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The mass media possesses significant roles and functions amongst a society. Referring to the idea of Denis McQuail, one of the roles of mass media is to be a reflection of the behavior of the people it represents. By looking at the media’s perspective, we would be able to comprehend people's opinions...

The purpose of this study is to find out common mistakes made by beginner basketball players at the student university level in doing regular and reverse lay-up shoots. The shoot-up technique was analyzed based on 6 indicators, namely: (1) bringing the ball to the ring, (2) catching the ball and controlling...

Cloud manufacturing describes a model in which enterprises use the Internet of Things to connect equipment and share manufacturing resources, which greatly promotes technological innovation in enterprises and industries. This paper conducts a textual and quantitative analysis of the digital transformation...

Being a kind of important energy and chemical raw material, natural gas can replace fossil fuel for instance coal to cut down the net CO2 discharge. For natural gas purification, separation using membrane technology are considered to be an attractive alternative method. It is necessary to remove acid...

Background Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), is an emerging virus respiratory infection. It has a high mortality rate and a wide spectrum of clinical features. This study describes the clinical characteristics and outcome of MERS infected patients. Methods A retrospective study...

This study aims to measure the profitability comparisons between the companies based on the analysis method of Economic Value Added (EVA) during the period 2013 to 2018 5 at telecommunications companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). The method used is descriptive analysis using time series...

The relevance of the study topic is determined by the high importance of rational cost management for the successful functioning of airlines in the event of a crisis and uncertainty of financial results. Today, one of the important factors, that determine the ability of firms, their seeking to supply...

Background: Medical ethics is one of competencies that medical doctor’ graduates should be accomplished. However, there is no consensus on standard of ethics learning for medical students. Many variations carried out by different medical faculties. This study aimed to identify the students’ perception...

The broiler industry in Peninsular Malaysia has undertaken significant structural changes; mainly there has been a gradual move towards contract farming with an increasing number of broiler farmers working under contract arrangements for commercial firms and integrators. DVS indicated that the broiler...

In India, cervical cancer screening is conducted at various levels; however, after screening, the adherence to the cancer care continuum is barely understood. This study evaluated a community-based cancer screening program conducted in a rural setting (Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts) in South India...

Solar photovoltaics (PV) on building rooftops is a major contributor to the decarbonization of energy systems and provides electricity close to consumption. However, high shares of PV challenge distribution grids and require energy storages due to the fluctuating daily and seasonal production profile....

Background: Vascular structural(intima-media thickness, IMT) and functional(carotid stiffness, cPWV)alterations are related to different pattern of left ventricular (LV) geometry in general populations and in hypertensives. The relationship between vascular damage and LV geometry has not been analyzed...

Background: Vascular calcification is a marker of atherosclerotic burden and is associated with increased risk of cardiac events. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between clinical cardiac risk factors and aortic root calcification (ARC) in patients with a coronary calcium score...

People are using customer satisfaction scores as consideration to set new goals and grow their business. In customers’ sight, a satisfaction score can be seen as a reasonable rating that shows how good the business quality is. They prefer businesses with high ratings over others. Customer satisfaction...

This is a qualitative descriptive research. The aim of this study is to examine how communication technology - apps able to support communication skills of women drivers who work for online transportation companies in serving international guests. The study uses a saturation sampling technique where...

This study aims to identify a financial distress condition for insurance companies using existing methods such as the Altman Z-score and Ohlson O-score and also approach a new discriminant model using the data from 2017 to 2021. In order to improve the quality of estimation and forecasting of the financial...

Indonesia remains highly dependent on fossil fuels and non-renewable energy sources, which contribute to global warming. On the other hand, the country has yet to fully develop waste heat utilization, especially through organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems, to help reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Take...

Background: The cost of conventional advertising to recruit participants for clinical trials is expensive and can be ineffective. Social media may be a useful tool to improve participant recruitment. This study evaluated the use of Facebook advertising to recruit participants into a clinical trial. Methods:...

This paper investigates optimal network recon?guration problem considering data uncertainties, with the integration of distributed generation (DG) in distribution grid. The proposed network reconfiguration formulation is formed as a multi-objective optimization problem. Through normalization of each...

This study aims to analyze the factors affecting several companies’ cash holdings. Some of the factors were net working capital (NWC), cash flow, capital expenditure, leverage, and market-to-book. The samples used in this study were 318 non-financial companies listed in the IDX in 2013-2017. The approach...

Recently, there has been a new change in the Indonesian marriage law. The change is especially about the provision on prenuptial agreements in the Article 29 of the Act Number 1 Year 1974 on Marriage, resulting from the decision of Indonesian Constitutional Court’s Decision Number 69/PUU-XIII/2015. Before...

Background: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) was considered to be with the severity and mortality in COVID-19 patients, which implies a potential therapeutic target for treatment. We aimed to evaluate the safety and initial efficacy of Tocilizumab treatment for COVID-19 patients. Methods: In the retrospective study,...

Agriculture plays a dual role in climate change, acting both as a source and a potential sink for greenhouse gas emissions. Achieving net zero emissions requires innovative farming practices that not only sustain crop productivity but also enhance carbon sequestration. This study investigates the effects...

Objectives: The transfemoral approach is commonly used for carotid artery stenting (CAS) however in cases of severe peripheral vascular disease or unfavorable aortic arch anatomy, the transradial access remains a viable alternative. We report a series of patients with aorto-iliac disease or unsuccessful...

An adaptive fuzzy network method is proposed for measuring flexible truss deformation by using situ strain in this paper. The relation matrix between strain and arbitrary deformation nodes of truss is first derived by using inverse finite element method. Based on the elements of matrix, strain measuring...

