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Self-Regulated Learning and Future Orientation on Career in SMART Ekselensia Students

Galih Nur Ardiansyah, Nur Fajriati Nadlifatil Khoir
The main objective of the present study has been to examine the Self-Regulated Learning and Future Orientation in senior high school students of SMART Ekselensia Indonesia. The research was conducted using quantitative methods with a descriptive approach. There are 170 SMART high school students in the...

Determinants of Financial Fraud Awareness among University Students

H. C. Eaw, R. L. B. Ling, K. P. Jap, Tee Mcxin, Y. L. Liew
Lately, Malaysia has been experiencing an upward trend in financial fraud cases, not only targeting the ‘golden-aged’ people but also the vulnerable groups, such as university students. These cases could imply that students lack awareness of existing fraud schemes, exposing them to huge financial instability...

Managing Urban Stormwater Through Decentralized Green Infrastructure and Integrated Water Management: A Neighbourhood Case Study of Sonipat

Nancy Madaan, Shailja Sikarwar, Vijay Kumar
Stormwater in urban areas has emerged as a major issue in the Tier-2 cities of India, where urbanization is rapidly taking place, impermeable surface areas are becoming more considerable, and drainage systems are not adequate to handle the stormwater levels of rainfall that often cause frequent floods...

The Origin and Formation of Quasi-judicial Institutions of Social Control as Elements of Civil Society

Alla Fakurdinova, Olga Kopylova, Svetlana Medvedeva, Bella Tskhovrebova
The article is devoted to analysing the chronological periodisation of the origin and formation of elements of quasi-judicial justice in the history of the Russian state and covers the time from the early feudal forms of ancient Russian statehood to the beginning of the 20th century. The quasi-judicial...
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P70 FINGER-TOE PULSE WAVE VELOCITY (FTPWV) MEASURED BY POPMèTRE® DEVICE IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS

Guillermo Alanis-Sánchez, Carlos Ramos-Becerra, Ernesto Cardona-Muñóz, Diego Castañeda-Zaragoza, David Cardona-Muller, Hakim Khettab, Stephen Laurent, Pierre Boutouyrie, Hasan Obeid, Magid Hallab, Valeria Diaz-Rizo
Pages: 98 - 99
Background: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease. AS is a prototype form of spondyloarthropathies (SpA). The precise ethology of AS has not been fully understood. But Inflammation has a critical role in the pathogenesis of the disease. Extra skeletal organs may also be affected...
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P20 AUGMENTATION INDEX ASSOCIATES WITH IMPAIRED EARLY VENTRICULAR EJECTION

Haotian Gu, Gerry Carr-White, John Chambers, Phil Chowienczyk
Pages: 98 - 99
Background: Previously regarded as a measure of pressure wave reflection, central augmentation index (cAI) may be influenced by the pattern of early ventricular ejection. We examined the relationship of cAI to first-phase ejection-fraction (EF1), a measure of ventricular ejection up to the time of the...
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P69 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS, ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION, AORTIC STIFFNESS AND CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS AMONG METABOLIC SYNDROME SUBJECTS

Ligita Ryliškytė, Rokas Navickas, Roma Puronaitė, Agnė Jucevičienė, Aleksandras Laucevičius
Pages: 98 - 98
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate predictive value of main arterial markers for cardiovascular (CV) events in subjects with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Methods: A prospective study enrolled 2728 middle-aged (53.9 ± 6.2 years old, 63% women) MetS patients of the Lithuanian High Cardiovascular...
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P19 INFLUENCE OF BRACHIAL ARTERY STIFFNESS ON FLOW-MEDIATED DILATATION IN HEALTHY YOUNG AND OLDER POPULATIONS

Kunihiko Aizawa, Sara Sbragi, Alessandro Ramalli, Piero Tortoli, Francesco Casanova, Carmela Morizzo, Clare Thorn, Angela Shore, Phillip Gates, Carlo Palombo
Pages: 98 - 98
Background: Increased brachial artery (BA) stiffness has previously been shown to affect the magnitude of FMD response in patients with high cardiovascular risk. However, it is unclear whether increased BA stiffness explains the diminished FMD response typically observed in a healthy older population....
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PO-36 EFFECTS OF FIXED VERSUS AUTO-TITRATING CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE ON VASCULAR FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH RESISTANT HYPERTENSION AND OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA

Karen Tran, R.J. Kimoff, S.S. Daskalopoulou
Pages: 98 - 99
Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common cause of resistant hypertension. We investigated the effects of 2 modalities of positive airway pressure; fixed continuous airway pressure (fCPAP) versus auto-titrating positive airway pressure (APAP) on arterial function in subjects with resistant...
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P18 THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN METABOLIC SYNDROME COMPONENTS, ARTERIAL MARKERS OF EARLY ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION

Svetlana Solovjova, Roma Puronaite, Aiste Jakstaite, Ligita Ryliskyte, Jelena Celutkiene, Aleksandras Laucevicius
Pages: 98 - 98
Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between MetS components and arterial stiffness in concert with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) in patients with high risk of cardiovascular disease. Methods: A study was carried among 436 subjects (aged 53,8±6, 37,2% men)...
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PO-35 FIRST IN MAN MEASUREMENT OF ARTERIAL STIFFNESS USING A CONNECTED BATHROOM SCALE: CALIBRATION AGAINST SPHYGMOCOR

Pierre Boutouyrie, Hakim Khettab, David Campo, Roger Yu, Nadine Buard
Pages: 98 - 98
Background: Measurement of arterial stiffness (AS) is still considered difficult. We developed a non- invasive technique to assess AS from a connected bathroom scale, based on ballistocardiography (BCG) and impedance plethysmography (IPG). Methods: We included 192 subjects and patients, 106 for calibration...
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P1.25 ARTERIAL PROPERTIES IN RELATION TO GENETIC VARIATIONS IN THE ADDUCIN SUBUNITS IN A WHITE POPULATION

J. Seidlerova, J.A. Staessen, M. Bochud, T. Nawrot, N. Casamassima, L. Citterio, T. Kuznetsova, Y. Jin, P. Manunta, T. Richart, H.A. Struijker-Boudier, R. Fagard, J. Filipovsky, G. Bianchi
Pages: 98 - 98
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P67 UNRELIABLE PULSE WAVE VELOCITY VALUES PROVIDED BY ALGORITHM-BASED DEVICE: A STUDY IN MARFAN SYNDROME

Giulia Furlanis, Paolo Salvi, Andrea Grillo, Lucia Salvi, Inês Pintassilgo, Elisabetta Bungaro, Raffaella Gaetano, Susan Marelli, Renzo Carretta, Alessandro Pini, Gianfranco Parati
Pages: 98 - 98
Objective: To evaluate the reliability of algorithm-based aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) estimated by the Mobil-O-Graph (IEM, Germany) compared to a standard non-invasive measurement of aortic PWV (carotid-femoral PWV), in a population of patients with a genetic disorder causing premature stiffening...
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P146 METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND DETERMINANTS OF HYPEREMIA-MEDIATED SLOWING IN PULSE WAVE VELOCITY: A GENERAL POPULATION STUDY

Nicholas Cauwenberghs, Yenthel Heyrman, Judita Knez, Lutgarde Thijs, Jan A. Staessen, Tatiana Kuznetsova
Pages: 98 - 98
Background: Recent studies proposed that deceleration in pulse wave velocity (PWV) following hyperemia might reflect arterial distensibility and endothelial function. We therefore investigated methodological aspects and clinical determinants of newly proposed indexes of such flow-mediated slowing (FMS)...
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PO-33 STATIN THERAPY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS MAY IMPROVE ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN WOMEN BUT NOT IN MEN: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS

Yessica-Haydee Gomez, Shubhabrata Das, Jessica Gorgui, Ines Colmegna, Stella S. Daskalopoulou
Pages: 98 - 98
Objectives: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Statins have anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects, thereby reducing cardiovascular risk. Arterial stiffness is a composite indicator of cardiovascular health and a predictor of cardiovascular risk....

Construction of the Izdiwajiy Method and Its Application in Tafsir Al-Hidayah

Muh. Hamdan Syakirin, Andri Nirwana AN, Ainur Rhain
The development of interpretation methodology from the time of salaf to contemporary produces various methods, such as tahlili, ijmali, muqarran, and maudhu’i methods. New methods are constantly emerging and evolving from the shortcomings of previous methods in answering new problems and problems at...

