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This research addresses the urgent need to enhance college students’ critical thinking skills in conventional Basic Biology courses. The Project-Based Learning (PjBL) approach is proven effective in developing higher-order thinking skills. Furthermore, integrating Deep learning into biology education...

Increasing dependency and demand on digital healthcare systems, needs for secure, efficient, and intelligent management of patient data traffic have become critical. This research explores the study of patient related network traffic in a Software-Defined Networking (SDN) environment. Some promising...

Accurately segmenting brain tumors from MRI scans plays a critical role in reliable diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring of patients. However, several key limitations persist in state-of-the-art U-Net-based approaches, such as loss of fine-grained features, poor generalization across heterogeneous...

According to Hofstede’s (1984, 2001) work-related cultural dimensions, a masculine workplace encourages success, ambition, and competition, often at the expense of its employees’ pursue of well-being and meaning in life. In this paper, a small-scale ethnographic study has been conducted to shed light...

Interacting with web-based interfaces is often done with a particular objective in mind. However, deceptive patterns could interfere with these inter-actions by taking advantage of cognitive biases to either distract users from this objective or mislead them into non-ideal outcomes. These are found in...

“Developing Sustainable Cities” aims to balance urban development with environmental quality, fairness and affordability. For present and future generations, this approach seeks to provide an environment that is just, sustainable and resilient. First published in 1972, this detailed ecocritical and ecofeminist...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the application of exercise therapy in the field of psychology. By systematically and comprehensively analyzing and synthesizing the research on exercise therapy since 1980, we aim to reveal the development of the field, the main research findings, the research...

Steel–concrete composite structures effectively utilize the contrasting properties of steel and concrete to enhance strength, stiffness, and construction efficiency. This paper presents the outcomes of an experimental study involving a 2 m Shallow Floor Beam (SFB), with the numerical simulations carried...

This paper presents findings from a mixed-methods study exploring sustainability education practices in a government tertiary institution in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Sustainability education has gained prominence as a crucial component of higher education curricula worldwide, aiming to equip students...

The article explores topics concerning ecological terminology, particularly focusing on the interplay between the Ecology of Culture and Ecological Culture. Understanding ecological vocabulary is crucial, as our environment profoundly influences our lives. This vocabulary encompasses a range of terms...

The textile industry continues to grapple with the challenge of maintaining high production efficiency and consistent fabric quality, particularly in fast-paced environments utilizing equipment like the Air Jet Loom ZA 205. This research pioneers the development of an Internet of Things (IoT)-based monitoring...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the application of exercise therapy in the field of psychology. By systematically and comprehensively analyzing and synthesizing the research on exercise therapy since 1980, we aim to reveal the development of the field, the main research findings, the research...

Vocal pitch estimation is an important part of analysis and preservation of Carnatic music where microtonal variations and ornamental movements define the melodic identity. However, the detection of accurate and stable pitch is still a challenge because of the diversity in vocal styles, recording conditions...

The article analyzes the role and importance of the curriculum in contemporary education, highlighting its evolution from a content-centered model to one oriented toward competence development. The fundamental principles of curriculum development are presented, such as coherence, relevance, flexibility,...

The article reveals the problems of using digital financial assets, substantiates the threats to economic security in the implementation of transactions with them and measures to mitigate risks in order to ensure the sustainable development of economic entities. Based on the analysis of the regulatory...

Context: School adolescents in Porto Alegre have a mean physical inactivity (PI) <300 min/week of 43%, and another 13% do not perform physical activities. In this scenario, endothelial cells that regulate vascular homeostasis by the expression of bioactive mediators may be influenced by inflammatory...

Objective: To explore the role of biomarkers (hsCRP, sRANKL, PRDX1 and EPO) in arterial stiffness and in predicting further vascular events. Methods: Patients from the ongoing ASIST study each attended a laboratory visit within fourteen days of their diagnosed TIA or lacunar stroke. Arterial stiffness...

Water lilies are well known for its unique appearance and beauty as it floats on the surface of still water. This aquatic plant may often be seen in many Asian art as they are portrayed as a symbolic image of rebirth, beauty and purity. Through the study on the symbolic meanings of water lilies, these...

Background: Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is an infiltrative disorder caused by deposition of amyloid fibrils in the myocardial extracellular matrix. A wide scientific literature regarding amyloid heart disease is available, but no data about aortic viscoelastic properties. This studio has the aims to start...

Background: Total longitudinal displacement (tLoD) of the common carotid artery (CCA) wall is a novel ultrasound marker of vascular function that can be evaluated using modified speckle tracking techniques. Decreased CCA tLoD has already been shown to be associated with diabetes and was shown to predict...

Objective: To test if arterial stiffness (AS) can be modulated by the autonomic nervous system (ANS) independently of blood pressure (BP) in hypertensive patients. Material and methods: AS was measured by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) using the SphygmoCor device (AtCor Medical, Australia)....

Objective: To analyze determinants of arterial stiffness in physician’s population. Methods: Observational multicenter study of doctor’s vascular health conducted in 12 Russian cities (VICTORIA study). Demographics; smoking status; anamnesis of arterial hypertension (AH) with/without therapy, medications,...

