bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Use of Science in Collaborative Environmental Management: Evidence from Local Watershed Partnerships in the Puget Sound
Authors: Koontz Tomas , Thomas Craig
Published: September 2018

The science-policy nexus has long puzzled scholars and managers working across diverse public policy areas, including environment. The rise of science-based management, especially in an era of big data, assumes science can improve environmental policy. At the same time, increasing attention to stakeholder engagement provides avenues for non-scientists to participate in collaborative environmental management, which might displace science in decision-making processes. Prior research points to a variety of factors thought to affect the degree to which science is used in collaborative partnerships. Drawing on such research, we examine the use of science across 9 collaborative partnerships structured and resourced from the top-down by a state government agency. All of these partnerships are working in the U.S.’s second largest estuary, the Puget Sound in Washington State. Data from partnership meeting minutes indicates that science is scarcely discussed in executive committee meetings, but is more commonly discussed in technical committee meetings. We thus might expect that the ecosystem management plans produced by these technical committees would be closely informed by science. Results indicate these plans include few citations to peer-reviewed scientific studies, but they do draw consistently on scientific information from grey literature including scientific and technical reports from federal and state agencies. These results raise important questions about government efforts to foster the use of science in collaborative partnerships, including the benefits and drawbacks of using grey literature rather than scientific articles directly, the interaction of science with other forms of knowledge, and local actors’ capacity to understand and access science.
Occurrence and recovery of small-sized plastic debris from a Brazilian beach: characterization, recycling, and mechanical analysis
Authors: Palombini Felipe
Published: September 2018

Small-sized plastic debris are an increasing global concern, particularly in environmental protected areas. Consequently, tourism-based economy of poor coastal regions is also impaired. Nevertheless, little interest has been shown about recycling approaches of such materials, mostly because of the natural degradation of polymers on these conditions. This research presents the report of the occurrence of plastic debris nearby Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, on the northeast Brazilian coast, aiming to provide a feasible method for recycling. We collected more than 80 samples from the sediment and classified them via FT-IR. Degraded polypropylene samples were selected for blending with virgin material using different concentration rates, and were mechanically tested. Tensile testing results suggest that 5% recycled material concentration mixture has suitable mechanical properties on the elastic regime for applications on new parts. Our findings show that particular interest should be addressed on the recovery of commodity plastic debris from environmental protected areas.
Shades of blue: what do competing interpretations of the Blue Economy mean for oceans governance?
Authors: Voyer Michelle , Quirk Genevieve , McIlgorm Alistair , Azmi Kamal
Published: September 2018

The ‘Blue Economy’ is an increasingly popular term in modern marine and ocean governance. The concept seeks to marry ocean-based development opportunities with environmental stewardship and protection. Yet different actors are co-opting this term in competing, and often conflicting ways. Four conceptual interpretations of the Blue Economy are identified, through examination of dominant discourses within international Blue Economy policy documents and key ‘grey’ literature. The way the Blue Economy is enacted is also examined, through an analysis of the Blue Economy ‘in practice’, and the actors involved. Finally, the scope of the Blue Economy is explored, with a particular focus on which particular marine industries are included or excluded from different conceptualizations. This analysis reveals areas of both consensus and conflict. Areas of consensus reflect the growing trend towards commodification and valuation of nature, the designation and delimitation of spatial boundaries in the oceans and increasing securitization of the world's oceans. Areas of conflict exist most notably around a divergence in opinions over the legitimacy of individual sectors as components of the ‘Blue Economy’, in particular, carbon-intensive industries like oil and gas, and the emerging industry of deep seabed mining.
Distinguishing reality from fantasy in adults with autism spectrum disorder: Evidence from eye movements and reading
Authors: Ferguson Heather Jane , Black Jo , Williams David
Published: September 2018

Understanding fictional events requires one to distinguish reality from fantasy, and thus engages high-level processes including executive functions and imagination, both of which are impaired in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We examined how adults with and without ASD make sense of reality-violating fantasy narratives by testing real-time understanding of counterfactuals. Participants were eye-tracked as they read narratives that depicted novel counterfactual scenarios that violate reality (e.g. “If margarine contained detergent, Mum could use margarine in her washing/baking”, Experiment 1), or counterfactual versions of known fictional worlds (e.g. “If Harry Potter had lost all his magic powers, he would use his broom to sweep/fly”, Experiment 2). Results revealed anomaly detection effects in the early moments of processing (immediately in Experiment 1, and from the post-critical region in Experiment 2), which were not modulated by group. We discuss how these patterns reveal a dissociation between ToM impairments and counterfactual processing abilities, and more generally how constraints from real-world and fantasy context compete to influence language comprehension.
Early lexical influences on sublexical processing in speech perception: Evidence from electrophysiology
Authors: Noe Colin , FISCHER-BAUM SIMON
Published: September 2018

Contextual information influences how we perceive speech, but it remains unclear at which level of processing contextual information merges with acoustic information. Theories differ on whether early, sublexical speech processing levels are strictly feed-forward or are influenced by semantic and lexical context. Studies using behavioral responses have shown contextual factors influence sublexical judgments but are unable to pinpoint whether context biases responses by modulating sublexical processing or later response selection stages. In the current study, we investigate the time-course of context effects by simultaneously recording electroencephalography as an online measure of sublexical speech processing while subjects engage in a lexically biasing phoneme categorization task. We find that lexical context modulates the amplitude of the N100, an ERP component linked with sublexical processes in speech perception. These results support interactive accounts of speech perception over accounts in which early speech perception processes are only driven by bottom up information.
Frozen goals: Identifying and defining a new type of goal
Authors: Davydenko Mariya , Werner Kaitlyn , Milyavskaya Marina
Published: September 2018

