Judul: Resource Management and Family Strength of the Participants of Community Empowerment Program in Rural Areas in Bogor District
Abstrak: Program pemberdayaan merupakan salah satu bentuk intervensi yang dilakukan oleh berbagai pihak untuk menanggulangi permasalahan yang dihadapi keluarga. Prioritas kegiatan pemberdayaan keluarga dan target pencapaian utamanya adalah ketahanan keluarga. Untuk mencapai target tersebut, maka salah satu upaya penting dalam strategi pemberdayaan adalah proses pendidikan, baik yang bersifat formal maupun nonformal. Dalam pelaksanaannya program pemberdayaan tidak cukup hanya memberi bantuan materi saja karena hal tersebut tidak dapat menyelesaikan permasalahan secara tuntas dan sifatnya sesaat. Agar keluarga dapat bertahan dalam menjalankan kegiatannya sehari-hari sehingga tercipta ketahanan keluarga di masa krisis maka sumberdaya keluarga yang terbatas maupun sumberdaya tambahan dari program pemberdayaan, baik yang bersifat materi maupun nonmateri harus dikelola dengan baik melalui manajemen sumberdaya keluarga. Perbedaan kemampuan keluarga dalam mengelola sumberdaya, tentunya akan menghasilkan variasi keluarga dalam menjalani hidup di masa krisis, yang selanjutnya melahirkan variasi ketahanan keluarga pada setiap keluarga. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk : (1) Menganalisis praktik manajemen sumberdaya keluarga peserta program pemberdayaan masyarakat di pedesaan, (2) menganalisis faktor-f~or yang mempengaruhi manajemen sumberdaya keluarga peserta program pemberdayaan masyarakat di pedesaan, (3)Menganalisis faktor yang mempengaruhi ketahanan keluarga perserta program pemberdayaan masyarakat di pedesaan, dan (4) Merumuskan model dan strategi untulc peningkatan manajemen swnberdaya dan ketahanan keluarga anggota peserta program pemberdayaan masyarakat di pedesaan., In order to achieve family strength among family members, the family needs to implement family resource management either material or non material efficiently. This research was aimed to (1) analyze the family resource management practices, (2) analyze the factors influenced family resource management, (3) analyze the factors influenced family strength, and (4) formulate model and strategy to improve family resource management and family strength. The research was design as a crossectional study using survey method to collect data from 300 respondents. The research sites were in Dramaga, Leuwisadeng, and Pamijahan subdistrict in Bogor District from February to October 2010. The analysis used descriptive statistic, and inferensial statistic by using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) helped by software LISREL 8.70. The results showed that the highest percentage (40,3%) of the family resource management quality categorized as moderate level and 35,3 percent of the family categorized as low level. It was found that social characteristics of the family, gender relation and family participation toward extension practices directly influenced family resource management. In general the highest percentage (54,7%) of family strength categorized as moderate level and found 28,0 percent of the family categorized as low level. It was found that quality of gender relation, family resource management, and family demographic characteristics were directly and positive influenced to family strength. Whereas, the number of family members was directly negative influenced to family strength: Recommendation to increased family strength could be reached by improving gender relations, productivity of spouse, family financial management and time allocation pattern
Keyword: family resource management, family strength, community empowerment, extension

Judul: Analisis Perbandingan Manajemen Sumberdaya Dan Kesejahteraan Keluarga Pada Keluarga Miskin Dan Tidak Miskin
Abstrak: Poverty is one of the problems in Indonesia. To overcome poverty, Indonesian government creates many programs, such as Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH), Program Pemberdayaan Peran Keluarga, Kelompok Usaha Bersama (KUBE), etc. But any support from the government wouldn’t give good impact to family’s living if it isn’t well-managed. The research was conducted to analyze the comparation rate of family resource management and family wellbeing in poor family and prosperous family in Laladon Village, Bogor. The society in this village has various social demography characteristic. Family resource management is important to increase the well-being of the poor family or to increase value and productivity for the prosperous family. The results show that there was a difference between poor family characteristics and prosperous family. Based on types of problem that had been around, poor family claimed that housing aspect was the major problem whereas prosperous family claimed that self developing aspect was major problem. Prosperous family’s life goal was fulfilled by the spiritual necessity whereas poor family’s life goal was fulfilled by housing necessity. Human resource management of prosperous family was better than poor family, whereas time management and financial management in two groups were distinct. Physical well-being of prosperous family was better than poor family, whereas social well-being and psychological well-being in two groups were’nt distinct. Family resource management was related to physical well-being. So that, the government was expected to include family resource management as substance in family effort and resistance program.
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Judul: Karakteristik Anatomi Skelet Kepala Buaya senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii).
Abstrak: Buaya sepit atau senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii) merupakan jenis buaya asli Indonesia yang berhabitat di sungai-sungai Sumatera, Kalimantan, dan juga pedalaman Sulawesi. Salah satu ciri khas buaya senyulong adalah bentuk moncong yang runcing dan sempit, namun hingga saat ini informasi mengenai struktur skelet kepala buaya senyulong sangat terbatas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari karakteristik anatomi skelet kepala buaya senyulong yang dikatikan dengan fungsi dan perilakunya. Penelitian dilakukan secara eksploratif dengan melakukan pengamatan, pencatatan, dan pengambilan gambar dari skelet kepala buaya senyulong. Skelet kepala berukuran panjang 70 cm, lebar 29 cm, dan tingggi 17 cm dengan permukaan kasar pada os nasale, os frontale, os maxilla, os mandibula, os lacrimale, os jugale. Jumlah gigi pada buaya ini sebanyak 78 buah, terdiri dari 4 buah gigi premaxila, 16 buah gigi maxila, dan 19 buah gigi mandibula. Pada regio orbitalis ditemukan dua pasang fenestrae temporales yang berkembang baik. Fenestra supratemporale merupakan lubang oval yang membentang di sepanjang os parietale. Fenestra infratemporale berbentuk segitiga dan dibatasi oleh os squamosum, os postorbitale, os jugulare, dan os quadratum. Os mandibula hewan ini mempunyai symphysis mandibularis yang panjang yaitu garis yang melintang di corpus mandibulae. Secara fungsional ukuran symphysis mandibularis berkaitan dengan adaptasi hewan terhadap diet makan.
Keyword: kepala, moncong, Tomistoma schlegelii