Middle Java Research Articles

Fragmentation Evaluation of Some Selected Mudrock Indiced by Physical and Mineralogical Properties

Not many mudrock in Indonesia have been evaluated for slaking characteristics. Mudrock disintegrates rapidly when interacting with the atmosphere and hydrosphere. This research investigates the fragmentation of slaked claystone from the Kerek Formation. These formations are known for causing road, slope, and land-strengthening engineering problems along Jalan Semarang-Bawen, Middle Java, Indonesia. In this research, the method includes quantitative analysis of rock slaking level, which collides with the physical and mineralogical properties of the rocks. The slaking test with natural exposure for four cycles was carried out on as many as five samples. It is found the durability parameter value for all samples generally shows a slight difference. The durability index and Fragment Size Distribution Ratio in the 4-month cycle may be considered to evaluate the degree of fragmentation of material mudrock. RGL.0708.10 have an average DIR of 11.81%, and RGI.0908.1 is 2.18%. The value of FSDRatio for RGI.0908.2, RGL.0908.1, RGI.0908.1, and RGI.0708.3 is 1.00, whereas RGI.0708.10 is 0.9997. The indices in this research can be projected and considered to be used in another formation sample with engineering problems. The mineralogical composition of smectite minerals does not show a significant relationship to affect the fragmentation of mudrock with R2 .0.268 in month-4 for the DIR and 0.1322 for the FSDRatio . On the microscopic texture of the sample, there is the presence of calcite minerals, and a modest relationship exists between calcite content and its effect on the fragmentation of mudrock with R2 for DR and FSDRatio , respectively 0.6797 and 0.4732. In addition, physical properties such as natural water content highly influence mudrock’s durability with R2 for DIR and FSDRatio , respectively 0.8321 and 0.9023.

SIMULATION OF THE SARIMA MODEL WITH THREE-WAY ANOVA AND ITS APPLICATION IN FORECASTING LARGE CHILLIES PRICES IN FIVE PROVINCES ON JAVA ISLAND

Commodities that become potential in the Horticulture Sub-sector are large chilies, so supply and prices must be controlled. One of the efforts that can be made is to predict the price of large chili in the future. However, forecasting is sometimes constrained by several things, such as small sample sizes and outliers. The effect of several factors on the parameter estimation bias can be determined by experimental design by simulating the data obtained from the generation results with several scenarios. The results of the analysis show that all factors have a significant effect on the magnitude of the parameter bias, so that all factors can affect forecasting results. When applying forecasting methods to actual data, paying attention to these three factors is necessary. The application of actual data using the SARIMA method gives good results. It can be seen from the RMSE and MAPE values ​​, which tend to be small. Based on the forecast results for the following 12 periods, it is estimated that the price of big chili in 2022 in five provinces will still fluctuate. The high price of chili in five provinces is predicted to reach its highest in the first three months of 2022. The highest price is predicted to occur in DIY Province in February, which is Rp. 74.230.00/kg. However, from the middle to the end of the year, prices will tend to fall and stabilize. The price will be the lowest in Middle Java Province in December, which is Rp. 20,689.00/Kg.

Education Services for Students during the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Corona Virus Disease 19 currently has disrupted all aspects of life, including education. The teachers and students have to adapt to the studying and learning process and how to serve students. This phenomenon is important and interesting to study. The research uses a qualitative case study method with data collection through observation, dialogical interviews, Focus Group Discussion, Participatory Decision Making, and documentation analysis. Informants are teachers represented from the fifth-grade elementary schools, both urban and rural areas, besides the principals, educational leaders, and practitioners in the District of Banyumas, the Province of Middle Java, Indonesia. The research analysis uses interactive analysis starting from data collection, data reduction, verification, and triangulation till the conclusion drawing. The results showed that teachers and students in research areas alike experienced technological disruption both in the educational process or services to students during the pandemic as an effect of the changing of studying learning methods from face-to-face to online. Another result found the use of digital media in the process of implementing and evaluating the studying learning process hurts boredom, lack of concentration on the lesson, and humanistic interaction with other students. In contrast, the result also found a positive impact such as interesting and innovative digital applications that can support the educational process during that pandemic. It is necessary to socialize, adapt, adopt innovation and increase competence for teachers and students, especially in the use of digital-based learning media and applications (online) including quality assurance of the education implementation and evaluation process.

