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This paper focuses on the author’s reflections as a researcher on students’ choices concerning their own learning strategies, based on the findings of a pilot study in a government-funded ePortfolio Project (Project) in a Hong Kong Higher Education Institution (HEI). The major purpose of this pilot study...

Why don’t we decide or act in certain situations like we deem it right? Decision-making and acting appropri-ately frequently differs in individual plans, resolutions, principles and attitudes from morality. This mismatch, between verdict and behavior, covers not only all areas of life but counts for...

The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between creativity and the tendency of choosing entrepreneurship as a career among the polytechnic students in Malaysia. A total of 425 third semester polytechnic diploma students (PMKL, PMJB, PUO, PMJ, PMK, PSMZA, PMM, PBS and PPD) were selected...

The technology of 3D reconstruction of medical images is an important application in computer graphics and image processing, especially in biomedical engineering. In this paper, two types of surface construction algorithms for medical sequences images are reviewed in this paper, including Marching Cubes...

Based on the small speech database of Tibetan single sentences, we get three layers of prosodic structure units by prosodic marking, syllables, prosodic words and prosodic phrases, to study the internal and boundary syllable duration and fundamental frequency data in different prosodic units. The statistical...

In the final analysis, the competition between enterprises is the competition of the human resources. Human resource is the decisive element of the enterprises to achieve business objectives and an important force in the social economic development and human progress. Scientific and reasonable performance...

The purpose of this research is to explore effective operation mode for non-profit organization to participate and provide aged care service in modern Chinese society. The aged society needs huge amount aged care services, especially in local community. The government and market have their limit. So,...

Chinese large-scale cities and robust megalopolis are building their own sea-land-rail three-dimensional traffic networks, such as underground mass transit; road-based public transport system and air traffic. Three-dimensional traffic overpasses have been all over city crossroads. By analyzing the distribution...

This study found some evidences of a significant relationship between headmaster leadership behavior and organizational climate on teacher work satisfaction. This finding does not contradict with what was written by Qazwini (2008) that climate can affect job satisfaction, which refers to Herzberg's statement...

The denoising process is critical when processing transient electromagnetic (TEM) sounding data. For the full waveform PRBS response, an inadequate noise estimation may result in an erroneous interpretation. We consider the Hilbert-huang transform and its application to suppress the noise in the PRBS...

What had happened to EFL learners now in our country needs to be reviewed and evaluated far back to the first learning process in their Elementary School or Junior High School. The language skills given in this level are focused more to Reading and Writing with Grammar as the core. EFL learners in Indonesia...

The article considers development of the technology of recovering disturbed soils intended for nature protection purposes on the territory of Bovanenkovskiy oil, gas and condensate field of Yamal peninsula. In the course of operation, blend composition and consumption rates of seed material were selected,...

In production and consumption, the trade and commerce industry plays the role of bridge and link, which is of great significance to the development of regional economy. Although the importance of commercial circulation in regional economic development has been reached, the impact mechanism and efficiency...

The article considers the actual problem of financing higher education in a comparative aspect on the example of Russia and Germany. The levels of funding higher education in Russia and Germany are characterised; the main and additional sources of funding are described; the differences in attracting...

This paper builds a two-stage game model to capture the operations of a dual-channel supply chain consisting of one supplier and two retailers where one of the retailers is constrained by its working capital and the other is not. With this model, we identify the different effects of the capital constraint...

The modern illustration design in China presents a trend of rapid development, and Chinese begin to explore the Chinese folk art elements, while introducing the western concept of modern art design and achieving the convergence with the international art trend. The folk customs, cultural psychology and...

The water quality and sanitary conditions of centralized rural drinking water project in Zhejiang Province is analyzed, it can provide the scientific basis for rural water improvement and the government administrative department makes decision. Method: In 2013, 40 monitoring Counties in Zhejiang province...

In this paper, we investigate name network based on complex network theory. We study statistical properties of the network and find that name network show some important characteristics: not only small word effect, scale-free and the power-law distribution, but also disassortative mixing. The origin...

The development of economic globalization, which is deepening, further intensified the competition among the enterprises. Financial management is increasingly becoming the decisive importance of success. Enterprises have become increasingly urgent to need different types of financial manage-ment personnel,...

Since China joined the World Trade Organization, cases involving trademark parallel imports have risen rapidly, import more and more attention has been paid to trademark parallel explore. To research issue of parallel importation trademark of China's foreign trade has a profound impact. Therefore, this...

Nb-Al alloy compounds are expected to be high temperature structural materials. However, the low toughness and poor oxidation resistance are the main obstacles to hinder Nb-Al intermetallics from applications. In this paper, a new monoclinic phase of NbAl3 was proposed by particle swarm optimization....

The goal of this paper is the design and implementation of an algorithm for estimating thermal loads in a civil construction, in which the capture geometric information of the architectural plan of a building created in a CAD system (Computer Aided Design), and the calculation of thermal loads in the...

Response of earthquake action in the structure is related to site category, seismic fortification intensity, earthquake acceleration, seismic grouping, etc. Research on high-rise building structure seismic has been done a lot. However, high-rise building structure does not only sustain earthquake load,...

With the aid of cotton template and precursor solution of mesoporous silica, hierarchical mesoporous SiO2 tubes with size–adjustable mesoporous in the tube–wall were synthesized through sol–gel method. The products are tubular silica that inherit the hierarchical structure of initial cotton and contain...

To accomplish precision straight-line and angular displacement measurement, the principle and realizing methods on the basis of optical grating are analyzed in detail. A new quadruple frequency circuit and its relative analogous circuit are designed, including scaling circuit of optical grating sensor...

