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Structured training is required to help improve the time speed performance of competitive swimmers. This study aims to analyse the effect of combined dryland strength training and swimming training programmes based on the best time on swimming performance in athletes with disabilities. The research subjects...

The proposed novel biometric recognition system uses ingerprint and inger vein biometrics to improve identity veriication systems’ accuracy, reliability, and security. Here, we performed both the ingerprint and inger vein separately to develop a robust recognition system, as these two biometric traits...

Since the beginning of the 21st century, artificial islands made of dredged soil and hydraulic fill from port waterways have become one of the main land uses for engineering construction. Such sites are usually located beneath deep marine silt layers, which are mostly saturated, soft plastic to flow...

Background: Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), a marker of cardiovascular disease, is modified by both blood pressure and changes in arterial wall properties. Current cfPWV measurement does not differentiate between effects of blood pressure and arterial wall properties. Animal studies show...

Many digital marketers are still unaware of the significance of utilising applications of artificial intelligence, while others just do not understand how to put it into practise. Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently operating as a big disruptor in digital and social media marketing across the globe....

Fake traffic fine messages are becoming a serious online threat. Cybercriminals send SMS texts pretending to be government authorities, pressuring people to pay fines immediately. These messages often include suspicious links, urgent wording, and fake sender names, making them hard for the average user...

Aluminium casings are widely adopted in electric vehicles due to their lightweight and structural efficiency. However, their thermal behaviour under protective coatings is a critical factor for battery thermal management. This study investigates the impact of three commonly used coating techniques—anodizing,...

Introduction: COPD is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, independent of established risk factors. Arterial stiffness is a surrogate of cardiovascular risk and we sought to determine its relationship with COPD severity and prognosis in the ERICA (Evaluation of role of inflammation in airways...

Childhood determinants of aortic pulse wave velocity [PWV] are poorly understood. We tested how factors measured twice previously in childhood in the MRC ‘DASH’ study, particularly body mass (BMI) components and BP, affected PWV in young adults. Methods: Of 6643 London children, aged 11–13 y, from 51...

Ag nanowires were successfully synthesized by the polyol process with the addition of trace amounts of HCl and HNO3. In addition, the relationship between the final morphology of the silver products and the reaction parameters, such as the quality ratio of HCl and HNO3 were studied detailed. The results...

Energy crisis and environmental phenomena such as climate change, natural disasters and global warming affect many countries. These are caused by the excessive exploitation of natural resources resulting in environmental damage. Economic growth and industrial activities are blamed for contributing to...

In this paper we use discrete fractional calculus for showing the existence of delta and nabla discrete distributions and then apply time scales for definition of delta and nabla discrete gamma distributions. The main result of this paper is unification of the continuous and discrete gamma distributions,...

The paper deals with the topic of the development of the beef cattle breeding industry in the Tyumen region. The dynamics of the productive qualities of French beef breeds for a fifteen-year breeding period in the conditions of the south of the Tyumen region are analyzed. The object of the study is imported...

The article discusses on the systemic problems of the ecological (environmental) culture formation in the period of preschool childhood. The authors update the issues of developing the ecological culture components in both children and adults. Also, they analyze regulatory documents that determine the...

In 2017, Madiun Government had been prepared Madiun Tourism Development Master Plan as the main guideline for planning, management and control of tourism development at the district level. It contains vision, mission, objectives, policies, strategies, plans, and programs that need to be carried out by...

One of a plant that is usually used as a green roadside plant in the urban area is mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla K.). The influence of environmental pollution in plants can be seen from stomata in the leaves. This study was aimed to determine the characteristic of the mahogany leaf stomata in a polluted...

Every child gets a different language. Development of children’s language production according to age. Children aged 3;2;0 in general have not been able to produce language perfectly. The purpose of this study is to describe the acquisition of phonology of children aged 3;2;0 years. This research is...

Since Feeding management and water Quality Monitoring become important things to control in aiming maximizing the cultivation of shrimp. The development of the Mobile Aplication is used to support the automatic Shrimp Feeder help the farmer to control and monitor the shrimp Ponds from a distance. This...

Background: Schizophrenia is a complex disorder involving multiple genes with mild to moderate effects and non-genetic risk factors such as environmental and psychological influences. A significant reduction in interleukin-2 -330 T/G production by peripheral lymphocytes is an immunological finding replicated...

The government of the Special Region of. Yogyakarta proposed the development of the Tempel – Yogyakarta – Samas railway line. This study aimed to determine the financial and economic feasibility. Investment costs and income were calculated for the 50 years concession period from 2024 to 2073. The financial...

The global shift toward sustainability has increased pressure on organizations to provide accurate, transparent, and credible ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) disclosures. This study investigates the strategic role of data analytics in strengthening ESG reporting and enhancing corporate sustainability....

Cold storage systems are critical for maintaining the quality and safety of temperature-sensitive products in industries such as food and pharmaceuticals. The performance of these systems heavily relies on efficient thermal insulation materials that minimize energy consumption while ensuring product...

The goal of this study is to investigate how brand storytelling and brand image factors relate to the marketing performance of one hundred micro, small, and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the food and beverage industry in Semarang through the use of electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM) as an intervention...

Objectives: Smoking has an unfavorable effect on arterial properties. Vascular aging is an independent predictor of cardiovascular risk. We examined the effect of quitting smoking on the progression of arterial stiffness. Methods: 142 subjects (mean age 51.9 ± 10.8 years, 94 men) with no established...

Objective: Pulse pressure (PP) is a complex physiologic trait affected by many variables, including LV contractility (reflected by stroke volume), arterial stiffness, and central-to-brachial amplification.The impact of age on the relationship between stroke volume and central or brachial PP has not been...

