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Journalism Ethics Goes to the Movies
Authors: Good Howard
Published: February 2025

How far should a reporter go for a story? What's the role of the press at the scene of an emergency, or a murder? Why has journalism suddenly become so susceptible to plagiarism? Here's a book that poses these and other urgent questions—and offers candid answers. At a time when professionals and the public alike worry that journalism has lost its way, Journalism Ethics Goes to the Movies is available to provide much-needed, accessible guidance.

Its twelve chapters, written by some of the nation's leading journalism scholars, explore issues that should concern anyone who aspires to a career in journalism, who works in the field, or who relies on news for daily information. Best of all, as the title suggests the contributors conduct their dynamic and engaging investigations at the movies, where sportswriters, war correspondents, investigative reporters, crime reporters, spin doctors, TV anchors, and harried city editors tackle these pressing issues. Journalism Ethics Goes to the Movies isn't your typical textbook. Using popular movies from Wag the Dog to Good Night, and Good Luck to illustrate the kind of ethical dilemmas journalists encounter on the job, this student-friendly book is sure to spark interest and stimulate thinking.
Karl Marx
Authors: Megill Allan
Published: February 2025

Why did Karl Marx want to exclude politics and the market from his vision of a future socialism? In Karl Marx: The Burden of Reason, Allan Megill begins with this question. Megill's examination of Marx's formative writings casts new light on Marx's relation to philosophy and reveals a hitherto largely unknown 'rationalist' Marx. In demonstrating how Marx's rationalism permeated his attempts to understand politics, economics, and history generally, Megill forces the reader to rethink Marx's entire intellectual project. While Megill writes as an intellectual historian and historian of philosophy, his highly original redescription of the Marxian enterprise has important implications for how we think about the usability of Marx's work today. Karl Marx: The Burden of Reason will be of interest to those who wish to reflect on the fate of Marxism during the era of Soviet Communism. It will also be of interest to those who wish to discern what is living and what is dead, what is adequate and what requires replacement or supplementation, in the work of a figure who, in spite of everything, remains one of the greatest philosophers and social scientists of the modern world.
Leaving China
Authors: Sun Wanning
Published: February 2025

More than ever before, China is on the move. When the flow of people and images is fused, meanings of self, place, space, community, and nation become unstable and contestable. This fascinating book explores the ways in which movement within and across the national borders of the PRC has influenced the imagination of the Chinese people, both those who remain and those who have left. Travelers or no, all participate in the production and consumption of images and narratives of travel, thus contributing to the formation of transnational subjectivities. Wanning Sun offers a fine-grained analysis of the significant narrative forms and discursive strategies used in representing transnational space in contemporary China. This includes looking at how stay-at-homes fantasize about faraway or unknown places, and how those in the diaspora remember experiences of familiar places. She considers the ways in which mobility-of people, capital, and images-affects localities through individuals' constructions of a sense of place. Relatedly, the author illustrates how economic, social, and political forces either facilitate or inhibit the formation of a particular kind of transnational subjectivity.
Mary Boykin Chesnut
Authors: DeCredico Mary A.
Published: February 2025

Born into the plantation gentry of South Carolina, granted the advantages of wealth, social position, and education by virtue of her family and her marriage to another prominent South Carolina family, Mary Chesnut has emerged as one of the key figures in American history, but not because of a career, her family, or her involvement in a humanitarian cause. Rather, Chesnut's significance comes from her extensive diary. Her commentary and reminiscences about the Confederate era provide an excellent window into the life and death of the Confederate nation. Her keen insight into political, economic, and social developments makes her an excellent source to understand the Southern homefront during the Civil War.

Professor DeCredico uses Chesnut's life to address the role of women in the South, the ideology and leadership of the Southern white elite, and how Southern women in general—and Chesnut in particular—viewed the institution of slavery. Furthermore, DeCredico shows how Mary Chesnut's privileged position gave her an ideal perspective for observing and commenting on the events of the Confederacy.
On the Socratic Education
Authors: Bruell Christopher
Published: February 2025

Can the education which so many search for today on our college campuses be found in the works of a past author? On the Socratic Education: An Introduction to the Shorter Platonic Dialogues uncovers the education that Socrates sought on his own behalf and, in so doing, made available to others. Sixteen dialogues are discussed, each considered on its own, but also placed within the context of Plato's account of the Socratic quest. The aim of the book is to make Socrates' investigation and resolution of the questions that still concern us as human beings more accessible to serious contemporary readers.
Not Monsters
Authors: Schultz Pamela D.
Published: February 2025

In the wake of recent violence our nation has experienced, and the paranoia that has ensued, we've directed our attention to potential terrorists in our midst. Yet our children face more risk from people they know than from terrorists they have never met. An estimated one in five girls and one in ten boys in the United States experience some form of sexual abuse by age eighteen. What could possibly motivate a person to molest a child? Not Monsters documents the stories of nine convicted child molesters through one-on-one interviews, listening to what offenders have to say about their crimes and exploring the roots of these behaviors from a social constructionist perspective. Their words paint a compelling and frightening portrait of how sexual abuse works in Western culture to perpetuate a political and social system of dominance and control.
Reconfiguring Truth
Authors: Ward Steven C.
Published: February 2025

