Kajian Arsitektural Hotel Bintang Tiga di Kabupaten Pohuwato

  Sejalan dengan perkembangan bisnis yang akan semakin pesat, tentu banyak pelaku bisnis yang akan datang ke kota Kabupaten Pohuwato. Peranan akomodasi bagi para pelaku bisnis baik domestik ataupun mancanegara merupakan salah satu unsur penting bagi kelangsungan bisnis di Indonesia, khususnya kota Kabupaten Pohuwato. Perkembangan hotel terus mengalami pertumbuhan, hal tersebut diakibatkan makin banyaknya kebutuhan sarana akomodasi penginapan yang diperuntukkan bagi para tamu yang datang berkunjung untuk kepentingan bisnis dan kesenangan (pleasure) sehingga kebutuhan sarana penginapan /hotel untuk masa yang akan datang semakin meningkat. Melihat keadaan hotel yang ada di Kabupaten Pohuwato, tidak ditemukan suatu bangunan hotel yang mempunyai ciri khas tertentu, baik dari segi jumlah dan type kamar, kelengkapan fasilitas, maupun penampilan bangunan itu sendiri. Oleh karena itu, diperlukan suatu kajian arsitektural hotel bintang tiga di Kabupaten Pohuwato. Adapun yang menjadi ciri khas penekanan kajian bangunan hotel ini adalah pendekatan bentuk arsitektur tropis dengan harapan agar konsep arsitektur tropis ini menjadi ciri khas Indonesia sebagai negara beriklim tropis lembab dan memiliki keunikan untuk menarik tamu/pelanggan dari segi bentuknya yang sesuai dengan lingkungan serta menjadi landmark bagi kota Kabupaten Pohuwato.   Kata Kunci : Hotel bintang tiga, Arsitektur tropis dan Landmar

TINGKAT AKURASI APLIKASI AZIMUTH MATAHARI PADA GOOGLE PLAY STORE (Analisis Perbandingan Rasd al-Qiblah Harian Sistem Hisab Data Ephemeris dan Software Hisab Komputer)

            The direction of the Qibla is legitimate prerequisite of prayer for all Muslims without exception in carrying out the worship. Thus, it is an obligatory for the communities to be informed about the Qibla direction. Constantly the sun is in the parallel position to the azimuth Qibla of particular areas with the term of ras}d al-qiblah. Finding out the moment is fairly apparent. It is by installing the sun azimuth data application which is eventually used as a benchmark to know the occurrence of ras}d al-qiblah daily. Currently, solar azimuth data applications are frequently found on Google Playstore application. Regarding to this, researchers intended to test the accuracy of the application offered by Google Playstore. Hence, subsequently it will be able to be classified which application with high level of accuracy. By using the comparative analysis method, the researchers tested the azimuth results obtained in mobile phone application by comparing the results of the computer software application and the results of the daily ras}d al-qiblah ephimeris data system. Based on the study results, it was found that the results obtained in computer and mobile phone applications were relatively the same when rounding the values with manual computation of the daily ras}d al-qiblah ephemeris data system. However, it was depicted a single application which was slightly different where the scale was one arc unit degree. The application evaluation is proximately aimed at assisting the society especially university or college students and practitioners in filtering out the precise application which is able to be used as guidelines in determining the daily rasyd al qiblah. Keywords: Azimuth, aplikasi, playstore, rasd al-qiblah

Analisis Efektivitas Organisasi Kantor Unit Pelaksana Teknis Dinas (Uptd) Perwakilan Kabupaten Tolitoli Di Kota Palu

