Judul: Aktivitas protease dan kandungan asam laktat pada yoghurt yang dimodifikasi Bifidobacterium bifidum
Abstrak: Yoghurt merupakan minuman hasil fermentasi dari susu murni. Yoghurt probiotik merupakan salah satu produk pangan fungsional melalui penambahan bakteri probiotik seperti B. bifidum. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengukur aktivitas protease dan kandungan asam laktat pada yoghurt yang dibubuhi B. bifidum. Parameter yoghurt yang dimodifikasi dengan B. bifidum adalah kadar asam laktat dan aktivitas protease selama dua puluh lima hari penyimpanan. Kadar asam laktat diukur dengan metode titrasi asam basa, sedangkan aktivitas protease diukur dengan metode modifikasi Lowry. Yoghurt diuji tingkat penerimaannya oleh konsumen dengan uji organoleptik.
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Judul: Aktivitas Antibakteri dan Antioksidan Peptida Bioaktif Yoghurt yang Difermentasi dengan Lactococcus lactis Rekombinan
Abstrak: Yoghurt merupakan pangan fungsional yang dipercaya punya efek terhadap kesehatan. Efek tersebut salah satunya dikaitkan dengan keberadaan peptida bioaktif hasil fermentasi susu oleh bakteri asam laktat. Lactococcus lactis rekombinan merupakan bakteri asam laktat yang dapat menghasilkan plantarisin. Plantarisin diketahui memiliki efek antimikroba dan telah diuji sebagai bahan pengawet pada beberapa jenis pangan. Penelitian ini bertujuan menguji aktivitas antioksidan dan antibakteri yoghurt yang telah ditambahkan bakteri rekombinan L. lactis sebagai kultur starter. Selain itu juga untuk mengukur perubahan aktivitasnya setelah penyimpanan. Water soluble peptide extract (WSPE) yoghurt didapatkan dari hasil sentrifugasi dingin dan pemekatan dengan freeze dry. Kadar protein WSPE diukur terlebih dahulu dengan BCA kit sebelum dilakukan uji lanjutan. Yoghurt D hasil penyimpanan dengan total protein 5.226 mg/mL memiliki aktivitas antibakteri paling baik dengan zona bening 6.5 mm dan aktivitas antioksidan 20.11%. Hasil konfirmasi protein dengan trisin SDS-PAGE menunjukkan telah terjadi hidrolisis protein α-S2kasein (25.76 kD) pada sampel WSPE yoghurt D segar maupun penyimpanan.
Keyword: Antibakteri, Antioksidan, Peptida Bioaktif, WSPE

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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