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KESEJAHTERAAN PSIKOLOGIS PADA ISTRI YANG MENGALAMI KEKERASAN DALAM RUMAH TANGGA
Authors: MAULANA HERDIYAN , DININGRUM MEI LESTARI SEKAR
Published: December 2017

This research aims to know the psychological well-being reflections on intimate-partner-violence-suffering wives who end up in a divorce. Subjects used in this research are two persons. Characteristic samples in this research are women aged 20-30 years who are divorced and have offspring. Research type is in the form of Research Qualitative Case Study. Data intake is the interview and observation methods. This interview is not only conducted to the subjects, but also to the respective significant person who is assumed the nearest to the subjects. Based on the research, Subject I is recorded to have supporting factors to psychological well-beings which are social supports, reflected appraisals, behavioral self-perceptions and religiousness. On the other hand, Subject II is recorded to have supporting factors to psychological well-beings like social supports, social comparisons, reflected appraisals, behavioral self-perceptions, religiousness, marriage motivation, economic factors and divorce age. In general, Subject I has lower level of psychological well-beings than those of Subject II.
Chemical Composition of Some Natural Palm Wine Preservatives
Authors: Steve Ngounou Batchanji , Romelle Feumba Dibanda , Germaine Yadang , Carine Nyobe Emillienne , Nestor Achegui , Thomas Ndanga , Gabriel Medoua Nama
Published: December 2017

Palm wine is the commonest name of the beverage obtained from fermented palm sap, the exudate from tapped unopened spathe of oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis). This refreshing wine of West and Central Africa is very sweet but within 24 hours the concentration of sucrose falls to less than 50% the initial amounts due to a rapid sugar fermentation by microorganisms. In Cameroon, Central Africa, traditional attempts to preserve palm wine imply the introduction of natural preservatives mostly barks and leaves from edible or medicinal plants. The leaves of Cymbopogon citratus, Pimenta racemosa, Vernonia amygdalina, Ocimum basilicum and the barks and the leaves of Garcinia lucida and of Adansonia digitata commonly used in palm wine preservation were analyzed for their chemical composition. The results showed that lipid, protein, ash, crude fiber, total sugars and vitamin C contents were respectively from 15.70 ± 1.13 to 23.57 ± 1.80%, from 8.38 ± 0.38 to 43.81 ± 3.69%, from 1.14 ± 0.17 to 10.06 ± 0.39%, from 11.74 ± 1.11 to 48.42 ± 0.55%, and from 1.49 ± 0.02 to 22.56 ± 0.59% and from 55.76 ± 3.15 to 175.71 ± 2.09 μg /100 g dw. The phyto-chemicals levels were respectively from 1.37 ± 0.22 to 3.61 ± 0.6 % for total alkaloids, 2.66 ± 0.12 to 4.80 ± 0.24 % for total phenolics and 0.57 ± 0.09 to 1.88 ± 0.09 mg /100 g dw for total saponins. Concerning anti-nutrients, the oxalates levels were higher than the threshold value (250 mg/100 g) reported as safety limit. Despise the proven antimicrobial benefits of alkaloids, saponins and phenolics found in those leaves and barks, caution shall be paid during their use due to their high oxalates levels.
Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Mata Kuliah IPA Berbasis Pendekatan Scientific Approach
Authors: Pribowo Fitroh Setyo Putro
Published: December 2017

Scientific Approach is one instructional approach used in the curriculum of 2013. That prompted LPTK to generate prospective teachers who understand the essence of the curriculum of 2013. Based on observations activity and low student motivation to learn science. LKS assumed teaching materials can enhance the activity and motivation of students in the learning process. Research conducted by the method of research and development (research and development). Development of research methods used in this study adapt the model ADDIE. This model consists of five main phases or stages: 1) analyze, 2) design, 3) develop, 4) implement, 5) Evaluate. LKS development results-oriented IPA 1 aprroach by expert scientific learning technology obtained a score of V = 87.5 (very valid), while the practicality of the product gained a score of V = 71.5 with practicality criteria quite well. The effectiveness of the product was assessed by increased activity and student motivation. Activities students obtain a score of 73.21 with the active category as well as the motivation to study obtained a score of 63.94 with a category quite well. student worksheets produced meet the elements of a valid, practical, and effective.
Keterampilan Menulis Karangan Narasi pada Anak Gifted with Disynchronous Development (Studi Tunggal pada Satu Subjek)
Authors: Wachidah Kemil
Published: December 2017

