bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Boring, Useless: Masculinity and Crisis in Zhu Wen’s Fiction
Authors: Hunt Pamela
Published: January 2023

Zhu Wen’s 1990s short stories depict men living in urban postsocialist China. This chapter explores the implications his apparently ‘useless’ male characters have for the subversive literary attitude that also runs through his work. It discusses the shared motifs of uselessness, boredom and circularity in three of Zhu’s short stories, and explores the mechanisms by which the crisis of masculinity that appears in Zhu’s work ultimately becomes a re-privileging strategy. Masculinity, although presented as imperilled, is in fact proven to be highly resilient, while women disappear from Zhu’s subversive narratives altogether.
Ruan Dacheng in Context
Authors: Hardie Alison
Published: January 2023

Placing Ruan Dacheng in the socio-economic, cultural, and political context of his time, this chapter outlines late-Ming developments in concepts of identity and authenticity, in drama and performance, in poetry and literary criticism, and in interest in travel and the exotic, as well as aspects of social change, including the rise of political factionalism, the expansion of publishing, and increased gentry interest in Buddhism. By showing how Ruan’s life and work related to these trends, it is argued that Ruan is both a more typical late-Ming literatus than has usually been acknowledged and also a highly original writer whose work deserves wider appreciation.
The chapter includes a discussion of the reliability of sources for the life and work of Ruan, and indicates how attitudes towards him have changed over time.
Division of Old and New Shànghǎi Dialects
Authors: Měilán Zhāng
Published: January 2023

Compiled in the late Qīng, Tǔhuà zhǐnán 土話指南 [Guide to the Local Dialect (of Shànghǎi)] and Hùyǔ zhǐnán 滬語指南 [Guide to the Shànghǎi Dialect], which were both modeled on Guānhuà zhǐnán 官話指南 [Guide to Guānhuà], are remarkably accurate records of the state of the old and new Shànghǎi dialects of their day. Scholars have previously explored some of the differences between the old and the new in lexicon, grammar, and phonetics, with the 1940s recognized as the dividing boundary between the two types. Although a large number of texts recorded the common characteristics of these varieties of the Shànghǎi dialect, ZHĀNG Měilán’s detailed analysis of the vocabulary of these texts indicates that the differences between the new and the old dialects have existed since the early nineteenth century.
Tonal Features Based on Acoustic Analysis and Historical Development in Mùlěi Mandarin in Xīnjiāng
Authors: Xīnzhōng Liú
Published: January 2023

In this chapter, LIÚ Xīnzhōng examines the tone system of present day Mùlěi Lányín Mandarin in Xinjiang as represented in the speech of one middle-aged male speaker who provided recordings of 3,595 monosyllabic words. Based on an analysis of the database with pitch features of syllabic-tone contours in Mùlěi, the present study considers the terminology to characterize the three-tone system and discusses the acoustic features and tonal correspondences between Mùlěi Mandarin and Mediaeval, or Common Dialectal Chinese tone categories. In light of our analysis of the tone system represented by this speaker, we argue for categorizing the Mùlěi tones into the three categories of píng, shǎng, and qù.
From the Downs to Goa to Melaka, April 1636–June 1637
Authors: Jackson Nicholas D.
Published: January 2023

Renders an account of the Weddell fleet’s voyage from England to Goa. Analysis of Courteen communication and relations with William Methwold and East India Company representatives in Surat, India. Narrative of the British fleet’s sojourn and transactions at the Estado da India capital, Goa, including its interaction with the Dutch who were attempting a blockade at the Portuguese Indian city. Explains the fleet’s subsequent ventures on the Malabar coast and Weddell’s founding of the first Courteen factory, at Bhatkal, after conferences with the local ruler, Vira Bhadra, nayak of Ikkeri. Concludes with a brief relation of the Courteens’ successful visit of and establishment of commercial-diplomatic relations with the ruler of Aceh in Sumatra.
The Dragon Enters the Tiger
Authors: Jackson Nicholas D.
Published: January 2023

Account of the shift of the British fleet from Macao to the Bogue and incidents which occurred during and after this significant re-location. Relates British attempts to communicate and trade with the Chinese on the shores and islands of the Pearl River. Narrative of violence and skirmishes on water and land between British and Chinese forces, including the British storming of an artillery fort. Concludes with a description of the meeting between a Chinese representative of the Canton authorities, Li Yerong (Paulo Noretti) and Captain Weddell.
Negotiation and Liberation
Authors: Jackson Nicholas D.
Published: January 2023

Narrates events at Canton and Macao as the leaders of the British fleet attempted to retrieve their merchants from captivity in the provincial capital. Relates the complicated consultations and negotiations held at Macao to arrange a Portuguese delegation to visit Canton for the purpose of releasing the personnel and merchandise of the British. Provides an account of the interactions between the British merchants, Chinese officials, and Portuguese envoys at and near Canton. Summarizes the subsequent British trade completed at Macao in November and December, including details of several meetings with the Portuguese municipal authorities. Relates the plans of the Courteen fleet elsewhere in Asia as its departure from China approached.
Lessons Learned
Authors: Jackson Nicholas D.
Published: January 2023

