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Inovasi Transaksi Jual Beli Menggunakan Member Card Menurut Islam
Authors: Sumarsih Fenty , Nurwandri Andri , Siagian Nilasari
Published: February 2024

Jual beli merupakan kegiatan yang tidak bisa dipisahkan dari seseorang dalam memenuhi kebutuhan sehari-hari. Banyak cara dalam melakukan transaksi jual beli diantaranya dengan cara menggunakan member card yaitu kartu anggota yang didalamnya memuat identitas seseorang dengan data mengenai nama dan nomor keanggotaannya. Dalam hal ini member card digunakan dalam transaksi jual beli yang berfungsi untuk mendapatkan potongan harga, point atau beberapa pelayanan yang diberikan oleh perusahaan tertentu. Hal ini tidak berlaku bagi konsumen yang tidak memiliki member card. Jual beli menggunakan member card juga didukung oleh banyaknya konsumen yang memilih membuat member card untuk mendapatkan fasilitas yang tersedia dengan adanya biaya pendaftaran. Jenis penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif yang memeliki karakteristik alami (natural setting) sebagai sumber data langsung, yang diteliti menggambarkan keadaan subyek/obyek penelitian (seseorang, lembaga, masyarakat, dan lain-lain) pada saat sekarang berdasarkan fakta-fakta yang tampak yaitu keadaan transaksi jual beli menggunakan member card yang ada di Swalayan Vinisia Kisaran. Sumber data penelitian ini sumber data primer dan sumber data sekunder. Sumber data primer dari penelitian ini adalah wawancara dengan menejer Swalayan Vinisia Kisaran selaku pemimpin dalam pelaksanaan kerja karyawan, serta yang mengurusi dalam program- program dan pemberlakuan member card, karyawan Swalayan Vinisia Kisaran yang melayani konsumen dalam pembuatan member card seperti kepala kasir dan karyawan yang melayani pembuatan member card, serta wawancara kepada pengguna / pemilik member card serta pembeli yang tidak memiliki member card. Sumber data sekunder berupa foto atau dokumen pendukung dari data primer. Adapun teknik pengumpulan data yang dilakukan yaitu wawancara dan dokumentasi. Kemudian data-data yang terkumpul dianalisis dengan menggunakan cara berfikir induktif, yaitu pengambilan kesimpulan. Hasil dari penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa jual beli menggunakan member card sah dan boleh saja karena sudah memenuhi syarat dan rukun serta tidak bertentangan dengan prinsip-prinsip fiqih muamalah.
STUDI KELAYAKAN PEMBUKAAN PROGRAM STUDI TADRIS IPA DI IAIN MADURA
Authors: Rabbianty Eva Nikmatul , Siti Azizah  , Najwa Muqoddas  , Dewi Nafila
Published: February 2024

With the increasing demand for science teachers in Pamekasan and the positive community response to the opening of a new study program, this research was conducted to evaluate the potential establishment of the Tadris IPA Study Program at IAIN Madura. Data was collected through questionnaires distributed to twelfth-grade students of SMA/SMK/MA in Pamekasan, Sampang, and Sumenep, as well as interviews with teachers, school principals, and the curriculum development team at IAIN Madura. As many as 78% of respondents supported opening the Tadris IPA Study Program, with 65% of prospective students expressing interest. About 70% of stakeholders hoped that graduates could integrate science and Islamic values. Based on the positive response from the community, the high interest from prospective students, and the expected graduate competencies, it is recommended that IAIN Madura consider opening the Tadris IPA Study Program. Integrating science and Islamic values is expected to meet the educational needs of Madura. Based on the data collected and the analysis conducted, the Tadris IPA Study Program at IAIN Madura is deemed worthy of establishment with specific considerations, including ensuring a qualified curriculum and a transparent faculty recruitment process.
SISTEM INFORMASI PELAYANAN DI BKKBN PROVINSI SUMATERA UTARA BERBASIS WEB
Authors: Samsudin  , Junarda Winda
Published: February 2024

Badan Kependudukan dan Keluarga Berencana Nasional adalah Lembaga Pemerintah Nonkementerian yang berada di bawah dan bertanggung jawab kepada Presiden melalui Menteri Kesehatan. BKKBN mempunyai tugas melaksanakan tugas pemerintahan di bidang pengendalian penduduk dan penyelenggaraan keluarga berencana. Tujuan dari Penelitian ini yaitu merancang aplikasi berbasis web yang dapat mempermudah pegawai dalam proses penginputan data, pencarian data, serta penyimpanan data peserta keluarga berencana. Permasalahan yang dihadapi dari penelitian ini yaitu Pendaftaran yang cukup lama pada peserta Keluarga Berencana yang masih menggunakan sistem manual dan belum efektifnya pengelolaan data keluarga berencana di Perwakilan BKKBN Sumatera Utara. Hasil dari penelitian ini yaitu Hasil perancangan sistem informasi pelayanan BKKBN berbasis web pada BKKBN Pemerintah Provinsi Sumatera Utara yang mencakup analisis persyaratan, desain sistem, pengkodean, pengujian dan implementasi. Sistem ini dapat digunakan untuk menambah, mengedit dan menghapus data pada akun pengguna, peserta, penjadwalan dan sertifikat.
PENERAPAN ALGORITMA K-MEANS UNTUK MANAJEMEN PERSEDIAAN DI PERPUSTAKAAN
Authors: Andi Syahrul Ramdana  , Kusrini  , Pramono Eko
Published: February 2024

