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Writing in EFL classes needs multidimensional competences including cognitive, metacognitive, socio-behaviour, and motivational aspects in the whole process. Unfortunately, previous studies have been focused more on writing products, cognitive aspects, and individual types. Therefore, to fill in the...

At the recently held Conference of Parties (COP-28) UN Climate Summit in Dubai, India remained non-committal on reducing fossil fuel use or making any firm commitment to reducing carbon emissions, although under tremendous pressure from the developed countries. This is due to India’s concerns regarding...

Buruli ulcer is caused primarily by Mycobacterium ulcerans. Due to its high association with the Buruli ulcer, Mycobacterium ulcerans microbiota were used in the study. This microbiota taxon and functional profile have been identified thanks to advances in Metatranscriptomic Sequencing. Then there are...

IoT-based precision irrigation optimizes agricultural practices by using real-time sensor data to automate irrigation systems. Unlike traditional, labor-intensive irrigation systems that waste time, energy, and water, modern sensor-driven systems enhance efficiency, conserving resources and increasing...

The use of technology in pesantren education, particularly involving advanced tools such as drones, remains limited, despite the significant potential these technologies have in enriching the learning experience. This study explores the impact of drone usage in digital content creation on student engagement,...

This paper investigates the transformative role of artificial intelligence in library and information science, especially in academic libraries. AI technologies are viewed as enabling components that can render the entire process of research more efficient, accelerate information-seeking, and personalize...

We investigate the reduced density matrices obtained for the quantum states in the context of 3d Chern-Simons theory with gauge group SU(2) and Chern-Simons level k. We focus on the quantum states associated with the Tp,p torus link complements, which is a p-party pure quantum state. The reduced density...

This study examines the mediating role of leadership styles in the relationship between Organizational Development (OD) interventions—process, structural, and strategy—and employee engagement within Malaysian government-linked organizations (GLOs). Employee engagement is pivotal for organizational success,...

Digital transformation has emerged as a critical driver of organizational agility for SMEs in the post-pandemic era, yet the measurement of agility and its predictors remains underexplored at scale. This study addresses this gap by leveraging a comprehensive, cross-national dataset of 491,636 SME technology...

The level of community knowledge about coral reefs in Barrang Caddi Island Spermonde Islands is very diverse. The applied fisheries control policies and regulations are even considered obstacles for the community in utilizing marine resources, especially coral reef resources. This study aims to reveal...

To reduce the carbon foot prints of recycling, reuse of the waste of the CNC industries is the focus of attention. The present research intends to use CNC waste in the polymer composite which reduces the waste in the landfill encourages to the sustainability of the environment. In the present work CNC...

The implementation of traditional games in physical education is an effort to improve students’ health and fitness, which is packaged by adapting the characteristics of educational levels from elementary to upper secondary and higher education. Playing traditional games is one way for students to learn...

This paper examines the multifaceted role of stainless steel in modern airport architecture, highlighting its superior corrosion resistance, high strength-to-weight ratio, and aesthetic versatility. Through a review of material properties and case studies, particularly in challenging coastal environments,...

Hypertension has classically been attributed to an increase in peripheral vascular resistance. Such an increase in peripheral vascular resistance would increase mean and diastolic blood pressure but have little influence on pulse pressure. However, hypertension in our ageing society occurs mainly as...

Objectives: Cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), a parameter of arterial stiffness, has been increasingly used for cardiovascular risk estimation. Currently used CAVI reference values are derived from the Japanese population. It is not clear whether the same reference values can be used in the Caucasian...

The research on scientific creativity plays an increasingly important role in education. Scientific creativity can be viewed as a type of domain-specific creativity. Subjective creativity assessments (SCA) are particularly useful for measuring domain-specific creativity and earned wide popularity in...

The complex pathophysiological mechanisms involved in stroke confound the associative and causal role of blood pressure. This is particularly relevant in monitoring changes in blood pressure with respect to treatment efficacy and stroke outcome, which is highly dependent on the both patient and stroke...

Background: Pulse pressure amplification (PPA), i.e. the amplification from central arteries to the periphery, is inversely related to arterial stiffness, organ damage and mortality. It is known that arterial stiffness is higher in black than white populations, but it is unclear if this is due to early...

Purpose: The feasibility of pulse wave analysis (PWA) over 24 hours with oscillometric devices has already been shown and first studies indicate additional information compared to single measurements. Nevertheless, diurnal patterns of PWA parameters in healthy subjects, which can potentially serve as...

A number of countries are projecting to ratify the idea of smart city in their towns and accomplish big data projects to bolster smart city features to target the desired level of sustainable development, thus improving the quality of life. The smart cities are meant to be areas with advanced technologies...

Arterial Hypertension is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Measurement of peripheral brachial blood pressure using cuff sphygmomanometry belongs to the clinical routine assessment from childhood on. Based on age and length related reference values, it is widely accepted as...

Background: Accumulation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) is one of pathophysiological processes, responsible for progressive stiffening of vessel wall. In contrast, soluble isoform of receptor for AGEs (sRAGE) act as “decoy” and physiological defense against circulating AGEs. We hypothesized...

