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Background: Arterial stiffness is blood pressure (BP) dependent. Using 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (24hABPM) pulse pressure (PP) can be split into an ‘elastic’ part (elPP: ‘diastolic stiffness’), and a ‘stiffening’ part (stPP: ‘stiffness change during systole’). We investigated associations of elPP,...

We study some mathematical properties of the Kumaraswamy modified Weibull distribution pioneered by Cordeiro et al. [4] not discussed by these authors. This model is quite flexible for analyzing positive data since it contains as special models some widely-known distributions, such as the KumaraswamyWeibull,...

A q-difference analogue of the Painlevé III equation is considered. Its derivations, affine Weyl group symmetry, and two kinds of special function type solutions are discussed.

Capital structure decisions are important to the company. The capital structure is a combination of debt and equity used by a company to finance its overall operation and growth. Nowadays a company with a simple capital structure can hardly survive with the development of the market and society. As a...

During distance learning in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, the e-portfolio assessment can be preferred as an alternative to other assessments. The purpose of this study is to find out; 1) how the implementation of e-portfolio in Japanese language teaching in SMAN 5 Malang is, 2) how to analyze...

Nowadays, under current national conditions, economic growth is slowing down, structural contradictions are becoming more prominent, and the willingness of social capital to invest is decreasing. As the government’s financial pressure increases due to its serious debt, it is hard for government investment...

According to the atmospheric information collection system has its own characteristics, to design a collection for long uninterrupted data transmission packet intermittent, low-power wireless sensor networks, and can automatically identify low energy equipment, restructuring forwarding path to extend...

Higher vocational education program is guidance document that is to determine its educational objectives and guarantee the quality of education. In this paper, we defined the connotation on core concepts of talent training program and work-integrated learning, studied the elements on formulating talent...

Based on the dialectics of materialismand and the basic principle development of physical science, a model about force and matter existent fashion was promoted. The concept of Force Particle and its field was defined. Gravitation and repulsion force are thought induced by the impacting effect of Force...

MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses), an online course aimed at large-scale participation and open access via the Internet, has aroused growing attention of academic circles both at home and abroad. In western countries, MOOC has been applied to teaching and proven effective to some extent. The paper discusses...

Regional brand has risen in the world and become the focus of regional managers recently. Through theoretical study on regional branding abroad is still in its infancy, based on the long-term tracking to regional branding of foreign research literature, this thesis conducts existing research review and...

Indonesia has been well known for it's beautiful batik. In fact UNESCO has been awarded batik Indonesia as a masterpiece of oral and intangible heritage of humanity. UNESCO insisted that Indonesia must preserve its heritage. Batik has been part of creative economy in Indonesia. Jawa Timur province had...

In application of industrial process control, more and more equipment & devices are integrated, and then data transmission encounters a serious bottleneck. Reliable & rapid data transmission between industrial process controllers & IO units becomes very urgent. Many schemes have been presented to solve...

The legal effect of site often because its effectiveness visa problems caused by the two sides issued a controversial contract, according to the Supreme Court judicial interpretation, combined with a list of specifications and the relevant provisions of 2013 No. 369 document and other documents, with...

Village funds are expected to be the solution to improving the service and village governance. The research was aimed to analyze the various determinant factors that contribute to funding policy implementation in Bontomatene district, Selayar, South Sulawesi Province. This research is both descriptive...

The public trust and recognition on accreditation is so high that the recognition of the quality of higher education is determined by its accreditation status and rank. In order to realize the transparent public accountability, higher educations must actively build an internal quality assurance system...

This research aimed to analyze the accountability type of endowment institutions in ASEAN countries. Each country may have specific accountability characteristics as affected by its milieu. The research used the qualitative method and is based on the post-positivist paradigm. Data collection is based...

With the increasing diversity of spiritual and cultural needs of society in today's society, more and more cultural symbols in traditional culture have been excavated by people. Through the organic combination with modern products, they are endowed with modern cultural and creative products and new cultural...

There is the problem that Rough Set Theory cannot process the quantitative data in the equipment test data. One FCM method is given to discretize the quantitative data, and the center value of the each cluster is calculated in order to discretize. And then, the attribution reduction algorithm and rules...

Nowadays, market competition is not just pure competition among various enterprises, but supply chain management competition in market economy. Since new changes are taking place in market competition, supply chain management development should be enhanced continuously. So, giving great impetus to supply...

Applied university should exercise its key role in talent development, scientific research, social service and so on, revolve around the materialization of the innovation entrepreneurship education reform, adopt the differentiation strategy that is different from research university, keep in synergic...

Due to its high complexity and accuracy, the faults of aeroengine sensor can not be described with precise mathematical model and it is hard to detect the faults using traditional redundant method. Focus on this problem, a big data-deep learning based model is established to detect the faults of sensor...

Taiwan surrounded by water and has abundant and diversified marine environment and resources, so that Taiwanese life closely depends on marine and coast. However, with the increase of population and the change of economic structure led to the pressures on the coastal zone increase sharply in recent years....

Media in Russian Federation holds an important role both in the daily life of its society and for the government of Vladimir Putin needs. Media becomes the bridge to deliver information and ideology to the mass of people, inside or outside the country. In the hand of Putin’s government, ideology can...

Selo is one of historical villages in Java which had existed in the Mataram Islam Kingdom era as an independent village. Independent villages means villages which received special autonomy from the king in its governance and was exempted from tax payment. Together with the change of governance in Java,...

