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The classification of urban systems: a review from monocentric to polycentric

Youyang You
A city could be defined either monocentric or polycentric, in the passage; a systematic review of the urban systems is developed. After defined the elements of disappearance of monocentric system, four types of polycentric system is classified. In conclusion, a city could be locally important or regionally...

Analysis of the Relationship between Culture, Economy and Politics

Fu-Jiang Sun
Culture refers to the consciousness about life and social relations in economic and political activities in a society, including values, social consciousness and morality. Economic and political practices are the basis and container of culture, while thoughts about and understanding of economic and political...

Bare bones particle swarm optimization with adaptive chaotic jump for feature selection in classification

Chenye Qiu
Pages: 1 - 14
Feature selection (FS) is a crucial data pre-processing process in classification problems. It aims to reduce the dimensionality of the problem by eliminating irrelevant or redundant features while achieve similar or even higher classification accuracy than using all the features. As a variant of particle...

Banking supervision: current trends and prospects

Dmitriy Alekseevich Antipin, Valentina Mikhailovna Pakholchenko, Olga Valentinovna Tauryanskaya
Central banks of all countries realize a function of banking supervision of credit organizations activity. The authors presented a classification of banking supervision organization models according to a degree and a nature criterion of central banks participation in this process. Moreover, the main...

Classification and Characteristics of Historical Learning Media

Mr Aksa
Conventional learning is deemed less appropriate to the dynamics of the development of science and technology. In an effort to improve the learning process in accordance with the needs and development of the era, the function of learning media is very important to be utilized. Therefore, classifying...

Research on model for grain storage and transportation security and construction of information network integration platform

Jing Zhang, Zhong-Liang Guan
Grain is perceived as the strategic material affecting the national economy and the people's livelihood, and its security lays the material foundation for building a harmonious society. As the key part in the grain logistics, grain storage and transportation work to guarantee the food security, which...

Research on the Teaching Reform of the Basic Course of Art Design

Nannan Zhang
At present, there is a gap between the traditional basic course teaching of art design specialty and its training target of new era, and there is a lack of necessary links between basic and specialized courses. The basic course of art college is an important part and the foundation of professional teaching....

Comparisons of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Reform

Keiichiro Yoshinaga
This paper discusses the rise of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education reform in the United States and Asia. As shown in the results of international tests such as PISA and TIMMS, secondary school students in Asia do better than their counterparts in the U.S. Nevertheless,...

Improvement of Innovative Infrastructure as a Means of Economic Development

Alla Nikonorova, Dmitry Morkovkin, Natalia Isaichykova, Valery Nezamaikin
The article examines the effective introduction of innovations into practice and their influence on the improvement of infrastructure and economic growth in the region. Presently, the lack of proper mechanisms and of organizational regulations in the field of innovative infrastructure improvement hampers...
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Selection of A Rational Form for The Steel Winding Tower as A Preventive Measure to Increase Its Industrial Safety

Elena.G. Kassikhina, Vladimir V. Pershin, Nikiya O. Butrim, Weiguo Qiao
Herein there is a new approach to improve industrial safety in terms of operation of the steel winding tower based on rational design solutions.
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How Physics can help in understanding Cardiac Rhythms Predicting & Control of complex oscillatory behavior

Shiuan Ni Liang, Le Duy Manh, Wei Yin Chiang, Pik Yin Lai, C. K. Chan
We discuss our recent theoretical and experimental work in cardiac systems. The first is about the rhythmic variation as the cardiac myocyte cell culture synchronized, and how it can be explained in terms of the frequency enhancement phenomenon in coupled excitable systems. Another work concerns the...

Reflection on Chinese Cultural Industry Business Model Innovation Utilizing the Zhao Benshan Model

Yu Liao
The cultural industry offers consumers entertainment products or services against a background of economic globalization. In the rapidly changing business environment, it is extremely important to maintain the survival and development of cultural industry through the application of business models. This...

