Does the desire to remit foster integration? Evidence from migrants in Spain

We enquire empirically how migrants' desire to send remittances back home fosters integration at destination. Starting from a model by Stark and Dorn (2013) in which the aspiration to remit is shown to induce migrants to acquire costly host-country specific social and human capital in order to obtain higher income, we measure migrants' integration effort by social participation. Our results confirm the theoretical model

HUBUNGAN KUALITAS JASA PELAYANAN KESEHATAN DENGAN MINAT PEMANFAATAN KEMBALI DI PUSKESMAS TELING ATAS

Pemanfaatan kembali pelayanan kesehatan dipengaruhi oleh kebutuhan pengguna jasa pelayanan untuk mendapatkan kembali pelayanan kesehatan yang diberikan. Faktor-faktor yang dapat mempengaruhi sehingga para penggunanya ingin memanfaatkan kembali yaitu ada lima dimensi yang terdiri dari ketanggapan, kehandalan, jaminan, empati dan bukti langsung. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara kualitas pelayanan kesehatan dengan minat pemanfaatan kembali di Puskesmas Teling Atas. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan metode survei analitik dengan menggunakan desain cross sectional. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Puskesmas Teling Atas pada bulan Agustus-Oktober 2019. Sampel dalam penelitian ini yaitu 100 responden. Instrumen penelitian menggunakan kuesioner dengan analisis bivariat menggunakan uji chi-square dengan hasil analisis yang didapatkan nilai expected count kurang dari 5 sehingga dilanjutkan menggunakan uji fisher exact test dengan CI = 95% dan α = 0,05. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada hubungan antara ketanggapan (p=0,000), kehandalan (p=0,023), jaminan (p=0,001), empati (p=0,040) dengan minat pemanfaatan kembali di Puskesmas Teling Atas, dan tidak terdapat hubungan bukti langsung (p=0,501) dengan minat pemanfaatan kembali di Puskesmas Teling Atas. Kesimpulannya adalah terdapat hubungan antara ketanggapan, kehandalan, jaminan, empati dengan minat pemanfaatan kembali di Puskesmas Teling Atas dan tidak terdapat hubungan antara bukti langsung dengan minat pemanfaatan kembali di Puskesmas Teling Atas. Kata Kunci : Kualitas Pelayanan Kesehatan, Minat Pemanfaatan Kembali ABSTRACTReutilization of health services influenced by the needs of service users to regain the health services provided. Factors that can affect the patients for they want to reutilization are five dimensions of health services include, responsiveness, reliability, assurance, empathy and tangible. This research aims to determine the relation between the quality of health services with the interest in reutilization in the Teling Atas Community Health Center. This research is a quantitative research with analytic survey method using cross sectional design. This research was conducting at the Teling Atas Community Health Center in August-October 2019. The sample in this research is 100 respondents. The research instrument used a questionnaire with bivariate analysis using the chi-square test with the results of the analysis obtained an expected count value of less also using the fisher exact test with a CI = 95% and α = 0.05. The results showed that there is a relation between responsiveness (p = 0,000), reliability (p = 0.023), assurance (p = 0.001), empathy (p = 0.040) with interest in reutilization in the Teling Atas community health center, and there is no relation on tangible ( p = 0.501) with interest in reutilization in the Teling Atas Community Health Center. The conclusion is that there is a relation between responsiveness, reliability, assurance, empathy with interest in reutilization in the Teling Atas Community Health Center and there is no relation between tangible and interest in reutilization in the Teling Atas Community Health Center. Keywords: Health Service Quality, Reutilization Interes

Akuntansi potali: membangun praktik akuntansi penjualan di pasar tradisional (studi etnometodologi islam)

