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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...

Today, the market world is becoming more complex, unpredictable, and competitive. Companies, as business actors, require the position of trained and knowledgeable human resources or personnel to adapt to changes in the business climate. The use of human resource management and investment as a form of...

This study aims to describe the implementation of technical guidance (imtek) as the results of the AKMI 2021, the challenges during the implementation of technical guidance, and alternative solutions for the improvement. This study used qualitative approach with the data were collected through interviews,...

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...

This essay is discussing integration of ChatGPT into a role-playing game (RPG). Currently, students are having a large workload on their study. However, this may lead to them to lose their interests. To improve effectiveness, we designed an educational purposed role-playing game and add ChatGPT into...

Plurality is a reality. It is no longer possible in a globalized society to avoid those who are different than oneself. Christians need to re-evaluate the ways of interacting and the response to encounters with other religions in order to maintain a Christian character. To identify a Christian character...

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,...

An ageing population, an increase in chronic illnesses, and skyrocketing healthcare expenses will put a strain on healthcare systems throughout the world from 2024 to 2030. Affordable healthcare for everyone should be a goal of universal health coverage (UHC), but meeting rising demand and shrinking...

The concept of diversity plays an important role in Indonesian society. Throughout history, people have naturally engaged with different religions. Being friendly is a fundamental human trait. Interreligious friendship is a long-standing practice within the community, characterized by genuine and selfless...

In the context of the global economy, the importance of China’s real estate market is self-evident, but the rapid rise of housing prices may lead to economic bubbles. The research revealed a juxtaposition of robust market demand and the swift escalation of housing prices, particularly in major urban...

The stigma of male usurpers circulating in the community is that most perpetrators have affairs with other people’s husbands because they are considered to have motives as a way to enrich themselves and exploit men to meet the economic needs of the perpetrators or just to fulfill their lifestyle. In...

This review synthesizes current findings on the key factors that influence cross-linguistic syntactic priming in bilingual speakers. It aims to assess whether shared syntactic representations underlie bilingual sentence production and how these are shaped by linguistic and cognitive factors. Specifically,...

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:...

With the rapid growth of the global population, there must be suggestions on the world’s food security. Artificial meat may become a potential substitute for conventional meat. Despite the increasing demand in the worldwide range and the mass injection of venture capital, the industry faces a shortage...

In this paper, a modified K-means algorithm is proposed to categorize a set of data into smaller clusters. K-means algorithm is a simple and easy clustering method which can efficiently separate a huge number of continuous numerical data with high-dimensions. Moreover, the data in each cluster are similar...

Substation Automation System (SAS) performance has been gained great improvements by implementing the high data rate process bus based on IEC 61850-9-2LE. These improvements can be summarized within the most important such as reduction in the SAS constriction cost by eliminating the high cost copper...

Lumbar motion is one of the most widely used information to diagnose low back disorder. By using the Digitalized Video Fluoroscopy (DVF) technique, a sequence of X-ray frames can be acquired, which shows the movement of patient vertebra. But the X-ray frame sequence is usually indistinct and having extra...

In this paper, the researcher proposed a method to cardinal, median value, variance and covariance of exponential fuzzy numbers with shape function . The covariance used in this method is obtained from the exponential trapezoidal fuzzy number, first by finding mathematical expectation and then calculating...

The therapeutic paradigm for treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is rapidly changing with the advent of a new generation of drugs targeting diverse aspects of leukemogenesis. Whereas standard treatment for AML until recently consisted of a classic chemotherapy backbone, the incorporation of novel...

Although China's electricity market reform has achieved some results, it still not fully enter into the dispatch scheduling system. The new born technology blockchain has been widely realized, it also appeared many research in energy internet field and received some achievement. In this case, this paper...

Examining the change in regional stiffness of the arterial wall may prove as a reliable method for detecting various cardiovascular diseases. As suggested by Moens–Korteweg relationship, the pulse wave velocity (PWV) along the arteries has been shown to correlate to the stiffness of the arterial wall;...

The objective of this present research is to describe students' mathematical representations in solving geometric problems. A qualitative approach was adopted, and the subject was 6 Students Grade IX, MTs Muhammadiyah 1 Malang, Indonesia. The subject consisted of 3 female and 3 male students. The data...

Although with over billions of people China has a huge TV series market, there are only few TV series currently that can leave a good impression on the audience. The scarcity of quality and the mediocrity of quality have become common problems in the moment. In this context, the narrative strategy with...

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...

Calcium silicate is one of the cement components that can be synthesized by using calcium oxide (CaO) and silica (SiO2) derived from limestone and sand, respectively. The precursors used to synthesize calcium silicate are extracted by mining which may damage the environment. The purpose of this study...

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...

This essay looks at the urban environment vs gender, mostly dealing with also masculinity, in cities as Delhi and in different places in China. Grounded in this literature, the dissertation moves on to qualitative methods to understand the ways in which cultures of gender affect and are affected by urban...