Penelitian ini mengkaji penerapan algoritma K-Means untuk meningkatkan efisiensi manajemen persediaan di perpustakaan. Menghadapi tantangan dalam memenuhi kebutuhan stok yang kritis, algoritma K-Means dipilih karena keunggulan dalam kemudahan implementasi dan kecepatan eksekusi. Dengan menggunakan metode K-Means dan pendekatan RFM (Recency, Frequency, Monetary), penelitian ini berhasil mencapai akurasi pengelompokan barang sebesar 70%, sedangkan tanpa RFM, akurasi meningkat menjadi lebih tinggi. Analisis ini mengindikasikan efektivitas algoritma K-Means dalam klasifikasi dan prediksi kebutuhan stok, memberikan wawasan untuk pengelolaan persediaan yang lebih baik. Penelitian ini memberikan kontribusi terhadap pemahaman bagaimana teknik data mining dapat dimanfaatkan untuk memperbaiki dan meningkatkan keputusan manajemen persediaan di sektor perpustakaan, dengan potensi aplikasi pada sektor lain.
Mission, Migration, and Contested Authority
Authors: Davidson Christina Cecelia
Published: February 2024

This chapter analyzes the history of Protestantism in Haiti and the formation of the AME Church’s missionary station in Port-au-Prince at the end of the nineteenth century. Beginning with the Haitian emigration movement of the 1820s, the chapter shows how the AME Church’s relationship to Haiti changed over time. As other scholars have discussed, African Americans’ participation in the United States’ missionary impulse at the end of the nineteenth century was both distinct from and like that of the United States’ white majority. Black church leaders distinguished themselves from whites in that they proudly used both Christian theology and foreign missions to fight for Black liberation at home and abroad. However, like white Americans, most African American clergy also believed in Protestant Christian supremacy. Consequently, AME leaders’ demands for the “racial uplift” of Black people across the world advanced the colonial project inherent in white Americans’ Christian missionary enterprise. With this African American perspective in mind, this chapter also shows that AME missionaries in Haiti had to interact with various people groups with whom they forged ecumenical ties. Such ties suggest that a distinct story might be told if events that occurred in Haiti formed the center of analysis.
American Missionaries and the Boundaries of Evangelicalism in the Philippines
Authors: Smith Tom
Published: February 2024

This chapter demonstrates how American evangelicalism proved unstable as it crossed borders into the US colonial Philippines in the early twentieth century. Focusing firstly on the YMCA and then on the missionary Frank Laubach, the chapter shows how some American missionaries who self-defined as evangelicals came to revise their expectations that US colonialism would lead to evangelical Protestantism’s triumph over Roman Catholicism. Instead, albeit each for somewhat different reasons, the YMCA and Laubach came to argue that historical indigenous expressions of Christianity, and indeed Catholicism itself, had “evangelical” potential. Therefore, during an age in which the “evangelical” label in the United States was increasingly associated with a conservative faction opposed to ecumenism, missionaries and their proselytes in the Philippines were suggesting alternative futures.
The Greatest Opportunity since the Birth of Christ
Authors: Miller-Davenport Sarah
Published: February 2024

This chapter explores how US missionaries were able to broaden their efforts during the era of decolonization. While the end of colonialism in Africa and much of Asia posed a crisis for European missionaries—and for American mainline Protestant missionaries—US evangelical missionaries thrived during this period. Decolonization coincided with the rise of the US as the world’s foremost military and economic power. Far from hampering American global expansion, decolonization helped to amplify it as the US sought to shape the course of decolonization toward its own ends. US evangelical missionaries were on the front lines of this emerging phenomenon. To them, the shifting world order posed an opportunity, not a crisis. Unhampered by concerns over the links between colonialism and missionary work and fueled by their own imperial amnesia, US evangelical missionaries took advantage of the retreat of European missionaries to extend their reach in the Global South.
Bloody Kinship
Authors: Lukasik Candace
Published: February 2024

Since the 1990s, attacks on Egyptian Copts have been made legible to American (particularly evangelical) audiences through the moral imagination of the “Persecuted Church,” which argues that Christians around the globe are persecuted more than at any other time in history. Images of bloodied Egyptian Coptic bodies have circulated among Western Christian religio-political networks in an “economy of blood,” an imperial economy of Christian kinship that performs the double movement of glory and racialization. This double movement has placed American Copts in a bind, whereby indigenous Coptic collective memory of blood and persecution has intersected with the political, theological, and affective kinship formations of this economy of blood. This article analyzes how the contemporary remapping of Eastern Christian traditions, like that of the Copts, produces effects on a geopolitical scale and examines how this reconfiguration unfolds whiteness and Western Christianity.
Just Like Us
Authors: Corrigan John
Published: February 2024

American Christian evangelicals have advanced their ambitious project of world conversion by appealing to the emotions of their supporters and funders. Missions organizations have depicted their project as an empathic outreach to persons around the globe. They have cast their target populations as ignorant, wayward others at the same time that they have described those others as so similar to American Christians as to be “just like us” and therefore susceptible to the appeal of the same Christian ideas and practices in which American evangelicals have invested. Evangelical mission organizations accordingly define the people they seek to convert both by otherness that must be erased and equally by similarity that must be leveraged. In the long term, the evangelical project has been to erase differences in target populations, replacing local traditions and beliefs with cultural and personal assets that American evangelicals consider fundamental to the successes of their own lives. That mission has included remaking traditions of sexuality, marriage, and family in ways that fit it more easily into a neoliberal order in which the family unit, modeled on an American evangelical example, plays a central role in the advancement of capitalism.
Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Resource Based Learning untuk Menstimulus Pemikiran Kreatif Matematis Siswa
Authors: Arifanti Dwi Risky , Raupu Sumardin , St. Zuhaerah Thalhah
Published: February 2024

