Rancangan Destination Brandingkabupaten Sinjai, Sulawesi Selatan

Kabupaten Sinjai belum memiliki branding khusus pariwisata sehingga dibutuhkan rancangan destination branding yang dapat menjadi alat promosi destinasi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah 1) untuk mengetahui potensi pariwisata Kabupaten Sinjai; 2) untuk mengusulkan konsep perancangan destination branding Kabupaten Sinjai. Penelitian ini menerapkan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif dengan pengumpulan data melalui wawancara, observasi dan penyebaran angket (kuesioner) yang dilakukan pada bulan September 2018. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Kabupaten Sinjai memiliki potensi wisata alam dan budaya dan dibutuhkan cara untuk memperkenalkan potensi tersebut, salah satunya melalui rancangan branding destinasi. Setelah melakukan beberapa tahapan dalam destination branding, hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ikon yang sesuai untuk dijadikan brand pariwisata untuk Kabupaten Sinjai adalah kuda dengan hasil persentase sebesar 72,7% dan keindahan alam yang dimiliki yang mencakup 3 dimensi. Penelitian ini merekomendasikan pentingnya menerapkan rancangan branding yang telah dilakukan hingga tahap interpretasi potensi serta value  yang dimiliki Kabupaten Sinjai menjadi suatu brand. Selanjutnya, diharapkan agar melanjutkan ke tahap berikutnya yaitu menggunakan brand yang ada sebagai bahan promosi dan menarik wisatawan melalui brand tersebut. Kajian lanjutan sangat dibutuhkan khususnya yang berkaitan dengan bagaimana implementasi brand destinasi Sinjai yang diusulkan.

Study of antitumor activity in breast cell lines using silver nanoparticles produced by yeast

In the present article, we describe a study of antitumor activity in breast cell lines using silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) synthesized by a microbiological method. These Ag NPs were tested for their antitumor activity against MCF7 and T47D cancer cells and MCF10-A normal breast cell line. We analyzed cell viability, apoptosis induction and endocytosis activity of those cell lines and we observed that the effects of the biosynthesized Ag NPs were directly related with the endocytosis activity. Moreover, Ag NPs had higher inhibition efficacy in tumor lines than in normal lines of breast, which is due to the higher endocytic activity of tumor cells comparing to normal cells. In this way, we are demonstrating that biosynthesized Ag NPs can be an alternative for the treatment of tumors.Fil: Ortega, Francisco Gabriel. Universidad de Granada. Centro de Genómica e Investigación Oncológica; EspañaFil: Fernández Baldo, Martín Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico San Luis. Instituto de Química de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Fernández, Jorge Gastón. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico San Luis. Instituto de Química de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Serrano, Maria J.. Universidad de Granada. Centro de Genómica e Investigación Oncológica; EspañaFil: Sanz Ferramola, Maria Isabel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico San Luis. Instituto de Química de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Diaz Mochón, Juan J.. Universidad de Granada. Centro de Genómica e Investigación Oncológica; EspañaFil: Lorente, José Antonio. Universidad de Granada. Centro de Genómica e Investigación Oncológica; EspañaFil: Raba, Julio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico San Luis. Instituto de Química de San Luis; Argentin

Ethinylestradiol quantification in drinking water sources using a fluorescent paper based immunosensor

In this work we report a novel paper-based analytical device read-out via LED-induced fluorescence detection (FPAD) for the quantification of the emerging pollutant ethinylestradiol (EE2) in river water samples. The PAD was used as a reaction platform for a competitive enzyme immunoassay. For the PAD development, microzones of filter paper, printed by a wax printing method, were modified with amino-functionalized SBA-15 and subsequently, anti-EE2 specific antibodies were covalently immobilized. The determination of EE2 in water was carried out by adding a fixed concentration of EE2 conjugated with the enzyme horseradish peroxidase (HRP) to samples and standards. Then, the FPAD were added and incubated for 10 min. Finally, the detection was performed by the reaction of 10-acetyl-3,7-dihydroxyphenoxazine (ADHP) whose oxidation is catalyzed by HRP in the presence of H2O2, obtaining the highly fluorescent resorufin (R). Resorufin was detected by LED excitation at 550 nm, observing emission at 585 nm. The EE2 concentration in the samples was inversely proportional to the relative fluorescence obtained from the enzymatic reaction products. The FPAD assay showed a detection limit (LOD) of 0.05 ng L−1 and coefficients of variation (CV) below 4.5% within-assay and below 6.5% between-assay, respectively. The results obtained show the potential suitability of our FPAD for the selective and sensitive quantification of EE2 in river water samples. In addition, it has the PADs advantages of being disposable, easy to apply and inexpensive.Fil: Scala Benuzzi, María Luz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto de Química de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Química de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Takara, Eduardo Andres. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto de Química de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Química de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Alderete, Mara. Universidad Nacional de San Martin. Instituto de Nanosistemas; ArgentinaFil: Soler Illia, Galo Juan de Avila Arturo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martin. Instituto de Nanosistemas; ArgentinaFil: Schneider, Rudolf J.. Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung; AlemaniaFil: Raba, Julio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto de Química de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Química de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Messina, Germán Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto de Química de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Química de San Luis; Argentin