Study on the Computer Aided English Instruction from the Learning Perspective of Constructivism

Lei Liu
Constructivism, one of the core development modes of teaching, receives certain external environment support and is extensively accepted and applied in the computer aidedEnglish instruction under the premises of rapid development of computer technology and constant innovation of college English instruction...
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An Adaptive Approach for Optical Recognition of Inter-Point Hindi Devanagari Braille and its Transcription to Text

T. Shreekanth, V. Udayashankara
Optical Braille Character Recognition (OBR) system is in great need inorder to restore the old Braille documents to make them available for the large section of visually impaired people. The recognition of the double sided Braille dots is a challenging task due to the overlapping of the front side dots...
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The Start-up Mode Test of SBR Process for Pickle Wastewater Treatment

Xiang He, Jinxiang Fu, Xuejiao Feng, Zhaoxian Dang
Salted wastewater with high salt properties, the salinity range at about 6%, its treatment processing is difficult .This experiment studies the start time and treatment effect of SBR process in different ways (stage cultivation ,full cultivation).The experimental study shows that: with the use of 2-stage...
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Silicon detector for the Saline Soil Degree in ETM Image

Tao Chi, Bingchun Li
A silicon photoconductor apparatus having improved efficiency in infrared radiation detection by sandblasting the reflective surface of the apparatus and thereby creating a near-infinite number of reflecting angles and a corresponding multiplication of quantum energy yield. This article describes its...

The 1999 education reform: An analysis of the Reform implementation and impact on Arts Education in Poland

Renata Ochoa daderska
The aim of this paper is to present the process and impact of the education reform of 1999 in the curricula and ways of implementation of this reform at pre-school institutions, primary schools, lower secondary schools (gimnazja) and upper secondary schools (post-gymnasium schools) taking into account...

Individual Charity in China

Pan Zhijia, Yuan Haiqing, Zhu Shouzeng
Charity in China stems from the development of economy in both national and personal aspects. Celebrities’ enthusiasm in charity evokes public participation. Considering the similarities and also the differences between China and some other countries which has relatively sophisticated charitable systems,...
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A new Bayesian classification algorithm based on attribute reduction

Hongmei Nie, Jiaqing Zhou
Naive Bayesian classifier is a simple and efficient classification method. However, the assumption of the independence of its attributes is difficult to be satisfied, which influences the classification performance. In this paper, a new classification algorithm is proposed, which is based on the attribute...
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The Preliminary Research of Guojuanyan Debris Flow Characteristics and Prevention Measures Post-Earthquake

Shun Yang, Hai Huang, Huali Pan, Jiankang Liu
Sichuan Basin come into rainy season entirely in the early July, 2013, Dujiangyan city of Wenchuan strong earthquake district encountered a hundred-year rainstorm process, which raised numerous Secondary Mountain hazards as collapse, landslide and debris flow etc. Generally, high frequency of debris...

Liberalism or Technological Modernization

Andrei Blinov
Under scrutiny is the problem of the Russian economy’s innovation and technological potential and its potential effect on global economic crisis. This work exposes the source of the Russian economy's demoralization and economic collapse, asserting that Russia’s present situation is impeding the development...

The Theory of Aesthetic Characteristics of Chinese Court Dance

Yanbin Ding
In the ancient Chinese art, poetry, music and dance, and then gradually produces the differentiation, the formation of the distinctive arts, and the palace dance with its reigns for the lofty status and economic power, focused mainly on folk dance dance in all walks of life essence for its political...
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The study of Electronic measuring equipment Electromagnetic Protection

Yi Wang, Guohuan Yan, Hua Zhang, Xiaoyan Hou
Electronic equipment is used more and more widely, but it is also to be interfered more and more vulnerable by external electromagnetic radiation interference. In this paper, a new method to enhance the anti-jamming capability of electronic devices is presented, named active electromagnetic protection...
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Influence of subgrade defects on vibrational characteristics of ballastless track subgrade of high-speed railway

Qiyun Wang, Hongbin Zeng, Tingwei Jiang
In order to analyze influence of subgrade defects on the dynamic characteristics of ballastless track subgrade, a three-dimensional finite element model of the CRTSâ…¡ ballastless slab track subgrade was establisbed, vertical vibrational displacement and acceleration of sugrade were calculated in consideration...
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Catalytic Oxidation Desulfurization over PTA-dispersed MIL-101 under Mild Conditions

Yong Liu, Jian-Fei Bai, Xiao-Hong Yin, Hong-Tao Duan, Yan-Fei Zhang
With H2O2 as oxidant, phosphotungstic acid (PTA) was used as heterogeneous oxidation desulfurization catalyst via immobilizing on porous MIL-101. By combining the catalytic activity of PTA with the adsorption property of supporter MIL-101, 91.2% of dibenzothiophene (DBT) in model fuel has been removed....

