Initial Development of Surface Fuel Models for The Netherlands

Estimating the spread of wildland fire is growing concern in the Netherlands, where fire events at the wildland urban interface is a growing concern with a changing climate. A multi-year project was initiated in 2012 to obtain field-based fuel measurements to be used to estimate wildland fire spread for surface fire. The overall objective was to develop either custom fuel models or utilize existing Northern American fuel models to fuel conditions in some of the hazardous vegetation in the Netherlands. Over a four-year period, 96 plots were established, a wide variety of fuel parameters measured, and ANOVA (p ≤ 0.1) and Duncan’s MRT used to place these into 56 different vegetation communities. Following multiple permutations in Behaveplus, the 56 communities were consolidated into 28 different fuel models. It was then attempted to use these fuel models as input variables in a Dutch-developed wildland fire spread model. Some fuel models produced similar fire spread, and since they were within relatively similar communities, were combined, resulting in 21 working fuel models. The results of this project will provide land managers, fire brigades and landowners more accurate wildland fire spread estimations, improving safety of the public in this densely populated country. The results of this project will contribute to more accurate and detailed calculations of the NBVM (Dutch wildfire spreadmodel). The NBVM will provide necessary information, to be able to reduce the risk on uncontrollable wildfires, via wildfire prevention measurements and during an incident, to support decision making

Global banking: Risk taking and competition

Direct involvement of global banks in local retail activities can reduce risk-taking by promoting local competition. We develop this argument through a model in which multinational banks operate simultaneously in different countries with direct involvement in imperfectly competitive local deposit and loan markets. The model generates predictions that are consistent with the foregoing argument as long as the expansionary impact of competition on multinational banks’ aggregate profits through larger scale is strong enough to offset its parallel contractionary impact through lower loan-deposit return margin (a result valid with both perfectly and imperfectly correlated loans’ risk). When this is the case, banking globalization also moderates the credit crunch following a deterioration in the investment climate. Compared with multinational banking, the beneficial effect of cross-border lending on risk-taking is weaker

The centrality of the learners in the light of John Dewey’s philosophy of education

John Dewey is the most significant philosopher of education. This article provides a thorough analysis of John Dewey’s philosophy of education and his theory on experiential learning in the educational process. It also offers a closer look of the speculative case suggesting the visionary child-centered education underlying Dewey’s educational philosophy. The article consists of two sections: (1) John Dewey’s philosophy of education and the centrality of the learner (child), and (2) the term ‘experience’ through the lens of Dewey’s philosophy of education. The method used in this research is a library study, in the form of research whose objects are literature works, namely scientific journals, books, articles in the mass media, and other net from different websites. While John Dewey who was considered as an exemplar proponent in education and philosophy of his time, the researchers conclude that still today Dewey’s ideologies have a place in educational curriculums across the globe for sheer reason that John Dewey elucidates the idea that students learn from human experiences, in which it simply boils down to a certain idea of “putting ideas into action” or, it simply means “learning-by-doing.

Proses Komunikasi Diadik antara Guru dengan Siswa Tunagrahita Ringan (Studi Kasus di SMP Negeri 10 Pekalongan)

Penelitian ini berfokus pada proses komunikasi diadik antara guru dan siswa Tunagrahita ringan dari sekolah umum di National SMP 10 Pekalongan. Hal ini dilakukan karena fakta bahwa sekolah tersebut adalah satu-satunya sekolah reguler yang menerima siswa berkebutuhan khusus di kota Pekalongan. Rumusan penelitian ini adalah bagaimana proses komunikasi diadik yang dilakukan guru dengan siswa yang memiliki kesulitan Tunagrahita ringan dalam memahami materi pelajaran. Sementara, Tujuan dari penelitian yaitu mengetahui proses komunikasi interpersonal bentuk diadik yang dilakukan oleh guru dengan anak Tunagrahita ringan di SMP Negeri 10 Pekalongan. Hasil penelitian yang diperoleh menunjukkan bahwa dalam proses komunikasi diadik antara guru dan siswa Tunagrahita ringan ditemukan bahwa ada pendekatan personal khusus. Melalui pendekatan khusus ini, dianggap lebih efektif untuk menjelaskan materi pembelajaran pribadi untuk siswa Tunagrahita ringan selama kegiatan belajar mengajar. Selain itu, pendekatan personal khusus juga digunakan di luar kegiatan belajar mengajar. Selama di luar kegiatan belajar ada tahapan teori penetrasi sosial yang berperan dalam proses komunikasi diadik antara guru dan siswa Tunagrahita ringan. Akibatnya, ketika itu adalah waktu untuk kegiatan belajar mengajar di luar kelas siswa Tunagrahita ringan dapat terbuka perlahan-lahan dengan guru dan mereka merasa nyaman. Untuk meningkatkan prestasi belajar siswa Tunagrahita ringan, guru juga memberikan semacam reward. Dengan demikian, proses komunikasi diadik dengan pendekatan antarpribadi dapat digunakan untuk menangani anak-anak Tunagrahita ringan

Pengaruh Fungsi Kepemimpinan, Kompetensi, dan Budaya Organsiasi terhadap Kinerja Pegawai pada Direktorat Jenderal Energi Baru, Terbarukan dan Konservasi Energi (DJEBTKE)

The research objective was to determine the function of leadership, competence, and organizational culture on employee performance. Descriptive research methods of verification with data analysis techniques using Path Analysis. Total respondents 127 employees denagan stratifield random sampling technique. The results showed there is a significant influence between the functions of leadership, competence, and organizational culture on employee performance either partially or simultaneously. As for competence has a direct effect of 20.6 %, the function of leadership has a direct effect of 17.2 % and direct influence of organizational culture by 4.4 %. Total overall effect is 72.6 % whereas the effects of other factors were not examined on the performance of 27.4 %