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THE IMPACT OF EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION ON SERVICE QUALITY AND COMMUNITY SATISFACTION WITHIN PUBLIC SERVICE QUALITY IN THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH TANGERANG
Authors: Siswantini Wiwin , . Tamjuddin , Ayuni Devi , Mulyana Andy
Published: February 2019

South Tangerang is a new autonomous region in Banten Province that is established by Act No. 51 of 2008. The new autonomous region in Banten as expansion of Tangerang Regency has 7 districts. Based on Population Census in 2014 has 1.405.170 inhabitants. Population of male is 708.767 inhabitants and population of female is 696.403 inhabitants. Information found directly and through various media frequently reveals weaknesses of government services which reflect community dissatisfaction with the service personnel. The level of community satisfaction with the services of the community sector is still quite low, it is evidenced from several empirical studies on the quality of service in local government bureaucracy. Based on the initial observation, work motivation of goverment officials is played a role in realizing the quality of public services in the district of South Tangerang. Hence the author is interested in further researching and analyzing the impact of work motivation and service quality of apparatus to satisfaction community in the district level of South Tangerang. This study use nonprobability sampling as the sampling method. For the purposes of quantitative analysis, the determination of the score for each item questionnaire is used a Likert Scale. The processing data in this study is using SEM with support of software LISREL 8.7. The result of study shows that the motivation of civil servants apparatus district in South Tangerang is affecting the quality of service however is not affecting community satisfaction. This is due to the unfavorable work environment and leadership role in the completion of the assignment. Meanwhile the quality of service of civil servants apparatus affects people's satisfaction in districts in South Tangerang.
THE INFLUENCE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP, AND ALSO MOTIVATION ON EMPLOYEE’S PERFORMANCE
Authors: Nur Marlis , Ali Arbia , . Yusuf , . Chamariyah
Published: February 2019

This study aims to analyze the effect of transformational and transactional leadership style and also motivation on the performance of employees in the public works agency at Kolaka district. The study was conducted using a survey of 50 civil servants Kolaka district department of public works. The results showed that transformational and transactional leadership style, and also motivation influence the employee’s performance.
FACTORS AFFECTING UNDERPRICING IN THE COMPANY THAT DOES IPO IN BEI PERIOD 2004-2014
Authors: Hermin Sidarta , Murhadi Werner R.
Published: February 2019

This study aimed to analyze the factors that influence underpricing on IPO. Variables used in this research is Underwriter Reputation (RU), Auditor Reputation (RA), Company Age (AGE), firm size (SIZE), Financial Leverage (FL), Return on Equity (ROE) and Total Asset Turnover (TATO) , This study uses a quantitative approach with a model of multiple linear regression analysis. This study used a sample of companies that conduct an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the period 2004 to 2014 that are listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The number of observations used in this study were 204 observations. The results showed that the companies doing IPOs in the period 2004-2014, the variable underwriter reputation, auditor reputation, and return on equity significantly negative effect on underpricing, while variable firm age, firm size, financial leverage, and total asset turnover negative not significantly to underpricing
The Consumer’s Attitudes Towards Web Advertising on Tourism Malaysia Web Advertisement: Literature Review and Hypothesis
Authors: Mohamad Bahtiar
Published: February 2019

Advertising has grown exponentially over the last 10 years. In general, advertising can be defined as the activity of a profession of producing information for promoting the sale of commercial products or services in so many ways, including the World Wide Web. For instance, advertising via the web has received much attention from people all over the world. Web advertising, in particular, has big implications to the global businesses because of wide accessibility strategies throughtout the world. Therefore, this study is carried out to identify the antecedents that influenced consumer’s attitudes towards Tourism in Malaysia web advertising that is widely available. Based on a review of the existing literature in a range of fields, this study proposes a conceptual model of the positive relationships between customer’s atitude with informativeness, entertainment, credibility, economic value, interactivity and materialism. The proposed conceptual model is developed based on the Elaboration Likehood (ELM). Tourism Malaysia strongly rides on its slogan ‘Malaysia Truly Asia” that signifies the ever-changing and growing needs for the future. Furthermore, Tourism Malaysia web advertising also can affect the consumer’s decision-making process and behavior. The researcher expects this research to make several theoretical, managerial and policy contributions. For instance, the tourism promotional board which wants to change the customer’s attitude needs to take into consideration the influence factors such as informativeness, entertainment, credibility, economic value, interactivity and materialism for the web adverstisement.
PENGARUH SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING TERHADAP BRAND LOYALTY: EFEK MEDIASI BRAND-VALUE CONSCIOUSNESS PADA MEREK ADIDAS DI INDONESIA
Authors: Hermanus Archie Edrick
Published: February 2019

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of social media marketing on brand loyalty with the mediation effect of brand-value consciousness towards Adidas brand in Indonesia. The analysis method in this study is using structural equation modeling (SEM). Object of this current study is highschool students (or equal) and college students who is using social media and follow Adidas on social media, on the amount of 150 people. Data processing using softwares such as SPSS – PASW Statistics version 18 for Windows OS and IBM – AMOS version 22 for Windows OS. The results of this study indicated that social media marketing has a significant effect on brand loyalty; brand consciousness and value consciousness mediate the relationship beetwen social media marketing and brand loyalty.
ANALISIS BISNIS SEBAGAI SALAH SATU INFORMASI PENTING BAGI STAKEHOLDERS
Authors: Tan Yuliawati
Published: February 2019

