Materialism on Students' Behavior

Students left behind by their overseas employed parents has become a commonphenomenon in the Philippines. Most parents practice materialism to compensate for theirabsence. However, materialism may result to prevalent impacts on the students’ academicbehavior. The study used phenomenological design to determine the influences ofmaterialism on the Grade 9 students’ academic behavior enrolled at Virgen MilagrosaUniversity Foundation Special Science High School. The sample population wasobtained by non-probability quota sampling whereby only 20 students who have overseasemployed parents and have been affected by materialism were the participants. Thestudy used a profile form and an unstructured interview as tools for data collection. Thedata gathered were analyzed to answer the study’s research questions. The major findingsof the study showed that materialism positively affects the students’ academic behaviorprimarily because of the advantages, rewards, and parental inspiration. Materialism alsonegatively affects the students’ academic behavior mainly by causing distractions, wrongpriorities, and poor conducts. Additional results relevant to the study were the differentinsights of the students about parental materialism and the leading materials they receive.The study concluded that materialism influences the students’ academic behavior bothpositively and negatively based on different conditions. It was recommended that thefindings of this study would be useful to the relative persons in understanding theirsituation broadly and in making solutions to resist the stated dilemma.

Automatic Data Processes

Well, the data process is created by the need to process the data more quickly and efficiently since the manual process that was carried out no longer met the expectations of people and companies, for this reason the data process arises automatic. In an automatic data process, the computer has different physical elements that allow it to carry out these same processes. That is, practically the speed of operation of the system is limited by human control. The entry by electromechanical type machines, as well as the exit, have a higher operating speed than the conventional one (until then this was achieved by tachy-typing). We can define data processing as the technique of converting data into information by any means, whether manual or automatic. Manual data processing is the technique of converting data into information using tools such as pencil, pens, typewriters, etc. The automatic data process within its objectives is the technique of converting data into information using appropriate methods, procedures and equipment for this purpose; such as interviews, surveys, computer. Automatic data processing came to renew the world, creating a special science for its study, such as computer science.

Pengaruh Olahraga Intensitas High dan Intensitas Moderate Dengan Musik terhadap TNF-α

High concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) can lead to insulin resistance. Exercise has been shown to improve the body's physiology. The purpose of this study was to compare the expression of TNF-α in high, moderate, and moderate intensity exercise with listening to music. This research is an experimental laboratory study, with a total sample of 45 men aged 19-23 years who were divided into 3 groups, namely the high, moderate, and moderate intensity exercise group with music. Analysis of blood sample data was then processed using the Special Science Statistical Package (SPSS) computer program. The results of data analysis showed that high intensity had no effect on TNF-α (P is 0.218). Moderate intensity exercise did not result in a significant decrease in TNF-α levels (P is 0.08). Moderate intensity exercise with music had a significant effect on decreasing TNF-α levels (P is 0.028). From these data, it shows that moderate exercise by listening to music can reduce TNF-α levels. Abstrak: Konsentrasi Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) yang tinggi dapat mengakibatkan resistensi insulin. Olahraga terbukti dapat memperbaiki kondisi fisiologi tubuh. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu membandingkan ekspresi TNF-α pada olahraga intensitas high, moderate, dan moderate dengan mendengar-kan musik. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian experimental laboratories, dengan jumlah sampel 45 pria berumur 19-23 tahun yang dibagi menjadi 3 kelompok, yaitu kelompok olahraga intensitas high, moderate, dan moderate dengan musik. Data analisis sampel darah kemudian diolah menggunakan program komputer Statistical Package of Special Science (SPSS). Hasil analisis data menunjukkan bahwa, olahraga intensitas high tidak berpengaruh terhadap TNF-α (P adalah 0,218). Olahraga intensitas moderate tidak mengakibatkan penurunan yang signifikan pada kadar TNF-α (P adalah 0,08). Olahraga intensitas moderate dengan musik, berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap penurunan kadar TNF-α (P adalah 0,028). Dari data tersebut menunjukkan bahwa, olahraga intensitas moderate dengan mendengarkan musik, dapat menurunkan kadar TNF-α.

