Elementary School Teacher’s Training and Coaching as Trustees of the National Science Olympiad (OSN) in Surabaya Using Science Practicum at SDN I Airlangga Surabaya

The purpose of this community service activity is to provide knowledge and practical science skills to support the National Science Olympiad (OSN) activities for teachers at SDN I Airlangga Surabaya and its surroundings. Based on the questionnaire distributed to the teachers of the SDN I Airlangga Surabaya, it showed that most of the teachers (87%) had never carried out practicum or experimental activities to support the OSN of Science at school. One of the targets to be achieved through this activity is to change attitudes and to increase the knowledge and skills of the SDN I Airlangga Surabaya teachers who have skills in science practicum to support OSN. The training was conducted using lecture methods, slides and videos, question and answer, interactive dialogue, brainstorming and work practices. There are three things that the partners got after holding the training, namely a) Knowledge; it seems that participants have gained new knowledge about the implementation of elementary science practicums after the training, b) Skills; participants seem to have had the skills to carry out practical science activities of elementary school, c) Attitude (behaviour); according to the practicum activities carried out, scientific attitudes were formed by the participants in supporting science olympic activities. In implementing the training, the partners generally have a great willingness and interest to participate on the training.

Peatland conservation strategies and carbon pricing possibilities for climate change mitigation in Indonesia: a review

Humankind is digging to solve one of the world’s most complex issues at present, climate change. Many studies were conducted and initiatives were proposed as mitigation and adaptation strategies to date, such as restoration and preservation of carbon storage. Peatlands are widely recognized as the largest natural carbon storage of all terrestrial ecosystems. Peatlands can help mitigate climate change by its ability to sequestrate huge amounts of carbon and maintain water balance. This valuable yet vulnerable ecosystem needs to be managed properly to maintain the functions. This study aimed to critically review the peatland conservation strategies and possibility of carbon pricing for mitigation and adaptation of climate change, specifically for Indonesia. It was revealed that restoration strategies such as rewetting, revegetation, and revitalization could help with peatlands conservation and further reduction in emissions from land sectors. However, the funding for conservation activities would become a hindrance to the viability and sustainability. Carbon pricing could be a potentially effective approach to conservation of peatlands. Sequestrated carbon and potential additional value from ecosystem services could higher up the price that made the option for conservation more stunning. Therefore, to establish tradable carbon credits on peatland as a means to support the sustainability of Indonesia’s peatland conservation in the future, the action to well managing and standardizing the carbon credits should be started immediately. Though the process will take time and great willingness from all parties, this option could be used for long-term peatland conservation activities.

Gendered perspective on online communication strategies: A case on English department students

This study aims to investigate whether gender influence on online communication strategies performed by the English Department. This study provides types of communication strategies, the frequency of communication strategies used, and the factors that influence students in differentiating communication strategies used by both male and female students. The researcher used qualitative approach. Online face-to-face conversation and interview were chosen as the data collection technique. For the research instruments that the researcher used were communication strategies sheet, interview, and audio and video recording. The participants of this study were the eight semester students of English Department. The data collected were analyzed used communication strategies taxonomies proposed by Celce-Murcia et al. (1995). The results of this study show that used variety of communication strategies. The most frequent communication strategy used both male and female students is fillers, hesitation devices, and gambits. It was proven by the percentage that was 50%. The least used communication strategy by the students is circumlocution (0,07%). Related to gender, female students almost show higher number of occurrences for all of the communication strategies than male students. This phenomenon happened due to some factors such as the female characteristics that is socially oriented, expressive and avoid making mistakes. Meanwhile, male students showed characteristics such as talk simpler, have a great willingness to manage anxiety and they seem to conceal their inability to others.

COVID-19 Vaccination: Status and Willingness to Be Vaccinated among Employees in Health and Welfare Care in Germany

Healthcare workers are at particular risk due to their occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Therefore, they belong to the top priority group for vaccination. However, earlier studies show that nursing staff in particular are hesitant to be inoculated. This study presents the current picture with regard to vaccination status, willingness, vaccine preference, and reasons for or against a COVID-19 vaccination among health and welfare workers. An online survey was conducted between 4 March and 10 April 2021 among professional associations and providers of health and social services. Data sets of n = 3401 participants were analyzed. Of these, 62% stated that they had already been vaccinated at least once. A further 22% wanted to be vaccinated, while 6.6% were still hesitant and 9% refused to be vaccinated. Preference was given to predominantly mRNA-based vaccines. Altogether, there was a high vaccination rate and a great willingness to be vaccinated (>80%) across all professional groups and fields of work. Among nursing staff, the total figure was 83.5%. The percentage was highest in geriatric care at 87.5%. Contrary to findings of earlier surveys, vaccination willingness has risen in all professional groups during the course of the vaccination campaign in Germany.

