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Volta: Research and Showcase
No full textDeveloping software as a service is a new trend in the IT industry. Volta is a new technology that targets simplifying this type of software. It offers developers a toolkit that enables Web development in any .NET language. This is done by recompiling the CIL code to JavaScript for the client tier (browser) and a .NET application for the Web server. The decision of determining on which tier certain code should run is easily carried through by adding an attribute to a class. A showcase has been developed stretching the possibilities of the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Volta. A CTP is a pre-release version of software intended as a proof-of-concept for the community. The idea of the showcase was to provide users an impression of their carbon-footprint relative to others, accomplished by using Web services and information provided by users themselves. The experiences gained by building this showcase have been used in the research for Voltaâs value for Web application projects. The showcase was also submitted for Microsoftâs Imagine Cup software development competition, which imposed additional requirements on the showcase. Many issues were encountered during the development, which forced the project group to adjust the requirements while implementing. The end result offers users login functionality, the ability to enter its food, house and travel CO2-emission and provides an overview of the userâs past and present carbon-footprint. The project also focused on researching the possibilities of Volta. A number of research questions were posed and investigated in order to provide better information about the strengths and weaknesses of Volta. This led to the discovery of a number of problems from which the following suggestions for improvements were derived: 1. Provide more documentation 2. Equalize the behavior of Volta code in Debug and Release mode 3. Decrease the number of restrictions on classes 4. Increase cooperation with other technologies 5. Optimize performance 6. Increase security functionality Although a developer should still be aware of the traps of distributed computing, Volta can offer benefits for developing applications. Web applications can be built with all .NET languages. Developers do not have to worry about the communication code between tiers. The facilities of the Visual Studio IDE can be used for testing, debugging and cooperating with other technologies. The end-to-end profiler is a useful tool for analyzing and optimizing a tier-split application. The community technology preview of Volta looks promising. It is currently not fit for developing actual Web applications, but if the developers continue working on Volta and address the issues mentioned, Volta could prove to be a useful toolkit for Web development.Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
The Effect of Liquidity, Leverage and Profitability on Financial Distress
Get PDFThis study aims to analyze the effect of liquidity, leverage, and profitability on financial distress in manufacturing companies in Riau province. 129 manufacturing companies experiencing financial distress in Riau province were selected as samples using purposive sampling method. The data were analyzed using multiple linear regression. The results show that the current ratio affects financial distress. The debt to equity ratio affects financial distress. Return on assets affects financial distress
The Effect of Human Resource Competencies, Financial Inclusion, E-Commerce Implementation, and Financial Knowledge on Performance of SMES
Get PDFIn the globalization era, good economic growth is an assessment of the government's success in economic development, especially in supporting programs with the concept of people's economy. The growth of SME is a government effort to increase the income of low-income groups and decrease income inequality and poverty through increasing business capacity and business management skills. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of human resource competencies, e-commerce implementation, financial knowledge, and financial inclusion on the performance of SMEs in Kuantan Singingi Regency. The sample used was 85 SMEs with the criteria that SMEs are registered at the Office of Cooperatives, Small & Medium Enterprises. SMEs have used E-commerce, either in the form of a platform or social media-based E-commerce, and have recorded their finances. The data collection method used purposive sampling. The analysis tool used is Warp PLS. The results of the study stated that human resource competencies affect the performance of SMEs. E-commerce implementation affects the performance of SMEs. Financial knowledge affects SME performance, while financial inclusion does not affect SME performance
The Analysis of Good Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility and, Firm Size Toward Firm Value
Get PDFThis research aims to analyze the effect of good corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, and the firm size towards the firm value. The population was banking firms listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange period 2015-2018. Samples used were 28 firms. The analysis method used multiple linear regression. The research results show that managerial ownership does not have effect towards the firm value. Institutional ownership and firm size have positive effect towards the firm value. Corporate social responsibility has negative effect towards the company value
Feasibility study hyropower plant Vila Volta, Brazil
