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COMPONENTES DE LOS INDICADORES DE GESTIÓN DE LA INDUSTRIA PETROLERA VENEZOLANA
Authors: García Elba
Published: December 2020

La investigación tuvo como objetivo describir los componentes de los indicadores de gestión que se aplican en la industria petrolera venezolana. El estudio fue descriptivo, con diseño no experimental, transeccional, y de campo. Los datos fueron recolectados de una población finita, conformada por gerentes, líderes, supervisor mayor y planificadores de las gerencias pertenecientes a la División Sur Lago-Trujillo de la industria petrolera venezolana. Para la recolección de datos se aplicó la técnica de la encuesta, con un cuestionario contentivo de 18 ítems bajo una escala dicotómica. La validación del instrumento se realizó mediante el juicio expertos, y para calcular su confiabilidad se empleó el coeficiente Küder-Richardson, donde se obtuvo como valor 0,872. El análisis de los datos se realizó mediante estadística descriptiva, bajo el estudio de las frecuencias relativas. Se evidenció alta aplicación de todos los componentes medidos: definición, objetivo, valor de referencia, responsabilidad, puntos de medición y periodicidad.
UPAYA MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN PEMAHAMAN KONSEP DASAR PERKALIAN DENGAN MENERAPKAN MODEL PBL (Problem Based Learning) BERBANTUAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN TOLKAMA (Botol Perkalian Matematika) PADA PESERTA DIDIK KELAS II SEKOLAH DASAR
Authors: Attalina Syailin Nichla Choirin , Irfana Saidatul
Published: December 2020

Beberapa permasalahan sering ditemui dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar matematika, salah satunya yaitu sulitnya guru menyampaikan sebuah materi serta sulitnya peserta didik memahami materi yang disampaikan oleh guru, dalam mata pelajaran matematika hasil belajar yang diperoleh peserta didik cenderung rendah, hal ini dikarenakan kurangnya  pemahaman konsep dasar matematika oleh peserta didik. Dengan adanya permasalahan tersebut maka dibutuhkanlah suatu model pembelajaran yang sesuai dengan karakter peserta didik dan sesuai dengan materi yang diajarkan. Selain penggunaan model pembelajaran, bantuan alat untuk menunjang proses belajar mengajar seperti media pembelajaran juga dapat meningkatkan pemahaman konsep dasar matematika. Model pembelajaran PBL (Problem Based Learning) yang berbantuan media pembelajaran TOLKAMA (Botol Perkalian Matematika) dapat mengatasi permasalahan tersebut sehingga mampu meningkatkan pemahaman peserta didik kelas II SD terkait konsep dasar perkalian.
Lymphome intestinal de bas grade félin : validation d’un modèle spontané et émergent illustrant les lymphoproliférations digestives indolentes à cellules T de l’homme
Authors: Freiche Valérie , Cordonnier Nathalie , Paulin Mathieu Victor , Huet Hélène , Turba Maria Elena , Macintyre Elizabeth , Malamut Georgia , Cerf-Bensussan Nadine , Molina Thierry Jo , Hermine Olivier , Bruneau Julie , Couronné Lucile
Published: December 2020

Les lymphoproliférations à cellules T du tractus gastro-intestinal (GI-TLPD) sont des lymphomes T rares chez l’Homme pour lesquels aucun consensus thérapeutique n’est établi. Par ailleurs, une lymphoprolifération digestive indolente à cellules T (T-LGIL) émergente est décrite dans l’espèce féline. La physiopathologie de ces entités est mal définie. Dans un premier temps, nous avons prospectivement analysé des prélèvements lésionnels chez 22 chats présentant un T-LGIL sur les plans clinique, paraclinique, histopathologique et moléculaire. Nos résultats valident que ce modèle animal est pertinent pour l’étude de la maladie humaine. Dans l’autre partie du travail, notre objectif a été l’identification de critères discriminant les lymphoproliférations indolentes félines des entérites lymphoplasmocytaires, ce diagnostic différentiel étant un défi chez le chat. Nous avons établi de nouveaux critères histologiques et immunohistochimiques. Un modèle de lymphomagenèse a été proposé : il repose sur un continuum entre une entéropathie inflammatoire chronique et l’émergence de clones néoplasiques T au sein de la muqueuse intestinale.
History of Preflight Cosmonaut Training Complex Creation at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Time to Create. (Part 3).
Authors: Savin S.N.
Published: December 2020

The paper presents historical facts about the development of cosmonaut preflight training complex at the Baikonur cosmodrome in the 70s of the last century. A brief substantiation of the need for further development of the complex to solve the growing tasks of domestic manned space program and international cooperation in space is given. The third stage of building facilities of the complex as well as their role and place in providing pre-flight training for cosmonauts are described.
Development Stages and Results of the 20-year Operation of the Simulation Complex of the ISS RS’s Modules.
Authors: Suprun S.P. , Shevchenko L.E.
Published: December 2020

