Challenging the Surge of IBD: The role of the China Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation in the healthcare landscape of IBD

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic and life-long disease, and patients must ultimately learn to live with and manage the condition. With advances in diagnostics and treatment in IBD, healthcare professionals (HCP) and patients are now concerned with both quality of care (QOC) and quality of life (QOL). China Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation (CCCF) is committed to improving the QOC and QOL for IBD patients by garnering social resources. This paper details how CCCF has worked for better IBD management over the past five years. The foundation has four main projects: education programs for IBD HCPs and patients, support activities, public awareness and advocacy, and research programs. CCCF is an increasingly influential public welfare organization providing advocacy for IBD patients in China. The foundation is now entering the next stage of its development in pursuing professional operations and helping to solve the social problems experienced by IBD patients. CCCF ultimately plans to pioneer reforms in China’s medical system and hopefully provide a successful example of IBD advocacy for developing countries to emulate.

Reconstruction of Dhaka City in the 18th Century by the Nawab Family in the Light of Islamic Civilization

The Khwaja family of Dhaka having obtained the title of 'Nawab' from the Government of British India reconstructed the city of Dhaka in the 18th century following the light of Islamic civilization. ‘Knowledge’ and ‘charity’ were the basic foundation of Islamic civilization. Similarly, In islamic civilization it was the regular activities to maintain sustainable public welfare oriented architecture. The contemporary period of the Nawab family, they made name and fame for themselves to perform their humanitarian activities. Through business income they developed a waqf system and spent it for various welfare purposes such as: patronage of modern education, institutions, medicine and technology; assistance to the people who were suffering in natural calamities in national and international arena, and they maintained friendship with government bureaucrats. In Islamic civilization we see various attributes such as: human rights, freedom of thought and practicing religion, Muslim family bondage, social welfare, medicine, orphanage, architecture, aesthetics of utensils, library, beauty of modern and scientific discoveries, beauty of environment, gardening, characteristic beauty, fine taste etc. In the eighteenth century, we found similar characteristics in Dhaka City which inspired us to compare the ‘Dhaka city’ reconstruction according to the light of ‘Islamic civilization’. If we see the nature of muslim’s city in medieavel period around the globe, then we found similar features. In this article we try to learn the hidden power of the Nawab family which led them to ‘reconstruct’ the `Dhaka city' through the exploration of various historical books, to see the current activities of their organization, trustees and observing their way of life.

PENGARUH KEKAYAAN DAERAH, TINGKAT KESEJAHTERAAN MASYARAKAT, DAN KUALITAS LAPORAN KEUANGAN TERHADAP INTERNET FINANCIAL REPORTING

ABSTRACTThis study aims to determine of the effect of regional wealth, level of public welfare, and quality of financial reports on Internet Financial Reporting (IFR) for Regency/City Governments on the island of Sumatera in the 2019 fiscal year. Internet Financial Reporting in this study was measured based on the availability of financial information in accordance with the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affair No. 188.52/1797/SJ 2012. This study used a purposive sampling technique, the sample in this study includes 130. Financial reports data and GRDP/per capita income were obtained through the official website of the BPK and BPS, while the IFR data was obtained through the website of each local government for the year 2019 and processed by multiple linear regression using SPSS. The results show that regional wealth has a significant positive effect on the implementation of Internet Financial Reporting. While the level of community welfare and quality of financial reports do not have effect on the implementation of Internet Financial Reporting. This paper gives a comprehensive literature survey on the effect of the regional wealth, level of public welfare, and quality of financial reports on the Internet Financial Reporting in regional government on the Island of Sumatera.Keywords: Community Welfare, Internet Financial Reporting, Local Government, Regional Wealth, Quality of Financial Reports ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh kekayaan daerah, tingkat kesejahteraan masyarakat, dan kualitas laporan keuangan terhadap Internet Financial Reporting (IFR) Pemerintah Kabupaten/Kota di Pulau Sumatera Tahun Anggaran 2019. Pelaporan Keuangan Internet dalam penelitian ini diukur berdasarkan ketersediaan informasi keuangan sesuai dengan Instruksi Menteri Dalam Negeri Nomor 188.52/1797/SJ 2012. Penelitian ini menggunakan teknik purposive sampling, sampel dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 130 orang. Data laporan keuangan dan PDRB/pendapatan per kapita diperoleh melalui website resmi BPK dan BPS, sedangkan data IFR diperoleh melalui website masing-masing pemerintah daerah selama tahun 2019 dan diolah dengan regresi linier berganda menggunakan SPSS. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kekayaan daerah berpengaruh positif terhadap penerapan Internet Financial Reporting. Sedangkan tingkat kesejahteraan masyarakat dan kualitas laporan keuangan tidak berpengaruh terhadap implementasi Internet Financial Reporting. Tulisan ini memberikan kajian literatur yang komprehensif tentang pengaruh kekayaan daerah, tingkat kesejahteraan masyarakat, dan kualitas laporan keuangan terhadap Internet Financial Reporting pada pemerintah daerah di Pulau Sumatera.Kata Kunci: Kekayaan Daerah, Kesejahteraan Masyarakat, Kualitas Laporan Keuangan, Pelaporan Keuangan Internet, Pemerintah Daerah

