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This study aims to determine the optimal formulation for the manufacture of instant mixfruit. The research included two stages of preliminary research aimed at characterizing black rice flour. Furthermore, the main research aims to obtain optimization of the instant mix fruit formula with the addition...

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) represent a milieu of non-coding RNAs that play a major role in gene regulation, development, and carcinogenesis. Circan is a database of cancer associated circular RNAs. As the interest in circRNA increases, Circan provides a systematic annotation of circRNA dysregulation in...

Anxiety is a condition that arises due to a response to stress or conflict, leading to feelings of unease, worry, or fear. Adaptation is an essential requirement for the development of individual mental health. Medical students are those enrolled and engaged in the teaching-learning process within the...

This action research investigates the effects of video-based reflection on learners’ speaking skills and attitudes toward this method. Twenty-four second-year non-English major students voluntarily participated in this twelve-week intervention at Thanh Dong University. Each participant recorded one video-based...

This study aims to assess the seismic vulnerability of soft ground stories and propose potential solutions by comparing the use of concrete shear walls and steel bracings at the ground level. In our country, soft-story buildings are commonly used, with many multistory structures leaving the ground floor...

This study aims to develop a Sigil-assisted E-book as an instructional medium and to evaluate its feasibility in teaching the topic of face shape correction to students at SMK Pariwisata Imelda Medan. The development process was adapted from the Borg and Gall research and development model, which consists...

Physical inactivity is a growing concern among productive-age workers, especially those in sedentary occupations such as creative office settings. Music has been increasingly recognized for its ability to influence mood, motivation, and physical performance. This study aimed to examine the effect of...

To address the unclear transverse seismic mechanism of column-type bent piers, this study investigates the advantages of three-column bent piers compared to single-column bent piers in terms of force distribution and plastic hinge zones. Numerical models were established using OpenSees to analyze the...

Writing in EFL classes needs multidimensional competences including cognitive, metacognitive, socio-behaviour, and motivational aspects in the whole process. Unfortunately, previous studies have been focused more on writing products, cognitive aspects, and individual types. Therefore, to fill in the...

Schizophrenia is a condition that requires long-term care and often imposes significant physical, emotional, and financial burdens on families as primary caregivers. Understanding factors that may reduce caregiving burden is essential to enhance family resilience and decrease the risk of patient relapse....

This study aims to analyze the influence of economic literacy, digital awareness, and family financial management education on the financial management behavior of Generation Z. The background of this study is the increasing consumption behavior among Generation Z, who are more focused on lifestyle rather...

The level of community knowledge about coral reefs in Barrang Caddi Island Spermonde Islands is very diverse. The applied fisheries control policies and regulations are even considered obstacles for the community in utilizing marine resources, especially coral reef resources. This study aims to reveal...

To reduce the carbon foot prints of recycling, reuse of the waste of the CNC industries is the focus of attention. The present research intends to use CNC waste in the polymer composite which reduces the waste in the landfill encourages to the sustainability of the environment. In the present work CNC...

The implementation of traditional games in physical education is an effort to improve students’ health and fitness, which is packaged by adapting the characteristics of educational levels from elementary to upper secondary and higher education. Playing traditional games is one way for students to learn...

Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is a major global health and economic challenge. Sacubitril/valsartan, an angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI), has demonstrated superior clinical efficacy compared to enalapril, but its cost-effectiveness across different economic settings...

Objectives: Cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), a parameter of arterial stiffness, has been increasingly used for cardiovascular risk estimation. Currently used CAVI reference values are derived from the Japanese population. It is not clear whether the same reference values can be used in the Caucasian...

Background: Pulse pressure amplification (PPA), i.e. the amplification from central arteries to the periphery, is inversely related to arterial stiffness, organ damage and mortality. It is known that arterial stiffness is higher in black than white populations, but it is unclear if this is due to early...

Purpose: The feasibility of pulse wave analysis (PWA) over 24 hours with oscillometric devices has already been shown and first studies indicate additional information compared to single measurements. Nevertheless, diurnal patterns of PWA parameters in healthy subjects, which can potentially serve as...

Background: Accumulation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) is one of pathophysiological processes, responsible for progressive stiffening of vessel wall. In contrast, soluble isoform of receptor for AGEs (sRAGE) act as “decoy” and physiological defense against circulating AGEs. We hypothesized...

Background: A recent study has shown that the central pressure waveform could be determined by a very small set of parameters accounting for the physical properties of the heart and the arteries [1]. Particularly, main pressure features like first systolic shoulder (P1) and systolic (P2) pressures were...

Increased arterial stiffness, a biomarker of vascular aging, is a recognized subclinical organ damage, and may thus serve as predictor of cardiovascular disease. The predictive value of arterial stiffness is higher in patients with higher baseline cardiovascular risk, such as in patients with hypertension....

The RhoA signaling pathway is a master regulator of mechanostransduction and plasticity of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) that controls arterial stiffening. The RhoA exchange factor Arhgef1 is causally involved in the development of angiotensin II-dependent hypertension. Our aim was to determine...

Instructing is a key factor in the quality of postgraduate education, and there are many different instruction styles. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between instruction styles and the quality of postgraduate education through an empirical investigation, so as to explore...

There needs to be public awareness in applying the rules of Islamic Shari’a that the rules are made for themselves and the surrounding community. Awareness is not only a cognitive thing but is related to the reality of behavior in the surrounding environment. Violations of Islamic Shari’a are still common...

The need to tap from the global education space has attracted the attention of stakeholders in recent times. This study, therefore, investigated the integration of the Nigerian Education System into the Global Education Space. Three research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The study used...

