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Until now, an estimate quotes that 1100 healthcare facilities were damaged and over 100,000 livestock lost in the two earthquakes that occurred in April and May of 2015 in Nepal. Threats of infectious diseases, mostly zoonoses, could affect Nepal’s economy, trade, and tourism, and reaching the targets...

Total economic value concept operates as a consistent approach for economic evaluation of natural resources in the context of exacerbation of the ecological crisis and overexploitation of natural resources. However, the essence and structure are still the subject of scientific research. This article...

The relevance of the proposed research is, firstly, based on the complexity of youth as an object of study (indefinite age limits and a high level of youth individualization make it difficult to research the identification of practices). Secondly, how virtualization and mediatization effect new political...

In this paper, we study the factors that influence the integration of Chinese cross-border M&A from three perspectives: Resource-Based View, Industry-Based View & Institution-Based View. We use logistic regression to carry out hypothesis testing, the main conclusions are as follows: High-tech Industries...

In the context of the coordinated development of mobile Internet and big data, block chain technology has promoted a new pattern of sharing economy, which realized the connection between supply and demand. And social resources are effectively and conveniently matched, so as to be fully utilized. However,...

With rapid economic growth and urbanization, some Asian cities have faced urban environment problems such as strong demand for sanitary water and sewerage. Until the 1990s, municipal water services contributed internationally by accepting technical trainees and dispatching experts to developing cities....

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...

Art education have diversified values and functions, which can stimulate college students' innovative thinking and improve their innovative ability. It is an important part of cultivating high-quality innovative talent education. So we should continuously improve and consummate the methods and measures...

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...

With the reform of the national Power Grid Corp system, China's power supply enterprises are facing new opportunities and challenges. However, for a long time, it has been influenced by traditional ideas, management system, personnel quality and other factors. The power supply enterprise should not only...

This study aimed to collect the data of human rights values through Jurisprudential Inquiry model of Teaching. This model increases the split society, so we need to appreciate the difference values as an effort to have a sense of unity. Education is the beginning of citizen character building through...

In mobile robot researches, path planning and obstacle avoidance plays a very important role and has been a very challenging research topic. For path planning, it should produce continuous path from the starting point to the destination without colliding obstacles. Therefore, we proposes a genetic algorithm...

Background: Vascular calcification is frequently found in hemodialysis patients. Fetuin-A is a well-characterized circulating inhibitor of calcification. Several other bone-associated proteins, such as the matrix Gla protein (MGP), osteoprotegerin (OPG), and osteopontin (OPN), are also presumed to inhibit...

In this work, a fuzzy clustering algorithm is proposed based on the asymmetric loss function instead of the usual symmetric dissimilarities. Linear Exponential (LINEX) loss function is a commonly used asymmetric loss function, which is considered in this paper. We prove that the negative likelihood of...

This paper analyzes the actual problems of innovation performance measurement, especially; the development of methodological tools in the assessment of innovation performance in developing countries. The paper discusses and substantiates the author’s position on informal sector innovation in developing...

With the gradual emergence of China’s RMB in the international market, China’s capital assets management in the global market has become a worthy topic to study. Considering the hysteresis effect of China’s abundant financial assets, we establish an auto-regressive model and analyze the optimization...

It is necessary to think about a method of determining the cost of a cesarean section that is in accordance with the real conditions in a private hospital so that the hospital does not suffer losses. The research objective was to determine the method of calculating the unit cost of Caesarean section...

This article uses corpus analysis to analyze and summarize the types and contexts of the transferred reference of Chinese first person “I” and “we”, and analyze the motivation from the perspective of pragmatics. “I” has three types: “you”, “he/she” and “we”, and three contexts: formal occasions, turn-taking...

The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that affect residents’ subjective perception of digital cultural tourism, and to study the extent to which each factor shapes these perceptions by establishing a structural equation model. Focusing on Hangzhou, a city in Zhejiang Province renowned for...

Algorithmic personalized recommendation has become a consensus, but through the existing literature analysis, as well as the interactive search of "news algorithm", we found that there is another side of algorithmic recommendation: "pseudo-personalized recommendation". From this,...

A significant share of contemporary large-scale offences in Indonesia (e.g., mining, oil and gas, and public infrastructure) are committed collectively through organized assets and coordinated decision-making within or among corporations. While the old Criminal Code did not clearly and expressly regulate...

The instability in compressive strength caused by variations in raw material gradation has emerged as a pressing challenge in dry-mixed concrete brick manufacturing. To achieve stable and enhanced compressive strength, this study focuses on granite aggregates used in dry-mixed concrete. Leveraging fractal...

The portable generator is a type of power supply system that contains a battery to maintain power to provide power to electronics in the event of a power surge or outage. This paper presents energy management system for a portable generator uninterruptible power supply using LiFePO4 battery and smart...

The use of patient lifting or carrying equipment has become ubiquitous in hospitals and other healthcare settings. While these tools have provided significant benefits in patient care, there are still limitations in their functionality, particularly in scenarios where patients require specific types...

Suppose G a simple, and finite graph. A labelling of a graph G is a bijection f from V(G) to the set {1,2,…,|V(G)|}. Rainbow antimagic coloring is a bijection f if for any two edge u and v in path u − v, where w(uv) = f(u) + f(v) and u,v ∈ V(G) and if in each pair of vertices u and v there are no two...

This study investigates the impact of China’s Environmental Protection Tax (EPT), implemented in 2018 as a quasi-natural experiment replacing the pollution discharge fee, on high-quality enterprise development. Utilizing a difference-in-differences (DID) model with panel data from listed companies on...

