Penilaian Kinerja Keuangan Koperasi di Kabupaten Pelalawan

This paper describe development and financial performance of cooperative in District Pelalawan among 2007 - 2008. Studies on primary and secondary cooperative in 12 sub-districts. Method in this stady use performance measuring of productivity, efficiency, growth, liquidity, and solvability of cooperative. Productivity of cooperative in Pelalawan was highly but efficiency still low. Profit and income were highly, even liquidity of cooperative very high, and solvability was good

Juxtaposing BTE and ATE – on the role of the European insurance industry in funding civil litigation

One of the ways in which legal services are financed, and indeed shaped, is through private insurance arrangement. Two contrasting types of legal expenses insurance contracts (LEI) seem to dominate in Europe: before the event (BTE) and after the event (ATE) legal expenses insurance. Notwithstanding institutional differences between different legal systems, BTE and ATE insurance arrangements may be instrumental if government policy is geared towards strengthening a market-oriented system of financing access to justice for individuals and business. At the same time, emphasizing the role of a private industry as a keeper of the gates to justice raises issues of accountability and transparency, not readily reconcilable with demands of competition. Moreover, multiple actors (clients, lawyers, courts, insurers) are involved, causing behavioural dynamics which are not easily predicted or influenced. Against this background, this paper looks into BTE and ATE arrangements by analysing the particularities of BTE and ATE arrangements currently available in some European jurisdictions and by painting a picture of their respective markets and legal contexts. This allows for some reflection on the performance of BTE and ATE providers as both financiers and keepers. Two issues emerge from the analysis that are worthy of some further reflection. Firstly, there is the problematic long-term sustainability of some ATE products. Secondly, the challenges faced by policymakers that would like to nudge consumers into voluntarily taking out BTE LEI

Search for stop and higgsino production using diphoton Higgs boson decays

Results are presented of a search for a "natural" supersymmetry scenario with gauge mediated symmetry breaking. It is assumed that only the supersymmetric partners of the top-quark (stop) and the Higgs boson (higgsino) are accessible. Events are examined in which there are two photons forming a Higgs boson candidate, and at least two b-quark jets. In 19.7 inverse femtobarns of proton-proton collision data at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV, recorded in the CMS experiment, no evidence of a signal is found and lower limits at the 95% confidence level are set, excluding the stop mass below 360 to 410 GeV, depending on the higgsino mass

Severe early onset preeclampsia: short and long term clinical, psychosocial and biochemical aspects

Preeclampsia is a pregnancy specific disorder commonly defined as de novo hypertension and proteinuria after 20 weeks gestational age. It occurs in approximately 3-5% of pregnancies and it is still a major cause of both foetal and maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide1. As extensive research has not yet elucidated the aetiology of preeclampsia, there are no rational preventive or therapeutic interventions available. The only rational treatment is delivery, which benefits the mother but is not in the interest of the foetus, if remote from term. Early onset preeclampsia (<32 weeks’ gestational age) occurs in less than 1% of pregnancies. It is, however often associated with maternal morbidity as the risk of progression to severe maternal disease is inversely related with gestational age at onset2. Resulting prematurity is therefore the main cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity in patients with severe preeclampsia3. Although the discussion is ongoing, perinatal survival is suggested to be increased in patients with preterm preeclampsia by expectant, non-interventional management. This temporising treatment option to lengthen pregnancy includes the use of antihypertensive medication to control hypertension, magnesium sulphate to prevent eclampsia and corticosteroids to enhance foetal lung maturity4. With optimal maternal haemodynamic status and reassuring foetal condition this results on average in an extension of 2 weeks. Prolongation of these pregnancies is a great challenge for clinicians to balance between potential maternal risks on one the eve hand and possible foetal benefits on the other. Clinical controversies regarding prolongation of preterm preeclamptic pregnancies still exist – also taking into account that preeclampsia is the leading cause of maternal mortality in the Netherlands5 - a debate which is even more pronounced in very preterm pregnancies with questionable foetal viability6-9. Do maternal risks of prolongation of these very early pregnancies outweigh the chances of neonatal survival? Counselling of women with very early onset preeclampsia not only comprises of knowledge of the outcome of those particular pregnancies, but also knowledge of outcomes of future pregnancies of these women is of major clinical importance. This thesis opens with a review of the literature on identifiable risk factors of preeclampsia

Search for anomalous production of events with three or more leptons in pp collisions at √s = 8TeV

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published articles title, journal citation, and DOI.A search for physics beyond the standard model in events with at least three leptons is presented. The data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.5fb-1 of proton-proton collisions with center-of-mass energy s=8TeV, was collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC during 2012. The data are divided into exclusive categories based on the number of leptons and their flavor, the presence or absence of an opposite-sign, same-flavor lepton pair (OSSF), the invariant mass of the OSSF pair, the presence or absence of a tagged bottom-quark jet, the number of identified hadronically decaying τ leptons, and the magnitude of the missing transverse energy and of the scalar sum of jet transverse momenta. The numbers of observed events are found to be consistent with the expected numbers from standard model processes, and limits are placed on new-physics scenarios that yield multilepton final states. In particular, scenarios that predict Higgs boson production in the context of supersymmetric decay chains are examined. We also place a 95% confidence level upper limit of 1.3% on the branching fraction for the decay of a top quark to a charm quark and a Higgs boson (t→cH), which translates to a bound on the left- and right-handed top-charm flavor-violating Higgs Yukawa couplings, λtcH and λctH, respectively, of |λtcH|2+|λctH|2<0.21