Penelitian yang melibatkan Resource Based Learning (RBL) dan pemikiran kreatif masih sangat minim dilakukan oleh peneliti. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan sejauhmana pembelajaran dengan model pembelajaran RBL efektif dalam meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kreatif matematis dalam memecahkan masalah. Kami menggunakan metode dengan penelitian experiment dengan pendekatan kuantitatif untuk menjawab rumusan permasaahan. Instrumen penelitian ini berupa lembar observasi dan tes yang mengukur kemampuan berpikir kreatif siswa. Selanjutnya, data yang dikumpulkan dianalisis secara deskriptif dan inferensial. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) model RBL terlaksana dengan baik; (2) kemampuan berpikir kreatif matematis siswa yang menerapkan model RBL termasuk dalam kategori kreatif; dan model pembelajaran RPL efektif meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kreatif siswa
Photon-Counting CT: High Resolution, Less Radiation
Authors: Lachance Chantelle C. , Horton Jennifer
Published: February 2024

Why Is This an Important Area of Interest?

CT scanners play an essential role as medical imaging devices for screening, diagnosis, and monitoring of various health conditions. Photon-counting CT (PCCT) is an emerging medical technology that can improve image quality with less radiation exposure.

Although Health Canada has licensed certain PCCT scanners for use, it remains unclear whether PCCT currently has a place in care.

What Is the Technology?

PCCT uses a semiconductor material to directly convert each incident photon into an electrical signal. The detector can quickly read out and “count” each individual photon. By directly detecting each X-ray photon and its energy level, PCCT scans can provide a clearer image.

What Is the Potential Impact?

PCCT is intended to function like conventional CT (i.e., scanning various anatomical structures for the purpose of screening, diagnosing, and monitoring health conditions). Any person requiring a CT scan could potentially be eligible for a PCCT scan.

PCCT requires less time to complete a scan versus a conventional system. This could increase the number of CT scans a health care organization can conduct per day, if there are resources available to operationalize the additional capacity (e.g., health care personnel).

We identified evidence that suggests, with a few exceptions, PCCT can provide similar or improved image quality and reduced image noise with often reduced radiation doses compared to conventional CT. It remains unclear whether this results in improvements in key health outcomes. The increased image quality may also increase incidental findings (e.g., incidentalomas), most of which are not clinically relevant.

Compared to conventional CT, trends indicate higher or similar diagnostic confidence among clinicians and improved comfort for patients with PCCT. Trends also suggest PCCT may be valuable at improving the ability to diagnose or detect key markers of certain health conditions or diseases, especially for lung conditions.

PCCT may offer particular benefits to children, people who require frequent CT scans, and people living with overweight or obesity.

What Else Do We Need to Know?

PCCT scanners cost 3 to 5 times more than conventional CT scanners. Additional clinical trials to investigate whether the higher resolution and lower radiation doses result in downstream improvements in key health outcomes are imperative to determine if the additional cost of PCCT scanners is justified.

To comprehensively assess whether PCCT should be implemented for clinical use in Canada, additional information on certain implementation factors — such as training requirements and implications of dual-machine exposure, user perceptions, accessibility, and its overall place in care — is needed.
PELATIHAN DAN PENGUJIAN YOLO (YOU ONLY LOOK ONCE) UNTUK MENDETEKSI PLAT KENDARAAN
Authors: Irfan Irfan , Patombongi Andi , Cakra Cakra
Published: February 2024

Metode YOLO telah banyak dimanfaatkan oleh peneliti untuk keperluan deteksi plat kendaraan, terutama dalam konteks pengenalan plat kendaraan mobil atau motor di jalur lalu lintas. Dalam proses deteksi, peneliti menggunakan dataset yang telah disiapkan untuk melatih algoritma YOLO (You Only Look Once) guna mencapai tingkat kepercayaan (confidence) yang akurat. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa proses deteksi pada video di jalur lalu lintas mampu mengenali plat kendaraan mobil atau motor dengan tingkat kepercayaan di atas 60%, dengan jarak deteksi sekitar 5 meter. Sementara itu, deteksi menggunakan gambar mampu mengenali plat kendaraan mobil atau motor dalam jarak sekitar 10 meter
A significant mechanism of stratospheric O3 intrusion to atmospheric environment: a case study of North China Plain
Authors: Luo Yuehan , Zhao Tianliang , Meng Kai , Hu Jun , Yang Qingjian , Bai Yongqing , Yang Kai , Fu Weikang , Tan Chenghao , Zhang Yifan , Zhang Yanzhe , Li Zhikuan
Published: February 2024