This refreshingly original book links the postmodern critique of notions such as 'reality' and 'truth' with approaches to knowledge found in science and technology studies (STS), a field also discontent with traditional epistemology. Exploring STS approaches to knowledge, such as actor-network theory, Ward forges a path through the impasse of the modernism vs. postmodernism debate. Reconfiguring Knowledge is an important work for social scientists and theorists, philosophers, historians, and scholars of science and technology.
Richard Rorty
Authors: Voparil Christopher J.
Published: February 2025

The first full-length work devoted to Richard Rorty from the perspective of political theory, this book offers a fresh assessment of the promise of the renowned pragmatist's project. Framing Rorty's discourse as one of meaning and persuasion rather than truth and accuracy of representation, Voparil sheds new light on many of Rorty's most misunderstood and maligned stances, including his practice of "redescription" and disavowal of "getting it right," as well as his embrace of the novel and "sentimental education." As political theory, Rorty's perspective, not unlike Sheldon Wolin's, values the imagination, the ability to come up with new metaphors and angles of vision, and is driven by a deep desire to reinvigorate a moribund and detached contemporary left.

Voparil's account engages the full range of Rorty's intellectual forebears, grounding his thought in an American tradition that extends beyond the classical pragmatists to include Emerson, Whitman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and James Baldwin, in addition to chapters that trace Rorty's connection to such diverse figures as Marx, Mill, Dickens, Isaiah Berlin, and Milan Kundera.
Screening Difference
Authors: Ginneken Jaap
Published: February 2025

Did you know that Pocahontas probably never fell in love with John Smith, as the Disney and other film versions of those events pretend? That Godzilla was originally an anti-American and anti-nuclear movie, heavily cut and supplemented with new material? That Zorro was not created by an American author but derived from the much older Mexican struggle for independence? That Anna and the King was largely invented? That the myth of the sexually eager Hula girls is based on misunderstandings by the first explorers? That Black Hawk Down and many other war movies were censored and indirectly subsidized by the Pentagon?

Screening Difference takes us on a fascinating voyage through major movie blockbusters that deal with the encounter between "us," based on white Hollywood, and "them," the filmic representations of other races, ethnicities, and cultures. Looking at subtle orientations in casting and make-up, sets and props, lighting and camera movements, music and language, this lively book follows the best-known genres and subgenres: from animated cartoons to wilderness films, from romantic movies to colonial adventures. Screening Difference tracks the stories back to their origins and patiently dissects the hidden messages that have gradually crept into them.
Spirituality for Our Global Community
Authors: Helminiak Daniel A.
Published: February 2025

In this groundbreaking book, Daniel Helminiak provides a crucial spiritual option D a middle path between modern society's secular materialism and traditional religion's other-worldly focus and institutional dogmatism. The functional atheism of our contemporary consumer and scientific society (as championed by current best selling authors Sam Harris' The End of Faith, Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion, and Christopher Hitchens' God is Not Great) doesn't satisfy our desire for lasting meaning and value. But the parochial, inflexible character of traditional religious beliefs increasingly result in personal, local, and global conflicts in our current world of pluralism, globalization, respect for science and progress. Helminiak gives us a compelling vision of a global spirituality that downplays beliefs and emphasizes the essential spiritual dynamics of the common human quest for wholeness, goodness, freedom and community. Spirituality for a Global Community builds on the spiritual facet of our common humanity, stressing wholesome living on planet Earth, and opening onto the range of religions and belief in God.
The God Hypothesis
Authors: Corey Michael A.
Published: February 2025

Seeks to reverse these profound misunderstandings by showing how the latest scientific evidence points in precisely the opposite direction.
The Idea of Capitalism Before the Industrial Revolution
Authors: Grassby Richard
Published: February 2025

Invented in post-industrial 19th century Europe, the idea of capitalism originally sought to describe and explain the distinctive characteristics of an emerging modern world. Since then, capitalism has served to identify an economic system, a particular social structure, and a set of cultural values and mental attitudes. The subject of continuous debate among scholars for more than a century, capitalism has been accorded so many definitions, it is now virtually meaningless. Depending upon the interpreter, capitalism is synonymous with the market economy, the division of labor, credit creation, economic concentration, social polarization, class formation, the decline of kinship and community, patriarchy, property rights, contracts, acquisitiveness, the work ethic, conspicuous consumption, individualism and entrepreneurship. Noted economic historian Richard Grassby investigates the origins and evolution of the idea of capitalism to illustrate for readers the true nature, merits, and the future of capitalism. Grassby examines its numerous and often conflicting definitions, and he tests alternative models of capitalism against the historical record to establish when, where, how, and why modern economies and societies emerged. Although Grassby argues that capitalism is a concept with diminished explanatory power, he shows the influence of this powerful idea on the formation of the world we live in. This is required reading for classes on World history, modern European history, and economic history.
The Seven Habits of the Good Life
Authors: Kaplan Kalman J. , Schwartz Matthew B.
Published: February 2025

