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P.033 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ARTERIAL WAVE REFLECTIONS AND PENILE DOPPLER FINDINGS IN HYPERTENSIVE MEN WITH VASCULOGENIC ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION

C. Vlachopoulos, N. Ioakeimidis, K. Rokkas, K. Aznaouridis, A. Tsokanis, A. Samentzas, C. Fassoulakis, C. Stefanadis
Pages: 60 - 60
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6.6 AORTIC-BRACHIAL STIFFNESS MISMATCH IN PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS

Ekaterina Starostina, Elena Troitskaya, Yulia Kotovskaya, Zhanna Kobalava
Pages: 60 - 61
Background: Patients with type 2 diabetes have a high risk of CVD. Arterial stiffness gradient is a new prognostic predictor of mortality previously assessed only in dialysis population1–2. The aim of the study was to assess arterial stiffness and stiffness gradient in diabetic patients with arterial...
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P.032 GRADED ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LARGE ARTERY STIFFNESS AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION SEVERITY AND DURATION IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSIVE MEN

N. Ioakeimidis, C. Vlachopoulos, A. Samentzas, A. Tsokanis, G. Antoniou, K. Rokkas, A. Askitis, C. Stefanadis
Pages: 60 - 60
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6.5 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INCREASED ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AND HBA1C AND LDL CHOLESTEROL LEVEL IN TYPE 2 DIABETES PATIENTS

Ilona Hegyi, Terez Szabo, Eszter Szele, Istvan Vasas
Pages: 60 - 60
Background: In patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) the atherosclerosis apper in younger age, in both gender and the cardiovascular risk is much higher. The aim of our study was to examine the association between pulse wave velocity (PWV) and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and low density lipoprotein...

Solar and Wind Energy are More Than Mainstreams: Global Trends

Anna Tarasova, Larisa Gorina, Tatiana Freze
The article aims at describing the status quo and analyzing the factors that encourage countries around the globe to opt for alternative energy sources. There is a constant growth in volumes energy consumption, which is associated with the stability of the global economy, increasing costs for heating...
Conference Abstract

P.031 CHRONIC COFFEE CONSUMPTION HAS A LESS POTENT EFFECT ON AORTIC STIFFNESS THAN CAFFEINE

N. Ioakeimidis, C. Vlachopoulos, N. Alexopoulos, I. Dima, P. Xaplanteris, A. Gravos, K. Baou, C. Stefanadis
Pages: 60 - 60
Conference Abstract

5.5 IMPACT OF PULMONARY ENDARTERECTOMY ON PULMONARY ARTERIAL WAVE PROPAGATION AND RESERVOIR FUNCTION

Junjing Su, Alun Hughes, Ulf Simonsen, Jens Erik Nielsen-Kudsk, Kim Parker, Luke Howard, Søren Mellemkjaer
Pages: 60 - 61
Background: Recent studies have demonstrated distinctive arterial wave characteristics in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)1. Therefore, we aimed to assess the impact of pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) on pulmonary arterial wave propagation and reservoir function in CTEPH...
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6.4 LARGE AND SMALL ARTERY CROSSTALK IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES

Jonathan Mathias Baier, Esben Laugesen, Søren Tang Knudsen, Per Løgstrup Poulsen, Toke Bek
Pages: 60 - 60
Background: Vascular complications to diabetes mellitus have, traditionally, been divided in to micro- and macroangiopathy. However, a growing body of evidence has put this categorical division into question, as large artery stiffness has been associated with microvascular complications in diabetics,...
Proceedings Article

Opportunities for the Development of North Asia in the “One Belt - One Road” Project: Problems and Solutions

Suocheng Dong, Tamir Boldanov, Arnold Tulokhonov, Tcogto Bazarzhapov, Ayana Yangutova, Yang Yang, Fujia Li
The economy is entering a new phase of post-covid development. It is necessary to take into account new trends in economic development and transport corridors. The study analyzes the existing economic corridors, examines the existing opportunities for further development of Russian-Chinese cooperation...

Kansei Impression and Automated Color Image Arrangement Methods (incl. erratum)

Yusuke Kawakami, Tetsuo Hattori, Yoshiro Imai, Haruna Matsushita, Hiromichi Kawano, R.P.C. Janaka Rajapakse
Pages: 60 - 67
This paper proposes a new color image arrangement method using an elastic transform on some kinds of axes. In this paper, we present the principle of our method using HMGD (Histogram Matching based on Gaussian Distribution). And we describe that the automated method applies the HMGD to input color image...

Comparison of Hash Table Performance with Open Addressing and Closed Addressing: An Empirical Study

Dapeng Liu, Shaochun Xu
Pages: 60 - 68
In this paper, we conducted empirical experiments to study the performance of hashing with a large set of data and compared the results of different collision approaches. The experiment results leaned more to closed addressing than to open addressing and deemed linear probing impractical due to its low...

