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The aim of this study was to extract the volatile oils from some aromatic plants and to investigate their antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. The volatile oils were isolated from dried parts of plants by hydro distillation using a neo-Clevenger apparatus. The volatile oils of basil (Ocimum basilicum),...

Rectifier electric locomotives create essential harmonic distortions in tractive electric power supply systems. Because of the higher harmonics, overloads on capacitor banks are possible. Capacitors are a basic element of reactive power sources applied in power supply systems. In case of harmonic increased...

The article examines the economy of Jordan in general, the main problems of the economy in the developing country and ways to overcome them. The author summarized the most critical problems this economy faces such as budget deficit, high taxes and unemployment which lead to slower development of the...

This research focused on a cultural adaptation of Indonesia-Timor Leste border communities to the modernization of bureaucracy and infrastructure. The direct observation method was used by applying in-depth interview technique using the cultural adaptation strategy theory by Kaplan. The modernization...

Higher education has entered the era of full competition, and the application of marketing theory in college enrollment has become a trend. It is of great significance to explore university marketing around the process of students’ decision-making. Through in-depth interviews and questionnaires, this...

This paper investigated the status of construction of information resources in 34 county hospitals in Shandong. There are various problems in the integration of medical resources. This paper proposed a cloud service model of multi-source information resources in cloud computing environment. By scheduling...

The article presents the data on productive and reproductive qualities of cows of Holstein breed depending on genetic factors. The cows of the line by R. Sovering were characterized by higher productive qualities during their first and third lactation. Cows of all three lines are characterized by the...

This research is aimed to (1) get the empirical evidence about the effect of micro, small and medium enterprises and the importance of existence of micro, small and medium enterprisesas one of effort to decreasing the poverty in Simalungun District, (2) to know about the effect of labor absorption to...

Disparity and poverty is one important problem in most countries in the world. Taxation aims at meeting public needs and may be spent by government to overcome the economic problems. However, there is a dilemma about the level of tax that government’s stated. A mathematical model could give some understanding...

Mathematical critical thinking is an essential ability for prospective teachers. The prospective teachers must be able to use the ability to think critically well so that students who are taught can also have good mathematical critical thinking skills. However, sometimes prospective teachers have a mistake...

Brand extension must take into account the cognitive dimension of the brand connotation of the parent brand. The brand extension mode can effectively promote the brand extension only when it fits with the product information attribute, the specific function and the technical attribute, and the symbolic...

The research aims at describing the genre and the figurative language chosen in the discourse debate of the governors’ candidate of the Central Java 2018. Descriptive qualitative is used in the research. While, the object of the research is the used of the genre and figurative language by the candidates...

The research aims at analyzing the usage typology of synthetic and organic fungicides in Malang Raya area. The research design is descriptive qualitative, a method in which the research tries to describe fact using certain theory. There were 15 farmers acted as informants within Malang Raya area. Sampling...

The article deals with the research of approaches and best practices of application of the concept of "smart city", allowing to increase efficiency of various parts of city infrastructure, which in turn become the engine and the core of innovative technologies introduction. Conceptual and practical approaches...

The Reasonableness Principles related with proportion, balanced of rights, can seen in some Indonesian Constitutional Court Decision. This decision, make difference rights election of civil servants and the others profession. The Human Rights of civil servants disturbed by this decision. The Neutrality...

During the slowdown in the growth of China’s movie market, word of mouth (WOM) seems to exert more influence on the trend of box office performance. The objective of this paper is to measure the impact of WOM (valence and volume) on the trend of movie box office performance, differing from previous studies...

In service-oriented companies, the function of internal marketing are to attract, retain, and motivate the quality of their employees by continuing to improve their ability to deliver services quality. Internal marketing focuses on effective internal organizational achievements and exchanges between...

Streambed vertical hydraulic conductivity (Kv) plays an important role in understanding the water exchange and contaminant transport system between river streams and groundwater flows. The tests were conducted at 464 test points of 10 test sites to measure the vertical hydraulic conductivity (Kv) for...

This paper designs a remote data monitoring system for intelligent low voltage circuit breaker. Data collector collects various state parameters such as current, voltage and opening or closing state of each phase from intelligent low voltage circuit breaker by RS485 bus and uploads to master station...

Technology has a heavy impact on teaching learning process. Speaking mastery can be integrated by investing in technology enhanced learning. There are various technology implicated in teaching speaking, one of them by using video. The application of video in teaching speaking presents interesting and...

Tourism is currently being vigorous in various circles. The community really this idea of sharing info through social media with upload tourism objects of photos which are the creations. As for the constraints of society in search of tourism objects in a town in visit in terms of the distance , the existing...

Powder coating of metal product is essential to avoid corrosion and to improve surface properties. The coating thickness alone doesn't ensure the corrosion resistance. If surface is not covered completely, the micro-gaps can initiate rusting. Hence, microstructures should be observed for various coating...

Two 350MW Boilers is operating in Tianjin Junliangcheng Generation Co. Ltd. Limestone - gypsum wet FGD with two towers is adopted.Some optimization of pH and density,slurry and process water are made: the PH and densimeter are placed at the outlet of the recycled pump tube, it could make the discharged...

Behavioral Corporate Finance believes that disclosure of corporate information, not only affects the corporate value but also affects the expected growth of the enterprise market investors. Investors would give the lower level of disclosure of the stock a higher level of risk. This paper selected the...

Sustainable sports training plays an important role in cultivating sports talent in improving competitive capability, digging out the potential quality, learning scientific and cultural knowledge and cultivating personal competency for sports talents.

This study investigates the effect of applying the talk-to-the-text strategy on students' reading comprehension of narrative text. By employing quasi-experimental research design, specifically pre- and post-tests design one, talk-to-the-text reading strategy was implemented as treatment in experimental...

