Number Of New Participants Research Articles

BPJS Employment Development Strategy for Ternate Branch in Increasing Acquisitions for Shield Agents

Social security is a form of social protection that guarantees everyone can fulfill a decent life's basic needs. Having death and accident insurance while working is very important for all non-formal workers in Indonesia, including in the city of Ternate and its surroundings. The data analysis method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. Qualitative descriptive is a method used to explore findings in the field. The research results show that there are four successful shield builders, such as the shield office built by Muhammad Hikmawan, which has 24 shield agents; Prasanti D has 25 shield agents; Taufik Hariyadi has 26 shield agents; and Vincenzo Runtu has 26 shield agents. The total number of agents from 4 supervisors is 101 productive shield agents who help socialize the benefits of the BPJS Employment program to the working community, non-wage earners. New BPJS Employment participants with the non-formal worker segment include motorcycle taxi drivers, fishermen, fishermen traders, etc. The acquisition sequence for January, there were 1048 participants; in February, there were 744 participants; in March, there were 5328 participants; in April, there were 2022 participants; in May, there were 7497 participants; and in June, there were 7188 participants; the total number of new participants registered through shield agents from January to June was 23827 participant.

Измерение сетевых эффектов в стоимостной оценке интеллектуального капитала

Digitalization processes have had a significant impact on the intellectual capital of business entities and its functioning processes. Digital interaction management in the process of value creation has led to a significant increase in synergies. Comparative analysis showed that the understanding of the terms “network effect” and “synergistic effect” is limited to the framework of interaction within integration entities or platform networks. Studying the synergistic effects, as a rule, is limited to studying the processes and effectiveness of interaction within integration structures. Synergy in the internal environment of business entities remains outside the scope of most scientific works. The action of synergistic effects is manifested at three levels: synergy of the components of intellectual capital; interaction between intellectual capital and tangible assets; relations with stakeholders. The issues of the influence of synergistic effects on the cost of intellectual capital require a system of indicators that allow assessing the degree of their severity. The proposed three-level model for assessing the severity of synergistic effects (3L model) includes indicators for the analysis at each level. To assess the synergy between the components of intellectual capital, it is advisable to use the following indicators: the speed of dissemination of information flows and the average rate of changes in the states of the components of intellectual capital. The second level of synergetic effects - between intellectual capital and tangible assets - is assessed through the intellectualization of productive forces; speed of response to changes; optimization of production processes. The synergistic effects formed in interactions with different groups of stakeholders can be measured through the number of new participants, number of indicators of business processes improved as a result of interaction, amount of attracted investments. Analysis of indicators for each of the three identified levels will allow evaluating the cumulative synergistic effect. Calculating the coefficient of the impact of synergistic effects on the creation of added value can be applied in the practice of assessing the value of intellectual capital.

PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FRANCHISE BUSINESS NETWORK ON THE MARKET

The franchise model is currently the most profitable, fast-growing business format that ensures the economic growth of the regional and Russian economy. The subject of the study was the program for the development of a franchise business network in the market. The purpose of this study is to develop effective management measures to expand the use of franchise relations in business networks. The use of the author's approach allowed to build a step-by-step program for scaling a ready-made partner business and increase the level of transparency of franchise relations. The practical significance lies in the development of a set of practical steps within the framework of the implementation of the action program to enhance the use of franchising in the Russian economy, which will increase the number of new participants in franchise systems.

