Character Building Kepemimpinan Lembaga Pendidikan Islam: Analisis Penafsiran Surat Abasa 1-10

Surah 'Abasa Verses 1-10 are the verses that contains the formation of the leadership character of the Prophet through the warning ('itab) of Allah to His Prophet. So the research aims to find the character building of the leadership of Islamic educational institutions through the Surah 'Abasa verses 1-10. Using the Tahlili Tafsir Method with the tafsir bir-ra’yi (diroyah), this research results in the concept of character building leadership of Islamic educational institutions through the Surah 'Abasa verses 1-10, among others, the first verse shows the importance of the dimensions of performance and appearance of a leader, the second verse shows the dimensions of social status. The third verse contains an element of the self-esteem dimension, and the fourth verse includes an aspect of the educational dimension, the fifth and sixth verses are aware of their duty to serve the people or their subordinates, the seventh and eighth contain elements of a priority scale dimension, and the two last verses (nine and ten) contain elements of the khauf and raja dimensions, put God first in all activities.ABSTRAKSurat ‘Abasa Ayat 1-10 merupakan ayat-ayat yang berisikan pembentukan karakter kepemimpinan Nabi melalui teguran (‘itab) Allah kepada NabiNya. Maka penelitian bertujuan untuk menemukan character building kepemimpinan lembaga pendidikan Islam melalui Surat ‘Abasa ayat 1-10. Penggunaan Metode Tafsir Tahlili dengan pendekatan tafsir bir-ra’yi (dirayah), maka penelitian ini menghasilkan bahwa konsep character building kepemimpinan lembaga pendidikan Islam melalui Surat ‘Abasa ayat 1-10 antara lain, ayat pertama menunjukkan pentingnya dimensi performa dan penampilan seorang pemimpin, ayat kedua menunjukkan kepada dimensi status sosial, ayat ketiga mengandung unsur dimensi self esteem, ayat keempat mengandung unsur dimensi edukasi, ayat kelima dan keenam menyadari akan tugasnya melayani rakyat atau bawahannya, ayat ketujuh dan kedelapan mengandung unsur dimensi skala prioritas, ayat sembilan dan sepuluh mengandung unsur dimensi khauf dan raja’ atau mengutamakan Allah dalam segala aktivitas

Constraints on electroweak gauged unparticle model from the oblique parameters S and T

We calculate the one loop contribution from an unparticle gauged model, based on the group SU(2)[Formula: see text]U(1), to the electroweak oblique parameters [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. Using the current bounds on [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] from electroweak measurements, we find the constraints on the scale dimension [Formula: see text] of the unparticle fermionic fields to be [Formula: see text] and the constraints on the conformal breaking scale [Formula: see text] to be [Formula: see text] Gev. The bounds on [Formula: see text] impose a lower limit on the conformal window of the unparticle fields which means that unparticle are not detectable below [Formula: see text] Gev.

Urban/Rural Workplace – A Relevant Factor in Manifesting Intercultural Sensitivity

Our paper presents the results of a questionnaire-based inquiry aimed to investigate the level of intercultural sensitivity concerning respondents’ workplace background, namely urban versus rural. The main purpose of our research is to highlight possible differences in intercultural sensitivity levels at teachers working in urban and rural schools, which constitutes our contribution to the research existing in the field. The general hypotheses of our research are: the workplace background (urban/rural) impacts the level of manifesting intercultural sensitivity; the urban workplace of respondents is connected to a higher level of manifesting intercultural sensitivity. This investigation is part of wider research that aims to identify teacher training practices that may raise pre- and in-service teachers’ levels of intercultural sensitivity and better prepare them to work with groups of students characterized by diversity, as well as solutions to educational issues in the Romanian context by considering the two different contexts in which education takes place, namely urban and rural. Our findings have revealed higher levels of intercultural sensitivity at teachers working in urban schools, compared to those working in rural schools and the results obtained for each specific hypothesis and objective reveal the particularities involved for each scale dimension.

FORMALIZING A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: THE STAKEHOLDERS' PERSPECTIVE

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> It is expected that by the year 2050, 66% of the world’s population will live in urban areas, necessitating the efficient management of land and urban space, namely the requirement for multi-dimensional land management systems (MLMS). In most countries, current LMS are two dimensional, representing the reality on a plane. This research aims at outlying guidelines designed for augmenting existing 2D LMS to multi-dimensional ones, by investigating theoretical (conceptual) and technical inferences related to the adding of the height dimension, the time dimension and the scale dimension (scale dimension may also refer to levels of details). Sustainable multi-purpose land management systems for serving various end-users is essential, therefore, our study is based on a Delphi questionnaire, which aims at understanding the perspective of diverse stakeholders and experts who may use LMS, as well as mapping their requirements and expectations from the LMS. Questions were categorized into two groups: i) theoretical, focusing on semantic and mathematical definitions; and, ii) technical, focusing on functionalities, databases, data collection, etc. As a preliminary assessment, responses of eight experts, from different fields and countries, to the questionnaire were analysed and summarized. The results are presented in this paper, including the main issues that experts pointed out, as well as suggested classes, fields, procedures and functionalities that might be required from a multi-purpose MLMS.</p>

