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A high resolution digital integrated chip capacitor measurement system was designed.The major components of the system mainly includedmain control chip, capacitance transducer, data storage and communication interface.ARM7-based mcro controllerSTM32F207was used as the main control chip, capacitance measurement...

Chemically mixed Mn1-xCoxFe2O4 nanoparticles with the size about 8 nm were synthesized by thermal decomposition method. The content of Co element x varied from 0.02 to 0.08. Magnetic measurement indicated that 8 nm Mn1-xCoxFe2O4 nanoparticles were superparamagnetic at room temperature and ferromagnetic...

Background: Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is becoming the preferred treatment option to repair the proximal descending aorta after rupture following blunt traumatic injury. However, hemodynamic and mechanic implications of this intervention are poorly understood. Exploiting the possibilities...

Objective To construct a contradiction matrix for rule of law in drug safety governance, provide scientific tools for solving drug safety governance problems, and improve the level of rule of law in drug safety governance. Methods Firstly, the problems in the rule of law of drug safety governance were...

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...

Introduction: Cardiovascular events are the leading cause of death among firefighters, with the greatest risk occurring during or shortly after fire suppression activity. Increased cardiovascular risk potentially manifests from detrimental changes in ventricular function, vascular load, and their interaction...

Multimedia technology is now considered a widely employed tool to promote science teaching and learning for secondary school students [1]. The previous study has accurately identified that multimedia teaching approaches, such as instructional videos, are more vitally significant than books [4]. In order...

Background: The clinical significance of pressure-dependent intra-beat changes in local pulse-wave velocity (C) has recently come to light [1]. While reported methods require arterial pressure and diameter measurements from a single site to assess intra-beat changes in C, we present an image-free fast...

Background: Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are involved into several pathophysiologic processes in vascular diseases, including progressive loss of elasticity of vessel wall (arterial stiffness). Circulating soluble receptor for AGEs (sRAGE) act as a decoy and counterbalanced the harmful properties...

The demand for labor in the industrial sector will increase by more than 8% until 2035. This increase is spread across all manufacturing sub-sectors, such as the food and beverage industry (mamin), metals, textiles and clothing, and automotive. The development of industrial human resources aims to create...

(1) Objective: To test the feasibility of the proposed method that evaluates the contiguous sense of linen fabrics by using experimental paradigm of behavioral experiment. (2) Methods: The experimental program is written with E-Prime 2.0, while the expression of the experimental stimulus material is...

Background/Objectives: Myeloid cells are crucial for the development of vascular inflammation. Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 8 (LRP8) or Apolipoprotein E receptor 2 (ApoER2), is expressed by macrophages, endothelial cells and platelets and has been implicated in the development of...

Based on the introduction to the concept and calculation method of tourism ecological footprint, the tourism ecological footprints of 8 minority autonomous prefectures in Yunnan province are calculated and analyzed according to the data of the statistical yearbooks of Yunnan province in 2014. The results...

So far, a lot of research on how hearing children read picture books with parents at home has been done. However, there is no detailed information concerning how children with hearing impairment read picture books with their parents at home and why parents read picture books to their hearing- impaired...

Knowledge related to healthy snacks was still inadequate in school- age children. The unhealthy, unsafe and non-nutritious snacks was still occurred in elementary schools. Changes in the behavior of choosing snacks is one of the challenges among school students. The implementation of Information, Education,...

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...

This study examines long-term cultural shifts in individualism and collectivism by analyzing English word frequencies in the Google Books Ngram corpus (1800–2022). Five pairs of individualism–collectivism words (I–we, me–us, get–give, self–obligation, choose–obey) were used to construct a composite individualism–collectivism...

This paper points out the meaning of the electronic control transformation of excavator system. Based on the analysis of the YC13-8 hydraulic control system, we put forward the technological scheme of YC13-8 excavator electronic control transformation, and introduce the composition of control system...

In Indonesia, they recently started using the “Freedom to Learn” curriculum. All the more reason for teachers to themselves become literate. Reading is also given a lot of attention in the lessons. The incorporation of strategies for teaching reading and writing is explicitly modeled in these lesson...

In this research, the concept of technology domestication in Chinese family settings is explored in terms of adopting American intelligent home products using a qualitative case study method involving 12 multi-generational families in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou for a period of 8 months....

A pleasant environment is needed to increase student motivation in learning physical education, especially in the early elementary classes. The pleasant atmosphere can be created through the use of Rope Ladder (Rolade) Physical Activity learning media. The current study aims are to identify and analyze...

The production of Portland cement accounts for approximately 8% of the 37 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere annually. Unlike traditional concrete, geopolymer concrete significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80% due to the absence of calcium carbonate conversion...

Purpose: Understanding and prediction of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (ATAA) progression are not well established yet and aortic dissection is frequently occurring on normally sized and mildly dilated aortas. Despite known theoretical associations between pressures and blood flow patterns there...

Background: The lower limit of cerebral autoregulation (LLA) refers to the mean blood pressure (BP) below which cerebral blood flow becomes pressure-dependent, resulting, among others, in an increased stroke risk. The LLA measured during cardiac surgery, correlates with the vascular measure Ambulatory...

Composting with the conventional method takes a long time so it is less effective to overcome the problem of accumulation of organic waste. Therefore, it is necessary to find another method or method of composting that is more effective to overcome this problem. Currently, it has been found EM4 (effective...

This study was motivated by the tendency of principals to implement academic supervision that had not met expectations. The lack of implementation of academic supervision can be caused by principals carrying out more administrative tasks than supervision tasks. This study aims to examine the implementation...

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to examine the contribution of left ventricular ejection, arterial stiffness and systemic vascular resistance to essential hypertension in children with hypertension. Methods: A total of 81 children aged 7 to 18 years (mean age 14 years) including 31 with...