In The Seven Habits of the Good Life, the authors highlight seven biblical gifts_self-esteem, wisdom, righteousness, love, healthy appetite, prudence, and purpose_and present each one as an alternative to one of the seven deadly sins. Each gift gives readers a chance to enrich their lives by integrating concern for themselves with a healthy concern for others rather than punishing themselves for bad behavior. Incorporating clinical case studies, the voices of real people, and biblical stories, this book shows how the wisdom of the scriptures can provide us concrete ways of redefining difficult situations and approaching life in a way that strives for fullness, harmony, and balance.
The Song of the Sirens and Other Essays
Authors: Pucci Pietro
Published: February 2025

In this collection of his essays on Homer, some new and some appearing for the first time in English, the distinguished scholar Pietro Pucci examines the linguistic and rhetorical features of the poet's works. Arguing that there can be no purely historical interpretation, given that the parameters of interpretation are themselves historically determined, Pucci focuses instead on two features of Homer's rhetoric: repetition of expression (formulae) and its effects on meaning, and the issue of intertextuality.
War of Annihilation
Authors: Megargee Geoffrey P.
Published: February 2025

On June 22, 1941, Hitler began what would be the most important campaign of the European theater. The war against the Soviet Union would leave tens of millions of Soviet citizens dead and large parts of the country in ruins. The death and destruction would result not just from military operations but also from the systematic killing and abuse that the German army, police, and SS directed against Jews, Communists, and ordinary citizens.

In War of Annihilation, noted military historian Geoffrey P. Megargee provides a clear, concise history of the Germans' opening campaign of conquest and genocide in 1941. By drawing on the best of military and Holocaust scholarship, Megargee dispels the myths that have distorted the role of Germany's military leadership in both the military operations themselves and the unthinkable crimes that were part of them.
When Congress Makes a Joke
Authors: Yarwood Dean L.
Published: February 2025

When Congress Makes a Joke is an engaging look at the intentional use of humor by members of Congress, exploring their humor as political communication. Highlighting several politicians noted for their use of humor—including Senators Robert Dole and Alan Simpson and Representatives Patricia Schroeder and Barney Frank, among others—this intriguing book features original personal interviews with the Congress members, allowing them to talk about their own (and others') use of humor in political ways. Yarwood also includes theories of humor as communication, a historical look at humor in Congress, the function of telling humorous stories, and the role of humor in the integration of African American and women members into the institution of Congress. Readers will find When Congress Makes a Joke an enjoyable, accessible view into humor's place in political communication—how it is created, how it is used, and what consequences may stem from it.
A Primer on School Budgeting
Authors: Kratz Robert N. , Scott Charles A. , Zechman Harry T.
Published: February 2025

Does the prospect of preparing your school district's budget seem daunting? Beginning school administrators, often having only one theoretical course on the subject under their belt, see the budget development process as a nightmare. New administrators, teachers, and board members who have little experience with budgeting are justifiably concerned by the prospect of their involvement in budgeting. This book leads the reader through all stages of the process, from the theoretical underpinnings (history, types of budgets, etc.) and practical considerations (revenue planning, budget calendar, etc.) through to the adoption of the budget and its implementation. Includes sample budgets, and tips for administration of a budget once it is in place.
Baby Teacher
Authors: Shore Rebecca A.
Published: February 2025

Ever wonder what is going on in a baby's brain? Or how you can best nurture a child's natural development? Or why exactly Bach is better than Mozart for babies? This book will explain why. No technical knowledge is necessary, as Shore makes recent neurological findings accessible to all those who come into contact with young children. Everything a baby experiences in his or her first five years is building the foundation of life's learning potential through the formation of neural networks in the brain. Through increasing the complexity of the early childhood environment in developmentally appropriate ways, we can nurture these neural networks. The visionary educational leader must look beyond the traditional boundaries of the K-12 system, and towards the space between the maternity ward and the kindergarten door.
Checklist for Change
Authors: Harvey Thomas R.
Published: February 2025

Now in Paper! Helpful examples from both the public and private sectors and from literature and history are presented in this outstanding volume for superintendents, central-office administrators, and corporate managers involved in the change process.
Responsive Curriculum Design in Secondary Schools
Authors: Fisher Douglas , Frey Nancy
Published: February 2025

More than ever before, as they teach to an increasingly diverse population, educators need a clear, concise guide to designing and implementing responsive curriculum. This book, built around the lessons of classroom teachers, provides the 'how' of instruction design. The first section identifies the most important components of design: addressing standards, designing multiple assessments, identifying richly detailed source materials, and creating interrelated lessons and culminating activities. Section two expands on the needs of diverse learners, and the concluding section contains a completed instructional plan, easily adaptable to your content and grade level.
The War Against Excellence
Authors: Yecke Cheri Pierson
Published: February 2025

Here, veteran teacher Cheri Pierson Yecke details the chronological history of the middle school movement in the U. S. by tracing its evolution from academically-oriented junior high schools to the dissolution of academics in the middle schools of the late 1980s and beyond. In this book, evidence is presented to show how leaders of this movement designed to use the middle school as a vehicle to promote non-academic goals, contrary to the desires of parents and the community. Favored instructional practices—such as the elimination of ability grouping and the rise in cooperative learning and peer tutoring—have produced coerced egalitarianism, where education performance is equalized by bringing the achievement of gifted and high ability students down to the level of mediocrity.

