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Sosialisasi Akad Bagi Hasil dan Akad Jual Beli sebagai Upaya Meningkatkan Perekonomian Perempuan Secara Islami
Authors: Rismayani Gista , Pratiwi Laras , Somantri Yeni Fitriani
Published: May 2023

Lack of knowledge about riba, the laws that underlie riba, the reasons for the prohibition of riba, the things that cause usury and the effects of usury on the people, they need for an understanding of usury in Islam so as not to fall further into sin. In this community service, socialization regarding sharia is needed to manage resources and the application of business in accordance with sharia principles through profit sharing contracts and buying and selling contracts for PKK women in Kedungwuluh village, Padaherang sub-district, Pangandaran district so that the resources they have can be used. utilized properly, and provide benefits and benefits for the people in the corridor of Islam. Evaluation in the implementation of this community service activity is to provide questionnaires to the participants regarding the seminar training that has been carried out and regarding the suitability of the seminar material that has been delivered. The results show that the majority of housewives have experienced an increase in the pretest score from post by 81% while 19% have not and tend to experience a decrease in value.Kurangnya pengetahuan tentang riba, hukum-hukum yang mendasari riba, sebab-sebab pengharamanya riba, hal-hal yang menyebabkan riba serta dampak yang diakibatkan oleh riba terhadap umat, perlu adanya pemahaman tentang riba dalam islam agar tidak semakin terjerumus kedalam dosa. Dalam pengabdian masyarakat ini diperlukan sosialisai mengenai syariat untuk mengelola sumber daya dan penerapan bisnisnya yang sesuai dengan prinsip-prinsip syariah melalui akad bagi hasil dan akad jual beli pada ibu-ibu PKK di desa kedungwuluh, kecamatan padaherang, kabupaten pangandaran agar sumber daya yang dimiliki dapat termanfaatkan dengan baik, dan memberikan keuntungan serta kemaslahatan bagi umat dalam koridor Islam. Evaluasi dalam pelaksanaan kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah memberikan kuisioner kepada para peserta mengenai pelatihan seminar yang telah dilaksanakan dan mengenai kesesuaian materi seminar yang telah disampaikan. Hasil menunjukkan mayoritas Ibu-ibu rumah tangga telah mengalami peningkatan nilai pretest dari post sebesar 81% sedangkan 19% belum dan canderung mengalami penurunan nilai.
Pendampingan Ektrakurikuler Ludruk Sebagai Kegiatan Pendidikan Non Formal dalam Pembinaan Siswa di SDN Ketapang Kuning Jombang
Authors: Nusantara Widya , Wulandari Anita Jaya , Widodo Rika Angelina , Rahayu Shinta
Published: May 2023

Ludruk is a traditional art form originating from East Java. Ludruk is included in one of the traditional drama arts which is played or performed by several people who are members of an art group or group. One of them is an extracurricular activity held at SDN Ketapang Kuning which has a new extracurricular activity that is quite different from other extracurricular activities, namely ludruk extracurricular because it collaborates with ludruk art under the leadership of Mr. Didik Purwanto as the school builder. extracurricular ludruk and owner of the legendary ludruk "Budhi Wijaya". The existence of ludruk as one of the extracurricular activities at SDN Ketapang Kuning, which used to be very popular, is now starting to recede. , and others. In addition, the lack of student enthusiasm was also caused by the number of students at SDN Ketapang Kuning who had passed so that extracurricular activities began to decline. In this study, the author uses the mentoring method in the community service program. Data collection techniques used in this study were interviews, participatory observation, and documentation. So based on the results of the assistance that has been carried out on the implementation of the ludruk extracurricular, it is hoped that the ludruk art can be preserved.Ludruk merupakan salah satu bentuk kesenian tradisional yang berasal dari Jawa Timur. Ludruk termasuk dalam salah satu seni drama tradisional yang dimainkan atau dipertunjukkan oleh beberapa orang tergabung dalam suatu kelompok atau kelompok seni. Salah satunya adalah kegiatan ekstrakurikuler yang diadakan di SDN Ketapang Kuning yang memiliki kegiatan ekstrakurikuler baru yang cukup berbeda dengan kegiatan ekstrakurikuler lainnya yaitu ekstrakurikuler ludruk karena mengkolaborasikan seni ludruk di bawah pimpinan Bapak Didik Purwanto sebagai pembina sekolah tersebut. ekstrakurikuler ludruk dan pemilik ludruk legendaris "Budhi Wijaya". Eksistensi ludruk sebagai salah satu ekstrakurikuler di SDN Ketapang Kuning yang dulu sangat digemari, kini mulai surut.Hal ini tidak terlepas dari perkembangan teknologi yang semakin canggih saat ini dengan menghadirkan hiburan yang lebih menarik bagi generasi muda, dan dapat ditonton dengan mudah melalui televisi, gadget, dan lain-lain. Selain itu, kurangnya antusiasme siswa juga disebabkan oleh banyaknya siswa di SDN Ketapang Kuning yang telah berlalu sehingga ekstrakurikuler mulai menurun. Dalam penelitian ini, penulis menggunakan metode pendampingan dalam program pengabdian masyarakat . Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah wawancara, observasi partisipatif, dan dokumentasi. Maka berdasarkan hasil pendampingan yang telah dilakukan pada pelaksanaan ekstrakurikuler ludruk diharapkan kesenian ludruk dapat terlestarikan.
Pembelajaran Mata Pelajaran Biologi Bioteknologi dan Virtual Laboratory di SMAN 2 Tasikmalaya
Authors: Arip Asep Ginanjar , Hindriana Anna Fitri , Abidin Zaenal
Published: May 2023

