Pengaruh Pendidikan Etika, Self Efficacy, Religiusitas, dan Perilaku Kecurangan Terhadap Prestasi Akademik Mahasiswa Akuntansi (Studi Kasus pada Mahasiswa Akuntansi FEB Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta Tahun 2017)

This study aims to examine the effect of ethics education, self-efficacy, religiosity, and cheating behavior on the academic achievement of accounting students in the faculty of economics and business, Muhammadiyah University, Surakarta. This research uses quantitative methods using primary data obtained from questionnaires. The population in this study are accounting students in the economics and business faculties. The number of samples in this study were 79 respondents. Methods of collecting samples of convenience sampling techniques, the number of samples is determined by the Slovin formula. The analytical tools used include validity and reliability tests, normality tests, heteroscedasticity tests, multiple linear regression analysis tests, f tests, t tests, R² tests.Based on the results of data analysis, it can be concluded that: Self efficacy variable has a positive effect on academic achievement. While the variables of ethics education, religiosity, and cheating behavior did not affect academic achievement

Microbiological and Chemical Characterisation of Composts at Different Levels of Maturity, with Evaluation of Phytotoxicity and Enzymatic Activities

Composts from different vegetable residues as well as pig and horse manure at different levels of maturity were used in the present study. In order to characterise the different composts, microbial populations (namely, total aerobic bacteria, actinomycetes, filamentous eumycetes, aerobic cellulolytic fungi and bacteria), physicochemical and chemical parameters (moisture, organic matter, total nitrogen, ammonium nitrogen, C:N ratio, pH, electrical conductivity), self-heating capacity and phytotoxicity (measured by means of the germination test with Lepidium sativion), as well as enzymatic activities [cellulase, lipase (C10), proteasel, were evaluated. The research was designed to focus on a possible correlation between the enzymatic activities and the maturity level of composts. The results showed evidence that the protease:cellulase activity ratio was significantly correlated to the compost phytotoxicity

T. vaginalis Infection Is Associated with Increased IL-8 and TNFr1 Levels but with the Absence of CD38 and HLADR Activation in the Cervix of ESN

Trichomonas vaginalis infection is associated with an increased risk of HIV infection in exposed-seronegative women (ESN) despite their unique immune quiescent profile. It is important to understand possible mechanisms, such as recruitment of activated T cells, by which T. vaginalis could facilitate HIV infection in this population.We conducted a cross-sectional study exploring the relationships between T. vaginalis infection, inflammatory markers and T cell activation in the cervix of ESN. During scheduled study visits, participants completed a behavioral questionnaire and physical exam, including sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and collection of endocervical sponge and cytobrush specimens. T cell and monocyte phenotypes were measured in cervical cytobrush specimens using multi-parameter flow cytometry. Cervical sponge specimens were used to measure cytokines (IL-6, IL-8,IL-10, IP-10, RANTES) using Luminex immunoassays and the immune activation marker soluble TNF receptor 1 using ELISA.Specimens of 65 women were tested. Twenty-one of these women were infected with T. vaginalis. T. vaginalis infection was associated with significantly increased concentrations of IL-8 (1275pg/ml vs. 566pg/ml, p=.02) and sTNFr1 (430 pg/ml vs. 264 pg/ml, p=.005). However, T. vaginalis infection was not associated with increased percent expression of CCR5+ T cells nor increased CD38 and HLADR activation compared to uninfected women. It was also not associated with increased expression of CCR5+ monocytes.Among ESN T. vaginalis infection is associated with increased levels of genital pro-inflammatory/immune activation markers IL-8 and TNFr1, but was not associated with an increased percentage of activated endocervical T cells along the CD38 and HLADR pathways. Thus, while T.vaginalis infection may result in some reversal of the immune quiescent profile of ESN, enhanced recruitment of activated CD38 and HLADR expressing CD4+ cells into the endocervix may not be part of the mechanism by which Trichomonas infection alters HIV susceptibility in this unique subset of women