The War against Excellence examines the impact of:

·The reduction of academic expectations

·Widespread elimination of ability grouping

Features include:

·Examples of how favored middle school instructional practices have been implemented in other countries, and

·An analysis on the implications of these changes for the future of our country

The influence of these changes has seriously crippled our middle schools in their obligation to provide a solid academic foundation for all students. Yecke provides research-based information that will appeal to parents and educators who want to confront problems with specific instructional practices and improve public education.
Bartók's Mikrokosmos
Authors: Suchoff Benjamin
Published: February 2025

Now available in paperback! Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos is a collection of 153 pieces for piano designed by the composer as a series graded according to difficulty. The pieces were written between 1926 and 1939, and have become by far the best-known series of teaching pieces by a major composer in the twentieth century.

This in-depth study investigates Bartók's Mikrokosmos from three main viewpoints: the genesis of the pieces, their pedagogical value, and their stylistic qualities. The book is intended for piano teachers, students, and performers as well as anyone interested in Bartók's life and work as pianist, educator, and composer.

Cloth originally published in 2002 under ISBN 0-8108-4427-3.
Charlie Parker and Thematic Improvisation
Authors: Martin Henry
Published: February 2025

Martin provides a new overall assessment of the importance of Charlie Parker through an analysis of his improvisations in a variety of genres. Earlier studies of Parker argue that his style is based on an extensive network of melodic formulas that are combined to create solos. Because the same formulas appear throughout his improvisations regardless of the theme, these studies concluded that the solos do not usually relate to the original melodies. Charlie Parker and Thematic Improvisation provides a much-needed reassessment by showing that Parker's solos are often related to the original themes in unexpected and sometimes ingenious ways. The conclusion sums up features of Parker's style and discusses his contribution in the context of Western music history. Numerous transcriptions are provided. This groundbreaking technical study will be of interest to musicologists and serious students of jazz.
Eleanor Parker
Authors: McClelland Doug
Published: February 2025

This is the first book on enduring Hollywood star Eleanor Parker, long underrated despite three best actress Academy Award nominations (Caged, 1950; Detective Story, 1951; Interrupted Melody, 1955).

Parker was a beauty as well as a versatile actress, and her achievements approach those of more publicized colleagues Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn. With Parker's blessing and her son Paul Clemens' cooperation, Doug McClelland has written one of the most thorough examinations of a film star's career.

The book is valuable to librarians, academies, and film enthusiasts for its extensive documentation and analyses of all of Parker's work, for the bibliographies of her coverage in books and periodicals, for the portrait of a glamorous, creative era in filmmaking, and for the insights into the careers of Eleanor Parker's associates, many among the most heavily researched motion picture artists of cinema's "Golden Age."

The book contains a forward by noted screenwriter William Ludwig, who won an Academy Award for Parker's Interrupted Melody, and afterword by Marjorie Lawrence, the opera singer whom Parker portrayed in Interrupted Melody, and photos of Eleanor Parker that show her in many of her "thousand faces."
Ennio Morricone's the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Authors: Leinberger Charles
Published: February 2025

Although five-time Academy-Award nominee Ennio Morricone has scored numerous films in various genres, his westerns will undoubtedly remain his most memorable cinematographic accomplishments. This guide demonstrates Morricone's unique and enduring contributions to the art of film music through a discussion of his compositional and orchestrational processes, many of which are evident in his music for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in a way that can be easily understood by both musicians and nonmusicians.

Leinberger begins his study with a brief discussion of Morricone's musical background through his experience in the Italian music business, his earliest Italian film scores, and his accomplishments in Hollywood. The second chapter is a discussion of the many compositional techniques that distinguish Morricone's music from that of other film composers. Subsequent chapters examine the historical and cultural context of the film and attempt to place the style of Morricone's score for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in relation to his scores for other well-known Westerns. The book's final chapter is an analysis of compositional techniques presented in chronological order from the film's opening credits to its climactic ending.

Although this guide focuses on Morricone and his music from a theoretical perspective, other non-musical issues that are relevant to the audience's ultimate experience of the film are also discussed.
Jump Start Your Career in Library and Information Science
Authors: Shontz Priscilla K. , Newlen Robert R.
Published: February 2025

Jump Start Your Career in Library and Information Science is designed to help new librarians begin to manage a successful and satisfying career in the library and information science profession. Although the first years are often overwhelming, they can be the key to creating a successful career as a librarian or information professional. Unless one is fortunate enough to have good mentors or strong support groups, a new librarian may drift into an unsatisfying career. This book emphasizes the value of defining one's own idea of success and of positioning one's self to be prepared to take advantage of opportunities that arise. Although the book is aimed at students and new information professionals, much of the advice may apply to a librarian at any stage of his or her career.

