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Massive Open Online Courses and Formal Higher Education

Xingmin Shi, Junmei Sun, Xuejiao Liu
With the rapid development of MOOC worldwide, traditional formal higher education of college is facing huge challenges due to the innovative learning method provided by MOOC. MOOC promise an effective learning method in a free style, either in course selection or the process control of learning. And...
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Engineering geology for weak rocks of Abu Hamour surface and ground water drainage tunnel Phase-1, Doha, Qatar

J.B. Stypulkowski, A.K. Pathak, F.G. Bernardeau
This paper discusses results of analysis from geotechnical database collected during field mapping of shafts in weak/soft rocks of Abu Hamour tunnel project area of South Doha, Qatar. Shafts are connected to the main tunnel by short tunnels – adits, excavated using sequential excavation method. Shaft...
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study on the Mechanism of the Inhibition of ATP Hydrolysis with Inhibitors in Human Papillomavirus Type 18 E1 Helicase

Xiuli Lu, Yong Zhang, Shuchao Chen, Yang Li, Dan Jia, Weiqi Wang, Bing Gao, Hongsheng Liu
The biphenylsulfonacetic acid and its derivatives were found to inhibit ATP hydrolysis by an allosteric mechanism involving tyrosine 486 of HPV6 E1 Helicase as well as tyrosine 492 of HPV 18 E1. A theoretical study on the binding conformations and allosteric function of these inhibitors has been carried...

Digital Library Practice in University: Advantages, Challenges, and Its Position

Irsa Arma Perdana, Lantip Diat Prasojo
This paper is written to describe the importance of digital libraries to be applied in university library through the exploration of the advantages offered by digital libraries, as well as the challenges that will be faced in the implementation of digital libraries as infrastructure to support education....

Prospects and Challenges in Accessing Education 4.0 English Classes

N. Khafiia, Arifuddin Arifuddin, Kamaludin Yusra
This paper discusses the prospects and challenges in accessing learning in Education 4.0 era in English classes. The study is qualitative as it uses descriptive survey which wasused to discover and describe the prospects and the challenges faced by English teachers and students in accessing learning...
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Literature Review of Atherosclerosis Treatment with Hibiscus Sabdariffa as an Alternative for Statin Therapy

Balqis Faizah Azzahra, Umi Setyo Cahyanti, Rifqi Aulia Nurazizah, Rachmi Fauziah Rahayu, Yuyun Yueniwati
Coronary heart disease (CHD) ranks the second-highest cause of mortality after stroke, thereby emphasizing CHD as the most significant contributor to cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Statin therapy serves as an efficacious treatment in regressing the number of CHD cases. However, current studies...

New approach to the complete sum of products of the twisted (h, q)-Bernoulli numbers and polynomials

Yilmaz Simsek, Veli Kurt, Daeyeoul Kim
Pages: 44 - 56
In this paper, by using q-Volkenborn integral[10], the first author[25] constructed new generating functions of the new twisted (h, q)-Bernoulli polynomials and numbers. We define higher-order twisted (h, q)-Bernoulli polynomials and numbers. Using these numbers and polynomials, we obtain new approach...
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Microstructure Evolution of Carbon Fiber in PIP-processed C/SiC Composites under High Temperature Environment

Y. Xiang, Q. Wang, H.F. Cai, Y. Liu, F. Cao
The thermal stability of carbon fiber in PIPprocessed C/SiC composites under high temperature environment was studied. The microstructure evolution of carbon fiber in PIP-C/SiC composites was characterized. The results showed that the microstructure of carbon fiber gradually destroyed with the elevation...
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Responses of Nitrifiers’ characteristics to Filling Ratio in IFAS Systems

Liuchao Hu, Yue Wen, Qi Zhou
The concentrations of NH4+-N, NO2--N and NO3--N were measured in batch experiments to study nitrification kinetics in IFAS system with different FR at 0%-50%. The results showed that both of NH4+-N oxidation rate ( ) and NO3--N production rate ( ) increased with FR, which respectively increased from...

