Analisis Pengaruh Persepsi Tentang Hubungan Masyarakat (Public Relation) Terhadap Citra Merek (Brand Image) Dalam Membentuk Loyalitas Pelanggan (Customer Loyalty) Pada Pengguna Blackberry (Studi Empiris Mahasiswa Jurusan Manajemen Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh persepsi tentang hubungan masyarakat (public relation) terhadap citra merek (brand image) dalam membentuk loyalitas pelanggan (customer loyalty) pada pengguna Blackberry. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini diharapkan dapat menjadi bahan masukan kepada perusahaan mengenai tingkat loyalitas konsumen untuk menentukan kebijakan dan sebagai alat untuk mengambil keputusan yang akan diterapkan pada perusahaan dalam rangka pencapaian sasaran dan tujuan perusahaan. Pengujian hipotesis dalam penelitian ini menggunakan path analysis dengan regresi linier berganda, uji t, uji F dan koefisien determinasi (R2). Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa Jurusan Manajemen Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta. Pengambilan sampel ini adalah 100 mahasiswa Jurusan Manajemen Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta. Teknik pengambilan sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah secara non probability sampling dengan purposive sampling. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diketahui bahwa persepsi tentang hubungan masyarakat (public relation) berpengaruh signifikan terhadap citra merek (brand image) pada pengguna Blackberry, sehingga H1 diterima. Citra merek (brand image) berpengaruh signifikan terhadap loyalitas pengguna Blackberry, sehingga H2 diterima. Citra merek (brand image) mempengaruhi dalam hubungan perspsi tentang hubungan masyarakat (public relation) dan loyalitas pengguna Blackberry, sehingga H3 diterima

Interaksi Sistem Pengendalian Intern Dengan Faktor-Faktor Yang Berpengaruh Terhadap Kualitas Laporan Keuangan Pemerintah Daerah Kabupaten Klaten

Based on the report of the Board of Audit of the financial statements Klaten regency government in fiscal year 2014 to get opinions "Fair With Exceptions". The purpose of this study were (1) To analyze the Effect of Implementation of the Government Accounting Standards, Financial Management, Accounting Staff Competence on the Quality of Local Government Finance Report. (2) To analyze interactions affect the Internal Control System Implementation of the Government Accounting Standards, Financial Management, Accounting Staff Competence on the Quality of Local Government Finance Report. Object of this research is a Civil Servant Klaten regency government. The research sample of 54 respondents from 18 SKPD. Sempel retrieval techniques using purposive sampling. The test data is done by testing the validity and reliability test and classical assumption in use is the normality test, heteroscedasticity, multikolenearitas test. Hypothesis testing using multiple regression analysis, t-test, R2 and F test Research results Application of the Government Accounting Standards do not affect the quality of Government Financial Statements, Financial Management and Accounting Staff Competence affect the quality of Local Government Finance Report. Interactions affecting the internal control system of Financial Management and Accounting Staff Competence on the Quality of Local Government Finance Report

Pengaruh Restrukturisasi melalui Pembentukan Holding Bumn terhadap Kinerja Keuangan Bumn

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) have additional duties to participate in accelerating development and supporting national economic growth in addition to being profit oriented companies. Various strategies to improve performance of the SOEs can be implemented, including restructuring through the establishment of SOEs holding. Several SOEs active in the same sectors were regrouped to become a holding company so that management is expected to become more optimal. In Indonesia until 2016, four SOEs, i.e. PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk., PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero), Perum Perhutani and PT Perkebunan Nusantara III (Persero) have been established as holding companies. It is expected that the holdings will improve their financial performance. This article aims at evaluating whether the financial improvements happened by employing fixed effect panel data model. The results show that holding affect financial performances in terms of profitability, leverage, and liquidity. Profitability deteriorated after holding, while leverage and liquidity showed mixed results

Critical elements of synthesis questions are incompletely reported: survey of systematic reviews of intervention effects

