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Medicinal plants are plants that contain therapeutic properties or have some beneficial pharmacological effects on human body. Traditionally, medicinal plants play a major role to help treat, cure, and prevent various disease in the community around the world. Brunei flora is quite wealthy with various plants with medicinal benefits. These plants are more renowned today as people have more knowledge and more research has been conducted to study them. Among the issues related to the use of medicinal plants directly or in fresh form is that the content of the medicinal substance could be inconsistent, hence the effectiveness of the medication is also inconsistent. This is especially true if the plants are grown naturally, and not cultivated specifically for pharmaceutical purposes. Therefore, it is the main objective of this research to learn the best farming practice for a living pharmacy and to design a smart farming system that is suitable to grow these local medicinal plants specifically, to cater not only for the farmers, but for anyone who are interested in growing their own medicinal plants that are suitable for the weather condition in Brunei Darussalam. In this research, experiment is done to a set of five different medicinal plants. Two types of organic fertilizers are used to treat the plants, avoiding the use of chemical substances. Electronic sensors are used to monitor the soil condition and solar energy is used to power the sensors and other electronic circuits within the automated monitoring and maintenance system of the plants. Wi-Fi application that allows users to monitor remotely, the data from the system is also developed. Comparison between the effect of the two organic fertilizers to the plants growth and soil conditions are done. Measurement and analysis are presented in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Living things interact with each other to form a system. These interactions will affect the environment and will show behavior. One of the impacts is the incidence of Dengue. till now, DHF remains a worldwide problem this is constantly growing and fluctuating, such as in Rimbo Tengah District, Bungo Regency, Jambi Province. This research aimed to analyze the impact of the home environment and community behavior on the incidence of DHF. This type of research is quantitative research. Using the correlation method and using PCA analysis. The sample was 100 houses. The sampling technique used a probabilistic technique, namely Proportional Random Sampling. Data collection was carried out by observation, interviews, and using secondary data. Based on the results of the research, it can be seen that rainfall, ABJ (Mosquito Larva Free Number), and PSN behavior (Mosquito Nest Eradication) affect or have an impact on the incidence of DHF. Then analyzed by PCA to reduce the variables, the results showed that the three variables Rainfall, ABJ, and PSN behavior both had a strong impact on the incidence of DHF. Then, environmental conditions and community behavior must be managed sustainably in overcoming environmental-based diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Research about the manufacture of polyeugenol/ZnO composite materials was carried out with ratios: 100:0 75:25 50:50 25:75 and 0:100 (w/w; mg/mg). Polyeugenol was synthesized from eugenol compound using H2SO4-CH3COOH catalyst. The addition of ZnO could show much stronger antibacterial properties compared to polyeugenol. The reason for this research was to decide the proportion of the polyeugenol/ZnO composite material which has the most grounded antibacterial action against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus microorganisms. The strategy for deciding antibacterial properties was a good dissemination technique by noticing the distance across the restraint zone. The data obtained were analyzed through variance methods (ANOVA) and post-hoc tests by Duncan. The comparison showed the largest inhibition zone diameter of 19.76 mm for S.aureus and 20.29 mm for E.coli (polyeugenol 75 mg : ZnO 25 mg). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hydrocarbon leaks from piping in petroleum refinery or petrochemical plant is a process safety concern that can affect safety of personnel and plant efficiency. Piping leaks can be caused by many factors. One of the most common causes is corrosion that results in wall thinning before leaking. In some extent, consistent vibration of the pipe will also lead to crack formation and subsequently leakage. Thinning pipes may be repaired without shutting down the plant depending on the severity of the wall loss. There are ways to perform online repair on process piping as specified by American Petroleum Institute (API) 570 Piping Inspection Code. For example, it can be repaired by performing on-stream welding either by using full encirclement welded split sleeve enclosure or patch, or by weld build up repair. The former is categorized as temporary repair. In this paper, a study was performed to examine two methods of on-stream welding repair namely build up welding and patch welding, and to investigate the effect on temperature and integrity of the piping. The specimen used was a 10-inch Schedule 10 ASTM A/SA312 TP304L Austenitic Stainless Steel pipe. A mock test rig that represents the actual site condition was prepared. Burn through marks and maximum inner surface temperature of the pipe were examined. The results suggest that build up welding method is too risky to be performed as on-stream repair as the inner surface temperature is too high which will cause the flammable product inside the pipe to ignite and lead to fire. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The web has generated vast chances for marketers and consumers to sell and buy on the Internet market. Consumers were cautious about buying things online in the early phases of online marketing in India because they believed that you should physically inspect a product in a store before making a purchasing decision. All of these were not available for purchase online. It was also not possible to return the goods if the customer was not satisfied. When the services became available through online shopping, consumers became more interested in doing so. They started making online purchases for everything from books to clothing to cosmetics to online entertainment services. The consequences of pandemic had substantial effect on shopping patterns among individuals. The aim is two-stage study to investigate Chennai consumers. The study focused on factors including availability, price, choice, and delivery options as well as the frequency and dollar amount of online shopping by consumers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research's aim to know demonetisation effect before, during and after event with interval period of two months in the IT sectors of NSE India. The secondary data are used in the analysis. The companies are chosen based on the top and all data available with the variable's chosen for this study. Descriptive, Correlation Fixed random model and Hausmen techniques are used to find out what factors affect IT shares. The closing price (CP) of the IT shares are used as independent variable, earnings per share (EPS), return on asset (ROA) earnings retention ratio (ERR), Dividend pay-out ratio (DPR), asset turnover ratio (ATR) and book value are considered as the independent variables. Findings from result are BV and ROA significance impact towards share price in during demonetisation. BV, ROA, EPS, and ATR are significance impact after the demonetisation. Hence it is proved the demonetisation had significant impact towards various financial ratios performance towards share's price and towards share price changes of IT industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study focuses on the National Education Policy 2020 and highlights the perceptions of the various stakeholders, namely parents, students, and academicians. The critical examination of the stakeholders' opinions helps in identifying the difficulties in implementation and helps to provide suggestions for effective implementation. A quantitative method is used to measure the perception of stakeholders and their impact on quality. This study includes discussions with higher education experts. Interviewing important stakeholders helps find the most important things to include in the study. The pilot study, consisting of a draught questionnaire with 6 demographic questions and 25 questions requiring an opinion on NEP, was prepared initially. The variables taken are: infrastructure and resources, holistic development of the student, inclusivity, assessments, curriculum and pedagogical framework, teacher recruitment and education, and the role of government departments/bodies/institutions and so on. More and more pressure is being put on higher education institutions, teachers, and students to adapt to new policies. This study gives a first confirmation of how to measure how people feel about policies in higher education. It shows how quality education helps meet goals and where more attention is needed. The information supported the research regarding the relationship among various dimensions used in quality education. If we use what practitioners say, higher education quality will improve. We can also use other countries as a benchmark. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

According to research on entrepreneurial intention, students' entrepreneurial intentions are improved by purposeful education because it equips them with the attitudes, knowledge, and abilities necessary to handle the complexity of entrepreneurial tasks like opportunity seeking, resource gathering, and running a successful business. The primary goal of this study is to determine how social value differs by stream of study and by gender. This research is descriptive in nature and the data for the study are gathered from various sources. The technique of purposive sampling was employed to choose samples. The samples used in this investigation total 640. The statistical tools are utilized to analyse the data in this study. The results of this study offer significant guidance for higher education institutions to enhance their entrepreneurship education practices and curricula. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Customer-performed services enabled by self-service innovations encompass a wide range of automated tasks. Clients can make their own administration with the help of the cutting-edge interfaces without the need for a middleman. Dissatisfaction with the product's conformity to one's expectations can be measured as customer loyalty. Financial institutions need to put more money into tools that improve customer service and retention. When upgrading or purchasing new computer systems, financial institutions should prioritize customer satisfaction. Furthermore, the use of Customer Relationship Models and other service efficiency enhancements can be achieved through policy re-engineering and modification at financial institutions. This research suggests and validates a holistic method for understanding the factors that motivate retail customers to make use of KIOSK services at certain private sector banks in Coimbatore. To achieve these ends, data from 1,080 customers of select banks was collected. Selectees are chosen using a stratified proportional random sampling technique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) uses to select the best service provider among the Third-Party Service Providers in a company X (due to confidentiality of the data the name of the company is not revealed) which is an Ecommerce Food Delivery Company. The service quality of the delivery agencies is measured based on various parameters like the number of orders delivered by them annually, penalties imposed on them, etc. The Selection of the best agency is important to improve the service level and efficiency of logistics. The criterion and sub-criterion for AHP are selected based on Qualitative research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Blockchain technology is one of the most sensational and under rated technology in current technological and financial sector. The great wave in blockchain technology for the banking sector is still unexplored to its depth, as the need for new technology in all the areas of life is a necessity nowadays. The study was conducted to identify different services that the financial sector can provide to its customer by accepting a unified blockchain technology. The fundamental inkling of blockchain technology is, its public and the same is shared in a tamperproof ledger which allows the heterogenous community to share the sensitive data over a distributed ledger. This paper gives an idea about how this tamperproof technology can be used to increase the efficiency, transparency and to lower the risk and expenditure associated with the highly sophisticated data of an individual in relation to banking sector. The technology has