Relates what the British learned about China and the Ming Chinese from the Courteen fleet’s six-month sojourn in Guangdong. Discusses British characterization of the Chinese people as rendered in their written reports. Analyzes the key interactions of the British with the Chinese at Canton and the Portuguese at Macao. Outlines the conclusions made by the British leaders and their future commercial and diplomatic plans involving China, including a scheme to settle a trade station on the island of Hainan in the near future. Offers a comprehensive evaluation of the successes and failures of the China expedition of the Courteen Association. Argues that at least preliminary sinology of the British was achieved by the British, and that the merchant and linguist Peter Mundy may be recognized as the first English sinologist.
Chiang Yee’s Hampstead
Authors: Bevan Paul
Published: January 2023

Paul Bevan’s introductory chapter sets the scene for all that follows in the book, and takes the form of a brief survey of artistic life in London’s Borough of Hampstead during the 1930s—the modernist architecture that was appearing at the time and the eclectic groups of people who were attracted to the area: modernist painters and sculptors, members of the Bauhaus, and artists inspired by left-wing politics and Soviet Socialist Realism. Bevan draws professional and social connections between painters, sculptors, writers, and designers—many of whom were refugees or émigrés—and their Chinese neighbours. The extent of these connections gives us a sense of the socio-geographical importance of Hampstead to its Chinese residents before they were forced to relocate in the 1940s as a result of the damage caused by the London Blitz.
Being Chiang Yee
Authors: Cheang Sarah
Published: January 2023

In this chapter Sarah Cheang explores how the persona of the Silent Traveller created by Chiang Yee steered clear of making controversial remarks, although he had strong feelings about Chinese politics, racism, and how Chinese people were regarded in Britain and America; he could be an ‘Angry Traveller’. Cheang maintains that emotions, whether difficult or joyous, do not fit smoothly into linear narratives, and make memory an unreliable witness to history; historians themselves may have a personal interest in the subjects they study. Embracing the fragmented, the personal, the emotional, and the misremembered, Cheang presents a series of moments about Chinese physical presence. She asks: What was it to be a ‘Silent Traveller’? How can we understand the things in that ‘silence’ that couldn’t be said?
The Silent Traveller at Home
Authors: Zheng Da
Published: January 2023

In Da Zheng’s contribution we step back in time to Chiang Yee’s early years, and look at his memoir A Chinese Childhood, published in 1940. Zheng shows that behind this peaceful narrative of childhood life lay sorrowful feelings and emotions. Exiled in England, Chiang was tormented with anxiety and worry while working on the book. Da Zheng maintains that by writing this book, the author attempted to reconstruct a home that no longer existed, yet a home that could take him away from the pain and anxiety of a life of exile in a foreign land.
Southern Voices
Authors: Dedrick Michael Robert
Published: January 2023

Southern Voices: Biet Dong and the National Liberation Front presents oral histories from former members of an elite squad of Viet Cong operatives, focusing on their experiences during what is known, in Vietnam, as the American War. Author Michael Robert Dedrick conducted interviews with eight former Biet Dong (the equivalent of Ranger or Special Forces divisions in the US military) and sheds new light on this clandestine group. Best known for their role in the 1968 Tet Offensive, the Biet Dong in the south were organized units hiding in plain sight. Members included farmers, tradespeople, agents, spies, monks, students, intellectuals, and journalists—both young and old, men and women. They were highly patriotic, politically motivated, and very secretive, operating in three-person cells under aliases. Their voices and experiences emerge in this bilingual volume. In recent years, historians have made greater use of Vietnamese primary sources and transformed the study of one of the twentieth century's most controversial conflicts. Ably curated by Dedrick—who also offers his own perspectives as a veteran and peace activist—the firsthand accounts in Southern Voices add a new layer to the history of the Vietnam War and its aftermath.
Norm Reconciliation in Indonesia
Authors: Rüland Anchalee
Published: January 2023

This Chapter is the first of three case studies that illustrate response to norm conflict. Chapter Three assesses the Indonesian response to norm conflict in situations of gross human rights violations in Myanmar. It shows that in light of a domestic expectation for norm compliance with human rights protection and an equally strong domestic desire to uphold the non-interference norm in cases of territorial disintegration, the government employed a strategy of norm reconciliation. To reconcile the conflicting norms, the Indonesian government reduced the meaning and application of the non-interference norm to instances involving a secessionist dimension. While generally acting in accordance with the human rights protection norm, it remained silent in cases in which a country’s human rights violations were related to a struggle for secession or involved a risk of territorial disintegration, such as the later stages of the Saffron Revolution and the Rakhine Riots in Myanmar.
The Gospel of Freedom
Authors: Turley Alicestyne
Published: January 2023

