Judul: Isolasi dan karakterisasi bakteri denitrifikasi dari beberapa sawah di Bogor dan Sukabumi
Abstrak: Application of nitrogen fertilizer in agricultural system cannot be avoided to keep the high production of rice. However, nitrogen fertilizer application can increase N20 emision from ricefield. Accumulation of NzO in atmosfer contributes to global warming. N+J can be produced through denitrification process. This research aim were to isolate and characterize nitrate reducing bacteria fiom ricefield in order to control NzO emision for environmental sustainable agricultural system. Water (A) and sediment (S) samples were taken from ricefields in Bogor and Sukabumi. Isolation, purification, selection and characterization were done using denitrification medium.
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Judul: Isolation and Selection Nitrogen Fixing Methanotrophic Bacteria from Ricefields in Sragen, Jawa Tengah.
Abstrak: Metan adalah salah satu gas yang menyebabkan pemanasan global. Penurunan emisi metan 20-60 kali lebih efektif dalam penurunan potensi pemanasan global dibandingkan dengan penurunan emisi karbon dioksida. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengisolasi bakteri metanotrof dari lahan sawah di daerah Sragen, Jawa Tengah, dan menyeleksinya berdasarkan pada aktivitas oksidasi metan dan efektifitas fiksasi nitrogen (N2). Aplikasi bakteri metanotrof dapat mengurangi emisi metan dari sawah. Ekplorasi bakteri metanotrof dari contoh sedimen asal sawah di Sragen yang ditumbuhkan pada media Nitrat Mineral Salts (NMS) menghasilkan 52 isolat bakteri metanotrof. Sebanyak 31 isolat bakteri metanotrof diperoleh dari hasil isolasi menggunakan media NMS lengkap, dan 21 isolat bakteri metanotrof diperoleh dari hasil isolasi menggunakan media NMS bebas nitrogen. Aktivitas oksidasi metan diukur dengan menggunakan kromatografi gas, sedangkan aktivitas fiksasi nitrogen diukur berdasarkan kadar akumulasi amonium dalam kultur. Lima isolat bakteri metanotrof dengan aktivitas oksidasi metan tertinggi di media NMS lengkap adalah isolat 1AN1, 2DN1, 2AN1, 3DN1, dan 3CN1. Lima isolat bakteri metanotrof dengan oksidasi metan tertinggi di media NMS bebas nitrogen adalah isolat 2C1, 4C2, 3D1, 3C2, dan 3A1. Lima isolat bakteri metanotrof dengan fiksasi nitrogen tertinggi adalah isolat bakteri metanotrof 2C2, 1C2, 4C1, 1B1, dan 4D1.
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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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