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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...

The article considers possibility of ensuring positive dynamics of territorial development through arrangement of favorable tax conditions for business activities. The authors give a quantitative estimate of reaction of the Russian small enterprises to reduction of a tax rate. By the aid of the ordinary...

As the backbone of ideological and political education, college counselors play an indispensable role in personnel training. On the basis of the literature analysis and previous studies, the paper puts forward strategies for improving the professional quality of college counselors. The author proposes...

Early Childhood Education in Indonesia is mostly oriented to intellectual intelligence, and does not maximize children’s creativity. Although there are already art centers as a place for young children to learn art, but the learning strategies at these art centers are still conventional. Whereas a reliable...

The iron and steel industry is the core industry of the ferrous metal industry and its development is related to the steady state and growth of the economy. As a world-class iron and steel conglomerate, Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Imports, produces, and consumes large amounts of iron and steel...

Aim: Type 2 diabetes (DM2) causes microvascular dysfunction (MVD). In addition, MVD can contribute to insulin resistance, predisposing to DM2. This hypothesis predicts that MVD should be present in impaired glucose metabolism (IGM; prediabetes). However, population-based studies of MVD and glucose metabolism...

Objective: To summarize the clinic experience of flexible ureteroscope in diagnosis and treatment of upper urinary tract disease. Method: From Nov 2013 to Dec 2015, 60 hematuresis cases underwent flexible ureteroscope for diagnosis and treatment of upper urinary tract. Clinical data was analyzed retrospectively....

The Lembak tribe in Rejang Lebong district in conducting the examination of their pregnancy still checks by traditional medicine (dukun). The way of traditional medicine is called by betatap. Research Objectives : To know the perception of culture perception of mourning in pregnancy and nursing care...

This study aims to determine Effect of Current Ratio, Return On Assets, Net Profit Margin, and Debt to Equity Ratio on Dividend Payout Ratio for companies listed in the LQ45 index on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2013-2018. This study uses a quantitative type of descriptive research approach, which...

Pulse and mobile internet plans distributor is one of the types of internet-integrated service-based businesses. In the 4.0 era, customer’s needs for internet-supported information increasingly grows, leading to an increase in pulse and mobile internet plans use. This condition opens an opportunity to...

Mutual funds are considered the right choice for investors who have limited time, ability, and knowledge in calculating the risk of investing. The more widely disclosed information obtained is inseparable from the application of digital technology related to the marketing strategy of mutual fund products...

Tofu waste liquid contains high levels of organic impurities, such as protein and amino acids. These organic compounds cause the tofu industrial wastewater to contain high biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), pH and total suspended solid (TSS) which can pollute the environment....

Crushed dolomite with a nominal size of 8 mm and fine quartz sand with a nominal size of 2 mm were used to produce reactive powder concrete (RPC) in this study. The compressive strength is comparable to that of standard RPC with a maximum aggregate size of less than 0.6 mm. The use of crushed dolomite...

The strong coupling of software and physical processes in the emerging field motivates the development of new methods to respond to dependability in both the cyber and physical domains. Two kinds of definitions of Cyber-Physical System (CPS) from the view of resource, service and process is presented....

Fermentation can be defined as a process of anaerobic oxidation of carbohydrate which produces alcohol and carbon dioxide. Batch fermentation is fermentation system closed, where there is no addition of new media, there are no additions (O2), antifoam, acid/alkaline pH control is done in a way. the fermentation...

As the country with the highest Moslem population, sukuk is one of the investment types that is quite a lot of interest in Indonesia. This study aimed to examine the significance, theory, and collecting empirical evidence of the determinant of sukuk rating in Indonesia with profit management as an intervening...

The study aims to test the effectiveness of group counseling using expressive writing techniques to deal with academic stress for tenth-grade students at Vocational High School 2 Depok. The research was quantitative research with a quasi-experimental research design specifically using a non-equivalent...

