bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Insulin regulates multiple signaling pathways leading to monocyte/macrophage chemotaxis into the wound tissue
Authors: Liu Yan , Dhall Sandeep , Castro Anthony , Chan Alex , Alamat Raquelle , Martins-Green Manuela
Published: January 2018

Wound healing is a complex process that involves sequential phases that overlap in time and space and affect each other dynamically at the gene and protein levels. We previously showed that insulin accelerates wound healing by stimulating faster and regenerative healing. One of the processes that insulin stimulates is an increase in monocyte/macrophage chemotaxis. In this study, we performed experiments in vivo and in vitro to elucidate the signaling transduction pathways that are involved in insulin-induced monocyte/macrophage chemotaxis. We found that insulin stimulates THP-1 cell chemotaxis in a dose-dependent and insulin receptor-dependent manner. We also show that the kinases PI3K-Akt, SPAK/JNK, and p38 MAPK are key molecules in the insulin-induced signaling pathways that lead to chemoattraction of THP-1 cell. Furthermore, both PI3K-Akt and SPAK/JNK signaling involve Rac1 activation, an important molecule in regulating cell motility. Indeed, topical application of Rac1 inhibitor at an early stage during the healing process caused delayed and impaired healing even in the presence of insulin. These results delineate cell and molecular mechanisms involved in insulin-induced chemotaxis of monocyte/macrophage, cells that are critical for proper healing.
New Reference Values for Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Children
Authors: BLANCHARD JOEL , BLAIS SAMUEL , CHETAILLE PHILIPPE , BISSON MICHELE , COUNIL FRANÇOIS P. , HUARD-GIRARD THELMA , BERBARI JADE , BOULAY PIERRE , DALLAIRE FREDERIC
Published: January 2018

Introduction

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is an essential tool to assess cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in children. There is a paucity of adequate pediatric reference values that are independent of body size and pubertal stage. The purpose of this study is to provide Z score equations for several maximal and submaximal CRF parameters derived from a prospectively recruited sample of healthy children.

Methods

In this cross-sectional multicenter study, we prospectively recruited 228 healthy children 12 to 17 yr old in local schools. We performed a symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise testing progressive ramp protocol on an electronically braked cycle ergometer. Eighteen CRF parameters were analyzed. We tested several regression models to obtain prediction curves that minimized residual association with age, body size, and pubertal stage. Both the predicted mean and the predicted SD were modeled to account for heteroscedasticity.

Results

We identified nonlinear association of CRF parameters with body size and significant heteroscedasticity. To normalize CRF parameters, the use of a single body size variable was not sufficient. We therefore used multivariable models with various combination of height, corrected body mass, and age. Final prediction models yielded adjusted CRF parameters that were independent of age, sex, body mass, height, body mass index, and Tanner stages.

Conclusions

We present Z score equations for several CRF parameters derived from a healthy pediatric population. These reference values provide updated predicted means and range of normality that are independent of sex and body size. Further testing is needed to assess if these reference values increase sensitivity and specificity to identify abnormal cardiorespiratory response in children with chronic diseases.
Eating disorders in children: is avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder a feeding disorder or an eating disorder and what are the implications for treatment?
Authors: Kennedy Grace A. , Wick Madeline R. , Keel Pamela K.
Published: January 2018

Avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a current diagnosis in the “Feeding and Eating Disorders” section of theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(fifth edition) and captures a heterogeneous presentation of eating disturbances. In recent years, ARFID has been studied primarily within the context of eating disorders despite having historical roots as a feeding disorder. The following review examines ARFID’s similarities with and differences from feeding disorders and eating disorders, focusing on research published within the last three years. Implications of this differentiation for treatment are discussed.
The AGT M235T (RS699, 4072T>C) polymorphism is not associated with elite weightlifting performance
Authors: Ben-Zaken Sigal , Meckel Yoav , Nemet Dan , Pantanowitz Michal , Eliakim Alon
Published: January 2018

It is now well established that genetic background influences an athlete’s ability to excel in different sport disciplines. Previous studies have demonstrated that among power athletes, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the AGT genotype (Thr-Thr), was significantly more prevalent among weightlifters compared to sprinters and jumpers indicating that despite the common features of these sport subtypes (short and very intense), they vary in their strength and speed abilities, as well as in their genetic make-up. The aim of the present study was to assess whether the AGT SNP can be used also to distinguish elite from national levels weightlifters. The AGT M235T genotype frequencies were assessed in 47 weightlifters (30 elite, 17 national level) and 86 non-athletes control. The Thr-Thr genotype was significantly higher among weightlifters (29.8%) compared to controls (12.8%) (p=0.048). Thr allele frequency was significantly higher among weightlifters (55.3%) compared to controls (37.8%) (p=0.021). However, there was no difference in the prevalence of the polymorphism between national level and elite athletes. In conclusion, the results suggest that the AGT polymorphism cannot predict elite competitive weightlifting performance.
The half-marathon participants, who are they and what motivates them for training and competition?
Authors: Tjelta Leif Inge , Kvåle Per Erik , Shalfawi Shaher
Published: January 2018

