Using Cluster Analysis to Identify Subgroups of College Students at Increased Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

Background and Purpose: To examine the co-occurrence of cardiovascular risk factors and cluster subgroups of college students for cardiovascular risks. Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted using co-occurrence patterns and hierarchical clustering analysis in 158 college students. Results: The top co-occurring cardiovascular risk factors were overweight/obese and hypertension (10.8%, n = 17). Of the total 34 risk factors that co-occurred, 30 of them involved being overweight/obese. A six-cluster-solution was obtained, two clusters displayed elevated levels of lifetime and 30-year cardiovascular disease risks. Conclusions: The hierarchical cluster analysis identified that single White males with a family history of heart disease, overweight/obese, hypertensive or diabetes, and occasionally (weekly) consumed red meat, take antihypertensive medication, and hyperlipidemia were considered the higher risk group compared to other subgroups

Toddler Characteristics and Attention

Abstract Individual differences have become increasingly relevant when addressing variability across child development. Literature bears evidence that these differences may impact a toddler’s ability to respond to Joint Attention (JA). JA refers to a communicative gaze and pointing between a child and another individual. JA has been recognized as being a critical milestone, to the formation and cultivation of shared awareness and attention of an event or object. JA is a skill that is critical to the development of future language acquisition (Vaughan Van Hecke et al., 2007). The aim of this study is to measure whether child characteristics, such as their temperament, ability to self-regulate and interpersonal relationships; have an impact on their ability to respond to JA cues. Children\u27s temperaments are strongly correlated to their ability to maintain fixation on an object and to sustain focused attention (Papageorgiou et al., 2014). Other studies have demonstrated how a toddler’s ability to regulate their temperament, help them to better regulate their attention (Morrison et al., 2010). Salley (2016) was able to demonstrate that increased positive behaviors while engaged in play with caregivers; was associated with initiating JA (Salley et al., 2016). These studies help support the association between JA and child characteristics; little research has been done to understand if child characteristics impacts a toddler’s ability to respond to JA. To assess these domains of a toddler’s characteristics, I will use the Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire (ECBQ) to measure the toddlers Temperament (Putnam, 2006) and Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA) to look collect subscales for attachment/relationships, initiative, and self-regulation (Ogg et al. 2010). The results of this project will help to add to the literature on individual differences in child characteristics and its subsequent impact on toddler responses to joint attention

Pengaruh Pengumuman Dividen Terhadap Perubahan Harga Saham Sebelum Dan Sesudah Ex-dividend Date Di Bursa Efek Jakarta (Bej)

This research is aimed to examine the influence of ex-dividend date on stock price movements in the Jakarta Stock Exchange. A 30-days of observation%2C divided into a 15-days period before and a 15-days period after the ex-dividend date%2C is analized by using an event study method applying the Paired Sample T-test.The result shows that the average price of stocks before the ex-dividend date are significantly different with those after the ex-dividend date. It indicates that there is a significant movement in the stocks prices between the both periods of observation due to dividend announcement. Far more than that%2C the research also reveals that the amount of the stocks price alteration is statistically the same as the amount of their dividend per share

A multi-modal data resource for investigating topographic heterogeneity in patient-derived xenograft tumors.

Patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) are an essential pre-clinical resource for investigating tumor biology. However, cellular heterogeneity within and across PDX tumors can strongly impact the interpretation of PDX studies. Here, we generated a multi-modal, large-scale dataset to investigate PDX heterogeneity in metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) across tumor models, spatial scales and genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and imaging assay modalities. To showcase this dataset, we present analysis to assess sources of PDX variation, including anatomical orientation within the implanted tumor, mouse contribution, and differences between replicate PDX tumors. A unique aspect of our dataset is deep characterization of intra-tumor heterogeneity via immunofluorescence imaging, which enables investigation of variation across multiple spatial scales, from subcellular to whole tumor levels. Our study provides a benchmark data resource to investigate PDX models of metastatic CRC and serves as a template for future, quantitative investigations of spatial heterogeneity within and across PDX tumor models

MEKANISME PERHITUNGAN, PENYETORAN, DAN PELAPORAN PAJAK PENGHASILAN (PPH) PASAL 21 ATAS MANFAAT PENSIUN (STUDI PADA PT TASPEN (PERSERO) CABANG SURAKARTA)

