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Proceedings Article

A framework for sustainability assessment of ICT futures. Scenarios and sustainability impacts of future ICT- societies

Yevgeniya Arushanyan, Elisabeth Ekener-Petersen, Åsa Moberg, Vlad C. Coroama
The rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT) has an influence on all societal sectors and can have both positive and negative consequences. To support ICT for sustainability (ICT4S), we need to learn when and how ICT can enable sustainable development. It is important to take...

The Effect of Speed, Agility, Foot Coordination and Motivation to The Football Playing Skill

Ahmad Adil, James Tangkudung, Achmad Sofyan Hanif
This study used a survey method to see the influence between variables. The data analysis technique used path analysis to test the direct and indirect effects of speed, agility, coordination, and motivation on the skills of playing soccer of the students of the Faculty of Sports Sciences, Universitas...

School Environment Exploration Activity to Enhance Science Process Skill

Sukarno Sukarno, Kemas Imron Rosadi, Achmad Samsudin
The scientific approach is an effort to develop learners' abilities in mastering scientific concepts more easily and systematically. In science-centered learning, learners are trained to perform scientific activities such as observing, collecting data, analyzing data, summarizing and then creating reports...
Research Article

The consequences of Brexit for Africa: The case of the East African Community☆

Andrew Mold
Pages: 1 - 17
How will Brexit impact on Africa? This paper looks at the available empirical evidence and carries out a Computable General Equilibrium simulation, focusing particularly on the prospects for the East African Community (EAC). The paper makes three main points. First, while the direct impacts through investment,...

Social, economic, and academic leadership: an opening

Wadim Strielkowski
Leadership is a topic that has been relevant for researchers since the beginning of human history. The concept of leadership can be found in psychology, history, economics, physics, mathematics, computer sciences, and virtually any other field of science one can think of. The more one starts digging...

Teacher’s Professional Development

Tan Oon Seng
Globalization, rapid technological developments, and transformation of social environments call for many facets of education to keep pace with changes and play a catalytic role to equip students with global competencies. Innovations in curriculum and pedagogy, changing trend and profile of learners,...

Teaching and Learning Music through the Lens of Computational Thinking

Eddy K.M. Chong
In recent years, many countries around the world have intensified their efforts to introduce computational thinking in schools. This paper supports this educational move not by proposing the teaching of computational thinking as a subject per se but by taking inspiration from the nature of such systematic...

Gurda Motif in the Hindu-Buddhist and Islamic Period in Java

Aan Sudarwanto, Sri W., Dharsono
The article that discusses Garuda bird on Hindu-Buddhist era and Islamic times aims to reveal more depth about how Garuda's position and role in Javanese cultural perspective. In addition, to know the forms of Garuda and its application from the Hindu-Buddhist era and its transition into the Islamic...

The Dynamic of Gambyong Pangkur Dance Moves

Indriyanto Indriyanto, Wahyu Lestari
The Gambyong Pangkur dance shows its performance dunamic through its moves and music. This research aims to discover how this dynamic of Gambyong Pangkur dance performance through dance moves is. The obtained data are the qualitative ones in the form of Gambyong Pangkur dance move description. To figure...

How Islam is Represented in The United States Newspapers Published in COCA

Anggi Rizky Firdhani, Lia Maulia Indrayani, Ypsi Soeria Soemantri
This research is entitled “How Islam in Represented in The United States Newspapers Published in COCA”. The objects of this research are the adjectives that collocate with the word ‘Islam’ taken from newspapers in the United States obtained from COCA. The objectives of this research are to analyze what...

How Personal Grooming Influenced The Entrepreneurship

Lulup Endah Tripalupi, Made Ary Meitriana, Kadek Rai Suwena
This study aims to determine the effect of Personal Grooming on Entrepreneurial Behavior of Micro of Small and medium Enterprises Actors. This study is limited only to find the influence between Personality, and Attitude towards Entrepreneurial Behavior of Micro of Small and Medium Enterprises Actors....

Dynamism of Open-Ended Problem Solving: Study on Junior High School Students Behavior Based on Keirsey Personality Type

Linda Devi Fitriana, Yusuf Fuad, Abdul Haris Rosyidi
Problem solving becomes one of several competencies which forms the heart of the mathematics literate. Reviewing the process, it cannot only be explained linearly. There is a great chance that steps will be taken again. This study addresses the dynamism of open-ended problem solving shown by junior high...

Analysis of the Stereotype Formation Mechanism of Square Dance Damas in the We Media Era

Xun ZHAN, Yuan-Yi MA, Li-Ping LIU
In the era of We Media, Square Dance Damas have been always constantly recognized as a negative image in many media reports. How is this negative stereotype Square Dance Damas constructed? This study, taking Square Dance Damas violently occupying the basketball court news as an example, combined with...

