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Proceedings Article
Differences In Risk Of Urinary Tract Stones Based On Demographics, Kidney Function, and Urinalysis In Pematangsiantar, Indonesia: A Single-Center Study
Muhammad Andriady Saidi Nasution, Betthy Meilina Br Aruan, Suandy Suandy
Urolithiasis, or urinary tract stones, is a solid mass that forms in the upper (kidneys, ureters) or lower urinary system (bladder, urethra). This study evaluates urinary tract stone risks based on demographics, kidney function, and urinalysis results using a quantitative, cross-sectional survey design...
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Developing Speaking Tasks for Vocational High School Students Majoring in Tourism
Putri Fahreni Liza, Dian Fajrina, Asnawi Asnawi, Abdullah Syahira Antoni
This research seeks to create speaking tasks for first-grade vocational high school tourism students using the ADDIE model, which stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Conducted at Vocational High School 1 Takengon, both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Exploration of Science Concept in Semanggi Batik Typical of the City of Surabaya
Suryanti, Wahono Widodo
This research explores integrating science concepts in the making of Semanggi Batik, a typical cultural icon of Surabaya, into science learning in elementary schools through an ethnoscience approach. The clover plant, used as the central motif of batik, maintains its preservation and introduces local...
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Greenwashing in Thermal Power Plants: Sustainable Identity or Illusion?
Sharad Singh, Ruchi Agarwal
Greenwashing is a phenomenon through which firms across various sectors present themselves as environment-friendly to meet the policy requirements and growing consumer demand for sustainability. This study examines certain greenwashing attempts in India’s thermal power generation sector through the lens...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Study on Stick-slip Instability and Directionality on Bimaterial Faults
Ao Lei
Earthquakes have significant impacts on the environment and society. Most tectonic earthquakes result from relative sliding due to faults’ frictional instability. Among these, bimaterial faults, where different materials limit the fault interface, commonly exhibit rapid and unpredictable sticky sliding...
Proceedings Article
Improving Critical Thinking Through the Jigsaw Method in the 5.0 Era in PPKN Learning
Afifa Melati Tristianing, Bambang Sumardjoko, Arif Subowo
This study aims to describe the application of the jigsaw method to improve students’ critical thinking and the obstacles and solutions to this application. This study will use qualitative research with a case study research design. The type of qualitative descriptive research displays data as it is...
Proceedings Article
Integration of Ketadulakoan Value in History Learning Evaluation
Suyuti Suyuti
This research examines the integration of the value of ketadulakoaan in the evaluation of history learning with the aim of integrating local noble values into historical content with the aim that the quality of history learning in Indonesia, especially Central Sulawesi, has increased significantly. Ketadulakoaan...
Proceedings Article
Communication and Disclosure of Public Information in the Era of Digital Democracy in West Java Regional Government: Public Policy and Political Perspective
Tatang Sudrajat, Sandra Irawaty
.The implementation of regional government is greatly influenced by the massive development of communication and information technology. Communication between regional governments and the community and openness of public information are fundamental in local democracy. The flow of democratization has...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Exploring the Sensory Landscape: Solar Radiation and Sound Level Interplays in Outdoor Thermal Comfort
Xinqi Wang, Ziyuan Zhang, Ruiqi Wang
To investigate the impact of sound and solar radiation interactions on outdoor thermal comfort in cold climates, a three-month field experiment was undertaken in Xi’an, China. This study analyzed the thermal environment across four distinct open spaces, coupled with questionnaires among school students,...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
P4.5 VASCULAR HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF THE HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS (VASOTENS) REGISTRY: RATIONALE, DESIGN AND METHODS OF AN INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY FOR AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS TELEMONITORING
Stefano Omboni*, Igor N. Posokhov, Gianfranco Parati, Anatoli Rogoza, Alberto Avolio, Ernesto Cardona Muñoz, Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Vladimir Gorbunov, Elena Grigoricheva, Alexandra Konradi, Viktoria Korneva, Yulia Kotovskaya, Natalya Kulikova, Maria Lorenza Muiesan, Giuseppe Mulè, Iana Orlova, Carmine Savoia, Giuseppe Schillaci, Parounak Zelveian, Elena Zheleznyak
Pages: 16 - 16
Background: Ambulatory (A) blood pressure (BP), central BP and pulse wave velocity (PWV) are parameters recommended by hypertension guidelines for estimating BP control and vascular impairment. Recent advances in technology made available devices allowing combined non-invasive estimation of these parameters...
