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STRENGTHENING THE QUALITY OF HUMAN RESOURCES (HR) IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN MADRASAH
Authors: Zaini Mohammad
Published: June 2021

This article aims to strengthen the improvement of human resources both in knowledge and skills, which are very important in improving the quality of Islamic education itself. In this era of global competition, education is experiencing a shift in orientation that places complete human development through education and training with various types, levels, characteristics, and forms. The formation of Indonesian human education is idealized to be the culmination of achieving national education, which has been the dream of the Indonesian nation. The idolized personal figure of education has not yet been produced, so educational institutions are used as alternative expectations in increasing reliable human resources, as the main instrument of the humanizing process, namely respecting and giving freedom of opinion and expression so that the voice will be more comprehensive. The pattern of strengthening educational leadership in improving human resources  must continue to be pursued through Islamic education in madrasah. Both developments are carried out through leadership in madrasah, which are supported by strengthening institutional capacity, business networks, and bureaucratic networks, which are ideal goals for all institutions. Intermediate education is the management of the headmaster of Madrasah, the management ability of the headmaster of Madrasah must be able to make plans. Strengthening the curriculum applied in educational institutions, especially in Madrasah, is a decentralized curriculum. Professional teachers will have a high commitment and are accompanied by abilities according to their field of expertise. Teacher competence in implementing learning programs is indeed a very influential teacher position on the quality of education. The education budget (funding) in Madrasah is often a very acute and ongoing problem because of the source of the funds. Optimizing cooperation between the madrasah and parents.
MEDIA LEARNING AQIDAH THROUGH THE TADARUZIAH WAQI’IAH APPROACH FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BANDUNG
Authors: Parhan Muhamad , Romli Usup , Islamy Mohammad Rindu Fajar , Husein Salima Muhammad
Published: June 2021

This research aims to develop Islamic Education learning media for the material of faith in elementary schools (SD). The basis for developing learning media results from previous studies found many teachers tend to experience difficulties in using media in Islamic Islamic education learning material in elementary schools. Therefore, this research is significant to obtain an appropriate learning media formula in providing a complete understanding of the subject matter of faith in elementary school students. The research method used in this research is research and development (R & D) with the compilation of Islamic Islamic Studies learning media in elementary schools (SD), which delivers an understanding of Islamic education in faith material to get references and ease in learning. Students can also understand the material of faith efficiently and effectively through the tadaruziah waqi’iah approaches.
THE URGENCY OF RELIGIOUS FORUM AS THE BASIS OF EDUCATION FOR CORRUPTION PREVENTION AMONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS (A MULTI-SITE STUDY IN MALANG RAYA GOVERNMENT MOSQUES)
Authors: Barizi Ahmad , Rohmah Siti , Kholish Moh. Anas
Published: June 2021

This article aims to determine the construction of the thoughts of preachers and preachers about the urgency of preventing corruption through religious forums at the Greater Malang Government mosque. In addition, this study also aims to identify and analyze the role of spiritual forums in the Greater Malang Government mosque in preventing corruption. The approach used in this study is a qualitative approach by making in-depth interviews, observations, and documentation as data collection techniques. The results of this study indicate that the construction of preachers and preachers about the urgency of religious forums as a basis for preventing and fighting corruption in Malang Raya has strong potential as well as cultural capital to inject the awareness of the mustami', most of whom are officials. There are construction variants among the preachers and preachers at the Government Mosque of Malang Raya. The constructions in question include theological buildings, Sufism, jinayah fiqh, eschatological constructions, and qawaidul fiqhiyah. Meanwhile, the role of preventing and fighting corruption at the Baiturrohim Mosque in Malang City Hall through religious forums has been carried out. However, studies on the theme of corruption are not explicitly discussed but are tucked away in various themes of sermons and lectures. Likewise, what happened at the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, Malang Regency, and An Nuur Mosque, Batu City, several momentums of religious forums that were used as the basis for preventing and fighting corruption were expressed in religious activities such as cults, weekly and monthly recitations, Friday sermons, and commemorations. Islamic holidays. Through religious forums, preachers play a significant role as spiritual generators to bring about social change. This effort is carried out as shock therapy for officials so that they can behave honestly and trustworthy.
INTERNALIZATION OF QUR'ANIC VALUES IN THE ISLAMIC MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Authors: Nursikin Mukh , Aji Nugroho Muhammad
Published: June 2021

