Perceptions of Practicing Physicians and Members of the Public on the Attributes of a “Good Doctor”

Since physician–patient relationships are a central part of the medical practice, it is essential to understand whether physicians and the general public share the same perspective on traits defining a “good doctor”. Our study compared the perceptions of physicians and members of the public on the essential traits of a “good doctor.” We conducted parallel surveys of 1000 practicing specialist-physicians, and 500 members of the public in Israel. Respondents were asked about the two most important attributes of a “good doctor” and whether they thought the physicians’ role was to reduce health disparities. Many physicians (56%) and members of the public (48%) reported that the role of physicians includes helping to reduce health disparities. Physicians emphasized the importance of non-technical skills such as humaneness and concern for patients as important traits of a “good doctor,” while the public emphasized professional and technical skills. Internal medicine physicians were more likely than surgeons to emphasize humaneness, empathy, and professionalism. Future research should focus on actionable approaches to bridge the gap in the perceptions between the groups, and that may support the formation of caring physicians embedded in a complex array of relationships within clinical and community contexts.

A Design of Multi-Purpose Image-Based QR Code

A multi-purpose image-based QR code is designed in this paper. There are four purposes for the generated image-based QR code. In the first purpose, the basic image-based QR code with the look of a host image is with an ingenious layout to be identified easier. In the second one, a saliency region detection method is adopted for enhancing the quality of the image-based QR code. In the third one, the host image is embedded into the image-based QR code for further access to the host image; Finally, the visual cryptography-based watermarking method is applied to the host image embedded image-based QR code. In the case that the specific users need verification from the image-based QR code, the binary verified image can be retrieved when the public share is available. The experimental results demonstrate that the generated image-based QR code not only looked better than some previous works but also had high quality host image embedded and identification ability.

Pengaruh Likuiditas, Profitabilitas, Ukuran Perusahaan, dan Kepemilikan Saham Publik terhadap Pengungkapan Laporan Tahunan Pada Perusahaan Property dan Real Estate yang Terdaftar Pada Bursa Efek Indonesia Tahun 2016-2019

This research aims to determine the Effect of Liquidity, Profitability, Company Size, and Public Share Ownership on Disclosure of Annual Reports on Property and Real Estate Companies Listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The data used is sourced from the annual financial statements on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2016-2019. And there has been a selection based on the criteria that have been determined. The population used in the study was 50 companies and the sample used amounted to 21 companies. The technique in selecting a sample is to use the Purposive Sampling technique. The study used multiple linear regression analysis methods. From this study showed that Liquidity and Profitability had no significant effect on the Annual Report Disclosure Index on Property and Real Estate Companies Listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange because the partial test results on liquidity variables negatively 0.01 percent and significant value positive effects 0.9 percent and partial test results on profitability variables negatively 1.4 and significant value positive influence 0.1 percent which proving not always the level of liquidity and profitability of the company will have a positive effect on the disclosure report. While the Size of the Company and Public Share Ownership have a significant influence on the Annual Report Disclosure Index on Property and Real Estate Companies Listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange because the partial test results on the company's size variables positively affect 2.1 percent and significant value negatively affect 0.03 percent and partial test results on public share ownership variables positively affect 3.6 percent. But all variables have an simultaneous effect on the Annual Report Disclosure Index on Property and Real Estate Companies Listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange.

Research note: Examining potential bias in large-scale censored data

We examine potential bias in Facebook’s 10-trillion cell URLs dataset, consisting of URLs shared on its platform and their engagement metrics. Despite the unprecedented size of the dataset, it was altered to protect user privacy in two ways: 1) by adding differentially private noise to engagement counts, and 2) by censoring the data with a 100-public-share threshold for a URL’s inclusion. To understand how these alterations affect conclusions drawn from the data, we estimate the preva-lence of fake news in the massive, censored URLs dataset and compare it to an estimate from a smaller, representative dataset. We show that censoring can substantially alter conclusions that are drawn from the Facebook dataset. Because of this 100-public-share threshold, descriptive statis-tics from the Facebook URLs dataset overestimate the share of fake news and news overall by as much as 4X. We conclude with more general implications for censoring data.

