Searching for Cosmic String using data from the third Advanced LIGO-Virgo observing run

This study aims to analyze causes of the low uptake of the budget and formulate a strategy of maximizing the absorption of expenditure on Balai Penelitian dan Pengembangan Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan Manokwari. Respondents involved are 20 people that consist of: treasury officials and holder output of activity. The data used were secondary data in the form of reports on budget realization (LRA) quarter I, II, III and IV of the fiscal year 2011 to 2015, and the primary data were in the form of interviews with the help of a questionnaire. While the analysis of the data used was descriptive analysis using data tabulation, and the analysis of the three stages strategy of the decision making used IFE and EFE matrix, SWOT matrix and QSPM matrix.The results showed that there are 19 factors causing low of budget absorption until the end of the third quarter, and there were 10 drafts of policy as a strategy for maximizing the absorption of the budget on Balai Penelitian dan Pengembangan Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan Manokwari.ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis penyebab rendahnya penyerapan anggaran belanja dan merumuskan strategi maksimalisasi penyerapan anggaran belanja pada Balai Penelitian dan Pengembangan Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan Manokwari. Responden yang terlibat adalah 20 orang yaitu pejabat perbendaharaan dan pemegang output kegiatan. Data yang digunakan adalah data sekunder berupa laporan realisasi anggaran (LRA) triwulan I, II, III dan IV tahun anggaran 2011 sampai 2015, dan data primer berupa wawancara dengan bantuan kuesioner. Sedangkan analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis deskriptif menggunakan analisis tabulasi, dan analisis analisis strategi tiga tahap pengambilan keputusan menggunakan matriks IFE dan EFE, matriks SWOT dan matriks QSPM. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat 19 faktor penyebab rendahnya penyerapan anggaran belanja sampai akhir triwulan III, dan terdapat 10 rancangan kebijakan sebagai strategi maksimalisasi penyerapan anggaran belanja di Balai Penelitian dan Pengembangan Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan Manokwari.

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Airline Financial Distress and Customer Satisfaction

Journal of the Transportation Research Forum ◽

10.5399/osu/jtrf.48.1.1771 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Dina Ribbink ◽

Christian Hofer ◽

Martin Dresner

Keyword(s):

Customer Service ◽

Airline Industry ◽

Financial Distress ◽

Service Levels ◽

The Third ◽

Time Performance ◽

Using Data ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

An investigation is conducted on the effect of financial distress on customer service levels in the U.S. airline industry. Using data from the first quarter of 1998 to the third quarter of 2006, we employ a seemingly unrelated regressions (SUR) model to analyze the impact of financial distress on three measures of customer service. We find that higher financial distress is associated with better on-time performance of airlines and fewer lost bags. The relationship of airline financial distress to the number of bumped customers, however, is insignificant.

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Performance of supermarkets in Santa Catarina: an analysis of small and medium-sized units

Gestão & Produção ◽

10.1590/0104-530x4685-20 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Julio Cesar Araujo Silva Junior ◽

Douglas Nodari ◽

Mariana de Oliveira Cavalheiro ◽

Fernanda Gomes Victor

Keyword(s):

Data Envelopment Analysis ◽

Third Sector ◽

Individual Performance ◽

Maximum Efficiency ◽

Data Envelopment ◽

Santa Catarina ◽

The Third ◽

Strong Competition ◽

Using Data ◽

Relevant Finding

Abstract: The retail supermarket sector is one of the most important in the third sector. Besides being one of that most generates direct and indirect jobs, it is one of the first to capture changes in consumer behavior. Given the strong competition and constant evolution of the sector, it is necessary to improve techniques for individual performance measurement of the networks and the construction of parameters of relative comparison between the units. The aim of this article is to analyze the efficiency of a 31 supermarkets sample in Santa Catarina, using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The variables used in the investigation were gross sales, the number of employees, sales area and number of checkout's in the period of 2014 and 2015. The results pointed out a low percentage of units at maximum efficiency for the two periods analyzed. Another relevant finding was that the variables that presented a mismatch to reach the maximum efficiency of the units was the “Sales area (m2)” and “number of employees“, suggesting the existence of idle structure capacity.

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Management of an Industry Standard Class in Vocational High Schools

Jurnal Pendidikan Teknologi dan Kejuruan ◽

10.21831/jptk.v24i1.14710 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 46-51

Author(s):

Suroto Suroto ◽

Nguyen Tien Hung

Keyword(s):

High Schools ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

The Third ◽

Industry Partner ◽

Industry Standard ◽

Learning Evaluation ◽

Vocational High Schools ◽

Using Data ◽

Selection Of

To remove a growing gap between students’ skills received in vocational high schools and real demands in the workforce, industries should be actively involved not only as external users but to work in curriculum development and learning evaluation. This study describes the process of planning, implementation, and supervision of an industry standard class resulted from collaboration between the school and the industry. This study was a qualitative study using data collection techniques of interviews, observation and documentation. The results revealed (1) the industry and the school were partners in planning the industry standard class including development of curriculum, facilities, infrastructure, teachers, and materials, (2) implementation of the class included theoritical and practical learning, and industry practices, (3) supervision was performed by the industry partner administrating industry standard competency tests, and (4) management of the class consisted of three sequenced stages namely selection of students in the third semester, implementation of industry standardized teaching and learning process from the third semester to the sixth semester, and a competency test in the sixth semester.

