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Pengaruh Pembacaan dan Pemaknaan Ayat-ayat al-Qur’an terhadap Penurunan Kecemasan pada Santriwati
Authors: Mar'ati Rela , Chaer Moh. Toriqul
Published: February 2017

Abstract: Everyone has experienced anxiety at certain moments in his life. But if anxiety is excessive and left alone without proper treatment it will become maladaptive behaviors that harm and degrade the quality of life. This article aims to examine empirically the effect of reading and meaning of the verses of the Qur'an to the decrease anxiety of santriwati Ar Rohmah Aliyah Boarding School Ngawi. The hypothesis is reading and meaning of the verses of the Qur'an can reduce the level of anxiety in santriwati of Aliyah Pondok Pesantren Al-Rohmah Ngawi. The number of subjects in this study 80 female students with purposive sampling technique. The research method used experimental design with pretest-posttest control group design. Based on the test results Mann Whitney U and Wilcoxon for pretest, posttest, and follow-up on the experimental and control groups was concluded that the reading and interpreting process of the verses of the Qur'an significantly to lowering anxiety levels of santriwati in Ar Rohmah Aliyah Boarding School Ngawi.

Abstrak: Setiap orang pernah mengalami cemas pada saat-saat tertentu dalam hidupnya. Namun jika kecemasan ini berlebihan dan dibiarkan saja tanpa ada penanganan yang tepat maka akan menjadi perilaku yang maladaptif yang merugikan dan menurunkan kualitas hidup. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menguji secara empiris pengaruh pembacaan dan pemaknaan ayat-ayat al-Qur’an terhadap penurunan kecemasan santriwati Aliyah Pondok Pesantren Ar Rohmah. Hipotesis yang diajukan adalah pembacaan dan pemaknaan ayat-ayat al-Qur’an dapat menurunkan tingkat kecemasan santriwati Aliyah Pondok Pesantren Ar-Rohmah Ngawi. Jumlah subjek dalam penelitian ini 80 santriwati dengan tehnik purposive sampling. Metode penelitian menggunakan eksperimen dengan rancangan pretest-posttes control group design. Berdasarkan hasil uji Mann u whitney dan Wilcoxon untuk pretest, posttest, dan follow up pada kelompok eksperimen dan kontrol diperoleh kesimpulan bahwa pembacaan dan pemaknaan ayat-ayat al-Qur’an signifikan untuk menurunkan tingkat kecemasan santriwati Aliyah Pondok Pesantren Ar Rohmah Ngawi.

 
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools: results from a process evaluation of the National Sanitation Campaign in Tanzania
Authors: Antwi-Agyei Prince , Mwakitalima Anyitike , Seleman Amour , Tenu Filemoni , Kuiwite Theresia , Kiberiti Stephen , Roma Elisa
Published: February 2017

This study assesses the intermediate outcomes of the Tanzania National Sanitation Campaign (NSC) for schools. A cross-sectional study was designed as part of a process evaluation of the NSC in Tanzania on 70 primary schools and 54 regional and district education officers. Data was collected between August and December 2014 using questionaires, key informant interviews, and desk studies. The results showed that only 50% of schools met the Tanzania guideline of 50 boys per drop hole, while 43% met the guideline of 40 girls per drop hole. In addition, 53% of schools had a reliable water supply, 43% had some functional handwashing stations, but only 29% and 19% had water and soap available at the stations, respectively. Overall, the implementation of the NSC in schools was found to be effective, though poor planning and coordination, inadequate funding, and low technical capacity were identified as barriers to achieve the intended objectives. The study recommends stronger and coordinated stakeholder partnerships with clearly defined roles including cost sharing. Government and other stakeholders should also consider the impact of increasing funding for both software and hardware components to improve the enabling environment, and to develop a standardised monitoring mechanism for sustainable school water, sanitation and hygiene.
History of sanitation and hygiene technologies in the Hellenic world
Authors: Yannopoulos Stavros , Yapijakis Christos , Kaiafa-Saropoulou Asimina , Antoniou George , Angelakis Andreas N.
Published: February 2017

Sanitation and hygiene technologies have existed in ancient Hellas since the Bronze Age (ca. 3200–1100 bc), when extensive sewerage and drainage and other elaborate sanitary structures were known in Minoan palaces and towns. Classical and Hellenistic periods should be considered as the most progressive eras in the design of sanitary engineering. At that time anatomically shaped toilet seats are found in several sites since many private houses and public buildings have them. As cities grew in size the pressure of larger populations resulted in the construction of communal toilets with seats that were more densely packed together. Drainage and sewerage systems and sanitary installations reflect high cultural and technological levels and they are associated with contemporary observations and ideas about hygiene and medicine. Before the Hellenic advances, medicine was entirely confined to religious beliefs and metaphysical rituals. In the early Roman period, the knowledge of the ancient world on hygienic matter was incorporated in legislative rules. Despite the weakening of this legislation through the ages, the sanitation practices kept being applied even via a technical tradition of the masons. Later various rulers of the Hellenic world (Europeans or Ottomans), introduced their practices (traditional/scientific) sanitation in the greater Helladic regions.
Adsorption of methylene blue by using novel chitosan-g-itaconic acid/bentonite nanocomposite – equilibrium and kinetic study
Authors: Shakib Farzaneh , Dadvand Koohi Ahmad , Kamran Pirzaman Arash
Published: February 2017