668 Utilizing Risk Score Assessment to Maximize Sleep Research Participant Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic

IntroductionResearch study recruitment has been profoundly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrated by significant delays or pauses. Various guidelines pertaining to in-person visits have applied to research. Some call for exclusion of participants that the CDC has labeled “at increased risk”.1 For obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) studies, these guidelines have caused a sharp decrease in the number of new participants. This decrease is due to high rates of OSA comorbidities including obesity and diabetes. New evidence-based risk scores have been developed using individual- and community-level factors. The use of more refined COVID-19 risk scores can help protect patient safety while allowing research to continue.MethodsThe risk score assessment used for this study (COVID-19 Mortality Risk Calculator; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD)2 is evidence-based and uses a set of risk factors and community-level pandemic dynamics in the state of residence.3,4 It was compared to the list of CDC medical conditions that are considered to put an individual “at increased risk.” Both measures were calculated retrospectively on current participants to determine how many could safely attend in-person visits based on each risk assessment method.ResultsSample characteristics of the 110 participants were: mean age: 49.5±13.7(24–76); mean BMI: 32.3±5.3(20.9–46.1); mean AHI: 24.3±21.4(5.1–110). Mortality Risk Calculator scores were: 91(82.7%) close to/lower than average [Level 1]; 12(10.9%) moderately elevated; 6(5.5%) substantially elevated; 1(0.9%) high; and 0(0%) very high [Level 5]. Using CDC guidance, 63 (57.3%) had at least one at-risk condition and 47 (42.7%) had 0. Using only Level 1 of the Risk Calculator would allow an additional 28 (25%) participants to attend in-person visits; using Levels 1 and 2 would allow an additional 40 (37%) participants.ConclusionPolicies based on CDC at-risk conditions resulted in higher levels of participant exclusion in research during the COVID-19 pandemic than use of an evidence-based Mortality Risk Calculator. This analysis shows that researchers can use risk-adjusted scores to make informed decisions about study participation that balances both participant safety and research study progress.Support (if any)This project was supported in part by Department of Veteran Affairs VA HSRD IIR 16–277, VA RRD D2651-R, and VA San Diego Healthcare System Research Service.

Does Bitcoin Behave Like a Commodity?

The paper tests bitcoin returns on predictions made by a commodity theoretical model by Routledge et al (RM). RM predicts the spot price, futures, and implied volatilities behavior to the immediate-use-demand and inventory of a commodity. I find that bitcoins futures and implied volatility behave like any other commodity. However, I do not find predictable behavior in spot prices. Instead, I find a positive relationship between the number of new participants and spot price, which indicates a behavior like an asset driven by network effect versus a commodity.

Examination of the Motivations for Equity-based Crowdfunding in an Emerging Market

The purpose of this paper was to identify the most significant factors and issues concerning a successful Pre-Commercial Procurement in the Slovak and Czech markets and to validate a conceptual model developed to describe relations within all procurement phases with more detailed exploratory attributes. Number of price changes within the negotiation phase (generally in electronic dynamic pricing environment) and volume of procurement were identified as the most crucial determinants of savings, with a positive and negative effect on the success of Pre-Commercial Procurement respectively. Selection of auction type affects the number of participants and number of new participants in the auction, with less transparent auction types being more attractive for suppliers than transparent types. Further, Pre-Commercial Procurement was compared to traditional procurement of common products and services, identifying differences in number of participants and total volume of auctions. A survey conducted identified the critical need to improve innovation driven sourcing ecosystem to make the market more transparent for identification of suitable suppliers but also for the procurer to be more visible on the market when procurement is taking the place. The developed conceptual framework with tested relations can be a guide to proper Pre-Commercial Procurement procurement setting.

Sport Promotion through Sport Mega-Events. An Analysis for Types of Olympic Sports in London 2012.

A substantial amount of attention has been devoted towards the potential sport legacy of the Olympic Games. In spite of the increasing academic interest in this topic, there is a knowledge gap as far as sport legacy is concerned by types of different sports. The authors bridge this gap by analysing the evolution of 43 different Olympic/Paralympic sport modalities in the two-year period after the London 2012 Olympics. By using data from the Active People Survey with a sample of 165,000 people annually, and considering some demographic variables and the effect of the economic environment, the paper aims to test the existence of a sport legacy. We have applied time series analysis and ARIMA models for controlling for economic influence and seasonal adjustment and for making comparisons among participation rates. The results show, for the total of the sports analysed, that there were 336,000 individuals who increased their frequency of participation, while there was no significant increase in the number of new participants in these sports. When we develop the analysis for types of sports, London 2012 is positively associated not only with the frequency of participation in some types of sport but also with an increase in the number of new sport participants. Gender and age differences are also detected. The results show the differences of sport legacy by type of sports. Moreover, this research has elucidated an important unrecognised aspect of the effect of the Olympic Games and perhaps major events: that they can become a major policy tool for reversing sporting inequalities.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC MOTIVATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION IN FINANCIAL FRAUD IN THE INSURANCE SERVICES MARKET

