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PENGARUH SUPERVISI PEMBELAJARAN TERHADAP EFEKTIVITAS KINERJA GURU SMA SWASTA PANTI BUDAYA KISARAN
Authors: Manalu England
Published: March 2018

Abstract Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan dan mengetahui pengaruh langsung Supervisi Pembelajaran Terhadap Efektivitas Kinerja Guru SMA Swasta Panti Budaya Kisaran. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif, dengan model analisis jalur melalui teknik analisis data inferensial. Populasi seluruh Guru SMA Swasta Panti Budaya Kisaran. Data penelitian ini terlebih dahulu diuji normalitas dengan Chi-kuadrat. Untuk menguji linieritas dan keberartian persamaan regresi diuji dengan Analisis Varians (ANAVA), homogenitas diuji dengan rumus Bartlett, uji independensi dilakukan dengan rumus Produc Moment. Hasil penelitian ini menemukan bahwa variabel Pengaruh Supervisi Pembelajaran dapat dijadikan sebagai faktor dalam menentukan efektifitas kinerja Guru SMA Swasta Panti Budaya Kisaran. Saran kepada Guru SMA Swasta Panti Budaya Kisaran dan komponen yang terkait agar berupaya meningkatkan supervisi pembelajaran, motivasi, dan kreativitas dengan berbagai cara agar efektifitas Kinerja Guru semakin meningkat. .
TO THE QUESTION OF REFINING SOUR CRUDE OIL IN THE ASTRAKHAN GAS CONDENSATE FIELD
Authors: Nigmetov Rustam Imanbaevich , Nurakhmedova Alexandra Faritovna , Popadin Nikolay Vladimirovich
Published: March 2018

The process of catalytic hydroprocessing of residual gas-condensate raw materials is one of the ways to improve the quality and expand the product assortment of the enterprise. Hydrocatalytic technology of refining high-sulphur fuel oil includes the process of heat treatment, when hydrogen is acting as a reagent under high pressure in the presence of catalysts, which reduces the concentration of impurities (metals, sulphur and nitrogen compounds) in the product. The article offers and substantiates operation principles of catalytic hydrogenation of fuel oil in the Astrakhan gas processing plant, and main technological parameters of the process. There has been carried out the preliminary economic assessment the qualified processing 500 t/year of fuel oil. To develop the technology for qualified fuel oil processing there has been created an experimental setup, which is operating under high pressure. The scope of major parameters of experimental research has been defined. Astrakhan fuel oil refining using hydrogenation catalytic process allows to obtain the high quality oil product with sulphur content less than 1% of mass. Using the hydrogenate is feasible as a marine fuel component, because it helps to decrease environmental burden from combustion product emissions.
THE STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS OF STUDENTS’ CREATIVE PERSONALITY NURTURING IN NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITIES DURING THE PROCESS OF LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS
Authors: Grigoryeva Marina Aleksandrovna
Published: March 2018

The research was carried out at the 1st and the 5th years of study in control and in experimental groups. In the course of determining the level of communicative competence in the experimental groups, the program of psycho-pedagogical support of University students was used providing such nurturing conditions of students’ creative personality as psychological aspects of building language, speech and communicative competences; mastering techniques of overcoming difficulties in the process of students’ communication while studying a foreign language; developing creative thinking. At the first stage of the study there was proved the hypothesis that developing creativity, promoting cultural environment at a foreign language lesson have a positive impact on development a student’s personality. Analysis of language and communicative competences of students revealed that students in the control and experimental groups at the first and the last year of study had an identical level of language competence, and the level of communicative competence was higher in the experimental groups than in the control groups in which psycho-pedagogical conditions were not taken into consideration.
ANALYSIS OF THE COMPETITIVENESS INCREASE OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT DESIGNS OF WIND TURBINES OF VARIOUS TYPES
Authors: Ilyin Roman Albertovich , Shishkin Nickolai Dmitrievich
Published: March 2018

The structural analysis of wind turbines (WT) shows that along with horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWT) there are now widely used vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWT). Significant advantages of the combined type VAWT on the basis of wind turbines of Darrieus and Savonius make them most promising for further improvement and wide application. Power of the wind turbine depends on the angle of the vector of the wind flow to the axis of rotation of the wind motor. The presence of control systems makes the wind turbines HAWT "slow" because of long reaction. As a result, the utilization of wind energy of the powerful HAWT can be reduced to 0.15-0.25 and become lower than that of VAWT, amounting to 0.20-0.40. Calculations show that the payback period of wind turbines increases from 2 to 50 years, with the increase of specific capital investments in wind turbines from 25 000 RUB/kW to 150 000 RUB/kW (from 417 up to 2500 $/kW), reducing the cost of the displaced electricity from 2.0 RUB/kW·h to 5.0 RUB/kW·h. Specific capital investments in wind turbines with a payback period of 7.0 years should not exceed 53 000 RUB/kW (884 $/kW). It seems quite reasonable to use HAWT and VAWT of the big capacity to create wind farms connected to a centralized grid. HAWT and VAWT with capacity up to 30 kW can be used for autonomous power supply of objects remoted from the centralized power supply systems.
CHARACTERISTICS OF COOKED BRICKS WITH INCORPORATION OF EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE USED IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Authors: Semassou Guy Clarence  , Toukourou Chakirou Akanho  , Assogba Wounon V. Z. Murielle  , Vianou Antoine  , Degan Gerard  , Guidi Tognon Clotilde
Published: March 2018