The presented material gives a holistic notion about the simulation com-plex (SC) of the ISS Russian Segment’s modules (ISS RS). The paper con-siders the purpose and components of the ISS RS simulation complex, the main stages of its development, the results of operation over 20 years and the prospects for future evolution.
Creating Political Will for Action on Health Equity: Practical Lessons for Public Health Policy Actors
Authors: Baum Fran , Townsend Belinda , Fisher Matt , Browne-Yung Kathryn , Freeman Toby , Ziersch Anna , Harris Patrick , Friel Sharon
Published: December 2020

Background: Despite growing evidence on the social determinants of health and health equity, political action has not been commensurate. Little is known about how political will operates to enact pro-equity policies or not. This paper examines how political will for pro-health equity policies is created through analysis of public policy in multiple sectors. Methods: Eight case studies were undertaken of Australian policies where action was either taken or proposed on health equity or where the policy seemed contrary to such action. Telephone or face-to-face interviews were conducted with 192 state and non-state participants. Analysis of the cases was done through thematic analysis and triangulated with document analysis. Results: Our case studies covered: trade agreements, primary healthcare (PHC), work conditions, digital access, urban planning, social welfare and Indigenous health. The extent of political will for pro-equity policies depended on the strength of path dependency, electoral concerns, political philosophy, the strength of economic and biomedical framings, whether elite interests were threatened and the success or otherwise of civil society lobbying. Conclusion: Public health policy actors may create political will through: determining how path dependency that exacerbates health inequities can be broken, working with sympathetic political forces committed to fairness; framing policy options in a way that makes them more likely to be adopted, outlining factors to consider in challenging the interests of elites, and considering the extent to which civil society will work in favour of equitable policies. A shift in norms is required to stress equity and the right to health.
Family in lockdown: stress, risks and coping opportunities
Authors: Opekina Tat’yana P. , Shipova Natal’ya S.
Published: December 2020

The role of external stressors in changing family relationships, as well as the influence of COVID-19 infection threat, lockdown impact on the psychological state of the family, their behaviour and interaction are discussed in the paper. The analysis of foreign and Russian studies on this topic is presented. The authors describe the influence of forced, more intense family communication and interaction on spouses` and child-parents` relationship in different types of families. They focus on the psycho-emotional state of family members, their stress level and coping specifics. Families with high risk of distress consequences are identified – families with “vulnerable” members, including elderly relatives and those who require special care and treatment. The positive meaning of emotional support and intra-family consistency of positions about a lockdown has been found to reduce distress emotional manifestations in a pandemic situation. New empirical norms of the express coping scale Brief Cope (Charles S. Carver, 1987) are given for a total sample of 554 people.
The study of the relationship between the emotional component of family’s informational environment and adolescents’ disadaptive behaviour
Authors: Posokhova Svetlana T. , Kolpakova Anastasiya Ye.
Published: December 2020

Topicality of the study of the connection between the emotional component of family’s informational environment and the propensity for disadaptive behaviour of adolescents is determined by the tendency to increase the role of the information environment in society, in particular in the family. The study of the emotional component of the informational family environment and its connection with disadaptive behaviour of adolescents involved 70 people, representing 35 teen-parent dyads. The authors' method "Information environment of the family" and the method of determining the propensity to deviate behaviour of El'vira Leus were used. In 40% of cases, the family information environment is represented by the unity in the experience of adolescents and parents of interest and excitement while using gadgets. Their experience of joy, surprise and sadness reveals their individual differences in interaction with the family information environment. The tendency to deviant behaviour was considered to be the main indicator of the socio-psychological disadaptation of adolescents. All the 35 adolescents showed varying degrees of disadaptation. A connection was found in the experience of joy on the Internet with a tendency to addictive, aggressive and unlawful behaviour. The results can be used in the work of the school psychological service, as well as in psychotherapy of adolescents and families.
Emotional development of preschool children with speech pathology, and its connection with the emotional characteristics of mothers
Authors: Koval’ Ol’ga A.
Published: December 2020

The article is devoted to the study of emotional development in preschool age children with violations of speech development, and its relationship with emotional intelligence of the mother, the emotional interaction between mother and child, implemented a style of emotional upbringing. Topicality of the work is determined by the increasing number of children with speech pathology and, accordingly, the increasing acuteness of issues affecting their social adaptation and the formation of readiness for school. Two abnormal groups and two normative groups participated in the study. Abnormal groups included 35 pairs of "primary preschool child – mother" and 54 pairs of "middle preschool child – mother". All children of pathological groups had a verified diagnosis of mental retardation (delay of psychological and speech development). Similarly, normative groups were formed by age ranges, the first of which included 32 "child-mother" pairs, the second – 36 "child-mother" pairs. Normative group was formed of preschoolers of kindergartens of the city of Vladimir who had normative development. As a result of the research, it was found that the emotional development of children with speech pathology has distinctive features in comparison with normatively developing children. Mothers of preschool children with speech pathology differ in the level of development of components of emotional intelligence, they have characteristic features in emotional interaction with children in comparison with mothers who raise normatively developing children. There are connections between the level of development of emotional intelligence of the mother, the features of emotional interaction and the development of the emotional sphere of preschool children with speech pathology.
Nota Editorial
Authors: Barriga Vargas Rodrigo
Published: December 2020

