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STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN WIRAUSAHA PEMUDA DALAM MEWUJUDKAN WIRAUSAHAWAN MANDIRI DAN IMPLIKASINYA TERHADAP KETAHANAN EKONOMI KELUARGA (Studi pada Koperasi Sumekar di Kampung Sanggrahan Pathuk Kecamatan Ngampilan Kota Yogyakarta, Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta)
Authors: Basia Lusmino -
Published: November 2016

Upaya mewujudkan wirausahawan muda merupakan bagian dari kebijakan nasional pembangunan kepemudaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis strategi pengembangan wirausaha pemuda dalam mewujudkan wirausahawan mandiri di Kampung Sanggrahan Pathuk Kecamatan Ngampilan Yogyakarta, kemudian untuk menganalisis aspek kendala-kendala yang terjadi selama menjalankan wirausaha, yang terakhir untuk menganalisis ketahanan ekonomi keluarga para wirausaha, di Kampung Sanggrahan Pathuk Kecamatan Ngampilan Yogyakarta.Metode yang digunakan yakni metode penggabungan antara metode deskriptif kualitatif dan metode deskiptif kuantitatif, dengan menggunakan wawancara terstruktur, kuisioner, studi pustaka observasi dan dokumentasi. Untuk mengukur strategi Pemuda mengembangkan usaha dalam mewujudkan wirausahawan mandiri digunakan 7 indikator, selain itu guna mengukur ketahanan ekonomi keluarga para wirausahawan muda di Kampung Sanggrahan Pathuk Kecamatan Ngampilan Yogyakarta digunakan 2 indikator yakni, 1) pendapatan para wirausaha dengan standar upah minimum Kota Yogyakarta, dan 2) kebutuhan.Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan dari 7 indikator strategi pengembangan wirausaha dalam mewujudkan wirausahawan mandiri terdapat 3 (tiga) indikator yang belum dilaksanakan secara efektif oleh para pemuda yaitu kepemimpinan, pemasaran dan legalitas usaha. Hal ini disebabkan oleh kurangnya sumberdaya serta modal yang dimiliki dalam usaha mengembangkan  pemasaran produk serta legalitas usaha, indikator strategi pengembangan dalam mewujudkan wirausahawan mandiri berupa motivasi dan kreatifitas telah mampu dilakukan baik oleh para pemuda, namun dari segi persaingan usaha dan perubahan pasar masih menemui hambatan berupa penetapan harga produk usaha yang mengacu pada kebijakan harga yang telah ditetapkan pemerintah berupa perubahan harga pasar kenaikan harga Bahan Bakar Minyak dan tarif dasar listrik yang justru menjadi hambatan pemuda dalam mewujudkan wirausahawan mandiri. Dari total wirausahawan muda sejumlah 36 (tiga puluh enam) orang, ketahanan ekonomi keluarga  dari aspek pendapatan didapatkan sebesar 67 persen dan dari aspek kebutuhan didapatkan sebesar 66,7 persen. Persentase demikian menunjukan bahwa ketahanan ekonomi keluarga para pemuda wirausaha di Kampung sanggrahan dikategorikan tidak miskin karena memperoleh pendapatan di atas UMK rata-rata dan mampu memenuhi kebutuhan primer, sekunder, tersier, hal ini jelas mengambarkan bahwa strategi dalam mewujudkan wirausaha tidak terlalu berimplikasi terhadap ketahanan ekonomi keluarga namun justru berimplikasi terhadap pengembangan usaha para pemuda karena belum menerapkan strategi penuh dalam mewujudkan wirausahawan mandiri.
KETAHANAN POLITIK WILAYAH PONDOK PESANTREN DALAM PEMILIHAN UMUM 2014 (Studi terhadap Pemuda di Yayasan Pondok Pesantren Ali Maksum, Krapyak Kulon, Desa Panggungharjo, Kecamatan Sewon, Kabupaten Bantul, Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta)
Authors: Hidayatulloh Bagus Anwar
Published: November 2016

Pondok pesantren merupakan lembaga pendidikan agama, telah menjadi entittas yang sangat penting dalam proses transmutasi nilai-nilai dalam wilayah Republik Indonesia terutama dalam Pemilu. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan pemaparan secara deskriptif. Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan adalah studi pada suatu permasalahan yang terjadi di suatu ruang lingkup masyarakat. Pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan observasi, wawancara mendalam, studi dokumentasi dan studi kepustakaan, ditambah data penunjang kualitatif sederhana. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Partisipasi pemuda dalam Pemilu 2014 di Pondok Pesantren Ali Maksum berimplikasi positif (baik) terhadap  ketahanan politik wilayah pondok pesantren. Bentuk implikasi ini berupa keuletan dan ketangguhan pemuda dalam menanggapi pemilu 2014, karena tidak berdampak pada apatisme dalam berkontribusi dalam pemilu 2014. Aspek ketahanan tersebut berupa ketahanan terhadap kesadaran sosial politik, disiplin wilayah dan dinamika sosial
PERAN PEMBANGKIT LISTRIK TENAGA BIOGAS DA-LAM MEWUJUDKAN KETAHANAN NASIONAL (Studi di Kecamatan Dendang, Kabupaten Belitung Timur)
Authors: Buasan Bahar
Published: November 2016

