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DEVELOPING ENGLISH MATERIALS BASED ON CHARACTER BUILDING FOR MANAGEMENT CLASS IN STIE CENDEKIA

Nowadays character building is a national movement in Indonesia. The educators are asked to integrate it in the learning process, but unfortunately, there are still many lectures that still have difficul in integrating character building in classroom. In English class character building can be integrated through inserting culture in the material, therefore the students are not only learning about the material but they also learn about the value of the culture. The purpose of this research is to develop English material for management class based on character building. Research and Development (R&D) by Borg and Gall (1983) was applied. The subjects of the research were the English lecture of management class and the students of the fourth semester. The result of the research showed that the instructional materials developed is appropriate to the students’ needs and curriculum.
TUDE DE POLYPHNOLS DES FEUILLES D'UNE ENDMIQUE IBRO MAROCAINE, THYMELAEA LYTHROIDES

Study of polyphenols of the leaves of an ibero moroccan endemic, Thymelaea lythroides. Thymelaea lythroides (Thymelaeacees) is an endemic of the region of the Gharb (forest of Mamora). It is part of the panoply of the medicinal and aromatic plants of Morocco. Because of the lack of phytochemical informations on the species, some previous studies had for object a research of the antifungal activity of its extracts and a phytochemical screening. This last permitted to put in evidence the wealth of the plant in different secondary compounds. Thus, the present work intends to study the polyphenols of the leaves of Thymelaea lythroides and specially the flavonics aglycones and the anthocyanidins. The survey demonstrated the existence of different molecules belonging to the class of the flavonols, whose identification revealed the kaempferol and quercetine. In addition to two acidic phenols, identified as the cofeique acid and the genticique acidic and two anthocyanidins, the delphinidine and the cyanidine.
Employee Performance Assessment Using Analytical Network Process and Rating Scale

Employee performance assessment is an essential aspect of a company. This study aims to assess employee performance based on Analytical Network Process (ANP) and rating scale. ANP was employed to determine the importance of the criteria. Meanwhile, the rating scale was used to analyze the results of the employee performance assessment. The results of the study showed the weights of the criteria. The highest to lowest weights in sequence included the skills to carry out tasks, job performance, ability to cooperate, employment relationship, and personality. Based on the assessment of fifty-three employees of HRD and Corporate Secretary and General Counsel Department, one employee showed outstanding performance, four employees exemplified high performance, forty-five employees met the standard performance, and three employees had low performance.
Morphological consequences of range fragmentation and population decline on the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

The Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus is one of the world's most endangered felids and is vulnerable to human-induced mortality and habitat loss, which reduce population size and accelerate the loss of genetic variation. Twenty-five metric traits of Iberian lynx skulls have been measured on 95 skulls collected between 1872 and 2003. The skulls belong to three geographically distinct areas/populations, which have recently diverged from each other as a consequence of increased habitat fragmentation: Donana area, Sierra Morena mountains and Montes de Toledo area. The morphometric study was undertaken using univariate, multivariate and admixture analysis approaches, and all three techniques provided evidence for morphometric differentiation, both in skull size and shape, among the three populations for both males and females. Environmental and genetic forces that may have shaped these patterns are discussed. The males of the population of the Donana area showed a different degree of reduction in size in nine of the skull traits with time, which has been suggested to be partly because of worsened habitat conditions. However, the heterogeneity of the degree of mean size reduction and the relatively high degree of reduction of some of the skull traits investigated (>4%), which have altered the original proportions between the skull variables, could also partly be attributed to inbreeding depression in the Donana population. The phenotypic variability of the skull traits showed significant increases (two traits) or decreases (nine traits) with time, and this different pattern of change with time has been suggested to be because of a different number of genes controlling the traits with different degrees of dominance and epistatic interactions. The increased phenotypic variability of two of the traits has also been attributed to a possible decreased level of developmental stability, which can be produced by environmental and/or genetic stress. The findings of this investigation contribute to the discussion about the utility and the limits of quantitative genetics techniques for conservation purposes.
How Satisfied are You with Your Job? Estimating the Reliability of Scores on a Single‐Item Job Satisfaction Measure