Wilbur H. Siebert published his landmark study of the Underground Railroad in 1898, revealing a secret system of assisted slave escapes. A product of his time, Siebert based his research on the accounts of northern white male abolitionists. While useful in understanding the northern boundaries of the slaves' journey, Siebert's account leaves out the complicated narrative of assistance below the Mason-Dixon Line. In The Gospel of Freedom: Black Evangelicals and the Underground Railroad, author Alicestyne Turley positions Kentucky as a crucial "pass through" territory for escaping slaves and addresses the important contributions of white and black antislavery southerners who united to form organized networks to assist slaves in the Deep South. Drawing on family history and lore as well as a large range of primary sources, Turley shows how free and enslaved African Americans directly influenced efforts to physically and spiritually resist slavery and how slaves successfully developed their own systems to help others who were enslaved below the Mason-Dixon Line. Illuminating the roles of these black freedom fighters, Turley questions the validity of long-held conclusions based on Siebert's original work and suggests new areas of inquiry for further exploration. The Gospel of Freedom seeks to fill the historical gaps and promote the lost voices of the Underground Railroad.
Introduction
Authors: Turley Alicestyne
Published: January 2023

Black Evangelicals and the Gospel of Freedom explores the existence of an organized, interracial Underground Railroad freedom network below the Mason-Dixon Line. This book examines the formation of organized networks of assisted slave escape established prior to the Revolutionary War, which expanded and operated until close of the Civil War. Rather than viewing escape from slavery as an isolated narrative informed by white, northern abolitionists, Black Evangelicals and the Gospel of Freedom examines slave complicity in and active construction of southern, freedom networks which fostered formation of black communities, religious, economic, educational, political, and social antislavery institutions. The Underground Railroad was America's first multicultural, multiracial, inclusive civil rights movement which successfully changed the course of American history, expanded the rules of American citizenship, and aided in the creation of American civil liberties. The First Great Awakening exposed African Americans to Christianity. America's Second Great Awakening publicly declared African Americans possessed souls worthy of receiving the Christian message intended for all humanity. During the Second Great Awakening, free and enslaved African Americans accepted, internalized, and modified the teachings of Christianity for their own purposes, choosing to establish separate churches, benevolent societies, self-help organizations, and a universal freedom agenda.
Our Nation’s Heroes
Authors: Martin Travis L.
Published: January 2023

Chapter Two examines heroism and the historical link between war and agency. Three types of heroism are identified, including a new type that has allowed for veterans of the post-9/11 generation to be referred to collectively (and stereotypically) as "heroes." Close analyses of the rhetoric used in military training and indoctrination, Medal of Honor award citations, and films such as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Heroes for Sale (1933), Sergeant York (1941), and Top Gun (1986) distinguish between authentic feats of heroism and the blanket use of title. Young people view war as a proving ground, a chance to tap into the heroism residing within them; and service is often great source of upward mobility. Referring to all returning veterans as "Our Nation's Heroes" provides them with a symbolic function in the American unconscious, one with benefits. However, conforming to the "hero" stereotype requires veterans to perform identity in such a way that limits their growth and individualization.
Including digital awareness as a competence in a network engineering degree
Authors: Vidal Ferré Rafael , Alcober Segura Jesús Ángel , Cervelló Pastor Cristina , García Villegas Eduard , Yúfera Gomez José Manuel
Published: January 2023

Information and communications technology (ICT) engineers play a key part in our society's digitization process. To foster that role, the Castelldefels School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC) of UPC's Degree in Network Engineering currently includes a new competence termed digital awareness. This report demonstrates the initiative's first outcomes, including the teaching resources created, and feedback from students and teachers. In addition, the findings of a high school poll are presented, indicating a high level of interest in this new competence.
Redesigning Syllabi to Create Antiracist Courses
Authors: Lo Rachel Skrlac , Mayorga Edwin ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: January 2023

Antiracist educators believe that education exists within a racial hierarchy and that students have a right to have their full, intersectional, pluralistic humanity affirmed. Antiracism is an ongoing collective process of learning about and working to eradicate persistent structural barriers. Likewise, teaching ethically involves a commitment to ensure learning creates equitable opportunities and outcomes for all. Antiracist education, then, is profoundly ethical for it is rooted in increasing understanding of all people’s experiences and confronting social inequities that exclude individuals and groups of people from participating to their full ability. The syllabus is an entry point for a relationship between students, content, and instructor, providing a guide to action for instructors and students. Any antiracist analysis of the syllabus must consider curricular, pedagogical, and assessment choices to cultivate an antiracist ethic in the classroom. The authors provide questions and examples to raise awareness of the complexity of creating antiracist classrooms.
A INFLUÊNCIA DAS DIMENSÕES CULTURAIS NA CONCENTRAÇÃO BANCÁRIA DOS PAÍSES
Authors: SANTOS JAKELINE PATRÍCIA , Montenegro Salamone Nunes Danielle
Published: January 2023

O objetivo do estudo é analisar a relação entre as dimensões culturais e a concentração bancária, pois, a cultura enquanto programação coletiva de uma sociedade tem o poder de influenciar as tomadas de decisões. Para realizar este trabalho utilizaram-se as dimensões culturais de Hofstede – distanciamento de poder, prevenção a incerteza, individualismo versus coletivismo, masculinidade versus feminilidade, orientação de longo prazo versus orientação para o curto prazo e indulgência versus restrição – e como variável de concentração bancária o percentual de participação dos três maiores bancos dos países. Os resultados demonstraram que os países que tendem a um maior distanciamento de poder e são restritivos possuem uma menor concentração bancária. As demais variáveis culturais e de controle analisadas não apresentaram relação estatisticamente significante, o que pode indicar que os grandes bancos possuem uma cultura corporativa extremamente forte sobrepondo à influência da cultura local.
Interacting with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay when driving: The effect on driver performance
Authors: Ramnath Rishabh , Kinnear Neale , Chowdhury Sritika , Hyatt T.
Published: January 2023

