Background: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease characterized by abnormal glucose due to disturbances in the pancreas. Neuromuscular Taping (NMT) is a non-pharmacological intervention to prevent decreased peripheral blood circulation of the lower extremities. Prevention of complications in patients with diabetes mellitus can also be done by improving the vascularization of the feet by doing foot exercises. Objective: This study aims to compare the effectiveness of Neuromuscular Taping (NMT) and foot exercise on the improvement of the Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) value. Methods: Quantitative research design with quasiexperimental methods pre-test and post-test with control group design. The population in this study was 356 patients, a sample of 66 respondents. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling with inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: there is an effect on changes in the value of the Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) before and after the intervention of Neuromuscular Taping (NMT) and diabetic foot exercise. There was a significant difference between the intervention group and the control group on changes in the value of the Ankle Brachial Index (ABI). Conclusions and suggestions: there is an effect on changes in the value of the Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) before and after being given Neuromuscular Taping (NMT) and diabetic foot exercises. There was a significant difference between the intervention group and the control group on changes in the value of the Ankle Brachial Index (ABI). Suggestion: Neuromuscular Taping (NMT) and diabetic foot exercise can be a reference in providing education and nursing interventions to be applied in hospitals as a preventive measure to prevent microvascular complications, especially in patients with diabetes mellitus.

This research experimentally compares the influence of budget-based contracts and social incentives on individual performance. This paper compares two different types of budget-based contracts, budget-linear and budget-fixed, along with social incentives on individual performance. Assigning individuals in different budget levels, 75% or 100%, to perform complex tasks will lead to different performance outputs. The results show that individual performance will be higher when they receive a budget-linear contract. Social incentives have a strong impact on both types of budget-based contracts. The result of the study on the influence of budget levels confirms previous research that higher budget levels will led to higher performance when compared with lower budget levels. Keywords: Budget-based incentive contracts, social incentives, budget level, task complexity, individual performance.