The aim this activity is to inform teacher about new technic in Biotechnology and the using of Virtual Laboratory. The knowledge of teacher about biotechnology very limited to the new technic using in Biotechnology. They did not know about PCR, Gel elechtroporesis, and gene sequencing. In this program the teacher informed about those method. Now they knew about the aims this method and understood how this method be done. The  Biotechnology methode to be done is very expensive. The equipment in the laboratory is too expensive.The other way to make it as like at laboratory is virtual laboratory. In Virtual laboratory  all step like the real in laboratory. All to do is per click mouse to do step by step of the laboratory activity from the beginning to the end of the activity. So student can work in the labor but with virtual laboratory. Tujuan kegiatan ini adalah untuk menginformasikan kepada guru tentang teknik baru di bidang Bioteknologi dan penggunaan Virtual Laboratory. Pengetahuan guru tentang bioteknologi sangat terbatas pada teknik-teknik baru yang digunakan dalam Bioteknologi. Mereka tidak tahu tentang PCR, gel elechtroporesis, dan sequencing gen. Dalam program ini guru menginformasikan tentang metode tersebut. Sekarang mereka tahu tentang tujuan metode ini dan mengerti bagaimana metode ini dilakukan. Metode Bioteknologi yang akan dilakukan sangat mahal. Peralatan di laboratorium terlalu mahal. Cara lain untuk membuatnya seperti di laboratorium adalah laboratorium virtual. Di laboratorium Virtual semua langkah seperti nyata di laboratorium. Yang harus dilakukan adalah per klik mouse untuk melakukan langkah demi langkah kegiatan laboratorium dari awal hingga akhir kegiatan. Jadi mahasiswa dapat bekerja di dunia kerja tetapi dengan laboratorium virtual
Pelatihan Pengelolaan Keuangan Keluarga dalam Rangka Meningkatkan Literasi Keuangan di Desa Kasturi
Authors: Syarifudin Syahrul , Nurfatimah Siti Nuke , Wiharno Herma
Published: May 2023

This article is the result of community service activities that the author did in Kasturi Village, Kuningan Regency. This community service program was carried out with the theme "Training in Family Financial Management in the Context of Increasing Financial Literacy in Kasturi Village". The methods used in the implementation of community service are socialization, assistance with an individual approach, training and evaluation regarding the mastery of digitizing financial information systems. The implementation of community service was carried out in September 2022. Household financial planning is an activity in managing household finances which is arranged based on the amount of income/income and the scale of household priorities. Family financial planning is needed by every family, not only for those with large incomes, everyone, whether rich or poor, needs to make financial planning to improve welfare and realize family life goals. In addition, financial planning also needs to be done because everyone basically has an uncertainty, namely fear of future financial life, because in essence, life is uncertainty. However, financial planning will provide options for dealing with the future. Tulisan ini merupakan hasil kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat yang penulis lakukan di desa Kasturi Kabupaten Kuningan. Program pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini dilaksanakan dengan tema “Pelatihan Pengelolaan Keuangan Keluarga Dalam Rangka Meningkatkan Literasi Keuangan Di Desa Kasturi”. Adapun metode yang digunakan dalam pelaksanaan pengabdian yaitu sosialisasi, pendampingan dengan pendekatan individual, pelatihan dan evaluasi mengenai penguasaan digitalisasi sistem informasi keuangan. Sedangkan pelaksanaan pengabdian dilaksanakan pada bulan September 2022. Perencanaan keuangan rumah tangga adalah kegiatan dalam mengelola keuangan rumah tangga yang disusun berdasarkan jumlah pendapatan/penghasilan serta skala prioritas rumah tangga. Perencanaan keuangan keluarga diperlukan oleh setiap keluarga, tidak hanya diperuntukkan bagi mereka yang berpenghasilan besar, setiap orang baik yang kaya ataupun miskin perlu untuk membuat perencanaan keuangan guna meningkatkan kesejahteraan serta mewujudkan tujuan hidup keluarga. Selain itu, perencanaan keuangan juga perlu dilakukan karena setiap orang pada dasarnya memiliki sebuah ketidakpastian yaitu ketakutan akan kehidupan finansial di masa depan, karena pada hakikatnya, hidup adalah ketidakpastian. Namun, dengan adanya perencanaan keuangan akan memberikan pilihan untuk menghadapi masa depan.
Workshop Optimalisasi Google Classroom untuk Guru SD IT Al-Imam Kuningan pada Pandemi Covid-19
Authors: Dadan Nugraha  , Nunu Nugraha
Published: May 2023

