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PLTU produces coal-burning residues in the form of fly ash waste, which is constantly increasing. Fly ash is an industrial waste that is hazardous to the environment and human health but can be exploited because it has the characteristics of pozzolan. We conducted research on the use of fly ash as a cement substitute in the making of paving blocks. The aim of the research was to find out the strong pressure paving block method in British Standard 6717 with SNI 03-0691-1996 against the use of fly ash and how much of the fly ash is used against the strength of the optimum pressure. The research used an experimental method, with a comparison of 1 cement with 4 sand and variations in the use of air ash at 0%, 10%, 20%, and 30%. Tests were conducted when paving the block through the process of curing for 28 days. This study resulted in a strong average pressure paving block (PB) using the British Standard fly ash method 6717, with PB beam variations of 10%, 20%, and 30% in succession of 14.23 MPa, 13.49 MPa, and 11.14 MPa. While the SNI method 03-0691 1996 is PB cube variation at 10%, 20%, and 30%, respectively, of 12.27 MPa, 10.63 MPa, and 8.67 MPa. The strong result of pushing PB beams using the optimum fly ash is found at a 10% variation of 14.23 MPa and a 10% cubic variation PB of 12.27 MPa.

The diversity in societal exercise preferences has increased significantly, with fitness emerging as a favored modern activity, particularly in urban areas of Indonesia. Fitness is valued for its effectiveness in restoring body fitness and achieving ideal body shapes swiftly. However, in the era of Industry 4.0, technological advancements have revolutionized the approach to fitness. Smartphone fitness applications have replaced the role of personal trainers by providing tailored exercise and dietary programs. User Interface (UI) plays a pivotal role in fitness applications, influencing User Experience (UX). The challenge lies in designing UI to accommodate user heterogeneity, both internally and externally. Adaptive UI emerges as a solution, capable of altering layout and content according to user characteristics. Kernwerk® Functional Fitness exemplifies a fitness application utilizing AI to optimize fitness routines. To enhance Kernwerk's UI adaptability, UX evaluation is conducted using UEQ+ modular extension, a comprehensive instrument for effectively and efficiently measuring user experience. Through this evaluation, components of UI and UX requiring further development to enhance Kernwerk's adaptability can be identified.

Final year students are required to write a thesis and usually often find various difficulties that can develop into negative feelings that cause anxiety. Some things that cause anxiety in individuals are negative experiences, lack of social support, and irrational thoughts. Anxiety can be prevented by self-talk techniques to change negative thoughts into positive ones, as well as by getting good social support. The purpose of this study was to determine the description of age, gender characteristics, self-talk, social support, and anxiety levels and to determine the relationship of self-talk to anxiety levels in students, and to determine the relationship of social support to anxiety levels in students. In this study using a quantitative approach method with a cross sectional design with a sampling technique that is a random sampling sample with a sample of 53 students at the Advanced University of Indonesia. The results of the chi-square test for the relationship of self-talk to the level of anxiety p-value is 0.005 <0.05 and the chi-square results for the relationship of social support to the level of anxiety p-value is 0.003 <0.05, so there is a relationship of self-talk to the level of anxiety in students and there is a relationship of social support to the level of anxiety in students.    

