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Pursuing research as an undergraduate student deepens and enhances both your college experience and your post college plans. Whether someone hopes to go to graduate school, medical school, or into the workforce, the lessons you learn during a research project will further your abilities and potential. In this essay, we reflect on four lessons that we learned during our first full-time nine-week research project: (1) Do it, (2) Learn to thrive at the interface of knowledge and ignorance, (3) Embrace failure, and (4) Build confidence for the future. We use our experiences to identify key areas of growth, both personal and professional, that we gained as we moved from class-based students to researchers exploring at the edge of current knowledge.

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui perbandingan luas daun sawi caisim dari beberapa dosis nutrisi menggunakan software ImageJ. Dalam perhitungan luas daun menggunakan objek referensi sebagai perbandingan dalam input nilai luas daun dalam bentuk pixel yang kemudian diubah dalam bentuk centimeter. Setelah itu, citra gambar diubah ke dalam bentuk citra biner (0 dan 1). Kemudian tahap akhirnya dengan memilih gambar daun untuk mengetahui luasannya. Pada penelitian ini proses pengambilan gambar dilakukan dua kali untuk melihat tingat error pada pengambilan pertama dan kedua. Metode pengukuran luas area daun yang diusulkan mendapatkan tingkat akurasi dan presisi yang tinggi sehingga dapat menghemat waktu, tenaga, serta biaya. Pengujian menggunakan ANOVA mendapatkan hasil tidak berbeda nyata sehingga pengambilan gambar sebanyak apapun tidak akan berpengaruh pada perhitungan luas area daun.

The role of the teacher is critical in the process of developing a country's resources. In this case, efforts are required to maintain teacher quality. Evaluating teacher performance is one method of maintaining the quality of these teachers. However, many teacher performance evaluation processes are still carried out manually in Indonesian schools. The solution to this problem in this study is the creation of a teacher performance evaluation system in the form of a web-based Decision Support System prototype by applying Simple Additive Weighting. Several pieces of software, including Java, Hypertext Markup Language, PHP, and Cascading Style Sheets, are used in this study. As a result, this system contributes to the simplification of the teacher evaluation process.

The purpose of this study is to find out what transportation infrastructure has an influence and to find out what transportation infrastructure is the priority to be developed for the Oyama Beach Tourism Object in Lokotoy Village, North Banggai District, Banggai Laut Regency. This study uses quantitative methods and qualitative methods in responding to the needs of any supporting transportation infrastructure in supporting the development of the Oyama Beach Tourism Object in Lokotoy Village, North Banggai District, Banggai Laut Regency. Retrieval of data through observation, documentation, interviews, and questionnaires, where the sampling uses a proportional sample and purposive samples. The data obtained was then analyzed using the Borda Analysis tool. Of the 5 component indicators that show the most influence in supporting the development of the Oyama Beach Tourism Object, namely air transportation infrastructure where the availability of an airport at the research location makes many tourists come and visit.. Abstrak. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui infrastruktur transportasi apa saja yang berpengaruh serta untuk mengetahui infrastruktur transportasi apa yang prioritas untuk di kembangkan terhadap Objek Wisata Pantai Oyama di Desa Lokotoy, Kecamatan Banggai Utara, Kabupaten Banggai Laut. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dan metode kualitatif dalam menjawab kebutuhan infrastruktur transportasi apasaja yang menunjang dalam mendukung pengembangan Objek Wisata Pantai Oyama di Desa Lokotoy, Kecamatan Banggai Utara, Kabupaten Banggai Laut. Pengambilan data melalui metode observasi, dokumentasi, wawancara, dan kuisioner, dimana penarikan sampelnya menggunakan proportional sample dan purposive sampel. Data yang diperoleh selanjutnya di analisis menggunakan alat Analisis Borda. Dari 5 komponen indikator yang menunjukan paling berpengaruh dalam mendukung pengembangan Objek Wisata Pantai Oyama yaitu infrastruktur transportasi udara yang dimana dengan adanya ketersediaan bandar udara dilokasi penelitian membuat banyak wisatawan yang datang dan berkunjung.

The last three decades or so have seen a proliferation of studies into second language (L2) teachers’ cognition, encompassing their thinking, knowledge, and belief. However, studies are lacking into the origins (or sources) of L2 teachers’ beliefs especially ideological beliefs. This paper reports a subset of findings from a study investigating the beliefs and classroom practices of secondary school EFL teachers in Indonesia. Aiming to reveal ideological beliefs about English and ELT held by the teachers and the perceived origins of such beliefs, the paper draws on data obtained from a total of 16 interviews. Data analysis revealed that the teachers held beliefs that reflect several categories of English language ideologies prevalent in the ELT setting. These ideological beliefs were perceived to originate from several factors such as schoolteacher’s talk about English, schoolteacher’s classroom practice, undergraduate education, graduate education, fellow teachers, colleagues in an English teacher forum, and textbooks used for teaching. The paper concludes with implications for English teacher education programs and suggestions for future research

