Livelihood dynamics in Henan County on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau—A transdisciplinary systems perspective

This was an invited presentation based on the publication: Lucock, X., Woodford, K., & Li, X. (2022). Sustainable Land Use and Livelihood Dynamics in Henan County on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau—A Transdisciplinary Systems Perspective. Sustainability, 14(13), 7785. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su1413778

Life on green pastures sky high – An investigation of livelihood dynamics in Henan County on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau through a transdisciplinary systems lens

This was an invited conference presentation based on the publication: Lucock, X., Woodford, K., & Li, X. (2022). Sustainable land use and livelihood dynamics in Henan County on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau—A transdisciplinary systems perspective. Sustainability, 14(13), 7785. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su1413778

Human Brain Magnetite And Squid Magnetometry

Most SQUID-based biomagnetic studies of the human brain have sought to measure magnetic fields generated by electrical activity. In this paper we report preliminary results of the first systematic survey of brain tissue using SQUID moment magnetometers. In an attempt to locate and quantify the amount and concentrations of ferromagnetic materials present, using these techniques, we have found evidence suggesting the presence of small single-domain crystals of magnetite with a concentration of 10 ppb in cerebellar and cerebral cortical samples of human brain. The presence of these particles in vivo could have an influence on both the recording of evoked magnetic potentials and on some of the spin echoes recorded with MRI techniques

Prevalence of the vanB2 gene cluster in VanB glycopeptide-resistant enterococci in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and its association with a Tn5382-like element

A total of 204 vanB enterococcal isolates, isolated between 1989 and 1999 from patients in 59 different hospitals in England, Wales, and Scotland and from a single hospital in the Republic of Ireland, were examined. Nucleotide sequencing and HhaI digestion of a fragment of the vanB gene was used to distinguish between the vanB1, vanB2, andvanB3 gene clusters (7). Based on theirvanB-HhaI restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) profiles, 202 (99%) isolates contained vanB2. The presence of vanB1 in two isolates was confirmed by sequence analysis

GAMBARAN HIGIENE SANITASI PENJUAL DAN KEBERADAAN BAKTERI ESCHERICHIA COLI PADA MIE BASAH DI PASAR LANGOWAN TAHUN 2019

ABSTRAKHigiene dan sanitasi merupakan hal yang penting dalam menentukan kualitas makanan dimana bakteri E. Coli sebagai salah satu indikator terjadinya pencemaran makanan yang dapat menyebabkan penyakit akibat makanan (food borne diseases). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran higiene sanitasi penjual dan keberadaan bakteri E. Coli pada mie basah di Pasar Langowan tahun 2019. Jenis penelitian ini yaitu survey deskriptif dengan rancangan cross sectional study (potong lintang). Populasi dalam penelitian ini yaitu seluruh penjual mie basah di Pasar Langowan. Sampel dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 24 sampel mie basah dan terdapat 24 data higiene sanitasi. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah kuisioner dan uji Laboratorium. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa pada 24 penjual mie basah di pasar Langowan terdapat 1 penjual mie basah (4,2%) yang memiliki higiene sanitasi baik, sedangkan terdapat 23 penjual mie basah (95,8%) yang memiliki higiene sanitasi kurang baik. Dari 24 penjual mie basah di pasar Langowan terdapat terdapat 21 sampel mie basah (21,7%) positive mengandung bakteri E. Coli, sedangkan terdapat 3 sampel mie basah (12,5%) yang negative mengandung bakteri E. Coli. Kesimpulannya adalah hampir semua penjual mie basah di pasar langowan memiliki higiene sanitasi yang kurang baik dan hampir semua sampel mie basah positive mengandung bakteri E. Coli. Kata Kunci: Higiene, Sanitasi, Escherichia Coli  ABSTRACTHygiene and sanitation are important in determining the quality of food where E. Coli bacteria is one indicator of food pollution that can cause food-borne diseases. This study aims to determine the description of seller sanitation hygiene and the presence of E. Coli bacteria in wet noodles in Pasar Langowan in 2019. The type of this research is a descriptive survey with cross sectional study design. The population in this study were all wet noodle sellers in Pasar Langowan. The sample in this study amounted to 24 wet noodle samples and there were 24 sanitary hygiene data. The instruments used in this study were questionnaires and laboratory tests. The results of this study indicate that in 24 wet noodle sellers in Pasar Langowan there is 1 wet noodle seller (4.2%) who has good sanitation hygiene, while there are 23 wet noodle sellers (95.8%) who have poor sanitation hygiene. From 24 wet noodle sellers in Pasar Langowan, there were 21 samples of wet noodles (21.7%) positive containing E. Coli bacteria, while there were 3 samples of wet noodles (12.5%) which were negative containing E. Coli bacteria. The conclusion of this study is that almost all wet noodle sellers in the Pasar Langowan have poor sanitary hygiene and almost all samples of positive wet noodles contain E. Coli bacteria.Keywords: Hygiene, Sanitation, Escherichia Col