This study aimed to assess the impact of interacting with two infotainment systems, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, on four driver performance measures: reaction time, driving behaviour, eyes-off road and self-reported performance. It also compared the results with other forms of driver impairment studied previously. Twenty regular Android users took part in the Android Auto trial and 20 regular Apple users took part in the Apple CarPlay trial. Each participant completed three 20 minute drives in TRL’s DigiCar simulator: control (no interaction with infotainment system), voice enabled and touch enabled. The route was divided into sections and participants performed music, navigation, texting and calling tasks at specific times during the drive. Compared with the control drive, participants in both trials showed a reduction in average speed, increase in deviation of headway and larger deviation of lane position for most tasks; this effect was greater when using touch features than voice features. Eye gaze measures indicated that participants did not meet the NHTSA criteria for most of the tasks when using touch controls for both systems, but they met the criteria when using voice control. Self-reported data suggested that participants found interacting through touch to be more difficult and distracting than voice. Most critically, reaction time to a stimulus on the road ahead was significantly higher when selecting music through Spotify when using Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Participants also failed to react more to the stimulus on the road ahead when engaging with either Android Auto or Apple CarPlay compared with a control drive. Comparison with previous driver impairment studies showed that the increase in reaction time when interacting with either system using touch was higher than previously measured forms of impairment, including texting and hand-held calls.
B7-H4 Further Stratifies Patients With Endometrial Cancer Exhibiting a Nonspecific Molecular Profile
Authors: Zong Liju , Yu Shuangni , Mo Shengwei , Sun Zezheng , Lu Zhaohui , Chen Jie , Xiang Yang
Published: January 2023

Context.—

Endometrial cancer is classified into 4 molecular subtypes: DNA polymerase epsilon ultramutated, mismatch repair deficient, p53 mutant, and nonspecific molecular profile (NSMP). Additional biomarkers are urgently needed to better characterize the NSMP subtype, the largest group with heterogeneous pathologic features and prognoses.

Objective.—

To investigate the expression of B7 homolog 3 (B7-H3), B7 homolog 4 (B7-H4), and V-set and immunoglobulin domain containing 3 (VSIG-3, a ligand for B7-H5) in 833 patients with endometrial cancer and determine their associations with clinicopathologic and molecular features as well as survival outcomes.

Design.—

Molecular classification was determined by polymerase epsilon sequencing and immunohistochemical staining for p53 and mismatch repair proteins. B7-H3, B7-H4, VSIG-3, and programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) were detected via immunohistochemistry.

Results.—

The positivity rates for B7-H3 in each of the tumor and immune cells, B7-H4 (exclusively in tumor cells), and VSIG-3 (exclusively in tumor cells) were 89.0%, 42.3%, 71.5%, and 99.8%, respectively. B7-H3 and B7-H4 positivity in tumor cells was associated with favorable pathologic features and prognosis. In contrast, B7-H3 expression in immune cells was frequent in samples with unfavorable pathologic features; those with p53-mutant subtype, PD-L1 positivity, and a high density of CD8+ T cells; and in patients with poor prognoses. Positive B7-H4 expression was a predictor of improved survival in patients with the NSMP subtype independent of tumor stage or pathologic features.

Conclusions.—

The NSMP subgroup of endometrial cancer can be further stratified by B7-H4 status. Incorporating B7-H4 status into the molecular classification of NSMP could improve the ability to predict disease relapse.
Covid-19: Synthesis and Analysis of Sustainability Measures for the Romanian Economy
Authors: Bűkfeyes-Rákossy Zsombor , Țepuș Gabriela-Victoria
Published: January 2023

The crisis generated by Covid-19 is universal, affecting the world not only from a health perspective, but also from a socio-economic one. While facing an unmatched situation, governments have reacted differently in order to bolster their economies. This article deals with the support established by the Government of Romania for businesses. The analysis includes three major instruments: IMM Invest, Emergency Situations Certificate and technical unemployment. Furthermore, a number of other secondary measures along with the prepared support for economic recovery are mentioned. The study relies on official data communicated by the authorities, on petitions submitted to ministries, on press information, and on the collection and examination of statistics. How these programmes were carried out during the state of emergency, what immediate effects they had and what else should Romanian entrepreneurs expect are key questions to which this article provides answers. Technical unemployment was a necessary measure, taken in due time and prolonged long enough, but once halted, it can generate the termination of many employment contracts. The Emergency Situations Certificates, due to the low number of requests, suggest the fact that this instrument was overwhelmed by the situation. Their importance can rise during the period of economic invigoration if there will be non-reimbursable support provided on its basis. Last but not least, the IMM Programme, during its first weeks of existence, generated nine times more rejected than approved applications and offers the public space contradictory data depending on its source. In these conditions, companies are looking forward to economic recovery measures.
Romanian Community in Austria. Social and economic Integration
Authors: Cutoi Marian-Ionel
Published: January 2023

