Errorism, Islam and International Politics

ERRORISM, ISLAM AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICSGonda Yumitro11 Dosen Hubungan Internasional, FISIP, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, bisa dihubungi di [email protected] 11 September 2001, terrorism emerged as tremendous issue in International politics. Most of the countriesand International organization under the “control” of USA joined the war against terrorists. Unfortunately,Islam as a religion of peace has an image as the ideology behind the actions of terrorist groups since the weresome undemocratics countries were majority muslim. Whereas the facts showed that Islam and some muslimcountries are the victims of American foreign policy to gain her own interests by the name of democratizationprocess for creating new peaceful world. There are a lof unjust policies to fight the “real terrorist”.Keywords: terrorism, Islam, AmericaAbstraksiPasca 11 September 2001, terorisme muncul sebagai isu sangat penting dalam politik Internasional. Sebagianbesar negara-negara dan organisasi Internasional dibawah “kontrol” Amerika Serikat bergabung dalam perangmelawan terorisme. Sayangnya, Islam sebagai agama perdamaian mendapatkan image sebagai ideologidibalik berbagai serangan kelompok teroris dikarenakan beberapa negara yang tidak demokratis merupakannegara yang mayoritas berpenduduk muslim. Padahal fakta menunjukkan bahwa Islam dan beberapa negaramuslim merupakan korban dan kebijakan luar negeri Amerika untuk mencapai kepentingannya atas namaproses demokratisasi demi terwujudnya dunia yang damai. Banyak terdapat kebijakan yang tidak adil untukmemerangi “teroris yang sesungguhnya”.Kat

Partai Islam dalam Dinamika Demokrasi di Indonesia

Some surveys showed that though Islamic parties had significant supports in 1999 and 2004 elections and their existences are in the largest Muslim population in the world, the current development indicates the decline supports of people on them. This paper will analyze various factors which cause such phenomena and predict the Islamic parties position on 2014 election. The result found that Islamic parties will face tough position on next election because of democracy, Indonesian Islamic characteristics and history, the competence of Islamic parties, and other external factors. The democracy causes a lot of problems, like the conflict among Islamic groups in Indonesia, which had dark history as the consequence of the politization of Islam by the elites. Moreover, the involvement of Islamic parties in Indonesian politics has not able to solve the real problems within the society, such as poverty, unemployment, corruption, etc. Unfortunately, the public opinion and education characters in Indonesia also don't support the Islamic political parties position

Reactualization of Indonesia- India Bilateral Relations1

After liberalized it's economic policy in 1991, India emerges as a new emerging power in the world. By the year, it's economic power supports the strengthening of it's politics, military and cultures. Such condition invited Indonesia to be closer to India as what they had in previous time, since both countries also have consciousness on the emergence of Asian century after American and Europe have become weaker. Through this paper, I will position Indonesia and India mapping in International politics, particularly in term of their economic power. By this effort, it will be clear how important the reactualization of Indonesia-Indian bilateral relations in this globalized era. I also will analyze the prospect and obstacles of both countries relations

Evaluation of Variation Attributable to Lab and Technician for Measurements of Beef Carcass Traits Made Using Ultrasound

National cattle genetic evaluations assume technician and imaging lab do not contribute to phenotypic variation when measuring carcass traits by ultrasound. The objective of this study was to estimate variance components of ultrasound carcass measurements, specifically variance contributed by ultrasound technician and imaging laboratory. Accounting for technician and imaging lab variation may increase accuracy of genetic predictions for carcass traits. Ultrasound carcass predictions for ribeye area (REA), percent intramuscular fat (IMF), and backfat (BF) were provided by the American Angus Association (AAA; n=281,982 animals), American Hereford Association (AHA; n=49,602), and American Simmental Association (ASA; n=59,576) for a total of 391,160 animals. Data provided by each association included ultrasound carcass measurements, contemporary group, technician ID, imaging lab, and a three-generation pedigree for each animal with ultrasound measurements. Variance contributed by additive genetics, technician, and contemporary group on ultrasound carcass measurements were estimated for each breed separately. Because technician and lab were confounded, the contribution of lab to ultrasound carcass variation could not be separated from technician. Therefore, we assessed whether lab contributed to ultrasound carcass variation by estimating genetic correlations between laboratories for ribeye area, percent intramuscular fat, and backfat. This analysis separated carcass traits by laboratory and treated measurements interpreted by each lab as a separate trait. Technician explained 12-27%, 4-23%, and 4-27% of variance for IMF, BF, and REA respectively across all three breeds. On average, the variance contributed by technician was greater than the variance contributed by additive genetics but less than that explained by contemporary group. Genetic correlations between labs across breeds ranged from 0.79 to 0.95 for IMF, 0.64 to 0.94 for BF and 0.78 to 0.98 for REA. Technician contributed to variance in ultrasound measurements, but high genetic correlations between labs suggest lab plays a lesser role in contribution of variance to ultrasound measurements

