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Southeast Florida Large Coral Assessment 2015, Brian K. Walker, Katelyn Klug

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Reports

The 2013 nearshore mapping project conducted by Walker and Klug expanded the previous knowledge on the amount, location, and species type of ecologically important large (>2 m) coral colonies in southeast Florida. They discovered over 110 previously undocumented large corals of which 60 were dead and 50 were still alive; 40 of the living corals were larger than 2 m wide and up to 5 m in diameter. Because these corals are the largest and oldest organisms on our reefs, they deserve special attention.

Currently there is unprecedented disease and bleaching in the northern portion of the Florida Reef …

Riwayat Berat Badan Lahir Dengan Kejadian Stunting Pada Anak Usia Bawah Dua Tahun, Atikah Rahayu, Fahrini Yulidasari, Andini Octaviana Putri, Fauzie Rahman

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Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Utara masih dihadapkan dengan permasalahan gizi pada anak bawah dua tahun (baduta). Salah satu masalah gizi hingga saat ini adalah stunting. Anak dengan riwayat berat badan lahir rendah (BBLR) merupakan salah satu faktor yang potensial memengaruhi pertumbuhan anak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji risiko riwayat berat badan lahir dengan kejadian stunting pada anak baduta. Desain penelitian adalah potong lintang. Populasi penelitian ini merupakan ibu-ibu yang memiliki anak baduta dan besar sampel sejumlah 117 terdiri dari anak baduta. Pelaksanaan penelitian dilakukan selama tiga bulan pada bulan September – November 2014. Kategori BBLR jika riwayat berat badan lahir < 2.500 gram. Analisis data bivariat menggunakan uji kai kuadrat dan data multivariat menggunakan uji regresi logistik. Hasil analisis bivariat menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara riwayat status BBLR (nilai p = 0,015) dengan stunting pada anak baduta. Berdasarkan hasil analisis multivariat, diperoleh bahwa BBLR merupakan faktor risiko yang paling dominan berhubungan dengan kejadian stunting. Anak dengan BBLR memiliki risiko 5,87 kali untuk mengalami stunting. Riwayat BBLR memiliki peranan penting dalam kejadian stunting anak baduta di wilayah Puskesmas Sungai Karias, Hulu Sungai Utara. North Hulu Sungai District is still facing nutrition problems among children under two years old. One of nutrition problems up to now is stunting. Child with low birthweight (LBW) record is one of potential factors influencing the growth of a child. This study aimed to assess any risk of LBW records with stunting incidence among children under two years old. This study used cross-sectional design. The population was mothers having children under two years old and samples amounted to 117 consisted of children under two years old. This study was conducted within three months on September – November 2014. Category of LBW was if birth weight records < 2,500 gram. Bivariate data analysis used chi-square test and multivariate data analysis used logistic regression test. The result of bivariate analysis showed a significant relation between LBW status records (p value = 0.015) with stunting incidence among children under two years old. Based on the result of multivariate analysis, LBW was the most dominating risk factor related to stunting incidence. Children with LBW had 5.87 times risk of suffering from stunting. LBW records take an important role in stunting incidence among children under two years old around Sungai Karias Primary Health Care area in North Hulu Sungai.

Side-Chain Boron Difluoride Formazanate Polymers Via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization, Samantha Novoa, Joseph A. Paquette, Stephanie M. Barbon, Ryan R. Maar, Joe Gilroy

Chemistry Publications

The synthesis, characterization, and ring-opening methathesis polymerization (ROMP) of a novel norbornene-based boron difluoride (BF₂) formazante monomer are described in detail. The polymerization studies confirmed ROMP to occur in the presence of BF₂ formazanates, and also demonstrated the controlled nature of the polymerization. The polymers retained many of the unique characteristics of the monomers in dichloromethane, including absorption and emission at maximum wavelengths of 518 and 645 nm, large Stoke's shifts (u_ST = 127 nm, 3,800 cm^-1), and the ability to act as electron reservoirs to form borataverdazyl-based poly(radical anions) (E°_{red1 …}

Pesticide Exposure, Behavior Of Farmer, And Activity Of Cholinesterase Enzyme In Blood Of Fertile Women Farmers, Deni Abdul Rahman, Zakianis Zakianis, Laila Fitria

