Advances in Biological Sciences Research

Singkarak lake is the largest lake in West Sumatra that is experiencing a decline in fish species. The main factors are constructing hydroelectric power plants, degradation, overfishing, and invasive species. Therefore, a reliable non-invasive survey method is needed to detect fish species. A monitoring...

Every gender has the right to have the same role in making business happen. In this case, the role of women in the development of the agricultural sector and the Indonesian economy is crucial, not only for men. Business in the agricultural sector is essential to improve in Indonesia. Indonesia is an...

Menopausal condition with low estrogen level caused vaginal atrophy that it is a condition where vaginal lining become dryer and thinner and it would be easier to get inflammation. So, it was important to find out the treatment to inhibit it. This research was aimed to determine the effects of Graptophyllum...

Amide tautomer imidic acid were exit, which proved by NMR spectra characterization. The protein BSA was test by 1H NMR in different pH values solutions, to show the different amide/imidic acid structures exit in BSA. The amide/imidic-acid unit with H proton communication might be the biological protein...

Impacts of soil constraints limiting yields often depends on climate. In years with adequate rainfall, only small impacts of soil constraints are expected. But in dry years, soil constraints can limit plant water uptake and trigger spatial variation in crop growth. In wet years, waterlogging-related...

Purposes: Summarize the experience of nursing care on a suicidal patient with an internal jugular vein catheterization with hemodialysis. Prevention of such adverse events, improving adherence of patient to hemodialysis. Method: According to the patient's condition, implement emergency care when in a...

Energy consumption is increasing in daily life along with the development of human life. The most widely used energy source in everyday life is light. In tropical areas and islands such as Bangka Belitung, the intensity of light changes rapidly. Sunny weather in the morning turns dark in the afternoon....

Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) from Staphylococcus aureus could be considered as a therapeutic agent to eliminate cancer cells. SEB can activate immune response, which furthermore could induce apoptosis of various cancer cells. This study was proposed to design a SEBsyn coding sequence suitable for...

Hybrid Power Plant is a combination of power plants that use solar and micro hydro power sources. The purpose of this research is to measure the value of power, measure the value of current and voltage measurements using a DC voltage sensor and ACS712 current sensor. The experiment was conducted to determine...

Antibiotic resistance is currently an important problem in the field of animal and human health. The main triggering factor for the incidence of bacterial resistance is wisdom in the use of antibiotics. Handling cases of bacterial infections in cats still make antibiotics be the main choice. One of the...

Cellulase has been widely used in many applications of industries and is commonly produced by a cellulase-producing-fungus using production substrates from agricultural wastes biomass. In the wet processing of the coffee, up to 63% of coffee pulp rich-cellulose has been released. This potential waste...

Bacillus spp. was recognized as biocontrol agent because could produce antifungal towards many phytopathogenic fungi. In relation to study the potency of B. siamensis LDR as biocontrol, antagonistic activity of the bacilli was evaluated against Fusarium sp., Ganoderma sp., and Chaetomium globosum InaCC...

In acidic medium, Fe (III) can be reduced to Fe (II) by hydrosulfuryl (-SH) in acetylcysteine molecule, and then using sulfosalicylic acid as chromogenic reagent of Fe (III) to determinate the acetylcysteine indirectly by discoloration spectrophotometry.An accurate fast spectrophotometric method for...

The Industrial Revolution era 4.0 directed the development of Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) based on development strategies related to aspects of production efficiency and business profitability through rural agro-industry. This research aimed at analysing the profitability and efficiency of the...

The objective of this study was to determine the precise location of workers in poultry houses using BLE beacons methods. Data was collected from two poultry houses using smart device systems during the experimental period. A score map was developed using a fingerprint algorithm based on the obtained...

[Purposes] Our aim is to explore the brain stereotaxic method of aquatic animal-robots. [Methods] Carps were anesthetized by Eugenol. The carp skulls and brain were observed by the method of anatomy. Carp brain structure and size were obtained by three-dimension images which were structured by CT. The...

