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The Effect of Candidate Image, Advertising, Program, and Party, toward Candidate Election Decision

Julina, Diana Eravia, Qomariah
This study aimed to examine the effect of contestant image, advertising, program, and the party to local elections in the city of Pekanbaru. Data were collected using a questionnaire. After being tested for validity and reliability, the data were analyzed using multiple linear regression. This research...
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Study on Generation Planning and Dispatching Model of Units under Power Market Reforming

Chen Zhang, Yan Zhang
Under the background of the deepening reformation of the power market, the introduction of power spot market can increase the activity of the reform. The systematic "orderly liberalization" of the market-trading power is also the key guarantee for the power electricity market reforming. On this basis,...

Clinical Decision-making among Emergency Physicians: Experiential or Rational?

Khalid Talal Aldamiri, Faisal Ahmed Alhusain, Amal Almoamary, Khalid Alshehri, Nawfal Al Jerian
Pages: 65 - 68
It has been postulated that everyone has an affinity for one of two cognitive approaches: experiential (intuitive) or rational (conscious). The aim of this study was to analyze the thinking processes of Saudi emergency physicians at nine hospitals in Riyadh. This was a cross-sectional study, which was...

Statistical Inference for Topp–Leone-generated Family of Distributions Based on Records

Mohd Arshad, Qazi Azhad Jamal
Pages: 65 - 78
In this paper, we consider a general family of distributions generated by Topp–Leone distribution (known as TL family of distributions) proposed by Rezaei et al. [1]. We consider the problem of estimation of the shape parameter, scale parameter, and reliability function based on record data from TL family...

Does emotion and its daily fluctuation correlate with depression? A cross-cultural analysis among six developing countries

Derwin K.C. Chan, Xin Zhang, Helene H. Fung, Martin S. Hagger
Pages: 65 - 74
Utilizing a World Health Organization (WHO) multi-national dataset, the present study examined the relationships between emotion, affective variability (i.e., the fluctuation of emotional status), and depression across six developing countries, including China (N = 15,050); Ghana (N = 5,573); India (N...

Comparison of the Facility Manager Job Position in Visegrad Group Countries

Marek Potkány, Paula Kamodyová
Facility management can create the potential of a competitive advantage in the form of cost savings and increased time for managing core business activities. One of the successful requirements for the implementation and use of this coordinated management approach is the creation of the facility manager's...

Development of System Thinking of Students During the Course of Cognitive Modeling of Socio-economic Systems

T.N. Ledashcheva, V.E. Pinaev, V.I. Gorelov, O.L. Karelova
The article is dedicated to development of systems thinking among the students of different specialties. Systems thinking, in modern time, becomes crucial for specialists in the fields of technic and technology, economics, environmental management, management etc. Authors propose to use cognitive modelling...

The Enlightenment of Tao Xingzhi’s Democratic Education Thought on College Ideological and Political Courses

Ruizhong Zhang, Zhiqiang Wang
Life education thought is the core of Tao Xingzhi’s educational thought, and democratic education thought is the soul that runs through life education thought. From the perspective of the nature of ideological and political education, this paper studies the purpose of ideological and political education,...

Global Citizens Awareness Through Digital Literacy In the Fourth Industrial Revolution: A Riview of the Literature

Hermy Yanzi, Obby Hidayat, Ana Mentari, Dasim Budimansyah
This article aims to report on the current state of research on the various alternative solutions in increasing global citizen awareness by utilizing digital literacy as an ability to use digital media (Internet of things, big data, and robotical feature). This research used a critical study method by...

Children’s rights and children’s wellbeing in UK

Chenhua Gu
This article mainly focuses on the children’s rights in UK by analyzing some specific Articles contained in the UN Convention and its relation with children’s wellbeing. There are achievements as well as problems in terms of children’s rights in UK; as a result, the author attempts to identify some possible...

The Twilight of Karaeng Galesong’s Resistance Against VOC

Melda Amelia Rohana, Joko Sayono, Indah Wahyu Puji Utami
This research aimed to reconstruct the twilight of Karaeng Galesong’s resistance against VOC using historical method namely of heuristic, verification, interpretation and historiography. Either primary or secondary sources was employed in this research. Those sources was verified, interpreted and written...

Psychological factors of personal safety culture of electric network masters

Luydmila Goryunova, Sergei Fedorov, Lada Vereshagina, Victoria Pogrebitskaya, Olga Voronina, Nikolai Lepekhin, Marina Kruglova
Personal safety culture is defined as “the product of individual and group values, attitudes, perceptions, competence, and employee's behavior patterns”. The study identified the factors of the corporate safety culture: the involvement of employees in the organization of communication on security issues;...

