SEMIOTIKA ULOS HELA DAN MANDAR HELA DALAM ADAT PERNIKAHAN BATAK TOBA DI KECAMATAN SUMBUL PEGAGAN

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menguraikan ulos sebagai salah satu ciri khas suku Batak Toba. Setiap upacara adat Batak Toba menggunakan ulos. Kajian ini berfokus pada Ulos Hela dan Mandar Hela, dua ulos yang digunakan dalam upacara pernikahan adat Batak Toba. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengingatkan generasi milenial agar lebih memahami dan menghargai budayanya. Informasi yang dikumpulkan diambil langsung dari tempat kejadian. Menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif. Penulis mengkaji signifikansi semiotika Ulos Hela dan Madar Hela di Kecamatan Ambul Pegagan dengan menggunakan pendekatan analitis Charles Sanders Piere. Ulos, menurut suku Batak Toba, merupakan karya budaya praktis yang menangkap semua kepercayaan masyarakat yang mendukungnya. Proses pemberian ulos hela dan mandar hela hanya dilakukan pada saat akad nikah. Mandar hela diserahkan setelah hela ulos, yaitu barang pertama yang diberikan kepada calon suami. Suku Batak Toba di Kecamatan Sumbul Pegagan menganut nilai-nilai Ulos Hela dan Mandar Hela sebagai nilai kasih sayang, kepercayaan, pengharapan,  berkat, kedewasaan dan pelayanan

Navigating Between The Rocks: The Protestant Church In Sabah(Pcs) And The Search For Identity And Its Transition Dynamic

This research examines the organizational and theological identity of the Protestant Church in Sabah with particular reference to Lutheran, Reformed, Wesleyanism, and Charismatic traditions and how the sociopolitical environment in Sabah defines it. This research utilizes Lippitt Schmidt’s Organizational Life Cycle (OLC) model and theories from Castells, with additional scholarly integration from Soenen, Moingeon, Hatch, and Schultz. The observations made by the research show how PCS’s adaptability and strategic management have positively influenced theological and organizational transformation. This research also reveals that it is possible to indicate further research directions that can be examined, such as the role of sociopolitical factors in religious identity change

Tune in to your emotions: a robust personalized affective music player

The emotional power of music is exploited in a personalized affective music player (AMP) that selects music for mood enhancement. A biosignal approach is used to measure listeners’ personal emotional reactions to their own music as input for affective user models. Regression and kernel density estimation are applied to model the physiological changes the music elicits. Using these models, personalized music selections based on an affective goal state can be made. The AMP was validated in real-world trials over the course of several weeks. Results show that our models can cope with noisy situations and handle large inter-individual differences in the music domain. The AMP augments music listening where its techniques enable automated affect guidance. Our approach provides valuable insights for affective computing and user modeling, for which the AMP is a suitable carrier application

Understanding the relationship between suicidality, current depressed mood, personality, and cognitive factors