Islamic education is an Islamic institution focusing on forming human beings who have noble traits, such as good personality and behaviors according to Al-Qur’an values as life dogma on theological, norms, cultural, social, political, and economic aspects as knowledgeable, mature, humanist, and virtuous human beings. The purpose of this research is to understand comprehensively how the internalization of Al-Qur’an values in the Islamic education system at State Islamic High School (MAN) of Semarang Regency, Central Java. The method used is qualitative. Meanwhile, the data were collected with observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation. The data obtained in this study were then followed by stages, namely description, data reduction, data selection, data analysis, discussion, and conclusions. The results showed that, the internalization of Al-Qur’an values in the Islamic education system at MAN Semarang Regency, Central Java is to form the Al-Qur’an spirit. Consist in exemplary values (uswatun hasanah) in the framework of religious activities in Islamic boarding schools, discipline in various activities both in learning activities and in their daily lives, creating a conducive atmosphere in the school. Integration and internalization of Islamic values in the school coaching and problem solving for students, educators, and educational staff. While the efforts to internalize the Al-Qur’an values are, (1) The guidance conducted by the head of the madrasah regularly every Friday (2) the application of deliberation, fairness, honesty, and responsibility to the madrasah community (3) The enthusiasm of the madrasah community on implementing and obeying the madrasah regulations and avoiding detrimental actions. Madrasah as morality workshop emphasizes the habituation in behavior that illustrates the Al-Qur’an values and the goodness that students must have and become a habit of in their daily lives with a madrasah monitoring program involving various elements.
Differential space-time block coding method for application in mobile radio communication systems using MIMO technology.
Authors:   Pridnestrovian State University of Taras Shevchenko, October 25 str., 128, Tiraspol 3300, Moldova, Tokar M.S. , Ryabov I.V. ,   Volga State University of Technology, Yoshkar-Ola, Lenin sq., 3, Yoshkar-Ola 424000, Russia
Published: June 2021

In radio communication systems, when implementing coherent types of reception, it is assumed that the receiver knows information about the state of the communication channel, which is achieved by introducing signal redundancy (pilot signals). The frequency of sending pilot signals depends on factors that change the state of the communication channel, one of which is the high speed of movement of mobile stations. The use of pilot signals not only hinders the efficient use of the radio frequency resource, but also, in the case of fast fading, does not allow the channel to be estimated and tracked with the required accuracy. These disadvantages can be eliminated by using the differential transmission method, for the implementation of which there is no need to know information about the state of the channel. The application of the principles of differential transmission to space-time coding does not find sufficiently effective solutions that combine low computational complexity and energy efficiency of differential coding methods.
Technique for experimental study of spectral brightness coefficients materials and natural backgrounds.
Authors:   Tula State University, 92 Lenin Ave., Tula, 300012, Russia, Ovchinnikov A.V.
Published: June 2021

The article describes a technique for experimental study of spectral brightness coefficients in the wavelength range of 470 ... 940 nm of objects, natural and anthropogenic backgrounds using a multispectral camera. Examples of the results of measurements of the spectral brightness coefficients are given.
On The Way to Global Peace
Authors: Saha Sujoy Kumar
Published: June 2021

The present book starts with an introductory chapter in which the contents of the previous book have been dealt with in a whole new perspective and the ways and means to move forward towards global peace have been delineated in the concluding chapter of the book. In the process, “Life, Mind, Brain, Cognition, Existentialism, Matter, Memory, Consciousness, Mysticism, Ontology, Psychology, Parapsychology, Ecology and Phenomenology” have been dealt with. This is followed by the discussion of “ Philosophy, Renaissance, Soul, Theosophy, Cosmology, Universe, The Witness and The Ultimate Truth”. It has been revealed that there is a whole new world of Existence on a new uncharted plane; the present day world-drama is not matured enough and not qualified enough with a sense of unselfishness to foster Global Peace. None-the-less, the destiny of the world and the whole human race, nay the entire manifested world is set to reach a spirited esoteric plane of Blissful Existence, this being a matter of eternity. The current situation in this planet is no more than a transitory phase.
DAMPAK PEMBELAJARAN DARING DAN PSHYCAL DISTANCING TERHADAP TINGKAT KECEMASAN MAHASISWA KEBIDANAN STIKES MUHAMMADIYAH SIDRAP ERA COVID-19
Authors: Hasriani St.
Published: June 2021

Covid-19 in a short time spread to almost all countries in the world, including Indonesia. The impact of Covid-19 is very dangerous, in Indonesia taking preventive steps, namely Pshycal distancing is a policy that has an impact on decisions regarding online learning. This policy is to minimize and suppress the spread of Covid-19. Studying online is not easy. Difficulties arise not only in terms of skill in using technology, but by adding a large quota and not having a laptop. This research aims to determine the impact of online learning and Pshycal distancing on the anxiety level of midwifery students. The method used is descriptive with a quantitative approach. The population in this study were the midwifery students of STIKES Muhammadiyah Sidrap. Sampling was done by  random sampling. The criteria for the sample were midwifery students who were still active and following online learning. ZSAS research instrument. The research questionnaire uses Google Form through online media. Dianalisi using the Chi-Square test to determine the relationship between the two variables. Data analysis was performed using SPSS Version 24.0. The results of the analysis show that online learning carried out at STIKES Muhammadiyah Sidrap was obtained by students who did not agree with online learning (83.3%) because of obstacles in using learning applications, namely students did not have a quota (47.9%) and difficult Internet networks (41.7%). While students tend to experience severe anxiety (50.0%) and moderate (29%) It can be concluded that there is an effect of online learning and Pshycal distancing on student anxiety. Criticism can appear in various stages of lectures, so it is important for research related to differences in the degree of anxiety of early and late students.
GAMBARAN PERSEPSI REMAJA PUTRI TENTANG BAHAYA PEROKOK PASIF TERHADAP FUNGSI REPRODUKSI WANITA DI SMAN 1 GALIS PAMEKASAN
Authors: Meylanzharie Zhulvie
Published: June 2021

Cigarette smoke inhaled by passive smokers (not smoking) is as dangerous as cigarettes and smoke inhaled by active smokers (smoking). Therefore, the diseases suffered by passive smoking are almost the same as those suffered by active smokers. The impact of smoking on secondhand smoke can interfere with female reproductive functions such as cervical cancer, breast cancer, etc. The purpose of this study was to describe the perceptions of young women about the dangers of passive smoking on women's reproductive function.

