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Proceedings Article
Religiosity and Its Effect on Employee's Perfomance
Ahmad Mardalis, Pipit Nur Indah Sari, Saleh Minhayati
This study has two objectives, first identifying the level of religiosity and the level of employee’s performance, second, analyzing the effect of religiosity on employee’s performance. This research is a quantitative research. For the selection of samples, non-probabilistic sampling technique was used,...
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Estranged Reality: on Narrative Strategies of Early Chinese Independent Film
Tianle Huang
This paper discusses a political practice of film language carried out by the emerging Chinese independent filmmakers at the end of the 20th century. After a careful reading and symptom analysis of the "estranged" narrative passages in four representative independent films in the 1990s, this paper puts...
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Framing Analysis: Release of Siti Aisyah by Malaysian courts in online media
Rina Sovianti
The researcher used Robert Entman's framing analysis to analyze media texts. Framing analysis to put more emphasis on the text displayed. In addition, there is also a text section that is considered more important by news text makers. Siti Aisyah was released from detention constructed by three online...
Proceedings Article
Managing Information Disclosure in State University
Aulia Puspaning Galih
Information and Documentation Management Officer (PPID) and Information, Documentation and Complaint Center (PIDK) have an important role in managing information disclosure in Universitas Brawijaya. It is also supported by Information System and Communication Officer (PSIK). They actively collaborate...
Proceedings Article
Maintainability Distribution Model for Laser Inertial Navigation System
Yun Fu, Jin’e Huang, Zhe He
This study builds a maintainability distribution model suitable for laser inertial navigation system beginning with the description of the maintainability index and combining with the characteristics of the system. To enhance the system-level products, the failure rate distribution model is applied,...
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Integration of Balanced Scorecard and Analytical Hierarchy Process as a Tool for Determining the Priority of the Program Strategy: Case Study in Dr.Tc.Hillers Maumere Hospital
Yosefina Andia Dekrita, Rita Yunus, Andi Batary Citta, Muhammad Yamin
Purpose - The purposes of this study are to measure hospital performance based on a combination of Balanced Scorecard method and Analytic Hierarchy Process method with four perspectives namely customer perspective, finance, internal business processes and learning and growth, and to determine the priority...
Proceedings Article
Study on the Development Path of Smart Community Pension Service in Jiangxi Province
Tanying Li, Sha Wu, Shuangyan Yu
Home-based pension service of smart community is a new concept proposed under the background of "Internet +" and the concept is in line with Chinese care culture and habits. This paper analyzes and summarizes the current situation and existing problems of community pension service in Jiangxi Province...
Review Article
A Method of Naimaze of Narratives Based on Kabuki Analyses and Propp’s Move Techniques for an Automated Narrative Generation System
Takashi Ogata
Pages: 71 - 78
Naimaze in kabuki has been known as a narrative creation method, or a group of techniques that combines components in existing kabuki works or in the narratives from other genres for making a new work. Various elements, such as stories, plots, characters, and places, can be used as components in naimaze....
Proceedings Article
Reflexivity of Food and Plants on Islam With Theory H
Roikhan MA
This research aims to study about Islam and science that often faced with the question is there any relation between food and plant to Islam or the Qur'an based on science? Are there Qur'an describes including science sector that related with food and plants? The purpose of this paper is to analyze the...
Proceedings Article
Clinical Evaluation of Dental Implants Performed in the Universitas Indonesia Dental Training Hospital Periodontal Clinic from 2009 to 2014
Faradina Putriyanti, Yuniarti Soeroso, Hari Sunarto
There is no long-term evaluation of the clinical conditions of dental implants per-formed in the Universitas Indonesia (UI) Dental Training Hospital periodontal clinic. The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical condition of dental implants performed in the UI Dental Training Hospital periodontal...
Research Article
Finding appropriate parameter voltages for driving a low-power analog silicon neuron circuit
Atsuya Tange, Takashi Kohno
Pages: 71 - 74
This research focuses on a silicon neuron circuit designed utilizing a qualitative neuronal modeling approach. In this circuit, temperature, fabrication mismatch, and secondary effects of transistors cause the difference between the intended characteristics and those in the implemented circuits. Therefore,...