Penelitian ini memiliki tiga tujuan. Pertama,untuk mengetahui kondisi pembangkit listrik tenaga biogas (PLTBg) di Kecamatan Dendang. Kedua, mengetahui kendala yang dihadapi dalam operasional PLTBg. Ketiga mengetahui strategi optimalisasi dalam melakukan optimalisasi PLTBg.            Keberadaan PLTBg di Kecamatan Dendang memiliki tiga manfaat. Pertama dapat mengaliri listrik hingga 2500-3000 rumah tangga. Kedua, membantu mengurangi emisi gas rumah kaca dan limbah, Ketiga, alih teknologi. Berdasarkan ketiga keuntungan tersebut, maka optimalisasi PLTBg perlu dilakukan dalam rangka mewujudkan ketahanan energi.            Metode yang digunakan adalah studi kasus melalui obervasi langsung ke Kecamatan Dendang dan wawancara pihak-pihak terkait pada bulan November 2015 hingga Mei 2016.            Berdasarkan hasil penelitian terdapat tiga kendala yang dihadapi oleh PLTBg di Kecamatan Dendang. Pertama sulitnya bahan baku karena sebagian besar impor, Kedua, adanya perbedaan harga karena power purchase agreement PLTBg  PT AANE dihitung berdiri sebelum undang-undang baru keluar. Ketiga adalah kurangnya dukungan pemerintah.            Berdasarkan ketiga kendala tersebut, maka strategi optimaliasi yang dilakukan adalah; Pertama, memudahkan regulasi untuk kemudahan bahan baku. kedua, pemerintah mengatur dan meluruskan regulasi terkait perbedaan harga. Ketiga, pemerintah pusat dan daerah harus aktif memberikan dukungan terhadap pembangunan PLTBg dengan memperbesar pelatihan, pendidikan serta pengembangan kemampuan untuk pembuatan kebijakan dan analisa di bidang energi baru dan terbarukan.
DINAMIKA AKTUALISASI DIRI PEMUDA RANTAU DAN IMPLIKASINYA TERHADAP KETAHANAN PRIBADI (STUDI PADA MAHASISWA RANTAU ASAL SUMATERA BARAT DI ASRAMA PUTRI BUNDO KANDUANG DAERAH ISTIMEWA YOGYAKARTA)
Authors: Hamdi Irwan
Published: November 2016

Penelitian ini menganalisis dinamika aktualisasi diri mahasiswa yang tinggal di perantauan dan implikasinya terhadap ketahanan pribadi. Secara spesifik penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana proses pengembangan diri mahasiswa beserta faktor-faktor yang dapat mendukung dan menjadi kendala bagi mahasiswa asal Sumatera Barat/Minangkabau yang sedang melanjutkan studi di beberapa perguruan tinggi di Yogyakarta dan tinggal di Asrama Putri Bundo Kanduang. Kemudian dari proses aktualisasi diri tersebut akan berimplikasi terhadap ketahanan pribadi mahasiswa.Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif yang diolah berdasarkan pada pengamatan terhadap fenomena dan gejala sosial. Oleh karena itu sumber data penelitian ini dibagi atas sumber data primer dan sumber data sekunder. Sumber data primer terdiri atas wawancara mendalam terhadap informan dan observasi/pengamatan langsung di lapangan. Sementara sumber data sekunder berasal dari studi literatur dan dokumentasi. Dalam menganalisis data, penelitian ini menggunakan teori aktualisasi diri yang didahului dengan pemenuhan kebutuhan dasar dalam hidup di rantau.Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan para mahasiswa telah mampu memenuhi kebutuhan dasar kehidupan saat menimba ilmu di Yogyakarta. Sehingga proses aktualisasi diri berjalan dengan baik. Meskipun demikian terdapat beberapa faktor yang menghambat proses aktualisasi diri tersebut meski dalam skala yang sangat kecil. Bentuk aktualisasi diri mereka misalnya pelestarian kesenian daerah, membuat kegiatan bersama, pembauran kebudayaan, dan lain- lain. Proses aktualisasi diri yang terus menerus dikembangkan oleh mahasiswa selama menjalani proses pendidikan telah berimplikasi terhadap ketahanan pribadi. Implikasi terhadap ketahanan pribadi mahasiswa dijelaskan dalam bentuk nilai-nilai ketahanan pribadi.
STUDI KELAYAKAN PT PAL INDONESIA (PERSERO) UNTUK PEMBANGUNAN KAPAL PERUSAK KAWAL RUDAL (PKR)
Authors: Nugraha Prasetya
Published: November 2016

