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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...

The Programmed Cell Death 1 (PD-1)/Programmed Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICIs), have become a hot spot in the field of cancer research and treatment, and bring new hope to patients with advanced tumors. But, in addition to enhancing the anti-tumor effect of T cells, PD-1/PD-L1...

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...

Dyslipidemia is a lipid metabolism disorder with an imbalance of lipid fraction in plasma, including increase in total cholesterol, LDL, TGA, and decrease in HDL. Changes in lipid profile levels can be influenced by several factors, namely diet, physical activity, lifestyle, age, sex, and genetics. Poor...

Background: Exaggerated blood pressure (BP) responses to sub-maximal exercise independently predict cardiovascular (CV) events, mortality and incident hypertension. The aim of this study was to explore relationships between exercise BP, left-ventricular (LV) structure and function and aerobic fitness...

Few studies evaluated cardiac or carotid abnormalities in patients with arterial hypertension and diabetes according to the presence of peripheral artery disease detected by abnormal ankle brachial index (ABI). For this purpose, we studied 99 diabetic hypertensive patients with abnormal (n=50, ABI≤0.9...

Home gardening offers one approach to improving the Indonesian diet, which is known to contain inadequate vegetables and fruit. It is also a suitable response to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly to improve food security but also to promote secondary benefits. We report on a household online survey...

Neuraminidase inhibitors are antiviral drugs prescribed especially for influenza types A and B. They inhibit the release of the viral neuraminidase protein, which facilitates viral release from the infected cell to the other host’s cells. There has been an increasing use of these drugs during the COVID-19...

In the age of intelligence, people put forward more comprehensive requirements for human living environment and space design, thus smart home design was born. The integration of smart home and interior design has become an important trend in the design industry, and as a new design concept for home environment,...

The study aimed to determine the aerobic endurance (Vo2Max) of PJKR Department students at SD FIKK UNM, with a sample size of 25 male students. The survey method was employed, and the “Bleep Test” over a 20-m distance was used as the instrument. The results showed a total Vo2Max value of 879.60 ml/kg/min,...

The World Health Organization (WHO) presents global data that hypertension causes the highest mortality. There is a projection that 29% of world population will experience hypertension in 2025. This study aims to discover the determinants of hypertension incidence in people aged ≥ 40 years in the work...

Background and aim: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides excellent anatomical coverage for local and regional indices of aortic function and structure. However, blood pressure (BP) assessments is usually necessary for the calculation of these functional MRI parameters. Unfortunately, most pressure...

Background and purpose: Whether the influence of risk factors on carotid stiffness (CS) and carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) is modulated by gender is still unclear. The aim of our study was to examine the association between cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, CS and CIMT in men and women. Material...

With the advent of the global information age and the rapid development of modern science and technology and social economy, the competition in the global higher education employment market is becoming more and more fierce. Facing the new challenges of talent training, we must firmly grasp the main line...

The 21st century is the information age. The rapid development of computer technology supports the rapid development of the information age. With the rapid spread of computers and networks, more and more software products play an important role in people's daily life. In computer security[1], a vulnerability[2]...

The age of big data changes the performances of the whole industries, so as the financial talent education. This article aims to establish the new financial talent cultivation model based on CDIO engineering conceive and OBE conceive in order to better train the financial talents in the new world of...

Consumption of enough vegetables and fruits is a simple indicator of balanced nutrition. Efforts to increase public awareness to consume vegetables and fruits, which ideally should begin to be familiarized from an early age (school age) through the family approach and the Healthy Living Community Movement...

Currently, children with special need can follow the normal age at inclusive school, without differentiated from each other.The number of inclusive school are available in some areas resulting in a child is easy to select the desired school and can accommodate the children with special need. Each inclusive...

China's old-age service is confronted with the problem of poor resource integration and the imbalance between supply and demand. And intelligent endowment using the integration function of technology such as the IoT provides a way to solve it. This paper based on the service chain theory analyzes resource...

In connection with the forecasted purposes of the digital economy`s development in Russia, as well as investments in the human resources` development for digital economy, there is an actual question how much the digitalization of the society and business can increase the efficiency of the human capital`s...

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the breath-holding duration and the sensitivity of the arterial baroreflex, as well as the prognostic value of the breath-holding test in the assessment of decreased baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) in patients with chronic heart...

Background: Early return of reflected blood pressure (BP) waves from the lower body augments central systolic BP and increases systolic pressure-time index (SPTI) and wasted left ventricular (LV) pressure energy, which increase afterload and myocardial oxygen (MVO2) demand. Accordingly, we sought to...

The creation of the Early Intervention Service as a structural unit of educational, medical or social welfare institutions in the Chuvash republic territory is especially in demand due to the preservation of the number of children with disabilities. The article discusses a model for constructing an early...

Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence displays vividly the social landscape of the upper class in Old New York and thus she is listed as a realistic writer. However, sensitive readers could recognize the characters’ artificial innocence and exquisite pretense behind the realistic depiction. This paper...

This Republic of Indonesia Ministerial Regulation No.113 of 2014 concerning on village fund management Article 40 paragraph (1) and (2) states accountability report on the realization of APBDes as referred to in Articles 37 and 38 in written information to the public and media provided easily accessible...

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a condition in which the myocardium does not get enough blood and oxygen supply. Modifiable risk factors for CHD include hypertension and diabetes melitus. This study aims to determine the prevalence of history of hypertension and diabetes melitus in coronary heart disease...

Central systolic blood pressure (cSBP) could be helpful to monitor hypotension during dialysis. However most cSBP devices are based on peripheral estimates which might be unreliable during the specific hemodynamic state of dialysis. Complior Analyse (Alam Medical, France) presents the advantage of measuring...

Background: Affective temperaments (anxious, depressive, cyclothymic, irritable and hyperthymic) are subclinical manifestations of major mood disorders and there is cumulating evidence about their involvement is somatic disorders as well. The aim of our study was to evaluate the associations of affective...

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV-2). Anyone could have asymptomatic to severe symptoms. Radiological examinations, such as X-rays and CT-Scans, are needed. CT- Scan thorax is an examination to assess the progression,...

Understanding the Cumulative Fertility Rate (CFR) of any country is relevant for national planning and ensuring environmental sustainability. In this article, we investigate the effect of socio-demographic and geographical factors, and their interactions on recent Fertility Rates amongst Ghanaian women....

Osteoarthritis (OA) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are prevalent conditions and often co-exist. Vascular involvement in pathogenesis of CVD and OA gives reason to investigate arterial stiffness in OA. The aim of this study is to investigate the associations between OA and arterial stiffness. Arterial...