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P2.10 ASSESSMENT OF CAROTID PULSE WAVE VELOCITY BY ULTRASOUND: A WAVE INTENSITY ANALYSIS-BASED APPROACH

N. Lascio, R. Bruno, F. Stea, V. Gemignani, E. Bianchini, L. Ghiadoni, F. Faita
Pages: 135 - 135
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P3.31 CORRELATION OF CENTRAL HAEMODYNAMICS WITH HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE

D.A. Vrachatis, A. Argyris, A. Papadopoulos, T.G. Papaioannou, E. Aissopou, G. Konstantonis, D. Niakas, P. Sfikakis, A. Protogerou
Pages: 135 - 135
Objectives: High blood pressure (BP) levels have been reported to have an inverse association with the health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Moreover, the value of central beyond peripheral haemodynamics has been illustrated by a series of studies. We sought to investigate potential correlations between...

Route Guidance Map for Emergency Evacuation

Lakshay, Amit Agarwal, Nomesh B. Bolia
Pages: 135 - 144
An efficient process of emergency evacuation must be guided. In the event of an evacuation instruction, a significant amount of time is spent by evacuees looking for a place of relative safety or an exit. Due to the ensuing stress and confusion evacuees try to follow others, consequently, all the exits...

MCSim-Based Occupational Health Risk Assessment on Benzene

Minyan Li, Deyin Huang, Mao Liu
Pages: 135 - 145
Nowadays, the acute and chronic adverse health effects caused by benzene exposure have attracted wide attention. In this paper, we evaluate the health risk based on the four-step method recommended by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). We present a method using the Monte Carlo Simulating Software...

On Moment Generating Function of Generalized Order Statistics From Extended Type II Generalized Logistic Distribution

Devendra Kumar
Pages: 135 - 150
In this paper, explicit expressions and some recurrence relations are derived for marginal and joint moment generating functions of generalized order statistics from extended type II loglogistic distribution. Further the results are deduced for moments of k -- th record values and ordinary order statistics.

Application of Self-Organizing Map for analyzing robotic arm’s action with Consciousness-Based Architecture module

Wisanu Jitviriya, Eiji Hayashi
Pages: 135 - 139
Our research has been focused on developing human-robot interactions, the robots need to perform a high level of intellectual activity and user compatibility. Therefore, we considered the primary structure of a conscious human/animal action, which can be represented by the sequence process, Perception...

Test Image Generation using Segmental Symbolic Evaluation

Tahir Jameel, Mengxiang Lin
Pages: 135 - 147
Image processing applications have played a vital role in modern life and they are required to be well tested due to their significance and human dependence on them. Testing of image processing application is difficult due to complex nature of images in terms of their generation and evaluation. The presented...

Social Media in Micro and Small Third Sector Firms

Simon Wilde
Pages: 135 - 141
There has been little empirical research and theory development around how small to medium (SME) sized non–profits are using social media, or how they are attempting to manage the risks associated with social media use, especially in the area of social media policy development. As such, the key aim of...

Proposal of a Modification Method of a Source Code to Correspond with a Modified Model in MDA

Tetsuro Katayama, Yuuki Kikkawa, Yoshihiro Kita, Hisaaki Yamaba, Kentaro Aburada, Naonobu Okazaki
Pages: 135 - 139
This paper proposes a modification method of a source code to correspond with a modified model in MDA. The proposed method generates, translates, and modifies EAD (Extended Activity Diagram). Also, it generates a source code from the activity diagram. We use a simple ATM example to confirm availability...

About the Explicit Characterization of Hamiltonians of the Camassa-Holm Hierarchy

Enrique Loubet
Pages: 135 - 143
We present a detailed computation leading to an explicit formula for the fourth Hamitonian in the series of constants of motion with which any flow of the Camassa-Holm hierarchy is equipped, and explain the inherent difficulties in achieving such explicit expressions for invariants higher in the series.

Research on Promoting the Employment Level of University Students Under the Background of COVID-19

Yuxing Cao, Ziyuan Guo, Yutong Han
The new crown epidemic has an impact on the job market of college students in China. Solving the employment problem of college students and energizing various industries are crucial for college student, enterprises and the country. From the perspective of promoting the employment of college students,...

Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance in Hospitality Industry: A Critical Review

C. Lyu, M. Wang, R. Zhang, Y. N. Ng
This paper aims to investigate the status quo of the research in relation to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and financial performance in hospitality industry. A critical review has been conducted based on 69 good quality journal papers by using both quantitative and qualitative content analysis...

