KUALITAS PELAYANAN PUBLIK BIDANG ADMINISTRASI TENTANG PENGURUSAN KARTU TANDA PENDUDUK ELEKTRONIK (e-KTP) DI KECAMATAN AMPANA KOTA

This research aims to find out the quality of public services administration of handling National Identity Card (e-ID) at Ampana Kota district. This research was a descriptive research using a qualitative. approach. The data were collected by observation, interview and documentation. The informants in this research consist of 4 people, 1 person is the head of Ampana Kota district as key informant, 1 section head of government. 2 user community support services as an informant. Data analysis technique used (1) Collection of data, (2) data reduction data presentation, verification conclusion. The theory used in this research is the theory Parasurahman that measure the quality of service, namely (1) reliability, (2) responsiveness, (3) assurance: empathy and direct evidence. The research results show that; (1) part of the public service at Ampana Kota district was not have facilities such as generators that less optimized, when the power fails, the service process will stop, it means people do not get service. This happens because oj limited funds and no funds provided by Touna regency for theprocurement process. (2) people are not satisfied with the services provided by the Ampana Kola district. In the aspect 0.[ reliability about reliable in handling public complaints. reliable in terms oj time and accuracy of the service process, (3) the employees who help people who need the service must communicate well, (4) the security in Ampana Kota district have shown efforts to improve the quality oj services related to providing security for the community by placing the parking attendants to participate in securing the circumstances in the parking, (5) the aspect oj empathy that given of Ampana Kota district is giving a pleasant impression. It can be seen Jrom the attitude of the officer who explain clearly the service procedure and accept criticism or suggestions well as introspection Jor better service

The effect of vehicle weight on the sound produced by transverse rumble strips

Transverse rumble strips (TRS) are commonly used as traffic calming measure in the vicinity of premises. So far research have been extensively concentrated on the effect of vehicle type and speed on the noise produced by TRS, and very little research focused on the effect of vehicle weight. Do these vehicles produce extremely higher sound level parallel to their heavier weight? This is important as in reality, traffic flow consist of light, medium and heavy vehicles, which are also important sources of noise. This study investigated the effect of vehicle weight, such as gross vehicle weight (GVW) when transited on TRS, particularly with emphasis on impulsivity content. The objectives of this research were to: (1) determine the effect of GVW on noise generation when a vehicle transits on TRS and (2) assess the effect of GVW on the impulsivity of noise. Data from vehicles with weight between 800 kg - 8000 kg were collected based on previous research where these vehicles were tested on speed values of 30km/h and 50km/h. It was found that when the vehicles transited on TRS, the generated noise was strongly related with the vehicle weights (R2=0.71) higher than those normal road surface (R2=0.49). However, the changes of noise were not well represented by direct relation. It was found that TRS can increase and decrease the sound pressure level, depending on GVW, but on average, TRS can increase the sound pressure level by 1 dBA. Despite that, TRS was found to have an impulsive characteristic within the tested speed range. This finding can facilitate the authority to evaluate the environmental noise produced by TRS

Tomato ( Lycopersicum Commune ) juice and physical exercise increase number of neurons and ERβ expression in post-ovariectomy rats brain

Background: Estrogen deficiency condition can degrade the quality of life, decline in cognitive function will be more severe trough age. Phytoestrogen compounds can be found in pegaga leaf extract, tomatoes, and papaya is an easy and inexpensive way to increase estrogen levels in post menopause women through extra gonadal estrogen induction. Therefore, the aims of this study were to examine the effect of tomato juice, physical exercise, and combination of these treatments on promoting neurons and ERβ expression in somatosensory cortex that contribute to cognitive function of post-ovariectomy rats. Method: Twenty-eight female healthy Wistar rats (Rattus novergicus), 8-10 weeks old, from Laboratory of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine Airlangga University include in this experiment. The animals were housed in the animal-care facility with ad libitum food and water. The temperatur was maintained at 18°C-24°C. The treatments were done 2 weeks after ovariectomy. Tomato were made in Laboratory of Pharmacognocy and Phytochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Airlangga University, from inner part of the tomato fruits (mucous like substance) with freeze dry method (-40°C). Results: The weight of white rat Rattus norvegicus post ovariectomy in this study was between 133-170 gram with a mean weight 154.32 ± 9.72 gram. Hematoxylin/eosin staining showed neuronal deficit in the control rats brain. In figure 1 , the tomato group showed the largest of neurons number (145.43 ± 17.728), followed the combination group (140.57 ± 22.449), the exercise group (136.86 ± 23.104) and the smallest number in the control group (96.43± 28.965). Four weeks after treatments the number of neurons increased significant in the tomato group (p=0.001), exercise group (p=0.004) and combination group (p=0.002) from the control group. This study showed no significant different between tomato and exercise group (p=0.500), tomato and combination group (p=0.701) and between exercise and combination group (p=0.769). Conclusions: In conclusion, our data demonstrated that post ovariectomy rats showed deficit numbers of neurons and decreased ERβ in the somatosensory cortex. Treatment with physical exercise, tomato juice, and combination of these treatments increased the number of neurons and ERβ expression in the somatosensory cortex

