Judul: Aktivitas protease dan kandungan asam laktat pada yoghurt yang dimodifikasi Bifidobacterium bifidum
Abstrak: Yoghurt merupakan minuman hasil fermentasi dari susu murni. Yoghurt probiotik merupakan salah satu produk pangan fungsional melalui penambahan bakteri probiotik seperti B. bifidum. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengukur aktivitas protease dan kandungan asam laktat pada yoghurt yang dibubuhi B. bifidum. Parameter yoghurt yang dimodifikasi dengan B. bifidum adalah kadar asam laktat dan aktivitas protease selama dua puluh lima hari penyimpanan. Kadar asam laktat diukur dengan metode titrasi asam basa, sedangkan aktivitas protease diukur dengan metode modifikasi Lowry. Yoghurt diuji tingkat penerimaannya oleh konsumen dengan uji organoleptik.
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Judul: Aktivitas Antibakteri dan Antioksidan Peptida Bioaktif Yoghurt yang Difermentasi dengan Lactococcus lactis Rekombinan
Abstrak: Yoghurt merupakan pangan fungsional yang dipercaya punya efek terhadap kesehatan. Efek tersebut salah satunya dikaitkan dengan keberadaan peptida bioaktif hasil fermentasi susu oleh bakteri asam laktat. Lactococcus lactis rekombinan merupakan bakteri asam laktat yang dapat menghasilkan plantarisin. Plantarisin diketahui memiliki efek antimikroba dan telah diuji sebagai bahan pengawet pada beberapa jenis pangan. Penelitian ini bertujuan menguji aktivitas antioksidan dan antibakteri yoghurt yang telah ditambahkan bakteri rekombinan L. lactis sebagai kultur starter. Selain itu juga untuk mengukur perubahan aktivitasnya setelah penyimpanan. Water soluble peptide extract (WSPE) yoghurt didapatkan dari hasil sentrifugasi dingin dan pemekatan dengan freeze dry. Kadar protein WSPE diukur terlebih dahulu dengan BCA kit sebelum dilakukan uji lanjutan. Yoghurt D hasil penyimpanan dengan total protein 5.226 mg/mL memiliki aktivitas antibakteri paling baik dengan zona bening 6.5 mm dan aktivitas antioksidan 20.11%. Hasil konfirmasi protein dengan trisin SDS-PAGE menunjukkan telah terjadi hidrolisis protein α-S2kasein (25.76 kD) pada sampel WSPE yoghurt D segar maupun penyimpanan.
Keyword: Antibakteri, Antioksidan, Peptida Bioaktif, WSPE

Judul: Characteristic of Overshooting Top (OT) Based on  Himawari  8  Satellite  as  a  Convective  Cloud  Feature  that  Generates  Extreme Weather in the Java Island Region
Abstrak: Overshooting Top (OT) is a feature at the top of a convective cloud that is associated with extreme weather. Research on OT in tropical Indonesia is still very limited. The existence of geostationary satellites with wide area coverage and fast frequency observations is useful for observing the fast dynamics of the OT life cycle. Therefore, this study intends to analyze the relationship between OT and extreme weather, updraft and thermodynamic conditions of OT when extreme weather occurs, the best objective method for detecting OT in the day time and night time, and the spatiotemporal distribution of OT in the tropical region of Java Island during the 2018-2021 period. Based on visual analysis using visible channel and Himawari 8 sandwich products, 87% of extreme weather events in Java were accompanied by the appearance of OT. It indicates that the presence of the OT pattern is a convection cloud pattern or feature that is closely related to extreme weather events for the Java Island region. The existence of a time lag between the appearance of OT and extreme weather events on Java Island indicates that the OT of convection cloud can be used as a precursor or nowcasting for the appearance of extreme weather. Most of the convective cloud OT features during extreme weather events on Java Island have altitude that were only able to exceed the altitude of the equilibrium level and few were able to exceed the tropopause level of 9 km – 16 km. The difference in atmospheric conditions during extreme weather events on Java Island, which is in the tropics and subtropics, is a strong and unstable convective energy condition characterized by a larger CAPE, as well as unstable KI, LI, SI and TTI values. It is offset by kinematic factors in the form of a weak vertical wind shear (bulk wind shear 0-6 km) and a higher freezing point height. The difference between extreme weather events in the Java Island region and other tropical regions compared to subtropical regions is the strong updraft speed of convection clouds. The IRW Texture COMB algorithm based on the IRW-Texture Gradient modification and the COMB algorithm shows a significant increase in quality for detecting OT and non-OT pixels in Java. Rainy days with rainfall > 50 mm/day are very common in areas with an altitude of > 500 m. On the other hand, the level of convection activity which is indicated by the presence of OT and lightning is significantly reduced in this area. OT of convective clouds appear more frequently during the DJF season and less frequently during the JJA season. OT often appears during the day time and rarely at night time. Most OTs appear in the central part, away from the south and north coasts of Java Island during the day, while OTs that appear near the south and north coasts of Java Island can appear in the morning or afternoon.
Keyword: convective clouds, extreme weather, Overshooting Tops, Himawari 8 Satellite