On the Non-Inheritance of Symmetries of Partial Differential Equations

Keshlan S. Govinder, Barbara Abraham-Shrauner
Pages: 135 - 142
The inheritance of symmetries of partial differential equations occurs in a different manner from that of ordinary differential equations. In particular, the Lie algebra of the symmetries of a partial differential equation is not sufficient to predict the symmetries that will be inherited by a resulting...

Current Issues in Chinese Language Teaching

Jiaji Zhang
Globalization has increased the importance of second language acquisition. This article examines three problems in my language teaching practise as a Chinese pre-service language teacher. There are differences between students. Thus, strategies to cultivate student autonomy in second language learning,...

The Lighting Effectivity in the Classroom in Junior High School

(Case Study: SMP Firdaus Bandung)

Hana Faza Surya Rusyda, Maysitha Fitri Az Zahra, Tiara Rizki Syafira, Niken Laksitarani
Lighting is very important for teaching, learning, and more activities in the classroom. In SMP Firdaus Bandung, there are several classrooms in which the form of lighting is natural lighting. However, the lighting is less effective and does not up to lighting standards. In fact, the purpose of adequate...

The Urgency of Parents’ Effective Communication in Improving Intellegence of Early Chidlhood

Zulminiati Zulminiati, Sri Hartati, Desmawati Roza
Effective communication between parents and children is very important in determining the development of children. This happens because the communication that occurs is two-way, namely where the meaning that is stimulated is the same or similar to that intended by the communicator (parents) or the sender...
Proceedings Article

Soft Startup Technology of AC Asynchronous Motor

Yujie Cao
The current of three-phase asynchronous motor direct startup will reach 5-8 times of its rated current, causing the decrease of operation efficiency and its PFC, even great damage to the trailer system and the grid. Soft start technology can start as shockless and fluent as possible and then reach its...

Research on Problems and Countermeasures of "Double Type" Teachers Team Construction in Applied Undergraduate Universities

Yan Li, Jiangbo Chen, Yuanyuan Xu
To construct a "double type" teacher team which can adapt to vocational education, is employment-oriented, and can strengthen the requirements of skills and practical teaching is the key to foster high-quality talents that the society needs, and also the main direction of teacher team building in applied...
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Design and Realization of Topic Search Engine for Chinese Internet Fraud Information

Liang Hu, Ai-chun Ding, Yu-chi Zhu
According to the China Internet fraud criminal and victim information asymmetry, this paper makes Internet fraud information resources as the research object, constructing a cross platform Internet fraud database by data collection and extraction technology, the realization of the network anti fraud...
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Multi-source Heterogeneous Data Integration Technology and Its Development

Yong Wang, Qi Shi, Hongtao Song, Zhigang Li, Xue Chen
With the improvement in the level of social information, data has become basic, strategic resources, which represents the advanced productive forces and core competitiveness. How to share heterogeneous data highly and effectively, achieve effective integration of information system, make full use of...

Study on Social Responsibility of Commercial Banks under the Background of ISO26000

Bo Han
In order to effectively strengthen the "soft power" construction for China's banking industry under the background of the new normal, to involve the corporate social responsibility into the thirteenth-five development plan has become the top priority. Although at present China's commercial banks have...
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The Short Term Load Forecasting of RBF Neural Network Power System Based on Fuzzy Control

Jiangnan Ni, Guo Jin
This paper presents a kind of power system short-term load prediction algorithm based on fuzzy control and RBF neural network, to solve the problems of th traditional RBF neural network in electric power system short-term load forecast errors. Through the example verification, this method can improve...
Proceedings Article

Improvements of Acoustic Features for Speech Separation

Lujun Li, Chuxiong Qin, Dan Qu
speech separation; DNN; complementary features; RBM pre-training; dropout
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Nakagami-K Composite Channel Model in Urban-Rural Conjunction Areas

Xin Hu, Qing Luo, Weinong Wu, Wenjiang Feng
With the speeding construction process of urbanization in china, the areas with the characteristic of typical urban-rural conjunction gradually increase. Since residential areas, factory areas, farmlands are scattered randomly, varied and complex wireless communication environment is formed. Considering...
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Retardation Mechanism Analysis of Core Layer Material of Engineered Material Arresting System

Yumei Sun, Hongbin Yu
According to the statistical of aviation safety, arresting system must be installed on the runway with effective way, in order to maximize reduce the risk of overshot the runway and the damage to plane carrying personnel loss rate. ESCO companies began to study Engineered Material Arresting System(EMAS)...