Measurement of associated W plus charm production in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV

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Comparative analysis of the application of socio-emotional assessment instruments in early childhood

Os primeiros anos de vida são considerados um período crítico e determinante para o desenvolvimento dos indivíduos. Considerando que as consequências a longo prazo dos transtornos psiquiátricos da infância e adolescência são muitas vezes incapacitantes, detectar alterações socioemocionais e iniciar intervenções precocemente é fundamental. O Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) foi desenvolvido como instrumento de triagem para detectar distúrbios socioemocionais e de comportamento e pode ser respondido por pais e professores. Estudos anteriores, demonstraram uma discrepância entre informantes, no entanto a interpretação desta diferença por profissionais e pesquisadores ainda não é consistente, demandando maior aprofundamento. O objetivo principal do estudo foi comparar as respostas dos pais e dos educadores sobre a saúde mental da criança utilizando o instrumento SDQ e considerando fatores socioeconômicos, sexo, grau de desenvolvimento, qualidade da escola e estresse percebido dos educadores. O estudo foi realizado em 2019 com um grupo de crianças de 4 a 6 anos, seus pais e professores. A amostra foi composta por um grupo de crianças matriculadas em 45 unidades de educação infantil publica e conveniadas (CEI/EMEI) da região Butantã do Município de SP. Os pais foram visitados para coleta de informações socioeconômicas e resposta ao questionário SDQ. O educador principal forneceu suas informações socioeconômicas e preencheu o SDQ para cada um dos seus alunos sorteados no estudo. O desenvolvimento das crianças foi avaliado pelo IDELA, instrumento de administração direta, realizada por pesquisadores previamente treinados. A qualidade das 45 unidades de educação incluídas no estudo foi avaliada pelos instrumentos ITERS/ECERS. A amostra foi composta por 149 crianças, 50.34% eram do sexo feminino (n=75), com idade média de 4.98 anos (DP= 0.56), 37.6% com renda familiar mensal entre 1000 e 1999 reais (n=56) e 51.01% das mães possuíam ensino médio completo (n=76). Dessa amostra, 37.8% foram consideradas de risco segundo o SDQ reportado pelos pais, 15.97% segundo os professores e 6.45% foram consideradas de risco por ambos os informantes. O índice de concordância encontrado entre a avaliação dos pais e educadores foi baixo em todas as subescalas, sendo o ICC da pontuação total do SDQ de 0.28 (p<0,001). A resposta dos educadores foi influenciada pelo desempenho da criança em literacia e linguagem (- 3.87, p0.009), pelo seu estresse percebido total (-0.244, p0.000) e por problemas financeiros (-2.922, p0.009). Já a resposta dos pais apresentou relação com baixa renda familiar (3.04, p0.007). Assim como estudos anteriores, o presente estudo encontrou uma alta discrepância entre as respostas dos pais e dos professores no SDQ. Foram encontradas associações entre a discrepância dos informantes e fatores ambientais, incluindo o desenvolvimento da criançaThe first years of life are considered a critical and decisive period in the development of individuals. Considering that the long-term consequences of childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders are often disabling, detecting socio-emotional changes, and initiating early interventions is critical. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was developed as a screening instrument to detect socioemotional and behavioral disorders and can be answered by parents and teachers. Previous studies have shown a discrepancy between informants; however, the interpretation of such differences by health professionals and researchers is still inconsistent, demanding further investigation. The main object of the study was to compare parents\' and teachers\' responses on children\'s mental health using the SDQ instrument, considering socioeconomic factors, gender, child developmental level, school quality and teachers\' perceived stress. The study was carried out in 2019 with a group of children aged 4 to 6 years, their parents, and teachers. The sample was comprised by children enrolled in 45 public and affiliated early childhood education units (CEI/EMEI) in the Butantã region of the city of SP. Parents were visited to collect socioeconomic information and answer the SDQ questionnaire. The main teacher provided his/her socioeconomic information and filled out the SDQ for each of the randomly selected students. The children were assessed by trained researchers using the IDELA. The quality of the Education centers was assessed by ITERS/ECERS.The sample consisted of 149 children, 50.34% were female (n=75), with a mean age of 4.98 years (SD=0.56), 37.6% with monthly family income between 1000 and 1999 reais (n=56) and 51.01% of the mothers had completed high school (n=76). Of this sample, 37.8% were considered at risk according to their parents report (SDQ questionnaire) and 15.97% according to their teachers\' report, only 6.45% were at risk according to both informants. The concordance index found between parents and educators was low in all subscales, with an ICC of the SDQ total score of 0.28 (p<0.001). The educators\' response was influenced by the child\'s performance in literacy and language (-3.87, p0.009), by their total perceived stress (-0.244, p0.000) and by financial problems (-2.922, p0.009). The parents\' response was related to low family income (3.04, p0.007). Like previous studies, the present study found a high discrepancy between parent and teacher responses in the SDQ. Associations were found between the informants\' discrepancy and environmental factors, including child\'s developmen

