Being the end result, performance is one of the most used variables in sport psychology research. Several examples include the relationship between performance and anxiety(e.g., Craft et al., 2003), motivation (e.g., Gershgoren et al., 2011), self-efficacy (e.g., Moritz et al., 2000), and emotions (e.g., Lazarus, 2000). In team sports, the relationship between team performance and cohesion as w…
Regulasi baru, desa baru. Demikianlah jargon baru setelah hadir UU No. 6/2014 tentang Desa, yang mengusung misi baru: desa yang kuat, maju, mandiri, demokratis dan sejahtera. Melalui rekognisi, subsidiaritas, redistribusi dan demokratisasi, UU Desa hendak membawa desa bertenaga secara sosial, berdaulat secara politik, berdaya secara ekonomi dan bermartabat secara budaya. Di hadapan negara, desa…
Sebagaimana dalam prolog, Apabila kita melihat dari kejauhan, dari jendela pesawat atau citra satelit, kerap terlihat warna keputihan di perairan sekitar pantai. Kedangkalan perairannya memungkinkan obyek-obyek di dalamnya memantulkan spektrum cahaya tampak dan memberikan rona kecerahan yang tinggi. Memberikan pengalaman visual laut yang putih. Rona itu semakin memudar dan gelap oleh penyerapan…
Konservator mengamati benda koleksi untuk tujuan perawatan, pengawetan atau perbaikannya. Koleksi tekstil yang berbahan utama organik memiliki kecenderungan mudah rusak, karena faktor eksternal seperti polusi udara, kelembaban dan suhu udara yang tinggi. Faktor internal, seperti pewarna dan garam logam yang biasa digunakan dalam proses pencelupan, dalam kondisi kelembaban dan suhu udara yang ti…
Kata physiology juga berasal dari bahasa Yunani (Greek) yaitu ilmu yang mempelajari bagaimana suatu organisme melakukan fungsi utamanya. Sebagai contoh yaitu seseorang yang ingin mempelajari fisiologi tentang bagaimana uterus bisa membesar saat kehamilan atau mengapa dinding uterus berkontraksi pada saat persalinan. Fisiologi secara makna kata dari Bahasa Latin, berasal dari kata Fisis (Physis)…
Once upon a time in Pasundan land, there was a country so fertile and prosperous that everything planted on its ground would surely grow, even rocks and wood, so they said. The land’s fertility was sufficient to support the life of all people in Sumberkarang country where nobody lived under the poverty line. In addition to its fertile land, the Kingdom of Sumberkarang had also a just, h…
Once upon a time, the Kingdom of Surakarta was led by a just and wise king named Raja Dalem Solo. The king was highly respected and revered by his people. King Dalem Solo had three sons and one daughter; they were all very handsome and beautiful. The children were called by their order of birth, the First Son of Dalem Solo, the Second Son of Dalem Solo, the Third Son of Dalem Solo, and the yo…
We immediately started towards the corral; but, before reaching it, I saw the herd coming over the plain towards us, their heads high in air, as though sniffing the morning breeze, their necks proudly arched, and long manes and tails gracefully flowing to the wind, as they pranced and gambolled along the high swell of land that marked the gentle descent to the valley where we stood. As so…
The party system is an essential instrument of Democracy. Wherever government rests upon the popular will, there the party is the organ of expression and the agency of the ultimate power. The party is, moreover, a forerunner of Democracy, for parties have everywhere preceded free government. Long before Democracy as now understood was anywhere established, long before the American colonie…
It may be readily understood that when once Europeans set foot upon this territory they were not slow to take advantage of its capabilities. Sheep and cattle were introduced, and bred with extreme rapidity; men took up their 50,000 or 100,000 acres of country, going inland one behind the other, till in a few years there was not an acre between the sea and the front ranges which was not taken up…