bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
EFFECTIVENESS OF IMPLEMENTING MARRIAGE GUIDANCE IN REDUCE THE HIGH DIVORCE RATE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Authors: Ririn Fauziyah  , Agus Sholahudin Shidiq  , Burhanatut Dyana
Published: July 2023

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has added to the high divorce rate. Many couples divorce because of economic factors, psychological factors, domestic violence, biology, outlook on life, and so on. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed various aspects of life, especially in family economy. The implementation of marriage guidance is considered capable of suppressing the high divorce rate during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are also those who question its effectiveness. The descriptive method with a qualitative approach used in this study shows the fact that the implementation of marriage guidance carried out by the Office of Religious Affairs in Bojonegoro Regency has more positive impacts on prospective brides. Data collection techniques used are interviews and observation. From the results of the research that has been carried out, it can be concluded that the implementation of marriage guidance with various materials on marriage, household, reproductive and family health is quite effective in suppressing the high divorce rate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords: Marriage Guidance, Divorce, Covid-19 Pandemic
 
EFEKTIVITAS PELAKSANAAN BIMBINGAN PERKAWINAN DALAM MENEKAN TINGGINYA ANGKA PERCERAIAN DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19
Abstrak
Masa pandemi covid-19 menambah tinggi angka perceraian yang terjadi. Banyak pasangan yang memilih melakukan perceraian karena faktor ekonomi, psikologis, biologis, KDRT, perbedaan pandangan hidup, dan sebagainya. Masa pandemi covid-19 merubah berbagai sendi kehidupan terlebih dalam hal perekonomian keluarga. Pelaksanaan bimbingan perkawinan dianggap mampu menekan tingginya angka perceraian di masa pandemi, namun ada juga yang mempertanyakan keefektivannya. Penggunaan metode deskriptif dan pendekatan kualitatif dalam penelitian ini menunjukkan fakta bahwa pelaksanaan bimbingan perkawinan di Bojonegoro oleh Kantor Urusan Agama Kabupaten Bojonegoro memberikan dampak positif bagi calon pengantin. Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan interview dan observasi. Dari hasil penelitian diketahui bahwa pelaksanaan bimbingan perkawinan yang dilakukan dengan materi perkawinan, kerumah tanggaan, kesehatan reproduksi dan keluarga cukup efektiv dalam menekan tingginya angka perceraian pada masa pandemi covid-19.
Kata kunci: Bimbingan Perkawinan, Perceraian, Pandemi Covid-19
KONSEP MANUSIA DALAM PANDANGAN AL-QUR’AN
Authors: Zainul Hakim  , Hakim Dian Muhammad
Published: July 2023

Discussions about human essence have also not been completed since the classical era until today or even at any time, it remains intereesting to be a topic of study in seminars, discussions and other scientific forums. Many of the experts, both on behalf of philosophers, scholars, scientists, and religionists from various scientific disciplines present a definition of human with a variety of characters. In the Qur'an itself, humans are expressed in different forms. At least there are a few words as a mention of humans. These words are: insan, ins, nas and unas. Thus it is very interesting to examine more deeply who this human figure really is. So that in this paper we will discuss human nature in the perspective of the Qur'an and Hadith.
JOB PERFORMANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEE IN SURABAYA: THE ROLE OF WORK ENVIRONMENT AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Authors:   Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya, Singkali Enrico Kevin , Wulani Fenika ,   Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya, Nagel P. Julius F. ,   Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya Indonesia
Published: July 2023

This research aims to identify the impact of work environment and career development on job performance. Data was collected by distributing questionnaires to administrative employees in Surabaya. The data collected and can be used in hypothesis testing are 101 respondent data. Hypothesis testing was carried out using multiple linear regression in the SPSS 23.0 program. The findings of this study support the research hypothesis, namely that work environment and career development significantly have a positive effect on job performance of administrative employees in Surabaya
DO WE NEED P2P BETWEEN BANK THIRD PARTY FUNDS AND BANK CREDIT?
Authors:   Universitas Ciputra Surabaya, Kohardinata Cliff , Widianingsih Luky Patricia ,   Universitas Ciputra Surabaya
Published: July 2023

The main objective of this study is to obtain empirical evidence on the role of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending mediation in bridging the relationship between banking third party funds and bank credit in provinces with fewer branch offices or limited banking services. The test used is path analysis involving 33 provinces in Indonesia in the period from January to July 2022. The main results of this study show that third party funds in provinces with fewer banking branch offices have no effect on bank credit, but P2P lending can mediate the relationship between banking third party funds and bank credit in provinces with fewer banking branch offices. The additional results of this study indicate that banking third party funds in provinces with a greater number of bank branch offices have a positive effect on bank credit. The novelty of this research is that the researchers introduced the P2P lending mediating variable based on financial technology (FinTech) as a solution for provinces with limited access and exposure to banking to be able to bridge the distribution of third-party funds to debtors, thereby increase financial inclusion.
Pola Komunikasi Membentuk Emosional Anak
Authors: Upi Zahra
Published: July 2023

