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UNIQUENESS OF THE MATRILINEAL SYSTEM AMIDST THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURE AND CUSTOMS OF THREE MAJOR TRIBES IN MEGHALAYA: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH
Authors: Jharendra Bishwakarma  , Ranjith Kingston Gladstone,
Published: December 2024

This research explores the unique matrilineal practices of Meghalaya, India, home to the Khasi, Garo, and Jaintiya tribes, known for their matrilineal culture where inheritance and family titles are passed through the maternal line. This study aims to document and analyze these practices to understand their role in female empowerment and their implications for social, political, and economic domains. Key research questions include the uniqueness of matrilineal practices, their interplay with cultural diversity and comparisons with the major tribes of Meghalaya. Meghalayan matrilineal systems are distinguished by their flexibility and robustness, promoting social cohesion and economic stability by retaining property within the maternal lineage and enhancing family wealth. These systems afford women significant social standing and control over family and community affairs, challenging traditional gender roles and power dynamics. They shape social structures, influence marriage customs, and kinship networks, and foster community cohesion through matrilocality, which strengthens extended family bonds and maternal ties. However, contemporary socio-economic changes pose challenges to maintaining these cultural traditions. Despite these pressures, Meghalayan matrilineal societies continue to offer valuable insights into social structures, women’s roles, and inheritance systems within indigenous communities. This study contributes to sociological theories on gender roles and family structures, highlighting the adaptability and diversity of kinship systems across different cultural contexts. Policy recommendations include funding for community-led projects, integrating indigenous knowledge systems in education, and safeguarding matrilineal inheritance rights. Empowering women within this framework is crucial for enhancing broader social structures and community cohesiveness. Future research should focus on longitudinal studies, comparative analyses, policy advocacy, and interdisciplinary approaches to further understand and support these matrilineal societies. By examining the matrilineal practices in Meghalaya, this research provides important insights that could inform policies aimed at advancing women’s rights and gender equality in other regions of India and beyond.
Ilmakehän pienhiukkasten muodostumisen merkitys ilmastolle ja ilmanlaadulle
Authors: Kulmala Markku , Cai Runlong , Kokkonen Tom , Lintunen Anna , Kerminen Veli-Matti
Published: December 2024

Atmospheric CO2 concentrations are increasing. However, the total effect of ecosystems on climate is more complex than just the carbon balance. Ecosystems have a key role in aerosol formation in the atmosphere, which significantly contributes to the radiative balance. Without aerosols, there are no clouds or rain, and aerosols reflect part of the incoming solar radiation back to space, cooling the atmosphere. We established the SMEAR stations 25 years ago, to provide open comprehensive data. We would need similar comprehensive observations from different ecosystems globally, both for properly understanding the full climate forcing and for solving the global environmental challenges.
L’omission du sujet référentiel en alsacien, comparée à d’autres variétés germaniques
Authors: Hoff Barbara
Published: December 2024

L’omission du sujet référentiel à la deuxième personne du singulier est une caractéristique qui place l’alsacien au cœur de la recherche sur les langues à sujets nuls partiels. Il s’agit dans cet article de comparer l’alsacien à d’autres variétés germaniques pour déterminer le mécanisme qui rend possible l’omission du sujet dans ces variétés. La question principale pour cette étude est la suivante : comment les théories existantes sur la possibilité d’omission du sujet en bavarois et dans d’autres variétés germaniques peuvent-elles expliquer la possibilité et la distribution des sujets nuls en alsacien ? Nous reviendrons notamment sur la typologie des langues à sujets nuls, la diachronie de l’omission du sujet dans les langues germaniques, et les différentes théories développées pour expliquer cette omission. Nous décrirons et expliquerons la méthodologie utilisée pour collecter des jugements d’acceptabilité de locuteurs alsaciens. Les résultats de cette étude seront présentés et analysés à l’aune de leurs implications théoriques, y compris la difficulté d’y intégrer une analyse sociolinguistique. Cette étude montrera l’importance des données alsaciennes pour ce domaine de recherche en syntaxe.
The Saving-Growth Nexus in Bangladesh
Authors: Rahman Sultan Hafeez , Pabon Md Nahid Ferdous
Published: December 2024

The paper investigates the nature of the relationship between Bangladesh’s savings (defined as gross domestic savings or GDS) and the gross domestic product or GDP using econometric methods. Annual time series data from 1980 to 2018 are used to conduct a series of prior tests leading to two key tests on the short-run and one long-run causality between these two important macroeconomic variables. The objective of the econometric analysis is to identify the direction of causality between these two macroeconomic variables. The paper’s findings suggest a unidirectional causality running from economic growth to savings in the short run. No long-run causality, however, was found in any direction under any of the tests.
Entre trocas de fraldas e recomendações médicas
Authors: Almeida Ana Beatriz Albuquerque , Maranhão Joyce Hilario , Vieira Camilla Araújo Lopes
Published: December 2024