Interactive Cat Furniture Design

Junyan Ai
With the development of urbanization, young people are under high pressure, which means that they don’t have much time to company with family members. Keeping pets can be a useful solution to address these problems and offer emotional support. More and more people regard pets as family members. The increase...
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Performance Improvement of Integrated Microgrid Based Predictive Control Scheme

P. Sai Sampath Kumar, P. Suresh, D. Lenine
The voltage quality of a renewable energy system may be undermined by variable power demand and erratic energy source outputs. The suggested approach entails the use of both a Model Predictive Based Voltage and Power control (MPVP) method and a Model Predictive Based Current and Power (MPCP) control...
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Robust Auto-tuning Fractional Order Control of an Aerodynamical System

Eva-H Dulf, Cristina-I. Muresan, Roxana Both-Rusu, Francisc-V. Dulf
The present paper's goal is to offer to the user a method which are similar to the "Plug and Play" idea in the world of "Control": the auto-tuning control structure of a twin-rotor aerodynamical system, a highly nonlinear, multi input multi output system. Knowing the fact that in industrial applications...

Sufistic Therapy of ‘Syair Nasihat

A Model of Holistic Medicine of the Global Era

Asep Yudha Wirajaya, Bani Sudardi, Istadiyantha Istadiyantha, Warto Warto
This ancient manuscript, entitled ‘Syair Nasihat’ (SN), saves the treasures of traditional medicine in the archipelago, namely treatment with a sufistic approach. The concept of sufistic therapy offered by SN is to offer holistic medicine, a concept of treatment that views the body and soul as a whole,...
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On Local (a, d)-Edge Antimagic Coloring of Some Specific Classes of Graphs

Eric Dwi Putra, Dafik, Arika Indah Kristiana, Robiatul Adawiyah, Rafiantika Megahnia Prihandini
For any graph G = ( V , E ) , the order and size of G are p and q. Let G(V, E) be a graph with the vertex set V and the edge set...

Business Presentation to Increase Product Sales of Farm Group Members

Yusuf Hamdan, Aning Sofyan, Anne Ratnasari, Yenni Yuniati
The government and other institutions are trying to improve the competitiveness of entrepreneurs engaged in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by making an effort to conduct training for entrepreneurs, so that they proactively develop their businesses by implementing good business practices....

Dynamic Land Resource Management in Mt. Kelud Area

Puspita Indra Wardhani, Junun Sartohadi, Sunarto Sunarto
Area in the active volcano is blessed with abundant land resources. Mt. Kelud eruption in 2014 directly changes the arrangement of land resources. The changes in the land surface conditions must be balanced with the new management to enable the communities enjoying the benefits. The research has aim...
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Service Oriented Cost AccountingUtilization-based Accounting and Charging of IT Service Costs

Christopher Schwarz, S. Schmidt, A. Sellner, E. Zinser
Due to the immanent complexity of Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) partnerships and their underlying service technology, a sustainable management proofs to be highly challenging and inefficient. Being confronted with multidimensional business relations and complex services meshes, the accounting...

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Urban-Rural Income Gap in China

Yong Wang
This paper analyses data from 2010 to 2023 in China to create a regression model, supported by empirical evidence, assessing the impact of artificial intelligence on the urban-rural income gap. The methodology integrates regression analysis with actual growth rate data of the income gap to improve the...

The Logic of Morality in the Network Society: A Criticism

Meutia Irina Mukhlis, Naupal Asnawi
This paper aims to offer a critique on the treatment of morality and moral problems in the network society through the use of alternative explanation. The main argument advanced in this paper is that despite augmenting human abilities to organize and integrate, technological progress in the network society...
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A Research Travelogue on Image Classification on Brain Tumor

P. Kiran Kumar, B. Rama
The brain’s unchecked and fast cell proliferation is what fuels a tumor. It may be mortal if left untreated in the early stages. Accurate separation and classification remain difficult despite a great deal of work and good results. The diversity in tumor site, form, and dimensions greatly complicate...

