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ANALISIS FAKTOR PENYEBAB KELELAHAN PEKERJA DI PT. TOP SABA MANDIRI FOOD MAKASSAR
Authors: Mulyadi Mulyadi , Nurwinda Nurwinda
Published: October 2019

Kelelahan kerja merupakan salah satu permasalahan kesehatan dan keselamatan kerja yang dapat menjadi faktor risiko terjadinya kecelakaan pada saat bekerja. Kelelahan pada pekerja juga dapat berdampak terhadap penurunan produktivitas. Data dari International Labour Organisation (ILO) menyebutkan hampir setiap tahun sebanyak dua juta pekerja meninggal dunia karena kecelakaan kerja yang disebabkan karena faktor kelelahan. Lingkungan kerja yang tidak nyaman dan tidak memenuhi syarat mengakibatkan tenaga kerja menjadi tidak bergairah untuk bekerja, mempercepat terjadinya kelelahan serta memperbesar risiko timbulnya gangguan kesehatan dan kecelakaan kerja yang pada akhirnya produktivitas perusahaan pun akan menurun.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis faktor yang memicu terjadinya kelelahan pada pekerja dibagian produksi PT. Top Saba Mandiri Food Makassar. Desain penelitian ini adalah penelitian observasional analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional study.Berdasarkan hasil penelitian yang diperoleh dan dilakukan pengujian dengan Chi-Square dengan tingkat kemaknaan α = 0,05, dikatakan bermakna jika p < α = 0,05. Dari hasil uji statistic terhadap beberapa faktor pemicu kelelehan diperoleh bahwa faktor masa kerja (tahun) pekerja memiliki hubungan  yang signifikan dengan kelelahan pekerja nilai p = 0,04, faktor usia pekerja memiliki hubungan yang signifikan dengan kelelahan pekerja dengan nilai p = 0,046, faktor suhu udara dalam ruangan memiliki hubungan yang signifikan dengan  kelelahan pekerja dengan nilai  p = 0,014, faktor sikap kerja pekerja saat bekerja memiliki hubungan yang signifikan dengan kelelahan dengan nilai p = 0,014. Kemudian untuk faktor kelembaban tidak memiliki hubungan yang signifikan dengan kelelahan pekerja dimana nilai p = 0,375.Adapun Kesimpulan yang didapatkan yakni bahwa ada hubungan antara masa kerja, usia, suhu, dan sikap kerja terhadap kelelahan pekerja dan tidak ada hubungan antara kelembaban dengan kelelahan pekerja. Peneliti menyarankan bagi pihak menejemen PT. Top Saba Mandiri Food Makassar untuk melakukan pengelolaan terhadapa lingkungan dan para pekerja itu sendiri agar kelelehan pekerja itu bisa di atasi dengan menejemen risiko lingkungan di terapkan dengan baik dan benar seperti pengaturan tata letak ruangan, pengaturan pekerjaan sesuai usia dan masa kerja dari pekerja. Kata Kunci : Faktor Kelelahan, Pekerja
HUBUNGAN PERILAKU PEMBUAT SAGU TERHADAP KUALITAS FISIK SAGU DI DESA KAMPUNG BARU KABUPATEN LUWU UTARA
Authors: Hidayat Hidayat , Telaumbanua Melissa
Published: October 2019

Higiene dan sanitasi makanan adalah upaya untuk mengendalikanfaktor makanan, orang, tempat dan perlengkapannya yang dapat atau mungkin akan menimbulkan penyakit atau gangguan kesehatan. Sagu (Metroxylonsp) merupakan salah satu komoditi bahan pangan yang banyak mengandung karbohidrat, sehingga sagu merupakan bahan makanan pokok untuk beberapa daerah di Indonesia seperti Maluku, Irian Jaya dan sebagian di Sulawesi.Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui hubungan prilaku pembuat sagu terhadap kualitas fisik dalam pembuatan sagu di desa Kampung Baru Kecamatan Mappedeceng Kabupaten Luwu Utara.Adapun jenis penelitian adalah observasional analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional adalah suatu penelitian tentang hubungan perilaku higiene sanitasi pekerja atau penjamah dalam pembuatan sagu dengan cara pendekatan, observasi atau pengumpulan data di ukur atau di kumpulkan dalam waktu bersamaan.Hasil penelitian dengan mengunakan kuesioner dan observasi menunjukkan bahwa pengetahuan tinggi 28,1% dan pengetahuan rendah 71,9%, sikap baik 31,8% dan buruk 68,2%, serta tindakan baik 20,4% dan tidak baik 79,6%. Dan mendapatkan hasil memakai uji statistic Chi Square sangat berpengaruh terhadap kualitas sagu dan mendapatkan hasil pengetahuan p=0,000 < α= 0,05, sikap p= 0,000 < α= 0,05, dan tindakan p= 0,000 < α=0,05. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah ada hubungan antara pengetahuan dengan kualitas sagu, ada hubungan antara sikap dengan kualitas sagu, dan adahubungan antara tindakan dengan kualitas sagu di Desa Kampung Baru Kecamatan Mappedeceng Kabupaten Luwu Utara. Adapun saran dari penelitian ini yaitu diharapkan bagi pemerintah setempat untuk rutin melaksanakan penyuluhan tentang cara-cara pembuatan sagu yang bersih dan sehat agar pengetahuan pembuat sagu menjadi lebih baik dan hasil sagu yang mereka produksi menjadi lebih bersih dan diharapkan pembuat sagu untuk meningkatkan kesadaran akan kebersihan pribadi dan kebersihan dalam memproduksi sagu agar kualitas sagu menjadi lebih meningkat dan tidak menyebabkan kerugian. Keyword : Kualitas sagu, perilaku, pembuat sagu.
PEMANFAATAN LIMBAH PLASTIK MENJADI BAHAN BAKAR MINYAK
Authors: Rafidah Rafidah , Ismail Ahmad Ridho
Published: October 2019