This case study described twelve narrative essays of Miko within aspects of  language, cognitive, and affective. Miko is Gifted child With Disynchronous Development. The results indicated that the narrative essays in aspects of language, cognitive, and affective, as follows: 1) organizing content according to the narrative structure that consists of five components, namely opening, inciting moment, development stage, denouement and ending; 2) choice of words (diction) that appear in the narrative essays are  general and specific words, abstract, slang, foreign, and a figure of speech metaphor; 3) the sentences that appear in the narrative essays are simple sentence, compound sentence, and complex sentence; 4) tools of cohesion grammatical in the narrative essays are reference, substitution, ellipsis, and conjunction; and 5) specific style of spelling was found consistently in the narrative essays; 6) cognitive skill of Miko in the narrative essays is inference; and 7) affective skill of Miko are openness, sympathetic, gracious, and emphathetic in the narrative essays.
Media Cerita Bergambar untuk Meningkatkan Keterampilan Menulis Puisi Anak
Authors: Salamah Evi Rizqi
Published: December 2017

This research was conducted to improve the student’s ability in writing poetry which was caused by the lack of media that can stimulate students’ idea in teaching learning process so that the students’ ability in writing poetry was low. As a solution of that problem, the researcher used pictures story as mediain writing poetry. The researcher used classroom action research as a method. This study was conducted in two cycles and each cycle has four phases namely planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. The data collection was done by using observation, test and field notes. Qualitative and quantitative data analysis were conducted on the activities of teacher and students' test results, whereas the field notes was only as supporting data whichrecorded events during the learning process.Based on the data analysis showed that there were an increase in student learning outcomes and students were able to write good poetry. In addition, the barriers in teaching learning can be solved by giving sanctions and rewards.
Analisis Kelayakan Buku Siswa Kelas IV Tema Makhluk Hidup Kurikulum 2013
Authors: Amalia Delora Jantung
Published: December 2017

The purpose of education in Indonesia is to educate the life of the nation which has been presented in the preamble of the 1945 Constitution to educate the nation to achieve the goal of education, the national development in the field of education as a whole, continuous and sustainable. Development in the field of education is one effort to improve the quality of the nation. A quality nation is a nation that will advance education. In the curriculum of 2013, the learning which initially embraces the learning of subject matter becomes thematic learning. The approach used in this study is a qualitative approach, which in the qualitative approach can generate descriptive data in the form of written words or oral form of someone. Qualitative approach used in this research because in this research analyze a book. The results of the discussion in this study are: In the spiritual dimension is 45.00% in the category less feasible because many activities are less emphasis on sentences that contain spiritual elements. In this spiritual usnur free from the elements of SARA, pornography. On the social dimension is considered very high displays social aspects that reach 100% very feasible, almost every activity. In the percentage of knowledge dimensions obtained 87.5% is very feasible for use by students and the 83% skills dimension is very reasonable in terms of reasoning, problem solving.
Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan Melalui Strategi Active Learning
Authors: Kurniawan Machful Indra
Published: December 2017

This study aimed to know the effectiveness of active learning in Civic Education course at UMSIDA. This study used Classroom Action Research design with 2 cycles and 4 main activities in each cycle, namely planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The researcher took 36 (3 male and 33 female) second semester students of Primary School Education Department, particularly A2 class, academic year 2015/2016 as the subjects of the study. The results showed that the students’ score got improved 72% in cycle I (26 students) and 86% in cycle 2 (31 students). In short, the implementation of active learning was able to increase the students’ learning outcome in Civic Education course.
Meningkatkan Kemampuan Guru dalam Menyusun Perencanaan Pembelajaran Melalui Pembinaan Kolaboratif Bagi Guru Kelas V di Dabin II Unit Pendidikan Kecamatan Gedangan
Authors: Hanifa Hanifa
Published: December 2017

The problem in this research is not all teachers make the development of silabus and plan of learning implementation independently. This study aims to improve the willingness and ability of teachers in making the development of silabus and learning implementation plan (RPP) so that the process of teaching and learning directed learning achievement increases. The data source comes from the instrument delivered to all class V teachers in the Gedangan District, especially in the developed areas II. Analisis data is done by using descriptive and qualitative analysis, then consulted with the success criteria to determine whether collaborative coaching can improve the ability and willingness of teachers in making silabus and RPP. Based on the result of observation of silabus in the first cycle in obtaining the data of the percentage increase of conformity that is on the component of the teaching material from 50% to 75%, the learning activity increased from 25% to 75%, the indicator from 25% to 75%, the assessment type from 50% to 75%. While in the second cycle of RPP preparation there is an increase in terms of determining the existing learning model has increased: from 25% to 75% increase and assessment aspect from 25% to 75% increase, Indicator increased from 25% to 75% learning increased from 50% to 75%, teaching materials from 25% to 75%. Based on the results of data analysis above drawn the conclusion that: Collaborative coaching can improve the ability of teachers in making the development of silabus and learning implementation plan.
Upaya Peningkatan Kompetensi Guru dalam Menyusun Silabus dan RPP Melalui Supervisi Akademik yang Berkelanjutan Di SDN 4 Sumberrejo Kab. Malang
Authors: Ismini Karti
Published: December 2017