AbstractThis study aims to construct the efforts of traders to conduct sales accounting practices in traditional market Gorontalo. Research in sales accounting based on local wisdom is important to maintain the accounting sustainability in Indonesia. Islamic ethnomethodology is the approach used in this research. There are 5 stages of data analysis comprising of: amal, ilmu, iman, informasi wahyu, and ihsan (amiiin). The research finds two ways of selling accounting practices which are bargaining and giving bonus cake. These methods are driven by the spirits of Gorontalo Islamic culture, patience, persistence, and brotherhood. The spirits exist because the sellers have demand on income that represents blessing from God. The findings of this research are important because the existence of sales accounting based on Gorontalo’s cultural values have been successfully explored and proven.AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk merumuskan cara pedagang di pasar tradisional Gorontalo mempraktikkan akuntansi penjualan. Penelitian akuntansi penjualan berbasis kearifan lokal penting untuk dilakukan sebagai upaya untuk menjaga kelangsungan akuntansi di Indonesia. Etnometodologi Islam adalah pendekatan yang digunakan dalam riset ini. Terdapat 5 tahap analisis data yaitu: amal, ilmu, iman, informasi wahyu, dan ihsan (amiiin). Hasil penelitian menemukan dua cara praktik akuntansi penjualan yaitu: tawar menawar dan memberikan bonus kue. Kedua cara tersebut digerakkan oleh semangat budaya Islam Gorontalo berupa kesabaran, kegigihan, dan persaudaraan. Semangat tersebut hidup karena para penjual ingin mendapatkan rejeki yang merupakan berkah dari Tuhan. Temuan riset ini penting karena berhasil menggali serta menunjukkan keberadaan akuntansi penjualan berbasis nilai budaya Gorontalo

PENGUATAN TATA KELOLA ADMINISTRASI TERHADAP PELAYANAN PUBLIKDI KELURAHAN POLOHUNGO KECAMATAN LIMBOTO KABUPATEN GORONTALO

Tujuan dilaksanakan kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah untuk meningkatkan pemahaman mengenai tata kelola administrasi dalam pelayanan publik di Kelurahan Polohungo, Kecamatan Limboto, Kabupaten Gorontalo. Metode yang digunakan meliputi model diskusi dan pelatihan. Peserta yang terlibat terdiri dari 5 perwakilan pemerintah kelurahan, 10 anggota masyarakat, 5 dosen, dan 26 mahasiswa aktif dari Universitas Bina Taruna Gorontalo. Hasil dari kegiatan ini menunjukkan beberapa hal penting. Pertama, Pemerintah Kelurahan Polohungo berhasil memperoleh pemahaman yang lebih mendalam mengenai prinsip-prinsip administrasi publik, seperti perencanaan, pengorganisasian, pengendalian, dan evaluasi dalam konteks pelayanan publik. Kedua, masyarakat Polohungo mengalami peningkatan pemahaman dan dapat mengetahui hak-hak mereka saat menerima pelayanan publik. Ketiga, terjalinnya kerjasama yang baik antara pemerintah Kelurahan Polohungo dan Kampus Universitas Bina Taruna Gorontalo. Dengan demikian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini berhasil memperkuat pemahaman tentang tata kelola administrasi dalam memberikan pelayanan publik

Mena, a new available marker in tumors of salivary glands?

Mena (mammalian Ena) is an actin regulatory protein involved in cell motility and adhesion. Based on its potential role in malignant transformation revealed in other organs, we analyzed the Mena expression in normal salivary glands (SG) and salivary tumors. Mena expression was determined in normal SG (n=10) and also benign (n=20) and malignant (n=35) lesions of SG. For the immunohistochemical staining we used the anti-Mena antibody. All normal SG and the benign lesions (10 pleomorphic adenomas, 10 Warthin's tumors) were Mena negative. Salivary duct carcinomas (n=5), carcinomas in pleomorphic adenoma (n=5), acinic cell carcinomas (n=5), squamous cell carcinomas (n=10) and high-grade mucoepidermoid carcinomas (n=2) were positive. The lymphomas (n=5) and low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinomas (n=1) were Mena negative. In one case the lymphoblastic cells stained positive for Mena. Some of the endothelial cells, in the peritumoral vessels, were Mena positive. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study in the literature about Mena expression in salivary tumors. Our study suggests that Mena protein seems to play a role in malignant transformation and its intensity is correlated with the type and grade of tumor and also with vascular invasion. Its positivity in endothelial cells may suggest its potential role in tumor angiogenesis

