Search all articles

Technology is becoming increasingly integrated into teaching environments in terms of enhancing students’ engagement and facilitating teaching. Technology as one of the important tools in helping the success of 21st-century learning requires students to use it appropriately in accessing information....

Dominant physical ability, basic techniques and skills are key factors that need to be mastered in the futsal game. Physical ability is highly decisive for technical, tactical, and mental development. This research aims to obtain an overview of the physical condition of futsal athlete club players of...

Background: The incidence and development of antibiotic resistance have been shown to have an impact on the ineffectiveness of therapy and are associated with the increased morbidity and mortality, length of hospitalization, and cost of treatment. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can spread among bacteria,...

Owing to revolutionary technological advancements and exceptional experimental data, particularly in the area of image analysis and processing, artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning has lately become widely popular buzzword. This opportunity has been taken by medical specialties where imaging...

The baby’s skin is very sensitive, so it is prone to infection or suffering from allergies or fungi and bacteria. Skin disorders that often occur in babies are characterized by the appearance of prickly heat, irritation, diaper rash, or eczema. The prevalence of diaper rash in infants aged 0–12 months...

A crash box is a passive device normally used to absorb impact energy during high-speed train accidents. Therefore, the focus of this study is to determine the ability of a circular crash box to absorb energy and its deformation pattern. The sample used was designed to have an outer diameter of 50 mm...

The games that have existed since the dawn of mankind have been proven to have a significant effect on the development of students. A teaching resource that makes learning more permanent and retainable is educational games that are used as part of the academic process. Educational games are a fun way...

The capture of small pelagic fish larvae, practiced for several decades using the light fishing gear Siru-siru, primarily targets individuals from the flexion to post-flexion stages. The fishery has received little scientific attention and remains largely unmanaged. This study examines the fishing activities...

This study examines the application of machine learning guided hedging strategies in index exchange-traded fund (ETF) investing, focusing on Indian retail investors. Using NIFTYBEES, the country’s first and most liquid ETF tracking the NIFTY 50 and volatility signals from India VIX, we evaluate whether...

Background: Individualized weighing of the risk-benefit of anticoagulation is recommended in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) that have low established risk scores or, conversely, are at increased risk for bleeding1. Parameters of arterial stiffness and wave reflection could improve risk stratification,...

Exorbitant computation cost hinders the practical application of recommendation algorithm, especially in time-critical application scenario. Although experiments show that recommendation algorithm based on an integrated diffusion on user-item-tag tripartite graphs can significantly improve accuracy,...

A heme-histidine-sodium decyl sulfate nano micelles complex with peroxidase activity (MAP) was constructed self-assembly and immobilized on a hydroxy fullerene modified glassy carbon electrode. The cyclic voltammograms of the modified electrode with a pair of redox peaks were investigated. The formal...

One of the active ingredients of herbicide is Glyphosate (N- (phosphonomethyl) glycine) which is widely used in plantation land. Herbicide residues will accumulate in agricultural products, pollution in the environment (water, air and soil), poisoning in humans both acute and chronic that have an impact...

This study aims to produce an instrument for measuring the level of food security literacy ability of 5th grade elementary school students. This type of research is research and development carried out using four of the five stages of the ADDIE model. Instrument development uses two types of validation,...

The blended consortium learning method is the method combining several types of learning. The COVID-19 pandemic required the lecturer and student to conduct the daring learning method. This study aimed to assess the student’s perception of the implementation of the blended consortium learning method....

To optimize irrigation and provide a technical guide on agricultural production, the water-saving irrigation meteorological grading indexes of different development stages of maize were built in this paper, based on the principle of farmland water balance, the theories of insufficient irrigation and...

Background: Although acute and chronic resistance exercise is associated with increases in arterial stiffness, the underlying mechanisms are not completely understood. Autonomic nervous system function is associated with arterial stiffness. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis...

