Making productive vocabulary notebook: EFL learners' productive vocabulary acquisition

Vocabulary is one of the necessary things in language learning. Students face many difficulties when learning vocabulary in traditional ways which focused on memorizing words with its meaning. Therefore, they need a new strategy for learning vocabulary. Vocabulary notebook is one of the strategies for learning vocabulary. The objective of this study is to know the empirical evidence about the effectiveness of making productive vocabulary notebook in students’ productive vocabulary acquisition. The method used in this study is a quantitative method, and the research design is pre-experimental with one group pre-test post-test. This study uses a probability sampling. This study is conducted in the eighth-grade of SMP Al-Hasan Bandung. The sample taken is one class with 20 participants to be compared the pre-test score before treatment and the post-test score after treatments. The treatments given are four times. For analyzing the data, this research uses a normality test, paired sample test, and n-gain score. Students’ vocabulary acquisition before productive vocabulary notebook exposed by them was in the poor category because they got 51 for the average pre-test score. However, the students’ vocabulary acquisition has increased from the poor category into fairly enough category, because the average of the post-test score is 68.7. It proves that productive vocabulary notebook makes a significant improvement to students’ vocabulary acquisition. Moreover, the level of the significance is in medium level. In conclusion, making productive vocabulary notebook is effective for students’ vocabulary acquisition even though it is applied in a small scope. This technique can be applied at the same level with a much larger-scale study; the result will be more generalizable

Dampak Education Mismatch terhadap Kinerja Karyawan BPR Sinar Mulia

This study aims to determine and explain the impact of education mismatch on the performance of BPR Sinar Mulia employees. This type of research is a qualitative research. The data analysis method that will be used in this research is descriptive research method. In this study, education mismatch is not a factor that hinders a person's performance. However, it takes a harder effort for employees with education mismatches to be able to adapt to their work and work environment, besides that one's education also determines the boundaries of employee career paths

Secukinumab Therapy in Psoriasis Management

Background : In recent years, use of biological therapy in psoriasis has increased as a result of advances in understanding the pathophysiology of psoriasis disease. Biological agents currently approved for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis including inhibitor TNF-α (adalimumab, etanercept, infliximab), inhibitor IL-17 (ixekizumab, brodalumab, secukinumab), inhibitor IL-12/IL-23 (ustekinumab), and inhibitor IL-23 (guselkumab, tildrakizumab). Secukinumab is a human monoclonal antibody that selectively neutralizes IL-17A, a cytokine involved in the development of psoriasis. Review: Psoriasis is a chronic skin inflammation with the characteristic form of erythematous plaque firmly, thick scale, layered, and silvery-white. The trigger factors cause damage to the skin and produce cytokines IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-17, and IL-22. This proinflammatory cytokine induces the proliferation of keratinocytes and subsequently causes skin inflammation, leading to plaque psoriasis formation. Biologic agents are utilized to block those cytokines. There are three main classes of biological agents in the treatment of psoriasis: inhibitor TNFα, inhibitor IL-17, and inhibitor IL-23. Secukinumab is a fully human antibody that selectively binds and neutralizes IL-17A. Conclusion: Biological agents targeting IL-17 receptors are more effective and safer than biological agents that target TNF-α and IL-23 receptors for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis treatment. Secukinumab has been approved for plaque psoriasis therapy in adults, psoriasis arthritis (PsA), and ankylosing spondylitis

ANALISIS LOGAM BERAT PADA BERAS (Oriza sativa L.) YANG DITANAM DI DAERAH INDUSTRI KARET MEKAR JAYA

Indonesia merupakan negara dengan konsumsi beras terbesar setelah Banglades yang merupakan sebagai makanan pokok. Mutu beras dapat dilihat dari aktivitas budidaya padi tergantung pada proses penanaman dan lingkungan sekitar, seperti penggunaan pupuk anorganik, kualitas tanah, cuaca serta air yang tercemar oleh limbah industri juga dapat berpotensi dalam pencemaran bahan-bahan berbahaya bagi kesehatan manusia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menentukan kandungan logam Kadmium (Cd), Tembaga (Cu), Merkuri (Hg), Timbal (Pb) dan Besi (Fe) pada 3 sampel beras yang ditanam di daerah Industri Karet Mekar Jaya. Sampel beras yang diambil dari hulu, tengah dan hilir persawaan disekitar industri dianalisis menggunakan metode Spektrofotometri Serapan Atom (SSA) dan pengujian dilakukan dengan 2 pengulangan. Dari hasil penelitian analisis logam Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb dan Fe yang diperoleh, sampel beras hanya mengandung logam Cu dan Fe, sedangkan logam Cd, Hg dan Pb tidak dapat terdeteksi. Logam Cu yang terkandung pada beras dipersawahan tersebut pada daerah hulu, tengah dan hilir berturut-turut 4,765; 4,73 dan 4,13 mg/kg sedangkan logam Fe berturut-turut 6,8; 5,76 dan 5,025 mg/kg. Kesimpulan yang diperoleh bahwa pada sampel beras 1, 2 dan 3 tidak terdeteksi logam Cd, Hg dan Pb, kadar logam Cu masih dalam batas aman menurut BPOM no 03725/B/SK/VII/89 sedangkan kadar logam Fe yang diperoleh melebihi batas aman menurut Permenkes no 492/MENKES/Per/IV/2010

