Pengaruh Penambahan Serat Ijuk dan Kawat Bendrat pada Paving Block

Paving block merupakan salah satu alternatif pengganti perkerasan rigid yang ada. Khususnya di daerah yang mempunyai kekuatan struktur tanah labil. Pada penelitian ini mencoba untuk memberikan keragaman komposisi dengan menambahkan ijuk dan kawat bendrat, mengingat paving block yang ada hanya terdiri komponen struktur semen dan pasir. Komposisi penambahan ijuk bernilai 2%, 4%, 6% dan 8% terhadap berat semen yang di tuangkan ke dalam 2/3 cetakan paving block, dan penambahan kawat bendrat 1, 2 dan 3 gulungan yang diletakkan pada 1/3 ketinggian paving block. Komposisi campuran semen dan pasir 1 : 11. Penambahan kawat ijuk sebesar 6% dengan 2 gulung kawat bendrat menghasilkan kekuatan maksimal sebesar 2,325 MPa atau selisih 501,65% dari paving block normal

Migrasi dan Keselamatan Insan: Kajian Kes Pemerdagangan Kanak-Kanak di Thailand

: Non-military threats appear to have dominated the world\u27s political agenda, mainly consisting of human trafficking, drug trafficking, foreign migrants smuggling and others. Today, the human trafficking issue has turned into the exploitative form such as commercial sex, especially with regards to victimizing children. This phenomenon has extended to almost every corner in the world. This study is carried out in order to comprehend the development and growth of sex industries exploiting children in Thailand, which pose a threat to Thailand\u27s human security apparatus. Child sex exploitation in Thailand is associated with the presence of organized crime groups, which pose a threat to personal security, community security, and health security within the human security segments, thus threatening human security as a whole. This study has three main objectives, first; to identify the factors that facilitate the sex industry in Thailand, particularly those stemmed within Thailand\u27s communities and the South East Asian region in general. Second, to identify the role of organized crime groups luring children into sex industries which also pose a threat to Thailand\u27s human security. Third, to comprehensively analyse the human security threat in the personal, community and health dimensions, initiated by the booming child sex industries in Thailand. The study employs primary data collection methods such as interviews with Thai people, who once lived in the locations where sexual exploitation of children were held, an interview with the government official who\u27s in charge of the Malaysia-Thailand border surveillance activities, and also the method of observation which is a field work visit to Thailand\u27s sex destination ‘hot spot\u27. Secondary data was collected from a range of selected printed document and research publications such as books, journals and PhD theses. The result shows that organized crime groups are taking advantage of the social and economic pressure among Thai people. As a strategy these groups attract their interest and offer them a benefit, facilitating the growth of the commercial sex industry in Thailand. The phenomenon of Child Sex in Thailand is threatening human security in terms of personal, community and health security. Children are victims of exploitation, sexual violence and infectious diseases such as STI, STD, HIV and AIDS

Infantile acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia with T(1:22) in a non-down syndrome child.

Megakaryoblastic leukaemia is the commonest form of leukaemia occuring in Down syndrome infants. However, it’s subtype with translocation t(1;22)(p13;q13)is uncommon comprising <1% of all cases and reported to exclusively occur in infant without Down syndrome. It has a female predominance and carries apoor prognosis. We described this rare form of leukaemia in a 9-month-old girl who presented with bruises, massive hepatosplenomegaly and multiple cervical and inguinal lymphadenopathy. The blood film showed severe anaemia with ovalostomatocytosis, thrombocytopenia and mild leucocytosis. The bone marrow aspirate showed numerous blasts showing high nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio and agranular cytoplasm with cytoplasmic blebs. Peroxidase staining was negative. The immunophenotyping of the blasts showed positive expression of CD117, CD13, CD33 and CD61 which confirmed the diagnosis of acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia. Interestingly, the cytogenetic finding of translocation t(1;22) which is most common in acute megaloblastic leukaemia in infants without Down syndrome was found in this case. She received the AML trial 15 ADE protocol chemotherapy regime and developed severe neutropenic sepsis and respiratory distress requiring ventilatory support and granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF). She recovered wellmafter the first course of chemotherapy and was discharged. Unfortunately, she was not brought in for follow-up chemotherapy and presented a few months later with relapsed AML. She was re-started on ADE protocol and currently is on oral thioguanine for maintenance therapy