Financial statement is one of the most important information which can be used by management and company's stakeholders as a basts for decision making. Business analysis, in the other hand, is the study of all aspects of the firm and its environment. Business analysis and financial statement analysis work hand in hand to help managers and stakeholders in understanding the target firm's potential. Business analysis will highlight issues that need to be studied further in the financial statement analysis stage. Likewise, financial statement analysis identifies concerns that require more detailed business analysis.
UJI FAKTOR-FAKTOR PEMBEDA KEBIJAKAN DIVIDEN: ANALISIS DISKRIMINAN
Authors: Ismiyanti Fitri , Mahadwartha Putu Anom
Published: February 2019

This research tested variables (firm specific and beta) that affected dividend policy in Indonesian firms. Samples are listed firm in Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) especially manufacture industry. This research uses discriminant analysis with several tests for data and results to maintain the robustness of the analysis. The results indicate that debt, investment opportunity sets and return on assets are significant in affecting dividend policy. Meanwhile beta fails to discriminate between firms that pay dividend and not pay dividend. The firm specific variables could discriminate between firms that pay dividend and not pay dividend. The results also show that management is more concerned about firm specific variables in dividend policy and less concerned, about systematic risk (beta).
KUALITAS LAYANAN HOTEL BERBINTANG TIGA, EMPAT, DAN LIMA DI SURABAYA
Authors: Andajani Erna
Published: February 2019

The Leisure and tourism industry in East java has shown good improvement and brought impact to hotel industry, As we know hotel is one of the businesses that depend mostly on service quality that perceived by the customers. In otherway, hotel also has aspect of physical and non physical facility, and categorized by government in order like five star hotel, four star hotel, and so on. Some of customer has shown that they do not really care about this rank, but on what, service quality they perceived.
ANALISIS EKONOMI TERHADAP PENYELESAIAN PELANGGARAN HAK CIPTA INDONESIA
Authors: Riswandi Budi Agus
Published: February 2019

Indonesian law for intellectual property right is establish in UU No. 19 Tahun 2002. This law is one of the law that categorized in economic scope. According to the scope this law should be able to stimulate and develop Indonesian economy. One of the measurement of the objective achievement of this law is by doing economy analysis for this law. This paper will discuss economy analysis for this law regarding to the benefit aspect, especially in law enforcement.
STRUKTUR DAN KINERJA BPR SYARIAH DI JAWA TIMUR: PERIODE 1996-2002
Authors: Rachmaningtyas Lyla , Hariadi Sugeng
Published: February 2019

This study examines the soundness of the east Java, shariah and credit rural banking system by describing market structure and competitive condition and analyzing factors affecting industrial banking performance. Competition measured by means of traditional industrial organization method, Structure-Conduct-Performance (SCP) model.In order to clarify the assessment of shariah and credit rural banking system, this study apply OLS estimation while variation of the change dependent variable ROA as a profitability measurement expected can be explained by independent variables ASET (bank asset), CAR (Capital Adequacy Ratio), LDR (Loan toDdeposit Ratio), DANA (concentration ratio).Estimation indicates monopolistic competition or cournot oligopoly structure for all five shariah and credit rural banking system by applying panel analysis in period 19962002. The results show factors affecting banking performance are ASET, CAR and LDR. Banking performance that is yield hardly improves society welfare. It is demonstrate from the increased of intermediation cost, NPL and lack of bank and product socialization. Therefore, there is less capacity trust to shariah banking system in east Java.
ANJAK PIUTANG (TANPA RECOURSE) SEBAGAI SALAH SATU ALTERNATIF UNTUK MENGATASI MASALAH CASH FLOW BAGI UKM DI INDONESIA DAN PERLAKUAN AKUNTANSINYA
Authors: Sugiarti Yenny
Published: February 2019

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) often face a cash flaw problem due to a difficulty of internal source of fund. In order to obtain external sources, SMEs usually apply for credits from banks. However, the credits require a rigid debt covenant, which often causes a constraint to SMEs in their operational activities. In several countries, factoring is an alternative financing for external sources. This alternative has come to be a favored solution, especially for SMEs. This paper attempts to show the possibility for adopting the factoring, especially a factoring without recourse, in SMEs in Indonesia. In order to support the arguments, the author shows the evidence of the success story in several countries. The author also explains the advantages of factoring without recourse and the accounting treatment of factoring in order to show the advantage in working capital
TRADING HOUSES: PROMOTE, DEVELOP AND EXPAND INDONESIAN COOPERATIVES AND SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Authors: So Idris Gautama
Published: February 2019

