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    Pengaruh Transformational Leadership Dan Leader Member Exchange (Lmx) Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Di Moi Garden Surabaya

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    : Transformational Leadership is a new model of leadership, and Transformational Leadership explains about good relationship between the leader and employee. Relationships between leader and employee have influence for performance of employee. The dimension of Transformational Leadership is idealized influence, intellectual stimulation, inspiration motivation, individual consideration. Transformational Leadership supported by the other style of leadership called Leader Member Exchange. The dimension of Leader Member Exchange is contribution, loyalty, affection, professional respect. Transformational Leadership and Leader Member Exchange have influence to performance of employee

    Planetary companions around the K giant stars 11 UMi and HD 32518

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    11 UMi and HD 32518 belong to a sample of 62 K giant stars that has been observed since February 2004 using the 2m Alfred Jensch telescope of the Th\"uringer Landessternwarte (TLS) to measure precise radial velocities (RVs). The aim of this survey is to investigate the dependence of planet formation on the mass of the host star by searching for planetary companions around intermediate-mass giants. An iodine absorption cell was used to obtain accurate RVs for this study. Our measurements reveal that the RVs of 11 UMi show a periodic variation of 516.22 days. The RV curve of HD 32518 shows sinusoidal variations with a period of 157.54 days. The HIPPARCOS photometry as well as our H\alpha core flux measurements reveal no variability with the RV period. Thus, Keplerian motion is the most likely explanation for the observed RV variations for both giant stars. An exoplanet with a minimum mass of 10.5 Jupiter masses orbits the K giant 11 UMi. The K1 III giant HD 32518 hosts a planetary companion with a minimum mass of 3.0 Jupiter masses in a nearly circular orbit. These are the 4th and 5th planets published from this TLS survey.Comment: 11 pages, 16 figure

    Discovery of a planet around the K giant star 4 UMa

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    Context: For the past 3 years we have been monitoring a sample of 62 K giant stars using precise stellar radial velocity measurements taken at the Thueringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg. Aims: To search for sub-stellar companions to giant stars and to understand the nature of the diverse radial velocity variations exhibited by K giant stars. Methods: We present precise stellar radial velocity measurements of the K1III giant star 4 UMa (HD 73108). These were obtained using the coude echelle spectrograph of 2-m Alfred Jensch Telescope. The wavelength reference for the radial velocity measurements was provided by an iodine absorption cell. Results: Our measurements reveal that the radial velocity of 4 UMa exhibits a periodic variation of 269.3 days with a semiamplitude K = 216.8 m/s. A Keplerian orbit with an eccentricity, e = 0.43 +/- 0.02 is the most reasonable explanation for the radial velocity variations. The orbit yields a mass function, f(m) = (2.05 +/- 0.24) x 10^(- 7) M_sun. From our high resolution spectra we calculate a metallicity of -0.25 +/- 0.05 and derive a stellar mass of 1.23 M_sun +/- 0.15 for the host star. Conclusions: The K giant star 4 UMa hosts a substellar companion with minimum mass m sin i = 7.1 +/- 1.6 M_Jupiter.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables, accepted in A&

    The Characteristic of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Dairy Cow in the Milk Collecting Line of in Malang

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    ABSTRACT This research was aimed was to know the effect subclinical mastitis stage for Friesian Holstein dairy milk quality in all months of lactation in the milk collecting line in Malang. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is one of the major bacterial causes of mastitis and subclinical mastitis in dairy cows. This disease is caused economic losses due to falling milk production and the addition of production costs. One of the criteria for the differentiation of S. aureus is the formation of pigment. Phenotype characteristics of S. aureus in vitro as a cause of subclinical mastitis in dairy cows are using 30 isolates. The level of mastitis subclinical is used by reagent IPB-l. Isolation and identification of S. aureus carried by several biochemical tests, namely: culture on Agar Blood Frame (ABF) media, observation of cell morphology, catalase test, coagulates test, and fermentation of mannitol test. Character is done by observing colony pigment on ABF media. The incidence rate of subclinical mastitis milk samples are from 198 dairy cattle, 107subclinical mastitis positive samples (54%) and 91 (46%) negative subclinical mastitis. From 30 isolates of S. aureus isolates subclinical mastitis caused 43.33% and 56.67% negative subclinical mastitis. Based on pigment production of the S. aureus isolated, 11 isolates (36.67%) produces a yellow pigment, 17 isolates (56.67%) white pigment, 1 isolates (3.33%) and an orange pigment isolates (3.33%) are not pigmented