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the motives for training and competing among participants in a half-marathon race. A descriptive quantitative research design was developed using a questionnaire to examine the half-marathon runners’ interest in running and competition. The total number of participants presented in this study were 862, 331 female and 531 male with a mean age 41.8±10.4 years. The major reasons for the participants to regularly practice running were because of its importance to their physical and psychological health, because it is fun, and for other health reasons, respectively. Comparing the motives for running between males and females showed that males scored higher on health, losing weight and to be able to measure their running abilities with others. Comparing the main reasons among age groups for participating in half-marathon competition, the majority of the 40 years old. The results indicate that the major reasons for regularly practice running are that running as activity is important for maintaining physical and physiological health.
Caregiver Perspectives on Communication During Hospitalization at an Academic Pediatric Institution: A Qualitative Study
Authors: Solan Lauren G. , Beck Andrew F. , Shardo Stephanie A. , Sauers‐Ford Hadley S. , Simmons Jeffrey M. , Shah Samir S. , Sherman Susan N. ,   H2O Study Group
Published: January 2018

OBJECTIVE

Communication among those involved in a child's care during hospitalization can mitigate or exacerbate family stress and confusion. As part of a broader qualitative study, we present an in‐depth understanding of communication issues experienced by families during their child's hospitalization and during the transition to home.

METHODS

Focus groups and individual interviews stratified by socioeconomic status included caregivers of children recently discharged from a children's hospital after acute illnesses. An open‐ended, semistructured question guide designed by investigators included communication‐related questions addressing information shared with families from the medical team about discharge, diagnoses, instructions, and care plans. By using an inductive thematic analysis, 4 investigators coded transcripts and resolved differences through consensus.

RESULTS

A total of 61 caregivers across 11 focus groups and 4 individual interviews participated. Participants were 87% female and 46% non‐white. Analyses resulted in 3 communication‐related themes. The first theme detailed experiences affecting caregiver perceptions of communication between the inpatient medical team and families. The second revealed communication challenges related to the teaching hospital environment, including confusing messages associated with large multidisciplinary teams, aspects of family‐centered rounds, and confusion about medical team member roles. The third reflected caregivers' perceptions of communication between providers in and out of the hospital, including types of communication caregivers observed or believed occurred between medical providers.

CONCLUSIONS

Participating caregivers identified various communication concerns and challenges during their child's hospitalization and transition home. Caregiver perspectives can inform strategies to improve experiences, ease challenges inherent to a teaching hospital, and determine which types of communication are most effective.
Evaluation of musical language in grownup students: Design and validation of a scale
Authors: Carrasco Ana M. Vernia , Carnicer Josep Gustems , Garrido Caterina Calderón
Published: January 2018

Musical language organizes general musical training in conservatories and music schools, becoming an attractive, active and dynamic way of learning music, often including rhythmic, body and game activities, and didactic elements such as songs, dance and musical listening. In the case of adult learners, teaching musical language must adapt to psychosocial characteristics of this group. This paper aims to design, validate and apply an instrument shaped as a rubric to evaluate musical language performance in a sample of adult students, based on specific analysis of documents. Scale contains 21 activities that evaluate four skills. The results confirm that there are four main items that would explain most of the academic achievement in musical language in adults: to recognize melodic and harmonic intervals, internalizing tempo, musical dictation and vocal creation, with preparation. Likewise, the results allow to raise a teaching methodology that combines perceptive, corporal, symbolic and communicative aspects in this subject, updating and consolidating the present orientation that teaching has gradually taken.
Ansiedad de los alumnos en la asignatura de Lenguaje Musical y estrategias para reducirla
Authors: Ruiz Elena Berrón , Gómez Francisco José Balsera , Guerrero Inés María Monreal
Published: January 2018

Los alumnos inician sus estudios de conservatorio motivados por aprender a tocar algún instrumento. No obstante, desde el primer curso se encuentran con que deben asistir también a clase de Lenguaje Musical, una asignatura que, con frecuencia, les resulta poco atractiva y les genera ansiedad. En este artículo presentamos una investigación realizada con alumnos de los dos primeros cursos de las enseñanzas elementales del Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Segovia. Los objetivos del estudio son identificar los aspectos que provocan ansiedad a los alumnos en dicha asignatura y analizar la utilidad de nuestras propuestas educativas para reducirla. Hemos aplicado una metodología cualitativa que combina características de los métodos de estudio de casos e investigación en el aula.

La investigación presentada nos permite afirmar, entre sus conclusiones fundamentales, que la aplicación de una pedagogía flexible, dinámica y positiva, el cuidado de las relaciones, la implicación de las familias, la aceptación de los errores como elementos naturales de todo proceso de aprendizaje y la realización de interpretaciones musicales en público de forma habitual contribuyen a reducir la ansiedad.
Towards a decoionial music education in and from Latin America
Authors: Shifres Favio , Rosabal-Coto Guillermo
Published: January 2018

This article introduces the special issue about decolonial music education the authors have edited, while presenting some core concepts of the “modernity / coloniality” framework and approaching them on the music education realm. Particularly, it provides some basis of a theoretical perspective to understand instituted forms of music education in Latin America as derived from the modern civilizatory project, Besides, this framework allows to rescue, visualize and understand, as well as imagine and configure, music education experiences that offer resistance to such process and promote epistemological alternatives. As a presentation of this special issue the article also proposes some keys for reading the papers that follow it.
Music education as opportunity for learning about the worldview of indigenous peoples at the Mexican education system: The case of Huasteca
Authors: Córdoba Héctor Miguel Vázquez
Published: January 2018

