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Development of Anti-Radical Comics Electronic Media Based on Local Wisdom (Mekar-Bekal)

This research is motivated by as education develops, the challenges of the government and educators are also getting bigger to protect their students from the infiltration of wrong teachings or ideas about religious understanding, which in the end will lead to radicalism that triggers the emergence of radical movements among students. Facing the signs of intellectual degradation and the latest curriculum changes, there are several things that need to be followed up. The purpose of this research is to develop comics as an alternative learning media to counter radicalism. The research method used is research and development with qualitative and quantitative approaches. The resulting product is in the form of e-comic as a learning medium to strengthen the profile of Pancasila students The results show that the development of e-comic as a Civics learning medium on basic norms that apply in social life to realize justice has passed through four stages of development, namely needs analysis, product design, media production, validation and analysis, while for the product revision stage, testing product trial and final analysis and revision is done. The validation and analysis phase includes validation by material experts, media experts and MTs as resource persons. Eligibility of Civics e-comic In KD the norms that apply in social life to realize justice, in terms of material aspects, language, presentation, media effects on learning strategies and overall appearance. The results of the assessments from material experts, media experts and Civics teachers on all measured aspects stated the results of the assessment in the categories of Very Good and Decent.

A Legal Mapping Analysis and Model Bylaw of Massachusetts Municipal Accessory Dwelling Units.

Adapting the built-environment to include an accessory-dwelling unit (ADU) is one alternative housing solution for community-dwelling older adults (CDOA) to age-in-place and avoid institutionalization. ADUs are one form of the built-environment in which the field of public health law can intervene to accommodate population aging. Under Massachusetts law MGL c. 40A, the state gives authority to municipalities to adopt zoning bylaws to regulate the use of land, buildings, and structures. A legal mapping content analysis was employed to quantify Massachusetts municipalities' (N=351) ADU zoning ordinances using the ADU Friendliness Score instrument and to describe the characteristics of ADU availability across the state. Results are organized into four ordinal categories of POOR (score 0-24; 24%), FAIR (score 25-49; 8.5%), GOOD (score 50-74; 53%), and EXCELLENT (score 75-100%; 13.5%). An age-and-disability specific model ADU bylaw is reported as an outcome of this research.

Ekspolrasi Tingkat Pengetahuan dan Perilaku Body Shaming Mahasiswa di Kota Purwokerto

nd self-assessment that can arise due to dissatisfaction with what is owned by the individual. These behaviours can make individuals susceptible to body dysmorphic disorder. Objective: This study aims to explore the body shaming that exists among students in Purwokerto. Methods: This descriptive quantitative study used a cross-sectional approach. 1,165 students covering the number of all majors were then taken as many as 148 students with the inclusion criteria of active medical students, willing to follow until the end of the study, the exclusion criteria of students who could not complete the research until the end of data collection. The instrument in this study is a closed-ended questionnaire and uses the Guttman scale for its assessment with the categories of Good: 8-10, Enough: 6-7, Less: 0-5. Data were analyzed univariately and presented in the form of a frequency distribution. Results: The level of knowledge of students about body shaming is 89.9% and is included in the good category, while students' body-shaming behaviour is included in the medium category, namely 76.4%. The results of this study indicate that respondents who have a good level of knowledge can also perform body-shaming behaviour even though it is in the moderate category. Conclusion: The level of knowledge does not guarantee that individuals do not engage in body shaming behaviour. This behaviour can be avoided if the individual understands that it is not a good thing to do.

Good vs. Fair and Clean: An Analysis of Slow Food Principles Toward Gastronomy Tourism in Northern Iran

ABSTRACT In the tourism sector, food is of great importance, and one of the main concerns of tourists for short- and long-term trips is the choice available. In particular, in the past few years, rising demand for local gastronomy has emerged, which is still to be fully understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the desire for local food among tourists and travelers in the northern region of Guilan (Iran). The paper presents the results of quantitative research conducted among tourists and travelers. Data were collected through a questionnaire, whose reliability, as measured by Cronbach’s alpha method, was higher than the acceptable value of 0.7. Motivations were clustered around the three categories of Good, Fair, and Clean, which are inspired by the motto of the slow food movement. The findings of this research shed light on the hierarchy of values of tourists, suggesting that the Good factor was the key issue motivating their choice, while Fair and Clean had secondary roles. This research suggests that motivation does not preclude the implementation of positive initiatives relating to sustainability, but rather raises questions about the right form of communication concerning local cuisine to be employed.

Composite Suitability Index (CSI) Method for Ground Water Potential Identification: A Case Study for Bangalore Urban and Rural District, Karnataka

Usage of groundwater for domestic and industrial purposes poses a main intimidation to the rapidly depleting groundwater resources of India. The present work emphasizes the viability of remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) applications in groundwater studies, especially in the identification of groundwater potential zones in Bangalore urban and rural districts, Karnataka, India, using composite suitability index (CSI) method. The CSI technique is used to determine the weights of different themes and their modules for recognizing the groundwater prospective zone. Each class or unit of every thematic layer was assigned a knowledge based ranking, depending on its significance. Then all thematic layers were overlaid through overlay process/method in Arc GIS environment. Five categories of groundwater potential zones, namely, good, good-moderate, moderate, moderate-poor and poor were identified and delineated. The obtained ground water potential zone map will be used to furtherance the urban and rural water supply plan in the Bangalore urban and rural areas. Keywords: Groundwater potential identification, composite suitability index, GIS and remote sensing Cite this Article Revathy SS, Suresh Babu S, Raikar RV. Composite Suitability Index (CSI) Method for Ground Water Potential Identification: A Case Study for Bangalore Urban and Rural District, Karnataka. Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS. 2017; 8(3): 8–16p.

