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Acid gas removal (AGR) units are widely used to remove CO2 and H2S from sour gas streams in natural gas processing. When foaming occurs in an AGR system, the efficiency of the process extremely decreases. In this paper, a novel approach is suggested to regularly predict the gas dew point temperature...

With the increasing of mining depth, the temperature has become one of the main factors influencing the deep mining engineering. As the surrounding rock of deep soft rock has the characteristics of strong rheology and large deformation under the complex environment of high temperature and high pressure,...

In order to adapt to the production demand, it is planned to upgrade the berths of high-piled wharf upper structure of which is severely damaged and adopt static load test to check if the bearing capacity of steel pipes in original structure can reach 6,000kN as required for use in newly built structure...

It is proposed to use for finishing the aerated concrete composition with limy binder. Composition includes limy binder, ground aerated concrete and additives based on a mixture of silicate and calcium aluminum silicates. It has been shown, that the introduction in lime composition ground aerated concrete...

In order to find out the sensitivity of reinforcement factors that influences the geogrid reinforcement on slope stability of mine tailings, this paper designs the test according to orthogonal method. By choosing laying length (L), laying distance (D), laying angle (θ), tensile strength (T) and geogrid...

This paper concerns the results of a study on the role of Majelis taklims and Arabic literacy in sustaining lifelong education in Indonesia. The study is intended to explore how Majelis taklims and Arabic literacy sustain lifelong learning among Indonesian Muslims in terms of the age groups, topics discussed,...

The meteorological data color mapping method is proposed according to the type, spatial frequency characteristics of the meteorological data as well as the human perceptual awareness and color theory. The specific color mapping step of high and low spatial frequency meteorological data have been given...

The disc-drum type rotors are widely used in large turbofan engines, where the drums are connected the adjacent disks with the bolted joints. In this paper, the joint stiffness characteristics of a disc-drum structure are investigated based on the finite element model. Firstly, the nonlinear finite element...

Rocky desertification is a typical type of land degradation in the Southwestern China. It has great economical and ecological implications for the local people. Landsat images for Qingzhen city of Guizhou Province collected in 2000, 2005 and 2010 were used for Karst rocky desertification monitoring....

To establish a life-cycle carbon emission factor database for buildings and further to measure the amount of life-cycle carbon emissions of a building accurately, this paper collects life-cycle carbon emission factors for buildings, including energy, building materials, transportation and machinery ones,...

The number of Internet-enabled end-user devices such as personal computers, notebooks, tablets, smartphones, etc. is increasing constantly. However, since the devices themselves are becoming ever more energy-efficient, their overall energy consumption in the use phase of their life cycle seems to be...

Continuous learning among teachers has an important role to enhance the effectiveness of teacher’s daily learning activities in the organization, in order to improve teacher’s knowledge and competencies, and ultimately for achieving educational strategic goals. Based on a preliminary survey, it had been...

This paper proposes a scheme to improve the differential evolution (DE) algorithm performance with integrated the grasshopper optimization algorithm (GOA). The grasshopper optimization algorithm mimics the behavior of grasshopper. The characteristic of grasshoppers is slow movement in the larval stage...

Growth and inactivation regression equations were developed to describe the effects of temperature on Salmonella concentration on chicken meat for refrigerated temperatures (⩽10 °C) and for thermal treatment temperatures (55–70 °C). The main objectives were: (i) to compare Salmonella growth/inactivation...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major nosocomial pathogen worldwide. Malta is one of the countries with the highest MRSA prevalence in Europe, as identified from hospital blood cultures [1]. However, community prevalence of MRSA has never previously been investigated. This study...

The article is devoted to determination of influence of regional factors on probability of default of borrowers of mortgage loans included in the structure of mortgage coverage. The established relationship demonstrates the necessity to take into account re-gional factors both in the process of granting...

In this transformation era, that humans be able to become competitive subjects to innovate in every single area. The disruption era that grows along with the industrial revolution 4.0 were called digitalization was brought many effects for its changing. As the agent of change, the learner should be able...

Multifunctional modular robots consist of a set of modules that can form a kinematic structure in accordance with the current task. When operating in a non-deterministic environment, the adaptive kinematic structure of the robot allows you to change the configuration and adapt to changing conditions...

This paper studies the relationship between the perception of leadership and the level of education. The empirical study is based on answers to questionnaires provided by the managers 520 firms from Czech Republic and 524 Romanian companies. Our results indicated that there are significant differences...

For the electronic equipment of plug-in structure, users can select the sub-boards of different functions for combination applied to different needs, which can increase data processing capacity or reliability of equipment and achieve the goal of meeting the demand quickly and reliably. This is the scheme...

The globalization era and also the implementation of Asian Free Trade, make Indonesia face the influx of goods & services frorm Asian countries, and also from other countries as well. Moreover, foreign human resources working in Indonesia will be incrasing. This will cause the competition of getting...

Taking into account the fact that all educational organizations, including higher educational institutions, according to the current Russian legislation, have non-commercial status, there is a need for a normative definition at the level of law of an exhaustive list of economic activity types permitted...

The paper discusses translation techniques of a translated English-Sundanese novel. It focuses on the translation techniques of honorific markers from an English novel entitled ‘King Solomon’s Mines and its Sundanese version: Pependeman Nabi Sulaeman. The research aims to reveal the effect of translation...

State estimation is widely used in Zone I, and provides a solid support for safe and stable operation of dispatching system and advanced application calculation. However, after the application of analysis class is extended to Zone III, the application scope is obviously increased, and the service invocation...

