Faktor – Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Efektifitas Pemungutan Pajak Bumi Dan Bangunan Perkotaan Dan Pedesaan Kota Palangka Raya

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi tingkat efektifitas pemungutan PBB-P2 di Kota Palangka Raya. Data diperoleh dari kuisioner yang diisi oleh responden yang merupakan wajib pajak PBB-P2 di Kota Palangka Raya yang mendapat SPPT tahun 2014. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei dalam pengumpulan data melalui penyebaran kuesioner sebanyak 200 responden. Metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisa faktor.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat Sembilan faktor yang mempengaruhi efektifitas pemungutan PBB-P2 di Kota Palangka Raya yaitu, : faktor Pengetahuan wajib pajak, cara pemungutan pajak, asas manfaat pajak, efektifitas peran pihak ketiga, kepatuhan wajib pajak, e-system perpajakan, sosialisasi berkesinambungan, pelayanan prima, dan peraturan yang lengkap

The Relative Effectiveness of Al-Qur'an Murotal and Classical Music Therapy on Improving Concentration Ability Inautistic Children at SLB Semesta, Sooko, Mojokerto

Background: Autistic children have cognitive limitation. Autism affects the concentration disorder, which has a great impact on the learning process. Music therapy may increase the concentration of austistic children. This study aimed to determine the relative effectiveness between Al-qur’an murrotal and classical music in improving the concentration ability of children with autism. Subjects and Method: This was a randomized control trial conducted at SLB Semesta Luar Biasa, Sooko, Mojokerto, East Java. A sample of 16 autistic children was selected for this study and randomized into two groups: (1) the experimental group who received Al-qurán murrotal, (2) the control group who received classical music. The dependent variable was concentration ability. The independent variable was type of music therapy. The data were collected by questionnaire and observation. Mean difference in concentration ability between the two groups was tested by t-test. Results: At the baseline, the concentration ability in the Al-quran murrotal group (mean= 6.38; SD= 3.07) was comparable with the classical music group (mean= 6.00; SD= 2.62), and it was statistically non-significant (p= 0.794), indicating the randomization process had distributed all variables equally into the two groups. After the intervention, the concentration ability in the murrotal group (mean= 11.38; SD= 3.25) was higher than in the classical music group (mean= 8.50; SD= 2.67), but it was not statistically significant (p= 0.073). Conclusion: The effectiveness of Al-qurán murrotal intervention and classical music therapy is comparable in improving concentration ability in children with autism. Keywords: concentration ability, autistic children, Al-qur’an Murrotal, classical musi

Friedrich Hayek and his visits to Chile

F. A. Hayek took two trips to Chile, the first in 1977, the second in 1981. The visits were controversial. On the first trip he met with General Augusto Pinochet, who had led a coup that overthrew Salvador Allende in 1973. During his 1981 visit, Hayek gave interviews that were published in the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio and in which he discussed authoritarian regimes and the problem of unlimited democracy. After each trip, he complained that the western press had painted an unfair picture of the economic situation under the Pinochet regime. Drawing on archival material, interviews, and past research, we provide a full account of this controversial episode in Hayek’s life

Role of SPI-1 Secreted Effectors in Acute Bovine Response to Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium: A Systems Biology Analysis Approach

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) causes enterocolitis with diarrhea and polymorphonuclear cell (PMN) influx into the intestinal mucosa in humans and calves. The Salmonella Type III Secretion System (T3SS) encoded at Pathogenicity Island I translocates Salmonella effector proteins SipA, SopA, SopB, SopD, and SopE2 into epithelial cells and is required for induction of diarrhea. These effector proteins act together to induce intestinal fluid secretion and transcription of C-X-C chemokines, recruiting PMNs to the infection site. While individual molecular interactions of the effectors with cultured host cells have been characterized, their combined role in intestinal fluid secretion and inflammation is less understood. We hypothesized that comparison of the bovine intestinal mucosal response to wild type Salmonella and a SipA, SopABDE2 effector mutant relative to uninfected bovine ileum would reveal heretofore unidentified diarrhea-associated host cellular pathways. To determine the coordinated effects of these virulence factors, a bovine ligated ileal loop model was used to measure responses to wild type S. Typhimurium (WT) and a ΔsipA, sopABDE2 mutant (MUT) across 12 hours of infection using a bovine microarray. Data were analyzed using standard microarray analysis and a dynamic Bayesian network modeling approach (DBN). Both analytical methods confirmed increased expression of immune response genes to Salmonella infection and novel gene expression. Gene expression changes mapped to 219 molecular interaction pathways and 1620 gene ontology groups. Bayesian network modeling identified effects of infection on several interrelated signaling pathways including MAPK, Phosphatidylinositol, mTOR, Calcium, Toll-like Receptor, CCR3, Wnt, TGF-β, and Regulation of Actin Cytoskeleton and Apoptosis that were used to model of host-pathogen interactions. Comparison of WT and MUT demonstrated significantly different patterns of host response at early time points of infection (15 minutes, 30 minutes and one hour) within phosphatidylinositol, CCR3, Wnt, and TGF-β signaling pathways and the regulation of actin cytoskeleton pathway

Research on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles at the Naval Postgraduate School

This article describes the past accomplishments, present status, and future areas of concern for research at NPS in mission planning, mission execution, and post mission data analysis to meet the needs of future Naval Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. These vehicles are unmanned, untethered, free swimming, robotic submarines to be used for Naval missions including search, mapping, surveillance, and intervention activity. This project is joint between the Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments at the Naval Postgraduate School and is focused on a long range program to develop control technology for these vehicles. The approach taken combines computer simulation, real time robust control theory, computer architecture and code development, vehicle and component design, sonar data analysis and data visualization. Started in 1987, the major thrusts are in the areas of mission planning, both off-line and on-line, mission execution including navigation, collision avoidance, replanning, object recognition, vehicle dynamic response and motion control, real time control software architecture and implementation, and the issues of post mission data analysis.Naval Postgraduate School Direct Funded Research Progra

Determinants of Meningococcal ACWY vaccination in adolescents in the US: completion and compliance with the CDC recommendations

Since 2011, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) guidelines for routine MenACWY vaccination in the US include a primary dose before age 16 y, preferably at ages 11-12 y, with a booster dose at age 16 y. Data on rates and drivers of meningococcal vaccination completion (receipt of both doses) and compliance with recommendations (receipt of primary dose at ages 11-12 y followed by booster at 16 y) down to state-level are limited. This study evaluated rates and determinants of MenACWY vaccination completion and compliance in adolescents aged 17 y based on data from the annual National Immunization Survey-Teen between 2011 and 2016. Individual- and state-level determinants of completion and compliance were assessed using uni-level and multi-level multivariable regression models. Average national rates were 23.2% and 12.1% for completion and compliance, respectively, with large inter-state variation observed (completion: 8.7–39.7%; compliance: 3.1–26.2%). Beyond the state of residence, factors significantly associated with a higher likelihood of both completion and compliance included being male, up-to-date on other routine vaccines, having private or hospital-based vaccine providers (vs. public) and having >1 child in the household. Factors specifically associated with completion included having >1 annual health-care visit and presence of a booster-dose vaccine mandate, while a history of asthma and high-risk health conditions had a positive association with compliance. State-level determinants of completion and compliance included pediatricians-to-children ratio and the proportion of Immunization Information System use among adolescents, respectively. Outcomes of this study may help guide clinical, policy and educational interventions to further increase MenACWY completion rates and reduce disparities in vaccination