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The Komunitas Harapan in Kauman Village, Semarang, was established to address social issues among children, including the lack of social skills due to the influence of a harsh environment. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of role-playing and modeling methods in improving the social skills of children in the community. The method used is a quantitative approach with an action research model, involving 11 child subjects ranging from kindergarten to elementary school age. Data were collected through observations, interviews, and pre-tests and post-tests. The analysis results show an increase in social skills that is not statistically significant, with a difference of 11.82 points between the average pre-test and post-test scores. However, qualitative observations reveal a positive impact, including increased responsiveness to instructions and mastery of basic social skills such as apologizing. In conclusion, although the quantitative results were not significant, this intervention has a positive impact on the development of children's social skills, which requires more time and a deeper approach for optimal results

Indonesian people widely consume tomato sauce as a condiment or food seasoning. The natural thickening agent commonly used in tomato sauce is starch, generally based on tapioca or cornstarch. The use of breadfruit starch as a thickener is rarely studied and needs to be researched scientifically. This research aimed to evaluate the role of breadfruit starch as a thickener in tomato sauce. This research began with extracting breadfruit starch through wet milling and continued with making tomato sauce based on breadfruit starch. The concentration of breadfruit starch was varied in 3 levels, namely 0.5%, 1%, and 1.5%. Commercial tomato sauce was also evaluated and used as a comparison. Viscosity, color, and organoleptic analyses were conducted on tomato sauce products. The results showed that tomato sauce based on 1.5% breadfruit starch had a higher viscosity (3220.5 cP) than the addition of 0.5% (572 cP) and 1% (1093.5 cP) starch, but it was still much lower than the viscosity of commercial tomato sauce (6922.5 cP). In terms of color, breadfruit starch-based tomato sauce is not much different from commercial tomato sauce in terms of brightness (L: 32-35), redness (a: 9-11), and yellowness (b: 10-15). After organoleptic analysis, the panelists rated the breadfruit starch-based tomato sauce as mediocre (average score 3), compared to the commercial tomato sauce, which the panelists preferred (score 4). These findings indicate that breadfruit starch has potential as a thickener for tomato sauce because it can resemble the quality of tomato sauce in terms of color. However, the concentration of added breadfruit starch still needs to be increased to increase the thickness of the tomato sauce and its acceptance by consumers.

Background:Data obtained from Central Java, on average 40% of DM patients from those aged 40-69 suffer from DM, people who suffer from DM on average have feelings of anxiety about their disease. Anxiety is a vague feeling of restlessness due to discomfort or fear accompanied by a response that causes the individual to be unspecific or unknown. One way to treat anxiety is five finger hypnosis therapy. Objective: To describe the results of applying five finger hypnosis to the health of diabetes mellitus patients. Method: This study method uses the HARS (Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale) Method: According to the HARS scale, there are 14 symptoms that appear in individuals who experience anxiety. Each item observed is given 5 levels of score (Likert scale) between 0 (Zero Present) to 4 (severe). Results: After performing hypnosis on Mrs. E and Mrs. R, which initially had a score of 27, became 20 and a score of 25 became 18. Conclusion: The application of five finger hypnosis therapy can reduce anxiety in Diabetes Millitus patients.

Students who experience difficulties in learning are the teacher's responsibility to overcome the problems faced by students. One of the actions that teachers can take to help students with learning difficulties is through providing remedial activities. The purpose of this research is to find out the steps, obstacles and solutions to the problems of class V-C teachers in implementing remedial activities for students who experience difficulty adding and subtracting mixed fractions at SDN Rangkah I Surabaya. This research uses a method with a descriptive qualitative approach. This research uses data collection techniques using observation, interviews and documentation techniques. The results of this research are 1). The teacher's steps in implementing remedial activities are that the teacher analyzes the results of the diagnosis of student difficulties by referring to student test scores that are below the KKTP score of 60. Next, by planning remedial activities, the teacher arranges the day, date, time, method, media and prepares the questions that will be created for the activity. remedial. After everything has been carefully planned for remedial activities, the next step is for the teacher to carry out remedial activities for four students who are experiencing difficulties. Next, after carrying out the remedial activities, the teacher assesses the results of the remedial work for each student who took part in the remedial activities. 2). The obstacles for teachers in implementing remedial activities are that they require quite a long time, the physical condition of students is not enthusiastic and the differences in the characteristics of students' comprehension abilities. 3). The teacher's solution to the obstacles in implementing remedial activities is that the teacher maximizes the time for remedial activities, the teacher always provides encouragement in every implementation of remedial activities and the teacher explains again to students who do not understand the explanation individually.

Chronic kidney failure refers to the decline in kidney’s ability to maintain body fluid balance. Hemodialysis, as a kidney function replacement therapy, is needed to remove toxins and control electrolyte fluids in the body. One of the psychological impacts of hemodialysis is anxiety in patients. One way to reduce patient anxiety levels is by conducting murottal Al-Qur’an therapy. This study uses a case report method and was conducted in the Hemodialysis room of PKU Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta from May 2 to May 9, 2024. Two people with a diagnosis of chronic kidney failure were respondents in this study. The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS) was used as an instrument in this study, which was conducted before and after intervention. The results of the study showed that the respondents’ anxiety scores were in the moderate category (24 and 23) and changed to the mild category with a score of 14 after the application of therapy. This therapy has proven effective in reducing anxiety levels in patients with chronic kidney failure who are undergoing hemodialysis therapy.

Parents with neonatal babies who are being treated in the Perina-NICU have a psychological burden that causes parents to experience anxiety. To reduce the anxiety of parents of patients who are treated in the Perina-NICU, it is necessary to do psychoeducation. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of psychoeducation on the anxiety level of the patient's parents at Perina-NICU RSUD Kabupaten Tangerang. The research method used was a quasi experiment with a one group pretest-posttest design without a control group. The sample in this study were 30 parents whose children were being treated at the Perina NICU. Data were obtained by distributing the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS) questionnaire which was carried out before and after the anxiety management psychoeducation. Univariate and bivariate data analysis using the Wilcoxon test. The results showed that the average anxiety score before psychoeducation was 21.40 and most of the anxiety was in the moderate category, namely 12 (40%). The average anxiety score after psychoeducation was 15.50 and most of the anxiety was in the non-anxious category, namely 12 (40%). There was an effect of psychoeducation on the anxiety level of the parents of babies who are treated in the Perina-NICU with a P value (0.000) < α (0.05). Conclusions and suggestions: there was an influence of psychoeducation on the anxiety level of the parents of babies who are treated at Perina-NICU RSUD Kabupaten Tangerang. It is hoped that psychoeducation will become one of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to reduce the anxiety level of parents of patients treated at the Perina-NICU because the implementation is quite easy and effective.