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Competitive Decision Algorithm for the Rooted Delay-constrained Minimum Spanning Tree

Xiaohua Xiong, Xuemin Chen, Aibing Ning
In this paper, we make research on rooted delay-constrained minimum spanning tree (RDCMST). RDCMST seeks to find a minimum spanning tree and no path from a specified root node to any other nodes may exceed a given delay bound. RDCMST is a NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem which arises both in...
Research Article

Regional Developmentalism in West Africa: The Case for Commodity-based Industrialization through Regional Cooperation in the Cocoa–Chocolate Sector

Jonathan Bashi Rudahindwa, Sophie van Huellen
Pages: 82 - 95
Regional integration occupies a prominent place in the economic policies of most sub-Saharan African countries. However, despite different waves of initiatives across the African continent, the majority of African regional schemes have not managed to achieve their ambitious goal of promoting sustainable...

The Relationship between Teaching Efficacy and Job Satisfaction of Special School Teachers after In-Service Training: Analysis of the Mediating Effect of Organizational Commitment

Xin Wei, Hongye Wang, Qiuzhu Liu, Xiaoli Yang
To investigate teaching efficacy of the special education teachers by training, and explore the relationship among organizational commitment, job satisfaction and teaching effectiveness, this research makes a survey of 616 teachers from 37 special schools in Sichuan Province. Results found that special...

Open Information Structure Approach to Learning Support and Management with Kit-build Concept Map

Yusuke Hayashi
Concept maps are a useful tool that encourages learners to explain their knowledge and understanding. From an educational perspective, the concept maps created by learners are a promising product for verifying student understanding. However, the diagnosis of conceptual maps created by learners remains...
Proceedings Article

Partial Budgeting of Floor Bedding to Improve Poultry Health in Western Java

Dikky Indrawan, Asep Rakhmat
Poultry litter is a habitat for microbe’s growth included various chicken gastrointestinal pathogens. Litter also absorb several compounds or gasses from outside of the poultry house that affects poultry health. Many studies found that the composted manure had more soil fertility which consists of many...

Synthesis and Characterization of Nano TiO2 with Sol-Gel Method as Self-Cleaning Agent on Acrylic Paint

Dina Kartika Maharani, Pirim Setiarso, Mirwa Adiprahara Anggarani, Qurrota A'yun
Metal oxide TiO2 has photocatalytic properties that make TiO2 amphilic, that is, hydrophobic in the dark (without UV light) and hydrophilic in the light (there is UV light). The photocatalytic properties of TiO2 can be utilized to develop self-cleaning materials in paints. Self-cleaning material is a...

Representation Of Empowerment For Very Poor Household Women Through The Social Aid (The Study of Social Aid of The Hope Family Program in Banyumas Regency)

Ibnu Panji Arifin, Tyas Retno Wulan, Soetji Lestari
The purpose of this study was to find out the representation of empowerment of very poor household women through the social aid of the Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) in Banyumas Regency. The method used in this study was qualitative with a phenomenological approach, collecting in-depth interview data...

Research on Miller’s Market Defense Theory and Its Enlightenment*

Junfeng Xu
David Miller, a professor on sociology and political science theory in Nuffield College in Oxford and the representative figure of contemporary market socialism, who is against the prevailing refuted criticism on “market” and constructed the famous Market Defense Theory. Namely, market can provides many...

HIV Testing among General Population with Sexually Transmitted Infection: Findings from Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey (2015–16)

Kyaw Lwin Show, Hemant Deepak Shewade, Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Khin Thet Wai, San Hone, Htun Nyunt Oo
Pages: 82 - 85
Background: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing and counseling is recommended for people with Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). In Myanmar, HIV testing and its predictors among those with STI in general population is unknown. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using secondary data...
Proceedings Article

Drug Prescribing Pattern (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) in Banyumas General Hospital

Peppy Octaviani, Sunarti
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is an anxiety disorder with an estimated 6 % of Indonesia’s population. The medication of anxiolytic must be administered appropriately according to the patient’s clinical condition. This is due to the variability of individual responses to anxiolytic drugs. This study...
Proceedings Article

Freeboard Monitoring System as an Early Warning System on Railroad Bridge with Solar Cell as Resource Energy

Rizky Arief Qurnianto, Adya Aghastya, Christiant Anandhitya Tri Mulyanto, Suwandi
The bridge is a construction that connects paths that are cut off by rivers, ravines, or construction. One of the requirements of the bridge is freeboard. Safety height is the height measured from the water to the lowest bridge construction. The survey results are still a railroad bridge that does not...