Durante el presente año 2020, la humanidad en general y nuestro continente en particular, se ha visto afectado por la pandemia del coronavirus de 2019 (COVID-19), lo que ha alterado significativamente la situación de normalidad de nuestras vidas, la rápida dispersión del virus y sus efectos, han dejado en evidencia nuestra vulnerabilidad ante la amenaza de riesgos biológicos, los que sumados a diversos acontecimientos, políticos, sociales, culturales, académicos, tecnológicos y de diversa índole, han ido moldeando y transformando nuestra sociedad, especialmente en el ámbito panamericano, en todos ellos la geografía como ciencia madre ha estado y estará presente, como referente para el desarrollo del paisaje natural y cultural en el que habitamos.
La batalla ideológica en el PSOE navarro durante 1977
Authors: Bueno Urritzelki Mikel
Published: December 2020

El presente artículo analiza el desarrollo interno de la Agrupación Socialista de Navarra del PSOE entre la celebración del su XXVII Congreso y las elecciones generales de junio de 1977, siendo este un periodo crucial en la conformación del Partido debido a los enfrentamientos y crisis internas que se desarrollaron, pese a ser una organización con una escasa militancia. Ello no fue óbice para que existieran tres corrientes ideológicas,una de las cuales, liderada por Gabriel Urralburu, se hizo con el control del Partido en detrimento de las otras dos. El desarrollo posterior del PSOE navarro durante la transición no se puede comprender sin los  acontecimientos que se exponen en este texto.
Design of a new braiding device with 3D integral active yarn carrie
Authors: SONGYIFAN SONGYIFAN , HEXINHAI HEXINHAI , ju NHAO LIANG , ZHANGZHIYI ZHANGZHIYI , ZHANGLIANG ZHANGLIANG
Published: December 2020

The braided motion of a Cartesian braiding machine is realized by pushing the yarn carriers against each other, whichresults in the low braiding efficiency, single product and poor expansion at present. A new braiding device three-dimen -sional (3D) integral active yarn carrier is designed. Firstly, the Integral braiding technology and traditional braidingequipment are analysed. Then an automated guided vehicle (AGV) based active carrier and its braided chassis aredesigned. A new steering device and power supply system are developed. The braiding process is wirelessly controlled.Finally, it is concluded that the flexible braiding of prefabricated parts of various complex shapes can be realized by theintegrated braiding technology of the active yarn carrier through the analysis of the structure and working mode of theactive yarn carrier.
Determinants of supply chain effectiveness during economic slowdown – anexploratory study of the Indian Textiles Cluster
Authors: SUGANYA GURUMURTHY , JOSHUA SELVAKUMAR
Published: December 2020

This paper aims at studying the functioning of the supply chain in the garment cluster. It identifies key factors thatcontribute to the effective functioning of supply chain network and practices undertaken to can withstand adverseeconomic situations. Moreover, it was analysed the payment of dividends to the industry in terms of better businessperformance. This paper uses a case based exploratory research methodology, which aims to understand the causeand effect relationship between the variables influencing the supply chain network. A comprehensive literature reviewwas undertaken and logical reasoning was applied to propose the hypotheses and the conceptual model. Case studiesfrom various developing nations were considered and a wide variety of supply chain models have been carefully studiedto propose the constructs. This has led to the development of a model which is flexible to with stand economic crisis andat the same time effective and more robust enough to support the functioning of the various nodes in the garment supplychain network. This study to the best of author’s knowledge have not been undertaken in the garment cluster in adeveloping nation. The implications of this study is bound to give much needed support and leverage to the frail andunderperforming garment cluster which is a major contributor of Gross Domestic Product and employment generator forthe growing middle class in these developing nations
Microbial degradation of an industrial azo-dye and FT-IR analysis
Authors: IORDACHE OVIDIU , MOGA IOANA CORINA , MITRAN ELENA-CORNELIA , SANDULACHE IRINA-MARIANA , SECAREANU LUCIA-OANA , LITE CRISTINA , MEMECICA MARIA , TANASA ADRIAN , PANTAZI GEORGIANA
Published: December 2020

The presence of dyes in wastewaters from the textile industry, even in concentrations of less than 1 mg/l, significantlyaffects the aesthetic properties and transparence degree of public effluents, with direct repercussions on theenvironment. Cerioporus squamosus White-Rot-Fungi (WRF) strain was used for bio-augmentation of MBBR carriers(consisting of a mix of 88% High Density Polyethylene, 5% talcum and 7% cellulose). Cerioporus squamosus, also oftenencountered as Polyporus squamosus, is a basidiomycete bracket fungus, able to cause “white rot” on decaying wood.The bio-functionalized carriers were used for treatment of a synthetic wastewater sample, of Bemacid ROT (Bezema)azo-dye. Azoic dyes represent one of the most important classes of synthetic dyes used in the textile industry,accounting for over 60–70% of the dyes used in this industry. In the case of reactive groups of azo dyes (-N=N-), dueto the low degrees of fixation on the fiber, there are losses of dyes in solution of up to 50%. Infrared spectral (FT-IR)analysis was carried out for determination of functional groups involved in biodegradative processes. Thus, the obtainedIR spectra, different from those of initial Bemacid ROT dye, the disappearance or decrease of the signal specific to azoicbonds from the initial sample, the formation of new functional groups, the disappearance of intermolecular hydrogenbonds simultaneously with increase of transmittance values for amino groups, resulted in highlighting the degradationof Bemacid ROT dye by the bio-augmented HDPE carriers.
Smart textiles perspective for the Romanian fashion industry
Authors: MIHAI ORZAN CRISTIAN , ZARA IULIA-ADINA , FLORESCU MARGARETA STELA , ORZAN OLGUŢA ANCA
Published: December 2020

