Certification Service Research Articles

Organic Certification: A Case Study of Organic Valley, Nepal

Organic agriculture is a holistic food production management system, which results in sound agroecological health, combat climate change, enhanced biodiversity and soil biological activities. There is an increasing interest in organic production all over the globe. With certification, there adds the confidence in the marketplace. Nepal government has authorized an organization called Organic Certification Nepal (OCN), who offers internationally accredited inspection and certification services to local operators. There are many other international organizations like NAASA (Australia), ECOCERT (France), One Cert Asia (USA), IMO (Switzerland), Control Union (Netherlands), CertAlletc. are also active in Nepal, with their agents. There are a number of methods to certify if a product is organic or not organic. This paper is an effort to find out potentials and development of organic agriculture and certification for hilly areas. Organic Valley which comprises of five VDCs out of which two VDCs is in Kavrepalanchok district and three VDCs is in Lalitpur district was surveyed by various means to assess the status of organic agriculture and certification. Through interaction with farmers, it was found 81.61% people are aware of organic farming while 68.96% are not aware of the organic certification. The major organic crop exported from the valley is coffee. Presently Internal Control System (ICS) found applicable for the certification of coffee. There is more scope of parallel cultivations in the valley, and that can be certified by using Participatory Guaranteed System (PGS). Organic farming is must since it improves environmental and human health, export possibilities and market place, discourage toxic chemical near human settlement, provide job space to youth and enhanced lifestyle.

The Pricing of IPO by Investment Banks and Venture Capital: A Theoretical Model

The venture capitalists provide supervision and certification service for shareholding enterprises, which reduce the information asymmetry and attract more high quality investment banks. Thus, the price is close to the market price when the enterprise enters the market and under-pricing is avoided thereby. Based on the supervision and certification hypothesis, this paper builds a pricing model of investment banks and venture capital to explain the pricing mechanism of investment bank, investment risk pricing mechanism and the causes of underpricing.

Penerapan Undang-Undang Nomor 14 Tahun 2005 Terhadap Pelaksanaan Sertifikasi Guru Di Kota Mataram

This study is only aimed at the implementation of the Civil Service certification for teachers in Mataram, starting from the teaching profession allowance arrangement pursuant to Law No. 14 Year 2005, Application of the Law No. 14 Year 2005 in Mataram and the various constraints in the implementation of the Law Law Number 14 Year 2005 in Mataram and proposed solutions to overcome the stretcher. The results of this study found the insinkronisasi the Government Regulation No. 41 of 2009 by the Ministry of Finance (PMK) are used as guidelines in the payment of teachers' professional allowance. It also found the vagueness of norms in Article 35 paragraph (2) of Law No. 14 Year 2005. Although Law No. 14 Year 2005 effective as expected, but there are some obstacles in the implementation of Law No. 14 Year 2005 on the city of Mataram. The solution is that the Minister of Finance to follow the provisions of the Government Regulation Number 41 Year 2009, which ordered that the payments be paid every month teacher certification. To resolve the conflict norms in Article 35 paragraph (2) of Act No. 14 of 2005 so as not to harm the teacher is required to revise Law No. 14 Year 2005 on Teachers and Lecturers, in particular Article 35 paragraph (2) in order to sync with Article 35 paragraph (1).

Modeling time, probability, and configuration constraints for continuous cloud service certification

Cloud computing proposes a paradigm shift where resources and services are allocated, provisioned, and accessed at runtime and on demand. New business opportunities emerge for service providers and their customers, at a price of an increased uncertainty on how their data are managed and their applications operate once stored/deployed in the cloud. This scenario calls for assurance solutions that formally assess the working of the cloud and its services/processes. Current assurance techniques increasingly rely on model-based verification, but fall short to provide sound checks on the validity and correctness of their assessment over time. The approach in this paper aims to close this gap catching unexpected behaviors emerging when a verified service is deployed in the target cloud. We focus on certification-based assurance techniques, which provide customers with verifiable and formal evidence on the behavior of cloud services/processes. We present a trustworthy cloud certification scheme based on the continuous verification of model correctness against real and synthetic service execution traces, according to time, probability, and configuration constraints, and attack flows. We test the effectiveness of our approach in a real scenario involving ATOS SA eHealth application deployed on top of open source IaaS OpenStack.

