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A STUDY ON ENGLISH SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Authors: Daulay Ernita
Published: February 2022

English can be due to demand of Indonesian in the field of business, technology, education, and research.  The implementation of ESP has revealed some factors, such as students, teachers, and ESP materials that have significant influences on the quality of teaching and learning ESP. These factors require serious attention from stakeholders and ESP practitioners to improve the quality of ESP instruction. The government language policy might emphasize the curricula of formal schools and teachers training for ESP instruction. The quality of teacher of ESP is high contributing to accommodate the teaching and learning ESP course. Besides that, the materials of ESP should be formulated by practitioners of ESP who had knowledge of ESP instruction and the aim of ESP might concern on the improvements in students' proficiency in English. Thus, the students are being better in academic and professional in the work domain.  English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is one of the predominant approaches to language teaching in tertiary education, as it is directed towards the specific needs of the particular specialty students. The paper deals with the role of needs analysis and materials evaluation adjusting ESP courses to the needs of students in tertiary education. Students’ needs analysis is a reference base for both the development of a new ESP course and alterations of an existing ESP course in the changing environment and demands for English language skills. Teaching materials determine the content of the course and affect teaching methods, students’ motivation, vocabulary and language functions taught. The evaluation of teaching materials allows the teacher to constantly improve the ESP course, to better adjust it to the changing needs of students. The theoretical considerations are supported by a survey of students’ needs and their evaluation of teaching materials. The results of the survey reveal whether the students’ needs are met in the ESP course they have attended. The implication of the survey results is that the most topical students’ needs, such as the development of productive skills, and especially speaking skills, do not change over time. Students’ evaluation of the tailor-made ESP course books is also presented, as well as some suggestions to make the ESP courses more attuned to students ‘needs.
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ AND TEACHER’S PERCEPTION ON ENGLISH ONLINE LEARNING
Authors: Siregar Nurul Amirah , Siregar Deasy Yunita
Published: February 2022

This research was aimed to find out the students’ and teacher’s perceptions of English online learning. This research was conducted by using Descriptive Qualitative Research. The technique of analyzing data researcher used three steps, there are: 1) data reduction, 2) data display, 3) conclusion.. The findings from the data analysis shows that students gave positive perception of English online learning where students said that the process of learning English is easier with online learning and English online learning can foster students’ independent learning attitudes but students found problem in implementing online English learning because limited of internet quota during this pandemic, not everyone has enough money to buy an internet quota. Teacher also gave a positive perception of English online learning in case of the process of learning. English online learning is not effective because teacher teach virtually in one place and students follow learning from other computers in different places, it will make it difficult for students to accept and achieve learning objectives. Therefore, in their opinion,s learning will be more effective if learning is carried out face-to-face, the delivery of learning materials is carried out directly by the teacher to students and will also be more easily accessible by students so that they can achieve the desired learning objectives.
THE UTILIZATION OF ANIMATION VIDEO IN NARRATIVE TEXT WRITING CLASS: AN EXPLORATION OF STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS
Authors: Siregar Misbah Hayati
Published: February 2022

The utilization of animation video as a strategy based on CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) approach has been implemented by English language teachers, practitioners, and facilitators due to its enjoyable and meaningful impacts on students’ learning. This present study aimed to describe the students’ perceptions on utilizing animation video in English writing class focusing on narrative text. Qualitative research approach, particularly a case study design was employed to conduct this study. To collect the data, the researcher used questionnaire, interview, and documentation which were analyzed with descriptive statistics and Miles and Huberman theory. Twenty-eight students were recruited as the participants in this study, however only three were invited to the interview session which was conducted to deeper explore their perceptions of the animation video utilization. The results revealed that there were three main findings which tended to be positive perceptions, namely: 1) enthusiasm in the use of animation video as a learning media, 2) better comprehension of the story which helped them to portray the concept easily, to acquire more vocabulary, to organize the generic structure, and to convey the moral lesson, and 3) students felt motivated to write narrative text properly. From those results, this study concludes that the utilization of animation video in narrative text writing class has given great contributions for the students’ learning. This study suggests that the use of animation video be practiced in English language teaching learning process, particularly in the teaching and learning of narrative text writing. 
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Greek Tourism-Updates and Comparisons
Authors: Papanikos Gregory T.
Published: February 2022

This paper updates and compares the results obtained in Papanikos’ (2020a) paper published in the Athens Journal of Tourism, which estimated the impact of the current pandemic on international Greek tourism receipts and tourist arrivals. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have negative effects on Greek tourism and the Greek economy. In this paper, newly released data by the Bank of Greece for the entire 2021 period are used to assess the impact on Greek tourism during the two pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. In addition, the actual data from 2020 are compared with the estimates of the three scenarios made in the 2020 paper. One conclusion that emerges from the analysis of the data on international tourism is that in 2021 Greek tourism did much better than in 2020, but still is far away from the record year of 2019. In 2021, international tourist arrivals and international tourism receipts accounted for 48% and 58% of the 2019 values respectively. Keywords: pandemic, COVID-19, crisis, tourism, Greece, economic impact
The Types and Impacts of Bullying on Taylor Hillridge in Cyberbully Movie
Authors: Sakinah Nada Putri , Jamaris Anita
Published: February 2022

