The Heavy Metal Characteristics (Pb and Cu) in Wideng Crab Tissue from the Gonjol River, Demak

Objective and Background: The Gonjol river serves as a lifeline for the communities surrounding Demak's brackish water ponds. Currently, factory waste is poisoning rivers. The purpose of this research was to investigate the levels of heavy metals Pb and Cu in Wideng crab tissue, water, and sediment in the Gonjol river's upper course and estuary. Methods: This study was place from January to March 2020. Heavy metal concentration was determined using atomic absorption spectroscopy. The linear regression method was used to analyze the data. Results: Except for Cu in upstream and estuary sediments, the concentration of Pb and Cu in the waters, sediments, and Wideng crab tissue remained below the acceptable limits. Heavy metals Pb and Cu in both sediment and tissue did not reveal a significant association in the upstream and estuary, although there was a correlation between water and tissue. There is no association between silt and water in the upstream and estuary. The river's quality is based on the Decree of the Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Indonesia No.115 of 2003, which places it in category C, which means it has moderate levels of Pb and Cu pollution. While tissue and sediment levels are below the tolerance limit. Conclusion: The state of the Gonjol River is a source of concern, particularly the circumstances of Cu and Pb, which allow bioaccumulation in the future, posing a threat to the ecosystem and the communities surrounding it.

Correlation between Metabolic Rate and Salinity Tolerance and Metabolic Response to Salinity in Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

The metabolic rate could be one of the factors affecting the salinity tolerance capacity of fish. Experiment I tested whether metabolic rates correlate with the upper salinity tolerance limit among individual grass carp by daily increasing salinity (1 g kg−1 day−1). The feeding dropped sharply as the salinity reached 10 g kg−1 and ceased when salinities exceeded 11 g kg−1. The ventilation frequency decreased weakly as salinity increased from 0 to 12 g kg−1 and then increased rapidly as salinity reached 14 g kg−1. The fish survived at salinities lower than 14 g kg−1, and all fish died when salinity reached 17 g kg−1. The upper salinity tolerance limit was not correlated with metabolic rates. Therefore, a lower metabolic rate may not necessarily allow for better salinity tolerance capacity. Experiment II tested how different salinities (0, 0.375, 0.75, 1.5, 3, and 6 g kg−1 for 2 weeks) affect the metabolic parameters of grass carp. The changes in the resting metabolic rate with increasing salinity could be explained by the relative changes in interlamellar cell mass and protruding lamellae. The maximum metabolic rate remained constant, suggesting that the salinity-induced changes in the gill surface had a minor effect on oxygen uptake capacity.

Design and Modelling of Eco-Friendly CH3NH3SnI3-Based Perovskite Solar Cells with Suitable Transport Layers

An ideal n-i-p perovskite solar cell employing a Pb free CH3NH3SnI3 absorber layer was suggested and modelled. A comparative study for different electron transport materials has been performed for three devices keeping CuO hole transport material (HTL) constant. SCAPS-1D numerical simulator is used to quantify the effects of amphoteric defect based on CH3NH3SnI3 absorber layer and the interface characteristics of both the electron transport layer (ETL) and hole transport layer (HTL). The study demonstrates that amphoteric defects in the absorber layer impact device performance significantly more than interface defects (IDL). The cell performed best at room temperature. Due to a reduction in Voc, PCE decreases with temperature. Defect tolerance limit for IL1 is 1013 cm−3, 1016 cm−3 and 1012 cm−3 for structures 1, 2 and 3 respectively. The defect tolerance limit for IL2 is 1014 cm−3. With the proposed device structure FTO/PCBM/CH3NH3SnI3/CuO shows the maximum efficiency of 25.45% (Voc = 0.97 V, Jsc = 35.19 mA/cm2, FF = 74.38%), for the structure FTO/TiO2/CH3NH3SnI3/CuO the best PCE is obtained 26.92% (Voc = 0.99 V, Jsc = 36.81 mA/cm2, FF = 73.80%) and device structure of FTO/WO3/CH3NH3SnI3/CuO gives the maximum efficiency 24.57% (Voc = 0.90 V, Jsc = 36.73 mA/cm2, FF = 74.93%) under optimum conditions. Compared to others, the FTO/TiO2/CH3NH3SnI3/CuO system provides better performance and better defect tolerance capacity.

