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Research on Ecological Compensation Mechanism of Typical Tourist Destination-A Case Study in Li River Basin
Dan-Dan Lu, Yong-De Zhong, Si-Yuan Chen
The ecological environment is the foundation of human existence and development, but the value of the ecological environment has not been fully recognized and fully reflect, this part of value has not got statistics and reasonable compensation for a long time. This paper analyzes the current situation...
Research Article
Suicide rate in relation to the Human Development Index and other health related factors: A global ecological study from 91 countries
Salman Khazaei, Vajihe Armanmehr, Shahrzad Nematollahi, Shahab Rezaeian, Somayeh Khazaei
Pages: 131 - 134
There has been no worldwide ecological study on suicide as a global major public health problem. This study aimed to identify the variations in suicide specific rates using the Human Development Index (HDI) and some health related variables among countries around the world. In this ecological study,...
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Skin diseases in patients with primary psychiatric conditions: A hospital based study
Nayera H. Moftah, Abeer M. Kamel, Hussein M. Attia, Mona Z. El-Baz, Hala M. Abd El–Moty
Pages: 131 - 138
Background: Although the relationship between skin diseases in patients with primary psychiatric conditions is important for patient management, studies on this issue are limited.
Objective: To detect the frequency and type of cutaneous disorders among patients with primary psychiatric conditions.
Subjects...
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Household wealth, residential status and the incidence of diarrhoea among children under-five years in Ghana
Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, Joshua Amo-Adjei
Pages: 131 - 140
This study examines the impact that the joint effect of household wealth quintile and urban–rural residence has on the incidence of diarrhoea among Ghanaian children. Data for this paper were drawn from the Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) of 2006. Descriptive and logistic regression was...
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Features of the Russian raw and cut diamonds business digitalization
E.E. Grigoryeva, N.R. Sentizova
A digital economy enters the industry. The article represents the digital transformation features of economic system of the participants of the Russian raw and cut diamond market. Various levels of digital technologies readiness and implementation into industrial production of the diamond industry of...
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Building Electronic Health Record using Voice Recognition and Big Data Techniques
Gangmin Li, Yifu Qian, Yingjian Huang, Jiamin Chen, Xuming Bai
Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a foundation for any intelligent diagnose and medical data analytics. In our previous research, we discovered that the existing EHR in clinic mainly manually created by physicians are seriously fraud. They are too sample, containing serious mistakes and far from accurate....
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Research of socio-psychological characteristics of the modern young audience’s consumption via the Internet: regional aspect
Oksana Golub, Tatiana Timofeeva, Olga Serova
Developing effective strategies of the effects on consumer choice is a priority for any company presented in online environments. Today’s Internet-consumers increasingly prefer virtual communication to face-to-face interaction with people around, at that, proportion of young people has reached the limit...
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The Sonor Farming Tradition on Forest and Land Fire In Ogan Komering Ilir Regency South Sumatera
Mulyanto
Societies around forests are closely related to forest resources and their livelihood depends on the potential of the forest. Forests become a place for life and as a provider of their subsistence needs. Therefore, the relation between the society and the forests have become the culture and identity...
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The Existence of Kuda Kepang Turonggo Lestari Mudo’s Art in Purbalingga Regency
Kuswarsantyo Anung Awalia Nur, Anung Awalia Nur Imanda, Kuswarsantyo Kuswarsantyo
This research about traditional art that’s Kuda Kepang because it’s very phenomenal, in Purbalingga. It’s very attractive, so the aims to describe the existence of Kuda Kepang Turonggo Lestari Mudo’s Art. The approach method used descriptive-qualitative research. The subjects of this research are the...
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Achievement on the Role of Competitive University: A Case Study at Muhammadiyah University of East Kalimantan (UMKT)
Anik Puji Rahayu, Lambang Subagiyo, Sestuningsih Margi Rahayu
The community’s expectation of university is relevant to its main role and function as decision or policy making that will be carried out or delegated to the subordinates, lecturers, and other academic staffs. The community’s expectation of university is increasing along with the development of science...
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Improving the Teaching of "Approaches and Methods in TESOL" through Reflective Papers
Mr. Rohani
The present study was aimed at understanding how students perceive their microteaching performance as a basis for the improvement of the subject of Approaches and Methods in TESOL in the English Department of Universitas Negeri Semarang. Ninety students took part in this study. They wrote a lesson...
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Enhancement of Ideological and Political Education in Professional Courses by Using Heritage Brands — Taking the Course "Omnimedia Marketing" as an Example
Jingjing Ye, Yanmei Nie
With the aim to cultivate students' patriotism and positive values and enhance the role of ideological and political education in professional courses, the author carried out preliminary study of teaching reform of "Omnimedia Marketing" by adopting case teaching and project design. The study contains...
