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The purpose of this study is to ascertain the web-based e-module's design, the level of feasibility of the application in the Intermediate Listening Comprehension course, and the efficacy of these applications in raising students’ motivation to learn. The ADDIE development model is applied in this...

Silica [SiO2] is an essential industrial resource, supporting uses in ceramics, glass, construction, rubber, reinforcement, electronics, coatings and renewable energy technologies. Conventionally, silica is produced with methods like flame pyrolysis or wet precipitation that are highly energy-intensive,...

This study designed, developed, and assessed a digital interactive animation app to augment antenatal education in an emerging economy. The main aims of the study were to enhance the dissemination of maternal health information and user engagement among expectant mothers. Using a sequential-exploratory,...

Rationale and Aim: Essential hypertension is characterized by extensive alterations of arterial geometry and mechanical properties: increased stiffness, dilation and wall of large arteries, increased thickness in muscular arteries, small artery remodeling. This study is aimed at exploring function and...

Objectives: Mortality rate in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are still at a high level. Sarafidis et al. showed the predictive value of 48h PWV in patients undergoing hemodialysis [1], although recent studies using office measurement showed controversial predictive results. Aim of the present study was...

Objective: Overweight and obesity are known risk factors of hypertension in both donors and recipients after kidney donation and transplantation, respectively. We aim to study the correlation between blood pressure (BP) and body mass index (BMI) in donor post-donation and in recipients post-transplantation. Methods:...

Background: Oscillometric mean arterial pressure (MAP) agrees closely with invasive MAP, [1] but most devices do not report MAP and it is usually estimated by a form factor (FF). However, blood pressure (BP) measurement errors will affect FF, its correlations with exposures, and introduce errors into...

Objectives: Since genetic factor determines part of hypertensive phenotype, we aim to demonstrate the role of transplanted kidney from normotensive living donors in post-transplant hypertension (HTN). Methods: From 1.5-year-medical record review yielded 103 kidney transplant recipients in whom living-donor...

Operators of non­local symmetry are used to construct exact solutions of nonlinear heat equations. A method for finding of new classes of ansatzes reducing nonlinear wave equations to a systems of ordinary differential equations was suggested in [1]. This approach is based on non­local symmetry of differential...

The purpose of this study was to determine the barriers in learning rhythmic motion in elementary schools. The research method used is descriptive quantitative using a survey method with data collection techniques using a questionnaire. The population of this research is Physical Education Teachers in...

The effective synthesis of ZnO/NiFe2O4 photocatalyst with a co-precipitation technique was used to degrade dyes in the air in this study. XRD, SEM-EDS, and other equipment are used to characterize the crystalline phase, surface morphology, and chemical composition of photocatalysts. The exact peaks of...

This study aims to describe the learning concentration of students who are listened to by music, the research subjects here are students of SMPN 14 Bandung, by providing treatment using music therapy. This type of research is quasi-experimental. Data were collected through pretest and posttest. This...

The purpose of this research to analyze how the Financial Knowledge, Financial Attitude and Self-control affect the Financial Management Behavior in Generation Y in the city of Padang. This study uses quantitative methods. The technique in the research is Cluster Random Sampling. Research sample of Generation...

To treat high free fatty acid feedstock in biodiesel production, the reduction of free fatty acid by esterification in continuous reactive distillation column was investigated. In this work, ethanol and crude palm oil (CPO) which the molar ratio of ethanol to oil was 8:1 were selected as reactants with...

In this research we explore the feasibility of using commercial gasoline to extract the ethanol from the ethanol solution to produce gasohol. The experiment simulated a 3-stage countercurrent extraction process. Commercial unleaded gasoline with various octane number (92,95,98) was used as solvent to...

This paper aims to discuss and review language transfer on a meta-cognitive level, which includes transfer of language-independent skills such as phonological awareness, structural awareness/decoding, awareness of definitions and functions, good meaning-making strategies/literacy skills, writing strategies...

