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Being a “Dataologist”: From Data to Networks to Personalized Healthcare

Nitesh Chawla
In this talk, I will discuss our research in leveraging Big Data for the Common Good. I will provide an overview of different research initiatives in my research program in network and data science, including applications to grand societal challenges. I will focus on our research initiative in patient-centered...

Social and Musical Communication Past and Present

Alexander Yakoupov
In this article the author discovers the connection between the society and music communication. He believes music communication to be an important part of social life. He studies the development of public music taste in the XXth century in Russia. Musicians` involvement into cultural life and education...
Proceedings Article

The analysis on the influence factors and tendency of power regulation in China

Q. Guo, T. Liu, G.W. Gao, Y. Xu
Regulation is very useful in remedy the market failure effect caused by monopoly, especially in natural monopoly industry such as electricity. This paper first reviews the regulation situation in China’s power industry, then we analyze the influence factors that have influence on the regulation in power...
Proceedings Article

An Optimal Algorithm based on the Solution to the Coarse-Grained Arc Consistency Algorithms of the Constraint Satisfaction Problems

Gang Yang, Huifeng Li, Can Cao, Siyuan Chen, Yubo Zhao
Constraint satisfaction problem are widely used in the artificial intelligence field. We study the coarse-grained arc consistency algorithms of the Constraint satisfaction Problems. We find that variables whose degrees or domains are 1 have invalid revises which can be removed in the process. We demonstrate...
Proceedings Article

A Novel Identification Method of Two Phase Flow Based on LDA Feature Extraction and GRNN in ERT System

Zhang Yanjun
Two-phase flow measurement plays an increasingly important role in the real-time, on-line control of industrial processes including fault detection and system malfunction. The flow regime parameter is one of the most important parameters in measurements. This paper proposes a new identification approach...
Proceedings Article

Application of the Interior Decoration Materials in Environmental Engineering

Sijia Zhang, Weida Shi
At present, the research and application on material still stays in the primary stage in domestic, mainly by introducing the foreign advanced technology and experience, rare in independent research and new materials development of technology. Proceeding from our national conditions, we should focus on...
Proceedings Article

Application of SVM Algorithm for Particle Swarm Optimization in Apple Image Segmentation

Qirui Huang
The apple image segmentation is the key technology of identification and location in the apple-picking machine vision system. On account of huge errors in the process of discriminating fruits by apple-picking robots at present and the long-time processing, the SVM theory in fingerprint image segmentation...

The Practice of the Sino-foreign Cooperation in Running Schools of Engineering Disciplines

Zeng-Zhong Wang, Yu-Xin Zhang, I. Smith
Lying in a transformation period of economic development, economic prosperity, social progress and development in science and technology have to rely on strong competitiveness of a nation’s universities to a large degree. Internationalising education is seen as playing a role in the empowerment of students...
Proceedings Article

Detection and Parameter Estimation of Polyphase Codes Radar Signal Based on Fractional Autocorrelation

Xiaofeng Wang, Guoyi Zhang, Rui Zhou
Polyphase codes radar signals (Frank, P1, P2, P3and P4 codes) derived from linear frequency modulated (LFM) waveforms have been widely used in low probability of intercept (LPI) radar. To solve the problem of higher computational complexity in detection and parameter estimation of the polyphase codes...
Proceedings Article

PGRN negative regulates apoptosis through TNFR signaling pathway in chondrogenesis

Zhangyuan Xiong, Rong Jiang, Meilin LI, Feng-Jin Guo
BMP2 is known to activate ER stress-associated molecules,including XBP1S and ATF6.PGRN (Progranulin) was reported to be a stress-response factor in response to hypoxia and acidosis. Here we present evidences demonstrating that PGRN is also an ER stress responsive factor.PGRN expression was induced and...

