This study aims to find out how much the needs of personal competence, basic knowledge, and work skills of vocational graduates Construction and Property Technology Expertise program by the world of Construction Servi...
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Prebiotics are dietary fiber components that cannot be digested by the human gastrointestinal tract but can be selectively fermented by bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, prebiotics provides health eff...
Prebiotics are dietary fiber components that cannot be digested by the human gastrointestinal tract but can be selectively fermented by bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, prebiotics provides health effects for humans. The specificity of prebiotics is determined by the bacteria that are specifically capable of fermenting the prebiotic substrate. The characteristics of prebiotic substrate need to be investigated in-vitro and in-vivo to determine the function and effectiveness of the substrate as a prebiotic. The prebiotic production process must be able to keep the prebiotic components stable. Raffinose is an oligosaccharide that has potential as a prebiotic. This article will discuss raffinose chemical structure, degrading enzymes, and health benefits as a prebiotic. Raffinose consists of 3 monomers, namely α-D-galactose, α-D-glucose, and α-D-fructose. Substrates containing raffinose-family oligosaccharides (RFOs) are the source of raffinose. Those substrates can be degraded to raffinose by the α-1,6-galactosidase. Raffinose can increase the growth of lactic acid bacteria, suppress the growth of pathogenic bacteria, increase short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), reduce constipation, inhibit the formation of putrefactive compounds from protein, and reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
During food processing, large amounts of waste are generated, which compromise the environment and society. The valorization of agri-food by-products has been investigated as a solution to obtain clean energy and valu...
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The shrinking land in urban areas and the worsening world climate crisis have created a new residential development problem. One way to maximize land designated for residential use is to build vertical housing, such a...
The shrinking land in urban areas and the worsening world climate crisis have created a new residential development problem. One way to maximize land designated for residential use is to build vertical housing, such as constructing flats and apartments that can accommodate more residents in a limited area. However, it also creates new problems because the use of energy required for a building will be extensive. The application of Green Architecture is an effort to reduce energy use for buildings and reduce the negative impact of buildings on the environment. one helpful reference is applying green architectural concepts. The apartment Wanakota is designed using the green building concept with the Indonesian Green Building Council (GBCI). Wanaka means City Forest, and trees inspire this name as trees. This tree is not only an aesthetic enhancer but as a CO2 absorber and oxygen supplier in the environment.
In recent years, humanity has experienced the effects of using unsustainable energy sources that pollute the environment while being inefficient. Most of the primary energy input used in energy conversion processes is...
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In recent years, humanity has experienced the effects of using unsustainable energy sources that pollute the environment while being inefficient. Most of the primary energy input used in energy conversion processes is lost in the form of heat. Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) have the potential to recover some of this wasted heat;however, their low energy conversion efficiency needs to be addressed. Previous literature has shown effective optimization of thermoelectric generation systems through statistical tools such as the Taguchi method that optimized all the parameters that affect the outcome of the system. To this date, no research has considered wind speed for convection heat transfer as one of the optimizable parameters. This study aims to optimize the operating conditions of commercially available TEGs that are cooled by forced convection simulating naturally occurring wind speeds and operate under low-quality waste heat temperatures to improve the TEG performance further. Two commercially available TEGs are optimized via the Taguchi method. The Taguchi method is implemented with three parameters and three levels, making an L9 orthogonal array. The objective function is the maximum output power. The optimized parameters are the hot side temperature, the heat sink size, and the wind airspeed. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is used alongside the Taguchi orthogonal array for the statistical analysis of the results. The optimization results show that the hot side temperature is the most influential parameter to the output power. In addition, the change in the heat sink size also significantly influences the output power, whereas the impact of the wind speed is not as significant. In addition, interaction analysis between the parameters is performed. The Taguchi method yields satisfactory optimization results. The optimized system yields 0.65 W of power at 140 °C hot side temperature, Model K402 heat sink, and 3.7 m·s−1 wind speed. The influence of the air velocity
Academic entrepreneurship is an activity that refers to researchers at universities who commercialize university research through business activities. Academic entrepreneurship can also be interpreted as a process of ...
Academic entrepreneurship is an activity that refers to researchers at universities who commercialize university research through business activities. Academic entrepreneurship can also be interpreted as a process of creating economic value through the creation, renewal, and organizational innovation that occurs inside and outside the university which results in the commercialization of research and technology transfer. The importance of academic entrepreneurship at the university level is directed to change the traditional view to a new view that sees Higher Education as an educational institution but is able to generate financial resources to cover operational costs. The purpose of this study is to analyze the extent to which academic research on entrepreneurship has been carried out. The research methodology used is literature review, by identifying entrepreneurship academic journals through the assistance of Scopus and Vosviewer. Based on the analysis, it was found that many journal publications on academic entrepreneurship were carried out in 2012. The research method used was mostly a qualitative method, with a literature review analysis. Then this type of paper is mostly in the Q1 quartile, countries that apply academic entrepreneurship a lot are the United States and England.