Abstract. Stratosphere-to-troposphere transport results in the stratospheric intrusion (SI) of O3 into the free troposphere through the tropopause folding. However, the mechanism of SI influencing the atmospheric environment with the cross-layer transport of O3 from the stratosphere, free troposphere to the atmospheric boundary layer has not been elucidated thoroughly. In this study, a SI event over the North China Plain (NCP) was taken to investigate the mechanism of the cross-layer transport of stratospheric O3 with the impact on the near-surface O3 based on the multi-source reanalysis and observation data and air quality modeling. The results revealed a significant mechanism of stratospheric O3 intrusion to the atmospheric environment induced by an extratropical cyclone system. The SI with downward transport of stratospheric O3 to near-surface layer was driven by the extratropical cyclone system with vertical coupling of "upper westerly trough-middle the Northeast Cold Vortex (NECV)-lower extratropical cyclone" in the troposphere. The deep trough in the westerly jet aroused the tropopause folding, and the lower stratospheric O3 penetrated the folded tropopause into the upper and middle troposphere; the westerly trough was cut off to form a typical cold vortex in the upper and middle troposphere. The compensating downdrafts of the NECV pushed the further downward transport of stratospheric O3 in the free troposphere; The NECV activated an extratropical cyclone in the lower troposphere, and the vertical cyclonic circulation governed the stratospheric O3 from the free troposphere across the boundary layer top invading the near-surface atmosphere. In this SI event, the averaged contribution of stratospheric O3 to near-surface O3 was accounted for 26.77 %. The proposed meteorological mechanism of vertical transport of stratospheric O3 into the near-surface atmosphere driven by an extratropical cyclone system could improve the understanding of the influence of stratospheric O3 on atmospheric environment with implications for the coordinated control of atmospheric pollution.
Microphysical view of development and ice production of mid-latitude stratocumulus during an extratropical cyclone
Authors: Du Yuanmou , Liu Dantong , Zhao Delong , Huang Mengyu , Tian Ping , Wen Dian , Xiao Wei , Zhou Wei , Pan Baiwan , Zuo Dongfei , Liu Xiange , Jing Yingying , Zhang Rong , Sheng Jiujiang , Wang Fei , Huang Yu , Chen Yunbo , Ding Deping
Published: February 2024

Abstract. The microphysical properties associated with the ice production importantly determine the precipitation rate of clouds. In this study, the microphysical properties including the size distribution and particle morphology of water and ice for stratocumulus during an extratropical cyclone over the northern China were in-situ characterized. Stages of cloud were investigated including young cells rich of liquid water, developing and mature stages with high number concentration of ice particles (Nice). The Nice could reach 300 L-1 at the mature stage, about two orders of magnitudes higher than the primary ice number concentration calculated from ice nucleation. This high Nice occurred at about −5 to −12 °C, spanning the temperature region of Hallett-Mossop process and possible other mechanisms for the secondary ice production (SIP). The Nice was positively associated with the number concentrations of large graupel with diameter (d) > 250 μm and large supercooled droplet (d > 50 μm). The SIP rate was 0.005-1.8 L-1s-1 derived from the measured Nice with known ice growth rate between two sizes. The SIP rate could be produced by a simplified collision-coalescence model within an uncertainty factor of 5, by considering the collection of large droplets by graupel. The collection efficiency between was found to increase when the size of droplet was closer to graupel which may improve the agreement between measurement and model. Importantly, the overall Nice was found to be highly related to the distance to cloud-top (DCT). The level with larger DCT had more abundant rimmed graupels falling from the above level, which promoted the coalescence processes between graupels and droplets, producing a higher fraction of smaller ice through SIP. This seeder-feeder process extended the avalanche SIP at lower temperature up to −14 °C beyond the temperature region of Hallett-Mossop process. The results illustrated the microphysical properties of clouds with convective cells under different stages, which will improve the understanding of the key processes in controlling the cloud glaciation and precipitation process.
MQGeometry-1.0: a multi-layer quasi-geostrophic solver on non-rectangular geometries
Authors: Thiry Louis , Li Long , Roullet Guillaume , Mémin Etienne
Published: February 2024

Abstract. This paper presents MQGeometry, a multi-layer quasi-geostrophic (QG) equation solver for non-rectangular geometries. We advect the potential vorticity (PV) with finite volumes to ensure global PV conservation using a staggered discretization of the PV and stream function (SF). Thanks to this staggering, the PV is defined inside the domain, removing the need to define the PV on the domain boundary. We compute PV fluxes with upwind-biased interpolations whose implicit dissipation replaces the usual explicit (hyper-)viscous dissipation. The discretization presented here does not require tuning of any additional parameter, e.g., additional eddy viscosity. We solve the QG elliptic equation with a fast discrete sine transform spectral solver on rectangular geometry. We extend this fast solver to non-rectangular geometries using the capacitance matrix method. Subsequently, we validate our solver on a vortex-shear instability test case in a circular domain, on a vortex–wall interaction test case, and on an idealized wind-driven double-gyre configuration in an octagonal domain at an eddy-permitting resolution. Finally, we release a concise, efficient, and auto-differentiable PyTorch implementation of our method to facilitate future developments on this new discretization, e.g., machine-learning parameterization or data-assimilation techniques.
Thermal Regime of High Arctic Tundra Ponds, Nanuit Itillinga (Polar Bear Pass), Nunavut, Canada
Authors: Young Kathy L. , Brown Laura C.
Published: February 2024

