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Is Public Morality Able to Restrict Human Rights?

Nurhidayatuloh, Febrian, Akhmad Idris, Rd. Muhammad Ihksan, Helena Primadianti, Fatimatuz Zuhro, Irawati Handayani, Kukuh Tejomurti
Public morality is directly mentioned in several international and regional legal instruments from Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) to the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). It is intended through public morality reasons a country can restrict the implementation of human rights in...

Financial Independence of the South Sumatra Regional Government

Rita Martini, Kartika Rachma Sari, Tri Somadi, I Wayan Karman
Research to prove the influence of regional wealth, natural resources revenue funds and general allocation fund to regional financial independence was carried out on the districts/cities in South Sumatra Province. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to analysis data from the Budget Realization...

Leadership in tourism: assessment of cultural tourist attractions

Jing Wang
This paper focuses on the leadership in cultural tourism. The aim of the paper is to complete the picture of cultural tourism and its cultural, social, as well as economic impacts on cultural destinations (e.g. cities, local attractions, museums, and other types of tangible and intangible heritage in...

Threats and factors of financial security in the region

L Semina, O Grazhdankina, Lu Glubokova
In the contemporary world, the problem of financial security in the region is very important and urgent. Financial security is one of the most important characteristics of the economic system, which determines its ability to function in the mode of expanded reproduction, to provide the region with financial...
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Monitoring the psychophysiological status of highly skilled aerobics athletes

Danil Chayun, Irina Manzheley
The purpose of the study is to monitor the psychophysiological status of highly skilled athletes from aerobics in preparation for the main competitions of the season. Materials and methods. The study was conducted in 2017 with the participation of members of the Russian national team in sports aerobics....

Indonesia Spaceport Selection Based on Multicriteria Analysis: A Study on Relative Importance and Priority Regarding Spaceport Selection Location Attributes Utilizing AHP

Intan Perwitasari
The background of this research is the needed a new spaceport location to replace Pameungpeuk lauch site in Indonesia and accomodir a safe new locations for static testing and test flight of experimental 550 rocket rockets and stratified rockets to support rocket and satellite programme. According...

Decentralization Of Fiscal Administration Of Subang Regional Financial Year 2015 - 2017

Zaenal Hirawan, Hadi Nugroho
This aims study to analyze the implementation of fiscal decentralization, especially on Subang regional Revenue from legitimate regional income sources. This study used descriptive qualitative method. The data taken is primary and secondary data. The data collected is by conducting in-depth interviews...
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Demonstration of German Energy Transition in Zwickau (ZED) - Presentation of Concept

Dimitri Nefodov, Shengqing Xiao, Thorsten Urbaneck
This paper discusses the general conception of a local district heating system for the implementation of a zero-emission quarter in Zwickau (living lab). The heat supply is to be provided by regenerative energy sources. For this purpose, solar thermal collectors, seasonal thermal energy stores, an electrical...
Research Article

Association between Irritable Affective Temperament and Nighttime Peripheral and Central Systolic Blood Pressure in Hypertension

Beáta Kőrösi, Dóra Batta, Xénia Gonda, Zoltán Rihmer, Zsófia Nemcsik-Bencze, Andrea László, Milán Vecsey-Nagy, János Nemcsik
Pages: 41 - 47
Background: Affective temperaments (depressive, anxious, cyclothymic, irritable and hyperthymic) have important role in psychopathology, but cumulating data support their involvement in vascular pathology, especially in hypertension as well. The aim of our study was to evaluate their associations with...

