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Implementasi Supervisi Akademik dan Manajemen Sarana Prasarana dalam Meningkatkan Mutu Pembelajaran Al-Qur'an Hadits
Authors: Rohmawati  , A. Dardiri Hasyim
Published: April 2022

Penelitian tentang Implementasi Supervisi Akademik dan Manajemen Sarana Prasarana dalam Meningkatkan Mutu Pembelajaran Al-Qur’an Hadits bertujuan untuk mengetahui pelaksanaan supervisi akademik dan manajemen sarana prasarana dalam rangka meningkatkan mutu pembelajaran Al-Qur’an Hadits. Penelitian yang dilaksanakan merupakan penelitian yang berusaha mengungkapkan, menemukan dan menggali informasi tentang pelaksanaan supervisi akademik di masa pandemi dan manajemen sarana prasarana. Penelitian yang dilaksanakan merupakan penelitian yang berusaha mengungkapkan, menemukan dan menggali informasi tentang pelaksanaan supervisi akademik dan manajemen sarana prasarana dalam meningkatkan mutu pembelajaran Al-Qur’an Hadits di MTsN 6 Sragen Jawa Tengah.  Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif yaitu penelitian yang ditujukan untuk mendeskripsikan dan menganalisa fenomena, peristiwa dan aktivitas sosial, sikap, persepsi dan pemikiran orang secara individual maupun kelompok.

Hasil penelitian mengungkapkan bahwa: Implementasi Supervisi Akademik dan Manajemen Sarana Prasarana dalam Meningkatkan Mutu Pembelajaran Al-Qur’an Hadits di MTsN 6 Sragen Tahun Pelajaran 2020/2021 terlaksana dengan baik, manajemen sarana prasarana dikelola dengan baik. Penerapan supervisi akademik dengan proses perencanaan, pelaksanaan, evaluasi dan tindak lanjuk serta pelaporan. Sedangkan manajemen sarana prasarana dengan melaksanakan lima tahapan manajemen yaitu perencanaan, pengadaan barang, penggunaan dan pemeliharaan, inventarisasi dan penghapusan.
Apartheid Politics in South Africa
Authors: Lelo Okuma
Published: April 2022

Racial discrimination is a very big problem and is found in several countries such as the United States, Britain and the most dominant in South Africa with Apartheid politics. Therefore, South Africa is the focus of the fight against racism towards the realization of justice. The word Apartheid means "separation" in African language and it describes the racial rigidity that governs the division between the white minority population and the majority white population. The struggle of the majority of black Africans against the dominance of white minorities is the main and final racial conflict. The international community actively encourages it. However, the white group was quite a lot and was too strong while the black power was so weak and divided, that in the end a person named Nelson Mandela would appear who was active in fighting for the elimination of Apartheid politics in South Africa, on the grounds that racial crises and conflicts would arise. what happened there was soon over and South Africa became a conducive country.
Ideology: Factors of Middle East Conflict and Failure
Authors: Ibrahim Khaled
Published: April 2022

The following article explains how Western ideology is a major factor in the occurrence of conflicts and state failures in the Middle East. In this paper, the author looks at the perspective of ideological hegemony. Ideology destroys the political and economic system which causes social inequality, thus accelerating the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East. The author raises Syria and Libya as examples to prove the factors driving the conflict. The author argues that the main cause of the Middle East conflict is the influence of Western ideology that has not been accepted by both the holders of power and society, which has led to divisions and even wars. Democracy is a model that is accepted in many countries which cannot be applied in the Middle East. The author also criticizes the failure to implement democracy and liberal economics in the Middle East.
Word Transcription of MODI Script to Devanagari Using Deep Neural Network
Authors: Patel Vimal
Published: April 2022

-Many historical documents and letters are written in MODI script. Study of “Shivakalin” and “Peshvekalin” era documents is almost impossible without the knowledge of MODI script. This work aims to bridge the gap between Devanagari and MODI Script by developing a system to map the recognized MODI characters to its Devanagari equivalent. Our dataset would comprise 57 different classes of MODI Script characters. We has solved the problem of loss of information in CNN as the model goes deeper using Dense Net-121. The various approaches for feature extraction usually used include moment invariant, affine moment invariant, chain code histogram, intersection junction and for character classification. Deep Neural Networks on the other hand do not require any feature to be explicitly defined, instead they work on the raw pixel data to generate the best features and use them to classify the inputs into different classes. Hence, we propose a deep learning architecture for character recognition. Dense Net-121 uses little pre-processing compared to other image classification algorithms. This means that the network learns the filters which in traditional algorithms were hand-engineered. The system aims to provide a good recognition rate by implementing DCNN. Key Words:Siamese Neural Network, CNN, Devanagari, HOCR 1.INTRODUCTION ( Size 11, Times New roman) Modi is an ancient script. Crores of Modi documents. Origin: 12th century and used uptil the 20th century. Modi lipi converter is a low resource solution Many historical documents and letters are written in MODI script. Study of “Shivakalin” and “Peshvekalin” era documents is almost impossible without the knowledge of MODI script. This work aims to bridge the gap between Devanagari and MODI Script by developing a system to map the recognized MODI characters to its Devanagari equivalent, provides authors with most of the formatting specifications needed for preparing electronic versions of their papers. All standard paper components have been specified for three reasons: (1) ease of use when formatting individual papers, (2) automatic compliance to electronic requirements that facilitate the concurrent or later production of electronic products, and (3) conformity of style throughout a conference proceedings. Margins, column widths, line spacing, and type styles are built-in; examples of the type styles are provided throughout this document and are identified in italic type, within parentheses, following the example. Some components, suchas multi-leveled equations, graphics, and tables are notprescribed, although the various table text styles are provided. The formatter will need to create these components, incorporating the applicable criteria that follow.
Tinjauan Kelengkapan Resume Medis Pasien Rawat Inap di Rumah Sakit Islam Jakarta Sukapura
Authors: Sansy Dua Lestari  , Daniel Happy Putra  , Deasy Rosmala Dewi  , Laela Indawati
Published: April 2022

