Judul: The tendency of regional economic convergence and the role of marine in the Indonesian economy
Abstrak: The purposes of this research were: (1). Acquiring information about economic disparity and estimating the tendency of economic convergence, as well as estimating the determinants for the Indonesian regional economic growth; (2) Analyzing the role of Marine sectors in the regional economy in Indonesia; (3). Analyzing the impacts of both Marine sectors and spatial economic development – through changes in the value of final demands’ components – towards the economy and disparity changes or the tendency of regional economic convergence. The research was focused on Indonesian provincial regions and its main islands, with three analysis approaches, such as Theil’s Index, Panel Data Econometric Model, and Interregional Input-Output (IRIO) Model. The data used were secondary data, comprised of a 1985-2010 Panel Data and a 2005 and 2010 Indonesian IRIO Table. The analysis resulted in the findings that, during the 1985-2010 periods, the Indonesian economic disparities between provinces were considered low with a greater composition of source from within the regions than from among the main islands. The tendency of convergence within both provincial and main-islands economy – during 1985-2010 period – did happen with a slow pace. The model also showed that the tendency of convergence could be accelerated by controlling the economic-growthdetermining variables.The marine sectors had a major role in the Indonesian regional economyas shown by its high degree of linkage and multipliers, as well as its positive marine share role in stimulating growth and the pace of regional economic convergence. From the sectors point of view, the policy of increasing the final demands components from every region would lead to better economic performance, and higher tendency of overall regional economic convergence. Spatially, the aforementioned policy would potentially keep the pace of growth of the national economy. Relatively, focusing the economic activities towards increasing final demands for marine outputs within the Eastern Regions of Indonesia would slow the national economic growth down, but lessen the disparity problem – or increasing the regional economic convergence. Therefore, it would require disparity-lessening or regional-economic-convergenceincreasing policies with an emphasis on the role of marine sectors in Indonesia which could be paired with the efforts of strengthening the interrelation or connectivity that would create both sectoral and spatial economic interdependencies among regions in Indonesia. The commitment of focusing the economic activities towards the Eastern Regions of Indonesia –including the marine sectors – would also require the implementation of an economic-growth-steadying policy.
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Judul: Disparitas Antar wilayah dan Determinan Pertumbuhan Ekonomi di Provinsi Jawa Barat dan Banten
Abstrak: The economy of a region portrayed through economic growth as well as one indicator to see the results of the development that has been done and is useful for determining the direction of future development. In infrastructure development, government's role as a very strategic mobilizer in supporting economic growth, anddisparityof regional became decreasing and development expected to convergence. West Java Provincial Government has developed the initial concept development and two three Metropolitan Growth Center. This concept was developed by considering the strategic position of Metropolitan Areas (Bodebek Karpur, Bandung and Cirebon) as the center of population agglomeration, and economic and social activities, as well as Growth Center (Palabuhanratu and Pangandaran) as the center of economic growth that has the potential for growth and development of the region in another areas and macro conditions in Indonesia. Policy to accelerated development of the region through increased economic growth and reduction of disparities to push economic growth, followed by the even distribution of income. Past studies have shown that the development of infrastructure such as transport infrastructure, electricity and telecommunications networks and the provision of clean water is essential in order to improve the economy in a region. Infrastructure facilities needed not only by households but also by the business community. Infrastructure improvements are expected to bring prosperity and accelerate economic growth. Areas with adequate infrastructure has a greater advantage in attracting investment into the region, causing the area will be growing faster than areas with poor infrastructure. This is due to the opening of the isolation of the area so that access to the various factors of production may be possible to open up the movement of the region's economy. The purpose of this study is: First, analyze the regional economic disparities district/ City in the province of West Java and Banten. Second, Testing the convergence between the district/ city in the province of West Java and Banten approach Gross Regional Domestic Product. Third, analyze the determinants of disparities between regions and economic growth in the Province of West Java and Banten. Based results of research on disparities between regions and the determinants of economic growth in the Province of West Java and Banten in the period 2004 to 2010 can be drawn some conclusions as follows: (1) Economic growth in the City and County in West Java and Banten from 2004 to 2010 was very volatile. The results of calculations using Williamson indeks 2004 to 2010 in the province of West Java and Banten quite high. (2) Infrastructure development in Indonesia during the period of 2004 to 2010 in general has increased. Beta convergence of GDP Banten value greater when separated with West Java during joining West Java. The half Life needed to close the gap in Banten faster than in West Java. (3) The result of disparities between regions and estimate the determinants of economic growth based on existing data indicates that the electrical and water variables influence positively the regional economic growth. Water infrastructure elasticity is greater than the elasticity of electricity infrastructure. While the road infrastructure influence negatively effect the
Keyword: Infrastructure, Economic Grow, Dynamic Panel Data, Convergency

Judul: Leukemia pada kucing
Abstrak: Leukemia pada kucing adalah suatu penyakit yang sangat patogen, disebabkan oleh sejenis virus. Virus ini dikenal sebagai Feline Leukemia Virus atau FeLV. FeLV ini oleh beberapa ahli dikatakan hanya bersifat ganas pada hewan kucing. Penularannya bisa secara horizontal maupun congenital. Kucing pada semua tingkat umur dapat terserang oleh FeLV ini. Khusus pada bentuk "thymic leukemia", virus ini hanya menyerang anak-anak kucing berumur diba- wah 1 tahun. Kucing-kucing liar atau yang tidak terpeli- hara jarang sekali terinfeksi FeLV. Selain dari serangan virus FeLV itu sendiri, maka penyakit leukemia ini bisa disebabkan oleh beberapa fak- tor yang sudah ada dalam tubuh hewan dan sangat menunjang perkembangan penyakit ini, yaitu antara lain tumor, agen toksik, cedera oleh kecelakaan dan gangguan hemopoiesis. FeLV menyerang sel-sel darah dalam tubuh hewan se- hingga pembentukan darah berjalan tidak normal. Terlihat sel-sel darah yang belum dewasa sudah beredar dalam sir- kulasi darah. Bentuk dan jumlahnya tidak lagi seimbang dalam tubuh hewan kucing tersebut. Gejala klinis antara lain kekurusan, ikterus, anemia, lemah, anoreksia, dyspnoe, sulit menelan, batuk, dan membran mukosa pucat. Selain itu kelenjar pertahanan tubuh juga membengkak, kemudian terjadi hepatomegali, spleenomegali dan pembengkakan pada ginjal. Terbentuk massa tumor pada beberapa tempat. Secara biopsy pada sumsum tulang akan terlihat be- berapa perubahan. Sumsum tulang berwarna merah tua atau abu-abu. Konsistensinya lunak dan terdapat banyak sekali memproduksi sel darah putih. Melalui gambaran darah leukemia ini lebih mudah didiagnosa. Jumlah retikulosit rendah sekali. PCV 8-15%, hemoglobin menurun, sel darah putih (WBC) meningkat, lim- fosit meningkat, Alfaglobulin juga ada peningkatan, dan banyak eosinofil yang belum dewasa beredar dalam darah…dst
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