Proceedings Article
The Role of Religions on Politics, Economics, and Social Class in the Society: A Phenomenological Study
Twin Hosea W. Kristyanto, Rikardo P. Sianipar, Andreas E. Nugroho, Twin Twin Yoshua R. Destyanto
Living in society could not be separated from religion. The fact that religions can create the culture of a nation shows that religions possess an influence that cannot be ignored. Besides, there are also social conflicts that occurred due to religious matters. Those religious conflicts have raised scepticism...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
P4.4 INHIBITION OF ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION BY MATRIX GLA PROTEIN AS DETERMINANT OF RENAL FUNCTION IN THE GENERAL POPULATION
Fangfei Wei*, Nadja E.A. Drummen, Lutgarde Thijs, Lotte Jacobs, Marjo H.J. Knapen, Thibaut Petit, Wenyi Yang, Zhenyu Zhang, Yumei Gu, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Peter Verhamme, Pieter Evenepoel, Cees Vermeer, Jan A. Staessen
Pages: 16 - 16
Background: Carboxylation of matrix Gla protein (MGP), a vitamin K dependent process, activates the protein to a powerful inhibitor of arterial calcification. Circulating dephosphorylated and uncarboxylated MGP (dp-ucMGP) and total uncarboxylated MGP (t-ucMGP) are associated with macrovascular disease....
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
A Perspective to Combat Covid-19 Disease: Manufacturing and Formulating Inhalable Pharmaceuticals
Amilia Firman Kurniawansyah, Agung Kridoyono
Since its break out in 2019, the Covid - 19 pandemic has affected many aspects of life. The viral disease even endangers human civilization due to the highly virulent and fatality of its effect. The virus has been known to disturb human pulmonary system through cytokine storm occurrence. The pulmonary...
Research Article
Banking Balance Sheet Channel of Systemic Risk
Vincent B.Y. Gan
Pages: 16 - 30
The role of the banking balance sheet as the source and transmitter of systemic risk is explored. We find that the key balance sheet channels of systemic risk are; (i) bank capital structure choice, (ii) interconnectedness and interdependencies among firms, (iii) correlations of asset composition and...
Research Article
Gray Scale Edge Detection using Interval-Valued Fuzzy Relations
Agustina Bouchet, Pelayo Quirós, Pedro Alonso, Virginia Ballarin, Irene Díaz, Susana Montes
Pages: 16 - 27
Gray scale edge detection can be modeled using Fuzzy Sets and, in particular, Interval-Valued Fuzzy Sets. This work is focused on studying the performance of several Interval-Valued Fuzzy Sets construction methods for detecting edges in a gray scale image. These construction methods are based on considering...
Review Article
A Heat Transfer with a Source: the Complete Set of Invariant Difference Schemes
Vladimir Dorodnitsyn, Roman Kozlov
Pages: 16 - 50
In this letter we present the set of invariant difference equations and meshes which preserve the Lie group symmetries of the equation ut = (K(u)ux)x +Q(u). All special cases of K(u) and Q(u) that extend the symmetry group admitted by the differential equation are considered. This paper completes the...
Review Article
Knowledge management in twenty-first century: literature review and future research directions
Jun Xu, Gita Sankaran, Shankar Sankaran, Di Clarke
Pages: 16 - 24
By reviewing 80 knowledge management papers from seven selected journals in the disciplines of information systems, business, management and operations research, we identified the current status, activities and directions of knowledge management research.
