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Alternative Optimization of Hajj Fund Using Sharia Shares

Andre Zanij Deananda, Wirdyaningsih
Hajj fund management is the responsibility of the Haji Financial Management Agency (HFMA) since the enactment of Government regulations no. 5 of 2018 concerning Implementation of Law number 34 of 2014 about Management of Financial Hajj. Management in the form of Sharia Investment is the choice of HFMA...
Research Article

Relationship between Obesity Phenotypes and Cardiovascular Risk in a Chinese Cohort

Yueliang Hu, Shuping Zheng, Jiehui Zhao, Isabella Tan, Mark Butlin, Alberto Avolio, Junli Zuo
Pages: 34 - 41
Objective: The changing living patterns in China are accompanied by an increase in prevalence of cardiovascular disease for which obesity is a significant factor. This study investigated the association between obesity phenotypes and risk of cardiovascular disease in a Chinese cohort. Methods: A sample...

Study on the Relationship Between Self-Congruence and Marriage-Quality of Professional Women

Jun Xu, Jinxia Zhao
At present, the divorce rate is increasing year by year. The study on marriage quality and its influencing factors is crucial to the stability and harmony of family and society. Therefore, this paper is about investigation of relationship between self-congruence and marriage-quality among 245 married...

Kujang Rompang and Panceg Dina Galur are Propaganda Tools for Bandung’s Death Metal Community

Yayat Ahmad Hidayat
Purpose of writing this article is to inform the effectiveness of these two propaganda tools. This study is an efectivity measuring of the factors empathy, persuasion, impact, and communication with a quantitative paradigm. Data collection is done by questionnaire, observation, and literature study....

Developing Stratified Teaching to Improve Teaching Quality

Xiaofeng Zhu, Yongming Zhang, Lizhen Yang, Zhiyue Liu
At present, China’s higher education has entered the stage of popularization, and students’ mathematical foundations vary greatly, which brings many objective problems to the teaching work. To carry out the stratified teaching in mathematics education, students can be teached in accordance with their...

An Analysis of Condolences Speech Act by Indonesian Adolescents

Diah Nurlianingsih, Ernie D. Ayu Imperiani
This study aims to identify strategies in condolence expressions and explain the effect of power and distance on the choice of condolences strategies used by 20 Indonesian adolescents at the age of 11 to 19 years old. The study was employed by using a qualitative descriptive method. In the form of discourse...

Designing Business Model and Implementation of Sustainability Evaluation Model for B20 Biodiesel Machinery Industry

Arman Hakim Nasution, Dewie Saktia Ardiantono, Caesaratna Bunga Dwi Agusti
Biofuel is an alternative energy for fossil fuel. Indonesia has oil palm as the main commodity that can produce biofuels, especially biodiesel. Indonesia has implemented B20, 20% biodiesel and diesel. On September 1, 2018, Indonesia has carried out mandatory B20 with the aim of reducing fossil oil imports....

Financing Mechanism for Operating and Investment Activities in Agriculture of Russia

Inna Boldyreva, Viktoriya Tinyakova, Yekaterina Alpatova, Elmira Zhusipova
The article outlines conceptual foundations, features and contradictions of the financial mechanism of agricultural enterprise functioning. Global problems of financial support for the agricultural business, as well as specific financial problems of agricultural enterprises in Russia are identified....

Hospital Responsibilities in Blood Transfusion Services as a Patient Protection

Anggraeni Endah Kusumaningrum
The responsibility of the hospital in blood transfusion services is needed to provide protection to patients. Blood transfusion service is a series of activities that start from the planning, mobilization and preservation of blood donors, blood supply, blood distribution, as well as medical treatment...

Factors that Affect Behavioral Intention to Purchase Virtual Items on Free to Play Games Users in Jabodetabek

Melyana Puji Lestari, Mokhamad Syaefudin Andrianto
The game industry has a large growth rate and needs attention to help develop this industry further. In making games, game developers need to know their user’s behavior to build engagement so they will buy game content and virtual items in the game. This study is to determine the characteristics of the...

Creative Ceramics of Bayat Klaten: Craft Development in a Postmodern Context

Wiwid Safitri, Trie Hartiti Retnowati, Bambang Prihadi
The pottery craft in Indonesia faces a challenge in the postmodern era that demands them to self-adjust. This study uses qualitative approach in the case study of the Bayat Klaten’s pottery industry. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews, participatory observations, and documentation. Data analysis...

Business Model Generation for Industry 4.0: A “Lean Startup” Approach

Stratos Baloutsos, Angeliki Karagiannaki, Ioannis Mourtos
Pages: 34 - 45
The emergence of the industrial internet of things that drives the fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0 (I4.0), is bringing to the forefront the question of how industrial actors can capture value using such technologies. To answer this question, this paper follows a multidisciplinary...

