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The addition of powdered cream milk to gelatin containing fat is used to improve the quality of the marshmallows. The aim of this research was to determine the effect of adding powdered cream milk on marshmallow. The material used in this research was gelatin marshmallow added with powdered cream milk...

Edu agrotourism is an effort to boost the economy by attracting visitors through local products, landscapes, and cultivation science, while promoting sustainable environmental, economic, and social development. Benteng Edu Agrotourism Village, located in the Pongkor Geopark area, offers agricultural...

As a bioproduct from the thermal decomposition of biomass, biochar has var- ious applications in diversified fields. Biochar is gaining attention for its potential to solve some of environmental issues, including but not limited to climate change mitiga- tion, waste management, soil fertility improvement,...

Deep learning has transformed recommender systems by enabling them to thoroughly analyze and comprehend intricate patterns in user behavior and preferences. With the ability to handle large volumes of data, these systems can make accurate predictions and offer personalized suggestions in the healthcare...

Understanding wind effects on buildings is crucial for mitigating wind-induced damage. This study focuses on the aerodynamic impact of wind on low-rise buildings, with a particular emphasis on vulnerable roof sheathing. Using a k-ε turbulence model, the pressure distribution on a 27° sloped roof is investigated...

This study aims to explore Shinrin-Yoku model therapy as an alternative treatment for hypertension in Kemuning Tea Plantation and to link it with traditional medicine as a form of cultural resilience. Shinrin-Yoku, which incorporates natural elements to improve physical and mental health, is integrated...

This study investigates emerging job opportunities and skill gaps among local enterprises in India, based on a survey of 342 enterprises. It reveals that 53% of enterprises experienced growth in sales and turnover over the past three years, particularly in sectors such as hardware shops and MSMEs, while...

The working conditions of Indonesian teachers were marked by precariousness, defined by low wages, job insecurity, and limited professional support. These challenges often led to diminished motivation and professional dissatisfaction, creating significant hurdles for educators. This research delved into...

Environmental degradation and unequal exposure to environmental harms remain major challenge in the 21st century. Although it is undoubtedly true that the Indian legislative environment presents a substantive body of environmental legislation, there are still considerable impediments to the realisation...

The most popular means of travelling around the world is air travel. Nevertheless, there is still a significant issue with baggage mishandling. Manual handling systems and barcode systems are limited by their software. They often do not inform the passengers but RFID-based solutions which automate tracking,...

This paper synthesizes perspectives on sustainability in higher education (HE), drawing on a comprehensive review of over fifty peer-reviewed studies published between 2000 and 2024. Higher education institutions (HEIs) are increasingly recognized as critical actors in advancing the United Nations Sustainable...

The study explores the application of coconut oil-based biodegradable dielectric fluid enriched with boron carbide (B4C) nanoparticles in micro-electric discharge machining (micro-EDM) of Nimonic 90 alloy. Experiments were designed using response surface methodology (RSM) with a central composite design...

The pursuit of lightweight maetrials, materials with high-strength has led to significant advancements in the field of aluminum matrix composites (AMCs). Among these, aluminum alloy 7075 is notable for its exceptional mechanical properties, making it a popular choice in structural, automotive and aerospace,...

We aimed at evaluating the anthropometric and hemodynamic factors associated with central pulse pressure (cPP), peripheral pulse pressure (pPP) and central-to-peripheral PP amplification (PPamp) in healthy adolescents. We studied 459 subjects (boys 57%, 16.8 ± 1.5 y) attending the Liceo Donatelli High...

Antenatal education is a form of education for health cadres equipped in the service of pregnant women at the Community Health Center. The obstacles faced in several cities in Indonesia are limited knowledge, service standards, and attitudes in providing services. This study is an experiment on the application...

Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) represents a paradigm shift in wireless network design, moving away from conventional distributed base station architectures toward centralized, cloud-based processing. This paper provides a comprehensive examination of the architectural fundamentals of C-RAN, including...

Customary law is defined as a law formed in social life, not by legislators. Customary laws, based on rituals and customs, have occupied an essential part of legal life. However, in the 19th century, through the codification era, customary law was replaced by written law, not only in written law countries...

Objectives: Masked hypertension (MH) is associated with hypertension-related markers of organ damage, but is undetectable by clinic (resting) BP. Exaggerated systolic BP response to submaximal exercise reveals MH in adults, but it is unknown whether this is the case during adolescence. We aimed to determine...

Many inflammatory conditions are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality. As well as accelerated atherosclerosis, increased plaque instability and endothelial dysfunction; arterial stiffness has been proposed as one of the potential mechanisms underlying the increased...

The purpose of this study is to determine the interest of employees to be whistle-blowers to prevent and detect fraud actions. This research uses a qualitative approach with a case study at Bank XYZ. Collecting data using interview method with selected informants. The study results indicate that employees...

Background: Central blood pressure (CBP) is a better predictor of cardiovascular burden than peripheral blood pressure (BP). While studies have suggested a reduction in peripheral BP with statins, it remains uncertain to what extent statins reduce CBP and whether this reduction is mediated through a...

In the preclinical setting, Angiotensin-II infusion has been the most popular model for mouse aneurysm research in the last 15 years. Nonetheless, little is known about the ascending aortic aneurysm pathobiology of this model and several lingering questions regarding the abdominal aortic aneurysm pathology...

This paper proposes a novel hybrid algorithm based on quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization (QPSO) algorithm and Nelder-Mead (NM) simplex search method for continuous optimization problems, abbreviated as QPSO-NM. This hybrid algorithm is very easy to be implemented since it does not require continuity...

