Foreign Language Anxiety and Its Impacts on Students’ Speaking Competency

Anxiety may either have negative or positive impacts on one’s learning process. It is possible that anxiety may deteriorate the quality of learning process by making the learner intellectually and psychologically disturbed. In other cases, anxiety may increase students’ learning motivation due to the feeling of pressure. This study aimed to investigate the factors that contribute to students’ foreign language anxiety and its impacts on their speaking competency. The participants are university students taking English Conversation Class. Classroom observations were done to evaluate students’ speaking performance. Other instruments were Foreign Language Class Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) questionnaire and interviews. The results showed that the students had slightly high anxiety level; and there was an invert relationship between the anxiety level and the speaking scores. Several major factors that cause anxiety among the students have been identified, and it was also seen that anxiety has its most negative impacts on students’ communicative and interactive ability

Upaya Pemerintah Kelurahan dalam Rangka Pemberdayaan Pelayanan Masyarakat

Kualitas pelayanan yang diberikan kepada masyarakat saat ini telah mengalami penurunan dan perlu diadakan perbaikan, bila dilihat dari sisi efisiensi dan efektivitas kesamaan perlakuan (tidak diskriminatif) maka pelayanan yang diberikan masih jauh dari yang diharapkan oleh masyarakat dan masih memiliki berbagai kelemahan. Pemberian pelayanan kepada masyarakat diharapkan menjadi lebih responsif terhadap kepentingan masyarakat itu sendiri, pelayanan yang lebih memberikan fokus pada pengelolaan yang berorientasi kepuasan masyarakat. Jenis penelitian dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif, fokus penelitian yaitu pemberdayaan pelayanan bidang pendidikan, kesehatan ekonmi, teknik pengumpulan data yaitu observasi, wawancara, dokumentasi, teknik analisa data yaitu reduksi data, penyajian data, penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian pemberdayaan pelayanan Bidang Pendidikan yaitu dengan memberikan pembangunan dari tingkat PAUD sampai Perguruan Tinggi, memberikan rekomendasi kepada masyarakat kurang mampu; Bidang Kesehatan yaitu menyediakan fasilitas kesehatan yang memadai, merealisasikan Program Kesehatan yakni Jamkesmas, KB dan JKN; Bidang Ekonomi yaitu melakukan pendataan USAha kecil, menengah, membentuk kelompok USAha dan menfasilitasi pengajuan kredit, dan memberikan rekomendasi izin USAha; Wujud Dari Pemberdayaan Pelayanan Bidang Pendidikan adalah seluruh masyarakat memperoleh pendidikan yang sama, dan berkualitas; Bidang Kesehatan yaitu masyarakat memiliki hak yang sama dalam memperoleh kesehatan, masyarakat memahami pola hidup sehat; Bidang Ekonomi yaitu masyarakat memiliki daya saing yang tinggi untuk mendirikan USAha, dan hasil USAha masyarakat semakin meningkat. Kata Kunci: Pemberdayaan Pendidikan, Kesehatan, Ekonomi

Pengaruh Hedonic Motivation Terhadap Social Media Product Browsing Dan Dampaknya Terhadap Purchase Intention Pada Mahasiswa Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa YOGYAKARTA

The purpose of this study is to analyze and explain the effect of Hedonic motivation on social media product browsing and its impact on purchase intentions at Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa University students in Yogyakarta. The sample used in this study is customers who buy and use social media. Accidental sampling is used as a sampling technique. Researchers used a questionnaire to collect primary data with a total of 213 respondents. In this research researchers used regression analysis to determine the effect of hedonic motivation on the search for social media products and their impact on purchase intentions. The results show that hedonic motivation has a positive effect on social media product browsing. Hedonic motivation and social media product browsing were found to partially influence purchase intention. Furthermore, social media product browsing mediates the effect of hedonic motivation on purchase intention

Baryon inhomogeneity generation via cosmic strings at QCD scale and its effects on nucleosynthesis