Music as a form of expression and communication has been a fundamental part of the human being throughout its existence. However, the development of music skills in non-academic spaces tends to be underestimated with the argument that they lack the required theoretical foundations within the learning of classical music. By moving through music education from social to institutional spaces, the standardization of knowledge has privileged abstract learning over that which takes place in practical environments. Music in its written form is conceived as a work of art in itself, creating a division between those who can interpret the ‘cultured’ music and those who cannot. Classical music is therefore considered as an object worthy of being consumed by the dominant social classes in order to reaffirm their position. This has an impact on the value given to music with indigenous roots. This article proposes to implement, in the Mexican educational system, a pedagogical model that considers the form of circulation of knowledge from the perspective of local cultures. In particular, the learning of the Huasteco ‘son’ musical genre is proposed as a means for the knowledge, diffusion and revaluation of the Huasteca culture and its worldview.
Music from Ground Zero. The coloniality of theory and musical analysis at the university
Authors: Tovar Pilar Holguín
Published: January 2018

This article seeks to answer the influence of the coloniality of knowledge, the cleansing of blood and the hybris of the zero ground in the conception of the theory and musical analysis which is taught in our Latin American universities. The aim is to examine the survival of coloniality in the imaginary of musical theory and analysis in order to recognize the predominant hegemonic discourses and propose some options to decolonize these disciplines of professional music education. The rationale is based on the presentation of some concepts of decolonial studies, research on the conservatory model and the ideology of theory and analysis.

The article is divided into three parts. In the first one, an approximation is made to the concept of coloniality and its categories. The second takes the categories to review the ideology of the chosen fields of musical knowledge and the third proposes some options to decolonize our conceptions in higher education.
How best to prepare for change
Authors: Neville Sarah
Published: January 2018

This article features a brief evaluation of the recommendations in the Ofsted Bold Beginnings report and its likely impact on provision in the early years workforce.
V is for the vestibular system…
Authors: Hammond Paula , Lillie Stephen
Published: January 2018

This month, we continue our series that takes the form of an extended alphabetical adventure around the body, helping children to get to know themselves a little better.
Has the tide now turned?
Authors: Webb Penny
Published: January 2018

Childminders, although still absent from much of the education department's policy, are having a much bigger influence on the wider early years sector than ever before.
Learning lessons from smoking cessation conversations
Authors: Kennedy Judith
Published: January 2018

Midwife Judith Kennedy shares her experience from discussing smoking with a pregnant patient
Bonding with books
Authors: McKeown Sal
Published: January 2018

Creating the association between special, one-to-one time and favourite books is key to giving children a life-long love of reading. Sal McKeown discovers how Readit2 supports the most reluctant readers.
IFCC Working Group Recommendations for Assessing Commutability Part 1: General Experimental Design
Authors: Miller W Greg , Schimmel Heinz , Rej Robert , Greenberg Neil , Ceriotti Ferruccio , Burns Chris , Budd Jeffrey R , Weykamp Cas , Delatour Vincent , Nilsson Göran , MacKenzie Finlay , Panteghini Mauro , Keller Thomas , Camara Johanna E , Zegers Ingrid , Vesper Hubert W
Published: January 2018

Commutability is a property of a reference material (RM) that relates to the closeness of agreement between results for an RM and results for clinical samples (CSs) when measured by ≥2 measurement procedures (MPs). Commutability of RMs used in a calibration traceability scheme is an essential property for them to be fit for purpose. Similarly, commutability of trueness controls or external quality assessment samples is essential when those materials are used to assess trueness of results for CSs. This report is part 1 of a 3-part series describing how to assess commutability of RMs. Part 1 defines commutability and addresses critical components of the experimental design for commutability assessment, including selection of individual CSs, use of pooled CSs, qualification of MPs for inclusion, establishing criteria for the determination that an RM is commutable, generalization of commutability conclusions to future measurements made with the MPs included in the assessment, and information regarding commutability to be included in the certificate for an RM. Parts 2 and 3 in the series present 2 different statistical approaches to commutability assessment that use fixed criteria related to the medical decisions that will be made using the laboratory test results.
IFCC Working Group Recommendations for Assessing Commutability Part 2: Using the Difference in Bias between a Reference Material and Clinical Samples
Authors: Nilsson Göran , Budd Jeffrey R , Greenberg Neil , Delatour Vincent , Rej Robert , Panteghini Mauro , Ceriotti Ferruccio , Schimmel Heinz , Weykamp Cas , Keller Thomas , Camara Johanna E , Burns Chris , Vesper Hubert W , MacKenzie Finlay , Miller W Greg
Published: January 2018

A process is described to assess the commutability of a reference material (RM) intended for use as a calibrator, trueness control, or external quality assessment sample based on the difference in bias between an RM and clinical samples (CSs) measured using 2 different measurement procedures (MPs). This difference in bias is compared with a criterion based on a medically relevant difference between an RM and CS results to make a conclusion regarding commutability. When more than 2 MPs are included, the commutability is assessed pairwise for all combinations of 2 MPs. This approach allows the same criterion to be used for all combinations of MPs included in the assessment. The assessment is based on an error model that allows estimation of various random and systematic sources of error, including those from sample-specific effects of interfering substances. An advantage of this approach is that the difference in bias between an RM and the average bias of CSs at the concentration (i.e., amount of substance present or quantity value) of the RM is determined and its uncertainty estimated. An RM is considered fit for purpose for those MPs for which commutability is demonstrated.
Some challenges in teaching citizenship in an Islamic context: Pakistan Studies teachers’ perspectives and practices in relation to teaching about identity
Authors: Muhammad Yaar , Brett Peter
Published: January 2018

