49 research outputs found
Coastal erosion project, Diani beach, Kenya
No full textMaster project report. Since the seventies, the establishment of hotels and other facilities has increased the pressure on the Kenyan coast. During the last decade, hotel managers and residents in Diani Beach have been experiencing problems with erosion. The only measures taken to address the problem are individually built seawalls to protect private properties. These seawalls are mostly not properly built and do not decrease the erosion rate. Erosion continues and beaches are still disappearing. In some places, coral rock is exposed or buildings collapse. The economy in Diani Beach is strongly depending on tourism. A white beach with a gentle slope and a flourishing ecosystem of lagoon and coral reef is desirable to attract tourists. The current situation in most parts of Diani Beach is far from desired. Diani Beach seems to be subject to structural erosion, due to several reasons. Initially, the narrowness of the African continental shelf leads to an easily loss of sediment into the deep ocean. Also the fact that there are no high mountain ranges along the Kenyan coast results in a low rate of sediment flowing into the ocean. A lack of sand combined with the relative stableness of the African crustal plate can be seen as causes for structural erosion. In Diani Beach the process is accelerated by a number of factors, both human and nature induced. Measures have to be taken to recover and maintain the desired situation. However, it is difficult to determine the optimal solution because of policy issues and lack of data. Several measures are proposed, which can be divided into three categories: management and policy measures, soft measures and hard measures. The first category implies e.g. determination of the setback line, altered approach to fishery and enforcement of legislations. Soft measures include planting of vegetation and beach nourishment. Breakwaters, groynes and improvement of seawalls are hard measures. A combination of measures can have effect on both short and long term, first recovering and subsequently maintaining the desired situation. However, more data have to be gathered to determine the best combination of measures, make a proper design and find the way to implement them.Hydraulic EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience
The representation of evaluative and argumentative procedures: examples from the academic book review article
No full textThis paper documents some of the linguistic resources used to construct evaluation and argumentation in a corpus of academic book review articles. The study investigates the discursive strategies the reviewer adopts to present his/her evaluative moves in order to highlight the discursive and argumentative dimension of the genre. Particular attention is paid to the pragmatic functions of lexicalisations of argumentative procedures, when they are used to introduce argumentative discourse. More specifically, the analysis focuses on all the reporting expressions that are associated with explicit signals of the reviewer’s positive or negative evaluation of the position of the reviewed book authors, with varying degrees of conflict or convergence. The findings reveal that the genre of the book review article finds its specificity in a combination of evaluative language and reporting. Reporting the ideas an author discusses in his or her book can be thus seen as a point of departure for the reviewer’s development of an evaluative discourse, particularly in sequences where the reviewed author’s reported opinions are presented in a kind of argumentative dialogue that helps the reviewer illustrate his/her views. The reviewer’s argumentative evaluation thus becomes a major element in the representation of the ideas under discussion. Although the most common and generally accepted interpretation of argumentative dialogue is that of a dialogue between an (active) Proponent and a (passive) Evaluator, the analysis shows that evaluation, whether realised explicitly or in subtle and implicit forms, plays an important role in the kind of dialogue that the reviewer and the reviewed author construct around specific arguments
Multivoiced interaction in English and Italian academic review discourse: a cross-cultural analysis
No full textThe study presented in this chapter is based on an analysis of historical book review articles in English and Italian and investigates the way the genre across national academic cultures represents the typical discursive procedures through the activity of the reviewer and of other voices in the texts. The analysis reveals interesting linguistic features which can shed light on the dialogic and argumentative dimension of the genre under examination. As a result of the analysis carried out, it emerges that both English and Italian historical book review
articles are characterised by a plurality of textual voices involved in argumentative dialogue with the reviewer – reviewed book author, discourse community,
