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Acer elegantulum grows fast and is convenient for seed propagation. In this study, we used 2-3 years old Acer elegantulum as the basal plant material to make diverse shapes of vase, stylet and hedge. Later, some high ornamental value maples, including Acer palmatum cv. Dissectum, Nagareizumi and red...

Inadequate and unbalanced development of preschool education is a prominent problem of China’s education. development. In poverty-stricken rural areas, the population of pre-school-aged children generally exceeds the local capacity to provide services, resulting in some pre-school-aged children, especially...

A judgement of aesthetic in arts is, by sheer consensus, a daunting task that requires evaluation of a whole host of endogenous and exogenous cultural factors. A few of them can actually provide very useful hints in tackling foundational problems in Information Science in a more natural setting than...

Confucian philosophy of management is a treasure in Chinese traditional culture. It constructs the core value of Confucianism and establishes its historical status. In the historical records Confucian management philosophy can be traced back to the pre-Qin period, which is based on the essential features...

Introduction: Acute, gravity-induced blood pressure (BP) changes during head-up tilt may generate concomitant variations in carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV). We aimed to separate the pressure-dependent and -independent components of cf-PWV changes observed during head-up tilt. Methods: 30...

This article focuses on some opportunities and challenges that the global used clothing recycling sector faces against the backdrop of fast fashion. The discussion will mainly focus on policy comparisons among different countries, types of technological processes, consumer behaviors, and business models....

The ancient site of the real return is a new research field in digital cultural heritage protection field, using virtual reality technology to reproduce the ancient ruins can be completely without changing the original appearance of the site, and retain the modification to reconstruct the landscape,...

The aim of this review is to find out the relationship between compulsivity and Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and the relevant interventions to date. AN is a type of eating disorders that includes two subtypes: restricting and purging subtypes. Females between 13 and 20 years old are more likely to suffer from...

Purpose: Studies support beneficial effects of isoflavones, but antidiabetic effects of these agents remains unconfirmed [1,2]. This pilot study investigates isoflavones and Inonotus obliquus (chaga) extract effects on diabetes. Methods: Diabetes was induced (streptozotocin 65 mg/kg, nicotinamide 110...

As one of the last works written by Flannery O'Connor, the Southern American writer, "Parker's Back" tells a story about the spiritual quest of a tattoo enthusiast, Parker. Research on this short story does not abound compared with that on O'Connor's other representative works, and in the corpus of it,...

The persistence of globalization comes from its endogenous impartiality. Globalization 1.0 and Globalization 2.0 are aiming at maintaining and expanding the interests of central states, however, no matter whether the central states participate in globalization or not, the Old-type globalization has been...

Dou Yin, known as TikTok, was launched in China in September 2016. This app allows users to create or view 15 to 60-second videos, soundtracked by music clips. After several years it was launched in the market, the downloads gradually surpassed the downloads of FaceBook. In this paper, the author analyzes...

At present, China has a large demand for education industry, with all kinds of education institutions on the market emerging in endlessly. Training that focuses on English training industry ushered in the explosive growth over the past years. New Oriental Education has advantages in the competition with...

Career decision making is a process of individuals realizing that it is an obligation and responsibility in making of correct decisions and being able to make it happen. Self-efficacy is a belief in self-ability to complete their task or responsibility. The purpose of this study was to determine the...

The Chinese-Indonesian ethnic minority is one of the minorities in Indonesia with a long time history of being treated differently, for example the Kerusuhan 1998 (the 1998 riot). Because of this riot, this ethnic minority experienced trauma, held negative stereotypes against the majority, and now tend...

Shape recognition in images represents one of the complex and hard-solving problems in computer vision due to its nonlinear, stochastic and incomplete nature. Classical image processing techniques have been normally used to solve this problem. Alternatively, shape recognition has also been conducted...