O hospital tem sido lugar de inserção de psicanalistas na escuta do sujeito e de mal-estares próprios a esse contexto. O trabalho no hospital tem nos proporcionado o atendimento de mulheres-mães que nos apresentam situações clínicas que burlam a lógica de uma práxis que aborda especificamente a vivência da doença e do tratamento. A escuta de mulheres-mães nos levou a questão em torno das pulsões invocante e escópica nas improvisações maternas diante de um filho. Apresentamos um caso clínico que têm a intenção de provocar a discussão sobre estar disponível para a escuta do sujeito e as (in)certezas e (im)perfeições de ser mulher-mãe diante da hospitalização de seus filhos e sustentar a possibilidade de um trabalho analítico em instituições de saúde. Escutar as mulheres-mãe na instituição hospitalar tem indicado e confirmado que a maternidade não é suficiente para recobrir a falta estrutural do sujeito, sendo necessário estar sensível para escutar, interpretar e intervir sobre o que cada mulher pode falar do que ela supõe sobre o maternar, sobre o outro lhe interpela e as possíveis elaborações sobre a sua feminilidade e o lugar representado pelo filho. Por fim, aponta-se que a presença do analista no hospital pode promover o bem-dizer da relação do sujeito com seu desejo, fazendo-o responsabilizar-se por aquilo que causa seu sofrimento e seus sintomas.
PARASITING ABILITY OF PASTEURIA PENETRANS ON PHYTONEMATODES
Authors:   Department of Nematology, Centre for Plant Protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641003, TamilNadu, India, R Sharmila
Published: December 2024

A survey wasmade in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu on Pasteuria penetrans sporeattachment on different phytonematodes and laboratory condition during kharifseason of 2010. The study revealed that the nematodes Meloidogyne incognita,Heterodera cajani, Radopholus similis, Helicotylenchusmulticinctus, Pratylenchus coffeae and Hoplolaimus spp.wereencumbered with P. penetrans spores ranging from 26 to 35. Thespore attachment was higher on M. incognita compared to H. cajani,R. similis, H. multicinctus, P. coffeae and Hoplolaimusspp. Hence it is inferred that the rate of parasitism by P. penetransdiffers significantly among phytonematodes.
Tabungan Perumahan Rakyat atau Tambahan Penderitaan Rakyat (TAPERA)
Authors: Naibaho Alson , Aji Hari Setiawan Puguh , Hartana Hartana
Published: December 2024

Kebutuhan akan hunian yang layak dan terjangkau di Indonesia semakin mendesak, terutama bagi Masyarakat Berpenghasilan Rendah (MBR). Program Tabungan Perumahan Rakyat (Tapera), yang diatur dalam Undang-Undang Nomor 4 Tahun 2016, diharapkan dapat menjadi solusi, namun juga menuai pro dan kontra di masyarakat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengelolaan dana Tapera, menilai manfaatnya bagi MBR, serta mengevaluasi dampaknya dalam konteks Good Governance. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan hukum normatif dengan metode deskriptif kualitatif, menggabungkan analisis perundang-undangan dan studi literatur. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengelolaan dana Tapera masih terdapat celah antara kebijakan yang ditetapkan dan harapan masyarakat. Dampak negatif dari iuran wajib Tapera berpotensi menurunkan daya beli masyarakat dan mempengaruhi kondisi ekonomi secara keseluruhan. Kesimpulan tapera berpotensi tidak memenuhi tujuan awalnya dalam membantu MBR mendapatkan akses hunian yang layak. Kebijakan ini perlu dievaluasi agar tidak menambah beban bagi masyarakat. Penelitian ini memberikan kontribusi bagi pemangku kebijakan untuk mempertimbangkan kembali implementasi Tapera, serta mendorong transparansi dan akuntabilitas dalam pengelolaan dana publik. Selain itu, hasil penelitian ini dapat menjadi referensi bagi penelitian lebih lanjut mengenai kebijakan perumahan di Indonesia.
Activating the family? Moral economy and post-industrial family policy
Authors: Lüth Laura
Published: December 2024

Expanding on the concept of the moral economy, the article investigates implicit justice assumptions connected to family policies in post-industrial European welfare states. Most authors argue that family policies support new understandings of social justice, such as the adult worker norm (Saraceno, 2015), equality of opportunity, and gender equality (Hemerijck, 2018; Palier & Morel, 2012). Critically engaging with this debate, the paper shows how the institutional support of new justice assumptions varies across countries: Increasing women’s employment participation and men’s care involvement is either treated as an issue of private negotiations among family members (UK and Germany) or as an individual right (Sweden) and family-based right (Spain). Comparing the institutional construction of family policies, this paper finds the interpretation of new justice assumptions to be shaped by a welfare state’s existing moral economy. Given that the institutional understanding of justice significantly impacts who benefits from family policies, this paper offers a substantial contribution toward comprehending the cultural aspect of social inequality in post-industrial welfare states.
Reflective Discipline
Authors: Bireda Martha R.
Published: December 2024

Why does racism, conscious and unconscious, remain a persistent issue in American society? From blackface worn by public officials to a school district’s forcing of the removal of a Black History Month display. Beliefs and opinions related to racism are pervasive and widespread in the collective American mind. America’s racist legacy cannot and will not be changed until historically entrenched beliefs are confronted, challenged, and changed.

While focusing on the specific issues that educators face in addressing and eliminating racial disparity in disciplinary perceptions and referrals, the reflective exercises provided in this book are valuable to any reader who wishes to examine programmed unconscious beliefs that can lead to racist behaviors. This is a book that helps the reader to understand the source, purpose, and ways in which stereotypical beliefs and images have been and continue to be reinforced in our present society.

