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Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Study on Optimal Design of Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Support in Coal Mine
Limin Liu, Shijun Zhao, Junzhi Cao, Zhongcheng Qin
This paper describes a new method of roadway support in deep mine. More than 70% of China's coal reserves exist -800m depth below. Along with the increased growing coal mining depth, mines in most mining areas are facing deep mining problems. Currently, the main support means in deep high pressure roadway...
Series: Advances in Physics Research
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Numerical equation for the mass stopping power of protons in human body subtances
Eko Sulistya, Arief Hermanto
Accurate determination of the protons energy in radiotherapy planning can be achieved if the stopping power of protons to specific body tissue are known. The Bethe-Bloch equation greatly aid the understanding of how to calculate the stopping power from the physics point of view, but not so practical...
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A Feasibility Study of Bilingual Teachers Training
Liang Shuang
English-Chinese bilingual teaching has been developing rapidly, the bottleneck of current bilingual teaching in primary and middle schools is not enough qualified teachers in nearly a decade in China. Level and the quality of the bilingual education of primary and secondary schools are mainly depends...
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Preparation and Visible-light Photocatalytic Activity of Pt/TiO2-xNy
Rui Liu, Weinduo Yang, Huiyi Tsai
Pt/TiO2-xNy film has been synthesized successfully through the sol-gel method and spin coating method. The roughness and absorption wavelength were analyzed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and ultraviolet and visible spectrophotometer(UV-vis). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS) showed that the elements...
Series: Advances in Physics Research
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Performance Improvement of Flexible Dye-sensitized Solar Cells by Addition of Larger TiO2 Particle as Scattering Layer
Lia Muliani, Mariya Q., Jojo Hidayat, Erlyta Septa
The performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) is affected by its components such as photoelectrode material, dye-sensitized, electrolyte, substrate and counter electrode materials. In this study, we investigated the effect the addition of larger TiO2 particle as a scattering layer to the TiO2 nanoparticle....
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Research on the Information Commons in the University Library
Xiao Liu
Information commons is a highly integrated information service mode and a space for people to study and communication which could just meet the needs of modern people. Information commons is very popular abroad, especially in university libraries, but is very rare at home until recently. Information...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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The High Vacuum Cleaving Passivation Characteristic on 980nm Diode Laser
Tiansheng Zhao, Zaijin Li, Te Li, Peng Lu, Yi Qu, Baoxue Bo, Guojun Liu, Xiaohui Ma, Yong Wang
The high vacuum cleaving passivation characteristic on 980nm diode laser is presented. In this research, diode lasers are cleaved in high vacuum cleaving system, and then coated with thin ZnSe passivation layer in the front and the back facet. The function of the passivation layer is to protect diode...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Analysis of the Improvement of the Carbon Fiber Mono-filaments Tensile Strength in Tensile Device
Jiabin Xu, Guixin Zhao, Haitao Wen, Zhaoqing Dong, Daigen Chen
This paper describes a new micro-scale machining process which experimentally demonstrated a carbon fiber mono-filament tensile nanofibers and micro-scale devices fixture based on a 180°- and 90°- orthogonality carbon fiber mono-filament tensile (OCFMT). The fabricated OCFMTs with orthogonality structures...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Reinforcing Polyamide 1212 with Oxidized Carbon Nanotubes
Ziqing Cai, Xiaoyu Meng, Lishan Cui, Qiong Zhou
The polymer composites based on carbon nanotubes are of particular interests because of their excellent performance. In this work, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were modified by concentrated acid solution which resulted in CNTs grafted with carboxylic acid (–COOH) and hydroxyl (–OH) groups (i.e. a-CNTs). The...
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Wireless Graphene Nanowires QCM Ethanol Vapor Sensor Network Based on ZigBee Protocol
Jiaping Liao, Yang Lu, Xiaohua Wang, Ding Qian, Rujiao Cheng, Dongli Zhu
In this paper, a ZigBee wireless ethanol vapor sensor system has been presented. This system is based on quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) coated with graphene nanowires as sensing element. This system is a QCM ethanol vapor sensor network, and we use star network to construct it. It consists of two...
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Correlation of Alzheimer's Disease with Wnt Signaling Pathway and Neural Stem Cells
Hongbo Yao, Lihui Sun, Jie Lian, Meng Zhang, Danyang Liu
Recent studies have shown that Wnt signaling molecules and the occurrence and development of Alzheimer's disease are closely related. Wnt protein secretion by autocrine or located next to the cell membrane receptor binding, activation of intracellular signaling pathways to regulate expression of target...
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Case Grammar and its Application in English Vocabulary Teaching
Bei-bei Ye
In 1968, Fillmore published his theory of Case Grammar, which highlighted the fact that syntactic structure can be predicted by semantic participants. It focuses on the link between the number of subjects, objects and so on of a verb and the grammatical context it requires. Fillmore’s case theory is...
