Judul: Peningkatan Kapasitas Baitul Maal wat Tamwil (BMT) dalam Penanggulangan Kemiskinan di Perkotaan (Studi Kasus pada BMT Nurul Ummah di Kelurahan Sekeloa Kecamatan Coblong Kota Bandung)
Abstrak: Kemiskinan di perkotaan adalah suatu fenomena sosial yang disebabkan karena ketidak berdayaan masyarakat di dalam mengakses sumberdaya lokal yang semakin lama semakin terbatas, keterbatasan sumberdaya lokal di perkotaan banyak disebabkan karena faktor urbanisasi. Dengan adanya ketidak berdayaan itulah perlu adanya suatu upaya peningkatan keberdayaan pada masyarakat agar masyarakat mampu memanfaatkan sumberdaya yang ada secara efektif dan efisien sehingga mereka mampu mangatasi masalah kemiskinannya secara lebih mandiri. Pemberdayaan (empowerment) masyarakat merupakan strategi pembangunan yang berpusat pada kepentingan dan kebutuhan rakyat (people centered development) yang arahnya menuju kemandirian masyarakat, upaya peningkatan keberdayaan masyarakat yang efektif adalah melalui kelembagaan masyarakat itu sendiri. Salah satu faktor penyebab munculnya masalah kemiskinan adalah karena masalah ekonomi, dengan demikian, kelembagaan masyarakat untuk meningkatkan keberdayaan masyarakat dalam aspek ekonomi adalah kelembagaan ekonomi masyarakat.
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Judul: Correlation between the level of Baitul Maal Wat Tamwil (BMT) performance and the level of member empowerment (Case BMT Insan Mulia, Palembang City)
Abstrak: Hadirnya Baitul Maal Wat Tamwil (BMT) selaku lembaga mikro syariah, telah menjadi penggerak UMKM yang mengalami penurunan produktivitas operasional sepanjang wabah Covid-19 dengan penerapan sistem syariah untuk memberdayakan masyarakat secara ekonomi dan non ekonomi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji hubungan tingkat kinerja Baitul Maal Wat Tamwil (BMT) dengan tingkat keberdayaan anggota (Kasus BMT Insan Mulia Kota Palembang). Proses pengumpulan data menerapkan metode penelitian berupa metode survei melalui pendekatan kuantitatif dengan penyebaran instrumen kuesioner kepada 30 responden dan pendekatan kualitatif didukung oleh data kualitatif, berupa wawancara mendalam dan data sekunder. Data kuantitatif dianalisis menggunakan uji korelasi Spearman dengan bantuan software SPSS. Hasil yang diperoleh adalah terdapat hubungan yang signifikan dan kuat antara tingkat kinerja Baitul Maal Wat Tamwil (BMT) Insan Mulia dengan Tingkat Keberdayaan Anggota (Kasus BMT Insan Mulia Kota Palembang)., The exsitence of Baitul Maal Wat Tamwil (BMT) as a sharia micro institution, has become a driving-force for MSME (UMKM) that experienced a decline in operational productivity during the Covid-19 outbreak with the implementation of the sharia system to empower the community economically and non-economically. This research aims to examine the correlation of BMT’S performance level with the level of empowerment of BMT members (Study research in BMT Insan Mulia Palembang City). The process of data collection was applied with survey method with quantitative approaches through questionnaire instruments that diffuse to 30 respondents and qualitative approaches are supported by qualitative data, in the form of in-depth interviews and secondary data. Quantitative data were analyzed using the Spearman correlation test through SPSS software and Microsoft Excel. The results obtained by this research is a significant relationship between the performance level of Baitul Maal Wat Tamwil (BMT) Insan Mulia and the level of Member Empowerment (Case: BMT Insan Mulia, Palembang City).
Keyword: BMT, Performance, Empowerment

Judul: Durability of Specific Immunoglobulin (Ig) Y Againts Influenza and Covid-19 in Sunscreen
Abstrak: The benefit of specific immunoglobulin Y (Ig Y) as an active ingredient in personal care products such as sunscreen has not been properly studied. Our study aims to evaluate the reliability of specific IgY against influenza and the COVID-19 virus in a sample sunscreen product. Specific IgY influenza and COVID-19 viruses were inserted in the sample sunscreen at two concentrations of 0.1% and 0.25%. Three treatments were observed: control (C) sunscreen without IgY, treatment 1 (T1) sunscreen with 0.1% IgY, and treatment 2 (T2) sunscreen with 0.25% IgY. Organoleptic observations were carried out to monitor changes in aroma, color, and texture, and sunscreen sampling was done every week for 6 weeks. The durability of IgY was evaluated using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a neutralization assay. Organoleptic observation from weeks 1 to 6 showed consistency in its aroma, color, and texture. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and neutralization assay (NA) results of the T1 and T2 groups showed negative results except for sample T1 at week 5, which showed a positive result in the Influenza A ELISA. Based on the results, it seems that IgY concentrations of 0.1% or 0.25% were not optimal. However, this negative result might be due to low concentration of the IgY and the presence of beeswax, which inhibits IgY and causes it to dissolve in distilled water, thus preventing it from being detected in the assay.
Keyword: Immunoglobulin Y, Sunscreen, Influenza, COVID-19, Biological Activity