Indonesian Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) need to be promoted, developed and expanded, one of the reasons is that cooperatives and SMEs are known as an important post of Indonesian Economics. It is proven in 1998, when multi-dimension crisis hit the country, many of big enterprises collapsed but Cooperatives and SMEs survived. This research is intended to elaborate weaknesses of Cooperatives and SMEs in developing and expanding themselves. Many reasons will be stated and ways to cope with the reasons will be explained. One of the answers is Trading House. Why and how trading houses can help Indonesian Cooperatives and SMEs to develop and expand themselves and how to use trading house in Networking Cooperatives and SMEs to global business will be explained. Success stories of developed countries make trading houses contribute to develop and expand SMEs in their countries will also be shown to figure out how trading houses in these countries contribute to each country. Some suggestions and conclusions will be made in the end of this research.
DETERMINAN PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI
Authors: . Suyanto , Widiana Anika
Published: February 2019

This study examines the determinants of Growth in Indonesia using time series data from the first quarter of 1980 to fourth quarter of 2000. The result of OLS regression model shows that labor, physical capital, human capital, openness, and an institutional factor give positive effects to economic growth in Indonesia. This finding supports the arguments presented by neo-classical economists. The effect of institutional variable (e.g. inflation), in particular, exhibit the intervention of the central bank and the government in inflation and economic growth. Since the estimators consist of autocorrelation, the stationary test is applied to test the integration degrees and co-integration methodology is adopted to examine the linear combination of selected variables. The Granger’s two step error correction model tells us that the short-run disequilibrium is divergent from time to time from the long-run equilibrium, with the moderate speed of divergence. However, at least the long-run OLS estimators are unbiased, consistent, and asymptotically normally distributed.
LOCUS OF CONTROL DAN PENGALAMAN KERJA TERHADAP INDEPENDENSI
Authors: Warsoko K. Soetanto
Published: February 2019

Independency is important ethical behavior of public accountant. Auditors’ behavior is observed to determine independency because auditor is profession which needs public trust. In order to make ethical behavior or to change unethical behavior, the first thing should know is the factors that affect behavior and how strong their effect. Previous researches showed that individual factors have been found to have significant impacts on ethical behavior, especially independency. The objective of this study was to determine whether the individual difference factors of locus of control and job experience affect the independency. The research method used in this study was survey with questionnaire. Data collected with snowballing method and directly to respondents. T-test was used to test the hypothesis. The result showed that auditors with internal locus of control were found to behave more independent than those with external locus of control. There were no significant differences between auditors with difference job experience.
KANDUNGAN INFORMASI PADA PENGUMUMAN REVERSE STOCK SPLIT
Authors: Sanjaya I Putu Sugiartha
Published: February 2019

The objective of this study is to investigate whether market reacts to reverse stock split announcement. If market reacts to the announcement therefore the announcement has information content and vice versa. Reverse stock split is an interesting issue regarding financial policies. The study uses companies listed in Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) announcing reverse stock split. The research uses data from 2001 to 2007, because several companies informs reverse stock split to the market during the period. This study expects that the announcement have a market reaction. The result of this study is market reacts to the announcement. Therefore, the announcement of reverse stock split has information content.
KUALITAS LAYANAN TERHADAP KEPUASAN PELANGGAN KOPERASI KARYAWAN
Authors: Soegiono Soelistiani , Suprihhadi Heru
Published: February 2019

Cooperative enterprise core values are the spirit of togetherness, mutual cooperation and solidarity among its members. Owning only millions of rupiah at the beginning, cooperative enterprise has been growing and spreading their business rapidly, and nowadays coperative enterprise has billions of rupiah as its capital. The key for its success is the quality of service. Increasing the service quality will be encouraging the participation and support from the members. This fact has led to the escalation of number of its member and capital. The effect of service quality to cooperative enterprise member’s satisfaction is the main study and topic of this research. Cluster random sampling method has been chosen to collect the data from 94 members. The questionnaire was based on the following five dimensions namely tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy. While the questionnaire corresponding to the member’s satisfaction was derive from two values, which are related to purchase and service. The data was compared and processed by linier regression. The result is t (testing coefficient) equal to 16,248 which revealed that the effect of service quality to the member’s satisfaction is significant and convincing in Financial Service Business Unit.
CHANGE THAT DRIVES INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY
Authors: Darmasetiawan Noviaty Kresna
Published: February 2019

Innovation requires change. In the business environment, resistance to change is deleterious to organizations. The ability to continuously adapt to change enables firms to achieve sustainable value creation and competitive advantage. Major organizational changes for innovation can anticipate resistance, especially if proposed changes alter values and visions related to the existing order. Change may be viewed in terms of the alteration in activities and tasks of the organization. These may range from subtle modifications in procedures and operations (such as continuous improvement or small incremental steps); to transformational radical changes (such as rapid expansion into international markets, mergers or major restructuring in an organization). On the other hand, for firm to be innovative there must be awareness throughout the organization of the need for innovation. Along with the streamlining of operations and processes to improve product and service delivery, the mindset of employees needs to change. Since innovation is an important factor for future growth of any business venture, change management is required for achieving the required business strategies and practices. This case study was conducted to review change that drives innovative management. It was an exploratory study and had been done by using semi-structured interviews with ten managers. The research questions explored were: What were the drivers of change? How did the drivers support organizational objectives and goals? And what was the resistance to change? This firm had Continuous Innovation or Improvement for its corporate culture, and this research showed that it was the most important driver for its change. It was also found that the most important ingredient for successful change management was employee involvement. Therefore, management should pay more attention to human dimensions when implementing change. They have to invest more time in communicating, training and following up on the change system or process. It is important for management to seek and take into consideration the input from employees into procedures for implementing change.
STRUKTUR MODAL TERHADAP NILAI PERUSAHAAN
Authors: Mas’ud Masdar
Published: February 2019