Violence against women and children is an act that violates human rights. Violence that is often committed against women, especially in the family environment, can spread to violence against their children. In this case the occurrence of domestic violence can affect the level of emotional maturity of the child, which comes from the character, disposition, experience, maturity of age and the environment in which the individual lives. And emotional can be improved, one of which is by the pattern of communication between the child and the parent. Then the question arises whether communication can shape or build a child's emotions? Are communication patterns related to the onset of violence? The methodology used in this case is to use analytical descriptive methods with a qualitative approach and materials to be obtained through literature studies. The subjects in this study included 3 subjects, with the characteristics of the subjects (wives) aged between 30-60 years, the marriage took place once, the wife experienced domestic violence. Basically, violence has positive implications, which makes children obey their parents, as well as wives to be obedient to their husbands. However, it is not because it is earnestly out of the heart and consciousness, but rather because of compulsion, feelings of fear and oppression. Democratic and interactive communication patterns will determine the success of the socialization process in the child. The process of socialization becomes important because in the process there will be a transmission of a positive value system that is established between parents and children, in this case both father and mother. Therefore, communication patterns greatly affect emotional development in children.
GENRE DAKWAH DIGITAL USTAZ HANAN ATTAKI DI KANAL YOUTUBE
Authors: Ahmad Zidni Mubarak
Published: July 2023

Ustaz Hanan Attaki berdakwah dengan memaksimalkan media Youtube. Konten dakwahnya dikemas dengan menarik dan kreatif. Metode dakwah yang digunakannya, banyak disukai anak milenial. Perkembangan digital yang pesat belum dimaksimalkan dengan baik oleh para Da’i untuk berdakwah. Banyak dakwah yang disampaikan secara monoton dan tidak menarik. Anak milenial lebih tertarik konten hiburan dan beauty vlog. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis genre dakwah digital Ustaz Hanan Attaki di konten YouTube-nya. Konten dakwah YouTube Hanan Attaki Official Channel banyak digemari kaum milenial. Hal ini didukung dengan jumlah subscriber sebesar 2,39 juta pada 28 oktober 2022. Dalam penelitian ini menggunakan teori genre (Branston and Stafford, cet. 2010: 74 - 96). Genre merupakan sebuah klasifikasi atau jenis dari film, ditinjau dari tiga aspek, Eskapisme, Verisimilitude, dan Repertoires of Elements. Dalam Islam mengenai eskapisme dapat disebut dengan mata’, Sementara Verisimilitude bisa dimaknai dengan kata amtsal, dan Repertoires of elements dalam al-Qur’an dapat dimaknai dengan kata zikra. Unsur eskapisme dalam konten dakwah ini menarik ditonton karena isu yang diangkat dekat dengan milenial dan penggunaan bahasa dan busana identik dengan milenial. Ustaz Hanan Attaki berhasil membawa agama yang sebelumnya terkesan elitis seolah hanya milik “orang-orang masjid” saja, menjadi sangat dekat dengan kelompok marjinal.
KONSTRUKSI PEMBERITAAN KONFLIK KELOMPOK AHMADIYAH DI KABUPATEN SINTANG
Authors: Liana Nur Arifatul Inayah,  Muhamad Hizbullah
Published: July 2023

Konflik Ahmadiyah di Kabupaten Sintang berawal dari pemerintah wilayah menutup kegiatan operasional masjid Miftahul Huda, yang membuat kontroversi di media sosial, hingga terjadi perusakan masjid pada 3 September 2021. Dalam peristiwa tersebut, beberapa kelompok menyatakan adanya peran pemerintah wilayah yang membuat eskalasi konflik meningkat, beberapa lain melihat pemerintah hanya abai. Maka darinya, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji pembingkaian Tempo dan Republika edisi Agustus-September 2021, ketika meliput kompleksitas konflik Ahmadiyah Sintang. Berdasar pada paradigma konstruktivistik, penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan analisis Framing Robert N. Entman, yang memfokuskan kajian pada seleksi dan penonjolan isu. Hasil penelitian menunjukan Tempo cenderung menarik pada sisi humanisme, pemerintah wilayah dibingkai sebagai pihak pemicu konflik. Sedangkan Republika cenderung menarik kasus pada penyelesaian damai, Pemerintah Sintang dibingkai sebagai pihak yang kurang maksimal mencegah konflik. Dalam perspektif konstruksi sosial atas realitas, adanya pandangan berbeda dari kedua media memperlihatkan bahwa berita bukan suatu yang rill, tetapi dikonstruksi sedemikian rupa.
PERILAKU KEAGAMAAN MASYARAKAT MUSLIMAH PERKOTAAN DI ERA MEDIA BARU
Authors: Qurrota A’yuni
Published: July 2023

Perilaku keagamaan adalah reaksi berupa tindakan atas sebuah nilai-nilai keagamaan yang diinternalisasi dari sebuah kelompok. Hijrah squad yang tergabung dalam kajian Musawarah merupakan salah satu bentuk perubahan perilaku keagmaan yang terjadi pada muslimah perkotaan. Mereka menunjukkan identitasnya melalui postingan intagram baik berupa pakaian muslimah yang syar’i, narasi-narasi yang mengandung keagamaan, dll. Perubahan ini akan terus terjadi seiring dengan repetisi yang terus dilakukan dalam rangka menguatkan pemahaman keagamaan baik dalam bentuk simbol ataupun narasi keagamaan.
Strategi Guru dalam Meningkatkan Perkembangan Bahasa Anak Usia 5-6 Tahun Di TK Al-Kautsar
Authors: Adzkia Aulia  , Amalia Rahma  , Najla’ Afifah Hulwah
Published: July 2023

