Judul: Optimasi pembuatan mikrosfer polipaduan poliasamlaktat dengan polikaprolakton
Abstrak: Mikrosfer dapat digunakan sebagai sistem pembawa obat. Mikrosfer dibuat dari polipaduan antara poli(asam laktat) (PLA) dan polikaprolakton (PCL) dengan nisbah 9:1. Mikrosfer dibuat dengan metode emulsifikasi: PLA dan PCL dilarutkan dalam pelarut atsiri (diklorometana) lalu diemulsikan dan didispersikan ke dalam pelarut lain (air) sehingga terbentuk mikrosfer.Ukuran dan keseragaman mikrosfer dipengaruhi oleh kecepatan putar dan waktu emulsifikasi. Poli(vinil alkohol) (PVA) digunakan sebagai pengemulsi pada pembuatan mikrosfer polipaduan (PLA dengan PCL). Besarnya konsentrasi PVA yang ditambahkan memengaruhi stabilitas emulsi tersebut sehingga memengaruhi keseragaman ukuran mikrosfer yang didapatkan. Penggunaaan waktu emulsi 90 menit dan kecepatan putar 900 rpm meningkatkan keseragaman dan ukuran mikrosfer yang dihasilkan semakin kecil. Mikrosfer yang dihasilkan seluruhnya berukuran kurang dari 50 μm. PVA 2,50% mampu menghasilkan mikrosfer berukuran kurang dari 1 μm dengan persentase terbanyak, yakni sebesar 44,10% dan 55,90% sisanya berukuran 24-39 μm. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa konsentrasi PVA 2,50% tidak hanya menghasilkan mikrosfer yang berukuran kecil, tetapi juga relatif seragam.
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Judul: Optimasi konsentrasi  tween 80 pada pembuatan mikrosfer polipaduan : poliasamlaktat dengan polikaprolakton
Abstrak: Mikrosfer merupakan partikel berbentuk bola berukuran mikron, terbuat dari bahan keramik, kaca, atau polimer sebagai pengungkung gas, larutan, ataupun padatan dalam bentuk senyawa oganik maupun anorganik. Pembuatan mikrosfer dapat dilakukan dengan metode emulsifikasi. Bahan dasar mikrosfer yang digunakan yaitu polipaduan (Poliasamlaktat dan Polikaprolakton) yang dilarutkan dalam pelarut atsiri kemudian diemulsikan dan didispersikan dalam pelarut lain yang tidak saling campur sehingga terbentuk partikel mikro. Tween 80 dapat berfungsi sebagai pengemulsi pada pembuatan mikrosfer polipaduan poliasamlaktat dan polikaprolakton. Gugus hidroksi dari tween yang bersifat polar akan berikatan dengan molekul air sedangkan rantai pajangnya akan berikatan dengan molekul diklorometana sehingga emulsi menjadi lebih stabil. Besarnya konsentrasi tween 80 yang ditambahkan mempengaruhi stabilitas emulsi tersebut, sehingga mempengaruhi keseragaman ukuran dan jumlah mikrosfer yang dihasilkan semakin banyak. Semakin tinggi konsentrasi tween 80 yang digunakan maka mikrosfer yang berukuran 125-212 µm dan 75-125 µm yang didapat semakin banyak sedangkan yang berukuran 212 µm semakin sedikit. Penambahan tween 80 sebagai pengemulsi dalam pembuatan mikrosfer, tidak memberikan pengaruh dalam proses degradasi mikrosfer.
Keyword: Teknik pembuatan mikrosfer, Poliasamlaktat, Tween 80, Degrasi polimer

Judul: Dog Ticks Infestation and Its Correlation to Tick-Borne Diseases.
Abstrak: Ticks infestation on dog could lead to itchiness, anemia, skin disorders, and tick-borne diseases, such as Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Besides dogs, Ehrlichiosis were known to be zoonotic. Pre-mature stage tick life cycle that occur outside its host, will enhance contacts between ticks and human. The study of ticks infestation and tick-borne diseases on the dog is necessary, because it has not a lot of information about the diversity, prevalence and degree of ticks infestation in Indonesia. Ticks survey, included ticks sampling and dogs blood test were performed at Animal Police Directorate Security Agency (Baharkam) and Atang Sendjaja Air Force (ATS). Meanwhile ticks sampling also data of cases of ticks infestation and diseases transmitted obtained from 21 veterinary clinics in Bogor, Jakarta and Bandung. All ticks samples stored in bottles containing 70% alcohol for identification. Blood tests performed for Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis and Anaplasmosis diagnosis. The identification results of the 950 ticks samples that obtained from 97 dogs of Baharkam, ATS and veterinary clinics in Bogor, Jakarta and Bandung, showed only one ticks species, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. This ticks belong to three-host tick, which require three hosts to complete its life cycle. Each ticks stage need a host, either same dog (if it is in place there is only one or a few dogs), as well as different dogs. Research in Baharkam conducted on 81 dogs (53 males and 28 females). The prevalence of dogs infested by ticks was 67.90%. The percentage of male dogs that infested by ticks are larger (69.81%) than female (64.29%). Based on Chi-Square test, there was no relationship between sex and breed of dog with degree of ticks infestation. Generally dogs infested with mild infestation category (41.98%), meanwhile moderate category was 18.52%, 2.47% high and 4.94% very high. The dog’s body region that the most infested by R. sanguineus was dog's back. Probably these body regions were be preferred because they are less accessible for the dog to remove them with its paws. Collection of ticks with tick-drag on Baharkam grass field showed positive results on the field that was more often used to practice by dogs. The samples that obtained was larvae stage ticks with density 152 larvae on 215m2 area of the field. Adult stage ticks and several adult females which laying eggs on the cage wall were obtained in the dog kennels. Whole of male and female ATS dogs infested with ticks (14 dogs). In general, dogs infested with very high infestation category was 64.29%, compared by high degree category (21.43%) and moderate (14.29%). Ticks predilection were found mostly on the dog’s head – neck. On ATS grass field did not reveal any ticks, but positively inside the kennels. It happens probably because dogs are rarely released from the kennel, so that the ticks was did drop-off inside the kennel. The total cases of ticks infestation of dogs at Bogor, Jakarta and Bandung veterinary clinics in 2008 until June 2013 as many as 731 cases. In general, there was an increases of the ticks infestation prevalence at three cities in that range
Keyword: Anaplasma, Babesia, Ehrlichia canis, Rhipicephalus sanguineus