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In recent years, flexible work models, such as remote work and home office, have become a significant phenomenon, which has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study presents a systematic literature review that comprehensively examines the impact of these models on companies’ changing financial...

Background: There are no data on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and arterial stiffness parameters in sub-Saharan African children. We performed 24-hour ABPM and pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurements in adolescents living in 2 slums in Nairobi, Kenya. Methods: We selected 1,100 11–17 year...

Background: Visit-to-visit blood pressure variability (BPV) is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes in different patients’ populations1–2. Arterial stiffness is a potential mechanism of increased visit-to-visit BPV3. Carotid–femoral PWV has become increasingly important for total cardiovascular...

Environment/Objectives: Several studies in different populations and conditions shown contradictory results about the effect of coffee on arterial stiffness (AS). Coffee consumption is high around the world and it is very important to define its CV effects. To evaluate the acute effects on haemodynamic...

Research on Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) was carried out more than three decades ago. In 2025, the millennial generation will dominate the workforce, which has different characteristics from the previous generation. This literature review aims to map out research on OCB in the millennial...

Background: Cardiac output (CO) monitoring remains a salient challenge. The state-of-the-art is based on generalized transfer functions and parameter estimations from pooled clinical data, which do not necessarily reflect the state of the cardiovascular system in a patient-specific way. Here, we introduce...

The aim of the study was to assess arterial stiffness and its diagnostic and prognostic value in patients with arterial hypertension (AH) and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Methods: In 93 stable patients (75% male, age 64±9 years (MSD), history of myocardial infarction 67%, diabetes...

Today we live in a world where tons of data is been generated, so in order to store all these data, we need many numbers of servers and networking which are more expensive in buying and maintaining them which creates more complexity. In order to resolve this problem we had implemented cloud computing...

Homebased exercise is often advocated to improve physical fitness in the aging population, especially when outdoor activity is not available. Yet we often have a limited understanding of its training effects for clinical uses. Aim: To investigate a short-term exercise training of standing core exercise...

Effective learning is quality learning in relation to the effectiveness of the learning process interaction itself to achieve the expected goals. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of lectures in the middle of the Covid 19 pandemic, where learning by face-to-face method is vulnerable to the...

Students are required to be able to speak publicly. The ability to speak in public will make it easier for students to convey ideas, or suggestions and become a value-added skill for them. Based on literature studies there are several factors that influence public speaking anxiety, including self-efficacy...

Introduction: We questioned whether a single Windkessel (WK) adequately describes the circulation by estimating the radial arterial diastolic pressure-decay constant (tau) and combining this with systemic hemodynamic and arterial stiffness measurements. Methods: In the non-invasive cardiac laboratory,...

Background: Pulse wave velocity (PWV) in large arteries is a pressure-dependent marker of arterial stiffness. The retinal vasculature provides unique access to the microcirculation. There is inconsistency between reported values of retinal PWV (rPWV). The pressure dependency of rPWV was measured in-vivo...

Background: Aortic reservoir function is associated with increased cardiovascular events. Patients with chronic kidney disease in need of dialysis have increased aortic stiffness and reversal of the aortic-to-brachial stiffness gradient, which could impair aortic reservoir function. The aim of this study...

Introduction: Arterial stiffening is associated with structural and biomechanical alterations in the aorta. However, there are still gaps in our understanding as to how the structure and properties of arteries across the vasculature are altered with high PWV.Objective: To determine whether altered ultrastructural...

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Aortic stiffness is a non-traditional risk factor in these patients. Using an animal model of CKD with vascular calcification, we reported that inflammation is involved...

The Industrial Revolution 4.0, which led to the evolution of social media, digital messaging services, online meetings, and lectures, has become a part of human life, specifically after the Covid-19 pandemic. However, this phenomenon increases information circulation, and traffic, which accumulates into...

The tourism sector is the sector that has been most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is due to travel restrictions to reduce the spread of Covid-19. One of the efforts for economic recovery in the tourism sector is to increase tourism competitiveness through infrastructure improvements. Indonesia...

Background: Middle age represents a life period where incidence of cardiovascular events typically augments. Our aim is to investigate any association between peripheral vascular rheology and distribution of coronary artery disease (CAD) in middle aged erectile dysfunction (ED) population. Methods:...

Arterial stiffness may influence the contour of the peripheral pulse, suggesting that contour analysis of the digital volume pulse (DVP) might be used to estimate peripheral blood pressure and a stiffness index (SI). The objective is to establish a transfer function that estimates the peripheral blood...

Background: Women with a history of pre-eclampsia (PE) are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. We evaluated the cardiovascular health of women who had PE in comparison with women who had normotensive pregnancies. Methods: We assessed heart rate-adjusted augmentation index (AIx SphygmoCor),...

Background: Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is independent predictor of cardiovascular outcomes. Antihypertensive treatment reduces PWV, but it is unknown whether this results from an unloading of stiffer elements in the arterial wall or a structural change in the wall. Methods: To distinguish between these...

Background: Pulse wave analysis from a brachial cuff permits ambulatory measurements of pulse wave velocity (PWV) and central blood pressure parameters. The diurnal variation of PWV in type 2 diabetes is unknown. Methods: We evaluated the Arteriograph24 which is a brachial cuff based equipment for estimating...

This study uses Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) as the framework for the research design model and the SaaS provided by Google as a sampling subject to explore the relationship between acceptance and the actual use of the service in Taiwan. Research findings include: 1) the...