Penelitian ini dilaksanakan untuk mengetahui kesiapan, kendala dan strategi PT PAL Indonesia (Persero) dalam membangun Kapal Perang Republik Indonesia (KRI) jenis PKR dalam rangka mendukung ketahanan alat utama sistem senjata (alutsista) TNI AL. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif-kualitatif dan teknik pengumpulan data melalui observasi dan wawancara mendalam (face-to-face in-depth interview). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa PT PAL Indonesia (Persero) memiliki kesiapan terbatas (sebagai pelaksana produksi proyek) untuk membangun kapal PKR secara mandiri. Penelitian ini merumuskan beberapa rekomendasi yaitu: (i) melaksanakan pendidikan dan pelatihan di bidang yang belum dikuasai, (ii) meningkatkan portofolia kredit, (iii) mengembangkan alternatif sumber pendanaan, (iv) memastikan dukungan anggaran pemerintah, (v) mengembangkan budaya kerja yang disiplin dan produktif, dan (vi) menumbuhkan budaya kerja integritas, disiplin, jujur dan proses hubungan kerja yang efektif.
PERAN BABINSA DALAM KEGIATAN DETEKSI DINI GUNA PENCEGAHAN AKSI TERORISME (RELEVANSI DI WILAYAH KODIM 0618/BS KOTA BANDUNG)
Authors: Simanjuntak Komarudin
Published: November 2016

This study aimed to determined the role of non-commissioned officer in the early detection activities, constraints Babinsa role in the early detection activities and formulated efforts to optimized Babinsa role in the early detection of activities for the prevention of terrorism. Methods This study used a qualitative approach, with the data collection technique: First, theoretical orientation; collecting data with three stages, orientation, exploratory data collection, and research focus; Second, in-depth interviews and comprehensive; Third, the observation participation; and Fourth, documentation. In this study would be taken groups / people associated with problems Babinsa role in the early detection of activities to discovered problems in the field of the structural officials in institutional organization. The results were expected to knew about the current objective conditions Babinsa role in the early detection activities at the level of understanding and awareness as well as its ability to helped prevention and control of terrorism in the region, as well as being able to identifi ed the success factors in the activities of early detection as well as constraints in implementing the role seen on environmental aspects of security level. Then, about commitment and public awareness participating in the prevention and control of terrorism, by reviewing how institutional Babinsa accompanied by cooperation between the relevant authorities in handling the increasing role of Babinsa. Thus, could find the policy, strategy and efforts were enhanced through regular coaching related apparatus and increase the capabilities Babinsa role in the early detection activities, as well as the handling in helping the integration of prevention and control of terrorism.Keywords: Role of Babinsa, Early Detection, Terrorism
Path Dependence, VRIN Resource Endowments, and Managers: Towards an Integration of Resource-Based Theory and Upper Echelons Theory
Authors: Dutta Dev K.
Published: November 2016

Path dependencies associated with the firm’s evolving resource endowments lead to redundancies,
which makes it sub-optimal to attain sustainable competitive advantage based on these resource
bundles. In this context, managers can play a proactive role by ensuring that resource endowments
continue to remain beneficial for their organizations. By suggesting such a linkage and the enabling
role of managers, I provide a way to integrate core arguments of two of the foremost organizational
theories in vogue: resource-based theory (RBT) and upper echelons theory (UET).
Impact of Organizational Climate on Job Satisfaction, Job Commitment and Intention to Leave: An Empirical Model
Authors: Jyoti Jeevan
Published: November 2016

There has been a long-standing interest in the study of organizational climate among organizational
researchers. Its importance is partly due to its hypothesized relationship to other organizational
phenomena including job satisfaction, job performance, leadership behaviour and the quality of work
group interaction. Research on the contribution of people management to organizational performance
outcomes such as productivity and profitability has been related to a climate of satisfaction in the
workplace. Job satisfaction along with organizational climate plays a vital role in retaining the
employees by enhancing their commitment towards the organization. The present paper measures
impact of Organizational climate on job satisfaction, job commitment and intention to leave with the
help of regression analysis and an attempt has been made to see the factor-wise effect of
Organizational climate and job satisfaction on job commitment and intention to leave.
Framing in Healthcare Advertising: The Moderating Effects of Regulatory Focus and Product Category on Advertising Attitudes
Authors: Kao Danny Tengti
Published: November 2016

This research explores the moderating roles of regulatory focus and product category in the impact of
advertising framing on consumers’ advertising attitudes toward healthcare products. 236 persons
participated in a 2 (framing: negative vs. positive) × 2 (regulatory focus: prevention-focused vs.
promotion-focused) × 2 (product category: informational vs. transformational) factorial design.
Results indicate that for informational healthcare products, prevention-focused (no-loss seeking)
individuals hold more favorable advertising attitudes toward negatively framed advertisements than
positively framed advertisements; in contrast, promotion-focused (gain-seeking) individuals do not
express differentially favorable advertising attitudes toward negatively framed advertisements over
positively framed advertisements. In addition, for transformational healthcare products,
promotion-focused individuals hold more favorable advertising attitudes toward positively framed
advertisements than negatively framed advertisements; in contrast, prevention-focused individuals do
not express differentially favorable advertising attitudes toward negatively framed advertisements over
positively framed advertisements.
Testing the Applicability of Narver and Slater’s Market Orientation Concept and Firm Performance in Botswana Companies
Authors: Jaiyeoba Olumide , Amanze Donatus
Published: November 2016

