Implikasi Nilai Dalam Proses Pendidikan Islam

Merit can be understood as the standard of how human being behaves in relation to others. Merit or moral value can be classified in some categories depending on the perspectives by which such merit is viewed. In general, merit is classified into two, namely formal and material. This writing is intended to discuss how such classification works within the context of Islamic education. It is believed that Islamic merit only remains as subject matter but it is not internalized into students\u27 way of life. Thus, even though students achieve high scores in their Islamic subject matter, their behaviour is not acceptable in the society

Information Systems Outcomes based Assessment at Jouf University for ABET Accreditation

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Criteria for Computing Accreditation Commission Programs are based upon knowledge, presentation  skills,  communication  skills,  team  work and leadership skills that the  students  gain  through the curriculum in a program. The student outcomes (SOs) are the procured skills  and  knowledge  which the student accomplishes through the curriculum. Each program needs to have  its own SOs and  to evaluate it as per defined assessment cycle, just as to accomplish program educational objectives (PEOs). The continuous improvement plan depended on assessment and evaluation of the program SOs and PEOs. In this paper, an advancement cycle for continuous improvement, for Information systems (IS) program at College of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS), Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia, to accomplish the accreditation is discussed. The proposed cycle is appropriate to get the accreditation for bachelor program in information systems discipline and to fulfill the ABET criteria. In result, we will show how the SOs and PEOs were surveyed and assessed through curriculum accordingly. Based on these processes, ABET team has visited CIS college, which had accomplished extraordinary achievement and all of the programs have completely accredited on August 2018 and the next visit to the computing and engineering programs will be on 2026

Blind image separation based on exponentiated transmuted Weibull distribution

In recent years the processing of blind image separation has been investigated. As a result, a number of feature extraction algorithms for direct application of such image structures have been developed. For example, separation of mixed fingerprints found in any crime scene, in which a mixture of two or more fingerprints may be obtained, for identification, we have to separate them. In this paper, we have proposed a new technique for separating a multiple mixed images based on exponentiated transmuted Weibull distribution. To adaptively estimate the parameters of such score functions, an efficient method based on maximum likelihood and genetic algorithm will be used. We also calculate the accuracy of this proposed distribution and compare the algorithmic performance using the efficient approach with other previous generalized distributions. We find from the numerical results that the proposed distribution has flexibility and an efficient resultComment: 14 pages, 12 figures, 4 tables. International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security (IJCSIS),Vol. 14, No. 3, March 2016 (pp. 423-433

St. Louis limestone, stratigraphy and petrography, near its type locality

The St. Louis Limestone of the Upper Meramecian Series, Mississippian System, is typically lithographic, light-to light-olive gray in color, dense, and fractures conchoidally. It is brecciated, especially in the lower part, and contains some chert nodules. Oolites are present close to the top of the formation. The Salem-St. Louis contact is placed at the base of the lowest breccia zone and the top of Salem is characterized by crystalline quartz and abundance of chert nodules. The appearance of typical Ste. Genevieve oolites with sand-size quartz grains indicates the St. Louis-Ste. Genevieve contact. The St. Louis Limestone is characterized by dominance of fine-grained texture (micritic) with fossil fragments and minor spar. Foraminifers and bryozoans are the main fossil constituents followed by algae, crinoid fragments and corals. Of the corals, Lithostrotionella and Lithostrotion are significant but of less obvious correlative value. Brachiopods and gastropods are present but to a lesser extent. The formation has about 3 to 5 percent insoluble residues (except close to the boundaries), consisting mostly of quartz. The degree of dolomitization is widely variable from one section to another. The St. Louis Limestone is high in CaD content except in the dolomitized zones. The explanation of the origin of brecciation in the St. Louis Limestone presents some difficulty. The St. Louis Limestone is tentatively subdivided into three units. The deposition of limestone was continuous from Salem through St. Louis time under quiet and shallow water environments. In the study area, the St. Louis Limestone is used for cement manufacture and road construction --Abstract, page ii

Petrography, diagenesis and environment of deposition of the Gasconade Formation, Lower Ordovician, southern Missouri

