Siapakah yang Kamu Cari?: Suatu Analisis atas Kisah Penangkapan Yesus dalam Yohanes 18:1-11

This study attempts to analyze the Story of the Arresting of Jesus in John 18:1-11. The aim is to explore the meaning contained in this scene, more specifically related to Jesus' question "Who are you looking for?" and automatically relates to Jesus' answer "I am He". The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative by paying attention to the points of interpretation. The results of the study, found several points; first, it was not actually the soldiers who arrested Jesus, but Jesus who arrested the soldiers. Second, Jesus' question, "Who are you looking for?" is an anticipation that also contains the message that whoever seeks Jesus earnestly, he will find Him. Third, the answer “I am He” indicates the identification of Jesus as God. Finally, the scene in John 18:1-11 displays the qualities of Jesus.AbstrakStudi ini berupaya untuk menganalisis Kisah Penangkapan Yesus dalam Yohanes 18:1-11. Tujuannya adalah untuk menggali makna yang terkandung dalam adegan ini, lebih khusus berkaitan dengan pertanyaan Yesus “Siapakah yang kamu cari?” dan dengan sendirinya berkaitan dengan jawaban Yesus “Akulah Dia”. Metode yang digunakan dalam studi ini adalah kualitatif deskriptif dengan memperhatikan pokok-pokok penafsiran. Hasil dari penelitian, menemukan beberapa poin; pertama, sesungguhnya bukan para serdadu yang menangkap Yesus, tetapi Yesuslah yang menangkap para serdadu. Kedua, pertanyaan Yesus, “Siapa yang kamu cari?” merupakan sebuah antisipasi yang juga mengandung pesan bahwa barang siapa mencari Yesus dengan sungguh-sungguh, maka ia akan menemukan-Nya. Ketiga, jawaban “Akulah Dia” menunjukkan perkenalan diri Yesus sebagai Allah. Terakhir, adegan dalam Yohanes 18:1-11 menampilkan kualitas Yesus

Determinants of outcome of children with type 1 diabetes in the North West Region of Cameroon

Background: In sub-Saharan Africa the prognosis of children with type 1 diabetes is poor. Many are not diagnosed and those that are diagnosed have a reduced life expectancy (less than one year). This study set out to identify the factors that predict glucose control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes in the North West Region of Cameroon. Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study involving 76 children/adolescents (41 girls and 35 boys, mean age of 15.1 ± 3.1 years) suffering from type 1 diabetes included in the “Changing Diabetes in Children” (CDiC) program and attending the clinics for children living with type 1 diabetes in the North West Region. Data on glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) as well as clinical and biochemical parameters at diagnosis and during the study period were obtained from the hospital records of participants. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain information on socio-demographic characteristics and diabetes related practices from participants. Odds ratios (OR) were calculated using logistic regression to assess the association between determinants and good glucose control. Results: The study population had a mean HbA1c of 10.3 ± 2.9%. There was a significant decrease in the mean HbA1c from diagnosis (11.1%) to the study period (10.3%) (p = 0.011). Multivariate analysis indicated that having a mother as the primary caregiver (OR 0.02, 95% CI 0.002 – 0.189) and minimal/moderate caregiver involvement in insulin injection (OR 26.8, 95% CI 4.4 – 56.1) were independent predictors of glucose control. Conclusion: This study has demonstrated that having a mother as a primary caregiver is an important predictor of good glycaemic control among children with type 1 diabetes. It is currently unclear whether the direct involvement of the mother is important or whether “mother as a primary caregiver” is a strong indicator for a setting in which diabetes treatment is possible

Factors affecting the production of fermented moist feed for chickens and effects on the gastrointestinal environment

Merged with duplicate record 10026.1/611 on 07.03.2017 by CS (TIS)Fermented feed technology is a biosafe method of feed preparation and fermentation improves feed quality. Factors affecting lactic acid production in fen-nented moist feed for chickens and the influence of fermented feed on the gastrointestinal environment of chickens were investigated. Water quality was observed to affect lactic acid production in fermentation of cereals (maize, sorghum, wheat and barley). The presence of calcium carbonate in the fermentation mixture significantly (P<0.01) reduced lactic acid production from maize, sorghum and wheat. Grain particle size did not significantly affect feed fermentation as biosafe concentrations of lactic acid (>150mmol/L) were obtained from fermentation of coarse grain particle sizes. Differences in polyphenols content of red and white sorghum varieties did not have a significant effect on 24-hour lactic acid production from sorghum for any LAB used (Lactobacillus plantarum (SLP), Lactobacillus farciminis, Pediococcus acidilactici (PA I) L. plantarum NCIMB 41229). In vivo experiments on the application of Lactobacillus plantarum NCIMB 41229 (of porcine origin) as a feed fen-nenter and in water for chickens showed a marked reduction of Salmonella colonisation between dosing through fen-nented feed and through water. Dosing through water had a modest response while dosing through fen-nented feed had a significant effect on the birds' resistance to Salmonella colonisation (40% vs 75% of birds resistant). Molecular-based analysis of gut microbial species diversity showed that banding patterns for fermented feed treatments were closely related (>60%). The application of Lactobacillus plantarum NCIMB 41229 to chickens through fermented feed could be a better way of controlling Salmonella in chickens than through water. Lactobacillus plantarum NCIMB 41229 could be used as effective moculant for the production of fermented moist feed for chickens. Keywords: Cereals; chickens; fermented moist feeds; gastrointestinal environment; lactic acid bacteria

