Assessment of Ecosystem Health and Its Key Determinants in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River Urban Agglomeration, China

Urban agglomerations have gradually formed in different Chinese cities, exerting great pressure on the ecological environment. Ecosystem health is an important index for the evaluation of the sustainable development of cities, but it has rarely been used for urban agglomerations. In this study, the ecosystem health in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River Urban Agglomeration was assessed using the ecosystem vigor, organization, resilience, and services framework at the county scale. A GeoDetector was used to determine the effects of seven factors on ecosystem health. The results show that: (1) The spatial distribution of ecosystem health differs significantly. The ecosystem health in the centers of Wuhan Metropolis, Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan City Group, and Poyang Lake City Group is significantly lower than in surrounding areas. (2) Temporally, well-level research units improve gradually; research units with relatively weak levels remain relatively stable. (3) The land use degree is the main factor affecting ecosystem health, with interactions between the different factors. The effects of these factors on ecosystem health are enhanced or nonlinear; (4) The effect of the proportion of construction land on ecosystem health increases over time. The layout used in urban land use planning significantly affects ecosystem health.

Research on Green Innovation of the Great Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan City Group Based on Network

This article aims to promote the high-quality development of the Great Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan City Group and improve the green innovation efficiency of urban agglomeration. This article takes green innovation in networked urban agglomerations as its research subject. Furthermore, it analyzes the impact of network structure characteristics such as network scale and network structure hole on green innovation in urban agglomerations. Moreover, this study uses the unexpected output SBM model to measure green innovation efficiency of the eight prefecture-level cities in the Great Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan City Group from 2012 to 2018 and analyzes its influencing factors using the panel Tobit model. The results show that the overall green innovation efficiency of the Great Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan City Group is stable. The distribution of urban green innovation efficiency in the region is characterized by urban gradient and mid-stream drive. In the process of networked innovation, economic development, which has a positive impact on green innovation, promotes the overall effectiveness of the network structure. The low efficiency of urban educational resources, which has a negative impact on green innovation, leads to the redundancy of a network scale. The unapparent advantage of industrial structures, which have a negative impact on the development of green innovation, leads to the insufficient depth and breadth of network openness. Lastly, government support and the level of infrastructure have no impact on green innovation.

PENGELOMPOKAN PRODUKSI PERKEBUNAN MENURUT KABUPATEN/KOTA JAWA TENGAH TAHUN 2020 MENGGUNAKAN HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING

Indonesia is a country with arable land and empowered to do things; one of them is plantation. One of the provinces in Indonesia having a wealth of natural resources is Central Java. According to Dinas Penanaman Modal dan Pelayanan Terpadu Satu Pintu Provinsi Jawa Tengah, Central Java Province has great potential of the land. Based on BPS data, Central Java is in the seventh position in the results plantation production in 2020. Central Java Province also has the highest exported agriculture that won Abdi Tani Award in 2021. Researchers conducted using hierarchical clustering analysis method to know district/city group and productivity based on the results of plantation production. By the grouping results based on a coconut plantation, rubber tree, coffee, cocoa, sugar cane, tobacco, and pepper production, there are three clusters with profiling results are the first cluster has 30 districts/cities with high category plantation production, the second cluster has one district with middle category plantation production, and the third cluster has four districts/cities with low category plantation production. Abstrak Indonesia adalah negara yang memiliki tanah subur sehingga dapat diberdayakan untuk berbagai hal, salah satunya adalah perkebunan. Salah satu provinsi di Indonesia yang memiliki kekayaan sumber daya alam berupa tanah subur adalah Provinsi Jawa Tengah. Menurut Dinas Penanaman Modal dan Pelayanan Terpadu Satu Pintu Provinsi Jawa Tengah, Jawa Tengah memiliki potensi usaha dari hasil tanah yang sangat besar. Berdasarkan data BPS, Jawa Tengah berada di posisi ke-7 dalam hasil produksi perkebunan tahun 2020. Jawa Tengah juga merupakan provinsi dengan nilai ekspor pertanian tertinggi yang meraih penghargaan Abdi Bakti Tani 2021. Peneliti melakukan analisis dengan menggunakan metode hierarchical clustering, dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui kelompok-kelompok daerah serta produktivitasnya berdasarkan hasil produksi perkebunan. Dari hasil clustering dan profilisasi berdasarkan hasil produksi kelapa, karet, kopi, kakao, tebu, tembakau, dan lada diperoleh cluster 1 memiliki 30 kabupaten/kota dengan kategori hasil produksi perkebunan tinggi, cluster 2 memiliki 1 kabupaten dengan kategori hasil produksi perkebunan sedang, dan cluster 3 memiliki 4 kabupaten/kota dengan kategori hasil produksi perkebunan rendah.