Background: Calcium scoring on MDCT and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) have been widely used as indices of atherosclerosis. However, the clinical correlation between carotid IMT and the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD) is relatively poorly established. The aim of this study was to determine...

After 1980s, the west modern music flood into China, producing a shock to Chinese music industry and resulted in very profound impact on the development of national music. In the late 1990s, the impact of pop music also had a great impact on erhu music creation and the music creation in the later period...

No holistic approach is available to teach programming subjects, especially for novices. The current practice involves guiding the students to become the users of a programming language or tools. This study explores an alternative approach to teaching programming subjects. The students have to learn...

Patients with high-risk myeloid neoplasms, including myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML), are offered allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) to improve the likelihood of long-term disease control. More than 50% of patients with high-risk disease will relapse...

Chilli processing SMEs in Indonesia are currently diverse and developing various derivative products. One of the chilli processing products produced by SMEs is bottled chilli sauce. Processing of chilli commodities can support an increase in the volume of imports of processed chilli products and can...

Background: Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a surrogate marker of cardiovascular disease (CVD). CIMT values ≥75th percentile of normal subjects are considered high and indicative of increased CVD risk. It is a rare data about normal CIMT values in Asian subjects without conventional CVD risk...

Dynamic kinetic resolution was used to overcome the problem that enantiomeric excess of product(eep) should been reduced with the increase of yield in the kinetic resolution, To obtain higher yield with higher enantiomeric excess of product(eep), and to overcome the disadvantage of kinetic resolution,...

The purpose of the article is to justify the effectiveness of a comprehensive methodology for health aerobics classes in women aged 18-25 years. Materials and methods: the study was conducted on the premises of the South Ural State University training and sports facilities. Thirty women aged from 18...

Low, oscillatory flow/shear patterns are associated with atherosclerotic lesion development. Increased expression of KCa3.1 has been found in Vascular Smooth Muscle (VSM), macrophages and T-cells in lesions from humans and mice. Increased expression of KCa3.1, is also required for VSM cell proliferation...

This research aims at measuring antibacterial activity differences of ethanolic extract of ketapang leaf in the concentrations of 10 mg/mL, 25 mg/mL, 50 mg/mL, 75 mg/mL, and 100 mg/mL against S. aureus ATCC 6538, Staphylococcus aureus Methycilin Resistance (MRSA), and P. aeruginosa isolates of diabetic...

Background: Anemia is a hematological complication that occurs in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Anemia is multifactorial and can cause a decrease in the clinical condition and quality of life of PLWHA. Anemia that occurs in PLWHA can be influenced by the side effects of using Antiretroviral (ARV)...

Clove and cinnamon are two major plants with anti-diabetic effects. A significant lack of findings from recent discoveries that reveal the potency of plant combinations leads to an information gap regarding it. This study aims to uncover the effectiveness of infusion combination between clove and cinnamon....

Objective: Valve calcification (VC) is common in patients on hemodialysis and increases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The aim if the study was to evaluate the association between VC and 44-hour ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) variables. Materials and methods: In 68 patients with...

Microwave drying is a dehydration process that is often used to preserve a food or material. In this study, sea bass leathers were dried by microwave technique. In order to improve the productivity, the microwave energy was applied to decrease the drying time. The sea bass leathers were dried to the...

Inactive pituitary adenoma (IPA) or “Silent Pituitary Adenomas” refers to tumors that secrete one or more hormones or their transcription factors (TFs), detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC), but the amount of hormones expressed is not has clinical significance and is not expressed by symptom complexes...

The objective of the study was to elevate the solubility, dissolution, and oral bioavailability of a practically insoluble hyperlipidemia drug Atorvastatin calcium. 23 factorial design and solvent antisolvent precipitation were used to create atorvastatin calcium nanocrystals (NCs). Particle size, drug...

Background: Arterial stiffness is known marker of poor cardiovascular prognosis. The aim if the study was to assess the incidence of valve calcification (VC) in patients with end- stage renal disease (ESRD) and its associations with clinical parameters of arterial stiffness. Methods: In 68 adults with...