MARINE GEOMAGNETIC ANOMALY BELT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE REMNANT ARCS IN THE NORTHWESTERN JAVA SEA, INDONESIA

The continuous marine geomagneticsurvey within a timeintervalof1-secondsampling and a precision of 0.1 nT was conducted in the northwestern Java Sea to identify and interpret the general trend of total marine magnetic anomalies and the possibility related to thegeological resourcepotential. These magnetic data were then processed according to the formula corrected and applied to marine magnetic data. The total marine magnetic anomalies of the northwestern Java Sea indicate a well-defined lateral trend belt of anomaly contours. Anomalies are divided into four delineation zones: Zones I, II, III, and IV. A preliminary analysis of these anomalies led to the interpretation, reflecting the residual of a slightly east-west trending geological body underneath.Examination of magnetic anomalies suggests Zone I and IV characterize a basinalarea, Zone II depicts a granitic belt, and Zone III describes a Cretaceousmagmatic arc system in the east that extends from Middle Java across the Java SeathroughSouthern Kalimantan. These magnetic anomalies seem to coincide with the free air gravity anomalies data derived from TOPEX satellite data.

The Effect of Spirulina Platensis in Feed for Color Brightness, Growth, Feed Efficiency and Survival Rate of Rainbow Boesemani Fish (Melanotaenia boesemani)

Boesemani rainbow is one of ornamental fish that have good demand on ornamental fish lover either in domestic market or foreign market because having beautiful color and unique body shape. The color brightness of rainbow boesemani (Melanotaenia boesemani) can be enhanced by coloration. One of them by using Spirulina platensis flour as coloration. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect S. platensis in fish feed and the dosage S. platensis to enhance color brightness, growth, feed efficiency and survival rate of rainbow boesemani. The research was conducted in January - Maret 2021 on Patriot Aquafarm, Semarang, Middle Java. The test animals used were rainbow boesemani with length 2,5 ± 0,5 cm and a density of 10 fish / 6 liter. This study used an experimental method with a completely randomized design (CRD) with 4 treatments and 3 replications of S. platensis flour with different dosage in 100g feed. The different treatments are A. 0%, B. 0,5%, C. 1%, and D. 1,5%. The results obtained from the study showed that the highest hue value in treatment C (1%) with an increase 41.67± 7.57, the highest absolute weight value in treatment B (0,5%) with an increase 3,51 ± 0,19, feed comsumtion total 4.81 ± 0,28, feed convertion ratio 1,59±0,06 and survival rate 100.00 ± 00.00%. The results of water quality observations were in the form of DO ranging from 7,2 - 9,5 mg / l, pH 7,9 - 9,0 and temperatures ranging from 24-30℃. The conclusion was that the increase S. platensis in feed had a significant effect on the color brightness, growth and feed convertion ratio. By increasing S. platensis with 1% dosage will resulting the highest brightness value and 0,5% dosage will resulting the highest growth value and feed convertion ratio.Keywords: Spirulina platensis, Melanotaenia boesemani, Coloration

Detection of Coxiella burnetii (Query Fever) DNA by Nested-PCR in Beef Cattle from Ampel Slaughterhouse, Boyolali Regency, Middle Java, Indonesia

Coxiella burnetii (C. burnetii) is a Gram-negative and obligate intracellular bacterium that causes Query fever (Q fever). The aim of the present study was to detect C. burnetii in beef cattle from Ampel slaughterhouse at Boyolali Regency, Middle Java, Indonesia. Spleen, heart, liver, lung, and kidney samples were collected from 100 cattle and used for Nested-PCR (nPCR) with four types of primers (OMP1, OMP2, OMP3, and OMP4). Five stages of pooling extraction were performed on 100 individual samples. The nPCR amplified a 437 bp DNA fragment from the fifth pool on the sampled heart, lung, and spleen. Furthermore, 10 individual samples from the fifth pool were re-tested by nPCR to find out the number of positive individual samples. Of 10 samples, the obtained result indicated the presence of C. burnetii DNA in 7 samples, 6 from Simmental cattle and 1 from Ongole cattle. Therefore, it can be strongly suspected that there are 7 out of 100 local breed beef cattle positive of Q fever at Boyolali Regency, Middle Java, Indonesia.

