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Background: Shared Psychotic Disorder or Folie À Deux is rarely in studies, where individuals share their delusions with others. The close relationships most often found in this disorder include husband and wife, brothers and sisters, mother and children, and others. In this case, elements of mutual...

Azospirillum is one of the bacteria that can be used as biological fertilizer because the bacteria is known as a producer of PGPR (Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria) which can increase crop production in a sustainable manner. Another potential possessed by Azospirillum is as a biocontrol agent for...

The study intends to ascertain how enhancing the effectiveness of Islamic boarding school management in individual leadership contributes to the success of Islamic boarding schools. Darunnajah Ulujami, an Islamic boarding school, has implemented overall quality management and has successfully raised...

Intelligence is one of the elements that affects how well students learn. In the field of education, intelligence is still primarily characterized in terms of IQ. Actually, there are more types of intelligence outside those that may be determined just by academic performance. Multiple Intelligences is...

Botswana is a semi-arid country hence encourages the growth and propagation of various vegetation including family Leguminosae (Fabaceae) such as Prosopis mesquite which was initially introduced in Botswana to combat desertification and provide fodder but has however become a problematic specie which...

This research work completed the study of obtaining zeolite by hydrothermal method using the ash of Erdenet Thermal Power Plant. According to the results of the study, the ratio of macroelements of ash in the ash pond of Erdenet Thermal Power Plant is less than 1, so it belongs to acid ash. Also, based...

This study explores the integration of renewable electricity, characterized by its intermittent nature, into the electricity system. Within the framework of a price-based demand response mechanism, a three-tier Stackelberg game model involving the grid, electricity retailers, and end-users was established....

His study employed CiteSpace software to analyze research outcomes related to abnormal behavior detection based on video surveillance. The primary focus was on the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and “Web of Science” (WoS) databases. The objective was to identify research trends and provide...

Aiming at the problems of different standards and incomplete index coverage of urban rail transit evaluation system, combined with relevant standards and norms at home and abroad, a service level evaluation index system was established from the perspective of the whole process of passenger urban rail...

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between self-control and aggressiveness in students of SMP N 15 Yogyakarta by using quantitative research with a correlation approach. The dependent variable used by the researcher is self-control (X1) and aggressiveness (Y) as the dependent...

The waste product from the textile industry is liquid waste containing dye. Metil violet is one type of dye that can damage the water ecosystem. The decrease levels of methyl violet can be done through the adsorption method. The peanut shell contains cellulose that allows the peanut shell to be adsorbent...

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the use of MATLAB and Simulink SimScape functions and toolboxes to model and evaluate key properties of an engineering system. In this case, it was a parcel delivery drone. The drone is assembled from four electric motors, propellers, a battery, four structural-bearing...

Adaptive learning was an interesting topic amid the many choices of 21st-century learning strategies. The development of research and topics related to adaptive learning is believed to grow rapidly in line with the diverse needs of the students. However, trends and research developments related to adaptive...

Students as educated people carry the mandate as the next generation of the nation. Students are tasked with continuing the struggle of the previous generation to make changes to the nation for the better and more advanced. Armed with the knowledge that has been obtained in college and the ability to...

Reasoning ability is a necessary and important ability for students of mathematics education. This ability is required to construct a mathematical thought and provide evidence that the idea is true. Therefore, instruments for measuring mathematical reasoning abilities are very important. The focus of...

In response to the lack of a unified parameter detection method and system for steam therapy apparatus, this study aims to establish a detection method for its key parameters and collect and store data through computers. By analyzing the principle of the equipment, the core parameters of steam temperature,...

COVID-19 has become a world pandemic. The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has predicted causes of mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and stress among students. This study aims to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the factors affecting the mental health status of...

An increased emphasis on comprehensive tourism development has been seen in recent years. In-depth theoretical exploration and analysis on the creation and promotion of comprehensive tourism brands, however, have not been taken into account by the current research, which has primarily focused on the...

Increasing hydrophobicity and antioxidant activity was an effort to improve the quality of edible film. Adding durian seed flour (DSF) and microemulsion was expected to increase cassava starch (CS)-based edible film properties. The objective of this research was learned about the effect of DSF and microemulsion...

This article examines the dilemma faced by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in balancing humanitarian concerns with national security imperatives in their response to the Rohingya refugee crisis. The MMEA is tasked with safeguarding Malaysia’s maritime borders and combating transnational...

India’s marital culture is evolving. Relationship boundaries are becoming more diffused as a result of nuclear families, women being monetarily independent, and a reduction in social inhibitions. Due to COVID-19, there was a rapid change in the workplace environment where the line between the work and...

The Constitutional Court, as a judicial institution, was born from the womb of reformation, with the aim of building a culture and court management to produce quality decisions supported by information and communication technology (ICT). As a judicial institution, the Constitutional Court is required...

Sustainable development is a crucial criterion for the progress of contemporary society. The Smart Cities and Smart Villages development initiative serves as a tool to measure the effectiveness and impact of sustainable development strategies. The comparison of policies on rural and urban smart concepts...

CKD is one of the global health problems due to a decline in quality of life often with the development of kidney dysfunction and increased mortality. CKD is progressive and requires dialysis. Patients who undergoing hemodialysis experience a decrease in physical activity which further adds to the health...

The therapeutic relationship is a condition that needs to be built and appropriately developed to support the success of the counseling services provided. Self-competence and the counselor’s internal state play a significant role in building a therapeutic relationship with the counselee. One of the failures...

Introduction: Ascending aorta aneurysm and dissection are the most common cardiovascular complications affecting Marfan syndrome patients (MFS). Recent large increase in life expectancy of MFS driven the growing prevalence of descending aorta (DAo) dilation and dissection. Despite local abnormal vortices...