We have earlier shown that cosmic strings moving through the plasma at the time of a first order quark-hadron transition in the early universe can generate large scale baryon inhomogeneities. In this paper, we calculate detailed structure of these inhomogeneities at the quark-hadron transition. Our calculations show that the inhomogeneities generated by cosmic string wakes can strongly affect nucleosynthesis calculations. A comparison with observational data suggests that such baryon inhomogeneities should not have existed at the nucleosynthesis epoch. If this disagreement holds with more accurate observations, then it will lead to the conclusions that cosmic string formation scales above $10^{14} - 10^{15}$ GeV may not be consistent with nucleosynthesis and CMBR observations. Alternatively, some other input in our calculation should be constrained, for example, if the average string velocity remains sufficiently small so that significant density perturbations are never produced at the QCD scale, or if strings move ultra-relativistically so that string wakes are very thin, trapping negligible amount of baryons. Finally, if quark-hadron transition is not of first order then our calculations do not apply.Comment: 24 pages, 5 figures, minor changes, version to appear in Phys. Rev.

Communication between PLC different vendors using OPC server improved with application device

Many industries often use different devices and controllers in automation systems. They all face the same difficulty how to exchange data between all those components. This paper proposed the implementation of OPC Server as software interface on communication between two different controllers, PLC Mitsubishi and PLC Omron. The main advantage of the method is the compatibility and solution for the factory difficulty problem because of using several driver controller. The compatibility among the different platforms of both controller, PLC Mitsubishi and PLC Omron, can be reached by use of KEPServerEx6 (OPC server) as a software interface. To test the compatibility amongst two different controllers, there was developed and implemented two field application devices, bottle unscramble and bottle filling station. This implementation shows OPC Server technology resolving data compatibility issues between different platforms and reducing development costs. It is envisaged that the method can be very useful to realize integration

Rancang Bangun Aplikasi Pemberian Usulan Remisi Narapidana pada Rumah Tahanan Kelas IIB Bangil

Bangil IIB class State Detention Center (Rutan) is a Technical Implementer Unit of the Regional Office of Social Matters under the Ministry of Law and Human Rights East Java Province. In general, detention center as a development house for the citizen who commits an infraction in accordance with article 1 Number 12 of Law 1995 which describes about social matters. Bangil IIB Class Detention Center which is located at Mango st. 2 Bangil has 39 employees and the number of prisoners in December of 2013 for about 355 people, consisting of 185 inmates and 170 detentions. There is a process of giving proposals remission granted to prisoners in the detention center each year for those who have been running the requirements to obtain remission. In the process of making the proposed remission, the officers are required to calculate remission proposals accurately one by one prisoner, it is becoming a problem in getting the proposal which are calculated manually. Frequent occurrence of errors in granting remission proposal has impact on the inaccurate date of the prisoners will be free. From the existing problems, then a proposal about computing applications is made based on remission desktop with the title "Design of Application Proposed Granting Detentions Remission in Bangil Class IIB Detention Center " that is able to provide many contributions in service custody system in detention center. Based on the implementation result and evaluation of the system, it is known that the administration of Design of Application Proposed Granting Detentions Remission in IIB Bangil Detention Center Class-based desktop can become a solution in developing service management inmates and detentions. This application is also able to provide information on the proposed remission calculation more precise and easier to manage. It is also reduce the errors calculation of remission proposal because of inaccurate task by the personnel

Rancang Bangun Aplikasi Analisis Kelayakan Pemberian Kredit pada Sistem Informasi Penjualan di UD. Adi Jaya Makmur