Reflective Discipline is a timely and especially significant book for this time in American life. The exercises can be utilized not only in educational but in other environments, i.e. law enforcement, social service, etc. in which understanding the forces that perpetuate racist beliefs in our society are important to ensuring fair and equitable treatment of all.
Learning to Connect
Authors: Theisen-Homer Victoria
Published: December 2024

Learning to Connect explores how teachers learn to form meaningful relationships with students, especially across racial and cultural differences. To do so, the book draws on data from a two-year ethnographic study of No Excuses Teacher Residency (NETR) and Progressive Teacher Residency (PTR), and teachers that emerge from each program. Each program is characterized in rich complexity, with a focus on coursework relating to relationships and race, as well as fieldwork. The final part of the book explores how program graduates draw upon these experiences in their first year of full-time teaching. Two very different visions and approaches to teacher-student relationships emerge – one instrumental, the other reciprocal, with implications for the students ultimately served by each approach. Through engaging portraits and illustrative case studies, this rigorously researched yet eminently accessible book will help teacher educators (and likely other scholars, teachers and policymakers, too) to better conceptualize, support, and practice the formation of meaningful relationships with students from all backgrounds. Ultimately, Learning to Connect offers a hopeful path forward as educators become better equipped to model meaningful human connections with students, which might be especially necessary in today’s deeply divided society.
Classroom Management
Authors: Van Schooneveld Jacqueline G. , Ryan Michael
Published: December 2024

As teacher educators, we strive to create learning experiences that can best prepare preservice teachers for the complexities they will face when entering classrooms today. Providing authentic learning experiences for teacher candidates is imperative to building their skills to handle challenging situations, and at the same time, build a positive learning community. Through this book, teacher candidates will engage in thoughtfully constructed scenarios and activities crafted by teachers based on actual experiences in the classroom. Classroom Management provides a foundation of classroom management and engages teacher candidates in activities to have them construct their own philosophy for establishing a learning community. Through this book, teacher candidates will start to become professionals who intellectualize teaching rather than just try to master a practice.
Brain Research and Learning Theory
Authors: Rettig Perry R. , Bailey Toni M.
Published: December 2024

Virtually anyone who has attended college can attest to poor teaching approaches by very bright professors. Professors simply are not trained or taught how to best teach their content. They are not aware of learning theories, brain research, pedagogy and andragogy. They teach the way they were taught—their mimetic isomorphism.Not only will this book share insights from all these areas, but it will also help professors prepare syllabi, create curriculum, prepare lesson plans, create assignments, and develop assessments with these concepts in mind. Further, we will embed differentiation, culturally relevant strategies, and the use of technology to enhance learning.
Historical Dictionary of Human Rights
Authors: Fomerand Jacques
Published: December 2024

The second edition of Historical Dictionary of Human Rights explores both the theory and the practice of international human rights with a focus on the norms and institutions that make up the “architecture” of the global human rights regime and the tools, processes and procedures through which such norms are realized and “enforced.” Particular attention is given to the contextual political and sociological factors that shape and constrain the operation and functioning of international human rights institutions and their state and non-state actors.

This is done through a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1.000 cross-referenced entries on terminology, conventions, treaties, intergovernmental organizations in the United Nations, and non-governmental organizations, as well as some of the pioneers and defenders. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about human rights.
Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater
Authors: Miller J. Scott
Published: December 2024

With the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Japan opened its doors to the West and underwent remarkable changes as it sought to become a modern nation. Accompanying the political changes that Western trade ushered in were widespread social and cultural changes. Newspapers, novels, poems, and plays from the Western world were soon adapted and translated into Japanese. The combination of the rich storytelling tradition of Japan with the realism and modernism of the West produced some of the greatest literature of the modern age.

Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 500 cross-referenced entries authors, literary and historical developments, trends, genres, and concepts that played a central role in the evolution of modern Japanese literature.
Immigration in the Visual Art of Nicario Jiménez Quispe
Authors: Damian Carol , LaRosa Michael J. , Stein Steve
Published: December 2024

Art meets today’s political debate over immigration in this beautifully illustrated exploration of Nicario Jiménez Quispe’s retablos.

This beautifully illustrated full-color book offers a unique depiction of the current immigration debate through the creative gaze of renowned Peruvian artist Nicario Jiménez Quispe, a recent immigrant to the United States. An internationally recognized maker of retablos, Jiménez is creating work that powerfully encapsulates the struggles, possibilities, and tragedies of immigration from the Global South to North America.

A decorative box with figures in the interior, the retablo in the Andes became a sort of magical-religious box designed to increase fertility among the herds owned by the local peasant population. These boxes served as a means of exchange in a cash-free, rural environment. Now reimagined by Jiménez, the retablo offers compelling insights into the bitter immigration disputes dividing our nation.
Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema
Authors: Ginsberg Terri , Lippard Chris
Published: December 2024

To a substantial degree cinema has served to define the perceived character of the peoples and nations of the Middle East. This book covers the production and exhibition of the cinema of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabi, Yemen, Kuwait, and Bahrain, as well as the non-Arab states of Turkey and Iran, and the Jewish state of Israel.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on individual films, filmmakers, actors, significant historical figures, events, and concepts, and the countries themselves. It also covers the range of cinematic modes from documentary to fiction, representational to animation, generic to experimental, mainstream to avant-garde, and entertainment to propaganda. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Middle Eastern cinema.
In the Footsteps of Zarafa, First Giraffe in France
Authors: Lebleu Olivier
Published: December 2024

This engaging account traces the remarkable history of France's first giraffe, a diplomatic gift from Egyptian Pasha Muhammed-Ali to King Charles X in 1826. “Zarafa,” taken by boat from Egypt to Marseilles and walked all the way to Paris, was accompanied by her Arab handlers and a famous French naturalist. She drew vast crowds along her route, sparking a giraffomania that was widely documented in art and literature. Her initial journey and then long and celebrated residence in Paris encapsulates nineteenth-century French socio-political history and highlights the emerging evolutionary theories of the time. Over fifty illustrations from the period illuminate this rare encounter with a unique animal that is now endangered and deserving of our greater attention and understanding.
The Way of the Mindful Warrior
Authors: Van Gordon William , Shonin Edo
Published: December 2024

The Way of the Mindful Warrior provides a fresh, authentic, and structured path to using mindfulness to embrace living in awareness and reconnecting with our innermost nature of peace, wisdom, and compassion.