Lung Tuberculosis with Multi Drug Resistant Risk in Tertiary Hospital in Middle Java

World TB report from World Health Organization (WHO) in 2017 informed that Indonesia was second country with TB case. Multi Drug Resistance pulmonary infection’s case in Indonesia were 12.000. Kariadi hospital is one of tertiary hospital for pulmonary MDR-TB treatment but, there is no study about risk factor of it yet, so it needed to find risk factors of MDR-TB pulmonary infection in Kariadi hospital. Cross Sectional design using secondary data from Medical Record from January 1st - December 31, 2017 with result of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on GeneXpert sputum examination. Bivariate analysis with Chi square test and multivariate analysis was done by multiple logistic regression. The p value was considered significant if <0.05, all analyzes were 2-tailed. Totally 110 patients were obtained during periode, 55 samples for case and 55 samples for control. There were correlation between smoking habit OR = 3,1 (CI 95% 1,1-8,7), malnutrition OR = 2,9 (CI 95% 1,3-6,3), contact with patient with MDR pulmonary TB infection OR = 12,0 (CI 95% 1,5-97,3), past treatment OR = 81,7(CI 95% 23,4-285,2) and ≥6months past treatment OR = 94,5 (CI 95% 12,1-736,2. Risk factor that could influence together were contact with patient with MDR pulmonary TB infection OR = 34,5 (CI 95% 2,6-464,5), past treatment OR = 39,4 (CI 95% 8,3-186,3) and ≥ 6months past treatment OR = 12,4 (CI 95% 1,3-117,7). Risk factors for the incidence of pulmonary MDR TB infection are past contact with patient with MDR pulmonary TB infection, past treatment and ≥ 6months past treatment.

BREAST CANCER IN PREGNANCY AT DR. KARIADI GENERAL HOSPITAL: A SERIAL CASE

Background Each year 2.1 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer, being the most common type of cancer found and cancer-related cause of death in women worldwide. In Indonesia, especially in Middle Java, more than 80% women diagnosed were already in the late stage. Physiological changes in pregnancy contributes to the delay in diagnosis in pregnant women and pregnancy also resulted in a more complicated approach of therapy. Regarding only few studies were done involving pregnancy with breast cancer, the aim of the study is to provide further knowledge associated with it.Methods Medical records of pregnant women with breast cancer in year 2014-2018 at Dr. Kariadi General Hospital were studied.Results Based on the 3 cases be studied, patients were referred from class B and C hospitals outside of Semarang city showing stage III (33.33%) and IV (66.67%) breast cancers. Two-third of the patients underwent mastectomy previously and one of them also underwent chemotherapy program prior her pregnancy. Comorbidities varied between patients and therapies were adjusted individually and multidisciplinary. Two of the cases went through transperitoneal caesarean section for delivery and one patient with twin pregnancy died by complications and intrauterine foetal death was also determined.Conclusion Overall, all patients were > 35 years old and the breast cancers were diagnosed at late stage. Complications by comorbidities such as anaemia, severe malnutrition, and infection, were found. Two pregnancies which were already in third trimester was terminated and a case of maternal mortality was found.Keywords Breast cancer, pregnancy

Potency of Nuisance Flies as Vector of Coxiella burnetii on Dairy Farms in Ampel and Mojosongo Districts, Boyolali Regency, Middle Java, Indonesia

Potency of Nuisance Flies as Vector of Coxiella burnetii on Dairy Farms in Ampel and Mojosongo Districts, Boyolali Regency, Middle Java, Indonesia

Saving Indonesia's Golden Generation: Preventing Teenage Marriage in Rembang, Central Java (A Case Study)

