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Objective: The relationship between sodium consumption, central BP and the main dietary sources of daily sodium intake in adolescence has been poorly explored. We have evaluated sodium intake, central and peripheral BP in a population of Italian adolescents. Methods: 401 healthy adolescents aged 17±1...

The Cognitive Development Methods is a course that is quite difficult for students of the ECE study program at Universitas Terbuka who are required to be able to learn independently. Therefore, improvements are needed to learning materials to make it easier for students to achieve the expected competencies....

Completely different from existing computer games, CrazyCartoon system creates a blending of real (hand-drawn map by a player) and virtual (digital game) scene based on mobileAR technology, which enables players to customize the game strategies freely, such as the level switch and turrets' defensive...

There has never been as much interest in business models as there is today. A good business model is very important not only for a company but also for an educational institution. Based on the literatures review and the analyses of the education industry condition in China, this paper proposed a new...

This paper analyzes the existing experimental teaching development mode of economics and management, pointing out that such experimental teaching of economics and management in research universities cannot fully meet the demand of rapid development of social economy for the training of economic management...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the level of tourist satisfaction with the implementation of “Sapta pesona” in Blimbingsari Tourism Village. In addition, it is also to find out what are the top priorities that need to be improve and maintained in order to increase tourist satisfaction while they...

This article discusses how women, especially young women, utilize their free time. There are some interesting things related to the body practices carried out by girls to reconstruct their subjectivity. Body practices are studied and used as part of feminist bodywork in the context of girls’ recreational...

Reinforced soil retaining walls have been widely adopted in China’s expressway and high-speed railway subgrade projects due to their superior performance, cost-effectiveness, and environmental benefits. To address insufficient anchorage length caused by spatial constraints during construction—a critical...

Background: Heart rate (HR) is directly associated to central-to-peripheral pulse wave amplification. We aimed at evaluating the associations between heart rate and each BP component in a cohort of healthy adolescents. Objective: 470 healthy adolescents (17±1.4 years, 56% boys, brachial BP 123/67±11/7...

Let Epn be the n-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space of index p and M(n, p) the group of all transformations of Epn generated by pseudo-orthogonal transformations and parallel translations. We describe the system of generators of the differential field of all M(n, p)-invariant differential...

Three-dimensional reconstruction is used to get more detailed information on the current scenes such as the overlook of a city or a car. The process of reconstruction is based on binocular vision system. In this paper we apply binocular vision to quadrotors. As a result, more information is obtained...

This study was aimed at introducing a model of media literacy education to identify and respond to hoaxes to avoid potential conflicts threatening the unity in diversity in Indonesia. The data were derived from middle and high school teachers at eLKISI Islamic Boarding School who have access to digital...

The topic of oscillation in spring and block systems in the inclined plane is fairly complex and rarely to be discussed in oscillation research topic. Apart from theoretical calculations, physical quantities in this topic can also be calculated through experiments. This research determines one of the...

The aims of this research are to determine the changes of tsunami risk in coastal area of Pacitan and to evaluate it by considering land suitability for settlement. Comparative method was used to analyse between existing risk from land use map and potential risk from land suitability for settlement map....

Executive Compensation is a critical issue today, since executives’ decisions, motivated by compensation incentives, critically affect firms’ value and stakeholders’ interest. Consistent with prior literature, we have documented a positive (negative) relationship between Vega (Delta) from executive option...

Changes in the situation, a health pandemic, and the low level of innovation among the youths threaten the sustainable development of the Subang Batik Tourism Village. Youth personality variables have a different impact on innovation adoption which can be used as a reference in designing innovative attitude...

As the digital economy enters a period of deepening applications, artificial intelligence has become an important tool for reshaping the economic structure. Based on the Web of Science core collection database, this paper conducts a systematic scientiometric analysis of 494 papers in the field of artificial...

Background: Recent studies showing an inverse association between estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), a microvascular trait, and inactive desphospho-uncarboxylated matrix Gla protein (dp-ucMGP) support the hypothesis that after vitamin K dependent activation MGP is renoprotective, but were limited...

Power flow diagram is an important tool of modern Energy Management System (EMS) for system operators to schedule the operation and maintenance plan, examine security situation and dispatch in real-time. Manually creation and maintenance of power flow diagram of large scale power grid is time consuming...

Aiming at the significant demand of GEI in ultra high voltage(UHV),ubiquitous smart grid, the use of the regenerative clean energy, the paper presents a new sky-earth collaborative information communication network architecture which delivers the centralized and distributed power, wind energy, solar...

This paper, with the help of China Top Software Company case, have analyzed both the motivation and implement approaches of propping and tunneling actualized by big shareholders of China's listed companies. Propping and tunneling both are main shareholders' behavior of transferring benefits in different...

How to overcome the problem of loose organization, lack of initiative, lack of cooperation and low efficiency in the construction of the famous teacher's studio is an important issue to maintain the vitality of famous studios. “Aihua Wang studio" is the only junior high school famous chemistry teacher...

The return of overseas talents, in particular high-level overseas talents, could bring advanced theories, knowledge, technologies and experiences back to China, which, therefore, may be deemed an important channel of transnational knowledge transfer and innovation. With emphasis on high-level scholars...

A recent trend of alternative feed made from expired sausage in traditional fish farm could reduce 20%-25% of production cost. However, expired sausage suspected as hazardous food since it contains pathogenic microbes that cause a serious problem in farmed fish health and it can be carried to human health....

This study focuses on Smart Farming Innovations (SFI) of the Philippines. It is motivated by the 5th-agenda of the current Philippine President to increase agricultural and rural enterprise productivity. The study presents a strategy to lead research, development, and market of organic foods as medicine...