Education in Indonesia is currently experiencing a lot of changes, especially in the field of technology. With the rapid development of technology and increasingly sophisticated makes learning more interesting. With the advancement in technology, it is expected that students will be more enthusiastic in learning at school. One of them is with a learning model that can be applied by students. The Value Clarification Technique (VCT) learning model is a learning model that aims to help students find and find values that are considered good to be applied in everyday life by analyzing the values that have been embedded in students. The characteristic of this learning model is in the form of attitudes where the process of instilling these values is carried out by analyzing existing values and aligning them with the values to be instilled. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which the use of the Value Clarification Technology (VCT) learning model can improve the learning outcomes of Akidah Akhlak students in grade III MIN 3 Tangerang. The aim of this research is to determine the extent to which the use of the Value Clarification Technique (VCT) learning model can improve the learning outcomes of students' Aqidah Akhlak in class III MIN 3 Tangerang.The author conducted field research, using qualitative methods. The data source in this research uses data collection techniques through observation, interviews and documentation Based on the results of the observation analysis, student learning results and discussion, it can be concluded that the use of the Value Clarification Technique (VCT) method can improve Aqidah Akhlak learning outcomes for class III students at MIN 3 Tangerang. This success is due to the use of the Value Clarification Technique (VCT) learning model which is The previous teacher's activities were classified as "Good" and student activities were "Good". Then teacher activity increased to the "Very Good" category and student activity also increased to the "Very Good" category. Student learning outcomes were average at the start before using the Value Clarification Technique (VCT) learning model. The average score obtained by students was only low. Some students who reach the limit of learning completeness still get low grades. After implementing the Value Clarification Technique (VCT) method, student learning outcomes also increased.    

Criminal disparity refers to dissenting judgments regarding the same criminal act or one that possesses dangerous characteristics, both of which can be compared without clear justification. This research aims to understand and analyze whether the existence of disparities in prosecution can fulfill the legal perspectives’s objectives and to identify and analyze the factors causing disparities in prosecution in Cases Number: 176/Pid.B/2019/PN Gto and Cases Number: 163/Pid.B/2019/PN Gto by using a normative research method with a case approach. The technique employed involves a literature review supported by descriptive analysis a supplementary method. The research findings are as follows: firstly, in both verdicts, Number 176/Pid.B/2019.PN Gto and Number 163/Pid.B/2019/PN Gto, it is observed that they still do not fully meet the legal perspective’s objectives because there are legal objectives that remain unfulfilled. Secondly, both verdicts contain factors influencing the occurrence of disparities in prosecution, including the consequences caused, considerations from the prepator’s prespective, personal factors, aggravating and mitigating circumstances, and the extent of the losses incurred.

The cereal products available in the market mostly focus only on practicality and ignore the nutritional content. It is necessary to increase the nutritional content of these products by using local Indonesian raw materials such as sweet potatoes and corn.  The objectives of this study are: 1) to determine the effect of temperature and proportion of purple sweet potato flour and corn flour on the characteristics of cereals produced, 2) to assess the level of preference of panelists for the physical, chemical and sensory qualities of cereals produced. The study design used a factorial randomized design complete with a proportion treatment of purple sweet potato flour and corn. Test parameters include water content, degree of swelling, water absorption, texture, antioxidants, and sensory evaluation. The conclusion in this study is that the comparative treatment of purple sweet potato flour and corn and temperature did not have a real effect on water content, degree of development, water absorption index (IPA), water solubility index (IKA), texture and antioxidants but had an effect on sensory properties

Generation Z has unique characteristics compared to other generations. A generation that is always looking for references for something almost 24 hours a day via mobile technology and social networks. The aim of this research is to determine Generation Z's opinions on forming co-creation in coffee shop properties that are currently trending. In addition to the development of digital marketing and the growth of coffee shop  businesses in Indonesia, this generation is used to giving feedback and suggestions via social media or directly.The research method used utilizes literature studies and literature reviews from books, journals and previous consultancy research institutions. The results of the research  show that Generation Z plays a role and actively participates in the formation of co-creation in coffee shops, although Zero Consumers are said to be among those who do not care about the menu, price, quality, etc. hold. Brand, The atmosphere in the cafeteria.