Indonesia is expected to reap the benefits of a golden generation, enjoying an advanced and independent modern society in the year of 2045. However, there are great challenges ahead including problems amongst younger Indonesians which may hinder the realization of this projection. This study brings to the fore the problem of teenage marriage, defined as the marriage of two individuals under the age of eighteen, be it through coercion or through their own volition. Data show that 14.18% of married Indonesian women are younger than 16 years old (SUSENAS, 2017); with 1.459,000 teenage girls marrying per annum so that the country ranks eighth globally in terms of teenage marriage (UNICEF, 2020). Using a cybernetics communication approach and qualitative method, this article assesses teenage marriage prevention programs in Rembang, a regency in middle Java, Indonesia. This study found that prevention of teenage marriage is not part of everyday discussion in the grassroots. Public discourse has stalled at the information stage, optimal understanding has yet to be realized. With this backdrop, Rembang regency utilize a top-down approach in organizing its teenage marriage prevention programs. However, synergy and cooperation remain necessary to minimize the practice by maximizing collaboration with families, schools, health officials, religious officials, and civil servants who turn to be the most influential actors in such programs.

Garbage collectors, far from health: A study of dermatitis in Middle Java, Indonesia

Household garbage collectors are one of the groups who are at risk of getting dermatitis due to their work. This study aims to determine the relationship between the length of service and the use of long-sleeved work clothes and gloves with dermatitis on the household garbage collector in Surakarta. This was an observational analytic study using a cross-sectional study. The subjects of the study were household garbage collector in Jebres sub-district, Surakarta. A total of 134 respondents was recruited as samples using simple random sampling. A questionnaire sheet was used to collect individual data and dermatitis status was determined by the doctor’s diagnosis. A Chi-square test was used to investigate the relationship between the length of service and the use of long-sleeved work clothes and gloves with dermatitis. Logistic regression was used to determine factors associated with dermatitis. There was a significant relationship between the length of service with dermatitis p=0.000 (p<0.05). There was also a significant relationship between long-sleeve work clothes and gloves with dermatitis p=0.003 (p<0.05). The multivariable test showed that workers with a long length of service had a higher risk of having dermatitis compared to a short length of service (OR=6,701, p=0.000). It was also showed that more frequent use of long-sleeved work clothes intensity reduces the risk of getting dermatitis compared to sometimes use (OR=0.341, p=0.017). There is a significant association between the length of work and the use of long-sleeved work clothes and gloves with dermatitis on household garbage collectors in Surakarta.

KEARIFAN LOKAL BERTAJUK RELIGI DALAM MITE GUNUNG TIDAR: KAJIAN ANTROPOLOGI SASTRA

The Myth of Tidar Mountain is one of oral literature that flourishing around people of Magelang, Middle Java. This research aimes to describe religiosity in The Myth of Tidar Mountain with review of literary anthropology. The data source of this research came from myth that flourishing around the people. The data collecting method was done by two phase which is library research and continued with field research. Descriptive analytic method was used to analyzed the data that have been collected. The result of this research shows the correlation between religion and local people culture, especially Javanese culture. The correlation of both is reflected in Syababiyah tradition, Ruqyah, Correlation between Kyai Semar in Myth of Tidar Mountain with Semar in puppet show, and symbol or culture sites in Tidar Mountain.

Empowering Science Teachers in Indonesia through NASE Workshops

AbstractYouths and kids in Indonesia since almost two decades ago have been showing significant increase of interest in space sciences, especially astronomy. One of the main factors is due to the annual event of National Science Olympiad which includes Astronomy as the subject. The increasing level of public interest, especially younger generation on astronomical events, such as eclipses, moon sightings, meteor showers has been constantly observed from time to time. Being aware that Astronomy course does not included in primary and secondary education level’s curricula, teachers are somewhat desperate and are not capable to play role as clearing house in science related to space. The IAU Network of Astronomy for School Education Network (IAU-NASE) course was started in 2016 in Machung University, East Java as the pilot project in Indonesia. The course has attracted significant interest from teachers and university staff, especially in East and Middle Java Provinces. Being confident with the enthusiasm of teachers who expressed that NASE course could fulfil their needs to teach and instruct students in a very efficient way, it was organized consecutively at Bandar Lampung, Lampung Province in 2018 and 2019 (hosted by Institut Teknologi Sumatera) and in 2020 at Bandung, West Java Province (hosted by Institut Teknologi Bandung). The most recent NASE course on 21–23 August 2020, conducted in on-line mode, was attended by 74 participants, although primarily aimed at 15 School teachers, and was quite successful. The on-line observational activity turned out to be the most impressive session for the participants. We report and review four years of IAU NASE courses in Indonesia, with various documentation and brief analysis of the positive impact to the teachers and instructors attitude in teaching astronomy at secondary level of education.

