Judul: Konversi Limbah Plastik Menjadi Plafon
Abstrak: Tingginya pembangunan mempercepat timbulan limbah padat perkotaan. Besarnya volume sampah plastik menjadi ancaman bagi ekosistem alami dan kesehatan manusia. Daur ulang plastik dapat dilakukan sebagai upaya untuk mengurangi dampak buruk yang dihasilkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan melakukan uji kinerja alat peleleh limbah plastik, mengonversi limbah plastik menjadi plafon, dan menguji mutu plafon hasil konversi limbah plastik. Konversi limbah plastik menjadi plafon dilakukan dengan pelelehan limbah plastik dan dicetak pada cetakan plafon. Plafon yang dihasilkan diuji kekuatan bahannya dan dibandingkan dengan plafon konvensional. Uji kinerja alat peleleh plastik menunjukkan kinerja yang baik karena alat mampu mencapai suhu leleh plastik yaitu sebesar 160oC dalam waktu 4 jam. Proses konversi limbah plastik menjadi plafon bertujuan untuk mengurangi volume dari limbah plastik. Pengujian densitas dan MOR (Modulus of Rupture) dilakukan untuk menguji mutu plafon. Densitas plafon plastik memiliki nilai 0,87 g/cm3 . MOR pada plafon plastik memiliki nilai sebesar 3 N/mm2 .
Keyword: kekuatan bahan, limbah plastik, peleleh plastik, plafon

Judul: Desain Alat Pirolisis Untuk Mengonversi Limbah Plastik Hdpe Menjadi Bahan Bakar
Abstrak: Pirolisis Plastik Merupakan Salah Satu Metode Untuk Mengubah Limbah Plastik Menjadi Bahan Bakar. Pada Penelitian Ini, Dirancang Reaktor Pirolisis Tipe Batch Berkapasitas 2 Kg Berbahan Bakar Biomassa Dengan Diameter 0.3 M Dan Tinggi 0.3 M Serta Kondensor Dengan Panjang Total 2.5 M. Sampah Plastik Yang Digunakan Adalah Sampah Plastik Hdpe. Biomassa Yang Digunakan Sebagai Bahan Bakar Adalah Kayu Yang Sudah Tidak Dapat Digunakan Oleh Industri Meubel. Pirolisis Dilakukan Pada Temperatur 400 – 450 Oc Dan Waktu Reaksi 120 Menit. Hasil Kondensat Cair Yang Dihasilkan Paling Banyak Adalah 344 G Dengan Densitas 0.7 G/Cm3 Dan Memiliki Nilai Kalor Sebesar 37 Mj/Kg. Perbandingan Energi Yang Digunakan Dengan Energi Yang Dihasilkan Pada Kondensat Cair Adalah 3.4%. Hasil Kondensat Padat Yang Dihasilkan Paling Banyak Adalah 507 G Dengan Densitas 0.89 G/Cm3 Dan Memiliki Nilai Kalor Sebesar 34.69 Mj/Kg. Perbandingan Energi Yang Digunakan Dengan Energi Yang Dihasilkan Pada Kondensat Padat Adalah 4.9%.
Keyword: Pirolisis Plastik, Plastik Hdpe, Biomassa

Judul: Dog Ticks Infestation and Its Correlation to Tick-Borne Diseases.
Abstrak: Ticks infestation on dog could lead to itchiness, anemia, skin disorders, and tick-borne diseases, such as Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Besides dogs, Ehrlichiosis were known to be zoonotic. Pre-mature stage tick life cycle that occur outside its host, will enhance contacts between ticks and human. The study of ticks infestation and tick-borne diseases on the dog is necessary, because it has not a lot of information about the diversity, prevalence and degree of ticks infestation in Indonesia. Ticks survey, included ticks sampling and dogs blood test were performed at Animal Police Directorate Security Agency (Baharkam) and Atang Sendjaja Air Force (ATS). Meanwhile ticks sampling also data of cases of ticks infestation and diseases transmitted obtained from 21 veterinary clinics in Bogor, Jakarta and Bandung. All ticks samples stored in bottles containing 70% alcohol for identification. Blood tests performed for Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis and Anaplasmosis diagnosis. The identification results of the 950 ticks samples that obtained from 97 dogs of Baharkam, ATS and veterinary clinics in Bogor, Jakarta and Bandung, showed only one ticks species, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. This ticks belong to three-host tick, which require three hosts to complete its life cycle. Each ticks stage need a host, either same dog (if it is in place there is only one or a few dogs), as well as different dogs. Research in Baharkam conducted on 81 dogs (53 males and 28 females). The prevalence of dogs infested by ticks was 67.90%. The percentage of male dogs that infested by ticks are larger (69.81%) than female (64.29%). Based on Chi-Square test, there was no relationship between sex and breed of dog with degree of ticks infestation. Generally dogs infested with mild infestation category (41.98%), meanwhile moderate category was 18.52%, 2.47% high and 4.94% very high. The dog’s body region that the most infested by R. sanguineus was dog's back. Probably these body regions were be preferred because they are less accessible for the dog to remove them with its paws. Collection of ticks with tick-drag on Baharkam grass field showed positive results on the field that was more often used to practice by dogs. The samples that obtained was larvae stage ticks with density 152 larvae on 215m2 area of the field. Adult stage ticks and several adult females which laying eggs on the cage wall were obtained in the dog kennels. Whole of male and female ATS dogs infested with ticks (14 dogs). In general, dogs infested with very high infestation category was 64.29%, compared by high degree category (21.43%) and moderate (14.29%). Ticks predilection were found mostly on the dog’s head – neck. On ATS grass field did not reveal any ticks, but positively inside the kennels. It happens probably because dogs are rarely released from the kennel, so that the ticks was did drop-off inside the kennel. The total cases of ticks infestation of dogs at Bogor, Jakarta and Bandung veterinary clinics in 2008 until June 2013 as many as 731 cases. In general, there was an increases of the ticks infestation prevalence at three cities in that range
Keyword: Anaplasma, Babesia, Ehrlichia canis, Rhipicephalus sanguineus