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Purpose: Delirium is a frequent occurrence amongst Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients, but studies on its causes are sparse and its risk factors vary from disease to disease. Here, in this study, an attempt was made to investigate the factors associated with the prognosis of delirium in the ICU. Methods:...

The construction industry faces increasing pressure to reduce carbon emissions due to environmental concerns and regulatory demands. Traditional cement-based concrete production contributes significantly to CO₂ emissions, primarily due to the energy-intensive cement manufacturing process. This study...

A supramolecular guest copolymer (PNAP-co-PAM) based on naphthol-containing monomer (NAP) and acrylamide was synthesized via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. The structure of supramolecular guest copolymer was characterized by NMR and GPC. And the self-assembly behavior of supramolecular guest copolymer...

This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of Malay translated version of the brief questionnaire of smoking urges (QSU-Brief). The translation procedure was done following the standard guidelines. The reliability and validity of the Malaysian version scale were evaluated based on the data...

The current study aims to investigate the extent of job satisfaction contribution to employee engagement. Employee engagement has been found as being important to employee productivity and organization performance. Participants were 110 employees of a private property company in Makassar, Indonesia....

Biomass co-firing is one of alternative way for Coal-Fired Power Plant (CFPP) to achieve green energy. Indonesia as the world’s largest producer of palm oil, has the chance to convert palm oil waste into a relatively sustainable biomass for use as co-firing fuel in CFPP. Biomass combustion, on the other...

CO2 emission is a widely challenging problem in economics, energy and environment, which has an impact on carbon price. This work utilizes ARIMA-based models to analyse the CO2 emission prediction. We provide an useful model for CO2 emission time series and forecast the emission volume in 2024~2028....

This paper used data retrieved from Web of Science database as datasets to analyze the research area of big data in education. Based on the bibliometrics method, the basic characteristics of authors, institutions, and cited references, et al. are described. The visualization of keywords co-occurrence...

Information extraction (IE) is the process of extracting relevant and useful patterns or information from unstructured data. Named entity recognition (NER) is a subtask of IE that identifies entities from unstructured text documents and organize them into different predefined categories such as person,...

Low-cost is an increasingly inflected theme in the mechanical engineering world. A cost reducing leads to the development of new solutions, that could not be used in non-commercional sector before. One of this solution is the free hardware programmable platform called Arduino. This platform is very popular...

To mitigate the phase noise, we propose Spiral QAM in CO-OFDM. Simulation results, based on 40-GS/s CO-OFDM systems, show that 16 Spiral QAM can increase the phase noise tolerance, as compared to square 16 QAM.

The transformation of modern public administration is based on the introduction of transparent, with wide public participation management practices. Innovative technologies imply new forms of citizen participation in government. This applies to all areas even the rulemaking sphere. Modern technologies...

This paper analyzes the research status and development trend of the Outcome-Based Education (OBE) teaching concept in undergraduate education, aiming to provide theoretical basis and practical reference for undergraduate teaching reform. By retrieving the CNKI, VIP and Wanfang databases, a total of...

This study examines a decade trend in risk management literature within health sector of public organizations. Qualitative literature review was conducted using 252 documents retrieved from the Scopus database, covering the period from 2015 to 2025. Study focuses on risk management, public organization,...

This paper defines the concept of the two kinds of development paths of the maker space, which are the "Unipolar" mode and "Bipolar" mode. And then based on the comparison of the advantages and shortcomings between them, the conclusion is made that the maker space should take the "Bipolar" development...

Thermoelectric effect or Seebeck effect provides a means by which thermal energy can be converted into electricity directly. Voltage appears between two different types of materials (Conductor or Semiconductor) that are joined together and its junction is heated. While most efficient materials are semiconductors,...

This paper studies the problems and risks that may exist in the process of high-goodwill mergers and acquisitions. Specifically, taking the event of TONZE ELECTRIC CO.,LTD’s cross-industry M&A of Xintai material in 2016 as an example, the reasons for declined financial performance of the acquired party...

