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Peri‑urbanization and sustainability of a groundwater resource
No full textIn developing countries, such as Indonesia, urbanization equates to industrialization. To
actuate rapid economic development, the government generally puts in place strong policies to transform rural into industrialized peri-urban/urban areas. This triggers a number of
environmental problems, one of which is the degradation of groundwater resources. This
study aimed to investigate whether rural to urban transformation caused such environmental degradation. We selected the Majalaya District, a typical peri-urban area of Bandung
Metropolitan, where rapid industrialization, mainly related to the textile industry, is taking
place. This research adopted a water balance analysis applied to a shallow groundwater
resource, contrasting supply with demand after 9 years of development (2005–2014). Data
concerning water supply and demand were collected from relevant stakeholders, except for
water consumption by vegetation and agricultural land use. For the latter, GIS and QuickBird image analysis were conducted. The results indicate that the industrial development
in Majalaya has caused a groundwater crisis. A nine-year period of fast-growing number of industries has caused water defcit, which was also intensifed by the rate of land
conversion
Survey of Chenopodiaceae family from Taif, Saudi Arabia Peninsula
No full textWeeds are consider as a significant important biological indicator of crop production resulting to yield loss of about 50%.
Identification of weeds is very difficult from their morphological features. Despite weeds are the real challenge in farming in
the developed, developing and underdeveloped countries. Nevertheless, weeds are also part of primary producers. Major
constrain of crop production are weeds but they are also consider as important aspect of agricultural system in the world.
Weeds are wild plants grow in an environment without the contribution of any human activities that have positive or
negative impact to the environment. The aim of the study is to documents weeds of family Chenopodiaceae and agricultural
crops grown in Taif region of Saudi Arabian kingdom in a mountain with an elevation level of (Area A = Al sail 1700 m, Area
B = Al Wahat and Al Watit 1500 m, C = Leeih 1500 m, D = AL Gaim and Saisad 1500 m, F = E = Al Shafa 2200 m, F = AL Hada
= 2000 m). The study was carried out based on environmental survey. Diverse number of weeds were identified and collected
from the examined study area. Results revealed aggressive weeds species. Atriplex leucoclada, Chenopodium valria,
Chenopodium album, Chenopodium murale, Chenopodium vulvaria, Chenopodium mavele, Dysphania ambrosioides and
Lamb’s quarters with the total number of 1727. Chenopodium vulvariawas found with the highest number of species 553,
follow by Chenopodium album 394 and the least is Lamb’s quarters 17. The study, similarly, documented 12 agricultural
crops weeds from the study area; Portulaca oleracea, Raphanus sativus, Phoenix dactylifera, Mentha, Rosa damascena,
Solanum melongena, Petroselinum sp, Zea mays, Cauliflower, Vitis spp, Brassica oleracea var. capitate and Cucurbita
pepo. Findings from the study will aid management control and proposing research toward improved new weed control
measures. Also has provided insight on purposeful weeds control in Taif Area
Bangladeshi community and the current Islamic reality
No full textEvidently the deviations and corruption of ethics and thoughts we witness in the current reality of
the Bangladeshi Community’ men and young men emanates from the absence of religious
awareness with the family members. In addition to that reason, educated people send their children
to the advanced and civilized schools which are considered to be distinguished regardless of these
shools’ curricula and their commitment to the standards of ethics and values. This constitutes the
problem of the research. The aim of this research is to find the approach of Rasulullah on whom
Allah’s blessings and favours be and then implement it in the current reality to reform the
Bangladeshi community. To preserve the young men’s ethical growth, the religious teachings
must be practiced in the educational institutions. For that reason, the research adopted the
descriptive and analytical methodology. The results of the research are as follows: the adherence
to the Islamic culture and abandonment of the western culture will eradicate the different imported
ethics and thoughts in the Bangladeshi Community. Also the community’s avoidance of the
modern communication means and technology such as hand-phones, TV, pornographic magazines
and many more that contain corruption and harm, realizes all goodness
Preliminary study on the expression of Estrogen Receptor Beta (ERβ) in colorectal carcinoma
No full textColorectal carcinoma (CRC) has been an important public health problem. It stands at the top of oncologic
pathology and it is the third most common cancer diagnosed in men and women in the world. Previous researchers
found that the risk of developing CRC is slightly lower in women than in men. This suggested that the hormone
estrogen plays a role in the development of CRC. Estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) is the predominant estrogen
receptor (ER) in human colon. Therefore, it is reasonable to study ERβ status and the physiological significance
of these ERβs in colorectal cancer. The objective of this study was to determine the expression of ERβ) in CRC
patients and its relationship with the age and gender. ERβ expression in CRC was investigated by
immunohistochemical staining of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue sections from 10 CRCs
patients. The association between ERβ expression with the age and gender was evaluated by using Pearson’s Chi
Square Test. The results of the immunohistochemistry (IHC) demonstrated that out of these 10 cases studied, most
of them (70%) were ERβ positive whereas three out of the cases (30%) were ERβ negative. About 57.14% (n=4)
and 42.86% (n=3) were scored as 2+ and 3+ respectively. No significant association (P>0.05) was noted between
ERβ expression with the patients’ age (P=0.778) and gender (P=0.490). In conclusion, many CRCs cases were
positive for ERβ. These results highlighted on the presence of ERβ in CRC tissue samples and it is suggested to
introduce them as a potential application for early diagnosis, staging, prognosis and treatment of CRC. Studies
with a larger number of sample sizes using standardized tests are needed to understand the exact biological role
of ERβ in CRC
The quality of life and body mass index among population in Acheh, Indonesia
No full textThe increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity is a crucial health problem worldwide. The negative impact
of obesity eventually leads to decreased overall quality of life among the population. The aim of this study is to
compare the quality of life (QoL) between body mass index categories and socio-demographic factors. This crosssectional study involved 500 adults (416 female and 84 males) aged 18 to 60 years recruited through convenience
sampling technique at five randomly selected health clinics in Nagan Raya, Acheh in Indonesia. Anthropometric
measurement comprised height (cm) and weight (kg), and BMI was calculated. The quality of life was measured
by WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire in the Indonesian language and socio-demographic questionnaire were selfadministered. Independent T-test and one-way ANOVA test were used to compare the QoL domains score
between BMI categories and socio-demographic factors. Overall, prevalence of underweight, normal weight,
overweight and obese was 3.2%, 38.8%, 33.0% and 25.0%, respectively. QoL of respondents showed no
significant difference between BMI categories. However, there is significant difference of QoL for all domains.