No full textA remote guesthouse in the Brazilian province of Rio de janeiro is using electricity from the nuclear fed power grid. The owner would like to change the energy supply from nuclear to hydropower if a hydropower plant would produce enough energy to keep the guesthouse running. A small hydropower plant could possibly produce enough energy for the guesthouse. The owners of guesthouse have got expansion plans and at the moment the energy bills are reasonably high. Also several devices are not used very often because of the high price in use. By the cheap way of producing electricity, the Vila Volta guesthouse could change a lot of non-electronic fed devices into electronic fed devices, which would make the guesthouse more modern. Examples of these devices are boilers and the sauna. Another possible advantage is the fact that the owners don’t have to carry the barrels of gas into the valley. To limit the Bachelors thesis project to hydraulic engineering questions, a feasibility and achievability study is done for a hydropower plant at the Vila Volta guesthouse. Designing and building the hydropower plant is not the main issue. These issues will be dealt with later on by the owners of the guesthouse themselves. The writers of this thesis investigated different options, but did not make any important decisions. The main goal of this study is to answer the following question: “Is it feasible and achievable for the owner of the Vila Volta guesthouse to build a small hydropower plant in order to produce enough energy to fulfil the demand of energy?”Hydraulic EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience
Digitalization of Financial Reports of Village-Owned Enterprises
Get PDFThis study aimed to describe to the optimization of the role of village-owned enterprises which will increase the village original income. Management of village potential becomes the basic needs of economic growth and equity. Therefore, it is necessary to maximize the role of village-owned enterprises to increase village original income. The research objectives are to design and create a web-based village-owned enterprises governance digitization system and to design and create a web-based village-owned enterprises financial reporting digitization system. The research population is the village-owned enterprises in Siberida District, Indragiri Hulu Regency. The research sample is Berkah Bersama village-owned enterprises. The data collection technique used primary data and secondary data, namely conducting interviews with the directors and employees of village-owned enterprises, as well as the public as users of information. While secondary data are in the form of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), ministerial regulations, series 7 village fund guidebooks on village-owned enterprises. The conclusion of this study is the achievement of the result of web-based software application to design a financial management application through e-village budgeting that can help village-owned enterprises managers make transparent and accountable financial reporting
Quantifying the trade-offs in re-operating dams for the environment in the Lower Volta River
No full textThe construction of the Akosombo and Kpong dams in the Lower Volta River basin in Ghana changed the downstream riverine ecosystem and affected the lives of downstream communities, particularly those who lost their traditional livelihoods. In contrast to the costs borne by those in the vicinity of the river, Ghana has enjoyed vast economic benefits from the affordable hydropower, irrigation schemes and lake tourism that developed after construction of the dams. Herein lies the challenge; there exists a trade-off between water for river ecosystems and related services on the one hand and anthropogenic water demands such as hydropower or irrigation on the other. In this study, an Evolutionary Multi-Objective Direct Policy Search (EMODPS) is used to explore the multi-sectoral trade-offs that exist in the Lower Volta River basin. Three environmental flows, previously determined for the Lower Volta, are incorporated separately as environmental objectives. The results highlight the dominance of hydropower production in the Lower Volta but show that there is room for providing environmental flows under current climatic and water use conditions if the firm energy requirement from Akosombo Dam reduces by 12% to 38% depending on the environmental flow regime that is implemented. There is uncertainty in climate change effects on runoff in this region; however multiple scenarios are investigated. It is found that climate change leading to increased annual inflows to the Akosombo Dam reduces the trade-off between hydropower and the environment as this scenario makes more water available for users. Furthermore, climate change resulting in decreased annual inflows provides the opportunity to strategically provide dry-season environmental flows, that is, reduce flows sufficiently to meet low flow requirements for key ecosystem services such as the clam fishery. This study not only highlights the challenges in balancing anthropogenic water demands and environmental considerations in managing existing dams but also identifies opportunities for compromise in the Lower Volta River.Policy AnalysisWater Resource
INTERVENING DEONTOLOGI MORAL EVALUATION AUDITOR DALAM PENGARUHNYA PEMBUATAN KEPUTUSAN BERBASIS ETIS DENGAN PERKEMBANGAN MORAL COGNITIVE