reader. These voices are powerfully active in the interaction and become the reviewer’s partners in a scientific ‘conversation’
Evaluation in academic review articles
No full textThis paper explores ways in which evaluation is achieved in academic book review articles in the field of linguistics. Evaluation is analysed from a lexical and discourse perspective. From a lexical perspective, evaluation can be associated with meanings inherent in individual lexical terms used by the writer to express opinion about the ‘good-ness’ or ‘bad-ness’ of actions, facts or events. The second perspective is that of evaluation as a feature of discourse. In this view, evaluation does not reside in an individual lexical term but is a category of discourse meaning which can be expressed in many different ways. This paper examines the two main functions that book review articles combine and integrate to achieve evaluation: a) reporting the ideas an author discusses in his or her book as a springboard for a wider evaluation of them and b) discussing the issues they raise and an appraisal of what this means for the community. The assumption is that in a book review article the reviewer can construct his/her own evaluations by using multiple converging voices: his own voice as well as those of other sources referred to in the text. This means that evaluative space is opened up in which the reviewer can specify him/herself as the source of a viewpoint or can cite other authors under review. One strategy by which evaluation seems to be achieved is that of comparing and contrasting these various voices
Pengaruh Sosialisasi, Motivasi, Dan Pemahaman Wajib Pajak Terhadap Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak (Studi Pada Pengusaha Kena Pajak Di Kantor Pelayanan Pajak Pratama Malang Utara)
Full text linkPenelitian ini dilatarbelakangi dari upaya Direktorat Jendral Pajak berupa pembenahan sistem administrasi pada sektor pajak PPN. Pembenahan tersebut ditandai dengan diterbitkannya PER-10/PJ/2013 dan PER-11/PJ/2013, dimana mulai Juni 2013 pelaporan SPT Masa PPN bagi PKP wajib menggunakan e-SPT. Kewajiban penggunaan e-SPT Masa PPN oleh DJP dimaksudkan untuk memberikan kemudahan dalam pelaporan SPT. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis dan menjelaskan pengaruh variabel Sosialisasi (X1), Motivasi (X2), dan Pemahaman Wajib Pajak (X3) terhadap Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak (Y).
Penelitian ini menggunakan metode explanatory research yang menunjukkan hubungan kausal antar variabel-variabel penelitian dengan pengujian hipotesis. Populasi dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 1.051 PKP dengan penentuan sampel menggunakan rumus slovin, yaitu sebanyak 100 responden. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan simple random sampling dan teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan penyebaran kuesioner. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah Regresi Linier Berganda.
Berdasarkan hasil analisis Regresi Linier Berganda diketahui bahwa variabel Sosialisasi (X1) dan Pemahaman WP (X3) memiliki pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak (Y), sedangkan variabel Motivasi (X2) memiliki pengaruh positif namun tidak signifikan terhadap Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak (Y).
Saran yang dapat diberikan yaitu agar pihak KPP Pratama Malang Utara lebih meningkatkan Sosialisasi mengenai pemanfaatan e-SPT Masa PPN, seperti diadakan bimbingan secara teknis, agar wajib pajak lebih memahami cara pengunaan aplikasi tersebut dan tidak merasa kesulitan
Analysis of Hotel Tax Policy as an Instrument for Tax Collection on Homestays in Tourism Villages
Full text linkDetermination of hotel tax policy as an instrument of tax collection on tourist village homestays is important in developing the tourism sector in Indonesia, but in its implementation the determination of hotel tax as an instrument of tax collection on tourist village homestays does not fulfill the principle of equality in the context of equality. This study aims to analyze the principle of justice (equality) for the regulation of hotel tax as an instrument for collecting tourism village homestay taxes by using the concept of equity (equality). This research was conducted using a qualitative approach and data was collected by reviewing the literature from various related sources. The results of the study show that based on 2 (two) measurements drawn from the concept of justice (equality), the first is based on the similarity of circumstances, does not yet reflect justice where the criteria for a tourist village homestay are different from other types of lodging, so there is a need for adjustments to the definition of a tourist village homestay. Furthermore, based on non-discrimination, the government still thinks that a tourism village homestay provider is someone who is qualified in their field, so a rate adjustment is needed so that fairness in hotel tax collection for tourism village homestays can be achieved