Migration is a social phenomenon that has profoundly affected Romanian society for the last three decades. Due to migration, in some receiving states, more representative communities of Romanians began to develop. One of these communities is that of the Romanians in Austria, which in recent years has developed steadily, becoming the second-largest minority community in this country. The influencing factors and the contextual environment influenced both the immigration and the socio-economic integration of the Romanians into the Austrian society. Evidence of this integration is given by a high rate of engagement in the labour market, entrepreneurship and the school system. Romanians are not only a well-integrated community, but also human capital that plays a particularly important role in certain areas of socio-economic life in Austria.
Ethnicity and Demographics in United Arab Emirates. The Curious Case of a Country with More Foreigners than National Population
Authors: Dan Tudor-Octav
Published: January 2023

The purpose of this research is to demonstrate how a state can shape its policies in order to successfully meet the social challenges caused by the large number of foreign nationals who settle in that state for a better living. The political, social and economic aspects will be analysed in order to find an answer to the research question, namely: (how) has the UAE managed to find the right solution to manage an atypical social context, in parallel with meeting the continuing need for economic development?
The Reform of the EU Neighbourhood Policies and Instruments in the Post-2020 Period
Authors: Brie Mircea
Published: January 2023

This study aims at a synthesis of European policies, programs, mechanisms and instruments directed at developing a special good neighbourly relationship at the borders of the European Union. Methodologically, we aim to identify the main reforming guidelines concerning primarily the neighbourhood policies and instruments in the post-2020 period. The new multiannual financial framework is thus taken into account. In order to capture the main changes to these policies and instruments, we purpose to diachronically capture their evolution from the launch of the European Neighbourhood Policy until the beginning of 2020. The reform of the European Neighbourhood Policy has been a complex process imposed by the internal realities of the EU, but, naturally, it was marked both by the position of the partners or by the global geopolitical and macroeconomic context. During the period since the launch of the ENP (2004) the context has changed. Some neighbours have since become members of the EU. Then, in 2008 and 2009, the two partnerships aimed at the southern dimension (Union for the Mediterranean) and the eastern dimension (Eastern Partnership) are launched. The instruments are updated, reformed and resized through a constantly increasing allocation for each multiannual financial framework. Moreover, these instruments with which the EU operates in relation to its partners have been diversified to respond to the context, but also to stimulate both the partner state and the society, the population as a whole. The European policy implementation framework has been shaped by the internal and external context. The multilateral dimension of cooperation has increasingly been replaced by the bilateral dimension. The more for more principle applied in this context was intended as a stimulus for partners. This incentive must be understood not only in the sense that a state that reforms more, that integrates more, gets more support, including financially. The process is more complex and includes, as has become increasingly evident after 2015, a sectoral dimension of integration and differentiation. Thus, within the same state, some sectors have received additional support to the detriment of others. The differentiation was made starting from the same principle (more for more).
An Energetic Transatlantic Environment
Authors: Ghidiu Iulia-Anamaria
Published: January 2023

This paper aims at investigating the evolution of the transatlantic cooperation in the post-Cold War period, focusing on the energy and environment sectors, mainly from a European perspective. To this end, both qualitative and quantitative methodology instruments have been resorted to: secondary data analysis, discourse analysis, interpretation of statistical data. Comparing and contrasting between the EU and the US perspectives, as well as between the three European Commissions‟ approaches (Barroso, Juncker and von der Leyen), we have determined the EU‟s growing ambition to consolidate its specific policies, its interdependences and divergences with the US on matters of common concern.
European Union‘s Mission in Somalia. Ten Years of Successes and Failures (2008-2018)
Authors: Arconada-Ledesma Pablo
Published: January 2023

The European Union as a global actor has received a growing boost in recent decades. Somalia is the country that has captured more attention in the last ten years as it remains as a Failed State. The phenomenon of piracy and terrorism led the EU to intervene in 2008 for the first time. In order to stabilized the region Brussels has launched three different missions: EU Navfor Atalanta, EUTM Somalia and EUCAP Nestor-Somalia. This paper presents a detailed analysis of the three missions to draw conclusions about the successes and failures of the EU presence in Somalia a decade later.
Assessing the Gamification Approach on the EU's Critical Infrastructure Security
Authors: Costea Ana-Maria
Published: January 2023

The present article aims to tackle the issue of gamification of smart cities from a cyber-security point of view. More specifically, the analysis is going to focus on the transportation sector and its effects over the security of the individuals, economic operators and states. Firstly, the article is going explain the concepts are being employed throughout the paper like: critical infrastructure, gamification, smart city and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). Secondly, the analysis is going to focus on the needs and main benefits that smart cities bring to the life quality of its citizens, thus cause and effect. After establishing the current status quo, the analysis is going highlight the security vulnerabilities that can arise from using ITS and the gamification technics in smart cities especially in the case of IPT since it is part of the critical infrastructure of that state. Taking into consideration the benefits and the costs, the analysis is going to be finalized with recommendations regarding possible ways to reduce the cyber security related costs for transportation gamification at the level of the European Union. In order to be able to develop the recommendations, the following research questions are going to be addressed: Which is the impact of smart cities and gamification in Europe? How should the EU dealing with its cyber-security. vulnerabilities especially in the transportation field?
KORELASI PENGUASAAN KOSAKATA TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN MENULIS PUISI KELAS V SEKOLAH DASAR DI DESA TEMPUR
Authors: Listyaningsih Erna , Murtono Murtono , Noor Ahsin Muhammad
Published: January 2023

