The role of migration processes in dengue fever occurrence in Colombia: a mixed study approach

Background: Dengue is the second most important vector-borne disease in tropical regions largely affecting urban areas. Rural-urban migration increases numbers at risk. In particular, Internally Displaced Populations (IDPs) are forced to migrate through violence, conflict, or natural disasters moving to informal settlements in urban areas. IDPs might represent a pool of susceptible and vulnerable people; because of their cultural, socio-economic, and demographic factors that differ from the local people. Colombia has the third highest number of dengue cases in the Americas and the second largest IDPs number in the world. Aim: To examine the relationship between IDPs and Dengue in Colombia. Methods: A mixed methods approach was used including: policy and literature review; analysis of routinely available national-level data sources; quantitative household surveys of knowledge, attitudes, practices and vector counts in IDPs and host population households; focus group interviews with IDPs and host populations, and interviews with public health authorities and those working with IDPs. Results: A range of policies addresses both dengue and IDPs in Colombia but there is no policy addressing both issues. Analyses of national level data showed that areas with high level of IDPs tended to have high levels of dengue. Household surveys showed that despite IDPs being more economically disadvantaged and having less access to education and health services, knowledge, attitudes, and practices were broadly similar, although IDPs households were more likely to obtain their information from community networking. IDPs households were more likely than host populations to have productive breeding sites for the vector in their households despite emptying and cleaning water containers more frequently. Participants were aware of dengue, but had mistaken knowledge about disease severity, treatment, transmission and effective control measures. Conclusions: Dengue control in IDPs can be strengthened through community networking and integrated policies to increase access to health and education services

HUBUNGAN LINGKUNGAN KERJA DAN DISIPLIN KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA GURU DALAM PEMBELAJARAN DI SMK BHAKTI KARYA 1 MAGELANG

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: (1) Hubungan lingkungan kerja dengan kinerja guru dalam pembelajaran di SMK Bhakti Karya 1 Magelang, (2) Hubungan disiplin kerja dengan kinerja guru dalam pembelajaran di SMK Bhakti Karya 1 Magelang, (3) Hubungan lingkungan kerja dan disiplin kerja secara bersama-sama terhadap kinerja guru dalam pembelajaran di SMK Bhakti Karya 1 Magelang.Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian ex-post facto dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Uji coba instrument penelitian bertempat di SMK IT MA’ARIF Kota Magelang. Populasi pada penelitian ini adalah seluruh guru SMK Bhakti Karya 1 Magelang berjumlah 31 orang. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui angket dan dokumentasi. Pengujian prasyarat analisis meliputi uji lnieritas dan uji multikolinieritas. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah korelasi sederhana, korelasi ganda, sumbangan relatif dan sumbangan efektif. Hasil penelitian ini adalah : (1) Terdapat hubungan positif dan signifikan lingkungan kerja dengan kinerja guru dalam pembelajaran di SMK Bhakti Karya 1 Magelang yang ditunjukan dengan nilai rx1y sebesar 0,748 dan thitung 2,499 > ttabel 2,048; (2) Terdapat hubungan positif dan signifikan disiplin kerja dengan kinerja guru dalam pembelajaran di SMK Bhakti Karya 1 Magelang yang ditunjukan dengan nilai rx2y sebesar 0,760 dan thitung 2,671 > ttabel 2,048; (3) Terdapat hubungan positif dan signifikan lingkungan kerja dan disiplin kerja dengan kinerja guru dalam pembelajaran di SMK Bhakti Karya 1 Magelang yang ditunjukan dengan nilai Ry(1,2) sebesar 0,809 dan nilai Fhitung 26,477 > Ftabel 3,34. Hubungan kedua variabel sebesar 67 %. Sumbangan efektif lingkungan kerja sebesar 50,2% dan disiplin kerja sebesar 16,8%, sisanya sebesar 33% dipengaruhi oleh variabel lain yang tidak diteliti dalam penelitian ini. Kata kunci : Lingkungan kerja, Disiplin kerja, Kinerja gur

How to capitalise on mobility, proximity and motion analytics to support formal and informal education?

