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Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Wind Pressures Distribution on Porous Exterior Walls of Buildings Double Skin fa‡ade System
Jwohua Chen, Yun-Lian Chern, Mingchin Ho
A series of aerodynamics experiments were conducted to identify the effects of lateral leakages to the wind pressures distribution on the porous wall of buildings. The wind pressures distribution on the porous exterior walls of buildings had been studied by aerodynamic experiments in wind tunnel. The...
Proceedings Article
The Influence of Net Premium Growth, Claim Ratio and Risk-Based Capital on the Financial Performance of Life Insurance Companies
Ono Tarsono, Preztika Ayu Ardheta, Rininda Amriyani
The objective of this research was to examine and analyse the influence of Net Premium Growth, Claim Ratio and Risk Based Capital affect the Financial Performance of Line Insurance Companies. The study population was insurance companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2014–2018. The sample...
Proceedings Article
Working During the Pandemic: The Effect of Work Passion on Happiness at Work While Working at Home During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Ilham Medal Junjunan
This study aims to identify the influence of a person’s individual factors, in this case work passion, which consists of harmonious work passion and obsessive work passion on happiness at work when working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study was conducted on 55 participants consisting...
Proceedings Article
Climate Change, Food Security and Farming Millets in India: The Need to Change Cropping Pattern
Sachchidanand Prasad, Sujata Arya, Atmaram Shelke
At the recently held Conference of Parties (COP-28) UN Climate Summit in Dubai, India remained non-committal on reducing fossil fuel use or making any firm commitment to reducing carbon emissions, although under tremendous pressure from the developed countries. This is due to India’s concerns regarding...
Proceedings Article
The Mapping of Padang’s Local Tax Using Klassen Typology
Halkadri Fitra, Henri Agustin, Erly Mulyani, Febri Mukhlis
The purpose of this study is to map Padang local tax by using Klassen typology. This research is a quantitative descriptive study. The data used was obtained from Padang Regional Revenue Office for year 2015-2019. The population was all local taxes based on Law Number 28 Year 2009. The sample was selected...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Effect of Ce on Cast and Extruded Microstructure of ZK20 Alloy
Quan Li, Weibo Zhu, Bin Zeng, Xianquan Jiang
In this paper, Effect of different contents of Ce on ZK20 magnesium alloy by conventional metallographic, X-ray, SEM, XRD, analysis of Ce element exists in the form of ZK20 magnesium alloy and microstructure of action the results show that: in the experimental range (0% ~ 0.68%Ce (mass fraction)), with...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Soaking Seeds with Exogenous Melatonin Improve Photosynthetic Characteristics of Radish under Aluminum Stress
Yi Tang, Fengyun Lei, Enze Zhang, Huanxiu Li
A pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of exogenous melatonin (MT) on photosynthetic characteristics of radish under aluminum (Al) stress. Five treatments were used in the experiment: seeds were soaked with 0 (CK), 50, 100, 150 and 200 mol-L-1 concentrations of melatonin solution. The results...
Proceedings Article
Analysis of Unwanted Stimulated Raman Scattering in Fibre Optical Parametric Oscillators
Kai Han
The Stimulated Raman Scatting (SRS) sometimes plays a negative role in a fibre OPO ring cavity, which may consume the signal laser power. We established a mathematical model for describing the SRS process in the OPO cavity. A SRS threshold is presented. The SRS net effective gain should be smaller than...
Proceedings Article
Appreciation for Raja Ampat in the Official Website of Indonesian Tourism: Ecolinguistic Study
Arina Isti'anah
Tourism is one of the ways for the government to promote the country’s culture as well as nature. The language found in the official website of Indonesian tourism is powerful to persuade people to visit the country’s tourism destinations, one of which is Raja Ampat. The existence of its nature is an...
Proceedings Article
The Role of Government in a Crypto-currency World
Andrey Semenikhin, Igor Morkovkin, Elena Kolosova, Elena Rudakova, Alexander Galushkin, Lyudmila Rudenko
The subject of the research is an opportunity and advisability of a financial crypto-currency regulation. Wherein the work has an aim to substantiate an opportunity and necessity of introduction of government regulation for crypto-currency. In the research are used instruments of government financial...
Proceedings Article
Study of Conventional Bank Health in Indonesia from 2012 to 2017
Yusnita Octafilia, Evelyn Wijaya
Health bank level method that had been changed three times, from CAMEL, CAMELS to RGEC is Bank Indonesia’s strategy in order to protect banking sector which is susceptive to economy crisis. It is attractive because RGEC method is just implemented in Indonesia’s banking sector and it known from international...
