Judul: Karakteristik Keju Lunak Probiotik dari Susu Kambing dengan Penambahan Ekstrak Herbal dan Pengaruhnya dalam Penghambatan Aktivitas Enzim α-amilase
Abstrak: Herbs are widely used in culinary and as traditional medicine. Previous study investigated mint, dill and basil extract inhibition on enzim correlated with type 2 diabetes, was α-amylase. The objective of this research is to identify the physical, chemical, microbiological and sensory quality of mint, dill and basil cheeses. The result of this study showed that herb extract reduced pH of cheese during fermentation faster than plain cheese. The yield of mint and basil cheese were not very significantly different with plain cheese, but lower in dill cheese (P<0.01). The highest total phenolic content (TPC) was found in basil cheese (316.14 ± 12.72 μg GAE/g cheese DW). Herbs cheeses very significantly (P<0.01) inhibited DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) and α-amylase activity, with the highest activity for each assay respectively were dill and mint cheese, 0.23 ± 0.02 % and 2.89 ± 0.17 % per mg cheese DW respectively. DPPH inhibition of plain and mint cheese was dose-independent, but otherwise in dill cheese. Herbs extract increased total LABs of cheese. Regression equations of DPPH inhibition (Y), TPC (X) and total LABs (Z) were Y = 5.467 + 0.1555X; (R2 = 35%; P <0.05), Y= 1.931Z – 8.209 (R2 = 44.8%; P<0.05) and X = 7.186 + 0.06965Z (R2 = 58.4%; P <0.01) respectively. The best formula of herbs cheese based on sensory quality is dill cheese. This study indicated the therapeutic potentiality of mint, dill or basil extract included-probiotic soft cheese produced from goat milk as functional food for people with type 2 diabetes.
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Judul: Karakteristik Keju Lunak Probiotik dengan Bahan Koagulan Kalsium Klorida pada Konsentrasi yang Berbeda
Abstrak: Cheese is one of dairy products produce by using rennet as coagulant enzym. The use of rennet as coagulant has some problems such as limited availability and unguaranted halalness. Calcium chloride can be used as a substitution of milk coagulation process by rennet. The experiment was aimed to test the ability of calcium chloride salts as coagulant in the cheese-making process and to study the characteristics of the produced cheese by the addition of the probiotic bacteria. Concentration of calcium chloride used were 5%, 7.5% and 10% with the addition of probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus acidophilus IIA-2B4 and Bifidobacterium longum RRM-01. Statistical design used in this experiment were Randomized Block Design. The data obtained were analyzed with ANOVA and Tukey test was performed if significant defference among variables data was detected. Based on the MFFB and population of lactic acid bacteria, the produced cheese can be categorized as a soft cheese and also categorized as a probiotic food. The addition of calcium cloride at different consentrations did not effect significantly on the tested variables (viscosity, yield, nutrient composition, pH and total titrable acid, population of lactic acid bacteria, S, aureus, coliform and hedonic test) when compared with cheese coagulated by rennet as positive control, whereas calcium salt coagulation time showed highly significant difference (P<0.1) when compared with rennet, but did not differ significantly between the calcium salts. Thus the suggested level of addition of calcium chloride for cheese making is 5%.
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Judul: Thermal Characteristics and Dynamics of Tropical Cyclone over Western North Pacific Ocean: A Case Study of Typhoon Songda (Chedeng) 2011
Abstrak: The frequent occasion of Tropical Cyclone (TC) over Western North Pacific (WNP) Ocean lies from 10˚N to 26˚N and 121˚E to 170˚E. Sources of TC development come from warm ocean temperature where latent heat is released during condensation processes and subsequently concentrated in the boundary layer. Relative humidity at 850-700 hPa is responsible to produce the most intense storm. Meanwhile, weak vertical wind shear between 850-200 hPa is one of the dynamical factors that lead to the development of TC. Pressure level of 850-200 hPa is chosen to minimize the thermodynamic effect in the lower troposphere. Typhoon Songda (Chedeng in the Philippines) or TSC lasted from May 18th to 30th, 2011 and strengthened into powerful Super Typhoon stage between May 24th and 27th. Long curving track and the exhibition of all sequences of TC life cycle, TSC is then considered as an ideal case of TC. The objective of the study with case of TSC is to investigate the role of thermal characteristics and dynamics on TC intensity. The research is carried out by using Advanced Research of Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF ARW model) version 3.3. Two domains are employed in the model. The first domain situate from 02˚N to 40˚N and 118˚E to 149˚E and cover spatial resolution () of 33.1 km. The second domain situate from 09˚N to 27˚N and 119˚E to 132˚E with of 11 km. Timestep of the model () is 120 seconds. The model is supported by the following physical parameterization, i.e., Yonsei University Scheme (YSU) in the boundary layer, Kain-Fritsch scheme (KF) in the cumulus, and WRF Single-Moment 3-class scheme in the microphysics. Initial meteorological condition prior to the formation of the cyclone is generated using WRF ARW standard-release model. Sensitivity of the model output is obtained from a selected single-parameter change scenarios, namely, 10 % to 20 % decrease and increase of wind shear initial data at 850-200 hPa, and by 10 % to 20 % decrease of relative humidity initial data at 850-700 hPa. The result showed that the negative correlations between wind shear and intensity are found in wind shear scenarios. Wind shears of 10 ms-1 which lead to strengthening of the wind intensity in the early period of Typhoon development are found in wind shear scenarios. The effect of wind shear changes on wind intensity is statistically significant in the 20 % wind shear scenarios. During mature stage, weak wind intensity occurred when wind shear increase as given in the WRF standard-release and the 20 % decreasing scenario. Different situation is found in the 20 % increasing scenario where wind shear tend to weak and lead to strong wind intensity at this stage. Meanwhile, the reduction of moisture supply at 850-700 hPa resulting from 20 % decreasing relative humidity play a major role in the weakening of wind intensity and reduces mechanical energy of the cycle process as much as 300 J kg-1.
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