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Mediating Role of Synergy Effect of Merger and Acquisition in the Influence of Competitive Behavior on Enterprise Performance

Liangjun He, Xinyi Ma, Shenglei Pi
China's market segmentation has led to companies facing national and regional competition in domestic market after merger and acquisition. This paper adopts empirical study to explore the mediating role of synergy in the influence of competitive behavior on performance after Chinese enterprises mergers...

Factors Affecting the Willingness of Using Mobile Games of University Students in Taiwan

Lin Peng-chun, Lu Hsin-ke
The development of technology has gradually increased people’s reliance on mobile devices; users’ demands for mobile games also rose year by year, and this also creates a new and significant revenue source for the IT industry. In this study, the researcher had developed an “Instrument of the Willingness...

The Effects of Visual Mapping and Science-Related Attitudes on Students’ Problem Solving Skills

Muhammad Jamhari, Syarifuddin, Herbert Sipahutar
The aims of this study were to find out: (1) the effects of visual mapping on students’ problem solving skills, (2) the effects of science-related attitudes on students’ problem solving skills, and (3) the interactions between visual mapping and science-related attitudes on students’ problem solving...
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Research on the Teaching Mode of College Music Education Turning Class Based on MOOC

Yingxin Mao
Since the opening of the “MOOC” era in 2012, MOOC has triggered a “digital tsunami” in education. The construction of the MOOC platform in China has also developed rapidly. While developing rapidly, it is impossible to support students to complete the individualized learning of the whole subject according...

The Household Dynamism of A Community to Survive the Landscape Changes:t he Case Study of Kampung Laut Community in Segara Anakan, Cilacap, Indonesia

Leny Mahromatul Ulya, Prihandoko Sanjatmiko
The purpose of this paper is to understand the social dynamics of households in a particular community in surviving environmental changes caused by sedimentation process. The data is generated through qualitative research, with the data collected through inter-views and participant observation. The findings...

The Research of E-government on Big Data in China

Wei Lu
E-government is a useful way to facilitate the daily administration of government in order to deliver services and engage people in decision-making processes. In this paper, according to the situation of Chinese e-government ,the author analyzes the main role and development of Chinese e-government and...
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Making Bioetanol from Glucose Off Grade With Fermentation Process Using Fermiol

Ni Ketut Sari, Khurniawati Khurniawati, Uman Fathoni, Widi Wurjani
Fermentation can be defined as a process of anaerobic oxidation of carbohydrate which produces alcohol and carbon dioxide. Batch fermentation is fermentation system closed, where there is no addition of new media, there are no additions (O2), antifoam, acid/alkaline pH control is done in a way. the fermentation...

China Model: What Can Africa Learn from China’s Path?

Mekru Alemayehu Biniam
Africa and China have several similarities; both have a long history with beautiful cultures and traditions. Furthermore, they passed through misfortune periods. Besides, the continent of Africa & china had almost similar economic status before 50 or 60 years. But now their difference is very huge, China...
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Robot-assisted edge machining using special tooling

Aleksandr Belomesnykh, Alyona Sidorova, Aleksandr Chapyshev, Evgeniy Semyonov
The article analyzes the results of studies on robotassisted edge machining using specially designed tooling. Application of the specially designed tooling along with a synthesized system setting method ensured preset accuracy and surface quality, improved machining performance and operation stability
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A Study on FEM Modeling of High-speed Cutting Auto Panel Dies

Jingkui Ruan, Xueliang Zhou, Peiyao Wang
Finite element method (FEM) is an effective method to study high-speed cutting mechanism. To set up the FEM models of high-speed cutting auto panel dies, large deformation theory and virtual work principle were applied to study high-speed machining process. The finite element governing equation adapted...

