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Introduction: Aortic stiffness predicts cardiovascular mortality but is limited as a risk marker because it is dependent on blood pressure (BP). A potential solution is provided from the ratio of aortic-to-brachial artery stiffness (ab-ratio), which is purported to be a BP-independent risk marker among...

Introduction: Hypertension is associated with stiffening of blood vessels, reduced arterial lumen and reduced cerebral blood flow; however, it is not known how lower cerebral blood flow relates to arterial structure or impacts on wave dynamics. We hypothesise increased backward wave energy and faster...

In this paper, production-oriented enterprises are used as the research objects. Based on the forward master-slave framework of two-tier decision model, superiors affect even intervene production decisions of subordinate departments, this must be taken into consideration. That is to say, in the inducible...

To help students gain a deep understanding of information literacy and master the skills of consistent search strategies, the E-training management system of classic VLE, with a personal response platform, is designed from the perspective of students’ features and needs. Valid conclusions are drawn in...

This paper takes 20 listed companies in the retail industry of six provinces in China from 2013 to 2017 as samples, uses DEA method to calculate the financial efficiency value of each listed company, and uses Tobit regression method to empirically analyze the factors affecting the company's financial...

This paper selects the data of 12 major member states of the Eurozone, and uses the PVAR model to compare and analyze the output lag of four kinds of monetary policy instruments: money supply M1, overnight lending rate r, loan balance LOAN and exchange rate e in positive, zero and negative stages. It...

Recently, live streaming e-commerce becomes an increasingly popular approach among Chinese consumers and also gets attention from several scholars. In this study, we examine how interactivity between streamers and buyers during live streaming influences the purchase intention. We empirically measure...

For many years recently, the Y generation (millennials) and Z generation (Zillenials) have brought changes to consumer buying behavior, especially for the online market. Customers can migrate from traditional shopping activities to online shopping on e-commerce, which is a handy technique for them. Several...

The research aims to: (1) find out how to make e-books that teach students of the Fashion Design Study Program at Universitas Negeri Medan how to make bustier patterns; and (2) see if it is possible to make e-books that teach students of the Fashion Design Study Program at Universitas Negeri Medan how...

In reality, when preparing lecture teaching materials to support the implementation of MBKM, they often do not refer to the criteria for writing teaching modules. Therefore, students’ perceptions need to be studied clearly, measurably, and the results analyzed as reflection material for lecturers in...

Counselors are professional helpers who need to meet qualifications and competencies. There is a counselor’s character that can support professional counseling services, which is “self-compassion.” “Self-compassion” is a state of being open, understanding one’s suffering, and not trying to avoid it....

Many businesses are implementing big data applications to improve efficiency and performance; and reduce costs and resource consumption. As digitization has become an integral part of everyday life, data collection has resulted in the accumulation of huge amounts of data that can be used in various beneficial...

The Painlev´e test is very useful to construct not only the Laurent series solutions of systems of nonlinear ordinary differential equations but also the elliptic and trigonmetric ones. The standard methods for constructing the elliptic solutions consist of two independent steps: transformation of a...

The world is rapidly urbanizing, it is more and more important to coordinate the balance between rapid urbanization and sustainable development. To make contribution to explore this project, we determine a metric model, named Three E Metric Model, to assess the degree of the urban smart growth. First,...

From three dimensions of reviews features,reviewers and readers, an empirical study on 361 valid samples of Jumei.com,to discuss the affecting factors of online reviews helpfulness.The results show that text length, reviewer rating and response number have significant positive impact on review helpfulness,...

This paper hypothesized that democratic nations, as characterized by Polity IV Project regime scores, spend more on health care than autocratic nations and that the association reported here is independent of other demographic, health system or economic characteristics of nations. WHO Global Observatory...

For the key technologies of maneuvering optical access networking in emergency communication, based on the existing communication network, this paper studies the ONU hardware, OLT power supply and reset module, OLT terminal integrated bandwidth allocation algorithm, OLT optical burst emission / reception...

The subject for analysis in this article is the foundations of Kant’s ethics in the Neo-Kantian philosophy of the Marburg school. This article draws the parallel between the ethics of H. Cohen and P. Natorp. In contrast to E. Cassirer’s teachers, who defined ethics as an important part of philosophy,...

This research focuses on the application of biometric technologies at the airport for passenger processing. In this study, analysis of the current technological processes at Pulkovo Airport is undertaken and methodologies are proposed to improve the current processes. Various factors are listed which...

Technology of Information has shifted the type of international trade from complicated way under particular domestic and international regulations to more simple way. Electronic transaction (i.e., e-commerce), in fact, seems like denying jurisdictions that countries have. A citizen of a state may simply...

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is a critical enzyme involved in nerve functions and signal transmission within the brain. However, during aging, excessive AChE activity often leads to rapid and progressive depletion of acetylcholine (ACh), the major neurotransmitter. Shortage of ACh leads to reduced neurotransmission...

To date, the state and society are interested in transformation of legal awareness towards a positive perception of alternative methods of legal conflict resolution. For the judiciary, popularization of the alternative methods indicates a decrease in the number of cases considered, and for the society,...

