CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS A COMPONENT OF TEACHER'S SELF-REFERENCE

The article deals with the new opportunities for teachers’ creative self-realization and self-improvement in the context of educational reform with the application of the Framework for Continuous Professional Development of Teachers. The relevance of this topic is caused by the search for mechanisms of self-reflection, self-actualization, and self-development of the teacher. This is encouraged by the Teacher Framework for Continuing Professional Development, which is a guideline for creating innovative models of professional development of teachers. The purpose of the article is to reveal new opportunities for teachers’ creative self-realization and self-improvement in terms of educational reform with the application of the Framework for Continuous Professional Development of Teachers. We have used the analysis of scientific developments and the sources on the problem of continuous professional development of a teacher, psychological and pedagogical, educational and methodological literature, information sources on the problem of research. As a result of the study we have found out that supporting the continuous professional development of teachers using the Framework for Continuing Professional Development of Teachers is an effective tool for reflective analysis and reconstruction of their professional path, and therefore − a necessary condition for professional growth. So, an important component of the roadmap of professional development of the teacher is awareness of the teachers of his\her professional role as a facilitator of learning. A motivated teacher, who uses the Framework for Continuing Professional Development, can anticipate and design the trajectory of their growth, success in teaching, opportunities and obstacles to achieving goals The analysis of scientific literature, information sources on the research problem shows that self-reference acquires special significance for teachers of all levels from a novice teacher who has just chosen this profession to a creative professional.

Aspek-aspek dalam Menyusun Bahan Ajar Komsel: Suatu Usulan bagi Gereja Penyebaran Injil Majalengka

Cell group is one of the most basic forms of service that must be developed by the church in helping the congregation it serves so that it becomes more mature and grows in the knowledge of God. In addition to praise, prayer, and worship, teaching is an important thing in the conduct of cell groups. In connection with teaching, the church must prepare teaching materials that are relevant to the needs of cell grup members. The goal is to make cell grup members more interested in participating in cell groups, and to become more mature in God and able to face the challenges of life that they are facing.The research method used is library research. This method collects data and information in the form of documents, data archives and other literature information. This paper is expected to help churches in developing cell group's services so that the church has a strong concept in compiling teaching materials that are relevant to cell group's members. This paper will discuss the nature of cell group, the importance of teaching materials relevant to cell group members, the biblical basis of teaching materials relevant to cell group members, and ends with concepts in compiling teaching materials in cell group.

THE REVIEW OF SOCIAL THEOLOGY AND SCIENCE ON THE BENEFITS OF VACCINE IN THE COVID-19 PREVENTIVE MEASURES

The negative public perception of the vaccination is one of the most important concerns that occur while dealing with Covid-19. This viewpoint is based on the belief that vaccinations include ingredients that are prohibited by religion making their usage not halal. This study investigates the benefits of vaccinations in the Covid-19 preventive measures from a theological and scientific standpoint. This study employs qualitative research methods. Primary and secondary data were gathered from a variety of sources, including literature, information media, and statistics data. This study discovered several findings applying the maqashid al-syari'ah theory as an analytical tool: First, vaccines are medical instruments that aim to strengthen the immune system so that it can increase immunity and reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission; Second, from the standpoint of social theology, the role of vaccines in protecting and preventing the body from transmitting Covid-19 is relevant to the dimensions of benefit found in maqashid al-syari'ah, which states that the purpose or objective of enforcing religious law must be oriented toward five things, one of which is the protection of the soul or self (hifzu al-Nafs); Third, the religious perspective plays a role in elucidating the reasons for the halal status of the Covid-19 vaccine from the standpoint of its value in social theology. In terms of science's viewpoint, it serves as a tool in articulating how the notion of self-preservation (hifzu al-Nafs) should be implemented through medical goods such as a vaccine. Vaccines are scientific attempts to contextualize the concept of religion so that it can be applied as a method to fight and prevent the spread of Covid-19

Shedding Light on the Pharmacological Interactions between μ-Opioid Analgesics and Angiotensin Receptor Modulators: A New Option for Treating Chronic Pain

