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In this paper, we construct an evaluation metric of sustainable development called ‘Smart Growth Score’ (SGS) combining with the 3E’s and the ten principles of smart growth. This provides a clearer description of how successful a city develops smartly. We build a scoring model called “Smart Growth Score”...

Predicting the academic performance of online learners and promptly intervening and guiding them is an effective way to improve the effectiveness of online learning. How to predict the academic performance and behavior of online learners, implement academic early warning based on prediction results,...

With the development of network technology, the educational model has changed. Learners can access higher education resources and study courses online. This paper summarizes the trends in future education and assesses the impact of online learning on university education. We believe that university and...

In China, compared with the growing enthusiasm in debate among Chinese students, research in this field is relatively weak. Therefore, in order to gain an in-depth understanding of how forensic participation influence students’ critical thinking, especially their intellectual disposition, I conducted...

The issue of the environment is an important topic that needs serious attention. Global warming and environmental pollution is one proof that human activity has a direct impact on environmental preservation. The purpose of this study was to determine how the ideal concept of curriculum development of...

Improving learners' ability in speaking is one of the major problems faced by educators now days. Learners' speaking ability in my class is low including their pronunciation, fluency and their accuracy. Furthermore, most of learners are shy and afraid of making mistakes so there is no effort to try to...

Land is a natural resource that is very valuable for human life. Limited land availability creates separate disputes for humans. The cases of land disputes in South Sumatra Province, according to the Head of the Regional Office of the National Land Agency, were 27 cases, 18 cases have been completed...

Javanese is familiar with the rich folklore. In Magetan, East Java, Indonesia there is a music tradition that has a form of rhythm pattern from the pounding lesung (a kind of wooden mortar) and pestle. This study focuses on the music phenomena of oral tradition as a way to educate from the elder to younger...

Taking a practice of a higher vocational college and three major operators in the construction of information campus infrastructure as an example, this paper introduces the promotion effect of the co-construction and sharing model on the construction of smart campus, analyzes the co-opetition relationship...

Assessment in early childhood education is essential for it could help teachers to understand children’s developmental progress in learning, and enable caregivers to determine how well they perform in their job. This study is designed to observe and assess the preschool education in Subang, Indonesia...

As one of the most powerful methods in strategic negotiation, imposing pressure has been recognized and applied to a great extent and achieved success in a number of negotiation cases. The purpose of this article is to elaborate on the pressure in negotiation by summarizing the conclusions of previous...

The article’s aim is to assess the factors determining the quality of urban spaces as districts, quarters, neighborhoods. Methodologically the paper juxtaposes the analysis of selected scientific literature, with that of the transformations of the city of Almaty (Kazakhstan) from the mid 20th century....

2: 3: 5 ratio as a composition technique was first introduced in 2017 as an exploratory research paper by the corresponding author. This research is the initial part of the ratio’s developing process as a visual composition technique in logo design using the experimental ratio’s identification methodology...

Speaking is one of the skills to master in any language learning. In EFL context, mastering speaking skills can be challenging due to the limited exposure to the target language and chance to use it in a real communication. Therefore, teachers need to choose appropriate techniques in their speaking class...

At the end of December 2019, a virus, currently known as the novel coronavirus-2019 or 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), has emerged with a relatively fast spread rate. Each individual is obliged to participate in the process of preventing the disease from spreading. Additionally, any elements of society...

The aim of this study was to describe and analyze: (1) the main quality improvement strategy for SD Negeri 3 Rambang Dangku, Muara Enim; (2) Restrictions on the principle of quality improvement in SD Negeri 3 Rambang Dangku, Muara Enim; (3) solutions in improving the quality of SD Negeri 3 Rambang Dangku,...

Application of LPG for power generation in Indonesia can be replacing the usage of fuel-oil at the existing power plant. It turns out that LPG is also a flexible and low-emission alternative to other fuel types within power generation that equal with other natural gas such as LNG or CNG. The main LPG...

“Health is a fundamental human right”, which contains an obligation to heal the sick and maintain the healthy. This statement underlies the idea that health is a basic human right and health is an investment. Health services have an important role in improving the health status of the community. Law...

Nowadays, the workforce does encounter big problems in work-life as almost no one is passionate about their work anymore. Work passion is comparable important among educators to maintain their job performance. Over the years, researchers, organizations, and leaders have been struggling with the challenge...

Hunger in America is unimaginable. There appears to be food everywhere, just buy it. Unfortunately, many sections of our country have subsets of the population without the means to buy, store and prepare nutritious food. From Appalachian hollers to inner city neglected areas to homeless and disenfranchised...

This article aims to determine the relationship between teacher teaching style and experience on student discipline. The method used in this study is a case study. The analytical technique used in this study is thematic analysis. The subjects used in this study were 80 grade 6 students and 40 teachers....

In the field of art disciplines such as music and fine arts, fostering creativity is crucial. This study aimed to clarify how contemporary dancers generate new movements. To investigate the process by which contemporary dancers acquire new movements, interviews were conducted and analyzed using M-GTA....

Following the COVID-19 crisis, practically all university instructors decided to incorporate blended learning by adopting interactive technologies to enhance the teaching-learning process. Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory, which shaped collaborative learning, is encouraged since it strengthens the activity...

High inflation, rising concerns around cost of living, the topic of finance and its related crises has seemingly been on the rise in the last few decades. Through understanding how financial/banking crises can be linked to inequality, it can be perceived as to whether inequality is simply inevitable...