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A Systemic Functional Linguistics-based Analysis of Students’ Problems in Writing Exposition Text
Satrio Aji Pramono
Among various texts taught in secondary schools, exposition text is considered one of the most challenging texts to be learned by students. Informed by Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, this study seeks to investigate what problems encountered by students in writing exposition. To achieve that,...
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Research and Practice of Modern Apprenticeship in the Teaching at Higher Vocational Colleges
Pijuan Gong, Liping Zhang, Jing Tian
With the reform of China’s economic structure and the development of the times, higher vocational education is playing an increasingly important role in China’s higher education system. As a new concept and model of professional talent training, “modern apprenticeship” has become an important direction...
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The Village Fund Allocation : the Evaluation and Progression Program of Government
Aries Suprapto Hugo, Widiyarto Sigit, Rusdi Mohammad
— Indonesia is a country that has many villages that are spread from Sabang to Merauke. The amount is so much that it has great potential in the welfare of society. The government has issued various policies to accelerate development in the village. Government policy still needs to be supported by all...
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Strategy of the Partnership of University and Business Communities as a Factor of Sustainable Social and Economic Development of the Region
I. V. Shavyrina, I. A. Demenenko, I. V. Totskaya
In article questions of transformation of the higher education at a stage of modernization of the Russian educational system are staticized, the role business - communities in formation of new model of the higher education on the basis of partnership of higher education institutions and business community...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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The Transformation of Heritage Buildings as Tourist Attraction : Adaptive Re-use of Colonial Buildings at a Bandung Conservation Area
Nurtati Soewarno, Dian Duhita
The strategic geographic position with extensive land and sea areas makes Indonesia rich in cultural heritages. Other than that, Dutch Colonial Government which ruled for a relatively long time in Indonesia also left some cultural heritages. Those cultural heritages are believed to have a potential to...
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How does the family capital and market orientation affect the business performance of the family business in the manufacturing sector?
Chalid Imran Musa, Anwar Ramli, Muhammad Hasan
This study aims to determine the effect of family capital and market orientation on the performance of the family business in the manufacturing sector. The unit of analysis in this study was 155 family business manufacturing sectors, which were determined by purposive sampling . Data analysis using Structural...
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The Effect of Neuroticism on Psychological Distress in Medical Students
Yulia Purnamasari, Dini Cahyani
Psychological distress is a stress which gives a negative impact on mental and physical health. It also caused anxiety, worries, depression and psychiatric disorder. Psychological distress has several causal, such as individual behaviour, there are several behavioural traits such as neuroticism. Individual...
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Minority in Singapore (Study of Islamic Development in Singapore)
Anna Yulia Hartati
This article describes the Minorities in Singapore by taking a focus on the study of Islamic development in Singapore. As a secular state Singapore does not prohibit any religion including Islam to carry out its religious activities. Proven in Singapore there are many mosques and the presence of madrassas...
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A Model of Increasing the Service Quality of Public Transportation Based on Quality Function Deployment
Rokh Eddy Prabowo, Anwar Mansyur, Zulkifli Aulia Rakhman
This research is aimed at analyzing the priorities for the consumer’s requirements of BRT Trans Semarang Corridor II in six different shelters. Ninety six respondents were selected based on the non-probability sampling with purposive sampling technique. The primary data were gathered in questionnaire,...
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Research on Text Analysis and Quantitative Evaluation of Mass Innovation Space Support Policies in Jiangsu Province
Zhen-Gang Zhang, Yu-Yuan Wei
Using ROSTCM6 text mining and UCINET data mining software to analyze the keywords, semantic network center and small groups of Jiangsu mass innovation space support policies. At the same time, three policies were selected and the PMC index model was used to conduct the quantitative evaluation of the...
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Identifying the Pattern of Organizational Culture in Indonesian Government Agencies
Irmulansati Tomohardjo, Engkus Kuswarno, Rohanda Hadisiwi
This study aims to map the pattern of organizational culture in government agencies, which refers to Edgar H Schein’s concept of organizational culture research, namely group norms, principles, ideology, leadership policy, unwritten rules in the organization, the feelings that appear in the group, language...
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Use of Animal Metaphors in Javanese Language within Tengger Society
Dwi Handayani
Language is a verbal product produced by humans to communicate with each other as a form of social interaction. Language helps humans to think regularly, patterned and systematically. Humans can express their meanings and feelings through language verbally and in written form. Javanese language has varied...
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Research on Practice Teaching Reform of Network Marketing Course Against the Background of Application-oriented Undergraduate
Jieyu Lai, Xia Lin
Network marketing is the core course of e-commerce undergraduate major in colleges and universities, and its teaching reform should be based on the needs of modern society and economic development. Practical teaching is not only an important link to cultivate students' practical ability and innovation...
