Bimbingan agama Islam dalam meningkatkan religiusitas karyawan di rumah makan Ayam Penyet Surabaya Cabang Kedungpane Semarang

Religiusitas merupakan suatu sikap keagamaan yang ditampilkan. Religiusitas sebagai keberagamaan yang berarti meliputi berbagai macam sisi atau dimensi yang bukan hanya terjadi ketika seseorang melakukan perilaku ritual (beribadah), Salah satu permasalahan penting yang di hadapi karyawan pada umumnya adalah minimnya relegiusitas terutama dalam dimensi ritualistic atau praktik dalam hal beribadah, dalam situasi ini bimbingan agama islam menjadi solusi yang tepat untuk menjaga dan meningkatkan keagamaan terutama dalam dimensi ritualistic religusitas karyawan, rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah 1. Bagaimana pelaksanaan bimbingan Agama Islam dalam meningkatkan dimensi ritualistic Religusitas Karyawan di Rumah Makan Ayam Penyet Surabaya Cabang Kedungpane Semarang? 2.Faktor apa sajakah yang menjadi penghambat dan pendukung pelaksanaan Bimbinga Agama Islam dalam meningkatkan Dimensi Ritualistic Religusitas karyawan di Rumah Makan Ayam Penyet Surabaya Cabang Kedungpane Semarang. Penelitian ini mengunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif naratif, teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan teknik observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa pertama Pelaksanaan Bimbingan agama islam terhadap karyawan dalam meningkatkan dimensi ritualistic religusitas melalui bimbingan individu dan kelompok, kegiatan-kegiatan yang diberikan kepada karyawan diantaranya berupa sholat fardu berjamaah, pembacaan dzikir pagi dan sore, pengajian yasinan setiap malam jum’at dan pengajian bulanan yang sudah terjadwal bagi seluruh karyawan, pembimbing dari proses bimbingan terhadap karyawan yaitu manager dan ketua tim dakwah, metode yang digunakan secara langsung yang terbagi dalam dua cara, yaitu bimbingan secara individu melalui tatap muka langsung antara pembimbing dan karyawan dan secara kelompok melalui kegiatan pengajian bersama kusus untuk karyawan, adapun materi yang disampaikan dalam pelaksanaan bimbingan yaitu tentang akidah, syari’at dan akhlak. Kedua, Faktor yang menjadi penghambat dan pendukung pelaksanaan bimbinga agama islam dalam meningkatkan dimensi ritualistic religusitas karyawan antara lain pertama secara SOP prosedur yang diterapkan salah satunya adalah perjanjian kerja antara karyawan dan perusahaan yang menyatakan bahwa karyawan harus mengikuti kegiatan yang sudah terlaksana di rumah makan tersebut dan kedua secara lingkungan yang mendukung seperti halnya karyawan yang mayoritas alumni dari pondok pesantren sudah terbiasa dalam kegiatan keagamaan. dan faktor penghambat kegiatan yakni kurang terbiasanya karyawan, tidak semua karyawan terbiasa oleh kegiatan tambahan dalam bekerja terkusus kegiatan agama yang ada di lingkungan kerja dari hal ini sehinga berdampak adanya pelangaraan kerja oleh karyawan seperti bolos kegiatan sampai keluar dari pekerjaan

WHO cone bioassay boards with or without holes: relevance for bioassay outcomes in long-lasting insecticidal net studies