The Effect of Revaluation, Inventory and Lease of State-Owned Assets on Optimization of Non-Tax State Revenue in Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia's state revenue is used for the state budget to achieve public welfare, where one component of state revenue is from non-tax state revenue. The government maximizes the use of state-owned assets to optimize non tax state revenue, so that it can support tax revenues in financing the state. The purpose of the study was to determine and analyze the effect of partially or simultaneously the revaluation, inventory, and lease of state-owned assets on the optimization of non-tax state revenue. This research is a quantitative research, using a survey method that uses an instrument in the form of a questionnaire. The conclusions are revaluation, inventory, and lease of state-owned assets partially positive and significant effect on the optimization of non-tax state revenue; and the revaluation, inventory and lease of state-owned assets simultaneously have a positive and significant effect on the optimization of non-tax state revenue. Keywords: [Non-Tax State Revenue, Revaluation, Inventory, Lease, State-Owned Assets]

Analysis on Relationship between Accurate Poverty Alleviation and Stock Price Collapse Risk from the Perspective of Information Disclosure

Accurate poverty alleviation (APA) is crucial to building a well-off society in an all-round way. Companies and the capital market are implementers of APA. In the context of stock price collapse risk (SPCR), this paper verifies whether the APA by state-owned listed enterprises (SOLEs) could effectively suppress SPCR. Empirical results show that SOLEs engaging in APA and investing heavily in APA have a relatively low SPCR. This conclusion holds after the control of robustness and endogenous factors. Information disclosure system mediates the effect of APA on SPCR. Besides, APA suppresses SPCR more significantly in central state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and public welfare SOEs. Further analysis indicates that good institutional environment, strong poverty alleviation pressure, poverty experience of executives, and model of party organization governance can effectively enhance the influence of APA on SPCR. The research results suggest that SOLEs actively engaging in APA can effectively suppress SPCR by disclosing APA information. This is an organic manifestation of APA effectiveness in the capital market.

Promoting a Pro-Ecological View: The Effects of Art on Engineering Students’ Perceptions of the Environment

In an effort to suggest an extended role that art could play in promoting a pro-ecological worldview, this study reviews a two-week artist-led workshop, organized as part of an undergraduate art course offered by a university specializing in engineering and the natural sciences. To explore the potential impact of studio work on engineering student perceptions, we collected data from multiple sources, including field notes, participant observations, outcomes of the group projects, and participants’ responses to studio work during the workshop. In particular, to provide educational implications, our review focused on the findings from post-project surveys collected through online questionnaires and in-person interviews. In order to make suggestions on art courses that are specifically designed to cultivate engineering students’ perceptions of the environment, we carried out online surveys based on the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale. The results of the NEP-based surveys indicated that engineering students’ anti-anthropocentrism, rejection of human exceptionalism, and acknowledgement of the possibility of an eco-crisis were significantly correlated with a belief in public welfare. By comparison, respondents’ stronger public welfare beliefs were not associated with beliefs in limits to growth and the fragility of nature’s balance. This study responds to today’s complex socio-environmental issues by contributing to the discussion about the need to integrate interdisciplinary approaches into engineering education on environmental sustainability.

Perilaku Pemerintah Indonesia Dalam Memaksimalkan Welfare (Pendekatan Rawlasian-Utilitarian)

The concept of utilitarian welfare in Indonesia is identically applied to the implementation of the government's fiscal capacity policy. The research design is a quantitative concept, namely an experimental design using the weights of measuring income per capital, taxes, subsidies as a function of Iriani-Tamoka welfare with the central government constraint is to maximize the social welfare of the community. The results of the study found that government behavior in setting the tax burden is identical to utilitarian behavior in maximizing the welfare of its people. The government's transfer policy through social assistance and social security which is distributed to the community as an effort by the government to maximize utility through public welfare under the constraints of subsidy allocation and the multiplier effect caused by the determination of government taxes is identical to Rawlsian's behavior.

Islamic Reformation and the Tools of Ijtihad

This chapter argues that jurists can employ various tools like public welfare and the principle of no harm to either modify earlier legal enactments or formulate new ones. It contends that these devices can provide only partial and temporary amendments to existing legal injunctions. The chapter also examines the role of custom (‘urf) in the reformation process and shows that the Qur’an presumes that its legal rulings will be understood based on prevalent customary practices and values. Contemporary jurists who insist on enforcing earlier edicts are, in effect, validating pre-Islamic Arabian cultural values and imposing them on contemporary Muslims. The chapter also argues that some of the laws that were instituted in a distinct cultural context will have to be revised especially when they encounter a different cultural framework. It also explores how local custom that is endorsed by people of sound mind can legislate laws in today’s diasporic context.