Study on the Choice of Marine Leading Industries in Guangdong Province

Junjie Wang, Jianhua Xiao
Firstly, the cumulative method is used as the evaluation criterion, secondly, the structural deviation component and competitive deviation component in Esteban model are used as the evaluation index, and then the weight of each index is calculated by the entropy method for comprehensive evaluation. Finally,...
Research Article

Gut microbiota and vascular biomarkers in patients without clinical cardiovascular diseases

Daria Kashtanova, Olga Tkacheva, Anna Popenko, Lilit Egshatyan, Alexander Tyakht, Dmitry Alexeev, Yulia Kotovskaya, Ekaterina Plokhova, Sergey Boytsov
Pages: 41 - 48
The aim of this research was to study the association between the gut microbiota composition and arterial wall properties. The study included 92 participants, men and women aged 25–76 years old without clinical manifestation of chronic diseases but with the possible presence of cardiovascular risk factors....
Research Article

Loss of elastic fiber integrity compromises common carotid artery function: Implications for vascular aging

J. Ferruzzi, M.R. Bersi, R.P. Mecham, F. Ramirez, H. Yanagisawa, G. Tellides, J.D. Humphrey
Pages: 41 - 52
Competent elastic fibers endow central arteries with the compliance and resilience that are fundamental to their primary mechanical function in vertebrates. That is, by enabling elastic energy to be stored in the arterial wall during systole and then to be used to work on the blood during diastole, elastic...

Legal Status of the Caspian Sea: New Challenges for Energy Policy and Diplomacy

Igbal A. Guliev, Gulshan Zeynalova
The article covers the international legal status of the Caspian Sea. For more than 20 years, the international legal status of the Caspian Sea has been an important aspect of the foreign policy of the Caspian states and not only that, due to the preservation of peace, mutually beneficial cooperation...
Research Article

Central haemodynamics reveal significant potential for prevention in Black hypertensive patients born and living in sub-Saharan Africa

Birinus Ezeala-Adikaibe, Yan-Ping Liu, Daniel Lemogoum, Benedict C. Anisiuba, Marius K. Kamdem, Joseph Kaptue, Chinwuba K. Ijoma, Lutgarde Thijs, Augustine N. Odili, Kei Asayama, Jan A. Staessen, Jean-René M’Buyamba-Kabangu, Ifeoma I. Ulasi
Pages: 41 - 48
Background: Few studies assessed arterial stiffness in Black hypertensive patients born and living in sub-Saharan Africa, where cardiovascular disease reaches epidemic proportions. Methods: The Newer versus Older Antihypertensive Agents in African Hypertensive Patients (NOAAH) trial is currently recruiting...

Land Rights Ownership by Foreign Citizens through Nominee Agreement in Tourism Investment in Bali

Made Wiryani, I Wayan Kartika Jaya Utama
This study is conducted to describe the impacts arising from the smuggling of agrarian law to avoid losses for investors and the negative impacts on investment evaluation as supporting the efforts of international tourism infrastructure development, particularly in Bali. This research utilizes normative...
Proceedings Article

Food Security and Farm Household Welfare in Peri-Urban Area of Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta

Triyono Triyono, Nur Hanifah, Lestari Rahayu
The study aimed to describe rice farm income, its contribution, food security and the welfare of farm households in sub urban. Data were collected by direct interviews with 47 respondents in the sub urban district of Bantul. Technical analysis used was cost and revenue analysis for rice farming, income...

The Place and Role of Self-Evaluation Activities of Universities in the Practice of State Accreditation

Elena Berezhnova, Olga Mashkina, Natalya Shturbina
The authors’ article is devoted to the problem of evaluating activities of universities. There are two approaches to its organization. The first involves the evaluation of state education authorities or public organizations funded by the government. The second is implemented through self-assessment of...

The Study on the Function of the Defamiliarization in The House of Cards

Xue Meng
The teleplay The House of Cards by the American video website Netflix has gained the continuing discussion and attention. The big hit caused by The House of Cards gives rise to people’s reflection on it. The reasons of its success are usually simply attributed to the big data. The writer of this article,...

Female Surgeon: Case Study at Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya

Mega Kahdina, Emy Susanti
The option to pursue a career as a specialist is the most widely chosen by a general practitioner. Although every specialist education program never required interns to have certain gender, however some courses have their own trend intern registries, such as surgical education programs that are dominated...