Language development has a very important role in the growth and development of children, it is said to support children's development because language is what supports development in other fields in the child's life. Language is an important and very important thing in human life. However, various factors can affect a person's language process, so that a person or child may experience disturbances in their language processes, such as speech delays. This study aims to determine the factors that affect speech delay in children and also the treatment given by parents and the environment in order to respond to this problem. This research uses a quantitative method with a case study approach. The resource persons in this study amounted to 3 people consisting of 3 people (1 principal and 2 teachers). Data collection techniques in this study used interviews, observations, field notes, and supporting documentation to strengthen the truth of the data taken. Based on our research on two children with language barriers at Al-Kautsar Kindergarten, we found two different factors that caused speech delay in these children. In the first child, it is caused by bilingual communication at home, then in this child the parents also cannot accept if their child is asked to have language barriers, while in the second child it is caused by a lack of parental attention because one of the parents is seriously ill. However, what we observed even though the differences in these factors could result in the same impact as a lack of focus on children, not being able to socialize well, not being able to pronounce articulation well, and other impacts that are characteristics of speech delay
PERAN ORANG TUA DALAM MENDUKUNG KEGIATAN PEMBELAJARAN BACA TULIS AL-QUR’AN ANAK USIA 5-6 TAHUN DI RA AN-NURIYAH CIPONDOH MAKMUR
Authors: Hafifah Mawaddah  , Siti Istiqomah
Published: July 2023

This writing is motivated by the fact that there are still many children who are not aware of the importance of learning to read and write the Qur'an. This is seen by the author from the results of observations at RA An-Nuriyah Cipondoh Makmur. Therefore, it is necessary to have support from parents in supporting reading and writing activities of the Qur'an in children. This writing aims to determine the role of parents in supporting reading and writing activities of the Qur'an for children aged 5-6 years at RA An-Nuriyah Cipondoh Makmur. This type of research is qualitative research with descriptive analysis research methods, and data collection techniques used are; observation, interviews, and documentation, as for the data analysis techniques, namely using data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of the writing show that the role of parents is very important in supporting reading and writing activities of the Qur'an in children. Among the roles of parents are as role models and role models, as mentors and coaches, as supervisors and controllers, and as facilitators.
IMPLEMENTASI METODE USMANI DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN MEMBACA AL-QUR’AN DI TK AL-FITYAN SCHOOL TANGERANG
Authors: Miftahul Fakhrah  , Hulailah Istiqlaliyah
Published: July 2023

The research purpose was to describe the ability to read the Qur'an in Al-Fityan School Tangerang Kindergarten while applying the Usmani Method of learning the Qur'an. This research uses descriptive qualitative research. Methods of data collection were solved using observation, interviews, and documentation. The data analysis techniques are data reduction, data presentation, and concluding. The results showed that the implementation of the Usmani method in improving the ability to read the Qur'an at Al Fityan School Tangerang Kindergarten was running effectively as evidenced by the achievement of graduate targets, and the results of routine evaluations held, and the achievements of students at Al Fityan School Tangerang Kindergarten.
PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA ARAB PADA ANAK USIA DINI UNTUK MEMAHAMI AL-QUR’AN
Authors: Aziz Muzayin  , Meitia Faramida Sugiharyati
Published: July 2023

Early childhood education is an asset and capital and provision in reading and developing the potential, intelligence and learning styles of early childhood. In addition, in practice, all components and devices that can maximize a child's potential must be actualized. The method in this study is descriptive which describes the Arabic language teaching carried out in order to achieve goals. The teaching objectives are formulated in such a way that the teaching objectives are achieved properly. the method is determined by many factors, including teaching objectives, language background of the learner, age of the learner, available time, teacher readiness, and socio-cultural factors. Various methods used in learning Arabic are Singing, Reading and Memorizing methods.
IMPLEMENTASI METODE MUSYĀFAHAH DALAM MENINGKATKAN HAFALAN AL-QUR`AN JUZ 30 ANAK USIA DINI DI RA AL-FIRDAUS CIPAYUNG
Authors: Faiqoh Ulinnuha  , Faza Karimatul Akhlak
Published: July 2023

The process of improving the memorization of the Qur'an for young children depends on the initial teaching from the teacher where the teacher can use various methods and methods in the process of memorizing the Qur'an in order to achieve the target memorization that has been set. The purpose of this study was to determine the application of the musyāfahah method in memorizing Al-Qur`an juz 30 in early childhood at RA Al-Firdaus. The research method used in this study is a type of qualitative research with a descriptive approach. The results of this study indicate that in the implementation of the musyāfahah method at RA Al-Firdaus, namely students and teachers face to face or in a circle then the teacher gives an example of reading the verse to be memorized and then the students imitate the verse together until they memorize it and then take turns reciting the memorization between one student and another. In increasing the memorization of the Al-Qur`an juz 30 in early childhood at RA Al-Firdaus it can be done by planning targets to be memorized, implementing effective methods of memorizing, and evaluating the memorization of each student. the implementation of the musyāfahah method at RA Al-Firdaus is quite effective and successful, as can be seen from the achievement of the 2021/2022 target, there are 52% of students who can complete juz 30 within 2
Pengembangan Media Animasi Materi Menulis Teks Laporan Hasil Observasi Berbasis Pembelajaran Abad 21 di Kelas VII SMP Ahmad Dahlan Kota Jambi
Authors: Pierda Gempita Anjaly , Suryani Irma , Rasdawita Rasdawita
Published: July 2023

Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguraikan proses pengembangan, kepraktisan, dan keefektivan media pembelajaran video animasi materi teks laporan hasil observasi berbasis pembelajaran abad 21. Penelitian ini termasuk dalam jenis penelitian pengembangan dengan menggunakan model ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation). Data dalam penelitian ini dianalisis dengan pendekatan kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Data kualitatif berupa deskripsi proses pengembangan media pembelajaran. Data kuantitatif berupa hasil penilaian media pembelajaran yang berasal dari validator ahli media, ahli materi, respon praktisi dan respon siswa. Data kuantitatif diolah menggunakan skala likert dan rumus N-Gain. Subjek penelitian yaitu peserta didik berasal dari kelas VII di SMP Ahmad Dahlan Kota Jambi. Kepraktisan media pembelajaran dinilai berdasarkan 3 aspek, yaitu aspek kelayakan konten, kelayakan tampilan, dan aspek teknik kebahasaan dengan nilai rata-rata keseluruhan yaitu, 84,90 berkategori tinggi. Media pembelajaran yang dikembangkan ini tergolong efektif diukur berdasarkan selisih nilai N-Gain tes awal dan tes akhir peserta didik ditinjau dari aspek kognitif dan psikomotorik. Selisih tes awal dan tes akhir aspek kognitif sebesar 0,72 dengan kategori N-Gain tergolong tinggi. Pada aspek psikomotorik, selisih tes awal dan tes akhir sebesaar 0,76 dengan kategori N-Gain tinggi. Berdasarkan hal tersebut, media animasi yang dikembangkan dapat digunakan dalam pembelajaran teks laporan hasil observasi di jenjang SMP.Kata kunci: Pengembangan, teks laporan hasil observasi, pembelajaran abad 21
Teknik Interviu dalam Inkonsistensi Pembelajaran Daring Terhadap Mahasiswa Universitas Airlangga (Kajian Linguistik Forensik)
Authors: Subargo Yopi Lutfi , Yarno Yarno , Satrio Prakrisno
Published: July 2023

Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan teknik interviu sehingga diperoleh jawaban objektif tentang sumber masalah pembelajaran yang terjadi pada kelas daring. Jenis penelitian kualitatif deskriptif ini menggunakan pendekatan lingustik forensik untuk mendapatkan informasi sedalam-dalamnya melalui interviu, didukung teori pragmatik yaitu kajian implikatur. Subjek penelitian adalah mahasiswa kelas MKWU Universitas Airlangga kelas D.2-9, semester satu 2021. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara memberikan pertanyaan responsif kepada seluruh mahasiswa saat kelas daring. Bersamaan dengan itu, diamati perilaku belajar mahasiswa selama sepuluh kali pertemuan. Data diperoleh dari portal E-Learning Hebat Unair pada akun dosen. Data dianalisis dengan teknik induktif dan berlangsung tiga tahap. Proses analisis itu mencakup 1) reduksi data, 2) sajian data, dan 3) verifikasi data. Intervieu dilakukan terhadap mahasiswa yang terduga inkonsisten selama pembelajaran daring. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perubahan perilaku belajar saat pembelajaran daring: 1) inkonsistensi mahasiswa saat pembelajaran daring, seperti mahasiswa tidak responsif di dalam kelas, kamera dan audio selalu dimatikan selama pertemuan kelas zoom meeting, pengumpulan tugas terlambat; 2) informasi diperoleh dari interviu mahasiswa menggunakan implikatur percakapan tanpa ada paksaan dan tekanan; 3) masalah kesehatan mental mahasiswa bersumber dari kebosanan, stres belajar di rumah, stagnasi, bingung, keinginan mengekspesikan diri, dan kebutuhan bersosialisasi.Â Kata Kunci: implikatur, inkonsistensi, interviu, linguistik forensik, pragmatik
Pemanfaatan Media Pembelajaran Interaktif Berbasis Indegenous Culture bagi Peserta Didik ABK di Sekolah Non-Inklusi di Madura
Authors: Antono Mixghan Norman , Rosyid Abdul
Published: July 2023

Abstrak. Keterampilan berbahasa merupakan keterampilan dasar hidup yang harus dikuasai oleh seluruh manusia tanpa terkecuali. Keterampilan ini meliputi keterampilan menyimak, berbicara, membaca, dan menulis. Secara eksplisit keterampilan ini telah diajarkan kepada manusia di fase awal kehidupannya baik secara formal maupun nonformal. Bagi manusia yang dilahirkan normal transformasi pengetahuan keterampilan ini dimungkinkan berjalan tanpa hambatan, tetapi akan sedikit berbeda jika transformasi ini ditujukan untuk manusia yang dilahirkan dengan spektrum kebutuhan khusus tertentu yang secara bersamaan mereka ditempatkan pada sebuah keadaan yang â€œnormalâ€. Mereka akan sedikit lebih sulit menerima bentuk pengetahuan baru yang dibutuhkan ketika melaksanakan pembelajaran keterampilan berbahasa ini. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini dirancang dengan pemanfaatan media pembelajaran interaktif berbasis Indegeneous Culture atau budaya asli untuk memudahkan mereka mengenali konsep-konsep pengetahuan yang diajarkan melalui peningkatan keterampilan berbahasa. Hasilnya, setelah menggunakan media interaktif ini didapati bahwa adanya peningkatan motivasi belajar bagi peserta didik ABK untuk mengembangkn potensinya diantara peserta didik â€œnormalâ€ lainnya. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan pendekatan kualitatif yang mengutamakan deskripsi dari setiap tahapan kegiatan yang dilakukan. Penelitian diawali dengan menganalisis karakteristik peserta didik berkebutuhan khusus dan mengimplemnetasikan media pembelajaran interaktif yang menunjukan fakta naiknya atensi peserta didik berkebutuhan khusus terhadap pembelajaran Bahasa IndonesiaKata Kunci: Pendidikan inklusi, Anak berkebutuhan khusus, indigenous culture, media pembelajaran.
Eksplorasi etnomatematika pada masjid Cut Meutia
Authors: Salsabila Sarah Aida , Soebagyo Joko
Published: July 2023