Indonesia berada di peringkat kedua dunia penghasil sampah plastik ke laut yang mencapai sebesar 187,2 juta ton. Lebih dari satu juta kanotng plastik digunakan setiap menitnya, dan 50% dari kantong plastik tersebut dipakai hanya sekali lalu langsung dibuang.Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kemampuan alat pengolahan limbah plastik dengan menggunakan Metode Pirolisis  menjadi bahan bakar minyak. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan quasi eksperimen. Mengetahui banyaknya Bahan Bakar Minyak (BBM) yang dihasilkan dengan menggunakan metode pirolisis dalam waktu 20,40 dan 60 menit, dan untuk mengetahui banyaknya penurunan sampah dengan pemanfaatan limbah plastik menjadi Bahan Bakar Minyak  (BBM).Metode pirolisis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini mampu menghasilkan bahan bakar minyak (BBM) yaitu sebanyak 36,67 ml pada menit ke  20,  sebanyak 114,80 ml pada menit ke 40, dan pada menit ke 60 sebanyak 201,67 ml, dengan penurunan padatan sampah plastik 0,7kg atau 70% dari masing-masing massa 1 kg plastik PET. Dengan nilai kalor minyak yang dihasilkan setelah melalui proses pirolisis yaitu 11761,5049 kalori/gr.Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah alat pirolisator mampu menghasilkan bahan bakar minyak (BBM). Untuk itu, diharapkan peneliti selanjutnya perlu melakukan penelitian lebih lanjut mengenai pengaruh suhu terhadap proses pirolisis plastik, jenis fraksi pada minyak hasil pirolisis, dan apabila dikembangkan dalam skala produksi maka perlu diteliti lagi menggunakan reaktor jenis kontinyu, sehingga proses pengolahan bisa berlangsung terus menerus. Kata kunci :Limbah Plastik, Bahan Bakar Minyak
KONDISI SANITASI KOLAM RENANG WATERBOOM MATTAMPA KABUPATEN PANGKEP
Authors: Hayat Fadhil , Hafid Hiriska
Published: October 2019

Air memegang peranan penting bagi kehidupan manusia, hewan, tumbuhan dan jasad-jasad lain. Air yang kita perlukan adalah air yang memenuhi persyaratan kesehatan baik persyaratan fisik, kimia, bakteriologis dan radioaktif.      Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bakteri Escherichia coli pada air Kolam renang Waterboom Mattampa Kabupaten Pangkep.Hasil pengamatan/observasi dengan menggunakan lembar observasi menunjukkan nilai 67,1% dan dinyatakan sudah laik sanitasi. Sedangkan hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Kandungan bakteri Escherichia coli pada sampel air kolam renang Waterboom Mattampa Kabupaten Pangkep tersebut masing-masing sebagai berikut : kolam 1 yaitu pagi hari (08.00) negatif dan siang hari (12.30) negatif masih memenuhi syarat sedangkan sore hari (16.00) positf tidak memenuhi syarat, kolam 2 yaitu pagi hari (08.00) negatif masih memenuhi syarat, sedangkan siang hari (12.30) positif dan sore hari (16.00) positif tidak memenuhi syarat, sedangkan kolam 3 yaitu pagi hari (08.00), siang hari (12.30) dan sore hari (16.00) semuanya positif tidak memenuhi syarat.Dari hasil penelitian tersebut disimpulkan bahwa kandungan bakteri Escherichia coli pada kolam renang Waterboom Mattampa Kabupaten Pangkep Tidak sesuai dengan Peraturan Menteri Kesehatan Republik Indonesia Nomor: 416/MENKES/PER/IX/1990. Maka disarankan sebaiknya kepada pihak pengelola kolam renang Waterboom Mattampa Kabupaten Pangkep bekerja sama dengan dinas terkait untuk melakukan pengawasan yang dilakukan terus menerus dengan melakukan pemeriksaan, dan pengujian secara berkesinambungan.Kata kunci : E.coli, kolam renang
GAMBARAN HIGIENE SANITASI DENGAN KANDUNGAN BAKTERIOLOGIS PADA PERALATAN MAKAN ANGKRINGAN DI KABUPATEN BARRU
Authors: Haderiah Haderiah , Indrajayani Indrajayani
Published: October 2019

Sanitasi yang tidak memadai dan praktek kebersihan yang buruk pada daerah-daerah perkotaan khususnya pada angkringan, menjadi salah satu penyebab adanya kuman pada peralatan makan yang digunakan sehingga dapat menyebabkan berbagai bahaya seperti penyakit.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan higiene sanitasi dengan kandungan bakteriologis pada peralatan makan di angkringan Kabupaten Barru. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian observasional dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Hasil penelitian diperoleh bahwa pada variabel higiene personal dari 6 pedagang, 2 pedagang (33%) memenuhi syarat dan 4 pedagang (67%) tidak memenuhi syarat. Pada variabel perilaku penjamah 2 pedagang (33%) berprilaku baik, dan 4 pedagang (67%) berprilaku buruk. Selain itu pada variabel proses pencucian peralatan makan terdapat 1 pedagang (17%) memenuhi syarat, dan 5 pedagang (83%) tidak memenuhi syarat.  Hasil pengukuran kandungan bakteriologis pada peralatan makan dari 18 sampel (100%) alat makan tidak memenuhi syarat kesehatan.Kesimpulan dalam penelitian ini yaitu kondisi higiene sanitasi dengan kandungan bakteriologis pada peralatan makan angkringan di Kabupaten Barru tidak memenuhi syarat kesehatan. Adapun saran untuk para pedagang hendaknya lebih memperhatikan higiene dan sanitasi peralatan guna meminimalisir kontaminasi bakteri pada peralatan makan.Kata kunci : higiene sanitasi, peralatan makan, bakteriologis.
PENGARUH FAKTOR-FAKTOR INTERNAL PERBANKAN TERHADAP NON PERFORMING FINANCING PADA BANK UMUM SYARIAH
Authors: Putranta Eka Ambara Harci , Ambarwati Lilik
Published: October 2019

