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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping tourism marketing by generating personalized content that influences consumer decision-making at every stage of the travel journey. With the rise of generative AI tools such as chatbots, virtual travel assistants, and algorithm-driven recommendations,...

It is a fortunate paradox that research motivated simply by a wish to better understand the natural world can later result in the most powerful applications imaginable. By definition, the outcome of any research is unknown until the research is finished. The outcomes are even less predictable at the...

Background: Patients with COPD have increased Cardiovascular (CV) risk and commonly present with altered body composition. Patients with COPD and a low BMI have poorer health outcomes1, while obesity may increase CV risk2. The aim of this analysis was to explore BMI, CV risk, exercise capacity and systemic...

Background: Early stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are characterized by loss of the terminal bronchioles and ‘air trapping’ often before overt emphysema manifests (1). COPD patients are also at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), therefore, we hypothesized that the degree of...

Objective: To assess the associations with hypertensive target organ damage (TOD) of sleep SBP assessed by self-measured home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). Methods: Data of 1008 participants in the J-HOP study who measured sleep BP using both HBPM,...

Background: Nitric oxide (NO) and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) regulate arterial wall viscosity (AWV) in young subjects (1). During hypertension, characterised by a decrease in endothelium-derived NO and an early disappearance of EETs, AWV is not modified (2,3). We compared the role of NO and EETs...

Rational: Cardiovascular diseases represent the main cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world (1). Arterial stiffness has shown to be an important predictor of cardiovascular events, and pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a marker of subclinical organ damage which can be measured by different...

Our previous study in young spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) confirmed a participation of nitric oxide (NO) and hydrogen sulphide (H2S) in probably inherent adaptive strategy of conduit arteries in condition of sustained hypertension. The aim of study was to confirm or refuse the compensatory mechanisms...

Background: Patients with psoriatic arthritis are at high cardiovascular risk. Marine n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) may reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of marine n-3 PUFA on cardiac autonomic function and vascular function in...

This research aims to determine whether perceived authentic leadership affects work-family balance for female employees while working from home. This study was a quantitative research with an online survey method. A total of 89 married women participants filled out the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire...

The article is devoted to the issues of assisting children with speech disorders in current conditions, considering the emerging social and epidemiological risks. The authors consider the problem of organising and improving the effectiveness of comprehensive support for children of this category. The...

Batik Sidomulyo Batu City is one of the hand-crafted batik Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that uses synthetic dyes. The use of dyeing technology in batik making process generates a large amount of wastewater, which can lead a harmful effect to the environment. To date, Batik Sidomulyo SME uses two...

This study aims to determine the effect of cooperative culture, discipline culture, and classroom management skills on the achievement of strengthening 21st-century literacy in Senior High School (SMA/K) PE learning in Southeast Sulawesi Province. This research is a type of correlational research with...

Mathematical communication skills of SMP Negeri 3 Tolitoli students on set operations material in terms of mathematical ability. This type of research is qualitative research. The subjects of this study were selected based on their mathematical abilities. The subject was given a written test with set...

[Objective] To describe the psychological well-being and analyze relevant factors among the left-behind elderly in ethnic Miao villages. [Methods] A cross sectional survey was conducted with a structured questionnaire among the 192 left-behind elderly at the age of 60 or older in July 2011 in three Miao...

Smart Computing provides ease of use in term of mobility in the low power computing devices such as smartphone, tablet and experimental board (e.g. RaspberryPi). Low power constraint and low computation capability require a lightweight security system and networking protocol. This paper presents an analysis...

To get good outdoor ventilation and create shadow areas, piloti is commonly used in tropical and subtropical climate zones, but there are few studies reveal the comprehensive influence of piloti on wind environment in residential blocks, and furthermore, a coupled simulation method, which offers high...

This research is a continuation of previous research. The result of previous research was character education model in Unimed. This research studied about the effectiveness of the model. Validity of components of the character education model including accompanying instruments for data gathering were...

A new algorithm for optimizing the thermal layout of basic VLSI elements, taking into account the features of the length of conductors and mutual thermal effects for 3D ICs, is described. It provides a differentiated temperature distribution in different layers of the chip. The algorithm includes parameters...

The reemergence of dengue outbreak demands an effective and efficient treatment especially for antiviral agent since neither vaccine nor drug is available to overcome this disease. This study designed the new model for Dengue Type-2 (DENV2) NS2B/NS3 protease inhibitor from quinoline scaffold by combining...

The new sorbent—sugercane stalks on the adsorption of uranium-containing wastewater was studied by static adsorption experiments in this research. Its feasibility and adsorption capacity as a biological adsorbent was verified through modification experiments. The influence of adsorbents dosage, adsorption...

Effect relationship model between user-to-user interaction, co-creation user experience and user co-created value were established in the setting of non-trading virtual community. Empirical study of structural equation model was applied to verify the effect relationship between user-to-user interaction,...

The failure process on the plain weave CFRP composite laminate under three-point bending test was monitored by acoustic emission (AE). Failure process was divided into stage I, II, and III based on the energy distribution along with the mechanical results. Moreover, various failure modes in every stage...

Based on Hoek-Brown failure criterion, selecting the plastic shear strain as strain-softening parameter and considering elasto-plastic coupling, the approach of solving nonlinear relations between stress and axial strain, hoop strain and volumetric strain in the post-peak region was proposed by modeling....

Middle phase microemulsion flooding is an effective approach to improve reservoir recovery. Using orthogonal experiment, we obtain the preparation of middle phase microemulsion formula of oil displacement system. Scanning respectively SDS concentration, concentration of n-butyl alcohol and Na2CO3, we...