FRAMEWORK FOR CERTIFICATION OF REUSABLE SOFTWARE COMPONENTS

Certification is a technique that plays a vital role in endorsing software components. It helps in increasing the importance of software components. It tries to validate the quality of components and makes it reliable for reuse. This increases the probability of software components to be reused. The study presented the framework for certification of reusable software components. While presenting the framework the study stated about the certifiable artifacts and certifying authority. It also stated the methods of certification, certification practices to be followed, and the certification services. The certification process actually ratifies the quality of software components. The certification methods involve the request for certification, processing the request, and issuance of certificates. The certification practices are categorized into ‘for reuse’ and ‘with reuse’. The certification services stated about the services provided in relation to certificates. It is easy to rely on products with valid certificates. The software components without certification do not guarantee the quality aspects. It may then be able to compromise the quality of software products, which in turn, can vitiate the reliability of software components and consequently, the software products.

IMPLEMENTASI STANDAR OPERASIONAL PROSEDUR (SOP) PELAYANAN AKTA KELAHIRAN PADA DINAS KEPENDUDUKAN DAN PENCATATAN SIPIL KOTA BENGKULU

The purpose of this research is to know the implementation of SOP (Standard Operational Procedures) for birth certificate services at the Population and Civil Registration Board of Bengkulu City. The method of the data analysis was used is descriptive and qualitative analysis. The study shows that: (1) the preparation phase of the implementation of SOP services at the Population and Civil Registration Board has been executed well, where socialization SOP has been done properly, the SOP has been well implemented and equipment of the Ministry has been drafted and personals, has been shared with the right personnel, so as to facilitate the process of service to the community and (2) the implementation of SOP implementation the issuance of a birth certificate in the Population and Civil Registration Board of Bengkulu City from the stage of receiving and examining the file the petition for a birth certificate, file verification application scheduled, and collect files petition, enter data and print a birth certificate, check, legacy and sign, and submit the quote birth certificate to the community have been implemented in accordance with the stages of service assigned. Every employee involved in the birth certificate service has been implemented in accordance with the stages of service assigned.Keywords: Policy implementation, Standard Operational Procedure; and Birth Certificate

A distributed authentication and authorization scheme for in-network big data sharing

Big data has a strong demand for a network infrastructure with the capability to support data sharing and retrieval efficiently. Information-centric networking (ICN) is an emerging approach to satisfy this demand, where big data is cached ubiquitously in the network and retrieved using data names. However, existing authentication and authorization schemes rely mostly on centralized servers to provide certification and mediation services for data retrieval. This causes considerable traffic overhead for the secure distributed sharing of data. To solve this problem, we employ identity-based cryptography (IBC) to propose a Distributed Authentication and Authorization Scheme (DAAS), where an identity-based signature (IBS) is used to achieve distributed verifications of the identities of publishers and users. Moreover, Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-based encryption (CP-ABE) is used to enable the distributed and fine-grained authorization. DAAS consists of three phases: initialization, secure data publication, and secure data retrieval, which seamlessly integrate authentication and authorization with the interest/data communication paradigm in ICN. In particular, we propose trustworthy registration and Network Operator and Authority Manifest (NOAM) dissemination to provide initial secure registration and enable efficient authentication for global data retrieval. Meanwhile, Attribute Manifest (AM) distribution coupled with automatic attribute update is proposed to reduce the cost of attribute retrieval. We examine the performance of the proposed DAAS, which shows that it can achieve a lower bandwidth cost than existing schemes.