Mindfulness is a 2,500-year-old Buddhist meditation practice that involves focusing awareness on the present moment, the only place where an individual can truly embrace and experience life. In recent decades, mindfulness has gained popularity amongst scientists, healthcare practitioners, and the public more generally.

An abundance of popular books has subsequently emerged providing different interpretations of how to practice mindfulness and apply it in daily-living contexts. However, most current approaches to mindfulness have removed it from its traditional spiritual context or overlook important scientific insights from research into this ancient contemplative technique. The Way of Mindful Warrior addresses this oversight and integrates the traditional Buddhist teachings on mindfulness with emerging insights from the scientific study of mindfulness, wellbeing and the human mind. This book is timely and presents a fresh, easily digestible, and structured path to using mindfulness not only as a tool for coping with the stresses and strains of contemporary living, but also as a means to cultivating unconditional wellbeing and for flourishing as a human being.
Trichoscopic Hallmarks in Non-cicatricial and Cicatricial Alopecia in Indian Population: A Narrative Review
Authors: Wagh Nitika , Vaidya Pradyumna , Joshi Vijay Deepak
Published: December 2024

Context: Trichoscopy is a non-invasive, bedside diagnostic tool used to classify alopecia. It is instrumental in distinguishing between non-cicatricial (non-scarring) and cicatricial (scarring) alopecia, aiding in disease classification, prognosis, and treatment decisions. This modality reduces the need for skin biopsies by identifying specific trichoscopic patterns that correlate with disease activity, severity, and potential for hair regrowth, especially in cicatricial alopecia. It also helps select biopsy sites in diagnostically challenging cases. Objectives: The review discusses trichoscopy of various forms of non-scarring and scarring alopecia. Methods: The authors searched the literature on non-cicatricial and cicatricial alopecia and their clinical and trichoscopic characteristics in various research databases. Results: Non scarring alopecia includes androgenetic alopecia (AGA), female pattern hair loss (FPHL), telogen effluvium, alopecia areata (AA), tinea capitis, trichotillomania (TTM), and tractional alopecia. In AGA and FPHL, trichoscopy identifies hair thickness variability and signs like yellow dots and vellus hair, which aid in assessing disease severity and surgical candidacy for hair transplants. Alopecia areata shows unique trichoscopic features like exclamation mark hairs and yellow dots, which help gauge disease activity. Tinea capitis and TTM also display distinct trichoscopic markers, facilitating accurate diagnosis without invasive biopsies. In scarring alopecias such as discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE), lichen planopilaris (LPP), and frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA), trichoscopy reveals inflammation-related features like Perifollicular hyperkeratosis, erythema, and the absence of follicular ostia, guiding treatment and biopsy decisions. It helps distinguish FFA from conditions like AGA and AA by showing characteristic features like concentric Perifollicular erythema and loss of vellus hair. Morphea and pseudopelade of Brocq each display hallmark trichoscopic features. Morphea, in its early stages, responds well to immunosuppressive treatments, whereas pseudopelade of Brocq, being an end-stage condition, shows limited responsiveness to medical interventions. Conclusions: Overall, this review article emphasizes the importance of trichoscopy as a bedside tool for narrowing differential diagnoses and guiding clinical management in various types of alopecia. It highlights the need for ongoing knowledge of trichoscopic signs to facilitate prompt diagnosis and tailored treatment for both non-scarring and scarring alopecia.
KİLİT DENETİM KONULARININ DENETİM ROTASYONU VE DENETİM GECİKMESİ AÇISINDAN İNCELENMESİ
Authors: Kurt Yusuf
Published: December 2024

Araştırmada 2017-2022 yılları arasında Borsa İstanbul (BIST)’e kote olan işletmelerin denetim raporlarında bulunan kilit denetim konu sayıları ile denetim rotasyonu ve denetim gecikmesi arasındaki ilişki ele alınmıştır. Çalışmada denetim rotasyonu; denetim firmalarının rotasyonu ve sorumlu denetçinin rotasyonu olmak üzere iki açıdan incelenmiştir. Denetim gecikmesinin belirlenmesinde mali yıl sonu kapanışı ile denetim raporunun sorumlu denetçiler tarafından imzalanmasına kadar geçen süre dikkate alınmıştır. Değişkenler arasındaki ilişki panel veri analizi yöntemi ile test edilmiştir. Çalışma iki model üzerinden gerçekleştirilmiştir. Birinci modelde kilit denetim konu sayıları ile denetim firması rotasyonu incelenirken, ikinci modelde ise kilit denetim konu sayıları ile sorumlu denetçi rotasyonu ele alınmıştır. Modellerden elde edilen sonuçlara göre kilit denetim konu sayıları ile denetim firma rotasyonu, sorumlu denetçi rotasyonu ve denetim gecikmesi arasında anlamlı bir ilişki bulunamamıştır. Çalışmanın gerek ele aldığı konu gerekse ulaştığı sonuçlar açısından özgün olduğu ve literatüre önemli katkılar sunacağı düşünülmektedir.
The impact of Digital literacy on ICT self-efficacy in Islamic secondary school teachers in District Kot addu South Pakistan
Authors: Majeed Muhammad Kashif Majeed , Tunku Badariah Binti Tunku Ahmad
Published: December 2024

