Commencement Address

Commencement address given by The Honorable J. C. Watts, U. S. Representative from Oklahoma, to the Spring 2000 graduating class of The Ohio State University, Oval, Columbus, Ohio, June 9, 2000

Pengaruh Konsep Diri Dalam Komunikasi Interpersonal Pustakawan Hubungannya Terhadap Kepuasan Pemustaka Di Badan Perpustakaan Dan Kearsipan Daerah Kota Cirebon

Salah satu indikasi bahwa manusia sebagai makhluk sosial, adalah komunikasi antar manusia. Komunikasi sangat penting untuk menentukan kualitas layanan perpustakaan yang ideal, khususnya komunikasi interpersonal. Komunikasi interpersonal di perpustakaan bisa antara pustakawan dengan pimpinan, pustakawan dengan pustakawan, maupun pustakawan dengan pemustaka. Pustakawan harus memiliki kemampuan komunikasi interpersonal, agar terciptanya komunikasi yang lebih baik agar tidak menyinggung perasaan, berbicara dengan sopan, dan melayani pemustaka dengan sungguh-sungguh. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Badan Perpustakaan dan Kearsipan Daearah Kota Cirebon. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah konsep diri dalam kemampuan komunikasi interpersonal pustakawan mempengaruhi kepuasan pemustaka. Metode yang dilakukan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif kuantitatif. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan insidental, dengan jumlah jumlah sampel 96 orang. Teknik pengumpulan datanya dengan kuesioner, dan analisis datanya secara statistik menggunakan alat bantu SPSS versi 1.6. Uji hipotesis menggunakan uji t dan analisis jalur. Dari hasil penelitian ini dapat diketahui bahwa konsep diri tidak dapat langsung berpengaruh terhadap kepuasan pemustaka melainkan harus melalui komunikasi interpersonal terlebih dahulu

Allelomimesis as universal clustering mechanism for complex adaptive systems

Animal and human clusters are complex adaptive systems and many are organized in cluster sizes $s$ that obey the frequency-distribution $D(s)\propto s^{-\tau}$. Exponent $\tau$ describes the relative abundance of the cluster sizes in a given system. Data analyses have revealed that real-world clusters exhibit a broad spectrum of $\tau$-values, $0.7\textrm{(tuna fish schools)}\leq\tau\leq 2.95\textrm{(galaxies)}$. We show that allelomimesis is a fundamental mechanism for adaptation that accurately explains why a broad spectrum of $\tau$-values is observed in animate, human and inanimate cluster systems. Previous mathematical models could not account for the phenomenon. They are hampered by details and apply only to specific systems such as cities, business firms or gene family sizes. Allelomimesis is the tendency of an individual to imitate the actions of its neighbors and two cluster systems yield different $\tau$ values if their component agents display different allelomimetic tendencies. We demonstrate that allelomimetic adaptation are of three general types: blind copying, information-use copying, and non-copying. Allelomimetic adaptation also points to the existence of a stable cluster size consisting of three interacting individuals.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, 2 table

The reactions of trivalent phosphorus compounds with electrophilic acetylenes

This thesis is concerned with the investigation of the reactions of some trivalent phosphorus compounds with electrophilic acetylenes, and in particular dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate. These studies have involved extensive use of nuclear magnetic resonance (n.m.r.) spectroscopy to monitor reaction pathways and to identify intermediates. The nature of the 1:1 intermediate initially formed in the reaction of a trivalent phosphorus compound, such as a trialkyl phosphite, with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate has been studied and shown to exhibit both anionic and carbenoid character. The reaction of these 1:1 intermediates with further dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate leads to the formation of unstable ylides which rearrange at room temperature to cyclic ylides via five-coordinate phosphoranes. Both these latter two species have been shown to be valuable precursors for the preparation of some novel oxo-phospholes. The 1:1 intermediates from trialkyl phosphites react with carbon dioxide to form "C02-adducts" which react with further trialkyl phosphite to give ylides. These ylides have been shown to provide convenient synthetic routes to some phosphonates and substituted furans which would otherwise be difficult to prepare. The progress of the carbon dioxide in these reaction pathways has been investigated by 13C n.m.r. spectroscopy, by using 13C isotopically labelled carbon dioxide

Pengaruh Partisipasi Penyusunan Anggaran terhadap Kinerja Manajerial dengan Gaya Kepemimpinan, Motivasi dan Job Relevant Information sebagai Variabel Intervening

This study aimed to determine (1) the effect of budgetaryparticipation on managerial performance in the preparation of thebudget, (2) the effect of leadership style on the relationship betweenbudgetary participation and managerial performance, (3) the effect ofmotivation on the relationship between budgetary participation andmanagerial performance, and (4) the effect of job relevantinformation on the relationshipbetween budgetary participation andmanagerial performance. The subjects of this study are all managersin bank Riau Kepri. The data was collected by distributingquestionnaires to 138 respondents, but only 85 respondents who fillout the questionnaires. The analysis tool is using Partial Least Square(PLS) program version 2.0. The result show that budgetaryparticipation has positive and significant effect on managerialperformance. Furthermore, job relevant information has positive andsignificant effect with budgetary participation and the managerialperformance. The data of this study failed to support the mediatingrate of leadership style and motivation on the relationship betweenbudgetary participation and the managerial performance