Judul: Respon Masyarakat Terhadap Pencantuman Sertifikasi Halal Sebagai Upaya Meningkatkan Ekuitas Merek Produk Pangan (Studi Kasus Kelurahan Balumbang Jaya, Kecamatan Bogor Barat, Kabupaten Bogor).
Abstrak: The Halal certificate is definitely very important for Indonesia citizens especially for moslem. Their foods should be Halal, clean, fresh, and healthy. But the peoples is just have a little or maybe don’t know anything about halal certificate, so LP POM MUI have an obligation to examine and provide halal certificate. The halal certificate should put on the label so that people can ensure wether a product is halal or not. The goal of this research were to analyse the relations between individual factors with the level of knowledge, the level of awareness, and the level of brand equity and to analyse the relations between the level of knowledge, the level of awareness, and the level of brand equity. This research was held in Kelurahan Balumbang Jaya, Kecamatan Bogor Barat, Provinsi Jawa Barat. The number of respondents were 100. The conclusion of this research was, the level of education had a significant relationship with the level of knowledge about halal certificate. Besides that, there is also another relationship between the level awareness of halal certficate with the degree of brand equity.
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Judul: Faktor-Faktor Yang Memengaruhi Awareness Masyarakat Muslim Kota Bogor Terhadap Produk Olahan Pangan Halal
Abstrak: Kota Bogor memiliki potensi dan peluang yang cukup besar bagi pemasaran produk pangan halal. Hal ini mengingat jumlah penduduk muslim Kota Bogor yang mencapai 91.96% dari total penduduknya serta persentase pengeluaran rata-rata per kapita sebulan untuk konsumsi makanan masyarakat Kota Bogor mencapai 44.62% dari total pengeluaran rumah tangga pada tahun 2011. Pola perilaku masyarakat dalam mengonsumsi produk pangan halal akan menjadi ukuran tingkat permintaan (demand side) terhadap produk tersebut. Dalam teori ekonomi dasar dijelaskan bahwa peningkatan permintaan produk pangan halal akan berpengaruh terhadap peningkatan usaha penyedia (supply side) produk pangan halal. Oleh karena itu, pengetahuan tentang demand side sangat bermanfaat dan sebagai prasyarat utama dalam melihat peluang usaha yang akan dikembangkan. Demand side ini dapat terbentuk karena awareness masyarakat terhadap pangan halal. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis tingkat awareness dan faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi awareness masyarakat muslim terhadap pangan halal. Penelitian dilakukan dengan meninjau persepsi dari 174 orang masyarakat muslim di Kota Bogor melalui kuesioner. Analisis faktor dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) sedangkan tingkat awareness dianalisis dengan menggunakan analisis deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa faktor yang memengaruhi halal awareness secara langsung adalah tingkat halal self-efficacy dan peran label/sertifikasi halal sedangkan yang berpengaruh secara tidak langsung adalah tingkat ketakwaan, tingkat literasi halal, serta health reason.
Keyword: awareness, Kota Bogor, Structural Equation Modeling, pangan halal, persepsi

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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