Objectives: To examine the characteristics of population, intervention and outcome groups and the extent to which they were completely reported for each synthesis in a sample of systematic reviews (SRs) of interventions. Study design and setting: We coded groups that were intended (or used) for comparisons in 100 randomly sampled SRs of public health and health systems interventions published in 2018 from the Health Evidence and Health Systems Evidence databases. Results: Authors commonly used population, intervention and outcome groups to structure comparisons, but these groups were often incompletely reported. For example, of 41 SRs that identified and/or used intervention groups for comparisons, 29 (71%) identified the groups in their methods description before reporting of the results (e.g., in the Background or Methods), 12 (29%) defined the groups in enough detail to replicate decisions about which included studies were eligible for each synthesis, 6 (15%) provided a rationale, and 24 (59%) stated that the groups would be used for comparisons. Sixteen (39%) SRs used intervention groups in their synthesis without any mention in the methods. Reporting for population, outcome and methodological groups was similarly incomplete. Conclusion: Complete reporting of the groups used for synthesis would improve transparency and replicability of reviews, and help ensure that the synthesis is not driven by what is reported in the included studies. Although concerted effort is needed to improve reporting, this should lead to more focused and useful reviews for decision-makers

Ecological and life-history drivers of avian skull evolution

One of the most famous examples of adaptive radiation is that of the Galápagos finches, where skull morphology, particularly the beak, varies with feeding ecology. Yet increasingly studies are questioning the strength of this correlation between feeding ecology and morphology in relation to the entire neornithine radiation, suggesting that other factors also significantly affect skull evolution. Here, we broaden this debate to assess the influence of a range of ecological and life history factors, specifically habitat density, migration, and developmental mode, in shaping avian skull evolution. Using 3D geometric morphometric data to robustly quantify skull shape for 354 extant species spanning avian diversity, we fitted flexible phylogenetic regressions and estimated evolutionary rates for each of these factors across the full dataset. The results support a highly significant relationship between skull shape and both habitat density and migration, but not developmental mode. We further found heterogenous rates of evolution between different character states within habitat density, migration, and developmental mode, with rapid skull evolution in species which occupy dense habitats, are migratory, or are precocial. These patterns demonstrate that diverse factors impact the tempo and mode of avian phenotypic evolution, and that skull evolution in birds is not simply a reflection of feeding ecology

Pengaruh Pendapatan Asli Daerah, Pertumbuhan Ekonomi, Dan Dana Alokasi Umum Terhadap Pengalokasian Anggaran Belanja Modal (Studi Pada Pemerintah Kabupaten dan Kota Propinsi Jawa Tengah)

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis dan menguji pengaruh pendapatan asli daerah, pertumbuhan ekonomi, dan dana alokasi umum terhadap pengalokasian anggaran belanja modal study pada Pemerintah Kabupaten dan Kota di Propinsi Jawa Tengah Tahun Anggaran 2009-2012. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah Pemerintah Kabupaten dan Kota di Propinsi Jawa Tengah sebanyak 29 Kabupaten dan 6 Kota. Sampel yang diperoleh dan dapat digunakan dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 35 Laporan Anggaran APBD Kabupaten dan Kota di Pemerintahan Jawa Tengah selama empat periode yakni 140 Anggaran. Anggaran yang diambil dengan menggunakan teknik sampling jenuh. Data dianalisis menggunakan analisis regresi linier berganda, melalui uji R2, uji F, uji asumsi klasik dan hipotesis diuji dengan uji t. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan Pendapatan Asli Daerah berpengaruh terhadap Pengalokasian Anggaran Belanja Modal, Dana Alokasi Umum berpengaruh terhadap Pengalokasian Anggaran Belanja Modal, sedangkan Pertumbuhan Ekonomi diproksi dengan PDRB Harga Konstan tidak berpengaruh terhadap Pengalokasian Belanja Modal

Novel cyclic di-GMP effectors of the YajQ protein family control bacterial virulence