In this study, novel chitosan-g-itaconic acid/bentonite (CTS-g-IA/BT) and chitosan/bentonite (CTS/BT) nanocomposites were synthesized for adsorption of methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solution. The process was pH-sensitive and maximum sorption was obtained at pH 6 (CTS-g-IA/BT) and 7 (CTS/BT) in 76 h agitation time using 0.03 g of nanocomposites for 50 mL of MB solution. The results showed that in pH less than 6, the adsorption capacity of CTS-g-IA/BT nanocomposite due to the existence of IA monomer is less than that of CTS/BT nanocomposite. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) spectrum of CTS-g-IA/BT revealed that both itaconic acid and BT present in the nanocomposite structure, and also the –OH groups of BT, –NH2 and –OH of CTS participated in nanocomposite formation. According to the FTIR results, a schematic diagram of the nanocomposite synthesis was presented. The kinetic results indicated that the adsorption of MB fitted well with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The equilibrium data followed Langmuir isotherm with the maximum adsorption capacity of 500 and 181.818 mg/g for CTS-g-IA/BT and CTS/BT nanocomposites, respectively. The negative values of Gibbs free energy change (ΔG0) and the positive values of ΔH0 confirmed that the adsorption process is spontaneous and endothermic. The positive values of ΔS0 suggested the randomness of adsorption at interface.
Synthesis and Functional Evaluation of Novel Aldose Reductase Inhibitors Bearing a Spirobenzopyran Scaffold
Authors: Digiacomo Maria , Sartini Stefania , Nesi Giulia , Sestito Simona , Coviello Vito , La Motta Concettina , Rapposelli Simona
Published: February 2017

Background:

Aldose reductase, the first enzyme of the polyol pathway, is the key determinant for the pathogenesis of long term diabetic complications. Accordingly, its inhibition represents the major therapeutic strategy to treat this kind of pathologies.

Objectives:

In this work we describe the synthesis and the functional evaluation of a number of spiro-oxazolidinone and spiro-morpholinone acetic acid derivatives, and their benzyloxy analogs, developed as aldose reductase inhibitors.

Results:

Most of them proved to inhibit the target enzyme, showing IC50 values in the micromolar/low micromolar range. SARs observed among the three different series allowed to highlight their key pharmacophoric elements, thus creating sound basis for the design of novel and more effective inhibitors.

Conclusion:

Although further substitution patterns are needed, the novel compounds here proposed represent a good starting point for the development of novel and effective ARIs.
Social Networks, the Tertius Iungens Orientation, and Involvement in Innovation
Authors: Obstfeld David
Published: February 2017

This study examines the microprocesses in the social networks of those involved in organizational innovation and their strategic behavioral orientation toward connecting people in their social network by either introducing disconnected individuals or facilitating new coordination between connected individuals. This tertius iungens (or “third who joins”) strategic orientation, contrasts with the tertius gaudens orientation emphasized in structural holes theory, which concerns the advantage of a broker who can play people off against one another for his or her own benefit. Results of a multimethod study of networks and innovation in an engineering division of an automotive manufacturer show that a tertius iungens orientation, dense social networks, and diverse social knowledge predict involvement in innovation. Implications of the study for innovation and social networks, as well as for social skill and agency within firms are presented.
Rhetorical Strategies of Legitimacy
Authors: Suddaby Roy , Greenwood Royston
Published: February 2017

This paper describes the role of rhetoric in legitimating profound institutional change. In 1997, a Big Five accounting firm purchased a law firm, triggering a jurisdictional struggle within accounting and law over a new organizational form, multidisciplinary partnerships. We analyze the discursive struggle that ensued between proponents and opponents of the new organizational form. We observe that such rhetorical strategies contain two elements. First are institutional vocabularies, or the use of identifying words and referential texts to expose contradictory institutional logics embedded in historical understandings of professionalism, one based on a trustee model and the other based on a model of expertise. A second element of rhetorical strategies is theorizations of change by which actors contest a proposed innovation against broad templates or scenarios of change. We identify five such theorizations of change (teleological, historical, cosmological, ontological, and value-based) and describe their characteristics.
Dancing with Strangers: Aspiration Performance and the Search for Underwriting Syndicate Partners
Authors: Baum Joel A. C. , Rowley Timothy J. , Shipilov Andrew V. , Chuang You-Ta
Published: February 2017

In this paper, we introduce performance feedback models to specify conditions under which organizations' decision makers are more (or less) likely to accept the risk and uncertainty of nonlocal interorganizational partnership ties rather than prefer embedded ties with partners with which they have either past direct or third-party ties. Learning theory suggests that organizations performing far from historical and social aspirations may be more willing to accept the uncertainty and risk of such nonlocal ties with relative strangers. An analysis of Canadian investment banks' underwriting syndicate ties from 1952 to 1990 supports predictions from learning theory and, in addition, indicates that inconsistent performance feedback (i.e., performance above either historical or social aspirations but below the other) triggers the greatest risk taking in selecting partners.
Organizational Identity Orientation: Forging a Link between Organizational Identity and Organizations' Relations with Stakeholders
Authors: Brickson Shelley L.
Published: February 2017

