Biaya Berobat Akibat Dampak Rokok Rp 145 Triliun
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Bogor – Wali Kota Bogor Diani Budiarto mengatakan, dikeluarkannya aturan kawasan tanpa rokok (KTR) di Kota Bogor dimaksudkan untuk mengurangi dampak yang ditimbulkan rokok, karena dari data yang diperolehnya, biaya berobat masyarakat akibat dampak rokok mencapai Rp 145 triliun per tahun. “Cukai rokok hanya menghasilkan …
Food prices remain high in developing countries
Rome – High food prices persist in developing countries despite an improved global cereal supply situation and a sharp decline in international food prices, FAO warned today in its latest Crop Prospects and Food Situation report. This is creating further hardship for millions of poor people already …
Perempuan dan Teknologi Terkini
Globalisasi memperlihatkan dua dimensi yakni, economic-corporation globalization dan political- state globalization. Implikasi tersebut membawa keterbukaan pasar. Termasuk di dalamnya keikutsertaan perempuan dalam berbagai aspek kehidupan. Teknologi sebagai produk sosial, termasuk internet tidak bebas nilai atau budaya. Tingkat kompabilitas antara nilai dan norma teknologi dengan nilai …
Pelayaran Kebangsaan Kembali Digelar
Jakarta, PelitaSebanyak delapan puluh orang yang terdiri dari ilmuwan muda, dosen, peneliti dan mahasiswa akan mengikuti pelatihan penelitian bidang Oseanografi dan bidang Biologi selama empat hari 22 April s/d 2 Mei 2009 dalam Kegiatan Pelayaran Kebangsaan di atas kapal Baruna VII dan VIII. Pelatihan yang …
Insight Into Fish Disease To Help Protect Farmed Fish Stocks
ScienceDaily (Apr. 24, 2009) — Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have gained a key insight into a disease that is devastating the UK’s fish farming industry. The researchers have discovered that fish can harbour and spread proliferative kidney disease …
Animals That Seem Identical May Be Completely Different Species
ScienceDaily (Apr. 24, 2009) — Animals that seem identical may belong to completely different species. This is the conclusion of researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, who have used DNA analyses to discover that one of our most common segmented worms is actually two …
Bovine Genome Could Lead To Better Meat For Consumers, Experts Say
ScienceDaily — Scientists from Texas AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) are part of a consortium of researchers who have developed an annotated sequence of the cattle genome which could lead to better disease resistance and …
Salmonella Strain’s Path To Virulence Uncovered
ScienceDaily — Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have uncovered genetic evidence about the evolutionary path that transformed Salmonella enteritidis from an innocuous bacterium into a virulent pathogen. S. enteritidis, like many bacteria, reproduces very quickly–every 20 minutes in optimal conditions, according to veterinary medical officer …