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengeksplorasi konsep matematika pada Masjid Cut Meutia dan menjadi media alternatif dalam pembelajaran matematika. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Masjid Cut Meutia yang berlokasi di Kecamatan Menteng, Jakarta Pusat. Subjek dari penelitian ini adalah pengurus Masjid Cut Meutia yang paham mengenai sejarah Masjid Cut Meutia. Pendekatan etnografi dengan tujuh langkah digunakan untuk mengakomodir kebutuhan dalam penelitian etnomatematika ini. Pengumpulan data dilaksanakan melalui pengamatan, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Identifikasi konsep matematika pada Masjid Cut Mutia dilakukan melalui pengamatan dan pengambilan gambar pada struktur bangunannya.  Teknik analisis data dilakukan dengan reduksi data, penyajian data, dan analisis data serta pemaparan. Keabsahan data diperoleh dengan menggunakan jenis triangulasi metode. Penelusuran informasi terkait nilai-nilai sejarah pada Masjid Cut dilakukan melalui wawancara dan pencarian dalam literatur. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat unsur geometri yaitu persegi, persegi panjang, lingkaran, belah ketupat, jajargenjang, segitiga siku-siku, trapesium, balok, limas segiempat, tabung, dan setengah bola. Temuan penelitian digunakan sebagai produk etnomatematika sehingga menjadi media alternatif dalam pembelajaran matematika. Selain itu, dapat digunakan sebagai contoh bagaimana konsep matematika diterapkan pada kehidupan sehari-hari dan diharapkan dapat bermanfaat bagi pembelajaran kontekstual.
A Translator's Note: On the Voices of Love or, Why Translate Roland Barthes Again?
Authors: Mathews Timothy
Published: July 2023

Timothy Mathews reflects upon the practice of translation and translating again, and on the specific qualities of a consistent and renewed encounter with the text of Barthes Fragments of a Lover's Discourse. The affective dimensions and the critical implications of this encounter are foregrounded. Following the Note, he proposes new translations of a selection of ‘figures’ of the discourse of love as originally proposed by Roland Barthes in the work Fragments d’un discours amoureux (1977).
Sylvia's Story
Authors: Thurnauer Agnès
Published: July 2023

As a response to Roland Barthes's Fragments d’un discours amoureux, Agnès Thurnauer offers the story of an encounter mediated through a painting. It's a story about a shared love of people in paint, shared but refracted, common gender differentiated in the love of different styles, and in different experiences of the words and commodities that go with them. It's a story of gender, of body-object turned body-subject in a history lifted from the public, and re-mobilised in the turns of conversation. It's the story of a friendship that ignites re-modelled ways of relating and living.
The Crush: A Practice of Not-Wanting-to-Seize
Authors: Eager Sophie
Published: July 2023

Interweaving personal experience, discussion of contemporary sexual ethics, and a meditation on Barthes’ Fragments, Sophie Eager considers the potential and limits of a touch which is indirect, mediated via an object, as a species of what Barthes calls le non-vouloir-saisir (not-wanting-to-seize). Addressing many of the motifs of these modes of contact in the Fragments, Eager extends this to discussion of the dynamics of interpretative violence, and resistance to such violence, in the intertextual networks that surround the Fragments, ultimately considering the Barthesian practice of reading as a practice of not-wanting-to-seize, preserving the freedom of the other.
Her Discourse
Authors: Kivland Sharon
Published: July 2023

In the third person, the narrative follows ‘her’ inner speech through the affective events and accidents of a love story, a story that would without her knowing be made into a text, this one, perhaps, or another. Her passionate life is enumerated, catalogued as so many discursive events, some real, concrete, others abstract. A litany of amorous tropes, written down for the record. We have the impression of a text mimicking another, a shadowy sense of the déjà-lu, as if it were translated from a work in a distant language, now lost. Or that lost work translated this one.
The Postcure and the Lecture Well: A Lover's Discourse in Light of Barthes' Late Pedagogy
Authors: Blanchfield Brian
Published: July 2023

A reader's personal essay on and critical contribution to the retroactive understanding of A Lover's Discourse as a close formal and methodological predecessor to Roland Barthes's final three Collège de France lectures, especially the first of them, How to Live Together (1977). The essay tracks the ways that the “figures” of amorous discourse, Barthes's term for the stances and formulations that belong to and constitute the impassioned lover's subject position, anticipate the “traits” suggestive of the problem of living-together, as an individualist in a collective. It also marks the distinctions between the two projects, primarily in the latter the manifested objective of “désapprentisage,” or an unlearning, a “jamming” of the mission of the intellectual, which motivated his refusal thenceforth to repurpose any lecture as a book. Even as Barthes insisted on further differences between his two late subjects, a close “semioclasmic” analysis is brought to bear on a single “scene of language” that produced much that would be coded as figures and traits in the two studies, namely Barthes's letters written from the sanitoriums in which he spent his youth, letters issued at once lover to beloved and convalescent to outpatient in which he formulates both his estrangement in love and his flooded idiorrhythmy in communal living.
The CounterText Conversation Notes on ‘Agony’: A Dialogue
Authors: ffrench Patrick , Mathews Timothy
Published: July 2023