Sustainable development is a crucial criterion for the progress of contemporary society. The Smart Cities and Smart Villages development initiative serves as a tool to measure the effectiveness and impact of sustainable development strategies. The comparison of policies on rural and urban smart concepts...

This study examines the dietary preferences of Turuchan pikas in its natural habitat. We found some correlations between the chemical composition of plants and their selection by pikas: individuals prefer nitrogen-rich plants both while grazing and caching; plants high in secondary metabolites primarily...

Introduction: Ascending aorta aneurysm and dissection are the most common cardiovascular complications affecting Marfan syndrome patients (MFS). Recent large increase in life expectancy of MFS driven the growing prevalence of descending aorta (DAo) dilation and dissection. Despite local abnormal vortices...

Vascular calcification (VC) is linked to post-transplant cardiovascular events in the long term. We aimed to evaluate whether pretransplant chest X-ray based aortic arch calcification (AoAC) or pulse wave velocity measurement can better predict post- transplant cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events,...

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...

Purpose/ Background/ Objectives: We have shown that aortic stiffness improves as early as 3 months post-kidney transplantation (KTx). Aortic stiffness index β0, a blood pressure independent parameter, has been proposed to be a better indicator of vascular wall property. This study was designed to examine...

After the founding of The People’s Republic of China, social modernization and industrialization developed rapidly, and the pattern of educational marriage matching appeared new characteristics. In order to explore the characteristics of its change trend in depth, this paper, based on the theory of homogeneity...

We propose a Drawing-Frequency based Layered (DFL) Canvas approach to reduce a synchronization delay in collaborative web applications. The synchronization delay consists of a network delay and a drawing delay. The network delay is well-argued topic by various researches. We focus on the drawing delay,...

This study proposes an implementation of pulse-coupled phase oscillators over multiple field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) communication links. Two FPGAs are connected by a gigabit transceiver and a First-In First-Out interface. To verify the effect of communication delay between FPGAs on oscillator...

We extend the traditional formulation of Gauge Field Theory by incorporating the (non- Abelian) gauge group parameters (traditionally simple spectators) as new dynamical (nonlinearsigma- model-type) fields. These new fields interact with the usual Yang-Mills fields through a generalized minimal coupling...

In view of the interactive and systematic problems of accident caused by high technology, the method of risk identification in the perspective of system theory is studied. We analyze the Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Process (STAMP) and the basic steps of Hazard Analysis Technology (STPA) based...

Investment in securities is in an uncertain environment, any gains obtained are accompanied by certain risks. The essence of portfolio optimization is the optimal allocation of the limited assets in securities with different risk and return characteristics. In this paper, the portfolio decision-making...

Nowadays, the High-Tech develop rapidly, the industrial clusters have been the important carrier to the economic development in our country, as well as the integrated form of science and technology service has been the objective needs to Chinese characteristic industry clusters entering into the period...

Abstract. To investigate the urinary calculi with tuberculous patients treated with minimally invasive percutaneous renal puncture lithotomy curative effect, safety and its complications, thus it can provide the effective solution for the treatment of patients with urinary calculi with tuberculous. Methods:...

With increased liberalization in markets, the intensity of competition has increased amongst all of companies, such as bank industry and air carriers. These companies have responded to the competitive pressure in many ways, one of which has been the formation of Loyalty Program Partnerships. The main...

Originated in the practical problems, Operational Research is a bridge which connects the theories in mathematics with the real world. This enables Operational Research to be a useful tool to cultivate students' innovative ability. In this paper, we discuss some problems encountered in this process and...

The educational data has a wealth of information. In this paper, we construct Student-Student Interrelation Networks (SSIN) to analyze and find meaningful information from student relation data during class teaching. We collect a group of data about students in a new teaching class, then we use adjacency...

According to the statistical data in recent years,we make cointegration test and Granger causality test on the correlation of medical expenses growth ,economy and the aging of the population and find out that when it is adjusted by price deflation factor, the Income elasticity of China's medical spending...

Soft set theory is a new mathematical tool to deal with uncertain problems. Since soft sets are defined by mappings and they lack “points”, managing them is not convenient. In this paper, the concept of soft points is introduced and the relationship between soft points and soft sets is investigated....

In this paper, GaSb-based material in the near-infrared semiconductor laser has a broad application prospects. For the problems and etching solution suitable particularly critical of etching GaSb-based material. we studied on different etchant experimental analysis the HCl+HNO3(30+1)@T=5 ,37% HCl, HNO3+(0.08MHCl+CH3COOH)...

Nowadays, it is easy to create digital books. However, through many university teachers create their own digital books as their teaching materials, it is difficult to evaluate and improve. In this paper, based on our previous research on the learning behavior analysis results, we prototype a digital...

Our country has begun to vigorously develop the creative industry since the GDP leaped to the second in the world in 2010. The clothing industry is important in the creative industry. We shoulder heavy responsibilities in the development of clothing specialty. Under this background, it is necessary to...

As for the problem the image can be generated by computer software, so that we cannot recognize the authenticity of these images using our eyes. In this paper by analyzing the differences between photorealistic computer graphics and natural image on image texture, we put forward a photorealistic computer...

With the rapid development of China's insurance industry, the insurance funds are becoming larger and larger. However, behind the rapid development of the insurance industry, some problems have become increasingly prominent such as lower revenue and insufficient repayment. The purpose of this paper is...