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A Comparison of Implementations for Aspect-Oriented JavaScript
Wenhao Huang, Chengwan He, Zheng Li
JavaScript is widely used to build web applications. The increasing scale and complexity of JavaScript programs bring much difficulty to the subsequent development and maintenance because of the same functions scatter in the programs. We can use AOP to reduce the difficulty but there are few AOP frameworks...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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An Abundance Estimation Method Based on Matrix Factorization for Hyperspectral Images
Wei Xia
For hyperspectral remote sensing imagery, the observation of image pixel usually consists of more than one material, causing it to be a “mixed pixel”. In order to analyze the hyperspectral dataset, it is necessary to decompose the mixed pixels into a collection of substances’ spectra and their corresponding...
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Rotor Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of a Flywheel Rotor
Owusu-Ansah Prince, Yefa Hu, Misbawu Adam
This paper presents rotordynamic modeling and performance analyses of a flywheel energy storage system rotor that utilizes a hybrid magnetic bearing having an energy storage capacity of 220 W h at its operating speed of 20,000rpm. A rotor model designed in solid works 13 and imported into ansys 14.5...
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Effectiveness of I-PED (ibu percaya diri) education on maternal confidence and maternal competence to care newborn at bengkulu city
Asmawati, Husni
The inability of postpartum women in caring for babies can cause emotional distress which occurs in 30% of women. This condition can make maternal confidence to be low. The aim of the study was to determine the effectiveness of antenatal education on confidence and competence in caring for a baby. Research...
Journal: Journal of African Trade
Research Article
Trade facilitation and social welfare in Africa☆
Daniel Sakyi, Isaac Bonuedi, Eric Evans Osei Opoku
Pages: 35 - 53
Improving social welfare in the developing world remains a top priority on the global development agenda, as policymakers and international development partners worldwide strive to meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Using data on 40 African countries over the period 2010–2015, this paper...
Research Article
Prevalence and risk factors of human papillomavirus infection types 16/18/45 in a cohort of French females aged 15–23 years
Ariane Baudu, Jean-Luc Prétet, Didier Riethmuller, Morgane Chotard, Christiane Mougin, Mariette Mercier
Pages: 35 - 43
Investigation of the prevalence and risk factors of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the basis for developing prophylactic strategies against cervical cancer, especially for young women. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors of HPV infection among a cohort of sexually active...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Effects of Aromatic and Cyclo-paraffin on Spray Cone Angle and Liquid Length
Guanyu Zhou, Yi Fang, Jianhua Zhou, Xiaoyi Yang
The lack of aromatic and cyclo-paraffin components in aviation alternative fuels such as hydrotreated biofuels due to different production processes may have influences on fuel performances. This work investigated the effects of aromatic and cyclo-paraffin components on physical properties and spray...
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Analysis of Critical Thinking Skills in Problem Based Learning Model Based on Thematic Learning
Aenullael Mukarromah, E. Kuss Eddy Sartono
The purpose of this research is to know the critical thinking ability of a primary school after getting a treatment by applying problem- based learning model (PBL) based on thematic learning. This research is a descriptive research, with a quantitative method. The research was conducted at SDN 1 Mada....
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Teacher and Guided Multiple Peer Reviewers: A proposed approach in assisting students’ argumentative writing
Anisatul Karimah
Ability to write argumentative text poses several benefits one of which is triggering critical thinking. In its practice, however, students often find it problematic in composing a well-written argumentative text. Based on a preliminary analysis on students’ writing samples, three main setbacks were...
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Problems of Projects Assessment in Terms of New Industrialization of Russia
A.V. Vershinina, E.N. Koshkina, E.R. Orlova
In the article the problems related to evaluating efficiency of investment projects within the framework of realizing new industrialization of Russia are analyzed. The main tendency that provides for innovation activity namely is regarded. Variants are analyzed of conducting innovation strategy formulated...
