Indonesia Research Articles

Cross-sectional study of antibiotic resistance to Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. in cats in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and Dili, Timor-Leste

Background and Aim: Antibiotics are used in veterinary clinics and animal hospitals to treat infectious diseases. However, the improper use of antibiotics causes antibiotic resistance, which threatens future disease therapeutics in pet animals. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. in cats and their resistance to antibiotics in Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia (IDN), and Dili, Timor-Leste (TL). Materials and Methods: A total of 255 cat’s rectal swab samples from veterinary clinics and hospitals in Yogyakarta Province, IDN, and Dili, TL were collected. All samples were transferred aseptically into an enrichment medium and subjected to various culture tests for E. coli and Salmonella spp. identification. All identified isolates were tested for antibiotic sensitivity using Kirby−Bauer disk diffusion method. Results: This study successfully isolated E. coli from 172/255 (67.45%) rectal swab samples, that is, 122/188 samples (64.89%) from Yogyakarta Province, IDN, and 50/67 samples (74.6%) from Dili, TL. Salmonella spp. was isolated from 13/188 samples (6.91%) from Yogyakarta, IDN. The antibiotic susceptibility test indicated that more than 30% of E. coli were resistant to ampicillin (AMP) (IDN = 39.3%, TL = 50%) and tetracycline (TE) (IDN = 41.8%, TL = 42%), and more than 40% of Salmonella spp. were resistant to enrofloxacin (44%), TE (56%), streptomycin (61%), and AMP (83%). Conclusion: E. coli and Salmonella spp. succeeded isolation in cats from IDN and TL, and some isolates were resistant to antibiotics. Cats with diarrhea or digestive problems have a 9.5-fold increased risk of infection by Salmonella spp. Considering the prevalence of resistance to E. coli and Salmonella spp., it is important to manage antibiotic resistance distribution across companion animals and humans because both species share the same living environment. Keywords: antibiotic resistance, cats, Dili, Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp. Yogyakarta.

Resilience of Women with Dual Roles in Higher Education Institutions: A Comparative Study of Indonesian and Malaysian Female Muslim Lecturer

<p><span lang="EN-GB">This paper aims to compare the resilience of Muslim women Lecturer with dual roles in Indonesia (INa) and Malaysia (IMa). There are five indicators used, namely Wagnild and Yong indicators which are derived into 25 sub-indicators. The interview instrument is broken down from the 25 sub-indicators. This research uses a phenomenological qualitative approach. Data were obtained by interview method, offline and online. There are six Muslim women Lecturer who became informants, three from Indonesian universities, and the rest from Malaysian universities. The discussion is presented by displaying the results of data analysis from Atlas.ti in the form of WordCloude, making it easier for readers to see the comparison. The first indicator of Equanimity, in Indonesia positive thinking is more dominant, while in Malaysia reflection is more dominant. Second, Perseverance indicators, which emerged from the two countries were purpose and intention (INa), meaningfulness (IMa). Third, Self Resiliance INa is Self-Confident, and IMa is Spirit. Fourth, there are five categories whose portions are balanced, (INa) namely Helpful, Ability, Greatful, Insatiate, and Resilient. While the IMa that appears is the Meaningfulness category. Fifth, the Existential Aloneness Indicator INa consists of Indifferent and Intuitive, while IMa is Indifferent and Cheerful. The results show strategies that can be used to improve resilience, such as developing a positive mindset, finding meaning in work, and building self-confidence.</span></p>

The Relationship Between Stigma and Social Support to Quality of Life in Indonesia and the Philippines During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract: The importance of quality of life (QoL) was magnified as countries faced the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to determine the relationship between COVID-19-related stigma and preferred social support to QoL in two Southeast Asian countries. This paper examined (1) the differences in the physical and psychological dimensions of QoL (QoL-PSY, QoL-PHL), COVID-19 perceived stigma (PcS) and public stigma (PS), and preferred social support (PSS) between Indonesia (IDN) and the Philippines (PHP); (2) the associations between PS and PcS with QoL; (3) the associations between PSS and QoL; and (4) the role of the country as a moderator between the relationship of PcS and PSS to QoL. Data were collected from 992 participants (PHP = 564; IDN = 428) through an online survey (April–June 2022) and analyzed through multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA), hierarchical multiple regression, and multiple-group path analysis. After controlling for potential covariates, we found significant country differences in QOL and PSS, where Indonesia's estimated means for these two measures were significantly higher than the Philippines. Both domains of PSS had significant positive associations with both QOL domains in the merged sample; similarly, PcS had significant negative associations with both domains of QOL. Path analysis also showed similar significant predictors (PSS and PcS) associated with QoL for both countries with minor coefficient variations, except PS and PSS-ST. The findings show a similar relationship pattern between perceived stigma and social support (strong ties) to the QoL in Indonesia and the Philippines. Cultural interventions to mitigate perceived stigma were suggested in healthcare settings.

