Judul: Penggunaan Berbagai Jenis Lateks sebagai Bahan Tambahan pada Mortar untuk Aplikasi Beton Jalan Raya
Abstrak: Lateks karet alam dikenal sebagai bahan yang memiliki elastisitas tinggi. Dengan sifatnya tersebut, lateks diharapkan dapat memperbaiki kekakuan dan kekerasan pada beton. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh jenis lateks, kadar karet kering, dan umur mortar terhadap bobot, kuat tekan, dan kuat lentur mortar. Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan acak lengkap tiga faktorial. Faktor yang digunakan adalah jenis lateks (lateks pekat, lateks pravulkanisasi semi-EV, dan lateks pravulkanisasi semi-Ebonit), kadar karet kering (0, 2, 4, dan 6 %), dan umur mortar (7, 14, dan 28 hari). Jenis lateks, kadar karet kering, dan interaksi antara jenis lateks dan kadar karet kering sangat berpengaruh nyata (P < 0.01) terhadap bobot mortar. Bobot mortar tertinggi dihasilkan pada penggunaan jenis lateks pravulkanisasi semi-Ebonit (1383.25+18.90 gram) dan kadar karet kering nol persen (1389.33+22.15 gram). Semakin banyak kadar karet yang ditambahkan, maka bobot mortar yang dihasilkan semakin ringan.
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Judul: Pemanfaatan Karet Alam Sebagai Aditif Pada Mortar Untuk Meningkatkan Mutu Jalan Semen Beton
Abstrak: Nowadays, natural rubber consumption in Indonesia is relatively low. By diversification of natural rubber uses as additional mixture for concrete road is expected to increase its consumption. At this time, concrete road doesn’t use latex, so it will less flexible and susceptible to crack. Also this matter can’t make concrete road comfortable to use. Therefore, with admixture of latex to the cement may be able to increase flexural strength. The objectives of this research were to know type and dose of stabilizing agent for suitable admixture of latex and cement, and to know the effect of type of latex and rubber dose as additional mixture for mortar. This research consisted of two steps. First step was preliminary research which used type (Emal, Emulgen and Casein) and dose (1, 3, 5 and 7%) of stabilizing agents to determine a suitable admixture of latex and cement. Second step was main research where the effects of latex on mortar was determined. Types of latex tried were Centrifuge Latex (LP), Double Centrifuge Latex (LDS) and Deproteinized Natural Rubber Latex (LDPNR). Rubber doses of 0 (control), 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 were used. When latex was mixed with cement, it agglomerated. Therefore, suitable type and dose of stabilizing agent was needed. The best stabilizing agent was Casein of 7% because it could maintain the setting time to almost 210 minutes. This combination was used in main research. The highest initial weight was obtained from LDS, i.e. 261.25 g, whereas final weight, i.e. 266.70 g. Rubber dose of 1% gave the highest initial weight, i.e. 268.70 g and final weight, i.e. 272.83 g. Final weight would be heavier than initial weight. The more rubber dose used in mixture mortar, the less weight of mortar produced. Mortar added by latex showed lighter weight than its control. LDS gave a significant effect on mortar’s compressive strength, whereas LDPNR didn’t have significant effect. LDS gave the highest compressive strength, i.e. 176.60 kg/cm2. Rubber dose of 1% gave the highest compressive strength, i.e. 200.67 kg/cm2. The more rubber dose used, the less compressive strength of mortar produced. LDS gave highest flexural strength than LP and LDPNR, i.e. 33.62 kg/cm2. Rubber dose of 1%, i.e. 36.77 kg/cm2 gave the highest flexural strength. LDS dose of 7% gave the highest flexural strength, but its compressive strength was low. Therefore, to produce strong and flexible mortar could be used LDS with dose of 1%.
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Judul: Studi sistematika  Oreophryne Boettger, 1895Sulawesi (Anura: Microhylidae)
Abstrak: The cross frogs, genus Oreophryne Boettger, 1895 are most diverse in the mainland of New Guinea and adjacent islands, to the Wallacea region in the Moluccas, Sulawesi, and the Lesser Sunda Islands, even marginally to the Oriental region in Bali and to the southern Philippine Islands. In Sulawesi, this taxon consists of three species but has rarely been reported since their original descriptions and remained unstudied in both taxonomical work and molecular study. This research aims to evaluate the taxonomic status of the cross frogs in Sulawesi based on morphology and estimate the phylogenetic using the 16S rRNA gene. The phylogenetic tree was reconstructed under Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Bayesian Inference (BI) analyses. We used the specimens of Sulawesian Oreophryne which were stored at the Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZB). A total of about 19 morphological characters were measured by a digital caliper and ocular micrometer to the nearest 0.01 mm. The phylogenetic tree shows that the three nominal species of Oreophryne from Sulawesi are clearly clustered. Correspondingly, the phylogenetic analysis supports the recognition of a new taxon, Oreophryne sp. However, the phylogenetic relationships between Oreophryne within Wallacea remain unresolved. Consequently, further systematic analysis along with additional sequences from the type locality is necessary to clarify the interspecific relationship among this region. We examined the morphology of 50 voucher specimens of Sulawesian Oreophryne. The validity of O. celebensis, O. variabilis, and O. zimmeri was confirmed in this study, but still the latter remains to be established. The three nominal species examined here were not collected from the type locality, so additional specimens, either in the type locality, new locations, or in other areas on this island are needed to evaluate the taxonomic status of these species deeply. Moreover, the unnamed species from the highland of the Mekongga mountains differ morphologically and genetically from all previously described Sulawesian Oreophryne. This distinct species will increase the number of cross frogs in Sulawesi to four species, all of which are endemic.
Keyword: frog, morphology, Oreophryne, phylogenetic, Sulawesi, systematics