Teknologi informasi semakin berkembang pesat hampir di setiap sendi-sendi kehidupan masyarakat. Berbagai bidang mulai terlibat dalam inkubator teknologi seperti bisnis, industri, pertanian, kesehatan, dan tanpa terkecuali pendidikan. Dalam bidang pendidikan, teknologi informasi telah dimanfaatkan untuk menunjang layanan administrasi, proses pembelajaran, pendaftaran ulang, perpustakaan, akses nilai, pencarian referensi secara cepat dan mudah, pembayaran SPP, bahkan untuk seleksi penerimaan siswa baru.Pembelajaran Daring merupakan program penyelenggaraan kelas pembelajaran dalam jaringan untuk menjangkau kelompok target yang masif dan luas. Melalui jaringan, pembelajaran dapat diselenggarakan secara masif dengan peserta yang tidak terbatas. Pembelajaran daring bertujuan memberikan layanan pembelajaran bermutu secara dalam jaringan (daring) yang bersifat masif dan terbuka untuk menjangkau audiens yang lebih banyak dan lebih luas. SD IT Al-Imam Kuningan merupakan salah satu sekolah dasar yang berada di Kecamatan Kuningan Kabupaten Kuningan. Saat ini SD IT Al-Imam dalam rangka meningkatkan mutu pendidikan dengan memanfaatkan teknologi informasi dalam proses pembelajaran dan dalam penggunaan aplikasi atau tools pembelajaran serta pemanfaatan internet, maka perlu sebuah upaya untuk mewujudkan hal tersebut. Salah satunya melalui pelatihan dan praktek langsung (worskhop). Oleh karena itu perlu adanya sinergitas antara dunia pendidikan di berbagai level jenjang guna mencapai tujuan tersebut. Kegiatan workshop Pembelajaran jarak jauh dengan memanfaatkan teknologi informasi bagi guru-guru SD IT Al Imam Kuningan dapat menjadi salah satu solusi dalam memberikan pengarahan serta motivasi kepada unsur-unsur di SD IT Al Imam Kuningan untuk dapat menambah serta meningkatkan kompetensi dan kemampuan dalam pemanfaatan teknologi informasi.
Tourism Law Enforcement in Regional Spatial Planning and Licensing Perspectives
Authors: Budiman Haris , Akhmaddhian Suwari , Agustin Dela , Bhandari Rahul
Published: May 2023

The increasing development of the tourism sector in Kuningan Regency reflects the progress and development of the area. By looking at the licensing and spatial planning perspectives, a study on the development of the tourism sector in Kuningan Regency is needed. Hence, this study aims to analyze tourism licensing mechanism and tourism law enforcement concerning spatial planning and licensing in Kuningan Regency. This study applied an empirical juridical research method in which the primary and secondary data used were collected through interviews, observation, and literature study. As result, it was found that the licensing mechanism for tourism development in Kuningan Regency is divided into two categories, namely licensing carried out at the Investment Agency and One-Stop Integrated Service and the Gunung Ciremai National Park Office. It is because Kuningan Regency has an area included in the National Park zone, so the licensing process should directly go to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Preventive law enforcement efforts have been carried out by law enforcement officers, including drafting legal opinions, holding meetings, as well as avoiding violations during the licensing process. Thus, it can be concluded that the policy and the implementation of law enforcement in the licensing and spatial planning for tourism development in Kuningan Regency are carried out well by the Regional Government and law enforcement officers. Yet, a renewal on Kuningan Regency Regional Regulation on a Detailed Spatial Planning as a basis for determining licenses is needed.
“People just Didn’t Respect Women who Were not Married”: Revisiting the Question of why Abused Wives Stay in Marriage in Reneilwe Malatji’s Short Story “Love Interrupted”
Authors: Nkealah Naomi
Published: May 2023

This article is an African feminist analysis of the short story “Love Interrupted” by South African writer Reneilwe Malatji in terms of how it deepens our understanding of why abused wives stay in marriage. Drawing on African cultural conceptions of marriage, motherhood and family relationships—as elucidated in African feminisms—the analysis unravels several reasons why women stay in marriage despite persistent abuse: 1) they stay to meet cultural expectations of a good wife; 2) they stay because of feelings of indebtedness to husbands who married them at great cost; 3) they perceive marriage as the sole means of accessing and maintaining respectability in society; and 4) they stay out of a sense of responsibility towards children born to perpetuate the patrilineal line. Malatji’s story shows that these reasons do not exist in isolation of each other but rather inform and reinforce each other. Thus, this article argues that the intricate connectedness of these reasons illustrates the ubiquity of cultural gender roles, values and beliefs in compelling women to manage abusive marriages rather than end them.
Lessons from War Rape: How Can War Rape Help Understandings of Rape in South Africa?
Authors: Westman Claire Stephanie
Published: May 2023