The microstructure and superhydrophobicity of the moth wing surfaces were investigated by a scanning electron microscope (SEM), an atomic force microscope (AFM) and a contact angle (CA) meter. The relationship between superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning performance and microstructural characteristic was...

Competitive advantages of the national economy may strengthen its position and promote innovational development, institutional limitations, and negative factors effecting its future development. The negative factors should be eliminated or weakened. At the same time any negative factors and limitations...

In many Artificial Intelligence problems an investigated object is considered as a set of its elements {ω1,...,ωt} and is characterized by properties of these elements and relations between them. These properties and relations may be set by predicates p1,..., pn. The problems appeared with...

Copper wire can be elongated to a very thin size like 0.01 mm from an original 0.6 mm via wire drawing dies. Although automatic machines are available for wire elongating process, the wire threading through dies still requires a human operation before entering an automation process. This procedure may...

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...

In this paper we analyze two classes of functions proposed in the literature to simultaneously generalize weighted means and OWA operators: WOWA operators and HWA operators. Since, in some cases, the results provided by these operators may be questionable, we introduce functions that also generalize...

With the help of both clinical and genetic diagnostic tools, the spectrum of inherited disorders affecting the arterial system has extended tremendously over the past decades. Discriminating these different entities is important since prognosis and treatment may differ substantially according to the...

The definition of consonance is the level of pleasant and stable people feel when two tones played simultaneously. For example, octave pitches are considered as consonant and adjacent pitches are considered as dissonant. The prevalent theory to explain this phenomenon is Pythagoras’s theory that the...

We first review regularization methods based on matrix geometry which provide an ultraviolet cut-off for scalar fields respecting the symmetries. Sections of bundles over the sphere can be quantized, too. This procedure even allows to regularize supesymmetry without violating it. Recently, this work...

This study aimed to identify Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic (VAK) learning styles of clinical and nonclinical samples, to check the relationship between VAK learning styles and clinical factors, demographic variables. Two central questions were addressed: 1) Could there be a variation in learning...

With the advent of large number of domestic anime, China's animation industry has reached an unprecedented degree of prosperity, but may not realize is unclear animation industry in our country there is still a lack of profitability, lack of innovation, industry chain imperfect . From our current major...

This paper focuses on 3D scene reconstruction by various simulation methods and multi-sources data. 3D scene reconstruction is a tool to be able to analyze an area by rendering it in 3D. This is a research piece that looks at how different methods of modeling have different functions and applications....

The heart, brain and kidneys are key targets of pulsatile damage in older people and in patients with longstanding hypertension. These central organs are exposed to central systolic and pulse pressures, which may differ from the corresponding peripheral pressures measured in the brachial artery. Studies...

Higher-level thinking skills in determining the topic and direction of policy is very important research related to the comprehensive benefit as a result of a study. The study is expected to provide comprehensive solution of social problems of his day so the presence of the results of research studies...

The definition of department responsibility conflict evaluation is first given in the paper. Following the analysis of the evaluation process, which is generalized to assess extent of the responsibility conflict among different power departments, the department responsibility matrix is established and...

This study aimed to identify sources of acculturative stress and the coping strategies among Asian international students in Hubei, China. A total sample of 162 students from China’s neighboring countries was recruited to complete the study’s online questionnaire. A 36-item questionnaire called the Acculturative...

The present paper aims at revisiting the Slavic paroemiology as a linguistic science, from the perspective of new trends, generally accepted scientific and linguistic methods, and approaches to its interpretation in the language structure via the descriptive way of theoretical approaches. The challenges...

Background: Hypertensive heart disease is characterised by raised left ventricular (LV) mass, a consequence of load-altered ventricular-arterial coupling. Prior to gains in LV mass, early functional changes in ventricular-arterial coupling must occur, however, these are difficult to detect from conventional...

The term “Sustainable farming (SF)” relates to a general approach, a broad production system using methods that involve society (farmers), environment, and economy. This concept aims to support health and well-being of the society and to work with nature, while still aiming for being profitable businesses,...

The functions of management are well known. Yet, insufficient effort is directed to sufficiently brainstorm how best these functions may be integrated to facilitate resilience to secure sustainability within an organization. This study adopts an interpretive, analytical approach to synthesize the key...

Background: Arterial calcification may lead to regional variation in distension imposing stresses on the arterial wall that predispose to plaque rupture. The objective of this study was to use a novel speckle tracking method to investigate regional motion of the carotid wall and to determine whether...

This paper gives a detailed analysis of the existing city shortest path algorithm[1], aiming at the high time complexity and can not represent the real situation of the problem of the existing city shortest path selection algorithm, and bases on the idea of Dijkstra algorithm, puts forwarda fast algorithm...