The Covid-19 pandemic demand change in education. Various online learning activities are arranged and presented so that learning continues to run effectively. In general, the aim of this research is to analyze the student worksheet assisted by Google forms (GF) during online mathematics learning. There...

Stock return is the level of profit obtained by investors from the results of investment decisions in stocks. Stock returns are influenced by various types of factors, both internal and external to the company. This study uses the characteristics of the company or the company’s internal factors, including...

Education development in the second decade of the 21st century leads to attaining 21st-century skills. Indonesia responded to its outgrowth through a series of curriculum reforms to achieve student competencies to face world challenges. This study aims to provide an overview of how the research on developing...

In our era of rapid technological progress, artificial intelligence (AI) is omnipresent, reshaping our lives and strengthening our interconnectedness through increased digitization. AI is transforming healthcare practices using technologies like machine learning, natural language processing, and physical...

This study systematically examines recent trends and technological advancements in Android-based digital tools for performance analysis in petanque shooting events. Employing a systematic review design guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) framework,...

Purpose/Background/Objectives: Aortic stiffness assessed by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an important predictor to gauge the overall risk of hypertensive patients; nonetheless, it is underutilized in everyday practice. We derived a simple scoring system based on clinical variables that...

Background: Pulmonary artery distensibility and pulsatility has been studied in patients with COPD using cardiac MRI (CMRI) (1). However, pulmonary artery pulse wave velocity (PA- PWV) using ‘QA’ method (2) in CMRI has not been studied in this population. We hypothesized that patients with COPD have...

Background: CV risk exponentially increases as the number of damaged organs increases The Systemic Hemodynamic Atherosclerotic Syndrome (SHATS) represents a novel conceptualization of the CV continuum focusing on simultaneous multi-organ alteration. This is the first study operationally defining SHATS...

Background: High salt intake has been associated with structural and functional vascular changes.1 Objective: To correlate urinary sodium excretion with endothelial function and arterial stiffness in non-diabetic hypertensive patients. Methods: Cross-sectional study with non-diabetic hypertensive patients,...

Jember Regency has enormous tourism potential which has the potential to be developed into a potential superior area. However, developing this potential is not easy considering that feedback on satisfaction with the services provided at tourist locations is also not easy to obtain. This research aims...

In light of the importance of understanding real situation in the community, it is imperative that higher education institutions provide students opportunities with activities off the campus. In 2022, the Association of Educational Institution of Muhammadiyah- Aisyiyah Universities (ALPTKPTM) launched...

Background/aim: ISH is usually considered more prevalent in aged individuals and associated to increased large artery stiffness. This study is aimed at identifying determinants of ISH in adult individuals. Methods: 20 individuals <60 years, referred to the Outpatient Hypertension Unit for high blood...

Background: Large artery stiffness is recognized as a strong, independent marker of cardiovascular risk, mainly through aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV). pOpmètre® is a new non-invasive method, which estimates aortic PWV through finger-toe (FT) wave analysis. In a previous study, Alivon et al. have shown...

Background and objective: Arterial stiffness (AS) reflects vascular damage. Our objective was to determine 1) the frequency of AS in community pharmacies, 2) if subjects with AS identified by brachial oscillometry have more CV risk factors than normal subjects, and 3) if the prevalence of AS varies upon...

The cardiovascular effects of long-distance and -duration activities and their relationship with arterial stiffness and cardiac biomarkers are still unclear. This study aimed to assess arterial stiffness and Central Blood Pressure (cBP) and correlate them with cardiac biomarkers in long-distance walkers...

We take current and former employees as research objects, and analyze the textual and numerical data according to 41,000 anonymous reviews of employees from Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Google employees, which is collected from a workplace community, the Glassdoor website, that provides company reviews....

The ubiquity and advancement of technology have given a positive impact on the elevation of education quality, including Foreign Language (FL) vocabulary learning. Among all types of educational technology, the literature has highlighted the merits of using Quizlet to assist the process of teaching and...

Upcycle is a branch of sustainability that helps overcome excess material wastage from a product. However, the lack of exposure to upcycling resulted in the communities’ failure to practice it as a beneficial routine. The author studied a small number of articles involving descriptive reviews on upcycling...

Extensive research has been carried out on proficiency pairing in recent years. However, those studies mostly focused on unpacking the benefits of the homogeneous pairing method, and the effectiveness of the heterogeneous pairing method in asynchronous settings has received little attention. This study...

Philippine education is not a stranger to various reforms and changes. One of the current educational trends is the implementation of online classes. The internet has been utilized to deliver lectures and discussions as opposed to the traditional face-to-face classroom setup. As the quarantine restrictions...

Background: Wave intensity analysis (WIA) in the aorta offers important clinical and mechanistic insights but is difficult non-invasively. We performed WIA by combining high temporal resolution cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) flow velocity and non-invasive central blood pressure (BP) waveform...

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...

This study aims to determine the effect of using e-module hydrocarbon compounds through Google Classroom on students’ understanding of concepts and independent attitudes. The research was conducted at SMKN 1 Seberida, Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau in the even semester of the 2019/2020 school year. The...

This study aims to promote plagiarism prevention through a workshop on scientific paper writing. This study applied a qualitative method with reflective notes techniques. The study results found that a workshop on scientific paper writing and plagiarism prevention is needed for students today. Some participants...

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: Flow-mediated slowing (FMS) assesses the slowing of pulse wave velocity (PWV) in response to reactive hyperaemia, to provide a measure of endothelial function. We assessed the reproducibility of FMS and whether the technique is sensitive to the influence of age. FMS was compared to the commonly...