Pembuatan Sistem Informasi Gereja Berbasis Web

Gereja ‘X’ didirikan sekitar tahun 1954. Gereja yang terletak di Surabaya ini memiliki visi ‘Menjadi gereja yang menyalurkan berkat’, tentu saja tidak hanya bagi jemaatnya melainkan juga bagi masyarakat pada umumnya. Dalam melaksanakan visinya ini, Gereja ‘X’ memiliki banyak sekali pengolahan data yang harus ditangani, seperti halnya, data kejemaatan, jadwal dan laporan ibadah, pelaksanaan kegiatan gerejawi, keuangan dan sebagainya. Pengolahan data tersebut bukan hanya dilakukan oleh majelis jemaat di gereja induk saja, tetapi juga dilakukan oleh departement dalam gereja seperti; bidang, seksi, komisi dan pos jemaat gereja. Departemen bagian ini nantinya wajib melaporkan aktivitasnya kepada gereja pusat. Sistem yang sedang berjalan saat ini memiliki beberapa kendala karena masih dilakukan secara manual. Proses pertukaran dan penyimpanan data menjadi kurang efektif. Lebih lanjut lagi ditemukan fakta bahwa cukup banyak data yang terlambat diperoleh gereja. Ini terjadi karena selama ini update laporan sering kali terlambat sehingga data terbaru dari departemen belum tersedia ketika dibutuhkan. Sering kali departemen bagian gereja terhambat oleh kendala jarak dan waktu untuk menyampaikan laporan ke gereja induk. Oleh karena itu Gereja “X” mempunyai keinginan untuk mengganti kerja sistem manual yang dimiliki dengan suatu sistem terkomputerisasi yang menggunakan teknologi internet melalui aplikasi sistem informasi berbasis web yang dapat memungkinkan penyampaian laporan secara update, akurat dan praktis. Sistem informasi yang baru ini nantinya diharapkan dapat membantu menyelesaikan segala permasalahan yang ada

Innovative behaviours and personality traits in captive kea (Nestor notabilis) as a model for the emergence of kea strike in wild populations : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Conservation Biology, at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand

The personality traits of seven captive kea (Nestor notabilis) were investigated in terms of neophobia, problem solving ability, and innovation. The first objective was to compare the personalities of the birds and assess these in relation to demographic factors including age and sex, as well as looking at the effect of isolated versus group housing. Kea are known to require high standards of enrichment and sociality, so this information can be used to determine the effect their captive housing may have on important wild traits. The second objective was to observe whether particular personalities or demographic factors made a kea more innovative, or in this case more likely to attack a sheep. Kea strike is a phenomenon whereby kea attack sheep, which often die as a result. This conflict has led to approximately 100,000 kea being shot by farmers in retaliation, and as a consequence there has been a dramatic decline in the wild kea population. In order to assess each individual’s relative neophobia or neophilia, novel objects were presented to the kea and their reactions observed. Problem solving ability was measured by using a Multi-Access Box, which required the birds to use one of four different access routes to retrieve a food reward. To observe levels of innovation and the likelihood of kea strike emerging, a mechanical sheep analogue was used. This was made to resemble a sheep, and contained a food reward for the kea to find. The juveniles in this study were much more neophilic and adept at problem solving than the adults, and this is thought to be because juveniles are still learning about their environment and these traits are therefore highly beneficial to them. Only one juvenile successfully completed the sheep analogue task, and she was the most neophilic and adept at problem solving. This suggests that highly neophilic and explorative kea are more likely to develop innovative behaviours such as kea strike. Understanding the drivers behind kea strike is important if tools are to be developed to minimise the conflict in the future

The pedagogical leadership as axis of the management of the principals chosen by Public Senior Management (ADP)

El presente estudio descriptivo exploratorio realizado con directores, seleccionados por la Alta Dirección Pública, según indica la Ley 20.50/2011 de Calidad y Equidad Educativa en Chile. Tuvo como propósito analizar la valoración del liderazgo pedagógico de los directivos, y responder a la pregunta ¿Están los nuevos directivos siendo líderes pedagógicos, en las instituciones escolares públicas que gestionan? Se aplicó un cuestionario a 180 directores y se efectuaron dos grupos focales con informantes claves. Los resultados muestran que a pesar que la política educacional en este ámbito declara mayor injerencia y responsabilidad de los directores en el desarrollo del curriculum, el liderazgo de los directivos sigue siendo restringido y direccionado más a lo administrativo que al ámbito pedagógico. Se evidencia un tipo de gestión pedagógica y función directiva que se remite a responder las metas comprometidas en el Compromiso de Gestión, en relación con resultados en pruebas estandarizadas, más que a propiciar instancias de desarrollo y aprendizaje integral en los estudiantes. Se observa discrepancia entre los objetivos de la política pública y su implementación en la práctica, así como los desafíos que depara potenciar el liderazgo de los directores escolaresThe present descriptive exploratory research has been realized with principals of the municipal system, selected by the senior public management, according to the law N° 20.50/2011 of educational quality and equity in Chile. It had as purpose to analyze the assessment of the pedagogical leadership of the principals, and to answer the question: Are the new principals being pedagogical leaders, in the public educational institutions they manage? A questionnaire was applied to 180 principals and 2 focal groups were made with key informants. The results show despite the educational politics in this sphere declare more interference and responsibility of the principals in the development of the curriculum, the principal’s leadership still being restricted and directed more to the administrative than the pedagogical sphere. It evidences a type of pedagogical management and directive function that refer to answer with the committed goals in the Management Commitment, in relation with results in standardized tests, more than to promote development environments and integral learning in the students. It watches discrepancy between the objectives of the public politics and it implementations in the practicum, as in the challenges that bring to potentiate the leadership in the educational principal