The research method used is descriptive. The study population was 315 girls at SMAN 1 Galis Pamekasan. The sample consisted of 176 people with stratified random sampling technique. The variable used is a single variable, namely the perception of young women. Data collection using a Likert scale questionnaire.The results showed that 176 adolescent girls (55.7%) had a positive perception of the dangers of passive smoking on female reproductive function.The conclusion of this study is that young women have positive perceptions about the dangers of passive smoking on female reproductive function. Efforts made are that young women are trying hard to avoid cigarette smoke, the school has made strict and strict rules about prohibiting smoking in the school environment by giving heavier sanctions such as calling parents of students, and the family making changes to smoking habits in the house, etc.
Bir Flaneuse Yolculuğu Olarak 'İşe Yarar Bir Şey'
Authors: MIZIKACI Müberra
Published: June 2021

Bu çalışma İşe Yarar Bir şey (Pelin Esmer, 2017) adlı filmdeki tren yolculuğunu ve kent içindeki gezintiyi başkarakter Leyla’nın dişil bakışını temsilen flaneus kavramı çerçevesinde değerlendirmek üzere hazırlanmıştır. Flaneur kavramı eril kimliğe sahiptir ve Fransız şair, Charles Baudelaire’in şiirlerinden ilhamla Alman edebiyat eleştirmeni Walter Benjamin tarafından kuramsallaştırılmıştır. Kavram, 19.Yüzyıl Avrupa’sının modernleşme ve beraberinde getirdiği kitle kültürünün şehirli, entelektüel, gözlemci bireyini işaret eder. Baudelaire’in şiirlerine fon olan Paris’te gezinen ve gözleyen birey, Benjamin’in kuramsallaştırmasında bu deneyimden düşünce üretmektedir. Dönemin eleştirel okumasını sokaklar aracılığı ile yapabilen birey olarak eril figür uzunca dönem bu ayrıcalığı taşısa da 20. Yüzyıl’ın kültürel ve ekonomik dönüşümleri kent gezgini ayrıcalığını tek cinsiyetten arındırmıştır. Flaneus kavramı dilin ataerkil kalıplarını esneten gücünü temsil eder. Sanatın pek çok alanında flaneus yorumlamaları Benjamin’in kuramsallaştırdığı kentli ve eleştirel bakış gücüne sahip eril figürü aşıp bu bakışı çoğaltmıştır. Sinema sanatı da çok yönlü okumaya elverişli ve bu yönüyle de kendisini her izlemede çoğaltan ve yenileyen bir dinamiğe sahiptir. Bu bakış açısı ile İşe Yarar Bir Şey filmi çözümlemesinde başkarakter Leyla’nın yolculuğu ve gözlemleri modern bir flaneuse okuması olarak değerlendirilecek, tren yolculuğunun, kentlerde ve metropolde kalabalıkların içinde gözlem yapmanın ve insanları izlemenin bir kadın gözünden çağın ruhunu nasıl yansıttığı yakalanmaya çalışılacaktır.
CENDANI BAMBOO TRADITIONAL FISHING RODS INDONESIAN MASTER WORKS
Authors: naryono endang
Published: June 2021

Cendani bamboo or kirisik bamboo with the Latin Phyllostachys aurea, is a type of bamboo that grows in Indonesia which has been used and used by Indonesian people for hundreds of years. This bamboo has a unique character and has a beautiful artistic value, has a height between 2 to 4 meters, with an average diameter of less than 4 cm so that bamboo is very widely used by the community in supporting daily activities, such as clotheslines, building materials, household crafts and more prominently this bamboo is used for fishing rods. The rod from Cendani bamboo is very fast, this is due to advances in science and technology as well as the progress of the times, on the one hand it is very encouraging because it will increase the economic value of the community in their welfare but on the one hand the massive exploitation of cendani bamboo will affect the ecosystem and development. it is proving increasingly difficult to get old Cendani bamboo to use as fishing rods. Currently, the cendani fishing rod is no longer considered a one-sided rod or a cheap fishing rod that is not the main choice of anglers, but now the cendani bamboo rod is an exclusive fishing rod that is highly sought after by customers from medium to premium prices. So that cendani bamboo has a high economic value that must be maintained and increased its economic value for welfare.
Teori Corpus Delicti Eratus Sobdono dan Dampaknya Bagi Pertumbuhan Iman Jemaat
Authors: Poly Septiniawansuri
Published: June 2021