Patrick ffrench and Timothy Mathews discuss the affective dimensions of the practice and art of translation, and of translating Barthes in particular, in the light of the latter’s translations from Fragments d’un discours amoureux, included in this issue. The problems posed by ‘Agony’, one of Barthes’ ‘fragments’ indebted to Donald Winnicott’s notion of the fear of a disaster that has already happened, is a salient preoccupation. This is the starting point for exchanges around the dynamics of translation, as a process in which love, loss, fascination, melancholy and rage flow in and out of the transitional space between the ‘original’ and its ‘version’.
Stochastic time-optimal control and sensitivity studies for additional food provided prey-predator systems involving Holling type-IV functional response
Authors: Prakash D. Bhanu , Vamsi D. K. K.
Published: July 2023

In this study we consider an additional food provided prey-predator model exhibiting Holling type-IV functional response incorporating the combined effects of both the continuous white noise and discontinuous Lévy noise. We prove the existence and uniqueness of global positive solutions for the proposed model. We perform the stochastic sensitivity analysis for each of the parameters in a chosen range. Later we do the time optimal control studies with respect quality and quantity of additional food as control variables. Making use of the arrow condition of the sufficient stochastic maximum principle, we characterize the optimal quality of additional food and optimal quantity of additional food. We then perform the sensitivity of these control variables with respect to each of the model parameters. Numerical results are given to illustrate the theoretical findings with applications in biological conservation and pest management. At the end we briefly study the influence of the noise on the dynamics of the model.
Hyaluronic acid modified carbon nanotubes using for photothermal therapy by promoting apoptosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells
Authors: Guo Zeyu , Liu Xianzhi , Lin Yiyi , Sang Zelin , Chen Dong
Published: July 2023

Background: The present work illustrates the role of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in photothermal therapy. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant tumor of the head and neck with significant ethnic and geographic differences, and conventional treatment options are no longer suitable to improve the prognosis and survival of patients. Photothermal therapy (PTT) has emerged as a new strategy for oncology treatment in recent years and is now used in the treatment of many common cancers. Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) have been used to advantage in several fields due to their excellent thermal conductivity. The aim of this paper is to investigate the promotion of apoptosis of nasopharyngeal cancer cells by multi-walled carbon nanotubes as an adjuvant nanomaterial for nasopharyngeal cancer photothermal therapy.

Methods: Carboxylated multi-walled carbon nanotubes and prepared multi-walled carbon nanotube-hyaluronic acid (MWCNT-HA) composites were used for cell proliferation-related experiments such as CCK-8 assay, live-dead staining and flow cytometric analysis and inverted fluorescence microscopy to determine the expression level of apoptotic factors and confocal microscopy cell morphology analysis on nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE-1 cells under near-infrared laser irradiation. The effects of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on the proliferation and apoptosis of tumor cells under NIR response were elucidated, and the mechanism of apoptosis was explored.

Results: TEM and SEM demonstrated that MWCNT had good appearance morphology and the temperature rise curve indicated excellent photothermal stability. And MWCNT and MWCNT-HA could significantly inhibit the proliferation of tumor cells and change the normal morphology of cells under NIR laser irradiation. Cellular immunofluorescence analysis confirmed that MWCNT-HA significantly upregulated the expression level of apoptosis factor Caspase-3 and significantly downregulated the expression level of anti-apoptosis factor Bcl-2.

Conclusion: In this study, MWCNT inhibited the proliferation of tumor cells and promoted apoptosis through the use of multi-walled carbon nanotubes as an adjuvant nanomaterial for photothermal therapy. In addition, multi-walled carbon nanotubes could inhibit the mitochondrial pathway of CNE-1 cells to cause cell death. These studies suggest that multi-walled carbon nanotubes can function as efficient photothermal conversion materials for tumor photothermal therapy.
Politics of climate risk management in local government: a case study of the municipality of Stavanger
Authors: Karlson Cathrine Witnes , Morsut Claudia , Engen Ole Andreas Hegland
Published: July 2023

