BIOSYSTEMATICS OF HOSPITALITERMES HOSPITALIS HOLMGREN (ISOPTERA) FROM BORNEO

This article redescribes Hospitalitermes hospitalis of open-air processional column termitesfrom Central Kalimantan, Borneo Indonesia. In many publications, this nasute termite is one of very incomplete descriptions. Condition of head capsule and its coloration (soldier caste), mandibles and antennae (soldier caste) are importance characters identification work. This species showed a large variation of nesting sites and dimorphism of worker caste

Effect of Organic Matters And Water Stress On Performance of Rice in Vegetative Phase

Drought become a major limiting factor in world cereal production. Various methods are used to solve this problem such as irrigation management by managing the soil moisture effectively for the plants to grow normally. Another way to improve the water holding capacity with the addition of organic matter in soil. Another way by planting drought tolerant rice varieties. Drought-tolerant rice varieties like Inpago 8 with various doses of organic matter and water stress at vegetative phase treatment done to analyze the change of rice plant performance at the vegetative phase of the rice crop due to drought and organic matter dose. At very low water content, which happened repeatedly during the vegetative phase causes the change in root growth, plant height, length and width of rice leaf significantl

EFFECT OF BIOCHAR RESIDUE, COMPOST, AND UREA COMBINATION ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.)

The objective of this study was to know the effect of biochar residue, compost and urea fertilization on growth and yield of maize. The research was conducted at University Farm Ie Seum Research Station, Aceh Besar district, Aceh Province, Indonesia. The experimental arranged in a randomized complate block non factorial design with four replications. There were eight treatment combinations: P1 (without biochar residue + without compost + without urea), P2 (without biochar residue + without compost + urea), P3 (without biochar residue + compost + without urea), P4 (without biochar residue + compost + urea), P5 (biochar residue + without compost + without urea), P6 (biochar residue + without compost + urea), P7 (biochar residue + compost + without urea), P8 (biochar residue + compost + urea). Based on the plant growth, biochar residue, compost, and urea fertilizer treatment did not significantly affect on plant height age of 30, 45 and 60 days after planting, leaf number aged 30, 45 and 60 days after planting, stem diameter ages 30, 45 and 60 days after planting. At the P7 treatment (biochar residue + compost + without urea) gave the best value but does not differ significantly with all treatments tested. Based on plant yield, biochar residue, compost, and urea fertilizer treatment did not significantly affect on cornhusk ear length, cornhusk cob diameter, cornhusk cob weight, cob length without cornhusk, cob diameter without cornhusk, cob weight without cornhusk, and yield. At P5 treatment (biochar residue + without compost + without urea) cornhusk cobs and P7 (biochar residue + compost + without urea) cornhusk cobs and without cornhusk provide the best value but does not differ significantly with all treatments tested

Mucosal Mast Cells Contribution in Intestinal Defense of Chickens (Gallus domesticus) Infected Naturally by Ascaridia galli

This study was aimed at finding out the investigation of mucosal mast cells in intestines of chicken that were naturally infected by Ascaridia galli. Amount of ten intestine of freshly slaughtered chickens (Gallus domesticus) found from local abatoir in Banda Aceh were divided into two groups containing five intestines of each. Mucosal mast cells count were done of which histologic slides were made in stained serial histological sections with Alcian blue (pH 0,3) and Safranin-O (pH 0,1) of the intestines. The result showed that the mucosal mast cells increased significantly (P 0.05) in intestines of chickens infected naturally by survival A. galli adult worms. It was concluded that the intestinal defense of chickens against parasite infection is associated with the mucosal mast cells contribution by creating an environment hostile to the establishment and survival of intestinal nematodes, A. galli

Barrier for psychologists provision of service

oai:jurnal.usk.ac.id:article/13485Not only because most mental health programs ended, but also the need of Aceh people to independently handle mental health in the future the psychology department of Syiah Kuala University was established in 2007. To continue mental health community services in CHCs, lecturers who are also psychologist provided services for almost 5 years. Although there is an urgent need for psychologist services in CHCs, the services were stopped. This research has sought to develop understanding into the experiences of those volunteer psychologists who provide mental health care services in CHCs in Banda Aceh in order to gain knowledge for the improvement community mental health provision in Aceh. A qualitative design based on a thematic analysis approach was used for data collection and analysis. A small group of voluntary Clinical Psychologists working in Aceh were interviewed. Psychologists in this research highlighted how a lack of understanding of mental health issues among health authorities has impacted on their capacity to provide psychological services to the community in Aceh

