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Introduction: Endovascular trophoblasts (EVasT) of the rat express smooth muscle (SM) proteins and contract ex vivo upon exposure to endothelin-1 (ET1). Contraction is mediated via ET1 receptors A and B (ETA, ETB). In vascular SM ETB, in variance from ETA, exerts relaxation through activation of nitric...

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the world, and it has made learning to switch to distance learning. One type of distance learning is online learning. Indeed, when students and teachers conduct learning connected via the internet, it becomes difficult to interact, especially synchronously. The interaction...

The integration of geochemical and geophysical methods was applied to epithermal gold-quartz veins exploration in Chukotka tundra (North-East Russia). The feature of the investigated area is that the gold-quartz veins are blind and are located 50-120 m below the surface under the layers of low-resistive...

More and more attention has been paid to the sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) by scholars and practitioners since it concerns about both the social and environmental benefits of supply chain. Meanwhile, game analysis has proven to be an effective research method in SSCM research. This research...

The rising prevalence of obesity is associated with a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. Because it can induce weight loss, metformin, a long-used drug for treating diabetes, is used as an off-label medication for the treatment of obesity. However, the mechanism underlying this effect...

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between reinforcing factors and the behavior of early detection of cervical cancer in women of childbearing age (WCA) in Medan City. Research Methods Correlational quantitative research design involving 150 WCA as respondents through non-probability...

The 2018 Riskesdas data indicates that the prevalence of anaemia in Indonesia remains high, with estimates of 26.8% among individuals aged 5-14 years and 32% among those aged 15-24 years. Anaemia can have detrimental consequences for adolescents, including impaired cognitive function, reduced concentration...

The objective of this paper is to test the success factor of e-travel model among small travel enterprises (STEs) in Indonesia. The data was collected by e-survey via My3q free online survey. Respondents were 145- users of travel websites chosen employing purposive sampling technique. Research variables...

According to sample survey data, it indicates that the teaching methods of legal literacy course of universities and colleges in our country is given priority to traditional classroom teaching method, shows that the overall results of this teaching method is low, the reason for this is that this kind...

As a nonlinear time series prediction method, echo state network (ESN) attracts more attention because of its good approximation capability for the nonlinear system. Aiming at the characters of nonlinear time series in the Turbine's condition prediction analysis, such as including noise and presenting...

This study proposes the factors of innovation (i.e., incremental and radical) on SMEs performance in the context of food and beverage (F&B) industry in southern Thailand. This study is in line with Thailand new policy labelled as “Thailand 4.0”; an economic scheme aimed at developing a value-based...

It has been developed a microcontroller-based athlete sprint speed data acquisition system. The infrared sensor has two components that act as start and stop, after which the signal is forwarded to the Nodemcu microcontroller and interpreted as a millisecond time variable. The signal is sent to the user...

In this paper, we investigate the low-rank tensor completion problem, in which we wish to estimate missing values of tensors from incomplete samples its entries. In real world, the low-rank tensor can be seen everywhere and the exact rank of it is often known. Based on the fact that singular values before...

The relationship between customer perceived value and purchase intention has been explored among scholars for many years. However, it is still blurry that when the relationship is stronger and when is weaker. Our study fills the gap by integrating the structural hole theory into the relationship and...

Application tasks are complex and diverse, which need HPC (High Performance Computing) to solve them. The computing efficiency is hugely different when they run in different architectures, because different application tasks have different computing features. The PMC (Processor-Memory- Communication)...

This paper developed a denoising method termed f-x empirical-mode decomposition (EMD) predictive filtering. In this new method, we first applied EMD to each frequency slice in the f-x domain and obtained several intrinsic mode functions (IMFs). Then, an autoregressive model was applied to the sum of...

Purpose: Delirium is a frequent occurrence amongst Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients, but studies on its causes are sparse and its risk factors vary from disease to disease. Here, in this study, an attempt was made to investigate the factors associated with the prognosis of delirium in the ICU. Methods:...

This development research aims to develop Chinese digital teaching material for 10th-grade topic 个人 信息 [gèrén xìnxī] (self-introduction) based on flipbook. The research method in this development is the Research and Development (R & D) method using the DDD-E model. Following the development model...

Internal and external stakeholders in Higher Education have been actively pushing entrepreneurship as a profitable career choice among students since the adoption of the National Innovation and Startup Policy and the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 throughout the Nation. There is...

The approval and quick implementation of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are a milestone in the mainstreaming of decentralized assets in conventional financial markets. Increasing market capitalization and institutional investor take-up of Bitcoin ETFs raise questions regarding their effect...

The present work is focused on examining the effect of reinforcement of Silicon carbide, Titanium diboride, or Silicon carbide+1wt% of Graphite in Aluminum-6061 alloy on mechanical, tribological, and surface morphology. The stir casting method was used to fabricate different composite specimens needed...

Personalized Learning (PL) has evolved to address the unique needs of individual learners by adapting content delivery based on preferences, prior knowledge and contextual factors. This paper presents a comparative study between two personalized learning models-CEPL (Context Emotion Personalized Learner)...

A supramolecular guest copolymer (PNAP-co-PAM) based on naphthol-containing monomer (NAP) and acrylamide was synthesized via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. The structure of supramolecular guest copolymer was characterized by NMR and GPC. And the self-assembly behavior of supramolecular guest copolymer...

In this paper, Rare earth (La, Eu, Sm) hydroxide nanorods have been prepared by facile hydrothermal treatment of the corresponding bulk oxide powders. The obtained samples were characterized in detail by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy...

LiFePO4/C microspheres were synthesized by a rheological phase method using nanoplates assembled quasi-microspheres of FePO4·2H2O as raw materials, and the FePO4·2H2O precusors were synthesized via a hydrothermal process. The FePO4·2H2O precursors were characterized by XRD and SEM, and the LiFePO4/C...