Influence of Mevalonic Acid and Linalool on Limonene Accumulation in Callus Tissues of Citrus Grandis Osbeck

Effect on callus growth was studied for Citrus grandis cultured with feeding of exogenous mevalonic acid (MVA) at concentrations of 0.04, 0.08, 0.38, 0.77, 1.15 and 1.54 mM. Similar effect with linalool ranging from 10 to 200 nl was studied under various incubation periods. The growth was proportional to the concentrations of precursors used meaning that higher precursors concentrations influenced more growth on C. grandis callus culture. Mevalonic acid and linalool showed quite similar precursor feeding effects on limonene accumulation of C. grandis callus cultures. It was revealed that limonene production was triggered with the introduction of MVA and linalool even at low concentration. Limonene accumulation was detected as early as week four and continued to increase at about 0.0030 and 0.0032 mg/g with MVA and linalool, respectively, after the seventh week incubation. In comparison to the unfed cultures, no limonene was detected from the callus up to eight weeks in incubation

Pendekatan Konstruktif ASEAN – Myanmar : Sorotan Kajian Lepas

: Myanmar (Burma) as a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) became the centre of regional attention when the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) imposed economic sanctions on the country. Myanmar\u27s membership is said to be hampering image and credibility of ASEAN. In addition, the Rohingya\u27s human rights issue has also affected Myanmar\u27s relations with regional Islamic states. However, ASEAN accepts Myanmar\u27s membership hoping its political system will be more social oriented and more democratic. In this light, this article poses a question. Has ASEAN\u27s constructive approach successfully democratized Myanmar? ASEAN utilizes the constructive approach towards Myanmar rather than isolating it in order to pave way for Myanmar\u27s democratization. This study employs library research and secondary data from other sources. The literature review shows that even though Myanmar\u27s political system is yet to be fully democratized, ASEAN\u27s constructive approach has indeed brought Myanmar closer to be more democratic compared to its more socialist system earlier on. The election and the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and main opposition leader in Myanmar in 2010, are the indicators of this progress. It is with the hope that this literature review will contribute to the accumulation of knowledge in the field of democracy research, democratization, and the role of ASEAN in the discipline of International Relations

Association of variants in the CP, ATOX1 and COMMD1 genes with Wilson disease symptoms in Latvia

Funding Information: This study was partially financed by a grant of Riga Stradins University, Department of Doctoral studies and grant of Roche Academy. Funding Information: Funding . This study was partially financed by a grant of Riga Stradiņš University, Department of Doctoral studies and grant of Roche Academy. Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Zarina A, Tolmane I, Krumina Z, Tutane AI, Gailite L, published by Sciendo.Wilson's disease (WD) is a copper metabolism disorder, caused by allelic variants in the ATP7B gene. Wilson's disease can be diagnosed by clinical symptoms, increased copper and decreased cerulopasmin levels, which could all also be by other genetic variants beyond the ATP7B gene, e.g., disturbed ceruloplasmin biosynthesis can be caused by pathogenic allelic variants of the CP gene. Copper metabolism in the organism is affected by several molecules, but pathogenic variants and related phenotypes are described with COMMD1 and ATOX1 genes. The aim of the study was to test other genes, CP, ATOX1 and COMMD1, for possible influence to the manifestation of WD. Patients were enrolled on the basis of Leipzig's diagnostic criteria, 64 unrelated patients with confirmed WD. Direct sequencing of promoter region of the CP gene and ATOX1 and COMMD1 gene exons was conducted. Statistically significant differences were found between the two variants in the CP gene and the ATP7B genotype (rs66508328 variant AA genotype and the rs11708215 variant GG genotype) were more common in WD patients with an unconfirmed ATP7B genotype. One allelic (intronic) variant was found in the ATOX1 gene without causing the functional changes of the gene. Three allelic variants were identified in the COMMD1 gene. No statistically significant differences were found between allele and genotype frequencies and the first clinical manifestations of WD. Different variants of the CP gene contributed to a WD-like phenotype in clinically confirmed WD patients with neurological symptoms and without identified pathogenic variants in the ATP7B gene. Allelic variants in the ATOX1 and COMMD1 genes do not modify the clinical manifestation of WD in Latvian patients.publishersversionPeer reviewe

