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With the advent of the Internet plus era, internet has become an important means for college students to acquire knowledge and exchange information, which has prompted a large-scale reform of the traditional teaching model. It is an inevitable trend in keeping with the trend of the times. As a basic...

This paper presents a self-localization technique using an omni-directional camera for an autonomous soccer robot. The position information of the robot is important for strategic behavior and cooperative operation. Therefore, we have proposed the self-localization method which generates the searching...

This study examines the effects of loss framing, incentive and negative social consequent on earning management engagement. We conduct between-subject experiment with 82 students as participants. The independent variables are receiving loss framing, incentive and negative social consequences and the...

Pieces created in the installation form of art demonstrate us the necessity of an immediate contact with works like these. That is why we need to have detailed descriptions of such pieces made by the eye-witness viewers. These descriptions help us to trace the installation’s “life” because some of them...

Background: Since the first COVID-19 patient in Saudi Arabia (March, 2020) more than 338,539 cases and approximately 4996 dead were reported. We present the main characteristics and outcomes of critically ill COVID-19 patients that were admitted in the largest Ministry of Health Intensive Care Unit (ICU)...

Textbook research is an important aspect of teaching research. Only through in-depth and careful research of textbooks, can we prepare and teach well, and finally achieve the teaching objectives. Interchangeable characters (通假字), variant characters (异体字), and ancient-present characters (古今字) are the...

The objective of this study is to improve the Naturalist intelligence of students. The research technique used was Classroom Action Research conducted with the aim to improve the quality of learning practice in the classroom. The source of data of this study is children aged 5-6 years in group B, the...

Teachers in the 21st century are like today at a very rapid technological development. Teachers not only have to master understanding the content of the subject matter but also need skills in using and operating technology in learning. So that we need teachers who can integrate content and pedagogical...

Modern realities induce a young person to be more often in the position of presenting themself in different contexts (in reality, on the Internet), which affects the problem of a person’s attitude to his external appearance and raises the question of strategies for the interaction of a person with the...

In this paper we construct small amplitude periodic internal waves traveling at the boundary region between two rotational and homogeneous fluids with different densities. Within a period, the waves we obtain have the property that the gradient of the stream function associated to the fluid beneath the...

Eosinopenia, defined as low number of absolute eosinophil count, was used to support the diagnosis of sepsis in several studies by differentiating infection from non-infection cases. However, the results between studies were not consistent. This study was used to determine whether the eosinopenia served...

Background Smartphones have become an essential device in everyday life in recent years; scientific impetus and the extraordinary evolution of technology have resulted in having to provide information in all subjects anytime and anywhere. Smartphones have grown in popularity among younger...

A high percentage of people with chronic diseases do not experience adequate physical activity. The purpose of this study is to explore the factors regulating physical activity based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Additionally, we incorporated subjective health knowledge and education level...

Profitability is one of the key indicators that determines a company’s ability to survive and grow in the long term. This study aims to identify the factors that affect profitability in companies listed on the Main Board Index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the 2018-2023 period. This is an applied...

In the digital economy era, more opportunities and challenges for the sustainable tourism have been recognized by major economics. As the core of regional economic integration, improving tourism image for the urban agglomerations has been considered as a critical thrust in driving regional tourism economy....

Gibran Rakabuming Raka is a figure who has a lot of public attention. Not only because his status as the son of the President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo), then Mayor of Surakarta, and now elected as vice president in the 2024 election, but also because of the controversy accompanying him....

Based on the literature review, researchers reported that at most, 24.6% of young children in the world were estimated to have speech delay or speech sound disorder (SSD). Once children with SSD are identified, speech-language pathologists (SLPs) select initial therapy programs for children with regular...

Background: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease. AS is a prototype form of spondyloarthropathies (SpA). The precise ethology of AS has not been fully understood. But Inflammation has a critical role in the pathogenesis of the disease. Extra skeletal organs may also be affected...

Background: Previously regarded as a measure of pressure wave reflection, central augmentation index (cAI) may be influenced by the pattern of early ventricular ejection. We examined the relationship of cAI to first-phase ejection-fraction (EF1), a measure of ventricular ejection up to the time of the...

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate predictive value of main arterial markers for cardiovascular (CV) events in subjects with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Methods: A prospective study enrolled 2728 middle-aged (53.9 ± 6.2 years old, 63% women) MetS patients of the Lithuanian High Cardiovascular...

Background: Increased brachial artery (BA) stiffness has previously been shown to affect the magnitude of FMD response in patients with high cardiovascular risk. However, it is unclear whether increased BA stiffness explains the diminished FMD response typically observed in a healthy older population....

Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common cause of resistant hypertension. We investigated the effects of 2 modalities of positive airway pressure; fixed continuous airway pressure (fCPAP) versus auto-titrating positive airway pressure (APAP) on arterial function in subjects with resistant...

Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between MetS components and arterial stiffness in concert with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) in patients with high risk of cardiovascular disease. Methods: A study was carried among 436 subjects (aged 53,8±6, 37,2% men)...

Background: Measurement of arterial stiffness (AS) is still considered difficult. We developed a non- invasive technique to assess AS from a connected bathroom scale, based on ballistocardiography (BCG) and impedance plethysmography (IPG). Methods: We included 192 subjects and patients, 106 for calibration...

Background: Recent studies proposed that deceleration in pulse wave velocity (PWV) following hyperemia might reflect arterial distensibility and endothelial function. We therefore investigated methodological aspects and clinical determinants of newly proposed indexes of such flow-mediated slowing (FMS)...