This paper aims to establish the relationship between two apparent disparate problems: (i) the aggregation of uncertain information modelled by type-1 fuzzy sets via OWA mechanism, and (ii) the computation of the centroid of type-2 fuzzy sets. In order to cut down the computational complexity of the...

In many countries in the world, the prevalence of allergic rhinitis (AR) in adults varies greatly between and within countries. Although it does not cause fatal effects, AR can affect the quality of life both socially and financially. Aims of this research was to determine the differences in the prevalence...

This study explores the theoretical foundations, practical implementation, and preliminary evaluation of AI-enhanced blended learning models within a specific secondary education context in Southeast China. As schools navigate digital transformation, developing pedagogical strategies that effectively...

This research elucidates the findings of an investigation that examines and evaluates the degree to which various factors affect mall attributes, content marketing, event marketing, and social media marketing about customer satisfaction, with customer engagement acting as a mediating variable at Pakuwon...

The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 set out an ambitious 15-year program towards making meaningful progress in addressing 17 core global challenges of our time. These Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) address socioeconomic, technological and environmental development issues and...

Background: Arterial stiffness is increased with chronic inflammatory disorders. The reduction of inflammation by immunomodulatory therapy is associated with a restoration of arterial function. Objectives: To determine whether carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV) is increased in subjects with...

We show that a certain stochastic perturbation of the flow of perfect incompressible fluid under some special external force on the flat n-dimensional torus yields a solution of Navier–Stokes equation without external force in the tangent space at unit of volume preserving diffeomorphism group. If that...

Artificial Neural Networks have demonstrated best effectiveness and excellent scheduling capabilities in realizing many purposes like recognition, clustering, classification, management and even prediction. For this reason, we have used RBF based Artificial NN for the dynamic forecasting of load and...

This paper presents the design of the three-way crossover network by using Bernstein polynomial. The Bernstein polynomial is applied to the Bernstein filter which has the best characteristics with more advantages. For example, it has a maximally flat magnitude, a linear-phase and a maximally flat delay...

While the study on distance learning and its challenges has proliferated, this study describes how teachers confide in the challenges of teaching when schools close and tech issues during the pandemic. Drawing upon the source of data, including an online survey via telephone interviews and Google meet...

Latent heat storage using phase change materials (PCM) provides thermal energy storage systems with high storage capacities in small temperature ranges. Most of the PCM used in applications undergo a phase change from solid to liquid and vice versa storing heat in repeated melting and crystallization...

In this paper, we study the correspondence between the Coupled Dispersionless (CD)-type equations and the Short Pulse (SP)-type equations. From the real and complex modified CD equations, we construct the real and complex Modified Short Pulse (mSP) equations geometrically and algebraically. From the...

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought various negative influences to people’s life since 2020. However, does the covid-19 have a positive impact on people’s lives? More people are trying to live better, therefore, an increasing number of people are willing to buy organic products. Thus, the paper conducted...

Cybersecurity has become a critical issue in today’s digital era. This study aims to analyze public sentiment toward cybersecurity issues on social media using a text mining approach. Data were collected through scraping from Twitter, resulting in 935 tweets containing relevant information about cyber-security....

World wise consumption of electrical energy has led to the integration of renewable energy resources into the power grids. These renewable energy resources are interfaced to power grids via power electronic converters because of their abilities of precise control, high efficiency, and sustainability,...

This longitudinal qualitative case study comprised an investigation of the experiences, perceptions, and beliefs of five ELT teachers at a Palestinian University where government-mandated COVID-19 emergency closure forced an institution-wide implementation of emergency remote teaching. It is among the...

This paper aims to answer the questions of whether NEO learning management system passes the international quality standards for management systems through comparing it with Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Standards. Moreover, whether if it is capable of enhancing students’ motivation and English...

Under the background of the rapid development of new media, and based on the current situation of college party construction work, carrying out innovative college party construction work via the WeChat public platform, in order to clear the blind area, occupy the highest point of public opinion, and...

Cloud computing is playing a much important role in comparison to other fields of IT, in providing Data storage, Data security, Quality of Services (QoS) etc. Many data security factors have also increased due to the fast evolution of cloud in the IT industry. Therefore many security models and techniques...

Silencers have widespread applications. In industrial settings they are used at large-scale combustion, gas turbine, blower and compressor system junction points to control noise. The most common methods of noise elimination via silencer are varying of the size and cross-sectional area of the transmission...

The value of a reality existence is lost when fake news (hoax) is spread to all parts of law in Indonesia. The worst part is that as a result of this both law, technology and perception on the truth are simulated in a distortion (manipulation). It is to this condition that Jean Baudrillard label as hyperreality....

Government of Aceh and its regencies show commitment to public information transparency. This is done by establishing main and assistant of Documentation and Information Management Officer (Pejabat Pengelola Informasi dan Dokumentasi) at SKPA (Satuan Kerja Perangkat Aceh) and Regency/City Government....

In this paper, we study the efficiency of compressed sensing by using Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (OMP). We show that if a Matrix ? has coherence less than 1 /20K0:8 and satisfies the Restricted Isometry Property (RIP) of order [CK1:2] with constant ? = cK ??0:2, then a K-sparse signal x can be recovered...

Emerging media, as a new and highly operational vehicle of information dissemination, has sprouted around the world in recent years, greatly undermining the power of traditional media. WeChat, as an emerging social platform, dominates Chinese new media market. In Chinese colleges and universities, WeChat...

This study aims to develop BL-based learning applications using a mobile application, produce learning models with the aim of improving student performance in practical lecture learning, examine the learning model process for wider use. Development, Implementation, Evaluation (ADDIE). The results show...