Assessment of variability pattern of flesh color in ‘Harumanis’ mango (Mangifera indica L.) from diverse Perlis geographical origin

Harumanis’ (Mangifera indica L) is one of the mango cultivars which has high market value because of the excellent quality of the fruit which has attractive color, good aroma, delicious taste and high nutritive values. In this study, fifty accessions from five different collection sites which belonging to North (Paya Kelubi and Chelong Balik Bukit, Padang Besar), West (Santan, Kangar), East (Alor Ara Timur, Arau) and South (Simpang Empat, Kangar) region of Perlis were analyzed according to flesh color traits based on their region of origin. The analysis of variance using Kruskal-Wallis test resulted in significant differences among the geographical region for traits of fruit flesh color such as L*, a*, chroma and hue at (P<0.05). The correlation result shows that the intensity pattern of the orange color of the fruit samples mesocarp was associated by an increase in the values of a*, b* and C*, and a decrease in the values of L* and h. By performing Cluster analysis using Ward’s method and Euclidian distance, five distinct clusters were successfully identified. The finding shows a high distribution of ‘Harumanis’ accessions from different locations in each distinct group. This study also reveals the relationship of variability in fruit traits with their places of origin. However, these differences cannot be explained in firm via morphological characterization only. Other methods such as molecular characterization are strongly recommended

Comparative mechanical properties study of resin infusion versus hand laminating for the construction of 12-ft fishing boat

Resin Infusion is widely used to produce fiber-reinforced materials. In the process, the resin enters a close mold containing the dry fiber performed by pressure difference. This study is about finding the comparison of the tensile strength, compression strength and flexural strength between resin infusion technique and conventional hand laminating for the construction of a 12-feet fishing boat. Both boat were applied with the same composite matrices. All testing was done in accordance to the standard ASTM D3039, D3039M, ASTM D695-02a and ASTM D790-07. The result showed that the resin infusion technique produced better result upon ultimate tensile strength (27% better) but slightly less satisfactory for in compressive stress (12% lower) and flexural stress (34% lower). Even though resin infusion was only better in tensile strength, physically the product is more lightweight with a better resin-to-fiber ratio

Evaluation on field performance of vegetable soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) varieties grown at two locations in Malaysia

A study was undertaken to investigate the interaction between varieties and soil environments. The experiments were conducted using randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications at two different locations representing two different soil types. The locations were; the mineral soil of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Glasshouse experimental field and the beach ridges interspersed swales (BRIS) soil of Institute Oceanography and Maritime Studies Research Station (IRS) Kuantan, Pahang. The analysis of variance revealed that location contributed significantly to the variations in the number of pod per plant. While, location had no significant effects on the pod yield, number of seeds per plant and plant height. Significant positive correlation was observed between number of pods and seeds per plant for both locations. Between varieties, variety 1 (AGS190) showed the highest marketable pod yield, number of pods and seeds per plant in both locations. The findings from this study could assist the soybean breeders in varietal development, improvement and selection programme in Malaysia

Children's and adolescents' rising animal-source food intakes in 1990-2018 were impacted by age, region, parental education and urbanicity

Animal-source foods (ASF) provide nutrition for children and adolescents physical and cognitive development. Here, we use data from the Global Dietary Database and Bayesian hierarchical models to quantify global, regional and national ASF intakes between 1990 and 2018 by age group across 185 countries, representing 93% of the worlds child population. Mean ASF intake was 1.9 servings per day, representing 16% of children consuming at least three daily servings. Intake was similar between boys and girls, but higher among urban children with educated parents. Consumption varied by age from 0.6 at <1 year to 2.5 servings per day at 1519 years. Between 1990 and 2018, mean ASF intake increased by 0.5 servings per week, with increases in all regions except sub-Saharan Africa. In 2018, total ASF consumption was highest in Russia, Brazil, Mexico and Turkey, and lowest in Uganda, India, Kenya and Bangladesh. These findings can inform policy to address malnutrition through targeted ASF consumption programmes. (c) 2023, The Author(s)