IMPLEMENTASI PERATURAN WALIKOTA NOMOR 31 TAHUN 2006 TENTANG PEMBEBASAN BIAYA ATAS PEMBUATAN AKTA KELAHIRAN PADA DINAS KEPENDUDUKAN DAN PENCATATAN SIPIL KOTA SAMARINDA

The result shows that implementation of birth certificate service at Disdukcapil Samarinda has a clear procedure, a secure process, a timeliness conducted by capable employees and supported by good infrastructure which goes with the people expectation. Meanwhile at the same time Disdukcapil Samarinda also supported by the strong policy in managing citizenship administration services, good coordination between the employees and a condusive work environment.

Forma pisemna i elektroniczna czynności prawnych w prawie chińskim

The article presents and analyzes the problem of forms of legal acts, especially contracts, in Chinese law. Chinese law provides for freedom as to the form of a declaration of intent. This freedom is not absolute, however, for the legislator has allowed for certain exceptions. The law provides for written form of contracts and electronic form of contracts. The article presents the scope of written form, the legal definitions of the terms “writing”, “signature” and “seal” and finally, how to fulfill requirements of written form of contracts. It also introduces a short history of passage of the legislation governing electronic form of legal acts, especially electronic signatures and electronic records. The Author presents the possibility to satisfy the statutory requirements of a written form of contract by affixing an electronic document with various types of electronic signatures. The article also presents the rules of functioning of Public Key Infrastructure and certification service providers and their legal responsibility.

Adventure Tourism in Nainital: An Evaluatory Analysis of Tourist Satisfaction and Safety against Involved Risks

The very paper gives an overview about adventure tourism in general. Next, the paper specially discusses on adventure tourism in Nainital town. The paper focuses on the satisfaction aspect of the tourist, who is not necessarily adventure tourist but participate in adventure activities offered in Nainital. The key issues discussed, are about the awareness among the tourist regarding adventure activities offered in Nainital. Whether the tourists who participate in adventure activities are aware of safety concerns, equipment standard and the level of expertise and essential certification required by the service provider. The paper is the first-hand query about the profile of the tourist participating in the adventure. Second, it is about the satisfaction level and third to probe about the service delivery system, standards and certification requirement of the service provider.

Emerging student support trends on social media platforms in open education system

Diversity of interactive environments has increased with use of developing technology in open education systems. In this sense social media platforms allows to coming together of learners. Distance education institutions can make important decisions by following students’ interaction in these environments. Especially students established themselves non-formal social media platforms are subject of investigation. There are different support needs of students throughout student learning life in distance education institutions. These issues are called student affair in distance education literature. These issues may vary by countries, region or program. Anadolu University is a mega-university in distance education area. There are some student support issues in this system and they attempt to find supports. Some of them can be listed as follows: New Registration and Registration Renewal, Examination Services, Course Exemption, Student Certificates, Forgotten Password and Sign-in Problems, Academic Amnesty, Military Service, Student ID Cards, Diploma and Diploma Supplements, Associate Degree, Honor Certificate, Postage and Shipping Services, İnternational Programs and Tuition Fee. In this subject some solutions can produce by following trends of students. In this study, Facebook groups have been investigated which created by distance education learners on social media platforms. These groups were analyzed with maximum interaction and Open Education Faculty Department of Sociology Facebook group is selected. Interaction and trends in the group are discussed in the context of student support. NodeXL, Gephi and Quintly software are used for social network analysis based on shares, comment and likes. The research aims to uncover student support trends on social networks. Student trends will be discussed under categories. Findings of the research can contribute to development of student support activities in this open education system. Further learners’ trends are important to show that intensity topics. Emerging student support trends on social media platforms is important to produce solutions.Keywords: Student support; open and distance learning; social networks; content analyses; sociology