1.Teori Corpus Delicti yang dimukakan oleh Erastus Sabdono yaitu tentang kejatuhan Lusifer. Sabdono beranggapan bahwa Lucifer pada saat kejatuhannya tidak langsung dihukum karena ia belum sepenuhnya terbukti bersalah, hal ini dikarenakan tidak ada bukti atau Corpus Delicti yang Tuhan tuliskan dalam Alkitab. Namun pemahaman ini dibantah dengan pemahaman bahwa Allah tidak mungkin menjatuhkan hukuman jika tidak mempunyai bukti, karena Ia adalah keadilan dan juga Allah adalah Pribadi yang Maha Tahu. 2.Teori Corpus Delicti Sabdono tentu memberi dampak bagi pertumbuhan Iman Jemaat. Karena berlainan dengan teori kekristenan atau dokrin kekristenan yang telah ada, tentu dapat membuat iman jemaat goyang bahkan jika tidak meneliti dengan saksama bisa saja membuat jemaat lari dari imannya. Teori yang sangat merongrong iman jemaat adalah paham Sabdono tentang Lucifer dan juga Ketritunggalan.
Analisis Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Contextual Teaching and Learning Untuk Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Siswa
Authors: nisa suci khoirun
Published: June 2021

This study aims to: to determine the meaning of the CTL approach, the principles of the CTL approach, the characteristics of the CTL approach, the components in the CTL, the objectives of the CTL approach, how the steps of the CTL approach, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the CTL approach, and the effect of the Learning Model. CTL to Improve Student Learning Outcomes. The method used in this research is literacy (literature study) by reviewing several sources related to CTL (Contextual Teaching and Learning). The result of this study is that there is an increase in student learning outcomes using the CTL learning model
Rahasia Keberhasilan Gereja di Korea
Authors: Sukamto Amos
Published: June 2021

Buku ini membahas sejarah perkembangan kekristenan di Korea Selatan.
Holographic focusing and surface
Authors: Kuyukov Vitaly
Published: June 2021

Holographic focusing and surface
INVESTIGATING CELEBRITISM PHENOMENON ON TWITTER
Authors: Bin-Tahir Saidna Zulfiqar
Published: June 2021

This article aims to investigate how to represent the meaning of the hashtag Trending Topic related to the dentations, connotations, and myths in the Celebritism phenomenon in social Media Twitter. This research was conducted based on the results of the Trending Topic for two months. The research object is hashtag #2024ErickRI1 on the trending topic that is on Twitter. This research methodology is to capture the data obtained from a fence mark or a Trending Topic hashtag on Twitter during the research period. After conducting the analysis, the author can make an appointment that the hashtag #2024ErickRI1 has the meaning of the dennotation Erick Thohir who currently serves as the state Minister of SOEs to the spotlight when his name linked to the trending topic Twitter #erickout, the hashtag emerged because some people suspect Erick Thohir doing the practice of KKN Commissioner in a number of BUMN. The statement is considered inappropriate by the netizens because it does not properly carry out its responsibilities which then want to be the future presidential candidate that is contained in the hashtag #2024ErickRI1. The meaning of the connotations found on the hashtag #2024ErickRI1 is a political motive in which the hashtag discusses the pros and cons of political figures and the netizens against the government system of the era of President. Because community perspectives vary. It is also one of the attempts to suggest figures that they value appropriately to be selected in the upcoming 2024 presidential election through Twitter social media. The myth in the hashtag #2024ErickRI1 that one gets a separate message when reading the posts of the hashtag #2024ErickRI1 because each society has a mindset that affects the outcome of a mythical meaning or is called a message meaning.
Modeling P waves in seismic noise correlations: Advancing fault monitoring using train traffic sources
Authors: Sager Korbinian , Tsai Victor , Sheng Yixiao , Brenguier Florent , Boué Pierre , Mordret Aurélien , Igel Heiner
Published: June 2021

The theory of Green's function retrieval essentially requires homogeneously distributed noise sources. Even though these conditions are not fulfilled in nature, low-frequency (<1 Hz) surface waves generated by ocean-crust interactions have been used successfully to image the crust with unprecedented spatial resolution. In contrast to low-frequency surface waves, high-frequency (>1 Hz) body waves have a sharper, more localized sensitivity to velocity contrasts and temporal changes at depth. In general, their retrieval using seismic interferometry is challenging, and recent studies focus on powerful, localized noise sources. They have proven to be a promising alternative but break the assumptions of Green's function retrieval. In this study, we present an approach to model correlations between P waves for these scenarios and analyze their sensitivity to 3D Earth structure. We perform a series of numerical experiments to advance our understanding of these signals and prepare for an application to fault monitoring. In the considered cases, the character of the signals strongly diverges from Green's function retrieval, and the sensitivity to structure has significant contributions in the source direction. An accurate description of the underlying physics allows us to reproduce observations made in the context of monitoring the San Jacinto Fault in California using train-generated seismic waves. This approach provides new perspectives for detecting and localizing temporal velocity changes previously unnoticed by commonly exploited surface-wave reconstructions.
How to interpret attentional blink findings? A practical MCMC tool to assess the attentional blink with the eSTST model
Authors: Hedayati Shekoofeh , Wyble Brad
Published: June 2021

