Efektivitas Perubahan Lembaga Pendidikan Tenaga Kependidikan (LPTK)/Institut Keguruan Dan Ilmu Pendidikan (IKIP) Menjadi Universitas

The research investigates the effectiveness of the status change of teacher training institute into university. Research uses mixed quantitative and qualitative approach, evaluation and case study methods. sampling are stratified and purposive from eight public universities. Data collecting was Focus Group Discussion (FGD), kuessioner, and interview. Data analysis used percentage quantitative and case analysis of the unique of each study program at each university. The study shows: 1) universities are still keeping their roles as their core business to produce teachers and educational administrators, 2) Students competence significantly improves due to the education and non education program of the study reciprocally give or help each other as well as share their experience to enhance students' competence in science and social subjects, 3) the enrolement of students tends to be increased every year with high academic qualification candidates, 4) curriculum consists of education and non education (pure science and social subjects), 5) lectrurers' qualification also increases significantly, srata 1 tends to be decrease, while master dan doctor degree-S2/S3 increase significantly every year/period, 6) budget of each university and faculty is different due to the different location of universities and needs of each faculty, and 7) students cummulative achievement index (3.275) increases every year

Evaluasi Penyelenggaraan Sekolah Bertaraf Internasional (SBI) di Sekolah Dasar (SD), Sekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP), Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA), dan Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK)

Penyelenggaraan RSBI merupakan salah satu USAha pemerintah untuk meningkatkan mutu pendidikan agar mampu bersaing dengan negara lain. Sejak diselenggarakan tahun 2006, RSBI belum pernah dievaluasi secara komprehensif. Oleh karena itu, perlu dievaluasi PPDB, prestasi, pengelolaan pendanaan, dan sistem tata kelola dan akuntabilitas penyelenggaraannya. Penelitian menggunakan metode campuran kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Sampel sebanyak 4575910 yang diambil secara purposive. Responden: komite sekolah, kepala sekolah, guru bahasa Inggris, matematika, dan IPA yang mengajar di kelas RSBI dan kelas reguler. Temuan: Kemampuan bahasa Inggris pendidik dan tenaga kependidikan RSBI di semua tingkat masih level novice (skor TOEIC 10-250). Kemampuan guru bahasa Inggris kelas RSBI dan kelas reguler relatif sama. Di SD dan SMP, kemampuan siswa dan guru RSBI sedikit lebih tinggi daripada kelas regular. Kemampuan guru Biologi dan Fisika kelas RSBI di SMA lebih rendah daripada guru kelas reguler. Penggunaan dana kurang transparan. Rekomendasi, perlu peningkatan kualifikasi dan kompetensi akademik guru dan perlu disusun panduan pengelolaan pendanaan yang lebih rinci

Pemanfaatan Ilmu Pengetahuan dan Teknologi dalam Kegiatan Pengabdian Masyarakat di Perguruan Tinggi Idris HM Noor

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan informasi tentang: 1) kebijakan program penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat yang dilakukan oleh perguruan tinggi (PT); dan 2) pemanfaatan hasil-hasil penelitian dan pengembangan. Penelitian dilaksanakan mulai bulan Juni sampai Desember 2009. Sampel penelitian sebanyak 36 orang dari lembaga penelitian dan pengabdian kepada masyarakat dan dosen senior yang diambil secara purposive di PT di provinsi DIY, Jawa Barat, NTB, Bali, Kalimantan Timur, Kalimantan Barat, Lampung, Sumatera Barat, dan provinsi Sumatera Utara. Data dikumpulkan dengan kuesioner, pedoman studi dokumentasi, dan pedoman wawancara. Data dianalisis menggunakan teknik kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menujukkan bahwa: 1) Kebijakan program penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat yang dilakasanakan oleh PT berdasarkan kebijakan DP2M Dikti; 2) Dikti masih sedikit menetapkan kebijakan penelitian untuk pengabdian kepada masyarakat dan kurang melaksanakan monitoring dan evaluasi program PT

Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat pada Perguruan Tinggi

Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk mengetahui implementasi kebijakan dan pelaksanaan program penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat pada perguruan tinggi (PT). Metode penelitian adalah metode campuran kuantitatif dan kualitatif dengan teknik analisis deskriptif. Sampel penelitian berjumlah 160 responden yang diambil secara purposive yaitu ketua/anggota lembaga penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat di perguruan tinggi Negeri (PTN) dan perguruan tinggi Swasta (PTS). Penelitian dilaksanakan selama 7 bulan mulai bulan April sampai bulan Oktober 2008 di 6 provinsi yaitu provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB), provinsi Bali, provinsi Daerah Khusus Yogyakarta (DIY), provinsi Jawa Barat, provinsi Sumatera Barat, dan provinsi Sumatera Utara. Alat dan teknik pengumpulan data adalah pedoman studi dokumentasi, kuesioner, wawancara, dan focus group discussion (FGD). Data primer adalah nara sumber di PT, sedangkan data sekunder adalah dokumen mengenai peraturan Perundang-undangan dan penelitian penelitian terkait sebelumnya. Hasil penelitian adalah: 1) kebijakan program penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat di PT berdasarkan kebijakan umum Direktorat Pendidikan Tinggi, Depdiknas; 2) implementasi kebijakan dalam meningkatkan kualitas pendidikan tinggi masih ada kendala antara lain lembaga penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat masih terpisah, sosialisasi P2M masih kurang, dan kemampuan metodologi penelitian dosen masih rendah; 3) hasil-hasil penelitian yang dilaksanakan oleh PTN/PTS dapat dimanfaatkan untuk pengembangan dan peningkatan ilmu pengetahuan. Namun masih sedikit yang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk meningkatkan jumlah materi ajar, publikasi nasional/Internasional, dan perolehan hak paten; dan 4) kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat belum berdasarkan hasil penelitian