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What Started Your Labor? Responses From Mothers in the Third Pregnancy, Infection, and Nutrition Study

The Journal of Perinatal Education ◽

10.1891/1058-1243.23.3.155 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 155-164 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marit L. Bovbjerg ◽

Kelly R. Evenson ◽

Chyrise Bradley ◽

John M. Thorp

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Sexual Activity ◽

Natural Phenomenon ◽

The Third ◽

Maternal Illness ◽

Nutrition Study ◽

Potential Risks ◽

Emotional Trigger ◽

Using Data ◽

Specific Trigger

Many behaviors and substances have been purported to induce labor. Using data from the Third Pregnancy, Infection, and Nutrition cohort, we focus on 663 women who experienced spontaneous labor. Of the women who reported a specific labor trigger, 32% reported physical activity (usually walking), 24% a clinician-mediated trigger, 19% a natural phenomenon, 14% some other physical trigger (including sexual activity), 12% reported ingesting something, 12% an emotional trigger, and 7% maternal illness. With the exceptions of walking and sexual intercourse, few women reported any one specific trigger, although various foods/substances were listed in the “ingesting something” category. Discussion of potential risks associated with “old wives’ tale” ways to induce labor may be warranted as women approach term.

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Relationship Between Serum IGF-1 and BMI Differs by Age

The Journals of Gerontology Series A ◽

10.1093/gerona/glaa282 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Rehab A Sherlala ◽

Candace M Kammerer ◽

Allison L Kuipers ◽

Mary K Wojczynski ◽

Svetlana V Ukraintseva ◽

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Keyword(s):

Family Study ◽

Age Groups ◽

Serum Levels ◽

The Third ◽

Age Related ◽

Long Life ◽

Using Data ◽

The Relationship ◽

Nutritional Examination Survey ◽

Related Pattern

Abstract Background Serum levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and body mass index (BMI) are both associated with susceptibility to age-related diseases. Reports on the correlation between them have been conflicting, with both positive to negative correlations reported. However, the age ranges of the participants varied widely among these studies. Methods Using data on 4241 participants (aged 24–110) from the Long Life Family Study, we investigated the relationship between IGF-1 and BMI by age groups using regression analysis. Results When stratified by age quartile, the relationship between IGF-1 and BMI varied: in the first quartile (Q1, 20–58 years) the relationship was negative (β = −0.2, p = .002); in Q2 (58–66 years) and Q3 (67–86 years) the relationship was negative (β = −0.07, β = −0.01, respectively) but nonsignificant; and in Q4 (87–110 years) the relationship was positive (β = 0.31, p = .0002). This pattern did not differ by sex. We observed a similar age-related pattern between IGF-1 and BMI among participants in the third National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey. Conclusions Our results that the relationship between IGF-1 and BMI differs by age may explain some of the inconsistency in reports about their relationship and encourage additional studies to understand the mechanisms underlying it.

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Cross-Nativity Partnering and Political Participation: The Effect of Partner's Immigration Background on Voting Across Immigrant Generations

10.31235/osf.io/z8nsr ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Hansini Munasinghe

Keyword(s):

Political Participation ◽

Immigrant Integration ◽

Political Life ◽

Third Generation ◽

Immigrant Generation ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

The Third ◽

Using Data ◽

The Individual

Research on cross-nativity partnering – relationships between immigrants and non-immigrants – has mainly focused on socioeconomic determinants and outcomes of these unions, and their sociopolitical consequences remain underexplored. Extrapolating existing research reveals how cross-nativity relationships may serve as conduits of resources, knowledge, and connections that facilitate political participation; as spaces of political resocialization, bringing together partners with different experiences and understandings of citizenship; and, alternatively, as a selection mechanism whereby immigrant integration results in cross-nativity relationships among those more likely to participate in politics. Using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) and linking information about married and cohabiting couples, this study assesses whether cross-nativity partnering is associated with voting. Logistic regression models predicting voting using respondents’ and their partners’ immigrant generation indicate two broad findings. First, having a second or third+ generation partner is positively associated with voting, consistent with theoretical expectations that US-born partners provide resources or signal selection. Second, and more surprisingly, there is small but significant variation in voting among the third+ generation based on their partner’s immigrant generation. This indicates inadequacies in theorizing US-born partners solely as providers, and is more consistent with political resocialization. Importantly, this finding challenges theoretical and empirical assumptions in immigration research about the third+ generation as a static baseline. Overall, this study contributes to expanding scholarly focus beyond the individual to the role of relationships, in particular of spouses and cohabiting partners, in integrating immigrants into political life, and, more broadly, in shaping and contextualizing interactions between the state and its citizens and subjects.