Each process must always include the three main activities of planning, implementation and evaluation. Similarly, what happens with teaching and learning in schools. A teacher is required to do the planning, implementation and evaluation of learning. The process of learning planning that must be done by a teacher includes the following main activities: 1) Making an annual program, 2) Making syllabus, 3) Making semester program 4) Making learning implementation plan 5) And making program of re-evaluation / evaluation. Of the five elements mentioned above, syllabus and RPP is the minimum preparation of a teacher when they want to teach. Based on the results of the analysis in the 2009/2010 academic year in SD Negeri 4 Sumberrejo, the problem of low teachers is making the planning of learning, especially the preparation of syllabus and RPP. To examine the weakness of teacher's performance in that case, research is conducted to see how far the principal supervisor's supervision step can improve teacher competence in syllabus preparation and Learning Implementation Plan.
Pengaruh Tingkat Pendidikan Orang Tua Terhadap Tingkat Kecerdasan dan Keaktifan Siswa dari Kelas Satu Sampai dengan Kelas Enam Pada Semester I
Authors: Sunain Sunain
Published: December 2017

This study aims to determine (1) the effect of parental background education on student learning outcomes, (2) the influence of the level of parental education background with student learning activities. Data collection and documents using 120 questionnaires from students and with descriptive analysis and quantitative techniques. The result of this study also is (1) there is showed significant influence between positive and high parent education background of student learning result with r value 75,5%; (2) there is influence between parent attention with educational background to student learning activity with value r 78.0%.
Effects of Light, Soil Moisture, and Nutrition on Greenhouse Propagation of Twinflower
Authors: Foster Jonathan , Burnett Stephanie , Stack Lois
Published: December 2017

Twinflower (Linnaea borealis) is an understory subshrub native to northern regions of North America, Europe, and Asia. Some growers report that this native plant is difficult to propagate. Although twinflower prefers partial shade and grows in areas with naturally variable moisture, there has been no greenhouse propagation work testing the impact of light or soil moisture conditions on root development of this plant or whether fertilizer impacts root development or root:shoot ratios during propagation. The goal of the first experiment was to propagate twinflower under a variety of daily light integrals (DLI)—27.6, 14.4, or 5.8 mol·m−2·d−1—and soil volumetric water content values (θ = volume of water ÷ volume of soil) 0.30, 0.35, 0.40, and 0.45 L·L−1, both parameters aimed at reproducing a range of natural conditions. The largest roots were grown at DLIs of 5.8 and 14.4 mol·m−2·d−1 and θ values of 0.30 and 0.35 L·L−1. In the second experiment, twinflower plants were grown in substrates with 0, 2.1, or 5.0 g·L−1 of incorporated controlled-release fertilizer (14N–6.1P–11.6K). Root and shoot dry weight increased at both treatment rates. The relative percentages of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, and the total concentrations of manganese in parts per million, increased in foliage, as well. In both experiments, the source of cuttings impacted results. In the first experiment, cuttings taken from the source that was in the most light were least likely to survive (26% survival rate) compared with cuttings taken from stock plants growing in partial shade (65% or 82% survival rates, by site). In the second experiment, cuttings taken from source plants that were most intensively managed for removal of weeds and competing plants had the highest survival rate and the greatest shoot and root dry weight. We recommend propagating twinflower with moderate rates of fertility (i.e., 2.1 g·L−1 of incorporated controlled-release fertilizer) under some shade (5.8–14.4 DLI) and a moderate θ (0.30–0.35 L·L−1).
Assessing Impact of Coordinated Comprehensive Regional Extension Publications: A Case Study of the Southern Nursery Integrated Pest Management Working Group
Authors: Chappell Matthew R. , White Sarah A. , Fulcher Amy F. , LeBude Anthony V. , Knox Gary W. , Dubois Jean-Jacques B.
Published: December 2017

In 2014, the Southern Nursery Integrated Pest Management (SNIPM) Working Group published both print and electronic versions of IPM for Shrubs in Southeastern U.S. Nursery Production: Volume I. Five hundred print books (of 3000 copies) were distributed to commercial ornamental growers and extension educators in return for their participation in a follow-up survey. The survey was administered to determine the value of book contents, savings that growers realized from using the book, perceived value of the book had users been asked to pay for it, and demographic information. The survey response rate was 46.2%, with respondents from 18 states. Of 243 respondents, 194 (79.8%) had used the book. Entomology information was most used and most useful, followed by plant pathology, weed science, and cultural information. Collective savings attributed to book use totaled $408,832/year for the 194 nurseries that used the book. Applying the use rate (79.8%) identified in this survey, this represents $5.62 million in savings per year for the 3000 printed books, of which 2394 are estimated to have been used. Savings varied by the type and size of operation. Larger operations had greater savings per year. Container growers saved $44.15/acre and field growers $28.37/acre. The price that growers were willing to pay for the book also varied by operation type and size. Extension educators and growers were willing to pay an average of $41.20, with an additional $0.063/acre for container growers and $0.126/acre for field growers. Return on investment for the U.S. Department of Agriculture grant funding for the project was $187.60 per dollar of funding. This survey demonstrates that collaborative efforts can produce high-value deliverables with significant regional and/or national impact.
Effect of Colored Shadecloth on the Quality and Yield of Lettuce and Snapdragon
Authors: Li Tongyin , Bi Guihong , LeCompte Judson , Barickman T. Casey , Evans Bill B.
Published: December 2017