ABSTRAK MEKANISME PERHITUNGAN, PENYETORAN, DAN PELAPORAN PAJAK PENGHASILAN (PPH) PASAL 21 ATAS MANFAAT PENSIUN (STUDI PADA PT TASPEN (PERSERO) CABANG SURAKARTA) A’LANI ROVIS F3413001 Tujuan dari studi ini adalah untuk mengetahui mekanisme perhitungan, penyetoran, dan pelaporan serta jumlah penyetoran PPh Pasal 21 atas manfaat pensiun pada PT Taspen (Persero) Cabang Surakarta. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif. Data diperoleh langsung dari wawancara dan studi kepustakaan yang dilakukan dengan mengumpulkan informasi dari buku dan literatur-literatur lain. Berdasarkan hasil dari studi dapat disimpulkan bahwa mekanisme perhitungan, penyetoran dan pelaporan Pph Pasal 21 atas manfaat pensiun PT Taspen (Persero) Cabang Surakarta telah sesuai dengan standar perpajakan yang berlaku dan juga telah menggunakan Standart Operating Procedure (SOP) untuk mengurangi kesalahan dalam perhitungan dan keselarasan. Hasil dari studi juga memperoleh perbedaan PPh Pasal 21 atas manfaat pensiun dengan PPh Pasal 21 yang lainnya terletak pada tarif biaya pensiun dan pajaknya ditanggung oleh Pemerintah sebagai fasilitas atas pengabdian terhadap negara. Pada tahun 2014 jumlah PPh yang dilaporkan mengalami kenaikan sebesar 27% dari tahun 2013. Sedangkan Pada tahun 2015, jumlah PPh yang dilaporkan mengalami penurunan sebesar 8% dari tahun 2014 dikarenakan 2 faktor, yaitu jumlah pensiun dan jumlah Pensiun yang dikukuhkan sebagai WP, serta kebijakan mengenai PTKP baru. Saran yang dapat diberikan untuk PT Taspen (Persero) Cabang Surakarta adalah harus melakukan kegiatan sesuai dengan SOP agar terciptanya keselarasan dan mengurangi kesalahan (human eror). Kedua, sistem pengarsipan yang dilakukan PT Taspen (Persero) Cabang Surakarta lebih diperhatikan untuk menghindari kerusakan atau kehilangan data. Kata kunci : Perhitungan, penyetoran, pelaporan, dan PPh Pasal 21 atas manfaat pensiun

PENGARUH PDRB, INFLASI DAN SUKU BUNGA TERHADAP TINGKAT TABUNGAN MASYARAKAT PADA BANK SULUTGO

ABSTRAKSuatu daerah dapat dikatakan bertumbuh dan berkembang apabila adanya perkembangan perekonomian yang mana ditunjukkan dengan semakin meningkatnya permintaan akan barang dan jasa. Perubahan Permintaan yang tinggi dari masyarakat akan dapat meningkatnya jumlah uang beredar dan akan meyebabkan inflasi. Inflasi memiliki peran terhadap jumlah dana yang disimpan masyarakat di bank. Disamping tingkat suku bunga yang ditawarkan, inflasi juga memegang peran penting dalam mempengaruhi perilaku masyarakat untuk menabung. Inflasi merupakan kenaikan harga barang dan jasa secara menyeluruh. Inflasi yang tinggi akan mengurangi nilai riil dari uang yang disimpan, dengan kata lain Inflasi adalah peristiwa yang cenderung mendorong naiknya tingkat harga. Selain PDRB dan inflasi, faktor yang turut mempengaruhi pertumbuhan perbankan melalui peningkatan jumlah tabungan masyarakat adalah tingkat suku bunga simpanan.Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk menganalisis apakah PDRB, laju inflasi, dan tingkat suku bunga berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap tingkat tabungan masyarakat pada tahun 2006 - 2015. Teknik analisis yang digunakan adalah data sekunder kurun waktu (time series).Dan hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa PDRB mempunyai pengaruh terhadap tingkat tabungan masyarakat Sulawesi Utara, sedangkan Inflasi dan Suku Bunga secara bersama-sama tidak berpengaruh terhadap tingkat tabungan masyarakat di Sulawesi Utara. Kata Kunci; PDRB, Inflasi dan Suku Bunga ABSTRACT                    An area can be said to grow and expand if there is an economic development which is indicated by the increasing demand for goods and services. Changes The high demand from the public will be able to increase the money supply and will lead to inflation. Inflation has a role to the amount of funds deposited by the public at the bank. In addition to the interest rates offered, inflation also plays an important role in influencing the behavior of people to save. Inflation is an increase in the price of goods and services as a whole. High inflation will reduce the real value of the money saved, in other words Inflation is an event that tends to push up the price level. In addition to GRDP and inflation, factors that influence growth banking through an increase in the amount of public savings is the deposit interest rate.                    The purpose of this research is to analyze whether PDRB, inflation rate, and interest rate have positive and significant influence to community saving level in 2006-2015. The analysis technique used is time series data.                    And the results of the study show that GRDP has an influence on the savings rate of the people of North Sulawesi, while Inflation and Interest Rates together do not affect the level of community savings in North Sulawesi. Key Word : PDRB, Inflation, Interest Rate

