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In many rapidly urbanizing countries, deep excavations often cause damage to nearby utilities, such as roads, manholes, and buried pipelines. Earthquakes can also devastate underground lifelines, as seen in the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan. These issues have...

In this study, the impact of exports, foreign debt, FDI (foreign direct investment), currency rates, and real interest rates on Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves from 2001 to 2020 is to be determined and measured. Multiple linear regression is the methodology applied in this research. The study...

Agenda number 15 of SDGs, Life on Land, is currently in the spotlight because Indonesia’s commitment to it is still being scrutinized. There are various problems such as illegal logging, illegal mining, palm oil issues, and so on that drive deforestation. Therefore, this study aims to review Indonesia’s...

Digital Transformation is a driving force behind the innovation and evolution of industries worldwide, including the financial sector. In New Zealand, the financial industry faces unique challenges and opportunities due to its cultural diversity, regulatory landscape, and economic priorities. This research...

The Blue Economy provides companies with a framework to integrate sustainability principles into marine resource management and fostering environmentally friendly business practices. By investing in technologies such as renewable ocean energy, businesses reduce their reliance on fossil fuels. Additionally,...

This study explores the influence of regulatory focus, consumptive lifestyle, and volunteering experience on ecotourism preferences among Indonesian tourists. By employing an experimental design with 237 participants, the research investigates how these factors shape individuals' choices of ecotourism...

This study aims to determine the correlation between Middle Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC), Body Mass Index (BMI), daily calories intake and hemoglobin level among adolescent girls in Benjor Village, Malang Regency, East Java. This study is a cross sectional study conducted in Benjor Village, Tumpang...

Tourism development, which is a way for the Government to accelerate economic growth to realize the community’s welfare, will lead to disputes in the process. West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), which is made one of the areas in the priority of national and international tourism development, must look at sustainable...

Semarang is one of the cities boasting attractive tourist destinations commonly visited by local and foreign tourists. One of the tourist destinations (DTWs) in Semarang is Sam Poo Kong temple. As one of the DTWs in Semarang, Sam Poo Kong temple should understand the concept of hospitality related to...

The purpose of this study is to present a solution to solve the problem of Thai pronunciation among Vietnamese students learning Thai in University of Foreign Language Studies,, The University of Danang. The pronunciation of Thai and Vietnamese differ in initial consonants, vowels, fina consonants, and...

Swami Vivekananda, one of the most prominent spiritual leaders and philosophers of modern India, integrated the essence of ancient Indian knowledge systems into his vision for social welfare. His philosophy emphasized the unity of spiritual and material progress, drawing from Vedic principles that advocate...

Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) is widely recognized for its fragrant qualities and is commonly used as spices in Asian countries. Previous research has proven that lemongrass extract, which contains the polyphenols caffeic acid and kaempferol, can decrease the absorption of glucose in the human intestine...

This research investigates the impact of innovation capability on sustainable competitive advantage among Indonesian SMEs, taking into account the green economy as a strategic orientation and government support as a moderating factor. The study employs Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to assess the...

The prevalence of hypertension has increased over time. Patient motivation in complying with medical nutrition therapy is an important factor in the treatment and prevention of complications. Self-efficacy and family support can increase patient motivation. The aim of this research is to determine the...

The curriculum is a set of recommendations for planning class activities that includes objectives, content, and instructional materials. It strives to serve as every teacher’s starting point when implementing teaching and learning standards. Putting the independent curriculum into practice has been implemented...

This study explored longitudinal changes of parents’ views on risky online behaviors and positive technological development (PTD) of early adolescents in Hong Kong. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with nine parents (four fathers and five mothers) from five families with adolescent...

Deceptive designs, also known as dark patterns, are user interface tricks websites and applications use to manipulate user behaviour and collect data without informed consent. These patterns include misleading language, asymmetrical options, and hidden information. Websites commonly manifest these deceptive...

The purpose of this study was to obtain a description of the application of cooperative learning model type Think Talk Write can improve student learning outcomes in problem-solving circumference and area of rectangles in class VII Gatot Subroto SMPN 4 Palu. This research is Classroom Action Research...

Background: Interaction between gentics and epigenetics has been largely described in Atherosclerotic Disease and the relations varies widely according to the population, clinical characteristics and the study type. Objective: Compare genetic and epigenetic factors in two middle age populations with...

Background: Compared to regular active breaks, prolonged uninterrupted sitting amplifies postprandial glucose and insulin in overweight/obese adults with and without type 2 diabetes; and impairs lower limb endothelial function (a predictor of cardiovascular disease) in healthy adults. However, the effects...

Motion graphics is a form of video-based advertising that incorporates corporate or other business advertising as a promotional medium for a wider community. The main purpose of this study is to develop motion graphic as promotional media for Batam TV, so that program publication can be distributed and...

Introduction: Radial intra-arterial blood pressure (BP) is sometimes used as the reference standard for validation of brachial cuff BP devices, and there is an emerging ‘wearables’ market seeking to measure BP at the wrist. However, brachial systolic BP may not be a good representation of the radial...

Background/Aim: Smooth muscle function is explored by sublingual glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) administration in vascular function protocols, in order to compare with endothelium- dependent vasodilation of the brachial artery by flow-mediated dilation (FMD). The aim of this study is to evaluate the hemodynamic...

