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Popular uprisings and revolts across the Arab Middle East have often resulted in a democratic faragh or void in power. How society seeks to fill that void, regardless of whether the regime falls or survives, is the common trajectory followed by the seven empirical case studies published here for the first time. This edited volume seeks to unpack the state of the democratic void in three interrelated fields: democracy, legitimacy and social relations. In doing so, the conventional treatment of democratization as a linear, formal, systemic and systematic process is challenged and the power politics of democratic transition reassessed. Through a close examination of case studies focusing on Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen, this collection introduces the reader to indigenous narratives on how power is wrested and negotiated from the bottom up. It will be of interest to those seeking a fresh perspective on democratization models as well as those seeking to understand the reshaping of the Arab Middle East in the lead-up to the Arab Spring.

This study aimed to determine the nickel (Ni), and chromium (Cr) ions amounts and investigate their potential effects on thyroid hormones in patients' saliva who were receiving treatment with fixed orthodontic appliances (FOA). In this study, 42 FOA volunteers participated, and all samples were obtained from a specialized center for manufacturing and orthodontics in Bab Al-Moadham, Baghdad, Iraq. According to the findings, individuals with fixed orthodontics have significantly higher levels of the thyroid hormones (P<0.05) FT3 and FT4 than those who did not have orthodontic treatment, whereas there were no significant changes in TSH (P=0.599). Additionally, the amounts of Ni+2 and Cr+3 were considerably higher in the individuals receiving metallic orthodontic treatment (P <0.0001). The findings of this investigation support the hypothesis that corrosion metals from the FOA have a meaningful impact on the concentration of Ni and Cr ions and, consequently, on the thyroid and salivary functioning of the patient group.

Juvenile delinquency is a social issue in society. Adolescents are prone to commit activities that contradict Pancasila values. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the criminal cases in the Sleman regency have increased. In this situation, Kodim 0732/Sleman takes an important role in overcoming the criminal problems caused by the lack of state defense values understanding among adolescents. The current study aims to analyze the factors causing juvenile delinquency and the strategies to rehabilitate and educate adolescents about state defense values. It employed the descriptive qualitative research method. The main data of the research were derived from observation, interviews, and documentation. The data were analyzed through several processes namely data reduction, data display, and data verification. The results of this study found Kodim 0732/Sleman acts as a role model for the adolescents to cultivate the state defense values and depicts the facts of the regional defense condition during the Covid-19 pandemic. The conclusion of this study is The Kodim 0732/Sleman needs to establish a division or personnel who are directly responsible for the programs related to state defense values cultivation, especially for adolescents.

The coronavirus is a family of viruses that cause different dangerous diseases that lead to death. Two types of this virus have been previously found: SARS-CoV, which causes a severe respiratory syndrome, and MERS-CoV, which causes a respiratory syndrome in the Middle East. The latest coronavirus, originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, is known as the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a new kind of coronavirus that can harm people and was first discovered in Dec. 2019. According to the statistics of the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of people infected with this serious disease has reached more than seven million people from all over the world. In Iraq, the number of people infected has reached more than twenty-two thousand people until April 2020. In this article, we have applied convolutional neural networks (ConvNets) for the detection of the accuracy of computed tomography (CT) coronavirus images that assist medical staffs in hospitals on categorization chest CT-coronavirus images at an early stage. The ConvNets are able to automatically learn and extract features from the medical image dataset. The objective of this study is to train the GoogleNet ConvNet architecture, using the COVID-CT dataset, to classify 425 CT-coronavirus images. The experimental results show that the validation accuracy of GoogleNet in training the dataset is 82.14% with an elapsed time of 74 minutes and 37 seconds.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan pola asuh orang tua yang ada di PAUD AL-Zikra. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskripstif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah Pengelola Paud, Kepala Sekolah, Guru, Orang Tua Murid. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan metode observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Peneliti merupakan instrumen utama dalam melakukan penelitian yang dibantu oleh pedoman observasi, pedoman wawancara, dan pedoman dokumentasi. Teknik yang digunakan dalam analisis data adalah display data, reduksi data, dan pengambilan kesimpulan. Trianggulasi yang dilakukan dengan menggunakan trianggulasi sumber dan trianggulasi metode. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa pola asuh orang tua yang diterapkan di PAUD AL-Zikra yang lebih dominan pola asuh demokratis. Dalam pola asuh orang tua terdapat tiga pola asuh yang diterapkan. (1) Pola Asuh Otoriter, hanya beberapa orang tua yang menarapkan pola asuh otoriter tersebut. (2) Pola Asuh Demokratis, Pola asuh ini sering diterapkan oleh orang tua yang anak-anaknya sekolah di PAUD Al-Zikra. (3) Pola Asuh Permesif, pola asuh ini pola asuh yang paling sedikit digunakan oleh orang tua di PAUD AL-Zikra.

