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The administration of regional property (BMD) under the Pamong Praja Police Unit (Satpol PP) is crucial for maintaining accountability and efficiency in the management of regional assets. This study is to examine the management process of BMD Satpol PP in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister...

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...

Gading Fajar, a bustling night market in Sidoarjo Regency, Indonesia, has become a popular destination for food, fashion, and entertainment. Despite its growing popularity, the area has faced challenges related to street vendor activity, including spatial planning issues and environmental concerns. To...

The traditional high-pitched Suona is a musical instrument widely used by all ethnic groups in China and various folk ceremonial accompaniments. It is also a wind instrument with a pivotal position in modern Chinese national orchestras. It is of great significance to research the influence on the sound...

Parking problems such as illegal levies and unavailable parking areas that result in congestion are still one of the government’s tasks in finding the right solution to end this problem. Therefore, the Gresik Regency Government issued regional regulations and implemented e-parking machines, one of which...

Performance-price ratio, safety and tensile mechanical properties of the new 3-strand fishing PP/PE composite monofilament rope (“PP/PE composite monofilament rope”) were studied in this paper. PP/PE composite monofilament rope was made with the fishing polypropylene/Polyethylene (PP/PE) composite monofilament...

The research aims to measure the business sustainability of Qi_Pastry Cake Shop through the evaluation of non-financial and financial factors. Feasibility analysis involves evaluating non-financial aspects such as production and marketing in an application. The analytical tools applied for financial...

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...

The crude oil in Hainan Fushan Oilfield has the characteristics of high pour point(PP) and bad low temperature flow properties. Based on the analysis of Fushan crude oil physical property and test results, the pour point depressant(PPD) FJ-2 was synthesized by the graft copolymerization of vinyl acetate...

We show that the convergence proof of a recent algorithm called dist-EF-SGD for distributed stochastic gradient descent with communication efficiency using error-feedback of Zheng et al., Communication-efficient distributed blockwise momentum SGD with error-feedback, in Advances in Neural Information...

Accelerating the Management of Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19), the Government regulates the Implementation of Large Scale Social Restrictions established by the Minister of Health. Based on Presidential Decree number 11 year 2020 and PP no 21 year 2020 Universitas Negeri Surabaya needs to take a role...

The article reviews the theoretical foundations and analyzes the practice of the project approach and its financial support in the context of structuring the management decision-making process based on the basic theoretical and methodological principles of management and finance. Attention is focused...

China-Russia Ruble-RMB currency swap agreement may have long-run and short-run exchange risks for China. This paper mainly aims to investigate the informational efficiency of Ruble-RMB foreign exchange market. Methods used include the ADF and PP tests, the Perron test, the Johansen trace and Engle-Granger...

The goal of the ratification of Law No. 3 of 2020 regarding Amendments to Law No. 4 of 2009 regarding Mineral and Coal Mining is to maximise state revenue and protect ecosystems from uncontrolled environmental damage. This is essential in the mining management process so that this industry can contribute...

A movie is an ‘artificial world’ or ‘replica world’ of what is happening in society as well as a projection of socio-cultural phenomena that are being experienced by society. Thus, what is depicted in movies is the reality experienced by everyday people. One of the most interesting and uplifting social...

Since the excavation of the brocade inscribed with “When the Five Planets appear in the East, it will benefit the Central States”(五星出東方利中國), remarkable achievements have been made in multi-angle research and interpretation. However, the cultural interpretation of the brocade patterns still needs to be...

Background: Pulse wave velocity (PWV) reflects arterial stiffness and is an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. It is important to determine the effect dual therapy has on both BP and PWV. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was performed in patients with grade 1 and 2 primary...

Background: Endothelial dysfunction (ED) represents an initial step of “vascular failure” [1]; several factors affect the functionality of the endothelium. Obesity [2] and estrogen deficiency [3] are independently associated with this. The early detection of ED is essential to intervene and prevent its...

Background: Reservoir pressure analysis has been newly introduced to analyze arterial waveform and function. There are few data regarding the effect of aging on the aortic reservoir and excess pressures in normal humans. Objectives and Methods: To investigate this issue, we analyzed high-fidelity aortic...

Background: Local carotid pulse wave velocity (PWV) estimation is challenging due to a complex anatomy and associated wave reflections [1]. Wave interference is both blood pressure (BP) and position dependent, hence causing nonlinearity in the spatiotemporal PWV estimation [2]. In lack of beat-to-beat...

There is a heated topic in the area of emotions in second language (SL) or foreign language (FL) contexts, especially since the emergence of positive psychology (PP). However, most studies have emphasized the effects of foreign language enjoyment (FLE) on language performance without treating in much...

Introduction: Acute, gravity-induced blood pressure (BP) changes during head-up tilt may generate concomitant variations in carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV). We aimed to separate the pressure-dependent and -independent components of cf-PWV changes observed during head-up tilt. Methods: 30...

Background and Objectives: The cushioning effect of large, healthy arteries reduces pulsatile afterload to the heart, reduces pulsatility in the microvasculature of target organs, and promotes coronary/cerebral perfusion [1]. With age, large arteries become stiffer, which increases both pulse wave velocity...

Background: High systolic blood pressure in young individuals with normal central pressure has been described as “Spureous Systolic Hypertension” and there is a strong controversy if it is a normal or pathologic condition. Objective: To compare young adult patients (20–40 y.o.) with isolated systolic...

