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Objectives: Vitamin D regulates the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, inhibits proliferation of cardiomyocytes and vascular smooth muscles and has anti-inflammatory effects. We aimed to investigate the relation between serum vitamin D concentration and arterial structure and function in a sample...

WHO agreed with Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as a health system for every citizen in a state to have access for preventive, curative and qualified rehabilitative services based on the low cost. Currently, Indonesia is in the transition period to universal health service coverage. Law Number 40 of...

The optimal management of hemodynamic disorders among critically ill patients requires an accurate assessment of hemodynamic status. Global End Diastolic Index (GEDI) is taken for a more reliable indicator of preload in critically ill patients than central venous pressure and doctors tend to arrange...

Electoral disinformation is increasingly recognized as a serious threat to democratic governance worldwide. Data from the International Telecommunication Union indicate that more than 4.6 billion people actively use digital platforms, amplifying the reach and impact of false information during electoral...

Objective: To assess if 24h urinary cortisol metabolite (UCM) profiles are related to structural cardiac and arterial parameters in those with or at risk of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Design and method: 32 participants, 25-77 years, eGFR> 45 mL/min and no serious illness. Urine was collected...

Stroke is a clinical syndrome with symptoms of disturbance cerebral function in global or vocal scale. That case could cause death or disorder which would happen more than 24 hours without any causes. Post stroke's patient would suffer emotional disturbance due to the change of physical. Family support...

This research aimed to express the importance of strategic agility on organizational performance during the pandemic era, which demands organizations to strategically respond promptly to the uncertain and unexpected changes in the business environment. As many as 149 responses from a cross-sectional...

Objective: Morning blood pressure (BP) surge is considered to be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. On the other hand, there is increasing evidence that central systolic pressure (CSP) is stronger correlated with target organ damage and cardiovascular events than peripheral systolic...

The aim of this study was to evaluate vascular and echocardiographic markers of hypertension (HT) in subjects with newly diagnosed HT before treatment started. We studied 32 patients with newly diagnosed HT without pharmacological therapy (HT group) and 31 healthy ones (control group). ABPM were performed...

The corona virus disease in 2019 (Covid-19) globally has had a direct or indirect impact on the performance and capacity of debtors in fulfilling credit or financing payment obligations. The spread of Covid-19 also has an impact on the performance and capacity of debtors and increases credit risk which...

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is a major problem in Indonesia. In 2016, Incidence Rate (IR) = 77.96/100.000; Case Fatality Rate (CFR) = 0.79%. Semarang City, the Capital of Central Java Province, is an endemic area of DHF. Gunungpati is a subdistrict that has a high incidence of DHF. Some health workers...

Fraud is a theme that continues to be the focus of researchers in the world because of changes in a person’s character to commit fraud due to developments in technology and knowledge. The main focus is, among others, the existence of a corporate crisis due to the declining financial performance of the...

Purpose: The aim of this study is to explore the physiological vascular adaptation to exposure to high altitude and to test the hypothesis that its impairment might play a role in the pathophysiology of acute mountain sickness (AMS). Methods: 34 healthy volunteers (age 38±11years, 13 women) were studied...

Introduction: In general population women seems to have greater arterial stiffness and central blood pressure(BP), measured by augmentation index (AIx), than men, but in hypertension this condition is poorly studied. Objectives: To evaluate differences of central BP and arterial stiffness between men...

Background: In patients with Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) a greater prevalence of structural and functional cardiovascular (CV) alterations has been described, possibly explaining the higher incidence of CV events, as compared to subjects matched for age and sex. Aim of this study was to analyze...

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...

The aims of this research are (1) to describe the forms of expressive speech acts in the Instagram comments column; (2) describe the relationship between expressive speech acts in the Instagram comments column and the formation of students’ moral values. This study used descriptive qualitative method....

Introduction: Augmentation Index (AIx) is a surrogate measure of systemic arterial stiffness and wave reflections. Clinic measures of AIx are considered to be a sensitive measure of risk in young adults and are lower in individuals who take part in high levels of physical activity (PA). The development...

Underdeveloping countries have a high prevalence of worm infection. Some causes of this condition are poor environmental sanitation, lack of personal hygiene, consuming food contaminated with worm's eggs and low levels of socioeconomic education. More than 1,5 billion people or 24% of world population...

Nowadays, parents face the challenge related to social media use problems of their children, as the internet and related technology is more advance than previous days. Nevertheless, the young generation is enthusiastic about digital technology. The paradox of internet use in young and older generations...

Numeracy is an essential educational foundation to develop students’ understanding of mathematics, logic, life skills, and future readiness. This research will examine the condition of students’ numeracy skills in elementary school. This study uses a quantitative approach with a descriptive method. The...

Background: High blood pressure (BP) at a young age and increased left ventricular mass (LVM) are associated with increased risk of future cardiovascular mortality. In addition, ambulatory 24-hour central systolic BP (24cSBP) is more closely associated with LVM than either 24-hour peripheral SBP (24pSBP)...

Background: Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (aoPWV), the gold-standard measurement of arterial stiffness, has been found associated with cardiac and vascular organ damage. Less information is available with regard to the correlation between local carotid stiffness (CS) and cardiac and vascular preclinical...

Objective: Increased brachial (bBP) and aortic blood pressure (aBP) have been linked to increased arterial stiffness and cardiovascular risk in older individuals. Literature suggests that increased alcohol intake is associated with increased BP both acutely and long term in older adults and heavy alcohol...

The morning and evening twilight brightness are important to probe the properties of the upper atmosphere. We conducted a short survey of broad band twilight sky brightness measurements by using a portable photometer with 5 second resolution, in five places with different elevations. The darkest zenith...

