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The Jingjiang River is the reach of Yangtze River just downside of the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR), and most oftenly threatened by the flood. In this reach the natural flood normally routed as kinematic wave, but since TGR put into operation the outflow can be changed dramatically once the controlling...

Equity management with huge workloads is a time-consuming, costly, and labor-intensive work for administrators of forestry department. To enhance the work efficiency and improve management levels, this study presents an equity management information model of collective forest to improve work efficiency...

Blow-by of crankcase should be led into intake system and burn it again to protect environment. This study examines effect of crankcase blow-by on formation of particle. By controlling the flow of crankcase blow-by to atmosphere or intake system, number concentration of particle distribution was measured...

One of an H bridge Cascaded multilevel inverters was studied and designed. In this paper, the basic topology of microcontroller based H-bridge cascade multilevel inverter and the realization principle of control system are introduced. The principle and control strategy of the inverter are studied and...

The Indonesia Qualification Framework (IQF) implicitly states that institutions serving undergraduate program should prepare students with life skill through their curriculum development. In the undergraduate program curriculum, hard skills and soft skills have to be given accordingly; hence, life skills...

In the current employment market, with the rise of the job banks, members of the employment service systems are diversified and face fierce competition. In order to stand out in the job market, one must be committed to improving service quality and promptly establishing a positive reputation via social...

Based on the Shenzhen Bay Bridge which is located at the center of park cultural landscape, so it has important requirements of improving environments , protecting the environment and beautifying the environment. the bridge is optimal designed to be a flying swallow type curve special-shaped composite...

Indonesian financial level exists at the middle level to demand efforts to improve financial literacy and financial behaviour. This study aims to determine the effect of emotional capability to financial literacy and its implications for financial behaviour. This research is a descriptive study using...

The paper presents a development of emotion recognition system which can detect human emotion in real-time leveraging information captured from human body’s electromagnetic (EM) signals. A new model of controller framework was designed to embed the emotion recognition module which was evaluated on a...

This study aimed to examine the effect of contestant image, advertising, program, and the party to local elections in the city of Pekanbaru. Data were collected using a questionnaire. After being tested for validity and reliability, the data were analyzed using multiple linear regression. This research...

It has been postulated that everyone has an affinity for one of two cognitive approaches: experiential (intuitive) or rational (conscious). The aim of this study was to analyze the thinking processes of Saudi emergency physicians at nine hospitals in Riyadh. This was a cross-sectional study, which was...

Utilizing a World Health Organization (WHO) multi-national dataset, the present study examined the relationships between emotion, affective variability (i.e., the fluctuation of emotional status), and depression across six developing countries, including China (N = 15,050); Ghana (N = 5,573); India (N...

This research aimed to reconstruct the twilight of Karaeng Galesong’s resistance against VOC using historical method namely of heuristic, verification, interpretation and historiography. Either primary or secondary sources was employed in this research. Those sources was verified, interpreted and written...

This study aims to examine the conservation strategy of folk dance in supporting the growth of cultural tourism, where the case study was conducted in Tanon village, Semarang Regency. Tanon was officially inaugurated as a Tourism Village, especially for the folk dance (Desa Wisata Menari) in 2012, for...

This study was aimed at picturing the tendency of political issue produced by eight Indonesian online newspapers. Computer-assisted critical discourse analysis (CACDA) was applied. Corpus based linguistics analysis was employed to unveil the frequency of words in 16 different articles as the representation...

This research aimed to examine the practice of discretion conducted by bureaucrats in every stage of the implementation of ADD policy in West Seram District Western Seram Regency. The research focused on discretionary actions by frontline bureaucrats, like village officials, including village heads,...

This research was inspired by the phenomena in learning process of islamic education subject or Pendidikan Agama Islam (PAI) that was still knowledge-oriented. It would be less meaningful and less valuable to be internalized within the learners. In learning process of PAI in madrasah ibtidaiyah (islamic...

This research was conducted at the Assembly Hall or auditorium of Engineering Faculty UNS. This study aims to see the acoustic comfort and how to improve it by modifying the room material. The method chosen is the method with the least amount of modification. The method applied was measuring the room...

The study aims to create an installation artwork using plastic bottles of mineral water as the media, and by using glue and string as the supported media. The study was conducted at NN Studio which is located at Rt 04/07 Kismorejo, Jaten Karanganyar, by applying the method of brainstorming, exploration...

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the practical effectiveness of development management of teachers’ competence in Avicenna Schools (elementary and junior high school level) of Avicenna Prestasi educational foundation. The background of this research is based on the data of teachers’ competence,...

The mathematics was a difficult subject for students to study in senior high school. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of cognitive structure of students in understanding mathematical concepts. The Samples were randomly selected as many as 140 students from the whole students of senior...

In order to study the teaching method of reading spectrum in junior high school, the present situation of reading ability of junior middle school students was studied by questionnaire in this paper, and the present situation and existing problems of reading ability of junior high school students were...

Radon radiation impairs saliva secretion and lowers normal pH levels, which in turn alters the balance of normal oral microflora and leads to caries progression. The aim of this research is to determine the acidity level (pH) of saliva of people living in high radon level areas and its correlation with...

The effects of soaking seedlings of four abscisic acid (ABA) concentrations (0, 1, 5, 10, and 20 μmol/L) on the growth and cadmium (Cd) accumulation of pea seedlings were studied by the pot experiment. The results showed that, compared with the control, the roots, stems, leaves, and shoots biomasses...

Consumption tax is an important auxiliary tax with multiple functions. As time goes, it can be given some new orientations: such as replacing some functions of personal income tax to improve the progressiveness of the taxation system; replacing some of the functions of business tax to implement industry...