The agricultural system in Indonesia has changed to meet the needs. The green revolution farming system has begun to be abandoned and switched to integrated agriculture. Integrated agriculture, in principle, is to integrate several components that work together to produce products. Integrated agriculture...

Coffee husk is one of solid coffee waste that contains the amount of phytochemical composition, including saponin. Saponin is a valuable compound for human and animal health. This research analysed and compared the saponin value of three species of coffee husk that originated from southern Thailand and...

Antibiotic resistance among pathogenic bacteria has become a problem in the medical community. Copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) have become one method of combating antibiotic resistance in bacteria. The antibacterial activity of Synthesized Copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) from sigma 774103-5G against various...

Phosphorus is the main macronutrient required by plants for growth and development. Phosphorus in the soil in bonds with metals such as Al and Ca, especially in acid soils such as ultisols. This form of phosphate must be mineralized or dissolved using phosphate solubilizing bacteria. The ability to dissolve...

Mirabilis jalapa is a dry tropical plant which is well grown in Indonesia. Betaxanthin active compound is present in the M. jalapa plant, which plays a role in iron metabolism. Cytotoxicity activity is one important assay for drug development. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether ethanol...

Mung bean (Vigna radiata) is a nutrient-rich food with a low glycemic index, which is generally served in the form of drinks with various flavors. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of mung bean combined with a ginger (Zingiber officinale) extract which contains anti-inflammatory ingredients...

This paper presents a model of detection age which quantifies the appearance changes of human skin at different stages of aging without traditional skeleton. We provide a novel method to extract age-related primitive features from skin surface images obtained by a digital camera, including skin surface...

A destructive testing for identification the presence of non-food grade Rhodamine B (RhB) dyes in food products requires complex sample preparation and is not environmentally friendly because of chemical using. Even though, this testing for foodstuffs such as chili paste requires more simple, rapid testing...

Objective: To discuss treatment of purulent core in facial spatial infection by VSD technique and handling effect; Methods: patients with drainage tube blockage by purulent core are selected as research objects among patients undergoing treatment of oral cavity facial spatial infection by VSD technique,...

Maleo bird (Macrocephalon Maleo) is a protected endemic animal species of Sulawesi Island due to being in an endangered condition. This bird is included in megapodes with blackish fur and small head shape. This animal is unique due to its monogamous characteristic and relatively giant egg size. Maleo...

Precision agriculture has greatly improved the quality and quantity of crop yield over the last four decades. However, this approach depends on the availability of sufficient quality data. Determining the amount of weed coverage and crop damage is crucial in crop management. In addition, water stress,...

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting productivity in oil palm farming. The study was conducted in Desa Air Hitam, Pondok Suguh District, Mukomuko Regency, Indonesia. Desa Air Hitam in Pondok Suguh District has an area of 10,165 ha (9.87%) of the total area of oil palm plantations...

Green open space has a variety of functions that will be useful in creating environmental management balance and harmony. A decent city is not only about luxurious buildings, but also has space and facilities to support children’s growth and development. The purpose of this research is to develop a green...

This study aimed to determine the effect of adding gamal leaf extract in artificial feed on the growth rate and feed conversion ratio of bileh fish (Rasbora sp.). The method used in this research is the experimental method, with Completely Randomized Design experimental design. There were four treatments...

Pectinase is a heterogeneous enzyme that hydrolyzes pectin, which is currently in high demand in the industry, so a strategy is needed to produce it economically. Aspergillus VTM4 is a mold that can grow on pomelo pulp and produce pectinase. Under solid-state fermentation, the crude pectinase was produced...

To assess the feasibility of abdominal contrast-enhanced CT imaging using low iodine flow rate .40 consecutive patients referred for abdominal contrast-enhanced CT imaging of upper abdomen were enrolled in this study,and were randomized into 2 groups according to different injection protocols. 28 grams...

Systematic management of oil palm-cattle integration considers as one of the best alternative solutions to meet the need of increasing local beef and dairy. The change in oil palm plantation management systems can influence the soil microbial community. Microbes mediate many key processes in soils and...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most serious health issues in the world which is commonly attributed to the overuse of antibiotics whether in human or animal treatment. The dispersion of antibiotic resistance genes not only found in bacteria from the clinical sample but also found in wildlife animals....

