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In this paper, the TC4 titanium matrix composite were fabricated by melting-casting process, the composite was reinforced with different content of B ranging from 0.2wt% to 1.0wt%. The microstructure and mechanical properties of as-cast TC4/B titanium matrix composite were investigated. The results indicate...

This research focuses on the making of batik motifs for elementary school children with artistic and aesthetic as the main points in children’s education when making batik. This research is importants because (1) discusses the power of arts in educational disciplines that uses aesthetic and cultural...

Introduction: Both Type II Diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension have been associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and linked to impairments in micro- and macrocirculation. However, previous studies examining micro- and macrocirculation in DM mainly include patients with comorbid...

With the development of economy, the level of science and technology has improved greatly. People’s demand of the Internet information is increasing in their daily work and life, so people’s demand of the Internet technology is even higher. The current mobile Internet technology is developing, as a result...

The issue of exchange rate forecasting has always been a hot topic, and with the increasingly close relationship between the UK and Chinese import and export trade, the GBP/CNY exchange rate has received increasing attention. Forecasting the GBP/CNY can help trading companies on both sides to effectively...

Background: Augmentation index (AIx) serves as an independent predictor of cardiovascular events and mortality. It is often clinically used as a measure of arterial stiffness and reflections, a practice that was recently challenged. In this work, we sought to investigate the association between AIx and...

Although in situ denitrification has been well documented in landfills, few studies have paid attention on the denitrifier in landfills who dominates this process. In this study, a strain P-1-5 was isolated from landfill by Pseudomonas selecting medium and identified as Pseudomonas stutzeri by 16S rRNA...

This paper presents a wideband variable gain amplifier (VGA) applied to 60GHz millimeter-wave receiver with an operating frequency from DC to 1.08GHz and variable gain range from 0dB to 60dB. The entire VGA consists of an 8dB fixed gain stage, a 0~48dB coarse gain control stage, a 0~12dB fine gain control...

In order to study the dynamic performance of steel frame-composite steel shear wall structure, a dynamic time-history analysis of a practical hospital buliding was carried out by using FEM software Sap2000. As a comparison, the studies on the building with reinforced concrete shear wall s and steel plate...

It is very important to develop concentrator, router, hardware and software of wireless module in networking of power information collection system. In this paper, the hardware and software of module are researched and designed in electricity information collection system based on IPv6 wireless sensor...

In this paper, stabilizing control of tracked unmanned ground vehicle in 3-D space was presented. Firstly, models of major modules of tracked UGV were established. Next, to reveal the mechanism of disturbances applied on the UGV, two kinds of representative disturbances (slope and general disturbances...

Gender equality and justice indicate that everyone should receive equal treatment and not be discriminated against based on their gender identity. Indonesian Statistic Centre reported that in August 2019 there were 70.49 million people (55.72 percent) who worked in the informal sector and were dominated...

This study examines the diffusion of agricultural technology innovations within a small-world network context, constructing a cognitive utility threshold model. Key findings indicate that technology performance significantly impacts the diffusion of agricultural innovations. Farmers’ cognitive utility...

Background and Objective: Infrared Thermal Imaging (ITI) is a noninvasive method to measure skin temperature (ST). The latter is determined by the microcirculatory blood flow and ambient temperature. Photobiostimulation has been shown to increase blood flow. The objective was to characterize the spatial...

This study aims to determine the types of errors and causes of errors made by 10th grade students of SMK Negeri 1 Pedan in writing descriptive texts. This type of research is descriptive qualitative using the error analysis method. The subjects of this study were 30 students of SMK Negeri 1 Pedan who...

China’s real estate has always been a very important driving force of China’s economy. The proportion of real estate investment in GDP increased from 5% in 1995 to more than 13% in 2019, of which more than 70% was used for residential construction. Real estate not only accounts for 23% of household consumption...

This study focuses on the issue of improving the financing efficiency of small and medium-sized enterprises under the background of digital finance. In view of the problems of poor financing and inefficient resource allocation in the traditional financial system, this study proposes to use the level...