The current protocols for neuropathic pain management include µ-opioid receptor (MOR) analgesics alongside other drugs; however, there is debate on the effectiveness of opioids. Nevertheless, dose escalation is required to maintain their analgesia, which, in turn, contributes to a further increase in opioid side effects. Finding novel approaches to effectively control chronic pain, particularly neuropathic pain, is a great challenge clinically. Literature data related to pain transmission reveal that angiotensin and its receptors (the AT1R, AT2R, and MAS receptors) could affect the nociception both in the periphery and CNS. The MOR and angiotensin receptors or drugs interacting with these receptors have been independently investigated in relation to analgesia. However, the interaction between the MOR and angiotensin receptors has not been excessively studied in chronic pain, particularly neuropathy. This review aims to shed light on existing literature information in relation to the analgesic action of AT1R and AT2R or MASR ligands in neuropathic pain conditions. Finally, based on literature data, we can hypothesize that combining MOR agonists with AT1R or AT2R antagonists might improve analgesia.

IDENTIFIKASI KESEJAHTERAAN MELALUI PENDEKATAN PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT PESISIR DI KABUPATEN KEPULAUAN MERANTI

The potential extent of the waters in Indonesia does not guarantee the welfare of the community. Precisely for people living in coastal areas, accessibility to the utilization of coastal resources is still low due to high poverty rates, lack of education, and a culture of market access that focuses on household management. Related to that, this article was written with the aim of identifying the level of welfare and empowerment of coastal communities in Meranti Islands Regency. Based on literature studies, the characteristics of coastal communities are unique but unproductive, resulting in marginalization and low economic levels of coastal communities. The results of this article show that coastal communities need systematic efforts to urge dimensional change through empowerment as an approach to achieve the goals of development of prosperous, fair and prosperous communities as well as strategies that can be used in empowerment. Coastal community empowerment is carried out by paying attention to indicators of coastal community welfare and factors of needs, income, challenges and potential resources (SW0T Analysis) owned by coastal communities in Meranti Islands Regency. Through the results of this literature, information will be obtained on characteristics, identification of welfare levels and strategies of coastal community empowerment approaches. The sources of information in this article are collected from various reference sources such as journals, books with related studies, websites such as Google search, google scholar and scimago as well as some articles derived from other desktop research. Then the secondary data is analyzed systematically review and identified by analyzing SWOT descriptively from references related to the study that the authors found.

Challenges in Implementation of Digital Culture Environment among Rural Community in Malaysia: An Overview

The purpose of the article is to assess the current challenges in the implementation of the Digital Culture Environment among the rural community in Malaysia. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the online environment where a drastic usage of digital tools has been observed among Malaysian. The digital culture is defined as the culture shaped by the emergence of digital technologies and their usage in the community. The literature survey approach has been applied as the methodology of study to explore the current challenges in the implementation of the Digital Culture Environment among the rural community in Malaysia. Several challenges have been identified, including the rural sustainable issues, digital divides, demographic factors, Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) factor, individual, as well as behavior factor. According to the literature review conducted, these challenges have been revealed to significantly hurdle the government’s movement in implementing the digital culture within the rural community. To overcome these challenges, a strong and effective supporting model should be formulated to assist the government in building and establish a digital culture environment in Malaysia, particularly among the rural community. Hence, a further in-depth study is required to acquire comprehensive literature information to address this issue.

Importance of Conjugation of the Bile Salt on the Mechanism of Lipolysis

We aim to advance the discussion on the significance of the conjugation of bile salts (BS) in our organism. We hypothesize that conjugation influences the rate of lipolysis. Since the rate of lipolysis is a compound parameter, we compare the effect of conjugation on four surface parameters, which contribute to the rate. Since deconjugation is due to gut microbiota, we hypothesize that microbiota may affect the rate of lipolysis. A meta-analysis of literature data of critical micelle concentration, β, aggregation number, and molar solubilization ratio has been performed for the first time. In addition, critical micelle concentration (CMC), interfacial tension, and lipolysis rate measurements were performed. It was found that the unconjugated BS in mixed micelles increases the antagonism between the BS, therefore, increasing the CMC. This correlated with the effect of unconjugated BS on the solubilization capacity of mixed micelles. The collected literature information indicates that the role of the BS and its conjugation in our organism is a key factor influencing the functioning of our organism, where too high levels of unconjugated BS may lead to malabsorption of fat-soluble nutrients. The experimental lipolysis results irrevocably showed that conjugation is a significant factor influencing the rate.