great potential to overcome the disadvantages of the current central server system in banking industry, which is highly prone to hacking and cracking. The blockchain technology is current meant to be a hack proof system which is still in its initial stage of development. As the technology is still in pilot testing stage on banking sector, once the same is found feasible to with stand the current market need, this will bring an economic and technological boom to different sectors. The most exciting premises about blockchain technology is, it makes banks pointless. Though, this paper contends that the advantages of block chain technology will be used by the financial institutions in a first mover place rather becoming outdated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increase in COVID-19 positive patients in the New Normal era has led to support from various fields, including health, community nurses. In this New Normal era, community nurses should promote healthy lifestyles and prevention against COVID-19 but still have an optimal impact. Many people still have low awareness and discipline to prevent COVID-19. Types of quantitative descriptive research through interviews with expert respondents, literature studies, and questionnaires. The questionnaire results showed the paired comparison strategy's priority using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method. The results showed that determining the strategy used three criteria or indicators: human resources related to community nurses, communities, and cooperation. Systems that can be done by the government, namely Improving the quality and quantity of community nurses, Mapping the distribution of community nurses, Approaches to community leaders and related health institutions, Conducting regular reporting and evaluation, Socialization of health protocols through concrete actions, Making one family member as a family nurse, Conducting counseling services or trauma healing, and Conducting control of the community. However, this strategy is not necessarily able to be implemented by other parties. So the priority strategy is to improve the quality and quantity of community nurses with the highest score of 33.4%. Then followed by one family member as a family nurse value of 22.9% and control the community with a weight of 15.5%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest pandemic after the Spanish flu pandemic, has become a new proposition to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It affects every aspect of human life, such as health, education, economy, so that, SDG 1 (No Poverty), SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG3 (Health and Welfare), SDG4 (Quality Education), SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities) may come with grief. We majorly focused on literature review of discussing actions that are not related or related to the goals of SDGs as a whole or not as a whole completed in VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) circumstance of post COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, we discovered the best derivation for optimal post COVID-19 recovery. We imagining in five scenarios as regards actions to its possible consequence for post COVID-19 recovery. We conclude that SDGs push scenario is the superlative action scenario to face VUCA circumstance of post-pandemic. We hope that this review will provide an initiative for stakeholders and related sectors to continue pointing the usage of the SDGs, so as, the progress that has been made to achieve the SDGs for sustainable living can be realized on time towards optimal post COVID-19 recovery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The physical environment in the hospital greatly affects the performance of the officers in carrying out their duties. The condition of the medical record storage room in the hospital will affect the service provided, so that the arrangement room storage of medical records needs to be considered so that services are available provided by the medical record unit can run smoothly. Layout storage of medical records will be more effective if adjusted accordingly medical record processing flow This research method is carried out by conducting a literature study Review. With various references, by collecting data methods from observational studies and interviews and a seven-year research journal last. The results of this study can affect the performance of the record officer In terms of medical aspects of room area, temperature and lighting as yet according to the guidelines or not according to the standard determined so that the medical record officers do not have enough flexibility work The conclusion from the results of this literature review study is expected by officers medical records conform to the guidelines that have been determined thus reducing errors in doing work on medical record officers, especially in the filling room. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the results of human interaction with the environment is emergence of DHF. Changes in the form and function of the environment are not a direct cause of disease, but there are other factors that greatly influence such as community behavior and the availability of disease habitats. DHF continues to be a public health problem in Lubuk Tarok District. Starting from 2014-2020 there is always an increase in cases. This study was to see the spatial distribution of dengue transmission risk in Lubuk Tarok District, Sijunjung Regency. The research design was observational and survey, the study was conducted in 3 Sub-districts in Lubuk Tarok District from Jan-Oct 2020. The sampling technique in this study used non-probabilistic techniques, namely purposive sampling with a sample size of 300 houses. Univariate data analysis and spatial analysis (Overlay) with spatial applications. Based on the research results, it can be seen that the spatial distribution of the risk of dengue infection in Lubuk Tarok District, Sijunjung Regency is the highest in Lubuk Tarok Sub-District. The final result of this study will produce a spatial-based risk map for the risk of DHF transmission so that it will provide valuable information to examine the relationship between disease and environmental variables. Thus, environmental management can be carried out to produce sustainable effects from an environmentally based disease management program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lead is a heavy metal that can have a negative effect on human health. Lead