Introduction. The issue of financial fraud, in particular in the market of insurance services and the motives for participation in them by individual participants who are able to recognize a possible financial pyramid and refuse to participate in it is especially relevant at the present stage of development of Ukrainian society. In developed countries, the problems of involvement and motives for participation in financial pyramids are paid much more attention than in Ukraine, where a potential consumer of a financial product is often left alone with the problem after the closure of a fraudulent project. Methods. The methodological basis of the article is a dialectical-materialist approach, and during the research special general scientific methods were used: analysis and synthesis - in determining the motives of participation and relationships of participants in the financial pyramid; historical and legal - in disclosing the experience and consequences of the spread of fraud, in particular on the example of Albania. Results. The article attempts to assess the factors that affect the relatively conscious participation of consumers in financial projects, with clear signs of a financial pyramid. We interpret the financial pyramid as: "the activity of the enterprise of the financial sphere, which is to accept funds for investment with a high level of return (at least at the level of declaration); however, this goal is not realized at all or to a sufficient extent, which causes a spiral of losses." We single out the motives for involvement in the structures, which during the operation of the payment of liabilities are made from the current investments of new clients (investors or partners) and the factors that determine the involvement in such structures of colleagues, family, friends and acquaintances and their financial resources. Discussion. Aggressive marketing, which declares extraordinary profits, so large that their size precludes rational thinking and awareness of the fairness of distribution or financial enrichment, in the representation of celebrities who authenticate the proposed obligations in combination with the level of regulation and financial literacy significant prospects for further research on this topic. This situation allows us to predict a significant number of new participants in financial pyramids and exacerbation of financial fraud. Keywords: insurance, financial pyramid, fraud, motives, factors.

Building community-clinical linkages to increase older adult physical activity: The PT-REFER trial protocol and participant baseline characteristics.

BackgroundPhysical activity is important for maintaining older adult health, but a majority of older adults are not meeting recommended physical activity levels. This paper describes the protocol and participant baseline characteristics for a trial (named “PT-REFER”) to test an intervention focused on developing community-clinical linkages to increase older adult referrals from physical therapy clinics to an evidence-based group exercise program (Enhance®Fitness) (EF) offered by YMCA associations.MethodsWe designed a two-arm cluster-randomized controlled trial with YMCA associations. We conducted formative research with YMCA staff and physical therapists to inform intervention format and content. The primary outcome is the number of new participants enrolled in EF over the course of 30 months. We also collect process information on cost and implementation though structured surveys and semi-structured qualitative interviews.ResultsThe PT-REFER intervention creates a learning collaborative for YMCA associations, which are tasked with implementing a number of capacity- and partnership-building activities over the course of seven months, and participating in monthly group technical assistance calls. We recruited 20 YMCA associations from 13 states. At baseline, the average number of EF sites per association was 3.9 and the monthly average number of new EF participants was 3.7.ConclusionsThis study will test an approach to increasing the capacity of YMCAs for conducting outreach to physical therapy clinics, and evaluate the factors that may influence its implementation. As a result, it has the potential to contribute to our understanding of how to develop viable and sustainable community-clinical linkages for older adult health.

A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Additional Funding Intervention to Improve Clinical Trial Enrollment.

