Judul: Analisis Struktur Nafkah Dan Penghidupan Rumahtangga Pekerja Batik Tulis Tradisional  (Studi Sosio-Ekonomi Dua Tipe Industri Batik di Kota Pekalongan Provinsi Jawa Tengah)
Abstrak: Batik industry is making batik textile industry and is done by writing without the aid of modern machinery that uses a retractable “canting batik” on factory, pattern, color and unique texture. Nearly 80% of people's livelihood in Pekalongan have industrial sectors, namely industrial batik. From the beginning until now rely on the livelihoods of people in Pekalongan batik. Presence in the city of Pekalongan batik industry affects workers social batik life. What about their social life or work in small businesses and large enterprises to be able to survive in the Batik industry. The purpose of this study summarized in three questions. First, know the different structure of the domestic life of traditional batik workers in small industries and large industries on site. Second, know the difference in the quality of social life of traditional batik workers in small industries and large industries on site. This research was conducted in Pekalongan, Central Java in March 2011. The primary data obtained through questionnaires to respondents and in-depth interview to the informant, while the secondary data obtained from the relevant governmental institutions. Respondents were selected using random sampling techniques to select 60 respondents from the two industry types, namely Small and Large. Second batik industry, which consists of four small and four large industry, with a total of eight in the entire industry Pekalongan batik. Region chosen as the location of the batik industry Medono, Pesindon Batik Tourism Village, Kampung Batik Kauman, Noyontaan and Setono. Data were analyzed with Chi-Square test statistic with alpha value of 10%. The result is processed, then analyzed with frequency is presented in table and cross table. The results showed the economic conditions of domestic workers in two types of batik industry, both small and large industries. Seen on the structure of household income earned, changes in the level of income in the year 2006-2011 batik, the perception of the contribution of household income, changes in employment opportunities outside the batik industry sector in the year 2006-2011, the effect-making skills, to increase the hours of overtime work of batik, structure of expenditure/household consumption and labor time allocation batik. It can be concluded that the workers of the traditional batik home industries, small and large industries will survive (survival) in the economic sector because batik used as I support a "last resort" the workers batik. The role of the husband contributed much in household livelihood support. According to the results of field research in the social life of the workers in both types of industry batik changed his social life. Especially in the large industrial workers batik a greater level of satisfaction with the work in the batik industry.
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Judul: Keputusan Ekonomi Rumahtangga Pekerja Industri Kecil Tenun Ulos di Kelurahan Sukamaju, Kota Pematangsiantar
Abstrak: Small industries have a very strategic role, and able to act as a buffer of National Economy. The number of small industries in Pematangsiantar city is increasing and able to absorb more labor. One of the small industry centers in Pematangsiantar City is Ulos traditional woven cloth existing in Sukamaju Village. This study aims to: (1) determine the characteristics of small industry worker households of Ulos traditional woven cloth viewed from the allocations of work time, income, and expenditure, (2) analyze factors that influence the allocations of work time, income and expenditure of small industry worker households, and (3) determine the impact of external and internal factors on household economic decisions. The Household Economic Model of Small Industry Workers of Ulos Traditional Woven Cloth is built as a system of simultaneous equations and estimated using Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS) method. The increase in wages outside industries and the increase in per unit selling price of Ulos increases the total household income and expenditure, so that the workers household welfare is better. The increase of number of school children decreases the total household income and expenditures, so that the workers household welfare is becoming worse
Keyword: Household Economics, Workers Household, Small Industries, Ulos Traditional Woven Cloth

Judul: Hydroxyapatite-Chitosan Composite Coating on Stainless Steel 316 to Improve Corrosion Resistance
Abstrak: Metals that were used in bone implantation should have good corrosion resistance that were not easily corroded when implanted into the body. Metal corrosion resistance of stainless steel 316 can be enhanced through the metal coating by hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite with composition ratio of hydroxyapatite (gram) and chitosan 3% (mL) 0.2:0, 0.2:0.1, 0.2:0.5, 0.2:1.0, and 0.2:1.5. Besides improving the corrosion resistance of metal, the presence of chitosan also maintain the position of hydroxyapatite on metal surfaces. Corrosion resistance increases with increasing amount of chitosan added and the best composition of hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite was 0.2:1.0.
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