Pan-Asian identity in a globalizing world

For many East and South East Asian youth, global citizenship is an increasing reality. This raises new research questions of the process of acculturation and ethnic identity. East and South East Asian immigrants and student sojourners in Australia and New Zealand may embody multiple ethnic backgrounds, speak several regional languages and sometimes live for extended periods of time in two or more Asian states or country. This paper challenges the concept of ethnic essentialism or a single cultural adaptation and explores the notion of a regional Pan-Asian identity that extends beyond the barriers of the Asian continent to a globalizing world

Hubungan Kualifikasi Akademik dan Kinerja Guru dengan Hasil Belajar Siswa

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran kualifikasi akademik dan kinerja guru dengan hasil belajar siswa di Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri di Kota Jambi tahun 2019. Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian kuantitatif dengan desain korelasional karena peneliti ingin mengetahui tingkat hubungan antara dua variabel atau lebih. Instrumen pengumpulan data melalui penyebaran angket. Uji validitas yang digunakan yaitu uji validitas instrumen dan reliabilitas. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dan pengujian hipotesis dari 30 responden  guru dan 9 hasil nilai mata pelajaran yang termasuk dalam UNBK diperoleh 96,7% responden memiliki kualifikasi akademik Berkualifikasi, kinerja guru Sangat Baik yaitu 96,7 %, dengan hasil belajar termasuk dalam kategori Cukup yaitu 44,44% dan  56,6% memiliki hasil belajar siswa Kurang baik pada Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri di Kota Jambi Tahun Ajaran 2018-2019. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tidak terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara kualifikasi akademik dan kinerja guru dengan hasil belajar siswa di Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri di Kota Jambi Tahun Ajaran 2018-2019

The Role of the Driving Teachers in the Independent Learning Program

Program guru penggerak dibentuk untuk menggali potensi guru dalam mengajar dan mendidik murid-muridnya, serta meningkatkan kemandirian murid dalam belajar. Guru penggerak merupakan bagian terpenting dalam implementasi merdeka belajar. Guru penggerak juga merupakan agen transformasi pendidikan ke arah yang lebih baik. (Makarim, 2020). Tujuan dari penelitian ini menjelaskan peran guru penggerak dalam program merdeka belajar. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu metode kepustakaan. Hasil penelitian terdapat 6 peran guru penggerak dalam program merdeka belajar, yaitu: 1) guru penggerak berperan sebagai pelatih bagi rekan guru yang lain, 2) guru penggerak berperan melatih pembelajaran yang berpusat pada peserta didik, 3) guru penggerak berperan sebagai agen perubahan, 4) guru penggerak berperan menciptakan ruang belajar sebagai media berdiskusi dan berkolaborasi, 5) guru penggerak berperan sebagai penuntun proses pembelajaran, 6) guru penggerak berperan sebagai motivator.Kata Kunci: Guru Penggerak, Merdeka Belajar

In vitro screening of fungicides and antagonists against Sclerotium rolfsii

A study was conducted in the microbiology laboratory of Plant Pathology Department, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, during 2010 to 2011 to control Sclerotium rolfsii with  fungicides and Trichoderma harzianum. Six fungicides namely Provax-200, Bavistin, Ridomil, Dithane M-45, Rovral 50 WP and Tilt were screened at 100, 200 and 400 ppm concentration for their efficacy against the radial colony growth of S. rolfsii. The complete inhibition was obtained with Provax-200 at all the selected  concentrations. Complete inhibition also obtained at the highest concentration of Tilt. The highest  concentration of Rovral 50WP inhibits 93.88% radial growth and significantly superior to Dithane M-45 at the  highest concentration. Bavistin and Ridomil were found to be significantly lower when used against the test  pathogen. A total of 20 T. harzianum isolates collected from rhizosphere and rhizoplane of different crops were  screened against S. rolfsii following dual plate culture technique. The screened isolates of Trichoderma showed significantly variable antagonism ranging from 65.01 to 83.06% reduction of radial growth of S. rolfsii. Among the screened antagonists, the isolate TH-18 of T. harzianum showed the highest (83.06%) inhibition of radial growth of S. rolfsii.Key words: Sclerotium rolfsii, Trichoderma harzianum, fungicides, antagonist

ANALISIS PENGARUH KEMAMPUAN (ABILITY) DALAM MENINGKATKAN KINERJA PEGAWAI PADA SEKSI KELEMBAGAAN SARANA DAN PRASARANA PKLK DINAS PENDIDIKAN PROVINSI JAMBI

