Liang Luang

Gong Luang sebagai konvensi seni diikat oleh ketentuan-ketentuan yang sekaligus menjadi ciri terhadap repertoar Luang itu sendiri. Akan tetapi jika kita melihatnya sebagai kumpulan alat-alat gamelan, maka Gong Luang tersebut masih memberikan kemungkinan-kemungkinan lain untuk dikembangkan baik dari segi teknik permainan, fungsi maupun komposisi lagunya. Teknik permainan gamelan Gong Luang dapat dikembangkan dengan memasukkan teknik-teknik gamelan lain seperti Gong Kebyar, Semar Pegulingan dan lain-lain. Seperti misalnya gangsa jongkok yang biasa dimainkan dengan teknik kekenyongan dapat dikembangkan menjadi teknik kotekan. Bila dikaji dari segi fungsi gamelan Gong Luang dapat dikembangkan di luar konteks upacara untuk memperkaya fungsi dan maknanya. (Adi Adnyana:1999:3) Meskipun gamelan Gong Luang berlaras pelog tujuh nada, akan tetapi ia memiliki nuansa yang berbeda jika dibandingkan dengan gamelan berlaras pelog tujuh nada lainnya. Seperti misalnya gamelan Semar Pegulingan, Selonding, Gambang, Semarandhana dan yang lainnya. Hal inilah yang membuat gamelan Gong Luang menjadi unik dan sangat menarik minat penata untuk menggarapnya menjadi sebuah komposisi musik inovatif yang penata beri judul Liang Luang. Kata Liang jika dicari di dalam kamus bahasa Indonesia berarti lubang (KBBI:590:1997), dan kata Luang berarti kosong (KBBI:603:1997). Jadi, Liang Luang kalau diartikan menjadi dari kosong kembali ke kosong atau dari lobang kembali ke lobang. Maksudnya adalah manusia yang lahir di bumi, semuanya akan mengalami tiga fase yaitu lahir, hidup dan mati. Ketiga proses dalam siklus kehidupan tersebut dalam ajaran agama hindu disebut dengan Tri kona

Isolation, characterization and mapping of temperature-sensitive mutants of mycobacteriophage I3

Eighteen temperature-sensitive mutants of mycobacteriophage I3 have been isolated and partially characterized. All the mutants were defective in vegetative replication. Based on temperature shift experiments with the temperature sensitive mutants, the thermosensitive phase of the phage development period has been characterized for each mutant. The genes have been mapped by recombination analysis. The early, continuous and middle genes seem to cluster on the genetic ma

Diseases and their management in cage culture

The current trend in aquaculture development is towards increased intensification and commercialization of aquatic production. Like other farming sectors, the likelihood of major disease problems occurring increases as aquaculture activities intensify. Disease is now a primary constraint to the culture of many aquatic species, impeding both economic and sociadevelopment in many countries. Addressing health questions with both pro-active and reactive programmes has become a primary requirement for sustaining aquaculture production and product trade. It is reported that the principal diseases in cage aquaculture of marine finfish and shellfish in Asia are caused by environmental and management affects, nutritional causes, and viral, bacterial, parasitic, and fungal pathogen

Water Loss Under Hot Ambient Temperatures

Male 4 rates were ambient temperature (40 degree,42 degree, and 44 degree calcius) for different durations of time upto a maximum of 3 hours. It was observed that there was a rapid loss in body weight accompanied by considerable increase in body temperature of the animals during the first hour of exposure. Thereafter the rate of body weight loss and increase in body temperature were slow till the end of observation period. Intolerance to heat appears to be more correlated with critical body temperature rather than the extent of dehydration

Influence of formamide on the thermal stability of DNA

The utility of formamide in the denaturation and renaturation of DNA has been examined. The melting temperature of duplex DNA is lowered by 0.6°C per per cent formamide. The depression of melting temperature is independent of the GC content. Formamide also increases the width of the thermal transition. Upto 30%, it does not affect the rate of DNA reassociation

Avian Fauna

Avian Faun

Mangrove vegetation

Mangrove vegetation includes plants ranging from herbs, shrubs to tall trees. In favourable conditions the mangrove trees can form dense forests in intertidal habitats. However; only a few species form a massive canopy. The main characteristic features of these special type of plants are the tidal amplitude, defined by the species, and their ability to tolerate high salinity and stress. The majority of the plant groups have adaptations like prop and stilt roots for fixing support and the pneumatophores otherwise called the breathing roots for exchanging gases and the viviparous germination. In addition to these, the plants have leathery, dark, ever green leaves with deeply embeded stomata and aquous tissues

Some aspects of nursery rearing of the Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer, Bloch) in indoor cement tanks

Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer) is a highly valued food fish of great culture potential. Nursery rearing of Asian seabass in indoor cement tanks was undertaken. Fish were fed on artificial diets at 4% body weight and four times feeding per day with periodical size grading. Mean weight and length at the end of the 45 days experimental period was 8.55 g and 91.03 mm, respectively. While survival rate was 100%, FCR and PER at the end of the 45 days experimental period was 1.15 and 1.07%, respectively. The results of various growth parameters studied showed that the values obtained were in conformity with earlier reports on nursery rearing of Asian seabass under varied rearing systems and growth conditions

A naked singularity stable under scalar field perturbations

We prove the stability of a spacetime with a naked singularity under scalar field perturbations, where the perturbations are regular at the singularity. This spacetime, found by Janis, Newman and Winicour, and independently by Wyman, is sourced by a massless scalar field and also arises as a certain limit of a class of charged dilatonic solutions in string theory. This stability result opens up specific questions for investigation related to the cosmic censorship conjecture and the mechanism by which it is implemented in nature.Comment: 19 pages, version to appear in IJMPD, references adde