Judul: The capacity of women in the development of the creative economy of Acehnese embroidery business
Abstrak: The Acehnese creative embroidery business was a traditional business and has been run hereditarily. This creative business closely related to the market which the last result of this business was creative’s products for sale to the market. However, the market was dinamic where always make changes through products innovation. In this case, the entrepreneurs should be more creative and had high product innovation by developing woman’s (entrepreneurs) capacity to be able creting products that suit the market demand. But, this case didn’t change the Acehnese embroidery motives as the main characteristic of the products. The purpose of this study was: (1) to describe the level of woman capacity in the development of creative economy businesses of Acehnese embroidery in northern districts of Aceh. (2) to analyze the factors associated with the capacity of women in the creative economic development of Acehnese embroidery business in North Aceh. This study was conducted on woman entrepreneurs of embroidery in five districts namely Muara Batu, Lhoksukon, Dewantara, Sawang, and Nisam, North Aceh. The site selection of study was done purposively or intentionally, based on the huge potential of embroidery. The number of population in this study was 175 businesses, which were scattered throughout the northern districts of Aceh and the sample taken was as many as 52 women entrepreneurs embroidery. The sample taken used stratified random sampling whose population was heterogeneous. The results showed that the level of women's capacity to carry out the business functions and the capacity to adapt to the market was high, however, the capacity to solve the problem of capital was in the low category. The capacity to run the business function was influenced positively and significantly by the frequency of the exhibition, turnover/ month, marketing, family support/ husband, and exhibition support. The capacity to solve the problem of capital was influenced positively and significantly by the experience of the business, the frequency of the exhibition, turnover / month, capital support, and exhibition support. The capacity to adapt to market was influenced significantly and negatively by the number of children under five.
Keyword: capacity, the role women, creative economy, embroidery

Judul: Pemberdayaan pengrajin ekonomi kreatif kerajinan Sutera di Perdesaan Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan
Abstrak: Community empowerment is an effort to improve standard and status of a community stratum that currently within the poverty and backwardness. Creative economy craftsman (silk) is a person who work in the making of silk handicraft by changing the raw material or unfinished goods into valuable goods to fulfil their needs and increase their income. Empowerment is beneficial for the development and utilization of talent and skill of every individual. Many works are designed and built by a group or organization hoping that members of the group or organization can utilize the situation to improve their performance. However, only small proportion of their ability that leads to desperateness. Empowerment can overcome traditional obstacles by supporting economy creative craftsmen who face different situation from the past; therefore, allow them to have improvement in relation to their attitude in livelihood. Empowerment gives opportunity to everyone to obtain and receive additional skills and responsibilities. Empowerment process needs time because a different skill and motivation. Therefore, integrative study is needed to gain information about things that underlie the empowerment of creative economy craftsmen. The research is conducted in Wajo and Bulukumba Regencies in South Sulawesi Province, which is area of creative economy business development. The research is conducted to all creative economy craftsmen as the prominent actor of creative economy. Reasons in selecting Wajo and Bulukumba Regencies as the research location are: (1) the areas have product development, (2) they absorb employment, (3) they produce product from all creative economy business with characteristic of Bugis and Makassar ethics. In general, the research aims to analyze entrepreneurship behavior of silk craftsmen as the prominent actor of creative economy in increasing their income and prosperity. In specific, the research aims to: (1) map the ability level of creative economy craftsmen in securing their business sustainability based on economic, social, environmental and institutional dimensions and the behavior of creative economy business in South Sulawesi Province; (2) analyze the determinant factors of business sustainability of creative economy craftsmen as the prominent actors of creative economy in South Sulawesi Province; and (3) design an empowerment model of creative economy craftsmen as the prominent actor of creative economy in South Sulawesi Province. The research is conducted using survey method, literature study and interview. Field survey is conducted to collect primary and secondary data. Survey method is used to collect primary data using field observation and measurement, in-depth interview and FGD. Secondary data is obtained from report documentation of various related institutions. Data collection method used to formulate sustainability frame and sustainability assessment is multidimensional scaling (MDS) method in Rapfish-modified Rap UEK software. In term of the determinant factors of sustainability, prospective analysis is used. Research results show that sustainability frame of creative economy craftsmen business is needed in order to evaluate the business sustainability especially in facing social, economic, environmental and institutional developments and entrepreneurship behavior. General frame of the sustainability of creative economy business in this research is built based on economic, social, environmental and institutional dimensions and entrepreneurship behavior. Rap-UEK simulation to find out about the sustainability grade of creative
Keyword: The Empowerment, Creative Economy Craftsmen, Silk Handicraft

Judul: Bakteri Flora Paling Umum Ditemukan Di Rongga Mulut Python Retikulatus Liar
Abstrak: Reticulated python is a non-venomous snake native to South and Southeast Asia. It is the world's longest snake. The purpose of this literature review study is to investigate the common bacterial flora found in oral cavity of the reticulated python. The data for this case study was obtained from several articles, journals, books and credible websites. Based on existing data, there are a wide variety of bacteria in the oral cavity of free-living reticulated pythons. The majority of the organisms were Gram-negative. Pseudomonas spp. were the most commonly isolated bacterial species, being found in 50% of the snakes sampled, and was followed by Staphylococcus sciuri.
Keyword: Reticulated python, snake bites, bacterial flora, oral cavity, microbiology