One factor that could contribute to the developing of gastric ulcer is stress. Fluvoxamine, an SSRI antidepressant showed protective effects to ulcers when administered before stress induction. In opposite, administration of fluvoxamine after stress induction delayed the mucosa healing. This study aimed to investigate the effects of pre-treatment and post-treatment of buspirone a 5-HT1A receptor partial agonist in the inhibition of gastric mucosal protection and healing by fluvoxamine in animals with stress-induced gastric ulcers. This study used ddY, male mice, weighed 25-30grams, which divided into two groups, pre-treatment and post-treatment groups. Each group consisted of subgroups that were administered low doses of buspirone (0.1mg/Kg and 0.3mg/Kg) and high doses of buspirone (10.0mg/Kg and 30.0mg/Kg). In the pre-treatment group, buspirone was administered intraperitoneally at 60 minutes before and continued with oral fluvoxamine 100mg/Kg administration at 30 minutes before stress induction. In the post-treatment group, buspirone was administered intraperitoneally followed fluvoxamine orally 30 minutes after stress induction done. The stress model used is water immersion restrain stress for 6 hours. In the pre-treatment group, the combination of high dose, but not low dose buspirone significantly inhibit the protection effects of fluvoxamine on stress-induced gastric ulcers. In addition, in the post-treatment group, the combination of low dose buspirone and fluvoxamine strengthen the delays of mucosal healing by fluvoxamine in mice with stress-induced gastric ulcers. Fluvoxamine protects and heals gastric mucosa from stress-induced gastric ulcer through the activation of 5HT1A receptor.

We present an implementation of a damped response framework for calculating resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) at the equation-of-motion coupled cluster singles and doubles (CCSD) and second-order approximate coupled cluster singles and doubles (CC2) levels of theory in the open-source program $e^T$. This framework lays the foundation for future extension to higher excitation methods (notably, the coupled cluster singles and doubles with perturbative triples, CC3) and to multilevel approaches. Our implementation adopts a fully relaxed ground state, and different variants of the core-valence separation projection technique to address convergence issues. Illustrative results are compared with those obtained within the frozen-core core-valence separated approach, available in Q-Chem, as well as with experiment. The performance of the CC2 method is evaluated in comparison with that of CCSD. It is found that, while the CC2 method is noticeably inferior to CCSD for X-ray absorption spectra, the quality of the CC2 RIXS spectra is often comparable to that of the CCSD level of theory, when the same valence excited states are probed. Finally, we present preliminary RIXS results for a solvated molecule in aqueous solution.

Inclusion of linguistic repertoire in the English language classroom has been an issue of ongoing debate among ELT scholars. While some believe in the effectiveness of English-only (monolingual) pedagogy, others view linguistic repertoire as resource that can benefit English language learning. Following a bi/multilingual approach to ELT, this paper reports findings of a qualitative study investigating four Indonesian English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) teachers’ beliefs and practices, focusing on (1) how the teachers used shared linguistic repertoire during English language instruction and (2) how their uses of shared linguistic repertoire facilitated classroom interactions. Data sources included interviews, classroom observations, and documents. The findings demonstrate that uses of shared linguistic repertoire facilitated both teacher-learner and learner-learner interactions, serving a range of pedagogical functions. This paper concludes by providing implications for teacher education and suggesting areas for future research.

BACKGROUND: Elderly patients are associated with an increasing prevalence of chronic degenerative diseases which need emergency services which can be a factor in the occurrence of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM). The use of PIM increases the risk of patients requiring hospitalization, drug-related problems, and adverse health outcomes with a prevalence of up to 2–3 times. AIM: This study aimed to determine the possible incidence of admission and discharge events on PIM in Elderly patients (>60 years old) visiting the emergency department (ED). MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a retrospective and observational study at Universitas Airlangga Teaching Hospital in Surabaya for 4 months. This study involved Elderly patients who visited the ED. The 2019 Beers criteria were used to identify the use of PIM. Spearman rho analysis was used to determine the relationship between the possibility of hospital admission and the discharge of patients with PIM. RESULTS: Most patients were female (50.4%) and aged 60−96. The percentage of elderly patients who received PIM and hospital admission was 73.1%, while those who received PIM and hospital discharge were 26.9%. The Spearman rho analysis showed a weak relationship between the possibility of hospital admission or discharge (p-value 0.000, R 0.255) with PIM. CONCLUSION: There is a weak but significant correlation between PIM and patient admission and discharge. Elderly patients are more at risk of being hospitalized due to PIM. The number of ED patients who received PIM had a high prevalence of being hospitalized compared to patients who did not receive PIM.