Building Dialogue Understanding Models for Low-resource Language Indonesian from Scratch

Using off-the-shelf resources from resource-rich languages to transfer knowledge to low-resource languages has received a lot of attention. The requirements of enabling the model to achieve the reliable performance, including the scale of required annotated data and the effective framework, are not well guided. To address the first question, we empirically investigate the cost-effectiveness of several methods for training intent classification and slot-filling models from scratch in Indonesia (ID) using English data. Confronting the second challenge, we propose a Bi-Confidence-Frequency Cross-Lingual transfer framework (BiCF), which consists of “BiCF Mixing”, “Latent Space Refinement” and “Joint Decoder”, respectively, to overcome the lack of low-resource language dialogue data. BiCF Mixing based on the word-level alignment strategy generates code-mixed data by utilizing the importance-frequency and translating-confidence. Moreover, Latent Space Refinement trains a new dialogue understanding model using code-mixed data and word embedding models. Joint Decoder based on Bidirectional LSTM (BiLSTM) and Conditional Random Field (CRF) is used to obtain experimental results of intent classification and slot-filling. We also release a large-scale fine-labeled Indonesia dialogue dataset (ID-WOZ 1 ) and ID-BERT for experiments. BiCF achieves 93.56% and 85.17% (F1 score) on intent classification and slot filling, respectively. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our framework performs reliably and cost-efficiently on different scales of manually annotated Indonesian data.

An Analysis of Factors Affecting Nurse Anxiety During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Patient Nursing Care Services Hospitals in Hospital Area Tanjung Pura

The transmission and death of Covid-19 do not only occur in civil society but also in medical personnel. Doctor's Association Indonesia (IDI) noted that in 2020 504 health workers died due to Covid-19. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors related to nurse anxiety during the Covid-19 pandemic in nursing care services for inpatients was conducted at Tanjung Pura Hospital, an analytical study with a cross-sectional approach. The research population was 92 people and all of them were used as samples. Sampling using total sampling. Factors related to nursing anxiety during the Covid-19 pandemic in nursing care services for inpatients at the Tanjung Pura Regional General Hospital, namely fear of infection (p = 0.001), completeness of PPE (p = 0.002), community stigma (p = 0.001) 0.004), and knowledge (p=0.009). It is recommended to the leadership of the Tanjung Pura Hospital to provide continuous training to all health workers, especially nurses so that they can minimize the transmission of Covid-19 and increase the knowledge of health workers, complete personal protective equipment. Keywords: Nurse Anxiety, Covid-19 Pandemic, Nursing Care Services for Inpatients.

A chromosome-level genome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum identifies the genomic basis of host-switching.

The evolution and adaptation of S.japonicum, a zoonotic parasite that causes human schistosomiasis, remain unclear because of the lack of whole-genome data. We construct a chromosome-level S.japonicum genome and analyze it together with 72 samples representing six populations of the entire endemic region. We observe a Taiwan zoophilic lineage splitting from zoonotic populations ∼45,000 years ago, consistent with the divergent history of their intermediate hosts. Interestingly, we detect a severe population bottleneck in S.japonicum, largely coinciding with human history in Asia during the last glacial maximum. We identify several genomic regions underlying natural selection, including GATAD2A and Lmln, both showing remarkable differentiation among different areas. RNAi knockdown suggests association of GATAD2A with parasite development and infection in definitive hosts, while Lmln relates to the specificity of the intermediate hosts. Our study provides insights into the evolution of S.japonicum and serves as a resource for further studies.

Peluang Dan Tantangan Integrasi Nilai-Nilai Hukum Islam Dalam Sistem Hukum Nasional

The existence of Islamic law in Indonesia has a long history, starting from the time of the Islamic empire, where the law lives in a society with the Sultan (King) as the highest power holder who gave birth to the theory of creed or creeds among observers of Islamic law. Then the Dutch colonial period that came to Indonesia began to narrow the space and the development of Islamic law, but Muslims still fight for and maintain the Islamic law until Indonesia's independence. After that the old order where the position of Islamic law is still relatively weak and has no significant change even though at that time has been present Act no. 1 the Year 1974 concerning marriage, Law no. 7 of the 1989 Religious Courts and KHI. Then the new order whose presence was a fresh breeze that gave new spirit and hope for the development of Islamic law but the result was disappointing because the government of that time showed its power. After that emerged a period of reform that is so evolving and progress in society until now, it can be seen by the enactment of some legislation from the values of Islamic law in the national legal system. In such changes, the opportunities and challenges of Islamic law in the national legal system must always experience ups and downs so it needs to be investigated further. This study describes and analyzes the challenges and opportunities of integration of Islamic law in the national legal system. This research uses the Library research method, with the procedure of reduction, presentation, and data analysis. The results show that Islamic law has an opportunity to provide input for the formation of national law because one of them is the majority of Indonesia's population is Muslim. The challenges can be seen structurally, substantially, and culturally.