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This project is about offering a solution to nationally displaced populations. Our group has created a system that will not only provide people with housing but a piece of mind. Nexus Maximus IV The Challenge: Innovation for Refugees and Displaced Populations One of the great challenges of our time is how to help refugees and displaced populations, and how to prevent the causes in the first place. Every minute, 24 people around the world are forced to flee their homes. That’s 34,000 people a day who leave everything behind in the hope of finding safety and a better tomorrow. The impact of war, political, racial and religious conflict, and environmental crises of famine and climate change, have caused great suffering and there is a great opportunity to do better. The issues these populations and the countries who receive them face are diverse and complex. They include public health, housing/built environment, cultural integration, public safety, employment/economic and more. How can innovation address these challenges? How do we create the social systems and products to support a healthy, safe and integrated program for refugees? How do we address the physical, emotional, and social needs of refugees to restore hope and opportunity? The solutions may be as far ranging as the challenges, exploring the acute needs during a crisis, as well as the chronic needs of the permanently displaced; looking at immigration and adjustments to new cultures. We encourage participants to draw upon all disciplines, from health professions to architecture, engineering to design, ethics, communication and every way of thinking we have, to find better ways to innovate on physical solutions, processes, policies, systems, and more. Recap of poster presentations.https://jdc.jefferson.edu/nexusmaximus/1021/thumbnail.jp

Long-Term Population Variability in the Palila, An Endangered Hawaiian Honeycreeper

Annual surveys of the entire range of the endangered Palila (Loxioides bailleui Oustalet) on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i, were conducted during 1980-1995. The majority of the Palila population was found on the southwestern slope of Mauna Kea near Pu'u La'au, and the range of Palila has not changed since 1975. The Palila population was highly variable. Mean population size during 1980-1995 was 3390 ± 333 SE, but the population ranged from 1584 ± 324 in 1985 to 5685 ± 535 in 1981. Population size outside the population center near Pu'u La'au has decreased significantly since 1980

Axin2 as regulatory and therapeutic target in newborn brain injury and remyelination.

Permanent damage to white matter tracts, comprising axons and myelinating oligodendrocytes, is an important component of brain injuries of the newborn that cause cerebral palsy and cognitive disabilities, as well as multiple sclerosis in adults. However, regulatory factors relevant in human developmental myelin disorders and in myelin regeneration are unclear. We found that AXIN2 was expressed in immature oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OLPs) in white matter lesions of human newborns with neonatal hypoxic-ischemic and gliotic brain damage, as well as in active multiple sclerosis lesions in adults. Axin2 is a target of Wnt transcriptional activation that negatively feeds back on the pathway, promoting β-catenin degradation. We found that Axin2 function was essential for normal kinetics of remyelination. The small molecule inhibitor XAV939, which targets the enzymatic activity of tankyrase, acted to stabilize Axin2 levels in OLPs from brain and spinal cord and accelerated their differentiation and myelination after hypoxic and demyelinating injury. Together, these findings indicate that Axin2 is an essential regulator of remyelination and that it might serve as a pharmacological checkpoint in this process

Aberrant oligodendroglial-vascular interactions disrupt the blood-brain barrier, triggering CNS inflammation.

Disruption of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is critical to initiation and perpetuation of disease in multiple sclerosis (MS). We report an interaction between oligodendroglia and vasculature in MS that distinguishes human white matter injury from normal rodent demyelinating injury. We find perivascular clustering of oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) in certain active MS lesions, representing an inability to properly detach from vessels following perivascular migration. Perivascular OPCs can themselves disrupt the BBB, interfering with astrocyte endfeet and endothelial tight junction integrity, resulting in altered vascular permeability and an associated CNS inflammation. Aberrant Wnt tone in OPCs mediates their dysfunctional vascular detachment and also leads to OPC secretion of Wif1, which interferes with Wnt ligand function on endothelial tight junction integrity. Evidence for this defective oligodendroglial-vascular interaction in MS suggests that aberrant OPC perivascular migration not only impairs their lesion recruitment but can also act as a disease perpetuator via disruption of the BBB

Classifying superheavy elements by machine learning

Among the 118 elements listed in the periodic table, there are nine superheavy elements (Mt, Ds, Mc, Rg, Nh, Fl, Lv, Ts, and Og) that have not yet been well studied experimentally because of their limited half-lives and production rates. How to classify these elements for further study remains an open question. For superheavy elements, although relativistic quantum-mechanical calculations for the single atoms are more accurate and reliable than those for their molecules and crystals, there is no study reported to classify elements solely based on atomic properties. By using cutting-edge machine learning techniques, we find the relationship between atomic data and classification of elements, and further identify that Mt, Ds, Mc, Rg, Lv, Ts, and Og should be metals, while Nh and Fl should be metalloids. These findings not only highlight the significance of machine learning for superheavy atoms but also challenge the conventional belief that one can determine the characteristics of an element only by looking at its position in the table

Movements of feral camels in central Australia determined by satellite telemetry

Movements of two female one-humped camels in central Australia were tracked using satellite telemetry between March 1986 and July 1987. During that time both animals travelled a minimum distance of over 1000 km within a radius of 125 km for one animal, and 200 km for the other. However, their movements were uite punctuated and both animals spent periods of up to several months in rleatively small areas before moving over longer distances to new areas. Both camels moved at greater rates overnight. An activity index, probably measuring feeding rate, declined during the study period for both animals. Patchy and sporadic rainfall may explain some of these results