Proceedings Article
Problems and Suggestions on Talent Supply and Demand of Cultural Industry in Tianjin
Xiying Xia
Tianjin attaches great importance to the construction of cultural industry. There is a large gap of senior talents in Tianjin’s cultural industry, which has become the biggest obstacle to the development of Tianjin’s cultural industry. This paper makes an in-depth questionnaire survey and interview on...
Proceedings Article
Generational Difference in Perceptions of Tax Fairness and Attitudes Towards Compliance During Pandemic COVID-19
Arja Sadjiarto, James Thendean, Florencia Manuella Gunawan, Teresia Devita Tjahjadi
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacts every sector of life, including the economic sector. Facing this, governments try to alleviate some of the burdens through incentives, expected to encourage tax compliance. In this study, we will delve into the intergenerational difference of perception of...
Proceedings Article
The Impact of Home Computer and Internet Device on Students’ Academic Performance in the Digital Age
Yue Liu, Jiacheng Gao
In order to study the impact of home computers and the Internet on students’ academic performance in the current era of rapid Internet development, this paper is based on the China Education Panel Survey (CEPS) 2014-2015 academic year data, using quantile regression estimation methods, the research finds...
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The Effectiveness of Therapeutic Communication Through the Mobile Alodocter Application on Customer Engagement
Rizki Cipta Satria, Martha Tri Lestari
This study aims to determine the effectiveness of how effective therapeutic communication is with customer engagement through the Alodokter application. This study uses independent variables or therapeutic communication, namely listening, open-ended questions, repeating, providing information, and concluding....
Proceedings Article
Public Communication on the Tourism Sector
(Study in Central Aceh District Aceh Province)
Subhani, Awaludin Arifin, Teuku Alfiady
Communication media has changed the way the government, private parties or individuals communicate with the public and convey information to the public related to the existing tourism potential. Not only that, not a few tourists share their experiences of traveling through social media such as Facebook,...
Proceedings Article
Digital Transformation and Development of Provincial Power Grid Enterprises
Mingxia Zhu, Zhenjian Xie, Zhe Wang
The important role of power grid companies in national economic development is becoming more and more prominent, and their development level is closely related to the national economy and people’s livelihood. Policies such as “digitalization” and “smart grid construction” have played a key role in promoting...
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Analysis of the Management of Village Owned Enterprises in Pasaman Regency with an Importance Performance Analysis Approach
Fefri Indra Arza, Deviani, Ade Elsa Betavia, Halkadri Fitra
Government Regulation Number 11 of 2021 states that Village-Owned Enterprises are legal entities established by villages to manage businesses, utilize assets, develop investment and productivity, provide services, and/or provide other types of businesses for the greatest welfare of the Village community....
Proceedings Article
Effective Use of Google Translate in Writing
Andi Wirantaka, Mahdiana Syahri Fijanah
This research aims to investigate teachers’ perception of the effective use of Google Translate (GT) in students’ writing. This research employs a qualitative approach, specifically descriptive qualitative design. The participants of this research were six teachers of an English Education Department...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Polysulfone Ultrafiltration Membrane for Textile Industry Wastewater Treatment
P.T.P. Aryanti, F.A. Nugroho, F. Fachturahman, I. A. Hidayat
Ultrafiltration (UF) membrane has become an alternative technology in water and wastewater treatment due to its low energy requirement. However, the application of conventional UF membrane is limited by its low rejection to soluble compounds, such as dyes in textile wastewater. In this work, a UF membrane...
Proceedings Article
What Can Be Learned from Pound’s Theory: Analyzing Several Governments’ Policy Response During the Outbreaks of COVID-19
Sapto Hermawan, Febrian Indar Surya Kusuma
The impact of COVID-19 on all corners of the world has taken country leaders by surprise. Several countries then adopted policies that were undoubtedly different from one another. This article compares several selected state policies, especially the use of government policies that are oriented towards...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Online Pollution Level Measurement for Water Quality Monitoring System Using Internet of Things
Wibowo Harry Sugiharto, Heru Susanto, Suryono
Several studies related to water quality assessment using the water quality index uses several water quality indices, including the water quality index (WQI), water pollution index (WPI), and river habitat Survey (RHS). Water pollution control is needed to achieve an ideal level of environmental health....
