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Pembelajaran Sains Melalui Mini Praktikum untuk Anak Usia Dini dan Usia Sekolah di Rumah Pintar Kreatif Ampang, Kelurahan Ampang, Sumatera Barat

Science has an important role in improving the quality of human life and has significant positive effects on the development of children’s personality and potential. However, many people believe that science is a challenging field of study. Therefore, it is important to introduce science to children at a young age in an entertaining way. This community service activity aims to introduce science to early childhood and increase children's abilities and interest in science. The target of this activity is children from middle-class to lower-class families that live in the area of the Rumah Pintar Mingguan (RPM) Kreatif Ampang. Five RPM volunteers and 31 children participated in this activity. This PKM activity was carried out through a simple science mini-practicum, by utilizing simple and inexpesive materials and tools that can be found easily in the surrounding environment. The main ingredients were baking soda and vinegar (acetic acid). The method used in this activity were a case study and hands-on practice. Two topics that are carried out on this practicum, namely the phenomenon of an erupting Merapi volcano and inflating a balloon without being blown up. This practice has the effect of increasing children's interest in and motivation for science, which is directly correlated with their increased comprehension of the concepts being demonstrated. Additionally, RPM decided to make this science practicum activity as a regular agenda item for the RPM community.

Presenting with Impact: Training Students' Oral Presentation Skills

Oral presentations have become pivotal in recent learning. Students must communicate their work or experiments to colleagues and lecturers through scientific protocols. In many cases, it was detected that students often experienced difficulties making oral presentations, resulting in irritation in critical and constructive class discussions. This service aims to conduct presenting with impact training to train students' oral presentations using lecture and discussion methods, exercises and peer-reviews, and oral presentations. Participants involved as many as 16 people. As a result, there was an increase in the participants' oral presentation skills in terms of content accuracy, effective communication, and clarity of speech. However, it still needs to improve various indicators to characterize oral presentation skills in various conditions. Presentation training should be a regular agenda to equip students with the latest oral presentation instruments to strengthen their professional skill profile as prospective teachers.

Beware of the Slinking Dragon

In the current political discourses of the parties as well as non-party forces, fascism has become the oftenest quoted epithet to describe the Indian panorama under BJP’s rule. During the 1970s, in the wake of the first major split in the Congress, rise of Indira Gandhi as the supremo within the Congress, and then during the days of the Emergency, talks of fascism had become a regular agenda. Thereafter, emergence of regional parties as opposition to the Congress, many non-Congress Governments coming to office in various states and on several occasions, decline of the Congress as the biggest national party, pushed the talk of fascism behind the public arena (right or wrong, whatever one may think). Recently, following the ascent of BJP to the Union Government in 2014, with special reference to the premiership of Narendra Modi, the notorious organizer of the gruelling bloodbath of the Muslims in Gujarat, the talk has returned with louder voice.

Implementation of a "Foley Light” Emergency Department to Reduce Catheter Utilization

Background Decreasing the use of indwelling urinary catheters is a key prevention approach for catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). The Emergency Department (ED) is a common location where inpatient admits obtain an indwelling urinary catheter. These catheters are often clinically unnecessary and are more likely to remain in place once the patient is admitted. Methods Infection Prevention (IP) and the ED partnered to decrease utilization of indwelling catheters. A team consisting of ED leadership, Critical Care, Hospitalists, and IP developed a “Foley Light” protocol for limiting indwelling catheter insertion in the ED. Education on the protocol was given to all stakeholders. An electronic medical record report was created to identify catheter insertion, order, indication, and ordering provider. The catheter insertion rate and an in-depth weekly analysis of the report was sent to key stakeholders with recommendations for improvement. ED nursing leadership shared weekly updates with staff and provided individual nurse coaching as needed. The ED providers were updated periodically by IP on the program's progress and offered input opportunities. Results Catheter insertion rates decreased from 8.33% during the initial 4-month measurement period to 6.22% in the consecutive 3-month measurement period. Catheter insertions without a provider order decreased 1.4%. Early reviews and discussion with staff indicated increased use of Foley alternatives. The “Foley Light” protocol was a regular agenda item for nurse meetings. Conclusions Consistent feedback and a team approach is essential to tackle a complex issue such as CAUTI. This “Foley light” program provides a platform to increase understanding of the problem and supports the cultural shift needed in the ED to reduce catheter utilization. Decreasing the use of indwelling urinary catheters is a key prevention approach for catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). The Emergency Department (ED) is a common location where inpatient admits obtain an indwelling urinary catheter. These catheters are often clinically unnecessary and are more likely to remain in place once the patient is admitted. Infection Prevention (IP) and the ED partnered to decrease utilization of indwelling catheters. A team consisting of ED leadership, Critical Care, Hospitalists, and IP developed a “Foley Light” protocol for limiting indwelling catheter insertion in the ED. Education on the protocol was given to all stakeholders. An electronic medical record report was created to identify catheter insertion, order, indication, and ordering provider. The catheter insertion rate and an in-depth weekly analysis of the report was sent to key stakeholders with recommendations for improvement. ED nursing leadership shared weekly updates with staff and provided individual nurse coaching as needed. The ED providers were updated periodically by IP on the program's progress and offered input opportunities. Catheter insertion rates decreased from 8.33% during the initial 4-month measurement period to 6.22% in the consecutive 3-month measurement period. Catheter insertions without a provider order decreased 1.4%. Early reviews and discussion with staff indicated increased use of Foley alternatives. The “Foley Light” protocol was a regular agenda item for nurse meetings. Consistent feedback and a team approach is essential to tackle a complex issue such as CAUTI. This “Foley light” program provides a platform to increase understanding of the problem and supports the cultural shift needed in the ED to reduce catheter utilization.

