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URGENSI PENGGUNAAN MEDIA DALAM PROSES PEMBELAJARAN BAGI GURU SEKOLAH DASAR WILAYAH II KECAMATAN SANROBONE KABUPATEN TAKALAR PROVINSI SULAWESI SELATAN
Pelaksanaan proses pembelajaran dapat diarahkan dan direalisasikan melalui berbagai cara, diantaranya adalah melalui penggunaan media pembelajaran. Ini berarti bahwa media pembelajaran tersebut adalah hal yang sangat penting dalam proses pembelajaran. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian ex post facto yaitu penelitian yang yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui Urgensi Penggunaan Media dalam Proses Pembelajaran bagi Guru Sekolah Dasar Wilayah II Kecamatan Sanrobone Kabupaten Takalar Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan. Subjek penelitian ini adalah guru kelas sebanyak 30 orang, guru bidang studi/mata pelajaran sebanyak 10 orang yang terdiri dari 5 Sekolah Dasar yang tersebar di Wilayah II Kecamatan Sanrobone Kabupaten Takalar Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dalam tiga tahap. Tahap pertama yaitu perencanaan meliputi studi lapangan, survei, dan uji validitas. Tahap kedua yaitu pelaksanaan dengan membagikan angket kepada guru yang menjadi objek penelitian. Tahap ketiga yaitu analisis data yang terkumpul dengan menggunakan data deskriptif melalui teknik persentase selanjutnya dianalisis secara kuantitatif. Setelah dilakukan penelitian dengan menggunakan angket penelitian tentang urgensi penggunaan media dalam proses pembelajaran bagi guru Sekolah Dasar Wilayah II Kecamatan Sanrobone Kabupaten Takalar Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan maka diperoleh hasil sebagai berikut: Hasil pendapat dari 40 guru sebagai responden berada pada kategori tidak penting dan kurang penting 00,00%, 7 orang guru atau 17,5% mengatakan penting, dan 33 orang guru atau 82,5% mengatakan sangat penting, dengan skor rata-rata 90,85, skor tertinggi 100 dan skor terendah 80. Hasil belajar murid dalam proses pembelajaran juga meningkat dari rata-rata 71,25% sebelum menggunakan media dalam proses pembelajaran menjadi rata-rata 77,75% setelah menggunakan media dalam proses pembelajaran. Dengan demikian maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa penggunaan media dalam pembelajaran sangat urgen bagi guru Sekolah Dasar Wilayah II Kecamatan Sanrobone Kabupaten Takalar Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan. Saran dari peneliti adalah agar guru didalam melakukan proses pembelajaran khususnya dalam mengajarkan materi pelajaran yang sulit diterima oleh murid, guru dapat memanfaatkan media yang sesuai dengan materi pembelajaran dan tujuan pembelajaran sebagai salah satu media pembelajaran yang dapat meningkatkan hasil belajar murid di sekolah khususnya guru yang ada di Wilayah II Kecamatan Sanrobone Kabupaten Takalar Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan
PERFORMANCE BASED PAY AS A DETERMINANT OF JOB SATISFACTION: A STUDY IN MALAYSIA GIATMARA CENTERS
Compensation management literature highlights that performance based pay has two major characteristics: participation in pay systems and adequacy of pay. The ability of management to properly implement such pay systems may lead to increased job satisfaction in organizations. Though, the nature of this relationship is interesting, little is known about the influence of performance based pay on job satisfaction in compensation management literature. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the relationship between pay for performance and job satisfaction in Malaysian GIATMARA centers. The results of exploratory factor analysis confirmed that measurement scales used in this study satisfactorily met the standards of validity and reliability analyses. An outcome of stepwise regression analysis shows that determinant of job satisfaction is performance based pay. Further, this result confirms that pay for performance is an important antecedent for job satisfaction in the studied organizations.Pay for Performance, Job Satisfaction, Malaysian GIATMARA centers.