Digital mass media is expected to provide educational information about politics in order to raise the political participation of its readers. This article aims to explain the role of digital media in increasing political participation, the obstacles it faces, and its solutions, by looking at Tirto.id.This research was a descriptive qualitative research. Research data was collected through in-depth interviews and participatory observation and focus group discussion. They were complemented with literature study and online research to obtain secondary data. The result of this research was that as a digital media, Tirto.id exists with its vision and mission as press media in providing actual reports while maintaining credibility. To this day Tirto.id maintains the values and rules mandated in the press law to continue providing information, education, entertainment and social control . Tirto.id plays its role in increasing political participation, as seen in its readers' many responses to its reports, especially with regard to political news which was connected to its social media. It is also evidenced in how Tirto.id keeps its credibility by giving data-based balanced information data, validated through data checking and independent research, as well as its writer columns, though the latter is still limited.

ABSTRACTThis research discussed about the participation of youth in defending the country and its influence to the regional resilience at the Klaten Regency. This research used qualitative research method, object the research was the youth's participation to defending the country and its implications to the regional resilience. The method of collecting data were interview, observation, literature study, documentation study, and online page search. Data analysis techniques in this study using data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The results showed that Former Flag Raisers of Indonesia, Klaten Regency had of participate in activity to defending the country in the Klaten Regency. The participation performed by four models activities, namely model of ideological activity, model of social interaction activity, competition between Paskibra, and model of acting activity. It's participation gave the comprehension about defending the country, awareness about defending the country, and commitment about defending the country. The participation of Youth to defending the country had influences for the regional resilience at the Klaten Regency with criteria that included aspects of ideology, politic, social and cultural, and defense and security. ABSTRAKPenelitian ini membahas tentang partisipasi pemuda dalam kegiatan bela negara dan pengaruhnya terhadap ketahanan wilayah Kabupaten Klaten. Dengan menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif, penelitian ini memfokuskan kajiannya pada partisipasi pemuda dalam kegiatan bela negara dan pengaruhnya terhadap ketahanan wilayah didaerah Klaten, Jawa Tengah. Metode pengumpulan data pada penelitian ini menggunakan wawancara, observasi, studipustaka, studi dokumentasi, dan penelusuran laman online. Teknik analisis data pada penelitian ini menggunakan reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Purna Paskibraka Indonesia telah berpartisipasi secara aktif dalam kegiatan bela negara di Kabupaten Klaten. Partisipasi tersebut dilakukan melalui 4 (empat) model kegiatan yaitu kegiatan yang bersifat ideologis, kegiatan yang bersifat interaksi sosial, kegiatan kejuaraan antar Paskibra, dan kegiatan bersifat aksi. Partisipasi tersebut memberikan pemahaman terhadap nilai-nilai berbangsa dan bernegara yang kemudian memberikan kesadaran terhadap kewajiban bela negara, dan menyatakan komitmennya terhadap bela negara. Partisipasi pemuda dalam kegiatan bela negara ini berpengaruh terhadap ketahanan wilayah Kabupaten Klaten terutama dalam konteks penguatan ideologi, katahanan politik, sosial dan budaya budaya serta memperkokoh aspek pertahanan dan keamanan.

This paper investigates the determinants of savings in Asia and compares them with those of the economies in Latin America. The evidence based reveals that countries in the two regions share some common features with respect to their savings rates that are largely affected by (1) international capital inflows, which, in general, displace domestic savings in less than one-to-one fashion; (2) dependency ratios, hence supporting life-cycle hypothesis; and (3) the size of the export sector which can contribute positively to national savings. Despite these similarities, a number of important differences can be identified across country groups. First, economic growth affects national savings positively (negatively) in Asia (Latin America). Second, the long-term negative impact of capital flows on domestic savings appears to be considerably weaker in the Asian countries compared to the Latin American countries. Together, the two factors explain why savings ratios may differ markedly between the two regions.