Penerapan speech to text pada aplikasi kamus bahasa Sumbawa Indonesia Inggris berbasis android merupakan pengembangan dari aplikasi kamus bahasa sebelumnya. Penerapan speech to text merupakan unsur kebaruan dari aplikasi yang dapat memudahan pengguna aplikasi dalam mencari kosakata yang diinginkan. Aplikasi yang terdiri dari tiga bahasa, yaitu bahasa Sumbawa, bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Inggris dikembangakan dengan menggunakan metode pengembangan perangkat lunak waterfall dan dirancang dengan menggunakan United Modelling Language (UML) serta didevelop dengan menggunakan bahasa pemrograman PHP dan basis data MySQL untuk penggunaan databse. Aplikasi kamus bahasa yang menerapkan speech to text ini di uji dengan menggunakan pengujian black box yang merupakan pengujian untuk mengetahui fungsionalitas dari setiap fitur aplikasi. Diharapakan dengan adanya teknologi speech to text pada aplikasi kamus dapat memudahkan pengguna aplikasi dalam mencari kosakata yang diinginkan dengan waktu yang relatiif cepat serta menjadi salah satu cara dalam menjada maupun melestarikan kebudayaan daerah.

This Article examines the”effect”of store atmosphere”& price”fairness to word of mouth that is mediated by customer satisfaction.”The sample being”use in this study are”210 respondents who have bought and visited coffee shops at least 2 times in the last one year. The”survey”was”conducted“by”filling”out”an”online”questionnaire with google form. The”testing”is”conducted by”Structural”Equation”Model (SEM).”The”findings”of this”study are : (1) store atmosphere”has a positive..effect on customer..satisfaction, (2) price fairness has”a positive”effect on customer”satisfaction, (3) customer satisfaction has a”positive effect”on customer loyalty, (4) customer satisfaction has a positive effect on word of mouth, (5) customer loyalty has a positive effect on word”of mouth, and (6) customer satisfaction”has a”positive effect on word”of mouth mediated by customer”loyalty.

Background: Healthcare workers in Indonesia have been prioritized for vaccination. Nevertheless, fully vaccinated healthcare workers are still at risk of being infected with COVID-19, but will be less likely to develop severe symptoms, be hospitalized or be at risk for death as compared to those who have not been vaccinated. Objectives: This study aims to analyze the incidence of COVID-19 in fully vaccinated healthcare workers. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2021. All healthcare workers who have been fully vaccinated, have recovered from COVID-19 (2-4 weeks after vaccination) and able to complete a questionnaire were the participants. The collected data was then analyzed using the cascade method. Results: Based on the 529 collected questionnaires, by using the cascade analysis conclude that the percentage of healthcare workers who have been fully vaccinated was 99%, healthcare workers who have been fully vaccinated and then infected with COVID-19 was 14%, healthcare workers who have been fully vaccinated, infected with COVID-19 and hospitalized was 4%, healthcare workers who have been fully vaccinated, exposed to COVID-19, hospitalized and experienced the long-haul effect of COVID-19 was 0%. Discussion: Health workers are still at risk of being confirmed by COVID-19, because have high risk of being exposed in the workplace. The risk of being confirmed and severity are also influenced by age, gender and comorbidities. Conclusions: Complete vaccinations of healthcare workers did not reduce their risk of being infected with COVID-19, however, it can reduce the severity and the risk of the long-haul effects.

Background: Isoprinosine is an immunomodulator that is now being used to treat Covid-19 patients. Objectives: To evaluate Isoprinosine with Favipiravir or Oseltamivir in moderate Covid-19. Methods: In a retrospective observational analysis, in-hospital moderate Covid-19 patients treated between June 2020 and June 2021 were included. Results: Inclusion criteria for 364 patients were met, with 135 receiving Favipiravir-Isoprinosine (Group 1) and 229 receiving Oseltamivir-Isoprinosine (Group 2). In group 1, the majority of patients (58.50%) were female (35.60%), had no comorbidities (71.60%), were discharged with a positive PCR (74.80%), did not require a breathing apparatus (99.26%), had leukocyte levels between 4,5-11,0 (82.22%), lymphocyte levels between 25-33 (34.07%), and were discharged with no ground-glass opacity (34.07%) (54.10%), LOS was 9-13 days (50.37%), while the mortality rate was 0.70%. In group 2, the majority of patients were male (54.10%), with the highest age range being 42-56 years (35.80%), without comorbidities (69.0%), discharged with a positive PCR (72.50 %), and without the need for a breathing apparatus (99.13%), with leukocyte levels ranging from 4.5 – 11.0 (81.22 %), with lymphocyte levels ranging from 25.0 – 33.0 (26.20 %), and were discharged with no ground-glass opacity (49.34 %), LOS was 9 - 13 days (34.06 %), and the mortality rate was 0.87%.Conclusion: In this trial, it was determined that combining isoprinosine with antivirals favipiravir or Oseltamivir could produce significant clinical improvement.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penerapan metode latihan kekuatan pada model periodisasi reverse terhadap peningkatan kemampuan power endurance. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian eksperimental dengan One-Group Pretest-Posttest desain. Sampel dalam penelitian ini yaitu mahasiswa kepelatihan olahraga yang berjumlah 15 orang. Sampel penelitian di pilih dengan metode puposive sampling. Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan berupa tes power endurance menggunakan tes hurdle jump. Teknik analisis data menggunakan bantuan software SPSS versi 20. Hasil analisis data menunjukkan pada tes awal rata-rata kemampuan power endurance yaitu 67.8 dengan standar deviasi 7.02, sedangkan pada tes akhir rata-rata kemampuan power endurance yaitu 74.0 dengan standar deviasi 7.20. Berdasarkan data tersebut dapat diketahui bahwa kemampuan rata-rata tes awal dan tes akhir kemampuan power endurance memiliki perbedaan Beradasarkan hasil heasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa model latihan kekuatan pada metode periodisasi reverse dapat memberikan pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap peningkatan kemampuan power endurance. Periodisasi reverse didasarkan pada konsep bahwa volume dan beban dipilih lebih sering untuk memungkinkan sistem neuromuskular periode pemulihan yang lebih singkat, karena beban yang lebih ringan dilakukan lebih sering, berlangsung lebih lama dan diterapkan sampai akhir tahapan.Application of strength training method in reverse periodization to improve power endurance abilityAbstractThis study aims to determine the effect of the application of the strength training method in the reverse periodization model on increasing power endurance abilities. The research method used is experimental research with One-Group Pretest-Posttest design. The sample in this study were 15 students of sports coaching. The research sample was selected by purposive sampling method. The research instrument used was a power endurance test using a hurdle jump test. The data analysis technique used SPSS version 20 software. The results of the data analysis showed that in the initial test the average power endurance ability was 67.8 with a standard deviation of 7.02, while in the final test the average power endurance ability was 74.0 with a standard deviation of 7.20. Based on these data, it can be seen that the average ability of the initial test and the final test of power endurance ability has differences. Reverse periodization is based on the concept that volumes and loads are selected more frequently to allow the neuromuscular system a shorter recovery period, because lighter loads are performed more frequently, last longer and are applied to the end of the stage

Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk dapat menganalisa resiko dari pengembangan produk kompor oli bekas dan untuk dapat merancang produk kompor oli bekas dengan menggunakan medote Quality Function Deployment (QFD). Kompor adalah alat pembuat api yang digunakan memanaskan benda. Selain itu, kompor juga digunakan untuk menaikkan suhu ruangan pemanas. Pemanasan ini menghasilkan perubahan fisik, kimia atau biologi pada benda. Maka dalam penlitian ini akan merepresentasikan kompor dengan bahan bakar oli bekas sebagai inovasi pengembangan produk guna untuk mengurangi biaya dalam proses produksi baglog jamur. Dengan mempertibangkan risiko menggunakan Metode FMEA dan QFD.

Kebutuhan air terhadap perkembangan jumplah penduduk pada saat ini terus meningkat dari berbagai sektor yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan kehidupan pada masyarakat. Kebutuhan akan air tersebut meliputi dari sektor pertanian, industri, ekonomi, pembangunan dan sektor lainnya. Distilasi tenaga surya merupakan metode pemisah dan pemurnian dari cairan berupa air laut menjadi uap air dengan memanfaatkan energi matahari sebagai sumber energi utama. Penelitian tersebut dilakukan untuk mengetahui variasi dari pelat kuningan, tembaga dan alumunium yang digunakan sebagai absorber agar memaksimalkan nilai kuantitas air tawar dan nilai efisiensi. Distilator ini dilengkapi dengan reflektor dengan luas permukaan pelat penyerap 0,3969 m2 dengan kapasitas volume air laut yang dapat ditampung dalam bak penampung ±24 liter. Distilator ini terdiri dari tiga bagian utama yaitu penutup, bak penampung, dan dudukan distilator. Pengujian distilator dengan variasi pelat absorber dilakukan selama 4 jam pada tempat yang sama. Nilai kuantitas tertinggi diperoleh pada pelat tembaga sebanyak 0,206 liter dengan kualitas hasil air tawar sudah memenuhi standar untuk digunakan, tetapi memerlukan pengujian lebih lanjut untuk mengetahui standar pada kelayakan untuk di konsumsi. Nilai Efisiensi tertinggi diperoleh pada pelat tembaga sebesar 9,08 % dan rata-rata dari masing-masing pelat penyerap tersebut sebesar 5,23 %, 6,68 % dan 5,24 %. Efisiensi distilator sangat dipengaruhi oleh intensitas radiasi matahari yang diterima oleh alat distilasi, semakin tinggi intensitas radiasi matahari yang diterima maka laju penguapan air laut di dalam bak penampung semakin tinggi sehingga produksi air tawar pun juga tinggi dan berdampak pada efisiensi alat distilasi. Seluruh pengujian yang dilakukan dari masing-masing pelat absorber bertempat di rooftop Gedung Teknik.

Background: Diarrhea is the world's second-biggest cause of death among children. Children suffer from severe dehydration due to the lack of understanding of treating diarrhea properly. Objective: This study aimed to assess the level of community knowledge and attitudes toward the treatment of diarrhea in children. Methods: This was an observational, cross-sectional study conducted in a community in Gresik, Indonesia, in 2019. A Likert scale questionnaire, consisting of 10 items on knowledge and five on community attitudes on diarrhea management in children, was used to collect data. Results: One hundred and seven participants responded to the survey, and 89.72% were women. 'Respondents' mean age was 41.84 ± 11.27 years with various levels of education. It was found that the community had good knowledge of diarrhea management in children, as shown by the finding that 84.11% of the participants provided the correct answers. About 87.85% of the participants were aware of the signs and symptoms of diarrhea in children. However, there is still a shortage of understanding about managing diarrhea properly, particularly when identifying the necessary medicine. About 89.72% of the participants demonstrated a "positive" attitude in diarrhea management, while approximately 78.51% agreed that children with diarrhea should be given oral rehydration. Conclusion: The knowledge about recognizing signs and symptoms of diarrhea in children was good, while the knowledge about diarrhea management needed to be improved. Overall, the respondents had a positive attitude about diarrhea management in children.