9. Regulation and Social Changes within Public Bureaucracy

R.B. Soemanto
The socio-legal theory stated that a law is an instrument for social engineering (Pound, 1985). Social engineering is a process of a directed and planned social change. Organization of the public bureaucracy describes the process of achieving goals in which statuses and roles of persons organized under...
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Research on Influencing Factors of Usage Intension to Use Mobile Intelligent Wearable Device

Huijun Zhou, Jihkuang Chen
Although the rise of mobile intelligent wearable devices, however it is still in the primary stage and consumers have some doubts about its network stability and device stability. Therefore, what factors may affect the willingness and behavior of consumers to wear mobile intelligent devices will become...

Implementation of Scientific Approach by Sociology Teachers at Private Senior High Schools in Pontianak

Yohanes Bahari
This study was intended to describe the implementation of scientific approach by Sociology teachers at private senior high schools in Pontianak. The things described were the implementation of the following steps: (1) observing; (2) questioning; (3) reasoning; (4) communicating; (5) concluding and (6)...
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Ni/W/SBA-15 catalyst for Carbon dioxide reforming of methane

J. Huang, Jienan Zhang, Yue Zhang
Carbon dioxide reforming of methane over Ni/W/SBA-15 catalyst was studied. The catalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction, IR analysis, SEM and TD-DTA.The results indicated that Ni/W/SBA-15 catalyst typical mesoporous structure, uniform aperture, and only after the metal into the carrier SBA-15,...
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A Study on Exhaust Muffler Counteract

Yingli Shao
The exhaust noise, which falls into low-frequency noise, is the dominant noise source of a diesel engines and tractors. The traditional exhaust silencers, which are normally constructed by combination of expansion chamber, and perforated pipe or perforated board, are with high exhaust resistance, but...

Improving Education Quality Through Learning Paradigm in School

M. Zulkifli
The aim of this study is to describe the quality of education through the learning paradigm at school. The technique of writing is through the theories of education and learning in schools, and analyzed in descriptive qualitative, by considering the triangulation technique, source, and time. The results...

Depression outcomes among Chinese internal migrant workers: Comparisons among subgroups of internal migrant workers

Mi Zhou, Liuyin Tong
Migrant workers (MWS) are a large population (277 million by the end of 2015) in China, to date, very limited studies have focused on mental health of MWS especially with a nationally representative database. This study aims to provide insight into the distribution of depression outcomes of migrants...
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Study of Artificial Boundary Problems based on Numerical Manifold Method

Yang Li, Hong Zheng
The article uses and compares effects of two artificial boundary methods when they are applied to problems of stress waves in NMM methods. Starting from D'Alembert's solution, the article finds another way to exerting viscous boundary. By modeling in NMM method and exerting fixed boundary, viscous boundary...

European Integration and Contemporary Idea of Europe

Huarong Zhang
European integration has exerted a profound effect on contemporary idea of Europe. This paper tries to analyze first the background and cause then the detail of European integration, with the purpose of concluding its influence on the idea of Europe in the final part.

Land Suitability Evaluation for Rice Field: Farmers' Effort to Decrease Land Limitation in Mekarsari, South Kalimantan

Deasy Arisanty, Sidharta Adyatma, Ellyn Normelani
Land in Mekarsari Sub Dictrict could be classified as the swampy land. Swampy land was used as the rice field. The objectives of research was to evaluate the land suitability for rice field, and to analyze the farmers effort to overcome land limitation in Mekarsari Sub-district. Land unit map was used...
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Systematically and Fast Processing Fault on Power Distribution Grids Based on a Simplified Model Part II: Advanced Approaches

Yusheng Zhang, Jian Xue, Zhihua Zhang
This is Part II of a two-part paper which presents a methodology for fault location and isolation and service restoration (FLISR) for power distribution grids. The Criterion 1 discussed in Part I is adapted to locate faults when distributed generations (DGs) exist. For DGs with larger capacity, faults...

Research on the Parking Resource Sharing Model in Urban Residential Area

Bo Gao
In view of the parking problem in old city, the concept of parking sharing model is defined. The conditions and constraints of 4 types of sharing models are analyzed, respectively are the internal exploitation of residential areas, the sharing of surrounding roads, the sharing among different constructions...