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The Development of Android-Based Interactive Media To Increase The Learning Outcome Of Civic Education On 3rd Graders
Hafid Setiyadi, Harmanto, Farid Ahmadi
On a pre-research in Karangayu 02 Semarang elementary school , learning process has not been optimum in the use of media which caused students were lack of focus and the outcomes of learning were low, from 29 students only 7 students (24.14%) who reached the minimum score criteria (KKM), so android-based...
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Modern Problems and Ways of Their Solution in System of Regional Support of Small and Medium Business
Indira Kokhanovskaya, Alevtina Fatykhova, Lilya Abdullina, Fanya Suleimanova, Nuria Ahmerova
At the present stage, one of the emphases in the development of the economy of the Russian Federation is put on the development of small and medium-sized businesses. The development of small and medium-sized businesses acquires particular significance in the context of the imposition of sanctions against...
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The Improvement of Learning Outcomes of Women Fashion Management by Using Model Media (Fragment)
Musdalifah Musdalifah, Winda Vadila
Women Fashion Management Course is one of the compulsory courses taken by the Fashion Design Education Study Program students in the 5th semester, which contains material about clothes making using tailoring technique. Learning Outcomes of Women Fashion Management course obtained by students in the 2015/2016...
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The Influence of Peer Support and Self-Efficacy Against Academic Procrastination on Teenagers’ Online Game Addiction
Adam Setiawan Ibrahim, Sulastika Ertina
Games that were originally created as a means to deal with stress can also make players more friendly. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of peers friends and self-efficacy on academic protectionism on adolescents online game addiction. This study uses adolescent online game addiction...
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Influence of Peer Group Conformity on Moral Identity and Penchant for Watching Violent Television Shows on Aggressive Behavior in University Christian Indonesia
Renatha Ernawati
This research aims to prove the influence of variable moral identity, peer group conformity, and the avocation of watching violence on television on aggressive behavior. The research population is University Christian Indonesian (UKI). This research uses quantitative research method. The type of statistics...
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Discussion on the Application of Cultural Experience Teaching Method in Teaching Practice of Foreign-Related Nursing English
Jia Kou
Chinese and western cultural differences in the medical market under the background of internationalization, more and more influence on the medical communication, nursing professional knowledge as well as has good ability to cross-cultural communication of international nursing talents competitive edges,...
Proceedings Article
Family Role and Good Environmental Behavior
Arin Khairunnisa, Achmad Hufad
Family plays an important role in educating and forming the good behavior of its members in handling (managing) the waste that they had produced. The purpose of this study is to know about various fostering methods and good environmental behavior. Parents educate children with various parenting methods,...
Proceedings Article
Political Technologies of The Power Struggle in Public Policy
Shcherbakov Alexander, Akhtyamova Evgeniya, Kashaev Nail, Imangulova Galina, Iamalova Elvira
Through the use of political technologies, it is possible to regulate and guarantee social development. As a result, existing and possible threats to social and political stability during the candidates’ election should be carefully analyzed in order to determine the most rational and effective ways...
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Comparative study on spatial structure changes of regional economy and finance in Shaanxi Province
Qi-qing Zhou, Yi-fei Yang, Jue-yu Chen
based on theil index and GIS map analysis technology, the spatial structure changes of regional economy and regional finance in shaanxi province were compared and analyzed. The results show that the promotion effect of financial development on economic growth in shaanxi province is still at a low level...
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Influence of Nonfinancial Information on Abnormal Returns
Amin Arianto, Aria Farah Mita
Financial information has a weakness in biases as a reference in decision making by investors. Nonfinancial information is needed to supplement financial information to show a company’s overall profile. This study aims to analyze the level of nonfinancial information disclosure and influence of prospector,...
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Study of Express Service Pricing based on Generalized Bertrand Model
Chenxia Jin, Lulu Ren, Fachao Li
Reasonable service pricing is a key factor for express enterprises to gain competitive advantage. The market demand uncertainty makes the pricing problem more complicated. This paper establish a Generalized Bertrand pricing model based on effect mean, which regard market demand as a random variable and...
