Scientific Books Research Articles

Evolution education in light of religious science teachers’ and scientists’ conceptions of evolution and religion

BackgroundThe presumed conflict between religion and evolution is considered one of the main causes of rejection of evolution worldwide. However, there is a unique group of religious people who accept, study, and teach evolution. The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of these individuals’ conception of the relationship between evolution and religion, and the factors that influenced this conception. Religious biology teachers (n = 10) and scientists (n = 10) were surveyed and interviewed about their conception of evolution and religion and the factors that influenced it.ResultsThe study population demonstrated that reconciling science and religion was possible for them. The interpretation of the bible as moral guidance, and not as a science book, was found to be a main idea in the participants’ conception. Most participants said that their conception of evolution was influenced by their parents’ and teachers’ approach to science. Participants who had rejected evolution in the past emphasized that exposure to scientific knowledge alone was not enough to counter this rejection, whereas exposure to the possible compatibility between religion and evolution promoted their acceptance.ConclusionsThese findings suggest the importance of exposing teachers to different approaches to the relationship between evolution and religion. Implementation of the study conclusions in professional development programs may help teachers promote religiously affiliated students’ better learning of evolution and a meaningful learning of science in general.

Science in Libraries

The discussion reflects the points of view of doctors of sciences from the Russian State Library, the Russian National Library, the Saint-Peterburg State Institute of Culture and the State Public Scientific and Technical Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS), voiced on March 16, 2022 at the round table “Science in Libraries”. The round table was held within the framework of the international conference “Libway” held by the SPSTL SB RAS. The participants of the discussion answered the following questions: general assessment of the state of domestic library science, book science, bibliography; key areas of library science, book science and bibliography in the second decade of the 21st Century; problems of scientific personnel training; the place of library science and the prospects for its development within the new Nomenclature of scientific specialties. The discussion made it possible to single out the following problems: the importance of solving practice-oriented problems of library science and bibliography, and only then their theoretical analysis and generalization; work in the library field of specialists from other industries with a poor understanding of librarianship and bibliography issues; lack of educational and methodological materials for graduate students and their supervisors; a very small number of state-funded places in graduate school and the lack of material incentives to attract specialists to scientific research. In a general assessment of the state of the disciplines of the documentary and communication cycle, opinions differed – from an optimistic view of the future of these disciplines to a pessimistic one due to the presence of numerous internal problems. The necessity of collaboration is stressed. All participants expressed their deepest satisfaction with the inclusion of library, bibliography and book sciences in the new Nomenclature of scientific specialties and the emergence of a new specialty passport.

The Reality of Using the Laboratory in Teaching Science for the Seventh Grade and Its Role in Developing Critical Thinking Skills among Students from the Point of View of Teachers in Education of Madaba Governorate

This study aimed to identify the reality of using the science laboratory in implementing the scientific activities and experiments mentioned in the seventh grade textbook, and to identify the extent of the effectiveness of the science laboratory in developing critical thinking among students from the teachers’ point of view in education of Madaba Governorate. The study sample consisted of (94) male and female teachers in public schools affiliated to the Directorate of Education in Madaba Governorate, and the study tool was represented by a questionnaire that consisted of (23) items distributed over two areas. The results showed the effectiveness of the science lab in developing critical thinking skills from the point of view of the study sample. The results also showed that there were no significant differences due to gender and experience in the level of using the science lab in conducting scientific experiments, as the level of statistical significance is greater than 0.05 and therefore it is not statistically significant. The study recommended a set of recommendations, the most important of which is to activate the science laboratory more in conducting experiments and scientific activities contained in science books. Keywords: science laboratory, critical thinking, degree of use. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/13-19-05 Publication date: June 30 th 2022

