What’s Wrong with SISDALSKRIPSI? An Evaluation of the Thesis Control System at UNNES

This study aims to examine the implementation of thesis control system (SISDALSKRIPSI) at the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Semarang (FE UNNES). The concept of Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) is used to understand the factors that influence the students want to use SISDALSKRIPSI in FE UNNES. The research design is evaluative research. The population of the research is the students of the Department of Economic Education, FE UNNES who are preparing the thesis. Respondents in this study are also lecturers and supervisors at FE UNNES. The questionnaires and interviews were used to collect the data. Data analysis techniques used are multiple regression analysis and focus group discussion. The results showed that effort expectancy, performance expectancy, and social influence have positive and significant impact on intention to use SISDALSKRIPSI. Intension and facilitating condition also proved to have positive and significant effect on the actual use of SISDALSKRIPSI. Other results indicate that SISDALSKRIPSI still have to be improved. So it will be easier to use by lecturers and students.     Keywords: on time graduation; SISDALSKRIPSI; thesis control system; UTAU

Incedence of Pediculosis Capitis in Hilla School - Aged Students

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Kajian Pemanfaatan Material Habis Pakai sebagai Salah Satu Upaya Menuju Arsitekur Berkelanjutan

Building construction has strong influence toward green house effect which create global warming. The more natural resources used, producing more waste volume of material. As part of nature, human should act wisely and reducing use of excessive natural resources with the sustainable architecture concept. For example on Budi Faisal's house, he applies sustainable concept with some reuse materials like wood (intact wood and plywood), steel, roof tile and glass. The methods which use for collecting data is observing field, interview and questioner. Analyzing data using descriptive method of qualititative, quantitive and also qualitative which has being quantitavie. Qualitative analizing to find criteria, processing and applying materials then to compare with theory and data. Furthermore, quantitative analyze used for analyzing contemplation of social aspect and the economical aspect. The results are criteria, process and apply of reuse materials in Budi Faisal's house as a guidance for being sustainable in architecture

Material Bambu sebagai Konstruksi pada Great Hall Eco Campus Outward Bound Indonesia

In architecture the term of passive or low energy architecture is already known, which is not only talking about energy efficeincy in daily use but also talking about the material whether it was need lot of energy to produce it or even in transporting that material. One of the criteria is selecting an environmental friendly material and bamboo is a material that can fit to that. Eco Campus Outward Bound Indonesia is the first character development campus in Indonesia which develop a sustainable environment with Great Hall Eco Campus OBI, whereas the bamboo material is use as the main construction and will bethe object of this paper. The purpose of this observation on bamboo material is to understand and study this material and its coupling as a construction in a building. Based on the analysis result, the application of bamboo material as a construction starts from procurement until the maintenance afterward. These are the factors that affect the durability and the longevity of bamboos in building

Epidemiological Insights into TORCH Infections in the Population of Erbil City

A seroepidemiological study of the TORCH panel was conducted on inhabitants of Erbil City to provide updated baseline data on TORCH prevalence. 508 individuals were included in this study. 218 (42.91%) were females and 290 (57.09%) were males. Their ages ranged from 13 to 63 year, the majority being within the age group (21-30 years), 162 (31.89%), (P < 0.05). 20 individuals (3.94%) tested positive for anti-TOX IgG antibodies. One of the 20 (5%) tested positive for anti-TOX IgM antibodies, who was a 32-year-old female. 128 individuals (25.2%) (all females) tested positive for anti-Rubella IgG antibodies. 40 individuals (7.87%) were positive for anti-CMV IgG antibodies. One of the 40 (2.5%) also tested positive for anti-CMV IgM antibodies, who was a 26-year-old male. 18 individuals (3.54%) tested positive for anti-HSV-1 IgG antibodies. One of the 18 (5.56%) also tested positive for anti-HSV-1 IgM antibodies. One 18-year-old male (0.2%) tested positive for anti-HSV-2 IgG antibodies, and none were positive for anti-HSV-2 IgM antibodies. The results suggest the presence of Toxoplasma, CMV, HSV-1 and HSV-2 infections among the community, the majority (P < 0.05) being CMV followed by TOX and HSV-1 and finally HSV-2. The positive IgG results of Rubella are most probably due to the obligatory vaccination program for females. Despite the fact that the majority of positive cases were for IgG, enhancing vaccination efforts and providing comprehensive health education is crucial for enhancing the well-being of the Erbil population

