Judul: Malaysian Crude Palm Oil Export Performance in Partner’s Countries for the year 2000-2017
Abstrak: Malaysia is the second largest producer and export of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) in the world. However, there is a black campaign made by the European Union (EU) that banned the CPO consumption. This research is to analyse the competitiveness and factors that affect the export performance in China, EU, India, Japan and USA. The analytical methods used in this research are Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Export Product Dynamic (EPD) and panel data. The results in RCA shows that Malaysian CPO is competitive in 5 major trade partners. The results of EPD analysis shows that Malaysian CPO commodities for the United States and EU are in the rising star position. Japan experiences retreat conditions. Then CPO exports to China and India experienced a falling star position. The results of the panel data shows that the three variables are significantly affecting the CPO export which are Population in partner’s countries, CPO price and Exchange rate. Meanwhile, GDP in Malaysia is not significant.
Keyword: EPD, RCA, panel data, performance, CPO

Judul: Increasing Competitiveness of Indonesian Crude Palm Oil (CPO) against Malaysia in International Trade
Abstrak: Crude Palm Oil (CPO) telah menjadi salah satu komoditas ekspor penting Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis daya saing ekspor CPO Indonesia terhadap Malaysia di pasar internasional. Keunggulan komparatif CPO Indonesia dianalisis menggunakan Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA). Keunggulan kompetitif CPO Indonesia dianalisis menggunakan Export Competitiveness Index (ECI). Posisi daya saing CPO Indonesia dianalisis menggunakan Indeks Spesialiasi Perdagangan (ISP). Kemudian, Berlian Porter digunakan untuk menganalisis daya saing industri CPO Indonesia. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa CPO Indonesia memiliki keunggulan komparatif yang tinggi dibandingkan Malaysia. CPO Indonesia dan Malaysia memiliki tren daya saing yang meningkat. Berdasarkan posisi daya saing, Indonesia telah berada pada tahap pematangan. Sementara, Malaysia masih berada pada tahap pertumbuhan. Hal tersebut mengindikasikan bahwa CPO Indonesia memiliki daya saing yang kuat dalam perdagangan dunia dibandingkan dengan Malaysia., Crude Palm Oil (CPO) has become one of Indonesia's important export commodities. This study aims to analyze the exports competitiveness of Indonesian CPO against Malaysia in international market. The comparative advantage of Indonesian CPO was analyzed using Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA). The competitive advantage of Indonesian CPO is analyzed using the Export Competitiveness Index (ECI). Indonesia's CPO competitiveness position is analyzed using the Specialization Index (ISP). Then, Porter’s Diamond Model is used to analyze the competitiveness of the Indonesian CPO industry. The results showed that Indonesian CPO has a high comparative advantage compared to Malaysia. Indonesian and Malaysian CPO have an increasing trend of competitiveness. Based on the position of competitiveness, Indonesia is at the stage of maturation. Meanwhile, Malaysia is still in the growth stage. This condition shows that Indonesian CPO has strong competitiveness in international trade compared to Malaysia.
Keyword: CPO, comparative advantage, competitiveness, competitive advantage, export

Judul: Infeksi Virus Parainfluenza Pada Anjing
Abstrak: Virus parainfluenza anjing termasuk famili Paramyxoviridae, berbentuk pleomorf dengan ukuran bervariasi (bergaris tengah antara 100-500 nm), berpembungkus peka ether, berisi genom RNA dan secara serologis mempunyai kesamaan dengan virus SV-5 kera; dikenak sebagai salah satu kausa penting dari sindrom "kennel cough". Infeksinya dapat mengenai anjing semua umur yang belum pernah terinfeksi atau mendapatkan vaksinasi mengakibatkan gejala klinis ringan yang terbatas pada traktus respirasi atu infeksi yang secara klinis tidak memperlihatkan gejala nyata. Gejala klinis yang nampak setelah masa inkubasi (1-5 hari) terlewati berupa batuk yang tidak berat selama beberapa hari, berbagai tingkat tonsilitis dan pharyngitis dan kadang-kadang ditemukan kenaikan temperatur rektal antara 1-2 derajat C dari temperatur normal rat-rata. Anjing terinfeksi mengandung virus pada traktus respirasi bagian atas dan bawah serta limfonoduli sampai hari ke 9 setelah infeksi. Penyebaran virus antar anjing terjadi secara aerogen.
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