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Background: It is known that age, blood pressure and diabetes mellitus are determinants of arterial stiffness. There are no studies comparing impact of hypertension and diabetes on structural and functional carotid and aortic changes. Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate structural and functional...

In the digital age, enterprises are facing the complex international environment and the requirements of China for higher quality international business development. In light of the current situation of the overseas asset operation index management system, this paper designs the theoretical connotation...

Objectives: To study whether inhibition of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system has effects on vascular function beyond blood pressure (BP) reduction alone. Methods: Mild-to-moderate hypertensive patients (age 54±12 years, 34% women) were randomized double-blind to ramipril (10 mg od, n=33) or doxazosin...

Purpose: Vascular resistance remains a key determinant of arterial hypertension and target organ damage alters morbidity of the disease. Our aim is to investigate physiology and clinical relevance of the left ventricular and systemic vascular interaction in essential hypertension patients. Methods:...

With the arrival of information age, networks are playing an important role in people's lives. As the relation between network and economy is growing closer and closer, marketing is facing a new era called internet marketing. Clothing internet marketing as an important part of internet marketing, is...

This paper is about the development process of higher education in Taiwan, compared the four different age characteristics of campus planning in Taiwan .And it explained the concept of the formation of Taiwan's campus planning, development. It summed up the characteristics of the design in Taiwan today,...

Mathematical ability determines the success of children in school, because mathematics is one component in children's academic achievement. Geometry is one of the concepts of mathematical abilities that are very important to be given to early childhood, especially for children with special needs. The...

The background from this study is that most of parents know their children had autism since in elementary school even junior high school, whereas autism can be detected early, delayed in identificating autism children cause difficult and complicated disease to be cured. The result of this study is software...

Digital marketing has enormous potential to transform today's organizations and society as a whole fundamentally. The question of current interest is in what field the greatest changes will be achieved in the near future. An attempt to find the answer to the previously mentioned question is presented...

Background: Assessment of carotid artery perivascular adipose tissue through carotid artery extra-media thickness (EMT) ultrasonography has emerged as a novel assessment technique that might contribute unique information to comprehensive evaluations of arterial health. Currently, there is a lack of research...

The present study aimed at analyzing the impact of the international migration of adult male children on the health of left behind parents. It basically tried to find out its impact on physical health and emotional state of the migrants’ parents. Quantitative methodology was deployed and researcher administered...

Ciherang is a High Yielding Variety (HYV) of Rice produced by the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development Agency since 2000. Ciherang, as an agricultural technology innovation, is still used by most farmers in various regions in Indonesia, especially South Sulawesi as one of the national...

Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases with characteristics of hyperglycemia that occurs due to abnormalities in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. insulin produced by pancreatic cells. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors of medication adherence in patients with...

Christian andragogy in the church is very important to equip believers (golden age), so that they can be effective and efficient. The gap that occurs between the church and the golden age, on the one hand the church considers the golden age to be unable to serve because of obstacles or crises both physically,...

All industries including the government organizations have to follows the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) 1994 which required the employers to perform minimum duties to ensure the safety, health and welfare of their workers, and joint the responsibilities between employer and employees. With...

Concrete is a type of building structure material, both buildings, bridges, and roads. Concrete is a construction material obtained from mixing sand, gravel, or crushed stone, cement, and water. To improve the properties of concrete, several kinds of additives that have certain functions are added to...

This research is aimed to find out the role of peer relationship during covid-19 pandemic. Data were collected by examining the primary sources of book and journal references related to the research. The analysis was done by connecting the problems of the concept with relevant theories. The result of...

The concept of faith is defined as a universal path to the spiritual knowledge born in the "Axial Age" (K. Jaspers) as a way of understanding the transcendent origins underlying all the world religions and associated philosophies. The author of the article asserts the significance of faith from the philosophical,...

Hypertension is a condition where blood vessels have persistent high blood pressure. Compliance is a behavior to adhere to doctor's advice about using medicine. The purpose of this study is to determine the compliance, the use of antihypertensive and the relationship between characteristics of patients...

Background: Trans-esophageal echocardiogram (TEE) is a gold standard test for diagnosis of left atrial (LA) appendage function. Aim: To evaluate left atrial appendage (LAA) dysfunction using mitral annular systolic velocity measured by tissue Doppler imaging “Sm” in acute embolic stroke young patients...

Background: Despite adipocytokines are implicated in arterial hemodynamic and stiffness, their effects on arterial histomorphometry remain poorly explored. The aim of the present study was to evaluate, in Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) rats, a model of type 2 diabetes with leptin resistance, carotid arterial...

The aim of this research was to determine the influence of the whole language for kindergarten students, especially in early literacy. The researcher chose a whole language approach to help children age 4-5 years understanding early literacy because it integrated 4 language capabilities: reading, writing,...

The experimental study has been done to get data of heat hydration. It important to know the temperature in the concrete during hydration reaction and forming a gel condition of silica reaction with water. Eighteen concrete specimens of cubes have been tested for many dimensions, those are cube 25cm,...

Fashion products are quite important needs for generation Z as their identity. However, fashion needs are certainly not prioritized during the Covid-19 pandemic. Generation Z’s perception of the need for local fashion brands can be an option due to concerns about foreign brands. This research was conducted...

Aim: Investigation of relationship between arterial stiffness indices and LAVI in hypertensive and normotensive subjects. Material and methods: Patients were recruited among Morawica town inhabitants. Study group (AH) consisted of 41 untreated hypertensives (20 men). Control group (NonAH)consisted of...

