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Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Dynamic Compressive Behavior of Ice Material
Chuanxiong Liu
In order to invesigate the dynamic behavior of ice in compressive loading, tests on ice specimens at -100C~-250C were conducted by using the SHPB apparatus in the strain rate range from 500/s to 2000/s. Strain-rate effects and the influence of freezing preserve time were studied. Experimental results...
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Developing Headquarters Economy to boost urban transformation ——A Case Study of Wuhan City Circle
Min Yu, Li-hua Zhong
In the era of rapid economic development, Urban transformation is necessary. The developing of urban transformation is a comprehensive, multi-level, multi-stage process. The key of urban transformation lies in developing economic, the development of headquarters economy not only take advantage of resources...
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An Interrupt Scheduling Mechanism of Virtual Network Interface Card for Xen-Based System
Liuzheng Lu, Runze Wan, Jinrong He
As one of typical paravirtualization hypervisors, Xen has received widespread attentions especially its scaling capability under some kinds of workload. In this paper, we focus on the problem that the most CPU resources are occupied by frequent interrupt from the NIC(Network Interface Card) and it will...
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Exergy Analysis of Air-source Heat Pump Water Heater
Bingjie Mi, Qinghai Luo, Guojie Chen
Based on the exergy analysis model and the data of an ASHPWH system,exergy analysis of the system was carried out,and the way was discussed to reduce exergy loss.The exergy efficiency of the system was 43.7%,and the exergy loss coefficient of the compressor was the largest in the system,accounting for...
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Analysis of Factors Influencing the Accession to the GPA---Logit and Probit Model Approach
Yang Gao
As one of WTO plurilateral agreement, WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) have 44 parties now. China wants to join the agreement, and is on the actively negotiating. According to the IMD Competitiveness Yearbook released 1996 to 2014 GPA members’ relevant economic data, this paper using Logit...
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Influential Factors for Foreign Language Teaching
Yiqun Yin
To maximize the level of language learning, it is a big responsibility for teachers to choose best ways of teaching a foreign language. However, there is not such a method merely effective on teaching process and leading to success. So they should analyze the conditions, determine the techniques, and...
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Enhancement in Realistic Fluid Re-simulation
Yahui Song, Hongyan Quan, Yuwen Huang
Re-simulating a 3D fluid result from video while retaining and rendering details is significant in practice, which still remains a difficult task in spite of rapid advancements in this field during the last two decades. Physically driven models can be easily extended to handle fluid, yet they are unable...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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The Design and Evaluation of Easy Care Clothing for Disabled
Shurong HU, Xiaoxia Wu
In this paper, the special requirement for the lower limb disabled was investigated by the interview with doctors, nurses and disabled in rehabilitation center. Based on the requirements, the new easy care clothing for wheelchair users is designed by the functional fabrics used, the fastener selected,...
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Drink Bottle Defect Detection Based on Machine Vision Large Data Analysis
Yuesheng Wang, Hua Li
Aiming at the problem of low efficiency, low quality and uncertainty of the subjective control of the beverage bottle defect, this paper designs a kind of beverage bottle defect detection based on machine vision large data analysis and multi-sensor information fusion. System. At the same time, a large...
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Application and Outlook of In-situ Combustion for Developing Heavy Oil Reservoir
Xishun Zhang, Chunqing Lin, Liming Gu, Yinghu Xia, Zhaoxia Guo, Junfeng Shi, Ruidong Zhao, Xin Zhang, Shiwen Chen
As the most potential development method of heavy oil reservoir, in-situ combustion has the maximal recovery factor due to its multiple displacement mechanisms. The paper presents the enhancing oil recovery mechanism of in-situ combustion through analyzing the combustion principle of crude oil in reservoir...
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The Role of School Principal Leadership in Implementation of Eco School Program as the Effort to Support Sustainable Development
Mirza Desfandi, Enok Maryani, Disman Disman
Eco School is a program which aimed to create school members who are responsible in the effort to protect and manage school environment through good school governance to support sustainable development. School principal as leader in school should be able
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Mother as an Active Classroom Learning Facilitator in Early Educational Program
Farah Farida Tantiani
At present, early childhood education is no longer just reserved for children aged 4-5 years who want to prepare for formal schooling at primary school. Early childhood education also provides facilities for children with younger age, like a play groups for toddlers and baby classes. With younger age...
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Ways Selectable to Promote Governmental Purchase of Pension Service
Zhaoxin Wang
The governmental purchase of pension service is the output of the transformation of governmental function and the reform of financial systems. In view of the deepening of the aging population across the country and the increased demand for the pension service by the elderly, it has become an urgent problem...
