Turnover Intention is the desire of the merchant to quit his job. The purpose of this study is to determine the direct influence of independent variables of leadership, compensation and workload of the dependent variable is turnover intention. This research was conducted at PT Karya Utama Perdana, with 113 respondents from total population of 162 employees. In determining the sample of this study, the authors use the formula slovin and data collection is done through interviews and questionnaires. Then on the data analysis, the authors used multiple linear regression analysis techniques that were processed using SPSS software version 24, so the results obtained further indicate that leadership has significant effect on turnover intention, compensation has no effect and not significant to turnover intention, and workload significantly influence to turnover intention.

This study critically examines the procurement Act 663, its impact on accountability and transparency of officers in the public sector. Specific research objectives were set to determine the laid down procedures for procurement Act; determine the competence of procurement staff in the procurement sector and to review the budgetary perspective of the procurement entity in Ghana. As methodology, the study adopted a quantitative research approach while employing a case study approach. Overall, 380 questionnaires were administered as well as face-to-face interviews conducted. The study findings revealed that the staff lacked professional knowledge on procurement service as the financial budget allocated for staff training was vastly inadequate. The study also revealed that a varied level of compliance existed among the procurement institute studied in respect of part II of the Act. It was also established that, whereas there was a high level of compliance in areas of well-established tender committees among significant others, prior mandatory days before scheduled date for meetings and professional expertise in procurement practice showed relatively low compliance. Furthermore, even though high education levels were indicated in the study; little was revealed about the acquisition of professional qualification in procurement among staff in the entity. The study recommends among others that an operational manual for procurement Act should be given to all procurement staff to guide and make them conversant with the procedures that guide procurement profession.

In this paper, we compare the difference of non-monotone strategies to solve the wedge trust region method for derivative-free optimization. The wedge trust region method based on traditional trust region which is designed for derivative-free problems. Considering the effectiveness of the non-monotone strategy compared with monotone ones, we combined the non-monotone strategy into wedge trust region methods. The computational results show that the both two strategies have their respective advantages.

The basic aim of our study was to develop and evaluate the polyherbal soap by using different extracts (extracts of neem leaves, papaya leaves, aloe leaves, turmeric and tulsi leaves) having greater antioxidant and antimicrobial potential. Pre-eminently, basic soap was prepared using Coconut oil and NaOH (lye) and the different extracts were incorporated into the basic saponification reaction. The herbal formulation thus prepared was then consigned for the evaluation testing for the analysis of pH, Moisture content, foaming ability, foam retention time, saponification, Total Fatty Matter determination and antimicrobial activity. The results demonstrated that pH 7.5 – 8, moisture contents 8.6%, foam retention time 1.20 minutes, Saponification value was 210.375 mg/ml, 30% TFM for polyherbal soap. Also the evaluation tests showed that the poly herbal soap has satisfactory antimicrobial results as compared to standard antibiotic. Some human infections which are majorly caused due to wounds, acne or blisters; these strains of microorganisms are of greater benefit. Moreover, oils and extracts used are added to treat various skin infections and are perfect for daily usage.

Gender based violence is rising. Bangladesh stands second in the world in terms of violence against women in different forms like women battering, wife beating, domestic and dowry-related violence, acid attack, rape, physical and verbal harassment, fatwa, sexual harassment in the workplace, trafficking and prostitution, polygamy and child abuse. The rate of violence against women has dropped by 4.9 percent in between the years 2011 and 2015. Abusing rate was 87.1 per cent in 2011 which came down to 82.2 percent in 2015 and in the Daily Star newspaper came down to 80 percent in 2016. Around 72.6 per cent of women who are married in Bangladesh experience one or more such forms of violence it the hands of their husbands at least once during their marriage and 49.6 percent of lifelong married women suffered physical violence, 28.7 percent emotional violence, 27.2 percent sexual violence and 11.4 percent financial violence according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Gender discrimination also leads to women having less opportunity. The literacy rate for women in Bangladesh is only 43.2%, while 61.0% of Bangladeshi men are literate. The unemployment rate for women is 70.7%, much higher than the 12.4% unemployment rate for men. Most of the victims, around 39.7 percent, of forced or coerced sexual intercourse, are aged between 15 and 19. Child marriage that legitimizes sexual abuse of minors must be stopped immediately. The government should enhance legal and criminal justice systems to prevent further violence and need interventions to change male attitudes.

Since 2014, the crude oil market has experienced declining oil prices around the globe. Speculations are that there has been over-supply in the market and lower demand than expected. In particular, the oil industry's oil industry in the United States took analysts and experts to surprise and the crude oil supply was not calculated in the forecasts. The production of this resource was preceded by the US, which gained extensive experience in the development of oil shale. Consistent developments in mass oil production coupled with the development of new technologies, which ensured a significant growth in the production of this hydrocarbon resource is believed to have significantly affected the global crude oil market. This article seeks to foster better understanding to the nexus of oil shale production and its impact on crude oil prices, as previous scientists have studied dating from the year 2002 to 2018 streamlined towards articles related to the impact of shale oil production on global crude oil prices. The study findings reveal that while some studies postulate that indeed US shale oil have negative impact on global crude oil prices, other studies also show that current lower crude oil prices could be attributed to several factors other than the mass production of US shale oil. Adversely other studies were indifferent with their findings and attributed the lower crude oil prices to both relatable factors such as the growth of US shale oil production, the slowdown of global oil demand, reduced cohesiveness of the OPEC cartel and production ramp-ups in other non-OPEC countries.

This study is to examine and analyze the influence of internal factor and external factor on devidend payout ratio and the impact on stock return. The internal factor in this study consists of liquidity (current ratio), solvability (debt to assets ratio), profitability (return on equity), activity (total assets turnover) and firm size,while external factor consists of GDP growth rate. The population of this research is all companies listed on The Indonesian Stock Exchange during 2012 until 2015. From a population of 521 companies, with purposive sampling as samples determining methods, 43 companies meet the criteria to be the sample. The result shows that debt to assets ratio, return on equity, and firm size have significant influence on devidend payout ratio, while the other variables have unsignificant influence. It also shows that debt to assets ratio, return on equity, firm size, and GDP growth rate have significant influence on stock return,while the other variables have insignificant influence. The result of this study also shows that devidend payout ratio have insignificant influence on stock return.

Macroeconomic risk is one of the variables which can arbitrage the market condition to determine return volatility in capital market. One of the most famous methodologies to determine macroeconomic risk in capital market is Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT). Using monthly data of Indonesia composite index return and sector index return in five years (2013-2017), it has been known that there is no economics risk factor of APT model which can explain the movement of stock return in Indonesia Capital Market. This condition is able to show two posibilities. First, investors act irrationally. Second, investors tend to consider the performance of company than considering sistematic risk that can influence the overal condition of market and industrial.