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of high intensity training on serum testosterone, cortisol and immune function of weight lifters. 4-week intensive training was carried out. METHODS: The subjects of this experiment are 12 weight lifters. The training loads in the 4 weeks were set respectively around...

Based on the Environmental Kuznets Curve(EKC)hypothesis, this paper use the method of principal component analysis(PCA)to extract Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan’s ecological environmental pollution factors. Regression models was taken to verify the interactive effect between Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan’s economic...

FM-52M, a kind of filler metal matched for Inconel 690, is widely applied in critical components of nuclear power plant. In this work, the effect of the microstructure refinement of FM-52M was studied through pulse TIG welding. First, a serial of bead welds under different welding parameters were conducted...

In order to test the mid-strain-rate, a specialized fixture that can be installed on the MTS809 test machine is designed. A three-dimensional solid model of the fixture was established with SolidWorks, and multi body dynamics simulation analysis on the tensile process of dumbbell shaped flat specimens...

The focus of this paper is the improvement of the quality of texture image segmentation. We proposed a new unsupervised segmentation method based on Overcomplete Brushlet transform and Gaussian Markov Random Field. A texture image was transformed to Overcomplete Brushlet domain, in order to extract its...

This research is a classroom action research to students of Building Technique Education the State University of Surabaya. Subjects were 38 students who programmed the course of laboratory building materials. The research objective is to improve the competence of students, including cognitive, psychomotor...

All aspects of life in today’s society are connected to technology and information. Therefore, PT Telkom plc has launched a public wifi with a fast connection named @wifi.id. In the process of marketing, @wifi.id implements personal selling strategies for improving consumer decisions to access @wifi.id,...

In ancient China, there was a profound understanding of meteorological disasters, and formed a unique set of defense ideology and system. Along with the deepening of the cognition of nature, since pre Qin period, two kinds of meteorological disasters prevention thoughts are develop rapidly, that is,...

To study the effect of silicon on microstructures in CLAM (China Low Activation Martensitic) steel after irradiation, the microstructures of Fe and FeSi model alloys were investigated after implanted deuterium ions at 773K. TEM (Transmission Electron Microscope) observation and EDX (Energy Dispersive...

In order to obtain better mechanical properties by exploiting the advantages of different materials, a topological design method of compliant mechanisms multiple materials was proposed. The multiple materials interpolation model for topological design of compliant mechanisms was established using the...

Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between the classification of heart failure patients with renal creatinine urea levels in tulip IIC Ulin Public Hospital Banjarmasin. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional approach. Research sampling technique used in this research...

The article describes the collaborative work of two outstanding musicologists of the 20th century, P. A. Lamm and B. V. Asafyev, on the scholarly edition of M. P. Mussorgsky's opera Khovanshchina (the full score was completed in 1931 but did not appear in print). The present article's task is to determine...

With ethyl acrylate, acrylic acid as monomers, an intelligent carrier material (PAE) was synthesized, and its swelling properties at different pH values, its cycle characteristics as well as its release control performance for inhibitors in alkaline solution were studied. The results indicate that the...

In this study, polyurethane elastomer containing sulfonic acid based was synthesized by two steps. Poly(tetramethylene ether) glycol with 2000g/mol number average molecular weight were used as soft segment, 4,4-methylenebis(phenyl isocyanate), and 1,2-dihydroxy-3-propanesulfonic acid salt were used to...

In order to investigate the relationship between cerebral arerio-venous pulse wave time (CAV-PWT) and cerebral small vascular disease, this paper deals with 132 patients with cerebral small vascular disease and 115 sex-and-age-matched control subjects. The pulse wave of terminal internal carotid artery...

Rare earth elements (REE) are important mineral resource in China, especially in Jiangxi province, Inner Mongolia. There is abundance of tailings in the REE mining area, which is harmful for the ecosystem and environment. Eucalyptus is one kind of tree which has often been used in the in ecological restoration...

