Menguras dan Menutup sebagai Prediktor Keberadaan Jentik pada Kontainer Air di Rumah

Tujuan: Penelitian ini mengevaluasi praktik penduduk terkait dengan upaya pencegahan demam berdarah khususnya terhadap keberadaan jentik nyamuk di rumah. Metode: Penelitian cross-sectional dilakukan melibatkan 180 responden yang memiliki kontainer di rumah. Data pengetahuan dan perilaku diperoleh dari wawancara dengan kuesioner. Data keberadaan jentik dilakukan melalui pengamatan jentik dengan teknik single larva dan observasi kondisi kontainer. Hasil: Jentik ditemukan di 37 persen rumah. Perilaku penduduk masih belum mendukung pencegahan keberadaan jentik nyamuk di rumah, yang mencakup tidak menutup kontainer (40%), tidak menguras kontainer (25%), tidak memelihara ikan pemakan jentik (97%), dan tidak mengubur barang bekas (90%). Keberadaan larva terkait dengan tindakan menutup kontainer dan menguras kontainer. Simpulan: Menguras dan menutup kontainer adalah faktor paling berpengaruh terhadap keberadaan jentik. Masyarakat disarankan untuk menguras wadah minimal seminggu sekali dan menutup wadah setelah digunakan. Perawatan kesehatan primer dan pemerintah daerah Jonggol diharapkan dapat meningkatkan koordinasi dengan masyarakat dan kader pemeriksaan nyamuk sebagai USAha awal dalam vektor dan pencegahan demam berdarah

Indoor Air Quality in X\u27s University Libraries (Physical, Chemical and Microbial Aspects)

The objective of this research was to identify mould in university’s library using cross sectional design. The existence of mould and physical and chemical quality of air in library have been investigated and observed in three faculties; they were in FA, FB, and FC. To identify the mould, it used petri dish in Potato Dextrose Agar medium. There were 6-9 samples from each library. The temperature in three libraries were higher than standard, the intensity of light were very low in location FB and FC, and the dust concentration in FA was very high. It was found the pathogenic mould; they were Aspergillus fumigatus in FA, Scopulariopsis candida in FB, and Fusarium verticilloides in FC. In general, the physical, chemical and microbial quality of air in libraries exceeded the legal standard

The Using of Spirulina Platensis as Supplement of Single-Celled Protein (SCP) to Mice

High protein in Spirulina platensis can be used as a source of  Single-Celled Protein. By using mice (Mus musculus) as a animal laboratory, the objective of this research is to know the influence of Biomass S. platensis to the increase of body weight of mice. The name of species is Mus musculus, strain is Swiss derivate.  Utilized mice were male, 30-50 weighing gram, and 5-7 weeks of age. Treatment group was given by palette and given by biomass of S. Platensis, while control also fed palette but did not give biomass of S. platensis. Yielded biomass was used as food mixed with palette with composition of dry biomass S. platensis with palette was 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50%. Data analysis was conducted by using t-tes and analysis of variance. The results showed that by giving of dry biomass of S. platensis  affected to the increasement of body weight from the first day until twelfth day of observation, and decrease on the thirteenth and fourteenth day. Pursuant to result of statistic, there is a significant difference (p < 0,05) between before giving and after giving of dry biomass S. platensis during 17 day. By giving dry biomass of S. platensis to mice (Mus musculus) at first and second week, it was found the difference of average mice body weight among six concentrations of biomass but did not at the third week. It means that not all concentration of biomass have same effect to the increase of mice body weight as a Single-Celled Protein.&nbsp