Fatty Acid Profile, Component Calcium (Ca) and Organoleptic Test of Kaledo

Kaledo is a byproduct of cow, which is a leg bone that contains fat and calcium, but some people avoid kaledo fat for health reasons. The purpose of this study was to determine the profile of fatty acids, calcium (Ca) and the level of organoleptic preference of blackheads. This study consisted of 2 treatments and 3 replications (Ka = kaledo without the fat layer removed) and Kb = the layer of fat kaledo removed). The parameters observed were the profile of fatty acids, calcium (Ca) and organoleptic tests. The results showed the profile of Ka fatty acids consisted of SFA (butyrate, laurate, tridecanoate, myristate, pentadecanoate, palmitate, margarate, stearic, arachidate, heneicosanoate, and behenate), Kb did not have laurate and heneicosanoate; MUFA Ka (miristoleate, cis-10 pentadecanoate, palmitoleate, cis-10 heptadecanoate, oleate, cis-11 eicoceneoate, erucate, nervonate and elaidate), Kb does not have erukate and PUFA (linolelaidat, linoleat, linolenat, eikosadinoat, eikosatrinoat, EPA dan DHA). The average calcium Kb (0.35%) is higher than Ka (0.03%). Panelists like the same aroma, color, texture and taste as Kb. Cooling for 2 hours at 7ºC showed an increase in SFA (palmitate and stearate) and organoleptic quality similar to Ka. SFA is dominated by palmitate and stearate, MUFA is oleic and elaidate, PUFA is linoleic and EPA. The highest calcium Kb is still below the standard for total adult consumption. Panelists like all treatments of blackheads (Ka and Kb

Thermal neutron capture cross section of the radioactive isotope Fe 60

Background: Fifty percent of the heavy element abundances are produced via slow neutron capture reactions in different stellar scenarios. The underlying nucleosynthesis models need the input of neutron capture cross sections. Purpose: One of the fundamental signatures for active nucleosynthesis in our galaxy is the observation of long-lived radioactive isotopes, such as Fe60 with a half-life of 2.60×106 yr. To reproduce this γ activity in the universe, the nucleosynthesis of Fe60 has to be understood reliably. Methods: An Fe60 sample produced at the Paul Scherrer Institut (Villigen, Switzerland) was activated with thermal and epithermal neutrons at the research reactor at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Mainz, Germany). Results: The thermal neutron capture cross section has been measured for the first time to σth=0.226(-0.049+0.044)b. An upper limit of σRI<0.50b could be determined for the resonance integral. Conclusions: An extrapolation towards the astrophysically interesting energy regime between kT=10 and 100 keV illustrates that the s-wave part of the direct capture component can be neglected

Mapping the spatiotemporal dynamics of calcium signaling in cellular neural networks using optical flow

An optical flow gradient algorithm was applied to spontaneously forming net- works of neurons and glia in culture imaged by fluorescence optical microscopy in order to map functional calcium signaling with single pixel resolution. Optical flow estimates the direction and speed of motion of objects in an image between subsequent frames in a recorded digital sequence of images (i.e. a movie). Computed vector field outputs by the algorithm were able to track the spatiotemporal dynamics of calcium signaling pat- terns. We begin by briefly reviewing the mathematics of the optical flow algorithm, and then describe how to solve for the displacement vectors and how to measure their reliability. We then compare computed flow vectors with manually estimated vectors for the progression of a calcium signal recorded from representative astrocyte cultures. Finally, we applied the algorithm to preparations of primary astrocytes and hippocampal neurons and to the rMC-1 Muller glial cell line in order to illustrate the capability of the algorithm for capturing different types of spatiotemporal calcium activity. We discuss the imaging requirements, parameter selection and threshold selection for reliable measurements, and offer perspectives on uses of the vector data.Comment: 23 pages, 5 figures. Peer reviewed accepted version in press in Annals of Biomedical Engineerin

Search for the Flavor-Changing Neutral-Current Decays D+→π+μ+μ−D^+\to \pi^+ \mu^+ \mu^- and D+→π+e+e−D^+\to \pi^+ e^+ e^-

We report the results of a search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decays $D^+\rightarrow \pi^+ \mu^+ \mu^-$ and $D^+\rightarrow \pi^+ e^+ e^-$ in data from Fermilab charm hadroproduction experiment E791. No signal above background is found, and we obtain upper limits on branching fractions, $B(D^+\rightarrow \pi^+ \mu^+ \mu^-) < 1.8 \times 10^{-5}$ and $B(D^+\rightarrow \pi^+ e^+ e^-) < 6.6 \times 10^{-5}$, at the 90\% confidence level.Comment: nine pages with figures; compressed, uuencoded postscrip