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Petani perempuan usia subur berisiko mengalami penurunan aktivitas kolinesterase akibat pajanan pestisida. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan antara pajanan pestisida dan perilaku pemajan terhadap aktivitas kolinesterase petani perempuan usia subur di Desa Kedunguter. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain potong lintang pada 94 petani perempuan usia subur tahun 2015. Pengumpulan data dilakukan secara observasi, wawancara, dan uji kolinesterase. Analisis data menggunakan uji kai kuadrat dan hasil analisis menunjukkan hubungan signifikan antara jenis pestisida, waktu kerja, penggunaan sarung tangan, perilaku mencuci tangan terhadap aktivitas kolinesterase petani perempuan usia subur. Hasil analisis pada penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa variabel waktu kerja memiliki nilai odds …

Investigating The Consistency Of Stellar Evolution Models With Globular Cluster Observations Via The Red Giant Branch Bump, M. Joyce, B. Chaboyer

Dartmouth Scholarship

Synthetic Red Giant Branch Bump (RGBB) magnitudes are generated with the most recent theoretical stellar evolution models computed with the Dartmouth Stellar Evolution Program (DSEP) code. They are compared to the observational work of Nataf et al., who present RGBB magnitudes for 72 globular clusters. A DSEP model using a chemical composition with enhanced α capture [α/Fe] = +0.4 and an age of 13 Gyr shows agreement with observations over metallicities ranging from [Fe/H] = 0 to [Fe/H] ≈ −1.5, with discrepancy emerging at lower metallicities.

Disability Prevention Programs For Older People: Factors Associated With Medical And Nursing Care Costs, Takaaki Ikeda, Susumu Yanagawa, Kenichi Murakami, Toshiyuki Inoue, Takamasa Tsurumi

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengklarifikasi faktor-faktor yang terkait dengan biaya medis dan perawatan lanjut usia (lansia) yang tinggal di panti sosial serta menyarankan program pencegahan disabilitas yang efektif. Total partisipan dalam penelitian ini adalah 83 orang (29 laki-laki dan 54 perempuan; usia rata-rata 81,2 ± 6,3 tahun) pada 1 November – 28 Desember 2014. Penelitian ini membandingkan biaya medis dan perawatan rata-rata per bulan dengan rata-rata nasional bagi yang berusia ≥ 65 tahun. Uji regresi logistik dilakukan untuk memeriksa keterkaitannya dengan biaya medis dan perawatan. Mereka yang pergi ke luar rumah ≥ 3 kali seminggu tiga kali lebih kecil kemungkinannya …

The Use Of Earthworms And Household Organic Waste Composting Length Of Time, Abdul Khair, Lucky Herawati, Noraida Noraida, Munawar Raharja

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Pengomposan dengan cacing tanah merupakan proses pembuatan kompos dengan melibatkan organisme makro cacing tanah. Kerja sama antara cacing tanah dengan mikroorganisme dapat memberi dampak pada proses penguraian yang dilakukan oleh mikroorganisme tersebut dibantu dengan keberadaan cacing tanah. Oleh karena bahan-bahan yang akan diurai oleh mikroorganisme telah diurai lebih dahulu oleh cacing, maka kerja mikroorganisme lebih efektif dan lebih cepat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penggunaan cacing tanah terhadap lama waktu pengomposan sampah organik dari rumah tangga dengan menggunakan desain penelitian eksperimen. Objek penelitian adalah seluruh sampah organik dari rumah tangga yang diambil secara acak pada satu rumah tangga. Variabel …

Penemuan Kasus Infeksi Kusta Subklinis Pada Anak Melalui Deteksi Kadar Antibodi (Igm) Anti Pgl-1, Arif Sujagat, Fardhiasih Dwi Astuti, Eva Muslimawati Saputri, Annisa Sani, Agil Dwi Prasetya

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]Kusta merupakan penyakit menular kronis yang disebabkan Mycobacterium leprae. Indonesia menempati peringkat ketiga penyumbang kasus kusta terbanyak di dunia pada tahun 2012 – 2014. Kota Surabaya merupakan daerah endemis kusta. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk deteksi dini kusta subklinis berdasarkan pengukuran kadar antibodi (IgM) anti PGL-1 dan mengetahui faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan kusta subklinis pada anak di Kota Surabaya. Penelitian analitik menggunakan desain potong lintang pada bulan April - Mei 2015. Populasi dilakukan penelitian adalah keluarga yang memiliki anggota penderita kusta. Sampel dipilih dengan teknik simple random sampling dan sebanyak 30 kepala keluarga terpilih melalui rapid school and village survey pada …