An Overview of One Belt and One Road Initiative and the Sustainable Development Concept

Junjie Zhang
The transformation trend of business running around the One Belt One Road countries shows that the concept of sustainable development has gradually gained popularity. This paper focused on identifying the critical issues of sustainability through a literature review to provide supports for its transforming...

On the Reform and Development of Engineering Education Based on the Emerging Engineering Education

Wenbin Sun, Huasheng Sun, Wenhu Gu
With the acceleration of the new industrial revolution and the deepening of the globalization process, the development of a new economy and the complexity of modern situation need China to act on higher education of engineering and establish new engineering education. The evolution of discipline shows...

Podcasts? Why Not! – Perceptions of German Language Teachers

Dwi Putri Ningsih, Sonya P. Suganda
Technology and the internet affect the teaching of second/foreign language (L2). Podcasts have emerged as prominent tools for L2 extensive listening exercises. Data from several studies suggest that podcasts can be used in L2 learning to help learners improve their listening and speaking skills and promote...
Proceedings Article

Optimization of Annealing Temperature of HIF-1 A and 18s rRNA in Blood of Swimming Athletes Using RT-PCR

Siska Alicia Farma, Dezi Handayani, Dwi Hilda Putri, Argantos, Syahrastani
Gene expression is the process of reading from DNA into a functional product. Regulation of gene expression through complex mechanisms. HIF1-1α is one of the regulatory genes that regulates the return of homeostasis when there is a lack of oxygen (hypoxia). Hypoxia is often experienced by athletes during...

Study of Sensory Marketing Strategies in Retailing Business

Swaroop Simha
“Sensory marketing” has been defined as “marketing that engages the consumers’ senses and affects their perception, judgment and behavior.” (Aradhana Krishna, in her book Customer Sense- How the five senses influence the buying behavior, Kindle edition [2]) From a managerial perspective, sensory marketing...

k-Metric Dimension of Generalized Fan Graph and Cm ∗2 Kn Graph

Nur Hidayah, Tri Atmojo Kusmayadi
Let G be a simple connected graph with the vertex set V(G) and the set edge E(G). The set S ⊆ V(G) is called the k-metric generator on G if and only if every two different vertices in G are distinguished by at least k elements in S, in other words for every two different vertices u,v ∈ V(G), there are...

Specificity of Buddhist Morality within the Framework of Vietnamese Culture

Le Thi Hong Phuong, Mai K Da, Sergei Nizhnikov
Buddhist morality has asserted a profound influence on the life of the Vietnamese people. Buddhism is one of the vital cultural resources of the Vietnamese nation (along with Taoism and Confucianism), which has been creating history together with it and has simultaneously become a condition for promoting...

Knowledge, Perception, Attitudes and Behavior on Influenza Immunization and the Determinants of Vaccination

Khalil Choucair, Jack El Sawda, Sarah Assaad, Nadim G. El Chakhtoura, Habiba Hassouna, Nisreen Sidani, Mohamad Yasmin, Ali Rteil, Souha S. Kanj, Zeina A. Kanafani
Pages: 34 - 41
Background: We sought to determine the knowledge of, perception, attitudes, and behaviors toward influenza virus and immunization, and the determinants of vaccination among students, patients, and Healthcare Workers (HCWs) at the American University of Beirut and its affiliated Medical Center. Methods:...

Meaning of Writing in “Arbitration Agreement”; Current Development

Gunawan Widjaja
”arbitration agreement”, in order to be enforceable must be made in writing. The “arbitration agreement” itself can be incorporated in the main agreement as arbitration clause, that made the main agreement must be made in writing; or specifically made in a form of a separate agreement from the main agreement....

Querying Automotive System Models and Safety Artifacts: Tool Support and Case Study

Alessio Di Sandro, Sahar Kokaly, Rick Salay, Marsha Chechik
Pages: 34 - 50
The automotive domain has recently increased its reliance on model-based software development. Automotive models are often heterogeneous, large and interconnected through traceability links. When introducing safety-related artifacts, such as Hazard Analysis, fault tree analysis (FTA), failure modes and...

The Application of OBE in Business Education

Min Lu, Chao Li
It is not only the policy guidance of China’s higher education but also the internal demand for the development of colleges and universities to comprehensively improve the level of specialty construction and accelerate the connotation construction. This paper attempts to use the OBE education concept...

Discussion and Analysis on the International Education in Shanghai and Jiangsu Province

Guangbo Chen
Education is highly emphasized by people in the modern society. With the growing international communication, studying abroad has become a choice for many prospective students. With this need, receiving international education in high schools is highly suggested. In this paper, types of high school international...

EFL University Students’ Errors in Constructing Complex Sentences in Academic Writing

Paradise Princess, Hermawati Syarif
Writing in academic purposes becomes a big challenge for EFL students since they are required to produce their S1 thesis as one of the fulfillments to graduate from their study. In this academic writing, using different types of sentences as one of its characteristics is often found difficult for the...