The beta exponentiated Lindley distribution

J.A. Rodrigues, A.P.C.M. Silva, G.G. Hamedani
Pages: 60 - 75
In this work, we study the beta exponentiated Lindley distribution which includes as special cases several models such as the Lindley, exponentiated Lindley and beta Lindley distributions. Some structural properties of the proposed distribution are studied including expressions for the moments. The estimation...

An Authentication Method Independent of Tap Operation on the Touchscreen of a Mobile Device

Hisaaki Yamaba, So Nagatomo, Kentaro Aburada, Shinichiro Kubota, Tetsuro Katayama, Mirang Park, Naonobu Okazaki
Pages: 60 - 63
At the present time, mobile devices such as tablet-type PCs and smart phones have widely penetrated into our daily lives. Therefore, an authentication method that prevents shoulder surfing is needed. We are investigating a new user authentication method for mobile devices that uses surface electromyogram...

A Basis of Conservation Laws for Partial Differential Equations

A.H. Kara, F.M. Mahomed
Pages: 60 - 72
The classical generation theorem of conservation laws from known ones for a system of differential equations which uses the action of a canonical Lie­Bäcklund generator is extended to include any Lie­Bäcklund generator. Also, it is shown that the Lie algebra of Lie­Bäcklund symmetries of a conserved...

Antireduction and exact solutions of nonlinear heat equations

Wilhelm Fushchych, Renat Zhdanov
Pages: 60 - 64
We construct a number of ansatzes that reduce one-dimensional nonlinear heat equations to systems of ordinary differential equations. Integrating these, we obtain new exact solution of nonlinear heat equations with various nonlinearities.

From Fuzzy Clustering to a Fuzzy Rule-Based Classification Model

Enrico Zio, Piero Baraldi, Irina Crenguta Popescu
Pages: 60 - 76
The applicability in practice of a diagnostic tool is strongly related to the physical transparency of the un- derlying models, for the interpretation of the relationships between the involved variables and for direct model inspection and validation. In this work, a methodology is developed for transforming...

On the Origins of Symmetries of Partial Differential Equations: the Example of the Korteweg-de Vries Equation

Keshlan S. Govinder, Barbara Abraham-Shrauner
Pages: 60 - 68
Type II hidden symmetries of partial differential equations () are extra symme- tries in addition to the inherited symmetries of the differential equations which arise when the number of independent and dependent variables is reduced by a Lie point symmetry. (Type I hidden symmetries arise in the increase...

Accuracy Evaluation of C4.5 and Naive Bayes Classifiers Using Attribute Ranking Method

S. Sivakumari, R. Praveena Priyadarsini, P. Amudha
Pages: 60 - 68
This paper intends to classify the Ljubljana Breast Cancer dataset using C4.5 Decision Tree and Nai?ve Bayes classifiers. In this work, classification is carriedout using two methods. In the first method, dataset is analysed using all the attributes in the dataset. In the second method, attributes are...

Exploring the Role of Size in Use Behaviour of Knowledge Management System: An Australian Study

Jun Xu, Mohammed Quaddus
Pages: 60 - 70
This paper reports a recent study investigating the role of business size in use behaviour of knowledge management system. A knowledge management system use behaviour model was developed from Ventatash et al.’s 1 unified theory of acceptance & use of technology model, and the developed model was tested...

Analysis on the Marketing Strategy of MXBC MilkTea

Ziwen Chen
This paper studies the reasons for the success of MXBC marketing strategy. With the early background information of the MXBC and Industry, this article adopted the secondary research method to collect essential data and information. The purpose of conducting this research is to reveal the marketing strategy...

Marketing Strategies for E-commerce Websites Under the New Media Trend

Yinlu Li
With the continuous development of information technology in China, it has become an indispensable part in the daily life and production. As an economic model based on extended information technology, E-commerce technology has gradually been accepted by the public, from the traditional passive acceptance...
Proceedings Article

Characterization and Antioxidant Activity of Nanoparticles Loaded Jacfruit Leaf Extract (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lamk.)

Dina Permata Wijaya, Mardiyanto, Herlina, Vabiola Besti Delmoda
Jackfruit leaves extract (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lamk.) which contained flavonoid as an antioxidant was unstable and sensitive to environmental conditions. Preparation of nanoparticles loaded jackfruit leaf extract aimed to increase the antioxidant activity through optimal delivery system and maintain...

Analysis of Japanese Adverbs in Japanese Drama Suizokukan Gaaru

Alviano Aditya Fauzi, Dewi Kusrini
This study aims to determine the adverbs that are often used by Japanese people in daily conversation. The data used in this study is a Japanese drama called “Suizokukan Gaaru” aired in NHK in 2016. This drama was used considering a lot of scenes that depict conversations in family and work environment....

