This research is aimed to explore the cultural elements especially in Sasak architectures in Lombok Island such as a home living (Bale), worship building (masjid), lumbung (sambi) in ethnomathematics point of view. This research uses qualitative approach with cognitive (anthropology cognitive). The interviewees are the experienced custom leader and humanists who has conducted the research on Sasak society. Meanwhile, the data collection method used the participant, observation and documentation. Data analysis on this research is not only based on the researcher is interpretation but also the idea structure of the society.  This research shows the evidence of sensitivity on the use of numbers practiced by Sasak ancestor long time ago in doing the measurement using their anthropometric ability (Ethnomathematics). The architecture products of sasak society also describe that sasak society is more focus on the process than the final products itself which describes the consistency in conducting role and cultural device which control the desire of individual construction.

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Researchers in educational psychology have researched Teacher Self-Concept (TSC) and Teacher Efficacy (TE) as two main predictors predicting burnout. Guided by a model developed by Zhu, Liu, Fu, Yang, Zhang & Shi (2018), the researchers aimed at building a model involving TSC, TE, and three components of burnout; Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Depersonalization (DP), and Reduced Personal Accomplishment (RPA) through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The researchers investigated predicting factors of burnout by reporting TSC and TE that might directly affect the components and examine the probability of TE to become a mediator of the correlation between TSC and burnout. This research also examined whether the difference emerges constantly among demographic information (gender and teaching experience) regarding all involved variables. A sample of 876 teachers across three Indonesian provinces completed a printed form of questionnaires. Some statistical procedures namely Content Validity Index (CVI), Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modeling (CB-SEM), and t-test were conducted. Findings informed that the model is valid and reliable. TSC could directly affect EE, DE, and RPA, as well as indirectly influence them mediated by TE. Besides, TE is also reported to have significant relationships with EE, DE, and RPA. No significant differences in terms of age and teaching experiences emerge, except for EE.

BackgroundWe have recently demonstrated that an obese-years construct is a better predictor of the risk of diabetes than the severity of body weight alone. However, these risk estimates were derived from a population cohort study initiated in 1948 that might not apply to the current population.ObjectiveTo validate an obese-years construct in estimating the risk of type-2 diabetes in a more contemporary cohort study.DesignA total of 5,132 participants of the Framingham Offspring Study, initiated in 1972, were followed up for 45 years. Body mass index (BMI) above 29 kg/m2 was multiplied by the number of years lived with obesity at that BMI to define the number of obese-years. Time-dependent Cox regression was used to explore the association.ResultsThe risk of type-2 diabetes increased significantly with increase in obese-years. Adjusted hazard ratios increased by 6% (95% CI: 5–7%) per additional 10 points of obese-years. This ratio was observed to be similar in both men and women, but was 4% higher in current smokers than in never/ex-smokers. The Akaike Information Criterion confirmed that the Cox regression model with the obese-years construct was a stronger predictor of the risk of diabetes than a model including either BMI or the duration of obesity alone.ConclusionsIn a contemporary cohort population, it was confirmed that the obese-years construct is strongly associated with an increased risk of type-2 diabetes. This suggests that both severity and the duration of obesity should be considered in future estimations of the burden of disease associated with obesity.

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Terdapat beberapa faktor yang mempengaruhi pemerolehan bahasa pada anak, yaitu; orang tua, lingkungan, teman sebaya, dan aktivitas komunikasi. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan hasil analisa terhadap pemerolehan bahasa anak usia 2 tahun 5 bulan dalam aspek sintaksis dan pembentukan bentuk-bentuk kalimat. Menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Pengumpulan data dengan observasi dan wawancara dengan teknik analisis data penelitian ini menggunakan metode padan referensial. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pemerolehan bahasa anak 2 tahun 5 bulan dari lingkungan keluarga berupa kalimat deklaratif yang digunakan untuk menyampaikan berita faktual. Jenis kalimat yang diungkapkan berupa penjelasan pada lawan bicara. Ada banyak variasi pola kalimat dan ada pula bahasa fungsional yang diekspresikan tanpa pola yang jelas. Ini artinya bahwa perkembangan bahasa anak usia dini sangat dipengaruhi oleh lingkungan, terutama lingkungan keluarga dan kerabat terdekat, yaitu orang tua dan saudara-saudara serta dukungan terhadap bahasa.