Audit Pengelolaan Layanan Teknologi Informasi Berdasarkan ITIL pada IT Marketing & Trading (M&T) PT. Pertamina (Persero) Marketing Operation Region V Surabaya

IT Marketing & Trading (M&T) PT. Pertamina (Persero) Marketing Operation Region V Surabaya is part of the operational functions of the Corporate Shared Services (CSS) PT. Pertamina (Persero) in the field of Information Technology (IT). Based on the survey results of the services performed by CSS PT. Pertamina (Persero) in the business units and subsidiaries in 2012, primarily for IT M&T PT. Pertamina (Persero) Marketing Operation Region V Surabaya showed a gap between the perceived to the service user expectations with the value -0.73 and -0.68 in the 1st and 2nd semester of 2012. The survey results showed that the quality of IT service management is sufficient but necessary anticipatory efforts to prevent a worse condition.To identify the factors contributing to the gap between perceived services to the user expectations of IT M&T PT. Pertamina (Persero) Marketing Operation Region V Surabaya, it is necessary to audit the management of IT services based on ITSM standard, namely the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). Results of IT service management audits that have been conducted show that the cause of the gap is the management has not fully ensure compliance with service management procedures established by the company. The findings and recommendations of the audit can be used to improve the operational performance of service

The Controling of Iron (Fe) Toxicity with Humic Matter From Rice Straw Compost and Water Management to Increasing Productivity Established Rice Field at Sitiung, West Sumatra

This experiment is held to sudy the potency of humic matter extracted from composted rice straw, combined with the various water management systems, in controlling the iron (Fe) toxicity in new-established rice field. The objective of this research is to get break through technology of controlling the iron toxicity in new-established rice field using the the humic substances and water management systems in order to get the optimum yield. This experiment uses a split-plot design with main plots are having three water management systems : continuous flooding; one week flooding and two weeks in field capacity; and two weeks flooding and two weeks in field capacity and sub-plots are having three levels of humic matter application : no humic matter; with 150 ppm humic matter = 300 kg ha-1; and with 300 ppm humic matter = 600 kg ha-1. The result shows that the application of humic matter extracted from composted rice straw decreases the Fe2+ concentration to be 135.67 ppm and 222.33 ppm in all three water management systems after eight weeks flooding. The best treatment combination is the plot with 600 kg ha-1 humic matter and 1 week flooding-2 weeks in field capacity, for it decreases Fe2+ concentration from 694 ppm down to 310 ppm, and the dry weight of grain is 1,819.7 g plot-1 (1 plot = 6 m2) or raising 770.8 g plot-1 compared with those plots with no humic matter and with continuous flooding

The Influence of Institutional Ownership Structure, Capital Structure, and Firm Size on the Stock Exchange Trading Company in Indonesia (BEI)

The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of institutional ownership, capital structure, and firm size on firm value in trading company in Jakarta stock exchange for 2009 until 2012. Purposive sampling method is used to get our sampling form thirty firm population, we acquired twenty companies. For the analyse our data, we used multiple regresion analyse. Testing while t-test, f-test and coefficient determinasi (R2) are used to examine our hypotesis. The result that capital structure variable negative and significantly on firm value. moreover firm size effect positively and significantly on firm value. whereas, institutional ownership has no effect on firm value

Use of evidence to support healthy public policy: a policy effectiveness-feasibility loop

Public policy plays a key role in improving population health and in the control of diseases, including non-communicable diseases. However, an evidence-based approach to formulating healthy public policy has been difficult to implement, partly on account of barriers that hinder integrated work between researchers and policy-makers. This paper describes a “policy effectiveness–feasibility loop” (PEFL) that brings together epidemiological modelling, local situation analysis and option appraisal to foster collaboration between researchers and policy-makers. Epidemiological modelling explores the determinants of trends in disease and the potential health benefits of modifying them. Situation analysis investigates the current conceptualization of policy, the level of policy awareness and commitment among key stakeholders, and what actually happens in practice, thereby helping to identify policy gaps. Option appraisal integrates epidemiological modelling and situation analysis to investigate the feasibility, costs and likely health benefits of various policy options. The authors illustrate how PEFL was used in a project to inform public policy for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in four parts of the eastern Mediterranean. They conclude that PEFL may offer a useful framework for researchers and policy-makers to successfully work together to generate evidence-based policy, and they encourage further evaluation of this approach

Investigating the cultural and contextual determinants of antimicrobial stewardship programmes across low-, middle- and high-income countries—A qualitative study

Background Most of the evidence on antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASP) to help sustain the effectiveness of antimicrobials is generated in high income countries. We report a study investigating implementation of ASP in secondary care across low-, middle- and high-income countries. The objective of this study was to map the key contextual, including cultural, drivers of the development and implementation of ASP across different resource settings. Materials and methods Healthcare professionals responsible for implementing ASP in hospitals in England, France, Norway, India, and Burkina Faso were invited to participate in face-to face interviews. Field notes from observations, documentary evidence, and interview transcripts were analysed using grounded theory approach. The key emerging categories were analysed iteratively using constant comparison, initial coding, going back the field for further data collection, and focused coding. Theoretical sampling was applied until the categories were saturated. Cross-validation and triangulation of the findings were achieved through the multiple data sources. Results 54 participants from 24 hospitals (England 9 participants/4 hospitals; Norway 13 participants/4 hospitals; France 9 participants/7 hospitals; India 13 participants/ 7 hospitals; Burkina Faso 8 participants/2 hospitals) were interviewed. Across Norway, France and England there was consistency in ASP structures. In India and Burkina Faso there were country level heterogeneity in ASP. State support for ASP was perceived as essential in countries where it is lacking (India, Burkina Faso), and where it was present, it was perceived as a barrier (England, France). Professional boundaries are one of the key cultural determinants dictating involvement in initiatives with doctors recognised as leaders in ASP. Nurse and pharmacist involvement was limited to England. The surgical specialty was identified as most difficult to engage with in each country. Despite challenges, one hospital in India provided the best example of interdisciplinary ASP, championed through organisational leadership. Conclusions ASP initiatives in this study were restricted by professional boundaries and hierarchies, with lack of engagement with the wider healthcare workforce. There needs to be promotion of interdisciplinary team work including pharmacists and nurses, depending on the available healthcare workforce in different countries, in ASP. The surgical pathway remains a hard to reach, but critical target for ASP globally. There is a need to develop contextually driven ASP targeting the surgical pathway in different resource settings

STUDY AND SIMULATION OF AN EDGE COUPLE SPLIT RING RESONATOR (EC-SRR) ON TRUNCATED PYRAMIDAL MICROWAVE ABSORBER

Split ring resonator (SRR) structure can potentially be incorporated onto the truncated pyramidal microwave absorber. This study considers three different patterns of edge couple split ring resonator (EC-SRR) designs. Each EC-SRR design is then placed onto the truncated pyramidal microwave absorber. Outer split gap dimension widths of the EC-SRR are varied, and the various S21 performances are compared. This EC-SRR truncated pyramidal microwave absorber is simulated using CST Microwave Studio simulation software. The study and simulation are performed in low frequency range (0.01 GHz to 1 GHz) as well as in microwave frequencies range (1 GHz to 20 GHz). Simulation results of this EC-SRR show improvement of reflection loss and S11 performance in the high frequency range of the pyramidal truncated microwave absorber