Issues That Students Majoring in Theater, Film and Television Performance Should Pay Attention to in Rehearsals

Jin Zhigang
For students majoring in theater, film and television performance in China, their emotional experience often comes from film and television works. When referring to or even copying other peoples’ sentiments in artworks for their own rehearsals, students’ performances will thus lack genuine feelings....

Immersion, Integration and Exploration -- The Realistic Path of Content Production Enabled by Virtual Reality Technology

Zhao Wenxuan, Wang Desheng
The application of digital technology has caused shock and repercussions in the media industry. The media production paradigm with emerging technologies such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence, big data and 5g as the core reprogrammes the media: the communication media are loaded digitally,...

Digital Transformation and Enterprise Total Factor Productivity - Empirical Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies

Zheng Xiao
Accelerating the promotion of digital transformation of enterprises is the only way to achieve high-quality economic development in China. This paper uses the method of machine learning to measure the digitalization level of enterprises, and uses the A - share data of listed companies from 2011 to 2018...

The Development of Spring Encyclopedia in Klaten as Social Studies Learning Media for Middle and Islamic Middle School students

Asna Nur Rachma, Puspita Indra Wardhani
The research and development were carried out at Islamic Middle school 5 Klaten. The school has never used the surrounding environment as a learning resource and has not had a learning media such as an encyclopedia for social studies learning activities in the classroom. The research and development...

DEA-based Achievements Estimate of Technology Investment

Qian Wang, Yuxin Zhao, Xiaoyu Wang
In recent years, domestic R&D funding has maintained rapid growth, and scientific and technological innovation has achieved fruitful results. However, compared with the world’s technological powers, the technological foundation is still weak. Science and technology R&D activities are a typical...

Hurtt’s Professional Skepticism, Auditor Demographics, and Fraud Detection in the Indonesian Audit Environment

Made Dudy Satyawan, Ni Nyoman Alit Triani, Ambar Kusumaningsih, Sharifah Nazatul Faiza Syed Mustapha Nazri
This study aims to examine the effect of auditors’ skepticism using the Hurtt (2010) scale measurement and the demographic aspects of auditors in detecting fraud that is most appropriate to the current audit environment in Indonesia. The use of the questionnaire survey method with more data in the form...

Segment Bull Market Under Covid-19 Pandemic

Jingyi Liu, Dahong Wang, Yixuan Zhu
The COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted the global economy in multiple ways. This research explores the impact of the pandemic on the stock market by focusing on the segment bull market. Firstly, the factors that motivate the emergence of a segment bull market are discussed. Then, this research analyzes...
Proceedings Article

A Lunar Terrain Auto Recognition Algorithm by Gushing and Immersion

Yiren Chang, Zhankai Li
Due to the rapid development of science and technology, automatic terrain recognition is becoming more and more important. Mare and highland are two main lunar terrain units. Quick and accurate identification for mare and highland is important basis for various lunar researches. This paper provides an...

Land System Reform in Urbanization Process

Xin Yang
The so-called urbanization refers to the process that farmers occupying most of the population in agricultural society change occupation and migrate place of residence. Land plays a pivotal role in it. It is the reason that our country focuses on researching land issues through the years. This article...
Proceedings Article

Effect of Ce on Deformation Performance of ZK20 Magnesium Alloy

Quan Li, Weibo Zhu, Bin Zeng, Xianquan Jiang
In this paper, Effect of different contents of Ce on the Mechanical Properties of ZK20 magnesium alloy and thermal deformation behavior, through the use of room temperature tensile and compression test thermal simulation, analysis Ce element is present in the form of ZK20 magnesium alloy and its alloys...

Geological Parks, Eco-tourism and Sustainable Development

Jian-Xinog Qin
Based on the comparative analysis of the definition of geological parks, ecological tourism and sustainable development, this paper discusses the dialectical relationship between the geological parks, ecological tourism and sustainable development. The geological park is an important part of the ecological...

A Study on competitive advantage and risk management of trade between Guangxi and Asean-countries

Jun Huo, Ke Zhuang, Dalei Qin
The establishment of CAFTA(China-ASEAN Free Trade Area)and the implementation of the Belt and Road initiative will explore new growth of trade between Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and ASEAN countries. This paper describes the competitive advantages of Guangxi and explains how to avoid competitive...

