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We determined the mutual intelligibility between Shanghainese and Cantonese by isolated word tests (Subjective measure) with the recording of two native speakers in the age range of 31-50. In addition, we assessed the linguistic background of the listeners with questionnaires who are also the test takers....

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by airway limitation which is an independent predictor of increased cardiovascular (CV) risk and mortality [1]. COPD is associated with increased arterial stiffness [2] and increased incidence of all stroke subtypes [3]. However,...

This work provides a thermodynamic analysis of a solar-powered trigeneration system for the generation of hydrogen, electricity, and cooling. The proposed system incorporates a water electrolyzer, an organic Rankine cycle (ORC), a vapor compression refrigeration (VCR) system, and a parabolic trough solar...

This study proposes a detachable quadcopter UAV delivery system to overcome traditional UAV limitations like inflexible cargo handling and high costs. The modular design features an X-shaped carbon fiber frame with hollow arms (12mm outer, 8mm inner diameter), offering 60% greater bending resistance...

This study aims to determine the effect of using complete ration pith as a substitute for forage on VFA production in vitro. The experimental design used was a completely randomized design with four treatments and four replications. The treatments were P0 = 75% forage + 25% concentrate, P1 = (25% palm...

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) epidemic is increasingly spreading throughout the world and has been declared a pandemic by world organizations. This compels educational institutions to issue a lockdown policy on-campus activities by emphasizing at online learning (virtual learning) process....

Aim: To assess a time-dependent change of arterial stiffness gradient (PWVratio calculated by dividing carotid-femoral to carotid-radialPWV), a marker of vascular aging, in high cardiovascular risk cohort. Methods: This cohort study (n = 689) was conducted during the period 2010–2019 at Vilnius University...

As typical speech phenomena, discourse markers are words or expressions which mainly play a procedural role in the process of language production and comprehension, including conjunctions, adverbs, prepositional phrases, and interjections. The employment of discourse markers contributes to the success...

Redundancy is a handicap in association rules. It becomes a limitation to use rules models in order to support the decision-making process. A technique based on user knowledge has been proposed recently, which aims at eliminating redundancy. However, it ignores the imprecise nature of knowledge. In this...

Occupational pension from concept to proceed, we use literature research to tease out the occupational pension system designed to integrate a few basic questions, and puts forward the idea of a four-dimensional framework and integrated management of occupational pension system. This article is designed...

The missile-based redundant SINS (strap-down inertial navigation system) output the measurement data by using pulse quantization. Pulse quantization can disorganize the errors in the original measurement signal, cause an instantaneous drift of 50 degree/hour, and thus brings about great difficulty to...

In order to study the water quality of Lake Gucheng, a geographical information system (GIS)-based method was used. The spatial distribution of eutrophication conditions in Lake Gucheng was investigated. A trophic stated index(TSI) consisting of four physical, chemical and biological indicators including...

College students are the backbone force of China's future socialist construction. Talents in institutions of high learning influence the construction and development of our country in the future. Their physical condition directly affects the whole people's physical health level as well as China's future...

Ti-MCM-41 zeolite was hydrothermally synthesized by using tetrabutyl orthotitanate as titanium source and fumed silica as silicon. Powder X-ray diffraction UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma were used to characterize the product, results indicated revealed that the...

Introduction: The assessment of middle cerebral artery (MCA) haemodynamics is essential for the diagnosis and monitoring of cerebrovascular disease. However, conventional transcranial Doppler (TCD) may not capture the correct flow velocities because of sub-optimal angles of insonation. Conversely, 2-D...

GDP is the most well-known and widely-used indicator of a country's economic health. Yet, because the GDP does not include natural resources, it does not take environmental protection and resource utilization into account. Thus, green GDP should be considered a significant measure of a nation's...

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...

MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) is a communication protocol designed for connecting devices in scenarios like machine-to-machine interactions and the Internet of Things (IoT). It excels in resource -constrained environments, slow data connections, and situations with data transmission delays....