The role of government in region difference of financial development and economic growth: Empirical study on China evidence

Linwei Pan, Yaling Wu
Based on the panel data of China during the period of 2000 to 2013, this paper empirically tests the effects of regional financial difference on economic growth, especially on the consideration of government participation. Our empirical evidence suggests that efficiency of financial system has a negative...
Proceedings Article

Potential Study onCarbonEmission Reduction and Energy Saving of Guangdong Province based on Sensitivity Analysis

Wei Chen, Jinfeng Zhou, Haoxiang Chen, Yaochu Li
Based on input-output table and energy consumption balance sheet of Guangdong Province in 2012, this paper formulates non-competitive energy input-output table of Guangdong Province, and calculates energy consumption intensity, carbon intensity and sensitivity coefficient of carbon emission reduction...
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Reform and exploration of Independent college computer specialty personnel training mode

Yi-zhuo Guo, Xiaofeng Li
This article is aimed at the mode of existence of curriculum system similar to computer talents straining independent school, the teachers strength is weak, professional knowledge lag, lack of practical problems in practice, based on the school-enterprise cooperation "Cheng-dong college years trying...
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Curriculum System Research on Talent Training Mode of “School-enterprise integration” in Hotel Management Major

Quan-Jun Zheng, You-Rong Xiao, Xiu-Juan Jiang
The curriculum system on talent training mode of school-enterprise integration in higher vocational college must based on the working process systematic curriculum system, the development of which follow the process of “Post (group) investigation analysis and research(including processional growth phase...
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Innovating the Launch Mode of Sunshine Sports & Improving Students’ Practice Abilities on PE—— A Case Study of Yan’an University

You zhi Zong, Shan wu Mou
In order to launch intensively the nationwide movement of Sunshine Sports among millions of students, drawing teenage students to play on the playground, in the nature and under sunshine, this research is set with the background of three-combination mode of “integration of the class inside and outside”...
Proceedings Article

Progress of Bibliotherapy Theory and Practice in China

Liting Su, Xiaoli Huang
As an ancient metal therapy measure, bibliotherapy has been recognized worldwide gradually. In China it has been studied systematically for over twenty years. In this paper, the study situation of bibliotherapy in China was summarized from the aspects of theory and practice, and some suggestions were...
Proceedings Article

The Swedish Maintenance and Services Market in Wind Power Industry —— Lessons Learned and Opportunities for Chinese Service Providers

Lihua Liu, Mike Danilovic, Maya Hoveskog, Fawzi Halila
This paper presents results from an investigation of maintenance and service market of Swedish wind power industry. Although the average number of disruptions per wind turbine only increased slightly from 2007 to 2009 in Sweden, the average downtime, the average electricity production loss and accordingly...
Proceedings Article

Fostering Innovative and Entrepreneurial Ability of College Students: A Prospective of Entrepreneurship

Xulei Chi
Inntoovation is the backbone of the rise of the state and the nation, while college students are the future of the state and the nation, therefore it is crucial to cultivate college students’ innovative ability; on the other hand, start-ups have become an important channel for the graduates’ employment...
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Air Traffic Control Approach Procedural Separation Assessment Mode

Wei-zhen Tang
In recent years, with the rapid increase of air traffic flow, fight conflict have become more and more serious. So it is very necessary to study mid-air collision. The purpose of the paper is to establish the mode of approach procedural separation assessment. The degree which approach separation is been...
Proceedings Article

Reform of Teaching Content and Method in Vegetable Horticulture

Shaohui Wang, Rui Yang, Jihong Cheng, Chaojie Liu, Li Mei
Reform of teaching content and method in Vegetable Horticulture is discussed in this paper. In order to cultivate the comprehensive and innovative ability of the horticulture majored students, we emphasized the use of various teaching methods, enhancing of practice teaching, and deepening of the teaching...
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Power System Load Modeling Based on Genetic Programming

Jian Zhang, Chaohui Zhang
Genetic Programming (GP) is a new evolutionary algorithm based on genetic algorithm, which has self-adaptive, self-organizing, self-learning and other advantages, and has significant advantages in terms of symbolic regression to solve long-term problems of the model structure automatically recognizes...