Discussion on Strengthening the Construction of Practical Training base in Vocational Colleges and Promoting the Training of Skilled Personnel

Kun Lin, Zhaoyan Xie
China has always been attaching great importance to education. Especially since the reform and opening-up, Chinese economy has experienced great increasing and more excellent talents have been demanded by the market. So, our nation has put forward lots of related preferential policies to cultivate more...

Factors in Using Speech Method in Social Subject

Gustina Gustina, Azwar Ananda, Ahmad Kosasih
This research was motivated by some of elementary school students in the sub-district V of Tanah Datar who experienced boredom in understanding social studies subject matter. This problem is the impact of many teachers who use the lecture method during social studies learning activities. The purpose...

Contemporary Painting Creation Through Exploration of Visual, Technical, and Media Based on Aesthetic of Surakarta Classical Batik

Adam Wahida, Endang S. Handayani
Surakarta classical batik is a work of artistic tradition that has a wealth of visuals aesthetic-artistic value related to the ornament, material, and techniques of creation. The richness of the artistic-aesthetic values has the opportunity as the source of contemporary painting creation. Based on that,...

Readiness and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Actors of SMEs Snake-Fruit Processed Products in the Conduct of e-Business

Noviaty Kresna Darmasetiawan
SMEs are the backbone of the Indonesian economy, but SMEs access to technology and training is still very limited [1], whereas technology, readiness, and entrepreneurial self efficacy of SMEs actors are a supporting factor in facing increasingly intense competition in this globalization era. The purposes...
Proceedings Article

Ergonomic Seating Design On Machine Combine Harvester

Ahmad Hanafie, Andi Haslindah, M. Saripuddin, Awaluddin Yunus
Ergonomics is usable in work with the human function of balancing the body dimension with a talking device or machine. Its efforts and others are used for exhausting, regulating temperature, light, and humidity to suit the needs of the human body. The design of the seats on the combine harverter machine...

Persuasive Da’wah Activities and the Socio-Demographic Factor

Bambang S. Ma’arif, Parihat Parihat, Umar Yusuf, Suliadi Suliadi
Da’wah (Islamic communication, preaching) nowadays tend to its verbalistic activities (Da’wah billisan), but it is rare to conduct Da’wah bil-Hal (by doing). The aims of the research is to understand how the Profile of Persuasive Da’wah base on citizens’ demographic factor. The method of the study is...

Effectiveness of the Student Council Programs in Vocational High School

Anisah Anisah, Tia Ayu Ningrum, Yulia Ulfa
Student council is problem solving for that. The Purpose of this study is to describe the effectiveness of the implementation program student council in Vocational High School with indicator plan/program, efficiency facilities and infrastructure, and goal. The method is qualitative. Questionnaire has...

Do Binary Choices Create More Choice Regret

Zi-Fei Song
Knowing how to apply the relationship between choice making under different assortment sizes and choice regret is very significant, to both customers and marketers. Choice overload has been studied widely after Sheena Iyengar and Mark Lepper’s seminal research on the assortment size with choice overload...

Action Research: Eliminating bullying by applying conflict resolution’skills

Rohayani Ida, AR. Endang Danial, Malihah Elly, Sundawa Dadang
Almost every child has bullying treats to other whether consciously or unconsciously. He adopted through intercourse or imitating from people close to him. Similarly seen in teenagers in high school age, such as discriminatory attitudes and cannot accept the advantages of others. This study describes...

Why Should Course Review Horay?

Faninda Rahmawati, Zuhdan Prasetyo
Developing countries are beginning to spur themselves to advance education according to 21st century skills need. The needs of 21st century skills change the paradigm of thinking from high-order thinking skill cannot be taught become the importance of teaching higher-order thinking skills early on elementary...

Collaborative Learning: How Teachers Use Thinking in Educational Practice

Besarion Meskhi, Svetlana Ponomareva, Alla Belousova
This article presents the results of comparative analysis research devoted to the empirical study`s organization peculiarities of the collaborative teachers` thinking activity in the educational process. The research is based on the understanding of the collaborative teachers` thinking activity, which...

E-Commerce System for an Electronic Product (Case Study of an E-Commerce Company)

Allandreyanto Allandreyanto, Fitri Ismiyanti
The present study intends to aid e-commerce companies in making decisions concerning their midterm planning for new product expansion related to existing watch products or other products that might be easily distributed by packing well and being dispatched by an expedition company. This study helps a...