In existing Market orientation research, the components of the market orientation construct are generally theorized to follow the conceptualizations of either Kholi and Jaworski (1990) or Narver and Slater (1990). This study looks into the nature of the correlational relationship between market orientation and firm performance using sample data from firms in Botswana. How Narver and Slater’s scale for measuring the extent of market orientation is investigated, tested, and used for Botswana Context. Two symmetric component measures of market orientation (customer orientation and Competitor orientation) are developed, tested in a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Result show a positive correlation between market orientation and business performance, and Narver and Slater’s scale was discovered to be better suited for Botswana context, when focusing on the symmetric component measures of customer orientation and competitor orientation. Academicians are thus provided with insights with respect to the content and symmetry of component measures of market orientation construct and their relation to Botswana’s firm Performance.
The Influence of Support by a Network with Structural Holes on the Performance of Student Startups
Authors: Haring Martin
Published: November 2016

This paper analyses the influence of the support from the environment, in which students live and work, on the success of student startups. A unique experiment was conducted, in which one group of students was confronted with a network of external specialists and the other group was not confronted with this network. This experiment dealt with the endogeneity problem that is often related with social networks, because this time part of the network was externally delivered to the startups involved in the experiment. The experiment also delivered data from which we can conclude that student startups in a more traditional market profit more from a dense network than from a network with structural holes in the first six months after starting their businesses. Student startups that started in less developed markets seemed to profit more from structural holes in this startup phase. In both cases there was no significant evidence that a network with structural holes contributed to a higher performance of student startups in their first six months. This paper ends with recommendations for universities how to help their student startups to succeed better within the educational system.
Central and Eastern European Countries before and after the 2008 Financial Crisis: Economic Overview and Transportation Companies
Authors: Tanning Lembo , Tanning Toivo
Published: November 2016

One of the main aims of the European Union (EU) is the European competitiveness. To achieve this goal, it is important to study the lessons of the economic crisis. This in turn allows the development of measures.

The aim of this article is to analyse the economic crisis lessons of the transportation and storage enterprises of Poland and other new EU Member States from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE-8), and to compare them on the EU level.

The purpose is to analyse the labour productivity before and after the economic crisis by gross value added per person employed and employee and turnover per person employed.

We will look at how the economic crisis has affected the labour productivity of transportation companies and analyze the changes in the companies.

In the background, we look at the countries’ economic (GDP) development and quality of life.

What are the lessons learned from the economic crisis?

The literature review shows the crisis theory.

We present for discussion the objective and subjective factors of the economic crisis of the companies.

Based on this and previous publications, we will offer a number of generalized suggestions.
Stock Liquidity and Frim Investment—Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies*
Authors: Xiong Jiacai
Published: November 2016

From the perspective of market microstructure, this paper investigates the relationship between stock liquidity, firm investment and capital allocation efficiency. This paper finds that firm investment is positively related to stock liquidity. Moreover, financial constraint, firm growth and risk affect the relationship between firm investment and stock liquidity. In addition, stock liquidity can help firm better utilize investment opportunities, indicated by higher investment and Tobin’ Q sensitivities. We also show that firms with good liquidity can lower the investment and Tobin’s Q sensitivities when there are no good investment opportunities. The findings of this paper indicate that stock liquidity have positive effect on firm investment. Therefore, to strengthen the effectiveness of stock liquidity, the Chinese government should continue to reform ownership structure and corporate governance, strengthen information disclosure and stepped up its crackdown against inside trading.
The Value of Rural Isolated Practice Endorsed Registered Nurses in a Small Rural Health Service
Authors: Currie Fiona , Nielsen Genevieve , Ervin Kaye , Koschel Alison
Published: November 2016

Three Registered Nurses (RN’s) undertook training and commenced practice as Rural Isolated Practice Endorsed Registered Nurses (RIPERNs) in a small rural Victorian health service, Australia. This advanced practice role is new to the health service and allows RIPERN’s to undertake some procedures usually performed by medical practitioners. As a form of evaluation, interviews were conducted with seven General Practitioners (GP’s) who have admitting privileges at the health service and three RIPERN’s who had commenced the extended scope of practice role.

Data was analysed and findings revealed strong benefits from the perspective of the GP’s and the RIPERN’s. These benefits included overall improved work-life balance for the GP’s, increased confidence and capabilities for the RIPERN’s and overall perceived improvement in the delivery of services at this small rural health service. Negative findings included misconceptions about the RIPERN extended scope of practice and increased demands experienced by RIPERN’s.
The Icing on the Cake: English as another Addition to Our Linguistic Repertoires
Authors: Sartor Valerie
Published: November 2016

In Asia, how do non-mainstream multilingual youth view English? Why would indigenous youth, already fluent in one or more dominant languages, invest in learning English and seek fluency in English? What are the specific reasons they give for learning English? This article offers answers to these questions, by focusing on a specific indigenous group of young Buriat Mongolians from Buriatia, Russian Federation. They have chosen to migrate to China for high school and higher educational studies. This article reflects findings from a long-term ethnographic research project.
Enhancing Peer Review Through Critical Reading: A learner Training Model
Authors: Salih Abdel Rahman Abdalla , Samad Mujahitha Abdul
Published: November 2016

The recursive and complex nature of the composing process, centred on peer review, involves multiple steps in the production of a text such as drafting, revision, rewriting, reshaping, and negotiation of meanings. This paper argues that in order for peer review to be an effective feedback delivery system, L2 students of writing need to be trained on critical reading before they embark on reviewing peers’ drafts. The paper further argues that implementation of critical reading can improve the ability of both feedback provider and student writer to work together toward the accomplishment of the process of writing and production of final draft.

