PERSEPSI MASYARAKAT TERHADAP KEBERADAAN PETERNAKAN KAMBING DI KECAMATAN SAMARINDA UTARA

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana persepsi masyarakat terhadap keberadaan peternakan kambing dikecamatan samarinda utara. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada bulan Agustus 2017 sampai dengan bulan September 2017 di Kecamatan Samarinda Utara. Metode pengambilan sempel dilokasi penelitian yaitu rumus slovin dan metode random sampling. hal ini dilakukan berdasarkan kriteria jumlah masyarakat yang relative umur 15 sampai 65 ke atas, jumlah responden sebanyak 72 orang. Data yang diambil berupa data primer dan data sekunder, selanjutnya data di analisis dengan menggunakan metode pengukuran skala persepsi yaitu dengan menggunakan metode Likert (metode skoring). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan persepsi masyarakat terhadap keberadaan peternakan kambing dikecamatan samarinda utara adalah netral dengan skor 4020 dan skor rata-rata 55,81. Persepsi masyarakat terhadap keberadaan peternakan kambing sangat penting dilakukan untuk mengetahui tanggapan masyarakat yang dapat merugikan warga sekitar terutama yang hidup berdampingan dengan peternakan kambing. Persepsi masyarakat terhadap keberadaan peternakan kambing dikecamatan samarinda utara  adalah netral. Dengan adanya peternakan kambing cukup membantu masyarakat dalam hal  ketersediaan daging dan pupuk

Physical characterization and electrical conductivity of Li1.2Ti1.8Al0.2(PO4)3 and Li1.2Ta0.9Al1.1(PO4)3 NASICON material

Sodium superionic conducting materials (NASICON) are promising solid electrolytes for Li-ion batteries and suitable to be used in the area that requires high energy density as well as rechargeable power sources. Fabrication of all-solid-state Li battery with non-flammable ceramics electrolyte has been strongly required to solve safety issues of present Li batteries. In this study, lithium titanium aluminium phosphate Li1+xTi2-xAlx(PO4)3, LTAP (x = 0.2) and lithium tantalum aluminium phosphate Li1+2xTa1-xAlx+1(PO4)3, LTaAP (x = 0.1) were prepared via conventional solid state reaction techniques at various sintering temperature ranging from 700 to 1000 °C. LTAP and LTaAP compositions attain their optimum sintering temperature at 800 °C. Physical properties of LTAP and LTaAP show the bulk density of 2.83 and 3.63 g/cm3 which resulted into high densification of the material. The XRD analysis revealed NASICON crystalline phase dominated by LiTi2(PO4)3 and minor impurity phases for LTaAP composition. Bulk conductivity values for LTAP and LTaAP were found to be 1.06 x 10-4 and 9.854 x 10-6 S/cm at room temperature. LTAP had better conductivity behavior compare to LTaAP composition which could be due to differences in their ionic radius (titanium, 0.605 nm tantalum, 0.64 nm and the aluminium, 0.53 nm) in sizes, though the conductivity obtained for both compositions has the capacity to serve as solid electrolyte material could be used in lithium ion rechargeable battery

Dependency of foreign workers in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani ... [et al.]

The Malaysian construction industry plays an important role in generating wealth to the country and development of social and economic infrastructures and buildings. Due to unpleasant working conditions and availability of cheap foreign workers, majority of the construction companies preferred to hire them. Thus, the numbers of foreign workers has increased. In addition, employment of foreign workers has affected the economic growth, health and social problems such as malaria and cholera and robberies. This paper intends to identify the dependency factors of Malaysian construction companies on foreign workers in construction industry, the problems and also the effects of employment of them. The opinions and views of related construction companies were obtained from the questionnaire surveys and structured interviews which have been identified to give a clearer picture of the current situation of dependency level of foreign workers in Malaysia. It was found that low wages, longer working hours, higher education level by the local, availability of foreign workers and 3D’s (dirty, difficult and dangerous) environment of site contributes to the problems of the foreign workers. It is important for the government to tighten the hiring rules of foreign workers and strengthening the national security, implementing the Industrialised Building System (IBS) and fully utilized the Construction Labour Exchange Centre Berhad (CLAB) and also the Construction Academy of Malaysia (CAM)

DETERMINANTS, NEED ASSESSMENT AND SOLUTIONS OF YOUTH HOMELESSNESS IN MALAYSIA

Homelessness is a global phenomenon that brings tyrannical consequences to the society. The purposes of this study are to investigate the determinants of youth homelessness, the needs of homeless youth population and probable solutions in solving this issue. Mixed method (including Qualitative and quantitative approaches) is applied in collecting the data and information. Convenience sampling and purposive sampling method are employed in selecting the samples. There are seven homeless respondents and ten volunteers participated in this research. The determinants of youth homelessness from the perspective of homeless youth and volunteers were investigated. Besides, the needs of homeless youth were studied. The framework and solutions in addressing youth homelessness were analyzed in the discussion. Researcher had come out with few recommendations in enhancing and modifying the framework in addressing this issue