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Exploration on the Reform of "Integration of Theory and Practice" Teaching Mode of Professional Undergraduate Curriculums --Taking the Example of Undergraduate Majors in Vehicle Engineering
Qing-de Zeng, Long Wang
At present, the strong inertia of "subject center" of the specialized courses in undergraduate education of teachers creates the disjunction between theory and practice. It is hard to improve the teaching quality with the teacher as the classroom form with students listening as the principal manifestation....
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Research on the Influence of Land Circulation on Farmers' Agricultural Mechanization Level
Jiquan Peng, Caofeng Wei, Dongfang Li, Haitao Wu
Based on the perspective of inward land circulation and outward land circulation, this paper uses the field survey data of 1,682 farmers in Hubei Province to analyze the impact of land circulation on agricultural mechanization of farmers. The results show that "inward land circulation" will significantly...
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Research on Status Quo of Recycling and Reusing of Scrapped Vehicles and Countermeasures for Energy Saving -- Based on the Analysis of Wuhan
Hui Cai, Xin Gu, Hongming Fu, Jixin Gao, Yiqun Kou, Xiaoxu Wei
It is revealed that, on average, for each scrapped automobile, one ton of fuel oil, 1.8 tons of standard coal, 2.4 tons of scrap steel and 45 kg of non-ferrous metal can be saved. The recovery rate of end-of-life vehicles in Wuhan continues to decline, the current status of reuse is not optimistic, and...
Proceedings Article
Riskmanagement Design on Village's Financial Activities: A Case Study of Barabali Village, Central Lombok
Omar Shazaki Dilaga, Muhammad Ichsan
This study aims to develop risk management in a village's financial activities. Such management is aimed at assisting villages, local governments and even the central government in looking at the village's financial condition and providing solutions to control problems found in its financial activities....
Proceedings Article
Exploring the Reasons for Rural Adolescents Dropouts in Huanggang to Enter the City for Work—Taking S Village as an Example
Li Yu
It is worthwhile to study the behavior of young people who drop out of school to work in cities. This article explores this problem based on fieldwork and attempts to explore the reasons why these teenagers drop out of school and go to work in cities. Through the analysis of the basic situation of young...
Proceedings Article
Research on Equalization Technology of Power Pack with Improved Buck-Boost Topology
Wang Qi, Wang Chen, Zhang Meng, Gao Tian
Aiming at the problems of traditional active equalization circuit, such as long equalization time, slow equalization speed and low control precision, this paper proposes an improved Buck-Boost topology equalization circuit based on the traditional Buck-Boost topology. Layering the battery cells in series...
Journal: Artery Research
Research Article
Arterial Stiffness, Central Blood Pressure, and Cardiac Biomarkers in Long-Distance Walkers
Wátila Moura Sousa, Maicon Borges Euzébio, Priscila Valverde de Oliveira Vitorino, Ana Luiza Sousa, Thiago Veiga Jardim, Paulo Cesar Veiga Jardim, Antonio Coca, Gonzalo Grazioli, Eduardo Costa Duarte Barbosa, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso
Pages: 71 - 76
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...
Proceedings Article
Blood pressure and geometry of the left ventricle in power sports athletes of heavyweight categories
Alexander Miroshnikov, Alexander Formenov, Andrey Smolensky
Purpose—To research blood pressure and heart geometry in power sports athletes of heavyweight categories. Material and methods—645 representatives of the power sports (weightlifting, powerlifting, bodybuilding) having sports qualification of CMS, MS, IMS with the average body weight of 102.7±6.4 kg were...
Proceedings Article
Education Model in Children Prison Institutions and Social System of Children's Criminal Community
Indah Sri Utari, Benny Sumardiana, Diandra Preludio Ramada
The purpose of this study basically is to find a comprehensive development model in the community of fostered children in the Kutoarjo Penitentiary. It was directed in the desire to describe the existence of the norms, values and goals of the informal community of foster children built from the community...