Pre-Eklampsia Berat Dan Kematian Ibu, Nova Muhani, Besral Besral

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Pre-eklampsia berat, salah satu penyebab utama kematian ibu di Indonesia dan di RSUD Dr. H. Abdul Moeloek Lampung, merupakan penyebab kematian ibu nomor satu (47,25%). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan prediktor pre-eklampsi berat (PEB) yang dinilai dari tekanan darah sistolik, tekanan darah diastolik, proteiunuria, eklampsia, sindrom hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets count (HELLP) dengan kematian ibu di RSUD Dr. H. Abdul Moeloek. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain kasus kontrol dengan jumlah sampel 60 kasus dan 120 kontrol. Data diolah dari rekam medis rumah sakit selama periode lima tahun (2010 – 2014). Hasil penelitian ini memperlihatkan bahwa sindrom HELLP memiliki …

Peran Tenaga Kesehatan Dan Keluarga Dalam Kehamilan Usia Remaja, Mery Ramadani, Dien Gusta Anggraini Nursal, Livia Ramli

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Sebanyak 10,3% kematian tidak langsung pada ibu disebabkan kehamilan usia remaja (< 20 tahun). Di Kabupaten Tanah Datar, masih terjadi peningkatan kehamilan usia remaja dalam tiga tahun terakhir. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui peran tenaga kesehatan, dukungan keluarga, dan pengetahuan remaja dengan kehamilan usia remaja di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Singgalang, Kabupaten Tanah Datar tahun 2014. Penelitian dilaksanakan pada bulan Mei – Juni 2014 menggunakan desain potong lintang. Populasi adalah seluruh remaja putri berusia < 20 tahun yang telah menikah berjumlah 215 orang. Sampel berjumlah 68 orang dan pengambilan sampel dilakukan secara proporsional di delapan jorong/desa. Data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara menggunakan kuesioner. Kemudian, analisis bivariat dilakukan dengan uji kai kuadrat dan analisis multivariat dengan uji regresi logistik ganda. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan sebanyak 55,9% responden hamil di usia remaja. Sebanyak 52,9% responden kurang merasakan peran dari tenaga kesehatan, 66,2% kurang mendapat dukungan keluarga, dan 58,8% memiliki pengetahuan rendah. Didapatkan hubungan peran tenaga kesehatan (nilai p = 0,032), dukungan keluarga (nilai p = 0,025), dan tingkat pengetahuan (nilai p = 0,002) dengan kehamilan usia remaja. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa tenaga kesehatan, keluarga dan tingkat pengetahuan berperan dalam kehamilan remaja. Tenaga kesehatan perlu memberikan penyuluhan mengenai risiko kehamilan remaja kepada remaja serta keluarga. Worth 10.3% of indirect maternal death is due to teenage pregnancy (< 20 years old). In Tanah Datar District, the increase of teenage pregnancy has occured in the last three years. This study aimed to determine health worker's role, family's support and teenagers' knowledge with teenage pregnancy in work area of Singgalang Primary Health Care, Tanah Datar District in 2014. This study was conducted on May – June 2014 using cross-sectional design. Population was 215 married teenage girls < 20 years old. A total of sample was 68 selected proportionally in eight villages. Data were collected through interview using questionnaire. Then bivariate analysis was conducted using chi-square test and multivariate analysis using multiple logistic regression test. Results of study found 55.9% of respondents were pregnant in teen age. Respondents worth 52.9% got less health worker’s role, 66.2% got less family’s support and 58.8% had low level of knowledge. There was a relation found between health worker’s role (p value = 0.032), family’s support (p value = 0.025) and knowledge level (p value = 0.002) with teenage pregnancy. In conclusion, health workers, family and knowledge level play a role in teenage pregnancy. Health workers need to provide counseling concerning teenage pregnancy risks for both teenagers and families.