enters the human body through the respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and skin. Food can be contaminated with lead if the packaging is not proper, for example, salabulek wrapped in typed paper can enter the body. This study aims to prove the presence of lead content in salabulek sold at Pasar Kota Pariaman due to the use of typed paper as wrapping. This research method is descriptive and was conducted at the Water Laboratory, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Andalas University. The number of samples was 24 samples consisting of 12 samples of salalauak wrapped in typed paper and 12 samples not wrapped in typed paper using total sampling technique. Sample examination using ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma). The results showed that all salabulek sold by traders at Pasar Kota Pariaman were positive for lead, both wrapped in typed paper and unwrapped. The average lead content in packaged salalauak was 0.172 ppm and unwrapped salabulek was 0.167 ppm. Conclusion. All samples of salabulek contained lead metal and there was an increase in lead levels due to packaging. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Forest and land fires that occurred in Indonesia seemed to be an annual routine in the last twenty years. Payakumbuh City is the closest area to Riau Province affected by fires on forest and land. Nearly all members of the community feel the impact of forest and land fires, efforts that have been made in making policies on forest and land fires to protect the community have not been fully overcome. The purpose of this study is to solve the problem of the impact of forest fires as outlined in the formulation of environmental health policies in order to reduce the impact of haze in Payakumbuh City. This study uses a qualitative approach and to formulate an environmental health policy formulation the ideal policy cycle is carried out in the City of Payakumbuh in the community and health offices. With a population of 129,751 with a sample of 118 data collection techniques by distributing questionnaires to each of the related agencies and the community. Analysis of valid research instruments will be taken into items that are used as data collection tools and will be known after testing the validity / validity and reliability of the items, by testing. From the results of research on the impact of forest and land fires on health can be overcome by the existence of policy proposals that have been formulated. In handling the impact of forest fires extra power is needed, the formulation of the material is adjusted to the basic achievements in the formulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increased car density has a significant negative impact on the city's quality of life. As a result, parking in densely populated areas with many cars often results in more driving time in search of free space, which can contribute to pollution. Although there are numerous new smart parking systems, the majority of them are designed for close parking. At the moment, no sensors or technologies are used for open parking spaces, such as those found in commercial complexes. Smart parking sensors and technology can help drivers find parking more easily and efficiently. The inefficiency of parking management for open parking is discussed in this paper. From the literature search it is concluded that currently, an image processing technique was used to solve the problem of open parking space is the best solution. This is because many cars are driving around unnecessarily in search of a free parking space. This can be mitigated by providing drivers with information about available parking spaces in an open parking area. The image processing technique is used to guide the driver in determining which area has a vacant parking slot. To determine the number of available parking spaces, several images of open parking areas were captured and analyzed using image processing techniques. The discovery reveals that as the value of the overall parking space increases, so does the value of marker sizes and font size. The equation of a straight line is derived from the graphs to represent the real-life equation of each graph. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) is a rapidly evolving technology since the last couple of years. This method is also used for rapid prototyping, which uses layer on top of layer deposition of the material using hot extruders to build a given 3D model. 3D printing technology basically a tool-less process designed specifically to avoid assembly requirements with intricate geometry and complex features created at no extra cost and at the same time it is an energy-efficient technology that can provide environmental efficiencies in terms of both the manufacturing process and material utilization. This research primarily focuses on analyzing the critical process parameters and its influence on the properties of the components made out of FDM process. The FDM specimens are fabricated by using four factors (parameters) at three levels, and the factors are layer thickness, travel speed of the extruder, infill ratio, and infill density. The experiments are designed based on Taguchi L-9 orthogonal array. Total three responses are considered and they are tensile strength compressive strength and flexural strength. Taguchi analysis has done to optimize the factors and its levels. Finite element analysis has also done and compared with the experimental results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When the forces act on a bluff body in the wind flow direction, vortices are formed. Vortex bladeless wind turbine oscillates as a result of the vortices generated due to VIV. When the vortex shedding frequency is nearer to the natural frequency of the structure, maximum amplitude of vibration occurs and coincidentally power is generated. 3D models are designed to stimulate flow at a Reynolds number of 50000. This paper focuses on modelling the bladeless wind turbine based on semi-vortex angle and also 1) to study the vortices pattern and vorticity of different models 2) to study the drag and lift coefficients. In this paper vortex turbine is designed with certain parameters of dimension in Solid Edge and CFD analysis is carried out in Simscale software. Different model performance parameters like power, natural frequency and coefficient of power are compared among different models to opt for the best vortex bladeless wind turbine design. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]