The purpose of this paper was to develop a program called EKA LOPEN which was an online program used to evaluate academic competence. This research was conducted on the timeframe of less than one year using research and development design that followed th

This research was conducted because the students' mathematical problem solving ability in secondary school is low. The goal of this research is to examine the enhancement of student mathematical problem solving ability after students learned using the CORE Model. The research method of this research...

Using the analysis of the design goals for a new car the basic structure type of this new car was determined. Under the presupposition of giving power unit, the various of matching scheme of driveline and engine was selected preliminary. The vehicle model was construced by using AVL-Cruise software,...

Autism is a gray area in the field of medicine, which means that there are still unclear causes, mechanisms, and therapies. Autism is a developmental disorder in children characterized by behavioral disorders, communication disorders, and interaction disorders. Autism can be seen in children, before...

Purpose: This study assessed whether perinatal factors were associated with breast cancer among Hispanics, a group with fairly low incidence rates of breast cancer. Methods: Data were used from a case–control study of breast cancer among Hispanics aged 30–79 conducted between 2003 and 2008 on the Texas–Mexico...

This study revealed arisan padi carried out by rural communities in Ciamis District, West Java. Arisan padi which is fulled by local wisdom needs to be studied more deeply, because it is basically a rural economic tradition that is closely related to village institutions, namely food security institutions...

The development of the concept of inclusive growth in the past decade has become important in research studies. Increased economic growth is expected to provide benefits for reducing poverty, reduce income inequality, increase employment opportunities and improve environmental sustainability. The purpose...

In this article, we are talking about the example of using an electronic database on the state and functioning of agricultural landscapes (fields) which was created in the Kurgan Research and Development Agricultural Institute for the calculation of economic effectiveness for each field, analysis, and...

Water quality is one of the factors that influence the cultivation of vannamei shrimp. Therefore it is necessary to periodically monitor water quality. In this study it was designed to monitor pond water quality parameters based on Wireless Sensor Network. This system is designed to monitor the parameters...

The education practice cannot be separated from education administration. At the level of early childhood education organized by mothers of Posyandu cadres who are in rural areas commonly called Pos PAUD there are still many weaknesses in carrying out the right education administration. The results of...

The research was carried in order to study the effectiveness of using alumino-silicate vermiculite mineral of various modifications as a sorbent for the purification of environment from oil products. Thermally activated vermiculite with hydrophilic properties can be used to clean oil-contaminated areas,...

The purpose of this study was to determine how much the relationship between social support and psychological well-being in the Indonesian Migrant Workers’ candidate. Participants in the study were 134 prospective Indonesian Migrant Workers’ (CPMI) IN BLKLN. Measuring instrument used in this study is...

Each stressor is interpreted differently by each individual. This depends on the point of view of individual meaning anchor. Adolescence is a developmental level which is characterized bylooking for the identity phase. It makes an adolescent has a weak anchor. In positioning the anchor, perception plays...

Chinese animation after 1949 has mainly experienced three stages of development. During the "Seventeen Years" Chinese animation period, the basic tone of the development of Chinese national animation and children's animation was basically established. After 1979, with the gradual opening up of animation...

This research aimed to find the influence of satisfaction on the quality dimension for the customer loyality at PT. Bank Bukopin, Tbk. Branch of Padang. This research aimed to find:1) the influence of satisfaction on tangibles for the customer loyality, 2) the influence of satisfaction on reliability...

Critical thinking and grammar mastery play a prominent role in fostering students’ reading comprehension skill. Reading comprehension is a prominent aspects to develop other English skills. The present study was to investigate the relationship Indonesian learners’ critical thinking with their reading...

This paper examined the impact of fiscal decentralization of regional disparity by analyzing a 16 Metropolitan and Provincial Governments of South Korea using the multiple regression analysis. According to the analysis, local governments’ revenue and expenditure decentralization have a different impact...

A pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of soil application of selenium on the growth and selenium accumulation of different tomato varieties. The results showed that there were differences in the biomass, selenium content and selenium accumulation amount of tomato varieties. The biomass,...