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Introduction. The success of root canal treatment influenced by four factors. Absence of pre-treatment periapical lesion, root canal filling with no void, obturation to within 2mm of the apex, and adequate coronal restoration. Inability to reach those conditions can lead to root canal treatment failure....

As a part of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Goal 5, which addresses “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”, women’s empowerment has become widely called for worldwide, both in the real world and the literary world, as literary works reflect life. As a reflection of life, portraying...

This study aimed to identify the characteristics of an effective leader in a Military hospital institution from the perspectives of military nurse-managers. The researcher extracted the different facets of leadership from the stories of six nurse- managers from a military hospital. The stories which...

Emotions are intrinsic to the way humans are interacting with each other. A human being can understand the emotions of another human being to a certain extent and behave in the best manner to improve the communication in a certain situation however a machine cannot. This paper aims to make an analysis...

Novel Bumi Manusia (Earth of Mankind) written by Pramoedya Ananta Toer has received Magsaysay award and has been translated into several languages. This humanist novel is also adapted by Faiza Marzuki into theatre play script entitled “Nyai Ontosoroh”. Feminism issues are presented in the acts by showing...

Currently, television fiction linked to video-on-demand channels, such as HBO or Netflix, is embracing narratives that explore and expand the representations of queer characters on screen. In this context, there are transmedia narratives that elicit fan participation. Therefore, this article has analyzed...

We proposed a process to find and recognize four typical eye movement signals hidden in EEGs. Eye movement signals contained in EEG are usually looked as artefacts by doctors. But they can be useful if the movements are intentionally launched for special purpose. Identifying typical eye movements from...

Visual impairment comes in many different classifications. Nevertheless, less evidence found in research conducted in teaching and learning of foreign languages with these group of students. In addition, the challenges on how to customize the needs of the individual to meet the requirements of the course...

In Indonesia, there is a nomination threshold often referred to as the Presidential Threshold in the mechanism to nominate a President and his/her Vice-President in the Election of the President. The stipulation of the threshold as a condition for Political Parties to nominate pairs of President and...

Background Somatoform disorder is a disorder characterized by the presence of multiple symptoms that cannot be explained or proven as physical symptoms. Patients with this disorder often undergo examinations and consultations with various healthcare centres about their complaints [1]. Doctors...

In 1848, one of the greatest English critical realistic writers, William Makepeace Thackeray published his novel Vanity Fair. In this novel, Thackeray presents a panoramic picture of English society in the early half of the nineteenth century, and reveals its social darkness and moral crisis. From childhood...

This research aims at viewing gender ideology through the work of a female author which in this case is represented by the novel The Story of Zahra. This novel was written by a Lebanese female author Hanan Asy-syaikh (1945). As for the research method used is analytical descriptive method by using the...

“Nora” is originally the heroine in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House who seeks for her dignity and independence by way of leaving her family. In 1925, Chinese leading writer Luxun imitated Nora’s runaway and composed a novel Lament over the Dead. However, this work’s heroine Zijun sinks to a miserable anti-hero...

Background: A high incidence of brain metastases has been conveyed in patients with triple-negative and her 2-positive breast cancer receiving trastuzumab therapy. The rationale for prophylactic cranial irradiation is to regulate or eliminate unnoticeable micro-metastases without making unwanted harm....

The development of technology and information as well as the very rapid use of social media today makes it easy for someone to write a status or comment about what he thinks. Not infrequently, someone’s status or speech on social media which is considered to contain elements of language crime can have...

Background: Low Birth Weight (LBW) is a condition of a baby’s birth weight of less than 2500 gr measured at one hour after the baby is born. The quality of life of future generations is greatly influenced by the incidence of LBW. LBW babies will experience obstacles in their growth and development which...

This article discusses one of the phenomena in American social life at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, namely the emergence of the typical New American Women. They are known as modern women who reconstruct Victorian values in traditional American society. This phenomenon...

In "A Rose for Emily", Miss Emily Grierson was a morbid woman living in isolation because of the lifelong persecution of patriarchy, family, tradition, and Puritanism. Moreover, she became the monument of her era, and her death signified the fallen monument (Faulkner) and the end of aristocratic era....

The enactment of the Citizenship Law No 12 of 2006 has brought up some different consequences, especially towards the status and legal position of children of an intermarriage. Children are subjects of law who are not yet capable of taking legal actions on their own and therefore have to be represented...

The growth of the learner is the central concept of schooling. It is important to teach substantial skills such as CT to the learner for him or her to be able to think clearly and make the best decisions possible. CT is a valuable trait for learners to master problem-solving skills to deal with all difficult...

There is a conception among researchers that every student has his or her own learning style preferences. One student cannot be treated as same as the other students. A specific strategy is required to provide a learning environment that is suitable for different students' preferences. In the context...

This research is entitled “Bullying Effect as Reflected in Palacio’s Wonder: A Psychological Approach.” The objectives of the research are: 1) to describe the plot of the novel, 2) to describe the bullying effect experienced by the main character, and 3) to describe the moral value of the novel. The...

This paper investigates a phenomenon of leadership and factors that determine the formation of an efficient leader. The methods of analysis, comparison, concretization, generalization are used as the operation methods. With the help of action methods scientific theories, confirmed practically, are systematized,...

This paper explores the reconstruction process of educational rights for impoverished rural women in China within the context of gender inequality, focusing on the story of Zhang Guimei and her establishment of the Huaping High School for Girls, as portrayed in the TV series She and Her Girls. The series,...

This paper focuses on the issue of the so-called “set-up-to-fail syndrome” which is a situation when employees perceived to be ineffective and weak performers by their managers start living down to their low expectations. We argue that set-up-to-fail syndrome can be caused both by the lack of motivation...

