Sistem Intensifikasi Padi Aerob Terkendali Berbasis Organik di Kelurahan Tunggulwulung, Kota Malang

Pengelolaan budidaya tanaman padi saat ini sering mengalami kesulitan pada penyediaan sarana produksi berupa pupuk. Masalah penyediaan pupuk dikarenakan oleh keterbatasan modal usaha tani dan juga diakibatkan oleh seringnya terjadi kelangkaan pupuk yang mengakibat harga pupuk menjadi tidak stabil. Budidaya tanaman padi dengan sistem intensifikasi padi aerob terkendali dengan menerapkan sistem produksi yang menyatukan pemanfaatan potensi biologis tanah, managemen tanaman, pemupukan dan tata air secara terpadu yang mendukung pertumbuhan dan perakaran tanaman padi. Pemanfaatan limbah jerami padi sebagai pupuk dapat mengurangi biaya usaha tani dan memperbaiki kesuburan tanah yang dapat meningkatkan pertumbuhan dan hasil tanaman padi. Metode yang digunakan yaitu dengan demoplot. Hasil penerapan IPAT-BO yaitu memperbaiki kesuburan tanah dan meningkatkan pertumbuhan tanaman padi yaitu pada tinggi tanaman, jumlah anakan dan hasil panen. Hasil panen pada penerapan budidaya padi IPAT-BO 9,10 ton/ha. Kata Kunci : Padi, Intensifikasi, Aerob, Organi

The level of air pollution in the impact zone of coal-fired power plant (Karaganda City) using the data of geochemical snow survey (Republic of Kazakhstan)

Coal-fired power plants emissions impact the air quality and human health. Of great significance is assessment of solid airborne particles emissions from those plants and distance of their transportation. The article presents the results of air pollution assessment in the zone of coal-fired power plant (Karaganda City) using snow survey. Based on the mass of solid airborne particles deposited in snow, time of their deposition on snow at the distance from 0.5 to 4.5 km a value of dust load has been determined. It is stated that very high level of pollution is observed at the distance from 0.5 to 1 km. there is a trend in decrease of dust burden value with the distance from the stacks of coal-fired power plant that may be conditioned by the particle size and washing out smaller ash particles by ice pellets forming at freezing water vapour in stacks of the coal-fired power plant. Study in composition of solid airborne particles deposited in snow has shown that they mainly contain particulates of underburnt coal, Al-Si- rich spheres, Fe-rich spheres, and coal dust. The content of the particles in samples decreases with the distance from the stacks of the coal-fired power plant

Fermi LAT Search for Photon Lines from 30 to 200 GeV and Dark Matter Implications

Dark matter (DM) particle annihilation or decay can produce monochromatic $\gamma$-rays readily distinguishable from astrophysical sources. $\gamma$-ray line limits from 30 GeV to 200 GeV obtained from 11 months of Fermi Large Area Space Telescope data from 20-300 GeV are presented using a selection based on requirements for a $\gamma$-ray line analysis, and integrated over most of the sky. We obtain $\gamma$-ray line flux upper limits in the range $0.6-4.5\times 10^{-9}\mathrm{cm}^{-2}\mathrm{s}^{-1}$, and give corresponding DM annihilation cross-section and decay lifetime limits. Theoretical implications are briefly discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure. Accepted for publication by The Physical Review Letter

ON THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF DECONFINEMENT AND CHIRAL SYMMETRY RESTORATION

CLEYMANS J, REDLICH K, Satz H, SUHONEN E. ON THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF DECONFINEMENT AND CHIRAL SYMMETRY RESTORATION. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK C-PARTICLES AND FIELDS. 1986;33(1):151-156

Assessment of novel biomarkers: sTREM-1, pentraxin-3 and pro-adrenomedullin in the early diagnosis of neonatal early onset sepsis.

BACKGROUND: Early onset bacterial sepsis in neonates (EOS) is recognized as an important health condition. Early diagnosis is crucial. However, blood culture results are released in 48-72 hours. Many biomarkers have been investigated but none have been accepted as the gold standard. This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of the molecules: soluble form of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1), pentraxin-3 (PTX-3) and pro adrenomedullin (pro-ADM) in EOS and compare with currently used biomarkers. METHODS: In this multicenter prospective study, patients were enrolled from different NICUs around the Turkey. Patient data were collected via web-based registry system from attending centers. Neonates, hospitalized with a suspicion of EOS were enrolled. Blood culture and routine blood tests were collected and a serum sample was obtained and kept in - 80°C for studying the molecules. According to laboratory results, patients were divided into three groups as; proven sepsis, clinical sepsis and control group. Groups were compared in terms of demographic, clinical and laboratory findings. The primary outcome of the study was to assess any difference between groups in terms of the diagnostic value of the markers aforementioned. RESULTS: A total of 130 patients were enrolled; proven sepsis (n = 36), clinical sepsis (n = 53) and control (n = 41) groups. Groups were similar in terms of demographic findings; mean WBC (P = 0.445), procalcitonin (PCT) (P = 0.083) and IL-6 (P = 0.814) levels. Mean C-reactive protein (CRP) level was significantly higher in clinical sepsis and proven sepsis groups compared to control group (P < 0.001). Mean PTX-3 (P = 0.547), pro-ADM (P = 0.766) and sTREM-1 (P = 0.838) levels were similar between groups. CONCLUSION: These promising molecules failed to help in early diagnosis of EOS. Their relation to correlation with disease progression may make more sense as they seem to be expressed in higher amounts with the progression of the disease in previous studies. CRP was the most frequently used biomarker for detecting the sepsis in our study population