Judul: Optimalisasi sintesis dan kajian adsorpsi gel kitosan-alginat terhadap[ ion Cu(II)
Abstrak: Limbah kulit udang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk membuat kitosan. Sifat reologi kitosan diperbaiki dalam bentuk gel dengan penambahan glutaraldehida dan hidrokoloid alami, seperti alginat. Sifat reologi gel yang diukur adalah kekuatan, titik pecah, ketegaran, pembengkakan, dan pengerutan gel, sedangkan parameter kitosan yang diukur ialah kadar air, kadar abu, derajat deasetilasi (DD), dan bobot molekul (BM). Pembuatan gel dilakukan dengan mencampurkan larutan kitosan 2.50% (b/v), glutaraldehida 4.00, 5.00, dan 6.00% (v/v), serta alginat 0.00, 0.75, dan 1.00% (b/v). Berdasarkan analisis proksimat, kitosan memiliki kadar air 5.89%, kadar abu 0.15%, DD 73.61%, dan BM 4.30 × 105 g mol-1
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Judul: Adsorben Kitosan Bertaut Silang Glutaraldehida sebagai Penjerap Ion Cu(II).
Abstrak: Kitosan dapat digunakan sebagai biopolimer yang bermanfaat untuk menjerap ion logam berat. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah membandingkan kapasitas adsorpsi dari adsorben kitosan beads dan kitosan bertaut silang glutaraldehida sebagai penjerap ion Cu(II). Pencirian adsorben menggunakan spektrofotometer transformasi Fourier menunjukkan serapan gugus C=N dan C=O pada bilangan gelombang 1618.28 dan 1786.08 cm-1. Optimasi dengan sistem adsorpsi tumpak menggunakan metode permukaan respons dengan 3 parameter, yaitu konsentrasi larutan awal ion Cu(II), waktu kontak, dan bobot adsorben. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa besarnya nilai kapasitas adsorpsi kitosan bertaut silang glutaraldehida terhadap ion Cu(II), tidak jauh berbeda dengan kitosan beads tetapi berdasarkan waktu kontaknya, adsorben kitosan bertaut silang glutaraldehida lebih cepat menjerap ion Cu(II) dibandingkan dengan kitosan beads. Adsorpsi isoterm menunjukkan kedua adsorben mengikuti tipe Freundlich.
Keyword: glutaraldehida, isoterm adsorpsi, kitosan

Judul: Habitat characteristics of timor friarbird philemon inornatus in Camplong Landscape Kupang District, East Nusa Tenggara
Abstrak: Timor Friarbird (Philemon inornatus, G. R. Gray, 1846) is one of the six endemic birds of Timor and is a protected species. The population of bird is suspected to have been decreasing over the past six years along with the decreasing of the quantity and quality of physical and biotic factors of its habitat. Knowledge on landscape spatial pattern could be used to evaluate the quantity and quality of habitat. This research aimed at identifying spatial habitat characteristics of Timor Friarbird based on dominant factors of physical and biotic habitat components. Principle Component Analysis (PCA) on the physical habitat factors showed that variables that have strong correlation with the presence of the bird were Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), slope, distance from secondary forest, distance from bush, distance from cashew plantation, distance from crop plantation, and distance from roads. The biotic factors that have strong correlation with the presence of Timor Friarbird were the total number of plant species, number of plants used for food and cover, and mean height of trees. Height of poles was the only variable that has no correlation with the presence of Timor Friarbird. The most dominant physical and biotic factors that influent the presence of Timor Friarbird at a site are the density of foraging trees, slope, distance from the river, the distance from secondary forest, the density of cover pole and the distance from road. The estimation population of Timor Friarbird in Camplong region is low; this might be caused by low feeding tree density, high rates of poaching, the uneven distribution of feed vegetation and the flowering season, habitat degradation due to illegal logging, grazing cattle in the wild, and invasion of siam weed or chromolaena (Chromolaena odorata). The results of land cover classification at Camplong region based on Landsat_5 Thematic Mapper (TM) image with ArcGIS 9.3 and Erdas 9.1 obtained 11 land cover classes, with shrub as the dominant class. Keyword: Philemon inornatus, Habitat Spatial Characteristics, PCA, Population, Land Cover
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