Rebo Buntung is a Sasak cultural tradition performed on the island of Lombok in Indonesia, primarily aimed at preventing disasters. Although government warned people to engage social distancing and reduce activities outside risk infection associated with COVID-19 pandemic, was carried out by amid pandemic. This purpose this paper describe results from qualitative research, framed within religio...

Abstract Locally targeted programs may exploit available information transmitted through local networks to improve the selection of beneficiaries, but effective use this is not granted when beneficiaries entails balancing multiple targeting criteria that are costly verify. This paper analyzes how committees balance issues neediness, productivity, risk, and favoritism allocate subsidized loans T...

Tembung Village, Percut Sei Tuan District, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra Province, is a densely populated area. There are more than 200 laundry businesses. The potential for business actors to produce softener and aromatherapy fabric has been hit very hard. However, the villagers, especially actors, do not know how make these products. Making softeners independent will provide added value...

As a supporting surface and interface for separating spaces in buildings, wall is one of the eye-catching places, its decorative effects directly affect atmosphere space, thus receiving increasing attention from architectural designers. Based on design principles decoration, with survey results satisfaction original painting by experts scholars art field residents M village as conditions, was d...

The objective of the study is to create a model design rural residential environment based on concept happiness and explore ways practice it. analysis was done by using quantitative qualitative research designs. data collected questionnaire investigation with 486 respondents in-depth interviews 30 interviewees. villages surveyed are widely distributed in ten counties cities Zhejiang Province ha...

This study was carried out to investigate the indigenous use and pharmacological activity of traditional medicinal plants of Mount Taibai, China. Pharmacological data were collected by conducting informal interviews with local experienced doctors practicing traditional Chinese medicine and via open-ended questionnaires on villagers. We conclude that the residents of Mt. Taibai possess rich phar...

Annual 2-drug, single-dose mass drug administration (MDA) to 80-90% of the eligible population for 4-6 years are pre-requisites for the successful elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) from endemic communities by interruption of transmission and eventual elimination of new infections. In an experimental intervention project on the control of LF in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu state, Ind...