Proceedings Article
Analysis on Application of CAPM Model in Chinese Securities Market and Its Deficiencies
Chengyu Qiu
The capital asset pricing model (CAPM), which accurately predicts the relationship between asset risk and expected return, is the cornerstone of modern financial economics. Starting from the most common unitary capital asset pricing model, this paper studies the application of the CAPM model in the Chinese...
Proceedings Article
The Application of Micro Lecture in English Reading Teaching
Sufen Lu
With the development of educational informationization, modern education technology based on multimedia and network has penetrated into all aspects of education and teaching. English reading teaching which plays an important role in English teaching serves as the main way to improve the effectiveness...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Choice and Application of Green Materials in Product
Wei Chen
Based on the basic properties of the green material itself, environmental adaptability and feeling of comfort, analyzes that green materials should follow the basic principles, that are the use of good workability, good processing manufacturability, best economy, good aesthetics, non-toxic harmless and...
Proceedings Article
Research on Internet Model and Distributed Routing Algorithm
Jie Feng, Feng Liu, Qi Su
The Internet model is built up and a distributed routing Algorithm is designed,whose time complexity is analyzed. The static network model (SNM) and dynamic network model (DNM) are established and path DB and its replace rules are put forward. The improved distributed routing Algorithm is designed and...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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A Method for Diagnosing the State of Electric Actuator Based on Neural Network
Hongli Wang, Bing Xu, Fuli Liu, Yuan Zheng
The article, taking neural network (NN) as the tool and electric actuator as study object, proposes a diagnosis method for electric actuator based on self-organization competitive neural network, by which state diagnosis is realized with discrimination capacity of nonlinear dynamic system of neural network...
Proceedings Article
Analysis of the Spatial Effect of Provincial Fiscal Transparency on FDI in China
Ying Li, Ming Na
In promoting fiscal transparency, China's various provinces care too much about "next door neighbor" view and behavior; neither of them wants to "go too further". Taking the spatial effect into consideration and comparing the three models, OLS, SLM and SEM, this paper explores the spatial correlation...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Synthesis and investigation of the self-assembly behavior of guest block copolymers for supramolecular responsive materials
Shufei Jiao, Yanzhen Yin, Yun Wang, Zhongfeng Shi, Shuming Zhong, Zuqiang Huang
A supramolecular guest copolymer (PNAP-co-PAM) based on naphthol-containing monomer (NAP) and acrylamide was synthesized via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. The structure of supramolecular guest copolymer was characterized by NMR and GPC. And the self-assembly behavior of supramolecular guest copolymer...
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A Scale Adaptive Hierarchical Clustered Routing Protocol for WSNs
Lipeng Lu, Jiugen Shi, Huiliang Xu
Due to technique advances, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are widely used in both military and civil scenarios. A vast amount of data is transmitted to the base station through resource-restrained nodes, which are powered by batteries with limited energy. An energy saving routing protocol is fundamental...
Proceedings Article
The Discussion on Early Education Service in Community
Hui Zhang
The early education of 0-3 years old infants is the beginning of lifelong education system,early education service of community for 0-3 years old infants exists some problems in China,for instance, the administrative service of community guarantees is insufficient, private early education institutions...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Effect of CFO on Determination of Ventilation
Wei Zhou, Ting Fang, Qing Zhang, Xue Ding, Zhicai Jiang
To study the effect of total CFO airflow on ventilation determination and confirm the effect of airflow rate at filter end on measurement of actual degree of ventilation, this Paper first established 3D simulation model of standards flow field for degree of ventilation, by setting the initial condition...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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The Analysis and Research of Freak Attack Based on OpenSSL
Hong Xia, Qianqian Pei, Yajuan Xi
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology is widely used to provide a safe and secure environment for network communications. But the Secure sockets layer cryptographic library OpenSSL-which includes cryptographic algorithm, cipher code, certificate encapsulation, SSL protocol implementation-is not absolutely...
