The new method for determining ground-motion parameters in the next edition of the Indonesian Earthquake Resistant Building Code SNI 03-1726-X, which will be issued in this year, has significant changes than the old code. The major changes in SNI…
The existing taxonomic identification of most taxa has mainly been throughmorphological characters. However, there are limitations to relying primarily on morphology when attempting to identify species during various stages of their development or…
This study was specified in documenting Mimosa reaction in the state of defoliation on the plants. As defoliation was believed to cause plants experiencing both positive and/or negative effects on its growth performance, thus among the aim of this…
Currently, a common method for identifying a person is by means of an identitycard (ID) or combination of an ID and password. The approaches are not very reliable, since the ID can be stolen and password can be forgotten. A more reliable…
This paper presents the results obtained from the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to modelling the crosswind effect on a turbulent non-premixed flame. A pre-processor software GAMBIT was employed to set up the configuration,…
Food animal origin such as beef is one of the basic needs for our society. Some cases of disease caused by microbial contaminated livestock product have been reported in Indonesia. It means that food safety has to obtain serious attention.…
Recently, latex price has continuously increased, This motivates rubber smallholders in southern Thailand to increase latex productivity. Then, ethylene stimulation has been introduced in tapping systems. Therefore, it needs to be tested before…
This study deals with the utilizing of supercritical CO2 for recycling of rare metals(i.e. Pt, Pd, Rh) from spent materials. Experiments were conducted at the temperature range of 40-60°C and a pressure up to 30 MPa. A variety of ligands such as…
Teaching chemistry must include some learning skills in scientific works. The students must have experience conducting small research in chemistry to train them the scientific methods. Some chemistry projects have been carried out by the students of…
The intertidal shores around Penang Island were surveyed for the distribution of barnacles from 14th November 2011 to 31st January 2012. The sampling was done by using 20 cm x 20 cm transect to count the barnacles. Three replicates were taken for…