The study aims to analyze the influence of internal banking factors in the form of: Capital Adequency Ratio (CAR), Financing to Deposit Ratio (FDR) and Total Assets (TA) to Non Performing Financing at Sharia Banks. This research method used multiple linear regression analysis with the help of SPSS 16.00 software which is used to see the influence between the independent variables in the form of Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), Financing to Deposit Ratio (FDR) and Total Assets (TA) to Non Performing Financing. The sample of this study was 3 Islamic Commercial Banks, so there were 36 annual reports obtained through purposive sampling, then analyzed using multiple linear regression methods. The results showed that based on the F Test, the independent variable had an effect on the NPF, indicated by the F value of 17,016 and significance of 0,000, overall the independent variable was able to explain the effect of 69.60%. While based on the partial t test, showed that CAR has a significant negative effect, Total assets have a significant positive effect with a significance value below 0.05 (5%). Meanwhile FDR does not affect NPF.
Hydrophobic Property of (R)-3 Amidinophenylalanine Inhibitors Contributes to their Inhibition Constants with Thrombin Enzyme
Authors: Nguyen Hien Van , Pham Van Thi Bich , Hoang Hao Minh
Published: October 2019

Introduction: Thrombin is the key enzyme of fibrin formation in the blood coagulation cascade. Thrombin is released by the hydrolysis of prothrombinase which is generated from factor Xa and factor Va in the presence of calcium ion and phospholipid. The inhibition of thrombin is of therapeutic interest in blood clot treatment. Currently, potent thrombin inhibitors of (R)-3- amidinophenylalanine, derived from benzamidine-containing amino acid, have been developed so far. In order to quantitatively express a relationship between chemical structures and inhibition constants (Ki with thrombin enzyme in a data set of (R)-3-amidinophenylalanine inhibitors), we developed a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) modeling from a group of 60 (R)-3- amidinophenylalanine inhibitors.

Methods: A database containing chemical structures of 60 inhibitors and their Ki values was put into molecular operating environment (MOE) 2008.10 software, and the two-dimensional (2D) physicochemical descriptors were numerically calculated. After removing the irrelevant descriptors, a QSAR modeling was developed from the 2D-descriptors and Ki values by using the partial least squares (PLS) regression method.

Results: The results showed that the hydrophobic property, reflected through n-octanol/water partition coefficient (P) of a drug molecule, contributes mainly to Ki values with thrombin.The statistic parameters that give the information about the goodness of fit of a 2D-QSAR model (such as squared correlation coefficient of R2 = 0.791, root mean square error (RMSE) = 0.443, cross-validated Q2 cv = 0.762, and cross-validated RMSEcv = 0.473) were statistically obtained for a training set (60 inhibitors). The R2 and RMSE values were obtained by using a developed model for the testing set (9 inhibitors) ; the total set has statistically significant parameters. Furthermore, the 2D-QSAR modeling was also applied to predict the Ki values of the 69 inhibitors. A linear relationship was found between the experimental and predicted pKi values of the inhibitors.

Conclusion: The results support the promising application of established 2D-QSAR modeling in the prediction and design of new (R)-3-amidinophenylalanine candidates in the pharmaceutical industry.
Maximum Boost PWM Control Technique of Three Phase ZSI Based Wind Energy Conversion Systems
Authors: Kamilu Sanusi Alabi , Mohammed AbdulHakeem , Ummai Bello , Ikuforiji Solomon , Michael Adebayo , Muyideen AbdulKadir
Published: October 2019

The concept of interfacing power converters with Wind energy conversion systems (WECS) has tremendously assisted in improving the power-supply stability, quality and reliability. In the use of conventional traditional inverters, the need for dead time and the fact that both upper and lower switches of the same phase leg cannot be gated ON at the same time are major issues. The turning ON of both switches will lead to destruction of the device due to shoot-through condition. This paper explores a three phase Z-source inverter topology based on the distinct feature of the impedance network and eliminates the above-mentioned problems. It provides a magnificent single stage power conversion. The control of the ZSI is achieved using maximum PWM boost control scheme and simulated in MATLAB environment. This proposed topology is able to boost the inverter output voltage under low wind situation.
In vitro Antibiofilm Activity of Pomegranate (Punica granatum) Juice on Oral Pathogens
Authors: Pramadita Jemima , Widyarman Armelia Sari
Published: October 2019

Introduction: Pomegranate (Punica granatum) fruit contains valuable ingredients, such as ellagitannins and flavonoids, that have many potential effects, including antibacterial, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory functions.

 

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of pomegranate fruit juice on F. nucleatum and S. sanguinis monospecies and multispecies biofilm formation in vitro.

 

Methods: Pomegranate juice was obtained using a juicer and diluted using a brain heart infusion (BHI) broth into five different concentrations. The biofilm assay was performed as follows: F. nucleatum and S. sanguinis were cultured separately in the BHI broth for 48 hours at 37°C in an anaerobic atmosphere. A 200 mL bacterial suspension (107 CFU/mL) was distributed into a 96-well plate and incubated for 24 hours to form  a biofilm. Subsequently, pomegranate juice was added to the biofilm well and observed after 1 hours, 3 hours, 6 hours, and 24 hours. The biofilm mass was measured using a microplate reader (490 nm) after crystal violet staining. Chlorhexidine (0.2%) and the biofilms without treatment were used as the positive and negative controls, respectively. The data were statistically analyzed using one-way analysis of variance, with p<0.05 as the level of significance.