Conditional Symmetry and Exact Solutions of a Nonlinear Galilei-Invariant Spinor Equation

Andrey Andreytsev
Pages: 98 - 101
Reduction of a nonlinear system of differential equations for spinor field is studied. The ansatzes obtained are shown to correspond to operators of conditional symmetry of these equations.
Proceedings Article

Preparation of Sea Cucumber (Holothuria scabra) Powder: Effect of Pre-treatment on Its Nutritional, Antioxidant Activity and Morphological Characteristics

Ansharullah Ansharullah, Andi Besse Patadjai, Asranudin Asranudin, Tamrin Tamrin
Sea cucumber (Holothuria scabra) has a prospect of being one of the nutritious ingredients because it contains complete nutrients, including carbohydrates, essential fatty acids and amino acids, as well as several bioactive components that are believed to have functions as antioxidants, antibacterial,...

15. OPEN LABEL, RANDOMIZED, ACTIVE DRUG COMPARATIVE, PARALLEL GROUP, MULTI-CENTER, PHASE IV STUDY TO COMPARE THE EFFECT OF BENIDIPINE AND LOSARTAN ON ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AND CENTRAL BLOOD PRESSURE IN MILD TO MODERATE ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS (BELASCO TRIAL)

Sang-Hyun Ihm, Shung Chull Chae, Do Sun Lim, Kee Sik Kim, Dong Ju Choi, Jong Won Ha, Dong Soo Kim, Kye Hun Kim, Myeong Chan Cho, Hui Kyung Jeon, Sang Hong Baek, The BELASCO trial investigators, Korea
Pages: 98 - 98
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of benidipine (calcium channel blocker) and losartan (angiotensin receptor blocker) on arterial stiffness and central blood pressure (BP) in mild to moderate essential hypertensives. Methods and Results: This 24 weeks, multi-center, open...

17. CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS IN A LARGE COHORT STUDY AND REALLY NORMAL SUBJECTS

Woo-Baek Chung, Ho-Joong Youn, Yun-Seok Choi, Hee-Jung Hwang, Jae-Beom Lee, Jong-Won Chung, Chul-Soo Park, Yong-Seog Oh, Sang-Hong Baek, Wook-Sung Chung, Ki-Bae Seung, Jae-Hyung Kim
Pages: 98 - 98
Background: Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) has been widely used as a surrogate of early atherosclerosis. However, the characteristics of patients in cohort-based studies of carotid IMT are very heterogeneous. We evaluated the carotid intima, media, and IMT in really normal (RN) subjects who had...

16. IS IT POSSIBLE TO PREDICT CORONARY ARTERY STENOSIS BASED ON CAROTID ARTERY INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS IN DIABETIC PATIENTS

Jong-Won Chung, Ho-Joong Youn, Yun-Seok Choi, Hee-Jung Hwang, Jae-Beom Lee, Woo-Baek Chung, Chul-Soo Park, Yong-Seog Oh, Wook-Sung Chung, Jae-Hyung Kim
Pages: 98 - 98
Background: Noninvasive measurement of carotid artery intima media thickness (IMT) has been widely used as a surrogate marker of coronary atherosclerosis. However, evidence for the clinical implications of increased carotid IMT in diabetic patients is not well established. The aim of this study was to...
Research Article

18.ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Jeong Bae Park, Kee Sik Kim, Ho Joong Youn, Sang Hong Baek, Kyu Hyung Ryu, Shung Chull Chae, Jang Ho Bae, Jang Ho Bae, Chang Gyu Park, Moo Yong Rhee, Soo Yeun Choi, Dong Ju Choi, Sung Ha Park, Se Joong Rim, Dong Gu Shin, Gae Hoon Kim, Jong Chun Park, Won Ho Kim, Wang Seong Ryu, Kyung Ho Youn, Jin Won Jeong, Young Moo Ro, Young Dae Kim, Dong Soo Kim, Myeng Chan Cho, Byung Hee Oh, Nam Sik Chung, on behalf of Korean Vascular Research Working Group
Pages: 98 - 99

Problems of the Execution of Fiduciary Guarantee Goods Which Unregistered by Finance Institutions

Wasis, Isdian Anggraeny, Fahmil Ulum, Fitria Esfandiari, Dwi Ratna Indri Hapsari, Isdiyana Kusuma Ayu
The COVID-19 pandemic that has hit this country has had a major impact on the economic sector in Indonesia. This is due to the large number of employee reductions / layoffs and increased prices for several commodities. Which resulted in human resources in Indonesia being short of work and looking for...
Proceedings Article

Gastroprotective Effect of Propolis Against Male White Mice Gastric Ulcers Induced by Aspirin

Elsa Badriyya, Zultia Mandasari, Yufri Aldi, A Almahdy
A peptic ulcer is an inflammation of the stomach wall that can cause wounds in the gastric mucosa. Consumption of aspirin over therapeutic doses can cause injury to the stomach. Propolis is known to have an effect to protect stomach damage. This study aims to find out the effect of propolis on male white...