Background: Stiffening of the aorta has been associated with microvascular structural brain damage and cognitive dysfunction in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, probably due to the reduced wave reflection at the interface between carotid and aorta and transmission of excessive flow pulsatility...

Objectives: We aimed to investigate the association between isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) and central blood pressure (BP) in a nationally representative population. Methods: A total of 2029 adults without anti-hypertensive medicine, aged ≥19 years old participated in the 2013–2016 National Nutrition...

Background: Combination of insulin with oral antidiabetic drugs is a valid option, but oral combination therapy emerged as an alternative treatment in type 2 diabetes (T2DM). However, the effects on blood pressure (BP) and vascular function of such combination therapies is less clear. Methods: In this...

Objective: Pulse pressure amplification (PPA) is described as the amplification of pulse pressure from central arteries to the periphery [1] and individuals with a decreased PPA have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease [2]. Adverse changes in PPA are evident in diabetic populations [3]; however,...

Development of cost-efficient denitration technologies has been a challenging task in industry. Here we proposed a new denitration method by using polypropylene hollow fiber membrane contactor. The NO gas from a simulative flue gas was absorbed into a saline aqueous solution through a holly fiber membrane,...

This research aims to find out how the biased regulation on human rights is implemented. The specific aims are (1) to find out the normative standards of regional regulations which are biased against human rights, (2) to understand the implementation model of the biased regulation of human rights. The...

Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have a central role in the national economy, but the government has given more contribution and full attention to large entrepreneurs, especially after the enactment of Law no. 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation. So that this causes the need for legal protection...

Explosive spalling behavior of reactive powder concrete (RPC) exposed to high temperature up to 800 ºC and the influence of steel fiber and polypropylene (PP) fiber on it were investigated in this experiment. Results show that RPC specimens encountered severe explosive spalling. However, adding PP fiber...

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...

To provide security for data gathering based on network coding in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), a secure network coding-based data gathering model is proposed, and a data-privacy preserving and pollution preventing (DPP&PP) protocol using network coding is designed. DPP&PP makes use of a new...

To estimate the Melt Index(MI) value accurately and quickly in the quality control process of polypropylene (PP), the paper proposed a forecast model of MI (PHKT-GRBFNN-CRBFNN-HMM) integrating the technologies of data mining, model constructing and two error compensation based on the data. Firstly applied...

Cellulose (CE), sawdust (SD) and wheat straw (WS) were subjected to triethoxysilane (AS) and methacriloxy propyl trimethoxy silane (MS), and maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) to improve interfacial bonding with matrix. PP/fiber composites were prepared in a rheomixer equipped with two rotor...

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...

It was proposed that the gray value distribution contour curve of the fracture surface of material was used to represent the true contour curve of fracture surface, the gray value distribution contour curve was extracted by the image analysis software IPP(Image Pro-Plus), and the fractal dimension of...

The introduction of various information and distance technologies in the learning process continues to be relevant. Modern education has changed significantly under the influence of digital solutions that penetrate into it everywhere; previously impossible forms of organization of the educational process...

In view of the disadvantages of superfine fiber nonwovens materials made by polypropylene (PP), such as poor hydrophilcity, deficiency of antibacterial property, poor hand feeling, we chose polylactic acid (PLA) slices as the raw material to make superfine fiber non-woven materials, which is quite antibacterial...

Iron–doped lanthanum stannate (Fe–La2Sn2O7, simplified as Fe–La) was prepared firstly and used as a synergistic agent of the intumescent flame retardant (IFR, the mixture of ammonium polyphosphate (APP) and pentaerythritol (PER) with mass ratio of 2:1) for polyphosphate (PP). The limiting oxygen...

As an energy-saving high-tech green and environmental-friendly product, the steel-plastic combined template is in line with the industrial policy guidance of “replacing wood with plastic and steel with plastic”. It is another new generation product after the wooden template, the combined steel template,...

Waqf has played an essential role in solving the social problems of the Ummah as a potential financial instrument. However, its management has long been applied in Indonesia without any impact on empowerment. This study, therefore, aims to identify and explore the land empowerment model in Magelang and...

Re-entry trajectory optimization is a key step in the scheme planning of the hypersonic gliding vehicle. The problem of multi-objective re-entry trajectory optimization is usually solved by the weighted summary method (WSM). However, it is difficult to obtain the non-convex Pareto non-inferior solution....

A novel sulfur ion exchange fiber - thiosemicarbazide chelating ion exchange fiber (TSCIEF) was prepared by nucleophilic substitution reaction of chloramethylated polypropylene graft styrene (CPP-g-St) fiber and thiosemicarbazide, using anhydrous ethanol as swelling agent. The structure of TSCIEF was...

A mathematical model for calculating the PSDFD based on image processing method was constructed and applied to calculate the PSDFD of hollow glass bead(HGB) filled in the polypropylene(PP) resin. The results shown that the PSDFD of the HGB in the PP resin was 1.370, and the correlation coefficientwas0.9665;...

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....

Nowadays, the Lahao Miao (also called Hmong) Village in Phoenix, Hunan in China is a “stone village” located on the checkpoint of the Great Wall in the South (founded in Tang Dynasty and flourished in Ming and Qing Dynasties). It is a stone village, which has the natural advantages of language contact...

The aging of the filter material has become a key issue to limit its further development and application. The aging of the filter material is not only made the premature failure of equipment, a huge loss of materials, and waste of resources, but also the aging decomposition of materials caused the environmental...