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In this study, effects of continuing care mode in elderly patients with chronic renal failure were studied. 84 elderly patients with chronic renal failure were randomly divided in an experimental group (41 cases) and a control group (43 cases). Patients in both the experimental group and the control...

In Indonesia, non-medication-based methods for the treatment of elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) remain non-existent. This study aimed to test the feasibility of applying culturally sensitive cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for the treatment of elderly individuals with MCI....

This research aimed to explore the trends in how students make a social relationship and choose their good friends in regard to the multi-religious, multi-ethnic, and multi-tribe perspectives at State Junior High School 1 Batu, Indonesia. The background of this research was that the adolescence from...

The problem of scheduling independent jobs on identical parallel machines for minimizing makespan has been intensely studied in the literature. One of the most popular constructive algorithms for this problem is the LPT (Longest Processing Time First) rule whose approximation ratio has been proved by...

This study investigates the importance of video as a media to create a better situation in the teaching and learning process and also to help the student to develop pragmatic competence. This study is based on Hymes’ theory (1972). To analyze deeply the development of student’s pragmatic competence it...

The leadership of the principal as the top manager has a strategic role in increasing teacher discipline and motivation. The purpose of this study was to determine the policies, programs, strategies, supporting and inhibiting factors of the principal’s program in improving the discipline and motivation...

This study starts from two perspectives: the content and emotion of peer review in the peer assessment. This study examines the influence of concrete and suggestive comment content on the helpfulness of peer assessment and the influence of positive and negative sentiments on peer comment helpfulness....

This paper analyses the impact of Project-Based Learning (PBL) on the development of lifelong learning skills among first-year students who participated in a PBL approach. The study involved 18 students, enrolled in the first year the Social Education bachelor’s program, at Portucalense University, Porto,...

A study aimed to determine the response of several varieties of tomato plants that were given goat manure and to determine the interaction of these two factors. The study used a 3x5 factorial randomized block design (RAK) with 3 replications. There were 2 factors studied, namely varieties (Tymoti, Servo...

Practice teaching plays an important role in the application of Talents System. The off-campus training base is an important condition for the Practical Teaching. To strengthen Practicing Bases Construction is a strong guarantee for improving the quality of practice teaching and practical ability of...

The experiment was conducted at junior high school Medan City, field in 2011-2012. The sampling method is random sampling: 22, 21, 20 persons for discovery, inquiry and conventional, uses formal reasoning tests and results of junior high school students. Experimental studies using treatment with level...

This study examine the effects of customer brand engagement on brand love, the effect of customer brand engagement on customer satisfaction, the impact of customer satisfaction on brand love, the effect of customer brand engagement on customer-based brand equity, the effect of customer satisfaction on...

With the popularity of smart growth raising worldwide, the sustainable development of cities has attracted more and more attention. We define Sustainable Development Metric (SDM) as our metric to describe the smart growth in Lhasa. The three-hierarchy structure is built and there are 1 first level index...

This study analyzes the current state of social science popularization from an occupational perspective. Based on data from 357 valid questionnaires, it identifies three core issues prevalent across occupational groups: acognitive-practical disconnect(98% acknowledge its importance, yet only 10.08% demonstrate...

Body size is essential as an indicator of growth in the economic trait. The objective of this study was to evaluate the chicken selection between crossbred chickens and their parental groups using body size variables. This study used 5 Murung Panggang chickens (parental males) and 131 crossbred chickens...

Photovoltaic power systems and mini-grids with energy storage in form of electrochemical batteries are becoming more widespread and are playing an increasingly important role in energy supply. By design, photovoltaic-based power systems often generate a surplus of electrical energy during favourable...

This article aims to describe the relationship between the meaning of hyponymy and synonymy in the religious discourse of “Islam Itu Indah” (Islam Is Beautiful) show. The research method used descriptive qualitative. The object of this research was the religious expressions taken from the television...

Based on investigation data on Pb in bottom waters in Jiaozhou Bay during 1979-1982, we analyzed the horizontal distribution features of Pb. Results showed that there were high value regions in bottom waters in the center of the bay mouth, and there were three horizontal distribution features of Pb contents...

Higher education in China has been growing rapidly in recent years. Sustainability in higher education has also achieved much attention. The concept of green university was proposed more than 10 years ago in China. It has received the positive response from colleges and universities, which also achieved...

In surfactant-polymer binary flooding, to study the effects of polymer in emulsion seepage flow rules in porous medium, artificial sandstone cores were established to carry out the experimental analysis. Biology microscope and sample analytic control methods were employed for all samples. Results displayed...

In this pager, we propose a new spectral Conjugate Gradient method to solve unconstrained optimization problems. It has the following properties: (1) the new method satisfies the sufficient descent condition with any line searches condition; (2) this method possesses inherent properties when k 0 (3)...

The adoption of spatial strategy formation as an independent element of strategic planning poses new requirements to the development and implementation of the state policy regarding the regional development in the Russian Federation. Among these are a focus on long-term priorities and objectives; placing...

Industrial Revolution Era 4.0 is the fourth world era where information technology has become the basis in human life. Although we are in the era of 4.0 revolution, there are still many problems related to the lack of learning innovations that utilize information technology skills. This is also experienced...

Modern architecture and construction design, leading floor system to have longer spans, lighter weight, and lower damping. However, it can cause a floor system to have excessive vibration. Vibration on the floor system is the second most frequent source of complaints from building occupants. Hollow Core...

Sumbawa Regency is in the orange zone classification, which is a zone with a high risk of spreading and the potential for the Covid-19 virus to be uncontrolled. The outbreak of Covid-19 has implications for sluggishness and retardation in economic activity in various sectors. For this implementation,...