Rape is often thought of as a crime that is incidental to the general violence of a nation. However, in order to understand the causes and consequences of rape more thoroughly, it is necessary to examine the ways in which rape is used systematically and strategically in the service of certain ideologies and national/group imperatives. It is also vital to comprehensively explore the collective or communal effects of rape. The extensive research into rape committed during times of war and/or conflict proves very valuable in developing understandings of the systematic and collective nature of rape. The aim of this article is, thus, to draw from the knowledge related to war rape to more thoroughly understand the ways in which rape in South Africa is carried out systematically and strategically in the service of developing a national identity and upholding heteropatriarchal ideologies, as well as to understand the communal effects of rape in this context. In so doing, the paper focuses on two main aspects of war rape and rape in South Africa, these being the socio-symbolic positioning of women as central to the efficacy of rape and rape as a form of social control. In addition, drawing on the correlations around war rape and rape in South Africa, the article argues that rape in South Africa could be classified and legislated as a crime against humanity, as is war rape.
The Power of Visibility: A Visual Semiotics Analysis of the 1990 Pride Celebration in South Africa
Authors: Mojela Noko
Published: May 2023

The main aim of this article is to explore the significance of celebrating Pride in South Africa, with specific reference to the 1990 inaugural gay Pride march. The first lesbian and gay Pride march was held on 13 October 1990 in Johannesburg. This was the first Pride march on the African continent and acted as both a gay Pride event and an anti-apartheid march. There were 800 people in attendance, with gay rights pioneers such as Beverley Ditsie, Justice Edwin Cameron, Donné Rundle, Hendrik Pretorius and Simon Nkoli addressing the large crowds. Two of the main aims of the Pride celebration were to publicly march in support of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in South African law, as well as to call for an end to apartheid. This 1990 Pride march thus served as a publicly visible rallying point. Over three decades of annual gay Pride marches have been observed in South Africa to encourage the just treatment of LGBTQ+ identities. Since the initial event in 1990, Pride marches have continued to grow in South Africa, with each of the nine provinces now hosting a march. Pride has also become a symbol of the LGBTQ+ community’s struggle for equality in South Africa and throughout the African continent. Even so, (Black) queer people in South Africa are still coded and marginalised in mainstream media discourses as disaffected bodies, and at worst, they are confined to the impermeable background of LGBTQ+ history. This article makes use of a qualitative visual semiotics analysis, using a non-probability purposive sample of five images from the first Pride celebration in South Africa, to explore the significance of celebrating gay Pride in our context. The findings indicate that even though things have improved significantly for the LGBTQ+ community in South Africa, this community still faces many societal issues that are a direct result of the legacy of oppression that has been perpetuated against the community throughout history.
2021 Measures to Address Violence and Unrest in a Time of COVID-19
Authors: Du Plessis Willemien , Pienaar Juanita M , Koraan René , Stoffels Myrone
Published: May 2023

This annual report addresses some statutory developments and case law concerning unrest, violence, crime statistics, violent protests, truth and reconciliation, security services, and arms and ammunition. There is a noted decrease in crime during the reporting period. This may be attributed to the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on the movement of people. It is questionable whether the decline in crime statistics will continue. Violent protests ascribed to the incarceration of former President Zuma erupted during this period. The Civilian Secretariat for Police Service’s Integrated Crime and Violence Prevention Strategy was published for comment. Family members of victims of gross human rights violations during apartheid still await the institution of criminal proceedings against the perpetrators. As espoused in a court decision, prisoners may not exercise conjugal rights while in a correctional facility. Several court cases dealt with the actions and activities of the security forces and their overreach during the lockdown period. Courts made scathing remarks in this regard. They also pronounced on the extension of licences for firearms and ammunition and allowed licence owners to apply for renewal where licences expired due to lax administration. The Firearms Control Amendment Bill, 2021, which gives effect to prior court decisions is also discussed.
Access to Justice Dynamics for Women and Girls with Disabilities: The Zimbabwean Context
Authors: Shumba Nyaradzo , Magadze Tshimangadzo Oscar
Published: May 2023

A democratic country has a mandate to guarantee access to justice for all its citizens without discrimination based on disabilities. Therefore, lack of access to justice by persons living with disabilities in Zimbabwe is controversial. The central argument of this article is that the violation of human rights of girls and women with disabilities in Zimbabwe requires urgent intervention from the international community as mandated by local and international conventions. Since Zimbabwe is a signatory to these conventions, it is obligated to enact laws that uphold these rights. The study opted for a mixed method as part of the research methodology. The findings revealed that there are significant barriers to access to justice that still need to be overcome. These hindrances include attitudinal hurdles that make accessing justice difficult for women and girls living with disabilities. The article further acknowledges that access to justice is a fundamental right for persons with disabilities.
Valency Types in South Ethiosemitic Languages
Authors: Zeleke Tsige Yohannes , Asfawwesen Desalaegn Hagos , Mazengia Shimels
Published: May 2023

