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Background: Large artery stiffening, as indexed by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), may vary substantially among individuals. The present study aimed to characterize the arterial mechanical properties of the macro- and microvasculature in subjects with early or healthy vascular aging (EVA,...

Background: Stiffening of the aorta has been associated with microvascular structural brain damage and cognitive dysfunction in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, probably due to the reduced wave reflection at the interface between carotid and aorta and transmission of excessive flow pulsatility...

Objectives: Central pulse pressure (cPP) is responsible for vital organ hemodynamics, [1,2] and its monitoring is important for cardiovascular disease prevention. [3] Excess sodium intake and (micro)albuminuria, a manifestation of renal microvascular damage, are also known as strong predictors of cardiovascular...

Smart business tech has completely changed the travel e-com space, shifting transaction platform to experiential platform. This paper examines how it affects what they buy, overall experience, and related processes. This study scrutinized all available literature and integrated empirical information...

Background: The range of central blood pressure (BP) found in individuals with high-normal brachial BP overlaps the one found in hypertension (HTN) and normotension. As central BP is possibly a better predictor of cardiovascular (CV) disease, the aim of this study was to determine the risk associated...

Wang et al. [Z.Wang, L.Wang, S.Zheng, Y.Yang and Z.Hu, International Journal of Network Security, 14(2012)33-38] proposed an identity-based signature scheme based on cubic residues. But the scheme is insecure because it cannot withstand a conspiracy attack by users. To overcome this security vulnerability,...

Background: Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an established marker of arterial stiffness [1]. Local PWV estimates, however, are affected by confluence of incident and reflected waves, biasing the spatiotemporal propagation of the systolic foot (SF) in the distension waveform [2,3]. We, therefore, propose...

Asset forfeiture is an important instrument in combating corruption in Indonesia. The Anti-Money Laundering Law provides a strong legal basis for seizing assets resulting from corruption. Corruption is an act against the law, harming state finances, benefiting oneself or others. Perpetrators of corruption...

The results of MLA automated quantitative mineralogy system indicated the uranium ore used in this study was mainly composed of pitchblende (0.47%), quartz (64.91%), fluorite (2.18%) and pyrite (0.44%). The existence of fluorine-containing minerals plays a strong inhibition role of bacterial activity...

Overhaul and modernization of equipment directly affect its market value and require significant investments which feasibility needs to be checked. This article analyzes the factors that influence the expediency of equipment overhaul or modernization. The economic effect of repair or modernization is...

GIS is the abbreviation of Geographic Information System. GIS desktop is the GIS software platform running on the local computer. It is the core part of GIS product series. Secondary development of general desktop platform is the main approach to develop user specific GIS desktop. The secondary development...

Purpose: To define and compare cardiovascular (CV) health scores (CHS) from adolescence (17 yrs) to emerging adulthood (24 yrs) using longitudinal data from a large British birth cohort. Methods: 3142 participants from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) study attended clinical...

The nonlinear later TV edition is the product of computer and digital TV technology, which is com[posed of computer the corresponding nonlinear edition software on the video and audio processing cards. At present, nonlinear edition technology has a very powerful edition function, so it is applied in...

The results of MLA automated quantitative mineralogy system indicated the uranium ore used in this study was mainly composed by pitchblende (0.467%), quartz (64.911%), fluorite (2.177%) and pyrite (0.436%). High content fluorite and low content pyrite mineral were unfavorable for extracting of uranium...

A study of flora in Argunskiy Biological Reserve in Chechen Republic, with over 490 species of vascular plants. Asteraceae family was investigated in particular detail, including 60 species and 38 genera. Centaurea is presented in 7 species, Artemisia, Inula - 5 species each; 3 species each of Cirsium...

Crop diseases are a considerable danger to the crop’s health, affecting the yield. Timely detection is challenging due to a lack of infrastructure in many regions of the world. Since they result in the death of plants, the loss of their product, and the global food problem, plant diseases must be investigated....