No full textTujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh time pressure, risiko audit, perkembangan moral kognitif dan deontologi evaluasi moral yang menjadi tanda dini prosedur audit off dari karakteristik individu sisi dalam membuat keputusan etis. Penelitian ini menggunakan sikap berhenti prematur prosedur audit ketergantungan . Baru-baru ini sikap tidak etis ini tampaknya menjadi hal yang berisiko karena menunjukkan bahwa auditor tidak konsisten tentang bertanggung jawab dan etika mereka. Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah seluruh auditor independen yang bekerja di KAP di Pekanbaru, Padang dan Batam. Sedangkan sampel adalah mereka yang bekerja di KAP kotaPekanbaru, Padang dan Batam. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan metode purposive sampling. Jumlah sampel yang digunakan adalah 69 responden. Data dianalisis dengan teknik analisis PLS (Partial Least Square) dengan menggunakan software SmartPLS. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa tekanan waktu berpengaruh signifikan untuk mengaudit tanda dini prosedur off, pembangunan dan tata susila moral yang evaluasi moral yang kognitif berpengaruh negatif tidak signifikan untuk mengaudit tanda dini prosedur off. Selain itu, ada juga hubungan yang signifikan antara perkembangan moral kognitif seseorang dan deontologi evaluasi moral. Kelima T-Statistic tes secara bersamaan tidak berpengaruh untuk mengaudit tanda dini prosedur off. Hanya 23,8 % variabilitas membangun berhenti prematur sikap prosedur audit, dan sisanya 76,2 % explaine oleh variabel lain di luar penelitian ini. The purpose of this research is to find out the effect of time pressure, audit risk, cognitive moral development and deontology moral evaluation into audit procedure’s premature sign off from individual characteristic’ side in making ethical decision. This research used premature stopping attitude of audit procedure as the dependence. Recently, this unethical attitude seems to be risky thing because it indicates that auditors are not consistent about their responsible and ethics. Population of this research is all independent auditors working in KAP in Pekanbaru, Padang and Batam. While sample are those who work in KAP kotaPekanbaru, Padang and Batam. Sampling was done by purposive sampling method. The numbers of sample used are 69 respondents. Data is analyzed by PLS analysis technique (Partial Least Square) using SmartPLS software.Result shows that time pressure has significant effect to audit procedure’s premature sign off, cognitive moral development and deontology moral evaluation have non-significant negative effect to audit procedure’s premature sign off. Besides that, there is also a significant connection between somebody’s cognitive moral development and deontology moral evaluation. Fifth T-Statistic tes simultaneously has no effect to audit procedure’s premature sign off. Only 23,8% variability construct premature stopping attitude of audit procedure, and the rest 76.2% explaine by other variable outside this research.</p
Volta Alessandro
No full textThe New Dictionary of Scientific Biography (extension and updating of the Dictionary of Scientific Biography) is one of the most substantial reference works in the field of the history of science. An up-to-date overview on Alessandro Volta's science with new perspectives offered by the author. Information and critical analysis is also provided on the main secondary literature produced on this main protagonist of enlightenment science after the 1976 entry "Volta Alessandro" in the Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Women in Rural Zaire and Upper Volta: Improving methods of skill acquisition
Get PDFMuch has been written and said about the fuller, more equal and less onerous role which rural women, especially in African countries should play in the context of national socio-economic development and about the policies and programmes to be pursued to bring this about. The starting point of this study is the observations and analysis by the author of concrete situations of two African countries, i.e. to show what the actual pattern of employment and labour utilisation as well as the skill needs and ways of acquiring them are among women in rural communities. It is on the basis of his field studies that the author, who has many years of experience in field work with rural people, puts forward a number of conclusions and suggestions about rural "women-power", its development and utilisation. These views may not find general agreement among all concerned with improving the lot of rural women, but the author makes the point forcefully that adequate knowledge about what the present situation really is and what the tendencies are is essential to working out policies and programmes to bring about changes and improvements which are acceptable to the rural community at large and which are therefore likely to be effective.The study is a revised version of a working paper issued in the framework of the ILO World Employment Programme and specifically its Research Project on Education and Employment. This project, which is supported by a grant from DANIDA, aims at elucidating the education/training-labour market-employment links with a special view to contributing to the knowledge base of policy making in these areas. While the ILO has commissioned the working paper and encouraged its preparation in many ways, it does not necessarily share the conclusions and suggestions expressed by the author.The social and economic activities of the rural family in Zaire and Upper Volta; Teaching occupational skills for girls and women in rural areas; An assessment of some agricultural projects and their effect on the traditional pattern of work of women in rural areas; Some suggestions for improving skill acquisition for men and women in rural areas; Skill acquisition for non-farm occupations in rural areas; Conclusions and suggestions for further studies and researc
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