Het 'VELD'-project, addendum. Uitwerking juli en augustus 2003

In een gebied van 3x3 km rond het dorp Vragender in de Achterhoek zijn uitgebreid metingen van ammoniakconcentraties (NH3) gedaan en emissies berekend aan de hand van in detail geregistreerde agrarische activiteiten. Op basis van deze emissies zijn modelberekeningen gedaan met het OPS-STe (korte termijn) verspreidingsmodel.VRO

Meditation awareness training for the treatment of workaholism: a controlled trial

Background and aims: Workaholism is a form of behavioral addiction that can lead to reduced life and job satisfaction, anxiety, depression, burnout, work–family conflict, and impaired productivity. Given the number of people affected, there is a need for more targeted workaholism treatments. Findings from previous case studies successfully utilizing second-generation mindfulness-based interventions (SG-MBIs) for treating behavioral addiction suggest that SG-MBIs may be suitable for treating workaholism. This study conducted a controlled trial to investigate the effects of an SG-MBI known as meditation awareness training (MAT) on workaholism. Methods: Male and female adults suffering from workaholism (n = 73) were allocated to MAT or a waiting-list control group. Assessments were performed at pre-, post-, and 3-month follow-up phases. Results: MAT participants demonstrated significant and sustained improvements over control-group participants in workaholism symptomatology, job satisfaction, work engagement, work duration, and psychological distress. Furthermore, compared to the control group, MAT participants demonstrated a significant reduction in hours spent working but without a decline in job performance. Discussion and conclusions: MAT may be a suitable intervention for treating workaholism. Further controlled intervention studies investigating the effects of SG-MBIs on workaholism are warranted

Robustness and accuracy of maxent niche modelling for Lactuca species distributions in light of collecting expeditions

Niche modelling software can be used to assess the probability of detecting a population of a plant species at a certain location. In this study, we used the distribution of the wild relatives of lettuce (Lactuca spp.) to investigate the applicability of Maxent species distribution models for collecting missions. Geographic origin data of genebank and herbarium specimens and climatic data of the origin locations were used as input. For Lactuca saligna, we varied the input data by omitting the specimens from different parts of the known distribution area to assess the robustness of the predicted distributions. Furthermore, we examined the accuracy of the modelling by comparing the predicted probabilities of population presence against recent expedition data for the endemic Lactuca georgica and the cosmopolitan Lactuca serriola. We found Maxent to be quite robust in its predictions, although its usefulness was higher for endemic taxa than for more widespread species. The exclusion of occurrence data from the perceived range margins of the species can result in important information about local adaptation to distinct climatic conditions. We discuss the potential for enhanced use of Maxent in germplasm collecting planning.</jats:p

Rescue Strategic Plan Based on Investment Analysis & Financial Concepts, for A Property Project (Case Study: Anaheim Villa Project, Lake Buyan,Singaraja, Bali)

The topic of this final project is how to save Anaheim Villa from bank foreclosures. The investor  want to acquire Anaheim Villa in order to continue to operate and improve the income of this Villa, with  acquired 80% of the assets of Anaheim Villa and  renamed the Anaheim Villa into Brouillard Bali and optimize the land of these Villas. This cooperation is assessed as the most excellent decision for owners of this Villa, this is caused by the owner can be freed from debt to the bank, and can earn passive income by 20% from Brouillard. Business solutions in the estimate by Brouillard Bali are sell with time-sharing method, This method give management a high return. The implementation of sell with time-sharing villa is sell the luxury new unit to the buyer and also manage the villa rent. This solution give the high NPV and IRR number to the investor. Keywords: Business Property, Time-Sharing, NPV, IRR

Investment Analysis on Goat and Sheep Fattening Project Based on the New Food Fermentation Farming Method (3F Method)