This research is about the types and impacts of bullying on Taylor Hillridge in Cyberbully movie. The aims of this research are: (1) To find out the types of bullying that the character Taylor Hillridge receives in Cyberbully movie. (2) To find out the impacts of bullying that the character Taylor Hillridge suffers in Cyberbully movie. Researcher used descriptive qualitative method. The result of this research for types of bullying researcher found 6 data of verbal bullying, 2 data of relational bullying, 10 data of cyber bullying. However, for the result of this research for the impacts of bullying researcher found, 1 datum of effects on feelings and behavior, 1 datum of academic impact, 1 datum of psychological impact.
Penerapan Pembelajaran Outdoor Learning Pada Masa Pandemi Corona di Sekolah Dasar
Authors: Bandung Urang , Pratikno Ahmad Sudi
Published: February 2022

Artikel ini membahas tentang bagaimana proses pembelajaran daring di era pandemi cirus corona. Dalam kesempatan ini, mari kita semua untuk berdiskusi secara mendalam berkaitan dengan topik tersebut. Pembelajaran daring telah berlangsung kurang lebih selama 2 tahun. Hal tersebut tentu membuat para siswa merasa bosan, karena harus menatap layar gawai selama berjam-jam.
Low MYB expression distinguishes basal-like human breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: February 2022

Patients diagnosed with basal-like breast cancer face a more aggressive disease course and more dismal prognosis than patients diagnosed with luminal A and luminal B breast cancer molecular subtypes (1-4). We mined published microarray data (5, 6) to understand in an unbiased fashion the most distinguishing transcriptional features of tumors from patients with basal or basal-like subtype breast cancer. We observed transcriptome-wide differential expression of MYB proto-oncogene, transcription factor, MYB, when comparing tumors of patients with basal-like breast cancer with that of other PAM50 molecular subtypes. MYB mRNA was present at significantly lower quantities in the tumors of patients with basal-like breast cancer. Analysis of patient survival data revealed that MYB primary tumor expression was correlated with distant metastasis-free survival in HER2+, luminal A and normal-like subtype breast cancer. Low MYB expression appears to distinguish basal-like human breast cancer from the other molecular subtypes.
STUDENTS' AND INSTRUCTORS VOICES OF THE TALKING APPRAISAL IN INDONESIA
Authors: Musa Alexander
Published: February 2022

In school, teachers have tremendous impact in looking into talking limit since the inconceivable effect assessment will be sway on understudies improvement, instructors ought to have the information and appreciation concerning what they asses, how they asses and collect the information of understudies to get the persuading appraisal from students. The analyst will utilize interview to know both viewpoint on students and teacher toward the evaluation of talking and the understudies understanding toward the exercises/task that given by instructors in talking class. Additionally, the analyst will see the class, pushed regarding how the instructors asses students talking limit. What strategy the educator use and concern the assessment educational plan 2013. What's more it in like way concern what sort of endeavored the instructor use in the homeroom to move students talking capacity. Moreover, the analyst will record the advancement related with talking in class. There are some record additionally will be gathered in this appraisal like the material of talking class, and affiliation talking assessment from instructors.
Quantification and depth distribution analysis of carbon to nitrogen ratio in forest soils using reflectance spectroscopy
Authors: Gholizadeh Asa , Saberioon Mohammadmehdi , Pouladi Nastaran , Dor Eyal Ben
Published: February 2022

Forest soils have large contents of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), which have significant spatial variability laterally across landscapes and vertically with depth due to decomposition, erosion and leaching. Therefore, the ratio of C to N contents (C:N), a crucial indicator of soil quality and health, is also different depending on soil horizon. These attributes can cost-effectively and rapidly be estimated using visible–near infrared–shortwave infrared (VNIR–SWIR) spectroscopy. Nevertheless, the effect of different soil layers, particularly over large scales of highly heterogeneous forest soils, on the performance of the technique has rarely been attempted. This study evaluated the potential of VNIR–SWIR spectroscopy in quantification and variability analysis of C:N in soils from different organic and mineral layers of forested sites of the Czech Republic. At each site, we collected samples from the litter (L), fragmented (F) and Humus (H) organic layers, and from the A1 (depth of 2–10 cm) and A2 (depth of 10–40 cm) mineral layers providing a total of 2505 samples. Support vector machine regression (SVMR) was used to train the prediction models of the selected attributes at each individual soil layer and the merged layer (profile). We further produced the spatial distribution maps of C:N as the target attribute at each soil layer. Results showed that the prediction accuracy based on the profile spectral data was adequate for all attributes. Moreover, F was the most accurately predicted layer, regardless of the soil attribute. C:N models and maps in the organic layers performed well although in mineral layers, models were poor and maps were reliable only in areas with low and moderate C:N. On the other hand, the study indicated that VNIR–SWIR spectroscopy could efficiently predict and map organic layers of the Czech Republic’s forested sites but in mineral layers, it didn’t differentiate classes of C:N higher than 50.
PENERAPAN GROUP INVESTIGATION DAN PENEMUAN TERBIMBING BERBANTUKAN MEDIA GEOGEBRA UNTUK MENINGKATKAN AKTIVITAS DAN HASIL BELAJAR PERSAMAAN DAN FUNGSI KUADRAT SISWA KELAS X-TSM SMK NEGERI 5 BANJARMASIN oleh Muhammad Qamaruzzaman, & Noor Fajriah
Authors: Julak Jurnal
Published: February 2022