Digital literacy is the skill of using digital technologies in order to find, assess and produce relevant information and products. ICT self-efficacy refers to self-confidence in instructional use of Information and Communication Technology tools.This paper focuses on effects of Digital Literacy on ICT self-efficacy of teachers in Islamic secondary schools in District Kot Addu South Pakistan. Hence, probing into how digital literacy affects teacher’s self efficacy when using ICT in teaching becomes relevant given rising push on adoption of technology in learning. The results are expected to contribute to the body of knowledge regarding professional development needed to support appropriate incorporation of technology into teaching practices.It seeks to alert professional development providers on the potential of impacting teacher confidence and competence on using technological tools in instruction. This paper presents a qualitative investigation concerned with the effects of digital literacy on ICT self-efficacies of teachers in the Islamic secondary schools in District Kot Addu, South Pakistan. The research sought to establish the present level of use of, and confidence in use of, information communication technology among teachers; personal computer/Internet literacy skills; and correlation between these skills and attitude towards the use of ICT in teaching. In this study, data was collected through use of semi structured interviews and focus group discussions with fifteen teachers from five Islamic secondary schools. Finally, through analyzing themes identified in the cross-case analysis, it was shown that although most teachers adopted digital literacy and were comfortable with technological tools, they lacked adequate knowledge on how to incorporate digital technologies with higher complexity into their teaching practice. In addition, the study showed that the profile of digital literacy influenced ICT self efficacy, the need to address with immediacy and desire the continuing professional learning to improve on it. The study has therefore called for enhanced training that not only increases computer literacy skills but also the level of self-confidence in the use of ICT in teaching to enhance teaching practices in era of technology.The professional development programs should then focus on developing the skills that would increase ICT self efficacy among teachers so as to increase the level of self confidence in integration of technology in teaching and learning practices.
Model of Our Trial: A Construct from the Systematic Review in the Glorious Qur’an, Sunnah and Published Articles in Biomedical Sciences
Authors: Abdillah Mussa Kitota
Published: December 2024

All over the world, values of people are increasingly deteriorating due to the modern life systems caused by ongoing advancement of science and technologies. This systematic study was conducted to analyze the nature of our trial by integrating the exposition of the Qur'an, Ahadith, and signs of Allah (S.W.T) in ourselves revealed to us through biomedical sciences. Data were collected from Qur’an and six canonical books of ahadith collection of Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a and published studies screened from MEDLINE, EMBASE & SCOPUS. Qur’anic data were analyzed by Thematic Approach [Uslub Tafsir Al-Maudhu’i] and Synoptic Approach [Uslub Tafsir Ijmali]. The findings show that our trial is governed by four things: ruh, heart, ears, and eyes. The ruh is an agent with heavenly origin installed with a desire to remember Allah (S.W.T); while the heart, ears, and eyes have an earthly origin, created from dust and water. However, despite its earthly origin, the heart is a controlling center of our trial; because it occupies the midst position; connecting in terms of communication, between the ruh and body. The ruh stress its desire to the body via the heart, and the information about the words and deeds of the body are communicated to the ruh via the heart; while the main gates of information to the heart are ears and eyes. The quality of the ruh will depend on quantity and quality of the information sent to the heart. These findings may add value to the existing efforts of dealing with moral deterioration.
Insights from emergency remote language assessment for a post-pandemic world
Authors:   University of Education Heidelberg, Vogt Karin , Tsagari Dina ,   Oslo Metropolitan University
Published: December 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic perhaps produced the largest disturbance our educational systems have ever seen. Assessment was particularly impacted as systems and educators had to identify the most optimal and adequate accommodations to meet both external and classroom-based mandates. When in-person teaching was possible again, various assessment practices that emerged to meet the pandemic challenges were and, still, are in use. This study aims to add to the exploration of practices and competences of Higher Education teachers in the context of second language (L2) classroom assessment. Based on Schumpeter's theory of creative destruction, the study attempts to unpack the abrupt albeit creative ways that teachers used when moving into a formative language assessment orientation in their practice, and explain how this worked, what the challenges were and which of these are still relevant and implemented in university systems. The paper contributes to the discussion of the tendency observed among teachers to resort mainly to formative assessment paradigms to address the challenges imposed during the pandemic and what the field of language assessment has learned from it.
Parallele Texte
Authors: Manske Christel
Published: December 2024

Nach der Anfang dieses Jahres erschienenen Inklusiven Lesefibel legt Christel Manske zum Ende des Jahres nunmehr die „Parallelen Texte für den inklusiven Sachunterricht“ vor. Galt die Fibel dem Lesenlernen, so ist das Gelernte in den jetzt vorliegenden Parallelen Texten das Mittel zum Zweck, um lesend die Welt erfahren. Wird das Kennenlernen der Natur an Textbeispielen zum Uhu und der Fliege belegt, so sind Brille und Fahrrad Beispiele für die Welt der Technik. Für jede kindliche Entwicklungsstufe bietet dabei die Verfasserin für den jeweiligen Erkenntniszugang und die jeweilige Tätigkeit nacheinander spezifische Lernangebote an. So kann jedes Kind – ob mit Down Syndrom oder ohne – auf jeder Seite das für seine Entwicklungsstufe entsprechende Wissensangebot finden.
Técnica de Masquelet modificada para la reconstrucción de defecto óseo femoral de 16 centímetros: reporte de caso
Authors: Monclou-Garzón Gary , Acosta-Hernández David , Páez Gustavo Adolfo , Bodu-Lamberti Edgar Manuel
Published: December 2024

