The Impact of Business Environment on the Quality of Export Products

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The quality of export products directly affects the use value and price of commodities, and it is an important factor that determines the use efficiency of commodities and affects the market price of commodities. In the form of unprecedented fierce competition in the current international market, many countries and regions have taken improving the quality of commodities and striving to win by quality as an important part of non-price competition, which is one of the important means to strengthen foreign competition. Different business environments in different regions will lead to problems in the quality of export products. Based on this, by reviewing relevant literature, this paper focuses on analyzing the impact of regional business environment, environmental regulation, trade liberalization and emerging technologies such as digitalization on the quality of export products, and explains the impact mechanism of different business environments on the quality of export products. Finally, based on the conclusions obtained, this paper discusses how the government should create a business environment to improve the quality of export products.

Explanation of the Meaning of Article 1 Paragraphs (2) of the 1945 Constitution of Republic of Indonesia to the Concept of the Constitutional Conventions in the Annual Achievement Reports of State Institutions

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Amendments to Article 1 paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution have changed the Indonesian state administration system, including the power and position of state institutions. This change is a new thought towards state institutions that place the People’s Consultative Assembly which was originally the highest state institution and fully implementer of people’s sovereignty. Furthermore, the people’s mandate is carried out by branches of state power or state institutions based on the Constitution and does not recognize the Supreme State Institution and all state institutions have the same position in the state administration system as executor of people’s sovereignty. This study is to find and formulate legal arguments through an analysis of the subject matter, namely the concept of constitutional conventions. The results of this study explain that Article 1 paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution which has been amended gives meaning to the Indonesian state administration system, namely that it has changed the existence of state institutions as implementers of people’s sovereignty. The meaning of Article 1 paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution is extended to the customary practice of state administration. Because all state institutions are executor of people’s sovereignty, all these state institutions submit annual performance reports to the people through the convention mechanism.

Assessment and Learning Mathematics Integrated 21st Century Competency-Computational Thinking Skills in Junior High School: Partly Detailed and Completed Intervention Stage

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This research is intended to develop the intervention of mathematics assessment and learning in junior high school integrated 21st Century competence-computational thinking skills. The research method is Design-based Research at the partly detailed and completed intervention stage. Twofold yield of the intervention of the research design are prototypical intervention (instructional materials) and its accompanying design principles (design model of assessment and learning). The instructional materials that have been developed are (1) blueprints for assessment and learning, (2) lesson plans containing outline topics, student worksheets, project tasks and homework, and (3) LMS e-Learning. The design principle that accompanies the intervention is a design model for mathematics learning and assessment integrated computational thinking skills. The results of the formative evaluation at the partly detailed and completed intervention stage showed that the development of intervention met the quality criteria of being practical and effective.

The Influence of Social Media on Language Trends South Jakarta Children as the Use of Language Day to Day

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Social media is one of the important means, not only to communicate, but also to provide information to broaden horizons. Social media users can easily access and communicate not only with relatives or friends around but all foreign countries, which can provide knowledge about languages and cultures from various countries. The use of language is also evolving along with the development of technology and communication media. The phenomenon of the South Jakarta children’s language is a form of phenomenon created because of the strong and broad influence of social media. This trend refers to the habit of South Jakarta children who communicate using Indonesian and English in their daily lives. The inherent use of this language seems to provide an affirmation of an identity that is finally interesting to study to know the influence of social media in communication, as well as the reason why students code-mixing. This study used a quantitative descriptive research method by distributing questionnaires as a data collection technique. It was found that social media influenced the communication style of students of the Department of Communication, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) Universitas Lampung by using code mixing because of the creation of interactions that were relaxed, modern, and showed their status as students.

Utilizing Social Constructivism to cultivate teacher educators’ and trainees’ digital competence: energizing learner-centered approach

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This article examines the perspective of teacher educators and teacher trainees in an academic teacher education program regarding the application of social constructivist approach in cultivating ICT integration in teacher training, in order to have teachers fit for the 21st Century Education. This article provides an overview of social constructivism and its implications for ICT integration in classroom practices. Objectives of the study were to establish how social processes cultivate teacher educators’ and trainees’ technology knowledge and also to establish how social processes cultivate teacher educators’ and trainees’ technology skills. Participants were teacher trainers and trainees from School of Education, Makerere University and data were collected using focus group discussions. Data were analysed qualitatively by transcription. It was found out that; social interactions indeed cultivate a number of technology knowledge, but participants exhibited low levels of judgment and negotiation, low levels of data management, problem solving and critical thinking skills. It was concluded that; content analysis through team work is a basic technique for developing teacher educators’ and trainees’ technology knowledge and also, the digital skills require continuous active practice and they cannot be attained in isolation of technology knowledge.