Penelitian tindakan ini merupakan langkah untuk menanggulangi permasalahan kurangnya aktivitas siswa terlibat dalam pembelajaran persamaan dan fungsi kuadrat matematika, dan di sisi lain hasil belajar siswa untuk pelajaran matematika pada materi ini di tahun sebelumnya masih dibawah KKM yang dipatok yakni 75, dan ketuntasan klasikal juga belum mencapai 80%. Dengan masalah ini diperlukan satu alternatif untuk menyelesaikannya yakni dengan penerapan Group Investigation dan penemuan terbimbing berbantukan geogebra dalam Pembelajaran matematika pada materi Persamaan dan Fungsi Kuadrat.Penelitian ini bersifat tindakan kelas yang dilakukan 2 siklus. Siklus I dan siklus II dilaksanakan masing-masing 2 kali pertemuan. Dan setiap selesai 2 kali pertemuan diadakan pengambilan data. Untuk melihat aktivitas belajar siswa dilakukan pengamatan dengan angket observasi yang sudah disiapkan, untuk hasil belajar siswa dilaksanakan tes obyektif, dengan soal diambil dari soal Ujian Nasional (UN) sehingga terjamin dari segi validitas dan reliabilitas soal.Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan, siswa terbantu untuk mendapatkan materi pembelajaran secara mandiri, didukung kerja sama group, dan siswa mampu melihat realistik-kontekstual materi pelajaran mereka dengan bantuan geogebra. Hasil prestasi siswa, pada Sikus I rata-ratanya sebesar 74.58 sedangkan pada Siklus II rata-rata prestasi siswa mencapai 79.00 sedangkan KKM dipatok 75, berarti prestasi belajar pada II telah melampaui KKM yang ada. Namun ketuntasan belajar secara klasikal, pada siklus I sebesar 78%, sedangkan Siklus II mencapai 97%.Kata Kunci : Penemuan Terbimbing, Group Investigation, Geogebra.
UNDERSTUDIES' AND INSTRUCTORS VOICES OF THE TALKING ASSESSMENT IN INDONESIA
Authors: Musa Alexander
Published: February 2022

In school, instructors have huge influence in reviewing talking limit since the incredible impact examination will be impact on students improvement, educators should have the data and appreciation concerning what they asses, how they asses and assemble the data of students to get the convincing assessment from understudies. The researcher will use interview to know both perspective on understudies and instructor toward the assessment of talking and the students understanding toward the activities/task that given by educators in talking class. Besides, the examiner will see the class, stressed with respect to how the educators asses understudies talking capacity. What method the instructor use and concern the examination instructive arrangement 2013. What's more it in like manner concern what kind of attempted the teacher use in the homeroom to inspire understudies talking ability. Furthermore, the researcher will record the development associated with talking in class. There are some record moreover will be assembled in this assessment like the material of talking class, and association talking examination from educators.
KEPRIBADIAN TOKOH UTAMA DALAM NOVEL AYAH MENYAYANGI TANPA AKHIR KARYA KIRANA KEJORA KAJIAN PSIKOLOGI SASTRA
Authors: Susiati Susiati , iye risman
Published: February 2022

Abstract: Literary works are a means of instilling life values that can be used by readers becauseliterary works are a reflection of life problems that are re-expressed by the author through thecharacters in the story. The research aims to uncover the Personality of Father Main Charactersin the Novel Father Loves Endless work by Kirana Kejora in the study of literary psychology. Themethod in this research is descriptive qualitative. The data referred to in this study are words,sentences, or paragraphs contained in the Personality of the Main Characters of Father in theNovel Father Loving Endlessly by Kirana Kejora in the study. research results found in the studyof literary psychology in the novel Father Loves Without End by Kirana Kejora namely: Literarypsychology in the aspects of id, aspects of the ego, and aspects of the superego.
Stop the Train
Authors: Wang Yuanqing
Published: February 2022

Stop the Train---a short story.
Fault slip-rates and Coulomb stress interactions in the intersection zone of the Hope, Kelly and Alpine Faults, South Island, New Zealand
Authors: Vermeer Jessie , Quigley Mark , Langridge Rob , Duffy Brendan , Mildon Zoe , Diercks Manuel-lukas
Published: February 2022