Appropriate organization of video databases is essential for pertinent indexing and retrieval of visual information. This paper proposes a new feature called Block Intensity Comparison Code (BICC) for video classification and an unsupervised shot change detection algorithm to detect the shot changes...

For the first time, a four-parameter lifetime model, called the gamma extended Fr´echet distribution, is defined and studied. We obtain some of its mathematical properties. Explicit expressions for the ordinary and incomplete moments, quantile function, mean deviations, R´enyi entropy and reliability...

The Public Prosecutor as one component of the Criminal Justice System that carries out the prosecution function is one of the functions of the government to enforce the law. In the law enforcement process, the Public Prosecutor performs knowledge production through the mechanism of legal interpretation...

This research aimed to (1) test the effect of inquiry based learning toward learning outcome of cognitive product and cognitive process, (2) test the effect of inquiry-based learning toward critical thinking skills. Implementation this model using the quasi-experimental. The independent variable was...

This study aims to produce a teaching material in the form of guided inquiry based worksheet and to evaluate its validity, practicality, and effectiveness. The research was conducted using Research and Development (R&D) model. Development model that is used in this research is a 4-D model (define, design,...

Reducing wind speed is the main role of shelterbelt. To reveal wind speed change characteristics in the protected area, establish a simulation model of the average wind speed, height and average wind speed after the forest belt. Established three wind speed variation models respectively by the least...

Background: Nigella Sativa (NS) induced vasorelaxation of aortic rings upon direct exposure has been documented in literature. This study was conducted to determine whether 8 weeks Nigella Sativa supplementation and/or exercise training may alter vascular sensitivity of rat aorta in normal, healthy rats. Methods:...

Renewable energy sources such as solar heat, wind energy, geothermal, biomass and exhaust heat is one way to overcome the crisis of energy and environment in the world. Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is a power generation system modified from Rankine Cycle by using organic liquid with low boiling point...

A hydraulic teaching model of the human systemic circulation is proposed, based on the principles of the reservoir-wave approach. Reservoir characteristics are portrayed by the arterial tall-and-narrow and venous short-and-wide columns, the relative compliances of which are signified by their diameters....

Paper presents the results of measuring the hydrogen permeability of 40 m niobium foil membranes, on one side coated with a layer of a solid solution of tungsten in niobium or molybdenum in niobium. The measurements were carried out in a hydrogen atmosphere of technical purity with a smooth temperature...

In the field of information security, encryption and decryption operations in RSA cryptographic algorithm are both modular exponentiation. The direct computing method to implement this algorithm through software programming is to multiply M e times with iteration statements and later make modulo operations....

Imitation is one of the basic principles of human being as a social being. In the scientific study of counseling, imitation is the basis for the emergence of modeling techniques in behavioral counseling models and cognitive behavioral counseling. Figures in this technique can vary, because individuals...

In load management programs, electricity providers can reward their customer customers financially in return for the gained flexibility to reduce their loads at certain times on demand. In particular in residential sector, the question of whether or not to modify the energy consumption profile and how...

This study has shown the effects of gentamicin sulfate injection (60 mg/kg/b.w.) in thigh muscle for two months twice daily (morning and evening) on the histological structure of the kidneys, liver and cardiac muscle of rats. Vacuolation, dilatated cortical tubules and degeneration, necrosis of proximal...

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven the incidence of poverty. However, how the pandemic affects the poverty gap is less studied. This study analyzes the poverty gap in urban and rural of Indonesia during the pandemic. The research uses secondary data published by Statistics Indonesia for 2019 and 2020,...

Marine invertebrates, especially sponges, have been recognized as the source of marine natural products with various bioactivities. The problematic sustainability of the natural product research from sponges drives the research change from the sponge to the associated microbes. In the attempt to find...

The online assignment problem, also known as the onlineweighted bipartite matching, produces the smallest weight perfect matching given a complete bipartite graph. The problem is a variant where one part of the graph is known in advance, while the other part is revealed one vertex at a time. Moreover,...

Groundwater storage (GWS) within the Cauvery River Basin is facing increasing stress due to the combined effects of climate variability and land use/land cover (LULC) changes. This study provides a comprehensive assessment of the spatial and temporal variations in GWS and examines the influence of LULC...

This review paper explores the integration of bio-based products into e-commerce platforms, focusing on effective online marketing and sales strategies. It examines the importance of ecolabels, digital marketing techniques, and consumer behaviour analysis in promoting sustainable products. The paper...

In the simplex method of linear programming, there is a big M method (the penalty factor method) for finding an initial feasible basis. The current textbooks of operations research only explain that the big M method is efficient when M is large enough, and never give precise evaluation to the parameter...

The spatial analysis of Tibetan Buddhist monastery is an underrepresented area of research on ecological environment in China. In this article, we use the 1987, 1997, 2007 remote sensing data, DEM and field survey material, and research on the characteristics of spatial distribution of 66 monasteries...

The optimism surrounding aid for trade (AfT) led scholars and practitioners to probe its link with trade performance of aid-recipient countries in Africa. In the absence of formal evaluation guidelines, most previous studies, using aggregate data, have looked into the impacts of AfT on exports and imports...

The objective of the study is to evaluate the quality of the data, the sensitivity of the surveillance, and the completeness of identification and investigation of tuberculosis (TB) patient’s contacts. The study covered the TB surveillance program in Al-Madinah province in 2011. First, we reviewed all...

This study aims is to analyze the Functional Benefit and Symbolic Benefit with Self Concept Connection influences on Emotional Attachments and Brand Loyalty for the users of The Executive fashion brand products in East Kalimantan. This study uses a quantitative approach using path analysis which is processed...