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Stunting remains a major public health issue, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, including Indonesia. It is a multifaceted problem, can caused by inadequate nutrition, poor sanitation, and socioeconomic conditions. This study aimed to analyse the determinants of stunting among children...

Suppose that,, and m, n ∈ N*, if divides, then there may be such a family of symmetric (v, k, λ) designs and the minimum value of v is 69.

The aim of study was to assess the feasibility of 24-hour PWV analysis in management of patients with renal transplantation (RT). Overall, 41 patients were recruited from the transplant waiting list. All the measurements were performed before and at 1 and 20 weeks after RT. The Pulse Time Index of Norm...

The achievement of the target of fulfilling drinking water needs in Indonesia is not easily met. One of the main problems is the financing of PDAM infrastructure development. Many infrastructure financing models have offered, but not necessarily in accordance with the conditions of the company. The developed...

This paper proposes the optimum sizing and placement of photovoltaic (PV) units and battery energy storage systems using the Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA) to minimize the burden on the substation. The solar PV units are allocated for daytime peak load reduction and the evening load is compensated...

The development of information technology and the emergence of Covid 19 affect changes in the field of education where learning must be done online. Teachers must have online learning innovations that are adapted to the development of information technology so that there is interaction between teachers...

Developing coatings on implant surface as drug carriers can reduce organ toxicity and effectively deliver drug locally to the target compared with the oral approach. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanotube has great potential for this application for widely used Ti implants because of its high surface area,...

The PISA report on science literacy skills in 2015 shows the position of Indonesian students in the 61st rank of 69 participating countries. Eventhough it has increased from its previous achievements in 2012, but Indonesian students are still lagging behind other students, especially in Southeast Asia....

Long-term allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (allo-HCT) survivors suffer an elevated risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). We conducted a prospective, nonrandomized, cross-sectional study to screen asymptomatic survivors at a single allo-HCT center using cardiac computed tomography (CT) involving...

The rising burden of type 2 diabetes is a major concern in healthcare worldwide. This research aimed to analyze the global epidemiology of type 2 diabetes. We analyzed the incidence, prevalence, and burden of suffering of diabetes mellitus based on epidemiological data from the Global Burden of Disease...

Background: The ventricle in aortic stenosis (AS) is influenced by both valvular and vascular factors. The importance of afterload on left ventricular (LV) remodeling is not completely understood. Traditional imaging techniques which rely on geometric assumptions may not assess regional remodeling accurately. Aim:...

Background and Purpose: Stroke is the third leading cause of death in Iraq exceeding only by coronary heart disease and war related death. This study aims to assess the stroke knowledge among a sample of Iraqi adult individuals attending Al-Sheikh Zayed hospital in Baghdad city. Methods: This study employed...

Hypercontent Book Virus was launched for teachers who facilitate learning at higher grades elementary school. The book shared by means of social media and web link of Faculty of Public Health, University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta. The study aims to evaluate whether the book applicable, especially in the...

Objectives: Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in multiple sclerosis (MS), and recent data showed that subclinical markers of atherosclerosis are higher in MS as well. Prevalence of MS in men is much lower than in women, but their prognosis is much worse. Men with MS also have higher...

Live shopping method makes shopping easier, but often leads to impulsive purchases so that consumers become increasingly wasteful because they make transactions without clear needs. This research aims to determine the extent of the influence of marketing communications for Small and Medium Enterprises...

For Chinese scientific and technical literature, keywords indexing and relevance construction is one of the most important links in literature processing. Based on the ontologies that registered in the ontology management platform and the use of web services techniques, the triples of concepts and relation...

There is increasing awareness that pulse wave velocity (PWV), an index of arterial stiffness, changes transiently via alteration of vascular smooth muscular tone. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of aging on the response of leg PWV to a low-intensity exercise bout. Ten older (69 ± 3...

This study aims to explain the relationship between variable relevance value, timeliness and conservatism to asymmetry information. The population in this study is a manufacturing company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2013 to 2015 with a sample selected by purposive sampling of 23 companies....

The financial and financing industry, particularly the multifinance sector, is undergoing significant transformations due to digital technology. This research investigates the impact of digital technology on the multi finance industry in Indonesia, focusing on the credit scoring system that addresses...

Background: Autonomic dysfunction, with increased sympathetic activity at rest has been reported in obese individuals. Indices of blood pressure variability (BPV) and baroreceptor sensitivity (BRS) can provide insight into aspects of autonomic function, particularly following an aerobic exercise bout. Purpose:...

Objectives: Sex differences in cardiovascular disease risk and progression are well established. Estrogen loss following menopause leads to vascular dysfunction, potentially due to elevations in oxidative stress and subsequent decrements in nitric oxide. It is possible a reduction in oxidative stress...

The most common form of nuptial agreement contains only the arrangement between a husband and a wife with regards to their marriage properties. In essence, however, a nuptial agreement could accommodate every terms agreed upon by the husband and wife concerned, without limitation to strictly matters...

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...

Changes in central hemodynamics and arterial stiffness are associated with augmented cardiovascular risks and have been reported in obese adults with metabolic syndrome. It is unclear whether this observation may also be present in young healthy obese adults with normal metabolic profile. Objectives:...

The main purpose of this study is to find out the similarities and differences in the form of speaking dialect intonation of Sinar Resmi traditional society of Sukabumi Regency which is spoken by parents and young people. This study was conducted qualitatively with identification and classification in...

Knowledge of species diversity in tropical forests is well known, but the information on plant species’ food source potential in forest areas is still limited. The study was conducted in Nehas Liah Bing village and Wehea forest in August 2011 by interviews with local people and exploration in the forest....

