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Analysis of Firms’ Share Repurchases ‘Causation: A Case Study of Starbucks

Kangxin Chen, Meiying Li, Zifeng Tang
This article explores the internal and external motivations of company’s repurchase decision. In terms of methods, the author uses a combination of theory and empirical research methods and logically uses an analysis process from general rules to special cases to make the conclusions more accurate and...

Impact of Mood on Cognitive Flexibility in Different Categorisation Tasks

Ming Liu, Jingxi Wu, Boya Xie
Previous research suggested that mood can have an impact on cognitive flexibility. This study investigated how mood affects the cognitive flexibility of 14 healthy participants with an age range of 14-49 in categorisation tasks, in which one half was induced a positive mood and the other half negative....

Discussion on the Texture Beauty of Yuzhou Daily Jun Porcelain and the Design of Derivatives

Lin Liu, Xinyu Wu
From the blank making to the porcelain which is made through mixing of clay and water, the texture beauty formed on the surface of porcelain is a miracle that can only be found by accident. The texture beauty of Jun Porcelain is an abstract form formed in the process of furnace transmutation. It is the...

Chinese-English Subtitle Translation Strategies from the Perspective of Communicative Translation Theory: A Case Study of China from Above by Knny Png and Klaus Toft

Wei Zhao
Documentary subtitle translation is a relatively new research field, and more and more attention has been paid to it at home and abroad. In this thesis, the researcher aims to study and interpret documentary subtitle translation from the view of communicative translation theory. By analyzing the characteristics...

Design of Database Teaching Based on Mixed OBE and BOPPPS

Yulei Huang
According to the characteristics of computer courses in colleges and universities, aiming at the problems existing in the teaching of database principles and application courses, through the current situation of our school, this paper focuses on the analysis of teaching and student-centered, integrated...

Research on the Portrayal of Women in Lucy Chen’s Early Novels

Jinru He
This article discusses the portrayal of women in the early works of the famous female writer Lucy Chen. The agrestic complex of intelligentsia is taken as the main entry point. The author analyzes the writings of women in Lucy Chens novels during this period through deep reading of the text. What can...

Response of Da’wah Activists to Rethorical Training with Waste Recycling Materials

Study in Bandung District

Bambang S. Ma’arif, Malky A. Nasir, Soraya Firdaus, Susilo Suryo, Hadiputrarizki Hendrawan
Cilengkrang is one of the sub-districts in Bandung Regency, where the residents, even though they live in a peaceful atmosphere of rural nature with a quite religious topography on mountain slopes, but some of the residents work in the city of Bandung. Da’wah continues but does not encourage residents...

Coaching of the Kandaga Dance Studio, Leader of Rd. Yetty Mamat through Making Pangayoman Dance Tutorial Videos

Heni Komalasari, Dedi J. Rosala, Tatang Taryana, Agus Supriatna
Introducing the traditional arts of West Java in many forms, including through education, both formal at school and non-formal, in this case the studio as one of the roles in it. Kandaga Sunda Dance Studio is one of the studios that take part in the preservation and development of Sundanese dance in...

An Analysis of Deliveroo’s Operation Strategy and Food Takeaway Industry

Xiaoyao Pang, Yuhan Shang, Jiaxi Song
The present study analyses and evaluates the operation strategy and current development status of Deliveroo by using Porter’s Five Forces, Industrial Life Circle, SWOT Model, Value Chain, quantitative comparison, marketing and financial analysis to get the risks and future prospects. Although Deliveroo’s...

Analysis of Natural Ventilation Technology of Traditional Residential Houses in Southeast of Hubei Province

Take Yangloudong Village as an Example

Ce Xiong, Bailing Zhou
Based on the theory of architectural in situ, this paper summarizes the in situ characteristics of the township architecture in southeast of Hubei province with Yangloudong village as an example. On the basis of literature and field research, we summarize and analyze the natural ventilation technology...

The United States Stock Market Trend Based on Interest Rate Decisions Under Covid-19

Xingqi Quan
Interest rate policy is the core policy of the Federal Reserve for macroeconomic adjustment. The Federal Reserve’s adjustment of interest rates often fully reflects the stock market as an economic barometer. Through the interest rate transmission mechanism, stock prices have risen rapidly during the...
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The Effect of UV Radiation and Treatment to Orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) Fruit Feeding on the Survival Rate and Colony Sex-ratio of Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1830)

Ignatius Sudaryadi, Yulia Maulita Janah, Nafisa Kusumawati
Ultraviolet (UV) is a form of physical stress that forces living organisms to respond to the challenge of DNA alteration. UV light causes oxidative stress by causing the creation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Antioxidants are substances that can interfere with the production of reactive oxygen species...
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A Circuit Fast Fault Diagnosis System Developed with PODEM Algorithm

Ke Liu, Weidong Lv, Qingyu Ou, Xueguang Zhou
This paper deeply studies the fault models of digital circuits and proposes a combined implementation of BIST test mode, on the basis of which a new implementation of PODEM is proposed. In addition, this paper also studies the generation of test vector algorithm and a fault diagnosis system for special...

