Learning Achievement Improvement of 1st Grade Students by Using Problem-Based Learning (PBL) on TPACK MODEL

The objectives of the research were: 1) to develop the lesson plans for “Weight and Measurement” of Mathematics by using Problem-Based Learning on TPACK MODEL based on the efficiency of the process and the overall result (E1/E2) at the established criteria of 75/75; 2) to compare the students’ learning achievement in “Weight and Measurement” of the 1st grade students before and after by using Problem-Based Learning on TPACK MODEL; 3) to study the students’ satisfaction with Problem-Based Learning on TPACK MODEL. The research samples were thirty-five 1st grade students of class 1 in the 1st semester of the academic year 2020 at Sanambin School in Khon Kaen Province. They were selected by purposive sampling. The instruments used in this study were lesson plans, an achievement test, and a questionnaire on students’ satisfaction. The statistics used for analyzing the collected data were mean, standard deviation, percentage, and gain score. The research results showed that 1) the average efficiency of the lesson plans for “Weight and Measurement” by using Problem-Based Learning on TPACK MODEL with exercises was 85.54/78.71, which was higher than theestablished criteria. 2) The mean score of the 1st grade students for “Weight and Measurement” of Mathematics after using Problem-Based Learning on TPACK MODEL was significantly higher than that of before using the Problem-Based Learning Model. 3) The overall satisfaction of the students with the Problem-Based Learning on TPACK MODEL for “Weight and Measurement was at a high level.

The efficiency of major industrial enterprises in Sichuan province of China: A super slacks-based measure analysis

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>The main objective of this research is to measure the efficiency of 397 major industrial enterprises in Sichuan province of China in 2013.To this end, we employed DEA super slacks-based measure (Super-SBM) model for performance evaluation of 397 major manufacturing firms.The empirical results show that 21 of the 397 enterprises operate efficiently, and the average efficiency score of the analyzed enterprises is only 0.15. The enterprise with the highest efficiency score is 96.15% higher than the average score, which is the benchmark enterprise of operational efficiency. Among the selected sample enterprises, 5.29% of the industrial enterprises are highly efficient in operation. It was also noticed that the average efficiency score of pharmaceutical firms was the highest among all industrial firms with a mean score of 0.75, which is 80% higher than the overall average score of all industries. While the average efficiency of manufacturing of chemical raw materials and chemical products was the lowest with a mean score of 0.39. Results of sensitivity analysis show that profit has a great impact on the efficiency score of special equipment manufacturing firms, but a relatively weak impact on the firms which manufacture computers, communications, and other electronic equipment. The effect of export delivery value on efficiency score is not obvious.</p>

Efficiency of banks in Croatia

Croatian banking sector amounts to the majority of its financial sector. Therefore, it is necessary that Croatian banks operate efficiently. In the past two decades, the Croatian banking sector went through a consolidation process that steadily decreased the number of banks and allocated the majority of assets and market share to a few large banks. A simple definition of efficiency is cost minimization and profit maximization. Therefore, a bank is efficient when it strives to minimize its costs while maximizing its profits. This paper aims to estimate efficiency of Croatian banks using the DEA methodology within the period 2014-2019. In addition, the performance indicators (return on assets, return on equity) calculated for the same period aim at comparing performance indicators to efficiency results. The results indicate that larger banks are generally more efficient in operating on the frontier. And, in comparison to performance indicators, they achieve higher levels of returns on assets and equity. Furthermore, some small banks tend to be efficient, while the benefits of being a medium bank are inconclusive since the results reveal that some medium banks have below average efficiency. Overall, average efficiency improved in the observed period, which means that the consolidation process of financial institutions creates large and efficient banks.

Spatio-Temporal Variation of Health Production Efficiency Considering Environmental Pollution in China Based on Modified EBM and Spatial Econometric Model

In order to strengthen the construction of China's health industry and improve the health of the people, based on the data of 31 provinces and cities in China from 2009 to 2019, the improved EBM model is used to measure the health production efficiency of each region, and Moran index is used to study the Spatio-temporal variation of health production efficiency of each province. Finally, the spatial econometric model is applied to study the influencing factors of the Spatio-temporal variation of health production efficiency. The results show that generally speaking, the average efficiency of 31 provinces and cities is above 0.7, and the average efficiency of some regions is above 1. From the perspective of time variation, the average efficiency value in the eastern region and the middle region increases from 0.816 to 0.882 and from 0.851 to 0.861, respectively. However, the average efficiency value in the western region and northeast region decreases from 0.861 to 0.83 and from 0.864 to 0.805, respectively. From the perspective of spatial distribution, HH agglomeration and LL agglomeration exist in most regions. By comparing Moran scatter plots in 2009 and 2019, it is found that the quadrants of most regions remain unchanged, and LL agglomeration is the main agglomeration type in local space. There is a significant spatial dependence among different regions. From the perspective of spatial empirical results, Pgdp, Med, and Pd have a positive effect on health production efficiency. The direct effect and indirect effect of Pgdp, Med, and Gov all pass the significance test of 1%, indicating that there are spatial spillover effects of the three indicators. Each region should reasonably deal with the spillover effect of surrounding regions, vigorously develop economic activities, carry out cooperation with surrounding regions and apply demonstration effect to accelerate the development of overall health production.