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Discussion on Teaching Reform of Mathematical Analysis
Zhiyong Ma
The Current problems of the mathematics analysis courses in science and engineering colleges and universities is unsatisfactory. People's traditional concepts of mathematical analysis courses need to be updated. From the future educational development to proceed, this article briefly discusses the mathematical...
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A supervised Multi-Spectral Image Classification for Remote Sensing Data
Akram Zeki, Muhsin Zaid
With the advent of photography equipment and techniques combination to revolution of computer and digitalization in both hardware and software, it takes another dimension. This research shade some light on the Multi-Spectral Image Classification and the importance of this field in Image processing. The...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Data-Based Gain-Scheduled Modeling and Nonlinear Control of Engine Intake and Exhaust System
Xiaoming Wang, Shujun Zhang, Kemal Bechkoum
In this paper, the parameterized dynamical model of the diesel engine intake and exhaust system using a data-based method, namely a Gain-Scheduled model is proposed and designed based on the data from a virtual engine test bench under normal load conditions. In the first step, the Multiple Input Multiple...
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The Correlation of Lifestyle and Features on Motivation to Purchase Sharia Compliant Hotel in Jakarta
Candra Hidayat
Muslim growth around the world is perhaps the most striking and Sharia is more popular and becoming the lifestyle of Muslim people today. Developed tourism for Muslim tourists services in hotels, restaurants and travel tours are really potential. The study was conducted to provide the author a better...
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Research on Carbon Emissions Trading System in Electricity Market
Qing Zhang
In recent years, the issue of global climate change has become increasingly prominent, the International convention on setting the relevant countries of greenhouse gas emission limits and emission reduction obligations, making carbon emissions, carbon emissions trading has become a research hotspot....
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Cyclic Behavior Prediction of WUF-W Connections Using FEA
Changseok LEE, Namhun KIM, Taeo KIM, Sangwhan Han
The welded unreinforced flange-welded web (WUF-W) moment connection is one of seven prequalified connections for the special moment frames (SMF) specified in AISC 358-10. In this study, in order to predict cyclic behavior of WUF-W connections using nonlinear FEA, finite element studies for selection...
Proceedings Article
Improving Students' Motivation to Learn in the Classroom
Naeli Nurlaeli
Motivation to learn is connected with the desire or willingness of students to participate in learning so that students' motivation to have a role in the achievement of student learning and performance. Facts found in the field show that in general students need to bring learning motivation stimulus....
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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The Study on the Regional Library Alliance Service Mode
Li Chen, Yong Wang, Xiangdong Xin, Chen Hu, Banglian Xu
The library implements regional alliance is a great progress of service mode. This paper discusses the current operating status of the domestic and foreign library regional alliance, forecasts the future development trend of the regional library alliance service mode. Focusing on analyzing the current...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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The Comprehensive Evaluation Model of Low Carbon Benefits of the Power Planning and Its Application
Xiaohui Zhang, Xuewei Ren, Jiaqing Zhong
Analyze the formation mechanism of low carbon benefits of the low carbon power, and combine the economic and low carbon characteristics of a low carbon power by using the low carbon economic factors, redefine low carbon benefits of the power planning and form a comprehensive evaluation model of low carbon...
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Improved strength and durability of concrete by bacterial carbonate precipitation
Peihao Li, Chongqi Liu, Wei Zhou
Bacterial induced carbonate precipitation has led to the exploration of improvement technique about strength and durability of concrete. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of bacterial carbonate precipitation on strength and the durability of concrete specimens. The influence of bacterial...
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Integration of urban and rural minimum living security system obstacle of realistic considerations under the background of new household registration system reform
Ziqianhong Wan
Since July 30, 2014, "To further promote the reform of the household registration system view" has released, the current discussion about the household registration system focused more on urban and rural subsistence allowances system as the main content of the basic public service system. I try to pass...
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Evaluation of Chinese Online Tourism and Travel Service Providers from the Users' Perspective
Zhiyang Jia, Ding Li, Wei Gao
As the Internet develops faster, it has also become more useful. Many Chinese Internet users utilize online tourism and travel services for vacation and travel. To evaluate the prevalent online tourism and travel service providers, this paper selects five of the most popular providers in China, including...
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The Discussion of the Virtual Simulation Model of the College Students' Entrepreneurship Based on the Maker Spirit
Yue Zhang
The upcoming of the entrepreneurial century of Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation requires the reformation of the college entrepreneurship education. The economic management experimental teaching center of the CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY (CTBU) firstly brings in the concept of Maker...