 

Result: There was a significant biofilm reduction after treatment with pomegranate juice for all the concentrations and incubation times (p<0.05). The effective concentrations to inhibit the biofilm monospecies F. nucleatum and S. sanguinis and the multispecies were 6.25% (OD 0.148±0.019), 50% (OD 0.211±0.026), and 6.25% (OD 0.024±0.209), respectively.

 

Conclusion: Pomegranate juice inhibits F. nucleatum and S. sanguinis biofilm formation as a monospecies and a multispecies. Future studies are needed to observe the mechanism of this active substance.
Review: Senyawa Bahan Alam Terestrial dengan Aktivitas Antimalaria
Authors: Presson Jefry
Published: October 2019

Malaria masih merupakan masalah kesehatan yang sangat membutuhkan penanganan baru karena perkembangan resistensi Plasmodium falciparum. Parasit yang bertanggung jawab terhadap penyakit malaria ini terus berkembang dengan menigkatnya prevalensi. Berdasarkan World Malarial Report tahun 2015 oleh WHO, terdapat 214 juta kasus penyakit malaria dan 438.000 diantaranya meninggal dunia. Penghentian penggunaan artemisinin karena resistensi di Asia Tenggara juga merupakan masalah yang urgen. Hal ini mengindikasikan bahwa pencarian senyawa obat antimalaria yang baru merupakan suatu kebutuhan di saat ini. Eksplorasi senyawa bahan alam terestrial terkait aktivitas antimalaria dalam beberapa dekade sudah banyak dilakukan dan dipublikasikan. Ulasan ini menyajikan berbagai data penelitian terbaru dan kemajuan perkembangan dalam penemuan senyawa obat dari sumber bahan alam terestrial. Senyawa antimalaria dapat ditemukan dari sumber alam bukan laut (terrestrial), seperti senyawa antimalaria dari berbagai golongan senyawa seperti alkaloid, terpena, kuasinoid, flavonoid, limonoid, kalkon, peptida, xanton, kuinon dan kumarin. Alkaloid merupakan kelas senyawa bahan alam yang terkenal sejak zaman dahulu. Alkaloid memiliki situs basa nitrogen aktif yang berasal dari prekursor biogenetik. flavonoid dapat menghambat PfENR secara reversibel dengan EGCG (35) yang menunjukkan aktivitas terbaik (Ki = 79 ± 2,67 nM), Dua kuasinoid yang memiliki aktivitas antimalaria adalah ailanthone (36, IC50 = 0,003 µg/mL) dan 6α-tigloyloxychaparrinone (37, IC50 = 0,061 µg/mL).
Fractionation of epidermal cells from wheat straw pulp by flotation
Authors: KARJALAINEN MIKKO , ÄMMÄLÄ ARI , ROUSU PÄIVI , NIINIMÄKI JOUKO
Published: October 2019

The wide availability of wheat straw makes it a promising raw material for various fiber products, but its heterogeneity makes it a challenging material to use. In addition to reducing paper properties, some cell types cause processing problems such as silicate deposition and poor dewatering. The aims of this work were to examine the fractionation tendency of wheat straw pulp cells in flotation and to determine the effect of fractionation on paper strength properties. A cell type categorization based on automatic optical fiber analysis was used to assess fractionation. The results showed that epidermal cells can be selectively enriched from unbleached wheat straw pulp by flotation and other short cells had a tendency to become enriched in the overflow fraction. The underflow fraction consisted mostly of fibrous material, as well as vessel elements and long parenchyma cells. Removal of the epidermal cells from pulp will reduce its silicate content and improve the strength properties of the paper.
Multistage fiber fractionation of softwood chemical pulp through smooth-hole screen cylinders and its effects on paper properties
Authors: S. QAZI S. JUNAID , MOHAMAD MASITA , A. OLSON JAMES , MARTINEZ D. MARK
Published: October 2019

Pressure screens are used to fractionate fibers on the basis of aspect ratio to obtain high value longfiber rejects and less desirable fines-rich accepts. Fiber fractionation is more practical and of maximum economic and commercial benefits when a mill can make use of all obtained fractions. We have demonstrated the potential of upgrading the reject fraction through a multistage fractionation process of a northern bleached softwood kraft pulp while isolating the remaining low-value pulp to be used as a raw material for a novel fiber-based product. The optimum operating conditions such as volumetric reject ratio, Rv; aperture velocity, Vs; and screen aperture size to carry out efficient fractionation were determined for the screens with 0.5-mm, 0.8-mm, and 1.0-mm apertures. This work shows that a high fines percentage in the accept fraction and increased fiber length in the reject fraction can be obtained when operating the pressure screen at a higher Rv and lower Vs using the screen cylinder with the small aperture size (0.5 mm). Feed and fractionated streams of pulp were used to study the effects on the physical properties of paper. Handsheets were made for strength properties of the unfractionated and fractionated pulps for comparisons. Significant improvements in the physical properties were observed after the removal of fines.
Exercise is medicine in oncology: Engaging clinicians to help patients move through cancer
Authors: Schmitz Kathryn H. , Campbell Anna M. , Stuiver Martijn M. , Pinto Bernardine M. , Schwartz Anna L. , Morris G. Stephen , Ligibel Jennifer A. , Cheville Andrea , Galvão Daniel A. , Alfano Catherine M. , Patel Alpa V. , Hue Trisha , Gerber Lynn H. , Sallis Robert , Gusani Niraj J. , Stout Nicole L. , Chan Leighton , Flowers Fiona , Doyle Colleen , Helmrich Susan , Bain William , Sokolof Jonas , Winters‐Stone Kerri M. , Campbell Kristin L. , Matthews Charles E.
Published: October 2019