Factors Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease Among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis

Introduction: The development of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and later proportion of decline in renal function are diverse among individuals. This reflects the multifactorial biological mechanisms that are involved in the underlying disease process. The risk factors and resources for care of CKD also vary from place to place. Identifying the risk factors of CKD is crucial and develop prevention strategies, including screening, might be beneficial to reduce burden cost, morbidity and mortality of CKD. We aim at identifying the factors associated with CKD in individuals who have undergone hemodialysis.
 Material and Methods: All adult patients (age >18 years) admitted to the department of internal medicine either as in- or out-patient for undergoing hemodialysis at the Mardi Rahayu Hospital in Kudus, Middle Java, Indonesia from January to August 2016 were included in the study.
 Results: Eighty-two patients were evaluated during the study period. Most of the patients were in older age (> 50 years old). Sixty (73%) were male and 22 (27%) were female patients. Fifty
 (61%) patients had mild anemia, 23 (28%) patients had moderate anemia and 8 (10%) patients had severe anemia. Among 82 patients, 77 (94%) of the patients were hypertensive, 19 (23%) of
 the patients had DM, 23 (28%) of the patients had renal stone, 8 (10%) of the patients had renal cysts, and 7 (9%) of the patients suffered from glomerulonephritis.
 Conclusion: Older age, male gender, anemia, and hypertension were factors that associated with CKD among patients undergoing hemodialysis.
 Keywords: chronic kidney disease, risk factors, hemodialysis, anemia, hypertension

Purifying Indonesia, Purifying Women: The National Commission for Women's Rights and the 1965–1968 anti‐Communist violence

Purifying Indonesia, Purifying Women: The National Commission for Women's Rights and the 1965–1968 anti‐Communist violence Nelly van Doorn‐Harder Introduction On May 29, 2006, Komnas Perempuan, the Indonesian National Commission that advocates for the rights of women, met with a delegation of nineteen women survivors of the 1965–1966 anti‐Communist violence to consider their official complaint. The moment was historic: these women officially broke their silence of forty years. Between 1965 and 1968, they had been the victims of horrible acts of violence committed by other Indonesians, their neighbors, colleagues, and even friends. Participating in para‐military and vigilante groups, the perpetrators had murdered between half and one million Indonesians and incarcerated more than one million. Accused of harboring Communist sympathies or being active members of the party, many of these women spent decades in jail. For forty years, the Suharto government had forbidden any mention of their plight. Their local communities, at times even their own families, had ostracized them. They had been demonized based on their direct, indirect, or alleged involvement in the Indonesian Communist Party (Partei Kommunis Indonesia or PKI). The rationale for the massacres, incarceration, and silence was that Communists polluted Indonesian society and made the country impure. By virtue of their gender, women were especially susceptible to allegations of impurity, which gave their adversaries permission to rape and sexually abuse them. Komnas Perempuan is an abbreviation that stands for Komisi Nasional Anti Kekerasan terhadap Perempuan (The National Commission against Violence against Women). A government‐sponsored organization, it was set up on October 15, 1998, after the collapse of the oppressive Suharto regime (1966–1998). When in the spring of 1998, during the transition period from dictatorship to democracy, large‐scale communal riots erupted, many women were sexually assaulted. This was not the first time such patterns of violence and sexual assault had occurred. It had been an open secret that during military operations the regime's security forces violated human rights on a staggering scale. Military personnel targeted women in places the government considered rebellious, such as Aceh, Papua, and Timor Lorosae. All through the 1990s, civil society groups insisted that the state start to accept responsibility for this particular form of gendered violence. The press and many average Indonesians observing the 1998 violence noticed that there was an eerie resemblance between what was happening at the time and previous attacks on women during the 1965–1966 events. As a result, women activists lobbied for the creation of an organization that would focus on basic human rights of women alongside the Indonesian Commission for Human Rights that is called KOMNAS HAM (Komisi Nasional Hak Asasi Manusia). In this article, I focus on some of the strategies developed by Komnas Perempuan to address the plight of the 1965–1966 victims. By 2005, many of the women survivors were elderly and had lived most of their lives as outcasts. Their numbers were dwindling fast and there was a paucity of information about them. The main sources about their lives are interviews recorded by local organizations that try to collect the women's stories. Especially after 1998, several of such initiatives emerged all over Indonesia. Typically, they locate and interview survivors of the 1965–1966 violence to document their stories. For example, a network of organizations for Human Rights and Women's Rights in the city of Solo, Middle Java, called Koalisi Keadilan dan Pengungkapan Kebenaran (KKPK) or the Coalition for Justice and Truth Telling, collected stories about how the victims survived and dealt with the massacres. Their findings are collected in a book and a movie. The mandate of Komnas Perempuan is to report gender‐based human rights abuses and create public awareness campaigns for Indonesian society. This task is not easy since it requires sustained efforts to highlight violence against women in the media. From the beginning, one of its main goals has been to change the pervasive mindset that blames the victims of sexual violence and makes their plight invisible. This attitude explains why so few cases are reported to the authorities. The consistent effort of Komnas Perempuan to inform the public has resulted in the substantial increase of the number...