Proceedings Article
Design for Application of Solar Power Plant in the Faculty of Engineering Mulawarman University
Indra Nusantara, Nur Rani Alham, Happy Nugroho, Muslimin, Restu Mukti Utomo
This research will discuss regarding the design of implementing Solar Power Plants (PLTS) through technical analysis with two systems, namely, the On-Grid system and the Off-Grid system. In addition, it will discuss economic analysis using the Net Present Value (NPV), Profitability Index/Benefit Cost...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
WHICH IS MORE CORRELATED WITH HYPERTENSIVE ORGAN DAMAGE, SLEEP BLOOD PRESSURE ASSESSED BY SELF-MEASURED AT HOME OR AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING?: THE JAPAN MORNING SURGE-HOME BLOOD PRESSURE (J-HOP) STUDY
Sirisawat Wanthong, Tomoyuki Kabutoya, Satoshi Hoshide, Kazuomi Kario
Pages: 64 - 64
Objective: To assess the associations with hypertensive target organ damage (TOD) of sleep SBP assessed by self-measured home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM).
Methods: Data of 1008 participants in the J-HOP study who measured sleep BP using both HBPM,...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
An Optimal Reactive Power Control Scheme for Rectifier Station of LCC-HVDC System during High Power Transmission
Hongsen Zou, Zijia Hui, Xiaojun Yu, Zhiyuan Liu, Zhiguo Hao
When rectifier station of LCC-HVDC has power fluctuations running at large load, AC filters controlled in groups at rectifier station are switched frequently. That problem potentially has impact on service life of corresponding circuit breaker and threatens the safe operation of the DC system. In this...
Proceedings Article
Weibo “Super Topic Community”: Virtual Community from the Perspective of Interactive Ceremony Chain
Xiaozhen Ma, Xiaojie Gong, Xiaofeng Cong, Jia Cong
The purpose of the study is to substitute the theory of interactive ritual chain to analyze the interaction logic, characteristics, rules and motivations of the members of the microblog “Super Topic Community”, and discuss its possible construction results and practical problems.This electronic uses...
Proceedings Article
Companies Financial Performance and Macroeconomics Condition, How They Relate to Share Price
Doddi Prastuti, Pristina Hermastuti Setianingrum
The idea behind this research is that theoretically macroeconomics condition as well as financial performance together should correlate with companies stock price. The main purpose of this study is to know how strong is the correlation of companies financial performance and macroeconomics condition to...
Proceedings Article
Business Plan of Abon Cakalang "Bless" in North Minahasa Regency
Ovni Taroreh, Nancy Mandey
The title in writing this business plan is "Business Plan of Abon Cakalang "Bless" in North Minahasa Regency". Business plan of abon cakalang "Bless" is said to be feasible to run because it is supported by marketing aspects, organizational and management aspects, production aspects, and financial aspects....
Proceedings Article
Financial Resilience, Risk and Firm Size Towards Sustainable Business in Companies Listed on The Indonesia Stock Exchange
Ninin Non Ayu Salmah, Sulastri Sulastri, Isni Andriana
This study aims to examine the impact of financial resilience, risk and company size on sustainable business in companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The study focuses on companies that consistently submitted environment, social and government reports from 2018 to 2022. The analysis employs...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
PERIPHERAL BLOOD FLOW REGULATION IN RESPONSE TO SYMPATHETIC STIMULATION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME
Thessa I.M. Hilgenkamp, Sang Ouk Wee, Tracy Baynard, Bo Fernhall
Pages: 62 - 62
Background: Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) experience autonomic dysfunction, with reduced sympathetic and parasympathetic control. This results in alterations in resting heart rate and blood pressure and attenuated responses to sympathoexcitatory stimuli. It is unknown to what extent this impacts...
Review Article
Population structure and the burden of disease in the United Arab Emirates☆
Iain Blair, Amer Ahmad Sharif
Pages: 61 - 71
To carry out their duties more effectively, health care professionals in the UAE often ask about the population structure and the main causes of mortality and morbidity in the country. This paper summarizes what is known about these topics drawing on secondary data sources that are available in the public...
