Judul: Partisipasi dan Pelaksanaan Fungsi Tugas Kelompok Pos Pemberdayaan Keluarga (Desa Sukawening, Kecamatan Dramaga, Kabupaten Bogor).
Abstrak: Ketahanan dan kesejahteraan keluarga adalah kondisi yang diharapkan pemerintah dalam memenuhi fungsi keluarga. Salah satu cara yang dapat dilakukan adalah dengan dibuatnya program Pos Pemberdayaan Keluarga (Posdaya). Posdaya Tunas Harapan memiliki fungsi penting dalam proses pembangunan keluarga. Partisipasi anggotanya merupakan bagian penting dalam keberlangsungan suatu program. Partisipasi dilihat mulai pada tahap perencanaan, pelaksanaan, menikmati hasil, dan evaluasi. Sejatinya kelompok Posdaya mempunyai fungsi tugas yang berkaitan langsung dengan partisipasi. Indikator dari fungsi tugas kelompok tersebut adalah kepuasan anggota, penerimaan informasi, dan koordinasi tugas, yang digunakan untuk memotivasi anggota untuk mencapai tujuan kelompok. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Desa Sukawening, Kecamatan Dramaga, Kabupaten Bogor. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk menganalisis partisipasi dalam program posdaya, serta pengaruhnya terhadap fungsi tugas kelompok posdaya tersebut. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kuantitatif dengan metode survei yang didukung dengan data kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa fungsi tugas kelompok pada program posdaya dipengaruhi secara signifikan oleh tahap pelaksanaan anggota dalam setiap keikutsertaannya pada program.
Keyword: faktor-faktor partisipasi, fungsi tugas kelompok, partisipasi

Judul: Tingkat Partisipasi dan Kemandirian Masyarakat dalam Bidang Ekonomi Program Posdaya (Kasus Posdaya Bina Sejahtera Kelurahan Pasir Mulya Kota Bogor)
Abstrak: Posdaya program is a service institution on family empowerment provided for community to reach welfare through integrated eight family functions. This study aims to analyze both internal and external factors dealing with participation and independence and the relation between community’s participation and independence in the economic view upon “posdaya” program of Bina Sejahtera Posdaya. The study used explanatory research designs involving 87 respondents; namely, the community becoming the members and participants of posdaya. The technique used to determine the samples was simple random sampling, while the method to gather data was by survey. Data were then analyzed by applying descriptive statistics including frequency, percentile, score mean, score total, and cross tabulation. Meanwhile, to test the correlation, Tau B- Kendall with the help of SPSS version 17 was used. It was found that community’s participation in economic view was significantly low in the aspects of planning, implementing, and evaluating the results, whereas the aspect of enjoying the result fell into the low level. Conversely, the independency on mental attitude belonged to the high level. Furthermore, the internal factors that showed an obviously positive correlation with participation were formal education, family income, and cosmopolitans, whereas the external factors comprised the support for family, the roles of both key persons and assistance. Moreover, the external factors which were positively correlated with independence were family support and the roles of the key persons and assistance. Likewise, the significantly positive correlation was found in the level of participation and independence of the community in the economic view of posdaya program.
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Judul: Posisi Filogenetik Kura-Kura Carettochelys Insculpta  (Reptillia: Testudinata)
Abstrak: Carettochelys insculpta is an endemic freshwater turtle of southern Papua and northern Australia. Phylogenetic position of this turtle is remain unresolved until now. Most of the research conducted show close relationships of C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. However, some of the research show distance between C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. This research is conducted to analyze phylogenetic relationship between C. insculpta and other members of Testudinata using 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, and both gene as markers. DNA samples were obtained from three different organisms of C. insculpta. Two species used as outgroups were Alligator mississippiensis and Iguana iguana. Phylogenetic analysis was carried out using Neighbor-Joining method with Felsenstein 1981 (F81) modeltest. A polytomy tree of Testudinata was produced by using 12S rRNA gene. However, analysis using 16S rRNA and both genes as markers confirmed that C. insculpta was located between the Chelonidae and the Trionychidae family.
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