Previous research has shown that Attentional blink (AB) data can differ between tasks, or subjects and it can be challenging to interpret these differences. In this paper, we provided a ready-to-use tool that allows researchers to map their data onto the episodic Simultaneous Type, Serial Token (eSTST) model. This tool uses the Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm to find the best set of 3 model parameters to simulate a given AB pattern. These 3 parameters have cognitive interpretations, such that differences in these parameters between different paradigms can be used for inferences about the timing of attentional deployment or the encoding of memory. Additionally, our tool allows for a combination of quantitative fitting against the overall pattern of data points, and qualitative fitting for theoretically important features. We demonstrate the algorithm using several data sets, showing that it can find cognitively interpretable parameter sets for some of them, but fails to find a good fit for one data set. This indicates an explanatory boundary of the eSTST model. Finally, we provide a feature to avoid overfitting of individual data points with high uncertainty, such as in the case of individual participant data.
Explaining individual differences in advantageous inequity aversion by social-affective trait dimensions and family environment
Authors: Yu Hongbo , Lu Chun-lei , Gao Xiaoxue , Bo Shen , Crockett Molly , zhou xiaolin , liu kui
Published: June 2021

Humans are averse to both having less (i.e., disadvantageous inequity aversion) and having more than others (i.e., advantageous inequity aversion). However, the social-affective traits that drive individual differences in inequity aversion (IA) are not well understood. Here, by combining a modified Dictator Game and a computational model, we found in a sample of incarcerated adolescents (N = 67) that callous-unemotional traits were specifically associated with low advantageous but not disadvantageous IA. We replicated and extended the finding in a large- scale university student sample (N = 2,250) by adopting a dimensional approach to social- affective trait measures. We showed that advantageous IA was strongly and negatively associated with a trait dimension characterized by callousness and lack of social emotions (e.g., guilt and compassion). A supportive family environment negatively correlated with this trait dimension and positively with advantageous IA. These results identify a core set of social- affective dimensions specifically associated with advantageous IA.
“It’s (Not) Like the Flu”: Expert Narratives and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the United States
Authors: Au Larry , Fu Zheng , Liu Chuncheng
Published: June 2021

We trace the crafting of expert narratives during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the United States. By expert narratives, we refer to how experts drew different lessons from past disease experiences in order to guide policymakers and the public amidst uncertainty. These expert narratives were mobilized in different sociopolitical contexts, resulting in varying configurations of expertise networks and allies that helped contain and mitigate COVID-19. In Mainland China, experts carefully advanced a managed narrative, emphasizing the new pandemic akin to the 2003 SARS outbreak can be managed while destressing the similar mistakes the government made during the two crises. In Hong Kong, experts invoked a distrust narrative, pointing to a potential coverup of COVID-19 similar to SARS, activating allies in civil society to pressure policymakers to act. In the United States, experts were mired in a contested narrative and COVID-19 was compared to different diseases; varying interpretations of COVID-19’s consequences were exacerbated by political polarization. In expert narratives, the resonance of the past is emergent: the past becomes a site of struggle and a cultural object that is presented as potentially useful in solving problems of the present.
Exploring the concept of place in the literature on smallholder farmers and climate change adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Authors: Quarshie Philip Tetteh
Published: June 2021

This critical review paper expands on the meaning of place. It opens a new narrative on how the geographic concept of place is conceptualized in smallholder farmers and climate change adaptation literature in Sub-Saharan Africa. The review suggested that place is not only the 'where' of a location but a location geographically connected and interdependent to illustrate how smallholder farmers' experiences in adapting to climate shocks interact with global efforts such as improving food security, eliminating poverty and building sustainable rural livelihood. Through the various climate change adaptation strategies exhibited by different farmer groups, the paper demonstrated that people in places have the agency to make choices that control their destinies irrespective of whatever global force overwhelms them. The paper argues sense of place expressed through ecological place meaning shapes people's intuition, beliefs, actions and experiences as illustrated by smallholders' perception of the determinant and barriers to effective adaptation strategies. The ecological place meaning also influences the 'glocalization' of climate impact on agroecological-based livelihoods at different locations and how maladaptive outcomes are perceived. Place gives people identity by (re)shaping actions and experiences and vice versa. There is an undeviating relationship between power, place and people's experience. Further exploration of the relationship between lifeworld experiences, people, and power is central in understanding the meaning of place to smallholder farmers and climate change interaction
The academic precariat post-COVID-19
Authors: Cornelius-Bell Aidan , Bell Piper A.
Published: June 2021

