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Forest and land fires in Indonesia have serious impacts on many aspects, including the environment, health, economy, politics, and international relations. They cause haze pollution that extends to neighboring countries and peatland degradation. Despite extensive research and mitigation efforts, forest and land fires continue to occur and cost lives. Therefore, effective management and mitigation strategies are required. This research developed a web-based knowledge management system (KMS) using the Laravel framework as an effective forest and land fire mitigation platform. The KMS aims to support decision-making, facilitate knowledge exchange, improve coordination between stakeholders, and expand access to relevant information, while maintaining the sustainability of forest and land resources in Indonesia. The KMS evaluation results cover two important aspects: blackbox evaluation and performance evaluation. The blackbox evaluation showed that KMS provides knowledge retrieval features based on expert knowledge. The performance evaluation revealed that the KMS provides easy and quick access to information on forest and land fire prevention and management. Thus, this research has great potential to help overcome the problem of forest and land fires in Indonesia and protect the environment and society from their adverse effects.

With the COVID-19 pandemic, human activities have been disrupted, including the learning process in the education sector. The government issued a policy that learning is online. The online learning method requires to master the use of technology and it is still considered new by most teachers, that’s why this community service is carried out. This activity is intended for all teachers and teaching staff at MTs Muhammadiyah 02 Pekanbaru and Activities are carried out with three processes, namely preparation, implementation, and evaluation. The preparation stage is carried out by meeting with the school to determine the topic, schedule, and timing. The implementation stage is carried out by presenting and practicing the use of the Zoom application directly. The evaluation stage is carried out by helping to receive complaints about the use of applications from participants after the activity is carried out. The results of community service activity can increase the ability to use the Zoom application so that the online learning process becomes effective and maximized.

Pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk menyelesaikan permasalahan baru yang dihadapi Kampung Mandiangin, Kecamatan Minas, Kabupaten Siak setelah pihak kampung menerima bantuan tangki air bersih dan mesin pompa air dari Kementrian Perkerjaan Umum melalui program PAMSIMAS (Program Air Bersih Masyarakat). Bentuk geografis kampung Mandiangin membuat pembangunan tangki air bersih dilakukan di lokasi yang jauh dari kantor perkampungan sekitar 1 Kilo Meter. Kondisi jalan yang kurang baik menjadi permasalahan tambahan bagi warga dalam mengelola pengoperasian tangki (penampungan) air bersih dan mesin pompa air. Permasalahan diselesaikan dengan tiga tahapan kegiatan yaitu persiapan, pelaksanaan dan evaluasi. Persiapan dilakukan dengan melakukan obervasi dan wawancara untuk melihat kondisi dilapangan mengenai permasalahan yang ada. Pelaksanaan dilakukan dengan mengembangkan Teknologi otomatisasi dan monitoring yang diterapkan untuk mengelola Tangki air bersih dan mengoperasikan mesin pompa air. Teknologi Otomatisasi dan monitoring dibangun dengan menggunakan perangkat utama Microcontroller Arduino UNO R3 dan Modul GSM SIM800L. Evaluasi kegiatan dilakukan untuk masing-masing tahap dengan mengumpulkan dan menyimpulkan data dari masing-masing tahapan kegiatan. Hasil Kegiatan dari pengembangan Teknologi otomatisasi ini menunjukkan warga tidak lagi melakukan secara manual untuk menyala/mematikan mesin pompa air serta mampu memberikan notifikasi (pemberitahuan) keadaan air pada tangki secara real time

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of selected physiological, psychological and situational factors on experience of fatigue, and functional limitations due to fatigue in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods: In total 101 patients with COPD and 34 control patients were assessed for experience of fatigue, functional limitation due to fatigue (Fatigue Impact Scale), physiological [lung function, 6-minute walk distance (6MWD), body mass index (BMI), dyspnoea, interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), surfactant protein D], psychological (anxiety, depression, insomnia), situational variables (age, sex, smoking, living alone, education), and quality of life. Results: Fatigue was more common in patients with COPD than in control patients (72% versus 56%, p < 0.001). Patients with COPD and fatigue had lower lung function, shorter 6MWD, more dyspnoea, anxiety and depressive symptoms, and worse health status compared with patients without fatigue (all p < 0.01). No differences were found for markers of systemic inflammation. In logistic regression, experience of fatigue was associated with depression [odds ratio (OR) 1.69, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.28–2.25) and insomnia (OR 1.75, 95% CI 1.19–2.54). In linear regression models, depression, surfactant protein D and dyspnoea explained 35% ( R 2 ) of the variation in physical impact of fatigue. Current smoking and depression explained 33% ( R 2 ) of the cognitive impact of fatigue. Depression and surfactant protein D explained 48% ( R 2 ) of the psychosocial impact of fatigue. Conclusions: Experiences of fatigue and functional limitation due to fatigue seem to be related mainly to psychological but also to physiological influencing factors, with depressive symptoms, insomnia problems and dyspnoea as the most prominent factors. Systemic inflammation was not associated with perception of fatigue but surfactant protein D was connected to some dimensions of the impact of fatigue