Judul: Sifat Fisik Kulit Samak Khrom Domba Ekor Gemuk Dan Domba Ekor Tipis Awet Garam
Abstrak: Sheep is the one of many leather product. Mostly, leather of sheep have size more small and thin than cow and buffalo. Leather of cow and buffalo can make the leather light. The observation consists of experiment using six sheets of sheep leather, respectively. The observation design used on experiment has Direct Randomized Complete Design with three repeatations. Variable analysis of experiment consists of tensile strength and elongation of leather, and torn strength. The experiment result showed that tensile strength value of chrome tanned leather of Javanese fat-tailed and local Javanese thin-tailed not clear different were respectively 42.86 ± 2,12 kg/cm3 ; 38.56 ± 2,16 kg/cm3. The elongation value of chrome tanned leather of Javanese fat-tailed and local Javanese thin-tailed not clear different were respectively 99.25 ± 36,59 % ; 104.03 ± 21,71 %, whereas the torn strength given were respectively 3.57 ± 0.9194 kg/cm3 ; 3.475 ± 0.2947 kg/cm3. The tensile strength, elongation, and torn strength value of chrome tanned leather of Javanese fat-tailed were not clear different than leather of local Javanese thin-tailed. Keywords: Sheep, Tanning, Physical Characteristic,.
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Judul: Karakteristik Kulit Ceker Ayam yang Disamak dengan Kombinasi Krom dan Mimosa serta Ekstrak Daun Jambu Biji (Psidium guajava Linn.)
Abstrak: Tanning is the process of converting protein rawhide into leather which stable and not easily decompose. Tanning can be performed on the skin of chicken claw because it has a protein content that is not different from the protein skin of cattle about 23%. The use of chromium can be overcome with vegetable tanning materials that derived from plants and environmentally friendly. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of the tanned skin of chicken claw with a combination of chrome, mimosa and guava leaf extract. Observed variables consisted of tensile strength, elongation, and tear endurance with repetition performed 3 times. The results showed that the concentration of guava leaf extract different effect on tensile strength, but has no effect on elongation and tear endurance of leather. Chrome and mimosa still give effect to the tanning process, but the addition of guava leaf extract as much as 10% showed optimum ability to help increase the tensile endurance of leather.
Keyword: tanning, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), guava leaf, chicken claw

Judul: Approximation of the Median of Poisson Distribution Using the Relation of Poisson-Gamma Distribution
Abstrak: A major drawback of median is that median cannot usually be defined in closed form, even in the cases where their distribution functions are known. This study gives an approximation of the closed form for the median of the Poisson distribution by using the relation of Poisson-Gamma distribution. The approximation uses elementary techniques based on the monotonicity of certain sequences involving tail probabilities of the Poisson distribution and the Central Limit Theorem. Furthermore, a closed form expression for the mean absolute deviation 􀜧|􀜰􀰒 􀵆 􀜯􀝁􀝀􁈺􀜰􀰒􁈻| is also studied. The median is relevant because of the fact that it minimizes the mean absolute deviation of a Poisson random variable (􀜰􀰒􁈻 by considering median as central tendency.
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