Uneven settlement will cause the buried pipeline deformed, even crack. A 3-D finite element model for buried pipeline was established by ADINA to investigate the deformation of pipe under uneven settlement. Furthermore, the effects of some key factors on mechanical response of buried pipeline were analyzed....

The article considers the issue of formation of innovative culture among the population during reforming the education system and stimulating the transition of Russia to the economy based on knowledge, or innovative economy. It is shown that an innovative culture, which is implemented through the educational...

China,Mongolia and Russia economic FTA Free Trade Area is an important part of the strategy of'The Belt and Road'.Promote the construction of China-Russia-Mongolia FTA can not only develop strategic cooperation among the three countries, but also act as a significant measure to the construction of'the...

Thermal characteristics of lithium ion batteries are particularly important for both the optimization of the battery cells and design of the thermal management system for battery packs. The Si-C composite applied in lithium ion battery could improve the battery's energy density. For a 3 Ah pouch lithium...

The purpose of this paper is to answer the two research questions showing that the states of Japanese researches of visual arts education for early childhood based on Winner, et al.'s research. Research Question 1: Are there the researches focused on innovative skills of Japanese visual arts education...

This study aimed to examine a model of cognitive risk factors, which were Fear of Negative Evaluation, Intolerance of Uncertainty and Shame in predicting social anxiety. Furthermore, this study also aimed to investigate any possible interactions among those factors in predicting social anxiety. Of 112...

Madinah Charter is one of Nubuwah products that are in harmony with the principle of the Qur'an practices and Islam as the religion of Rahmatan Lil Alamin. This paper discusses the vision of plurality and rejection of intolerance in Indonesia through Madinah Charter as the epicenter of its analysis....

In the article 1 Sub-Article 7 Act Number 6 of 2014 on Villages said that the Village Regulation is a regulation stipulated by the Urban Village Head after being discussed and agreed with the Village Consultative Body. Determination of Village Regulation is an elaboration of the various authorities which...

This research aims to determine the effect of managerial overconfidence and firm characteristics on financing decision of a firm. This research uses panel data from the entire companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI), except financial industry within 2006 - 2015. The result showed the higher...

CSR or Corporate Social Responsibility is a program conducted by companies or business entities that exploit natural resources to improve the welfare of the community where the company operates. In Indonesia, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is strictly regulated in Law Number 25 of 2007 about Capital...

The number of cosplay and Tokosatsu lover has an enormous proportion in Indonesia. For attracting inhabitant of Indonesia, researchers try to make cosplay by applying unsure and culture of Indonesia. Cosplay will be produced that is still modern and will be suitable with character and cast of Tokosatsu...

Nano silver materials were prepared by using PVP as dispersant and hydrazine hydrate as reducing agent under the protection of inert gas. Nano silver materials with different particle sizes and morphologies were obtained by controlling the concentration of AgNO3. Different shapes and sizes of silver...

The purpose of this reseach is to (1) compose textbooks of computer-based numerical method in IKIP Budi Utomo Malang, (2) the validity and effectiveness of textbook of computer-based numerical method in IKIP Budi Utomo Malang. This research uses Research and Development method of Borg and Gall model...

In this paper, we first introduce the development of learning to rank and discuss the problems existing in this field especially the ignorance of total ordering ranking. For dealing with the total ordering ranking problem, we assume a method ¡°feature ranking¡±. Based the assumption, we design two algorithms:...

Today the changes of the test mode are common. Many exams have adopted computer test, so the reform of text mode will be a trend in universities. Based on the working practice, the paper showed a project about the reform. It improves the work’s efficiency greatly.

Smart grid has become one hot topic at home and abroad in recent years. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) has applied to lots of fields of smart grid, such as monitoring and controlling. We should ensure that there are enough active sensors to satisfy the service request. But, the sensor nodes have limited...

Railway signaling system is essential equipment for high speed railway and passenger special line, and it play an important role to ensure safety and improve efficiency. Reliability analysis to railway signaling system is necessary and valuable. Railway signaling system is a complex and dynamic system....

As well as posing a challenge to the management methods and means of local governments, the rapid development of regional economy and trade has presented an opportunity of reform. In China, Yunnan borders on many countries including Vietnam, Laos, and Burma. Thus, it is an important gateway for China...

Only the scientific forecast of the supply and demand state of medicine in health service market can improve the medicine supply chain in the medicine logistics. By conducting mixed-strategy solution of medicine procurement in different market states with the matrix game, the procurement patterns of medicine logistics...

Markov chain is an effective tool for convergence analysis of intelligence optimization algorithms. This paper briefly studies the state space of the basic Shuffled Frog Leaping Algorithm (SFLA) and theoretically analyzes the convergence behavior of SFLA by using Markov chain. It is proved that the SFLA...

The study aimed to evaluate the presence of training alumni and the existence of standard operating procedures (SOP) related to the improvement of competencies of cattle traders, slaughterers and stockmanship in implementing animal welfare at Ruminant Slaughter Houses (RSHs). The study was conducted...

This study aimed to examine the outcome of lectures conducted using hybrid learning in Integral Calculus courses. It focused on students’ achievement and students’ experiences. Teaching materials were developed using the Plomp development model in the form of learning videos which met valid, practical...

The purpose of this research was discussion about educational governance innovations through the implementation of four UNESCO pillars. This was a descriptive research that used a qualitative approach. The data was collected through observation, interviews and documentation. The results and discussion...

Background: Resistant hypertension is presumed to be common in patients with type-II-diabetes mellitus (type-II-DM) and arterial stiffness has been proposed to play a major role in the development hereof. Our objective with this study was to examine differences in vascular characteristics in patients...