Risk-Taking Behavior and Entrepreneurship Intention in Indonesia

Mukhammad Kholid Mawardi, Sujarwoto
The linkage between risk behavior and entrepreneurship has long been discussed, but there are limited empirical evidences examined in developing country contexts. In order to fill the gap, this study examines the linkage between risk behavior and entrepreneurship based on population data from Indonesia....

The Use of Video Applications on Enhancing Students’ Dance Learning

Ziyan Zhou
This article focuses on analysing and evaluating how video applications can promote students’ dance learning. Using these applications has many beneficial effects on improving the overall danceability. Initially, it is a student-centred learning strategy that can provide learners with flexibility. However,...
Proceedings Article

Evaluation of Two Housekeeping Gene in Diagnosis of Helicobacter Pylori and Compare It to another Routine Test

Saja A. Al-Jumaili, Amina N. Althwani, Nawal M. Al-Khalidi
Helicobacter pylori consider as one of the major components of the stomach microbiome, this bacterium is prevalent worldwide and more than half of the world populations are infected with it. Various methods have been developed for the diagnosis and detection of infection with H. pylori by using molecular...
Proceedings Article

The Prevalence of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Melaka State, Malaysia

Selamat Yasin, Mohd Said Nurumal, Muhammad Lokman Isa, Khamarul Arifin Arif, Anuwar Arif Mohd Omar, Ting Seng Kiat, Syamsul Ahmad Arifin
The prognosis following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is often very poor. The outcomes, as well as the essential needs of public area rescue workers will influence the effectiveness and possibly improve the survival rate. This is a retrospective study using representative data through screening...
Proceedings Article

Investigation of Thermal Behavior of Paraffins, Fatty Acids, Salt Hydrates and Renewable Based Oils as PCM

Evdoxia Paroutoglou, Alireza Afshari, Peter Fojan, Göran Hultmark
Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) using phase change materials (PCM) is a renewable energy solution that is applicable for implementation in space cooling due to its high energy storage density. A novel thermal energy storage which will encapsulate a PCM layer to absorb the rejected heat from...

A Survey Report on the Improvement of Pragmatic Competence Under the Circumstances of Smart Learning Environment

Xiuxian Mo, Lixiang Lu, Fangting Liu, Yuwei Qin, Lanlan Liu, Lu Wen
This study adopts the method of questionnaire to research the improvement of college students’ English pragmatic competence on the effect of online course learning platforms and APPs and so on. The results show that college students are more inclined to use APPs for English learning, and their English...

Analysis and Comparison of Securitization Cases About Tourist Attractions

Chen Huang
With the rise of tourism, China, as a country famous for its tourism, has attracted more and more attention on financing. Starting with securitization of assets, this paper collects securitization cases about tourist attractions. Through analysis and comparison of various cases, it finds out the financing...

The Relevance of E-Module Based on Problem Based Learning in the Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0

Devi Cahyaningrum, Ahmad Jaenudin
This study aims to test the socio-cognitive theory by implementing e-module economic learning based on problem-based learning to improve student learning outcomes. The design used in this study was a quasi-experimental design with a pretest - posttest control group design model. In this study, collecting...
Research Article

Association of Patient-Reported Physical Activity on Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Outcomes

Reena V. Jayani, Joseph Pidala, Heather Jim, Junmin Whiting, Qianxing Mo, Asmita Mishra
Pages: 34 - 39
Background: Physical function prior to allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) is associated with survival and may be associated with patient physical activity (PA). Tools to evaluate PA prior to HCT are scarce. We aimed to evaluate the impact of easily obtained patient-report of PA prior to HCT...
Research Article

Bangla Text Sentiment Analysis Using Supervised Machine Learning with Extended Lexicon Dictionary

Nitish Ranjan Bhowmik, Mohammad Arifuzzaman, M. Rubaiyat Hossain Mondal, M. S. Islam
Pages: 34 - 45
With the proliferation of the Internet's social digital content, sentiment analysis (SA) has gained a wide research interest in natural language processing (NLP). A few significant research has been done in Bangla language domain because of having intricate grammatical structure on text. This paper...

Pedagogical Problems of E-education

Guliya Akhmetzyanova, Angelina Bagateeva, Alexey Petrov, Alfia Gazizova
The article deals with various approaches to Informatization of education as one of the most important processes of Informatization of society. The purpose of the research was to analyze and generalize various psychological and pedagogical researches, scientific and pedagogical literature, and own experience...

The Application of Input and Output Theory to Primary English Teaching

Li Wanlu
Primary school is a critical period for children’s language learning, so foreign language teaching in this period is particularly important. Primary school English education is an important part of the nine-year compulsory education in China. It is also very important for junior high school and high...

