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Background: Soluble receptors for advanced glycation end-products (sRAGEs) have been suggested to have a protective role neutralizing the advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) and their pathological effect on vessel walls. We aimed to investigate the association between circulating concentrations of...

The research question of this article is whether investing in US indexes (blue chip stocks) under the context of increasing inflation can get a net income after subtracting inflation. The research method is to use quantitative analysis to analyze the long-term return rate of the index through the data...

Objective The Route Guidance System (RGS) is an effective method which can raise the quality of transport service, enhance the driving efficiency of the vehicle, decrease the pressure of the crowed traffic and reduce the traffic accidences. RGS can offer the traveler the most satisfying route dynamically...

The long-term goal of this research is to produce a tourism development policy strategy in Lampung Province based on community capacity. This research method is descriptive qualitative. The location of this research is Wisata Alam 21, Aji Egypt Village, Tulang Bawang Regency and The Land Above the Clouds...

During the time between 1980 and 2020, there were a lot of significant changes in the U.S. interest rate, the federal funds rate. Since the changes of interest rates in one country, especially in the United States, can affect fluctuations in the global economy, this paper focuses on how the U.S interest...

Background: Reservoir pressure analysis has been newly introduced to analyze arterial waveform and function. There are few data regarding the effect of aging on the aortic reservoir and excess pressures in normal humans. Objectives and Methods: To investigate this issue, we analyzed high-fidelity aortic...

In accordance with the characteristics of passenger aircraft market demand analysis, this paper constructs a demand analysis model which, at first, establishes ‘typical route’ through route market segmentation, and then determines the market plan of passenger aircraft based on the ‘typical route’ transportation...

The effects of mutual grafting on the photosynthesis of two ecotypes of post generation Solanum photeinocarpum under cadmium (Cd) stress were studied by the pot experiment, and the photosynthetic pigment contents, photosynthetic characteristics and soluble sugar contents in post generations of S. photeinocarpum...

Herein by reference partial adjustment model combines securities company's operating characteristics to build a research net capital regulation and risk behavior of simultaneous models, research methods panel data for our different capital adequacy of securities firms net capital regulation effect of...

Social media is now a necessity for everyone, including adolescents who are generally undergraduate students. Social media allows users to acquire information from all corners of the world quickly. However, on the other hand, social media has negative impacts, one of which is emotional instability. The...

In recent years, Guangxi's foreign exchanges have become increasingly frequent, cross-border trade has expanded year by year and faster growth, but the total trade volume is too small, the market concentration and product is single, but also facing the ASEAN market increasingly fierce new situation....

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) patients are characterized by markedly elevated LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) concentration, positive family history of hypercholesterolemia and premature vascular complications including carotid artery disease (CAAD). Carotid plaques are associated with atherosclerosis of...

Background: Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) is the gold standard measurement for arterial stiffness. Normative values exist for PWV in children using the subtracted method (LSM) for the estimation of the distance, however no imaging validation studies in the growing pediatric population. The formula...

As the core technology of the new era, big data analysis technology has a significant impact on the agricultural competitiveness of a region. Promoting the high-quality development of agriculture is of great significance to the construction of Rural Revitalization in Sichuan under big data analysis technology....

The development of the paper industry has decreased as a result of widespread issues of climate change, global warming, deforestation, narrowing forest land and the transfer of paper use to digital. On the other hand, companies are required to continue producing in order to survive, develop and generate...

In this paper, considering the load, wind power and photo voltaic timing characteristics, stablishes a planning model containing distributed power energy storage device. In the planning model, the minimization of the total cost including the initial investment, fuel costs, net loss costs, environmental...

Local site conditions significantly influence ground motion and are critical for earthquake engineering and geotechnical earthquake engineering. Earthquake early warning systems (EEWs) typically rely on early ground acceleration records to estimate magnitude, which are inevitably affected by site effects....

The growth rate of an agricultural sector is related to its capacity for innovation, and vice versa. Our Analysis is focused to employ various deep learning models to create an efficient Plant Disease Detection and Classification Networks (PDDC-Net).Preprocessing is the process of standardizing dataset...

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the aviation industry was revealed highly vulnerable to such a crisis, and the stock prices of worldwide airline companies all faced significant declines. The airline companies would have to adapt themselves to a world with lasting impacts from the pandemic to recover...

To gain a better understanding the difference on microbial community structure for low permeability reservoirs in Daqing Oil Field at different days in outdoor, we constructed the 16SrDNA gene clone library for different days’ samples respectively. The results showed that the dominant microbes of zero...

Customer satisfaction is a key metric for determining the success of a company’s or organization’s product or service, including training providers. Assessing the participants’ satisfaction with the program is critical to improving program quality. This study aims to determine training participants’...

The rapid development of financial products and services requires consumers to be able to make decisions that are more complex than before (Bannier & Schwarz, 2018). This has attracted many researchers and policy makers to increase financial literacy to change people's consumption habits to...

It is an indisputable fact that COVID-19 has hit offline traditional industries, and whether it will bring opportunities or challenges to online industries has not been evaluated in detail. Taking HUYA as the research object, this paper analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on game live streaming. By comparing...

Future orientation is a cognitive construct that explains the future orientation of individuals, especially the younger generation, to anticipate general events. Because education is responsible for the foundation of a sustainable future in a society, government and society need to prepare their younger...

Automatic segmentation of retinal blood vessels from fundus images is of great importance in assessing the condition of vascular network in human eyes. The task is primary challenging due to the low contrast of images, the variety of vessels and potential pathology. Previous studies have proposed shallow...