The study attempts to analyze the factors of capital structure determiner and its impact on company value. The research aims at examining and analyzing the effect of profitability, size, growth opportunity, asset structure, cost of financial distress, and tax shields effects as the capital structure determiners on the manufacturing companies registered at Indonesia Stock Exchange. The differences between the factors of capital structure determiners (consisting of profitability, size, growth opportunity, asset structure, cost of financial distress, and tax shields effects) and the value of manufacturing companie registered at Indonesia Stock Exchange. The sample includes 59 companies registered at Indonesia Stock Exchange the data analysis instrument employed was Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and t-test. The results of the research indicate that the factors of capital structure determiners, which have significant effect on capital structures, are profitability, size, growth opportunity, asset structure and cost of financial distress. The exception may be tax shields effects, which do not give significant effect at all on capital structure. The latter becomes evident because the depreciation and amortization rates of the registered Indonesia manufacturing company do not seem significant to contribute to company cash flow so that it stands out of company debt proportion.The factors of capital structure determiners with significant effect on capital structures involve profitability, size, asset structure, and cost of financial distress and tax shields effects. Size and growth opportunity do not have significant effect on the capital structure because manufacturing companies consider financing their investment using equity financing to deal with little financial risk regardless the size of company. It shows that there is a similarity on these factors of capital structure determiner between manufacturing company registered at Indonesia Stock Exchange the insignificantly defferent determiner factors pertain to growth opportunity, asset structure and company value. Meanwhile, the difference also develops between the factors of capital structure determiner in the manufacturing company registered at Indonesia Stock Exchange. The significantly different determiner factors will be profitability, size, cost of financial distress; tax shields effects and capital structure.
EXPLORING TOURISM IN THE CITY OF KUALA LUMPUR
Authors: Farinda Abdul Ghani , Musa Ghazali , Thirumoorthi Thinaranjeney
Published: February 2019

Kuala Lumpur, the capital city and the heartbeat of Malaysia, certainly has enough tourism products to keep tourists occupied while visiting the city. This study explores the hotel managers’ perception and opinion on tourism potentials of Kuala Lumpur as a tourism destination and looks at ways to develop the tourism products that are available there. Sixty hotel managers of hotels in the city area were interviewed. The results show that Kuala Lumpur lacks a number of important elements of a successful destination, and faces serious challenges such as lack of security, bad traffic, high cost and lack of cleanliness.
INTERDEPENDENSI KEPEMILIKAN MANAJERIAL DAN KEPEMILIKAN INSTITUSIONAL SERTA PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP KINERJA KEUANGAN
Authors: Melinda Fong Ida , Sutejo Bertha Silvia
Published: February 2019

This research was explaining the influence of managerial ownership, institutional ownership, and the impact to firm performance. We use three stage least square (3SLS) model to test our hypotheses. Sample of the research is all of manufacture companies which of have managerial ownership and institutional ownership and listed on Indonesian Stock Exchange period 1997 -2006. The result was provided that managerial ownership and firm performance has positive influence but not significant. Other evidence is that institutional ownership has significant positive influence to firm performance. The research was proven that managerial ownership and institutional ownership have negative influence. Condition crisis and after crisis has effect to ownership and firm performance. Firm performance does increase when after crisis period opposite that crisis period.
PENGARUH BUDAYA PERUSAHAAN TERHADAP KOMITMEN KARYAWAN PERUSAHAAN PENERBITAN PERS
Authors: Brahmasari Ida Ayu
Published: February 2019

Hipercompctition in press industry challenges new publishers to continuously enhance their organizational as well as employees’ commitments. Some studies that have been conducted proved that organizational culture influences organizational as well as employees’ commitments. This research is aimed to prove and analyze the influence of corporate culture that consists of organization values, organization climates and tolerance in risk taking, management support, reward system, attention to detail and orientation to team toward employee commitment of Publisher Company in Surabaya. 95 out of 105 questionnaires distributed were returned and analyzed. The result proved that organization values, tolerance in risk taking, and orientation to team have significant influences toward employee commitment, while organization climates, management support, reward system, attention to detail have no significant influences toward employees’ commitment.
PERSEPSI BAURAN PEMASARAN TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEN GGUN A AN KEMBALI JASA EKSPEDISI MUATAN KAPAL LAUT
Authors: . Evianah
Published: February 2019

The purpose of this of this research is to find out of marketing mixed perception on repurchase decision the EMKL companies. Analytical tool that the research employed was multiple linear regressions to know the effect of service users’ perception on the product, price, place, promotion, people, physical evidence, and process concerned with the repurchase decision the EMKL services. Hypotheses were verified by performing regression analysis (F-test) and partial testing (t-test). The result showed that the perception of service user on product, price, place, promotion, people, physical evidence, and process have significant effect on the repurchase decision. This could be seen from F-test of 10.884 larger than F table of 2.21. Thus, hypothesis starting that perception of the service users on product, price, place, promotion, people, physical evidence, and process had significant influence on repurchase decision the EMKL service was accepted.
Occlusion of the corpus cavernosum penis in bulls intended for estrus detection: 18 cases (2002–2016)
Authors: Davern Alec J. , Baird Aubrey N. , Koziol Jennifer H.
Published: February 2019

OBJECTIVE To report surgical and long-term postoperative outcomes of bulls undergoing surgical occlusion of the corpus cavernosum penis (CCP) by acrylic injection and epididymectomy with or without penile fixation as preparation for use in estrus detection.