Kombucha tea is a traditional fermented beverage product of tea and sugar solution using kombucha starter culture (Acetobacter xylinum and some types of yeast) that has some health effects, among others, as an antioxi...
Kombucha tea is a traditional fermented beverage product of tea and sugar solution using kombucha starter culture (Acetobacter xylinum and some types of yeast) that has some health effects, among others, as an antioxidant, antibacterial, endurance improvement, and others. This study aimed to determine the impact of time fermentation on the chemical properties (capacity of antioxidants, sugar content, alcohol content, and pH value), the physical properties (colour), and the organoleptic properties of butterfly pea kombucha tea. This research used explorative and descriptive methods. The treatment was fermentation time: 0-day, 3 days, 6 days and 9 days against chemical, physical, and organoleptic properties of the butterfly pea kombucha. The research design used the Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with two repetitions for each treatment. The data were analyzed using ANOVA with a further DMRT test. This study showed that the duration of fermentation affects the antioxidant capacity, sugar content, pH and alcohol content, the colour's physical properties, and the organoleptic properties of butterfly pea kombucha. The results showed that 9 days of the time fermentation had the highest value of colour brightness (L) 20.3875, reddish (a+) 20.195, antioxidant of 42.77600 ppm, alcohol content 0.735% and had a taste organoleptic value of 3.98, and the colour hedonic score of 4.16. Meanwhile, 0-day fermentation had the highest value of a blue colour level (b-) of 2.76, the sugar content of 14.600 %, and had highest aroma organoleptic value of 3.9. A fermentation time of 9 days was not recommended for production.
In recent years, several applications of micromixers have been reported to have a number of advantages, including the use of small amounts of plasma, short reaction times, and good reaction efficiency. The samples ana...
In recent years, several applications of micromixers have been reported to have a number of advantages, including the use of small amounts of plasma, short reaction times, and good reaction efficiency. The samples analyzed in this study were blood plasma and distilled water. The process is carried out by passive mixing which is based on a microchannel structure to enhance the diffusion of molecules for efficient mixing. The arrow shape was chosen as the micromixer design because it has a better blending performance than the T and Y shapes. The types of obstacles also used to improve the mixing process. The simulation was carried out on COMSOL Multiphysics software version 5.6. The results showed better mixing results for the micromixer design with triangle right facing obstacles with the highest Reynolds number was 9.4326. Then followed by ellips obstacles with a value of 9.4322, then without obstacles that is 9.4309, after that the triangle left facing with a value of 9.4006, and finally the lowest Reynolds number is a design with a diamond obstacles of 9.2514.
Maintenance and rehabilitation as parts of pavement's life cycle become more important since it's an effort to restore the road condition as planned. This process will produce the emission of greenhouse gases ...
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An acidic environment commonly found in peat soils or expansive soil will harm the quality of rigid pavement by considering its use at long-life plan, traffic load, and minimization of damage to the crossroad due to v...
An acidic environment commonly found in peat soils or expansive soil will harm the quality of rigid pavement by considering its use at long-life plan, traffic load, and minimization of damage to the crossroad due to vehicle braking. As a concrete provider, chemical admixture as mixed materials today is widely used with the reasons of workability, initial strength, as well as saving of material used. This research aimed to find out the durability of concrete admixture using sika-NN and plastocrete (retarding and water reducing admixture) at the acid environment and knowing the displacement that occurred using ABAQUS software modeling. It used the laboratory experimental method and the cube concrete sample 15×15×15 cm with the compressive strength of 33.2 MPa. A total of 18 concrete samples were immersed using normal pH water and H2SO4 at pH 1 ± 1 tested at 3, 7, 14, 28, 60, and 90 days using the Duplo method. In this research, the concrete durability was carried out using, Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Test (UPVT) to test the density, compressive test, and modeling concrete displacement on peat soils with vehicle loads in acidic environments using software ABAQUS. The mixed design results show an average setting time value of about 112 minutes. Coarse aggregate and cement decrease due to additives is approximately 24% and 18% respectively, increasing the use of fine aggregate to 16.49%, but the value of concrete density increases base on soaking time. Besides that, there is a decrease in compressive strength up to 16% at the age of 90 days. The value of displacement in the modelled pavement uses a maximum load of 8 tons each 2.994 mm for concrete with normal water and 3.045 mm for concrete with an acid environment respectively. Concrete soaked in acid water is the greatest deformation that occurred in rigid pavement using ABAQUS and indicates that acid water has an impact on decreasing concrete quality.
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