Significant Different Level of Malondialdehyde (MDA) as Oxydative Stress Marker in Severity Groups of Acne Vulgaris

Background: Acne vulgaris (AV) is a common chronic inflammatory disease of sebaceous gland that may decrease patient’s quality of life. Oxidative stress is suggested to play role in the pathogenesis of AV. Purpose: To evaluate the differences of malondialdehyde (MDA) level as oxidative stress marker in AV severity. Method: This is an analytic observational cross sectional research of AV patients in Cosmetic Division of Dermatology and Venereology Outpatient Clinic of Dr. Soetomo hospital Surabaya. Subjects were collected through consecutive sampling since May-August 2015. Total samples were 42 patients, classified into 3 severity groups (mild, moderate, severe).  Samples were taken from blood vein, examined with Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) then analyzed statistically. Results: There were differences of MDA mean level among AV severity groups: mild 58.371 ng/ml (SD±25.2141); moderate 99.121 ng/ml (SD±8.5172); and severe 171.779 ng/ml (SD±49.9694). Post hoc analytic revealed that there were statistically differences of MDA level in all stages (mild-moderate p=0.002; mild-severe p=0.000; moderate-severe p=0.000). Conclusions: This research revealed that oxidative stress plays a role in AV pathogenesis. Lipid peroxidation process in sebum produced lipid oxidant that could induce inflammatory process in sebaseous gland via Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor  (PPAR)

Prevention of Contact Dermatitis Due to Hand Hygiene in The Era of COVID-19

Background: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus is known to cause COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019), and it is rapidly spreading throughout the world that it is declared as a global pandemic. Hand hygiene is widely promoted as it is recommended to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Contact dermatitis is one of the risks of hand hygiene campaign during the COVID-19. Purpose: This study aimed to assess the parents' level of knowledge before and after health education about contact dermatitis due to hand hygiene. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, and the data was collected via questionnaires. This study involved 53 respondents. Result: There was a significant increase in respondents' knowledge level after being educated (Wilcoxon test, p=0.000), as evidenced in the mean score of pre-test and post-test evaluation. Conclusion: To lower the incidence, education on contact dermatitis prevention due to hand hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic is required

A Case Report of Tinea Capitis in Children: Utility of Trichoscopy

Background: Tinea capitis (TC) is the most prevalent pediatric superficial dermatophyte infection. Scalp dermoscopy or “trichoscopy” represents a valuable, noninvasive technique for the evaluation of patients with hair loss due to TC. Purpose: To characterize trichoscopic findings in children with clinical findings suggestive of TC. Case:  A 13-year-old boy was presented with a scaled plaque on his scalp that had appeared 1 month earlier. A physical examination revealed a scaly, nonerythematous, rounded lesion in the parietal area of the head. Wood’s lamp yielded a blue fluorescence. Microscopic morphology from fungal culture found the typical spindle-shaped macroconidia of Microsporum canis. Trichoscopy showed mainly comma hair, corkscrew hair, morse code hair, bent hair, and zig zag hair. The patient was started on oral griseofulvin 20 mg/kg/day and antifungal shampoo for 8 weeks. The patient was cured after two months of treatment and trichoscopy returned to normal. Discussion: Fungal culture remains the gold standard in TC diagnosis, but it needs time. Trichoscopy can be an additional tool to help evaluate the diagnosis, aetiology, and follow up of this disorder. The presence of characteristic trichoscopic features (comma hairs, corkscrew hairs, Morse code-like hairs, zigzag hairs, bent hairs, block hairs, and i-hairs) is predictive of TC. The present analysis confirmed that trichoscopy is a useful method in differentiating between Microsporum and Trichophyton TC, which is important from the perspective of a different therapeutic approach. Conclusion: Trichoscopy is not only of value in the diagnosis of TC but also for the etiologic agent and follow-up after treatment in this case