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K-Means is the most popular clustering algorithm with the convergence to one of numerous local minima, which results in much sensitivity to initial representatives and noise point because of its distance based judgment. Density-based clustering algorithm is not sensitive to outliers and noise data, but...

The problem of robust H2/H control for a class of linear continuous-time uncertain systems with randomly jumping parameters is investigated. The uncertainties are assumed to be norm-bounded. The transition of the jumping parameters is governed by a finite-state Markov process. A sufficient condition...

Ordered mesoporous materials, because of its specific high surface area, a large pore size and uniform pore size distribution, reflects its more obvious advantages in the adsorption. By regulating the pore size distribution of mesoporous carbon, not only can expand the range of selective adsorption of...

Art Design is a practice-based disciplines, the goal of its self-study examination should be to train the applied talents who engage in the practical work in first-line. To achieve training objectives, it is necessary to explore a new teaching mode of combining self-study examination with skill training...

The article reviews the criticism of philosophical position of I. Kant by the Russian religious philosopher Pavel Florensky. The sharpness of such criticism is explained by the Russian philosopher's recognition in Kant not just of the assertion of power of reason as opposed to faith, but the assertion...

Wuling Mountain Area is one of the areas which of high importance in the Yangtze River watershed because of its rich ecological capital.A startegy which integrates and the economic devlopnment efforts with the environmental protection is of great importance for the sustainable devlopnment of the area....

An unsymmetrical photochromic diarylethene, 1-(2-methyl-5-(4-tolyl)-3-thienyl)-2-[2-methyl-5-(4-npentyl phenyl)-3-thienyl] perfluorocyclopentene was synthesized, and its photochromic properties, kinetics of the photochromic cyclization/cycloreversion and fluorescence were investigated in detail. The...

Judging from the national policy of the Masterplan of Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development (MP3EI) 2011-2025, especially the development of Sumatra Island Economic Corridor, that the development of Technopolitan Region in Pelalawan Regency, Riau Province starting from 2012 is...

Japan is the second economic powerhouse and the third economic giant in the present world and China is also the second economic giant. Both of the countries have made great contributions to the development of the world economy. From 1960s to 1980s, Japan realized the rapid development of the national...

Background: Epilepsy is very prevalent in Egypt, approaching 6.98 per 1000 population. This study was designed to assess the knowledge and attitudes towards epilepsy among guardians of Egyptian high school students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was made among guardians (parents/guardians) of high...

Surakarta has the potential of gastronomic heritage tourism. The diversity of cuisine becomes the power of Surakarta as a tourist attraction. Municipality of Surakarta stated that their Long Term Development Plan for 2005-2025 will develop cultural heritage tourism and traditional values, historical...

relieve the past whether as mentality act or physical act. This research aims to design a short story anthology to reenact about Indonesian national movement. In this article, we outline the conceptualization of the short story anthology, the process of designing the short story anthology, and its implementation...

Increasing numbers of EFL teachers have integrated blogging as their classroom practices. Research has also shown that blogging is an effective tool for students to improve English writing skills. However, the use of online blogs in EFL writing classes in Indonesia seems still relatively few and students’...

The author's technology of interdisciplinary open-ended engineering is considered in the article. This technology provides a comprehensive formation of design and project-organizational competencies. It creates a basis for the development of managerial abilities of a design engineer and increases the...

Dissertation writing is not only one of the major sections of practical abilities of English majors, but also one of the important channels to improve their comprehensive abilities. In the new era of internet and multi culture, the quality of English majors’ dissertation is in the process of deceasing...

The article reveals the features of activities of the founder of the first Chuvash newspaper "Khypar" by Professor N.V. Nikolsky who developed historical and ethnographic sciences, folklore, and lexicography in Chuvashia. N.V. Nikolsky contributed to development of Soviet higher secondary schools, professional...

The aim of this paper is to identify a new cyclic stage of Ukraine economic development and its forecasting. Objectives of the study are: determination of development cycles in different sectors of Ukraine economy and its general trend, construction of economic and mathematical model for forecasting...

The "network-based practice teaching resources platform" integrates practical teaching, management, and online self-directed learning. Its establishment has fundamentally changed the way of past practice teaching. Students can independently study experimental content and related resources, perform experimental...

Building the economic institutional model of traditional market is never free from conflicts such as high asymmetric information, high transaction cost, hidden actions (moral hazard and adverse selection), negative externalities, and diminishing trust. They certainly have automatically and instinctively...

Water, as an indispensable element of ecological system, directly relates to the economic, social and its own development of the city. Under the general plan of the Party Central Committee, Shaanxi Province issues a series of local law regulations and practice measures on water ecological civilization,...

The wide application of Internet technology and its rapid development has brought the general education of intellectual property in colleges and universities many challenges. According to this paper, the general education mode of intellectual property in colleges and universities characterized by modern...

Water infiltration into the soil is one of the important processes in hydrology, because its effect on water quantity that could infiltrate into the soil. Decreasing of infiltration rate can make increasement of surface runoff and flood discharge in a region. In the other hand, decreasing of infiltration...

The rapid development of vocational education has had an important impact on the speed of development of higher vocational colleges in China . In order to improve the level of education and teaching in higher vocational colleges and to maintain its good market competitiveness , it is necessary to implement...

Wonorejo ecotourism area has not yet been utilized as a learning source. Regarding to this fact, this study was intended at investigating the suitability of Wonorejo ecotourism area as a learning source, and the effectiveness of Wonorejo ecotourism area as a learning source. This study was conducted...