The article presents the evaluation of local building materials in Benin for their efficient use in building construction. The aim of the study is to produce cooked and lightened bricks with good mechanical, thermal and acoustic properties, and enhance using polystyrene waste. The article shows the results of experimental work on a broad field of applied science: building mechanics. Terracotta blocks have been chosen as a reference material, to which polystyrene was added. The percentage of polystyrene ranges from 0 to 100%, the volume of the reference material being constant. The results showed that the polystyrene percentage increase lowers mechanical properties. These results also showed that the gradual addition of polystyrene-laterite clay mixture has a significant influence on the density and the mechanical strength of the final composite material. The clay used in blocks is taken from Porto-Novo, a town about 30 km from Cotonou, and laterite (red soil) comes from Bakhita, a town 10 km from Cotonou.
BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SMALL RESERVOIRS LOCATED IN PARK ZONES OF MOSCOW
Authors: Bubunets Svetlana Olegovna , Zhigin Alexey Vasilevich , Bubunets Eduard Vladimirovich
Published: March 2018

The article describes the biological and ecological state of ponds of three park zones located in northern, central and western administrative districts of Moscow. The area of reservoirs varied from 0.12 to 3.71 ha, average depth varied from 1.12 to 2.4 m. The analysis of hydrobiological material in accordance with existing criteria has been carried out. Total and seasonal concentration and biomass of phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthos are determined. During observation period in composition of algocenosis prevailed representatives of following groups of algae: Volvocophyceae, Desmidiales, Bacillariophyta, Xanthophyta, Zygnematophyceae, Chrysophyta, Pyrrophyta, Protococcophyceae, Cyanophyta, Euglenophyta. Concentration of algae in ponds varied from 0.58 up to 6.78 mln/l, total biomass varied from 0.87 to 9.70 mg/l. Zooplankton of the inspected ponds was represented by species of three systematic groups: Rotatoria, Cladocera and Copepoda. Concentration of zooplankton organisms varied from 0.0055 to 3.9432 mln/m3, biomass varied from 0.05 to 18.60 g/m3. Zoobenthos included Oligochaeta, Clitellata and insect larvae (Chironomidae, Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera). Prevalence of various representatives of plankton groups depended on the season of the year. In zoobentos samples there were found oligochaeta, chironomid and mayfly larvae, caddisflies and leeches. Higher plants were represented by 8 hydrophytic species, 1 species with floating leaves and 10 aerial coastal species. Ichthyofauna of ponds included 12 species among which aborigen species were common carp, crucian carp, roach, bream, tench, verkhovka, Amur sleeper, pike, perch, pike-perch; invasive species were grass carp, silver carp. The investigations of the large Golytsinsky pond have demonstrated that episodic releases of silver carp (spotted and hybrid) make possible to utilize both zooplankton and phytoplankton, and release of grass carp helps utilize higher water plants.
TO THE PROBLEM OF PRACTICABILITY OF CHANGING FISHERIES MEASURES FOR COMMERCIAL CATCHES OF ROACH AND SHEATFISHIN THE VOLGA-CASPIAN BASIN (THE ASTRAKHAN REGION)
Authors: Barabanov Vitaliy Victorovich , Kolosyuk Gennadij Grigor'evich
Published: March 2018

Fisheries measures is an instrument allowing to regulate fish catch pressing to the aquatic bio-resources stocks. Roach and sheatfish are the species which are exploited in industrial and amateur fisheries of the Volga-Caspian basin (the Astrakhan region). According to the Fishery Regulations, today the minimum allowable length for roach is 17 centimeters, and for sheatfish it is 60 centimeters. According to the results of retrospective analysis of stocks dynamics, commercial catch of roach and cheatfish, experience in changing fisheries measures for roach and sheatfish in the Volga-Caspian basin, changing fisheries measures for these species has been found inexpedient. The current fisheries measures for commercial catch of roach allows to exploit only the reproductive part of the population, minimizing losses of restocking. Also, the work shows that a change of fisheries measures for sheatfish will lead to the decrease of the commercial catch of sheatfish and objects of its ration. In general, it must be stressed that changing fisheries measures will lead to redistribution of roach and sheatfish catches between the main participants (commercial fishers, amateur fishers and poachers), but not in favor of the official fish catching
The Symbolic Power of Sleeping without Mattress Practice in Kasuran Village of Yogyakarta
Authors: Qudsy Saifuddin Zuhri , Abdullah Irwan , Qodir Zuly
Published: March 2018