Objectives: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Statins have anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects, thereby reducing cardiovascular risk. Arterial stiffness is a composite indicator of cardiovascular health and a predictor of cardiovascular risk....

Background: Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) has been widely used as a surrogate of early atherosclerosis. However, the characteristics of patients in cohort-based studies of carotid IMT are very heterogeneous. We evaluated the carotid intima, media, and IMT in really normal (RN) subjects who had...

According to the World Health Organization (2015) statistics, the population of today's global obesity has already doubled since 1980, the number nearly doubled. World Health Organization also estimates that depression, along with cancer and AIDS, will be the three major diseases in the world. It can...

In this paper, with the MHSS and preconditioned MHSS methods, we get a generalized preconditioned MHSS method with a kind of complex symmetric linear systems. This method is a two-parameter iteration process, which can optimize the iterative process. The sequence of iterative produced by the generalized...

At present, next-generation sequencing technology are quickly applied to every field of life science research. Per base has higher coverage and lower cost. Shorter reads and higher error rates from these new instruments necessitate the development of new algorithm and software[1]. We describe an assembly...

Social networking has demonstrated a clear shift towards mobile platforms like smartphone and tablet apps as well as mobile web. Due to the significant development of social networking technology, the number of mobile social media users has been boosted over past 10 years. One of the defining phenomena...

It is the premise condition of iris recognition that we segment iris image effectively. Most of the iris images are interfered by eyelid, so it is important for iris image segmentation that detecting eyelid accurately. An iris eyelid detection method based on adaptive sectional line fitting was presented...

The present study is designed to describe the application of Balanced Scorecard in Jinan Iron and Steel Company. Performance evaluation system is constituted by the financial quantitative performance evaluation and management performance qualitative evaluation. Balanced Scorecard is Integration of Non-financial...

In this paper, we study a class of nonlinear fractional partial differential equations with several delays to the second boundary condition. Based on properties of the Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative, we establish a sufficient oscillatory condition of all solutions. The result is illustrated...

Tree skeleton had great significance in constructing the three-dimensional model of the botanical tree and investigating the forestry. Based on the point clouds of the botanical tree collected via the terrestrial 3D laser scanner, we proposed a method of rapidly constructing the tree skeleton with the...

As China's wind farms increase rapidly and wind power installed capacity is growing, cleaning attendant wind turbine maintenance problems will become increasingly prominent. Most fans installed in harsh environments, high altitude, complex climate, while the leaf and work in high-altitude, all-weather...

To decrease network link cost is one of the most important paimsrs for computer network reliability optimization design. In order to make the network cost minimum, the network link medium cost, mathematics mode of reliability and resolve algorithm must be considered when it is designed. In the paper,...

We report on a simulation of interior flow field in launch box with shock wave-opening technology. A three-dimensional model of the launch box has been established to study the process of shock wave forming and transmitting. The simulation of model was calculated with unsteady standard model. The whole...

The rationality and reliability of port throughput forecasting results directly affect the rational arrangement of port resources, which is of great significance to the formulation of future port development strategy. This paper collects decades of historical data of Fujian coastal ports, combines the...

The flash memory due to its shock - resistance, power economy and non-volatile nature is considered as a very popular storage device. It is widely used in mobile phones, sensor networks and hand-held devices. What attracts the attention is the data storage in the flash memory. Database vendors try to...

Labors in which forestry and agriculture and factory, are working in severe circumstance. So, such workers are necessarily declines and decreases. However, it is important for us to keep going in economy, life and nature. Therefore, to prevent a devastation of the forest, the safety and the lack of food...

The goal of the article is to explore modern trends and evaluate traits of stable economic development of global cities during the 2000-2017 period. The results of our study reject the hypothesis that innovation activity has a major impact on the economic growth of global cities. Job creation and unemployment...

China has made major decisions on rejuvenating northeast old industrial bases. The choice of leading industries is of crucial importance to the future economic development of Heilongjiang Province. Based on the theory of labor division with Smith, Petty and Marx, the dissertation holds that the division...

The integration of Internet information technology into education teaching is the solution of the insufficient and unbalanced development in education teaching of higher education in China. Therefore, we try to obtain learning data of students and analyze in interview, questionnaire and platform based...

Supply chain management is an effective management method, and logistics management is an important part of supply chain management. Logistics is a physical activity that makes the material to be from the producers to the consumers for the value of goods. Logistics management in supply chain management...

Objectives: Increased arterial stiffness is associated with the progression of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH); however, the endocardial layer (End) contracts more than the epicardial layer (Epi), and it is unclear whether increased arterial stiffness affects regional wall deformation in both the...

Background: Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) is responsible for Nitric Oxide (NO) bioavailability at endothelial level. Aging (even in healthy people) is involved in arterial stiffness increases. Materials and Methods: We investigated (in the service of Cardiology, 4th Medical Clinic) 100 patients,...

Internship becomes a way to grow human resource capabilities in terms of competencies on knowledge or practical and soft skills. Higher education institutions like universities as the organizers of an internship program certainly have some roles to produce capable, intelligent and professional workforce....

Good public services will undoubtedly increase public trust in government performance. Therefore, we need a bureaucracy that can make regulations by the expectations of the community. However, the politicization of the bureaucracy will affect the performance of the government. Moreover, a good bureaucracy...

The COVID-19 is characteristic of both damage of the respiratory system and the immune system or both similarities of SARS and AIDS. These features decide difficulty of specific treatment. The worldwide transmission and higher fatality rate call for new skills for prevention and treatment. Here, we recommend...