This research aims to knowing the Influence of Abilities (Ability) in improving Performance Employees in the Institutional Section of Facilities and PKLK infrastructure of the Jambi Provincial Education Office. This study used Descriptive Statistical Analysis Techniques and Regression Analysis Techniques as a Data Analysis Method and Test the Hypothesis. The results of descriptive statistical calculations found that the employees had carried out the Performance well, have the ability which is good. Almost all indicators of the variables studied have met the requirements of reliability and valid. The results showed that Ability work contributes 73.4% to Performance employees in the Facilities Institutional Section and PKLK infrastructure of the Jambi Provincial Education Office. Ability employees who need to enhanced is an ability employees for doing difficult work as well as ability think to doing various kinds of work, through the participation of employees in various existing training activities. To Performance Employees that need to be addressed are those related to the employee's willingness to work beyond the target. Kata kunci: Kemampuan, Kerja, Kinerja.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui Pengaruh Kemampuan (Ability) dalam meningkatkan Kinerja Pegawai pada Seksi Kelembagaan Sarana dan Prasarana PKLK Dinas Pendidikan Provinsi Jambi. Penelitian ini menggunakan Teknik Analisis Statistik Deskriptif dan Teknik Analisis Regresi sebagai Metode Analisa Data dan Uji Hipotesis. Hasil perhitungan statistik deskriptif menemukan bahwa para pegawai telah melaksanakan Kinerja dengan baik, memiliki kemampuan yang baik Hampir semua indikator dari variabel-variabel yang diteliti telah memenuhi persyaratan keterhandalan dan valid Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Kemampuan. kerja memberikan kontribusi 73,4% terhadap Kinerja pegawai pada Seksi Kelembagaan Sarana dan Prasarana PKLK Dinas Pendidikan Provinsi Jambi. Kemampuan pegawai yang perlu untuk ditingkatkan adalah kemampuan pegawai untuk mengerjakan pekerjaan yang sulit serta kemampuan berfikir untuk mengerjakan berbagai macam pekerjaan, melalui keikutsertaan pegawai dalam berbagai kegiatan diklat yang ada. Untuk Kinerja pegawai yang perlu dibenahi adalah yang berkaitan dengan kemauan pegawai untuk bekerja melebihi target

Muhammad PbUH Prophecy in Leadership: The Study of Principal Leadership on Teachers at One Indonesian Pesantren

This research focused on one Indonesian Pesantren located in the region of Muaro Jambi, Jambi. We used qualitative study with a case study approach aiming to gain an in-depth understanding and interpretation of the meaning, a thorough fact about the leadership of the principal in managing the teacher in the perspective of the prophecy of Prophet Muhammad PbUH in one Indonesian Pesantren. The research was undertaken as a qualitative research, a case study approach. The participants of the research consisted of four participants as shown in the table below. The findings show that the planning of teacher competency development program in the perspective of four prophecies of the prophet Muhammad PbUH in Pesantren has been carried out by the four participants. Planning begins with the participants' knowledge of the four characteristics of the Prophet’s prophecies in the Pesantren, based on the needs of individuals’ competencies of participants. In general, the planning has been going well because every activity was scheduled in such a way that does not interfere the student learning activities.

Effect of different amounts of feeds on growth and production of fishes in pond polyculture

An experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of different amounts of supplementary feeds on growth and production of fishes in polyculture where four different species such as rui (Labeo rohita), mrigal (Cirrhinus mrigala), common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) were cultured in 6 ponds under three treatments, each with two replications. Eighty fish per decimal were stocked along with the stocking ratio of 1:1:1:1 in all the treatments. Supplementary feeds of rice bran and wheat bran (1:1), at the amount of 5% of body weight were applied in 2 ponds (treatment I) as well as at the amount of 3% of body weight were used in 2 ponds (treatment II) and 2 ponds (treatment III) were as control where no supplementary feed was used. Urea and T.S.P were applied fortnightly at the rate of 60 g decimal-1 and 90 g decimal-1, respectively under all treatments. Physico-chemical and biological factors such as air and water temperature, transparency, rainfall, pH, dissolved oxygen, free CO2, total alkalinity, PO4-P and NO3-N, phytoplankton and zooplankton were studied fortnightly and the limnological conditions were more or less similar in the experimental ponds under three treatments. The calculated gross and net fish productions of fishes under treatment I, treatment II and treatment III were 8.87 and 7.33 ton ha-1 yr-1, 7.12 and 5.58 ton ha-1 yr-1 and 4.69 and 3.16 ton ha-1 yr-1, respectively. Percent increased of net fish productions of treatment I and treatment II were 231.97% and 176.59% higher than that of treatment III (control). The present study reveals that supplementary feeding in fish culture should be done along with fertilization because supplementary feeds are very important to enhance growth of fishes significantly. Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. Tech. 10(2): 128-136, December 202