Vitamin D levels in Coronavirus-infected Individuals and its Correlation with Certain Hematological Markers

The world and nearly all our health care system were confronted by a significant threat which was declared by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Determining the SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19’s prognostic and modifiable measures surely would largely contribute to outcome improving despite the deficiency of causative therapy that affected nearly 200 million people, 3.5 million fatal incidences, and it is still airborne.  The research in hand examined probable relations between the levels of vitamin D (VitD) and immunological markers. Hence, a sample of 200 lecturers and students from Cihan University-Erbil were assigned, (150 males, 50 females) whom ages were between 22 to 25, with some respondents were treated from a previous COVID-19 infection. The results showed that 98 (or 49%) of the 200 samples had Covid-19 infection. Males 60/98 had a greater prevalence rate (61%), whilst females 38/98 had a lower rate (39%). According to immunological ELISA results, every patient had positive IgG antibodies and negative IgM antibodies. Compared to the healthy group, the serum levels of IgE rose considerably in Covid-19 patients. However, when compared to the healthy group, the serum level of vitamin D3 in the Covid-19 recovered patients showed a considerable reduction. The mean results for hematological parameters indicated a non-significant increase in the number of red blood cells relative to the healthy group, but a significant increase in the WBC count, Hb concentration, and platelets. Thus, the result indicates the necessity for interventional studies on vitamin D supplementation in SARS-CoV-2 infected persons by showing a correlation between vitamin D deficit and WBC count during COVID-19 recovery

PERIOPERATIVE AND ONCOLOGICAL OUTCOMES IN HIGH RISK ELDERLY PATIENTS

Aim of the study ontroversy continues to exist concerning the treatment of choice for D\u2019Amico high risk elderly patients. The purpose of this study is to compare the perioperative and oncologic outcomes of robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in D\u2019Amico high risk, propensity score-matched elderly and younger cohorts. Materials and methods From January 2008 through August 2012, 3818 patients underwent RARP at our institution by a single surgeon (VP). Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from our Institutional Review Board approved registry identified 80 D\u2019Amico high risk patients, 70 years of age and over. A propensity scorematch analysis was conducted using multivariable analysis to compare elderly patients (age 70 and over) to those under 70. The final two study cohorts \u2013 D\u2019Amico high risk elderly patients (n=80) and D\u2019Amico high risk younger patients (n=80) constituted the clinical material for this comparative study of perioperative and oncologic outcomes. Results Preoperative clinical characteristics were similar for the two matched groups. The operative time, transfusion rate and intra-operative complications were similar for the two groups.The mean estimated blood loss was significantly greater in younger patients (156.1 \ub1 84.2 mLvs 113.6 \ub1 67.7; p=0.002). No significant differences were observed in laterality, ease of nerve sparing or surgeon subjectively assessed anastomosis and pathological outcomes between the groups. No significant differences were found in postoperative complication rates, overall pain scores, length of stay or duration of indwelling catheterization. At follow-up, freedom from biochemical recurrence (BCR) in elderly patients was 85.0% vs. 83.8% in younger patients. The mean time to BCR in elderly patients was 15.0 months (range, 2.3 to 38.8) and 14.5 months (range, 5.2 to 35.1) in younger patients. Discussion Conclusions This study clearly demonstrates that RARP can be performed in D\u2019Amico high risk elderly patients without increasing perioperative morbidity and with oncologic outcomes comparable to high risk younger patients. RARP in elderly patients presenting with localized prostate cancer should be considered a viable treatment alternative based on the individual\u2019s life expectancy

Free Vibration Analysis of Composite Cylindrical Shell Reinforced with Silicon Nano-Particles: Analytical and FEM Approach

Previous research presented the effect of nanomaterials on the mechanical properties of composite materials with various volume fraction effects; in addition, their research presented the effect of nanomaterials on the same mechanical characteristics for a composite plate structure, such as vibration and thermal buckling behavior. Therefore, since the use of shell structures is for large applications, it is necessary to investigate the modification of the vibration characteristics of its design with the effect of nanomaterials and study the influence of other reinforced nanoparticle types on its features. Therefore, in this work, silicon nanoparticles were selected to investigate their effect on the vibration behavior of a shell structure. As a result, this work included studying the vibration behavior by testing the shell structure with a vibration test machine. In addition, after manufacturing the composite material shell with various silicon volume fractions, the mechanical properties were evaluated. In addition, the finite element technique with the Ansys program was used to assess and compare the vibration behavior of the shell structure using the numerical technique. The comparison of the results gave an acceptable percentage error not exceeding 10.93%. Finally, the results evaluated showed that the modification with silicon nanomaterials gave very good results since the nanomaterials improved about 65% of the shell's mechanical properties and vibration characteristics

