Visual Aesthetic of Petta Puang Theater Group Performance in South Sulawesi

This study aims to provide a description of the visual aesthetics contained in the show Puppet Theater Petta Puang in South Sulawesi in connection with the network of symbolic meaning inherent in it. The method used is descriptive-interpretivime method symbolic, with data collection techniques through direct observation, interviews, and documentation. The result of the research shows that in the performance of Petta Puang Puppet Theater there is a visual aesthetic that characterizes the main character «Petta Puang» in every appearance that is jas tutup, songkok guru (songkok to Bone), and lipa ‘sabbe\u27. Some visual aesthetics have symbolic meaning directly related to the socio-cultural values of the people of South Sulawesi. Lipa ‘sabbe (silk sarong) is a Bugis sarong which has a fine texture as a representation of the tenderness and social politeness of Bugis tribe, while vertical and horizontal lines are markers of human relationship with God and human relationships in the social system. Jas Tutup originally consists of two colors, namely black and white. Two elements of color is a neutral color that confirms the impression of depth and sanctity that became the patron of Bugis tribe values

Learning Management in Police Academy Educational Institutes and Training

Learning management in Police Academy Educational Institutes and Training covers planning, implementing, evaluating, and controlling. Learning management is done by Educators in order to achieve high qualified graduates in Police Academy Educational Institute and Training. Besides that, it indirectly improves Educators’ competence. However, there are some teachers that use monotonous lecturing as their learning method on the planning stages. The effect is the students feel less concentration during learning process. This research is done by using descriptive approach to solve the problem. Variables of the research are management, learning, and learning management. It uses primary and secondary data to obtain the information. The primary data were obtained through interview and observation, and the secondary data were obtained from written sources through documentation that is related to learning management in Police Academy Educational Institutes and Training. Technique analysis of the data is descriptive qualitative. The results of this study show that learning management done by teachers covers planning, implementing, evaluating, and controlling. The lesson plan composed by teachers still use monotonous lecturing as learning method on the planning stages in each meeting.     Keywords: management, learning, learning managemen

HUBUNGAN ANTARA STRES KERJA DENGAN ANDROPAUSE PADA PRIA LANJUT USIA DI KABUPATEN TEMANGGUNG

Objective: At the time, elderly men will experinece a condition due to the aging process called andropause. Andropause is a condition where ther is a decrease of physical, sexual and psychological ability in men that assosiated to the reduced or the lost of testosteron levels in blood plasma due to the aging process. Research shows that the prevalence of andropause is big enough, it about 70,94%. It shows that the most men will experience andropause, it only differ in onset or the beginning age when andropause occur. Obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, and physical stress or even psychological stress are some factors that can accelerate the occurance of andropause in men. The purpose of this study is to find out the correlation between work stress with andropause in elderly men in Temanggung. Methods: An observational analitic research in cross sectional approaching. This study conducted on 320 men in the age of 40-60 years old who have job. This study use Purposive Random Sampling, choosing the subjects based on characteristics of population, on proportional method by considering the number of population of each subdisticts. The data is collected by a questionairre. The data will be analyzed with analytic method of Lambda Correlation Test in software SPSS 17.0 for windows. Results: The result of statistical analytic with Lambda Correlation Test, either by manual calculation or calculation in SPSS 17.0 for Windows, obtained that the value of r=0.408 and the positive direction of correlation. Conclusion: Based on the result of that Lambda Correlation Test, it can be concluded that there is a correlation between job stress and andropause in elderly men in Temanggung regency, the strength of correlation is average (r=0.408) an

