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The study was to estimate the livestock and poultry breeding (LPB) non-point source pollution load in Sichuan province and provide support for control of LPB non-point source pollution. In the study, an improved export coefficient method was proposed to estimate LPB non-point source pollution loads from...

In this paper, an unbiased estimator is constructed by using a linear combination of an estimator of study variable and mean per unit estimator of an auxiliary variable under simple random sampling without replacement scheme. The efficiency of the estimator under optimality compared with the mean per...

In recent years, under the influence of many favorable factors, such as the continuous increase of per capita disposable income, the continuous growth of domestic macro economy and the continuous upgrading of consumption structure, the development momentum of department stores has been relatively stable....

Based on the 2014 CFPS data and regional macro data, this paper discusses the ways and mechanisms of family characteristics and regional differences affecting information consumption by using hierarchical linear model. The results show that 8% of the differences in household information expenditure are...

This paper presents an analysis of Balkans countries' relative competitiveness of the clothing industry and a comparison its trade vis-à-vis the EU-28. The RCA is analysed by two indices: the Balassa index and the Vollrath's revealed competitiveness during 2000–2015. Both evaluations of the RCA indices...

Procrastination is a prevalent topic among researchers and students. It has been investigated from different theoretical perspectives, and various impacts on academic performance have been proposed. This review analyzed recent research collected from Google Scholars and journals and summarizes the impact...

In the domain of online advertising, particularly within the Pay-per-Click (PPC) framework, identifying fraudulent entities remains a critical challenge for the data mining research community. The inherent class imbalance—where fraudulent publishers represent a minor fraction compared to legitimate ones...

This paper applies ultra-high frequency data particularly tick-by-tick data from three precious metals, namely gold, silver and platinum to estimate realized volatility, and model HAR-RV models evaluate Value-at-Risk. The tick-by-tick data from January 1, 2011 to December 8, 2016 covering 2, 070, 720...

The spatial pattern of soil erosion and deposition on catchment scale are predicted by the GeoWEPP model in a small catchment of the Sichuan Hilly Basin. The estimated sediment delivery per unit area and sediment delivery ratio are 2760 t km2 yr-1 and 0.485, respectively. Compared with the results derived...

The software industry has been one of the fastest growing high-tech industries in China during recent decades. Software engineers are important production ele-ments in software companies. Managing and bring into play these software engi-neers’ professional skills in software companies can influence the...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the field of pharmacy by enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and patient-centered care. This review critically examines the multifaceted applications of AI in pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical research, including drug discovery, personalized medicine,...

In recent years, housing prices remain high. In the meantime, the problem of excessive growth becomes increasingly serious. A series of socio-economic pain points brought by high housing prices have become key issues that the government needs to solve urgently. Continued high housing prices have seriously...

Bestowed with unique geological location, Taiwan province has typical oceanic resources with regional characteristics. Since the per-historic times, Taiwan people's life was closely related to sea and oceans with their own features. From the ancient times, the Stone Age to the Han Dynasty, the land culture...

Learning assessments so far have been carried out by teachers mostly by manual method, which has the disadvantages of many papers being used, lots of time wasted examining the results of the answer sheets and making students bored when doing evaluations. The purpose of this study was to find out how...

Based on the analysis of outpatients and inpatients of public hospitals at all levels in Chongqing from 2011 to 2015, this paper combined with a new round of public hospitals reform which beyond the increased rate of medical expenses and the larger proportion of drugs, accounted for a further policy...

The COVID-19 pandemic has weakened many sectors, one of which is tourism. Almost all priority tourism locations of the government experience a significant decrease in the number of foreign and domestic visitors. This also impacts the level of welfare of the community around the tourism area. This study...

This paper examines whether drinking frequency is related to residents’ income. Based on National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) data, we find an inverted U-shaped relationship between them. Then, residents’ drinking frequency in 1989 is utilized as an instrumental variable to modify the endogeneity,...

Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) was used to assess mangrove ecosystem health and carbon sequestration in Teluk Bintuni, West Papua, Indonesia. The study used Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 satellite images and field validation data from October to November 2024 across ten transects. Environmental conditions...

In reality, many people are concerned about their bodies and the self-image awareness has taken places into affecting the consumption of weight loss supplement. There was noticeable trend within young adults on weight loss supplement consumption for achieving the idealised body image in Malaysia. The...

This paper chooses the level of economic development, income level, demographic factor, urbanization level, industrialization level, openness, government function, human resources as the affecting factors which influence the competitiveness of Guangxi service industry by taking full account of the previous...

The issues of studying the state national natural parks are particularly relevant and important from the point of view of tourism development in the country as a whole. Currently, due to the growing popularity of eco-tourism and infrastructure development of national parks, the importance of these tourist...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for most of the racial and gender groups in America. One person dies every 36 seconds due to cardiovascular disease, which costs Americans around 363 billion dollars annually for medicine, healthcare service, and loss of laborers due to death. Although heart...

This paper analyzes the economic effect of railway piggyback transportation in China, comparing the cost be-tween railway piggyback transportation and that of highway transportation. After calculating the cost of sta-tion to station railway piggyback transportation and that of highway freight transportation...

In the 21st century, students are expected to have the ability to problem-solve, be creative, innovative, communicative, and collaborative. Students with critical thinking skills are expected not only to become more critical individuals themselves but also to be able to transform their way of life and...

Bandung is one of the icons or portraits of a rich city both in terms of education and creative human resources. Nevertheless, there is something ironic about this city. Right in the middle of it, there is an urban village which holds poor icon in this city known as flower city. This research designated...