Comparative study of three-dimensional localization accuracy in conventional, confocal laser scanning and axial tomographic fluorescence light microscopy

key words: conventional and confocal fluorescence light microscopy, spatial resolution, point spread function, axial tomography, quantitative image analysis ABSTRACT For many biological applications, precise and accurate 3D object localizations and 3D-distance measurements are necessary. Point spread functions of artifical objects of subwavelength dimensions have been measured in order to characterize the image foririing properties as well as to localize extended objects in both conventional and confocal fluorescence light microscopy with and without the axial tomographic technique. With the axial tomographic technique it is possible to tilt the object in such a way, that substructures are located in the same focal plane. The distance of two points measured under this optimal perspective fits best to the real 3D-distance. In this case, optical sectioning is unnecessary, if only distance measurements have to be performed

Obstacles in Implementing Green Building Projects in Malaysia

Abstract: Widespread concern about energy conservation, global warming and depletion of the planet's non-renewable resources has given birth to the green building movement, with its idea of sustainable architecture that seems to be mushrooming across the world. Simply put, green buildings represent design and construction that are sensitive to the environment now and in the future. Green building is not a common practice in Malaysia because of the unique challenges these programs face. This research was conducted to identify the main obstacles to the advancements of green buildings developments in the country and how to include more involvement from the parties in the construction industry to adopt this approach. The opinions and views of related parties in building industry were obtained from structured interviews and case studies which have been identified to give a clearer picture of the current situation of the green building developments in Malaysia. Suggestions on how to gain more exposure for green buildings were also acquired. Based on the findings, it was concluded that the main hurdles are lack of awareness, education and information on the benefits of the construction of green buildings. It is important for us Malaysians to get a paradigm shift and start looking at greener options which are more environmentally friendly and reduces energy consumption. Creating awareness also is the first and biggest step to ensure that green buildings are here to stay

Retrospective evaluation of whole exome and genome mutation calls in 746 cancer samples

Funder: NCI U24CA211006Abstract: The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) curated consensus somatic mutation calls using whole exome sequencing (WES) and whole genome sequencing (WGS), respectively. Here, as part of the ICGC/TCGA Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) Consortium, which aggregated whole genome sequencing data from 2,658 cancers across 38 tumour types, we compare WES and WGS side-by-side from 746 TCGA samples, finding that ~80% of mutations overlap in covered exonic regions. We estimate that low variant allele fraction (VAF < 15%) and clonal heterogeneity contribute up to 68% of private WGS mutations and 71% of private WES mutations. We observe that ~30% of private WGS mutations trace to mutations identified by a single variant caller in WES consensus efforts. WGS captures both ~50% more variation in exonic regions and un-observed mutations in loci with variable GC-content. Together, our analysis highlights technological divergences between two reproducible somatic variant detection efforts

Studi Geografis Industri Batu Gamping Di Desa Puger Kulon Dan Desa Kasiyan Kecamatan Puger Kabupaten Jember

