Determination of Factors Influencing Perceived Health Status Among Poor and Non-Poor Women in Eastern Turkey

B A C K G R O U N D : Socio-economic status, income, gender, education, and individual and cultural differencesinfluence the perceived health status. Perceived health is important as it enables individuals to be sensitive to changesin their health, and heralds the presence of diseases before their signs and symptoms appear.A I M : This study was conducted to determine factors that may account for variations in perceived health statusbetween poor and non-poor women.M A T E R I A L - M E T H O D : The study was conducted in Kars, a city located in the eastern part of Turkey, andincluded a total of 420 women (210 poor and 210 non-poor).R E S U L T S : The non-poor women had better living conditions and did not have to struggle to make a living.There was a significant difference (P<0.01) in health perception between the poor and non-poor populations, with78.1% of the poor women and 43.4% of the non-poor women having a bad to moderate perception of health. Amongthe poor women, chronic diseases (P<0.01), age (P<0.05) and monthly income (P<0.05) significantly affected perceivedhealth status; education, marital status, smoking and health insurance had no significant impact on perceived healthstatus (P>0.05). Among the non-poor women, education (P<0.05), chronic diseases (P<0.01), age (P<0.05), monthlyincome (P<0.05) and health insurance (P<0.01) significantly affected perceived health status; marital status and smokingdid not affect the perceived health status (P>0.05).C O N C L U S I O N S : The results of this study indicate that perceived health status, an important indicator foractual health status, is affected by poverty

Hubungan Kualitas Pelayanan, Kepuasan Dan Loyalitas Pengguna Ojek Sepedamotor

Perceived service quality and satisfaction by users is important aspects on service decision making of travel mode choice. Ojek motorcycle (MC) is an informal public transport recently tends to increase used for short distance in Indonesia cities. This study aim to investigate effect and the relationships of service quality, satisfaction and loyalty of USAge of ojek's MC. the study employs a questionnaire survey and home interviews for ojek's MC users in Bandung City. The analysis is conducted by using structural equation modeling (SEM). The study's results are as follows: from second order confirmatory factor analysis, it's found that time reliability and accessibility factors are significant reflection of service quality, but environment factor is not significant. From analysis the structural relationships between latent variables, it is found that service quality influence directly and significantly to satisfaction and then affect loyalty. Finally, it concludes that the ojek's MC is still popularity used for urban passenger's public transport, especially for short distance in Indonesia citie

Pembuatan Biodiesel dari Minyak Biji Nyamplung dengan Sintesis Katalis Basa Na2SiO3/Fe3O4

Biodiesel is an alternative energy to replace fossil fuels. It can be synthesized by transesterification process of palm oils. Commonly the process of producing biodiesel was used NaOH or KOH as homogeneous catalyst which has the disadvantage because the formation of side products such as soaps and complexity of the separation of catalyst. This research aims to derive biodiesel from seed calophyllum inophyllum oil (CIO) through transesterification using heterogeneous base catalyst Na2SiO3/Fe3O4. Catalyst Na2SiO3/Fe3O4 was synthesized from fly ash palm oil, sodium hydroxide, and iron powder. Condition operation the transesterification are molar ratio of oil:methanol 1:9 and loading catalyst 3%-w with under stirring 300 rpm. The highest yield of biodiesel is 89,48% under the transesterification reaction temperature 60 oC, reaction time 2 hours. Density (40°C) of biodiesel is 862,56 kg/m3, kinematic viscosity (40°C) is 3,54 mm2/s, flash point is 140°C and acid value is 0,50 mg-KOH/g-biodiesel

The Relationship Between Food Pattern and Hemoglobin Level in Pregnant Women at Maros, South Sulawesi

Food consumption pattern is known as a determinant factor for nutritional problems among pregnant mothers. This study was intended to assess food consumption and its relationship to anemia in Maros Districts, Indonesia. This study was conducted in two sub-districts and pregnant mothers was randomly selected (n = 200) and proportionally from both&nbsp;districts. Data was collected by train field workers including measurement of hemoglobin, height and weight, 24-hour recall and food frequency questionnaire. Multivariate analyses were performed to see the relationship between food consumption and anemia. It showed that anemia prevalence was 41% whereas mostly in mild and moderate levels (44% and 55% respectively). The most common pattern of food consumption was rice, fish, and some vegetables. However, vegetables and fruit mostly consumed only 3-6 time a week. Energy and protein intakes were only 59% to 72% recommended dietary allowance (RDA) or 1300 kcal and 48 gr respectively. Most vitamin was consumed only around 40% except for vitamin A (76%, 605 RE), folic acid (195%, 1170 ug), and Vitamin B12 (142%, 3,7 ug). However, iron and zinc intakes were only 6.1 gr (17.5% RDA) and 5.9 gr (44% RDA), respectively. Multivariate analyses showed that education duration of mothers, nutritional status, iron tablet intakes, vitamin C, and B6 consumption were significantly related to anemia of pregnant mothers in the study and accounted for 24% (p&lt;0.05). We conclude that food consumption was relatively low and caused lack intakes for both macro and micro nutrients of pregnant mothers in the&nbsp; study. Education and nutritional status of the mothers contributed also to the anemia prevalence