Efforts to Increase Mathematical Learning Activity Material of Space Building Using Problem Posing Model Combination of Group Investigation and 3D Media

Darmiyati, Ratna Tiara
This study aims to improve students' learning activities in mathematics regarding the nature of waking space using the problem-posing model combination group investigation and 3D media. This research was carried out at SDN Benua Anyar 4 Banjarmasin, Indonesia. Subjects in this study were 12th-grade students....

Studying a Foreign Language in Creative Higher Education Institutions: the Problem of Forming Motivation

Bets Maria, Rtischeva Oksana
Organizing educational process requires considering professional interests of students. The creative orientation of higher education institutions dictates special approach for creating favorable conditions for learning the material. Realizing the needs of the students, accounting their interest at material...

Research on the Cultural Characteristics of Photography Art

Yongxiao Liu
At present, photography art is gradually integrated into people's daily life in China. Photography is an art that can fully embody people’s life concepts. People often express their feelings and experiences from different perspectives and in different forms of photography. The art of photography not...

Fake News (Hoax) and Paranoid Frame of Min of Social Media User

Jokhanan Kristiyono, Otoviani Rosalia Jayanti
The presence of smart devices (Smartphones) is currently considered an answer to that desire. This device is able to make social media today capable of being accessed anytime, anywhere and by anyone who seems to be difficult to be released from various activities of society today. Even medsos considered...

Logical Aspect of Argumentation in Economic Discourse

Kardovich Irina, Korobova Ekaterina, Konysheva Marina, Trostina Kira
the paper focuses on the phenomenon of linguistic argumentation. It covers the results of the research of the logical-communicative structure in economic discourse as one of the main components of the text-forming category of argumentation. In the course of the research, the authors carried out an inventory...

Development of Education in Disadvantaged Area, A Case Study in Situbondo Regency, East Java

Lutfiyah Nurlaela, Tri Wrahatnolo, Karwanto Mr., Andi Kristanto
Situbondo is one of four remote regencies in East Java. The development in disadvantaged areas requires special handling, including education. The purpose of this research was to identify the educational profile and efforts taken by various parties in the framework of education development in Situbondo...

Perception towards Transferable Skills in Indonesian Universities

Agus Setiawan, Iwa Kuntadi, Masriam Bukit
Having transferable skills is very important in the 21-st century. However, there is limited information about the perceptions of which transferable skills are needed in the workplace. This study aims to explore the transferable skills among students and lecturers in universities in Indonesia. Transferable...

Advanced Mathematics Teaching Reform Research Based on the Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine Application

Chunlan Mou
With the rapid development of information technology, Chinese medicine research has gradually changed from qualitative to quantitative research. In this process, mathematics has shown an increasingly important position. It is of vital importance to train students of traditional Chinese medicine colleges...
Proceedings Article

The Development of New Composite Polymer Membrane : Polysulfone (PSf)/polyetherimide (PEI) coated membrane

Pirim Setiarso, Nita Kusumawati, Agus Budi Santoso, Setya Chendra Wibawa
In this research, the effect of coating composition (polyetherimide (PEI)) on the physical and mechanical characteristics as well as pure water flux (PWF) of the PSf/PEI composite membranes. The physical characteristics of membranes were analyzed based on the acquisition of surface and cross section...