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Lifelong Learning in Realizing the Learning Society (The analysis of non-formal educational services of sant’egidio community toward the scavengers’ children in Pemulung Village, Jogjakarta)
Rufina Nenitryana Bere
Nowadays, the number of scavengers is increasing. The lack of awareness of lifelong learning becomes one of the reasons why many people decide to be scavengers. They think that education can be only got in formal institutions. Whereas referring to the concept of lifelong learning, everyone can get an...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Culturable Cellulolytic Bacteria From Mangrove With Anadara Granosa Cultivation In Sukal, West Bangka
Ardiansyah Kurniawan, Suci Sari, Euis Asriani, Abu Sambah, Andi Kurniawan, Asep Prihanto
Sukal, West Bangka district became one of the centers of Anadara sp culture. Not yet known the effect of shellfish cultivation on the ability of decomposition in mangroves. Cellulolytic bacteria are part of degradation in mangroves. Cellulolytic bacteria have cellulose degradation ability and it made...
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Modeling and level estimation of efficiency of fiscal decentralization in Ukraine
Hanna Starostenko, Iryna Forkun, Tetyana Gordeeva, Jan Mrozowski
A priority area for the development of a democratic state is to ensure the well-being of every citizen. Given the current challenges and threats to the Ukrainian economy, achieving these priorities aims at building a domestic budgetary system with an emphasis on ensuring the organizational and financial...
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Research on Teaching Method of Discrete Mathematics Course against the Background of Mobile Internet
Xue Xing, Jia Li
The basic course of computer science and technology major in colleges and universities mainly refers to discrete mathematics, which is more complex. Students often feel that the course is boring and difficult to be theoretical. In view of the dispersion of the knowledge points of the course, the teaching...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Design and Implementation of a Required-Input Multi-Signal Generator
Baotang Shan, Bo Chen, Xiaohang Ren
To meet the special need of test, experiment, training and teaching, a design scheme of a required-input multi-signal generator is presented. FPGA and DSP are used to generate baseband signals, including HDB3 code, Manchester code, CMI code, Miller code, and frequency band signals, including ASK, FSK...
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Human Motion Modeling from Complementary Skeleton Joints of Multiple Kinects
Ningping Sun, Shunsuke Murakami
Human motion modeling with the proposed algorithm of complementary skeleton joints can help us to solve the problem of visual blind spot when the motion are captured by Kinects. The shooting model can be remodeled and reconstructed with the recombination and complementation of the skeleton joints by...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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An Improved Anonymous Communication Forwarding Strategy
Jie Ling, Daxiang Zheng
Tor is one of the most widely used anonymous communication systems and has been studied by many researchers in recently years. Aiming at the disadvantages of the entry node and exit node of Tor anonymous communication circuit, this paper proposed a pseudo sender and pseudo receiver forwarding strategy...
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A Brief Discussion on the Cultivation Approaches of Civilized Values in Yunnan Higher Vocational College Student
Wen Zhou, Boru Yang
On May 5, 2014, general secretary Xi Jinping called on the youth to conscientiously practice the socialist core values in his speech at the symposium of teachers and students of Peking University. As Yunnan province is located in the southwest of China, the unique geographical conditions and national...
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Analyzing Impacts of Renewable Energy Directive (RED) on Crude Palm Oil (CPO) Export and Forecasting CPO Export from Indonesia to European Union (EU) for 2019-2020 Using ARIMA Intervention Analysis
Anni Syahdia Nasution, Ika Yuni Wulansari
The implementation of Renewable Energy Directive (RED) policy on April 2009 by European Union (EU) received several responses from many countries, due to create nontariff barrier in international trade. RED (2009/28/EC) established an overall policy for the production and promotion of energy from renewable...
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The differences of conversions in working with target audience at different decision-making funnel levels
Anastasii I. Klimin, Dmitrii V. Tikhonov, Anastasia I. Ryushenkova
The article presents the results of a study analyzing the conversion rate at different levels of the purchase funnel in the educational market. A theoretical model of the purchase funnel and its surrounding environment is shown, assumptions about the reasons for differences in conversion rates are made,...
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Research on the Public Participation Mode of Village-level River Chief System—Introduction of “Civilian River Chief”
Chen Yilei, Liu Yixi, Long Yang
River chief system is a new innovative system in the field of environmental administration in China. In the process of the practice, the innovation was implemented to set the village-level system under the provincial, municipal, county and town levels in many areas. The village-level river chief system...
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Problems in Law Ofmortgage Right (Law Number 4 of 1997)
M. Husein Ahmadi, I.G.A.K. Rachmi Handayani, Lego Karjoko
Mortgage Law disregarding a number of civil problems, the rights of the parties in the relationship of mortgage rights cannot be fulfilled equitably, because procedural practices so far have not proceeded properly. Law Number 4 of 1997 does not provide clear rules, therefore creditor tends to dominate...
