Judul: Dampak Korupsi Terhadap Pertumbuhan Ekonomi Regional di Indonesia (Studi Kasus: Mekanisme Dugaan Korupsi APBD di Pemerintah Provinsi Banten Tahun 2011).
Abstrak: Decentralization is marked with the announcement of Regulation Number 22 in 1999 about the Region Government, and Regulation Number 25 in 1999 about the Financial Proportion between Central and Region Government. But apparently there are lots of problems in the implementations, one of them is a lot of corruption cases are revealed, with lots of corruption suspects are the authorities in that region and the resource of corruption is the local budget. Finally, that may bring a negative impact for the region economic growth. The aims of this study are: (1) To analyze local budget corruption in the mechanism of rent seeking at Banten Province, (2) To analyze the impact of corruption for the regional economic growth in Indonesia. Result showed that there is a local budget corruption assumptions have been done by the executive and legislative persons with the cooperation with the third person in the local budget managing, that behavior is triggered by the high cost political system. Then the result of the data processing showed that the impact of corruption for the regional economic growth is negative and significant, which means the region economic growth should have been more higher than now. In that case, an effort should be done to increase the region economic growth by eliminating the corruption in Region/national level by starting to create a low budget political system.
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Judul: Pengaruh Kemandirian Keuangan Daerah terhadap Pertumbuhan Ekonomi dan Kemiskinan Kabupaten/Kota Provinsi Banten
Abstrak: Desentralisasi fiskal bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kemandirian keuangan daerah dan mengurangi ketergantungan fiskal terhadap pemerintah pusat, namun pada pelaksanaannya masih banyak daerah yang bergantung pada bantuan dana pusat untuk pembangunan daerah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membahas perkembangan kemandirian keuangan daerah kabupaten dan kota di Provinsi Banten dan menganalisis pengaruh kemandirian keuangan daerah terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi dan kemiskinan di Provinsi Banten. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif dan data panel pada 6 (enam) kabupaten dan kota di Provinsi Banten tahun 2001-2011. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kemandirian keuangan daerah berpengaruh positif secara signifikan terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi sedangkan rasio Dana Perimbangan berpengaruh negatif secara signifikan terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi. Pada model kemiskinan, kemandirian keuangan daerah berpengaruh positif secara signifikan terhadap peningkatan persentase penduduk miskin, sedangkan rasio Dana Perimbangan berpengaruh negatif secara signifikan terhadap persentase penduduk miskin, indeks ketimpangan pendapatan dan tingkat pengangguran terbuka berpengaruh positif secara signifikan terhadap persentase penduduk miskin.
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Judul: Studi Kasus Liver Neoplasia pada Anjing Shih Tzu
Abstrak: Liver neoplasia is the excessive and uncontrolled replication of hepatocytes that forms nodules visible in ultrasonography. The purpose of this study is to study and discuss the characteristic, diagnosis and treatment of liver neoplasm through the interpretation of ultrasonography and hematology in a Shih Tzu dog. Ultrasonography is conducted with a Chison Q8 ultrasound machine with a 5 to 7 MHz frequency convex probe on lateral recumbency. The blood cells, liver enzymes and nodules sizes were the main parameters in this study. The results in the period of three years from 2021 to 2023 were interpreted and supported with secondary data sources. The Shih Tzu dog is 14 years old in the year 2023 with a body weight of 5.21kg. No obvious clinical signs were observed during previous examinations. However, lethargy, vomiting and anorexia were recorded in its latest examination. Thrombocytosis, granulocytosis, high liver enzymes and hypoglycemia, which are some of the neoplastic clinical manifestations were also presented by this patient. Besides, liver neoplasm, spleen neoplasm and biliary sludge were the sonogram findings of this patient. The liver and spleen neoplasm was observed stable, while the biliary sludge volume fluctuated. The treatment strategy recorded is Ondansetron, Samylin®, Ornipural and Ursodeoxycholic acid.
Keyword: Blood biochemistry profile, Hematology, Liver Neoplasia, Shih Tzu, Ultrasonography