REPRESENTATION OF NYI RORO KIDUL IN MYTH, LEGEND, AND POPULAR CULTURE

Nyi Roro Kidul, Nyai Loro Kidul, or Nyai Ratu Kidul is a character of folk legend which has existed all along south coast of Java land: from East Java, to Middle Java and Jogjakarta, then to West Java and Banten. People along the south coast of Java island believe to myth of this legendary character as a beautiful and supernatural woman who has authority of devil realm in Indonesian Ocean (Indian Ocen) or Segoro Kidul (South Sea). The popularity of Nyi Roro Kidul has also become motivation for national film-making and TV media to produce many films and drama about this character. Although there are many similarities about the revelation, among regions, legend and mass culture (film, TV); the representations of Nyi Roro Kidul show differences in theme emphasis. In East Javanese people, Nyi Roro Kidul is emphasized on the intention of people seeking wealth pesugihan (with the helping from devils) by sacrificing human soul for antidote. In Middle Javanese people, Kanjeng Ratu Kidul is representated as the take turn-wife of Sultans from Mataram, Sultan Panembahan Senopati to Sultans of Jogjakarta in the present time. The west Javanese people represents this figure as the princess of Pakuan Pajajaran Kingdom who is betrayed and abused, and throw away herself to jump into South Sea, then she incarnates as a beautiful and undefeated supernatural queen. On film and television, Nyi Roro Kidul is presented as a beautiful, sexy, cruel and sexual adventurer woman.

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LAMPUNG LOCAL SAND AS CASTING SAND IN THE METAL CASTING PROCESS

In Indonesia, the demand for sand was mainly fulfilled using sand brought from Java although with a very expensive transportation cost. For the Sumatran region, the province of Lampung is rich in quartz sand that has the potential to act as substitute to the Java originated sand. This experiment aims to characterize sand from Tanjung Bintang and Maringgai of Lampung province as the prerequisite for the recondition process for its use as casting sand. In this experiment, two kinds of sand sample extracted from Lampung province were characterized. Casting sand from Ceper of Middle Java province was analyzed as comparison. The results showed that although the water and clay content of Ceper sand was higher than that of Lampung sand, the Lampung sand itself had finer particle size and morphology which was shown by higher Grain Finenesss Number (GFN) than Ceper casting sand at 48.49 for Tanjung Bintang sand and 47.61 for Maringgai sand as opposed to Ceper’s 31.31. Elemental analysis showed that Lampung sand contained more Al2O3 and MgO than its Java counterpart. These elements contribute to the improvement of the ability of produced casting sand to resist higher temperature and reducing the need for binder material.

