The Box-Percentile Plot

A variant of the boxplot is proposed in which the sides contain the information of a percentile plot (which is equivalent to the empirical cumulative distribution function). Unlike boxplots, there is no question about how long to draw the whiskers, nor is there loss of information due to grouping. Side-by-side comparisons of distributions are especially effective. In spite of including more detail, the impact on statistically-untrained readers remains similar to that of traditional boxplots

Marketing Strategy for New Venture in Information Technology Education (Online Tutorial – TUTON)

Indonesia has a rapid development in Information Technology (IT) as well as the public interest to learn it. However, to find qualified employee in IT is difficult, they often lacks proper education in IT background. IT education is not only need quality, but also follow current trends. Some negative opinions always appear in description of online education. First, Indonesian online tutorial customer had always assumed that what is available on the internet is free. Second, it is hard to get customer interest without quality customer expected. Third, the customers who will be interested of online education are university students that lack of fund. Further analysis needed in order to find the root cause of these problems.The root cause analysis used SWOT analysis that employ PEST Factor Analysis, Porter\u27s 5 Forces Analysis and Concept Testing result..The root cause analysis concludes that the TUTON product as online education is not strong enough to face the market. It needs new research and analysis of marketing mix.The objectives of TUTON based on the root causes are developing competitive products and promoting paid tutorial. Marketing strategies are needed to achieve these objectives. The strategies are explained with 4Ps Marketing Mix and Porter\u27s Generic Competitive Strategies. TUTON main marketing strategies points are make tutorial with video media (Product), focus on tutorial making (Product), consider a new distribution place (Place, Pricing), the website hosting size will be reduced (Place, Pricing), and use YouTube as promotion media (Promotion) and the differentiation strategy is use video as tutorial media.Reduced website hosting size strategy had been implemented to TUTON. Other strategies implementation will be done in this year from May 2013 to January 2014. If all the marketing strategies implemented are going well within budget and time allocation, TUTON will achieve the objectives

Penerapan Metode Left Corner Parsing dalam Aplikasi Terjemahan Bahasa Indonesia ke Bahasa Bima

Bahasa Bima adalah bahasa daerah yang digunakan sebagi alat komunikasi oleh suku mbojo di kota Bima – Dompu, pulau Sumbawa, provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat. Bahasa Bima susah untuk dipahami dan sudah memudar dikalangan remaja karena jarangnya mata pelajaran bahasa daerah yang diajarkan dan terbatasannya kamus bahasa Bima. Pada terjemahan bahasa dibutuhkan sebuah aplikasi yang dapat mempermudah dalam mengartikan bahasa Indonesia ke bahasa Bima sesuai dengan struktur kalimat dengan metode yang digunakan yaitu dengan metode left corner parsing. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kepustakaan, interview dan browsing. Analisis data untuk kebutuhan sistem berupa kata dan CFG. Perancangan sistem dilakukan dengan perancangan proses, perancangan LCP, perancangan kamus, perancangan SRP dan perancangan interface. Aplikasi dibangun menggunakan bahasa pemrograman PHP, sedangkan basis data menggunakan Mysql. Untuk pengujian aplikasi dilakukan menggunakan 2 metode yaitu pengujian black box test dan alpha test. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah aplikasi penerjemah bahasa Indonesia ke bahasa Bima Nusa Tenggara Barat yang proses penerjemahan kalimat ada dalam kamus dengan menggunakan metode Left Corner Parsing

Path Analysis on the Biopsychosocial Determinants of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Depression at Dr. Moewardi Hospital, Surakarta

Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a a major disease that is threatening global population health. This disease ranks third by global public health priority. The incidence of type 2 DM in 2014 was 442 million patients worldwide. Indonesia is one of 10 countries with high DM incidence. The incidence of type 2 DM in Indonesia in 2014 was 10 million patients. This study aimed to examine the biopsychosocial determinants of type 2 Diabetes Melitus and depression at Dr. Moewardi Hospital, Surakarta, using path analysis.Subjects and Method: This was an analytic and observational study with case control design. The study was conducted at Dr. Moewardi Hospital, Surakarta, from August to October, 2017. Sample consisting of 100 patients type 2 DM and 100 non DM patients were selected for this study by fixed disease sampling. The dependent variable was type 2 DM. The independent variables were body age, mass index, education level, occupation, stres, family income, comorbidity, activity, and family history of type 2 DM. The data were collected using medical record and questionnaire. The data were analyzed by path analysis.Results: The risk of type 2 DM increased with higher body mass index (b= 2.66; 95% CI= 1.41 to 3.91; p<0.001), higher income (b=-0.93; 95% CI= -1.90 to 0.045; p=0.062), older age (b= 2.88; 95% CI= 0.62 to 5.15; p= 0.013), presence of DM family history (b= 2.56; 95% CI= 1.45 to 3.68; p <0.001), and comorbidity (b= 3.25; 95% CI= 2.07 to 4.43; p<0.001). The risk of depression increased by type 2 DM (b= 1.032; 95% CI= 0.42 to 1.63; p= 0.001). Body mass index increased with higher physical activity (b= -1.41; 95% CI= -2.03 to -0.79; p<0.001). Income increased with high education level (b= 2.58; 95% CI= 1.83 to 3.33; p<0.001). High physical activity increased with occupation (b=0.96; 95% CI= 0.38 to 1.53;p= 0.001).Conclusion: The risk of type 2 DM increased with higher body mass index, higher income, older age, presence of DM family history, and comorbidity.Keyword: biopsychosocial determinants, type 2 DM, depressionCorrespondence: Esty Budiarti. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36 A, Surakarta 57126, Central Java. Email:[email protected] of Epidemiology and Public Health (2018), 3(1): 1-14https://doi.org/10.26911/jepublichealth.2018.03.01.0