Age and sex-specific disability-free life expectancy in urban and rural settings of Bangladesh

\ua9 The Author(s) 2024.Background: Disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) has been used to gain a better understanding of the population’s quality of life. Objectives: The authors aimed to estimate age and sex-specific disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) for urban and rural areas of Bangladesh, as well as to investigate the differences in DFLE between males and females of urban and rural areas. Methods: Data from the Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics-2016 and the Bangladesh Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES)-2016 were used to calculate the disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) of urban and rural males and females in Bangladesh in 2016. The DFLE was calculated using the Sullivan method. Results: With only a few exceptions, rural areas have higher mortality and disability rates than urban areas. For both males and females, statistically significant differences in DFLE were reported between urban and rural areas between the ages of birth and 39 years. In comparison to rural males and females, urban males and females had a longer life expectancy (LE), a longer disability-free life expectancy, and a higher share of life without disability. Conclusion: This study illuminates stark urban–rural disparities in LE and DFLE, especially among individuals aged < 1–39 years. Gender dynamics reveal longer life expectancy but shorter disability-free life expectancy for Bangladeshi women compared to men, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions to address these pronounced health inequalities

Application of Artificial Intelligence in predicting earthquakes: state-of-the-art and future challenges

Predicting the time, location and magnitude of an earthquake is a challenging job as an earthquake does not show specific patterns resulting in inaccurate predictions. Techniques based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) are well known for their capability to find hidden patterns in data. In the case of earthquake prediction, these models also produce a promising outcome. This work systematically explores the contributions made to date in earthquake prediction using AI-based techniques. A total of 84 scientific research papers, which reported the use of AI-based techniques in earthquake prediction, have been selected from different academic databases. These studies include a range of AI techniques including rule-based methods, shallow machine learning and deep learning algorithms. Covering all existing AI-based techniques in earthquake prediction, this paper provides an account of the available methodologies and a comparative analysis of their performances. The performance comparison has been reported from the perspective of used datasets and evaluation metrics. Furthermore, using comparative analysis of performances the paper aims to facilitate the selection of appropriate techniques for earthquake prediction. Towards the end, it outlines some open challenges and potential research directions in the field

Metallointercalator [Ru(dppz)2(PIP)]2+ Renders BRCA Wild-Type Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells Hypersensitive to PARP Inhibition

There is a need to improve and extend the use of clinically-approved poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors (PARPi), including for BRCA wild-type triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). The demonstration that ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complex (RPC) metallo-intercalators can rapidly stall DNA replication fork progression provides the rationale for their combination alongside DNA damage response (DDR) inhibitors to achieve synergism in cancer cells. The aim of the present study was to evaluate use of the multi-intercalator [Ru(dppz)2(PIP)]2+ (dppz = dipyrido[3,2-a:2′,3′-c]phenazine, PIP = (2-(phenyl)imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline, Ru-PIP) alongside the PARP inhibitors (PARPi) olaparib and NU1025. Cell proliferation and clonogenic survival assays indicated a synergistic relationship between Ru-PIP and olaparib in MDA-MB-231 TNBC and MCF7 human breast cancer cells. Strikingly, low dose Ru-PIP renders both cell lines hypersensitive to olaparib, with a 300-fold increase in olaparib potency in TNBC; the largest non-genetic PARPi enhancement effect described to date. Negligible impact on the viability of normal human fibroblasts was observed for any combination tested. Increased levels of DNA double-strand break (DSB) damage and olaparib abrogation of Ru-PIP activated pChk1 signalling is consistent with PARPi-facilitated collapse of Ru-PIP-associated stalled replication forks. This results in enhanced G2/M cell-cycle arrest, apoptosis and decreased cell motility for the combination treatment compared to single-agent conditions. This work establishes that an RPC metallo-intercalator can be combined with PARPi for potent synergy in BRCA-proficient breast cancer cells, including TNBC