Nonuse of Forest Residues is Impermissible Overlook for the Country with Limited Natural Resources

In human history forests always satisfied different needs of people like: food, energy, medicine plants, wood materials, fodder. From 20th century wood energy gradually was substituted by fossil fuel. But wood still remained irreplaceable resource for construction, furniture, paper industry. At the same time many new wood products have been developed from wood and agriculture residues, so called engineered wood, like: plywood, chipboards, fiberboards, MDF, etc. Bio-economy today uses biomass for manufacturing bio-based chemicals, plastics, pharmaceutical products as well as, residues for generating bio-energy. Nowadays, when the fossil fuel age declines due to its exhaustible character biomass regains a new importance. Biomass currently is the dominating renewable energy source for multiple use. Gradual substitution of fossil fuel by renewable energies instigates rapid growth of all renewable energy carriers like wind, solar, hydro, geo-thermal and bio-energy. It is the best strategy against climate change too.

Energy Medicine and Sleep Disorders

Energy medicine (EM) refers to a range of techniques and healing modalities that alter the underlying energy field of the body. Energy is stimulated or moved within the body to restore an energy balance through a variety of modalities that include hands-on healing or vibration applied to the body and through movement or sound. Sleep is impaired when the body’s energy is imbalanced and an excess of energy is activated or carried too high in the body. The evidence specifically examining the effect of energy techniques on sleep is limited, with small studies demonstrating benefit with hands-on healing techniques for intensive-care patients and those with cancer and/or chronic pain. There is moderate evidence that energy medicine significantly decreases many types of chronic pain, and it is most utilized in patients with chronic pain syndromes. In addition, weak evidence exists for energy medicine and decreased anxiety. It is extrapolated by many practitioners that the effect on pain and anxiety will result in better sleep. In addition, most energy medicine modalities have techniques specific for improving for sleep that can be done by a practitioner or can be taught to a patient for self-healing. Finding a skilled practitioner or learning self-healing energy techniques for sleep can be valuable additions to a patient’s plan of care.

The Problem of Removing Seaweed from the Beaches: Review of Methods and Machines

Beach cleaning and algae collection in the shoreline area are important for the tourism industry, mainly for aesthetic reasons, but also to protect human health. In addition, the collected material can be used in many industries such as energy, medicine, cosmetics or catering. The problem of cleaning the shoreline area concerns the need to clear land, water and the strip of shore and land onto which water is thrown from falling waves. The vast majority of available cleaning methods are adapted to cleaning beaches or waters. There is a lack of solutions and machine designs suitable for cleaning the coastal strip, which includes: land, the area of land on which the wave is thrown, shoal and deep water. This area is particularly important for tourism as it is mainly used for water bathing. Pictures from tourist areas that are exposed to intensive water contamination show that measures taken to clear the shoreline area are not very effective, as seaweed in shallow water is thrown ashore with the waves. The paper presents a review of methods for cleaning coastal waters and beaches from contamination. It also shows the author’s conceptual design adapted to clear the shoreline area and sandy beaches.

Penurunan Nyeri dengan Intervensi Kombinasi Terapi Relaksasi Pernafasan dan Terapi SEFT pada Pasien dengan Kanker Servik Stadium IIIB

Kanker servik merupakan kanker primer karena adanya infeksi Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Nyeri pada pasien kanker servik stadium lanjut merupakan nyeri kronis yang bersifat subjektif. Terapi SEFT merupakan suatu teknik penggabungan dari sistem energi tubuh (energy medicine) dan terapi spiritualitas dengan menggunakan metode tapping (ketukan) pada tubuh. Sebelum dilakukan terapi SEFT pasien dirilekskan dengan metode relaksasi nafas dalam 3 kali tarikan nafas setelah itu lakukan terapi SEFT 1 kali setiap pertemuan dengan kisaran waktu 15 menit selama 3 hari dengan pertemuan tidak terstruktur mengikuti pola pada responden. Responden pada penerapan ini yaitu pasien kanker servik stadium IIIB. Hasil menunjukkan adanya penurunan skala nyeri dari skala sedang menjadi ringan pada pasien kanker servik stadium IIIB dengan intervensi terapi relaksasi nafas dalam dan terapi SEFT. Analisis kasus 1 hari pertama skala nyeri 4, sampai di hari ke ketiga skala nyeri mengalami penurunan menjadi 3, untuk kasus 2 hari pertama skala nyeri 3, sampai hari ke ketiga mengalami penurunan menjadi 2. Hasil studi kasus ini menunjukkan bahwa relaksasi nafas dalam dan terapi SEFT mampu menurunkan skala nyeri. Pada kasus kali ini peneliti menggunakan dua responden pasien penderita kanker servik dengan stadium IIIB. Spiritual Emosional Freedom Technique (SEFT) bekerja dengan prinsip yang kurang lebih sama dengan akupuntur & akupressur. Teknik ini berusaha merangsang titik-titik kunci di sepanjang 12 jalur energi (energi meridian) tubuh yang sangat berpengaruh pada kesehatan kita. Terapi nonfarmakologi relaksasi pernafasan dan terapi SEFT mampu menurunkan skala nyeri pada pasien kanker servik.