The work aims at exploring the practice of symbolic power of sleeping without kapok (matress) in a hamlet of Kasuran. It explores the process of reproduction of symbolic power and how it becomes a ritual practice preserved by the people of Kasuran. For many Kasuran people, Sunan Kalijaga saying is final. They understand and believe in his textual meaning by practising sleeping without matress ritual. The study finds that the reproduction of meaning of sleeping without mattress happens in the hands of agents that actively promote the myth about the saying of Sunan Kalijogo. They include Wartilah as the head of the hamlet (believing and promoting Sunan Kalijaga statement), Suharso as a pious man from Hindu tradition, secretary of the forum of harmony among religious blievers (believing that this myth is supposed to happen far before Sunan Kalijaga Era),  Juremi and Suwardi, the takmir (board management of mosque) that represent religious mass organization of Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). Although the agents have different points of view in understanding the phenomenon, they actually maintain and preserve this kind of symbolic power to gain symbolic capital. This work also finds that the dynamic process of engineering and modification of living without mattress becoming living with spon mattress/springbed has been the results of the new interpretation by the people in the village. The latest is associated with spiritual, social and political engineering aspects of the practice.
Women Political Participation in Peacebuilding in Southern Thailand
Authors: Marddent Amporn
Published: March 2018

This article explores the historical, practical and consequences of women in political participation in the peace process during the ongoing conflict negotiations from 2004 until the present time. The author examines the cases of the Malay Muslims, who are the dominated populations in this violent conflict region and a significant minority group in Thailand, and the non-Malays who are also active in paving the way for peace making in various forms of activity in southern border provinces of country. Gender analysis of the intertwined ethno-religious and political identities of the Malays and non-Malays demands a need to reorientation of the concept of peace and security which contributed to illuminate deeply understanding of the society during conflict resolution.
Updated clinical indications for transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe aortic stenosis: expert opinion of the Italian Society of Cardiology and GISE
Authors: Indolfi Ciro , Bartorelli Antonio L. , Berti Sergio , Golino Paolo , Esposito Giovanni , Musumeci Giuseppe , Petronio Sonia , Tamburino Corrado , Tarantini Giuseppe , Ussia Gianpaolo , Vassanelli Corrado , Spaccarotella Carmen , Violini Roberto , Mercuro Giuseppe , Romeo Francesco
Published: March 2018

The introduction of percutaneous treatment of severe aortic stenosis with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) remains one of the greatest achievements of interventional cardiology. In fact, TAVI emerged as a better option than either medical therapy or balloon aortic valvuloplasty for patients who cannot undergo surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) or are at high surgical risk. Recently, increased operator experience and improved device systems have led to a worldwide trend toward the extension of TAVI to low-risk or intermediate-risk patients. In this expert opinion paper, we first discuss the basic pathophysiology of aortic stenosis in different settings then the key results of recent clinical investigations on TAVI in intermediate-risk aortic stenosis patients are summarized. Particular emphasis is placed on the results of the nordic aortic valve intervention, placement of aortic transcatheter valves (PARTNER) 2 and Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Randomized trials. The PARTNER 2 was the first large randomized trial that evaluated the outcome of TAVI in patients at intermediate risk. The PARTNER 2 data demonstrated that TAVI is a feasible and reasonable alternative to surgery in intermediate-risk patients (Society of Thoracic Surgeons 4–8%), especially if they are elderly or frail. There was a significant interaction between TAVI approach and mortality, with transfemoral TAVI showing superiority over SAVR. Moreover, we examine the complementary results of the recently concluded Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation trial. This prospective randomized trial demonstrated that TAVI is comparable with surgery (primary end point 12.6% in the TAVI group vs. 14.0% in the SAVR group) in severe aortic stenosis patients deemed to be at intermediate risk. We review the most relevant clinical evidence deriving from nonrandomized studies and meta-analyses. Altogether, clinical outcome available data suggest that TAVI with a newer generation device might be the preferred treatment option in this patient subgroup. Finally, the differences between the latest European and American Guidelines on TAVI were reported and discussed. The conclusion of this expert opinion article is that TAVI, if feasible, is the treatment of choice in patients with prohibitive or high surgical risk and may lead to similar or lower early and midterm mortality rates compared with SAVR in intermediate-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis.
Torsional and axial compressive properties of tibiotarsal bones of red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis)
Authors: Kerrigan Shannon M. , Kapatkin Amy S. , Garcia Tanya C. , Robinson Duane A. , Guzman David Sanchez-Migallon , Stover Susan M.
Published: March 2018

OBJECTIVE To describe the torsional and axial compressive properties of tibiotarsal bones of red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis).

SAMPLE 16 cadaveric tibiotarsal bones from 8 red-tailed hawks.

PROCEDURES 1 tibiotarsal bone from each bird was randomly assigned to be tested in torsion, and the contralateral bone was tested in axial compression. Intact bones were monotonically loaded in either torsion (n = 8) or axial compression (8) to failure. Mechanical variables were derived from load-deformation curves. Fracture configurations were described. Effects of sex, limb side, and bone dimensions on mechanical properties were assessed with a mixed-model ANOVA. Correlations between equivalent torsional and compressive properties were determined.