Factors Affecting the Occurrence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Depression: A New Evidence Using a Path Model Approach

Background: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2DM) ranks third by global public health priority. Globally, the incidence of type 2 DM in 2014 was 442 million patients. Indonesia is one of 10 countries with high DM incidence. In 2014 the incidence was 10 million patients. Type 2 DM is one of the most psychologically demanding chronic medical illness in adult. Comorbidity between diabetes and depression is quite common. However, limited data exists to document biopsychosocial predictors of depressive symptoms in Indonesian patients. This study aimed to examine the biopsychosocial factors affecting the occurence of type 2 DM and depression at Dr. Moewardi Hospital, Surakarta, using path analysis. Subjects and Method: This was case control study conducted at Dr. Moewardi Hospital, Surakarta, from August to October 2017. Sample consisting of 100 patients type 2 DM and 100 non DM patients were selected for this study by fixed disease sampling. The dependent variable was type 2 DM. The independent variables were body age, mass index, education level, occupation, stres, family income, comorbidity, activity, and family history of type 2 DM. The data were collected using medical record and questionnaire. The data were analyzed by path analysis. Results: The biopsychosocial factors that directly affected the occurence of type 2 DM and indirectly affected the occurrence of depression were highbody mass index (b= 2.66; 95% CI= 1.41 to 3.91; p<0.001), high income (b= -0.93; 95% CI= -1.90 to 0.045; p= 0.062), older age (b= 2.88; 95% CI= 0.62 to 5.15; p=0.013), presence of DM family history (b= 2.56; 95% CI= 1.45 to 3.68; p<0.001), and comorbidity (b= 3.25; 95% CI= 2.07 to 4.43; p<0.001). The occurrence of type 2 DM and depression was indirectly affected by physical activity, education level, physical activity, and occupation. Conclusion: Higher body mass index, higher income, older age, presence of DM family history, and comorbidity, are the factors that increase the occurrence of type 2 DM and depression. Keywords: biopsychosocial factors, type 2 DM, depression, path analysi

Environmental changes and violent conflict

This letter reviews the scientific literature on whether and how environmental changes affect the risk of violent conflict. The available evidence from qualitative case studies indicates that environmental stress can contribute to violent conflict in some specific cases. Results from quantitative large-N studies, however, strongly suggest that we should be careful in drawing general conclusions. Those large-N studies that we regard as the most sophisticated ones obtain results that are not robust to alternative model specifications and, thus, have been debated. This suggests that environmental changes may, under specific circumstances, increase the risk of violent conflict, but not necessarily in a systematic way and unconditionally. Hence there is, to date, no scientific consensus on the impact of environmental changes on violent conflict. This letter also highlights the most important challenges for further research on the subject. One of the key issues is that the effects of environmental changes on violent conflict are likely to be contingent on a set of economic and political conditions that determine adaptation capacity. In the authors' view, the most important indirect effects are likely to lead from environmental changes via economic performance and migration to violent conflict. © 2012 IOP Publishing Ltd

Driving pro-environmental change in tourist destinations: encouraging sustainable travel in National Parks via partnership project creation and implementation

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. This paper explores a key challenge in introducing more sustainable transport practices at destinations: achieving modal shift in visitor travel from cars to physically active or public transport to reduce tourism's environmental impacts. It centres on using partnership led projects bringing together the many public and private sector organisations involved, to drive destination change and development. To date, research has centred on pro-environmental change for individuals and individual organisations: little is known about the mechanisms of pro-environmental change via complex multi-partner organisations. The paper reports research into the processes involved in successful projects to provide alternatives to car travel in three UK National Parks by using partnerships to obtain funding and implement change. Based on case studies informed by in-depth interviews with key stakeholders involved in pro-environmental change implementation, narratives are analysed to explain the change process, and mapped against existing literature and theories of change. Conclusions show the role of inspired individuals, supportive senior management, strong governance, better visitor experiences and, most significantly, communication and communication of the benefits of change to stakeholders. The research suggests why and how change occurs in partnerships, contributes to better theories of change and offers guidance on understanding and implementing change processes worldwide

On the Interplay between Resource Extraction and Polluting Emissions in Oligopoly

This paper offers an overview of the literature discussing oligopoly games in which polluti ng emissions are generated by the supply of goods requiring a natural resource as an input. An analytical summary of the main features of the interplay between pollution and resource extraction is then given using a differential game based on the Cournot oligopoly model, in which (i) the bearings on resource preservation of Pigouvian tax rate tailored on emissions are singled out and (ii) the issue of the optimal number of firms in the commons is also addressed