Basal stem rot (BSR) disease is caused by Ganoderma boninense; it has become a major disease in oil palm plantations over the years and causes a significant yield drop in oil palm plantations, especially in Sumatera. Nowadays, the incidence level of BSR across Sumatera has reached 39% and is predicted...

This modernization demand is in line with society’s demands for bureaucratic transparency and accountability. These factors encourage the government to create mechanisms to introduce a more modern transaction system in line with current developments. The financial governance system is regulated by several...

The online local tax application is one of the e-government owned by the Malang city government. This online local tax application was created to make it easier for taxpayers to pay local taxes. The Government of Malang City has socialized the use of local tax applications. However, there are still some...

The most crucial step in reducing the environmental effects of industrial emissions is CO2 capturing, or, carbon capture. This paper reviews recent innovations and advances in CO₂ capture materials, such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), zeolites, and modified polymers. These CO2 capture materials...

Improving service quality is one of the strategies used to provide satisfaction for customers. This research was conducted on BRI customers who use BRImo in Kupang City. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the BRImo banking application on the quality of BRI’s e-services. This research uses an...

Cash is a current asset used as a mean of payment and can also be withdrawn whenever the company needs it. Therefore, we need to pay attention to the cash management of the company, by optimizing the amount of cash managed. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of liquidity, company growth,...

The electro-hydraulic semi-active suspension uses a hydraulic cylinder as the damping adjustment element. It has the advantages of high power density and high reliability, and is widely applied to SUV models. However, it has problems such as unknown road surface excitation and response lag, which will...

Burst firing in subthalamic nucleus (STN) has been suggested to be highly associated with the motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease, which result from a loss of dopamine. Although it is clinically very important to clarify the mechanism underlying the bursting dynamics, complex interactions between STN...

Parents give lives to their children; they biologically determine the quality of intelligence of their children even at birth. The socio-economic background of the parents exposes the children to after birth factors that help in nourishing or malnourishing the children. The type of education a child...

Lembaga Bahasa dan Pendidikan Profesional (LBPP) LIA has made use of a blended learning type. It is a face-to-face training combined with self-paced e-learning from Smart Choice Series equipped with iTools. These materials are already in use for almost four years and are approaching the ending or evaluation...

There is bias in customer reviews and the associated ratings. We propose a method to identify and reduce such bias on the part of reviewers. There are three phases in our approach. Firstly, we conduct Rating-aware sentiment analysis for each review text accompanied with the numeric ratings. Then, we...

This study aims to describe the relationship between humans and the environment in a collection of short stories of Karyamin Smile by Ahmad Tohari. This study uses descriptive qualitative methods through triangulation, data reduction, presentation and conclusions using ecocritics theory based on the...

Indonesia is located in a disaster-prone area with various types of natural disasters on a light and medium scale that have a negative impact on the social, economic and environmental lives of its people. When natural disasters occur, effective disaster communication that involves communication and information...

In this paper, I has analyzed China's commercial banks risk situation of e-commerce security; established a commercial bank’s e-banking risk management framework; measured the commercial banks operating in the electronic banking risk by extreme value theory. It provided a theoretical basis for Commercial...

In this work we present the developed model for consumers priorities detection in e-trade based on classifying a client’s personal and consumer profile. The presented model allows to improve the business process of choosing a rational set of goods and services depending on customer characteristics,...

This study aims to examine the development strategy and increase the role of small businesses in the E-market place for the procurement of government goods and services. One of the objectives of the procurement of government goods and services is to increase the participation of Micro, Small and Medium...

Background: Arterial stiffness (AS), as pulse wave velocity (PWV), is a powerful independent predictor of cardiovascular events and commonly complicates type 2 diabetes (T2D). This trial aims to test if AS, measured by the VaSera machine as cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) and by Arteriograph measuring...

In order to obtain the effects on boiler operation when pulverize outlet temperature changes, testing on a 300MW power plant. The results illustrate that when pulverize outlet temperature rised form 70℃ to 94℃, temperature of gas center 0.4meter、0.5meter and 0.6meter apart from A2 burner all rised, temperature...

The purpose of this study is to determine the implementation of Semester Learning Plan (Rencana Pembelajaran Semester/ RPS) and to know the completeness of learning outcomes using e-learning in the Indonesian bridal make up courses. This research is done through two stages of developmental processes;...

This paper aims to put forward a network-based blended teaching design for English Reading course based on blended learning theory. Four procedures have been presented to demonstrate the design of blended teaching and the outstanding advantages of this design are expounded in this paper.

The article discusses the possibilities of using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the organization of self-training of students in the system of higher vocal (pop and jazz) education. The analysis of the experience of musical teachers of higher education shows that at present, teachers...

The development of technology is a key factor in the change in the education system. One important issue in organizing the National Education System is determining what efforts should be made to improve the quality of education. This study aim was to find out what e-learning has been developed in Indonesia....

The objective of this research was to study the effect of replacement of fish meal with maggot meal for growth and survival rate and to determine the best percentage of substitution maggot meal in the diets of nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) growing. Maggot used was the result of mass culture through...

This study aimed to determine the contribution of perceptions of transformational leadership applied by E-leadership to employee job satisfaction while working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study used a quantitative approach with purposive sampling. Data were collected from 152 respondents...