Goals pursuit involves multiple stages from setting the goal to actively pursuing the goal to finally achieving or abandoning the goal. Sometimes, however, individuals may set a goal and take some steps towards achieving it, but after some time they are neither actively working to achieve the goal nor abandon the goal. We describe such goals as ‘frozen goals’: personally important goals that individuals remain committed to (and so are not abandoned), yet no steps are actively taken towards attaining the goal. Across three studies we demonstrate the prevalence of frozen goals (Study 1) and examine differences between frozen goals and current goals that are actively pursued (Study 2) and between current frozen goals and past frozen goals (Study 3). In Study 1 we find that 92% of the sample reported having at least one frozen goal in their life, thereby demonstrating that frozen goals are not attributable to individual differences. In Study 2, we found that participants randomly assigned to describe a frozen goal reported making less progress, were less committed to, and considered the frozen goals less important than current goals. However, frozen goal commitment and importance was significantly greater than the scale midpoint, suggesting that frozen goals are nonetheless important. Across the studies, we found that frozen goals are common and are maintained for many years with very little progress, but that shifts from frozen to active or abandoned goals are possible. This research opens many avenues for new questions and new perspectives on goal pursuit and goal setting.
Cyber Governance and the Financial Services Sector: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships
Authors: San Juan Menacho Valeria , Martin Aaron
Published: September 2018

This contribution is the first to explore in depth the various financial services sector organizations focused on cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection. We first discuss how governance over security and the protection of critical infrastructure has increased the focus on the role of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in addressing issues of cybersecurity. We continue by highlighting three sector-led bodies—the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council, and the Financial Systemic Analysis and Resilience Center—and how each facilitates PPPs to address cyber challenges primarily in the areas of information sharing, policy coordination, and threat analytics, respectively. The chapter concludes with a discussion of lessons learned and remarks on future research avenues in the area of cybersecurity governance. These lessons include: 1) validation of the PPP model, with some important caveats, 2) the need to extend PPPs beyond information sharing to address systemic risks, and 3) the limitations of PPPs in regulated industries like finance.
Strategi Politik dalam Penataan Lembaga Petani di Desa Rambah Muda, Riau
Authors: Anwar Khairul , Heriyanto Meyzi , Tampubolon Dahlan
Published: September 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan menemukan strategi penataan lembaga petani konteks percepatan pembangunan ekonomi berkelanjutan dengan mengambil contoh Sistem Integrasi Sapi-Kelapa (SISKA) di Desa Rambah Muda, Riau. Lebih spesifik riset ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui strategi terobosan penataan bagi peningkatan pendapatan petani swadaya kelapa sawit. Sebagian besar data artikel ini diambil dari Penelitian Strategis Nasional 2017. Metode yang digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi: pelaku terkait SISKA di Desa Rambah Muda; Tujuan dan kepentingan aktor; Dasar sosial dan kelembagaan petani, dan; Jaringan sosio-ekonomi petani pola swadaya. Target khusus hasil penelitian tahun pertama ini adalah strategi penataan petani kelapa sawit. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa strategi pengaturan petani di era reformasi dimulai dari clustering kepentingan petani. Dinamika penataan hubungan kelompok antara ketua dan anggota dengan petani di luar kelompok menjadi basis penguatan idiologi kemandirian lokal di masa depan. Strategi penataan lembaga yang berfokus pada akses kuasa petani dalam proses pengambilan keputusan desa, inilah mendorong kerja organisasi petani yang lebih terintegrasi.This research is aimed to find the strategy of farmer institution arrangement in the context of acceleration of sustainable economic development by taking the example of coconut-cow integration system (known as SISKA) in Rambah Muda Village, Riau. Specifically, this research aims to find out breakthrough strategies for improving the income of farmers in oil palm self-help. Lots of this article's data is derived from the national strategic research 2017. The method was used to identify: SISKA-related actors in Rambah Muda Village; the aims and interests of the actor; the social and institutional basis of farmers, and; the socio-economic network of self-help farmers. The special target of this first-year research result is the strategy of structuring the oil palm farmers. The results showed that the strategy of farming in the reform era started with the clustering of farmers' interests. The dynamics of the arrangement of inter-group relationships between members and members with out-group farmers is a basis for strengthening the ideology of local self-reliance in the future. An institutional arrangement strategy that focuses on farmers' access to the decision-making process encourages the work of more integrated farmer organizations.
Analisis Kinerja Birokrasi Publik pada Dinas Sosial Kota Dumai
Authors: Afrizal Dedy
Published: September 2018

