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Background: Increased Left Ventricular Mass Index (LVMI) is a well known risk factor for cardiac morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, it is widely recognized that clinical evolution and progression of established CV diseases are related to a range of psychological characteristics, which may partially...

Gamification changes the rules of engagement for education, business management and as a result-changes the behavior of customers. As [17], [7], [18], [6], [8] predicts that by the 2020, more than half of Global 1000 organizations will use gamification as the primary mechanism to transform their business...

Foreign language learning is closely related to human psychology, where learners are the center of the learning process. Anxiety is a common reaction in English classes. Horwitz (2001) stated that one-third of the students who study foreign languages experience at least at an average level. The population...

Objective: Prior studies have suggested that the principal determinants of arterial stiffening are age, BP and others CV risk factors such as dyslipidemia and diabetes. However, scanty data are available on the role of psychological factors on arterial stiffness. The aim of the current cross-sectional...

Background: Endurance training improves vascular function and skeletal muscle perfusion. NIRS can measure changes in oxygenated haemoglobin (oxy-Hb) in the skeletal muscle microvascular bed. Therefore, combined with arterial occlusion, NIRS has the potential to assess microvascular function within skeletal...

This study reports the awareness, access, and utilization of health insurance by the urban poor in Delhi, India. The study included 2998 households from 85 urban clusters spread across Delhi. The data were collected through a pretested, interviewer-administered questionnaire. Logistic regression was...

The objective of this study was to describe the overall pattern of morbidity and mortality of children seen at the Thai Binh Paediatric Hospital in Vietnam, with a focus on infectious diseases. A retrospective review of hospitalisation records was conducted from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2019. Data...

Previous studies reported that intergroup hostility was examined either by measuring the ingroup favoritism and collective narcissism or by prejudice, whereas outgroup hostility was examined by measuring prejudice and general evaluation sale. Based on those researches, development of a scale to measure...

The exploration of halotolerant actinomycetes for industrial enzyme production, particularly proteases, presents significant potential due to their resilience in extreme environments. The primary aim of this study was to screen for protease-producing halotolerant actinomycetes, optimize the conditions...

The right to education is part of human rights, particularly within the first generation of civil rights and political rights. The government is heavily responsible for the accomplishment of that right as well as for the people of disability. During the covid 19 pandemic, the learning process was carried...

Background Psychiatric settings often encounter pathological self-mutilation cases. It has associations with many mental conditions, including psychosis, drug addiction, mood disorders, intellectual impairment, and personality disorder. A well-known case of self-mutilation is Vincent Van...

This research aims to understand the perceptions of young university women about advertising photography and the Body Positive movement, to analyze how it impacts the representation of women who defy socially established beauty stereotypes. The study focuses on the opinions of young female university...

The present study aims at finding out the influence of the need to belong on the self-presentation of teenage Instagram users. Need to belong is a basic need to form and maintain interpersonal relationships. Self-presentation is behavior that is motivated to give a certain impression verbally or nonverbally....

Description in this research is the use of Muscle strength, Explosive power, Cardio endurance, Flexibility and Coordination as a measure of athlete biomotor ability at male athletes. The measurement their Biomotor ability held at the Faculty of Sport Science of Jakarta State University. The research...

Hypnotherapy is an effective technique to reduce the behavior of smoking by giving impulses to the subject in reducing the smoking desire. The research purpose is to analyze the hypnotherapy effect on decreasing the smoking intensity in adolescents. The research participant was 12 new students in one...

Sarcasm is the most talked about discussion this year. Sarcasm is widely found on social media, one of which is YouTube. Deddy Cobuzier has a YouTube account with 10.8 million subscribers. One of the videos of Deddy Cobuzier with Indro Warkop titled ‘Ada Loh, Manusia2 Indonesia Yg Gak Punya Otak (Indro...

Background: Wall shear rate (WSR) is considered an important stimulus for flow-mediated dilatation (FMD). However, its estimation by conventional ultrasound is challenging due to inherent difficulties of velocity estimation near the arterial wall. To evaluate how WSR influences brachial artery FMD, we...

This study aims to determine the effect of double leg speed hop plyometric exercises on leg muscle explosive power of volleyball players. The research method used is the pre-experiment design by conducting an initial test, 18 meetings for the treatments and a final test. The sample in this study were...

Service quality is one of the most important factors to achieve customer satisfaction. Some studies revealed that customer satisfaction leads to more customer retention and acquisition, especially in the competitive logistics industry. Improving service quality in logistics operations has been considered...

Introduction: Parameters of arterial stiffness are independent cardiovascular risk factors for end-stage renal disease patients. Significant changes of these parameters between intra- and interdialytic periods have been reported previously [1]. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to describe the...

The purpose of this research is to describe the ARIAS learning model in thematic learning for elementary school students. The application of innovative learning models in student learning process are very important. The fact that there are many teachers who still do not understand how to optimize the...

Background: Arterial stiffness is a well-established indicator of cardiovascular disease outcome. Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) is a surrogate for arterial stiffness that is measured either globally using carotid-to-femoral applanation tonometry or locally using biomedical imaging methods. Pulse Wave Imaging...

As data centers (DCs) are the backbones of information and communications technology (ICT), internet and big data, the utilization of energy by DCs has increased exponentially, which presents a significant impact on the environment. To simultaneously solve the dilemma of DC huge amount of electricity...

Physical inactivity is a growing concern among productive-age workers, especially those in sedentary occupations such as creative office settings. Music has been increasingly recognized for its ability to influence mood, motivation, and physical performance. This study aimed to examine the effect of...

Background: A recent study has shown that the central pressure waveform could be determined by a very small set of parameters accounting for the physical properties of the heart and the arteries [1]. Particularly, main pressure features like first systolic shoulder (P1) and systolic (P2) pressures were...