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) cone bioassay is a key method used to evaluate the bioefficacy of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) used for malaria control. These tests also play an important role in LLIN product prequalification and longitudinal monitoring. Standardization of these assays is therefore important. While many parameters for WHO cone bioassays are defined in the respective WHO guidelines, others are not. One of these undefined parameters is the exact configuration of the bioassay boards. In cone bioassays, LLIN samples are pinned onto a bioassay board for testing. Anecdotal evidence suggests that bioassay boards with holes behind the LLIN samples lead to greater exposure to insecticide, as the mosquitoes are ‘forced to stand on the net material’. This may increase the key assay outcomes of 60 min knockdown (KD60) and 24 h mortality (M24). The present study tested this hypothesis in two facilities using two fully susceptible mosquito colonies. Methods: WHO cone bioassays were performed using bioassay boards with holes and boards without holes in parallel, following WHO guidelines. Five brands of LLINs with four new and unwashed whole net samples per brand were used (total of n = 20 whole nets). Five pieces per whole net sample were prepared in duplicate resulting in a total of n = 100 pairs. Knock-down (KD) was recorded in 10 min intervals within the first hour after exposure and mortality was recorded at 24 h. Assays with Anopheles farauti were done at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR) and assays with Aedes aegypti were done at James Cook University, Australia. Results: Results varied not only with bioassay board configuration but also with mosquito colony. In particular, with An. farauti, a significantly higher M24 was observed when boards with holes were used, while this was not observed with Ae. aegypti. WHO cone bioassay results were systematically biased between the two facilities such that the use of An. farauti at PNGIMR predicted higher KD60 and M24. Conclusion: The present study highlights the need for further harmonization of WHO cone bioassay methodology. Parameters such as bioassay board configuration and mosquito species systematically affect the observations, which impedes generalizability of WHO cone bioassay outcomes

CGMap Ongoing Research in Africa Projects Summary

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Prediction of Nephropathy in Type 2 Diabetes: An Analysis of the ACCORD Trial Applying Machine Learning Techniques

Applying data mining and machine learning (ML) techniques to clinical data might identify predictive biomarkers for diabetic nephropathy (DN), a common complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). A retrospective analysis of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial was intended to identify such factors using ML. The longitudinal data were stratified by time after patient enrollment to differentiate early and late predictors. Our results showed that Random Forest and Simple Logistic Regression methods exhibited the best performance among the evaluated algorithms. Baseline values for glomerular filtration rate (GFR), urinary creatinine, urinary albumin, potassium, cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein, and urinary albumin to creatinine ratio were identified as DN predictors. Early predictors were the baseline values of GFR, systolic blood pressure, as well as fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and potassium at month 4. Changes per year in GFR, FPG, and triglycerides were recognized as predictors of late development. In conclusion, ML-based methods successfully identified predictive factors for DN among patients with T2DM

The effects of roflumilast, a phosphodiesterase type-4 inhibitor, on EEG biomarkers in schizophrenia: A randomised controlled trial

Background: Patients with schizophrenia have significant cognitive deficits, which may profoundly impair quality of life. These deficits are also evident at the neurophysiological level with patients demonstrating altered event-related potential in several stages of cognitive processing compared to healthy controls; within the auditory domain, for example, there are replicated alterations in Mismatch Negativity, P300 and Auditory Steady State Response. However, there are no approved pharmacological treatments for cognitive deficits in schizophrenia. Aims: Here we examine whether the phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor, roflumilast, can improve neurophysiological deficits in schizophrenia. Methods: Using a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover design study in 18 patients with schizophrenia, the effect of the phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor, roflumilast (100 µg and 250 µg) on auditory steady state response (early stage), mismatch negativity and theta (intermediate stage) and P300 (late stage) was examined using electroencephalogram. A total of 18 subjects were randomised and included in the analysis. Results: Roflumilast 250 µg significantly enhanced the amplitude of both the mismatch negativity (p=0.04) and working memory-related theta oscillations (p=0.02) compared to placebo but not in the other (early- or late-stage) cognitive markers. Conclusions: The results suggest that phosphodiesterase-4 inhibition, with roflumilast, can improve electroencephalogram cognitive markers, which are impaired in schizophrenia, and that phosphodiesterase-4 inhibition acts at an intermediate rather than early or late cognitive processing stage. This study also underlines the use of neurophysiological measures as cognitive biomarkers in experimental medicine