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As one of the most successful approaches to building recommender systems, CollaborativeFiltering (CF) uses the known preferences of a group of users to make recomm-endations or predictions of the unknown preferences for other users. Themost successful approaches to CF are latent factor models, Latent...

Do innovative products incorporated advanced technologies help firms improve operating performance In this study researchers traced the operating performance of 168 publicly traded manufacturing firms that announced technologically innovative products in two major industries from the health care domain,...

Based on different data frequency’s characteristics, design the algorithms of distinguishing cycle data’s margin apart and distinguishing cycle data’s monotone apart, to monitor satellite’s downlink data and early warning abnormal. Compared with rapid fourier transform, this algorithm was proved to be...

Newly developed similarity variables were first put forward in a research on free laminar convection heat transfer of nanofluid with nanofluid's temperature-dependent physical properties. The research results indicated that these similarity variables can be used to transform the governing partial differential...

There is a new wave of external borrowing by African governments on private sovereign bond markets. The findings in this paper indicate that African economies pay higher-than-normal coupon rates on these markets; observed risk measures like agency ratings and debt to GDP ratios do not explain the deviation...

Background: Epilepsy is very prevalent in Egypt, approaching 6.98 per 1000 population. This study was designed to assess the knowledge and attitudes towards epilepsy among guardians of Egyptian high school students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was made among guardians (parents/guardians) of high...

Documented meningioma cases in Central Texas (USA) from 1976 to 2013 were studied utilizing the Scott & White Brain Tumor Registry. All the cases examined were histologically diagnosed as meningiomas. Of the 372 cases, most were benign tumors (p < 0.05). A majority of the patients were females...

The current period of society’s development is highly influenced by digital technologies which penetrate all spheres of human activity. Russia is currently entering a new level of development, like many developed countries. This development is based on the use of IT-technologies, caused by the Fourth...

With the development of international tourism in China and the globalization around the whole world, China is expected to receive an increasing number of tourists from home and abroad. Therefore, C-E tourism translation has become increasingly important. Therefore, properly translated tourism texts are...

Surakarta has the potential of gastronomic heritage tourism. The diversity of cuisine becomes the power of Surakarta as a tourist attraction. Municipality of Surakarta stated that their Long Term Development Plan for 2005-2025 will develop cultural heritage tourism and traditional values, historical...

relieve the past whether as mentality act or physical act. This research aims to design a short story anthology to reenact about Indonesian national movement. In this article, we outline the conceptualization of the short story anthology, the process of designing the short story anthology, and its implementation...

The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the research project № 18-013-00623. The Arctic is a territory characterized by a huge area, special climatic conditions, and also rich reserves of natural resources. Currently, the region is actively developing projects for the extraction of minerals....

In the present paper, we first consider a generalization of the standard two-sided power distribution so-called the transmuted two-sided distribution, and then extend proposed idea to generalized two-sided class of distributions, introduced by Korkmaz and Genç [1]. Some statistical and reliability properties...

The nearest neighbor secure query of spatial road network data is a combination of cloud storage technology and geographic location-based services. According to the position information of interest points in space, the Voronoi diagram is used to construct a polygon block to divide space into multiple...

Firstly, we analyze the development of university mathematics competition and the challenges faced by university mathematics curriculum teaching. Secondly, we propose the organic integration of mathematics competition and university mathematics curriculum teaching and practice reform, and five practical...

The objective of this study is to describe and explain teachers’ perception on the music and movement instructions at kindergartens in Samarinda. This study used qualitative methods. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. The data were analyzed by data reduction, data...

Increasing numbers of EFL teachers have integrated blogging as their classroom practices. Research has also shown that blogging is an effective tool for students to improve English writing skills. However, the use of online blogs in EFL writing classes in Indonesia seems still relatively few and students’...

Yogyakarta is a city in Indonesia with the nickname of the student city. The potential of education in Yogyakarta is not only recognized by the local community, but also by people throughout Indonesia. The rise of modern games, such as video games or various computer-based games has made students in...

Coffee is one of Indonesia's plantation commodities with the sixth largest production volume, even the high coffee production puts Indonesia into the four largest coffee suppliers in the world. East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) has good potential, spread throughout districts / cities in NTT. Timor Tengah Selatan...

Community Reading Centre (TBM) Tanah Ombak in improving the ability of the prosecutor and reading skill, giving special class which is accompanied by the manager or volunteer of wave land that is improving the ability of the illiterate child with the passion of reading, writing and arithmetic and developing...

The study of megalithic not only focuses on the physical artifacts of large stones only. The stones are meaningful, because they are given meaning and get a certain treatment through ritual due to the values shared and respected by those who believe. In some cases, the megalith remains attached to myths...

The author's technology of interdisciplinary open-ended engineering is considered in the article. This technology provides a comprehensive formation of design and project-organizational competencies. It creates a basis for the development of managerial abilities of a design engineer and increases the...

This research was aimed at exploring the influence of intellectual communities in the development of intellectuals in a Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University of Jakarta. To get the historical data of the student’s involvement on intellectual activities inside and outside the campus, we collected...

This study aims to determine how big the influence of variable employee Competence, Commitment and Compensation to the Performance of employees at Tour and Travel Company. The background of this research is the fierce competition between on line hotel and ticketing agent like traveloka with tour and...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of exercise with High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and Moderate Intensity Training (MIT) on inflammatory profile of proinflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-6 on the subject of obesity.This research is used 39 wistar rats of male-sex obesity. Intervention...

