Judul: Efek Siaran Pedesaan dalam Meningkatkan Pengetahuan Petani pada Radio Pertanian Ciawi (RPC)
Abstrak: Rural broadcasting at radio important to provide information to rural communities, especially farmers to increase their farming knowledge. This study aim to know the effects of rural broadcasts on radio in increasing farmer knowledge and what factors are correlated with an increased their knowledge. The results showed that rural broadcasts can provide high effect in increasing the knowledge of farmers. Internal factors respondents which have a correlation with an increase of their knowledge are age, education, mass media ownership, motivational listening, listening frequency, and length of listening. Broadcast material factors which are correlated with an increased knowledge of farmers is suitability of the duration of the broadcast, suitability of broadcast material, and style of delivery of the message. Station radio factors which are correlated with an increased knowledge of farmers is radio formats and the credibility of broadcaster.
Keyword: rural broadcasting, farmers, radio

Judul: Persepsi khalayak pendengar tentang mutu siaran radio pertanian Ciawi: Studi kasus Desa Cileungsi Kecamatan Ciawi dan Desa Ciriung Kecamatan Cibinong
Abstrak: The objectives of this research are to identify, first. the characteristic of Rodio-Pertanian Ciawi 's (RPC 's) audiences, its perceptions toward. and its exposure to the radio; second, to idenJify the characteristic of audiences that signiflC(lll//y related to the perceptions of audiences toward the RPC ·s_ The research was carried out at the Deso Cileungsi Kecamatan and Deso Cirit01g Kecamatan Cibinong of Kabupaten Bogor. A survey method with stratified random sampling was applied. The resulJ show that.first, most of the respondenls are 15 to 24 and 45 to 54 years old, secondary and high school level of education, and agricu/Jure as main livelihood. Most of the respondents viewed that the matter of broadcast are appropriate enough, creatively design, mannerly guided. and on time schedule. Widz regards to exposureness, the RPC 's was expose to the respondenls three to five times a week with 240 to 480 minutes of duraJion a week. Through Chi-square and Ranlc-Spearman analysis, the resulJ show that gender and education level are two variables of audiences characteristics that show strong relation to frequency and duration hearing the radio, and interactive design of the broadcast.
Keyword: Mutu siaran radio, radio pertanian

Judul: Karakteristik Anatomi Skelet Kepala Buaya senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii).
Abstrak: Buaya sepit atau senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii) merupakan jenis buaya asli Indonesia yang berhabitat di sungai-sungai Sumatera, Kalimantan, dan juga pedalaman Sulawesi. Salah satu ciri khas buaya senyulong adalah bentuk moncong yang runcing dan sempit, namun hingga saat ini informasi mengenai struktur skelet kepala buaya senyulong sangat terbatas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari karakteristik anatomi skelet kepala buaya senyulong yang dikatikan dengan fungsi dan perilakunya. Penelitian dilakukan secara eksploratif dengan melakukan pengamatan, pencatatan, dan pengambilan gambar dari skelet kepala buaya senyulong. Skelet kepala berukuran panjang 70 cm, lebar 29 cm, dan tingggi 17 cm dengan permukaan kasar pada os nasale, os frontale, os maxilla, os mandibula, os lacrimale, os jugale. Jumlah gigi pada buaya ini sebanyak 78 buah, terdiri dari 4 buah gigi premaxila, 16 buah gigi maxila, dan 19 buah gigi mandibula. Pada regio orbitalis ditemukan dua pasang fenestrae temporales yang berkembang baik. Fenestra supratemporale merupakan lubang oval yang membentang di sepanjang os parietale. Fenestra infratemporale berbentuk segitiga dan dibatasi oleh os squamosum, os postorbitale, os jugulare, dan os quadratum. Os mandibula hewan ini mempunyai symphysis mandibularis yang panjang yaitu garis yang melintang di corpus mandibulae. Secara fungsional ukuran symphysis mandibularis berkaitan dengan adaptasi hewan terhadap diet makan.
Keyword: kepala, moncong, Tomistoma schlegelii