Heavy metal (Hg, Cd, Pb, Cu) in the long whiskered catfish (Mystus gulio Hamilton, 1822) in Bojonegara Coastal Waters of Banten Bay, Indonesia

Anthropogenic activities such as industrial, domestic, and shipping are the main contributors to the entry of heavy metals into the Banten Bay and the surrounding areas. This research was conducted from August to October 2020 in the coastal waters of Bojonegara, Banten Bay. This study aims to estimate the accumulation of heavy metals (Hg, Cd, Pb and, Cu) contained in long whiskered catfish (Mystus gulio Hamilton, 1822) and to determine the tolerance limit for consumption the fish in the Bojonegara coastal waters of Banten Bay. Fish samples were taken using the purposive sampling once per month. Based on the analysis, the heavy metal content in the fish meat were <0.001 mg/kg (Hg), <0.005 mg/kg (Cd), <0.030 mg/kg (Pb) and 0.699-10.920 mg/kg (Cu); the values were less than NADFC of Indonesia (2018) and the Regulation of the Minister of Health Republic of Indonesia 382/1989 with a standard of 0.500 mg/kg (Hg), 0.100 mg/kg (Cd), 0.200 mg/kg (Pb), 20 mg/kg (Cu). The fish caught in Bojonegara Coastal Waters of Banten Bay have moderate to high accumulation levels of Copper (Cu). The safety level for Mystus gulio is 16.03 kg fish/week (for adults) and 4.81 kg fish/week (for children).

Overview of the Tolerance Limit Calculations with Application to TSURFER

To establish confidence in the results of computerized physics models, a key regulatory requirement is to develop a scientifically defendable process. The methods employed for confidence, characterization, and consolidation, or C3, are statistically involved and are often accessible only to avid statisticians. This manuscript serves as a pedagogical presentation of the C3 process to all stakeholders—including researchers, industrial practitioners, and regulators—to impart an intuitive understanding of the key concepts and mathematical methods entailed by C3. The primary focus is on calculation of tolerance limits, which is the overall goal of the C3 process. Tolerance limits encode the confidence in the calculation results as communicated to the regulator. Understanding the C3 process is especially critical today, as the nuclear industry is considering more innovative ways to assess new technologies, including new reactor and fuel concepts, via an integrated approach that optimally combines modeling and simulation and minimal targeted validation experiments. This manuscript employs intuitive, analytical, numerical, and visual representations to explain how tolerance limits may be calculated for a wide range of configurations, and it also describes how their values may be interpreted. Various verification tests have been developed to test the calculated tolerance limits and to help delineate their values. The manuscript demonstrates the calculation of tolerance limits for TSURFER, a computer code developed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for criticality safety applications. The goal is to evaluate the tolerance limit for TSURFER-determined criticality biases to support the determination of upper, subcritical limits for regulatory purposes.

SINTESIS SUARA GAMELAN GERANTANG BALI MENGGUNAKAN METODE DOUBLE FREQUENCY MODULATION (DFM)

Cultural traditions from the life of the Balinese people have given birth to various types of things, ranging from dances, traditional clothing, music and traditional musical instruments. One of the gamelan instruments in Bali is Gerantang. Everyone does not have the ability to adjust the tone of the greantang blades, so that the process of making the bushes cannot be done by just anyone. In the field of sound / audio processing, there is a method called speech synthesis. One method that can be used in implementing music or tone synthesis is the Double Frequency Modulation (DFM) method. Tests that have been carried out in the synthesis process of gamelan grantang sound using the DFM method have been successfully carried out with a total of 55 test tone data and from 11 basic tones and frequencies of several synthetic sound experiments in the output column and in the results column show 10 output results are within tolerance limits frequency and 1 (one) tone out of tolerance. It was found that 10 tones that have been synthesized produce tones that have frequencies within the frequency tolerance limit with an accuracy of 90.9%

CONFORMITY TEST OF THE COLLIMATOR BEAM TO X-RAY ON DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY MACHINE AT THE RADIOLOGY INSTALLATION OF ARIFIN ACHMAD HOSPITAL, RIAU