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A Scientific Model through Socio-economic Approach to Decrease Illiterates in Banten Province
Suherman Suherman, Syafrizal Syafrizal, Yayat Ruhiat, Abdul Fatah
Literacy program in Indonesia is known as functional literacy program aiming at improving the quality and standard of living of citizens and community learning. Related to the number of people learning about literacy program, there are 156. 477 people in the total population of 11.83 million in Banten...
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Transmission Characteristics of Quarter Wave Plate Circular Polarizer Based on Frequency Selective Surface for High Frequency Applications
F.A Mangi, S.Q Xiao, Y.Q Wang, D.A Jamro, I. Memon
The broadband performance of quarter wave plate circular polarizer based on FSS is presented for high frequencies applications. Currently, the transmission loss and broadband of circular polarizer at desired frequencies is important issue for high frequencies application. Here, we are introducing some...
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Application of Kalman Filter in the Prediction of Stock Price
Xu Yan, Zhang Guosheng
Based on the fluctuation of the stock market and the dynamic tracking features of Kalman filter, taking stock of Changbaishan (603099) as an example, the variation process of stock price is viewed as a maneuvering system and the state-space model of stock price can be established. The forecasting result...
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A systematic review of environmentally conscious product design
Zhongkai Li, Jorge Marx Gómez, Alexandra Pehlken
Recently environmentally conscious product design (ECPD) is highlighted by research community, because of the global conscious about low carbon emission and sustainable development. ECPD cares about the environmental, social and economic impacts of products during their life cycle phases, with the destination...
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Research on Project Teaching Method in "Advanced Office Software Application" Course
Yingfang Zhang
The project teaching method is a kind of teaching mode with project contents as the center teaching. It creates the learning environment through selecting typical actual project, carries out the study and completes the project learning in the way of group collaboration, fully taps the creative potential...
Research Article
Anthropometric risk factors and predictors of hypertension among Saudi adult population – A national survey
Abdalla Abdelwahid Saeed, Nasser Abdurahman Al-Hamdan
Pages: 197 - 204
This cross-sectional study aimed at determining the anthropometric predictors of hypertension among adults in Saudi Arabia. Multi-stage stratified sampling was used to select 4758 adult participants. The average of three blood pressure measurements using an automatic sphygmomanometer was considered the...
Research Article
Verification of measles elimination in Australia: Application of World Health Organization regional guidelines
H.F. Gidding, N.V. Martin, V. Stambos, T. Tran, A. Dey, G.K. Dowse, H.A. Kelly, D.N. Durrheim, S.B. Lambert
Pages: 197 - 209
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region (WPR) Guidelines on verification of measles elimination were established in 2012. This article outlines Australia’s approach to addressing the guideline’s five lines of evidence, which led to formal verification of elimination by...
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The Mediating Effect of Employee Loyalty on the Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Organizational Performance
Sarantuya Jigjiddorj, Tsetsegmaa Tsogbadrakh, Enkhbayar Choijil, Altanchimeg Zanabazar
One of the key factors for sustaining an organizational performance for any organization is maintaining loyalty and retention of skilled and experienced employees. Therefore, revealing positive and negative factors impacting the employee loyalty and taking actions for the further improvement have been...
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Memory as A Source of Writing History
Tri Tarwiyani
Every society has its own history. But not all societies have known the writing and still use oral tradition as a way of recording historical facts. Meanwhile, the hegemony of opinion held by historians is the hegemony which states that "no document is written there is no history". The hegemony certainly...
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Leading approaches to Public Private Partnerships (PPP) and infrastructural investment
Elena Tarkhanova, Artem Shikhov, Daria Lazutina
This paper focuses on the leading role of the Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in providing infrastructure services using infrastructural investments. We focus on the role and the position of PPPs in the public and private sectors and discuss their leading role and their evolvement from their origins...
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An Analysis on the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education for English Majors in Dalian Neusoft University of Information
Kang Qi
With the social development and technological progress, higher education institutions in China have come to realize the importance of cultivating students’ innovation and entrepreneurship abilities. Under such circumstances, Dalian Neusoft University of Information has introduced CDIO engineering education...
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A Study of Processing Refusal Situation for Chinese Old People
Xinguo Li, Shouyuan Luo, Yaling Liu
The paper is to investigate the processing of five situations by old Chinese people. By using questionnaire and interview for five different situations, we found that there are different responses to process the refusal situations. The elder old people have the tendency to refuse in more diplomatic way,;...
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Methodological approach to the socio-economic development of rural areas in the context of a digital economy
Tatyana Bukhtiyarova, Dmitry Demyanov
The analysis of works devoted to various aspects of import substitution made it possible to single out import substitution as the most effective national and regional development strategy. The development of digital technologies is relevant not only in the economic sphere, but also in agriculture. Digital...
