Judul: Elektrode Pasta Karbon Termodifikasi Nanopartikel Emas untuk Mendeteksi Zat Aktif pada Ekstrak Temu Lawak
Abstrak: The quality of temu lawak is determined by its active substance that contained therein. Determination of the active substance needs quick and low cost method, as well as, accurate measurement. Voltammetry technique is chosen because it meets these criteria. A gold nanoparticle-modified carbon paste electrode was used as a working electrode and its performances needs to be tested. Performance test was done for several parameters such as potential effects and deposition time, pH, and concentration. The optimum potential and deposition time were 0.5 V and 800 seconds, respectively, while the optimum pH obtained was 6.0. The electrode showed linear response toward concentration of the extract in the range of 0.5˗ 3.5% (w/v) with determination coefficient of 0.9630
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), temu lawak, gold nanoparticle, carbon paste electrode

Judul: Elektrode Pasta Karbon Termodifikasi Tanin Dari Ekstrak Kulit Manggis Untuk Analisis Ion Timbel(Ii) Secara Voltammetri
Abstrak: Penelitian ini berfokus pada pengembangan dan penerapan elektrode pasta karbon (EPK) termodifikasi bahan alam untuk penentuan timbel(II) secara voltammetri siklik. Bahan alam yang digunakan ialah tanin dari kulit manggis dengan 2 perlakuan, yaitu tanpa ekstraksi (EM) dan dengan ekstraksi. Tanin merupakan polifenol yang dapat membentuk kompleks dengan logam. Penggunaannya sebagai pemodifikasi EPK diharapkan dapat meningkatkan kepekaan pengukuran timbel(II). Voltammogram siklik diamati pada selang potensial -0.5 sampai 1.0 V. Elektrode EM dengan komposisi 1-20%b/b tidak menunjukkan peningkatan arus puncak pada pengukuran timbel(II) 5 ppm, sementara ET 5%b/b menghasilkan arus puncak katodik 30 kali lebih besar dibandingkan dengan arus EPK-nonmodifikasi. Pengukuran optimum timbel(II) teramati pada pH 4, laju payar 100 mV/s, linearitas yang baik (r=0.9793) pada konsentrasi timbel(II) 1-5 ppm, dan selektivitas elektrode rendah terhadap tembaga(II). Elektrode termodifikasi tanin dapat diterapkan untuk sampel lingkungan.
Keyword: elektrode pasta karbon, tanin, timbel(II), voltammetri siklik

Judul: Truncated Stop Loss as a Optimal Solution of Reinsurance Agreement in One-Period Model
Abstrak: Reinsurance is one of risk management efforts of an insurance company, which is called the cedent. Similar with insurance, reinsurance constitutes the cedent to pay the premium. We consider one-period reinsurance model and derive a rule which minimizes the ruin probability of the cedent for a fixed reinsurance premium. Therefore, it is needed to construct an optimal reinsurance agreement for the cedent. The premium is calculated according to four different principles, i.e. economic, generalized zero-utility, Esscher, and mean-variance principles. Stop loss is a reinsurance contract which protect the insurance company for losses that exceed a certain amount. The result of this research shows that a truncated stop loss is an optimal agreement in the class of all reinsurance contracts with various premiums calculated using above mentioned principles.
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