Background: At least 15–20% of all ischemic strokes are attributable to atherosclerosis [1]. We analyzed three statistical methods for 12 traditional risk factors (TRF) i.e. age, sex, arterial pressure, Intima Media Tickness (IMT), Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) in order to predict the presence of carotid...

Objective: To evaluate the human recombinant growth hormone replacement (hrGHr) in the metabolic parameters and vascular system in adult patients with childhood onset hypopituitarism (COH). Patients and methods: Fifty-one adult with COH were selected for the study. They were divided into 2 groups: 1-...

In normotensive conditions, it has been confirmed that S-nitrosothiols, as a source of NO, interact with hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and create new substance/s with specific vasoactive effects. This interaction could represent new regulator pathway also in hypertension. The aim of the study was to investigate...

Focusing on the trajectory of sustainable economic development requires structuring of the system of financial indicators so as to forecast and evaluate the effectiveness of businesses in the context of global challenges and an unstable internal and external environment. Small and medium-sized enterprises...

Objectives: Liquorice consumption elevates blood pressure [1–3], but the liquorice-induced haemodynamic changes in the upright position are unknown. We investigated haemodynamics after liquorice exposure in healthy volunteers during orthostatic challenge. Methods: Haemodynamics were recorded from 22...

The government supervision is the key to guarantee work safety. In order to improve the level of safety production supervision of the government, a performance evaluation indicator system of safety production supervision within city and county two levels for the local government has been established...

Recently, due to the advance in dynamic image processing, computer animation, augmented reality (AR), and so forth, it has become increasingly apparent that the study of four-dimensional pattern processing (three-dimensional pattern processing with time axis) should be very important. Thus, the study...

This paper proposes archaeological distribution map system sharing archaeological information. Many archaeologists want to analyze the distribution of relics and/or remains. Excavation information, however, cannot be opened until verification and research are completed. Archaeological information sources...

A procedure of demand forecasting using data mining techniques is proposed to forecast the sales amount of new short life-cycle products for an actual food processing enterprise. The enterprise annually produces 100∼150 kinds of new items with short life-cycle between one week and three months to...

This paper deals with propositional fuzzy modal logic with evaluated syntax based on MV-algebras. We focus on its semantical theory from the viewpoint of Pavelka's graded semantics of propositional fuzzy logic, investigate the L-tautologies based on different Kripke frames. We also define the notion...

Image dehazing utilizes a very complex algorithm that requires intensive filtering and floating-point arithmetic operations. Consequently, processing speed is the most significant bottleneck in its application in some vision tasks such as mobile platforms. In this paper, we propose an optimized single...

MeiJiang river basin was selected as study area in this paper because it is a typical representative in the mountains of south China. Firstly, the study area was classified into several catchments in ARCGIS platform based on DEM data. Secondly, this paper withdraws the measuring indicators of the geomorphology...

A class of involutive Wick algebras (called anyonic-type Wick algebras) is selected and some its elementary properties are described. In particular, the Fock representtions of the selected anyonic-type commutation relations are described. For the class of so-called r-yonic systems the question of the...

Computer-aided symbolic and graphic computation allows to make significantly easier both theoretical and applied symmetry analysis of PDE. This idea is illustrated by applying a special "Mathematica" package for obtaining conditional symmetries of the nonlinear wave equation ut = (u ux)x invariant or...

Chinese characters are different from other characters in the structure, and they have become symbols representing the Chinese nation in the long process of development. This requires teachers of Chinese as a foreign language in teaching start from practice, from the characteristics of Chinese characters,...

This study aimed to determine whether or not there are differences in cardiorespiratory endurance between students living in highland areas and students living in lowland areas. This study used a quantitative descriptive research with a survey method that compares 2 sample groups that have different...

The precision and expense of biological research have grown in inverse proportion during decades of ongoing bioinformatics technology development, with steadily increasing accuracy and gradually decreasing spending. In the meantime, the demand for data analysis has skyrocketed for questions that have...

This study aimed to explain the effect of the potential fish, the number of boats, fishing gear and working capital on the income of fishermen in the province of West Sumatra. The data used were panel data (cross section and time series) consisting of 7 regencies and cities in West Sumatra during 2012...

There have been suggested diverse interpretations of the engraving on a piece of mammoth’s tusk which has been discovered at the Mezhirich upper Paleolithic site (Ukraine). The author suggests other version of the engraving’s interpretation – the four elements that are placed frontally are the fragments...

The Building Information Modeling (BIM) Repository is required to adapt to its users who access BIM objects independently through the Common Data Environment (CDE). BIM objects are not always easy for all users to understand and misperceptions may occur due to users’ varying abilities and learning styles....

We present some observations on the asymptotic behaviour of the coefficients in the Laurent series expansion of solutions of the first Painlevé equation. For the general solution, explicit recursive formulae for the Taylor expansion of the tau-function around a zero are given, which are natural extensions...

During the deposition process, many factors play a role in the dynamics of the system including materials’ characteristics and media onto which the materials dropped. The stick-slip model has been applied to simulate the depositions of polydisperse granular materials. As the size of the materials varied,...