DESIGN Retrospective case series.

ANIMALS 18 client-owned bulls.

PROCEDURES Medical records of bulls that underwent CCP occlusion between December 2002 and March 2016 were identified. Signalment, surgical data, and reported complications were recorded. Long-term (> 6 months after surgery) follow-up data were obtained from medical records or by telephone interview of bull owners with a questionnaire focused on postoperative outcome, use of the bull for estrus detection, and overall satisfaction with the procedure.

RESULTS Intraoperative complications included difficulty isolating the penis, polymerization of the acrylic prior to injection, incomplete anesthesia of the surgical site, and fecal contamination of the site. Deposition of acrylic in an improper location led to urethral obstruction and euthanasia of 1 bull; another developed an abscess that was treated successfully. One bull was euthanized because of orchitis. Most (15/18) bulls were used for estrus detection (mean duration, 17.9 months). Libido was considered good or very good for 14 of 15 bulls; 1 was culled for loss of libido after 14 months. Ten of 12 bulls were reportedly unable to protrude the penis; 2 had or developed partial protrusion ability. Overall client satisfaction was high.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE In this population of healthy young bulls, CCP occlusion was generally well tolerated. Most bulls that underwent CCP occlusion (and epididymectomy with or without penile fixation) had adequate libido, and none were reported able to achieve intromission.
Behavioral health of US military veterinary personnel deployed to Afghanistan
Authors: Penix Elizabeth A. , Whitmer Deborah L. , Thomas Jeffrey L. , Wilk Joshua E. , Adler Amy B.
Published: February 2019

OBJECTIVE To compare symptoms of compromised behavioral health (BH symptoms) and factors protecting against those symptoms (protective factors) in military veterinary and nonveterinary health-care personnel deployed to Afghanistan.

DESIGN Cross-sectional survey.

SAMPLE 237 deployed military health-care personnel (21 veterinary and 216 nonveterinary).

PROCEDURES Surveys were administered to participants during combat deployment in Afghanistan in 2013 to collect information on BH symptoms and protective factors. Data were compared between veterinary and nonveterinary health-care personnel by use of regression models controlling for demographic characteristics and deployment experiences. Partial correlations were computed to assess relationships between protective factors and BH symptoms, controlling for personnel type.

RESULTS Less than 15% of veterinary and nonveterinary health-care personnel were at risk for suicidal ideation, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. After adjusting for covariates, both personnel types had similar levels of depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and anxiety symptoms; however, veterinary personnel reported more distressing secondary traumatic stress symptoms and a greater number of anger reactions. Self-care, team support, and perceived supportive leadership were inversely associated with BH symptoms regardless of personnel type. Veterinary personnel engaged in less self-care, provided less team care, and rated leadership behaviors less positively than nonveterinary health-care personnel.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Compared with nonveterinary health-care personnel, deployed veterinary personnel were at greater risk of generalized anxiety disorder and reported more secondary traumatic stress and anger reactions, but were less likely to be engaged in and exposed to protective factors. Interventions designed to promote self-care and team support for veterinary personnel and their leaders may reduce the occupational risk of BH symptoms in deployment and perhaps other settings.
The level of moral competences of pre-service PE teachers – a reason to worry?
Authors: Bronikowska Małgorzata , Korcz Agata
Published: February 2019

Study aim: The main purpose of this study was to examine the level of moral competences of 437 pre-service physical educa­tion (PE) university students. It was also designed to evaluate the level of moral competency and the correlations with factors (i.e. Parents, Religion, School education, PE teacher, Sport coach, Studies, Media and Peers) potentially influencing moral development in pre-service PE teachers. Material and methods: The study included data collected in 2017 from 216 male and 221 female students aged 21.5 ± 1.85 from the faculty of Physical Education in Poznań, Poland. The students were categorised into three levels of moral competences, after which possible correlations between the factors influencing moral development were examined. The Moral Competence Test (MCT) survey was used to measure the ability to rate arguments by their moral quality. Participants were requested to confront two moral dilemmas and agree or disagree with the statements which were presented to them. Results: The results suggest that a vast majority of students (78.7%) present a very low level of moral competences, and with regard to the factors influencing moral development, the lowest value was attributed to PE teachers. Moderate positive correla­tions were found between School education and PE teacher, and between Sport coach and PE teacher. Conclusions: The findings indicate the need for more attention to be paid to moral education in teacher training in PE.
Nomenclatural Status of the Palaeobotanical “Artificial Taxa” Established in Brongniart’S 1822 “Classification” Paper
Authors: Cleal Christopher J. , Thomas Barry A.
Published: February 2019

