Peningkatan Daya Saing Lokal dengan Tembikar dari Desa Kumba Kabupaten Bengkayang Kalimantan Barat

Desa Kumba yang berbatasan langsung dengan Srawak Malaysia merupakan salah satu desa di Kecamatan Jagoibabang Kabupaten Bengkayang. Penduduk Desa Kumba umumnya memiliki lahan karet, dimana bijinya hanya menjadi limbah karena tidak termanfaatkan. Oleh sebab itu, melalui pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini bertujuan meningkatkan daya saing lokal Desa Kumba melalui pemanfaatan biji karet yang diolah menjadi tempe atau biasa disebut Tembikar (tempe biji karet). Khalayak sasaran merupakan PKK Desa Kumba dengan target meningkatkan pengetahuan mengolah limbah biji karet menjadi olahan pangan Tembikar yang dapat dikonsumsi. Pada saat awal kegiatan seluruh (100%) khalayak sasaran belum pernah mengolah biji karet menjadi tempe. Namun demikian setelah kegiatan pelatihan menunjukkan peningkatan pengetahuan yaitu 100% khalayak sasaran tertarik untuk membuat tembikar, dan melalui proses monitoring 74% khalayak sasaran telah menghidangkan tembikar di meja makan. Tembikar di desa Kumba berpotensi dikembangkan menjadi produk unggulan daerah yang dapat dipasarkan ke negara tetangga. Tembikar mampu meningkatkan daya saing limbah karet dari Desa Kumba Kabupaten Bengkayang Kalimantan Barat

The efficiency of DBD cold plasma pen treatment on the oyster mushroom bacterial decontamination

Cold plasma provided bacterial inactivation role in food industry. In this study, the cold plasma play a crucial inactivation role when effectively reduces the bacteria colonies on oyster mushroom surface. By development of the dielectric barrier discharge-cold plasma pen (DBD-CPP) system, the mushroom surface was exposed to the cold plasma discharge with variable of exposure treatment time (0 min, 0.5 min, 1 min, 3 min and 5 min) with ~6 kV of power voltage and 5 SLM of atmospheric gas pressure flow rate. In order to identify the reduction of the microbial growth, isolation technique will be carry out by excising the mushroom sample into a suspension and serial dilution follows by identification of its colony morphologies and characteristics. Results screening shows increments of exposure treatment times up to 3 min shows none growth of bacteria colonies. This because the bacteria cell wall was disrupt and destruction by the plasma bombardment. Thus, this study able to extend the lifetime of the mushroom and produce a free microbial fresh mushroom by decontaminate the bacteria on the mushroom surface

Patterns of active and passive smoking, and associated factors, in the South-east Anatolian Project (SEAP) region in Turkey

BACKGROUND: Smoking is an important health threat in Turkey. This study aimed to determine the frequency of and main factors associated with smoking in persons of 15 years and over, and the frequency of passive smoking in homes in the South-east Anatolian Project (SEAP) Region in Turkey. METHODS: A cross sectional design was employed. The sample waschosen by the State Institute of Statistics using a stratified cluster probability sampling method. 1126 houses representing the SEAP Region were visited. Questionnaires about tobacco smoking and related factors were applied to 2166 women and 1906 men (of 15 years old and above) in their homes. Face-to-face interview methods were employed. Participants were classified as current, ex, and non-smokers. The presence of a regular daily smoker in a house was used as an indication of passive smoking. The chi-square andlogistic regressionanalysis methods were used for the statistical analysis. RESULTS: The prevalence of smoking, in those of 15 years and over, was 11.8% in women and 49.7% in men. The prevalence of current smokers was higher in urban (34.5 %) than in rural (22.8 %) regions. The mean of total cigarette consumption was 6.5 packs/year in women and 17.9 packs/year in men. There was at least one current smoker in 70.1% of the houses. CONCLUSION: Smoking is a serious problem in the South-eastern Anatolian Region. Male gender, middle age, a high level of education and urban residency were most strongly associated with smoking