This study aims to determine the effect of using molasses, KH2PO4 and MgSO4 media with different concentrations and formulations on S. cerevisiae’s growth in manufacturing single-cell protein (SCP). The method used was the response surface methodology (RSM), consisting of 14 treatment formulations and...

Backcross is a cross between an offspring and its parents, or an individual that is genetically similar to its parents, to minimize the genetic variation of the resulting offspring. A female Pelung cross with a male F3 Golden Kamper is a type of backcross. Golden Kamper chicken is a breed of chicken...

Proper testing parameters of eggplant resistance to bacterial wilt in the greenhouse are needed for efficient and effective development of resistant eggplant varieties in order to increase eggplant fruit productivity and quality. This research aims to obtain the most accurate observed resistance testing...

Soil moisture is an essential factor in supporting the crop’s growth. The total soil moisture affects plant fertility, which impacts its productivity. The information about soil moisture can be used for crop scheduling to optimize the potential of the harvest and reduce crop failure risk. The utilization...

Dementia is the most common onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The main neuropathological characteristics of AD are extracellular amyloid plaques and intracellular accumulation of hyperphosphorylated Tau protein. Because of the complexity of the pathogenesis, the most treatment options are not effective...

The morbidity of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which has become a significant killer to human life, is getting higher over the years. Not only the shape and structure of liver cells are abnormal in pathological images, but also liver cell cords show some unusual phenomena, such as incrassation and...

Alang-alang (Imperata cylindrica L.) is an annual rhizomatous grass and traditionally well known for its therapeutic values, especially in treating fever, muscle soreness, nosebleed and respiratory asphyxia. It has been reported to contain different classes of secondary metabolites and attracted scientists’...

Body size is essential as an indicator of growth in the economic trait. The objective of this study was to evaluate the chicken selection between crossbred chickens and their parental groups using body size variables. This study used 5 Murung Panggang chickens (parental males) and 131 crossbred chickens...

Integrated Crop Management-Farmer Field School Program (ICM-FFS) was one of the Indonesian government’s programs, which had been recognized to increase rice production. The successful implementation of ICM-FFS can be attributed toits impact on economic (production, productivity, and income) and social...

Female adolescent in their growth phase will experience menstruation. One of the menstrual disorders most often experienced by female adolescent is dysmenorrhea. This research was aimed to determine the correlation between nutritional status and physical activity with the degree of dysmenorrhea in female...

A study aimed to determine the response of several varieties of tomato plants that were given goat manure and to determine the interaction of these two factors. The study used a 3x5 factorial randomized block design (RAK) with 3 replications. There were 2 factors studied, namely varieties (Tymoti, Servo...

This type of research is quasi-experimental. The design that will be used in this study is the randomized posttest only control group. The experimental group was subjected to treatment. The sample in this study used two sample groups, namely experimental class students and control class students who...

Objective: To make intrinsic biological distinctions between qi deficiency pattern and qi stagnation pattern with genes related to NEI. Methods: Establish a data dictionary of NEI-related genes and a keyword lexicon of qi deficiency pattern and qi stagnation pattern. Then retrieve relevant literature...

Hydrolytic Pectinase is an important enzyme and is widely used in several industries. In the previous investigation, this enzyme could be produced by Aspergillus sp. VTM5 under solid-state fermentation and the coffee pulp waste substrates were used. The specific activity of about 0.4 U/ml of pectinase...

The oil palm plantations in Indonesia are more than 14 million hectares and have been cultivated for more than 100 years in various types of land, climates, and various technical cultural treatments. The cultivation process will produce very large data. However, the utilization of these data has not...

This study aimed to analyze the effect of CYP2E1 gene polymorphisms and breed sheep on carcass and non-carcass traits. A total of 50 rams used in this study were collected from 20 crossbreed sheep (10 Barbados Cross Sheep (BCS) and 10 Compass Agrinac Sheep (CAS)) and 30 local breed sheep (15 Javanese...

