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This paper is a direct response to recent calls for sustainable technology researchers to use design fiction in their work. It seeks to explore the question: can design fiction be a useful technique for provoking conversations about today’s complex global e-waste ecosystem To address that question, the...

The effects of deceleration parachute of ejection seat on ejection trajectory were analyzed under low velocity condition. Through trial method and simulation, delay time of parachute opening was optimized in terms of maximum mobile load and maximum velocity. The results showed that the curve-optimized...

This study evaluates the economic impact of the proposed COMESA-SADC-EAC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) on 26 African countries. It uses the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) computable general equilibrium (CGE) model and database to measure the static effects of the establishment of the TFTA on...

Objective: To examine the patterns of antituberculous drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in the Eastern province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: This is a retrospective study of antibiotic susceptibility of 1681 non-repetitive...

Cognitive impairment is thought to be a major cause of disability worldwide, though data from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are sparse. This study aimed to investigate the association between cognitive impairment and disability in a cohort of community-dwelling older adults living in Tanzania. The study cohort...

The government of each state strives for the decrease of the unemployment to the lowest level possible, and thus for achieving of the natural unemployment rate. Slovakia, after joining the European Union, also had to adapt to this trend and to develop even more effort for solving the issue of a high...

The development trends of electronic stock trading in Ukraine are considered. The low investment activity of the citizens of the country and the insufficient involvement of individuals in the processes of electronic stock trading were noted. Among the main reasons that hinder the development of the electronic...

Its need for the construction of Advanced Process Control (APC) system as part of the automated process control system this article considers the task of modeling and adapting the dynamic characteristics of the complex control objects elements represented by cognitive maps. The models in the form of...

In the Russian classical literature of 19st century, one can find a variety of leadership patterns, expressed with psychological and philosophical depth. Absolute power, indifferent to life of a common ‘small’ man – this key problem was developed in Pushkin’s poem ‘Bronze Horseman’. Power that solve...

Bandung is one of the cities developing halal destinations in West Java. With a variety of attractions and supported by various facilities, the accommodation sector in the form of sharia hotels and halal-certified restaurants experienced growth as a step to accommodate Muslim tourists who visit the city...

The article is devoted to the study of the structure of daily stressors and determination of the place of occupational stressors in it, identification of relationships between the number of stressors with the level of stress and satisfaction with various aspects of life. Sample: 334 people aged 20 to...

This research aims to illustrate the implementation of character education in Social Studies learning. It uses naturalistic qualitative method. It was located at junior high school 4 Rumbio Jaya, Kampar Regency. The subject of this research was a Social Studies teacher. The data collection consisted...

In order to solve the problem of remote image data transmission in AI development platform based on image analysis, an Ethernet controller based on SGMII was developed. Based on the open source MAC, the AXI bus interface is designed according to the requirements. The adapter converter between MII and...

Innovation and entrepreneurship education are the key of college students’ entrepreneurial dreams, and cultivating the awareness of innovation and entrepreneurship has become a problem that college and universities must pay highly attention to. In order to make contemporary college students have competitiveness...

The aims of this study are: (1) to produce a reflective picture storybook media which could improve student’s discipline in elementary school and (2) to reveal the effectiveness of the developed media. This study employed R&D design. The reflective picture story book is an innovative learning media which...

Jazz programs in Indonesia have experienced changes in the perception of how it is organized.  Jazz music mostly known in its exclusivity, as the music of bourgeois society caused jazz music itself to be fragmented with other music. First, capitalism based on capital superstructure gives flexibility...

Cultural identity experience involves a process of self-identification, which helps to strengthen cultural confidence. As the core area of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Fujian Province represents an important starting point and birthplace of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, while numerous museums...

This study explores an interlingual re-instantiation of attitude as a language appraisal strategy employed by Indonesia’s newspapers in reporting news on attacking incidents. The study aims, firstly, to reveal the types of attitude system employed by Indonesia’s newspapers in reporting news on attacking...

The mass media with its ability to construct reality, allegedly influence the political situation in society. Various theoretical studies of communication have even formulated several possible effects that the media can contribute to the flow of political activity. Some of the literature reviews in relations...

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are businesses that are able to survive in the midst of a crisis, both in developed countries and in developing countries. To maximize the role of MSMEs in maintaining economic stability requires attention and assistance in its development since it is inseparable...

Minangkabau Culture Course is a compulsory subject followed by students STKIP PGRI West Sumatra. Students who take this course are students who come from various ethnic such as, ethnic Malay, ethnic Mentawai, ethnic Bengkulu, ethnic Javanese, and ethnic Batak. The purpose of this study is by the learning...

Recently, many hot moneys have flowed into our country, and the occurrence of the financial crisis has aggravated the uncertainty of short-term capital flows, which has attracted extensive attention from the government and academia. This paper uses step-by-step OLS method to empirically analyze the impact...

It has been claimed that most undergraduate students (S1 degree) of English Department of FBS Universitas Negeri Padang were in difficulties and problems in understanding the grammatical features and uses of English tenses and aspects. The students were familiar with the grammatical term tense, but they...

This research aims to perform preferences analysis of engineering students on choosing learning media using Support Vector Machine (SVM) model. Data is collected using questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of four items related to students profile and 17 items related to students preferences on learning...

The objective of this study is to analyze the influence of external pressures, financial targets and financial distress to the possibility of financial statement fraud. The proxy of financial statement fraud is the Beneish M-Score (1999). I f the M-Score is greater than -2.22, the company is likely to...

