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Mortars have many uses in construction: to lighten, sonic and thermal insulation, aesthetic purposes, to protect against environmental attack, repair, conservation, union masonry, etc. Mortar matrices may be Portland cement, lime, gypsum, clay and soil, asphalt or polymers. This work shows the result...

There exist synergistic effect between steel slag and blast furnace slag in preparation of solidifying agent for total tailings backfill. By investigating the effect of various activators, the proportioning of the solidifying agent was obtained: steel slag 35 %, blast furnace slag 35 %, Portland cement...

By investigating the training objectives and curriculum settings of 10 postgraduate training units of agricultural engineering degree in China, this paper analyzed the problems existing in the curriculum settings of this specialty, with a view to optimizing the curriculum system from three angles: adjusting...

Plankton diversity of Tlawng River at Reiek kai in Mizoram, Northeast India, was investigated during 2017 to 2018. A total of 16 genera of phytoplankton belonging to 10 orders and 5 groups, and 7 genera of zooplanktons belonging to 7 orders and 5 groups were encountered. The phytoplankton group consisted...

Indonesian Vanilla (Vanilla Planifolia) has been export in many countries. The decrease production is caused by decreased plant resistance and increased environmental temperature. This research is to know the effect of phosphorus dosage and cow urin on chlorophyll content and proline of induced resistance...

Active energy management for power optimization is essential for successful commercialization of battery powered electric vehicles. In this paper we propose and implement an energy aware electric vehicle using an efficient battery management system, EffBMS which estimates the remaining charge of the...

This paper examines the effects of sector-specific factors, macroeconomic factors, and monetary policy factors on business dynamic of Malaysian financial services industry. The study employed the whole public-listed financial services industry in Malaysia consisting of 10 public-listed banks, 9 insurance...

Layer boundary analysis is an important process in determining the net pay value. Although the layer boundary can be determined manually through mud log data, it can also be determined automatically by signal analysis using wavelet transform. This analysis uses the gamma ray (GR) log data and the resistivity...

Innovation of Spatio-temporal analysis specifically for the geographically Weighted Panel Regression model with the development of geographic-weighted functions for spatial and temporal interactions. Map the GIS based on Spatio-temporal model estimation for the factors that may provide influence on the...

This research aims to investigate the pragmatic transfer of Japanese language learners’ request expressions and its comparison with expressions conveyed by Japanese native speakers. In this study, a qualitative descriptive method was used with the DCT instrument to collect data on the expression of requests...

This research is driven by exploring Public Perceptions and Interests in Traditional Klaten Culinary. The study aims to scrutinize the influence of the public's Perception and Interest in Klaten's traditional culinary offerings. Employing quantitative research methods, this research employs...

This study presents a comparative investigation of the mechanical characteristics and quality of concrete by partially substituting cement with Alccofine, while utilizing granite dust as a fine aggregate. The primary objective is to evaluate the synergistic effects of these supplementary cementitious...

Drilling is a very dominant operation in all rock cutting industries, namely, mining, petroleum, natural gas and civil engineering. The objective of this study is to understand the behaviour of rock drillability by mean of penetration rate of bit, with concentration of 10 ppm of carboxymethyl cellulose,...

Traffic flow prediction have the characteristics of complexity, non-linearity and randomness. Researchers are resorting to hybrid neural networks fusing more effective algorithms into forecast process. This paper advances a fresh algorithm with both the thought of variation and adaptive to conquer the...

In order to solve problems of “jump second” when using only GPS for timing service and inconvenience of installing GPS antennas in some places, we propose a new algorithm combining GPS and NTP to adjust the local clock of an integrated accelerograph. The process flow of the method was described in detail,...

In 2013, the Shanghai Free Trade Zone was approved and officially opened the prelude to the construction of China's free trade zone. After that, China has successively established the second batch and the third batch of 10 free trade zones with regional development orientation and local characteristics....