UD. Adi Jaya Makmur a trading company which sale of tools and building materials. UD. Adi Jaya Makmur established in 2003 with the owner is Mr. Boedy Purwanto S.E. At 2010, that company has new a strong legal entities with obtaining IMB (Building Permit) and a Business License (Business License Trade) with number 510/22032/404.6.2/2012. During the running of the enterprise business their found variety of problems, there are many customers who late to pay the installments, amount of uncollectible, have difficulty to know the payment deadline of customer and less detailed financial reports to the company owner. From the existing problem, then created a desktop-based sales application with title “Design Build Credit Application Feasibility Analysis On Sales Information Systems at UD. Adi Jaya Makmur” wich able to give the maximum contribute to the progress of the company. Application made can also give information, corporate customers information policy, credit provision and the sale to the owner of the company.In helping companies analyzes feasibility credit provision to prospective customers using methods 5c.5c consisting of character, capacity, capital, collateral and condition of economy .To appraisement creditworthiness to prospective customers 5c, by using the method the company gave priority weights and character based on condition, appraisement vidual purposes, and the needs of companies. Based on the trial test and evaluation, note that Design Build Credit Application Feasibility Analysis On Sales Information Systems at UD. Adi Jaya Makmur with desktop-based can be a platform for business owners to advance their business. Can develop of cash and credit sales system better and easier on monitoring. And can reduce the company's losses due to the many doubtful receivables

Hubungan antara Manajemen Waktu dengan Prestasi Belajar Mahasiswa Program Studi Diii Komputerisasi Akuntansi Amik Raharja Informatika

Manajemen waktu adalah suatu teknik pengembangan kepribadian yang mengajarkan mahasiswa cara yang efektif untuk menggunakan waktu dan memformatnya untuk kebutuhan. Dalam manajemen waktu, mahasiswa dilatih untuk mengelola waktu secara efisien denganmembuat perencanaan, pengorganisasian, pengarahan dan pengawasan waktu agar tercapai tujuan yang telah ditetapkan, yang dimulai dari penyusunan jadwal kegiatan, skala prioritas, perkiraan waktu untuk suatu kegiatan, sampai evaluasi terhadap penerapan jadwal kegiatanyang telah dibuat, sehingga setiap waktu yang dimiliki dapat dimanfaatkan secara produktif. Tujuan umum penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan antara manajemen waktu dengan prestasi belajar mahasiswa Program Studi D3 Komputerisasi Akuntansi AMIK Raharja Informatika. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian analitik yang menggunakan metode survai dengan pendekatancross sectional. Data yang digunakan adalah data primer dengan instrumen penelitian berupa angket dan data sekunder tentang prestasi belajar mahasiswayang dilihat dari nilai indeks prestasi mahasiswa. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diperoleh kesimpulan bahwa dari 37 responden yang diteliti 51,4% responden mempunyai manajemen waktu yang baik dan prestasi belajar terbanyak antara 3,26-3,50 (70,2%), dan terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara manajemen waktu dengan prestasi belajar mahasiswa

Increased fluxes of shelf-derived materials to the central Arctic Ocean

© The Author(s), 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Science Advances 4 (2018): eaao1302, doi:10.1126/sciadv.aao1302.Rising temperatures in the Arctic Ocean region are responsible for changes such as reduced ice cover, permafrost thawing, and increased river discharge, which, together, alter nutrient and carbon cycles over the vast Arctic continental shelf. We show that the concentration of radium-228, sourced to seawater through sediment-water exchange processes, has increased substantially in surface waters of the central Arctic Ocean over the past decade. A mass balance model for 228Ra suggests that this increase is due to an intensification of shelf-derived material inputs to the central basin, a source that would also carry elevated concentrations of dissolved organic carbon and nutrients. Therefore, we suggest that significant changes in the nutrient, carbon, and trace metal balances of the Arctic Ocean are underway, with the potential to affect biological productivity and species assemblages in Arctic surface waters.This work was funded by NSF awards OCE-1458305 to M.A.C. and OCE-1458424 to W.S.M. The Mackenzie River sampling was supported by a Graduate Student Research Award from the North Pacific Research Board to L.E.K. L.E.K. also acknowledges support from a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. I.G.R. acknowledges funding by the contributors to the U.S. Interagency Arctic Buoy Program, which include the U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Energy, NASA, the U.S. Navy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and NSF