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Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Numerical Simulation of Airflow Organization and Temperature Distribution in Bulk Curing Barn
Yong-qiao Wang, Yan-qiong Li, Yan Zhao
The tobacco leaf baking quality can be effectively improved on one hand, and overall baking time can be shortened to certain extent on the other hand by improving temperature in curing barn and uniformity of airflow organization distribution, thereby lowering energy consumption of baking. In the paper,...
Proceedings Article
Research on Line Structured Light Calibration Method
Wenhui Chang, Jing Li
During the measurement procedure of line structured light 3D scanning system, there is a key about how to calibrate the whole measuring system. In order to solve the calibration problem in the line structured light 3D measured system such as requirements for high accuracy calibration models, complicate...
Proceedings Article
Summary of Non-rigid 3D Shape Data Retrieval and Description
Meizhen Liu, Chunmei Duan
Non-rigid 3D shape retrieval and descriptors has become an active and important research topic in content-based 3D object . The aim of this paper is to compare and sythesize the performance of methods for non-rigid 3D shape retrieval and descriptors.This paper reviews the application of non-rigid three-dimensional...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Wind Pressures Distribution on Porous Exterior Walls of Buildings Double Skin fa‡ade System
Jwohua Chen, Yun-Lian Chern, Mingchin Ho
A series of aerodynamics experiments were conducted to identify the effects of lateral leakages to the wind pressures distribution on the porous wall of buildings. The wind pressures distribution on the porous exterior walls of buildings had been studied by aerodynamic experiments in wind tunnel. The...
Proceedings Article
No-tillage Planter’s Stubble Breaking Device Modeling and Finite Element Analysis of the Disc
Hongli Wang
The Stubble breaking device is one of the most important components of the no-tillage planter. It directly influences the stubble breading effect, and even the performance of the complete machine. By the 3D parametric modeling software Pro/Engineer, 3D solid modeling of the stubble breaking device’s...
Proceedings Article
The Influence of Net Premium Growth, Claim Ratio and Risk-Based Capital on the Financial Performance of Life Insurance Companies
Ono Tarsono, Preztika Ayu Ardheta, Rininda Amriyani
The objective of this research was to examine and analyse the influence of Net Premium Growth, Claim Ratio and Risk Based Capital affect the Financial Performance of Line Insurance Companies. The study population was insurance companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2014–2018. The sample...
Journal: Artery Research
Review Article
Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Aortic Function Evaluation in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Andrea Guala, Gisela Teixido-Turá, Arturo Evangelista, Jose Rodriguez-Palomares
Pages: 65 - 70
Thoracic aortic aneurysm is a common cardiovascular disease consisting of marked dilation of the aorta. Aortic aneurysms carry a high risk of life-threatening complications such as aortic dissection or rupture. Classically, maximum aortic diameter has been used as the sole descriptor of aneurysm severity...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Constitutive Model of Concrete Frame Structure Under Localized Fire Simulations
Suryawan Murtiadi, Made Mahendra, I Dewa Made Alit Karyawan, Akmaluddin Akmaluddin, Eko Pradjoko
In recent decades, special considerations have been given to the use of fire safety analysis on modern concrete buildings. The considerations include the stability of building which providing sufficient time for the occupants to evacuate and for firefighting. This paper is mainly concerned with the performance...
Proceedings Article
Climate Change, Food Security and Farming Millets in India: The Need to Change Cropping Pattern
Sachchidanand Prasad, Sujata Arya, Atmaram Shelke
At the recently held Conference of Parties (COP-28) UN Climate Summit in Dubai, India remained non-committal on reducing fossil fuel use or making any firm commitment to reducing carbon emissions, although under tremendous pressure from the developed countries. This is due to India’s concerns regarding...
