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Introduction: Arterial properties are linked to the presence and severity of coronary artery disease (CAD). Coronary blood flow is strongly and inversely related to arterial stiffness. Thus, the aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the prognostic value of PWV in high-risk patients with suspected...

This paper selected seven factors which affect the housing price from macro economic environment, market demand, and living stands of people, and then analyzed the influence of key factors on the price. Based on gray correlation analysis model, the case study is employed in Dalian, and the the importance...

This study aims to find out 1). To analyze the effect of the current ratio on dividends per share. 2). To analyze the effect of debt to equity ratio on dividend per share. 3). To analyze the effect of growth assets on dividends per share. 4). To analyze the effect of earnings per share on dividends per...

The commercial residential industry has high added value and comprehensive economic benefit so the commercial residential industry is naturally a hot-spot issue. The core issue of the commercial housing is the price. This thesis conducts the descriptive statistic analysis of residential real estate prices,...

Background: Carotid artery tracking has high clinical relevance for the investigation of arterial stiffness indicators like Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV). However, current tracking systems are unreliable and/or not fully automated [1,2]. In this work we propose a novel wall tracking algorithm for long-term...

This development research aims to create online digital books that students can use at the university level. Development is carried out following the ADDIE development model, consisting of five stages: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. Validation is carried out with the assistance...

Background: Participation in structured exercise training may improve microvascular function. Post occlusive reactive hyperaemia (PORH) is a measure of microvascular function in skeletal muscle and can be assessed using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). We examined PORH following a short and a long...

Based on the panel data of 16 European countries from 2000 to 2016, I provide the empirical study quantifying the impact of female labor force participation on carbon emissions. In the design of my empirical research, I adopt the fixed effect model and use FGLS estimation. The results show that the increase...

In this paper, it was based on the inter provincial panel data of 2005-2014. And it divided the 31 provinces into the East, the Middle and the West. Then this paper explored the Environment Kurtz Curve(EKC) between economic development and water use of each industrial area and discussed the optimal threshold....

Main targets of this research project are water conservation, emission reduction and cost reduction of water resources. The water flow model of iron and steel industry is built to analyze the water-use system applied substance flow analysis. Based on the model, the water cost model is developed to analyze...

Purpose/Background/Objectives: Hypertension (HAS) represents 9.4 million deaths from all the cases of cardiovascular disease worldwide [1]. The pulse wave velocity (PWV) and some hemodynamic parameters have been associated with this outcome [2,3]. Losartan, as well as amlodipine, have shown benefits...

The blue economy is emerging as a key development concept and business model driving Indonesia’s new economy. It is expected to enhance economic growth, social welfare, and ecological sustainability. This study analyzes the role of the blue economy, particularly the fisheries sector, in increasing coastal...

Background: Arterial stiffness, as measured by pulse wave velocity (PWV) is dependent on arterial blood pressure but whether this dependence varies with age is unknown. The objective of this study was to determine to what degree pressure-dependence varies with age. Methods: 83 heathy (43 females) normotensive...

This paper investigates the phenomenon of “dialect mingled by Mandarin” and its part of speech (POS) features and group distributions in Hukou County, Jiangxi Province, China in 2018. First, some examples are given from the noun and other dimensions and found that the phenomenon is widespread in different...

Aim: To validate a photoacoustic imaging (PAI) system, for the identification of intraplaque hemorrhage, comparing it with MRI and histology (gold standard). Methods: 25 patients with carotid stenosis >70% and clinical indication to tromboendoarterectomy were recruited. Angio-MRI for intraplaque...

Background: GIQuant (Motilent, London) is an algorithm for analysing cine-MRI, using the displacement fields generated by registration of indivisdual ciné frames. It produces a summary of how much movement occurs (“motility”) for anatomical locations within a reference image [1]. Although it is used...

Background: Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are involved into several pathophysiologic processes in vascular diseases, including progressive loss of elasticity of vessel wall (arterial stiffness). Circulating soluble receptor for AGEs (sRAGE) act as a decoy and counterbalanced the harmful properties...

