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This research aims to describe the ability of Early Childhood teachers in Tambrauw District to write sentences according to the sentence structure of the Indonesian language. This research design was qualitative descriptive. The data was Indonesian sentences construction collected from questionnaires...

Background: Prehypertensive subjects have a markedly increased risk of developing hypertension compared to normotensive subjects. Prehypertension is therefore an excellent model to study hemodynamics and arterial stiffness in the development of hypertension. Methods: We assessed hemodynamics and arterial...

Glyphosate is a commonly used herbicide in agriculture. However, glyphosate finds its way into the environment after application as it leaches or runs off into water bodies. Hybrid constructed wetland mesocosms consisting of surface flow wetland planted with duckweed and subsurface flow wetland planted...

This study aims to 1) analyze local residents’ perceptions of tourism activities in the Baturraden tourism area from economic, social and environmental aspects, and 2) propose programs that need to be undertaken by Penta Helix. This study employs quantitative analysis with a survey method. Questionnaires...

Background: Fibrillin-1 is an important constituent of the vascular wall and earlier studies have indicated an effect of the fibrillin-1 2–3 genotype on blood pressure as well as aortic stiffness. The aim was to determine if the Fibrillin-1 2–3 genotype is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity/mortality...

This research aims to determine soil fertility in some rubber plantations area. This research is expected to be used as basic information in increasing the production of rubber plants. This research was conducted in Banjar Village, Pandeglang Regency and Wanasalam Village, Lebak Regency, Banten Province....

This study aimed to analyze the differences in students’ learning outcomes covered curiosity (SC), responsibility (SR) and cognitive achievement (SCA) between students subjected to ICARE model at the experimental class (N=68) and the control class without ICARE (N=69). This research is an experimental...

pH-responsive nanocarriers with magnetic cores represent a promising approach for targeted drug delivery. Nevertheless, their potential cytotoxicity remains a concern. This study re-evaluates published data on the magnetic nanocomposite IONPs@CtAC-MR, composed of iron oxide nanoparticles, activated carbon,...

Based on empirical investigation of 69 villages of 32 towns in Kunming city, the article analyses the satisfaction and its influencing factors of rural public cultural service. The results show that the satisfaction of public cultural service is relative high in the rural area, but most rural residents...

The objective of the research was to analyze the factors influencing accounting students to understand accounting with spiritual quotient as the moderating variable (an empirical study on Students of University of Sumatera Utara (USU), State University of Medan (UNIMED), and State Islamic University...

One of the causes of maternal death and fetal death is complications in the pregnancy process, based on the profile of the district health service East Lombok, one of the causes of maternal death is disease comorbidities in 15 cases (52.47%), comorbidities were complications and risks to pregnant women,...

Objective: Atosiban (oxytocin-antagonist) and ritodrine (β-agonist) are frequently used tocolytics. Only a few studies investigated the hemodynamic effects of atosiban. We therefore aimed to study the effects on the blood pressure (BP) and BP-amplification. Methods: Twenty healthy female volunteers...

The effects of ionospheric delay (ionodelay) on the positioning accuracy of GNSS receivers at the University of Burdwan, India are presented. One (1) Hz dual-frequency GPS constellation data were logged for 24 h each day for a few days during the autumn season in October 2022 and the spring season in...

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, tremendous Vietnamese lecturers are assumed to have conducted virtual teaching in response to keep track of learning progress. This type of teaching seemingly brings several benefits to students and teachers. However, not all English instructors show their proficiency in...

This research uncovers the use and effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) technology tools for decision-making in engineering management, based on an empirical study of 45 projects conducted during 2020–2024, involving the construction and manufacturing sectors. With the help of an extensive evaluation...

Objective. Whilst the effects of heart rate (HR) on the cardiovascular system have been studied cross-sectionally or during exercise, the effect of acute, sympathetic-independent changes in HR on arterial stiffness, cardiac output (CO), mean pressure (MAP) and total peripheral resistance (TPR) has not...