Colored shadecloths are used in the production of vegetable, fruit, and ornamental crops to manipulate the light spectrum and to induce specific plant physiological responses. The influence of three colored shadecloths (red, blue, and black) with 50% shade and a no-shade control on the production of two lettuce (Lactuca sativa) cultivars [Two Star (green-leaf) and New Red Fire (red-leaf)] and snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) was investigated. Use of shadecloth increased plant growth indices of lettuce and total length of snapdragon flower stems (at the first harvest) compared with no-shade control. Red shadecloth resulted in longer flower stems of snapdragon (at the second harvest) than black and blue shadecloths and no-shade control. However, shadecloth delayed blooming of snapdragon for 1 week compared with no-shade control. Stomatal conductance (gs) and leaf transpiration rate of both lettuce cultivars and photosynthetic rate and transpiration rate of snapdragon were decreased in response to shadecloth treatments. All shadecloths decreased health beneficial flavonoids (luteolin/quercetin glucuronide and quercetin malonyl concentrations for both lettuce cultivars and cyanidin glucoside in red-leaf lettuce). The two lettuce cultivars varied in their phenolic compounds, with the green-leaf ‘Two Star’ having higher quercetin glucoside and caftaric acid than red-leaf ‘New Red Fire’, whereas ‘New Red Fire’ had higher concentrations of chlorogenic acid, luteolin/quercetin glucuronide, and quercetin malonyl. Shadecloths reduced substrate temperature and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) to about half of full sunlight compared with no-shade control, which may have contributed to reduced gs and leaf transpiration (for lettuce and snapdragon), decreased phenolic compounds in lettuce, and delayed flowering of snapdragon.
‘Covington’ Sweetpotato Plant Survival and Yield Response to Preplant Irrigation, Planting Depth, and Transplant Size
Authors: Thompson William B. , Schultheis Jonathan R. , Chaudhari Sushila , Monks David W. , Jennings Katherine M. , Grabow Garry L.
Published: December 2017

A research gap exists on the effects of irrigation, transplant (nonrooted stem cuttings) size, and planting depth on sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) plant survival and storage root yield. Field studies were conducted in 2012 and 2013 to determine the effects of preplant irrigation, planting depth, and transplant size on sweetpotato plant stand, storage root number, and yield. Treatments included four transplant sizes (3.7, 6.3, 8.5, and 10.7 inches), two planting depths (2 and 6 inches), and preplant irrigation or nonirrigation. Overall, plant stand, storage root number, and yield were greater when transplants of size ≥6.3 inches were planted 6 inches deep as compared with transplants planted 2 inches deep. The use of preplant irrigation had an overall positive impact on plant stand, storage root number, and yield under dry soil conditions. When moisture was readily available, neither plant stand nor storage root numbers were affected by the application of irrigation as observed in 2013. However, sweetpotato yields were greater during both years when preplant irrigation was used. Irrigation during the root initiation phase of plant establishment or extended periods of no rainfall would be beneficial for improving plant stands and yields.
Evaluation of Poinsettia Cultivars for Resistance to Pythium Root Rot Caused by Pythium aphanidermatum
Authors: Lookabaugh Emma C. , Whipker Brian , Shew Barbara B.
Published: December 2017

Pythium aphanidermatum is the predominant species causing pythium root rot of commercially grown poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) in North Carolina. Pythium root rot is primarily managed with strict sanitation practices and preventative fungicide applications. To determine if host resistance could play a role in the integrated management of pythium root rot, information on the susceptibility of commercial poinsettia cultivars is needed. Commercially available poinsettia cultivars were inoculated with P. aphanidermatum 3 weeks after transplant and evaluated for resistance to pythium root rot 2 months later. Thirty-four cultivars were evaluated for resistance in 2014 and 58 cultivars were evaluated in 2015, for a total of 62 cultivars evaluated. Twenty-nine cultivars were evaluated in both years. Most cultivars were susceptible to pythium root rot and none were completely resistant. However, several cultivars demonstrated partial resistance to pythium root rot. Interspecific hybrid cultivars, including Luv U Pink, had a higher level of partial resistance when compared with conventional cultivars. Partial resistance varied across bract color, response time, and plant vigor groupings. Overall, 6 of 13 partially resistant cultivars identified in 2015 had red bracts. These results indicate that growers should be able to choose among several red bract cultivars that have higher-level partial resistance to pythium root rot than others.
Pollinator-friendly Plants: Reasons for and Barriers to Purchase
Authors: Campbell Benjamin , Khachatryan Hayk , Rihn Alicia
Published: December 2017