The study aims to identify the manifestation of learning leadership characteristics in school. It explores the concept of the leadership as a part of learning process in human life and how learning plays role in leadership. To meet the purpose of the research, the qualitative approached was employed,...

Debt financing is more favorable than equity financing due to the deductibility of the interest while the dividend is nondeductible in corporate taxation. This paper analyzes the impact of the implementation of Thin Capitalization Rule, that limits the deductibility of the interest expense through limiting...

Dissertation writing is not only one of the major sections of practical abilities of English majors, but also one of the important channels to improve their comprehensive abilities. In the new era of internet and multi culture, the quality of English majors’ dissertation is in the process of deceasing...

Audio watermarking is a technique of information insertion into an audio signal without altering the significant origin of the audio host. Audio watermarking is usually used to protect the copyright of a work in the form of songs, recording of state and other secrets to avoid irresponsible persons. Audio...

Knowledge has been recognized as an intangible asset that is critical for the organization. Knowledge Management (KM) practices, in turn, will vary based on differences in organizational context. Successful KM ​​activities are believed to be related to organizational design and structuring of knowledge...

Moliere is the representative playwright of the famous French classic comedy in the 17th century. His work “The Miser” is a classic that cannot be surpassed in the history of drama. "The Miser" is based on the comedy "The Pot of Gold" by the ancient Roman dramatist Plautus. The common protagonist "The...

Fresh agricultural products are essential necessities for daily life of urban residents. With the continuous improvement of urban residents’ the living standards, the development of internet technology and e-commerce in China, fresh product e-commerce provides a new channel for urban residents to purchase...

coaches’ decision making was determined athlete achievement, both in training or competing time. Right decision making from coaches made an athlete has more self-esteem, so she/he reached optimal achievement. The decision making in each sports were different, moreover if the decision related between...

The article reveals the features of activities of the founder of the first Chuvash newspaper "Khypar" by Professor N.V. Nikolsky who developed historical and ethnographic sciences, folklore, and lexicography in Chuvashia. N.V. Nikolsky contributed to development of Soviet higher secondary schools, professional...

This study aims to examine the effect of liquidity and profitability on firm value with corporate social responsibility as a moderating variable. The population of this study is a company that is included in the LQ_45 list since 2013 - 2016 with a population of 180 observations. The sampling technique...

The advancement of science and technology has changed all aspects of social productivity and production relations, people’s lifestyles and educational concepts. The advancement of science, technology and society has also imperceptibly influenced the thinking, character and personality, behaviors and...

This study aims to explain the mechanisms of procurement of goods and services and identify the weakness of internal controls in the procurement of goods and services at XYZ University. Due to time and data constraints, this study is limited to control activities on the procurement of goods and services...

Phonological fossilization is an obvious shortcoming of oral English. Most wrongly pronounced sound elements are easily fossilized but hard to be De-fossilized, the paper shows the methods to find out how to De-fossilize in the pronunciation of the foreign language learning in China and demonstrate the...

Past research has shown that orphaned adolescents who live in Indonesian orphanages are at a higher risk of experiencing various psychological disorders. In fact, parents (especially single mothers) leave their children in the orphanages because they are not able to provide adequate food, shelter, and...

The aim of this paper is to identify a new cyclic stage of Ukraine economic development and its forecasting. Objectives of the study are: determination of development cycles in different sectors of Ukraine economy and its general trend, construction of economic and mathematical model for forecasting...

The "network-based practice teaching resources platform" integrates practical teaching, management, and online self-directed learning. Its establishment has fundamentally changed the way of past practice teaching. Students can independently study experimental content and related resources, perform experimental...

Objective: to analyze the clinical effects and complications of rifapentine and rifampicin in patients with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis. Methods: from August 2013 to June 2017, 100 of the smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients treated in our hospital were selected and divided into two...

This study aims to analyze the implementation of cooperatives governance and the level of health of Baitul Maal wat Tamwil. The study uses qualitative methods alongside a case study approach in BMT Bersama Kita Berkah for the year 2014-2015. Scoring the results of the cooperatives governance index indicates...

In view of the fuzziness and randomness of risk factors of PPP project, a risk assessment method of PPP project based on cloud model and D-S theory is proposed. Firstly, it determines the reasonable PPP project risk evaluation index, and then uses the cloud model theory to divide the risk level of PPP...

This paper focuses on the science and technology competition for college students, regards the practical teaching as the fusion point of theory and practice, knowledge and ability, creates an open platform for practical teaching, widens the cooperation range of colleges and enterprises, actively advances...

Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) process can be broadly defined as a study of the impacts of a proposed project, plan, project, policy or legislative action on the environment and sustainability. In this research, SEA process has been aimed in order to incorporate environmental and sustainability...

This paper uses the causal analysis method to analyze the causes of the low efficiency of the three-phase four-wire meter, and uses the fish bone map to visually display the various influencing factors and find out the key factors. Through analysis and improvement, the assembly time has been shortened,...

Language is part of national culture that can be used as living recording media. In social life, the use of language is influenced by societal factor. It has emerged language variants. They can be met such as in Javanese utterance society. Dealing with that, the researcher reviews the societal factor...

A country’s sophistication of production and exports is important for economic transformation. Theoretically, the export destination influences country’s export sophistication. One of the main mechanisms by which exports to developed countries can have a positive impact on production and export sophistication...

Building the economic institutional model of traditional market is never free from conflicts such as high asymmetric information, high transaction cost, hidden actions (moral hazard and adverse selection), negative externalities, and diminishing trust. They certainly have automatically and instinctively...