Branding Identity in Architecture: Christian Churches of Ancient Russia, Hindu Temples of India, and Company Offices of the 21st Century

Marina E. Vengerova
The systemic understanding of creation of architectural and environmental facilities with the corporate identity of a particular brand is a relevant issue of the Russian modern architectural education. Further and advanced training programmes have been developed and implemented in two structural subdivisions...

Objective and Creative Source of Visual Communication Design

Yue Chang
For a long time, people only pursue a certain characteristic too much and ignore the dialectical unity between them. This article will start from the functional and artistic aspects of visual communication. How to make people directly understand the content of communication is the key to the entire communication...

Revitalizing Reyog Kendang Tulungagung in the Globalization Age

Hendri Utari Anggita, Utari Anggita Shanti, Zulfi Hendri, Akbar Andrian Syah
Reyog Kendang Tulungagung is a local performing art that becomes the icon of Tulungagung regency. Despite its status as the icon of Tulungagung, the government and society continue the effort to preserve the existence of this art. There are various attempts done to preserve Reyog Kendang Tulungagung...

Thoughts Triggered by "PPP Major Changes"

Lingling Jiang, Muyao Li
Under the guidance of the “six stability” policies, the stimulus infrastructure is used to hedge the economic downturn, and the infrastructure is used to supplement the shortcomings. PPP has become an important means to promote economic development. The government accounting standards clarify that PPP...

The Enlightenment and Reference Function of American Interior Design Teaching to China

Zhongcui Zhu
This paper analyzes the American interior design education model and concludes that the United States pays special attention to the cultivation of students' comprehensive ability in teaching, and realizes the practical effect of teaching through a series of teaching methods. Simultaneously it has a systematic...

Conservation of Folk Dance in the Era of Cultural Tourism

Lesa Paranti, Bintang Hanggoro Putra
This study aims to examine the conservation strategy of folk dance in supporting the growth of cultural tourism, where the case study was conducted in Tanon village, Semarang Regency. Tanon was officially inaugurated as a Tourism Village, especially for the folk dance (Desa Wisata Menari) in 2012, for...

How is Indonesian Presidential Election Represented in Online Newspapers?

Lucky Rahayu Nurjamin, Aceng Ruhendi Saifullah
This study was aimed at picturing the tendency of political issue produced by eight Indonesian online newspapers. Computer-assisted critical discourse analysis (CACDA) was applied. Corpus based linguistics analysis was employed to unveil the frequency of words in 16 different articles as the representation...

Understanding a New Social Movement as a Form of Awareness and Mass Collective Action

Mursyidin Mursyidin
In the context of social movements, new media with all its advantages is not only a means of synchronous and asynchronous communication for a social movement but also for mobilization, and another political practice, particularly collective action on social networking sites has not been aimed at changing...

Implementation of ARIAS Learning Models on Thematic Learning for Elementary School Students

Salvina Wahyu Prameswari, Suharno, Sarwanto
The purpose of this research is to describe the ARIAS learning model in thematic learning for elementary school students. The application of innovative learning models in student learning process are very important. The fact that there are many teachers who still do not understand how to optimize the...

Implementation of Village Fund Allocation Policy Reviewed from the Bureaucrats' Discretion in West Seram District Western Seram Regency

Samson Laurens
This research aimed to examine the practice of discretion conducted by bureaucrats in every stage of the implementation of ADD policy in West Seram District Western Seram Regency. The research focused on discretionary actions by frontline bureaucrats, like village officials, including village heads,...

Research Performance Evaluation of Weihai Campus of Harbin Institute of Technology based on InCites and ESI Databases

Hongming Zhang, Xin Li
Taking Harbin Institute of Technology Weihai as the research object, based on InCites and ESI databases, the research performance of the campus is evaluated comprehensively through multidimensional evaluation index from the SCI/SSCI thesis perspective. Meanwhile, by comparing the citation frequency of...

Application of Integrated Learning Model on Islamic Education in Improving Students Self Control in Madrasah Ibtidaiyah

Demina Demina, Z.Mawardi Effendi, Azwar Ananda, Damansyah Damansyah
This research was inspired by the phenomena in learning process of islamic education subject or Pendidikan Agama Islam (PAI) that was still knowledge-oriented. It would be less meaningful and less valuable to be internalized within the learners. In learning process of PAI in madrasah ibtidaiyah (islamic...
Proceedings Article

Evaluation of Reverberation Time in the Auditorium - Case of Assembly Hall of Engineering Faculty, Universitas Sebelas Maret

Tri Yuni Iswati
This research was conducted at the Assembly Hall or auditorium of Engineering Faculty UNS. This study aims to see the acoustic comfort and how to improve it by modifying the room material. The method chosen is the method with the least amount of modification. The method applied was measuring the room...