Pengaruh Musik Keroncong Selama Pelaksanaan Kangaroo Mother Care Terhadap Respons Fisiologis Dan Lama Rawat Bayi Dengan Berat Badan Lahir Rendah, Anita Rahmawati, Endah Marianingsih Theresia, Yuliasti Eka Purnamaningrum

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Kangaroo mother care (KMC) merupakan metode merawat bayi berat badan lahir rendah (BBLR). Beberapa intervensi perawatan di neonatal intensive care unit seperti pijat bayi, KMC, dan mendengarkan musik bermanfaat untuk pertumbuhan bayi berupa respons fisiologis BBLR dan mengurangi lama rawat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui manfaat musik keroncong terhadap respons BBLR selama KMC dan lama rawat. Rancangan penelitian adalah quasi eksperimental dengan pretest dan posttest dengan desain grup kontrol. Pada Juli - September 2014 populasi penelitian adalah ibu dan bayi BBLR yang melaksanakan KMC. Pengambilan sampel dengan purposive sampling sebanyak 60 bayi. Kriteria inklusi bayi BBLR yang ditetapkan adalah berat …

Paris Talks: Local - Global Issues, Juliet Pinto

Sea Level Rise Collection

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Ultraviolet Emission Lines Of Si Ii In Cool Star And Solar Spectra, Sibasish Laha, Francis P. Keenan, Gary J. Ferland, Catherine A. Ramsbottom, Kanti M. Aggarwal, Thomas R. Ayres, Marios Chatzikos, Peter A. M. Van Hoof, Robin J. R. Williams

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Recent atomic physics calculations for Si ii are employed within the cloudy modelling code to analyse Hubble Space Telescope (HST) STIS ultraviolet spectra of three cool stars, β Geminorum, α Centauri A and B, as well as previously published HST/GHRS observations of α Tau, plus solar quiet Sun data from the High Resolution Telescope and Spectrograph. Discrepancies found previously between theory and observation for line intensity ratios involving the 3s²3p ²P_J–3s3p^{2 4}P_J' intercombination multiplet of Si II at ∼ 2335 Å are significantly reduced, as are those for …

Paris Talks: Securing The Future, Phaedra Pezzullo

Sea Level Rise Collection

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A Student-Participation Approach To Attaining Sustainability On Campus, Dennis Wing Kin Wu

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

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Motion Analysis Using Wearable Wireless Sensors To Support Treatment Of Diseases In The Elderly, Calvin Hoi Kok Cheung, Timothy Kin Sang Lee

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

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Reusing Pre-Consumer Textile Waste, Yuk Lan Lau

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

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The Effectiveness Of A Smart School Bag System For Reminding Students Of Forgotten Items And Reducing The Weight Of Their Bags, Sau Ming Lau, Yammy Wai Yan Wong, Fiona Wing Yin Luk, Stella Sin Tung Kwok

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

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Inject And Sustain Sustainability (Is2) In Automatic Fare Collection Projects, Hillary Kin Hung Lau, Nicholas Chun Kit Wong

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

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Development Of A Novel Photocatalyst For The Advanced Antibiotic Oxidation Of Wastewater, Dickson Yuk Shing Yan, Frank Leung Yuk Lam

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

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Azimuthal Anisotropy In U+U And Au+Au Collisions At Rhic, James K. Adkins, Renee H. Fatemi, Suvarna Ramachandran, L. Adamczyk, G. Agakishiev, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, I. Alekseev, J. Alford, A. Aparin, D. Arkhipkin, E. C. Aschenauer, G. S. Averichev

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Collisions between prolate uranium nuclei are used to study how particle production and azimuthal anisotropies depend on initial geometry in heavy-ion collisions. We report the two- and four-particle cumulants, v₂{2} and v₂{4}, for charged hadrons from U+U collisions at √^s_NN=193  GeV and Au+Au collisions at √^s_NN=200  GeV. Nearly fully overlapping collisions are selected based on the energy deposited by spectators in zero degree calorimeters (ZDCs). Within this sample, the observed dependence of v₂{2} on multiplicity demonstrates that ZDC information combined with multiplicity can preferentially select different overlap configurations …

Convergence Of Microbial Assimilations Of Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus And Sulfur In Terrestrial Ecosystems, Xiaofeng Xu, Dafeng Hui, Anthony W. King, Xia Song, Peter E. Thornton, Lihua Zhang

