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Bones are one of the most important parts of the human body. Musculoskeletal soft tissue trauma that results in breaking of the bone structure will cause fractures due to the impact of hard objects. Treatment of fracture grafting can be done by means of modern medicine (surgical surgery) and traditional medicine (non-surgical surgery). One form of traditional medicine in the treatment of fractures is sangangkal putung. Some people in Indonesia still choose to treat fractures to the sangkal putung. The purpose of this research is to understand the application of Ethno-STEM integrated inquiry learning to study materials for fracture treatment using sangkal putung to train students' critical thinking. This type of research is a qualitative research. Data collection was carried out by observation, interview and documentation methods. The results of data retrieval then carried out data analysis using data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that in inquiry learning that was integrated with EthnoSTEM in the traditional medicine of Sangkal Putung, students could practice critical thinking skills in understanding and analyzing information related to the behavior of Sangkal Putung therapists in fracture treatment skills and the reasons patients/community prefer from treating broken bones to traditional Sangkal Putung medicine and students getting real and active learning experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: The liquefaction potential in Padang based on the observation and examination is described in this paper. The last 7.6 RS earthquake of 30 September 2009 has caused damage to houses, water facilities and road ways. Several damages of those are worsened by the soil liquefaction. The liquefaction in Padang was identified by numerous sand boils. The liquefaction was observed at a number of sites including roadway, river bank and play grounds. The samples of sand boils are then tested in the laboratory in the terms of soil grain size distributions. It is found that the fine-sand grains of the soil samples are more than 65%. These types of soils satisfy the criteria of liquefaction susceptibility. Based on the field soil test data, the liquefaction potential is also examined. For the future development of Padang city, it is suggested to make liquefaction resistant constructions on liquefaction susceptible soils that have the same criteria to the observed soils. By characterizing the soil distributions and doing the in situ shear test on a particular site, one can assess the liquefaction susceptibility and decide to make the structures to resist the effects of liquefaction. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The research area is located at the central of West Progo Hills, in Yogyakarta and Central Java Province, Indonesia. It is hard water area, but there are some springs appearing from Jonggrangan and Old Andesite Formations. These formations consist of hard, compacted Tertiary rocks which have dissected by some lineaments of structure or morphology. The lineaments may control to springs characteristics, involve their appearance, frequency and discharge. Field observation has been done to collect springs data. The small discharge has been measured by water gauge and stopwatch directly, while the big ones have been measured by river channeling measurements. On the other hands, lineaments were determined from Landsat image, SRTM and topographic map as well as from field. The result shows that lineaments in Old Andesite Formation develop in many directions followed by spring appearance, in random location. Springs in Jonggrangan Formation mainly appear in NE-SW direction in accordance with the azimuth of lineaments almost in SW-NE direction. The springs of both formations usually appear controlled by individual lineaments, indicated by coefficient correlation of 84% for the relationship between distance of spring - lineament and the numbers of springs. The density of lineaments also control of springs appearance (r = 62% for cross dots of fractures and r = 51% for length). The distance between lineament and spring to discharge rate of springs seems no influence indicated by r2 = 0.0495. It means that lineaments influence to spring occurrence in their density and distance characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Timor-Leste's Independence has offered a new site of expression for "resilient" power relations established during the clandestine movement. However, within this new site, there have been fractures and splinters as Timorese try to stake a claim on power and belonging. Young Timorese involved in the Gembel art collective have managed to forge a new habitus -- a space in which they can exercise a degree of agency to reclaim their youth identity through taking part in a crosscultural art project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]