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Review Article
Can pervasive sensing address current challenges in global healthcare?
Louis Atallah, Benny Lo, Guang-Zhong Yang
Pages: 1 - 13
Important challenges facing global healthcare include the increase in the number of people affected by escalating healthcare costs, chronic and infectious diseases, the need for better and more affordable elderly care and expanding urbanisation combined with air and water pollution. Recent advances in...
Research Article
E-Governance Maturity Models: A Meta-ethnographic Study
Sayantan Khanra, Rojers P Joseph
Pages: 1 - 9
This study aims to identify the key dimensions that constitute a mature e-Government ecosystem through a systematic review of the existing e-Governance maturity models and a meta-ethnographic approach. The study identifies online presence, facilitating interaction, integrated ecosystem, online payments,...
Editorial
New tuberculosis tools are here: Can we deliver them for maximal impact?
Madhukar Pai, Ziad A. Memish
Pages: 1 - 2
Research Article
Availability of results from clinical research: Failing policy efforts
Tatyana A. Shamliyan, Robert L. Kane
Pages: 1 - 12
Objectives: Trial registration has a great potential to increase research transparency and public access to research results. This study examined the availability of results either in journal publications or in the trial registry from all studies registered at ClinicalTrials.gov.
Methods: All 137,612...
Editorial
Global tuberculosis control requires greater ambition and resources
Madhukar Pai, Ziad A. Memish
Pages: 1 - 2
Editorial
Commentary for Special Issue “Public health is new in Saudi Arabia. With this degree, I can go back and help to develop the field there.” – Naif Mohammed Alraihan, King Abdullah Fellow, Rollins School of Public Health, 2015
Scott J.N. McNabb, Abdullah M. Assiri, Samar Alsaggaf, Ziad A. Memish
Pages: 1 - 6
Proceedings Article
Quantitative Survey on Innovation in the Czech Republic
Hana Urbancová, Pavla Vrabcová
One of the most important characteristics of innovation is that it is a continuous process in every organisation. The financial performance of organisations is strongly dependent on successful innovation. Innovation rate resp. the pace of technological change is mainly influenced by investment in research...
Proceedings Article
The Effect of a Reciprocal Teaching Style and Eyes Hands Feet Coordination Toward the Results of Groundstrokes Field Tennis
Afri Tantri, Mulyana, Moch. Asnawi
This study aimed to know: (i) the effect of a reciprocal teaching style with eyes, hands, and foot coordination overall towards field tennis groundstroke capabilities; (ii) the effect of a reciprocal with high of eye, hand and foot coordination towards tennis groundstroke capabilities; (iii) the effect...
Proceedings Article
The Innovative Activity of Russian Business in the Conditions of Macroeconomic Instability
A.M. Koroleva, M.M. Makhmudova
The article identifies the role of innovations in the economic development of a state and a region during innovative development transformation. Regional and industry differentiation by companies' innovative activity level is analysed. Priority areas of innovative activity development in pioneer businesses...
Proceedings Article
The Basic Requirements for the Development of Efficient Applications for E-Learning
Nadezhda B. Kunturova, Anna L. Prokofieva, Natalia V. Vasilieva, Nina S. Jasnova, Irina V. Evgrafova, Natalia S. Yakushkina
The article is devoted to the creation of applications for e-learning, the elements of which are implemented in the educational process of many universities of the Russian Federation, describes the problems that arise and demonstrates possible ways to overcome them. The authors share many years of experience...
Proceedings Article
Test and Application of Persistence Point of Long Memory Time Series
Jianqi Ma
This paper presents two new simple statistic respectively to detect the long memory time series of the changes from smooth to non-stationary and persistence in smooth change from non-stationary variation point, two statistics under the null hypothesis is given the limits of the distribution, and proves...
Proceedings Article
The Problem of Choosing the Form of Getting Education in Russia: Rights and Duties of Parents
S.E. Dovbysh, A.D. Davydova, A.K. Tormosova
As part of a monitoring study of public requests based on citizens’ appeals, a research group of the Institute of Educational Management of the Russian Academy of Education revealed that the issue of legal regulation of general education in the Russian Federation, in terms of choosing the form of education,...
Proceedings Article
Whistleblowing Intention of Internal Governmental Auditors In Padang
Charoline Cheisviyanny, Fefri Indra Arza
This research aims to determine the effect of gender and experience on whistleblowing intention. This research is a comparative research. The population was governmental auditors and accounting students which are acknowledgement as inexperienced auditors. The sample was chosen by using total sampling...