The purpose of this study was to find out how big the relationship between students' vocabulary mastery and the ability to write poetry in fifth grade students in Tempur Village. This research usescorrelational quantitative research method product moment. By using a saturated sample of 39 students from class V MI Al-Anwar Tempur, SD N 02 Tempur, and SD N 03 Tempur. Data collection techniques from this study were using interview, test and documentation techniques. Data analysis used hypothesis testing and prerequisite test, namely normality test and linearity test. The results of the study were obtained from the test instrument, namely multiple choice for vocabulary mastery as many as 20 questions and a test of the ability to write poetry. then the data is processed using SPSS statistics 21. From the results of statistical calculations on the variable mastery of vocabulary, it got an average of 66.79 with a standard deviation of 16.878, while the variable of ability to write poetry got an average of 63.21 and a standard deviation of 15.832. From the results of the research analysis, it is shown that the rcount gets 0.670 with N = 39 at a significant level of 5% getting an rtable of 0.316. From these results it can be said that rcount > rtable (0.670 > 0.316). So it can be concluded that there is a relationship between students' vocabulary mastery and the ability to write poetry in fifth grade elementary school students in Tempur Village.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING ENGLISH POP SONGS TOWARD STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT AT THE SEVENTH GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 38 PALEMBANG
Authors: Yuliana Maya , Iman Jaya Nur , Anggraini Nike
Published: January 2023

The objectives of this research were to know (1) whether there was any significant improvement in students’ listening comprehension achievement after being taught by using English pop songs at the seventh grade of SMP Negeri 38 Palembang; (2) whether there was any significant mean difference in students’ listening comprehension achievement between the students who are taught by using English pop songs and those who are not. The research design of this research was a quasi-experimental design. The population of this research was all the seventh-grade students of SMP Negeri 38 Palembang. Sample of this research was class 7.1 as the control group, which consisted of 34 students, and class 7.2 as the experimental group, which consisted of 34 students. Technique of collecting the data used in this research was pre-test and post-test. Then, the data were analyzed by using paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test through SPSS v.25 programs. The result of paired sample t-test in the experimental group showed that t-obtained was 19,380 > t-table (df = 33) at the significance level of 0,05 was 2,034. It means that there was a significant improvement in students' listening comprehension achievement after being taught by using English pop songs. Furthermore, the result of the independent sample t-test showed that t-obtained was 7,858 > t-table (df = 66) at the significance level of 0,05 was 1,996. It means that there was a significant mean difference between the experimental group and the control group. The research findings showed that teaching listening using English pop songs was effective in improving students’ listening comprehension achievement at the seventh grade of SMP Negeri 38 Palembang.
IMPLEMENTASI PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF TIPE TWO STAY TWO STRAY (TSTS) DALAM MENINGKATKAN MINAT BELAJAR SISWA PADA MATA PELAJARAN ILMU PENGETAHUAN ALAM (IPA) KELAS IV SD NEGERI 005 TELUK PANTAIAN KECAMATAN GAUNG ANAK SERKA
Authors: Desvina Pebriyanti Dede , Andriansyah
Published: January 2023

Two stay two stray is a group learning system with the aim that students can work together, be responsible, help each other solve problems, and encourage each other to excel and train students to socialize well. Interest in learning is a desire or interest accompanied by attention and activity that gives birth to a sense of pleasure in changing behavior, both in the form of knowledge, attitudes and skills. This type of research is CAR which is carried out in two cycles, where in each cycle three meetings are carried out with four stages, namely, planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. The subjects in this study were the fourth grade students of SD Negeri 005 Teluk Pantaian, totaling 28 students. Data collection techniques using observation, questionnaires, and documentation. The results of the study regarding the Implementation of Two Stay Two Stray Types of Cooperative Learning in Increasing Students' Interest in Natural Science Subjects Class IV SD Negeri 005 Teluk Pantaian, Gaung Anak Serka District, showed interest in learning before implementing two stay two stray cooperative learning of 54.17 with 'good enough' category. Therefore, it was continued with the first cycle by applying cooperative learning type two stay two stray of 59.99 with the category of 'good enough'. Based on these calculations, it is known that the increase is 5.82. Although there has been an increase but has not reached the expected target of 70, this research is continued with cycle II of 71.35 with the category of 'good', and has reached the expected target of 70, so this research is considered to be increasing. Based on these results, it can be concluded that the Implementation of Cooperative Learning Type Two Stay Two Stray Can Increase Student Interest in Natural Science Subjects Class IV SD Negeri 005 Teluk Pantaian, Gaung Anak Serka District.
PENINGKATAN HASIL BELAJAR PRAKTIKUM FISIKA ‎DENGAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF TIPE TEAM ‎ASSISTED INDIVIDUALIZATION (TAI)‎
Authors: Yarlis Epi
Published: January 2023