This study aims to analyze: Women's Empowerment Model: A Strategy For Increasing Local Economic Resources. The location of the study was determined in seven rural and urban areas which included creative industry centers in Buleleng Regency. A number of key informants are set as many as 50 people who...

The importance of the use of budgetary tools for solving business impact (stimulate) on the economic entities in the regions of the Russian Federation with the view of successful functioning of the economy in the new industrialization is substantiated in the article. Due to the significant amount of...

By analysing China's venture capital-backed listed companies between 2002 and 2013, this paper investigated the impact of the reputation of financial intermediaries such as lead underwriters and audit institutions on the role of venture capital firms in the earnings management during the four IPO stages....

In this research, the researchers compared mathematical problem solving ability between the students who were taught using Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) and those who were taught using conventional approach, according to their self-regulated learning. This is quasy-experimental research. The...

This study investigated the strategy of Islamic popular novels written by Forum Lingkar Pena (FLP) community within the arena of cultural struggle. Using the sociology of literature perspective, it found that the format of Islamic popular novels put Muslim in a portended condition due to the decline...

Education to build the character of the nation has become a necessity for the Indonesian people who have 540 ethnicities with their respective local wisdom. Cultural diversity is both a force and a challenge to face the era of globalization and industry era 4.0. Deep understanding of local wisdom in...

This research aims to identify the preferences of SMEs to popular social media as a medium of interpersonal communication today i.e. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram to be used as marketing communication media of its business. The analysis refers to the Kietzmann Honeycomb Framework covering...

Sharia compliance statements disclosure in accounting of Islam can be the answer to the question of the sharia of the Islamic bank transactions, for this to be a doubt moslem societies. This research aims to develop a form of sharia compliance disclosure statements that shows accountability to God and...

The aims of this article are to examine the extent of the role and development of learning media in vocational education, focusing on the aspects that must be considered in developing learning media, evaluation of learning media, learning media for vocational education in the form of simulators. The...

Specialization and diversification are two strategic choices in the process of business operation. The current academic discussion on the two business strategies is becoming more and more serious. Some people believe that diversification can diversify business risk and is the inevitable choice for enterprise...

The purpose of this research is to analyze the influence of professional commitment, organizational commitment, legal protection, reward, level of religiosity, and moral intensity of internal auditor toward intention to conduct whistleblowing (study at pratama tax service office in Semarang city). The...

The article is devoted to the search for the cultural code of Russian civilization relevant to modern Russia. This article disputes the point of view about the exhaustion of the possibilities of Russian culture for the modernization of the country. The research is based on the civilizational approach...

East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is one of the highlights in Indonesian development programs, along with other areas in eastern Indonesia. Some indicators show that NTT is lagging behind other states compared to others, although it has abundant natural resources. Supported by extensive waters, coastal areas,...

College sports associations are an important part of China's sports associations, and also an essential driving force for colleges and universities to carry out sports work. With the advancement of Healthy China Initiative, the health awareness of college students has gradually strengthened. College...

The Indonesian literary community in East Java has experienced very rapid development. Especially in recent developments, the literary community continues to grow and increase in the East Java region--and at the same time develops literary publishing institutions. In this community, interactions between...

A facile method for the synthesis of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) onto CdTe quantum dots (CdTe-QDs@MIPs) was successfully developed, and for the first time used as a sensitive fluorescent nanosensor for specific and rapid determination of caffeic acid (CA) in apple juices. Sol–gel polymerization...

This research analyzes the role of quadruple helix, hereafter called by QH, namely academician, private sector, community and government, in the transformation process of urban slum area in “Kampung Warna-Warni (KWW)” in Jodipan Hamlet, Malang City, Indonesia. Semi-structured interview, focus group discussion...

This paper takes the service-oriented manufacturing supply chain as the research object. Through the study of a large number of related literatures of the service-oriented manufacturing supply chain, it is found that the research results related to the evolution path of the service-oriented manufacturing...

With the warming of the global climate and the increase of the greenhouse effect, it has seriously threatened the sustainable development of human beings. Many countries have adopted corresponding countermeasures to resolve this situation. China has also taken active measures and issued corresponding...

The approach of Internet of Everything brings some challenges to the storage and processing of those connected data. Aiming at problems of complex construction process, tedious maintenance of relational table and weak expansibility of table structure when using traditional relational database to store...

To the optimization control problem of traffic signal timing of single intersection, an optimization method based on the Clustering Genetic Algorithm(CGA) was put forward. In a cycle, we take the total number of queue vehicles of corresponding release lane at the end of each phase as the performance...

With the development of big data, the data privacy of users becomes very important. In this paper, the privacy protection framework of the reliminary study, the establishment of the introduction of trusted third party privacy protection technology framework.[1] Through the introduction of credible third...

In the coastal areas of Shandong Province, there are many worship services during the Spring Festival. The worship activities are based on the belief of the sea. The gods of its sacrifices can be described as extremely numerous. In addition to their old ancestors, God of Wealth, and heavenly grandfathers,...

Cell migration plays an important role in many physiological and pathological processes. Understanding of the mechanisms of cell migration may lead us to develop novel therapeutic strategies for controlling human disease. Border cell migration in the ovary of Drosophila melanogaster has emerged as an...

The 367 coal mining face in Fengcheng Shangzhuang coal mine was selected for the project background, the law of the mining permeability is mirrored by the law of the flow of parallel hole that drain gas from virgin coal seam following by the moving of working face. According to the surveying data, the...

Fashion is always a theme, a trend and also the focus of apparel enterprises competition. It increases the intensity of competition in the apparel market. The customer value is the source to obtain sustainable competitive advantage source for fashion apparel enterprises. Based on the discussion of customer...