Kinerja Birokrasi publik merupakan hasil kerja yang dilakukan secara bersama-sama oleh pegawai dalam sebuah organisasi. Pencapaian kinerja tersebut tentunya dapat dilihat dari pencapaian target kerja yang telah disusun dan adanya dukungan serta upaya dari seluruh bagian unit kerja. Dinas Sosial Kota Dumai dalam menjalankan aktivitasnya sesuai dengan apa yang diprogramkan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui dan melihat kinerja birokrasi publik pada Dinas Sosial Kota Dumai serta faktor pendukung penghambat dari Kinerja Birokrasi Publik pada Dinas Sosial Kota Dumai. Populasi melibatkan seluruh pegawai dengan metode sensus dengan teknik pengumpulan data melalui angket yang hasilnya dianalisis menggunakan analisis statistik deskriptif. Hasil penelitian ini diperoleh skor 1.319 (68,69%) dengan kategori Cukup Baik. Faktor Pendukung ditemukan dalam penelitian ini yaitu, terdapatnya akuntabilitas pegawai dalam bentuk tanggung jawab dalam pelaksanaan tugas pokok dan fungsi dan terdapatnya responsibilitas dalam penyelenggaran administrasi tugas-tugas kepemerintahan bidang Sosial sedangkan faktor penghambat dalam penelitian yaitu masih kurangnya kualitas pelayanan yang diberikan untuk penyandang sosial dan masih kurangnya produktivitas dalam upaya pencapaian program kerja yang telah dilaksanakan.Performance of public bureaucracy is the result of work done jointly by employees in an organization. Achievement of the performance, of course, can be seen from the achievement of work targets that have been prepared and the support and efforts of all parts of the work unit. Dumai City Social Service in carrying out its activities run in accordance with what is programmed. The purpose of this study is to know and see the performance of public bureaucracy at Dumai City Social Service as well as supporting factors inhibiting the Public Bureaucracy Performance at Dumai City Social Service. Population involves all employees with census method with data collection technique through the questionnaire which results are analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis. The results of this study obtained a score of 1319 (68.69%) with the category Good Enough. Supporting factors found in this research that is, there is accountability of employees in the form of responsibility in the implementation of the main tasks and functions and the existence of Responsibilities in administering administrative duties of social affairs while the inhibiting factor in the study is still lack of Quality of Service provided for the social and still lack productivity in efforts to achieve the work program that has been implemented.
Release of the stuck drill string by the method of frictional self-oscillations
Authors: Levchuk K. H.
Published: September 2018

The mechanism of generation of forces, holding the drill pipes in case sludge sedimentation, caving in and collapse, as well as buckling and flow of plastic rocks, formation of oil seals was described. The modern ideas about friction forces were reviewed. A mathematical model of frictional self-oscillations for release a stuck drill string was developed. The necessity of application a vibration smoothing method of generating self-oscillations during emergency was substantiated. Using the computer program, parametric calculations of velocity change of the stuck drill pipe release were made. The author conducted numerical studies of the drilling line speed impact and oscillator frequency on the efficiency the sticking elimination process.
Social Capital Development in Handling Poverty in Indonesia
Authors: Suharma -
Published: September 2018

Abstract. Kemiskinan masih menjadi masalah sosial utama di Indonesia. Modalsosial dapat dimanfaatkan dalam penanggulangan kemiskinan di Indonesia. Ikatansolidaritas sosial, pertukaran timbal balik sosial, nilai luhur sosial, dan kepercayaansosial warga masyarakat dapat dimanfaatkan dalam penanganan masalah kemiskinan diIndonesia. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendapatkan gambaran permasalahan dankebutuhan keluarga miskin, pengaruh modal sosial dalam penanganan kemiskinan,faktor-faktor dari modal sosial yang berpengaruh dalam penanganan kemiskinan, dantahapan pengembangan modal sosial sehingga dapat dimanfaatkan dalam penanganankemiskinan yang dihadapi fakir miskin. Penelitian dilakukan dengan menggunakanmetode kuantitatif. Instrumen penelitian dikonstruksi dari Social Capital AsessmentTool (SCAT) yang dikemukakan oleh Krishna and Shrader (World Bank, 1999).Responden dipilih dari kepala keluarga miskin melalui teknik multistage randomsampling. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui angket. Teknik analisis datamenggunakan path analysis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa modal sosial yangterdapat pada masyarakat di Indonesia mempunyai pengaruh siginifan terhadappenanganan masalah kemiskinan di Indonesia. Besarnya pengaruh modal sosialterhadap penanganan kemiskinan di Indonesia adalah sebanyak 76.1%. Aspek-aspekdari modal sosial yang berpengaruh terhadap penanganan masalah kemiskinan diIndonesia meliputi; (1) ikatan solidaritas sosial; (2) aktivitas pertukaran timbal baliksosial; (3) nilai luhur sosial; dan (4) adanya kewujudan kepercayaan sosial. Fungsimodal sosial sangat penting dalam aktivitas kehidupan warga masyarakat. Berdasarkanhal tersebut, tahapan yang dapat dilaksanakan dalam pengembangan modal sosialmeliputi; agitasi, penyadaran masyarakat/komunitas, dan pelembagaan sosial.Keyword : Modal Sosial, Kemiskinan, Agitasi, Penyadaran Masyarakat, danPelembagaan Sosial
Deproblematizing The Merchant of Venice
Authors: Wooster Roger
Published: September 2018

