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Research on the Efficiency of Universities Technology Transfer in Shaanxi

Jie Duan, Xinwei Fu, Hailin Bai
Shaanxi province is a big province of education in China. It has rich science and technology resources.And its technology output level is very high. However, the efficiency of technology transfer is very low. This paper first studies the present situation of Shaanxi province university technology transfer...
Proceedings Article

Characterization of Microorganism Isolated From “Fermege”: The Ruminant Fermented Feed from Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

Isnawati Isnawati, Guntur Trimulyono
The aim of this study was to determine the number of bacteria and fungi in the fermentation process and characterization of these microorganisms. There were several steps in this research including production of fermented feed, isolation of indigenous microorganisms, purification, characterization of...

Research on Energy Cooperation among Countries in China and along the Belt and Road Initiative

Yang Hou, Linlin Liang
The concept of the “One Belt and One Road” is to promote cooperation and development among countries. Strengthening international energy cooperation is one of the important tasks of the “four revolutions and one cooperation” energy revolution strategy proposed by general secretary Jinping Xi. In the...

The Use of Modified Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) to predict Student Behavioral Intention in the use of Integrated Academic Information System (iGracias) Mobile Application at Telkom University

Tarandhika Tantra, Maya Ariyanti
Mobile devices such as tablets, smartphones, and mobile phones have become an integral part of everyday life. Applications that can be used for shopping, banking, traveling, and other services related to daily needs for many people, have increased significantly. Telkom University develops Integrated...

Higher Education Against the Spread In The Region Of North Sumatera

Ikhsan Siregar, Yusuf Hanifiah, Muhammad Arifin Nasution
Distribution of education is very important; in accordance to the opening 1945 constitution about to educate nation's life. North Sumatra is one of the largest provinces in Indonesia, which has about 13 million inhabitants' with distribution of 33 regencies and municipalities with an area of approximately...
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The nature of management

Jing Fu, Jin Pu
The correct understanding of the nature of management is conducive to improve the efficiency of management. By reviewing the different disciplines and management science theories on the essence of management, in this paper we combine the theory of ethics to analyze, and believe that the nature of management...
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A Novel Weak Deduction Password Strength Meter of Chinese Websites

Yu Wu
With the increasing situation of passwords datasets disclosure, the security of user's account faces rising risks under various kinds of password attack. To protect the security of user authentication system, password strength meter (PSM), which is used to measure user's password strength is widely accepted...
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Writer Identification for Offline Handwritten Kanji without using Character Recognition Features

Ayumu Soma, Masayuki Arai
Most research on writer identification in the case of offline handwritten Kanji characters uses character recognition features. In this paper, we assume the following is representative of the writers' style: the start point, the end point, the angle of each stroke composing a Kanji character, and the...

Option Pricing Approach and Its Application Based on Abel Equation

Yirong Ying, Jiaqi Guo
Financial derivative is one kind of financial instrument with high leverage ratio, high risk and high returns. Therefore, in it important to help investors to adopt appropriate risk control measures to judge the trend of the price change of financial derivatives. The trend of financial derivatives prices...
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Integrative Information Retrieval with a Consumer Strategy Approach

K N Sridevi, S Prakasha
In this study, Information Retrieval has become an integral part of our life. We require these technologies to make our digital life comfortable in this fast running technology era. We have tried to describe a consumer methodology to coordinating information retrieval, wherein the emphasis is placed...

Fault Tree Construction Model Based on Association Analysis for Railway Overhead Contact System

Kaiyi Qian, Long Yu, Shibin Gao
Pages: 96 - 105
The overhead contact system (OCS) is the power source of electrified railway, it is very important to evaluate the system status accurately to maintain its safe and stable operation. At present, fault tree analysis is the main method of reliability assessment for OCS. Existent methods to establish the...
Research Article

Rules of Origin across African Regional Trading Agreements: A Landscape with Measures to Address Challenges at Harmonization☆

Julien Gourdon, Dzmitry Kniahin, Jaime de Melo, Mondher Mimouni
Pages: 96 - 108
To become operational, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) must harmonize Rules of Origin (ROO) across Africa’s Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) along two dimensions: regime-wide rules and product-specific rules. This paper describes and evaluates these ROO across the major multiple-membership...