 
Concept-Based Approach in Writing Instruction: The Effect of Concept Model
Authors: Liu Donghong , Zhang Maolin
Published: November 2016

This paper reports the effect of concept model as mediation in writing instruction. Concept in this study refers to the generalizing language in an argumentative essay (e.g. thesis statement, topic sentence, wrap-up sentence and restatement of thesis) since such language constitutes the basic structure of an essay. Based on Ferreira and Lantolf (2008), a five-week experiment was performed, in which “movement from the abstract to the concrete” approach was used. The experiment procedure consisted of four steps: facing problems, producing concept models, revising concept models and applying concept models. But the control group experienced a traditional approach, “movement from the concrete to the abstract”. The results manifest the facilitating effect of concept model on knowledge internalization.
Literary Translation from a Stylistic Perspective
Authors: Ghazala Hasan Said
Published: November 2016

This paper is intended to lay some grounds for aspects of literary translation both in theory and in practice. It provides definitions for basic terms and concepts of the major topics and issues pertaining to literary translation. Among the terms and concepts essential to the readers/students’ background knowledge in this connection are: Literature, literary language vs. non-literary language; the literariness of literature, literary translation vs. non-literary translation, the literary translator and methods of literary translation. The paper ends with setting forth a creative literary stylistic method of translating literature. These points are scrupulously elaborated and updated to reflect the latest in the field.

The ultimate objective of this paper is to provide a view of a number of means and requirements of a good literary translation today, and finally set forth a relatively creative approach to literary translation based on a literary stylistic method.
Changes in Teachers’ Classroom Instruction as a Result of Training in Computer Technology
Authors: Wasserman Egoza
Published: November 2016

This article presents a study that was carried out two years after teachers completed a training course in computerized instruction, entitled “Intel Education for the Future”. The purpose of the study was to measure the degree to which the teachers internalized the skills taught in the training course, thereby, assisting them in integrating the use of the computer in the classroom. For this purpose, certain parameters were chosen: the teacher’s method of working in the classroom, the effect of computer instruction on the students and the difficulties encountered upon integrating the computer in the classroom. The research tools were questionnaires and interviews. The main conclusion of the research was that the teachers successfully internalized the skills needed for the use of technology. Teachers are now using the computer to search for information suitable for worksheets and tests and for e-mailing their colleagues. Most of the teachers noted that the most useful tool for their work is the office program. The teachers pointed out that the use of computers raises the students’ motivation and improves their understanding of the material. They did not report any special difficulties in integrating the computer into their teaching methods.
Project Approach to Learning in Early Childhood Education
Authors: Venugopal Kalpana
Published: November 2016

This paper deals with Project approach to learning in early childhood education. It draws on the fluid and continuous relationship in learning and teaching with renewed insights. It highlights the context for an emergent curriculum through child-initiated activities that are extended by teachers appropriately and innovatively. The intent of the paper is to portray children’s learning through an approach that involves them.

This is a qualitative research paper. It provides for the context where in project approach was used in an ECE center in India; a narrative of the field notes of an exemplar project topic; interspersed with discussion on the insights drawn from developmentally appropriate activities; and concludes with its bearing on advances in teaching.
Effect of Framing of Reentry Program on Perceptions of Ex-Offenders
Authors: Snider Jamie S. , Reysen Stephen
Published: November 2016

We examine the effect of the framing of reentry programs on participants’ perceptions of ex-offenders. Across four studies, participants expressed more favorable attitudes toward an ex-offender who completed a global citizen reentry program than an ex-offender who did not complete a reentry program. The results show that ex-offenders who complete a global citizen reentry program (vs. no program) are viewed as more likeable and similar to oneself, which then predicts reduced prejudice and greater endorsement to hire the ex-offender. The results are discussed in relation to the crossed categorization model of prejudice reduction.
The Subjective Experiences of Three Generations during the Greek Economic Crisis
Authors: Chalari Athanasia
Published: November 2016

The aim of this study is to investigate how Greeks as individuals experience the ways society is changing and to understand the lived experiences of the Greek economic crisis, as an example of the global economic crisis. This study focuses on the ways three different generations experience the Greek crisis: the younger (20-30), the middle (30-40) and the older (40-55) by examining the different ways that lived experiences are revealed. It has been confirmed that the impact of the dramatic economic, political, historical and social transformations in Greece is twofold: there has been an undeniably negative and harmful effect on Greeks’ everyday lives as well as a re-prioritisation of ways of thinking, acting and behaving. The Greek case serves as an example of a society that is currently undergoing significant social, political and economic alterations reflected in the dramatic change in everyday living, thinking and acting. This study may provide an initial overview of the possible effect of social changes that individuals have to confront in their everyday lives due to the consequences of the economic depression.
Neighborhood Race and Nearby Race Affects Neighborhood Changes in Relative Status and Stability: Testing an Ecological Extension of the Neighborhood Projection Thesis
Authors: Taylor Ralph B. , Lawton Brian A. , Ellen Jonathen
Published: November 2016