This paper focus on searching the bottleneck in the security checkpoint to meet the trade-off between the security and convenience. we allocate certain time to each step which meet the duration of Poisson distribution. Then, with the airport security model based on Petri net, the whole process is simulated...

Burnout for final semester students couldn’t be considered trivial. Someone experiencing burnout activities will be hampered, as well as a trigger for the emergence of disease either physical or psychic. The objective of this study was to identify the condition of the student burnout level in completing...

Sponge City refers to a type of urban development that fully utilizes the absorption, storage, infiltration, and attenuation functions of ecosystems such as buildings, roads, green spaces, and water bodies to effectively control runoff, achieve natural storage, infiltration, and purification of rainwater...

The purpose of this paper is to understand the effect of surface roughness of the specimen on obtaining the creep characteristics by using bending creep tests. To this aim, a numerical study has been performed on the creep damage development of the specimen by implementing the different surface roughness...

This study aims to analyze the effect of (1) sales growth and (2) asset structure on capital structure in real estate and property companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). This research is classified as causative research, using secondary data with a population of all real estate and property...

This article aims to examine and describe the settlement of law concerning regional cooperation in the management of biological natural resources within the scope of the Exclusive Economic Zone. This research is a type of normative legal research conducted by following statute approach and conceptual...

One of sectors present a main contribution improving district net income on Kabupaten Serdang Bedagai is on agricultural with husbandry sub-sector, which sub-sector has a closed chain from upstream to down compared to another sector. The objective of this study is to determine the value influence of...

During aging, systolic blood pressure (Ps) continuously increases over time, whereas diastolic pressure (Pd) first increases and then slightly decreases after middle-age. These pressure changes are usually explained by changes of the arterial system alone (increase in arterial stiffness and vascular...

In this paper, a new method is proposed to measure the reliability of service composition. The service composition is related to structure and interaction associated. This paper first studies structure associated service composition description language BPEL; while to the service interaction, it models...

Considering the impact of distributed power on the net load, the short-term load forecasting model established by SR-LS-SVR from the global perspective of the distribution network. The model parameters are quickly optimized by fine-grained parallel PSO. The accuracy, robustness and efficiency of the...

The purpose of this research is to know the Tracer Study of the alumni profile and STEIs contribution to the competence of its graduates in the world of work (case study on the 2012 Batch of alumni). This study uses sampling from the data obtained by distributing questionnaires to 2012 alumni for the...

Belitung Regency has passsed Transmission Assessment Survey (TAS) in 2012, 2014, and 2016 respectively, which means that the Mass Drug Administration (MDA) in Belitung is being considered successful. This research has been conducted in February-November 2017, which aimed to analyze the program of filariasis...

This study aimed to determine the feasibility study of oyster mushroom farming in Pandowoharjo Village, Yogyakarta. The present study also seeks to identify a suitable business strategy for oyster mushroom business farming. Pandowoharjo is well-known for the location of Jejamuran Restaurant, a unique...

Wheat stands as a crucial staple crop for a substantial portion of the global population, contributing significantly to food security. However, the productivity and expansion of wheat cultivation face substantial challenges due to the prevalence of diseases, resulting in considerable annual crop losses....

The analysis makes use of information for seven BIMSTEC member nations from the ‘Government Finance Statistics Yearbook’, which is produced by “the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund”. Using region’s panel data, we inspect the connection between ‘remittances and financial development’. Pooled...

The approach to measuring and assessing the intensity of innovation activity is based on the ratio of investment efforts and indicators of labor productivity dynamics caused by them. Two methods based on this approach are proposed. In one of them the innovation activity intensity is measured via decomposition...

The paper analyzes current expenditure system of united territorial communities, which includes funding of education, culture, health care, social safety net, housing and community amenities, infrastructure development, which together ensure territories` sustainable development. It has been proved that...

The objective of national accounts is to present a model of the real economy in the most accurate way. It means that not only officially recorded data from business accounting are included, but also model computations are used (e.g. in estimating the size of the shadow economy or correcting a phenomenon...

Bread products including pan bread are widespread as staple food. Wheat flour is the main ingredient used. However, Indonesia must import wheat flour, and demand increases every year. To reduce wheat flour dependency, partial substitution of wheat flour with a local crop e.g., sweet potato might be done....

The social sphere of the financial world is becoming increasingly exposed to cyber threats, and therefore defense systems must be developed to work independently and be intelligent and capable of expanding automatically. This research paper considers how the artificial intelligence-powered runs of Microsoft...

In this paper, we study the extreme events taking place on complex net-works with different assortative net-work structures. Using random walk models, we build the formalism of ex-treme events on networks. We then present the definition of network as-sortativity, and discussed its relation-ship with...

The article deals with a textology question in Ninth Epode by Horace. The verses 17-18 gives as follows: adhuc/ad hunc frementesverteruntb is mille equos / Galli canentesCaesarem. The usual understanding of the noun hunc is to him, i.ÿe. to Marc Antony, mentioned in vv.ÿ11-13. Meanwhile the previous...

Based on survey results from the Indonesian Central Statistics Agency (BPS), it was noted that 69.02% of the assistance needed by MSMEs to survive was business capital. MSMEs that do not have official business entities have difficulty gaining access to funding sources, whether from conventional banking,...

This research aimed to determine the level of fundamental locomotor skills among 8-year-old elementary school children. The study focused on key locomotor skills, including walking, running, galloping, jumping, sliding, hopping, skipping, and leaping. A descriptive quantitative approach was used, employing...

The acquisition of uncompressed video streams over Ether- net on FPGA platforms constitutes a substantial design challenge, primarily due to real-time bandwidth requirements and the susceptibility of packet-based transmission to jitter and synchronization errors. FIFO buffers have a critical role in...