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Batik is a cloth coloring technique that originates from Indonesia, where in the manufacturing stage, wax is used as a color barrier. Castor is the name of an area in Surabaya and is famous for its batik. Meanwhile, butterflies symbolize freedom and change for the better. Fashion trends change over time....

Technological developments cause manga not only in print but also in digital form (デジタル漫画) and in the form of videos which are often called mangadouga (漫画動画). The development of manga can indirectly trigger manga to be more widely known and attract interest in learning Japanese. Manga as a cultural reflection...

The injection of wax pattern and the solidification of the metal are both essential procedures and having the major influences on the final dimensions. However, the main casting process steps and casting geometry affecting the dimensional shrinkage wasn’t quantitatively studied. In this study, dimensional...

The process of forming a Japanese word is called gokeisei. Gokeisei consists of 4 kinds, namely haseigo (派生語), karikomi or shouryaku (刈り込み· 省略), toujigo (頭字語) and fukugougo/gouseigo (複合語· 合成語). This study aims to identify changes in phonemes in the process of gouseigo formation. In this study, the data...

Using phase change material (PCM) as an energy storage medium is one of the most efficient ways of storing thermal energy. An important organic PCM is paraffin. There are a lot of advantages of paraffin, but an undesirable property of paraffin wax is its low thermal conductivity. The main methods to...

The word 商 (pronounced Shang) appeared in the Chinese language very early, and has been long used as a basic word. This paper analyzes and sorts out the original literature and Chinese corpora, aiming to clarify the original meaning and historical development of the word Shang. Due to the controversies,...

Thermostat is an important part of car cooling system. In this paper, with the fluid analysis software FLUENT, CFD simulation analysis was carried out on the two kinds of thermostat. The distributions of temperature, speed, pressure were obtained by simulation analysis of flow field of thermostat, and...

The covid-19 pandemic has weakened various aspects of human life, including the field of education. One of the negative impacts of the pandemic can be seen in practical learning. Students should be skilled for practice but currently have to endure with online learning. The difficulty of delivering practical...

This research focuses on the making of batik motifs for elementary school children with artistic and aesthetic as the main points in children’s education when making batik. This research is importants because (1) discusses the power of arts in educational disciplines that uses aesthetic and cultural...

Based on the current situation and sorts of plights faced by one-children under the newly revised “family planning” policy, this paper reads, analyzes, and compares the past studies on “the problem of one-child parents’ old-age care” in The Paper (澎湃新闻in Chinese)and Xinhua News Agency (abbr. Xinhua in...

This paper explores the application of eco-translatology in the localization of multimodal products, using the English translation of Portraits (“影神图”, Ying Shen Tu) in the game Black Myth: Wukong as a case study. As a multimodal adaptation of the Chinese classic Journey to the West, the game embodies...

Because of the age and the abbreviated records, wu sheng (寤生), which first appeared in Zuo Zhuan (左传), still has unclear interpretations and different way of saying. Sheng (生) means birth or giving birth to in Chinese, while the meaning of wu (寤) is controversial. This paper compiles the main views on...

This study investigates the unique tradition of “chair-shaped tombs” (椅子坟, yǐzi fén) in rural Wenzhou and its environmental and sociocultural impacts. In Wenzhou’s hillside villages, the late 20th century saw many lineage clans build elaborate seat-like concrete tombs for their ancestors, reviving a...

The meaning of a speech is not always identical with the structure of the speech form and it cannot only be traced based on types also its constituent of internal elements. It is because the meaning of speech has a correlation between speech and the actions that the speaker is doing. The external element...

This paper examined moral values of speech acts in Tteutbakkui Saeng (뜻밖의 生 (생)) novel by Ju Yeong Kim. This research employed qualitative descriptive, focusing on the analysis of moral values with the framework of socio-pragmatic studies. Data collection techniques included reading and note-taking....

In order to obtain the efficient fertilization patterns for maintaining soil fertility, this research adopted the field experiments to investigate the effects of eight different fertilization patterns on the soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen (SMBC, SMBN) in the wax gourd- pepper crop rotation...

