Feeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior

In knowledge-intensive settings such as product or software development, fluid teams of individuals with different sets of experience are tasked with projects that are critical to the success of their organizations. Although building teams from individuals with diverse prior experience is increasingly necessary, prior work examining the relationship between experience and performance fails to find a consistent effect of diversity in experience on performance. The problem is that diversity in experience improves a team's information processing capacity and knowledge base, but also creates coordination challenges. We hypothesize that team familiarity - team members' prior experience working with one another - is one mechanism that helps teams leverage the benefits of diversity in team member experience by alleviating coordination problems that diversity creates. We use detailed project- and individual-level data from an Indian software services firm to examine the effects of team familiarity and diversity in experience on performance for software development projects. We find the interaction of team familiarity and diversity in experience has a complementary effect on a project being delivered on time and on budget. In team familiarity, we identify one mechanism for capturing the performance benefits of diversity in experience and provide insight into how the management of experience accumulation affects team performance.Diversity, Experience, Knowledge, Software, Team Familiarity

Modeling of Malaria Prevalence in Indonesia with Geographically Weighted Regression

Malaria is a public health problem that can lead to death, especially in high-risk groups i.e. infants, toddlers and pregnant women. This disease is still endemic in most parts of Indonesia. The relation of location factor between regions with the surrounding region was assumed to give the effect of spatial variability in the prevalence of malaria in the region. It would lead to the prevalence of malaria modeling using classical regression methods become less precise due to the assumption of homogeneity of variance was not met. It could be overcome by Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) modeling. In GWR analysis, the selection weighting function was one determinant of the analysis results. GWR analysis resulted on the prevalence of malaria in Indonesia, GWR model with bisquare kernel weighting function had a better value of R2 and AIC than GWR models with gaussian kernel weighting function

Estimation of Percentage on Malnutrition Occurrences in East Java Using Geographically Weighted Regression Model

The Province of East Java has its own characteristics that differentiate it from any other regions. Dissimilarities in characteristics of a region may encompass issues such as social, economic, cultural, parenting, education, and the environment, so as to cause the difference in case of severe under nutrition between one region to another. Sufferers of malnutrition in one region may be linked and influenced by the surrounding regions. Therefore, we need a statistical modeling that is able to take into account the spatial factor. Statistical methods that can be used to analyze the data and also takes into account the spatial factor are the Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR). This study is aimed to determine the case of malnutrition models in East Java Province using GWR model with kernel adaptive bi-square weighting and comparing it to the conventional linear regression model.  The data used in the study are secondary data obtained from the National Socio-Economic Survey and Basic Health Research (2010) conducted in 38 districts in East Java. Estimation is done by using the Weighted Least Squares method that provides different weighting values to each region. The result showed that there are 38 models of the malnutrition case that is different for each district in East Java. The GWR model with bi-square kernel weighting function is better in modelling the case of malnutrition in East Java compared to the conventional linear regression models that are based on the criteria of goodness that is the R-square, Mean Square Error and the Akaike Information Criterion

Pengolahan Air Waduk Diponegoro Dalam Menyisihkan Suspended Solids Dan Kekeruhan Menggunakan Media Filter Pasir Silika, Batu Apung, Dan Perlit Pada Reaktor Filtrasi

Air waduk memiliki kegunaan yang sangat bervariasi, yaitu pembuangan limbah yang telah memenuhi baku mutu, irigasi, sumber energi, rekreasi, pengendali banjir, serta pemenuhan kebutuhan air bersih. Bervariasinya kualitas air tersebut diperlukan keleluasaan lebih dan kombinasi dari berbagai operasi tergantung kualitas air baku yang digunakan. Penelitian dilakukan langsung di Waduk Diponegoro, Tembalang, Semarang, Jawa Tengah. Penelitian menggunakan pengolahan direct filtration dengan koagulasi dan flokulasi sebagai pengolahan awal. Media yang diteliti adalah single medium dan dual-medium dengan variasi media pasir silika, batu apung, dan perlit. Media tambahan untuk dual-medium yaitu pasir malang. Penelitian dilakukan selama 6 jam. Efisiensi penyisihan kekeruhan dan TSS terbaik pada filter single medium adalah filter dengan media pasir silika dengan nilai rata-rata penyisihan kekeruhan 56,78% dan TSS 31,89%, sedangkan untuk filter dengan dual-medium penyisihan kekeruhan dan TSS terbaik adalah filter dengan kombinasi media perlit dan pasir malang dengan nilai rata-rata penyisihan 49,19% dan 39,94%

Sistem Pengukuran Kinerja Menggunakan Metode Performance Prism di PT Karung Emas Manyar Gresik

PT. Karung Emas adalah Perusahaan penunjang bagi industri atau Perusahaan lain dikarenakan karung adalah komponen utama dalam proses pengemasan hasil akhir suatu produk.Pengukuran kinerja sangat penting bagi Perusahaan, dengan mengukur kinerja, Perusahaan dapat melakukan analisa apakah Perusahaan berjalan pada arah yang benar atau tidak dalam mencapai tujuan Perusahaan. Dengan mengunakan metode Performance Pirsm dalam pengukuran kinerja pada PT Karung Emas sistem pengukuran kinerja menjadi terintergrasi dan komprehensif dimana dalam penentuan Key Performance indicator pada PT Karung Emas ini mengidentifikasi 5 sisi Performance Prism yaitu stakeholder kebutuhan, stakehoder konribusi, strategi, proses dan kapabilitas.Hasil peneitian menunjukan terdapat 24 KPI untuk kinerja kebutuhan stakeholder, 24 KPI kontribusi stakeholder, 15 KPI kinerja strategi, 15 KPI kinerja proses, 15 KPI kinerja kapabilitas. Terdapat lima KPI yang harus dilakukan perbaikan untuk meningkatkan kinerja Perusahaan yaitu KPI kebutahan stakeholder dari konsumen, KPI kontribusi stakeholder dari investor , KPI strategi dari masayarakat, KPI proses dari konsumen dan KPI kapibiitas dari konsumen