HUBUNGAN ANTARA BEBAN KERJA DAN PENGHARGAAN DENGAN STRES KERJA PADA PERAWAT DI INSTALASI RAWAT INAP RUMAH SAKIT NOONGAN

Beban kerja dan penghargaan yang sangat berpengaruh terhadap stress kerja dari perawat. Stres kerja yang dialami oleh perawat keadaan yang menekan diri dan jiwa di luar batas kemampuannya. Sehingga perawat yang mengalami stres akan sangat mempengaruhi kualitas pelayanan keperawatan yang diberikan kepada pasien. Hasil observasi awal yang dilakukan di Instalasi Rawat Inap Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Noongan (RSUD) dengan beberapa perawat bahwa perawat menghadapi beban kerja berlebihan karena kurangnya perawat yang bertugas di rawat inap dan penghargaan yang tidak seimbang atau masih belum optimal yang menyebabkan stres kerja. Metode penelitian ini adalah penelitian Survei Analitik dengan menggunakan pendekatan Cross Sectional. Dilaksanakan pada bulan April-Agustus tahun 2017 di Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Noongan, dengan responden 50 perawat. Instrumen penelitian menggunakan kuesioner. Analisis data dilakukan dengan menggunakan uji korelasi spearman melalui aplikasi statistik komputer dengan menggunakan tingkat kepercayaan 95% (∝=0,05). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan terdapat hubungan yang signifikan dari masing-masing variable yaitu beban kerja dan penghargaan dengan stress kerja. Kesimpulan dari penelitianini terdapat hubungan antara beban kerja dan penghargaan dengan stress kerja pada perawat di Instalasi Rawat Inap Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Noongan. Saran perlu penambahan jumlah perawat mengingat jumlah perawat yang masih kurang dibandingkan dengan kebutuhan pasien yang semakin meningkat. Diharapkan untuk pemberian penghargaan dapat disesuaikan dengan apa yang telah perawat lakukan bagi rumah sakit, sehingga dapat meningkatkan motivasi kerja dari perawat dan menurunkan tingkat stres kerja.Kata Kunci: Beban Kerja, Penghargaan, Stres Kerja.ABSTRACTWorkload and rewards are very influential towards the work stress of the nurse. The work stress experienced by the nurse is a suppressing state of oneself and soul beyond the limits of his/ her abilities. Therefore nurses who experience stress will greatly affect the quality of nursing services provided to the patients. The results of initial observations made at the Inpatient Installation of Noongan Regional Public Hospital with several nurses indicated that the nurse encountered excessive workload due to the lack of nurses who served in the in-patient section, unbalanced or unoptimal rewards which then caused work stress. This research method was analytical survey research with the use of cross-sectional approach. This research was implemented in April-August 2017 at Noongan Regional Public Hospital, with 50 nurses as the respondents. The research instrument used was questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted by using spearman correlation test through computer statistic application using 95% confidence level (α = 0,05). The results of this research indicated that there was a significant relationship of each variable, namely workload and rewards towards work stress. Conclusion from this research was that there was a relationship between workload and reward towards work stress in nurse at the Inpatient Installation of Noongan Regional Public Hospital. Suggestions: additional nurses are needed, given the low number of nurses compared to the increasing needs of the patient. It is recommended to provide awards, this can be adjusted to what the nurse has given for the hospital, thus increasing the work motivation of the nurse and lowering the work stress level.Keywords: workload, reward, work stres

HUBUNGAN ANTARA UKURAN TUBUH DAN SIKAP KERJA DENGAN KELUHAN MUSKULOSKELETAL PADA PETANI PENGUPAS KELAPA DI KELURAHAN GUNUNG WOKA KECAMATAN LEMBEH UTARA KOTA BITUNG