The world of education, there is still a lot of data management that is done manually, one of which is the management of attendance data. SMP Negeri 1 Unter Iwes, Sumbawa Regency, processing student attendance is still done conventionally. To assist schools in improving services in terms of attendance processing, an attendance data processing application is needed that can be accessed without space and time limits. Based on these problems, research was conducted to build an internet-based attendance application. The development of the Student Attendance Information System was made using PHP programming, MySQL as a database and Codeigniter framework. The system design uses an object oriented approach using the tools of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and the waterfall as a software development method. The results of the software are tested in terms of functionality using black box testing. The functional tests are in the form of logins, data management (CRUD Data), attendance processes and reports. With the application that is built, it can support school academic activities, in this case BK and teachers to process student attendance data quickly and automatically.

Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui pengaruh brand ambassador terhadap brand image E-Commerce (Y). penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif pendekatan deskriptif. Populasi penelitian ini ialah para pengguna aplikasi E-Commerce dan juga penggemar di Indonesia. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan studi literatur yang berasal dari jurnal dan juga internet. Hasil dari penelitian ini yang berdasarkan dari lima penelitian yang telah peneliti teliti menyatakan bahwa brand ambassador mempengaruhi brand image perusahaan e-commerce

Li Coagulopathy is a common predictor of mortality in COVID-19. Meanwhile, enoxaparin is an anticoagulant with anti-inflammatory, endothelial protection, and viral antagonist properties. Therefore, thromboprophylaxis with enoxaparin in COVID-19 is common in clinical settings. This study aims to assess enoxaparin's efficacy across different severity levels by examining its effect on primary outcomes comprising Length of stay (LOS), invasive mechanical ventilation, and mortality as well as secondary in the form of D-dimer, platelets, C-reactive protein (CRP), Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), and Absolute Lymphocyte Count (ALC). During hospitalization, 269 patients received enoxaparin across varying severity levels comprising mild, moderate, and severe, while the Wilcoxon test was used to analyze the efficacy in each group. Additionally, the differences in patient characteristic profiles across the severity levels were determined using the Kruskal-Wallis test. The increase in mortality rate and the need for mechanical ventilation were directly proportional to the level of severity. D-dimer decreased from 1308.87 ng/ml to 979.83 ng/ml (p=

Burger Rainbow is one of the culinary businesses that market burgers with the appearance of bread that innovates colorful with varied and healthy bread fillings. Rainbow burger sales cover the Langsa City area and have a 4x4 m² area with one worker and six hours of work time/per day. Rainbow Burger sold up to 21 pcs/day. The problem with the Rainbow burger business is that the business feasibility has not been carried out while the owner of UD. Burger Rainbow wants to expand its business by adding three outlets. The purpose of the study was to analyze the feasibility of developing the Rainbow burger business regarding technology and financial aspects. The method used is NPV Net Present Value (NPV), Payback Period (PP), Internal Rate Of Return (IRR), Profitability Ratio (PR), and Break Even-Point (BEP). The results and discussion of the technical aspects of technology are all categorized as feasible, and the financial part is obtained by the Present Net Value (NPV), amounting to Rp. 21.435.626 with Payback Period (PP) investment costs that will return the capital in 1 year three days. The Internal Rate Of Return (IRR) value is 60.51%, the Profitability Ratio (PR) is 4.07, and BEP (Break Even-Point) at the time of sale to 248 units. The Rainbow burger business concludes that it is worth developing by adding three outlets.

Long-term COVID-19 could occur in COVID-19 patients, affecting the patient's quality of life, and becoming a problem for public health. However, information is rarely on factors associated with the occurrence of long COVID-19 cases. This study analyzed factors associated with long-term COVID-19. The study was an observational cross-sectional, conducted in August 2021. The data were collected through a Google form questionnaire distributed to COVID-19 survivors in Indonesian. They must be aged more than 17 years to meet the inclusion criteria, while those with incomplete data were excluded. The data were processed by using SPSS 21 with an ordinal regression test in which an alpha level was 5%. As many as 101 from 16 men (15.8%) and 85 women (84.2%) were obtained. Comorbid status (p-value = 0.001) and duration of treatment (p-value = 0.034 and 0.015) had a significant association with the occurrence of long-term COVID-19. Meanwhile, age, gender, occupation, type of care, and vaccination status were not likely associated with long-term COVID-19. COVID-19 patients with comorbidity and a long duration of treatment are more likely to experience long-term COVID-19. Keywords: COVID-19, long-term COVID-19, factor, public health