Brongniart’s 1822 paper “Sur la classification et la distribution des végétaux fossils” was one of the most important early contributions to palaeobotany, especially in its treatment of how to name and classify plant fossils. Twenty four genera / sections were named in this work. Seven of these names have been supressed for nomenclatural or taxonomic reasons (Exogenites, Clatharia, Sagenaria, Filicites, Phyllites, Poacites, Carpolithes), and four are difficult to use because of problems with typification and / or diagnosis of the taxa (Endogenites, Culmites, Fucoides, Antholithes). However, many of the remaining names are still in widespread use, albeit not always correctly, notably Calamites, Sigillaria, Stigmaria, Sphenopteris, Neuropteris, Pecopteris, Odontopteris, Sphenophyllum, Glossopteris, Asterophyllites, albeit with altered orthographies or conserved with different types
The Middle Miocene Central European Plant Record Revisited; Widespread Subhumid Sclerophyllous Forests Indicated
Authors: Kovar-Eder Johanna , Teodoridis Vasilis
Published: February 2019

The Middle Miocene plant record from the wider Central Paratethys region (Central Paratethys, the North Alpine Foredeep, Carpathian Foredeep, the Swabian Alb and southern parts of the Bohemian Massif) was analysed by the Integrated Plant Record (IPR) vegetation analysis to assess major vegetation types. The plant assemblages at 27 sites accumulated under very different sedimentological settings and refl ect heterogeneous environments. Although of very different origin, the plant record delivers a fairly consistent signal towards subhumid sclerophyllous forests (ShSF) as the most likely major zonal vegetation unit for the Langhian/Serravallian. Today, such forests develop under seasonal climate with pronounced seasonal changes in precipitation. The fl oristic characteristics are outlined and the record is compared to that of the preceding and the following Miocene periods.
An Angiosperm Dominated Herbaceous Community from the Early – Middle Albian of Primorye, Far East of Russia
Authors: Golovneva Lina , Alekseev Pavel , Bugdaeva Eugenia , Volynets Elena
Published: February 2019

An extraordinarily well-preserved autochthonous angiosperm herbaceous community is described from the Lower Cretaceous deposits of the Frentsevka Formation, southern Primorye, Far East of Russia. The locality Bolshoy Kuvshin is situated on the coast of the Ussuri Bay on the Bolshoy Kuvshin Cape near the town of Bolshoy Kamen. The plant-bearing layer was determined to be early - middle Albian in age. The angiosperm assemblage includes six species: Achaenocarpites capitellatus Krassilov et Volynets, Ternaricarpites floribundus Krassilov et Volynets, Jixia pinnatipartita S.X.Guo et G.Sun, Asiatifolium elegans G.Sun, S.X.Guo et Shao L.Zheng and two new undetermined species. The majority of specimens are represented by fragments of branching stems with attached leaves or fruits or by almost complete plants. Two species (Jixia pinnatipartita and Asiatifolium elegans) are also in the angiosperm assemblage from the Chengzihe Formation (eastern Heilongjiang, China). The angiosperm remains are accompanied by the fern Onychiopsis psilotoides which is represented by almost entire young plants. The plant fossils were buried during a single flooding event and remained very close to their original location. They formed a pioneer open herbaceous community, consisting of ferns and angiosperms with a predominance of the latter and adapted to colonize fresh sediments in periodically flooded areas.
Stutzeliastrobus Bohemicus Comb. Nov. – Basal Cupressaceae Conife from the Cenomanian of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Central Europe
Authors: Kvaček Jiří , Heřmanová Zuzana , Bruthansová Jana , Karch Jakub , Žemlička Jan , Dudák Jan
Published: February 2019

The Cupressaceae conifer Stutzeliastrobus bohemicus (Bayer) J.Kvaček comb. nov. is described from the Cenomanian Peruc-Korycany Formation of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. It is characterised by elongate ovuliferous cones with helically arranged thin, bilaterally symmetrical ovuliferous bract-scale complexes, bearing two to four winged elongate ovoid seeds per bract-scale complex. Ovuliferous cones are found attached to twigs of Cyparissidium-type shoots, showing amphistomatic scale-like leaves with an adaxial cuticle, bearing two stomatal bands with transversely or obliquely orientated monocyclic to amphicyclic stomata. The abaxial cuticle shows monocyclic to amphicyclic stomata scattered irregularly in the basal part of the leaf. The lectotype is compressed, but the 3D preserved lignified specimen, studied using X-ray microtomography, revealed its internal structure. It is compared to Stutzeliastrobus foliatus F.Herrera et al. from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia, differing in morphology of its bract-scale complexes. The thin ovuliferous cone scales complexes of S. bohemicus bearing two to four winged seeds per cone scale argue for its relationship with Taiwanioideae, the basal subfamily of Cupressaceae.
Epidermal Anatomy of Glyptostrobus Europaeus (Brongn.) Unger from The Late Oligocene of The Westerwald (Rhinelandpalatinate, W-Germany)
Authors: Uhl Dieter , Krüger Pia S. , Wuttke Michael
Published: February 2019

