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Survey on rural household energy consumption-Based on the perspective of poverty alleviation in Hebei province

Bo Gao, Hong-lin Yuan
Poverty alleviation is a core task for building a harmonious society in contemporary China. Based on a survey on attitudes and behaviors of rural household energy consumption, the share of respondents in satisfaction on power supply, attention of energy saving and power bills take on roughly similar...
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The Review of Sponge City

Menglong Xing, Yamei Han, Minmin Jiang, Haixiang Li
This paper summarizes the historical development of sponge cities at home and abroad and the status quo, and put forward some feasible suggestions to promote the sponge construction of city in our country.
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A Voltage Stability Preventive Control Approach based on Generator Reactive Power Reserve Sensitivities

J. Zhao, Y. Rao
The generator reactive power reserve is closely related to the power system voltage stability. The voltage stability margin can be effectively improved by improving the critical generator reactive power reserves. A static stability preventive control approach based on reactive power reserve sensitivities...
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Influence on Sales Channels of Supply Chain Structure under Power Balance

Dapeng Yang, Meidan Xiao, Mingyang Chen
This paper considered a supply chain system with two manufacturers, each producing a single substitutable product. The products are sold through the common retailer or the manufacturer’s online sales channel. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the equilibrium pricing strategy and profits under different...
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Selection of decoupling capacitors for power delivery networks with multiple power ports

Q.D. Wang, Y.C. Wang, X.L. Li, Q.S. Liu
In high-speed printed circuit board (PCB), decoupling capacitors are usually used to reduce noise of power ports. The number and location of capacitors is related to design cost and quality. This paper introduces a method to determine the suitable value and placement of decoupling capacitors for multiple...
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Research on the Application of Planning Theory in the Material Delivery of EMUs Maintenance

Pu Wang, Li Li
The paper focuses on various planning theories in Operations research. As the warehouses, workstation and marshalling yards are scattered across EMUs maintenance base with a long distance, and materials are not allowed to be stored in the workshops for a long time, under strict maintenance requirements...
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Recent Development on Synthesizing and Characterizing Food-Grade Microemulsions

Chang-Bao Sun, Hong-Yan Wu, Ang Li
Microemulsions have great applications in food products. However, due to the complex attributes of microemulsions, it requires various techniques to synthesize and characterize microemulsions. This includes studies of the phase behavior?size of the microemulsion droplets. This paper reviews different...
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Over-Segmentation Based Image Forgery Detection

Xiu-Li Bi, Chi-Man Pun, Xiao-Chen Yuan
This paper proposes an adaptive over-segmentation meth-od for image copy-move forgery detection. Firstly, the Adaptive Over-Segmentation algorithm is proposed to adaptively segment the host image into non-overlapping and irregular blocks. Then the feature points are extracted and matched with each other...
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Individualism and Collectivism Transition in Chinese college students Evidence from After 70’s, 80’s,and 90’s

Ping Shuai, Mi Shuyue, Zou Hailiang
In the paper,we will mainly discuss the individualism and collectivism transition in Chinese college students. We select the data from three groups-after 70’s, after 80’s, after 90’s. Then we use the empirical modeling method, after hypothesis&testing, we got the results: (1) In general, Chinese college...
Research Article

Trade facilitation and trade participation: Are sub-Saharan African firms different?☆

Abdoulaye Seck
Pages: 23 - 39
Sub-Saharan Africa is the region where firms face the greatest hurdles when it comes to cross-border trading. This paper examines how these firms, relative to their counterparts in the developing world, would respond to changes in the trade environment as a result of trade facilitation reforms. Using...

Intention to Quit among Smokers in Kazakhstan: Data from 2014 Global Adult Tobacco Survey

Qian Wang, Komi Mati
Pages: 23 - 28
Kazakhstan is one of the countries with higher-than-average smoking prevalence and tobacco-related mortality. Intention to quit is a key step toward smoking cessation, yet has not been studied in Kazakhstan. This study explored prevalence and correlates of intention to quit among smokers in Kazakhstan....

Consensus recommendation for meningococcal disease prevention in children and adolescents in the Middle East region

Atef Shibl, Haysam Tufenkeji, Mohamed Khalil, Ziad Memish, The Meningococcal Leadership Forum (“MLF”) Expert Group
Pages: 23 - 30
Facing the availability of the new generation of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines (Menveo®, Menactra® and others pending for license) and their recent implementation in Saudi Arabia, experts from 11 countries of the Middle East region met at a “Meningococcal Leadership Forum” (MLF), which...

Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among expatriates subjected to medical visa screening in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Farida I. Al Hosani, Ghada A. Yahia
Pages: 23 - 30
Introduction: All applicants for work and/or residence in Abu Dhabi are screened for tuberculosis at the time of issuing or renewing their residence visa. The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of TB among visa applicants and the likelihood of testing positive among different subgroups. Methods:...

Cardiovascular disease research output in WHO priority areas between 2002 and 2011

Laura Myers, Shanthi Mendis
Pages: 23 - 28
Approximately 17.3 million people died from cardiovascular disease (CVD) in 2008, and approximately 80% came from low- and middle-income countries. However, previous studies document poor research productivity related to CVD prevention and treatment in these countries between 1991 and 1996. The World...

Evaluation of the certificate in emerging infectious disease research and the certificate in one health training programs, University of Florida

Marissa A. Valentine, Christopher L. Perdue, James F. Cummings, Jacqueline C. Smith, Gregory C. Gray
Pages: 23 - 31
In developing countries, public health professionals and scientists need targeted training and practical skills to respond to global emerging infectious disease threats. The Certificate in Emerging Infectious Disease Research was developed in 2008 to aid such professionals to respond to complex emerging...

Prospects for the Management of Sepsis in an Era of Personalised Medicine

Jonathan Cohen
Pages: 23 - 26
Sepsis remains an unmet medical need, and sustained attempts by intensivists have indeed yielded an incremental improvement in outcomes. However, despite many attempts to introduce novel therapeutic molecules, there has been no step change in survival rates. Precision (or personalised) medicine (PM)...

The Effect of Computer Assisted Audit Tools on Operational Review of Information Technology Audits

Asniarti, Asniarti Asniarti, Iskandar Muda
The development of information technology in the present time has a major impact on accounting practices, including in every stage of the audit process. Auditors are expected to be able to implement a computerized system of Computer Assisted Audit Tools (CAATs) as a tool for operational review of information...

Analysis of the Characteristics of the Implementation of Scientific and Educational Programs of Primary Engineering Education on the Basis of Various Types of Children's Camps

Elena Burkova, Victor Leonov
Since 2016, the employees of Bauman Moscow State Technical University have implemented a large number of scientific and educational programs of various orientations, duration and complexity level, including for groups with an international composition of participants, on the basis of various children’s...

The Local Heroes from Rural Banjarnegara

Suwito Eko Pramono, Tsabit Azinar Ahmad
Banjarnegara is a mountainous area with a large part of its rural and remote territory. However, it does not let Banjarnegara left behind from the history of the Indonesian national independence movement. It also appeared that local leaders had a vital role in the national independence movement at both...

Vertical FDI Spillover from Joint Venture to Host Country’s parent firm: Evidence from China

Minrui Li
Compared with earlier literature focusing on domestic firm in macro level or industry level, this study investigates the FDI spillover from joint venture to host country’s parent firm in firm level, especially vertical spillover. By matching two sets of Chinese firm-level comprehensive database and applying...
Proceedings Article

The New Combined Closed-Solution for 3D Reconstruction of Environment Based on Iterative Closest Point Algorithm

Aleksander Vokhmintcev, Andrey Melnikov, Stepan Pachganov, Vladimir Burlutskii
This The scientific problem at solving which the present project is directed consists in the development of accurate methods for reconstruction of a three-dimensional map of the accessible of environment with requied accuracy of reconstruction. The problem of consistent aligning of 3D point data is known...

A Framework for Haiku Generation from a Narrative

Takuya Ito, Takashi Ogata
Pages: 23 - 26
The primary goal of the authors’ research related to the generation of narratives and haikus is to complete a mutual transformation mechanism between a narrative and a haiku. In this work, the authors propose a framework for transforming a narrative into haiku. The paper shows a basic method of generating...

Prospects for Developing the Investment Potential of the Regions of the Russian Federation

Galina V. Golikova, Julia S. Gyandzhieva, Alexander V. Proskurin, Maxim V. Mrаev
Under current conditions the investments are regarded as a tool enabling a country, an industry or a region to emerge from the economic crisis, form “the appropriate” structural shifts in the economy, and make qualitative improvements in the business activities at the meso- and the macro levels, hence...
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Research on the Influence of Unclosed Residential Community on the Surrounding Road Network

Yujun Deng, Xiaoning Zhu
In this study, in order to analyze the influence of unclosed residential community on the surrounding road network, a method of road network capacity evaluation was proposed, and the model of traffic flow distribution was constructed to quantitatively describe the vehicle route selection in the road...

Supervisor Competencies of Non Formal Education In Palembang

Azizah Husin
This study aims to understand thecompetence of the supervisor of nonformal education inperforming their duties. This study uses quantitative percentage approach. Data collection usingquestionnaire technique, and sampling technique is total sampling to the 30supervisors inPalembang. Supervisor Competencies...

