Satisfaction Assessment System With Servqual Method At Betungan Urban Village Office

The community satisfaction index (IKM) is a measure of the assessment given by the community to the government for the services that have been provided. This is stated in the regulation of the Minister of PAN-RB No. 14 of 2017 concerning Guidelines for Compiling a Community Satisfaction Survey for Public Administration Units. The community satisfaction index analysis should always be carried out periodically so that it can be seen that the community's satisfaction with the services provided, especially at Betungan Urban Village Office. But in reality, so far, the Urban Village Office does not have a benchmark that is used as a forum to determine community satisfaction with these services. The service satisfaction assessment system at the Betungan Urban Village Office was created using the PHP programming language and MySQL database. This satisfaction assessment system can be accessed online via the link http://afif.vad.my.id, so that it can make it easier for the public to provide service satisfaction assessments. In helping the analysis of the service satisfaction assessment, this application has applied the Servqual Method where the assessment is divided into 2 parts, namely perceptions and expectations. In addition to this satisfaction assessment system, there are 2 application interfaces, namely administrators and people who have different functions. Based on the tests that have been carried out, the results show that the functionality of the application runs as expecte

Peningkatan Hasil Belajar Matematika Melalui Strategi Penilaian Instan pada Siswa Kelas V MIN Bontolangkasa Kecamatan Minasa Te'ne Kabupaten Pangkep

Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: Terjadi Peningkatan hasil belajar matematika siswa dari siklus 1 ke siklus II, Pada siklus I nilai rata-rata hasil belajar matematika siswa sebesar 51,67. Pada siklus II nilai rata-rata hasil belajar matematikanya sebesar 80. Secara umum hasil belajar matematika siswa Kelas V MIN Bontolangkasa dapat ditingkatkan dengan menggunakan Strategi Penilaian Instan. Hasil analisis kualitatif menunjukkan adanya peningkatan frekuensi kehadiran siswa dan keaktifan siswa dalam mengikuti proses pembelajaran. Dengan demikian penerapan Strategi Penilaian Instan dapat meningkatkan hasil belajar matematika siswa Kelas V MIN Bontolangkasa

PERANAN CAMAT DAN KOMUNIKASI PEMERINTAHAN TERHADAP PERENCANAAN PEMBANGUNAN DI KECAMATAN MALUA KABUPATEN ENREKANG

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui Peranan Camat dan Komunikasi Pemerintahan terhadap Perencanaan Pembangunan di Kecamatan Malua Kabupaten Enrekang. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif dengan teknik analisis data kuantitatif. Teknik analisis data kuantitatif digunakan untuk menguraikan data melalui statistik. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik sampling jenuh yaitu teknik penentuan sampel bila semua anggota populasi digunakan sebagai sampel dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 22 orang, terdiri dari 14 orang PNS dan 8 orang Pegawai Tidak tetap di Kecamatan Malua Kabupaten Enrekang. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan observasi, kuesioner dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa peranan Camat terhadap perencanaan pembangunan di Kecamatan Malua Kabupaten Enrekang berjalan dengan baik. Berdasarkan nilai peranan Camat sebesar 90 % yang dikategorikan berperan terhadap perencanaan pembangunan. Berdasarkan  nilai komunikasi pemerintahan sebesar 84 % dikategorikan berpengaruh terhadap perencanaan pembangunan. Sedangkan faktor-faktor yang menghambat komunikasi pemerintahan terhadap perencanaan pembangunan  yaitu faktor perbedaan latar belakang 82 %, faktor bahasa 78 %, faktor sikap 84 % dan faktor lingkungan 80 % dikategorikan berpengaruh. Dengan demikian hipotesis yang diajukan terbukti kebenarannya

Risk factors for 3-year-mortality and a tool to screen patient in dialysis population

Introduction: Clinical parameters especially co‑morbidities among end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients are associated with mortality. This study aims to determine the risk factors that are associated with mortality within three years among prevalent patients with ESRD. Methods: This is a cohort study where prevalent ESRD patients’ details were recorded between May 2012 and October 2012. Their records were matched with national death record at the end of year 2015 to identify the deceased patients within three years. Four models were formulated with two models were based on logistic regression models but with different number of predictors and two models were developed based on risk scoring technique. The preferred models were validated by using sensitivity and specificity analysis. Results: A total of 1332 patients were included in the study. Majority succumbed due to cardiovascular disease (48.3%) and sepsis (41.3%). The identified risk factors were mode of dialysis (P < 0.001), diabetes mellitus (P < 0.001), chronic heart disease (P < 0.001) and leg amputation (P = 0.016). The accuracy of four models was almost similar with AUC between 0.680 and 0.711. The predictive models from logistic regression model and risk scoring model were selected as the preferred models based on both accuracy and simplicity. Besides the mode of dialysis, diabetes mellitus and its complications are the important predictors for early mortality among prevalent ESRD patients. Conclusions: The models either based on logistic regression or risk scoring model can be used to screen high risk prevalent ESRD patients