On two-scale dimension and its applications

Dimension or scale is everything. When a thing is observed by different scales, different results can be obtained. Two scales are enough for most of practical problems, and a new definition of a two-scale dimension instead of the fractal dimension is given to deal with discontinuous problems. Fractal theory considers a self-similarity pattern, which cannot be found in any a real problem, while the two-scale theory observes each problem with two scales, the large scale is for an approximate continuous problem, where the classic calculus can be fully applied, and on the smaller scale, the effect of the porous structure on the properties can be easily elucidated. This paper sheds a new light on applications of fractal theory to real problems.

Fractal calculus for analysis of wool fiber: Mathematical insight of its biomechanism

Wool fiber has a complex hierarchic inner structure. However, like most of the natural things, wool fiber does not have an exactly strict self-similar fractal feature. Here, we calculate the fractal dimension of each hierarchic level of wool fiber using the two-scale dimension method. The obtained fractal dimension of wool fiber in different hierarchic level ranges between 1.37 and 1.47, which is close to that obtained according to the traditional fractal geometry. Thermal property of wool fiber is investigated based on the fractal feature of wool fiber. The result shows that the temperature gradient and the rate of the temperature gradient along the fiber is very slow, suggesting that wool fiber has a good thermal retention property.

To Reveal Invisible Doping Defect by Nanoprobing Analysis, Scanning Capacitance Microscopy, and Simulation

Modern techniques of semiconductor physical failure analysis are effective at revealing physical defects and device material composition, however, dopant profiles/ concentrations are not easily determined since these materials are in trace concentrations. Therefore, defects related to dopants are often referred to as invisible defects. New techniques have been incorporated into failure analysis to reveal the invisible defects resulting from electrical carriers (via SCM/SSRM) and physical doping profile (via STEM/EDS) in nm-scale dimension. Using nanoprobing analysis, simulation for electrical modeling, along with EDS and SCM for physical profiling, we have a great opportunity to uncover abnormal doping issues allowing completion of the failure analysis and the execution of corrective actions.

GENERALIZATION TECHNIQUE FOR 2D+SCALE DHE DATA MODEL

Different users or applications need different scale model especially in computer application such as game visualization and GIS modelling. Some issues has been raised on fulfilling GIS requirement of retaining the details while minimizing the redundancy of the scale datasets. Previous researchers suggested and attempted to add another dimension such as scale or/and time into a 3D model, but the implementation of scale dimension faces some problems due to the limitations and availability of data structures and data models. Nowadays, various data structures and data models have been proposed to support variety of applications and dimensionality but lack research works has been conducted in terms of supporting scale dimension. Generally, the Dual Half Edge (DHE) data structure was designed to work with any perfect 3D spatial object such as buildings. In this paper, we attempt to expand the capability of the DHE data structure toward integration with scale dimension. The description of the concept and implementation of generating 3D-scale (2D spatial + scale dimension) for the DHE data structure forms the major discussion of this paper. We strongly believed some advantages such as local modification and topological element (navigation, query and semantic information) in scale dimension could be used for the future 3D-scale applications.

APPLICATION PERSPECTIVE OF 2D+SCALE DIMENSION

Different applications or users need different abstraction of spatial models, dimensionalities and specification of their datasets due to variations of required analysis and output. Various approaches, data models and data structures are now available to support most current application models in Geographic Information System (GIS). One of the focuses trend in GIS multi-dimensional research community is the implementation of scale dimension with spatial datasets to suit various scale application needs. In this paper, 2D spatial datasets that been scaled up as the third dimension are addressed as 2D+scale (or 3D-scale) dimension. Nowadays, various data structures, data models, approaches, schemas, and formats have been proposed as the best approaches to support variety of applications and dimensionality in 3D topology. However, only a few of them considers the element of scale as their targeted dimension. As the scale dimension is concerned, the implementation approach can be either multi-scale or vario-scale (with any available data structures and formats) depending on application requirements (topology, semantic and function). This paper attempts to discuss on the current and new potential applications which positively could be integrated upon 3D-scale dimension approach. The previous and current works on scale dimension as well as the requirements to be preserved for any given applications, implementation issues and future potential applications forms the major discussion of this paper.