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Central blood pressure (BP) is recognised as a predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Moderate alcohol consumption has been shown to have a beneficial effect on CVD. However, consumption of a lipid-rich meal may exert the opposite effect. Thus, the aim of the present study was to examine whether...

This paper presents estimates for the parameters included in long-term mixture and non-mixture lifetime models, applied to analyze survival data when some individuals may never experience the event of interest. We consider the case where the lifetime data have a three-parameter Burr XII distribution,...

The transmission of weak noisy signal by parallel array of dynamical saturating nonlinearities with secondorder is studied. Firstly, the numerical results demonstrate that the output SNR can be enhanced by parallel array of dynamical saturating nonlinearities with second-order by tuning the internal...

Just as workflow and transactional linkages, inter-firm capital relationships are similarly known to have an impact on corporate performance. Because of the superior performance of Japanese networks known as Keiretsu, many companies have begun to recognize the importance of capital linkages whereas other...

The need for increased performance of mobile device directly conflicts with the desire for longer battery life. Offloading computation to multiple devices is an effective method to reduce energy consumption and enhance performance for mobile applications. Android provides mechanisms for creating mobile...

There have been concerns regarding the use of artificial food colorant, triggering the food industry to develop natural food colorant with nutraceutical properties, which could be solved by anthocyanins. A series of studies to evaluate the potency of harendong bulu (Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don) fruit...

This study aims to test and prove the effect of understanding taxation and religiosity on tax fraud. The background is that the tax revenue target has not been achieved even though the number of taxpayers shows an increase. The independent variable used in this study is Tax Understanding and Religiosity,...

Elections are a form of people’s will in a democracy, without any elections a country that calls the country a democracy must not be democracy in the true sense. Democracy cannot live on its own without the participation of the people. Democracy is a superstructure that must be supported by substructure,...

A well-written abstract is considered as the reflection of a qualified journal article which can be read by academic readers. It also serves as a determining point whether the reader decides to continue reading the text. Some of the previous studies examined abstracts based on the background of the writers...

The need for oxalic acid increases every year, mainly due to its use in industry. So far, Indonesia continues to import oxalic acid from foreign countries, which requires a high transport cost. To increase the domestic production of oxalic acid, it is necessary to research its production using various...

Every country will strive to achieve optimal economic growth and reduce poverty. In Indonesia, people with disabilities who are left behind in terms of education and work also contribute to increasing the number of poverty. Basically, there are many ways to achieve economic independence for persons with...

This article mainly analyzes China’s policy of vaccine distribution to different countries during COVID-19 since 2020 (China’s vaccine diplomacy). It analysed comparative cases in four countries: Serbia, the United Arab Emirates, Brazil and India. Through the study of these comparative cases, this paper...

This study aims to empirically prove the effect of good governance and internal control on the prevention of fraud in the procurement of state-owned goods and services in the regional government of South Sumatra Province. The research population was in 37 Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPD), the sampling...

Cultural and creative products have strong cultural, artistic and regional characteristics, and are important carriers for the communication of the Grand Canal culture. Changzhou section of the Grand Canal, as one of the oldest river sections in China, has formed a rich and colorful cultural scene along...

Indonesia is a tropical country with high average annual rainfall. The occurrence of unpredictable world climate changes makes it difficult to determine the planting schedule. Farmers often experience crop failure due to a lack of water during the dry season. To overcome these problems, it is necessary...

Chemotherapy is one of the therapies for cancer patients with side effects of nausea and vomiting. Nausea and vomiting experienced by the patient can be a new problem and cause a decrease in health. Aromatherapy is a therapy that can reduce nausea and vomiting. This study aimed to determine the effect...

Insulation serves as a barrier to heat transfer and is therefore crucial for keeping your home warm in the winter and cool in the summer months. A well-insulated and well-designed home delivers year-round comfort while reducing cooling and heating expenditures by as much as 50%, depending on the climate....

At present, luxury goods become more and more popular among different groups of people. In order to attract more consumers, luxury companies came up unique way to show themselves to the whole world to gain more profit. Two well-known ways are Brand identity and Advertisement. This paper will focus on...

Contemporarily, the new energy vehicle industry needs to rely more on marketing tools to promote sales. Compared to traditional marketing strategies, the private domain marketing tools are more likely to stimulate the purchase behaviour of potential users of new energy vehicles nowadays. This paper employs...

Bekasi City is experiencing climate problems, one of which is a decrease in rainy days. The existence of the Patriot Bina Bangsa City Forest and Bekasi City Park is expected to reduce the impact of climate change through the role of the tree communities in it as a carbon sink. The problem faced is the...

This paper analyses the development of China's traditional martial arts through reading data, summarizes the problems in the development of traditional martial arts and the factors that influence the development of traditional martial arts, while putting forward their views on countermeasures of traditional...