In Pakistan, the school subjects of Social Studies, Civics and Pakistan Studies are explicitly used to construct Pakistani national identity and young people’s sense of citizenship. This article draws upon interviews with 27 Pakistan Studies teachers from a town in the Punjab region of Pakistan. The interviews aimed to explore the teachers’ perceptions and teaching practices with respect to teaching about regional, national and global identity content within the area of Pakistan Studies. The research found that in seeking to reconcile conflicting binary policy discourses most of the teachers continued to subscribe to relatively traditional pedagogical practices constrained by an examination system that overwhelmingly assesses students’ knowledge of textbook content. Most of the teachers had more inclination towards developing students’ national identity based upon Sunni Islamic values rather than multi-layered identities, reflecting more localized cultural diversity or global outlooks and viewpoints.
A qualitative study of human rights education: An insight from the United Kingdom and Malaysia bridging the curriculum needs of students
Authors: Nordin Zaimuariffudin Shukri , Channa Mansoor Ahmad
Published: January 2018

This study aimed to investigate teachers’ opinions in terms of human rights education (HRE). The study was conducted in four schools including two faith schools and two secular schools in England and in Malaysia. Semi-structured interviews of eight teachers, four from England and four from Malaysia, were used as a qualitative instrument to collect data for this study to know the needs of students in terms of HRE. The data of interviews were fully transcribed and scrutinized and, for each question, the responses were categorized. A further coding process then took place to identify categories that could be grouped together. This study provided the most promising findings to develop HRE among students. The findings revealed that in England, students study human rights in relation to moral responsibility, social involvement and political literacy; in Malaysia students start their topics by knowing themselves, friends and family, school and community. The results also revealed that in England, a belief in God underpinned HRE in the faith school but not the secular, whereas in Malaysia such a belief underpinned the curriculum regardless of type of school.
Are you more civically minded than a sixth grader? An investigation of pre-service teacher civics and citizenship knowledge, understandings and dispositions
Authors: Buchanan John
Published: January 2018

The process of civics and citizenship education is a complex and multifaceted affair. Research in Australia and elsewhere has indicated a dearth of civics and citizenship understanding. To assist their students, schoolteachers need to be in command of the knowledge, understandings and dispositions related to civics and citizenship education. This article discusses teacher readiness for teaching this subject in primary schools, by asking a cohort of first year pre-service teachers to respond to a test recently administered to a sample of year six children (aged about 11 years) in Australia. The results were somewhat disconcerting, with numbers of the pre-service teachers furnishing incorrect answers. Patterns of incorrect answers and reasons for these are analysed, in the context of the student cohort and the education they have received to date, and the education they are to provide upon graduation. Beyond this, the test paper itself, and some of the assumptions it appears to make, as well as some of its silences, are also put under scrutiny. Some brief implications for teacher education, teaching, learning, assessment and socially just futures are also included.
A teacher’s citizenship as status and practice in the first half of the twentieth century
Authors: Whitehead Kay
Published: January 2018

This article explores the citizenship practice of an Australian kindergarten teacher, Marjorie Caw (nee Hubbe) who was born in 1893, a few months prior to the achievement of women’s suffrage in South Australia. First, the Hubbe family is located politically and socially in the Australian context. Then the article positions Marjorie as a young citizen teacher at the Adelaide Kindergarten Training College and Grey Ward Free Kindergarten between 1911 and 1913. The next section focuses on the implications of her German surname during the First World War and exposes the precarious nature of citizenship status. Marjorie married in 1922 and the final section analyses citizen mother Marjorie’s understanding of active citizenship in the diverse rural community of Kojonup, Western Australia. The article argues that citizenship is not only a legal concept but also involves complex political, social and affective relationships which change over time and in different contexts. Marjorie’s citizenship practice was a classed, raced and gendered process of inclusion and exclusion in the first half of the twentieth century.
Reviews
Authors: Avadhani Shobha , Baildon Mark , Chen Sicong
Published: January 2018

Education, Globalization and the Nation, K. M. Chong, I. Davies, T. Epstein, C. L. Peck, A. Peterson, A. Ross, M. A. Schmidt, A. Sears and D. Sonu (2016) London: Palgrave Macmillan, 224 pp., ISBN: 9781137460356, h/bk, £63.00

Muslim Cosmopolitanism: Southeast Asian Islam in Comparative Perspective, Khairudin Aljunied (2017) Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 192 pp., ISBN: 9781474408882, h/bk, £75.00

School Leadership, Citizenship Education and Politics in China: Experiences from Junior Secondary Schools in Shanghai, Shuqin Xu (2016) Singapore: Springer, xvii+195 pp., ISBN: 9789811016417, h/bk, £66.99
O nome que não ousa dizer da intimidade – um estudo exploratório sobre nomeação
Authors: Santos Ana Lúcia , Santos Ana Cristina
Published: January 2018