The nature of work has changed, in accelerated late-capitalism and as a result of the COVID-19 global health crisis. For academics, casualised and precarious, the sweeping institutional changes of contemporary neoliberal universities, the sharp rise in managerialism, and the political power plays of universities have created further untenable spaces for work and study. In this article we explore the relationship between doctoral studies, precarious academic employment, the pandemic, and the disproportionate effects of the changes in higher education on women. Through exploration of personal experience, as precarious academic workers, researchers, and doctoral students, we provide parallels to research literature across pandemic and post-COVID literature. We provide practical suggestions for the corporate university, to rebuild its catastrophically collapsing systems, and re-centre doctoral students in mentorship as the new future of universities in Australia, and around the world.
Artificial Intelligence in Quebec: A Tightly Knit Network
Authors: Colleret Maxime , GINGRAS YVES
Published: June 2021

Who are the key actors of artificial intelligence (AI) in Quebec? What are the links between thedifferent organizations that constitute the AI research infrastructure? How have academia, politics andeconomics intermingled in the development of this infrastructure? Based on what promises did theQuebec and Canadian governments invest hundreds of millions of public funds in this infrastructure?This research note attempts to answer these questions. After briefly describing the AI researchinfrastructure and tracing the extent of public investment, we show how a small number of actors havepositioned themselves so as to control the direction of most taxpayer-funded AI initiatives.
Taxing the Rich: Public Preferences and Public Understanding
Authors: Barnes Lucy
Published: June 2021

Who supports high taxes on the rich? Existing accounts of public attitudes focus on egalitarian values and material interests, but make little mention of the ideas people hold about how the economy works descriptively. Drawing on the distinction between positive- and zero-sum beliefs about the economy, and original survey data from five countries, I show that there are systematic differences in tax progressivity preferences across groups within the public who think differently about the economy. Positive-sum thinking is associated with less progressive preferences. However, despite theoretical attention, there is no evidence of systematic zero-sum thinking among the public. On the other hand, some descriptions focus on conflict between rich and poor, and these do predict support for greater progressivity. Further analysis is required to differentiate alternative causal explanations of the patterns observed, but different modes of descriptive economic thinking are an important feature of the mass politics of progressivity.
(Russian) Deterrence, we hardly know ye…
Authors: De Spiegeleire Stephan , Batoh Yar , Goriacheva Daria , Voloskyi Glib , Holynska Khrystyna , Vozovych Anastasiia , Baliuk Bohdan , Pavlenko Hryhorii , Sapolovych Yevhen , Shchepina Anastasiia , Heiner Andreas
Published: June 2021

This paper provides the epistemic equivalent of an 'MRI' scan of the English and Russian literature on deterrence in an international security context. Using a variety of different recent datasets and -tools, the paper exposes a surprisingly high number of glaring weaknesses and holes. The paper’s first, more ‘technical’, section presents compelling evidence that the volume, velocity, collegiality and uptake of publicly available scientific insights into ‘security deterrence’ remain decidedly suboptimal – also compared to the other scientific disciplines that have examined human deterrence. The data on the scientific thoroughness of this field also paint a discomfortingly bleak picture, albeit less conclusively so. The paper’s second, more substantive section equally painfully highlights what it calls the field’s unbearable empirical lightness; conceptual confusion and cacophony (even within language domains); as well as multiple major (highly relevant) epistemic holes and other weaknesses. The paper concludes with some recommendations on how the epistemic community working on these issues as well as the academic and policy communities that fund much of this research can build on uniquely promising new developments in the access to (especially also textual) data to build and validate more granular and trustworthy datasets; in humans’ newfound ability to interact with machine algorithms to semantically parse texts to discover and validate ‘knowledge’ in unprecedented ways; but also – in a more mundane mode – to start incentivizing more organically collaborative ways of knowledge building.
Solubility Enhancement of Diclofenac Using Solid Dispersions
Authors:   Nano-formulation Research lab, Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi- 110062, India, Mirza Mohd. Aamir
Published: June 2021

Background: The phenomenon which gives rise to a homogenous system, formed by the dissolution of solute in a solvent is known as solubility. Low solubility is the limiting factor in formulation development. Diclofenac being BCS class II drug have low aqueous solubility of 0.00401mg/ml. Amongst various solubility enhancement techniques, solid dispersion is the easiest one. Objective: Present work is primarily focused on the development of solid dispersions of diclofenac through solvent evaporation technique utilizing Eudragit E100 as a carrier. Methods: Solid dispersion consists of at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient as a carrier in solid state. Various methods for preparing solid dispersions includes melt extrusion, fusion lyophilization, spray drying, solvent evaporation, and super critical fluid (SCF) technology. Solvent evaporation technique is used among various solid dispersion methods. Conclusion: The enhanced solubility found to be 0.485mg/ml. The dissolution was performed using USP Type II apparatus was %CDR of pure drug and its solid dispersion in 8 hr were found out to be 45.14926% and 98.04758% respectively. Henceforth, solid dispersion technique results marked solubility enhancement of diclofenac sodium.
المخالفات العقدية في زمن الأوبئة (كورونا أنموذجًا)
Authors: الخميس وفاء
Published: June 2021

