Permasalahan sampah sampai dengan saat ini khususnya di Kabupaten Bulungan dan sekitarnya masih menjadi persoalan tersendiri, yang dimaksud adalah kertas koran. Koran setiap hari selalu bacaan bagi masyarakat untuk memperoleh informasi terbaru, sehingga setelah selesai membaca koran maka tersebut tidak lagi digunakan atau disimpan, inilah menyebabkan volume kertasmenjadi tinggi. Berdasarkan has...

Systematic evaluations of the properties of prosthetic facial materials began to appear in 1969 with a report by Cantor et a/. ’ They reported that plasticized poly(methyl methacrylate) was the best material with respect to resistance to tearing and degree of elongation. A year later, Walter2 reported the specific gravity, water sorption, thermal conductivity, strain in compression, and permane...

The Arabic language is characterized by its vocal variations. Making its pronunciation a difficult task for Arabic learners. In this paper, we show how we built a mobile application that can detect mispronounced words and guide the user to the correct pronunciation. Foreigners and children can learn Arabic pronunciation in a friendly manner using our application. Our mobile application is custo...

In recent years, there has been a global growing demand for Islamic knowledge by both Muslims and non-Muslims. This has brought about a number of automated applications that ease the retrieval of knowledge from the Holy Book, being the major source of Knowledge in Islam. However, the current retrieval methods in the Quranic domain lack adequate semantic search capabilities; they are mostly base...

BACKGROUND Podoconiosis (endemic non-filarial elephantiasis) is a chronic, non-infectious disease resulting from exposure of bare feet to red-clay soil in tropical highlands. This study examined lay beliefs about three under-researched aspects of podoconiosis patients' care: explanatory models, health-seeking behaviours and self-care. METHODS In-depth interviews and focus group discussions we...