The comparative analysis of FMCG enterprises' vision, mission, and core values focusing on strategic human resources

Purpose: This study focused on a comparative analysis of the FMCG enterprises' vision, mission, and core values focusing on strategic human resources. Research methodology: This study is qualitative, and altogether twenty-three FMCG company's websites have been used for analyzing the company's mission, vision, and core values. Results: Among the twenty-three companies, only seven (Bombay Sweets and Co. Ltd., Arla, Akij Group, Ispahani Foods Limited, Golden Harvest Agro Industries Limited, Walton Group, and City Group) have no focus on strategic human resources in their mission, vision and core values. Sixteen companies have a concern about strategic human resources in vision, mission, and core values. Limitations: This study only includes results from the FMCG of Bangladesh rather than including other industries like telecommunication, MNCs, and other areas. Again, this study is limited by including only a few FMCGs. Contribution: This study results contribute to strategic human focus in the vision, mission, and core values of FMCG enterprises of Bangladesh through a comparative analysis also emphasizes strategic human focus in the employees' development.

Identifying key determinants of ecosystem health in the middle reaches of Yangtze River Urban Agglomerations, China

<div><span>With the rapid development of urbanization in China, urban circles and urban agglomerations are gradually formed among different cities, which in turn has brought large pressure to the ecological environment. As an important monitoring index for evaluating the sustainable development of cities, quantified evaluation on the eosystem health is lacked for urban agglomerations. In this study, ecosystem health was assessed based on the framework of ecosystem vigor, organization, resilience, and services (VORS) in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River Urban Agglomerations (MRYRUA) in 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015 with county as research units. Using GeoDetector to quantitatively analyze the impact of seven factors (including the proportion of construction land, forest land, and water, land use degree, population, average annual precipitation, and digital elevation model (DEM)) on ecosystem health in different periods. The results showed that: (1) There were significant differences in the spatial distribution of ecosystem health. The ecosystem health in the central area of Wuhan Metropolis, Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan City Group, and Poyang Lake City Group were significantly lower than the surrounding areas; (2) From the time scale, the research units of ordinary well level gradually develop to relatively well and well levels. The research units of relatively weak and weak level remain relatively stable. (3) Land use degree was the main factor affecting on ecosystem health. Moreover, there were interactions between different factors affecting. The impact of factors on ecosystem health were bi-enhanced or nonlinear enhanced. (4) The impacts of the proportion of construction land on ecosystem health had become greater over the time, and risen from fourth in 2000 to second in 2015. Therefore, a reasonable layout of urban land use planning has an important impact on the ecosystem health.</span></div>

UPAYA PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN MOTORIK HALUS ANAK USIA 4-5 TAHUN MELALUI MEDIA BALOK BERGAMBAR DI TKIP ASSALAAM KOTA TASIKMALAYA