© 2017, CEUR-WS. All rights reserved. Learning Analytics and similar data-intensive approaches aimed at understanding and/or supporting learning have mostly focused on the analysis of students' data automatically captured by personal computers or, more recently, mobile devices. Thus, most student behavioural data are limited to the interactions between students and particular learning applications. However, learning can also occur beyond these interface interactions, for instance while students interact face-to-face with other students or their teachers. Alternatively, some learning tasks may require students to interact with non-digital physical tools, to use the physical space, or to learn in different ways that cannot be mediated by traditional user interfaces (e.g. motor and/or audio learning). The key questions here are: why are we neglecting these kinds of learning activities? How can we provide automated support or feedback to students during these activities? Can we find useful patterns of activity in these physical settings as we have been doing with computer-mediated settings? This position paper is aimed at motivating discussion through a series of questions that can justify the importance of designing technological innovations for physical learning settings where mobility, proximity and motion are tracked, just as digital interactions have been so far

Would transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) enhance the effects of working memory training in older adults with mild neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer’s disease: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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STRATEGI PENINGKATAN KINERJA RANTAI PASOK AGROBISNIS MELON APOLLO DI KOTA CILEGON

Selain dikenal sebagai kota baja, kota Cilegon memiliki ikon baru yaitu melon Apollo. Tanah dan iklim Cilegon sangat cocok untuk bertanam melon khususnya jenis Apollo. Menjaga dan mengembangkan identitas ikon tersebut tidak mudah karena perlu upaya keberlanjutan untuk mengembangkan rantai pasokan agrobisnis melon. Penelitian ini bertujuan melakukan analisa rantai pasokan melon, menganalisa sistem kelembagaan usaha tani melon saat ini, mengidentifikasi strategi dan model peningkatan kinerja rantai pasokan dan merumuskan strategi utama dalam peningkatan kinerja rantai pasokan buah Melon di kota Cilegon. Pengambilan data primer dilakukan melalui observasi lapangan, wawancara, dan pengisian kuesioner. Obyek wawancara dan kuesioner adalah petani dan penyuluh pertanian. Data sekunder diperoleh dari studi literature, dokumentasi dinas pertanian dan BPS. Data dianalisa dengan metode analisis deskriptif, analisis SWOT, balanced scorecard dan metode pembobotan. Kesimpulan penelitian ini adalah : 1) Rantai pasok buah melon di kota Cilegon mempunyai struktur yang masih sangat sederhana yaitu petani memasarkan panenan melon ke distributor buah nasional dan sedikit yang langsung ke konsumen (online atau beli di tempat panen), 2) Para kelompok tani bergerak sendiri-sendiri tanpa ada sistem kelembagaan berupa gabungan kelompok tani, 3) Strategi yang dihasilkan melalui analisis SWOT sejumlah 12 alternatif strategi, 4) Model peningkatan kinerja mendasarkan pada empat perspektif balanced scorecard yaitu keuangan petani, pelanggan, proses agrobisnis dan pembelajaran petani, 5) Strategi yang proritas di dalam peningkatan kinerja rantai pasokan melon adalah penyusunan bentuk dan sistem kemitraan, peningkatan produksi panen melon dan pengembangan pasar dan pangsa pasar

HUBUNGAN ANTARA KESEJAHTERAAN PSIKOLOGIS DENGAN KONFLIK PERAN GANDA PADA WANITA YANG BEKERJA SEBAGAI POLISI DI POLRESTABES SEMARANG

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara kesejahteraan psikologis dengan konflik peran ganda pada wanita yang bekerja sebagai polisi di Polrestabes Semarang. Kesejahteraan psikologis merupakan kemampuan individu untuk dapat menerima kelebihan dan kekurangan dirinya, pengalaman-pengalaman dalam hidupnya sehingga mampu berhubungan positif dengan orang lain, memiliki tujuan hidup yang jelas, mampu mengarahkan perilakunya sendiri, mampu bertahan dalam lingkungan, mempunyai keinginan untuk belajar guna mengembangkan potensi dalam diri. Konflik peran ganda adalah konflik yang terjadi akibat adanya pertentangan tuntutan dan harapan antara peran yang satu dengan peran yang lain, dalam hal ini peran di ranah pekerjaan dan di ranah keluarga. Populasi penelitian yaitu polisi wanita di Polrestabes Semarang yang sudah menikah. Subjek penelitian berjumlah 40 polisi wanita. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan cluster sampling. Pengumpulan data dengan menggunakan skala kesejahteraan psikologis (39 aitem; α = 0,945) dan skala konflik peran ganda (40 aitem; α = 0,942). Hasil analisis regresi sederhana menunjukkan adanya hubungan negatif signifikan antara kesejahteraan psikologis dengan konflik peran ganda (rxy= -0,67; p= 0,000). Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa semakin tinggi kesejahteraan psikologis maka konflik peran ganda yang dialami rendah. Begitu juga sebaliknya, semakin rendah kesejahteraan psikologis maka konflik peran ganda yang dialami tinggi. Kesejahteraan psikologis memberikan sumbangan efektif sebesar 44,9% terhadap konflik peran ganda. Kata kunci : Kesejahteraan psikologis, konflik peran ganda, polisi wanit