Multiple organizations around the world have issued evidence‐based exercise guidance for patients with cancer and cancer survivors. Recently, the American College of Sports Medicine has updated its exercise guidance for cancer prevention as well as for the prevention and treatment of a variety of cancer health‐related outcomes (eg, fatigue, anxiety, depression, function, and quality of life). Despite these guidelines, the majority of people living with and beyond cancer are not regularly physically active. Among the reasons for this is a lack of clarity on the part of those who work in oncology clinical settings of their role in assessing, advising, and referring patients to exercise. The authors propose using the American College of Sports Medicine's Exercise Is Medicine initiative to address this practice gap. The simple proposal is for clinicians to assess, advise, and refer patients to either home‐based or community‐based exercise or for further evaluation and intervention in outpatient rehabilitation. To do this will require care coordination with appropriate professionals as well as change in the behaviors of clinicians, patients, and those who deliver the rehabilitation and exercise programming. Behavior change is one of many challenges to enacting the proposed practice changes. Other implementation challenges include capacity for triage and referral, the need for a program registry, costs and compensation, and workforce development. In conclusion, there is a call to action for key stakeholders to create the infrastructure and cultural adaptations needed so that all people living with and beyond cancer can be as active as is possible for them.
Situation Awareness of Cough Etiquettes of Hospital Security Personnel and Janitors
Authors: Kusbaryanto - , Listiyowati Ekorini
Published: October 2019

Nosocomial infection is a major problem in hospitals around the world. To minimize the risk of infection in hospitals and other healthcare facilities, cough etiquette has to be applied. Thus, good situation awareness and the understanding why cough etiquette is important are necessary. The purpose of this study was to find out the effective education on cough etiquette on hospital security personnel’s and janitors’ situation awareness on cough etiquette. This research study followed quasy experimental design with pretest and post test control group design. The sampling technique was purposive sampling involving 24 respondents for experimental group and 27 respondents for the control group. The analysis of the data employed Wilcoxon test and it employed Mann Whitney test to find out the difference of independent variable medians. Questionnaires were used to gather data collection. The result of the analysis presented a mean of 97.7 on the post-test of control group and a mean of 116.3 on the post-test of treatment group. Wilcoxon and Mann Whitney tests resulted   p = 0.001 ( < 0.05 ), which meant there were significant differences. Education on cough etiquette is effective to raise hospital security personnel and the janitors’ awareness on cough etiquette situation.

Bangladesh Med J. 2018 May; 47 (2): 35-37
Pattern of Adverse Cutaneous Drug Reactions (ACDR) to Systemic Drugs
Authors: Sultana Abida , Bhuiyan Mohammed Saiful Islam , Mahmud Md Mostaque
Published: October 2019

Adverse cutaneous drug reaction (ACDR) is a common issue in dermatology practice and it is crucial for every medical practitioner to remain updated of its pattern. It was a hospital based crosssectional observational study, conducted over 130 patients with adverse cutaneous drug reactionin the outpatient department of dermatology of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). Majority of reaction was developed within one week of taking drug. Fixed drug eruption (FDE) was present in 18.5% cases followed by  maculo-papular, Stevenson-Johnson-Syndrome-Toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS- TEN), urticaria, urticaria + angioedema, lichenoid drug reaction, erythema multiforme, acneiform eruption, exfoliative dermatitis, pityriasiform, hyperpigmentation, acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis, drug induced hypersensitive syndrome, vasculitis, purpura, photosentivity, psoriasiform and other non-specific reactions. Anti convulsants (26.9%), NSAIDs (20.0%) and anti amtimicrobials (17.7%) are the most common drug group causing adverse cutaneous reaction.  Many of the ACDR caused by anticonvulsants, NSAID and antimicrobials are even life threatening.

Bangladesh Med J. 2018 Jan; 47 (3): 32-36
Welcome Empagliflozin ! ASCVD, Heart Failure and CVD death
Authors: Majumder Abdullah Al Shafi
Published: October 2019

Abstract not available

Cardiovasc. j. 2019; 12(1): 1-2
Use of rapid immunochromatographic test to detect dengue infection in community-based patients in Indonesia
Authors: Prasetyo Dimas Seto , Sjahrurachman Agus , Sudiro T Mirawati , Dewi Beti Ernawati , Karyanti Mulya Rahma , Nainggolan Leonard
Published: October 2019

Severe dengue virus (DENV) manifestations commonly occurred in secondary infections. Serology assay using rapid immunochromatographic test is one of diagnostic modalities used in community setting. The aim of this research was to evaluate the use of a serial rapid immunochromatographic test in establishing DENV infection in community pa-tients. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Department of Microbiology Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia Jakarta using paired stored sera from community-based DENV patient col-lected in 2010. Samples with positive nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) result were subjected to hemagglutination inhibi-tion (HI) assay. Serial NS1, IgM, IgG, clinical features, and virus serotype result from previous study were taken as secondary data and compared with HI assay result as gold standard. For rapid immunochromatographic test vs HI analysis, both results were classified as ‘Primary Infection’ and ‘Secondary Infection’. A total of 25 samples fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The proportion of primary and secondary infection according to Bioline SD Dengue Duo was 44% and 56%, respectively. In the other side, 23 samples (92%) were classified as secondary infection by mean of HI assay; the rest was primary infection. The highest agreement rate between serial rapid immunochromatographic test and HI was 68%. The rapid test can detect IgM and IgG as early as on 3rd day of fever. The results of rapid immunochromatographic test were in accordance with HI if it was examined within 3-7 day of fever and therefore can replace HI for determining DENV infection whether primary or secondary.