Background: Arterial stiffness (AS) is a highly prognostic risk factor of cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) and eGFR in patients under the risk of cardiovascular disease. Methods: This was a retrospective study...

Introduction: Peak prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) is approaching 60 years of age, suggesting an aging patient population compared to past reports. Aging is independently associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk. Additionally, arterial function is compromised with aging. Carotid artery...

Background: The cold pressor test (CPT) has been used to detect vasospastic angina, but its sensitivity for predicting vasospasm is low. The aim of this study was to determine if the estimation of coronary flow reserve capacity in the left anterior descending coronary artery using transthoracic Doppler...

Background: Increase in central blood pressure is more predictive of future cardiovascular disease than increased brachial blood pressure. Arterial stiffness causes an early return of the reflected pressure wave to the aorta, with subsequently augmented central systolic pressure. It has been reported...

In the era of mobile technology , it is very common to find community-based applications that use Location Based Services technology to share location information. On the other hand, geographic location, for some people are confidential related to privacy. Based on the paradox then it is necessary to...

This study aims to reveal the application of active learning strategy type student created a case study to improve motivation and learning outcomes. The research subject is a culinary education of home economics students. It was observed by tests, field notes, profile documentation. The analyzes were...

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the use of MATLAB and Simulink SimScape functions and toolboxes to model and evaluate key properties of an engineering system. In this case, it was a parcel delivery drone. The drone is assembled from four electric motors, propellers, a battery, four structural-bearing...

Background and Aims: Arterial volume compliance is a major determinant of cardiac afterload. More than 50% of the arterial volume compliance resides in the proximal aorta. Researchers often use area compliance for the estimation of volume compliance, assuming an invariant vessel length over pressure...

Objectives: Vascular aging results from endothelial dysfunction and increased arterial stiffness, a independent determinant of cardiovascular (CV) events, that is amplified by the presence and progression of arterial hypertension (AH). Age related changes in hemodynamic variables1 may predict negative...

Based on finite difference time domain (FDTD) method, a monoaxial anisotropic perfectly matched layer was used as absorbing boundary condition, a gauss pulse signal with a bandwidth of 0-10GHz and a peak value of 1V was used as excite source, the impedance of microstrip was 50 , excitation signal source...

A novel environmentally friendly composite was prepared with short-chopped grass segments (SGS) and starch by hot-pressing method. The effects of ratio of raw materials and hot-pressing temperature on the performance of composites were studied. Results showed that the tensile strength increased with...

Foreign words or in Japanese called Gairaigo (外来語) is words that taken from foreign languages, and adapted to Japanese word formation. The purpose of this research is to get to know about the formation of Gairaigo in Japanese commercial advertisements that appeared in the period 2016 to 2020, the types...

Introduction: Chlorpromazine is a typical class of antipsychotics used in Indonesia for psychotic diseases. At the Ghrasia mental hospital in Yogyakarta, chlorpromazine is given to patients with manic-type schizophrenia. The side effects of chlorpromazine include extrapyramidal, agranulocytosis, leukocytosis,...

Background: Although Aerobic Exercise (AE) has been recognized for lowering Blood Pressure (BP), little is known about the alterations in aortic BP after exercise (1,2). PURPOSE: To investigate the acute pulse wave reflection responses induced by AE with different volumes in normotensive and hypertensive...

Objectives: Mortality rate in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are still at a high level. Sarafidis et al. showed the predictive value of 48h PWV in patients undergoing hemodialysis [1], although recent studies using office measurement showed controversial predictive results. Aim of the present study was...

Objectives: Since genetic factor determines part of hypertensive phenotype, we aim to demonstrate the role of transplanted kidney from normotensive living donors in post-transplant hypertension (HTN). Methods: From 1.5-year-medical record review yielded 103 kidney transplant recipients in whom living-donor...