Chemical constituents, ethnomedicinal uses, pharmacology, and toxicity of Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants, formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides L.

Background: Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants is an aromatic herb native to South America, but also distributed widely throughout Africa and Europe. This plant is traditionally used to treat various ailments including, pain and swellings, flu, parasitic diseases, and as analgesic, antipyretic, and wound healing. Phytochemical analyses of D. ambrosioides revealed the presence of terpenoids, flavonoids, coumarins, fatty acids and miscellaneous compounds among others, which might be responsible for its modern pharmacological actions. Objective: The present work summarizes recent developments on phytochemistry, ethnomedicinal use, pharmacology, and toxicity of D. ambrosioides. A critical assessment of the literature information of D. ambrosioides is also presented. Methods: The available information on D. ambrosioides was collected through libraries and electronic databases [Scifinder, ACS, Scielo, Science direct, Pubmed (National Library of Medicine), Wiley, Springer, PROTA, Web of Science, Google Web, Yahoo search and Google scholar] from respective inception until january 2021. Results: More than 150 compounds, including terpenoids, flavonoids, coumarins, fatty acids, and miscellaneous compounds etc.. were identified from D. ambrosioides. D. ambrosioides exhibited a wide range of pharmacological activities, including antimalarial, anti-inflammatory, antiparasitic, anticancer, insecticidal, antigiardial, among others. Metal nanoparticles synthesized from D. ambrosioides extracts presented enhanced pharmacological activities as compared to the crude plant extracts counterparts. Conclusion: D. ambrosioides is a promising medicinal plant, however, more in vivo experiments, cytotoxicity tests, and mechanisms of actions of its extracts and compounds are recommended to transubstantiate the ethnomedicinal claims of this plant into scientific rationale-based information.

An analysis of productivity app strengths: An environmental scan

BACKGROUNDIn recent years, productivity apps have become the most commonly used apps. While some may feel productivity apps work solely as a result of the placebo effect , productivity apps have been shown to have three major benefits: accountability, assessment, and improvement. Stress levels were especially reduced in the two meditation groups as opposed to the muscle relaxation group . Furthermore, there has been reported evidence on the effectiveness of app-based meditation and mindfulness in reducing stress and increasing productivity for users.METHODSIn order to answer the research question, published articles from ProQuest, Business Source Premier and Web of Science were used. Additionally, Harvard Business Review was also used as a source of grey literature. Information was collected in order to determine the strengths of competing productivity apps and how they could limit or be applied to the Felicity App. The research was reviewed based on screening tools that assessed validity and relevance. Included studies were published within Asia, North America, Australia, or Europe, and were either quantitative, qualitative, randomized controlled trial (RCT), surveys, experiments with participants, or academic studies. Study screening and extraction were completed independently among two authors. Disagreements following reconciliation between the two authors were settled by a third author.RESULTSThe selected articles discuss information including methods of improving productivity, mobile-based interventions that are effective at improving either overall health or productivity, and techniques that may be applicable to the Felicity App as a mobile-based intervention.CONCLUSIONThe results show that the Felicity App can improve user outcomes by integrating features from other applications.

Integration and Optimization of Ancient Literature Information Resources Based on Big Data Technology

Big data refers to a collection of data that cannot be captured, managed, and processed with conventional software tools within a certain time frame. It is a massive, high-volume, high-volume data that requires new processing models to have stronger decision-making power, insight and discovery, process optimization capabilities, growth rate, and diversified information assets. This article aims to study the integration and optimization of ancient literature information resources of big data technology, that is, to integrate and optimize ancient literature information resources through big data technology and make the literature more systematic and complete, allowing readers to find and browse literature more conveniently. This paper focuses on the literary works and the related collation, annotation, and textual research results and divides the scope of each subtopic according to the genre. The biggest difference between the information platform built in this paper and the existing ancient books database is that it has the functions of semantic analysis, subject retrieval, data generation, and so on. After text learning, the computer can automatically classify related vocabulary. Based on the effective integration of big data and cultural resources, the experimental results of this article show that, so far, through technical optimization and resource integration, the number of ancient literature reincorporated has exceeded 12,000 copies, and more than 10,000 publications have been restored. Therefore, big data technology is essential for the integration and optimization of cultural resources.