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This paper demonstrates a kind of learned ‎helplessness in human being that is ap-‎peared in Fuzzy Reinforcement Learning ‎‎(FRL) algorithm. At the beginning of ‎learning, when an agent continuously per-‎forms actions that cause sequential pun-‎ishments, afterwards it does not usually ‎behave well and...

This study introduces the media of social diffusion through Google classroom as an alternative innovation media for teachers in instructional activities. It used qualitative approach with a development research design. Participants of the study are teachers at Senior High School UM Malang Indonesia....

Nowadays, it has become more popular for teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) classes to engage their students in language learning by using Internet-based applications. However, each application is often designed to teach a separate language skill, so there is a need to incorporate some applications...

This paper is to aim at analysing the relationship of Shandong GDP growth with industrial exports and FDI in industrial sector. Test results show that a 1 per cent increase in Shandong industrial goods export will lead to an increase in GDP growth by 0.84 per cent, and that a 1 per cent increase in FDI...

Talent management plays a crucial role in an organization’s success by encompassing various facets, such as identifying necessary skills, managing employee performance, nurturing the development of exceptional employees, and fostering an appealing work environment to gain a competitive edge. However,...

At the end of 2019, the world community was shocked by the outbreak of a new virus, namely the coronavirus disease. In Indonesia itself, various efforts have been made to prevent the spread of the virus, including by implementing Large-Scale Social Restrictions or PSBB. The implementation has an impact...

Background: The heart ejects in the central elastic arteries. No previous study addressed the question whether ECG voltages are more closely associated with central than with peripheral blood pressure (BP). Methods: Using the oscillometric Mobil-O-Graph 24 h PWA monitor, we measured brachial, central...

Purchasing halal food products is not necessarily related to the trust and loyalty of consumers of social media users in Indonesia. However, the increase in public awareness in selecting halal products will certainly influence consumers to purchase halal products. Few studies examine the relationship...

This paper is focused on how principles from Industry 4.0 in manufacturing can be used in operation and maintenance of subsea production systems. The primary purpose and goal of the paper is to investigate the application of Smart Maintenance to achieve high level of safety, availability and profit in...

This paper explorers the causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth using data of Hebei Province. The study covers the period of 1980 to 2011.We have applied gene expression programming to analyses how they evolved together. Two ways adopted in the forecast, the one is based on...

The aim of this paper is to study modern tendencies in the development of innovative banking services for remote customer service in Bashkortostan. The paper deals with the systemic approach to the analysis of foreign authors from various perspectives related to the world experience of introducing the...

Problem-solving skill is one of the competencies that must be achieved by vocational students. This study aimed to describe the problem-solving skill of students on the concept of momentum's conservation law. The participants of this study were 28 students of eleventh graders at SMK in Blitar in the...

To allocate medical resources more reasonably and effectively, and to promote the sustainable development of health initiatives, this paper analyzes data on the number of medical and health institutions in China from 1990 to 2023. It explores the spatial and temporal differences in the allocation of...

This study addresses the pressing issue of plastic waste management in Khulna City, Bangladesh, highlighting its direct impact on health and the environment. The conventional methods of sorting plastic waste in the existing Recycling Shops (RSs) in Khulna City are time-consuming and rely on visual inspection....

Edu agrotourism is an effort to boost the economy by attracting visitors through local products, landscapes, and cultivation science, while promoting sustainable environmental, economic, and social development. Benteng Edu Agrotourism Village, located in the Pongkor Geopark area, offers agricultural...

Background: Central blood pressure (CBP) is a better predictor of cardiovascular burden than peripheral blood pressure (BP). While studies have suggested a reduction in peripheral BP with statins, it remains uncertain to what extent statins reduce CBP and whether this reduction is mediated through a...

This study examines the students’ perceptions towards online learning at Universitas Malikusaleh in Lhokseumawe City during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study reviews the perceptions of students at this higher education institution about the online learning process during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study...

The MBKM curriculum has been implemented in the Economic Education Study Program in two schemes which include Teaching Assistance and Campus Teaching. To find out to what extent the implementation of the MBKM curriculum is effective, research is needed on this matter. The aim of this research is to determine...

Spiritual Well-Being (SiWB) is a condition where individuals can reflect a positive feeling, action, and form of thinking related to oneself, others and the environment as well as to the transcendent (God). The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of spiritual-based psychological interventions...

The overall impact of glucose-lowering on vascular complications and major clinical outcomes, including mortality, in type 2 diabetes is still an open issue. While intensive glucose control has undoubted benefit for microvascular endpoints, the relationship between glucose-lowering approaches and reduced...

Despite years of research, there are still some contentious aspects of arterial hemodynamics that have remained unresolved. These were discussed during a workshop entitled Arterial hemodynamics: past, present and future held in London on June 14 and 15, 2016, with keynote contributions by Nico Westerhof,...

Introduction: Peripheral neuropathy is a nerve disorder in the foot caused by chronic diabetes, and damage the sensory nerves. Initially, patients will complain of numbness, and gradually have an impact on the inability to feel the stimulation of pain that triggers gangrene wounds and even infections....

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered concerns about the global food crisis, thus identification of food security risks constitutes an important basis for responding to the influence of the pandemic. In this study, the influence path of the pandemic on food security was analyzed first. Then, the risk nodes...

3D printing technology based on the extrusion material method is rapid manufacturing and has complex accuracy, which supports industrial progress. The selection of printing material (filament) is essential in obtaining mechanical, chemical and thermal properties. In this study, the use of ABS and PLA...

Labor pain is an unpleasant sensation due to stimulation of sensory nerves. Pain is always subjective. Objective reactions to pain can include grimacing, tachycardia and hypertension. This reaction is used as a pain parameter, however, this symptom is generally not visible in chronic pain. Apart from...