Model Sinusoida Secara Segmental Untuk Pengkodean Sinyal Suara

Segmental Sinusoidal Model for Speech Signal Coding. Periodic signal can be decomposed by sinusoidal componentwith Fourier series. With this characteristic, it can be modeled referring by sinusoidal form. By the sinusoidal model,signal can be quantized in order to encode the speech signal at the lower rate. The recent sinusoidal method isimplemented in speech coding. By using this method, a block of the speech signal with 20 ms to 30 ms width is codedbased on Fourier series coefficients. The new method proposed is quantization and reconstruction of speech signal bythe segmental sinusoidal model. A segment is defined as a block of the speech signal from certain peak to consecutivepeak. The length of the segment is variable, instead of the fixed block like the recent sinusoidal method. Coder consistsof the encoder and the decoder. Encoder works to code speech signal at variable rate. Then coded signal will betransmitted to receiver. On the receiver, coded signal will be reconstructed, so that the reconstruction signal has the nearquality compared with the original signal. The experimental results show that the average of segmental SNR is morethan 20 dB

Teachers' Performance in Science Learning Management Integrated with Character Education

The research aims at revealing the performance of teachers in science learning management integrated with character education. This study employed qualitative research method. Based on the result of the t-test of the correlation coefficient, this study obtained t value 4,210 with significance 0,001. The significance value 0,001 < 0,05 showed that there is influence from teachers' performance in arranging learning media integrated with character education to the teachers' performance in science learning. The conclusion of research stated that the performance of science teachers in junior high schools in Semarang City in integrating character education is categorized into a very good category with average score 85,05

Achieving comprehensive disease control in patients with early and established rheumatoid arthritis treated with adalimumab plus methotrexate versus methotrexate alone

Objective: To evaluate the achievement of comprehensive disease control (CDC) following 1 year of treatment with adalimumab+methotrexate versus methotrexate alone and whether early achievement of remission (at week 24 or 26) is associated with CDC at week 52 in patients with either early or established rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: Post hoc analyses were conducted in three clinical studies assessing treatment with adalimumab+methotrexate: DE019 (NCT00195702) enrolled patients with established RA who were methotrexate inadequate responders; OPTIMA (NCT00420927) and PREMIER (NCT00195663) enrolled methotrexate-naive patients with early RA. In OPTIMA, patients not achieving stable low disease activity at weeks 22 and 26 in the placebo+methotrexate group could receive open-label adalimumab+methotrexate for 52 weeks (Rescue ADA arm). CDC was defined as the simultaneous achievement of clinical remission (DAS28(CRP)<2.6), normal function (HAQ-DI<0.5) and absence of radiographic progression (ΔmTSS≤0.5). Results: Regardless of disease duration, significantly more patients receiving adalimumab+methotrexate achieved CDC compared with methotrexate alone. In the adalimumab+methotrexate group, a numerically greater proportion of patients with early RA (~25%) versus established RA (14%) achieved CDC at 1 year; achievement of CDC was notably greater among patients who met criteria for remission at week 24 or 26 (~50% of patients with early RA and 39% with established RA). Conclusion: Treatment with adalimumab+methotrexate increases the likelihood of achieving CDC in patients with either early or established RA. Clinical remission at week 24 or 26 is associated with achievement of CDC at week 52

Testing Treat-to-Target Outcomes With Initial Methotrexate Monotherapy Compared With Initial Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor (Adalimumab) Plus Methotrexate in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

Objectives: To compare responses in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) initially treated with the tumour necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) adalimumab+methotrexate (MTX) versus MTX monotherapy who may have continued receiving MTX or switched to adalimumab rescue therapy after inadequate response to MTX. Methods: OPTIMA enrolled MTX-naive patients with active RA for <1 year. This post hoc analysis determined the proportion of patients, stratified by initial treatment, who achieved 28-joint modified Disease Activity Score based on C reactive protein <3.2, normal function and/or no radiographic progression at weeks 26, 52 and 78. Results: Significantly greater proportions of patients initially treated with adalimumab+MTX (n=466) compared with MTX monotherapy (n=460) achieved good clinical (53% vs 30%), functional (45% vs 33%) and radiographic (87% vs 72%) outcomes at week 26. From weeks 26 to 78, adalimumab rescue patients achieved similar clinical and functional outcomes versus patients initially treated with adalimumab+MTX. However, significantly more patients initially treated with adalimumab+MTX had no radiographic progression at weeks 52 and 78 versus patients initially treated with MTX (both timepoints: 86% vs 72%). Conclusions: In early RA, starting with MTX monotherapy and adding TNFi after 26 weeks yields similar longer term clinical results as starting with TNFi+MTX combination therapy but allows a small but significant accrual of radiographic damage