Proceedings Article
Research and Implementation of ROHC for PoC Service Based on TD-SCDMA Network
Haiwen Li, Wei Huang, Lifu Li, Gang Yu
PoC is a half-duplex PTT service using VoIP technology based on cellular net-work packet domain carrying. ROHC is used to implement the header compres-sion in PS domain, which can improve the transmission efficiency of the air in-terface. This paper describes the working principle and the modes of operation...
Proceedings Article
Research on Economical Evaluation Model for Guaranteeing Environmental Factors
Houbin Wang, Zanglong Zhang, Hao Tang
At present, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has become an essential evaluation metric for economic development. However, existing evaluation models only concentrate on enhancing the accuracy and ignore the environmental influence for continuous development. In this work, we initially involve the material...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Effects of Exogenous Melatonin on Photosynthetic Characteristics of Chinese Cabbage Seedlings under Aluminum Stress
Yi Tang, Jingxian Li, Enze Zhang, Huanxiu Li
A pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of exogenous melatonin (MT) on photosynthetic characteristics of Chinese cabbage under aluminum (Al) stress. Five treatments were used in the experiment: leaves were sprayed with 0 (CK), 50, 100, 200 and 400 mol-L-1 concentrations of melatonin solution....
Proceedings Article
Loan Conditions and Bank Risk Exposure
Yi-Chang Chen, Zixian Xu, Jie Deng, Bin Xu
This paper investigates the loan conditions and bank risk exposure for the risk valuation factors of loans within the commercial bank industry. We use the listed companies in the Taiwan Economic News, sort out the financial indicators in 2007-2018, and empirically explores the impact of enterprises on...
Journal: Journal of African Trade
Research Article
The Impact of Imports from China on African Textile Exports
Yong He
Pages: 60 - 68
This study uses Comtrade trade data covering 1990–2017, 14 textile subsectors, and 53 African countries with their main trade partners to evaluate Chinese trade impacts on African textile exports over three subperiods at the sector level. It finds that, although textile imports from China had a significant...
Proceedings Article
The Level of Leachate Contamination in Groundwater Quality at Kawatuna Landfills Palu City
Zeffitni A. Iin, Nindy Karlinda, K. Alricha
Municipal solid waste has been a government concern due to its wicked problem for. the environment. Not only its management complexity, but leachate that potentially leaks to specific groundwater in Palu can pull impacts. The study explores the groundwater quality level surrounding the Kawatuna landfills...
Proceedings Article
Experienced Workplace Incivility and Happiness Among Millennial Nurses in Pandemic Covid-19
Reny Yuniasanti, Nina Fitriana, Malida Fatimah
In 2021, the number of cases individuals infected with Covid-19 in Indonesia is at a very high level. This has an impact on various sectors, one of which is the health sector including nurses as one of key person that solving Covid-19. Happiness at nurses during Covid-19 is getting in low level. There...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Mechanical and Durability Aspects of Abaca Fiber-Reinforced Concrete with Fly Ash
M. S. Jamal, M. S. Khatun, M. R. Badsha, N. I. Shorna
Abaca fiber is a strong natural material that can improve concrete. Fly ash, a by-product of coal power plants, can make concrete more workable and durable. Fibers increase strength but may cause voids if poorly mixed. Fly ash reduces this by refining the concrete’s microstructure and improving the bond...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
The Compressive Strength of Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) with the Addition of Micro Synthetic Fibers and Sika ViscoCrete 3115 N Admixture
M. Syawan Fikri, Roby Anggara, Lina Flaviana Tilik, Sudarmadji, Ayu Marlina, Nurul Aina Syahira
Self Compacting Concrete (SCC) was an innovation in concrete that could compact itself, with high flowability and workability. SCC did not require mechanical vibration in the placement process within formwork volumes. The purpose of this research was to determine the characteristics of SCC with the addition...
Proceedings Article
Empowering Sustainability: Integrating ESG Principles for a Net-Zero Future Through Decentralised Process Plant Design
Muhammad Yousaf Arshad, David Lewis, Nam Nghiep Tran
In the transition towards a net-zero future, the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles into decentralised process plant design plays a pivotal role. This study explores the potential of hydrogen production from biogas using reforming and electrolyser technologies, with...