Medical discharge is a summary of every action and treatment provided to the patient during hospitalization and must be signed by the DPJP doctor. The purpose of this study was to identify SOPs, determine the percentage of completeness of medical discharge and identify the factors causing the incompleteness. In this study, the method used is quantitative analysis method and data collection techniques are carried out through observation, quantitative analysis and interview guidelines, using the formula for estimating the proportion of the population of hospitalized patients in June and samples taken as many as 62 medical records. Based on the results of research and discussion, the completeness of the medical discharge at the Islamic Hospital of Jakarta Sukapura, the average percentage of completeness of the four components is 85.57% and the average incompleteness is 14.43%. Judging from the 4 components of quantitative analysis, the highest component of completeness analysis was found in the patient identification component 91.94% and the lowest was in the important note component 73.45%. Factors causing the incomplete filling of medical discharges are the absence of policies that regulate filling out medical discharges, the tight schedule of doctor's practice, and the lack of socialization of discipline in filling out medical discharges.
Noun Phrase Complexity in Academic Writing: A Comparison of Research Proposals Written by Chinese EFL and Malaysian ESL Postgraduates
Authors: Peng Yao , Azmi Nur Amalia Athifah Binti
Published: April 2022

An increasing body of scholars have investigated noun phrase complexity in L2 English writing from varied perspectives, but few of them focus on the differences of the English writing produced by EFLs and ESLs. Thus, the study explored how three international postgraduates from China and three local Malaysian postgraduates in a top university of Malaysia differ in noun modification. The noun modifiers in their research proposals were coded, categorized, counted, and compared. Based on the findings, the EFLs used premodifiers more frequently than the other group, especially for attributive adjectives and nouns as premodifiers, while the ESLs made more frequent use of advanced postmodifiers, including prepositions other than ‘of’ as postmodifiers to express both concrete/locative meanings and abstract meanings, and multiple prepositional phrases with levels of embedding. The findings highlighted the need to implement explicit individualized instruction for the students with different L1 backgrounds but within the same classroom. 

 
The representation of women in teaching practices, discourse, and languages
Authors: De Cesare Anna-Maria , Casoni Matteo
Published: April 2022

Nel 2021 ricorre un anniversario capitale in Svizzera: i 50 anni del diritto di voto e di eleggibilità delle donne a livello federale. In occasione della ricorrenza di questo traguardo storico – e continuando la linea delle tematiche sociali trattate in questo numero e nel precedente – il numero 3/2021 di Babylonia ha chiamato autrici e autori a riflettere su una questione parallela a quella della rappresentazione delle donne a livello politico: quella della loro rappresentazione nella lingua, nella comunicazione e nella didattica. Una riflessione su questa tematica è fondamentale perché la parità tra uomo e donna si attua anche nel nostro modo di comunicare e di insegnare.Diversi contributi analizzano la rappresentazione delle donne nei manuali di insegnamento delle lingue seconde, nelle pratiche didattiche e nei media (tradizionali e social media): quali immagini sono veicolate, quale attenzione è posta al linguaggio inclusivo? Altri contributi prendono in considerazione le attività in classe, presentano materiali e fanno proposte didattiche per un insegnamento inclusivo ed egualitario.
Bien-être et performance au travail
Authors: Giauque David , Boukamel Owen , Brice Kouadio Armand
Published: April 2022

La gestion des ressources humaines (GRH) a pour objectif principal de réguler les collectifs de travail. Autrement dit, d’assurer la coordination des salarié·e·s, mais aussi de définir les conditions organisationnelles en vue de faciliter leur coopération. De nos jours, les pressions politiques, budgétaires et financières contribuent à rendre omniprésente la logique de recherche de la performance organisationnelle, y compris dans le domaine de la GRH. Les pratiques et processus de GRH doivent donc participer à cette quête de la performance. Dans le même temps, les professionnel·le·s impliqués dans la GRH de leur organisation doivent aussi s’assurer que les employé·e·s sont engagés, motivés et satisfaits de leurs activités et de leurs conditions de travail. Le bien-être constitue également un objectif important des missions d’un service des ressources humaines. Cette double dimension de la GRH n’est pas aisée à atteindre et n’est pas sans produire des tensions et des contradictions. Les contributions d'expert·e·s, de chercheurs·euses et de cadres, réunies dans cet ouvrage ont pour point commun de traiter de cette paire souhaitable, mais toujours difficile à atteindre: performance et bien-être dans nos organisations contemporaines. Cet ouvrage ainsi que sa thématique générale constituent une manière d’honorer le parcours académique du Professeur Yves Emery à l’occasion de son départ à la retraite. Ses apports à la discipline de la GRH, en Suisse et dans le monde francophone, ainsi que son approche humaniste de la discipline RH se reflètent à travers les chapitres de ce livre.
psycho-emotional effects of extra lessons among urban day secondary school learners
Authors: Richard Bukaliya
Published: April 2022