The case study presented in this paper was conducted to study the politics of local-level climate risk management and discuss these politics' implications for responses to climate change and democratic deliberation. Local government plays an important role in the response to climate change, in particular with reference to coping with unwanted consequences of climate change, such as more frequent and intense extreme weather events, including torrential rain and flooding. Climate risk management is an approach that local government can adopt to deal with these unwanted consequences. To investigate the politics of local-level climate risk management, we conducted a case study of the municipality of Stavanger in Norway. In analyzing this case study, we drew on literature on the securitization of climate change, in particular, that of risk-based securitization of climate change produced by governmental power. The analysis given here is derived by applying the concept of risk logic understood as the translation of unwanted consequences of climate change into climate risk together with the actions and use of tools influenced by the discipline of risk analysis thereby entailed. Risk logic manifests in political discourse, actors, and tools. In this case study, the justification for risk logic on unwanted consequences of climate change at the local level comes from national-level laws and regulations. Moreover, climate risk management is translated into existing bureaucratic routines, organizational structures, and the activities of professionals. Risk tools play an essential role in making unwanted consequences of climate change governable and can manifest as a consequence of risk logic or can convey risk logic. The analysis implies that the securitization of climate change based on governmental power at the local level has a depoliticizing effect on the issue. Moreover, the unique characteristics of unwanted consequences of climate change fade as climate risk is seen as a risk driver to be factored into existing and well-known risks, and thereby normalizes the situation. Finally, the focus on the cause of climate change seems to diminish because safety is a function of the referent objects, and the response thereby becomes decoupled from the wider issue of global warming.
Environmental and socio-cultural impacts of glyphosate-based herbicides: perspectives from indigenous knowledge and western science
Authors: Patterson Heather , Bowles Ella , Chiblow Susan , McGregor Deborah , Kozmik Cory , Popp Jesse
Published: July 2023

Introduction

For decades, herbicide application in commercial forestry has been a serious concern for First Nations across northern Ontario. To date, the vast majority of studies concerning the impacts of glyphosate-based herbicides have been conducted through a Western scientific lens. Indigenous knowledge systems provide holistic frameworks which acknowledge the interconnectedness of the environment and provide a holistic view of relationships between flora, fauna, environment, and humans. This socio-ecological perspective is key to understanding the wide-ranging impacts of commercial forestry on the wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples.

Methods

Through a knowledge sharing workshop, “Connecting Guardians in a Changing World”, we interviewed community members from First Nations across the Robinson-Huron Treaty Area and asked them to share their knowledge and concerns regarding herbicide use in commercial forestry. Based on the topics discussed in the workshop, we conducted a literature review to further investigate documented Western scientific evidence on workshop participants’ concerns. We then wove the responses of participants and Western Science to identify key concerns of participants regarding the use of glyphosate-based herbicides, identify gaps in current knowledge, and to direct future research.

Results

We identified three main research gaps regarding glyphosate-based herbicide impacts used in forestry: 1) research regarding the direct effects of glyphosate-based herbicide toxicity to most of the fauna and flora of the Great Lakes region of northeastern Ontario as well as its environmental persistence, 2) research regarding the indirect effects of glyphosate-based herbicides to the ecosystem and resulting impacts of trophic cascades, and 3) research regarding the impacts of glyphosate-based herbicides to Indigenous culture and community wellbeing.

Discussion

By weaving knowledge systems in this way, we can conduct research through an inclusive system which prioritizes the inclusion of multiple ways of knowing, addressing environmental concerns in holistic and inclusive ways which emphasize the interconnectedness of the environment, including humans therein.
Case report: Malignant vasovagal reflex syndrome during percutaneous transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale
Authors: Li Zhiyang , Dong Qian , Huang Lun , Zeng Qiutang , Yu Kunwu
Published: July 2023

Malignant vasovagal reflex syndrome can be induced by pulling of cardiac tissue during percutaneous transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale. In this case, a patient presented with a malignant vasovagal reflex syndrome characterized by decreased heart rate, cardiac arrest, and ventricular tachycardia. Therefore, it's particularly important to observe patients' heart rate and timely deal with vasovagal reflex syndrome during the operation.
High level of intraoperative lactate might predict acute kidney injury in aortic arch surgery via minimally invasive approach in patients with type A dissection
Authors: Lyu Ying , Liu Yu , Xiao Xiong , Yang Zhonglu , Ge Yuguang , Jiang Hui
Published: July 2023

Background

A high incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) has been recorded in total arch replacement (TAR) combined with frozen elephant trunk (FET) implantation in patients with acute type A dissection (ATAAD) via median sternotomy approach with some risk factors. However, the independent risk factors for AKI via a minimally invasive approach have not yet been identified.

Methods

A total of 207 patients with ATAAD were enrolled from January 2018 and November 2019 and were divided into AKI and non-AKI groups. The current surgical strategy was TAR combined with FET via a single upper hemisternotomy approach, a minimally invasive method. An increase in the serum creatinine (Cr) level to ≥2 times the baseline level 48 h post-surgery was defined as AKI. The morbidity of AKI was investigated with a step-by-step backward multivariate analysis of its independent risk factors and a receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis.

Results

Postoperative AKI was observed in 39 (18.8%) patients, and the total hospital mortality was 8.7%. Univariate analysis found that preoperative Cr, weight, circulatory arrest time ≥60 min, intraoperative highest lactate (Lac), and intraoperative transfusion had significant differences between the two groups. However, multivariate step-by-step backward logistic regression analysis identified intraoperative highest Lac and transfusion as independent risk factors for postoperative AKI and intraoperative highest Lac was identified as the most critical independent risk factor estimated by the partial chi-square statistic minus the predicted degrees of freedom with 4.3 mmol/L as the optimal cut-off point for prediction for AKI.