Determinants of Job Opportunities by Level of Education in Indonesia

Intan Putri Yeni, Joan Marta
This study aims to analyze the effect of investment (PMTB), real wages and GDP on employment opportunities according to the level of education in Indonesia. This study uses panel data regression analysis. Panel data analysis techniques in this study can be done by using the Fixed Effect and Random Effect...
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Generalization of Chaos Game on Polygon

Kosala D. Purnomo
The original chaos game has been applied to the triangular attractor points. With the rules for selecting attractor points randomly, the points generated in large iterations will form like a Sierpinski triangle. Several studies have developed it on the attractor points of quadrilaterals, pentagons, and...

Development of Transmission Jack Table as a Learning Innovation of Transmission Overhaul Practice to Reduce the Risk of Cumulative Trauma Disorders (CTDs) in Students

R Adam M. Noor, I. Mubarak, Penny Maryani, Rika Andriani
The purpose of this research is to produce a tool that serves to help hold, lift, and lift and place the transmission to unload. The tool is called a transmission jack table which is designed to reduce the risk of cumulative ergonomic trauma disorders (CTDs) suffered by student practitioners in the transmission...

Exosome Related Neural Communication and Memory Inheritance

Yunqin Zhang
Transgenerational memory is a newly discovered phenomenon and observed in several different species. Evidence suggests olfactory bulbs and ncRNAs are typically involved. However, it is unknown that the carrier that brings the memory to the gametes. Exosomes, an overlooked substance, is now reconsidered...

Review of the Incidental Second Language Acquisition of Subtitles in Video Products

Zhiming Zhang
Learning through video-based media with subtitle is generally regarded as an effective way to enhance second language acquisition. Watching video programs, TV or movies provides people with a way to relax. In their spare time, online classes and video learning have gradually become popular learning methods....

The Role of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Organizations in West Java in Overcoming the Covid-19 Pandemic

Bambang S. Ma’arif, Asep A. Siddiq, Malki A. Nasir, Hadi P. Hendrawan
Nahdhatul Ulama (NU) is the largest socio-religious organization in Indonesia that struggles in its path with its unique techniques and approaches. In the era of the covid-19 pandemic, people now see that there are many victims floating, but at the same time they are treated to information, some of which...

Analyze the Marketing Strategies of New-tea Drinks Industry by the SWOT and PEST Tools-Take Nayuki as an Example

Di Lu
The innovation from the product to the whole pattern of the tea industry appears in the beverage market. The result of this transformation was to create an emerging industry called the new tea drinks industry. The new-tea industry is burgeoning so that there are few pieces of researches on it, has vacancies...
Proceedings Article

Assessment of Distribution Network Planning Based on Dynamic Weighted Particle Swarm Algorithm with Distributed Generation and Energy Storage

Ming Zeng, Yuanfei Li, Yiqun Liu, Shiyu Meng, Jinyue Dou, Chenjun Sun
The Coordination Planning of distribution network with distributed generation and energy storage is a hot research topic at home and abroad. This paper proposes a multi objective programming model with minimum investment cost and minimum annual operating cost as the objective function; the uncertainty...

Art and Morality. Tolstoy vs. Leontiev

Konstantin Antonov, Alexey Chernyak
Art influences people in different ways; in particular, it may cause certain moral effects. Is it right to say that the purpose of art is to produce certain moral impact on people or that its values depend essentially on how moral it is The following paper observes aesthetic views of two famous Russian...

Research on the Development Strategy of Private Universities

Yuanyuan Xu, Weizhi Wang, Ying Li
Under the guidance of the theory of competitive strategy, the marketing of higher education and sustainable development of education, on the base of comprehensive analysis of the development status of private universities, using the SWOT strategic analysis tool, the paper analyzes the opportunities,...
Proceedings Article

Synthesis and Characterization of 3-butyryloxy-16-(β-naphthylmethylene)-5α-androstane-17-one

Hongqi Li, Qingwei Liu, Jueshu Fang, Yulong Wang
3-Butyryloxy-16-(β-naphthylmethylene)-5α-androstane-17-one, a novel androstanone derivative, was synthesized by aldol condensation between epiandrosterone and β-naphthaldehyde and subsequent esterification reaction. The structure of the new product was characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, IR, UV and mass...