Approximations for many-body Green's functions: insights from the fundamental equations

Several widely used methods for the calculation of band structures and photo emission spectra, such as the GW approximation, rely on Many-Body Perturbation Theory. They can be obtained by iterating a set of functional differential equations relating the one-particle Green's function to its functional derivative with respect to an external perturbing potential. In the present work we apply a linear response expansion in order to obtain insights in various approximations for Green's functions calculations. The expansion leads to an effective screening, while keeping the effects of the interaction to all orders. In order to study various aspects of the resulting equations we discretize them, and retain only one point in space, spin, and time for all variables. Within this one-point model we obtain an explicit solution for the Green's function, which allows us to explore the structure of the general family of solutions, and to determine the specific solution that corresponds to the physical one. Moreover we analyze the performances of established approaches like $GW$ over the whole range of interaction strength, and we explore alternative approximations. Finally we link certain approximations for the exact solution to the corresponding manipulations for the differential equation which produce them. This link is crucial in view of a generalization of our findings to the real (multidimensional functional) case where only the differential equation is known.Comment: 17 pages, 7 figure

Synthesis, structure and bonding of hexaphenyl thorium(IV): observation of a non-octahedral structure

Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.We report herein the synthesis of the first structurally characterized homoleptic actinide aryl complexes, [Li(DME)(3)](2)[Th(C6H5)(6)] (1) and [Li(THF)(12-crown-4)](2)[Th(C6H5)(6)] (2), which feature an anion possessing a regular octahedral (1) or a severely distorted octahedral (2) geometry. The solid-state structure of 2 suggests the presence of pseudo-agostic ortho C-H center dot center dot center dot Th interactions, which arise from sigma(C-H) -> Th(5f) donation. The non-octahedral structure is also favoured in solution at low temperatures.DFG, EXC 314, Unifying Concepts in Catalysi

Penerapan Hukum Pidana Terhadap Tindak Pidana Makar Oleh Organisasi Papua Merdeka (Opm) Di Kabupaten Jayawijaya (Studiputusannomor 38/pid.b/2011/pn.wmn)

A mutiny criminal act is related to a state security. A munity threats legal interest and the safety of Unitary State of the Republic if Indonesia as stipulated in Chapter I book II of Penal Code which consist of three form, namely the mutiny which attacks the legal interests for the safety of Head of State or his/her Vice (Article 104 Penal Code), the unity of State regions (Article 106 Penal code), and the enforcement of State Government (Article 107 Penal Code. The formulations of problem in the research are whether the act done by the Liberating Papua Organization (LPO) is classified as mutiny, how the legal responsibilities towards the mutiny criminal act done by the LPO in the District Of Jayawijaya are, how the implementation of penal code on the mutiny criminal act done by the LPO in District of Jayawijaya based on the verdict No.38/Pid.B/2011/PN.Wmn is. The research result showed the act done by the LPO was a mutiny stipulated in the article 106 Penal code an hasfullfilled the elements whose goal was to conquer the region of state fully or partly under the foreign government with the intetion to separate some parts of the state region. The existence of conscious cooperation. Consequently, all defendants subjected tho the same crimes. Implementation of penal code towards the mutiny criminal act done the LPO in the verdict No.38/Pid.B/2011.PN.Wmn that the judge has implemented the Article 106 Penal Code Jo Article 55 clause (1) in the 1st , namely by sentencing 8 years in prison to every member of LPO