Conformity test needs to be done in order to avoid deviation of X-rays photo. One of the test is conformity test collimator beam to X-ray. It aims to make sure angle and distance shift does not occur. This study was done at Radiology Installation of Arifin Achmad Hospital, Riau. This study is quantitative with experimental design by using collimator test tool. Tests were be done three times to each big and small focal spot. Based on Ministry of Health No. 1250 on 2009, deviation tolerance limit value is ≤ 2% FFD for conformity test of collimator beam and being ≤ 3° for the center point conformity test. The results of calculations on the small focal spot for X1 + X2 are respectively 2,25 cm, 2,25 cm, and 2,25 cm with an average value of 2,25 cm. In the calculation results of Y1 + Y2 for small focal spots, the results are respectively 0,45 cm, 0,50 cm and 0,50 cm with an average value of 0,48 cm. Then the calculation results on the large focal spot for X1 + X2 obtained results respectively 2,25 cm, 2,20 cm and 2,15 cm with an average value of 2,20 cm. the results of the calculation of Y1 + Y2 for large focal spots, respectively are 0,45 cm, 0,45 cm, and 0,45 cm with an average value of 0,45 cm. This conformity test got the deviation value exceed the tolerance limit on X axis namely of 2.25 cm in average on small focal spots and 2.20 cm on big focal spots. Conformity test results of the beam alignment entirely showed that center point was in a small circle with < 1.5° value. This means there is no deviation of center point which exceed tolerance limit.

Implementasi Monitoring Suhu dan Kelembaban pada Budidaya Jamur Tiram dengan IOT

Oyster mushroom commodity has been widely used as raw material for processed food products, monitoring of temperature and humidity intensively, the quality will be well maintained. Monitoring at Rumah Jamur Barokah full 24 hours, so it will be difficult if done manually. This is the reason why it is necessary to design monitoring tools in maintaining the ideal temperature and humidity with the concept of the Internet of Things. This research aims to design temperature and humidity monitoring tools (IoT), and how much the increase value of time efficiency and effectiveness after the tool is implemented. The blackbox testing method is performed for performance feasibility testing, by comparing thermo-hygrometers and sensors. The result of the tool performance test at the temperature parameter obtained an error value 0.33 0C and the DHT22 tolerance limit ± 0.5 0C. In the humidity parameter obtained an error of 1.8% RH and the DHT22 tolerance limit ± 2% RH, so the DHT22 sensor feasible to use. In the analysis of efficiency calculation obtained a result of 77.95% for improved time efficiency. In the analysis of the quality effectiveness value of oyster mushrooms is less than ideal, getting an increase in value by 143% to 163%. Keywords: blackbox testing, cultivation, internet of things (iot), monitoring, oyster mushroom

Tunicamycin Potentiates Antifungal Drug Tolerance via Aneuploidy in Candida albicans

Candida albicans is a prevalent human fungal commensal and also a pathogen that causes life-threatening systemic infections. Treatment failures are frequent because few therapeutic antifungal drug classes are available and because drug resistance and tolerance limit drug efficacy.

Vital Sign Monitor Device Equipped with a Telegram Notifications Based on Internet of Thing Platform

Vital Sign Monitor is a tool used to diagnose a patient who needs intensive care to know the condition of the patient. Parameters used in monitoring the patient's condition include body temperature and respiration. The contribution of this research designed a vital sign monitoring tool with IoT-based notifications so that remote monitoring can be done by utilizing web Thinger.io, LCD, RGB LEDs as a display of the results of the study and notify telegrams if it becomes abnormal to the patient's condition. Therefore, in order to produce accurate data in the process of data retrieval, a relaxed position of the patient is required and the stability of the wi-fi network so that monitoring is not hampered. The study used the DS18B20 digital temperature sensor placed on the axilla and the piezoelectric sensor placed on the abdomen of the patient. The results of the study were obtained by taking data on patients. The resulting temperature value will be compared to the thermometer, which produces the highest error value of 0.56%, which is still possible because the tolerance limit is 1oC. and for the collection of respiration values that have been compared to the patient monitor obtained the highest error value of 6.2%, which is still feasible because the tolerance limit is 10%. In this study, there is often a crash library between the temperature sensor and other sensors, so for further research, recommend to replacing the temperature sensor