Tuberculosis Suspect in the Companies in Semarang District Indonesia; Case-Control Study

In Semarang district, the population at the companies were 83120 workers. The number of smear positive cases in 2011 were 258 and 3898 suspected tuberculosis. Case-control study was conducted to analyze the risk of TB suspect infection among workers in the factory. We recruited 194 suspects and 197 controls who visited the factory clinic. The most common symptom was coughing with sputum (63 %) and then followed by malaise, chest pain, sweating at night, weight loss, dyspnea, anorexia, cough more than 2 weeks, sub febris and hemoptoe. Around 47 % both of the suspects and controls don't know received Bacillus Calmette-guérin (BCG) or not. The multivariate analysis showed the dominant factors that influence the occurrence of TB suspect, “education”, “income”, “ashamed of having TB”, “TB treatment is very costly”, and “share dish”.distribution of health education booklet to teachers and parents

Polymorphisms of human vascular endothelial growth factor gene in high-altitude pulmonary oedema susceptible subjects

The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.comArticleRESPIROLOGY. 14(1):46-52 (2009)journal articl

Some aspects of rock mechanics applicable to underground coal mining

Three aspects of rock mechanics, namely, in-situ stress estimation by acoustic emission (AB) method, strength of rock mass and role of chemicals to reduce the strength are covered. It i:s possible to detect the previously applied maximum stress by stressing a rock specimen to the point where there is a substantial increase in AB activity .This is known as Kaiser effect. From the AB signatures in the second and subsequent loading.s, AB take-off point was identified more easily than in the fIrst loading. In determining the compressive strength of rock mass, two factors have to be considered, namely, the size effect on the compressive strength of intact rock and the effect of dis,continuities on the compressive strength of rock mass. Although a modified Bieniawski criterion gives best agreement \u27 .ith the triaxial test data, modifications have been suggested to Hoek-Brown criterion due to its popularity. It is po~;sible to reduce the tensile strength of sandstone by saturating it with weak chemical solutions made with dodecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide, polyethylene oxide and aluminium chloride by up to 30%. In the case of compressive strength, there is no appreciable effect. The possible explanation is that the chemical solutions produce an effect on the strength of sandstone only when the failure mechanism is dominated by tensile mode

Lack of association of Toll-like receptor 9 gene polymorphism with Behcet's disease in Japanese patients

The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com.ArticleTISSUE ANTIGENS. 70(1-5) 423-426 (2007)journal articl

Genetic analysis of the HLA region of Japanese patients with type 1 autoimmune hepatitis

ArticleJOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. 42(4): 578-584 (2005)journal articl

In vitro expression demonstrates impaired secretion of the gamma Asn319, Asp320 deletion variant fibrinogen

This article is not an exact copy of the original published article in [THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS]. The definitive publisher-authenticated version of [THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS 94;53-59,2005] is available online at: [http://www.schattauer.de/]ArticleTHROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS. 94(1): 53-59 (2005)journal articl

Association of Autoimmune Pancreatitis With Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte Antigen 4 Gene Polymorphisms in Japanese Patients

ArticleAMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 103(3):588-594 (2008)journal articl

Lack of association between FCRL3 and Fc gamma RII polymorphisms in Japanese type 1 autoimmune hepatitis

ArticleCLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 122(3): 338-342 (2007)journal articl

Simulation of a Dripping Faucet

We present a simulation of a dripping faucet system. A new algorithm based on Lagrangian description is introduced. The shape of drop falling from a faucet obtained by the present algorithm agrees quite well with experimental observations. Long-term behavior of the simulation can reproduce period-one, period-two, intermittent and chaotic oscillations widely observed in experiments. Possible routes to chaos are discussed.Comment: 20 pages, 15 figures, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. (in press