Plastic as A Media of Installation Artworks Based on Recycle Art

Ning Yuliastuti, Edy Tri Sulistyo, Nanang Yulianto
The study aims to create an installation artwork using plastic bottles of mineral water as the media, and by using glue and string as the supported media. The study was conducted at NN Studio which is located at Rt 04/07 Kismorejo, Jaten Karanganyar, by applying the method of brainstorming, exploration...

The Style of Silampari Dance of Lubuklinggau as a Greeting Dance in South Sumatera Indonesia

Saian Badaruddin, Juju Masunah
The purpose of this article is to discuss the style of silampari dance different from the guest greeting dance in South Sumatra. This article is based on qualitative research with ethnocoreological approach aimed to study the text and dance context of silampari dances. The research used descriptive-analysis...

Development Management of Teachers’ Competence based on School Need (A case study of development management of teachers’ competence in elementary school and junior high school)

Wawan Karsiwan, Diding Nurdin
The purpose of this research is to evaluate the practical effectiveness of development management of teachers’ competence in Avicenna Schools (elementary and junior high school level) of Avicenna Prestasi educational foundation. The background of this research is based on the data of teachers’ competence,...

The Cognitive Structure of Students in Understanding Mathematical Concepts

Suharto Suharto, Wahyu Widada
The mathematics was a difficult subject for students to study in senior high school. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of cognitive structure of students in understanding mathematical concepts. The Samples were randomly selected as many as 140 students from the whole students of senior...

The Materialized Form of Alienation of Communication and Its Hidden Essence Reading Marx's The Digest of James Muller's “Principles of Political Economy”

Wenyi Liu
For a long time, The Digest of James Muller's “Principles of Political Economy" (hereinafter referred to as "Digest") is regarded as a "copy" of the 1844 Economics and Philosophy Manuscript (hereinafter referred to as "Manuscript"). In fact, the theoretical value of the Digest lies in its indelible point...

Current Situation and Reason Analysis of Marketing Courses Teaching Method Based on “Internet +” Background

Qiongjuan Wen, Long Jiang
This paper investigates blended teaching methods of marketing major in colleges and universities under the background of widespread use of Internet technology. The findings indicates that undergraduate students majoring in Marketing are familiar with “Internet +” teaching methods, such as MOCC, Micro-lecture...

Tick-borne Encephalitis—Need to know for Professionals outside Endemic Areas

Robert Steffen
Pages: 65 - 69
Tick-borne Encephalitis (TBE) is an arboviral infection widespread in Europe and northern parts of Asia. Ticks transmit the associated flavivirus usually between March and November to people with outdoor activities in the countryside, in gardens or, rarely, in urban parks. The clinical picture of TBE...

The Concept and Features of a Physical Person as a Subject of an Administrative Offence

Boris Zykin, Elena Zykina
In the article, the authors focus on the problematic issues of legal regulation of the status of an individual as a subject of an administrative offence. They also pay attention to the need to improve the status of an individual as a subject of an administrative offence in the Russian Administrative...

Problems and Countermeasures of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education in Agricultural Colleges and Universities

Yuci Wang
There are some problems in innovation and entrepreneurship education in agricultural colleges and universities, such as lack of understanding on the concept of innovation and entrepreneurship education, lack of innovation and entrepreneurship education in general education, lack of deep integration of...

Exploring the Concept Innovation of Greenberg, Fried and De Duve's Sculpture Theory

Zhengbo Zhang, Jin Pu
Greenberg, Fried and Duve have made great concept innovation to promoting the development of modern sculpture theory. Greenberg's interpretation of media realism, Fried's critique of physical theatre theory and Duve's interesting archaeological narrative provide a new perspective to examine the spiritual...
Proceedings Article

BIM Model Integration of Concrete and Steel Structures in Assembled Substations

Ying Xu, Jinwei Zhang, Dongliang Li, Cuiling Ao
Application of BIM technology in the construction of assembly substation is the trend of construction industrialization and informatization in power grid industry. Assembled substation is composed of concrete structure and steel structure. In the process of building refined BIM model, two different models...
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Investigation on Read Music Present Situation and Analysis of Teaching in Junior High School

Mo Meng
In order to study the teaching method of reading spectrum in junior high school, the present situation of reading ability of junior middle school students was studied by questionnaire in this paper, and the present situation and existing problems of reading ability of junior high school students were...

