Judul: Kualitas Perairan Pantai Pulau Batam, Kepulauan Riau Berdasarkan Karakteristik Fisika - Kimia dan Struktur Komunitas Plankton
Abstrak: Kawasan industri Pulau Batam terdiri atas kawasan industri berat dan ringan yang menghasilkan limbah industri baik padat, cair maupun gas. Pengembangan kawasan industri diperkirakan berdampak lingkungan seperti degradasi sumberdaya pesisir dan laut melalui pembuangan berbagai macam hasil limbah, seperti kegiatan rumah tangga, industri, maupun perkotaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan kualitas perairan di kawasan industri Pulau Batam, berdasarkan beberapa parameter fisika, kimia dan biologi perairan, serta mengkaji keterkaitan antar parameter parameter tersebut.
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Judul: Pengelolaan Lingkungan Pesisir di Kawasan Pengembangan Industri Kota Batam, Provinsi Kepulauan Riau
Abstrak: The strategic geographical location of Batam has geared this region be developed by the government to be an industrial area which has an important value for the national economic aspect of life. This development of industrial area in fact has created an impact to other growing sectors in the region. However, from another side, the existence of the industrial development has resulted degradation to the coastal and marine resources, such as marine pollution and coastal ecosystem destruction (mangrove, coral reef and sea-grasses) including the decrease in fisheries productivity. The environmental degradation in the coastal and marine environment of Batam City was estimated to be more severe which have been triggered by certain agencies that commercially having only depending on short term benefits without taking care of environmental negative impacts. Therefore a proper management is needed taking into account all related aspects in order to minimize the negative impacts towards the minimum limits on the industrial development of Batam City in the coastal and marine environment. The purpose of this study is to know the quality of the coastal and marine environment, identification of issues and available problems, and to set up strategic coastal and marine environmental management based on impact analysis of industrial activities and its development on the water quality in the coastal environment of Batam City. Based on data analysis it could be put forward that in general the condition of the coastal waters of Batam City are not in a favourable situation. This is due to the worst values of the marine water quality and also the threats to the existence of coastal ecosystem and fishery resources. Some profound activities which impacted the condition are, among others, discharge of industrial waste, land clearing through destruction of forest areas and hills, coastal reclamation by way of mangrove area conversion for other purposes. Therefore proper policy guidance for management is needed taking into account all related aspects that will be supported through active participation of all existed components. The integrated coastal environmental management is needed to be implemented in order to avoid and minimize negative impacts from the industrial activities and its development on the coastal and marine environment. Consequently some strategies are needed in supporting the management. The protection and control for marine pollution by the industrial activity have to be implemented in an integrated and well planned manner which will be supported by the existing rules and regulations, governmental policy and management agencies including qualified human resources, are the prime priorities of the strategy that should be conducted.
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Judul: Ekspresi Gen Bax dan Bcl-2 pada Macaca fascicularis sebagai Hewan Model Penelitian Papillomavirus
Abstrak: Kanker serviks adalah salah satu kanker yang menempati posisi keempat di dunia yang terjadi pada wanita. Infeksi Papillomavirus telah dilaporkan sebagai satu dari sekian banyak faktor penyebab kanker serviks. Mekanisme terjadinya kanker serviks tidak lepas dari adanya penekanan atau hambatan proses apoptosis. Monyet ekor panjang telah banyak digunakan sebagai hewan model penelitian karena memiliki kesamaan dengan manusia dari segi genetik, anatomi, dan fisiologi dibandingkan dengan hewan lainnya. Monyet ekor panjang dilaporkan telah terinfeksi secara spontan oleh Papillomavirus, namun tidak menunjukkan gejala yang mengarah pada kanker serviks. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi ekspresi 2 gen yang berperan dalam proses apoptosis yaitu Bax dan Bcl-2 pada monyet ekor panjang yang positif versus negatif Papillomavirus. Uji ekspresi gen dilakukan dengan teknik Real time PCR (RT-qPCR). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ekspresi gen Bax dan Bcl-2 lebih tinggi pada monyet ekor panjang positif terinfeksi Papillomavirus. Ekspresi gen Bcl-2 (anti apoptosis) meningkat lebih tinggi dari gen Bax (pro apoptosis). Ekspresi gen Bax dan Bcl-2 berpotensi menjadi penanda genetik kejadian kanker pada monyet ekor panjang yang terinfeksi Papillomavirus.
Keyword: Macaca fascicularis, Papillomavirus, apoptotic, Bax gene, Bcl-2 gene