AL-MAQASHID AL-SYARIAH DALAM KONFIGURASI HUKUM ISLAM

Islamic law is the phenomenon that has strong relationship with the development in society, especially Islamic society. As we know, Islamic law (fiqh) constitutes outcome of the process of continuous development during the spread of Islam in the few centuries ago.Recently, Islamic law deals with the socio-cultural dynamics of society which always move. It requires updating the concept and formulation of Islamic law. For respond the socio-cultural dynamics, it is needed a better meaning to the Al-Maqashid Al-Syariah

ARTI DAN MAKNA KEBENARAN ILMIAH DALAM TELAAH HUKUM ISLAM

This writing is the description about the scientific truth of the Islamic Law, or in the Islamic science treasury is called Fiqh. Through the scientific process, we can find out lots theories of truths, for instant the correspondent, coherent, pragmatic, syntactic, semantic, non descriptive and over logic truth. Toward those theories of truth, there are three approach methodologies that we can apply to get them. The first methodology is the religious approach, the second one is the scientific approach, and the last one is the philosophic approach. These three approach methodologies are closely relates with the development of the Islamic Law, since they are also the scientific disciplines. In the Islamic Law, there is also mention about the correspondence and coherence truth. The methodology that is used to result the laws related to the general scientific methodology as well. For that reason, the truth which is resulted from that scientific approach is mostly positiv

Selebritis Menjadi Politisi: Studi tentang Bagaimana Selebritis Menang atau Kalah dalam Pemilu Legislatif

Artikel ini menyorot model pemasaran politik dengan memanfaatkan kandidat caleg selebritis pada Pemilu 2019. Untuk itu studi ini berupaya menjawab fenomena maraknya pencalonan selebritis sebagai caleg DPR RI, yang dikaitkan dengan sistem pemilu yang berorientasi pada figur. Kajian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus, khususnya dengan melacak bagaimana performa politisi selebritis selama kampanye. Adapun data yang dipakai adalah data survey Laboratorium Politik dan Rekayasa Kebijakan (Lapora) di Dapil Jawa Timur I, V, dan VIII. Hasil riset menyimpulkan bahwa seiring munculnya metode penghitungan suara saint lague, tingkat keterpilihan politisi selebritis semakin lemah dalam kontestasi antar calon legislatif dan antar partai. Mesin partai dan popularitas partai justru menjadi supporting system yang menentukan keterpilihan seorang calon anggota legislatif. Selebritis yang akhirnya terpilih, tidak terlepas dari keberhasilan mereka dalam mengkonsolidasikan tim pemenangan partai, merancang program-program pemasaran politik yang langsung menyasar pemilih, dan pencitraan politik yang menggunakan episentrum masyarakat sebagai komunikasi parasosial

Comparative study on calcium, magnesium and cobalt in diabetic and non diabetic patients (males) in Punjab, Pakistan

Minerals are very important because of their important role in the maintenance of human health. Our study was aimed at assessing and comparing the levels of Ca, Mg and Co in the blood samples of diabetic and non diabetic persons (males) of five age groups between one and 75 years. For this purpose, fasting blood samples of diabetic and non diabetic males of selected age groups were collected. The blood samples were centrifuged to get serum. The mineral elements in the serum were analyzed by using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The results depicted that the diabetic patients had higher mean concentration of Ca (141.47 ppm), Mg (18 ppm) and Co (0.057 ppm) while non diabetic persons had higher mean concentration of Ca (201.33 ppm), Mg (36.15 ppm) and Co (0.047 ppm). Statistical analysis was done by applying Student’s T-test. It can be concluded from the study that the diabetic patients of all five age groups are deficient of Ca, Mg, whereas the concentration of Co is higher in diabetic patients. In the further study physiological parameters along with other inorganic cofactors are being taken into consideration.Key words: Diabetes mellitus, blood serum, Ca, Mg, Co

The Effectiveness of Teams Games Tournament with Biodomino on Ecosystem Material to Enhance Student’s Activity and Learning Outcomes in SMAN 2 Salatiga

Ecosystem is considered as a notional topic due to lack of material visualization. An effective learning media is needed to help student in learning ecosystem. There are some factors that make some schools are unable to conduct an outdoor learning, that can be overcome through the model of Team Games Tournament (TGT) as a learning method with Biodomino as a supporting learning media. This study was aimed to determine the effectiveness of TGT with Biodomino on student activity and learning outcomes in ecosystem. The method used was quasi experiment with Nonequivalent Control Group Design. Result of this study showed that 100 percent of students participated in the experiment were in active category, with 81.25% of students got score of ≥77. It is concluded that learning the ecosystem unit by using TGT method with the help of Biodomino is an effective way to increase the student activity and learning outcomes

The importance of localizing pulmonary veins in atrial septal defect closure!