O processo de atribuição de nome corresponde a um guião cultural e jurídico que coloca entraves à autodeterminação de género, sexual e reprodutiva. Partindo de um estudo comparativo na Europa do Sul, neste artigo mapeamos transformações na lei portuguesa e auscultamos um conjunto de pessoas peritas em nomeação. O ponto focal do artigo consiste na perplexidade de um marco identitário pessoal que permanece refém de normatividades coletivas estritas, com forte impacto no terreno da cidadania íntima. Sugere-se que, no contexto português, o campo da nomeação constitui uma arena de assimetria, desigualdade e desidentificação, apontando-se para alternativas decorrentes de uma epistemologia crítica queer.
Atomic force microscopy analysis of alkali textured silicon substrates for solar cell applications
Authors: Fashina Adebayo , Adama Kenneth , Abdullah Lookman , Ani Chukwuemeka , Oyewole Oluwaseun , Asare Joseph , Anye Vitalis
Published: January 2018

In this paper, the surface morphology of textured silicon substrates is explored. Prior to the surface morphology analysis, textured silicon substrates were obtained by KOH anisotropic texturing of polished silicon wafers. This was achieved by investigating of the dependence surface texturing on the process parameters; etchant concentration, etching time and temperature. The surface morphology of the textured silicon samples was obtained using atomic force microscopy that was operated in the tapping mode. The resulting atomic force microscopy (AFM) images were analyzed using the Nanoscope and Gwyddion software packages. The AFM analysis revealed more surface details such as the depth, roughness, section, and step height analysis. The analysis was limited to a length scale of a few micrometers, which carefully reveals the number of individualities of the initial stages of pyramid growth. The average roughness was found to be 593nm for an optimally textured silicon wafer. The implications of the study are then discussed for potential light trapping application in silicon solar cells.
The Implementation of Good Governance in the Era of Caliphate Omar Ibn Abd al-Aziz (61H-101 H/717-720 M)
Authors: Handoko Luqman Hakim , Kayadibi Saim
Published: January 2018

The discussions of good governance are being widely debatable all over the world. The world has arrived at an agreement that good governance has major influence for human resource development in the society. The debate is currently, going on all sectors of activities such the social, economic, and political imperatives, cultural sources and traditions. These have contribution to supervise and govern societies, how to manage business enterprises. The purposeof this paper is to investigate and to understand the theory of good governance from both a modern and Islamic perspective. Firstly, this paper is aimed to find out what is the good governance in modern term. Secondly, this paper will try to explore and explain the siyasah shar?iyyah means concerning to good governance on modern societies. Thirdly, explaining and exploring the concept of good governance in the reign of caliph Omar ibn Abd al-Aziz. Italready known that within short time he was able to bring the khilafah to glorious administration. This paper find that it is believed that the concept of good governance already practised by Caliph Omar ibn Aziz throughout his reign. In addition, there are many successes have been achieved by Omar either in the field of economy, politics and national defense and religious fields where the field may be difficult to achieve today's leaders.
Socio-Economic Disclosure in Islamic Banking Case Study in Indonesia
Authors: Shofawati Atina
Published: January 2018

Islamic Banking must give benefit for their stakeholders. Benefit reflects the performance of Islamic Banking which can be seen through their annual reports. One of important information which reflects the performance of Islamic Banking is socio-economicdisclosure. This report gives information about the performance of Islamic Banking which covers social and economic aspects which show the social economic responsibility of Islamic Banking. Socio-economic disclosure indicators have been taken from Corporate Social Performance which are the indicators consist of four parts, namely community involvement; human resources; natural resources and contribution to the environment; contribution to the product or service. This paper uses qualitative method. This research identifies the socioeconomic disclosure from annual report of Islamic Banking in Indonesia, majoring Bank Syariah Mandiri and Bank Muamalat Indonesia. The result of this paper shows that Bank Syariah Mandiri and Bank Muamalat Indonesia conduct social economic responsibility through socio-economic disclosure from annual report of both of the Islamic Banks in 2009.
Default Risk on Islamic Banking in Indonesia
Authors: Ardiansyah Misnen , Munandar Aris , Fauzi Ahmad Syahrul , Naimah Ulufun
Published: January 2018

Stability of financial institutions is a crucial issue amid the economic crisis that hit the US and Europe. Islamic banking in Indonesia as financial institutions are also required to have good stability in order to maintain the stability of the national economy. The aim of this research is to determine the stability of Islamic banking in Indonesia, and understand the factors that affect the stability. Stability of Islamic banking will be measured using Merton model  to estimate the Probability Default (PD). Panel data regression was used to estimate the factors that affect the stability of Islamic Banking. The object of this research is 10 Islamic banking in Indonesia that meet the specified criteria. From the analysis of the Merton model, the research found that the stability of Islamic banking in Indonesia is not good enough. This can be seen from the value of the probability default on Islamic banking which still above 0.5. However, based on the trend, the probability default of Islamic banking has decreased from year to year. Some of the variables that influence the stability of Islamic banking is asset and BI rate (SBI).
Analysis on BPJS Kesehatan from Various Disciplines
Authors: Abnur Asman
Published: January 2018