Series: Advances in Physics Research
Proceedings Article
Analyzing Reduced Density Matrices in SU(2) Chern-Simons Theory
Atesh Saini, Siddharth Dwivedi
We investigate the reduced density matrices obtained for the quantum states in the context of 3d Chern-Simons theory with gauge group SU(2) and Chern-Simons level k. We focus on the quantum states associated with the Tp,p torus link complements, which is a p-party pure quantum state. The reduced density...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Effect of Ce on Cast and Extruded Microstructure of ZK20 Alloy
Quan Li, Weibo Zhu, Bin Zeng, Xianquan Jiang
In this paper, Effect of different contents of Ce on ZK20 magnesium alloy by conventional metallographic, X-ray, SEM, XRD, analysis of Ce element exists in the form of ZK20 magnesium alloy and microstructure of action the results show that: in the experimental range (0% ~ 0.68%Ce (mass fraction)), with...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Soaking Seeds with Exogenous Melatonin Improve Photosynthetic Characteristics of Radish under Aluminum Stress
Yi Tang, Fengyun Lei, Enze Zhang, Huanxiu Li
A pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of exogenous melatonin (MT) on photosynthetic characteristics of radish under aluminum (Al) stress. Five treatments were used in the experiment: seeds were soaked with 0 (CK), 50, 100, 150 and 200 mol-L-1 concentrations of melatonin solution. The results...
Proceedings Article
A New Method for Cloud Data Reduction Using Uniform Grids
San yuan Zhao, Fen xia Li, Yong mei Liu, Yong hui Rao
Due to the continuous development of 3D scanning technology, the point cloud data is becoming more and more redundant. Storing or handling these data will consume a lot of time and computer resources. In this paper, a method for cloud data reduction based on 3D Grids is proposed. It includes searching...
Proceedings Article
Analysis of Unwanted Stimulated Raman Scattering in Fibre Optical Parametric Oscillators
Kai Han
The Stimulated Raman Scatting (SRS) sometimes plays a negative role in a fibre OPO ring cavity, which may consume the signal laser power. We established a mathematical model for describing the SRS process in the OPO cavity. A SRS threshold is presented. The SRS net effective gain should be smaller than...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
UUV's Hydrodynamic Modeling and its Simulation and Experimental Studies
Ji-Hong Li, Min-Gyu Kim, Hyungjoo Kang, Mun-Jik Lee, Geonhui Ki
This paper presents an UUV’s hydrodynamic modeling method, where the hydrodynamic coefficients are calculated using both of theoretical and empirically-derived formulas. The vehicle is developed for the purpose of overcoming strong sea current. For this reason, the vehicle has the flattened ellipsoidal...
Proceedings Article
The Role of Government in a Crypto-currency World
Andrey Semenikhin, Igor Morkovkin, Elena Kolosova, Elena Rudakova, Alexander Galushkin, Lyudmila Rudenko
The subject of the research is an opportunity and advisability of a financial crypto-currency regulation. Wherein the work has an aim to substantiate an opportunity and necessity of introduction of government regulation for crypto-currency. In the research are used instruments of government financial...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Identification of Pore Structure of Waterproof Sheet in Underground Engineering Based on Micro-CT Technology
Qingguo Wang, Qixin Yang
The microstructure of waterproof sheet in corrosive water environment of underground engineering was studied by using X-ray CT technology, and the indexes characterizing the failure of material impermeability were explored. Distilled water and NaOH solutions were prepared to simulate corrosive groundwater...
Proceedings Article
Study of Conventional Bank Health in Indonesia from 2012 to 2017
Yusnita Octafilia, Evelyn Wijaya
Health bank level method that had been changed three times, from CAMEL, CAMELS to RGEC is Bank Indonesia’s strategy in order to protect banking sector which is susceptive to economy crisis. It is attractive because RGEC method is just implemented in Indonesia’s banking sector and it known from international...
Proceedings Article
Design for Application of Solar Power Plant in the Faculty of Engineering Mulawarman University
Indra Nusantara, Nur Rani Alham, Happy Nugroho, Muslimin, Restu Mukti Utomo
This research will discuss regarding the design of implementing Solar Power Plants (PLTS) through technical analysis with two systems, namely, the On-Grid system and the Off-Grid system. In addition, it will discuss economic analysis using the Net Present Value (NPV), Profitability Index/Benefit Cost...
Proceedings Article
Full HD Real-time Depth Estimation Algorithm and Hardware Implementation
Li Hejian, An Ping, Teng Guowei, Zuo Yifan, Zhang Zhaoyang
This paper presents a novel implementation for real-time depth estimation which can support full HD resolution for 3D video stream. We propose a package of solution to address the major difficulties in depth estimation, such as expensive computation, depth accuracy, real-time implementation and high...