South East Asia Journal of Public Health Vol.8(1) 2018: 17-21
Health effects of brick kiln operations: A study on largest brick kiln cluster in Bangladesh
Authors: Tusher Tanmoy Roy , Ashraf Zisan , Akter Shilpi
Published: October 2019

Brick manufacturing industry is considered as one of the fastest-growing industrial sectors posing serious health hazards in most South East Asian countries like Bangladesh. A major portion of brick kilns in Bangladesh are located in and around the Dhaka, one of the world’s most densely populated cities, where the health effects of these brick kilns are obvious but yet not completely known. The study was thus performed based on a structured questionnaire survey to assess the health effects of brick kiln operations on kiln workers and local inhabitants at Baghiya of Konabari union in Gazipur near Dhaka of Bangladesh. A total of 100 randomly selected respondents (70 brick kiln workers and 30 local inhabitants) were surveyed. The results of the survey revealed that wood and coal are mostly used fuel for brick production in the study area. The respondents were suffering from skin disease (28%), headache (20%), eye irritation (10%), lung disease (8%), and respiratory diseases such as, asthma (20%), bronchitis (10%) and others (6%) problems, while skin diseases, asthma and other lung diseases were prevalent in workers, and eye irritation, headache and bronchitis were in inhabitants. Inhabitants (36%) who were living in surrounding areas of brick kilns for more than 20 years and workers (40%) who were residing for less than 5 years were suffering most from various diseases. Health education or awareness programs need to be organized since 77.1% and 63.3% of the workers and inhabitants, respectively, were never participated in any health education or awareness programs, and eco-friendly brick kilns should be installed maintaining the existing rules and regulations for minimizing the impacts of brick kiln operation induced air pollution in this respect.

South East Asia Journal of Public Health Vol.8(1) 2018: 32-36
Hyvästä rengistä huonoksi isännäksi: kvantifikaatioimperatiivi yhdyskuntasuunnittelussa
Authors: Hanell Tomas
Published: October 2019

Yhteiskuntamme nojautuu enenevässä määrin numeeriseen tietoon. Tämä koskee niin julkista kuin yksityistä sektoria. Olemme tilanteessa, jossa yhteiskunnan hallinto ei enää kykene toimimaan ilman määrällisiä mittareita. Kutsun tätä riippuvuussuhdetta kvantifikaatioimperatiiviksi. Tähän on useita syitä: muun muassa hallinnon teknokratisoituminen, siirtyminen näyttöön perustuvaan hallintotapaan tai etähallinnan asteittainen yleistyminen. Jos numeerisen tiedon implisiittistä roolia päätöksenteossa ei tunnisteta, on numeroiden varaan rakennettu päätöksenteko erittäin haavoittuvainen. Artikkelin tavoitteena on valaista tätä ilmiötä yhdyskuntasuunnittelun näkökulmasta ja lyhyesti havainnollistaa asiaan liittyviä ulottuvuuksia muutaman yksinkertaisen esimerkin avulla.
The Effect of Double-Loop Problem-Solving Models on Students' Critical Thinking Ability
Authors: Halimah H. , Sutrio S. , Verawati Ni Nyoman Sri Putu
Published: October 2019

This study aims to determine the effect of double loop problem-solving models on students' critical thinking ability. The quasi-experiment with untreated control-group design with the pretest-posttest design is used. The population includes all off students in class X MIA SMAN 2 Aikmel as many as 123 people. The sampling technique used purposive sampling, and as samples are 31 students in class X MIA 2 (experimental group) and 28 students in X MIA 3 (control group). The experimental group was treated with a double loop problem-solving model while the control loop with direct instruction learning. The instrument used was a critical thinking ability test of 10 items in which two items measured each indicator. Indicators measured, namely interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, and explanation. The instrument test results showed that the ten items were valid and reliable so that they could be used in research. Research hypotheses were tested using pooled variance t-test. The results of the data analysis show that tcount> ttable which means that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted, so it can be concluded that there is an effect of double loop problem-solving models on students' critical thinking ability.
Evaluating Concrete Quality using Nondestructive In-situ Testing Methods
Authors: Abdel Rahim Khalid Abdel Naser
Published: October 2019

This manuscript investigate the quality of concrete using non-destructive in-situ testing.The in-situ testing is a process by which different test are carried out such as rebound hammer, ultrasonic pulse veloc-ity, initial surface absorption test and fig air, to determine thein-situ strength, durability and deterioration, air permeability, concrete quality control andperformance. Additionally, the quality of concrete was researched using test methods with experimental results. Moreover, this research has found that (1) the increase in w/c ra-tioleads to a decrease in compressive strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity. Thus, lower w/cratio gives a bet-ter concrete strength in terms of quality, (2) the quicker the ultrasonic pulse travels through concrete indicates that the concrete is denser, therefore, better quality, (3) the lower initial surface absorption value indicates a better concrete with respect to porosity and (4) the w/c ratio plays an important role in the strength and per-meability of concrete.
KNbO3 soportado en zeolita BETA: evaluación del método de incorporación
Authors: Leal Marchena Candelaria , Ortenzi Georgina , Pierella Liliana
Published: October 2019

Los óxidos mixtos presentan propiedades catalíticas, sin embargo, exhiben baja área superficial, lo que limita su uso como catalizadores. Con el fin de aumentar su superficie específica, se prepararon materiales a partir de la incorporación del óxido mixto sobre materiales de elevada área superficial evaluando dos métodos de incorporación. La actividad catalítica de los materiales se evaluó en la oxidación de Metil Fenil Sulfuro.

