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The Influence of Reinforcement and Punishment in Mathematics Learning Achievement at the Seventh Grade Students of SMP Negeri 13 Makassar

Elsa Triningsih, Abdul Rahman, Ruliana
The objectives of this study were to know the mathematics learning achievement of the seventh-grade students of SMP Negeri 13 Makassar before and after receiving learning using of giving reinforcement and punishment and to know the influence of reinforcement and punishment in mathematics learning achievement...
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P.063 INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED AORTIC STIFFNESS AND ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION

K.M. Maki-Petaja, J. Cheriyan, F.C. Hall, S.M.L. Wallace, C.M. McEniery, I.B. Wilkinson
Pages: 67 - 67
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1.3 PREDICTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN THE MALMö DIET-CANCER COHORT FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF HEALTHY VASCULAR AGEING, USING MARKERS OF VASCULAR STATUS

Benjamin Nilsson Wadström, Peter Nilsson, Abd Al-Hakim Fatehali, Gunnar Engstrom
Pages: 67 - 68
Background: This study aims to translate two arterial measurements, aortic Pulse Wave Velocity (aPWV) and carotid Intima-Media Thickness (cIMT), into a combined Vascular Ageing Index (VAI), to evaluate the predictive power of VAI and utilize it to identify a sub-group with Healthy Vascular Ageing (HVA). Methods:...
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8.10 BRACHIAL ARTERY FLOW-MEDIATED DILATATION: DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF WALL SHEAR RATE INCREASE DURING REACTIVE HYPERAEMIA

Kunihiko Aizawa, Sara Sbragi, Alessandro Ramalli, Piero Tortoli, Francesco Casanova, Carmela Morizzo, Clare Thorn, Angela Shore, Phillip Gates, Carlo Palombo
Pages: 67 - 68
Background: Wall shear rate (WSR) is considered an important stimulus for flow-mediated dilatation (FMD). However, its estimation by conventional ultrasound is challenging due to inherent difficulties of velocity estimation near the arterial wall. To evaluate how WSR influences brachial artery FMD, we...
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Analysis of Characteristics Associated with Cervical Precancerous Lesions in Women of Reproductive Age

Hendri Devita, Novi Sari, Putri Pasalina
Cervical precancerous lesions are changes in the cell nucleus before cervical cancer occurs. The prevalence of cervical cancer in Indonesia is in second place in 2020 (17.2%). At the Padang Pasir Public Health Center, 56 positive cases were found in 2019. This study was to analyze the relationship between...
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1.2 ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN INDICATORS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS AND VELOCITY: A COMPARISON OF DEVICES

Elizabeth Ellins, Lucy Lennon, Olia Papacosta, Goya Wannamethee, Peter Whincup, Julian Halcox
Pages: 67 - 67
Background: Both the Sphygmocor (S) and Vicorder (V) devices can be used for Pulse Wave Analysis (PWA) and Velocity (PWV). We investigated if there were differences in the associations between markers of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and PWA and PWV variables as assessed by the two devices. Methods:...
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P42 24-HOUR CENTRAL BLOOD PRESSURE IS MORE STRONGLY ASSOCIATED TO TARGET ORGAN DAMAGE THAN BRACHIAL BLOOD PRESSURE: FIRST RESULTS OF THE VASOTENS REGISTRY

Stefano Omboni, Igor N. Posokhov, Gianfranco Parati, Vitaliy S. Barkan, Ernesto Cardona Muñoz, Elena A. Grigoricheva, Irina E. Minyukhina, Maria Lorenza Muiesan, Giuseppe Mulè, Iana A. Orlova, Telmo Pereira
Pages: 67 - 68
Objective: In the present analysis of the VASOTENS study [1] baseline data, we checked whether organ damage of hypertension (TOD) i) is better associated with 24-hour central than peripheral BP and ii) is related to ambulatory arterial stiffness, estimated by pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation...
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8.9 REDUCTION IN MYOCARDIAL WALL STRESS AND DELAYED MYOCARDIAL RELAXATION DURING EXERCISE