An Accuracy Test of Qibla Direction Measurement of Mosques and Prayer Rooms

Fahmi Fatwa Rosyadi Satria Hamdani, Encep Abdul Rojak, Rizka Amalia, Amalia Hutami, Ummu Rosyidah
Qibla direction plays a pivotal role and is one of the requirements for the validity of prayer (salah). If someone performs the prayer without facing the qibla, the prayer is considered to be invalid accordingly. The mosque and prayer room buildings around the campus of Universitas Islam Bandung precisely...

Management of the Electronic Archives for Optimizing Services at Banten Jaya University

Sutanto, Ely Nuryani
Archiving is a form of activity that starts from the creation, receipt, collection, regulation, control, maintenance and care and preparation of records according to a particular system. Before the existence and development of information technology, a filing system with its respective methods each agency...

The Influence of Financial Performance and Corporate Social Responsibility on Firm’s Value (For Companies (Food and Beverage Sector) Listed in Bursa Efek Indonesia)

Erni Rohmawati, Elloni Shenurti
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the firm’s financial performance mediates the relationship between CSR on firm value. The research was conducted by taking a sample of 8 companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange 2013–2017 for food and beverage sector. Sampling was done by purposive...

Industrial Dispute Settlement in Industrial Relations Court of Banda Aceh

Eka Kurniasari
Industrial relations dispute settlement is needed in dealing with industrial relations dispute, particularly, the dispute on termination of employment. The settlement is aimed to prevent both parties involved from suffering. The settlement for the dispute can be done by several measures. First, negotiation...

Influence of Group Counseling on Gifted Students’ Argument Skill

Rini Sugiarti, Rati Riana, Erwin Erlangga
This study aimed to test the influence of group counseling empirically on gifted students’ argument skill. The method used in this study was experimental, with one-group pretest-posttest design. The population in this study was gifted students of Mardi Siswa Junior High School Semarang. The parameter...

Rehabilitation Concept of Legal Protection for Citizen in Hoax Defamation

Dwi Iman Muthaqin
The worst consequence of the hoax deed is that it is divided into the nation’s integrity. The spread of hoaxes is difficult to overcome both by the government and the community, even though preventive and repressive efforts have been carried out by every party, but to this day hoaxes appear and directly...

Sindhenan Learning in Karawitan Arts Learning as a Means of Establishment of Student’s Character in Malang 4 Junior High School

Sri Bawon, Mulyanto, Basuki Sumartono
This study aims to describe sindhenan learning in musical arts subjects related to student character education. This study examines the values or messages contained in literary works on the text or cakepan sindhenan in musical arts. This research is a type of qualitative research using aesthetic and...

Didactic Expression in Islamic Novel Written By Indonesian Author

Erlinda Nofasari, Dadang Sunendar, Sumiyadi, Vismaia S. Damaianti
Islamic novel written by Indonesian authors has a didactic value. This didacticism can be seen from the expressions written by the author. This research aimed to describe the expression of didactic literacy that educates both in imaginative or fictitious forms, including moral teachings, religion, philosophy...

On Translation Varieties of English Movie Titles–Language Features in Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

Xiaoxuan Du
The author concentrates on translation varieties of English movie titles in Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan by consulting large numbers of references. The author compares and studies the differences of translation standard, emphasis and principles in these three areas by analyzing some examples,...