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Labor motivation as a condition of professional development of penal officers in correctional institutions
Aleksandra Speranskaya, Svetlana Prokopeva, Anastasiya Chertovikova, Yulia Smirnova
The article reveals the significance of the labor motivation for penal officers’ professional development. The extreme nature of work with inmates influences greatly on penal officers as well as has a negative impact on their professional activity. Knowledge of psychological conditions that determine...
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Peng Zhen's Democratic Legal System Thought to Contemporary Enlightenment
Yanteng Gao
Comrade Peng Zhen is one of the important founders of China's socialist legal system. His democratic legal system has played a major role in the establishment of China's socialist legal system. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China hold in 2017 set new goals and new requirements...
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The Meaning of Symbols and Moral Values in Equipment of Mappaccing Tradition of Bugis Race
Sutiyono Faridah, Faridah Faridah, Sutiyono Sutiyono
The study aimed to describe the meaning of symbols in equipments of Mappaccing tradition and moral values of Islamic teachings in equipments of Mappaccing tradition. This research was a qualitative research and supported by ethnographic. The data sources were; first, oral sources i.e. participative...
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Research on the Risk of Local Government Debt in China in the New Era
Qing Ye, Ming Chen
After the promulgation and implementation of the new Budget Law in 2015, local governments have laws to abide by when it comes to the issue of debt in an independent manner. Focusing on the problem of local government debt risk prevention in our country, this paper analyses the causes of local government...
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The Concept of Leadership in the Perspective of Islamic Worldview
Zahratul Idami, Andriansyah Andriansyah
By making the leadership of the Prophet Muhammad SAW. as a prime example, a study of leadership which is based on the Islamic worldview constructed by the ulama. Worldview as a view or philosophy of life is the hallmark and identity inherent in each individual and civilization. With diversity, worldview...
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Research Overview on the Second Foreign Language Courses under the Perspective of the Postgraduates’ Education in Engineering Universities
Yan LIU
Firstly, the author reviews the present situation of the opening of the second foreign language courses under the perspective of the graduate student training in in engineering colleges and universities. This article makes investigation, analysis and induction on the present situation of the second foreign...
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Group Guidance Model with Cinema Counseling Technique as a Prevention of Lesbianism for Students
Hidayani Syam, Neviyarni Neviyarni, A.Muri Yusuf
This article begins with a number of questions from students who live in Mahad who have never received counseling services, especially group guidance. What is counseling, what types of services included in counseling guidance, and what services are appropriate to prevent the existence of lesbians at...
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Organising The Distribution of Thinking Levels at Different Education Levels in Indonesia
Sutrisno Sutrisno, Antelas Eka Winahyo, Ahmad Dardiri
This paper discusses the distribution of thinking levels at different education levels in Indonesia. The research method involved discussion and formulation supported by literature review. The results showed the distribution of thinking levels at various educational levels. The distribution of thinking...
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Never-ending Local Beauty: Neo-Exoticism in Tourism Activities and Online Media Narratives
Ikwan Setiawan, Andang Subaharianto
This article aims to discuss the construction of cultural-related-locality discourses in tourism activities and media narratives that cannot be separated from market civilization in Indonesia. With the post-colonial exotics framework by Huggan (2001), we will analyze data derived from our field research...
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Ease of Doing Business in East Indonesian Region: Starting a Business Study in North Sulawesi Province SMEs
George M V Kawung, Christoffel M O Mintardjo, Wensy I Rompas, Christoffel Kojo, Imelda J Ogi
A study conducted by the World Bank on Ease of Doing Business for starting a business shows that the business environment in Indonesia is still not conducive to the growth of the trade and industry sector because of the high cost of starting and operating a business. This is because Indonesia faces many...
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Strategic Plan in Improving Students' Science Competency
Fitri Yusfi Hartini, Akbar Istiqlal, Taufani Chusnul Kurniatun
The pace of innovation in science and technology is accelerating, so it is vital that countries prepare more young talent for jobs in deep science and for many other jobs with a science dimension. In improving students’ science competency, schools as a place for the educational process can formulate...
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The Effect of Self-Regulated Learning on Academic Achievement Among Hafiz Students
Titian Hakiki, Annisa Rembulan Cahyaning Qolby
The tradition of memorizing the Quran has been firmly rooted in the Muslim community of various ages, thus forming a cultural entity that is unique to the community. This study aims to see whether there is an effect of self-regulated learning on academic achievement among Hafiz students. Subjects in...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Experimental Investigations of a Thermoelectric Heat Exchanger with Heat Bridges
O.V. Evdulov, R.А-М. Magomadov, I.Sh. Mispakhov, U.I. Abdulkhakimov, I.A. Gabitov, R.Sh. Kazumov
The article deals with the construction of a thermoelectric heat exchanger with heat bridges. A test stand and a full-scale test procedure of this device have been developed, which allow determining temperature change dependencies in control points on current level in thermoelectric modules, charge coefficient,...
