Judul: Influence of Family Empowerment on Increasing Knowledge about Child Development and Parenting of Preschool Age Children
Abstrak: The knowledge of child development and parenting is the important things especially for mothers of preschool-age children. Mothers who are knowledgeable are more likely to create an environment that is appropriate to their children‘s and more likely to interact with their children in more sensitive ways. Intervention of family empowerment is one of way to increase the maternal knowledge. The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of family empowerment on increasing knowledge about child development and parenting of preschool-age children. This study used quasi experimental design with t-test and multiple linear regression analysis. Conducted in two areas in Bogor, the sample of this study was 32 mother in control group and 32 in treatment group. The treatment group involved in eight sessions of family empowerment. The material of intervention prepared based on the three of Euis Sunarti's popular parenting books and considering the HOME score. The result showed that there are no differences of maternal knowledge between control and treatment group in baseline data and there are significant differences in endline data. In control group there are no differences of maternal knowledge between baseline and endline data except parenting knowledge. In intervention group there are significant defferences between baseline and endline data. The result also indicates that there are positive effect of intervention of family empowerment which accounted for 42,2 per cent on increasing knowledge about child development and parenting of preschool age children.
Keyword: family empowerment, child development, parenting, preschool

Judul: The Influence of Family Welfare, the Quality of Home Environment, and the Quality of Preschool Education on Children’s Cognitive Development
Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis: (1) perbedaan antara kesejahteraan keluarga, kualitas lingkungan pengasuhan, kualitas pendidikan prasekolah, dan perkembangan kognitif anak yang mengikuti pendidikan prasekolah formal dan nonformal, (2) pengaruh karakteristik keluarga terhadap kesejahteraan keluarga, (3) pengaruh karakteristik anak, karakteristik keluarga, dan kesejahteraan keluarga terhadap kualitas lingkungan pengasuhan, dan (4) pengaruh karakteristik anak, karakteristik keluarga, kualitas lingkungan pengasuhan, dan kualitas pendidikan prasekolah terhadap perkembangan kognitif anak., This study aimed to analyze: (1) the difference between family welfare, quality of home environment, quality of preschool education, and cognitive development of children who are attending formal and nonformal preschool education, (2) the influence of family characteristics on family welfare, (3) the influence of child characteristics, family characteristics, and family welfare on quality of home environment, and (4) the influence of child characteristic, family characteristics, quality of home environment, and quality of preschool education on child's cognitive development.
Keyword: cognitive development, family welfare, home environment, preschool education

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