Judul: Studi Geomorfologi dan Analisis Bahaya Longsor di Kabupaten Agam, Sumatera Barat
Abstrak: Sumatra is an active tectonic-volcanic island located in the collision of Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates. The movement of the plates often caused natural disasters and one of which led to landslide. Landslides are one of geomorphic processes which often times generating a disaster in Sumatra. Agam Regency is one of the administrative areas in Sumatra where the landslides have frequently been taken place. This research aims to (1) learned geomorphological condition of Agam Regency and (2) to assess landslides susceptibility and hazard. The methods of assessment used were Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) and the parameters comprise slopes, lithology, precipitation, soil, and land cover/land use. Those parameters were analyzed by geographical information system (GIS) technique using score and weighting. Ground checked has been hold for validating tentative result of analysis and collecting primary data. The result showed that the geomorphology of Agam Regency characterized by the plain area in western part and hilly/mountainous area in the middle and eastern parts (the so called Bukit Barisan Mountain). Based on landslides susceptibility analysis, it indicates that 54.3 % of Agam Regency classified as safe area (1211.5 km²) and conversely 18.6 % as severely susceptible area (414.7 km²). According to landslides hazard analysis, it shows that 51.3 % of Agam Regency classified as safe area (1146.7 km²) and contrarily 13.6 % as severely hazard area (303,6km²). Geomorphologically, all severe class of landslides susceptibility and hazard areas situated in the hilly/mountainous areas possessing slopes steepness of 15 % to > 40 %.
Keyword: Agam Regency, GIS, hazard, susceptibility, landslide, geomorphology

Judul: Mapping and Analysing of Landslide Hazard Zone and its Mitigation Using Geographic Information System (Case Study in North Sumedang and South Sumedang Subdistric, Sumedang Distric, West Java)
Abstrak: Landslide is the natural disaster that most frequently occurred in the study area of North Sumedang and South Sumedang subdistric. The existing of landslide hazard and risk map s are not yet adequate to be use in policy making. The aim of the research is to provide potential hazard and risk maps to mitigate landslide hazard using geographic information system technology. The result showed that most area in the North Sumedang and South Sumedang subdistrict is moderate landslide hazard covered 8.460 Ha (65,51%), high landslide hazard covered 2.798 Ha (21,67%), low landslide hazard covered 1.570 Ha (12,16%) and very low landslide hazard covered 85 Ha (0,66%). Combining landslide hazard with property value has produced map of landslide risk. Neverthe less most areas are low risk class (7.962 Ha/61,67%) and the high risk areas are only occurred in small places (568 Ha/4,4%). This phenomena showed that area with high potential class of landslide hazard is not always having a high value of risk. The risk is determined by properties value such as: infrastructure, road network and land use, while the landslide hazardous class is determined by natural factors such as: slope, soil type, geology and land use.
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Judul: Quail Blood Cholesterol Levels (Coturnix coturnix Japonica) On Starters, Growers and Layers phase
Abstrak: Cholesterol is one of fat formation components which is also the main sterol in animal tissues. Therefore its presence are contributing to development and growth of the body. This study aimed to determine blood cholesterol levels and body weight of quail in the starter,grower and layer phases, which were taken at the age of 18 days, 25 days and 330 days. The quail (Coturnix coturnix Japonica) used were ten tails of the starter phase, grower phase and layer phase. Blood cholesterol levels were measured using a NESCO MultiCheck 3 in 1 tool and body weight was calculated using a digital scale. Cholesterol levels decreased from the starter (158,40 mg/dL) phase to the grower phase (123,00 mg/dL) and increased again in the layer phase (219,6 mg/dL). The highest blood cholesterol value was obtained in the layer phase. The body weight over time continued to experience an increase and the increase in body weight from the starter to the layer phase was not followed by an increase in cholesterol levels. Cholesterol levels are used according to their physiological needs, Kolesterol merupakan salah satu komponen pembentuk lemak yang juga merupakan sterol utama dalam jaringan hewan, oleh karena itu kehadirannya memberikan kontribusi untuk perkembangan dan pertumbuhan tubuh. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kadar kolesterol darah dan bobot badan burung puyuh pada fase starter, grower dan layer, yang diambil pada umur 18 hari, 25 hari dan 330 hari. Burung puyuh (Coturnix coturnix Japonica) yang digunakan sebanyak sepuluh ekor pada masing-masing fase starter, fase grower dan fase layer. Kadar kolesterol darah diukur menggunakan alat NESCO MultiCheck 3 in 1 dan berat badan dihitung menggunakan timbangan digital. Kadar kolesterol menurun dari fase starter (158,40 mg/dL) ke fase grower(123,00 mg/dL) dan meningkat lagi pada fase layer(219,6 mg/dL). Nilai kolesterol darah tertinggi diperoleh pada fase layer. Bobot badan dari waktu ke waktu terus mengalami peningkatan yang dan peningkatan bobot badan dari fase starter ke fase layer tidak diikuti dengan peningkatan kadar kolesterol yang artinya bobot badan tidak berpengaruh pada kadar kolesterol burung puyuh. Kadar kolesterol digunakan sesuai dengan kebutuhan fisiologisnya
Keyword: blood cholesterol, maintenance phase, quail