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Background: Routine ultrasound exams are conducted to assess fetus development. Heart defects and cardiac function are the main areas investigated in an ultrasound assessment. However, prenatal assessment of the fetal arterial stiffness is yet to be established in the ascending aorta. Aim: To investigate...

Introduction: Despite advances in revascularization, treatments for critical limb ischemia (CLI) have been largely unsuccessful. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and nitric oxide (NO), are endogenous gasotransmitters which exert potent vasodilatory and proangiogenic effects. Recent experimental evidence suggest...

Purpose/Background/Objectives: Carotid plaque vulnerability assessment is essential for the identification of high-risk patients. A specific mouse model for the study of carotid atherosclerosis has been recently developed. Aim of this study was to develop a predictive mathematical model for carotid plaque...

Recently several methods have been proposed as tools to measure aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV). The carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV), the current clinical gold standard method for the noninvasive assessment of aPWV, uses the carotid–femoral pulse transit time (cf-PTT) to derive cf-PWV....

Objectives: To investigate the associations of walking (steps/day) with sarcopenic obesity (SO) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in older adults. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 297 older adults aged ≥65 years (mean age 72, ranged 65–95). Walking was assessed using an accelerometer...

Background: Zero flow pressure (P∞), the steady-state pressure following cardiac arrest or cessation of flow is often assumed to equal mean circulatory filling pressure (MCFP). [1] However, this assumes complete equilibration of circulatory pressures, which may not occur if there is a ‘critical closing...

Background: Arterial stiffening, occurring as part of the natural aging process of the artery, is well- established as a powerful predictor of cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about how localised changes in the extracellular matrix and mechanical properties of arterial tissue contribute...

Objectives: Postmenopausal (PM) women have a blunted β2-adrenergic receptor-mediated responsiveness when compared to young premenopausal women in part due to a reduction in the relative contribution of nitric oxide (NO) to β2-adrenergic mediated vasodilation. Hence, we tested the contribution of NO to...

Production and consumption relationship shows that marketing plays an important role in enterprises. In the competitive market, it is very important to be able to sell rather than produce. Nowadays, marketing is customer- oriented and aims to meet the needs and expectations of customers to increase their...

This paper offers an exploratory conceptual and theoretical examination of knowledge creation within virtual communities of hackers. By distinguishing between different types of virtual communities, we argue that hacker communities involved in free and open source activities possess special structural...

The deep feedback Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH)-type neural network is proposed and applied to the medical image recognition of abdominal organs such as the liver and spleen. In this algorithm, the principal component-regression analysis is used for the learning calculation of the neural network,...

Community radio is a medium of expressing and sharing views, thoughts, ideas, problems and prospects of rural, disadvantaged, vulnerable and hard to reach population with the mainstream population. As the media of root level people of the disadvantaged areas, Community radio has become popular in recent...

We give a review of some recent work on generalization of the Bethe ansatz in the case of 2 + 1-dimensional models of quantum field theory. As such a model, we consider one associated with the tetrahedron equation, i.e. the 2+1-dimensional generalization of the famous Yang­Baxter equation. We construct...

CURRENT COMPUTATIONAL TRENDS IN EQUIPMENT PROGNOSTICS The article overviews current trends in research studies related to reliability prediction and prognostics. The trends are organized into three major types of prognostic models: failure data models, stressor models, and degradation models. Methods...

On the basis of studying the connotation of Rural Revitalization Strategy, the dilemma of talent training and development, and the orientation of new agricultural talent training, this paper discusses how to train new agricultural talents in local agricultural colleges and universities. Through literature...

This paper aims to provide suggestions for the resource allocation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) during the 14th Five-Year Plan period by analyzing the fairness degree in Tianjin from 2011 to 2019. We used descriptive analysis to study the allocation of TCM health resource in different districts...

The behavior of youth voters in Pilkada to realize Civic Skills is an interesting study in looking at the involvement of citizens (youth) in political and government life, especially in Pilkada in city government areas. This study aims to identify and describe and explore students’ perceptions of voter...

Background: Masked hypertension (MH) has been drawing attention recently because this condition is often seen in untreated and treated individuals and is associated with target organ damage and a poor cardiovascular prognosis. Arterial stiffness is associated with organ damage in patients with primary...

Background: Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a surrogate marker of cardiovascular disease (CVD). CIMT values ≥75th percentile of normal subjects are considered high and indicative of increased CVD risk. It is a rare data about normal CIMT values in Asian subjects without conventional CVD risk...

Background: Individuals with a systolic BP of 120 to 139 mmHg or a diastolic BP of 80 to 89 mmHg should be considered as pre-hypertensive. however limited evidence exists on whether the early drug intervention is needed according to identification of other cardiovascular risk factors except diabetes....

Due to the unclear posthumous edict of Li Yuan, the specification of Li Yuan’s mausoleum was controversial during the regime of Li Shimin, prompting Taizong to select Jiuzong Mountain as the mausoleum site during his lifetime. Nominally, the way of using the mountains as mausoleum followed the Emperor...

Parigi Moutong Regency is one of the districts in Central Sulawesi with nine cocoa consumer companies in Parigi City and five companies that could not compete and eventually closed. This study wanted to see the various elements and effectiveness of interpersonal communication between the owners of UD...

By error analysis and contrastive analysis, this study critically explores the obstacles preventing Chinese EFL learners from mastering English subjunctive mood. Based on the data of a questionnaire about Chinese students’ acquisition of English subjunctive mood, the study firstly reconfirms the previous...