Research Article
Predictors of hepatitis C testing intention among African American Baby Boomers
Mohamed Rashrash, Mary Maneno, Anthony Wutoh, Earl Ettienne, Monika Daftary
Pages: 119 - 122
Baby Boomers (BBs) are responsible for three-quarters of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in the United States; however, HCV testing is distinctly underused by them. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence of HCV testing and to evaluate predictors of HCV testing intention among...
Editorial
Tuberculosis diagnostics: Why we need more qualitative research
Nora Engel, Madhukar Pai
Pages: 119 - 121
Short Communication
Addressing non-communicable diseases in disaster risk reduction – an issue of equity
Sam Gnanapragasam, Amina Aitsi-Selmi, Elaine Rashbrook, Virginia Murray
Pages: 119 - 121
The issues raised by noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) during and after disasters are a challenge to equity within local communities, as well as between countries. Individuals with NCDs are particularly vulnerable in disasters and their aftermath given health systems are disrupted. Although welcome progress...
Proceedings Article
Improved Weighted Median Filter with Superpixel for Disparity Refinement
Yuli Fei, Li Cao
Stereo matching cannot get high accuracy for disparity estimations, especially at depth boundaries and textureless regions. To solve the problems, a disparity refinement method based on superpixel segmentation is proposed. A weighted median filter with superpixel information is designed. We give a penalty...
Proceedings Article
Analysis of Typology of Womenpreneur in Fashion
Heny Hendrayati, Vanessa Gaffar, Arief Budiman, Oce Ridwanudin
There are only limited number of studies that examine the development of women entrepreneurs in Indonesia. There are at least two main reasons why the development of women entrepreneurs in Indonesia needs to be examined. First, national and West Java data on the number of women entrepreneurs and their...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Bacterial Community Characteristics and Detection of Denitrifying Functional Genes nirS, nirk in the Coastal Water of Bohai Bay, China Bacterial and denitrifying functional genes in Bohai
Liping Wang, Ruizhi Liu, Qingjia Meng, Zicheng Li, Jian Gong
To understand the microbial community characteristics and denitrification status in coastal water ecosystem of Bohai Bay, China, the bacterioplankton from six representative stations were collected in September 2016, and the bacterial community and abundance of nir-encoding denitrifying bacteria were...
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Forecasting the Number of Tourist Arrivals to Batam by applying the Singular Spectrum Analysis and the Arima Method
Agustinus Ete, Meita Fitrianawati, Muhammad Arifin
Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA) is a time series method used to decompose the original time series into a sum of a small number of components that can be interpreted such as trends, oscillatory components, and noise. The purpose of this study is to compare the accuracy of the forecast between the SSA...
Proceedings Article
Unified digital information environment of the the food industry enterprises of Novosibirsk
L.N. Rozhdenstvenskaya, O.V. Rogova
The paper presents the prerequisites for creating a unified digital information environment that is necessary in the food industry to ensure decision-making management. The order of a unified digital information environment development focused on the food industry of the megalopolis on the example...
Proceedings Article
Content marketing model for leading web content management
Iryna Diachuk, Igor Britchenko, Maksym Bezpartochnyi
This paper is envisaged to provide the Ukrainian businesses with suggestions for a content marketing model for the effective management of website content in order to ensure its leading position on the European and world markets. Our study employed qualitative data collection with semi-structured interviews,...
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Study on Formation of French Compound Nouns
Xiaoqin Hu
The formation of compound nouns is complex but plays an important role in language creativity. It is always an important issue in linguistic research. This article aims to present the combing rules of French compound nouns in order to better understanding their formation process. A discussion about several...
Proceedings Article
Functions of Barongan Performance Arts Exhibit at The Sedekah Bumi Ritual Ceremony
Usrek Tani Utina
Barongan folk art performance is often exhibited in various events such as ruwatan, accompanying brides, and sedekah bumi. Ritual events are held at certain times, with a set time. Where as the barongan which is shown for the entertainment program does not require the calulation of time and place, the...
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Research on the Course of CNC Practice Based on Project Teaching in Application-Oriented College
Hongmei Fan
With the rapid development and comprehensive application of numerical control technology, demands of excellent talents in this field are increased to a great extent. Confronted with the problems existing in the CNC practice course and cultivating high quality and excellent numerical control talents,...
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Aspects of the functioning of industrial clusters as network economic systems
Alexander Shupletsov, Galina Beregova, Natalia Tsibanova
Today clusters are a popular concept in economic circles. However, these integrated structures are still poorly studied from a scientific point of view. Unresolved problems include the issues of technology functioning, improving the efficiency of these integrated structures in industry, the use of modern...
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Internationalization of Higher Education in the ASEAN Region: Is the HEI in the state of “Becoming internationalized or Being internationalized?