The Factors Influencing the Educational System of Maturity between Taiwan Straits

Meichiao Lai, Wuder Tsay, Ling Qiu
This technical report address two cases study the organizational capability maturity based on the principles of ISO 9004:2009. The object is relating two universities of the Taiwan straits respectively located between Taiwan and Fujian. It used the qualitative approach of self-assessment the actual facts....
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The Exploration of the University Funded Education with the Guidance of the Socialist Core Values

Hui Liu
Based on the investigation of poor college students in cultivating and practicing the socialist core values, this paper proposes to build cycle paths of cultivating and practicing the socialist core values which mean from consciousness internalizing to behavior externalizing, and then to enhance idea...

A Study on Students' Instrumental Motivation for English Learning in Chinese Universities

Dongmei Wang
Learner's motivation is a focus and discussed by many researchers from various perspectives in language learning and teaching. College students' English learning motivation is one of these research subjects. It has great impact on the frequency of using learning strategies, the acceptance of second language...

The Use of Chiropractic Massage Techniques in Health Care for Children

Liangbing Yang, Ying Shao, Haikuan Wang
Purpose Analyze the effect of the use of chiropractic massage technique in health care for children. Method Take 90 cases of neonates born in our hospital as the research object, which are divided into A and B groups with 45 cases in each group. Touching group B, and carrying on chiropractic massage...

A Research on the Financial Models of Wuhan Rail Transit

Meng Li
Wuhan Metro, also known as Wuhan Rail Transit, is the urban rail transportation system of Wuhan City. From the subsequences of other cities' metro construction and operating conditions, it is obvious that the project investment is huge and the construction is costly; the project is burning a huge sum...

The role of insurance in international trade

Meifang Long, Wei Zhou
At present, the international market demand is still insufficient. Therefore, it is important that we reasonably avoid the risk of foreign trade, so as to effectively promote foreign trade. Insurance is a means of economic compensation, It plays an important role in international trade. In order to support...
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Reasons for a careful design of fuzzy sets

Enric Trillas, Claudio Moraga
This paper is, basically, a reflection on modeling, starting by asking what happens when the meaning of a predicate P is interpreted by the membership function of a fuzzy set that, labeled P, is designed with the information available to the designer on the use of the predicate in the corresponding universe...
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Value Study on the Application of Cross Docking Strategy in Recall Reverse Logistics

Zhihong Zhang
The recall of defective products becomes more and more common in Chinese markets. To make the recall activities more efficient, it is applausible to try new methods of controlling the cost of reverse logistics. Introducing cross docking strategies in the recall reverse logistics has great theoretically...
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Simulated Annealing and Variable Neighborhood Search Hybrid Metaheuristic for the Geographic Clustering Simulated Annealing and Variable Neighborhood Search Hybrid Metaheuristic for the Geographic Clustering Simulated Annealing and Variable Neighborhood Search Hybrid Metaheuristic for the Geographic

María Beatríz Bernábe Loranca, David Pinto Avendaño, Elias Olivares Benitez, Javier Ramírez Rodríguez, José Luis Martínez Flores
In this work we present a new hybrid approach for solv-ing the clustering problem for geographic data, which is known to be NP-hard. Two metaheuristics that have prov-en efficiency in combinatory optimization problems have been chosen for the comparison: Simulated Annealing (SA) and Variable Neighborhood...
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The Prediction Model Study of Basketball Simulation Competition Result Based on Homogeneous Markov

Yonggan Wang
Basketball game is one of the most popular world sports in which the largest number of people participate, especially NBA has spread all over the world. The people enjoy the results of the basketball competition process, but they will pay more attention to the competition results. Therefore, it is extremely...
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A Probabilistic Encryption Way in Knapsack PKC

Wang Zuxi, Yu Baimu
with the proposed of quantum computers, the knapsack public-key cryptosystem (PKC) becomes very popular. At present the most significant challenge towards knapsack PKC is lattice attack, and density is one of the most important factors to measure the security of it. In this paper, we introduce a probabilistic...
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The Relationship among Learning Psychological Process, Learning Behavior and Learning Outcome