Conclusions

Intraoperative highest Lac and transfusion were independent risk factors for postoperative AKI, which led to high hospital mortality. Moreover, intraoperative highest Lac was the most critical independent risk factor and high level of intraoperative highest Lac (4.3 mmol/L) might predict for postoperative AKI.
Tectonic evolution of the Gabal Loman area, North Eastern Desert, Egypt: implications from low-temperature multithermochronometry on the Arabian-Nubian shield
Authors: Mansour Sherif , Gharib Mohamed A. , Hasebe Noriko , Abdelrahman Kamal , Fnais Mohammed S. , Tamura Akihiro
Published: July 2023

The Neoproterozoic Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS) in the Eastern Desert of Egypt encloses the regional thermal-tectonic history from its development till the Oligo-Miocene when the Red Sea rift system was initiated. The application of multi-thermochronometry techniques has proven to be a successful approach to revealing the influence and extent of each regional tectonic event and the recreation of the tectono-thermal development of the studied region through time. Therefore, characteristic samples from the ANS different rock suits of the Gabal Loman area at the western flank of the northern Red Sea were collected. The Zircon fission-track data reveals the Carboniferous cooling ages, while the apatite fission-track cooling ages present two differential time spans of Cretaceous and Eocene-Oligocene. The time-temperature history modeling is integrated with fission-track data to reveal three differentiated cooling events developed in response to regional tectonic events: 1) the Hercynian (Variscan) tectonic event that influenced the ANS vicinity with rock uplifts of ca. 4 km through the Devonian-Carboniferous time, 2) the Gondwana disintegration event which influenced the region with differential rock exhumations, and 3) the northern Red Sea rifting through the Oligo-Miocene which caused a regional ca. 1 km of rift flanks exhumation. This modest rift flank uplift suggests a passive rift of the northern Red Sea rifting in the region of study.
Assessment of dam function deterioration due to landslide-debris flows: numerical modeling based on vegetation distribution scenarios
Authors: Lee Seungjun , An Hyunuk , Kim Minseok , Kang Taeun
Published: July 2023

Landslides are prevalent natural disasters in mountainous regions worldwide, and the debris flows that accompany them are considered a significant cause of topographical changes. Landslide-debris flows cause property damage and casualties if they occur in densely populated areas, such as cities and rural areas. Sediments entering a dam or reservoir lake can compromise the integrity and functionality of the facility. To minimize such damage, this phenomenon should be elucidated through numerical models and quantitative analyses performed. Despite South Korea having approximately 18,000 dams and reservoirs, with approximately 70% of the country being mountainous, research on landslides and debris flows occurring in the dam and reservoir basins remains insufficient. However, such studies are essential for the continuous operation and management of dams/reservoirs. This study focused on analyzing the damage caused by landslide-debris flow events in a dam or reservoir basin. We established different scenarios based on the distribution of vegetation in the basin to determine the impact of vegetation on slope stability and debris flows.
Neurodidactic teacher training program for educational dropouts in vulnerable groups
Authors: De Barros Camargo Claudia , Flores Melero Carmen , Pinto Díaz Cristina , Marín Perabá Cristina
Published: July 2023

Neurodidactic is presented as an effective teaching tool for creating an equitable society, regardless of the population. This educational methodology, which has recently been introduced in teacher training, supports students with functional diversity, special educational needs, sensory diversity (visual or auditory), and those belonging to the Gypsy ethnic group. Neurodidactics emphasizes that the teacher's role is to create synapses in the neuronal structures through activities that a student finds innovative, attractive, and motivating. To achieve this, it is necessary to identify the aspects that should be included in the training of teachers to work with students who belong to vulnerable groups and to develop effective intervention programs based on neurodidactics. The study population comprises professors of higher education at the University of Jaen (UJA) who responded to a Likert scale survey using an operationalization table. The survey was conducted to determine the professors' knowledge of neuroscience, particularly neurodidactics.
Urinary iodine concentration and its associations with thyroid function in pregnant women of Shanghai
Authors: Wu Yiming , Yang Jie , Su Qing , Gu Hongxia , Qin Li
Published: July 2023

Objective

To assess the iodine status and its associations with thyroid function in pregnant women of Shanghai.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, a total of 562 pregnant women were enrolled from January to December 2021. Both serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free triiodothyronine (FT3), free thyroxine (FT4), thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAB), thyroglobulin antibody (TGAB), and urinary iodine concentration (UIC) were detected. Participants were divided into four groups based on their UIC values. Correlation analysis was used to investigate the association between UIC and thyroid function-associated parameters.

Results

The median UIC of the pregnant women studied was 158.25µg/L (interquartile range [IQR] 90.15, 245.65µg/L). Among all the subjects, 45.55% had iodine deficiency according to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, and 15.65% had thyroid autoimmunity. FT3, FT4, TSH, TPOAB and TGAB levels were not different among different UIC groups (P > 0.05). UIC and TSH were negatively correlated (r=-0.127, p=0.043) in UIC<150 µg/L group. In the group with UIC 250- 499 µg/L, UIC was positively correlated with total T4 (TT4), total T3 (TT3) and TPOAB (r= 0.228, p=0.022, r=0.208, p= 0.039, r=0.190, p=0.042, respectively). A negative correlation between UIC and TPOAB values was observed in TPOAB-positive (+) pregnant women (r=-0.384, p=0.012). The prevalence of isolated hypothyroxinemia in UIC<150 µg/L group was significantly higher than that of other groups(p=0.033). The relationship between the prevalence of thyroid diseases and UIC embodied a U-shaped curve.

Conclusion

Pregnant women on Chongming Island of Shanghai were iodine sufficient during the second trimester, but iodine deficiency was still prevalent. Both low and high gestational iodine status was related to thyroid function and autoimmunity. Optimal iodine nutrition status during gestation was important.