During the process of making sambiloto simplicial which involves heat, it can cause degradation of chlorophyll. Increasing the stability of chlorophyll can be done by forming Zn-chlorophyll complexes with metals which are be able to form complexes where more stable than Mg such as by using Zn. The aim of this research is to determine how the physical and chemical characteristics of the bitter simplicia powder produced are influenced by the type of reagent and the concentration of the reagent when heated in an oven. Simplicia bitter powder is made through a sorting, grinding and sieving process. Next, the zinc chloride and zinc acetate reagents were mixed with concentrations of 0, 200, 300, 400, and 500 ppm, and then dried. The results showed a real effect (p value <0.05) of the interaction between the types of ZnCl2 and Zn acetate reagents and the reagent concentration on color intensity, color stability, water content, ash content and chlorophyll content. The higher the concentration of ZnCl2 and Zn acetate, the higher the water content, ash content, chlorophyll content, L*, and -a*, while b* and ∆E decrease. At a concentration of 500 ppm ZnCl2 showed an increase in water, ash, chlorophyll, ∆E, L*, and a* content while b* decreased. Meanwhile, Zn acetate 500 ppm moisture content, ash content, chlorophyll content, L*, and ∆E decreased, while a* and b* increased. Sambiloto simplicia powder which has the highest chlorophyll content is Zn acetate 400 ppm, with characteristics of water content 6.81% ww, ash content 15.74% ww, total chlorophyll 397.97 mg/100 g ww, green color intensity (-a) -2.93, and ∆E 5.48.

Smart grids incorporate IoT devices that enhance energy management, monitoring, and overall grid efficiency. However, this interconnectivity also increases vulnerability to cybersecurity threats, posing risks to critical infrastructure. This research investigates the implementation of blockchain technology to secure data transactions within IoT-based smart grids. By leveraging blockchain's decentralized, tamper-resistant characteristics, the study demonstrates improvements in data integrity and cybersecurity for smart grids, providing a potential framework for resilient and secure energy infrastructures.

Background: Audit delay represents a critical factor affecting the timeliness of financial reporting and information usefulness for decision-making. The property and real estate sector faces unique challenges in audit processes due to complex asset valuations, project accounting, and regulatory requirements, making audit delay a significant concern for stakeholders. Objective: This study aims to examine the effect of firm size, leverage, and audit quality on audit delay in property and real estate companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). Methods: This quantitative study employed multiple regression analysis using a sample of 65 property and real estate companies listed on IDX during 2020-2024, resulting in 325 firm-year observations. Audit delay was measured as the number of days between fiscal year-end and audit report date. Independent variables included firm size (natural logarithm of total assets), leverage (debt-to-equity ratio), and audit quality (Big 4 auditor dummy). Control variables encompassed profitability, company age, and audit opinion type. Results: The findings reveal that firm size has a significant negative effect on audit delay (β = -8.743, p < 0.01), indicating that larger companies experience shorter audit delays. Leverage shows a significant positive effect on audit delay (β = 4.562, p < 0.05), suggesting that higher leverage increases audit complexity and duration. Audit quality demonstrates a significant negative effect on audit delay (β = -12.385, p < 0.01), confirming that Big 4 auditors complete audits more efficiently. The model explains 68.4% of the variance in audit delay (R² = 0.684). Conclusion: Firm characteristics and audit quality significantly influence audit delay in the property and real estate sector. Companies should focus on maintaining optimal capital structure, engaging high-quality auditors, and leveraging size advantages to minimize audit delay and enhance financial reporting timeliness.

Introduction: Children's and mothers' health determines the level of family and community health. The health empowerment success relies on the maternal mortality rate and neonatal mortality rate. The delivery prevalence with the SC method increases around the world by more than 10%-15% as recommended. In Latin America and the Caribbean, the prevalence of section caesarea procedures is high, 40.5%. The data of delivery mothers with Sectio Caesarea at HA Zaky Djunaid Pekalongan reached 100 mothers. Objective: This research revealed the characteristics of delivery mothers with Sectio Caesarea from the perspectives of age, parity, gravida, gestation interval, birth history, and height. Method: This qualitative research is a descriptive retrospective type of research by reviewing the medical records of delivery mothers with section Caesarea.Population: This research population consisted of all delivery mothers with section Caesarea at HA Zaky Djunaid Hospital, Pekalongan City, from July 2023 to August 2023.Sample: The research samples were 100 delivery mothers with Sectio Caesarea taken with total sampling. Results: From the data analysis, the characteristics of delivery mothers with SC, based on age, were mostly 29 years old. Most mothers were multiparity and multigravida. The mothers had SC history with 2-5 years of gestational interval. Most mothers were 148cm high.  