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Assessment Of Worker Posture In Herbicides Production And Break Time Determination Using OCRA Index Method
Cahyaning Wulan Dhadhari, Wiediartini, Haidar Natsir Amrullah
Workers in the packaging process of pesticide factories constantly do repetitive jobs on belt conveyors, eight hours per shift. Results of preliminary observations used Nordic Body Map (NBM) questionnaire shown that there was the severity of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) on the upper body of the workers....
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Compatibility and the ability to work together in tourist sports teams
Evgenia Kulagina, Svetlana Esipova, Igor Karasev
Compatibility is determined by researchers as a significant phenomenon of team activity that affect the effectiveness of the educational, training, and competitive process. However, the combination of the individual characteristics of athletes is not universal and is determined by the specifics of the...
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Maternal Factors and Their Effects on Stunting in Indonesia
Angger Wiji Rahayu
Stunting is one of several health indicators that contribute to the quality of future generations of human resources. This is a very serious problem, considering the impact it can cause on the future. One of the causes of stunting is the maternal condition of the mother prior to and during pregnancy....
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Isolation of Actinomycetes from Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) Rhizosphere and the Ability to Produce Antibiotic.
Nina Nur Aini, Nanik Sulistyani
Actinomycetes are well-known microorganism as secondary metabolites producers which serve as antibiotics. In this study, sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum) rhizosphere soil samples were collected from Piyungan, Bantul, Yogyakarta. The aims of this study were to obtain Actinomycetes isolates from sugar...
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The practical application of the course " debate competition " in the education and teaching of the Introduction on the Basic Principles of Marxism
Leifeng Wang
First of all, this paper analyzes what is the "introduction of basic Principles of Marxism" course " debate competition ", and then explains why the curriculum debate competition into the "Basic principles of Marxism" education and teaching, and finally explore the curriculum debate competition into...
Research Article
An improved chaotic firefly algorithm for global numerical optimization
Ivona Brajević, Predrag Stanimirović
Pages: 131 - 148
Firefly algorithm (FA) is a prominent metaheuristc technique. It has been widely studied and hence there are a lot of modified FA variants proposed to solve hard optimization problems from various areas. In this paper an improved chaotic firefly algorithm (ICFA) is proposed for solving global optimization...
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Research on the development of film-induced tourism in Heilongjiang Province
Lanlan Liu, Qiang Yu
Heilongjiang Province is rich in film-induced tourism resources, with the unique natural scenery and local customs and practices, Heilongjiang Province attracted a large number of film and television drama creators to come. The flourishing development of film and television has laid a good foundation...
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Study on the Social Inclusion of Postgraduate-level Talents in Grass-roots Unit A Case Study of D County of Guizhou Province
Zheng Jianjiong
This paper takes the postgraduate-level talents introduced to D County in Guizhou Province as an example and describes the integration conditions of such group of talents in grass-roots unit and analyzes the factors of their social inclusion from the perspectives including integration on social level,...
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Us, The Society, and Our Pancasila: A Nowadays Service-Learning Program to Prepare the Good Citizen
Rista Ayu Mawarti, Yuniastuti Yuniastuti, Suparlan Al Hakim
This article discusses the effort of preparing the good citizen through the learning process in higher education. The method used is qualitative with case study design in “Us, The Society, and Our Pancasila” programs implemented as part of the Pancasila Education course in university. This kind of activity...
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The Relevance of Prophetic Perfective of Folklore Based on Values of Characters on Rembang Regency
U'um Qomariyah
Folklore as part of literature plays pivotal role in forming nation’s characters. Likewise, in term of mental formation, the world in folklore is a world built on the dialectics space of the beauty and value. This paper was aimed to reveal the relevance of prophetic perspective of folklore in Rembang....
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Media Attention for Jerusalem Declaration: a Comparative Discourse Analysis on International Online Newspapers
Muhammad Rayhan Bustam
This study examines the discourse strategies used in the news headings in representing the public actors related to the case of Donald Trump’s declaration to Jerusalem as Israel Capital. The study employs Critical Discourse Analyze (CDA) to analyze the representation of political social actors in the...
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The use of Educational Media and Technology on Book Content Preservation: The Case Study on Wong-Yao Educational Cartoon Series
Perng Jeu Ng, Mohd Fairuz
Nowadays, the exponential growth of media and technology usage in education, through variety type of platform has raise significantly the focus and importance of educational media research. In this paper, the purpose is to find out the impact of using multimedia on transforming and preserving traditional...
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A Study on Decent Work and College Students’ Employment
Quanhong Jiang, Kejing He
Employment and decent work is one of the sustainable development goals proposed by the United Nations. Decent work for college students has become an increasingly prominent problem in China's social and economic development because college students’ employment is vital to the students and their families...