Lourdes Tanhueco-Nepomuceno
Empirical studies on internationalization of HEIs in the ASEAN countries exist, but are small in scale and are dependent quantitative methods or are limited in perspectives. Therefore, there is a need for a study to examine the role of the selected HEIs in the ASEAN region in managing campus internationalization....
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Religious Conflict Transformation through Collective Memory and the Role of Local Music
Dewi Tika Lestari
This study departs from the writer’s interest in efforts for conflict transformation in Maluku where religious diversity has been used as an instrument to escalate the conflict between people in Maluku. In efforts for conflict transformation in Maluku, the local music functions as a way of reviving the...
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Study on the Conservation of Forest Orchid and Community Perception Towards the Preservation of Ungaran Mountain Orchid in Ex Situ
Sulistya Dewi Endah Rita, Susatyo Nugroho Ary, Maria Ulfah
Forest Ungaran Mountain has a variety of plant diversity, one of which is a kind of forest orchids. Along with the wild hunting of Ungaran mountain orchid as well as the transfer of forest land and land for agriculture, productive plantation and community settlement land, the popuasi and natural habitat...
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Finance Management in Functional Management System
L. A. Kaverzina, M. I. Cherutova
The research's pertinence results mostly from the fact that under today's circumstances of organizations' operation we more and more often face challenges in coordinating executives' actions due to rapid change in internal and external environment. It demands a methodological toolbox to implement executive...
Proceedings Article
The Image of Sundanese Woman in Mas Nanu Mudas Gaplek Dance West Java Indonesia
Dwi Maretty, Tati Narawati
The role of women in life is very large, for Sundanese women are figures who must be glorified. Sundanese women are a picture of the identity of the West Java people who have the values of delay, one of which is "Someah Hade Kasemah", friendly and polite towards the guests, attracting Sundanese women...
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E-Society and Multi-Linguistic Factor: Communicational Linguistics Approach
Igor Chernov, Sergey Pogodin, Natalia Vasilyeva, Radomir Bolgov
The emerging E-Society is not only a new version of the society, which arises on the basis of new communication technologies. Obviously, it is neither the initial, nor the last social modification in history. At the current stage, any E-Society is not global, i.e. there is no uniform communication code....
Proceedings Article
Could the Loyalty Program Increase Store Loyalty?
Aang Curatman, Agus Suroso, Junaedi Junaedi, Yono Maulana, Rahmadi Rahmadi, Soesanty Maulany
Developing and maintaining customer loyalty is crucial in the business competition. Thus, this study aims to examine the effect of customer and customer-company identification (CCID) loyalty cardholders on the store. The samples in this study were 100 respondents who were cardholders of the minimarkets...
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The Role of Komite Persiapan Penegakan Syariat Islam (KPPSI) Organization for Development of Islamic Civil Society in the Bugis Community of South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Muhammad Saleh Tajuddin, Musafir Musafir, Achmad Achmad, Andi Tenri Yeyeng, Ahmad Hasyim
This writing describes the role Komite Persiapan Penegakan Syariah Islam (KPPSI) organization for development of civil society in Bugis community of South Sulawesi. The study used interviews as the data collection. Secondary data are collected from books, journals, and documents. This study used Antony...
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Improving Children's Fine Motor Skills through Pencil Skills
Sri Saparahayuningsih, Badeni Badeni
This study aims to determine fine motor skills in activities through pencil skills in children. This study used a classroom action research approach with a collaborative approach consisting of several cycles. Data collection methods used observation techniques and student work. Actions to improve fine...
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Application of Markowitz's Portfolio Theory in Obtaining the Best Portfolio in the Stock Market
Xiaotong Chao, Xinyu Tao, Lingling Zeng
The article mainly explores the mean-variance model proposed by Markowitz, and then applies it to the concept of contemporary securities investment. Investors can find the historical average weekly interest rate and covariance matrix of each stock in the A-share market, use Markowitz's investment concept...
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Designing Project-Based Learning To Develop Students’ Creativity In The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Laksmi Dewi, M. Ridwan Sutisna
Students’ creativity in the learning process still needs to be improved. Educators need to think about how to improve students’ creativity in the learning process. Based on Guilford’s creativity theory Students’ creativity is still at the Routine/Ordinary level, and only dominant in the fluency aspect....
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Short-term Urban Rail Transit Passenger Flow Forecasting Based on Empirical Mode Decomposition and LSTM
Zi-ji-an Wang, Chao Chen, Xiao-le Li, Jing Li
This paper proposed a method to forecast the short-term passenger flow, which is a vital component of urban rail transit system. We used a hybrid EMD-LSTM prediction model which combines empirical mode decomposition (EMD) and long short-term memory (LSTM) to forecast the short-term passenger flow in...