Analisis Produktivitas, Pendapatan dan Kesejahteraan Petani Karet Eks Upp Tcsdp di Desa Semelinang Darat Kecamatan Peranap Kabupaten Indragiri Hulu

This study aims to analyze the productivity, the revenue, the households income structure, the pattern of households expenditure, and the welfare of households of the smallholder rubber plantation of ex-TCSDP development. Research was done by survey at Semelinang Darat Village. Data were collected from 30 small-holders rubber farmers using purposive sampling technique. Analysis of the results showed that the productivity of smallholder rubber plantation as 2.79 ton/ha/year, the revenues of smallholder rubber plantation as Rp 6.466.065/ha/year. The structure of household income derived from agriculture is 85,07 percent and 14,93 percent for non-agricultural income. The pattern of household expenditure shown that the food expenditure as 32,36 percent and non-food expenditures as 67,64 percent. Result also show that the household of the smallholder rubber plantation at Semelinang Darat Village have the total expenditure more than 240 kg of rice equivalent. The household of small-holders rubber plantation have the total expenditure above the poverty line (Rp 369.210 /capita/month). The household welfare using the 14 indicators of relative poverty by Indonesian Statistic show that 83,33 percent household have ability to fullfill the basic need or prosperous, while 16,67 percent is almost prosperous

Plasma inflammatory cytokines and survival of pancreatic cancer patients.

OBJECTIVES: Inflammation and inflammatory conditions have been associated with pancreatic cancer risk and progression in a number of clinical, epidemiological, and animal model studies. The goal of the present study is to identify plasma markers of inflammation associated with survival of pancreatic cancer patients, and assess their joint contribution to patient outcome. METHODS: We measured circulating levels of four established markers of inflammation (C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor type II (sTNF-RII), and macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 (MIC-1)) in 446 patients enrolled in an ongoing prospective clinic-based study. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for death were estimated using multivariate Cox proportional hazards models. RESULTS: Overall mortality was significantly increased in patients in the top quartile of CRP (HR = 2.52, 95% CI: 1.82-3.49), IL-6 (HR = 2.78, 95% CI: 2.03-3.81), sTNF-RII (HR = 2.00, 95% CI: 1.46-2.72), and MIC-1 (HR = 2.53, 95% CI: 1.83-3.50), compared to those in the bottom quartile (P-trend CONCLUSION: Individual elevated plasma inflammatory cytokines are associated with significant and dramatic reductions in pancreatic cancer patient survival. Furthermore, we observed an independent combined effect of those cytokines on patient survival, suggesting that multiple inflammatory pathways are likely involved in PDAC progression. Future research efforts to target the inflammatory state using combination strategies in pancreatic cancer patients are warranted

Pengendalian Motor Dc Robot Mirosot Upn Veteran YOGYAKARTA Menggunakan Mikrokontroler Atmega 8

Pada sistem robot UPN V Yogyakarta, mikrokontroler baru digunakan sebagai perantara bagi pusat pengendali seluruh sistem atau host komputer dan motor DC. Mikrokontroler akan menerima data dari sistem komunikasi dan kemudian langsung mengirimkan secara langsung data tersebut ke motor DC. Hal ini dikarenakan robot soccer mikro Teknik UPN V Yogyakarta adalah robot yang dibangun dari nol, maka pengendalian pergerakan dasar robot diperlukan untuk mendukung pengendalian pergerakan yang lebih kompleks. Sistem yang dirancang berkaitan dengan beberapa komponen hardware robot yaitu micro robot soccer mengunakan sistem penggerak motor DC yang memiliki pulsa berjumlah 512 encoder. Mikrokontroler ATmega8 digunakan sebagai sistem kontrol motor dan komunikasi robot. Bahasa yang digunakan adalah bahasa pemrograman C untuk mengimplementasikan kendali motor di dalam mikrokontroler. Untuk mengirimkan kecepatan digunakan aplikasi yang dibuat dengan bahasa pemrograman C#. Dengan membangun kendali motor DC pada mikrokontroler atmega8, pergerakan robot diharapkan mampu bergerak sesuai perintah yang dikirimkan oleh komputer host

Penyuluhan Pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia Berbasis Intelegensi Natural pada Guru Paud Non Formal di Kecamatan Gayamsari Semarang

