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Objective: International guidelines advocate conservative management of post-stroke white coat hypertension. The aims of this study were to investigate; i) does WCH/E result in increased stroke risk? and ii) is WCH/E associated with surrogate markers of cardiovascular risk? Methods: The Arterial Stiffness...

Introduction: Isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) is the most common form of hypertension in older people. However, accurate identification of ISH may be hindered because cuff blood pressure (BP) underestimates systolic BP (SBP) and overestimates diastolic BP (DBP). This study aimed to determine the...

With the increasing development of smart cities, large amounts of video data from surveillance systems pose significant challenges in terms of real-time processing, privacy protection, and efficient multi-camera collaboration. In the context of intelligent transportation systems, achieving accurate vehicle...

Diabetes is widely recognized as a “silent killer” because of its asymptomatic onset behavior and serious long-term health consequences. Continuous high blood glucose level as an indication of the prediabetic phase. Hence, accurate and consistent glucose level monitoring is imperative for living a healthy...

Teachers as the most important component in the learning process must have professional competence in carrying out their functions and responsibilities. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of principal leadership on learning innovation, to determine the effect of teacher professionalism...

Background: The MOMENTUM3 trial1 has revealed superiority of the novel HeartMate3 (HM3) left ventricular assist device (LVAD) compared with the HM2, with a significantly reduced occurrence of cerebrovascular accidents. Thus, cerebral autoregulation may be improved in HM3 compared with HM II patients,...

The results of the design and analysis of the role model of the competencies of the manager are reflected to ensure his relevance in the labor market. The theoretical review of the competency models was made on the basis of the consideration of external factors by scientists (globalization, technology...

Acute inflammation increases the risk of cardiac and cerebrovascular events, potentially associated with altered hemodynamic load. Wave reflection at the aorta and carotid artery can contribute to central hemodynamic load and provide insight into downstream changes in vascular tone. Acute inflammation...

In order to solve the problem of low speed of the equal precision digital frequency meter based on MCU and FGPA, this paper proposed a new communication protocol between MCU and FPGA, in which a 16-bit data bus was applied for data parallel transmission and the FSM was used to realize 32-bit data transmission...

Destruction of habitat or environment is a concept called ecocide. The crime of ecocide began with environmental damage caused by environmental modification techniques used in the Vietnam War. Today, ecocide are often the result of industrial accidents or harmful corporate activities, policy misdirection,...

[Purpose] Constructing a scientific and reasonable performance evaluation index system for the public hospital and providing a representative, objective, operable evaluation tool, which is helpful to guide them return to the position of the public welfare and sociality. [Methods] Using the expert contrast...

The case method is a student-oriented teaching approach, where students are the center of the activities of the teaching process. Case method is a way in teaching and learning process which is presented by displaying cases in the material to be studied. Tennis is the compulsory subjects that must be...

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the random text method in learning to write news texts for class VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 OKU and to describe learning to write news texts for grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 OKU. The method used in this research is an experimental method with...

This design uses Wifi control the movement of the car, the speed acquisition, temperature acquisition and monitoring of video image. The car controller uses microcontroller LPC1768,which is 32-bit, single cycle, support reduced instruction set and has rich resources of peripherals and high-speed processing...

Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is an infectious disease caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV2). Coronavirus-19 (Covid-19) has been declared a world pandemic by WHO. Coronavirus has created stress and anxiety for pregnant women. Pregnant women should take the same precautions...

This paper introduces a hardware and software structure and key technology of a new radioactive source vehicle recorder based on the 32 bit ARM processor. It is installed in the vehicle which has a radioactive source, it can detecting and recording important datas while the vehicle movement. Starting...

Background: Many genetic mutations affect aortic structure and function in mice, but little is known about the influence of background strain. We compared the biomechanical, structural, and gene expression responses of C57BL/6J and 129SvEv aortas to angiotensin II (AngII)-induced hypertension. Methods:...

Background: Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is becoming the preferred treatment option to repair the proximal descending aorta after rupture following blunt traumatic injury. However, hemodynamic and mechanic implications of this intervention are poorly understood. Exploiting the possibilities...

Introduction: Intima-media thickness (IMT) of carotid and femoral artery and plaque formation are both markers of subclinical cardiovascular risk, despite these two process are not simultaneous. Our aim was to investigate their genetic and environmental background. Methods: 54 monozygotic (MZ) and 32...

This study investigates the complex and multifaceted nature of student happiness within university settings, aiming to identify distinct happiness profiles, examine key psychosocial and academic predictors, and explore institutional pathways that foster sustainable well-being. Drawing on data from 1,274...

Objectives: Non-invasive methodologies for assessing arteriosclerosis, including carotid intimal-medial thickness (cIMT) for assessing subclinical atherosclerosis and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) for measuring arterial stiffness, are well established and validated in adults [1, 2]. However,...

Objectives: Identification of factors associated with premature vascular aging in patients with arterial hypertension (AH). Methods: The study included 61 patients (29 men, 32 women) with 1–2 grade AH without cardiovascular complications, aged 40 to 60 years, of which 28 (45.9%) had type 2 diabetes....

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...

One example of problems in environmental law that the author encountered is in the District Court Verdict Number 591/Pdt.G-LH/2015/PN.Jkt.Sel and the High Court Verdict Number 540/PDT/2017/PT.DKI which essentially contained fires forest that occurs in the Meranti Islands, which is an area belonging to...

