Judul: Smartcasing dari PVA-Fraksi Diklorometana Daun Lidah Mertua sebagai Penurun Radiasi Panas pada Telepon Pintar
Abstrak: Tumbuhan lidah mertua (Sansevieria trifasciata Prain) mengandung bahan aktif glikosida pregnan yang diduga mampu menyerap radiasi panas dari sinar matahari. Tujuan percobaan ini adalah membuat lapisan film campuran polivinil alkohol (PVA) dan fraksi diklorometana (DCM) daun lidah mertua sebagai penurun radiasi panas pada telepon pintar (smartphone). Simplisia dimaserasi dan menghasilkan rendemen 19%. Ekstrak etanol dipartisi menggunakan pelarut air, etil asetat, DCM, dan n-butanol. Fraksi DCM diduga mengandung saponin steroid difraksionasi menggunakan kromatografi kolom, menghasilkan fraksi paling sederhana, yakni fraksi A. Fraksi tersebut dianalisis dengan liquid chromatography-mass spectrophotometry menghasilkan 4 senyawa yang diduga golongan saponin steroid. Fraksi tersebut dibuat lapisan film dan diuji kemampuannya dalam menyerap radiasi panas pada perangkat telepon pintar. Hasilnya menunjukkan lapisan film yang mengandung 0.02% fraksi A mampu menurunkan radiasi panas paling besar, yaitu 4.4 °C pada menit pertama. Spektrum inframerah dari film PVA dan PVA-fraksi A menunjukkan perbedaan gugus fungsi, yakni gugus O-H asam karboksilat, C=C alkena, dan C=C aromatik.
Keyword: idah mertua, radiasi panas, telepon cerdas

Judul: Formulation of PVA-Mother-in-law's Tongue Extract Film as a Smartphone Reduce Heat and Electromagnetic Radiation
Abstrak: Penggunaan smartphone menghasilkan radiasi panas dan elektromagnetik yang berbahaya, sehingga diperlukan pelindung untuk mengurangi efek tersebut. Tanaman lidah mertua (Sansevieria trifasciata) diketahui dapat menurunkan radiasi elektromagnetik pada beberapa peranti elektronik. Penelitian ini bertujuan menetapkan formula film PVA-ekstrak terbaik dari lidah mertua untuk pelindung smartphone yang menurunkan efek radiasi secara optimal. Formula film dibuat dengan meragamkan volume akhir film, nisbah PVA: ekstrak, serta konsentrasi ekstrak. Radiasi panas diuji dengan PASCO CI-6505B dan radiasi elektromagnetik dengan GM-3120. Ekstrak terbaik dari uji radiasi adalah ekstrak aseton dalam volume film 100 mL. Nisbah terbaik dihasilkan oleh film dengan rasio PVA:ekstrak aseton 1:2, dan konsentrasi aseton terbaik, ialah 5%., Smartphone produce harmful heat and electromagnetic radiation that need protection to reduce their effects. Sansevieria trifasciata is known to lower electromagnetic radiation on some electronic equipment. The study aimed to determine the best formula for PVA-extract of S. trifasciata that optimally lowers the effects of radiation. The films were prepared with various formulas by varying the final volume of the film, the ratio of PVA:extract and the concentration of the extract. Heat radiation was tested with PASCO CI-6505B and electromagnetic radiation with GM-3120. The best extract from the radiation test is acetone extract in a film volume of 100 mL. The best ratio produced by the film with the ratio of PVA:acetone extract is 1:2 and the best acetone concentration is 5%.
Keyword: mother-in-law’s tongue, Radiation, Sansevieria trifasciata,, smartphone

Judul: Dog Ticks Infestation and Its Correlation to Tick-Borne Diseases.
Abstrak: Ticks infestation on dog could lead to itchiness, anemia, skin disorders, and tick-borne diseases, such as Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Besides dogs, Ehrlichiosis were known to be zoonotic. Pre-mature stage tick life cycle that occur outside its host, will enhance contacts between ticks and human. The study of ticks infestation and tick-borne diseases on the dog is necessary, because it has not a lot of information about the diversity, prevalence and degree of ticks infestation in Indonesia. Ticks survey, included ticks sampling and dogs blood test were performed at Animal Police Directorate Security Agency (Baharkam) and Atang Sendjaja Air Force (ATS). Meanwhile ticks sampling also data of cases of ticks infestation and diseases transmitted obtained from 21 veterinary clinics in Bogor, Jakarta and Bandung. All ticks samples stored in bottles containing 70% alcohol for identification. Blood tests performed for Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis and Anaplasmosis diagnosis. The identification results of the 950 ticks samples that obtained from 97 dogs of Baharkam, ATS and veterinary clinics in Bogor, Jakarta and Bandung, showed only one ticks species, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. This ticks belong to three-host tick, which require three hosts to complete its life cycle. Each ticks stage need a host, either same dog (if it is in place there is only one or a few dogs), as well as different dogs. Research in Baharkam conducted on 81 dogs (53 males and 28 females). The prevalence of dogs infested by ticks was 67.90%. The percentage of male dogs that infested by ticks are larger (69.81%) than female (64.29%). Based on Chi-Square test, there was no relationship between sex and breed of dog with degree of ticks infestation. Generally dogs infested with mild infestation category (41.98%), meanwhile moderate category was 18.52%, 2.47% high and 4.94% very high. The dog’s body region that the most infested by R. sanguineus was dog's back. Probably these body regions were be preferred because they are less accessible for the dog to remove them with its paws. Collection of ticks with tick-drag on Baharkam grass field showed positive results on the field that was more often used to practice by dogs. The samples that obtained was larvae stage ticks with density 152 larvae on 215m2 area of the field. Adult stage ticks and several adult females which laying eggs on the cage wall were obtained in the dog kennels. Whole of male and female ATS dogs infested with ticks (14 dogs). In general, dogs infested with very high infestation category was 64.29%, compared by high degree category (21.43%) and moderate (14.29%). Ticks predilection were found mostly on the dog’s head – neck. On ATS grass field did not reveal any ticks, but positively inside the kennels. It happens probably because dogs are rarely released from the kennel, so that the ticks was did drop-off inside the kennel. The total cases of ticks infestation of dogs at Bogor, Jakarta and Bandung veterinary clinics in 2008 until June 2013 as many as 731 cases. In general, there was an increases of the ticks infestation prevalence at three cities in that range
Keyword: Anaplasma, Babesia, Ehrlichia canis, Rhipicephalus sanguineus