Since the beginning of the 21st century, artificial islands made of dredged soil and hydraulic fill from port waterways have become one of the main land uses for engineering construction. Such sites are usually located beneath deep marine silt layers, which are mostly saturated, soft plastic to flow...

Background: Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), a marker of cardiovascular disease, is modified by both blood pressure and changes in arterial wall properties. Current cfPWV measurement does not differentiate between effects of blood pressure and arterial wall properties. Animal studies show...

This study aims to determine: (1) the efforts made by the Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta to meet the two percent quota of workers with disabilities in the DKI Jakarta provincial government, especially State Civil Servants (ASN), (2) the obstacles faced in fulfilling quota two percent of workers...

Energy crisis and environmental phenomena such as climate change, natural disasters and global warming affect many countries. These are caused by the excessive exploitation of natural resources resulting in environmental damage. Economic growth and industrial activities are blamed for contributing to...

Writing is an active-productive language skill that has to be mastered by the students as a standard of knowledge about an object. But in fact, the students have not fully mastered this skill. Based on this problem, the Blogger was chosen as the media in the learning of writing, especially persuasive...

Optimation of cyanide adsorption has been done from tapioca industry liquid waste using activated sludge. This study was aimed to know the optimum condition of the adsorption process and to determine the adsorption efficiency of active sludge to cyanide contents of tapioca industry liquid waste. The...

Vegetation index analysis Transformation of the Normalized Different Vegetation Index (NDVI), Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI), and Leaf Area Index (LAI) of coffee plants based on 8 oli/tirs Landsat imagery in Bener Meriah district, Aceh Province This research used two periods to determine the level...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) represent the most prevalent mesenchymal neoplasms within the gastrointestinal tract, predominantly located in the stomach and small bowel. Rectal GISTs are uncommon, and extra-luminal presentations are exceedingly rare. Such cases may histologically resemble other...

The government of the Special Region of. Yogyakarta proposed the development of the Tempel – Yogyakarta – Samas railway line. This study aimed to determine the financial and economic feasibility. Investment costs and income were calculated for the 50 years concession period from 2024 to 2073. The financial...

Coastline of Laizhou Bay was affected by natural and anthropogenic factors and changed severely in the last 31 years. It has great significance to monitor Laizhou Bay coastline change for coastal zone protection and utilization. Based on the extraction of coastline information by selecting 8 remotely...

this paper’s study focuses on the vowels and consonants of Lhasa Tibetan, with the basic voice parameters, it is found that there is high relevance among the fundamental frequency(F0),open quotient (OQ) and speed quotient (SQ)of the 8 monophthongs which are in the V,CV and VC 3 types. Among the 3 types,...

Based on statics assumption and simplifications, the force and failure mode of deepwater long-line rope aquaculture facility system were analyzed, and maximum tensions of the mooring rope in the system in different sea wave heights (1~7m) were calculated to compared to its break strength and mooring...

The 2013 curriculum in Indonesia encourages educators to provide technology embedded learning activities. Blended learning is a learning method that combines face-to-face activity and ICT-based learning through several learning sources from internet in order to assist pupils to learn certain topics easily....

Sekolah Ramah Anak (SRA) or child-friendly school (CFS) is a formal, non-formal, and informal education which will guarantee, fulfill and respect children's rights and protect children from violence and discrimination. CFS attempts to realize the fulfillment of children’s rights and protection for 8...

Children with autism have the difficulty expressing affection in the way children without autism do. Children with autism have difficulty in understanding language and verbal communication. The development of speech and communication skills of children with autism differs from children without autism...

Background: Nigella Sativa (NS) induced vasorelaxation of aortic rings upon direct exposure has been documented in literature. This study was conducted to determine whether 8 weeks Nigella Sativa supplementation and/or exercise training may alter vascular sensitivity of rat aorta in normal, healthy rats. Methods:...