Visual Object Tracking Using PCA Correlation Filters

Yinxia Lu, Zhenghua Zhou, Jianwei Zhao
Accurate translation and robust scale estimation are two challenging problems for visual object tracking. Many existing trackers use some feature extraction methods and the exhaustive scale methods to solve above two problems, respectively. This paper continues to discuss above problems in the tracking-by-detection...
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Research on Resource-driven Flipped Classroom Teaching Model

Chao Chen, Yue Zhao, Yan Pan
Recent with the progress of Information Technology and calls for educational reform, research and development of Flipped Classroom become current hot spot. But there are many factors influencing the effectiveness and efficiency of this model. In this paper we provide a resource driven teaching model...
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Optimization of Process Parameters of Nickel – Chromium Electroplating for Thickness Variation using Genetic Algorithm

D. Khedekar, V. Gosavi, C. Gogte, P. Brahmankar
Surface is very critical from quality point of view which affecting the life and the performance of products. Surface properties can be improved by number of methods, but electroplating is preferred because of its enhanced results at lower cost. In this work nickel chrome is selected for experimentation...
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Research on Developing Situation of Construction Industry in Sichuan Province

Yuliang Fan, Fenghui Chen, Qiong Shen
The aim of this paper is to understand the developing situation of the construction industry in Sichuan province. In this study, the annual construction industry output and labor productivity of 21 cities in Sichuan province were chosen as basic indicators from 2004 to 2014. Based on the two indicators,...

Application of Project Teaching Method in Machine Tool Electric Control Technology

Yin Mao
In the machine tool electric control technology teaching, the traditional teaching mode is relatively single. There are low student participation, low students enthusiasm, poor practice ability and so on a variety of disadvantages. In this paper, through the actual case to introduce a new method of teaching-project...
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Policy assessment on displacement of 1.6 liters and below passenger car purchase tax in 2015

R. Geng, Z.Y. Chen
In 2015 halved and below 1.6 liters of displacement passenger car vehicle purchase tax policy, from the displacement of 1.6 liters and below passenger car sales, auto industry structure upgrade effects on energy saving and emission reduction, analysis of the policy effects on 6 aspects of the influences...

Dynamic Land Resource Management in Mt. Kelud Area

Puspita Indra Wardhani, Junun Sartohadi, Sunarto Sunarto
Area in the active volcano is blessed with abundant land resources. Mt. Kelud eruption in 2014 directly changes the arrangement of land resources. The changes in the land surface conditions must be balanced with the new management to enable the communities enjoying the benefits. The research has aim...

Research on Temporal-spatial Distribution of Islamic Cultural Heritage in China: Based on Cultural Relics Protection Units

Dong-jun Chen, Hong-bin Xie
The Islamic cultural heritage of China, as the historical mark of the spread of Islam in China, not only holds historical-cultural, scientific, and artistic value but also serves modern functions such as patriotic education and tourism. This research on the temporal-spatial distribution of the Islamic...

Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) Technique in Writing Subject of EFL Context

Zia Hisni MUBARAK, Gaguk RUDIANTO
This research is based on the teaching experience of EFL students in Batam where almost of them are workers from industrial sector. They have little time to read the material and study for the subject since they have to manage their time for both studying and working. By seeing the fact, the researchers...
Proceedings Article

Effects of water-heat water aging on epoxy composites containing nano-particles of ZnO

Zhe Zhai, Lajun Feng, Fangfang Wang
In this work, different weight percentages of Nano-ZnO were added to epoxy resin to enhance its strength and the water aging property. Meanwhile, the wear testing was using to evaluate the adhesive strength between the Nano-ZnO and epoxy resin. The composites were placed in a water bath at 80 for more...

Improvement of Students' Ability on Statistical Software Application (Public Service on Islamic Student for Early Childhood Education Program)

Reflianto Reflianto
The aim of this project is to improve are 1) Islamic Student for Early Childhood Education Program mastering in using statistical software program of SPSS. This study is Community-Based Research conducted in The College of Syekh Burhanuddin Pariaman and in Diniyah Putri Padang Panjang. It took four months...

Family Resilience: A Conceptual Review

Ike Herdiana, Suryanto, Seger Handoyo
A family is a primary institution in the society which has dynamic system, and it frequently proceeds especially when its members face a crisis situation. The family's efforts and success to rise from crisis situations are known as family resilience. The purpose of writing this article is to get better...