Abstract. This study evaluates the seasonal and inter-seasonal temperature regime of small tundra ponds ubiquitous to an extensive low-gradient wetland in the Canadian High Arctic. Pond temperatures can modify evaporation and ground thaw rates, losses of greenhouse gases and control the timing and emergence of insects and larvae critical for migratory bird feeding habits. We focus our study on thaw ponds with a range of hydrologic linkages and sizes across Nanuit Itillinga, formerly known as Polar Bear Pass (PBP), Bathurst Island, and whenever possible, compare their thermal signals to other Arctic ponds. Pond temperatures and water levels were evaluated using temperature water level loggers and verified by regular manual measurements. Other environmental data collected included microclimate, frost table depths and water conductivity. Our results show that there is much variability in pond thermal regimes over seasons, years, and space. Cumulative relative pond temperatures were similar across years, with ponds normally reaching 10–15 °C for short to longer periods except in 2013, a cold summer season when pond temperatures never exceeded 5 °C. Pond frost tables and water conductivities respond to variable substrate conditions and pond thermal patterns. This study contributes to the ongoing discussion of climate warming and its impact on Arctic landscapes.
The Influence Of Big Five Personality On Customer Satisfaction With Interpersonal Relationship Quality As A Mediating Variable Among Cooperative Facilitators In The West Kalimantan Province
Authors: Mahdi Irfan , Ahmadia Eru
Published: February 2024

The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of Big Five Personality traits on customer satisfaction, with the quality of interpersonal relationships serving as a mediating variable among cooperative facilitators in West Kalimantan Province. This quantitative study utilized questionnaires for data collection and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with Smart PLS software for data analysis. It involved 41 cooperative assistants and 41 targeted cooperatives in West Kalimantan. Employing total sampling, the study aimed to analyze the impact of the Big Five Personality traits on customer satisfaction, with interpersonal relationship quality as a mediating variable among cooperative assistants in West Kalimantan.

 

This study discovered that the quality of interpersonal relationships has a significant positive correlation with customer satisfaction, with personality dimensions such as Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness contributing positively. Although Openness to Experiences and Neuroticism did not demonstrate statistically significant relationships, this research underscores the importance of understanding the role of interpersonal relationship quality in the context of personality traits to enhance customer satisfaction. This study has significant limitations, including a sample size confined to cooperative assistants in West Kalimantan, reliance on quantitative methods with questionnaires, and the use of Smart PLS statistical software in SEM analysis. Other limitations encompass the potential influence of external factors not captured in the study and constraints in generalizing the results to other contexts. The research outcomes have tangible implications for business. Decision-makers can utilize these insights to enhance strategies and training initiatives, ultimately fostering positive customer experiences. This study examines the Big Five Personality traits. Consumer satisfaction is determined by the extent to which the benefits of a product or service align with consumer expectations. Interpersonal relationship quality mediates the relationship between Big Five Personality traits and consumer satisfaction.
A Single Dose of Beetroot Juice not Enhance Performance during Intervallic Swimming Efforts
Authors: Moreno-Heredero Berta , Morencos Esther , Morais Jorge , Barbosa Tiago M. , Veiga Santiago
Published: February 2024

Despite the numerous scientific evidence on the topic, there is no clear and consistent answer that clarifies the true effects of beetroot juice (BJ) supplementation on different types of physical performance. This study examined whether an acute intake of BJ improves swimming performance, physiological variables of anaerobic metabolism, or subjective measures during high-intensity interval exercise with incomplete rest in competitive swimmers. Eighteen competitive swimmers (nine females and nine males) participated in this cross-over randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind and counterbalanced study. In two trials, swimmers ingested BJ (70 mL, 6.4 mmol/400 mg NO3-) or placebo (PLA) (70 mL, 0.04 mmol/3 mg NO3-) three hours before a 2×6×100 m maximal effort with 40 seconds rest between repetitions and three minutes between blocks. The 100 m times showed no differences between groups (p > 0.05), but there was an interaction between block×repetition×condition (F5 = 3.10; p = 0.046; ηp2 = 0.54), indicating that the BJ group decreased the time of the sixth repetition of block2 compared to block1 (p = 0.01). Lactate concentration showed no differences between conditions (p > 0.05), but there was a main effect of block (ηp2 = 0.60) and a block×repetition interaction (ηp2 = 0.70), indicating higher values in block2 and increasing values between repetitions in block1. The subjective scales, perception of exertion (RPE) and Total Quality Recovery (TQR), showed no effects of condition (p > 0.05), but BJ swimmers had a greater TQR in the last repetitions of each block. In conclusion, a single dose of BJ did not enhance intermittent swimming performance or modified the physiological (lactate and heart rate) or subjective (RPE and TQR) variables; although there was a possible positive effect on the exercise tolerance at the end of effort.
Music Timing Differentiates Fatigue Perception and Performance during Isometric Strength Exercises: A Crossover Randomised Trial
Authors: Poon Eric Tsz-Chun , Kwan Wing Lam , Chow Chi Ching , Chan Derwin King Chung
Published: February 2024

Music is well-known to elicit ergogenic effects on exercise performance; however, the moderating role of application timing remains unclear. This study examined the effects of the timing of music on fatigue perception and performance during isometric strength exercises. Using a within-subject, randomised crossover design, twelve recreationally active young adults performed two isometric strength tasks (plank-hold and wall-sit) in three separate conditions (MEE: music played during the entire exercise task; MDF: music played during fatigue alone; CON: no music). The total time to volitional exhaustion (TTE), time to the onset of fatigue perception (TFP), heart rate, and blood lactate responses were assessed during each trial. MEE resulted in a significantly longer TTE than CON in both the plank-hold (p < 0.05, d = 0.76) and wall-sit exercises (p < 0.05, d = 0.72), whereas MDF led to a significantly longer TTE than CON in wall-sit exercises alone (p < 0.05, d = 0.60). TFP was significantly longer in MEE than in CON in both the plank-hold (p < 0.05, d = 0.54) and wall-sit exercises (p < 0.05, d = 0.64). The music condition did not influence the heart rate or blood lactate changes in any of the trials. Our results suggest that listening to music during the entire exercise can delay the onset of fatigue perception in isometric strength tasks, whereas listening to music during fatigue has only a modest effect. Athletes and exercisers should consider extending music exposure throughout the entire exercise task to maximise performance benefits.
ANALYSIS OF THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE ON ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS IN SCOPUS DATABASE
Authors: Čolakovac Ivan , Barković Iva , Milčić Lucija , Možnik Marijo
Published: February 2024