Research Article
Clinical, Imaging, and Laboratory Characteristics of Adult Mexican Patients with Tuberculous Meningitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Miguel García-Grimshaw, Francisco Alejandro Gutiérrez-Manjarrez, Samuel Navarro-Álvarez, Alejandra González-Duarte
Pages: 59 - 64
Tuberculous Meningitis (TBM) is the most common form of central nervous system Tuberculosis (TB), accounting for 5–6% of extrapulmonary TB cases. Nowadays, TBM continues to be a major topic in public health because of its high prevalence worldwide. This retrospective study aimed to describe the clinical,...
Proceedings Article
Evaluation of Technology Literation Through Innovation of Autotronic Simulator Assisted Learning in Vocational Schools
Wahid Munawar, Sriyono, Subhan Nur Sobah, Ridwan Adam
The Cruise Control System (CCS) autotronic simulator is an automatic speed control system that functions to maintain the vehicle’s speed at the desired speed without stepping on the gas and brake pedals. Autotronic learning innovation in vocational high schools is interpreted as a renewal of the learning...
Series: Advances in Physics Research
Proceedings Article
Study of the Depth of Groundwater Layers Using the Ordinary Block Kriging Method and It’s Effect on the Occurrence of Liquefaction in the Petobo Area of South Palu, Indonesia
Nur’eni Nur’eni, Jamidun Jamidun, Andi Harismahyanti, Nurul Fazharia
Petobo as the location of the research area is part of the city of Palu in Indonesia, namely in the South Palu sub-district area. The topographic profile of this region is a flat area, most of which is used as rice fields and some have developed into residential areas. In Palu city planning. Before the...
Proceedings Article
Teaching Method of Building Energy Conservation Based on Virtual Simulation Platform
Take the Teaching of Building Sunshade Design as an Example
Xiao Chen, Chen Xi, Hui Wan, Yiqing Luo, Mengchao Zou, Yuqin Ying
There are two problems in the course of Building Energy Conservation: “theory” cannot be effectively converted into “idea”, and the basic knowledge connection is not perfect. In order to solve these problems, a new teaching mode will be developed by using the virtual simulation laboratory. This paper...
Research Article
The Risk Assessment of the Fog Disaster
Haibo Hu, Jinjun Pan
Pages: 59 - 64
The fog probability in urban area is determined by the observatory data. Taking the regular grid to be the assessed unit, the Fragility Exponential (FE) is computed upon the gird cell, in which the density of the road-net is stood for, and the FE can be modified according to the important facility distributed...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Hypoglycemic and Hypolipidemic Effects of Melastoma dodecandrum ethanol-extract on Type 2 Diabetic Rats
Chang-Lei Li, Bao-Miao Ma, Xiao-Qing Chen, Yu-Wei Liu, Xi-Ji Shu
Abstract. To observe hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of Melastoma dodecandrum ethanol-extract on type 2 diabetic rats. Except twelve SPF SD rats were as the control group, the rest eighty type 2 diabetic rats were induced by feeding with high-fat and high-sugar diet and intraperitoneal injection...
Proceedings Article
Formulation of Foot Lotion Containing Papaya Leaf Extract (Carica Papaya L.) With Tri Ethanol Amine Concentration Variation as Emulgator and Its Physical Stability
Dewi Marlina, Rian Trias Widyani, Diah Febrihaq, Tari Janesa Karunia
Foot heel is very susceptible to Xerosis due to lack of moisture due to loss of lipids and natural moisturizing factors in the Stratum Corneum. According to research, Papaya Leaves (Carica papaya L) contain phenol compounds which are secondary metabolites which play an active role as antioxidants and...
Proceedings Article
Comparison of the Effect of Adding Coca-Cola and Sugar on Setting Time and Concrete Compressive Strength
Tamrin Rahman, Annisa Miranda, Juli Nurdiana, Mardewi Jamal
This study aims to compare the effect of the addition of Coca-Cola and granulated sugar on the performance of the mixture. This research is using experimental method. First, watch the effect of granulated sugar and sugar content in Coca-Cola given on the weight of cement at the initial setting time and...
Proceedings Article
Evaluating Corporate Currency Risk Management Practices: A Case Study of Multinational Companies and Their Hedging Strategies
Wen Kong
In the context of global economic integration, multinational corporations (MNCs) face significant currency risks due to cross-border transactions involving multiple currencies. This study evaluates the effectiveness of hedging strategies—including futures, forwards, options, swaps, and loan hedging—through...