Current work tests an ecological extension of Ellen’s (2000a) neighborhood projection thesis which explains individual-level moving behavior in response to neighborhood racial composition. It posits that residents anticipate future erosions in local services and amenities based on current and expected future racial composition. The ecological extension tested here anticipates declines in relative neighborhood status and neighborhood residential stability where the population is more predominantly African American initially, or becomes more African American over a decade, or is initially surrounded by more predominantly African American neighborhoods. All three of these race effects have generated mixed results in earlier studies. Looking at a decade of change (1990 to 2000) for two mid-Atlantic central cities (Baltimore (MD) and Philadelphia (PA)), results in both cities confirmed that relative status was more likely to decline if adjoining neighborhoods were more predominantly African American initially, or if the neighborhood was becoming more predominantly African American during the period. The impacts of racial composition on stability changes were neither uniform across cities nor uniformly adverse. At least for neighborhood changes in status, results support the proposed extension of Ellen’s model to the neighborhood level, and underscored the spatial externalities arising from nearby populations of color.
International Female Perspective on Roller Derby and Body Image
Authors: Eklund Andrea , Masburg Barbara
Published: November 2016

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact participation in roller derby has on body image from an international perspective. An online Qualtrics survey was used to gather data from 814 female skaters from 246 international roller derby leagues. The survey contained quantitative questions from the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ) along data such as demographic investigation, importance of roller derby, and the reasons for joining and continuing were analyzed using SPSS software. Basic descriptive analysis was completed. Questions seeking qualitative data were coded initially to identify patterns in the data. Further codifying was completed in order to group data into categories and themes. Based upon the data, a typical respondent was Caucasian, 20 to 40 years of age, married/domestic partnership, and has a post-secondary degree. The null hypothesis was rejected as there was a significant difference when comparing means of the MBSRQ prior to joining and currently.
Depersonalizing Leadership and Followership: The Process of Leadship and Followship
Authors: Malakyan Petros G.
Published: November 2016

This article addresses the traditional view of leader (ship) and follower (ship) as separate persons and processes in leadership research. Attempts have been made to depersonalize leadership and followership by taking leaders out of leadership and followers out of followership, which is to say that leaders and followers are myth and do not exist as separate identities. The traditional views of leaders and followers as static persons and functions as well as leadership and followership as separate processes have been challenged by the depersonalized or person-less concepts of leadship and followship. A shift of focus in research seems necessary from the leader or follower to the dynamic inter-relational functions of leading or following as well as from leader- or follower-centric leadership or followership to role-focused and interchangeable process of leadship and followship in organizations.
The Impact of Age, Gender, Race, and Socioeconomic Indicators of Perceptions of Accepting Racially Diverse Members in the Family
Authors: Lewis, Jr. Richard , Wilson, III Bennie J. , Ford-Robertson Joanne
Published: November 2016

This article explores the level of support when a family member chooses to marry a person from a different racial group. It investigates the role that race of the spouse plays along with selected demographic variables with respect to influencing marriage support attitudes. The differential assimilation hypothesis is employed as the theoretical foundation for guiding the statistical analysis. Information from the General Social Survey conducted in 2012 is used in the analytical. The findings demonstrated that when individuals decide to marry outside of their racial group, the racial background of the spouse has a major impact on family member acceptance. It was found that potential spouses from darker-skinned racial groups received less support for the union from family members. This research effort clearly highlighted color-grading as a social phenomenon and demonstrated the importance American society continues to place race and its role in social stratification.
A Modern Person as a Subiectum Neglegens: On the Problem of Constructive and Destructive Ignoring
Authors: Balinchenko Svitlana P.
Published: November 2016

Under the pressure of information, a person is transformed into a Subiectum Neglegens, multidimensional specifics of which is in time-binding and correlating form, meaning and intention in the informational flow. It serves both as a personal self-defense mechanism in the informational hypertension and as a new communicative means. These are the means that can be either destructive or constructive due to the labels and mythologemes, as well as due to successful or less successful overcoming of the traps and obstacles in the process of building common communicative space.

Constructive ignoring as an informational self-defense mechanism implies a variety of search modes for filtering the flow of information. It gives an idea of a person managing in the daily flow of information by ignoring the least relevant items, regardless of possible omissions and mistakes connected with the relevant ones.

