Judul: The Level of Mindfulness in Arab  and Chinese Communities in Bogor City
Abstrak: Mindfulness merupakan kemampuan seseorang untuk menggeser kerangka berpikirnya terhadap orang lain ketika berinteraksi untuk mendapatkan keefektifan dalam berkomunikasi. Derajat mindfulness dihitung menggunakan tiga faktor yakni faktor motivasi, faktor pengetahuan, dan faktor keterampilan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan hubungan karakteristik individu dengan derajat mindfulness seseorang. Data kuantitatif diperoleh melalui survei dengan penyebaran kuesioner kepada responden, data kualitatif diperoleh melalui wawancara mendalam kepada responden dan informan. Observasi lapang juga dilakukan secara langsung di lokasi penelitian di Kecamatan Bogor Selatan dan Kecamatan Bogor Tengah, Kota Bogor. Responden dipilih melalui teknik pengambilan sampel acak kebetulan (accidental random sampling) sejumlah 60 orang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan antara karakteristik individu jenis kelamin dengan ketiga faktor mindfulness yakni motivasi, pengetahuan, dan keterampilan. Hasil lainnya adalah terdapat hubungan antara waktu lama tinggal seseorang dengan faktor motivasi dan keterampilan mindfulness. Semakin lama waktu tinggal seseorang di Kota Bogor maka semakin baik mindfulness yang dimilikinya., Mindfulness is an individual's ability to shift their mindset towards others when interacting to achieve effectiveness in communication. The degree of mindfulness quantifies using three factors: motivation, knowledge, and skill. This study aims to elucidate the relationship between individual characteristics and the degree of mindfulness when interacting with individuals from different cultures. Quantitative data were obtained through surveys by distributing questionnaires to respondents, while qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews with respondents and informants. Field observations were also conducted directly at the research sites in the Bogor City. Respondents were selected using the accidental random sampling technique, with a total of 60 individuals. The results of the study indicate a relationship between individual characteristics such as gender and the three mindfulness factors: motivation, knowledge, and skill. Additionally, there is a relationship between the length of time an individual has resided and the motivation and skill factors of mindfulness. The longer an individual has lived in Bogor City, the better their mindfulness tends to be.
Keyword: Intercultural communication, Individual characteristic, Mindfulness

Judul: Comparative Analysis of Awareness  Level of High School Students in Bogor City on Food Halal Status
Abstrak: Mayoritas penduduk Kota Bogor beragama Islam dan 22,7 persen dari total penduduk berusia remaja. Penelitian ini bertujuan membandingkan tingkat kesadaran pelajar SLTA Kota Bogor terhadap status kehalalan makanan. Penelitian ini menggunakan data primer yang dikumpulkan dari 100 responden dengan menggunakan kuesioner, terdiri dari 50 pelajar SMAN 1 dan 50 pelajar MAN 2. Analisis data dilakukan secara deskriptif dan juga menggunakan regresi logistik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pelajar SMAN 1 memiliki tingkat kesadaran yang lebih baik terhadap status kehalalan makanan dibandingkan MAN 2 Kota Bogor. Faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi kesadaran halal pelajar SMAN 1 dan MAN 2 Kota Bogor antara lain jenis sekolah, tingkat pengetahuan halal, serta lingkungan., The majority of Bogor City residents are Muslim and 22.7 percent of the total population is teenagers. This research aims to compare the level of awareness of Bogor City high school students regarding the halal status of food. This research uses primary data collected from 100 respondents using a questionnaire, consisting of 50 SMAN 1 students and 50 MAN 2 students. Data analysis was carried out descriptively and also used logistic regression. The research results show that SMAN 1 students have a better level of awareness of the halal status of food compared to MAN 2 Bogor City. Factors that influence the halal awareness of students at SMAN 1 and MAN 2 in Bogor City include the type of school, level of halal knowledge, and the environment.
Keyword: Awareness, Halal food, Logistic Regression, Halal Status

Judul: Pemurnian dan karakterisasi protein inhibitor RNA helikase virus hepatitis C
Abstrak: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the second most common chronic viral infection in the world with global prevalence. This infection is contribution to chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis, often leading to hepatocellular carcinoma. There is no effective drug and vaccine available against HCV. The current standard treatment, a combination of pegylated interferon-α with ribavirin, is limited by its suboptimal response rate in a significant patient population, side effects, and affordability. Therefore, development of effective drug is needed. One approach to find out the candidate of antiviral drug is to discover the inhibitor of enzyme that essential for virus replication, such as RNA helicase. Streptomyces chartreusis 5-095 produce the inhibitor of HCV RNA helicase. The aim of this study was to purify the protein inhibitor which has inhibition activity against ATPase activity of RNA helicase HCV from S. chartreusis 5-095. The supernatant of culture S. chartreusis 5-095 exhibited high inhibiton activity against ATPase activity of RNA helicase HCV (approximately 72%) at 10 days of incubation. The extracellular protein inhibitor was partially purified by procedures of precipitation with ammonium sulfate to 65% saturation and gel filtration (Sephadex G50) using methanol water solution (4:6) as an eluen. The purity of protein inhibitor was monitored by SDS PAGE. The protein inhibitor showed a relative molecular mass were estimated to be 14 kDa and increased the purity 23,08 fold than those of the crude protein. The specific activity and IC50 after purification were 13,1338 U/mg and 0,0767 mg/mL, respectively. The activity of purified protein inhibitor showed its stability over pH range from 5-8 and optimum at pH 7,4. The inhibition activity showed its stability up to 70% at temperature 100 oC. The purified protein inhibitor relatively stable its activity at storage in the range of -20 oC to room temperature for 35 days.
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