This book contains advice and anecdotes gathered from research and interviews with more than 70 information professionals in a variety of library-related careers. The book is written in a practical, easy-to-read style. The modular format allows a reader to read any chapter on its own or to read the chapters in any order, choosing which ones are most relevant at any point. The book covers eight broad topics: career planning, job searching, gaining experience and education, developing interpersonal skills and leadership skills, networking, mentoring, and writing for publication. Lengthy lists of related readings, as well as related web sites, are included to allow the reader to follow up on any topic.
Kubrick's 2001
Authors: Wheat Leonard F.
Published: February 2025

Acclaimed in an international critics poll as one of the ten best films ever made, Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey has nonetheless baffled critics and filmgoers alike. Its reputation rests largely on its awesome special effects, yet the plot has been considered unfathomable. Critical consensus has been that Kubrick himself probably didn't know the answers.

Leonard Wheat's Kubrick's 2001: A Triple Allegory reveals that Kubrick did know the answers. Far from being what it seems to be—a chilling story about space travel—2001 is actually an allegory, hidden by symbols. It is, in fact, a triple allegory, something unprecedented in film or literature. Three allegories—an Odysseus (Homer) allegory, a man-machine symbiosis (Arthur Clarke) allegory, and a Zarathustra (Nietzsche) allegory—are simultaneously concealed and revealed by well over 200 highly imaginative and sometimes devilishly clever symbols. Wheat "decodes" each allegory in rich detail, revealing the symbolism in numerous characters, sequences, and scenes. In bringing Kubrick's secrets to light, Wheat builds a powerful case for his assertion that 2001 is the "grandest motion picture ever filmed."
Leo Africanus
Authors: Maalouf Amin
Published: February 2025

I, Hasan the son of Muhammad the weigh-master, I, Jean-Leon de Medici, circumcised at the hand of a barber and baptized at the hand of a pope, I am now called the African, but I am not from Africa, nor from Europe, nor from Arabia. I am also called the Granadan, the Fassi, the Zayyati, but I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road, my country is the caravan, my life the most unexpected of voyages.

Thus wrote Leo Africanus, in his fortieth year, in this imaginary autobiography of the famous geographer, adventurer, and scholar Hasan al-Wazzan, who was born in Granada in 1488. His family fled the Inquisition and took him to the city of Fez, in North Africa. Hasan became an itinerant merchant, and made many journeys to the East, journeys rich in adventure and observation. He was captured by a Sicilian pirate and taken back to Rome as a gift to Pope Leo X, who baptized him Johannes Leo. While in Rome, he wrote the first trilingual dictionary (Latin, Arabic and Hebrew), as well as his celebrated Description of Africa, for which he is still remembered as Leo Africanus.
The Anguish of Leadership
Authors: Patterson Jerry
Published: February 2025

In this unique look at leadership, Patterson shares the results of interviews he conducted with 14 highly respected superintendents about the human side of this important job. These outstanding superintendents provide insights that can't be gained in any educational administration program about the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of school leadership.
Vadadustat (Vafseo) for Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease
Authors:   Editors from The Medical Letter
Published: February 2025

The FDA has approved the hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor (HIF-PHI) vadadustat (Vafseo – Akebia) for oral treatment of anemia due to chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adults who have been on dialysis for at least 3 months. Vadadustat is the second HIF-PHI to be approved in the US for this indication; daprodustat (Jesduvroq) was approved earlier, but it was withdrawn from the US market in 2024 for commercial reasons.
Tapinarof Cream (Vtama) for Atopic Dermatitis
Authors:   Editors from The Medical Letter
Published: February 2025

Tapinarof 1% cream (Vtama – Dermavant), an aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) agonist, has been approved by the FDA for topical treatment of atopic dermatitis in patients ≥2 years old. Tapinarof is the first AhR agonist to be approved in the US for this indication. It was approved in 2022 for treatment of plaque psoriasis in adults.
A Renal Indication for Semaglutide (Ozempic)
Authors:   Editors from The Medical Letter
Published: February 2025

The injectable glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist semaglutide (Ozempic – Novo Nordisk) has been approved by the FDA to reduce the risk of sustained eGFR decline, end-stage kidney disease, and cardiovascular death in adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). It is the first GLP-1 receptor agonist to be approved in the US for this indication.
In Brief: Azmiro — A Single-Dose Injectable Formulation of Testosterone Cypionate
Authors:   Editors from The Medical Letter
Published: February 2025

