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One of the cognitive skills that students must have is problem-solving ability. Therefore, a standardized test is needed to measure this ability. However, until now, the tests used to measure mathematical problem-solving ability were not standardized. This research aims to develop a valid and practical mathematical problem-solving test in the discussion of triangles and rectangles. This research is part of the R&D 4D type with steps: Defined (analysis to develop a test), Design (designing a problem-solving test form), and Develop (expert judgment and small group trials). The instrument in this research was the validation sheet used by the validator to assess each test item. The data analysis technique used the Aiken method for expert judgment and qualitative descriptive for development testing. The result is a valid and practical mathematical problem-solving test because the V-Aiken value is more than 0.532. Based on this, the instrument can be used to measure the mathematical problem-solving ability of junior high school students in the discussion of triangles and rectangles.

The protein adsorption was interesting study, especially in the biological fluidic application. In the present study, we study the protein adsorption behavior on the bacterial cellulose and modified bacterial cellulose. In here, bacterial cellulose was modified by acid hydrolysis using hydrochloric acid. The contact time and pH were used as variable to study protein adsorption behavior on the modified bacterial cellulose. As the results, based on functional group analysis, there are not different between bacterial cellulose and modified bacterial cellulose. However, after modification, there was increasing of crystallinity of bacterial cellulose from 84.5% to be 87.7%. In the protein adsorption study, increasing the contact time increase percent adsorption until contact time of 90 minutes, however the further contact time relatively constant. The protein adsorption on both of bacterial cellulose and modified bacterial cellulose decreases, following the increase of pH.