Simulated Strategies to Customer Preferences in Determining The Amount of Bank Financing: Small and Medium Industries in Indonesia

Rachmad Hidayat, Muhammad Azmi Alamsyah
The present study addressed the simulation of conventional and Islamic bank financing systems. This simulation involved 20 small SMEs which were divided into 2 groups: salt farming SMEs (low-risk business) and shrimp farming SMEs (high-risk business). The three principles of experiment design applied...

Self Independence Of Family Planning In Urban Area Gresik District

Yuly Sulistyorini, Nunik Puspitasari, Diah Indriani, Rachmah Indawati
IDHS results 2012 showed that TFR East Java on trend remains that the figure of 2.6 per woman until 2012. It potentially will cause an increase in the number of births. FP services are free priority given to poor people. FP acceptors must pay from their own money to get contraception. After the 2007...

Existing Social Justice Choice for Underprivileged Society Members

Pheni Chalid, Astrid Nadya Rizqita
This research is intended to look for strategic approach and access on justice for under-privilege groups in society. The research will highlight two types of communal justice, namely positive justice, based on formal structure that is used to solve legal cases and social justice, a steadier form of...

Study on the Influential Factors of the Development of Outbound Travel Market Based on "The Belt and Road Initiatives"

Huize Chen
"The Belt and Road Initiatives" strategic background and significance of the research are explained. The present situation of the outbound tourism in Fujian province is investigated and analyzed. Through the analysis of the development characteristics, development stages and advantages of outbound tourism...
Proceedings Article

Geographic Tongue in Psoriasis: Case Reports

Ariyati Yosi, Cashtry Meher, Irma D. Roesyanto-Mahadi
Geographic tongue is an idiopathic inflammatory disorder resulting in the local loss of filiform papillae, which is present as erythematous patches with serpiginous borders resembling a map. The etiopathogenesis of geographic tongue is unknown. Geographic tongue has been postulated to be an oral variant...
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The Research and Field Application of Oil Displacement System for A Living Polymer

Guan Wang, Ran Huo, Jiliang Yu, Rui Wang, Zhiqiang Wang, Lisha Duan, Shuai Wang, Yajuan Yang
for the increasing cost of gel displacement and the influence of alkali corrosion and scaling of multivariate composite flooding on production equipment, a new type of living polymer was adopted. The living polymer has well heat resistance, salt tolerance and viscosifying capacity, and its molecular...
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Research on Cable-driven Robots

Yupeng Deng, Long Bai, Zhang Long, Jian Guan, Xiaohong Chen, Junzhan Hou, Wenbo Duan
Cable-driven mode has the advantages of low inertia, low noise, high accuracy and some other unique advantages in some occasions. Therefore, the application of cable-driving technology in robots is more and more extensive. Many researchers have also carried out in-depth researches and discussions on...

Research on MTI Education Model from the Perspective of Needs Analysis Theory

Yan Yao
To meet the growing needs of translation market, China has attached great importance to the training of translation talents. MTI was set up under this background. However, as a new major, education model of MTI is still relatively unclear for most MTI institutes. Market needs of translation talents haven't...
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Research on Gesture Recognition Technology of Data Glove Based on Joint Algorithm

Shuran Yin, Jun Yang, Yukun Qu, Wenjun Liu, Yunfei Guo, Hongtao Liu, Dapeng Wei
A gesture recognition system were fabricated with distributed sensor networks as the core component, and could be wore in the hands. This data glove could detect the posture of fingers using the FLEX2.2 bending sensors and STM32 series single chip. Furthermore, we adopted a gesture recognition joint...
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Pruning Support Vectors in the SVM Framework and Its Application to Face Detection

Pei-Yi Hao
This paper presents the pruning algorithms to the support vector machine for sample classification and function regression. When constructing support vector machine network we occasionally obtain redundant support vectors which do not significantly affect the final classification and function approximation...