Eel has economic value and nutritional content needed by the body. The demand for eel continues to increase both in fresh and processed forms. The activity of using eel in the waters of the Konaweha River is still very low; this is related to the low understanding of the community regarding the economic...

This paper is an attempt to empirically measure the Transaction Costs (TCs) incurred by the farmers across different Modern Food Retail Chains (MRFCs). Evidence from existing studies indicate that MFRCs tend to behave opportunistically towards farmers due to an incomplete contract, lack of enforcement...

The cat’s digestive tract is one of the vital systems that often facing the deadly diseases. This study aims to identify digestive system disorders/diseases in cats. A total of 100 cats of various breeds and ages with one or more symptoms of digestive disorders was used in this study. All cats were physically...

To develop a rapid molecular biological method for the detection of equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), a set of 4 primers were designed according to the conserved sequence fragment of the gag non-structure protein gene of EIAV published in GenBank, and the reverse transcriptase loop-mediated isothermal...

Lobster (Panulirus homarus) or spiny lobster is one of the export commodities of the Indonesian fisheries subsector and an important component for shrimp fisheries in Indonesia. This commodity needs to be further developed because of its high trade value and potential. Lobster enlargement cultivation...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the safety and efficacy of propofol sedation with a target-controlled infusion (TCI) computer-assisted pump and bispectral index (BIS) monitoring in elderly patients during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreateography (ERCP). Methods: Included were...

Menopause presents menstrual cessation that occurs physiologically and is associated with osteoporosis and periodontitis. Osteoporosis and periodontitis are silent diseases that present clinically in the late stage, which alveolar bone resorption causing tooth loss represents both of these disorders....

Society Era 5.0 is a society that can solve various challenges and social problems by utilizing various innovations from the Industrial Revolution Era 4.0. To be able to face the society era 5.0, students have to be equipped with 21st century skills and basic literacy skills (data literacy, technological...

Coffee pulp is an agro-industrial waste that is produced in huge amounts in Indonesia. The coffee pulp contains hemicellulose, with 63% of the total cellulose. In our previous study, the cellulase activity of Penicillium sp VT11 from coffee pulp waste was assayed under the solid-state fermentation (SSF)...

Drying process of coffee cherries by sun drying needs two-three weeks to produce dry coffee beans. Efforts have been made by researchers to accelerate this process by introducing various types of solar dryer but their drying performances are subject to be improved. This experimental study aimed to explore...

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is a plant that is used as raw material for various food products, medicines, cosmetics and energy sources. Oil palm has a productive age of up to 25-26 years, harvested from the age of 3-4 years, and reaches peak production at the age of 9-14 years. As a fruit-producing...

Data on the number of palm oil tree plantations on cultivated land is essential in a company's cultivation activities. Limitations of collecting data number of palm oil trees using the terrestrial method are the effectiveness of times, in terms of costs, and coverage area. Utilization of remote...

The cardiac SPECT is a good study because of the large clinical demand and the need for improved image quality. SPECT imaging usually suffers from poor spatial resolution and high statistical noise due to patient radiation safety concerns. Scientists proposed some high count sensitivity cardiac SPECT...

Initial detection of body temperature with infrared technology is currently only used for diagnosis of an infectious disease, but has not been used as a parameter to prevent disease transmission, resulting in an increase in the rate of disease transmission. The use of a device to measure the increase...

The aim of this study was to compare between the crossbred and local chicken population based on its egg production performance. The animals used was 104 crossbred hen (F1 offspring of Merawang rooster x KUB hen) and 57 KUB hen (D = 33 hen, E = 24 hen). The F1 crossbred differentiated into four types:...

Management of wildlife in captivity that must be considered is the use of feed additives and prevention of diseases caused by endoparasites. The digestive tract is one of the organs that are susceptible to helminthiasis. This study was aimed to determine the prevalence of endoparasite infection in Timor...

One of the most important crop commodities in Indonesia is peanut. Ipeanutse peanut production can be done in various ways, including plant breeding, and improving land quality through organic fertilization. The effect of the use of biofertilizer combined with sludge on crop productivity of peanuts,...

