Kegiatan belajar mengajar bagi mahasiswa desain interior Universitas ‘X’, dari semester awal hingga semester akhir memiliki aktivitas yang cukup berbeda. Kebutuhan mebel pengisi ruang interior pun tentu berbeda, sehingga dibutuhkannya mebel yang dapat sesuai dan nyaman bagi pengguna untuk menunjang aktivitas tersebut. Faktor utama yang dapat mendukung kesesuaian dan kenyamanan aktivitas terhadap mebel yang digunakan adalah pentingnya data ukuran tubuh mahasiswa, agar data tersebut dapat menjadi pedoman perancangan desain. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan data antropometri mahasiswa program studi desain interior yang lebih akurat dan sesuai, sehingga penelitian dapat menjadi acuan untuk perancangan mebel pendukung aktivitas di kelas kuliah dan studio desain interior. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah campuran metode kualitatif (studi lapangan dan observasi) dan kuantitatif (survei dalam bentuk kuisioner) untuk dapat menampilkan fakta data antopometri serta pendapat pengguna terhadap kenyamanan dan kepuasan penggunaan mebel. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah ukuran antropometri mahasiswa desain interior untuk dapat menjadi acuan perancangan mebel penunjang aktivitas program studi desain interior Universitas ‘X’ dan data dimensi ukuran mebel yang sesuai dengan data antropometri mahasiswa.

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Since early 1980s, freshwater fish farming was introduced as an economic activity to the rural community in Subang, West Java Province. Until presently, 5% of the population participate on it, specifically as common carp (Cyprinus carpio) cultivators in freshwater ponds ecosystem. The economic gain from the carp farming triggers vast development indicated by significant landscape conversion from rice fields to fish ponds. Environmental limitation does not seem to become their major concern, because good yields which means good income is their main driving factor to extend and intensify common carp aquaculture. Recognizing the important role of small scale fish farms in West Java common carp production system, we explore their resiliency in confronting challenges encountered in managing the freshwater ecosystem. Utilizing participatory observation and interview, we explore their socio-ecological resilience from the perception of human and nature interaction. The study area is Pagaden Sub District in SubangWest Java. Descriptive analysis is used to articulate the phenomenon enfolded in a socio-ecological framework of thinking. It can be concluded that high dependency to the aquaculture activity, has reached a situation in which ecologically sound technology should be introduced. Included in a scheme of technical assistance which specifically designed to meet the need and in harmony with the socio-cultural characters of small-scale fish farmers, the technology introduction should be carried out to spur the sustainable aquaculture in Subang West Java. This should be a proposed agenda for the local government in support to aquaculture sustainable development.Keywords: aquaculture ecosystem, common carp, ecology, environmental management, resiliency, rural community. Abstrak Sejak awal tahun 1980, budidaya ikan air tawar diperkenalkan sebagai kegiatan ekonomi masyarakat desa di wilayah Subang, Propinsi Jawa Barat. Dewasa ini, sekitar 5% populasi terlibat di kegiatan tersebut, terutama sebagai pembudidaya ikan mas (Cyprinus carpio) di ekosistem kolam air tawar. Pendapatan yang diperoleh dari kegiatan budidaya ikan mas telah memicu terjadinya percepatan laju pembangunan yaitu dengan adanya perubahan lansekap dari petak-petak sawah menjadi kolam-kolam ikan. Keterbatasan lingkungan tampaknya tidak dipertimbangkan, karena hasil panen yang tinggi atau keuntungan usaha menjadi tujuan pokok perluasan atau pun intensifikasi kegiatan budidaya ikan mas. Mengingat peran penting pembudidaya ikan skala kecil di rantai produksi ikan mas di Jawa

PurposeTo establish the conjunctival contamination source by coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) during cataract surgery and discuss the implications of this colonization as a potential risk of acquiring endophthalmitis.Methods Conjunctiva samples for culture from 59 patients undergoing cataract surgery were taken of the fellow eye at baseline (T1) and from the eye to be operated before (T0) and immediately after (T2) irrigation with povine-iodine IOP5%, and at the end of surgery (T3). Genes responsible for virulence (mecA, ica and atlE) and antibiotic profile were determined; strain clonality of persistent colonizing S. epidermidis strains was established by the Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST).Results The frequency of CNS was significantly reduced in T2 (13.6%) from 81.4% in T0 and 86.4% in T1. The frequency of mecA, ica and atlE genes was 35.9%, 41.7% and 67.2%, respectively; and methicillin phenotypic resistance was 35.4%. S. epidermidis was the most frequent species isolated in every time point. MLST revealed in 7 patients 100% coincidence of the 7 alleles of the S. epidermidis isolated previous to povine-iodine 5% disinfection and at the end of the surgery. CNS isolates from T2 or T3 corresponded to the same species, antibiotic and virulence profile as those isolates from T1 or T0.Conclusion Pre-surgical prophylactic scheme significantly reduced conjunctival contamination; in those that persisted, the source of contamination was mostly the patient's microbiota confirmed by the MLST system.

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