This study aims to determine the level of physical fitness nutritional status of homeless children. The method used in this research is the descriptive method using measurement techniques and using a purposive sampling technique test. The population in this study were 40 students from Mawar 2 Special...

Mosquitoes are spread all over the world, mosquito-borne diseases are serious health problems. Mosquito coil can prevent contact between mosquitos and humans. Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin B.) contains active ingredients that can serve as insecticide which are saponin, flavonoid, and essential oils. In...

This research aims at (1) describing students’ environmental knowledge based on local potency in West Nusa Tenggara Province, (2) analyzing students’ environmental knowledge in terms of gender, and (3) analyzing students’ environmental knowledge in term of level or grade. This survey research is analyzed...

In order to study the effect of the temperature of reaction system on the properties of polycarboxylate-based superplasticizers (PC) and on the cement workability, the PC are synthesized in different initiatory temperature from 10 to 40 . Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and gel permeation...

The assessment of goods quality using experts is costly task in addition to their often unavailability. In this paper, we present a new method for ranking physical features of consumer goods according to their relevancy to multiple evaluators’ perception at different levels and selecting the most important...

Unhealthy eating patterns such as consumption of fast food, high fat, low fiber, and not followed by sufficient physical activities can cause health problems. One problem related to high glucose intake is diabetes mellitus, a type of degenerative disease. The food glycemic index is a food level according...

The old development perspective which focuses on physical development, has shifted towards the human paradigm as the main key to development. Improving the quality of human capital has a major influence on increasing a country’s economic growth. This study aims to analyze the effect of the components...

This study critically explores the potential of lime sludge, a predominant byproduct from the pulp and paper industry, as a sustainable constituent in building materials. The literature reveals that thermally treated lime sludge demonstrates significant pozzolanic reactivity, making it a promising candidate...

Salinity is a major abiotic stress which decreases crop productivity. Salt stress also causes osmotic, water, ionic and oxidative stresses. Plants exposure to salt can check their growth by reduction in water and nutrient uptake, osmotic imbalance and cytotoxicity incited by sodium and chloride ions....

Cyber security is becoming important concern in the recent world. Number of internet users are increasing day by day and they are accessing huge amount of data on their device from different websites. Attackers are trying to get access to normal user’s systems by introducing different types of attacks....

This study explores the first-year students in English Proficiency for University Studies’ experiences of e-proctoring challenges when they used the Invigilator app during online exams at a mega open and distance e-learning (ODeL) university in South Africa. Current research indicates that the few proctoring...

At present, the idea of inter-subjectivity education has become the leading thought of constructing harmonious teacher-student relationship and reforming the subjective ideological and political education. The way of ideological and political education, which regards the education receiver as the object,...

This paper introduces the task allocation techniques with clustering and load balancing in the field of Internet to the field of image processing job allocation of alternative big data. It designs and realizes a load balancing cluster architecture for the alternative big data, and an improved load balancing...

Biochemical tail water of Printing and Dyeing industry is a typical low load and refractory wastewater. Its COD concentration is between 150-200 mg/L. In this pilot study, the effect of lignite-coke and ceramic filter in BAF treatment of dyeing and biochemical tail water was investigated. By comparison...

Land use change in urban areas could not be avoided as consequence of land requirement incensement. The high density of developed land in the central city have pushed the development towards the periphery. This article examines the result of Landsat image analysis using remote sensing (RS) and geographic...

The purpose of this study was to find out how the application of the Numbered Heads Together learning model in grade IV Elementary School on social issues in social studies learning. This research method uses classroom action research proposed by Kemmis and Taggart, which consists of four stages, namely...

Based on the “Standard Structure Model” of Chenery, we construct an econometric model to examine the effects of two-way foreign direct investment (FDI) on industrial structure development by using panel data of 17 cities in Shandong over 2003-2018.The empirical results show that outward FDI has a significant...

This article is the result of research (2021) which aims to develop the choreography of the Salendang Dance in the form of Galombang to be performed in the Mandeh tourist area. The method used by Research & Development (R&D) according to Borg and Gall (2003) is to conduct preliminary research,...