This study aims at analyzing the Organizational effectiveness on the Office of Technical Implementation Unit (UPTD) of Tolitoli Representative in Palu using qualitative descriptive analysis. Informants of this research are the officers in Technical Implementation Unit Office (UPTD) of Tolitoli Representative, other associated institutions and staying guests, which are determined purposively with data collection methods consisted of observation, interviews and documentation, while the technique of data analysis includes data reduction, data display and drawing conclusions and verification. Results of the research show that the organizational effectiveness of the UPTD office of Tolitoli representative has not been completely worked well yet, due to several factors of organizational effectiveness which are not executed, i.e. the factor of organizational characteristic where in the arrangement of the organizational structure, it is necessary to repair or realignment by adding some level of departemenization for grouping tasks and responsibility into multiple unit/section, environmental characteristics, namely internal environment, especially the provision of office facilities and accommodation needs to be recovered and revamped to improve the quality of service, and to its external environment in terms of the relationship with the institutions in the capital of Central Sulawesi province is already running well. The officers characteristics, considering the human resources, need to be increased in terms of capability and expertise through education, training and courses, as well as the implementation of policies and management practices needs to set up the Operational Procedures Standard (SOP) and the Minimum Service Standards (SPM) to improve the quality of service to the organizational effectiveness

Hypoxic Culture Conditions as a Solution for Mesenchymal Stem Cell Based Regenerative Therapy

Cell-based regenerative therapies, based on in vitro propagation of stem cells, offer tremendous hope to many individuals suffering from degenerative diseases that were previously deemed untreatable. Due to the self-renewal capacity, multilineage potential, and immunosuppressive property, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are considered as an attractive source of stem cells for regenerative therapies. However, poor growth kinetics, early senescence, and genetic instability during in vitro expansion and poor engraftment after transplantation are considered to be among the major disadvantages of MSC-based regenerative therapies. A number of complex inter-and intracellular interactive signaling systems control growth, multiplication, and differentiation of MSCs in their niche. Common laboratory conditions for stem cell culture involve ambient O-2 concentration (20%) in contrast to their niche where they usually reside in 2-9% O-2. Notably, O-2 plays an important role in maintaining stem cell fate in terms of proliferation and differentiation, by regulating hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) mediated expression of different genes. This paper aims to describe and compare the role of normoxia (20% O-2) and hypoxia (2-9% O-2) on the biology of MSCs. Finally it is concluded that a hypoxic environment can greatly improve growth kinetics, genetic stability, and expression of chemokine receptors during in vitro expansion and eventually can increase efficiency of MSC-based regenerative therapies.Article Link: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2013/632972

LAND MARKETS AND LEGAL CONTRADICTIONS IN THE PERI-URBAN AREA OF ACCRA GHANA: INFORMANT INTERVIEWS AND SECONDARY DATA INVESTIGATIONS

The peri-urban area of Accra is experiencing a rapid transformation. A robust urban and agricultural land market has emerged, characterized by purchases, rapidly rising real land prices, and outsiders from Accra acquiring agricultural holdings for residential and commercial use. The fact that residences are being built, commercial firms are being established, and large firms are acquiring land for commercial interests attests to the ability of the customary system to enable transfers for productive activity. Nevertheless, limited or uncertain property rights increase investment costs and differential access to information in the land market affects equity. This paper seeks to better understand: (a) the land market in peri-urban Accra, (b) the process by which land held by indigenous communities is transferred to outsiders enabling the conversion of unoccupied or agricultural land into residential or commercial uses, and (c) the contradictions and frictions that exist at the interface of land transfers under customary and statutory systems. It further seeks to examine the possibility that uncertain property rights and high litigation costs are constraining commercial and agricultural investment, and to identify the economic and social factors that determine levels of premiums associated with transactions, and the duration of the customary allocation.Land tenure -- Ghana -- Accra Region, Land tenure -- Law and legislation - -Ghana, Land use, urban -- Ghana -- Accra Region, Real property -- Ghana -- Accra Region, Land reform -- Law and legislation -- Ghana, Land markets -- Ghana, Land tenure, urban -- Ghana, Land administration -- Law and legislation -- Ghana, Tenure types, Traditional -- Ghana, Research methods, Land Economics/Use,