DINAMIKA IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN LAYANAN EAZY PASSPORT PADA KANTOR IMIGRASI TANJUNG PERAK

This research is a study of the implementation of the Eazy Passport service policy at the Tanjung Perak Immigration Office. The Eazy Passport service is an innovation initiated by the Directorate General of Immigration to overcome the problem of declining number of passport applications caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses a qualitative approach with a case study method that examines the implementation of the Eazy Passport service policy and the dinamics that occur in the development. The result of the analysis carried out describe the dynamics of the implementation of the Eazy Passport service from the beginning of the implementation to the renewal that occur covering aspects of the procedures and terms of service, as well as efforts to make it a regular agenda at each certain period. This study of the dinamics of policy implementation, which has been implemented for more than a year, is expected to be able to provide an overview of policy implementation in the Immigration Office as well as become a material for evaluation and reformulation to be able to create better policy implementation in the future.

DINAMIKA IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN LAYANAN EAZY PASSPORT PADA KANTOR IMIGRASI TANJUNG PERAK

This research is a study of the implementation of the Eazy Passport service policy at the Tanjung Perak Immigration Office. The Eazy Passport service is an innovation initiated by the Directorate General of Immigration to overcome the problem of declining number of passport applications caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses a qualitative approach with a case study method that examines the implementation of the Eazy Passport service policy and the dinamics that occur in the development. The result of the analysis carried out describe the dynamics of the implementation of the Eazy Passport service from the beginning of the implementation to the renewal that occur covering aspects of the procedures and terms of service, as well as efforts to make it a regular agenda at each certain period. This study of the dinamics of policy implementation, which has been implemented for more than a year, is expected to be able to provide an overview of policy implementation in the Immigration Office as well as become a material for evaluation and reformulation to be able to create better policy implementation in the future.

Transition from child and adolescent mental health services to adult mental health services

BackgroundThe prevalence and recognition of mental health conditions in young people is growing. Around 50% of lifetime mental illness (except dementia) begins by the age of 14. Around 75% of adults requiring secondary mental health services developed problems prior to 18.The TRACK study of young people's transitions from CAMHS to AMHS has found that up to a third of teenagers are lost from care during transition and a further third experience an interruption in their care.A CQUIN for Transition has concluded that young children should have a transition plan 6 months before they turn 18.MethodAll young people aged 17 and a half years old were included in the data collection for this audit. Clinical information was reviewed using the West London RIO computer system. While reviewing the clinical documentation I was recording whether:Transitional plans had been discussed with the young person.If yes, what were they?Had a referral been made to the appropriate service?ResultThere were 180 open cases to the Hounslow Adolescent Team. 35 cases were over 18:At least 16 of these cases needed to be closed as no intervention was being provided.14 cases had an unclear plan.Of the 25 cases aged between 17.5 and 18 years of age transitional plans were:Transition was discussed in 11 cases (44%). This meant that transitional plans were not discussed in 56% of young people.Of these 11 cases 7 referrals were completed. (28%)ConclusionThe lack of consistent protocols for transition remains a significant barrier to health care provided to young people.Transitional planning needs to take place in an effective and timely manner to ensure continued patient centred care.Transitional discussions to be made a regular agenda item at team meetings.Care co-ordinator to be informed and reminded that transitional plans need to be explored with young people.Following a re-audit of this data 6 months on 100% of cases over the age of 18 were closed and transition was discussed in the remaining 56%.