The Control of Genetic Algorithms parameters allows to optimize the search process and improves the performance of the algorithm. Moreover it releases the user to dive into a game process of trial and failure to find the optimal parameters.

Today, comprehending consumer behavior is becoming dynamically challenging with the emergence of social commerce. Business organizations are now striving to convince consumers by exploiting the advantage of social support empowered by online social networks. Importantly, social ties in such online social...

We present a version of the conditional symmetry method in order to obtain multiple wave solutions expressed in terms of Riemann invariants. We construct an abelian distribution of vector fields which are symmetries of the original system of PDEs subjected to certain first order differential constraints....

We review a new method for studying boundary value problems for evolution PDEs. This method yields explicit results for a large class of evolution equations which iclude: (a) Linear equations with constant coefficients, (b) certain classes of linear equations with variable coefficients, and (c) integrable...

In this work we derive potential symmetries for ordinary differential equations. By using these potential symmetries we find that the order of the ODE can be reduced even if this equation does not admit point symmetries. Moreover, in the case for which the ODE admits a group of point symmetries, we find...

In the context of COVID-19 epidemic, the employment assistance of higher vocational colleges is mainly concentrated in employment recommendation, job-searching skills training, employment tracking and services, etc., and less attention is paid to the psychological dilemma of employment of higher vocational...

This study aims to identify the similarities and differences of politeness strategies in directive speech acts in Japanese and Minangkabau languages. The data are gathered from dialogues in a Japanese movie entitled Kuchibiru ni Uta o (2015) and one Indonesian movie using Minangkabau language as language...

One of the implementation of a human face recognition system is an attendance system application. Attendance system is used to detect and recognize a person’s identity and stored as a face database. The face-based presence system developed in this study is a facial presence system using a hybrid feature...

The Department of Agriculture and Food Security of Palembang City is located in the Gandus sub-district, assisting in the form of ducks breeders to reduce poverty and improve community welfare. Methods of data collection using questionnaires and interviews with duck farmers. The number of samples as...

The robot brings automation to every sector of human life, including agriculture. Automation in agriculture might be the solution to get a higher quality harvest and less dependency on human farming. The most suitable type of robot for harvesting is an arm robot manipulator. The harvesting robot needs...

This paper measures the green total factor productivity of manufacturing in China’s provinces from 2003 to 2017 and its decomposition indicators, empirically analyzes the impact of artificial intelligence on the green total factor productivity of manufacturing, and draws the following conclusion: Artificial...

Sharia banking is the progressing indicators of the Islamic economy in Indonesia. One of problems faced by Sharia Banking in Indonesia is the interest to Sharia Bank. It is caused by the lack of information and public knowledge of Sharia Banking. There have been many studies on customer preferences for...

Marxism is the guiding ideology of our Party and after decades of struggle, the people across the country in the form of legislation, to confirm that it is our country's guiding ideology. And Marxism is not a source for China since the late Qing Dynasty Chinese people understand and learn Marxism, mainly...

Audiences are exposed to more and more TV commercials of luxury goods, including perfumes. This paper analyzes TV commercials of female perfumes and fragrances from four luxury brands, namely Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Lanc"me and EstŽe Lauder. By using content analysis method, This study discusses...

Financial management plays an important role in enterprise content management, and financial management activities should not be limited to internal corporate finance departments, and financial management should be thinking penetrated into all aspects of everyday business management activities. The market...

IoT (Internet of things) is an important part of new generation information technology. Facing the huge market, the enterprises shall respond to the national IoT development strategy demands, in order to develop further and enhance their competitiveness. Organizational capabilities theory in IoT technology...

The paper chose the seven dimensions of psychic distance ,that is language distance, religion distance, culture distance, industrialization distance, political distance, education distance and geographic distance as independent variables, and the paper analyzed the conduction mechanism to OFDI from the...

Taking an abandoned quarry located in Chengang town of Zhoushan city as an example and on the basis of investigating into vegetation and soil condition, the physicochemical properties of soil and plant community characteristics are analyzed. The results indicate: the physicochemical properties of the...

This paper is focus on discuss the importance of marketing research to sports marketers. Explain the fundamental process for conducting sports marketing research. Identify the various research design types. Describe the process for questionnaire development. Understand how to prepare an effective research...

Distributed control systems with high nonlinearity and with uncertain characteristics, make the control development a very complex task. In the last period several control methods were developed, presenting different performances but there is still room for improvement. In order to overthrow the complexity...

As language and culture are interrelated, language cannot go without culture. So, it is necessary to introduce culture to English teaching. This paper mainly analyses the major reasons for introducing culture to English teaching and how culture teaching can be conducted into English classroom and teacher’s...

The forest product trade is a very important part in the foreign trade.Under the current situation of increasingly fierce world trade competition and worse trade barriers, the promotion of the scientific development of foreign trade of forest products is an objective requirement of practising the scientific...

This article analysis the running conditions and existing problems of air conditioning system for existing public buildings in the cold and serious cold regions in winter,and compares analysis of the solution of the anti freezing measures for the fresh air unit,introduces the recovery exhaust energy...

This paper proposes a procedure to extract the kinetic model from the geometric model of a fixture to reduce the modeling time and effort. Since most of the fixtures in industry follow the same kinetic mechanism, the so-called a slider-crank mechanism; this is a four-axis system of three revolute and...

The ability of land uses providing multiple services is defined as Land Use Functions (LUFs). We divided multifunction of land use into 10 LUFs among the three dimensions of sustainability-social, economic and environmental and assessed the sustainability of land use in Northeast China based on Spatial...