Identification processes are not only conducted on the dead body of criminal victims, but also on the evidences founded at the location. The length time between crimes happened and investigation of the evidences is the problem in blood groups identification process through saliva traces on cigarette...

Instruction in the 2013 Curriculum emphasizes more in students’ activeness in looking for information and knowledge. However, based on the questionnaire spread in one school which has been implemented the 2013 Curriculum, it is known that students tend to be passive in learning, especially in asking...

The characteristics of an electric power distribution system, often radial in shape and distant from the generator, result in voltage drops. When these drops fall below tolerance levels, it adversely affects power quality for consumers connected to the distribution network. To address this issue, various...

Background: Nitric oxide (NO) and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) regulate arterial wall viscosity (AWV) in young subjects (1). During hypertension, characterised by a decrease in endothelium-derived NO and an early disappearance of EETs, AWV is not modified (2,3). We compared the role of NO and EETs...

Rational: Cardiovascular diseases represent the main cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world (1). Arterial stiffness has shown to be an important predictor of cardiovascular events, and pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a marker of subclinical organ damage which can be measured by different...

This paper selects the stock data of 18 industries based on the CSRC industry classification from June 2016 to 2018 from the Shanghai Stock Exchange and conducts two tests. (1) The time series test proves that the β values of different industries show significant differences, and there are β values that...

Elementary school students’ knowledge of fraction magnitude may predict their mathematics achievement. Students’ mathematics achievement is influenced by their mathematics difficulties. This study exposes students’ representations in estimating fractions to indicate their fraction magnitude knowledge....

This research is purposed to examine between emotional maturity and couples-social adjustment on commercial aircraft crew (pilots and flight attendants) with their partners. This research involved 90 respondents (45 couples) with ages ranging from 18 to 62 years old. We use a quantitative method with...

This study aims to determine the potential for bankruptcy due to the ongoing industrial revolution 4.0 and the difference in potential bankruptcy of retail companies in Indonesia which are listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the publication of financial statements for the 2016-2018 financial year....

This study explores the relationship between green innovation and firm performance among Chinese listed companies, focusing on the moderating effects of organizational redundancy, dynamic capabilities, government subsidies, and environmental regulations[17][18][19]. Using data from A-share listed manufacturing...

Background: Molecular pathways leading to stiffening of the central arteries are poorly understood. We searched for differentially expressed proteins by urinary peptidomic analysis in patients with arterial stiffness and healthy controls in a case–control study. Methods: To identify urinary peptides...

Design building codes are primary book for structural design engineers to calculate flexural strength. In the design building codes, concrete has important parts. Those are rectangular stress block model and compression strain. This paper evaluates flexural strength of the reinforced concrete beams using...

The purpose of this study is to develop a deep learning–based method that can automatically generate segmentations on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) for head and neck online adaptive radiation therapy (ART), where expert-drawn contours in planning CT (pCT) images serve as prior knowledge. Because...

This article describes an experimental study of the effect of using sawdust as a mixture of concrete pipe on water absorption and compressive strength. This research was inspired by the amount of sawdust waste from sawmills that had not been utilized. For this purpose, 18 specimens were made with four...

This study examines gender differences in mindfulness among university students aged 18–25 years. Mindfulness, defined as the ability to focus on the present moment with full acceptance, is measured through five dimensions: (a) observing, (b) acting with awareness, (c) describing, (d) non-judging of...

This study aimed to design and validate qPCR and LAMP primers targeting the porcine mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (GenBank: AF034253.1) for rapid and specific halal authentication in processed meat products. Using Primer3Plus and the NEB LAMP Primer Design Tool, optimized primers were developed based...

Background: Poor sleep quality has been related to poor vascular function and higher risk of cardiovascular disease in the general population. Persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) exhibit a high cardiovascular risk, and report poor sleep quality. To date, the association between sleep quality and vascular...

Background: Aging is associated with increased arterial stiffness and wave reflection, which is predictive of all-cause cardiovascular (CV) mortality (1–3). Firefighters have the highest cardiovascular mortality of any occupational group (4). High levels of heat stress, physical exertion, and elevated...

The relevance of our research is proved by importance of development of digital technologies in all spheres of social and economic activity and also the need to ensure effective interaction in the sphere of hotel business. The objective of our research was to define the role of information technologies...

At present, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has become an essential evaluation metric for economic development. However, existing evaluation models only concentrate on enhancing the accuracy and ignore the environmental influence for continuous development. In this work, we initially involve the material...

Patients with chronic severe psoriasis are at increased cardiovascular risk (CVR). Modern systemic treatments of psoriasis involve anti-TNF alpha (ATNF) and more recently introduced anti-IL12/IL-23 (ustekinumab, AIL12/23) which, by interfering with IL-17, a possibly vasculoprotective cytokine, may increase...

Hypertension is called as the "silent killer" because people with hypertension often do not know themselves have hypertension. This condition which is known as uncontrolled hypertension will cause various complications, especially stroke, heart attack, and kidney failure which can lead to death. Obesity...

The Covid-19 pandemic is changing global human attitudes and behaviour. This condition can certainly have an impact on psychological measurement tools that have been widely used. One measuring tool that might be affected and needs attention is the passion scale. Passion scale is developed from the dualistic...

The Indonesian government has initiated a mandatory national vaccination program to create herd immunity by enacting Presidential Regulation Number 99 of 2020 which was amended by Presidential Regulation Number 14 of 2021. These regulations limit the right to reject vaccinations, which falls within the...

Coordinated environment of economic development will provide power for economic development. Otherwise, it would counteract the development of economy. Aiming at this problem, using the factor analysis method and taking Chinese city for example, this article selects the 18 indexes of 36 cities throughout...