This article analyses the main characteristics of verb valency types and the behaviour of verbs in morphosyntactic structures in South Ethiosemitic languages. To achieve the objective, native speaker informants, written texts, and introspection (for Amharic) were used as sources of data. The findings reveal that six valency types of verbs are in use in the languages: avalent, monovalent, bivalent, trivalent, and a valency of ambivalent verbs with one or two arguments, as well as intransitive verbs with a cognate object. Except for the type that concerns avalent verbs, the rest are highly productive. The valency types were differentiated by the required clause elements that precede the verb (e.g., direct object, indirect object, or locative adverbial). Except for the avalent type, all the rest may include obligatory subject(s) and, in some cases, optional adjunct(s).
A Poem in Two Contexts: Psalm 40:14–18 and Psalm 70 in their Canonical Setting
Authors: Firth David
Published: May 2023

That Psalms 40:14–18 and 70 are (near) duplicates is well known. Previous research on these psalms has tended to focus on the question of origin, debating which was the original source for the other, with this then used to explain the variances between them, usually with the goal of establishing the original poem. This paper takes a different approach, arguing that the variances between the two are to be explained as evidence of shaping each to its current setting. These variances thus contribute to subtle changes in meaning between them which need to be recognised.
The Cultural Heritage Industry’s New Standard for Educational Information Access
Authors: Mosako Rankadi
Published: May 2023

This article provides an overview of best-practices for the cultural heritage sector to share educational information with patrons and those seeking information from the commemoration of historical events. Worldwide, cultural heritage institutions seek to promote their collections and services using various formats. However, several issues have impeded the optimal results of such best practices commemoration endeavours. These include global lockdowns and travel restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This paper is based on an exploratory study utilising quantitative data on the popularity of online connectivity for information sharing and data mining from cultural heritage institutions and services. A self-administered survey was used to investigate whether such online practices may be used to fulfil knowledge and information gaps caused by global disasters that lead to national lockdowns. Subsequently, the public has been encouraged to interact through non-contact means for improving the public’s knowledge of current and future cultural heritage information. Using a systematic sampling method, dichotomous questions were sent to respondents randomly chosen from chronological museum mailing lists. Through a systematic sample of 100 museum visitors, the results analysed were generalised to encompass archive visitors. The results were analysed using corelated statistical data analysis to assess if using online connectivity to seek information was a feasible process and exceeded the expectations of information seekers’ needs. This study found that online services and internet connectedness are the best viable approaches to acquire information and knowledge from archives and museum collections. Therefore, cultural heritage institutions’ curators must refine their online services to serve a worldwide clientele that constantly seeks information about educational archives, museum collections and significant historical events.
Roles and Responsibilities while Rethinking the Movement to Get Moving: Archives and Records in the Road Accident Fund
Authors: Mathope Vanessa Neo
Published: May 2023

This paper reports on the findings of a Master of Information Science dissertation. The purpose of the study was to determine the Road Accident Fund’s readiness for electronic records. The study was qualitative, and a case study was used as the design for the investigation. Data were collected through document analysis. The findings revealed that two business units in the organisation have similar record-keeping mandates, which is confusing. Records Management forms part of the Information Governance unit at head office, while Correspondence and Document Management Services are responsible for performing records management functions in the regional offices. These business units do not form part of Information Governance, as is the case at head office, but are stand-alone regional units entrusted with records management. There is one such unit in every regional office across the country. The organisation has a central records manager who operates from the head office in Centurion. However, these regional records management business units exist and operate in isolation. As a result, there is dis-integration between paper records and the electronic processing of claims, which hinders the institution from providing timely services to motor vehicle accident victims. To improve its records management practices, the study recommended developing and implementing a records management programme, which will facilitate records management policy implementation and the development of standard processes and procedures within the organisation for managing paper and electronic records in an integrated manner.
The Battle for the True Zimbabwean Archive of Crisis: Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono’s Facebook Page and the State Archive in Zimbabwe
Authors: Makombe Rodwell
Published: May 2023

Since independence in 1980, the Zimbabwean government has reserved the right to not only control the national archive, but also to decide what constitutes Zimbabwean history. However, the advent of new media technologies, particularly social media, has opened up new platforms to archive alternative histories and contest hegemonic narratives. Following the economic crisis of the post-2000 period, the battle for the Zimbabwean archive has intensified, with different parties seeking to authorise contesting versions of the national archive. The purpose of this article is to examine how prominent Zimbabwean journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono’s Facebook page can be read as a counter archive that not only records the experiences of ordinary Zimbabweans in the context of crisis, but also contests hegemonic narratives of the state. The article draws on theories of the archive, particularly the view that scholars need to move away from viewing the archive as a specific place where “we deposit records” to think about the archive as the everyday, the world. The study is qualitative and it uses netnography as method to identify and collect relevant posts from Chin’ono’s Facebook page. The study argues that Chin’ono’s Facebook page constitutes an alternative archive that records the everyday in an attempt to contest authorised versions of the Zimbabwean crisis.
The Management of Digital Court Records for Justice Delivery in the South African High Courts
Authors: Masenya Tlou Maggie , Khunjulwa Ntengenyane
Published: May 2023