Los materiales resultantes se caracterizaron mediante técnicas fisicoquímicas. El área superficial disminuyó respecto la matriz sin modificar como resultado de bloqueo de los poros y/o la ubicación de las partículas dentro de los poros de las zeolitas. Mediante difracción de rayos X se determinó que la muestra obtenida por mezcla mecánica presentó las señales de la zeolita pero con una disminución de la intensidad; la muestra “in-situ” no presentó estructura zeolítica ni cristalinidad. Los resultados de evaluación catalítica demostraron la importancia de la estructura y cristalinidad.
Qualitative Geographies in Digital Texts: Representing Historical Spatial Identities in The Lake District
Authors: Smail Robert , Gregory Ian N. , Taylor Joanna E.
Published: October 2019

Techniques for extracting place names (toponyms) from texts and using them to conduct analyses of the geographies within the texts are becoming reasonably well established. These are generally referred to as Geographical Text Analysis (GTA) and allow us to ask questions about the geographies within a corpus. The limitation of this approach is that the geographies that can be uncovered are solely associated with toponyms for which a coordinate-based location can be assigned. While this method is valuable, it is effectively a quantitative representation of the geographies associated with named places. Other representations of geography are ignored. To complement GTA, we need to develop techniques that are capable of representing the more qualitative representations of geography that are found within texts. Drawing on the Corpus of Lake District Writing, this paper presents some initial ideas about how this can be achieved, primarily by using techniques from corpus linguistics.
Geographies of the Holocaust: Experiments in GIS, QSR, and Graph Representations
Authors: Cole Tim , Hahmann Torsten
Published: October 2019

This article responds to the widespread and oft-noted challenges digital humanists face in working with data that is uncertain and characterised by complex narratives. Using an example drawn from the vast archives of post-war interviews with Holocaust survivors, it draws on approaches developed in Qualitative Spatial Representation (QSR) to explore how two key spatial aspects of survivor's narratives – their uncertain wartime trajectories and the slippage in scales as these are retold – can be represented. Spatial information in narratives tends to not provide the exact coordinates necessary to store the information in geospatial databases. Instead, narratives rely much more on often less precise qualitative spatial relations such as ‘near’, ‘next to’, ‘at the corner of’ without precise geometric interpretations. Given that relational databases are ill-equipped to store this kind of relational spatial knowledge from natural language sources, the article argues for a need for digital humanists to return to first principles and reconsider database design. Descriptive triple-based graph representations, which have been devised to accommodate this kind of highly irregular, semi-structured relational knowledge, have the potential to work with, rather than against, the grain of the narrative sources that underlie the work of much of the digital humanities.
Return to Humbie: Minister and Heritors in the Eighteenth Century
Authors: Mutch Alastair
Published: October 2019

The context of a significant eighteenth century court case involving the minister, session and heritors of the East Lothian parish of Humbie is reviewed using a range of documentation. Although the case has been seen as a significant one in the development of poor relief, the history of the dispute suggests that a broader struggle, perhaps particularly prevalent in the hinterland of Edinburgh, with its population of ‘enlightened’ lawyers and landowners, between the relative rights of church and the secular authorities, was overlaid with degrees of local personal animosity. These factors rather limited the impact of the legal decision.
Mobilité des féminins dans quelques récits dystopiques franco-québécois et anglo-canadiens: indice d’agentivité ?
Authors: Côté Nicole
Published: October 2019

Je comparerai ici les espaces tels qu’ils sont représentés dans divers récits dystopiques (ou comportant des noyaux dystopiques) franco-québécois et  anglo-canadiens en me concentrant sur la mobilité des personnages féminins comme indice d’agentivité. Dans le corpus comparatif que j’étudie se dessinent certaines tendances : réticents à imaginer un avenir même immédiat, divers personnages féminins recourent le plus souvent aux déplacements dans l’espace pour ouvrir l’horizon du présent (Tarmac (Nicolas Dickner), Les larmes de Saint Laurent (Dominique Fortier), Il pleuvait des oiseaux (Jocelyne Saucier), Le sablier des solitudes (Jean-Simon Desrochers). Le parcours remarquable de l’espace  par des personnages féminins, que l’auteur du récit soit masculin ou féminin, semble représenter un changement récent de paradigme. Mais peut-on pour autant dire de ces parcours qu’ils permettent une certaine agentivité? Les œuvres anglo-canadiennes étudiées (Oryx and Crake, Year of the Flood (Margaret Atwood), Brown Girl in the Ring (Nalo Hopkinson), Ossuaries (Dionne Brand) présentent des parcours féminins très contrastés dans chacun des cas : le passage de la quasi-immobilité à la mobilité est forcé par un événement perturbateur. Souvent, ce sont de petites collectivités mixtes, représentant les plus grandes, qui sont mises en scène. On peut penser qu’en raison des diverses crises que traverse l’extrême contemporain, de nouveaux paradigmes émergent, dont celui d’un parcours effréné de l’espace du côté féminin afin d’esquisser des repères qu’un avenir bloqué empêche de se créer du côté de la temporalité. Néanmoins, on peut conclure qu’il s’agit pour ces deux littératures d’une tentative de cartographier ces temps troubles afin d’offrir des repères à la collectivité. Cependant cette cartographie est particulièrement genrée ou sexuée, car si les personnages de femmes ont acquis une grande mobilité dans l’espace, la garantie de leur agentivité dans cet espace semble résider dans un dévouement auprès de collectivités, qui restreint leur liberté individuelle.
Gender Perception of Academicians Using Social Media and the Influencing Factors
Authors: AYDİN Ruveyde , DELIKTAS Ayse , KORUKCU Oznur , KABUKCUOGLU Kamile
Published: October 2019