The purpose of this article is to examine the current state of scientific production, collaboration, and the effects of research publications on artistic gymnastics, as well as the most active researchers pursuing this area of study. Documents acquired from the Scopus database served as the basis for our investigation. MS Excel as well as VOS viewer were used to carry out the bibliometric analysis and network design. As a result, 430 original articles and scientific reviews in 22 Scopus subject areas were found in 167 journals. Most articles were published in Science of Gymnastics Journal (76). These articles are also most cited (294). There are 28 authors with five to fifteen articles whose citation form most of the citation network. Most of the artistic gymnastics research is published in journals that cover subjects such as medicine, health professions, and social science, with the first receiving the most citations.
SHORT HISTORICAL NOTES XXIX
Authors: Gajdoš Anton
Published: February 2024

SHORT HISTORICAL NOTES XXIX
Examining the Impact of Living in an Asylum on the Mental Health of Middle Eastern Refugees
Authors: Kharal Maariyah
Published: February 2024

Refugee aid is seldom a topic of American political conversations despite rising global refugee populations (American Immigration Council, 2020). Refugees who have fled or been forced out of their native country seek asylum, or protection from persecution, in a host country (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2015). Thus, an asylum country is one in which refugees can live without fear of persecution or deportation to their native country, while they apply for permanent residence or resettlement (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2015). Many Middle Eastern nations including Syria, Libya, Yemen, and Palestine are currently experiencing war and subsequently, hundreds of thousands of individuals from these nations have been forced to seek asylum elsewhere (International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2022). Adjusting to asylum countries may affect mental health, which is an individual’s state of psychological wellness (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2022). Thus, this paper will examine how relocation to an asylum country impacts the mental health of Middle Eastern refugees.
The Silent Suffering: Obstetric Fistula in Ethiopia
Authors: Germano Emma
Published: February 2024

Obstetric fistula is a maternal morbidity that accounts for 6% of all maternal deaths worldwide. This condition occurs most commonly in areas of sub-Saharan Africa and rural south Asia where access to medical care and maternal education is not readily available. During prolonged or obstructed labor, a fistula can form connecting the rectum or urinary tract with the vagina. The condition is more common in young mothers who are pressured by their community, culture, or partner to have children early. This has severe and devastating potentially lifelong consequences. Women living with obstetric fistula experience chronic incontinence and associated odors, social and psychological isolation, and severe pain. Despite the condition being preventable and treatable with surgery, there is still a high prevalence in low-income countries. Although the incidences of obstetric fistula are difficult to document due to the lack of medical reporting, this analysis will focus on the effects of the disease in Ethiopia, one of the poorest countries in the world.
Recent progress in the roles of microRNAs in pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease
Authors: Siregar Fajri M. , Hartopo Anggoro B. , Mubarika Sofia
Published: February 2024

Research on noncoding RNA, particularly microRNAs (miRNAs), is growing rapidly. Advances in genomic technologies have revealed the complex roles of miRNAs in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated with congenital heart disease (CHD). It has been demonstrated that the progression of PAH associated with CHD is characterized by particular dysregulation of miRNAs and is related to cardiovascular remodeling, cell death, and right ventricle dysfunction. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge regarding the involvement of miRNAs in the pathogenesis and progression of PAH associated with CHD. We commence by explaining the process of miRNA synthesis and its mode of action, as well as the role of miRNA in PAH associated with CHD. Moreover, the article delves into current breakthroughs in research, potential clinical implications, and prospects for future investigations. The review provides the insight into novel approaches for diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy of PAH associated with CHD.
ДАТИРОВКА ДОКУМЕНТА
Authors: Мохоров Д. А. , Кочемировский В. А.
Published: February 2024

Монография Д. А. Мохорова и В. А. Кочемировского «Датировка документа» посвящена одной из самых актуальных проблем судебно-технической экспертизы документа – определению даты выполнения отдельного реквизита и документа в целом. В работе подробно рассмотрены как научно-технические, так и организационно-правовые вопросы определения давности документа. В монографии, впервые в отечественной экспертной практике, подробно освещены главные мировые тенденции в вопросе исследования давности выполнения рукописных, штемпельных и печатных записей на документах. Подробно описана специфика и возможности хроматографических методов исследования, особенности применения молекулярной спектроскопии, применение современных методов математической обработки больших и многомерных массивов данных. Большое внимание в монографии уделено взаимосвязи юридических, процессуальных и технических аспектов методов судебно-технических экспертиз документов, проанализированы проблемы законодательного регулирования экспертной деятельности и качества экспертных методик в области определения давности документа. В монографии много места отведено подробному описанию новейших данных об особенностях естественного и искусственного старения пишущих составов, тонеров и бумажной основы документов. Перечислены факторы внешнего воздействия и механизм их влияния на результаты датировки инструментальными методами. Описан современный программно-аппаратный комплекс для исследования давности создания реквизита документа и в деталях объяснен алгоритм его работы. Монография содержит много новой ценной и необходимой для работы информации для специалистов в области судебно-технической экспертизы документов. Она может быть рекомендована как научно-методическое пособие для преподавателей и студентов вузов, специализирующихся на подготовке специалистов в области судебно-технической экспертизы документа.
ИСТОРИЯ ГОСУДАРСТВА И ПРАВА РОССИИ И ЗАРУБЕЖНЫХ СТРАН
Authors: Мохоров Д. А. , Клиницкий А. И. , Крюченков Г. Ю.
Published: February 2024

