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Color image segmentation is a fundamental task in many computer vision problems. A common approach is to use fuzzy iterative clustering algorithms that provide a partition of the pixels into a given number of clusters. However, most of these algorithms present several drawbacks: they are time consuming,...

Advances in smart grid technologies have been proven to improve energy efficiency. These technologies will drive significant changes of energy consumption operation, energy management, energy using patterns, and customer services. In order to achieve energy saving efficiently and provide smart services...

In order to improve the English application ability of vocational graduates, the reform of vocational English teaching based on “Outcome Based Education” takes vocational English practical skills as the core, and in the project design process, the typical work tasks in actual workplace are used as curriculum...

Indonesia as a developing country in establishing relation with other countries require transportation services to connect one island to another and to other countries. Air transportation is one of the most time efficient, comfortable and fastest amongst other transportation. But as the increasing passanger...

This study explores Tibetan’s language ecology. The study applies the first-grade indicators of the “response” under a Press-State-Response (PSR) model to assess the ecology of Tibetan language used in Tibetan-inhabited areas of China. The study collects data from well-documented research and the author’s...

Facing the increasing demand for massive training, the existing teaching and training facilities cannot satisfy individuals’ needs of self-training in terms of timetable and availability. In the field of training simulation, designing new organized training methods and systems has been introduced as...

This study aims to strengthen women’s capacity to reduce disaster risk by BPBD Pacitan Regency. This study refers to gender analysis used as a reference by policymakers in creating gender equality and justice, especially in disaster risk reduction. There are four indicators of gender analysis as the...

The German DAX index is an important indicator not only for following German stock market but also for the health of German economy. The movement of the DAX index is thus the objective of many studies, to which the random walk model does not contribute a lot although this approach has been advocated...

Drawing on paradox theory and role theory, this study explores the mechanism of how the interaction between paradoxical leadership(PL) and role breadth self-efficacy(RBS) affects flexible role orientation(FRO)from the matching degree between leadership style and employee characteristics. Further, this...

Default options with a disclosed lofty purpose have been found to be effective for nudging pro-environmental behaviors. However, when the unconscious processing of the default option and the overt processing of disclosure are in conflict, they may produce certain dissonance. To discover such possibility,...

Background: High systolic blood pressure in young individuals with normal central pressure has been described as “Spureous Systolic Hypertension” and there is a strong controversy if it is a normal or pathologic condition. Objective: To compare young adult patients (20–40 y.o.) with isolated systolic...

Purpose/Background/Objective: According to reservoir-wave approach (RWA) arterial pressure is the sum of a reservoir pressure (RP) accounting for dynamic storage and release of blood from arteries, and an excess pressure (XSP) analogous to flow. RP is the minimal left ventricular work required to generate...

Taking social embeddedness theory as the starting point, this paper examines the influence of inclusive leadership on employee innovation behavior, and explores the mediating effect of psychological distance and the moderating effect of work autonomy. Through hierarchical regression analysis and bootstrap...

This research examines the role of visionary leadership strategies in advancing the careers of lecturers at public universities through an expertise mapping-based framework. The study addresses the scarcity of systematic reviews that integrate career development with expertise mapping and professional...

It is a controversial topic about “God”, people always argue if God has many names or there are many Gods on the earth, if there is God what does it look like, if we believe God, what it means for us. This article tries to use a critical thinking to discuss religious pluralism in contemporary world.

Under the calling of the Chinese dream, the national culture fever is prevailing on the land of China wave upon wave. Chinese culture is no longer just a name in academic research field, or a code word for a subject, but the cultural gospel and cultural practice of an epoch, as well as great actions...

In this paper, we build the model to determine the best strategy that the person in the bathtub can keep the temperature.

Taking the 914 working face of Dongpo Coal Mine as the object of study, through theoretical study and numerical simulation calculation to research large-span trough deformation features of Mining Face under the mining influence and tunnel deformation features under different vertical loads , providing...

In this paper, a plant growth simulation algorithm was used to solve distribution network reconfiguration. The effectiveness of the proposed method has been tested and verified on IEEE 33 bus distribution system, the experimental results show that the Plant Growth Simulation Algorithm has better feasibility...

The topology of Three-Phase PWM Voltage Source Rectifier (VSR) is introduced in this paper. The mathematical model in three-phase static and two-phase rotary coordinate system is built. According to the component of reference voltage vector in two-phase static coordinate, the sector and the action time...

In order to solve the problems of the veracity of the topical web crawler which can not get the information interrelated with the given topical. A design framework and algorithm of the ontology-based adaptive topical crawling is brought forwards. We use the ontology technology to reduce the topical web...

Lightning is a major threat to people’s daily activities. Therefore, to forecast its occurrence is very important to ensure the safety of life and property. Compared to a series of signals from instruments like the Doppler radar, the lightning locator and the meteorological satellite, the electromagnetic...

ZN-35 silicone rubber is a kind of effective vibration damping material in aerospace, which can be made into a vibration damping pad for preventing vibration and damage to important components in the rocket. In this paper, the energy storage modulus and loss factor of ZN-35 silicone rubber materials...

In the traditional software reliability evaluation models, there are assumptions that the detected faults can be eliminated immediately and the new fault will not be introduced, which does not fit for the real final software testing process. This essay modifies the above assumptions, treats the detection...

This is followed by a summary of future research directions, and possibilities for technology transition that are currently underway. RL can autonomously get optional policy with the knowledge obtained by trial-and-error and continuously interacting with dynamic environment. Firstly, the model and theory...