Cooperation between NGOs and Government in Public Crisis Management in China: Contexts, Practical Plights and Solutions

Jiayi Tang
In recent years, China has been faced with more and more severe public crises such as earthquakes and large-scale rainstorms in many cities and it becomes a more challenging issue for Chinese government to cope with these high-frequency public crises. With the rise and development concept of "civil society"...
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The Design and Implementation of Multi-level Communication Network without Bases Stations

Yin Nan, Su Shaojing, Guo Xiaojun, Liu Shu, Ouyang Junhao
This article describes the communication with no fixed centers of base stations, and the establishment of a multi-level communication network via the wireless module,which enables the communication of data between the control center and the front end of two-way transmission. This project uses TDMA communication...
Proceedings Article

A Study of Behavior Intention of Runners' Virtual Community - The Case of Marathon's World Website

Hsin-Ke Lu, Peng-Chun Lin, Chi-An Li
According to the World Health Organization (2015) statistics, the population of today's global obesity has already doubled since 1980, the number nearly doubled. World Health Organization also estimates that depression, along with cancer and AIDS, will be the three major diseases in the world. It can...
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The preventional analysis of tuberculosis under the mechanism of physical healthness in universities

Xiaoqing Dong
Tuberculosis is an old chronic infectious disease, which is still a major public health problem threatening people's health. Colleges and universities are the collective places where the students are studying and living. The heavy academic workload, employment pressure and other factors lead to worse...
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Investigation On Space-Time Signal Processing Technology Based On Data Channelization

Chun Hua Yang, Zhen Lin Tu
High accuracy of parameter estimation and real-time processing is difficult in electronic support management signal processing with low SNR(Signal -Noise-Ratio). Traditional algorithms can be only effective for high SNR. In this work, classical spatial spectrum estimation is integrated with data channelization...
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A Phenomenological Investigation into the Problem of Faithfulness in Translation II

Dong-mei Wang
As being-in-the-world, human beings not merely have a strong inclination to be ensnared in entities within the world of their circumspective concern in a way in which they can be definite in finding out a fact that who they are is determined by those entities through interpreting themselves in terms...
Proceedings Article

A Generalized Preconditioned MPHSS Method for a Class of Complex Symmetric Linear System

Zhongshe Gao
In this paper, with the MHSS and preconditioned MHSS methods, we get a generalized preconditioned MHSS method with a kind of complex symmetric linear systems. This method is a two-parameter iteration process, which can optimize the iterative process. The sequence of iterative produced by the generalized...
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Analysis of the Traditional Lecture Method combined with the Seminar Teaching Method in the Graduate Education

Wang Xing-ju, Zhao Lin, Gao Gui-feng
The traditional teaching method gives full play to the teacher's leading role and enables the student to obtain more knowledge. But the traditional teaching method makes the students lose the learning initiative and creativity. Seminar teaching method is a kind of research type teaching method. It fully...
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Triple Public Financial Appropriation - A Legal Corruption Hotbed in Chinese Public Expenditure

Guang-Yi XU, Xiao-Dan Qiu
Chinese economic boost rely on govern-ment investment, however, legal corrup-tion has been always hiding in huge amount of public expenditure, even start from 30 years ago after Chinese econom-ic reform. Triple Public Financial Appro-priation is one of the hotbeds for legal corruption that have been...
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County Land Resources Management Information System Based on ComGIS

Hai-feng Li, Zheng Lu
Land resources is an important non-renewable resource, using land resources treasuring and rational is the basic policy of our country, so monitoring the land resources utilization real-time, dynamic and managing them effective are the important routines for the land management departments. With the...
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No reference video quality assessment model based on eye tracking datas

Lixiu Jia, Xuefei Zhong, Yan Tu
This paper describes a novel no-reference video quality assessment (VQA) model which is based on eye tracking datas for H.264 coding videos.This assessment model is based on the blur and the blockiness. The eye tracking datas were used to the no-reference video quality assesment.The experimental results...