The Merchant of Venice remains a ‘problem play’ for contemporary production. Whether
the play is inherently antisemitic or not, it remains one of the most popular of the
canon. I will consider how actors and their directors can, with the wisdom imparted by
twentieth-century psychology and Stanislavskian-derived ideas of objectives, circumstances
and subtext, seek to circumvent the challenges and infuse problematic text
with more acceptable interpretations. Possible reinterpretations of Shylock are centrally
considered, but the characters and motives of Jessica, Portia, Antonio and Bassanio are
also scrutinized. Such re-evaluation of the underlying motivations seems a reasonable
resolution for keeping the text intact while undermining any inherent negative
stereotyping.
However, once we admit of this subversion of a writer’s intentions, what
might the consequences
be if there are those who wish to use the same tools to create
anti-humanitarian
theatre?
The Task of the Hebrew Translation
Authors: Tzelgov Eran
Published: September 2018

The first translation of Shakespeare’s Othello into Hebrew, Ithiel ha-Kushi mi-Vinez.ya,
was published in 1874. The translation, by the Jewish convert to Christianity Isaac
Edward Salkinson, was made following an explicit request by one of the most prominent
figures of the late Hebrew Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment), Peretz Smolenskin. I will
examine how the two negotiated one of the most controversial cruxes in Shakespeare’s
oeuvre. The crux, found in Othello’s final speech (5.2), reads in the First Quarto (1622)
as ‘the base Indian’ who ‘threw a pearl away, / Richer than all his Tribe’, while in the
First Folio (1623) it reads as ‘the base Iudean’. I will meditate on the Indian-Iudean crux,
and offer a critical reading of Salkinson’s ‘solution’ and his ‘mistranslation’ of ‘pearl’ to
‘sapphire’ on the same line, in light of Smolenskin’s critique of Hebrew literature. In so
doing, I will offer an understanding of the role of the Hebrew translator in their era and
of translation in general.
Shylock in the Cinema
Authors: Galery Maria-Clara Versiani
Published: September 2018

This article discusses different responses to Michael Radford’s 2004 screen rendition of
Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. It examines selected newspaper reviews, as well
as academic papers that critique the filmic adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, taking
into account its representation of Shakespeare’s Jew. The article interrogates to what
extent the medium – theatre or cinema – affects the way the audience experiences the
work, especially when dealing with an issue as complex as antisemitism. In this manner,
Radford’s attempt to historicize the events in Merchant is viewed as a form of attenuating
the antisemitic elements in the play.
OBLIGATORY SOCIAL INSURANCE AS ELEMENT OF MARKET ECONOMY
Authors: Temirova Z. D.
Published: September 2018

This article is devoted to consideration of obligatory social insurance as element of market economy. It is necessary to recognize social insurance not only the natural, but also economically caused element of market economy, and insurance means and payments for him as redistribution of a necessary product.
LEISURE CULTURE AND THE PROCESS OF ITS FORMATION IN THE MODERN INFORMATION SOCIETY
Authors: Golovina G. V. , Vedernikov V. P.
Published: September 2018

Article is devoted consideration leisure cultures of the person as result of influence of the modern information society which environment gives the big possibilities for a change leisure to activity, but thus creates for the individual the problem situation connected with an effective utilization leisure of potential for development leisure of culture of the person.
THE VECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET OF BANK CARDS AT THE PRESENT STAGE
Authors: Ermolenko O. M.
Published: September 2018

In the process of activation calculations there is a rapid development of payment systems adapted to the realities of the Russian economy. Plastic cards are popular and convenient tools of calculations, therefore prospects of development of retail payments market without the participation of plastic cards will not be considered. The article presents data that define the level of development of the market of retail payments by using plastic cards and considered the main prospects for further development of this business, which is important overlaps with the adaptation of the Russian payment system. The problems facing Russian banks are closely linked to the level of innovative capacity and commitment of commercial banks to use modern technology calculations in customer service. All this, ultimately, is the priority factor in the development of the market of Bank cards
INFLUENCE OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS ON THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION
Authors: Kostyanaya V. I.
Published: September 2018

This article describes the different approaches of contemporary Russian authors to the classification of the factors affecting the financial stability of the business organizations, it is affected, as well as developed and offered a refined group, which will help more than is justified to assess the impact of these factors on the financial stability of the organization.
KEY ASPECTS OF THE TAX PLANNING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Authors: Medvedeva O. V.
Published: September 2018

Small and medium enterprises make a significant contribution to the Russian economy. However, the effective development of small and medium-sized sector of the economy prevents a number of problems, including a high level of tax burden of subjects of small and average business. One of the tools of financial management of these entities to reduce the tax burden without violating the tax law, is the system of tax planning. The article considers the key aspects of tax planning system in small and medium-sized enterprises and made recommendations aimed at its improvement.
HIGHLIGHTS OF COMPLEX ANALYSIS RECEIVABLES
Authors: Naumenko T. S.
Published: September 2018

In this article modern approaches to conducting a comprehensive analysis of accounts receivable in order to improve the efficiency of its management, highlighted the main stages of the meeting, proposed factor models indicators of accounts receivable turnover.
MODERN OPPORTUNITIES AND REQUIREMENTS TO TRAINING OF SPECIALISTS IN THE SPHERE OF HOTEL AND RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT ABROAD
Authors: Kucherenko I. M.
Published: September 2018

