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The Importance of Character Education for Tweens as Consumers
Tweens is a term that denotes a market segment mentality that falls between children at the lower end and teens at the upper end. Tweens marketing strategies are considered critical for most global brands. Advocates against excessive consumerism and materialism polluting innocent childhood, specifically tweens, call for values implantation through character education in the school to breed more educated consumers. The effect of implanting character building programs in schools on the consumer behavior of the exposed children in the marketplace, however, has never been tested before. This research endeavor is, in essence, an overlap between consumer behavior and educational psychology, investigating the link between personality and behavior in the market. It falls under both positivist and interpretive consumer research, specifically the consumer socialization of children. The aim of this work is to develop a conceptual model linking character education to purchasing lifestyles and consumption patterns of the exposed children as consumers. Following, prospects for future research are highlighted.Educational psychology, character education, attitudes and lifestyles, opinion-leadership, humanitarianism, ethnocentrism, adolescents and middle schools
Biophysical and economic water productivity of dual-purpose cattle farming
This study analyzes key factors influencing water productivity in cattle rearing, particularly in contexts characterized by water scarcity. This was done through year-round monitoring of on-farm practices within five smallholder farms located in the Saïss area (northern Morocco). The on-farm monitoring protocol consisted of characterizing: (i) volumes of water used for fodder production and distinguished by source (rainfall, surface irrigation and groundwater), (ii) virtual water contained in off-farm feed resources, (iii) total forage biomass production, (iv) dietary rations fed to lactating cows and their calves and (v) milk output and live weight gain. Findings reveal a mean water footprint of 1.62±0.81 and 8.44±1.09 m3/kg of milk and of live weight gain, respectively. Groundwater represented only 13.1% and 2.2% of the total water used to get milk and live weight gain, respectively, while rainfall represented 53.0% and 48.1% of the total water for milk and live weight gain, respectively. The remaining water volumes used came from surface irrigation water (7.4% for milk and 4.0% for live weight gain) and from virtual water (26.5% for milk and 44.7% for live weight gain). The results also revealed a relatively small gross margin per m3 of water used by the herd, not exceeding an average value of US $ 0.05, when considering both milk and live weight. Given the large variability in farm performances, which affect water productivity in cattle rearing throughout the production process, we highlight the potential for introducing a series of interventions that are aimed at saving water, while concurrently improving efficiency in milk production and live weight gain. These interventions should target the chain of production functions that are implemented throughout the process of water productivity in cattle rearing. Moreover, these interventions are of particular importance given our findings that livestock production depends largely upon rainfall, rather than groundwater, in an area afflicted with sustained droughts, overexploitation of groundwater resources and growing water scarcity. (Résumé d'auteur
Efektifitas Pembelajaran Creative Problem Solving Berbasis Eksprimen dalam Pembelajaran Fisika untuk Melatihkan Literasi Teknologi Siswa
Telah dilakukan penelitian tentang dampak penerapan pembelajaran Creative Problem Solving berbasis eksprimen pada konsep hambatan jenis terhadap kemampuan literasi teknologi siswa. Desain eksprimen yang digunakan adalah one group posttest only design. Subyek penelitian adalah 32 siswa SMP di propinsi Riau. Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan adalah tes literasi teknologi tentang konsep hambatan jenis dalam bentuk tes uraian essay yang diberikan kepada kelompok siswa setelah treatment berupa pembelajaran Creative Problem Solving berbasis Eksprimen. Dari hasil analisis statistik diketahui bahwa persentase kuantitas siswa yang mencapai skor diatas 75 untuk skor ideal 100 berjumlah 68,75 %. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Creative Problem Solving berbasis eksprimen merupakan salah satu metode pembelajaran yang cukup efektif untuk digunakan dalam rangka melatihkan literasi teknologi siswa dalam pembelajaran fisika