Pengaruh Pelaksanaan Penagihan Pajak Terhadap Pencairan Tunggakan Pajak di Kantor Pelayanan Pajak Pratama Palembang Ilir Barat

Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menjawab masalah yang ada yaitu bagaimanakah pengaruh pelaksanaan penagihan pajak terhadap pencairan tunggakan pajak di Kantor Pelayanan Pajak Pratama Palembang Ilir Barat. Tujuannya Untuk mengetahui pengaruh pelaksanaan penagihan pajak terhadap pencairan tunggakan pajak di Kantor Pelayanan Pajak PratamaPalembang Ilir Barat. Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis penelitian deskriptif.. Variabel yang digunakan adalah penagihan pajak dan pencairan tunggakan pajak. Data yang digunakan adalah data primer dan data sekunder. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kuesioner. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan yaitu menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan statistik inferensial. Analisis statistik inferensial terdiri dari uji asumsi klasik, analisis regresi sederhana, uji koefisien determinasi dan dilanjutkan dengan uji hipotesis ( uji t ). Teknik analisis data dalam penelitian ini dibantu olehstatistical progtam for special science (SPSS). Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa penagihan pajak berpengaruh terhadap pencairan tunggakan pajak di Kantor Pelayanan Pajak Pratama Palembang Ilir Barat.

On the Ontological Status of Mechanisms and Processes in the Social World

This paper gives a philosophical outline of the importance of plausible ontologies in the social sciences and argues how mechanisms and processes should be placed as the foundation in the social world. The argumentation is mainly based on a critical appraisal of the use of mechanisms and processes in the works of Norbert Elias, Charles Tilly, and Jon Elster. I start by elaborating on how inquiries of scientific interest evolve to shed light on cases, facts and the things that constitute such facts, whilst the actual explanation demands the description of mechanisms and processes. Basically, focusing on (co)variation and difference making is not sufficient to sustain claims of ontological plausibility and reasonableness. It is thus pointed out how the practices and proceedings of the social sciences can be ontologically enhanced by embracing the complementary roles of mechanisms plus processes together with difference making, as is performed in a special science such as biology, as well as is informally but promisingly pursued in the works of the discussed social scientists. While discussing their work, it is also argued that we should differentiate between processes and mechanisms in order to formalize this approach, which highlights the role of technologies and institutions as prime building blocks for social explanation. I conclude by presenting a claim that in taking seriously that the purported relations between beings and entities need to make discursive sense and historical sense, the social sciences will increase our cognitive success about the things of the world.

Descartes’ Dualism of Mind and Body in the Development of Psychological Thought

Few practitioners or researchers in psychology would think of the 17th-century French philosopher, René Descartes, as the founding father of their discipline. Yet, it is difficult to see how psychology could have emerged as a discipline in its own right without the contributions of Descartes. Descartes’ theoretical and experimental contributions to our understanding of rationality, consciousness, sensation, feeling, attention, psychological self-regulation and voluntary action, and indeed the very concept of mind that lies at the heart of his philosophy, have been pivotal to the evolution of psychology since its emergence as a special science in the 19th-century. These contributions tend to get overshadowed by the unpalatable aspects of his dualism of mind and body and his denial of animal consciousness, doctrines for which he was and still is much pilloried. However, both doctrines are relevant to understanding how from its inception the subject matter and scope of psychological investigation was framed, for underlying the Cartesian concept of mind is not one dualism but two: a dualism of mind and body and a dualism of life and mind. The mind, for Descartes, could not be theorized on its own terms without conceiving of it at least to some extent independently of the physiological processes of the human body, on the one hand, and the life functions of biological organisms, on the other. Descartes’ legacy for psychology as a discipline is thus twofold. It created the conceptual space for the concept of mind to emerge as a threshold concept in its own right, distinct from the concept of matter that defined mechanics, and it demarcated those uniquely human capacities that enabled psychology to differentiate itself from the newly emerging evolutionary biology of the 19th-century, even though it would remain more closely aligned with biology than physics thenceforth. Without both dualisms of mind and body and life and mind, it is difficult to envisage how psychology as a special science distinct from anatomy and the life sciences could have emerged, and for this the discipline of psychology owes Monsieur Descartes a considerable debt.

