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Purpose of review: Continuous wave near infrared spectroscopy (CW NIRS) provides non-invasive technology to measure relative changes in oxy- and deoxy-haemoglobin in a dynamic environment. This allows determination of local skeletal muscle O2 saturation, muscle oxygen consumption ( V˙O2 ) and blood...

The paper presents the results indicating the possibility of using betulin-based medication for the correction of the immune status of cattle infected with bovine leukemia virus (BLV). To set up the experiment, we designed 3 prototypes of the medication (betulin-B1, B2 and B3), which were tested on 20...

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of Experiential learning on entrepreneurial competencies of vocational high school students. This study used quasy experiment method with the design of Non-equivalent Control Group Post-test only. The research sample amounted to 40 students, consisting of...

Purpose of this research is to investigate the reaction of Indonesia capital market to the announcement of an increase in cigarette excise rates on September 13th 2019. The cigarette sub sector companies that has been listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange are used as sample. Event study is a research...

A novel biocontrol delivery system by using graphite was proven effective in controlling bacterial plant pathogens. In this study, a consortium of biocontrol agents, consisting of Bacillus subtilis and Trichoderma harzianum, was formulated in graphite added with silica nano particles (NPs). B. subtilis...

At the present time, there is intense competition in the coffee industry. To overcome the high competition and maintain consumer loyalty, marketers must consider the unique characteristics of young consumers. This study aims to examine the impact of differences in consumer attitudes based on demographic...

Girl groups, K-pop groups made up of Korean women, generate music videos that promote values associated with genre in their fandom. At the same time, the fandom generates dance covers from these video clips, imitating choreography dance of girl groups taking their aesthetics and visual approach as a...

The physics e-module integrating the Alquran with REACT steps is believed to be able to improve the quality of student learning. E-Modules have steps that can guide students to learn independently in understanding learning material. This underlies the importance of developing a REACT-based Alquran integration...

This paper examines how learning models affect change in students’ critical thinking skills. Blended learning is a learning method that combines the face-to-face learning process in the classroom with learning using e-learning. Blended Learning Model makes students feel flexibility in their learning...

The main purpose of this current study is to investigate the impact of acculturation of societies (social, traditions and expressions) in the past on Palembang Songket motifs. This is a quantitative study, where data was gathered through questionnaires and interviews. The study used a sample of 100 respondents...

The writing is intended to know if a flipped classroom design improves reading comprehension scores among students in class XI of SMA Negeri 7 Prabumulih in the year 2022/2023. This study is quasi-experimental research. There are 216 students in population and 68 students in sample, they are XIA as controlled...

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a global sustainable development agenda that contains 17 sustainable development goals. This program was adopted by the United Nations (UN) for the first time in 2015 and was the continuation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) program. The SDGs exist to...

The growing instability of financial markets is making it harder to allocate capital efficiently among key asset types such as equities and bonds. Traditional static asset allocation methods struggle to adapt to dynamic market conditions, leading to growing interest in dynamic allocation strategies in...

The built environment (BE) profession, encompassing disciplines such as architecture, urban planning, civil engineering, and construction management, plays a pivotal role in shaping the physical spaces we inhabit and enhancing the socio-economic status of the people. As the BE continues to grow in complexity...

The Blongkeng sub-watershed is one of the sub-watersheds in the Progo watershed and is located on the north-west slope of Mount Merapi. This sub-watershed is considered a priority because it plays an important role in the entire Progo watershed system. The existence of vegetation damage and land degradation...

Vocational High Schools (SMK) have technical and practical learning methods. The teachers always give simulations for students directly for the best education. Both must follow the trends of machine and technology innovation. Three-dimensional printing (3D printer) is increasingly being used by industry...

t. The development of modern science and technology promotes the development of advanced network multimedia, and it provides a diversified learning resource for the public. With the help of network multimedia, we can learn anytime and anywhere, and this knowledge fragmentation phenomenon has been deeply...

A study report of the UNESCO anticipates the changes in the education paradigm with the use of ICT. Contrary to the current education paradigm where students receive classroom instruction and study individually outside classroom, ICT supported educational paradigm will lead student to undergo individual...

With respect to the training program of software engineering specialty, this paper puts forward the comprehensive training platform of Chinese character dictation competition based on Android, and clarifies the purpose and main contents of the comprehensive training platform. Based on the hardware and...

College English is a very important course in many universities in China. In order to further improve the teaching effect of College English, a new M-learning environment which is based on multiple Apps has been constructed. This article firstly analyzes the necessity of constructing a new M-learning...

Knowledge of the risk-neutral distribution of the cumulative return with respect to the model used, is needed in European option pricing. Duan, Gauthier, Simonato and Sasseville (DGSS) provided an analytic approximation model for the case where an EGARCH or a GJR-GARCH specification is used to describe...

We present basic properties of the operation of sup-T composition of partial fuzzy relations, i.e., fuzzy relations defined on arbitrary subsets of the Cartesian square of the referential set. We show that for partial fuzzy relations, these properties are fairly similar to those for totally defined fuzzy...

The problem in this study is the low ability to smash the volleyball athletes at the Guntur 1000 Kota Padang club. This study aims to determine the effect of plyometric training on improving the smash ability of the volleyball athletes at the Guntur 1000 Kota Padang club.The research design used was...

Background: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) was considered to be with the severity and mortality in COVID-19 patients, which implies a potential therapeutic target for treatment. We aimed to evaluate the safety and initial efficacy of Tocilizumab treatment for COVID-19 patients. Methods: In the retrospective study,...

Debt can increase firms value in the view of investor, but it can also decrease firms value in their view. This study aims to test whether there are performance differences of low debt firms with the high debt firms. The population in this study is all of manufacturing company listed on the Indonesia...

