Biomorphometry of Automeris liberia Cramer (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in oil palm in the Amazon

Automeris liberia Cramer are found in South America, with documented sightings in Ecuador, Peru, some regions of Mexico and, more recently, the Brazilian Amazon. These moths cause damage to several plant species. We designed an experiment to study the biology and morphometry of A. liberia in the laboratory and provide information for the management of the pest in oil palm cultivation in the Brazilian Amazon. Caterpillars for rearing were collected from commercial areas of oil palm cultivation, where they cause defoliation of the plant. They were fed a natural diet of oil palm leaves of the Tenera variety and observed from second generation onwards. Sex, behavior, posture, mass, body length, wingspan, body diameter, sex ratio, average growth ratio, and antenna were quantified. The embryonic stage lasted 14 days, followed by seven larval instar stages over 36 days. The pupal stage lasted 21 days. Adults had a longevity of 4.5 and 6 days and a total biological cycle of 78.5 and 80 days, for males and females, respectively. The growth ratio was 1.49. The antennae showed sexual dimorphism, with bipectinate morphology in males and filiform in females. In the adult stage, morphological variables were evaluated (body length, thoracic diameter, wingspan, forewing length, forewing height, hindwing length, hindwing height, antenna length, number of antennomeres, and body mass), and they showed significant differences between males and females (Newman-Keuls test, P < 0.05).

Analysis of Urban Agglomeration in Economic and Legal Perspectives (A Study on the Development of Industrial Agglomeration Areas in Semarang City)

<em>This study tries to analyze the implementation of laws and policies regarding the development of urban agglomerations, analyze agrarian law regulations in Indonesia addressing industrial estate issues, and analyze the leading sectors and economic potential of the city of Semarang. In this study, the authors use the Base Sector Analysis/LQ Analysis, Economic Sector Performance Analysis/Shift Share Analysis, Growth Ratio Model Analysis/GRM, Klassen Typology Analysis, Overlay Techniques, and SWOT Analysis to measure the competitive advantage of each element), and provide policy recommendations for the government as well as for industry players. The object of this research is spread over several industrial areas located in Semarang City including Wijaya Kusuma Industrial Area, Candi Industrial Area, BSB Industrial Park, and Terboyo Industrial Estate. The findings of this study are that it is known that leading sectors such as warehousing, financial services, transportation, retail, real estate, trade, and construction are economic bases that are growing rapidly and can support the development of urban agglomerations.</em>

Proliferation, apoptosis and their regulatory protein expression in colorectal adenomas and serrated lesions

Background Adenomas and serrated lesions represent heterogeneous sets of early precursors in the colorectum with varying malignant potential. They are often distinguished by their histopathologic differences, but little is known about potential differences in regulation of epithelial proliferation and apoptosis. Methods We conducted a protein expression analysis using tissue microarrays of 625 colorectal adenomas and 142 serrated lesions to determine potential differences in regulation of epithelial proliferation and apoptosis. We quantitated proliferation with Ki-67; apoptosis with activated caspase-3 (CASP3); up- and down-regulators of proliferation with cyclin D1, p16INK2, and p21Cip1; and apoptosis regulators with BAX, BCL2, and survivin. Linear mixed effects models and circos diagrams were used to determine relationships among expression and lesion characteristics. Results Adenomas had a significantly higher CASP-3 labeling index (LI) than serrated lesions, resulting in a lower net growth ratio (Ki-67 LI/activated CASP-3 LI, p-value<0.0001). Cyclin D1 LI, p16 LI and p21 LI were lower in adenomas compared to serrated lesions, while expression of both BCL2 and BAX were higher (p <0.001). Among adenomas, cyclin D1 LI and p16 LI levels increased with greater villous component, and the highest BAX expression was detected in adenomas larger than 2 cm (both p<0.0001). Right-sided adenomas had higher CASP3 LI than left colorectal adenomas (p = 0.008). Significant differences in cyclin D1 LI, p21 LI and survivin LI were also observed across histopathologic subtypes of serrated lesions. Conclusions Our findings demonstrate different patterns of regulatory protein expression in adenomas than serrated lesions, especially involving apoptosis. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00272324

Endogenous Calcium Mediated The Seedling Growth And Fluoride Stress Tolerance In Four Bean Genotypes