The Hope Fault is a major strike-slip plate boundary fault in the Marlborough Fault Zone of New Zealand’s South Island that transfers slip between the Alpine Fault and Hikurangi subduction zone. We use lidar-based geomorphic and fault mapping, and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL; quartz) and infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL; feldspar) dating of fault-proximal sedimentary deposits to constrain post-last glacial slip-rates for the Taramakau section of the Hope Fault and the Kelly Fault. Dextral slip-rates on the central Hope Fault (12-15 mm/yr) decrease westward from 5.6 (+2.0/-0.8) mm/yr to 1.7 (+1.0/-0.5) mm/yr. Dextral slip-rates on the Kelly Fault range from 6.2 (+7.6/-1.4) mm/yr to 1.7 (+2.1/-0.4) mm/yr. Linking, incipient subsidiary faults have minimum slip-rates of 1.3 (+0.1/-0.4) mm/yr. Proposed causes of spatial variations in slip-rates include (i) complexities in diffusive slip localization and transfer across the deformation zone, (ii) undocumented slip on faults including buried or otherwise unrecognized traces, and (iii) possible transience in slip behaviours. Paleoseismic trenching and radiocarbon (14C) ages are used to constrain the timing of most recent surface rupture on the western Hope Fault (Taramakau section) to ca. 1680 and 1840 CE, with a preferred age of ca. 1800-1840 CE. Coulomb stress modelling of scenario earthquakes on individual faults in the Alpine-Hope-Kelly Fault network is used to explore physical drivers for understanding slip-rate variations across the network. Source fault ruptures on the central Alpine Fault impart positive stress changes on the Hope-Kelly receiver faults in excess of 5-10 bars, and vice versa. Northern Alpine Fault earthquakes reduce Coulomb stresses on the Hope-Kelly receiver faults, and vice versa. Earthquake spatio-temporal clustering is an important consideration in evaluating earthquake hazards in this region.
Seeking Security or Seeking Pleasure in Sexual Behavior? Examining How Individual Motives Shape Condom Use Attitudes
Authors: Rodrigues David L. , Lopes Diniz
Published: February 2022

Research has consistently shown that motives for security (i.e., prevention focus) or pleasure (i.e., promotion focus) determine risk perception and behaviors in several domains, including sexual health. We tested if being more focused on prevention or promotion was associated with condom use attitudes and if the perceived risk of HIV infection explained these associations. Participants (N = 405, 61.7% women; Mage = 23.10, SD = 5.06) took part in an online cross-sectional study. We found positive associations between both regulatory foci and condom use attitudes. Mediation analyses also showed that participants who were more focused on prevention perceived condoms as more reliable, attributed less stigma to condom use, and were less embarrassed about condom use negotiation. These associations were explained by the perception of less risk of HIV infection. Results also revealed a few associations with personality traits and moderations by age and gender. These findings highlight the importance of considering individual motives to gain an understanding of how the perceived risk of infection can shape sexual health decision-making.
Age-related decreases in global metacognition are independent of local metacognition and task performance
Authors: McWilliams Andrew , Bibby Hannah , Steinbeis Nikolaus , David Anthony S. , Fleming Stephen M
Published: February 2022

Metacognition refers to a capacity to reflect on and control other cognitive processes, commonly quantified as the extent to which confidence tracks objective performance. There is conflicting evidence about how metacognition changes across the lifespan and it is unknown whether “local” metacognition (monitoring of individual judgments) and “global” metacognition (estimates of self-ability) change. Additionally, the degree to which metacognition generalises across cognitive domains may itself change over time due to increased experience with one’s own abilities. Using a gamified metacognitive task we measured local and global metacognition during performance-controlled memory and visual perception tasks in an age-stratified sample of 304 healthy volunteers (18-83 years; N=50 in each of 6 age groups). We calculated both local and global metrics of metacognition and charted domain-generality with age. Task performance was stable with age. Global self-performance estimates and local metacognitive bias decreased with age, indicating overall lower confidence. Local metacognitive efficiency was unrelated to age and remained correlated across the two cognitive domains. A stability of local metacognition indicates distinct mechanisms contributing to local and global metacognition. Our study provides both a profile of local and global metacognition across the lifespan and a benchmark against which disease-related changes in metacognition can be compared.
E pluribus unum but how? Chunking as a rational solution to the speed-accuracy trade-off
Authors: Wu Shuchen , Éltető Noémi , Dasgupta Ishita , Schulz Eric
Published: February 2022

When exposed to perceptual and motor sequences, people are able to gradually identify patterns within and form a compactinternal description of the sequence. One proposal of how sequences can be compressed is people’s ability to form chunks.We study people’s chunking behavior in a serial reaction time task. We relate chunk representation with sequence statisticsand task demands, and propose a rational model of chunking that rearranges and concatenates its representation to jointlyoptimize for accuracy and speed. Our model predicts that participants should chunk more if chunks are indeed part of thegenerative model underlying a task and should, on average, learn longer chunks when optimizing for speed than optimizing foraccuracy. We test these predictions in two experiments. In the first experiment, participants learn sequences with underlyingchunks. In the second experiment, participants were instructed to act either as fast or as accurately as possible. The results ofboth experiments confirmed our model’s predictions. Taken together, these results shed new light on the benefits of chunkingand pave the way for future studies on step-wise representation learning in structured domains.
Litmus test of rich episodic representations: Context-induced false recognition
Authors: Szollosi Agnes , Pajkossy Peter , Bencze Dorottya , Marian Miklos , Racsmany Mihaly
Published: February 2022