Additive Manufacturing for Enhanced Cooling in Moulds for Casting

Even Wilberg Hovig, Vegard Brøtan, Knut Sørby
Additive manufacturing allows new design solutions for moulds and dies that can improve quality and productivity in casting processes. Complex cooling channels made by additive manufacturing give fast and reliable cooling and a more accurate control of the solidification. The paper shows a comparison...
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The Design and Implementation of High Precision and Low Power Wireless Temperature Sensor

Yanping Wang, Hanxi Li, Yuchen Wang, Huan Le
This paper presents a design method of high precision wireless temperature sensor, the sensor consists of 16 high-performance low-power processor MSP430F149, Sub-1G RF transceiver chip SI4432, four-wire positive temperature coefficient temperature sensitive resistor PT100, the high resolution of AD conversion...

Data structure teaching method to cultivate students' innovation ability as the core

Hongzhen Chen, Dianhui Chu, Chunshan Li, Guoru Li
The target of this paper is to cultivate students' innovative ability. According to data structure teaching process, this paper proposed teaching design concept of double mainline firstly. Then, in order to reflect the innovative thinking to data structure course, this paper constructed three-layer teaching...
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The Generalized Extreme Value Model for Seismic Hazard Estimation of Potential Source Area based on Maximum Information Entropy Principle

Luchuan Ren, Zhe Liu, Jianwei Tian
The author proposes a method to establish the generalized extreme value model for strong earthquake hazard estimation of a potential source area, based on the maximum information entropy principle and corresponding constraint conditions, and then selects the Ryukyu trench subduction zone as a potential...
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An Investigation of Range-velocity Deception Jamming Modeling

Ying Xiong, Hai yan Gu, Bin Tang, Yong qiang Zhang
This paper explores the modeling method of range-velocity deception jamming, which can deceive the victim radar on range and velocity information simultaneously. By analysis of the producing mechanism, maneuvering strategies and pulling rules of this jamming, the basic mathematical models are established...
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A Fast Algorithm of the Geomagnetic Correlation Matching Based on MSD

Weinan Xie, Zhenshen Qu, Qinghua Li
In this paper, a fast algorithm of the geomagnetic correlation matching based on MSD (mean square difference) is proposed. According to Taylor formula, the expression of MSD is transformed using the gradient of the magnetic field intensity. By introducing the parallelism constraint, the regularization...
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An Elliptic Curve Based Authentication Scheme for RFID

Changsheng Wan, Lin Zhou, Jie Huang, Juan Zhang
To solve the problems of consumers’ security and privacy, a new RFID authentication method based on the elliptic curve is proposed. Comparing with other asymmetric cryptography, this method has stronger security, shorter key length, less computation. This scheme makes the reader and the writer being...
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The Exploration on Innovation of Analog Electronic Technology Course

Liu Jun, Wang Qi
This article carries on a detailed analysis and study on content, teaching methods and the problems of experimental teach-ing in the analog electronic technolo-gy(AET) course. It proposes the relevant scope, strategies and principles about teaching innovation of it. It introduces the contents and stages...
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Empirical Research on the Coupling Relationship Between P.E. Teachers Occupation Burnout and Stress Coping Styles Based on Covariation Model

Bofei Xie
The higher vocational college sports teachers' job burnout has very important significance for today's professional colleges and universities sports education development and PE teachers' professional responsibility research. This paper firstly analysis the formation of teachers' occupational tiredness...
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A Probe into the Index System of Organizational Effectiveness Evaluation based on the Corporate Strategy

Dan Wang
The Index System of Organizational Effectiveness Evaluation (ISOEE) makes a comprehensive evaluation of the organizational effectiveness of the corporate units of different functional orientation and different natures, with a view to reaching an overall assessment of the operating conditions of the conglomerate...
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The Research of 3D Reconstruction Based on Single Image

Yong Zhang, Li Zhang
Traditional silhouette extraction algorithm is easy to cause disconnection problem, this article adopts the method of threshold segmentation and morphology repair to extract a more complete outline. The conventional SFS minimization algorithm extracted 3D information with a consistent smooth factor will...
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Study on Positioning System Based on Wireless Sensor Network

Lijun Liu, Siwen Luo, Jun Gui
The positioning technology of wireless sensor is the premise in the application of wireless sensor network and has high application prospect and research value. The positioning technology based on received signal strength (RSSI) and the working principle were studied in the paper. The error and compensation...
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Can Big Auditors Increase Enterprises Value ——An Empirical Study Based on A Stock Market in China

Cunyan Zhang, Haiping Lv, Yahui Tian, Cairong Wang
Based on the large sample data of 2009-2011 A-shares market, the paper tests whether the current capital market in China has cultivated higher quality auditors by studying whether big auditors can increase clients’ market value. The results were analyzed by multiple regression analyses. It shows that...
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A matching algorithms based on the depth first search for the general graph

Chengcheng Yu, Zhonge Sheng
In this paper, a matching algorithm of general graph based on depth-first traversal is proposed. The algorithm does not need to shrink and expand treatment when a flower is searched. This algorithm’s time complexity of search an augmenting path is equal to corresponding graph’s depth-first traversal...