Представленный практикум является дополнением к учебному пособию доцентов Высшей школы юриспруденции и судебно-технической экспертизы СПбПУ Петра Великого Д. А. Мохорова и А. И. Клиницкого «История государства и права России и зарубежных стран». Пособие содержит разнообразные предметные и метапредметные задания, ориентированные как на развитие профессиональных компетенций будущих юристов, историков, иных гуманитарных специальностей, так и на развитие функциональной грамотности, исследовательских навыков. Пособие рассчитано на бакалавров, магистров, аспирантов, преподавателей юридических и исторических вузов и факультетов, а также всех читателей, интересующихся эволюцией государственно-правовых институтов с древнейших времен до наших дней.
A Connection Through Stucco Technique with Early Medieval Natural Lighting Systems in Rome and Emphasis on the Role of Light in Islamic Architecture Focusing on Khirbat al-Mafiar 7CE.
Authors: Siyana Georgieva
Published: February 2024

This article investigates how, since ancient times, building windows have had grids of stucco, stone, wood, or iron, as well as slabs of glass or other materials. They also appeared as simple apertures in the wall, the arrangement of which frequently served decorative functions. Following a classical tradition, the usage of shuttered windows with glass fixed on timber frames was known in late antiquity. The search for a peculiar architectural taste of the late antique and early mediaeval times is particularly appealing due to the light effects produced by shuttered windows made of translucent material, which provides a mystical and suggestive appearance.
The light that transforms the decoration, using color combinations, sometimes occur in unexpected contexts or in an adjacent architectural form, such as the floor and vault of the royal apse in the bathroom of Khirbat al-Mafjar. The architectural element that includes the lozenges, closer to Khirbat al-Mafjar as a drawing and scheme, to create a particular visual effect, could be seen in three barriers of stucco windows found in situ in the windows of the central nave during the 1930 restorations to Bovino Cathedral. Presence of light during history and in various architectural oeuvres, in addition to functional aspect, as factor for illumination and life conferring to daily activities, it has been abundantly addressed from spiritual aspect and in doctrinal discussions of religions.
The Quest for Decolonization: Reimagining Politics, Nation State and Identity in India
Authors: Muhammad Kamran Fiaz  , Rafida Nawaz
Published: February 2024

Was the liberation movement really for liberation? Did the nationalist movements betray the multitudes, the common of the society? Was the liberation of South Asia only a shift of minorities (from native to national minority) and unequal dynamics of power (‘Strongmen’ ruling the weak)? Almost every nation state shares the same attributes. The Empire's colonists and native are the nation state’s national majority and national minority, Mamdani (2020) argued. The study uses Mamdani's theoretical framework of nation state to understand the plight of India’s national minorities. Minorities of the nation state are struggling to belong and find a space of identity in the land of their ancestors. Mamdani, through the example of Apartheid South Africa, proposes that nation state’s violence can be curbed through decolonizing the governing apparatus of state narratives that shapes the identity of the people for its own benefits. The people should not buy into the state narratives based on differences that spread violence for its own strategic and political purposes. But they should reassemble and redefine their subjective truths to reshape their identity, to regain the power of inclusion not exclusion, and to contribute to the land of their ancestors. As Amartya Sen argued, freedom is also the primary objective of development. The struggle to freedom must be fought on all fronts.
Modi’s Urge for Hindu State: A Historical Overview of Identity Doctrine
Authors: Isra Sarwar  , Zubaida Zafar
Published: February 2024

Akhant Bharat with only Hindus are the main agenda of BJP led government which formed its policies -posed as religious extremist Hindu political party- having goals of ethnic cleansing and make its land pure from non-Hindus mainly Muslims. The Hindutva doctrine followed and advocated by BJP actually “sought to define Indian culture in terms of Hindu values”. Which was opposite to Nehru’s approach and critical to secular policies but it incepted, grow and now reach a momentum where orthodox rightest Modi passed citizenship Act in which religion has been used as criteria for citizenship besides its constitutional commitment to secularism. Modi led BJP’s policies disturbs the social fabric of India as what they exactly want that non Hindu believers can only live at sufferance of Hindutva which is actually against Hindu Teachings. This study will highlight Modi Government policies that indicate his urge for Hindu state and will trace the connection between Modi’s practical approach for Hindutva with Hitler’s far-right wing working for the supremacy of his race and its influence on South Asia.
Havacılık Alanında Ön Lisans ve Lisans Düzeyinde Eğitim Veren Üniversiteler Üzerine Bir Araştırma
Authors: ÖZBAY Gülçin , TÜYSÜZ Vildan , SEMİNT Serkan
Published: February 2024