القرآن الكريم ودوره في تهذيب الأخلاق وتزكية النفس الإنسانية

The Noble Qur’an is the constitution of life, a book of light, science and guidance, a comprehensive approach and a statement of all aspects of life, and what a person needs of knowledge that defines the frameworks of the relationship with his Lord, himself and society. He is the educator and educator of man through the prophets and heavenly messages that included the highest and loftiest moral values that elevate man and make him qualified for the responsibility of God’s succession on earth. Ethics in Islam received great care, included in the verses of the Noble Qur’an and the texts of the honorable prophetic hadiths, where the controls that transcend morals were established for them. In the members of the Islamic society so that the members of the Islamic community are distinguished from other societies, and the Holy Qur’an dealt with the refinement of morals and self-purification of its importance in many verses, the fact that the individual is the basic nucleus of the society and to the extent of his goodness, the society reform, grows and thrives, and it is an independent entity, and on it depends the formation of the family through his rights And his duties, and with what God Almighty has given him of intellect, approach, and behavior represented by honesty and love, and in his behavior he is far from anxiety and mental disorders It may affect the personality of the individual and at the same time satisfy his spiritual needs and balance in the human personality in the body and soul, so the current research aims to identify the Holy Qur’an and its role in refining morals and self-purification, and in light of the foregoing, the research consists in its origin of an introduction, which they stand in three sections: - The first topic included two demands: the first is the definition of the Noble Qur’an in language, terminology, the method of education and the most important educational methods in the Noble Qur’an and the Quranic evidence on it, and the second requirement and the objectives of education in the Noble Qur’an include the educational effects of worship and educational methods in the Noble Qur’an. The second topic included two demands: the first, defining ethics, linguistically, idiomatically, and its types. The second requirement included the importance of ethics and its goals, and the effects of moral discipline on the individual and society. The third topic included two demands: the first is the definition of the soul, language and terminology, the soul, the Holy Qur’an and its types, and the second requirement is self-education in the Holy Quran, ensuring psychological security in the Holy Quran, refining morals for the human soul, the most important psychological aspects of the Islamic personality, and the educational and psychological effects of the soul in the Holy Quran. In conclusion, a summary of the findings of the research is mentioned. Keywords: the Noble Qur’an ، refining morals ، purifying the human soul.

ПАМ'ЯТІ ВИДАТНОГО ВЧЕНОГО В ГАЛУЗІ ФІЗІОЛОГІЇ РОСЛИН, БІОХІМІЇ Й ЕКОЛОГІЇ, ПРОФЕСОРА СТЕПАНА СТЕПАНОВИЧА КОСТИШИНА (07.02.1932–12.04.2022)

On April 12, 2022, at the age of 91, the heart of a world-renowned Ukrainian scientist in the field of plant physiology, biochemistry and ecology, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine, Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Doctor of Law of the University of Saskatchewan (Canada), Honorary Citizen of Chernivtsi and Lock Haven (USA), Honorary Member of the International Organization of Universities "Phi Beta Delta" USA, Honorary Professor and former Rector of Yurii Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Stepan Stepanovych Kostyshyn, stopped.
 More than 50 years of study and work of S. S. Kostyshyn were connected with only one institution of higher education - Yurii Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University. Since 1965 he worked as an assistant professor, associate professor, professor, and head of the Department of Biochemistry and Experimental Ecology of the Faculty of Biology at the University. From 1972 to 1987 Stepan Stepanovych was the Vice-Rector for Research, and from 1987 to 2001 he was the Rector of Chernivtsi National University. Since 2002 he headed the Department of Ecology and Biomonitoring, and at the same time was an advisor to the rector of the university. He became the founder of the national school on plant heterosis, was the head of the Chernivtsi branch of the Ukrainian Biochemical Society.
 S. S. Kostyshyn's scientific achievements are more than 300 scientific works (individual and co-authored), including three monographs, six manuals, six copyright certificates for inventions, popular science books, etc.
 The life and creative path of Stepan Stepanovych Kostyshyn is an example of devotion to a favourite activity, an example of human dignity, decency, high spiritual generosity, optimism, and loyalty to serve Ukraine, people and science. Creative work in science was for him a matter of life, where he realized his brilliant scientific and pedagogical skills as well as civic position through a keen mind and talent.

CORRELATION OF THE FORMING OF THE UNIVERSE IN THE QURAN WITH THE BIG BANG THEORY

Al-Qur’an and science is two things that needs harmonization in implementation of life. Everything was images in Quran but isn’t scientific book, it’s contains general themes of verses that trigger the development of science about universe phenomena more specific. Especially in this study the Kauniyah verses about the formation of the universe, its Qs. Al-Anbiya verse 30 and Qs. Al-A'raf verse 54, and modern theory namely Big-Bang theory. This study aims to correlate between modern theory (the Big-Bang) and verses about the formation of the universe, that modern science can’t be separated from the verses of Kauniyah in the Quran. The method are used is descriptive analysis to get correlation of them. The final result of this research that between scientific-based theory, namely the Big-Bang and two verses above it has correlation of them. Anew the heaven and the earth are merges, then Allah separated them, and life was started from water.