Legal Certainty of Income Tax Exemption on the Transfer of Rights to Land in the Sharing of Collective Integration Rights

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The transfer of property to certain heirs for the joint ownership of the object of inheritance must be transferred by way of the distribution of joint rights, which is based on the APHB. Article 4 paragraph (3) letter b of the Income Tax Law explains that the transfer due to inheritance is exempt from collecting PPh, but in its implementation it must be accompanied by a PPh SKB issued by KPP Pratama. So that in order to get the income tax exemption on the transition, the heirs must apply for the issuance of the SKB PPh to the KPP Pratama. However, the KPP Pratama often refuses the issuance of the SKB PPh, this results in the heirs having to pay PPh on the transition. This study uses a normative juridical method with a statutory approach and a conceptual approach, and legal materials are analyzed using a deductive method. The results of this study indicate that the transfer of land rights by the distribution of joint rights of inheritance should be exempted from income tax, because the distribution of joint rights is still included in the series of inheritance processes, so the transfer of income tax collection must be exempted. So that legal reform is needed to provide legal certainty in the exemption of PPh on the transition.

Relationship between Skills and Efficiency of Learning Vietnamese by Cognitive Technology: A Case Study of Foreigners Student in Vietnam Universities

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Since Vietnam is integrating internationally in all aspects of social life, more and more foreigners are learning Vietnamese. However, there are still very few quantitative studies on the effective teaching and learning of Vietnamese idioms. This study aims to fill the theoretical gap and provide more evidence on the relationship between skills and effectiveness in learning Vietnamese phrases. This study was conducted through a cross-sectional survey using purposeful sampling (n=100). The multivariate linear regression analysis technique is applied to prove the hypotheses. The R language is used to analyze research data. Research results show that problem-solving, general, and synthetic thinking skills have a positive and meaningful impact on the effectiveness of learning Vietnamese idioms. The results of this study continue to confirm the role of cognitive techniques in learning idioms as the results of previous studies.

A Comprehensive Approach to Teaching Academic Writing: The Content and Corpus Integrated Inquiry-based Approach

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This article discusses the definitions and applications of content-based approaches, inquiry-based approaches, and corpus-based approaches respectively. Based on the analysis of these approaches’ strengths and weaknesses, a comprehensive approach, namely the content and corpus integrated inquiry-based approach, is proposed to complement their drawbacks, which has practical significance for teaching academic writing.

Effectiveness of Subsidized Fertilizer Distribution from Distributors through Farmers’ Kiosks to the Farmers’ Level (Case Study in West Lombok District)

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This research takes the title “Effectiveness of Subsidized Fertilizer Distribution From Distributors Through Farmers’ Kiosk to Farmer Level (Case Study in West Lombok Regency). The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the subsidized fertilizer subsidy policy in its distribution from distributors to retail kiosks until it was accepted by farmers who were members of farmer groups. Determination of research areas purvosively in two sub-districts, namely Narmada sub-district and Gunungsari sub-district, West Lombok district. The population in this study are farmers who are members of farmer groups who use subsidized fertilizers in processing their farming business. Determining the sample as many as 120 respondents were determined randomly by random sampling from each selected farmer group in the work area of the subsidized fertilizer retailer kiosk. The research method used to analyze and measure the effectiveness of subsidized fertilizer is descriptive qualitative and quantitative methods. by using four main indicators, namely, right place, right time, right quantity and right price.

The results showed that from the four indicators that were observed, it could be said that the distribution of subsidized fertilizer from the distributor to the farmer level. 83.0%, the aspect of suitability with a ratio of 74.45%, the aspect of the suitability of the amount of fertilizer with an average achievement percentage of 55.28% and the ratio ratio with a ratio of 43, 04%. If viewed from the five aspects of fertilizer presentation, the application of subsidized fertilizer seen from these five aspects is 69.24%, based on the fertilizer subsidy policy criteria (Permendagri; 2011) then the delivery of subsidized fertilizer in the research area is in the effective category.

With changes in government policy on fertilizer prices which are increasing at any time, farmers are expected to be able to use fertilizers according to the recommendations recommended by the government. In addition, to anticipate the general shortage of fertilizers, the government is currently selling non-subsidized fertilizers to farmers at quite high prices.

Impact of Transfer of Agricultural Land Functions on Socio-Economic and Socio-Ecological Conditions in West Lombok Regency

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Land conversion is basically a natural thing to happen, but in reality it becomes a problem, because it occurs on agricultural land that is still productive and its availability is still limited. The negative impact of shifting the function of paddy fields is not only a decrease in agricultural production, but also has an impact on the socio-economic conditions of the community and the environment of the area concerned. In certain cases, the conversion of paddy fields is unavoidable. This study aims to, 1) Identify the types of land transfer in West Lombok Regency, 2). Analyzing the impact of land conversion on socio-economic conditions in West Lombok Regency and 3) Analyzing the impact of land conversion on socio-ecological conditions in West Lombok Regency.

The results showed that the conversion of agricultural land is a change in the designation of agricultural land into non-agricultural land use. The potential land that has been widely converted in Labuapi, Gunungsari and Gerung sub-districts during the last five years (2010-2020) is paddy field and dry land which has changed its land use into housing, restaurants, shops and so on. There are different types of land conversion between the sample sub-districts/villages. Labuapi sub-district experienced large-scale agricultural land conversion, while Gunungsari and Gerung sub-districts experienced small agricultural land conversion. In general, the conversion of agricultural land in the sample sub-districts/villages has a negative impact on socio-economic aspects such as changes in land tenure, employment opportunities, changes in work patterns.