Purpose/Background: Sarcopenia (decrease of muscle mass and function) has been linked with atherosclerosis [1]. The EWGSOP2 updated consensus, uses low muscle strength as the primary indicator of sarcopenia [2]. It is acknowledged that strength is better than mass for predicting adverse outcomes [2]....

Background: High systolic blood pressure in young individuals with normal central pressure has been described as “Spureous Systolic Hypertension” and there is a strong controversy if it is a normal or pathologic condition. Objective: To compare young adult patients (20–40 y.o.) with isolated systolic...

Dou Yin, known as TikTok, was launched in China in September 2016. This app allows users to create or view 15 to 60-second videos, soundtracked by music clips. After several years it was launched in the market, the downloads gradually surpassed the downloads of FaceBook. In this paper, the author analyzes...

Many students in India have difficulty with career. Decisions out of lack of structured and affordable guidance. In particular in rural and semi-urban areas. Most existing digital. Career guidance tools are not to the Indian. Education which also does not take into account subject eligibility, entry....

The construction of wind turbine generator set depends on the sufficient measurement of wind resources, and reasonable layout and management. Flat open terrain is the ideal condition for the operation of the wind turbine, but the actual terrain fluctuation is changeable. Because these terrains are close...

Background: Lower cardiac index (CI) in elders without clinical heart disease has been associated with impaired cognitive function and incident dementia. In the present study, we investigated the modulating effects of education level and arterial stiffness on the association between CI and cognitive...

Background: In the early stages of atrial remodeling, increased aortic stiffness might indicate atrial fibrosis. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the association between left atrial (LA) mechanical function, assessed by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography and aortic stiffness...

The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of titania nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) on chlorella cultivated in modified Blue–Green medium (BG-11). The chlorella species were exposed for 96 h with a daily reading of the quantity of chlorella cultivated in modified BG-11 medium with different concentrations...

Rationale and Aim: This study is aimed at identifying possible patterns of vascular wall disarray and remodeling in radial arteries of patients with fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), by means of ultrahigh frequency ultrasound (UHFUS). Methods: UHFUS scans of the radial arteries and of 30 FMD patients and...

The preparation technology of enzymatic peptides of Corbicula Fluminea was studied in this paper. Alcalase, Papain, Neutrase and Protamex were used under their own optimum pH value and temperature, with the same other parameters. The results indicated that Alcalase had the highest degree of hydrolysis...

Electrolytic codeposition technique was adopted in the deposition of NiFe-SiC coating on the stainless substrate, using nickel alloyed with iron as the binder phase with SiC as dispersed particles. The results indicated that the deposit with SiC nanoparticles was level and compact; the crystal-planes...

Background: Completion of ≥150 minutes/week of physical activity (PA) is recommended for cardiovascular health, but this is achieved only by ~50% of Australian adults. Assessing self-reported PA via quick single-item question is desirable for large-scale cardiovascular research and health screening....

The Federal Reserve Board of the United States declared on September 18, 2024, that this paper would reduce the federal funds rate’s target range by 50 basis points. This decision has a significant impact and has attracted global attention. This paper makes regression analysis and trend analysis on the...

A stripe texture with diameter and spacing of 300 m was prepared on the surface of 304 steel substrate via M-DPSS-50 semiconductor laser marking machine. Then, nitriding treatment on the textured surface was conducted by using well type gas nitriding furnace. The chemical composition, surface morphology...

Dryer cabinets based on automation systems are able to carry out and organize work so that they do not require human supervision. The automation system is able to reduce the role of humans in the operation of the tool, improve production quality, avoid human errors and for the safety and security of...

Introduction: Clinic blood pressure (BP) is performed by inflation of an upper-arm cuff, but this itself may induce a reactive change in BP that could influence diagnosis. This study aimed to determine if a reactive BP change to cuff inflation occurs. Methods: Cuff BP and beat-to-beat invasive aortic...

