosial TikTok Sebagai Upaya Peningkatan Branding Popeneeye Kleco Solo
Authors: Saulu Andar , Kusumaningtyas Aprilia , Comako Fridoli Yohanes , Dananti Kristiyana
Published: February 2025

Kegiatan pengabdian ini melibatkan kerjasama antara mahasiswa Manajemen Universitas Kristen Teknologi Surakarta dengan mitra eksternal Popeneeye Kleco Solo, yang bertujuan untuk mendukung bisnis lokal dalam meningkatkan upaya pemasaran mereka. Pembuatan konten pemasaran digital yang difokuskan pada pengoperasian akun media sosial, terutama TikTok, yang telah merevolusi strategi pemasaran. Inisiatif ini bertujuan untuk menarik konsumen baru, memperluas jangkauan pasar, dan menyediakan informasi penting melalui konten yang menarik. Proyek ini mencakup konsultasi awal dengan pemilik waralaba untuk memahami kebutuhan bisnis, diikuti dengan pembuatan konten dan pengelolaan akun. Hasilnya menunjukkan peningkatan signifikan dalam pengikut dan keterlibatan, yang menunjukkan efektivitas strategi digital dalam mempromosikan merek Popeneeye. Pelatihan berkelanjutan dan pembaruan konten direkomendasikan untuk menjaga momentum dalam meningkatkan jangkauan bisnis melalui platform media sosial. Kemitraan ini membuahkan hasil yang bermanfaat, yang menunjukkan pentingnya pemasaran digital dalam mencapai kesuksesan bisnis.