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Case Report

Unusually High Global End Diastolic Index Associated with Optimal Cardiac Index in Two Critically Ill Patients

Xiaoqing Wu, Desheng Chen, Chen Li, Jun Duan
Pages: 31 - 33
The optimal management of hemodynamic disorders among critically ill patients requires an accurate assessment of hemodynamic status. Global End Diastolic Index (GEDI) is taken for a more reliable indicator of preload in critically ill patients than central venous pressure and doctors tend to arrange...

Identification of Compensation System in Culinary Business: The Case of Bogor City, West Java Province, Indonesia

Lindawati Kartika, Dikky Indrawan
The objective of this research is to identify the Compensation System for Small Medium Enterprise (SME) in the culinary business at Bogor City, West Java Province. The subjects of this study were 24 SME in the culinary business. Data collection used primary and secondary data through questionnaires,...
Proceedings Article

A novel access integrated system for electric power telecommunication

Kai Liang, Fanbo Meng, Yanping Zhang, Jun Liu, Dan Yi, Xuexu You, Yu Zou
With the development of diversified communication services in smart grid, user demand and communication capacity have increased constantly, which imposes severe challenges on electric power telecommunication. Especially, the Metro Access Network (MAN) needs to aggregate and exchange a wider variety of...
Research Article

Preliminary Efficacy of Tocilizumab Treatment in the Patients with COVID-19

Yu Chen, Xijing Zhang
Pages: 24 - 30
Background: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) was considered to be with the severity and mortality in COVID-19 patients, which implies a potential therapeutic target for treatment. We aimed to evaluate the safety and initial efficacy of Tocilizumab treatment for COVID-19 patients. Methods: In the retrospective study,...
Proceedings Article

Benefit Relationships in the Process of Turning the College Students into Professionals in China

Jun Zou De
The process smoothly turning the college students into professionals is very im-portant for the community In China. Em-ployee’s income is the main part of the cost of the employer hire the employees. so, the employer’s benefit conflict with the student’s benefit In this process, The only solution is...
Proceedings Article

DHT-based IM/DD optical OFDM system for power data transmission

Honghao Zhao, Jun Liu, Kai Liang, Yanping Zhang, Dan Yi, Changqing Zhong, Shuang Liu
For achieve fast and reliable power data transmission, we propose a novel Intensity Modulation and Direct Detection (IM/DD) optical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system. In this system, we utilize Discrete Hartley Transform (DHT) instead of Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) which is...

Description Profile of Understanding Layer Concept of Conic Section of Mathematics Education Students 2016 of FKIP UKSW

Fithri Ana Fauziyyah, Kriswandani Kriswandani
This qualitative descriptive study aimed to describe the profile of understanding layer of the Conic Section concept toward Mathematics Education Students 2016 of FKIP UKSW. The understanding layer includes eight layers, Primitive Knowing (Pk), Image Making (Im), Image Having (Ih), Property Noticing...
Research Article

The Incidence and Prognosis of ICU Delirium: A Retrospective Study from a Single Center

Qing Feng, Yuhang Ai, Meilin Ai, Li Huang, Qianyi Peng, Lina Zhang
Pages: 16 - 23
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:...

Determinants of Sales Performance in Retail Enterprises: the Mediating Role of Customer Orientation in the Digital era

Duy Quang Nguyen
Exploration of the persistent gap between digital transformation investments and improved sales performance in retail enterprises, especially in developing markets like Soc Trang, Vietnam, is still insufficiently researched. This research argues that the customer orientation will be the primary intervening...

Visual Presentation and Analysis of OBE Teaching Concept in Undergraduate Teaching

Shuangxin Zhang, Yang Wang, Zhe Meng, Yijia Lin, Yixuan Liu, Yuhe Xu, Xiuling Zhou
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...

A New Machine Learning Algorithm for Weather Visibility and Food Recognition

Young Im Cho, Akmaljon Palvanov
Pages: 12 - 17
Due to the recent improvement in computer performance and computational tools, deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been established as powerful class of models in various problems such as image classification, recognition, and object detection. In this study, we address two fundamentally dissimilar...

