Pelatihan Quoting, Paraphrasing dan Summarizing untuk Menghindari Plagiat bagi Mahasiswa Program Magister Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FKIP Universitas Mataram

Plagiarism or plagiarism in the academic world is considered a crime because it steals other people's copyrights. Universities as mandated by the regulation of the Minister of National Education of the Republic of Indonesia No. 17 of 2010 need to take precautions so that plagiarism does not occur and counteract plagiarism. Plagiarism activities carried out by academics, especially students, are due to their ignorance about plagiarism and strategies to avoid plagiarism. Among the strategies that can be used by a writer to avoid plagiarism is by quoting and paraphrasing and summarizing other people's information, opinions or ideas correctly. This community service activity was carried out in the form of training which began with the delivery of material related to plagiarism, quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing to 17 students of the English language education master's study program at FKIP University of Mataram who were and would be completing their final assignment (thesis writing). This service activity was carried out in 2 meetings, where the first meeting was for delivering material and guided training and the second meeting was for presenting results and giving feedback, as well as evaluating activities. Based on the results of observations, questionnaires and portfolios, it can be concluded that students were enthusiastic in participating in a series of activities, active in asking questions, working in groups and presenting the results of their group work. The students also said that activities like this were very useful and hoped that similar activities would be held regularly

Super Kripik Sukun Psikologi (SKRIPSI)

Budaya konsumtif di masyarakat Indonesia, termasuk dalam mengonsumsi makanan kecil atau camilan berpeluang untuk menciptakan sebuah usaha kuliner. Menurut pengamatan di lingkungan sekitar penulis terdapat cukup banyak persediaan sukun yang belum diolah secara maksimal. Hal tersebut memberi peluang usaha pemanfaatan sukun sebagai camilan untuk dikembangkan. Penulis kembali mengamati mengenai camilan yang paling banyak diminati oleh masyarakat di berbagai kalangan usia tua, muda dan anak-anak. Kebanyakan dari mereka minat mengonsumsi camilan berupa kripik. Pengamatan tersebut memberikan arahan kepada penulis untuk memanfaatkan sukun sebagai camilan berupa kripik atau dinamakan kripik sukun. Kripik sukun memiliki rasa yang enak, gurih, dan renyah. Dari segi harga, kripik sukun memiliki variasi harga yang ekonomis dan terjangkau di berbagai kalangan. Selain itu, sukun sebagai bahan baku juga memiliki manfaat bagi kesehatan karena memiliki kandungan gizi tinggi, seperti karbohidrat, vitamin C, kalsium, dan fosfor. Sebenarnya, kripik sukun sudah ada sejak lama, hanya saja kurang terpublikasi dengan baik di masyarakat khususnya daerah kota. Kendala tersebut membuat penulis tertarik menciptakan sebuah inovasi untuk lebih memajukan peluang usaha kripik sukun. Penulis membuat beberapa inovasi. Inovasi pertama adalah rasa, sukun diolah menjadi kripik bercita rasa pedas. Tidak hanya itu, kadar rasa pedasnya pun bermacam-macam mulai dari level 1 hingga level 3. Kripik sukun juga akan diberikan rasa-rasa yakni rasa jagung manis, coklat, keju, dan BBQ. Inovasi kedua adalah dari segi kemasan. Kripik sukun dikemas rapat dalam plastik untuk menghindari udara masuk, lalu dikemas lagi dalam kertas karton tebal dengan design yang menarik. Inovasi ketiga dari segi pemasaran. Kripik sukun akan dipasarkan secara online dengan memanfaatkan aplikasi yang sedang diminati masyarakat luas dan secara offline dengan menitipkan produk kripik sukun ke beberapa rumah makan. Inovasi tersebut diharapkan akan membuat usaha kripik sukun berkembang dengan baik. Kata kunci: kripik sukun, inovasi, kemasan, pemasaran, rasa

Analisis Penerapan Akad Istisna' pada KPR Syariah Samawa Residence Surakarta Berdasarkan Fatwa DSN-MUI