Hubungan antara Konseling dengan Kepuasan Akseptor KB di Puskesmas Manyaran Semarang 2006

Background: Counseling service is a process of two-way communication between counselor (midwife) and acceptors for helping their problems related to family planning programmed. Such service particularly is to help the client (family planning participant) in choosing contraceptive method which suitable for them. Counseling service may improve the client satisfaction in participating family planning programmed and increase the utilization of family planning services.Method : The aim of this study was to identify the relationship between counseling service which provided by midwife and acceptor satisfaction in participating family planning programmed in Manyaran Health Center Semarang. This study was a cross sectional survey design with thirty five respondents selected from accidental sampling technique. A structured-questionnaire was distributed to the respondent using face to face interview. Collected data was analyzed using a Pearson product moment test.Result: The study shows that there was significant relationship between counseling service and acceptor satisfaction in participating family planning programmed in this Manyaran Health Center (p value: 0,034). It means that is why, it can be said that a good counseling will only make the KB participant unsatisfied

Sistem Informasi Penjualan Barang Furniture Berbasis Web pada PT. Vinotindo Graha Sarana Menggunakan PHP dan MySQL

Perkembangan dunia internet sekarang ini sangat pesat, karena semakin banyak Perusahaan swasta, instansi pemerintahan dan istitusi pendidikan membutuhkan layanan informasi yang sangat cepat.. Sistem penjualan banyak dilakukan secara online, sehingga mempermudah pelanggan. Dalam penelitian ini akan membuat Sistem Informasi Penjualan Barang Furniture berbasis Web pada PT. Vinotindo Graha Sarana. Saat ini masih menggunakan sistem penjualan secara manual, sehingga pelanggan kurang mendapatkan informasi yang akurat dan cepat. Karena pelanggan harus datang ke PT. Vinotindo Graha Sarana untuk mendapat informasi dan melakukan pemesana, selaim itu membutuhkan waktu yang lama dalam transaksi penjualan. Diharapkan dengan sistem penjualan berbasis web akan meningkatkan penjualan dan mempermudah transaksi penjualan dengan pelangga

Cysteine, Malondyaldehide (MDA) and Glutathione (GSH) Levels in Marasmic Type Malnutrition

Micronutrien deficiency in severe malnutrition will reduce antioxidant capacity that needed for oxidative stress defense. Cysteine, a non-essential amino acid, is one of an important component for reduced glutha-tione (GSH). This study aims to prove the difference between the levels of cysteine, MDA and GSH levels in children with marasmic malnutrition and well-nourished children and prove whether there is a relationship between those parameters. Fiftysix patients participated in this study were grouped into two groups of sam-ples that were marasmic type malnutrition group (28 patients) and control groups that were well nourished group (28 patients). Examination begins with a complete laboratory screening, followed by examination of cysteine, MDA and GSH level. Of the 28 patients included in marasmic type malnutrition group consisting of 15 male patients (53.6%) and 13 female patients (46.4%), while the well-nourished group consisted of 13 male patients (46.4%) and 15 female patients (53.6%). The average age is 54.61±56.35 months in the group of ma-rasmic type malnutrition and 48.25±45.34 months in the well-nourished group. By using the Mann Whitney test, there were significant difference between the levels of cysteine and GSH in marasmic malnutrition and control group (p = 0.000 and p = 0.000 respectively). Spearman correlation test between cysteine and GSH levels, cysteine and MDA levels, MDA and GSH levels in marasmic malnutrition children shows no significant correlation (R = -0.206, p = 0.294; R = -0.036, p = 0.856; R = 0.210, p = 0.284 respectively). In well-nourished group Spearman correlation test between cysteine and GSH levels, cysteine and MDA levels, MDA and GSH levels also shows no significant correlation (R = -0.053, p=0.789; R = -0.146, p = 0.458; R = -0.079, p = 0.688 re-spectively). From this study it can be concluded that there are significant differences of the levels of cysteine and GSH between severe malnutrition groups compared with the control one. But this study shows no signif-icant correlation between the levels of cysteine and GSH levels in marasmic type malnutrition and well-nourished children

Analisis Petrofisika dan Penentuan Zona Potensi Hidrokarbon Lapangan "Kaprasida" Formasi Baturaja Cekungan Sumatera Selatan

--Analisis petrofisika pada sumur MI-1, MI-2, MI-3, dan MI-6dilakukan untuk evaluasi parameter petrofisika pada Formasi Baturaja. Identifikasi porositas, kandungan serpih, saturasi air dan permeabilitas dilakukan pada empat sumur. Estimasi kandungan serpih dilakukan dengan menggunakan log Gamma ray, estimasi porositas efektif dilakukan dengan menggunakan gabungan log densitas dan log neutron, Saturasi air dihitung dengan menggunakan persamaan Indonesia, dan permeabilitas dihitung dengan menggunakan persamaan Timur. Setelah parameter petrofisika didapat, pembungkalan (lumping) dilakukan untuk mengetahui ketebalan reservoir bersih dan ditentukan wilayah yang memiliki potensi keterdapatan hidrokarbon. Melalui analisis petrofisika dan pembungkalan didapatkan bahwa ketebalan reservoir bersih (net reservoir thickness) pada sumur MI-1 adalah sebesar 18,44 meter, sumur MI-2 sebesar 9,6 meter, sumur MI-3 sebesar 12,192 meter, dan sumur MI-6 sebesar 7,35 meter