The Artistic Innovation of Chinese Zodiac Culture in Jingdezhen Ceramic

Han Wei
Our ancestors believed that humans and animals were related by blood from the primitive society, and Chinese zodiac culture originated from the ancient Chinese animal worship, totem worship and early astronomy. The Chinese zodiac appeared on the ceramic, the earliest can be traced back to the Banpo ancient...
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Application Research of Small Molecule Peptide Screening Based on Cancer Cells

Yani Hou, Min Shi, Hui Wang, Jia Liu, Rongli Liu
With the rapid development of biology, more and more attention has been paid to the research, which is very valuable, about small molecule peptide of which the structure is relatively simple and the molecular weight is small. This paper summarizes the characteristics of small molecular peptide, the screening...
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The Acidity Level (pH) of Saliva of People in Living in High Radon Level Areas and Its Correlation with the Prevalence of Caries

Dhea Ferrani Permatasari, Irmaleny Irmaleny, Suhardjo Sitam, Ervin Rizali
Radon radiation impairs saliva secretion and lowers normal pH levels, which in turn alters the balance of normal oral microflora and leads to caries progression. The aim of this research is to determine the acidity level (pH) of saliva of people living in high radon level areas and its correlation with...

Discussion on the Method of Applying Outward Bound to College Physical Education

Jiabin Zhang
The reform of education system and social development have paid more attention to the comprehensive training with students, and physical education, as a significant factor in the teaching to promote the overall development of students, has also gradually accepted the wide attention from all walks of...
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Summary of Non-rigid 3D Shape Data Retrieval and Description

Meizhen Liu, Chunmei Duan
Non-rigid 3D shape retrieval and descriptors has become an active and important research topic in content-based 3D object . The aim of this paper is to compare and sythesize the performance of methods for non-rigid 3D shape retrieval and descriptors.This paper reviews the application of non-rigid three-dimensional...
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Effects of Abscisic Acid on Growth and Cadmium Accumulation of Pea Seedlings

Qiyu Lu, Guochao Sun, Ji Liu, Yi Tang
The effects of soaking seedlings of four abscisic acid (ABA) concentrations (0, 1, 5, 10, and 20 μmol/L) on the growth and cadmium (Cd) accumulation of pea seedlings were studied by the pot experiment. The results showed that, compared with the control, the roots, stems, leaves, and shoots biomasses...
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Research of the Low-voltage Warning Based on Statistical Inference

Sheng Liu
In this paper, we refer the discriminate model of low-voltage and urgencies index as an important research content. Formulate the distribution function and calculate the probability of occurrence of each interval by analyzing the data distribution of the low-voltage. Urgencies indicators are set based...

Analysis Characteristics of Treating Chronic Prostatitis with External Therapy of Chinese Medicine

Mengfan Peng, Baosong Liu, Mingsan Miao
Chronic prostatitis (CP) is one of the most common diseases of adult males and urology, which affects the physical and mental health of patients severely. Currently the treatment of chronic prostatitis has entered comprehensive treatment era. External therapy plays an important position in comprehensive...

The Reform of Consumption Tax from the Perspective of Functional Orientation in the New Era of China

Yang Liu
Consumption tax is an important auxiliary tax with multiple functions. As time goes, it can be given some new orientations: such as replacing some functions of personal income tax to improve the progressiveness of the taxation system; replacing some of the functions of business tax to implement industry...

Research on Countermeasures for Internet Financial Risk Management

Binjie Xu
In the paper, the risks of Internet finance including credit, regulation, liquidity, operations, market, technology, network security, and information asymmetry are teased out by reviewing the connotations and types of Internet finance. The corresponding risk management strategies are thereby proposed...
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Neurodynamic Features of Elderly Teachers as Indicators of Professional Performance

N.A. Belousova, V.I. Dolgov, V.P. Maltsev
The study of psycho-physiological characteristics of elderly teachers is of great importance. The article aims to study functional indicators of the central nervous system and cognitive performance of elderly teachers. The sample included 21 women at an average age of 56.2). The integral characteristics...

Leadership and poetry: common tendencies in works of Georgian and European leader poets

Eka Vardoshvili
Leadership can be viewed as one of the aspects of poetry. Many poets inspire wide masses with their works and become the source of inspiration of institutional changes and national reawakening. This paper analysis leadership through poetry using an example of Georgian and European poets. First attempts...

Decentralization for delivering better health services in Liberia: lesson from the Philippines

Isaac P. Podah
This paper argues that decentralization is a panacea to better health service delivery in Liberia provided it is being buttressed by the financial and moral backing of both the central and the local governments, the capacity of local leaders are well-built, as well as the continuous monitoring and evaluation...