Judul: Kultur in vitro sel-sel fibroblas fetus tikus
Abstrak: Penelitian yang dilakukan berupa kultur in vitro sel-sel fibroblas fetus tikus menggunakan Dulbeccos’ Modified Eagle Medium yang dimodifikasi dengan penambahan 3mM natrium bikarbonat, 10% fetal calf serum, dan 50 μg/ml gentamisin (mDMEM) di dalam inkubator CO2 pada suhu 37ºC. Evaluasi dilakukan terhadap tingkat proliferasi dan produksi protein setelah beberapa pasase. Pertumbuhan sel-sel fibroblas diidentifikasi melalui pengamatan morfologi. Tingkat proliferasi sel ditentukan berdasarkan population doubling time (PDT) dengan menghitung jumlah sel pada setiap pasase menggunakan hemositometer Improved Neubauer. Identifikasi protein dilakukan dengan metode Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Berdasarkan pengamatan morfologi, sel yang berkembang di dalam kultur in vitro adalah sel fibrosit dan sel fibroblas dan memperlihatkan peningkatan homogenitas setelah beberapa pasase. Berdasarkan nilai PDT, tingkat proliferasi sel juga meningkat seiring pasase. Sel fibroblas juga tetap mensekresikan protein hingga pasase 9 berdasarkan hasil elektroforesis. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa pertumbuhan dan sekresi protein dari kultur in vitro sel-sel fibroblas bisa dipertahankan sampai 9 pasase.
Keyword: Kultur sel, Fibroblas, Bogor Agricultural University

Judul: ultur In Vitro Sel-sel Otak Besar (Cerebrum) Anak Tikus
Abstrak: Research has been conducted on in vitro culture of three days old rat cerebrum cells in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) containing 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) and 50 μg/ml gentamycin, and supplemented with and without 5 μg/ml insulin, 10 μg/ml transferin, 5 μg/ml selenium (ITS). Culture was done in 5% CO2 incubator at 37oC for 11 days. Identification was done on types of cell based on morphological observation, growth capacity (cell proliferation, population doubling time/ PDT and length of axon and dendrit) based on calculation of the number of cells using hemocytometer and micrometer, and the protein produced by the cerebrum cells in the culture medium using sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrilamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) method. Quantitative data were analyzed using statistical T-test on Minitab program. The results showed that based on the morphological observations, there are two types of cells including nerve cells of bipolar and multipolar neurons and glial cells including the fibrous astrocyte, protoplasmic astrocyte, oligodendrocyte, and microglia. Supplementation of ITS into the culture medium could increase the cells proliferation rate (P<0.05) with lower PDT, axon and dendrit lenght growth and quantitatively the 21.5–36.5 kDa protein production as indicated by the intensity of the protein band.
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Judul: Truncated Stop Loss as a Optimal Solution of Reinsurance Agreement in One-Period Model
Abstrak: Reinsurance is one of risk management efforts of an insurance company, which is called the cedent. Similar with insurance, reinsurance constitutes the cedent to pay the premium. We consider one-period reinsurance model and derive a rule which minimizes the ruin probability of the cedent for a fixed reinsurance premium. Therefore, it is needed to construct an optimal reinsurance agreement for the cedent. The premium is calculated according to four different principles, i.e. economic, generalized zero-utility, Esscher, and mean-variance principles. Stop loss is a reinsurance contract which protect the insurance company for losses that exceed a certain amount. The result of this research shows that a truncated stop loss is an optimal agreement in the class of all reinsurance contracts with various premiums calculated using above mentioned principles.
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