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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To uns.ac.id, Putri Indah Nurani explained that the poster they submitted contains a campaign for the community on the importance of vaccination amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Although the infection rate is declining, it does not mean that there are no new cases and death due to Covid-19. The poster targeted community members who were reluctant to get the vaccination because they were wary of the side effects. The information in their poster could educate the community while supporting the development of communal immunity in Indonesia.

The Team used “SAKTI” abbreviation to ease the community in understanding the benefits of vaccination. SAKTI stands for Siap beraktivitas karena aman dan terlindungi, Akan memutus rantai penularan Covid-19, Keluarga akan menjadi lebih aman, Tingkat penularan Covid-19 akan berkurang, and Imunitas atau herd immunity di masyarakat akan terbentuk (ready to have outdoor activities because of the protection, cut the spread of Covid-19, protecting family, reducing infection, and creating herd immunity).

“Therefore, we created this posted with a hope to share knowledge with the community on the benefits of vaccination in reducing the spread of Covid-19 and inviting them to stop being hesitant in getting vaccinated,” Putri stated on Wednesday (29/12/2021).

The Team also prepared scientific writing on “The Formulation of Microneedle Patch from Nano Extract Bunga Telang (Clitoria ternatea) as Therapy for Diabetes Mellitus Type 2” that won 3rd prize in the same competition. Their work was inspired by the increasing number of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) cases worldwide, especially in Indonesia that is ranked 7th in the largest number of DM cases globally. They proposed the idea of developing bunga telang as microneedle because of its secondary flavonoid metabolites (delphinine, kaempferol) which were found to have a benefit as medicine for DM type 2. Microneedle technology is used to improve the bio-availability and usability of bunga telang. This innovation was new in bunga telang processing which is usually only prepared as a tea.

In winning the competition, the Team competed with other teams from various universities such as USU, Universitas Sriwijaya, and UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta. This achievement is expected to inspire many people, and the Team hoped that the potential of bunga telang could be maximized.

“We also hope that in the future our idea in this scientific writing could be realized and become our contribution in reducing the prevalence of DM,” Putri stated. Humas UNS

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