Organic and sustainable certifications have become critical for tea producers seeking access to premium international markets. However, their economic implications in Nepal’s orthodox tea industry continue to be a subject of debate. Organic and sustainable certifications such as United States Department...

Background. Arterial stiffness is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) is considered as the ‘gold standard’ measurement method. However cfPWV does not assess the stiffness of the proximal aorta and its sensitivity at higher...

Background: Endoscopic examination is essential, but it has a negative impact which causes problems such as anxiety and pain that can lead to failure of endoscopic procedures. This negative impact can be avoided by preparing the patient by providing control information. Aim: This study...

Background: Finger-toe pathway could represent a good alternative to assess the arterial stiffness conveniently. The aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of the pOpmètre which measures finger-toe pulse wave velocity (ft-PWV). Methods: The pOpmètre® has 2 photodiodes sensors, positioned on the...

Rationale: Bronchiectasis is characterised by inflammation and airways injury, which lead to loss of airways function, factors which are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in various populations. Central arterial stiffness (AS) a predictor of CVD risk has not been studied...

The research aims to find out the good governance of sports organizations in Central Java. The study population was 45 sports organizations in Central Java (Sports Branch organizations and Sports Functional Bodies) with a total sampling method. The research questionnaire refers to the Action for Good...

Android applications have been developed for an early detection of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM). However, its development has yet to be interactive and has not involved experts, such as health consultants. The purpose of this study is to develop an interactive service and a product design based on Android...

During financial crisis, the profitability of businesses tend to decline. Therefore, managements aim to minimize inefficiencies in running their businesses. Using 35 banks in Indonesia, we analyze the crisis effect on bank’s efficiency before and after crisis in 2008. Methods used in this study are data...

Stroke is the second leading cause of death globally after ischemic heart disease. Patients who survive the first stroke have a possibility to get a recurrent stroke. American Heart Association and the Indonesian Neurologist Association recommend secondary stroke prevention to minimize recurrent stroke....

Background: Aortic stiffness is clinically important, but measurement can be time consuming. The ‘reflected wave transit time’ (RWTT) is thought to represent aortic stiffness and, since this can be measured quickly by brachial cuff oscillometry, could be a useful new test. This study aimed to compare...

Phanerochaete chrysosporium is a well-known fungus that can be used as a heavy metal biosorbent. Its application as an inoculant requires a suitable carrier material. This study aims to obtain formula of solid carrier material which maintains the viability and quality of this fungus as biosorbent of...

The era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 brought challenges and opportunities for Civic Education in developing digital citizenship capabilities. This study aims to describe teacher perceptions of digital citizenship and optimize the role of Civic Education in improving student’s digital citizenship....

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of applying physics learning materials use multimode representation to enhance the problem solving. Samples in this study were students of class X one high school in Bandung with the number of 69 students who were divided into experimental class and...

Background: Diurnal variations of brachial blood pressure have important prognostic implications. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in day- and night-time values of brachial and central hemodynamic parameters in two groups of borderline and resistant hypertensives. Methods: We performed...

Background: Timing errors during Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) support can be detrimental when interfering with cardiac function. In vivo hemodynamics and left ventricular (LV) function were monitored during premature IAB inflation, and the associated mechanisms investigated with Wave Intensity Analysis. Methods:...

Early diagnosis of dengue fever is critical to patient care and outbreak control, yet reliable clinical indicators are often elusive. Machine learning (ML) offers promise by learning complex patterns in clinical and hematological data. In this study, we first review recent ML-based dengue diagnosis models...

Objective: Pregnant women have four categories of BMI, which is underweight, normal, overweight, and obese. Stunting is a growth disorder due to chronic malnutrition which is indicated by the value of z score body length by age less than -2 SD. The impact of stunting in infants and toddlers is cognitive...