Fashion companies started to use advanced technologies for their new collections to grow their business. Smart textilesadd value and differentiate products on the market. The application possibilities of smart textiles are often limited onlyby our creativity and imagination. But for the most part, modern wearables represent a narrow niche market. Weinterviewed twelve managers from different Romanian fashion brands. This research paper aims to show which is theopinion of Romanian fashion managers about smart textiles and if they have experience within this field. This study setsthe ground for future marketing research regarding the potential demand for smart clothing in Romania.
Structure-reinforced privilege: Educational inequality in the Singaporean primary school choice system
Authors: Debs Mira , Cheung Hoi Shan
Published: December 2020

Prior research on school choice as a global educational policy has emphasized how parents use their privileges to gain advantages. In contrast, we use the theoretical framework of structure-reinforced privilege to highlight how parental advantage can be compounded by complex choice structures, both the number of choices and the complicated selection criteria. We focus on a case study of Singapore’s primary school registration process which has not been previously examined in the academic literature. Using a discourse analysis of newspaper coverage and a Singaporean website for parents, we demonstrate that the primary enrollment system creates confusion among parents, and ultimately allows privileged parents to gain an admissions advantage in perceived elite schools. Numerous admission preferences, while initially intended to strengthen family-school ties, rewards those with resources, furthering the perception and reality of economic inequality. We close with recommendations to simplify school choice systems giving priority to families with limited resources.
ENSINO DE LÍNGUA ESTRANGEIRA NA CONTEMPORANEIDADE: NOVAS IMPLICAÇÕES NO ÂMBITO DA PRÁTICA PEDAGÓGICA
Authors: Sousa Aline Pereira , De Araújo Aluíza Alves
Published: December 2020

As novas formas de comunicação e interação que surgiram nas últimas décadas podem ser de grande valia para o ensino de língua estrangeira. Assim, acredita-se que uma prática pedagógica que englobe a multiculturalidade presente nas sociedades atuais possa favorecer um ensino mais interdisciplinar e, consequentemente, mais contextualizado. Contudo, admite-se que o contexto formal e regular de ensino e a formação docente podem não ser, muitas vezes, aliados. Conclui-se que, de fato, existem desafios que precisam ser superados para a implementação de novas abordagens no ensino de LE que favoreçam o posicionamento crítico do estudante. Todavia, defende-se a necessidade de tentar enfrentá-los de forma analítica e consciente ao longo da carreira acadêmica: um bom professor não é aquele que sabe mais, mas o que está em constante formação e não perde do seu horizonte o compromisso com o ensino responsável e responsivo.
LEITURA E PRODUÇÃO DE SENTIDOS EM CHARGES MEDIADAS PELO WHATSAPP NO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL
Authors: Bezerra Benedito , Nunes Edivania Helena , Pereira Maria Ladjane Dos Santos
Published: December 2020

O intenso uso de aplicativos digitais por jovens e adolescentes levantam a pergunta por sua potencialidade em promover o ensino de leitura em aulas de Língua Portuguesa. O WhatsApp, particularmente, se destaca por ser um recurso a que a maioria dos estudantes, em diferentes níveis de ensino, tem acesso e usa cotidianamente. Assim, nesta pesquisa, enfocamos a leitura de charges em uma turma de 9º ano do Ensino Fundamental, com o objetivo de investigar em que aspectos o trabalho com o gênero, veiculado pelo WhatsApp, poderia contribuir para o ensino da leitura. Os resultados mostraram avanços na leitura dos educandos, em suas práticas de multiletramentos, no desenvolvimento do senso crítico e no uso de diferentes formas de linguagem requeridas pelo ambiente digital.
LEITURA LITERÁRIA NO ENSINO MÉDIO DO INSTITUTO FEDERAL CATARINENSE, CAMPUS SÃO BENTO DO SUL
Authors: Faria e Custódio Raquel Cardoso de , Pereira Villela Ana Paula
Published: December 2020

O presente artigo apresenta resultados e reflexões sobre um projeto de Ações Integradas (pesquisa, ensino e extensão) desenvolvido no Instituto Federal Catarinense, campus São Bento do Sul, que traz à tona a importância e a influência da literatura e da leitura literária no cotidiano e na formação integral dos alunos do Ensino Médio Integrado (EMI) dos Institutos Federais. Tal abordagem é feita por intermédio de propostas com base nos círculos de leitura e no letramento literário, de acordo com Rildo Cosson. Propostas realizadas dentro do espaço escolar, utilizando textos, principalmente da literatura brasileira, por meio de atividades criadas pelos bolsistas, sempre com embasamento teórico. A partir das análises e avaliações dessas metodologias, estabelecem-se algumas propostas que se demonstraram mais efetivas na formação do público leitor.
EXPERIÊNCIAS SIGNIFICATIVAS DE LEITURA E ESCRITA DO TEXTO LITERÁRIO NO IFPB
Authors: Uchoa Sayonara Abrantes de Oliveira , Cabral Symara Abrantes Albuquerque de Oliveira , Silva Henrique Miguel De Lima
Published: December 2020

