Judul: Karakteristik Pengeringan Kayu di Industri Mebel Kabupaten Jepara Jawa Tengah
Abstrak: Wood drying is an imperative process on producing exported wood furniture in Jepara. The process tends to be based on local characteristics. The objectives of this research were to understand characteristics of wood drying to finished wood products; and to understand benefits and drawbacks of wood drying based on local wise. The methods used were literature study and field research. Field research was conducted in nine furniture industries of Jepara Regency and in Wood Drying Laboratory, Forest Products Department, Faculty of Forestry, IPB. Wood drying methods used in Jepara’s furniture industries were commonly air drying, kiln drying and smoked wood. The average of the exported wood furniture moisture content was about 8.5 % - 11.2 %. The longest drying time average for air drying, smoked drying and kiln drying were respectively 20 days, 19 days and 12 days. The percentages of drying defects of air drying, kiln drying, and smoked wood were 21.4 %, 100 %, 100 %, respectively. Wood drying quality of Perum Perhutani teak, community teak and mahogany wood included good enough quality
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Judul: Efektivitas Pengawetan Kayu pada Industri Mebel di Kabupaten Jepara
Abstrak: Furniture industry in Jepara Regency using juvenile wood and fast-growing timber species as raw material because of the limited supply from natural forest. Preservation is applied in the production process to protect from wood destroying organism attacks like termites that are easier to attack juvenile wood. The objective of this research was to determine the effectiveness of preservative that applied in furniture industry Jepara Regency against subterranean termites (Coptotermes curvignathus) attacks. The preservative contain active permethrin, chlorpyrifos, and a solution of hydrogen peroxide. Preservation methods used were brushing and soaking methods. Termites testing in laboratory scale method that used according to JIS K 1571-2004 standard. The results indicated that preservative used very effective to improve wood durability against subterranean termites (Coptotermes curvignathus) attacks. The effectiveness was shown by the average of preservation treatments samples were significantly different from the control sample at the 95% level for mortality, weight loss, and feeding rate termites. The average of retention of wood preservation in Jepara furniture industry was 4.69 kg/m3 it was still below the minimum standard of SNI 03-5010.1-1999 there was 8 kg/m3 for using under roof and 11 kg/m3 for using without the roof.
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Judul: A Continuous Vaccination Strategy in the SVIR Epidemic Model
Abstrak: Vaccination is conducted to minimize the spread of a disease. The vaccination is usually done several times within a fixed time interval. In the SVIR model, it is assumed that individuals do not get immediate immunity following a vaccination program. So according to process of vaccination on SVIR model, there are two strategies, i.e. the continuous vaccination strategy (CVS) and the pulse vaccination strategy (PVS). In this study, only the CVS strategy in epidemic model SVIR is considered. Results of the study indicate that dynamics of the CVS system depends on the basic reproductive number. If the basic reproductive number is less than one, then the disease-free fixed point is asymptotically stable. It means that the disease will eventually disappear from the population. Conversely, if the basic reproductive number is greater than one, then the endemic fixed point is asymptotically stable, which means that the disease will remain exist in the population. Simulation result shows that the vaccination would minimize the spread of disease by reducing the basic reproductive number. If the time for the vaccinated recipients to obtain the immunity, as well as a possibility of vaccinated recipients to be infected are neglected, then the disease will be eradicated. This condition is called an over-evaluating effect of vaccination.
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