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Urban-rural Social Security Imbalance and Consumption Inequality: A Study Based on the Dynamic Panel Data Model
Liping Wang, Xue Meng
This paper explores the influence of the urban-rural social security imbalance on the consumption inequality with the dynamic panel data model, using the Chinese provincial panel data from 2000 to 2016. According to the empirical result, the urban-rural social security imbalance has positive correlations...
Proceedings Article
Social Force 3D Evacuation Model based on Improved Ant Colony Algorithm
Yunliang Zhu, Baoyu Ding, Junfeng Bao, Zisen Mao, Xinghu Teng
This paper proposes a social force three-dimensional dynamic crowd evacuation model by combining the ant colony algorithm with the social force model, improving the heuristic function and updating method of pheromone, as well as adding the target heuristic function and the fallback strategy. Compared...
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Impact Evaluation of Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH): Indonesia conditional cash transfer program on iron supplements consumption on pregnant women in Indonesia
Nur Afiyah Maizunati, Eny Sulistyaningrum
Evaluation of the implementation of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Indonesia still leaves some problems particularly related to the stagnation of maternal mortality rate. The Ministry of Health noted that the main cause of maternal mortality in Indonesia is anemia. In some populations, 80% of...
Proceedings Article
Readiness of Libraries in Applying Information and Communication Technology in the Industrial Revolution Era 4.0
Andi Asari, Taufiq Kurniawan, Sokhibul Ansor
Libraries in the modern era like today already cannot run away from information technology, for whatever reason dross library need even inseparable from information technology. So that the library can apply information and communication technology with the necessary readiness appropriate, to assess the...
Proceedings Article
Standards: Basis of Credit for Social and Economic Activities
Zhenghu Pang, Jia Li
Modern society is a law-governed one based on credit. As the product of consensus among stakeholders, standards play an important role in social and economic activities. The article examines the way and mechanism that standards help building credit among stakeholders involved in social and economic activities,...
Proceedings Article
An Improved Algorithm of the Collision Detection Based on OBB
Geng Chaoyang, Gao Fenli
Collision detection plays a vital role in improving the sense of immersion and realism in virtual environment. The bounding box is the most basic collision detection algorithm, The OBB intersect test tightness and can able to significantly reduce the number of bounding volume. and try to occupy less...
Proceedings Article
The Genetics of Asthma
Astrinia Ristia Putri, Elza Ibrahim Auerkari
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by airway obstruction and hyper-responsiveness. It is a complex disorder influenced by genetic and en-vironmental factors, which contribute to the clinical manifestations of asthma. Asthma may affect the lower respiratory tract, causing epithelial...
Proceedings Article
Development and Validation of a Working Memory Capacity Test for High School Students
Debby Mardiati, Dewi Maulina
The aim of this study is to develop a working memory capacity (WM) test as one of the subtests for the new intelligence test (TISS, or Tes Inteligensi Siswa SMA). The WM test would be used as a reference in consideration of selecting a specialization for high school students in Indonesia. The construction...
Proceedings Article
Research on the Influence of Badminton Micro-curriculum Course Development and Teaching in Application-oriented Universities
Hong-jun Ma
With the continuous development of Internet technology, information-based teaching has become an indispensable form in modern Chinese teaching. As a new product in the information age, micro-curriculum has become a way for students to conduct autonomous learning and teachers to improve classroom teaching...
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Study on the Evolution Mechanism of Island Tourism System from the Perspective of Dissipative Structure -- In Light of Chuanshan Archipelago
Yu-Yao SHI, Feng WU, Jian-Hua XIAO
In today’s world, islands have been hot spots for global tourists due to their unique natural landscapes and cultural environments. Thus, how to develop the island tourism sustainably becomes a worthy question to explore. So far, few studies discuss the island tourism from the perspective of system science....