Influential Factors of Presentation Self-Efficacy in Chinese High School Students

Lin Yi Jun
Most of Chinese students in international high school face the task of presenting an oral presentation in Chinese and English. Their presentation performances have implications on their academic achievements, especially for those who plan to study abroad in the future. In order to enhance the ability...

Student Vandalism as Spontaneous Risk-Communication in the Context of Digitalization

I.V. Vorobyova, O.V. Kruzhkova
The purpose of this article is to study the nature of the relationship between the components of identity with the city with the motives of vandal behavior among students, as well as to consider the digitalization of society as a factor in modifying the processes of popularization of vandal practices....
Research Article

Comparison of Conventional Cyclophosphamide versus Fludarabine-Based Conditioning in High-Risk Aplastic Anemia Patients Undergoing Matched-Related Donor Transplantation

Raheel Iftikhar, Qamar un Nisa Chaudhry, Tariq Mehmood Satti, Syed Kamran Mahmood, Tariq Ghafoor, Ghassan Umair Shamshad, Nighat Shahbaz, Mehreen Ali Khan, Tariq Azam Khattak, Jahanzeb Rehman, Muhammad Farhan, Saima Humayun, Humera Haq, Syeda Ammaara Anwaar Naqvi, Faiz Anwer, Humayoon Shafique Satti, Parvez Ahmed
Pages: 82 - 91
Allogeneic stem cell transplant for high-risk aplastic anemia (AA) yields inferior results using conventional cyclophosphamide (CY)-based conditioning. The use of fludarabine (Flu)-based regimens has resulted in improved outcomes in high-risk patients. Limited data are available comparing these two conditioning...

Study on the Way to Realize the Function of Network Culture in Higher Education

Chunming Xu, Can Wang, Nan Yang
With the advent of the new media era, new media has penetrated into every aspect of college students’ study and life, bringing opportunities and challenges to college education. Colleges and universities should take the initiative to occupy the position of network culture education, fully explore the...

The Effectiveness of Using Figure on Physics Learning Results in Topics of Temperature and Calor

Hermenegildo Filipe Gusmão, Agostinho dos Santos Gonçalves, Sebastião Pereira, Ilidio Ximenes Moreira, Augusto da Costa
This study aims to analyze the effect of using concrete teaching tools on physics learning outcomes on the subject of temperature and heat of senior high school students. All the students of grade 11 of the Natural Sciences program at ESG 1 Baucau became the population. The sample of this research was...

Psycholinguistic Analysis of Cognitive-Discursive Practices of Mediatext Addressee: Interdisciplinary Study

Elina V. Bulatova, Anna S. Alekseeva, Olga V. Lomtatidze
Media space is continually expanding: more and more areas of people’s daily activities are connected with the media spheres. The nature of the impact of media messages on humans requires comprehensive study. This article presents the results of the complex psycholinguistic analysis of cognitive-discursive...

An Interactive Multimedia E-learning Material on Fiber Welding and Measurement

Yuen Wu, Mingjia Cai
The purpose of this research aims to design a set of interactive-multimedia-aided courses on optical fiber maintenance systems which enable the trainees simulate the operation of the maintenance facilities and safety precautions on the computer. The simulation courses will enhance the efficiency of the...

Local Site Visits as Medium of Establishing Social Identity for Adolescents at State High School 1 Ulujami

Grita Diding Sugiarto, Dyah Kumalasari, Oktavia Prastyaningrum
SMA Negeri 1 Ulujami is one of the educational institutions in the Pemalang Regency that implements visiting the location as a means of learning social science, especially history. The visit was carried out at several accessible local sites in the Pemalang Regency namely the New Comal Sugar Site, the...

Revisiting the Issue of Theories of Integration Processes

E. Falkovich
The article analyzes the essence and contents of the practice of integration, its general methodological principles, summarizes the existing theoretical concepts of international economic integration. The developed foreign theories of integration as a basis for the research rely on the formation of integrated...