A Linkage Based Imputation Method for Missing SNP Markers in Association Mapping

Association mapping has been widely used in detecting genetic markers associated with traits of importance in research areas such as plant breeding, human disease and animal breeding. In recent years, various useful statistical methods and computing tools have been developed for association mapping studies. One of the critical challenges in association mapping is missing markers

Estimating the Effects Weather, Dry Matter Intake, and Body Weight on Daily Water Intake in Weaned Calves

Water is an essential nutrient and is required for growth, metabolism, lactation, and reproduction. However, water requirements for beef cattle have not been studied extensively since the 1950’s. The genetic potential for beef cattle has changed considerably since then. With the change in genetics, beef producers have observed increases in average daily gain and final body weight. The need for updated water requirements for beef cattle has also been exacerbated by global climate variability, drought conditions, and the need for efficient use of water resources. Given the increased productivity of cattle today relative to those of decades ago, increased water requirements are almost certain. Further research must be conducted to determine how those requirements have changed

Binding capacity of rat liver glucocorticoid receptor in different periods after single neonatal benzpyrene treatment (imprinting)

Newborn rats of both sexes were treated (imprinted) with 20mg of benzpyrene. Two hours, 2 days, 1, 2, 3 weeks, 1 month and 2 months after imprinting the liver glucocorticoid receptors were studied for binding of dexamethasone. Two-hour and 2-day values were not appreciable. One week after treatment the receptor's affinity was extremely low both in control and treated treated animals. Two weeks after imprinting a significant difference in density (lower) and affinity (higher) was observed between the male treated and control animals. At 3 weeks and one month the binding capacity of treated and control animals was equal however, at 2 months Bmax of males increased and that of females decreased significantly in the neonatally benzpyrene treated animals. This means that for the development of perinatal imprinting effect a long time is needed, and the effect is manifested after a period of lability

Humor appreciation of captionless cartoons in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Background: It seems that the core neural regions and cognitive processes implicated in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) pathophysiology may overlap with those involved in humor appreciation. However, to date, there have been no studies that have explored humor appreciation in OCD. The purpose of the present work was to investigate humor appreciation in a group of patients with OCD.Methods: We examined 25 patients with OCD and 25 healthy controls, matched by age, education, and gender. We administered Penn's Humor Appreciation Test (PHAT), a computerized test comprising captionless cartoons by Mordillo. Each set of stimuli consisted of two almost identical drawings, one of which was funny due to the alteration of a detail in the cartoon, whereas the other was not funny. Severity of psychopathology was evaluated with the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS).Results: No significant effect for group, gender or group × gender interaction was found on the PHAT scores. In OCD patients, humor appreciation was not significantly associated with age of onset, duration of illness, and obsessions, but correlated significantly with compulsions.Conclusions: Humor appreciation, based on captionless cartoons in OCD, does not seem to be deficient compared to healthy subjects but may be related to illness characteristics. © 2011 Bozikas et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd

Estimating the Effects of Weather, Dry Matter Intake, and Body Weight on Daily Water Intake in Weaned Calves

Objective The purpose of this study was to study the effect of weather, dry matter intake, and body weight on the water requirements of weaned calves and estimating the requirements in a model.Study Description Weaned steers (n=48) were selected to study the effects of the weather, body weight, and dry matter intake on water intake in the winter (n=24) and summer (n=24) months. Calves were provided with ad libitum access to feed and water at the SDSU Cow-Calf Education and Research Facility (CCERF) and measured utilizing an automated feed and water system (Insentec, The Hague, Netherlands). Temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind speed, solar radiation, and air pressure were recorded at a Mesonet automated weather station in Brookings, SD (located 2.4 miles from the SDSU CCERF). Effects of climate data, body weight, and daily dry matter intake on daily water intake will be analyzed utilizing a mixed-effects model