AL-GHITANI’S ZAYNI BARAKAT: HISTORY AS NARRATIVE

The study tackles the historiographic metafictional elements of alGhitani’s Zayni Barakat. Even though historiographic metafiction, like Postmodernism at large, is a Western concept and even though al-Ghitani’s novel is Arabic-Islamic in many of its aspects, it, nonetheless, employ several compelling historiographic metafictional styles and techniques. A great deal of emphasis is placed in Zayni Barakat on reporting or narrating history, the idea being that history is ultimately as multifaceted, problematic, subjective, and fictitious as literary narrative. In both, truth is relative and elusive. The main issue in the novel, then, is whether history can be told objectively, clearly, and precisely or not. The answer, mainly indirect (through the various narrators, through the ambiguity about characters and situations) is that positivist history is not possible at all. There can never be an overall, clear picture about either persons or things, that history is subjective: it is either total fiction, or is immensely fictionalized. Zayni Barakat is, ultimately, about the impossibility of writing or reporting history objectively. The relationship between history, historians, and the “truth” which historians are after is exactly like the relationship between narrative, narrators, and the “truth” which narrators aim to convey

AL-GHITANI’S ZAYNI BARAKAT: HISTORY AS NARRATIVE

The study tackles the historiographic metafictional elements of alGhitani’s Zayni Barakat. Even though historiographic metafiction, like Postmodernism at large, is a Western concept and even though al-Ghitani’s novel is Arabic-Islamic in many of its aspects, it, nonetheless, employ several compelling historiographic metafictional styles and techniques. A great deal of emphasis is placed in Zayni Barakat on reporting or narrating history, the idea being that history is ultimately as multifaceted, problematic, subjective, and fictitious as literary narrative. In both, truth is relative and elusive. The main issue in the novel, then, is whether history can be told objectively, clearly, and precisely or not. The answer, mainly indirect (through the various narrators, through the ambiguity about characters and situations) is that positivist history is not possible at all. There can never be an overall, clear picture about either persons or things, that history is subjective: it is either total fiction, or is immensely fictionalized. Zayni Barakat is, ultimately, about the impossibility of writing or reporting history objectively. The relationship between history, historians, and the “truth” which historians are after is exactly like the relationship between narrative, narrators, and the “truth” which narrators aim to convey

Hukum Perbankan dalam Sistem Operasional Bank Konvensional dan Bank Syariah

Hukum Perbankan dalam Sistem Operasional Bank Konvensional dan Bank Syariah. Dengan terbentuknya Bank Syariah, merupakan fenomena besar dalam dunia perbankan di Indonesia, sehingga masyarakat memiliki alternatif untuk memiliki jasa Bank Konvensional atau bank syariah. Dengan pertimbangan bahwa bank konvesional menggunakan sistem operasional interest foregone (bunga efektif) dan bank syariah menggunakan sistem operasional bagi hasil berdasarkan prinsip masyarakat al mutanaqisah (kombinasi musyarakah dan ijarah) dalam ketentuan syariat Islam

Analisa Faktor-faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Tingkat Permintaan Sukuk Ritel-i (Periode Maret 2009-juni 2010)

Sukuk has been popular topic of study among investors and researchers from 2009 untilnow. This study is aimed to oversee the correlation and the influence of banking depositinterest rates, the level of revenue sharing of banking deposits, Sukuk State Retail price on thelevel of demand for state retail sukuk, and other bond prices to the level of demand of IslamicRetail Goverment Bond. The coherent time used in this study is data from March 2009until June 2010. From the analysis of data using VAR methods, this study found that partiallyeach independent variable has a significant effect on the level of demand for retailgovernment sukuk. The result strengthens the hypothesis that jointly each independent variablehas significant influence on the secondary market demand for sukuk. The sharia instrumentshave potential strength to affect the demand of retail sukuk bigger than the conventionalones

Pengaruh Infrastruktur Transportasi Terhadap Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Per Capita Pada Negara-Negara Anggota ASEAN

The purpose of this study is to model the relationship between Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and transportation infrastructure in ASEAN member countries. In addition, this study also compares the data predicted by the model with actual data in Indonesia. Transportation infrastructure includes air transportation, sea transportation, and land transportation (railway). The data used is secondary data from the World Bank (World Development Indicator) 1960-2019. The analytical method used in this research is Statistical Descriptive Analysis and Multivariate Regression Analysis. The results of this study resulted in a multivariate regression model Y = 6,478 – 7,871(X2) + 4,875(X4) – 2,390(X5) – 2,27(X7) + 5,569(X8). This model produces a p-value of 2.619E-13 <0.05, which means that this model has a significance of 2.619E-13 and produces an R2 of 0.95 which means the variables X2 Air transport, passengers carried, X4 Quality of port infrastructure, X5 Container port traffic, X7 Rail lines, X8 Railways, passengers carried affect the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita by 95% and the other 5% is influenced by other factors. This regression model in predicting actual data for the case of GDP in Indonesia is 120.84%, meaning that this model cannot be used to predict actual data in the case of GDP in Indonesia

How transformational leadership and advanced technologies foster radical innovation : the role of advanced training, organisational learning, innovative climate and capabilities in large firms

