The Effect of King Grass Silage on the Nitrogen Balance and Hematological Profile of Ettawa Grade Male Goat

The aims of this research was to study the nutritional value of ensiled King Grass (Pennisetum purpuphoides) to be applied for goat. Twelve Ettawa grade male (PE), + 10 months old, and with average body weight of 19.45 + 3.03 kg were used to determine the voluntary intake, balance nitrogen and their hematological profile. All of the animals were randomly allotted at individual pens. Data were analyzed statistically using analysis of variance, based on completely randomized design arrangement with four treatments (level of King Grass silage) and three replicates. Treatment means were compared using Duncan multiple range test. The result showed that increasing level of King Grass silage within ration significantly increased the average dry matter (DM) intake per metabolic body weight. In fact, the daily DM intake, nitrogen balance, blood hemoglobin and blood hematocrit of the experimental animals were not affected by level of King Grass silage feed. Experiment had no bad effect on healthy condition of the treated goat, so it implies that conserving grass as silage and then feeding grass silage to goat might be implemented by farmers to secure the continuous supply of green forage to keep the goat production sustainability all year round

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYIMIDEZEOLITE MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANE FOR BIOGAS PURIFICATION

Biogas has become an attractive alternative energy source due to the limitation of energy from fossil. In this study, a new type of mixed matrix membrane (MMM) consisting of polyimide-zeolite was synthesized and characterized for biogas purification. The MMM consists of medium concentration of polymer (20% wt polyimide), 80% N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) and 25% zeolite 4A in total solid were prepared by a dry/wet phase inversion technique. The fabricated MMM was characterized using SEM, DSC, TGA and gas permeation. Post treatment coating procedure was also conducted. The research showed that surface coating by 3% silicone rubber toward MMM PI 20% gave the significant effect to improve membrane selectivity. The ideal selectivity for CO2/CH4 separation increased from 0.99 for before coating to 7.9 after coating for PI-Zeolite MMM, respectively. The results suggest that PI-Zeolite MMM with good post treatment procedure will increase the membrane selectivity and permeability with more saver polymer requirement as well as energy saving due to low energy for mixing

USAha Mikro, Kecil dan Menengah sebagai Dinamisator dan Stabilisator Perekonomian Indonesia

Indonesia just convalesce from economic crisis and in course of economic growth to pursue various national development left behind effect of economic crisis. For that, challenge enable ness of middle and small micro effort at period to come quicken its enableness by pushing again work infrastructure of economics like bank, financial institution and of a kind to give support to enableness of middle and small micro effort, so that can become resilience bases and growth of economics of Indonesia. Challenge enableness of middle and small micro effort to improve competitiveness and productivity so be able improve its market compartment, and also diversify and its product differentiating in marke

GAGALNYA PROGRAM PERHUTANAN SOSIAL: STUDI KASUS LMDH NGIMBANG MAKMUR, DESA NGIMBANG KECAMATAN PALANG, KABUPATENTUBAN

Sejak tahun 1972, Pemerintah meluncurkan Program Perhutanan Sosial yang dikelola Perhutani bersama masyarakat. Program ini diharapkan mampu meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat dan dapat mengatrol pertumbuhan ekonomi masyarakat sekitar hutan. Namun, setelah berjalan hampir 50 tahun, apa yang diharapkan tersebut tidak menjadi kenyataan. Program Perhutanan Sosial mengalami kegagalan. Artikel ini merupakan hasil penelitian pada Program Perhutanan Sosial tersebut. Penelitian ini mengambil contoh kasus Lembaga Masyarakat Desa Hutan (LMDH) Ngimbang Makmur, Desa Ngimbang, Kecamatan Palang, Kabupaten Tuban. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif. Melalui observasi, wawancara mendalam terhadap berbagai pihak terkait (Kepala Kantor Perhutani, Pendamping kehutanan, Kepala Desa, Anggota Lembaga Masyarakat Desa Hutan, dan Tokoh-tokoh Masyarakat), serta melalui studi dokumen, penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk mengungkap kondisi-kondisi apa yang menyebabkan pengelolaan Program Perhutanan Sosial tersebut mengalami kegagalan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa, kegagalan pengelolaan hutan sosial tersebut disebabkan oleh: (1) Lembaga Masyarakat Desa Hutan sebagai pengelola hutan sosial tidak dilibatkan sejak perencanaan; (2) tidak adanya transparanansi (keterbukaan) manajemen anggaran; (3) tidak adanya monitoring dan evaluasi dari Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan; (4) tidak adil dalam pembagian hasilnya; serta (5) kurang menguntungkan bagi para pesangge

Kepentingan Politik Penguasa terhadap Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan di Indonesia

Kepentingan politik penguasa terhadap Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan di Indonesia dapat dirunut dalam sejarah perkembangan mata pelajaran ini, sejak munculnya dalam sistem pendidikan nasional pada era Orde Lama hingga Orde Reformasi. Mata pelajaran ini muncul pertama kali tahun 1957. Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan mempunyai misi yang khas. Mata pelajaran ini menonjol dengan misinya untuk mewujudkan sikap toleransi, tenggang rasa, memelihara persatuan dan kesatuan, tidak memaksakan pendapat dan lain-lain, yang dirasionalkan demi terciptanya stabilitas nasional sebagai prasyarat bagi kelangsungan pembangunan. Di Balik semua itu Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan sesungguhnya telah berfungsi sebagai alat penguasa untuk melanggengkan kekuasaan. Sosok Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan (Civic atau Citizenship) yang demikian memang sering muncul di sejumlah negara, khususnya negara-negara berkembang termasuk Indonesia

Mengangkat Kasus Politik Aktual dalam Pembelajaran Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan

Materi untuk pembelajaran Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan (PKN) erat sekali hubungannya dengan kajian dalam bidang politik. Sedangkan kajian dalam bidang ilmu politik sangat dipengaruhi oleh perkembangan realitas politik di suatu negara baik yang masuk dalam wilayah supra struktur politik maupun yang masuk dalam infra struktur politik. Pembelajaran dan kajian PKN yang mengabaikan perkembangan dan dinamika politik akan kehilangan kontektulitas, kehilangan daya tarik, serta kurang bermanfaat bagi peserta didik. Oleh karena itu, pemahaman dan penguasaan pengampu Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan pada berbagai persoalan politik beserta dinamika dan perkembangannya merupakan suatu keniscayaan

Penentuan Luas Produksi Optimum pada Perusahaan Manufaktur

To determine correct production volume a company needed is assorted of appliance which can be utilized to determine the production volume, one of the utilized by appliance break-even analysis. This analysis is utilized to know how big executed production volume in the company will be able to reach situation break-even. Wide determination of correct production will mean also company has strived more effective in exploiting available production factors. Wide determination of production very holding of important role in reaching target, that is maximum profit. Factors of production which allocation precisely is advantage from wide determination of real correct production, location goodness, raw material and also other factors of production. Other advantage that is can depress extravagance of financial, on that account wide determination of production, observation and planning represent main key. So that production process can be executed, require to be compiled by the way of, technique or method to create or add usefulness a goods by using sources or existing factors of production