Specimens of Hippa adactyla (Crustacea, Anomura, Hippidae) were collected from several coasts of Indonesia (Sumatera, Java, Bali-Lombok and Sulawesi). This finding represents the first record of this species in Indonesia and confirms its presence in the Indian Ocean and in the Wallacea region. Its systematic and morphological characteristics are described, and its distribution in Indonesia is p...

Alpha-globin genes in crab-eating macaques’were found to be triplicated at high frequencies according to restriction-enzyme comparisons. The frequencies of triplicated a-globin genes in macaques originally from Malaysia and Indonesia were 0.432 and 0.275, respectively, while no triplication was found in individuals from either the Philippines or northern and central Thailand. Quadruplicated a-g...

Research on credit risk management systems in Indonesia commercial banks beyond moderating contingency variables such as competitive strategy, corporate culture, external environment and organizational structure has never been done. The research objectives are: (1) to analyze the influence of contingency variables (competitive strategy, corporate culture, external environment and organizational...

BACKGROUND World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended individuals with increased risk of contracting influenza A H5N1 infection to be immunized against the virus during the inter-pandemic period. Safety and immunogenicity of H5N1 vaccine among participants primed with homologous or heterologous H5N1 vaccines produced by diverse manufactures have not been reported. METHODS Healthy individ...

Using the taxonomy of Bright ICT research and the framework of freedom of expression, this article focuses on Restorative Bright ICT to capture the problems arising from the use of social media within eParticipation in Indonesia, and how to overcome them. The article addresses the objectives by analyzing three illustrative cases of eParticipation through social media in Indonesia. Data from doc...

 This paper investigates the influence of indigenous Indonesian management behaviours during international business negotiations in an Indonesian context, and the impact of these behaviours upon multinational corporations (MNC) in Indonesia.  Through an inductive analysis of interviews with 55 Indonesian and nonIndonesian managers, this paper applies a postcolonial theoretical lens to identif...

1 Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Université Toulouse III/CNRS/IRD/CNES, GET UMR 5563, 14 Avenue E. Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France ([email protected]) 2 Geological Department, Moscow State University, Vorobevu Gory, 119899, Moscow, Russia 3 Université d’Orléans CNRS/INSU ISTO, UMR 7327 Orléans, France ([email protected]) 4 Museum Geologi, Pus...

Festivals bring people together in affirmations of community. This article looks at two festivals in coastal locations in Indonesia and Brazil with a close inspection of performances of fight-dancing included within both festivals. The improvisatory or choreographed organization of the fightdancing performances echoes the manner in which the festivals themselves are assembled. As these festival...

Indonesia is home to some of the most magnificent tropical forests in the world. In extent, they rank third behind Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), and their biological richness is unique. The major forest types of Indonesia range from evergreen lowland dipterocarp forests in Sumatra and Kalimantan to seasonal monsoon forests and savanna grasslands in Nusa Tenggara ...