Proceedings Article
Obtaining and Characterization of Volatile Oils from Aromatic Plants
Lidia-Ioana Virchea, Cecilia Georgescu, Monica Mironescu
The aim of this study was to extract the volatile oils from some aromatic plants and to investigate their antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. The volatile oils were isolated from dried parts of plants by hydro distillation using a neo-Clevenger apparatus. The volatile oils of basil (Ocimum basilicum),...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Non Sinusoidal Modes of Traction Power Supply Systems Equipped with Reactive Power Compensation
Vasily Zakaryukin, Aleksandr Cherepanov
Rectifier electric locomotives create essential harmonic distortions in tractive electric power supply systems. Because of the higher harmonics, overloads on capacitor banks are possible. Capacitors are a basic element of reactive power sources applied in power supply systems. In case of harmonic increased...
Proceedings Article
Economy of Jordan: obstacles and prospects of progress of a developing economy
Nouran Ali Afeef, E.V. Savenkova, Alexandr Y. Bystryakov
The article examines the economy of Jordan in general, the main problems of the economy in the developing country and ways to overcome them. The author summarized the most critical problems this economy faces such as budget deficit, high taxes and unemployment which lead to slower development of the...
Proceedings Article
The Dynamics of Community in A State Border of Indonesia-Timor Leste: Cultural Adaptation Strategies of Indigenous Community in Nusa Tenggara Timur and Timor Leste Towards Modernization of Bureaucracy and Development of Facilities and Infrastructure in State Border
Eni Sugiarti
This research focused on a cultural adaptation of Indonesia-Timor Leste border communities to the modernization of bureaucracy and infrastructure. The direct observation method was used by applying in-depth interview technique using the cultural adaptation strategy theory by Kaplan. The modernization...
Proceedings Article
Empirical Study on Media Selection in University Marketing Based on Funnel Model
Jizheng Ma
Higher education has entered the era of full competition, and the application of marketing theory in college enrollment has become a trend. It is of great significance to explore university marketing around the process of students’ decision-making. Through in-depth interviews and questionnaires, this...
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Research on Co-Construction and Sharing Mode of Multi-Source Hospital Information Resources in Cloud Computing Environment --Taking county hospitals in Shandong of China as an example
Gaofang Cao, Yingying Si, Jihong Li
This paper investigated the status of construction of information resources in 34 county hospitals in Shandong. There are various problems in the integration of medical resources. This paper proposed a cloud service model of multi-source information resources in cloud computing environment. By scheduling...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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The Influence of Genetic Factors on the Productivity of Holstein Cows
Anzhelika Yevgenievna Belenkaya, Nina Ilyinichna Tatarkina
The article presents the data on productive and reproductive qualities of cows of Holstein breed depending on genetic factors. The cows of the line by R. Sovering were characterized by higher productive qualities during their first and third lactation. Cows of all three lines are characterized by the...
Proceedings Article
The Effect Of Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises, Labor Absorption And Non Formal Education Level To Decrease The Poverty In Simalungun District
Jesika Melina Simamora, Zahari Zein, M. Fitri Rahmadana
This research is aimed to (1) get the empirical evidence about the effect of micro, small and medium enterprises and the importance of existence of micro, small and medium enterprisesas one of effort to decreasing the poverty in Simalungun District, (2) to know about the effect of labor absorption to...
Proceedings Article
A Model for Tax Level Influence on Population Dynamics
Muhammad Subhan
Disparity and poverty is one important problem in most countries in the world. Taxation aims at meeting public needs and may be spent by government to overcome the economic problems. However, there is a dilemma about the level of tax that government’s stated. A mathematical model could give some understanding...
Proceedings Article
Error Analysis on Prospective Teacher in Solving the Problem of Critical Thinking Mathematics with Apos Theory
Ardi Dwi Susandi, Cholis Sa'dijah, Abdur Rahman Asári, Susiswo Susiswo
Mathematical critical thinking is an essential ability for prospective teachers. The prospective teachers must be able to use the ability to think critically well so that students who are taught can also have good mathematical critical thinking skills. However, sometimes prospective teachers have a mistake...