Evaluating human-centered design methods as an approach for inclusive green design: Case study Kampung Kota Surakarta

Acceptable design by community is a significant indicator of success inclusive design and sustainable human settlement. There are many cases where programs initiated by the government to cope with specific issues or problems have failed to gather support from the community. The communities do not have a sense belonging to the design which leads to unsustainable program. The human design center (HCD) has been advocated as an approach for inclusive, participatory design in community programs. This study aims to investigate the key success of implementation of human centre design methods with Program Kampung Iklim (Proklim) Surakarta as a case study. Proklim is a national program to promote community actions to promote resilience to climate change impacts. Elaborating Human Center Design in the implementation of Proklim program in Surakarta city, the collaboration process in design is discussed, placing emphasis on how to include end-users in the development process. The study shows that the same method would not necessarily produce the same outcomes in different areas. Despite scant evidence of its effectiveness to produce acceptable design, The study reveals that four pre-conditions need to be established in using participatory design approach implemented in community programs, that are knowledgeable community leaders, informed communities, social bonding and community acceptance regarding the program. Thus, this is crucial for the government to take into consideration community leader regeneration as a regular agenda.

An Agenda-Setting Model of Stakeholder Influence

Existing research has shown that when multiple demands from stakeholder activists are directed at a firm in a sequential manner, the multiple demands build on each other to magnify activist pressure and thereby enhance activists’ capacity to influence firm outcomes. However, in many instances, multiple demands from stakeholder activists are not directed at a firm sequentially, but simultaneously. Yet, when multiple activist demands are directed at the same firm at the same time, these demands compete for attention from decision makers in the firm and risk crowding each other out, thereby hampering the ability of any individual activist demand to influence firm outcomes. Building on this premise, we propose an agenda setting model of stakeholder influence where multiple activist demands compete for space on the agenda of decision makers in firms. To test this model, we look at the shareholder proposal process in the United States and specifically examine the shareholder proposal campaign between 2006 and 2010 for the introduction of Say on Pay – a corporate governance policy that consists in submitting a firm’s executive compensation plan to a vote from shareholders. Consistent with the crowding out hypothesis, we find that Say on Pay proposals were more effective when firms received fewer shareholder proposals on other issues in the same year. And once adopted as part of the regular agenda of the annual meeting, Say on Pay was more effective at curbing CEO compensation when firms received fewer shareholder proposals on other issues in the same year.

Atenção Primária à Saúde quebrando tabus

A produção acadêmica sobre sexualidade e diversidade apresenta lacunas importantes, e muitas das diretrizes de cuidados clínicos a populações específicas são baseadas em baixo grau de evidência científica, como ocorre com a população de Lésbicas, Gays, Bissexuais, Travestis, Transexuais e Intersexuais (LGBTI). Dessa forma, a fundação do Grupo de Trabalho (GT) de Gênero, Sexualidade, Diversidade e Direitos, junto à Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade surge com o importante objetivo de promover estudos e debates sobre gênero e sexualidade a fim de promover direitos, diversidade e equidade na Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS). Como uma das atividades desse GT foi idealizado e construído o I Seminário Sexualidade e Diversidade, com o tema “Atenção Primária à Saúde Quebrando Tabus”, que aconteceu em São Paulo, entre os dias 20 e 22 de abril de 2018. O presente texto tem como objetivo apresentar como se deu a construção do evento, descrevendo os espaços realizados e as impressões dos participantes sobre o seminário. A programação foi elaborada a partir da demanda dos fóruns do GT (grupos de e-mail, Facebook e WhatsApp), sendo proposto quatro eixos para as atividades: 1- Pesquisa/produção acadêmica, 2- Assistência/temas clínicos, 3- Educação médica e 4- Representatividade e políticas públicas. Ao todo, foram realizadas 6 mesas redondas, 6 oficinas, 3 performances artísticas e 1 exposição cultural, contando com a participação de 202 pessoas, de 11 estados. O GT atingiu seu objetivo com esse seminário de produzir conhecimento e discutir sobre sexualidade e gênero, com foco na Atenção Primária, com médicos de família e comunidade, profissionais e estudantes da saúde. Considerando que a procura pelo Seminário foi maior que a esperada e que a discussão dos temas não se encerram em um evento, a intenção é de que o Seminário se torne parte da agenda regular da SBMFC.