In view of the shortcomings of traditional pipeline detection methods such as susceptibility to external interference, low detection precision and poor accuracy, this paper adopts gyroscope 3D positioning technology to obtain high-precision detection data of the roof pipe (electric power pipeline), and...

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...

We aimed at evaluating the anthropometric and hemodynamic factors associated with central pulse pressure (cPP), peripheral pulse pressure (pPP) and central-to-peripheral PP amplification (PPamp) in healthy adolescents. We studied 459 subjects (boys 57%, 16.8 ± 1.5 y) attending the Liceo Donatelli High...

This paper proposes a procedure to extract the kinetic model from the geometric model of a fixture to reduce the modeling time and effort. Since most of the fixtures in industry follow the same kinetic mechanism, the so-called a slider-crank mechanism; this is a four-axis system of three revolute and...

The traditional construction method of a nuclear power plant is to build a factory building and a containment, and then put the key structure into the containment. From the AP1000 project, the open-top construction scheme is adopted. The open-top method can quickly hoist key structure, but the construction...

Propagation and sentiment get more attention in social network research, but there is no intuitive way for users to get information directly and quickly. In this paper, combing data analysis and sentiment analysis, we build a system to analyze the Sina Weibo data and provide the results in a visual way....

Several traditional encryption schemes have been analysed and based on the literature survey, it has been found that chaotic sequences are very much useful to create randomness. In this paper, a new encryption scheme has been proposed with two phases. In the first phase the input image is transformed...

Kit-Build concept map framework is one of the learning frameworks that involves and uses concept maps in its learning activities. The learning process that uses the Kit-Build concept map framework is called the Kit-Build method. Previously, the use of the Kit-Build concept map framework in learning is...

In order to solve the perceptual needs of consumers for products, it has a deeper spiritual connotation while satisfying the functions of products. By observing user behavior, analyzing the user’s specific motives and operation methods for using the product, discovering the experience touch points during...

This study explores the role of management at the child welfare social institution (LKSA) Al-Hikmah Ponorogo in fostering students’ independent character, focusing on the implementation and impact of a participatory supervisory model based on peer mentoring. Utilizing a descriptive qualitative approach,...

Background: Aging is associated with increased arterial stiffness and chronic low-grade inflammation. Acute inflammatory stimulus in the presence of low-grade chronic inflammation briefly increases the risk of cardiovascular events. The risk of cardiovascular events also increases substantially in older...

City commercial banks have become an important pillar of the banking system in China. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used to study the efficiency of city banks at this paper, and evaluate the effects of four indicators profitability, liquidity, security and sustainability on bank efficiency. This...

An image encryption scheme using permutation-substitution mechanism at half pixel level is proposed. One round of permutation and one round of substitution achieve desirable results. In the permutation process, the image sized is expanded to one sized . The generalized Arnold map is applied to generate...

Interactive image segmentation requires adjusting label information manually which will lead to tedious marking process. We propose an auto-marking image segmentation method. It can obtain the object prior and background prior automatically. We segment an image into superpixels (regions) and get the...

National Treasure this program has been widely praised as soon as it was launched with its exquisite costumes, props, stunt of star-keeper for national treasure, 27 top national treasures, a history-based rational and fictitious narration mode. The vogue of this kind of Relics and Museology TV program,...

To drive economic development, it is important for policy makers to have a good understanding of the linkages between imports, exports, and the rest of the economy. This is particularly true for Africa. The continent depends on exports of commodities to finance imports of manufactured goods for consumption...

Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent (DMGT) explains that every person has innate potentials that can be transformed into talent [1]. The initial construction of Managerial Aptitude Test developed to measure the three dimensions: cognitive, metacognitive, and creativity, using Classical Test...

A key component of education in the twenty-first century is creativity, which may help pupils solve challenges and change with the times. The 2015 Global Creativity Index (GCI) shows that Indonesian pupils generally have poor levels of creativity. By identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities,...

Accurate measurement of blood pressure (BP) is a critical goal for appropriate diagnosis and management of high BP. The measurement reference standard is brachial cuff BP, but recent large-scale meta-analyses show major deficiencies in the accuracy of this method. Indeed, irrespective of cuff technique...

The rapid proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies, including large language models and AI-driven decision-support systems, has fundamentally altered the organizational landscape, creating unprecedented demands on leadership capabilities. Despite growing scholarly interest...

It has been suggested that accumulation of advanced glycation end-products (AGE) is involved in several pathophysiological processes in the vessel wall. Soluble isoform of receptor for AGE (sRAGE) acts as a decoy for capturing circulating AGE, prevents them from binding to the cell-surface receptor and...

This study investigates the crucial role of Business Intelligence (BI) software and the applications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in enabling the transition of the energy sector and economic diversification in the Arab region. The study addresses gaps in prior research by critically examining...

This paper presents a new chaos-based image cipher using a plaintext-related permutation. The cat map and Lorenz system are employed to shuffle the positions of image pixels and generate the diffusion keystream, respectively. The control parameters of the cat map, i.e. the permutation key, are determined...

in a number of listed companies to choose stocks to invest in, stock-market investors are focused on the key issues. Based on Shanghai 180 index as a benchmark, net rates, earnings, municipal rates, cash flow increased four factor classification for quality, value growth three factors, construction quality-value,...

Today's world has entered the age of digital communication so that all the information is easy to find with just a little touch of a finger on a gadget. Ultimately forcing conventional media companies both print and electronics have to converge or melt into an easily accessible, internet-based format....