Background and Aims: Arterial volume compliance is a major determinant of cardiac afterload. More than 50% of the arterial volume compliance resides in the proximal aorta. Researchers often use area compliance for the estimation of volume compliance, assuming an invariant vessel length over pressure...

Vascular calcification (VC) is linked to post-transplant cardiovascular events in the long term. We aimed to evaluate whether pretransplant chest X-ray based aortic arch calcification (AoAC) or pulse wave velocity measurement can better predict post- transplant cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events,...

Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) experience premature aging. Arterial stiffness increases with advancing biological age and predicts cardiovascular disease. However, only limited studies investigated arterial function in individuals with DS. Thus, the impact of DS on vascular function still remains...

Objectives: Vascular aging results from endothelial dysfunction and increased arterial stiffness, a independent determinant of cardiovascular (CV) events, that is amplified by the presence and progression of arterial hypertension (AH). Age related changes in hemodynamic variables1 may predict negative...

Purpose/ Background/ Objectives: We have shown that aortic stiffness improves as early as 3 months post-kidney transplantation (KTx). Aortic stiffness index β0, a blood pressure independent parameter, has been proposed to be a better indicator of vascular wall property. This study was designed to examine...

Changes in central hemodynamics and arterial stiffness are associated with augmented cardiovascular risks and have been reported in obese adults with metabolic syndrome. It is unclear whether this observation may also be present in young healthy obese adults with normal metabolic profile. Objectives:...

Spraying disinfectant all over the body in the disinfection room is being used to prevent the spread of the SARS- CoV-2 as the cause of the Covid-19 disease. Due to chemical disinfectants have high toxicity to the body, a relatively safe natural disinfectant is needed. The purposes of this study were...

This study is research qualitative, to contribute to learning media development in SMK Negeri 1 Palembang. The multimedia is in the form of accounting comics with accounting cycle materials for class X. Comics are made in comic books and animated videos that can be accessed through web blogs. This research...

Based on finite difference time domain (FDTD) method, a monoaxial anisotropic perfectly matched layer was used as absorbing boundary condition, a gauss pulse signal with a bandwidth of 0-10GHz and a peak value of 1V was used as excite source, the impedance of microstrip was 50 , excitation signal source...

To study the biotherapy effect of Shenfuweikang herbs in treatment of gastric cancer, Kunming mice were grafted with a mouse gastric adenocarcinoma cell line MFC. Mice received different doses of Shefuweikang herbs after grafting. Tumor size was periodically measured and tumor weight was determined after...

The paper presents the steps of calculating the stress-strain state of coal pillars by finite element method. The estimated area included the following blocks: the rock of roof and soil, coal pillar, broken-down rock, and the area of complete roof displacement. All the blocks were taken linearly deformable...

As one of the four recluses in Northern Song Dynasty, Zhong Fang went into politics after 30 years of seclusive life in Zhong Nan Mountain. At that time, he started to write books and participated in political affairs so that he was favored by Song Zhenzong. In his lifetime, Zhongfang had always been...

Current measurement is one of the most important work in online monitoring of the electric system. Self-powered and intelligence are key areas of the current measuring sensor. In this paper, a self-powered current measuring sensor was designed, which realizes synchronous measurement and power supply...

Microwave pyrolysis is a new research method for deeply processing of low-rank coal. This paper conducted comparative study on microwave co-pyrolysis products of low-rank coal under CH4 and N2 atmosphere, respectively. The composition and content of tar and bluecoke were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass...

Due to the high complexity and strong coupling of industrial circulating cooling water system, single and isolated technology can never fulfill the energy-saving need. Thus a system energy-saving theory named MOAR was proposed and explained with practice, including four principles: management of system...

The determination of C fractions in lab requires prior extraction steps that are laborious and time-consuming. Ozonation chemiluminescence can avoid the problem and has been successfully used to measure the C and N compounds in air or water, thus was proposed to determine C fractions of organic materials....

This paper designs an M out of N Safety Computing System based on general-purpose computers. The system consists of some computational nodes and a comparator. For the synchronization among the computational nodes, task synchronization was applied. The comparator designed based on the FPGA is implemented...

Empowerment is necessary for the era of competition and service because every organization needs employees who are fast, responsive and independent so they can be competitive through human resources and strengthen the capability and commitment of employees. The lack of empowerment of nurses in hospitals...

The purpose of this study is to investigate users' intention of spreading anti-rumors of natural disasters in social media. Adopted from Technology Acceptance Model, the theoretical model was constructed. 196 questionnaires were collected. Descriptive statistics and Structural Equation Model were employed...

Cavity sound pressure level is a very important measure when dealing with the design of resonator based power generating sound absorbers and sound diffusers. This paper presents results from experimental study of the performance of the second generation iARG-X2 power generating Helmholtz resonator. The...

A novel environmentally friendly composite was prepared with short-chopped grass segments (SGS) and starch by hot-pressing method. The effects of ratio of raw materials and hot-pressing temperature on the performance of composites were studied. Results showed that the tensile strength increased with...

This study aims to predict demolition waste generation rate (DWGR) of the detached house by their types and materials when they are demolished. To achieve this objective, required data was collected based on material information of the buildings investigated before demolition. By using the established...

Historical aspects of depreciation and impairment of assets have been the subject of a number of scientific studies. A lot of works have been considering this issue from the time of the Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio. But, unfortunately, the practice of depreciation and impairment of assets...

The overlapping communities identification in complex networks was studied with the parallel algorithm from local extension. The algorithm thought originated from clustering of modularity. Firstly, based on the Map/Reduce framework, the core node was selected according to the distribution and aggregation...