Bis-(3 ',5 ') cyclic di-guanylate (cyclic di-GMP) is a key bacterial second messenger that is implicated in the regulation of many critical processes that include motility, biofilm formation and virulence. Cyclic di-GMP influences diverse functions through interaction with a range of effectors. Our knowledge of these effectors and their different regulatory actions is far from complete, however. Here we have used an affinity pull-down assay using cyclic di-GMP-coupled magnetic beads to identify cyclic di-GMP binding proteins in the plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc). This analysis identified XC_3703, a protein of the YajQ family, as a potential cyclic di-GMP receptor. Isothermal titration calorimetry showed that the purified XC_3703 protein bound cyclic di-GMP with a high affinity (K-d similar to 2 mu M). Mutation of XC_3703 led to reduced virulence of Xcc to plants and alteration in biofilm formation. Yeast two-hybrid and far-western analyses showed that XC_3703 was able to interact with XC_2801, a transcription factor of the LysR family. Mutation of XC_2801 and XC_3703 had partially overlapping effects on the transcriptome of Xcc, and both affected virulence. Electromobility shift assays showed that XC_3703 positively affected the binding of XC_2801 to the promoters of target virulence genes, an effect that was reversed by cyclic di-GMP. Genetic and functional analysis of YajQ family members from the human pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia showed that they also specifically bound cyclic di-GMP and contributed to virulence in model systems. The findings thus identify a new class of cyclic di-GMP effector that regulates bacterial virulence

Investigating The Life Cycle Of Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX)

Attempts to decipher the life cycle of Haplosporidium nelsoni began almost immediately after it was identified as the pathogen causing MSX disease in eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica. But transmission experiments failed and the spore stage, characteristic of haplosporidans, was extremely rare. Researchers concluded that another host was involved: an intermediate host in which part of the life cycle was produced, or-if the oyster was an accidental host-an alternate host that produces infective elements. A later finding that spores were found more often in spat (\u3c 1 y old) than in adults revived the idea of direct transmission between oysters. The new findings and the availability of molecular diagnostics led us to revive life cycle investigations. Over several years, oyster spat were examined for spores and searched for H. nelsoni in potential non-oyster hosts using both histological and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methodologies. Although spores occurred in a high proportion of spat with advanced infections, it was concluded that they were unlikely to be a principal source of infective elements because naive oysters used as sentinels to assess infection pressure became highly infected even after native oysters developed resistance, and infected spat could no longer be found. A histological survey of zooplankton and small bivalves in Delaware Bay found few recognizable parasites and nothing resembling a haplosporidan. A subsequent PCR study of water, sediment, and macro-invertebrates from Chesapeake, Delaware, and Oyster bays resulted in many positive samples, but in situ hybridization failed to identify any recognizable structures. PCR analysis of potential intermediate hosts for other molluscan pathogens has also resulted in many species yielding positive results but required in situ hybridization to verify infections. It is suggested that any future search for a nonoyster host of H. nelsoni be conducted in a relatively confined system and/or target specific phyla, strategies that have been successful in other life cycle studies. It is noted that candidate phyla could include those known to host haplosporidans and species whose abundance or distribution may have changed in concert with outbreaks of MSX disease in the northeastern United States in recent years

PENGARUH TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI DAN SALING KETERGANTUNGAN TERHADAP KINERJA MANAJERIAL DENGAN KARAKTERISTIK SISTEM AKUNTANSI MANAJEMEN SEBAGAI VARIABEL INTERVENING (Survey pada BUMN Sektor Industri Pengolahan di Kota Bandung )

ABSTRAK Penelitian ini tentang faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi rancangan sistem akuntansi manajemen (SAM) yang masih sangat terbatas. Akhir-akhir ini perhatian peneliti telah dicurahkan untuk memahami bagaimana variabel kontinjensi yang berbeda mempengaruhi SAM. Banyak penelitian yang telah dilakukan menunjukkan hasil yang tidak konsisten, karenanya diperlukan penelitian-penelitian lanjutan. Penelitian ini mengkaji peran karakteristik sistem akuntansi manajemen terhadap hubungan teknologi informasi dan saling ketergantungan terhadap kinerja manajerial. Karakteristik sistem akuntansi manajemen didefinisikan sebagai tingkat dimana manajer menggunakan SAM untuk mengambil keputusan manajerial. Respon yang diperoleh dari 42 manajer yang bekerja di Departemen Anggaran, Divisi Renkinrus dan Teknologi Informasi pada BUMN Sektor Industri Pengolahan di Kota Bandung dalam pengambilan sampel dengan menggunakan rumus slovin. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa SAM memiliki peran sebagai mediasi pengaruh antara teknologi informasi dan saling ketergantungan terhadap variabel kinerja manajerial. Kata kunci : Teknologi Informasi, Saling Ketergantungan, Kinerja Manajerial