Judul: Aplikasi Short Message Service (SMS) untuk Tunanetra
Abstrak: Short Message Service (SMS) is a method of text-based communication commonly used by many mobile phone users of its cost and flexibility. Unfortunately, text-based communications require those with good eyesight, leaving behind those with visual impairment, especially low vision people. A number of devices were built exclusively for blind and low vision people to communicate with ease, but cost is often a major drawback. This study developed a mobile application that helps the visually impaired to use the SMS feature on Android uses Waterfall method. This study resulted in an application that allows low vision users in using SMS feature on Android.
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Judul: Pengembangan Aplikasi Pertukaran SMS Rahasia Berbasis Android Menggunakan Algoritme RSA
Abstrak: Delivering message using short message service (SMS) is very familiar among the users of cellular phone in Indonesia. SMS center (SMSC) is required to keep and deliver SMS from one device to another device. The weakness of SMS technology of is that the encryption only works between mobile station (MS) and base transceiver station (BTS). Meanwhile on the other side, it is fully opened without encryption so that some attacks such as hacking and modification become highly possible. This research utilized RSA algorithm to secure the delivery of SMS between one device and another. The advantage of RSA method is that it does not need to exchange secret key and it is able to keep the original content of SMS. It was found that RSA applications can be applied in order to guarantee the security of SMS contents.
Keyword: secret SMS, RSA, encrypt, decrypt, cryptography, Android

Judul: Heterologous Expression Of Endo-Β-Xylanase From Bacillus Pumilus Strain Bcrs-01 In Escherichia Coli.
Abstrak: Xylanases are glycoside hydrolase family 11 which depolymerise xylan in the plant cell wall, the most excessive form of hemicellulose. Endo-β-xylanases (EC 3.2.1.8) are most important to breakdown β-1,4-glicoside bond of xylan to produce disaccaride xyloolygosaccaride (XOs) and xylose (monomer). Bovine rumen fluids have potential to obtain endo-β-xylanase produced of bacteria. The objectives of this study were to obtain xylanase producing bacteria and to express xynA gene encoding endo-β-xylanase from bacterium in Escherichia coli. Twenty nine isolate bacteria have been succesfully isolated from bovine rumen fluid in agar medium containing birchwood xylan. Isolate BCRS-01 bacterium was previously screened for the high production of xylanase. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, BCRS-01 showed high similarity (99%) to Bacillus pumilus (accession number NR043241). The crude xylanase had optimal activity at 55oC, pH 7.0. Furthermore, the crude xylanase exhibited broad pH stability from 4.0 to 10.0 and remained more than 60% and 40% of its activity after incubation at pH 4.0 until 10.0, respectively for 60 min. It also showed a stability at temperature 25-50oC since it retained 80% and 50% of its activity when incubated at 50oC or 30 and 60 min, respectively. The xylanase activity was strongly inhibited by Ca2+ and Cu2+ at concentration 10 mM, and as little as 1 mM for Mn2+. Therefore, this xylanase has potentially used as additive feeds in animal feed industry. The DNA sequence xynA gene encoded endo-β-xylanase was amplified and cloned into the expression vector pET-15by under the control of T7 promoter. The recombinant protein had succesfully expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) pLysS. A protein recombinant of approximately, 26.7 kDa was observed on the SDS-PAGE analysis. Crude extract of recombinant endo-β-xylanase demonstrated activity of enzyme at 56 U mL-1 using birchwood xylan as a substrate at 55oC for 10 min.
Keyword: Bacillus pumilus, bovine rumen fluid, endo-β-xylanase, heterologous expression.