Judul: Karakteristik Asam Amino dan Jaringan Daging Ikan Barakuda (Sphyraena jello) Segar dan Kukus
Abstrak: Agoes M.
Keyword: amino acid, histology, pickhandle barracuda, proximate.

Judul: Karakteristik Protein dan Asam Amino Daging Rajungan (Portunus pelagicus) Akibat Pengukusan.
Abstrak: Tujuan dilakukannya penelitian ini adalah menentukan rendemen, proksimat (kadar air, abu, lemak dan protein kasar), protein larut air (PLA) dan protein larut garam (PLG), komposisi dan jumlah asam amino serta analisis histologi daging rajungan akibat pengukusan. Penelitian ini dilakukan melalui beberapa tahapan meliputi pengambilan sampel rajungan di Desa Gebang Mekar, Cirebon, Jawa Barat, penentuan ukuran (panjang dan tinggi) dan bobot, rendemen tubuh (daging, jeroan, cangkang) dan pengukusan. Analisis kimia yang dilakukan pada daging rajungan, yaitu analisis proksimat, protein larut air, protein larut garam dan asam amino serta analisis histologi. Nilai rendemen cangkang, daging dan jeroan rajungan segar berturut-turut adalah 51,62%, 35,77% dan 12,61%. Pengukusan menyebabkan penurunan berat total rata-rata rajungan sebesar 14,99%. Komposisi kimia daging rajungan segar dan kukus adalah: kadar air 78,47% dan 75,43% (bb), abu 7,66% dan 6,02% (bk), lemak 0,84% dan 0,75% (bk), protein 68,09% dan 66,63%, protein larut air (PLA) 40,87% dan 25,32% (bk), protein larut garam (PLG) 58,06% dan 30,77% (bk). Daging rajungan mengandung 15 asam amino, 9 asam amino esensial dan 6 asam amino non esensial. Asam amino esensial tertinggi adalah arginin dan asam amino non esensial tertinggi adalah glutamat. Jumlah total asam amino esensial daging rajungan segar adalah 6940 mg/100g sedangkan asam amino non esensial sebesar 6020 mg/100 g. Analisis histologi daging rajungan dilakukan untuk melihat perbedaan struktur daging rajungan sebelum dan sesudah pengukusan. Jaringan pada daging rajungan segar terdiri atas serabut-serabut yang kompak dan masih menyatu, sedangkan pada daging rajungan kukus serabut-serabut sudah tidak kompak dan tidak menyatu (terputus-putus).
Keyword: Crustacea, Crab meat, Desa Gebang Mekar, Cirebon, Jawa Barat

Judul: Utilization of terra/MODIS L1B data for analysis of horizontal wind profile in the troposphere
Abstrak: This study was concerned with horizontal wind derived from data collected with the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board the NASA’s Earth Observation System (EOS)-Terra satellite. The aim of this study is to develop a method for the estimation of horizontal wind movement in the troposphere based on Navier-Stokes equation. The method was applied to a calibrated and geolocated Terra/MODIS L1B 1 km data set. The data inputs to estimate surface temperature are retrieved from TIR (Thermal Infrared) bands 31 (10.780 μm to 11.280 μm) and 32 (11.770 μm to 12.270 μm). The obtained surface temperatures were later used to approximate geopotential height on a constant-pressure surface by using the modified Poisson equation. The main assumptions used are the hydrostatic equilibrium, ideal gas law, constant lapse rate and constant acceleration of gravity. Based on the distribution of geopotential height, the pressure gradient force is measured by the gradient of geopotential on an isobaric coordinate to present the horizontal wind profile. For certain topographic areas especially in the mountain ranges, there was a disadvantage of using pressure as a vertical coordinate which lead to inaccuracy. In spite of that, Terra/MODIS L1B data with 1 km spatial resolution can be used to estimate the horizontal wind movement in the troposphere.
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