Certain pesticides are coming under scrutiny because of their impact on pollinator insects. Although most consumers express willingness to aid pollinators, the reasons for consumers’ preferences or barriers to purchasing pollinator-friendly plants and the types of pollinators’ that consumers are trying to protect are less understood. Using an online survey of 1200 Connecticut (CT) consumers, of which 841 had home landscapes, we find that 46% of consumers with home landscapes purchased pollinator-friendly plants to attract pollinators to their landscape. Consistent with past research that focused on consumers’ preferences for pollinator-friendly plants, the data also reveal that some consumers are willing to pay premiums for plants that contribute to pollinator’s health. However, only 17% stated that attracting pollinators was their primary motivation; a finding that suggests labeling alone will likely not motivate consumers to purchase plants. The major barriers to purchasing pollinator-friendly plants included lack of labeling (cited by 28%), followed by high price (28%). Consumers purchasing pollinator-friendly plants were trying to attract butterflies (Lepidoptera) (78%), bees (Apidae) (59%), hummingbirds (Trochilidae) (59%), and other birds (41%). We also find that demographics and purchasing behavior affect barriers and types of pollinators desired. Simply labeling plants has the potential to increase purchasing, but increasing price could be detrimental as many consumers feel pollinator-friendly plants are highly priced. Implications for ornamental horticulture stakeholders are discussed.
Nutrient Disorders of ‘Orchestra Pink’ Gloxinia
Authors: Cockson Paul , Henry Josh B. , McCall Ingram , Whipker Brian E.
Published: December 2017

To produce popular floriculture crops, such as gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa), growers must be equipped with cultural information including the ability to recognize and characterize disorders. Diagnostic criteria for nutrient disorders of gloxinia are absent from current literature. Therefore, gloxinia plants were grown in silica-sand culture to induce, characterize, and photograph symptoms of nutritional disorders. Control plants received a complete modified Hoagland’s all-nitrate solution, whereas nutrient-deficient treatments were induced with a complete nutrient formula minus a single nutrient. Boron toxicity was induced by increasing the element 10-fold higher than the complete nutrient formula. We monitored plants continuously to document and photograph sequential series of symptoms as they developed. Typical symptomology of nutrient disorders and critical tissue concentrations are presented. Of 13 treatments, 10 exhibited symptomology; copper, molybdenum, and zinc remained asymptomatic. Symptoms of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, and sulfur deficiencies, plus boron toxicity manifested early; therefore, these disorders may be more likely problems encountered by growers. Unique symptoms were observed on plants grown in nitrogen, potassium, sulfur, and iron deficient and boron toxic conditions.
Fludioxonil + Mefenoxam Seed Treatment Improves Edamame Seedling Emergence
Authors: Williams Martin M. , Bradley Carl A.
Published: December 2017

Poor crop establishment is a major problem in edamame (Glycine max), a specialty type of soybean produced in locations throughout the United States. The objective of this research was to quantify the extent to which seed treatment with fludioxonil + mefenoxam improves seedling emergence of edamame. Emergence characteristics of fludioxonil + mefenoxam-treated and nontreated seed of 30 cultivars were characterized in field conditions over 2 years. Edamame cultivars used in the study exhibited poor field emergence in a previous study despite high germinability. Seed treatment with fludioxonil + mefenoxam at 2.5 and 3.75 g/100 kg seed, respectively, improved crop emergence 33% to 47% more than the nontreated control. The emergence rate (days to 50% emergence) was improved the most by the seed treatment for several cultivars that were generally slow to emerge. Crop establishment is essential for further development of domestic edamame production. Seed treatment with fludioxonil + mefenoxam, at the rate currently registered for use on grain-type soybean, offers one approach to help vegetable growers improve edamame seedling emergence.
Money assets of internally displaced persons as financial resources of commercial banks
Authors: Derevyanko Bogdan , Zozulia Yevhen , Rudenko Liudmyla
Published: December 2017

The article highlights the necessity of ensuring the interests of the state, commercial banks and internally displaced persons. The analysis of the scientific literature has shown that there is no the problem of this kind in the European countries. So wide “hybrid warfare” in the world history is being waged on the territory of Ukraine. The world has not encountered similar problems. The extensive research of the scientific literature has shown that Ukrainian scientists attempted to solve the problems of bank management, the market of deposit services, the relations of commercial banks with the National Bank of Ukraine, the management of banking system and risks, etc. The relations of three participants (internally displaced persons, commercial banks and the National Bank of Ukraine) in the deposit market of Ukraine have not been under study yet. This paper explores the ways in which it is possible to combine the interests of the state, internally displaced persons and banks and find new sources of banks’ credit resources. The methodological approach taken in this study is a mixed methodology based on dialectical method, formal-and-logical method, logical-and-juridical method and methods of analysis, synthesis, and comparison. The uniqueness of the problem for the economy and social sector of the European countries is determined; the ways of the state support of citizens-investors in their economy and national banks are explored and some important changes in the Ukrainian legislation are studied.
Relationship between inflation and interest rates in Swaziland revisited
Authors: Catherine Khumalo Lindiwe , Mutambara Emmanuel , Assensoh-Kodua Akwesi
Published: December 2017