O presente estudo tem por objetivo apresentar resultados advindos de experiências de intervenção didática voltadas ao letramento literário e de como esta prática contribui para o desenvolvimento das habilidades de leitura e escrita no Ensino Médio, atividade fundamental ao desenvolvimento integral dos alunos dos cursos integrados do IFPB. Surge da necessidade de ressignificar o ensino de leitura e escrita na modalidade integrada à formação profissional, por entender que o perfil desse aluno requer um ensino de língua que transcenda a percepção instrumental. Para tal, é descrito o percurso trilhado durante a prática de intervenção, fundamentada na intersecção de contribuições teóricas das áreas de leitura, numa visão interativa, de letramento literário e no Método Recepcional de Ensino de Literatura. Organizado em seções que contemplam, concomitantemente, a revisão de literatura e a descrição do percurso trilhando durante a atividade interventiva. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de campo, de intervenção, desenvolvida no IFPB –Cajazeiras.
PROFESSIONALISM AND ITS INFLUENCE ON QUALITY TEACHING AMONG MALAY LANGUAGE TEACHER IN RURAL AREA
Authors: Salim Latipah Satangah @ Latifah , Abdullah Mohd Khairuddin
Published: December 2020

This study aims to identify the level and influence of professionalism on the quality of teaching among teachers Malay in primary schools located in PPD Tambunan, Keningau, Tenom, and Nabawan / Pensiangan Sabah. The quantitative study used a sample survey method approach to survey methods through the distribution of questionnaires to collect data on 217 samples. The instruments involved in the study are Teacher Professionalism and Teacher Teaching Quality (PABest). Data were analysed using SPPS version 27. The findings showed the level of both variables at a high level that each recorded mean score with a value of 4.00 (sp = .296) and Teacher Teaching Quality, 4.15 (sp = .322) and there was a strong positive linear relationship between professionalism with teacher’s teaching quality that recorded values of (r = .561) respectively. The findings also showed that professionalism has significantly explained 39.6 % of the variance in teacher quality. Therefore, this study concludes that the aspect of teacher professionalism is one of the important indicators in driving the effectiveness of knowledge delivery and in turn contributes to the quality of teacher teaching. Therefore, this study suggests that the aspect of professionalism should be made one of the priority elements in planning the country’s educational framework so that the teaching quality of teachers can be cultivated and improved to ensure that the students’ academic and non-academic fields can be achieved and more realistic.
EFFECT AND PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS ON LEARNING USING MATHEMATICS GAMES THROUGH THE ‘JELAJAH MATEMATIK’ PROGRAM
Authors: Rahim Yong Faezah , Bachok Norfifah , Asbullah Muhammad Asyraf , Sapar Siti Hasana , Md Arifin Norihan , Mohamad Som Ahmad Nazri , Abdul Sathar Mohammad Hasan , Mohd Mokhtar Nor Fadzillah , Hafidzuddin Ezad Hafidz , Mohamat Johari Mohammad Aidil
Published: December 2020

The success of the nation as we move through the 21st century continues to depend on ideas and skills to establish a scientific and innovative society. Mathematics is fundamental for many fields especially science, technology, and engineering. Yet, mathematics is often perceived as difficult to many students as a result, closing doors to science, technology, and engineering career. The conventional education system keeps students away from realising their potential and develop their soft skills. The goal for educators is to continue finding and facilitating the kind of instructional activities that help students understand the concepts behind the math problems, games that motivate them to find creative solutions and take an active part in accelerating their own learning. The reason for introducing games into the mathematics classroom is the enthusiasm, excitement, enjoyment, and total involvement that children experience when playing math games. The observation had taken place at one of the secondary schools in Sg Besar Selangor with 250 Form, Two students, under the “Jelajah Matematik” program. We had four types of games to be played. We found that the students were highly motivated and totally immerse themselves in the games, and, in the end, their attitude toward math grows increasingly more positive. Games offer students the opportunity to experience success, satisfaction, active involvement, and gain confidence in their mathematical abilities.
FORM ONE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN FARD PRAYER TEST IN MEMBAKUT DISTRICT, SABAH
Authors: Idris Abdul Rahman , Paumat Jusminah , Serubih Mohd Rais
Published: December 2020

Fard (obligatory) prayer is one of the topics of Ibadah (worship) in the subject of Islamic Education for Form one students in secondary schools. This topic is quintessential to establish the accomplishment of the fard prayers of students either from the theoretical or practical aspects. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the achievement of students in the fard prayer test in Membakut district, Sabah. This research was a quantitative descriptive study using the Fard Prayer Mastery Test instrument on 100 Form one Muslim student. Data analysis was done according to the grade of Islamic Education subjects in the Form Three Assessment examination (PT3). The conclusions indicated that 0% of students got grade A, 3% of students got grade B, 14% of students got grade C, 18% of students got grade D, 31% of students got grade D and 34% got grade F. The findings of this study confirmed that secondary school Islamic Education teachers in Membakut District must plan learning and facilitation (PdPc) of fard prayers employing various approaches, learning theories, methods, and teaching aids (BBM) effectively to optimise student achievement.
STRETCHING LEARNING THROUGH MAPPING ACTIVITIES - THE TRANSFORMATIVE INFLUENCE OF DIALOGUE
Authors: Ghazali Arniza , Ghazali Alwani
Published: December 2020