The study evaluates the thermal performance of a packed bed TES system that integrates both sensible and latent heat storage using solar energy as the heat source. A cylindrical, insulated storage tank containing spherical capsules containing phase change materials (PCMs), particularly stearic acid and...

The theme of this thesis study surrounds Lawerence Venuti’s theory about utilization of domestication in translation, as well as how Lin Shu reflected Venuti’s theory in his translation of Charles Dickens’ novel David Copperfield. The first part of study contains the literature review and the statement....

Particulate matter (PM), especially the small fractions (e.g., PM with diameter less than 2.5 µm, PM2.5) is a serious health problem throughout the world. Vegetation may be used as a biological filter, with its foliage accumulating PM. Thus, massive artificial plantation has been implemented in cities...

Red dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) is one of Indonesia's commodities widely consumed and developed nowadays. Dragon fruit or pitaya is a non-local fruit that is much favored by the public because it has efficacy, benefits, and high nutritional value. The most well-known efficacy of dragon...

In “General Provisions of Civil Law” of the People’s Republic of China, there are some important new terms such as “gongxuliangsu” (公序良俗, public policy and ethics), “bingchichengshi, keshouchengnuo” (秉持诚实，恪守承诺, uphold honesty and honor commitment) and “shanyixiangduiren” (善意相对人, the good-faith third...

In modern Japan, when learning from the West, it chose a large number of Chinese classical words to translate Western terminology. These Chinese character words flowed back to China in large quantities at the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and entered the modern Chinese vocabulary...

Colored asphalt cement was prepared by mixing aromatic oil with petroleum resin and polymer additives. Then the colored asphalt cement was modified by oxidized polyethylene (OPE) wax, resulting in warm mix colored asphalt cement. The content effect and mechanism of OPE wax on the performance of the warm...

Cold Batik is one example of environment friendly process batik and safe for children because it does not use a stove to heat the wax barrier during the process. The process of cold batik is the same as the process of hot batik but different in the canting. Canting is a tool to make a cross wax on the...

Temperatures of phase transformations of polymer-paraffin compositions were investigated. Graphical dependences of temperature of the beginning of crystallization, temperature of the end of crystallization and phase hexagonal-rhombic H?R transformations in the solid state of oil food paraffin П-1 on...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the sudden disappearance of the wax printing technique in the Central Plains area during Song dynasty. We analyzed historical literatures, textile archaeology, and various other methods to summarize the main reasons leading to the disappearance of the wax printing...

Indonesia is the fourth largest pineapple producing country in the world. This makes a lot of pineapple exported to foreign countries including Asia, Europe, and America. The length of export shipping causes a decrease in quality which results in poor pineapple conditions in faraway countries. This problem...

This paper examines the rise of “New Painting” (新绘画) in post-millennium China, positioning it as a critical evolution beyond historical movements like Scar Art (伤痕艺术), the '85 New Wave (85新潮), and Political Pop (政治波普). Rather than a unified style or manifesto, New Painting embodies a radical subjectivity—a...

This research is development research with aim to development王老先生pop-up tale books. The result research used to learn Mandarin vocabulary for kindergarten children aged 4-5 years. Development model used ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation). The product tested for students...

In collecting on the basis of traditional batiks patterns, the traditional batiks patterns are classified and summarized the composition of traditional batiks patterns in the form of law, law of color, pattern characteristics, cultural connotation, refining traditional batik pattern elements, will be...

As one of the most influential dictionaries in ancient China, Shuowen Jiezi, contains a large number of “女(female)” characters related to women, which not only carry the evolution of character shapes and meanings, but also reflect women’s identities, statuses, and cultural functions in ancient Chinese...

Background: Ocular defects due to eye enucleation may affect patient psychologically. Individual ocular prothesis have several advantages compared to stock ocular prothesis. Acrylic based is one of the most used individual ocular prothesis. Objective: To describe a simple method of fabricating ocular...

This study aims to determine the success rate and wings morphometric on Apis cerana queen rearing based on differences in wax sources (Apis cerana, Apis mellifera, Apis dorsata and their mixtures) as artificial queen cell cups. This study was used six replications and six treatments (P1: 100% Apis cerana...