Aim: To investigate PWV trajectories before and during the lockdown period among Withings Body Cardio bathroom scale users in France, in which a strict total lockdown was imposed, and Germany, in which partial social distancing measures were adopted. Methods: The study population is constituted by Withings...

The purpose of this study is to find out information on graduates of the nutrition study program in 2022. This research is a quantitative research with a cross-sectional study approach. The tracer study was carried out using a questionnaire that had been developed by the Sub Directorate of UNESA Student...

This study first proposes a concept of generalized stability (GST) for discrete chaos system, which is the generalization of chaos generalized synchronization (CGS). Then this study sets up a constructive theorem of GST for discrete chaos system, which provides a general representation of GST in discrete...

In order to find a turbulent flow model which can accurately describe the internal mixing process of the nozzle adjustable jet pump, 8 combinations made up by four turbulence models (Standard κ–ξ, RNG κ–ξ, Realizable κ–ξ and RSM) and two wall functions (Standard wall functions and Non-Equilibrium wall...

Background: The range of central blood pressure (BP) found in individuals with high-normal brachial BP overlaps the one found in hypertension (HTN) and normotension. As central BP is possibly a better predictor of cardiovascular (CV) disease, the aim of this study was to determine the risk associated...

Introduction: Microgravity in space is known to cause major alterations in the cardiovascular system. Left ventricular ejection time (LVET) can be measured by the time from the onset point of the pressure wave to the incisura of the dicrotic notch. The aim of this study was to simulate microgravity by...

Background: We have previously shown that 3D echocardiography-derived (3DE) indices of left ventricular (LV) structure predict all-cause mortality differently in men and women [1]. However, the mechanism behind these sex differences remains unknown. We therefore examined the role of macro- and micro-vascular...

Background: The time at which reflected waves arrive at central arteries has an important influence on ventricular afterload. Current methods of estimating reflection time (RT), including zero-crossover [1], inflection-point [2], and foot methods [3], use only a single point on the pressure waveforms,...

Though philosophical ideas of Marxism advocates “interpreting the world” on the basis of practice, it attaches more importance to “changing the world” through practice. The practical materialism developed by Marx provides a great tool for humans, particularly the working class, to learn and change the...

Based on both at home and abroad energy sustainable development ,enterprise energy evaluation index system research and low carbon economic background, this thesis proposed the strategy thought of full process of energy-saving and emission-reduction, selected DEA evaluation method to achieve efficiency...

Background: Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an established marker of arterial stiffness [1]. Local PWV estimates, however, are affected by confluence of incident and reflected waves, biasing the spatiotemporal propagation of the systolic foot (SF) in the distension waveform [2,3]. We, therefore, propose...

A novel broadband microstrip helical antenna array with 1*8 elements is designed based on traditional helical antenna. The helix is realized by connecting stacked multilayer microstrip circular arcs with via holes. Meanwhile, grounded coplanar waveguide(GCPW) to stripline is utilized for probe station...

The research aims to determine the process of increasing the identification of procedural text elements using audio-visual media in class VII SMP Negeri 8 OKU and the results of the improvement to identify elements of procedural text using audio-visual media in class VII students of SMP Negeri 8 OKU....

Background: Although arterial stiffness has demonstrated moderate heritability, our knowledge of the genes modulating arterial stiffness is still limited. We conducted genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of aortic distensibility (AoD) in both ascending (AA) and proximal descending aorta (PDA) to...

The Consumer Dispute Settlement Agency (BPSK) is authorized to handle Consumer disputes who feel aggrieved by the occasionally arbitrary conduct of business actors under Law Number 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection. The objective of this study is to ascertain the legal ramifications of canceling...

In order to fully understand the anti-fatigue performance of KT-joints in the all-welded steel truss of Haihe Grand Bridge in Tianjing, two experiment--one fatigue test using a full-scaled KT-joint and the other fatigue test using two groups of T-components (a total of 8 components) cut out from the...

University is one of the highest energy consumptions among commercial buildings because the university has high load consumption. So, strategic management of energy saving in universities needs to be considered to reduce costs and energy consumption. Actually, there are many methods to save electricity...

Currently the Covid 19 pandemic has been declared over, but the impact of the pandemic is still being felt by the community, especially students of the Bachelor of Education Program. One of the important subjects for students of education study programs is microteaching. Microteaching is the practice...

Background: Arterial stiffness is a strong predictor of cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality [1]. Increased fasting plasma concentrations of highly reactive dicarbonyl compounds – methylglyoxal (MGO), 3-deoxyglucosone (3-DG), and/or glyoxal (GO) – may cause arterial stiffening via for mation...

Since Krashen first introduced Natural Order Hypothesis (NOH) in 1980, many researchers started to test it among participants from different cultural backgrounds. NOH stated that human beings have a certain universal order to acquire their second language (L2). However, recent research articles for NOH...

Background: Although generally assumed to be an adaptive response to increased blood pressure (BP), arterial stiffness is now recognized as an independent predictor of cardiovascular (CV) events [1]. Moreover it precedes hypertension in at least two mouse models [2,3]. Therefore, the present study aims...

An algorithm based on SIFT feature detection method(Scale Invariant and Feature Transform) and using conversion step of the circular area selection feature points described are introduced into image feature detecting and matching for better real time performance and higher precision.Improved SIFT features...

Background: Aging and hypertension often co-occur, which complicates distinguishing their biomechanical effects on arteries clinically. While aortic elastin (half-life ~70 years) is reduced in human aging, in mouse aging (lifespan ~2 years) it remains mostly intact. Knock-out of elastin-associated glycoprotein...