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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: Spontaneous coronary dissection (SCAD) may represent a manifestation of fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD); thus, preclinical lesions might be found in extracoronary vessels with similar size and wall ultrastructure, such as the radial artery. Methods: Two 5′-clips from the left radial artery...

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...

Karama Village and Tangnga-Tangnga Village are two coastal areas in Tinambung District that have been touched by the program for the procurement of nylon gill net fishing gear. The program for the procurement of nylon gill net fishing gear is a form of activity carried out by the government in order...

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...

Aim: This case-control study is aimed at identifying radial vascular wall abnormalities in patients with fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD). Methods: High-frequency ultrasound scans of radial arteries were obtained by VevoMD (70 MHz probe, FUJIFILM, VisualSonics). Radial wall showed two echogenic interfaces:...

Introduction: Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is a non-invasive tool for assessing the cardiac health. There is evidence that the cardiac autonomic system and central hemodynamics respond to hemodialysis. The aim of this work is to compare HRV parameters and augmentation index (AIx) between intra-...

The Indonesian government has implemented a resilience policy against the Covid-19 pandemic through the learning from home (belajar dari rumah/BDR) program and the fulfillment of the demands for the Guidelines for Cleanliness, Health, Safety, and Environmental Sustainability (CHSE) aimed at preventing...

Background: Prevalence of overweight (OW) and obesity (O) in children and adolescents has been increased in the past three decades. Obese children are prone to develop early cardiovascular (CV) morbidity in their adult life. Impaired arterial stiffness might be detected in this population. The aim of...

Purpose/Background/Objectives: The availability of an animal model that, beside common blood parameters like hyperglycemia or high lipid levels, reliably mirrors organ damage occurring in metabolic diseases, is an urgent need. These animals have not been fully characterized in terms of cardiovascular,...

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 article is devoted to such a complex issue as the theoretical and methodological basis for training a future trainer-teacher. The topic of approaches to this problem in modern pedagogy, primarily in the framework of higher education, is considered. In addition, contradictions in contemporary higher...

Since social networking become more and more prevalent, it has become part of people’s daily life, quietly influencing people. Also, social networking site provides a stable platform for “public display of affection” behavior. Couples are likely to do so. However, they don’t realize how it will influence...

Many efficient deployments of large-scale wireless sensor networks based on the tree-based community rise into view recently. Sensor nodes are severely resource constrained, and lack sophisticated defense mechanisms to fight virus attacks. Cyber viruses spread through node populations over the networks,...

For medical diagnosis, fuzzy Dempster-Shafer theory is extended to model domain knowledge under probabilistic and fuzzy uncertainty. However, there are some information loss using discrete fuzzy sets and traditional matching degree method. This study aims to provide a new evidential structure to reduce...

In this paper, an α-resolution method for a set of lattice-valued Horn generalized clauses is established in lattice-valued propositional logic system ℒ P(X) based on lattice implication algebra. Firstly, the notions of lattice-valued Horn generalized clause, normal lattice-valued...

The interactions of the Mainland China offering benefits, the Taiwan benefits return, and the benefits of China-Taiwan bilateral trust between the China and Taiwan are modeled as a trust game. The trust strategy is best response for China and Taiwan if the benefit of China-Taiwan bilateral trust is increased...

Conditions necessary for the existence of local higher order generalized symmetries and conservation laws are derived for a class of dynamical lattice equations with explicit dependence on the spatial discrete variable and on time. We explain how to use the obtained conditions for checking a given equation....

A series of rational solutions are presented for an extended Lotka-Volterra eqution. These rational solutions are obtained by using Hirota's bilinear formalism and Bäcklund transformation. The crucial step is the use of nonlinear superposition fomula. The so-called extended Lotka-Volterra equation is...

Ansatzes for the Navier-Stokes field are described. These ansatzes reduce the Navier-Stokes equations to system of differential equations in three, two, and one independent variables. The large sets of exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations are constructed.

*Scientific research supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland in years 2008-2010. Grant No. N N516 265835: Protein Structure Similarity Searching in Distributed Multi Agent System †To whom the entire correspondence should be directed: Institute of Informatics, Silesian University...

Risks from future sea level rise entail significant uncertainties concerning overall potential impacts, the specific threats faced by particular areas and what benefit or costs are associated with strategies for addressing such risks. The proposed risk quantification and management framework is consistent...

In this modern age cancer is still a prevalent disease. Even with advancements of technology, current treatments for cancer still have various side-effects that sometimes create more harm to the patient. A complete solution for cancer is still not found yet. Recently, mangroves were shown to be promising...

Emoji and memes are a new way to present one’s emotion, are popular among young people. It is vital nowadays because almost everyone today largely relies on social networks and sends emojis and memes. Lots of research about emoji and memes have been conducted. Here, this paper summarizes new trends brought...