BPJS Kesehatan shall be the Social Security Agency (Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial) established by the government to provide a Health Security for the people. It constitutes an institution specifically established to organize the social security program in Indonesia according to Law No. 40 of 2004 and Law No. 24 of 2011. Pursuant to Law No. 40 of 2004 concerning National Social Security System, BPJS shall constitute a non-profit legal entity. The BPJS Kesehatan Program began on 1 January 2014. The National Health Security Program (Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional / JKN) initiated by BPJS aims at providing health protection for each participant to obtain healthcare benefits. JKN constitutes a healthcare program to serve the people with medical necessities, Insha Allah, Amiin.
The Influence of Accountability, Transparency, and Responsibility of Zakat Institution on Intention to Pay Zakat
Authors: Mutmainah Lu’liyatul
Published: January 2018

Zakat institution growth is increasing in Indonesia, but the absorption of zakat potential is not optimal yet. Low of intention to pay zakat on institution is one of factor why it is not optimal. This research aims to know the influence of perception in accountability, transparency, and responsibility of zakat institution to intention for paying zakat on DPU DT Yogyakarta. This is field research with primary data and secondary data. The method used to collect the data using questionnaires, interviews, and documentation. The technique used for sampling is convinience sampling with 51 respondents and suggested the use of multiple regression analysis techniques using SPSS 16.00 for data analysis. The result of this research indicated that all variables significantly influence intention to pay zakat simultaneously. But, the result of test partial indicated that accountability and transparency significantly positive influence to intention of paying zakat, then there is no influence of responsibility.
PROGRAM PEMBERDAYAAN ‘SEDEKAH POHON PISANG’: Peran Karang Taruna di Desa Gandri, Lampung Selatan
Authors: Widodo Ageng
Published: January 2018

Pemberdayaan masyarakat identik dengan kegiatan yang bertujuan untuk membentuk, memandirikan dan meningkatkan kemampuan (life skill) masyarakat baik itu dalam tingkatan mikro, mezo maupun makro. Pemberdayaan difokuskan untuk memandirikan masyarakat misalnya dalam masyarakat pedesaan dengan melihat berbagai potensi yang dimilikinya. Desa Gandri merupakan salah satu desa di Kecamatan Penengahan, Lampung Selatan yang memiliki potensi SDA (Sumber Daya Alam) yang baik hal ini dapat dilihat dengan kondisi tanah dan berbagai tanaman yang tumbuh subur. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendeskripsikan program pemberdayaan masyarakat oleh Karang Taruna di Desa Gandri, Lampung Selatan. Metode penelitian ini dengan menggunakan pendekatan Deskriptif Kualitatif dengan responden direkrut melalui Purposive Sampling, yakni Kepala Karang Taruna, Anggota Karang Taruna dan beberapa Tokoh Masyarakat.Adapun hasil penelitian ini menjelaskan tentang tahapan dalam pelaksanaan “sedekah pohon pisang”yaitu: pertama, karang taruna survei dan mendata pohon pisang. Kedua, karang taruna mengukur batas petak. Ketiga, penanaman dan perawatan dan terakhir tahap controlling dan pemanenan. Setelah dana dari sedekah pohon pisang terkumpul dibentuklah bentuk-bentuk pemberdayaan yang berfokus kepada elemen masyarakat yaitu pelatihan ekonomi kreatif fokus kepada kepala rumahtangga dan ibu-ibu. Program Remaja Sehat Berprestasi (RSH) berfokus kepada remaja Desa Gandri dan pelatihan Publik Speaking berfokus kepada anak-anak.
ISLAM PROGRESIF DALAM GERAKAN SOSIAL DAWAM RAHARDJO (1942-2016)
Authors: Dafit Ahmad
Published: January 2018

Fenomena kemiskinan dan ketidakadilan yang masih berlanjut hingga saat ini, membuat banyak tokoh muslim berpikir ulang mengenai pemikiran keislaman. Tokoh Islam Indonesia, salah satu yang serius membincang persoalan ini adalah M. Dawam Rahardjo—selanjutnya Dawam. Berdasarkan soal tersebut, kajian ini fokus pada konsep pemikiran dan implementasi Islam Progresif Dawam dengan menelaah, mengkaji, dan membahas karyanya dengan pendekatan historis-sosiologis. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif-analitis dengan metode kualitatif yang diperkuat melalui wawancara mendalam. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa pemikiran Dawam bagian dari Islam Progresif. Ia menerima kenyataan dunia modern, seperti pluralisme, liberalisme, dan sekularisme, kemudian merengkuh ketiganya dalam penguatan keberagamaan di masyarakat. Dawam adalah salah satu tokoh Islam yang memiliki andil dalam perubahan sosial. Implementasinya bisa dilihat dari berbagai karya yang concern pada pembaharuan Islam dan pemberdayaan masyarakat. Sikap dan perilakunya, dapat dilihat dalam lembaga yang ia pimpin—LSAF (Lembaga Studi Agama dan Filsafat) dan LP3ES (Lembaga Penelitian, Pendidikan dan Penerangan Ekonomi dan Sosial). Kritiknya atas tatanan ekonomi politik yang tidak adil, diiringi dengan berbagai solusi yang ditawarkan. Gagasan Dawam dalam membendung sistem ekonomi yang merugikan rakyat kecil adalah konsep pembangunan koperasi. Dawam milih jalur civil society, dan menghindari pragmatisme politik. Menurutnya, perjuangan keislaman di jalur politik hanya cenderung mengeksploitasi agama untuk kepentingan sektarian.
ARAL TERJAL MENGHADANG PEREMPUAN: Studi Pencegahan Kekerasan Bagi Perempuan Oleh LSM Rifka Annisa di Ngalang, Gunungkidul
Authors: Isti Istiqomah
Published: January 2018