Comparative Study on Sports Behavior Habits of Middle School Students Between China and Singapore

Jiarui Zhu, Wangliang Mei, Kai Hu
To understand the difference of sports behaviour of middle school students between China and Singapore. In this study, we recruited 130 students from middle schools in Singapore and 520 students from 8 middle schools in Wuhan, who were randomly selected by questionnaire. The internal influencing factors...

Visual Communication Design Based on the Context of “New Liberal Arts”

Breaking the “Traditional” Thinking and Promoting the Interdisciplinary Integration

Chang Jingjing
Visual communication design based on the context of new arts a series of problems in the discipline construction in China, we should make efforts to search for new knowledge and its development of fusion, rather than the other disciplines knowledge used directly, therefore, we need to have the courage...
Research Article

High Sensitivity Troponin T and NT-proBNP in Patients Receiving Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapy

Jiun-Ruey Hu, Ameet Patel, Shi Huang, Yan Ru Su, Kimberly B. Dahlman, Kelsey Tomasek, Yueli Zhang, Richard T. O’Neil, Jamye F. O’Neal, Isik Turker, Douglas B. Johnson, Joe-Elie Salem, Javid J. Moslehi, Olalekan Oluwole
Pages: 96 - 102
Retrospective studies suggest that chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy may lead to cardiac injury, but this has not been assessed systematically or prospectively. In this prospective study of 40 patients who received CAR T, we systematically measured high-sensitivity troponin T (hsTropT)...

Exploring the Impact of Dominant Physical Condition on the Playing Ability of Futsal Athletes from Jabal Ghafur University for the XVIII National Student Sports Week (Pomnas) in 2023

Amirzan Amirzan, Sujarwo Sujarwo
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...
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Assessment of Habitat Quality in the Western Region of Mongolia Using the InVEST-Based Model

Munkhdulam Otgonbayar, Batnyam Tseveengerel, Purevsuren Munkhtur, Davaagatan Tuyagerel, Jonathan Chambers
The western region of Mongolia is the homeland of a number of endangered species, among them saiga and snow leopard. This region supports healthy populations of threatened wildlife. Therefore, this investigation is significant in detecting the quality and degradation of habitat for this region. The aim...
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RMB exchange rate forecasting algorithm and empirical analysis

Ruoxi Gu, Yongqi Du, Shaohua Guo, Zhuofan Zhang, Kaisu Wu
This paper studies the forecasting algorithm of RMB exchange rate. Firstly, the Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition with Adaptive Noise algorithm (CEEMDAN) is used to decompose the exchange rate data into several intrinsic mode functions (IMF). Then the correlation coefficients of each IMF...

Field Studies in Ecological Science as Curriculum Development and Their Impacts on the Learning Process Quality: The Case of Higher Students

Kristiyanto
Ecological studies or science is one subject, and it is part of the biological scope. Thus, a subject is not only theoretical but also needs to be practical, which one is field studies. It is part of the learning process in field studies that aims to collect, reveal, and communicate scientifically, which...

Liability of Tiktok for Re-Uploading Creator-Owned Content for Promotion in Review of Law Number 28 of 2014 Concerning Copyright

Derry Angling Kesuma, Warmiyana Zairi Absi
Tiktok’s Liability for Copyright Infringement of Tiktok Content Owners Whose Work is Re-Uploaded for Promotion in Review of Copyright Law Number 28 of 2014 is referenced in the User-Generated Content portion of Tiktok’s terms of service, explaining that user content created and shared via the Tiktok...
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Applications of Some Extremal and Variational Problems to the Study of Vibrations in Mechanical Systems

Valeriu Ionica, Mihaela Bogdan, Leonard Marius Ciurezu-Gherghe, Adrian Bogdan, Ionut Geonea
The object of the present study is the mathematical side of extremi-related problems. We have studied certain applications of the variational calculus in the domain of vibrations existing in mechanical systems. The most frequently encountered problem in the matter of vibrations is the one of determining...