PKM PEMBEKALAN MEMASUKI DUNIA KERJA ATAU KULIAH

Besides being able to work directly, vocational school graduates (SMK) can also continue to higher levels of education is universities, but choosing majors in higher education certainly adjusts to the interests and abilities of students. The problem that often occurs is the lack of students' knowledge about future plans so that many SMK graduates are actually unemployed, this is due to a lack of knowledge about preparing to enter the workforce and if they want to a student of univerities a lack of information about the majors to take and how to choose a good and right universities. To deal with these problems need to be given guidance to students about preparing to enter the world of work or college. The service method that is carried out is discourse method with two meetings and four different speakers. The first meeting was about how to get job information, how to make a cover letter, interview techniques and job interviews and how to choose the right major in universities. The second meeting with material about financial reporting using MYOB. From the distributed questionnaire the results show that students are satisfied with the lesson given and hope to become a regular agenda at school before students finish their education.

MUSABAQAH TILAWAH AL-QUR’AN DI INDONESIA (FESTIVALISASI AL-QUR’AN SEBAGAI BENTUK RESEPSI ESTETIS)

One of the regular agenda which is held in Indonesia is Musabaqah Tilawah al-Qur’an (MTQ). This agenda carried out at regional, national, even internasional level. MTQ can be said as the biggest religious event or festival which celebrated by Moslems in Indonesia. The present of this Qur’anic competition is very interesting because it is one of the esthetic reception from society and was declared by the government as a regular agenda. All walks of life be able to join and participate at it for cheering up this biennial activity. This article discusses about MTQ as Indonesian reception of the Qur’an in esthetic aspect. The conclusion says that MTQ is not only as medium to stimulate Indonesian people for reciting Qur’an beautifully but also as spirit to understand the meaning of Qur’anic verses itself hopefully.

MUSABAQAH TILAWAH AL-QUR’AN DI INDONESIA (FESTIVALISASI AL-QUR’AN SEBAGAI BENTUK RESEPSI ESTETIS)

One of the regular agenda which is held in Indonesia is Musabaqah Tilawah al-Qur’an (MTQ). This agenda carried out at regional, national, even internasional level. MTQ can be said as the biggest religious event or festival which celebrated by Moslem s in Indonesia. The present of this Qur’anic competition is very i nteresting because it is one of the esthetic reception from society and was declared by the government as a regular agenda . A ll walks of life be able to join and participate at it for cheering up this biennial activity. This article discusses about MTQ as Indonesian reception of the Qur’an in esthetic aspect. The conclusion says that MTQ is not only as medium to stimulate Indonesian people for reciting Qur’an beautifully but also as spirit to understand the meaning of Qur’anic verses itself hopefully.

Promoting faculty professionalism: a case-based approach.

IntroductionProfessionalism is a key attribute for health professionals. Yet, it is unknown how much faculty development is directed toward skills and behaviours of faculty professionalism. Faculty professionalism includes boundaries in teacher-student relationships, self-reflection, assuring one’s own fitness for duty, and maintaining confidentiality when appropriate.MethodsFor five years, we have incorporated faculty professionalism as a routine agenda item for the monthly Physician Assistant Programme faculty meetings, allowing faculty members to introduce issues they are comfortable sharing or have questions about. We also have case discussions of faculty professionalism within faculty meetings every three months.ResultsFaculty professionalism is important in the daily work lives of faculty members and including this as part of routine agendas verifies its importance. A faculty survey showed that a majority look forward to the quarterly faculty professionalism case discussions. These have included attempted influence in the admissions process, student/faculty social boundaries, civic professionalism, students requesting medical advice, and self-disclosure.ConclusionA preventive approach works better than a reactionary approach to faculty missteps in professionalism. Routine discussion of faculty professionalism normalizes the topic and is helpful to both new and experienced faculty members. We recommend incorporation of faculty professionalism as a regular agenda item in faculty meetings.

Sistem Pemungutan Suara Elektronik Menggunakan Model Poll Site E-Voting

General elections is a regular agenda for a democtaric state, the applied paper based voting has several drawbacks, including spoiled ballots, inaccuracy in the counting of votes and reporting of election results which tends to be slow. Therefore , it needs to develop an electronic voting system that is user friendly for Indonesian people, which will reduce confusion from the previous system changes. Electronic voting aims at increasing participation, accuracy and efficiency of election results. Electrinoc voting has its own challenges to the implementation in Indonesia, ranging from the lack of legal protection, the heterogeneous level of education, culture, soceity and the digital gaps. The model developed in this thesis is the poll site e-voting, based on the rules of General Elections Commision (KPU) as the organizer of the elections. In this model, people still go to the pools, using the ID number od ID card as a verification tool and voting at the voting booths provided. The system automatically stores the results in a database option, and after the spesified time will show both the results of the voting and other and other information required by the Commission. Voting system with a model of e-voting poll site is expected to have a good chance an a low level of risk to be applied in Indonesia. Keywords : E-voting; Poll site; Rule based; Risk.