Evaluating the Operational Efficiency and Quality of Tertiary Hospitals in Taiwan: The Application of the EBITDA Indicator to the DEA Method and TOBIT Regression

This study estimates the efficiency of 19 tertiary hospitals in Taiwan using a two-stage analysis of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and TOBIT regression. It is a retrospective panel-data study and includes all the tertiary hospitals in Taiwan. The data were sourced from open information hospitals legally required to disclose to the National Health Insurance (NHI) Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare. The variables, including five inputs (total hospital beds, total physicians, gross equipment, fixed assets net value, the rate of emergency transfer in-patient stay over 48 h) and six outputs (surplus or deficit of appropriation, length of stay, the total relative value units [RVUs] for outpatient services, total RVUs for inpatient services, self-pay income, modified EBITDA) were adopted into the Charnes, Cooper and Rhodes (CCR) and Banker, Charnes and Cooper (BCC) model. In the CCR model, the technical efficiency (TE) from 2015–2018 increases annually, and the average efficiency of all tertiary hospitals is 96.0%. In the BCC model, the highest pure technical efficiency (PTE) was in 2018 and the average efficiency of all medical centers is 99.1%. The average scale efficiency of all medical centers was 96.8% in the BBC model, meaning investment can be reduced by 3.2% and the current production level can be maintained with a fixed return to scale. Correlation coefficient analysis shows that all variables are correlated positively; the highest was the number of beds and the number of days in hospital (r = 0.988). The results show that TE in the CCR model was similar to PTE in the BCC model in four years. The difference analysis shows that more hospitals must improve regarding surplus or deficit of appropriation, modified EBITDA, and self-pay income. TOBIT regression reveals that the higher the bed-occupancy rate and turnover rate of fixed assets, the higher the TE; and the higher number of hospital beds per 100,000 people and turnover rate of fixed assets, the higher the PTE. DEA and TOBIT regression are used to analyze the other factors that affect medical center efficiency, and different categories of hospitals are chosen to assess whether different years or different types of medical centers affect operational performance. This study provides reference values for the improvable directions of relevant large hospitals’ inefficiency decision-making units through reference group analysis and slack variable analysis.

Influence of temperature variation on the generation of a photovoltaic system connected to the grid for power generation under field conditions

This experiment aimed to analyze the temperature behavior of photovoltaic modules, with the efficiency of the on-grid photovoltaic system, installed at the State University of West Paraná - UNIOESTE, campus of Cascavel, Paraná. The photovoltaic system consists of two ropes, with a total power of 3.3 kWp. In the first period, it was found that the panel kept clean (Panel 2), during data collection, reached a higher efficiency during the first weeks and practically the same for the last weeks, compared to the dirty panel. Achieve an average efficiency of 13.73% and 14.39%, Panel 1 and Panel 2, respectively. For the second period, the average efficiency of both panels, with inclinations of 21° and 26°, was very close, being 14.25% (Panel 1) and 14.24% (Panel 2). The third period showed a difference in the efficiency of the panels, 13.7% (Panel 1) and 14.54% (Panel 2), with inclinations of 21° and 18°, respectively. The test of means identified that there was a difference between the levels of soiling of the modules, as well as their inclinations of 21° and 18°. As for the 21° and 26° inclinations, there was no significant difference, according to the Tukey Test at 5% significance.

