Aim: This research aimed to analyze the presence of microbial contamination and antibiotic residue in beef meat from city slaughterhouses in East Java Province, Indonesia. Materials and Methods: A total of 40 samples from city slaughterhouses were used in this study. The tests for microbial contamination used several methods including total plate count (TPC), most probable number of Escherichia coli, detection of Staphylococcus aureus using Mannitol Salt Agar media, Salmonella spp. detection using Bismuth Sulfite Agar media and Triple Sugar Iron Agar media, and detection of the antibiotic residue by screening tests. Results: Most of the samples were contaminated with E. coli (32.5% positive samples) and S. aureus (20.0% positive samples). The mean values of TPC and S. aureus contamination were lower than the maximum limit of contamination, which were 41.58 CFU/g and 13.93 CFU/g, respectively, while the mean value of E. coli contamination was 27.03 CFU/g which was higher than the maximum limit. A low frequency of TPC (5% positive samples) and Salmonella spp. contamination (2.5% positive samples) was found in meat samples. Meat samples from two of the surveyed slaughterhouses were tested positive for antibiotic residue and six of the 40 samples (15%) were also tested positive for the antibiotic residue. Conclusion: It was concluded that most of the microbial contamination in beef meat from city slaughterhouses was below the maximum limit of contamination and only two slaughterhouses were found antibiotic residues in the meat samples.

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Battery cathode material is one of the four determinants of energy storage capacity, which is used as a power source in electronic equipment. laptops, and electric vehicles. Synthesis of LiNiO2 battery cathode material by solid state method, and variations in calcination temperature from 700 oC,  775 oC, and 850 oC , as wll as a fixed time of 6 hours. The results of the analysis using the FTIR spectrum showed that the vibration mode correlated with the vibrations of the octahedral units of NiO6 and LiO6 in the wave number zone of 400 - 700 cm−1. Thus, the peak around 433 cm−1 is caused by the Li–O asymmetric strain vibration of LiO6 and the NiO6 bending vibration, namely [(Ni–O–Li)], occurring at 551-603 cm−1. The results of the observation of the microstructure with SEM showed the size of the micron with an uneven and homogeneous surface. The elemental compositions of Li and Ni metals were analyzed by EDXS showing that the metal content of Li and Ni decreased as the calcination temperature increased. The results of the crystal structure test using an X-ray diffractometer showed that with the increase in the calcination temperature, the average diameter of the crystallites decreased, but the average dislocation density increased and the mean micro-lattice strain also increased ( 0.4817% to 15.8079%) and in the Miller hkl index plane. (102), (104), (210), (108), and (113).

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