Optimalisasi Peran Pemerintah dalam Pemberdayaan Masyarakat

Pemberdayaan dan debat teoritisnya masih menarik untuk didiskusikan. Banyak definisi dan implementasi pemberdayaan yang berbeda yang dipengaruhi oleh berbagai paradigma membuat diskusi semakin berkembang. Untuk itu tulisan ini akan membahas yang terdiri dari tiga bagian, secara umum berfokus pada analisis teoritis tentang bagaimana perbedaan paradigma mendefinisikan dan mempraktikkan pemberdayaan. Bagian pertama adalah kata pengantar, menggambarkan masalah sosial dan beberapa elemen yang mempraktikkan pemberdayaan yaitu pemerintah, Perusahaan, dan masyarakat madani. Bagian kedua mendiskusikan konteks sejarah di mana istilah pemberdayaan terungkap sebagai respon 'pembangunan kembali'. Ini memberi penjelasan tentang bagaimana perkembangan berhasil meningkatkan pertumbuhan ekonomi, namun tidak memberantas kemiskinan atau menyediakan lapangan kerja dengan kecepatan yang diantisipasi, dan dalam banyak kasus, ketidaksetaraan meningkat. Pada bagian terakhir, pembahasan tentang peran pemerintah dalam pemberdayaan masyarakat dengan penjelasan bahwa pemerintah berfungsi sebagai regulator, dinamistor, dan fasilitator yang ketiganya harus beriringan tanpa ada yang dipisahkan

A perspective of the Malaysian highway energy consumption and future power supply

In this short communication, we discuss the energy consumption trends in the Malaysian road transport sector, with a special emphasis on the energy losses due to vehicle aerodynamic drag on highways. The recent trends of energy consumption in the Malaysian road transport sector are reviewed. It is evidently shown that the aerodynamic losses represented exceed 1.2. MTOE annually since 2002. A novel concept of vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) farms for harvesting aerodynamic energy losses on Malaysian highways is preliminarily proposed. The novel concept aims at providing a sustainable and green energy source for the lighting of the highway network in the country

Measurement of single event upsets in the ALICE-TPC front-end electronics

The Time Projection Chamber of the ALICE experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider features highly integrated on-detector read-out electronics. It is following the general trend of high energy physics experiments by placing the front-end electronics as close to the detector as possible -- only some 10 cm away from its active volume. Being located close to the beams and the interaction region, the electronics is subject to a moderate radiation load, which allowed us to use commercial off-the-shelf components. However, they needed to be selected and qualified carefully for radiation hardness and means had to be taken to protect their functionality against soft errors, i.e. single event upsets. Here we report on the first measurements of LHC induced radiation effects on ALICE front-end electronics and on how they attest to expectations

Synthesis and Characterization of Starch-Graft-Acrylamide Hydrogel for Oral Drug Delivery

In this research, starch was extracted from fresh sweet potato and was used to prepare starch-g-acrylamide hydrogel using free radical polymerization method with potassium per sulphate and N’N-Methylene bisacrylamide as initiator and cross-linker, respectively. The swelling capacity and pH sensitivity of the synthesized hydrogel were investigated in solutions of various pH (1-12). The drug loading and release experiment was also carried out using promethazine (PMZ) as the model drug at 25oC and 37oC, respectively while the release study was carried out in an enzyme-free simulated gastric intestinal fluid (SGF) and simulated intestinal fluid (SIF). The result showed a 905% swelling at pH 11, suggesting increased swelling capacity at higher pH values. Drug loading result indicated 99% of the drug was entrapped by the hydrogel as confirmed by UV-visible spectrophotometry. SIF and SGF Simulation indicated a 24% and 9% drug release for the first ten hours. At the end of 48 hours the release was 96% and 89%, respectively indicating the hydrogel released more promethazine in SIF than in SGF. The results obtained in this work suggest that starch-graft-acrylamide hydrogel is a potential vehicle for oral drug delivery. Keywords: Starch, Acrylamide, Hydrogel, Drug delivery

Internet Privacy

The benefits of the Internet have come at some cost, one of which is a loss of privacy, which is often regarded as a moral right or a legal right. Internet privacy is primarily concerned with protecting user information. It is widely acknowledged as the top consideration in any online interaction. New threats to privacy and civil liberties are emerging daily and privacy practices are not one size fits all. This paper provides a brief introduction to online privacy