Mortir merupakan salah satu jenis senjata bantuan yang digunakan oleh satuan-satuan infanteri. Senjata yang dapat digunakan untuk menembak sasaran-sasaran yang tidak bisa dilihat oleh mata secara langsung, seperti sasaran yang berada dibalik bukit/gunung. Pada umumnya mortir ditembakan dengan sudut besar, sehingga lintasan peluru membentuk parabolik serta menggunakan laras licin/tidak beralur. Pena pemukul sangat berperan peting dalam peluncuran granat mortir, dimana selama ini banyaknya senjata mortir yang rusak berat karena terbatas dan sulitnya suku cadang akan di musnahkah (Disposal). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk merancang sebuah alat yang dapat digunakan dalam pelaksanaan latihan penambkan mortir latih dengan biaya yang murah, dapat dioprasikan secara berulang-ulang, tidak memerlukan tempat yang luas untuk pengaplikasiannya, serta keamanan yang lebih terjamin. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif eksperimen murni dengan perhitungan secara empiris untuk mendapatkan alat dengan spesifikasi yang diinginkan. Hasil yang didapat setelah perhitungan yaitu volume tabung udara 1500 cm³, tinggi 298,7 mm, berat total 13,49 kg, Nilai tegangan luluh minimum pada tabung 61,207 Mpa. Dengan bahan tabung JIS G3445 Grade STKM13C nilai yield strength 380 Mpa ini aman untuk diaplikasikan, kareana tegangan luluh bahan masih lebih besar dari tegangan luluh yang direkomendasikan oleh MDET (Missess Distrortion Energy Theory).

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk merancang dan membangun Aplikasi Reservation Hotel Berbasis Web, yang dapat memudahkan pihak pengelola hotel dalam mendata tamu yang ingin melakukan reservasi tanpa harus datang secara langsung ke Hotel Tambora Sumbawa untuk memesan kamar yang diinginkan, dan pihak pengelola hotel tidak lagi membuka lembaran-lembaran buku besar untuk mencari data tamu pada saat ingin melakukan cek-out. Aplikasi ini dikembangkan dengan menggunakan bahasa pemrograman PHP, HTML, CSS, dan Mysql sebagai Database. Adapun metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu metode studi pustaka, wawancara, dan observasi serta menggunakan metode Waterfall sebagai metode pengembangan perangkat lunak. Adapun metode pengujian dalam penelitian ini yang dilakukan melalui pengujian black-box yaitu pengujian yang dilakukan dengan menguji perangkat lunak dari segi fungsionalitas. Dalam Rancang Bangun Aplikasi Reservation Hotel Tambora Sumbawa Berbasis Web terdapat informasi data kamar, data pegawai, transaksi, master data, serta informasi feedback

This paper argues that in many sociological theorizing on gender, work, and employment, relatively little is known about how men who engage in female dominated informal works make sense of their gendered identities. Drawing from qualitative research in a rapidly urbanizing Ghanaian city, we examine the meanings and implications of men’s involvement in gender atypical informal works. An unpacking of the constructions of gendered identity reveals the situative strategies that men may deploy to maintain, embolden, and/or adjust their masculinities congruent with dominant cultural scripts. In the end, we argue that men who engage in traditionally feminine work are accused of failing to herald the mainstreaming of the fulfillment of hegemonic masculinity which is a necessary cultural milestone.

In this article, our aim is to foreground men's discourses on gender-based violence as linked to gendered hierarchies, power struggles, and social respectability in Ghana. Situated within decolonial feminist theories and drawing on interviews, we argue that men's interpretations of masculinity and the possibility of perpetrating violence against women is significantly mediated by such intersectional factors as sociocultural background, education, and broader societal normative requirements. The findings deepen the understanding of the ambiguities and contradictions that characterize men's talk of violence. The article discusses how these ambiguities and contradictions serve as important domains for engendering critical attitudes toward violence against women.

Penyelenggaraan KKN Universitas Islam 45 Bekasi tahun 2022 ini ada pada situasi covid-19 yang melanda dunia. Pandemi Covid-19 berdampak paling buruk, terutama meningkatnya kerentanan anak-anak muda untuk menjadi korban kekerasan. Pandemi Covid-19 telah mengilhami ledakan kasus kekerasan terhadap anak muda, jadi dalam kasus ini keamanan kejahatan ingin memenuhi hak-hak yang diperoleh untuk setiap anak. Tujuan Studi ini untuk mengungkap persiapan kejahatan yang akan menyelamatkan Anda dari kekerasan terhadap anak muda selama pandemi covid-19 dan keamanan kejahatan bagi anak-anak muda yang dilecehkan di seluruh dunia pandemi covid19. Teknik penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah studi pidana normatifdengan pendekatan hukum. Strategi seri kain hukum yang digunakan dalam studi yaitu melihat file atau bahan pustaka. Penataan kembali zat-zat kejahatan yang digunakan adalah aset-aset kejahatan nomor satu dan zat kejahatan sekunder. Strategi evaluasi fakta telah dianalisis secara kualitatif dan disajikan secara sistematis deskriptif. Konsekuensi dari melihat tampilan bahwa upaya pemerintah untuk menyelamatkan Anda dari kekerasan Anak-anak selama Pandemi Covid-19 diambil melalui pencegahan kejahatan kejahatan dengan tujuan menyelamatkan Anda dari terjadinya pelanggaran dan keamanan tindak pidana represif dalam bentuk sanksi termasuk denda, hukuman penjara, dan konsekuensi tambahan yang diberikan jika perselisihan telah terjadi atau telah dilakukan pelanggaran. Semua pihak, masing-masing rumah tangga dan pemerintah, harus berusaha dan membela anak-anak muda agar terhindar dari segala tindakan kekerasan. Kata Kunci :KKN, Pandemi,Pencegahan kekerasan , Anak