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A Discussion on the Conformity between the Cognitive Characteristics of Brand Connotation and Brand Extension Mode
Yuanbing Liu, Wenbin Liu
Brand extension must take into account the cognitive dimension of the brand connotation of the parent brand. The brand extension mode can effectively promote the brand extension only when it fits with the product information attribute, the specific function and the technical attribute, and the symbolic...
Proceedings Article
Political Discourse: Genre and Figurative Language in the Discourse Debate of the Central Java Governor’s Candidate 2018
Dwi Bambang Putut Setiyadi, Ana Setyandari
The research aims at describing the genre and the figurative language chosen in the discourse debate of the governors’ candidate of the Central Java 2018. Descriptive qualitative is used in the research. While, the object of the research is the used of the genre and figurative language by the candidates...
Proceedings Article
A Typology of Fungicide Application in Malang Raya
Moch. Agus Krisno Budiyanto
The research aims at analyzing the usage typology of synthetic and organic fungicides in Malang Raya area. The research design is descriptive qualitative, a method in which the research tries to describe fact using certain theory. There were 15 farmers acted as informants within Malang Raya area. Sampling...
Proceedings Article
Trends and Prospects for the Development of "Smart Cities" in Russia
Pavel Stroev, Stanislav Reshetnikov
The article deals with the research of approaches and best practices of application of the concept of "smart city", allowing to increase efficiency of various parts of city infrastructure, which in turn become the engine and the core of innovative technologies introduction. Conceptual and practical approaches...
Proceedings Article
The Reasonableness Principles — The Argument of Indonesian Constitutional Court On Neutrality of Civil Servants for Good Governance
Dhia Al Uyun
The Reasonableness Principles related with proportion, balanced of rights, can seen in some Indonesian Constitutional Court Decision. This decision, make difference rights election of civil servants and the others profession. The Human Rights of civil servants disturbed by this decision. The Neutrality...
Proceedings Article
The Effects of Word-of-mouth on the Trend of Movie Box Office Performance: Take Douban Movie’s Rating Platform as an Example
Chen Guangpei
During the slowdown in the growth of China’s movie market, word of mouth (WOM) seems to exert more influence on the trend of box office performance. The objective of this paper is to measure the impact of WOM (valence and volume) on the trend of movie box office performance, differing from previous studies...
Proceedings Article
Uncovering Job Satisfaction: The Role of Internal Marketing
Yessy Artanti, Widyastuti Ms., Andre Dwijanto Witjaksono
In service-oriented companies, the function of internal marketing are to attract, retain, and motivate the quality of their employees by continuing to improve their ability to deliver services quality. Internal marketing focuses on effective internal organizational achievements and exchanges between...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Statistical Distribution of Streambed Vertical Hydraulic Conductivity along Main Stream of WeiHe River, China
Nan Zhang, Daoxi Wang, Feng Huang, Huijuan Yin, Pan Zhang, Xinwei Guo
Streambed vertical hydraulic conductivity (Kv) plays an important role in understanding the water exchange and contaminant transport system between river streams and groundwater flows. The tests were conducted at 464 test points of 10 test sites to measure the vertical hydraulic conductivity (Kv) for...
Proceedings Article
The Design of Intelligent Low Voltage Circuit Breaker Remote Data Monitoring System
Fei Wang, Fohao Yang, Caihong Su, Naiqi He
This paper designs a remote data monitoring system for intelligent low voltage circuit breaker. Data collector collects various state parameters such as current, voltage and opening or closing state of each phase from intelligent low voltage circuit breaker by RS485 bus and uploads to master station...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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A Media For Teaching Speaking Using Youtube Video
Arin Arianti, Ms. Nurnaningsih, Veronika Pratiwi
Technology has a heavy impact on teaching learning process. Speaking mastery can be integrated by investing in technology enhanced learning. There are various technology implicated in teaching speaking, one of them by using video. The application of video in teaching speaking presents interesting and...