Jumlah penduduk di D.I Yogyakarta terus meningkat mempengaruhi peluang dan kesempatan kerja. Kesempatan kerja sempit membuat angka pengangguran tinggi dan menyebabkan kemiskinan. Kemiskinan menjadi salah satu faktor terjadinya kekerasan terhadap perempuan. Gunungkidul merupakan kabupaten yang angka kekerasannya paling tinggi dibanding dengan kabupaten/kota lain se-DIY. Tujuan penulisan artikel ini adalah untuk menjabarkan peran LSM Rifka Annisa melalui komunitas Ibu di Ngalang, Gedangsari, Gunungkidul dalam upaya pencegahan kekerasan bagi perempuan. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif dengan metode pengumpulan data  berupa wawancara, observasi, dan studi dokumentasi. Hasil dari penelitian ini antara lain (1) Komunitas Ibu dibentuk tahun 2013 sebagai salah satu upaya pencegahan terhadap perempuan; (2) ada 3 faktor penyebab terjadinya kekerasan terhadap perempuan yakni kurangnya kesadaran gender, kontruksi budaya patriarki di masyarakat, dan rendahnya pendapatan ekonomi; (3) tindak kekerasan dapat berupa ancaman, paksaan, maupun pembatasan kebebasan di area publik maupun domestik.
PEMBERDAYAAN DIFABEL MELALUI ASSET BASED APPROACH: Studi Kasus di Dusun Piring Desa Srihardono Kecamatan Pundong Kabupaten Bantul Oleh Rehabilitasi Terpadu Penyandang Disabilitas (RTPD)
Authors: Sholehah Iffatus
Published: January 2018

Pemberdayaan merupakan salah satu strategi pembangunan yang berkenaan dengan memberdayakan masyarakat untuk meningkatkan kreatifitas, termasuk juga pemberdayaan difabel. Strategi dalam pemberdayaan difabel adalah proses di mana difabel diberikan pengetahuan dan pelatihan keterampilan agar lebih mandiri. Penelitian pemberdayaan difabel ini bertujuan untuk menggambarkan pemberdayaan yang diberikan kepada difabel, dalam hal ini di Rehabilitasi Terpadu Penyandang Disabilitas (RTPD) yang letaknya di Kecamatan Pundong, Kabupaten Bantul. Rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini yaitu bagaimana pemberdayaan difabel melalui pendekatan berbasis aset (Asset Based Approach) yang dilakukan oleh Rehabilitasi Terpadu Penyandang. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian deskriptif kualitatif berdasarkan apa yang ada di lapangan. Instrumen pengumpulan data yaitu dengan wawancara dan observasi yang didukung oleh data kepustakaan. Pemberdayaan difabel ini dianalisis melalui Asset Based Approach. Pendekatan berbasis aset ini merupakan salah satu pendekatan untuk melihat aset atau potensi apa saja yang dimiliki oleh difabel. Maka dari itu, temuan di lapangan menghasilkan bahwa pemberdayaan difabel di RTPD sudah cukup baik. Hal ini dilihat dari beberapa bimbingan dan pelatihan yang diberikan oleh RTPD.
PEMBERDAYAAN LANSIA MELALUI USAHA EKONOMI PRODUKTIF OLEH BINA KELUARGA LANSIA (BKL) MUGI WARAS DI KABUPATEN SLEMAN
Authors: Suyanto Febriyati Dan
Published: January 2018

Data Susenas 2013 menyebutkan 8,05% penduduk Indonesia adalah lansia. Lansia sering dipandang sebagai beban dalam masyarakat. Hal tersebut membuat para lansia tertekan dari segi fisik, psikis, ekonomi, maupun sosial. Permasalahan ini memerlukan penyelesaian dengan pemberdayaan lansia. Di Dusun Blendung, Desa Sumbersari, Kec. Moyudan, Kab.Sleman terdapat kelompok Bina Keluarga Lansia (BKL) Mugi Waras yang melakukan pemberdayaan lansia melalui usaha ekonomi produktif. Tujuan dari penelitan ini adalah untuk mengkaji tahapan pemberdayaan dan hasil yang dicapai oleh BKL Mugi Waras melalui program usaha ekonomi produktif. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif. Metode pengambilan sampel adalah snowball sampling. Teknik pengumpulan data melalui wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah (1) tahapan pemberdayaan lansia ada 5, yakni penyadaran, identifikasi kebutuhan dan perencanaan, pemilihan alternatif jenis usaha, pelaksanaan kegiatan, pengembanga, serta evaluasi; (2) hasil dari pemberdayaan lansia adalah terpenuhinya kebutuhan sehari-hari lansia dari segi materi, adanya kepuasan batin, dan meningkatnya partisipasi lansia dalam kegiatan BKL Mugi Waras.
Manajemen Boarding School dan Relevansinya dengan Tujuan Pendidikan Islam di Muhammadiyah Boarding School (MBS) Yogyakarta
Authors: Susiyani Andri Septilinda , Subiyantoro Subiyantoro
Published: January 2018