To better understand the connection between organizational identity and how organizations relate to their stakeholders, this paper introduces the construct of identity orientation, previously applied at the individual-level of analysis, at the organizational-level of analysis and proposes that organizations have three distinct identity orientations: individualistic, relational, and collectivistic. In a field study using qualitative and quantitative methods and including 1,126 participants from 88 organizations in the legal services and non-alcoholic beverage industries, I assess the construct's viability, explore its properties, and analyze its predictors at multiple levels of analysis. Results reveal that organizations' relations with stakeholders constitute a prominent feature of organizational identity, that relations with external and internal stakeholders are perceived as tightly coupled, that both pure and hybrid identity orientation types are relatively common, and that identity orientation varies widely among business organizations. Further, specific organizational variables bearing on organizations' stakeholder relations appear to be stronger predictors of identity orientation than general organizational-level or individual-level variables. Implications for a range of literatures addressing organizations' external (stakeholder management, interorganizational relations) and internal relations (human resource management, psychological contracts) are discussed.
Networks and Organizational Growth: A Study of Community Based Nonprofits
Authors: Galaskiewicz Joseph , Bielefeld Wolfgang , Dowell Myron
Published: February 2017

The paper examined the effects of nonprofit organizations' network ties over time on growth. Donative non-profits, which relied heavily on contributions and volunteers, grew at a faster rate if they had high status, more ties to urban elites, and greater interorganizational network centrality. In contrast, commercial nonprofits, which depended on fees and/or sales and employees, grew at faster rates if they had fewer ties to other nonprofits and local elites. Also, as nonprofits became more dependent on fees and/or sales, they moved to the periphery of the interorganizational resource exchange network. The findings contribute to the social capital literature by suggesting that networks are more beneficial to organizations that depend on donations and gifts than on earned income.
Overcoming Oligarchy: Culture and Agency in Social Movement Organizations
Authors: Osterman Paul
Published: February 2017

A case study of the Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation is used to examine how a mass-movement social organization has been able to avoid the consequences of an oligarchic leadership structure, which previous scholars have claimed leads inevitably to loss of membership commitment, “becalming,” and goal displacement. The case describes this network of community organizations, which has a very strong and self-perpetuating authority structure but has nonetheless maintained the commitment and involvement of its membership for many decades as it addresses issues such as school reform, living wages, training programs, health insurance, and physical community infrastructure. The case shows how the organization maintained its membership commitment and a clear focus on its original objectives by enhancing the membership's sense of capacity and agency and building a culture of contestation within the organization that encourages the membership to push back against the elite who dominate the organization.
Competitive Crowding and Risk Taking in a Tournament: Evidence from NASCAR Racing
Authors: Bothner Matthew S. , Kang Jeong-han , Stuart Toby E.
Published: February 2017

This article uses National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) races to examine how competitive crowding affects the risk-taking conduct of actors in a tournament. We develop three claims: (1) crowding from below, which measures the number of competitors capable of surpassing a given actor in a tournament-based contest, predisposes that actor to take risks; (2) as a determinant of risky conduct, crowding from below has a stronger influence than crowding from above, which captures the opportunity to advance in rank; and (3) the effect of crowding from below is strongest after the rank ordering of the actors in a tournament becomes relatively stable, which focuses contestants' attention on proximately ranked competitors. Using panel data on NASCAR's Winston Cup Series from 1990 through 2003, we model the probability that a driver crashes his car in a race. Findings show that drivers crash their vehicles with greater frequency when their positions are increasingly at risk of displacement by their nearby, lower-ranked counterparts; the effect of crowding from below exceeds that of crowding from above; and the effect of crowding by lower-ranked contestants is greatest when there is relatively little race-to-race change in the rank ordering of drivers.
As políticas de pagamento por serviços ambientais direcionados à agroecologia: da emergência da experiência europeia e da inexistência de mecanismos no brasil.
Authors: Wienke Felipe Franz
Published: February 2017

A produção agrícola brasileira é caracterizada pela adoção de práticas pouco sustentáveis, sendo perceptível a carência de instrumentos político-jurídicos aptos a promover uma alteração nas bases produtivas. As experiências de programas de pagamento por serviços ambientais têm alcançado repercussão no direito ambiental, apresentando um potencial significativo para uma transição agroecológica. A Política Agrícola Comum – PAC europeia fornece subsídios para a formulação de um programa de pagamento por serviços ambientais destinado a impulsionar a transição agroecológica no contexto brasileiro, objetivo já consolidado no âmbito das políticas públicas, porém com resultados ainda modestos.
How Does a Standing Exercise Programme Focusing on Hip-Abduction Strength Affect Anterior Knee Pain in Runners?
Authors: Schembri Laura
Published: February 2017

Outline: Anterior Knee Pain (AKP) is the most prevalent injury in running. Growing evidence suggests that hip muscle imbalance plays a role in the development of AKP. Gluteus Medius (GMed) is the main abductor of the hip and also stabilises the pelvis during gait. Studies show that hip-abduction strength is decreased in populations with AKP. This relates to increased hip-adduction, hip internal rotation and knee abduction, which are associated with higher patellofemoral contact pressures. Objective: The main aim of this study is to determine whether a standing exercise programme will improve hip-abductor strength. The second aim of the study is to determine whether there will be a decrease in running-related pain after completing a six-week standing exercise programme.

