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The need for catalysts for effective and environmentally friendly waste degradation is increasing. Manganese oxide has a layered structure which is theoretically capable of producing catalysis properties. The synthesis was done through variation of mole ratio of precursors and time of washing. The variations...

Students are required to be able to speak publicly. The ability to speak in public will make it easier for students to convey ideas, or suggestions and become a value-added skill for them. Based on literature studies there are several factors that influence public speaking anxiety, including self-efficacy...

Local wisdom related to natural disasters mitigation has been much discussed in recent years. The occurrence of natural disasters somehow cannot be prevented, but the casualties can be minimized if the community has preparedness. Local wisdom is assessed as one way that can be used to minimize the impact...

This study employed a process targeting technique to evaluate thermodynamic, environmental and economic feasibility of the synthesis of methanol and acetic acid (AA) from waste tyres and forestry waste (pinewood waste). The results revealed that the synthesis of methanol from waste tyres and pine wood...

In this work, we studied the thermal cracking of atmospheric residue from Tamsagbulag crude oil in the presence of hydrogen donor-decalin. The oil is highly paraffinic and has high a viscosity and low yield of distillate fraction. Therefore, deep processing is necessary to increase the yield of distillate...

Synthesis of calix[4]resorcinarene derivatives and their activity as an antioxidant has been carried out. The calix[4]resorcinarene was synthesized through a condensation reaction of resorcinol, valeraldehyde, and benzaldehyde using HCl as a catalyst with ethanol as a solvent (73 ℃, 24 h). Two synthesized...

The benefits of individual learning plans (ILP) for students: (a) make decisions about their own learning style; (b) understand and how they will plan in the future; (c) giving confidence to students in setting goals for the future; (d) identify and understand learning barriers; and (e) measure the success...

Background: Spontaneous coronary dissection (SCAD) may represent a manifestation of fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD); thus, preclinical lesions might be found in extracoronary vessels with similar size and wall ultrastructure, such as the radial artery. Methods: Two 5′-clips from the left radial artery...

Aim: This case-control study is aimed at identifying radial vascular wall abnormalities in patients with fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD). Methods: High-frequency ultrasound scans of radial arteries were obtained by VevoMD (70 MHz probe, FUJIFILM, VisualSonics). Radial wall showed two echogenic interfaces:...

A series of rational solutions are presented for an extended Lotka-Volterra eqution. These rational solutions are obtained by using Hirota's bilinear formalism and Bäcklund transformation. The crucial step is the use of nonlinear superposition fomula. The so-called extended Lotka-Volterra equation is...

In this paper, a deep learning algorithm based on convolutional neural network (CNN) is implemented using pyhon and tensorflow lite for image classification on mobile. A large number different images which contains two types of waste, namely organic and anorganic are used for classification. The first...

The λ-symmetry approach is applied to a family of second-order ODEs whose algebra of Lie point symmetries is insufficient to integrate them. The general solution and two functionally independent first integrals of a subclass of the studied equations can be expressed in terms of a fundamental set of solutions...

Newborns lose heat four times larger than adults, resulting in a decrease temperature. In the first 30 minutes the baby can experience a temperature decrease of 3-4 ⁰C. In a room with a temperature of 20-25 ⁰C the baby's skin temperature drops around 0.3 ⁰C per minute. The temperature reduction is caused...

The research is aimed to know the impact of violence verbal carried members of the family of the aspects of social emotional children aged early 2-4. With the approach to study the case with methods of qualitative found that violent verbal in children aged early majority do mothers with an age, angry...

With global warming, extreme weather and climate events, such as super-severe drought, are occurring more frequently, affecting more and more, and damaging more and more, which makes the distribution range of drought disasters and the impact of agricultural ecology more extensive. In order to analyze...

In this study, edible coatings of various concentrations (5, 10, and 15%) were prepared from chicken protein isolate using isoelectric solubilization/precipitation (ISP). A commercial batter (Louisiana Chicken Fry Batter Mix) and a cornstarch-based batter were used. Chicken breast samples coated, battered...

Traditional foods reflect the identity of people and their natural environment. One of the special foods of the Banjar people in South Kalimantan is lontong. This culinary has supporting materials and activities that reflect gastronomic identity, both in the process of making it and its usefulness in...

Drying is the final step of the film processing cycle which aims to remove the water present in the emulsion layer. The result of the film processing is an undamaged emulsion, free from dust particles, crystal deposits, stains, and artifacts. This research aims to make radiography film dryer with a timer....

P2P streaming system effectively fixed the overload and weak scalability shortcomings of C/S structures. It’s working principle is divided into tree multicast and mesh multicast. Compared to tree multicast method, mesh multicast method based on Gossip protocol has the characteristics of high fault tolerance...

The C programming language course is a basic course in colleges and universities, whose key teaching points differ slightly with the arrangement of the specialized courses. This paper proposed an integration teaching method based on the characteristics of the C programming language course itself, combining...

Based on self-developed and somatosensory-mapping robot, a remote control system of domestic robots is designed in this paper, in which the system adopts intelligent speech recognition technology in terms of C/S framework such that the speech control robot has been used to do some basic housework. Combining...