Research on Application of Circuit Simulation Software in Electronic Technology Teaching

Haifeng Liu, Ruili Mao
Simulation technology makes the analysis of electronic circuits can be accurately and quickly completed in the computer. On the one hand it overcomes the limitations of laboratory components and instruments, on the other hand it also broke the time and space constraints. This paper describes the application...

The Comparison of 'Rewriting' of Howard Goldblatt & Andre Lefevere's Translation Thoughts

Chunhua Shen
This paper illustrates firstly the importance of the study of rewriting studies, and then respectively takes a closer look at the basic content of Lefevere's rewriting thoughts and Goldblatt's rewriting thoughts and then comparing their different views on rewriting thoughts. In the end, the paper gives...
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Analysis on Development of Overseas Soldier Power

Yu-lin Zhu, Li-fu Cheng, Jun Wang, Xiao-ming Wan, Hao Zhang
With the growing popularity of soldier information equipment, the requirement for electric power supporting individual soldier combat increases. Now available power sources such as alkaline battery and lithium battery may not meet the demands any longer, and the contradiction between supply and demand...
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The simulation of transient braking force effects for disc brake caliper bench test machine

Ming-Hsiung Ho, Chih-Yi Chang, Pin-Ning Wang
This study analyses a disk braking caliper bench testing machine under braking conditions, to testify its structure characteristics. The analyzed objects include rotating axes and six counterweights. The first step is to use the design software SolidWorks to build axis and counterweights models. Next,...

An Empiric Study in the Effectiveness of Student Training Based on Organizational and Pedagogical Conditions of Mobile Learning

Aleksandr Volodin, Natalia Bondarenko, Andrei Volodin
The paper reports on the contents of the empirical research on the evaluation of the effectiveness of the student training based on organizational and pedagogical conditions of the mobile learning. We specify the stages and the content of the experiment as well as its conditions and sampling. The sample...

The Communicative Means of Music and the Ways of Its Reproduction The Historical and Analytical Aspect

Alexander Yakoupov
The article is dedicated to the consideration of the communicative music means, their kinds in the context of historical aspect of the ways of music reproduction. The author follows the chronology of the development of communication means – from the non-writing to the electronic and mechanical. In the...
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Chinese Handwriting Signature Identification techniques

Yongjian Zhao
Chinese handwriting signature is a useful biological feature for identity verification. This paper presents a hybrid signature identification method. Applying wavelet transform to each stroke of signature, reliable signature characteristic is extracted. Subsequently, a desirable classifier is introduced...

Entrepreneurial Ability Training of the Economics Management Students Under the Condition of Virtual Simulation

Lin Bai, Xia Yang
Great importance is attached to the college students’ entrepreneurial ability, which has become a promote college talent training quality and education level demands of the Times and development connotation. College students' entrepreneurial ability training ways have been proposed which consist of the...

The Translation of Addressing System in the Movie Subtitle “Yowis Ben”

Alfi Rahmawati, Teguh Setiawan
Every language has its own addressing system, including Javanese and Indonesian language. The media play an important role in showing the differences in these language systems. One of the medias exhibiting this language phenomenon is a movie which uses two languages: source language (utterances) and...

The Rise of Noncommunicable Diseases in Kenya: An Examination of the Time Trends and Contribution of the Changes in Diet and Physical Inactivity

Edward Michieka Onyango, Benjamin Moranga Onyango
Pages: 1 - 7
This study examined correlations of historical changes in diet and physical inactivity with the rise of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Kenya. Historical data on diet, wage jobs by industry, urbanization, gross domestic product (GDP), and morbidity due to NCDs were extracted from Kenya Statistical...
Research Article

Infrastructure, trade facilitation, and network connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa☆,☆☆

Ben Shepherd
Pages: 1 - 22
This paper uses new measures of value added in exports in two sectors (textiles and clothing, and agriculture) to examine the linkages between trade facilitation and infrastructure on the one hand, and value chain participation on the other. It applies network analysis methods to derive a summary measure...
Research Article

The consequences of Brexit for Africa: The case of the East African Community☆

Andrew Mold
Pages: 1 - 17
How will Brexit impact on Africa? This paper looks at the available empirical evidence and carries out a Computable General Equilibrium simulation, focusing particularly on the prospects for the East African Community (EAC). The paper makes three main points. First, while the direct impacts through investment,...