RESULTS Limb side and bone dimensions were not associated with any mechanical property. During compression tests, mean ultimate cumulative energy and postyield energy for female bones were significantly greater than those for male bones. All 8 bones developed a spiral diaphyseal fracture and a metaphyseal fissure or fracture during torsional tests. During compression tests, all bones developed a crushed metaphysis and a fissure or comminuted fracture of the diaphysis. Positive correlations were apparent between most yield and ultimate torsional and compressive properties.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE The torsional and axial compressive properties of tibiotarsal bones described in this study can be used as a reference for investigations into fixation methods for tibiotarsal fractures in red-tailed hawks. Although the comminuted and spiral diaphyseal fractures induced in this study were consistent with those observed in clinical practice, the metaphyseal disruption observed was not and warrants further research.
Quantification of right ventricular volume measured by use of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography and electrocardiography-gated 64-slice multidetector computed tomography in healthy dogs
Authors: LeBlanc Nicole L. , Scollan Katherine F.
Published: March 2018

OBJECTIVE To evaluate accuracy of quantification of right ventricle volume (RVV) by use of 3-D echocardiography (3DE) and ECG-gated multidetector CT (MDCT).

ANIMALS 6 healthy hound-cross dogs.

PROCEDURES ECG-gated MDCT and complete 3DE examinations were performed on each dog. Right ventricular end-diastolic volumes (EDVs), end-systolic volumes (ESVs), stroke volume (SV), and ejection fraction (EF) were measured for 3DE and MDCT data sets by use of software specific for RVV quantification. Correlation and level of agreement between methods were determined. Intraobserver and interobserver variability were assessed for 3DE.

RESULTS No significant differences were detected between SV and EF obtained with MDCT and 3DE. Significant differences were detected between right ventricular EDV and ESV obtained with MDCT and 3DE. No significant difference in heart rate was detected between methods. The correlation between MDCT and 3DE was very good (r = 0.87) for EDV and ESV, moderate (r = 0.60) for EF, and poor (r = 0.31) for SV. Bland-Altman analysis revealed a systematic underestimation of RVV derived by use of 3DE, compared with the RVV derived by use of MDCT (mean bias, 15 and 10.3 mL for EDV and ESV, respectively). Intraobserver (EDV, 12%; ESV, 18%) and interobserver (EDV, 14%; ESV, 11%) variability were acceptable for 3DE.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE There was substantial variance for RVV measured by use of 3DE in healthy dogs and a significant underestimation of volumes, compared with results for MDCT, despite the fact there were no significant differences in SV and EF.
Role of toll-like receptor 4 and caspase-3, -8, and -9 in lipopolysaccharide-induced delay of apoptosis in equine neutrophils
Authors: Anderson Stacy L. , Townsend Hugh G.G. , Singh Baljit
Published: March 2018

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on apoptosis of equine neutrophils in vitro.

SAMPLE Venous blood samples from 40 adult horses.

PROCEDURES Neutrophils were isolated from blood samples and cultured with or without LPS from Escherichia coli O55:B5 for 12 or 24 hours. Neutrophil apoptosis was assessed by use of cytologic examination, annexin V and propidium iodide staining quantified with flow cytometry, coincubation with inducers of intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis or a toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 inhibitor, and measurement of caspase-3, -8, and -9 activities.

RESULTS Treatment with LPS resulted in a significant delay in apoptosis after incubation for 12 and 24 hours (neutrophils from blood samples of 40 horses). There was a significant correlation between increases in LPS dose and decreases in apoptosis after incubation for 24 hours (3 experiments, each of which involved neutrophils obtained from the same 3 horses at 3 separate times). Caspase-9 activity, but not caspase-3 or -8 activity, was significantly reduced in LPS-treated neutrophils after incubation for 12 hours (neutrophils from blood samples of 17 horses). Treatment with a TLR4 inhibitor or intrinsic and extrinsic inducers of apoptosis prevented LPS-delayed apoptosis.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE LPS treatment delayed apoptosis of equine neutrophils in vitro for up to 24 hours in a dose-dependent manner by alteration of the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis and was dependent on TLR4 signaling. Increased neutrophil life span may contribute to the development of a systemic inflammatory response syndrome in endotoxemic horses.
Pengaruh Kesadaran Linguistik dan Kesadaran Persepsi Visual Terhadap Kemampuan Membaca Permulaan Anak Tunagrahita
Authors: Rochyadi Endang
Published: March 2018