HUBUNGAN KUALITAS PELAYANAN, KEPUASAN DAN LOYALITAS PENGGUNA OJEK SEPEDAMOTOR

Perceived service quality and satisfaction by users is important aspects on service decision making of travel mode choice. Ojek motorcycle (MC) is an informal public transport recently tends to increase used for short distance in Indonesia cities. This study aim to investigate effect and the relationships of service quality, satisfaction and loyalty of usage of ojek’s MC. the study employs a questionnaire survey and home interviews for ojek’s MC users in Bandung City. The analysis is conducted by using structural equation modeling (SEM). The study’s results are as follows: from second order confirmatory factor analysis, it’s found that time reliability and accessibility factors are significant reflection of service quality, but environment factor is not significant. From analysis the structural relationships between latent variables, it is found that service quality influence directly and significantly to satisfaction and then affect loyalty. Finally, it concludes that the ojek’s MC is still popularity used for urban passenger’s public transport, especially for short distance in Indonesia citie

Potensi Penggunaan Angkutan Informal Di Kota Bandung

Limited size of the road dimension in an area could prevent formal public transport (four-wheeled vehicles) to serve the area. This condition led to the rise of public transport alternatives, such as motorcycle ojek, with flexible routes and rates. Currently, their operation and service tend to increase in many cities in Indonesia. This study aims to determine the potential use of ojek as an alternative to public transport in urban areas.Analyses were performed using the causal relationship between services quality factors with the satisfaction and loyalty of users, using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method. The results showed that more than 70% of users who will continue to use motorcycle ojek for a long time, especially in suburban areas, and about 30% are likely to switch to alternative modes, especially users with the end destination of employment

Unsteady emhd dual stratified flow of nanofluid with slips impacts

The present study explores the two-dimensional linear permeable stretched flow of nanofluid in the presence of double stratification and slip impacts. The mathematical model is developed in the presence of Joule heating, viscous dissipation and chemical reaction impacts. Nanofluid is electrically conducting in the presence of applied electric and magnetic fields. Suitable transformations yield the couple of nonlinear set of ordinary differential systems. The resulting system of equations has been solved numerically via implicit finite difference scheme. Graphs are plotted to examine the effects of physical emerging parameters on the velocity, temperature and concentration profiles. Also, the skin friction coefficients, local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are computed and analyzed

Herbal therapies used by hypertensive patients in Turkey

The purpose of this study was to determine herbal therapies used by the patients for regulation of blood pressure. This descriptive study was conducted in three districts of Izmir, Turkey. The study group included 193 patients with hypertension diagnosis who admitted to a primary care center and accepted to participate in the study. Data were collected through aninvestigator-made questionnaire including questions about socio-demographic features and herbal therapies used for regulation of blood pressure. Percentiles and chi–square statistics tests were used to evaluate the data through SPSS 11.0 program. The subjects included in the study had suffered from hypertension for 8.28+7.92 years, and 95.9% of them received medication to treat their hypertension. Of all hypertensive patients, 51.3% used herbal therapies for the treatment of hypertension. The patients used herbal therapies most commonly when they felt ill. There were no statistically significant difference between the use of herbal therapies and gender, education, marital status, having health insurance and income level. Health professionals who provide primary health services, especially nurses, need to follow patients regularly andprovide patient education on antihypertensive therapy. Nurses must plan the necessary training programs by evaluating the data about, whether the hypertension patients use herbal therapies that can affect their health negatively or not

Accurate characterizations of material using microwave T-resonator for solid sensing applications

The topic of microwave sensors in enclosures is one of the most active areas in material characterization research today due to its wide applications in various industries. Surprisingly, a microwave sensor technology has been comprehensively investigated and there is an industry demand for an accurate instrument of material characterization such as food industry, quality control, chemical composition analysis and bio-sensing. These accurate instruments have the ability to understand the properties of materials composition based on chemical, physical, magnetic, and electric characteristics. Therefore, a design of the T-resonator has been introduced and investigated for an accurate measurement of material properties characterizations. This sensor is designed and fabricated on a 0.787 mm-thickness Roger 5880 substrate for the first resonant frequency to resonate at 2.4 GHz under unloaded conditions. Various standard dielectric of the sample under test (SUT) are tested to validate the sensitivity which making it a promising low-cost, compact in size, ease of fabrication and small SUT preparation for applications requiring novel sensing techniques in quality and control industries

Determination of solid material permittivity using T-ring resonator for food industry

In this paper, we present a simple design of a T-ring resonator sensor for characterizing solid detection.  The sensor is based on a planar microwave ring resonator and operating at 4.2 GHz frequency with a high-quality factor and sensitivity. An optimization of the T-ring geometry and materials were made to achieve high sensitivity for microwave material characterizations. This technique can determine the properties of solid materials from range of 2 GHz to 12 GHz frequencies. Techniques of current microwave resonator are usually measuring the properties of material at frequencies with a wide range; however, their accuracy is limited. Contrary to techniques that have a narrowband which is normally measuring the properties of materials to a high-accuracy with limitation to only a single frequency. This sensor has a capability of measuring the properties of materials at frequencies of wide range to a high-accuracy. A good agreement is achieved between the simulated results of the tested materials and the values of the manufacturer’s Data sheets. An empirical equation has been developed accordingly for the simulated results of the tested materials. Various standard materials have been tested for validation and verification of the sensor sensitivity. The proposed concept enables the detection and characterization of materials and it has miniaturized the size with low cost, reusable, reliable, and ease of design fabrication with using a small size of tested sample. It is inspiring a broader of interest in developing microwave planar sensors and improving their applications in food industry, quality control and biomedical materials