The emergency of asymmetric hybrid-girder cable-stayed bridges with different shapes of main single tower brings numerous challenges to the analysis of cable forces of completed bridges. In this paper, based on an asymmetric hybrid-girder cable-stayed bridge with fish-shuttle-shaped single tower in China,...

This study compared the user experience of children’s fire safety education game courseware with virtual reality (VR) and non VR. There are studies on VR experience. Nonetheless, there is an absence comparative studies on particular subjects within VR and non VR. This investigation examines how the use...

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally transformed community physical activity patterns in Indonesia. Social restrictions and facility closures led to a 43.8% decline in regular exercise participation. This study examines the erfectiveness of hybrid coaching combined with e-recreation platforms in maintaining...

The effect of freeze-thaw cycles on dynamic mechanical properties of the ceramsite concrete is studied by using SHPB device. The specimens with different ceramsite volume fraction and subjected to 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 cycles of freeze-thaw respectively, are tested. The experimental results showed that...

The relevance of the study of the adaptation of the operational staff of the Ministry of Emergency Situations is due to the fact that the extreme nature of the activity requires not only professional selection, but also social and pedagogical support for employees, monitoring their psycho-emotional state,...

This study aimed to analyze the translations of conversational implicatures in The Hobbit movies subtitle. In addition, this study tried to describe the pragmatic shifts between the source text (movies script) and the target text (movie subtitle). Furthermore, this study tried to identify the translations...

The purpose of this research is to analyze the factors that affect the development of the KEK Tourism Kelayang Cape as an alternative economy after tin mining. The research method used with quantitative descriptive design, the number of samples are 80 SME based on Tourism. Analysis of the data by using...

The purpose of this study was to analyze Indonesian readiness for digital economy, case on trade flow in the ASEAN region. This study employed a quantitative approach with Gravity Model. The secondary data in the form of panel data period year 2004-2016 (annual) and includes ASEAN-10 countries. The variable...

The building with crack has all the power to spoil the strength and aesthetic view and it may also lead to collapse. Crack lets in the moisture and hence the permeability increases in concrete which results in corrosion of reinforcement. As a result the tensile strength and compressive strength of the...

Results of research observations So far, the dollyo chagi taekwondo kick instrument available is an instrument for measuring a test of kick ability skills by counting the number of kicks in a certain time interval. When an athlete kicks several times, the athlete may have an injury to the knee and fall,...

Background. Globally, hypertension in pregnancy accounts for 10–22% of maternal deaths. Puskesmas Sewon 1 is a health center with the highest incidence of hypertension in pregnancy in Bantul Regency. Objective: This study aimed to explore the obstacles of interprofessional collaborative practices of...

Castanopsis costata, a species from the Fagaceae family, has been traditionally used for medicinal purposes, yet its antibacterial potential remains largely unexplored. This study aimed to evaluate the phytochemical constituents and antibacterial activity of C. costata leaf extract against Staphylococcus...

Batang Kandis River was located at Padang Pariaman Regency, West Sumatra Province. This river is one of the rivers that empties into the Batang Anai river, one of the large river that empties into the Indian Ocean. Location of this river is important because could resulting flood that can impacted on...

This study aims to analyze the communication strategies used by the Communications and Informatics Office (Diskominfo) of Malang City in improving the growth and empowerment of Community Information Group (KIM/Kelompok Informasi Masyarakat) in Malang City. The analysis was carried out using a 10-step...

Convention & Exhibition is the fastest growing segment of the tourism market. Service quality is an important component to achieve satisfaction in the exhibition industry. The fate of the exhibition in the future depends on the satisfaction of the exhibitor of the exhibition services quality. The purpose...

The purpose of this study is to investigate and understand quality assurance of education in international model school. The focuses of this research is the quality assurance system in SMAN 2 Palangka Raya consisting of: 1) determination standard, evaluation, and monitoring, self-evaluation, external...