Haotian Gu, Xiaoli Zhang, Benyu Jiang, Sally Brett, Phil Chowienczyk
Pages: 67 - 67
Introduction: Myocardial wall stress (MWS) is thought to be the mechanical stimulus to ventricular hypertrophy (1,2). The objective of this study was to examine the effect of exercise on time-varying MWS (3). Methods: Twelve subjects, aged 42.0 ± 16.8 (mean ± SD) years, systolic blood pressure (BP)...
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1.1 PROMOTION OF ARTERIAL STIFFNESS BY CHILDHOOD CANCER AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS IN ADULT LONG-TERM SURVIVORS

Natalie Arnold, Hiltrud Merzenich, Arthur Wingerter, Andreas Schluz, Astrid Schneider, Jürgen H. Prochaska, Sebastian Göbel, Marie-Astrid Neu, Nicole Henninger, Marina Panova-Noeva, Susan Eckerle, Claudia Spix, Irene Schidtmann, Karl J. Lackner, Manfred E. Beutel, Norbert Pfeiffer, Thomas Münzel, Jörg Faber, Philipp S. Wild
Pages: 67 - 67
Background: Vascular alterations induced by antineoplastic treatment might be considered as a possible underlying mechanism of increased cardiovascular (CV) sequelae in childhood cancer survivors (CCS). Therefore, we thought to evaluate the changes in arterial stiffness (AS) among long-term CCS compared...
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P41 MYOCARDIAL MECHANOENERGETIC EFFICIENCY INDEX (MMEI) AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS: ASSOCIATION IN A GENERAL POPULATION IN NORTHER ITALY

Fabio Bertacchini, Massimo Salvetti, Anna Paini, Giulia Rubagotti, Deborah Stassaldi, Carlo Aggiusti, Giulia Maruelli, Chiara Arnoldi, Giovanni Saccà, Enrico Agabiti Rosei, Maria Lorenza Muiesan
Pages: 67 - 67
A non-invasive approach for the estimation of mechanical efficiency through the calculation of the ratio between stroke work and HR-pressure product has been recently proposed by de Simone et al. This index, which expresses the amount of blood pumped in a single beat in 1 second by the heart, may be...
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8.8 SYMPATHETIC VASOCONSTRICTOR RESPONSE TO LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE IN YOUNG OBESE ADULTS: THE PRELIMINARY FINDING

Kanokwan Bunsawat, Georgios Grigoriadis, Bo Fernhall, Tracy Baynard
Pages: 67 - 67
Background: Elevations in muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and sympathetic vasoconstrictor responsiveness to sympathoexcitation are associated with increased cardiovascular risks, which affect hemodynamics, and have been reported in obese adults with metabolic syndrome (1–3). It remains unclear...

Usman Balo: From Bad Boy to Freedom Fighter

Bustan, Bahri, Najamuddin
This article discusses the work of a figure of freedom fighters from Sidenreng Rappang South Sulawesi. The person in question is Usman Balo. He is known as a freedom fighter during the revolution in Sidenreng Rappang. Usman Balo is interesting to review because it is considered a controversial figure....

Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for COVID-19 Pandemic

Ziwei Wang
The COVID-19 has caused a global pandemic. Until now, it has had a dramatic impact on society worldwide. COVID-19 has presented numerous challenges to the medical area. Unlike traditional approaches restraining the spread of the pandemic, artificial intelligence (AI) assists in the COVID-19 crisis in...

Overview on the Developments and Applications of Hesitant Fuzzy Sets: An Uncertain Decision Making Tool

Bin Zhu, Zeshui Xu
Pages: 67 - 75
Recently, hesitant fuzzy sets perform as an emerging tool in decision making under uncertainty. This paper reviews the main relevant papers, which are published in international academic journals from 2010 to 2016, relating to the interpretations, modellings, and applications of hesitant fuzzy sets....