IMPLEMENTASI PERATURAN MENTERI KELAUTAN DAN PERIKANAN REPUBLIK INDONESIA NOMOR PER. 19/MEN/2010 Tentang Pengendalian Sistem Jaminan Mutu dan Keamanan Hasil Perikanan (Studi Mengenai Pelaksanaan Pemberian Sertifikat Ekspor Ikan Di Balai Karantina Kelas I

Certification of fish exports carried out in order to ensure that fish or fishery products were produce from the territory of the Republic of Indonesia free of pest quarantine fish or illness that required, according to the type and amount with the accompanying documents as well as free or do not have the potential as a medium for disease be transmitted to humans. The purpose of this research is to analyze and describe the fish export certification services in Class I Fish Quarantine Surabaya, and to describe the positive impact gained the certification of exports of fish in Fish Quarantine Class I Surabaya. Analysis data techniques used in this research is descriptive qualitative data analysis techniques. The results showed that: a) fish export certification services in Class I Fish Quarantine Surabaya basically been carried out in accordance with the existing procedures that provide fast service, precise, inexpensive, safe, fair and accountable. However, there is a shortage of human resources side, there are the employees or less service personnel to be friendly to the public while giving fish export certification services; and b) The positive impact of obtaining export fish certification in Fish Quarantine Class I Surabaya are fish exporter obtained evidence that fish to be exported has met the requirements and declared free of the pest, quarantine fish or illness that required, so that the process of fish export activities can to do.Keywords: Implementation, Fish Export Certificates, Certification Service.

Multicriteria model for selecting TQM consultancy and certification services

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish the need and the importance of adopting a structured model to support the decisions by using a multicriteria focus to guide drawing up a methodological framework. In addition, this study considers the maturity level of the organization, and the importance of continuous improvement after implementing ISO 9001. Design/methodology/approach This study presents a scientific technical foundation of the qualifying and selection criteria of the consultancy and Accredited Certification Body (ACB) by using ISO standards, and the guidance document CB25, which is related to quality. Finally, a numeric application with realistic data is undertaken using the PROMETHEE II method, and the GAIA plan. Findings The development of this study provides a new insight into the importance for selecting consultancy, and certification services in order to implement quality management systems within organizations. Research limitations/implications The current study is limited to the quality management services. If necessary to apply the same model to other areas, it is necessary looking for documents and regulations of this field. In addition, this model is focussed on a model for small or medium companies, which are still trying to achieve a higher position in the sector, and do not have experts in quality management. Originality/value The differential of this study is the foundation of the criteria for the proposed model. Other studies choose these criteria without any scientific basis. On the other hand, this study goes over many documents.

JISHA 方式OSHMS 認定の現状と適用の効果

JISHA 方式OSHMS 認定の現状と適用の効果

A Relação entre os Elementos da Cocriação, Satisfação e Confiança no Contexto de Serviços

Novas perspectivas tm surgido no marketing, baseadas, por exemplo, na cocriao (Vargo Lusch, 2004). Este artigo visa analisar a relao entre os elementos da cocriao dilogo, acesso, avaliao de risco e transparncia , a satisfao e a confiana, em servios com qualidades baseadas na crena (servios mdicos) versus servios com qualidades baseadas na experincia (cabeleireiro). Assim, realizou-se uma survey (n = 230 respondentes) e anlises de mediao moderada para investigar a relao de mediao da satisfao entre os elementos da cocriao e a confiana e o papel moderador do tipo de servio. Os resultados indicam que a satisfao media a relao do dilogo, do acesso e da transparncia com a confiana dos consumidores, e estas relaes so mais fortes para os servios mdicos (qualidade baseada na crena) do que para os servios de cabelereiro (qualidade baseada na experincia). Assim, este artigo contribui com a literatura em marketing ao propor novos antecedentes da confiana para servios com qualidades baseadas na crena, alm de testar empiricamente a cocriao por meio de seus elementos.

