Promoting EFL students’ critical thinking and self-voicing through CIRC technique in Academic Writing courses

Critical thinking and self-voicing are two demanding skills that facilitate students to produce concise, authorial academic texts. While most writing programs and research have paid much attention to improving students’ writing achievement, less attention is given to promote these two skills in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing classrooms. This article reports a classroom-based study investigating the use of the Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) technique to promote EFL students’ academic writing skills. It particularly examines how the CIRC technique helps to foster students’ critical and self-voicing stance in developing argumentative texts. A participatory qualitative study was employed, involving 64 undergraduate students majoring in English Education. Data were generated from the participants’ writing portfolios, observations, and the teacher’s reflections. The collected data were managed, classified, and analyzed using NVivo 12 to elicit the emerging themes. Drawing on the qualitative content analysis, the results showed that the CIRC technique helped to shape the participants’ critical thinking and self-voicing skills which were consistently demonstrated during the student-centered activities and their writing results. The participants could engage in productive writing processes, such as critical reading, note-taking, summarizing, drafting and revising composition, peer-reviewing, and other related collaborative skills. The findings indicated that the development of students’ critical thinking and self-voicing skills simultaneously affected the quality of their academic writing texts

ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTICANCER ACTIVITIES OF MARINE BACTERIAL EXTRACTS AND DETECTION OF GENES FOR BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS SYNTHESIS

Objective: This study was aimed to determine the antimicrobial, toxicity, and anticancer activities of ethyl acetate extracts from sponge-associated bacteria and to detect the presence of PKS and NRPS genes.Methods: Crude extracts of sponge-associated bacteria HAA-01, HAL-13, and HAL-74 were used as samples for toxicity test using Brine Shrimp Lethality Test (BSLT). The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of bacterial extracts were tested using agar diffusion method. Cytotoxicity test was carried out by 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-Diphenyltetrazolium Bromide (MTT)method against HeLa cell line. To determine the presence of keto synthase (KS) domain of polyketide synthase (PKS) and adenylation (A) domain of nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) genes were carried out using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). DNA of PCR products were purified and sequenced. The DNA sequences were analyzed by the Blast program, and phylogenetic tree analysis was constructed using MEGA5 program with neighbor-joining method. Results: The research results indicated that the best value of MIC of bacterial extracts against five bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis were 0.1 mg/ml. The half maximal lethal concentration (LC50) value of HAL-74, HAA-01 and HAL-13 bacterial metabolite extracts against the brine shrimp Artemia salina were 378 μg/ml, 463.028 μg/ml and 444.796 μg/ml, respectively. The bacterial metabolite extract has cytotoxicity effect on HeLa cell line with the best half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) value was 132.877 µg/ml as performed by extract of HAL-74. Genetic analysis showed that HAL-74 and HAA-01 genomes contained genes that encoded the KS domain of PKS gene and A domain of NRPS gene, while HAL-13 genome encoded the KS domain of PKS gene, which played a role in the synthesis of bioactive compounds.Conclusion: Bacterial metabolite extracts of HAA-01, HAL-13, and HAL-74 had antimicrobial, toxicity against A. salina, and anticancer against HeLa cell line activities. The best toxicity and anticancer activity were performed by HAL-74 crude extract with LC50 and IC50 were 378 mg/ml and 132.877 mg/ml, respectively. HAA-01 and HAL-74 genomes contained PKS and NRPS genes while HAL-13 genome contained PKS gene.Â

TARI DEWA AYU PADA ORANG BALI

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui proses pelaksanaan serta fungsi tari dewa ayu dalam kehidupan social budaya orang Bali di Desa Roko-Roko, Kecamatan Tirawuta, Kabupaten Kolaka Timur. Selain itu, juga untuk mengetahui makna simbol yang terkandung dalam tari dewa ayu. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori fungsionalisme Bronislaw Malinowski dan teori simbol Victor Turner. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui teknik pengamatan dan wawancara mendalam. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ritual tari dewa ayu merupakan tari sakral, yang ditarikan oleh wanita yang sudah mendapat restu dari dewa yang disebut sumbuan. Ritual ini sangat penting bagi kehidupan orang Bali sehingga memiliki banyak fungsi diantaranya fungsi religi, fungsi psikologi, fungsi seni, fungsi sosial, fungsi pendidikan, dan fungsi integrasi sosial. Ada beberapa makna simbol yang terkandung baik dalam perlengkapan yang digunakan maupun dalam perilaku yang ditampilkan oleh para penari dan masyarakat setempat. Ritual ini dilaksanakan dalam empat tahapan, yakni: nyari/makan, mesapa, ngelengong/menari, dan nunas tirta/minum air suci.This study aims to determine the implementation process and function of Dewa Ayu dance in the social and cultural life of Balinese people in Roko-Roko Village, Tirawuta District, East Kolaka Regency. In addition, it is also to find out the meaning of symbols contained in Dewa Ayu dance. This research uses Bronislaw Malinowski's functionalism theory and Victor Turner's symbol theory. Data collection is done through observation techniques and in-depth interviews. The results of the study indicate that the ritual of Dewa Ayu dance is a sacred dance, which is danced by women who have received the blessing of a god called the clone. This ritual is very important for the life of the Balinese so that it has many functions including religious functions, psychological functions, artistic functions, social functions, educational functions, and social integration functions. There are several meanings of symbols contained in both the equipment used and in the behavior displayed by the dancers and the local community. This ritual is carried out in four stages, namely: searching/eating, greeting, holding/dancing, and washing/drinking holy water