The study of psycho-physiological characteristics of elderly teachers is of great importance. The article aims to study functional indicators of the central nervous system and cognitive performance of elderly teachers. The sample included 21 women at an average age of 56.2). The integral characteristics...

Leadership can be viewed as one of the aspects of poetry. Many poets inspire wide masses with their works and become the source of inspiration of institutional changes and national reawakening. This paper analysis leadership through poetry using an example of Georgian and European poets. First attempts...

This paper argues that decentralization is a panacea to better health service delivery in Liberia provided it is being buttressed by the financial and moral backing of both the central and the local governments, the capacity of local leaders are well-built, as well as the continuous monitoring and evaluation...

As an intangible cultural heritage of the world, King Gesar has attracted the attention of academic circle. This paper firstly analyzes the Chinese literature in research on Gesar since China's reform and opening up 40 years ago. It turns out that the academic influence of Gesar was on the rise step...

This article studies the action and biocompatibility of the developed montmorillonite-containing preparation “Sorbent” on experimental animals with its long-term use. The local irritating effect of the “Sorbent” preparation was evaluated by its effect on the gastric mucosa of animals with experimental...

Internal thoracic artery (ITA) and small saphenous vein (SSV) are two viable conduits for coronary artery bypass grafts. The aim of this study was to investigate the viscoelastic behavior of the small saphenous vein and internal thoracic artery under compressive and tensile loadings at body temperature....

Background: Cathepsin L (Cat L) is involved in the regulation of vascular aging processes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between plasma Cat L level and arterial stiffness marker through brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) in geriatric patients. Methods: Cross-sectional...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the training method of drill 1 and drill 2, endurance as well as male and female on the success of throwing fresbee to the target. The method of the study was quasi-experimental. The sample were 80 people consists of 40 elementary school students and 40 students...

The purpose of this study is to know the teaching techniques used by teachers in teaching English vocabulary for 5-6 years old students of Al-Azhar Syifa Budi Kindergarten Samarinda based on BCCT learning model in the 2016/2017 academic year. The design of this study was descriptive qualitative, the...

The Stubble breaking device is one of the most important components of the no-tillage planter. It directly influences the stubble breading effect, and even the performance of the complete machine. By the 3D parametric modeling software Pro/Engineer, 3D solid modeling of the stubble breaking device’s...

This research was based on the results of the PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) publication which showed the mathematics literacy of Indonesian students was still below the average set by PISA. The curriculum 2013 was implemented to follow up on the PISA report which based on identification...

Background: We examined several measures of ventricular–vascular load as they relate to ECG-derived measures of left ventricular (LV) morphology in a cross-section of 19 young African American and 19 white men. Methods: Measures of steady and pulsatile LV load derived from aortic blood pressure waveforms...

Background: Arterial stiffness is a well-established indicator of cardiovascular disease outcome. Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) is a surrogate for arterial stiffness that is measured either globally using carotid-to-femoral applanation tonometry or locally using biomedical imaging methods. Pulse Wave Imaging...

Background: Higher white blood cell (WBC) count is associated with impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation. However, the influence of higher WBC count on endothelin (ET)-1 vasoconstrictor activity is currently unknown. We tested the hypothesis that adults with elevated WBC count demonstrate enhanced...

The study of molecular structure in LTR regions of the BLV genome (bovine leukemia virus), which is present in the holsteinized Black Pied breed in the Novosibirsk Region, with the subsequent differentiation into haplotypes. Screening for the presence / absence of BLV was performed by PCR analysis. Hematological...

Background: Labor and delivery under the supervision of a skilled birth attendant have been shown to promote positive maternal and neonatal outcomes; yet, more than a third of births in Kenya occur outside a health facility. We investigated the association between measures of women’s empowerment and...

Functional literacy education is one of non-formal education, which teaches citizens to learn literacy. The phenomenon that occurs is the low interest of learning citizens, and methods and learning strategies are still conventional. The approach and learning outcomes have not shown significant results...

Systematized learning of interpersonal skills in the line of work students aims to re-create learning models that are consistently able to improve the flexibility to speak, socialize and build educated selections supported restricted data. This learning model was developed supported the study of the...

The objective of this research was to examine and analyse the influence of Net Premium Growth, Claim Ratio and Risk Based Capital affect the Financial Performance of Line Insurance Companies. The study population was insurance companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2014–2018. The sample...

The aim of study was to explore the teachers’ beliefs and classroom practices in terms of grammar teaching in Indonesian context. English language cannot be acquired by learner without teaching grammar to them directly. Additionally, rote, mechanical drills, and repetition are necessary support the students’...

Introduction: E-learning is the use of the internet and associated devices for educational purposes without geographical constraints. This study aims to assess the perception of students at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, about E-learning as a teaching...

The article considers the technological mechanisms used in the agricultural sector of developed countries and substantiates the need to implement them in the economy of the Russian Federation. New technologies will allow to reduce the time spent on production (sowing), to retain workforce and to lower...

Symptoms of the low organizational commitment of teachers at Singaraja-Bali City Middle School encouraged this research. Therefore, this study aims to determine the contribution of school management implementation based on local wisdom values tri hita karana and servant leadership on teacher organizational...

Discursive practices lead to the interactants negotiating the attitudes in certain area particularly in the teaching and learning phase in which the students and teacher get interactive to each other. This is theoretically related to appraisal analysis which attempts to investigate how the students and...

Landscapes of the steppe zone in Asian part of Russia have undergone a large-scale agricultural development, experienced a negative effect due to agrarian-economical activity for last 2 centuries. The Virgin Land Campaign, aftermaths of which formed a complex of problems having the national character,...