Anachrony in Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita: A Study of the Novel’s Narrative Tense Arrangement

Alsyifa Rifka Sabarini, Thera Widyastuti
This article represents a critical reading of the arrangement of the narrative tense in the storytelling of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita (1955) [1]. Gérard Genette’s [2] concept of narratology as a structuralist approach to literary criticism forms the theoretical grounding for this analysis. The study...

Survey on Outdoor Mountaineering Participation of College Students in Beijing

Ziyang Xing, Xiaoxue Liu, Mingxing Liu, Lijie Hu
The research targets on college students of China University of Geosciences in Beijing, Capital Institute of Physical Education, Capital Normal University and Beijing Language and Culture University in the way of questionnaire survey and then conducts date analysis and organization. To develop knowledge,...

Research on Public Health Security Risk Management and Emergency Response Measures under Climate Change

Xing Kaicheng, Li Hongyu, Ma Guihong, Jing Yuanyuan, Yang Ming, Huang Dapeng
Pages: 82 - 90
Climate change, characterized by global warming, has a wider and deeper impact on society, economy and life. Climate change is an important cause of human health and the spread of infectious diseases. The explosiveness and uncertainty of the epidemic of infectious diseases pose a huge threat to human...
Proceedings Article

New Distribution Record of Ants Species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) to the Fauna of Sumatra Island, Indonesia

Rijal Satria, Henny Herwina
The Sumatra Island have a high diversity of ants and part of Sunda Shelf. The high diversity of ants in Sumatra Island was recorded in the previous studies. The present study was added more species to the list of Sumatran ants. Five species of ants were recorded from the Sumatra Island and consider as...

Value Transmission From Parents With Different Religion Towards the Children

Evangelista Christiani, Siti Rohmah Nurhayati
This study aimed to discover values that parents transmitted, the process of transmitting values in multi-religion families, and what obstacles appear in children from multi religion family. This study used qualitative methods with phenomenological approach. This study showed multi-religion family transmitted...

Study on the Tone and Aesthetics of Architecture

Yifan Guo
This article expounds from the multiple analysis of the architecture’s virtual reality, tension, rhythm, confrontation, void, symbol, light and field. An extremely profound example analysis is used to explore the imagination of architectural aesthetics, and then it is further sublimated to the so-called...

The Implementation of TTE (Electronic Signature) in the Department of Population and Civil Registration of Lamongan District

Uvi Fatur Rohmah
This study aims to describe how the implementation of TTE in managing Family Cards and Birth Certificates in Lamongan district. The theory used in this study is the implementation theory by Donald Van Mater and Carl Van Horn related to the factors that influence this program. That is seen from the standards...
Proceedings Article

Information and Analytical Support for Biomedical Research in the Field of the Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction

Alexander A. Zakharov, Alexander A. Kotelnikov, Alexander P. Potapov, Dmitry V. Panfilenko, Pavel Y. Gayduk
The aim of the article is to study Data mining methods to predict the cardiovascular disease risks’ level, based on data from medical information systems. We propose a new approach to the development of information and analytical support for biomedical research. Based on the proposed approach, we have...

Income Smoothing as Dysfunctional Behavior Strategy to Develop Public Opinion of Good Performance

Deni Hamdani, Devyanthi Sjarif, Nugraha
Naturally, income smoothing is defined as management intervention in external financial reporting to benefit himself (manager). Mostly, this is an unplanned and direct process carried out by management. On the contrary, intentional income smoothing occurs because of interference from management. This...

Research on the Reform Path of University Library’s Supply Side in the Context of New Era

Yuan Gao
As an important part of the school, the university library is an academic institution that serves teaching and scientific research with main service objects of teachers and students. After clarifying the reading connotation of university library readers against the background of the new era, through...

The Effect of Opening China-Europe Railway Express on the FDI in China from the Countries Along the Routes

Shiyuan Hu
This paper theoretically explores the mechanism of the influence of opening China-Europe Railway Express on China’s absorption of FDI, then applies the panel data of 128 countries from 2008-2017 in the PSM-DID model to prove a stimulative effect of opening the trains on China’s FDI from the counties...

