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Aging often results in the appearance of sarcopenia, which is characterized by loss of muscle mass and strength. The incidence of sarcopenia in the elderly is a quite common and leads to weakness and disability, as well as a lower quality of life, also assuming a high social and economic impact. One...

Covid-19 has drastically changed the learning model from conventional learning to online learning. This article aimed to determine how teacher management in online learning improves student learning outcomes, and to give solutions in online learning problem. The method used descriptive qualitative with...

The paper first offers a parallel between two approaches to conceptual clustering, namely formal concept analysis (augmented with the introduction of new operators) and bipartite graph analysis. It is shown that a formal concept (as defined in formal concept analysis) corresponds to the idea of a maximal...

We apply industry momentum strategies to A-shares market to investigate the profitability of industry momentum in China. Setting Shenwan industry classification as a standard, we use 30 industries from 2010 to 2019 as a sample. Results suggest ranking industries based on the previous 6-month returns...

Case retrieval constitutes an interesting area of research which contributes to the evolution of several domains. The similarity measure module is a fundamental step in the retrieval process which affects remarkably on a retrieval system. In this context, we suggest in this paper a similarity measure...

The long-term effects of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) apheresis (LA) on the progression and regression of atherosclerosis were evaluated by carotid ultrasonography in two severe heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemic patients with carotid artery stenosis. Furthermore, the lipid-lowering efficacy...

The application of the All You Can Eat business strategy in restaurants has garnered significant popularity, where customers are able to partake in unlimited food with a single payment. This study aims to elucidate the aforementioned concept and its impact on increasing sales. The research subjects for...

Medical emergencies require quick action during the critical “golden hour” to avoid life-threatening consequences. However, traditional healthcare systems often face problems like delayed identification of health issues, a lack of real-time first-aid guidance, and late notifications to hospitals. These...

Old ancient dance aerobics is an exercise project which is simple to learn, rich in content and suitable for different groups of people. It can inherit and carry forward traditional culture of li nation, promote village culture construction of li nation, boost physical and emotional health of Hainan...

We aimed to determine how the alteration of arterial stiffness (AS) affects the dynamics of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction (DD) in metabolic syndrome (MetS) subjects during longitudinal observation (3.8 ± 0.6 years). Methods: A follow-up study was carried out in 573 (53.4 ± 5.8 years, 211...

Fiscal sustainability in decentralised regions is increasingly recognised as dependent not only on financial resources but also on legitimacy, inclusivity, and environmental accountability. This study examines the influence of green fiscal literacy, digital fiscal inclusion, and ecological trust on sustainable...

Changes in tax regulations to the Tax Harmony Law have changed tax learning materials for students. There are four new policies, namely taxation of employee benefits, changes to individual income tax rates and brackets, incentives for micro and small businesses, and taxpayers for a voluntary disclosure...

Typical food is one of the important issues in regional tourism as one of the development strategies. Local culinary exploration in Situ Bagendit can be an essential factor in supporting the growth and development of MSMEs and increasing local tourism and economic empowerment in the area. This study...

This study aims to explore the conceptual framework of the mediating role of Pro-Environmental Behavior (PEB) in the relationship between Knowledge Management (KM), Green Transformational Leadership (GTL), and Sustainable Performance (SP), adopting the Resource-Based View (RBV) and Transformational Leadership...

The Inspectorate Office of Gowa District is the target of this research, which seeks to understand how factors like work environment and job stress affect performance as measured by job satisfaction. The methodology of this investigation is quantitative. All seventy-one individuals employed by the Gowa...

Generative artificial intelligence (GA) has the potential to revolutionize several industries, including the arts, entertainment, and content creation, by facilitating data synthesis and improving creativity through the use of techniques such as variational autoencoders (VAEs) and generative adversarial...

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...

This paper conducts the causal analysis between TI (TI) and economic growth of Gansu province in China using time-series data from 1986-2010, and it is directed by the means of time-series estimations through ADF unit root test, co-integration tests, error-correction analysis and Granger causality test....

Diversified conglomerates are facing increasing complexity in digital transformation governance due to diversified business, uneven digital capabilities, and fragmented strategic alignment. Traditional governance models—characterized by rigid control and fragmented oversight—are ill-suited to the data-driven,...

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...

Winter sports events significantly impact local snow and ice tourism economies, driving tourism revenue, employment, and infrastructure development. This study examines these effects through the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics case, highlighting benefits such as regional visibility and investment attraction...

This study uses a new data set to assess the effect of board characteristics on capital structure. The panel data is used to analyze the board characteristics and capital structure choices of firms in the listed companies from UK, Germany, France, and China during 2009-2021. And this paper empirically...

This study aims to analyze the Indonesian government’s strategy in integrating technology in education. COVID-19 pandemic encourages schools to implement distance learning, and technology becomes a necessity. Already launching the subject named Information and Communication Technology (ICT), integrating...

The research findings on formation of innovation economics of a new type resulting from the scientific development of the society are presented in the paper. New (digital) economy is a phenomenon of formation of a system that collects, processes, and synthesizes digital data on socio-economical development...

Financing constraint has always been an important factor hindering the healthy development of China’s real economy. Share pledging is the common financing method in the current mainland capital market, and the implicit guarantees affect the difficulty of financing. This paper is to investigate the impact...

