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This paper asks the young Chinese consumers’ willingness and acceptance towards Artificial Meats. To do so I sent out 100 questionnaires to investigate the attitudes of young Chinese people towards the consumption of artificial meat. I received 83 questionnaires in the final return stage. The key findings...

Cohesion and coherence are essential elements that have a role in forming structural coherence and coherence of the meaning of discourse texts. The formation of a coherent structure and semantic relationship cannot be separated from using the correct elements of cohesion and coherence, which are marked...

IETF has specified Mobile IPv4 and Mobile IPv6 in RFC3344 and RFC3775 respectively, but not yet discussed Mobile IPv4/v6 in any published RFC. This paper proposes a scheme to solve one of Mobile IPv4/v6 problems which Home Agent (HA) locates in IPv6 network, and Correspondent Node (CN) locates in IPv4...

Complex of cell-THPC-thiourea-ADP with lanthanide metal ions Dy3+ has been prepared. The thermal stability and smoke suspension of the samples are determined by TG, DTA and cone calorimetry. Experimental data show that for the complexes of cell-THPC-thiourea-ADP with the metal ions, thermal decomposition...

Flexible polyurethane foam has been treated with borax, expanded graphite (EG), EG/borax as flame retardant, respectively. The thermal degradation of samples has been studied by thermogravimetry (TG) and differential thermogravimetry (DTG) in air. From the resulting data, kinetic parameters for different...

Recent developments of EEDI (energy efficiency design index) which is an indicator of ship’s energy efficiency level imposed the cost effectiveness of sea-going vessels. Optimization of the ship’s total energy system is studied in this paper. This study is focus on optimum load sharing control, which...

Reference is deixis following the context of the language so that it always changes and appears in various situations and language events, resulting in the meaning of the reference in one lingual unit being different. This study examines the form of person and time deixis and their forms of reference...

In this study, an acid and alkali resistance cationic polyacrylamide flocculants (P(AM-MAPTAC)) was synthesized through copolymerization of acrylamide (AM) and methacrylamido propyl trimethyl ammonium chloride (MAPTAC) by innovative ultrasonic initiation technology. The structure and thermal decomposition...

Inspired by the Industry Competency Model and the O*NET, this article reviewed the development process of occupation competency assessment in China, analyzed survey results of 83 teachers and 120 students, and found out that the existing assessment system is not open, informative, intelligent, and dynamic...

Epoxy resins modified with low-viscosity hyperbranched epoxy were prepared. The tensile strength, flexural strength, impact strength, fracture toughness, glass transition temperature (Tg) of the cured samples were investigated. The results show that the addition of hyperbranched epoxy improves the overall...

Zr-based bulk metallic glass possesses the highest potential as a structural material among metallic glasses. However, its potential application has been restricted by a number of issues, such as fragility, small size and difficult fabrication into different shapes. In this paper, an attempt is made...

New free radical-cationic hybrid photopolymer, consisting of acrylate-based and epoxy-based photosensitive resin for stereolithography was prepared. The influence of the initiator sort and amount on the curing degree of the photopolymer was investigated. Photopolymerization process, degradation temperature,...

In this study, the pyrolysis of Zichang˚Coal (ZC) was investigated by thermogravimetry (TG) using three˚Catalysts, and the yields of the products obtained from pyrolysis, as well as gas˚Composition, were investigated by gas˚Chromatography (GC) using a fixed-bed reactor. The˚Catalytic mechanism was discussed...

Nanocrystalline CeO2 powders were synthesized using stearic acid and cerium nitrate by sol-gel and self-propagating combustion coupled method. Influence of various molar ratio of stearic acid and cerium nitrate on the products grain and colour were discussed. Powder appearance, crystal phase, specific...

In the background of the rapid increase in the number of crimes involving minors in Telecom and Online Fraud and the implementation of the Anti-Telecom and Online Fraud Law, this paper summarizes the status quo, characteristics, and causes of the crimes of Telecom and Online Fraud committed by minors...

This study uses official Hong Kong tabulations to profile gendered pay within six harmonized occupational groups using distribution-sensitive indicators. Female-to-male hourly-wage ratios are computed at the 10th, 50th, and 90th percentiles, and a gradient (90th minus 10th) summarizes within-occupation...