    AMBER/VLTI observations of 5 giant stars

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    While the search for exoplanets around main sequence stars more massive than the Sun have found relatively few such objects, surveys performed around giant stars have led to the discovery of more than 30 new exoplanets. The interest in studying planet hosting giant stars resides in the possibility of investigating planet formation around stars more massive than the Sun. Masses of isolated giant stars up to now were only estimated from evolutionary tracks, which led to different results depending on the physics considered. To calibrate the theory, it is therefore important to measure a large number of giant star diameters and masses as much as possible independent of physical models. We aim in the determination of diameters and effective temperatures of 5 giant stars, one of which is known to host a planet. AMBER/VLTI observations with the ATs were executed in low resolution mode on 5 giant stars. In order to measure high accurate calibrated squared visibilities, a calibrator-star-calibrator observational sequence was performed. We measured the uniform disk and limb-darkened angular diameters of 4 giant stars. The effective temperatures were also derived by combining the bolometric luminosities and the interferometric diameters. Lower effective temperatures were found when compared to spectroscopic measurements. The giant star HD12438 was found to have an unknown companion star at an angular separation of ~ 12 mas. Radial velocity measurements present in the literature confirm the presence of a companion with a very long orbital period (P ~ 11.4 years).}Comment: accepted for publication in A&

    Electromagnetic waves with negative phase velocity in Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime

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    The propagation of electromagnetic plane waves with negative phase velocity (NPV) is considered in Schwarzschild-(anti-)de Sitter spacetime. It is demonstrated that NPV propagation occurs in Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime at lower values of the cosmological constant than is the case for de Sitter spacetime. Furthermore, we report that neither is NPV propagation observed in Schwarzschild-anti-de Sitter spacetime, nor is it possible outside the event horizon of a Schwarzschild blackhole.Comment: Typographical error in eq (34) of EPL version is corrected in arxiv version. Europhysics Letters (accepted for publication

    Shigella spp. surveillance in Indonesia: the emergence or reemergence of S. dysenteriae.

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    From June 1998 through November 1999, Shigella spp. were isolated in 5% of samples from 3,848 children and adults with severe diarrheal illness in hospitals throughout Indonesia. S. dysenteriae has reemerged in Bali, Kalimantan, and Batam and was detected in Jakarta after a hiatus of 15 years

    Use of aspirin, other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen and risk of endometrial cancer : the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium

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    Background: Regular use of aspirin has been associated with a reduced risk of cancer at several sites but the data for endometrial cancer are conflicting. Evidence regarding use of other analgesics is limited. Patients and methods: We pooled individual-level data from seven cohort and five case-control studies participating in the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium including 7120 women with endometrial cancer and 16 069 controls. For overall analyses, study-specific odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated using logistic regression and combined using random-effects meta-analysis; for stratified analyses, we used mixed-effects logistic regression with study as a random effect. Results: At least weekly use of aspirin and non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) was associated with an approximately 15% reduced risk of endometrial cancer among both overweight and obese women (OR 1/4 0.86 [95% CI 0.760.98] and 0.86 [95% CI 0.76-0.97], respectively, for aspirin; 0.87 [95% CI 0.76-1.00] and 0.84 [0.74-0.96], respectively, for nonaspirin NSAIDs). There was no association among women of normal weight (body mass index<25 kg/ m2, Pheterogeneity 0.04 for aspirin, Pheterogeneity 1/4 0.003 for NSAIDs). Among overweight and obese women, the inverse association with aspirin was stronger for use 2-6 times/ week (OR 1/4 0.81, 95% CI 0.68-0.96) than for daily use (0.91, 0.80-1.03), possibly because a high proportion of daily users use low-dose formulations. There was no clear association with use of acetaminophen. Conclusion: Our pooled analysis provides further evidence that use of standard-dose aspirin or other NSAIDs may reduce risk of endometrial cancer among overweight and obese women.Peer reviewe

    Three little pieces for computer and relativity

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    Numerical relativity has made big strides over the last decade. A number of problems that have plagued the field for years have now been mostly solved. This progress has transformed numerical relativity into a powerful tool to explore fundamental problems in physics and astrophysics, and I present here three representative examples. These "three little pieces" reflect a personal choice and describe work that I am particularly familiar with. However, many more examples could be made.Comment: 42 pages, 11 figures. Plenary talk at "Relativity and Gravitation: 100 Years after Einstein in Prague", June 25 - 29, 2012, Prague, Czech Republic. To appear in the Proceedings (Edition Open Access). Collects results appeared in journal articles [72,73, 122-124
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