Analisis Pengaruh Profitabilitas, Leverage, KSP dan KINS Terhadap Manajemen Laba (Earning Management)

Based on agency theory, earnings management occurs because of differences in economic interests between managers as agents and owners of companies as principals, where each party seeks to achieve the desired level of prosperity. Many factors affect both internal and external earnings management. This study aims to determine the effect of profitability, leverage, public share ownership (KSP) and institutional ownership (KINS) to earnings management (earning management).The sample in this research is the consumer goods industry sector listed on the BEI during the period 2013-2015. By using purposive sampling method, there are 42 companies that meet the criteria. Methods of data collection is done through documentation study and literature study. Data analysis techniques using descriptive statistical analysis, classical assumption test, and multiple linear regression analysis.The result of the research gives the conclusion that partially profitability, leverage, public share ownership and institutional ownership have no effect to earnings management. While simultaneously all independent variables have no effect on earnings management.

Efeito da Governança Corporativa nos Retornos das Ações em Decorrência do Anúncio da Recompra

Objective: The objective of this study is to analyze whether or not the stock prices of companies respond to the announcement of the share buyback and what are the possible influences that the adoption of stricter corporate governance practices may have on the results.Method: A quantitative research was carried out on 329 public share buyback announcements, carried out by 99 companies, from 2003 to 2014. The quantitative part of this study used the ex-post-facto research technique, with data secondary and event study work methods.Originality/Relevance: The increase in cash distribution by companies through the repurchase of shares, the evidence of an abnormal return on shares as a result of the repurchase and whether or not the adoption of better corporate governance practices reduce information asymmetry in the market, has led researchers to analyze whether or not there is a relationship between the level of governance and the return on shares as a result of the announcement of the share buyback event.Results: The results indicate that there is evidence of an abnormal return in the Brazilian market before, during and after the announcement of the share buyback event. Regarding the adoption of corporate governance practices used by companies, no evidence was found that the adoption of stricter corporate governance practices reduces asymmetry.Theoretical/Methodological contributions: The research contributes to the discussion of the theme in the Brazilian stock market and to broaden the discussion in the literature if the adoption of best corporate governance practices reduces the asymmetry.

THE IMPACT FACTORS OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DISCLOSURE

This research study purpose is to analyze the impact of profitability, independent members of commissioner board, leverage and public shareholders on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Disclosure by using 27 companies listed on Indonesia stock exchange and publishing Sustainability Report for the year during 2015 – 2017 as a sample. Using multiple linear regression as data analysis method, the results show that the proportion of independent board of commissioner of their existence can be a counterweight to various parties so as to encourage companies to disclose CSR, while the higher leverage level, the more likely the company will violate the credit agreement so that the company will seek to report higher earnings now. Therefore, in order for reported earnings to be high, the manager reduces costs, including the costs of disclosure of social responsibility. While profitability, and public share ownership have no effect on CSR Disclosure.

Faktor - Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Luas Pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility

Disclosure of corporate social responsibility becomes important for stakeholders to see whether the company has been responsible for the negative impacts arising from its activities. This research was conducted to empirically examine the effect of profitability, market capitalization, and public share ownership on the broad disclosure of corporate social responsibility of plantation companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2014-2018. This research was conducted on all plantation companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2014-2018. The number of observations obtained was 54 with a purposive sampling method. The analysis technique used is multiple linear regression analysis. Based on the results of the analysis found that profitability has a positive effect on ??CSR disclosure, market capitalization has a positive effect on ??CSR disclosure, and public share ownership has no effect on ??CSR disclosure. Keywords: Profitability; Market Capitalization; Public Share Ownership; Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure.

Pengungkapan Informasi Lingkungan oleh Perusahaan di Indonesia

The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that influence disclosure of environmental aspects information in manufacturing companies. These factors are firm age, public share ownership, profitability, leverage, and industry type. The population of this research are companies listed on the IDX 2016-2018. The samples of this study are 130 manufacturing companies using a purposive sampling method. This research uses multiple regression methods to test the hypothesis. The Environmental disclosure score index used is the Indonesian Environmental Reporting Index (IER). The result of this study shows as industry type has a significant positive influence on environmental aspects information but firm age, public share ownership, profitability, and leverage did not have a significant influence on environmental aspects information in companies.