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ZepQuiz Game-Based Learning for Improving Students’ Narrative Reading Skills: ZepQuiz: Pembelajaran Berbasis Permainan untuk Meningkatkan Keterampilan Membaca Naratif Siswa
No full textGeneral background: Reading comprehension remains a core challenge in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning. Specific background: Many high school students struggle to understand narrative text structures and implicit meanings. Knowledge gap: Few studies have investigated the integration of the ZepQuiz platform within Game-Based Learning (GBL) to enhance narrative reading comprehension at the secondary level. Aims: This study examined the use of ZepQuiz as a digital learning medium to improve students’ reading comprehension and motivation in narrative texts. Results: Using a one-group pretest-posttest quantitative design, findings from 35 students showed a statistically significant improvement (p < 0.05) in reading comprehension and motivation scores after ZepQuiz implementation. Novelty: The research highlights ZepQuiz’s ability to integrate gamification elements—leaderboards, instant feedback, and time challenges—to promote engagement and cognitive processing. Implications: ZepQuiz can be applied as an innovative and interactive learning approach to support digital-based English education.
Highlight & Keyword• Motivation improvement through gamified reading• Cognitive engagement in narrative comprehension• Technology-based EFL instruction
Keywords: ZepQuiz, Game-Based Learning, Reading Comprehension,Narrative Text, English Educatio
Critical Thinking Profile in Coding Learning for 6-Year-Old Early Childhood Education Students
No full textGeneral Background: The rapid digitalization era has positioned coding as a crucial medium for developing foundational cognitive skills in early childhood. Specific Background: For 6-year-old learners, visual-based coding activities offer opportunities to strengthen logical reasoning and structured problem-solving, yet empirical descriptions of their critical thinking profile remain limited. Knowledge Gap: Existing studies rarely document how critical thinking indicators manifest during coding activities in early childhood settings. Aims: This study aims to analyze the critical thinking profile of 6-year-old children engaged in coding learning at TK Tunas Harapan. Results: Findings show that coding activities significantly enhance children’s analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities, reflected in notable score improvements across learning cycles, although 40% of students initially demonstrated difficulties in critical thinking. Novelty: This research provides early evidence on how coding education concretely stimulates critical thinking in young children within rural early childhood contexts. Implications: The results highlight the importance of integrating developmentally appropriate coding activities into early childhood curricula to strengthen critical thinking foundations and inform future digital learning model development for PAUD.
Highlights:
Coding learning significantly strengthens critical thinking skills in 6-year-old children.
Visual-based coding activities help improve analysis, evaluation, and problem-solving abilities.
Integrating coding in early childhood supports digital literacy and cognitive readiness in the digital era.
Keywords: Critical Thinking, Coding Education, 6-year-old Children, Digitalization, Early Childhood Educatio
Neuro-inflammation and Serum Cytokine Levels in Schizophrenia Patients
No full textGeneral Background: Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a chronic and multifactorial neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by disturbances in cognition, emotion, and behavior, affecting approximately one percent of the global population. Specific Background: Recent studies have increasingly implicated neuroinflammation and immune system dysregulation, particularly involving cytokines, in the pathophysiology of SCZ. However, the specific roles and interactions of inflammatory mediators such as interleukin-8 (IL-8), interleukin-10 (IL-10), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) remain unclear. Knowledge Gap: Limited empirical data exist on how these cytokines correlate with clinical characteristics and demographic factors in SCZ, especially regarding gender differences and their potential as biomarkers. Aims: This study aimed to assess serum levels of IL-8, IL-10, and TNF-α in SCZ patients compared to healthy controls using ELISA and to analyze their interrelationships. Results: Findings revealed significantly higher serum concentrations of IL-8, IL-10, and TNF-α in SCZ patients (p<0.0001), with IL-8 levels notably elevated in female patients. Novelty: This research highlights IL-8 as a gender-sensitive biomarker of neuroinflammation in SCZ, contributing to the understanding of immune involvement in its pathogenesis. Implications: The results suggest that cytokine profiling may aid in identifying inflammatory subtypes of SCZ and support the development of targeted immunomodulatory therapies.Highlight :
The study confirms elevated IL-8, IL-10, and TNF-α levels in SCZ patients compared to controls.