Development of Cloud Action for Seamless Robot Using Backpropagation Neural Network

Wisanu Jitviriya, Jiraphan Inthiam, Eiji Hayashi
Pages: 67 - 70
This paper presents the cloud action model for a five DOF Seamless robotic arm using the inverse kinematics solution based on artificial neural network (ANN). Levenberg-Marquardt method is used in training algorithm. The desired position and orientation of the end effector is defined as the input pattern...

Is My ODE a Painlevé Equation in Disguise?

Jarmo Hietarinta, Valery Dryuma
Pages: 67 - 74
Painlevé equations belong to the class y +a1 y 3 +3a2 y 2 +3a3 y +a4 = 0, where ai = ai(x, y). This class of equations is invariant under the general point transformation x = (X, Y ), y = (X, Y ) and it is therefore very difficult to find out whether two equations in this class are related. We describe...

Prediction Intervals for k-records in Terms of Current Records

M. Chahkandi, J. Ahmadi
Pages: 67 - 82
In this paper, we discuss the prediction of k-records from the future sequence based on observed current records of either kind upper or lower, record coverage and k-records from the same distribution. It is shown that the coverage probability of all proposed prediction intervals are distribution-free....
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Isokinetics Strength and Power of Female Field Hockey Players

Nining W Kusnanik, Fransisca JM Wijaya, Fifit Y Wulandari, Stephen P Bird
Many performances in sports including hockey players need strength and power. The purpose of this study was to investigate the strength and power of female field hockey players. Subjects were 11 female sub-elite field hockey players. Data was obtained from isokinetic strength and power test using a Cybex...

The Impact of Negative News on Athletes’ Performance on the Field

Bingkuan Zhang
The negative reports of various media have increasingly become an important factor affecting athletes’ competition attention and performance. This study proposes to study the impact of negative news on the athletes’ performance on the field. Negative news can affect athletes’ attention. This paper aims...

A3! Visual Novel Game as an Audio-Visual Media that Motivates Japanese Language Learning

Amalia Putri, Nurul Zia Aida, Renindra Atsilah Putri, Tazkia Syifa Arrahmah, Dewi Kusrini
Audio-visual is one of many learning media that may be utilized in language learning. Games are an example of audio-visual media, which is a means for transmitting information with both audio (sound) and visual (picture) characteristics. A3! is a visual novel game with a Japanese setting. The game includes...

Social Marketing of Muslim Women Organization Against Covid-19

Tri Hastuti Nur Rochimah, Hajar Nur Setyowati
This study is very important to explore how faith-based nonprofit organizations develop social marketing programs for prevention of Covid-19. There are not many studies on prevention programs that focus on role of religious groups in Covid-19 prevention efforts, even though this institution has a very...

Study on the Importance of “Jumping” in Chinese Classical Dance

Yanchi Zhou
In the process of dance performances, jumping movements can accurately express the emotional routes of the characters in dance works such as happiness, anger, sorrow and joy; jumping movements better show the charm of dance and create a better viewing experience for the audience; the degree of beauty...

Networks Mediation of Digital Marketing on Marketing Performance of Palu City SMEs in The New Normal Era

Ira Nuriya Santi, Muh. Faisal, Muzakir Muzakir, Benyamin Parubak, Rahmat Mubaraq
Digital marketing and networks is a strategy that can help SMEs to survive and even rise so that marketing performance does not drop considerably. This study aims to explore the influence of digital marketing on marketing performance and networks as a mediating variable in SMEs in Palu City. Data collection...

Characteristics of Terebang Gede Music, in Panggung Jati Studio, Serang City, Banten

Dandi Musa Al-Gaha Payad, Rita Milyartini
Terebang Gede is one of the Banten arts that has developed very well and rapidly. Terebang Gede has a characteristic in the concept of music that is sung, which is thick with Islamic nuances. The purpose of writing this article is to reveal the characteristics of the Terebang Gede music game at Sanggar...

