Experience of Mother in Taking Care of Children with Stunting at Majene Regency, Indonesia

Health officials have the role and responsibility to provide a promotive, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative action for children who are stunted. However, in fact, the role will be taken over entirely by parents, especially the mother. Therefore, the mother's experience needs to be explored in order to know the extent of a mother's efforts in treating her child who is stunted. This research used a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. Data were collected through deep interviews using a questionnaire that was prepared and then the researcher recorded the process of interview. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling then proceed with snowball sampling. Then, data would be analyzed using the thematic analysis method, mothers of children who were categorized as stunting did not have clear knowledge about stunting, perfomed exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months but breastfeeding was not optimal until the children are 2 years of age, complementary feeding was not balanced because it did not contain carbohydrate, protein and fat sources, families with incomes below the minimum income experience stunted their children. Husband's support to all participants was very good in overcoming health problems that occur in children, but her husband's support was very lacking in efforts to prevent children from experiencing stunting, mothers of children who were categorized as stunting had good personal hygiene behaviors in childre

Strategic role of mobile commerce (M-Commerce) payment system: Establishing new competitive advantage

A Mobile based payment system or m-commerce is an emerging issue of e-commerce in Malaysia. It is recognized by both academia and practitioners as one of the fastest growing and preferable medium of making business transactions. This study investigated the benefits of m-commerce payment method, and services satisfaction on m-commerce providers. Respondents were those who had experienced using this mode of payment. The main objectives of the study were; a) to determine the level of m-commerce awareness in Malaysia; b) to determine the level of m-commerce payment system usage among Malaysian; c) to determine the level of m-commerce payment environment among Malaysian; and d) to determine the relationship between payment system and payment environment toward m-commerce services satisfaction. The results shows m-commerce is another tool that is both highly intangible and possesses specific characteristics. It can be develop and make as another avenue for firms to create competitive advantage

The mediating effect of cost leadership on the relationship between market penetration, market development, and firm performance.

The main objective of this study is to examine strategic alignment and implementation perspective of manufacturing based of SMEs in Nigeria. The study established the strategic match between firm’s growth strategy, competitive strategy, and performance. Specifically, this paper aims to investigate the effects of market penetration strategy, market development strategy and cost leadership strategy on performance. Hence, this study employed cross-sectional survey design; SPSS and PLS-SEM were used for preliminaries and hypothesis testing. 277 usable questionnaires were collected from owners-managers of manufacturing based of SMEs. The findings of this study indicate that market penetration strategy and market development strategy significantly influence the firm performance of manufacturing based SMEs in Nigeria. Also, the result shows that market penetration and market development strategy have a significant impact on cost leadership strategy, which enhances firm’s competitiveness and competitive advantage. However, the result of mediating role of cost leadership strategy was established. The findings suggest that cost leadership strategy exert the relationship of market penetration & market development strategy and performance alignment. Therefore, owners-managers of manufacturing based of SMEs possibly make decisions considering their strategic orientation perspective collectively to integrate growth strategies and competitive strategy to sustain competitive advantage, improve competency and achieve superior performance

A smart partial discharge classification SOM with optimized statistical transformation feature

Condition-based monitoring (CBM) has been a vital engineering method to assess high voltage (HV) equipment and power cables conditions or health levels. One of the effective CBM methods is partial discharge (PD) measurement or detection. PD event is the phenomenon that always associated with insulation healthiness. PD has been measured and evaluated in this paper to discriminate PD signals from a good signal. A mixed-signal being fed at an AI technique with statistical modified input data to do fast classification (less than five seconds) with nearly zero error. In this paper, an unsupervised neural network is applied for PD classification. The methods combine the self-organizing maps (SOMs) and feature statistical transformation. By the combination of these methods, the ‘range’ normalization method produced the best classification outcomes. This development decided that PD information was effectively correlated and grouped by means of MATLAB’s SOM Toolbox and transformation device to discriminate the normal signal from the PD signal

Seasonal occurrence, distribution and group size of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) in the bay of Brunei, Brunei Darussalam

The uniqueness of the Bay of Brunei makes it an ideal place to be inhabited by Irrawaddy dolphins. However, the increasing potential impacts of anthropogenic factors and environmental changes on the dolphins are alarming. The objectives of this study were to determine the seasonal occurrence and distribution, and to estimate the group size of Irrawaddy dolphins in the Bay of Brunei. Surveys were conducted between January 2016 and April 2018. The total distance surveyed was 2,439.2 km in 189.13 h (survey effort = 13,081.93 km.h). Forty-nine groups of Irrawaddy dolphins were recorded with a sighting rate of 0.37 per 100 km.h. Thirteen of the groups were observed with calves. Overall, the group size ranged between 1 and 15 individuals with a mean of 4.5 individuals (SD = 3.3). There was no statistical significance in the number of dolphin sightings between four different monsoon seasons (Northeast, Southwest, April Inter-monsoon, and October Inter-monsoon) (χ2 = 5.66, df = 3, p > 0.05). The number of sightings and number of individuals suggest that Irrawaddy dolphins are residents of the Bay of Brunei and are in need of a conservation management plan

69th Issue Info Kampus UiTM Sarawak Buletin : Januari 2015 / Professor Dato Dr. Jamil Hj Hamali... [et al.]