This study aims to; identify and analyze the effects of the business environment directly on business strategy and product innovation, to know and analyze the effects of market orientation directly on business strategy and product innovation, to know and analyze the influence of the business environment...

The purpose of this study was to examine the happiness level of students from Borneo who actively involved in the regional organization in Malang. This study applied a quantitative descriptive design using a survey approach. The subjects involved in this study were 30 students aged between 17-22 years...

The paper deals with recreational resources and potential of the Khulamo-Bezengi Valley in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic. The main attention is paid to recreational resources and development of the area. We distinguished the most promising types of recreation such as traditional-mountaineering, mountain...

This research aims to elaborate the form of democracy crisis in anthology of poetry “Yang Berguru pada Sajak” based on the theories of Fredric Jamesone and to understand the causes and their consequences toward human. The type of this research is a qualitative descriptive. The primary data sources is...

This study aims to determine the effect of good corporate governance on dividend policy. The study used a sample of all non-financial companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. This research also used control variables of firm size, profitability, leverage, firm growth, and free cash flow. The...

This research is aimed to develop a science SETS – visionary teaching material fulfilling the valid criteria for character building reinforcement. The research method used in this study was the Research and Development (R&D) which from four stages was simplified into three, consisting of (1) defining,...

The necessity of assessing the competitiveness of the restaurant services regional market in the context of intercultural interaction is substantiated. It provides a possibility of identifying the market as strategically attractive. The Orel region is chosen as the object of study. The intensity of the...

This paper is a viewpoint paper, which offers a discussion on capitalism and Islamic economics. Through discussions about economic value and profit-sharing, there are enough reasons to make Islamic economics as an answer to various social and economic problems. Islamic economics have spiritual values,...

With Nida’s functional equivalence, this thesis concentrates on the necessities of translating culture-loaded words in China’s global communication, categories of culture-loaded words. And based on the theory, the corresponding translation strategy is proposed, which is foreignization. The thesis aims...

Nowadays digital imagery is used for many purposes. Starting just as a hobby of photography up to the purpose of security or identification. For more sensitive purposes, an image needs to be encrypted so that the image is not recognized by an unauthorized person. In this study, hybrid transposition is...

The article discusses the economic aspects of ritual exchange in cultures with an appropriating type of economy. Traditional culture is considered as a system in which economic exchange is subject to symbolic exchange, this is expressed in the ritualization of the economy and economic relations. We study...

Budgeting is an important tool for evaluating a manager’s performance. Unfortunately, budgets are susceptible to budgetary slack, in which a manager provides an overly pessimistic and conservative estimation of income and expenses. This study aims to investigate the effect of pay scheme and ethics level...

Drawing on the social exchange theory, this study investigated the influence of human resource management on counterproductive work behavior in new ventures and verified the moderating effect of leader-member exchange and the mediating effect of employee satisfaction. With a sample of 526 employees,...

This study examined the landscape of the Medang Kamulan site in Banjarejo Village, District of Gabus, Grobogan-Central Java, which is often mentioned as the center of ancient Mataram kingdom. This opinion is based on the toponym of Medang (Kamulan) which is identical to the signifier of the Ancient Mataram...

Industry 4.0’s fourth industrial revolution has greatly influenced the business world, including small entrepreneurs (SMEs). In the millennial era, which is fast, professional and timely, Industry 4.0 did not have a significant impact on improving business results for conventional SMEs. Therefore, young...

Based on the "whole ecosystem" interpretation of the connotation of ecological civilization, this paper constructs an evaluation system of ecological civilization construction with 34 indexes including search engine data-Baidu index from four aspects: ecological environment, ecological economy, ecological...

The purpose of this study was to describe the effectiveness of Teaching With Analogy (TWA) model to increase students’ mathematical representation. Teaching With Analogy is a learning model that provides guidelines to build linkages between something is already known and something new to learn or learn...

This paper constructs a short-term traffic flow forecasting model based on SVR. First, the modified KNN algorithm is applied to achieve phase space reconstruction and get the input data of SVR. Then, the short-term traffic flow forecasting model is established. Finally, this model was tested and evaluation...

The number of halal certified products as recorded by the Directorate Generale of Islamic Religious Community guidance reached 60.76% of the total product in circulation. Muslim consumers with 85% of the total population of Indonesia required halal food guarantee. The order of eating in the Holy Al Qur'an...

This work proposes a new conceptual framework of media strategies of the place brand that integrates mediology and place branding. This work grounds the importance and timeliness of initiatives in the field of new media policy in Web 2.0 that involve users of social networks as curators, ambassadors,...

This paper tries to find out the misunderstandings in innovation and entrepreneurship education in Chinese universities and the correction methods thereof. By investigating the development of innovation and entrepreneurship education in China, the paper finds that some misunderstandings and practice...

This paper presents the determination of bergenin content of Pulmonaria officinalis by high performance capillary electrophoresis (HPCE) method. The borax solution as buffer solution was chosen, and its concentration was 20 mmol/L at a constant voltage of 20kV and injecting time of 10s. Linearity was...

Efficiency is an important manifestation of corporate competitiveness and sustainable development capabilities. In this paper, the efficiency of the sample platform from the Internet financial registration disclosure service platform is calculated and analyzed using the super-efficient SBM model that...

The thesis analyzes the origin and development of the concept “adaptability efficiency” in the research field of management and economics. It finds out that, the research has changed from a static to dynamic way, a unique to complex view. The most favored method to study organization should combine the...

More and more indicators affecting the company's profits are becoming available for calculation due to the development of technology. Social capital can be one of these indicators. The study concludes that the referral program is the use of the external social capital of the enterprise. Digitalization...