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Around the world, family caregivers often step in to fill gaps left by overstretched health systems. Patients and their families leave facilities with the implicit responsibility of ensuring recovery, but lack essential guidance. Noora Health’s Care Companion Program (CCP) trains healthcare staff to...

Introduction/Main Objectives: This paper examines the practice of integration of sustainability into strategic management in both profit and non-profit organizations. Background Problems: There are challenges in integrating sustainability in strategic management on both profit and non-profit organizations....

The paper analyses the effectiveness of interregional migration in the North Caucasus Federal District regions. The main trends and conditions in which migration processes are formed in the region and the main structural and socio-economic conditions that shape the direction and dynamics of population...

Objectives: estimate determinants of thoracic aorta remodelling in healthy subjects. Methods: 139 subjects (63 women, mean age 39.9) were included. Aortic diameters were calculated at the level sinuses of Vasalva, junction, ascending, arch and descending aorta. AIx, Pi, central blood pressure (CBP)...

Background and Aim: Left Ventricular (LV) End-systolic elastance (Ees) serves as a major determinant of cardiac systolic contractility. Traditional Methods: to evaluate the ventricular mechanics directly from measurements require intraventricular pressure and volume recordings during an acute preload...

Background: Statins are widely used for atherosclerotic plaques stabilization due to their cholesterol-lowering properties and pleotropic effects. However, the optimal drug regimens including dosage and length of treatment necessary to achieve significant improvement of ultrasound plaque morphology are...

Background: Hypertension clinical treatment largely relies on different drugs. Some of these drugs are thought to exhibit specific protective functions in addition to those resulting from blood pressure reduction per se. Through a validated multiscale mathematical model of the cardiovascular system,...

Objectives: The popliteal artery resemble the carotid artery in structure and function1. The aim of this study was to determine whether the popliteal artery resemble the carotid artery in structure and function in young and older Caucasian men and women. Methods: Hundred and twenty Caucasian men and...

Background: Monitoring Intracranial Pressure (ICP) is key for appropriate clinical treatment of patients with conditions potentially causing raised ICP. The adequacy of using Heart Rate (HR), aortic Blood Pressure (aBP) and carotid Blood Flow (cBF) to estimate ICP magnitude (pulse and mean) and waveform...

Objectives: Microvascular arterial remodelling has been linked with target organ damage and cardiovascular events. Our objective was to link retinal arterial remodelling assessed using a new interferometry technique (adaptative optics, AO) and ascending aortic function and geometry. Methods: 9 patients...

Objective and motivation: Endothelial dysfunction is associated with cardiovascular diseases. Flow mediated dilation (FMD), assesses the endothelial function by measuring the brachial artery vasodilation following deflation of a sphygmomanometer cuff around the forearm. Vasodilation is assumed to be...

The relation between carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) and LV remodeling/dysfunction is confounded by the effect of blood pressure (BP). We evaluated the relationship between cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), a less BP-dependent measure of the stiffness constant (β) of the aorta, iliac, femoral...

Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filter (RBPF) is used in this paper to solve the Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) problem. RBPF algorithm uses particle filter where each particle carries an individual map of the environment. With the usage of Robot Operating System (ROS), GMapping package was...

We introduce the q,k-generalized Pochhammer symbol. We construct q,k and Bq,k, the q,k-generalized gamma and beta functions, and show that they satisfy properties that generalize those satisfied by the classical gamma and beta functions. Moreover, we provide integral representations for q,k and Bq,k.

We discuss the bihamiltonian geometry of the Toda lattice (periodic and open). Using some recent results on the separation of variables for bihamiltonian manifold, we show that these systems can be explicitly integrated via the classical Hamilton­Jacobi method in the so-called Darboux­Nijenhuis coordinates.

With the development of economy, the problem of food safety has caused extensive concern. Agricultural production node is on the front of the food safety management chain. The combination of which and modern economic social development is an important character to reflect the food safety situation in...

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) plays an import role in economic growth. Using international panel data, this paper investigates the effects of Rule of Law on FDI inflows. The research shows that the Rule of Law has positive effects on inward FDI, and Absence of Corruption, Effective Regulation Enforcement,...

With the widespread use of digital devices and social media, communication happened in digital space has become an important research area. Based on McCluhan’s concept of “global village”, cyberspace gathered people from different countries and also record communication at different times. Furthermore,...

To face the COVID-19 crisis, the Ministry of Education and Culture launched a Freedom of Learning policy which was strengthened by local government policies and the local education office as a policy to fulfill the right to education, including the right to obtain learning. However, teachers of Pancasila...

Interval training (IT) is a method of exercise to improve running ability in predetermined distance and time. This study aims to describe physiological responses (hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and heat shock proteins 70 (HSP70)) to several IT in male Indonesian junior sprinters. In this experimental...

Hong Kong films with Cantonese as the main language have long been a significant part of Hong Kong’s popular culture. The main themes of action movies with Kung fu films, gangster gunfights, and police-and-bandit films have become a major representative. As an important embodiment of violent aesthetics,...

Within the framework of training programs at the Moscow Institute of Architecture (State Academy), the tasks of brief illumination and explanation of the system of changing architectural and design styles of XIX-XXI centuries are set. Ignace Meyerson (1888-1983) in his writings showed that the work of...

James Joyce is one of the most famous writers in the field of literature and “The Dead” is the last part of his short stories collection, Dubliners. The novel centers on the protagonist, Gabriel and his confrontation with three main female characters, Lily, Miss Ivors and Gretta. This thesis focuses...