The Impact of Creative Model Supervision on 21st Century Skills of Senior High School Students

Yudhi Saparudin
The demographic data stated the huge number of Indonesian students, it is around 49,186,236 students. It makes Indonesia becomes the 7th largest in the world. With this huge number, if the students are educated through a standardized education system, developing 21st century skill students (4C; critical,...

A Family of Ratio Estimators in Stratified Random Sampling Utilizing Auxiliary Attribute Along Side the Nonresponse Issue

Usman Shahzad, Muhammad Hanif, Nursel Koyuncu, A. V. Garcia Luengo
Pages: 12 - 25
This article proposes some estimators based on an adaptation of the estimators developed by Bahl and Tuteja [1], Diana [2], Koyuncu and Kadilar [3], Koyuncu and Kadilar [4], Shabbir and Gupta [5], and Koyuncu [6] utilizing available supplementry attributes. Further, a new family of estimators is also...

Realization of Educational Potential of Public Museums in the Eurasian Educational Space

M.S. Yakushkina, L.A. Kozhemyakina
The system of conditions for the realization of the educational potential of a public museum in the Eurasian educational space is discussed in the article. The concept of “Eurasian educational space” is clarified. The pedagogical meaning of the concepts “the educational potential of public museums” and...
Proceedings Article

Research on Application of Road Anti-icing Asphalt Coating in Plateau Scenic Spot

Tong Wang, Ruinan Jiang, Jia Hui, Li Bian
This article introduced application technology of road anti-icing asphalt coating. By conducting field tests, the construction procedures and requirements were summarized. By conducting lab tests, performances of the anti-icing asphalt coating were verified. Testing results show that the anti-icing asphalt...

Deconstruction of a figure of the leader in the cluster world

Irina Khmyrova-Pruel, Boris Sokolov, Nikita Nogovitsyn
The modern world and people’s consciousness in this world are changing rapidly. Therefore, the former status of the leader as a phenomenon of the "mediator" of the main lines of force of culture is transformed. The main trend of postmodernity can be defined as a global clustering of reality. It consists...

The use of material flow cost accounting for process losses reduction

Anna Ivanovskaya, Lydia Kulikova, Elena Vetoshkina, Olga Bezvidnaya, Ilnur Valiullin
Material Flow Cost Accounting allows you to accurately monitor the physical and monetary value of waste, which increases the visibility of environmental costs and gives managers possibility to identify areas of cost savings. The article discusses the general aspects of Material Flow Cost Accounting and...
Research Article

Prevalence of Intensive-care-unit-acquired Thrombocytopenia in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sudan

Sara Rahama, Kamal Mirghani, Mustafa Hussein, Sami Menasri
Pages: 12 - 15
Thrombocytopenia is a common finding in patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This can be attributed to the wide spectrum of comorbidities that affect homeostasis in these patients. The aim of this study was to estimate the frequency of thrombocytopenia among patients admitted to the medical...

The Cultivation of Entrepreneurship Values in Children Aged 5-6 Years at TK Khalifah Samarinda

Hasbi Sjamsir, Farny Sutriany Jafar, Anis Alfiah
This study aims to determine the learning of the cultivation of entrepreneurial values in children aged 5-6 years in TK Khalifah Samarinda and the obstacles experienced in the learning strategy of planting entrepreneurial values in children aged 5-6 years in kindergarten. Khalifah Samarinda. This type...

A New Machine Learning Algorithm for Weather Visibility and Food Recognition

Young Im Cho, Akmaljon Palvanov
Pages: 12 - 17
Due to the recent improvement in computer performance and computational tools, deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been established as powerful class of models in various problems such as image classification, recognition, and object detection. In this study, we address two fundamentally dissimilar...

Using Mnemonic-Based Applications to Learning Japanese Hiragana Characters

Linna Meilia Rasiban, Dadang Sudana, Dedi Sutedi
This study investigated the effects of mnemonics on remembering Japanese hiragana characters by Japanese language learners with an alphabetic background. Our true-experimental design involved 36 high school students taking classes in Japanese course. In experimental conditions used two class, one class...