The problems arise when the company is unable to pay its debts to the bank and then the bank submits a legal remedy for bankruptcy which results in the debtor (company) being declared bankrupt. So that in the event the debtor has been declared bankrupt, the curator will carry out the execution process...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that attacks the joints and spreads to other organs. Most patients suffer from chronic pain, tissue damage, deformity and can cause risks of mortality. The disease requires long-term and regular treatment to achieve optimal therapeutic results....

The transition from face-to-face learning to distance learning is an example of COVID-19 pandemic effect. This condition is a challenge especially for vocational-based nursing education providers because during the COVID-19 pandemic the experience of students interacting with patients tends to be restricted....

In this paper, a deep learning algorithm based on convolutional neural network (CNN) is implemented using pyhon and tensorflow lite for image classification on mobile. A large number different images which contains two types of waste, namely organic and anorganic are used for classification. The first...

The λ-symmetry approach is applied to a family of second-order ODEs whose algebra of Lie point symmetries is insufficient to integrate them. The general solution and two functionally independent first integrals of a subclass of the studied equations can be expressed in terms of a fundamental set of solutions...

The effect of color on emotions has always been significant in many fields such as advertising and communication. In order to verify the influence of colors on emotions, this study divides colors into warm and cold tones, and emotions are divided into positive emotions and negative emotions. In this...

“Yunxiang·Huaxiang” is a piece of pipa work with distinctive classical characteristics. It is inspired by Li Bai’s poem “Qing Ping Tiao”. It borrows the image of Yang Yuhuan to depict the persistent pursuit of love by women in the Tang Dynasty. The performance skills of “Yunxiang·Huaxiang” are also representative....

Traditional Chinese flower arrangement, as a part of China’s intangible cultural heritage, features unique Chinese cultural characteristics and styles of forms. A small number of studies on hand-held flower were scattered in the history of flower arrangement. This paper aims to briefly chronologize the...

In this paper, by constructing the evaluation system of Marine science and technology innovation and Marine economy, the Entropy-TOPSIS method was used to measure the Marine science and technology innovation capacity and economic level of 11 coastal provinces and cities in China, and then the coupling...

Based on the social background, this paper analyzed the impact of the Chinese variety shows on the gender concept forms of college students. Due to the multi-gender culture, gender concepts have become more and more complex, and there are more voices in gender shaping. College students are the group...

The Corona Virus Disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic has prompted the Indonesian government to take several strategic policies to ensure the fulfillment of public services that should be provided by the government, including local governments. For this reason, the government issued a policy which is called...

The lockdown policy is considered to be an important thing and should be done during the pandemic, after being implemented in many developed and developing countries including Indonesia. This condition affects dance training and education activities in the studio which are carried out online through...

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...

For the practice of composing a conscious reproduction of native or non-native national style is traditional. As the object of attention of European composers are constantly featured national specificity of Russian culture. At the same time the "hit accuracy" ranges here from a maximum of accuracy (as...

This paper investigates product innovations efficiency in innovative subsection DL «Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment» at the level of Russian regions on the basis of the DEA approach. Leading regions on product innovations efficiency were identified by absolute and relative indicators....

Citrus huanglongbing disease is an important disease of citrus species, which leads to the change of chemical composition in leaves. The infrared technique may be advantageous to characterize the chemical differences between Huanglongbing infected and healthy leaves rapidly and nondestructively. In this...

As the era of data comes, economic trading communication mode cannot be limited to face-to-face transaction. Internet marketing structure starts to be established. In actual project operation process, relevant operation personnel can achieve transformation of whole project marketing structure and really...

The cylindrical shell fused silica resonator is the critical component of a cylindrical vibratory gyroscope, and the quality factor is a key parameter to evaluate the performance of the cylindrical resonator. This paper focuses on the quality factor of the cylindrical shell fused silica resonator. The...

Based on the existing X-ray flaw detector, the writer tried to design a direct current supply system for X-ray flaw detector controller so that a portable DC X-ray flaw detector can be made in China to fit the need of the professional market.

The paper collected the speech signal of Linxia Huar "White peony tune" which contain mountain singing, cheerful singing and tearful singing with experimental phonetic analysis method. And complete the signal tagging and parameter extraction. In the course of the study, the fundamental frequency and...

Using Daqing natural sand packed tubular model, the length is 20 cm, 50 cm and 100 cm, and the permeability was (343~482)ž10-3 m2, the injection rate is 1m/d and the experiment temperature is 45 , by the experiment of dynamic adsorption, studying the interfacial tension changes and viscosity changes...

With the continuous development of higher education enterprise and improvement of scientific research conditions, the quality and quantity of large instruments and equipment in colleges and universities have been greatly improved. However, the problem of low efficiency of high quality resources has not...

In this paper, theory analysis and experiment validation of probes based on laser triangulation and conoscopic holography were compared. The research was carried out based on small multi-axis measurement machine which was designed for rapid detection of aero-engine components. Standard sphere was measured...