ANALISIS PEMBIAYAAN SYARIAH ATAS NILAI TAMBAH PRODUK PERTANIAN

This research aims to find the impact of sharia finance toward the value-added of agricultural products in Indonesia, by using the data from 2005 until 2011. The OLS method was used to findcausal relationship among the variables, i.e. the value-added of agricultural products, manufacture products, and sharia finance. The result showed that sharia finance had positive significant impact on the value-added of agricultural products; meanwhile value-added of manufacture product had negative significant impact on the value-added of agricultural products. This is an evidence the important role of sharia finance in boosting agricultural value-added in the long-run, as well as for other industries.

A Sensitivity Approach for Eliminating Clashes From Computer Aided Design Model Assemblies

Clashes occur when components in an assembly unintentionally violate others. If clashes are not identified and designed out before manufacture, product function will be reduced or substantial cost will be incurred in rework. This paper introduces a novel approach for eliminating clashes by identifying which parameters defining the part features in a computer aided design (CAD) assembly need to change and by how much. Sensitivities are calculated for each parameter defining the part and the assembly as the change in clash volume due to a change in each parameter value. These sensitivities give an indication of important parameters and are used to predict the optimum combination of changes in each parameter to eliminate the clash. Consideration is given to the fact that it is sometimes preferable to modify some components in an assembly rather than others and that some components in an assembly cannot be modified as the designer does not have control over their shape. Successful elimination of clashes has been demonstrated in a number of example assemblies.

ISOLATION OF SALMONELLAE FROM NATURALLY CONTAMINATED DRIED MILK PRODUCTS

Eight plants that were equipped with several types of driers and that produced a variety of dried milk products were surveyed for Salmonella contamination. Each plant had a history of Salmonella isolations from finished product. Sampling included production fractions as well as tailings and environmentals. Distribution of salmonellae was not random in fractions of product obtained during a day's operation. One-fourth of the 277 samples of the first product through the system (animal feed) contained salmonellae; this was a higher frequency than the 5.6% positive tests observed in 963 samples of other fractions produced later during daily operation. The incidence of Salmonella isolations in these food-grade products also was lower than that observed in 873 tailings samples (10.5%), in 1125 air filter samples (23.6%), and in 763 environmental samples (21.1%). However, plants with Salmonella-positive air filters or environmentals were able, on occasion, to manufacture product free of salmonellae. Results of this study indicated that the first product out of the system during daily operation provides the best sample for evaluation of product contamination by salmonellae.