Review on traffic noise problem in Malaysia

Malaysia is now experiencing rapid improvements in fulfilling its goal of achieving the status of a developed nation by year 2020. The nation's economy has grown rapidly with the opening of many new industrial and residential areas as well as infrastructure which in turn influence the ease in transportation and mobility. The Ministry of Transportation Malaysia has reported increases in the number of registered vehicles by a rate of 45 percent per annum from 2012 to 2014. All these have undoubtedly add to the road traffic noise that is linked to various health diseases, even though the Malaysian government has made tremendous efforts to improve the noise environment by introducing new guidelines. This paper presents the extent of the traffic noise problem in Malaysia together with the development of a traffic noise model and the current steps taken for traffic noise mitigation. The paper also discusses the challenges in overcoming this problem and concludes with a proposed traffic noise control plan for further consideration by town planners and land developers

A case study of acoustic efficiency of existing noise barrier in reducing road traffic noise in school area

The study investigates the effectiveness of existing noise wall barrier installed in a school for shielding noise from heavy traffic. The objectives of this study are to investigate the effect of this barrier on the characteristic of traffic noise spectra, and evaluate its efficiency on broadband noise insertion loss and low frequency noise attenuation. The barrier is of absorptive type with slightly aging condition where small holes and cracks in some places are spotted in both surfaces of wall. The barrier is made of panels of fibre cement mortar infill with absorbent materials with the height is 4m x 0.25m thickness x 132 m length with the distance of the barrier to the highway as main noise source is 17 m. Investigation of the efficiency of barrier started with the determining of noise frequency spectra near the barrier at 0.5m in front of barrier, and 0.5 m and 6m behind the barrier, all at five points along the barrier length. The efficiency of barrier was determined by its insertion loss of broadband noise and attenuation of low frequency in the range 20 to 200 Hz. The results showed that barrier changed the characteristic of traffic noise spectrum. It was found that barrier efficiently achieved insertion loss of 5 dBA or above if the receiver was at distance more than 3.5m behind the wall. At 6m meter behind wall, although the barrier was considered effective but it was failed in reducing the sound pressure level below the World Health Organisation (WHO) permissible limit for school area and attenuating the low frequency noise sufficiently. These results highlighted that the barrier unable to combat the noise disturbance in school playing field area

Mass transfer performance in pulsed disc and doughnut extraction columns

Mass transfer performance is presented for a 76 mm diameter pulsed disc and doughnut extraction column for the toluene-acetone-water system. The experiments were carried out for both mass transfer directions. The mass transfer data are interpreted in terms of the axial diffusion model, thus accounting for continuous phase axial dispersion. The effect of operating parameters on the overall volumetric mass transfer coefficients has been investigated. The results show that the column performance increases with an increase in pulsation intensity. At high pulsation intensity, however, the overall volumetric mass transfer coefficient decreases due to the production of very fine dispersed droplets. It was also found that the column performance decreases with both an increase in dispersed phase velocity and a decrease in continuous phase velocity. An empirical correlation for prediction of the continuous phase overall mass transfer coefficient is derived in terms of the overall Sherwood number, Reynolds number and dispersed phase holdup for each mass transfer direction. The prediction of continuous phase overall mass transfer coefficients from the presented correlations is in good agreement with experimental data