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Saat ini, institusi pendidikan telah memanfaatkan website sebagai salah satu sarana penyaluran informasi kepada seluruh sivitas akademika maupun masyarakat umum. Oleh karena itu, program studi Teknologi Industri Pertanian di Institut Teknologi Sumatera (TIP-ITERA) turut memanfaatkan momentum kemajuan teknologi dalam upaya pengembangan website program studi untuk memenuhi kepentingan penyebaran informasi program studi. Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah untuk mengembangkan website program studi TIP-ITERA menggunakan Wordpress CMS. Kegiatan ini dilaksanakan di Program Studi Teknologi Industri Pertanian Institut Teknologi Sumatera. Khalayak sasaran kegiatan adalah: (1) program studi TIP-ITERA sebagai mitra utama, dan (2) pengunjung website yang terdiri dari sivitas akademika program studi TIP-ITERA, sivitas akademika ITERA, dan masyarakat umum. Perolehan hasil kegiatan yakni website dibangun dengan menggunakan model pengembangan sistem berbasis Waterfall serta menggunakan arsitektur web hosting. Aktor yang terlibat dalam Use Case Diagram untuk website yang dibangun adalah administrator dan pengunjung. Website yang telah dibangun kemudian dievaluasi menggunakan User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ). Hasil pengujian reliabilitas oleh UEQ Data Analysis Tool dapat pada menunjukkan bahwa seluruh data yang didapatkan pada setiap variabel kategori dalam perangkat kuesioner bersifat reliabel karena nilai Cronbach Alpha (α) untuk seluruh kategori adalah > 0.6. Hasil evaluasi menunjukkan bahwa website yang telah dibangun memiliki nilai skala pada kategori stimulation, attractiveness, perspicuity, efficiency, dependability, dan novelty secara berturut-turut adalah sebesar 2.293, 2.215, 2.180, 2.130, 2.335, dan 1.960. Hasil benchmarking secara keseluruhan menunjukkan bahwa seluruh kategori dalam UEQ berada dalam posisi excellent, sehingga dapat diketahui bahwa performa UX dari website program studi TIP-ITERA yang dikembangkan termasuk sangat baik.

The internal selection of Pemilihan Mahasiswa Berprestasi, or known as Pilmapres, is an annual competition held by Institut Teknologi Sumatera (ITERA) to award the most outstanding student of the year which will be further sent to compete in regional and national event of Pilmapres held by Balai Pengembangan Talenta Indonesia. This study aimed to implement TOPSIS as a decision-making tool to determine the winner of Pilmapres ITERA in 2023. The criteria used in this study were general achievements, English competencies, and creative ideas, with weight of 50, 20, and 30, respectively. The scores for the criteria for each of the students are obtained from nine members of the board of jury in the final stage of Pilmapres ITERA in 2023. The calculation result using TOPSIS concluded that the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd winners of the internal selection of Pilmapres ITERA in 2023 were Alpha, Beta, and Omega, with the final preference scores of 0.995, 0.799, and 0.795, respectively.

Land-use change from a rubber plantation into the ITERA campus area causes an ecological transition. The components of ecology affected are vegetation and wildlife (bird). Geographic information systems can be used to assess the condition of vegetation and its relation to the ecological component. This study analyses bird diversity, vegetation condition through the NDVI value distribution, and then analyses the bird distribution based on vegetation condition. Observation in transect is the method for collecting bird distribution data. Analyses of vegetation condition was carried out based on NDVI. Analyses of bird distribution based on vegetation condition was carried out spatially by overlaying thematic maps of vegetation with bird distribution. This research found 28 bird species belonging to 18 families with diversity index (H’) 1.84. The highest abundance species were Lonchura punctulata, Passer montanus, and Hirundo tahitica. The NDVI values ranged from -0.64-0.87. ITERA vegetation conditions are divided into five classes: very rare vegetation (VRV), rare vegetation (RV), m vegetation (MV), dense vegetation class (DVC), and very dense vegetation (VDV). Total encounters with birds in this study were 753. The distribution of birds to the vegetation conditions in ITERA has a higher tendency and diverse vegetation have implications of birds to use the vegetation. In the VRV class, there were 4 encounters, RV 37, MV 157, DVC 235, and VDV 315. Also, the number of bird species tends to increase along with the increasing vegetation value. Lonchura punctulata is a bird with the highest abundance in each vegetation class, followed by Passer montanus and Pycnonotus aurigaster. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Land use change of rubber plantation into ITERA campus area has led to changes in the ecology of the area. Amphibians an d reptiles, referred as Herpetofauna, are categorized as wild animals that are sensitive to environmental changes and are considered as bio -indicators. Wild conservation activities including herpetofauna is an essential part to the forest campus concept in ITERA. The objective of the study is to analyze the diversity and distribution of herpetofauna. This applied Visual Encounter Survey (VES) with Time Constraint Method and Glue Trap technique. This research was carried out on six observation path and 180 traps. The ecological index analysis consisted of species diversity, evenness, richn ess, abundance, and community similarity. Twenty-two herpetofauna species were found, including nine amphibians (5 families) and 1 3 reptiles (9 families). There was one reptile species with vulnerable conservation status and 3 reptile species included in CITES appendix II. The diversity index value (H ') was 2.29; species evenness (E) value was 0.74; and species richness value was 3.33. Amphibian species with the highest abundance was Fejervarya cancrivora 1.78 individual/hour of observer, while from the reptile species was Hemidactylus frenatus 0.35 individual/hour of observer. There were 550 herpetofauna encounters, where 8 species could be found on all transects and 6 species could only be found on on e transect . This research showed that the condition of ITERA habitat currently supported herpetofauna's life and needed conservation activities to maintain herpetofauna diversity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the revenue from Russia's oil exports, Russia has moved from its near-bankrupt status after the August 1998 financial collapse to a situation where it is now a financial powerhouse. Although revenue from natural gas exports is not as large, Russia's natural gas pipelines into Europe bring Russia immense political clout. Putin has used Russia's oil and gas skillfully so that the country is once again a superpower—emphasis on power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]