This qualitative study investigated the psycho-emotional effects of extra lessons among urban day secondary school learners in Chegutu, Zimbabwe. In-depth interviews, focus group discussions and document analysis was adopted to generate data from teachers, school inspectors, parents and learners. Results from the study show that participants expressed mixed feelings on the psychological and emotional roles of attending extra lessons learners. Some participants credited extra lessons for their confidence building among the learners, before going into a test or examination. Others viewed extra lessons as a source of depression among learners and strained learners physically because most of the time they were busy. The study recommended that extra lessons needed to be continued but under the guidance of the teachers and parents. Since learners had their morale boosted before taking a test or examination, learners need to continue getting involved in extra lessons.
Problematika Orang Tua Dalam Mengajar Anak Di Rumah Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 Di Desa Sendayan Kecamatan Kampar Utara
Authors: Hamzah Hamzah , Yohanda Reski
Published: April 2022

Penelitian ini di latar belakangi oleh terdapatnya beberapa orang tua/wali murid yang merasa kesulitan dalam mengajar anak di rumah pada masa pandemi covid-19 di lingkungan Desa Sendayan Kecamatan Kampar Utara. Diantaranya terdapat orang tua yang tidak mengerti menggunakan smartphone, buta huruf, dan terkendala oleh jaringn Internet. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis Problematika Orang Tua Dalam Mengajar Anak Di Rumah Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 di Desa Sendayan Kecamatan Kampar Utara. Pendekatan yang digunakan pendekatan studi kasus dengan penelitian kualitatif. Informan utama adalah orang tua/wali murid kelas VIII SMP Negeri 01 Kampar yang bertempat tinggal di Desa Sendayan Kecamatan Kampar Utara dan informan pendukung adalah Kepala Desa Sendayan Kecamatan Kampar Utara. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah teknik wawancara dan dokumentasi. Teknik pengolahan dan analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian Kualitatif adalah pembersihan data, transkrip, koding, kategorisasi dan interpretasi. Hasil dari penelitian ini terdapat adanya beberapa Problematika Orang Tua Dalam Mengajar Anak Di Rumah Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 Di Desa Sendayan Kecamatan Kampar Utara sebagai berikut : Orang Tua Tidak Memahami Tentang Konsep Mengajar, Orang Tua Tidak Mengerti Menggunakan Smartphone, Akses Internet Tidak Stabil, Sulit  Memotivasi Anak Untuk Belajar, Kuota Internet Yang Mahal, Pekerjaan Yang Padat Membuat Orang Tua Kesulitan Membagi Waktu Belajar Dengan Anak, Kurangnya Minat Belajar Anak
FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN INDIA – AN ASSESSMENT
Authors: Panwar Varun , Jha Ashutosh , Bhura Pawan , Negi Kokila
Published: April 2022

Financial inclusion can be defined as a process of providing financial services to the poor and deprived sections of the society, whose income is low. The main objective of financial inclusion is to remove all the barriers that prevent people from getting financial assistance and provide financial services without any discrimination like banking i.e., savings and payments through bank branches, ATM, cheques, and e-transfer; Insurance i.e., life as well as non-life (general) insurance; credit i.e., loans at affordable rates; investment opportunities like mutual funds, pension plans, child investment plans etc. This paper is an attempt to know about the present status of financial inclusion and various measures taken by government for greater financial inclusion in India. The paper highlights the impact of financial inclusion if they are present or absent in an economy and importance of financial inclusion in economic and social development.
Eksistensi Penyiar Program Morning Zone di Radio Trax Fm Palembang
Authors: Phyana Refka Audy , Zinaida Rahma Santhi
Published: April 2022

Artikel ini berjudul Eksistensi penyiar Program Morning Zone Di Radio Trax FM Palembang. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui Eksistensi penyiar Program Morning Zone Di Radio Trax Fm Palembang. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode penelitian kualitatif, dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Adapun subjek penelitian terdiri dari 4 Orang, meliputi 2 (dua) orang penyiar dan 2 (dua) orang pendengar . Teknik pengumpulan data diperoleh melalui data hasil wawancara, data observasi, dan data dokumentasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan Teori Penyiaran. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Eksistensi Penyiaran Program Morning Zone Di Radio Trax Fm Palembang, yaitu : (1). Melalui Tahapan Program Morning Zone berupa Musik dan Isi materi, (2). Tahapan On Air berupa Musik, Obrolan kata-kata, dan Interaksi pendengar. (3). Evaluasi On air dan (4) Respon pendengar.
Design and development ritatoon learning media to supporting preschool children's social emotional and language development
Authors: Kustiawan Usep , Yafie Evania
Published: April 2022