Proceedings Article
Virtual Reality in Teaching of Foreign Languages
V. Dobrova, K. Trubitsin, P. Labzina, N. Ageenko, Yu. Gorbunova
Studying the mechanisms of language and speech abilities showed that the most effective method of learning a foreign language is a method of total immersion as students enter the natural language environment and are in it constantly. But the learning process in the classroom, no matter how organized...
Proceedings Article
Algorithm of Thermal Optimization of Placement of Basic Elements of VLSI
Victor Kureychik, Andrey Kulakov
A new algorithm for optimizing the thermal layout of basic VLSI elements, taking into account the features of the length of conductors and mutual thermal effects for 3D ICs, is described. It provides a differentiated temperature distribution in different layers of the chip. The algorithm includes parameters...
Proceedings Article
Computational Design of Dengue Type-2 NS2B/NS3 Protease Inhibitor: 2D/3D QSAR of Quinoline and Its Molecular Docking
Maywan Hariono, Ezatul E. Kamarulzaman, Habibah Wahab
The reemergence of dengue outbreak demands an effective and efficient treatment especially for antiviral agent since neither vaccine nor drug is available to overcome this disease. This study designed the new model for Dengue Type-2 (DENV2) NS2B/NS3 protease inhibitor from quinoline scaffold by combining...
Proceedings Article
Application of Time-varying Acceleration Coefficients PSO to Face Pose Estimation
Yudong Zhang, Shuihua Wang, Genlin JI
This study focuses on the problem of human face pose estimation based on single image. Traditional methods for 2D-3D feature based pose estimation problem require two inputs, and they cannot work well due to lack of correspondences of input images. We transfer the problem into an optimization problem...
Proceedings Article
Research on Role and Effectiveness of Three-Dimensional Creative Painting in Business Promotion Activities
Xiaofei Qiu
Continuous economic development and constantly improve people's living standards, demand for living space by practicality, comfort aptitude economic, cultural and personal change, living space have higher requirements, aesthetics has undergone tremendous changes. 3D dimensional painting its unique creative...
Proceedings Article
Mathematical Modeling of Droplet Injection Process of Indirect Piezoelectric 3D Printhead for Casting Sand Mold
Hong Liu, Dexing Zhu, Yang Gao, Fan Peng
Aiming at the problem of small size of ejected ink droplet and easy damage to contact between piezoelectric sheet and liquid in the process of casting sand mould 3D printing, an Indirect piezoelectric actuated diaphragm-driven micro-droplet jetting technology is presented to overcome the defects of the...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
An Optimal Reactive Power Control Scheme for Rectifier Station of LCC-HVDC System during High Power Transmission
Hongsen Zou, Zijia Hui, Xiaojun Yu, Zhiyuan Liu, Zhiguo Hao
When rectifier station of LCC-HVDC has power fluctuations running at large load, AC filters controlled in groups at rectifier station are switched frequently. That problem potentially has impact on service life of corresponding circuit breaker and threatens the safe operation of the DC system. In this...
Proceedings Article
Weibo “Super Topic Community”: Virtual Community from the Perspective of Interactive Ceremony Chain
Xiaozhen Ma, Xiaojie Gong, Xiaofeng Cong, Jia Cong
The purpose of the study is to substitute the theory of interactive ritual chain to analyze the interaction logic, characteristics, rules and motivations of the members of the microblog “Super Topic Community”, and discuss its possible construction results and practical problems.This electronic uses...
Proceedings Article
Companies Financial Performance and Macroeconomics Condition, How They Relate to Share Price
Doddi Prastuti, Pristina Hermastuti Setianingrum
The idea behind this research is that theoretically macroeconomics condition as well as financial performance together should correlate with companies stock price. The main purpose of this study is to know how strong is the correlation of companies financial performance and macroeconomics condition to...