Differences in physiological, physical, and technical demands of the college basketball training related to the number of players, court size, and work-to-rest ratios are not well characterized. A controlled trial was conducted to compare the influence of number of players (2v2/4v4), court size (half/full...

TiO2-SiO2 film were prepared by sol-gel process. The prepared samples of these films have been characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, TG-DTA, XRD and AFM. The transmittance of these films is tested by UV-VIS spectroscopy. The results show that the double doped glass antireflection film antireflection performance...

Natural silk fibers were used as the template to synthesis biomorphic Fe2O3 fibers. Silk fibers were first immersed into a Fe(NO3)3 solution and then sintered in air at high temperatures to produce the final Fe2O3 fibers. Their microstructures, phases, and synthesis process were analyzed. The results...

IETF has specified Mobile IPv4 and Mobile IPv6 in RFC3344 and RFC3775 respectively, but not yet discussed Mobile IPv4/v6 in any published RFC. This paper proposes a scheme to solve one of Mobile IPv4/v6 problems which Home Agent (HA) is located in IPv4 network, Correspondent Node (CN) is located in IPv6...

It is possible that every student has different interests, from the choice of majors they are currently pursuing, and not necessarily have the same interest, namely becoming a teacher. Interests can change according to the desired will, not only permanent, the longer the time, the greater the changes...

Introduction: Isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) is the most common form of hypertension in older people. However, accurate identification of ISH may be hindered because cuff blood pressure (BP) underestimates systolic BP (SBP) and overestimates diastolic BP (DBP). This study aimed to determine the...

Research the pyrolysis kinetics of eucalyptus and the absorption band and characteristic peaks of volatile pruducts under the heating rate 10?•min-1, 30?•min-1, 60?•min-1respectively. The experimental results show that eucalyptus pyrolysis process can be divided into 3 stages: moisture volatilizes stage,...

Objective: Small vessel disease, measured by brain white matter hyperintensity (WMH), is associated with increased stroke risk and cognitive impairment. This study aimed to explore the relationship between WMH on computerised tomography (CT) and white coat hypertension (WCH) in patients with recent transient...

A terpolymer resin (NSMA) was synthesized with styrene, maleic anhydride and N-phenyl maleimide. The structure and composition was characterized with FT-IR and 13C-NMR. The thermal resistance of NSMA was determined through integrated thermal analysis. The results indicated that, when the molar ratio...

Background: Arterial stiffness is the characteristic of early vascular damage that can be measured by several methods. Sphygmocor determines the carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV). Cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) also measures PWV between heart and ankle, independently of blood pressure. According...

This research aims at investigating students' social interaction ability at class VIII of MTs Negeri Gorontalo. This is a descriptive quantitative research with one variable design namely students' social interaction ability. Samples of this research are 31 students at class VIII of MTs Negeri Gorontalo.Research...

The objectives of this study were to find out the effect of compensation and work environment on work productivity of yunior high school teachers of Suak Tapeh. The research method used is a quantitative method. Data in this study were collected through distributing the questionnaires to respondents....

Background: Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) is used in secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) because of its antithrombotic effects. We investigated whether ASA has additional therapeutic value by preventing the progression of inflammation and cardiovascular remodelling in mice with stable atherosclerosis...

Background: Arterial stiffness, as measured by pulse wave velocity (PWV) is dependent on arterial blood pressure but whether this dependence varies with age is unknown. The objective of this study was to determine to what degree pressure-dependence varies with age. Methods: 83 heathy (43 females) normotensive...

As one of the requirements for obtaining a bachelor’s degree, college students are required to make an undergraduate thesis. There are many challenges and obstacles that college students must face that will affect their well-being. However, it does not prevent college students for completing their undergraduate...

Background: In young adults, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and hypertension rates are significantly lower in females than males, although the extent to which this is due to differences in body size (body surface area; BSA) is unclear. Cardiac output (CO), a key haemodynamic determinant of SBP in young...

This article aimed to analyze the influence of supervision of principals and teacher competencies on the performance of teachers of SD Negeri Palembang. This article was analyzing the responsibility of the principal for the quality of learning carried out by teachers and analyzes the fewer atmospheres...

