AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS FOR HIGH-RISK AREAS OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS

Agricultural and Food Policy,

EKSISTENSI PIDANA MATI DALAM TINDAK PIDANA KORUPSI MENURUT UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 31 TAHUN 1999 Jo. UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 20 TAHUN 2001 KAITANNYA DENGAN HAK ASASI MANUSIA

Tujuan dilakukannya penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui bagaimana Eksistensi Pidana Mati dalam Tindak Pidana Korupsi menurut Undang-Undang Nomor 31 Tahun 1999 jo. Undang-Undang Nomor 20 Tahun 2001 Tentang Pemberantasan Tindak Pidana Korupsi dan bagaimana Pandangan Hak Asasi Manusia mengenai Pidana Mati dalam Tindak Pidana Korupsi di mana dengan metode penelitian hukum normatif disimpulkan bahwa: 1. Undang-Undang Nomor 20 tahun 2001 tentang Pemberantasan Tindak Pidana Korupsi menerapkan pidana mati dalam pasal 2 ayat (2) berdasarkan “ketentuan tertentu” menurut pasal 2 ayat (1) yang merupakan perbuatan korupsi pada saat negara mengalami bencana nasional dan korupsi pada saat kondisi negara sedang mengalami krisis moneter. Pidana mati masih tetap hidup dalam peraturan perundang-undangan di Indonesia, baik di dalam KUHP maupun di luar KUHP. 2. Pidana Mati bertentangan dengan Hak Asasi Manusia terlebih khusus hak untuk hidup karena dipandang melanggar hak asasi manusia yang tidak dapat dicabut maupun dikurang-kurangi.Kata kunci: pidana mati; korupsi

Influence of statistical fluctuations on K/πK/\pi ratios in relativistic heavy ion collisions

The influence of pure statistical fluctuations on $K/\pi$ ratio is investigated in an event-by-event way. Poisson and the modified negative binomial distributions are used as the multiplicity distributions since they both have statistical background. It is shown that the distributions of the ratio in these cases are Gaussian, and the mean and relative variance are given analytically.Comment: 6 pages in RevTeX, 3 eps figures include

Bitou bush and boneseed eradication and containment in Australia

Bitou bush and boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata (DC.) T.Norl. and C. monilifera subsp. monilifera (L.) T.Norl., respectively) are highly invasive environmental weeds that pose a serious threat to Australia’s natural ecosystems and biota. Bitou bush threatens coastal plant communities in New South Wales (NSW), eastern Victoria and southeast Queensland (Qld), while boneseed threatens inland and coastal native plant communities across NSW, South Australia (SA), Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia (WA). Over 200 plant species and ecological communities in Australia are negatively impacted by these weeds (ARMCANZ et al. 2000, DEC 2006) and over 15% (approx. 120 million ha) of Australia is susceptible to invasion (see maps in Weiss et al 2008). In 2000, the National Bitou Bush and Boneseed Strategic Plan (ARMCANZ et al. 2000) was approved as part of the Commonwealth’s Weeds of National Significance initiative. A key goal of this plan is to prevent the spread of bitou bush and boneseed in Australia. A national program sponsored by the Australian Government and the affected states has resulted in the development of national containment and eradication zones that prevent the spread of bitou bush and boneseed. This paper presents an overview of these bitou bush and boneseed containment and eradication programs

Image Reconstruction with a LaBr3-based Rotational Modulator

A rotational modulator (RM) gamma-ray imager is capable of obtaining significantly better angular resolution than the fundamental geometric resolution defined by the ratio of detector diameter to mask-detector separation. An RM imager consisting of a single grid of absorbing slats rotating ahead of an array of a small number of position-insensitive detectors has the advantage of fewer detector elements (i.e., detector plane pixels) than required by a coded aperture imaging system with comparable angular resolution. The RM therefore offers the possibility of a major reduction in instrument complexity, cost, and power. A novel image reconstruction technique makes it possible to deconvolve the raw images, remove sidelobes, reduce the effects of noise, and provide resolving power a factor of 6 - 8 times better than the geometric resolution. A 19-channel prototype RM developed in our laboratory at Louisiana State University features 13.8 deg full-angle field of view, 1.9 deg geometric angular resolution, and the capability of resolving sources to within 35' separation. We describe the technique, demonstrate the measured performance of the prototype instrument, and describe the prospects for applying the technique to either a high-sensitivity standoff gamma-ray imaging detector or a satellite- or balloon-borne gamma-ray astronomy telescope.Comment: submitted to Nuclear Instrument & Methods, special edition: SORMA 2010 on June 16, 201