Discourse Analysis on Reading Communism Via Independent Documentary Soundtracks

Mohd. Nor Shahizan Ali
Regarding the issue of independent documentary, the key question to be considered is whether the message conveyed to target groups or intended audiences is fully achieved. The usage of soundtracks to convey the message of an independent documentary is seen as an added value for audiences to digest the...
Proceedings Article

Pedestrian Action Recognition Using Motion Sensor and k-NN Classifier

Ningping Sun, Toru Tsuruoka
We focused on the recognition of pedestrian action using motion sensor and machine learning. In this paper, we present our method how to define feature of actions from acquired data, and how to use k nearest neighborhood classifier to data learning and evaluation.
Proceedings Article

Correlation analysis of the population and energy--the coexistence of promotion and inhibition

Lingxiao Wang, Yufang Chen, Weifeng Zhu
The energy innovation has brought about an exponential increase of population each time, meanwhile, population growth brings greater energy demand. Hence how to maintain a balanced relation between energy production-consumption and population is of great importance. This paper highlights the relations...
Proceedings Article

The construction of "smart campus" and the protection of students' privacy in the age of Internet of things

Hui Yan, Yuqi Zhang, Xinyan Fan, Qian Liu
Development momentum in recent years, the Internet of things technology, has become the important strategic development direction of information emerging industry in China. All walks of life increasingly widespread use of Internet of things technology, the Internet of things development prospect is bright....

Research on Expansive Learning Model Design in E-schoolbag Environment

Xiao-xiao Dong, Hong-hua Wang
With the rapid development of education informationization, our country's education informationization has stepped into the stage of effectively supporting teaching and learning and promoting the individualized development of students. Engeström, the founder of the Third Generation Theory of Activity,...
Proceedings Article

Principle of Indentation-flattening compound deformation technology and application in AZ31 Magnesium Alloy

Zhongtang Wang, Xunan Liu, Jihao Jiang
Indentation-flattening compound deformation technology (IFCDT) is defined, and the characteristics and stress-strain state of IFCDT are analyzed. The mechanism of grain refinement and texture weakened of AZ31 magnesium alloy sheet which deformed by IFCDT is analyzed. The influence law of parameters of...

Information Transparency and Earnings Management - Evidence from China’s Multi-Tiered Capital Market System

Yong-Yi Li
How to better reduce asymmetric information and lower management flexibility has drawn much attention after a series of financial scandals. To this end, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) finished the first appraisal of information disclosure of listed companies in 2001. Building on the work of the implementation...

Rating of Investments Funds Using the Capital Asset Pricing Model: Experience of Ukraine

Zoriana Matsuk, Vira Shyiko, Iryna Danyliuk-Chernykh, Lidiia Tryshak
The rating of the unit investment funds of the open and interval types, which invest more then 30 percent of their assets to the shares in Ukraine was done using CAPM. The sample of data from the investment funds that work on the securities market in Ukraine more than 5 years was compiled. The indicators...
Proceedings Article

Mechanical Analysis of Environmentally Friendly Concrete Rubber

M. Rizki, Sri Sumarni, Ernawati
Tire production Indonesia has been increased by numbers from year to year along with a great amount causes the availability of abundant rubber tire waste, this waste has not been widely used and has unravel able properties leading into environmental pollution. In this research, we developed an environmentally...
Proceedings Article

The Effect of Ageratum conyzoides L on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Rats Induced by DMBA based on In Vivo-In Silico Study

Heni Ratnasari, Aulia Rahma, Rifki Febriansah
Liver cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Treatment that has been carried out was chemotherapy which has many disadvantages. Bandotan Herb (Ageratum conyzoides L.) containing flavonoid compounds was used as chemopreventive agents. This research was experimental study using...

Green Growth Strategy in Natural Resources Management and Its Correlation to Prevention of Corruption: Practices in Indonesia

Wanodyo Sulistyani, Ida Nurlinda
Short term of cash return in natural resources management as economic benefit has been considered as a usual approach in practice. However, environmental degradation has been escalated since this approach ignores its negative impacts to the environment. This, of course, has caused the increase of greenhouse...

The Potential of the Visual Narrative in Multilingual Environment (the Case of Modern Children's Picture books)

Marina Sazonenko
The article is devoted to illustrated books and how they influence the formation of multilingual environment. A special emphasis is made on picture books as a popular genre of children's modern literature. Visual images occupy a dominant place within modern culture and affect it profoundly. Visual narrative...

Research on the Practical Reform of the Contents of Post-related Courses for Equipment Support NCO

Zelong Zhou, Zhuo Yang, Zhongmin Liu
This paper discusses the teaching reform of the post-related courses of the non-commissioned officers of equipment support from three aspects: the current situation of the post-related courses of the non-commissioned officers of equipment support, the idea of improving the content of the post-related...