this study was conducted to find the essential factors of linguistic awareness and visual perception influencing the beginning reading skill of mentally retarded children. The factors studied include linguistic awareness (morphemes, semantics and syntax) and visual perception awareness (visual discrimination, visual spatial, visual figure-ground, and visual memory) which are assumed to be the prerequisites of learning early reading. The subjects of this research were 32 students from 5 special school in Bandung. The results show that both of the factors have strong influence towards mentally retarded children early reading skill. However, the Beta Coefficient it was is found that linguistic awareness has stronger relationship compared to the visual perception aspect. The value of the coefficient path in the linguistic awareness is 0.72, while the coefficient path value for linguistic awareness is 0.25. This means that linguistic awareness is influencing position as the prerequisite of early reading skill compared to the visual perception aspect. However, if studied further, it is found that not all variables related to either linguistic awareness aspect or visual perception have the same meaningful relationship with children reading skills. The most essential factor of reading prerequisite related to the linguistic awareness is related to the phoneme and syntax awareness, while the essential factor in visual perception is related to the visual discrimination and visual memory.Â ABSTRAKKajian ini untuk melihat faktor-faktor esensial dari kesadaran linguistik dan kesadaran persepsi visual yang mempengaruhi kemampuan membaca permulaan pada anak tunagrahita. Faktor-kator yang dikaji meliputi kesadaran linguistik (fonem, morfem, semantik dan sintaksis) dan kesadaran persepsi visual (visual discrimination, visual spacial, visual figure and ground, visual memory) yang diduga menjadi prasyarat dalam belajar membaca permulaan. Subjek penelitian berjumlah 32 siswa dari lima SLB di Bandung. Hasil kajian ini menunjukkan, bahwa kedua faktor tersebut memiliki hubungan kuat terhadap kemampuan membaca permulaan anak tunagrahita. Berdasarkan Koefisien Beta secara parsial kesadaran linguistik memiliki hubungan jauh lebih kuat dibandingkan kesadaran persepsi visual. Nilai koefisien path kesadaran linguistik (0.72) sementara pada kesadaran persepsi visual nilai koefisien pathnya (0.25). Akan tetapi ada faktor esensial sebagai prasyarat membaca yang berkaiatan dengan aspek kesadaran linguistik yaitu kesadaran fonem dan sintaksis, sementara faktor esensial pada aspek kesadaran persepsi visual lebih berhubungan dengan discrimination dan visual memory.Â
Membentuk Karakter Siswa Melalui Keteladanan Guru
Authors: -- Nurchaili
Published: March 2018

The government made an effort to solve moral decadence problem by proclaiming â€œ CharacterÂ Educationâ€ in every level of education. Character education is a holistic educational process that connects the moral dimension to the social realm in the students life as the foundation to establish quality generations who are able to live independently and have the truth principle that can be accounted for. Character is a â€œbehaviorâ€ not a â€˜knowledgeâ€™. So, in the practice of character education requires not only the theory or the concept its self, but also the direct model of the teacher. Therefore, it can be internalized by the students well because it is not only taught but also exemplified. The implementation of character education in schools is more accurate through modeling approaches, modeling (uswah) conducted by the teacher Teacherâ€™s exemplary is needs to be created because a teacher is a central figure in th school that the studentsâ€™ attention always for them. Teachers should really be an example not only the conveyor of science information, but also includes transferâ€™s activity of virtuous noble character personality in order to form studentâ€™s character as a national asset that will be the determinant of the existence of this nation.Â ABSTRAKÂ Pemerintah berusaha menyikapi permasalahan dekadensi moral atau merosotnya karakter peserta didik dengan mencanangkan pendidikan karakter disetiap jenjang pendidikan. Pendidikan karakter merupakan suatu proses pendidikan secara holistik yang menghubungkan dimensi moral dengan ranah sosial dalam kehidupan peserta didik sebagai pondasi bagi terbentuknya generasi yang berkualitas yang mampu hidup mandiri dan memiliki prinsip kebenaran yang dapat dipertanggungjawabkan. Dalam praktiknya pendidikan karakter tidak hany membutuhkan teori atau konsep semata. Karakter merupakan perilaku (behaviour), bukan pengetahuan sehingga untuk dapat diinternalisasi oleh peserta didik, maka harus diteladankan bukan hanya diajarkan. Pelaksanaan pendidikan karakter di sekolah lebih tepat melalui pendekatan modeling, keteladanan (uswah) yang dilakukan oleh guru. Keteladanan guru perlu diciptakan karena gurulah sebagai tokoh sentral yang setiap saat menjadi perhatian peserta didik di sekolah. Guru harus benar-benar menjadi teladan bukan hanya sebata penyampai informasi ilmu pengetahuan, melainkan meliputi kegiatan mentransfer kepribadian yang berbudi pekerti luhur guna membentuk karakter peserta didik sebagai aset bangsa yang akan menjadi penentu eksistensi bangsa ini.
Implementasi Pendidikan Karakter di Sekolah Dasar Melalui Penguatan Pelaksanaan Kurikulum
Authors: Judiani Sri
Published: March 2018