The purpose of this study is to develop a medium for learning ritatoon to support the social, emotional, and language development of preschool children. The method used in this research is research and development. The implementation of research and development uses the Borg and Gall model development procedure. The sample in this study was children aged 5-6 years. The data analysis technique is quantitative analysis in the form of a percentage used to percentage the validity of the ritatoon media and the paired sample t-test for the effectiveness test. The development product in the form of ritatoon learning media has gone through the process of validating learning designs, media experts, linguists, and early childhood social-emotional experts and obtaining score 88.88%, based on the eligibility criteria, the Ritatoon learning media can be said to be very valid or suitable for use. Furthermore, the results of the effectiveness test using paired sample t-test showed a sig value < .001, so it could be concluded that the ritatoon learning media was able to improve children's language and social-emotional development.
PENERAPAN GROUNDED THEORY DALAM PENELITIAN ARSITEKTUR DAN LINGKUNGAN BINAAN
Authors: Ornam Kurniati , Sudrajat Iwan , Triyadi Sugeng , Wonorahardjo Surjamanto , Kimsan Masykur
Published: April 2022

Grounded theory pada prinsipnya merupakan salah satu pendekatan penelitian kualitatif yang sangat dinamis, di mana proses yang cair dan kompleks akan memberikan hasil temuan berdasarkan inovasi dan kekokohan sudut pandang teori yang dibangun. Penerapan grounded theory dalam bidang arsitektur dan lingkungan binaan masih terbatas sehingga penelitian ini membahas tentang upaya penerapan grounded theory dalam penelitian arsitektur dan lingkungan binaan. Metode penelitian yang digunakan melalui kajian literatur dari berbagai sumber pustaka berdasarkan teori, data dan hasil penelitian di bidang arsitektur dan lingkungan binaan kemudian dikaji dengan pendekatan penelitian kualitatif grounded theory. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dalam menghasilkan dan mengaktualisasikan konsep teori baru dalam bidang arsitektur dan lingkungan binaan, pendekatan grounded theory menjadi sangat relevan untuk dikembangkan karena sejalan dengan paradigma desain arsitektur saat ini yang berorientasi pada faktor kenyamanan psikologis, ekonomi, energi, keberlanjutan, mitigasi bencana, lingkungan hidup, dan teknologi yang terus berkembang. Sedangkan tantangan penerapan grounded theory dalam penelitian arsitektur dan lingkungan binaan adalah kesulitan penentuan level jenuh dan perbedaan latar belakang responden/informan yang memberikan hasil sebaran yang beragam sehingga perlu dianalisis dan dipahami secara rinci lebih mendalam sebagai suatu kesatuan dalam desain penelitian
PERENCANAAN PEMBANGUNAN E-GOVERNMENT : ANALISIS VISUAL MENGGUNAKAN VOS VIEWERS
Authors: Prakoso Ivan
Published: April 2022

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk melihat bagaimana strategi yang dijalankan pemerintah dalam pembangunan E-Government. Dalam menguraikannya kami menggunakan metode penelitian Literatur Review tentang perencanaan pembanguanan E-Government yang diterbitkan antara 2011 hingga 2021 di unduh dari database terindeks Scopus dengan menggunakan kata kunci E-Government Development Planning. Melalui VOSViewer kami menganalisis banyak artikel yang telah diterbitkan dan hubungannya dengan suatu area topik. Makalah ini menegaskan temuan para sarjana dan laporan bahwa penggunaan perangkat elektronik dan internet oleh pemerintah telah mengimplementasikan adanya E Government. Dalam makalah ini, 50 artikel yang diterbitkan dalam jurnal per-review sejak 2011-2021 ditinjau secara sistematis. Makalah ini menyimpulkan bahwa butuh strategi dalam membangun infrastruktur, portal online, dan kapasitas manusia dalam menggunakan. Studi ini memiliki implikasi yang signifikan untuk mempromosikan keberlanjutan dalam praktik organisasi sektor publik dalam konteks negara diseluruh dunia. Keterbatasan penelitian ini adalah dengan artikel yang dikemukakan berbeda dengan kondisi yang ada di setiap negara sehingga perlu adanya pemahaman yang kritis mengenai sistem pemerintahan. Sehingga penelitian berikutnya perlu memahami pokok-pokok topik yang sesuai dengan judul serta fokus pada penelitian dengan menyesuaikan pada hal-hal baru yang hendak dicari dan dapat disesuaikan dengan judul yang di angkat.
SMARTPHONE APPLICATION VOICE OVER INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN WEST JAVA “SI VOTUN JABAR”
Authors: Dwianti Indah
Published: April 2022

Melalui Undang-undang Nomor 14 Tahun 2008 tentang Keterbukaan Informasi, pemerintah mulai membuka portal untuk keterbukaan informasi bagi masyarakat tidak terkecuali penyandang disabilitas tuna netra. Maka dari itu diperlukan sebuah aplikasi android berbasis voice over bagi tuna netra yang ada di Jawa Barat untuk kebutuhan permohonan informasi publik digital dan mengevaluasi aplikasi tersebut berdasarkan kemudahan akses layanan, keakuratan data dan informasi yang diminta. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dan jenis penilitian yakni action research. Teknik wawancara menjadi metode yang dipilih untuk mengumpulkan data lalu digunakan juga teknik analisis Miles dan Huberman berupa reduksi dan penyajian data serta penarikan kesimpulan. Dari penelitian ini diperoleh hasil bahwa aplikasi Si Votun Jabar bagi tuna netra sudah baik. Dilihat dari kemudahan akses dalam pengoperasiannya sudah mudah, keakuratan data yang diberikan sudah tepat, dan detail narasi yang mudah dipahami.