Acupuncture and related therapies for treating irritable bowel syndrome: overview of systematic reviews and network meta-analysis

© The Author(s), 2019. Background: An overview of systematic reviews (SRs) and a network meta-analysis (NMA) were conducted to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of acupuncture and related therapies used either alone, or as an add-on to other irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) treatments. Methods: A total of eight international and Chinese databases were searched for SRs of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). The methodological quality of SRs was appraised using the AMSTAR instrument. From the included SRs, data from RCTs were extracted for the random-effect pairwise meta-analyses. An NMA was used to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of different treatment options. The risk of bias among included RCTs was assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. Results: From 15 SRs of mediocre quality, 27 eligible RCTs (n = 2141) were included but none performed proper blinding. Results from pairwise meta-analysis showed that both needle acupuncture and electroacupuncture were superior in improving global IBS symptoms when compared with pinaverium bromide. NMA results showed needle acupuncture plus Geshanxiaoyao formula had the highest probability of being the best option for improving global IBS symptoms among 14 included treatment options, but a slight inconsistency exists. Conclusion: The risk of bias and NMA inconsistency among included trials limited the trustworthiness of the conclusion. Patients who did not respond well to first-line conventional therapies or antidepressants may consider acupuncture as an alternative. Future trials should investigate the potential of (1) acupuncture as an add-on to antidepressants and (2) the combined effect of Chinese herbs and acupuncture, which is the norm of routine Chinese medicine practice

Lymphatic vessels in human adipose tissue

Despite being considered present in most vascularised tissues, lymphatic vessels have not been properly shown in human adipose tissue (AT). Our goal in this study is to investigate an unanswered question in AT biology, regarding lymphatic network presence in tissue parenchyma. Using human subcutaneous (S-) and visceral (V-) AT samples with whole mount staining for lymphatic specific markers and three-dimensional imaging, we showed lymphatic capillaries and larger lymphatic vessels in the human VAT. Conversely, in the human SAT, microcirculatory lymphatic vascular structures were rarely detected and no initial lymphatics were found

Planta de producció d'àcid adípic

L'objectiu d'aquest projecte és el disseny d'una planta de producció d'àcid adípic a partir de la oxidació d'una mescla de ciclohexanol-ciclohexanona (KA oil) mitjançant àcid nítric. El projecte ha de complir la legislació vigent a part de ser viable tècnicament i econòmicament.Nota: Aquest document conté originàriament altre material i/o programari només consultable a la Biblioteca de Ciència i Tecnologia

Thirty years of leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea nesting in Espírito Santo, Brazil, 1988-2017: Reproductive biology and conservation

This is the final version. Available from Inter Research via the DOI in this record. In the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea are only known to regularly nest in eastern Brazil, on the coast of the state of Espírito Santo. Here, we present an analysis of the nesting ecology, population trends and conservation status of this leather - back turtle colony between 1988 and 2017. We observed an increasing, although variable, trend in the annual number of nests, with the mean increasing from 25.6 nests in the first 5 yr of the study to 89.8 in the last 5 yr. Concurrently, there was also a significant decrease in the mean curved carapace length of the population, which we hypothesize was caused by recruitment of new females to the nesting population. Throughout the study period, nests were concentrated in the southern part of the 160 km long study area. No change was observed in the annual median nesting date. Mean annual hatching success was 66.0% and no significant variation in hatching success was detected after a major spill of mining tailings into the nesting area in 2015. We postulate that local conservation actions that started in the 1980s have contributed to the gentle recovery of this population; however, given the small population size and restricted nesting geographical distribution alongside the persistence of various threats-fisheries bycatch, climate change, pollution and coastal development-this population continues to be of conservation concern.National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)University of ExeterRufford FoundationBritish Chelonia Grou