Creative thinking skill is one of the 21st-century skills or also known as 4C that students must have. Creative thinking skill is useful as a source of encouragement, drive, and strength in development, research, and investigation to deal with the industrial revolution 4.0. This study aimed to determine...

Global real estate investments have been one of the popular investment areas since developments in trans-portation vehicles among countries, significant reduc-tion in travelling costs, and suitable legal arrangements for purchasing real estates in a foreign country have made it attractive. This investment...

Requirements on encryption of web-based examination system were analyze, and different encryption technologies were used to meet the needs on three levels, including important data, core processing logic and some restricted functions. For important data, its confidentiality and integrity were realized....

In this paper, to determine whether an economically attractive opportunity exists in space debris removal industry, we establish a Commercial Opportunity Evaluation Model. Based on costs, risks and benefits models, we formulate an evaluation function: COM=Benefits (1-Risk)-Cost. When is greater than...

Intensification of the innovative development of the agro-industrial complex is currently becoming particularly relevant, given the considerable gap in developed countries in terms of labor productivity in the industry and the competitiveness of products. Technical and technological backwardness of the...

Experience of bachelors’ training in heat, gas supply and ventilation in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is considered in the article. Operation of engineering systems in the region is characterized by severe climate conditions: permafrost, difference in temperature from - 71°C (winter period) to 38...

This paper compiles computer-aided design procedure of concrete pillar component in PKPM to complete the development of concrete pillar working drawing CAD system. Concrete pillar working drawing CAD system is a subsystem of China Academy of Building Research’s PKPM series software which realizes the...

E-complaints are important feedback mechanisms to monitor and respond con-sumer complaints on a real time basis. Aim of this research is to analyze the content of e-complaints about Turkish lodging sector and to detect the resolution of them by the companies. In this regard, the data obtained from one...

This article supplies the population and the developing economy of the Far East in the passenger needs of transportation. The study estimated the condition of the passenger railway complex and the satisfaction of consumers in transport ser-vices. Perspectives of development and reforming of the passenger...

Ethnomedicinal plants knowledge of the Tengger tribe is abundant, but efforts are needed to preserve it. Younger generation contributes greatly to the preservation of this traditional knowledge. Here we advance our fndings on traditional knowledge of medicinal plant from Tengger tribe, Argosari village...

With the advent of big data and network era, the interpersonal relationship is getting closer and closer, and the advantage of teamwork is becoming more and more prominent. By analyzing the team competition rules, combining the team members’ abilities, characteristics, and interactions between team members...

In response to the problems such as difficulty in communicating professional vocabulary, weak foundation in science and engineering, and preference for sensory experience in the teaching process of professional courses for international students, this paper proposes a blended teaching method that com-bines...

In the survey stage of nuclear power plant site, it is necessary to consider the impact on nuclear power station brought by the aircraft. The most serious consequence is the fuel leak. The fuel combustion process is divided into two stages of deflagration and pool fire. Therefore, this paper studies...

BRICS countries collectively account for about 38% of global carbon dioxide emissions and significantly contribute to global carbon emission levels. This study aims to analyze the impact of GDP per capita, Trade Openness, Environmental Policy Stringency, Population, and Renewable Energy Consumption on...

The role of traditional markets is degraded due to their dirty and uncomfortable conditions and also the proliferation of modern markets. On the other side, traditional markets are the economical infrastructure where some of the societies paw for a living. Hence the local government is authorized to...

In this paper, the theoretical foundations of generalised fuzzy Bayesian Network based on Vectorial Centroid defuzzification is introduced. The extension of Bayesi-an Network takes a broad view by examples labelled by a fuzzy set of attributes, instead of a classical set. Com-bining fuzzy set theory...

The destruction of a country’s economic foundation can be caused by corruption. This happens because acts of corruption have taken large amounts of state money, which has an impact on the difficulty of the state in improving development for the community’s welfare. Therefore, every perpetrator of corruption...