Estimating the reliability of scores on single&#8208;item measures can be difficult because commonly used internal consistency estimates of reliability cannot be calculated. When longitudinal data is available, statistical models can be used to decompose the variability in the latent variable at each wave into trait versus state variance. Then, reliability can be estimated as a ratio of the sum of the trait variance that is captured in repeated assessments over the total variance. The current study used latent trait&#8208;state&#8208;error models on a nine&#8208;year longitudinal data (N&#160;=&#160;5,003) to estimate the test&#8211;retest reliability of scores on a single&#8208;item measure of job satisfaction. Results showed that job satisfaction scores were somewhat unreliable (r&#160;=&#160;.49&#8211;.59) and amenable to change.
Effects of Deer Browsing, Fabric Mats, and Tree Shelters on Quercus rubra Seedlings

We examined the effects of deer browsing, fabric mats, and tree shelters on the growth and survival of Quercus rubra (northern red oak) seedlings planted as part of a reforestation project in southcentral Minnesota. Browsing by white-tailed deer occurred on 68.6% of the seedlings growing without tree shelters, whereas only 3.6% of the trees were browsed by mice or voles and 2.5% were browsed by rabbits. Fabric mats, used to control competition from herbaceous plants for roughly half of the seedlings included in the study, had a detrimental effect overall. Seedlings grown with mats had a greater frequency of deer browsing and a greater chance of dying than seedlings grown without mats. Stem height for seedlings browsed by deer was less overall than for nonbrowsed seedlings, although this pattern varied with use of fabric mats and plot location. The use of plastic tree shelters effectively prevented deer browsing and reduced the mortality rate from 34.6% to 3.2%. Our results indicate that fabric mats should not be used in restoration projects with large deer populations. They also suggest that planting seedlings away from existing forest edges and using seedling protection measures such as tree shelters will increase seedling survival and growth in future restoration projects.
A Rationalization of the Weak Axiom of Revealed Preference

We offer a rationalization of the weak axiom of revealed preference (WARP) and of the weak generalized axiom of revealed preference (WGARP) for both finite and infinite data sets of consumer choice. We call it maximin rationalization, in which each pairwise choice is associated with a local utility function. We develop its associated revealed-preference theory. We show that preference recoverability and welfare analysis a la Varian (1982) may not be informative enough when the weak axiom holds but when consumers are not utility maximizers. In addition, we show that counterfactual analysis may fail with WGARP/WARP. We clarify the reasons for these failures and provide new informative bounds for the consumer’s true preferences, as well as a new way to perform counterfactual analysis. Finally, by adding the Gorman form and quasilinearity restrictions to the “local” utility functions, we obtain new characterizations of the choices of the Shafer (1974) nontransitive consumer and those choices satisfying the law of demand.
An investigation of key mechanical and durability properties of coconut shell concrete with partial replacement of fly ash

This study investigated the effect of adding fly ash on the mechanical and durability characteristics of coconut shell (CS) concrete. Two different mixes were developed, one with CS and the other with conventional aggregate and CS as coarse aggregate. Cement was replaced with Class F fly ash in terms of weight at 0, 10, 20, and 30% in both mixes. Test result showed that the CS concrete with 10% fly ash replacement level exhibited the highest compressive and tensile strength. The addition of fly ash decreased the porosity of CS concrete due to its fineness and increased hydration products in the matrix at later ages. Additionally, it also improved the weak aggregate interfacial transition zone of CS lightweight concrete. Thus, the fly ash addition in CS concrete showed lower values of water absorption, permeable voids, sorptivity, and chloride permeability. Furthermore, the increasing content of fly ash addition improved the durability characteristics of CS concrete considerably.
Participation of Tribal Farm Women in Agriculture Related Indigenous Resource Management Activities

Indigenous techniques for resources management are considered to be the best means for friendly environment and livelihood for human being. Women's participation is noticed in agriculture. They are able to run their family with locally available resources. Keeping this in view, the present study was conducted in the tribal areas of Banaskantha district of the Gujarat state with a random sample of 200 tribal farm women. Total 6 indigenous cultivation practices of the maize, the major crop of the area were selected for measuring participation of tribal farm women, on three point continuum viz., full participation, moderate participation and no participation. It can be concluded that- ‘selection of soil’ and ‘preparatory tillage’ in case of tillage; ‘preserving the seed material within the cobs for growing in the next season’ and ‘selecting/earmarking the cob of maize’ in case of selection of seed, seed treatment and sowing; ‘manuring’ and ‘fallowing the field’ in case of nutrient management; ‘using bird perches’ and ‘putting akdo/thor/kharhandi twings in irrigation channel’ in case of pest and disease management; ‘beating dried cobs with wooden stick’ and ‘plucking of matured cobs’ in case of in harvesting and ‘storage in hay/heaps’ and ‘storage in the bamboo bins/kothi’ in case of storage were the important activities in which maximum tribal farm women have participated.
The Risk-Free Asset Implied by the Market: Medium-Term Bonds instead of Short-Term Bills