Targeted delivery of anti-inflammatory therapy to rheumatoid tissue by fusion proteins containing an IL-4-linked synovial targeting peptide
We provide first-time evidence that the synovial endothelium-targeting peptide (SyETP) CKSTHDRLC successfully delivers conjugated IL-4 to human rheumatoid synovium transplanted into SCID mice. SyETP, previously isolated by in vivo phage display and shown to preferentially localize to synovial xenografts, was linked by recombinant technology to hIL-4 via an MMP-cleavable sequence. Both IL-4 and the MMP-cleavable sequence were shown to be functional. IL-4-SyETP augmented production of IL-1ra by synoviocytes stimulated with IL-1[beta] in a dose-dependent manner. In vivo imaging confirmed increased retention of SyETP-linked-IL-4 in synovial grafts which was enhanced by increasing number of copies (one to three) in the constructs. Strikingly, SyETP delivered bioactive IL-4 in vivo as demonstrated by increased pSTAT6 in synovial grafts. Thus, this study provides proof of concept for peptide-tissue-specific targeted immunotherapy in rheumatoid arthritis. This technology is potentially applicable to other biological therapies providing enhanced potency to inflammatory sites and reducing systemic toxicity
Pendidikan Etika Budaya Komunikasi melalui Media Sosial Berbasis Al-Qur\u27an
Isyarat tentang etika budaya komunikasi di media sosial berbasis Al-Qur\u27an mengutamakan penyampaian kalimat thayyibah yang mengandung unsur solidaritas, kooperatif, ekualitas dalam bingkai menjaga persatuan ummat. Di dalam al-Quran juga ditemukan dua macam makna etika budaya komunikasi, yaitu: makna etika budaya secara konotatif dan denotatif. Konotatif yaitu makna yang timbul dari sikap sosial, sikap pribadi, dan kriteria tambahan yang di kenakan pada makna Konseptual, sedangkan makna denotatif yaitu makna dalam arti wajar secara ekplisit (makna wajar, makna yang sesuai apa adanya).
Artikel ini juga menemukan model komunikasi secara konotatif : da\u27wah (mengajak, menyeru kebaikan), nasehah (memberi masukan untuk kebaikan), hiwar (berdialog), Jidal (adu argumen), bayan (menjelaskan), tadzkir (memberi peringatan), tabligh (Menyampaikan), indzar (peringatan keras), ta\u27aruf (saling mengenal), tawashi (saling memberi pesan), mauidzoh (saling memberi nasehat), tabsyir (memberi kabar gembira), idzkhol al-surur (menyenangkan hati orang). Sedangkan komunikasi secara denotatif, yaitu: qowlan kariman (Perkatan yang mulia), qowlan layyinan (perkataan lemah lembut), qowlan sadidan (perkataan yang benar), qawlan maysuran (perkataan yang mudah), qawlan Balighan (perkataan yang jelas), qowlan ma\u27rufan (perkataan yang baik).
Artikel ini memiliki kesamaan dengan: Andi Faozi Hadiono (2016) yang mengatakan bahwa: Manusia berkomunikasi untuk menyelesaikan hal-hal yang penting bagi kebutuhanya. Manusia berkomunikasi untuk menciptakan, memupuk hubungan yang baik dengan orang lain. Harold Dwight Lassweel (1978) mengatakan bahwa manusia hidup tidak bisa terhindar dari kegiatan komunikasi. Sasa Djuarsa Sanjaya mengatakan manusia hidup sangat memerlukan komunikasi. Sebaliknya, artikel ini memiliki perbedaan dengan : Rerin Maulida dan Suryatno (2016) yang menjelaskan tentang Media social -Media Sosial, Twiter, Face book, Instagram, Path, WhatsAp tanpa menghubungkan medsos sebagai salah satu perangkat media da\u27wah. Metode penelitian dalam disertasi ini adalah metode penelitian kualitatif dan library research. Metode penafsiran yang dipilih dalam disertasi ini adalah metode tafsir Maudu\u27i. Sedangkan pendekatan yang dipergunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pendekatan humanistic
Analisis Input-Output Atas Dampak Sektor Pariwisata terhadap Perekonomian Maluku
Sebagai provinsi bahari, Maluku memiliki potensi pariwisata yang beragam. Potensi ini dapat diberdayakan bagi pengembangan perekonomian Provinsi Maluku yang selama ini masih masuk dalam kategori daerah tertinggal. Menggunakan analisis input-output, studi ini bertujuan untuk meneliti seberapa besar pengaruh investasi pada industri pariwisata dan sektor pendukungnya terhadap perekonomian Provinsi Maluku. Analisis dilakukan untuk melihat efek pengganda, dampak terhadap output dan upah secara keseluruhan, dan sentralitas sektor pariwisata dalam perekonomian Provinsi Maluku. Hasil studi menunjukkan bahwa investasi pada sektor-sektor ini memiliki dampak yang dapat diperhitungkan bagi perekonomian Provinsi Maluku
Characterization of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase isoenzymes in the human ureter and their functional role in vitro
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