Bu çalışmanın temel amacı Türkiye’de havacılık alanında ön lisans ve lisans düzeyinde eğitim veren yükseköğretim kurumlarının mevcut durumlarını tespit etmek ve bu üniversitelerde istihdam edilen akademisyenlerin sayısal verilerini elde etmektir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda çalışmada içerik analizi yönteminden yararlanılmıştır. YÖKATLAS veri tabanının arama kısmına “sivil havacılık ulaştırma işletmeciliği”, “sivil havacılık kabin hizmetler” “havacılık yönetimi”, “havacılık elektrik ve elektroniği”, “havacılık ve uzay mühendisliği” yazılarak havacılık alanında eğitim veren yükseköğretim kurumlarına ulaşılmıştır. Havacılık alanında eğitim verilen ön lisans ve lisans programları tespit edilmiş olup sayısal verileri ortaya çıkarılmıştır. Ön lisans düzeyinde 50 üniversitenin (%61’i vakıf), lisans düzeyinde 43 üniversitenin (%56’sı devlet) havacılık alanında eğitim verdiği tespit edilmiştir. Aynı zamanda çalışmada ön lisans düzeyinde ve lisans düzeyinde havacılık alanında eğitim veren üniversiteler bölge bazında değerlendirilmiş ve hangi bölgede kaç üniversitesin olduğu haritalar üzerinde gösterilmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda havacılık alanında ön lisans ve lisans düzeyinde eğitim veren kurumların çoğunlukla Marmara Bölgesi’nde bulunduğu, ön lisans düzeyinde 305 akademisyenin istihdam edildiği, lisans düzeyinde ise 375 akademisyenin istihdam edildiği ve her iki düzeyde de akademisyenlerin büyük çoğunluğunun işletme mezunu olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Hava Balonlarının (Zeplin) Havacılık Tarihindeki Yeri
Authors: GEÇİLİ Derya
Published: February 2024

İnsanoğlunun, yüzyıllar boyunca yeryüzünden gökyüzünü gözlemleyerek ulaşılmaz olana yaklaşma hayalleri olmuştur. Bütün dünyada efsaneleşen bu hayali gerçekleştirmek ve havalarda uçabilmek için birçok araç-gereç icat edilmiştir. Bu araçlar arasında en önemlisi gökyüzünde makinelerin devir hareketleriyle havanın karşı koymasından istifade edilerek yapılan hava gemileri olmuştur. Hava gemilerinin inşasında en başarılı devlet Almanya olarak kabul edilmiş ve mucidinin isminden dolayı genellikle zeplin olarak adlandırılmıştır. Zeplin, keşif hizmetleriyle savaşlar sırasında kullanılarak donanma için de önemli bir rol üstlenmiştir. Osmanlı Devleti, Birinci Dünya Savaşı sırasında yaşanan büyük kayıpların etkisiyle askeri eksikliklerin giderilebilmesi için Almanya’ya uzmanlar göndermiştir. Bu uzmanlar tarafından Almanya’nın hava gemileri hakkında incelemeler yapılarak raporlar hazırlanmıştır. Aşağıda hava gemilerinin özellikleri, kullanılmaya başlamaları ve Osmanlı Devleti tarafından deniz hava gemileri hakkında yapılan incelemeler anlatılmıştır.
Giant chancre in an octogenary patient. Always remember syphilis!
Authors: Ramos Mauro Cunha , Ruwel Andressa Goldman
Published: February 2024

Introduction: Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the Treponema pallidum and has become epidemic in the past two decades. The disease is often asymptomatic, and its manifestations are diverse. It may affect multiple systems, posing the risk of serious consequences or even death. Objective: To present a case of an exuberant syphilis-related lesion in an elderly man. Case report: An 85-year-old man presented with a painless penile lesion. He reported having had oral sexual contact (felatio) with a female sex worker six weeks prior the presentation of the lesion. During the physical exam, an ulcer measuring three to four cm was observed, reaching subcutaneous tissue down to the Buck’s fascia, and presenting a clean beefy red base, and an infiltrated edge. Bilateral and movable enlarged and painless lymph nodes were found. The rapid immunochromatographic test was positive for syphilis and negative for HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Treatment consisted of an in loco injection of 2,400,000 IU of benzathine penicillin. Conclusion:In spite of being more common among younger individuals, syphilis should be always considered in the differential diagnosis of genital ulcers, regardless of the patient’s age. Many aged people keep an active sexual life especially with the increase of longevity and effective therapeutic measures for erectile disfunction. The false belief that sexual activity ceases to exist in older age groups must, therefore, be abandoned.
Rezension von: Krohn, Rüdiger u.a. (Hrsg.), Stauferzeit
Authors: Wunder Gerd , Krohn Rüdiger
Published: February 2024

Stauferzeit. Geschichte, Literatur, Kunst. Hg. von Rüdiger Krohn, Bernd Thum und Peter Wapnewski. Karlsruher kulturwissenschaftliche Arbeiten. Band 1. Stuttgart: Klett 1978. 418 S.
Rezension von: Press, Volker, Kaiser Karl V., König Ferdinand und die Entstehung der Reichsritterschaft
Authors: Wunder Gerd , Press Volker
Published: February 2024

Volker Press: Kaiser Karl V., König Ferdinand und die Entstehung der Reichsritterschaft. Institut für europäische Geschichte Mainz. Vorträge 60. Wiesbaden: Steiner 1976. 68 S.
Rezension von: Maurer, Justus, Prediger im Bauernkrieg
Authors: Zieger Andreas , Maurer Justus
Published: February 2024

Justus Maurer: Prediger im Bauernkrieg. Calwer Theologische Monographien. Reihe B. Systematische Theologie und Kirchengeschichte. Band 5. Stuttgart: Calwer Verlag 1979. XVI und 663 S.