Objective: In this study; the gender perception of academicians and the influencing variables related to the individuals and their families are examined.Methods: The study was conducted online on the Facebook groups, which academicians from various universities in Turkey are members of. The questionnaire prepared by the researcher and the “Perception of Gender Scale” were used. Percentages and frequencies were used for the evaluation of the data related to individuals and their families; multi-linear regression analysis was performed for the evaluation of the variables influencing the perception. A total of 589 academicians were contacted for the study.Results: It has been determined that academics using social media had high gender perception scores. It has been determined that being female, specializing in educational sciences and social sciences, and having working mother increased the gender perception; having a mother with secondary school education or less decreased the gender perception.Conclusion: In conclusion, while being an academic positively affects the perception of gender, patriarchal social structure still has an effect on the difference between men and women. That only woman and variables related to woman have an effect on the perception of gender shows the importance of woman in the formation of the gender perception.
PEMBINAAN PENGELOLAAN KEUANGAN DAN TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI PADA INDUSTRI SNACK DAN COOKIES BATAM
Authors: Efriyenty Dian
Published: October 2019

The problems currently faced are financial reports compiled in each period not yet accounting standard, lack of knowledge and understanding of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the preparation of financial reports to produce financial and information technology information, increased production produced by MSMEs and often neglect not recording financial problems related to material expenditure, production process to marketing, so that prices are formed based on estimates only. In fact, most of the chips and processed cake pasters still don't hold financial records properly. The method used in fostering the Snack And Cookies Industry in Batam City will be given, namely the survey method, lecture method, discussion method and training method. The results of the UKM service felt that there was still a need to adjust to the preparation of financial statements with the financial accounting standards of entities without public accountability, to practice daily input of financial data with Ms. Excel in improving the financial performance of SMEs running smoothly.
Grape Seed Procyanidin Extract (GSPE) Improves Goat Sperm Quality When Preserved at 4 °C
Authors: Wen Fei , Li Yu , Feng Tianyu , Du Yeqing , Ren Fa , Zhang Likun , Han Ning , Ma Shulan , Li Fangzhou , Wang Peng , Hu Jianhong
Published: October 2019

Grape seed procyanidin extract (GSPE) has been shown to possess antioxidative effects. This experiment was designed to study the effect of GSPE during the liquid storage of goat semen. Semen samples were collected from six sexually mature goats. The samples were treated with different concentrations of GSPE (10, 30, 50, and 70 mg/L) in basic diluent and stored at 4 °C for 120 h; samples without GSPE were used as the control group. The results showed that sperm motility, acrosome membrane integrity, mitochondrial activity, plasma membrane integrity, total antioxidative capacity (T-AOC), catalase (CAT) activity, and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in the treatment groups were significantly higher than in the control group, whereas malondialdehyde (MDA) content was lower than in the control group (p < 0.05). In the treatment group, sperm quality in the 30 mg/L GSPE group was significantly higher than the other groups (p < 0.05). Furthermore, artificial insemination (AI) results showed that litter sizes were higher in the 30 mg/L GSPE group than in the control group (p < 0.05). In summary, this experiment showed that adding GSPE to the basic diluent improved sperm quality and that 30 mg/L of GSPE was the most suitable concentration for the liquid preservation of goat semen at 4 °C.
Carveoylphenols and Their Antifungal Potential against Pathogenic Yeasts
Authors: Montenegro Iván , Mellado Marco , Russo Alessandra , Said Bastian , Besoain Ximena , Godoy Patricio , Werner Enrique , Caro Nelson , Madrid Alejandro
Published: October 2019

Candida is a genus of yeasts and is the most common cause of fungal infections worldwide. However, only a few antifungal drugs are currently available for the treatment of Candida infections. In the last decade, terpenophenols have attracted much attention because they often possess a variety of biological activities. In the search for new antifungals, eight carveoylphenols were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic analysis. By using the broth microdilution assay, the compounds were evaluated for antifungal activities in vitro against four human pathogenic yeast, and structure–activity relationships (SAR) were derived. Noteworthy, in this preliminary study, compounds 5 and 6, have shown a significant reduction in the growth of all Candida strains tested. Starting from these preliminary results, we have designed the second generation of analogous in this class, and further studies are in progress in our laboratories.
Antimicrobial Effect of Visible Light—Photoinactivation of Legionella rubrilucens by Irradiation at 450, 470, and 620 nm
Authors: Schmid Julian , Hoenes Katharina , Vatter Petra , Hessling Martin
Published: October 2019

Despite the high number of legionella infections, there are currently no convincing preventive measures. Photoinactivation with visible light is a promising new approach and the photoinactivation sensitivity properties of planktonic Legionella rubrilucens to 450, 470, and 620 nm irradiation were thus investigated and compared to existing 405 nm inactivation data for obtaining information on responsible endogenous photosensitizers. Legionella were streaked on agar plates and irradiated with different doses by light emitting diodes (LEDs) of different visible wavelengths. When irradiating bacterial samples with blue light of 450 nm, a 5-log reduction could be achieved by applying a dose of 300 J cm−2, whereas at 470 nm, a comparable reduction required about 500 J cm−2. For red irradiation at 620 nm, no inactivation could be observed, even at 500 J cm−2. The declining photoinactivation sensitivity with an increasing wavelength is consistent with the assumption of porphyrins and flavins being among the relevant photosensitizers. These results were obtained for L. rubrilucens, but there is reason to believe that its inactivation behavior is similar to that of pathogenic legionella species. Therefore, this photoinactivation might lead to new future concepts for legionella reduction and prevention in technical applications or even on or inside the human body.