Judul: Sintesis Hidroksiapatit Berbasis Limbah Cangkang Keong Sawah (Bellamya javanica) dan Modifikasi Pori Menggunakan Gelatin
Abstrak: Hydroxyapatite is a ceramic material with a structure and composition similar to bone. In this study, hidroxyapatite was synthesized using shell of rice field snail as basic ingredients as a source of calcium (Ca(OH)2) and (NH4)2HPO4 as a source of phosphate. Synthesis method used was the wet method. In the synthesis process, porogen in the form of gelatin was added to increase the pore size. Concentrations of the added gelatin, were 20% and 30%. X-Ray diffraction results showed that the HAp phase has been formed with a fairly high purity. The best pores size resulted from the 30% gelatin concentration, was 0.5-3.98 μm. Infrared spectrum showed that the porogened and nonporogened Hap indicated functional group of HAp constituent
Keyword: shell of rice field snail., pore modification, hydroxyapatite, gelatin

Judul: Pemanfaatan Limbah Cangkang Keong Sawah (Bellamya javanica) untuk Sintesis Hidroksiapatit dengan Modifikasi Pori Menggunakan Pati Beras Ketan
Abstrak: Synthesis of hydroxyapatite (HAp) from high calcium garden snail (Bellamya javanica) shell and diammonium hydrogen phosphate was added with rice starch. The HAp synthesis was conducted by wet method. One advantage of using garden snail shell waste in HAp synthesis is due to its high calcium content. The porogen used was rice starch. Starch is good to be applied in biomedicals due to its biodegradability and biocompatibility. Rice starch has high amylopectin to form porous structure. Rice starch concentrations used were 20 % and 30 %. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that HAp was dominated by a structure with high crystalinity. HAp with 30 % rice starch gave the best result with the pore size of 0.63-1.59 μm. Functional group analysis showed that HAp-rice starch had no carbonate functional group. Apatite crystals grew in the simulated body fluide (SBF) solution in the sixth day of in vitro test.
Keyword: rice starch, porogen, hydroxyapatite, garden snail shell

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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