Results suggest that SCZ involves neuro-inflammatory processes linked to immune system activation.
Cytokines may serve as useful biomarkers for developing targeted therapeutic strategies in SCZ.
Keywords : Schizophrenia (SCZ), Neuroinflammation, IL-8, IL-10, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-α
The Role of Local Budget Transparency in Community Participation in Tanjungpinang: Peran Transparansi Anggaran Daerah terhadap Partisipasi Masyarakat di Tanjungpinang
No full textBackground: Transparency in regional budgeting serves as an essential foundation for accountable governance and encourages public involvement in financial oversight. Specific background: In Tanjungpinang, the regional government has provided budget information through digital platforms to support public access to planning and expenditure documents. Knowledge gap: Despite the availability of this information, community participation is not yet optimal due to varied levels of fiscal literacy, limited technological access, and insufficient outreach. Aims: This study examines how regional budget transparency is implemented in Tanjungpinang and how accessible budget information corresponds with community participation. Results: The findings show that while budget documents are available online, public use remains limited. Low financial understanding, irregular data updates, and digital access barriers reduce community involvement, with higher participation found among groups with stronger digital access and education. Novelty: This research offers contextual evidence from a region with diverse literacy levels, illustrating that transparency alone does not ensure active participation. Implications: Strengthened public outreach, clearer information presentation, and improved fiscal literacy are essential to support more inclusive community participation in regional budgeting.
Highlights
Public use of regional budget information in Tanjungpinang remains limited.
Fiscal literacy and digital accessibility shape levels of community participation.
Enhanced outreach and clearer information delivery support broader public involvement.
Keywords
Budget, Region, Transparency, Community, Participatio
Digital Marketing Physiognomy and Their Impact on Marketing Future Products
No full textGeneral Background: In the rapidly evolving digital business landscape, organizations must understand customer behaviors and anticipate market trends to remain competitive. Specific Background: Digital marketing foresight has emerged as a crucial competency, integrating analytical, cognitive, and behavioral capacities that enable marketers to predict and respond to future customer demands. Knowledge Gap: However, there is limited empirical research, particularly in emerging markets such as Iraq, examining how employees’ digital marketing insights directly influence the marketing of future products. Aims: This study investigates the relationship between digital marketing insight dimensions—deep customer knowledge, mental empowerment, digital inspiration, and sensibility—and the marketing of future products within Asiacell Telecommunications Company. Results: Using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) on 476 valid responses, findings reveal a significant positive correlation between digital marketing insights and future product marketing dimensions, including digital, adaptable, novel, and unexpected products. Novelty: The study introduces empirical evidence on how online customer service employees’ digital awareness translates into innovative and adaptive marketing outcomes. Implications: These results highlight the strategic importance of enhancing employees’ digital foresight to foster sustainable innovation, strengthen competitiveness, and align future product development with evolving customer expectations.Highlight :
The study identifies a significant positive relationship between digital marketing insights and marketing of future products.
Employee understanding of digital customers and mental empowerment improve innovation and adaptability.
Asiacell gains a competitive advantage by developing digital foresight among its customer service employees.
Keywords : Digital Marketing Insights, Marketing of Future Products, Digital Customer Service Employees, Asiacel
Laboratory Assessment Revealing Nutritional Disorders Among Children in Uzbekistan
No full textGeneral Background: Childhood nutritional disorders pose major global health risks, affecting growth, immunity, and long-term metabolic outcomes. Specific Background: In Uzbekistan, a dual burden of micronutrient deficiencies and rising overweight rates persists, yet no standardized national protocol exists for laboratory-based assessment. Knowledge Gap: Existing monitoring systems lack unified biochemical, anthropometric, and dietary evaluation methods, limiting early detection and regional comparability. Aims: This study aims to develop and validate a comprehensive laboratory protocol for assessing the nutritional status of children aged 2–12 years to support early prevention of alimentary disorders. Results: Analysis of 500 children across Uzbekistan showed high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (46 percent), iron deficiency indicated by low ferritin levels (32 percent), and early overweight or obesity (14 percent). Significant correlations were identified between micronutrient biomarkers, BMI, waist circumference, dietary patterns, and sunlight exposure, confirming the multifactorial nature of nutritional imbalance. Novelty: The study introduces the first unified framework integrating biochemical, anthropometric, and dietary indicators tailored to Uzbekistan’s pediatric population. Implications: Adoption of this standardized protocol can strengthen national monitoring, improve early diagnosis of hidden deficiencies, guide evidence-based interventions, and support long-term strategies to reduce alimentary and metabolic disorders among Uzbek children.Highlight :
The content highlights the significant dual burden of micronutrient deficiencies and early obesity among children in Uzbekistan.