A very happy 2015 to UITM staff and students. I would like to express my deepest appreciation to the Chief Minister of Sarawak, Yang Amat Berhormat Dato Patinggi Tan Sri (Dr) Haji Adenan bin Haji Satem and the Vice - Chancellor of UITM,Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Sri Professor Ir. Dr. Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar, FASc for the continues support given to UITM Sarawak.To the staff, i thank you all for your cooperation and dedication which have contributed to the tremendous development made by UITM Sarawak.In addition, i also encourage UITM Sarawak student to work hard and excel in their studies

Disparitas Pola Konsumsi Pangan Penduduk di Provinsi Banten

Food problems arise from a lack of food diversity, high food prices, and a food culture that does not support an adequate supply of nutrients in the household. This study aimed to analyze the disparity of food consumption patterns of the population of Banten Province based on the typology of the region and the administrative area of Banten Province. The research method was an explorative study with a retrospective study approach using secondary data, namely the National Socio-Economic Survey (Susenas) Banten Province 2017. This type of data was collected on the food consumption of the population presented in the form of a table of the average quantity of food consumption per commodity in household order units per capita / week. Data analysis was carried out quantitatively by descriptive methods. The results of the study, namely the quantity of food consumption of the population of Banten Province, showed a disparity based on regional typology where the average energy consumption of food for households in rural areas was still higher, namely 2404 Kcal compared to urban areas, which was 2338 Kcal and was dominated by food sources of grains. The average energy consumption of the population in the regency area is 2315 - 2489 kcal/capita/day while the urban area is 2294 – 2406 kcal/capita/day. The conclusion is that the districts with the highest levels of energy consumption and adequacy are found in Lebak and Pandeglang districts but have the lowest PPH scores compared to other districts.Masalah pangan muncul dari kurangnya keragaman pangan, harga pangan yang tinggi, dan budaya pangan yang tidak mendukung pasokan gizi yang memadai dalam rumah tangga. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis disparitas pola konsumsi pangan penduduk Provinsi Banten berdasarkan tipologi wilayah dan wilayah administrasi Provinsi Banten. Metode penelitian yaitu explorative study dengan pendekatan retrospective study menggunakan data sekunder yaitu Survey Sosial Ekonomi Nasional (Susenas) Provinsi Banten Tahun 2017. Jenis data yaitu data konsumsi pangan penduduk yang disajikan dalam bentuk tabel rata-rata kuantitas konsumsi pangan per komoditas dalam satuan URT per kapita/minggu. Analisis data secara kuantitatif dengan metode deskriptif. Hasil penelitian yaitu kuantitas konsumsi pangan penduduk Provinsi Banten menunjukkan adanya disparitas berdasarkan tipologi wilayah dimana rata-rata energi konsumsi pangan penduduk pada rumah tangga di wilayah perdesaan masih lebih tinggi yaitu 2404 Kkal dibandingkan dengan perkotaan yaitu 2338 Kkal dan didominasi oleh pangan sumber padi-padian. Rata-rata energi konsumsi pangan penduduk di wilayah kabupaten yaitu 2315 - 2489 kkal/kapita/hari sementara wilayah kota yaitu 2294 – 2406 kkal/kapita/hari. Kesimpulan yaitu kabupaten dengan tingkat konsumsi dan kecukupan energi tertinggi ditemukan di Kabupaten Lebak dan Kabupaten Pandeglang namun memiliki skor PPH paling yang rendah dibandingkan kabupaten lainnya

Hubungan aktivitas fisik dan obesitas sentral dengan hiperglikemia wanita dewasa: Cross-sectional study

Women in Indonesia are a group at risk of experiencing high blood glucose levels with increasing age. The purpose of the study was to analyze the relationship between physical activity and central obesity on hyperglycemia in adult women. The type of research is quantitative with a cross-sectional design on adult women at the Telaga Biru Public Health Center, Gorontalo Regency in 2019. The sample size is 248 people using purposive sampling. The method of collecting physical activity data is measured using a Physical Activity Level (PAL) questionnaire, central obesity is measuring waist circumference, and current blood glucose levels for hyperglycemic status. The statistical test is the chi-square test with 95% CI. The results showed that physical activity included in the light category was very high at 91.1% and central obesity status was also high at 61,3%. The results of current blood glucose levels showed that respondents who experienced hyperglycemia were low at only 15,3%. Physical activity had no significant association with hyperglycemia (p= 0,142), central obesity had a significant association with hyperglycemia (p= 0,005). The conclusion is that central obesity has a significant relationship with the incidence of hyperglycemia in adult women with an OR value of 3,5