Multicultural education is a necessity in the current era to meet the rapid progress and globalization. Multicultural education requires special formation in order to achieve the goal of harmony and broad cultural meaning. This research reviews how a leader in a multicultural educational institution...

Zhuangzi mentioned peace in his own works. Life has multiple meanings here, in addition to the original helplessness, but also contains non-will, agnostic and contingency. Its scope includes helpless life circumstances, the meaning of the king and the minister of human society, and man-made unfair circumstances....

This paper discusses the importance and strategies of constructing new forms of textbooks in the context of digital transformation in education. By analyzing the characteristics and advantages of digital textbooks, it proposes methods for the construction of new forms of textbooks. Combined with practical...

Management audit is a critical tool for ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of financial functions within various organizations. This study aims to explore the implementation of management audits in financial management, assess how these audits contribute to enhancing efficiency and effectiveness,...

The arterial tree exhibits a complex spatio-temporal wave pattern, whose healthy behaviour depends on a balance between mechanical and geometrical properties. Several clinical studies demonstrated that this balance progressively breaks down during ageing, when the aorta stiffens and remodels. This dual...

Background: The topic of meaning in life seems popular in the general public and scientific community. However, many people seem to ask superficial and functionalistic questions which may lead to populist answers, potentially missing out crucial ingredients for a meaningful life. For example, many academics...

The paper “What Is Quantum Cognition, and How Is It Applied to Psychology?” by Busemeyer and Wang (2015) introduces the concept of quantum cognition as a framework for understanding human cognition in psychology. This critical analysis aims to evaluate the key arguments and contributions presented in...

Equal representation of women in the workplace is considered as a condition that is favorable to women’s interests and not only a demand for fairness or democracy. Increasing the participation and involvement of women in all fields of work has become one of the discourses that has been continuously debated...

Utilizing debates as an educational tool holds significant importance, not only for evaluating students’ capacity to construct arguments but also for evaluating their critical thinking abilities based on their existing knowledge. In this study, we introduce a multi-storyline comic that explores socio-scientific...

For at least the last six years (since 2016), several music activists in Yogyakarta who are members of the Art Music Today Foundation, have held an annual agenda entitled October Meeting Contemporary Music and Musicians. This agenda, although performing the works of composers like a festival, is more...

This study explores how student religiosity effects self-efficacy and motivation to become entrepreneurs. The sample is 510 students in three Indonesia districts, namely, Sulawesi Selatan, Yogyakarta, dan Kalimantan Barat. Structural equation modelling was used to confirm research hypotheses. The result...

This study examined how service quality and digital payment ease affect customer satisfaction in micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Simalungun Regency, Indonesia, with customer trust as a mediating variable. A quantitative explanatory design was applied, involving 319 digitally active MSME...

This study aims to identify how tax aggressiveness and debt costs affect company erformance evaluation of energy sector business entities from 2019 to 2023 on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). In addition, this study also considers the moderating effect of political connections on tax aggressiveness...

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming college libraries from static repositories into dynamic, AI-enhanced environments that significantly improve user experience. AI technologies such as machine learning, natural language processing, and data analytics are redefining library...

Crises are our new reality. “Black swans” are increasingly becoming the norm; our systems, environments, contexts are structurally prone to crises. Doing more of the same will not be the appropriate way to deal with modern crises: a paradigm shift is needed, based on a more accurate understanding of...

In the process of continuous development and improvement of economic globalization and informatization in social life, English, as an international language, increasingly shows a pivotal position in various countries and national information, culture, science and technology exchanges. Learning English...

Poetics is characterized by intersubjectivity in writing and aesthetics. The paper analyzes the organism of intersubjectivity, pinpointing to its otherness, intuition and self-evidence, which explain the essential law of poetics. Based on the combination of intersubjectivity and poetics, it elaborates...

SNSs have been widely used in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learning world-wide. In China, QQ, a very popular SNS, has also been widely used for EFL learning. However, there are some problems regarding the use of QQ in this field. This paper presents a study which tried to find out those problems...

In the process control engineering course, control methods are often introduced separately, which lacks an efficient way to deliver knowledge of control integration through case studies. In this paper, we introduce a plant-wide benchmark platform, the Tennessee Eastman (TE) process, for the teaching...

In this study, lecturers from various universities who utilize the blended learning environments in their courses and prepare distance education materials for this aim are interviewed and the problems they experience while preparing such materials are analyzed. Higher education institutions are evaluated...

On how to cultivate students' innovating ability during a graduation thesis of an undergraduate, it is thought here that consulting and tidying up references to select a proper thesis, protocoling experiments and designing experimental methods scientifically, doing experiments accurately,and summarizing...

Movies as one of many forms of entertainment have experienced fast development from time to time. With the globalization allowing movies from a country to be enjoyed in other countries, movie subtitles undergo development as well. Subtitles of many popular movies today are not only produced by certified...

This article elaborates on the ability and quality of a party branch secretary from four aspects, and analyzed the duties and tasks of the party branch secretary. Through continuous study, improve their overall quality, manage and drive the members of the branch, do a good job in the construction of...

The objective of national accounts is to present a model of the real economy in the most accurate way. It means that not only officially recorded data from business accounting are included, but also model computations are used (e.g. in estimating the size of the shadow economy or correcting a phenomenon...

With the increasing attention of the state and the education department to the higher education, the all-around development of students’ quality has received extensive attention. Both the levels of students’ academic knowledge and the improvement of students’ sports quality have received the attention...

Currently, the economic development of countries is directly dependent on the full scale of digitalization processes. As a new trend in social development, digitalization has replaced informatization and computerization. On the scale of economic and social life of both a single country and the whole...