The aim of this study is to assess whether the effect of gender on the excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is influenced by two confounders (age and hours of sleep per night). A cross-sectional study was conducted at King Abdulaziz Medical City-Riyadh (KAMC-R). A total of 2095 respondents answered a questionnaire...

The economies of scale in cotton production should suit local conditions, and the mastering of Xinjiang farmers' cotton-growing situation has great significance to guide their planting and cultivation. By questionnaire, this paper researched the cotton production costs, economic efficiency planting acreage...

Objectives: Non-invasive methodologies for assessing arteriosclerosis, including carotid intimal-medial thickness (cIMT) for assessing subclinical atherosclerosis and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) for measuring arterial stiffness, are well established and validated in adults [1, 2]. However,...

Risk Management is one of the key cares of any organization strategic management; proper benefit of risk management is finding risks and their solutions. In this article, we will suggest a new Strategic Risk Reduction technique for producing optimal risk reduction strategies; which reduce risk exposure...

The purpose of this study is to analyse the perceived impact of outsourcing services including construction works like Electrical, Heating/Ventilating/Airconditioning, Transportation and Civil on organizational performance in construction industry atKarachi.This research is explanatory in nature based...

Religions, especially the Abrahamic that include Islam, claim that faith can bring happiness to mankind. However, Islamic countries are among the unhappiest countries on Earth. The purpose of this article is to examine the happiness determinant of Islamic society in Islamic countries based on Islamic...

In a business, inventory is frequently known as a source of contention. PT Petrokimia Gresik (PKG) is PT Pupuk Indonesia’s (Persero) subsidiary, an agro-industry company that the government always requires to meet national fertilizer supply to ensure food security and perform more efficient and cost-effective...

In the face of deeper international competition and the security of the energy environment in the future, “carbon peaking” has become an important starting point. This paper selects the data of Yunnan Province during the 20 years from 2000 to 2019, and calculates the carbon emission level of energy consumption...

The purpose of this study is to determine the role of market retribution oro-orodowo districts klojen Malang to increase Local Revenue through local levies. This research uses quantitative descriptive method.This is evident during the fiscal year 2015-2017 the realization of revenue retribution on the...

The prevalence rates of β-thalassemia (β-thal) and Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in Saudi Arabia are considered one of the highest compared to surrounding countries in the Middle East (0.05% and 4.50%, respectively). In this study, Secondary data analysis was obtained from the premarital screening and genetic...

Based on the control requirement for high speed of the electronic pattern sewing machine, the architecture of open control system, in which based on an ARM embedded system is used for human machine interface and other nonreal-time tasks and motion controller is used for servo control and logic control...

To reveal the effects of the different city environment (clean area and polluted area) on native trees, leaf functional traits of six native trees in Zhanjiang were studied. The relationship between leaf mass per area (LMA) and leaf functional traits were analyzed. The results showed that different leaf...

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) including device-associated HAI (DA-HAI) are a serious patient safety issue in hospitals worldwide, affecting 5–10% of hospitalized patients and deadly for patients in intensive care units (ICUs). (Vincent, 2003; Al-Tawfiq et al., 2013; Hu et al., 2013). DA-HAIs...

The convergence process has been a recurrent topic since the establishment of the European Union. Historically, there have been sizeable income disparities between West and East Europe. When coupled with a global crisis, this gap could have unforeseen implications on regional economies. When COVID-19...

The current research work is aimed at analyzing the total chloride content in concrete by adding Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) slag in percentages as alternative to conventional coarse and fine aggregates wherein the research is conducted to determine whether percentage changes of EAF slag could mitigate...

This paper proposes a method for exporting the AdaConv style transfer algorithm to ONNX format and deploying it in Unity engine, addressing the structural compatibility issues between its dynamic kernel generation mechanism and static inference frameworks. This research designs a static conversion strategy...