Introducción. Existen varias opciones para el manejo quirúrgico de los defectos óseos (DO) y, si bien no hay un consenso sobre el estándar de oro, la técnica de membrana inducida (Masquelet) ha mostrado buenos resultados funcionales y tasas de unión, especialmente en DO femorales.
Presentación del caso. Hombre de 68 años que en 1990 sufrió fracturas diafisaria de fémur y de cuello femoral izquierdas tratadas, y que dos años después del manejo quirúrgico de estas fracturas presentó varios episodios de infección en la herida quirúrgica y eventualmente en el hueso durante 17 años. En 2009, el paciente asistió al servicio de urgencias de una clínica de tercer nivel de atención en Bogotá D.C. (Colombia) por dolor en muslo izquierdo y fístula con pus, por lo que fue hospitalizado y se realizaron pruebas de imagen y laboratorio, con hallazgos sugestivos de osteomielitis crónica. El paciente fue llevado a una cirugía de dos tiempos en la que se usó la técnica de Masquelet (primer tiempo: resección del tejido óseo infectado [16cm] y estabilización con clavo endomedular más espaciador de cemento óseo; segundo tiempo: aplicación de mezcla de aloinjerto estructural de cóndilo para reconstrucción del DO), logrando una reconstrucción satisfactoria del DO y una mejora importante de la funcionalidad y la calidad de vida a largo plazo (último seguimiento: 13 años después de la reconstrucción del DO).
Conclusión. En el caso aquí reportado, la técnica de Masquelet modificada permitió la reconstrucción de un DO de gran tamaño, logrando buenos resultados (recuperación de la funcionalidad y mejora importante de la calidad de vida); además, el paciente no presentó complicaciones asociadas con el procedimiento.
Bursa Florasında Yer Alan Doğal Odunsu Peyzaj Bitkilerinin Toksik Özellikler Bakımından Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: Çelik Betül Hümeyra , Zencirkıran Murat
Published: December 2024

Yaşadıkları ekosistemlerin ayrılmaz bir parçası, biyolojik çeşitliliğin temel taşı ve yeşil alanların vazgeçilmez unsuru olan bitkiler, sürdürülebilir bir çevre oluşturabilmenin anahtarıdır. Yeşil alanların tasarımında kullanılan doğal ve egzotik odunsu peyzaj bitkileri en fazla tercih edilen grubu oluşturur. Peyzaj bitkileri estetik ve işlevsel özellikleri göz önünde bulundurularak tercih edilir. Bununla birlikte ekolojik tolerans, abiyotik stres faktörlerine dayanım, toksik ve alerjik özellikler gibi hususlar da tercihlerde dikkate alınır. Bu grup içerisinde yer alan doğal bitkiler, bulundukları ekosistemi karakterize eden iklim, ışık ve toprak koşullarına oldukça iyi uyum sağlamış, sürdürülebilir yaşam alanları için en elverişli bitkilerdir. Doğal bitkilerin kullanımı, ekolojik temelli ve sürdürülebilir peyzaj tasarımları oluşturmak ve iklim değişikliği etkilerini hafifletmek için atılacak önemli adımlardan birisidir. Bununla birlikte, doğal bitkilerin özelliklerinin çok yönlü olarak değerlendirilmesi ve bilinmesi de gereklidir. Bu kapsamda gerçekleştirilen bu çalışma ile Bursa florasında yer alan 72 adet doğal odunsu peyzaj bitkileri taksonu, toksik ve alerjik özellikler bakımından değerlendirmeye alınmış, insanlar ve hayvanlar üzerinde meydana getirebileceği etkiler irdelenmiş ve bitkilerin peyzaj tasarımında kullanımı ile ilgili bir altlık geliştirilmiştir.
Responses of Different Turfgrass Mixtures to Drought
Authors: Demirel Kürşad , Cengiz Selin , Çamoğlu Gökhan , Doğan Gülizar Rumeyse , Nar Hakan
Published: December 2024

In this study, the responses of the most frequently used grass plants in landscape areas to drought were determined. To ensure the continuity of grass areas and to keep them green in all seasons, mixtures are widely used instead of a single species. Therefore, eight different grass mixtures were used as experimental material. The experiment was carried out under laboratory conditions at two different temperatures, 20ºC±1 and 30ºC±1. The plant was put into water stress by applying four different irrigation treatments at both temperatures. The four different irrigation treatments were determined as completing the lost moisture to the pot capacity when 40±5% of the usable water holding capacity was consumed (control) and 75%, 50% and 25% of the water applied to the control subject. Plant water consumption of grass mixtures was determined under different temperatures and irrigation treatments and changes in their visual quality were examined. Plant water consumption values varied between 3.5 and 2 mm for 20ºC±1 and 4.4 and 2.0 mm for 30ºC±1. No significant difference was observed between the varieties in terms of plant water consumption values at both temperatures. Since the I75 treatments of the 4M-JG, 4M-J, 4M-S, 4M-D and 7M varieties were above the visual quality limit at 30ºC±1 temperature, it was determined that 25% water restriction could be applied to these varieties. At 20ºC±1 temperature, it was observed that the I100, I75 and I50 subjects of all varieties were above the acceptable visual quality limit.
Dünyada ve Türkiye’de Lojistik Köy Uygulamaları: Güncel Gelişmeler
Authors: Nuray S. Altunay , Duman Alptekin Hazal
Published: December 2024