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Cloud-to-Ground Lightning in Cities: Seasonal Variability and Influential Factors
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The raw data essential for reproducing the findings presented in this article are derived from proprietary commercial sources, and, unfortunately, the authors are not permitted to share this data due to contractual and authorization constraints. The restrictions imposed by the data providers prohibit the authors from making the raw data publicly available. However, the authors are committed to providing any necessary information or details about the data and methodology upon reasonable request to facilitate reproducibility and further scientific inquiry. Interested parties may contact the corresponding author for additional clarification or specific inquiries regarding the data used in this study.Urban-induced land use changes have a significant impact on local weather patterns, leading to increased hydro-meteorological hazards in cities. Despite substantial threats posed to humans, understanding atmospheric hazards related to urbanisation, such as thunderstorms, lightning, and convective precipitation, remains unclear. This study aims to analyse seasonal variability of cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning in the five large metropolitans in Bangladesh utilising six years (2015–2020) of Global Lightning Detection Network (popularly known as GLD360) data. It also investigates factors influencing CG strokes. The analysis revealed substantial seasonal fluctuations in CG strokes, with a noticeable increase in lightning activity during the pre-monsoon months from upwind to metropolitan areas across the five cities. Both season and location appear to impact the diurnal variability of CG strokes in these urban centres. Bivariate regression analysis indicated that precipitation and particulate matter (PM) significantly influence lightning generation, whilst population density, urban size, and mean surface temperature have negligible effects. A sensitivity test employing a random forest (RF) model underscored the pivotal role of PM in CG strokes in four of the five cities assessed, highlighting the enduring impact of extreme pollution on lightning activity. Despite low causalities from CG lightning, the risk of property damage remains high in urban environments. This study provides valuable insights for shaping public policies in Bangladesh, a globally recognised climate hotspot.Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions. The authors declare that no funds, grants, or other support was received during the preparation of this manuscript
Cloud-to-ground lightning in cities : seasonal variability and influential factors
Urban-induced land use changes have a significant impact on local weather patterns, leading to increased hydro-meteorological hazards in cities. Despite substantial threats posed to humans, understanding atmospheric hazards related to urbanisation, such as thunderstorms, lightning, and convective precipitation, remains unclear. This study aims to analyse seasonal variability of cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning in the five large metropolitans in Bangladesh utilising six years (2015–2020) of Global Lightning Detection Network (popularly known as GLD360) data. It also investigates factors influencing CG strokes. The analysis revealed substantial seasonal fluctuations in CG strokes, with a noticeable increase in lightning activity during the pre-monsoon months from upwind to metropolitan areas across the five cities. Both season and location appear to impact the diurnal variability of CG strokes in these urban centres. Bivariate regression analysis indicated that precipitation and particulate matter (PM) significantly influence lightning generation, whilst population density, urban size, and mean surface temperature have negligible effects. A sensitivity test employing a random forest (RF) model underscored the pivotal role of PM in CG strokes in four of the five cities assessed, highlighting the enduring impact of extreme pollution on lightning activity. Despite low causalities from CG lightning, the risk of property damage remains high in urban environments. This study provides valuable insights for shaping public policies in Bangladesh, a globally recognised climate hotspot
The Effects of Irreversible Electroporation (IRE) on Nerves
Background: If a critical nerve is circumferentially involved with tumor, radical surgery intended to cure the cancer must sacrifice the nerve. Loss of critical nerves may lead to serious consequences. In spite of the impressive technical advancements in nerve reconstruction, complete recovery and normalization of nerve function is difficult to achieve. Though irreversible electroporation (IRE) might be a promising choice to treat tumors near or involved critical nerve, the pathophysiology of the nerve after IRE treatment has not be clearly defined. Methods: We applied IRE directly to a rat sciatic nerve to study the long term effects of IRE on the nerve. A sequence of 10 square pulses of 3800 V/cm, each 100 ms long was applied directly to rat sciatic nerves. In each animal of group I (IRE) the procedure was applied to produce a treated length of about 10 mm. In each animal of group II (Control) the electrodes were only applied directly on the sciatic nerve for the same time. Electrophysiological, histological, and functional studies were performed on immediately after and 3 days, 1 week, 3, 5, 7 and 10 weeks following surgery. Findings: Electrophysiological, histological, and functional results show the nerve treated with IRE can attain full recovery after 7 weeks. Conclusion: This finding is indicative of the preservation of nerve involving malignant tumors with respect to the application of IRE pulses to ablate tumors completely. In summary, IRE may be a promising treatment tool for any tumor involving nerves
DataSheet1_Experimental evaluation of the performance and power output enhancement of a divergent solar chimney power plant by increasing the chimney height.PDF
Solar energy is an attractive renewable energy option for countries located in the tropical region. Harvesting this energy using simple yet innovative technologies such as solar chimney power plants (SCPP) will help the developing countries in meeting their sustainable development goals. In an SCPP, air is heated under a greenhouse collector and the hot air is passed to a chimney, where it drives a turbine while rising up. Research efforts have been directed in the past at improving the performance and power output of an SCPP by varying its geometric parameters. The chimney height of a previously optimized solar chimney power plant, having a divergent chimney, was increased from 4 to 6Â m and then to 8Â m in this first experimental work of this kind. The temperature variations inside the collector, along the chimney height, the velocity at the turbine section, the power available and the output power of an air turbine, estimated by applying mechanical load, are compared for the three chimney heights. The temperature rise of the air inside the collector was the highest for the 4Â m tall SCPP and reduced as the chimney height was increased to 6 and 8Â m due to the lower time of stay of air in the collector for greater chimney heights. Along the height of the divergent chimney, the temperature dropped with the maximum drop occurring for the 8Â m tall SCPP indicating a lower enthalpy loss at the chimney exit. The air velocity at the turbine section was found to increase with chimney height for given solar insolation/time of the day due to the higher driving force which is the buoyancy effect produced by the hot air. The maximum turbine output power for the 8Â m tall SCPP increased by 252% compared to the 4Â m tall SCPP indicating that significant improvement in the power output can be achieved by increasing the height of a divergent chimney SCPP. An average power of about 40Â kW will be available for a chimney height of 100Â m which will be extremely beneficial for the sustainable development of small islands.</p
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