An 8-year-old girl was admitted for a simple closure of echocardiographically diagnosed Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). During the operation the right pulmonary veins orifices were not detected in the left atrium and attempt to localize them led to the discovery of three additional anomalies, namely Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava (IIVC), Scimitar syndrome, and systemic arterial supply of the lung. Postoperatively these finding were confirmed by CT angiography. This case report emphasizes the need for adequate preoperative diagnosis and presents a very rare constellation of four congenital anomalies that to the best of our knowledge is not reported before

Financing Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Proposed Model Based on the Experiences of Ugandan Higher Education Institutions and Exemplary Practices from the Asian Tigers

Financing higher education has become one of the most contentious educational issues in both developed and third world countries. Among the causes highlighted by researchers are changing fiscal policies and government resource allocation priorities, coupled with rapid increases in college-going populations. Today, there is an upsurge in the numbers of colleges and enrollments all over the world. This upsurge and the forces of globalization, which put demands on institutions in terms of international rankings and the need to adopt the latest technologies, are putting enormous fiscal pressure on higher education institutions and their funders. Increasing enrollments without sufficient funding lead to substandard facilities and a decline in academic standards. To close that funding gap, institutions have resorted to privatization, which includes (inter alia) tuition charges and other fees. This has effectively turned the traditional model of higher education upside down. The challenge is: How do universities ensure they admit only the most qualified students and provide them with the best instruction, using state-of-the-art facilities, in a learning system run by highly qualified and motivated faculty staff? Against that background, this chapter analyzes best practices for financing higher education in developing countries that have vibrant higher education sectors (such as Malaysia), together with the challenges, practices, and experiences of funding Ugandan higher education institutions. The chapter ultimately suggests a suitable framework for higher education financing in Uganda and similar sub-Saharan African countries

Two decades of neuroscience publication trends in Africa.

Neuroscience research in Africa remains sparse. Devising new policies to boost Africa's neuroscience landscape is imperative, but these must be based on accurate data on research outputs which is largely lacking. Such data must reflect the heterogeneity of research environments across the continent's 54 countries. Here, we analyse neuroscience publications affiliated with African institutions between 1996 and 2017. Of 12,326 PubMed indexed publications, 5,219 show clear evidence that the work was performed in Africa and led by African-based researchers - on average ~5 per country and year. From here, we extract information on journals and citations, funding, international coauthorships and techniques used. For reference, we also extract the same metrics from 220 randomly selected publications each from the UK, USA, Australia, Japan and Brazil. Our dataset provides insights into the current state of African neuroscience research in a global context

Physical activity, smoking, and genetic predisposition to obesity in people from Pakistan:the PROMIS study

Background: Multiple genetic variants have been reliably associated with obesity-related traits in Europeans, but little is known about their associations and interactions with lifestyle factors in South Asians. Methods: In 16,157 Pakistani adults (8232 controls; 7925 diagnosed with myocardial infarction [MI]) enrolled in the PROMIS Study, we tested whether: a) BMI-associated loci, individually or in aggregate (as a genetic risk score - GRS), are associated with BMI; b) physical activity and smoking modify the association of these loci with BMI. Analyses were adjusted for age, age(2), sex, MI (yes/no), and population substructure. Results: Of 95 SNPs studied here, 73 showed directionally consistent effects on BMI as reported in Europeans. Each additional BMI-raising allele of the GRS was associated with 0.04 (SE = 0.01) kg/m(2) higher BMI (P = 4.5 x 10(-14)). We observed nominal evidence of interactions of CLIP1 rs11583200 (P-interaction = 0.014), CADM2 rs13078960 (P-interaction = 0.037) and GALNT10 rs7715256 (P-interaction = 0.048) with physical activity, and PTBP2 rs11165643 (P-interaction = 0.045), HIP1 rs1167827 (P-interaction = 0.015), C6orf106 rs205262 (P-interaction = 0.032) and GRID1 rs7899106 (P-interaction = 0.043) with smoking on BMI. Conclusions: Most BMI-associated loci have directionally consistent effects on BMI in Pakistanis and Europeans. There were suggestive interactions of established BMI-related SNPs with smoking or physical activity