Hydrocarbons, aldehydes, sulfides, heavy metals, and other contaminants from petroleum treatment processes have been discovered in the oil and gas industry liquid discharge. Hydrocarbons primarily cause the pollution shared by all units. The purpose of this study is to assess the performance of the coagulation-flocculation...

In recent years, the national automotive industry has shown an attractive development. This is part of the positive impact of the growth in the number of Indonesia’s middle class over the past decade. Given the enormous potential of the creative industry and the potential to continue to increase its...

Due to its special requirements for the environment and unique material properties, ice and snow sculpture is quite different from urban public sculpture and easel sculpture in terms of the creation process and artistic effects. Based on practice teaching and application of the course of the “Ice and...

This study aims to find out the difference in anxiety levels of parents accompanying children to learn from home based on educational status and level of individual development. The type of research used in this study is quantitative descriptive research by testing statistical data of different tests...

This paper briefly elaborates the histories and current situations of calligraphy education in our domestic rural primary and middle schools, elaborates various problems existing in calligraphy education of rural middle and primary schools of Huanggang City from five aspects of calligraphy teaching materials,...

The pore shape of spunbonded nonwovens and its influence on the filtering quality were investigated in this study. An index named the filtration index (FI) was first proposed to characterize the performance of the higher filtration efficiency against the lower pressure drop of spunbonded nonwovens. A...

In this paper, we present the pairing computation on Jacobi quadric curves using weight projective coordinates. In our algorithm, the cost of addition step reduced to 1M+(k+9)m+3s+1mt, and the cost of doubling step is 1M+1S+(k+3)m+8s+2ma+1md.

With the continuing reform of higher education system and further refinement, the construction and optimization of complete credit system has become a hot spot in higher education theory and practice, teaching team building is one of the focus points of the complete credit system construction. The various...

Brand management is the important content of enterprises marketing management, also an important part of enterprise culture, the soul of enterprises' operation development, strengthening enterprises brand management is an important way to improve enterprise competitiveness. This paper studies the brand...

In the context of market-oriented reform of financial interest rate, the nominal interest rate and real interest rate of bond differentiates constantly, playing a certain guiding role in bond investment behavior. To calculate and measure bond investment correctly is the key for the accounting of bond...

Carrying on numerical calculation for oxy-fuel furnace gas movement under different speeds spout by using FDS direct numerical simulation software module. And analyzing the influence of different nozzle gas velocity on the velocity field and vorticity field distribution in the furnace under the condition...

In recent years, with China's aquaculture industry develops rapidly, aquaculture water quality management information collection, transmission, storage as well as regulation, has got newer and higher requirements. The computer network technology and remote control technology continues to mature, which...

Aiming at the bottleneck of assistant decision-making system caused by traditional expression method of the operational plan, this paper introduced the ontology technology in the information system field, and analyzed the advantages of the operational plan ontology model. On the basis of the determination...

In our study we focus on Xiahe dialect which is one of the most representative Ando dialect in Tibetan, and research the compound consonants of [nd], [ndz], [ ] and [ ]by dynamic electropalatograph, whose propositional nasal is [n]. In this paper, the frame of each compound consonant is analyzed, which...

TOUGHVISUAL is a full Windows-based graphical user interface for the TOUGHREACT program. TOUGHREACT is a general multiphase multicomponent reactive transport simulator, developed by introducing geochemistry into the multiphase fluid and heat flow code TOUGH2. TOUGHREACT has been widely used internationally...

To explore students’ learning initiative and self-learning ability, the seminar teaching approach is necessary. The seminar teaching approach can also train students' verbal ability and enhance their sense of participation. The activities can develop students to get the comprehensive ability of exploring...

China’s economic growth since 1978 is a miracle. We argue that gradual and persistent institutional changes and policy reforms that have reduced distortions and improved incentives are the main reasons for the miracle. Specifically, liberalization, marketization, and privatization have intertwined to...

With China Eastern joined Sky Team Alliance in 2011, the three biggest state-owned airlines in China have all joined aviation alliance. After joining aviation alliance, both the domestic and international markets of China's civil aviation company will change. This paper studies the domestic and international...

The characteristics of DCS level two are complex function and large amounts of data. They seriously affect system’s performance. Using a fully open configuration software to simulate the ADACS system configuration is a challenge. How to design and choose the configuration scheme to meet the requirements...

Dividing the networks into several unequal sizes of clusters and the nodes with similar readings and neighboring geographical location are in the same cluster is an effective way to prolong the WSN lifetime. Most applications in WSNs can tolerate certain accuracy loss of the sensor readings and we can...

Sincefamily planning programsis decentralized, the condition of family in Banyumas District was still characterized by a considerable number of children, number of cases of domestic violence as well as the increasing number of divorce. So that, this research was analyse how far the institution of family...

This study examined the washack of the TOEIC on English teaching and learning in Taiwan. Three hundred and twenty- six college students and fifty teachers from a university of technology participated in the study. A survey was used to gather both quantitative and qualitative data. The findings indicated...

The high-purity aluminum with a purity of 5N5 was cold-rolled with a cumulative deformation of 70%, and the deformed high-purity aluminum was annealed at different temperatures and time. The microstructure and mechanical properties of deformed high purity aluminum and heat treatment were studied by means...

The transmutation of social context and media ecology has injected an uncertainty into the public crisis opinion, which leads flexible management to be a better way. As a stretcher and more flexible managing thought, flexible management prevails particularly in the west, whose essence roots in the same...

With the continuous improvement of the economy, the tourism industry has gradually become a trend, rich attractions, service diversification has been loved by the majority of tourists. However, with the rapid development of tourism, it is also faced with many difficulties. It is very important to carry...