Proceedings Article
Exploring Patterns of Educational Participation through K-Medoid: A Case Study of Central Java
Ariska Fitriyana Ningrum, Alwan Fadlurohman, Ihsan Fathoni Amri, Saeful Amri, Dannu Purwanto
This study analyzes the level of education participation in districts/cities in Central Java Province using the K-Medoids algorithm. The data used includes gross enrollment rate (APK), net enrollment rate (APM), school enrollment rate (APS), and expected years of schooling (HLS). The elbow method was...
Proceedings Article
The Analysis of Halal Assurance System Implementation (HAS 23000) in Fried chicken Flour Product: A Case study on XXX Brand
Nunuk Adiarni, Anisaa Fortunella
The number of halal certified products as recorded by the Directorate Generale of Islamic Religious Community guidance reached 60.76% of the total product in circulation. Muslim consumers with 85% of the total population of Indonesia required halal food guarantee. The order of eating in the Holy Al Qur'an...
Proceedings Article
Manipulator Grasping Based on Object Detection
Xin Shu, Chang Liu, Tong Li
To make sure that manipulator can perform well on novel environment, a new grasping approach based on object detection is proposed. A pose estimation network is used as usual to predict the grasping pose of the object while an object detection network is added before it as the input information of the...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Correlation of Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Specimens with Reinforced Concrete Slabs Cast in the Field
Ika Sulianti, Amiruddin Amiruddin, Agus Subrianto, Rachmat Hakiki, Cindi Septi Yandri, Aprilia Meana Putri
The concrete construction work process usually has many factors that influence the quality of the concrete, starting from various methods of preparing materials to caring for the concrete. This occurs because of the differences in treatment given to samples in the laboratory and workpieces made in the...
Proceedings Article
Techno-Economic Analysis and Hybrid PV-Diesel Power Plant Design for the Dedieselization Program in Nusa Penida Island
Randi Rifalda, Bambang Arip Dwiyantoro, Musa P. Marbun
The high operational costs of Diesel Power Plants (DPP) in remote areas have pushed the Indonesian government to implement a dedieselization program. This initiative aims to replace or integrate existing DPPs with renewable energy (RE) sources, a strategy being implemented in isolated areas like Nusa...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Effects of ABA on Photosynthetic Characteristics of Chinese Cabbage under Aluminum Stress
Huaqiang Tan, Guiyuan Pu, Huanxiu Li
A pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of exogenous abscisic acid (ABA) on photosynthetic characteristics of Chinese cabbage under aluminum (Al) stress. Five treatments were used in the experiment: leaves were sprayed with 0 (CK), 1, 5, 10 and 20 mol-L-1 concentrations of abscisic acid solution....
Proceedings Article
Optimal Policy for Deteriorating Items Ramp Type Demand with Shelf Life
Kai-Wayne Chuang, Chien-Nan Lin, Chun-Hsiung Lan
In this article, we have studied the inventory and pricing strategies for deteriorating items with ramp type demand and shelf life. In practice, there are many commodity such as food, medication exist the shelf life expiration date. Therefore the shelf life expiration date has become an important research...
Proceedings Article
Design and Implementation of Information Management System for Enterprise
Dong Xin, Hongxia Zhao, Baogang Zhou
With the rapid development of economic construction and the further development of enterprise information, computer and network technology are gradually applied to enterprises to improve efficiency and quality, and information management is an important part of modern enterprise management, so the design...
Proceedings Article
Variation on Photosynthetic Performance in Kiwifruit Seedling During Drought Stress and Rewatering
Yong Zhang, Qiyang Chen, Haoru Tang
Drought stress adversely impact on the global crop growth and productivity. It is especially important to elucidate the physiological characteristics on plants under drought stress. With the prolongation of drought time, chlorophyll content continued to decline. Root activity increased significantly...
Proceedings Article
Business Plan Analysis of Housing Company in Bandung
W.S. Suryatno, Herman S. Soegoto
The purpose of this research is to analyze whether the project X that was planned to be built by the developer is economically eligible. This research of feasibility used Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate Return (IRR), Payback Period (PP), Profitability Index (PI) and Cash Flow analysis methods....
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
The Efficiency of Impervious Protection of Hydraulic Structures of Irrigation Systems
Mikhail A. Bandurin, Irina F. Yurchenko, Victor A. Volosukhin, Vladimir V. Vanzha, Alexander V. Mikheyev
To prolong the service life of hydraulic structures of irrigation systems and dams there were developed and patented method and device of creating impervious coating of irrigation channels, impervious geotextile coating of low-pressure earthen dams, a device for sealing butt joints of trays providing...