Rights Protection Guarantee for the Partners of Indonesian Gojek Company according to Labour Laws no 13 of 2033 and Maqasid

Gojek is one of the largest electronic application companies that provides transportation and delivery services and has many driver-partners. In 2020, the number of business partners will reach two million partners. The research focuses on social conflicts, bad consumer attitudes, and punishments accompanied by dropping out of work against them. This study aims to analyze the guarantee of the protection of the rights of Gojek Indonesia's partners in the review of the Manpower Act No. 13 of 2003 and in terms of maqashid . This is a descriptive analysis research with content analysis method through the theory of the Manpower Act and sharia maqashid, then analysis through scientific data sourced from valid scientific books and journals. The findings of this study are in the form of an agreement between the driver-partners and the Gojek company, including a partnership agreement, there is not a work agreement. On this matter, the Manpower Law No. 13 of 2003 cannot be applied to driver-partners, therefore they are not entitled to claim the rights of the protection guarantees contained in the agreement. in the Manpower Act. As for Gojek's company policy, according to Ibn Ashur's maqashid sharia analysis, some disagree with the maqshad of freedom, the principle of equality and not by maqshad, eliminating every agreement that contains elements of slavery. In terms of the rights of the driver partners, it is by the maqshad of the maslahah principle and the fulfillment of rights to the experts, and the maqshad of providing work support facilities, as well as the maqshad of hastening the provision of wages. And in terms of partner facility services, everything is in line with the maqashid sharia principle.

Defining Learning Objectives from the Perspectives of Al-Qur’an

The value of the learning objectives used by the teacher in the lesson plans in the learning process must require that the Al-Qur’an. It is used as a book of instructions and a source of knowledge in explaining the learning objectives that should be included in the lesson plans. This research is a literature study (library research). The data sources in this study consisted of primary data in the form of the Qur'an Surah al-Baqarah (verses 31, 32, 102, 129, 151, 239, 251), Surah Ali Imran (verses 48, 79, 164), and Surah An-Nisa ( verse 113). While secondary data in the form of books of interpretation of al-Qur'anul Madjid An-Nur, interpretation of the Qur'an Karim, interpretation of al-Azhar and interpretation of al-Mishbah as well as books of science and philosophy of Islamic education that have relevance and significance to the topic of this research, namely learning objectives in the Koran. The method used in the data analysis of this research is the thematic interpretation method (tafsir maudu'iy). The results of the descriptive analysis reveal that linguistically the Koran uses the terms ta'lim, tadris and tarbiyah, to express the word learning. Meanwhile, to express the purpose, the Qur'an uses the term maqasid, namely muqtasidah, qasidan, qas'd, iqsid and muqtasid. All these terms implicitly contain the meaning of the goal, namely the formulation that will be achieved on the basis of the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains, which are the targets to be achieved after the completion of the learning process, and can motivate students in carrying out the learning process.

Helichrysum Genus and Compound Activities in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus.

The global management of diabetes mellitus (DM) involves the administration of recommended anti-diabetic drugs in addition to a non-sedentary lifestyle upon diagnosis. Despite the success recorded from these synthetic drugs, the traditional method of treatment using medicinal plants is increasingly accepted by the locals due to its low cost and the perceived no side effects. Helichrysum species are used in folk medicine and are documented for the treatment of DM in different regions of the world. This study reviews Helichrysum species and its compounds’ activities in the management of DM. An extensive literature search was carried out, utilizing several scientific databases, ethnobotanical books, theses, and dissertations. About twenty-two Helichrysum species were reported for the treatment of diabetes in different regions of the world. Among these Helichrysum species, only fifteen have been scientifically investigated for their antidiabetic activities, and twelve compounds were identified as bioactive constituents for diabetes. This present review study will be a useful tool for scientists and health professionals working in the field of pharmacology and therapeutics to develop potent antidiabetic drugs that are devoid of side effects.

The Relationship of Fluid Intelligence Level with Higher-order Thinking Skills in Work and Energy among Sixth-grade Students in Jordan

This study aims to investigate the relationship between levels of fluid intelligence and higher-order thinking skills according to Bloom's three levels classification (analysis, evaluation, creation) among sixth grade students in Jordan in the subject of work and energy as one of the science book topics for the first semester of the academic year 2021-2022. For this purpose, a test for higher-order thinking skills was designed on the subject of work and energy, consisting of 17 paragraphs of the type of essay questions and multiple-choice in the 3 areas of higher-order thinking skills (analysis, evaluation, creation). The standard Raven test of fluid intelligence with its 5 levels was also applied to the students. After conducting the statistical analysis, the results of the study revealed: (1) a decrease in the level of higher-order thinking skills to less than the average (analysis, evaluation, and creation, respectively); and (2) a positive correlation between the students' fluid intelligence and their scores in the higher-order thinking skills test. Therefore, the study recommended including activities that take into account fluid intelligence in the curricula to improve students' performance in higher-order thinking skills.

MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS' LEGAL COVER ON CLOSED COMPANY MERGERS

Minority shareholders is one of the stakeholders along with other stakeholders and minority shareholders are also the parties reply carries the coffers for the company. This is what interests should be protected by law. The methods used in this study is a research method, a normative legal method by means of data collection based on the study of librarianship (library search) that is by way of secondary data in the form of researching materials such as primary law scientific books, legislation, and the data that is retrieved by accessing the internet related to this research. The results from this research that the appraisal of the implementation of rights is one's "privileges" given by the law on merger transactions. Another privileges is the application of the principle of "super majority". Appraisal rights necessary in order to protect the minority shareholder,s given when they don't agree with the merger but his voice is insufficient to inhibit implementation of the merger, then the merger still held, and shareholders the minority's "forced" to accept the merger. Keywords : Legal protection, a minority stake, the merger

Mobile User Interaction Design Patterns: A Systematic Mapping Study

Interaction design patterns have evolved as a resource that facilitates documentation and the reuse of proven solutions. They provide a structured and understandable mechanism for what to do in the design. Mobile devices have characteristics, configurations, and restrictions that make the construction of their interfaces full of particularities to this environment, and problems that are often common to designers and developers. This study presented a systematic mapping of the state-of-the-art regarding interaction design patterns for mobile devices. A total of 23 studies that include articles and books met the selection criteria in this mapping, examining relevant scientific databases and books that were cited in relevant articles. As a main result, 336 patterns were compiled, with 261 of these problems and solutions being dissimilar from each other. The paper describes patterns in 18 categories covering different interaction aspects. Pattern structural elements with mentions in more than five papers included: Name, Solution, Problem, Context, Examples, Related Patterns, Forces, Consequences and Figure. Four studies reported empirical evaluation of the patterns with a limited number of users. The paper contributed with a categorization of existing patterns and the challenges for uniformization of structure and empirical evidence with user evaluation.

Storytelling beyond body text in popular science books: a multimodal analysis

AbstractThis article examines multimodal storytelling performed outside the main body text in book-length popular science. By employing a case study approach, the study examines three kinds of visually detached stories: i) fragmentary case stories of lay experience, ii) fictional stories of prehistorical lifeworld and iii) scientists’ personal stories with everyday photography. The article shows that detached stories are digressions from the locally, or also globally, dominant ways of making meaning. These digressions can be modality shifts (from verbal to multimodal) but also more complex shifts that engage with cultural boundaries of (popular) science. Furthermore, the article complements prior studies of photographic storytelling by discussing the affordances of everyday photography in public occasions. The analytic framework combines Systemic-Functional genre studies, Social Semiotic and related models of visual design as well as approaches to factuality and fictionality in Narrative Studies. The data consists of contemporary Finnish popular science books representing the natural sciences.

Bibliophilia: The Father of Modern Ecology

In this new series, I will muse about books I love and reflect on the authors, the content, the style, the context in which the books were written, and what they mean for us today. My goal will be less to convey the book’s subject matter and more to inspire my readers to read the book under discussion and books more generally and reflect on the process of reading and writing. Today most scientists live and run in the fast lane, writing large grant proposals and short papers with no time to read or write anything more than a few pages; we live in a world where short-term performance is rewarded and not sustained scholarship. Indeed, it has become fashionable to look down upon reading and writing books as old fashioned. My goal is to reverse this trend and put the mojo back into reading and writing books in science.

President's Page: The geophysical landscape in the Middle East

The Middle East has experienced dramatic changes since the discovery of oil in Persia (now Iran) in 1908 and then in Saudi Arabia in 1938. Preceding these discoveries, geophysics as we now know it was not applied or even well known in the region. On the other hand, geology was well established in the Middle East by geologists from the region and abroad. One of the first geologic departments in the Middle East was the geology department at Cairo University, Egypt, which started with the university's establishment in 1925. The geophysics department, conversely, was not established until 1982. Historically, some may argue that the history of geophysics in the Middle East can be traced back to about 600 BC, although the first scientific book relating to geophysics (Fuyuzat-i Miknatissiye, which discussed earth's magnetism) was not translated and printed until 1731.

Walter Bruno Gratzer (1932–2021): In his own words, as far as possible

Miranda Robertson commemorates the life, remarkable times and witty and erudite writing of protein chemist and biophysicist Walter Gratzer.