Significant difference was observed between education levels with physical health domain (p <0.05);
psychological health domains (p<0.001), type of occupations (p<0.001) and income levels (p<0.001); type of
occupations with psychological health domains (p<0.001), social relationship domains (p<0.001) and
environmental health domain (p<0.001). There is also significant difference between income levels with
psychological health domain (p<0.05), social relationship (p<0.001) and environmental health domain (p<0.001).
In conclusion, QoL is comparable between different categories of BMI among Nagan Raya, Acheh population
and QoL is more affected by education level, type of occupation and income level. Therefore equitable education
system should be emphasized as the effort in promoting QoL and therefore promoting better occupation and
income levels among the Indonesian
Islamic crowdfunding platform as an alternative book fundraising in Malaysia
No full textThis study aims to explore the applicability of Islamic crowdfunding as an alternative fund to
support book publishing in Malaysia. Over the period, it is argued that the book industry in this
country has experienced a gloomy trend that not only threatens business players in this area but
most importantly it would bring negative impacts towards knowledge development. By
utilizing the secondary data, it is found that the Islamic crowdfunding has the potential to
support the book industry since other alternative funds are limited. However, the platform
should aim to promote writers and their manuscripts rather than to be profit-oriented. At the
same time, its practise should be simple as sadaqah and hibah based crowdfunding could be
the best option
CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ISLAMIC ADVOCACY AND THE VIM OF THE PROPHET IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION
No full textThis article deals with an significant issue on which advocacy research is based, which is
reflected in the phenomenon of the concepts and principles of advocacy and the vim of the Prophet
in its implementation, and its solution lies in the failure of many preachers in their communities as
well as in guidance and invitation to others, since many of them do not know the concepts and
principles of advocacy, The aim of this article is to clarify and define the concepts and methods
embraced by the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) in order to spread the appeal and its significance
in achieving it, and how to solve the problems in its way so that proponents can gain from it in the
modern era, and the researcher focused on the concise inductive approach; Therefore he concluded
that the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) pursued a number of concepts and principles made him good
favor of Almighty Allah (S.W.T) distinctive in his call, appropriate concepts and principles will
reinforce and maintain inspiring souls, and the application of theories and techniques makes the
demand for a vibrant and productive and continuous development
TEACHERS’ LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND COMPETENCY IN TEACHING AUTISTIC CHILDREN IN NASOM
No full textAutism is a developmental disorder that negatively impacts the ability for communication and
interaction. Current statistics have reported an increase in its prevalence. Therefore, the need
for well-trained NASOM teachers to teach children with autism has also increased. This
study was implemented to investigate the level of knowledge, training and competency of
autism’s teachers in NASOM. The location of the study chosen was on few branches of
NASOM throughout in Malaysia. The research data were quantitatively obtained through the
questionnaire. Questionnaire was distributed to 55 respondents consisting of men and women
who teaches autistics in NASOM. Questionnaire forms have been divided into sections such
as knowledge. However, they showed interest to undergo advanced courses to enhance their
competence in educating children with autism. Thus, the ToT course and the module has to
be improved by adding more components regarding autism. Teachers in NASOM also needed
to be provided an access to the service of training in autism because the field of autism
education has progressed and various strategies that have been proven effective scientifically
are now available. Several suggestions by researcher have been proposed for improvement of
studies of autistic students, training, competency and the presence to ToT course. The raw
data obtained analyses using the SPSS version 20 software was analyzed again using t-test,
correlation and regression. The findings shown that there was a difference to their
knowledge, training and competency with their presence to ToT course. The ToT course was
found to be rather ineffective as they have a moderate and low competency in teaching
autistic students
BLOCKCHAIN AS A SECURE AND DECENTRALIZED COMMUNICATION TOOL FOR FUTURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
No full textThis article presents a distributed ledger (blockchain) technology in terms of future sustainable
development. This study based on private, public and global communication in different industries.
Growing demands of secure and decentralized transactions throughout the world show the need for
Blockchain technology as a means of operations and communications. The blockchain system is entirely
decentralized and allows users to exchange messages effectively and securely. The paper's highlight is the
projected future use of blockchains as a communication tool in every business and digital economy for
secure and sustainable development, showcasing its benefits and limitations that are confirmed based on
the experts' different experiments. Furthermore, the article offers recommendations for using the
blockchain to complicate its identification in future communications significantly. Paper also concludes
that using the blockchain system can be beneficial and strengthen communication and digital technologies in the future