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is the top 10 disease with highest patients in Indonesia and the highest prevalence is in East Java Province. Dinoyo Public Health Center was one of the most recipients of patients in 2018 with total of 10,355 Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients aged 40-69 years old. The modifiable...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the non-communicable diseases commonly found in Indonesia, including at Kalibagor Public Health Center of Banyumas Regency. Physical, psychological changes and social culture are the stressors in DM patients. Spiritual comfort consisting of intrapersonal, interpersonal,...

Environment There seems to be a common abnormality of the healing process in several diseases as COPD, liver esteatosis, and arterial stiffening. Objective: To asses the association of frequency between liver esteatosis and aortic stiffness by means of c-f PWV in patients included in a CV prevention...

Introduction: Radial intra-arterial blood pressure (BP) is sometimes used as the reference standard for validation of brachial cuff BP devices, and there is an emerging ‘wearables’ market seeking to measure BP at the wrist. However, brachial systolic BP may not be a good representation of the radial...

The existence of Nuptial agreements, can provide legal certainty by becoming the legal basis for joint property, inheritance and debts incurred during the marriage. As in general, the existence of debt in marriage becomes a problem when there is a divorce or one dies. This is why the marriage covenant...

Marriage Agreement, is something that is still considered taboo for a marriage in Indonesia. However, over time, education levels, technological advances and the current era of globalization are not so taboo to be made in a marriage. The known marriage agreement is a marriage agreement based on the Civil...

Previous studies reported that university students are a population at risk of that mental health problems. The most common intervention for anxiety disorders are pharmacological and/or nonpharmacological strategies such as psychotherapies. Besides that, there is a growing interest neurofeedback training...

The purpose of this study was to develop new guidance model, namely "Prosocial Guidance Model". Developing students' prosocial behavior is a very important program in the living situation that increasingly complicated, individualistic, and hedonistic. In this study, 250 Junior High School students over...

Introduction: Carotid artery atherosclerosis is an established risk factor for cerebrovascular events. Core lipid-rich plaques are considered at a higher risk of embolization compared to fibrous or calcified lesions. Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is effective for studying carotid plaques, providing...

Information and communication technology or ICT (Information and Communication Technology) is growing very rapidly. This has a tremendous impact on various sectors of life, one of which is education, then the application of ICT becomes a mandatory choice that must be applied. But the problem of technology...

Arterial stiffness may influence the contour of the peripheral pulse, suggesting that contour analysis of the digital volume pulse (DVP) might be used to estimate peripheral blood pressure and a stiffness index (SI). The objective is to establish a transfer function that estimates the peripheral blood...

In our era of rapid technological progress, artificial intelligence (AI) is omnipresent, reshaping our lives and strengthening our interconnectedness through increased digitization. AI is transforming healthcare practices using technologies like machine learning, natural language processing, and physical...

Background: Flow-mediated slowing (FMS) assesses the slowing of pulse wave velocity (PWV) in response to reactive hyperaemia, to provide a measure of endothelial function. We assessed the reproducibility of FMS and whether the technique is sensitive to the influence of age. FMS was compared to the commonly...

A non-invasive approach for the estimation of mechanical efficiency through the calculation of the ratio between stroke work and HR-pressure product has been recently proposed by de Simone et al. This index, which expresses the amount of blood pumped in a single beat in 1 second by the heart, may be...

Objective: Vascular stiffness has long been linked with the ageing process. However, it is only since the development of accurate methods for measuring arterial compliance that unravelling this relationship has become possible. Arterial stiffening over time appears to differ between ethnic groups and/or...

Purpose: The feasibility of pulse wave analysis (PWA) over 24 hours with oscillometric devices has already been shown and first studies indicate additional information compared to single measurements. Nevertheless, diurnal patterns of PWA parameters in healthy subjects, which can potentially serve as...

The purpose of the study was to examine and explain the effect of transformational leadership, job satisfaction and organizational commitment on employees' job performance and the role of job satisfaction as a mediating variable. The population in this study were 69 export-oriented SMEs located in Bali...

This paper aims to give the reasons why Acehnese traditional fishermen crossed the territorial borders of the country so that they were arrested in neighboring countries, as well as the opportunities for Acehnese traditional fishermen who sail in the west part of Indonesian water areas to get their traditional...

Background: Molecular pathways leading to stiffening of the central arteries are poorly understood. We searched for differentially expressed proteins by urinary peptidomic analysis in patients with arterial stiffness and healthy controls in a case–control study. Methods: To identify urinary peptides...

The aim of this research is to determine the level of genetic diversity of in vitro cultur Spathoglottis plicata variants derived irradiated (mutants) and without irradiation (wild type) seeds. This research is an observation study to detect of genetic diversity of plant variants based on ISSR molecular...

Writing skill has been widely known among students as one of challenging skills in English. It is categorized challenging since writing involves many aspects, such as grammar, vocabulary, spelling, cohesion, content, organization of ideas and the L1 interference. This research aims to explore students’...

Central American immigrants to the United States are a growing population with rates of food insecurity that exceed national averages. We analyzed multiple years of data from the Center for System Peace and the Current Population Survey, Food Security Survey Module, from 1998 to 2015. We used ordered...

The rapid expansion of e-commerce has transformed consumer purchasing activities, positioning digital platforms as the dominant medium for modern transactions. However, this growth has also introduced new challenges in analyzing and predicting increasingly complex consumer purchasing behaviors. Manual...

Objective: The relationship between sodium consumption, central BP and the main dietary sources of daily sodium intake in adolescence has been poorly explored. We have evaluated sodium intake, central and peripheral BP in a population of Italian adolescents. Methods: 401 healthy adolescents aged 17±1...