AIR TAWAR DI PULAU KECIL TERUMBU KARANG DERAWAN: MASALAH DAN ADAPTASI TERHADAP KENAIKAN MUKA AIR LAUT

ABSTRAK Pulau Derawan merupakan bagian dari gugusan pulau terumbu karang yang tumbuh di tinggian atau substrat dari endapan pasir dan lempung di perairan lepas pantai estuari Sungai Berau. Sejumlah pemboran yang dibuat di jalur tengah di gosong pasir dan Pulau Derawan memperlihatkan suatu urutan pengendapan pulau terumbu karang yang mengalami perulangan perubahan muka laut serta dengan ciri pengendapan seiring kenaikan cepat muka laut sejak zaman es terakhir (14.000 th). Data tersebut, menempatkan gugusan pulau ini pada kemungkinan terjadinya penurunan tektonik. Hal ini juga dipertegas oleh data seismik pantul dangkal dari kawasan disekitarnya. Memperhatikan skenario kenaikan muka laut global 1 cm/tahun, Derawan dan gugusan pulau terumbu karang halang di perairan dan estuari Berau sesungguhnya saat ini berada pada ancaman serius dengan berbagai konsekuensinya. Ancaman tersebut salah satunya adalah akan sangat berkurangnya ketersediaan air tawar pulau yang hanya diperoleh dari air meteorik. Naiknya muka air laut akan menaikkan muka air asin yang di atas mana bertengger lensa air tawar yang akan segera menipis. Saat ini berdasar pengukuran, lapisan air tawar mempunyai tebal tidak merata sekitar 2-4 m. Langkah awal mengatasi masalah ini adalah melakukan upaya pengaturan pemakaian air tawar sehingga selalu seimbang neracanya serta mengusahakan memperhalus sedimen yang menjadi tempat air tawar terkumpul sehingga dapat menghalangi masuknya air asin dari formasi dibawahnya maupun langsung dari arah samping (pantai) ketika pasang naik paling tinggi. Upaya ini dapat dilakukan dengan penanaman jenis pohon tertentu yang sudah diuji kemampuan dan perilakunya namun juga terhindar dari dampak kelebihan evapotranspirasi.

Anticancer effects of punicalagin and 5-fluorouracil on laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma: an <i>in vitro</i> study

The purpose of this study was to assess the apoptotic effects of punicalagin alone and in combination with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) on laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (Hep-2) cell line. Hep-2 cells were cultured and divided into four groups: Group 1 received no therapy and served as control, Group 2 received 5-FU only, Group 3 received punicalagin only, and Group 4 received a combination of 5-FU and punicalagin. After 48 hours of incubation, cellular changes were examined under an inverted microscope. The methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium assay, caspase-3 gene level, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) level were assessed. The control group showed the highest mean value of cancer cell proliferation rate (1.595±0.58), followed by the punicalagin group (1.263±0.447), then the 5-FU group (0.827±0.256), while the combination group showed the lowest proliferation rate (0.253±0.111). The combination group showed the highest mean value of caspase-3 concentration (3.177±0.736), followed by the 5-FU group (1.830±0.646), and punicalagin group (0.741±0.302), while the control group showed the lowest mean value (0.359±0.117). Regarding VEGF levels, the control group had a statistically significant higher mean value, followed by the punicalagin and 5-FU groups, and finally, the combination group which showed the lowest value. Punicalagin exerts an anticancer effect through anti-proliferative action and induction of apoptosis on Hep-2 cell line. Combining punicalagin with 5-FU potentiates its anti-proliferative, apoptotic, and anti-angiogenic actions. It, further, helps in mitigating the putative side effects of 5-FU by reducing the dose required for its therapeutic effects

Nitric oxide (NO) elicits aminoglycoside tolerance in Escherichia coli but antibiotic resistance gene carriage and NO sensitivity have not co-evolved

The spread of multidrug-resistance in Gram-negative bacterial pathogens presents a major clinical challenge, and new approaches are required to combat these organisms. Nitric oxide (NO) is a well-known antimicrobial that is produced by the immune system in response to infection, and numerous studies have demonstrated that NO is a respiratory inhibitor with both bacteriostatic and bactericidal properties. However, given that loss of aerobic respiratory complexes is known to diminish antibiotic efficacy, it was hypothesised that the potent respiratory inhibitor NO would elicit similar effects. Indeed, the current work demonstrates that pre-exposure to NO-releasers elicits a >10-fold increase in IC50 for gentamicin against pathogenic E. coli (i.e. a huge decrease in lethality). It was therefore hypothesised that hyper-sensitivity to NO may have arisen in bacterial pathogens, and that this trait could promote the acquisition of antibiotic-resistance mechanisms through enabling cells to persist in the presence of toxic levels of antibiotic. To test this hypothesis, genomics and microbiological approaches were used to screen a collection of E. coli clinical isolates for antibiotic susceptibility and NO tolerance, although the data did not support a correlation between increased carriage of antibiotic resistance genes and NO tolerance. However, the current work has important implications for how antibiotic susceptibility might be measured in future (i.e. +/- NO), and underlines the evolutionary advantage for bacterial pathogens to maintain tolerance to toxic levels of NO