Objective: To understand stress response, depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions of COVID-19 patients, social influencing factors and the correlation among them. Methods: A total of 172 patients with COVID-19 in isolation treatment were selected from 3 hospitals by SO JUMP and investigated...

The application of streaming media technology in university online physical education support systems is an area worth exploring. This article begins by analyzing the encoding and transmission characteristics of streaming media itself, as well as the requirements and key performance indicators that educational...

The alternative biofuel allure our increasingly attention due to the shortage of traditional fossil fuel, so it’s necessary for us to research the availability of alternative fuel. In our research, we focus on the usage of alternative fuel of the aircraft engine. For the purpose of safety, the common...

Compared with the traditional serial robots, parallel robot has prominent features such as high rigidity, high bearing capacity, high precision, small error, low motion inertia and inverse kinematic solutions easily, which makes parallel robot widely used in light industrial automation production line...

Giving advice is a common speech act but potentially problematic as it may threaten the face of the hearer. The speaker will use politeness strategies to mitigate face threatening act in giving advice. Politeness strategies as mitigation are not only appeared in real conversation but also in fiction....

As a programmable network platform, NetMagic have being widely used in network research. But how to develop software on NetMagic is not well studied. A 3- layer model, which include application layer, application supporting layer and NetMagic access layer, is proposed in this paper. Using quality monitoring...

This paper aims to describe cultural price clustering in the Taiwan Stock Exchange. The Taiwan Stock Exchange is an excellent example of the Chinese culture-exposed market, where one of the basic superstitions is the aversion of unlucky numbers and the preference of lucky numbers. Using bulk historical...

We derive the long-time asymptotics for the solution of initial-boundary value problem of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equation whose Lax pair involves 3 × 3 matrix in present paper. Based on a nonlinear steepest descent analysis of an associated 3 × 3 matrix Riemann–Hilbert problem, we can give the...

The intention of the whole project is to discover and analyze the impact of work discipline, work environment on the performance of teachers in SD Negeri at Plakat Tinggi District. This mode of analysis shall be quantified in the explanatory statement. The sample in the research comprised of 59 respondents...

This study aims to (1) find out and explain the effect of corporate governance on the performance of insurance companies listed on the BEI in 2015–2019 (2) find out and explain the effect of corporate governance on the dividend policy of insurance companies listed on the BEI in 2015–2019 (3) Knowing...

The essential oil obtained by the hydrodistillation of the leaves of Patrinia scabiosaefolia Fisch and Patrinia villosa (Thunb.) Juss were analyzed by a combination of capillary GC-FID and GC/MS analytic techniques. 51 components comprising 94.56% of essential oil in leaves of P. scabiosaefolia Fisch...

A new sand binder system cured by heat is prepared by alkaline decomposition and modification on animal glue binder. To improve some shortages of animal glue such as agglomeration at normal temperature and a low efficiency, an alkaline decomposition process is selected firstly. With the addition of modifiers,...

Stibium doped titanium dioxide nanocomposite was prepared with stibium( ) chloride, titanium sulfate as raw materials and Sodium dodecyl sulfate as surfactant under microwave irradiation. Then the X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to observe the antimony-doped...

Goal of this research is to examine the leadership style of the principal in improving the professional competence of MI teachers in UPTD East Peurelak region, East Aceh Regency. This study applied a qualitative descriptive method. The subject of this study was determined by using purposive sampling....

Greenhouse gas emissions increase with the use of diesel fuel. The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions can be done by using the desulphuration method. However, low sulfur in diesel fuel causes low lubricity values. One of solutions to this problem is by adding a bio-additive compound. In this research,...

Recently, the festival and event sector suffered from crisis and uncertainty. Therefore, economic resilience and environmental sustainability become central for academicians, practitioners, and policymakers. This article aims to explore how the tourism industry finds ways to reenergize festival and event...

The Rapid Assessment and Prioritization of Protected Area Management (RAPPAM) is widely used for geopark management effectiveness evaluation. This paper takes Danxia Mountain Global Geopark of Guangdong Province as the research object and adopts the RAPPAM method to evaluate specifically seven aspects,...

ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) is a pervasive developmental disorder that usually affects poor communication and low interaction with the surrounding. The data shown, ASD has increased by 500 people/year in Indonesia. High-function ASD who studied in inclusive/integration school often bullied (a chance...

The purpose of this study was to analyze and study about promoting the values of Pancasila for Elementary Schools through interactive learning media. This study was also carried out to answer the challenges and responses of Citizenship Education in the Covid-19 pandemic. This research was literature...

The overdue books is a long-standing major problem to university libraries, and the staff of long-term occupying books without returning, is a common phenomena in university libraries. As to how to let the staff return the books in time, the libraries have constantly tried to use various methods to urge...

The subject of this study is the economic relations arising in the process of assessing the effectiveness of tax regulation of small businesses. For a comprehensive evaluation of the effectiveness of tax regulation methods for small businesses in Russia, the authors analyzed official statistics on the...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect transformational leadership on the performance and influence of work involvement on performance and the influence of transformational leadership and work involvement on employee performance the West Pasaman Regency Environmental Office. The type of...

The objective of this study is to analyze: 1) the effect of the need for achievement on the employees’ performance; 2) the effect of the need for affiliation on the employees’ performance; and 3) the effect of the need for power on the employees’ performance. This study is a causative research which...

A novel compact reconfigurable multiband antenna is proposed. The antenna is designed with the 40mm x 40mm substrate with the dielectric constant of 10.2 and the thickness of 1.27mm. the substrate used is Roger RT/Duroid 6010. By achieving the switching multiband functionality, this antenna is almost...

The article shows the factors of the national and general educational level, which fruitfully affect the general physical, psycho-emotional, psycho-spiritual development of the youth by means of physical culture and sports. The place and role of playing sports are revealed as: (1) the components of the...