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Empirical Research on FDI, Environmental Regulation and Industrial Structure Upgrading
Xiang Hua, Guixian Tian
On the basis of new geographical economics, this paper considering the spatial factors, the interaction of FDI and environmental regulation and their lag effect, constructed a spatial Durbin model, using the panel data of China's 30 provincial panel data from 2004 to 2014, empirical analysis of the relationship...
Proceedings Article
Empirical Analysis on the Effect of Business Diversification on Enterprise´s Financial Risk
Ran Wei
As one of the most important growth modes of modern enterprise development, diversification has always been the focus of research in the field of strategic management. Diversification can improve the market value of the enterprises by making full use of their internal advantages. However, diversification...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Traffic Sign Detection Based on Faster R-CNN in Scene Graph
Wei Zhao, Zhiqiang Wang, Hongda Yang
The use of intelligent detection and identification software for traffic signs have been an indispensable part of the advancement of transportation systems and networked cars into an intelligent system. As neural networks become more effective in image recognition and classification testing, they are...
Proceedings Article
Research on Virtual Experiment Environment Construction and Teaching Practice Based on Web3D Technology
Li Yan, Liping Wang
The virtual experiment environment is a kind of software and hardware operating environment that is built on the computer by means of graphics, simulation and virtual reality technologies to assist or replace the traditional experimental operations. The virtual experiment provides a good solution for...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Research on Planning of PV-integrated Transmission Grid Considering Operation Efficiency
Zifa Liu, Zhidong Wang, Hanxiao Yu, Xiaoyu Cai, Zhe Zhang, Jiaming Wang
With the large-scale application of solar in power system, traditional transmission planning of merely focusing on construction investment and operation cost could not meet the practical demands. Based on the evaluation index of the line operation efficiency and the distribution of the power flow, a...
Proceedings Article
Language and Identity: Promoting Dolly's Community Identity through Language Use
Adi Suryani, Soedarso Soedarso, Setiawan Setiawan
One of several language functions in social communication is expressing an individual’s self, revealing who an individual is or how is his/her possible personality/character. Within wider context, language may also convey a certain community identity. Language becomes a means for community representation....
Proceedings Article
Evaluation of Cash Collection System on Financing without Collateral at PT. XYZ
Cut Nessa Cinthya, Gede Harja Wasistha
To meet their ever-changing financial needs, people employ various strategies, such as credit financing. PT. XYZ is a consumer finance company that offers financing without collateral (hire purchase). Hire purchase is significant unsecured financing offered when a consumer fails to pay, and the company...
Proceedings Article
The Effects of Input and Output on Second Language Acquisition
Ming Zhu
The process of input and output is an indispensable part of second language acquisition. The reason is that learners need to master relevant linguistic knowledge, such as vocabulary, collocation, grammar rules and pronunciation skills, so as to make comprehensible output in the class and the real world....
Proceedings Article
Developing “Enclave Agriculture”: A New Path of Agricultural Intensive Production Mode in Ethnic Areas
Xing Gao
“Enclave Economy” is a new model for the coordinated development of regional economy in China, which was introduced into coastal cities in the late 20th century. Through more than 20 years of research and practice, it has solved the problem of industrial upgrading and transfer in the east and changed...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
EonTex Conductive Strechtable Sensor Response on Smart Glove for Sign Language
Anton Yudhana, Jihad Rahmawan, Son Akbar
EonTex Conductive Strangeable sensor is a sensor with e-textile technology where the sensor is in the form of a sheet of fabric. EonTex Conductive Strechtable sensor has a resitive property, where if the sensor is pulled or spun and then returned as before again the EonTex Conductive Strechtable sensor...
Proceedings Article
The Role of Work Motivation Towards Work Productivity
Fatwa Tentama, Naila Nasywa, Dwi Agustina, Syam Dabi
Work motivation is one of the factors that can affect work productivity of employees. This study aims to examine empirically the relationship between work motivation and work productivity. The subjects in this study are employees at the University of X Yogyakarta. The subject selection was randomized...