Transfer Pricing, Bagaimana Pengaruh Perencanaan Pajak, Tunneling Incentive, Aset Tidak Berwujud, Persentase Komisaris Independen dan Debt Covenant?

The aim of this research is to examine tax planning variables, tunneling incentives, intangible assets, the portion of independent commission agents and debt arrangements that influence transfer prices. The research object is a manufacturing company listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange. The sample was 50 companies, selected using purposive sampling techniques. Secondary data sources using multivariate linear regression analysis techniques. The research results show that tunneling incentives have a positive effect on transfer prices. Tax planning, intangible assets, percentage of independent commission agents and debt arrangements have no effect on transfer pricing

Formulation peel-off gel mask of Impatiens balsamina l. as an antibactery against Staphylococcus aureus

Background: Acne is a skin disorder characterised by inflammation, accompanied by a blockage of the oil glands in the skin. One of the causes of acne is Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. Many plants have been widely studied as an antibacterial agent, including Garden Balsam Leaf (Impatiens balsamina L.) which could be formulated in a peel-off gel preparation. Objective : The purpose of this research was formulating an antibacterial peel-off gel mask with a variation of viscosity enhancing agent hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), as well as testing its antibacterial activity on Staphylococcus aureus. Methods : HPMC 1-2% was formulated in peel-off gel mask of Garden Balsam leaf extract. Physical properties such as viscosity, pH, spreadability, and drying time were tested, while antibacterial activity test was conducted by the agar-diffusion method. Results : The viscosity of the entire formula was > 20,000 cP, pH 6, drying time > 20 minutes, and spreading power > 6 cm. Also, the peel-off gel mask also showed antibacterial activity on Staphylococcus aureus with average inhibition zone were > 10 mm, which indicated strong antibacterial inhibitory power. Conclussion : The concentration variation of HPMC had a significant effect on all physical properties test. HPMC 1.5% in the preparation showed the most optimum results

Identifikasi Kandungan Fe Pada Pasir Besi Alam Di Kota Mataram

The research on coastal sand in Mataram-Lombok city, located at several beaches, namely, Gading, Loang Baloq, Penghulu Agung, and Ampenan, is to determine the percentage of magnetic mineral content, metal content, and oxide mineral composition contained on those sand. Iron is a sediment containing magnetite (Fe3O4), maghemit (γ-Fe2O3) and hematite (α-Fe2O3) as the main mineral and several other minerals as a supporting mineral. Magnetic separation of natural sand by using a permanent magnet successfully separates the magnetic parts (iron sand) and non-magnetic. The separation results were then analyzed for Fe metal content, the quantity of metal content, and the quantity of oxide minerals using AAS, XRD, and XRF. The result of AAS analysis showed that Fe content in natural sand in Gading , Loang Baloq , Penghulu Agung  and Ampenan Beach were 10,573 mg / gr, 12,816 mg / gr, 15,019 mg / gr, and 16,277 mg / gr, respectively. XRF analysis results in four locations have iron content respectively of 73.4%, 62.1%, 76.8%, and 69.8% in Hematite compound phase. As for the results of XRD analysis at these four locations the phases are magnetite and hematite phases