Context-dependent episodic memory is typically investigated using tasks in which retrieval occurs either in the reinstated context of encoding or in a completely new context. A fundamental question for episodic memory models is how detailed those episodic memory representations are that contain contextual information about the encoded event. The present study examined whether memory is affected when the contexts of encoding and retrieval are highly similar but not exactly the same. At encoding, participants saw unique object images presented on the background of unique context scene images. On a surprise recognition test, the objects were either old or visually similar to ones seen at encoding (lure stimuli). The objects were presented on either the old or a lure context image; the lure context image was visually similar to the corresponding object’s encoding context. Context reinstatement increased the hit rate for the old objects. Additionally, the false alarm rate for the lure objects was higher in the old context condition indicating that the presence of the encoding context at test does not always aid recognition memory decisions. These results suggest that slight visual differences between the contexts of encoding and retrieval matter and that the unique association formed at incidental encoding between a focal stimulus and its own visually rich context affects subsequent recognition memory performance.
The Future is Bright – or is it? Comparing Opportunities across the Generations in the UK
Authors: Anderson Lewis Robert
Published: February 2022

I review social, economic, and policy trends across education, employment, housing, and wealth in the UK over the past half-century, and compare how different generations have fared in each of these areas. Younger generations cannot be said to have had it wholly ‘better’ or ‘worse’, but a recurrent finding is a decline in the opportunities available in all these areas to young people who do not enter higher education and lack other advantages such as access to parental wealth. Among the likely ongoing consequences of this decline are a less open society, lower productivity, and lower fertility.Chapter 6, starting on page 81, gives a more substantial summary of the report.This work was commissioned by The Future is Bright Charitable Trust, whose goal is to mobilise older generations to help pass on opportunities to young people. In this spirit, chapter 6 ends by offering suggestions for individual action with respect to education and employment, housing, and investment.
A Political Economy of Fiscal Space: Political Structures, Bond Markets, and Monetary Accommodation of Government Spending Potential at Municipal, National, and International Levels
Authors: Eichacker Nina
Published: February 2022

In times of economic crisis, academics, policy-makers, and pundits often debate how much government debt is too much. This paper argues that discourses about fiscal space should consider several political economic factors beyond the ratio of fiscal deficits and debt to GDP when determining the sustainability of any economy’s fiscal deficit. These include political constraints on both government spending and taxation, financial and monetary dynamics in bond markets for sovereign debt, and the relative hierarchy of governments attempting to issue sovereign debt. While the federal governments of the US and Germany may easily issue and sell debt in private markets, smaller economies are more vulnerable to demand fluctuations, and will benefit from explicit commitments by monetary authorities to resume their historic roles as governments’ banks, especially during crises. By highlighting present political constraints, monetary structures, and market factors that may inhibit governments’ successful placement of bonds, it deepens present debate about the potential feasibility of functional finance to facilitate fiscal activity, even in unprecedented times.
EDC Report (Case of Crypto Currency in Indonesia)
Authors: Taqiyuddin Muhammad
Published: February 2022

This research was conducted through several stages. First, participate in becoming a member in EDCCASH program activities. Second, confirm the system that is run at EDC with similar financial practices that have occurred. Third, examine aspects that intersect between the results of the two studies above with a multidisciplinary perspective. Both Law, Economics, as well as religion and government regulations. This research uses the mixed method (mixed method). Where, data were obtained through field investigations (field research) plus a literature review related to cases similar to this EDCCASH. The choice of this method is based on the facts: 1) EDCCASH is a new player in crypto currency. 2) EDCCASH is socialized with an investment offer approach. 3) some features of the investment scheme in EDCCASH look identical to the investment model with the Ponzi scheme. 4) EDCCASH always confirms that the program has been approved by OJK (Financial Services Authority)
Online Shopping Behavior of Students in Kathmandu
Authors: Manandhar Raju Bhai
Published: February 2022

Online shopping is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly purchase products or services from seller over the internet using web browser. The main objective of this study is to investigate the factors affecting online shopping behaviors of students in Kathmandu. The research adopted the descriptive research design. The method of convenience sampling method was used while selecting the samples. There was total 50 students were selected for this study from different college of Kathmandu. Statistical software was used to analyze the data. The study found that ‘security’ was perceived to be highest and most influential factor of online shopping behavior whereas ‘price’ was perceived as second most important influential factor, and ‘convenience’ was perceived to be least important factor influencing the online shopping behavior of the students in Kathmandu. The future researcher can study the shopping behaviour of general public having with a larger sample size.
Exploring the Views and Dietary Practices of Elderly Nepalese Citizen: A Qualitative Study
Authors: Ghimire Maya Nath
Published: February 2022

One of the main causes of morbidity and mortality of old-age people is malnutrition. We have very less studies on Nepalese elder citizen’s food practice. The aim of this study is to explore food practice of Nepalese elder citizen. A qualitative study was performed using in-depth interviews.The study was conducted in two districts of Nepal: Lamjung and Chitawan. All the respondents were 71-91 years elder citizen. The findings show that almost adolescents’ normal wakeup time is 4-5 AM. They consume tea, biscuits, milk, chapatti, beaten rice as breakfast; pulse, vegetable, milk, butter and weekly meat with normal food for lunch and dinner. Generally, they  consume gravy vegetable curry with rice and chapatti. However, they prefer vegetarian soft and hot food.
Status of screening for thalassemia and some related factors among pregnant women visiting the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Authors:   Hanoi Medical University, Nguyen Thi Huyen Trang , Tran Danh Cuong ,   National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tran Tho Nhi ,   Hanoi Medical University, Ngo Toan Anh ,   National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vu Thi Huyen ,   Hanoi Medical University, Le Thi Minh Phuong ,   University of Medicine and Pharmacy, VNU, Nguyen Thi Trang ,   Hanoi Medical University
Published: February 2022