The FDA has approved Azmiro (Azurity), the first injectable formulation of testosterone cypionate to become available in single-dose vials and prefilled syringes for treatment of males with conditions associated with a deficiency or absence of endogenous testosterone. Injectable testosterone cypionate has been available in multidose vials (Depo-Testosterone, and generics) for many years. Testosterone enanthate (Xyosted) is available in prefilled autoinjectors for use in adult men.1 No testosterone products are approved for treatment of low testosterone levels due solely to aging. All testosterone products are classified as schedule III controlled substances.
Guselkumab (Tremfya) for Ulcerative Colitis
Authors:   Editors from The Medical Letter
Published: February 2025

The interleukin (IL)-23 antagonist guselkumab (Tremfya – Janssen Biotech) has now been approved by the FDA for treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) in adults; it was approved earlier for treatment of plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Guselkumab is the third IL-23 antagonist to be approved in the US for treatment of UC; risankizumab (Skyrizi) and mirikizumab (Omvoh) were approved earlier.
PENDEKATAN ISLAM RASIONAL
Authors: Wafda Muhammad  , Fadil
Published: February 2025

This article examines the rational Islamic thought of Muhammad Abduh, a prominent 19th-century Muslim scholar. The method used in this article is a literature review approach, using relevant literature as research material and sources. The result of this research is that Abduh offered an Islamic approach that emphasizes rational understanding, criticism, and modernization in interpreting Islamic teachings. Abduh argued that Islam is compatible with reason and scientific advancement, rejecting blind adherence (taqlid) and encouraging Muslims to perform ijtihad in understanding sacred texts. He emphasized the importance of reforming Islamic thought to address contemporary challenges. This article explains Abduh's ideas on educational reform, Qur'anic interpretation, and the role of reason in understanding Islamic teachings. A critical analysis of Abduh's thoughts is also presented to assess his contributions and limitations in contemporary Islamic thought discourse.
URGENSI RAFA’ SEBAGAI SALAH SATU INSTRUMENT SYARAT PENCATATAN PERKAWINAN PERSPEKTIF MASLAHAH AL-SYATIBI
Authors: Abd. Basit Misbachul Fitri  , Imilda Zakkiyatie
Published: February 2025

In Indonesia, a marriage is considered legally valid by the state if it is recorded by the Marriage Registrar (PPN). This is by Article 2, paragraph 1 of Law No. 1 of 1974 concerning Marriage, which states that every marriage must be registered according to the applicable laws. Before the marriage is recorded, the bride and groom (catin) and the marriage guardian must undergo the rafa’ process. Rafa’ is a prerequisite that must be followed by the bride and groom and the marriage guardian for the marriage to be legally recognized. This study addresses two main issues: (1) What is the mechanism of rafa’ at the KUA of Jombang Subdistrict, Jombang Regency? (2) How is the rafa’ mechanism at the KUA of Jombang Subdistrict viewed from the perspective of Maslahah? This research uses a juridical-empirical approach with a qualitative research type and a descriptive-analytical method. Data collection was conducted through observation, documentation, and interviews, which were then analyzed using the Maslahah Al-Syatibi approach. This study concludes two things. First, the rafa’ mechanism at the KUA of Jombang Subdistrict, Jombang Regency complies with the provisions of Minister of Religious Affairs Regulation No. 20 of 2019. Second, the stages and procedures of rafa’ at the KUA are consistent with the maslahah theory proposed by Imam al-Syatibi, where the maslahah values embedded in rafa’ align with the values derived from Islamic legal sources.
PROBLEMATIKA GURU PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM DALAM PERENCANAAN PEMBELAJARAN KELAS INKLUSI
Authors: Ahmad Syaddad  , Nur Fadillah
Published: February 2025

The demand for PAI teachers who have special backgrounds in teaching inclusive students is increasing, but their availability is minimal. In education, addressing the needs of inclusive students is urgent and complex. The purpose of this study is to dig deeper into the problems faced by PAI teachers in the inclusion class at SDN 003 Tanjung Redeb. The research method used was qualitative, the subjects of this study were Waka Curriculum and PAI Teachers who taught Inclusion classes at SDN 003 Tanjung Redeb, The data collection methods used were documentation and interviews. The data analysis used in this study is non-statistical, which uses qualitative descriptive analysis. The results showed that the problems in planning inclusive learning at SDN 003 Tanjung Redeb, Berau Regency, were related to PAI teacher educators and ABK students. The problem is also caused by the lack of attention of the Berau District Education Office and the full support of relevant schools that carry out inclusion classes. This includes the ability of PAI teachers to plan effective learning and develop learning media that suits their needs.
PERAN DAN FUNGSI KEPALA MADRASAH DALAM MENINGKATKAN PROFESIONALISME GURU
Authors: Ismail Anas
Published: February 2025