Pharmacokinetics Interaction of Glucocorticoids with 99mTc-MDP Radiopharmaceuticals for Bone Imaging Agents and its Biodistribution Pattern

A drug therapy can alter the pharmacokinetic profiles and biodistribution patterns of radiopharmaceuticals. Glucocorticoids are pharmaceutical drugs for anti-inflammatory by preventing phospholipid release and decreasing eosinophil action. To achieve an optimum diagnostic outcome, this research was focused on pharmacokinetics interaction and biodistribution pattern between two kinds of Glucocorticoids drugs i.e. dexamethasone and prednisone with 99mTc- MDP using animal model Mus musculus stock Swiss. 99mTc-MDP has been developed as radiopharmaceutical for bone imaging in nuclear medicine. Mice were divided into three groups, which were treated with dexamethasone by oral administration for 5 days continously, treatment with prednisone by oral administration for 3 days continously and without treatment (control). Pharmacokinetics interaction was conducted by injecting 200mL 99mTc-MDP intravenously administrated using a dose 1 mCi/mL. Biodistribution pattern was conducted by injecting 200 mL99mTc-MDP intravenously administrated using a dose 1 mCi/mL. After 3 hours after intravenousinjection of 99mTc-MDP each of these groups of animals were killed with chloroform and then dissected. Radioactivity of blood samples and selected organs were weighed and counted by using single channel analyzer. The results of pharmacokinetics study showed that the elimination half-life of animal model that given with dexamethasone and prednisone are 4.61 h and 4.63 h more faster than control animals (20.67 h). The results of biodistribution study showed that uptake of 99mTc- MDP in bone using animal models decreased which were given dexamethasone and prednisone compared to normal animals, which following results 3.53 0.49%, 3.47 0.5% and 11.54 4.36% (control)

The Correlation Between Level of Diabetic Patients Knowledge with Quality of Life in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at Haji Adam Malik Hospital Medan

Diabetic complications is usually asssociated with low quality of life in diabetic patients. Knowledge of diabetes become an important role in the management of people with diabetes, at least in self-care to prevent further complication. With a better knowledge about diabetes, people with diabetes will have better self-care in diabetic treatment in order to have better quality of life. This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between the level of diabetic patients knowledge and quality of life in patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at Haji Adam Malik Hospital Medan. Ninety subjects were recruited by consecutive sampling technique at outpatients of Endocrinology and Metabolism clinic, Internal Medicine Department Haji Adam Malik Hospital. The level of knowledge about diabetes was assessed by using validated questionnaires, and quality of life was assessed by using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Pearson correlation was used for statistical analysis. Results showed that majority of patients have a average level of diabetes knowledge (42,2%). Quality of Life was measured by four domains based on the WHOQOL-BREF. The overall quality of life shows that majority of patients have average level quality of life (50%). In the domain of physical health, 65.6% patients have poor level quality of life. Majority of patients have good level quality of life in the domain of psycology (48.9%), social relationships (42.2%) and environment (50%). There was positive correlation between level of knowledge and quality of life (r = 0.239, p0.005). Conclusion This study showed that better knowledge of diabetes could improve quality of life of patients with type 2 diabetes. It is recommended that diabetic patients should improve their understanding about diabete

Correlation Between Management of Balanced Menu and Weight Gain on Pregnant Women Trimester III in Rural Hospital Montasik 2015

