General Imamura and the Early Period of Japanese Occupation

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Anthropology of Civilization: Personal Reflection on Anthropological Approach in the Study of Muslim Societies in Southeast Asia (Antropologi Peradaban: Renungan Pribadi atas Pendekatan Antropologis dalam Studi tentang Masyarakat Islam di Asia Tenggara)

Dalam konteks antropologi peradaban atau antropologi peradaban Islam di  Asia Tenggara, saya telah meneliti perkembangannya selama lebih dari 40 tahun. Sebagai contoh, setelah mengamati beberapa riset historis tentang perkotaan Indonesia, agaknya menarik untuk menulis tentang ‘Kotagede’ (atau lebih tepatnya Kuto Gede) yang seperti pemaparan Van Mook menyimpan keberadaan sejarah kota yang lebih tua daripada yang diteliti oleh Clifford Geertz di Modjokuto, Jawa Timur. Saya telah meneliti sejarah sosial kota di Jawa dengan membandingkannya dengan penelitian Geertz di Jawa Timur itu. Penelitian saya tentang Muhammadiyah di Kotagede menunjukkan posisi kritis tentang peran peneliti antropologi di Indonesia yang masih banyak menerapkan paradigm Geertz

Demonstration of chondroitin sulfates degrading endo-β-glucuronidase activity in rabbit liver

AbstractReduced chondroitin sulfate was incubated with rabbit liver extracts followed by reduction once more with sodium [3H]borohydride, and then passed through a Sephadex G-100 column. Chondroitin sulfate obtained from the incubation medium at pH 4 was only slightly depolymerized and was highly radioactive. Paper Chromatographic analyses showed that glucuronic acid residues became exposed at the reducing terminal of chondroitin sulfate after incubation with the liver extracts. These results suggest that endo-β-glucuronidase activity which degrades chondroitin sulfate is present in the rabbit liver

Laparoscopic Partial Hepatectomy: Animal Experiments

As a first step in firmly establishing laparoscopic hepatectomy, we introduce a porcine model of laparoscopic partial hepatectomy. This procedure has been successfully performed under the normal-pressure or low-pressure pneumoperitoneum condition supported by the full-thickness abdominal wall lifting technique. An ultrasonic dissector combined with electrocautery, newly developed by Olympus Optical Corporation (Japan) was effectively utilized in facilitating safe and smooth incisions into the liver parenchyma. Although indications for this procedure seem to be limited only to peripheral lesions and not to central lesions, clinical application of this method may be useful for some patients in the near future