Details of the epidermal anatomy of Glyptostrobus europaeus (BRONGN.) UNGER from the Late Oligocene locality Norken in the Westerwald (Rhineland-Palatinate, W-Germany) are documented and described by means of scanning electron microscopy of in situ cuticles. The taxon had a wide distribution over the entire Northern Hemisphere during the Oligocene and it is considered to represent the most common conifer during the Cenozoic of Europe, but cuticles from this taxon are rarely figured in the literature. The cuticles from Norken exhibit cellular patterns and details (e.g. of stomatal complexes) typical for taxodioid Cupressaceae. Anatomical observations are in close agreement with results for this taxon from other Central European localities. The in situ cuticles had already fragmented into very small pieces, and this explains why it was so far impossible to retrieve cuticles from this locality by means of standard cuticular analytic techniques.
EL pH Y LA ABSORCIÓN DE CADMIO EN ALMENDRAS DE CACAO ORGÁNICO (Theobroma cacao L.) EN LEONCIO PRADO, HUÁNUCO, PERU
Authors: FLORIDA ROFNER Nelino , CLAUDIO MELCHOR Shilthon Lineker , GÓMEZ BERNAL Raúl
Published: February 2019

El tipo de suelo tiene importante influencia en la disponibilidad y absorción del cadmio por la planta de cacao (Theobroma cacao L.), en particular el pH, el % de arcilla y la cantidad de Mg2+ y Zn presente en el suelo. Por ello, el objetivo fue medir la influencia del pH del suelo en los niveles de absorción del cadmio en granos de cacao CCN-51 en la provincia Leoncio Prado – Huánuco, para ello se seleccionaron 20 parcelas agrícolas de los socios de la Cooperativa Cacao Alto Huallaga, que cumplían con todas las normas y técnicas de producción orgánica. Se analizaron 20 muestras de suelos y de almendras, los resultados muestran que el pH promedio del suelo fue de 5.68; el cadmio disponible en el suelo fue de 0.32 µg g-1 y el contenido de cadmio en las almendras de cacao de las 20 muestras analizadas arrojó 0.98 µg g-1. La investigación concluye que los valores de cadmio en almendras se encuentran encima del nivel máximo permitido por la unión europea y se encontró correlación negativa entre el pH del suelo y el contenido de cadmio en almendras de cacao (R2 = 0.0522), no encontrándose una dependencia del cadmio en almendra, con respecto al pH del suelo, esto requiere seguir investigando para determinar los factores que intervienen en este proceso.
EL EL SUMIDERO DE CARBONO EN LOS BOSQUES PRIMARIOS AMAZÓNICOS ES UNA OPORTUNIDAD PARA LOGRAR LA SOSTENIBILIDAD DE SU CONSERVACIÓN
Authors: VICUÑA MIÑANO Edgar , BAKER Tim R. , BANDA-R. Karina , HONORIO CORONADO Eurídice , MONTEAGUDO Abel , PHILLIPS Oliver L. , DEL CASTILLO TORRES Dennis , FARFAN RIOS William , FLORES Gerardo , HUAMAN David , TANTTE HUAMAN Keysa , HIDALGO PIZANGO Gabriel , LOJAS ALEMAN Eva , MELO Joana B. , PICKAVANCE Georgia C. , RIOS Marcos , ROJAS María , SALINAS Norma , VASQUEZ MARTINEZ Rodolfo
Published: February 2019

Los bosques primarios intactos de la Amazonía peruana se comportan como sumideros de carbono: un servicio ecosistémico clave a nivel mundial. Este sumidero fue cuantificado en 0.54 Mg C ha-1 año-1 (1990-2017) para los bosques amazónicos intactos de las Áreas Naturales Protegidas (ANPs) de Perú y las zonas de amortiguamiento. En otras palabras, la conservación de bosques intactos en ANPs ayudó a remover 9.6 millones de toneladas de carbono de la atmósfera por año, lo cual equivale aproximadamente al 85% de las emisiones de la quema de combustibles fósiles del país durante el 2012. Este servicio de remoción de CO2 atmosférico es necesario incluir en el inventario nacional de gases de efecto invernadero, y en los compromisos nacionales de reducción de emisiones, por dos razones. Primero, debido a ser un flujo importante, nos ayudaría a tener una aproximación más real del balance de carbono en Perú. Segundo, fortalecería la necesidad de mantener la integridad de estos bosques tanto por el servicio de almacenamiento de carbono (evitar emisiones) como el servicio de sumidero (remoción de emisiones) y la diversidad biológica que albergan. La provisión del servicio de sumidero solo se asegurará con una gestión efectiva y adaptativa de las ANPs. El reporte de este servicio ambiental a nivel nacional debe ser implementado a través del monitoreo a largo plazo de la dinámica del carbono y el impacto del cambio climático a través de la red de parcelas forestales permanentes de RAINFOR (Red Amazónica de Inventarios Forestales) y el proyecto MonANPeru. El establecimiento de este sistema de monitoreo permitirá el desarrollo de los mecanismos financieros para cerrar la brecha y lograr la sostenibilidad de la conservación de los bosques en las ANPs de Perú.
VERTICAL SEGREGATION IN PRISTIMANTIS SPECIES FROM A BAMBOO FOREST IN SOUTHEAST OF AMAZONIA, BRAZIL
Authors: LÓPEZ-ROJAS Jhon Jairo
Published: February 2019