Design: Within-participant pre-test/post-test comparative trial.

Setting: The Sport’s Clinic at the Malta Football Association. Ta Qali National Stadium (Malta).

Main outcome measures: GMed torque was measured using a Biodex® System 3 isokinetic dynamometer as demonstrated by Brent et al (2013). The Numerical Rating Scale was used to measure pain related to running.

Results: Pre-test torque scores were higher on the affected side. Scores on the affected side improved by 22.81% from a mean baseline average of 96.00Nm/kg to 117.86Nm/kg, (p-value 0.013). Scores on the unaffected side improved by 27.97% from a mean baseline average of 90.14Nm/kg to 115.29Nm/kg (p-value 0.031). Post-test scores were more balanced between limbs. Pain scores decreased from 5.29 as measured on the NRS to 1.00 (p-value 0.000).

Conclusion: Standing exercises aimed at strengthening the hip-abductors may prove to be a valid intervention for prevention and rehabilitation of AKP. However, better quality studies are needed in order to validate this.
DE PESQUISADOR PARA PESQUISADOR: A PRODUÇÃO DE CONHECIMENTO SOBRE POLÍTICA EDUCACIONAL E GESTÃO NA ANPEd-SUL (1998-2014)
Authors: Evangelista Olinda , Triches Jocemara , Vaz Kamille
Published: February 2017

Nesse artigo expomos resultados da investigação sobre o conhecimento científico produzido pelo Grupo de Trabalho Políticas Públicas e Gestão Educacional da Associação Nacional de Pesquisadores em Educação, Regional Sul (ANPEd-Sul), no período 1998-2014. Em 16 anos, 641 trabalhos foram apresentados, tendo sido lidos 153, correspondendo a 25% do total e a 61% dos três eixos que foram privilegiados na análise – Gestão Educacional; Estado e Reformas Educacionais e Abordagens Teórico-Metodológicas em Pesquisa de Políticas Educacionais. Apresentamos o problema mais candente da produção examinada – seus aspectos teórico-metodológicos – e levantamos, simultaneamente, alguns desafios para os pesquisadores. Um deles relaciona-se ao sincretismo teórico como estratégia de análise do fenômeno educativo, o que demanda aprofundar os referenciais teórico-metodológicos tendo em vista a produção de conhecimento científico, na área de política educacional, consistente em termos de amplitude de fontes empíricas e de capacidade explicativa teórica. As questões postas pretendem contribuir para a reflexão sobre a escola pública brasileira, possibilitando que fecunde novas formas de existência social.
CONSTITUIÇÃO DA PROFISSIONALIZAÇÃO: UMA PERSPECTIVA A PARTIR DA SUBJETIVIDADE DOCENTE
Authors: Munari Keiti De B. , Demartini Zeila B. F.
Published: February 2017

A profissão docente vem sendo gradativamente marcada por reformas políticas que visam ao atendimento das necessidades emergenciais que o sistema socioeconômico e cultural exige. Assim, a cada tentativa de adequação do ensino para atendimento das demandas do novo capitalismo, criam-se meios para alcançar modelos padronizados ou hegemônicos na formação docente. Essa tendência tem criado um momento de mal-estar na área, ou seja, um contexto de incertezas que têm gerado respostas genéricas, sem contextualização da profissão professor à práxis. Ainda assim, há professores que se mantêm em seu ofício e que, paradoxalmente, se mostram satisfeitos na carreira. O presente artigo centra-se em retomar os resultados de um estudo que investigou aspectos que permeiam justificativas de permanência e de escolha da profissão docente, sobretudo a partir da perspectiva da subjetividade docente (MUNARI, 2016). Como referencial teórico, a pesquisa contou com os estudos desenvolvidos principalmente por Nóvoa (1991, 2002), Gatti (2010); Gatti e Sá Barreto (2009) e Tardif (2002, 2013), como embasamento para a abordagem da formação docente. Os trabalhos elaborados nos últimos anos por Sousa e Novaes (2013), Wittorski (2004, 2014a,2014b), Tenti Fanfani (2005, 2007) e Tedesco (2006,2012) contribuíram sobremaneira para as tratativas do construto da subjetividade docente. Em se tratando de aspectos metodológicos, a pesquisa optou por instrumentos que tiveram a análise de conteúdo Franco (2005); e fez uso de relatos através da observação participante(LAPASSADE, 2005). A elegibilidade dos sujeitos trouxe para o processo 26 professores dos primeiros anos do Ensino Fundamental da rede pública municipal de ensino, da cidade de Nazaré Paulista (interior do estado de São Paulo). Como resultado mais representativo, a análise dos dados apresentou à constituição da profissionalização docente aspectos pautados na afetividade, concomitantemente traduzidos como competências profissionais. Fato este que foi de encontro com uma das hipóteses elencadas acerca do fator condicionante, de permanência e escolha pela profissão, como sendo o aspecto vocacional em sua aparente representação histórico-social.
ANTONIN ARTAUD E A EXPRESSÃO DE UMA SUBJETIVIDADE DISSIDENTE
Authors: Thiollent Michel Jean-Marie
Published: February 2017