Background: A low proportion of adults with cancer are recruited to clinical trials. Cancer Council Victoria provides funding to clinical trial sites through its statewide Cancer Trials Management Scheme (CTMS). Historically, there appeared to be a relationship between budget-allocated funding and the number of patients recruited. A randomized controlled trial was conducted to test whether additional funding in 2013 would increase trial recruitment. Methods: A total of 18 trial centers ("sites") received usual CTMS funds, whereas 16 intervention sites received usual funds plus additional funds, proportional to recruitment in 2011; additional payments to sites in the intervention group ranged from $6,750 to $234,000 AUD (≈$6,750-$234,000 USD at the time). This represented an average 11.8% (interquartile range [IQR], 8.0%, 12.3%) increase in sites' budgets. Sites were required to use the funds with the aim of increasing recruitment. The study end point was the number of new participants recruited to trials in 2013. An online survey assessed strategies used to increase recruitment. Results: The median number of new trial recruits per site in 2013 was 21 (IQR, 5-39) in the control arm and 12.5 (IQR, 3.5-44.5) in the intervention arm. The ratio of new trial recruitment numbers at the intervention sites compared with control sites in 2013, adjusting for respective 2012 numbers and institution type, was 0.99 (95% CI, 0.69, 1.43; P=.96). The survey revealed most intervention sites used funding to increase staffing. Conclusions: Additional funding at a site level did not lead to a contemporaneous increase in trial recruitment.

Contributors’ enrollment in collaborative online communities: the case of OpenStreetMap

The number of people registering in an online community depends on two main factors: interest in, and awareness of, the project. Registering to a project does not, however, imply contributing to it, as lacking the knowledge and skills can be a barrier to participation. In order to identify the nature of events that might have facilitated or hindered enrollments in the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project over time, we analyzed the correlations between the number of new participants and the events that dotted its history. Four different metrics were defined to characterize participants’ behaviors: the daily number of registrations, the daily number of participants that made a first contribution, the delays between contributors’ registration and their first edits, and a daily contribution ratio built from the number of new contributors and the number of new registered members. Time series analyses were used to identify trends, and outstanding variations of the number of participants. An inventory of events that took place along the OSM project’s history was created and appreciable variations of the metrics have been linked to events that seemed to be meaningful. Although a correlation does not imply causality, many of the explanations these correlations suggest are supported by the results of other studies, either directly or indirectly. For instance, when considering the time participants spend as “lurker”, as well as on the nature of the contribution of early participants. In other cases, they suggest new explanations for the origin of the spam accounts that affect registration statistics, or the decline in the proportion of registered members who actually become contributors.

가상 커뮤니티의 멤버 유동성과 지식 협업: 멤버 유동성에 대한 다각적 접근

In this era of knowledge economy, a variety of virtual communities are proliferating for the purpose of knowledge creation and utilization. Since the voluntary contributions of members are the essential source of knowledge, member turnover can have significant implications on the survival and success of virtual communities. However, there is a dearth of research on the effect of membership turnover and even the method of measurement for membership turnover is left unclear in virtual communities. In a traditional context, membership turnover is calculated as the ratio of the number of departing members to the average number of members for a given time period. In virtual communities, while the influx of newcomers can be clearly measured, the magnitude of departure is elusive since explicit withdrawals are seldom executed. In addition, there doesn’t exist a common way to determine the average number of community members who return and contribute intermittently at will. This study initially examines the limitations in applying the concept of traditional turnover to virtual communities, and proposes five membership fluidity measures based on a preliminary analysis of editing behaviors of 2,978 featured articles in English Wikipedia. Subsequently, this work investigates the relationships between three selected membership fluidity measures and group collaboration performance, reflecting a moderating effect dependent on work characteristic. We obtained the following results: First, membership turnover relates to collaboration efficiency in a right-shortened U-shaped manner, with a moderating effect from work characteristic; given the same turnover rate, the promotion likelihood for a more professional task is lower than that for a less professional task, and the likelihood difference diminishes as the turnover rate increases. Second, contribution period relates to collaboration efficiency in a left-shortened U-shaped manner, with a moderating effect from work characteristic; the marginal performance change per unit change of contribution period is greater for a less professional task. Third, the number of new participants per month relates to collaboration efficiency in a left-shortened reversed U-shaped manner, for which the moderating effect from work characteristic appears to be insignificant.