Kata kunci: Sistem informasi, voice over, tuna netra, Jawa Barat
COMPUTER-BASED ENGLISH COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION
Authors: Prabowo Muhammad Yoga , Rahmadian Sarah
Published: April 2022

The need for a safe and versatile testing system during COVID-19 pandemic for scholarship selection prompted the Financial Education and Training Agency (FETA), an echelon-1 unit under the Ministry of Finance, to design the Aplikasi Ujian Online computer-based test platform. This paper focused on exploring challenges in developing and administering English competency assessment through the computer-based platform and the strategies to overcome them. The research used the descriptive method with direct observation and questionnaire for data collection. Three receptive skills (listening, structure, and reading comprehension) were measured on 337 applicants of the Ministerial Scholarship offered by the Ministry of Finance in 2021. A post-test questionnaire was administered to investigate test takers' perceptions. The findings showed that loading time and login difficulty were the most common issues. However, preformulated risk-mitigation strategies were found to be effective in resolving the issues. Overall, the questionnaire result showed a significantly positive perception of the computer-based English competency test.
MUSEUM SEBAGAI DAYA TARIK WISATA DI INDONESIA
Authors: Raksapati Abadi
Published: April 2022

Museum merupakan sebuah kata dari bahasa latin yang diadaptasi dari istilah mouseion yang berarti tempat duduk Muses atau secara filosofi berarti tempat untuk melakukan kontemplasi. Muses sendiri dalam mitologi Yunani merupakan dewi-dewi seni dan ilmu pengetahuan yang berjumlah sembilan. Dalam perkembangannya, museum memiliki pengertian sebagai lembaga nirlaba yang secara permanen ikut melayani dan membantu pembangunan masyarakat, terbuka untuk umum, yang mengambil alih, melestarikan, meneliti, mengomunikasikan, dan memamerkan warisan kemanusiaan dan lingkungan yang berwujud maupun tidak berwujud untuk tujuan pendidikan, pembelajaran, dan kesenangan.
MUSEUM BAHARI YOGYAKARTA TAWARKAN SIMULASI PELAYARAN
Authors: K. Pramoto Aji
Published: April 2022

Pada umumnya museum yang didirikan pada suatu daerah, biasanya berfungsi memuat hasil local genius dari daerah tersebut dan dalam hal ini akan berkaitan dengan nama museum dan penampilan dari bangunan museum itu sendiri untuk memperkuatidentitas atau jati diri dari local genius yang ditampilkan pada display-display museum itu sendiri.Kunjungan pertama saya ke Museum Bahari memberikan kesan terhadap fungsi museum di Indonesia. Selain menyimpan benda-benda kuno, Museum Bahari menawarkan simulasi pelayaran sehingga saya, sebagai pengunjung, dapat merasakansedang berlayar selama berada di museum dengan dipandu Pak Laksamana Yosafat selaku pemilik dan pengelola museum.
Essays on the Saudi Stock Exchange
Authors: Otto Hans-Philipp
Published: April 2022

The Saudi Stock Exchanges (Tadawul) was, in December 2019, at the center of attention of world finance. The initial public offering (IPO) of the country’s national oil company, Aramco, was the largest in terms of size and company valuation worldwide, making the Tadawul the ninth largest capital market in the world in terms of market capitalization. In preparation for the Aramco IPO, the Tadawul amplified its efforts to enhance its structural and regulatory framework toward international stock exchange standards, to make the Tadawul more attractive to foreign investors. In a broader sense and apart from political and socio-economic aspects, the three essays aim to answer the most critical questions concerning investment decisions in the Tadawul: What is the quality of the financial market? Can active investment strategies outperform the market on a systematic and continuing basis? How oil-dependent is the Saudi economy?
“Touching Him”: The Doubting Thomas Subtext in M. R. James’s “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”
Authors: Thompson Terry W. ,   Marquette University Press
Published: April 2022

Born the son of an Evangelical Anglican minister, Montague Rhodes James, "Monty" to family and friends, was arguably the best educated ghost story writer who ever lived: "He had all sorts of letters after his name." His tales, collected in four slim volumes, often touch upon, lightly for the most part, biblical motifs or themes. In his most celebrated horror tale, "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad," James alludes—subtly as was his wont—to the story of Thomas, the disciple who, "skeptical about the resurrection," demanded tangible proof of the event, an actual "touching," before he would deign to believe in the miraculous. In James's most famous effort in the supernatural genre, another doubting Thomas, in this case an arrogant disciple of modern science and its methods, demands the same proof, a "touching," before he will believe. And when that proof comes, it changes him forever just as it did "Thomas, one of the twelve."
Credentialed Fictions and Robustness Analysis
Authors: Fuller Gareth ,   Southwestern Philosophical Society
Published: April 2022