A fidgety character and an extremely low self-confidence were glaring circumstances of two learners in a first-year classroom. Mapping activities were designed for interactivity, considering the low aptitude for the English language as the instructional medium. While the fidget transformed into a focused learner upon role-play as a dialogue star in the coordinated classroom talks, the most reserved, diffident learner turned into an expressive participant. The cognitive engagement of the classroom population was evident from the significantly expanded knowledge map constructed by the students. The exploratory nature of classroom oracy drove the outcome within the dialogic space designed to engender the transformation. Space for active participation was mainly enabled by simplifying the verbal expression by extensive use of keywords in mapping. While the approach ruled out the need for correct English usage for expression of ideas, the seed map drawn by the instructor prompted learners to leave their seats to write an idea on the whiteboard. The freewill had links to the oracy that allowed for rewording and change of stance which was the primary ingredient of dialogue embedded in the mapping activities. Grafting of students’ ideas into the existing scientific concept was an essential outcome of dialogue externalised on the constructed map, driven by the dialogic space encouraging listening and thinking along the path of higher logic. The dialogic space in mapping activities and the resultant vibrant classroom of cognitively engaged participants provide evidence for designable classroom activities to uplift the immediate learning impacts.
DIRECTORS’ DUTY AND LIABILITY IN INSOLVENT TRADING
Authors: Khan Shereen , Khan Nasreen , Tan Olivia  Swee Leng
Published: December 2020

The effect of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has resulted in
current and future liquidity, balance sheet, and cash flow problems. There is an
anticipated decline in the profitability of the businesses during this uncertain
period and attention has been turned to the directors’ ‘duties and liabilities’ to
creditors when the company is on the verge of insolvency. Directors have to
strike a balance among the shareholders, creditors, and workers in the corporate
restructuring process. In engaging with these stakeholders during the
transformation process, the directors play a key role. It is about quick choices
and decisions to be taken to save a business on the verge of insolvency, and it
is therefore vital that directors act at the first sign of financial distress. There is
a general duty for directors not to trade when insolvent or close to the point of
insolvency. Directors also have a contractual obligation to avoid insolvent
trading. This article discusses the duties of directors under the Companies Act
2016 (CA 2016) to avoid insolvent trading. It further discusses by analysing
based on the comparative study with other selected jurisdictions. This article
proposes that while it is important to protect creditors’ interest by making the
directors personally liable for insolvent trading, for the best interest of all
stakeholders, there should be a balance between the security of creditors and
the rescue of the company.
THE LEGISLATION OF MISREPRESENTATION: AN ANALYSIS OF MALAYSIAN APPROACHES
Authors: Abdul Manap Norhoneydayatie , Mat Zain Mat Noor , Mohamed Isa Suzanna
Published: December 2020

Misrepresentation is one of the causes of the defect of the contractor's willingness to enter into a contract. Misrepresentation is a common law principle that has been applied in commonwealth countries including Malaysia. Therefore, this study was made to analyze the misrepresentation legislation that applies in Malaysia. This study is a qualitative study using content analysis design that will analyze the legal provisions found in the legislation in Malaysia. The results of the study found that there are several statutes governing misrepresentation in contracts in Malaysia, however, most statutes are specific to certain contracts. Therefore, misrepresentation is still governed by the Contracts Act 1950 if it is not bound by any other statute. However, the misrepresentation provisions in the Contracts Act 1950 still need to be improved to ensure that misrepresentation legislation can be properly controlled.
A NARRATIVE ANALYSIS ON THE BATTLE OF ÇANAKKALE 1915 ACCORDING TO THE REFLECTION OF SELECTED PRIMARY SOURCES
Authors: Jamsari Ezad Azraai , Raja Abdul Aziz Raja Muhammad Imran , Rozali Ermy Azziaty , Mohd Nasir Badlihisham , Ashari Mohamad Zulfazdlee Abul Hassan , Sulaiman Adibah , Che Noh Noorsafuan
Published: December 2020

This article describes the investigation of selected primary sources regarding the Battle of Çanakkale (Battle of Gallipoli) which occurred in the year 1915 in the Ottoman era, in addition to compiling a holistic annotation of the sources. Analysis of the narrative in this research gives meaning to the portrayal and description of the lesson aspect of narration from the records of the selected sources. The purpose of this research is to analyze and scrutinize the selected primary sources and the annotation to the Battle of Çanakkale 1915. The whole research used a qualitative approach through historical and content analysis design. Research data was gathered using document analysis and scrutiny of the selected primary sources. Data analysis in this research used an internal and external critique approach. Research findings conclude that in the acquisition of resources, there was a void relating to the Battle of Çanakkale 1915, especially in the Malay language as reflected from the native’s perspective. Hence, this research took the initiative to focus on the aspect of analyzing the narrative of the Battle of Çanakkale 1915 of some selected primary sources in the English language. This investigation was holistically conducted by scrutinizing the annotations of reference materials categorized as authoritative for the history of the Battle of Çanakkale 1915. Analysis of annotation was done on ten (10) materials for the category of war records (primary) randomly selected. This research can contribute to facilitating a search for sources relating to the Battle of Çanakkale 1915, especially authoritative primary sources. It can indirectly elevate the field of Muslim military history, particularly of the Ottoman era, to researchers of Islamic history and civilization corpus. In addition, a reference list in the Malay language for the Battle of Çanakkale 1915 was compiled in order to fill the void mentioned.
Causality Then and Now
Authors: Harding Karen
Published: December 2020