Statin-Associated Muscular and Renal Adverse Events: Data Mining of the Public Version of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System

OBJECTIVE: Adverse event reports (AERs) submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were reviewed to assess the muscular and renal adverse events induced by the administration of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) and to attempt to determine the rank-order of the association. METHODS: After a revision of arbitrary drug names and the deletion of duplicated submissions, AERs involving pravastatin, simvastatin, atorvastatin, or rosuvastatin were analyzed. Authorized pharmacovigilance tools were used for quantitative detection of signals, i.e., drug-associated adverse events, including the proportional reporting ratio, the reporting odds ratio, the information component given by a Bayesian confidence propagation neural network, and the empirical Bayes geometric mean. Myalgia, rhabdomyolysis and an increase in creatine phosphokinase level were focused on as the muscular adverse events, and acute renal failure, non-acute renal failure, and an increase in blood creatinine level as the renal adverse events. RESULTS: Based on 1,644,220 AERs from 2004 to 2009, signals were detected for 4 statins with respect to myalgia, rhabdomyolysis, and an increase in creatine phosphokinase level, but these signals were stronger for rosuvastatin than pravastatin and atorvastatin. Signals were also detected for acute renal failure, though in the case of atorvastatin, the association was marginal, and furthermore, a signal was not detected for non-acute renal failure or for an increase in blood creatinine level. CONCLUSIONS: Data mining of the FDA's adverse event reporting system, AERS, is useful for examining statin-associated muscular and renal adverse events. The data strongly suggest the necessity of well-organized clinical studies with respect to statin-associated adverse events

Determinants of the range of drugs prescribed in general practice: a cross-sectional analysis

Background: Current health policies assume that prescribing is more efficient and rational when general practitioners (GPs) work with a formulary or restricted drugs lists and thus with a limited range of drugs. Therefore we studied determinants of the range of drugs prescribed by general practitioners, distinguishing general GP-characteristics, characteristics of the practice setting, characteristics of the patient population and information sources used by GPs. Methods: Secondary analysis was carried out on data from the Second Dutch Survey in General Practice. Data were available for 138 GPs working in 93 practices. ATC-coded prescription data from electronic medical records, census data and data from GP/ practice questionnaires were analyzed with multilevel techniques. Results: The average GP writes prescriptions for 233 different drugs, i.e. 30% of the available drugs on the market within one year. There is considerable variation between ATC main groups and subgroups and between GPs. GPs with larger patient lists, GPs with higher prescribing volumes and GPs who frequently receive representatives from the pharmaceutical industry have a broader range when controlled for other variables. Conclusion: The range of drugs prescribed is a useful instrument for analysing GPs' prescribing behaviour. It shows both variation between GPs and between therapeutic groups. Statistically significant relationships found were in line with the hypotheses formulated, like the one concerning the influence of the industry. Further research should be done into the relationship between the range and quality of prescribing and the reasons why some GPs prescribe a greater number of different drugs than others.

Anaerobic digestion and gasification of seaweed

The potential of algal biomass as a source of liquid and gaseous biofuels is a highly topical theme, with over 70 years of sometimes intensive research and considerable financial investment. A wide range of unit operations can be combined to produce algal biofuel, but as yet there is no successful commercial system producing such biofuel. This suggests that there are major technical and engineering difficulties to be resolved before economically viable algal biofuel production can be achieved. Both gasification and anaerobic digestion have been suggested as promising methods for exploiting bioenergy from biomass, and two major projects have been funded in the UK on the gasification and anaerobic digestion of seaweed, MacroBioCrude and SeaGas. This chapter discusses the use of gasification and anaerobic digestion of seaweed for the production of biofuel