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Objective: Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is accepted as the standard technique to assess aortic stiffness. While the carotid-femoral transit time can be assessed with high accuracy, the measurement of the aortic length is, however, less accurate. Several approaches for measuring aortic length over the body-surface...

Objectives. To combine cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), which provides accurate and non-invasive evaluation of flow, with applanation tonometry to assess aortic characteristic impedance (Zc) in time domain while comparing six different methods. Methods. We studied 72 healthy volunteers (31women,...

E-commerce or nothing in 21st century. Nowadays, E-commerce has penetrated into every managerial field. Yet the reverse logistics has already been a great barrier for the further development of E-commerce .However, opportunities abound in the Reverse logistics market as well.To beginning with, this paper...

Objectives: To understand the acceptability of, and willingness to pay for, community health insurance coverage among residents of rural India. Methods: We conducted a mixed methods study of 33 respondents located in 8 villages in southern India. Interview domains focused on health-seeking behaviors...

University as an education center to develop and transform knowledge through education, research and community service requires good governance for improving and advancing universities. In order to achieve good governance, competent Internal Supervision Unit (SPI) auditors are needed. This study aims...

In 2017, I set out to trial a new approach to teaching writing and speaking to a distance student learning online. This presentation will outline the development of a teaching plan which exploited the relatively new affordances that online tools such as Google docs and Microsoft Skydrive provide to teachers...

Introducing text emotion analysis into e-commerce online comment data can judge the emotional tendency of e-commerce online comments. At the same time, the application of Python Jieba participle and LDA topic model enables more detailed understanding of the emotional changes in online comments of e-commerce....

PERTAMINA’s commitment to sustainability can be seen by meeting some of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) field practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, PERTAMINA focuses on moving directly to survive and adapt to the situation. This study aims to propose...

Background: The main factor contributing to coronary heart disease (CHD), the world's biggest killer, is the buildup of plaque in the arteries that provide oxygen to the heart muscle. CHD continues to be a serious health issue with socioeconomic effects because it causes a decline in physical and...

Proper learning media is important to use to facilitate the delivery of material by teachers to students. The lack of interactive learning media that is suitable for use in manufacturing optimization courses, causes classroom learning to be inactive and seem boring. To get the right learning media, the...

Sports education plays an important role in developing social skills in children and adolescents. Participation in sports activities has been shown to enhance values such as cooperation, communication, leadership and empathy. However, sports education in an institution is often considered less important...

Drainage is an artificial channel that functions to channel surface water flow. The ability of drainage to deliver water flow is very influential on infrastructure and socio-community. Drainage that does not match the flow discharge will cause water to overflow to the surrounding area. The current large...

Rapid technological developments can cause a great influence on life in society, one of which is in the education sector. Educators are required to be able to find the right learning strategy in order to achieve good learning outcomes. One way is to innovate learning tools in order to achieve optimal...

Misconceptions in algebraic forms are issues that arise when individuals misunderstand the concept, leading to beliefs that differ from those accepted by experts. Identifying misconceptions in algebraic forms is crucial, as contextual knowledge plays a significant role in comprehending algebraic materials....

This study presents an efficient attention-based convolutional neural network (CNN) for ECG signal classification, tailored for embedded systems. The proposed model combines deep learning with attention mechanisms to enhance accuracy and interpretability. Quantization techniques, including default quantization...

Brain tumors represent one of the most critical challenges in medical diagnosis due to their high mortality rate and complex structure, and early and accurate detection is essential to improve treatment outcomes and survival rates. However, brain tumor detection and classification from MRI images remain...

This paper explains how the implementation of Islamic Religious Education learning in the Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) of Personality Development Course (MPK) Sriwijaya University during the Covid-19 era with E-Learning technology, because since the pandemic has demanded educators to find the...

Background: Hereditary amyloidosis are late-onset autosomal dominant disorders characterized by amyloid deposition in various tissues. Among them, Apolipoprotein A-I amyloidosis (Leu75Pro) is a rare autosomal dominant condition in which renal, hepatic, and testicular involvement has been demonstrated.No...

Background: Finger-toe pathway could represent a good alternative to assess the arterial stiffness conveniently. The aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of the pOpmètre which measures finger-toe pulse wave velocity (ft-PWV). Methods: The pOpmètre® has 2 photodiodes sensors, positioned on the...

Online learning is a solution during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, not all schools have online learning facilities. Therefore, free digital platforms are an alternative solution. This research uses a mixed-method with two steps data collection strategy. The first stage was a survey of teachers...

With the development of e-business technology and the policy support by the nation, industries has taken part in e-business and food industry is not an exception. E-tailing formats of food products is not only driving by general development of e-business in distribution channel, but also drive by adoption...

Epidemiological studies on Acute Pancreatitis (AP) are significantly scarce in the Saudi Arabian Literature. In this paper, we aim to explore the current trends of AP in a sample of Saudi patients. This is a cross-sectional study in which we reviewed AP-related admissions from 2014 to 2017. Data collected...

In order to promote the urban internationalization progress under the Belt and Road initiative, the paper conducts a study on the construction of the C-E translation corpus for the public service areas of Dalian. With the support of Guidelines for the Use of English in Public Service Areas (GB), the...

