KONSELING BAGI ANAK BERBAKAT AKADEMIK

Counseling for the Academically Gifted Children. The number of academically gifted children is quite high distributed in all areas. The academically gifted children will be benefecial for themselves and other people, if they can develop optimally. There are many academically gifted children who are succesful in their life; however we can find some who are in difficulty. They need counseling services. There are some important issues in counseling, especially for the academically gifted children, such as: (1) divergent thinker, (2) excitability, (3) sensitivity, (4) perceptiveness, (5) entelechy. (6) self-concept, (7) counseling with parents, and (8) underachievement. To help them face important issues, socialpersonal counseling, academic counseling, and career counseling are necessary. These three counseling approaches can be conducted simultaneously, depending on their needs. The models and strategies of counseling for the academically gifted children are therapeutic, preventive, and developmental models. The choice of models is strongely determined by the need of effective counseling, in order to achieve the optimal result. To establish the effective counseling, it is necessary that counseling services should be conducted by professional counselors. Keywords: counseling, academically gifted childre

MODEL BIMBINGAN PERKEMBANGAN UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KECAKAPAN SOSIAL-PRIBADI ANAK BERBAKAT AKADEMIK

A Development Guidance Model to Improve Academically Gifted Children’s Social-Personal Skills. This study intended to investigate the effectiveness of personal-social guidance programs for Academically Gifted Students (AGS). This study was a research and development study. The research subjects were 80 senior high students. The data were collected using an inventory and rating scales. The quantitative data were analyzed by the the descriptive and inferential statistical techniques, i.e. percentile, t-test and ANOVA, and the qualitative data by the descriptive technique. The results show that (1) the profile of personal-social skills among the AGS is very good, (2) the materials and implementation of the Personal-Social Guidance Program Guide on the basis of the Development Model is an appropriate alternative model that can increase the AGS’s personal-social skills, (3) the Personal-Social Guidance Program Guide on the basis of the Developmental Model is empirically proven to be able to increase the AGS’s personal-social skills. Keywords: development guidance model, social-personal guidance, academically gifted student

Definitions and Concepts of Organizational Sustainability: A Literature Analysis

This research paper provides a comprehensive literature review that thoroughly examines the definitions and different concepts of organizational sustainability. This paper also looks at how research gaps are addressed in the literature with a particular emphasis on issues of organizational sustainability. Overall, organizational sustainability, including issues and aspects related to sustainability, is discussed. Individual authors provide their perspectives on various aspects of organizational sustainability from their field research, case analysis, and creative search. It also includes a greater knowledge of how real economic activity concerns and political dynamics can inhibit decision-making related to operational or practical sustainability. Several sustainability viewpoints from around the world have provided a genuine mechanism for organizations to increase their financial success while minimizing their impact on the environment and society. This study urges that knowing an organization's ability to change and self-regulate on critical issues for long-term sustainability can help solve the socio-ecological dilemma. This study shows how firms approach sustainability and what fundamental issues still need to be resolved. The research has provided novel and unusual insights into the factors contributing to organizational sustainability. Additional value is generated by estimating progress toward the idea of organizational sustainability, identifying impediments, and analyzing various real-world examples of measures to enhance advancement toward that concept

Liberal principles of Justice and Emerging Trend of Economic Liberalization: Lesson from Rawlsian Scheme of Distributive Justice

We are living in the age of so-called economic liberalization. Markets are expanding andStates are voluntarily limiting their legitimate right as the only redistributing authority of resources.The money market has globalized in such a manner that state has almost lost itscapacity to hold its redistributive function. Economic liberalization is one of the most dominatingpolicy frame work which is to be pursued and institutionally concretized in many of thepost-colonial societies as the legitimate and only viable alternative mechanism to regulatethe distribution of resources. It has been claimed that the market is relatively far more justmechanism to distribute the legitimate share of recourses under the principle of efficiency. Itis very interesting to note that the principle of efficiency has been presented in post-colonialsocieties as the only way to realize the principle of freedom. Because any attempt to counterthe so-called policy of economic liberalization is presented as anti-liberal. However in Rawlsianframe work the principle of freedom is prior to the principle of efficiency. In this article itwill be argued that in liberal conception of justice expounded by Rawls, the principle of libertyis prior to the principle of efficiency, and the distribution of resources through the myth ofefficient-market-mechanism i.e. independent of State intervention and governance as redistributiveauthority is against the principle of liberty according to Rawls. Thus the so calledeconomic liberalization and principle of liberty are mutually incompatible.Keywords: Distribution of Resources, Economic-liberalization, Liberalism, Market, Rawls, State