IMPLEMENTASI LEGISLASI BENIH DALAM MENSUKSESKAN SWASEMBADA PANGAN

Seed has an important role to increasing the productivity of food crops and has has a lot of legislation issued by the government relating to seed. However, to date there are no known legislation from local government (PEMDA) on seed (specific location). At the current stage, the existing local legislation on seed was based on the initial legislation from the central government especially Cultivation Act No. 12/1992 and Government Legislation No.44/1995. To date the most important institution based on the existing legislation on seed is BPSBTPH (Seed Control and Certification Services Agency for Food Crops and Horticulture). BPSBTPH has a function to control and be responsible in seed production, from procurement, distribution and trading activities. To optimize their role and function the BPSBTPH should: (1) develop policy for agricultural enterprises or farmers who have been used un-labelled seed; (2) participate in supervising new seed products from other agencies; (3) more focus on supervising duties and less pressure on achieving target in production that was set by local government.

Secure and reliable certificate chains recovery protocol for mobile ad hoc networks

The deployment of any security policy requires the definition of a trust model that defines who trusts who and how. There is a host of research efforts in the trustworthy area to securing mobile ad hoc networks. Among the most used approaches are based on public-key certificates and gave birth to miscellaneous trust models ranging from centralized models to web-of-trust and distributed certification authorities. Certificates management in mobile ad hoc networks is a veritable challenge because of constrictions imposed by the nature of the network. The freedom of nodes mobility involves some constraints when designing reliable certification systems. In this paper, we address this issue and we propose a secure and reliable certificate chains recovery protocol for mobile ad hoc networks. Our proposal is based on web-of-trust in which the users ensure themselves the role of the certification service by issuing and managing the public-key certificates. The shortest and the safest certificate chains are selected in order to reduce the communication overhead and resist against compromised nodes which can generate false certificates. An analytical model is developed and simulations are performed in order evaluate the performances of our protocol, in which it demonstrates interesting results.

Development of a Cloud Computing Interoperability-Based Service Certification

Cloud computing and related services, in combination with mobile computing, are becoming a major building block of new IT convergence. Therefore, cloud interoperability based service evaluation certification demands precise and professional requirements. This study presents the quality, interoperability, and security as three key areas of overall cloud services. It also presents a proposal to evaluate the quality and interoperability through an existing cloud service certification system considering practical convenience and reality in establishing the certification system.

Certification as a Quality Initiative.

The vice president of the Certification and Measurement Services for the American Nurses Credentialing Center presents this month's column focused on the value of certification for both the patient and the organization.

A Study on Service Architecture for Secure Authentication System

This study designed a safe combined certification system by approaching the matter of certification upon recent expansion of the cyber world and the market size of mobile shopping through a newer plan. Recently, mobile field has drawn much attention and it is used for most means of living for users like purchase of commodity, payment, and user certification. The mobile economy also grows by this trend, but hacking accidents or financial crimes are also in full swing. It is expected that the service for mobile in the future will increase more than ever, but in security aspects we still use problematic certification and security system. Data control service in the future is expected to do a lot with the service, which basically stores all services in phones as well as service providers through cloud service. Data control service will lead to the expansion of IoT (Internet of Things) service, as it substitutes existing off-line backup and safely provide user data regardless of location or kinds of devices. That is, users can use data from the devices connected to the Internet without copying or moving to devices users want to use. To use this data safely, establishing a certification system of users will be an ever more important factor. Therefore, this treatise is going to suggest the plan that we can conduct the certification in a safer way among several threats. In particular, mobile hacking is a very serious and important issue, as it could directly lead to monetary loss. When certification is insufficient, the possibility of a third party reaping benefits through hacking is greater. This treatise is going to suggest a model that service providers can provide safe certification service by performing verification of transaction and data through electronic certification. Building of a combined and safe certification system upon recent FinTech boom is a very important factor and this study is going to suggest various structures in aspects of security and convenience. Keyword: Certificate, ISP, Authentication, Mobile, Payment