Quantitative Assessment of the Newly MRT System from the Rider’s Perspectives

New rail systems developed in many cities have received significant attention from public transportation researchers globally and regionally. One such system is the Mass Rapid Transit system in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The quality of services’ perception has been captured through the questionnaire survey. Preliminary analysis showed that passengers were satisfied and indicated a great willingness to repeat usage. Likewise, dissatisfaction was only expressed on the feeder bus system services to and from the rail stations. This research explains the rationales for the disproportionately high satisfaction levels and betterment of the support infrastructure, including the feeder services. Keywords: high satisfaction, passengers, public transport, rail system eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i16.2602

Foreign-trained legal scholars in the UK: ‘irritants’ or ‘change agents’?

In most countries and universities, few legal scholars pursue their academic careers in a country that is different from their home jurisdiction. However, the UK is a rare exception, as its universities have shown a great willingness to appoint legal scholars from any legal tradition and any part of the world. As the topic of foreign-trained legal scholars is underexplored in the current literature, this paper aims to fill the gap. It identifies 539 foreign-trained legal scholars at Russell Group universities, which amounts to 36.69% of their academic staff in law. Subsequently, the paper presents the results of a survey which explored how respondents deal with the challenges of being based at UK universities, such as the possible expectation to assimilate to the UK legal environment, and considering the impact of the result of the Brexit referendum. Overall, the paper finds that foreign-trained legal scholars should not be regarded as (negative) ‘irritants’ to UK legal scholarship and education, but that they can be rather be seen as (positive) ‘change agents’ in their universities.

CONTRASTING MARKED AND UNMARKED QUESTIONS: A CASE OF SIHS IN INDONESIAN

Discourse marker sih is a common feature of questions in colloquial Indonesian. The results of previous research show a contrast function of sihs in questions. The questions in which sihs occur are called marked questions. The present study explored the functions of sihs by contrasting marked and unmarked questions produced by the same speakers. The marked questions can occur before the unmarked questions or in reverse order. In both patterns, the marked questions indicate speakers’ great willingness to know. They also show speakers’ way to attract hearers’ attention. The unmarked questions were used when the speakers elicit more accurate and precious answers. Moreover, they were uttered when the hearers do not catch the idea mentioned in the first question. They were uttered because the hearers’ ask for repetition.

Pendidikan Kesehatan Gizi Usia Sekolah sebagai Upaya Peningkatan Prestasi Belajar SDN Purworejo 03 Geger Madiun

Abstrak: Usia 6-12 tahun merupakan usia anak pada masa sekolah. Standar pertumbuhan fisik dan standar kemampuan yang normal dan wajar akan dimiliki oleh anak usia pada masa sekolah yang sehat sesuai kriteria sehat pada usianya. Proses belajar di masa depan pada anak usia sekolah dasar akan dipengaruhi oleh pertumbuhan dan perkembangannya di masa awal belajar ini. Maka daripada itu, penunjang kondisi otak agar berprestasi yang lebih baik, dapat ditunjang dengan perhatian penting pada gizi anak sekolah dasar. Kegiatan dilakukan pada bulan Februari 2019 dan diikuti oleh 20 orang siswa kelas I SDN 03 Purworejo. Pelaksanaan kegiatan ini yang digunakan adalah pemeriksaan kesehatan siswa (berat badan dan tinggi badan) dan pemberian pendidikan kesehatan tentang gizi. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode ceramah, metode tanya jawab dan game/quiz. Hasilnya yaitu kesadaran siswa untuk mengikuti kegiatan pemeriksaan status gizi secara rutin dan mengonsumsi makanan dengan pola gizi seimbang. Beberapa faktor pendukung kegiatan tersebut antara lain : 1. Para peserta memiliki kemauan yang besar untuk mendapatkan informasi dan pengetahuan mengenai zat-zat gizi yang bermanfaat bagi kesehatan tubuh, 2. Kegiatan pendidikan kesehatan ini sangat didukung oleh civitas akademika sekolah, yang secara spontan dan terstruktur ikut berpartisipasi secara aktif dalam pelaksanaan pendidikan kesehatan tentang gizi tersebut.. Kendala yang dihadapi dalam pelaksanaan kegiatan ini yaitu adanya keterbatasan dalam fasilitas pendukung untuk melakukan presentasi diantaranya tidak ada tayangan gambar/ slide dari LCD proyektor karena keterbatasan waktu dan kondisi. Dampak kegiatan ini bagi sekolah yaitu mengetahui status gizi siswa sehingga melahirkan program baru yaitu secara rutin mengukur status gizi siswa melalui pengukuran berat badan dan tinggi badan.Abstract: School children are who are at school age, namely between 6-12 years. At this age, a healthy child will experience normal and reasonable growth and development, that is, according to the physical growth standards of children in general and according to his age's ability standards. When entering elementary school age, children are in the early stages of learning, which will affect the child's learning process in the future. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to elementary school children's nutrition to support the physical condition of the brain, which is a requirement for children to have high intelligence to support children's learning achievement in a better direction. The activity was carried out in February 2019 and was attended by 20 grade I students of SDN 03 Purworejo. This activity's implementation is the student's health check (body weight and height) and health education about nutrition. The methods used are the lecture method, the question and answer method, and the game/quiz method. The result is students' awareness of routine nutritional status checks and eating foods with a balanced nutritional pattern. Some of the supporting factors for these activities include 1. The participants have a great willingness to get information and knowledge about nutritional substances beneficial to body health, 2. This health education activity is highly supported by the school, both directly and indirectly. Participate actively in the implementation of health education about nutrition. The constraints faced in the implementation of this activity are the limitations in supporting facilities for making presentations, including no image/slide display from the LCD projector due to limited time and conditions. The impact on schools is knowing students' nutritional status so that it creates new programs, namely routinely measuring the nutritional status of students through measurements of body weight and height.

