Can high-fat diets help you lose weight quickly?
Obesity or overweight has become a world phenomenon; its prevalence is increasing every year. In 2016, WHO indicated that more than 1 billion people worldwide suffer from overweight, and 650 million of them are diagnosed as obese. Obesity harms health, and there is a risk factor for metabolic syndrome. The cause of obesity is that […]
PPI (Pupillary Pain Index) as an alternative to the QoR-40 Questionnaire in measuring recovery quality in postoperative patients
Postoperative pain causes several effects greater patient’s pain, slower healing, and a higher risk of chronic pain. Several tools can be used to assess or measure postoperative pain such as the Numeric Rating System (NRS), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and questionnaires. One of the questionnaires that can be used is QoR-40 (The Recovery Quality Questionnaire) which measures the quality of postoperative patient […]
The role of albumin in the wound healing process of hypoalbuminemia patients
The prevalence of malnutrition is around 30 percent – 50 percent of the total world population. Malnourished patients with protein deficiency conditions have a higher risk of infection, take more prolonged wound healing, and require more extended treatment. Hypoalbuminemia is a condition in which someone’s body experiences a deficiency in albumin caused by a lack […]
Impact of Cd and Cu on Growth of Skeletonema costatum
Heavy metal level keeps increasing in the environment. One of them, in the aquatic environment. This increase was caused by human activities in various fields. It is indicated by an increase in copper (Cu) levels in the sea by 9 x 10 6 tons per year (Pinto et al., 2003). Cu is one of the important elements needed by organisms […]
Mercury Accumulation and Its Impact on Tilapia Gill Respiration Cells
Mercury is present in the body of organisms as inorganic mercury (generally Hg 2+ ), metal mercury (element, HgO), and organic mercury (generally methylmercury; MeHg). Metal mercury is usually derived from dental amalgam and industrial exposure. Another possible source of metal mercury is fluorescent light bulbs. Furthermore, Hg emissions have increased every year due to rapid industrialization. The accumulation of heavy […]
Effectiveness of Fungi in Reducing Domestic Waste Water Pollutants
Besides being useful for making fermented foods such as tempeh, soy sauce, and tape, mushrooms can be used to treat wastewater. They have the ability to decompose organic compounds in waste, greater than bacteria, especially in decomposing polymers with complex bonds such as cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. The fungi contain several extracellular enzymes that are […]
Surabaya Single Window (SSW) Simplifies Business Permit in Surabaya?
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?
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
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 […]
Polluted Waters with Heavy Metals Damaging the Worm Network Tubifex sp.
Heavy metal includes stressors for aquatic organisms. Various physical, chemical, and polluted stressors can cause cellular homeostatic, survival and cells signalling disorders (Afanas’ev, 2010; Rocha et al., 2010). Homeostatic disorders such as growth stimulation, signalling and cell survival are mediated by Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) produced by cells in response to stressors. Besides, increasing ROS […]
Assessment of the Mangrove Protected Area in the Eastern Coast of Surabaya
Surabaya is a city as the second largest coastal city in Indonesia. In the National Long Term Development Plan, Surabaya is designated as the National Development Center of eastern Indonesia so that it is very interesting to relate the planning and design of Surabaya in addressing the current global warming Issues. In addressing the problem […]
Monitoring on the Health Condition of Tubipora musica (Stolonifera) using Colony Life-form
Tubipora musica is soft coral (Alcyonacea) that have aragonite skeleton, so the presence of them become important to build the reef in the world (Veron,1995). The first publication for this species was reported by Linnaeus (1758) as red organ pipe coral that the colony has vertical tube and separated by lateral plates. The red color […]