WORKLOAD AND JOB SATISFACTION ANALYSIS AS THE BASIS OF WORK SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT

Employees’ workload can be high when the existing manpower is limited and the list of jobs to do are long. For the employee, the workload may affect their job satisfaction and their performance in the long-term. Assessment of workload and its influence to job satisfaction was done at Sustainability and Operation Department of cultivates and harvests oil palms Company in Indonesia. The workload was measured using NASA-TLX that measure mental demand, physical demand, temporal demand, performance, effort, and frustration. While job satisfaction is measured using a questionnaire about superiors’ support, colleagues assistance, remuneration, and promotion. The assessment result showed that employee’s workload in these departments was identified as rather high. This is coming from commonly overtime exists and high domestic traveling frequency. Besides that, there is a correlation between workload and job satisfaction. There is two correlations model, positive and negative. The high workload can improve the job satisfaction, but otherwise, it can decrease job satisfaction. To reduce the workload, information system and database suggested for the company to reduce the employee difficulty in accessing data to finish their job that caused excessive overtime.

The Performance of Sharia Insurance Companies based on Maqashid Sharia Index in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Bahrain: A Comparatif Study

This study aims to determine sharia Insurance companies performance according to the Maqashid Sharia index. The study was conducted using Simple Additive Weighting (SAW). The population and sample in this study are from Indonesia, Malaysia and Bahrain from 2016 to 2018. The analysis results show that Sharia Insurance in Indonesia, Malaysia and Bahrain have different performance ratio which is measured from the rank: 1) PT Asuransi Ramayana, Tbk (IDN), 2) AmMetLife Takaful Berhad (MYS), 3) Hannover Retakaful B.S.C (BHR), 4) PT Asuransi Ekspor Indonesia (IDN), 5) Takaful International Co.B.S.C (MYS), and 6) Etiqa Takaful Berhad (BHR). This study implies that the average performance ratio of Sharia Insurance in Indonesia is the best with 57.9%, followed by Bahrain with 29.8% and Malaysia with 27.2%. The results of this study are expected to have implications for the method of assessing the performance of Islamic insurance which does not only focus on financial performance, but also performance based on Maqashid Syariah. In addition, the results of this study are expected to enrich Islamic economics, particularly related to the measurement of sharia insurance performance.

International Cooperation On Combating Human Trafficking Especially Women And Children: A View from Indonesia

Saat ini kejahatan transnasional terorganisir berkembang sangat pesat disebabkan adanya liberalisasi perdangangan, perkembangan teknologi komunikasi yang menakjubkan, dan tekanan dari penegakan hukum yang semakin membaik hampir di seluruh negara. Salah satu kejahatan besar yang perlu mendapat perhatian adalah perdagangan manusia, khususnya wanita dan anak-anak. Untuk menangani jenis kejahatan ini, cara yang paling efektif adalah dengan melakukan kerjasama internasional. Hal inilah yang mendorong dihasilkannya United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Konvensi Palermo) beserta ketiga protokolnya yang menyatakan dengan tegas beberapa kejahatan sebagai kejahatan transnasional. Namun tidak dapat dipungkiri, dalam kerja sama internasional yang telah terjalin, terbentar pada beberapa permasalahan disamping ditemukan beberapa kemungkinan yang perlu dijajaki untuk menangani kejahatan ini. Indonesia sebagai salah satu negara yang telah menandatangani Konvensi Palermo dan protokolnya tengah mempersiapkan instrumene rancangan ratifikasi. Sejauh ini, di Indonesia terdapat beberapa kasus perdagangan wanita dan anak-anak yang berhasil digagalkan dan diproses hingga ke pengadilan.

Low resource deep learning to detect waste intensity in the river flow

Waste has become a significant problem in Indonesia, especially in the capital city of Jakarta due to many disasters caused by it. The one cause of flooding is the blockage of river flow by waste. The monitoring of litter is essential to find out the waste intensity in the river. The research was formed which aims to produce an application that can detect, track, and calculate river waste using YOLO v3 algorithm. This research was done in order to simplify the process of monitoring waste in the river and can calculate waste using video. This research uses 340 images directly from photos and videos, captured by researchers—detection of waste processed frame by frame by changing video into several structures. From the acquired result from the experiment, it's proven that YOLO v3 can be used for detection and counting waste recorded on video. The result of this research is an application that can detect waste and it is able to detect said objects with 98,74% of confidence from case video.