Based on the current situation and sorts of plights faced by one-children under the newly revised “family planning” policy, this paper reads, analyzes, and compares the past studies on “the problem of one-child parents’ old-age care” in The Paper (澎湃新闻in Chinese)and Xinhua News Agency (abbr. Xinhua in...

Background: Functional capacity declines with age leading to disability and increased cost of health and social care. In older adults, factors that influence the ability to sustain sub-maximal exercise (a marker of functional capacity) are not well defined. We aimed to determine the contribution of cardiac...

China’s population aging has accelerated mainly because of the continuous decline in fertility and the increase in average life expectancy. Since the implementation of the family planning policy in the 1970s, the overall population fertility has been comfortably below the replacement generation level...

Objectives: The occlusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) frequently leads to stroke and develops most commonly as a consequence of arterial embolism or atherosclerotic thrombosis. Following acute care, if the patient’s general condition makes it possible, the patient is emitted from the hospital...

The study related to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Yoga for Kids program, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) among children with ASD from infancy(sixth month) to middle childhood (12 years old) (Domain). The research topic-- “is yoga for kids an effective way to help children with ASD-- is inspired...

Imagery painting is an emerging art form that combines western painting materials with Chinese traditional humanistic ideas and philosophy. It is more or less influenced by Western modern art, and combines the concepts of “spirit”, charm” and “feeling for scenery” inherited from traditional Chinese paintings,...

Today, employment seems to be the key to almost everything. However, youth with disabilities (YWDs) face harder time finding employment compared to those able-bodied. YWDs are frequently not considered potential members of the workforce. Stigma, fear and prejudice continue to limit understanding and...

Recently Disney have rolled out the film Mulan which arouses a wide range of discussion. This research tries to find out how Disney film adapts a Chinese story in the Northern Wei period into an international film and why it is possible. Considering the deepening of the globalization and the development...

Background: Identification of intraplaque haemorrhage using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is expensive, technically demanding and sometimes uncomfortable. Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is a new non-invasive technique combining multi-wavelength infrared laser light and ultrasound (US) imaging, able to...

Background: Preeclampsia is a common pregnancy disease characterized by hypertension and kidney failure. Recent studies have shown that even in the case of successful delivery, preeclampsia could induce long-term effects in the offspring. Nevertheless, the effects of preeclampsia on the cardiovascular...

Objectives: Non-invasive methodologies for assessing arteriosclerosis, including carotid intimal-medial thickness (cIMT) for assessing subclinical atherosclerosis and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) for measuring arterial stiffness, are well established and validated in adults [1, 2]. However,...

The revitalization of the Kota diamond village on the land of PT. KAI has a public open space concept in which there are various communal and recreational facilities, including mobile food trucks and suspension bridge water tours. The purpose of this research is a sustainable and smart city according...

The glycosylation with O-linked-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is an enzymatic process found on nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins. Augmented levels of O-GlcNAc-modified proteins have been associated to cardiovascular disease (CD) in male. However, the association of O-GlcNAc and CD in females it’s not...

Purpose/Background/Objectives: Tissue transglutaminase (TG2) is a highly expressed protein especially in endothelial cells. TG2 has several functions including transamidation activity which is important in several processes such as extracellular matrix remodeling [1]. TG2 activity takes place in aortic...

Guanzhong traditional residence is involved in the traditional residence of North China, whose space layout is still traditional courtyard layout of China. Due to the impact of geographic position, culture, religion, life style and customs, traditional residence in Guanzhong is equipped with the space...

In a business, inventory is frequently known as a source of contention. PT Petrokimia Gresik (PKG) is PT Pupuk Indonesia’s (Persero) subsidiary, an agro-industry company that the government always requires to meet national fertilizer supply to ensure food security and perform more efficient and cost-effective...

Combining the general trend of "combination of medical and health care", this paper carries out all-around research work by taking analysis of the development plight of the pension service industry as the main purpose and pension service agencies in Shandong Province as the main research object through...

