BackgroundIndonesia has set 2030 as its deadline for elimination of malaria transmission in the archipelago, with regional deadlines established according to present levels of malaria endemicity and strength of health infrastructure. The Municipality of Sabang which historically had one of the highest levels of malaria in Aceh province aims to achieve elimination by the end of 2013.MethodFrom 2008 to 2010, baseline surveys of malaria interventions, mapping of all confirmed malaria cases, categorization of residual foci of malaria transmission and vector surveys were conducted in Sabang, Aceh, a pilot district for malaria elimination in Indonesia. To inform future elimination efforts, mass screening from the focal areas to measure prevalence of malaria with both microscopy and PCR was conducted. G6PD deficiency prevalence was also measured.ResultDespite its small size, a diverse mixture of potential malaria vectors were documented in Sabang, including Anopheles sundaicus, Anopheles minimus, Anopheles aconitus and Anopheles dirus. Over a two-year span, the number of sub-villages with ongoing malaria transmission reduced from 61 to 43. Coverage of malaria diagnosis and treatment, IRS, and LLINs was over 80%. Screening of 16,229 residents detected 19 positive people, for a point prevalence of 0.12%. Of the 19 positive cases, three symptomatic infections and five asymptomatic infections were detected with microscopy and 11 asymptomatic infections were detected with PCR. Of the 19 cases, seven were infected with Plasmodium falciparum, 11 were infected with Plasmodium vivax, and one subject was infected with both species. Analysis of the 937 blood samples for G6PD deficiency revealed two subjects (0.2%) with deficient G6PD.DiscussionThe interventions carried out by the government of Sabang have dramatically reduced the burden of malaria over the past seven years. The first phase, carried out between 2005 and 2007, included improved malaria diagnosis, introduction of ACT for treatment, and scale-up of coverage of IRS and LLINs. The second phase, from 2008 to 2010, initiated to eliminate the persistent residual transmission of malaria, consisted of development of a malaria database to ensure rapid case reporting and investigation, stratification of malaria foci to guide interventions, and active case detection to hunt symptomatic and asymptomatic malaria carriers.

Cholesterol in quail meat is one of the factors causing consumers to control consumption of quail meat. On the other hand, the antioxidant content in quail meat could attracts the consumers. Cinnamon (Cinnamomum sp.) bark and gotu kola (Centella asiatica) leaves are medicinal plants that contain many polyphenol compounds. The objective of this study was to obtain the most optimum formula made from cinnamon and gotu kola as a feed supplement to produce the quail meat which has low cholesterol but rich in antioxidants. This study used a completely randomized design which consisting of six groups with three replications. The six groups included one control (P0), 5 treatments consisted of 5% cinnamon (P1), 5% gotu kola (P2), combination of cinnamon and gotu kola powder with ratio 5%:5% (P3), 5%:10% (P4) and 10%:5% (P5). The results showed that food supplements made from cinnamon bark and gotu kola leaves could increase the body weight, antioxidant levels, and reduce cholesterol levels in quail meat. Cinnamon as feed supplement with a concentration of 5% or a combination of cinnamon and gotu kola with a ratio of 5%: 10% provided the best effect on antioxidants and cholesterol level in meat. The use of cinnamon and gotu kola supplementation to produce high antioxidant and low cholesterol of quail met have not studied yet. The result of the study would be beneficial for developing the healthy, safe and good quality of quail meat.

This research is motivated by the pros and cons of applying calistung learning in kindergarten. Calistung's activities caused much criticism from observers of early childhood. That the world of children is playing and having fun and the most important thing that must be developed in kindergarten is socializing and ethics. But there are opinions that assume that early childhood is a golden period where it is easy to absorb all kinds of information. This study includes a qualitative approach to the type of descriptive research. The subject of this research is the teacher kelas B TK Angkasa Tasikmalaya. Data collection uses observation, interviews and documentation. Analysis using the Milles and Huberman model and data validity testing using source and technique triangulation. The results showed that the learning that was implemented in TK Angkasa had largely followed the idealism of calistung learning according to existing theories. Children's cognitive aspects generally develop well according to the stages of cognitive development at the age of 5-6 years. Calistung learning in TK Angkasa Tasikmalaya has positive and negative effects on children's cognitive.

Indigenous culture has always been an interesting thing to research. This is because certain ethnic groups are located in Sumbawa, such as the Samawa tribe. This tradition that has been attached will be difficult to remove. The Samawa tribe has ethno parenting for early childhood to do things from an early age with a tradition of trust, such as Pay Intentions, Biso' Tian, Besunat, Entek Beng, and Bequris. These five things are done from an early age in parenting since childhood which has become a Sumbawa culture. From here, this researcher focuses on analyzing the concept of ethno-parenting for early childhood in the Samawa tribe. This study uses a qualitative descriptive study in West Nusa Tenggara which is located in the Sasambo tribe and is divided into three tribes, namely the Sasak tribe, the Samawa tribe, and the Mbojo tribe. This research uses observation, interview, and documentation techniques. The data source uses secondary data and primary data. Observations in 5 Samawa families in parenting, interviews with parents who use the five traditions in parenting, documentation in the form of photos and other writings as supporting references for researchers. The results of this study indicate that there are five ethno-parenting activities for early childhood in the Samawa tribe, namely, (1) Pay Intentions, (2) Biso' Tian, (3) Besunat, (4) Entek Beng, and (5) Bekuris. These five rituals are carried out by the Samawa tribe in the development of children from an early age to maximize their potential, and skills, and preserve the culture of the Samawa tribe

Business agility is reflected on the firms'ability to adjust effectively to the changing environment and maintain consistently good performance over long periods of time. In today's information era, Information Technology (IT) solutions become the main pre-requisite to ensure firm evolution leading to sustainable competitive advantage. However, many IT implementations fall short due to unsuccessful change management and consequently, firms fail to capitalize on the business values to be generated by the IT solutions. Following the people, process, and technology perspectives in evaluating IT implementation, managing people to adapt the new IT solution is the most difficult and tedious process. Choosing one appropriate change management approach among rational-empirical, normative-reeducation, power-coercive and environmental-adaptive approaches is not an easy task. Often a combination of two or three approaches is the most suitable one. Firm agility needs to include the ability to adopt IT solutions effectively to adjust the business in accordance to the business dynamics. This paper explores academic theories and implementation practices to analyze how agile firms adapt the Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) solution effectively. The authors argue that ERP, because of its end-to-end business process coverage characteristic, is the core component of adaptability: its adaptation process is key to effectiveness. The inner-workings of a firm determines how implementation projects can be executed and an adaptive change management must be employed to ensure effectiveness. Ultimately, this study aims at building appropriate ERP adaptation process to improve business agility.