As a representative writer of Shanghai literature, Eileen Chang has created many female images in her novels. Through marriage, family and other themes, she shows the survival plight and spiritual burden of urban women in urban life from a female perspective, revealing her deep concern for women’s survival....

The learners of English as a foreign language commonly have a variety of linguistic and cultural background and the learning of a new language will influence how they construct their identity. The present narrative case study attempted to explore how English learning has shaped the learner identity of...

Stroke is the leading cause for disability in Indonesia. Post stroke patients commonly experience significant impairment in their daily activities. This case study aims to describe the intervention to improve dressing ability in a post stroke patient. A home-based occupational therapy program was performed...

The purpose of the article is to give an overview of A. Thackeray's oeuvre and show her in her literary guises an essayist, author of fiction and a historian of literature. Special attention is paid to her major works,"The Story of Elizabeth," "Out of the World," "Miss Angel," and "A Book of Sybils."

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects more adults than children worldwide, and infected children have low mortality rates; however, COVID-19 can be complicated by an inflammatory Kawasaki-like syndrome called multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 (MIS-C). We report a case of...

Around one third of worldwide energy usage is for the residential section and 60% of the energy consumption in this domestic area is for space heating. Therefore, monitoring and controlling this part of energy usage can have a major effect on the overall energy consumption and also on the emission of...

This research aims to describe the text dimension, discourse practice, and sociocultural practice in Dewi Ria Utari’s short story “Topeng Nalar”. Feminism theory is applied along with qualitative descriptive method with Fairclough’s model. The results show that: (1) text dimension, the short story “Topeng...

Many people are still curious about Keisya Levronka’s failure to hit the high notes of her flagship song “Tak Ingin Usai” (Never Want to Stop). This study will analyze the pros and cons of what happened and place it in the context of the music industry. The data were taken from videos on the YouTube...

Children who are separate from one or both of their parents (parental separation) have a higher tendency to experience stress, mental health problems, and self-harm behavior. Self-harm behavior is the practice of deliberately injuring body tissue generally carried out by oneself without the intention...

The present study aims to examine the portrayal of the feminist characteristics of Maleficent as the main female character. Numerous researchers have focused on Liberal feminism on the main female character in the film as the main topic of their research. However, there have not been so many studies...

Currently, children with special need can follow the normal age at inclusive school, without differentiated from each other.The number of inclusive school are available in some areas resulting in a child is easy to select the desired school and can accommodate the children with special need. Each inclusive...

Educational independence is an action that allows a future teacher to discover and subsequently appropriate the meaning and content of professional activities. The modern practice of training at the university often implements reproductive methods of teaching, according to which a future teacher learns...

Searching for Sylvie Lee written by Jean Kwok portrayed a life of Chinese immigrants in America. Sylvie Lee as the main character has the role to experience cultural identity and cultural dislocation since she moved from the Netherlands to the United States of America when she was young without knowing...

Language plays a vital role in political speech as it comes in a form of argument shaping and speech presenting which often contain a set of beliefs called ideology. It gets even more crucial when the speech is delivered as a presidential victory speech from developed countries such as the USA. Hence,...

Clothing has a significant role in a woman’s life and greatly affects her identity and status. Women’s self-expression and confidence can be enhanced by their clothing. Since there are so many issues with how well ready-to-wear fits, anthropometric body measurements have become more often used. Similar...

This paper analyses how Qian utilises English learning strategies and improves learning efficiency to achieve academic success through autonomous learning based on a case study. The purpose of this study is to understand the correlation between her motivation, strategy, autonomous learning and academic...

With the popularity of artificial intelligence and computer vision, an increasing number of software engineers attempt to make their systems be able to recognize the user, through the way of face recognition, e.g., Characteristic Points (i.e., CP)-based face recognition. Generally, the traditional CP-based...

Women representation in Urdu fiction writing presents variety of women issues in Pakistan. These fiction writings are highly influenced by society, religion, patriarchy and culture. This research is conducted to highlight women portrayal by two female writers of Urdu. One is Fehmida Riaz and the other...

The American modern history does great help in getting Igbo culture involved. As an Igbo descent, Njideka Akunyili Crosby explores different cultural identifications which define her both as a Nigerian and a modern artist. Her work Nwantinti is one of the most representative works of her efforts to negotiate...

In the literature of some countries the transition from romanticism to realism occurred in the period of Biedermeier. The term "Slavonic Biedermeier" causes a lot of discussion. Czech author Bozena Nemcova can be called a Biedermeier writer. Her works are characterized by the same features as the works...

Choosing major results from College Entrance Examination is vital for high school graduates. It may not only affect the learning direction in subsequent four years but also affects their future career choices. But we found that students and parents are always perplexed, blind, or even follow the trend...

The paper considers the methodology of determining the public transport demand using the data from the non-cash fare collection system. The passenger's trip from the origin stop to the destination stop is determined by analyzing the sequence of payment transactions, which were recorded and stored by...

To have an intertextual perspective of Chinese and American poetry around 1920s, this paper firstly deals with the origins of intertextuality in the west as well as in China, and holds that American poetic texts can not confine themselves within American culture and literature only, nor can Chinese poetic...

Background: The role of feeding in the first two years of life is closely related to the mother’s ability to fulfill nutrition. During this age, there is a risk of nutritional problems due to transition/weaning and infant feeding practices, particularly in terms of food variety, quality of diet, availability...

As major economies around the world have proposed their carbon neutrality targets in recent years, governments and companies have gradually increased their focus on decarbonization. Cap-and-trade (C&T) regulation is widely regarded as an effective mechanism for reducing carbon emissions. This paper...