O objetivo deste trabalho é especificar a subjetividade dissidente de Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) com relação à sociedade, ao teatro e às artes, e discutir aspectos de possíveis continuações posteriores à sua época. O estudo é de tipo biográfico, com base em um levantamento de obras do autor e de pesquisadores especializados. O resultado consiste em delinear a expressão de subjetividade dissidente em contexto cultural, e pode servir para compreender atuais formas de contestação.
The Real Effects of Mandatory Quarterly Reporting
Authors: Ernstberger Jürgen , Link Benedikt , Stich Michael , Vogler Oliver
Published: February 2017

This paper examines how mandatory quarterly reporting affects managers' business decisions in terms of real activities manipulations. For our analyses, we use the setting of the European Union, where the reporting frequency was increased with the introduction of a mandate to issue Interim Management Statements (IMSs) on a quarterly basis. Controlling for accrual-based earnings management, we find an increase in real activities manipulations for firms mandated to switch from semiannual to quarterly IMS reporting, relative to matched control firms. This finding is in line with the notion of higher managerial short-termism resulting from increased reporting frequency requirements. Further, we provide evidence that reporting frequency-induced real activities manipulations are more pronounced if the price pressure from investors is high and if the informativeness of IMS disclosure is low. We also document that reporting frequency-induced real activities manipulations are followed by a short-term increase and then a decrease in firms' operating performance.

Data Availability: Data are available from the commercial databases and public sources identified in the paper.
ERP in the Classroom: Three SAP Exercises Focused on Internal Controls
Authors: Barkhi Reza , Kozlowski Stephen
Published: February 2017

Three short exercises are presented that introduce certain functional aspects of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. The objective is to provide students with an introduction to the functionality that is incorporated in a typical ERP software solution that supports an evaluation of internal controls and segregation of duties as part of the Information Technology Audit (IT Audit) function. We have developed three hands-on step-by-step exercises using a widely implemented ERP system (i.e., SAP) and provide access to SAP on the cloud so that students can learn how to verify internal controls embedded in the system and identify control weaknesses such as a lack of segregation of duties.
Exercising Due Diligence in Studies of Duration of Competitive Advantage Due to Emerging Technology Adoption
Authors: Stratopoulos Theophanis C.
Published: February 2017

Motivated by the study of Reinking et al. (2015), the study proposes a due diligence process for future studies aiming to investigate the duration of competitive advantage due to emerging technology adoption. The proposed process is based on the following premise: Predictions related to rate of adoption are useful to IT business value researchers because technology adoption remains a potential source of competitive advantage until adoption rate has reached approximately 50 percent. Based on a comparison of two technologies (ERP and e-commerce), the study provides the following three recommendations for researchers interested in productivity and financial performance-related payoffs due to emerging technology adoption: (1) apply the resource-based view analysis on the emerging technology to see if the duration of competitive advantage is worth exploring; (2) leverage the synthesis done by Stratopoulos (2016) to develop an a priori testable benchmark duration; and (3) contrast adopters with a matched sample of non-adopters or late adopters to establish a duration advantage.
Busy Auditors, Partner-Client Tenure, and Audit Quality: Evidence from an Emerging Market
Authors: Gul Ferdinand A. , Ma Shuai (Mark , Lai Karen
Published: February 2017

Using a sample of public firms listed in the Chinese market for the years 2000–2009, we find that audit partners with more public clients are associated with lower audit quality, consistent with the “busyness” effect that auditing multiple clients dissipates audit partner effort and, thus, reduces audit quality. However, the negative association is more pronounced for auditors with short audit partner-client tenure, supporting the idea that the lack of client-specific knowledge exacerbates the busyness effect. Collectively, these findings contribute to a better understanding of audit partner behavior in an emerging market.

JEL Classifications: M42.
Illness-Specific Risk-Taking in Adolescence: A Missing Piece of the Nonadherence Puzzle for Youth With Type 1 Diabetes?
Authors: Wasserman Rachel , Anderson Barbara J. , Schwartz David D.
Published: February 2017

Risky behavior is often at its lifetime peak in adolescence. Chronic illness creates additional opportunities for risk because nonadherence behaviors can jeopardize adolescents’ health. Adolescents with type 1 diabetes could engage in risky behavior around insulin administration that would put them in danger of severe health consequences. It is possible that some nonadherence behaviors observed in adolescents with type 1 diabetes may result from youth taking risks with their medical treatment. Illness-specific risk-taking behaviors are not captured in most assessments of adherence, which primarily focus on frequency of adherence behaviors. This article reviews current models of general risk-taking and their implications for diabetes management. The authors argue that illness-specific risk-taking may be an important, understudied aspect of illness management that can inform future studies and treatment of nonadherence in adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY FINANCING: INNOVATIVE MODELS AND
Authors: Gernego Juliia , Dyba Oleksandr
Published: February 2017

The article deals with the questions of energy efficiency financing. Particularly, the attention is paid to the role of energy efficiency financing within an innovative economy. It is proved that a financial aspect plays an important role in models and strategies of national innovative development implementation. The authorsdescribe new approaches to the solution of problems of energy efficiency financing as well as to the possibilities for its increase in Ukraine.
TRENDS AND PRIORITIES OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT IN THE ECONOMY OF UKRAINE
Authors: Yegorova Iryna , Hasanoğlu Murteza
Published: February 2017

