Effect of Floor Enrichment with Rubber Mattress of Calving Pen on Prepartum Behaviour of Tharparkar Cow during Winter Season

Background: The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of floor enrichment with rubber mattress of calving pen on prepartum calving behaviour of Tharparkar cow during the winter season. Methods: A total 28 Tharparkar cows were taken in study during winter season (November to March) and divided into two groups each contain 14 animals. One group placed in floor enriched with rubber mattress and other group kept on bare concrete floor calving pen. Preparturient behaviours like lying time, standing time, lying bout duration, number of lying bouts, rumination time ,rumination bouts, self grooming and frequency of self grooming were evaluated on -12 hr, -7th day, -14th day and -21st day prepartum for period of 12 hr in a day. Repeated Meausures ANOVA was used for the analysis of the data. Result: It was found that lying time, lying bout duration was significantly more in rubber mattress group as compare to concrete floor. However, 12 hr before parturition standing time was significantly high compare to any other observational day within the group. Similarly, rubber mattress had positive effect on rumination time, lying duration and self grooming frequency as compare to bare concrete floor. It was concluded that rubber mattress had beneficial effect in calving pen of Tharparkar cow during winter season due to its softness and insulating property. It provided comfort and warmth to the parturient cows. which was evident by increase in rumination time, more lying duration and reduced self grooming frequency.

PENGEMBANGAN SEBUAH PENGAJARAN RESPONSIF BUDAYA (CRT) PADA KELAS DRAMA (SEBUAH KOLABORASI MAHASIWA DALAM PEMENTASAN DRAMA CERITA LOKAL)

DEVELOPING A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING (CRT) ON TEACHING DRAMA ( A COLLABORATION ON STUDENTS’ LOCAL STORY DRAMA PERFORM) ESNHAbstract: This study is meant to investigate how lecturer develop a culturally responsive teaching on drama class especially students’ collaborative of local story drama perform. The problem of this research is formulated as how does the lecturer develop CRT on teaching drama? The study was stimulated by the writer’s interest to examine the CRT on a collaboration of 5th semester students’ local story drama performance by understanding the local story through drama teaching whereas nowadays teaching also touch about the local content. The research subjects are 5th semester students from 3 different classes that the writer collaborate them in a collaboration team. The writer randomly collaborate the students by means of getting them to adapt, cooperate and create their own acting to be more fearless, creative in front of the stage. A qualitative research was conducted by observing the students’ activity and watching the video documenting students’ performance. From the data result the writer found that the drama class based CRT are the students learn within the context of different culture, students being the center in teaching and learning process, students adjusted the learning with the group members and the teacher being the mediator to succeed the students’ project. The conclusion is the students enrich their knowledge of historical story from different ethnics as well as they authentically know the differences local story among them. The suggestions are the educators should convey the local content in teaching and learning process in class based culturally responsive teaching. Keywords: Developing, Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT), Teaching Drama, Collaboration

Characteristic of microbiological, chemical, and antibacterial activity of turmeric (Curcuma longa) kombucha

Kombucha is a fermented tea beverage with the addition of a kombucha starter called SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast). This research aimed to know the microbiological, chemical and antibacterial activity from various concentrations of turmeric kombucha. The data result was analyzed by descriptive analysis with one factor of turmeric concentration (0.4%; 0.8%; 1.2%; 1.6%; 2%). The best treatment was selected using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCMD) method with the Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) technique. The best treatment was obtained on turmeric kombucha 0.8%. Based on analysis, the best treatment is turmeric kombucha 0.8% with characteristics as follows: pH 2.92; total acid 0.28%; total phenol 147.45 μg GAE/ml; total sugar 8%, total microbial 2.5 x 107 CFU/ml, inhibition zone diameters for E.coli 3.13 mm; whereas black tea kombucha has pH 2.81; total acid 0.58%; total phenol 716.02 μg GAE/ml; total sugar 7.83%, total microbial 1.3 × 108 CFU/ml and inhibition zone diameters for E.coli 2.50 mm.

Transformasi cerpen Jendela Rara ke film Rumah Tanpa Jendela menggunakan kajian struktural

Short story is a literary work that serves either to assist for entertaining or to give life values of the story itself. Besides, it is known as a prose work due to having a short-term story. The two short stories entitled “Jendela Rara'' and “Rumah Tanpa Jendela”, written by Asma Nadia, attracted the author's attention to conduct recent study towards those works. They have been adapted from short story to movie, hence, readers can obtain a structural comparison, especially intrinsic values and life values that are contained in the stories. The recent study was designed by using descriptive qualitative with structural approach to describe intrinsic elements that form the literary work. The research data was in quotation form (word, phrase, and sentence) which is related to the problems of “Jendela Rara'' short story and “Rumah Tanpa Jendela” movie. The researcher used the document analysis technique for collecting the research data. Moreover, the data analysis technique used by the researcher was a flow analysis technique, which consisted of three elements such as, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion verification. The data result formed as a structural analysis while experiencing a transformation from a short story and film.