Classical and Quantum Mechanical Models of Many-Particle Systems

This meeting was focused on recent results on the mathematical analysis of many-particle systems, both classical and quantum-mechanical in scaling regimes such that the methods of kinetic theory can be expected to apply. Thus, the Boltzmann equation is in many ways the central equation investigated in much of the research presented and discussed at this meeting, but the range of topics naturally extended from this center to include other non-linear partial differential and integro-differential equations, especially macroscopic/fluid-dynamical limits of kinetic equations modeling the dynamics of many-particle systems. A significant subset of the talks focused on propagation of chaos, and the validation and derivation of kinetic equations from underlying stochastic particle models in which there has been much progress and activity. Models were discussed with applications not only in physics, but also engineering, and mathematical biology. While there were a number of new participants, especially younger researchers, an interesting aspect of the conference was the number of talks presenting progress that had its origins in the previous meeting in this series held in 2010.

The Impact of PRAISEDD on Adherence and Initiation of Heart Health Behaviors in Senior Housing

Building on prior theoretical work and research, we developed a community-based intervention, People Reducing Risk And Improving Strength through Exercise, Diet, and Drug Adherence (PRAISEDD), a three-phase program which was implemented in 2009. The purpose of this study was to report on Phase III, the Inoculation Phase, of the PRAISEDD program and explore participant experiences. This was a descriptive, qualitative study focused on exploring participation in heart healthy PRAISEDD classes. Ten residents participated in the focus group, all of whom attended at least one PRAISEDD session. Qualitative data were obtained at the end of the 12 months during which Phase III was implemented. Descriptive data were gathered to describe the number of initial PRAISEDD participants and the number of new participants who came to classes. Nine codes were identified and reduced to two themes: motivators to participate in exercise classes; and factors that decrease willingness to participate. The Phase III monthly PRAISEDD inoculation classes were attended by 10-12 residents, the majority of whom participated in Phase I of PRAISEDD. We were able to engage new participants in classes during Phase III, and qualitative findings provided important recommendations for future work.

O1-S09.04 Modelled impact of changing participation rates on effectiveness of population based chlamydia screening

BackgroundThe Chlamydia Screening Implementation (CSI) is a Dutch large-scale pilot of an internet-based self-sampling Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) screening program for 16–29-year-old men and women. The effectiveness of CSI can be...

Storm Clouds Ahead for 401(K) Plans?

Designed to promote retirement saving, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 clarified auto-enrollment, auto-contribution, and auto-investment rules in employer 401(k) plans. Early evidence suggests that the legislation boosted these plan features and increased employee participation in 401(k) plans. It is too soon to gauge the act's ultimate success, however, because it hinges on the number of new participants that will eventually amass substantial account balances. Adding to the uncertainty, the recent LaRue Supreme Court decision, which highlights the legal liability that employers face as plan fiduciaries, could undermine future retirement security by making some employers reluctant to sponsor plans.

Community-based approach to weight loss: The Pawtucket “weigh-in”

The Pawtucket Heart Health Program (PHHP), in its attempt to treat obesity in the community, has delivered many traditional group and self-help weight loss programs. However, in order to reach a sufficient number of people to produce a public health impact in Pawtucket, PHHP devised a monthly citywide “weigh-in.” This program, designed to be delivered by volunteers, allowed individuals to set a weight loss goal and pledge a monetary incentive toward this goal. Self-help materials and the opportunity to join weight loss groups were provided. In the pilot study, 129 (61%) of 213 enrollees completed the 10-week program with a mean weight loss of 8.2 lb ( p< .001). A large decrease in total serum cholesterol was also observed. Nonpersonnel costs, including the total costs of the cholesterol measurement, were $1.30 per pound lost. Moreover, success is also evident by continued availability of the program and the increasing number of new participants “referred” to the weigh-in by members.