Axiomatic Natural Philosophy and the Emergence of Biology as a Science

Ernst Mayr argued that the emergence of biology as a special science in the early nineteenth century was possible due to the demise of the mathematical model of science and its insistence on demonstrative knowledge. More recently, John Zammito has claimed that the rise of biology as a special science was due to a distinctive experimental, anti-metaphysical, anti-mathematical, and anti-rationalist strand of thought coming from outside of Germany. In this paper we argue that this narrative neglects the important role played by the mathematical and axiomatic model of science in the emergence of biology as a special science. We show that several major actors involved in the emergence of biology as a science in Germany were working with an axiomatic conception of science that goes back at least to Aristotle and was popular in mid-eighteenth-century German academic circles due to its endorsement by Christian Wolff. More specifically, we show that at least two major contributors to the emergence of biology in Germany—Caspar Friedrich Wolff and Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus—sought to provide a conception of the new science of life that satisfies the criteria of a traditional axiomatic ideal of science. Both C.F. Wolff and Treviranus took over strong commitments to the axiomatic model of science from major philosophers of their time, Christian Wolff and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, respectively. The ideal of biology as an axiomatic science with specific biological fundamental concepts and principles thus played a role in the emergence of biology as a special science.

IMAM BUKH AM BUKHARI’S CON ARI’S CONTRIBUTION T TRIBUTION TO THE SCIENCE OF T O THE SCIENCE OF TAFSIR

In the early years of Islam, the science of tafsir was not separated as a separate area. By the time of the Tabeins, the science of tafsir had become richer in the science of hadith. The narrations of the interpretation of the Qur'an, narrated by the Sahabas, as well as their followers-the Tabeins, served as an important source for later scholars-mufassirs of the tafsir. The article analyzes the science of the tafsir of Imam Bukhari and its specific directions in its development, the place of the special science of tafsir in the books of Hadith.

Pengaruh Penerapan Sistem Pengandalian Internal Pemerintah Terhadap Pencegahan Kecurangan

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the implementaion of the government internal control system on prevention of fraud in Regional Device Organization Palembang. The variabels in this study used the implementation of the government internal control system. and prevention of fraud. The data used primary data in the from of questionnaires. The analitycal method and analysis techniquesin this study used a quantitative analysis method and descriptive and associative analysis techniques with the help of the Statistical Program Special Science (SPSS). The results of this study indicated that government internal control had effect on the prevention of fraud. Keywords: Government Internal Control, Prevention of Fraud, and Regional Device Organization AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengatahui pengaruh penerapan sistem pengendalian internal pemerintah terhadap pencegahan kecurangan pada Oraganisasi Perangkat Daerah Kota Palembang. Variabel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu penerapan sistem pengendalian internal pemerintah sebagai variabael X dan variabel pencegahan kecurangan sebagai variabel Y. Data yang digunakan adalah data primer dan teknik pengumpualan data menggunakan kuesioner. Metode analisis dan teknik analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode analisis kuantitatif dan teknik analisis deskriptif dan assosiatif dengan bantuan Program Statistical Program Special Science (SPSS). Dari hasil analisis tersebut menunjukan bahwa penerapan sistem pengendalian internal pemerintah berpengaruh terhadap pencegahan kecurangan. Kata Kunci: pengendalian internal pemerintah, pencegahan kecurangan, organisasi perangkat daerah

Nan-O-Style – experiments and arts

In this project, high school students (aged 16-17) tested various protocols of experiments in nanotechnology and evaluated them whether such experiments could also be performed by middle school students (aged 11-15) or even elementary school students (aged 6-10). Protocols pre-selected and provided by the instructing team consisting of Sciencetainment and the Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg were applied. Laboratory techniques such as thin-layer chromatography, measuring the contact angle by high-resolution 3D microscopy and analyzing and constructing surface layers represented some of the experiments performed. Moreover, students produced short video clips and images and designed photo-collages out of microscopic and electron microscopic pictures. Hence, the school students acquired a number of soft skills during this special science day.