In this paper I defend the possibility of robustness analysis as confirmatory. Given that models are highly idealized, multiple models with different sets of idealizations are constructed to show that some result is not dependent on those idealizations (it is robust). This method of robustness analysis has been criticized since, no matter how many false models agree, all of them are false and lack confirmatory power. I argue that this line of criticism makes an assumption that a model is confirmatory only if it ontically represents its target. I draw on work about explanations to motivate a challenge to this assumption, and argue that this assumption needs bolstering.
Is Annihilation More Severe than Eternal Conscious Torment?
Authors: Reitan Eric ,   Southwestern Philosophical Society
Published: April 2022

In Hell and Divine Goodness, James Spiegel defends the surprising position that of the two dominant non-universalist Christian views on the fate of the damned—the traditionalist view that the damned suffer eternal conscious torment (ECT), and the annihilationist view that the damned are put out of existence—the annihilationist view actually posits the more severe fate from the standpoint of a punishment. I argue here that his case for this position rests on two questionable assumptions, and that even granting these assumptions there are intuitive reasons, reasons Spiegel has not addressed, for supposing that ECT is more severe.
Possessed: The Cynics on Wealth and Pleasure
Authors: Trujillo G. M. ,   Southwestern Philosophical Society
Published: April 2022

Aristotle argued that you need some wealth to live well. The Stoics argued that you could live well with or without wealth. But the Cynics argued that wealth is a hinderance. For the Cynics, a good life consists in self-sufficiency (autarkeia), or being able to rule and help yourself. You accomplish this by living simply and naturally, and by subjecting yourself to rigorous philosophical exercises. Cynics confronted people to get them to abandon extraneous possessions and positions of power to live better. And while the Cynics were experts in living in this way, their ascetic lifestyles made their message curious to some audiences. This paper reflects on Cynic ascetic practices and the ways others perceived them.
Epicureans on Death and Lucretius’ Squandering Argument
Authors: Aikin Scott ,   Southwestern Philosophical Society
Published: April 2022

Lucretius follows his symmetry argument that one should not fear death with a dialectical strategy, the squandering argument. The dialectical presumption behind the squandering argument is that its audience is not an Epicurean, so squanders their life. The question is whether the squandering argument (and the other Epicurean arguments that one should not fear death) works on lives that by Epicurean standards are not squandered.
Evolución del Deepfake: campos semánticos y géneros discursivos 2017-2021
Authors: Bañuelos Capistrán Jacob
Published: April 2022

El presente estudio tiene como finalidad realizar un análisis de la evolución de los campos semánticos y géneros discursivos del deepfake desde su aparición en 2017 y hasta 2021. El estudio se centra en la descripción de la “capa exterior” (Simondon, 2013) del deepfake como objeto técnico-estético y cultural, en un escenario dinámico, progresivo y cambiante, en donde se expanden sus usos y prácticas culturales. Igualmente se revisan los usos benéficos y delictivos del deepfake, así como los principales problemas éticos y legales que plantea en el complejo escenario de la posverdad. La investigación tiene como base una metodología longitudinal analítica-sintética en tres fases entre 2017-2021. El estudio revela una progresiva evolución discursiva en donde emergen nuevos campos semánticos y géneros discursivos del deepfake, con una tendencia hacia usos benéficos y no sólo delictivos en la esfera de la industria audiovisual, el activismo, el arte experimental, los usos comerciales, médicos, la publicidad, la propaganda, la educación, entre otros; asimismo, el estudio revisa el estado sobre el uso del término deepfake para singificar usos benéficos y delictivos.
Current trends in the work of contemporary artists in the context of the development of global art
Authors: Yan Guanyui
Published: April 2022

Globalization is a factor that contributes to the unification and integration of national cultures of different countries of the world. This phenomenon, of course, has a significant impact on the development of modern painting. The article is devoted to the analysis of the work of contemporary artists in order to identify the features of the process of their transformation in the context of the development of global art. The boundaries of the concepts of "world art" and "global art" are defined. The characteristic features of the modern global art environment are revealed, as well as the forms of their perception and interpretation in the works of such artists as Chris Metze, Douglas A. Kinsey, Claire Fahy, Katarzyna Zvolinska, Nazafarin Lotfi and Daniel Hutchinson. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that the article examines the works of individual and most famous contemporary artists in the context of such a phenomenon as "global art". Here a watershed is drawn between the concepts of "global art" and "world art", their boundaries and the most important features are determined. Thus, it contributes to the formation of ideas about the global trends of artistic and creative activity on the example of specific paintings. Relevance and short-termness are designated as the main features of global art, which strongly affect the artistic form, figurative language and ideological content of works in the art of modern painting.
Symbolism in the works of art of jianzhi 剪纸 Jinzhou district
Authors: Wan Jianye
Published: April 2022

This article examines the symbolism contained in the works of Jianzhi art. As a simple folk art, papercutting in Jinzhou has its own aesthetic and educational style that penetrates the hearts of people and raises them to a higher spiritual level. Jianzhi can represent the spiritual worldview of a certain era in the region. Among the symbolic images, images of animals, plants, figures, objects, hieroglyphs and patterns were studied. Jianzhi's works of art are combinations of various patterns, shapes and motifs that contain deep symbolism. The study of images and symbolic meanings will expand knowledge about the culture and customs of the region, as well as create opportunities for the preservation of this unique art form containing the intangible cultural heritage of China. The article concludes about the uniqueness of the stylistics and symbolism of this art direction in the described region. It is claimed that Jianzhi's works reflect the culture, customs and peculiarities of the Jinzhou district society. From the point of view of intangible cultural heritage, the art of paper cutting in Jinzhou is the artistic embodiment of the material and spiritual culture of the people. It is concluded that it is necessary to preserve this kind of art and the subsequent study of its symbolism in order to preserve the intangible national heritage of China.
Pandemic and Administrative EU Soft Law: Persistent Challenges to the Rule of Law in the EU and Possible Solutions
Authors: Weiss Wolfgang
Published: April 2022