Schools of hotel and tourist management abroad is a special type of educational institutions. As a rule, they are located based on the being or operating hotels. Respectively students comprehend hospitality subtleties in the conditions as close as possible to real. In this article the analysis of activities of educational institutions in the sphere of tourist and hotel management is provided, education systems and, modern opportunities and requirements to training of specialists are considered. Upon termination of such educational institutions students are completely prepared, trained and competitive for the introduction in the corporate world of business.
MODERN STUDIES IN FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS
Authors: Murashova L. P.
Published: September 2018

The topic of the research is particularly relevant because functional studies in linguistics are not investigated sufficiently enough nowadays. This article presents a systematization of modern functional linguistic studies relying on the achievements of previous years. The article describes such research areas as linguistic semantics, communicative-activity analysis of language and functional discourse analysis.
Tipología de vídeos en el periodismo digital español: análisis cualitativo de cinco cibermedios
Authors: Mayoral Sánchez Javier , Edo Bolós Concha
Published: September 2018

El objetivo fundamental de este trabajo es analizar cualitativamente la producción audiovisual de cinco cibermedios españoles: elmundo.es, elpais.com, abc.es, elconfidencial.com y lavanguardia.com. Se pretende establecer una tipología de los vídeos publicados por estos medios para plantear similitudes y diferencias respecto a la producción audiovisual de la televisión clásica. A través de dos trabajos de campo (noviembre de 2010 y marzo de 2014), se constata que la creciente aportación de las agencias de noticias mantiene la conexión –por contenidos, estructuras y estilos– con el periodismo televisivo, mientras que el resto de producción ajena suele generar piezas muy alejadas de los cánones periodísticos audiovisuales. Especial atención merece la producción propia, que constituye un interesante banco de experimentación e innovación en los cibermedios analizados.
Pensamiento pop en Black Mirror. El monstruo y su linchamiento
Authors: Martínez Lucena Jorge , Cigüela Sola Javier
Published: September 2018

El artículo trata de explorar la manifestación en la teleserie Black Mirror de lo que denominamos pensamiento pop: un tipo de narrativa del entretenimiento que puede funcionar también como herramienta de reflexión crítica sobre el mundo presente. Partiendo de la base de que la sociedad proporciona imaginarios sociales para facilitar la orientación individual, se analiza críticamente el imaginario del castigo manifestado en la serie. Ello se realiza conectando los fines del castigo en la teoría penal (prevención, retribución y resocialización) con las dos principales imágenes que se desprenden del capítulo 2.2.: la del monstruo y la del linchamiento. El producto de entretenimiento se transforma, contra lo que piensan sus críticos, en una herramienta de reflexión crítica.
Die Transformation einer bundesdeutschen Basisinstitution - oder: warum Bob Dylan Recht hatte...
Authors: Schroeder Wolfgang
Published: September 2018

Industry-wide collective agreement is one of the important basic institutions of  Geman welfare state, Mainstream arguments are that due to changed business environment industrywide collective agreements are more and more getting under pressure, In PROKLA 129 Michael Wendl presented a thesis against this view and argued that the problem is not the business environment but the failure to adjust to it on part of trade unions, This statement is challenged by arguing that in order to secure the efficiency of the collective agreement policy under the changed conditions a new mix between institutiOl,lal, organizational, and policy-related changes is essential and it should be provided by the collective bargaining parties themselves, Both parties have already achieved some acceptable results in this regard,
Bilanz(en) des Wertpapierkapitalismus
Authors: Sablowski Thomas
Published: September 2018

In the public discussion, the series of accounting scandals and bankruptcies which has taken place in the last years is primarily attributed to the greed of managers and institutional lacks in securing shareholder's interests. However, this article argues that it is precisely the proliferation of shareholder value concepts and the growing dominance of "fictitious capital" associated with the development of financial markets which increases the necessity and the possibilities to inflate profits, sales and share prices by all means, including "creative" accounting
Korruption und globale öffentliche Güter
Authors: Eigen Peter , Eigen-Zucchi Christian
Published: September 2018

Corruption control is an important input into the production of public goods at the national and at the global level, including sound economic management, well-functioning markets, and reliable human security. Eventually corruption control is itself a public good, because its benefits are largely nonrival and nonexcludable. As the case study of Transparency International shows, civil society has emerged as an effective partner of government and private actors in generating information about the deleterious effects of corruption, raising public awareness, and placing the issue of corruption firmly on domestic and international agendas.
"Politischer Kapitalismus" und Korruption in Russland
Authors: Kagarlitsky Boris
Published: September 2018

Today the western view of Russia presents the problem of corruption exclusively as a continuation of the old Soviet order. In this chapter it is argued that the present phenomenon of corruption in Russia systemicly emerged from the privatization of state property and the introduction of market relations in the 1990s. The problem of corruption in Russia is a problem of political capitalism. It can only be solved by reforms which change the nature of the system, including above all the return to the state of at least part of the privatised property, while at the same time radically reforming and democratising the political system and the apparatus of rule.
Perspektiven der Gesundheitspolitik im Neuen Europäischen Sozialmodell
Authors: Urban Hans-Jürgen
Published: September 2018

The attempt of the EU, to become the most competitve knowledge based economic space will have a deep impact on social policy in European countries: social policy will change from producer of security against market risks in a tool for opening markets. Especially the new "open method of coordination" will push privatization and deregulation of the health care systems instead of the establishment of European standards. Against this some elements of a left counterstrategy are sketched out.
Do Not Throw Them in the Same Basket
Authors: Hlaváček Pavel
Published: September 2018

Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has applied a policy ofengagement towards China and Russia. During the administration ofBarack Obama, this approach led to two different outcomes: while theAmerican relations with Russia reached their lowest point and internationalsanctions were imposed on Russia during his term, in the case of China, theUS relations with it were better than prior to the election of Barack Obama.The goal of this article is to determine why this occurred. I come to theconclusion that China and Russia adopted different forms of engagement inregard to the US. While China has been working on its power and prestigein close cooperation with the United States, and therefore it should not belabeled as a “revisionist power”, Russia has tried to re-establish its powerpotential and international prestige in opposition to the United States.Therefore Russia can be called a “revisionist power”.
DETEKSI KECURANGAN AKADEMIK PADA MAHASISWA D III AKUNTANSI POLITEKNIK HARAPAN BERSAMA TEGAL DENGAN MODELFRAUD TRIANGLE
Authors: Widianto Andri , Sari Yeni Priatna
Published: September 2018

Higher Education as a national education system has a strategic role in educating the nation's life and advancing science and technology by observing and applying the humanities value as well as the sustainable culture and empowerment of the Indonesian nation [1]. The strategic role in educating the life of the nation owned by the higher education is threatened by the fraud practices that occur, and commonly referred to as academic fraud. The data collection techniques used in this study was questionnaires presented in questionnaires; in a form of closed questions made using the interval scale. The T test results showed that the Pressure, Opportunity, Rationalization variables are significant and significant to Academic Fraud while F (simultaneous) F test showed that Pressure, Opportunity, Rationalization variables simultaneously and significantly influence the academic fraud
PENGARUH CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DAN KEBIJAKAN UTANG TERHADAP KINERJA KEUANGAN PERUSAHAAN MANUFAKTUR YANG LISTING DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA
Authors: Sari Ati Retna , Setiyowati Supami Wahyu
Published: September 2018

This Reseach examines the effect of corporate governance and debt policy on financial performance. Debt policy is measured by Debt to Total Asset Ratio and corporate governance in this study using four proxies, namely managerial ownership, institutional ownership, audit committee, and independent board of commissioner. The population in this study is a company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2014 until 2015 The research sample set as many as 60 companies in the field of manufacturing. The analysis technique used is multiple linear regression. The results of this study found that debt policy, institutional ownership, audit committee and independent commissioners have an effect on financial performance. Institutional ownership has no effect on financial performance
AKUNTABILITAS PENGELOLAAN DANA DESA (DD) STUDI KASUS PADA DESA WONODADI KECAMATAN NGRAYUN KABUPATEN PONOROGO
Authors: Hidayah Nurul , Wijayanti Iin
Published: September 2018

Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mendeskripsikan dan menganalisis sistem  akuntabilitas pengelolaan dana Desa yang dimulai dari tahap perencanaan, pengelolaan dan pertanggungjawaban. Penelitian ini dilakukan karena tim pelaksana dana Desa dalam menyelenggarakan dana Desa belum sesuai dengan ketentuan yang berlaku. Penelitian ini diharapkan dapat memberikan manfaat bagi pemerintah Desa, dalam meningkatkan akuntabilitas pengelolaan Dana Desa.Penelitian ini dilakukan pada Desa Wonodadi Kecamatan Ngrayun Kabupaten Ponorogo sebagai lokasi pelaksanaan pengelolaan dana Desa. penelitian dilakukan wawancara secara mendalam, serta mengamati langsung pada pelaksanaan pengelolaan Dana Desa.Hasil penelitian ini menujukkan bahwa tahap perencanaan Dana Desa pada pemerintah Desa Wonodadi telah menerapkan prinsip partisipasi. Untuk tahap pelaksanaan Dana Desa pemerintah Desa belum melaksanakan prinsip transparasi karena pemerintah desa belum bersedia memberikan informasi maupun data mengenai keuangan Desa. Sedangkan disisi pertanggungjawaban dari segi fisik masih perlu ditingkatkan lagi termasuk dari segi papan informasi bagi masyarakat harus dibuat dari bahan yang tahan lama, minimal dapat bertahan satu tahun. Pertanggungjawaban dari segi administrasi juga masih perlu ditingkatkan agar lebih disiplin administrasi.
ANALISIS FAKTOR – FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI KEPATUHAN WAJIB PAJAK DALAM MEMBAYAR PAJAK KENDARAAN BERMOTOR ( STUDI EMPIRIS PADA KANTOR UPPD / SAMSAT BREBES )
Authors: Noerman Syah Asrofi Langgeng , Wati Krisdiyawati
Published: September 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor – faktor yang mempengaruhi kepatuhan wajib pajak dalam membayar pajak kendaraan bermotor pada Kantor UPPD/SAMSAT Brebes. Variabel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pengetahuan pajak, pelayanan pajak, sanksi pajak, tingkat pendidikan dan tingkat penghasilan. Metode pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini yaitu kuesioner, observasi, wawancara dan studi pustaka. Sampel yang digunakan adalah wajib pajak kendaraan bermotor yang terdaftar di Kantor UPPD/SAMSAT sejumlah 135 orang dengan metode pengambilan sampel adalah purposive sampling. Metode analisa data yang digunakan adalah uji regresi linier berganda dengan menggunakan program SPSS versi 22. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pelayanan pajak, sanksi pajak dan tingkat penghasilan berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kepatuhan wajib pajak dalam membayar pajak kendaraan bermotor pada UPPD/SAMSAT Brebes. Sedangkan pengetahuan pajak dan tingkat pendidikan tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kepatuhan wajib pajak dalam membayar pajak kendaraan bermotor pada UPPD/SAMSAT Brebes.
PEMENUHAN UPAH MINIMUM SEBAGAI UPAYA PERLINDUNGAN HAK KONSTITUSIONAL
Authors: Damaryanti Henny , Alkadrie Sy. Abdullah , Annurdi Annurdi
Published: September 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisa pemenuhan pembayaran upah minimum sebgai pemenuhan hak tenaga kerja yang dijamin sebagai hak konstitusi sebagaimana diatur dalam UUD 1945. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian yuridis normatif. Bahan penelitian bersumber dari data sekunder yang diperoleh dari bahan hukum primer, sekunder dan tersier. Cara pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan metode dokumentasi dengan alat studi dokumen. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa adanya ketentuan mengenai pengupahan tenaga kerja merupakan upaya yang dilakukan oleh negara agar setiap tenaga kerja dapat memenuhi kebutuhan hidupnya secara layak dengan menggunakan ketentuan penetapan upah minimum, namun demikian masih ditemukan adanya pengusaha yang melakukan atau menerapkan pengupahan terhadap pekerjanya di bawah upah minimum yang telah ditetapkan. Hasil penelitian menyimpulkan bahwa pelaku usaha (pengusaha) hendaknya dalam menjalankan kegiatan usaha miliknya haruslah memperhatikan pula kepentingan dari pekerjanya, dengan turut serta memperhatikan dan memenuhi hak-hak tenaga kerja, selain itu negara dalam hal ini dituntut untuk dapat melakukan penegakkan hukum ketenagakerjaan sehingga terwujud pemenuhan upah minimum sebagai bentuk pemenuhan hak konstitusional tenaga kerja.
EVALUASI PERATURAN DAERAH KABUPATEN KUBU RAYA NOMOR 5 TAHUN 2011 TENTANG PERUSAHAAN DAERAH AIR MINUM KABUPATEN KUBU RAYA
Authors: Martono Joko , Purba Charlyna S. , Budimansyah Budimansyah
Published: September 2018