This paper presents a review of the literature on the role of social media use (SMU) as a strategy for facilitating intercultural adaptation (IA) among international students. 69 articles were retrieved from Scopus and Web of Science databases using a systematic literature review. After reviewing and...

Pregnancy is associated with profound vascular adaptive changes. Cross-sectional studies show greater arterial stiffness in gestational diabetes than in normal pregnancy. However, the time course of maternal cardiovascular hemodynamics in normal and diabetic pregnancy can only be appreciated in longitudinal...

This is a qualitative descriptive research. The aim of this study is to examine how communication technology - apps able to support communication skills of women drivers who work for online transportation companies in serving international guests. The study uses a saturation sampling technique where...

Past studies have shown that student engagement can be positively predicted by the teacher and student-student support, but it remains unclear whether the teacher and student-student support of online courses are beneficial or not. Currently, many students are required to take online courses because...

Objectives: Drugs opposing the effect of vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) inhibit angiogenesis slowing down and eventually stopping solid tumors growth. Nevertheless these drugs can cause hypertension (that seems to be correlated with cancer outcome) and cardiac dysfunction. We hypnotize...

According to the radial structure operation characteristics of distribution systems, this paper proposes a new method based on minimum spanning trees for capacitor optimal switching. Firstly, taking the minimal active power loss as objective function and not considering the capacity constraints of capacitors...

Based on characteristics of applied talents cultivation in application-oriented university, the purpose of present study is to improve students English language ability (ELA). It rebuilt the curriculum of integrated English course and developed a model of REPE (reconstruction + e-platform + process evaluation)....

Bangladesh is currently going through a nutritional transition with rapid increase in overnutrition while undernutrition is still remaining prevalent. Nevertheless, population-based data on demographic, socio-economic and lifestyle factors associated with underweight and overweight among adult population...

This paper aims to investigate the status quo of the research in relation to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and financial performance in hospitality industry. A critical review has been conducted based on 69 good quality journal papers by using both quantitative and qualitative content analysis...

High moral quality is needed by adolescent to be success in their personal and educational life. Those who have high morale quality can be considered as morally intelligent Individuals. This study is aimed to collect information about adolescents' moral intelligent by using moral intelligence Instrument...

Introduction: Left Main Coronary Artery (LMCA) disease is prognostically the most important coronary lesion. LMCA differs from the other coronaries in having high elastin content. Aortic Pulsatility (AP) is an independent predictor of cardiovascular events in CAD. We hypothesized that pulsatile stress...

This article aims to describe how the TPR method can introduce English to the Primary Teachers Education (PGSD) students or Primary Teacher candidate. In this research is focused on communication skill or speaking. On other words, students concentrate on listening and speaking skills in learning English....

Food waste production in Indonesia continues to rise in tandem with population growth, changes in consumption patterns, and lifestyles, but food waste management has failed to keep pace. Malang City is one of Indonesia’s largest cities in terms of food waste. Malang City generates approximately 660 tons...

Food waste production in Indonesia continues to rise in tandem with population growth, changes in consumption patterns, and lifestyles, but food waste management has failed to keep pace. Malang City is one of Indonesia’s largest cities in terms of food waste. Malang City generates approximately 660 tons...

Introduction: The anatomy of the coelic trunk is highly variable. An understanding of the variations is important in general and vascular surgery due to the implications of disruption and consequent visceral ischaemia. Case Description: A case is described of a 69-year-old woman presenting with undifferentiable...

Background: Non-invasive measurement of Central Blood Pressure (CBP) in the clinic setting is the advantage of the validated, tonometer-based SphygmoCor device. Recently, a novel brachial cuff-based SphygmoCor device (XCEL) has been tested and validated against the tonometer-based method of CBP measurement....

East Sumba Regency is an dry climate area, which has an impact on water availability, especially for agricultural production. Additionally, this area has a large area of land that can be optimize for productive agricultural areas. Several factors that affect productive land are climate, land management,...