In empirical tests of the capital asset pricing model, the theoretical risk-free asset is typically assumed to be 1-month Treasury bills. This article examines the implications of a misspecified risk-free asset—that is, the possibility that the true risk-free asset is a longer-maturity Treasury bond. A simple theoretical derivation leads to the testable prediction that low-beta (high-beta) stocks should then exhibit positive (negative) bond betas. The author finds strong empirical confirmation for these predictions. The market-implied risk-free asset can be pinpointed at medium-term (5-year) bonds. Concrete implications of this finding are a lower equity risk premium and a less steep security market line. TOPICS: Portfolio theory, portfolio construction, derivatives Key Findings • In empirical tests of the capital asset pricing model, the theoretical risk-free asset is typically assumed to be 1-month Treasury bills. This article examines the implications of a misspecified risk-free asset—that is, the possibility that the true risk-free asset is a longer-maturity Treasury bond. • A simple theoretical derivation leads to the testable prediction that low-beta (high-beta) stocks should then exhibit positive (negative) bond betas. • The author finds strong empirical confirmation for these predictions and can pinpoint the market-implied risk-free asset at medium-term (5-year) bonds. Concrete implications of this finding are a lower equity risk premium and a less steep security market line.
Populist Attitudes and Selective Exposure to Online News: A Cross-Country Analysis Combining Web Tracking and Surveys

Research has shown that citizens with populist attitudes evaluate the news media more negatively, and there is also suggestive evidence that they rely less on established news sources like the legacy press. However, due to data limitations, there is still no solid evidence whether populist citizens have skewed news diets in the contemporary high-choice digital media environment. In this paper, we rely on the selective exposure framework and investigate the relationship between populist attitudes and the consumption of various types of online news. To test our theoretical assumptions, we link 150 million Web site visits by 7,729 Internet users in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States to their responses in an online survey. This design allows us to measure media exposure more precisely than previous studies while linking these data to demographic attributes and political attitudes of participants. The results show that populist attitudes leave pronounced marks in people’s news diets, but the evidence is heterogeneous and highly contingent on the supply side of a country’s media system. Most importantly, citizens with populist attitudes visit less Web sites from the legacy press, while consuming more hyperpartisan news. Despite these tendencies, the Web tracking data show that populist citizens still primarily get their news from established sources. We discuss the implications of these results for the current state of public spheres in democracies.
Will Increasing Tariffs on China Really Bring the Manufacturing Plants Back to the U.S.?

ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether the recent rise in tariffs on goods produced in China will lead processing trade manufacturing plants now located in China to delocate to the U.S. By using a hypothetical extraction method and examining the global value chains of income, we compare the factor payments in the Chinese and U.S. manufacturing sectors. Our estimates indicate that the average tariff rate necessary to move the processing trade firms is 48.15%, i.e. well above the current 25% rate. However, the average tariff rate needed for shifting China's processing plants to Mexico decease to 20.32%.
Optical Properties of InGaN/GaN Multiple Quantum Well Structures Grown on GaN and Sapphire Substrates

A set of samples based on InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well (QW) structures with an extremely thick active region and high QW numbers was prepared on different substrates by metal organic vapor phase epitaxy. Their morphology was studied by SEM images, and their optical properties, including photoluminescence (PL) excitation, PL emission spectra, and PL decay curves, were measured by means of time-resolved luminescence spectroscopy. The obtained spectral features were tentatively explained by using the band scheme, which is commonly used for the description of InGaN/GaN multiple QW (MQW) structures. The application potential in the field of nanoscintillators used for fast timing of studied structures is discussed as well.
Serum soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 level associates with severity of pulmonary hypertension associated with uncorrected atrial septal defect

