To promote the quality of tempe (Soybean-bread), especially for its B12 content, a characteristic and identification study of bacterial isolater of vitamin B12 from tempe was evaluated. The procedure used is according to Bergey, the isolate was tested for its potency in liquid medium culture as well as in solid medium culture. Analysis of vitamin B12 was performed according to microbiologycal m…
Effective treatment of epilepsy required accurate diagnosis. This relies heavily on proper identification of seizure type. Successful drug therapy requires a proper understanding of medication half-life and indications. Accurate diagnosis cannot be established easily since diagnosis of epilepsy relies on history taking and most of the patients do not show any clinical abnormality. Furthermore, …
Adverse reactions to foods may be in the formal of 'food allergy', food hypersensitivity 'and' food intolerance. Several factors including immunology, mucosal barrier of the gastrointestinal tract, genetic and exposure to allergen play an important role in the pathophysiology of food allergy. Food allergen is protein or glycoprotein or polypeptide with the molecular weight of more than 18,000 d…
In Indonesia, the National Household Survey (SKRT) is still the main source of information on causes of death, which is now integrated with the National Socio Economic Survey (Susenas). The SKRT uses technique of verbal autopsy with open questions then classifies the diseases using ICD 10 there were 1,719 cases obtained with 97.8 percent response rate of deaths reported by Susenas to SKRT. Even…