Proceedings Article
Financial Leverage and Profitability of Pharmaceutical Companies in Indonesia Stock Exchange
Badria Munthashofi, Imas Purnamasari
The problems that analyzed in this study are a decrease in the profitability of pharmaceutical sub sector companies. The decrease in the profitability indicates a company's financial performance it’s also declined, thus the company's capability to generate earnings also decreased. This study aims to...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Spatio-temporal Variation of Nitrogen in River Water and Groundwater Recharged by Recycled Water at Qingyang River
Weiyan Pan, Zhenghe Xu, Feng Wang
Municipal wastewater reclamation and reuse has been an effective way to solve problems of shrinkage and drying up of rivers and lakes. The residual pollutants in recycled water may pose a risk to groundwater. A field study on the spatial and temporal variations concentrations of nitrate, ammonia and...
Proceedings Article
Peasant Resistance Movement towards BKPH (Bagian Kesatuan Pemangku Hutan – Forest Management Unit)
Abdul Kodir, Angga Prasetyo Adi
This study examined the social movements of Kedungdendeng peasants, the resistance carried out by Kedungdendeng peasants using a critical ethnographic perspective, especially the process of the occurrence of the peasant resistance movements, the forms of pre-reform peasant resistance and the forms of...
Proceedings Article
Additional Implications of Injury Costs of Health BPJS Patients as Community Empowerment Efforts
Sri Suatmiati, Edi Kastro, M. Idrus, Viky Candra
Based on data released by BPJS Kesehatan at the beginning of February 2018, the current population of Indonesia who became BPJS participants amounted to 192,029,645 people with the highest number of participants using central government funds, which amounted to 48.07%. The classification based on BPJS...
Proceedings Article
Tools of state borrowings at the regional level in the digitalization of the economy
O.V. Tolmacheva, M.I. Lvova, Yu.V. Salamatina
The subject of this research is the economic relations arising in the process of using bonds by regional Russian authorities. The objectives of the bond issue by the subjects of the Federation of the Russian Federation are the following: financing the budget deficit, cash ruptures of budget implementation,...
Proceedings Article
Intelligent Assistance of Decision-Making in the Management of Multifactor Systems Based on Fuzzy Cognitive Models
Baryi Ilyasov, Elena Makarova, Elena Zakieva, Elvira Gabdullina
The article deals with the development of fuzzy cognitive models of the processes of analysis and management of the quality of education as a multifactor system. The approach based on definition of trajectories of achievement of target indicators of education quality with the use of technologies of knowledge...
Proceedings Article
Social, economic, and academic leadership: an opening
Wadim Strielkowski
Leadership is a topic that has been relevant for researchers since the beginning of human history. The concept of leadership can be found in psychology, history, economics, physics, mathematics, computer sciences, and virtually any other field of science one can think of. The more one starts digging...
Proceedings Article
Research on the Relationship between College English Flipping Classroom and Mental Health Education in Lacan’s Mirror Stage Theory
Xiteng Wang
The traditional model of college English teaching has a lot of problems such as the pressure of classroom management, the enthusiasm of students' participation in class and the difficulty of continuous learning after class. Based on Lacan's mirror stage theory, this paper explores the application of...
Proceedings Article
What Are Discourse Markers?
Jiahuang Chen
Discourse markers, for a very long time, had been regarded as the detritus of a discourse, useless, meaningless and unworthy of academic attention. In tandem with discourse analysis and pragmatics in the last five decades, discourse markers have been attracting more and more attentions from scholars....
Proceedings Article
Software package for optimum design of rice maps
Mihail Korobochkin, Elena Dmitrieva
In order to solve the problems of optimal division of rice irrigation map into checks, “RIS” software package was developed which implements dynamic programming methods and works on the basis of Windows operating system. The algorithm of design block operation is described based on a dynamic programming...
Proceedings Article
Preparation and determination on plan of village medium term development and work plan of village government
Didik Sukriyono
Village development plan is a guide or model potential exploration and development ideas that focused on the participation of the village community in the overall development process. The concept of participation is in line with the value of "cooperation" which has become part of the confidence and trust...
Proceedings Article
Provision of psychological safety of younger pupils of cadet classes
Irina Baeva, Lyudmila Shakhova
The author's approach to ensuring psychological safety in the educational process is presented. Cadet classes place increased demands on the capabilities and resources of the child, therefore the task of accompanying these educational programs from the point of view of ensuring the psychological safety...
Research Article
An Analysis on Commercial Film Techniques and Effects Using Positive Factors of Evaluation Database System
Yoji Kawamura
Pages: 1 - 6
This study aims to systematically shed light on what kind of effects are brought about by the film techniques in individual commercial messages. Based on audiovisual experiments, with positive factors as the evaluation index, we considered what could be analyzed from film techniques and their effects....