Debate on Demanding images: Democracy, mediation, and the image-event in Indonesia, by Karen Strassler, David Kloos, Nuraini Juliastuti, and Annemarie Samuels

Debate on Demanding images: Democracy, mediation, and the image-event in Indonesia, by Karen Strassler, David Kloos, Nuraini Juliastuti, and Annemarie Samuels

Book Review: Demanding Images: Democracy, Mediation, and the Image-Event in Indonesia

Book Review: <i>Demanding Images: Democracy, Mediation, and the Image-Event in Indonesia</i>

Effect of Foliar Organic Fertilizer on Caisim (Brassica junceae L) Growth and Yield

The Caisim vegetable crop (Brassica chinensis) is a commodity that has commercial value and is a favorite commodity for some people in Indonesia. The demand for Caisim crop is expected to increase along with population growth with increased purchasing power. Moreover, Caisim crops are easily available in the market. The study determines the effect of treatments of foliar organic fertilizer application time on growth rate and production rate of Caisim (Brassica juncea L) crops. The research carries out in Gambesi, South Ternate from July to September 2020. Caisim crops in the beds are treated with morning fertilizing using foliar fertilizer. The research uses a randomized block design of 5 treatments and 3 replications. The 15 treatment units, namely P0 = without fertilization (control), P1 = application time at 6.00 - 7.00 WIT, P2 = application time at 7.00 - 8.00 WIT, P3 = application time at 8.00 - 9.00 WIT, and P4 = application time at 9.00 - 10.00 WIT. All treatments (P1, P2, P3, and P4) use the same dose of 2 cc/liter of water. The results indicate that the treatment P1 (6.00 - 7.00 WIT) has an excellent effect on fertilizer application times because it has a significant effect on crop height, the number of leaves, leaf area, and fresh weight compared to treatment P0, P2, P3, and P4.

Green Supply Chain Integration and Technology Innovation Performance in SMEs: A Case Study in Indonesia

Green Supply Chain Integration and Technology Innovation Performance in SMEs: A Case Study in Indonesia

Andiriposi’ and its Function in Traditional Houses at Pitu Ulunna Salu, Mamasa Regency, Indonesia

The location of this research is in the Pitu Ulunna Salu (PUS) region, Mamasa Regency, Indonesia. The aim is to examine and report on the function of the Andiriposi’ in traditional houses in the Pitu Ulunna Salu area in the past. The methodology involved carrying out a qualitative study by exploring all research areas. Data was collected by observation and in-depth interviews with the local elders who still have knowledge of the function of the Andiriposi' in traditional houses in the past. Data analysis involved qualitative analysis, which included data collection, data presentation, data reduction and drawing conclusions. The results showed that the function of the Andiriposi’ in traditional houses in the Pitu Ulunna Salu area was: 1) Structural: as the main pillar in the middle of the house and as the central point of the lower structure and the floor of the building; 2) Adats (customs): as a starting point for the construction of houses and as a seat for the traditional leader during the implementation of adat meetings; and 3) Practical function: as a mortar where rice is pounded in the house, and as a place to slaughter pigs, when there is a traditional ritual performed inside the traditional house.

The Effect of Supply Chain Management on Stakeholder Engagement: Empirical Evidence from Indonesia

The Effect of Supply Chain Management on Stakeholder Engagement: Empirical Evidence from Indonesia

Bebegig Sukamantri: Astral Sunda Heritage in Indonesia

This article provides a glimpse into the story and meaning of the Bebegig Sukamantri Mask which is used in the art of a sustainable and fast-growing folk carnival in West Java, Indonesia. The masks used in the carnival are unique and are an expression of the cultural heritage left by the ancestors of the ancient Sundanese people in West Java. Each mask creation, in various colors and shapes, derives from the face of Batarakala, who is a very well-known figure in Hindu culture and represents the god of anger. Based on the various shapes and colors of the masks, there are three groups, which are believed to relate to the mythology of the existence of astral creatures that protected ancient Sundanese people, namely Rakshasa for the nobility, Detya for the common people and Denawa for the clergy. The existence of these astral beings is found in the 15th-century ancient manuscript entitled Sanghyang Siksa Kanda ing Karesian (a clue to Reshi). Preserving the Bebegig Sukamantri mask as part of ancient Sundanese cultural heritage is a worthwhile goal because of its uniqueness and its significance for future generations. It is, moreover, greatly appreciated as a cultural carnival event at both national and international level.

Family Business and Risk Management: Perspectives of SMEs Entrepreneurs in Indonesia

Family Business and Risk Management: Perspectives of SMEs Entrepreneurs in Indonesia

Factors Affecting Student Performance in E-Learning: A Case Study of Higher Educational Institutions in Indonesia

Factors Affecting Student Performance in E-Learning: A Case Study of Higher Educational Institutions in Indonesia