Judul: Peranan Pengetahuan Lokal terhadap Keberlanjutan Pengelolaan Sumber Daya Ikan Sungai (Kasus: Lubuk Larangan di Nagari Barung-Barung Balantai Tengah, Kecamatan Koto XI Tarusan, Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan, Provinsi Sumatra Barat
Abstrak: Manusia sangat bergantung pada sumber daya alam termasuk perairan daratan seperti sungai sebagai penunjang kehidupan. Pemanfaatan yang berlebihan terhadap sumber daya sungai menimbulkan ketidakseimbangan ekosistem mulai dari penurunan populasi ikan hingga pencemaran air. Lubuk Larangan merupakan salah satu bentuk pengetahuan lokal yang digunakan untuk menjaga dan melestarikan sumber daya ikan sungai. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis unsur-unsur pengetahuan lokal dan kesesuaian normatifnya yang tergambarkan dalam mekanisme transfer pengetahuan pada masyarakat di sekitar Lubuk Larangan, menganalisis mekanisme transfer pengetahuan yang digunakan untuk mendukung praktik pengelolaan Lubuk Larangan secara nyata, dan menganalisis tingkat keberlanjutan pengelolaan sumber daya ikan sungai di Lubuk Larangan melalui pendekatan kuantitatif yang didukung oleh data kualitatif. Teknik analisis data menggunakan uji regresi dan metode survei. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa unsur-unsur pengetahuan lokal berpengaruh terhadap mekanisme transfer pengetahuan. Sementara itu, terdapat pengaruh antara mekanisme transfer pengetahuan terhadap praktik pengelolaan Lubuk Larangan secara nyata., Humans rely heavily on natural resources including inland waters such as rivers as a support for life. Excessive utilization of river resources creates ecosystem imbalances ranging from declining fish populations to water pollution. Lubuk Larangan is one form of local knowledge used to maintain and preserve river fish resources. This research aims to analyze the elements of local knowledge and normative conformity depicted in the process of knowledge transfer mechanism in the community around Lubuk Larangan, analyze knowledge transfer mechanisms used to support Lubuk Larangan management practices in real terms, and analyze the sustainability level of river fish resource management in Lubuk Larangan through quantitative approaches supported by qualitative data. Data analysis techniques use regression tests and survey methods. The results showed that elements of local knowledge influence the process of knowledge transfer mechanism. Meanwhile, there is an influence between the knowledge transfer mechanism on the management practices of Lubuk Larangan in real terms.
Keyword: knowledge transfer mechanism, management practices, sustainability

Judul: Pengetahuan Lokal dalam Pengelolaan Hutan (Kasus di Desa Cijagang dan Desa Sukamulya Kabupaten Cianjur Provinsi Jawa Barat)
Abstrak: Villager, living around the forest, are depending their life on natural resources. This community exploit natural resources based on their local knowledge. Local knowledge is dinamically change over time, this issue makes this subject interesting for research that potentially enrich the local knowledge of the community. This reasearch is focused on farm forest management. It would concern issues about changes in local knowledge over time and also the role of local knowedge in economic life, environment sustainability, and social interaction among the community. Local knowledge have an important role for the community in their economy, ecology, and social life. Economically, local knowledge is important to help the community in making appropriate decision in investing an economically best valued plant and deciding the right farming technology to be used. Ecologically, local knowledge is important to guide the community to sustain the environment. Socially, local knowledge is important to help the community having a healthy social life by helping each other. Therefore the existance of local knowledge among the community have an important role in fulfilling the prosperity without ignoring the sustainable environment and social relationship among the community. This reaseach was held in March to April 2008 at Cijagang and Sukamulya villages, Sub district of Cikalongkulon. It took 60 respondents, 30 of them came from Cijagang and the other 30 came from Sukamulya. The data were collected by interviewing responden, observation and study of literature. The Data processed and analyzed by method of reduction, data presentation, and taking conclusion. Local knowledge in a form of cultural theme can be elaborated in many actions and ideas. Cultural theme in a farm forest management can be realized as land preparation, seed preparation, planting, cultivation and maintenance, and harvesting. This reasearch found some changes in local knowledge at Cijagang and Sukamulya community. In a land preparation, at ancient time people used to think that ritual is a must, but nowadays ritual is not abseloutely had to be done. In a seed preparation, at ancient time seed was collected from nature and prepared using traditional tools, but nowadays seed can be found in the nursery and prepared using modern tools . In a planting, at ancient time planting season begin by the traditional forecasting (direct stars observation by the farmer), but nowadays planting season begin by the modern weather forecasting. In a maintanance, at ancient time there are some custom rule that control the dislodgement of wild animal, but nowadays the rules are often ignored. In a harvesting, at ancient time incisions were done in a certain time with a certain consideration, but nowadays it does not have to through certain consideration. Local knowledge that exist among the Cijagang and Sukamulya community have important role in economy, ecology, and social life. 6 Economically, local knowledge in a land opening (observation of the direction and velocity of the wind during the land burning) has sustain the fertility of the land and increased harvest. Ecologically, local knowledge that encourage farmer to use natural substance instead of chemical substance help the community to sustain their environment. Socially, local knowledge help
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Judul: Histerektomi Pada Anjing
Abstrak: Anjing merupakan hewan kesayangan yang banyak dipelihara hampir di setiap rumah, baik sebagai kegemaran maupun untuk keamanan pemiliknya. Histerektomi merupakan suatu tindakan bedah dan pembuangan uterus dengan tujuan untuk menanggulangi hal-hal yang patologik seperti pyometra, distokia yang berkepanjangan dan anaknya diduga masih hidup, adanya tumor uterus serta untuk tindakan fisiologik yaitu sterilisasi untuk mengatur keturunan (Arthur,197S).
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