Proceedings Article
Economic efficiency growth of agricultural roads’ construction in the region
Dmitry Skorobogatchenko, Sergey Viselskiy, Vitaly Borovik, Irina Bogomolova, Sergey Bogomolov
The paper is devoted to the technical and economic justification of the automobile road construction of low intensity roads. The design choice offered for comparison presents the construction of roadway surfacing in which the role of the broken stone underlayer is carried out by over-compacted fine soil....
Proceedings Article
The Effectiveness of Rational Emotive Behavior Group Counseling Against the Assertive Behavior of Students SMPN 1 Mlati, Sleman, Yogyakarta
Yulia Rahmatika Aziza, Edi Purwanta
This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of rational emotive behavior group counseling against the assertive behavior of students SMPN 1 Mlati, Sleman, Yogyakarta. Rational emotive behavior group counseling has not been used for counseling process at SMPN 1 Mlati, Sleman, Yogyakarta. This research...
Proceedings Article
The Architecture of Postmodernism in Japan: the Main Features
Nina Konovalova
The architecture of postmodernism, as a western invention, was received with great interest in Japan. Of the huge number of materials, creative means, images and symbols that could be seen in the postmodern works by Western architects, Japanese masters did not take any interest in a particular school...
Editorial
Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal: A New Journey into Academic Excellence
Abbas Al Mutair, Awad Al-Omari
Pages: 1 - 2
Proceedings Article
A Human Body Motion Capture System Using a Wireless Inertial Sensor
Pengzhan Chen, Wei Chu, Junchao Wang
In this study, a wireless inertial sensor system was designed for application in human motion capture. A human body node displacement and attitude data decoding strategy is proposed based on the gait analysis method, synthesizing the advantages of the complementary filter and Kalman filter methods. A...
Proceedings Article
Policy Options of Controlling Irrational Medical Expenditures in China
Jia-Nan Liu, Feng-Chao Liu
The medical expenditures of public hospitals in China have been growing rapidly, and the growth rate of medical expenditures is much higher than that of GDP per capita. China and local governments have released numerous documents to control medical expenditures, but the effect is not satisfactory. In...
Proceedings Article
Teacher’s Professional Development
Tan Oon Seng
Globalization, rapid technological developments, and transformation of social environments call for many facets of education to keep pace with changes and play a catalytic role to equip students with global competencies. Innovations in curriculum and pedagogy, changing trend and profile of learners,...
Proceedings Article
Teaching and Learning Music through the Lens of Computational Thinking
Eddy K.M. Chong
In recent years, many countries around the world have intensified their efforts to introduce computational thinking in schools. This paper supports this educational move not by proposing the teaching of computational thinking as a subject per se but by taking inspiration from the nature of such systematic...
Proceedings Article
Development of Macromedia Flash helped Banner Game Snake in Material Subject of Acid Base
Lilik Sumartini, Nurlaili, Sugeng
This research focused on research and development of learning devices using Macromedia Flash media assisted by Snake Ladder Banner. This study produced a product in the form of Interactive learning media Macromedia Flash assisted by Snake Ladder Banner on acid-base material in class XI which is expected...
Proceedings Article
Multimodality in English-Indonesian Intersemiotic Translation
Januarius Mujiyanto
Translation has been a part of applied linguistics which commonly focuses on verbal rendering. Language elements are explored to produce a number of concepts about equivalence, non-equivalence, and untranslatability. The text turns out not only in the form of verbal language but also non-verbal images...
Proceedings Article
Gurda Motif in the Hindu-Buddhist and Islamic Period in Java
Aan Sudarwanto, Sri W., Dharsono
The article that discusses Garuda bird on Hindu-Buddhist era and Islamic times aims to reveal more depth about how Garuda's position and role in Javanese cultural perspective. In addition, to know the forms of Garuda and its application from the Hindu-Buddhist era and its transition into the Islamic...
Proceedings Article
Research on the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Intention of College Students and Their Characteristics
Weiqin Liu, Ping Zhou
“Development is the top priority, the talent is the first resource and innovation is the primary driving force”. This important assertion is delivered by president Xi. This paper uses methods of questionnaire survey, field investment and literature reference to investigate students in a university of...
Proceedings Article
The Dynamic of Gambyong Pangkur Dance Moves
Indriyanto Indriyanto, Wahyu Lestari
The Gambyong Pangkur dance shows its performance dunamic through its moves and music. This research aims to discover how this dynamic of Gambyong Pangkur dance performance through dance moves is. The obtained data are the qualitative ones in the form of Gambyong Pangkur dance move description. To figure...