Destructive ignoring is the reverse side of the previous mechanism leading to omission of relevant information. It can be roughly subdivided into some aspects according to the omitted relevant issue and the labels and mythologemes connected with it and reflecting some term or aspect of traditional social-cultural importance. Ignoring of meanings, subjects, insights, influences and conclusions are also the indicators of destructive informational gap-forming.
Violent Conflicts in Africa: Towards a Holistic Understanding
Authors: Chingono Mark
Published: November 2016

Violent conflicts in Africa have claimed millions of lives, displaced many more and mortgaged the continent’s development. Yet, the study of their causes, dynamics and consequences is far from holistic and unified, but is instead fragmented, contested and divided along disciplines. Part of the problem is that, such complex conflicts are not amenable to mono-causal analysis and rigid theorization, but instead can only be better understood through multidisciplinary analyses of contested historical processes in which local and global forces interact to produce contingent, contradictory and ambiguous trajectories of violent change. This paper attempts to build a more holistic understanding of violent conflicts in Africa that transcends the limits of mono-causal and deterministic models of violence. Critically synthesizing competing perspectives, it highlights some of the many inextricably interlinked local and global causes and escalation factors of violence in Africa.
Fertilizer freight rate disparity in Brazil: a regional approach
Authors: de Lima Lilian M. , de Pelegrini Elias Lilian , Caixeta-Filho José V. , de Campos Coleti Jamile
Published: November 2016

An increase in Brazilian agricultural product exportation with a concurrent increase in the use of fertilizer has put pressure on the country’s already overtaxed transportation system and expanded the number and intensity of transportation bottlenecks, especially during the grain harvest and planting seasons. Problems with the transportation system have led to an increase in fertilizer transportation costs and a disproportionate increase in fertilizer’s share of total agricultural production costs, highlighting the need to discover the most economic fertilizer transportation routes. Our research found a significant variance in fertilizer transportation costs among different Brazilian transport regions, referred to as transport corridors in this study. Literature on the subject has found that regional fertilizer shipping price variations are often contingent on the presence of shipping intensive industries, ports and storage centers. Using a comparative analysis based on an econometric model, this study examines the effect of intra-regional fertilizer transportation routes on shipping costs and clarifies the dynamics of fertilizer transport in Brazil.
The Shifting Cities of More
Authors: Tóta Benedek Péter
Published: November 2016

In searching for the idea of a city in Thomas More’s oeuvre the fundamental pattern is prefigured in The Life of Pico that matches the model of Saint Augustine’s City of God. The dual structure of the earthly city and the Heavenly City served as an expedient research instrument in connection with all the tested cities; London, Amaurotum, Buda, and the New Jerusalem. Putting into operation Saint Augustine’s work we can have a glance at More’s use of this patristic guidebook throughout the progress of his life calling at these cities as the stations of a pilgrimage.
The Three Bodies of Saint Thomas More
Authors: Marc’Hadour Germain
Published: November 2016

Résumé

Les trois corps du titre sont le corps physique de l’homme, le corps du Christ dans l’Eucharistie, et son Corps mystique, qui est l’Eglise. Le premier est représenté par le portrait qu’Erasme fit de son ami londonien, et par les portraits que More lui-même fit de Pic, de Mrs Shore, maitresse d’Edouard IV, et de Richard III. Outre le terme de ‘body’, More emploie celui de ‘corps’ lorsqu’il se réfere au ‘Corps entier de la Chrétienté’, c’est-à-dire l’ensemble des nations qui constituaient l’Europe catholique. Quelques paragraphes examinent les rapports du corps avec l’âme et l’esprit, ainsi que la place privilégiée de l’œil et de la main.
Une anatomie du désordre : métaphores musicales du corps dans le théâtre élisabéthain
Authors: Bardelmann Claire
Published: November 2016

Résumé

La conception arithmético-musicale de l’univers à la Renaissance, connue sous le nom de musique des sphères, informe par analogie les représentations du corps. Par analogie encore, la musique instrumentale est une expression symbolique privilégiée du corps harmonieux, reproduisant dans le microcosme les proportions parfaites de l’architecture du monde. Les métaphores musicales sont donc, dans la littérature théorique, des codifications fréquentes de la dialectique de l’ordre et du désordre, reflétée par les images du corps harmonieux ou, au contraire, «dissonant». Cette métaphore du corps instrumentalisé est importante au théâtre, où elle traduit particulièrement l’idée de désordre, dans le microcosme, mais aussi le corps politique, comme le montre notamment l’étude de la métaphore des cloches. Les métaphores musicales du corps sont également intégrées à la structure dramatique, comme le montre l’exemple de Péricles et de Richard II.
Unconventional magnetism of the Kondo lattice
Authors: Irkhin V Yu
Published: November 2016

A review is given of the experimental situation and theoretical predictions concerning unconventional magnetic ordering in dense Kondo 4f- and 5f-systems, including recently investigated on cerium-, ytterbium-, and actinide-based ternary systems. This unconventional ordering is characterized by a small magnetic moment and exhibits features typical of both localized-spin and itinerant-electron magnets. Particular attention is paid to ferromagnetic systems and the competition among different types of magnetic ordering. The perturbation theory method, renormalization group approach, and auxiliary pseudofermion representation are considered as tools for describing the formation of the Kondo lattice ground state. The problem of non-Fermi-liquid behavior is also discussed.
Short-Term Load Forecasting Based on the Analysis of User Electricity Behavior
Authors: Li Yuancheng , Guo Panpan , Li Xiang
Published: November 2016