Discovering the Properties of Light through the Ray of Light Learning in the Reggio Emilia Approach in Early Childhood Education

Sherin Maudri Asy’ari, Yeni Rachmawati
This research is driven by teachers’ understanding that optics learning is a difficult subject to be introduced to early childhood students. The reasons why it has not been delivered in early childhood education are the limited sources of teaching materials, the lack of understanding in the importance...

Exhaust Aftertreatment in Diesel Engine

Take Nanjing and Xi’an as Examples

Luechen Wang
As diesel engines are pervasively used in the transportation industry, the supervision and requirements on the exhaust emission from diesel engines are becoming stricter. Automobile manufacturers and exhaust designers are aiming at the development of diesel engines’ exhausts to match the standard of...
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Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution of Dustfall in Xi'an City, Northwest China

Ying Chen, Jianqiang Zhao, Wenjuan Yang, Bo Hu
Air pollution caused by Atmospheric Particulate Matter (APM) and its impacts have become one of the most important challenges for public health and environmental quality in China since 2000s. Here we report a study of heavy metal pollution in atmospheric deposition in Xi'an city. Dustfall samples were...

Research on the Role of High-tech Industry in Jilin Province's Regional Economic Growth

Jie Yao, Jin-shan Li
This paper first analyzed the overall status of high-tech industry in Jilin province from the following four aspects, including the development scale of high-tech enterprises, the changing tendency of main economic benefit indexes, the ability of easing employment pressure and the innovative ability....

About my soul and my song -- Interpretation of the cultural genes and national characteristics of contemporary fiber art works

Ling Chen
The paper selects two craftspeople coming from different countries, studies their art works and tries to find the home of human spirits and wisdom from these artists who have deep understand of craft. The paper appeals to adopt the new viewpoint of old craft and study the raw state and create the future...
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Filling of the Vertical Mine Workings with the Autoclave Slag-concrete

Andrey Uglyanitca, Kirill Solonin
The results of laboratory experimental research in the produc-tion of the filling autoclaved slag-concrete made of slag wastes and lime are considered in the article, the methods of filling of abandoned vertical mine workings with the slag-concrete blocks, which are made either directly in the mine working...
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Performance and Real-time Control of a Novel SBR Based on Simulating Photovoltaic Aeration for Organics Removal

Fangshu Ma, Beihai Zhou
A novel SBR based on simulating photovoltaic aeration for organics removal was established for rural sewage treatment. Short-term effects of aeration rate and temperature on soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD), ammonium (NH4+-N) and dissolved total phosphorous (DTP) removal processes were investigated,...
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Research on Water Level Sensing Technology of Changjiang River

Quan Wen
This paper firstly aims to survey the layout situation of water gauge in the jurisdiction of Changjiang River waterway maintenance management department, then, in terms of previous survey results, the research analyzes current problems of Changjiang water level sensing point layout and combines with...
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Joint PAPR Reduction Scheme in OFDM-PON Systems

Chunlei Zhang, Kai Zhao, Xunfa Yang
To meet the demands of different high bandwidth service, optical orthogonal frequency-division multiple access-based passive optical network (OFDM-PON) has been considered as one of the candidate for NG-PON2. In this paper, a joint peak-to-average power ration (PAPR) reduction scheme in OFDM-PON system...
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Study on the Application of the Pure Angle Measurement of the Photoelectric Detector in the Aerial Maneuvering Target-Take the photoelectric radar as an example

Jingfeng He
Photoelectric detector is widely used in the military; it is mainly used to measure the azimuth of the air target. This paper mainly studies the requirements of the aircraft maneuvering when the photoelectric detector is pure angle measurement of air maneuvering targets. According to the principle of...
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Research on Application of High Pressure Jet Grouting Impervious Wall on Manmade Island

Bin Li, Jian Yu
High pressure jet grouting seepage technology has gained improvement, it is widely used in water conservancy project as its technical advantage, but because of construction environment of offshore manmade island is more complex than water conservancy project, so its detection and construction technology...
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Design Idea and Model of Teaching System for Engineering Leadership