Ate appearances deceiving? Do objects behave the way they do becauseGod wills it? Ate objects impetmanent and do they only exist becausethey ate continuously created by God? According to a1 Ghazlli, theanswers to all of these questions ate yes. Objects that appear to bepermanent are not. Those relationships commonly tefemed to as causalare a result of God’s habits rather than because one event inevitably leadsto another. God creates everything in the universe continuously; if Heceased to create it, it would no longer exist.These ideas seem oddly naive and unscientific to people living in thetwentieth century. They seem at odds with the common conception of thephysical world. Common sense says that the universe is made of tealobjects that persist in time. Furthermore, the behavior of these objects isreasonable, logical, and predictable. The belief that the univetse is understandablevia logic and reason harkens back to Newton’s mechanical viewof the universe and has provided one of the basic underpinnings ofscience for centuries. Although most people believe that the world is accutatelydescribed by this sort of mechanical model, the appropriatenessof such a model has been called into question by recent scientificadvances, and in particular, by quantum theory. This theory implies thatthe physical world is actually very different from what a mechanicalmodel would predit.Quantum theory seeks to explain the nature of physical entities andthe way that they interact. It atose in the early part of the twentieth centuryin response to new scientific data that could not be incorporated successfullyinto the ptevailing mechanical view of the universe. Due largely ...
The Crisis of Thought and Ijtihad
Authors: Al 'Alwani Taha J.
Published: December 2020

The Muslim mind experienced a crisis of thought when, duting theearly centuries of the Islamic eta, ijtihad began to be viewed as limitedto legal matters rather than as a methodology for dealing with all aspectsof life. This limited understanding engendered a malaise that allowedtaqlid to attain such prominence and tespectability that its cancetous, constricting,and irrelevant fiqh spread throughout Muslim life. Had ijtihadretained mote of its lexical meaning and cteativity, and had fiqh beenconsidered only one of its uses, perhaps Muslims would have overcomemany of the problems that confronted them. However, this patticularizationof ijtihad confined the Muslim mind, and taqlid eventually led tothe paralysis of its creative abilities.Had ijtihad remained a way of life for Muslims as Allah commanded,they would not have fallen behind in establishing the Islamic sciencesnecessary for their society and civilization. They also would not have hadto watch the reins of leadership fall pass to the West, whose most importantqualification was its ability to engage in creative and scientific teasoning.Although its intellectual tradition was tainted with pagan Greekinfluences, the West achieved world leadetship. Had Muslims taken upthose sciences and laid the foundations of society on the basis of tawbd(unity), the face of the earth would be different today and the state of civilizationitself would be fat more felicitous than it is at present.Before ijtihad was confined to the purely legalistic framework of fiqh,the Muslim mind was enlightened, eager to deal with all manner ofthought, and able to meet challenges, generate solutions, and achieve itsgoals. Had it not been for taqlid and its subduing of the Muslim mind,that mind would have achieved great things. Certainly, a mind with itsbeginnings in the verse, "Read! in the name of your Lord Who created. . ." should be mote than able to renew the ummah's mentality, to continuallyadjust to changing circumstances, and to initiate the sciences ofcivilization at a time when the West was o v e m by wild forest tribes.What Do We Mean by Ijtihad?For the teasons indicated above, we ate calling for a new type of ijtihad.Rather than the ijtihad specified by the scholars of usd, which will ...
Islamic Science
Authors: Husain Sirajul
Published: December 2020

The term "Islamic science" can be defined as the scientific way of definingand comborating the uniquely monotheistic concept of tuwhfd(unity), a concept that can serve as an epistemological manifold for intellectualinquiry and development. In this context, science is taken as a systematicway of looking at things or, in other words, as both a philosophyof knowledge as well as an empirical methodology. When taken in its entirety,science includes the whole spectrum of human inquiry rangingfrom ontology to epistemology, from causality to cosmology, and fromthe natural and social sciences to technology. It may be noted that beyondan axiomatic application based on a metaphysical definition of tawhid,there has been no scientific attempt to analyze and substantiate thisconcept. This axiomatic application of tawhid, especially when dealing withan analysis of developments in knowledge, raises certain epistemologicalquestions. As it does not scientifically define or discuss the verypremise-tawhid-on which the analysis is being based, this is to be expected.Furthermore, for example, the axiomatic application of tuwhid topurge the corpus of knowledge of its secular elements and then reconstructit within the tawhidi framework cannot be fulfilled, as it is unableto furnish a tawhid-based scientific temperament without first providingscientific combomtion of the concept itself. It is from such an epistemologicalviewpoint that we find the contributions of Muslims to variousfields of leaming tend to be more sentimental than scientific.The need to develop Islamic science also arises from the fact thatmost modem scientists are known to be secular, as they have consciouslyevaded the issue of the existence of a Creator. This is the result of their ...
Selected Major Issues in Instructional/Communication Technology
Authors: Siddiqui Dilnawaz A.
Published: December 2020