Objectives: This study examined relationships between lipidomic profile, arterial function and hemodynamics in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients, peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients and healthy controls. Methods: We studied 52 patients with CAD, 32 patients with PAD, and 40 apparently healthy...

A replaced right hepatic artery (rRHA) arising from the superior mesenteric artery and an interlobar parenchymal bridge over the sagittal fissure of liver have been observed on a 64 year old formalin-fixed male cadaver in the anatomy laboratory. As we followed a detailed segmental anatomy, encountered...

Currently, sharing economy has penetrated into all fields in China, among which ride-sharing has demonstrated a leading role and has greatly changed the traffic mode. We briefly describe the definition, development courses, and the typical forms of China's ride-sharing in the beginning. Secondly, we...

The article clearly points out that the classification of historical and cultural resources plays a significant role in protecting, developing, and utilizing historical and cultural resources. Based on related resource-allocation theory and many domestic scholars' view on the case study of the classification...

Development of the information era has made "Internet of Things" a popular phrase. Its connotation has been gradually clarified, meaning connection between things via the Internet. Nowadays, the category of "things" keeps enriching. Development of Internet of Things has bred many new-and high-technologies....

Coastal protection forest were selected from China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), including scientific research papers, dissertations, conference papers et al, to conduct bibliometric statistics of literature number, level and highly cited frequency literatures distribution. The results indicated...

In the current low-carbon economy, consciousness regarding environmental protection is rising worldwide, leading to increasingly stringent environmental regulations. China, the world's largest exporter, is undoubtedly affected, especially in transportation and communication facilities, which constitute...

A low cost, high performance safety monitoring system of rock mass acoustic emission which is able to complete wireless transmission has been established through adjustment of the present safety monitoring system. The experimental study of rock mass acoustic emission demonstrated that the improved system...

Mining industry plays an important role in Chinese National Economy with more than 10 million persons serving for it, yet the quality and capacity of Chinese mining engineers has lagged far behind developed countries. In this paper based on “Plan for Educating and Training Outstanding Engineer”, according...

This study examines the characteristics of modal verbs used in ST2 from CLEC.2.Methods: keyness analysis: frequency of modal verbs used in ST2 from CLEC are unusually high in comparison with those in A Level from LOCNESS as a reference corpus, producing keywords. 3.Results: only the modal verb must which...

PHM (Prognostic and Health Management) which is proposed by American army in JSF plan has gone through the fault diagnosis, fault prognostic and system integration three phases, and develops fast in both electronic and mechanical field. In this paper, the technical superiority of PHM is analyzed, and...

The purpose of this project is to understand elementary school students’ preferences in interactive game design. By examining the processes of elementary school students using Scratch to design and create games, this study intends to investigate gender differences in terms of computer literacy, multimedia...

The theory on autopilot design of non-rolling missile has been well developed, but the perfect theory on autopilot design of rolling missile has not come into being. Aiming at this problem, the coherence research on autopilot is carried out based on the analysis of scope and frequency area. And the primary...

With the development of the society, people have more and more emphasized the quality-oriented education, computer science is also no exception, and the cultivation of professional computer talents has become the important objective and direction of teaching reform. However, the traditional teaching...

Using the method of literature, questionnaire investigation of present situation of sports women left behind in rural Jiujiang; results show: staying women working time is long, sports consciousness, sports participation rate and the consumption is low, the sports organizations and sports facilities...

This paper presents a hierarchical planning method for battery energy storage system (BESS) operator and the distribution company (DISCO) collaborative planning in the distribution network with application scenarios that BESS operator invests the constructions of BESS. The charge and discharge contract...

In contemporary times, mobile Internet technology developed rapidly. Large data information analysis technology has been widely used, and extended to the mobile UI design. User consumption habits, use behavior and other data information has become a guiding factor in mobile UI design, but also an important...

To some extent, quality development plays a critical part in changing the economic growth pattern and improving the stability and sustainability of economic growth, which could, as a result, make a difference on the quality and speed of regional economic growth. This work, sets up a index system of quality...

Dunhuang painted sculptures is a kind of local characteristics of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. With exquisite artistic value and the profound cultural value. Due to the artificial destruction and environment, the protection is imminent. This article analyze digital technology in the application...

In order to realize the integrative development of urban and rural education, Chengdu city innovate and explore a new model of education management, and "Regional education alliance" shall be an important grasp. Through the co-ordination of various types of quality education resources, the development...

Securitization first appeared in the United States, and then passed into our country. Although it stopped after the U.S. debt crisis, but forced by the needs of market development, China restarted the pilot in 2012. Asset securitization in China's development time is not long, and how to avoid the risk...

Institutions of higher education are facing contemporary challenges. And big data can be used for the higher education practice. Apart from the introduction of the relevance of big data to higher education, analytical approaches such as learning analytics is provided for the analysis and exploitation...

Tapered Roller Bearing System is widely used in rotating machinery system, the dynamic performance has a significant impact on rotating machinery. In this paper, 30207 Tapered roller bearings as an object, used Romax software to build the dynamic model of tapered roller bearing system, we studied the...

Constructivism theory points out that learning and studying process is a process where learners consciously construct mental activities in the learning process. In teaching practice, constructivism theory stresses students should serve as the center of teaching activities and focuses on interactive teaching...