The result ofnational economic Social survey indicatesthat thereis27.6% of pregnant womenwithchronic energy deficiency(KEK)who tendto havea baby with low birth weight(BBLR).Chronic energy deficiency(KEK) becomes indirect causes ofpregnant mothersdeathabout40% andanother indirect cause isanemiaabout37%.Moreover,in rural areasthere are 23%pregnant womendeal with malnutrition. The general causes of malnutrition in pregnant women is consumingfoods that are not met by the recommended nutritional requirements. Besides, the timeof adjacent pregnancyandchildbirth,and lackof education and knowledge would cause the level of maternal mortalitybecomehigh.The objectiveof this study istoseecorrelation betweenmanagementofbalanced menu atthethird trimesterofpregnant womenandweight gain inrural hospitalMontasikin2015. The study was descriptive correlativeresearchwith cross sectional study design.The data was collected by usingpurposive samplingtechnique involved 30 sample. Data collection was done on August 23toJuly 6,2015usingquestionnaire.Thesecondary dataisprocessed byunivariate and bivariate analysis. The result showedthatmanagementofbalanced menucanincreasethebody weight of pregnant women (83.3%), management of balanced diet increases the circumference of the upper arm(LILA)(86.7%),andmanagement of balanced diet increases thelevel of uterusFundus (TFU) (80%). The study concludes thatthere is acorrelation betweenmanagement menuandthe weight gain in the third trimesterofpregnant women with p-value = 0.028 ( = 0.05). The resultof this studyis expected to beaninput andareference forhospitalofficers in maintaininghealth centerstoimproveservingqualityforpregnant women, especially in terms of management menu by measurement of weight, MUAC, and TFU whenthepregnant womenisinAnte Natal Care (ANC)

Exploration of Pulp and Husk of Gayo Arabica Coffee as Raw Material of Pectin SWOT, Risk and Chemical Component Analysis

Advances in waste management offer huge possibilities for economic and social utilization of residues from coffee production such as the pulp and husk. Coffee pulp are obtained during coffee production around 20-45% of raw material either it processed wet or dry. In Gayo Highland areas, as a centre of Arabica production in Indonesia, coffee production known as semi-drying process where numbers of coffee residues arise up to 40% of total coffee berries. For local farmers pulp and husks often be decompose by burning, whether several alternatives have been attempted individually, either used as fertilizer, livestock feed and compost. However the applications above cover only small number of robust coffee residues. Therefore studies have been conducted to explore possibility to extract pectin from coffee pulp. Implementation of SWOT analysis and Risk Analysis by FMEA gain to enhance the information of strength, weakness, opportunity and threats of extraction pectin from coffee pulp/husks demonstrated that this attempt have higher possibility to be more efficient than others trial for both economically and ecologically. Furthermore, moisture contents, ash and crude fiber are examined from fresh pulp/husk which are stored in room temperatures for 16 days, 24 days and 30 days. The data demonstrated that length of storage up to 30 days has impact on increasing ash (up to 12.66% from 1.38%) and solid fiber contents (up to 28.24% from 2.70%) whilst moisture are decreased (down to 15.51% from 86.08%) which emphasizes that delaying production or prolonging the storage of coffee residues might not have any impact on product qualit

BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS POWDER AGAINST DRUG RESISTANT MICROBES

Inappropriate uses of antimicrobial drugs have contributed to the development of resistant microbial pathogens. This phenomenon requires discovery and development of potential antimicrobial compounds from organic materials. Lumbricus rubellus is the ubiquitous earthworm containing antimicrobial peptide named Lumbricin-1. The aim of this study was to determine the broad spectrum antimicrobial activity of Lumbricus rubellus powder against several drug resistant microbes such as Multidrug Resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Fluconazole resistant Candida albicans. This experimental study was conducted using Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 6 treatment groups consisting of 100 mg, 200 mg, 300 mg, 400 mg and 500 mg L.rubellus powder in 5 ml solvent (acetic acid and acetonitrile) and negative control groups. One percent of each concentration then was used in the antimicrobial activity testing using Kirby Bauer disc diffusion method. Data of this research were analyzed by ANOVA. The results showed that L. rubellus powder in each of the concentrations of 100 mg, 200 mg, 300 mg, 400 mg and 500 mg obtained an average inhibition zone of 14.33 mm, 14.17 mm, 14.00 mm, 15.00 mm and 13.00 mm respectively against MDR P. aeruginosa; 16.75 mm, 18.50 mm, 18.75 mm, 16.75 mm and 17.25 mm against MRSA; 16.50 mm, 18.00 mm, 17.50 mm, 17.75 mm and 16 mm against Fluconazole resistant C. albicans. Statistical analysis revealed that Lumbricus rubellus powder in the tested concentrations showed significant broad spectrum antimicrobial activity against drug resistant microbes (p0.05)