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Total flavonoid content and antioxidant activity in leaves and stems extract of cultivated and wild tabat barito (Ficus deltoidea Jack)
No full textExplaining Myanmar's Regime Transition: The Periphery is Central
Get PDFIn 2010, Myanmar (Burma) held its first elections after 22 years of direct military rule. Few compelling explanations for this regime transition have emerged. This article critiques popular accounts and potential explanations generated by theories of authoritarian ‘regime breakdown’ and ‘regime maintenance’. It returns instead to the classical literature on military intervention and withdrawal. Military regimes, when not terminated by internal factionalism or external unrest, typically liberalise once they feel they have sufficiently addressed the crises that prompted their seizure of power. This was the case in Myanmar. The military intervened for fear that political unrest and ethnic-minority separatist insurgencies would destroy Myanmar’s always-fragile territorial integrity and sovereignty. Far from suddenly liberalising in 2010, the regime sought to create a ‘disciplined democracy’ to safeguard its preferred social and political order twice before, but was thwarted by societal opposition. Its success in 2010 stemmed from a strategy of coercive state-building and economic incorporation via ‘ceasefire capitalism’, which weakened and co-opted much of the opposition. Having altered the balance of forces in its favour, the regime felt sufficiently confident to impose its preferred settlement. However, the transition neither reflected total ‘victory’ for the military nor secured a genuine or lasting peace
The management of irregular migration in Thailand: Thainess, identity and citizenship
Get PDFThis PhD analyses and investigates, from a historical perspective, the way in which Thailand has dealt with different groups of migrant populations, and how this
reflects the current dichotomy between legal and illegal migrants in contemporary Thai policies regarding irregular migration management. It is argued that these policies reflect notions of `Thainess, ' citizenship, race and ethnicity, the question of identities and issues related to inclusion/exclusion of the migration populations
within the structure of Thai society. This thesis also examines how Thailand's policies in irregular migration management reflect the economic and political interests of the government and employers.
This thesis also focuses on the recent Greater Mekong subregional economic cooperation and integration policies, by investigating how these policies will resolve
or intensify the problems concerning the management of migrant workers, as well as other problems relating to human rights violations, and various forms of
discrimination towards the migrant population in Thailand.
The concept and construction of `Thainess' is critically analysed with the purpose of throwing light on the changes in migration management policies, and the related
regulations and practices. This analysis enables us to examine and capture how the dynamism and fluidity of `Thainess' varies through time, locality and economic
status. It also explores how notions of Thai identity influence the ways in which policies on immigration and citizenship are constructed
Penggunaan Metode Waterfall pada Website Polytechnic Integrated Online System
Get PDFIn today's digital era, the use of information technology (IT) in public services is a must. One of the implementations is the use of websites in public services. This website is designed to improve information accessibility services to the public (users), making it easier for people to access public services at the Marine and Fisheries Polytechnic of Bitung without having to come to the office. Other benefits that have been felt include more transparent services, the public can see the status of services in real time and help increase campus accountability. In this research, in developing the website, the author used the Waterfall method. The reason for using it is that the stages of work are sequential, interrelated, and easy to develop. After implementing the Waterfall method on the Polytechnic Integrated Online System (PIOnS) website, the results show that it can save time and costs when using public services, accurate, effective, fast, realtime, accountable, and more useful. The next result is that on the PIOnS website there are five types of services, namely Basic Safety Training (BST), Air Blast Freezer (ABF)/Cold Storage, Ship Docking, Ship Machinery Workshop and Training Ship Fleet.Pada era digital saat ini, penggunaan teknologi informasi (TI) dalam pelayanan publik merupakan sebuah keharusan. Salah satu implementasinya adalah penggunaan website pada layanan publik. Website ini dirancang untuk meningkatkan pelayanan aksesibilitas informasi kepada masyarakat (user/pengguna), sehingga mempermudah masyarakat dalam mengakses layanan publik yang ada pada Politeknik Kelautan dan Perikanan Bitung tanpa harus datang ke kantor. Manfaat lain yang telah dirasakan diantaranya adalah pelayanan lebih transparan, masyarakat dapat melihat status layanan secara realtime dan membantu meningkatkan akuntabilitas kampus. Pada penelitian ini, dalam pengembangan website penulis menggunakan metode Waterfall. Alasan penggunaannya adalah tahap pengerjaannya berurutan, saling terkait, dan mudah dikembangkan. Setelah mengimplementasikan metode Waterfall pada website Polytechnic Integrated Online System (PIOnS), maka didapatkan hasil bahwa dapat menghemat waktu dan biaya saat menggunakan layanan publik, akurat, efektif, cepat, realtime, dapat dipertanggungjawabkan, dan lebih bermanfaat. Adapun hasil berikutnya adalah pada website PIOnS terdapat lima jenis layanan yaitu layanan Basic Safety Training (BST), Air Blast Freezer (ABF)/Cold Storage, Docking Kapal, Bengkel Permesinan Kapal dan Armada Kapal Latih