ABSTRACTThis research is motivated by difficulties in fine motor skills, problems that occur in group A in Kindergarten IP Assalaam Tasikmalaya City, there are still many children who are less in fine motor development especially in motion skills of both hands, fingers and skill to coordinate the speed or dexterity of hands with eye movements. This is suspected because the learning in the classroom is still monotonous and the teacher still has not used the media, especially for the fine motor development. The purpose of this research is improve the fine motor skills of children through Balok Bergambar media in group A age 4-5 year in kindergarten IP Assalaam City Tasikmalaya. Classroom Action Research (PTK) conducted in collaboration with teachers, implemented 3 cycles using the Kemmis and MC Taggart Model. The subjects of the research were children of A kindergarten IP Assalaam Tasikmalaya City group consisting of 18 people, as many as eight male and 10 female and one teacher as a partner teacher. The object of research is the fine motor ability of the child through Balok Bergambar media. Data collection techniques used observation and documentation, while data analysis techniques using descriptive qualitative. Each cycle consisting of four and stages: planning, implementation stage, observation stage, and reflection stage. The results of the research have shown that the use of Balok Bergambar media can improve the fine motor ability of the child. This is evidenced by the increase in the ability of teachers in planning daily learning, the ability of teachers in the process of implementation of learning by using Balok Bergambar media and the ability to fine motor children aged 4-5 years from each cycle. Can be concluded the Balok Bergambar media can improve the fine motor ability of children aged 4-5 years in kindergarten IP Assalaam Tasikmalaya City. ABSTRAKPenelitian ini dilatarbelakangi adanya kesulitan dalam kemampuan motorik halus, permasalahan yang terjadi pada kelompok A di TK IP Assalaam Kota Tasikmalaya, masih banyak anak yang kurang dalam perkembangan motorik halusnya khususnya dalam keterampilan gerak kedua tangan, keterampilan jari jemari dan keterampilan mengkoordinasikan kecepatan atau kecekatan tangan dengan gerakan mata. Hal ini diduga disebabkan karena pembelajaran di kelas masih monoton dan guru masih belum menggunakan media, khususnya untuk perkembangan motorik halusnya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk meningkatkan kemampuan motorik halus anak melalui media balok bergambar pada kelompok A usia 4-5 tahun di TKIP Assalaam Kota Tasikmalaya. Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK) yang dilakukan bekerjasama dengan guru, dilaksanakan sebanyak 3 siklus dengan menggunakan model Kemmis dan Mc. Taggart. Subjek penelitian adalah anak kelompok A TKIP Assalaam Kota Tasikmalaya yang terdiri dari 18 orang yaitu sebanyak delapan orang laki-laki dan 10 orang perempuan dan satu orang guru sebagai guru mitra. Objek penelitian adalah kemampuan motorik halus anak melalui media balok bergambar. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan observasi dan dokmentasi, sedangkan teknik analisis data menggunakan deskriptif kualitatif. Setiap siklus terdiri dari empat tahap yaitu perencanaan, tahap pelaksanaan, tahap observasi, dan tahap refleksi. Hasil penelitian yang telah dilaksanakan menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan media balok bergambar dapat meningkatkan kemampuan motorik halus anak. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan adanya peningkatan kemampuan guru dalam merencanakan pembelajaran harian, kemampuan guru dalam proses pelaksanaan pembelajaran dengan menggunakan media balok bergambar dan kemampuan motork halus anak usia 4-5 tahun dari setiap siklusnya. Maka dapat disimpulkan media balok bergambar dapat meningkatkan kemampuan motorik halus anak usia 4-5 tahun di TKIP Assalaam Kota Tasikmalaya.

Profil Prestasi Atlet Renang Grup 3 Kota Semarang Tingkat Jawa Tengah Tahun 2019

This study examines the performance profile of Semarang City swimming athletes who are in group 3 (12-13 years). Focus on how the development profile of Semarang City Group 3 athlete swimming achievements in 2019? The purpose of this study was to determine the profile of the achievements of group 3 swimming athletes in Semarang City, Central Java Level 2019. This type of research is descriptive. The population in this study were group 3 swimmers, one male and four female, interview data collection methods and documentation via the JatengFast Web. The data analysis technique uses descriptive qualitative. Conclusions in this study, there was an increase and decrease in the time record of Semarang 3 group swimming athletes starting from KRAP INTANPARI Open in 2019, Central Java Kejurprov - 2019 Batang Regent Cup, Semarang City POPDA, POPDA PROVINCE and in the KRAPPROV race in Jepara Regent 2019 Cup.