Analisis Pengaruh Kualitas Pelayanan (Pada Dimensi Reliability,Responsiveness,Assurance,Empathy Dan Tangible) Terhadap Loyalitas Konsumen Dengan Kepuasan Konsumen Sebagai Variabel Intervening

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh kualitas pelayanan (pada dimensi reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy dan tangible) secara parsial dan simultan terhadap loyalitas konsumen dengan kepuasan konsumen sebagai variabel moderat (study pada Catering Dapur Ibu Kabupaten Kediri). Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah data primer yang diperoleh dari kuesioner. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 70 orang responden yang berdomisili di wilayah Kabupaten Kediri metode sampling purposive. Teknik analisis yang digunakan adalah metode regresi berganda dan uji hipotesis menggunakan uji T dan uji F. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara parsial dan simultan variabel responsiveness (X2), assurance (X3), empathy (X4) dan tangible (X5) berpengaruh signifikan terhadap loyalitas konsumen (Y1) dan variabel reliability (X1) secara parsial tidak berpengaruh terhadap loyalitas konsumen sedangkan variabel moderat kepuasan konsumen (Y2) memperkuat hubungan antara kualitas pelayanan dan loyalitas konsumen

Mechanisms for Outsourcing Computation via a Decentralized Market

As the number of personal computing and IoT devices grows rapidly, so does the amount of computational power that is available at the edge. Since many of these devices are often idle, there is a vast amount of computational power that is currently untapped, and which could be used for outsourcing computation. Existing solutions for harnessing this power, such as volunteer computing (e.g., BOINC), are centralized platforms in which a single organization or company can control participation and pricing. By contrast, an open market of computational resources, where resource owners and resource users trade directly with each other, could lead to greater participation and more competitive pricing. To provide an open market, we introduce MODiCuM, a decentralized system for outsourcing computation. MODiCuM deters participants from misbehaving-which is a key problem in decentralized systems-by resolving disputes via dedicated mediators and by imposing enforceable fines. However, unlike other decentralized outsourcing solutions, MODiCuM minimizes computational overhead since it does not require global trust in mediation results. We provide analytical results proving that MODiCuM can deter misbehavior, and we evaluate the overhead of MODiCuM using experimental results based on an implementation of our platform

The Identification of Land Subsidance by Levelling Measurement and GPR Data at Tanjung Emas Harbour, Semarang

Recently, the main problem in Semarang City is flood. This area has low relief that consists of coastal alluvial deposits, swamp and marine sediments. The coastline is characterized by muddy, sandy, and rocky coasts, and mangrove coast. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) records, show that subsurface geological condition of northern part of Semarang is coastal alluvial deposit and in the south is volcanic rocks. The aims of this this research is to determine land subsidence by levelling measurement in 2005 in Tanjung Emas Harbour area built on 1995. During ten years, there are various land subsidance in this area: in Coaster Street (21 – 41 cm), container wharf (62 – 94 cm), north breakwater (64 – 79 cm), west breakwater (74 – 140 cm), east groin (76 – 89 cm), and stacking area ( 77 – 109 cm). According to this research, it is concluded that one reason causes of flooding in this area is land subsidence.Keywords : flood, land subsidence, levelling, Tanjung Emas Harbour, Semarang Permasalahan yang berkembang di Kota Semarang saat ini adalah terjadinya banjir. Kawasan ini berelief rendah yang disusun oleh endapan aluvial pantai, rawa dan sedimen laut. Karakteristik garis pantai dicirikan oleh pantai berlumpur, berpasir dan berbatuan, serta pantai berbakau. Rekaman Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) menunjukkan kondisi geologi bawah permukaan utara kota Semarang merupakan endapan aluvial pantai dan bagian selatan disusun oleh batuan vulkanik. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kondisi penurunan tanah melalui pengukuran sifatdatar yang dilakukan pada tahun 2005, di kawasan Pelabuhan Tanjung Emas yang dibangun pada tahun 1995. Dalam kurun waktu 10 tahun, diketahui bahwa terdapat variasi penurunan tanah di kawasan ini: ruas jalan Coaster (21-41 cm), di kawasan dermaga peti kemas (62-94 cm), pemecah gelombang sebelah utara (64-79 cm), pemecah gelombang sebelah barat (74-140 cm), penahan gelombang sebelah timur (76-89 cm), dan pelataran peti kemas (77-109 cm). Berdasarkan penelitian ini, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa salahsatu penyebab banjir di kawasan ini adalah akibat penurunan tanah

Positioning Women\u27s Inclusion in Peace Negotiations: The Landmark Case of the Philippines

Women have historically been excluded in formal peace processes. While structural changes have pushed for women’s participation in peace negotiations, we locate the shift from women’s exclusion to women’s inclusion as enacted in the discursive patterns of talk. Using positioning theory as a discursive lens, we looked at how women’s inclusion was facilitated in the peace negotiations between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) that reached the landmark Philippine peace accord of 2014. Positioning theory argues that every utterance is a speech act that ascribes rights and duties, in this case, the right of women to be included in peace negotiations. Each act of positioning is comprised of storylines, identities, rights and duties, and social forces. From interviews with members of the GPH-MILF peace panels, we identified three patterns of positioning: (1) storylines of cultural and religious restrictions resisting women’s inclusion; (2) storylines of gender equality; compliance with important statutes; and political will facilitating women’s inclusion; and (3) storylines of women’s inclusion transforming women’s identities in peace negotiations from normative to agentic. Results are discussed in terms of the theoretical and practical contributions of a discursive approach to women’s inclusion in peace processes

Static critical behavior of the ferromagnetic transition in LaMnO3.14 manganite

The ferromagnetic phase transition in LaMnO3.14 is investigated by measuring the dc magnetization as a function of magnetic field and temperature. Modified Arrott plot and Kouvel Fisher analysis yield estimates for the critical exponents beta, and gama, with values between that predicted for the Heisenberg model and mean field theory. At low fields we found an anomalous small value of beta, indicating that the critical behavior is influenced by the range of magnetic fields used.Comment: Presented at ICM 2000 conference. Accepted for publication at J. Magn. Magn. Mate