?é?á A natural intelligence is a new method in the teaching and learning process in as the steps of indication to associate the needed subtance. It has a purpose to build the children?óÔé¼Ôäós intelligence to be multintellegence. This method is used to make an effective teaching learning process which deals with the students?óÔé¼Ôäó potential quality to get the maximal output in long term. This concept is actually presented to the early age learners in learning Bahasa Indonesia to know how their mother tongue will influence their second language based on the community that they live with. By living with their community who speaks Bahasa Indoensia as the second language, they will learn it in how to speak and write naturally. Learning Bahasa Indonesia using a natural intelegence is a good method in making them able to speak and write it well because this method motivate and force them how to understand, comprehend and apply it directly. And this method was actually trained to teachers of Non ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ Formal PAUD / Under age /children group. By having this training, Non ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ Formal PAUD teachers will be apble to implement the method well and the result will make children learn Bahasa Indonesia effectively and creatively

Towards microfluidic reactors for in situ synchrotron infrared studies

Anodically bonded etched silicon microfluidic devices that allow infrared spectroscopic measurement of solutions are reported. These extend spatially well-resolved in situ infrared measurement to higher temperatures and pressures than previously reported, making them useful for effectively time-resolved measurement of realistic catalytic processes. A data processing technique necessary for the mitigation of interference fringes caused by multiple reflections of the probe beam is also describe

Music for Thought: Examining Saudi Identities Expressed Through Music on Social Media

The aim of this chapter is to investigate how social media help create and diffuse popular music in Saudi Arabia and how such music questions the officially accepted identities and social practices. Social media are widely used as means of promotion among artists around the world; yet Saudi Arabia deserves special attention. This is because traditional media act much more strictly as gatekeepers in the kingdom; hence, social media offer greater possibility for circulation of popular entertainment, especially when it touches upon the questions related to the core values of the Saudi society. Such is the case of recordings by Hesham Fageeh “No woman, No drive” (2013) or the recently trending video clip “Hwages” that, both, received peak visibility online and sparked debates about women empowerment. Similarly, some videos trending online prompted a dance craze, for instance, “Barbs” showed a choreography that was subsequently copied by fans who uploaded their performances online. Dancing is a prohibition among the conservative segments of society; yet, the vastly young population of Saudi Arabia seeks entertainment.Social media in Saudi Arabia have become primordial means of communication in the kingdom with highest rates of social media participation in the Middle East and seventh rank in the world (2016). Consequently, this chapter employs a mixed-method approach in order to uncover how social media breaks the monopoly on entertainment by promoting different musical genres and encouraging social debate

An exploratory randomized controlled trial evaluating text prompts in Lebanon to encourage health‐seeking behavior for hypertension

Aims of the study The current study evaluates the effectiveness of an opportunistic mobile screening on the percentage of people who are aware of whether they may be hypertensive (in an observational study) and the effectiveness of reminder prompts on the percentage of people who seek further medical attention (in a randomized controlled trial). Methods used to conduct the study The screening of 1227 participants (529 female) was conducted during the registration period of the 2018 Beirut International Marathon in Lebanon. Next, 266 participants whose screening indicated hypertension (64 Female) were randomly allocated to a treatment group or a control group in a 1:1 fashion. The treatment group received a reminder prompt to seek further medical attention for their potential hypertension and the control group did not. The overt nature of the text message meant that participants in the treatment group could not be blinded to their group allocation. The primary outcome is participants’ self‐reports of whether they sought further medical attention. Results of the study For the opportunistic screening, a 25% prevalence rate and a 24% awareness rate of hypertension was indicated. A McNemar analysis suggested that the screening increased participant awareness (X2 (N =1227)=72.16, p <0.001). For the randomized controlled trial, 219 participants provided follow‐up data via a phone call (82% retention). A Chi‐squared analysis suggested that the reminder prompt successfully encouraged more participants to seek further medical attention, 45.5% treatment group vs. 28.0% control group (X 2(1, N =219)=7.19, p =0.007, φ =0.18). Conclusions drawn and clinical implications Extra support in the form of a brief reminder message can increase the percentage of people who seek further medical attention after attending an opportunistic screening at a marathon event. The discussion reviews how the results align with previous research, strengths and limitations of the current study, and implications for future research and practice