This study aims to determine the current status of thalassemia and find out some related factors to screening of thalassemia in pregnant women visiting the hospital. Materials and Methods: a cross-sectional study, including quantitative and qualitative research. A total of 550 women who visited the hospital from April 2020 to March 2021 were screened by full blood count, hemoglobin electrophoresis, and thalassemia mutation test. In-depth interviews with 17 pregnant women to find out their awareness about some related factors to screening of thalassemia. Results: The prevalence of pregnant women screened positive for thalassemia was 12.7%. The α-thalassemia accounted for the largest proportion of 67.1%, the β-thalassemia form accounted for 12.9%. Hemoglobin E and other combinations have also been detected. Risk factors affected screening for thalassemia include ethnicity, obstetric history, and anemia status. Besides, family and socio-cultural factors also affected the decision of pregnant women. Most pregnant women didn’t know about thalassemia, so they were very nervous about the health of their fetuses and future births. Conclusion: From the above findings, awareness among pregnant women about thalassemia is still low, they do not pay attention to early screening for thalassemia. Therefore, it is necessary to raise awareness for pregnant women and their families about thalassemia disease.
Germination, growth, and secondary compounds accumulation of 5 introduced artichoke cultivars (Cynara scolymus L.) cultivated in Lam Dong province
Authors:   Tay Nguyen Institute for Scientific Research, VAST, Hoang Dac Khai , Do Manh Cuong ,   Tay Nguyen Institute for Scientific Research, VAST, Hoang Thanh Tung ,   Tay Nguyen Institute for Scientific Research, VAST, Nguyen Quang Vinh ,   Tay Nguyen University, Doan Manh Dung ,   Tay Nguyen University, Nguyen Ba Nam ,   Da Lat University, Le Van Thuc ,   Da Lat Nuclear Research Institute, Vu Quoc Luan ,   Tay Nguyen Institute for Scientific Research, VAST, Nguyen Thi Nhu Mai ,   Tay Nguyen Institute for Scientific Research, VAST, Duong Tan Nhut ,   Tay Nguyen Institute for Scientific Research, VAST
Published: February 2022

The results from a study on the evaluation of 5 introduced artichoke cultivars, including Green Globe - USA, Violet de Provence - Germany, Chenopodiaceae - Israel, Cardon Blanc Ivoire AB - France, and Artichaut Imperial Star - France cultivated in Da Lat, Lam Dong province showed that all of them have simultaneously bloomed in 7 months after planting, good health, and well resisted to main insects and diseases, equivalent to local one coded A85. Cardon Blanc Ivoire AB and Green Globe cultivars were considered to be better in terms of germinating ratio (more than 70.0%, as high as A85) and flower productivity. The introduced cultivars were diversified in both composition and antioxidant content in flowers presented by a significantly higher concentration of anti-oxidant substances in flowers analysed by HPLC compared to the control. The results of this study should be of good information used in the selection of varieties to improve the yield and quality of artichoke in Vietnam.
The application of microsatellite markers for parentage analysis in selective population of striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus)
Authors:   Nong Lam University of Ho Chi Minh city, Tran Thi Phuong Dung ,   Ho Chi Minh University of Education, Nguyen Hong Loc ,   Research Institute for Aquaculture No.2, Nguyen Hoang Thong ,   Research Institute for Aquaculture No.2, Le Hoang Khoi Nguyen ,   International University, Vietnam National Univeristy, Ho Chi Minh city, Nguyen Van Sang ,   Research Institute for Aquaculture No.2
Published: February 2022

The research used ten newly developed microsatellites markers set which were assigned offsprings to their parents on the first generation of selection on striped catfish. The result shows: (1) When analysing 50 samples of parents (G0) and 50 samples of offsprings (G1), the PCR ratio was from 98-100%, the allele number (NA) ranged from 5-14 per locus. The average Polymorphic Information Content (PIC) of microsatellites on G0 and G1 were 0.71 and 0.67, respectively. The average observed heterozygosity (HO) and expected heterozygosity (HE) all over loci were 0.73, 0.76, and 0.73, 0.71, respectively. Ten microsatellites are stable and polymorphic that are suitable for parentage analysis. (2) After makers screening, parentage analysis on 50 selective families, the initial set of nine microsatellites (excluded Pahy-02) for parentage analysis was effective with 93.4% of offspring allocated unambiguously to their parental pairs, of which families with the father not having half-sib, 93.0% of offspring was allocated unambiguously to their parental pairs and families with the father having half-sib, 94.0% of offspring allocated unambiguously to their parental pairs. The results show that the maker set with nine microsatellites can be used in parentage analysis for the breeding program on striped catfish.
Evaluasi Kelas Kemampuan Lahan dan Usaha Perbaikan di Sebagian Das Riawajo Kabupaten Sikka
Authors: Bolly Yovita Yasintha , Nirmalasari M.A. Yohanita , Mutiara Charly
Published: February 2022