Quality Assessment of Underground Water before and after Treatment: A Case Study of Tobruk City, Libya

The present study aimed to investigate the quality of drinking water and assessment the current situations from different wells before and after water treatment at east Libya in Tobruk city away from the Egyptian border by 150 kilometers. by measuring some chemical elements such as ph, EC, TDS, Na, K, Ca Cl and Nacl The samples was carried out during the December. Tennty water samples were collected mainly from ten locations. The determined types of bacteria in water and chemicals parameter comparing the result with (WHO2011), The present study showing that there are E-Coli bacteria in some wells before treatment process and after treatment was free of Bacteria It is clear of the data result from chemicals parameter was reduce of numbers of salts in all stations by using treatment processes and the higher value was shoeing in /well number 10 and all chemicals result before treatment was higher than the permissible limits of (WHO2011) for Libya

Predicting Factors on Destination Food Image among International Tourists in Malaysia

This study aimed to identify factors influencing destination food image among the international tourists in Malaysia. Food tourism is becoming a trend among tourists. By trying different foods from different countries, tourists able to understand and gained knowledge on the country’s culture. In Malaysia, the food knowledge among the international tourists are limited. Although there are several Malaysian foods which are popular, it still remained unknown for the tourists. This caused international tourists to feel strange and unfamiliar with the food heritage in Malaysia. A quantitative research was carried out, where questionnaires were distributed to the international tourists in Malaysia using Google Form. Sample size of 278 respondents were collected, and Partial Least Square – Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM), SmartPLS 3.0. was used to run the data. Result showed among the five independent variables, only Social Media do not have significant relationship with Destination Food Image. Discussion and result of these 5 variables were explained in this study. Lastly, limitations and recommendations were included to provide contribution to the future academicians who are interested in the related field.

Pelatihan Resiliensi Untuk Menurunkan Perceived Stress Selama Masa Pandemi Covid-19

The COVID-19 pandemic that its first case in Indonesia found in March 2020 urged society to adapt to a new lifestyle. Offline meetings were restricted to avoid the transmission of COVID-19, therefore, online meetings have become a new lifestyle presently. This process of adapting to online’s lifestyle happens universally in such workplaces and educational institutions of kindergartens to colleges. This sudden adaptation makes society experience some pressure which also affects an individual’s stress and wellbeing. Teachers at one of the special needs schools in Sidoarjo, Indonesia, experience stress due to the pressures they had while adapting to online teachings. Resilience training is given as an intervention to help teachers decrease their level of stress. The training is scheduled for 3 (three) days and holds 6 (six) sessions via Zoom Meeting. The data result is analyzed using Wilcoxon differentiate test for resilience and perceived stress scores before and after the training. The result shows a difference between resilience and perceived stress scores before and after the training session with a significance score of 0,005 (p<0,05). This result concludes that resilience training can decrease the level of perceived stress that the teachers experienced.

The Impact of Multisensory Method on Students’ Memorizing Vocabulary at Halimah Kindergarten Prenduan Sumenep

Young learners were aged 5-6 have a golden age to master a new language since they have good memorization in their brains. It is similar to the phenomenon at Halimah Kindergarten Prenduan Sumenep. 11 students had mastered their first language (Indonesian) 8 of 11 students among them cannot answer the teacher's question about English vocabulary of profession after the teacher taught learning vocabulary in the classroom. Additionally, the students are still difficult to answer the questions. Ultimately, this research measures whether kindergartens students learning vocabulary with the Multisensory Method have better-memorizing vocabulary and the significant impact of the Multisensory Method after treatment. The researcher conducted research using a quantitative approach with consist pre-experimental design. The data was obtained by observing pre-test and post-test. Likewise, documentation was used to legitimize the data. The data result found that learning vocabulary for the young learner is easier to understand if the teacher applies a multisensory method (t value: 5.164) which is higher than t table 2.23. Hence, the multisensory method is an excellent method to be applied for kindergarten in the classroom.

Educational Game Learning Japanese Language

Language and culture is an applied been possessed by every man since born. Language is a in the form of communication with each other. In daily life, communicate with the family, friend, even work also need good ability. Therefore a use of language that well and properly should be owned individuals[1]. Nihon-Goo! Is a Game made from computer for the purpose as a medium and facilitate the process increase knowledge and understanding basic vocabulary and culture in japan. After 5 times playing of one each day, game testing was conducted to 40 people and fill the questionnaire. Post-test data result shows that the game makes the player having difficulty answering the questions, but still want to play it again and again. So even though they failed to try it, they still tried again and again.

Game Save The Sea! as an Education Media to Prevent Water Pollution

Human’s ignorance is the most threatening factor to natural water sources on the system. The habit of littering and poor waste management often occurs in developing countries, especially Indonesia. Through an educational game this message could be delivered easier. This paper is intended to find ways for people to be more concerned with water pollution. The questionnaire and interview methods are used to search for pre-test and post-test data. From the pre-test data, “Save The Sea” mobile game is created which can help educate the public about the dangers of water pollution. After 5 times playing of once each day, game testing was conducted to 39 people and fill the questionnaire. Post test data result shows that the game succeeded in creating conditions where people were more concerned about water pollution.