Judul: Pendugaan umur simpan madu merek X
Abstrak: Honey is a sweet liquid elaborated by honeybee (Apis mellr'feru) fiom nectar collected by them from flowers and plants, transported to hive, ripened and stored in cells of the honeycomb (SII, 1977). Honey is a natural liquid, commonly has a sweet taste, elaborated by honeybee from various nectars or another part of plant or insects secretion (SNI, 2004).
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Judul: Efektivitas beberapa uji pemalsuan madu kapuk
Abstrak: This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of several adulteration tests for honey. There were many adulteration tests usually done by people to distinguish between pure and artificial honey. This experiment studied several adulteration tests such as ant test, soluble test, turbidity test, foam test, heated test, pull test, sticky test, hexagon test, raw fish test, and iodine test. The artificial honey were divided into three, namely artificial honey with thickener (CMC and gelatin), artificial honey with sugar (sucrose, fructose and glucose), and artificial honey with sugar and thickener (sugar and sago). Chemical analysis such as pH, moisture, HMF (Hidroxymethylfurfural) and sugar content (sucrose, fructose and glucose) were also conducted to support the result of adulteration tests. From all adulteration tests, the most effective test was soluble test with number of effectiveness 83,3%. The other effective tests that can be applied to distinguish between pure honey and artificial honey were raw fish test (60%), turbidity test (52,5%), and heated test (49,2%). Artificial honey with sugar dan thickener (sugar and sago) was the most easily to be detected, and artificial honey with sugar (sucrose, fructose, and glucose) was the most difficult to be detected.
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Judul: Thermal Characteristics and Dynamics of Tropical Cyclone over Western North Pacific Ocean: A Case Study of Typhoon Songda (Chedeng) 2011
Abstrak: The frequent occasion of Tropical Cyclone (TC) over Western North Pacific (WNP) Ocean lies from 10˚N to 26˚N and 121˚E to 170˚E. Sources of TC development come from warm ocean temperature where latent heat is released during condensation processes and subsequently concentrated in the boundary layer. Relative humidity at 850-700 hPa is responsible to produce the most intense storm. Meanwhile, weak vertical wind shear between 850-200 hPa is one of the dynamical factors that lead to the development of TC. Pressure level of 850-200 hPa is chosen to minimize the thermodynamic effect in the lower troposphere. Typhoon Songda (Chedeng in the Philippines) or TSC lasted from May 18th to 30th, 2011 and strengthened into powerful Super Typhoon stage between May 24th and 27th. Long curving track and the exhibition of all sequences of TC life cycle, TSC is then considered as an ideal case of TC. The objective of the study with case of TSC is to investigate the role of thermal characteristics and dynamics on TC intensity. The research is carried out by using Advanced Research of Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF ARW model) version 3.3. Two domains are employed in the model. The first domain situate from 02˚N to 40˚N and 118˚E to 149˚E and cover spatial resolution () of 33.1 km. The second domain situate from 09˚N to 27˚N and 119˚E to 132˚E with of 11 km. Timestep of the model () is 120 seconds. The model is supported by the following physical parameterization, i.e., Yonsei University Scheme (YSU) in the boundary layer, Kain-Fritsch scheme (KF) in the cumulus, and WRF Single-Moment 3-class scheme in the microphysics. Initial meteorological condition prior to the formation of the cyclone is generated using WRF ARW standard-release model. Sensitivity of the model output is obtained from a selected single-parameter change scenarios, namely, 10 % to 20 % decrease and increase of wind shear initial data at 850-200 hPa, and by 10 % to 20 % decrease of relative humidity initial data at 850-700 hPa. The result showed that the negative correlations between wind shear and intensity are found in wind shear scenarios. Wind shears of 10 ms-1 which lead to strengthening of the wind intensity in the early period of Typhoon development are found in wind shear scenarios. The effect of wind shear changes on wind intensity is statistically significant in the 20 % wind shear scenarios. During mature stage, weak wind intensity occurred when wind shear increase as given in the WRF standard-release and the 20 % decreasing scenario. Different situation is found in the 20 % increasing scenario where wind shear tend to weak and lead to strong wind intensity at this stage. Meanwhile, the reduction of moisture supply at 850-700 hPa resulting from 20 % decreasing relative humidity play a major role in the weakening of wind intensity and reduces mechanical energy of the cycle process as much as 300 J kg-1.
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