Comparison of Mycotoxin Contamination levels of Local and Imported Corn in Iraq

The study included determining pollution level of mycotoxin (aflatoxin, Ochratoxin, T2 / HT2) in local and imported corn in Iraq because it causes health damage and economic losses. In this study, 100 samples were collected from 50 samples of local corn, and 50 samples of imported corn and assed for mycotoxins test using ELISA technique and the results indicated the presence of the highest infection rates of mycotoxin in the local corn especially aflatoxin, where 28 sample at 56% were ranged between (20.1 - 157) ppb, which is higher than the allowable limits and 22 samples at (44%) were ranged between (5.1 to 2.9) ppb which is within the allowable limits , T2 / HT2 in 16 samples at (32%) of the total samples recorded less than (150) PPb which ranged between lowest value (25.8) ppb and the highest value (74.5) ppb and 34 samples at 68% with the value(0.0)ppb were is within the allowable limits, Ochratoxin, in 33 sample at 66% of the total samples less than(15) PPb recorded readings were  ranged between lowest value (1.5) ppb and the highest value (14.3) ppb, and 17 samples at  34% with the value (0.0)ppb,  which is also within the allowable limits in our country. Imported corn recorded readings in 24 samples at 48% as found by the three toxins and ranged the results of aflatoxin between the lowest value (0.8) PPb and the highest value (5.6) ppb and 26 samples at 52% with the value (0.0)ppb and T2 / HT2 results were ranged between the lowest value (3.1) ppb and the highest value (148) ppb and 26 samples at 52% with the value (0.0) ppb ochratoxin results were ranged between the lowest value (1.1) ppb and the highest value (5.7) ppb, and 26 samples at 52% with the value (0.0)ppb   and all of these results are within the allowable limits in our country. So we conclude from this study that the local corn was highest mycotoxin contamination than imported corn

Acidic microenvironment plays a key role in human melanoma progression through a sustained exosome mediated transfer of clinically relevant metastatic molecules

Background: Microenvironment cues involved in melanoma progression are largely unknown. Melanoma is highly influenced in its aggressive phenotype by the changes it determinates in its microenvironment, such as pH decrease, in turn influencing cancer cell invasiveness, progression and tissue remodelling through an abundant secretion of exosomes, dictating cancer strategy to the whole host. A role of exosomes in driving melanoma progression under microenvironmental acidity was never described. Methods: We studied four differently staged human melanoma lines, reflecting melanoma progression, under microenvironmental acidic pHs pressure ranging between pH 6.0-6.7. To estimate exosome secretion as a function of tumor stage and environmental pH, we applied a technique to generate native fluorescent exosomes characterized by vesicles integrity, size, density, markers expression, and quantifiable by direct FACS analysis. Functional roles of exosomes were tested in migration and invasion tests. Then we performed a comparative proteomic analysis of acid versus control exosomes to elucidate a specific signature involved in melanoma progression. Results: We found that metastatic melanoma secretes a higher exosome amount than primary melanoma, and that acidic pH increases exosome secretion when melanoma is in an intermediate stage, i.e. metastatic non-invasive. We were thus able to show that acidic pH influences the intercellular cross-talk mediated by exosomes. In fact when exposed to exosomes produced in an acidic medium, pH naïve melanoma cells acquire migratory and invasive capacities likely due to transfer of metastatic exosomal proteins, favoring cell motility and angiogenesis. A Prognoscan-based meta-analysis study of proteins enriched in acidic exosomes, identified 11 genes (HRAS, GANAB, CFL2, HSP90B1, HSP90AB1, GSN, HSPA1L, NRAS, HSPA5, TIMP3, HYOU1), significantly correlating with poor prognosis, whose high expression was in part confirmed in bioptic samples of lymph node metastases. Conclusions: A crucial step of melanoma progression does occur at melanoma intermediate -stage, when extracellular acidic pH induces an abundant release and intra-tumoral uptake of exosomes. Such exosomes are endowed with pro-invasive molecules of clinical relevance, which may provide a signature of melanoma advancement