The Gasconade Formation (Lower Ordovician) has been studied in the surface and subsurface in the Ozarks of Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma. The formation is mostly dolomite with a sandstone member at the base (Gunter) and frequent occurrences of chert bodies of different shapes particularly in the middle part. The dolomite crystals in the lower and upper parts are subhedral to euhedral of equicrystalline to two-size fabric and range in size from 300-600 microns, and subhedral to anhedral of variable fabric and smaller size in the middle part. A sequence of cloudy and clear areas, named zoning, characterizes the euhedral crystals. Three different types of zoning are recognized; type A, cloudy interior-clear rims; type B, clear interior-cloudy rims and type C, a combination of both or repetition of either, the latter being the most common. Pellets, oolites, intraclasts, fossils, and algal (cryptozoan) structures characterize the formation especially the middle part. The Gunter sandstone is bimodal to polymodal. Post-dolomitization solution affected the dolomite and sandstone of the formation causing stylolites, rim and center corrosion, secondary mineral growth and pyrite replacement in dolomite and quartz. Both the dolomite and chert in the Gasconade Formation have been formed by replacement. Dolomite replacement occurred in three phases, early, middle (main) and late. Over 90 percent of the original carbonate has been dolomitized during the main phase of dolomitization. Chert replacement occurred in two phases, early and late. The early phase of chertification either interrupted or occurred soon after the main phase of dolomitization. The Gasconade Formation was deposited in the intertidal zone of a shallow sea. During the deposition of the middle part of the formation, the sea was shallower than during the deposition of either the lower or the upper parts. The diagenesis of the formation follows the following sequence: early phase of dolomitization; middle (main) phase of dolomitization; early phase of chertification; late phase of chertification and late phase of dolomitization --Abstract, pages ii-iii

Reactions with 5-Arylazo- and 5-Arylidene-4-thiohydantoin Derivatives

5-Arylazo-3-phenyl-4-thiohydantoins (IIa-g) have been prepared and then treated with primary aromatic amines to afford the corresponding 5-arylazo-4-arylimino-3-phenyl hydantoins (VIIa-c). 3-Phenyl-4-thiohydantoin reacted with aromatic aldehydes in the presence of glacial acetic acid and fused sodium acetate to give 5-arylidene-3-phenyl-4-thiohydantoin derivatives (VIIIa-e). In the coloured arylidene derivatives (VIII,a d, e) on treatment with alkyland/ or arylmagnesium halide addition occurs to the exocyclic double bond to give the products (IXa-e). The Grignard product (Xa) was oxidised with a mixture of chromic acid in glacial acetic acid to give phenyl parabanic acid and ethyl phenyl ketone

Platelet activating factor and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in children with refractory epilepsy

Background: Epilepsy is an important common and diverse group of symptom complexes characterized by recurrent spontaneous seizures. It is estimated that about 5-10% of all cases of epilepsy eventually become refractory. It has been suggested that inflammation plays a role in epilepsy. In refractory epilepsy, an inflammatory response is produced that leads to rapid release of pro-inflammatory cytokines as platelet activating factor (PAF) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1). Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the plasma levels of the monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and platelet activating factor (PAF) in children with refractory epilepsy to explore their role in the pathogenesis of refractory epilepsy. Methods: The present study was carried out in Tanta University Hospital, Pediatric Department, Neurology unit. Forty (40) children with idiopathic refractory epilepsy (25 males and 15 females) their age ranging between 4-15 years were included in the study. The control group consisted of thirty healthy children, 20 males and 10 females aged 5 years to 13 years. The serum levels of MCP-1 and PAF were measured for children with refractory epilepsy and the control children. Results: Children with refractory epilepsy had significantly higher serum levels of PAF (P < value 0.001) and significantly higher serum level of MCP-1 (P < value 0.001) in comparison to the control children. Also there was a significant correlation between the duration of refractory epilepsy and the serum levels of PAF and MCP-1. Conclusion: Higher serum levels of the proinflammatory cytokines PAF and MCP-1 in children with refractory epilepsy suggest that both, PAF and MCP-1, may play a role in the pathogenesis of refractory epilepsy. Keywords: Platelet activating factor, Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, Neuroinflammation, Refractory epilepsyEgypt J Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2012;10(1):13-1

Acoustic Properties of Lanthanum-Samarium Phosphate Glasses

From measurements of changes in transit time of 10 MHz of ultrasonic waves as a function of temperature and hydrostatic pressure, the acoustic properties of (La203)x(Sm203)y(P20,,) (l-x-y) glasses with compositions near to that corresponding to the metaphosphate have been determined. For each glass, the second order elastic stiffness tensor components Cij ' (SOEC) continue to increase down to 10 Kin a manner consistent with phonon interactions with tVi'Qlevel systems. Measurements of the effects of hydrostatic pressure on the ultrasonic wave velocities have been used to determine the hydrostatic pressure derivatives (dCij/dP) T,P=O of the SOEC and (dBo'/ dP) T,P=O of the bulk modulus Bo at room temperature (293K). For these glasses, (dCll/dP), (dC44/dP), and (dBo / dP), are small but positive; the corresponding glasses stiffen under pressure. The elastic behaviour under pressure of these glasses lies intermediate between those of (Sm203)y(P20,,),(I_x) and (La20:1)y(P20,,) (I-x) glasses. Replacement of La3+ by Sm3+ in the temary phosphate glasses drives a slight acoustic mode softening. Possible. sources of the different effect of La:>+ and Sm3+ modifiers on the nonlinear acoustic properties of metaphosphate glasses are discussed