This study aims to compare the level of intelligence between male and female, especially in the learning process in college. Someone who could complete their undergraduate study with a shorter period of time is assumed to have a higher level of intelligence. This research was conducted on Syiah Kuala University students who graduated on the second period of 2017 with a population of 758 people. The number of samples used was 262 people that were determined through Slovin formula with a margin error of 5%. The sampling technique used was Stratified Random Sampling with scientific disciplines as the basis for population stratification. The data analysis method used was the Cox Proportional Hazard (Cox PH) model to find a graduation hazard ratio based on gender and scientific disciplines variables. This study showed that female students have 125.5% potential to graduate faster compare to male. More detail, female students have the potential of 127% to graduate faster on the field of social science, economics and humanities, and 123.9% on the field of sciences and technology. Survival analysis also showed that female student has higher probability to be able to complete their studies faster. Accordingly, it can be concluded that female have a higher level of intelligence than male, especially in the learning process in college.

Smartphones are telecommunication devices that play a significant role in daily life. The sound quality produced by a smartphone becomes important for users, considering that poor sound quality might cause misunderstandings in communication. This study provides an illustration of the application of Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) in the comparison of the sound quality produced by a smartphone. In addition to the DTW, the median test and its confidence interval are also used to determine the sound quality of a smartphone. The data employed are primary data in the form of voice recordings of six people that saying five sample sentences, each of which is repeated five times through four different smartphone types that are used as examples. So that the total voice recordings for each smartphone are 150 pieces. This study aims to compare the sound quality produced by those smartphones. The results of this study indicate that although smartphones type 2, 3 and 4 have similar sound quality, the sound quality produced by smartphones type 4 is more stable than other types. Therefore, this study concludes the smartphone type 4 is the smartphone with the most satisfying sound quality. Furthermore, this study showed that the DTW method is effective in analyzing the sound quality of a smartphone.

Angka Kematian Bayi/ Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) merupakan indikator penting dalam mengukur keberhasilan pengembangan kesehatan. Nilai IMR juga dapat digunakan untuk mengetahui tingkat kesehatan ibu, kondisi kesehatan lingkungan dan secara umum, tingkat pengembangan sosio-ekonomi masyarakat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperoleh model IMR terbaik menggunakan tiga pendekatan: Model Linear, Model Linear Tergeneralisir dan Model Aditif Tergeneralisir dengan basis P-spline. Sebagai tambahan, berdasarkan model tersebut akan terlihat variabel yang mempengaruhi tingkat kematian bayi di provinsi Aceh. Penelitian ini menggunakan data jumlah kematian bayi di tahun 2013-2015. Data dalam penelitian ini diperoleh dari Profil Kesehatan Aceh. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa model terbaik dalam menjelaskan angka kematian bayi di provinsi Aceh tahun 2013-2015 ialah Model Linear Tergeneralisir dengan basis P-spline menggunakan parameter penghalusan 100 dan titik knots 8. Faktor yang sangat mempengaruhi angka kematian ialah jumlah pekerja yang sehat.   Infant mortality rate (IMR) is an important indicator in measuring the success of health development. IMR also can be used to knowing the level of maternal health, environmental health conditions and generally the level of socio-economic development in community. This research aims to get the best model of infant mortality data using three approaches: Linear Model, Generalized Linear Model and Generalized Additive Model with Penalized Spline (P-spline) base. In addition, based on the model can be seen the variables that affect to infant mortality in Aceh Province. This research uses data number of infant mortality in Aceh Province period 2013-2015. The data in this research were obtained from Aceh’s Health Profile. The results show that the best model can be explain infant mortality rate in Aceh Province period 2013-2015 is GAM model with P-spline base using smoothing parameter 100 and knots 8. Factor that high effect to infant mortality is number of health workers.