Investment Value Analysis of Xiaomi Corporation

Yuyao Zhang
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the investment value of Xiaomi Corporation based on its financial statements from 2021 to 2023 and corporate risks. By researching its core financial indicators, business structure and strategic layout, this paper aims to provide investors profound insights...
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Intelligent Surrounding Rock Grade Identification Combining XGBoost Algorithm and Drilling Parameters of Drill Jumbo

Guoqiang Huang, Chengjin Qin, Feixiang Liu, Ruihong Wu, Jianfeng Tao, Chengliang Liu, Jinjun Liao
Surrounding rock classification represents distinguishing the different grades of surrounding rock according to the hardness and integrity of surrounding rock. Accurately obtaining the surrounding rock grade of drill jumbo working face is not only the basis for selecting the tunnel position and support...

The Implementation of Green Hotel Concept at Sarinbuana Ecolodge

I Gusti Agung Mirah Sanjiwani, I Gusti Ayu Melistyari Dewi
Ecolodge provides guarantees against the use of toxic chemicals, tests for environmental impacts starting from materials, buildings and other physical activities, and significantly contributes to the development of the local community’s economy. In this study, we aim to analyse the implementation of...

Factors Affecting Firm Value in the Energy and Basic Materials Sector (2019–2023)

Kadek Yogi Pratama, Henny Wirianata
This research discusses the factors influencing firm value. This study uses energy and basic materials sector companies listed on the IDX in 2019–2023. A total of 97 data were obtained based on the purposive sampling technique. Using SPSS version 25, the variables studied include independent variables...
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A Design Thinking Approach to Redesigning Application X Based on User Reviews

Marhaen Salvatore, Geraldi Catur Pamuji
The purpose of this research is to redesign the X application with a primary focus on improving user experience, based on user reviews available on the App Store. The X application is an account-based digital financial service that enables users to independently conduct various transactions via mobile...

Machine Learning Guided Hedging Strategies for Index ETFs: An Indian Perspective

Alan Vellaiparambill, Natchimuthu Natchimuthu
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...
Conference Abstract

P62 DAPAGLIFLOZIN PRESERVES RENAL VASODILATING CAPACITY IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES

Rosa Maria Bruno, Livia Giannini, Angela Dardano, Edoardo Biancalana, Stefano Taddei, Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Anna Solini
Pages: 96 - 96
Aim: Mechanisms through which SGLT-2 inhibitors achieve cardiovascular and renal protection are still unknown. We investigated whether dapagliflozin modulates Na and water balance and systemic and renal vascular parameters like endothelial function, arterial stiffness and renal vasodilating capacity. Methods:...
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P61 ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IS ASSOCIATED WITH AORTIC VALVE CALCIFICATIONS

Dimitrios Terentes-Printzios, Vasiliki Gardikioti, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Konstantinos Toutouzas, Maria Xanthopoulou, Vasiliki Penesopoulou, Georgios Latsios, Vicky Tsigkou, Charalambos Kalantzis, Gerasimos Siasos, Manolis Vavuranakis, Dimitrios Tousoulis
Pages: 96 - 96
Purpose/Background/Objective: Arterial stiffness and aortic hemodynamics are independent predictors of adverse cardiovascular events. Indications for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) are increasing in number and Aortic Valve Calcifications (AVC) are an important prognostic factor of TAVI....
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P143 VALIDITY OF PULSE WAVE VELOCITY AND AUGMENTATION INDEX MEASUREMENTS IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

Rogier Caluwe, An S. De Vriese, Bruno Van Vlem, Francis Verbeke
Pages: 96 - 97
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,...
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PO-26 BILATERAL SYMMETRY OF BRACHIAL PULSE WAVEFORM ANALYSIS IN A CLINICAL POPULATION

Jumana Dakka, Timothy S. Phan, Izzah Vasim, Swapna Varakantam, Uzma Kewan, Ali Tariq, Harry G. Oldland, Amer Ahmed Syed, Zeba Hashmath, Scott R. Akers, Julio A. Chirinos
Pages: 96 - 97
Background: Pulse waveforms are modified as they propagate along the arterial tree. Small differences in the arterial pathways from the heart to the left and right brachial artery may impact pulse waveform analysis (PWA) for the purpose of hemodynamic assessment. The VaSera VS-1500AU (Fukuda Denshi)...
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PO-25 HIGHER CENTRAL AND BRACHIAL SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE IS SELECTIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH WEAKER COGNTIVE PERFORMANCE IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN BUT NOT OLDER MEN

lyndsey E. Dubose, David J. Moser, Taylor Stecklein, Emily Harlynn, William G. Haynes, Gary L. Pierce
Pages: 96 - 96
Introduction: Higher aortic stiffness and central blood pressure (BP) are associated with reduced cognitive performance in older adults. Cognitive performance tends to be higher in older women compared with older men, unexplained by differences in years of formal education and/or presence of atherosclerotic...