This scientific work discusses acts of fraud committed by insureds which often occur in the insurance industry in Indonesia. This action violates Article 1365 of the Civil Code concerning Unlawful Actions (PMH). This research is normative legal research which has prescriptive and applied research characteristics. From this research, it was concluded that fraudulent claims can be said to be unlawful if analyzed according to the elements of unlawful acts.

A hospital is an organization that, with all its health facilities, is expected to help patients improve their health and achieve optimal healing both physically, psychologically and socially. One profession that has an important role in maintaining the quality of health services is nursing. Nursing is the activity of providing care to individuals, families, groups or communities, whether sick or healthy, because nurses in carrying out nursing practice must always improve the quality of service by following developments in science and technology through education and training according to their field. Work. This research is a type of quantitative research with a cross-sectional design approach. The results of the analysis show that the Chi Square value for extroverted personality characteristics is 0.030 and introverted personality is 0.019, indicating that there is a relationship between personality characteristics and nurses' caring behavior. Based on the characteristics of the respondents, it is known that the majority of respondents are women, with the largest age range being 22-40 years, the dominant education level is D-III nursing and the majority of respondents are single. The results of the chi-square analysis showed that the significant relationship between personality characteristics (extroversion and introversion) has major implications for nursing practice and human resource management in health care settings. A deep understanding of these interrelationships provides a foundation for improving the quality of nursing care, managing balanced care teams, and personalizing approaches to providing care to patients.

Human resources are a very important factor in an organization. Medical personnel are human resources to achieve hospital goals. In order for hospital goals to be achieved effectively and efficiently, management is required to be able to provide job satisfaction to its medical personnel. The aim of the research is to determine and analyze the factors that influence the job satisfaction of medical personnel at RSU Sinar Husni Deli Serdang in 2023. The research design used in this research is an analytical survey with a cross sectional design. The population in this study was all medical personnel at RSU Sinar Husni Deli Serdang, totaling 138 people, the number of samples to be studied was 102 people, the sampling technique used was purposive sampling, data analysis was carried out using univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis. . The statistical tests used are the chi square test and logistic regression. The results of the chi square test research show that the independent variables, namely salary p= 0.001, coworkers p= 0.001, supervision p= 0.002, promotion p= 0.003 and job characteristics p= 0.008 have a p-value of 0.001 < α 0.05, meaning salary , colleagues, supervision, promotions and job characteristics influence job satisfaction of medical personnel at RSU Sinar Husni Deli Serdang and the results of the multiple logistic regression test show that the salary variable has an odds ratio (OR) of 3.188. The conclusion is that salary, co-workers, supervision, promotion and job characteristics influence medical personnel at RSU Sinar Husni Deli Serdang. It is recommended that efforts that need to be made by hospital management are to increase the provision of incentives and rewards for those who are better so that they can motivate them to provide maximum service to patients.    

Integrating deep learning methodologies is pivotal in shaping the continuous evolution of computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided engineering (CAE) systems. This review explores the integration of deep learning in CAD and CAE, particularly focusing on generative models for simulating 3D vehicle wheels. It highlights the challenges of traditional CAD/CAE, such as manual design and simulation limitations, and proposes deep learning, especially generative models, as a solution. The study aims to automate and enhance 3D vehicle wheel design, improve CAE simulations, predict mechanical characteristics, and optimize performance metrics. It employs deep learning architectures like variational autoencoders (VAEs), convolutional neural networks (CNNs), and generative adversarial networks (GANs) to learn from diverse 3D wheel designs and generate optimized solutions. The anticipated outcomes include more efficient design processes, improved simulation accuracy, and adaptable design solutions, facilitating the integration of deep learning models into existing CAD/CAE systems. This integration is expected to transform design and engineering practices by offering insights into the potential of these technologies.