Lojistik köyler, birden fazla taşıma modunun entegre edildiği, gelen malların aktarıldığı, düzenlendiği ve taşımaya hazırlandığı alanlar olup, lojistik faaliyetlerin tek bir bölgede toplanmasını sağlamakla önemli bir stratejik değer taşımaktadır.
Ülke ekonomileri üzerinde yarattıkları katma değer açısından önemli bir konuma sahip olan ve modern ticaretin dinamiklerine hizmet eden lojistik köylerin ülkemizdeki yapılanma süreci 2006 yılında atılmış ve günümüze kadar gelen süreçte ilgili yapılanma hız kazanmıştır.
Bu çalışmada, ticari hayat üzerinde sunduğu katkılarla birlikte iş istihdam olanaklarının arttırılmasından, çevresel düzene kadar farklı birçok alana etki eden lojistik köylerin Dünya’da ve Türkiye’de yapılanma sürecinin ele alınması amaçlanmıştır. İlgili amaç dahilinde Avrupa, Asya ve Amerika’daki lojiktik köy yapılanmaları ele alındıktan sonra, Türkiye’nin 100 yılına girdiğimiz süreçte lojistik köy altyapısının mevcut durumu değerlendirilmiştir.
Adil Dünya İnancı Kuramına Yönelik Bibliyometrik Bir Analiz: Pazarlama Alanı İçin Bazı Çıkarımlar
Authors: Ay Ufuk
Published: December 2024

Adil dünya inancını kısaca iyi insanların başına iyi, kötü insanların başına ise kötü şeyler geleceğine yönelik naif bir eğilime işaret eder.  İlgili teori insanların yaşadıkları dünyaya, karşılaştıkları olaylara ve durumlara yönelik beklentilerini ve tepkilerini adil bir dünyada yaşadıkları varsayımı ile şekillendirdiklerini, bu duruma içgüdüsel olarak inandıklarını, bu inanç sarsıldığında ise algılama ve değerlendirmelerini çarpıtabileceklerini ima eder. 1960’lı yıllarda Lerner’ın yaptığı bir dizi amprik ve kavramsal yayınla akademik hayatına başlayan Adil Dünya kuramı 2006’ya kadar sakin bir seyir izlemiş, 2006 ile 2023 yılları arasında ise deyim yerindeyse tavan yapmıştır. Bu durum bizi adil dünya inancı kuramının özellikle son 20 yılda kişisel ve toplumsal ilişkileri açıklamaya yönelik olarak başvurulan güçlü bir çerçeve olduğu sonucuna ulaştırabilir. Adil dünya kuramını temel alan çalışmalar en çok Psikoloji ve Sosyal bilimler alanında gerçekleşmiştir ki bu beklenen bir durumdur. Pazarlama alanını da bünyesinde barındıran İşletme alanında çalışmaların toplam % 3.7’si gerçekleşmiştir. Adil dünya teorisiyle alakalı yapılan yayınlar içerisinde başı çeken ilk üç ülke ABD, Almanya ve Birleşik Krallık olup, ülkemiz ilk on içerisinde kendine yer bulamamıştır. Bu durumu bir zayıflıktan ziyade fırsat olarak değerlendirmek gerekir. Özellikle tüketici, firma, marka ve pazarda yer alan çeşitli aktörler arasındaki ilişkilerin yeterli kurumsallaşmaya henüz ulaşamamış olduğu Türkiye gibi gelişmekte olan ülkelere tüketici davranışı hakkında iç görülere ulaşmak hem kuramsal hem de uygulama açısından oldukça önemlidir. Taraflar arasındaki değişim ilişkilerini esas alan bu tüketim davranışlarını tahlil etmek için Adil dünya inancı önemli bir çerçeve sunabilir.
Yritysyhteistyö ihmistieteissä
Authors: Vanharanta Outi , Poutanen Petro
Published: December 2024

Artikkeli käsittelee yritysyhteistyötä ihmistieteissä selvittäneen kyselyn tuloksia. Kyselyyn vastasi suomalaisissa yliopistoissa ja tutkimuslaitoksissa työskenteleviä ihmistieteen tutkijoita sekä eri toimialoilla toimivien yritysten edustajia (N = 137). Kyselyn avulla selvitettiin tutkijoiden ja yritysten kokemuksia yhteistyöstä ihmistieteiden ja yritysten välillä sekä näkemyksiä tavoista, joilla yhteistyötä voitaisiin edistää. Kyselyn perusteella ihmistieteilijät näkevät yritysyhteistyössä mahdollisuuksia edistää omaa tutkimustaan. Yhteistyötä edistäisivät joustavat matalan kynnyksen rahoitusmallit sekä rakenteet, jotka tukisivat yhteistyösuhteiden syntymistä. Yritykset kokevat, että ihmistieteillä on rooli liiketoiminnan kannalta keskeisiin tulevaisuuden haasteisiin vastaamisessa.
Digital Transformation's Impact On Organizational Performance: Exploring The Role Of Digital Innovation And Customer Experience
Authors: Alier Abraham Alier Thuch , Riani Rachmawati
Published: December 2024