Fei Li
We develop and test a theoretical model to investigate the relationship among learning psychology process, learning behavior and learning outcome. Structural Equation Model was used to estimate the relationship. Results by analyzing self-cognitive data of undergraduates’ from one university in China...
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A Review of Organizational Learning: How Can We Overcome the Knowledge Inertia

Ping Wang
Organizational learning, as a continuous process of generating and applying new knowledge, has been an important topic for the field and for the business leaders. It is able to overcome individual’s inertia of using past successful experience and knowledge to handle the confronting problem without consideration...
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Studies on Kate Jennings in the Process of Internationalization of Australian Literature

Xinxin Li
During the process of the internationalization of Australian literature, there arise many famous writers in Australian literary world, who have accelerated this process. Kate Jennings is one of them. Born in New South Wales, Australia, she was firstly famous for an incendiary speech given before a Vietnam...

The Study on Innovation-driven Factors and Growth Path of Constructing Innovative City of Tianjin

Yan-Hua Zhao, Jie Zhang
The construction of innovative city is a dynamic innovative system. The internal elements of the system have the characteristics of divergent, nonlinear, delay. It's difficult to analyze with one-sided cognition and experience. The thesis is based on the analysis of the city’s driving factors, combined...
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Big Data GIS Analytics Towards Efficient Waste Management in Stockholm

Hossein Shahrokni, Bram Van der Heijde, David Lazarevic, Nils Brandt
This paper presents preliminary findings from a big data analysis and GIS to identify the efficiency of waste management and transportation in the City of Stockholm. The aim of this paper is to identify inefficiencies in waste collection routes in the city of Stockholm, and to suggest potential improvements....

Researches On The E-commerce Model To Promote Regional Economic Development In Hebei Province

Zou Linyan
According to the environment of Hebei e-commerce’s development,we can analyze current situation of e-commerce in Hebei,and we gained that development of e-commerce in Hebei should be taken by the mode of government support and enterprises as the mainstay market pulling synchronized,and we can promote...
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First-principles Calculations of Structures and Micro-cracks of the Al-Ni Crystal Materials

Zhong-Hao Zhou, Zhen Zhao, Hong-Bin Wang, Zhi Li
The structures, elastic anisotropy, toughness, and Debye temperature of the Al-Ni crystal are analyzed by using the density functional theory: PW91. The results show that AlNi is the most anisotropic of all phase, and the Al3Ni2 is the most isotropic of all phase. In addition to Al3Ni and Al3Ni2 are...

The Construction of Education Cloud Environment for Interactive Teaching

Yi Dai, Tao Xie, Fei Wan
Information technology, which is not only the aided teaching tool but has also become the platform supporting the new teaching mode, is changing the traditional teaching structure to the new student-centered one. Especially with the onset of the cloud era in recent years, the symbol of which is cloud...

Application of Assessment as Learning in Mathematics Instruction

Benidiktus Tanujaya
This research was conducted to determine the best approach to implement the assessment as learning in mathematics instruction. Assessment as learning is a classroom-based assessment that applies the principles of self-assessment by students on each of the instruction process. The main principle in the...

A Summary Study of Cultural Concepts

Qiaoling Chen, Yue Dong
In the ancient Chinese, "Culture" refers to the "cultural and educational", and the corresponding force of the conquest, the so-called "martial arts". Also refers to the use of "culture" to enlighten, infection, nurtured objects.

A Practical Exploration of the Moral Education for Foreign Language Majors

Yunfei Ma
Moral education is an indispensable part of higher education. According to the characteristics of foreign language majors, employing the talent cultivation mode - the combination of moral education and professional education is not only beneficial to the development of moral education, but also to make...
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Recognition Methods Research On Flood damage Of Highway Slope In Mountainous areas

Yanqi Li, Zhidong Guo, Di Wang, Liang Xing
This paper introduces the effect factors of flood damage of highway upper slope in mountainous areas, predicting model and main points of identification technique. Combining with the application example of north mountainous area by Jizhou District ,shows the method's validity and practicability.
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The Feasibility Study of Smartphone-aided Mobile Learning in Colleges

Jiajun Hong
Mobile learning enables college students to obtain information and acquire knowledge through mobile devices anytime and anywhere. This article briefly analyzes the feasibility of conducting Mobile learning in colleges aided by the smart phones. The study shows that the smart phone has been taken as the...