Objectives: Links between suicidality and depressed mood are well established. There is, however, little information about the emotional regulation processes that underlie the relationship between suicidality and current low mood, and how these processes differ between groups of never-suicidal (NS), suicidal ideators, and suicide attempters. As suicidality and depression are heterogeneous constructs, this study aimed to conduct within- and between-group comparisons of known suicide risk factors that are associated with emotion regulation (neuroticism, trait aggression, brooding, impulsivity, and overgeneral autobiographical memories). Design: Correlational design using between- and within-group comparisons from self-report measures. Methods: Inter- and intragroup differences were identified using Pearson's correlation coefficients and tests of difference. An analysis of indirect effects was used to investigate whether the relationship between suicidality and current low mood was mediated by neuroticism, trait aggression, brooding, impulsivity, and overgeneral autobiographical memories, and if this relationship varied according to group type. Results:  Brooding appeared to be a consistent feature of all three groups and was closely related to current low mood. Compared to the NS group, the relationship between suicide attempts and current low mood showed greater associations with brooding, trait aggression, and overgeneral autobiographical memories. Compared to the NS group, the suicidal ideation group showed stronger associations with neuroticism and impulsivity, but these factors did not correlate with low mood. Conclusion: These results suggest a need for larger studies to focus on heterogeneity within suicidal populations and consider how different combinations of risk factors may heighten or reduce suicide risk. Practitioner points: * It is well known that the severity and intensity of suicide and depressed presentations vary because of underlying dispositional and contextual factors (Fried & Nesse, ) which, in turn, affect how events are interpreted and responded to. Despite this, there is little research about how these mechanisms operate in different types of suicide groups, and their influence on the relationship between suicidality and current low mood. * Understanding interrelationships that affect current low mood is of clinical significance because past suicidal history and deteriorations in already negative mood are linked to repeated suicide attempts and completion. * Our findings show that ruminative brooding, defined as a tendency to repeatedly think about emotional aspects of an event, consistently correlates with current low mood across different types of suicidal groups (NS, suicidal ideators, and suicide attempters), and across analyses. * Findings also show that suicidal ideation and attempt groups were associated with specific personality characteristics that increased the propensity of emotional responding and interpretation compared to the NS group. The relationship between suicide attempt and current low mood had a higher propensity to be influenced by trait aggression, brooding, and overgenerality compared to the NS group. In contrast, although the suicidal ideation group correlated more strongly with neuroticism and impulsivity, these factors did not influence current low mood. * In terms of clinical practice, these findings imply that specific styles of interpretation and thinking may maintain the relationship between suicidality and current low mood. Given the cross-sectional nature of the study, however, it is not possible to imply causality. Nevertheless, the findings obtained provide some support for transdiagnostic models of cognitive-behavioural processes that could be developed further.PostprintPeer reviewe

Happiness through leisure

Happiness is important to individuals. If one were to make a judgment based on the vast amount of self-help books available in any bookstore, the conclusion would have to be that happiness is a very important aspect of people’s lives. Whether such books actually provide any solutions to increase happiness is doubtful (Bergsma, 2008). Nevertheless, many are clearly interested in happiness

Literasi Konsekuensi Hukum Bulliying Pada Lingkungan Sekolah Di SMKN 1 Setu Kecamatan Setu Kabupaten Bekasi

Perundungan atau Bullying di lingkungan sekolah merupakan fenomena sosial yang masih sering terjadi dan berdampak serius terhadap kesehatan mental dan perkembangan peserta didik.  Kegiatan Kuliah Kerja Nyata (KKN) ini bertujuan memberikan penyuluhan hukum kepada siswa-siswi SMKN 1 Setu mengenai definisi, bentuk, dampak, serta konsekuensi hukum dari perilaku bullying. Metode yang digunakan adalah ceramah interaktif yang dilengkapi dengan media visual dan sesi diskusi. Materi penyuluhan mencakup regulasi hukum seperti Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2014 tentang perubahan atas Undang-Undang Nomor 23 Tahun 2002 tentang Perlindungan Anak, UU ITE No. 1 Tahun 2024 adalah Undang-Undang Nomor 1 Tahun 2024 tentang Perubahan Kedua atas Undang-Undang Nomor 11 Tahun 2008 tentang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronik (UU ITE), serta pasal-pasal terkait dalam KUHP. Hasil kegiatan menunjukkan peningkatan pemahaman hukum peserta terhadap risiko pidana bagi pelaku bullying dan hak perlindungan bagi korban. Penyuluhan ini juga mendorong sekolah untuk memperkuat sistem pencegahan dan pelaporan bullying, serta menanamkan kesadaran hukum dan empati sosial sejak dini pada pelajar. Kegiatan ini menjadi kontribusi nyata pengabdian mahasiswa hukum dalam mewujudkan lingkungan pendidikan yang aman dan bebas kekerasan

MEMORY AND COGNITIVE ABILITIES IN UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS:

Professors from the University of California at Berkeley were administered a 90-min test battery of cognitive performance that included measures of reaction time, paired-associate learning, working memory, and prose recall. Age effects among the professors were observed on tests of reaction time, paired-associate memory, and some aspects of working memory. Age effects were not observed on measures of proactive interference and prose recall, though age-related declines are generally observed in standard groups of elderly individuals. The findings suggest that age-related decrements in certain cognitive functions may be mitigated in intelligent, cognitively active individualsPeer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/72229/1/j.1467-9280.1995.tb00510.x.pd