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Background: Central pulse pressure (PP) is a surrogate measure of arterial stiffness (AS) and a predictor of cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). AS gradient reflects the vascular ageing. The aim of the study: To evaluate the associations between 24-h central PP and parameters of...

Objectives: Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in multiple sclerosis (MS), and recent data showed that subclinical markers of atherosclerosis are higher in MS as well. Prevalence of MS in men is much lower than in women, but their prognosis is much worse. Men with MS also have higher...

This research is aimed to: 1) find the data of SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Imogiri Special Regency of Yogyakarta's teachers' obstacles in preparing pictorial stories as media of prime assistance learning, 2) produce pictorial stories as media of Prime Assistance learning of X grade students of SMK Muhammadiyah...

According to the content and characteristics of Ideological and political education website, this paper designs a the network education platform with teacher-student interaction, psychological counseling, student self-display and other functions based on Web development technology of .NET, using ASP.NET...

The current research focuses on the antisocial behaviors which lead to juvenile delinquency. The current study looks at young adults in Kuala Lumpur and their perceptions of the typical characteristics of conduct disorders, substance abuse, and thought and attention problems commonly found among juvenile...

The article presents a study of the comparative characteristics of new promising lines of spring barley L1623 (nutans), L1505 (pallidum) and standards of varieties Suzdalets (nutans) and Leningrad (pallidum) on resistance to leaf diseases in various meteorological conditions of the growing season of...

The consequences of the agricultural sector is abundant of agricultural waste. An agricultural waste to be able to further processing need to cutting or the destruction of formerly.One needs in treating waste agricultural sector is crushing machine. Because of that required the design and machine fabrication...

Fundamental changes that universities face deeply alter their pilotage conditions. Indeed, French higher education landscape is under-going a very net acceleration in its adaptation to the set of these changes and, addition to application of the LOLF at University administration, the LRU act grants to...

Acute inflammation is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular events and leads to reductions in conduit artery (flow-mediated dilation, FMD) and resistance vessel endothelial function. Whether this dysfunction during acute inflammation is further transmitted down the arterial tree to the microvasculature,...

Resistance exercise (RE) is currently recommended for most adults and is important for reducing risk factors for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, and improving quality of life. Despite functional and musculoskeletal benefits, high-intensity RE has been shown to acutely increase arterial stiffness...

The international construction industry is one of the most strategic sector driving the global economy. To make construction industry organizations, groups and project teams more efficient and effective, it is imperative to understand the role that culture plays within them. Hence, this study aims to...

Mungkus Fish (Sicyopterus sp.) is Gobiid fish inhabiting fast flowing and good quality river in Bengkulu Province. Today, it is rare to find Mungkus fish in the river. One of the extinction threats is the decline of water quality. This research was aimed to measure abiotic factor like chemical and physical...

This research aims to obtain an overview of students' learning style at St. Peter's secondary school in Medan, then analyse the students' mathematical creative thinking skills in the problem of solving the study style of the accommodation, Divergent, convergent, and learning assimilation styles. In addition,...

A persistent buildup of fluid in the subepithelial layer of the genuine vocal cord mucosa is known as Reinke’s edema . Minimal intervention and superficial excision with edema evacuation and preservation of the medial margin of the vocal fold to enhance voice quality are the two key therapeutic tenets...

The implementation of new accounting standards has become a key change in the development process of bank-based insurance companies as the regulatory and standardization requirements of the financial industry continue to improve. Driven by the new accounting standards, the business model and financial...

The current urban life needs a public, very attractive, leisure and entertainment space that can enjoy ecological services. Based on the above requirements, the slow traffic system bridge plays a role of “stringing beads into a chain” in the ecological park around the city. Its design complexity and...

Sound design is a critical aspect of audio engineering, especially in the field of sound reproduction. There are two commonly used methods for creating new sounds: sound synthesis and sample recording. Sound synthesis is the process of creating sound from scratch using either hardware or software tools....

Accurately segmenting brain tumors from MRI scans plays a critical role in reliable diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring of patients. However, several key limitations persist in state-of-the-art U-Net-based approaches, such as loss of fine-grained features, poor generalization across heterogeneous...

One of the long-term investment’s option is equity fund, since it suitable for the investor who have limited fund, time, and information. In Indonesia, there are 132 products of equity fund that offer many investment alternatives, but in the other hand investors must choose it thrifty based on their...

In the paper, a four-dimensional nonlinear macroeconomic model of a small open economy describing the development of net real national income, real physical capital stock, nominal interest rate and nominal money stock is analysed. The functions of investment, savings, real income tax, liquidity preference...

To activate the cooperation or collaboration skill of the students, educator often make small groups of students and give some topics to be discussed. However, we often ignore the activities that occur within the group. This article describe the process of problem solving occurred in 3 groups of prospective...

This research looks at the semantics of the concept desired by the Dayak Kenyah community in Pampang Village. The concept is seen through the meaning of the name given to his child. To collect data about the names of the Dayak Kenyah people, an observation method was used with the distribution of questionnaires...

Modern promising theoretical and methodological studies have reasonably shown that the issue of bonuses significance in the production and economic mechanism is not controversial. Currently, an order has been established where economic incentive funds are formed according to fixed standards, approved...

It had been conducted research on characterization the mechanical properties of biodegradable plastic composites from HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) and gembolo starch. This study aims to determine the mechanical characteristics of biodegradable plastic made from a mixture of HDPE and gembolo starch....

With the continuous development of modern science and technology, as well as the global economic recession and the new normal of economic development in China, it is important to study how vocational education can make the young generation qualified to the job requirements and achieve the ideal employment...

Effect of Triclisia subcordata oliv aqueous leaf extract on reproductive hormones and haematological profiles of mifepristone threatened pregnancy in Wistar rats was investigated. Sexually matured rats comprising of 80 male and 80 female rats (150-220g) were purchased and paired up for reproduction after...