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An Integrated Information System for Selection of Areas Tourist Sites Using Clustering and Electre Methods
Arlieza Anindyaputri, Jatmiko Endro Suseno, Catur Edi Widodo
Tourism is currently being vigorous in various circles. The community really this idea of sharing info through social media with upload tourism objects of photos which are the creations. As for the constraints of society in search of tourism objects in a town in visit in terms of the distance , the existing...
Proceedings Article
Optimization of Powder Spray Process Parameters using Taguchi Methodology
S. Karidkar, R. Mali
Powder coating of metal product is essential to avoid corrosion and to improve surface properties. The coating thickness alone doesn't ensure the corrosion resistance. If surface is not covered completely, the micro-gaps can initiate rusting. Hence, microstructures should be observed for various coating...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Optimization of Limestone-gypsum Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization System
Jing Han, Guoyue Zhu
Two 350MW Boilers is operating in Tianjin Junliangcheng Generation Co. Ltd. Limestone - gypsum wet FGD with two towers is adopted.Some optimization of pH and density,slurry and process water are made: the PH and densimeter are placed at the outlet of the recycled pump tube, it could make the discharged...
Proceedings Article
Investor Sentiment, Information Disclosure and Corporate Investment Behavior
Yanyu Zhang, Qiang Xu
Behavioral Corporate Finance believes that disclosure of corporate information, not only affects the corporate value but also affects the expected growth of the enterprise market investors. Investors would give the lower level of disclosure of the stock a higher level of risk. This paper selected the...
Proceedings Article
Discussion on the Role of Sustainable Sports Training in Talent Cultivation
You-Yun Zhang, Liang Zu
Sustainable sports training plays an important role in cultivating sports talent in improving competitive capability, digging out the potential quality, learning scientific and cultural knowledge and cultivating personal competency for sports talents.
Proceedings Article
The Effect of Applying the Talk-To-The-Text Strategy on Students' Reading Comprehension in Narrative Texts
Fadhila Yonata
This study investigates the effect of applying the talk-to-the-text strategy on students' reading comprehension of narrative text. By employing quasi-experimental research design, specifically pre- and post-tests design one, talk-to-the-text reading strategy was implemented as treatment in experimental...
Proceedings Article
Numerical Simulation on Mechanical Response of Buried Pipeline under Uneven Settlement
Yanhua Chen, Qikun Ma, Dongdong Li, Mei Yang, Luzhen Jiang
Uneven settlement will cause the buried pipeline deformed, even crack. A 3-D finite element model for buried pipeline was established by ADINA to investigate the deformation of pipe under uneven settlement. Furthermore, the effects of some key factors on mechanical response of buried pipeline were analyzed....
Proceedings Article
Innovation Culture and Education
Larisa Mylnikova
The article considers the issue of formation of innovative culture among the population during reforming the education system and stimulating the transition of Russia to the economy based on knowledge, or innovative economy. It is shown that an innovative culture, which is implemented through the educational...
Proceedings Article
The Construction of China-Russia-Mongolia Free Trade Area Under'the Belt and Road'—Studies Based on SWOT Analysis
Lulu Lin
China,Mongolia and Russia economic FTA Free Trade Area is an important part of the strategy of'The Belt and Road'.Promote the construction of China-Russia-Mongolia FTA can not only develop strategic cooperation among the three countries, but also act as a significant measure to the construction of'the...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Study on the heat generation characteristics of lithium ion power battery with NCM/Si-C composite anode material
Chuncheng Liu, Shiqiang Liu, Jing Wang, Chunjing Lin, Fang Wang, Yuefeng Su, Shi Chen, Feng Wu
Thermal characteristics of lithium ion batteries are particularly important for both the optimization of the battery cells and design of the thermal management system for battery packs. The Si-C composite applied in lithium ion battery could improve the battery's energy density. For a 3 Ah pouch lithium...