When the welding robot receives task instructions, it needs for trajectory planning of welding robot, in order to improve the work efficiency, welding task planning can work form he point of view of the joint space and also it can work from the Cartesian coordinate space planning. This paper analyzes...

This article aims to explore the application of digital prepress technology in the production of advertising projects. The research method is a brief introduction and an example of the basic principles in prepress process. It discusses the design, input, output and printing process involved in the design...

Business negotiation, as one of the most common and effective techniques, has laid the foundation of international commercial exchange if it is being used properly. This work aims to review the impacts of distinct culture, different formality particularly, on the outcome of negotiation by comparing two...

In 2020, Indonesia and various other countries in the world experienced a pandemic period of the Coronavirus or COVID-19. Several policies have emerged. They are starting from the Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia number 11 of 2020 concerning the determination of the public health emergency...

The development of Science and Technology in industry and/or the world of work (IDUKA) is always faster than educational institutions (technology and vocational), thus forcing educational institutions to make a real “Marriage” in order to achieve the target of technology and vocational education in addition...

School and enterprise jointly building productive training base is a critical way to solve the problem of disconnection between talent training and social needs in higher vocational colleges. In this paper, based on the existing productive training base facilities in the school, the author discusses...

This study focused on the validation of the revised version of Six Dimension of Parenting Style (SDP) model using a sample from Chinese academically successful college students population. With two more items added in each of the six subscales in the SDP model, the result for exploratory factor analysis...

With the arrival of the era of Internet plus, Big Data and the intensification of market competition, brands are now trying to adopt IP marketing strategy to enhance market competitiveness. Based on this context, the use of brand IP to enhance user stickiness has become an important part. Some prior...

Dementia is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive decline that severely affects daily life and social functioning. Traditional nursing methods have been difficult to meet the growing needs of patients, and there are some problems such as shortage of nursing...

With the advent of the era of high-quality social development, people’s living standards and consumption power are gradually improving. But there are also a series of problems such as waste. In this regard, if the government does not pay attention to and deal with it in time, it will cause the chaos...

Due to the fast paced growth of the international shipping industry, marine ecosystems and coastal nations are being challenged by the issue of oil contamination from ships. A worldwide legal system has been created in accordance with international law principles, which is centered on the triple jurisdiction...

“Talent acquisition is the only route to innovation.” Enterprises’ ability to sustain innovation, preserve economic stability, and advance sustained social progress depends on their access to excellent talents. However, as the investment of enterprises shifts from the real economy to the virtual economy,...

In this paper, a method is presented to find generalized inverse (g-inverse) of Atanassov's intuitionistic fuzzy matrix (AIFM). Also, the idea of standard basis for Atanassov's intuitionistic fuzzy vectors is introduced. Some results regarding the g-inverse of AIFM are studied. An application of g-inverse...

This study focuses on the changes in religion-based customs in Tibetan history. The reason of these ritual changes is divided into two paths. The first one deals with the historical understanding of customs in Tibet which can be roughly divided into two periods, one is the period of integration of politics...

Background: Affective temperaments (depressive, irritable, hyperthymic, anxious, cyclothymic) have important role in psychopathology, but cumulating data support their involvement in vascular pathology, especially in hypertension as well. The aim of our study was to evaluate their associations with 24-hour...

This study aims to determine how the relationship of the ability of spatial thinking to the understanding of image interpretation google earth in the matter of remote sensing in SMA Negeri 2 Karanganyar. Type of study in this research is Quantitative Research. The population in this research is all students...

Aiming at the machining difficulty of a large thin sheet part, high speed milling and a vacuum fixture are used to reduce its machining deformation and errors. The vacuum fixture suitable for the machining of the large thin sheet part is designed and fabricated. It is able to clamp the large thin sheet...

Traditional values, as the soul of Chinese cultural spirit and the core of ideology, leave a great legacy for the contemporary people. It is a very complicated and difficult task to evaluate this heritage. Since modern times, when there is a national social danger or turn, it will cause the argument...

According to the overview of the existing property tax system in China, the problems in the existing property tax system are described in this paper, and the countermeasures are also given in order to improve the property tax system of China for a new round of reforms of the tax system.

As "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei" integration process to further advance, economic development research under the regional economic cooperation becomes the current hot topic. The regional economy has become the direction of planning and economic development in our country. This paper analyzes the connotation...

With the rapid development of tourism in recent years, all over the country are conducting tourism resources planning and development of tourist attractions. But in the actual planning and development process, part of the development of tourist attractions, but some problems condition in which many complex...

With the rapid development of technology, WeChat is the hottest social information platform and has become the most popular communication mode. WeChat offers college students new space of the exchange information, interactive learning and emotional catharsis, while is has a significant impact on the...

Disassembly sequence planning is one of the most important works in Product repair. It is very easily cause combinatorial explosion when we disassemble complex machinery product. In order to solve this problem, we put forward modularization disassembly. We construct a modularization disassembly model...

The thecate dinoflagellate bloom microalga, Scrippsiella trochoidea, was co-cultured with different grams of fresh macroalga Gracilaria lemaneiformis under laboratory conditions, to characterize the allelopathic inhibition effect of the seaweed on photophysiological activities of the microalga. Cell...

Portfolio assessment plays an important role in junior English reading teaching, particularly, in evaluating students' non-cognitive factors in language learning. With the help of portfolio assessment, teachers can achieve English instructional goals and students can gain their overall development. This...