The stability of economies all over the world over is largely a function of inflation and interest rates. Over the past two decades, Swaziland’s economy experienced increasing inflation and interest rates with the blame leveled against the absolute Monarchy’s inability to manage the economy. In particular, the period of 2010 to 2014 was the hardest hit because of increasing poverty levels. The purpose of the study was therefore to assess the relationship between inflation and interest rates in the context of Swaziland with a view to constructing fiscal and monetary policies capable of driving an efficient economy going forward. The study employed a confirmatory and quantitative approach based on a review of secondary data over the period. The source and description of data included quarterly based data within the 2010–2014 period comprising information on interest rate, gross domestic product and inflation figures from the Central Bank of Swaziland, the national library, and the Central Statistical Department of Swaziland. A descriptive approach, using Microsoft excel, was used to analyze the data. The study findings showed that there was positive relationship between interest rates and inflation. Recommendations were that, Swaziland could craft appropriate fiscal and monetary policies towards controlling the prevailing economic challenges despite the peculiar socio-political nature where the absolute Monarchy holds executive authority and accountability.
Assessment of the enterprise marketing performance
Authors: Korzh Maryna , Gaievskyi Andriy , Hurdzhyian Karyna
Published: December 2017

Nowadays, the Ukrainian economic system is facing difficulties because of country’s integration into the world globalization processes, and crisis phenomena create uncertainty and lack of stability to entrepreneurship that results in the increase in risk of international business processes. Therefore, assessing the marketing performance of a domestic enterprise under the instability is of particular interest. This requires for quantitative and qualitative system-based and situational reasoning of its marketing development plan. The main objective of the paper is to determine the methodological approaches to assessing both the quantitative and qualitative results of an enterprise’s marketing performance. It is determined that in the current context of the national economic system, the operation of business must include the actions directed to mutually agreed economic, image-building, informational, environmental, and social goals. In this regard, the concept of marketing strategy of an enterprise’s functioning and development in a volatile environment based on the system-based and situational approach is developed, and the assessment tools to evaluate marketing strategy performance are proposed (marketing performance evaluation model based on sales revenue index; forecasting the amount of profit from participation in international business processes; plan of actions in cases of forecasting the profit from participation in international business processes taking into account the effectiveness of marketing strategies realization; PSR-FM method that allows to integrate evaluation results of customers’ perceptual and transactional loyalty). The approaches to assessing the effectiveness of the enterprise’s marketing strategy development allow to analyze both the marketing performance of an enterprise at large and the specific marketing initiative regardless of area of economic activity.
Characteristics of politically connected firms in Indonesia
Authors: Harymawan Iman , Agustia Dian , Kusuma Agung Ardyan
Published: December 2017

This study investigates the types and characteristics of firms with politically connected directors in the boards of the company. The study uses data from all firms listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange spanning from 2004 to 2006. This study employs univariate analyses to address the research questions. The finding shows that firms with political connections are prevalence in chemical, infrastructure, investment, and miscellaneous industry. Furthermore, firm size is the only variable which significantly affects the probability of being politically connected firms. Specifically, larger firms are more likely to be politically connected. This study implies that the size of the firms is an important determinant in establishing political connections in Indonesia.
Preliminary assessment of implementing the economic part of the National Security Strategy of Ukraine
Authors: Sytnyk Hanna
Published: December 2017

The socio-economic situation in Ukraine and lagging in the rate of economic development behind European countries require forming a new economic model that is capable of sustaining the conditions of existing threats and high levels of risk. To this end, the National Security Strategy was adopted, which should create a secure environment for economic development and population well-being. The success and rate of this strategy implementation will significantly determine the dynamics of economic development, and their monitoring and evaluation are the basis for adjusting the reforms that have been initiated in this direction. The purpose of the article is to assess the results of implementation of measures to ensure economic security of Ukraine. The research is based on the methods of analysis and synthesis in the part of the choice of indicators for assessing the economic security; the method of comparative analysis of economic macroindicators; the questionnaire – to identify the business environment perception of changes in economic security occurring in the process of the Strategy implementation. For this purpose, 100 enterprises were interviewed by e-mail and 77 questionnaires were received. In the article, based on the study and generalization of approaches to the assessment of the economic security of the country, the evaluation indicators are chosen and grouped according to various components, which allow analyzing the interim results of the National Security Strategy (economic part) implementation.
Effective synergic interaction of strategic business units of diversified company
Authors: Zhylinska Oksana , Stepanova Alla , Horbas’ Iryna
Published: December 2017