Nine combinations of illite (0,5,10g•L-1) and cadmium (0,2.5,5mg•L-1) were set, and the hydroponics was adopted in this experiment to explore the effect of illite on the rice growth characteristics under Cd stress, including chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate, plant biomass, and the antioxidant...

This paper architectures the system that recognizes and controls the P to P flow on the platform that is based on the existing network software platform. It introduces a two-layer P to P flow recognition means, and it also designs and realizes the basic control of the P to P flow on the Net filter structure...

Covid-19 or a disease caused by the corona virus became an epidemic after being declared by WHO as a global pandemic. The disease for which no cure has yet been found is a threat of a new pandemic that is spreading rapidly throughout the world, which has a psychological impact on people who are confirmed...

Purpose/Background: Sarcopenia (decrease of muscle mass and function) has been linked with atherosclerosis [1]. The EWGSOP2 updated consensus, uses low muscle strength as the primary indicator of sarcopenia [2]. It is acknowledged that strength is better than mass for predicting adverse outcomes [2]....

This study aims to examine the impact of financial resources, i.e., assets, revenue, and profit on executive (board of directors and commissioner) remuneration. The data were collected from a listed company on Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2016–2020. The listed companies as research samples are those...

Biomedical waste (BMW) consists of waste generated during medical diagnosis, treatment, or immunization activities in healthcare facilities. The rising volume of BMW, especially infectious waste, poses a significant hazard to public health and the environment. Improper handling and disposal of BMW can...

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...

In order to explore the information flow, we contract and analyze the Dynamic Complex-Net-Based Info-Transmission Model. Simulate the realistic information transmission network utilizing the model. Considering the characters of information transmission, we employ the SIR-Based Info-Transmission Model...

Economic development as part of national development, is one of the efforts to create a just and prosperous people’s welfare based on the Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. The purpose of this study was to determine the form of legal protection for customers in credit agreements...

University life requires students to face new challenges. Happiness is needed by university students to face these challenges, because unhappiness can lead to problems in adjustment, mental health, lower academic performance, and deteriorating social relations. Previous studies have proven that mindfulness...

Aim: To validate a photoacoustic imaging (PAI) system, for the identification of intraplaque hemorrhage, comparing it with MRI and histology (gold standard). Methods: 25 patients with carotid stenosis >70% and clinical indication to tromboendoarterectomy were recruited. Angio-MRI for intraplaque...

By means of analyzing the Controller of CMM and its information model in the net, this article obtains the flimsiness and requirement to defend attack of the system. This article researches the interface of communication and communication protocols in the application layer of the main Controller of CMM....

Introduction: Clinic blood pressure (BP) is performed by inflation of an upper-arm cuff, but this itself may induce a reactive change in BP that could influence diagnosis. This study aimed to determine if a reactive BP change to cuff inflation occurs. Methods: Cuff BP and beat-to-beat invasive aortic...

Propelled by algorithms, 3-5-minute plot-recap short videos can rack up tens of millions of views, yet they repeatedly skirt the red line of copyright infringement. Chinese legislation follows the Berne Convention’s three-step test, yet in practice some courts often collapse it into a single inquiry—whether...

With the support of national policies, China's software industry is developing at a sustained and high speed. An accurate grasp of investment opportunities in the software industry requires the state to have a correct understanding of the intrinsic value of listed companies. In this paper, literature...

As one of the requirements for obtaining a bachelor’s degree, college students are required to make an undergraduate thesis. There are many challenges and obstacles that college students must face that will affect their well-being. However, it does not prevent college students for completing their undergraduate...

The spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in 2019 has led to a social crisis in the world. The virus’s restriction on social offline activities, as well as the virus’s psychological panic, changed human consumption behavior on products, negatively impacting the operations of businesses in a variety...

In the era of the digital economy, technology-driven innovation has become the core engine of the business model innovation for enterprises. This article uses JD.com as a case study to systematically analyze the mechanisms through which technology-driven business model innovation affects enterprise performance....

Learning Evaluation and monitoring are the soul of a learning process. They are vehicles used to improve the learning process. Institution Performance Education personnel are required to have international standards. One of the weapons that are used to compete is by applying the ISO 9001: 2015 standard....

The purpose of this study to analyze he causal relationship of triple deficit hypotheis between budget deficit, current account deficit, and saving-investment gap in Indonesia. Budget deficit is a deficit that occurs when state revenue is smaller than the country's larger expenditure. Whereas the current...

The net present value of your project is the present value of the cash flows at the required rate of return compared to your initial investment. In practice, it is a method of calculating the return on investment for a project or expenditure. This paper introduces some major methods to evaluate investment...

Geographic Information System (GIS) is a comprehensive spatial data processing technique, of which fundamental meaning, function, background and developing process are introduced in the paper. It is reviewed and emphasized that GIS has been applied to forestry industry fully and systematically in recent...

This study aims to determine the effect of principal leadership and teacher motivation on teacher performance. The research data was collected by distributing questionnaires to respondents. The results of the questionnaire were analyzed using multiple regression analysis through the t-test, F test, and...

Aiming at knowledge reasoning ability of fuzzy petri net depending on the parameter and the parameters usually obtained by specialist, an algorism based on artificial immune algorism for obtaining the optimum parameters was proposed. Firstly, the fuzzy petri net and generating rules were defined and...

The manufacturers’ quick response to their market demand largely depends on whether their production logistics system is in a balance and coordination status. A simulation experiment of production logistics balance is conducted for a manufacturing enterprise in the process of processing production, using...