Indigenous Soybean-Alternatives from Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta

More than a third of protein intake of Indonesian is fulfilled from soyfood. Unfortunately, soybean is mainly obtained through importation; it is the second largest import agri-food commodity (after wheat) in Indonesia. Almost 70% of soybeans consumed by Indonesian is imported from other countries. This study aimed to explore potential soybean-alternatives from Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta – Middle Java, Indonesia. Gunung Kidul, with its karst region domination, harsh climate condition and strong indigenous culture, kept many potential indigenous soybean-alternatives. Qualitative data were gathered by using Focus Group Discussion and in-depth interview with 24 key persons from Pucung- and Mertelu-villages, Gunung Kidul Regency. This in-depth study identified eight indigenous soybeans alternatives which then enable to be processed into three soyfood alternatives, those are: Tempe Benguk, Tempe Mlanding, and Tempe Klenthang. There were 10 traditional techniques in processing these commodities. A quantitative review using Hedges’d effect method had also been performed to compare the nutritional quality of those identified soybean alternatives. This analysis revealed that only five of those alternatives that has been scientifically published but still under-utilized. Mucuna pruriens and Canavalia gladiata have comparable crude protein (d+, ±Vd: -2.05, ±1.01) and calcium content (2.02, ±1.01), respectively, if set the soybean as comparison. There were five main negligence reasons of these alternatives, i.e., complicated handing, potential poisonous, rarely found, less preferred, and less economic value. Fermentation seems to be the best traditional processing approach in utilizing these soybean alternatives. Advance processing technique seems promising for increasing the value of these alternatives.

Analisis Kinerja Ombudsman Republik Indonesia Perwakilan Jawa Tengah Dalam Rangka Penanganan Laporan Masyarakat

Maladministration is an inapropriate behavior which is not compatible withthe principle of a good public service. Citizens often unsatisfied with the servicethey received. Number of public service executors do not give the proceduralsevice, take too much time, do the illegal extraction, and there are numbers ofmaladministration happened in public service execution. Indonesian Republic’sOmbudsman is a vice Ombudsman in Middle Java fuctioned to monitor andprohibit maladministration in Middle Java. In monitoring, Ombudsman takesaction in finishing the report from the citizens through clarification, investigation,and create a conclusion and decision in form of recomendation and suggestion.The aim of this research is to analyze the work and the factors involvesIndonesian Ombudsman’s work in Middle Java in handling the report. The theoryused in this research is work by considering the Productivity, Service Quality,Responcivity, Responsibility, and Accountability. This research used Qualitativeresearch method with Descriptive data processing. The data was collected byusing interview, observation, and documentation. By using core informant as themain sourse and triangulation technique as the source of valid data.After the research, the Indonesian Republic’s Ombudsman in Middle Java iscategorized to good. But it can’t be said as an optimal one because there are someobstacles in finishing the report for human resources, material, facility, and theagency, and the citizens’ undertstanding about Ombudsman right is still bad.

GGE-biplot analysis of yield stability in environment trial of tropical wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotype under dry season in Indonesia

Research to study the interaction of genotype x environment and determine the yield stability of some tropical wheat genotypes due to the influence of different planting environments on the dry season is still very urgent and continues to be done in Indonesian breeding programs to releasing new varieties that are tolerant to the tropical environment. Visualization of GGE-biplot analysis was able to explain the genotype x interaction in an environment. The purpose of this study was to determine the yield stability of some tropical wheat genotypes in some trial location in tropical agro-ecosystem of Indonesia on dry season based GGE-biplot method. Nine tropical wheat genotypes and two wheat varieties as control were evaluated in seven locations in three consecutive years (2015, 2016 and 2017). Variable measured was grain yield. Analysis of variance was performed for data from each study site, to determine the performance of each genotype at each location. Yield stability analysis was performed by GGE-biplot method using plant breeding (PB)tools software. The results showed that Prl/2*Pastor, Trch*2/3/C.80.I/3 and Kiritati/4/2/*Seri.1B*2 wheat genotypes had the highest biological stability, higher than the overall mean yield and this wheat breeding genotype is considered potential to be used in wheat plant breeding to obtain new tropical varieties in Indonesia. The environment of Batu Malang, East Java, Loka Bantaeng South Sulawesi, Salatiga Middle Java, Rumbia Jeneponto South Sulawesi, and Malino Gowa South Sulawesi is considered the suitable location for tropical wheat testing in Indonesia tropical agro-ecosystem.