Instructional/Communication Technology has come to mean, in a narrowsense, media hardware or a set of tools enabling human beings toovercome their physical limitations. Etymologically, it means one or moretechniques, both concrete and abstract, that help human beings solveproblems. By extension, instructional technology (IT) means all tools atour disposal for facilitating learning. Tickton (1971) defines the purporeof IT as making "education more productive and more individual, to giveinstruction a more scientific base, and to make instruction more powerful,learning more immediate, and access more equal." While the technologyitself might be neutral as a medium and as a means of instructional communication,it is the natw of its use, in terms of timely and appropriatemessages, that is the key to understanding its consequences. It is this finalfactor upon which society needs to focus.The tecent combination of computer, video, fiber optics, satellite television,and other state-of-the-art technologies has enabled a small groupto control the lives of billions. Instructional technology has also Meritedits own share of this instantaneous global power. As a result traditionalboundaries between IT and mass media communication have blurred somuch that IT sounds like a misnomer.It has now become a platitude to say that the nation that controlledthe sealanes in the nineteenth century, or that controlled the airways inthe twentieth century, controlled the whole world. In the twenty-first century,it appears that whoever controls the airwaves will control the worldand whatever is beyond it. Thus the most explosive confluence of ...
Islam in Europe
Authors: Kucukcan Talip
Published: December 2020

This conference was opened by Jergen Nielsen (Centre for the Studyof Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations, Selly Oak Colleges,Birmingham, United Kingdom), who discussed "Muslims in Europe intothe Next Millennium." After a brief account of earJy Muslim migration toEurope, viewed as a migrant population from a "rival civilizationH or a"victim" of colonialism, he argued that the second-generation Muslimshave become more aware of colonial experiences than the parentgeneration. He attributed this ot their parents' rural background, wherepeople tend to be more illiterate and lack intellectual resources. Althoughone cannot make broad generalizations on recent trends, Nielsonmaintained that young Muslims in western Europe are disconnectingthemselves from ruraltraditional Islam and preferring a more intellectualinterpretation of Islam. Felice Das.setto (Universite Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)outlined the nature and scope of contributions made by anthro­ pologists, sociologists, orientalists, andpolitical scientists to the study of Muslims in western Europe in "The Stateof Research on Islam in Eupero." Dassetto pointed out that the orientalists'methods and theories failed to understand current themes, especially in thecontext of the Muslim presence in Europe. Universities became interested in studying Islam ...
Islam and Its Worldview
Authors: Ismail Sha'ban Muftah
Published: December 2020

This seminar, sponsored jointly by the Institute of Islamic Understanding,Malaysia, and the Malaysian-American Com.mission of EducationalExchange, consisted of four sessions and the presentation of sevenreseareh papers. Mohammad Kamal Hassan (Internatio Islamic University,Malaysia) spoke on the Islamic worldview, which he stated is "theisticand ethical" and in sharp contrast to secularism and atheism. Topicsdiscussed included how the Qur'an fulfills the human urge to have avision of divine reality by personifying God's attributes, how "MotherNature" could not have created itself, God's creation of the universe andnature's as well as humanity's purpose and role (i.e., vicegerency), andthe requirements and expectations of God as regards humanity's controlover nature. The speaker concluded with a reminder that humanity is subjectto perpetual tests as regards the use of God-given bounties and resourcesand that collapse can be the result of upsetting the balance andharmony instituted by God in natw and life ...
Studies of Islam, Economics, and Governance
Authors: Eid Florence
Published: December 2020

IntroductionThis paper is a report on the state of research in two areas of Islamicstudies: Islam and economics and Islam and governance. I researched andwrote it as part of my internship at the Ford Foundation during the summerof 1992. On Discourse. The study of Islam in the United States has moved far beyondthe traditional historical and philological methods. This is perhapsbest explained by the development of analytically rigorous social sciencemethods that have contributed to a better balance between the humanisticconcerns of the more traditional approaches and efforts at systematizingthe study of Islam and classifying it across boundaries of communities,religions, even epochs. This is said to have s t a d with the developmentof irenic attitudes towards Islam, which changed the direction of westemorientalist writings from indifference (at best) and often open hostility toand contempt of Islamic values (however they were understood) to phenomenologicalworks by scholars who saw the study of Islam as somethingto be taken seriously and for its own sake, which is best exemplifiedby Clifford Geertz's Islam Observed.The work of Edward Said contested this evolution, and the publicationof his Orientalism has been described as "a stick of dynamite"' that,despite its impact in mobilizing a reevaluation of the field, was unwarrantedin its pessimism. In any case, the field has continued to evolve,with the most powerful force moving it being the subject itself. Thephenomenological/orientalist approach, if we can point to one today, ...