Standard Font Screening Method for Replicating Ancient Mongolian Kanjur Fonts

Wurihan, Biligebatu
The Beijing "red copy" of the Mongolian Kanjur as a classic of Mongolian Buddhism in the Qing Dynasty has a unique authority and representativeness. However, its font style research is still in a relatively weak state at home and abroad. In order to improve the quality of the font of Mongolian ancient...

Improving the Company's Capital Model in the Context of Production Modernization as a Factor in the Sustainability of an Industrial Enterprise

Sergei Aliukov, Vladimir Zhuravlyov, Natalia Varkova
This article discusses the main problems of modernization of the production process in industrial enterprises in the modern conditions of the Russian economy. Many problems are due to the war of sanctions and counter-sanctions, the fall in the growth rate of the world economy, the specifics of the development...

Revisiting the Focus of Indonesian Higher Education: A Proposition toward Arts and Design as Promoted College Majors

Pranakusuma Sudhana, Ali Abdulbaqi Ameen AL Awadhi
Education has been an important service industry for many countries due to its economic contributions and roles in developing human capital. Deriving from preceding assertion, nations across the world have spent significant amount of their financial resources in the sector. Unfortunately, research in...

Meta-Analysis: Improving Creativity through Assessment in a Problem-Based Learning Environment

Febri Yanto, Festiyed Festiyed, Mega Iswri, Enjoni Enjoni
This study aims to determine the application of learning models PBL against aspects of the assessment in the authentic learning of physics. Application of the model will be examined from the results of previous research. This research used meta-analysis method. Meta-analysis is a review of a number of...

An Analysis of Language Input in EFL Classrooms at Junior High Schools in Padang

Yetti Zainil
This research-based paper presents the investigation on 1) the realization of verbal classroom interaction, 2) teacher language use and 3) teacher’s perception on their language choice in classroom interaction. Employing a qualitative research design and case study approach, the data for this study were...

Contributions of Understanding of Entrepreneurship, Interest in Entrepreneurship, and Self Efficacy to Entrepreneurial Readiness in the Age of the Industrial Revolution 4.0

Ahmad Dardiri, Rahmat Irsyada, Mahmud Sugandi
The purpose of this study was to determine the contributions of understanding of entrepreneurship, interest in entrepreneurship, and self efficacy to entrepreneurial readiness in the age of industrial revolution 4.0. The study was designed using a quantitative descriptive approach. The samples of the...

Creative Community Branding in Makassar (Creating a collective identity Jamaah Kreatif Sektor Selatan for creative communities in the Southern Region of Makassar)

Nurabdiansyah, Irfan Arifin, Prusdianto
Jamaahkreatifsektorselatan (#jkss) is a branding activity, a creative campaign to build collective identity through community, image, networking and creative entrepreneurship in the field of art and design in Makassar. This article was compiled as a medium to convey the campaign in a broader scope, becoming...
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The Effect of Sea Water on Effectiveness of Gfrp-S Bonding on The Reinforced Concrete Beam Submersion For 1 Year

Asri Mulya Setiawan, Erniati Bachtiar
Several studies have shown that there is a debonding failure between GFRP-S and concrete. The research aimed at analyzing effectiveness of GFRP-S bonding capacity on the reinforced concrete beams submersed in the sea water within a period of one year. The testing method used a monotonic loading with...
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Design of a Meander Line Dipole RFID Tag Antenna for Temperature Sensor

Ying Lin, Yong Xu, Shu Chen, Limei Ma
A meander line dipole tag antenna used in the radio frequency identification (RFID) system was designed, which can be used for measuring cables’ temperature. In order to make the tag antenna fit the cables, an improved tag antenna was designed. The design adopted classical T-matching network, which had...

Research on Optimization of Waste Material Recycling Logistics of Hubei Province Based on “Internet +”

Lu Cao, Gongzhuo Xu
Recycling and utilization of waste materials is an environmental protection idea proposed by the modernization of the country, also it’s another circular economy industry under the national macro-control. The recycling and utilization of waste materials is researched in this paper. Based on the analysis...

Scientific Approach-based Convertible Book Media to Imporve Nationalism Character: Is It Necessary?

Esti Nofiani, A. Senen
In globalization era, nationalism is one of the important characters to be owned by the next generations. Through nationalism character building in education, it is expected that it plays a role as fortress of a country towards various negative globalization impacts. The present research aims to develop...

The role of AIIB and NDB in the development of the Asian finance

Guliev Igbal, Kamalov Rustam, Rassolova Irina, Arzhaev Fedor
The article overviews a complex theme of the Asian cooperation of the financial institutions aimed at building the Asian financial system as a whole. AIIB and NDB are the core of this process and their influence on the formation of the Asian finance is researched and pinpointed in this paper. The main...