Peraturan Daerah Nomor 5 Tahun 2011 tentang Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum Kabupaten Kubu Raya telah berlaku kurang lebih 6 (enam) tahun. Dan sementara itu, hingga saat ini landasan yuridis pembentukan Peraturan Daerah Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum Kabupaten Kubu Raya ini telah mengalami beberapa perubahan mengikuti kondisi masyarakat yang dinamis dan perkembangan ketatanegaraan. Sehingga perlu dilakukan penyesuaian terhadap Peraturan Daerah Kabupaten Kubu Raya Nomor 5 Tahun 2011 tentang  Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum Kabupaten Kubu Raya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis urgensi revisi Peraturan Daerah Kabupaten Kubu Raya Nomor 5 Tahun 2011 tentang Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum Kabupaten Kubu Raya. Melalui metode penelitian yuridis normatif, diketahui bahwa lembaga pembentuk produk hukum daerah di Kabupaten Kubu Raya perlu untuk melakukan revisi terhadap Peraturan Daerah Kabupaten Kubu Raya Nomor 5 Tahun 2011 tentang Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum Kabupaten Kubu Raya guna mengikuti perkembangan masyarakat dan ketatanegaran yang dinamis.
On the taxonomic identity of Arisaema pierreanum Engl. (Araceae) in Vietnam
Authors: Van Thien Hong , Nguyen Nga Phi , Luu Truong Hong
Published: September 2018

The taxonomic identity of the rare Arisaema pierreanum Engl. has been disagreed by botanists, mostly due to the lack of diagnostic characteristics of its female inflorescence. In this paper, a detailed description of the species is provided based on our new living collections from the type location, Ba Den Mountain, by which we reconfirm its specific status and eliminate a former question about its possible conspecific form of A. roxburghii Kunth and A. harmandii Engl.
Optimizing the PCR HRM for initial study of the association between rs10941679 and breast cancer in Vietnamese population
Authors: Phan Phat Thanh , Cao Lan Thi Da , Nguyen Lan Thi Tuyet , Nguyen Thanh Thi Ngoc , Nguyen Hue Thi
Published: September 2018