Goat and sheep fattening is not a popular business in Indonesia. Farmers only see this kind of business as a side income for them. The only breed 3-10 goat or sheep at one time and use traditional way in fattened the goat and sheep. This is happened because the farmer need a long time to fattened the goat and sheep, lack of capital of resources (pertanian, 2007). In order to solve the lack of capital problem, nucleus plasma is scheme can be used. This scheme can bridge the farmers (plasma) and the investors (nucleus). The farmers provide land and barn and the investors can provide another facility needed and also guiding the farmer in the fattening process. Before applying the scheme an agreement should be made between two parties about the rights and obligations of both parties, including the selling price from the plasma to the nucleus. Food fermentation farming (3F) method, a new method in goat and sheep fattening need less time, increase the goat weight fast, keep the barn not smelly try to apply in order to overcome the disadvantage in traditional method and to overcome the lack of resources problem. Investor has two places ready to run this project, Cihanjuang and Camp Hulu Cai. Investor wants to see which place is feasible and more profitable by technical analysis and investment performance analysis such as Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Pay Back Period (PBP), Return on Investment (ROI), and Return on Equity (ROE). Based on technical analysis, the environment condition in Cihanjuang is not suitable because of its location near to residential area and it is also hard to find source of food. The other place, Camp Hulu Cai, is located far from residential area and near to the source of food. After the technical analysis, Camp Hulu Cai is the only suitable place for the goat and sheep fattening project. Based on the calculation of investment performance analysis its NPV is above 0, the IRR is greater than the weighted average cost of capital. In conclusion Camp Hulu Cai is the most feasible place to implement this project both technically and financially. Keywords: goat, sheep, fermentation, investment, NPV, IRR, PBP,ROE, ROI

Business Strategy of Limestone Project Development Case Study of CV Usaha Alam Mandiri and PT Krakatau Posco

This Final Project is trying to calculate the income of the project and is it feasible to be initialized or not. The calculation is begin from developing an operational process, choosing a distribution process, income statement projection, and a feasibility study of the chosen alternative.The research provides the operational process design of the project, yearly income statement projection, and developing feasibility study analysis of the project. With the right calculation, the company can generate continuous income in order to support the company growth in years to come.  Key Words: Distribution Process, Income Statement, Feasibility StudyÂ

Business Opportunity Analysis in Cargo Transshipment Market Between Singapore and Batam, Currently Dominated by Singaporean Cartel

Trade between Batam and Singapore are quite high as Batam is designated for export oriented industrial area. Currently shipping price is considered too high by the service users. It is also demanded to be more frequent. The high shipping price is believed to be caused by cartel among the existing shipping company owned by Singaporean. This situation creates an opportunity for the shipping industry between Batam and Singapore. StarPillar Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore based company which operates in concrete foundation pillar manufacturing. It is planning to form a joint venture with PT. Trans Buana Logistics to create a shipping company and take the existing market opportunity with the name of PT. Star Trans Logistics. Before deciding to make the investment decision they need to analyze whether transshipment business will be feasible in the emerging market opportunity or not. The market opportunity analysis is conducted by analyzing marketing feasibility and financial feasibility of the investment project. Market opportunity shows that there are needs of shipping service. With the estimated capabilities of PT, Star Trans Logistics the transshipment business is considered as marketing feasible. Financial feasibility is represented by NPV, IRR, payback period, and profitability of the index. The project yields NPV of S$ 3,804,017, IRR of 15.10%, payback period of 4 years 3.3 months, and profitability index of 1.49. These values show that the project is financial feasible. Keywords: transshipment, feasibility, cost estimation, sensitivity analysi

Rescue Strategy Concept for a Company in a Weakening Market

PT ABC is a company located in Puncak Region West Java. Its main business is providing outdoor training activity, or known as outbound. To support its business, it is also facilitated with accommodation facility. Since the beginning of its business, a proper management principle is not being used properly by this company, therefore there’s an indication that this company will go to a bankruptcy. This paper is going to discuss about the alternatives to rescue this company from bankruptcy. Using the Altman’s z score prediction model, this paper will try to find out the real condition of this company toward bankruptcy. After that four alternatives of rescue strategy will be analyzed. These strategies are the strategies that hopefully will rescue this company from bankruptcy. The alternatives are refinancing, diversification of business, reorientation of business, or sell the company. Capital budgeting techniques, like NPV, IRR, PBP, etc will be used to analyze it. After that, decision tree will be used to pick the most promising alternative. Keywords: Bankruptcy, Capital Budgeting, NPV, Decision tree, Altman Z Scor