Prevalência de excesso de peso entre estudantes de ensino fundamental de escola pública e privada em Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brasil

Objective: The objectives of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a sample of students and investigate the correlation between BMI (body mass index) and family income. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted with 213 primary school students of public (PUS) and private (PRS) schools, aged between 10 and 14 years. This study was approved by the local Ethics Committee, and students and parents who were willing to participate could only do it by signing a consent form. Students were weighed and measured, and the BMI was calculated, the resulting data were evaluated according to the WHO BMI charts related to sex. The students answered a questionnaire on socioeconomic status according to the ‘ABEP’ charts. Data analysis was performed using SPSS, with 5% significance level. Results: The total prevalence of overweight in the sample studied was of 41.3%. Comparing the individual results, the frequency of overweight was higher for private school (47.3%) than for public school (32.1%) children, with statistical significance (p=0.03). The frequency of overweight among PRS boys was higher than among the PUS boys (23.3% versus 14.3%, p=0.05). In girls, the same trend was observed, but with no statistical significance (24.0% versus 17.9%, p=0.18). There was a positive correlation between BMI and family income (r=0.14, p=0.04). Conclusion: About 40% of the students who participated in the study were overweight, with higher prevalence among private school boys. It is important to establish strategies to prevent obesity at all levels of society, considering the potential health risks for those overweight children when they reach adulthood.Objetivo: Los objetivos de esto estudio fueron evaluar la prevalencia del sobrepeso y obesidad en una muestra de estudiantes e investigar si hay correlación entre el IMC (índice de masa corporal) y el ingreso familiar. Métodos: Estudio transversal realizado en 213 estudiantes del primaria de escuela pública (EPU) y privada (EPR), con edades comprendidas entre 10 y 14 años. Este estudio fue aprobado por el Comité de Ética local, mediante la firma de un consentimiento informado, libre y claro, por los estudiantes y sus padres. Los estudiantes fueron pesados y medidos y se calculó el IMC; los datos resultantes fueron evaluados de acuerdo con los gráficos de la OMS para IMC para hombres y mujeres. Los estudiantes respondieron a un cuestionario sobre la situación socioeconómica a discreción de ABEP. El análisis de los datos se realizó mediante el programa SPSS, con el nivel de significancia de 5%. Resultados y discusión: La prevalencia global de sobrepeso en la muestra estudiada fue de 41,3%. Comparando los resultados de forma aislada, la frecuencia de sobrepeso fue significativamente mayor (p=0,03) para los alumnos de las escuelas privadas (47,3%) que para los de escuela pública (32,1%). La frecuencia de sobrepeso entre los varones de EPR fue mayor que entre los de la EPU (23,3% versus 14,3%, p=0,05). Se observó la misma tendencia para las niñas pero sin significación estadística (24,0% versus 17,9%; p=0,18). Se observó una correlación positiva entre el IMC y el ingreso familiar (r=0,14, p=0,04). Conclusión: Alrededor del 40% de los estudiantes encuestados tenían sobrepeso, con mayor frecuencia entre los niños de la escuela privada. Es relevante el desarrollo de estrategias para prevenir la obesidad en todos los niveles de la sociedad, teniendo en cuenta los riesgos potenciales para la salud en la edad adulta.Objetivo: Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade em um grupo de estudantes e investigar se há correlacão entre IMC (índice de massa corporal) e renda familiar. Métodos: Estudo tipo transversal, realizado com 213 estudantes do ensino fundamental de escola pública (EPU) e privada (EPR), com idade entre 10 e 14 anos, aprovado pelo comitê de ética local e mediante assinatura do termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido pelos estudantes e os responsáveis por eles. Os estudantes foram pesados e medidos e o IMC foi calculado; os dados foram avaliados com base  nos gráficos da OMS para IMC conforme o sexo. Os estudantes responderam ao questionário socioeconômico segundo o critério da ABEP. A análise dos dados foi realizada usando o programa SPSS. Foi adotado nível de significância de 5%. Resultados: Prevalência global de excesso de peso (sobrepeso) na amostra estudada foi de 41,3%. Na comparação dos resultados isolados, a frequência de excesso de peso foi maior em alunos da escola particular (47,3%) do que nos da escola pública (32,1%), com significância estatística (p=0,03). A frequência de excesso de peso nos meninos da EPR foi maior do que nos da EPU (23,3% versus 14,3%; p=0,05). Nas meninas, verificou-se a mesma tendência, sem,  todavia, significância estatística (24,0% versus 17,9%; p=0,18). Houve correlação positiva entre IMC e renda familiar (r=0,14, p=0,04). Conclusão: Cerca de 40% dos estudantes entrevistados apresentaram excesso de peso, com prevalência maior entre os meninos da escola particular. É relevante o desenvolvimento de estratégias de prevenção da obesidade em todos os níveis da sociedade, pois há potenciais riscos à saúde na vida adulta