The smart meter is an important part of the smart grid, and in order to take full advantage of smart meter data, this paper mines the electricity behaviors of smart meter users to improve the accuracy of load forecasting. First, the typical day loads of users are calculated separately according to different date types (ordinary workdays, day before holidays, holidays). Second, the similarity between user electricity behaviors is mined and the user electricity loads are clustered to classify the users with similar behaviors into the same cluster. Finally, the load forecasting model based on the Online Sequential Extreme Learning Machine (OS-ELM) is applied to different clusters to conduct load forecasting and the load forecast is summed to obtain the system load. In order to prove the validity of the proposed method, we performed simulation experiments on the MATLAB platform using smart meter data from the Ireland electric power cooperation. The experimental results show that the proposed method is able to mine the user electricity behaviors deeply, improve the accuracy of load forecasting by the reasonable clustering of users, and reveal the relationship between forecasting accuracy and cluster numbers.
Satellite-Observed Transport of Dust to the East China Sea and the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: Contribution of Dust to the Increase in Chlorophyll during Spring 2010
Authors: Tan Saichun , Li Jiawei , Gao Huiwang , Wang Hong , Che Huizheng , Chen Bin
Published: November 2016

Multiple data sets were combined to investigate five dust storm events over East Asia in spring 2010 and their impacts on chlorophyll in the East China Sea (ECS) and the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG). Satellite-observed column aerosol images were able to show the spatial distribution of the transport of dust from the source regions to the two seas for some of the dust storm events. The CALIPSO satellite showed the vertical structure of dust aerosol for a greater number of dust storm events, including some weak events. This was confirmed by simulations of dust deposition and backward trajectories traced to dust source regions. The simulated dust deposition flux for five dust storms ranged from 13.0 to 145.6 mg·m−2·d−1 in the ECS and from 0.6 to 5.5 mg·m−2·d−1 in the NPSG, suggesting that the highest deposition was about one order of magnitude higher than the lowest. The estimated nutrients from dust showed that dust containing iron had the greatest effect on phytoplankton growth in both seas; the iron deposited by one dust storm event accounted for at least 5% of growth and satisfied the increase in demand required for chlorophyll a concentration.
Elasto-Dynamics of Quasicrystals
Authors: Li Wu , Fan Tianyou
Published: November 2016

A review on elasto-dynamics of quasicrystals (QCs) and their applications based on mathematical elasticity is given. In this study, recent studies on elasto-dynamics of QCs are reviewed, in which the focus of the problem lies in the role of phason variables and the coupling effect between phonons and phasons in the dynamic deformation process. On summarizing and describing the development of the elastic dynamics of QCs, this review mainly presents theelasto-dynamics of QCs and their application in a variety of research areas, ranging from problems with different QCs, including one-, two-, and three-dimensional QCs to various coupling problems. The plane elasticity and anti-plane elasticity of quasicrystals are included in this review.
Simple Harmonic Oscillator Canonical Ensemble Model for Tunneling Radiation of Black Hole
Authors: Yang Jinbo , He Tangmei , Zhang Jingyi
Published: November 2016

A simple harmonic oscillator canonical ensemble model for Schwarzchild black hole quantum tunneling radiation is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the equivalence between canonical ensemble model and Parikh–Wilczek’s tunneling method is introduced. Then, radiated massless particles are considered as a collection of simple harmonic oscillators. Based on this model, we treat the black hole as a heat bath to derive the energy flux of the radiation. Finally, we apply the result to estimate the lifespan of a black hole.
Periodic Energy Transport and Entropy Production in Quantum Electronics
Authors: Ludovico María , Arrachea Liliana , Moskalets Michael , Sánchez David
Published: November 2016

The problem of time-dependent particle transport in quantum conductors is nowadays a well established topic. In contrast, the way in which energy and heat flow in mesoscopic systems subjected to dynamical drivings is a relatively new subject that cross-fertilize both fundamental developments of quantum thermodynamics and practical applications in nanoelectronics and quantum information. In this short review, we discuss from a thermodynamical perspective recent investigations on nonstationary heat and work generated in quantum systems, emphasizing open questions and unsolved issues.
Modelling and Daisy Chaining Control Allocation of a Multirotor Helicopter with a Single Tilting Rotor
Authors: Porter Robert , Shirinzadeh Bijan , Choi Man
Published: November 2016

This paper presents the development and implementation of a single tilting rotor multirotor helicopter. A single tilting rotor multirotor helicopter is proposed that allows for decoupled lateral acceleration and attitude states. A dynamics model of the proposed multirotor helicopter is established to enable control system development. A control system architecture and daisy chaining-based control allocation scheme is developed and implemented. The control architecture facilitates the control of decoupled lateral accelerations and attitudes. Further, a computational and experimental analysis is undertaken and offers evidence that the proposed multirotor helicopter and control system architecture enables the multirotor helicopter to achieve lateral accelerations without requiring attitude actuation.