PRELIMINARY STUDY OF FISH OIL FROM MILKFISH SATAY BY PRODUCT USING DRY RENDERING EXTRACTION

Milkfish satay processing has been left viscera waste that may causes environmental pollution. The viscera waste has contained omega-3 which can be extracted as fish oil. Dry rendering is a method of fish oil extracting using temperature without water addition. The temperature of extraction greatly affects to quality of fish oil. The purpose of this study was to determine the optimal temperature of extraction and characterized fish oil quality extracted from milkfish viscera. This study used dry rendering extraction methode with three different temperatures (40ºC, 50ºC, and 60ºC) and tested the yield, free fatty acids, peroxide value, p-anisidine and total oxidation, for the best fish oil will be tested for its fatty acid profile. The best treatment for extracting fish oil from milkfish viscera used extraction temperature of 50ºC with yield (6.88%), free fatty acid (4.89%) peroxide value (29.35 mEq/kg), anisidine value (4.61 mEq/kg), and total oxidation (63.53 mEq/kg). The fatty acid profile of fish oil was dominated by palmitic acid (31.17%) and also contains omega-3 such as linoleic acid, docosahexaenoate acid (DHA), and eicosapentaenoate acid (EPA).</p

CURATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH LIBRARIES

Libraries, museums and archives hold valuable collections in a variety of media, presenting a vast body of knowledge rooted in the history of human civilisation. These form the repository of the wisdom of great works by thinkers of past and the present. The holdings of these institutions are priceless heritage of the mankind as they preserve documents, ideas, and the oral and written records. To value the cultural heritage and to care for it as a treasure bequeathed to us by our ancestors is the major responsibility of libraries. The past records constitute a natural resource and are indispensable to the present generation as well as to the generations to come. Libraries preserve the documentary heritage resources for which they are primarily responsible. Any loss of such materials is simply irreplaceable. Therefore, preserving this intellectual, cultural heritage becomes not only the academic commitment but also the moral responsibility of the librarians/information scientists, who are in charge of these repositories. The high quality of the papers and the discussion represent the thinking and experience of experts in their particular fields. The contributed papers also relate to the methodology used in libraries in Asia to provide access to manuscripts and cultural heritage. The volume discusses best practices in Knowledge preservation and how to collaborate and preserve the culture. The book also deals with manuscript and archives issues in the digital era. The approach of this book is concise, comprehensively, covering all major aspects of preservation and conservation through libraries. The readership of the book is not just limited to library and information science professionals, but also for those involved in conservation, preservation, restoration or other related disciplines. The book will be useful for librarians, archivists and conservators. We thank the Sunan Kalijaga University, Special Libraries Association- Asian Chapter for their trust and their constant support, all the contributors for their submissions, the members of the Local and International Committee for their reviewing effort for making this publication possible

The Effectiveness Of Drawing Chart And Ava As A Health Promotion Media For Increasing Hiv/Aids Knowledge Of Smp N 9 Purwokerto Students At Banyumas Regency

Backgraund: HIV/AIDS cases suffer from early younger. AIDS comision (2011) noted that the total HIV/AIDS in Banyumas were 471 patients, which were 264 men and 207 women. This study aim to know the effectiveness of drowing chart and AVA as health promotion media for increasing HIV/AIDS knowledge of SMP N 9 Purwokerto students at Banyumas Regency. Methode: This study is a quasi experimental study with two groups pre and post test static design. Population of this study were all SMP N 9 Purwokerto students of 2012 year, which is 720 students. Sampling methode by rondom sampling tecniq , which was 60 respondents, consist of 30 intervention group drowing chart and 30 intervention group AVA media. The data was analised by univariable (prosentage) and bivariable (pair t test). Result: The knowledge of respondents before and after intervention by using AVA media was increase for 22,83, and by using drowing chart was 27,00. There was not differences of knowledge of men and women befor after intervensi by using drowing chart and AVA media (p=0,062). The effectiveness of drowing chart and AVA as health promotion media for increasing HIV/AIDS knowledge was not differences staticly (p=0,228). Conclution: Staticly, there was not significant result of the effectiveness drowing chart and AVA as health promotion media for increasing HIV/AIDS knowledge of SMP N 9 Purwokerto students. However drowing chart was more better for increasing knowledge and activity of student learn than AVA media

BIMBINGAN MANAJEMEN PEMASARAN DAN PELAPORAN KEUANGAN PELAKU USAHA DI KELURAHAN JATI KOTA TERNATE

Sasaran program PKM ini adalah kelompok masyarakat yang produktif secara ekonomi (usaha kecil). Tujuan program adalah untuk mengembangkan masyarakat yang mandiri secara ekonomi. Mitra usaha dalam program ini adalah pelaku usaha di Kelurahan Jati Kota Ternate. Metode yang akan dipakai untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut adalah 1) sosialisasi, 2) bimbingan manajemen pemasaran, dan 3) Pelatihan dan pendampingan penyusunan laporan keuangan. Program ini diharapkan mampu memfasilitasi perkembangan usaha mitra untuk kemudian mampu memberikan multiflier effect bagi usaha sejenis atau usaha lain yang terkait dengannya