The role of madrasah principals in improving teacher professionalism is critical for addressing the inherent complexity and uniqueness of educational organizations. As managers, leaders, and educators, principals must integrate strategic oversight, inspirational leadership, and educational guidance to foster a conducive teaching and learning environment. This study examines how principals optimize resources, inspire commitment among educators, and embed moral and intellectual values within the teaching framework. By critically analyzing the managerial, leadership, and educational dimensions, this research highlights the gaps between existing practices and the ideal competencies required for achieving systemic improvements in teacher professionalism. The findings underscore the importance of adopting adaptive strategies, evidence-based decision-making, and a vision-oriented approach to leadership, ensuring that madrasahs effectively respond to both internal challenges and external educational demands. This analysis contributes to the discourse on transformative leadership in Islamic education and its pivotal role in enhancing teacher performance and organizational success.
PERAN KECERDASAN BUATAN TERHADAP TRANSFORMASI PENDIDIKAN DI ERA DIGITAL
Authors: M. Nasihuddin
Published: February 2025

This study explores the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in transforming education in the digital era. The main issue addressed is how AI enhances learning effectiveness and educational administration while facing challenges in its implementation. The research method used is a literature review with data analysis from various relevant sources. Data was collected from books, journals, and scholarly articles related to educational transformation, AI, and the digital era. The findings indicate that AI contributes to personalized learning, automated assessment, and data-driven educational management. However, its implementation faces challenges in infrastructure readiness, educator competence, and policy regulations. In conclusion, AI has great potential in education but requires a well-planned implementation strategy to ensure its benefits are optimized inclusively and sustainably.
Penyuluhan Tentang Kehamilan Dengan 4T Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Ubung
Authors: Wardani Putu Ayu Agustina Eka , Dialuhana  , Oktariani Mega Soli , Natalia Omiati
Published: February 2025

Kehamilan dengan faktor risiko "4 Terlalu" (4T)—terlalu muda, terlalu tua, terlalu dekat jarak kelahiran, dan terlalu banyak jumlah anak—merupakan tantangan kesehatan yang signifikan bagi ibu dan bayi, meningkatkan risiko komplikasi seperti preeklamsia, perdarahan postpartum, dan persalinan prematur. Program pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pemahaman dan kesadaran masyarakat terhadap risiko kehamilan 4T serta upaya pencegahannya melalui edukasi berbasis komunitas. Kegiatan dilakukan di Posyandu Dusun Enjak, Desa Labulia, dengan melibatkan 40 responden, termasuk ibu hamil, anggota keluarga, dan kader posyandu. Metode yang digunakan meliputi penyuluhan interaktif, diskusi kelompok, serta distribusi leaflet edukatif. Evaluasi efektivitas program dilakukan dengan membandingkan hasil pre-test dan post-test menggunakan kuesioner yang mengukur pengetahuan dan sikap peserta sebelum dan sesudah penyuluhan. Hasil menunjukkan peningkatan signifikan dalam pemahaman responden, dengan peningkatan rata-rata 48% dalam aspek pengetahuan mengenai kehamilan 4T dan 44% dalam perubahan sikap positif terhadap pemeriksaan kehamilan, pola hidup sehat, serta keterlibatan keluarga dalam mendukung ibu hamil. Temuan ini menegaskan bahwa edukasi kesehatan berbasis komunitas, terutama melalui pendekatan interaktif dan media edukatif, efektif dalam meningkatkan kesadaran dan perilaku masyarakat dalam mencegah kehamilan berisiko tinggi. Oleh karena itu, pendekatan ini dapat direplikasi di wilayah lain untuk mendukung penurunan angka morbiditas dan mortalitas ibu dan bayi akibat kehamilan berisiko tinggi.
Challenges of Redressing the Victims of Unfair Terms in Standard Form Consumer Contact under the Fair Competition Act No. 8 of 2003
Authors: Katinda Xvery
Published: February 2025

The Standard Form Consumer Contracts (SFCCs) are used in the provision of goods and/or services as an instrument to facilitate transactions between consumers and businesses. On the other hand, through the use of unfair terms, the SFCCs have been reported to be used as a tool for economic exploitation to the detriment of consumers. Many countries have enacted provisions for protecting consumers against unfair terms in SFCCs. This article explores the protection of consumers against unfair terms in SFCC under the Tanzania Fair Competition Act No.8 of 2003 (FCA). The article also examines the challenges that face the victims of unfair terms in the SFCCs in accessing redress available under the FCA. The article shows that the challenges of redressing the victims of unfair terms in SFCCs include the absence of effective remedy, absence of an offence for the use of unfair terms in SFCCs, overlapping mandate, and absence of a uniform law for regulating SFCCs. This article recommends for the harmonisation of all consumer protection laws regulating SFCCs. It also calls for amendment of all pieces of legislation that hamper the victims of unfair terms in SFCCs to obtain redress under the FCA.
Protection of Taxpayers’ Rights in Tanzania Vis-À-Vis Powers of the Commissioner General to Make Tax Assessment
Authors: Komba Eva
Published: February 2025