Proceedings Article
Business Plan of Abon Cakalang "Bless" in North Minahasa Regency
Ovni Taroreh, Nancy Mandey
The title in writing this business plan is "Business Plan of Abon Cakalang "Bless" in North Minahasa Regency". Business plan of abon cakalang "Bless" is said to be feasible to run because it is supported by marketing aspects, organizational and management aspects, production aspects, and financial aspects....
Proceedings Article
Blended Instructional Design Based on Microlecture-Take English Phonology Course as an Example
Xing Chi Zhao
Under the background of “Internet +” education, online learning methods such as microlecture, MOOC, and spoc have emerged, which greatly enriched educational resources and teaching measures. This article takes the English Phonology course as an example to make a instructional design based on microlecture....
Proceedings Article
A Personalized Three-Dimensional Model of a Patient Using CT Images
Dragos-Laurentiu Popa, Alina Duta, Gabriel Buciu, Daniela Tarnita, Daniela Vintila
In order to obtain a personalized three-dimensional model of a patient based on CT images, the InVesalius program was initially used, which performs the initial conversion of the analyzed tissues into a specific engineering file composed of the so-called “point cloud”. This “point cloud” was imported...
Proceedings Article
Contemporary Plastic Jewellery Design: The Difference Between Current And 3D Printing (FDM) Making Processes
Zainudin Siran, Alaa Al-Khulaqi
Businesses are steered by consumer demands, and the current industry is shifting towards a paradigm of customisation with an increase in need for contemporary jewellery made with alternative or mixed materials. This shift pushes jewellery businesses to reconsider their design and manufacturing processes...
Proceedings Article
Financial Resilience, Risk and Firm Size Towards Sustainable Business in Companies Listed on The Indonesia Stock Exchange
Ninin Non Ayu Salmah, Sulastri Sulastri, Isni Andriana
This study aims to examine the impact of financial resilience, risk and company size on sustainable business in companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The study focuses on companies that consistently submitted environment, social and government reports from 2018 to 2022. The analysis employs...
Review Article
Population structure and the burden of disease in the United Arab Emirates☆
Iain Blair, Amer Ahmad Sharif
Pages: 61 - 71
To carry out their duties more effectively, health care professionals in the UAE often ask about the population structure and the main causes of mortality and morbidity in the country. This paper summarizes what is known about these topics drawing on secondary data sources that are available in the public...
Proceedings Article
Research and Implementation of ROHC for PoC Service Based on TD-SCDMA Network
Haiwen Li, Wei Huang, Lifu Li, Gang Yu
PoC is a half-duplex PTT service using VoIP technology based on cellular net-work packet domain carrying. ROHC is used to implement the header compres-sion in PS domain, which can improve the transmission efficiency of the air in-terface. This paper describes the working principle and the modes of operation...
Proceedings Article
Research on Economical Evaluation Model for Guaranteeing Environmental Factors
Houbin Wang, Zanglong Zhang, Hao Tang
At present, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has become an essential evaluation metric for economic development. However, existing evaluation models only concentrate on enhancing the accuracy and ignore the environmental influence for continuous development. In this work, we initially involve the material...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Optimization of FDM Parameters for Enhancing Dimensional Accuracy of Spur Gears Using the Taguchi Method
Arif Reza Basirun, Herianto Herianto, Aiza Yudha Pratama
3D Printing Technology, particularly Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), has experienced rapid development. However, the layer-by-layer stacking process often hinders the dimensional accuracy of the produced objects. This research aims to improve the dimensional accuracy of Spur Gears (ISO - Spur gear 1.75M...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Effects of Exogenous Melatonin on Photosynthetic Characteristics of Chinese Cabbage Seedlings under Aluminum Stress
Yi Tang, Jingxian Li, Enze Zhang, Huanxiu Li
A pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of exogenous melatonin (MT) on photosynthetic characteristics of Chinese cabbage under aluminum (Al) stress. Five treatments were used in the experiment: leaves were sprayed with 0 (CK), 50, 100, 200 and 400 mol-L-1 concentrations of melatonin solution....
Proceedings Article
An Alternative Rendering Solution in Animated Movie Making for Final Year Students: A Case Study
I Made Putrama, I Gede Mahendra Darmawiguna, Gede Saindra Santyadiputra
The rendering stage in creating 3D animated movies using Blender is a phase with time-consuming process. The more complex the animation, the longer it will take. The same obstacle experienced by final year students of Informatics Engineering Department, Undiksha, who mostly use one computer at a time...