Testing of Fraud Diamond Theory Based on Local Wisdom on Fraud Behavior

Edy Sujana, I Nyoman Putra Yasa, Made Arie Wahyuni
This study aims to examine the elements of fraud diamond theory based on local wisdom on fraud behavior. This research was conducted in all universities in Buleleng Regency, Bali. This research uses a quantitative method by using 40 finance department employees in all universities in Buleleng Regency...

Discussion on Updating and Innovative Thinking Mode of Higher Vocational Computer Teaching

Lu Kong
With the development of Chinese economy and the progress of science and technology, computer Internet technology has been widely applied, and the educational field also increasingly pays more attention to the computer teaching. Higher vocational college is an important constituent of China’s education...

Theoretical Research of the Concepts “Innovative Project” and “Competitiveness of an Innovative Project”

V. I. Bunkovskiy, I. Y. Ilichev
According to the authors, the main disadvantage of current theoretical approaches to the concept “innovative project” is that they ignore the fact that an innovative project is a complex system representing a combination of resources, deadlines and contractors for implementation of a complex of interrelated...

The Validity of Realistic Problem Based Learning Model Development of Mathematics Learning in Vocational High School (SMK)

Rivdya Eliza, Ahmad Fauzan, Lufri Lufri, Yerizon Yerizon
The aims of this research is to determine the validity aspects of Realistic Problem Based Learning Model or abbreviated as Reaalistic PBL Model for students of SMK grade X1 semester 1 in Padang. Realistic PBL Model is a learning model developed from Problem Based Learning Model and Realistic Mathematics...

Ziarah Kubur Activity Phenomenon on the Last Days of Sha’ban Month in Jakarta

Abd Chair, M.Ma'ruf Misbah, Adang Asdari
This article discusses the phenomenon of the tendency among Muslims to carry out the activity of ziarah kubur (visit to the grave) in Jakarta on the last days of Sha'ban month, the 8th month in the Hijri calendar. The purpose of this research is to know the factors that motivate them in implementing...
Proceedings Article

Heavy Metals Contamination Of Cr6+ and Cd in The Ground Water in Nickel Laterite Mining Area in Tapunggaya Konawe Utara

Deniyatno, Alrum Armid, Muhammad Chaerul, Iken Faridha
This research was conducted at Tapunggaya in Molawe subdistrict in North Konawe Regency in South East Sulawesi, near activity of mining Laterite Nickel. This research aims to know the impact of the activity of mining nickel laterite on the quality of groundwater. The methods used to analyze concentrations...

Contestation of Global-Local Culture in Islamic Art of Pondok Pesantren Walisanga Situbondo

Panakajaya Hidayatullah
This article is the result of anthropology research using ethnographic methods. Discusses global and local culture contestation in the performing arts in the Walisanga Islamic Boarding School Situbondo. The findings of this study indicate that this Islamic values spread (dakwah) is a method of Islamic...
Proceedings Article

THE PROPOSED OF VENDOR SELECTION IN GOODS PROCUREMENT USING FUZZY ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS (FAHP) METHOD AT PT. PERTAMINA HULU ENERGI OFFSHORE NORTH WEST JAVA (PHE ONWJ)

Kristoforus Maximinus Krisnabayu Tandra Widyatama, Ika Arum Puspita, Mumu Natapriatna
Along with the change of strategic system in the government that changed the scheme of contracts for oil and gas product from Cost Recovery to Gross Split in the oil and gas company like Pertamina Hulu Energi Offshore North West Java (PHE ONWJ), the company is required to be more effective and efficient...

A Study on the Impact of Top Management Team Political Connection on Diversification

Ting Liang
Taking listed companies in Hubei Province as an example, this paper empirically studies the influence of political connection of top management team on diversification of listed companies. The results show that the political connection of top management team has significant influence on the diversification...

