Judul: Aplikasi Indeks Morfologi dalam Pendugaan Bobot Badan dan Tipe atau Jenis pada Domba Ekor Gemuk dan Domba Ekor Tipis.
Abstrak: Indeks adalah alternatif dalam penilaian ternak sebagai indikator tipe dan fungsi ternak. Indeks dianggap paling tepat dalam penilaian bobot badan karena mencangkup konformasi atau bentuk ternak, panjang dan keseimbangan tubuh ternak. Indeks diharapkan menjadi alternatif uji empiris dengan terbatasnya pengukuran tunggal untuk penilaian bobot dan tipe ternak. Indeks juga diharapkan dapat meningkatkan kemampuan peternak dalam mengevaluasi ternak dan juga dapat meningkatkan kemampuan dalam memilih potensi breeding stock.
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Judul: Evaluation of the Cumulative Morphometric Index of Local Sheep in Pen Block B, Faculty of Animal Science, IPB
Abstrak: Ukuran tubuh ternak dapat dijadikan sebagai penentuan tipe ternak. Indeks merupakan alternatif dalam penilaian ternak sebagai indikator tipe dan fungsi ternak. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mendapatkan nilai evaluasi indeks kumulatif pada domba lokal yaitu domba Priangan dan domba Silangan Garut yang diharapkan dapat digunakan untuk mengetahui nilai tipe ternak berdasarkan nilai kumulatif. Penelitian ini meliputi mengukur morfometrik domba Priangan sebanyak 10 ekor dan domba Silangan Garut sebanyak 7 ekor dengan menggunakan data primer yang diperoleh dari data ukuran-ukuran tubuh (cm) dan bobot badan (kg) yang dikategorikan berdasarkan jenis kelamin. Indeks kumulatif dianalisa sebagai penentuan pola tipe ternak termasuk tipe pedaging atau tipe dwiguna. Peubah yang diukur adalah bobot badan, panjang badan, tinggi badan, tinggi pinggul, lingkar dada, dalam dada, lebar dada, lebar pinggul, dan panjang pinggul. Bedasarkan data yang diperoleh ukuran tubuh domba Priangan betina, domba Priangan jantan, dan domba Silangan Garut betina, domba Priangan betina memiliki bobot badan yang sedikit lebih besar daripada domba Priangan jantan dan domba Silangan Garut. Berdasarkan hasil dan analisis data yang telah dilakasanakan, dapat disimpulkan bahwa nilai cummulative index domba Priangan betina di Kandang B IPB yaitu sebesar 2,62 dan domba tersebut dapat dikategorikan sebagai tipe pedaging.
Keyword: cumulative index, local sheep, morphometric

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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