In developed countries, the view prevails that industrial production is losing its central importance in the economic system, and it is being replaced by a rapidly growing tertiary sector. However, world practice shows that industrial production is currently the most efficient sector of the economy....

Information technology penetration in Indonesia is relatively high. People have used this technology widely in many activities, but its use is still relatively low in education; including the use of mobile learning. One reason is that the teacher's perception is still low regarding the benefits of this...

Kampung Krupuk, a village of traditional cracker makers, the problem solving method is used to answer the following questions: what type of portable purchase display is suitable for the community of the village of Surabaya crackers? Is a need to develop its business promotion and sales through exhibition...

Innovation is the way organizations respond to each change appropriately so that the organization still exists and continues to develop to realize its vision. This study aims to describe educational innovations carried out at the Prima Unggul Foundation. The method used is a qualitative method with a...

Traffic congestion problem has become a bottleneck restricting the development of modern transportation systems, and accordingly the networked traffic system has drawn lots of researcher’s attention. To enhance transportation efficiency on scale-free networks, we proposed a hybrid-information-based (HIB)...

The issue of death anxiety and fear of death has been a great concern of health care providers due to its emotional and behavioral outcomes among the recipients of care. Theoretical propositions and observed findings on death concept have not been thoroughly examined in nursing researches specifically...

Liangyou Series and Series of Chinese New Literature edited by Zhao Jiabi, a famous editor, are precious collections of historical materials of new literature, collation and summary of the history of new literature, as well as a great opportunity of modern Chinese literature to fully display its modernity...

Indonesia is a country that has diverse arts and cultures. One of the existing traditional performing arts is kethoprak. Kethoprak still exists despite the development of modern culture. This happens since the people conserve it. Kethoprak as a traditional performing art has a very essential role in...

The negative impact of globalization affects the very existence of cultural identities including local languages. Indonesia, multilingual state with more than 700 local languages, encounters such impact where a number of its languages are increasingly endangered, even some of them already death. This...

The studies on tourism activities aim to assess the scale and nature of human impact on the environment of Russian regions taking into account the experience of Russian and foreign researchers. It was identified that changes in using natural resources, including recreational environmental management,...

To justify energy solutions, it is necessary to visualize various parameters with a geospatial reference. The authors suggest visualizing the results of research in geoservices through a plug-in. Using the example of several completed projects, it is shown that this approach can be applied In connection...

In this article we stated a problem of the Internet influence on personal growth of modern youth, we exposed its positive and negative influences on the world outlook formation of the modern youth. Based on the held research we formulated the role and the tasks of educational institution in grading of...

This research has two main objectives, which are: (1) to test the appropriateness of existing measurements in identifying class status and (2) to identify Indonesian middle class using a new approach that combines economic and noneconomic measures. The results show that the size of middle class that...

Statistical reporting is a source of information support, comprehensive assessment, monitoring of social and labour activity for operational and strategic management of an enterprise, region, industry, state for obtaining reliable and complete information on organization, use of labour, social and labour...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of multiple directorships, tenure, and age of board of directors on corporate value. Multiple directorships, tenure, and age were used as independent variables, and corporate value became the dependent variable. Two variables were used as control,...

After China has eliminated absolute poverty and entered the post-poverty era, the anti-poverty cause has evolved to focus on relative poverty, which has the characteristics of relativity, multidimensionality, and dynamics. In particular, migrant workers have become the main group of relative poverty....

This study aims to determine: (i) whether the regulation of Land Tax can work as an instrument for structuring land tenure (ii) to find out what prerequisites must be prepared by tax law so that it can work as an instrument for managing land tenure. This study used normative legal research methods. with...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of self esteem and self efficacy on Work Satisfaction and Its Implications on Teacher Performance at SDN 1 Legokpego Drawati Village, Paseh District, Bandung Regency. This research was carried out by taking samples of Teacher of SDN 1 Legokpego Drawati...

As stated in the Tribina Cita of Malang City, tourism sector is a potential sector that can be developed as the identity of Malang City. Malang has been known as the city of industry and education, yet it has not yet been known as a tourism city. Therefore, the government of Malang has started to focus...

In university, students can participate in various community projects, which underserved populations such as in a school. However, several obstacles may arise during these projects. We conducted a qualitative study with the primary aim of understanding the challenges when students in Yogyakarta participate...

The purpose of writing this article is to describe the learning leadership tips applied by the principal in managing learning activities at school. The method used is qualitative with a multisite study approach conducted in Public Elementary School (SDN) 1 Kauman and Public Islamic School (MIN) 1 Malang...

Medical practice law is the answer to the doctor’s responsibility in standardizing the profession. If the medical practice was done without fulfilling that pre-requirement, the medical practice administrators could be sentenced by administrative or juridical sanction. There are implementing regulations...

India, a country known for its tradition and ancient practices, always respects women. Due to technological development, maintaining such tradition in all aspects is a challenge. Technological development has always influenced society and contributed to its welfare. Many social evils like sati, the status...

Inter-observer variation is a significant problem in clinical target volume (CTV) segmentation in postoperative settings, where there is no gross tumor present. In this scenario, the CTV is not an anatomically established structure, but one determined by the physician based on the clinical guideline...

In recent years, mini-games on mobile commerce platforms have shown a trend of continuous expansion and development. The emerging gamification phenomenon still requires theory and investigation to supplement its explanation. Based on the theory of octalysis framework, this study collected data from 207...