University of Technology Sydney. Faculty of Business.Radical innovation is a key enabler to sustained competitive advantage and long-term success of firms. Despite its importance, there is lack of understanding of what components of a firm are able to best promote this type of innovation in dynamic market environments. Drawing on the dynamic capability theory, this study investigates how transformational leadership as a ‘human factor’ and advanced technology as a ‘machinery factor’ can ‘in parallel’ encourage radical innovation. This study proposes a conceptual framework and empirically tests path-dependent influences of: transformational leadership, advanced technology, advanced training, organisational learning, innovative climate and innovation capability on radical innovation within the specific sphere of large Saudi firms. To fulfil the purpose of this study, a deductive approach was used, and the unit of analysis was at the individual level to examine the hypothesised relationships between factors. Focus group discussions and a pilot-test are applied to ensure content appropriateness and validity of the measurement items in the tested model. The sample for this study consists of seven large firms in four different sectors. The target population includes only employees working in innovative activities in large firms who have first-hand knowledge of organisational features that contribute to the innovation processes. Data were collected via an online survey from seven large Saudi firms in four different sectors, resulting in 237 usable responses for analysis. The hypotheses were examined by employing Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with the statistical software program AMOS version 24. The conceptual framework of the study was affirmed and supported by empirical results. The results indicate that both transformational leadership and advanced technology are two significant determiners for successful radical innovation in large firms. The findings reveal that both transformational leadership and advanced technology enhance the positive effects of organisational learning and advanced training on innovative climate. An improved innovative climate then has a direct positive influence on innovation capability, which promotes radical innovation. This study contributes to the existing body of the innovation literature by explicating the parallel effect of transformational leadership and advanced technology on cultivation of the innovation capabilities necessary for radical innovation. It enriches the existing literature by explaining how transformational leadership and advanced technology influence organisational learning, advanced training, and innovative climate to create innovation capabilities respectively. Moreover, it contributes to the innovation literature by identifying and addressing that innovative climate is a significant mediating factor on the relationship between both of advanced training and organisational learning on innovation capability. The findings of this study offer a set of implications for practitioners and executives to assist them to support radical innovation outcomes through, for instance, recruiting for and/or developing a preferred leadership style, how technology might be deployed, and ways to configure these in order to produce a more innovative climate in the organisation. Finally, the current study provides a number of avenues for future research on similar topics, including the suggestion to replicate this study within different settings, including other Arabian Gulf and Middle Eastern countries

Studi Sifat Elektronik Silicene Dengan Pendekatan Teori Kerapatan Fungsional

Sifat elektronik dari Silikon dua dimensi berbentuk heksagonal yang disebut silicene telah diteliti dengan pendekatan teori kerapatan fungsional. Silicene diprediksi memiliki nilai konstanta kisi (lattice constant) sebesar 3,9 Angstrom, nilai ini mendekati hasil dari eksperimen. Silicene diprediksi memiliki sifat elektronik yang mirip dengan graphene. Pita energi silicene diprediksi tidak memiliki celah energi dan tidak saling tumpang tindih, banyaknya keadaan yang dominan adalah pada orbital p dan struktur membentuk ikatan kovalen

Pemetaan Daerah Rawan Longsor Berbasis Gis di Kota Batu

Kota Batu terletak didaerah pegunungan dan ditetapkan oleh Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) Jawa Timur sebagai daerah perbukitan yang rawan longsor. Tanah Longsor tidak dapat dicegah secara pasti  namun  kita  dapat  melakuakan  upaya  untuk  meminimalisir  terjadinya  tanah  longsor  pada  daerah  rawan longsor. Tanah longsor di Kota batu dapat menggangu kelancaran mobilitas dan merugikan masyarakat karena akses mobilitas atau jalan disana terdiri dari lereng dan bukit yang terjal. Adanya pemetaan pada daerah rawan longsor akan  membantu untuk  meminimalisir terjadinya tanah longsor. Dari permasalahan diatas  saya sebagai penulis ingin mengambil judul Pemetaan Daerah Rawan Longsor Berbasis GIS Di Kota Batu untuk membantu masyarakat  secara  update  mengetahui  dan  mengawasi  daerah  yang  dijadikan  titik  rawan  longsor  agar  dapat meminimalisir  jatuhnya  korban  dan  kerugian  yang  banyak  ketika  terjadi  tanah  longsor  dengan  menggunakan metode SMART (Simple Multi Attribute Rating Technique) untuk menentukan tingkat status daerah rawa

Perhitungan Oee (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) Pada Mesin Komuri 2 Lithrone S40 Dan Heidelberg 4we Dalam Rangka Penerapan Total Productive Maintenance (Tpm)

[OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) Calculations on Komuri 2 Lithrone S40 Engine and Heidelberg 4WE Engine In Order to Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Aplications] Today in the modern industry, quality be a top priority for almost all companies in the world. PT. Solo Murni is one of the largest printing company in Indonesia that has market share was almost cover the whole world. The success that has been achieved so far would not be separated from good quality control. Based on the problem background, the research do because the productivity of the machine Komuri 2 Lithrone S40 and Heidelberg 4WE felt has begun to decline, so it is necessary to identify and analyze the factors that most dominant and contributed in order to immediately be repaired and as inputs in the implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM ). After the research is done, the averages of OEE calculation for Komuri 2 Lithrone S40 is equal to 49.52% and Heidelberg 4WE is equal to 42.65%. It can be concluded that the effectiveness of the two machines are still far from worldclass standard that is equal to 85%. Six big losses of factors that contribute most to Komuri 2 Lithrone S40 and Heidelberg 4WE is preparation equipment with a percentage of 25.55% and 32.13% and impaired engine and idle at 31.62% and 37.38%