Literature on post secularism in global politics has pointed to the underlying problem of identity construction experienced by Muslim majority states with regards to Islamic element. In this context, Turkey and Indonesia provided evidence that Islamic element can hardly be excluded as the basic character...

This paper examines the benefits of habit formation and social interaction for older adults in senior universities (老年大学 lǎonián dàxué) in China. With China’s rapidly ageing population, senior universities provide educational opportunities that promote lifelong learning, skill development, and social...

The promulgation and formulation of ordinances on apparel system in past dynasties are not only the factors restricting clothing culture, but also the factors promoting clothing culture. The enactment of the ordinances on apparel system of the Republic of China is the inheritance of the Chinese costume...

Cocoa bean shell was utilized to develop a paper-based food packaging material. This cocoa bean shell paper was foldable and relatively strong. The papers also had antimicrobial and antioxidant properties that made these papers potential materials for active packaging. However, the papers were highly...

This study develops a passive cooling system for photovoltaic (PV) panels using phase change material (PCM) to enhance power output and efficiency. The novelty of this work lies in applying paraffin wax (FRW 42) with a tropical-optimized melting point (42℃) directly encapsulated on the PV back surface,...

The difficulty that is experienced by most Chinese language teachers is to determine which Chinese language textbooks are suitable to be applied to Indonesian learners. In Indonesia, most of the Chinese books, including the Chinese Semantic textbooks, are still in full Chinese or English. Learning Chinese...

In the long term, the use of materials that are not environmentally friendly such as styrofoam as the main ingredient in food containers is dangerous. Therefore, an environmentally friendly and natural substitute is needed to replace Styrofoam. Abaca fiber (Musa Textilis) is a natural fiber obtained...

With the continuous development of the social economy and the deepening of urbanization, large buildings are increasing, and disaster risks associated with large buildings, such as fire risks, are also increasing. Because of large buildings, such as shopping malls, business offices, transportation hubs...

Wax injection machining is the only technique to produce many ideal products in large volumes, which is the most common method in the investment casting process. One of the products that has the highest number of orders in metal casting companies that use investment casting techniques is the VS 2/4/6...

Due to the long and narrow regional characteristics of Inner Mongolia, there are obvious climatic differences between the east and the west, and various meteorological factors have different influences on the development and utilization of solar energy. The abundance and stability index of solar energy...

To understand the molecular mechanisms of cuticle wax formation in blackberry, the waxy synthetic related gene CER1 was cloned from blackberry. The open reading frame of this gene was 1878 bp, encoding 625 amino acid residues with a molecular weight of 72.3 kD and a theoretical isoelectric point of 8.59....

Plant-based insecticides are single active ingredients derived from plants that can be used to control house flies (Musca domestica). One of the plants that can be used as a Plant-based insecticide is cinnamon bark (Cinnamomum burmannii) extract. House flies (Musca domestica) are a vector of various...

The art of Chinese prehistoric ancient painted pottery is unique. Underneath its fullness of form and luxuriant pattern, it reflects the aesthetic consciousness of self-observation of prehistoric ancestors. Ancient painted pottery schema (图式) is a holistic visual presentation of form, pattern, structure,...

The Chinese civilization has been bursting with vitality and vigor in the process of dialogue with other cultures, especially with the Western classic Bible. The “best” translation of the supreme master of Christianity is one of the core issues in the process of translating the Bible into Chinese. In...

To understand the molecular mechanisms of cuticle wax formation in blackberry, the waxy synthetic related gene CYP86B1 was cloned from blackberry. The open reading frame of this gene was 1692 bp, encoding 563 amino acid residues with a molecular weight of 64.5 kD and a theoretical isoelectric point of...

The application of nanoparticles has been widely used in the oil and gas industry research activities. In this study, the magnetic molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) was synthesized from molybdenum disulphide. The magnetic MoS2 were then characterized by FTIR, XRD, BET and particle size analyzer. Then, rheometer...

The world of education does not fully discuss the preservation of Indonesia’s marine wealth although the Indonesia Minister of Marine Affairs emphasizes that the sea biota have to be protected. Through art education, innovation in the batik motive can be lessons for students at school. The purpose of...