Purpose This study purposely re‐examine the mortgage–finance nexus in Africa. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a panel data set spanning over the period 1995–2017 by using system generalized method of moments (GMM) dynamic pooled estimator developed by Arellano and Bond (1991) and Arellano and Bover (1995) involving 51 African countries. Findings The findings discovered that financial development (bank asset) affects mortgage development positively and this effect is highly significant while broad money supply as a measure of financial development impedes mortgage development in Africa. Furthermore, with the introduction of the quadratic term, broad money supply established a U-shaped relationship with mortgage financing indicating that more money in circulation facilitates mortgage development in Africa. However, the shape of the other variables depends largely on the nature of proxy used. Originality/value This study is unique in many aspects. First, examining the extant literature on the financial development and mortgage financing nexus, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, no study is cited at the African level with this relationship. Secondly is the empirical model, as it used the system GMM dynamic pooled estimator developed by Arellano and Bond (1991) and Arellano and Bover (1995) to establish whether there is any effect of finance–mortgage nexus.

Green spaces such as forests, grasslands, and croplands are often characteristic of urban environments. Although they benefit human and animal well-being, they have become threatened due to rapid urban growth and unplanned development. In this study, we examined the dynamics of land use and land cover (LULC) change and fragmentation (especially, green spaces) within the second fastest urbanising city in Ghana, Tamale. In particular, we focused our analyses on its urban core (~ 5 km radius around the city centre) due to its relevance to urban economy and society. Landsat data from 1990, 2002, 2012, and 2022 were used to estimate fragmentation metrics of past and future LULC changes. We found clear patterns of green space decline and fragmentation within the urban core: i.e., green spaces became smaller over time and the pattern was expected to continue in the future (e.g., 1990 = 92.66 km2; 2022 = 59.78 km2; 2052 = 31.42 km2). Additionally, we found the built-up class benefited from the decline of green spaces. Our investigation suggests that protected forests and tree plantations contributed to a significant proportion of available green spaces in the urban core. However, these areas were increasingly becoming threatened by indiscriminate activities such as logging and encroachment by private developers. Hence, we emphasise the need for enforcement of existing legislations such as the 2002 Forest Protection (Amendment) and 2016 Land Use and Spatial Planning Acts which collectively seek to ensure the sustainability of forest and urban systems for the well-being of humans and the environment.

T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin (Tim)4 is expressed on APCs, including macrophages, as one of the main amplifiers in the mechanism of liver ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Though donor Tim4 selectively expressed on Kupffer cells serves as a checkpoint regulator of innate immune-driven IRI cascades, its role on cells outside the OLT remains unclear. To dissect the role of donor vs. recipient-specific Tim4 signaling in IR-induced stress and hepatocellular function, we employed a murine OLT model utilizing Tim4-knockout (KO) mice as either donor or recipient (WT → WT, WT → Tim4-KO, Tim4-KO → WT). In the experimental arm, disruption of donor Tim4 attenuated IRI-OLT damage, while recipient Tim4-null mutation aggravated hepatic IRI concomitant with disturbed lipid metabolism, enhanced endoplasmic reticulum stress, and activated pro-apoptotic signaling in the grafts. In the in vitro study, murine hepatocytes co-cultured with Tim4-null adipose tissue showed enhanced C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) expression pattern and susceptibility to hepatocellular death accompanied by activated caspase cascade in response to TNF-α stimulation. In the clinical arm, liver grafts from forty-one transplant patients with enhanced TIM4 expression showed higher body mass index, augmented hepatic endoplasmic reticulum stress, enhanced pro-apoptotic markers, upregulated innate/adaptive immune responses, exacerbated hepatocellular damage, and inferior graft survival. In conclusion, although TIM4 is considered a principal villain in peri-transplant early tissue injury, recipient TIM4 signaling may serve as a savior of IR-triggered metabolic stress in mouse and human OLT recipients.

