Purpose: This paper aims to briefly discuss the magical aspects of traditional Minangkabau music. Magical reality is found in some music such as use spells, process making musical instruments, how treat instruments and facilities performances. article understand form function practice context Research Methods: phenomenon discussed through perspective cultural studies a dialectic between adat (a...

No abstract available. Article truncated after first 150 words. The book is a very moving and spell-binding collection of the encounters between patients physicians during worst COVID-19 epidemic Dr. Eckshar’s prayers for each them. A devout person can read this as prayer devotional; however, it much more - an authentic account what doctors nurses go through working in ICU. This might help enco...

The goal of this paper is to explore the sufi pedagogy that aims inculcate devout worship and happiness amongst students. Methodologically, research qualitative in nature focuses on literature Imam Al-Ghazali. After data has been collected, material results are presented systematically with an epistemological analysis. conclusions as follows: ontologically speaking, science not abstraction obje...

BACKGROUND Physicians strive to respect the autonomy of patients. The emergent care of Jehovah's Witnesses, however, leaves health care providers struggling with ethical and legal questions. These are further compounded when the patient in question is a minor. CASE A girl aged 15 years presented with anemia, a large ovarian mass, massive hemoperitoneum, and parents who were devout Jehovah's W...

While dialysis historically began as treatment intended for younger patients, it has, over time, increasingly been extended to treat elderly patients with a high comorbidity burden. Data on the outcomes of dialysis in these patients show that in some cases it confers no benefit and may be associated with functional decline. We describe a 101-year-old male patient with chronic kidney disease (CK...

For the past 15 years most astronomers have assumed that 95% of the Universe was in some mysterious form of cold dark matter. They also assumed that the cosmological constant, ΩΛ, was Einstein’s biggest blunder and could be ignored. However, recent measurements of the cosmic microwave background combined with other cosmological observations strongly suggest that 75% of the Universe is made of c...

Social and cultural factors influencing knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) towards leprosy in two communities in eastern Sudan were studied to determine their effects on treatment seeking and compliance. The study was qualitative using focus small group discussions, personal interviews and direct observation. The target populations were Masalit and Hawsa, the two main tribes in the area. ...

P Cotton, by Nellie Mae Rowe (1900–1982), is a work of folk art that captures Rowe’s experiences as an African American woman living in rural Georgia, United States. Nellie Mae Rowe was born on July 4, 1900, as the ninth of ten children. The family lived on a rented farm 20 miles south of Atlanta. Her father, a farmer and blacksmith, was born a slave in 1854; her mother, born the year after Pre...

Abstract The Qur’an is a fourteen centuries old divine book in Arabic language that read and followed by almost two billion Muslims globally as their sacred religious text. With the rise of Islam, gained popularity became lingua franca for large swaths world. Devout daily seeking guidance comfort. Though Qur’an, text, short, there huge volume supporting work filling tens thousands volumes, e.g....