The background of the problem in this research is the teaching materials used have not been able to fulfil the needs of the exposition writing process. Therefore, a module need to be developed as one of the teaching materials to solve these problems. The purpose of this study was aimed at describing...

The end of a romantic relationship may impact an individual, one of which is low self-esteem that causes the individual to feel difficult, hesitant, and reluctant to start another relationship with a new partner. It also can affect the psychological well-being of the individual. Self-esteem is one crucial...

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven the incidence of poverty. However, how the pandemic affects the poverty gap is less studied. This study analyzes the poverty gap in urban and rural of Indonesia during the pandemic. The research uses secondary data published by Statistics Indonesia for 2019 and 2020,...

To control the quality of Ginseng medicinal fungal substance which is a new bidirectional compound fermentation of Ganoderma strains and Ginseng herbs, a simple and reliable method of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was developed for fingerprint analysis. The fingerprint of Ginseng medicinal...

A genetic algorithm is presented for searching optimization parameters in the factorization matrices in linear-phase filter banks. The genetic algorithm is combined with the simplex algorithm to accelerate the design process. The newly algorithm alleviates the problem of being trapped in local minimums,...

Fe-Al alloys with different Al contents were prepared with commercially pure Fe and Al in a vacuum induction furnace. The hardness of the Fe-Al alloys with different Al content and heat treatments was measured using a Vickers-hardness tester of HVS-5, applying a load of 9.8 N and keeping for 8 s. In...

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are expected to have a great potential to reduce the GHG emissions across society, however limited data on actual reductions have been published so far. Based on available data on real GHG emission reductions realized by different ICT solutions, this paper...

The optimism surrounding aid for trade (AfT) led scholars and practitioners to probe its link with trade performance of aid-recipient countries in Africa. In the absence of formal evaluation guidelines, most previous studies, using aggregate data, have looked into the impacts of AfT on exports and imports...

This study aimed to identify the prophetic values of Islam to find indicators that can be used as a reference in the development of the assessment instrument of teacher's personality competence. This study was written using the method of inductive content analysis.From the results of this study it was...

The aim of this research is to describe the meaning types in the Easy English video. This research is a qualitative research because the researcher analyzed the data in written form. The data of the research are interviewee’s utterances about what they know about Germany in Easy English video. The data...

The extraction of Zhaotong lignite in Yunnan province was studied by using organic solvent 1- methyl -2- (NMP) and CS2 mixed solvent as extraction solvent. The effects of solvent ratio, rotation speed, coal particle size and extraction times on the extraction rate were investigated by multi - factorial...

The purpose of this research is to explain the role of perceived teaching quality as a mediator variable that affects student satisfaction. Data was obtained from 180 lecturers and 600 students from 6 state and private universities in Indonesia. The sampling technique used was multistage sampling. The...

This research aims to determine the teachers’ perceptions of the implementation of the academic supervision of Middle School supervisors in Bengkulu city covering three aspects: attitude, cognitive, and psychomotor aspects. This research is descriptive qualitative research using interview, observation,...

The present study investigated the supplementation effects of ground cassava (GC) and cassava leaves (CL) with different ratios on digestibility of rice straw (RS) based-diet using in vitro technique. Two stages of in vitro ruminal digestibility were prepared and applied with different dietary treatments...

This research was conducted to determine the potential of the aquifer layer in Toga village. The research used the Schlumberger configuration type obstacle geoelectric method by taking 4 measurement points. Data processing was carried out using progress software and combined with Corel draw for the results...

To enhance the efficiency of bridge pre-cast construction, this study elucidates the benefits of steam curing by analyzing the effects of different curing regimes on the mechanical properties, durability and pore structure of concrete. The findings indicate that steam curing can markedly enhances the...

Background: The study of wave reflections in the carotid artery may reveal the vasoactive response of the cerebral circulation to exercise, which is not yet fully characterised. Therefore, we aim to examine the effect of exercise on wave intensity parameters measured in the carotid artery of healthy...