In this work, the vertical stratification in Pristimantis species was studied in a remanescent forest dominated by bamboo in the southwest region of the Amazon. The field work was carried out between December 2012 and May 2013. The differences in height of the perch were analyzed interspecifically, and intraspecific in relation to the structure of the vegetation. A total of four species were recorded, Pristimantis fenestratus being the most abundant and occurring in all sampling units. There was significant interspecific difference in perch height, as well as between adults and juveniles. For P. fenestratus, there was no differentiation of segregation between sampling units. The structure of the vegetation did not explain the preference of heights; however, leaf litter depth influenced its vertical stratification. More data and occurrences are needed in all sampling units to infer better explanations.
Social Responsibility Practice Diagnosis applied to the Universidad del Valle- Northern Facility. Period 2014-2015
Authors: Moreno Moreno Adriana M. , Aguirre González Eduar Fernando
Published: February 2019

Social Responsibility is a concept that has been approached from different perspectives by theoreticians and institutions. Initially, this was limited exclusively to companies, however, the creation of the Social Capital, Ethics and Development Initiative by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) sought to make educational institutions aware that, like any other organization, they are responsible for the externalities they generate in their environment and their stakeholders. This research approaches the concept of University Social Responsibility (USR) from the scheme proposed by the IDB, which proposes four axes of action for Universities’ CR: Responsible Campus, Professional and Citizen Training, Social Management of Knowledge and Social Participation. The Universidad del Valle has a strategic plan entitled “Universidad del Valle’s Strategic Development Plan” and Regionalization attached thereto. It has also developed its action plan and in the five strategic issues raised herein, its socially responsible approach is clearly identifiable. The North Cauca Facility wherein this study is being developed, even though it does not have a University Social Responsibility Management Model, has attempted to align its practices with its strategic affairs that broadly conform to the four axes proposed by the IDB. This research addresses a relevant and current issue inasmuch as it proposes to develop a diagnosis on the relationship between the four axes of Social Responsibility proposed by the IDB and the practice of Social Responsibility applied at the Universidad del Valle, North Cauca Facility, for the period 2014-2015. In order to answer the research problem, a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive type of study is used, given that the work was based on the documentary information available at the University, while the interviews with the directors of the Institution are used as a tool for oral history. The research method used is the case study, which allows to address a unit of analysis in depth, in this case the USR within the Universidad del Valle, North Cauca Facility.
Incidence of Stakeholders in the corporate social responsibility of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises of Santa Marta
Authors: León Guillen , Afcha Sergio
Published: February 2019

This article analyses the perception and application of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in a sample of 499 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the city of Santa Marta (Colombia) following the theory of Stakeholders. Specifically, the interdependence technique of exploratory factor analysis was used to determine the most influential Stakeholders in the execution of CSR practices. It was found that Stakeholders related to the value chain, the environment and corporate management favour social responsibility actions in local MSMEs. In contrast, community and government have less influence on the development of social responsibility practices in MSMEs. Additionally, it was found that the size of the business acts as an important moderator of the development of the CSR. Given that there is a distinctive influence of Stakeholders in the development of responsible practices in the MSMEs of Santa Marta, it is suggested that comprehensive training programs on social responsibility be promoted in smaller companies.
A Surface Inhibiting Effect in Chemical Vapor Deposition of Boron-Carbon Thin Films from Trimethylboron
Authors: Souqui Laurent , Högberg Hans , Pedersen Henrik
Published: February 2019

We use the ability to control the surface chemistry in chemical vapor deposition (CVD) to deposit boron-carbon films into pores with aspects ratios of 60:1 without clogging the opening and into lateral trenches with ratios up to 2000:1. In contrast to many other surface-controlled CVD processes, operating at low temperatures (100-250 °C) and pressures (10-1000 Pa), we use trimethylboron at higher temperature (700 °C) and pressure (5000 Pa) affording a surface inhibited CVD process in hydrogen ambient. We show that the deposition rate is highly dependent on the partial pressure of hydrogen; decreasing proportionally to the logarithm of the partial pressure. The surface-controlled effect is not encountered in argon ambient. We propose that this is explained by a competitive adsorption of growth species and inhibiting dihydrogen or atomic hydrogen species following a Temkin isotherm.
Harnessing the Biocatalytic Potential of PtmO6, an α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase from Platensimycin Biosynthesis, for the Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Highly Oxidized ent-Kaurane Diterpenes
Authors: Zhang Xiao , Dong Liao-Bin , Yang Li-Cheng , Rudolf Jeffrey D. , Shen Ben , Renata Hans
Published: February 2019

We demonstrate the utility of biocatalytic hydroxylation with PtmO6 in the chemoenzymatic total synthesis of three oxidized kaurane natural products.