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Background: The evidence that the combination of elastic and weight resistance training acutely affects or improves resultant responses to conduit artery function is anecdotal. The aim of this study was to examine brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) before and after acute exercise when performed...

Background: Resistance training postures trigger different results on endothelial function: however, the acute effect of resistance training on upper body muscle in active and inactive persons is inconclusive. The present study aimed to investigate the acute effects of 2 different types of upper body...

Background: Water pipe (WP) tobacco smoking is gaining wide popularity among young and middle aged males and females. Aim of the work: The aim of this study was to evaluate the immediate effect of 1st pipe water smoking on brachial Flow mediated dilatation% (FMD%) and Nitrate mediated dilatation% (NMD%)...

Background: Incretine hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) causes dose-dependent relaxation of the thoracic aorta of rats and other arteries via nitric oxide (NO), cAMP and ATP-sensitive potassium channels, however, through a mechanism not thoroughly described. Hereby we aimed to determine the mediators...

The original purpose for recording brachial blood pressure (BP) more than 100 years ago was to estimate central (aortic) BP. While high brachial BP is an important cardiovascular risk factor, it is clear that major differences in central systolic BP (SBP; e.g. >30 mmHg) can occur among people with...

This article examines how the practice of film adaptation, primarily the adaptation of novels into film, has been discussed in Indonesian media discourse since the first occurrences of the practice. As such, it applies a library research approach to review a range of literature related to adaptation...

The millennium era which is marked by the rapid progress and development of technology should be utilized as well as possible so that it will have a positive impact on various aspects of human life, especially in the field of education. E-Learning is a website-based learning media technology providing...

This research is a descriptive qualitative research. The purpose of this research is to analyze the learning tools of mathematics at SMK. Methods in this research are the interviews, observations, and giving a detailed questionnaire. The results of this research indicate that: (1) learning mathematics...

Within the late of 1980s to the early 1990s, a myriad of films containing Holocaust were produced. One of which was Schindlers’ List. The depiction of eeriness of holocaust was wrapped in a scantily flawed film, subtly permeated into people’s minds. The filmmaker spreads their power, asking for people’s...

Indian culture is inseparably linked with philosophy and religion. The art of ritual, no matter how complex and symbolic it may be, is based on the religious and philosophical tradition and strictly consistent with its main goal. In this article we consider the features of initiation of the pancasamskara...

Education promotes people's success through employment (entrepreneurship) after entering the workplace by promoting people's knowledge and skills. For the poor people, effective poverty alleviation through education can effectively cut off intergenerational transmission of poverty. Among the various...

China has always adhered to the policy of opening to the outside world, and sought to work with other countries to push the economic globalization. On one hand, it should intensify the efforts of “bringing in”. On the other hand, it should pick up the pace of “going out”. When the “going out” enterprises...

The positive impact of globalization, the increasing progress of science and technology, such as biological science and information technology. The advancement of science and technology will give birth to creative people who can produce innovative products, such as in the field of bioinformatics so they...

The development of information technology in Indonesia is inevitable, people are increasingly easy to get information, especially with the presence of internet that able to complete the mass media Indonesia. Internet has the ability to form a very wide public space, as a result of the earth seems to...

The objective of this research is to study of effect of emotional quotient, academic loyalty, and interpersonal communication on lecturers’ performance of Mulawarman University Samarinda. The data of this research were collected through the use of questionnaire filled out by 130 lecturers chosen randomly...

Reviewing the information diffusion in the probabilistic space, in this paper, we proposed the information diffusion on the geospatial space. With the help of background data as the medium, we can use the suggested method to supplement incomplete data to make it complete. The information diffusion in...

Law No. 4 of 2009 on Minerals and Coal constitutes the legal basis of mining business activities in Indonesia, in which case foreign companies shall be subject to the provisions of Law Number 13 Year 2016 regarding Patents in the context of holders of mining patents. The provisions of Article 20 paragraph...

By using the data of 7 provinces, 757 administrative villages and 31615 famers in the minority regions of the Midwest, this paper investigates the relationships between Village cadres heterogeneity and poverty reduction. And we find that the age of the village cadres, ethnic identity, investment promotion,...

Vocational education is one solution to improve the quality of human resources in Indonesia. The challenge as well as the advantages for Indonesia is a large demographic area, so that the standardization of vocational education is needed. In this study, it is discussed how the perceptions of standard...

Democracy is experiencing it is worst setback since the mid-20th Century. The US magazine Foreign Affairs even posed the question in an article entitled “Is Democracy Dying?” Published on April 2018 issue, assessing the impact that exogenous factors have on liberal democracy. The exogenous factors is...

To manufacture quality products at lowest cost in industries, optimization is an effective technique which can be applied to find out the best manufacturing conditions. The objective of this research work is to examine the effect of control factors and to choose the correct settings of these factors...

Based on the fact that the debutant voters is one of the potential voters in every election and it have a big number of vote in this present democratic era. So the debutant voters is one of the main targets in any kind of political campaigneither for political party or the candidates leaders in the election,...

On the basis of single factor experiment, orthogonal test method for 2-α hydroxy for optimizing the extraction technology of ursolic acid, choose L9 (34) orthogonal experiment was carried out to 2-α hydroxy yield of ursolic acid as index, at room temperature (25 øC) under ultra-high pressure, holding...

A good piece of academic writing is achieved through hard work and dedication. The hard work and dedication require the academic writing basic knowledge mastery. Yet, this is not an easy task for university students. This conceptual paper proposes how to model academic writing for university students...

Since the popularization of colleges digitization, the traditional ideological and political education can not meet the needs of college students. It is urgent to carry out ideological and political education with the times by the means of computer network. It is necessary and urgent to carry out the...