The Innovative Activity of Russian Business in the Conditions of Macroeconomic Instability

A.M. Koroleva, M.M. Makhmudova
The article identifies the role of innovations in the economic development of a state and a region during innovative development transformation. Regional and industry differentiation by companies' innovative activity level is analysed. Priority areas of innovative activity development in pioneer businesses...
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Software package for optimum design of rice maps

Mihail Korobochkin, Elena Dmitrieva
In order to solve the problems of optimal division of rice irrigation map into checks, “RIS” software package was developed which implements dynamic programming methods and works on the basis of Windows operating system. The algorithm of design block operation is described based on a dynamic programming...

Provision of psychological safety of younger pupils of cadet classes

Irina Baeva, Lyudmila Shakhova
The author's approach to ensuring psychological safety in the educational process is presented. Cadet classes place increased demands on the capabilities and resources of the child, therefore the task of accompanying these educational programs from the point of view of ensuring the psychological safety...

Multimodality in English-Indonesian Intersemiotic Translation

Januarius Mujiyanto
Translation has been a part of applied linguistics which commonly focuses on verbal rendering. Language elements are explored to produce a number of concepts about equivalence, non-equivalence, and untranslatability. The text turns out not only in the form of verbal language but also non-verbal images...

Gurda Motif in the Hindu-Buddhist and Islamic Period in Java

Aan Sudarwanto, Sri W., Dharsono
The article that discusses Garuda bird on Hindu-Buddhist era and Islamic times aims to reveal more depth about how Garuda's position and role in Javanese cultural perspective. In addition, to know the forms of Garuda and its application from the Hindu-Buddhist era and its transition into the Islamic...

The Dynamic of Gambyong Pangkur Dance Moves

Indriyanto Indriyanto, Wahyu Lestari
The Gambyong Pangkur dance shows its performance dunamic through its moves and music. This research aims to discover how this dynamic of Gambyong Pangkur dance performance through dance moves is. The obtained data are the qualitative ones in the form of Gambyong Pangkur dance move description. To figure...

Equality in Education and Employment for Sustainable Development of Diverse Indonesia: Enhancing Equal Opportunity, Volunteerism, and Philanthropy

Peter Suwarno
While Indonesia prides it self on its diverse population, diversity can also create disparity in educational access and success among students, generating gaps of participation among people of different economic, gender, and geographical backgrounds. Studies show that inequality can lead to tension,...

Implementation of corporate information system at the companies of knowledge-intensive activities

E.Yu Vinogradova, A.I. Galimova
The article considers the problem of the need for an innovative process of transformation of the modern economy. The authors developed a corporate information system of management with new characteristics. The existing system of financial and budget planning at the micro level has outlived its usefulness...

Assessment of Efficiency of the Innovative Hub by Means of Algorithms of the Indistinct Output

D. B. Solovev
In article, reasons for feasibility of formation of an innovative hub are given in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia, through collaboration of innovative, research and development and scientific and educational infrastructure of the region. The factors influencing overall performance of an innovative...
Proceedings Article

The Effect of Low Ventilation to Thermal Condition in Cathedral Church

Augi Sekatia, Erni Setyowati, Gagoek Hardiman, Bangun Harsritanto
Building designs that are being prioritized today are sustainable architecture and green architecture. The designs can reduce the energy consumption that has a positive impact on climate. Actually, the design of such buildings has started since the Dutch colonial era. Buildings from that era are very...

The Key Theory of the Design Planning of Creative Products and Its Applied Research

Bao Yan
At present, the creative industry has achieved rapid development, and the design planning of creative products is pivotal to ensure the sustainable development of this industry. A variety of key theories have been produced in the development of creative products, and to analyze these key theories and...

Performance Assessment Student with Special Needs. Indonesian Sambal Competence in Inclusive Vocational School

Asep Maosul, Ana Ana, Ai Nurhayati, Rita Patriasih
Learning outcomes assessment system for students with special needs in Indonesia has been equated with students without other special needs, Assessment of children with special needs in developed countries is carried out thoroughly adjusted to the uniqueness of students, Vocational Teachers culinary...

Study on Performance Evaluation on Supply Chain System of Manufacturing Enterprises Based on AHP-DEA Model

Qian Ming, Zhijun Feng
A typical manufacturing enterprise supply chain system is a complex system, which is composed of interconnected subsystems. The efficiency of resource allocation, operation characteristics and coordination degree of between subsystems in different subsystems has a great impact on the overall performance...