Dexketoprofen/tramadol 25 mg/75 mg: randomised double-blind trial in moderate-to-severe acute pain after abdominal hysterectomy

Statistical Analysis of TOTPAR over 2, 4, 6 and 8 h (ANCOVA) (ITT Population) (single-dose phase). (DOCX 16 kb

Study of antitumor activity in breast cell lines using silver nanoparticles produced by yeast

In the present article, we describe a study of antitumor activity in breast cell lines using silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) synthesized by a microbiological method. These Ag NPs were tested for their antitumor activity against MCF7 and T47D cancer cells and MCF10-A normal breast cell line. We analyzed cell viability, apoptosis induction, and endocytosis activity of those cell lines and we observed that the effects of the biosynthesized Ag NPs were directly related with the endocytosis activity. Moreover, Ag NPs had higher inhibition efficacy in tumor lines than in normal lines of breast cells, which is due to the higher endocytic activity of tumor cells compared to normal cells. In this way, we demonstrate that biosynthesized Ag NPs can be an alternative for the treatment of tumors.Support from Universidad Nacional de San Luis, to the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, from Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) (Argentina), and from GENYO, Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research: Pfizer-University of Granada, Andalusian Regional Government, Granada, Spain are acknowledged

What are communities of practice? A comparative review of four seminal works

This paper is a comparative review of four seminal works on communities of practice. It is argued that the ambiguities of the terms community and practice are a source of the concept's reusability allowing it to be reappropriated for different purposes, academic and practical. However, it is potentially confusing that the works differ so markedly in their conceptualizations of community, learning, power and change, diversity and informality. The three earlier works are underpinned by a common epistemological view, but Lave and Wenger's 1991 short monograph is often read as primarily about the socialization of newcomers into knowledge by a form of apprenticeship, while the focus in Brown and Duguid's article of the same year is, in contrast, on improvising new knowledge in an interstitial group that forms in resistance to management. Wenger's 1998 book treats communities of practice as the informal relations and understandings that develop in mutual engagement on an appropriated joint enterprise, but his focus is the impact on individual identity. The applicability of the concept to the heavily individualized and tightly managed work of the twenty-first century is questionable. The most recent work by Wenger – this time with McDermott and Snyder as coauthors – marks a distinct shift towards a managerialist stance. The proposition that managers should foster informal horizontal groups across organizational boundaries is in fact a fundamental redefinition of the concept. However it does identify a plausible, if limited, knowledge management (KM) tool. This paper discusses different interpretations of the idea of 'co-ordinating' communities of practice as a management ideology of empowerment

Efficient In Vitro Generation of IL-22-Secreting ILC3 From CD34+ Hematopoietic Progenitors in a Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Niche

Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) and in particular ILC3s have been described to be vital for mucosal barrier functions and homeostasis within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Importantly, IL-22-secreting ILC3 have been implicated in the control of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and were shown to reduce the incidence of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) as well as the risk of transplant rejection. Unfortunately, IL-22-secreting ILC3 are primarily located in mucosal tissues and are not found within the circulation, making access to them in humans challenging. On this account, there is a growing desire for clinically applicable protocols for in vitro generation of effector ILC3. Here, we present an approach for faithful generation of functionally competent human ILC3s from cord blood-derived CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors on layers of human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) generated in good manufacturing practice (GMP) quality. The in vitro-generated ILC3s phenotypically, functionally, and transcriptionally resemble bona fide tissue ILC3 with high expression of the transcription factors (TF) RorγT, AHR, and ID2, as well as the surface receptors CD117, CD56, and NKp44. Importantly, the majority of ILC3 belonged to the desired effector subtype with high IL-22 and low IL-17 production. The protocol thus combines the advantages of avoiding xenogeneic components, which were necessary in previous protocols, with a high propensity for generation of IL-22-producing ILC3. The present approach is suitable for the generation of large amounts of ILC3 in an all-human system, which could facilitate development of clinical strategies for ILC3-based therapy in inflammatory diseases and cancer