On the Parametric Maximum Likelihood Estimator for Independent but Non-identically Distributed Observations with Application to Truncated Data

Fanny Leroy, Jean-Yves Dauxois, Pascale Tubert-Bitter
Pages: 96 - 107
We investigate the parametric maximum likelihood estimator for truncated data when the truncation value is different according to the observed individual or item. We extend Lehmann’s proof (1983) of the asymptotic properties of the parametric maximum likelihood estimator in the case of independent nonidentically...

Accelerated Diffusion-Based Recommendation Algorithm on Tripartite Graphs with GPU Clusters

Jingpeng Wang, Jie Huang, Mi Li
Pages: 96 - 105
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,...

Optimal Structure (k) Designs for Comparing Test Treatments with a Control

M.A. Chowdhury, S. Mandal, D.K. Ghosh, S.C. Bagui
Pages: 96 - 107
Mukerjee (1979) introduced structure (k) property of a factorial design. In this article, we introduce structure (k1), structure (k2) and structure (k1k2) properties of a factorial design. We establish properties of each of these structure designs in terms of the incidence and characteristic matrices...

Integrability and Explicit Solutions in Some Bianchi Cosmological Dynamical Systems

J. Chavarriga, I.A. Garcia
Pages: 96 - 105
The Einstein field equations for several cosmological models reduce to polynomial systems of ordinary differential equations. In this paper we shall concentrate our attention to the spatially homogeneous diagonal G2 cosmologies. By using Darboux's theory in order to study ordinary differential equations...

9. HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR IMPROVES ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN SPONTANEOUS HYPERTENSIVE RATS VIA DOWN-REGULATION OF CAVEOLIN-1 AND ACTIVATION OF ENOS

Dong-Ju Choi, Eun-Ji Kim, Min-Jung Park, Jung-Won Suh, Hyuk-Jae Chang, Young-Seok Cho, Tae-Jin Yeon, In-Ho Chae, Kwang-Il Kim, Cheol-Ho Kim, Hyo-soo Kim, Buyng-Hee Oh, Young-Bae Park
Pages: 96 - 97
Hypertension is associated with endothelial dysfunction and increased cardiovascular risk. Caveolin-1 regulates nitric oxide(NO) signaling by modulating endothelial nitric oxide synthase(eNOS). The purpose of this study was to examine whether HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor improves impaired endothelial...

8. USEFULNESS OF BRACHIAL-ANKLE AND CAROTID-FEMORAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY AS PREDICTIVE VALUES OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS

Takashi Takagi, Mitsuru Ohishi, Miyuki Onishi, Yuji Tatara, Hiromi Rakugi
Pages: 96 - 96
Background: The measurement of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) is useful to predict storke and cardiovascular events in hypetensive patients as our previous cohort study Non-invasive Atheroslerotic evaluation in Hypertension (NOAH) sutdy. As the cfPWV is useful, but not easy to measure, it...

7. THE VALUE OF PULSE WAVE VELOCITY AS AN INDEX FOR THE PREDICTION OF CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Won-woo Seo, IkSung Cho, Yeonyee E. Yoon, Jung-Won Suh, Kwang-Il Kim, Yong-Seok Cho, Tae-Jin Youn, In-Ho Chae, Dong-Ju Choi, Cheol-Ho Kim, Eun-J. Chun, Hyuk-Jae Chang
Pages: 96 - 96
Background: Arterial stiffness has been known as an independent contributory factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is widely accepted as a simple non-invasive measure of arterial stiffness. The aim of our study was to test whether abnormal PWV could identify patients with...

