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Objectives: Central pulse pressure (cPP) is responsible for vital organ hemodynamics, [1,2] and its monitoring is important for cardiovascular disease prevention. [3] Excess sodium intake and (micro)albuminuria, a manifestation of renal microvascular damage, are also known as strong predictors of cardiovascular...

This research aims to describe the implementation of online learning in Saturday English Gathering Activities (hereafter termed “SEGA”) program at a private university (hereafter termed “Sun University”) in Surakarta Indonesia. The object of this research is the implementation of the online learning...

3-SPS+RRS+PS is a new type of mechanism. There is good application prospect in the field of aerospace. Especially some key kinetic characteristic calculation algorithms are implemented, which makes its calculation mechanized, thus it will contribute to make the dynamics performance of this mechanism...

Large particle size limestone (CaCO3) is an important raw material used in many branches of industry. For lacking of reaction parameters of large particle size limestone, numerical analysis method is used to study the decomposition reaction kinetics of limestone to understand the thermal decomposition...

The “Growth of Roots” is a teaching experiment of biology course in the middle school. The four parts of the apical root have no obvious demarcation in appearance, and the total length of the three parts of the elongation zone, the meristematic zone, and the root crown is only about 3-7 mm, which makes...

Purpose: Understanding and prediction of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (ATAA) progression are not well established yet and aortic dissection is frequently occurring on normally sized and mildly dilated aortas. Despite known theoretical associations between pressures and blood flow patterns there...

This report presents the application of a Tuned-Mass Damper system to effectively reduce external vibrations experienced by the driver, caused by the random vibrations of the track conditions. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of a tuned mass-damper (TMD) system on external vibrations...

With optimal adjustment of the process of globalization and accelerate China's economic policy, cross-border e-commerce transactions are springing up rapidly. Become a branch of import and export trade torrent integral, innovative and vitality. However, the problem is the logistics market after vigorous...

Establishing complete quality supervision of vegetable production is an important measure and method to improve the quality of vegetables and ensure food safety. In this paper, an information system of vegetable safety production management has been designed, which has provided comprehensive information...

Background & Purpose: The femoral bifurcation houses complex flow recirculation that may be impacted by downstream peripheral resistance; however, conventional ultrasound is unable to quantify multi-directional flow to study these phenomena. The purpose of this study was to examine the multi-directional...

Purpose/Background/Objective: Cognitive decline is highly prevalent amongst end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients and is accelerated upon initiation of hemodialysis (HD) [1]. ESRD increases aortic stiffness and blood flow pulsatility, which may damage small vessels of target organs like the brain [2]....

This paper comprises a new iterative method for multi-person decision making based on multiplicative consistency with incomplete reciprocal preference relations (IRPRs). Additionally, multiplicative transitivity property of reciprocal preference relation (RPR) is used at the first level to estimate the...

A technique has been developed to diagnose the plasma column generated with Surface-Wave sustained plasma (SWP) source under different conditions. Principal physical properties, ion density and electron temperature were studied. Influence of several factors, such as the microwave power, the gas pressure...

Managing spare parts inventory is one strategy that needs to be adequately planned to support a fertilizer company’s production. Stockholding policy is part of integrated spare part management, where spare part classification is determined based on specific inventory criteria. This paper conducts an...

Background: Higher cerebral blood flow (CBF) pulsatility was found to be associated with severer brain white matter lesions in the elderly [1]. It was hypothesized that the central/elastic arterial stiffness/compliance may directly affect CBF pulsatility. However, it is still unclear which carotid stiffness...

Integrated management and control in the field of technology and communication is an awareness of the importance of the role of information systems and technology in supporting operational activities and services in an organization and government agency. This study will discuss the evaluation of the...

This paper reports in-depth qualitative findings based upon direct comments from students’ evaluation and perspec-tives of e-learning paradigm and tools. A focus group interviews with nine students were used at the main data collection tool. Findings indicate several challengesto e-learning success that...

The JCI and the forces influencing it are examples of long-term economic phenomena, and the ECM model is the ideal model to evaluate these economic variables. The Combined Portfolio Price Index (JCI), which measures the success of the Indonesian portfolio market, performs well [1]. All portfolio price...