This template explains and demonstrates how to prepare your camera-ready paper for Trans Tech Publications. The best is to read these instructions and follow the outline of this text. Please make the page settings of your word processor to A4 format (21 x 29, 7 cm or 8 x 11 inches), with the margins:...

API hydrological model is common used on streamflow forecasting for its' simple structure and robust ability on acquiring high precision forecasting results. But for a long time, parameter calibration has been the major difficulty for the use of API hydrological model. API model develops from the empirical...

Modeling languages for concept development in System Engineering usually provide a static model and lack computational capability. We introduce and implement a method combing the Object Process Methodology (OPM), a holistic modeling language well suited to describe the concept model, and Coloured Petri...

Solid acid S2O2-8/TiO2-La2O3 (STL) was prepared by calcination at high temperature using complex oxide of TiO2 doped La2O3 as the supporter, and anion S2O2-8 as the accelerant. The catalytic synthesis of n-butyl propanoate over STL was selected as the probe reaction to examine its catalytic esterification...

An authentic assessment can provide a real-life experience to the student and accommodate the need of assessing productive skills, particularly for speaking skill. The authentic assessment instrument has to fulfill the requirements of being valid, practical and effective to make it a good device. This...

Background: Since the first COVID-19 patient in Saudi Arabia (March, 2020) more than 338,539 cases and approximately 4996 dead were reported. We present the main characteristics and outcomes of critically ill COVID-19 patients that were admitted in the largest Ministry of Health Intensive Care Unit (ICU)...

A Mesh hernia graft is needed to prevent recurrent hernias. This study aimed to observe the biocompatibility of hernia mesh graft as an alternative material for handling hernia cases via surgery for small animals. This study used 6 male rabbits aged 6-8 months and weighted 1.5-2 kg which were divided...

A hypercontent book, entitled Puberty: Ready to Face It, was prepared as a guide for elementary school teachers in delivering lessons regarding puberty. The material is often still considered taboo and too vulgar to be taught to students, even though this is very important and urgent for them to know...

As an advocate of “urban ecology construction” and the capital of Fujian, an “ecological province”, the ecological quality of vegetation in Fuzhou City is crucial to the development of ecological civilization in the region. The ecological quality of vegetation in Fuzhou City was assessed by quantifying...

The comparison of their frequency-phase velocity (FV) diagrams from both 8 and 24 channels seismic surface wave active data (MASW) have been carried out. This conducted to show the effectiveness of smaller amounts of geophones for MASW acquitision and comparing the processing FV results. Several data...

Both agricultural and environmental domains have to manage many different and heterogeneous sources of information that need to be combined in order to make environmentally and economically sound decisions. Such examples may be found at the definition of subsidies, national strategies for rural development,...

Objective: To investigate the treatment effect of the early operation on the post- necrotizing enterocolitis intestinal obstruction. Methods: A retrospective analysis of our Hospital in recent 8 years, neonatal and pediatric surgery in the diagnosis and treatment of the post- necrotizing enterocolitis...

Objectives: Increased arterial stiffness is associated with the progression of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH); however, the endocardial layer (End) contracts more than the epicardial layer (Epi), and it is unclear whether increased arterial stiffness affects regional wall deformation in both the...

The research was underpinned by the fact in the field that students in junior high school have been able to understand the rules of throwing ball games. The research aims to determine the ability of the students in the throwing ball regulation in the city of Medan school year 2019/2020. This research...

The study aims to identify the types of word-formation processes of slang found in KasKus. It also determines the functions of the word-formation processes of the slang. The data are fully collected from kaskus.co.id by observing the post from eight categories, namely: Anime&Manga Heaven, Computer, Games,...

The purpose of writing is to explain the theory teaching of design and application of storyboard. That has not been used in developing the character of children aged 6-8 years, during this time the media used in developing the character of the child is carried out through flannel board media in teaching...

The historical impact of newer technologies in agriculture has been to increase the supply of food and fiber by increasing output per unit of input. Increases in market supply of food and fiber, net of demand changes, result in lower prices. Generally, this has been good for society in terms of meeting...

This study aims to analyze the test items of Thai language learning outcomes in Aling Thai, focusing on the level of difficulty, discriminatory power, validity, reliability, and the function of distractors. The test is divided into four language skills, namely, listening, reading, writing, and speaking....

Objectives: Poor glycemic control during pregnancy is associated with increased adverse perinatal outcomes. Our objective was to characterize the association between glycemic control and arterial stiffness in pregnancy. Methods: In this prospective longitudinal study, women with high-risk singleton...

Background: Estimated central blood pressure (BP) predicts cardiovascular mortality independent of brachial BP, but whether central BP may be useful in clinical practice is unknown. This study aimed to test the value of central BP as a management tool for physicians treating patients with essential hypertension. Methods:...

This template explains and demonstrates how to prepare your camera-ready paper for Trans Tech Publications. The best is to read these instructions and follow the outline of this text. Please make the page settings of your word processor to A4 format (21 x 29,7 cm or 8 x 11 inches); with the margins:...

The laser beam forming (LBF) process is a unique manufacturing process that has the potential to revolutionise rapid prototyping in the automotive and the aerospace industries. Traditionally, these industries require expensive tooling (stamping dies and presses) to form parts from sheet metal to develop...

In universities, educational administration is a key link in the university management, the quality is directly related to the status of competition in college in contemporary society and even the survival and development. Combined with the actual needs of educational administration, using Microsoft...

The prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and the electrophysiological state of the myocardium in male patients with somatoform dysfunction of the vegetative nervous system was studied. Among the risk factors, the leading positions were taken by stress, low physical activity and smoking....