This study aims to determine: (1) the influence of Return On Assets (ROA) on institutional ownership, (2) the influence of Earning Per Share (EPS) on institutional ownership, (3) the influence of Return On Equity (ROE) on institutional ownership, (4) the influence of ROA on stock prices, (5) the influence...

Background: Brachial blood pressure (BP) may not reflect central BP due to systolic BP (SBP) amplification. Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) elicit vascular irregularities that may affect SBP amplification or other central BP indices (including pulse pressure [PP], augmentation pressure...

The research investigates a comprehensive poverty model by including the variables of financial inclusion, economic growth, and inequality together in the model. This study uses Java Island, Indonesia, with an annual time series from 2000 to 2019. The Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) method estimates...

The article defines the conditions for strategic planning in the economic space of the region: stability, the value and the importance of economic space, the high capital intensity of enterprises in the region, well-prescribed business processes, and elaborate organizational structure of management of...

Coronary heart disease (CHD) ranks the second-highest cause of mortality after stroke, thereby emphasizing CHD as the most significant contributor to cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Statin therapy serves as an efficacious treatment in regressing the number of CHD cases. However, current studies...

The separation of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere using direct air capture (DAC) technology is a key step toward sustainable methanol production. The minimum theoretical work (MTW) required for CO2 separation is set by thermodynamics, however the actual energy consumption is significantly higher...

The 21st century provides many changes in social life that need to be responded and adapted by the education. Education needs to provide students with 21st century skills so that they are able to carry out partnerships optimally. Creating innovative pedagogy for education is one strategy. In order to...

Stunting is a condition where the toddler’s height is less than normal based on age and gender. The purpose of this study was to review previous studies regarding the relationship between low birth weight and exclusive breastfeeding with the incidence of stunting in children under five. The method used...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of payment system innovation on retailer efficiency because of the implementation of the National Payment Gateway in Indonesia. We use a two-stage approach at the individual and national levels by adopting an efficient frontier approach using the Malmquist...

The implementation of financial education programs, especially in digital format, increased due to the economic crisis brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. These programs are part of the Corporate Social Responsibility strategy of companies. Based on the rankings published by the Corporate Reputation Business...

Introduction Although pulse wave velocity (PWV), a proxy of arterial stiffness, is a strong predictor of cardiovascular complications, it is confounded by blood pressure (BP) and heart rate at the time of examination. Furthermore, establishing whether an artery is stiffened or not does not inform a...

Yardlong bean is one of the important vegetable crops in Indonesia. Immature pod of yardlong bean has various colour such as green, whitish green, red and purple. Artificial cross was done between purple and whitish green pod to get F1. First filial (F1) were advanced to F5 segregating generations for...

Object detection in video streams plays an important role in many computer vision applications and background subtraction is the most popular method which compares each new frame to a model of the background. However, the static background is practically impossible and dynamic background makes the perfect...

There are many factors that can affect firm value, including taxation. Taxes paid by firms to the government is a quite significant burden that firms often commit tax avoidance in order to minimize tax expense. The objective of this research is to examine the effect of tax avoidance committed by firms...

The concentrations of NH4+-N, NO2--N and NO3--N were measured in batch experiments to study nitrification kinetics in IFAS system with different FR at 0%-50%. The results showed that both of NH4+-N oxidation rate ( ) and NO3--N production rate ( ) increased with FR, which respectively increased from...

This article was created to provide recommendation for a teacher as the key to transfer the knowledge, to determine the appropriate teaching style and learning method to apply to a class that is generally per class have different learning styles or typologies of learning. Vark Questionnaire Online is...

Sculptured-dies roughing (SDR) has some different objectives that maybe contradicting and therefore needs trade-off among them. Compared to prismatic and rotational shape machining, SDR is more complex considering the sculptured characteristics of machining surface. Layer-by layer approach applied in...

Currently, people face the phenomenon of the rapid development of digital technology. The public has started implementing a payment system that uses electronic means of financial technology or fintech. That changes the transaction habits to be more practical and convenient. The digital transformation,...

Batam is the growing industrial island in the province of Kepulauan Riau, its advancing improvement technology especially in the welding industry causes more structural steel and shipyard companies are struggling to get more welders or welding operators in this region. Currently workers with welding...

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, most of the focus has been on limiting the spread of severe acute disease. COVID-19 is thought to have a significant impact on physical, cognitive, mental, and social health status, even in people with minor symptoms of sickness. In terms of medical workers killed by Covid-19,...

Staff members are often denied the chance to conduct their own evaluations of teaching and learning (T&L) due to fear of objectivity, and many agree. The process of waiting for an institution’s Quality Assurance Office (QAO) to do the evaluation is always lengthy, delayed, and fewer modules are done...

This study was conducted in order to analyze the effect of customer engagement, perceived value and customer satisfaction on customer loyalty within the Indonesian low-cost airline sector. A total of 200 respondents join this research, in which all of the data were collected from respondents using questionnaires...

Teacher professional organizations play a crucial role in enhancing human resource development in the education sector. This study employs a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) methodology to examine the contributions of professional organizations to teacher competency, policy advocacy, and knowledge-sharing....

Background: The mechanisms underlying the development of hypertension have not yet been fully clarified. The mutual relationships among the development of hypertension and the longitudinal changes of arterial stiffness and renal function, and also the effect of maintenance of a normal body weight on...

Highway is an important transportation infrastructure. In the article I use the target programming model to design a better toll plaza. Consider a toll highway having L lanes of travel in each direction and a barrier toll containing B tollbooths (B > L) in each direction. Meanwhile important considerations...