Resiliensi Pada Masyarakat Kota Padang Ditinjau Dari Jenis Kelamin

Sebagai salah satu negara yang berada dalam rangkaian gunung berapi aktif di dunia dan berada di atas tumbukan banyak lempeng bumi, Indonesia berpotensi mengalami banyak gempa bumi. Kota Padang adalah salah satu daerah yang rawan bencana gempa bumi karena berada pada jalur subduksi lempeng Australia dan Eurasia. Bencana alam tentunya membawa kerugian dan penderitaan bagi masyarakat yang tertimpa bencana. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengukur perbedaan resiliensi pada masyarakat kota Padang ditinjau dari jenis kelamin. Partisipan dalam penelitian ini adalah 167 orang masyarakat kota Padang yang berada dalam daerah kuning (5-10 mdpl) dan merah (0-5 mdpl). Instrumen penelitian adalah kuesioner yang dikembangkan dari Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Data dianalisis menggunakan uji perbandingan dari metode statistik. Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan bahwa ada perbedaan resiliensi antara pria dan wanita. Pria memiliki skor resiliensi lebih tinggi dibandingkan wanita

Motivasi India Menjalin Kerjasama Ekonomi dengan Negara-negara Afrika

Africa is the poorest continent with economic growth is relatively slow compared to other countries. This is because since the beginning of its independence from western colonialism, Africa was hit by the prolonged conflict. Due to poverty and security, Western nations are reluctant to invest and provide economic assistance to African countries. Western countries saw Africa as a field of conflict and human rights violations. In contrast to Western countries, India actually investing heavily in Africa. Indian direct investment in Africa is growing as cooperation occurs.This study analyzed the motivation of India to cooperate with African countries, why India is interested to cooperate, while on the other side of the western countries are reluctant to cooperate with African countries. This study uses the theory of international cooperation by KJ.Holsti, which explains the factors that encourage a state of international cooperation.Keywords: State, international cooperation, motivation, national interes

Particle production and transplanckian problem on the non-commutative plane

We consider the coherent state approach to non-commutativity, and we derive from it an effective quantum scalar field theory. We show how the non-commutativity can be taken in account by a suitable modification of the Klein-Gordon product, and of the equal-time commutation relations. We prove that, in curved space, the Bogolubov coefficients are unchanged, hence the number density of the produced particle is the same as for the commutative case. What changes though is the associated energy density, and this offers a simple solution to the transplanckian problem.Comment: Minor typos corrected, references added. Accepted for publication by Modern Physics Letter

Dual-use Molecules from Yeast

This year the OPCW, the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention, celebrates the 20th anniversary of entry into forces. In 2014, this organization examined the impact of new technologies in the field of chemical and biological weapons, in particular the “Convergence” of Chemistry and Biology. An OPCW report of the Scientific Advisory Group highlighted the importance of monitoring developments in science and technology: “New production processes, combined with developments in drug discovery and delivery, could be exploited in the development of new toxic chemicals that could be used as weapons.” 1 Indeed, since 2008, Synthetic Biology is monitored also by other international organizations, such as the Nonproliferation Export Control Regimes Australia Group

Readiness in Facing Disasters on Indonesian People

Indonesia is located in The Pasific Ring of Fire or in the circle of active fire mountains in the earth. As a result, the volcanic activity and its underground eruption cause a lot of earthquakes which is followed by tsunami. Earthquake and tsunami caused thousand people die and a lot of people lost their wealth. Unfortunately, Indonesian people are still weak in case of preparation from disaster. In other words, disaster preparation in this discussion refers to the ability and awareness of Indonesian people to save their lives when disaster comes. However, preparation itself can be devided into simulation, survival training and guidance in order to avoid building's crash. As a result, it increasing the ability of residents to survive from disaster. Furthermore, the characteristics of disaster contains of rescue preparation, the competence to struggle, plaining and recovering. Meanwhile, dimension of survival can also be differ into: (1) rescue information, (2) synchronize coordinate management, (3) formal and informal organinization, (4) Rescue team whose prepared to run their duty during emergency time, (5) survival recovering, (6) wealth recovering, (7) main function during emergency and recovering times and (8) recovering activity. Finally, the preparation gives awareness and belief among communities to rescue from disaster. Moreover, it help to minimize sufferer and its psychological impact.Keywords ; preparation from disaste

Pengaruh Variasi Bukaan Lubang dan Model Penampang Lubang pada Bangunan Pintu Air Kombinasi Ambang Saluran Terbuka Lahan Pasang Surut

The influence of rising sea water on tidal land has always been a very common problem in the process of tidal land use as farmland. Network system of water began to be developed, namely the open channel system comes with water as formatter building floodgates, but it hasn't been able to made a solution of the problem increases in sea water to agricultural areas. The importance of knowing the description of the behavior of the flow on the draft water building make this research needs to be done. The use of open channels that come with building a sluice water regulator combined with water weirs are expected to hamper the rising tide if applied on tidal land use as farmland. The purpose of this research is to know the influence of variations of the opening hole sluice and sluice hole cross-section shape of the flow behavior change through the door water combined with weirs in open channel water in the form of discharge coefficient value (Cd). This research was conducted at the Laboraturium University of Hidroteknik Riau using a flume which features open channel water balance door and threshold. The results of this research show that building floodgates open channel on the threshold and are able to withstand the tide of different variations of the opening hole. The value of the coefficient of discharge (Cd) 10 mm hole openings variations between 0.60-0.70, 20 mm hole openings variations i.e. 0.30-0.45 and a 30 mm hole openings variations i.e. 0.25-0.40, These results are obtained from multiple upstream water faces tall test channel