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Recently, universities of science and technology have prioritized laboratory waste management as a strategic policy and practice in order to achieve sustainability goals. Knowledge about laboratory waste management has become a critical component of developing appropriate attitudes and practices toward laboratory waste management. Therefore, this study aims to investigate how universities currently manage laboratory waste by assessing the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of laboratory technicians, lecturers, and students regarding laboratory waste management. This research was conducted at a public university of science and technology in Lampung, Indonesia. This research was a cross-sectional quantitative using self-administered questionnaires involving 216 participants in Institut Teknologi Sumatera. The respondents who participated in the study majority were college students 76 %, followed by lecturers 17 %, and laboratory technicians 7 %. The questionnaire contains three sections with 26 items in total. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25. The vast majority of respondents exhibited fair to poor levels of knowledge, attitude, and practice with regard to all aspects of the question, as well as considerable levels of outcomes and correlation. Because students will be the ones directly managing laboratory trash in the near future, continuous education is required to enhance awareness among them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses advanced methods for integrating laboratory management sensors into educational simulators designed for teaching power supply fundamentals. The integration of sensors offers students a practical and hands-on learning experience, enhancing their understanding of power supply systems. Various methods, such as sensor selection, real-time data feedback, remote access, and assessment tools, are explored, along with their respective advantages and disadvantages. The discussion highlights the importance of selecting the most suitable integration methods based on educational goals, resource constraints, and technological capabilities. Ultimately, this integration empowers students in the field of electrical engineering to bridge the gap between theory and application and prepares them for real-world challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) that has been developed in this study is intended to simplify the workflow in the physics laboratory and reduce time-consuming documents. Activities in physics laboratories are now increasingly emphasized to be more productive and efficient with less traditional resources. If we look at the typical service process, for example, the various levels of practicum and research for students or lecturers are very diverse. Also consider the number of users both from inside and outside the physics study program who will work in the laboratory to complete the project. The other end of the laboratory function is back-office transaction-oriented processes such as Inventory Management, Materials Management, Finance, and so on. Therefore, the ability of a physics laboratory to process data quickly and its ability to disseminate information efficiently is very important. The resulting LIMS greatly assist the flow of information in the physics laboratory, especially in organizing the components of the physics laboratory as a student center for experimentation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are present as a problem faced at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic.MOOCs is an online/online-based learning system that can be accessed through the internet network, so that learners today can-do teaching and learning activities no longer limited by space and time as they please. The development of MOOCs in FMIPA Unimed was carried out in 2020 under the name TUDIAMIPA which can be accessed at http//:leraning.tudiamipa.com. Tudiamipa itself is a MOOCs System developed to answer the problem of learning activities during pandemic Covid 19. Tudiamipa is also present to improve student competence such as the creation of learning media, animation creation, and laboratory management skills. Tudiamipa is a solution that needs to be implemented in the current Covid-19 pandemic conditions. In addition, the MOOCs System with Tudiamipa also provides opportunities for Students to get a certificate of assistance after participating in learning in Tudiamipa.The development of material content on the MOOCs system is obtained from material expert validation of 3.84 and media experts of 3.66 thus it can be concluded that this material is worth using. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Internet of Things (IoT) provides a platform that allows devices to connect, discover and remotely control through the internet. This work aims to develop an Internet of Things-based system for an oil company's laboratory. It is intended to monitor its environmental conditions and parameters through air quality sensors, thus providing intelligent monitoring and greater certainty of working conditions. The system development utilizes ESP8266, Arduino UNO processor, solid-state relay, and sensors. The proposed work monitors the air quality, humidity, and temperature of the laboratory environment. It included an active air exhaust control system. A database has been created with the purpose of data analysis and access to status history. As a result of this system implementation, it is expected to improve laboratory management and occupational health and hygiene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aims to evaluate the management of physics laboratories as supporting education in the public high school in Jambi City. The research methodology used is the evaluation of the program with model CIPP (Context, Input, Process, Product) subject of the study of the school principal, head of the laboratory, the Chairman of the BOS fund Committee (School Operational Assistance), physics teacher, technician, laboratory assistant and students at Public Senior High School Jambi City Year lesson 2018/2019. Collection of data using polls, observations, documentation, and interviews. Based on the results of the evaluation of Physics Laboratory, the management of physics laboratories has not been optimally running because several aspects have not been fulfilled, such as lack of facilities and infrastructure and limited experts in the management of physical laboratories, both laboratory assistant and technicians. The equipment in the physics laboratory has been following the Government regulation No. 24 of 2007 about the standards of physics laboratories, but most of the life of the equipment has crossed the boundary so that many tools are experiencing damage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we report the design of a web-based laboratory system which uses the PHP programming language, in addition to using the programming language PHP and MySQL as its database. In making this application, we customized laboratory system of SMA Pasundan 8, Bandung (Pasundan 8 High School in Bandung, Indonesia). The laboratory website uses a MySQL database for collecting user data active, borrowing and repayment of laboratory equipment. The data will be recorded based on credentials, schedule access to laboratory and information notice new tool can be found the information on the user's laboratory. The schedule of each user will be known by the users who use the lab. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As quality standards are an integral part of the higher educational system; this project’s focus is on computerizing inventory management quality processes by using cloud architecture and radio frequency identification (RFID) technology dominantly to ensure accountability on University’s valuable assets as well as ensuring engineering laboratory consistency of performance on teaching and learning process. Radio Frequency Identification, which is a “contactless technology” has gain popularity due to its ability to scan multiple devices at a rapid pace, user friendly to end-user and has add-on security values. Due to these characteristics, RFID is considered to be the potential successor of barcode and may complement or replace barcode. This study presents a two prong approach: first optimizing advancement of internet of technology in creating an efficiency database that renders a secure and efficient inventory asset management system; secondly innovatively notify the laboratory staff of calibration and maintenance work schedule of each test and measurement equipment; In this project, system software and prototype are used which crucially involve RFID tag and reader. The RFID tag contains each individual devices’ information which will be transmitted via a long distance radio frequency to a cloud storage. This prototype will enable the assigned technical staff to have ready access to all technical specification information of the equipment more specifically its maintenance schedule and next calibration date. A real time notification will be propagated via a SMS mechanism to the technical support staff in the event it detects movement of equipment out of the engineering laboratory. Hence, significantly enhancing the effectiveness of the system in adhering to compliance of quality process requirements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The quality control in a nuclear analytical technique such as neutron activation analysis is based on internal and external quality assessment with so called indicators of laboratory quality. This paper addresses the quality assessment applying the single laboratory approach and the inter-laboratory comparison approach including Zscore and Uscore indicators. The elemental concentration of several types of reference materials such as standard reference materials (SRMS); NIST1573a (tomato leaves), NIST1646 (estuarine sediment) and NIST1566b (oyster tissue), Reference Materials (RMs) of IEA; Soil7, Sl1, Lichen336, 140/TM, Certified Reference Materials (CRMs); GSV4 (Tea leaves) and GSD12 (stream sediment) and SMELS (Synthetic Multi-Element Standards) II and III have been determined by the k0-NAA method and evaluated by means of statistical parameters measured as deviations from certified/recommended values, Z and U scores. The concept of external evaluation was considered and carried out within the framework of the AFRA/RAF projects. The Proficiency Testing tests related to the determination of major, minor and trace elements in forty materials of the International Soil and Plant Analytical Exchange (WEPAL codes ISE, IPE), were held during 2011-2015. All results were evaluated and reported in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study used a prototyping software model to develop a laboratory equipment monitoring and inventory system. Using a low frequency Radio Frequency ID (RFID), the device could detect and record all equipment borrowed and pulled-out in the laboratory. The study was pilot-tested in two laboratories. A questionnaire was used to determine the acceptability of the software. The quality of the software was measured in terms of ISO 9126 software quality criteria. Fifty respondents had high acceptability in the system in terms of functionality, usability, efficiency, maintainability, and portability. Reliability got an acceptable rating from the respondents. Furthermore, it was found out that equipment could be detected within a distance of 5 inches from the device, the RFID reader is not affected by positional orientation of the RF card, and glass and plastic could not interfere with the RFID reading. Limitations and further study were presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Teaching with learning management systems (LMSs) is shown to facilitate the teaching-learning process through asynchronously sharing of materials and ideas. In this paper, we explore the possibility of using LMS to support teaching in technological courses. In our study, we used LMS as i) a platform to share course materials and make bi-directional feedback/assessment in a common core (general education) course, and ii) a platform to manage laboratory activities in a general engineering course. After our one-semester (threemonth) study, we found that LMS creates an efficient learning environment for sharing of ideas and materials as well as managing learning activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a collection of symposium abstracts about the public and nonprofit sectors of business, including research on service learning in management education, a study of the management of government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories, and research on fighting poverty through microenterprise.

Academic organizations that provide students with the facilities for experimenting and learning basic and advanced concepts in networking rely on computer networking laboratories. These facilities can be implemented in many ways with varying degrees of cost, management complexity and capabilities. The benefits of these facilities can be extended by enabling remote access to them for distance education purposes. Providing remote access capabilities to these facilities with the objective of offering the learning experience of a computer networking laboratory to distance education students of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) programs is a challenging task. This paper provides a description and a comparative analysis of the implementation of three different computer network laboratory setups for which remote access was enabled and discusses lessons learned and good practices for similar setups. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper presents a variety of performance measures which can be used to assess the performance of systems (such as the police and crime labs) which are designed to process criminal forensic evidence. There is a considerable literature devoted to applying technical and scientific techniques to criminal forensics. For example, recent developments in DNA and digital imaging technologies have been useful in forensics, where these technologies have been converted to DNA profiling, AFIS fingerprint systems, and IBIS ballistics systems. This technically oriented literature, however, overlooks the organizations which are supposed to find, gather, transport, and process this physical evidence. How should the performance of these organizations be assessed, and what benchmarks exist for comparing these organizations to other similar organizations? We address this concern by using a case study of a police agency and a crime lab, both located in the Caribbean, and systematically assessing the performance of each organization in processing physical evidence. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]