Uncorrected atrial septal defect undergoes right ventricle chronic volume overload which may lead to pulmonary hypertension and Eisenmenger Syndrome. The soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 is a left ventricle strain biomarker; however, its role in right ventricle strain is unclear. This study aimed to investigate the implication of serum soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 in adult uncorrected atrial septal defect. This was a cross-sectional study. We enrolled 81 adult uncorrected secundum atrial septal defect patients. Clinical and hemodynamic data were collected. Serum samples were withdrawn from the pulmonary artery during right heart catheterization. Serum soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 and NT-proBNP levels were measured. Subjects were divided into three groups based on clinical and hemodynamic severity. The correlation of soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 with patients' data and comparison among groups were analyzed. A p value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results showed that, there were significant correlations between serum soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 and mean pulmonary artery pressure (r = 0.203, p = 0.035) and right ventricle end-diastolic diameter (r = 0.203, p <0.05). Median serum soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 level was incrementally increased from group I (atrial septal defect and no-pulmonary hypertension), group II (left-to-right atrial septal defect and pulmonary hypertension), to group III (Eisenmenger Syndrome): (17.4 ng/mL, 21.8 ng/mL, and 29.4 ng/mL, respectively). A post-hoc analysis showed that serum soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 level was significantly different between groups I and III (p = 0.01). Serum N terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) level was consistently associated with worse clinical and hemodynamic parameters. No correlation was found between serum soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 and NT-proBNP level. In conclusion, serum soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 level had significant positive correlation with mean pulmonary artery pressure and right ventricle end-diastolic diameter in uncorrected secundum atrial septal defect patients. Higher serum soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 level was associated with the presence of pulmonary hypertension and Eisenmenger Syndrome in uncorrected secundum atrial septal defect patients.
Geoenvironmental behavior of lime-treated marine sediments

Abstract Several hundred million cubic meters of sediment are dredged from various U.S. ports, harbors, and waterways annually to maintain and improve the nation’s navigation system for commercial, national defense, and recreational purposes. The United States Environmental Protection Agency mandated containment of dredged sediments in designated containment facilities. The current study aims to explore the use of sediments dredged from Baltimore Harbor as a potential highway embankment material. Lime-based additives have been added to the dredged material and geotechnical analysis is coupled with environmental assessment in this study. Long-term sequential column leaching test results showed that aluminum, arsenic, nickel, cobalt, and zinc leached from the dredged sediments, but the metal concentrations quickly decreased to EPA water quality limits for protection of aquatic life and human health in freshwaters. Addition of lime kiln dust and quick lime lowered the amount of metals leaching from the material. Contaminant concentrations originating from the dredged sediment in an embankment are reduced up to 80 times in surface waters and decreased to negligible levels upon reaching groundwater.
Molecular interactions of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with mycotoxin-producing fungi and their role in plant defense responses

Fusarium trichothecenes are a large group of sesquiterpenes that are inhibitors of eukaryotic protein synthesis. They cause health problems for humans and animals that consume fungus-infected agricultural products. In addition some of Fusarium trichothecenes are virulence factors of plant pathogenesis. In this study, sixteen Fusarium strains were isolated and characterized from naturally infected potato plants. Pathogenicity tests were carried out to evaluate the virulence of these isolates on potato plants and their trichothecene production capacity. We chose F. sambucinum strain T5 as a model for this study because it was the most aggressive strain when tested on potato plants. It induces a rapid wilting and yellowing resulting in plant death. This strain produced 4,15diacetoxyscirpenol (4,15-DAS) when grown in liquid culture. We amplified and characterized five trichothecene genes (TRI5, TRI4, TRI3, TRI11, and TRI101) involved in the production of 4,15-DAS. Nucleotide BLAST search showed 98% and 97% sequence identity with trichothecene biosynthetic genes of F. sporotrichioides and Gibberella zeae, respectively. We used F. sambucinum to determine if trichothecene gene expression was affected by the symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF) Glomus irregulare. We found that the growth of F. sambucinum was significantly reduced in the presence of G. irregulare isolate DAOM-197198 compared with controls that consisted of carrot roots without G. irregulare or F. sambucinum alone. Furthermore, inhibition of the growth F. sambucinum was associated with morphological changes, which were observed when G. irregulare hyphae reached F. sambucinum mycelium, suggesting that G. irregulare may produce compounds that interfere with the growth of F. sambucinum. Using real-time qRTPCR assays, we assessed the relative expression of trichothecene genes of F. sambucinum confronted or not with G. irregulare. When G. irregulare was confronted with F. sambucinum, TRI5 and TRI6 genes were up-regulated, while TRI4, TRI13 and TRI101 were down-regulated. We therefore used GC-MS analysis to determine whether G. irregulare affects trichothecene production by F. sambucinum. We found that the production of 4,15DAS trichothecene was significantly reduced in the presence of G. irregulare compared