Background: Exaggerated exercise systolic blood pressure (SBP) is a modifiable risk factor associated with vascular dysfunction. Vascular dysfunction may contribute to the development of late-life depression, but the association between exercise SBP and incident depressive symptoms is unknown. Therefore,...

China has set a target of peak carbon by 2030 and a target of carbon neutrality by 2060. In recent years, many residential buildings in small and medium-sized cities are in a state of imbalance between supply and demand, and the task of carbon emission reduction is onerous. In this paper, the full life...

This dissertation mainly analyses the determinants of housing prices in large cities. For different cities, reasons behind variations in housing prices are also distinguishable. Therefore, through both literature research and empirical analysis, 5 potential determinants of average prices of commercial...

Taking relevant data from nine cities in Shandong Province and Zhejiang Province in 2005~2020, a regression model was established to analyze the regional differences in the impact of resident income on housing prices. The results show that the impact presents both inter-provincial and intra-provincial...

Influence of Government Expenditure, Income per Capita and Number of Visits to Conservation Forest in Jambi Province 2002-2016. The purpose of this research are: 1) to analyze the benefit cost of conservation forest management in Jambi Province; 2) to analyze the effect of number of domestic visits (X1),...

Background: Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an established marker of arterial stiffness [1]. Local PWV estimates, however, are affected by confluence of incident and reflected waves, biasing the spatiotemporal propagation of the systolic foot (SF) in the distension waveform [2,3]. We, therefore, propose...

This paper describes the design of the movable solar power system from the appearance structure, photovoltaic(PV) power generationfromthe two aspects. The data of the system can be monitored and output for testing and analysis. The system can generate691kWh of electricity per year.The system is equipped...

University is one of the highest energy consumptions among commercial buildings because the university has high load consumption. So, strategic management of energy saving in universities needs to be considered to reduce costs and energy consumption. Actually, there are many methods to save electricity...

Since its birth in 2011, WeChat has evolved from an instant messaging software to a digital ecosystem that integrates socialization, entertainment, and content. This paper introduces a platform power perspective, which is no longer limited to the interaction between the platform and end-users, but rather...

Breast cancer is one of the foremost reasons of death among women in the world. It has the largest mortality rate compared to the types of cancer accounting for 1.9 million per year in 2020. An early diagnosis may increase the survival rates. To this end, automating the analysis and the diagnosis allows...

A house based survey was conducted during 2007–2009 in a representative sample of population in Wardha district implementing Directly Observed Treatment Short Course strategy for tuberculosis (TB) control since 2001. The objective was to estimate prevalence of bacillary pulmonary TB (PTB) in individuals...

Introduction: Neglected Tropical Diseases are found in tropical or subtropical areas. Neglected tropical diseases are infectious diseases that only affect people who have a low standard of living, are poor, do not have access to good sanitation, or who do not receive special attention such as other infectious...

The particular research aimed to 1) know the background of the parent of homeschooler; 2) know the level of education and economy of the parent of homeschooler; 3) know the form of homeschooling in Indonesia; The research used survey method. Data collection methods were a questionnaire, interview, observation,...

Tourism in China has been developing very fast recently. The key recourse of tourism is talent. Currently, China tourism’s problem exists in the relationship between talent supply and demand, in which the supply is insufficient and imbalanced. However, little research has been conducted on the prediction...

Background: The changes experienced by the arterial system due to ageing are still incompletely understood. The aim of this study is to analyze the 10-year longitudinal evolution of input impedance parameters and wave reflection indices in a middle-aged population, and how these effective changes compare...

Proper prediction of inventory demand is extremely significant in the case of a healthy, operating supply chain. In case companies make incorrect forecasts they can either have more inventory (which must be stored at a cost), or run out of inventory which leads to dissatisfied customers. The given study...

Algae biofuel has been recently seen as a very promising renewable energy sources to replace the gasoline as the transportation fuel. Federal government has planned to replace 30% of fossil fuels consumption in transportation sector with algae biofuel by 2020, and completely taking over conventional...