The trends and priorities of international investment in Ukraine's economy have been identified. The basic directions of enhancing the inflow of foreign capital in Ukraine have been analyzed. The strategic ways of attracting and effectively using foreign investment for the economic development of Ukraine have been proposed.
MODELLING THE PROCESS OF FORMING THE POTENTIAL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE
Authors: Yemelianov Oleksandr , Symak Anastasiia , Zarytska Oksana
Published: February 2017

The work is a study of patterns of forming the potential of economic development of industrial enterprises. The essence and components of the potential of economic development of an enterprise have been defined. A model of forming the potential on the basis of building a hierarchy of factors, that constitute it, has been offered.
Inovação e pesquisa em design nas universidades brasileiras
Authors: Silva Danilo Corrêa , Botura Júnior Galdenoro , Paschoarelli Luis Carlos
Published: February 2017

O crescente foco na inovação e no desenvolvimento tecnológico traz novos desafios ao Brasil. Criar estruturas capazes de atender setores estratégicos para o desenvolvimento do país é um desafio que somente será alcançado com investimento e profissionais qualificados. Nesse sentido, destacaâ€se o importante papel da universidades, tanto na geração do conhecimento quanto na oferta de pessoal qualificado para desenvolver tecnologias. No entanto, nem sempre os pesquisadores das instituições têm condições de registrar sua produção, o que prejudica o retorno devido à sociedade. O objetivo desse trabalho foi realizar um levantamento bibliométrico nos principais congressos da área no Brasil, verificando o potencial de geração de depósitos de patentes de produtos pelos pesquisadores. Os resultados obtidos apontam um crescimento no número de publicações, porém um decréscimo proporcional de artigos com desenvolvimento de produtos. Esse fato pode ser considerado uma evidência do distanciamento ainda existente entre a academia e a indústria no Brasil.
Conceitos da teoria ator-rede aplicados ao design: meios para acompanhar a estabilização de artefatos
Authors: Meyer Guilherme Corrêa
Published: February 2017

O processo de estabilização de um artefato envolve etapas distintas: compreende os movimentos iniciais de projeto e estende-se aos estágios em que o artefato passa a desempenhar os papéis a ele atribuídos. Se por um lado os estudos em design apontam sofisticadas versões sobre o que acontece nas fases de projeto, por outro conhecem muito pouco sobre os caminhos que eles percorrem depois que deixam os escritórios de design. Neste artigo descreveremos as trajetórias de um artefato em particular. Utilizaremos para isso de conceitos centrais de uma teoria denominada Ator-Rede. Através desse relato procuraremos identificar pistas sobre o processo de estabilização dos artefatos.
Seleção de materiais no projeto de máquinas e implementos agrícolas
Authors: Scheleski Samuel
Published: February 2017

Baseado na necessidade de sistematizar a seleção de materiais, existem diversos métodos e ferramentas. O objetivo geral deste trabalho é selecionar e aplicar metodologias de seleção de materiais no projeto de máquinas e implementos agrícolas. Para isso, foram realizados: um estudo sobre o desenvolvimento desse setor da indústria; a detecção dos seus requerimentos; a análise e escolha dos métodos e ferramentas de seleção de materiais indicados para essa indústria e o desenvolvimento de estudo de caso. Baseado nesses procedimentos, chegou-se às seguintes conclusões: (1) a metodologia Ashby, foi selecionada, pois incentiva os projetistas a considerar a ampla gama de oportunidades de inovação proporcionada pelos materiais. A aplicação dessa metodologia requer a utilização de ferramentas e procedimentos de apoio; (2) o desenvolvimento de um sistema informatizado para seleção de materiais voltado para o setor mostrou-se inviável nas condições estabelecidas nesse trabalho; (3) o software CES é uma boa opção de ferramenta de apoio; (4) os procedimentos de síntese e similaridade evidenciaram-se importantes para expandir a visão de projetistas, mas carecem de melhores ferramentas de apoio, e (5) a metodologia escolhida proporciona uma visualização dos procedimentos adotados em outros setores da indústria e capacita as empresas no domínio de novas tecnologias.
Desafios e oportunidades do design no contexto dos grandes dados: o caso da learning analytics
Authors: Pinheiro Igor Reszka , Merino Eugenio , Gomez Luiz Salomão
Published: February 2017

No campo do design, pouco ainda se pesquisa a respeito de como diferenças quantitativas podem se transformar em ganhos qualitativos e isso se mostra um empecilho para a atuação dos próprios designers em projetos que requerem o equacionamento de Grandes Dados, como é o caso das emergentes oportunidades em learning analytics. Para sanar tal déficit, este artigo tem como objetivo, então, introduzir, por meio de uma revisão crítica da literatura, o contexto dos Grandes Dados aos profissionais da área do design. O texto, além de se voltar para a compilação de evidências de que a análise de Grandes Dados acadêmicos já torna possível intervenções mais precisas e objetivas em atributos qualitativos do design, também enfoca a necessidade de ações efetivas por parte desses profissionais para sanar problemas relacionados ao envolvimento dos usuários e à inteligibilidade das informações. Dentro da área específica de learning analytics, as quatro principais oportunidades discernidas para o design são as melhoras em ergonomia de interface, a gestão de projetos interdisciplinares, a intermediação de interesses dos diferentes stakeholders e, certamente, a aplicação massiva do design instrucional. Espera-se estimular a atuação de designers nos contextos que hoje mais exigem técnicas holísticas para a síntese de problemas.
RISIKO AUDITOR APABILA LAPORAN KEUANGAN AUDITAN DIGUNAKAN UNTUK MELENGKAPI PERMOHONAN KREDIT BANK
Authors: Karni Soejono
Published: February 2017