Social capital is an important factor for farmers because it can support the management of livestock businesses in Indonesia. Especially because Indonesian culture still relies heavily on group activities in society. Research on the influence of social capital on the performance of goat breeders in the Besowo Village area aims to describe the characteristics of social capital (Trust, Norm, Network, Reciprocity) by identifying the level of social capital of breeders in Besowo Village, Kepung subdistrict on the performance of the livestock. The research was carried out on 1-28 September 2023 using the Systematic Random Sampling method, namely determining the initial sample randomly using the Slovin formula to obtain 82 respondents in all hamlets in Besowo Village. The results of this research show that social capital has an important role in people's livestock by utilizing the existing social patterns of society.

The aim of the Teaching Campus activity program for students at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education is as a means for students to prepare themselves to become quality educators, and also to create the identity of an educator as well as to increase their knowledge about education. What will be done in carrying out the Teaching Campus program activities are debriefing, observing the school environment, observing learning in class and activities for forming work programs. The school situation certainly has many obstacles in educating its students. Therefore, prospective educators must be able to understand, and also find and search for various solutions to problems that have been observed in various ways which are of course fast and accurate. The situations we find in school and in learning often result in discrepancies from the learning plans expected by an educator. Therefore, an educator has other ways to carry out learning so that learning can be said to be successful and according to plan. Therefore, it is necessary to be close to students as a way for us to know the nature and characteristics of each student so that it can help to overcome problems that exist when learning takes place. When finding problems, prospective educators create ways to minimize various obstacles by using various learning methods which include interactive, active and interesting methods which aim to motivate students so that they are active in the classroom. Apart from these methods, prospective educators must teach various materials which are of course relevant to students' daily lives.

This study aims to analyze communication patterns in mathematics learning for blind students. This research was conducted by utilizing observation techniques on interactions between blind students and teachers in the context of mathematics learning. Data was collected through direct observation and analyzed qualitatively to identify dominant communication patterns. The research results show that communication patterns in mathematics learning for blind students have their own characteristics, which include the use of various verbal and non-verbal methods. This study provides valuable insights for the development of more inclusive learning strategies for students with visual impairments in the context of mathematics education.

A pluralistic society is an Indonesian society characterized by a diversity of social units based on race, ethnicity, custom, culture and religion. A pluralistic society is a characteristic of the Indonesian people who have the same or different origins, especially differences in ethnicity, religion, customs, and different interests. Christian religious education is very important in the life of a pluralistic society. The role of Christian religious education, first sir leads to openness, secondly sir leads to spiritual sir leads to faith independence sir leads to social sir as a means of evangelism. This study uses a type of qualitative research with a literature study approach. Through this research it is known that the role of Christian religious education is very important in a pluralistic society.

Literacy is an activity to increase knowledge. The lack of motivation of the community and the younger generation to visit the library, the lack of available reading materials, the low awareness of the importance of reading, and the lack of facilities and infrastructure provided are still problems for the government in improving literacy. The purpose of the study was to find out how Policy Implementation Improves Young Generation Literacy in South Tangerang City. The method used is descriptive with a qualitative approach. The results of this study refer to the theory of Varn Metter and Carl Varn Horn in agustino (2008: 142) which includes the following aspects: 1) Size and purpose of policy, 2) Resources, 3) Characteristics of implementing agents, 4) Attitudes or tendencies of implementers, 5) Communication between organizations and activities of implementers, 6) social, economic, and political environment. The research found that although the Library and Archives Office has shown a fairly good performance overall, there is still room for improvement because there are still some obstacles as already mentioned.