Adaptive Motion/Force Tracking Control for a Class of Nonholonomic Mechanical Systems

Sun Wei, Wu Yu-qiang
The motion/force tracking control of nonholonomic mechanical systems with affine constraints is investigated in this paper. By flexibly using the algebra processing technique, con-straint forces are successfully canceled in the dynamic equations, and then an integral feedback compensation strategy and...
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An Algorithm for Calculating Collision Probability of Spacecraft and Short-term Debris Cloud Based on Binomial Distribution

Yue Qi, Jiazhe Lai, Yiyong Li, Qichen Tian
This paper introduces the calculation process of collision probability between spacecraft and short-term debris cloud. On the base of the time integral method about collision probability calculation, the time required for the spacecraft to travel through the debris cloud by the way of "risk radius";...
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Accuracy Analysis of ADS-B System In a Training Airport

Youhui Zhang, Liang Zhao
ADS-B is a new type of ATC system based on GNSS. As the aircraft in the route is a 3D target, the 3D coordinates of the location information is very important, positioning accuracy directly affects the ADS-B system reliability and efficiency. In this paper, various error models are established, and the...

Empirical Research on the Relationship between Industry Income Gap and Financial Development

Kangyin Lu, Manxue Chen, Fenghua Zou
On the basis of logical analysis, the macroscopic statistical data are adopted in this paper for the empirical research on the relationship between the industry income gap and the financial development through unit root test, VAR model estimation, Granger causality test and other metrological methods....
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Application of LORA Spread Spectrum Technology On Intelligent Water Meter

Wenchang Wu, Weida Sun
Spread spectrum technology is a new technology to make full use of limited spectrum resources and improve the efficiency of wireless information transmission. This paper introduces the working principle and system model of spread spectrum communication, and elaborates two main technologies of spread...

Study on Pricing Decisions of Cold-chain Logistics under Imperfectly Competitive Market

Shusheng Sun, Kui Wang
Cold-chain logistics exists throughout people's daily life. Numerous cold-chain logistics enterprises continuously look for methods of cost reduction and profit increase costs in business process. Pricing is the most important part involving each enterprise which participates in the whole process of...
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A Novel Smart Growth Evaluation Model by Applying RBFNN

Jiaxing Zhang
In order to make cities can carry more population, save more resources and maintain rapid development, smart growth based on the three E's of sustainability and the 10 principles comes into being and is considered by many governments. In this paper, we concentrate on measure the success of smart growth...
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Influence of Span Ratio on Modals and Mode Direction Factors of Curved Box-girder Bridges

Guohua Song, Dongwei Wang, Xiaofang Liu
The vibration mode of curved box-girder bridge was decomposed into 4 mode direction factors by energy ratios. 4 two-span curved box-girder bridge models were built taking span ratio as parameter. The modal characteristics and the mode direction factors were analyzed along with varying span ratio. It...

A Tracer Study on the Graduates of Guidance and Counseling Department of Ahmad Dahlan University

Sri Hartini, Caraka Putra Bhakti, Dody Hartanto
This tracer study aims to describe users alumni evaluation towards the graduates of Guidance and Counseling Department. This study belongs to the quantitative descriptive study applying survey approach. This study employs random sampling technique with 30% proportion of the total graduate during 2014-2016....
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Ultrasonic Simulation Research of Solid Particle Radial Position Distribution in Gas-solid Two Phase Flow

Yueming Wang, Guodong Yao, Hua Jia, Yaoyao Zhang, Meng Liu, Pengcheng Ge
In industrial production, the gas-solid two-phase flow involves a wide range. The parameters of the two-phase flow measurement become one of the hot research works. By COMSOL software, a radial simulation model is set up to study particle distribution in radial section and their sensitivity. And also,...
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A Novel Processing Model For Scds In ETL

Li Sun, Jiaoyan Zhang, Jiyun Li
ETL(Extract-Transform-Load) which populates data from various data source systems to data warehouses (DWs) is an important part of building data warehouse. Nowadays, as the data growing rapidly, it is a big challenge for ETL to process such huge data quickly. MapReduce is a programming model for large-scale...
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A Potential Anti-schistosomal Agent Containing 1,2,5-Oxadiazole-2-oxide and Praziquante Moieties

Qinghao Wang, Xionglu Zhang
3-Praziquantel-4-(4-chlorophenylsulfonyl)-1,2,5-oxadiazol-2-oxide was synthesized via the coupling reaction of praziquante and 1,2,5-oxadiazole in ethylene glycol, and its molecular structure was confirmed by the melting point and spectroscopic data (UV, IR, and 1H NMR). Moreover, it may be a potential...
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A Research of the Construction Project Managers’ Moral Qualities

Chenhua Cui
In view of non-standard question of the current construction project managers' "moral" qualities structure this article investigated, studied and analyzed domestic and foreign structure of construction project managers' "moral" qualities. referring to the domestic and foreign existing qualities structure...