The agriculture sector is one of the sectors that showed a positive trend during the Pandemic Covid-19 in Indonesia. This positive trend is partly contributed by an increase in horticultural products such as fruits and vegetables during the period. Vegetables are considered a highly-valued commodity...

Rejang Lebong district is one of the palm sugar producers in Bengkulu Province. The sugar palm (Arenga piñata) household Industry has been establishing for a long time ago. The household industry plays an important role in society’s welfare. The aim of the study was to identify the farmer characteristic...

Indonesia is one of the largest palm oil-producing countries. The industrial management system in oil palm plantations is essential to realize the company's goals. On the other hand, many oil palm plantations in Indonesia still apply conventional data management. The deficiencies have an impact...

(Aim) Current cerebral microbleed detection methods are too complicated, and difficult to train. (Method) We enrolled 10 subjects diagnosed as cerebral microbleed.Our method combined wavelet entropy and naive Bayes classifier. (Results) The simulation results over 10 times of 10-fold cross validation...

Cellulase can be produced by a microorganism, such as fungi. The cellulolytic microorganism used in this study was Paecilomyces lilacinus ICP1. P. lilacinus ICP1 is one of the indigenous fungi from coffee pulp that has been known to produce cellulose. Coffee pulp is expected to be able to replace the...

Hypercholesterolemia is an excessive level of blood cholesterol condition. Fat and high cholesterol overconsumption cause atherosclerosis, coronary heart diseases, and liver diseases e.g. fatty liver and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). One ingredient that can be used to prevent hypercholesterolemia...

Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Blume, as one of the charms of Indonesia, this orchid is very popular with the public because of the beauty of its flower shape and the long duration of flowering. In plant, the flowering period begins when the vegetative stage switched to reproductive stage. Some genes play...

To maintain the viability of bacteria during the development and utilization process, it is necessary to rejuvenate the bacteria through a subculture process. It is interesting to know whether the activity of the antibiotic compounds and the genetic stability of Andalas endophytic bacteria will remain...

Yellow root plant (Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr) is one of the plants widely used as a medicinal plant. Yellow root plant stems have secondary metabolites of the Alkaloid groups that have the potential as antibacterial. Antibacterials can be produced by microorganisms such as endophyte bacteria. So far,...

High conservation value (HCV) helps stakeholders conduct sustainable forest management by considering social and environmental aspects. It requires a high level of protection to ensure the high conservation value of an area persists in the long term. Mount Ungaran is one of the essential areas in Central...

Kerinci Seblat National Park (KSNP) as a conservation area posses a strategic role as a source of medicinal plants. This research on the potential of medicinal plants as one of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in the MADAPI Forest in Rejang Lebong Region of KNSP, in Bengkulu Province, aimed to determine...

It has been demonstrated that sleep has a great relationship with humans' health and activities. Sleep staging is an important method to analysis sleep. Lots of methods have been adopted for automatic sleep staging. Some of the results are good and some of them are poor. For the poor, the sleep spindle...

Sweet potato is one of the typical foods of the Indonesian people. In addition to its sweet taste, nutritional value, sweet potatoes are foods that are easy to process so they have the potential to increase added value through processed products. This study aims to analyze the interest of farmers and...

Coffee pulp waste contains 25.9–33.0% hemicellulose. Hemicellulolytic bacteria possess the ability to depolymerize hemicellulose by producing hemicellulase enzymes. The objective of the research is to isolate and identify the hemicellulolytic bacteria from Indonesian coffee pulp waste. Hemicellulolytic...

The presence of e-commerce accompanied by online shopping trends has excellent potential to move and drive the economy of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Digital marketing utilises electronic media to promote products or services to attract customers' attention and allow customers to...

Clove is known to have high antioxidant and antivirulence activity. The antioxidant activity of clove extract presumably correlates with the extension of cellular life span (antiaging activity). Crude extract of clove leaves has been reported to prolong the life span of yeast cells, however lack of information...