Proceedings Article
Analysis of Holistic Approach: Tragedy of Enclosure as Impact of Politicised Environment (Study at Kampung Baru, Sebong Lagoi Village, Bintan Regency)
Dian Prima Safitri, Fitri Kurnianingsih, Edison Edison
This study focussed on actor domination in utilization and management in the coastal area of Bintan. The tragedy of Enclosure occurred to the coastal community. The tragedy of Enclosure caused the coastal community cannot access similar as the big actors can do. A total of 50 heads of household (KK)...
Proceedings Article
Design of Large-scale Platform Detection System Based on Distributed Wireless Communication Technology
Peng Li, Dengpei Ji, Hao Liu, Wenli Xu
Aiming at the problem that the traditional detection device can not avoid obstacles and easily collides with the equipment on the platform during the detection of the large-scale ultra-flat support platform, a detection scheme of large-scale ultra-flat support platform based on distributed wireless communication...
Proceedings Article
How Personal Grooming Influenced The Entrepreneurship
Lulup Endah Tripalupi, Made Ary Meitriana, Kadek Rai Suwena
This study aims to determine the effect of Personal Grooming on Entrepreneurial Behavior of Micro of Small and medium Enterprises Actors. This study is limited only to find the influence between Personality, and Attitude towards Entrepreneurial Behavior of Micro of Small and Medium Enterprises Actors....
Proceedings Article
Relationship Research between Chinese-character Continuation and Language Difficulty Level in Chinese Text
Zezhi Zheng, Dongjie Zhou
Text grading is beneficial to compile, recommend and evaluate the textbook, etc. Therefore, the measure of difficulty level of texts has received considerable attentions from researchers. In this paper, the static difficulty of units of language and knowledge, like Chinese-characters and words or phrases,...
Proceedings Article
Implementation of corporate information system at the companies of knowledge-intensive activities
E.Yu Vinogradova, A.I. Galimova
The article considers the problem of the need for an innovative process of transformation of the modern economy. The authors developed a corporate information system of management with new characteristics. The existing system of financial and budget planning at the micro level has outlived its usefulness...
Proceedings Article
Dynamism of Open-Ended Problem Solving: Study on Junior High School Students Behavior Based on Keirsey Personality Type
Linda Devi Fitriana, Yusuf Fuad, Abdul Haris Rosyidi
Problem solving becomes one of several competencies which forms the heart of the mathematics literate. Reviewing the process, it cannot only be explained linearly. There is a great chance that steps will be taken again. This study addresses the dynamism of open-ended problem solving shown by junior high...
Proceedings Article
The Analysis of Apology Speech in Big Bang Theory from the Perspective of Politeness Principle
Yanbo Sun
The principle of politeness plays an indispensable role in interpersonal communication, enabling people to communicate normally through dialogue. However, in some film and television works, in order to achieve a particular artistic effect, the principle of politeness is often ruthlessly "trampling"....
Proceedings Article
Cultural Signification within Inter-Religious Encounter in the Post-Conflict Ambon: Negotiation and Contestation of Identities
Steve Gerardo Christoffel Gaspersz, Fabian Novy Jocephs Souisa
This article obviously is an effort to comprehend processes of socioreligious identity formation through historical trajectory as well as identity contestation in contemporary daily life of Muslim-Christian communities of Leihitu in Ambon, specifically Wakal and Hitumesing (Muslims) and Rumahtiga (Christian)....
Proceedings Article
A Descriptive Study on the Students’ Attitude Toward English in a Multilingual Classroom
Astriyanti Diah
this study was a descriptive study on the students’ attitude toward English in a multilingual classroom. The subject of the research were 15 students of 8 C in SMPN 2 Singkawang. The research method used was quantitative descriptive analysis by administering simple statistics that describe central tendencies...
Proceedings Article
Analysis of the Stereotype Formation Mechanism of Square Dance Damas in the We Media Era
Xun ZHAN, Yuan-Yi MA, Li-Ping LIU
In the era of We Media, Square Dance Damas have been always constantly recognized as a negative image in many media reports. How is this negative stereotype Square Dance Damas constructed? This study, taking Square Dance Damas violently occupying the basketball court news as an example, combined with...
Proceedings Article
Assessment of Efficiency of the Innovative Hub by Means of Algorithms of the Indistinct Output
D. B. Solovev
In article, reasons for feasibility of formation of an innovative hub are given in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia, through collaboration of innovative, research and development and scientific and educational infrastructure of the region. The factors influencing overall performance of an innovative...