As the second most popular cancer in the world, breast cancer affects millions of people and causes a large number of deaths every year. Identifying the genetic marker is one of approaches of early diagnosis for following cancer and give a correct treatment. Many recent studies have shown several SNPs including rs10941679 (located at the uptream of MRPS30 gene) are strongly associated with breast cancer in European and other populations. The association between rs10941679 and breast cancer in Vietnamese population has been investigated in this study using High Resolution Melt (HRM) method as a tool for genotyping. HRM was designed on Umelt sofware and was optimized based on annealing temperature and MgCl2 concentration gradient in order to have 3 distinct melting curves from 3 genotypes of rs10941679. The optimal HRM conditions were selected with Tm=58 oC and MgCl2=3.0 mM and 100 Cases/control samples were genotyped by the optimimal HRM condition. The results showed that the frequency of the risk allele G in case and control group were 48.5 % and 54.0 %, respectively. Regression analysis on the presense of the risk allele and risk allele-containing genotypes has shown no association between rs10941679 and breast cancer in Vietnamese population (OR = 0.80; 95% CI = [0.54 – 1.19]; PG = 0.27; PGG/GA = 0.56). The power of this result was estimated to be 12.02 %. To obtain the power up to 90 %, the sample size up to 1691 cases/controls is needed. Due to its low posibility in the assocation with breast cancer in Vietnamese population, rs1094169 is not recommended for further study in finding the genetic for markers cancer in Vietnamese population.
Kraniofaringioma
Authors: Silalahi Montesqieu , Djakaria H.M
Published: September 2018

Kraniofaringioma merupakan tumor jinak regio sella yang jarang terjadi dan penanganannya memiliki kesulitan yang tinggi karena lokasinya dan morbiditasnya, serta tingginya laju rekurensi. Di Amerika Serikat, sekitar 1,2-4,6% dari seluruh tumor intrakranial adalah kraniofaringioma. Gambaran khas untuk kraniofaringioma adalah tumor suprasella dengan komponen padat dan kistik yang dapat disertai dengan gambaran kalsifikasi. Reseksi komplit lewat pembedahan diyakini merupakan pilihan tatalaksana terbaik, walaupun sayangnya sulit tercapai. Radiasi eksterna diberikan pada reseksi subtotal dan sebagai terapi utama pada kraniofaringioma rekuren. Teknik radiasi konformal yang diberikan setelah reseksi subtotal baik dengan menggunakan dosis konvensional ataupun dengan teknik stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) memberikan kontrol lokal yang baik dan mengurangi risiko morbiditas dibandingkan terapi pembedahan yang agresif untuk mencapai reseksi total.
Revolusi Teknik Radioterapi pada Karsinoma Nasofaring
Authors: Sinambela Aurika , Supriana Nana
Published: September 2018

Karsinoma nasofaring (KNF) adalah keganasan yang berasal dari sel epitel nasofaring. Laju insidens paling tinggi ada di Asia Tenggara, termasuk Indonesia.Perkembangan terapi radiasi menjadi revolusi tatalaksana KNF.Dalam beberapa dekade terakhir, akumulasi pengetahuan mengenai radiobiologi dan penentuan volume target, serta modalitas radiodiagnostik yang semakin maju memungkinkan revolusi teknik radiasi KNF.Peningkatan signifikan sintasan dan pengurangan toksisitas yang fatal pada terapi radiasi pasien KNF dapat dicapai setelah revolusi teknik radiasi dari era 2DRT, 3DCRT, hingga IMRT.
Environmental safety of a territory due to the dangerous processes of flooding.
Authors: Voloshkina Olena , Bereznitska Julia
Published: September 2018

They determined the way the dangerous factors caused by the processes of flooding influence on environment and living conditions, they are the following: they estimated water resources quality, violation of water balance conditions on the flooded territories (the loss of drainage capacity of rivers and underground drainage formation), the process of activation of dangerous exogenous processes, they also theoretically grounded the necessity of correction of calculation method of filtration flow with the use of filtration resistance.
The association between voucher scheme and maternal healthcare services among the rural women in Bangladesh: a cross sectional study
Authors: Das Akkur Chandra , Nag Manik
Published: September 2018

Background: Maternal health voucher scheme, providing financial support to poor women, is popularly known as subsidies in maternity care services including antenatal, delivery and postnatal care and also economic barriers while seeking treatment from qualified service providers. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association of voucher scheme on receiving maternal healthcare services among the rural women in Bangladesh.Methods: This is a cross sectional study where total sample size was (n=500) rural women who were selected by using convenience sampling method. Among them, 250 women were voucher scheme receivers and other 250 women were non-voucher scheme receivers. A structured questionnaire was adopted for data collection between November and December 2015. In the final analysis, cross tabular analysis and logistic regression model were used, and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) were reported.Results: The study found a strong relation between voucher scheme and maternal healthcare services among the rural women in Bangladesh where majority (88.4%) voucher scheme receivers received information or treatment of Reproductive Tract Infections (RTIs) and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) while non-voucher scheme receivers received only 10%. Most of the respondents (93%) voucher scheme receivers received at least 3 times of antenatal care visit; but only 28% received non-voucher scheme receivers at least 3 times of antenatal care visit. Voucher scheme receivers received 17.127 times more likelihood to receive skilled birth attendance and 25.344 times more likelihood to receive institutional delivery services and positively significant (5 percent) compared to those who did not receive maternal heath voucher scheme. Moreover, 92.4% voucher receivers received transport cost and 73.2%, received safe home delivery services while 22.8% non-voucher scheme receivers received transport cost and only 20.4% received safe home delivery services. Majority (94%) voucher scheme receivers received long time birth control services while only 19.2% non-voucher scheme receivers received long time birth control services.Conclusion: Women who did not receive maternal health voucher scheme found the status of lower antenatal, delivery and postnatal care services receiving trends compared to the women who received the maternal health voucher scheme. It is recommended an effective monitoring system and necessary interventions getting overall developed health status in Bangladesh.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.17(4) 2018 p.545-555