Co-firing technology is an essential part of reaching 23% EBT in 2025, where Coal-fired power plant still dominates Indonesian power plant situation. On the other hand, the use of biomass co-firing increases the risk of slagging fouling. An effort to reduce the risk is a test with DTF on a temperature...

As a dissemination mode of mass culture, homophonic Internet buzzword has a wide audience and represents the spirit of the network society to some extent, and its influence often extends to the realistic level of the society. This paper selects Bilibili, SINA Microblog and some other network social platforms...

Drama, as a category that integrates many artistic elements in comprehensive art, has strong teaching and dissemination, and “situation” is one of the most characteristic artistic elements in drama. It not only provides an invisible “field” for wherever it goes, but also can put the audience or other...

Urban shrinkage index was calculated with data about the urban population of 250 prefecture-level Chinese cities from 2012 to 2017. In total, 55 shrinking cities were selected. First, the impacts of urban shrinkage on haze pollution were looked into in theory. Second, the spatial distribution and spatial...

As my country’s leading consumer market, real estate occupies a vast market consumption share. This paper uses multiple linear regression to rationalize the data to study the impact of housing purchase restrictions on Shanghai’s housing prices, housing demand, consumer purchasing power,and social welfare....

This paper aims to understand and explore how women business owners in MSMEs who join participatory study groups and discussion groups know how to use and utilize social media and embrace digitalization during the crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic to maintain business viability. Design / methodology...

Agricultural waste such as sago hampas has a great potential to suffice the requirements of cattle feed availability in Indonesia. This research aims to determine the quality of sago hampas fermented with multi microbial inoculum and additional urea with a long fermentation time. The research method...

In the context of the most stringent water resource management system, in order to better solve the problem of unreasonable allocation and under-utilization of water resources, the rational allocation and efficient use of water resources. This paper uses computer application technology, internet of things...

Before learning, students have already had initial knowledge about a concept called a mental model in terms of cognitive psychology. A static or dynamic review of the mental model that has been built and the extent to which individuals use mental model and conceptual frameworks to solve problems is called...

Randai as part of the culture of the Minangkabau community, which is learned and passed down from generation to generation in Minangkabau society. The essence of Randai art is attached to the traditions of the Minangkabau community. Anthropologically every society that migrates or migrates from one place...

This research is meant to find out the truth about the cause of Bissu’s existence that began to disappear or be broken by the presence of hegemony in the novel Tiba Sebelum Berangkat by Faisal Oddang’s. The reason behind that incident is: (1) the puritanism of the religion which Bissu firmly assumed...

In recent years, the consumption of boys’ love content in Indonesia has increased rapidly. Fujoshi is a Japanese term that refers to women who have an interest in manga, films, dramas, or slash fiction that have homoerotic narratives with the theme of love relationships between men, and boys’ love (BL)...

In this paper, we describe the work on measuring flow distribution down-stream of a 90 elbow, and on improving the flow to satisfy installation of a flow meter. In the sudden changed flow channel, flow velocity distribution is very irregular. Both asymmetry and swirl exist, which cause severe error in...

Language chunk is a special kind of multi-word lexical structure with certain grammatical meaning and pragmatic function and is relatively fixed in the form. Lexical chunk teaching method is an effective way of college English teaching reform. This study makes a combination of language consciousness...

Rare association rules mining is an association rule which has low support and high confidence. In recent years, the problem of mining rare association rules has got quite a lot of attention, which has become a hot topic in data mining research. However, most of the research on mining rare association...

Underground structure cracking and damage caused by anti - float underground space project, which is a hot and difficult problem in the engineering of recent years. This paper is aimed the accident of the floated basement floor, column, beam, and wall cracking due to the precipitation, at the basement...

Objective: To investigate the levels of microRNA-21 (miR-21) in the serum of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and to determine whether there was a correlation with degree of injury. Methods: Quantitative real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction( q-RT-PCR)was used to measure the...

Green home renovation is a socio-technical process involving homeowners and professionals. Homeowners undertaking a green renovation encounter unfamiliar terms and must navigate potentially conflicting information from different sources. These challenges prevent some homeowners from being fully engaged...

Phytoplankton community structure and environmental factors of Jiaolai Estuary and adjacent waters in Laizhou Bay were investigated in October, 2015. Affected by high-concentration salt-containing wastewater discharged in east coasts, the water quality of investigated waters showed a trend of high salinization....

With the development of information technology, MOOCs as a new mode of open education have raised a hot wave of education reform in the global scope, and also provides an opportunity for the development of higher nursing education in China. This paper detailed expounds the process of design and production...

In recent years, more and more enterprises are eager to obtain the facility of huge financing or asset merger and acquisition through listing. However not all enterprises can directly take the IPO approach, many enterprises especially medium-sized enterprises have been shut out of the securities market....

According to vibration characteristics of highway bridge-vehicle coupling, taking a simple supported beam bridge as an example, the scale model test system of vehicle-bridge coupling vibration has been designed and manufactured, including model testing bridge, testing vehicle, traction, braking, limiting...

School-enterprise cooperation is a very important mode of talent training. This paper discusses a new mode of cultivation of innovative talents, including the following: the innovation mechanism, optimize specialty, reconstruction of curriculum and teaching material system, creates the "teaching" enterprises,...