Purpose: Arterial stiffness is a well-established marker for cardiovascular health assessment. Current methods rely on expensive imaging systems and specialised operators to perform local stiffness evaluation from the common carotid artery (CCA) and cannot be used for ambulatory monitoring in chronic...

Background: Large artery stiffening, as indexed by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), may vary substantially among individuals. The present study aimed to characterize the arterial mechanical properties of the macro- and microvasculature in subjects with early or healthy vascular aging (EVA,...

Byatt is a well-known novelist and literary critic in the 20th century British literary world. He was named one of the 50 greatest writers of the English literary world since 1945. Her most successful work is "possession" (also translated as "hidden book") won the highest award of British literature...

This study explores the response characteristics of high-frequency trading strategies under extreme market events and their impact on market liquidity. Based on the high-frequency trading data of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (601398) during the A-share market volatility in March 2022,...

The demand for labor in the industrial sector will increase by more than 8% until 2035. This increase is spread across all manufacturing sub-sectors, such as the food and beverage industry (mamin), metals, textiles and clothing, and automotive. The development of industrial human resources aims to create...

The Ministry of Research Technology, and Higher Education has set the output of all basic research and capacity building activities to at least produce publications. Accounting lecturer publications in the form of articles, proceedings, and other documents indexed by Scopus are very important both for...

This paper had studied the basic properties of an ordinary concrete beam and a RAC beam with 50% replacement ratio and a EC-RAC beam which contains 0.3% hybrid fiber respectively by 3 groups of 15 standard specimens, and three simply supported beams under shearing without web reinforcement was stimulated...

Managing sustainable development of tourism at the regional level is a complex multifaceted issue which largely lies in the process of searching, formation and rational use of the resources, tourist attractions in particular. Despite having an impressive potential of tourism resources, Russia fails at...

With the rapid development of China’s modernization construction, the planning of the city’s color landscape plays an important role in keeping urban view feature, enriching urban cultural connotation and enhancing urban quality. This paper is based on the visual, the color and urban environment creative...

Purpose/Background/Objectives: Tissue transglutaminase (TG2) is a highly expressed protein especially in endothelial cells. TG2 has several functions including transamidation activity which is important in several processes such as extracellular matrix remodeling [1]. TG2 activity takes place in aortic...

Background: Stiffening of the aorta has been associated with microvascular structural brain damage and cognitive dysfunction in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, probably due to the reduced wave reflection at the interface between carotid and aorta and transmission of excessive flow pulsatility...

Based on investigation dada on Cr in May and August 1979 in Jiaozhou Bay, we analyzed the content, distribution of Cr. Results showed that Cr contents in 1984 in surface waters were 0.10-112.30 g L-1 and were meeting Grade I (50 g L-1), II (100 g L-1) and III (200 g L-1) in National Sea Water Quality...

The object is to explore the psychological intervention and nursing method in gynecologic malignancies during chemotherapy and improve clinical care effect. The methods since March 2012 - May 2014 were treated: 50 cases of gynecologic cancer patients were randomly divided into two groups (psychological...

Introduction: The skin may protect against the adverse haemodynamic effects of dietary salt by storing excess sodium in an osmotically inactive form, bound to glycosaminoglycans. However, this novel pathway has not been comprehensively studied in humans. Methods: 85 healthy volunteers (37 m, 48 f) <50...

Objectives: We aimed to investigate the association between isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) and central blood pressure (BP) in a nationally representative population. Methods: A total of 2029 adults without anti-hypertensive medicine, aged ≥19 years old participated in the 2013–2016 National Nutrition...

This study was motivated by the tendency of principals to implement academic supervision that had not met expectations. The lack of implementation of academic supervision can be caused by principals carrying out more administrative tasks than supervision tasks. This study aims to examine the implementation...