The article analyses the problems of a labour market influence on forming the labour migration potential of the region. The authors believe that the peculiarities of labour migration are determined, first of all, by structural imbalances of the labour market. The main research hypothesis, being verified...

Pregnancy is a cycle of life which in many communities is considered as a special condition. Therefore, pregnancy is usually prepared and maintained carefully, from the behavior of pregnant women (and some people, including her husband's behavior) to food intake, which aim to keep the mother and the...

Nowadays, people are under great pressure. It is becoming more and more common to relieve stress by refreshing the body's essential oils, calming emotions and restoring physical and mental health. However, the service content and project similarity of aromatherapy products on the market are extremely...

The article provides information on concept of creating a model of commercial activities network management for agricultural organizations. In the modern information world, important factors in the development of commercial activities of organizations of the agro-industrial complex are the construction...

The paper is devoted to the research of stress resistance of flight dispatchers. We consider stress resistance an integrative personal quality that is basic for productive professional activity in extreme conditions. The optimal (high) level of stress resistance can be considered the key professional...

In practical application, bridge cranes are widely used to move materials. The main girder of bridge crane is prone to the deformation in high-temperature environments. In this paper, two working conditions of main girder are obtained by analyzing its deformation. The maximum deformation of main girder...

Mapping of Muallaf coaching in Central Kalimantan is a follow up of the study conducted in 2017, intended to inventory learners of Islam in fostering Muallaf carried out by elements of the Muslims, both when they just had converted to Islam and a few years later. This research as a response in looking...

Fluid mechanics is a course that focuses on observing and understanding natural phenomena that occur in the environment. This makes learning must be carried out actively and use strategy modifications in learning. There are several previous studies that tried to modify the learning strategy to create...

This study aims to determine the number and reasons for non-certified waqf assets in the city of Bandung and to find out the legal standing and legal consequences for land and buildings that are not certified. The research method used is a qualitative research method with a normative juridical approach...

Recent trends in the implementation of using computer in language learning in many Indonesian high schools have led to the development of Computer-Assisted Language Testing (CALT). The aim of this paper is to elaborate the result of analytical review of relevant and recent literatures about the potentials...

Reference of researchers, linguists and philosophers to peculiarities of a literary work language is determined by philosophical issues of the text as a whole. This is topical when translating a well-known classic literary work into another language. It is in such a very case when all obscurities and...

This study aims to determine the relationship of the aqidah (religious belief) with positive thinking and resilience to Psychology students at the State Islamic University of Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta.. The research subjects in this study were 75 psychology students who were working on the final project...

Islamic marketing has a different approach to know its identity. The approach to the concept of brand image has not been able to explore the identity of Islamic marketing. Some dimensions or indicators used in measuring brand image in Islamic marketing are not appropriate and needs adjustment. This is...

This quasi-experimental study aims to investigate the effectiveness of teacher’s higher order thinking skills questions on test achievement of form four students. Sixty (60) students from intact groups were assigned into the control and treatment groups. The treatment group were exposed to teacher’s...

In order to improve the efficiency of association rules mining frequent itemsets, some people proposed using hashing techniques to mine association rules, it can greatly improve the time and space efficiency of frequent item sets. the space-time efficiency of the classical Apriori algorithm and the use...

Investment is the driving force of economic growth, but inefficient investment behavior can be seen everywhere. How to identify the inefficient investment, and grasp the early warning technology for inefficient investment behavior is very practical significance. Based on the construction and upgrading...

Composition data represent the relative information of data, not absolute information. The determination and restriction make the analysis of composition data different from other general data, and need to be transformed and re-analyzed first. For a series of chronological data collected, the paper uses...

The Xinguang Bridge, crossing the shipping channel of the Pearl River in the city of Guangzhou, is a three-span continuous half-through rigid frame steel truss arch bridge with two RC V-shaped triangular rigid frames. The paper first gives a brief introduction on the important engineering aspects. Then...

In wireless monitoring systems, the program design mode has a great influence on data upload and processing efficiency. In order to solve the problem that data uploading and processing cannot be synchronized in the system, a LabVIEW system design based on the producer-consumer model is proposed. The...

A lot of migrant population engaged in tertiary industry has entered city center area with expansion and upgrading of city center industrial structure, it is regarded as the starting point in the study. Binary Logistic regression analysis method is adopted based on survey data of Nanjing Central Urban...

This study aims to identify the perceptions of micro-entrepreneurs on the benefits of simple financial training provided by microfinance institutions. These perceptions can reflect economic empowerment that has been supplied by the microfinance institution through training. Two hundred and ninety-four...

This article describes the current system of the young scientific personnel training in Russia and puts emphasis on the need to strengthen practical training thereof. As one of the ways to solve this problem, small innovative enterprises are considered as a possible link between Science and Business,...

There are four competencies that should be owned by a teacher, pedagogic, personality, professional and social. Low compensation will make performance low and vice versa. If the compensation is high, it will make the performance high. The certification allowance given to the teacher for one months salary...

With the development and popularization of Internet technology, the sharing economy based on Internet platform has been greatly developed. The sharing economy represented by Internet special vehicles has impacted the traditional taxi industry and caused many regulatory difficulties. This link for information...

With the rapid development of network technology, People are frequently unsatisfied with the online shopping, especially for the online shopping of clothes. For solve the problem, a cloud dressing system based on Haar algorithm is raised. It matches the collected data with Haar algorithm, endows the...