This classroom action research was conducted with the aim of knowing the improvement of students' physics practicum learning outcomes on light wave material using the Team Assisted Individualization (TAI) type of cooperative learning model. The research subjects were students of class XI IPA.6 MAN 2 Kota Padang in the 2020/2021 academic year. The research was carried out in two cycles, each cycle consisting of planning, implementation, observation, and reflection stages. Cycle I was carried out on the practical material of parallel plan glass refraction and the second cycle on the practical material of the diffraction grating. Students' practicum activity data is extracted with Student Activity Observation Sheets, teacher practicum learning management data is extracted with Learning Management Observation Sheets, while students' practicum learning outcomes data are excavated using Formative Tests in the form of practice. The results showed that: (1) Cycle I involving students with high initial abilities obtained an average learning outcome of 78.56 and a percentage of completeness 41%; (2) Cycle II involving students with high initial abilities and being given material and skill reinforcement obtained an average learning outcome of 87.78 and a 95% completeness percentage; (3) The learning outcomes of students' physics practicum in the second cycle have increased from the first cycle, both on average and the percentage of completeness. In conclusion, the Team Assisted Individualization (TAI) learning model can improve students' physics practicum learning outcomes.
Effect Off Agility Training on Football Dribbling Ability Of SSB Players Koto Majidin Kabupaten Kerinci
Authors: Edo Yuliandra Pratama Edo Yuliandra Pratama
Published: January 2023

This study aims to see the effect of agility training on soccer dribbling ability at SSB Koto Majidin, Kerinci Regency. This type of research is Experimental. The population in this study were Kotomajidin football players, Kerinci Regency, totaling 40 people. The sampling technique was purvosive sampling, as many as 25 people. The data obtained is by doing a dribbling ability test. Data were analyzed using T test. Based on the results of hypothesis testing, it can be seen that tcount (9.174) > ttable (1.711). This means that the research hypothesis can be accepted. Thus, it can be concluded that agility training has a significant effect on dribbling ability. The increase in the dribbling ability of the SSB Kotomajidin ball in Kerinci Regency is 1.39 seconds, from an average score of 5.92 seconds in the pre test to 4.6 seconds in the post test.
PENGEMBANGAN POTENSI PARIWISATA RELIGI (STUDI KASUS PADA MAKAM SYEKH ABDURRAHMAN SIDDIQ DI DESA TELUK DALAM KECAMATAN KUALA INDRAGIRI KABUPATEN INDRAGIRI HILIR)
Authors: Ali Azhar Ali Azhar , Susanto Bayu Fajar , Aprianto Mulono
Published: January 2023

This study aims to describe the potential development of religious tourism at the tomb of Sheikh Abdurrahman Siddiq in Teluk Dalam Village, Kuala Indragiri District, Indragiri Hilir Regency, including the process of forming tourism objects, developing tourism objects, and the impact of their development. This research is a qualitative type with a case study strategy. Data collection techniques by observation, interviews, and documentation. Test the validity of the data by triangulation of data sources and data collection techniques. Analysis of the data using interactive techniques. This study shows that the formation of this tourist attraction stems from the collapse of the Indragiri kingdom. Sheikh Abdurrahman Siddiq, a Mufhti of the Indragiri Kingdom, built a mosque as a means of spreading Islam in the Hidayat area. After he died, he was buried in Teluk Dalam village in the courtyard of the mosque that was built. The tomb is sacred by the community and used as a religious tourism object. Many people visit for pilgrimage. For this reason, development is carried out, including the addition of tourist objects such as the Sheikh Abdurrahman Siddiq Museum and the Mosque to make it more comfortable. In addition, the addition of basic facilities in the form of an entrance gate and a roof to protect the tomb. Complementary facilities are in the form of pilgrim rules and mosques. Supporting facilities include parking lots, canteens, and clothing stores. However, there are several facilities that have not been developed optimally, namely repairing basic facilities in the form of repairing entrances to tombs and mosques. Improvement of complementary facilities in the form of ablution places and toilets. The development of tourist information includes introducing tourism objects to outsiders and to increase tourist visits. This can be done by using brochures, accessing google internet services. This development has a positive impact on the local economy. It can be seen from the growth of various business fields, such as clothing stores, food stalls, street vendors, and entertainment.
PEMBUATAN AKTA RELAAS PADA RAPAT UMUM PEMEGANG SAHAM PERUSAHAAN NON TBK MELALUI TELEKONFERENSI
Authors: Pradana M. Jordan , Syam Fauzi , Syamsir Syamsir
Published: January 2023

