UNS — Students of Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta carved another accomplishment on the national scene. This time, the remarkable achievement was accomplished by two UNS representative teams in the Mandalika Essay Competition (MEC), with the 3rd place award and 1st runner-up award. The UNS representative with 3rd place winner, Team Purple, was led by Putri Indah Nurani, a student of the Diploma in Pharmacy Study Program, with two members, Adinda Putri Febrina Sari from the Bachelor in Pharmacy Study Program and Nur Anindya Rahmawati from the Bachelor in Biology Study Program. The next UNS representative who succeeded in achieving the 1st runner-up position is Tegar Ramadani from the Bachelor in History Study Program, Faculty of Cultural Studies (FIB).
To uns.ac.id, Putri explained the description of the essay entitled “Innovation Microneedle Patch from Nano Extract of Eggflower (Clitoria ternatea) as a Therapy for Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus.” This team proposed an invention entitled ‘Purple Patch’ that provides a concept and scientific evidence for complementary therapy for people with type II Diabetes Mellitus (DM). The initiative aims to bring effective, efficient, and minimal side effects innovations for Type II DM complementary therapy. This idea aims to prevent the rapid increase in diabetes prevalence following Indonesia’s demographic bonus in 2045. Based on the scientific posters published by the team, the proposed ‘Purple Patch’ is expected to increase the compliance of type II DM patients in performing therapy. The Purple Patch aims to help reduce the prevalence rate of type II DM patients in Indonesia. “This essay discusses the problem caused by a large prevalence of DM patients in Indonesia. Throughout the essay, we managed to connect the current problem with the forecast on the surging DM prevalence in the 2045 Gold Indonesia,” said Putri on Monday (11/4/2022).
On the same occasion, Tegar Ramadani also explained the description of his essay. The essay discusses the potential usage of agricultural waste as renewable energy in seven regencies in East Java known as the ‘Tapal Kuda (Horseshoe)’ Region (Banyuwangi, Bondowoso, Jember, Lumajang, Pasurun, Situbondo and Probolinggo). Through this idea, he examined the problem of petroleum reserves that are increasingly depleted, which is directly proportional to the potential of tobacco bar waste and cocoa bark waste in the region. He then examined waste-based bioethanol potential as a climate change solution.
Mandalika Essay Competition is an essay writing competition organized by Rizki Prima Sentosa Foundation. This competition has successfully garnered attention from a total of 348 participants that were further selected into 22 finalists. Aside from the essay competition, the event also organized a community service program involving finalists in volunteering activities and field trips in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). The event lasted for 3 (three) days, from March 25-27, 2022.
Putri and her friends claimed to be thrilled with their achievements in this competition. Although they did not get 1st place, they are still proud to be at the Top-3). Through the essay written, they managed to eliminate hundreds of contenders. “We hope that after attending MEC, we can be more productive and contribute more work. Through this work, we hope that our initiative can establish innovation and further develop in collaboration with health experts and researchers, especially in the medical and pharmaceuticals field, as an effort to handle DM cases in Indonesia,” said Putri. Humas UNS
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