ANALISIS TEMPERATUR LINGKUNGAN TERHADAP KINERJA COOLING TOWER DI PT. INDOCEMENT TUNGGAL PRAKARSA TBK. P-12 TARJUN KALIMANTAN - SELATAN

Sistem kerja pendingin di PT. Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk Tarjun Plant-12 menggunakan cooling tower marley fan 3 tipe mechanical draft, counterflow flow 10.221 m3/h yang berfungsi untuk mendinginkan air keluaran dari kondensor melalui nozzle untuk menyemprotkannya dengan menyemprotkan sebagian air ke udara dan mengeluarkannya ke atmosfer, sehingga air jatuh ke bak air melalui eliminator melayang. Suhu lingkungan mempengaruhi kinerja menara pendingin. Semakin dingin lingkungan semakin baik kinerja menara pendingin. Pengaruh suhu lingkungan dan kinerja pada menara pendingin menjadi pembahasan dalam penelitian ini. Hasil perhitungan dalam penelitian menunjukkan bahwa suhu lingkungan mempengaruhi kinerja menara pendingin dimana pada pagi sampai sore hari pada suhu atau cuaca tertentu kinerja menara pendingin mengalami peningkatan dan penurunan yang signifikan. Sedangkan efisiensi rata-rata range dan approach dari tahun 2016 hingga 2019 mengalami penurunan efisiensi sebesar 8,44%, penurunan range sebesar 1,24°C dan penurunan approach sebesar 0,82°C. Cooling work system at PT. Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk Tarjun Plant-12 uses a cooling tower marley fan 3 type mechanical draft, counterflow flow 10.221 m3 / h which functions to cool the output water from the condenser through a nozzle to spray it by spraying some water into the air and discharging it into the atmosphere, so water falls into the water basin through a drift eliminator. Environmental temperature affects the cooling tower performance. The cooler the environment the better the cooling tower performance. The effect of environmental temperature and performance on cooling tower is the discussion in this study. The results of calculations in the study show that the environmental temperature affects the cooling tower performance where in the morning until late afternoon at certain temperatures or weather the cooling tower performance experiences a significant increase and decrease. While the average efficiency, the range and approach from 2016 to 2019 has decreased efficiency by 8.44%, decreasing the range by 1.24 ° C and decreasing the approach by 0.82 ° C.

Research on the Hole Length Ratio of Fan-Shaped Holes in Flat Plate Film Cooling

To study the influence of different hole length ratios on the flow structure and film cooling efficiency, a calculation model of fan-shaped hole was constructed and numerically studied. The effect of different hole length ratios on the cooling efficiency under different blowing ratios was compared and analyzed. The results showed that as the blowing ratio increases, the overall average efficiency of most of the hole length ratio cases first increases and then decreases. Only in the case with a cylindrical part length/total length ratio of 0.5 did the efficiency continue to increase. When the blowing ratio is small, the spanwise average efficiency of each hole length ratio case is closer, but the flow structure and efficiency distribution are quite different. For the medium blowing ratio, the overall average efficiency of the small hole length ratio case is higher, and the efficiency decreases as the hole length ratio increases. When the cylindrical part length/total length ratio is further increased to 1, the cooling efficiency region basically converges into a spanwise narrow region. For larger blowing ratio conditions, after 10D after the hole outlet, the case with a cylindrical part length/total length of 0.5 is more efficient.

Measurement and Comparison of Efficiency of Saving and Loan Cooperatives in Jakarta, Indonesia, through the Stochastic Frontier Analysis

Savings and loan cooperatives play an important role in the Indonesian economy as they also contribute to providing capital in the local market. This study examines the efficiency of savings and loan cooperatives in terms of number of members, total capital and operating costs and their effects on profits, total assets, disbursed loans and debt repayments. Two types of savings and loan cooperatives studied are savings and loan cooperatives owned by government employees and savings and loan cooperatives owned by the general public (community owned). The efficiency of these two types of cooperatives is studied separately and comparatively using the parametric Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) method. and the research involved a total of 22 cooperatives from five areas in Jakarta. The results of the study used the SFA method and found that the average efficiency of community-owned cooperatives was greater than cooperatives owned by government employees. Received: 9 May 2021 / Accepted: 5 August 2021 / Published: 5 November 2021

Production Efficiency and Total Protein Yield in Quinoa Grown under Water Stress

The increasing water scarcity affects the agricultural sector, and it is a significant constraining factor for crop production in many areas of the world. Water resource management and use related to crop productivity is the most important factor in many crops. Since consumer demands healthy food, the nutritive quality and the active ingredient need to be considered within the productive issue. The objective of this study was to determine water technical efficiency related to seed yield and seed protein content and composition in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) under water stress using data envelopment analysis (DEA). The study was conducted in Chillan, Chile in two growing seasons. As water availability increased, seed yield, globulin, and albumin yield increased, particularly in the genotype Cahuil. The higher average efficiency levels for the DEA were 46.7% and 39.2% in Cahuil in both seasons at 20% available water (AW). The highest average efficiency of globulin yield was recorded in the same genotype (Cahuil). The highest multi-product technical efficiency levels in all input and output included in this study were observed in Cahuil, Regalona, and Morado under water scarcity in both seasons. In future studies related to crop management, DEA provides a good framework for estimating efficiency under restricted factors and multi-product results.