In this world humans rule, exploit and explore. Human power becomes the center or focus of all life activities in the world. As subjects, people have interests in this world and demands that need to be fulfilled or fulfilled. Whether in the past, the present, or the future, from birth to death, people...

In 2011, the Ministry of Education approved 5 private colleges and universities including Beijing City College to set up master's program, which is a substantial breakthrough in the development of higher education. After over 30 years of construction and development, a number of famous schools with a...

Purpose: Referral to surgery in thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) is based on maximal diameter (Dmax) measured from imaging, which is known to have a high diagnosis failure rate. In addition to geometry, 4D flow MRI provides a comprehensive time-resolved flow imaging. Thus, our aim was to evaluate the...

Background: Calibration of carotid artery tonometry waveforms needs to account for pulse pressure augmentation [1]. Due to its location nearer to the heart, carotid pulse pressure (carPP) is about 10 mmHg lower than brachial (brachPP) [1]. In practice, perfect applanation is hard to achieve with tonometry...

With the rapid iterative upgrade of digital economy and internet plus, online shopping experience has been more and more widely accepted and loved by the public. Especially in the case of public health events such as COVID-19 outbreak, e-commerce transaction has become the mainstream format. This paper...

Herding Effects fluctuate the capital market and affect the stability of the market. This paper aims to evaluate whether the herding effect exists in Chinese stock market or not. First of all, we introduces the definition, classification, and reasons of the herding effect and the possible impact on the...

Objective: White coat hypertension/effect (WCH/E) describes an elevated clinic blood pressure (BP) with normal daytime ambulatory BP (ABPM) values. It is not clear whether WCH/E is associated with adverse vascular risk. This study aimed to determine the relationship between WCH/E and arterial stiffness...

The aims of this research was to understand comprehensively the influence of extra feeding activities toward independence children (Experiment in student class I at SDN Pejaten Barat, South Jakarta, 2013).The method used in this study is the experimental method with Children independence as the main...

Objective: International guidelines advocate conservative management of post-stroke white coat hypertension. The aims of this study were to investigate; i) does WCH/E result in increased stroke risk? and ii) is WCH/E associated with surrogate markers of cardiovascular risk? Methods: The Arterial Stiffness...

Human capital plays an important role in the development of social industry. High-quality skilled personnel are the basis for innovation in industry. At present, it is difficult to balance the supply and demand for human capital in the industrial application. The main reason is just difficult for the...

Energy is one of the energy used in the form of human life. Provide electricity power system includes a number of electrical equipment, part of the equipment in case of failure, will endanger the security of the entire power system. According to the statistical analysis, the power system more than 60%...

One of the most important indices which are used in FACTS devices placement are indices related to network security and its vulnerability. On this basis, objective function consisting of vulnerability indices of generators, lines and bus bars presented and placement is done simultaneously and non-simultaneously....

This paper selects several major stock indices from Europe, America and Asia, and analyze their data from September 1, 2006 to September 30, 2013 based on the MF-DFA (Multi-Fractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis) method, carry out Hurst exponent and multi-fractal spectrum analysis respectively, and revealed...

When domestic wastewater was treated by biological contact oxidation on soft packer and Bio-Filter process, the removal effects of COD/TN/NH3-N and TP were discussed at different C/N and loading in the paper. Further more the combined processing of biological contact oxidation and Bio-Filter were studied....

While online product reviews are valuable sources of information to facilitate consumers’ purchase decisions, it is deemed meaningful and important to distinguish helpful reviews from unhelpful ones for consumers fac-ing huge amounts of reviews nowadays. Thus, in light of review classification, this...

Wellness and healthiness depend on physiology if no illness exists in the body. As a treatment either in healthy or sick state, we suggest that sauna exposure could be good for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention, especially heart and brains arteries. We measured by our photoplethysmographic (PPG)...

Research the pyrolysis kinetics of eucalyptus and the absorption band and characteristic peaks of volatile pruducts under the heating rate 10?•min-1, 30?•min-1, 60?•min-1respectively. The experimental results show that eucalyptus pyrolysis process can be divided into 3 stages: moisture volatilizes stage,...