Fluoride (F) pollution is a global environmental problem representing a severe risk for food and vegetables grown in contaminated soils. Phaseolus vulgaris L. is widely cultivated in arid and semi-arid regions and in F contaminated areas of the world. F tolerance during germination and seedling growth was evaluated for four bean ecotypes: Borlotto nano and three African genotypes (Lyamungu 85, Lyamungu 90 and Jesca).Seeds were grown in sand enriched with NaF or KF at three different levels (0, 80 and 200 mg kg-1). NaCl was used as a benchmark to determine a potential effect of different Na levels in plant. Total F content and minerals accumulation (Na, K and Ca) in roots and shoots were measured. The translocation factor, growth ratio, F tolerance index were evaluated to estimate plant-salt response. Germination rate decreased with increased F level. Borlotto was more F sensitive (0% germination with 200 mg kg-1of KF and NaF) than African genotypes. Under the highest F concentration (200 mg kg-1), F preferentially accumulated in shoots (Jesca 75.7 mg kg-1, Lyamungu 85 100.1 mg kg-1 and Lyamungu 90 115.4 mg kg-1). Ca content in roots was negatively correlated to F absorption, suggesting its antagonistic role to F mobility.Based on these parameters, Jesca and Lyamungu 85 were the most tolerant species recording a low F uptake and a high Ca content in the root. This study highlighted the central role of Ca, as a key secondary messenger in regulating the plant growth and development under F stress.

ANALISIS RASIO KEUANGAN SEBAGAI ALAT PENILAIAN KINERJA KEUANGAN PADA PEMERINTAH PROVINSI JAWA TIMUR DAN PROVINSI JAWA TENGAH PADA TAHUN 2019-2020

Abstrak: Kinerja keuangan merupakan suatu tingkat pencapaian dari hasil kerja dalam bidang keuangan atas pelbagai aktivitas yang telah dilakukan. Maka dari itu Pemerintah Daerah perlu melakukan analisis keuangan dengan menggunakan rasio kemandirian, rasio efektifitas, rasio efisiensi, dan rasio pertumbuhan. Tujuan dari penelitian untuk mengetahui kinerja keuangan Pemerintah Provinsi Jawa Timur dan Provinsi Jawa Tengah. Teknik analisis dalam penelitian ini menggunakan deskriptif kuantitatif melalui data sekunder dari laporan realisasi APBD Pemerintah Daerah Provinsi Jawa Timur dan Provinsi Jawa Tengah periode 2019-2020. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa (1) Tingkat kemandirian pada Pemerintah Provinsi Jatim dan Provinsi Jateng dari periode 2019-2020 masih dalam kategori rendah sekali. (2) Rasio efektifitas pada Pemerintah Provinsi Jatim dan Provinsi Jateng periode 2019-2020 masih dalam kategori tidak efektif. (3) Tingkat efisiensi pada Pemerintah Provinsi Jatim dan Provinsi Jateng periode 2019-2020 masuk dalam kategori sangat efisien. (4) tingkat pertumbuhan Pemerintah Provinsi Jatim dan Provinsi Jateng tahun 2019-2020 cenderung fluktuatif. Kata Kunci: rasio kemandirian; rasio efektifitas; rasio efisiensi; rasio pertumbuhan: kinerja keuangan. Abstract: Financial performance is a level of achievement of the results of work in the financial sector for various activities that have been carried out. Therefore, the Regional Government must conduct a financial analysis using the independence ratio, effectiveness ratio, efficiency ratio, and growth ratio. The purpose of this study was to determine the financial performance of the Provincial Government of East Java and Central Java Province. The analysis technique in this study is descriptive quantitative using secondary data, namely from the Realization Report of the Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD) of East Java Province and Central Java Province in 2019-2020. The results of this study indicate that (1) The ratio of independence in the Provincial Government of East Java and Central Java Province from 2019-2020 is still in the very low category. (2) The effectiveness ratio in the Provincial Government of East Java and Central Java Province in 2019-2020 is still in the ineffective category. (3) The efficiency ratio in the Provincial Government of East Java and Central Java Province in 2019-2020 is in the very efficient category. (4) The growth ratio of the Provincial Governments of East Java and Central Java Province in 2019-2020 tends to fluctuate. Keywords: independence ratio; effectiveness ratio; efficiency ratio; growth ratio; financial performance.