Agricultural activity in several villages in the Riawajo Watershed (DAS) is very high. The high agricultural activity will affect the quality of the watershed. For this reason, it is necessary to conduct research on evaluating land capability classes in the Riawajo watershed, Sikka Regency. The variables observed were soil texture, salinity, soil structure, slope, effective depth of soil, erosion damage, rock conditions, flood threat, and drainage. The data is processed by the arithmetic matching method. The results showed that the agricultural lands in the villages in the Riawajo watershed were in the first class and were still able to support their agricultural activities.
Pengaruh Dosis Kompos dan Interval Penyiangan Terhadap Keragaman Gulma Pada Tanaman Jagung Ketan Lokal Sumbawa (Zea Mays Ceratina) Di Lahan Salin
Authors: Kusnayadi Heri , Sumiyanti Sumiyanti , Kusumawardani Wening
Published: February 2022

This study aims to determine the effect of a combination of biological compost and intervals of weeding on weed diversity in the cultivation of local sticky rice maize in Sumbawa in saline land. To determine the effect of giving biological compost on weed diversity in the cultivation of local sticky rice maize in Sumbawa on saline land. To determine the effect of weeding intervals on weed diversity on the cultivation of local Sumbawa glutinous maize in saline land. The research was conducted in Baru Tahan Village, North Moyo District, Sumbawa Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) and was carried star March to May 2020. The method used was an experimental method. The experimental design used was a factorial randomized block design (RBD) with 2 factors, namely Biological Compost (A) and Weed Interval (B). With 6 treatments and 3 replications in order to obtain 18 experimental plots. The data from the observations were analyzed using analysis of variance (Anova) at a significant level of 5%. The results showed that the effect of single treatment and combination of biological compost dosage and weeding interval were not significantly different in all parameters of weed diversity observation.
ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI PENDAPATAN PEDAGANG NIRA DI KABUPATEN DELI SERDANG
Authors: Ritonga Kartika Mutia , Siregar Rahma Sari , Saleh Khairul
Published: February 2022

This study aims to determine the factors that influence the income of nira traders in Deli Serdang Regency. This research uses descriptive research type with a quantitative approach. This research was conducted from July to September 2019 in Deli Serdang Regency with a sample of 30 nira traders taken through saturated sampling techniques or censuses. Meanwhile, the data collection method used questionnaires and interviews. The results showed that the average income obtained by nira traders in Deli Serdang Regency was IDR 1,162,167 per month. Has a positive and significant effect on the income of nira traders in Deli Serdang Regency. Meanwhile, the selling price variable has no effect on the income of the nira traders in Deli Serdang Regency.Furthermore, the variables of working capital, selling price, experience and business location simultaniosly have a significant effect on the income of the nira traders in Deli Serdang Regency. This effect is 92.8% and the remaining 7.2% is explained byother variables.
STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN USAHA KECIL DALAM MENINGKATKAN PENDAPATAN PEDAGANG KELAPA MUDA (Cocos Nucifera L) (Studi Kasus : Kecamatan Medan Kota, Kelurahan Teladan Barat)
Authors: Lubis Nia Aldina , Harahap Gustami , Lubis Mitra Musika
Published: February 2022

This study aims to determine the Small Business Development Strategy in Increasing the Income of Young Coconut Traders (Cocos Nucifera L) (Case Study: Medan Kota District, Teladan Barat Village). Theobjectives of this study were: (1) to determine the income earned from small coconut traders inMedan City, Teladan Barat Village. (2) This is to determine the strategy for developing young coconutsmall traders in Medan City, Teladan Barat Village. This research was conducted in October-november2019. In this study the samples were taken based on the criteria, namely only entrepreneurs who hadyoung coconut ice-based businesses from a population of 24 entrepreneurs, only 17 entrepreneurs.This research method is descriptive with primary data sources obtained from distributingquestionnaires to respondents. The results of this study: (1) From the results of the researcher's calculationson the Young Coconut Ice business with an R / C ratio of 1.35 more than one. The income earned is Rp.103,000, - from the average total income of Rp. 390,000, - divided by the average cost of the sales process of Rp. 287,000. (2) Based on the results of research on business development strategies,it is a strategic choice made by entrepreneurs in Medan Kota sub-district, western exemplary villageto seize market opportunities. Entrepreneurs can gain a higher competitive advantage than theircompetitors if they can provide a selling price that is cheaper than the price given by its competitors with the same value or product quality.
Penggunaan Komunikasi Fatis pada Pernikahan Jarak Jauh
Authors: Lubis Suaidah
Published: February 2022