Bank yang menderita rugi karena dalam pengambilan keputusan pemberian kredit men-dasarkan pada laporan auditan dan ternyata laporan auditan terdapat salah saji mate-rial. Di Amerika Serikat bank dapat menuntut ganti rugi kepada KAP yang bersangkutan. Agar mutu audit di Indonesia tidak rendah maka setiap akuntan harus memahami seja-rah perkembangan profesi akuntan di Amerika Serikat.
PERHITUNGAN PERSAMAAN REGRESI LINIER DAN KOEFISIEN KORELASI DENGAN BAHASA PASCAL 7.00
Authors: Herlambang Yudha
Published: February 2017

Dalam kehidupan nyata sehari-hari sering diperoleh permasalahan yang mengkaitkan hubungan antara dua variabel yang berbeda dalam bentuk analisis. Analisis yang mengkaitkan hubungan antara dua variabel dalam bentuk persamaan garis linier disebut analisis regresi, dan pendekatannya adalah regeressi linier. Dalam regresi linier yang dinyatakan dengan persamaan garis linier tersebut, dapat ditarik hubungan keterkaitan antara variabel-variabel yang bersangkutan, sampai seberapa jauh hubungan keter-kaitan tersebut. Untuk keperluan tersebut maka diperlukan ukuran yang disebut Koefi-sien Korelasional. Untuk menentukan besarnya koefisien korelasi serta persamaan garis regresi linier dari hubungan antara dua vatriabel tersebut, kita dapat memakai bantuan perangkat lunak (package software), yang telah direlease atau diciptakan pe-rusahaan-perusahaan komputer misalkan IBM Corp, Microsoft, dsb. Yang telah umum dipakai sebagai software bantu untuk keperluan analisis regresi ini, misalkan : Microstat, SPSS, Minitab, SPSS for Windows, Matlab, Mathcad,dll. Namun dapat pula disusun strukutur program sendiri dari bahasa Pemrograman (High Level Language) yang telah tersedia, misalkan : bahasa Pemrograman Turbo C bahasa Pascal yang akan diulas dalam artikel ini, bahasa Basic, Fortran, dll.
SELEKSI SAMPEL SEBAGAI PROKSI INDEKS PASAR DALAM PENGUJIAN CAPITAL ASSETS PRICING MODEL DI PASAR INDONESIA
Authors: Pranoto Soeparlan
Published: February 2017

Some test about Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) are in fact, most of them showed that there were in equilibrium between the CAPM theory with the empirical facts. This in equilibrium most can be see in the intercept which is not the same as zero. Some tests are resulting that linear relation between the return level which can be hoped by the risk which is measured with beta, but in the other fact shows that there is still factor or variable beside beta which influence the return of security, those variables are not explained by CAPMThe failure  of empirical  test for proving  the CAPM hyphotesis are caused by the failure of the L""'APM specification itself then the use of market model  which  maybe  is  not relevant because of the return fluctuation  and  the free  investment  risk  The  investment process in security is doing  evaluation  to  the  investment  performance,  in  security investment which is often done in portofolio form, so it is needed portofolio performance l!valuation. Some tests,  empirical  CAPM  can be concluded  that:  (1) Security  return  is in fact in linear way can be related with beta as it is predicted in CAPM test;  (2)  There is positive relation between beta with historical return, that it means the bigger the beta  the bigger the return; (3) The market line security test (SML) is in fact less steeply slope comparing to the theoretical SML, it means that shares with  lower beta  will  have  higher return as it is predicted by the Capital Asset  Pricing Model,  while  the shares  with higher beta have lower return as  it  is  predicted,  this  is  because  of  the  mistake  in  the measurement; (4)  The  intercept  criteria  which  is  bigger  can  be predicted  theoretically than the value offree  risk return (RJ.Even the test result can not give support from the theory of Capital Asset Pricing Model, this test gives the consistent implication, beta is the linear systematic risk taht is related positively with the historical return.
Saving time and money by using diurnal vehicle counts to monitor roe deer abundance
Authors: Pellerin Maryline , Bessière Aurélie , Maillard Daniel , Capron Gilles , Gaillard Jean‐Michel , Michallet Jacques , Bonenfant Christophe
Published: February 2017