This research attempts to examine the impact of influence advertising attractiveness, discount and brand image on repurchase intentions with consumer satisfaction as a mediation variable for wardah products in the shopee application. The number of samples in this study were 210 respondents. Data collection...

Focusing on the popular Chinese tourist destination of Sichuan in the aftermath of the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, this study attempts to explore domestic tourists’ motivations and intentions to visit a post-disaster destination. Based on a questionnaire survey, this study identifies six push factors...

Background: Epidemiological and animal studies suggest the potential of dietary nitrate (NO 3−) to inhibit atherogenesis. Spironolactone may improve arterial stiffness. We tested if 6 months’ intervention with dietary nitrate and spironolactone could affect carotid subclinical atherosclerosis and stiffness...

Crypto currencies have emerged as a popular investment option in recent years, with Ethereum being one of the most prominent ones. Accurate price prediction of Ethereum can provide valuable insights to investors and traders for making informed decisions. In this study, we utilized two time series prediction...

Chinese college students need to live in dormitories with others for long periods of time, often leading to sleep and social inconvenience. According to the cognitive model of insomnia and social anxiety, the current study aimed to investigate whether emotion regulation self-efficacy and dormitory interpersonal...

The various-density problem has become one of the focuses in density based clustering research. A novel dispersive degree based algorithm combined with classification, called CDDC, is presented in this paper to remove the hurdle. In CDDC, a sequence is established for depicting the data distribution,...

Introduction: Cardiovascular events are the leading cause of death among firefighters, with the greatest risk occurring during or shortly after fire suppression activity. Increased cardiovascular risk potentially manifests from detrimental changes in ventricular function, vascular load, and their interaction...

This study investigates the complex and multifaceted nature of student happiness within university settings, aiming to identify distinct happiness profiles, examine key psychosocial and academic predictors, and explore institutional pathways that foster sustainable well-being. Drawing on data from 1,274...

Objectives: Affective temperaments (depressive, anxious, irritable, hyperthymic, cyclothymic) are regarded as the biologically stable core of personality, and accumulating data implies their relationship with cardiovascular diseases. There are currently limited data on the association of affective temperaments...

Detecting rumors is an important task in preventing the dissemination of false knowledge within social networks. When a post is propagated in a social network, it typically contains four types of information: i) social interactions, ii) time of publishing, iii) content, and iv) propagation structure....

As this paper is written in September 2020, the zoonotic-induced COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause major problems around the world, including in Education. The purpose of this paper is to suggest ways that students can prepare to turn the challenges caused by COVID-19 into positive changes for themselves,...

Cognitive heuristics, pioneered by two renowned psychologists Tversky and Kahneman, explains why individuals sometimes make “bad decisions”. Framing bias and anchoring and adjustment describe the situation in which individuals are influenced by both the way a description is worded and the initial valued,...

Background: Daily assessment of vascular health may predict cardiovascular incidence. Vascular aging index (VAI) calculated from second derivative of photoplethysmogram (SDPTG) is a simple, non-invasive measure possibly reflecting vascular stiffness. However, the effects of daily life events such as...

How to suggest a valid recommend within a reasonable time is the greatest technical challenge for the recommendation system, for which tremendous user cases with high dimension are generated while it runs in real time, and these massive data are too difficult to compute directly. This paper proposes...

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...

Background and Objectives: Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a plasma glycoprotein involved in primary hemostasis but recent data suggest additional roles beyond hemostasis in angiogenesis and potentially in vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation. Our aim was to investigate how VWF can modulate...

Background: Studies in endothelial cell cultures show that oscillating flow pattern leads to endothelial dysfunction [1]. The only factor known to contribute towards oscillatory flows is peripheral arterial conductance [2]. However, contribution of alterations in central arterial properties to oscillatory...

The Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale (Beach Center FQOL) has five dimensions and is commonly used to measure the quality of life of families with disabled children. However, for the broader use of family quality of life measurements, this study does not involve the Disabilities-Related Supported...

The monolayer MoS2 thin film was deposited directly on quartz substrate by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) approach using MoO3 and sulfur powders as reactants. Raman spectroscopic and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopic analyses were conducted to evaluate the structural and optical property of the grown...

Background & Purpose: The femoral bifurcation houses complex flow recirculation that may be impacted by downstream peripheral resistance; however, conventional ultrasound is unable to quantify multi-directional flow to study these phenomena. The purpose of this study was to examine the multi-directional...

In the current era of smart media, based on active audience theory, this study proposes the concept of the smart media audience-type user, to explain the behavioral characteristics of consumers in smart media content services. Compared with the traditional mass media audience, the smart media audience-type...

This paper examines the impact of economic development on education support in the United States and China, focusing on the challenges faced by both countries in terms of educational equity and quality. The study compares the different patterns of education funding and resource allocation in the two...

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to examine the contribution of left ventricular ejection, arterial stiffness and systemic vascular resistance to essential hypertension in children with hypertension. Methods: A total of 81 children aged 7 to 18 years (mean age 14 years) including 31 with...

This study first proposes a concept of generalized stability (GST) for discrete chaos system, which is the generalization of chaos generalized synchronization (CGS). Then this study sets up a constructive theorem of GST for discrete chaos system, which provides a general representation of GST in discrete...

Cerebral pulsatility is an emerging contributor to brain health that reflects the balance between the transmission and damping (i.e. attenuation) of pulsatility through extracranial vessels into the cerebrovasculature. Identifying biological (age, sex) and vascular contributors to pulsatile balance may...