Kesulitan dalam berkomunikasi masih sering dialami pasangan yang sudah menikah. Masalah komunikasi interpersonal yang terjadi disebabkan karena kurangnya keterampilan dalam berkomunikasi dengan pasangan sehingga terjadi kesalahan dalam menerima informasi. Komunikasi bagi pasangan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari, sangat penting agar kedua pihak dapat mengerti bahasa yang digunakan juga mengenai makna yang diucapkan. Tujuannya agar terbangun suatu hubungan yang akrab dan menyenangkan. Komunikasi fatis menjadi salah satu bentuk komunikasi yang dapat digunakan oleh pasangan suami istri. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menggali harmonisasi pernikahan jarak jauh dengan menggunakan komunikasi fatis. Metode yang digunakan adalah kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi. Hasil penelitian yang diperoleh menunjukkan bahwa hubungan interpersonal yang baik dan efektif ditentukan oleh kualitas dari komunikasi yang diaplikasikan di tengah-tengah kehidupan rumah tangga. Pengaplikasian fungsi komunikasi dari penelitian ini adalah pada penggunaan komunikasi fatis. Komunikasi fatis ternyata dapat memecah suasana kaku pada pasangan suami istri sehingga menjadi lebih hangat, nyaman dan harmonis. Harmonisasi yang tercipta antara suami istri tidak hanya dirasakan ketika berkomunikasi melalui media tetapi semakin terlihat ketika suami kembali ke rumah dan berkumpul dengan anggota keluarga.
Persepsi Dukungan Organisasi dan Work Engagement pada Aparatur Sipil Negara di Instansi PQR
Authors: Melinda Septi , Salendu Alice
Published: February 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat korelasi persepsi dukungan organisasi (PDO) dan work engagement pada Aparatur Sipil Negara (ASN) Instansi PQR yang sedang menjalankan reformasi birokrasi. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian terapan dengan menggunakan metode korelasional dengan jumlah partisipan sebanyak 145 partisipan. PDO diukur menggunakan alat ukur yang diadaptasi dari Survey of Perceived Organizational Support (SPOS) 8 dari Hutchison (1997) yang terdiri dari 8 item (α = 0,91). Sementara work engagement diukur menggunakan Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-9 (UWES-9) versi Bahasa Indonesia yang dikembangkan dan divalidasi oleh Kristiana et al. (2018) yang terdiri dari 9 item (α = 0,96). Temuan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa PDO berhubungan signifikan positif dengan work engagement (r = 0,40, p < 0,01). Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa semakin tinggi PDO pegawai, maka work engagement pegawai akan semakin meningkat. Lebih lanjut, berdasarkan hasil analisis deskriptif ditemukan bahwa 57% pegawai memiliki work engagement yang rendah dan 51% memiliki persepsi dukungan organisasi yang rendah. Hal tersebut penting untuk dibenahi mengingat PQR sedang menerapkan reformasi birokrasi. Berdasarkan penelitian ini, pihak manajemen PQR dapat menentukan langkah lanjutan yang sesuai untuk meningkatkan PDO pegawainya.
Kebijakan Tembak di Tempat Terhadap Pelaku Kejahatan 3C di Wilayah Hukum Polrestabes Medan
Authors: Mabel Wamilik , Kalo Syafrudin , Ablisar Madiasa , Ekaputra M.
Published: February 2022

Consumer protection should receive more attention, because foreign investment has become part of Indonesia's economic development, where the Indonesian economy is also related to the world economy which can have negative implications for consumers. This study aims to determine the adoption of the ultimum remedium principle in consumer protection law and to determine the ultimum remedium principle of business actors in consumer protection law. The research method used is a normative juridical research method with secondary data source and analyzed deductively. The research desire to be achieved in consumer protection is to create a sense of security for consumers in meeting the needs of life. It is proven that all consumer protection norms in the Consumer Protection Law have criminal sanctions. The presence of criminal sanctions in consumer protection regulations is a form of ultimum remedium (the last alternative) when resolving consumer protection disputes through other legal channels is not sufficient.
PERANCANGAN MANGROVE REHABILITATION CENTER DI BENGKALIS DENGAN PENDEKATAN SIMBIOSIS KISHO KUROKAWA
Authors: Prayetno Ade , Faisal Gun , S Mira Dharma
Published: February 2022

ABSTRAK. Kabupaten Bengkalis  diperkirakan memiliki 40.916 Ha hutan magrove dan setiap tahun selalu mengalami penurunan dan kerusakan. Akibat dari rendahnya kesadaran masyarakat khususnya didaerah pesisir dan eksploitasi hutan Mangrove secara berlebihan serta keadaan sosial ekonomi masyarakat Kabupaten Bengkalis yang tersebar dipesisir pantai mengandalkan sumber daya alam kelautan dan pesisir pantai sebagai mata pencaharian masyarakat setempat. Masyarakat melakukan intrusi terhadap ekosistem hutan magrove dengan mengalih fungsikan lahan (magrove) menjadi tambak, pemukiman nelayan, industri dan penebangan untuk berbagai keperluan seperti bahan industri panglung kayu arang, dan sebagai cerocok bangunan. Akibatnya wilayah kabupaten Bengkalis mengalami kerusakan yang cukup parah tepatnya daerah yang berahadapan langsung dengan Selat Malaka yang memiliki gelombang laut yang cukup kuat. Untuk itu agar menyadarkan masyarakat akan pentingnya Mangrove diperlukan Pusat Rehabilitasi konservasi Mangrove yang mana Pusat Rehabilitasi ini berfungsi sebagai pusat pengembangan, penelitian, serta edukasi masyarakat didalamnya terdapat pusat riset, development, laboratorium indoor dan outdoor serta cultivation area. Mangrove  Rehabilitation Center ini menggunakan pendekatan simbiosis Kisho Kurokawa yang pada dasarnya memiliki prinsip simbiosis antara alam dan manusia yang dapat memperbaiki pola pikir dan interaksi dalam rancangan yang mengacu pada fungsi pengembangan, penelitian, edukasi, serta rekreasi.