Efficiency and Elasticity of Labor Use on Economic Sectors in Indonesia

Tongam Sihol Nababan
The research objectives are: (1) to analyze the level of efficiency and elasticity of the use of labor in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) based on economic sectors in Indonesia in the period of 2010-2016, (2) to find out the changes/ transformations in the use of labor among the economic sectors in Indonesia...

An innovative research on the construction mode of "situation and policy" curriculum from the perspective of intersubjectivity

Lei Yang
Situation and policy courses in colleges and universities shoulder the historical task of ideological and political education, which is the main position to spread the world situation, national conditions and party situation to college students. The quality and degree of its construction are of great...

Optimizing teaching conditions for efficient development of translation skills within postgraduate study programs

Aleksei Alipichev, Olga Takanova, Aleksei Zaitsev, Nina Lozhkina
The paper outlines didactic conditions of organizing foreign language training courses within postgraduate programs of non-linguistic training fields. Based on theoretical and empirical research, the authors offer methodological recommendations for developing translation skills within the structure of...
Proceedings Article

Research on Shared Bicycle Parking Point based on Robust Optimization Model

Cuiping Ren, Yinli Dong
With the widespread use of shared bicycles, when sharing bicycles brings us convenience it also brings many disadvantages to urban management. This paper studies the location of shared bicycle parking spots in shared bicycle management problems. Firstly, a robust optimization method is introduced for...

Developed Students Character at Elementary School through Wordless Picture Book

Nina Nurhasanah, Nadiroh, Maratun Nafiah
This research aim toobtain data on the effectiveness of wordless picture book in developing the character of grade 2 elementary school student. Wordless Picture Book as book of enrichmentwhich can be used by teacher to developed student character.Thisbook contains few part of story whichloadcharactervalue...

Needs Analysis for Tutor Teacher of Extracurricular Programs

Hanif Alkadri, Nellitawati Nellitawati, Yuskal Kusman, Ayu Tia Ningrum
The purpose of this article is to analyze the needs of students, teachers, and parents towards tutor teachers of extracurricular programs. The method uses a mix method between qualitative research and quantitative research. The results are (1) for extracurricular programs, the students need tutor teachers...

Use of Social Media In The Development of Halal Tourism In Madura

Farida Arief, Zulaikha, R. Hartopo Eko Putro
The people of Madurese are well aware of the rituals of prayers offered on the tombs of leaders, both religious leaders and personalities considered as elders of the community. The pilgrimage to the tomb then became a familiar activity conducted by the community. Not only are certain days considered...

Problems of Huge Goodwill in Merger and Acquisition: Analysis and Solution

Chaoyao Ni, Chenhong Mo, Jiayu Wu
This paper studies the problems and risks that may exist in the process of high-goodwill mergers and acquisitions. Specifically, taking the event of TONZE ELECTRIC CO.,LTD’s cross-industry M&A of Xintai material in 2016 as an example, the reasons for declined financial performance of the acquired party...
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Assessment of Relative Water Resources Carrying Capacity and Sustainable Development in Chengdu,China

Zhigang Li, Yangjie Tian
Water shortage has become an important factor restricting the sustainable development of cities. This paper adopts the research ideas and methods of relative resource carrying capacity, and uses China's national and Chongqing as reference areas to evaluate the relative water resources carrying capacity,...

Issues and Solutions Concerning Social Insurance in Shenzhen for Hong Kong and Macao Residents-from the Perspective of Talent Flow in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

Bing Hu, Dan Yao
Whether Hong Kong and Macao residents employed in the Greater Bay Area can participate in social insurance and enjoy the social insurance treatment is a problem worthy of attention. However, previous studies on this topic remain largely outdated, fragmented, and theoretical. This study, taking Hong Kong...
Proceedings Article

On Family Tree of Transition Elements

Zhifu Wu, Liyun Hu, Qinglin Han
With the extensive applying of long periodic table, the definition of historical transition elements has become styles nowadays from narrow to wide .How ever there are three methods to define transition elements and several sorts of classifying items .It is very important to unify its definition and...
Proceedings Article

