Novel Applications of NSAIDs: Insight and Future Perspectives in Cardiovascular, Neurodegenerative, Diabetes and Cancer Disease Therapy

Once it became clear that inflammation takes place in the modulation of different degenerative disease including neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, diabetes and cancer the researchers has started intensive programs evaluating potential role of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in the prevention or therapy of these diseases. This review discusses the novel mechanism of action of NSAIDs and its potential use in the pharmacotherapy of neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, diabetes and cancer diseases. Many different molecular and cellular factors which are not yet fully understood play an important role in the pathogenesis of inflammation, axonal damage, demyelination, atherosclerosis, carcinogenesis thus further NSAID studies for a new potential indications based on precise pharmacotherapy model are warranted since NSAIDs are a heterogeneous group of medicines with relative different pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics profiles. Hopefully the new data from studies will fill in the gap between experimental and clinical results and translate our knowledge into successful disease therapy.

The Demands of Liberal Non-Domination

This chapter develops the specific demands of liberal non-domination. It argues that they cover protection against dominatory groups as well as against power relations which are not mediated by authority, or otherwise public; demonstrates how different choices, such as those falling under the basic liberties, connected to intimate personal relationships, or at stake in resource-intensive programs and policies to enhance life options, call for different thresholds of intensity of protection; and how protection must itself be appropriately respectful of people’s moral agency. It goes on to show how the resulting requirements give a wide policy mandate to combat domination not only through formal institutions, but also by fostering a societal ethos and informal social norms, and argues that liberals should not be worried by this wide mandate. It concludes by analysing in which ways demands of protection against domination can, and cannot, be understood as distributive demands.

Comparative Evaluation of Sustainable Framework in STEM Intensive Programs for Secondary and Tertiary Education

Sustainability of learning environments is a key pillar of all societal development frameworks. A variety of research address the development of education as a fine balanced relation between flexibility, adaptability, innovation, and efficient resource allocation. The main limitation of current approaches is the lack of correlation between various efficiency analyses and budget expenditure of learning environments. The current research aims at undertaking a comparative evaluation of a sustainable framework in STEM intensive programs for secondary and tertiary education. This was done using several established methods like the Plan, Do, Check, Act cycle for the development main framework, the Analytic Hierarchy Process for efficiency evaluation and Value Analysis for budget expenditure allocations and improvement identification. The main framework is based on learning objectives defined in accordance with Blooms’ revised taxonomy and student feedback was collected through surveys and group feedback. The main results of the study show that the framework had overall efficiencies over the 80% threshold in both secondary and tertiary education, whilst some of the components scored under 65%, identifying immediate improvement features. Further research involves the transition to an online and mixed teaching environment, by adapting the content and framework structure with the aid of smart learning environments.

Improvement of Autism Symptoms After Comprehensive Intensive Early Interventions in Community Settings

BACKGROUND: Preschool children with autism in southern Sweden participated in a comprehensive Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention (NDBI) program. AIMS: To evaluate the ongoing NDBI program by comparing the pre- and postintervention outcomes in terms of improved autism symptom severity. METHOD: The improvement of Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-R) test results between baseline and evaluation among children participating in the NDBI program ( n = 67) was compared with the results among children receiving community treatment as usual ( n = 27) using analysis of covariance. RESULTS: The study showed that children in the NDBI group improved their ADOS-R total scores between baseline and evaluation (−0.8 scores per year; 95% CI [−1.2, −0.4]), whereas no improvement was detected in the comparison group (+0.1 scores per year; 95% CI [−0.7, +0.9]). The change in the NDBI group versus the change in the comparison group was statistically significant after adjusting for possible confounders as well. Children in the NDBI group also significantly improved their ADOS severity scores, but the scores were not significantly different from those of the comparison group. CONCLUSIONS: The results from the current naturalistic study must be interpreted cautiously, but they do support earlier studies reporting on improvement of autism symptoms after early intensive interventions. Results from observational studies are difficult to interpret, but it is nevertheless of uttermost importance to evaluate costly autism intervention programs. The results do indicate that children with autism benefit from participating in early comprehensive intensive programs.

