Judul: Pewarnaan dasar dengan teknik fumigasi dan staining pada finishing beberapa jenis kayu
Abstrak: Finishing merupakan bagian yang terpenting dalam pengerjaan kayu. Salah satu metode pewarnaan dasar pada proses finishing yang sedang diterapkan pada saat ini adalah fumigasi amonia. Fumigasi amonia merupakan proses tradisional dan teknik baru dalam pewarnaan dasar kayu yang bertujuan untuk menggelapkan dan memperkaya warna alami kayu. Fumigasi amonia mudah dilakukan dan hampir selalu berhasil.
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Judul: Karakteristik Hasil Fumigasi Amonia dan Daya Tahan Lapisan Finishing Pelarut Air (Waterbased Lacquer) pada Beberapa Jenis Kayu Rakyat
Abstrak: Kayu hutan rakyat memiliki peluang yang tinggi untuk dijadikan produk bernilai tambah yang tinggi, khususnya furniture. Akan tetapi, kayu dari hutan rakyat memiliki penampilan yang kurang menarik (warna pucat dan tidak seragam, serta corak serat kurang menarik) sehingga perlu adanya upaya untuk meningkatkan kualitas tampilan alaminya, salah satunya dengan metode fumigasi amonia. Metode fumigast ini dapat merubah warna dan penampilan kayu menjadi lebih menarik secara alami. Fumigasi amonia dapat digunakan sebagai metode pewarnaan kayu, selain menggunakan staining atau dyeing. Penggunaan metode fumigasi amonia dalam proses finishing kayu juga akan membantu dalam meningkatkan efektifitas dan efisiensi dari proses finishing. Selain itu, bahan finishing yang digunakan sebaiknya aman bagi manusia dan memiliki kekuatan fisik lapisan film yang baik. Salah satu jenis bahan finishing yang aman bagi lingkungan adalah bahan finishing pelarut air (waterbased lacquer). Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui aplikabilitas pewarnaan alami kayu dengan metode fumigasi amonia dan efektifitasnya terhadap rayap kayu kering (Cryptotermes cynocephalus Light), serta menguji daya tahan lapisan finishing pelarut air (waterbased lacquer) terhadap bahan kimia rumah tangga, hot and cold test, dan cross cut test pada sembilan jenis kayu rakyat terfumigasi dan tanpa fumigasi, delapan jenis diantaranya kayu rakyat yang diteliti, seperti kayu akasia, jengkol, kemang, laban, lamtoro, manglid, puspa, dan watu gunung. Satu jenis yang paling populer bagi konsumen Amerika dan Eropa juga diujikan, yaitu kayu oak. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa metode fumigasi amonia meningkatkan nilai estetika kayu (tampilan warna dan corak alami) dan keawetan kayu. Selain itu, hasil pengamatan secara visual pada kondisi permukaan kayu terhadap pelunturan bahan kimia rumah tangga dengan interval 1 jam dan 24 jam, dan hot and cold test menunjukkan bahwa bahan finishing pelarut air memiliki daya tahan lapisan yang kuat, sehingga diklasifikasikan ke dalam kelas 10. Pada pengujian daya lekat cat (uji cross cut), contoh uji kayu jengkol terfumigasi dan tanpa fumigasi diklasifikasikan ke dalam Grade 4B dan delapan jenis kayu yang lainnya termasuk Grade 5B.
Keyword: Institut Pertanian Bogor, IPB, Kayu Rakyat, Waterbased, Wood Finishing, Uji Cross Cut, Oak, Bogor Agricultural University

Judul: Seroprevalence of Chikungunya and The Risk of Transmission Transmitted Among Blood Donors In Sulawesi-Indonesia
Abstrak: Chikungunya (CHIK) is an arthritogenic alphavirus in the Togaviridae family of arboviruses with an enveloped RNA containing a positive single-stranded 11.8 kb genome. Transmission occurs through the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, which are commonly found in tropical and temperate regions. Primary vertebrate hosts include monkeys and humans, in whom this virus replicates efficiently (Diallo et al. 1999). Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is known for causing acute illness, manifesting with fever, rash, and arthralgia known as Chikungunya fever (Horwood dan Buchy 2015). Despite the high number of Chikungunya cases in Indonesia, comprehensive data are lacking in CHIKV seroprevalence. Previous studies reported the median seroprevalence of anti-CHIKV antibodies in all situations 18.5%, ranging from 0.0 – 73.% (Harapan et al., 2019). However, the gap in epidemiological data of CHIKV in many regions of Indonesia including Sulawesi, is noteworthy. The objective of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of CHIKV infection among healthy individuals from North and South Sulawesi using archive samples. Additionally, an asymptomatic course of CHIKV infection and the high pre-symptomatic viral load as 108pfu/mL (Appassakij et al. 2013) suggest that the infection can threaten blood transfusion safety. Evidence of CHIKV infection among blood donors (Simmons et al. 2016) indicates transfusion-transmitted is probable, although it has not been documented (Petersen dan Epstein 2014). Our study also aimed to test the archive blood donor specimens from North Sulawesi for CHIKV IgM and viremia to determine blood safety in endemic areas. Samples were screened for anti-CHIKV IgG antibodies to determine exposure to CHIKV using an in-house IgG ELISA as previously described (Kosasih et al. 2013) with minor modifications. CHIKV IgM, a marker for recent infection and endemicity, was tested in 303 samples randomly selected from IgG-positive samples using a Euroimmun anti-CHIKV IgM ELISA kit (Luebeck, Germany) following the manufacturer’s instructions. CHIKV RNA detection was carried out using one-step-qRT-PCR. The data generated were analyzed with IBM-SPSS v20 (IBM Corporation, USA). Chi-square (χ2) test to determine significant differences between categorical variables, and a p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. As many as 1092 serum and plasma samples were analyzed, with CHIK IgG seropositivity at 53.48% (584/1092). The results also show a statistically significant difference in the seropositive rates based on gender (58.8% male and 48.5% female) and region (53.9% South Sulawesi versus 48.7% North Sulawesi). Seropositivity increased with age; approximately half of adults between their 40s and 60s had seroconverted. Most of the participants, 304 (27.8%), were between 21-30 years. The age groups with the least participants were those >60 years and <20 years, with 93 participants each (8.5%), followed by the 51–60-years age group with 142 (13.0%) participants. In addition to IgG, the overall anti-CHIKV IgM seropositivity comprised 12.9% (39/303). A Chi-square analysis shows a statistical significance of anti-CHIKV IgM seropositivity based on gender and region with p-values (p=0.047 and p=0.038, respectively). On the contrary, there was no significant difference in anti-CHIK IgM based on age. The age group with the most participants was the 21-30 years with 19.3% (16/83), while those with the least participants were those >60 years. The current study
Keyword: Chikungunya, Serosurvey, Sulawesi, Blood donors, ELISA, qRT-PCR.