Nowadays we should be proud because the more Indonesian students have succeeded in International Science Olympic. The Indonesian student team was even once to be overall champion in the International Conference of Young Scientists with participant from 19 countries held in Bali on April 12th-7th 2010. On the other hand, some other Indonesian students have shown their disrespectful attitude to public, they like to brawl or fight with the student from other school, get drunk, drugs or narcotic addiction, wild races along the crowded traffic. The phenomenon is then to be the reason for government to conduct â€œPiloting Projectâ€ in 125 schools in 16 districts/cities in within 16 provinces since September 2010. The Objectives of conducting the â€œPiloting Projectsâ€ is to implement the values of character to the students so they can turn their attitude to the positive one. The implementation of character education does not need to be the typical subject nor additional standard of competence but this is, however, integrated into the existing subject or through the self-development and school culture as well as local content.Â ABSTRAKSaat ini pelajar Indonesia semakin banyak yang patut dibanggakan, karena telah berhasil menjuarai olimpiade sains di tingkat internasional. Bahkan, pelajar Indonesia menjadi juara umum dalam Konferensi Internasional Ilmuwan Muda se-Dunia yang diikuti ratusan pelajar SMA dari 19 negara di Bali pada 12-17 April 2010. Namun, tidak sedikit pula pelajar yang tidak punya sopan santun, suka tawuran, minum minuman keras, mabok-mabokan, senang narkotika, dan hobi kebut-kebutan mengendarai sepeda motor di jalan raya. Melihat kenyataan ini maka Pemerintah mulai tahun ajaran 2010 telah melakukan piloting penyelenggaraan pendidikan karakter di 125 sekolah yang tersebar di 16 kabupaten/kota dari 16 Propinsi. Implementasi pendidikan karakter di sekolah tidak merupakan mata pelajaran tersendiri, tidak pula merupakan tambahan standar kompetensi (SK) dan kompetensi dasar (KD), tetapi dapat diintegrasikan ke dalam mata pelajaran yang sudah ada, pengembangan diri, dan budaya sekolah, serta muatan lokal.
Learning by Doing: Reflections of the EPICS Program
Authors: Zoltowski Carla B. , Oakes William C.
Published: March 2018

In this paper we describe the EPICS Program at Purdue that was started in 1995 and has evolved into a multidisciplinary academic program engaging more than 800 students per year from nearly 70 disciplines across and outside of engineering. EPICS has been disseminated to other campuses and has been adopted as a K12 approach for introducing engineering through community engagement. This paper describes the current program and shares best practices and lessons learned as the program developed to provide insight for faculty and administrators seeking to develop service-learning, learning through service-learning, or community-based engineering. Data from the program related to student learning and community impact is shared. A discussion of the characteristics to make dissemination successful is also discussed.
Engineering for Developing Communities at the University of Colorado Boulder: A Ten Year Retrospective
Authors: Sandekian Robyn , Chinowsky Paul , Amadei Bernard
Published: March 2018

The University of Colorado Boulder started its Engineering for Developing Communities Program with a graduate track in environmental engineering in 2004. Over the past ten years, the program has expanded to include undergraduate- and graduate-level certificates and involves approximately twenty percent of the graduate students within the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering. This article describes the history and current status of our program including challenges and successes that have led us to where we are today. We briefly describe our undergraduate and graduate certificate curricula, share course descriptions and evaluation methods and results, highlight student employment outcomes, and reveal lessons learned. This discussion should prove useful to faculty and administrators, from department chairs to chief academic officers, who might be considering adding this type of program at a research-intensive university such as ours.
Leveraging Students’ Passion and Creativity: ETHOS at the University of Dayton
Authors: Pinnell Margaret , Daniels Malcolm , Hallinan Kevin , Berkemeier Gretchen
Published: March 2018

The Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-learning (ETHOS) program was developed in the spring of 2001 by an interdisciplinary group (electrical, chemical, civil and mechanical) of undergraduate engineering students at the University of Dayton (UD). ETHOS was founded on the belief that engineers are more apt and capable to appropriately serve our world if they have an understanding of technology’s global linkage with values, culture, society, politics, and the economy. Since 2001, the ETHOS program at UD has grown and changed. From conceptualization, to implementation, to maturation and national recognition, the program has addressed challenges of academic acceptance, programmatic integration and research support as a project-based approach to global engagement. This paper discusses how the program developed from a student idea to a nationally known program. It provides some examples of how projects from this program were integrated into other courses and linked to faculty research. Finally, it will present some of the challenges that face a program such as ETHOS.
Multi-University Partnership for Global Service Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Seay Jeffrey , Lumkes John
Published: March 2018

The African Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (ACREST) is an NGO located in Bangang, Cameroon. ACREST has partnered with the University of Kentucky and Purdue University in a joint service learning and engineering program to design and build a low cost, diesel powered Multi-Purpose Utility Vehicle (MPV) and a small-scale biodiesel production plant to generate the fuel needed to operate the vehicle. Students from the University of Kentucky and Purdue University have worked alongside technicians from ACREST to implement these two integrated projects. Lessons learned as well as best practices from the development of service learning in engineering programs for undergraduates will also be presented.
Breaking the Tyranny of the Semester: A Phase-Gate Sprint Approach to Teaching Colorado School of Mines Students Important Engineering Concepts, Delivering Useful Solutions to Communities, and Working on Long Time Scale Projects
Authors: Dean Jered H , Van Bossuyt Douglas L
Published: March 2018

The Colorado School of Mines (CSM) hosts the oldest Humanitarian Engineering (HE) minor program in the USA, originally started in 2004.  During the 2012/2013 academic year the program was overhauled and new curriculum was introduced.  Several deficiencies in senior capstone courses were noted including poor quality of designs resulting from the tyranny of the rigid semester schedule; students focusing on the technical aspects of a design project while largely ignoring the social, financial, and sustainable aspects; and a loss of knowledge between academic terms due to turnover of students.  These were addressed in the development of the Projects for People course through several methods.  The course has been offered for two semesters and will be offered in multiple sections in the immediate future.  Students, CSM faculty, and NGO partners have all found the course to be useful and rigorous, and the HE faculty have found the resulting designs to be of high quality.
Development of the Global Humanitarian Engineering Emphasis at Walla Walla University
Authors: Roth Brian , Nelson Curt
Published: March 2018

