FK UNAIR Provides Training on POCT Device Quality Control

POCT device quality control training on Wednesday, September 25, at Surabaya City Health Agency. (Photo: By courtesy)

UNAIR NEWS – Clinical Pathology Department Faculty of Medicine (FK) Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) in collaboration with Surabaya City Health Agency held a community service activity titled “Training on POCT (Point of Care Testing) Device Quality Control for Glucose POCT Users” on Wednesday, September 25, 2019. The event taking place at Graha Arya Satya Surabaya City Health Agency […]

Creating SAKECY Food Business Innovation, UNAIR Team Wins Second Place in Business Plan Competition

ABDURRAHMAN Aziz, Aulia Citra, and Daniyal Firmansyah during the Business Plan competition awarding session. (Photo: Laurensia)

UNAIR NEWS – Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) Team with members Abdurrahman Aziz (Management 2017), Aulia Citra Cahyani (Management of Vocational Marketing 2018), and Daniyal Firmansyah (Traditional Vocational Medicine 2018) won as second-place winner in Business Plan “Womenpreneur” competition held by the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment of BEM UNAIR on Sunday, September 22. In the competition, UNAIR […]

Surabaya Single Window (SSW) Simplifies Business Permit in Surabaya?

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Republic of Indonesia’s Presidential Regulation Number 97 of 2014 is a form of response from the government to the era of free investment in Indonesia. It provides an opportunity for the community to obtain services easily by providing Integrated One-Stop Service Implementation. Various ways implemented by regional officials to apply the Presidential Regulation is a form of […]

Does Firm Capability Determine Performance?

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Firm performance is related to how to manage existing financial, material, and human resources in an organization and use them wisely to achieve the firm’s overall objectives. Firm performance must be measured, reported, and accounted for by the firm’s management. The main purpose of performance measurement is to encourage management to be more proactive in […]

The Role of Probiotics in the Intestine Axis-Brain

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Probiotics are bacteria that live in the human intestine which in specific amounts provide health benefits to the host body. In general, probiotics play an essential role in helping the organ to digest food, produce vitamin K and various types of hormones, and maintain the balance of intestinal microbiota. Probiotics are now known to play […]

Survival Food Team Wins Silver Medal at 32nd PIMNAS

PKM-PE Survival Food Team, Tya Wahyun Kurniawati, Ningsih Putri Herman and Melly Octaviany, silver medalists at 32nd PIMNAS at Universitas Udayana on 31 August 2019. (Photo: Courtesy)

UNAIR NEWS – Survival Food is one of the achievements of Student Creativity Program (PKM-PE) Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR). The ideas initiated by students from Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), namely Ningsih Putri Herman (2017) and Melly Octaviany (2016) and Tya Wahyun Kurniawati (2017) from Faculty of Nursing (FKp) were successful in bringing silver medals […]

Rare Redness on Skin Looks Like Fungal Infection

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Erythema annulare centrifugum (EAC) is a rare skin disease characterized by round red patches appearing on thighs and legs for no apparent reason. Erythema annulare centrifugum has a clinical symptom similar to tinea corporis infection (fungal infection) but it is very different in terms of therapy. Erythema annulare centrifugum is usually asymptomatic (with no symptoms) or itching varies in […]

Middle Manager Commitment to Change in Organizations

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This study provides information on organizational change. The middle manager’s initial commitment to change is determined by his views on the importance of change. There is a change in the type of commitment to change. There are various factors affecting changes in the type of commitment of middle managers. Organizations today are required to change with extraordinary speed (Piderit, 2000). However, […]

Indonesian Ambassador to Africa Encourages 5 Things to FISIP Students

H.E. Al Busyra Basnur (left) with the Dean of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP)  (right) Universitas Airlangga on Thursday, August 29, 2019. (Photo: Intang Arifia)

UNAIR NEWS – In the end of August, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) Universitas Airlangga welcomed the arrival of H.E. Al Busyra Basnur as the Indonesian Ambassador to Africa, Ethiopia and Djibouti. He became a speaker in a guest lecture titled Africa Now! on the opportunities and challenges of cooperation between Indonesia and […]

Does Abate Powder Effectively Control Goldfish Lice?

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Abate solution is not effective to release fish lice from goldfish. there has been resistance or immunity in fish lice against the toxic power of compounds in abate powder. Another reference states that soaking using formalin, NaCl, and malachite-green solutions is no longer effective in controlling fish lice. In addition, several other types of material […]

Exploration of Indonesian Nucleoprotein Rabies Isolate Virus Encoding Genes

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Rabies is one of the diseases in the spotlight in Indonesia. Based on data from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia during the period 2011-2017, there were more than 500,000 cases of Animal Bite Transmission (GHPR) occurred in Indonesia. Of these 836 cases tested positive for Rabies (depkes.go.id, accessed August 1, 2019). […]