Academic Evaluation: Review Genres in University Settings
No full textAcademic criticism can be highly fraught and face threatening, potentially wounding to the reviewed author and disruptive to the discipline, but it occurs routinely in review genres. This book explores how academics publically evaluate each others’ work. Focusing on blurbs, book reviews, review articles, and literature reviews, the international contributors to the volume show how writers manage to critically engage with others’ ideas, argue their own viewpoints, and establish academic credibility while simultaneously navigating these risky interactions. The book comprises twelve chapters written by experts from eight countries and addresses the following topics:· the role of evaluation and argument in reviews· interpersonal aspects of review discourses· the connections of evaluation to disciplinary cultures and language· the expression of evaluation in different languages· diachronic change in review discourses · the role of power and interest in academic reviews· evaluation of discourse approaches to either student need
Academic evaluation: review genres in university settings
No full textSummary from OCLC: Academic criticism can be highly fraught and threatening, potentially wounding to the reviewed author and disruptive to the discipline, but it occurs routinely in review genres. This book explores how academics publically evaluate each others' work. Focusing on blurbs, book reviews, review articles, and literature reviews, the international contributors to the volume showhow writers manage to critically engage with others' ideas,argue their own viewpoints, and establish academic credibility while simultaneously navigating these risky interaction
Analisis tokoh dan penokohan serta nilai-nilai pendidikan religius pada novel Surat Kecil untuk Tuhan karya Agnes Davonar
Full text linkIn this global era, Indonesia society are facing a crisis of values and character. It's seen from increasing cases of rape, fights, rustling, drugs, alcohols, conflict of inter-religious, ethnics, racial, etc. The complexity of this problem must be balanced with incessant instill of religious values. Based on the background of the problems above, the purpose of this study was to know the figures and characterization analysis and also presentation forms of religious education values in novel "Surat Kecil Untuk Tuhan" works by Agnes Davonar. This study used a
qualitative approach. According to the research, found that the character of figures in the novel "Surat Kecil Untuk Tuhan", delivered by the author dramatically through figures conversation, figures thought and figures act or behavior. The main character was Keke who has vibrant, smart, steadfast and unyielding character. The additional figure was Jodi who responsibility, wise, patient and unyielding too. The next was fully attentive Andi, Kiki who attentive and smart, There were faithfull and obedient Mr. Iyus, Bibi was fully attentive, wise
Prof. Lukman and friendly Prof. Muklis. Not left behind, Keke's friends such Fadha who's confident and 'tomboy', active Shifa, shy girl Maya and Idha, genius Andini also Adhinda who's noisy and spoiled. Form of religious values presented by author through the figures in the novel "Surat Kecil Untuk Tuhan". Religious values seen is diligent worship, obedient, surrender and gratefull
NALISIS TOKOH DAN PENOKOHAN SERTA NILAI-NILAI PENDIDIKAN RELIGIUS PADA NOVEL SURAT KECIL UNTUK TUHAN KARYA AGNES DAVONAR
Full text linkABSTRACT In this global era, Indonesia society are facing a crisis of values and character. It's seen from increasing cases of rape, fights, rustling, drugs, alcohols, conflict of inter-religious, ethnics, racial, etc. The complexity of this problem must be balanced with incessant instill of religious values. Based on the background of the problems above, the purpose of this study was to know the figures and characterization analysis and also presentation forms of religious education values in novel "Surat Kecil Untuk Tuhan" works by Agnes Davonar. This study used a qualitative approach. According to the research, found that the character of figures in the novel "Surat Kecil Untuk Tuhan", delivered by the author dramatically through figures conversation, figures thought and figures act or behavior. The main character was Keke who has vibrant, smart, steadfast and unyielding character. The additional figure was Jodi who responsibility, wise, patient and unyielding too. The next was fully attentive Andi, Kiki who attentive and smart, There were faithfull and obedient Mr. Iyus, Bibi was fully attentive, wise Prof. Lukman and friendly Prof. Muklis. Not left behind, Keke's friends such Fadha who's confident and 'tomboy', active Shifa, shy girl Maya and Idha, genius Andini also Adhinda who's noisy and spoiled. Form of religious values presented by author through the figures in the novel "Surat Kecil Untuk Tuhan". Religious values seen is diligent worship, obedient, surrender and gratefull