The purpose of this study is to determine the role of goal setting training and muscle relaxation against self-confidence enhancer swimmers from Central Java Training Center 2016. The population is the swimmers from Central Java Training Center 2016 in 2016, which amounted to 8 people. Then the sampling...

The application of online examination is used more and more widely. Test paper composition is the core function in this application. Online examination system requires that the test paper should be quick and flexible, and the composition of questions should be reasonable and random. Test paper should...

In the new information era, the form of e-learning has been widely used in every sectors of education, attracting great attention from the academic circles. At present, many universities and teachers have recognized the superior teaching and guiding effects of the e-learning mode in cultivating students’...

With the development of Internet economy, network marketing appears in front of the public as a new marketing method, but the new marketing method of network marketing often walks in the grey area of law, and produces many moral problems. In order to maintain the Internet environment, ensure a good network...

Immigration Office Class I TPI Padang as a government agency has taken steps to implement digitalization in immigration matters to improve the quality of public services to the public and as a public organization must continue to improve its capacity to be able to provide quality services that benefit...

In the industrial era of 4.0, digital and physical changes are inevitable, as well as for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The majority of SMEs in Jambi Province have not conducted digital technology as marketing strategy for the expansion of their market share. The purposes of this research were:...

Internet as a communicative medium eases people to do online trading business. The network connection is easily accessible to the community. There are problems in the transactions through social media when sellers commit fraud in transactions and mismatch the goods and/or services. In addition, the hidden...

The number of cyber sexual violence is increasing. Based on Women National Commissioner annual report, cases of violence against women have increased. There is a new pattern of violence against women called cyber sexual violence. This research aims to describe various cyber sexual violence faced by women,...

A broad luminescence spectrum is presented, covering an energy range of 350–800 nm at temperatures of 18 K, 50 K, 90 K, 140 K, and 230 K. The sample ZnSe;Fe was excited by light with a wavelength of 325 nm (He–Cd laser). The resulting broad luminescence spectra at 18 K and 140 K were decomposed into...

This study aims to develop an e-LKPD Based on the Nyeruit Ethnoscience, to describe its validity, practicality, and effectiveness to train Science Literacy on additives and addictive substances. Research and Development (R&D) is used as a research method based on Thiagarajan's four-dimensional...

Aortic pulse pressure and other pulsatile components of the aortic pressure pulse are important predictors of cardiovascular outcomes, however the properties of the arterial tree that determine the aortic pulse are still poorly understood. We used numerical modelling to predict aortic pulse morphology...

Introduction: There is currently no clinical imaging techniques available to assess the degree of inflammation associated with atherosclerotic plaques. This study aims at visualising and characterising atherosclerosis using targeted USPIO as an MRI probe for detecting inflamed endothelial cells. Method:...

In recent years, great attention has been placed on local carotid elasticity. Carotid pulse wave velocity (cPWV) can be considered a surrogate marker for carotid stiffness evaluation. Aim of this study was to compare four different techniques for carotid stiffness assessment. Ten young healthy subjects...

To date, regional aortic stiffness can be evaluated by the reference tonometric technique via the pulse wave velocity (PWV) measured in two points: the carotid and the femoral arteries. Based on a similar intersecting tangent algorithm, we have developed a new method for the determination of carotid-femoral...

The Principal Component Analysis method (PCA) is introduced into the bid selection decision-making of construction enterprises, the influencing factor index system of bid selection decision-making of construction enterprises is established, the dimensionality of the determined index system is reduced...

In the development of wireless mobile technology, the mobile e-commerce begins to get favour from people, which better broadens the running space of our e-commerce industry, allowing for a wider range of e-commerce. Combination of mobile e-commerce and enterprise e-commerce platforms, and connection...

this study uses Fuzzy Multiple Criteria Decision Making (FMCDM) theory combined with the Expert Opinion method to provide appropriate evaluation criteria weights and fuzzy numbers, and uses Fuzzy Ranking methods for ranking based on an integrated assessment to serve as the basis and reference for the...

The purpose of this paper is to measure the mediating role of Value Congruence in the relationship between motivation and organizational commitment in non-profit sport organizations. An e-mail sur-vey was conducted with a sample of 223 volunteers in 12 non-profit sport organi-zations in a Jiangxi Province...

The results of damage on the GaAs solar cells surface irradiated by femtosecond laser show that: the anti-reflective layer irradiated by laser is damaged when the laser energy is more than 1 uJ; and when the energy is increased to 5uJ, the anti-reflective layer is completely damaged. The comparison between...

In this work the design of a nano structured ceramic membrane is carried out for fuel cell applications. However the innovation is that a membrane porous network is modified through its immersion in silica based solution and in a palladium solution to form composite membrane. Subsequently, the development...

Controlling hypertension is essential in cardiovascular diseases. Poor medication adherence is associated with poor disease outcomes, waste of healthcare resources, and contributes to reduced blood pressure control. This study evaluates treatment adherence to antihypertensive therapy in Lebanese hypertensive...

Numerous natural compounds including Nigella sativa (N. sativa) demonstrate anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic antiangiogenic properties. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) mediated inflammation is regarded as an important contributor to the inflammation that is associated with the development of arteriosclerosis....