Judul: Perilaku Komodo (Varanus komodoensis) di Taman Margasatwa Ragunan
Abstrak: The komodo (Varanus komodoensis) is the world's largest lizard that prone to extinction since they only scattered in some small islands in eastern Indonesia. One preservation effort of the dragons is by breeding them in captivity places, such as Jakarta Ragunan Zoo. Eventhought in the captivity, it does not mean there are no problems faced by the komodo. The main problems are because of differences in the weather and environmental conditions. Therefore, the aim of the research is to conduct behavioral assessments of the komodo preserved in the Ragunan Zoo as the first step to resolve the problems. We used observational method called scan sampling. Observations were conducted in two periods of time, i.e. during the daylight (06.00 am-06.00 pm) and evening (6.00 pm-06.00 am). Observations of the behavior of the komodo included walking, stay still, sun bathing, rubbing body, yawn, drinking, eating, climbing, secreting saliva, craning of the tongue, and running. During the daylight, some of the behaviors were more dominant, i.e. walking, stay still, sun bathing, climbing, secreting saliva, and craning of the tongue. While during the night stay still was dominant.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Ragunan Zoo, scan sampling, Varanus komodoensis, komodo, behavior

Judul: Studi perilaku harian biawak komodo (Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, 1912) pada berbagai kelas umur di pulau Rinca, taman nasional komodo
Abstrak: Biawak komodo (Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, 1912) adalah salah satu satwa endemik dan dilindungi di Indonesia yang masih hidup dan tersebar di Pulau Komodo, Pulau Rinca, Pulau Gilimotang, dan Pulau Flores. Di Pulau Padar biawak komodo tidak dijumpai lagi. Satwa langka dan terancam punah ini dilindungi berdasarkan Undang-Undang Perlindungan Satwa Liar tahun 193 1 dan dalam undang-undang ini satwa komodo tercantum dalam daftar satwa yang mutlak dilindungi. Upaya-upaya bagi perlindungan dan pelestarian satwa komodo dan habitatnya telah banyak dilakukan, namun ancaman atau gangguan masih sering te rjadi di dalam kawasan TN Komodo seperti perburuan liar terhadap satwa mangsa dan kerusakan habitat. Dan sampai saat ini belum ada metode inventarisasi yang tepat bagi pendugaan populasi komodo di TN Komodo yang disebabkan kurangnya data dan informasi khususnya mengenai pola dan alokasi waktu aktivitas satwa komodo. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pola penggunaan waktu satwa komodo, meliputi alokasi penggunaan waktu dan sebaran temporal aktivitas harian komodo. Sehinggga hasil penelitian ini diharapkan dapat digunakan sebagai dasar perencanaan kegiatan pengelolaan populasi komodo, serta dapat menunjang kegiatan kepariwisataan di TN Komodo.
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Judul: Hamiltonian formulation for linear waves motion in two layers fluid
Abstrak: The surface wave could be considered as a wave that separates two fluids, namely water and air. Based on this assumption, it is introduced the interfacial wave, a wave between two layers of fluid with different density. The formulation of interfacial waves motion begins with deriving the base equation of irrotational ideal fluid. Furthermore, according to irrotational fluid assumption, the base equation can be stated in velocity potential. In this derivation, the fluids domain is assumed to be restricted by rigid lid boundary conditions, both at the upper and lower limit. Therefore, the interfacial waves motion can be explained in a hamiltonian formulation. In the hamiltonian formulation, total energy is defined as the sum of kinetic and potential energy. The hamiltonian system is obtained from reduction of kinetic energy by using the Dirichlet Neumann Operator. The resulted kinetic energy equation is nonlinear. Therefore, this form is linearized by first part of the Taylor expansion. This linearization gives a dispersion relation of linear wave. Based on this dispersion relation, the phase speed of the linear wave depends on the density ratio of the two layers fluid.
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