Proceedings Article
3D-DWT Improves Prediction of AD and MCI
Shuihua Wang, Yi Chen, Yudong Zhang, Zhengchao Dong, Elizabeth Lee, Preetha Phillips
In order to predict subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from normal elder controls (NC) more accurately, we compared two different kinds of discrete wavelet transform (DWT) based feature extraction techniques: multi-slice 2D-DWT and 3D-DWT. The dataset contained...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Rapid Characterization of Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalyst Spot Arrays by the Pulsed-Potential Substrate Generation/Tip Collection Mode of Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy
Minshu Du
A rapid method for the characterization of hydrogen evolution catalysts by scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) with decreased H2 diffusion layer overlap is introduced. The double-pulsed substrate generation/tip collection (SG/TC) mode was employed by switching the substrate electrode potential...
Proceedings Article
The Development of Teaching Materials Based on Vocational Skills on an Equality Program
Linda Fajarwati, Lutfi Ariefianto, Arief Tukiman Hendrawijaya
This research is based on the reason that subject matter in the equality program has no relevance to daily life. The purpose of this research is to develop teaching materials based on vocational skills and further can be used as a reference in improving the learning process in Equality Program. Teaching...
Proceedings Article
Loan Conditions and Bank Risk Exposure
Yi-Chang Chen, Zixian Xu, Jie Deng, Bin Xu
This paper investigates the loan conditions and bank risk exposure for the risk valuation factors of loans within the commercial bank industry. We use the listed companies in the Taiwan Economic News, sort out the financial indicators in 2007-2018, and empirically explores the impact of enterprises on...
Journal: Journal of African Trade
Research Article
The Impact of Imports from China on African Textile Exports
Yong He
Pages: 60 - 68
This study uses Comtrade trade data covering 1990–2017, 14 textile subsectors, and 53 African countries with their main trade partners to evaluate Chinese trade impacts on African textile exports over three subperiods at the sector level. It finds that, although textile imports from China had a significant...
Proceedings Article
Empowering Sustainability: Integrating ESG Principles for a Net-Zero Future Through Decentralised Process Plant Design
Muhammad Yousaf Arshad, David Lewis, Nam Nghiep Tran
In the transition towards a net-zero future, the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles into decentralised process plant design plays a pivotal role. This study explores the potential of hydrogen production from biogas using reforming and electrolyser technologies, with...
Proceedings Article
The Research of 3D Reconstruction Based on Single Image
Yong Zhang, Li Zhang
Traditional silhouette extraction algorithm is easy to cause disconnection problem, this article adopts the method of threshold segmentation and morphology repair to extract a more complete outline. The conventional SFS minimization algorithm extracted 3D information with a consistent smooth factor will...
Proceedings Article
Research on Practical Teaching Based on VR Technology in the Environment of MOOC
Liu Pingping, Wu Yuchen, Liu Bailin
Three-dimensional virtual experiment system to create a highly realistic learning situation, MOOC for the rise of virtual experimental teaching provides technical support, so that it has the characteristics of experimental resource sharing and remote collaboration. "Virtual classroom" virtual experiment...
Proceedings Article
Teaching Method of Building Energy Conservation Based on Virtual Simulation Platform
Take the Teaching of Building Sunshade Design as an Example
Xiao Chen, Chen Xi, Hui Wan, Yiqing Luo, Mengchao Zou, Yuqin Ying
There are two problems in the course of Building Energy Conservation: “theory” cannot be effectively converted into “idea”, and the basic knowledge connection is not perfect. In order to solve these problems, a new teaching mode will be developed by using the virtual simulation laboratory. This paper...
Proceedings Article
The Application and Innovation of Animation Technology in Multicultural Communication Activities that Involve Malaysia and China
Mo Bing, Shafilla Subri, Wang Lin
Today’s society is a global one and it enters an Information Era. The new generation (Alpha Generation) is tech-savvy. In the past decades, there have been many multicultural communication activities in Malaysia and China, among which Chinese animation technologies have played important roles. Though...