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Addressing English Writing Problems for College Students through Integrated Approaches
Xiu Zeng
Writing is an extremely important means of communication in the modern world, either in the traditional form or through e-mail. However, English writing has long been viewed as a challenge to most Chinese college students because of their weak language foundation, limited expanse of ideas and less targeted...
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Problems of Molecular Biology teaching for Food Safety and Quality Specialty and reforming idea
Xin Lü, Xiaoni Zhang
Because the people's living standard is keep improving and food safety accidents occurred frequently in recent years, food quality and safety problem, which is one of the most important research field in food science, is increasingly focused on. The specialty of food quality and safety was established...
Proceedings Article
The Countermeasures of Cultivating Study Responsibilities in College English Teaching
Yong Quan Wang
The combination of social responsibilities and study responsibilities in college English teaching is an important subject in foreign language education in college. It is the essential requirement to connect social responsibilities with study responsibilities, which follows the trend of college English...
Proceedings Article
Research on Cost of Fine Coal Enterprises Management
Ming-e Cheng, Yang Tang
The elaborating management, is through the rules of systematization and refinement, standardization, standardization, digital and information technology, make the organization and management units accurate, efficient, collaborative, and continue to run. Cost of fine coal enterprises management will change...
Proceedings Article
The Comet-Based Implementation of Real-Time Drawing Board
Rui Yang, Chongwen Wang
Comet technique can transfer web data from a client to another in real-time, with the comet server as the message freight station. Using this technology to transfer messages has real-time and efficient advantages. In this paper, a web version real-time share drawing system is designed and implemented,...
Proceedings Article
The Development Path Choice of the Modern Service Industry in the Resource-Dependent Cities
Shuling Tang
In some resource-dependent cities, modern service industry is a very low proportion. The development of second industry is inharmonious with service industry. The levels of information, marketization and industrialization are lower. In this paper, we used empirical and normative analysis to make some...
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Empirical Research on MIS Teaching of Non-professional Information Management
Fang Lu, Ming Yang
Recently, many universities open MIS (Management Information System) courses in non-professional information management. How to improve teaching quality on MIS course of non-professional information management has drawn more and more colleges’ attention. The teaching quality and influence factors on...
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Innovation in the Curriculum for English Major Students in Chinese Higher Education
Hang Zou
In the context of accelerating globalization, English has become the dominant foreign language in the curricula of educational institutions in China, basically because it serves as the communicative means for global political, cultural and economic exchanges. In such an environment, the curriculum for...
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A Review of Fractal Tree Antennas
Hongming Zang, Xiaoying Zhao, Xiong Xu, Gonglei Zhang, Jingjing Lu
Fractal tree structures can be utilized to design antennas in order to enhance the performance of the antenna, such as widening the working frequency band while reducing the size of the antenna. This paper summarizes the development process, current research, and the application of fractal tree antenna...
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Entrepreneurship and the Strategic Transformation of Medium and Small Enterprises
Yuanqing Shen, Zhijiang Liu
In this article, the study on the relationship between entrepreneurship and the strategic transformation of medium and small enterprises leads to the conclusion that the former has an impact on the latter. To be more specific, since entrepreneurship helps to distinguish opportunities and threats, such...
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Sequential Voting Models with Externalities
Xiaoqin Huang, Yiming He, Liang Li, Guoliang Liu, Wu Chen
Voting is one of the important ways to solve the problem of collective decision-making. Previous work assumes that voters are only concerned about their own preference. However, in sequential voting, voters can see the results of voters who voted before them, such externalities naturally arise in sequential...