Cameroon English Speech: Intelligibility to Some Chinese Speakers of English Living in Cameroon and Pedagogic Concerns

In the recent past, there have been several calls from Cameroonian scholars for the variety of English spoken within the country to be taught in the Cameroonian classroom, arguing strongly that the acquisition and use of Standard British English (SBE) is far-fetched given the socio-pragmatic realities of the context within which the language is learnt (see, for instance, Atechi, 2006; Ngefac, 2010 & 2011). On the same token, there have been doubts whether Cameroon English (CamE) can be regarded as a variety in its own right (see Simo Bobda, 2002). This study set out to investigate the intelligibility of Cameroon English speech to educated Chinese speakers of English living in Cameroon and to examine what implications the findings can have on English Language teaching (ELT) in Cameroon

Narrative and Gendered Identities: A Feminist Narratological Reading of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and D.H Lawrence’s The Fox

The significant role that narrative strategy, plot structure, characterization, perspectivity and language, precisely, metaphors and metanarratives can play as textual sites of gendered identities has been recognized within feminist narratology which is an interdisciplinary sub-domain within narrative theory. Although the central role that narrative might proffer in the analysis of gender has over the last twenty years featured as a crucial area of research in feminist narratology, over-trodden data like Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and D. H. Lawrence’s The Fox, seem to have received less attention in the light of categories or narrative strategies which can serve as sites of gender. In privileging feminist narratology as a suitable theoretical framework for locating, interpreting and analyzing sites of gendered identity construction in Things Fall Apart and The Fox, this study argues that the two text teem with narrative structures and strategies as well as linguistic evidences like metaphors and folkloric metanarratives, that may encourage a categorization of people into male and female; masculinities, femininities, and the subaltern. Gender markers: sexuality, characterization (psychological and biological elements), male-centered or “masculinist” plot structure, folkloric metanarratives, linguistic elements like metaphors and images in general as well as social codes that are gender-specific and that play a huge role in the context of the cultural construction/transmission and memory of gender are largely represented in the chosen texts. These textual devices have a highly ideological function: they are creative medial elements that play an important role in constructing and passing on the complex system of values, norms and ideas which constitute a society’s patriarchal mentality

Forest Illegalities and Corruption in Cameroons Forest Sector. A Theoretical and Literature Review of Corruption with Regards to Forest Illegalities

In the past decades illegal logging and related forest, activities have increasingly been a global concern, especially in forest products producer countries. This phenomenon has high rates in the Cameroon forest sector caused by poverty, poor Law enforcement, lack of transparency, conflicts, state ownership of majority of forested land, and in addition to these, its high rates of corruption. International NGOs such as the world bank, Department for International Development (DFID), and other unions such as EU have stepped in by providing financial aid and designing programs such as FLEGT and REDD+ to curtail these malpractices in Cameroon forest sector but still, it has remained a cause for concern. The objective of this paper is to find out why corruption has been an increasing phenomenon in the Cameroons forestry sector, and what has been the driving force behind this increase in corruption. In this paper, I made use of existing literature and also a corruption theoretical model by (Andvig & Moene, 1990) to explain this aspect of Corruption focussing on the incentive mechanisms in the model. It is established that poor law enforcement, lack of transparency, lack of information by the majority of forest actors, and poor governments have provided an avenue for high incentives to the corrupt actors especially the forestry officials and other people with Affluence. It is realized that corruption in this sector can be combated if there is strong law enforcement (severe Sanctions), and improvement in governance will go a long way to reduce the incentives of corrupt actors and consequently reduces the incidence of corruption

The relevance of biotechnology in the development of functional foods for improved nutritional and health quality in developing countries

The quality of food and food plants can be modified and optimized to meet the nutritional and health needs of at-risk and compromised populations prevalent in most of the developing countries. High rates of malnutrition, infectious disease as well as diet-related diseases such as diabetes and hypertension are prevalent in many developing countries. These are as a result of compromised immune function, inadequate sources of nutritious and quality foods and limited access to healthy and suitable foods. Biotechnology and genetic modification techniques have been proposed and applied for the improvement of the quality of various food crops. These have typically been geared towards increasing yields and pest resistance of cash crops. There is considerably less emphasis however, toward improving quality with regard to fortification or functionality of foods and food plants. Functional foods have nutritional and physiological benefits and are applicable in disease prevention and management. The application of biotechnology techniques for the development of functional food plants with higher levels of bioactive components or increased availability of nutrients would greatly benefit most populations in developing countries and improve the health and nutritional status overall. Key words: Biotechnology, functional foods, food quality, health, developing countries. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 2 (12), pp. 631-635, December 200