6. BRACHIAL-ANKLE PULSE WAVE VELOCITY AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AS A PROGNOSTIC IMPACT IN HYPERTENSION

Miyuki Onishi, Mitsuru Ohishi, Takashi Takagi, Yuji Tatara, Nozomi Kato, Hiromi Rakugi
Pages: 96 - 96
Background: Many reports have shown that brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) has an effect on evaluation of atherosclerotic change and would be one of the prognostic factors for hypertension (HT). It has been reported that chronic kidney disease (CKD) would influence the prognosis of HT or diabetes...

The Architecture of Inheritance

The Sense of Belongingness Through Shared Community Spaces

Zenat Islam, Sharif Tousif Hossain, Anika Tasnim Ananna
The first purpose of architecture is to create a habitat that fulfills society or individuals’ needs for places to work and live. It is a manifestation and expression of the cultural values of the society with which it interacts. Architectural design and perception have changed dramatically over the...

Research on the Problems and Optimization Paths of the Integrated Development of Rural Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Industries in China

Zhe Cao
The integrated development of rural primary, secondary and tertiary industries has become an innovative path for China to promote rural revitalization. This paper focuses on the main problems of rural primary, secondary and tertiary industries in China, including imperfect government governance, insufficient...
Proceedings Article

An improved routing protocol Ad-AODV Based on AODV

Zuhong Feng, Long Wang, Xiujuan Gao
In Ad Hoc network, AODV routing protocol is an on-demand routing protocol of relative maturity and extensive application. Due to the fact that AODV routing protocol doesn’t consider the residual energy and the load situation of the nodes when choosing routes, its efficiency declines sharply in the case...
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An Adaptive Immune System Applied to Task Scheduling on NOC

Wei Gao, Yubai Li, Song Chai, Jian Wang
In this paper, an ADaptive Immune Algorithm (ADIA) based on the artificial immune system (AIS) is proposed for the dependent task scheduling on Network on Chip (NoC). We increase the diversity of population of AIS in two ways, and improve the output result of scheduling. On one hand, new calculation...
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Modified Reinforcement Learning Infrastructure

Jyrki Suomala, Ville Suomala
The reinforcement learning (RL) model has been very successful in behavioural sciences, artificial intelligence and neuro- science. Despite its fruitfulness in many simple situations, the RL model does not always cope well with real life situations involving a large space of possible world states or...
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Effective Message Authentication Method for Performing a Swarm Flight of Drones

Yun-seok Lee, Eun Kim, Young-sub Kim, Dong-chul Seol
Recently, various types of aircraft are flying in the sky. Especially, Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle(UAV) called drones can operate with from aerial photography to unmanned delivery thus, utilization is very high. Drones are classified as Quad, Hexa and Octa copter depending on the number of rotor. However...
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A New and Efficient 2D Collision Detection Method Based on Contact Theory

Xiaolong Cheng, Jun Xiao, Ying Wang, Qinghai Miao, Jian Xue
Collision detection is a fundamental problem in mechanical, robotic, structural, and geotechnical engineering. A new algorithm base on Contact Theory to solve accurate contact problem is proposed in this paper. In this method, two polygons (A and B) and a reference point are defined, where the reference...

Countermeasure Research of the Causes of the Lack of Rural Aged-Education in Northern Jiangsu

Dongsheng Yi, Guolian Wang
The aging of population has become a common and urgent issue that needs to be solved by the human beings. The world has reached a consensus that we should help the elderly people adapt to the social transformation and integrate into the society, strengthen their self-esteem, and develop their potentials...

Oil Price and Exchange Rate of China——A Nonlinear Granger Approach

Songran Li, Degong Ma
We investigate the possible nonlinear causality relationships between crude oil price and RMB exchange rate which usually ignored by previous researches which are mainly focused on the traditional linear side. As shown in many researches recently, the nonlinear structure of energy price has been widely...
Proceedings Article

An Algorithm of Mining Closed Frequent Itemsets

Haifeng Li
Closed frequent itemset is a perfect representation of frequent itemset. This paper tries to find an efficient solution to mine the closed frequent itemsets over databases by sampling technique. We employ the SCFI tree to record the data synopsis of the frequent itemsets, and propose an efficient algorithm...