We are concerned with the probability that all the eigenvalues of a unitary ensemble with the weight function w(x,t)=xαe−x−tx, x ∈ [0, ∞), α > −1, t ≥ 0, are greater than s. This probability is expressed as the quotient of Dn(s, t) and its value at s = 0, where Dn(s, t) denotes the determinant of...

With the continuous development of social economy and the progress of science and technology, complex and diverse network information profoundly affects the values and thinking modes of higher vocational college students, and also has a certain impact on their mental health. Based on the social support...

This study aims to assess the reliability and validity of the Politeness Behavior Scale (PBC) and derive the most suitable model from it. The researcher created the PBC scale. The researchers used a descriptive quantitative data analysis method, the PBC scale adaption process. Students from the three...

This research is based on the fact that the biggest factor causing aircraft accidents is human error, especially pilots. Previous research suggests that having a good work-life balance can reduce the rate of aircraft accidents caused by human factors. Many studies have examined how work-life balance...

This study aims to investigate the instability of the G7 stock market by forecasting value at risk (VaR) as a measure of risk with a two-regime MS-GARCH family model approach. Daily data of composite stock returns from January 2010 to September 2023 from each G7 country are studied. Of the seven stocks...

Two minimum clique problems are considered in this study along with some of their important subclasses. The first is the Minimum Edge-Weighted Clique Problem (MIN-EWCP), which is the problem of finding the clique of order m with the least total weight in a complete edge-weighted graph G. The other one...

This study analyzes the impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors on the financial, operational, and market value performance of materials sector companies in the Asia Pacific region during 2019-2023. Using a quantitative approach with panel data from 128 purposively selected firms,...

This study examined the green dependency paradox: renewable energy (RE) investments in hydrocarbon-dependent economies may initially constrain rather than catalyze economic diversification. We focused on Egypt, where fossil fuel dependence still exceeds 93%, and applied a Nonlinear Autoregressive Distributed...

Realizations of four dimensional Lie algebras as vector fields in the plane are explcitly constructed. Fourth order ordinary differential equations which admit such Lie symmetry algebras are derived. The route to their integration is described.

Family Planning Program (Keluarga Berencana/KB) is one of the the government efforts as a solutions for the problem of overcrowding, infant mortality and maternal mortality. Family planning allows individuals and couples to anticipate and attain their desired number of children and the spacing and timing...

A meander line dipole tag antenna used in the radio frequency identification (RFID) system was designed, which can be used for measuring cables’ temperature. In order to make the tag antenna fit the cables, an improved tag antenna was designed. The design adopted classical T-matching network, which had...

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether or not there is a significant effect of silent short movie on EFL writing achievement of the vocational high school students. This study was quasi-experimental using a nonrandomized control group, pretest-posttest design. There were 61 students who...

In order to study the scale-free of more and more real-life networks, we design, construct a class of compound network models by the methods of graph theory for understand and try to simulate network models from Internet of Things (IoT), and we computed the parameters of models, such as: average degree,...

Rabies is one of the most important zoonotic disease in Indonesia that need to be eliminate. The rabies control/elimination program has been undertaken by local government to achieve 2023 West Java Province rabies free. The aim of this study is to measure the effectiveness of rabies control program...

Let G be a connected and simple graph with the vertex set V(G) and the edge set E(G). The set S ⊆ V (G) is called a k-metric generator for G if and only if for every two pairs different vertices u,v ∈ V(G), there are at least k vertices w1,w2,..,wk ∈ S such that d(u,wi) ≠ d(v,wi) for every i ∈ {1, 2,...

The aim of this research is to develop teaching materials for writing descriptive texts using a contextual approach assisted by photographic image media to increase interest in learning for class VII middle school students. This research method is Research and Development (R n D). Data was collected...

Thrombosis is one of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) that can cause death, and CVD is the leading cause of death in the world. Bacterial proteases have potential as antithrombosis agents that can be developed into CVD drugs. Indonesia’s high marine biodiversity has been recognized worldwide,...

The development of cloth at this time is creating various types of fabric products. Of the various decorative fabrics that have been made for daily needs using machine tools, one of the tools used is a tool for making printed fabrics. One example of printed fabric is tie dyed fabric or jumputan fabric...

The aim of this research was to investigate the difference in comprehension of health information processing subject between students taught by problem-based learning and those who were not. The study employed a quasi-experimental design with a control group to compare the effectiveness of the two teaching...

Maintaining student interest and enthusiasm motivated is a common challenge faced by teachers across all grade levels and ability ranges. This study focuses on PBL impacted on the motivation and academic achievement of early childhood education students at Chatya Manis in Palembang. PBL is an instructional...

Air pollution poses a major environmental and economic challenge in Thai-land, increasing health risks and lowering property values. While its health effects are well-documented, its impact on housing prices is less understood. This study uses a two-stage hedonic pricing model (HPM) and 2023–2024 housing...

Southeast Asia is the fastest growing region of Internet users in the world, and Singapore is the most mature e-commerce market in Southeast Asia. This paper introduces Shopee’s business model in detail, including logistics model, payment model, marketing model and profit model. In terms of logistics...

The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between working stress and teaching effectiveness of teachers of A University in S City, China. A total of 436 valid questionnaires were obtained by online response, and the questionnaire data were statistically analyzed by descriptive statistics,...

In the face of intensifying global technological rivalry, achieving a balanced customer base and robust operational success are now critical elements for the enduring growth of technology-driven companies. This research explores how the focus on a limited number of clients influences the operational...

Environmental considerations are driving up the popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) in cars. Since the rechargeable battery powers electric vehicles, having a dependable, economical, and effective battery charger is crucial to delivering the reliable output needed for the particular EV’s battery. The...