Enhancing Students' Life through Stress Reduction Exercises in Yoga

Since the 1970's, meditation and other stress-reduction techniques have been studied as possible treatments for depression and anxiety. One such practice, yoga, has received less attention in the medical literature, though it has become increasingly popular in recent decades. Yoga in today's time has been recognized as the best possible approach towards stress reduction and as personality enhancement technique. Today the medical sciences too have recognized its importance and recommend the same in as practices for healthy lifestyle. The present study was conducted on 100 school going girls of Dehradun state of Uttarakhand, India, between the age group of 16-17yrs. Pre and Post-test were conducted on the students using an adjustment inventory and battery of stress scales measuring areas like academic, institutional, self- concept etc. After the pre testing conditions students were exposed to a well-designed three months yoga training sessions for stress reduction employing relaxation techniques and exercises after which the post-test was conducted. The study revealed mean adjustment levels going high in the categories of excellent and good on the scale after the training, while also moving from high stress to low stress in various stress areas as measured. Thus the study reveals the crippling effect of the increasing everyday stress which can easily be eradicated from our lives through simple and inexpensive approach of moving towards yoga.

Free Choice, Incomparably Valuable Options, and Incommensurable Categories of Good

Free Choice, Incomparably Valuable Options, and Incommensurable Categories of Good

Erotyka i seks w fantastyce i futurologii

The biologic value of every function in the organism depends on its contribution to the totality of homeostatic activity of the organism. On the table of values determined by such anatomic and physiological characteristic different cultures impose their own normative valorisation, which can be in conflict with the biological facts. The point is a culturalisation of the harmony of living functions which is subject of a following rule: functions which are in a small distance of their biological aim are neglected and put into a state of cultural neutrality, like e.g. respiration which has never been valuated in categories of Good and Evil. On the other hand, functions separated by a longer causal chain from their biological aim are subject of intensive normative valuations. Such is the situation with the sex. Culturalisation of a function is never a valuation performed in an isolation, but consists always in the introduction of a function into an axiological coordinate system of a given culture. The cultural normatives assume at least a polarity of valuations, e.g. the sex, situated in some cultures at the pole of the „sacrum” was subject of its positive sublimation, and in other cultures (e.g. Christianity) has had a negative valuation. The sexual drive damped by the culture finds its expression not in a „revolt of biology against. culture”, but in a definite subcultural heterodoxy within given culture. In such a case it leads to a reversal of the plus and minus signs which have been established in an authoritarian way, or to connections of things which, according to the cultural directives, should be considered incompatible (therefore, e.g. participation of sex in rituals of a „black mass”).

Note on the categorization, recall and preference of KTSA objects by "aggressive" and "non-aggressive" prisoners.

Public opinion of criminals is often based upon the rype of crime for which they were convicted by the courts. This study investigated differences between and non-aggressive'' male criminals, as defined from a common sense, public type of judgment. Fifty male prisoners convicted of acts seemingly involved with aggressive behavior toward another person (murder, rape, robbery) were compared to 50 male prisoners convicted of less aggressive acrs (fictitious check writing, larceny, indecent liberties, burglaries, receiving stolen goods) in terms of their responses to a portion of the Kahn Test of Symbol Arrangement (KTSA; Kahn, 1956, 1957). If, indeed, these two groups have different personality characteristics which motivate their different types of criminal activities, this should be exhibited in the KTSA through the following variables: the number of objects sorted into the negative categories of HATE, BAD and DEAD as contrasted to the number of objects sorted into the more positive categories of LOVE, GOOD and LIVING. The major assumption of this approach is that aggressive criminals would more often place objects on the negative categories than would non-aggressive ones who would more often place objects in the positive categories. Similarly, the more aggressive criminal may be less inclined to show a preference for the heart object (since this is generally viewed as a positive affect symbol in the American culture). A further speculation is that, since the aggressive group committed more serious crimes (as indicated often by their lengths of sentence), the underlying personality is perhaps more pathological than with persons in the non-aggressive group who have committed what are considered less serious crimes. Individuals convicted of aggressive crimes then may show a deficit in their recall of previous arrangements of objects as a result of what may be intrusions stemming from lack of control over ongoing thought processes. When data were analyzed, the results indicated no significant differences existed between the two groups, i.e., on the KTSA variables investigated, the aggressive and nonaggressive convicts (as defined essentially by a social-legal viewpoint) did not differ. Subsequent research seeking clues as to the nature of personality differences motivating different criminal activities should consider the possibility that criteria other than those used in this study should be used to define aggressiveness and non-aggressiveness.

Sorting and Arranging Ktsa Objects According to Emotional Category and Preference under Simulated “Psychosis”

The KTSA was administered to two groups of Ss, first under normal conditions and then by asking them to simulate “psychosis,” or vice versa. Simulation of “psychosis” led to an increased number of objects being placed in the negative categories of HATE, BAD, and DEAD and a decreased number in the positive categories of LOVE, GOOD, and LIVING. Under the normal and “psychotic” sets no change was shown for “preferred” objects, but change was obvious for “non-preferred” objects. Constriction of responses was evident for Ss first tested as “psychotic” and then as normal, which suggests threatened perception of the psychotic situation. A similar threat did not appear when the S took the KTSA as a “psychotic” after having first taken it as a normal. The reader is cautioned against extrapolating these findings to those expected from actual malingerers since the motivation of these simulators of psychosis may be different from that of actual malingerers.