Phishing is a rapidly rising threat in the cyber world, costing internet users billions of dollars per year. It is an illicit operation that requires the use of a mixture of social engineering and technologies to gather personal information from Internet users. Many cyber-attacks are distributed through...

This research aims to determine the influence of corruption, political stability, inflation and unemployment on economic growth in nine ASEAN countries. Apart from that, this research analyzes differences in economic growth in nine ASEAN countries before and after the Covid-19 pandemic. The data used...

Load prediction is the basis work of district energy planning. Establishing simulation models is a valid method for hourly cooling load. Considering regulatory indexes of buildings play a bridge role between single buildings and the district in urban regulatory planning, the paper discusses relationships...

The study aims to investigate the responses of parents who have early childhood while accompanying children to learn from home during the Covid-19 pandemic in accordance with the government policies regarding learning from home. The research method was carried out by a survey through Google form that...

A half-year parent-child reading experiment was carried out in a Chinese white-collar family. The mother used classic red palm-size linked picture books as reading materials, and read together with her 7-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter for an hour per day. This mode enabled the two children to systematically...

This paper deals with the excavation of 19500 m2 area in granitic hard rock to a depth of 10 m by controlled blasting to accommodate foundation for 75 m tall, 16 floor commercial building in the city of Bengaluru, India. The major task was to excavate granitic hard rock close to constructed residential...

The paper studies the productivity of winter durum wheat of Zolotko variety subject to the treatment of seed grains with the preparations Poly-Feed, Plodorodiye Sibiri, Vitazim, Agat-25K, Micromak, potassium humate applied separately and in the mixture of Poly-Feed + Plodorodiye Sibiri + Vitazim followed...

This paper analyzed the organizational factors, and risk management cybernetic practices, that affected the cybersecurity in European micro and small enterprises (MESEs). To achieve this goal, the study was based on an online questionnaire distributed using the Google Forms platform addressed to representatives...

To decrease the level of the spread of the corona virus, the government requires students to study from home. Therefore, it is important to conduct research to determine students’ perceptions of online learning. The objectives of this study were (1) to describe students’ perceptions of online mathematics...

In this paper, we identify the specific factors influencing how well commercial banks operate by measuring their operating performance indicators, combining them with their operating input indicators, using data envelopment analysis technology, and investigating the effectiveness of their input. Solow...

Various efforts have been made by the government and implemented into the community to overcome the impact of the pandemic, one of which is Lampung Governor Regulation Number 45 of 2020 concerning Guidelines for New Habits Adaptation Towards a Productive and Safe Society for Corona Virus Disease 2019...

This research aims to determine the improvement of canteen services in all faculties of the Universitas Negeri Malang (UM) by identifying problems using the method based on force field analysis, which includes the level of student satisfaction and as a means of criticism and suggestions for canteen managers....

The Pegringsingan weaving work position is by sitting on the floor with a simple mat and legs straight to the front and done for 6 to 8 hours per day. Low physical activity or sedentary lifestyle can increase the prevalence of obesity which is a risk factor for non-communicable diseases. Body Mass Index...

In the context of increasing global connectivity and the development of China’s One-Belt and One-Road policy, cross-culture leading has become more and more common, more and more important for not only China but also other countries. Many MNCs start to put more efforts in improving their managers’ cross-culture...

Several pieces of literature state that fairy tales have various benefits for preschoolers. Currently, with the development of technology, fairy tales that were originally made in the form of reading books have developed into digital fairy tales. This research was conducted to find out about digital...

In view of the current situation of frequent wide load regulation and long-term ultra-low load operation of coal motor units under the new power system, this paper established the calculation model of the added value of energy consumption cost of steam turbine generator units, and put forward the method...

How to both maximize security and minimize the security time has long been a key concern. Based on the requirement and the existing airport security system, we construct a stochastic model to research how to raising security efficiency. A concept of increasing security efficiency is also defined as increasing...

Ground vibration resulting from blasting, has become a critical environmental issue with the increasing mining activities in areas close to human settlements and many a times the locals resist the blasting even though it is not causing damage to their structures. In general, apprehensions or perceptions...

Problems in SMEs in the shoe industry are so complex, marketing is one of them. The general objectives of this study are: 1) To find out how the marketing mix of SME shoe products in Bogor. 2) To find out the shoe development model can be improved so that SMEs have a competitive advantage, and 3) To...

Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) still remain a public health problem in developing countries. In Indonesia, STH is most prevalent in school-age children, especially with a lack of water sanitation and hygiene in riverbank areas. To elevate STH elimination in these areas, its need a highly sensitive...

Secondary college management mode of graduate training in the university is established during the exploration of graduate training, which is the base of guarantee and improvement of the graduate teaching quality. The graduate training management mode in the secondary college is brought up as per the...

Considering the different occupations and different groups of people willing to delay retirement, this article designed to delay the retirement age of differences in vocational. Model analysis show that: First, it will increase the total consumption; the second is when the growth rate of per capita assets...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex disease with variable presentations, course and prognosis. The incidence varies worldwide, and the current global prevalence of SLE is approximately 10 cases per 2.41 million. [1] Among all these patients, women who are in their childbearing age make up...

The Covid-19 pandemic that occurred at the beginning of 2020 seems to be a phenomenon that has a significant impact on all countries in the world and various sectors, one of which is the tourism sector which has drastically experienced a broad socio-economic impact. Various efforts to restore the tourism...

This article focuses on the subject of iron ore. Though analyzing the relationship between iron ore consumption and economic development about China and American, it is found that the per capita consumption of iron ore in China was too early, which is not conducive to economic development. Through elaborating...