The recommender system has seeped into each corner of the earth, but any recommender system has to experience the process of lacking data at the beginning. So, how to recommend things well in that condition becomes a cold start problem. The recommendation system cold start problem has always been a big...

Cobalt is one of the most common catalysts used in the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process and the primary catalyst investigated in this study. Machine learning (ML) was used to analyze the variables that affect the FT process. This study investigates how surface area impacts CO adsorption and hydrocarbon product...

Under the background of new engineering, various industries have put forward higher requirements for applied talents, but the current single mode of training for engineering majors, the concept of training is not new, and the training mechanism is solidified, which is difficult to adapt to the development...

This paper uses scientometrics method of knowledge mapping domains, on the basis of CAJD database, summarizes and analyses the discipline structure of "Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (TCSL)". It introduces the method of knowledge mapping analysis to the research area of Teaching Chinese as a Second...

Based on the data of CNKI database from 2000 to 2023, Citespace visualization tool was used to analyze the status quo and hot spots of rainstorm disaster risk research in China from five aspects: the number of published documents, domestic institutional cooperation, theme evolution, keyword co-occurrence...

As a famous centennial jewelry enterprise from America, Tiffany & Co. always insists on its brand value though it has been honed in the centennial development progress. This paper aims at analyzing the development environment and the enterprise strategy of the centennial jewelry brand, Tiffany. Firstly,...

Poly(ester-co-ether) as a potential ‘‘green’’ plasticizer for poly(lactic acid) (PLA) was synthesized from diethylene glycol adipate (DEAP) with neopentylglycol adipate (NPAP). The chemical structure of poly (diethylene glycol adipate -co- neopentylglycol adipate) (PDNA) was characterized by FTIR . PLA...

Mathematical models of dynamics of pressure swing adsorption processes for the separation of synthesis gas (into hydrogen, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide) and air (into oxygen, nitrogen and argon) have been developed. The models allow calculating the profiles of component concentrations and temperature...

Based on SCIE and DII documents (2006-2015) and social network analysis, this paper analyzes one-mode network structural characteristics of co-authoring, institutional cooperation and patent owner cooperation, then constructs two-mode network by the N-Cliques factions division and author keyword coupling...

LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 powders were synthesized from co-precipitated spherical metal hydroxide, Ni0.8Mn0.1Co0.1(OH)2. The effects of the complexant (NH4OH) concentration in base solution on the microstructure, crystalline structure and electrochemical properties of the product were studied. The results...

Astronomy is a very interesting knowledge because involving concepts that related to everyday phenomena. Astronomy combines the disciplines of physics, space science, mathematics, optics, jurisprudence, geography and others branch of science discipline. The science of astronomy is often referred to as...

Osteoarthritis (OA) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are prevalent conditions and often co-exist. Vascular involvement in pathogenesis of CVD and OA gives reason to investigate arterial stiffness in OA. The aim of this study is to investigate the associations between OA and arterial stiffness. Arterial...

In order to solve the contradiction between protection and development of Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserves, the community co-management project was the first one introduced in the village of Cuochi in 2007. This paper intends to illustrate the superiority of developing community co-management based on ecological...

In this study, we report the activation energy of the optical self-oscillation for a polymer chain that consisted of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) (25 wt%), the Ru catalyst (5 wt%) of the Belouzov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction, and acrylamide-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid (AMPS) (75 wt%). The AMPS moiety...

Compared to individual-level analysis, community-level analysis provides a new perspective to inspect network structure. It focuses on modeling the evolving relationships between communities. Intuitively, community-level analysis is a generalization of individual-level analysis. It reflects a macroscopic...

This paper regarded the 12385 related to high technology industry 's research literatures which were from Web of Science database during the 2008-2017 as the research object, using bibliometrics method, based on citespace to analyze high technology industry research from the keywords, co-citation analysis,...

The high-quality development of business management and economic society is the strategic target to the construction and dissemination of China’s national image. This research regarded CSSCI literatures of business management discipline in the CNKI database from 1978 to 2018 as the research objects....