نظرًا لما اجتاح العالم خلال العامين (المنصرم والحالي) من وباء عام أقفلت بسببه مناشط الناس؛ فمن المهم للإنسان دراسة هذا الأمر، وأثره في نفوس الناس، حيث ظهر في الناس بعض المخالفات التي تمس عقيدة المسلم وإيمانه؛ لذا آثرت دراسة تلك المخالفات دراسة علمية تحمل عنوان: "المخالفات العقدية في زمن الأوبئة- كورونا أنموذجًا" مشاركة مني في العدد الخاص للمجلة الدولية للدراسات الإسلامية المتخصصة. هدفت الدراسة إلى معرفة الفرق بين المرض والوباء والجائحة، التعريف بالمنهج الشرعي في التعامل مع الأوبئة، بيان المخالفات العقدية التي يقع فيها الناس زمن الأوبئة، وإبراز ما يجب على الناس زمن الأوبئة. وقسمت البحث إلى مقدمة وتمهيد ومبحثين وخاتمة.
Ankara Çubuk’taki Kuruçay Medresesi ve Nukud Vakfı
Authors: ÇELİK Murat , YARDIMCI Mehmet Emin
Published: June 2021

Osmanlı Devleti’ndeki eğitim hizmetleri her zaman sivil alanda sürdürülmüştür. Bu bakımdan toplumun eğitim ihtiyacı vakıflar eliyle görülmüştür. Osmanlı tarihi boyunca eğitim sahasındaki hizmetlerin büyük bir kısmını üstlenen vakıflar merkez ve taşrada resmi görevde olan ya da sivil statüde bulunan hayırseverler tarafından kurulmuş, daha sonra bunlara gelir getirici imkanlar aktarılmıştır. Bu sürecin resmi prosedürü mahkeme huzurunda akdedilerek bir metne dökülüp tescil edilmiştir. Başlangıçta daha ziyade gayrimenkuller bu müessesenin kaynağını oluştururken daha sonra kitap ve para gibi menkul varlıklar da bunlara eklenmiştir. Bu çalışmada eğitimin finansmanında kullanılan para vakıflarından birine ait vakfiye ele alınmaktadır. Bu çerçevede Ankara’ya bağlı Çubuk kazasının bir köyündeki Kuruçay Medresesi’ne ait para vakfının vakfiyesi araştırmaya konu edinmekte, vakfiye tartışılmaktadır.
Managing and learning with Logical Frameworks: the case of an MIS project in China
Authors: Bell Simon
Published: June 2021

This paper endeavours to explain a project planning exercise set in China and involving the development of a Management Information System (MIS). The approach used is implicitly systemic and makes use of some fairly well-known systems tools. The main objective of the paper is to explain some of the problems and issues involved in the use of Logframe project planning (such as holism and participation) and to raise a series of learning issues. Elements covered in the paper include: a brief introduction to Logframe, a systems view of the project background, introduction to the TeamUp approach to project planning, critique of the planning tool and an overview of learning outcomes.
Knowledge-intensive networks for development: the case of the Global Water Partnership
Authors: Holmberg Johan
Published: June 2021

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) is a “reinforced network” of organisations interested in the sustainable management of freshwater resources in developing countries. It was established in 1996 in response to the worsening water shortage in large parts of the developing world and to the perceived lack of international leadership in water. It is modelled on the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) as a virtual organisation with a minimum of formal structure. It aims to establish principles of sustainable water resources management, identify gaps and stimulate its partners to meet critical needs, support action that follows principles of sustainable water resources management, help match needs to available resources, and strengthen mechanisms for sharing information and experiences. It promotes an integrated approach to water resources management that recognises that water is a limited resource subject to multiple uses and increasing demand. GWP is co-sponsored by the World Bank, UNDP and Sida and supported by several bilateral aid donors. Its secretariat is hosted by Sida in Stockholm.
The response of public authorities to a local emergency: the Demerara Road incident*
Authors: Brown David F. , Mooleedhar Timothy
Published: June 2021

The fact that public health, environment and settlement issues are inevitably linked is especially obvious when an emergency situation occurs. At these times a wide range of government agencies may be called upon to collaborate on providing both emergency response and ensuring that the situation does not re-occur. The effectiveness of public authorities in rising to the occasion often reflects the administrative structure and operational mentality of each organisation. This case study traces the response of public authorities in Trinidad and Tobago to the discovery that the vast majority of residents in a squatter settlement, known as Demerara Road, had been subjected to lead poisoning due to the use of toxic waste as landfill. While initially the issue was treated as a health problem, the medical authorities soon realised that the matter would have to be dealt with as a settlement and land pollution issue. As the perception of the solution to the problem moved from immediate health care to evacuation, permanent resettlement and land decontamination, many other ministries, and the Cabinet itself, became involved. Time also played a role. Currently, more than four years after the discovery of the poisoning, both the residents and the contaminated soil are still in place at Demerara Road. This paper examines the role that various agencies played in resolving the problem. Special attention is given to differences in the way the issue was perceived and the mandate, resources, strategies and apparent values of key agencies. Conclusions are presented concerning the need for a strategic approach to emergency response, the need for balanced, specialised agencies that are linked through effective communication and co-ordination, and supported by appropriate environmental and settlement policy.
Maintaining professional competence in innovation organizations*
Authors: Saeed Khalid
Published: June 2021