With the development of the society, the progress of The Times, constantly improve the people's standard of living, people in the pursuit of quality of life also had a higher. But is also due to the development of the society, people's living environment and living space has been a great deal of pollution,...

Based on the quantitative research method to count the number and frequency of dredging in different periods and spatial distribution in Shanghai Old Town from 1617 to 1915, this paper reveals the different characteristics of the siltation of rivers in Shanghai Old Town before and after the opening....

Background & Purpose: The femoral bifurcation houses complex flow recirculation that may be impacted by downstream peripheral resistance; however, conventional ultrasound is unable to quantify multi-directional flow to study these phenomena. The purpose of this study was to examine the multi-directional...

Purpose/Background/Objective: Cognitive decline is highly prevalent amongst end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients and is accelerated upon initiation of hemodialysis (HD) [1]. ESRD increases aortic stiffness and blood flow pulsatility, which may damage small vessels of target organs like the brain [2]....

Objective: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by noticeable neuropsychiatric symptoms and cognitive decline [1]. In addition, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a known etiological hallmark of AD pathogenesis [2]. Recent epidemiological evidence suggests an interplay between arterial stiffness (AS)...

The widely spread old saying that better imagining than seeing, reflects regretful feeling of tourists, which not only affects the enthusiasm of tourists, but also the development of tourism. This paper analyses the main reasons for this phenomenon, among which the lack of aesthetic imagination of tourists...

Chen Duxiu is a leading figure in the early Marxist group. His traditional cultural view in leading the new cultural movement has the outstanding characteristics of being old and innovative. Chen Duxiu advocated democracy and science as the goal and devoted himself to the profound criticism and transformation...

Objectives: We aimed to investigate the association between isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) and central blood pressure (BP) in a nationally representative population. Methods: A total of 2029 adults without anti-hypertensive medicine, aged ≥19 years old participated in the 2013–2016 National Nutrition...

The absolute number of elderly-population in China is large and growing fast. According to the United Nations standards, China has fully entered the aging society. The aging of our country's population presents several characteristics: the aging is accelerated, the aging structure of both sexes is out...

In China, family education in remote areas has always been an issue of great concern to the country and the education community. The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought education in remote areas into a special period. To better understand the current situation of family education in remote areas of China...

Baoding old troupe is the most representative opera art in Baoding area, and its libretto shows unique style of literary language with the change in vocal music and territorial culture. Its language originates from local board drum; after more than 100 years of changes and development as well as several...

The purpose of this study is to describe the socio economic status of fishermen in West Sumatra Province. To analyze the socioeconomic status of fishermen households is used the data of the agricultural census survey "Fishing Survey of Household Businesses" from Bureau center of statistics in West Sumatra....

Against the backdrop of the prosperity of Chinese online literature and its film and television adaptations, this study explores the transformations of the scholar image in contemporary Chinese popular culture and embeds the image in the context of the landscape of digital media. It compares the image...

Based on J2EE technology, the SSH framework is used to complete the construction of the chain management information management system for infant early childhood education institutions. Aiming at the problems of incomplete management control, inconsistent system standards, bloated organizational structure,...

Background: Cerebral microvascular alterations and hypoperfusion have been associated to cognitive disorder and dementia. We hypothesized that there is a direct link between retinal arteriolar remodelling, as assessed non-invasively using adaptive optics, and cognitive cerebral impairment in hypertensive...

The new technologies such as virtual resources and RFID in Industry 4.0 make traditional ITIL Incident Management Process can not adapt to the new environment anymore. Based Agile and Lean thinking of DevOps, this paper improved and designed on the traditional ITIL Incident Management Processes, proposed...

The ancient glass excavated in China proves that at least in the Warring States period more than 2,000 years ago, it was already possible to manufacture glass products with exquisite patterns. The antique Chinese lead-barium glass and potassium glass represent China's indigenous glass technology...