Judul: Studi Kasus Granulosa-Theca Cell Tumor (Gtct) Pada Kuda Di Indonesia.
Abstrak: Granulosa-theca cell tumor (GTCT) adalah tumor yang paling sering ditemukan pada kuda yang mengalami neoplastik. Beberapa perubahan perilaku, seperti stallion like behaviour, nimfomania, dan anestrus dapat disebabkan oleh tumor ini. Studi ini ditujukan untuk mengukur prevalensi GTCT pada kuda di Indonesia. Pemeriksaan ultrasonografi dilakukan terhadap ovarium pada kudakuda yang diperiksa di Pulau Jawa dan Madura. Hasil ultrasonografi yang ditemukan pada penderita berupa gambaran sarang lebah pada ovarium yang terkena tumor dan hipofungsi ovarium kontralateralnya. Sebanyak 15 kuda didiagnosa terkena GTCT dari 2913 kuda yang diperiksa dan prevalensi per tahun kasus GTCT dari kuda yang diperiksa sebesar 0.51 %. Pada kuda yang terkena GTCT, siklus reproduksinya akan normal kembali dengan ovariektomi. Kebuntingan masih ditemukan pada beberapa penderita GTCT.
Keyword: granulosa-theca cell tumor, kuda betina, ovariektomi, prevalensi

Judul: Studi Kasus Kista Uterus Pada Kuda Di Pulau Jawa Dan Madura.
Abstrak: Kista uterus merupakan salah satu faktor penyebab subfertilitas pada kuda. Banyak dokter hewan percaya bahwa kista uterus yang besar dapat menghambat mobilitas embrio, sehingga mengancam kebuntingan pada kuda. Studi kasus ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi dan memberikan data mengenai prevalensi kista uterus pada kuda di Pulau Jawa dan Madura berdasarkan data sekunder dari hasil pemeriksaan ultrasonografi pada 2913 ekor kuda. Prevalensi kista uterus dianalisis secara deskriptif. Pada studi kasus ini kista uterus yang ditemukan adalah kista limfatik. Kista limfatik pada studi kasus ini ditemukan di lapisan endometrium di daerah kornua uterus (kanan dan kiri) dan korpus uterus. Kista limfatik yang ditemukan berukuran 2.5-3.5 cm. Prevalensi rata-rata kista uterus pada kuda di Pulau Jawa dan Madura adalah 2.7 %. Umumnya terjadi pada kuda tua yang berumur di atas 10 tahun. Kuda yang memiliki kista uterus masih memiliki kemungkinan untuk bunting.
Keyword: kista, kuda betina, prevalensi, uterus

Judul: Exergy Analysis of Membrane Utilization for Solution Separation in LiBr-H2O Absorbtion Refrigeration System
Abstrak: Absorbtion refrigeration system provides prominent advantages in tems of environmental impact and energy consumption. Absorbtion refrigeration system uses natural refrigerant, such as water, which gives no harm to the environment. In terms of energy consumption, it requires heat to regenerate refrigerant from its absorber and provide the refrigeration effect. This form of energy is preferred since heat can be supplied from various sources, including waste heat and renewable energy, and thermodynamically categorized as low quality energy. However, effectiveness of refrigerant regeneration could only be obtained if the temperature is high enough. In this study, the heat utilization in the regeneration process will be eliminated by introducing membranes for separating the refrigerant from the absorber. Specifically, the objectives of this research are to :1) to study the absorbtion mechanism of water vapor by LiBr-H2O solution in a controlled condition, 2) to study the regeneration process of LiBr-H2O using reverse osmosis (RO) membrane and vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) when applied in LiBr-H2O absorbtion refrigeration system, 3) to perform the energy and exergy analysis in LiBr-H2O absorbtion refrigeration system using RO membrane. The membrane was used as a tool to separate the refrigerant from absorbent which performs as regeneration process in conventional absorbtion system. As separation component, RO membrane employs pressure to oppose the osmotic pressure and pass certain component through the pores. While, VMD employs vacuum pressure and thermal, so that the substance to be transported through the membrane is in form of vapor. The result shows that absorbtion rate of water vapor by LiBr-H2O solution was influenced by solution concentration, temperature, humidity and pressure. The highest absorbtion rate was 0.031 g/minute which was occurred at temperature 40°C, RH 70% and solution concentration 60%. Prediction model was developed to calculate the absorbtion parameter inspite of P-T-X diagram.The highest water vapor absorbtion in absorber using spiral wound module-based RO membrane occurred at initial concentration of 30%, wich is the highest concentration used in the experiment. Increasing of operation pressure during separation process will increase permeation flux but decrease rejection factor.Unexpectedly, permeate of the RO membrane still contain LiBr at concentration 7w/w %-9w/w%, which affect the achievable cooling temperature and cooling capacity. Optimization of regeneration using VMD was conducted with response surface methodology (RSM) and the result show that highest permeate flux (0.93 kg.m-2.s-1) can be achived at initial concentration of 47.5%, temperature of 80°C and flow rate of 1.9 L.min-1.COP obtained in absorbtion refrigeration system using RO membran with initial concentration 20% was in the range of 1.147-1.171. Exergy analysis shows that increasing pressure of RO membrane at concentration 20% increased the irreversibity.On the other hand, exergy analysis on VMD shows that higher concentration and temperature will increased irreversibility.
Keyword: refrigeration, absorbtion, reverse osmosis, vacuum membrane distillation, energy, exergy