Introduction: Although artisanal gold mining has contributed to livelihoods in many rural communities across the world, it has destroyed and polluted several water bodies.Methods: Using Prestea in the southwestern region of Ghana, this paper demonstrates how artisanal gold mining has culminated in the pollution of freshwater bodies and the ecosystem. A non-probabilistic purposive sampling technique was used for the selection of twelve artisanal gold mining communities. We used participant observation, in-depth interviews with stakeholders, a review of policy and legal documents, reports from media websites, and site visits to various artisanal gold mining sites. We observed that artisanal gold mining has destroyed major rivers, which used to serve as major sources of water supply for domestic and irrigation purposes. To achieve benign production, the Ghanaian government over the years has made efforts to formalize the operations of galamsey activities through six main routes: policy intervention, a complete ban on their activities, military strategy, national dialogue, alternative livelihood programs, and community mining. We assessed the sustainability of three of these measures (i.e., policy intervention, a complete ban on ASM, and the military strategy).Results: We found that none of these approaches is sustainable, as the miners continue to defy the orders and military brutalities and return to mining sites to continue their operations.Conclusion: Therefore, acknowledging ASM as a significant tool for reducing poverty and its pertinent contribution to the larger economy, providing tax exemptions and incentives to informal miners to boost their production, involving local mining communities and subaltern miners in mineral governance and decision-making, removing bureaucracies and lowering costs to make the registration of new ASM businesses easier, and strengthening the mine regulatory infrastructure are necessary to formalize the sector.

IntroductionDiabetes mellitus is a fast-rising non-contagious disease of global importance that remains a leading cause of indisposition and death. Evidence shows that effective management of diabetes has a close link with continuity of care which is known to be the integral pillar of quality care. This study, therefore, sought to determine the extent of continuity of care between diabetic patients and their care providers as well as factors associated with relational continuity of care.MethodologyThis cross-sectional, facility-based study was conducted among diabetics in Accra, Ghana. We sampled 401 diabetic patients from three diabetic clinics in the region using a stratified and systematic random sampling technique. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire containing information on socio-demographic characteristics, the four dimensions of continuity of care, and patients' satisfaction. A 5-point Likert scale was used to measure patient's perception of relational, flexible, and team continuity, while most frequent provider continuity was used to measure longitudinal continuity of care. Scores were added for each person and divided by the highest possible score for each domain to estimate the continuity of care index. Data were collected and exported to Stata 15 for analysis.ResultsThe results show that team continuity was the highest (0.9), followed by relational and flexibility continuity of care (0.8), and longitudinal continuity of care was the least (0.5). Majority of patients experienced high team (97.3%), relational (68.1%), and flexible (65.3%) continuity of care. Most patients (98.3%) were satisfied with the diabetes care they received from healthcare providers. Female subjects had higher odds of experiencing relational continuity of care as compared to male subjects. Furthermore, participants with higher educational levels were five times more likely to experience relational continuity of care than those with lower educational background.ConclusionThe study demonstrated that the majority of diabetics had team continuity of care being the highest experienced among the four domains, followed by flexible and longitudinal being the least experienced. Notably, team and flexible continuity of care had a positive association with relational continuity of care. Higher educational level and being female were associated with relational continuity of care. There is therefore the need for policy action on the adoption of multidisciplinary team-based care.

Introduction The pelvic floor muscles (PFM) have been suggested to play a key role in sexual function and sexual response in women. However, current syntheses of the evidence have been limited to interventional studies investigating the effect of modalities targeting the PFM on sexual function in women with pelvic pain and pelvic floor disorders. The literature has therefore never been critically appraised while excluding these potential confounders, which prevents to fully capture and understand the involvement of the PFM in sexual function and sexual response. Objective To examine and synthesize the available evidence on: i) the effects of PFM training on sexual function in women without pelvic pain or pelvic disorders, ii) the association between PFM function and sexual function/response and iii) the differences in the PFM function between women with and without sexual dysfunctions. Methods Electronic databases including Medline, Cochrane, CENTRAL, CINAHL, Psycinfo, Sportdiscuss, AMED, Scopus and EMBASE were searched using a peer-reviewed search strategy. We also performed a hand search of the references of all relevant articles and a grey literature search. Main outcomes included sexual function (self-reported questionnaire), sexual response (physiological test) and PFM function (strength and tone assessed with various assessment tools). We included interventional studies (randomized controlled trials and non-randomized studies) investigating the effects of PFM training on sexual outcomes as well as observational studies examining the association between PFM function (strength and tone) and sexual outcomes or the differences in PFM function in women with and without sexual dysfunctions. Quality of selected studies was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool by a team of two reviewers and disagreements were resolved by consensus or involvement of a third-party. Results The literature search resulted in 33 eligible studies including 14 interventional studies and 19 observational studies. Most studies (31/33) were of moderate quality or higher. Overall, 10 of the 14 interventional studies reported that PFM training had a significant effect on sexual function. Of the 11 observational studies investigating the association between PFM function and sexual function, 8 showed significant correlations (ranging from weak to strong) with sexual satisfaction, lubrication, arousal, orgasm or overall sexual function. Of the observational studies, 7 supported the involvement of the PFM as part of the sexual response (i.e. in the arousal and orgasm phases). Regarding the 3 studies evaluating the differences in the PFM function of women with and without sexual dysfunctions, the results were conflicting. Conclusions Findings of this review support the involvement of the PFM in sexual function and in sexual response in women without pain and pelvic dysfunctions. This review supports the need to further investigate modalities targeting the PFM as part of the management for sexual dysfunctions. Disclosure No