Rapat Umum Pemegang Saham (RUPS) dapat dilaksanakan melalui video telekonferensi dan sarana media elektronik lainnya berdasarkan Pasal 77 ayat (1) Undang-undang tentang Perseroan Terbatas (UUPT). Dalam hal ini telah diatur dalam Undang-Undang Nomor 40 Tahun 2007 tentang Perseroan Terbatas dan Peraturan OJK Nomor 16 Tahun 2020. Namun dalam UUPT maupun POJK tersebut hanya mengatur mengenai perusahaan tbk, dan tidak mengatur mengenai perusahaan non-tbk, serta tidak menjelaskan mekanisme RUPS secara elektronik perusahaan non-tbk. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah: (1) Untuk mengetahui Pengaturan Pelaksanaan Rapat Umum Pemegang Saham Perusahaan Non Terbuka melalui Telekonferensi dalam persepektif perundang-undangan. (2) Untuk mengetahui mekanisme pelaksanaan Rapat Umum Pemegang Saham Perusahaan Non Terbuka dan bentuk Akta Berita Acara Rapat Melalui Telekonferensi.”
Pandangan Hukum Islam Terhadap Penggunaan Media Sosial di Era Modern
Authors: Novita Renny , Ridwan Muannif , Suria Putra Ade , Adimar
Published: January 2023

In this era of globalization and modernization, technology is growing rapidly and in every country inevitably follows the times and technology. Because if it is not followed, Indonesia will be left behind and become an undeveloped country. However, there are several things that affect the lives and views of today's society, especially Muslims at this time, namely social media. If in the age of social media using television, radio, newspapers, in the current era of globalization, social media has sprung up a lot like the internet and this has many impacts, both positive and negative impacts from all kinds of social media that already exist and are developing at this time. . As Muslims, we should know all the ins and outs and the rules so that they are in accordance with Islamic law. It is said so because there are many things in social media that are irrelevant and damage the order of life that is in accordance with the law. There are too many things that deviate from religious teachings and norms that have been applied, therefore as social media users should be able to do all kinds of uncertain things that already exist in social media today so that they are dragged and captivated by all the relationships that exist in the media. social it self.
Analisis Pemahaman dan Problematika Kelas XII ‎ SMK Dr Indra Adnan Indragiri College tentang Hukum Waris Islam
Authors: Qatrunnada Aliefia , Herdawati  , Herdiansyah
Published: January 2023

In writing this journal, the author uses the empirical legal research method in which the data collection process is carried out in the form of a survey by conducting a questionnaire or questionnaire technique where the author sends a Google Form link to class XII students at SMK Dr. Indra Adnan Indragiri College to be filled in by the respondent. In terms of learning Islamic inheritance law, basically at the high school or vocational school level, it is a subject that is quite difficult for students and even university students. As happened to students of class XII SMK Dr. Indra Adnan Indragiri College where there are still many of these students who do not understand Islamic inheritance law. This is because the material is quite complicated and also in inheritance law there are calculations and provisions that apply to be able to calculate each part in a particular case so that this is what makes it difficult for the majority of students to understand. If it's only material without counting students and female students, of course many understand and understand about these roses, but if it is related to mathematics, of course this becomes a complicated matter and must be studied carefully. So that in this case there are problems in terms of studying rosemary science among high schools, where the problems and problems can come from the teacher, the students themselves, as well as the learning strategies and models applied in each school.
Hukum Islam antara Positivisme dan Idealisme
Authors: Mashadi  , Ridwan Muannif
Published: January 2023

Artikel ini membahas tentang hubungan antara hukum Islam dan positivisme  yang mana antara satu dan lainnya memiliki hubungan yang sangat erat antara satu dengan lainnya. Hukum Islam merupakan hukum yang berdasarkan dan bersumber dari pada Al-Qur'an sebagai Wahyu yang diturunkan oleh Allah kepada Rasulullah Saw untuk diberikan kepada umat nya sebagai pedoman hidup masyarakat muslim dan dalam Al-Qur'an sendiri terdapat aturan-aturan, perintah dan larangan yang harus dilaksanakan oleh umat muslim di seluruh dunia agar mendapatkan pahala dan masuk kedalam surga nya Allah SWT. Dalam hukum Islam sendiri terdapat penalaran dan analisa yang merupakan suatu bukti yang sangat konkrit dalam hal keterlambatan manusia dalam menggali ilmu pengetahuan dan hukum yang hidup dan berkembang didalam masyarakat. Sedangkan hukum positivisme ini merupakan suatu kepentingan duniawi yang berhubungan dengan lahiriah dan kepentingan kebendaan dengan berbagai seluk beluknya, hukum ini adalah buatan manusia yang mana didalamnya terdapat juga larangan dan perintah yang mengatur umat manusia dalam bentuk bangsa dan negara. Hukum Islam adalah hukum yang ditetapkan oleh Allah untuk meningkatkan kemaslahatan dan kesejahteraan umat muslim di dunia baik lahir maupun batin dunia dan akhirat. Positivisme dan idealisme dalam hukum Islam memiliki hubungan yang sangat baik dan harmonis antara satu dengan lainnya sebagaimana terdapat dalam surah Al-Syams ayat 7-10 yang memiliki arti sebagai berikut: "dan jiwa serta penyempurnaannya ( ciptaannya) maka Allah mengilhamkan kepada jiwa itu jalan kefasikan dan ketakwaannya, sesungguhnya beruntunglah orang yang mensucikan jiwa itu dan sesungguhnya merugikan orang yang mengotori nya."