Judul: Primer Design and Optimisation of Pongo pygmaeus CFTR Gene: Eight High Mutation Exon (Range No. 1-11)
Abstrak: Orangutans are known to have respiratory diseases similar to cystic fibrosis symptoms in humans. Cystic fibrosis is a respiratory disease caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator gene (CFTR). Research on the CFTR gene in Bornean orangutans is still rarely done. Therefore, this study will detect the CFTR gene mutation of the Bornean orangutan samples from the BOSF rehabilitation centre. This study aimed to design specific primers for the CFTR gene in several predefined gene exons with the densest mutation and to obtain the optimal annealing temperature for each primer. We used UGENE version 40.1 for manual primers design. Optimisation of PCR amplification program and primer annealing temperature was determined with pre-denaturation at 94 °C, denaturation at 95 °C, different annealing temperatures for each primer, and final extension at 72 °C. The optimum condition for annealing temperatures of designed specific primers for exons 3, 4, 6, 8, and 11 of the orangutan CFTR gene was at 51-58 °C. Primer can amplify the exon and intron regions flanking the target exon.
Keyword: Bornean orangutan, cystic fibrosis, PCR, primer design

Judul: Resistance Test of Escherichia coli Pathogen from  Feces Sample of Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) at Taman Safari Indonesia-Bogor
Abstrak: Orang utan merupakan salah satu primata dan satu-satunya kera besar yang hidup di Asia. Gangguan saluran pencernaan pada orang utan biasanya berupa diare yang disebabkan oleh bakteri enteropatogen E. coli. Pengobatan dengan antibiotik pada orang utan harus mempertimbangkan sensitivitas bakteri terhadap antibiotik. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui gambaran resistansi Escherichia coli patogen pada sampel feses orangutan kalimantan (Pongo pygmaeus) di Taman Safari Indonesia – Bogor terhadap beberapa antibiotik. Sebanyak 10 sampel diisolasi dan diidentifikasi keberadaan E. coli patogen dan sebanyak 10 isolat terdeteksi sebagai E. coli patogen. Uji resistansi dilakukan dengan metode Kirby-Baurer Disk Diffusion Test menggunakan 7 antibiotik yang berbeda. Hasil uji menunjukkan 20% isolat telah resistan terhadap tetrasiklin, 30% isolat resistan terhadap antibiotik streptomisin, trimetoprim dan trimetoprim-sulfametoksazol, dan 90% telah resistan terhadap ampisilin. Sementara itu 100% isolat sensitif terhadap kloramfenikol, 70% sensitif terhadap trimetoprim dan trimetoprim-sulfametoksazol, serta 50% sensitif terhadap siprofloksasin. Antibiotik yang menunjukkan hasil resistan tidak direkomendasikan untuk pengobatan infeksi oleh E. coli pada orang utan., Orangutans are one of the primates and the only great apes which live in Asia. Gastrointestinal problem in orangutans usually characterized by diarrhea which comes from enteropathogenic bacteria E. coli. Moreover, treatment with antibiotics in orangutans should take into account the sensitivity of the bacteria to antibiotics. The aim of this study is to describe the resistance of pathogenic Escherichia coli in fecal samples of the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) at Taman Safari Indonesia – Bogor to several antibiotics. A total of 10 samples were isolated and identified the presence of pathogenic E. coli and as many as 10 isolates were detected as pathogenic E. coli. Moreover, the resistance test was conducted by using the Kirby-Bauer Disk Diffusion Test method using 7 different antibiotics. The test results show that 20% of the isolates were resistant to tetracycline, 30% of the isolates were resistant to the antibiotics streptomycin, trimethoprim and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and 90% were resistant to ampicillin. Meanwhile, 100% of isolates were sensitive to chloramphenicol, 70% sensitive to trimethoprim and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and 50% sensitive to ciprofloxacin. Antibiotics that show resistance are not recommended for the treatment of infections by Escherichia coli in orangutans.
Keyword: antibiotic, Escherichia coli, orangutan, resistance

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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