It emphasizes the importance of integrating biochemical, anthropometric, and dietary data for accurate early detection.
The study supports establishing a standardized laboratory protocol to improve preventive care and national monitoring.
Keywords : Nutritional status of children, micronutrient deficiencies, vitamin D deficiency, iron deficiency anemia, childhood obesit
Legal Analysis of Collusion in Government Goods/Services Procurement Tenders From the Perspective of Good Governance Principles in Support of Sustainable Development (Case Study No 17/Kppu-L/2022): Analisis Hukum tentang Kolusi dalam Tender Pengadaan Barang/Jasa Pemerintah dari Perspektif Prinsip Tata Kelola yang Baik untuk Mendukung Pembangunan Berkelanjutan (Studi Kasus No. 17/Kppu-L/2022)
No full textGeneral background: Public procurement plays a strategic role in realizing good governance and sustainable development, yet it remains vulnerable to collusion that undermines transparency, accountability, efficiency, and fair competition. Specific background: In Indonesia, bid rigging in government procurement continues to dominate competition law violations, as reflected in KPPU Decision No. 17/KPPU-L/2022 concerning the Taman Ismail Marzuki revitalization project. Knowledge gap: Previous studies have largely discussed tender collusion normatively, but have not sufficiently integrated good governance principles with concrete enforcement mechanisms in the context of sustainable development. Aims: This study aims to analyze the legal implications of tender collusion from a good governance perspective and to identify effective supervisory mechanisms to prevent its recurrence. Results: Using a normative juridical approach with statute and case analyses, the study finds that the collusion systematically violated transparency through unjustified tender cancellation, accountability through the absence of administrative responsibility, and efficiency and fair competition through directed re-tendering. Novelty: This research explicitly links tender collusion, good governance principles, and sustainable development goals within a single analytical framework. Implications: Strengthening integrated oversight by KPPU, optimizing electronic procurement systems, enhancing public participation, and enforcing competition law consistently are essential to ensuring integrity-based procurement and supporting sustainable national development.
Highlights:
Tender collusion systematically violates transparency, accountability, and fair competition in government procurement.
Weak oversight mechanisms enable bid rigging, resulting in inefficiency and potential losses to public finances.
Integrated supervision, digital procurement systems, and strong law enforcement are crucial to support sustainable development.
Keywords: Public Procurement, Tender Collusion, Good Governance, Competition Law, Sustainable Developmen
Super Learning Model and Cognitive Achievement Among First Grade Intermediate Students
No full textGeneral Background: History education is increasingly expected to move beyond memorization by promoting analytical thinking and meaningful engagement with historical contexts. Specific Background: The FATA Super Learning Model, which integrates focusing, activity-based exploration, guided training, and applied learning, has been suggested as an approach that can strengthen students’ cognitive and analytical skills, yet empirical evidence in early secondary history education is still limited. Knowledge Gap: Research examining teachers’ perceptions of the model’s effectiveness and its direct influence on cognitive achievement among middle-school students remains scarce. Aims: This study analyzes the effectiveness of the FATA model in enhancing cognitive achievement, historical reasoning, and classroom interaction among first-grade intermediate students in Iraq. Results: Responses from 50 history teachers show strong agreement that the model deepens understanding, increases motivation, improves critical analysis, strengthens the ability to link past and present, and enhances active participation, although challenges such as limited training, resource constraints, and insufficient institutional support were noted. Novelty: The study offers one of the earliest systematic evaluations of the FATA model within Iraqi middle-school settings, combining quantitative and qualitative data from practitioners. Implications: The findings underline the importance of structured training, curriculum alignment, and stronger institutional support to ensure effective and sustainable implementation of the model in history classrooms.Highlight :
Highlights the model’s role in strengthening students’ deep understanding of historical events.
