The chronic kidney disease is a global health problem with increasing prevalence and incidence and a poor prognosis. Therefore, those brought about by risk factors are primarily those which can be modified and controlled for their occurrence.  One of the risk factor is smoking habit. The objective of this study was to determine the associations between smoking and renal function profiles in PT.X employees. The study was conducted by using descriptive analytical study with a cross sectional design based on smoking habits and blood test samples of employees. The sample were 40 employees in PT.X which determined by consecutive sampling. The results showed that there were no associations between smoking with age (p = 0.222) and azotemia (p = 1.00) but there were associations between smoking and blood creatinine levels (p = 0.001), urea (p = 0.023), eGFR (p. = 0.001), and the stages of chronic kidney disease (p = 0.047).  Based on the study results, in can be concluded that there were associations between smoking and renal function profiles among employees of PT. X

Natural disasters can result in various changes in a person’s life. In addition to physical changes, psychological changes also significantly affect the quality of life of the elders. Quality of life is an important indicator to assess the success of health care interventions, both prevention, and treatment. The environment where older adults live is a fundamental problem that causes elders’ good and bad health status. This study aims to determine the difference in the quality of life among the elders who live in a temporary shelter (Huntara) and the elders who live at home after the disaster in the Petobo Village community. The study design is a comparative study. The study was conducted in September-October 2019. The number of respondents was 194 elders consisting of 97 people living in the Huntara and 97 people living at home. The sampling technique is purposive sampling. The result of the Mann-Whitney U test show that there is a significant difference between the quality of life of older adults living in the Huntara and living at home in the Petobo village, namely the physical health domain at QoL (p=0.000), psychological domain at QoL (p=0.001), the social relations domain at QoL (p=0.010) and the environmental domain at QoL (p=0.000). The conclusion is there is a significant difference between the quality of life of older adults living in the Huntara and living at the home of Petobo Village in each domain.

Online lectures provide easier and more effective access, a wider amount of information, autonomy and reflective thinking, and flexibility. This study aims to assess medical students' perspectives on the online lecture. It is a descriptive observational study that was conducted from March to June 2019. The research subjects were 87 second-year medical students of Tadulako University. After conducting online learning, students were given a questionnaire regarding the online lecture process. The results showed that the application could be operated easily, although few students still have audio, video, and internet connection problems. Some students had difficulty concentrating and hard to understand the material. This problem can be overcome by providing online learning training to lecturers to engage students in the online learning process. Also, many students experience advantages, namely flexible time management, cost -effective and increasing motivation.

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