Judul: Kajian Kondisi Sosial Ekonomi Dan Modal Sosial Pada Berbagai Tingkat Partisipasi Peserta Program Pos Pemberdayaan Keluarga
Abstrak: The purpose of this study are analyze the influence of socio-economic conditions and social capital on the level of progra’s participation. The correlation level between of program’s participation are access to welfare benefits and economic benefits of the Posdaya Integrated Self. The research was conducted in the village of Cikarawang, District Dramaga. This study uses quantitative and qualitative approaches. The results showed that the socioeconomic conditions and social capital owned by the participants related to the level of program participation program, and the level of participation in the program achieved the degree of participation of tokenism Arnstein. Correlation test results demonstrate, there is a significant and strong correlation between socioeconomic conditions and social capital on the level of program participation. Other results show that the participation rate also has a significant and strong correlation with access to welfare benefits and economic benefits received by program participants.
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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: 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