Integration processes in the global economy promote the development of diversified integrated companies, representing a group of legally and economically independent and/or affiliated companies that carry out joint activities based on interaction and interconnections development. It is the study of the interconnections of strategic business units of diversified companies that allows to distinguish synergistic interaction features, which, in the long run, ensures the achievement of sustainable competitive advantages for companies. The main purpose of this study is to distinguish the features of the synergistic interaction of strategic business units of diversified companies and the creation of management tools for them. The authors developed and presented the simulation model for managing the interaction of strategic business units of diversified companies based on synergy and proposed an algorithm for its application in real business practice for a company operating in the building ceramic market.
A methodological approach to forecasting spatial distribution of workplaces in an industrial metropolis
Authors: V. Akberdina Victoria , V. Tretyakova Oksana , I. Vlasov Andrey
Published: December 2017

Many world cities retain their unique industrial status. Such a feature of the economy of an industrial metropolis imposes additional requirements on the development of the forecast of spatial distribution of workplaces. The article highlights the contradictions of the long-term development of an industrial megalopolis, which become scenic forks, when forecasted. These include optimization of the industrial and trade-service sectors of the economy, the ratio of inertial and innovative development vectors, variability of migration flows and the choice of the agglomeration model type. The article is devoted to the problem of forecasting the development of a large metropolis, where the industrial sector plays a significant role in the economy. At the methodological level, the article justifies principles of spatial development of an industrial metropolis. The article describes forecasting tools for spatial location of workplaces, based on a combination of several models. The study was performed through the example of Ekaterinburg – the industrial capital of Russia; the metropolis scenarios were justified until 2035; the forecast of spatial distribution was calculated through the example of the two sectors competing for investments – industrial and trade-service. The authors substantiate spatial distribution of workplaces taking into account the projected number of people employed, the number of population of working age and distinguishing features of transport behavior of citizens. The paper demonstrates that the number of large industrial enterprises in a historically industrial center and its first zone decreases, and the modern industry in the form of small and medium-sized businesses located in industrial parks commence gradually forming a circuit with nodes on transport routes towards the largest consumer territories.
Barriers and opportunities for hi-tech innovative small and medium enterprises development in the 4th industrial revolution era
Authors: Antoniuk Larysa , Gernego Iuliia , Dyba Vyacheslav , Polishchuk Yevheniia , Sybirianska Yuliia
Published: December 2017

High-tech innovative SMEs’ development plays crucial role in economic growth of every country. It creates new work places and infrastructure, motivates people for creating new ideas. At the same time, SMEs still face with a huge number of problems in the business performance. The purposes of the research are: to define main barriers for high-tech SMEs’ development in the 4th industrial revolution era (4IR); to work out recommendations for policy-makers towards intensification of SMEs’ potential. For this purpose, the authors reviewed studies devoted to the SMEs’ innovative development and revealed that main barriers of SMEs’ development are related to inefficient government support in this sphere. In order to work out recommendations for Ukrainian policy-makers in the area of SMEs’ development, the authors conducted a survey of local high-tech SMEs and on the basis of SWOT-analysis distinguished the main directions for their further improvement. Finally, a set of recommendations for improving SMEs’ environment in Ukraine, taking into consideration the challenges of the 4th IR, was developed.
Surveying sources of economic growth: empirical evidence from Malaysia
Authors: Azam Muhammad , Qayyum Khan Abdul , Bakhtyar B.
Published: December 2017

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of various economic and social factors namely (foreign direct investment (FDI), energy consumption, exports, tourism, foreign remittances, human capital represented by educational expenditure and health expenditure) on economic growth represented by GDP per capita in Malaysia. Annual time series data during the period 1995–2015 and the Cobb-Douglas production function with Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) based on various analytical tests are used for empirical investigation. The empirical results confirm that incoming foreign direct investment, human capital, energy consumption, and tourism are the main sources of economic growth in Malaysia during the period under study. Findings of the study suggest to initiate a motivational promotion for the inhabitant towards utilization of high competence technology, constructing solid policy for export promotion, creating conducive environment for inward foreign investment, introducing effective educational and health policies for further enhancement of the pace of economic growth.
Status and prospects for the development of credit unions in Ukraine
Authors: Klimenko Vita , Sokolova Alena , Hasii Olena
Published: December 2017

