Pengaruh Ukuran Perusahaan, Profitabilitas dan Penghematan Pajak terhadap Struktur Modal

Capital structure is a very important issue for companies because financial capital is one of the driving factors in the company to be able to run the company operations. If determining the company's capital structure false, it will cause fixed costs become larger. Therefore, to know what is affecting capital structure is very important. Capital structure can be affected by several factors, among others is structure of assets, management attitude, tax, operating leverage, stability of sales, profitability, size, business risk. The aim of this research was to know the effect of size, profitability, and tax shields towards capital structure telecommunications companies in BEI. This research had 5 samples which choosen by census method. This research used multiple regression analysis. The result found that size and tax shields had positive significant effect towards capital structure, meanwhile profitability had negative significant effect towards capital structure

Classical Music Decrease Stress Level and Blood Pressure Primigravida in the Third Trimester

Introduction: Many changes in psychology and biology increase primigravida's stress in the third trimester. The stress response makes blood pressure being unstable, it causes bad effect for pregnancy. Classical music can be used as one of relaxation facilities that can reduce stress. The aimed of this study were to analyze the effect of classical music on stress level and blood pressure. Method: This study was used a quasy experimental purposive sampling design. The sample in this study were 14 pregnancy women in the third trimester in RSIA Cempaka Putih Permata Surabaya. The independent variable in this study was classical music and the dependent variable were stress level and blood pressure. Data were analyzed by Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, Mann Withney U Test, Paired t Test and Independent t Test with significance level α≤0.05. Result: The result showed that the stress level in controlled group with p=0.567 and intervention group with p=0.025. The result of blood pressure in controlled group with p=0.522 in systolic blood pressure, p=0.35 in diastolic blood pressure and intervention group showed p=0.103 in systolic blood pressure and p=1.00 in diastolic blood pressure. Discussion: It can be concluded that listening classical music can reduce stress level, stabilize blood pressure, although blood pressure hasn't significant result but mean of blood pressure show that it was stable. Further studies should be considered to used cortisol to identify stress biology response spesifically

Pengaruh Profitabilitas dan Likuiditas terhadap Besarnya Dividen yang Dibagikan Kepada Pemegang Saham pada Perusahaan Manufaktur yang Terdapat di Bei

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh profitabilitas dan likuiditas terhadap besarnya dividen yang dibagikan kepada pemegang saham pada Perusahaan manufaktur yang terdapat di BEI (periode 2010-2014) baik secara parsial maupun simultan. Populasi penelitian ini adalah Perusahaan manufaktur yang terdaftar di BEI (periode 2010-2014). Sampel pada penelitian ini sebanyak 14 Perusahaan manufaktur yang diambil secara purposive sampling dan data yang dikumpulkan secara time series, sehingga total sampel sebanyak 70 Perusahaan. Data yang digunakan digunakan dalam penelitian ini meliputi seluruh komponen laporan keuangan tahunan Perusahaan, Current Ratio, Return On Equity, dan Dividend Payout Ratio. Metode analisis data yang digunakan yaitu analisis regresi linear berganda dan pengujian data menggunakan program SPSS 16.0. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa secara parsial variabel profitabilitas berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap besarnya dividen. Pada variabel likuiditas, menunjukkan bahwa secara parsial variabel likuiditas berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap besarnya dividen. Secara simultan profitabilitas dan likuiditas berpengaruh terhadap besarnya dividen. Kata Kunci : Kata kunci: profitabilitas, likuiditas, dan dividen. This research is aimed to know the effect of profitability and liquidity towards the amount of dividend which is distributed to the shareholders in manufacturing company in Indonesia Stock Exchange (2010-2014 period) partially or simultaneously. This research population was manufacturing company which is registered in Indonesia Stock Exchange (2010-2014 period). Sample in this research was 14 manufacturing company which is taken by purposive sampling and data collected by time series, so that total sample was 70 companies. The data which is used in this research consist of all components of annual financial report, Current Ratio, Return On Equity, and Dividend Payout Ratio. Data analysis method which is used is double linear regression and data testing used SPSS 16.0 program. This research result showed that partially profitability variable has a positive and significant effect towards the amount of dividend. In liquidity variable, showed that partially liquidity variable has a positive and significant towards the amount of dividend. Simultaneously, profitability and liquidity are influenced towards the amount of dividend.keyword : Keywords: profitability, liquidity, dividend

Premarital Sex Behaviors of Teenagers: a Case in Bali, Indonesia

This study aims at describing premarital sex behavior as well as to analyze peers impact on premarital sexual behavior of teenagers. The study was conducted in Bali, Indonesia. This is an analytic observational research that applied cross-sectional approach. The subject was 566 teenagers who were studying at Senior High Schools in Buleleng, Bali. Data was collected using a questionnaire. We examined the validity and reliability of the data before analyzed it. We also collected data through interviews. After being analyzed by logistic regression analysis, the data shows that 47% of teenagers have  never watched porn, 35.9% of teenagers have never conducted kissing activity (with their partner), 24.7% of teenagers have never conducted sexuality rub toward their sexual organs, 22.8% of teenagers have ever masturbated, and 13.1% of teenagers have never experienced sexual intercourse. Teenagers who have got the correct information from peers are possible to have better premarital sex behaviors, 2 times greater than those who have not got correct information (OR = 2; p = 0.003). It is also found that teenagers who have got a good emotional relationship with peers are more possible to have better premarital sex behavior life, 3 times greater, than teenagers who have got a less emotional relationship with peers (OR = 3; p = 0.000). It is concluded that, statistically, there is significant influence between peers and premarital sex behaviors of teenagers in Indonesia

Project-Based Learning During Covid-19 Pandemic

Project-based learning is a learning method that uses projects as a medium. This learning model can be used as an alternative during the pandemic. This study aims at identifying; 1) The implementation of PjBL during Covid-19 pandemic; 2) The advantages of PjBL during Covid-19 pandemic; and 3) The disadvantages of PjBL during Covid-19 pandemic. This research method is library research that collected the data from research articles in national and International journals. Articles are selected based on several criteria. The study found that (1) the implementation of PjBL covers three main steps, they are planning, implementing, and evaluation, (2) there is five advantages of the implementation of PjBL during covid-19, and (3) there is one disadvantage of the implementation of PjBL during covid-19

The Effect of Attitude in Mediating Environmental Knowledge Towards the Purchase Intention of Green Cosmetic Product

The existence of public awareness of environmental preservation today, makes many companies, especially cosmetics, try to put forward the ecological aspects and raise environmental issues as one of their marketing strategies. This study aims to explain attitudes and environmental knowledge in determining the purchase intention of a green cosmetic product. This study uses a purposive sampling technique for determining samples. The samples used were 100 people, all consumers who had never bought green cosmetic products domiciled in Denpasar City. The data obtained were analyzed by descriptive analysis and PLS. The results found that environmental knowledge and attitudes had a positive and significant effect on purchase intentions. Furthermore, the attitude mediates a portion of environmental knowledge towards the purchase intention of a green cosmetic product. Therefore, it was expected the consumer who already have knowledge of the environment has the potential to become customers for green cosmetics producers. In addition, the companies need to increase the intention of potential consumers to switch to green cosmetics products by highlighting the added value of consumption of green products and further research can add construct alternatives that affect the purchase intention of green cosmetics products such as environmental awareness and increase references related to this study