Implementation of Strategic Management in Improving Professionalism of Vocational High School Teachers in East Java - Indonesia

Muhammad A. Ichwanto, Abd. Basith, Andi Syahputra
This research aims to know and analyze factors that affecting professionalism of vocational high school in east java. This study will focus and explained in (1) how is the Vocational High School Teacher Professionalism in East Java – Indonesia; and (2) how the implementation of strategic management in...

Digital Transformation of Higher Education: EFL Teaching and Learning Experiences

E.N. Makarova, I.S. Pirozhkova
The article focuses on the processes of digital transformation in higher education in the context of teaching EFL to Russian first-year students of non-linguistic specialties. Literature review on the challenges of introducing digital technologies into foreign language learning activities is given. Benefits...

The Practice and Inspiration of Bisection Class to College English Teaching

Shulin Yang
Higher education in China has experienced rapid development and attained remarkable achievements from the end of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century. However, teaching in universities has become increasingly inadequate, and many problems have been exposed to the continuous expansion...
Proceedings Article

Fertigation Management System Model Using Supervised Machine Learning and Time-Duration Method on Agricultural Industrial Land

Rida Hudaya, Dodi Budiman Margana, R. Wahyu Tri Hartono, Alli Nur Magribi
This paper contains an explanation of the fertigation management system model to deal with the water crisis and the efficient use of plant nutrients in the case of agricultural industrial land in Lembang, Indonesia. The method developed uses a time-duration method equipped with supervised machine learning....

On Decomposition of the ABS Lattice Equations and Related Bäcklund Transformations

Danda Zhang, Da-jun Zhang
Pages: 34 - 53
The Adler-Bobenko-Suris (ABS) list contains scalar quadrilateral equations which are consistent around the cube, and have D4 symmetry and tetrahedron property. Each equation in the ABS list admits a beautiful decomposition. We revisit these decomposition formulas and by means of them we construct Bäcklund...

On geometric quantization of the Dirac magnetic monopole

Graham M. Kemp, Alexander P. Veselov
Pages: 34 - 42
We give a simple derivation of the spectrum of the Dirac magnetic monopole on a unit sphere S2 based on geometric quantization and the Frobenius reciprocity formula. The starting point is the calculation by Novikov and Schmelzer of the canonical symplectic structure on the coadjoint orbits of the isometry...

Local Wisdom in Supporting Food Security of Coastal Agroecosystem

Ida Rosada, Nurliani, Farizah Dhaifina Amran
Food consumption is an important term in food security, because it affects the nutritional status of family members which is influenced by many factors. One of the rural community groups classified as food insecure is fishermen who lives in coastal agroecosystem. This research aims to: 1) Identify local...

The Analysis of Wini Beach Development as Coastal Tourism in North Central Timor Regency

Ariance Ana Lasibey, Boiris Milyardo
This research aims to analyze tourism indicators, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and to determine the right strategy that can be developed in Wini Beach. This research uses combination methods with concurrent triangulation and SWOT. This research took 30 Respondents. Data Analysis gain that...

Cadets’ Effectivity and Perception on Moodle Online Learning in Economy Mathematics Course

Ningrum Astriawati, Himawan Aditya Pratama
This research aims to describe the effectiveness and see the tendency of cadets’ perceptions of moodle-based online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Economy Mathematics Course. The research population was all cadets who took the Economy Mathematics Online Course at the Yogyakarta Maritime...

Investigation on the Drivers of Women Millennials Entrepreneurs Participation: Evidence from Indonesia

Agustina Fitrianingrum, Roro Mega Cahyaning ‘Azmi Riyandani
Indonesia is a patriarchal culture as a social system that placed men in a dominant position compared to women is crystal clear from the private life to business matters, especially in the business area that is closely related to technology acquisition or ICT. On the other hand, ICT serves as a support...

The Contestation of Political Storytelling in Presidential Candidates During the 2019 Federal Election

Andika Hendra Mustaqim
This study explores the political storytelling network contestation of actors of the 2019 Indonesian presidential campaign using critical discursive psychology to analyze the speech of presidential candidates Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Prabowo Subianto. The main theoretical concept used is Hannah Arendt’s...

Discord to Support Synchronous Communication in Distance Learning

Barnad Barnad
Distance learning is an option for the learning process during the Covid-19 pandemic. Most education providers in Indonesia are still low in understanding and experience in implementing distance learning. Polytechnic of UBAYA Surabaya has implemented distance learning in the two semesters. The learning...

A Discussion of the Realistic Significance and Paths of Rural Revitalization Promoted by Soul-Nurturing Culture

Kang Zhao, Long Dan, Deng Ting
Soul-nurturing culture is not only an important task of the current Chinese ideological construction, but also a functional manifestation of social practice activities carried by culture itself. The function of soul-nurturing and people-cultivating of culture itself has promoted cultural revitalization...