A Life Preservation Technology Model within the System of Professional Training of Humanities Majors

E.V. Kozlova, V.V. Savchuk, O.I. Khrusch
The professionalism of modern teacher is not only the ability of achieving of good pedagogical result, but the ability of saving and strengthening pupil’s health. During preparing teachers, one of the priority directions is attitude to health of teachers and pupils. The article presents the model of...

The Development of Fintechs as a Part of Digital Economy

E. Saliger, V. I. Kordovitch, O. V. Popova, M. A. Popov
Fintechs are companies that offer digital financial innovations. Fintechs’ business models include the areas of investing, paying, managing, financing and insuring. Their success factors are based on customer service orientation and manifest themselves in transparency, efficiency, low costs / favorable...

International Corporate Governance in the Digital Age: Legal Challenges of Privacy Protection and Data Governance

Bingbing Bi
In the current age characterised by digital transformation, global organisations encounter unparalleled difficulties in effectively managing and regulating their large quantities of data. This essay examines the theoretical underpinnings of data governance and how it relates to corporate governance,...

Exploration of the Development Dilemmas of Private Chinese Language Training Institutions in Vietnam and Related Sino-Vietnamese Cooperation Strategies

Zhongfeng Tuo, Chunhong Qi
As a country along the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative, Vietnam has seen a growing demand for private Chinese language learning, and private Chinese language training institutions have developed rapidly; however, there are still some dilemmas in their development. This article investigates the development...
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On the Minimum Span of Cone, Tadpole, and Barbell Graphs

Hafif Komarullah, Ikhsanul Halikin, Kiswara Agung Santoso
Let G be a simple and connected graph with p vertices and q edges. An L(2,1)-labelling on the graph G is a function f: V(G) → {0,1, …, k} such that every two vertices with a distance one receive labels that differ by at least two, and every two vertices at distance two receive labels that differ by at...
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Analysis on the Application of Zigbee-based Wireless Sensor Network in Industrial Monitoring

Xiaodong Zhang, Jing Yang
With the development of science and technology, large-scale enterprises add internal regulation equipment and necessary real-time monitoring. However, traditional circuit the wiring has followed can not offer network support and gradually reveals the incommensurate disadvantages. Communication network...

Preschoolers Self-Regulation and Their Early School Success

Ajeng Ayu Widiastuti
This is a literature review. Self-regulation is the ability to control emotion, thought and behaviour. Self-regulation involves a process of cognitive, social and emotional. Self-regulation is more influenced by environmental factor than the temperament as individual factor. The ability of self-regulation...

1 Hour Q-Time as a Preventive Effort of Juvenile Delinquencies to Prepare the Golden Generation of Indonesia 2045

Shovi Maryam, Fathiyatul Ummah, Ahmad Munjin, Ahmad Faris
The current major problem faced by young people in Indonesia is juvenile delinquencies which increase every year. There are some factors behind these problems, such as broken home and mainly lack of parents' control. This scientific paper aims to describe the idea of creating a new innovative program...

The Effects of Corporate Governance on the Performance of Manufacturing Sector Companies on the Indonesia and Philippines Stock Exchanges

Liliana Inggrit Wijaya, Arif Herlambang, Willi Brodus The Mone
This study aims to examine the effects of corporate governance on the performance of manufacturing sector companies listed on the Indonesia and Philippines Stock Exchanges over the 2015-2019 period. This research uses a quantitative approach with a multiple linear regression method. The object used in...

The Influence of Corporate Governance on Firm Performance in Indonesia and Taiwan Stock Exchanges

Liliana Inggrit Wijaya, Desi Ana Yupita, Deddy Marciano, Zunairoh Zunairoh, Marwin Antonius Rejeki Silalahi
The influence of governance on the performance of Indonesia and Taiwan companies in the raw goods and infrastructure sectors will be analyzed and become the main objective of this study. Multiple regression was used in analyzing the objects of 520 Indonesian companies and 365 Taiwanese companies. The...