This paper aims to figure out the easability level of the reading texts in English Majors Band 4 (TEM-4) and Band 8 (TEM-8) from 2000 to 2014 by using corpus analysis software Coh-Metrix Version 3.0 and statistical analysis software SPSS 19.0. The easability features are analyzed with details in order...

The radar using Single-pulse system is widely used in the field of electronic reconnaissance system for its superiority in angle measurement and tracking. But the system's angle measurement and tracking performance are affected by the angle error which is resulted by the inconsistency of the characteristics...

Since then, the Internet finance has entered the golden age of rapid development. This article is based on the above background, introduces concept and connotation of the Internet fi-nancial,development model and challenges syste-matically, and explores the difference between In-ternet financial and...

In the national training project (2015) of kindergarten teacher workshop seeded teacher training, localizing research resources are based on a principle, which includes adaptability, integration, practice and generativity. Combining social needs with regional education condition, an exploratory and pre-applied...

Objective: To investigate the effect of androgen on female individuals. Methods: In the physiological, pathological and pharmacological conditions, we summarize the role of androgen in female individuals, analyze its current research situation, and speculate the possible research direction. Results:...

By analyzing current situation, causes of E-commerce safety problems and E-commercial demands on safe environment, the paper puts forward the safe and preventive countermeasures of E-commerce, makes further statements and analysis on the main problem solutions of E-commerce safety and provides technical...

Variable speed constant frequency (VSCF) doubly fed wind power generation system, which is mainly composed of doubly fed induction generator (DFIG), excitation control system and wind turbine, is a complicated system of electromechanical energy transformation and control. It is quite necessary to study...

In recent years, with the rapid development of English education, English education reform in full swing. Shoulders and cultivate new type of professional and technical personnel specialized English of ability in English teaching want to be able to improve the traditional teaching mode. At the same time,...

The problems of open pit mining area reclamation and computer modeling of areas under the most intensive anthropogenic impact are the topics of worldwide discussions. The solution of the problem to define reclamation area is described as the precise computer graphical design of surface landscape restoring...

Port cargo throughput forecasting is an essential issue in port planning and management. Owing to that cargo throughput is affected by many factors; a single model is often difficult to get an accurate prediction. On the basis of discussing single modeling principle, the combination forecasting model...

Considering the particular physical geography and shipping status of the Strait, it is urgent to strengthen the management of maritime traffic, of which the establishment of PSSA and implementation of relevant management practices is an effective means for the prevention of marine accident and marine...

Nowadays, rural primary and middle school teachers' problems under the new situation is more and more apparent, Become the new curriculum implementation, strong education pace advancement and rural education reform and development bottleneck. Therefore, transforming of rural teachers' teaching concept,...

Using SWAT model, the soil erosion and streamflow in the watersheds of Lower-Middle Reaches of Lancang River were assessed. The dam effect on the streamflow in the inlet and outlet of the watersheds was evaluated. At the same time, we explored the impacts of land use change on soil erosion by calculating...

The development Dalian amateur volleyball clubs has just started. The research on amateur volleyball clubs is still inadequate and there exist problems in club operation and organization. This research expects to contribute to a faster and healthier development Dalian amateur volleyball clubs and to...

The group events of flight-delay reports out the fact that when the time property rights can not be bounded completely, the passengers and airways always "look for a rent" in community field. In my opinion, to control the group events of flight-delay we should remove the community field or control the...

As an important means of clinical diagnoses and treatment of liver diseases, CT scan of liver has been applied more widely. How to extract liver from CT image automatically and accurately is one of the hot topics in the field of medical image segmentation. Because of the diversity and complexity of medical...

This work provides a foundation to make heterogeneous alternatives for mobility (transportation modes) compara-ble in the context of sustainability and providing possi-bilities to also compare them in other contexts such as costs or flexibility. The key to a successful comparison of such transportation...

Skype is beyond any doubt the most popular VoIP application on the Internet. Its amazing success has drawn the great attention of telecom operators and the research communities, both are interested in knowing its internal mechanism, characterizing its traffic, and understanding its users’ behavior. However,...

Student teachers are frequently frustrated by a perceived conflict between the teaching of literacy learned in teaching/learning method courses or practice courses where they see in classrooms and the reality of practicum. The purpose of this study is to investigate student teachers’ attitudes toward...

Agriculture development is the foundation for propelling rural modernization stably and persistently, which is also an important way to increase peasant income. Because of agricultural resources draining out and ecological environment degenerating, technological progress is the key force to maintain...

The integration of modern information technology and class teaching is the aim of the teaching reform of modern education. In this paper, the writer discusses the basic strategies of this integration from the perspective of the application of educational technology and the education culture development.

This paper describes the implementation of “Virtual Studio Online” (VSO) desktop, a virtual desktop system integrating virtualization with high performance computing. Through the plugin mechanism, the hybrid virtualization framework of VSO desktop solves the problem of mixed virtualized environment management...