Perspectives of the Entrepreneurial Education in the European and National Contexts

The following chapter presents the views of students who participated in the International Project Entrepreneurship and Communication in Multicultural Teams (ECMT+) within Erasmus+. The chapter focuses on the comparison of outcomes related to participants' self-reflective evaluation in the form of a self-reflective diary and an interview in two rounds of the ECMT Intensive Programs held in Wildau, Germany, in 2018 and in Roanne, France, in 2019. The goal of the chapter is to make contributions to university curricula development in terms of introducing “learning by doing” related to the selected topics identified by the Intensive Programs participants within the post-evaluation of the project. Comparing the reflection expressed in self-reflective diaries in 2018 and 2019, in the latter, it can be observed that the students are able to analyze their attitudes and reflections in a more complex way than in the former one.

Arabic Language as the Icon of Islamic Higher Education: A Study of the Implementation of Arabic Intensive Program

Arabic intensive Program is important to improve the quality of foreign language ability for UIN Imam Bonjol students. The planning, implementing and evaluating the process of the Arabic Intensive Program needs to be addressed and improved from various aspects. Thus, the study aims to identify appropriate policies to improve the management of the Intensive Arabic Language program, to develop Arabic language competency standards based on an analysis of the real conditions of the main components and program supporters, and to formulate the standard to improve the quality of Arabic Intensive Programs at UIN Imam Bonjol, Padang. This study used a qualitative approach where the data taken from interviews, documentation and focus group discussion. Data sources are managers, lecturers, and students participating in Arabic Intensive Program. The results of the study showed that the Arabic programs need appropriate policies to overcome the obstacles and problems. The visible problems were in the planning process, especially planning in the learning objectives, materials, and the provision of lecturers; In connection with the implementation of Arabic Intensive programs, there are still constrained by the available facilities and infrastructure, related to evaluation, the results of the study show that comprehensive evaluation needs to be done in relation to the evaluation of inputs, processes, outputs, and impacts to improve the quality of Arabic as an institutional brand in the future..AbstrakProgram intensif bahasa Arab penting untuk meningkatkan kualitas kemampuan bahasa asing bagi siswa UIN Imam Bonjol. Perencanaan, implementasi dan evaluasi proses Program Intensif Arab perlu ditangani dan ditingkatkan dari berbagai aspek. Dengan demikian, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi kebijakan yang tepat untuk meningkatkan manajemen program Bahasa Arab Intensif, untuk mengembangkan standar kompetensi bahasa Arab berdasarkan analisis kondisi nyata dari komponen utama dan pendukung program, dan untuk merumuskan standar untuk meningkatkan kualitas Program Intensif Bahasa Arab di UIN Imam Bonjol, Padang. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dimana data diambil dari wawancara, dokumentasi dan diskusi kelompok terarah. Sumber data adalah pimpinan, dosen, dan mahasiswa yang berpartisipasi dalam Program Intensif Arab. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa program-program Arab membutuhkan kebijakan yang tepat untuk mengatasi hambatan dan masalah. Masalah yang terlihat dalam proses perencanaan, terutama perencanaan dalam tujuan pembelajaran, bahan, dan penyediaan dosen; Sehubungan dengan pelaksanaan program-program Intensif Bahasa Arab, masih ada kendala oleh fasilitas dan infrastruktur yang tersedia, terkait dengan evaluasi, hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa evaluasi komprehensif perlu dilakukan sehubungan dengan evaluasi input, proses, output, dan dampak untuk meningkatkan kualitas bahasa Arab sebagai merek kelembagaan di masa depan. How to Cite : Warnis, Triana, H. W., Remiswal, Kustati, M., Nelmawarni. (2019). Arabic Language as the Icon of Islamic Higher Education: A Study of the Implementation of Arabic Intensive Program. TARBIYA: Journal of Education in Muslim Society, 6(1), 102-115. doi:10.15408/tjems.v6i1. 10910.

EMPOWERING PASIR MULYA VILLAGE COMMUNITY IN SELF-SUPPORTING VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

Indonesia Government from the outset emphasized the importance of implementing labor-intensive programs using local village human resources. This program should be carried out as much as possible by the local villagers themselves and not by using the contractors because it would conflict with the principle of opening employment opportunities for its citizens. One of the programs is implemented in Pasir Mulya Village. Some improvements to the village facilities that will be carried out are the construction of cultural buildings, slopes stability improvement, and road improvement. Base on preliminary study, it was obtained the importance of equipping villagers who involved in the project with project management techniques such as budget planning techniques, leading and motivating a project team, the importance of teamwork and communication in a team. By conducting project management and team-building training, infrastructure development by local villagers can run effectively.