Objective: Patients in hemodialysis frequently have cognitive dysfunction (CO/DY). Hemodialysis session often results in acute intravascular volume loss, fluid shifts, hypotensives episodes, decrease of cerebral perfusion and cerebral ischemia, all of which may cause transient deterioration of cognitive...

Objectives: In the general population aortic stiffening assessed by carotid femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV) is associated with cognitive dysfunction (CO/DY). Data in chronic kidney disease (CKD) are limited. Our study tests the hypothesis that large artery stiffness and microvascular damage in CKD...

In PT PLN (Persero)’s Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) for the period 2021 - 2030, there is a biomass co- firing program with coal at Steam Power Plants (PLTU). This program reflects PLN’s innovative efforts to increase the use of renewable energy sources without requiring large investment expenditures....

Since 2018, the CLEVER Cities project has put into practice an inclusive co-creation processes that aims at involving stakeholders (particularly: citizens, civil society, public and private entities) in decision-making for the implementation of large-scale, urban Nature-based Solutions (NBS). The scope...

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) released from permafrost regions may have positive feedback on climate change, but there is much uncertainty about additional warming from the permafrost carbon cycle. One of the main reasons for this uncertainty is that the observation data for large-scale GHG fluxes are sparse,...

Domestic debt is a key determinant of public finance as it provides governments with opportunities to finance deficits, cover capital expenditure projects such as infrastructure, and cushion economic stability. This paper analyses the effect of domestic debt on economic growth, inflation, and financial...

Blastocystis, a common intestinal protozoan, has garnered significant attention over the past two decades due to its controversial role as an opportunistic pathogen. This study will to examine the trend of Blastocystis infection, specifically as an opportunistic infection, through a comprehensive bibliometric...

Formation and evolution of enterprises’ competitive relationship are not independent with each other, so that enterprises have complex relationship such as mutual initiation, interference and transformation. This complex relationship appears as complex network relation. In order to study competitive...

The decarboxylation mechanism of oxaloacetate catalyzed by transition metal ions M(?...?) (M=Cu, Zn, Co) has been studied using Density Functional Theory (DFT). The calculations show that the catalytic cycle contains two stages: the formation of oxaloacetate-M(?...?) complexes, and the cleavage of the...

For the problem of speed control of passive training in lower limb rehabilitation robot, a control strategy based on fuzzy PID is proposed. Firstly, the trajectory curve of the position was derived and the fuzzy controller was designed. The kinematics model and the simulation model of the controlled...

This study was aimed at using biomimetic strategies to construct a biphasic scaffold. Biphasic scaffolds were constructed using the 3-dimentional printing technology with two phases: the bony phase and the chondral phase. The bony phase was using the composition of poly (lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA)...

Fiscal policy is usually a common means to narrow the income gap between urban and rural residents in China.Therefore, this paper uses multiple linear regression to choose the seven popular measures of fiscal policy to explore how it will affect on the urban and rural income gap.The conclusion concluded...

The traditional ancient Chinese building group is composed of individual buildings laid in accordance with the azimuth, orientation, axis and hierarchical order. The plane features of the group space are characterized by axis extension, multi-path expansion, and layer-by-layer progression; the three-dimensional...

[Purpose/significance] Aims to summarize the current hotspots of international electronic health research and provide some reference for the future development of electronic health. [Method/process] By using the methods of co-word analysis, cluster analysis and content analysis, to summarize the research...

Financial technology (fintech), or digital innovations in the financial sector, is expected to enhance access to financial services and promote innovations for more inclusive and sustainable futures. To provide an up-to-date discussion on FinTech, the paper aims to map out the main countries, publications,...

Indonesia palm oil plantations have an area 15.08 million hectares in 2021 which provide huge potential of biomass from replanting waste including palm oil trunks. This study aims to determine the characteristics of palm oil trunks and its potential for co-firing fuel with coal in power plant. The palm...