The article is devoted to the analyses of theoretical models of historical development, evaluation of them and coming to the best one. Thus the authors generalize, summarize and mark out six of them: 1) Cyclical (the old one: Herodotus, Aristotle, etc.), 2) Eschatological (A. Augustine), 3) Progressive...

Diabetes mellitus is currently a major public health problem in the world. International Diabetes Federation (IDF) stated that in 2021 around 537 million people will suffer from diabetes, it is estimated that this will increase to 643 million in 2030 and 783 million in 2045. Impaired cognitive function...

In order to solve the problem of evaluating the digital literacy ability of new professional farmers, the definition and classification of urban and rural new professional farmer groups are integrated with existing research, the evaluation index of digital literacy ability of new professional farmers...

In this age, big data applications are increasingly becoming the main focus of attention because of the enormous increment of data generation and storage that has taken place in the last years, in science, business, . . . This situation becomes a challenge when huge amounts of data are processed to extract...

Human brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease and is especially concerning in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), where livestock importation is significant. We analyzed reported human brucellosis disease trends in KSA over time to help policymakers understand the magnitude of the disease and guide...

Al-Quran literacy in early childhood is introduced through learning and experiences related to the child's world and according to its development. Good and pleasant experiences will have a positive impact on children's development. Playing is the main thing for early childhood learning. This study uses...

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is a disease that has a rapid geographical spread and the number of occurrences is increasing. The disease is transmitted through the bite of Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus which sucks human blood during the day, so that the tramission might be related to human activities....

The article is based on experience of a tuition project on gender issues for parents in the region of military conflict in Eastern Ukraine, as well as results of experimental works during its system elaboration. 119 teachers and 145 parents took part in the experiment. The following research methods...

Grey scale median of the common carotid artery intima-media complex (IM-GSM) characterizes the composition of the arterial wall and low IM-GSM reflects more generalized atherosclerotic vulnerability. However, it is unclear whether the presence of DM itself affects IM-GSM, similar to that observed with...

Introduction: Patients with Marfan syndrome may suffer from a variety of symptoms, including changes of the cardiovascular system. The aim of this study was to perform ambulatory 24 hour blood pressure and pulse wave measurements in a group of Marfan patients and a group of healthy controls and to analyse...

Background: Stroke may result in the decline of a patient’s nutritional status, which has a detrimental impact on functional recovery and mortality rate. Studies showed that 6–31% of nutritional deficiency is found before stroke, and tends to worsen during hospital admission. The objective of this study...

Recognizing and understanding the importance of the different roles and responsibilities of men and women, ensure greater success and provide critical insights as we promote sustainable development and effective conservation policies while properly safeguarding natural resources. Hence, the study was...

This study aims to examine the influence of teachers’ age and gender on their awareness of bullying in primary schools (SD/MI). The research adopts a quantitative descriptive approach and analysis of variance (ANOVA) to identify significant effects of these variables on teachers’ awareness of student...

This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between student’s grit and academic performance in Mathematics. To carry out this research study, a descriptive-correlational research design was employed. A total of 68 Grade 10 students at San Isidro High School-Kadingilan, Inc. Kadingilan, Bukidnon,...

This research investigates the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Human Resource Management (HRM), particularly in fostering inclusive hiring by reducing unconscious bias. It introduces two novel constructs—AI Bias Awareness and Inclusion Technology Readiness—to examine how psychological...

As previous studies have shown, consumers’ consumption of luxury goods depends on their symbolic value because luxury goods confer respect and social status on consumers. However, in the current information age, the consumption of luxury goods is not only for their symbolic value but also extends to...

Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is associated with cardiovascular disease. Microalbuminuria (MA), its traditional hallmark, reflects both renal and generalised vascular damage. We previously established a urinary proteomic classifier (CKD273) for early DN prediction that correlates with other biomarkers...

Background: Recently, prof Anatoly N Rogoza proposed a new vascular index calculated from one-channel volume sphygmography of brachial artery, Rogoza’s Index or Rogoza Index. It may be useful as a new indicator of asymptomatic vascular damage associated with cardiovascular risk in patients with hypertension. Objective:...

The responsibility of employees and the public towards corporations and vice versa (Corporate Social Responsibility - CSR) is preventing such scandals as Dieselgate, Huawei, Boeing or burned rain forests for growing oil palms for biofuels in media and court procedures. Surprisingly, no article about...

Students in higher vocational colleges are in an important period of forming world outlook, outlook on life and values. Correct and effective guidance of public opinion not only helps students form correct three outlooks, but also promotes students' all-round development, which is of great significance...

The influence of blood glucose during exercise is a factor that affects the performance of the athlete. Blood glucose levels can be affected by things like activity or exercise, food and stress. If blood glucose levels decline, the function of brain cells is disrupted because nerve cells do not store...

With the rapid development of economy and the intensification of competition, the competition of high-tech industry is particularly fierce in the information age. As the equity incentive is a necessary factor in the development of any company including high-tech industry, this study will take Tencent...

This study was undertaken to investigate the status of Soil-transmitted Helminths (STHs) in rural schools of Kogi East, Nigeria. The study was cross-sectional using stratified random cluster sampling procedure. Stool specimens were collected in a sterile specimen bottle from school pupils in five (5)...

Zen aesthetics and narrative design have great differences with respect to their respective disciplines. Their social background, historical development, and theoretical framework are completely different. However, there is a systematic interoperability basis for the origin of the art design and the...

The right to health is universally recognized through Article 25 paragraph (1) of Universal Declaration of Human Rights saying that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and wellbeing of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and...