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The need for charity drives in Malaysia has become even more crucial with the halt and closure of countless businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to social restrictions implied, the method of collecting charity funds is now severely limited, resulting in the deployment of social media platforms. Suiting the current needs, this research aimed to understand the public's acceptance of e-charity programs. This quantitative research studied the response of 129 samples spread from urban and rural areas in Malaysia. Data were collected through a questionnaire in Google Form and distributed through social media platforms. Results show the public is willing to do charity online, and it is a way to encourage charitable behaviour.
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The effect of milk on physicochemical and functional properties of kencur jelly drink has been investigated. The results of the analysis showed a decrease in water, ash, total sugar, phenol and flavonoid content, antioxidant activity, and syneresis in the kencur-milk jelly drinks. However, the addition of milk was detected to increase protein, fat, pH, and antibacterial activity against Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli bacteria. © 2022, Rasayan Journal of Chemistry, c/o Dr. Pratima Sharma. All rights reserved.
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In dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, political actors in Indonesia tend to interpret "sick" in different ways. This study aims to discuss practices of political struggles over the meaning of "sick" in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. By using qualitative discourse analysis where data were mainly obtained from January to October 2020, this study found that political struggles over the meaning of "sick" in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia were dominated by three major powers, namely the government, capitalist, and medical professionals. The meaning of "sick" given by these groups is not only different but also keeps changing from time to time. especially in certain political moments. This study found four important political moments which were closely related to the way these three groups of actors interpret the meaning of "sick" in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. In one moment, "sick" was interpreted narrowly, while in another moment, "sick" was interpreted broadly. This study concludes that the struggle for the meaning of sick is an inherent practice in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. A further consequence is that the meaning of sick is not fixed as it is known so far but is more unfixed and contingent.
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To optimize the benefits of herbal processed products, especially in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, an evaluation of the antioxidant and antimicrobial functional properties of herbal teas has been carried out. The ginger and temulawak herbal tea products in this study showed the quality that met the qualifications of the Indonesian National Standard (SNI) 3836:2013, with low levels of metal and microbial contamination and high antioxidant and antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli and Salmonella Typhimurium. In general, the ginger and temulawak teas produced have a distinctive taste, aroma, color, and texture, with a water content of 7.26-7.61%, ash 6.12-6.71%, water-soluble ash 95.48-97.01%, acid insoluble ash 0.160-0.275%, crude fiber 4.63-14%, phenolic 66.15– 95.58%, flavonoids 36.53–67.10%. © 2021, Rasayan Journal of Chemistry, c/o Dr. Pratima Sharma. All rights reserved.
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It is important to protect the mental health of healthcare employees who are facing the difficult experience of a pandemic. There are proofs indicating that the state of mental well-being is related with the levels of psychological resilience. It may be important for reducing the psychological issues and emotions of burnout in healthcare professionals by increasing their psychological resilience levels during this process in which disease anxiety and fear of death develop. The purpose of this review study was to attract attention to the mental issues and psychological resilience of healthcare professionals who have the closest contact with the patients.
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Background and Objectives: The study aimed to analysis the psychometric properties of the health system resilience scale, assessing it and to introduce a conceptual model for qualitative analysis of Iran health system in the face of the civid-19 crisis.