Judul: Increasing Competitiveness of Indonesian Crude Palm Oil (CPO) against Malaysia in International Trade
Abstrak: Crude Palm Oil (CPO) telah menjadi salah satu komoditas ekspor penting Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis daya saing ekspor CPO Indonesia terhadap Malaysia di pasar internasional. Keunggulan komparatif CPO Indonesia dianalisis menggunakan Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA). Keunggulan kompetitif CPO Indonesia dianalisis menggunakan Export Competitiveness Index (ECI). Posisi daya saing CPO Indonesia dianalisis menggunakan Indeks Spesialiasi Perdagangan (ISP). Kemudian, Berlian Porter digunakan untuk menganalisis daya saing industri CPO Indonesia. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa CPO Indonesia memiliki keunggulan komparatif yang tinggi dibandingkan Malaysia. CPO Indonesia dan Malaysia memiliki tren daya saing yang meningkat. Berdasarkan posisi daya saing, Indonesia telah berada pada tahap pematangan. Sementara, Malaysia masih berada pada tahap pertumbuhan. Hal tersebut mengindikasikan bahwa CPO Indonesia memiliki daya saing yang kuat dalam perdagangan dunia dibandingkan dengan Malaysia., Crude Palm Oil (CPO) has become one of Indonesia's important export commodities. This study aims to analyze the exports competitiveness of Indonesian CPO against Malaysia in international market. The comparative advantage of Indonesian CPO was analyzed using Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA). The competitive advantage of Indonesian CPO is analyzed using the Export Competitiveness Index (ECI). Indonesia's CPO competitiveness position is analyzed using the Specialization Index (ISP). Then, Porter’s Diamond Model is used to analyze the competitiveness of the Indonesian CPO industry. The results showed that Indonesian CPO has a high comparative advantage compared to Malaysia. Indonesian and Malaysian CPO have an increasing trend of competitiveness. Based on the position of competitiveness, Indonesia is at the stage of maturation. Meanwhile, Malaysia is still in the growth stage. This condition shows that Indonesian CPO has strong competitiveness in international trade compared to Malaysia.
Keyword: CPO, comparative advantage, competitiveness, competitive advantage, export

Judul: Analisis Daya Saing dan Perdagangan Produk Ekspor Kelapa Sawit Indonesia di Pasar Internasional
Abstrak: Indonesia is the largest producer of palm oil products in the world, with a production of about 44.46 percent of the total world production. Exports of palm oil products driven from the demand side, namely the growth in world consumption is equal to 3 percent per year. Although the quantity of export of palm oil products showed an increase, but starting in 2011, a change in the composition of exports of Indonesian palm oil products, namely the export of processed products or Refinery Palm Oil (RPO) increased, whereas Crude Palm Oil (CPO) decreased. This happens due to the impact of the progressive establishment of export duty on palm oil products, which began in 2007. The trend of increasing exports of Indonesian palm oil products and increased consumption of palm oil world, demonstrates the potential exports of palm oil products market is still high in the international market. The volume of exports of palm oil products in the international market is determined by the competitiveness of export products of palm oil and other determinants. To that end, the purpose of this study are: (1) analyze the competitiveness and the level of competition Indonesian palm oil export products in the international market and (2) analyze the factors that affect the flow of trade in products of Indonesian palm oil exports as well as the potential for trade in the international market. Secondary data were used in the form of panel data is a merger between the data time series and cross section. The analysis method used in this study were: (1) descriptive analysis, (2) analysis of the competitiveness of the method of Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), (3) Spearman rank correlation analysis, (4) analysis of panel data with gravity models, and ( 5) analysis of the ratio of trade potential. Research results indicate that the export product trade Indonesian palm oil in the international market has the highest comparative advantage for CPO (average value of 64.72 RCA) and the lowest for the RPO (average value of 32.37 RCA), although seen from the RCA all products Indonesian palm oil exports show has a comparative advantage. Based on the analysis of competitiveness, Indonesia has a negative correlation with Malaysia's CPO and RPO market. The variables that significantly influence the volume of Indonesian CPO exports include Indonesia's real GDP per capita, real GDP per capita of the country of destination, within the Indonesian economy with the country of destination and the exchange rate against the local currency unit (LCU). While the variables that are not significant to the CPO export volume is a progressive export tax on palm oil products. RPO model, the variables that significantly affect Indonesia's per capita real GDP, real GDP per capita of the country of destination, the rupiah against the LCU, and a progressive export tax. While the variables that are not significant to the export volume RPO is the distance of the Indonesian economy with the country of destination. Indonesian CPO trade potential ratio shows that the trade is still under trade and potentially increase in the future is the China, Netherland,
Keyword: competitiveness, exports, gravity models, palm oil

Judul: Infeksi Virus Parainfluenza Pada Anjing
Abstrak: Virus parainfluenza anjing termasuk famili Paramyxoviridae, berbentuk pleomorf dengan ukuran bervariasi (bergaris tengah antara 100-500 nm), berpembungkus peka ether, berisi genom RNA dan secara serologis mempunyai kesamaan dengan virus SV-5 kera; dikenak sebagai salah satu kausa penting dari sindrom "kennel cough". Infeksinya dapat mengenai anjing semua umur yang belum pernah terinfeksi atau mendapatkan vaksinasi mengakibatkan gejala klinis ringan yang terbatas pada traktus respirasi atu infeksi yang secara klinis tidak memperlihatkan gejala nyata. Gejala klinis yang nampak setelah masa inkubasi (1-5 hari) terlewati berupa batuk yang tidak berat selama beberapa hari, berbagai tingkat tonsilitis dan pharyngitis dan kadang-kadang ditemukan kenaikan temperatur rektal antara 1-2 derajat C dari temperatur normal rat-rata. Anjing terinfeksi mengandung virus pada traktus respirasi bagian atas dan bawah serta limfonoduli sampai hari ke 9 setelah infeksi. Penyebaran virus antar anjing terjadi secara aerogen.
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