Mytheme of the Prophetic Maid in Thomas Gray's Poems

Juliette Alilova
Gray's odes of prophecy The Descent of Odin and The Fatal Sisters, which he rendered from the Norse, represent the feminine power of prophecy revealed in the Older Edda (Balder's Fate and The Song of the Valkyries). Gray follows the poetics of the Edda songs with their uncertainty, ambivalence, and vagueness...
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Bioink of Multi-Biomaterials with Tyrosine Reinforcement for 3D Bioprinting of Skin Constructs

Ke YANG, Yong SHI, Hong-bo ZHANG, Rui-xue YIN, Shih-mo YANG, Wen-jun ZHANG
In this paper, a bioink composed of multiple native materials with tyrosine micro-particle reinforcement for 3D bioprinting of skin scaffolds was developed. The rheological property of the developed bioink was optimized for 3D Bioprinting process. The results showed that Tyrosine micro-particle reinforcement...

An Analysis of the Lagging Behaviors of Disciplinary Services in University Libraries

Yang Xing
Library construction is a key problem in the construction of colleges and universities, and the construction of the library is better. Students can obtain the desired knowledge as part of the supplementary learning. At present, the construction of university libraries in China is still far from the gap...

Research on the Artistic Feature Trend of Fashion Photography under the Influence of Conceptual Art

Qiming Wang
It must be inevitable for conceptual art to prosperously develop in the period of postmodernist culture, which is the side reflection of the cultural and social public concern in this period, so the idea essence of the conceptual art and its way of expression have a profound impact and mutual integration...
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Research of Damage Evolution of 2219 Aluminum Alloy Weld Hole Based on ANSYS

Ping Zhang, Xiao Yu, Yuanyuan Li, Youqiang Wang
In order to explore the influence mechanism of micropores on the stress concentration of 2219 aluminum alloy welds,2219 aluminum alloy was selected as the research object in this paper, and establishes the finite element model of single hole and double hole based on ANSYS finite element analysis software....
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Research on Database Programming Technology Based on Computer Software Engineering

Ping Xu
With the development of computer, the function of database is more and more important. According to the needs of computer performance and practical application, the establishment and access of database are different. This paper discusses the methods of direct establishment and indirect establishment...
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Modelling of Dynamical Properties of a Resonant Converter under Step Frequence- and Loaded Converter Changes

Michal Prazenica, Slavomir Kascak, Juraj Koscelnik, Ivan Lovas
Paper deals with investigation of two problems: frequency step changes, and step switching-off of the load of LCTLC resonant inverter. Since the changes of frequency in the range from fmin to fmax are desirable to be the input current of the LCTLC circuit not greater than nominal one, the load changes...

Research on the Network Anomaly Detection and Tracking Information Methodology based on Cellular Automata

Sui Qingru, Liu Xiaoyan
In this paper, we conduct theoretical research and analysis on the network anomaly detection and tracking information methodology based on cellular automata. Intrusion detection is a computer network and monitoring system to discovery of violation of security policy events. Intrusion detection system...

The Subjectivity of the Stream of Consciousness in Munro’s To Reach Japan

Yuanzhen Peng
The story To Reach Japan presents a magnificent picture of a female Greta’s hard struggle between her daily life and her broken thoughts. For the vivid depiction of her underneath longing, techniques of stream of consciousness are put into use. This paper attempts to illustrate the inner world of the...
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The tunneling spectrum of Einsein Born-Infeld Black Hole

J. Tang, W. Ren, Y. Han
The tunneling emission spectrum of massless particles via tunneling from the Einsein-Born-Infeld black hole has been researched in this paper. It is shown that that, when the particle’s self-gravitation interaction is included, the emission spectrum of the EBI black hole is not precisely thermal, but...
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A Case Study on Performance and Safety Test of Defibrillator Devices

Ali Tavakoli Golpaygani, Mohammad Mehdi Movahedi
Nowadays more than 10,000 different types of medical devices can be found in hospitals. In this way, medical electrical equipment is being employed in a wide variety of fields in medical sciences with different physiological effects and measurements. Hospitals and medical centers must ensure that their...
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Design of Call Treatment System Based on MCU

Dandan Yan, Jinying Chen, Shirui Huo, Tianmin Li
Since the calling range of current call treatment system is limited, resulting in staff retention in the waiting hall, noisy environment for treatment, work intensity of doctors and nurses, low treatment efficiency. A call treatment system based on MCU with STC89C52 MCU as the main control chip to control...
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Combustion Characteristic Numerical Simulation and Analysis on New Type Pulverized Coal-Fired Hot Water Boiler

Guo-Li Qi, Wei-Feng Chen, Zhong-Wei Wang, Song-Song Zhang, Yong-Qiang Chang, Xue-Min Liu, Jian Guan
To take 1 single capacity 58MW pulverized coal fired hot water boiler manufactured by Shanxi Lantian Environmental Protection Equipment Co., Ltd as research object, by using FLUENT fluid calculation software to carry out numerical simulation calculation on the velocity field, temperature field, the concentration...