Liguo Wang, Shujuan Wang, Dong Hu
This paper studies the teaching system design and mode of specialty of HIT electrical engineering, highlighting the "research based, individualism, superior and international" engineering leadership training. We combine the theory of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and promotion of...
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Using Senior Project to improve Auto Insurance Course Teaching

Yali Yang, Renhong Juan, Hao Chen
Auto Insurance Course is a practice oriented course, with close relation with market and industry. Senior project is a platform for student to use their knowledge and develop their ability. Senor project is closely related with auto insurance course teaching, which can improve the teaching result of...
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Microbial communities of apple orchard soils receiving long-term copper fungicides

Wang Quanying, Zhou Dongmei
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of long-term application of Cu-based fungicides on soil microbial communities using profiling of phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs). The results showed that the total PLFA, Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, fungal PLFA contents, and fungi/bacteria...
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WordNet-Based Suffix Tree Clustering Algorithm

Qiuyue Dang, Jiwei Zhang, Yueming Lu, Kuo Zhang
High space cost and ignoring synonyms in STC (Suffix Tree Clustering algorithm) are challenges for search results clustering. Aiming at these challenges, this paper proposes a WordNet-based suffix tree clustering algorithm (WNSTC). WNSTC can construct a suffix tree containing WordNet synsets. When constructing...
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Alternative Approaches to the Modelling of Volatility in European Option Valuation

Yun Yin
This chapter uses four different models to value the option price: Random Walk (RW), ARCH, GARCH and TARCH. Each model is applied within a Monte-Carlo framework. I attempt to identify the best model in terms of their ability to predict the market price of the option

Research on Shuttlecock Activity for Special Big Break in Regular College

Bin Cao
Currently, since college students have difficulties in being interested in exercising, it is required to focus on mentality and physiology of college students; what’s more, Notification of Implementing Sunshine Sports for Hundreds of Millions Students in China was issued by Ministry of Education, State...
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Effect of Nano-TiN Particles on Ni-TiN Composite Coatings

Zunke Huai, Huan Nan, Feng Wang
Through the research on the performance of the Ni-TiN composite coatings prepared by ultrasound-electrodeposition technology and several experiments exploring the effect of nano TiN particles on the hardness, wear resistance, corrosion resistance and components of the composite coating. The result shows:...
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Multidisciplinary Collaborative Optimization Design for Oil Tanker Concept Design

Song Du, Yan Lin
The idea of multidisciplinary design optimization is applied to the solution of the optimization design of oil tankers. The multidisciplinary design optimization model is established according to the multi-objective and multi-constraints characteristics of the design of oil tanker. The optimization model...
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Analysis of Development Factors of Central Plains Aviation Logistics Based on ISM

Ying Xiong
Aviation logistics is emerging economies form and rapidly develops with the construction of air port. At present, the central plains of aviation logistics industry is rapidly developing, which can not only promote the economic development, offer opportunities of jobs and career, and become a driving...

Identification of Emotional Intelligences Level through Brainstorming Method and Its Impact on Students' Academic Achievement

Mr Almubarak
This study aimed to identify the level of emotional intelligences through brainstorming method and its impact on students' academic achievement. This study used quantitative descriptive research. The samples were determined by using purposive sampling technique from the students of Chemistry Education,...
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The lathe chuck wrench safety device design

Dachuan Chen
Lathe chuck wrench safety device design, can be in the process of lathe operations to better solve the problems of potential safety hazard, thus ensuring lathe application process, can have high security. In the process of lathe chuck wrench safety device design, to safe hidden trouble for lathe, grasp...
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Influence of Imidazole Carboxylic Acid-Nickel Complex on the Nacre Color in Pearl Oyster

Li-Li Ji, Lu Cai, Jian Guo, Wen-Dong Song
We synthesized an imidazole carboxylic acid-nickel complex, characterized its structure, and transmitted it to P. martensii via dietary algal supplementation. Nacre color was characterized using colorimetry, and its microstructure was observed with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force...