Social emotional learning is important to be provided from an early age but teachers do not fully understand it. This research aims to determine the needs assessment for the implementation of social emotional learning in kindergarten. This research is part of the Research and Development method from...

Aerial survey of geological disasters have higher demand to the stability of the payload, especially with a payload of optoelectronic pod can absorb the unmanned helicopter attitude and vibration and compensates the attitude angle change. Keeping the payload optical axis perpendicular is to the horizontal...

Objective: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by noticeable neuropsychiatric symptoms and cognitive decline [1]. In addition, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a known etiological hallmark of AD pathogenesis [2]. Recent epidemiological evidence suggests an interplay between arterial stiffness (AS)...

Nowadays in some countries there are still problems with motivation to study foreign languages even among masters’ students of non-linguistic training. The aim of the present article is to state problems of motivation at studying foreign languages by master’s students of non-linguistic training and to...

To expose the existence of hidden message, this paper presents a steganalysis method for LSB (Least signify-cant bit) matching steganography in wav audio based on multi-order Markov feature. Noise sequences are extracted respectively based on two methods of local correlation and 5/3 wavelet de-noising,...

The purposeof this study are to find (1) the historical andsocial contexts contained in the critical humorous discourse of the response to covid-19, (2) thediversity of power that is opposed by the critical discourse of humor against the response to covid-19, and (3) ideology that is upheld by a critical...

The increase in the amount of pizza consumption in the city of Padang has increased the competition in the pizza restaurant business, so it is important for companies to create a marketing strategy to attract consumers in order to increase the company’s competitive advantage, by utilizing digital marketing,...

Historical memory is the basis, the mental core of public consciousness that provides the ability to identify an individual and the entire society as a whole. Historical memory is the most important catalyst for social consolidation. The article shows the historical memory role in national identity shaping....

Composting with the conventional method takes a long time so it is less effective to overcome the problem of accumulation of organic waste. Therefore, it is necessary to find another method or method of composting that is more effective to overcome this problem. Currently, it has been found EM4 (effective...

Background: Exaggerated blood pressure (BP) during submaximal exercise independently predicts cardiovascular mortality and identifies uncontrolled high BP not detected at rest. However, thresholds for submaximal exercise BP during clinical exercise testing have never been defined from a large representative...

The Third mining area 33073 roadway of Zhaozhuang Coal Mine is a large section and broken coal roadway, after tunnel excavation, the emergence of large deformation surrounding rock phenomenon. By using simulation software roadway FLAC3D original support scheme simulation analysis, we found the original...

Numerous Spanish and European sylla-bus of civil and mining engineering col-leges lack contents related to volcanic environments, including oceanic islands such as Canary Islands or Azores. Know-ing their particularities and being able to manage them complement the academic training needed to be applied...

In recent years, issues of assessing the impact of government programs, both on overcoming the socioeconomic differentiation of regions and on the development of individual sectors of the national economy, have attracted steady interest. Research is carried out both by domestic and foreign scholars....

Background: Combination of insulin with oral antidiabetic drugs is a valid option, but oral combination therapy emerged as an alternative treatment in type 2 diabetes (T2DM). However, the effects on blood pressure (BP) and vascular function of such combination therapies is less clear. Methods: In this...

The study aims to determine the effect of service quality and perceived value on customer satisfaction, with customer trust as a mediating variable or indirect influence. The study was conducted in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, with sample students. This study uses quantitative and data collection methods...

In order to spread the red culture, this paper explores strategies on C-E Translation of Xi'an red tourism, and tries to solve the problems which brought about by differences in social ideology, value idea, audience psychology, and cultural background. Under the premise of equal exchanges between Chinese...

internet technology development is participating for creating the business competition among business people by utilizing social media marketing accounts as marketing tools to promote their products so that business competition becomes hard. Business people are required to pay more attention to the use...

The purpose of this study is to describe the personal factors of SME’s in Padang that can influence the implementation of organizational culture in their businesses. The personal factors that will be explained in this study refer to the results of research from Sulastri, Yuki and Chichi (2020), namely;...

Background: Third trimester pregnant women usually experience anxiety because labor is approaching. Anxiety is a vague and pervasive worry related to feelings of uncertainty and helplessness. Anxiety for pregnant women is dangerous because it can cause complications and even death. One of the therapies...