Judul: Revision of Calamus and Daemonorops (Arecaceae) in Sulawesi
Abstrak: The rattans of Sulawesi presented by three different genera Calamus, Daemonorops and Korthalsia. Calamus and Daemonorops belong to subtribe Calaminae whereas Korthalsia belongs to subtribe Korthalsiinae. In Sulawesi Calamus is the biggest rattan genus with the number of species more than 23. This genus is very common tropical genus with the centre of diversity is in South East Asia. In Sulawesi Daemonorops consist of 7 species, whereas Korthalsia has one species only that is K. celebica, endemic species to Sulawesi. Recently the biodiversity of Sulawesi has been under severe threats caused by increasing large scale deforestation projects. Many commercial rattans has been illegally harvested and used as raw material for rattans industry. This alarming fact has ecological impact to the rattans of Sulawesi in the form of imminent massive of biodiversity lost. This situation is very true especially for the rattans because almost all species are climbers and they need trees to support their existence. With the intention to minimize the thread to the existence of the rattans of Sulawesi, basic study on the rattans taxonomy is needed as well as accurate documentation. Definite species delimitation is essential to be studied as the diversity continuously under threats and decreased.
Keyword: Sulawesi, Calamus, Daemonorops, Korthalsia, Korthalsia celebica

Judul: The Sumatran Genus Morinda L. (Rubiaceae)
Abstrak: The major revision of the genus Morinda for the Sumatran region was undertaken by Miquel in 1856 and 1862 but there has no comprehensive revision of the genus recently. Therefore the revision of the genus in Sumatra was done based on their morphological characters, especially to know the species of Morinda and their distribution pattern. A phylogenetic analysis was also studied to establish the relationship among the species using parsimony analysis. The present study revealed that there were eight species, six species among them were previously known as M. citrifolia L., M. jackiana Korth., M. leparensis Valeton, M. rigida Miq., M. tomentosa Roth, M. umbellata L., and two newly proposed species namely M. lanuginosa Suratman and M. wongiana Suratman. M. bracteata Roxb. var. latifolia Valeton was also proposed as the new synonym of M. citrifolia L. var. bracteata (Roxb.) Hook.f. An identification key and detailed description of the taxa were provided. The natural history data including habitat, distribution, uses and vernacular names were also presented. The most widespread species is M. citrifolia while the other species have a limited distribution. The highest number of the species is found in North Sumatra and Bangka Belitung which consist of 4 species respectively. The phylogenetic analysis based on morphological data showed that despite their poorly resolved phylogenetic tree, Morinda is undoubtedly a monophyletic genus.
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Judul: Pemanasan Sekunder Reaksi Fusi Plasma dengan Menggunakan Radio Frequency
Abstrak: Plasma merupakan bentuk ke-empat dari materi setelah padat, cair dan gas yang terbentuk dari proses ionisasi gas. Plasma dapat digunakan dalam reaksi fusi, yaitu reaksi penggabungan dua inti atom ringan menjadi inti atom yang lebih berat sambil melepaskan energi. Untuk mendapatkan energi dari reaksi fusi, inti yang akan direaksikan harus dipanaskan pada temperatur yang sangat ekstrem tingginya. Salah satu cara agar dapat mencapai kondisi ini adalah memberikan pemanasan tambahan atau pemanasan sekunder kepada plasma dalam reaksi fusi tersebut. Nilai daya serap rata-rata ion Deuterium yang sesuai dengan selang nilai daya dari data ITER adalah daya yang menggunakan frekuensi 50 MHz sampai dengan 60 MHz. Dengan menggunakan frekuensi 60 Hz diperoleh nilai daya rata-rata yang diserap sebesar 1,235.10-12 W.
Keyword: gelombang radio, pemanasan sekunder, plasma, reaksi fusi