Home Financing Credit is a program for consumers who want to own a house by paying credit or an installment system without having to buy by cash, but cash payments are also allowed to have a house offered by an institution that has a Home Financing Credit program. At this time Sharia KPR is more in demand by consumers because it uses the Sharia system without using the bank as a financing party and there are no penalties for late installment payments, as is done by KPR Syariah Samawa Residence. Consumers buy a house by ordering and paying the booking fee as a sign of payment and pay an advance of around ± 30% for the cost of building a house. After making payments to both parties for the Istishnā contract, after the contract is made the first party as the maker starts the process of making the order house and the second party as the consumer starts paying the agreed home installments. The formulation of the problem that becomes this research is how the application of the Istishnā contract to the KPR Syariah Samawa Residence as well as whether the Istishnā 'contract applied is in accordance with the Fatwa of the National Sharia Board or not. This is what prompted researchers to scrutinize in depth the "Analysis of the Application of the Istishnad Agreement" on the Sharia Samawa KPR Residence Surakarta Based on the DSN-MUI Fatwa ". This study aims to determine the application of the Istishnā contract to the Samawa Resident Sharia KPR and the suitability of the Istishnā contract with the DSN-MUI fatwa No. 06 of 2000 concerning the Istishnā 'contract. The type of research used is field research with a qualitative descriptive approach. The method used in data collection is interviews and documentation. The analysis used is the deductive method. The results of this study can be concluded that KPR Syariah Samawa Residence has implemented the Istishnā contract 'which is in accordance with the fatwa of the National Sharia Council of the Indonesian Ulema Council Number 06 / DSN-MUI / IV / 2000 which explains the Istishnā' contract

The role of multidisciplinary meetings for benign pancreatobiliary diseases: a tertiary centre experience

Multidisciplinary meetings are central to the management of chronic and complex diseases and they have become widely established across the modern healthcare. Patients with pancreatobiliary diseases can often present with complex clinical dilemmas, which fall out with the scope of current guidelines. Therefore, these patients require a personalised management approach discussed in a multidisciplinary meeting

Development of polymeric nanocomposite (Xyloglucan-co-Methacrylic acid/Hydroxyapatite/SiO 2 ) scaffold for bone tissue engineering applications—In-vitro antibacterial, cytotoxicity and cell culture evaluation

Advancement and innovation in bone regeneration, specifically polymeric composite scaffolds, are of high significance for the treatment of bone defects. Xyloglucan (XG) is a polysaccharide biopolymer having a wide variety of regenerative tissue therapeutic applications due to its biocompatibility, in-vitro degradation and cytocompatibility. Current research is focused on the fabrication of polymeric bioactive scaffolds by freeze drying method for nanocomposite materials. The nanocomposite materials have been synthesized from free radical polymerization using n-SiO2 and n-HAp XG and Methacrylic acid (MAAc). Functional group analysis, crystallinity and surface morphology were investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques, respectively. These bioactive polymeric scaffolds presented interconnected and well-organized porous morphology, controlled precisely by substantial ratios of n-SiO2. The swelling analysis was also performed in different media at varying temperatures (27, 37 and 47 °C) and the mechanical behavior of the dried scaffolds is also investigated. Antibacterial activities of these scaffolds were conducted against pathogenic gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Besides, the biological behavior of these scaffolds was evaluated by the Neutral Red dye assay against the MC3T3-E1 cell line. The scaffolds showed interesting properties for bone tissue engineering, including porosity with substantial mechanical strength, biodegradability, biocompatibility and cytocompatibility behavior. The reported polymeric bioactive scaffolds can be aspirant biomaterials for bone tissue engineering to regenerate defecated bone

Quantitative assessment of fecal contamination in multiple environmental sample types in urban communities in Dhaka, Bangladesh using SaniPath microbial approach.

Rapid urbanization has led to a growing sanitation crisis in urban areas of Bangladesh and potential exposure to fecal contamination in the urban environment due to inadequate sanitation and poor fecal sludge management. Limited data are available on environmental fecal contamination associated with different exposure pathways in urban Dhaka. We conducted a cross-sectional study to explore the magnitude of fecal contamination in the environment in low-income, high-income, and transient/floating neighborhoods in urban Dhaka. Ten samples were collected from each of 10 environmental compartments in 10 different neighborhoods (4 low-income, 4 high-income and 2 transient/floating neighborhoods). These 1,000 samples were analyzed with the IDEXX-Quanti-Tray technique to determine most-probable-number (MPN) of E. coli. Samples of open drains (6.91 log10 MPN/100 mL), surface water (5.28 log10 MPN/100 mL), floodwater (4.60 log10 MPN/100 mL), produce (3.19 log10 MPN/serving), soil (2.29 log10 MPN/gram), and street food (1.79 log10 MPN/gram) had the highest mean log10 E. coli contamination compared to other samples. The contamination concentrations did not differ between low-income and high-income neighborhoods for shared latrine swabs, open drains, municipal water, produce, and street foodsamples. E. coli contamination levels were significantly higher (p <0.05) in low-income neighborhoods compared to high-income for soil (0.91 log10 MPN/gram, 95% CI, 0.39, 1.43), bathing water (0.98 log10 MPN/100 mL, 95% CI, 0.41, 1.54), non-municipal water (0.64 log10 MPN/100 mL, 95% CI, 0.24, 1.04), surface water (1.92 log10 MPN/100 mL, 95% CI, 1.44, 2.40), and floodwater (0.48 log10 MPN/100 mL, 95% CI, 0.03, 0.92) samples. E. coli contamination were significantly higher (p<0.05) in low-income neighborhoods compared to transient/floating neighborhoods for drain water, bathing water, non-municipal water and surface water. Future studies should examine behavior that brings people into contact with the environment and assess the extent of exposure to fecal contamination in the environment through multiple pathways and associated risks