Studi Geografis Industri Batu Gamping Di Desa Puger Kulon Dan Desa Kasiyan Kecamatan Puger Kabupaten Jember&nbsp; Arif Dio Esa P, Agus Sutedjo, Wiwik Sri Utami, Suhadi HS ABSTRAK Kecamatan Puger merupakan daerah penghasil batu gamping di Kabupaten Jember. Kegiatan industri batu gamping masih tergolong tradisional yaitu dengan tenaga manusia. Industri batu gamping di wilayah Kecamatan Puger terletak di beberapa desa, seperti Desa Puger Kulon dan Desa Kasiyan. Diketahui dari hasil rata - rata produktivitas tiap tahun&nbsp; batu gamping di Desa Kasiyan sebesar 97,4 ton lebih kecil dari Desa Puger Kulon dengan produktivitas batu gamping terbesar di Kecamatan Puger sebesar 495,9 ton per tahunnya. Padahal jumlah tenaga kerja pada tiap industri tidak jauh berbeda yaitu antara 7 &ndash; 8 tenaga kerja dan jarak tiap indsutri ke bahan baku pun juga rata - rata 1 &ndash; 2 Km. Permasalahan tersebut diangkat dalam penelitian untuk mengetahui faktor &ndash; faktor apa saja yang menyebabkan terjadinya perbedaan kondisi geografis, produktifitas dan dampak terhadap kondisi ekonomi tenaga kerja di Desa Puger Kulon dan Desa Kasiyan. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh pengusaha batu gamping dan tenaga kerja yang ada di Desa Puger Kulon dan Desa Kasiyan. Jenis penelitian yang dipilih oleh peneliti adalah penelitian survey. Lokasi penelitian yaitu Desa Puger Kulon dan Desa Kasiyan Kecamatan Puger kabupaten Jember. Teknik analisis data yang dipakai meliputi analisis Deskriptif, dan Regresi Linier Berganda. Hasil dari analisis geografis menunjukkan bahwa di Desa Puger Kulon faktor lokasi tempat tinggal tenaga kerja banyak berasal dari Desa Mojosari dan aksesbilitas ke tempat bahan baku berkisar 1 &ndash; 2 Km dengan kondisi jalan mayoritas beraspal, sedangkan industri batu gampingnya berpola mengelompok.&nbsp; Sedangkan di Desa Kasiyan lokasi tempat tinggal tenaga kerjanya berasal dari dalam desa sendiri dan aksesbilitas ke tempat bahan baku berkisar 2 &ndash; 3 Km dengan kondisi jalan tidak banyak yang beraspal, sedangkan industri batu gampingnya berpola mengelompok. Pengaruh&nbsp; faktor &ndash; faktor produksi terhadap produktivitas batu gamping dari hasil uji regresi linier berganda menunjukkan bahwa di Desa Puger Kulon faktor yang berpengaruh adalah modal dengan p = 0,038, bahan bakar p = 0,021, dan pemasaran p = 0,017. Di Desa Kasiyan faktor produksi yang berpengaruh meliputi modal dengan p = 0,043 dan bahan bakar p = 0,014. Dalam bidang ekonomi, keberadaan industri batu gamping di Desa Puger Kulon yang produktivitasnya lebih besar dari Desa Kasiyan menimbulkan perbedaan dampak ekonomi bagi masyarakat sekitar industri batu gamping di tiap desa. Diketahui bahwa mayoritas penghasilan tenaga pengangkut batu kapur, sopir truck, tenaga warung, dan mekanik yang ada di Desa Puger kulon lebih tinggi daripada penghasilan tenaga kerja di Desa Kasiyan. &nbsp; Kata Kunci : Produktivitas Industri Batu Gamping. Tentang Penulis : Arif Dio Esa P, NIM. 094274031, Tgl Yudisium: 5-2-2014, Jurdik Geografi &ndash; FIS &ndash; UNESA Angkatan 2009 Agus Sutedjo, Pembimbing, Dosen Jurusan Pendidika Geografi &ndash; FIS &ndash; UNESA Wiwik Sri Utami, Penguji 1, Dosen Jurusan Pendidika Geografi &ndash; FIS &ndash; UNESA Suhadi HS, Penguji 2, Dosen Jurusan Pendidika Geografi &ndash; FIS &ndash; UNESA &nbsp; Sitasi : Prayitno, A., D., E., Sutedjo, A., Utami, W., S., Suhadi, 2013. STUDI GEOGRAFIS INDUSTRI BATU GAMPING DI DESA PUGER KULON DAN DESA KASIYAN KECAMATAN PUGER KABUPATEN JEMBER. Skripsi. Jurdik Geografi, FIS, UNESA. Surabaya

Sol-Gel Synthesis and Electrical Characterization of Li1+xAlxTi2-x(PO4)3 Solid Electrolytes

This composition of Lithium Aluminium Titanium Phosphate (LATP) has potential for the fast growing energy storage to be used as solid electrolyte in Li-ion battery. This material is required to solve safety problems of current lithium ion battery. In this study, Li1+xAlxTi2-x(PO4)3 (x = 0.0, 0.1 and 0.2) nanocrystalline composition were synthesized by sol gel method. Lithium Nitrate (LiNO3), Aluminium Nitrate Nonahydrate (Al(NO3)3.9H2O), Titanium (IV) Butoxide (Ti(OC4H9)4) and Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (NH4H2PO4) were used as starting materials. Citric acid monohydrate was used to control the pH value and ethylene glycol was used as solvent during the preparation. Pure NASICON-type powder with rhombohydral structure (R-3c) space group were obtained after heating the gel precursor at 950 °C for 5 h. The resulting materials were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). The Ionic conductivity of the polished samples was carried out using AGILENT 4294A precision impedance analyzer. The XRD analysis revealed pure crystalline phase of LiTi2(PO4)3 NASICON structure with minor impurities (TiO2 and TiP2O7). The highest ionic conductivity value was found approximately 7.936×10-4 S cm-1 for Li1.2Al0.2Ti1.8(PO4)3 sample. It can be summarized that sol-gel method is more promising compared to traditional solid-state method

Anthropometric features in predicting insulin resistance among non-menopausal Indonesian adult females

Introduction. The prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide in high, low, and middle-income countries such as Indonesia. Obesity rate is higher in females in Indonesia. Obesity has important contribution in the occurrence of insulin resistance (IR) and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Several anthropometric measurements such as waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), body mass (BM), total body fat percentage (Fat%) and visceral fat (VF) are related to IR. This study aimed to investigate which of those measurements could be used as a better predictor of IR in non-menopausal Indonesian adult females