The Fierce Competition of Shopee Battlefield Among Generation Z Consumers

A Neuromarketing Perspective

Suryo Hadi Wira Prabowo, Cesya Rizkika Parahiyanti, Yana Respati Dewi, Fatwah Inna Aulisaina, Norzalita Abd Aziz
The shift in consumer buying patterns towards online purchases has led to a significant increase in the number of sellers using e-commerce platforms to promote their products. Shopee is one of the most popular e-commerce platforms in Indonesia. However, the rapid rise in the number of sellers on Shopee...

Analysis of the Factors Affecting Academic Performance of Students in Two Portuguese High Schools: School, Family, and Individual Factors

Qing Qu
Students’ academic performance not only mirrors their learning attainment and learning capability but is also influenced by numerous factors. This paper will concentrate on the analysis of the factors affecting students’ academic performance, encompassing external factors such as family background, social...
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Analysis of Rain-Induced Attenuation Observed and Estimated over Millimetre Waves Propagation Links in Sub-Tropical Region

Adewumi O. Ayo, Pius. A. Owolawi, Joseph S. Ojo
Rain attenuation forecasts are one of the major components during the design of a satellite communication link at higher frequency bands. The environmental degradation is a major challenge, and consideration in designing a safe earth-to-satellite microwave link for these frequency bands is of key importance....

First-Year Experience: Pedagogies of Care as an Enabler to Student Success

Arthi Ramrung
This reflective paper aims to explore the need to embrace alternate pedagogical practices in the traditional curriculum. Being an academic who teaches first-year students and leads the First-year Experience Programme (FYE) at a university of technology has allowed me to reflect not only on my practice...

Exploring Indian Tourists’ Accommodation Choices: A Thorough Investigation of Uttarakhand Home Stays Preferences

Manoj Kumar Pandey, Adarsh Pant
Home stays have gained immense popularity as a lodging option among Indian tourists in recent years. Tourism is a significant contributor to economic development and cultural exchange worldwide and home stays have emerged as a distinctive and sustainable accommodation option. This study investigates...

The Current Employment Situation of Private College Graduates under Economic Downward Pressure and Its Countermeasures

Bayi Guan, Zhanli Shang, Hongwei Zhao
The impact of the economic downward pressure renders private college students three big pressures in terms of employment, first is the pressure of large scale layoffs from enterprises, the second is the pressure of poor cultivation quality of graduates, and the third is the pressure of graduates' low...
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Temperature Control of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System with Coefficient Diagram Method

Chananchai Wutthitha Nyawat, Nawadee Srisiriwat
In this work, we address a coefficient diagram method (CDM) for designing temperature control available to an energy integrated solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system that the high temperature of SOFC exhaust gas can be a heat source for all heat exchangers in SOFC system. The SOFC system represents the...

An Analysis of the Factors Affecting Individual Perception about the Difficulty in Accessing Government Services in China

Ling Xu, Xiyang Feng
Recently, the reform of administrative examination and approval system has greatly enhanced the quality and efficiency of public service in China. However, with the rapid increase of public demands, the public service reform has to transform from the physical reaction stage to the chemical integration...
Research Article

Primary African American Endothelial Cells Exhibit Endothelial Dysfunction with an Exacerbated Inflammatory Profile and Blunted MMP-2 Activity

Marc D. Cook, Chenyi Ling, Heather Grimm, Adelola Adeyemo, Maitha Aldokhayyil, Kevin Heffernan, Bo Fernhall, Michael Brown
Pages: 38 - 46
Endothelial dysfunction is associated with the racial health disparity in vascular dysfunction in African Americans (AAs). Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 is constitutively expressed in endothelial cells (EC) and is a biomarker that has been associated with hypertension, as its properties are involved...
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The permeation action of gases coolant and lubricant in cutting zone

Y. Zhang, L. Han, Q. Li, L.P. Dong, Y.Q. Ma
The gases of nitrogen, oxygen, argon and carbon dioxide were employed as coolant and lubricant in metal cutting. Therefore, the smaller kinetic diameter of gas, leads to the lower cutting forces and deformation coefficient. A conical capillary model is proposed, based on the experimental results and...
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A Novel Hand Gesture Tracking Algorithm Fusing Camshift and Particle Filter

M.H. Yao, Q.L. Gu, X.B. Wang, W.X. He, Q. Shen
This paper proposes an algorithm fusing the Particle Filter and Camshift for improving tracking performance. The algorithm creates a dynamic model which integrates the information of color and motion, uses Camshift to optimize the state of particles and embeds Camshift into Particle Filter. The experimental...