Despite being a widespread and important game species in Europe, scientifically reliable, easy applicable and cost effective methods for monitoring abundance of roe deer Capreolus capreolus populations do not yet exist. The currently recommended kilometric index (AI‐p) captures temporal variation in the relative abundance of populations; however, because this index is carried out on foot, it is demanding in terms of sampling effort and difficult to apply at spatial scales of several hundred km2 typical of deer management units. Here, we propose and test a modified version of the kilometric index by using a vehicle to carry out transects over large areas (AI‐v). To validate this abundance index, we compared variation in population abundance estimated with AI‐p and AI‐v with capture—mark—recapture (CMR) estimates of population density in a roe deer population, Chizé (France), monitored for 24 years (including eight years when both indices were collected). We found no detectable effect of conditions of observation (temperature and precipitation) on either AI‐p or AI‐v. AI‐p and AI‐v were both positively and linearly related (on a log scale) to CMR estimates of population density, after accounting for uncertainty of CMR estimates by using a bootstrap procedure. AI‐p was slightly better correlated to population density (r = 0.76) than AI‐v (r = 0.58). The positive correlation of AI‐p and AI‐v with CMR density estimates as well as the reduced costs of conducting surveys by car instead on foot (‐47%) suggest that diurnal vehicle counts of roe deer can provide a suitable abundance index to monitor temporal trends in roe deer populations at operational management scales. For reliable management of wildlife populations, diurnal vehicle counts of roe deer could be used in association with measures of animal performance and herbivore impacts on the habitat, within the framework of the indicators of ecological change.
Economy at Cardiologic Risk
Authors: Adhikari Roshan Prasad
Published: February 2017

Cardiovascular disease should be prevented or overcome early period in order for letting expectable role in welfare package and rich contribution within the unitary construct of socio-cultural system when structure and function are reciprocated to by the inherent activity of an individual member. This research work is mixed, exploratory, with description of primary and secondary data rather a qualitative. Interrelationships among cardiovascular system, social and cultural factors are assessed and measured with standard at personal, familial and social background as known that incapacitation out of heart attack onslaught on eligibly participating candidates can threaten conducive affinity cast on track of progress; the attained disability does not allow which. An accumulation of total 330 respondents of four areas include coronary artery disorder of illiterate, literate, well educated, adopt and intellectual denizens. Their collection of altogether 330 coronary heart patients in four areas had included both arrogant and studious type of people. Among the victims 30 were pilot and 300 subject people for post study. Their 78.3% were literate, 64.8% intentional about socio-cultural performances where 25% had involved and whose participation 58.3% locals ever requested since remembered the previous many contributions at 43.9% degree. Their performances on various societal fields and prospective benefit which the heart complication if onslaught would finish up to where human expertise were mainly useful and an again local demands of those have indicated probability of surrounding gains during inclusion but development lag should have taken place instead of. Present researcher has faith on an actual transformation into systemic modification where societal process can meet culmination point, more than mental and physical health must remain sound, social terms coped better, and culture cherished through a consistent mutuality.
Labour-based Construction Technology for Sustainable Rural Development Infrastructure
Authors: Shrestha Diwat Kumar
Published: February 2017

Labour-based construction technology is the most important aspect for the development of sustainable rural infrastructure. This study emphasizes on promoting this technology for the overall development and analyzes this aspect in the perspective of rural road bridge sector of Nepal. This technology relates to the environmental, socioeconomic, ownership, livelihood and sustainability aspects of the project area. Infrastructure development is very easy, but sustainability is the key issue which has to be addressed by the infrastructure projects. Labour-based infrastructure is one of the major components to achieve sustainability. Many sub-components to ensure labour-based aspects are identified and tested in this study.
Role of Economic Factors in Promoting Dalit Education
Authors: Lamsal Gopal , Maharjan Ram Krishna
Published: February 2017

The study was conducted to identify the Role of economic factors in promoting Dalit Education. Dalits are socially, educationally, politically and economically backward. Dalits are known as the disadvantage communities who are culturally categorized as the untouchable caste in society. Legally, it is not allowed to do discrimination in spear of social activities on the basis of caste and ethnicity even though it is still in practice. The study was conducted among the 227 Dalit students, 18 guardians and 25 key informant interview group was in-depth interview and discussion in Nawalparasi district of Nepal. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the respondents from the Dalit communities. School enrolled children were participated in this study. Self-reported structured questionnaire was formed in 5 point Likert's scale to collect the perceptual data. Grade wise, mainly grade 5-10 students at least sometimes felt the problem of tiffin money, problem to manage the expenditure of their school's stationeries, problem of one uniform, feeling of sadness when they had no shoes like other friends, feeling of stress when they could not pay the school's fee and problem of one uniform. In all these issues there was highly significant association (p = .000) found on perception of different grade Dalit students. From the discussion, it was found that the Role of economic factors in promoting Dalit Education.
Socio-cultural Causes of Gender Disparity in Nepalese Society
Authors: Shrestha Anita , Gartoulla Ritu Prasad
Published: February 2017

Gender is socially constructed idea and disparity is the problem created by the society. The study was conducted from the socio-cultural perspective so the main objective of this study was to identify the socio-cultural causes of gender disparity in five different ethnic groups: Newar, Magar, Tamang, Rai/Limbu and Brahmin/Chhetri of Kathmandu Valley. Total 390 respondents were selected randomly from the all ethnic groups. Except the role of religion, the role of culture, patriarchy system, social perception, sources of income, level of education, political awareness & involvement and gender based division of labor had significant effect to increase the gender disparity in society. Political announcement that Nepal as a secular country had effected in the perception and practices related to the religious activities of people also. The government should address the socio-cultural problem and further researcher should explore the strategies to address the problem of gender disparity.