PEMENUHAN HAK ASASI MANUSIA OLEH PEMERINTAH KOTA BUKITTINGGI TERHADAP PEDAGANG KAKI LIMA PRESPEKTIF SIYASAH DUSTURIYAH

This study examines the Fulfillment of Human Rights by the City Government of Bukittinggi on Human Rights. Review of Siyasah Dustiriyah. The problem is how to fulfill the human rights of street vendors (hereinafter written as PKL) by the City Government of Bukittinggi, and how to review the dusturiyah siyasa of the fulfillment of human rights to street vendors. This research is a type of empirical juridical research or field (field research). The sources of this research consist of primary data sources, namely the Head of the Legal Division in Bukittinggi City, the Civil Service Police Unit (hereinafter written as SATPOL PP) Bukittinggi City, street vendors and secondary data, namely scientific books, research results and related legislation. with research. Data collection techniques are interviews and documentation. After the data was obtained, then the data were analyzed using a qualitative descriptive method. To ensure the validity of the data, a data credibility test was used which was carried out through triangulation. Efforts to fulfill the human rights of street vendors by the Bukittinggi City Government have been carried out, the first such as facilitating a place to sell for street vendors, such as the kiosks that have been built by the Bukittinggi City Government, precisely in a row of roads located in the Aua Tajungkang Village, Tangah Sawah District, Guguak Panjang City. In Bukittinggi, the two street vendors are required to pay the rental fee for the kiosk they occupy every month to the Bukittinggi City Market Service Office, then for street vendors who are still selling in places that are not designated for them to trade, they will be given sanctions, such as verbal warnings by the Satpol PP. Siyasah dusturiyah explains the making of laws and regulations, where the concept explains the application of Islamic law to obey the rules that have been made by the government. In the city of Bukttinggi, the Government has issued Regional Regulation Number 8 of 2014 concerning the Arrangement and Empowerment of Street Vendors. As the Regional Regulation has not been able to fully cover the fulfillment of human rights, so it seems that the Government has not provided fulfillment and justice to street vendors and the actions taken by law enforcement officers who have not been corrected in carrying out their duties.

Validity and Practicalily of Prezi Learning Media on the Role of Soil and Soil Organisms for Life Sustainability for Junior High School Students

Most science books do not provide easy-to-understand visual media. For example, by giving pictures that are small or unclear, so that students find it difficult to understand the available information. Therefore, a study was conducted on the validity and practicality of Prezi learning media on the role of soil and soil organisms for the survival of junior high school students. The purpose of this study was to test the validity and practicality of Prezi learning media. This study uses the Research and Development method with the ADDIE development model which is carried out only until the implementation stage with a small group scale. The research instrument used was the Prezi learning media validation sheet and student response questionnaires. Based on the results of the study, it was obtained that the validity test of the Prezi learning media was very valid by showing a score of 0.84 while the results of the student response questionnaire as a test of the practicality of the media were obtained practically by showing a score of 77%, so it can be concluded that the Prezi learning media can be continued to the next stage, namely the effectiveness stage

Darwinism & Other Crumbling Theories in Science

In this editorial, I decided to publish a review of mine regarding the scientific book Entropy and Information Optics - Connecting Information and Time, Yu F.T.S. The review is given in the following text. The scope of the book at hand is the mutual presentation of Information and Entropy through the prism of Optics; in other words, the transaction of Info­rmation and Information Processing Systems by the inherent characterizing identity of Entropy and by specific means of information processing, i.e. Optics. It is of course a resampling or re-exposition of scientific knowledge regarding the field of information and entropy, as well as optics. The aforementioned knowledge has already been exposed and written in essays, in excess.

СТРАНИЦЫ ПАМЯТИ. ЛЕОНИД ЛЬВОВИЧ ВАНЬЯН (1932–2001)

March 2022 marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Soviet and Russian geophysicist, Professor Leonid Lvovich Vanyan. L. L. Vanyan was the author of bright scientific ideas and classic books, a talented scientist who brought up more than dozens followers. The works of L. L. Vanyan, together with the works of M. N. Berdichevsky, made a huge contribution to the theory of electromagnetic sounding, developing the fundamental works of the founders of electromagnetic methods – V. R. Bursian, A. P. Kraev, S. M. Sheinman, A. S. Semenov, L. M. Alpin. Most of the modern technologies and methods of electromagnetic studies of the deep structure of the Earth, including seafloor electromagnetic sounding, are based on this theoretical basis.