Translation is one transferring one language to another language by using process of changing source language (SL) into target language (TL). Translation is the changing of one language into other language. The translation needs process in transmitting of language, such as word, phrase, or sentence....

The major goal is to provide the understanding on how important the role of family in young children's mental health.The condition of family plays an important role in children's development, especially on their mental health development. Based on previous studies, mental health in early childhood is...

Since the terrorist attacks in several countries in Europe, little is known about how Muslims, as a minority group, in Netherlands and Germany cope with the challenges associated with engaging their religious practices in a predominantly nonIslamic context. This study aims to investigate how Indonesian...

Z Generation is a generation born and grows up with the internet. Generation Z requires a learning model that is more than traditional learning. This study aims to develop a learning model for the Z-generation learners, which is called Technologically Responsive Reflective Learning. There are two main...

Daily eating habit of teenagers is usually described by knowledge and perception based on their family culture/heritage or education experience or social life. This research studies about how the knowledge and perception of teenagers describe their daily eating habit. Staple food is a group of food to...

Global teams need to know how to be successful in effective communication. Global leaders or international students should be able to manage diverse international teams. The paper reveals information into some communication theories and discusses their today's applicability. Technological advancement...

This paper is a concern with human security, women matters, and the Sustainable Development Goals numbered 5. The United Nations addressing gender equality and empower all women and girls in SDGs 5 that must be implemented and achieved by all its members in their countries, including Indonesia. Since...

In recent decades, new forces, such as China, Russia and Brazil, have emerged in the international contemporary art market as part of the creative economy. At the same time the art market is becoming more visible globally, with the same art galleries and the same artists can be exhibited in different...

This study aimed to determine the validity, the practicality, and the effectiveness on the development of learning tools using software of Mind Maple Lite metacognition-based on meta lesson nutrition science. This research was 4-D model from Thiagarajan by using the intact-group comparison design on...

The main objective of this research was to depict school as professional learning community (PLC) as a way of continuous professional development (CPD). In this research, case study is used with 4 stages namely: (1) pre-field; (2) field work; (3) data analysis, and (4) evaluation and reporting. The findings...

This study aims to design scientific learning model characteristics to increase student's mastery of concepts of physical education and health teacher training and education science faculty. Course semester V on Nutrition Science II. The study was conducted over 10 weeks. The Study process was recorded...

In recent years, the Buddhist practice of mindfulness has become the subject of research in the cognitive sciences and a potent tool in clinical psychology and counseling. While Buddhism, itself, is the subject of countless studies in the social sciences and histories of religion, there is a surprisingly...

In the trading operation of dynamic portfolio insurance, TIPP (Time Invariant Portfolio Protection), when adjusting active assets, only considers the scale of asset of that time regardless of how market trend proceeds. In other words, TIPP is clumsy in evading loss and pursuing profits. This study makes...

Abstract—Lean premixed combustion offers a practical approach for the reduction of NOx emissions, but increases the risk of lean burn blow out (LBO) in gas turbines. Flame behavior in terms of stability is simulated in a model gas turbine combustor burning aviation kerosene at atmospheric pressure. The...

This paper presents a neural network enhanced stereo vision obstacle detection and avoidance system for unmanned ground vehicle. In this paper, we build a neural network to learn the mapping for the left image to the right image under the assumption of a flat road. Using the trained neural network we...

This research aims to explain the typical rationale design of mathematics education research for a teacher to become a specialist in teaching mathematics. The structure shows learning environment as a natural way to address the teachers in their primary role and as the approach for effectively improving...

Gas turbine cogeneration or combined heat and power is an efficiency in generating electricity while utilizing hot exhaust gases to generate steam in HRSG. The facility has significant risk in operation, need to comprehensively risk analysis and carry out of mitigation. Comprehensive risk analysis of...

Institutional trade barriers constitute substantial constraints for a number of exporters and importers. These barriers are multidimensional and they impede trade flows and trade performance of many developing countries, including African countries. In particular, the International Trade Centre through...

Every language learners are necessary to master four language skills, such as listening, speaking, and reading. This study focus on writing skill. Writing skill in Higher Education is given in the early semester of lectures, with the hope that learners will soon master writing and eventually will be...

This study aims to determine the effect of the use of E-learning on the competence of doing work using a lathe on students of Mechanical Engineering Education UNNES. The type of E-learning used is Google Classroom which is a product of Google for Education. In addition to knowing the effect on student...

This article aims to provide a critical picture of the great design of character education in Kendari. The aspects that are explored: 1) the vision of character education based on Islamic religious values; 2) mission of character education based on Islamic religious values; 3) character education programs...

This research aims to utilize nanogold and nanosilver to treat herpes disease which suddenly appeared in one of the Islamic cottage schools. How this happened is not a study this time. Nanogold has activity to increase cell proliferation and collagen biosynthesis. Nanogold also has antioxidant activity....

The focus of this research is to provide an explanation of how the digital workplace can help to promote gender equality in the organization. We conduct interviews with 4 managers and 8 selected woman on different organization regarding expected condition at the workplace. In the Organization perspective,...

This study aims to explain how Japanese entrepreneurs achieve success and replicable benefits in entrepreneurial activities. Data for this study was gathered through observations on articles and books. This study used a qualitative method. As a nation that experienced a war defeat, Japan has similarities...

Background: Central blood pressure values and arterial stiffness have demonstrated to be a useful tool to stratify cardiovascular risk and also as a biomarker. A question that is still unanswered is if hypertension treatment guided by central blood pressure parameters will be even better to promote cardiovascular...