Biology Faculty Research

How soil microbes assimilate carbon-C, nitrogen-N, phosphorus-P and sulfur-S is fundamental for understanding nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. We compiled a global database of C, N, P and S concentrations in soils and microbes and developed relationships between them by using a power function model. The C:N:P:S was estimated to be 287:17:1:0.8 for soils and 42:6:1:0.4 for microbes. We found a convergence of the relationships between elements in soils and in soil microbial biomass across C, N, P and S. The element concentrations in soil microbial biomass follow a homeostatic regulation curve with soil element concentrations across C, N, P …

Climate Change And Interpersonal Violence: A "Global" Estimate And Regional Inequities, Dennis Mares, Kenneth W. Moffett

SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

This study estimates the predicted impact of climate change on levels of violence in a sample of 57 countries. We sample western and non-western countries and perform a multilevel ARFIMA regression to examine if warmer temperatures are associated with higher levels of homicide. Our results indicate that each degree Celsius increase in annual temperatures is associated with a nearly 6% average increase in homicides. Regional variation in this predicted effect is detected, for example, with no apparent effects in former Soviet countries and far stronger effects found in Africa. This variation indicates that climate change may acutely increase violence in …

Paris Talks: Trials Of Climate Advocacy, Phaedra Pezzullo

Sea Level Rise Collection

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Observation Of B0→P¯Λd(*)−, Y. Y. Chang Et Al

Faculty Articles

We report the first observation of the decays B0→p¯ΛD(*)−. The data sample of 711  fb−1 used in this analysis corresponds to 772×106 B¯B pairs, collected at the Υ(4S) resonance by the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e− collider. We observe 19.8σ and 10.8σ excesses of events for the two decay modes and measure the branching fractions of B0→p¯ΛD− and B0→p¯ΛD*− to be (25.1±2.6±3.5)×10−6 and (33.6±6.3±4.4)×10−6, respectively, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. These results are not compatible with the predictions based on the generalized factorization approach. In addition, a threshold enhancement in the dibaryon …

Collisional Excitation Of [C Ii], [O I] And Co In Massive Galaxies, R. E. A. Canning, Gary J. Ferland, A. C. Fabian, R. M. Johnstone, P. A. M. Van Hoof, R. L. Porter, N. Werner, R. J. R. Williams

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Many massive galaxies at the centres of relaxed galaxy clusters and groups have vast reservoirs of warm (∼10 000 K) and cold (≲100 K) gas. In many such low-redshift systems this gas is lifted into the hot interstellar medium in filamentary structures, which are long lived and are typically not forming stars. Two important questions are how far do these reservoirs cool and if cold gas is abundant what is the cause of the low star formation efficiency? Heating and excitation of the filaments from collisions and mixing of hot particles in the surrounding X-ray gas describes well the optical …

Piecewisesem: Piecewise Structural Equation Modelling In R For Ecology, Evolution, And Systematics, Jonathan S. Lefcheck

VIMS Articles

Summary

1. Ecologists and evolutionary biologists rely on an increasingly sophisticated set of statistical tools to describe complex natural systems. One such tool that has gained significant traction in the biological sciences is structural equation models (SEM), a form of path analysis that resolves complex multivariate relationships among a suite of interrelated variables.

2. Evaluation of SEMs has historically relied on covariances among variables, rather than the values of the data points themselves. While this approach permits a wide variety of model forms, it limits the incorporation of detailed specifications. Recent developments have allowed for the simultaneous implementation of non‐normal distributions, random …

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Classical Examples Of Bäcklund Transformations (Examples 3.1, 3.2, 5.1), Ian M. Anderson, Mark E. Fels

Research Vignettes

This worksheet contains the detailed calculations for Example 3.1, Example 3.2, and Example 5.1 in the paper Bäcklund Transformations for Darboux Integrable Differential Systems: Examples and Applications.

A Backlund Transformation For The A2 Toda System (Example 3.4), Ian M. Anderson, Mark E. Fels

Research Vignettes

This worksheet amplifies results associated to example 3.4 in "Backlund Transformations for Darboux Integrable Differential Systems: Examples and Applications".

Backlund Transformation For 3 Rt + 1 = 0 (Example 3.4), Ian M. Anderson, Mark E. Fels

Research Vignettes

In this worksheet we give all the calculations for Example 3.4 in "Backlund Transformations for Darboux Integrable Differential Systems: Examples and Applications"