In 2007, Dr. Nelson (an engineering faculty member) and a small group of students founded Walla Walla University’s local student chapter of Engineers Without Borders. The program quickly grew to involve nearly 20% of students from the School of Engineering, together with students from diverse majors across the university. Three challenges quickly emerged: (1) student interest outpaced opportunities for project involvement and international field experience, (2) students desired academic recognition for their learning experiences, and (3) student learning was limited by the lack of formal training prior to their international experience and the lack of reflection after their international experience. This growing recognition of the opportunity to enhance and expand student learning through formal training led the Edward F. Cross School of Engineering to launch their Global Humanitarian Engineering Emphasis (GHEE) in September, 2014. This paper provides an overview of the program, motivated by lessons learned through a series of EWB projects in Honduras and Peru.
Cropping in Semi-arid North-west India in Greenhouse with Ground Coupling Shading and Natural Ventilation for Environmental Control
Authors: Sharan Girja , Madhavan T.
Published: March 2018

Research is ongoing to develop greenhouse technology with controls economical on water and energy, to improve farming in water-scarce, hot, semi-arid region of north-west India. A greenhouse under investigation, is coupled to earth-tube–heat– exchanger (ETHE) and has provisions for shading, natural ventilation and mist nozzles. In a recent round tomatoes were grown. A regime of natural ventilation and top shading kept the greenhouse temperature close to the ambient in cooler months, although a difference of up to 3 °C was anticipated. Evaporation and later transpiration may have aided cooling. Mist was not used. This became less effective in warmer period as cooling load increased and dense foliage appeared to hinder ventilation. Forced ventilation via ETHE and top shading was then implemented. Inside temperature occasionally rose 2- 3 °C above the ambient. But cropping could be done through spring and early summer. Heating was affectively achieved with ETHE in cold nights of December and January keeping the inside temperatures well above 12°C. Yield was 68 t / ha nearly twice the open fields, water used 266 mm nearly half of the open-fields. This appears to be a promising new way to improve livelihoods from farming.
International Partnership Helping to Bring Appropriate Biofuel Technology to Rural Cameroon
Authors: Seay Jeffrey , Zama Isaac , Butler Bradley
Published: March 2018

In May 2012, a group of chemical and mechanical engineering students from the newly established [University Name] Appropriate Technology and Sustainability [Identifying Acronym] undergraduate research group embarked on a 10 day visit to Bangang Village, Cameroon in West Africa to implement a multidisciplinary engineering service-based project to develop appropriate, sustainable biodiesel and biochar technology for use by local villagers.  The participating students had worked on this design project both as part of their capstone design course in both Chemical and Mechanical Engineering and as part of a special elective that included an embedded study abroad component.  Poverty and rapid population growth have led to the accelerated destruction of natural resources throughout the developing world, particularly West Africa.  The purpose of this project was not only to introduce students to the concepts of sustainability, service based learning and appropriate technology, but to get them beyond the textbooks and laboratories and solve real problems that impact real people around the world.
Exploring EWB-USA Members' Descriptions of Self, Engineers, and their Fellow Members
Authors: Litchfield Kaitlin , Javernick-Will Amy , Paterson Kurt
Published: March 2018

Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA), an organization with over 13,800 members involved in engineering service projects around the world, presents a large population for research on an engineering service activity. Although anecdotal evidence claims that EWB-USA may be helping to change the conversation about the engineering field, additional research is needed. This exploratory study asked EWB-USA members to describe themselves, engineers, and fellow members at regional EWB-USA conferences around the country and analyzed the results (n = 505) using qualitative coding techniques to compare thematic overlap among the responses and to consider gendered differences. Findings showed that engineering and EWB-USA are nearly equivalent components of members’ self-descriptions, and that females showed more overlap with EWB-USA than males. These results can inform future studies on the organizations’ role in impacting changed perceptions of the engineering field and broadening participation.
Gutter Design and Business Development for Domestic Rainwater Harvesting Systems: A Case Study
Authors: Zankowski Jillian , Sun Yixin , Nassar Abdalla , Mehta Khanjan
Published: March 2018

Rainwater harvesting is a simple and effective tool to collect and store water for domestic and institutional use. In developing countries, captured rainwater can be used to replace or supplement government-supplied or manually-transported water. A rainwater harvesting system consists of a catchment area, gutter, and storage tank. Gutters typically have a V-shaped, trapezoidal or rectangular cross-section. This work presents a case study on the design and performance analysis of three conventional and one novel, “wrapped” gutter cross-section along with the implementation of a novel gutter design in the developing world. A Team of undergraduate students performed the design and analysis and, though a service-learning experience in May 2013, investigated barriers to implementing rainwater harvesting in central Kenya. It was found that while gutters can be easily fabrication and installed using locally-available materials and skill-sets, for consumer, the potential return on investment was low and the cost of implementation was high. For producers and installers, non-uniform roof designs and conditions was a major obstacle.
Service Learning Approach to Recycling
Authors: Priya T. Jaba , Sugumar R. Wilfred
Published: March 2018