Polyphagous lepidopterans like Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) and S. litura (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) are well-known economic importance insect pests that defoliate a variety of economically important crops. Currently, the most widely used control for both is the use of insecticides. Applying large amounts...

One of the parameters of drinking water quality is not contaminated by coliform bacteria such as Salmonella sp. This bacteria can infect humans through oral routes causing infection of the gastrointestinal tract (Salmonellosis). Generally, analysis testing of coliform bacteria in water can be done using...

Beam former, as a class of Magnetoencephalography (MEG) source imaging methods, is widely used. However, it has difficulty in locating weak electromagnetic sources within brain. To solve this problem, this paper attempts to develop a method for MEG weak Source Imaging. Firstly classical beam former is...

Managing environmental risks of any mining activities is critical factor during mining operation, mine closure and post closure periods. Mine closure can be temporarily or permanently. Uncertainty associated with the post closure phase of mining lease, it is crucial to adopt sound management practices...

This country has a big responsibility to the National food fulfillment. Food Estate is a big step taken by the Government to maintain the sustainability of food security in the country as well as a certain step to anticipate the occurrence of a food crisis especially in horticulture sector. Shallot is...

Some plants developed variegated pattern on their leaves, where the leaves color separated to green part that indicate normal chloroplasts and white part that indicates abnormal chloroplast. Dendrobium ‘Burana Green’ is a hybrid orchid that has variegated phenotype on its leaves, where the middle part...

The current global trend leads to a healthy lifestyle related to environmentally friendly and green product consumption. Pigmented rice is one of the most popular healthy food choices for consumption by Indonesian consumers. Information regarding green consumer behavior in the pigmented rice market must...

Objective: To explore the effects of jinjiang granules on immunologic function and to provide evidence for jinjiang granules as the application of clinical medicine in the initial stage of cold, through the observation of the effects of jinjiang granules on immunologic function of low immune mouse model...

Sustainable development concerns on saving energy and the environmental friendly reservation and to serve healthy and safety food. The history of agricultural production using chemical fertilizers, pesticides and other synthetic chemicals for crop and animal production is to increase yield become harzardous...

Endophytic bacteria are bacteria that live in plant tissue without causing disease in their host. In general, endophytic bacteria enter through stomata or wounds in plants by producing cellulase enzymes to degrade cellulose in plant cell walls that contain cellulose, one of which is yellow root (Arcangelisia...

Breast cancer is most common cancer diagnosed in women. The urgency of developing effective therapeutic approaches is needed, both passive and active immunotherapy using vaccines. Immunoinformatics approach for epitope prediction of cancer proteins is one of promising approach in peptide vaccine development....

Red spinach (Alternanthera amoena Voss.) is a plant with high nutritional value and contains anthocyanin compounds that act as antioxidant compounds to prevent the formation of free radicals in the body, besides that anthocyanin can also treat anemia. The increase in demand for red spinach in the market...

Food safety is an important point in consuming food, in order to produce good health for the community. But lately there were many foods circulating in the community that are no longer guaranteed to be safe, namely the existence of counterfeiting and mixing beef with other meats such as rat meat. Rat...

The use of a push system planting tool to plant corn seeds requires a lot of energy because workers act as controllers, so it often creates a physical and mental workload. Workloads that are too heavy and exceed work capacity can cause fatigue. This fatigue will eventually cause pain. Therefore, the...

Rice bran is the result of the process of milling rice plants into rice, but rice bran has not been utilized properly in the Sidrap area. Feeding with the addition of fermented rice bran using Lactobacillus sp. is expected to increase the use of feed in tilapia aquaculture. This research aims to realize...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is often encountered in the field of hepatology. The disease has a broad spectrum ranging from non-inflammatory fat-accumulating macrovesicles (simple steatosis) and develops to fibrous and cirrhosis. The rate of NAFLD is 15-30% in western countries and around...

Potato is one of the major horticulture crop in Indonesia, but potato productivity in Indonesia is still relatively low compared to several European countries such as Belgium and Netherlands. One of the major problem was the availability of Generation 4 tuber as potato extension seed, which then forced...