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Sex Differences in the Differentiation of Psychiatric Symptomatology

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.154.3.364 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 154 (3) ◽

pp. 364-367 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

M. E. Briscoe ◽

J. L. Vázquez-Barquero ◽

P. Williams ◽

J. F. Diez-Manrique ◽

C. Peña

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Principal Components ◽

Community Survey ◽

Anxiety And Depression ◽

General Factor ◽

Psychiatric Symptomatology ◽

The Third ◽

Explained Variance ◽

Components Analysis ◽

Using Data

A study was conducted using data obtained from the first stage of a community survey in Spain, in which the 60-item version of the GHQ was administered to 1224 adults. Three hypotheses concerning respondents aged under 55 years were tested. The first was that in the context of a principal-components analysis, a greater proportion of the explained variance would be accounted for by the first (general) factor in women than in men. This was supported. The second hypothesis was that the intercorrelations between the GHQ-28 subscales would be greater for women than for men. This was refuted. The third hypothesis was that the differentiation between anxiety and depression would be greater in men than in women. This was supported. The differences investigated were found not to apply among respondents aged 55 years and over.

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The determinants of different types of R&D cooperation

Economia e Politica Industriale ◽

10.3280/poli2009-001005 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 41-66

Author(s):

Valentina Morandi

Keyword(s):

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Jel Classification ◽

Manufacturing Firms ◽

Stable Set ◽

Management Skills ◽

Technological Regime ◽

Community Innovation Survey ◽

The Third ◽

Different Types ◽

Using Data

- This paper provides new empirical evidence on the determinants of R&D cooperation by investigating the drivers of cooperation with different types of partners. Using data collected by the Third Italian Community Innovation Survey, this study estimates the influence of perceived obstacles to innovation, technological regime and market extension, a firm's absorptive capacity, appropriability conditions, partner selection capabilities, and management skills on the propensity to cooperate. The results of the multivariate analysis suggest a relatively stable set of R&D cooperation determinants, as well as some differences across cooperation types. Keywords: R&D cooperation, innovating manufacturing firms, Italian CIS-3 Parole chiave: collaborazione in R&S, imprese manifatturiere innovative, CIS 3 italiana JEL Classification: O310, O320

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The rate of transmission of the Guatemala earthquake, April 19, 1902

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character ◽

10.1098/rspa.1905.0007 ◽

1905 ◽

Vol 76 (508) ◽

pp. 102-111 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Wave Motion ◽

Critical Examination ◽

Similar Nature ◽

The Third ◽

Third Phase ◽

The Earth ◽

Second Phases ◽

Two Phases ◽

Using Data ◽

Open Question

In 1900 I showed, by a critical examination of the records of earthquakes, obtained at a distance from their origin, that three distinct forms of wave motion could he recognized, to which I applied the terms first, second and third phase, and that these travelled along different paths and at different speeds. It was suggested that the first and second phases represented the outcrop of condensational and distortional mass waves, which had travelled through the earth, and that the third phase was due to waves, partly elastic and partly gravitational, which had travelled along or near the surface. These explanations have not been universally accepted, and alternative suggestions have been made, but the distinction of the three phases has been generally recognized, the nomenclature adopted, and the first two phases accepted as mass waves travelling through the earth. This last conclusion has been borne out by the time-curves published by Professor Milne, who, using data whose greater abundance compensated for a lesser degree of precision, deduced a set of time-curves essentially identical with mine, in that they showed a curvature in the first two phases which is only compatible with the supposition that they belong to mass waves. In Japan these conclusions have never been formally traversed, but in the more recent publications of that country we find that no less than eight phases are recognized, and designated by the symbols P 1 , P 2 . . . P 8 ; of these P 1 and P 2 correspond to the first and second phases of the last paragraph, while the remainder constitute the third phase. The nature of these third phase waves is still a very open question, and it is doubtful whether there is any real difference in the character of the wave motion of P 3 , P 4 , P 5 , etc., or whether we are not dealing with waves of essentially similar nature, whose rate of propagation is a function of their period; in any case it is acknowledged that these waves are propagated along or close below the surface of the earth. The same conclusion is, however, also adopted for the first two phases, and the rectilinear character of their time curves apparently established by Dr. Imamura, on the basis of a large number of observations.

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