Financial Feasibility Analysis of Trigona Honey Bee Business in Banten Province

Dr Elpawati
This research aimed to study the financial feasibility in the Trigona sp honey bee business in Banten Province, by calculating the Net Present Value (NPV), the Net Benefit Cost Ratio (Net B/C), the Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and the Payback Period (PP) from the Trigona sp honey beekeepers in Banten...
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Analysis on effect and relevant factors of ultrasound-guided lauromacrogol sclerotherapy to benign thyroid cyst

Dan Fei, Yang Li, Guoqing Sui
Purpose: lauromacrogol sclerotherapy was implemented through ultrasound-guided puncture of thyroid cyst for discussing the therapeutic effect to lauromacrogol hardening thyroid cyst. Method: 50 patients accepting thyroid cyst puncture sclerotherapy in ultrasonography department of our hospital were selected,...

E-Musrenbang As A Means In Increasing Community Participation In Development Planning In Indonesia: Its Challenges And Obstacles

Teguh Kurniawan
The advancement of information and communication technology through the internet has offered a new form of participation and interaction between government and society so that in the end it can push the higher level of understanding and acceptance of society to government action. The condition achieved...
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Parameter Calibration of CT System

Yurui Peng
In this paper, we use the known template to calibrate the parameters of the two-dimensional CT system. The calibration of CT system includes three aspects: the location of the center of the system in the square pallet, the distance between the detector units, and the 180 directions of the X-ray used...
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3D Scene Modeling and Rendering Algorithm Based on Road Extraction of Simple Attribute Remote Sensing Image

Zhiguang Wang, Haiying Zhang, Qiang Lu, Yuanfeng Lian
In order to solve the problem of modeling and rendering of large data scene, this paper presents a fast method for modeling and rendering multi-level, multi-resolution road based on the road information extraction of simple attribute remote sensing image. Firstly, Fuzzy C-means Clustering (FCM), Bwareaopen,...

Concept of Faith: Its Ontological and Gnoseological Aspects

Sergei Nizhnikov
The concept of faith is defined as a universal path to the spiritual knowledge born in the "Axial Age" (K. Jaspers) as a way of understanding the transcendent origins underlying all the world religions and associated philosophies. The author of the article asserts the significance of faith from the philosophical,...
Proceedings Article

Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting Based on Spatiotemporal Correlations

Jinli Dou, Chun Liu, Bo Wang
Wind power forecasting is of great significance for promoting the new energy resources accommodation and the economic efficiency, security and stability of power grid operation. The traditional wind power forecasting model has monotonous elements for input and demonstrates a lack of spatiotemporal correlation...

Spread Development of Short Video App Analyzed by Fast Hand

Xing Hua, Ke Li, Zongyuan Tan, Jian Zhou
With the rapid development of social media, people began to be dissatisfied with the way of transmission of text pictures. The short video app came into being and opened a new way for users to socialize. As the short video app with advanced users, the fast hand has experienced the development of stage...

Is the integration of pop art an important factor in giving birth to the art market?

Yao Wang
Pop art is a new style of art. Its characteristics are popular, popular and mass production, and the characteristics of the art market are to serve the masses and retail a large amount of cheap daily necessities produced in mass production. Pop art is closely related to the supermarket. Andy Warhol is...
Journal: eFood
Review Article

Body Fluid pH Balance in Metabolic Health and Possible Benefits of Dietary Alkaline Foods

Wataru Aoi, Xiaobo Zou, Jian Bo Xiao, Yoshinori Marunaka
Pages: 12 - 23
Living cells have several mechanisms to avoid acidic conditions created by excess protons. The protons are extruded to the extracellular space via the plasma membrane by various types of transporters such as the Na+/H+ exchanger and monocarboxylate transporters, which hereby contribute to the exclusion...