Credit unions increase social orientation and efficiency of the market economy by providing their members with necessary financial services on a non-profit basis. Unfortunately, the role of credit cooperation is underestimated in Ukraine. The article investigates factors, condition and prospects for the credit unions’ development as an important component of Ukrainian economy. Both optimistic and pessimistic scenarios of credit unions’ development in Ukraine have been provided based on forecasts involving methods of analytical equalization of dynamic series, correlation and regression analysis and extrapolation. Analysis of the main indicators of credit unions’ activity in Ukraine between 2004 and 2016 made it possible to detect that between 2008 (when indicators were the highest) and 2016 there was a downward trend in the number of credit unions (by 41%), membership (by 76%), total assets (by 66.5%), deposit and loan portfolios (by 79 and 68%, respectively) with a relative stability of capital ratio (by 39%). Creating a cooperative cluster which will be able to combine the material, monetary and labor resources of all major types of cooperatives in the country at the regional level has been outlined as one of the means to increase the credit unions competitiveness in Ukraine. Therefore, the purpose of the article is to assess the state and forecast trends in the development of credit unions in Ukraine in order to identify the prospects for their functioning in the future.
Development of the tourism cluster
Authors: Boiko Margarita , Bosovska Myroslava , Vedmid Nadiia , Melnychenko Svitlana , Okhrimenko Alla
Published: December 2017

Development of cluster structures is a priority for the knowledge and information economy development and an important prerequisite for effective strategic partnership of logistically and geographically related entities of the economic system. The practice of tourism business shows that it is in the conditions of the development of enterprises cluster systems that will be able to form unique competencies, optimally use the resource potential and strategic opportunities, and obtain synergistic and multiplicative economic benefits. Given the situation, tourism clusters development is considered one of the most promising formats of strategic partnership and predetermines the theoretical field of modern scientific research. The need for a constructive rethinking of the mechanisms of economic actors’ convergence based on cauterization; definition of preconditions, stages, and processes of formation and development of tourism clusters is an unsolved theoretical and applied problem. The article is devoted to the procedures identification and interpreting the formation of tourism clusters; systematizing the conditions and factors influencing the clasterization in Ukraine. The work developed recommendations for the successful development of tourism clusters, in particular, the author’s vision of identifying structural and functional components of the tourism cluster; establishing interrelations and relationships between participants; definition of tourist attractiveness of the destination for the development of cluster initiatives; algorithmization of the participant’s entry to the cluster; developing scenarios for the development of tourism clusters in Ukraine. The results of determining the participants’ interaction intensity in the tourism cluster are presented, and the effectiveness of the cluster system development based on a set of economic, social and environmental criteria is evaluated.
Conditions of formation and stimulation of the activators of innovative development of Ukraine
Authors: Shtuler Iryna , Cherlenyak Ivan , Domyshche-Medyanik Alla , Voitovych Sergii
Published: December 2017

Western analysts are still pessimistic about the prospects of technological (innovative) business in Eastern Europe. Not only unsatisfactory domestic economic processes, but also the current global economic structural and industrial transformations are the factors of the decline and backlog in Ukraine. However, unfortunately there is no doctrine in Ukraine to overcome them. The paper deals with the problems of regulation and stimulation of the innovation component of economic growth of enterprises, industries and regions through integrated use of all possible activators. Transformational and overtaking economies are imposed to follow inertial growth strategy based on the ideology of neo-liberalism and market fundamentalism. A flexible and effective protectionist policy and state strategy to stimulate the growth of sectors are especially important. The new government policy of economic growth of Ukraine should take into account that innovatization and intellectualization of macroeconomic processes are the defining vectors in a global terms. This new policy should integrate the concepts of innovatization and renewal innovation of industrial foundation of the country. “Falling out” of the process of intellectualization of economic life would mean the loss of even theo¬retical perspectives to catch up the leading countries of economic progress. The role of the state, its “hard” and “diffuse” institutions should be rethought in the process of the development of a modern market infrastructure and institutions of developed market relations in Ukraine. So the ways of state impact on socio-economic processes should be improved. Comprehensive incentive mechanisms such as activators of innovative processes are necessary to develop in the global competition and “global” fight against protectionism instead of clear policy prescriptions.
Development of complex system for ensuring economic safety of agrarian sector of Ukraine
Authors: Filipishyn Igor , Oliinyk Larysa , Vlasenko Ivan
Published: December 2017

At present, the system of ensuring economic security of the agrarian sector of Ukraine is not effective enough. This is primarily due to the fact that at the state level, there are no clear national decisions on ensuring the economic safety of the agrarian sector. The study established that development of economic safety system for the agrarian sector should take into account its resistance to external and internal factors, which could lead to systemic crisis in the agrarian sector development. In this regard, the category of the agrarian sector’s economic safety can be interpreted as the state of agrarian economy sector protection from all kinds of threats, which enables it to form and implement its own economic policy in the field of regulation and stimulation of the agrarian sector development in the indicative limits established by the state, as well as to provide economic stability and the ability of the agrarian sector to reproduce and develop. The strategic goal of building a comprehensive system of agrarian sector economic safety is to create the necessary conditions for the development of agrarian sector enterprises and to provide economic stability and territory socio-economic development stability. In order to achieve this goal, a task tree and an algorithm for building an integrated system of Ukrainian agrarian sector economic safety have been developed.