Fabrication of Flat Tubular Clay-Based Porous Support Filters

Dolgorjav Rentsendavaa, Saran Galdansambuu, Song In-Hyuck
Mongolia has few freshwater resources. It is therefore important to conserve water resources. An efficient possibility is to purify water and reuse it. Therefore, the scientists from the Material Science Center of the Mongolian University of Science and Technology collaborated with the researcher from...
Proceedings Article

The Effect of Frequency of Dialysis Session On Efficiency of Brain Natriuretic Peptide as Cardiac Biomarker Among Patient with End Stage Renal Disease

Dr. Abdul-Aziz A. Aziz, Dr. Abdul-Hassan M. Salih
Background: There is overwhelming evidence about the importance of brain natriuretic peptide as a cardiac biomarker. However, the hemodynamic changes and associated abnormal body fluid homeostasis in patient with impaired renal function will add further complexity to the situation and may make the validity...

Strategies for Answering TOEFL: The Correlation Study between Its Use and the EFL Students’ Listening Score

Ika Hidayanti, Alfan Zuhairi, Kurniasih
The EFL students need to take the TOEFL test to measure their English achievement, and this is also a compulsory test regulated by universities. This study was taken place in Universitas Islam Malang, especially English Department Students at Faculty of Education. The objectives are to investigate whether...

The Development of Critical Thinking in Language Learning

Yanli Jia
Based on the discourse and pragmatic theory system, the article explores the advanced English classroom teaching model and carries out an analysis of the teaching effect. The purpose of the study is to verify whether this model is conducive to improving students’ critical thinking skills as well as their...
Research Article

Differential Sensitivity of Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity and Ankle-Brachial Index for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Elderly Chinese: A Cross-Sectional Study

Guoxiang Fu, Yuan Zhong, Fengfeng Pan, Chanchan Xu
Pages: 82 - 86
Background: Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity (baPWV) and Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI) are widely used in clinic for evaluating arterial stiffness and atherosclerosis separately. This study aimed to compare the sensitivity of baPWV and ABI for cardiovascular risk assessment in elderly Chinese. Methods:...

Local Government: The Impact of International Cooperation on Economic Security in Indonesia

Fadhlan Nur Hakiem, Novi Rizka Amalia
This research aims at analyzing the impact of international cooperation on economic security carried out by local governments. Economic security is an essential aspect of the human security approach. In the human security approach, security is not limited to military threats but also non-military threats...

Methods, Stages and Misunderstandings of Digital Transformation of HR Management

From Worship of Technology to Utilization of Technology

Lu Jia Jin
The fourth wave of industrial revolution swept across, the 5G Era kicked off, and various technological applications were rapidly updated, which are profoundly changing our lives, business models, and work models. Digital transformation is an inevitable choice for companies to build competitiveness....

Evaluation and Comparative Study on the Influence of WeChat Official Accounts of Jiangsu Smart Scenic Spots Based on the Data of 5A Scenic Spots

Jialin Yuan, Zhijun Yan, Jun Wen
The purpose of the paper is to study the influence of WeChat official accounts of scenic spots under the background of smart tourism, so that we can help scenic spots know the existing problems in marketing and improve their online marketing methods. The extant kinds of literature rarely involve the...

President Election and Dividen Policy in Indonesia

Fitriana Hanif, Robert Andreago, Aldi Andalas, Pratiwi Azizah, Tri Prasetyo
This paper discusses the impact of the presidential election in Indonesia on company dividend payment policies. The presidential election years 2009, 2014, and 2019 were taken to examine their effects on dividend policy. The data used is taken from the IDX (Indonesia Stock Exchange) with the period 2009-2019....

The Role of Waste Recycle by Banking System to Economic Empowerment in Indonesia: A Case of Study of Bank Sampah Matahari Madiun

Intan Muthoharoh, Syamsuri
Financial institutions in Indonesia are various. There is a cooperative Bank, the company and others. The Bank is a term that means to make withdrawals, borrowing and saving money. Views will be the strength of the role of financial institutions to society, the Bank got the role is higher than other...