HGF Mediates the Anti-inflammatory Effects of PRP on Injured Tendons

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) containing hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and other growth factors are widely used in orthopaedic/sports medicine to repair injured tendons. While PRP treatment is reported to decrease pain in patients with tendon injury, the mechanism of this effect is not clear. Tendon pain is often associated with tendon inflammation, and HGF is known to protect tissues from inflammatory damages. Therefore, we hypothesized that HGF in PRP causes the anti-inflammatory effects. To test this hypothesis, we performed in vitro experiments on rabbit tendon cells and in vivo experiments on a mouse Achilles tendon injury model. We found that addition of PRP or HGF decreased gene expression of COX-1, COX-2, and mPGES-1, induced by the treatment of tendon cells in vitro with IL-1β. Further, the treatment of tendon cell cultures with HGF antibodies reduced the suppressive effects of PRP or HGF on IL-1β-induced COX-1, COX-2, and mPGES-1 gene expressions. Treatment with PRP or HGF almost completely blocked the cellular production of PGE2 and the expression of COX proteins. Finally, injection of PRP or HGF into wounded mouse Achilles tendons in vivo decreased PGE2 production in the tendinous tissues. Injection of platelet-poor plasma (PPP) however, did not reduce PGE2 levels in the wounded tendons, but the injection of HGF antibody inhibited the effects of PRP and HGF. Further, injection of PRP or HGF also decreased COX-1 and COX-2 proteins. These results indicate that PRP exerts anti-inflammatory effects on injured tendons through HGF. This study provides basic scientific evidence to support the use of PRP to treat injured tendons because PRP can reduce inflammation and thereby reduce the associated pain caused by high levels of PGE2. © 2013 Zhang et al

Investigation of Coatings, Corrosion and Wear Characteristics of Machined Biomaterials through Hydroxyapatite Mixed-EDM Process: A Review

Together, 316L steel, magnesium-alloy, Ni-Ti, titanium-alloy, and cobalt-alloy are commonly employed biomaterials for biomedical applications due to their excellent mechanical characteristics and resistance to corrosion, even though at times they can be incompatible with the body. This is attributed to their poor biofunction, whereby they tend to release contaminants from their attenuated surfaces. Coating of the surface is therefore required to mitigate the release of contaminants. The coating of biomaterials can be achieved through either physical or chemical deposition techniques. However, a newly developed manufacturing process, known as powder mixed-electro discharge machining (PM-EDM), is enabling these biomaterials to be concurrently machined and coated. Thermoelectrical processes allow the migration and removal of the materials from the machined surface caused by melting and chemical reactions during the machining. Hydroxyapatite powder (HAp), yielding Ca, P, and O, is widely used to form biocompatible coatings. The HAp added-EDM process has been reported to significantly improve the coating properties, corrosion, and wear resistance, and biofunctions of biomaterials. This article extensively explores the current development of bio-coatings and the wear and corrosion characteristics of biomaterials through the HAp mixed-EDM process, including the importance of these for biomaterial performance. This review presents a comparative analysis of machined surface properties using the existing deposition methods and the EDM technique employing HAp. The dominance of the process factors over the performance is discussed thoroughly. This study also discusses challenges and areas for future research

Targeting human Acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase as a dual viral and T cell metabolic checkpoint

Determining divergent metabolic requirements of T cells, and the viruses and tumours they fail to combat, could provide new therapeutic checkpoints. Inhibition of acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) has direct anti-carcinogenic activity. Here, we show that ACAT inhibition has antiviral activity against hepatitis B (HBV), as well as boosting protective anti-HBV and anti-hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) T cells. ACAT inhibition reduces CD8+ T cell neutral lipid droplets and promotes lipid microdomains, enhancing TCR signalling and TCR-independent bioenergetics. Dysfunctional HBV- and HCC-specific T cells are rescued by ACAT inhibitors directly ex vivo from human liver and tumour tissue respectively, including tissue-resident responses. ACAT inhibition enhances in vitro responsiveness of HBV-specific CD8+ T cells to PD-1 blockade and increases the functional avidity of TCR-gene-modified T cells. Finally, ACAT regulates HBV particle genesis in vitro, with inhibitors reducing both virions and subviral particles. Thus, ACAT inhibition provides a paradigm of a metabolic checkpoint able to constrain tumours and viruses but rescue exhausted T cells, rendering it an attractive therapeutic target for the functional cure of HBV and HBV-related HCC