Age-related increases in aortic stiffness, assessed by pulse wave velocity (PWV), predict cardiovascular (CV)-related mortality, but the upstream drivers are incompletely understood. Purpose: To determine if higher circulating levels of the gut microbiome-derived metabolite trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO)...

The Mesozoic sequence framework of the eastern Yihezhuang salient in Jiyang depression, which was a residual basin, was studied in order to improve the success rate of locating hydrocarbon reservoirs. First, through seismic profiles, well logs and cores, complemented with outcrops, totally 5 sequence...

The learning system implemented in the research is a combination of online learning with the flipped learning, while the learning strategy based on problem based models. The preparation of learning materials adopts student learning needs using the Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic principles. Therefore,...

Based on results of biomass combustion and pyrolysis using TG-DSC analyzer, biomass thermodynamics characteristics were studied. Integrated heat model and differential heat model were used to determined biomass thermal behavior, and the former fitted the actual better; the heat capacities with temperature...

The effects of homogenization treatment on the electrical conductivity, tensile strength and microstructure of Al-B electrician round rod were investigated by means of tensile test, optical microscopy(OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS). The results indicate that...

The incidence of spinal cord injury is 90% due to traumatic causes, with traffic accidents being the leading cause, and falls being the second most common cause. Spinal cord injury occurs due to external physical trauma that damages the spinal cord or non-traumatic due to disease processes. Complications...

There are various factors affecting drying shrinkage of cement-based material, including use quantity of cement and auxiliary cementitious material, water cement ratio, maintenance system and drying condition, and in addition, total quantity of coarse and fine aggregate, matching and category also affect...

Research articles play an important role in the advancement of education because they stimulate people to think critically, creatively, and innovatively in evaluating the education that has been taken. Research-based education can be pursued either systematically or non-systematically. The more researchers...

As an excellent tear agent of the second generation, CS has been widely used in the police department of many countries. CS disperses the crowd depending on the aerosol in the air due to combustion and explosion. And at the same time, CS decomposes into a variety of products. With the use of TG/DSC-FITR...

A kind of Wi-Fi wireless location system has been designed and implemented in this research. The system is based on a combined method of local linear regression and position weighting, which develops the traditional ranging algorithm based on RSSI and improves the positioning accuracy. The result shows...

The Ni-Co/HZSM-5 methane dehydroaromatization (DHA) catalyst was prepared using wet impregnation. The catalysts were characterized by XRD, TEM, TG-DSC, FT-IR and XPS techniques before and after reaction. The results show that the maximum conversion rate of methane DHA at 580 reached 39.8%. The carbon-silicon-oxygen...

River runoff is highly nonlinear as affected by the combination of climate, underlying surface condition, etc. Prediction of runoff may guide engineering design, construction and operation. Statistical Learning Theory (SLT) studies the rules of machine learning with finite samples. Support Vector Machine...

The optimization of activator used in SnBi lead-free solder paste were carried out by welding experiments with the spreadability and the spot morphology as the main comment indexes.And the properties of the composite activator which was mixed by two activator possessing good performances were studied....

The addition of nano-SiO₂ to 20% silane coupling agent is carried out using anhydrous ethanol as the solvent in the presence of acetic acid. The styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) is added with 1% dicumyl peroxide crosslinking agent by adding 5% maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene to be modified on an...

Silver doped TiO2 catalyst TiO2-Ag was synthesized by microwave hydrothermal method when the optimal condition was selected with orthogonal and single factor tests. The photocatalytic activity of TiO2-Ag catalyst was further enhanced by the microwave and ultrasonic assisted with using methyl orange as...

This study aims to look at the impact of job placement and workload on employee motivation at Bringin Gigantara Indonesia Makassar Branch Office. The sample of this study consisted of 83 employees who worked at the PT. Bringin Gigantara Indonesia Office of the Makassar Branch. The research method used...

DTA/SDTG and DSC techniques were used to study the thermal behaviors of citronellol- -D-glucopyranoside (CGLY) . The heating rate was 5, 7.5, 10, and 12.5 K min-1, the samples were heated from 30oC to 500oC. Methods of Friedman and Flynn-Wall-Ozawa were applied to calculate the parameters of thermal...