Noting the concern of taxpayers about the powers of conducting tax assessments, this article examines the Commissioner General’s powers to assess tax in light of the protection of taxpayers’ rights in Tanzania. The main data collection method deployed was doctrinal supplemented by empirical qualitative methods. The article’s findings indicate that the exercise of the Commissioner General’s power to assess tax can result in violation of taxpayers’ rights including the right to privacy, the right to presumption of innocence, the right to property, the right to object tax assessments, and the right to appeal. This situation is mainly contributed by lack of safeguards against the exercise of the powers of the Commissioner General. The article, therefore, recommends for a transparent and collaborative tax assessment process
Assessment of Fish Species Composition and Abundance at Selected Landing Sites Along the Upper Benue River Basin in Taraba State, Nigeria
Authors: David Delphine Leila , Godwin Chinyere Ojiofor , Garkida David Musa , Emmanuel Allahnanan
Published: February 2025

This study assesses fish species composition and abundance at selected landing sites along the Upper Benue River Basin in Taraba State, Nigeria. Fish sampling was conducted monthly over six months (February to August 2022) at Mayo-Renewo and Lau landing sites using various fishing methods, including traps, gillnets, and hook and line. A total of 6,519 fish specimens from 26 species and 22 families were recorded. The dominant species were Tilapia galilaeus, Distichodus rostratus, and Alestes macroplepidotus in Mayo-Renewo, while Clarias gariepinus, Heterotis niloticus, and Alestes macroplepidotus were most abundant in Lau. The Shannon-Weiner Diversity Index indicated moderate species diversity, with values of -3.20703 at Mayo-Renewo and -3.28523 at Lau. Length-weight relationships showed positive allometric growth in most species, with a mean condition factor (K) above 1, indicating a favorable aquatic environment. Physicochemical analyses revealed variations in temperature (21.46–24.58°C), dissolved oxygen (6.1–8.4 mg/L), pH (8.22–8.62), electrical conductivity (340–840 µS/cm), total dissolved solids (170–556 mg/L), and turbidity (192–320 NTU). Statistical analysis (ANOVA) confirmed significant seasonal differences in these parameters (p < 0.05). The findings highlight the ecological health of the river and the importance of continuous monitoring to sustain fish biodiversity and productivity.
Deskripsi Pemanfaatan Media pada Mata Pelajaran IPAS Kelas V di SDN 14 Pontianak Selatan
Authors: Iman Darul , Halidjah Siti , Ghasya Dyoty Auliya Vilda , Elyasmad Elyasmad
Published: February 2025

This research aims to describe the use of learning media in Class V science and science subjects at SDN 14 South Pontianak. The research method used is qualitative research with a descriptive research method approach. This research data collection technique uses observation, interviews and documentation. The participants in this research were the principal, class V teacher, and class V students. Data analysis was inductive/qualitative in nature, the research results showed that during the drawing process data was produced by describing the state of availability and use of class V learning media as seen at SDN 14 South Pontianak as it is, non-projection based learning media, such as pictures, diagrams and simple teaching aids are often used by teachers to support the teaching and learning process. Using this media not only helps students understand the material more easily, but also increases interest and motivation to learn. However, the limited media available is one of the obstacles in implementing learning. This research recommends increasing the availability of learning media as well as training for teachers to utilize technology as an alternative in the learning process. And also teachers play an important role in the successful use of learning media.
Financial Development and Population Growth as Drivers of Environmental Change: Evidence from South Asia
Authors: Syed Ammar Husain  , Wajid Alim  , Hina Gull  , Muhammad Azeem
Published: February 2025

This study examines the effects of financial development and population growth on environmental sustainability in South Asia. This region has a population density of over 400 people per square kilometer coupled with rapid economic growth leading to an increasing ecological footprint. For this study, panel data for the period 1980 to 2022 of South Asian countries was used. The descriptive study, regression analysis, and fixed effect model were used to analyze the data. The results show that there is a strong positive relation between financial development and ecological footprint, indicating that economic and financial growth contributes significantly towards environmental degradation. However, the relationship between ecological footprint and population density is negative but very weak, which suggests that increasing population density and urbanization that uses shared infrastructures may lead to a marginal reduction in ecological footprint.
The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Empathy in Reducing Prejudice
Authors: Shehzad Khattak  , Sobia Shah  , Roshni  , Hamad Saeed
Published: February 2025

Prejudice is a widespread problem that fuels social inequality, discrimination, and conflict, especially in culturally diverse regions like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. This study explores how emotional intelligence (EI) and empathy can help reduce prejudice among urban and rural populations in KP. EI, which involves recognizing and managing one’s emotions, and empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, are essential psychological tools in combating biases and promoting social harmony. The study gathered data from 300 participants, split equally between urban and rural areas, using reliable scales to measure EI, empathy, and prejudice. The findings revealed that higher levels of both EI and empathy were strongly linked to lower levels of prejudice. Urban participants showed higher emotional intelligence and empathy than those from rural areas. Empathy, in particular, was found to play a key role in mediating the relationship between EI and prejudice, emphasizing its importance in promoting inclusivity. These results highlight the need for targeted interventions aimed at boosting emotional intelligence and empathy, particularly in rural areas, to reduce prejudice. The study adds to our understanding of how psychological factors can bridge social divides and foster greater harmony in diverse communities.