The purpose of the study was to review literature on the management of digital court records for justice delivery in South African High Courts. The study was guided by the following four research objectives: to establish the management of digital court records in High Courts; to determine the availability of infrastructure for the management of digital court records in High Courts; to determine human resources capacity in managing digital court records in High Courts; and to establish the barriers to effective management of digital court records in High Courts. This study employed the qualitative research approach grounded on content analysis of the literature review. The study established that although digital court records are vital to the administration of justice, these records are fragile in nature. This underscores the need for the effective management of court records in High Courts. The findings further revealed several challenges to the effective management of digital court records, and among others are: inadequate technological infrastructure, lack of technical support, and lack of information and communication technology (ICT) skills and knowledge. The study recommends the training of records managers and archivists in High Courts to equip them with skills and knowledge required to manage records in this technology-driven era, as well as an improvement of the existing digital records management programme.
Records Life Cycle and Functional Activities for Landscaping Electronic Management Systems in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Authors: Marutha Ngoako Solomon
Published: May 2023

Developing an electronic records management system has always been challenging for most organisations, healthcare fraternity not excluded. The paper sought to investigate the landscaping of electronic systems using functional patient records management activities and life cycle. The rationale is to share views and guide organisations that are struggling with providing specifications for a functional records management system. The study used a qualitative approach to apply the literature in supporting the views about landscaping electronic systems by using functional records management activities and life cycle. The study revealed that without consideration of records management activities, the likelihood is that the system may not be properly functional. The best way to landscape an electronic system for records management is to use records management activities and life cycle. This will assist in avoiding critical omissions to ensure that all records management system operational activities are included. The paper is proposing a new way of landscaping the electronic system by using the records management functional activities and life cycle. It also provides a framework to guide the implementers or electronic system developers.
Understanding the Traditional and Contemporary Purpose of the Njelele Rainmaking Shrine through the Oral Testimonies of Local People in Matobo
Authors: Bhebhe Sindiso
Published: May 2023

The Njelele shrine is located in the Matobo Hills, an area that has been declared a world heritage site. The site of the Njelele shrine is of paramount spiritual significance in Zimbabwe, and it is visited annually between August and September for ritual purposes just before the rain season begins. The rituals are not limited to rainmaking but also relate to, for example, asking for forgiveness after society’s wrongdoings and asking for cures for diseases. During the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe, this shrine was consulted by politicians and liberation fighters, and, in contemporary times, war veterans still consult the Ngwali oracle. It is believed that many years ago a voice came from the Njelele rocks but that it has since disappeared because of the disrespect people have shown to the area. This article conveys the views of the local community about the traditional and contemporary purposes of the Njelele national shrine, and in so doing aims to provide some insight into these people’s views. It also looks at the diverse values that different interest groups attach to the site. The researcher mainly used oral testimonies as sources of information but also consulted some published sources.
Leisure and Learning in African Children’s Literature: The Case of Swati Riddles
Authors: Makaudze Godwin , Mkhatshwa Telamisile P
Published: May 2023

The Swati, like other Africans, use songs, plays, games, taboos, proverbs and riddles to fashion, store, and transmit their cultural values and worldview as well as to socialise citizens. In this article, we use the theory of Afrocentricity to analyse how entertainment and learning are intertwined in Swati riddles, known as tiphicwaphicwano. The tenets of the Afrocentricity theory employed in this study include the need for African literary works to be looked at as appreciated and understood by the participants, returning to Africans the agency they were robbed of through colonialism, and humanising and harmonising humans with nature and the communal nature of African life. Drawing examples from two anthologies on Swati oral lore, Giya Sigiye by Vilakati and Msibi and Swazi Oral Literature by Kamera, and from everyday use, our analysis shows that Swati riddles are a form of art and game largely played by children as they pass time. The game calls for the participation of more than one person; it is played in the form and spirit of competition and, as the children pass time, they also gain cultural knowledge, values, worldview, life skills and an understanding of how to relate with each other and with nature. Overall, Swati riddling sessions interface learning and playing. These findings have a bearing on further research and on how today’s society can socialise its citizens.
Emotional Intelligence and Leadership in a South African Financial Services Institution
Authors: Du Toit Alison , Viviers Rian , Mayer Claude-Helene , Visser Delene
Published: May 2023