Conditions for Shaping Students’ Creative Resources at English Classes

Pavel Baklanov, Dmitry Zhdanov, Olga Burenkova
The accumulation and analysis of pedagogical conditions and their classification are presented in this paper. The indicators and levels of the student creative resource effectiveness in learning a foreign language are found and defined. Pedagogical conditions are aimed at interest and motivation developing...

Research on Countermeasures for Government Financing Guarantee Institutions to Help Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises to Develop in the New Era

Ying Yang
Based on Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises are faced with difficult and expensive financing, Government Financing Guarantee Institutions are given to serve Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises as the main force but do not play an adequate role, by adopting the research method of combining theory with...

Empowerment of the Right Brain Hemisphere in Developing Students’ High Concept and Touch

Jasrial
Supposed to build creative, empathic, and happy, meaningful thinking because of non linear, intuitive and holistic nature. Nowadays, right brain hemisphere is basic concept to build up students’ high concept and touch. High concept is to develop an artistic ability, emotional intelligence, satisfied...

A Review of the Research on the Relationship Between Color and Donation Behavior

Chunmei Gu, Jiakai Wang, Min Hou
In daily life, color affects people all the time. In the field of advertising, image color is more widely used, and the effect of different color advertising images is different. In the field of philanthropy, especially in the research of Internet philanthropy, does the color information of pictures...
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Effect of Sport Activity on Elderly Hypokinetic Trend and Risk

Nurlan Kusmaedi
The purpose of the present study was to measure hypokinetic trend and risk status of the elderly who active in five kinds of sport; and to describe the difference of training effect of five kinds of sport to elderly hypokinetic trend and risk. The expost facto method was used for this study. Subjects...

Study on the Application of Microteaching Method in the Popularization of Sports Table Tennis in Colleges and Universities in Southwest China

Jun He, Jiajia Li
Along with the rapid development of science and technology, teaching methods and teaching methods are also progressing and developing. Microteaching is a combination of modern communication technology and people's education concept. The micro-teaching method, as the name suggests, is a new kind of micro-teaching...
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Research on Trust Calculation Mechanism of Wireless Sensor Network of Internet of Things

Mo Li
For IoT WSN security, this paper proposes a flexible, reliable, safe and universal trust computation mechanism of WSN of IoT. According to the characteristics of IoT WSN and comprehensively considering the basic properties of trust calculation, design principle of trust calculation, this section proposes...
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A Device Based on Adaptive Filtering Algorithm for detecting ECG Signal in Motion Artifacts

Liangguang Peng, Tong Bai, Yu Pang, Guoquan Li, Zhangyong Li
Since the detection of electrocardiogram (ECG) is significant for monitoring the stress and diseases of Policeman and current methods for monitoring ECG in motion have drawback of low accuracy, a system for monitoring ECG signal is presented within this paper. The conductive silica gel is used as the...

Management of digital records with RADAR by data dilution into Complex System

Anne Jeannin-Girardon, Alexandre Bruyant, Nicolas Toussaint, Ismaila Diouf, Pierre Collet, Pierre Parrend
Pages: 23 - 26
Storing sensitive data in a centralized way can lead to significant loss, should the central node or networks links be defective as is the case in numerous countries, especially developing countries. Consequently, this paper proposes to deal with this problem by diluting sensitive data into an ecosystem...
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The Face Recognition Technology in the Shanghai Disneyland

Yan Zhang, Dong Xie
Face recognition is a new biometric identification technology that has emerged in recent years with the rapid progress of modern achievements such as computer technology, image processing technology and pattern recognition technology. The applications of this technology in urban security precautions...

Dilemma and Strategy for All-English Teaching in the Process of Higher-Education Internationalization

Shiru Zhang
Higher-education internationalization is introduced. It’s stated that all-English teaching is the necessity and future direction. This paper analyzes three kinds of dilemma in the process of high-education internationalization: of the fording students, the difficulties in the all-English teaching, and...

On Paths of Professional Skills Contests to Improve Integration of Education with Industries

Chunyan Liu
With the aim of contest boosting teaching and vocational education development, this essay made an analysis of the skillful talents need in equipment manufacturing in Hunan through investigation and research. Through the skill contests, we can improve the quality, broaden the way and enhance the promotional...
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The Impact of Industrial Noise Exposure On Hearing Loss and Hypertension Decline of Labour in Central Java

Cr. Siti Utari
Noise is the danger factor that influences all environment, both industrial environment and environment in general. The effect of noise can be a disturbance sense of hearing form of deafness. For examples is the lowering percentage of hearing level and for another impact is on hypertension. This study...