This research aims to know the implementation of the management of boarding school in "Modern MBS Yogyakarta and relevance to the goals of Islamic education. The research method used is the research field (field research) with the kind of qualitative research. The technique of data collection by observation, interview and documentation in-depth while testing the validity of data using triangular engineering resources. The results of this study indicate that by looking at the concept of management of Islamic education, boarding school management in MBS Yogyakarta has significant relevance to the purposes of Islamic education conceptually as well as Islamic education values on the fulfillment aspects of competence of learners from the national education goals.
Keywords: Management Of Islamic Education, Boarding School, The Goals Of Islamic Education
Abstrak
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui implementasi manajemen boarding school di Ponpes Modern MBS Yogyakarta dan relevansinya dengan tujuan pendidikan Islam. Metode penelitian yang dipergunakan ialah penelitian lapangan (field research) dengan jenis penelitian kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data dengan observasi, dokumentasi dan wawancara mendalam sedangkan pengujian keabsahan data menggunakan teknik trianggulasi sumber. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa dengan melihat konsep manajemen pendidikan Islam, manajemen boarding school di MBS Yogyakarta memiliki relevansi yang signifikan dengan tujuan pendidikan Islam secara konseptual maupun nilai-nilai pendidikan Islam pada pemenuhan aspek kompetensi peserta didik yang dikembangkan dari tujuan pendidikan Nasional.
Kata Kunci: Manajemen Pendidikan Islam, Boarding School, Tujuan Pendidikan Islam
LITERASI IKLAN ROKOK DAN PERILAKU KONSUMTIF REMAJA MELALUI PEMBERDAYAAN REMAJA MASJID
Authors: Virga Rika Lusri
Published: January 2018

Cigarette advertisements in broadcast media such as television and radio always associate cigarettes with a cool, confident, adventurous, loyal and macho image resulting in consumptive behavior. This research looks at how literacy of cigarette advertisement is done through empowering youth of mosque in preventing consumptive behavior. The research method used Focus Groups Discussion (FGD). The results show that the teenagers of Al-Islah mosque realize that the ads they see through television and print media are cigarette advertisements even though the display of the ad does not show the form of cigarettes and what the effects of the advertisement and the effects of smoking. The youth of the mosque also understands the content of advertising as a text that gives ideas into the culture and life of each individual as it is only in the image of a person based on the brand of cigarettes consumed. The desire to consume cigarettes is not only based on knowledge of cigarettes, but a desire that arises from his psychic cigarette consumption is caused by his acceptance in his environment. Keywords: Literacy Advertising, Advertising Cigarette, Consumer Behaviour, Teens
MEDIA RELATIONS DI MEDIA MASSA
Authors: Raharjo R. Sumantri
Published: January 2018

Every organization needs to buid it’s image. Media relations is one of the ways to make good image. The activities refer to how organization using media to affect their publics to reach organization goal. Mass media usually be used by corporate to make corporate and product images, but it also needs to build images .This research emphasize on media relations management in media. TVRI Jogja and Jogja TV are choosen to represent public and commercial elect ronic media. It’s aim to know media orientation, technical media relations and their differences. Keyword : public relations, media relations, media image
Curating the Future: Museums, Communities, and Climate Change (Newell, Robin, and Wehner, eds.)
Authors: Rick Torben
Published: January 2018

This work is a book review considering the title Curating the Future: Museums, Communities, and Climate Change edited by Jennifer Newell, Libby Robin, and Kristen Wehner.
Heroes and Social Criticism in the Works of Valeria Anderson
Authors: Västrik Riho
Published: January 2018

This article investigates how director Valeria Anderson constructed heroes in the documentaries she directed between 1960 and 1985. It also asks how far one could go with social criticism in the post-Stalinist/pre-Perestroika era, how pointed the revelations of economic disorder could be, and what rank of leadership could be blamed for the occurrences of these problems. The article concentrates on the documentaries made by Valeria Anderson that depict positive heroes sacrificing their personal interests for the good of the homeland. The narratives are examined by using discourse analysis.
Exploring Cross-Media Audience Practices in Two Cases of Public Service Media in Estonia and Finland
Authors: Nanì Alessandro , Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt Pille
Published: January 2018

Stemming from the concept of active audiences and from Henry Jenkins’ (2006) idea of participatory culture as the driving force behind the transformation of public service broadcasting into agencies of public service media (Bardoel, Ferrell Lowe 2007), this empirical study explores the attitude and behaviour of the audiences of two crossmedia projects, produced by the public service media of Finland (YLE) and Estonia (ERR). This empirical study aims to explore the behaviour, wants and needs of the audiences of cross-media productions and to shed some light on the conditions that support the dynamic switching of the engagement with cross-media. The study’s results suggest that audiences are neither passive nor active, but switch from one mode to another. The findings demonstrate that audience dynamism is circumstantial and cannot be assumed. Thus, thinking about active audiences and participation as the lymph of public service media becomes problematic, especially when broadcasters seek generalised production practices. This work demonstrates how television networks in general cannot be participatory, and instead, how cross-media can work as a vehicle of micro participation through small acts of audience engagement (Kleut et al. 2017).