Background: A recent study has shown that the central pressure waveform could be determined by a very small set of parameters accounting for the physical properties of the heart and the arteries [1]. Particularly, main pressure features like first systolic shoulder (P1) and systolic (P2) pressures were...

Increased arterial stiffness, a biomarker of vascular aging, is a recognized subclinical organ damage, and may thus serve as predictor of cardiovascular disease. The predictive value of arterial stiffness is higher in patients with higher baseline cardiovascular risk, such as in patients with hypertension....

The RhoA signaling pathway is a master regulator of mechanostransduction and plasticity of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) that controls arterial stiffening. The RhoA exchange factor Arhgef1 is causally involved in the development of angiotensin II-dependent hypertension. Our aim was to determine...

We are planning a prospective study in 200 patients with an abdominal artery aneurysm (AAA). Non-invasive measurements will be performed including tonometry-based pulse wave analysis (PWA) and pulse wave velocity (PWV), echocardiography, and 24-hour blood pressure measurements. This study will provide...

We introduce a five-parameter continuous model, called the McDonald log-logistic distribution, to extend the two-parameter log-logistic distribution. Some structural properties of this new distribution such as reliability measures and entropies are obtained. The model parameters are estimated by the...

Robot is designed for achieving specific task. However, robot is able to do much more things than it is expected by its own hardware. In this paper, concept of conquest oriented robot is proposed to know its availability systemati-cally and autonomously. Algorithm of conquest oriented robot and its experimental...

Verification is critical to the design of large and complex systems. SPIN is a well-known and extensively used verification tool. In this paper, we consider two tool chains, one existing, WSAT, and one introduced here, that support using SPIN to model check systems specified as Simulink Stateflow models....

Inspired by the phenomenon of bio-parasitic behavior in natural ecosystem, this paper presents a novel particle swarm optimizer named PSOPB, in which particles are composed of the host and the parasite population. In the presented algorithm, the two populations mimic facultative bio-parasitic behaviour...

Triangular intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (TIFNs) are a special kind of intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFSs) on a real number set. TIFNs are useful to deal with ill-known quantities in decision data and decision making problems themselves. The purpose of this paper is on developing a new ranking method of...

This paper introduces the four parameter transmuted generalized Gompertz distribution which includes the transmuted Gompertz, transmuted generalized exponential, transmuted exponential, Gompertz, generalized exponential and exponential distributions as special cases and studies its statistical properties....

In this work, we explain in what sense the generic level set of the constants of motion for the periodic nonlinear Schrödinger equation is an infinite dimensional torus on which each generalized nonlinear Schrödinger flow is reduced to straight line almost periodic motion, and describe how neighboring...

A special asymptotic solution of the Painlevé-2 equation with small parameter is stdied. This solution has a critical point t corresponding to a bifurcation phenomenon. When t t the solution oscillates very fast. We investigate the transitional layer in detail and obtain a smooth asymptotic solution,...

By use of nonlinearization method about spectral problem, a classical completely integrable system associated with the Harry-Dym (HD) hierarchy is obtained. Furthermore, the involutive solution of each equation in the HD hierarchy is presented, in particular, the involutive solution of the well-known...

In this paper, we give a proof of the existence of stationary dark soliton solutions of the cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation with periodic inhomogeneous nonlinearity, together with an analytical example of a dark soliton.

The amount of combustible material is the primary factor which influences the occurrence and developing of fire. From analyzing the field survey data during the six months of the whole seasons of withered grass in Xilinguole, we obtained the different types grassland dynamic changing rates, which include...

In Indonesia, English becomes a compulsory subject to be taught in junior and senior high school; whereas, it is regulated by the government that English is positioned as local content in primary schools. However, several primary schools in Indonesia, particularly in South Kalimantan, still hold English...

For the reason that phones and internet have become pervasive recently, online ordering and food delivery service have become more popular. In 1994, the online ordering service for pizzas showed up, and in the 2000s, major pizza chains have mature online ordering service. This study aims to explore...

Instructing is a key factor in the quality of postgraduate education, and there are many different instruction styles. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between instruction styles and the quality of postgraduate education through an empirical investigation, so as to explore...

There needs to be public awareness in applying the rules of Islamic Shari’a that the rules are made for themselves and the surrounding community. Awareness is not only a cognitive thing but is related to the reality of behavior in the surrounding environment. Violations of Islamic Shari’a are still common...

The need to tap from the global education space has attracted the attention of stakeholders in recent times. This study, therefore, investigated the integration of the Nigerian Education System into the Global Education Space. Three research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The study used...

Sidaguri plant is a wild and potential plant that is promoted as a good challenging medicinal plant in the future. However, information related to the diversity of these plants in Indonesia has not been widely exposed, and there are several species of this sidaguri found in Indonesia that are still unknown...

The purpose of this study is to map Padang local tax by using Klassen typology. This research is a quantitative descriptive study. The data used was obtained from Padang Regional Revenue Office for year 2015-2019. The population was all local taxes based on Law Number 28 Year 2009. The sample was selected...