Sidaguri plant is a wild and potential plant that is promoted as a good challenging medicinal plant in the future. However, information related to the diversity of these plants in Indonesia has not been widely exposed, and there are several species of this sidaguri found in Indonesia that are still unknown...

The purpose of this study is to map Padang local tax by using Klassen typology. This research is a quantitative descriptive study. The data used was obtained from Padang Regional Revenue Office for year 2015-2019. The population was all local taxes based on Law Number 28 Year 2009. The sample was selected...

The structure of the solar power plant is given. The issues of optimization and location of objects on the ground are considered. An assessment of electricity losses on internal lines was estimated.

The transformation of technological achievements is an important task for the national economy. It transforms technological achievements into actual productivity. In this paper, the entropy method is used to take the technological achievements of Dalian, Liaoning as the research object, and the local...

The covid-19 pandemic has led to different changes in the market due to changes in consumer behavior. The changes in consumer consumption behavior bring changes in business marketing strategies. The study was to examine how the current situation of the epidemic has affected the marketing sector of the...

A pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of exogenous melatonin (MT) on photosynthetic characteristics of radish under aluminum (Al) stress. Five treatments were used in the experiment: seeds were soaked with 0 (CK), 50, 100, 150 and 200 mol-L-1 concentrations of melatonin solution. The results...

Business English teaching is same with the teaching of other languages, and they both have the view of language teaching methods, at the same time it has influence on the choice and application of the method and model of business English teaching. This paper was based on the combination of theory and...

A character recognition technology based on CMAC (Cerebellar Model Articulation Controller) neural network was proposed, considering the neural network with the characteristics of stability and high distinctiveness. The handwriting recognition system interface was designed and developed, which provide...

Diesel low-temperature combustion (LTC) has great potential on ultra-low emissions for internal combustion engine and has been widely researched in recent years. In order to enhance the stability of diesel LTC and improve the transient performance during low temperature combustion and conventional combustion...

One new organic-inorganic hybrid materials of complex Ag2ClO5N5C28H22 (1) was synthesized by evaporation methods using 2-Chlorobenzeneacetic acid(2-CBAA), 4,4'-dipyridyl (4,4'-bipy), and AgNO3. And the complex was characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, thermogravimetrie analysis(TGA), XRD, X-ray...

In order to improve the efficiency of collaborative product design, project task and team should be allocated and scheduled reasonably. Firstly, the matching degree between task and team was defined. Then, trading-off project duration and cost, multi-objective scheduling model of collaborative product...

The Governance of China was published in October, 2014. This book includes a series of important statements proposed by Xi Jinping. It is a window for the international community to know the contemporary China. Xi’s Promoting the Construction of Anti-corruption in The Governance of China reflects a unique...

This study was aimed at: (1) describing teachers’ readiness to implement problem-based learning in 2013 curriculum context; (2) describing the learning profiles in 2013 curriculum implementation; and (3) describing the potential implementation of problem-based learning in 2013 curriculum context. This...

In order to determine the drilling gas drainage radius, several different spacing drilling group were set up, and the relationship between drill pumping rate and the drainage time was solved through the relationships between drill gas flow and drainage time. Then on the basis of objective standards in...

Through 4 weeks HiLo training of 72 SD male rats, some very obvious changes of Rat skeletal muscle SDH was found in a quiet state. Some changes of SDH were found immediately after exercise but not obvious, but three hours later after exercise the change of Hypoxia and exercise compound group was more...

Magnesium oxychloride cement-cornstalk is an environmentally friendly composite, the major constituent of which is magnesium oxychloride cement(MOC) and cornstalk fibers. In order to obtain composites with excellent performance, phosphoric acid and cornstalk fibers was adopted to MOC modification. The...

Teaching English cannot be generally taught in the same ways to different students who have different backgrounds. Each student may have different purposes, learning styles, needs, interest and so on that may affect their successful in learning English. Students' backgrounds may influence their comprehension...

In many universities in Indonesia, script defence examination (SDE) is a must for students to graduate from their studies. The SDE is a compulsory unit that gives an opportunity for students to show their ability to understand the content of their research and to show their communicative competence....

Nonspecific chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a main cause of activity limitations, absenteeism, and high health care expenses. The prevalence of CLBP is estimated at approximately 23%, and activity limitation due to low back pain had been found in 11% to 12% of the population. Low back pain is consistently...

The mathematical models of compressor, evaporator and condenser in a refrigerated container’s refrigeration unit were established, which were used to form the whole system model for steady-state simulation according to the coupling relationship among them. The full-load performance of the refrigeration...

In this paper, we analyze the current situation of gas filling station, find out the risk factors affecting the safety of gas stations, and propose a new algorithm based on BP neural network model. With the historical monitoring data of gas filling stations, BP neural network model can be used to approximate...

In this paper, a new type of foam concrete (FC) incorporating ceramsite as a lightweight coarse aggregate was prepared, i.e. ceramsite cellular concrete (CCC). An experimental research was conducted on its thermal properties to clarify the correlation between thermal conductivity and density, compressive...

Due to the fact that the German Railroad reduced the maintenance work on the important railway line Nuremberg – Regensburg, section Deining - Batzhausen they had several cases with blocks laying at the tracks. Therefore they decided to stabilize the 70° steep weathering prone sandstone slope. As a protective...

The customer demands were divided into dominant and implicit requirements. Classified by professional ability and social background of customer groups, classified indexes of customer groups were established to accurately obtain implicit requirements. In general, natural language expression of customers...

The pseudo-dynamic test was conducted on the turbine-generator spring vibration isolation foundation to study the spring deformation under action of horizontal earthquake. The test model is 1:8 according to the similarity relation conversion. By experimental results, the story drift of spring vibration...