Both cerebral hemispheres take turns to adjust to extreme conditions of rotating shift work in the Arctic. As a result of chronically uncompleted acclimatization and tensed adaptive processes, the right hemisphere is mainly active which triggers some characteristic differences in higher mental functions...

The objective of this research is to identify the Compensation System for Small Medium Enterprise (SME) in the culinary business at Bogor City, West Java Province. The subjects of this study were 24 SME in the culinary business. Data collection used primary and secondary data through questionnaires,...

This study aims to determine the effect of systematic risk (beta) on stock prices and find out whether interest rates and exchange rates can be used as moderating variables on the relationship of systematic risk to stock prices. The population in this study is the banking sub-sector companies included...

The Business of Gas Stations in DKI Jakarta & Banten have become an attractive business for investors because of the demand for fuel and the growth in the number of vehicles that continues to increase every year. With so many choices of gas stations in DKI Jakarta & Banten: PERTAMINA, SHELL,...

Introduction: There are known issues and ongoing discussions regarding calibration methods using peripheral mean and diastolic or peripheral systolic and diastolic pressure for the determination of central systolic blood pressure. The aim of this cross-sectional study is an analysis of determinants for...

This study aims to start up an innovative business model of handmade beverage market based on Chinese herbal medicine in China. This follows the Chinese ancient 24 solar terms to create a series of herbal beverages to meet the healthy need, of which any of the 24 solar terms in traditional Chinese lunar...

Central blood pressure is increasingly considered to be more predictive of cardiovascular events than peripheral pressure. Central systolic pressure (cSBP) can be estimated from the late systolic shoulder (pSBP2) of the radial pulse waveform. The Omron HEM-9000AI utilizes this technique to non-invasively...

The role of ventricular–arterial hemodynamic interaction in the occurrence of arterial dissection and rupture in vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (vEDS) is unknown. We recently introduced an ultrasound-based method to extract, from common carotid artery (CCA) diameter waveforms, central arterial properties...

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,...

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...

Objectives: Transradial vertebral artery (VA) angioplasty might be a viable alternative to the transfemoral approach in cases of peripheral artery disease or anatomical variations of the aortic arch. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of transradial stenting of symptomatic...

Stroke is clinical symptoms which disturbances in blood circulation to the brain caused either local or global malfunctioning that occurs suddenly and rapidly progressive that usually caused hemiparesis in stroke patients. Late and inappropriate exercises management may cause permanent disability. The...

Background: A high incidence of brain metastases has been conveyed in patients with triple-negative and her 2-positive breast cancer receiving trastuzumab therapy. The rationale for prophylactic cranial irradiation is to regulate or eliminate unnoticeable micro-metastases without making unwanted harm....

Objective Ingesting foreign objects can happen accidentally or on intentionally. Accidental foreign body (FB) ingestion happens in adults, most frequently in elderly edentulous, subjects with mental health disorders, or subjects who are intoxicated. Pediatric patients are the most frequently...

Backgrounds As many as 55.5% of children have difficulty eating, 21.8% with malnutrition, and 10% with undernutrition. Difficulty eating conditions if not addressed immediately can lead to malnutrition. Factors that influence eating difficulties include organic and an organic factors....

Drought stress is a major abiotic factor limiting tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze) productivity worldwide, particularly in Bangladesh, where climatic variability is increasing. This study aimed to screen a diverse collection of tea genotypes for drought tolerance under nursery and field conditions...

The emergence of borders between autonomous regions is a question, this is based on the reason that before the division was held, there were already regulated about a number of requirements that must be met by a new region before it was expanded. Therefore, in this section, a study will be conducted...

In 2012, 6 members of Xinjiang speed skating team participated in the Twelfth National Winter Games, and the iceman Gekhanbay won the ninth in the men's 5000-m race that was their best result. In 2016, Xinjiang hosted the thirteenth winter games, and the Xinjiang speed skating team won the gold medal...

Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in Malaysia where HPV16 and HPV18 genotypes are more prevalent among 88.7% of women. It is preventable if the pre-cancerous cells were identified early via Pap smear, HPV DNA or Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) test. Prophylactic HPV vaccines were...

Flouring is one of the important stages in the processing of agricultural products in the post-harvest processing industry. One of the machines that is often used for the flouring process is a hammer mill model flouring machine. The performance of this machine is often needed for various work variations,...

Physics education research has been revealed that scientific reasoning was a hidden variable which influences student's conceptual understanding in physics. A student who has good understanding is characterized by their scientific consistency and representational consistency. Hence, this study was conducted...

The corrosion of related electric field is an important exposure source of warships in sea water, the spread distance of low frequency part can be several kilometers in the sea water, which has a promising application prospects in aspects of remote detection and development of underwater weapon fuze....

Hypertension is a chronic age-related disorder, affecting nearly 20% of all adult Europeans. This disease entails debilitating cardiovascular complications and is the leading cause for drug prescriptions in Europeans older than 50 years. Intensive research over the past two decades has so far failed...

To investigate the therapeutic effect of target treatment on osteosarcoma cells through ultrasound micro bubble imaging with docetaxel. Methods The osteosarcoma model of Sprague-Dawley rats was established by implantation of tissue mass of UMR-106 cell line on the back. The model rats were randomly divided...

The prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents in the world has continouosly increased. Some adolescents who lack night sleep tend to consume less plain water and more sweet beverages. Therefore, it will increase energy intake and decrease energy expenditure. This study aimed to analyze the association...