On the Coordinated Development of the Commerce Circulation and Regional Economy from the Perspective of Symbiosis

Jing Xian
With the rapid economic development, the commerce circulation has increasingly become an important factor in promoting the rapid economic development in our country. Regional commerce circulation has promoted the flow of capital in a certain region and accelerated the mutual cooperation of favorable...

Political Connection, Corporate Governance, and Firm Value: Indonesian Evidence

Siti Rochmah Ika, Zulkarizki Rachmanti, Joko P Nugroho, Wika Harisa Putri
The article aims to examine the effect of political connections and corporate governance on firm value. Political connections are measured by (1) government share ownership, (2) politically connected president commissioners, and (3) politically connected independent commissioners. Meanwhile, Tobin’s...

The Implementation of Big Data Technology in Virtual Machines for Mapping 2019-nCoV Pandemic on the Students of Information Technology

Surateno, Ery Setiyawan Jullev Atmadji
The spread of Covid-19 has influenced changes in human behavior and paradigm including in teaching and learning process. The teaching and learning process has now been replaced by E-Learning models which offer flexibility for both teachers and students. Current learning process can be accessed by students...

Place of Infrastructure in the Innovation Ecosystem of Industry

Artur D. Bobryshev, Valeriy M. Tumin, Andrei V. Savelyev, Elena E. Alenina, Vladimir A. Trifonov
An analysis of the reasons for the low innovation activity of domestic industrial enterprises indicates that one of the significant circumstances that keep constraining the mastering of new equipment, technologies, organizational and marketing decisions is the insufficient level of development of the...

Impact of Financial Performance and CSR Disclosures on Consumer Goods Industry Companies

Aminah, Djoko Suhardjanto, Rahmawati Rahmawati, Jaka Winarna
This paper aim to examine the influence of financial performance and disclosure of corporate social responsibility on the market value of consumer goods manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2019–2020. The investigation utilizes secondary data extracted from annual financial...

Lean Six Sigma Implementation and its Challenges in Malaysian Plantation Company

Siti Salimah Jalal, Mohamad Hafiz Rosli
Lean Six Sigma (LSS) combines the two approaches to increase production, customer satisfaction and cost-effectiveness. LSS increasingly being used by multinational corporations (MNCs) around the world to increase performance and optimize value-added time. The implementation of LSS presents challenges,...
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Nanometer SiO2 Antireflection Coating for Solar Modules

W. Wei, X.N. Zhu, Y. Zhao, Q. Wu
In the applications of solar cells, reflection is an unwanted loss process. Using antireflective solar glass can improve the generating efficiency of solar cells. Here the design, synthesis, modification, and characterization of the nano antireflective film for solar modules are reported. Nanometer SiO2...
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Analysis and Forecasting of Management Decisions in Commercial Real Estate Management

Varvara Spirina, Alexander Alekseev, Alexandra Andronova
The relevance and necessity of the problem of forecasting management decisions in the field of commercial real estate management is shown. A modified Huff model which is used to predict attendance commercial real estate and consumer appeal is shown. The main feature of the proposed model is its versatility...

The Adaptation of Jago Temple Bas-Relief into Children’s Literature

Nanang Bustanul Fauzi
Everything left by ancestors in the form of moral teachings, values, and philosophical reflections will be very useful for future generations. However, centuries later, these relics are no longer known by the younger generation. Everything involved it will certainly be unique character and become the...