Restraint of polygamy in jurisprudence and law: A Comparative study

Polygamy is a subject addressed in Sharia that has been established by the Holy Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah. Islamic jurists have debated about this subject in terms of its obligation, permissibility and revocability. To enjoy this right, a man has to be obligated to the legal controls, such that he should be able to maintain more than a wife. Moreover, this person is to take into account social, economic, psychological and health-related aspects of his life and make sure that he is able to maintain justice between all his wives. Furthermore, the man must have no more than four wives, and must avoid marring two or more relatives at the same time. If a man is obligated to these legal controls, his behavior will be regarded as legitimate and consequently, he will achieve the legal objectives, among which are achieving social balance, and solving problems related to celibacy, divorced women, and widows. Illustrating these advantages should not imply that there is no damage accompanying polygyny. Rather, the damage of polygyny is insignificant compared to the objectives achieved. The present study aims to investigate the degree to which the guardian is legitimated to interfere, as a result of his authority, in the obligation of the husband to the legal controls related to polygyny. This interference by the wise lawgiver is to ensure that this polygyny has achieved its intended objectives. If the guardian finds out that this permissible act is accompanied by damage, he must, employing his authority, interfere and circumscribe this act. This interference adheres to legal controls. In other words, the wise lawgiver legitimized polygyny for significant purposes. However, if the man is not obligated to the legal controls, this will be accompanied by drawbacks. Therefore, the guardian will interfere in order to ensure that these controls are obligated and thus, avert the aforesaid drawbacks and achieve the objectives of this legislation––which are significant at all times and in all places. To achieve the objective of the present research, the inductive, comparative method was employed. A number of results were revealed in the present study, the paramount of which are that the Islamic law aims to achieve the goals of mankind. Hence, if the guardian figures out that there is a harm accompanying a permissible act, he is permitted to interfere in accordance with the legal controls that are determined by jurists and aim to benefit the person and society

Development of practicum guideline active compound isolation base on medical plant in Sasambo Society, Indonesia

The people of NTB have many distinctive cultures and cuisines. The use of plants is traditional medicine. This study aims to develop practical guidelines based on the medicinal plant sasambo, NTB. Development design is Research & Development with a 4D model (define, design, develop, and disseminate). The results of laboratory experiments are outlined in practicum guidelines for student activities. Chemistry lecturers in chemistry and natural product chemistry constructively validate the procedures. The analytical method uses Aiken's V formula and percentage agreement. The results of the expert validation show that the practicum guidelines meet very valid criteria with an Aiken value of 0.86. The guidelines also received positive responses from students and expert validators with an average practicality level of 88.6% with very practical criteria. Guidelines can be applied to learning with a percentage agreement of 100%. The cultural richness applied to learning can increase motivation learning and encourage students to be creative in developing products from the Sasambo milk medicinal plant

Assessment of Elderly’s Nutritional status in Geriatric Homes at Al-Furat Al-Awusat Governorates

AbstractObjective:Assess the elderly’s nutritional status through the dietary habits and anthropometric measures.Methodology: A descriptive (cross-sectional) study is carried out from Nov 1st,2014 to July9th-2015 to assess elderly’s nutritional status at geriatric homes in Al-Furat Al-Awusat governorates through a simple random sample of (120) elderly people aged 65 and above who live in geriatric homes. Data were collected through the use of the questionnaire and interview method, and analyzed through the application of descriptive and inferential statistical data analysis.Results The study demonstrated that the majority of the sample at age group(76-80) years old (28.3%), more than half of the sample (58.3%) is males and the remaining is female. Relative subjects level of education, the greater number of them are within middle and high level of education and they accounted for (28.3%). the majority of them did not use dentures use (83.3%),majority of them are not smokers (70%),while (63.3%) of them were using medication. More than half of BMI and MUAC accounted for overweight (53.3%) and (55.8%) respectively.Conclusions: majority of them have signs and symptoms including easy hair loss and bleaching nails. Most of the old residents do not customarily take vitamins andMinerals intake.Recommendations: The study recommended the following: promotion of nutritional system to be implemented for old age residents and routine annual nutritional assessment and evaluation can be done to old age individuals in geriatric homes and a nutritional educational program can be used as a means for nutritional health awareness. Nutritional specialized nurses, nutritionists can make regular visits to provide supervision on the quality of the food introduced to elderly residents. A comparative study should be conducted between elderly geriatric home residents and community elderly nutritional status.Key words: Nutrition, Ederle’s, Anthropometric Measure

CTGF is a central mediator of tissue remodeling and fibrosis and its inhibition can reverse the process of fibrosis

CTGF is a secreted matricellular protein with very complex biology. It has been shown to modulate many signaling pathways leading to cell adhesion and migration, angiogenesis, myofibroblast activation, and extracellular matrix deposition and remodeling, which together lead to tissue remodeling and fibrosis. It has been reported in the literature that inhibition of CTGF expression by siRNA prevents CCl4-induced liver fibrosis and can reverse fibrosis when administered after significant collagen deposition is observed. A monoclonal antibody to CTGF that is currently in clinical development (FG-3019) has demonstrated the ability to reverse vascular stiffening and improve cardiac function in a rat model of diabetic complications. FG-3019 has also exhibited activity in a murine radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis model. When FG-3019 was administered to mice after a significant radiation-induced increase in lung density could be observed by CT imaging, the density of the lungs was observed to decrease over the period during which the antibody was administered and to remain stable after therapy had ceased. When considered together, these data indicate that inhibition of CTGF can prevent and reverse the process of fibrosis