Bibliometric studies on single journals: a review
Get PDFThis paper covers a total of 82 bibliometric studies on single journals (62 studies cover unique titles) published between 1998 and 2008 grouped into the following fields; Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (12 items); Medical and Health Sciences (19 items); Sciences and Technology (30 items) and Library and Information Sciences (21 items). Under each field the studies are described in accordance to their geographical location in the following order, United Kingdom, United States and Americana, Europe, Asia (India, Africa and Malaysia). For each study, elements described are (a) the journal’s publication characteristics and indexation information; (b) the objectives; (c) the sampling and bibliometric measures used; and (d) the results observed. A list of journal titles studied is appended. The results show that (a)bibliometric studies cover journals in various fields; (b) there are several revisits of some journals which are considered important; (c) Asian and African contributions is high (41.4 of total studies; 43.5 covering unique titles), United States (30.4 of total; 31.0 on unique titles), Europe (18.2 of total and 14.5 on unique titles) and the United Kingdom (10 of total and 11 on unique titles); (d) a high number of bibliometrists are Indians and as such coverage of Indian journals is high (28 of total studies; 30.6 of unique titles); and (e) the quality of the journals and their importance either nationally or internationally are inferred from their indexation status
Erratum to “European Association of Urology (EAU) Prognostic Factor Risk Groups for Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) Incorporating the WHO 2004/2016 and WHO 1973 Classification Systems for Grade: An Update from the EAU NMIBC Guidelines Panel” [Eur. Urol. 79(4) (2021) 480–488, (S0302283820310198), (10.1016/j.eururo.2020.12.033)]
No full textThe publisher regrets that, of the affiliations of the senior author Bas W.G. van Rhijn, only two of the four were shown in the published version of the article. The four correct affiliations, which were also already listed in the original submission to European Urology, now appear above in this erratum. The correct affiliations for author Bas W.G. van Rhijn is updated as above. The publisher would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
No full textAcuin, Cecilia (IRRI author
Department of Error: Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (The Lancet (2020) 395(10239) (1779–1801), (S0140673620301148), (10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30114-8))
No full textReiner RC Jr, Hay SI. Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet 2020; 395: 1779–801—In this Article, the author byline has been amended to Local Burden of Disease Diarrhoea Collaborators. This correction has been made to the online version as of June 4, 2020, and the printed version is correct
Major Urological Cancer Surgery for Patients is Safe and Surgical Training Should Be Encouraged During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multicentre Analysis of 30-day Outcomes
Get PDF\ua9 2021 The Author(s)COVID-19 has resulted in the deferral of major surgery for genitourinary (GU) cancers with the exception of cancers with a high risk of progression. We report outcomes for major GU cancer operations, namely radical prostatectomy (RP), radical cystectomy (RC), radical nephrectomy (RN), partial nephrectomy (PN), and nephroureterectomy performed at 13 major GU cancer centres across the UK between March 1 and May 5, 2020. A total of 598 such operations were performed. Four patients (0.7%) developed COVID-19 postoperatively. There was no COVID-19–related mortality at 30 d. A minimally invasive approach was used in 499 cases (83.4%). A total of 228 cases (38.1%) were described as training procedures. Training case status was not associated with a higher American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score (p = 0.194) or hospital length of stay (LOS; p > 0.05 for all operation types). The risk of contracting COVID-19 was not associated with longer hospital LOS (p = 0.146), training case status (p = 0.588), higher ASA score (p = 0.295), or type of hospital site (p = 0.303). Our results suggest that major surgery for urological cancers remains safe and training should be encouraged during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic provided appropriate countermeasures are taken. These real-life data are important for policy-makers and clinicians when counselling patients during the current pandemic. Patient summary: We collected outcome data for major operations for prostate, bladder, and kidney cancers during the COVID-19 pandemic. These surgeries remain safe and training should be encouraged during the ongoing pandemic provided appropriate countermeasures are taken. Our real-life results are important for policy-makers and clinicians when counselling patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