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness among senior leaders in a South African financial services organisation. The sample consisted of 973 participants. A convenience sample was used because the leaders were part of a strategic organisational initiative that included the completion of the measurement instruments used for the current study. The participants completed the Bar-On EQ-i, a measure of emotional intelligence, and the leadership effectiveness data were obtained from an organisation specific Multi-rater that accessed self-ratings, peer and subordinate ratings, as well as manager ratings in terms of leadership behaviours linked to organisational worldviews of leadership effectiveness. Partially due to the large sample size, the results showed that there were statistically significant correlations between emotional intelligence and the leadership variables as measured for the leaders, but the prediction value between these variables was not practically significant.
Atypical swelling gelation of chitin physical hydrogel and the tunable mechanical properties
Authors: Kaku Yuto , Okada Satoshi , Fujisawa Shuji , Saito Tsuguyuki , Isobe Noriyuki
Published: May 2023

Atypical swelling gelation of chitin physical hydrogels were investigated. Only by tuning the amount of N-acetylation reagent, the degree of acetylation varied and the moldable chitin hydrogels with a wide variety of gel concentration (0.21–6.4 wt%) were obtained. In response to the gel concentration, the mechanical properties ranged from swollen soft gels to shrunk rigid gels (compressive E = 4.22–310 kPa). Thus-prepared chitin hydrogels, which are made only of chitin and water, exhibited high transparency and integrity. The swelling gelation of chitin physical hydrogels was achieved owing both to the cationic charge of the amino groups inducing the osmotic pressure and the toughness of chitin hydrogels that endured the large volume change. These previously-unnoticed advantageous aspects of chitin have pioneered a novel region of swellable physical gels that has been exclusive to chemical gels.
Multimerizations, Aggregation, and Transfer Reactions of Small Numbers of Molecules
Authors: Zangi Ronen
Published: May 2023

Chemical equilibria of multimerizations in systems with small numbers of particles exhibit behavior seemingly at odds with that observed macroscopically. In this paper we apply the recently proposed expression of equilibrium constant for binding, that include cross-correlations in reactants' concentrations, to write an equilibrium constant for the formation of clusters larger than two (e.g., trimer, tetramer, and pentamer) as series of two-body reactions. Results obtained by molecular dynamics simulations demonstrate the value of this expression is constant for all concentrations and system sizes, as well as, at an onset of a phase transition to an aggregated state where densities in the system change discontinuously. In contrast, the value of the commonly utilized expression of equilibrium constant, which ignores correlations, is not constant and its variations can reach few orders of magnitude. Considering different paths for the same multimer formation, with elementary reactions of any order, yields different expressions for the equilibrium constant, yet, with exactly the same value. This is true also for routes with essentially zero probability to occur. Existence of different expressions for the same equilibrium constant imposes equalities between averages of correlated, along with uncorrelated, concentrations of participating species. Moreover, a relation between average particle number and relative fluctuations derived for two-body reactions is found to be obeyed here as well, despite couplings to additional equilibrium reactions in the system. Analyzes of transfer reactions, where association and dissociation events take place on both sides of the chemical equation, further indicate the necessity to include cross-correlations in the expression of the equilibrium constant. However in this case the magnitudes of discrepancies of the uncorrelated expression are smaller, likely because of partial cancellation of correlations which exist on, both, the reactants and products sides.
Electron/Hole Mobilities of Periodic DNA and Nucleobase Structures from Large-Scale DFT Calculations
Authors: Kwon Hyuna , Kumar Anshuman , Del Ben Mauro , Wong Bryan
Published: May 2023

Electron/hole transfer mechanisms in DNA and polynucleotide structures continue to garner considerable interest as emerging charge-transport systems and molecular electronics. To shed mechanistic insight into these electronic properties, we carried out large-scale DFT calculations (up to 650 atoms) to systematically analyze the structural and electron/hole transport properties of fully periodic single- and double-stranded DNA. We examined the performance of various exchange-correlation functionals (LDA, BLYP, B3LYP, and B3LYP-D) and found that single-stranded thymine (T) and cytosine (C) are predominantly hole conductors, whereas single-stranded adenine (A) and guanine (G) are better electron conductors. For double-stranded DNA structures, the periodic A-T and G-C electronic band structures undergo a significant renormalization, which causes hole transport to only occur on the A and G nucleobases. Our calculations (1) provide new benchmarks for periodic nucleobase structures using dispersion-corrected hybrid functionals with large basis sets and (2) highlight the importance of dispersion effects for obtaining accurate geometries and electron/hole mobilities in these extended systems.
openOCHEM consensus model wins Kaggle First EUOS/SLAS Joint Compound Solubility Challenge
Authors: Kopp Andrea , Hartog Peter , Šícho Martin , Godin Guillaume , Tetko Igor
Published: May 2023

The EUOS/SLAS challenge has its goal to develop reliable algorithms to predict solubility of small molecules experimentally measured aqueous solubility of 100k compounds. In total, hundred teams took part in the challenge to predict low, medium and highly soluble compounds as measured by nephelometry assay. This article describes the winning Top I rank model which was developed using the publicly available Online CHEmical database and Modeling environment (OCHEM) and which is publicly available at https://ochem.eu/article/​​27. We describe in detail the assumptions and steps used to select methods, descriptors and strategy which contributed to the winning solution.
Inflation remains a burden and consumer debt is on the rise
Authors: Klesta Matthew
Published: May 2023