Journal: Artery Research
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Validation of non-invasive central blood pressure devices: Artery society task force (abridged) consensus statement on protocol standardization
James E. Sharman, Alberto P. Avolio, Johannes Baulmann, Athanase Benetos, Jacques Blacher, C. Leigh Blizzard, Pierre Boutouyrie, Chen-Huan Chen, Phil Chowienczyk, John R. Cockcroft, J. Kennedy Cruickshank, Isabel Ferreira, Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Alun Hughes, Piotr Jankowski, Stephane Laurent, Barry J. McDonnell, Carmel McEniery, Sandrine C. Millasseau, Theodoros G. Papaioannou, Gianfranco Parati, Jeong Bae Park, Athanase D. Protogerou, Mary J. Roman, Giuseppe Schillaci, Patrick Segers, George S. Stergiou, Hirofumi Tomiyama, Raymond R. Townsend, Luc M. Van Bortel, Jiguang Wang, Siegfried Wassertheurer, Thomas Weber, Ian B. Wilkinson, Charalambos Vlachopoulos
Pages: 35 - 43
Brachial cuff blood pressure (BP) is clinically important, but may be an inaccurate substitute for central BP. Many non-invasive devices have been developed that purport to estimate central BP from peripheral artery sites, yet with no standardized guidelines; the accuracy testing of these new devices...
Journal: Artery Research
Research Article
Central vs. peripheral blood pressure components as determinants of retinal microvessel diameters
Yu-Mei Gu, Yan-Ping Liu, Lutgarde Thijs, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Fang-Fei Wei, Harry A.J. Struijker-Boudier, Peter Verhamme, Jan A. Staessen
Pages: 35 - 43
Background: We assessed association of retinal arteriolar and venular diameters with central and peripheral blood pressure (BP).
Methods: We post-processed retinal photographs from 514 participants randomly recruited from a Flemish population (mean age, 50.6 years; 50.8% women), using IVAN software...
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Validity and Effectiveness of Physics Learning Package based on Guided-Inquiry to Improve Science Process Skills of Senior High School Student
Agung Aliffianto, Mohammad Nur, Madlazim Madlazim
The aim of this research is to know the validity and effectiveness of physics learning package based on Guided Inquiry. This research uses development method by Plomp and Nieven research design. Physics learning package that have been developed and then validated by three expert validators from UNESA....
Proceedings Article
The Application of Smart Class in Experimental Teaching of Foreign Language
Aiwu Lu
Since the National Ministry of Education issued and implemented the “College English Curriculum Requirements” in 2004, the reform of college English teaching has been constantly deepened, and colleges and universities have generally implemented English experimental teaching based on computer and network...
Proceedings Article
A Lightweight Traffic Anomaly Detection Model in SDN Based on Decision Tree
Dong Li, Zizhun Li
This paper establishes a SDN-based network traffic anomaly detection model based on decision tree. Firstly, five statistical indexes are presented to describe the behavior of network traffic, then normal and abnormal traffic data to train the machine learning model to detect traffic anomaly. Four machine...
Proceedings Article
Function of Power in Class Discourse
Jumadi Jumadi
Power is the potentiality possessed by a person to influence the thoughts, feelings, and actions of others. In fact, power is used in all speech events, including in class discourse. Through speech acts and speech patterns, teachers (T) and students (S) use the power in learning activities. Generally,...
Proceedings Article
Evolution of the Language of Art: Cultural and Artistic Influences
Olеg Krivtsun
The factors of the evolution of the language of art are considered. Mechanisms of coexistence in modern culture of art classics and non-classical. Culturally dependent properties are revealed in the evolution of art, the main subject of which is the person of the epoch, the boundaries of his cognition,...
Proceedings Article
Intellectual Deviation of Egyptian Youth: Causes and Treatments
Elshenawi Dina M., Wang Yue-fen
The danger of intellectual deviation lies in the fact that it is not like the moral deviation that can be treated with words of preaching and advice, and that the danger of it can reach the point of departure from the religion because it collides with the question of belief. The spread of intellectual...