Background: The MOMENTUM3 trial1 has revealed superiority of the novel HeartMate3 (HM3) left ventricular assist device (LVAD) compared with the HM2, with a significantly reduced occurrence of cerebrovascular accidents. Thus, cerebral autoregulation may be improved in HM3 compared with HM II patients,...

The first three-dimensional potential energy surface (PES) of Si-H2 system is calculated by the coupled cluster singles-and-doubles with noniterative inclusion of connected triple [CCSD (T)] level of theory. The computations involve full counterpoise corrections and large basis sets including midbond...

Kumbh Mela is the largest pilgrim gathering in India, with millions of people attending from different countries. This paper conducted a bibliometric analysis of Kumbh Mela literature for the time span of 2000 to 2024. It analyzed data from 163 publications retrieved from the Scopus and Web of Science...

Seawater Intrusion is that seawater or saltwater intrude into the continent along the aquifer . Under the effects of the natural and artificial factors, the hydrodynamic conditions of aquifer in the coastal area has been changed ,which break the equilibrium between the seawater and the freshwater, hence...

Law becomes an inseparable part of people’s lives, this results in legal systems and norms in society itself. The purpose of the existence of a legal system and legal norms is to uphold and regulate the balance between personal interests and common interests to avoid a conflict. The quality of legal...

The manufacture of clothing always produces waste that will damage the environment, because the time needed to decompose waste is 20–50 years. The most appropriate solution to dealing with clothing waste is to introduce Zerowaste fashion. Related to this, it is necessary to make learning media about...

Tourism Supply Chain (TSC) becomes an important issue when dealing with the sustainability of a tourist destination. Since a tourist destination has to collaborate; coordinate; and build partnership with suppliers; TSC plays a major role in achieving long-term success amidst highly competitive market....

As fresh water resources are increasingly scarce, water-saving technologies are quite important for power plant in water leaking area. Conventional techniques for saving water in power plant include air-cooled condensers (ACCs) of power generating units, air-cooling of auxiliary cooling water, dry ash...

The article mainly discusses the investment of pension savings in China, which is an essential topic due to the aging problem in China. The assets in the portfolio are INTC, TXN, XLP and BRSVX, determined by the asset categories and risk diversification. To simulate the change in pension savings, exchange...

As a special social group, college teachers have very distinctive characteristics. They are highly educated, especially young teachers, and usually have a master's or doctoral degree. University teachers are the main body of the university and the main human resources of the university. William James,...

Introduction: Systolic blood pressure (SBP) does not always amplify from central to peripheral arteries. Individuals without SBP amplification (SBPamp) have higher aortic blood pressure (BP) despite similar brachial cuff SBP. To circumvent this discrepancy, the aim of this study was to determine if aortic...

Acute inflammation increases the risk of cardiac and cerebrovascular events, potentially associated with altered hemodynamic load. Wave reflection at the aorta and carotid artery can contribute to central hemodynamic load and provide insight into downstream changes in vascular tone. Acute inflammation...

This study aims to explain the results of performance test from chili dryers with greenhouse effect system based on solar panel. The performance test methods carried out by an experiment. The experimental process was carried out by comparing two samples (with initial mass was 200g) dried in a dryer (experiment)...

The two basic value embodiments to guarantee the procedural law are reflected in its fairness and efficiency. The efficiency function of procedural law can improve the jurisdiction efficiency effectively, which is the both the character of procedural law itself, and the basic rule to implement the effect...

This study aimed to identifiy the problems faced by schools, principals, teachers in Inclusive Vocational High School, to determine the needs of inclusive Vocational High School in Yogyakarta. This research employed a descriptive method to identify teacher problems in the real context. The data gathered...

Using the method of accelerating GRC ageing, the effects of waste concrete and fly ash on flexural Strength and durability of GRC were researched. The results show that the durability of GRC can be improved to some extent when 30% of natural sand in GRC was replaced by waste concrete, but the improvement...