Public organizations involved in planning and implementation of developmental activity, education, research and development, as well as private firms delivering professional services and operating in a rapidly changing socio-economic environment are often concerned mainly with innovation, problem-solving and learning rather than with the production of any tangible outputs. The income streams of such organizations also often stem from environmental support rather than from a sale of widgets. Sustaining developmental activity in part requires maintaining such organizations at a high level of productivity, which calls for special design considerations that this paper attempts to delineate. A formal model of the production, knowledge acquisition and governance functions of an innovation organization is developed and experimented with through computer simulation using the heuristical approach of system dynamics. The analysis suggests that professional competence in organizations may atrophy, eventually leading to their demise, due to the development of a governance system that is largely driven by manifest authority, unless a concerted effort is made to preserve collegial decision roles. In terms of organizational design, this translates into considering constituents other than those used normally for creating mechanistic and organic components of organizational structure. Since professional competence often emanates from collegial rather than manifest processes, an important aspect of the design is to sustain collegial roles. Since collegial roles are undefined, their maintenance calls for placing constraints on manifest roles with prolific expansion potential. A promising design constituent for sustaining an appropriate governance system for an innovation organization appears to be a chartering process that should create an organizational magna carta clearly stating the limitations of the manifest roles. Other possible entry points into the system, albeit external, include bringing in leadership perspectives and linking with market forces that should allow the curtailment of prolific expansion of manifest roles.
Does user involvement during information systems development improve data quality?
Authors: Zeffane Rachid , Cheek Bruce , Meredith Paul
Published: June 2021

This paper reports on a survey of 308 IT managers and non IT managers from large organisations operating in Australia which examined the impact of end-user participation during information system development on the perceived quality of the data produced from the resultant systems. Degree of end-user involvement was found to have a significant effect upon the managers’ perception of data quality. Correlation of specific types of user involvement against aspects of data quality such as accuracy, timeliness and completeness revealed that these effects are not uniform. Based upon these findings strategies for optimising level and type of user participation throughout the systems development process are suggested.
Logistics control enabled by IT – a window in the future
Authors: Euwe M.J. , Wortmann J.C.
Published: June 2021

When we look at historic developments in logistics organization and control concepts, we can conclude that the past shows an ongoing trend towards a more integral approach to achieve logistical coordination. The decentralized reorder point techniques used in the fifties gradually changed from MRP-I (sixties, seventies) to MRP-II (eighties, nineties). This trend is now extending beyond the walls of an individual factory. Companies feel a need to cooperate in the areas of logistics structures, forecasting, master scheduling and ordering. When we look to this integration challenge we can conclude that a different approach than used in the past is necessary. Since implementing a centralized control concept across companies is not possible, new developments are required in the area of decentralized control. We foresee that future control systems are able to communicate with supplier and customer control systems. Furthermore, we expect that these developments will also influence the setup of decentralized control systems within the company. Instead of having one control system with a scope that covers the entire production chain within the company, we will see a more modular approach where each sub control system covers only a part of the production system, e.g., a department. The expected benefits of this approach is that such an architecture provides departments with better opportunities to incorporate their specific planning requirements in the control system.
The rise and fall of Organizational Commitment
Authors: Baruch Yehuda
Published: June 2021

The concept and theory of Organizational Commitment (OC) has gained considerable attention in the management and behavioral sciences. Numerous studies have explored the associations between OC and various phenomena, with impressive results. This paper argue that the concept needs re-examination in light of recent business changes. The assertion that OC leads to a set of desired outputs proved to be valid for times of mutual commitment between organizations and their employees. We are now entering a new era of Human Resource and industrial relation systems, characterised by frequent redundancies and downsizing processes. This trend reflects a low commitment from organizations to their employees which is followed by a reduced level of OC. Subsequently it is hypothesised that the strength of OC as a leading concept in management and behavioral sciences is continuously decreasing. Support from the literature is provided, and recommendations for future research are presented.
Methods for measuring information technology investment payoff
Authors: Wen H. Joseph , Yen David C. , Lin Binshan
Published: June 2021

Measuring information technology (IT) investment payoff is difficult. This is because most of IT benefits are qualitative, indirect, and diffuse. To actually measure IT investment payoffs, tangible and intangible benefits factors as well as risks factors must be identified and evaluated. This research studies ten major evaluation methods, and available models that fall under each method, showing their advantages and disadvantages in handling the above difficulties. A road map to guide the decision maker in choosing the most appropriate methodology in his/her evaluation process is provided.
Norms, goals, and stakeholders in program evaluation
Authors: Verschuren Piet J.M. , Zsolnai László
Published: June 2021

Evaluation research favours goal-based evaluation. However, the achievement of the stated goals of interventionists, problem solvers or program managers is not a sufficient condition for a good decision or a successful program implementation. The value of a program, an intervention or a decision is determined not only by the achievement of its stated goals but also by its intrinsic ethical value and its performance for the stakeholders. Hence a program or a decision can be considered as successful if it meets the applying ethical norms, works well in achieving its stated goals, and produces satisfying results for the stakeholders.