Judul: Community Perception of Political Empowerment from Tourism Activities in the Area of Gunung Luhur, Citorek Kidul Village
Abstrak: Keterlibatan masyarakat dalam proses pengambilan keputusan atau perencanaan pariwisata tertuang dalam kerangka pemberdayaan politik. Proses identifikasi terkait keterlibatan dan pemberdayaan politik yang telah berjalan dari kegiatan pariwisata dapat dilihat dari persepsi masyarakat. Data dikumpulkan dari 175 responden dalam bentuk survei, dan dilengkapi dengan hasil wawancara dengan informan kunci, observasi terhadap fenomena sosial, dan studi literatur. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa keterlibatan masyarakat masih rendah pada setiap bentuk karena besarnya dominasi kekuasaan tunggal yang tidak terdistribusi dengan baik. Akibatnya, persepsi masyarakat menunjukkan jika pemberdayaan politik dari aktivitas wisata belum terwujud di Desa Citorek Kidul karena rendahnya keterlibatan tersebut. Faktor-faktor seperti pengetahuan, keterlibatan, dan kekerabatan membentuk persepsi masyarakat sebagai hasil dari analisis lebih lanjut tentang karakteristik yang mempengaruhi. Hasil tersebut menyatakan bahwa diperlukan langkah-langkah oleh pemegang kebijakan untuk memastikan keterlibatan masyarakat yang lebih tinggi sehingga kondisi pemberdayaan politik dapat tercapai., Community involvement in the decision-making process or tourism planning is contained within the framework of political empowerment. The identification process related to the involvement and political empowerment that has been running from tourism activities can be seen from the community's perception. Data were collected from 175 respondents in a survey, and equipped with the results of interviews with key informants, observations on social phenomena, and literature studies. The results show that community involvement is still at a low level on any forms because the domination of a single power that is not well distributed. Consequently, community's perception shows that political empowerment from tourism activities has not been formed in Citorek Kidul Village because of the low level of involvement. Factors such as knowledge, engagement, and kinship are shaping community’s perception as a result of further analysis of influence characteristics. Hereafter, the results state that concrete steps are needed by policy holders to ensure higher community involvement so that conditions of political empowerment can be achieved.
Keyword: community, involvement, perception, political empowerment

Judul: Hubungan Pengetahuan dan Persepsi Terhadap Perilaku Masyarakat Sekitar dalam Permintaan Hak Pengelolaan KHDTK Cikampek sebagai Kawasan Wisata
Abstrak: KHDTK Cikampek has main function as forest research and has long been used for tourism activities by the local community. The local communitiy wants this forest to be used as tourism area and hopes to have more involvement in the tourism management. To determine the form of involvement of local community in the tourism management requires some of considerations such as the assesment of knowledge and perceptions towards KHDTK Cikampek and the behavior of the management rights application itself. The outcome of this research can be used to determine form of involvement of the local community in tourism management in KHDTK Cikampek. This research was conducted in July 2012, at the village adjacent to KHDTK Cikampek such as Sarimulya, Cikampek Timur, Cikampek Pusaka, and Kamojing. The methods of data collection were observation, interview with questionaires, and interviews. The respondents were divided into two groups, (1) community requesting for tourism management rights (community A) and (2) not requesting the tourism management rights (community B). The analysis methods in this research were descriptive analysis, Chi Square Test (X2) and Contingency Coefficient (C), and Spearman Correlation Coefficient (Rs). The results showed that there are no differences in demographic and sosiographic character between the community A and community B. The community A generally has a higher knowledge about KHDTK Cikampek than the community B. In addition, the community A has a more positive perception towards KHDTK Cikampek than the community B. The community A in general behave active at intermediete level in tourism management rights application to the administrator. The results showed that there is no significant correlation between knowledge and perceptions about KHDTK Cikampek to the behavior of the torism management rights application. Although the community A generally has a good knowledge and perceptions about KHDTK Cikampek, it does not change the motivation of the tourism management rights application wich is influenced by economic motives. Community-based tourism (CBT) can be implemented in KHDTK Cikampek as a solution to accommodate the public's willingness to be involved in the tourism management in KHDTK Cikampek. The results showed that the local community does not have a well-organized institutions and capacity to manage the tourism activities. Thus, the necessary assistentship and guidance from government organizations or other competent stakeholder is required to develop the community organization and capacity to get involved in tourism management.
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Judul: Profil Leukosit Anjing Beagle yang Diberi Sediaan Afoksolaner Tiga Kali Dosis.
Abstrak: Afoksolaner adalah senyawa dari golongan isoxazoline yang digunakan secara oral untuk mengendalikan caplak dan pinjal pada anjing. Afoksolaner digunakan secara oral dan hanya diberikan pada anjing. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat pengaruh dari pemberian sediaan afoksolaner sebanyak tiga kali dosis terhadap profil leukosit anjing beagle. Penelitian ini menggunakan enam ekor anjing ras beagle dan dibagi menjadi dua kelompok, yaitu kelompok dosis satu kali dan kelompok dosis tiga kali. Masing-masing kelompok terdiri dari tiga ekor anjing. Setiap kelompok diberi sediaan afoksolaner yang berbeda. Kelompok dosis satu kali diberi afoksolaner dengan dosis 6,3 mg/kg BB, sedangkan kelompok dosis tiga kali diberi afoksolaner dengan dosis 18,9 mg/kg BB. Data diperoleh dari hasil perhitungan alat Hematology Analyzer (Celltac Alpha® type MEK 6450K produksi Nihon Kohden). Data dianalisis menggunakan program Statistical Products and Solution Services version 16 (SPSS V.16). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pada beberapa individu terdapat kenaikan atau penurunan beberapa nilai parameter. Namun, secara uji statistik menunjukan tidak adanya perbedaan yang signifikan dari nilai rata-rata semua parameter antara kelompok dosis satu kali dan dosis tiga kali.
Keyword: afoksolaner, anjing, total leukosit, diferensial leukosit