Emphasizes improved motivation and active engagement during history learning.
Underscores the model’s contribution to linking past events with present-day contexts.
Keywords : Super Learning, FATA Model, Teaching History, Cognitive Achievement, Critical Thinkin
Digital Marketing Practices and Sustainable Tourism Development Relationship Findings
No full textGeneral Background: Sustainable tourism has become a strategic priority for the hotel industry amid the global shift toward environmentally responsible practices. Specific Background: Digital transformation has strengthened the role of e-marketing as a key driver of tourism promotion, yet empirical evidence on its direct contribution to sustainable tourism development remains limited in developing contexts. Knowledge Gap: Few studies have analysed how e-marketing practices influence sustainability-oriented outcomes within hotel operations, particularly in Iraq. Aims: This study examines the relationship and effect of e-marketing on sustainable tourism development in the Baron Hotel, Karbala. Results: Using data from 20 respondents and SPSS-based analyses, the study found a significant positive correlation (r = 0.530) between e-marketing and sustainable tourism development, and a statistically significant effect (p < 0.05), confirming both hypotheses. Novelty: The research offers one of the earliest empirical assessments linking e-marketing characteristics—such as digital communication, online promotion, and service personalization—to sustainability dimensions in the Iraqi hotel sector. Implications: Findings underscore the need for hotels to strengthen digital marketing strategies to enhance environmental awareness, improve visitor engagement, and support long-term sustainable tourism goals through efficient and targeted digital communication.Highlight :
Highlights the linkage between e-marketing and the strengthening of sustainable tourism practices.
Emphasizes the role of digital tools in enhancing tourist engagement and awareness.
Underscores the contribution of e-marketing to efficient promotion and the achievement of sustainability goals.
Keywords : E-marketing, Sustainable Tourism Development, Baron Hotel, Digital Promotion, Customer Awarenes
The Validity of Imam Shafi‘i, Criticism, and the Influence of Yahya Bin Ma’in's Accusations on the Weakness of Transmission in Hadith Chains
No full textGeneral Background: Imam Shafi‘i is widely recognized as a leading mujtahid and a major authority in Islamic jurisprudence and hadith scholarship, whose narrations have long been referenced in classical Islamic sciences. Specific Background: Despite this recognition, certain criticisms—most notably attributed to Yahya bin Ma‘in—questioned Imam Shafi‘i’s reliability as a hadith transmitter, particularly regarding sanad assessment within the tradition of jarh wa ta‘dil. Knowledge Gap: These accusations have often been cited without systematic evaluation against broader scholarly consensus and established methodological principles of hadith criticism. Aims: This study aims to reassess Yahya bin Ma‘in’s accusations and examine their standing within jarh wa ta‘dil, focusing on whether they undermine Imam Shafi‘i’s status as a thiqah narrator. Results: Based on qualitative library research and comparative analysis of classical sources, the study finds that the accusations lack substantiated grounds, are contradicted by other authenticated statements from Yahya bin Ma‘in himself, and are outweighed by extensive scholarly endorsement of Imam Shafi‘i’s reliability. Novelty: The article provides a structured clarification that situates isolated criticism within the wider epistemological framework of hadith sciences, emphasizing scholarly consensus and narrator reputation. Implications: These findings reaffirm Imam Shafi‘i’s authority in hadith transmission and offer a methodological reference for addressing contested evaluations of narrators in Islamic scholarship.
Highlights:
Accusations against Imam Shafi‘i lack methodological consistency when examined through classical hadith principles.
Scholarly consensus affirms his status as a trustworthy narrator despite isolated critiques.
Omission from certain canonical compilations does not constitute evidence of unreliability.
Keywords: Imam Shafi‘I, Hadith Transmission, Jarh wa Ta‘dil, Sanad Criticism, Yahya bin Ma‘i