Judul: Morfologi Kelenjar Parotis dan Mandibularis Musang Luak (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)
Abstrak: This research was aimed to describe the morphology of the parotid and mandibular glands of Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). Four adult civets were used in this research which observed macroscopic and microscopically. The macroscopic observation had been done by observing the shape and size of the glands. The microscopic observation was done using hematoxylin-eosin, alcian blue pH 2.5 and periodic acid Schiff staining method. The parotid gland was of pure serous glands whereas the mandibular gland was of mixed gland. By using histochemistry method showed that the parotid gland gave negative reaction with alcian blue pH 2.5, whereas periodic acid Schiff gave positive reaction with moderate intensity in the serous acini cells while a weak intensity the duct lumen secretion. The mandibular glands gave positive reaction of both stains, a high intensity was detected in the mucous acini cells while a weak intensity was detected in duct lumen secretion with alcian blue pH 2.5. Periodic acid Schiff gave a high intensity in the serous acini while a moderate to high intensity was detected in the duct lumen secretion. In general, the characteristic of both glands were not similar with that of other carnivores. This may be caused by diet pattern differences.
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Judul: Studi Morfologi Usus Musang Luak (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus).
Abstrak: The study was aimed to explore the intestinal morphology of Asian palm civet. It included histochemical study on the distribution of acid and neutral carbohydrates component along the intestine of Asian palm civet. This study used three preserved intestinal organs of Asian palm civet. The sample was studied using macroscopic and microscopic approach of observations. The macroscopic observations were done by focusing on morphometric of the intestine. The microscopic observations were done by preparing histological slides and staining with hematoxylin eosin (HE), alcian blue (AB) pH 2.5, and periodic acid Schiff (PAS). The results showed that Asian palm civet’s caecum was curved like a comma and the colon was short without segment. The average length of the intestine were 140.06±13.09 centimeters. The lenght ratio of intestine to body were 1:3 that was noted as in between insectivores and carnivores. Asian palm civet intestinal’s wall was composed of inner mucosa, submucosa, tunica muscularis, and outer serosa with varying in thickness. There were submucosal lymphatic tissue in ileum that formed Peyer’s patches and solitary lymphatic nodules in caecum. The distribution of acid and neutral carbohydrates were found in the intestinal mucosal in goblet cells and glandular epithelial of crypt Lieberkuhn. The Brunner’s glands only were gave positive reaction to PAS staining. The morphology of the intestine of the Asian palm civet more closely to those on carnivores than those which found in omnivores.
Keyword: AB pH 2.5, hematoxylin eosin, intestine, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, PAS

Judul: Construction of Strongly Optimal Binary Linear Code with Minimum Distance 9 and 11
Abstrak: A binary linear code of length n over q F is a subspace of n q F . A code has three parameters that attached to it, namely length, dimension, and minimum distance. A code with length n, dimension k and minimum distance d is often called [n, k, d ]-code. Usually, when two parameters are given, then we want to find a code that has the best value for the last parameter. Based on Gilbert- Varshamov bound, if a [n, k, d ]-code exists and can not be expanded, we call it a strongly optimal code. In this paper, we construct strongly optimal code with minimum distance 9 and 11. In constructing the code, we created a theorem and algorithm based on Gilbert-Varshamov bound before we implement the algorithm to MAPLE programming language. Because of computational limitations, the program can only construct up to k = 10 for d = 9 and k = 12 for d = 11.
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