Integrating curriculum-based service learning program into chemistry courses yields many benefits for the students such as improved cognition and practical skills. Additionally the community partner benefits from both the expertise and the services of the class. This paper describes the success story of one such program conducted by students at Madras Christian College. It involves the interaction with informal recyclers and the chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste. The stakeholders of the project were the students, informal recyclers, residential population, and an NGO. The marginalized informal recyclers were brought into mainstream society through formal solid waste collection system. This approach views the recyclers as catalysts to tackle climate change instead of viewing them as a social burden. The public was taught waste segregation and collection methods. On the whole the program resulted in improving the immediate environment and saving a wetland where dumping of waste was carried out.
Social Justice: A Missing, Unelaborated Dimension in Humanitarian Engineering and Learning Through Service
Authors: Leydens Jon A. , Lucena Juan C.
Published: March 2018

Negotiations between engineering and non-engineering perspectives are central in humanitarian engineering and learning through service initiatives, and these negotiations inevitably include dimensions of social justice. But what frameworks guide engineers through such negotiations? To date, in published scholarship, social justice has played little to no role in providing structure for work in humanitarian engineering and learning through service. Yet structure is needed to think and act systematically on the social justice dimensions inherent in humanitarian engineering and learning through service initiatives and practices. Drawing from multiple data sources, including interviews with engineering education faculty on the barriers and opportunities to integrating social justice dimensions in such initiatives, we provide a social justice definition and criteria that serve as flexible guidelines for humanitarian engineering and learning through service initiatives. Grounded in a synthesized definition of social justice, the social justice criteria can guide engineers to recognize and map human and non-human, engineering and non-engineering components in problem definition and solution—with social justice at the core. Along with other benefits, these criteria can act as a foundation from which to launch, evaluate, and improve on humanitarian engineering and learning through service work, serving as a vehicle for project initiation, reflection, and self-critique.
The Praxis of Grassroots Diplomacy For Social Entrepreneurship
Authors: Hinton Andrew , Ortbal Kate , Mehta Khanjan
Published: March 2018

Social entrepreneurs design and implement innovative, sustainable, and scalable solutions to pressing social challenges across the world. While the success of their ventures is impacted by numerous factors, their long-term viability and endurance depends on the relationships built with diverse stakeholders. The praxis of grassroots diplomacy facilitates the development of harmonious and effective relationships that catalyze social change. This art and science of pro-active conflict avoidance and resolution helps navigate multifaceted social dynamics and develop successful entrepreneurial alliances and ecosystems. With the help of several examples and mini case-studies, this article articulates the meaning and importance of grassroots diplomacy. A conceptual framework based on six core competencies of proactive scenario planning, empathy, trust-based relationship building, equitable collaboration, conflict resolution, and ethical reflection is presented. Finally, a practical methodology that animates these core competences into a structured process that strengthens partnerships and ventures is presented. These concepts, competencies and methodologies are built upon the central tenets of systems thinking and self-determination that leads to systemic self-determined improvement of lives and livelihoods.
Pharmacy Students’ Informal Use of Facebook and its Perceived Role in Pharmacy Education in Jordan
Authors: Al Subeh Zeinab , Alali Feras , Awaisu Ahmed
Published: March 2018

Objectives: The use of social media, including Facebook, as a tool for learning is becoming increasingly important in health professional education programs including pharmacy. This study aimed to evaluate undergraduate pharmacy students’ informal use and attitudes toward Facebook in professional pharmacy education in Jordan.

Methods: This study was a cross-sectional web-based survey using a 38-item questionnaire that was developed through a multi-phase iterative process. The study targeted all professional year pharmacy students, both BSc and PharmD, at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST).

Results: Seven hundred twenty pharmacy students responded to the survey (response rate 31.3%). The majority of the students (98.8%) had personal accounts on Facebook. Of this, the majority (82.4%) reported that they unofficially used Facebook as a tool for studying or academic purposes beside other social purposes. Overall, the students demonstrated positive attitudes toward the use of Facebook in pharmacy education. About 78.6% of the respondents reported that Facebook contributed to their academic success. Furthermore, a substantial proportion of the students found Facebook well acceptable in teaching and learning environment (55.2%) and believed that pharmacy schools should formally encourage students to use Facebook for academic purposes (54.1%).

Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that pharmacy students in Jordan frequently and highly utilize Facebook as an unofficial tool for communication, teaching and learning. Pharmacy schools should make every effort to create appropriate learning environment within Facebook that could positively impact students’ academic success. Interventions to improve attitudes toward social media e-professionalism should be in place before formally implementing Facebook and other social media platforms within the pharmacy academic environment.

Conflict of Interest We declare no conflicts of interest or financial interests that the authors or members of their immediate families have in any product or service discussed in the manuscript, including grants (pending or received), employment, gifts, stock holdings or options, honoraria, consultancies, expert testimony, patents and royalties.

Treatment of Human Subjects: IRB review/approval required and obtained

 

Type: Original Research