Judul: Partisipasi masyarakat miskin terhadap penanggulangan kemiskinan dalam program nasional pemberdayaan masyarakat mandiri (PNPM-M) perkotaan di Desa Cadasngampar, Kecamatan Sukaraja, Kabupaten Bogor, Provinsi Jawa Barat
Abstrak: The research was conducted to see the participation of the poor to overcome poverty in Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Mandiri (PNPM-M) Perkotaan in Village of Cadasngampar, Sub-district of Sukaraja, Distric of Bogor, West Java Province. Specific objectives are (1) Assessing influence of poverty level of community participation in PNPM-M Perkotaan in Village of Cadasngampar, (2) Assessing influence of the level of participation to level of community empowerment in benefitting PNPM-M Perkotaan in Village of Cadasngampar. Poverty is divided into two categories: absolute poverty and relative poverty. There were 1,1 percent of total respondents who experienced absolute poverty and there are no respondents who experienced relative poverty. The highest level of participation achieved at level of consultation, while level of empowerment had be seen from change of consumption expenditure and non-consumption before and after implementation of PNPM-M Perkotaan. Statistical analysis showed that there was no relationship between level of poverty to level of participation, and there is no relationship between level of participation to level of community empowerment.
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Judul: Partisipasi Masyarakat Dalam Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Masyarakat-Mandiri Di Desa Kotabatu, Kecamatan Ciomas, Kabupaten Bogor
Abstrak: This research focuses on community participation in the Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Masyarakat-Mandiri in Kotabatu Rural, District Ciomas, Bogor Regency. This study uses quantitative with survey methods and qualitative methods with in-depth interviews. Respondents in this study amounted to 45 people and are selected by random sampling method. The purposes of this study are 1) to analyze the correlation of internal factors in the community with the level of participation in PNPM-Mandiri, 2) to analyze the correlation of external factors that exist in the community with the level of participation in PNPM-Mandiri, and 3) to analyze the correlation between community participation the level of achievement gained in the community-PNPM Mandiri program. Based on the research results to internal factors that influence is age and external factors that influence is intensity of communication. In this program, people participate less, but people still feel a high level of achievement
Keyword: achievement., external factors, internal factors, Participation

Judul: Karakteristik Anatomi Skelet Kepala Buaya senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii).
Abstrak: Buaya sepit atau senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii) merupakan jenis buaya asli Indonesia yang berhabitat di sungai-sungai Sumatera, Kalimantan, dan juga pedalaman Sulawesi. Salah satu ciri khas buaya senyulong adalah bentuk moncong yang runcing dan sempit, namun hingga saat ini informasi mengenai struktur skelet kepala buaya senyulong sangat terbatas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari karakteristik anatomi skelet kepala buaya senyulong yang dikatikan dengan fungsi dan perilakunya. Penelitian dilakukan secara eksploratif dengan melakukan pengamatan, pencatatan, dan pengambilan gambar dari skelet kepala buaya senyulong. Skelet kepala berukuran panjang 70 cm, lebar 29 cm, dan tingggi 17 cm dengan permukaan kasar pada os nasale, os frontale, os maxilla, os mandibula, os lacrimale, os jugale. Jumlah gigi pada buaya ini sebanyak 78 buah, terdiri dari 4 buah gigi premaxila, 16 buah gigi maxila, dan 19 buah gigi mandibula. Pada regio orbitalis ditemukan dua pasang fenestrae temporales yang berkembang baik. Fenestra supratemporale merupakan lubang oval yang membentang di sepanjang os parietale. Fenestra infratemporale berbentuk segitiga dan dibatasi oleh os squamosum, os postorbitale, os jugulare, dan os quadratum. Os mandibula hewan ini mempunyai symphysis mandibularis yang panjang yaitu garis yang melintang di corpus mandibulae. Secara fungsional ukuran symphysis mandibularis berkaitan dengan adaptasi hewan terhadap diet makan.
Keyword: kepala, moncong, Tomistoma schlegelii