Keluhan muskuloskeletal dirasakan mulai dari keluhan ringan sampai dengan keluhan berat yang dikarenakan bekerja secara berulang dalam waktu yang lama. Sikap kerja tidak alamiah seperti;pergerakan tangan terangkat, punggung terlalu membungkuk dan kepala terangkat dapat menyebabkan keluhan sistem muskuloskeletal.  Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah ada hubungan antara ukuran tubuh dan sikap kerja dengan keluhan MSDs. Dilakukan dengan penelitian survey analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Pelaksanaan Penelitian di Kelurahan Gunung Woka Kecamatan Lembeh Utara Kota Bitung, dari bulan September sampai Desember 2019. Sampel penelitian berjumlah 68 responden. Pengumpulan data melalui wawancara dengan menggunakan kuesioner Nordic Body Map dan pengukuran menggunakan Metode The Rapid Entire Body Assessment, timbangan berat badan dan microtoise. dengan mengunakan uji korelasi spearman. Hasil uji statistik antara ukuran tubuh dengan keluhan muskuloskeletal menunjukkan tidak terdapat hubungan dengan nilai p = 0,525 dan nilai r =0,097, dan ada hubungan antara sikap kerja dengan keluhan muskuloskeletal dengan nilai r = 0,388 dan  p = 0,008 yang memiliki hubungan keeratan searah dan lemah. Kata kunci: Keluhan Muskuloskeletal, Ukuran Tubuh, Sikap Kerja ABSTRACT Musculoskeletal complaints are felt ranging from minor complaints to serious complaints due to repeated work for a long time. Unnatural work attitudes such as; hand movements raised, back bent too much and head raised can cause complaints of the musculoskeletal system. This study aims to determine whether there is a relationship between body size and work attitude with MSDs complaints. Conducted by analytic survey research with a cross sectional approach. Research implementation in Gunung Woka Village, Lembeh Utara District, Bitung City, from September to December 2019. The research sample was 68 respondents. Collecting data through interviews using a Nordic Body Map questionnaire and measurement using The Rapid Entire Body Assessment Method, weight scales and microtoise. by using the Spearman correlation test. The results of statistical tests between body size and musculoskeletal complaints showed that there was no relationship with p = 0.525 and r = 0.097, and there was a relationship between work attitude and musculoskeletal complaints with a value of r = 0.388 and p = 0.008 which had a unidirectional and weak relationship. Keywords: Musculoskeletal Complaints, Body Size, Work Attitud

Sustainable land use and livelihood dynamics in Henan County on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau—A transdisciplinary systems perspective

Since the 1950s, Henan County on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (the Plateau) has experienced notable changes in its ecological and socio-economic environments, posing challenges to livelihood sustainability. Adopting a mixed method of qualitative interviews, field observations, and statistical data analysis, these changing livelihoods were investigated from a transdisciplinary systems perspective. The aim of this research was to develop an understanding of the relationships between changing land use and the livelihood dynamics on an ecologically fragile land. Results indicate that increasing human and animal populations, together with increasing connectivity between the Plateau and the lowlands, have led to increasing flows of nutrients to the lowlands. The increasing product flows, including the use of dung which is used for heating both on the Plateau and as a Plateau export, together with a lack of nutrients returning to the grasslands, have contributed to the present sustainability challenges. In this study, the transdisciplinary systems perspective provides an overarching integrative framework that transcends the individual socio-economic and biophysical system components, thereby providing key insights not available from within individual disciplines. More detailed analyses are now required, still within a transdisciplinary framework, to quantify specific relationships

Money in monetary policy design: monetary cross-checking in the New-Keynesian model

In the New-Keynesian model, optimal interest rate policy under uncertainty is formulated without reference to monetary aggregates as long as certain standard assumptions on the distributions of unobservables are satisfied. The model has been criticized for failing to explain common trends in money growth and inflation, and that therefore money should be used as a cross-check in policy formulation (see Lucas (2007)). We show that the New-Keynesian model can explain such trends if one allows for the possibility of persistent central bank misperceptions. Such misperceptions motivate the search for policies that include additional robustness checks. In earlier work, we proposed an interest rate rule that is near-optimal in normal times but includes a cross-check with monetary information. In case of unusual monetary trends, interest rates are adjusted. In this paper, we show in detail how to derive the appropriate magnitude of the interest rate adjustment following a significant cross-check with monetary information, when the New-Keynesian model is the central bank’s preferred model. The cross-check is shown to be effective in offsetting persistent deviations of inflation due to central bank misperceptions. Keywords: Monetary Policy, New-Keynesian Model, Money, Quantity Theory, European Central Bank, Policy Under Uncertaint