Screening accuracy of a 14-day smartphone ambulatory assessment of depression symptoms and mood dynamics in a general population sample: Comparison with the PHQ-9 depression screening

Introduction Major depression affects over 300 million people worldwide, but cases are often detected late or remain undetected. This increases the risk of symptom deterioration and chronification. Consequently, there is a high demand for low threshold but clinically sound approaches to depression detection. Recent studies show a great willingness among users of mobile health apps to assess daily depression symptoms. In this pilot study, we present a provisional validation of the depression screening app Moodpath. The app offers a 14-day ambulatory assessment (AA) of depression symptoms based on the ICD-10 criteria as well as ecologically momentary mood ratings that allow the study of short-term mood dynamics. Materials and methods N = 113 Moodpath users were selected through consecutive sampling and filled out the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) after completing 14 days of AA with 3 question blocks (morning, midday, and evening) per day. The psychometric properties (sensitivity, specificity, accuracy) of the ambulatory Moodpath screening were assessed based on the retrospective PHQ-9 screening result. In addition, several indicators of mood dynamics (e.g. average, inertia, instability), were calculated and investigated for their individual and incremental predictive value using regression models. Results We found a strong linear relationship between the PHQ-9 score and the AA Moodpath depression score (r = .76, p < .001). The app-based screening demonstrated a high sensitivity (.879) and acceptable specificity (.745). Different indicators of mood dynamics covered substantial amounts of PHQ-9 variance, depending on the number of days with mood data that were included in the analyses. Discussion AA and PHQ-9 shared a large proportion of variance but may not measure exactly the same construct. This may be due to the differences in the underlying diagnostic systems or due to differences in momentary and retrospective assessments. Further validation through structured clinical interviews is indicated. The results suggest that ambulatory assessed mood indicators are a promising addition to multimodal depression screening tools. Improving app-based AA screenings requires adapted screening algorithms and corresponding methods for the analysis of dynamic processes over time.

PENYULUHAN DAN PELATIHAN HOME INDUSTRY DI DUSUN KRAJAN DESA KEMIRI KECAMATAN PANTI KABUPATEN JEMBER

Outreach program carried out by a team from the IAI Al-Qodiri KKM was held in early July 01- 01 September 2019. Located in Panti district, Jember regency, this has made a very significant contribution to the community, especially in Kemiri village and received a very good welcome and high enthusiasm. The home industry counseling and training held in the district of Jember is one way to raise the economic level of the community. As with the government's five priority programs for 2019, one of them is to try to alleviate poverty and inequality. In this training, the Al-Qodiri KKM Team utilized young papaya fruit to become papaya sticks, which are natural products of the local community whose utilization is not optimal. It is hoped that the papaya stick home industry can become a home business with small capital and large profits. Apart from that, it also opens job opportunities for local people and improves their skills. Some of the supporting factors for these activities include: the participants of the socialization have a great willingness to take part in counseling and training on the papaya stick home industry, product marketing by entrusting them to the nearest shops or through social media in the form of Facebook and Whatsapp. Some of the obstacles faced during counseling and training for papaya stick home industry are: (1) there are limitations in supporting facilities for conducting counseling and training, including the absence of LCD and projectors. (2) The training activity which was planned to run for 2 days could not be realized due to collisions with the activities of the participants, the majority of whom were farm laborers, where their activities started from morning to evening. So that the socialization team was a bit troublesome to adjust the time accordingly. (3) it is difficult to access the internet to provide training in papaya stick product marketing because of the lack of signal in the area.