This article shows actual continuity of the issue, related to studying personality’s psychological connection with the settlement area, which, according to the author’s opinion, is to the fullest extent possible reflected in the definition “regional personal identity”. The purpose of the work is searching...

Grief is an intense feeling of loss. Studies on grief have often taken gender and psychological perspectives. This investigation adds to this extant body of literature, specifically scrutinizing the reactions of the characters in the movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) [1] to grief....

Bunaken National Marine Park was designated as a National Park in 1991 by the Minister of for the purpose of preserving it toward the disastrous and irresponsible act of human being. Prior to this, a group of divers in 1975, had discovered this beautiful undersea garden and had started to invite guests...

Political subjectivity today takes on a symbolic or digital form. The symbolic subject is gradually replacing the physical subject from the political sphere. The state power in its activity essentially relies on symbolic politics, an element of which it, being a type of political activity, is itself....

Background: Exercise training-induced adaptation of central Blood Pressure (BP) depends on exercise mode. Kendo, a traditional Japanese martial art, is a unique exercise mode because its training encompasses anaerobic and resistance training components. However, the effects of habitual kendo training...

The “Belt and Road” initiative takes policy communication, facility connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration, and people-to-people bonds as its core, to create a community of interests, a community of destiny, and a community of mutual benefit and responsibility for mutual political trust,...

Children born in 2010 until now are called Generation Alpha. Generation Alpha is amidst advanced information technology at its golden age. They are familiar with the technology and internet world from an early age and also known as the digital native. Children, who are studying in playgroups, kindergartens,...

In 2020, the eruption of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused billions of students out of school. Thus, online education became imperative and how to insure its quality came into spotlight. In this paper, attentions are focused on various aspects, such as targets, models and the efficiency of online teaching...

The article considers the essence of “green economy” and its role in improving people’s welfare in the framework of the concept of sustainable development. The current model of development of the world economy as a whole and its individual countries is aimed at implementing the “green economy” model...

There is a well known principle in classical mechanic stating that a variational problem independent of a configuration space variable w (so called cyclic variable), but dependent on its velocity w′ can be expressed without both w and w′. This principle is known as the Routh reduction. In this paper,...

Each university has its own cultural and historical characteristics, which can be condensed into the material carrier of campus cultural and creative products. Nowadays, more and more universities begin to operate their own campus cultural and creative products, which have become an important channel...

During COVID 19 pandemic, all teaching and learning process seem to be changed a lot in terms of teacher-student interaction, teaching method, assessment and so on. Despite of the changes, teachers are urged to manage themselves to cope with this situation. One of the most eseential thing is to find...

This research argues that Pancasila’s integrity values should protect Indonesian youngsters. However, its implementation is not ideal in statehood, the legal system, or the community’s social life, especially in child protection, where its practice is increasingly distancing itself from the noble values...

The development of Science and Technology (IPTEK) is growing rapidly in connection to the smartphone’s utilization as a learning medium among educators and students. Based on observations towards the Fashion Pattern Construction course at the Fashion Design Education Study Program Universitas Negeri...

Affective assessment is an educator’s activity to find out student behavior that can be seen during the learning process or even outside the learning process. The purpose of this study is to describe the planning, implementation, constraints, and efforts to overcome obstacles to affective assessment...

Contestation is inextricably linked to “space” as an arena for squabbling over symbols that serve as markers of certain identities. And that identity can be associated with it in social groups. In some contexts, the expression of identity becomes a tool for someone as a member of a social group to realize...

This study primarily investigates the impact of environmental performance on corporate financing constraints. It further examines the underlying mechanisms through which patient capital and board diversity, particularly the proportion of female directors, influence the relationship between environmental...

Due to the rapid development of the internet and the financial industry, stock price prediction has become a widely discussed topic. Government departments and regulatory agencies use stock price forecasts to understand the market’s health, which helps formulate economic strategies and prevent systemic...

With the increasing global demand for English learning and the rapid development of mobile Internet technology, online English learning APPs are springing up. This study takes Liulishuo as an example to explore its effectiveness in college students’ oral English learning. Collecting data through questionnaires,...

Aiming at the problem that the evaluation results are not robust and credibility is low due to the disputes over the weights of evaluation indexes in the existing intelligent evaluation of manufacturing industry, a regional intelligent manufacturing level evaluation model based on entropy weight and...

This study explores the impact of natural education on psychological stress among adolescent participants, conducting a data survey of 504 urban adolescents. SPSS data analysis was employed, including descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and difference testing. The research results indicate...

Slope stability is critical in geotechnical engineering, particularly in landslides regions. Conventional methods like Limit Equilibrium Methods (LEM) and Finite Element Methods (FEM) need enhancement through advanced computational technologies. This study explores the use of Artificial Neural Networks...

This research aims to develop a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application for the university to enhance the efficiency of promotional strategies to increase the number of new students and eliminate manual tasks in the process. In this research, the software development method used was Rapid...

The right to privacy has been the most debatable constitutional question of the twenty first century particularly with the increased State surveillance. The Constitution provides no privacy protection, but then the Supreme Court has increasingly implied it into Article 14, Article 19, and Article 21...

Financial complexity stems from a lack of financial literacy, excessive spending on unneeded products or impulse purchases, and sustaining an extravagant lifestyle, all of which have led to people resorting to loans to meet their requirements. Today, Malaysian young adults are indeed to be the main group...

Melioidosis or Whitmore’s disease is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in humans. Burkholderia pseudomallei is the self-propelling bacteria that zooms around using its trusty flagellum, measuring a mere 2-5 micrometers in length and 0.4-0.8 micrometers in diameter. A human infection caused...