Analisis Pasar Obligasi Pemerintah di Indonesia

This article focused on analyze (1) Effect of the budget deficit, official foreign borrowing, certificate of Bank Indonesia (SBI), and demand of the government bonds to the issuances of the government bonds in Indonesia. (2) The influence certificate of Bank Indonesia (SBI), bond price, (Composite Stock Price Index) IHSG, and supply of the government bonds to demand of the government bonds in Indonesia. Data used time series of (I year kuartal 2004 – IV year kuartal 2011). This article use analyzer model equation of simultaneous with method of Two Stage Least Squared (TSLS). The result of research concludes that (1) the budget deficit have a significant and positive impact on supply of the government bonds, official foreign borrowing, certificate of Bank Indonesia (SBI) and demand of the government bonds significantly and negatively influence on issuances of government bonds. (2) The influence certificate of Bank Indonesia (SBI) have a significant and positive impact on demand of government bonds, IHSG and supply of the government bonds significantly and negatively on demand of government bonds in Indonesia. While the bond price is not significant and negative effect on demand of the government bonds in Indonesia

The Effect of Oil Revenues and Monetary Stability Against Manufacturing Sector and Exchange Rates in Indonesia

This article focused on analyze (1) the effect of oil production, fuel consumption, oil prices, exports and imports of oil and the rate of inflation affects income in the Indonesian manufacturing sector, (2) the effect of manufacturing revenues, the money supply, rate interest, rate of inflation, exports and imports of oil and oil prices affect the rupiah. This research is descriptive and associative. While this type of data is the documentary data, the data source is a secondary data as well as data in the form of time series of quarter one 2000 to quarter four of 2012. This study uses a simultaneous equation model analysis tools in the form of least squares (LS). Endogenous variables in this study the manufacturing sector revenues and the rupiah whereas exogenous variable is oil production, fuel consumption, oil prices, oil exports, oil imports, inflation rates, interest rates and the money supply The study concluded that ( 1 ) the production of crude oil , oil exports and inflation rate is statistically significant and negative to earnings in the Indonesian manufacturing sector , fuel consumption and oil imports significant and positive impact on revenues statistically processing industry in Indonesia , whereas no significant effect on the price of oil and has a statistically positive direction to the manufacturing sector revenues in Indonesia . ( 2 ) the export of oil and oil prices and the negative effect is statistically significant against the rupiah . But the money supply effect is statistically significant and positive against the rupiah , oil imports , interest rates and income do not affect the manufacturing sector is statistically significant and negative against the rupiah , while the inflation rate has no effect is statistically significant and positive exchange Rupiah . Based on the results of these studies can be recommended policies include the government should reduce the consumption of fossil fuels by finding new alternative energy. Although this policy is not popular but the government must revoke the fuel subsidy, in addition to reducing the burden on the state will also have an impact on the reduction of congestion and air pollution. Indonesian government through the banks should maintain exchange rate stability, as the rupiah will reflect the state of the domestic economy

Role of cannabinoids in the regulation of bone remodeling

The endocannabinoid system plays a key role in regulating a variety of physiological processes such as appetite control and energy balance, pain perception, and immune responses. Recent studies have implicated the endocannabinoid system in the regulation of bone cell activity and bone remodelling. These studies showed that endogenous cannabinoid ligands, cannabinoid receptors and the enzymes responsible for ligand synthesis and breakdown all play important roles in bone mass and in the regulation of bone disease. These findings suggest that the endocannabinoid pathway could be of value as a therapeutic target for the prevention and treatment of bone diseases. Here, we review the role of the skeletal endocannabinoid system in the regulation of bone remodelling in health and disease

Single-, Dual- and Triple-band Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna

The paper presents a frequency reconfigurable slot dipole antenna. The antenna is capable of being switched between single-band, dual-band or triple-band operation. The antenna incorporates three pairs of pin-diodes which are located within the dipole arms. The antenna was designed to operate at 2.4 GHz, 3.5 GHz and 5.2 GHz using the aid of CST Microwave Studio. The average measured gains are 1.54, 2.92 and 1.89 dBi for low, mid and high band respectively. A prototype was then constructed in order to verify the performance of the device. A good level of agreement was observed between simulation and measurement