Narratives of Public Art: Yellow Peril, Vault and a Large Yellow Object

In 1980 a large yellow steel sculpture by the Australian sculptor Ron Robertson-Swann was installed in the City Square in Melbourne, Australia. Commissioned by the Melbourne City Council, the sculpture attracted enormous media scrutiny and its tenure in the Square was a regular agenda item on City Council meetings from the time that a maquette of the proposed work was first displayed. Over the next 20 years the sculpture, later named Vault, was twice dismantled and reassembled at other sites. In this article I approach the sculpture through an object-oriented method, one that attributes agency to the human and nonhuman actors in these events. In so doing I seek to locate what Bruno Latour might have described as the “hidden geographies” of the sculpture. This close examination of the life of the work, and the many and varied interactions with the sculpture on the part of the people of Melbourne, demonstrates how Vault far exceeded Robertson-Swann's intentions for it.

Actions on Access Issues Follow Senator's Address

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Dificultades de los países desarrollados y en desarrollo en materia de inversiones públicas para reforzar los Servicios Veterinarios y demás autoridades responsables de la seguridad sanitaria de los alimentos

During the negotiation of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the SPS Agreement), there was clear recognition of the problems that developing countries would face in complying with the SPS Agreement. The agreement included provisions related to technical assistance and special differential treatment for developing countries. Both topics are discussed in the SPS Committee as a regular agenda item and have been subject to substantive consideration during both reviews of the SPS Agreement, in 1999 and latterly in 2005. The SPS Committee is currently considering proposals to make these provisions more precise, effective and operational. The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) was formally established in mid-2002 by the Food and Agriculture Organization, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), World Bank, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization as a financing and coordinating mechanism. The STDF maintains a database which provides information on SPS-related technical assistance and capacity-building projects. From the limited data gathered, it would appear that the focus of the technical assistance provided so far has been knowledge transfer. Only a small minority of the projects reported deal with the strengthening of hard infrastructure such as laboratory facilities. It is also clear that in terms of the overall number and value of projects, animal health lags well behind the food safety sector. The World Bank estimates that annual expenditure by donor agencies on trade-related SPS programmes has been running at some USdollars 65 million to USdollars 70 million annually. However, there is under-reporting of technical cooperation activities in the STDF database.

HABITUAL ACTION DALAM KEPEMIMPINAN SPIRITUAL

Toward leadership crisis that crashed the nation of Indonesia, one of thefactors contributors come from universities, concerning Higher Education is anursery area of society and the national leaders. To overcome the crisis, it needed torepair the leadership models that are able to change and improve social and nationallife. The mandate of the university is shaping and sharpening thinking of thelecturers, students, and alumni to always siding, thinking and acting for the benefitand improvement of the surrounding communities. One alternative models ofleadership that are relevant to college is spiritual leadership.Spiritual leadership has been tested and researched by Louis W. Fry ( 2003)along with the comrades in the context of different organizations and the resultsshow the possibility of the application of this theoretical model for various types oforganizations. According to Fry spiritual leadership is the incorporation of thenecessary values, attitudes and behaviors to motivate intrinsically oneselves andothers to be such a way so that they have a sense of spiritual defense through the callof duty and membership.Spiritual leadership model is studied by the author in STAIN Purwokerto, asIslamic educational institutions which incidentally has been practicing spiritualvalues in their environment. The study was conducted using qualitative research andcase study approach.Spiritual leadership in STAIN Purwokerto is constructed based on threeimportant things: First, the existence of spiritual values that were held by leaders andserve as an ideology or belief to motivate himself and others. Spiritual values arevalues such are togetherness, belief or determination, and obeying the rules. Second,building tradition of spiritual leadership that is reflected in the actions taken byleaders in achieving the vision to be achieved by STAIN Purwokerto. The habitualprocess is done by sticking to spiritual values carried. Then it is implemented byissuing flagship programs supported by strategic policies carried out intensively sothat it becomes a regular agenda of the academic community and staff as well as toproduce a healthy organizational culture and quality. Third, organizational culture isfostered by building a dynamic atmosphere, full of family-like-feeling, cooperation,open and respectful in terms of spiritual, intellectual and professional. The efforts aremade from simple things and daily life by providing deep meaning so that it can beused as a driver towards the direction of progress .