The current research work is aimed at analyzing the total chloride content in concrete by adding Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) slag in percentages as alternative to conventional coarse and fine aggregates wherein the research is conducted to determine whether percentage changes of EAF slag could mitigate...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health threat in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) with many challenges that limit its prevention and control. To understand how to meet these challenges, this study calculated the TB incidence rates (IRs) in KSA from 2005 to 2012, which were stratified by nationality,...

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...

The Urban areas face escalating traffic congestion due to a yearly 35% raise in the no.of vehicles on the roads. Traditional traffic controlling systems, following constant cycles, cannot adapt to changing conditions as human officers can. To address this issue, we propose implementing an Intelligent...

The research aims to determine the process of increasing the identification of procedural text elements using audio-visual media in class VII SMP Negeri 8 OKU and the results of the improvement to identify elements of procedural text using audio-visual media in class VII students of SMP Negeri 8 OKU....

Objective: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) primary prevention guidelines recommend absolute CVD risk estimation to guide blood pressure and lipid therapy recommendations but are inconsistent despite relying on similar evidence. This study aimed to compare the populations recommended for treatment according...

Despite progress made in recent studies on the Blue Economy, the aspects of technology, economic development, and sustainability have dominated, neglecting cultural sustainability in communication. Therefore, in an attempt to bridge the mentioned gap, the present investigation explores the role of indigenous...

Violation of the law against the exploitation of new tourist attractions in the Bali area Must have firm sanctions Because the exploitation of the place has an impact on the preservation of the environment Indonesia is one of the world’s tourist destinations due to the tropical climate of biodiversity,...

In order to design a miniaturized wideband broadband band-pass filter in UHF band, this paper develops a method by cascading a lumped parameter highpass filter with another distribution parameter lowpass filter. Detailed design and synthesis procedures are provided; moreover, agreement between measured...

Monitoring harmonic in power grid is particularly important because harmonic will seriously affect the quality of power energy. Based on a high-performance 32-bit processor STM32F103 and a electric energy metering chip ADE7878, a harmonic monitoring device is designed for measuring 2-31 harmonics in...

In order to train the workers of power stations, a simulation system of the fire-fighting equipments manual-control-pad is designed with a high-performance 32-bit CPU TMS320F28335 and an Ethernet chip W5300. The simulation system will start or stop 8 virtual fire fighting equipments by operating the...

This paper aims to see whether there is an influence of capital and intellectual structure on financial performance and firm value. The sample in this study used a purposive sampling method in order to obtain a final sample of 32 companies in the consumer goods industry with an observation period of...

Language learning incorporates skill, strategies, techniques, and many others. This study was conducted to find a significant influence of the PQRST (Preview, Question, Read, Summary, Test) method and learning strategies on the students’ reading ability. 32 students in each group of experimental and...

As a result of the lack of supervision and application of standards and the quality and quality of cellular telephone products, consumers sometimes do not get legal protection so that more and more cases occur in low economic communities buying reconditioned cellular phones at very cheap prices without...

As a country recognized by the world with the concept of an archipelago country, most of the land connects and borders with waters and oceans. The coastal area has recently attracted enough attention to be studied from various sides. One of the tourism infrastructure in Pangandaran Regency, West Java...

Traditional financial accounting is lack of measurement of enterprise environmental resources, environmental liability and environmental costs and confirmation of business environmental gains or losses. The development of environmental accounting and establishment of environmental information disclosure...

This study examines law enforcement against perpetrators of criminal acts of corruption in misappropriation of Village Fund Allocations (ADD) in the jurisdiction of the North Lampung Police. The specific goals to be achieved is to analyze how law enforcement against corruption crimes in misappropriation...

According to the laser cutter larch, this study has determined the reasonable process parameters such as focal length, light intensity, and optimized laser processing technology parameters to provide test methods. Firstly, for the cutting seam state analysis the precautions of software settings have...

This study aims to explore the positive effect of metacognitive intervention on students’ physical education learning, and explore its moderating effect on students’ physical education learning. By means of literature study and statistical processing, 32 relevant literatures were screened and meta-analyzed...

This paper studies the impact of generative artificial intelligence on educational innovation, and studies the instructional design innovation of 13 full-time teachers of economics major in a university. Generative AI assisted teachers to form new teaching cases increased by 87%, updated teaching content...

A large-diameter earth pressure balanced (EPB) shield has been firstly used in the Beijing metro line 14 in China. In this paper, to take the experimental project of the metro line 14 as an engineering background, the tunneling process of the EPB shield with an outer diameter of 10 m was simulated using...

The aim of the study was to study the functional state of amateur athletes engaged in crossfit, before the load and 5 minutes after its completion, on the complex of functional diagnostics “omega-C”. Testing was carried out 4 times before and after the performance of the complexes: Crossfit Open 19.2,...

This study delves into the realm of anime face generation with the aim of empowering individuals to create their own anime characters and easing the burden on artists. Employing Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Networks (DCGAN), the research focuses on generating anime face images. The DCGAN...

The problem of this study is still lacking and the low capacity of shooting the ball at SMA Negeri 2 Lubuk Basung Kabupaten Agam. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of exercise form of explosive power to increase the ability of shooting at SMA Negeri 2 Lubuk Basung Kabupaten Agam. This...

Maintaining appropriate visual levels in hospital spaces is vital for occupant comfort and adaptive healthcare environments, particularly in dense urban areas such as Dhaka, Bangladesh, which strongly influence indoor performance and user perception. Existing research has primarily focused on energy...

This study addresses the challenge of balancing the protection and sustainable renewal of cultural heritage in historical urban areas and constructs a multimodal AI system integrating image recognition, semantic analysis, and GIS data. Through an empirical study of the Pingjiang Historical District in...