It is within the field of the accountant's professional substantial judgment application to determine whether the investor controls an investee. The research based on 237 consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS of Russian and European companies was aimed at revealing and comparing the...

A solar grain drier with a sun drying system and vacuum glass was developed and the corresponding water potential model was established in this paper. It was shown from the simulation analysis of the grain drying process that the moisture content of grain could increase to14.0368% with increasing the...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the biology education students' profile on microbiology literacy after completing microbiology course in UPI. Descriptive method was conducted in this research. The instrument employed in this study was developed based on PISA 2015 science literacy framework,...

The network fracturing has become the key technology to develop the tight oil reservoirs. This fracturing technology creates a complex fracture network in the stimulated region. The primary goal of this paper is to optimize the fracture system conductivity in tight oil reservoirs, and to analyse the...

Cuprous iodide (CuI) is a p-type semiconductor material with wide band gap, which has attracted considerable attention in recent years because of its unique photoelectric characteristic and potential application in solar cells. This article presents the preparation of Ag doped and undoped CuI films on...

The microwave pyrolysis of the low-rank coal is a new technology, which solves the utilization problems of coal cleaning conversion. On basis of experiments, this paper conducted comparative study on microwave co-pyrolysis products of low-rank coal under H2 and N2 atmosphere, respectively. The composition...

The purpose of the study was to examine and explain the effect of transformational leadership, job satisfaction and organizational commitment on employees' job performance and the role of job satisfaction as a mediating variable. The population in this study were 69 export-oriented SMEs located in Bali...

Background/objective: Pregnant women experience a myriad of physiological and metabolic changes that affect different organ systems in the body. Cutaneous and appendageal alterations that manifest during pregnancy are largely modulated by hormonal, immunologic, and metabolic factors. Detailed reports...

Two cases of hydatid cyst were reported in the Microbiology department, Siddartha Medical College in 2011. 42 year old female presented with a history of painless swelling in the right inguinal region for 5 years which was insidious in onset and gradually increasing in size. She developed itching prior...

Culture as a study of human behavior begins with the study of history. In the process of the study will form the pattern of behavior that emphasizes the attention to the study of patterns and institutional actors in society. Last time the same race was held in Indonesia-Malaysia relationship sea adventure,...

This study aims to analyze the effect of intellectual capital and managerial ownership on financial performance. The research was conducted in the information technology sector that was listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2010-2015. This research uses quantitative verification method and regression...

The subject of scientific research is economic relations arising in the process of establishing the value of Bitcoin in the financial market. The hypothesis that the Bitcoin market is really subject to the formation of financial bubbles, and that the most significant of them was observed in 2017. The...

The purpose of this research was to obtain an excellent school management model for vocational high school. The model which was meant in this research was a school management model based on Bugis Makassar culture for vocational high school through a developmental process, by implementing the culture...

The application patents of cloud computing as data sources are studied in the paper. We mainly use statistical analysis method and social network analysis method and high-level patent analysis was carried out in many aspects, such as main national distribution, main institutions, focal research points...

Aiming at the problem of small size of ejected ink droplet and easy damage to contact between piezoelectric sheet and liquid in the process of casting sand mould 3D printing, an Indirect piezoelectric actuated diaphragm-driven micro-droplet jetting technology is presented to overcome the defects of the...

Since joining the WTO in 2001, the Chinese market has become one of the fastest growing markets in the world, and the competitive situation in China's domestic market has shown a “nationalization level” of competition. Chinese companies' competitors in the domestic market are not only competitors in...

This descriptive quantitative research on the effects of social media and social capital utilization on strengthening individual character involved 251 students of Primary School Teacher Education in Tegal. The objective of this research is to analyze and describe the effects of social media and social...

Personality is the whole way an individual reacts and interacts with other individuals, in other words personality is described in terms of measurable properties indicated by a person. The purpose of this research is to see if there is influence of student personality with GPA. This study was conducted...

Happiness is an important aspect for all people, there is no exception for a mother. Another study showed that happiness was determined by the origin culture of an individual. Hence, the purpose of the study was to examine the happiness level of mothers from Javanese ethnic. The study applied a quantitative...

The aims of this research were to identify the appropriateness of the development of the science learning tools oriented on Next Generation Science Standard and analyzed to improve asking questions – defining problems skills. Asking questions – defining problems is one of the main skills in Next Generation...

The develop an online motorcycle in South Tangerang City, especially in GO - JEK. This has resulted in competition between online motorbike drivers, which affects GO - JEK revenues driver. In addition, the income of the drivers is influenced by several factors, namely working hours, education level,...

This research was aimed at describing the quality of life different ability children going to special and inclusive school in Medan City, North Sumatra reviewed by the Domain Quality of Life from each school; physical health, psychology, social and environment, by using cross sectional survey. There...

This paper presents the development of an underwater plasma for wastewater treatment. A treatment reactor made of acrylic with multiple stainless-steel rods as the cathode electrode and stainless-steel plate as the ground was used. To find the suitable frequency for treatment, 25 kV pulse high voltage...

This paper designs a PID control system based on the BP neural network. The control system can adjust three adjustable parameters of PID controller through BP neural network algorithm. The main steam temperature control system of the thermal power plant was taken as the object, and simulation analysis...

Brain tissue segmentation is one of the most important parts of clinical diagnostic tools. Fuzzy C-mean (FCM) is one of the most popular clustering based segmentation methods. However FCM does not robust against noise and artifacts such as partial volume effect (PVE) and inhomogeneity. In this paper,...