Constructing the Supervision Model in Sharia Cooperative Entities

Ahim Abdurahim, Hafiez Sofyani
The purpose of this study is to formulate model of supervisory system for sharia cooperative entities. This supervisory system can detect early signs of business failure preventing greater impact for the. This study used qualitative method with descriptive-exploratory approach. The object of the research...

Fulfilling the lack of employee: The Strategy from Swedish Public Sector practices

Benedicta Retna Cahyarini
The purpose of the study is to describe how Swedish municipalities recruit the current labour market in response to immigration movement. Data from Swedish Immigration Agency (Migrationsverket, 2017) from 2013 to October 2017 show the highest number of asylum applicant was in 2015 with 162.877 applicants....

Research into How Students in A Correctional Facility Second Chance School in Greece View Science

Georgios Giannoukos
This paper is a follow-up study looking into how inmates view science and was carried out from 20th to 24th November 2018, the first having been conducted in 2014. It was carried out on thirty inmates in the first and second year of a Second Chance School (SCS) at a penitentiary in Greece.
Research Article

Experimental verification of the healthy and atherosclerotic coronary arteries incompressibility via Digital Image Correlation

Alireza Karimi, Toshihiro Sera, Susumu Kudo, Mahdi Navidbakhsh
Pages: 1 - 7
So far there is no study to measure the Poisson’s ratio of the human coronary arteries in order to verify their incompressibility regardless of being healthy or atherosclerosis. It has been reported that atherosclerosis alters the elastin content of the arterial wall which is responsible for the elastic...
Research Article

The effects of pipe water smoking on endothelial function in healthy non smoker volunteers

Rania Gaber, Manal Hamesa
Pages: 1 - 5
Background: Water pipe (WP) tobacco smoking is gaining wide popularity among young and middle aged males and females. Aim of the work: The aim of this study was to evaluate the immediate effect of 1st pipe water smoking on brachial Flow mediated dilatation% (FMD%) and Nitrate mediated dilatation% (NMD%)...

Writing about Film Adaptation: Film Adaptation in Indonesian Media Discourse, 1927 - 2011

Christopher A. Woodrich
This article examines how the practice of film adaptation, primarily the adaptation of novels into film, has been discussed in Indonesian media discourse since the first occurrences of the practice. As such, it applies a library research approach to review a range of literature related to adaptation...

E-Learning for a Better Advancement of National Education

Alin Hoerunnisa, Nunuk Suryani, Agus Efendi
The millennium era which is marked by the rapid progress and development of technology should be utilized as well as possible so that it will have a positive impact on various aspects of human life, especially in the field of education. E-Learning is a website-based learning media technology providing...
Proceedings Article

Ecotoxicants in the System Water-Soil-Plant and Possible Risks to Public Health

Tamila Nasirovna Ashurbekova, Zaira Gadzhievna Natalia Gadzhibutaevna, Natalia Gadzhibutaevna Isaeva, Elmira Mugutdinovna Musinova
The article presents the results of a study on the content of arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury in water, soil and in plant products that are directly used by humans for nutrition. During four years of observation, water analysis demonstrates high arsenic concentrations. The arsenic content ranges from...

Hegemony in Film: How Holocaust is Legitimized through Visual and Linguistic Texts?

Riskia Setiarini
Within the late of 1980s to the early 1990s, a myriad of films containing Holocaust were produced. One of which was Schindlers’ List. The depiction of eeriness of holocaust was wrapped in a scantily flawed film, subtly permeated into people’s minds. The filmmaker spreads their power, asking for people’s...

The Srivaisnava Way of Life: The Value of Initiation (Pancasamskara) in the Art of Liberation

Natalia Safina
Indian culture is inseparably linked with philosophy and religion. The art of ritual, no matter how complex and symbolic it may be, is based on the religious and philosophical tradition and strictly consistent with its main goal. In this article we consider the features of initiation of the pancasamskara...

Research on Internet Education Poverty Alleviation in the Era of Big Data

Wanbing Shi, Xiaoyue Zhang
Education promotes people's success through employment (entrepreneurship) after entering the workplace by promoting people's knowledge and skills. For the poor people, effective poverty alleviation through education can effectively cut off intergenerational transmission of poverty. Among the various...

Perfecting Taxation Policy and Service to Support the Development of “Going Out” Enterprises

Chen Qingping
China has always adhered to the policy of opening to the outside world, and sought to work with other countries to push the economic globalization. On one hand, it should intensify the efforts of “bringing in”. On the other hand, it should pick up the pace of “going out”. When the “going out” enterprises...