This article takes the proliferation of EU soft law instruments in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to analyse their effects and challenges to democracy and rule of law in the EU posed by the use of EU soft law in the implementation of EU law. A proposal will
be made for a general legal framework on the adoption of administrative EU soft law in order to address them. Enhancing the legitimacy of EU governance requires a general legal framework that introduces minimum procedural, transparency and participatory safeguards and foresees looser rules
for urgent soft measures. The article thus makes an original contribution by reconsidering the debate about EU soft law in the context of COVID-19 soft law with a view to its salience for domestic implementation of EU law and by developing core elements of a general legal framework.
Breast Cancer in Thyroid Cancer Patients, can One lead to Another?
Authors: Noh Ashraf , Gayathri Shabnam , Mahamad Sadhana
Published: April 2022

Aims: To demonstrate the increased risk of developing a second primary thyroid or breast cancer in patients with prior breast or thyroid cancer and to study the clinicopathological characteristic of breast cancer (B2) as a secondary malignancy following a diagnosis of thyroid cancer (T1) or thyroid cancer (T2) following a diagnosis of breast cancer (B1) to find a common aetiology.

Study Design:  Retrospective cohort study

Place and Duration of Study: Breast & Endocrine Surgery Unit, Surgery Department Hospital Putrajaya between January 2008 and December 2018.

Methodology: Data of patients with breast cancer as first primary malignancy and thyroid cancers as second primary malignancy, and vice versa, between January 2008 to December 2018 was extracted using electronic search through the hospital information system database and compared for their tumor’s histological type, size, hormonal status (ER/PR), presence of locoregional lymph node and distant metastasis. We also examine any history of radiotherapy for first primary breast cancer patients and history of radioactive iodine ablation for first primary thyroid cancer.

Results: 1.1% (n:4) of T1 develops B2 while 0.5% (n:8) of B1 develops T2 but we are unable to demonstrate a significant correlation between hormonal status of the tumour, radioiodine ablation or radiation therapy and the risk of developing second primary malignancy.

Conclusion: There is an increased risk of thyroid cancer as a secondary malignancy following breast cancer and an increased risk of breast cancer as a secondary malignancy following thyroid cancer. No common aetiology can be demonstrated from this study.
Characterization of Compact Operators in Pre-Hilbert and Hilbert Spaces
Authors: Simiyu Achiles Nyongesa , Isabu Hillary Amonyela , Wanambisi Aldril Wekesa
Published: April 2022

The concept of a compact operator on a Hilbert space, H is an extension of the concept of a matrix acting on a finite-dimensional vector space. In Hilbert space, compact operators are precisely the closure of finite rank operators in the topology induced by the operator norm. In this paper, we provide an elementary exposition of compact linear operators in pre-Hilbert and Hilbert spaces. However, whenever advantageous, we may prove a few results in the general context of normed linear spaces. It is well known that strong convergence implies weak convergence but weak convergence does not imply strong convergence. We also show that an operator T \(\epsilon\) B(H) is compact if and only if T maps every weakly convergent sequence in H to a strongly convergent sequence.
Drusus the Elder (Nero Claudius Drusus)
Authors: Westphal Heiko
Published: April 2022

Drusus the Elder (38–9
bce
) was the younger brother of the Roman
princeps
Tiberius. As the stepson of Augustus, he made a name for himself conquering large parts of the Germanic territories east of the Rhine, advancing as far as the River Elbe.
Doubly Stabilized Perovskite Nanocrystal Luminescence Downconverters
Authors: Xue Qi , Lampe Carola , Naujoks Tassilo , Frank Kilian , Gramlich Moritz , Schoger Markus , Vanderlinden Willem , Reisbeck Patrick , Nickel Bert , Brütting Wolfgang , Urban Alexander S.
Published: April 2022

Halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have emerged as a promising material for applications ranging from light‐emitting diodes (LEDs) to solar cells and photodetectors. Still, several issues impede the realization of the NCs’ full potential, most notably their susceptibility to degradation from environmental stress. This work demonstrates highly stable perovskite NCs with quantum yields (QYs) as high as 95% by exploiting a ligand‐assisted copolymer nanoreactor‐based synthesis. The organic ligands thereby serve a dual function by enhancing the uptake of precursors and passivating the NCs. The polymer micelles and ligands thus form a double protection system, shielding the encapsulated NCs from water‐, heat‐ and UV‐light‐induced degradation. The authors demonstrate optoelectronic integrability by incorporating the perovskite NCs as spectrally pure downconverters on top of a deep‐blue‐emitting organic LED. These results establish a way of stabilizing perovskite NCs for optoelectronics while retaining their excellent optical properties.
Aerogel‐Functionalized Thermoplastic Polyurethane as Waterproof, Breathable Freestanding Films and Coatings for Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling
Authors: Shan Xiameng , Liu Ling , Wu Yusi , Yuan Dengsen , Wang Jing , Zhang Chengjiao , Wang Jin
Published: April 2022

Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) is an emerging sustainable technology that can spontaneously radiate heat to outer space through an atmospheric transparency window to achieve self‐cooling. PDRC has attracted considerable attention and shows great potential for personal thermal management (PTM). However, PDRC polymers are limited to polyethylene, polyvinylidene fluoride, and their derivatives. In this study, a series of polymer films based on thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and their composite films with silica aerogels (aerogel‐functionalized TPU (AFTPU)) are prepared using a simple and scalable non‐solvent‐phase‐separation strategy. The TPU and AFTPU films are freestanding, mechanically strong, show high solar reflection up to 94%, and emit strongly in the atmospheric transparency window, thereby achieving subambient cooling of 10.0 and 7.7 °C on a hot summer day for the TPU and AFTPU film (10 wt%), respectively. The AFTPU films can be used as waterproof and moisture permeable coatings for traditional textiles, such as cotton, polyester, and nylon, and the highest temperature drop of 17.6 °C is achieved with respect to pristine nylon fabric, in which both the cooling performance and waterproof properties are highly desirable for the PTM applications. This study opens up a promising route for designing common polymers for highly efficient PDRC.
Using a Virtual Reality and Communication Intervention to Reduce Pain and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Lipoma Excision With Local Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Bozdoğan Yeşilot Saliha , Ciftci Hatice , Yener Mehmet Kemal
Published: April 2022

In this randomized controlled trial, we assessed the effects of using a virtual reality (VR) and communication intervention on pain and anxiety in patients undergoing lipoma excision under local anesthesia. We conducted the study at a large hospital in Turkey between March 15 and September 15, 2019, with 100 participants. We used a pretest and posttest design to collect data with a personal information form, the Numeric Pain Rating Scale, and the State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory. The intervention group participants watched a video using a VR headset during the procedure and communicated with an investigator; the control group participants only received routine surgical treatment. The intervention had a significant effect on pain during the procedure (P < .001) and a moderate effect on anxiety 60 minutes after the procedure (P = .01). Use of VR and active communication may help reduce pain and anxiety for patients undergoing procedures performed with local anesthesia.
Short note: An assessment of the status of sawfishes and of guitarfish landings in artisanal fisheries in Ghana
Authors: Leeney Ruth H. , Quayson Eric
Published: April 2022

Two species of sawfish (Pristidae) formerly inhabited the eastern Atlantic: the smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) and the largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis). Both are listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.

Limited information is available on the historical occurrence of sawfishes in the Gulf of Guinea, or on current landings of sawfishes and other Rhinopristiformes.

A rapid interview study was conducted in 2018 to assess the current status of sawfishes and to collect basic information on fisheries for guitarfishes in Ghanaian waters.

Of 28 interviewees, only five recalled seeing a sawfish during their lifetime.

At least two species of guitarfishes – blackchin guitarfish (Glaucostegus cemiculus) and common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) – were caught by fishermen and were primarily landed between November and February. Opportunistic photographs of landings suggested thatG. cemiculuswas the most commonly caught guitarfish species.

Interviewees reported catching between two and 60 individuals per week during the peak guitarfish season. Guitarfish meat is sold and consumed locally; fishermen could sell guitarfish fins for up to US$55 per kg.

The findings suggest that sawfishes are locally extinct in Ghana and that management of the guitarfish fishery is urgently required to ensure those species do not meet the same fate.
Type 1 melanocortin receptors in pro‐opiomelanocortin‐, vasopressin‐, and oxytocin‐immunopositive neurons in different areas of mouse brain
Authors: Romanova Irina V. , Mikhailova Elena V. , Mikhrina Anastasiya L. , Shpakov Alexander O.
Published: April 2022

Information on the localization of the Type 1 melanocortin receptors (MC1Rs) in different regions of the brain is very scarce. As a result, the role of MC1Rs in the functioning of brain neurons and in the central regulation of physiological functions has not been studied. This work aimed to study the expression and distribution of MС1Rs in different brain areas of female C57Bl/6J mice. Using real‐time polymerase chain reaction, we demonstrated the Mс1R gene expression in the cerebral cortex, midbrain, hypothalamus, medulla oblongata, and hippocampus. Using an immunohistochemical approach, we showed the MС1R localization in neurons of the hypothalamic arcuate, paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei, nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), dorsal hippocampus, substantia nigra, and cerebral cortex. Using double immunolabeling, the MC1Rs were visualized on the surface and in the bodies and outgrowths of pro‐opiomelanocortin (POMC)‐immunopositive neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, NTS, hippocampal CA3 and CA1 regions, and cerebral cortex. Co‐localization with POMC indicates that MC1R, like MC3R, is able to function as an autoreceptor. In the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei, MC1Rs were visualized on the surface and in the cell bodies of vasopressin‐ and oxytocin‐immunopositive neurons, indicating a relationship between hypothalamic MC1R signaling and vasopressin and oxytocin production. The data obtained indicate a wide distribution of MC1Rs in different areas of the mouse brain and their localization in POMC‐, vasopressin‐ and oxytocin‐immunopositive neurons, which may indicate the participation of MC1Rs in the control of many physiological processes in the central nervous system.