Judul: Hubungan antara Tingkat Pemadatan Tanah dengan Kuat Geser Tanah pada Tanah Latosol Darmaga Bogor
Abstrak: Salah satu sifat dinamik tanah yang penting adalah kekuatan gesernya atau kemampuan untuk menahan geseran sepanjang bidang permukaan geseran dalam massa tanah. Apabila suatu massa tanah memiliki sifat-sifat yang tidak diinginkan dalam suatu proyek, maka tanah tersebut harus distabilkan, salah satu cara untuk menstabilkan tanah adalah dengan pemadatan. Pengetabuan mengenai kekuatan geser tanah dan pemadatan tanah sangat diperlukan untuk berbagai macam persoalan praktis.
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Judul: Pemadatan, permeabilitas dan kekuatan tanah pada jenis tanah latosol dan podsolik darmaga Bogor
Abstrak: Pada bidang mekanika tanah, apabila suatu tanah yang terdapat dilapangan bersifat sangat lepas atau sangat mudah tertekan serta mempunyai indeks konsistensi yang tidak sesuai, permeabilitas yang terlalu tinggi serta sifat lain yang tidak diinginkan dalam suatu proyek maka tanah tersebut harus distabilisasikan terlebih dahulu. Salah satu teknik untuk menstabilisasikan tanah adalah pemadatan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendapatkan kurva pemadatan dengan proses pembasahan dan pengeringan pada jenis tanah Latosol Coklat Kemerahan dan Podsolik Merah Kuning, serta menentukan pengaruh pemadatan tanah terhadap permeabilitas dan kekuatan tanah pada kedua jenis tanah tersebut. Metoda yang digunakan pada uji pemadatan tanah adalah Uji Pemadatan Standar Proctor (" Standar Proctor Test"), sedangkan untuk uji permeabilitas digunakan metoda "Falling Head", dan untuk kekuatan tanah diguna- kan metoda Uji Tekan Tak Terkekang ("Unconfined Compres- sion"). Dari hasil uji pemadatan tanah untuk jenis tanah Latosol Coklat Kemerahan pada proses pembasahan ...
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Judul: Identifikasi dan Studi Patomorfologi Avian Coronavirus pada Ayam dan Beberapa Spesies Psittacine.\
Abstrak: Birds has an important role in daily lives of Indonesia. Poultry in Indonesia is important as the main source of protein and companion birds are bred to fulfill market demand for pets. Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is one of avian coronaviruses that can cause economic loss in poultry and found in various birds. The finding of IBV in birds other than poultry suggests a link between poultry and other birds, but there is limited information on IBV in other birds in Indonesia to assess the risk. Indonesia has several endemic Psittacine species often bred to be kept as pet to help in conservation effort. Research of viral diseases which affect productivity such as IBV in these species is very limited, despite its importance for conservation and disease prevention. Meanwhile in poultry, IBV prevention in Indonesia still faces trouble such as difficulty for IBV detection, ineffective vaccination, and lack of information of pathological lesion in field cases. Sufficient information from both sectors is required to assess the link between poultry and companion birds. Thus, this research aimed to find better detection method of IBV cases and its pathomorphological lesion in chicken as well as identifying avian coronavirus in several Psittacine species commonly bred for companion birds. For poultry research, a total of 11 flock samples of suspected IBV infections were collected from cases submitted to Pathology Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, IPB University, and from farms around Bogor, Sukabumi, and Padang. Organ samples were analyzed by RT PCR using two primer sets: IBVN+/IBVN- targeting partial gene N and XCE+/XCE- targeting partial gene S of IBV. RT PCR result showed one sample is positive for gene S, 5 samples are positives for gene N. All positive samples of N gene were proven positive by immunohistochemistry, showing that RT PCR targeting N gene had better sensitivity than S1 gene. Due to mutations often occurring within S1 gene, detection by RT PCR targeting S1 gene can be challenging despite pathological lesion showing IBV infection. The mutation may caused primers unable to capture new field strains, causing false negatives and requires researchers to design new primers. However, S1 gene is still important because it plays a role in immunoprotectivity, which is important for vaccination, and thus still need to be identified after N gene positive result is found. Immunohistochemistry by Ostrich IgY anti-IB Antibody showed the virus could be found on the trachea, kidney, and oviduct of positive samples which may differ in the degree of severity and or microscopic lesion depending on the phase of infection and the strain of infecting virus. For psittacine research, cloacal swabs were taken from 41 healthy Psitaccine birds from two breeding facilities consisted of 15 sulfur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua sulphurea), 10 palm cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus), 10 Eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus), two blue and yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), two green winged macaws (Ara chloropterus), and two scarlet macaws (Ara macao). One batch of swab samples were inoculated to Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) embryonated egg for allantoic fluid and embryo. Swab samples and allantoic fluid samples were tested by RT PCR for avian
Keyword: Avian Coronavirus, Immunohistochemistry, Psittacine, Infectious Bronchitis, RT PCR