Biogas efficiency from cow dung waste in strengthening energy security during the covid-19 pandemic through a dynamic modeling system

During Covid-19 pandemic, the increase in LPG types was 0.6-2.4 million BOE, while in the household sector it was 2.3-6.9 million BOE, so causes LPG import growth ratio to increase by 4.8%/year (BPPT, 2020). Therefore, it is necessary to make efforts to suppress LPG imports by increasing the supply of EBT in the household sector with biogas production. The research aims to look at the biogas production modeling system from the resulting cow dung waste. The research method that studies the literature is based on modeling data based on data obtained using Powersim 10. The results showed that LPG demand in 2020 is 2.4 million BOE that could be fulfilled by a biogas source from 9539238.75 kg ~ 0.9 metric tons cow dung waste. This cow dung waste is able to produce 381569.55 m3/kg of methane gas which is equivalent to 0.59 metric tons LPG, savings Rp 690 M; 103 million liters gasoline, savings Rp 793 M; 64.8 million liters diesel fuel, savings Rp 333.8 M; 80 million liters kerosene, savings Rp 1 T; 4.53 metric tons wood, savings Rp 4.5 T. This favorable situation must be immediately felt by the community with an estimate of future benefits.

Investigation on collision-coalescence of droplets under the synergistic effect of charge and sound waves: orthogonal design optimization

As an efficient approach to improve the visibility, defogging technology is essential for the operation of ports and airports. This paper proposes a new and hybrid defogging technology, i.e. electric–acoustic defogging method. Specifically, the droplets are charged by corona discharge, which is beneficial to overcome the hydrodynamic interaction force to improve the droplet collision efficiency. Meanwhile, sound waves (especially acoustic turbulence) promote the relative movement of droplets to increase the collision probability. In this study, the effects of acoustic frequency ( f ), sound pressure level (SPL), and voltage (V) on the droplet growth ratio were studied by orthogonal design analysis. The results of difference analysis and multi-factor variance analysis show that frequency and sound pressure level are the dominant factors that affect the collision of droplets, and the effect of voltage is relatively weak. And f = 400 Hz, SPL = 132 dB, and V = -7.2 kV are the optimal parameters in our experiment. In addition, we further studied the impact of single factor on droplet growth ratio. The results show that there is an optimal frequency of 400 Hz. That is, the impact of frequency is non-linear. The droplet growth ratio increases with sound pressure level and voltage level. The new technology proposed in this paper can provide a new approach for defogging in open space.

ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT IN ASSESSING THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The financial statement can be used to determine company activities, one of them to assess the condition of financial to balance and profit /loss statement. For asses and analyze financial statements are required analysis tools are financial rations. The purpose of this study is to determine the financial performance of the Wiru Village government in 2018-2020. This study uses a qualitative approach with financial analysis tools. The result of this study is Wiru village in 2018- 2020 the self-reliance ratio is very low, effectiveness ratio is very effective, in 2018 the efficiency ratio is not efficient and in 2019-2020 is not efficient, the dependency ratio is very high, and the growth ratio in 2018-2019 has decreased, and then in 2019- 2020, it has increased.

Isolation and Characterization of Vibrio kanaloae as a Major Pathogen Associated with Mass Mortalities of Ark Clam, Scapharca broughtonii, in Cold Season

High temperature is a risk factor for vibriosis outbreaks. Most vibrios are opportunistic pathogens that cause the mortality of aquatic animals at the vibrio optimal growth temperature (~25 °C), whereas a dominant Vibrio kanaloae strain SbA1-1 is isolated from natural diseased ark clams (Scapharca broughtonii) during cold seasons in this study. Consistent symptoms and histopathological features reappeared under an immersion infection with SbA1-1 performed at 15 °C. The pathogenicity difference of SbA1-1 was assessed under different temperatures (15 °C and 25 °C). The cumulative mortality rates of ark clams were significantly higher at the low temperature (15 °C) than at the high temperature (25 °C); up to 98% on 16th day post SbA1-1 infection. While the growth ratio of SbA1-1 was retarded at the low temperature, the hemolytic activity and siderophores productivity of SbA1-1 were increased. This study constitutes the first isolation of V. kanaloae from the natural diseased ark clams (S. broughtonii) in cold seasons and the exposition of the dissimilar pathogenicity of SbA1-1 at a different temperature. All the above indicates that V. kanaloae constitutes a threat to ark clam culture, especially in cold seasons.