Fuelled by the relentless disruption of emerging digital technologies, businesses are pressured to adapt through digital transformation. However, research on digital transformation in the context of developing economies like Indonesia remains scarce, creating a gap in the knowledge. This study aims to bridge this gap by leveraging dynamic capabilities theory. It delves into how digital transformation in Indonesia's service sector unfolds to influence organizational performance, specifically exploring the potential roles of digital innovation and customer experience in this process. Analyzing survey data from a substantial sample of 122 service sectors and utilizing Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) for analysis, the study yields crucial findings. Empirical data collected from IT directors, managers, transformation officers, and employees with over a decade of work experience through a questionnaire reveals a clear link between digital transformation and improved organizational performance. Interestingly, the study also identifies digital innovation as a mediating factor, strengthening the positive effect of digital transformation on organizational performance. Furthermore, the research reaffirms the independent contribution of digital innovation to improved organizational performance.
Identifying The Role of Endorser Credibility and Advertise Effectiveness To Develop A Model of Purchase Intention
Authors: Harish Muhammad , Ahmad Ikhwan Setiawan
Published: December 2024

This study investigates the impact of endorser credibility and advertising effectiveness on purchase intention towards the Honda Beat brand motorcycle advertisements featuring several JKT 48 artists on television. Data were collected from 95 individuals in Indonesia who expressed intent to purchase a Honda Beat. SmartPLS analysis was employed for data analysis. The findings reveal that both attractiveness and expertise of endorsers significantly influence endorser credibility. Endorser credibility, in turn, significantly affects advertising effectiveness, which subsequently impacts brand equity. Moreover, advertising effectiveness and brand equity significantly influence purchase intention. The study underscores the importance of ensuring high credibility levels of celebrity endorsers in advertisements to enhance consumer response.
Efforts to Improve Educator Performance Through Women's Leadership and Work Motivation
Authors: Noor Latifah Tasya , Musoli
Published: December 2024

Currently, leadership in business, government, and education is increasingly diverse, with many women assuming leadership roles, including in education. Despite this progress, societal perceptions still question women's leadership abilities, often stereotyping them as weak and emotional, contrasting with the perceived rationality and assertiveness of men. This study investigates the impact of female leadership and work motivation on the performance of teaching staff at MTs N Samarinda, using quantitative methods. Data was collected through a questionnaire completed by 63 educators. The analysis included Descriptive Statistical Tests, Instrument Validity Tests using r count and r table, and Reliability Tests using Cronbach's Alpha. Analytical techniques such as Classic Assumption Tests, Multiple Linear Regression Analysis, Partial Tests, Simultaneous Tests, and Determination Tests were applied. Findings indicate that Women's Leadership does not significantly affect Educator Performance, contrary to the hypothesis, whereas Work Motivation significantly enhances it, aligning with expectations. Additionally, the combined influence of Women's Leadership and Work Motivation significantly improves Educator Performance. Conclusions drawn from this study are: 1) Women's Leadership has an insignificant negative effect on Educator Performance. 2) Work Motivation has a significant positive effect on Educator Performance. 3) Women's Leadership combined with Work Motivation has a significant positive effect on Educator Performance.
The Influence of Principal’s Leadership and Work Motivation on High School Teacher’s Performance
Authors: Beliani Karespa
Published: December 2024

This quantitative study aims to examine the principal’s leadership and work motivation on high school teacher’s performance. The result stated that the administration that supports the learning implementation process is complete and well organized, as evidenced by the results of supervision from the principal to all teachers whose results are very good, the competence and performance of teachers have increased. This is because the implementation of academic supervision is really prepared and programmed, so that the principal and teacher realize that the academic supervision program helps in learning. The results of the supervision implementation are followed up to improve the implementation of further academic supervision.
La ineficacia de la citación por medios de comunicación y las posibles vulneraciones al derecho a la defensa de las personas demandadas en los procesos judiciales
Authors: Ramírez Ortiz María Fernanda , Gamboa Ugalde Alex Bayardo
Published: December 2024

La investigación realizada tuvo como objetivo establecer la ineficacia de los medios de comunicación para citar a los demandados, lo cual podría haber generado vulneraciones al derecho a la defensa de las personas involucradas en procesos judiciales. El derecho a la defensa del demandado fue identificado como una pieza fundamental en los procedimientos judiciales, y la falta de eficacia en la citación a través de los medios de comunicación habría afectado este derecho, convirtiéndose en un problema jurídico que afectaba la comparecencia del demandado y el ejercicio de su defensa. Detrás de la formalidad de la citación se encontraron los derechos fundamentales del demandado, como el derecho a la defensa y la tutela judicial, entre otros. Informar al demandado sobre el contenido del libelo inicial de una demanda garantizaba su comparecencia al proceso, permitiéndole oponerse o aceptar los términos de la misma. El trabajo investigativo incluyó una investigación exhaustiva, con entrevistas a jueces de la Unidad Judicial de la Familia, Mujer, Niñez y Adolescencia del cantón Riobamba, quienes, como expertos en normativa legal y tramitación, brindaron sus perspectivas sobre el tema. A través de un análisis jurídico y doctrinal, se buscó alcanzar los objetivos planteados y evidenciar cómo se vulneraba el derecho a la defensa de los demandados debido a la ineficacia de la citación por medios de comunicación.