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's Community Issues Survey (CIS) collects information semiannually from direct service providers to monitor economic conditions and identify issues impacting low- and moderate-income (LMI) households in the Fourth District—a region that includes Ohio, western Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky, and the northern panhandle of West Virginia. In March 2023, we surveyed more than 600 service providers who directly serve LMI individuals and communities across our District and received 95 responses (15 percent response rate). The results of this survey, summarized here, provide insights into how organizations and the households they serve are faring as they continue to navigate the impacts of inflation.
O COLÉGIO POLIVALENTE NO PONTAL MINEIRO: Educação Vocacional ou Escola Modelo da Ditadura Civil-Militar? (1974-1983)
Authors: Souza Sauloéber Tarsio de , Lima Genis Alves Pereira de
Published: May 2023

O trabalho propõe reflexão sobre a história da Escola Estadual Antônio Souza Martins – o Polivalente, na cidade de Ituiutaba-MG (1974-1983). O ponto de partida foi o contexto de sua criação legal, no período da Ditadura Civil-Militar, sendo este um dos principais fatores para a implantação desse tipo de escola interessada no fomento da vocação profissional. As Escolas Polivalentes surgiram em meio ao momento de difusão da vertente pedagógica tecnicista, a qual foi constituída com base nos acordos entre o Brasil e os Estados Unidos, por meio das ações entre o MEC (Ministério da Educação e Cultura) e a USAID (United States Agency of International Development). Ressaltamos a importância da temática no campo da história da educação, uma vez que muito pouco se escreveu sobre essas escolas, em especial, no Triângulo Mineiro. Entende-se que a Escola Polivalente de Ituiutaba-MG foi implantada frente ao momento de desenvolvimento e crescimento econômico do munícipio, mas que nesse caso específico, não atendeu apenas a necessidade de formação de mão de obra para as atividades urbanas especializadas, mas efetivou práticas de ensino que contribuíram para a continuidade dos estudos de boa parte dos ex-alunos e alunas desta instituição.
A imanência como outra imagem para a educação
Authors: Schmidlin Elaine , Gabriel Aionara Preis , Nogueira Ana Carolina Ribeiro
Published: May 2023

Como encontrar outra imagem para a educação que privilegie a vida em sua potência e desafie a repetição e a homogeneização que ocorrem em fazeres docentes, muitas vezes desconectados dos contextos sociais e culturais presentes na escola? O texto parte da prerrogativa de que a educação é constituída por parâmetros estipulados por diretrizes curriculares e, por conta desse fator, surge, muitas vezes, um enfrentamento inevitável com o que ocorre no cotidiano escolar, muito mais diverso e heterogêneo do que aquele projetado pelos referenciais curriculares. Para (re)pensar essa problemática na educação, escolhe-se como interlocução a área da filosofia, especialmente a noção do fora de Maurice Blanchot e seu desdobramento em Michel Foucault e Gilles Deleuze, propondo, a partir de referências da land art, outra imagem de pensamento para a educação que se contraponha à sua imagem transcendente usual. Entende-se que a noção do fora possibilita compreender a arte como campo de forças, multifacetado. Para que a educação e a escola deixem de ser esse espaço obsoleto e distante da realidade dos alunos, é preciso que estejam inseridas na atualidade. Definitivamente, a escola não é lugar de embrutecimento, de encaixotar conhecimentos, onde se aprende de alguém que detém e transmite o conhecimento.
Dos conhecimentos tradicionais às práticas epistêmicas: situando conceitos químicos nos contextos dos estudantes
Authors: Fonseca Fabiana Aparecida da , Silva Fernando César
Published: May 2023

Pesquisadores da área de Educação em Ciências tem ressaltado a importância de aproximar os estudantes de práticas científicas. No entanto, mais do que envolvê-los nessa aproximação, cabe aos professores situarem essas práticas em seus contextos. Dessa forma, buscou-se identificar as práticas epistêmicas desenvolvidas por estudantes do Ensino Médio de uma escola pública na disciplina de Química. A discussão dos conceitos químicos se deu a partir de um problema envolvendo o uso de chás. Devido à natureza dos conceitos discutidos foram utilizados registros escritos produzidos pelos estudantes, que foram analisados por meio da Análise Textual Discursiva com categorias definidas previamente. As práticas epistêmicas identificadas – problematizar, elaborar hipóteses, fazer previsões e citar – podem estar diretamente ligadas aos conhecimentos prévios dos estudantes, ressaltando a importância de se considerar o contexto desses estudantes. Não espera-se construir uma lista de práticas identificadas a partir de uma sequência de aulas, mas entender as maneiras pelas quais o conhecimento químico está sendo construído por esses estudantes e a influência de seus conhecimentos prévios. A identificação das práticas epistêmicas também fornece implicações importantes para o ensino, porque o desenvolvimento delas pelos estudantes podem ser indícios de engajamento e da aprendizagem epistêmica.