Ethnobotany is a science that explains the knowledge of traditional communities on use plants to support their lives. One uses for building materials can be seen in Uma Lengge which located Wawo District, Bima Regency, West Nusa Tenggara. This used function as residence Mbojo tribe. However, along with development times, has been transferred only place store rice. research aims analyze types co...

The community’s reliance on logging forest resources has reached the limit of its carrying capacity. Non-timber products are one type natural resource that can help direct use timber products. Interviewing techniques and field observation were used to acquire data. findings show Arenga pinnata other non-timber (NTFPs) have economic potential as halal foods pinnata, Hevea brasiliensis, Durio zib...

BACKGROUND With the backdrop of a global ecstasy epidemic, this study sought to examine the trend, correlates, and onset sequence of ecstasy use among adolescents in Taiwan, where a well-established gateway drug such as marijuana is much less popular. METHODS A multistage probability survey of school-attending adolescents in grades 7, 9, 10, and 12, aged 11-19 years, was conducted in 2004, 20...

Abstract Utilization of betel nut peel waste and sugarcane fiber has not been maximized so that the purpose this study was to determine characteristics mechanical properties, tensile strength bending polyethylene matrix composite with powder filler. In study, variation ratio volume used is: (0%: 10%), (10%: 0%), (5%: 5%). The fibers previously were modified 2% NaOH treatment for each fiber. res...

Areca nut (seed of Areca catechu) is consumed by people from different parts of Asia, including India. The four major alkaloids present in areca nut are arecoline, arecaidine, guvacoline and guvacine. Upon cutting, the nut reveals two kinds of regions; white and brown. In our present study, we have monitored the formation of these two regions within the nut during maturation, using the non-inva...