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Extensive Writing Activity through Journaling: Students’ voices
Rojab Siti Rodliyah
Journal writing has long been used for various purposes in educational settings due to the many benefits it offers. Despite the numerous studies on the advantages of journal writing, little is documented about how this activity is viewed from students’ perspective. This study, therefore, explored how...
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Mapping Teacher Distribution Analysis with Digitation Technology Implementation to Improve Education Management in Bengkulu City
Nirwana Nirwana, Arie Vatresia, F. P. Utama
Embedded technology in education management is one of the most important things as an aid for Education Department. Not only help in learning process, the use of technology has been also used in many part of education to improve learning process. In this paper, we proposed the idea of mapping the digitation...
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Study on the Imagery of Characters in Xiaoliangshan's Poetry
Shuping Yang
The unique imagery selection is an important indication of the nationality and regionality of the poetry in Xiaoliangshan poetry group. The construction of the imagery of the characters is not negligible except for landscapes such as mountains and rivers. They are mainly mothers, fathers and women.
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Study of the Twelve Busbar Technology and the Stress-Induced Degradation within the Solar Modules
Guo-ping Huang, Hao Zhuang, Su Zhou, Ya-shuai Jiang, Peng Chen, Jing-nan Li
To achieve cost reduction and efficiency increase of module products, the multi-busbar technology has recently been applied in photovoltaic crystalline silicon modules. Compared with the current five busbar modules, the multi-busbar modules use round ribbons to reduce the resistance loss and increase...
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The Effectiveness Of Using Cooperative Learning Model From Broken Triangle, Square, Heart Type Towards The Students’ Cognitive Learning Outcome
Dwi Cahyadi Wibowo, Pandu Wijaksana, Hilarius Jago Duda
This research aims to know the effectiveness of using cooperative learning model from broken triangel/square/heart type to the students’ cognitive learning outcomes. The research used quasy eksperimental design particularly nonequivalent control group design. The population was 40 students from Class...
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Analysis of the Performance Characteristics of Chinese Red Classic Movie Songs
Wei Chen
Chinese red classic movie song is an important part of Chinese red classic culture. Chinese red classic movie not only plays the role of rendering the plot story and driving the mood of the viewer, but also has great research value on the lyrics and the form of the song itself. It contains rich revolutionary...
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A Study on the Influence of Family Factors on Preschool Children’s English Learning in Dalian, China
Lei Zhang
The present study assessed the English proficiency of preschool children aged 4-6 in Dalian, China. A quantitative study method complemented with a qualitative interview was adopted to examine the relationship between parental factors (parents’ SES, parents’ behavior and parents’ attitudes) and children’s...
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Research on "4A" Model of Museum Social Education Based on U-Learning Theory
Yanjun Song, Kefeng Li, Lu Sun
Under the background of the current realization of the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation, the U-Learning theory is applied to the museum social education to actively explore the "4A" model of museum social education to make museums carry out social education activities to anyone, at anytime and...
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Memory Impairment in A?' (25-35) and D-Galactose Induced Alzheimer’s Disease Model Rat
Feijuan Huang, Fang Bai, Mengzhou Xie, Xianxiang Tian, Weiping Li, Yinghong Li, Jiangang Shen, Zhengzhi Wu, Jian Qin
Beta amyloid (Aβ) is a key pathological hallmark of Alzheimer disease (AD) and plays key roles the progressive process of this disease. However the involved biological processes or pathways that triggered by Aβ in the progress of AD are still unclear. To answer this question, Aβ25-35 was bilaterally...
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The Collaborative Governance Models On Educational Autonomy Implementation In Jakarta (Case Study In SMPN And SMAN, South Jakarta)
Retnowati W.D. Tuti, Kurniasih Mufidayati
In general, the participation and collaboration of stakeholders is a fundamental factor in the implementation of school autonomy in schools. Collaboration of school stakeholders is essential for strengthening education autonomy in schools and for improving the quality of education of the nation's generation....
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Research on the Innovation of Military Professional Education Mode in the Internet Era
Yan-mei Wu, Kai Guo
Military professional education in the Internet age needs new methods to meet the requirements of the trainees' individualized learning. MOOC, Inverted Classroom and Micro Lecture provide useful means for the innovative development of the military professional education. With the help of these new methods,...