The Networked Individualism Approach for Understanding The Importance of ICT In Mainland China

Zhengke Fu, Mengsi Yan
At present, most of the researches on relationship between ICT and social impact are focused on specific communication technology. This paper discusses the impact of ICT on social life with the perspective of networked individualism. In order to answer the problem efficiently, we present the relationship...

The Impact of Human Resource Management Implementation in Business Strategy in Creating Sustainable Competitive Advantage

Vip Paramarta, Kosasih, Sri Rochani, Sumaedi Kadarisman, Farida Yuliaty
Today, the market world is becoming more complex, unpredictable, and competitive. Companies, as business actors, require the position of trained and knowledgeable human resources or personnel to adapt to changes in the business climate. The use of human resource management and investment as a form of...
Conference Abstract

P3.5 TYPE 2 DIABETES EXACERBATES CAROTID ARTERY ECHOGENICITY AND CENTRAL ARTERY STIFFNESS IN MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER INDIVIDUALS

Kunihiko Aizawa*, Francesco Casanova, Dave Mawson, Salim Elyas, Damilola Adingupu, Kim Gooding, David Strain, Angela Shore, Phillip Gates
Pages: 11 - 12
Grey scale median of the common carotid artery intima-media complex (IM-GSM) characterizes the composition of the arterial wall and low IM-GSM reflects more generalized atherosclerotic vulnerability. However, it is unclear whether the presence of DM itself affects IM-GSM, similar to that observed with...
Proceedings Article

OpenCV Detection of Athletes in Long Jumping Videos

Ailing Song, Kai Chen
The precise analysis of long jumper’s technical videos can provide the im-portant information for the coaches to formulate the training program. To real-ize the analysis of technical videos, we must firstly detect and track the long jumpers in the video. OpenCV technique (open source computer vision...

The Performance Evaluation of Continuous Speech Recognition Based on Korean Phonological Rules of Cloud-Based Speech Recognition Open API

Hyun Jae Yoo, Sungwoong Seo, Sun Woo Im, Gwang Yong Gim
Pages: 10 - 18
This study compared and analyzed the speech recognition performance of Korean phonological rules for cloud-based Open APIs, and analyzed the speech recognition characteristics of Korean phonological rules. As a result of the experiment, Kakao and MS showed good performance in speech recognition. By phonological...
Review Article

Current Status and Future Directions in Graft-Versus-Host Disease Prevention Following Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation in Adults

Cosmin Tegla, Jun Choi, Maher Abdul-Hay, Frank Cirrone, Kelli Cole, A Samer Al-Homsi
Pages: 5 - 12
Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in its acute and chronic forms continues to represent a significant barrier to the success and wide-applicability of blood and marrow transplantation as a potentially curative treatment modality for a number of benign and malignant blood conditions. Presently, calcineurin...

Strategies to strengthen the clinical accompaniment of nursing students through caring presence: An e-Delphi study

Beauty Mchaisi Zulu, Emmerentia Du Plessis, Miriam Mmamphamo Moagi
Aim: To validate strategies to guide nurse educators to strengthen the clinical accompaniment of nursing students through the practice of caring presence. Background: Good-quality nursing education and practice involve a balance of knowledge and a holistic-caring approach to students. Quality nursing...
Review Article

Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Sepsis: From Basic Research to Clinical Application

Junyi Sun, Xianfei Ding, Tongwen Sun
Pages: 2 - 10
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a deregulated host response to infection, and is the most common cause of death in the intensive care unit. Although the pathogenesis of sepsis has made substantial progress, the current clinical treatment of sepsis is basically symptomatic treatment,...
Proceedings Article

Research on the resource utilization of the sewage sludge in silicate industry

Jieliang Chen, Weiwei Ding, Zhen Deng, Jinjian Zhang, Penglai Zhu
With modulus (KH = 0.89, SM = 2.42, IM = 1.70), substituting the sludge for the shale in the calculation of the cement burden, we studied the influence of different amount of sludge on the cement raw meal sintering, mineral composition, compression strength and the leaching value of heavy metal element....