A pot experiment was conducted to study the effect of selenium at concentrations of 0, 5, 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 mg/kg on the growth of Capsella bursa-pastoris. The biomass, photosynthetic pigment content and antioxidant enzyme activity were measured. The results showed that 5, 10, 10, 25 mg/kg selenium...

Background: Pulse wave analysis from a brachial cuff permits ambulatory measurements of pulse wave velocity (PWV) and central blood pressure parameters. The diurnal variation of PWV in type 2 diabetes is unknown. Methods: We evaluated the Arteriograph24 which is a brachial cuff based equipment for estimating...

The goal of this study was to examine the effect of ekphrasis of emotional writing (ETE) on emotional regulation skills. The research method is quasi experiment with a non-parametric counterbalanced design. Participants were 27 students of PGMI Islamic State University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya (with 8...

This study discusses the use of persuasive speech forms in Sandiaga Uno’s interviews. The purpose of this study is to reveal the use of persuasive speech forms in Sandiaga Uno’s interviews. This type of research is qualitative research with descriptive methods. Descriptive means that research is carried...

The purpose of this study was to examine the level of skill information literacy, of the Minangkabau community in Agam district, Indonesia. The trial was conducted to test the reliability and validity of the measuring instrument. The pilot study was conducted in 30 Minangkabau communities from the Agam...

Carbon 14 (C-14) is one of the most important radionuclides in radioactive gaseous effluents from nuclear power plants. The C-14 emissions of nuclear power plants at home and abroad are statistically analyzed based on the operation data traditionally. In the paper, the generation mechanism of C-14 from...

Purpose/Background/Objectives: Aortic stiffness assessed by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an important predictor to gauge the overall risk of hypertensive patients; nonetheless, it is underutilized in everyday practice. We derived a simple scoring system based on clinical variables that...

Background: High salt intake has been associated with structural and functional vascular changes.1 Objective: To correlate urinary sodium excretion with endothelial function and arterial stiffness in non-diabetic hypertensive patients. Methods: Cross-sectional study with non-diabetic hypertensive patients,...

Studies on Machine Translation have developed rapidly and been put into practicality since 1980s. A great number of machine translation products have already made achievements in commercializing. Nevertheless, difficulties in analyzing complex and ambiguous sentences still have no effective methods so...

Carbon Nanodots (CNDs) are semiconductor materials with a size below 10 nm. Carbon nanodots can be applied to several areas, such as biosensors, bioimaging, optoelectronics, and photocatalysis. Current research has shown that additional dopants to CNDs such as nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S), indicate a...

Education data in the world can be seen in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). Indonesia in 2018 was ranked 183 out of 189 countries. For thinking ahead or Growth Mindset, Indonesia is ranked 186 out of 189 countries. Education and this way of thinking is quite worrying because it...

In this work, the organic optoelectronic devices with both photovoltaic and detection performance were fabricated based on a blend of the polymer poly[(2,6-(4,8-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-2-yl)- benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene))-alt-(5,5-(1',3'-di-2-thienyl-5',7'-bis(2-ethylhexyl)benzo [1',2'-c:4',5'-c']dithiophene-4,8-dione))]...

The aim of this study was to extract the volatile oils from some aromatic plants and to investigate their antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. The volatile oils were isolated from dried parts of plants by hydro distillation using a neo-Clevenger apparatus. The volatile oils of basil (Ocimum basilicum),...

Thermal characteristics of lithium ion batteries are particularly important for both the optimization of the battery cells and design of the thermal management system for battery packs. The Si-C composite applied in lithium ion battery could improve the battery's energy density. For a 3 Ah pouch lithium...

In the article 1 Sub-Article 7 Act Number 6 of 2014 on Villages said that the Village Regulation is a regulation stipulated by the Urban Village Head after being discussed and agreed with the Village Consultative Body. Determination of Village Regulation is an elaboration of the various authorities which...

Enterprise Risk Scorecard (ERS) essentially is a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) combined with risk management. This experiment’s objective is to find out how ERS is applied to Indonesian SOEs in shipping companies. BSC focuses on objectives of company’s performance while ERS focuses on risk treatment that...

Background: Anxiety experienced by the family is one form of psychological disorders in family members who suffer a stroke. The study aims to determine the factors related anxiety level in family members of patients with cerebrovascular disease at Siloam General Hospital Karawaci. Method: Method research...

Yeasts are considered as potential lipid producer because they are easy to cultivate, able to grow in high cell densities and can produce high concentrations of lipids. Previously we had isolated a promising lipid producing yeast, Zygosaccharomyces siamensis AP1, from wild honey of Central Sulawesi,...

Colour is an important indicator of ornamental fish beauty and value. The koi carp (Cyprinus carpio) is a valuable ornamental fish commodity and is in high demand because of its beauty, colour, and attractive body shape. Colour is an important factor in koi carp which are commonly red, white, yellow,...

Background: Wave intensity analysis (WIA) in the aorta offers important clinical and mechanistic insights but is difficult non-invasively. We performed WIA by combining high temporal resolution cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) flow velocity and non-invasive central blood pressure (BP) waveform...

According to the self-organizing characteristic of rock mechanics system during evolution, synergetics was applied to investigate the evolution process by taking dynamic disturbance into account, and a generalized dynamical equation was established. Based on analysis of phase transition theory and damage...