In this paper, the construction method of common measurement matrices is studied, adaptability of common measurement matrices for mechanical vibration signal is analyzed. Typical measurement matrices are selected from commonly used measurement matrices, Gaussian random measurement matrix and Bernoulli...

Character education is an effort to develop students' good behavior in daily life with the aim that students can reflect good character. In essence, the implementation of character education can be integrated through subjects, self-development and school culture. Therefore, this study aims to identify...

In recent years, with the contribution of Apple Inc., Google and Microsoft, mobile operating systems have made mobile phones much more useful and interesting than ever. Main mobile manufacturers tend to share the technology on mobile operating system to gain competition power, so are the telecom operators....

This study proposes an overall deep learning architecture for multi-class classification of plant diseases from high-resolution leaf imagery, with a particular interest in investigating the behavior of ResNet-50 and a hybrid ResNet + Vision Transformer (ViT) design. A specially gathered image database...

Based on some theories, seven factors about Electronic Commerce (E-commerce) adoption in Small and Middle Sized Enterprises (SMEs) is determined. Based on the statistic data of 278 companies, a structure equation model is constructed. The result indicates that pressure, top manager support, applicability...

Firstly, this paper analyzes the current status of substation training system, and puts forward a substation simulation training system based on virtual reality technology, aiming at the shortcomings of traditional substation training system. The system bases on the building of substation model, introducing...

This paper takes 38 real estate listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen stocks as samples, and financial statement data from 2014 to 2016 as the research object. It builds an operating performance evaluation index system for real estate listed companies based on the abilities of debt paying, profit-making,operating...

In an attempt to integrate automated trust negotiation (ATN) into mobile commerce environments to support an effective approach to establishing dynamic and bilateral trust between mobile customers and merchants, we propose a cloud-based trust negotiation (CBTN) protocol to efficiently and securely offload...

Different with certificate approval on paper, online certificate approval is difficult to record approve information, operate complicated, find out the error location in the certificate and so on, so the applications don't work out well. This paper introduces the certificate approval way with floating...

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance (DWI-MR) technique is a promising imaging method for lung cancer diagnosis. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether DWI-MR can differentiate lung cancer from infectious nodule accurately. Approved by institutional review board, this study included DWI-MR...

The utilization of gadgets can influence student’s participation on teaching and learning process. To that aim, online discussion forum is often used allowing students to engage in critical contestation of ideas. Theoritically, criticism is the process of responding to and evaluating ideas, argument,...

Tempeh is a traditional and nutritious food of Indonesia which contains vitamin B12 and vegetarians have higher risk of vitamin B12 deficiency. The objective was to investigate the effect of tempeh consumption on the level of serum vitamin B12 and homocysteine in vegetarian. Methods: Experimental study...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the importance of the ideal anthropometric exercise so that it can support the effectiveness and efficiency of the training process. Systematic review method of 38 articles to identify problems, collect information, and conclusions. The review results that there...

Heihe City in Heilongjiang Province is a major inhabited area of the northern minorities, including 7 ethnic townships and 74 ethnic villages, where 38 ethnic minorities such as Manchu, Daur, Oroqen, Ewenki, and Russian live, with a population of nearly 70,000. To promote the minority rural revitalization...

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of work engagement on RRI Kupang employees based on three dimensions: vigor, dedication, and absorption. A simple linear regression model was used as the analytical method in this study. The data processing technique was carried out with the help...

The need for energy mindful manufacturing frameworks that minimize carbon emissions while balancing productivity and operational reliability has gained traction, alongside the need for the adoption of sustainable industry practices. Traditional manufacturing facilities rely on fossil fuel powered grids...

This study aims to find the effect of ICT-based learning on English and to find out the percentage increase in English learning outcomes in PGSD students. This research method is quasi-experimental with pretest post-test control group design. Where sample of this research was taken by using cluster random...