The effect of corporate governance on the capital structure of non-financial companies in the period of 2011-2015

Arif Herlambang, Werner R. Murhadi, Giovani Anggasta Susanto
The purpose of the research was to analyze the effect of Corporate Governance on the Company's Capital Structure. The variable used in this study were director size, outside commissioner, director ownership, institutional investor, audit quality, CEO tenure, size, growth, profitability, and intangible...
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Trajectory Tracking Control of Deep Sea Mining Vehicle Based on Iterative Learning Algorithm

Yun Liu, Shanshan Guo
In this paper, an open-loop and closed-loop iterative learning control algorithm based on iterative learning theory is proposed to study the working characteristics and control technology of deep-sea mining vehicles. In this method, the deviation of the heading angle and the trajectory deviation are...

Activity daily living (ADL) of young people with intellectual disabilities

Yustika Dewi Yustika Tri, Nurliana Apsari Nurliana Cipta, Budhi Wibhawa Budhi, Sahadi Humaedi Sahadi
Intellectual disability is one of mental disorder occured during developmental time and resulting low intellectual function compare to average people in general and also the decreasing function of adaptive behavior. Adaptive behavior is the ability to conduct daily activities such as communicating, socializing,...

Characteristics of Students' Mental-Modeling Ability Based on Physics Problem Solving

Supriyadi, Jusman Mansyur
This research aimed to explore and to describe characteristics of mental-modeling abilities (MMA) of prospective physics teachers based on physics problem-solving activity. Respondents of the research were two students from a selection test. The selected respondents were two categories (in their group)...
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Identifying Route Preferences over Origin-Destination Using Cellular Network Data

Zhichao Guo, Tongyu Zhu
Current research on studying people's routing behavior focus on how to provide the minimum cost routes while ignore users' preference. Therefore, to analyze user's routing preference, identifying routes they actually choose is a crucial task. Cellular network data contains sufficient spatio-temporal...
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Optimization of Network Signal Timing Based on Dynamic Traffic Guidance

Yanlong Chu
Under the condition of dynamic traffic guidance, the path selection behavior of divers would results in the new road network traffic condition, and then the influence of traffic flow on network signal timing optimization must be taken into account in the process of matching. This paper presented the...

Exploration and Analysis of the Reform of Cultivation Model for Animation Talent in Colleges and Universities in the Age of Big Data

Hui Xie, Feng Qi
Since the 21st century, the development of Internet information technology has been very rapid. New concepts such as big data, "Internet plus" and cloud computing have entered the public view one by one and raised the frenzy of the industrial revolution. The same is true in education industry. The process...
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What Is Artificial General Intelligence? Clarifying The Goal For Engineering And Evaluation

Mark R. Waser
Artificial general intelligence (AGI) has no consensus definition but everyone believes that they will recognize it when it appears. Unfortunately, in reality, there is great debate over specific examples that range the gamut from exact human brain simulations to infinitely capable systems. Indeed, it...
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Simulation Study on the Design-number of Twin Vane Spin Core Nozzle

Ma Su-Ping, Gao Qi-Feng
When designing twin vane spin core water atomizing nozzle, it should have an appropriate ratio between the cavity aperture and the exit diameter of nozzle, we call it design-number. It not only affects the spray spread angle, also affects the flow passage size of the nozzle internal at the spin core....
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SWOT Analysis for Shanghai’s Serviced Apartment

Hong Shen, Zhenzhen Jiang
With the acceleration of building Shanghai as an international financial center, a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises and foreign firms are stepping up to seize the market. Business and tourism floating population keep increasing. Data of the 6th Population Census showed that Shanghai’s...
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Time-varying LQG control for vibration of coupled vehicle-bridge system

G. Song
Time-varying linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG) control for vibration of coupled vehicle-bridge system is studied. The vehicle is modeled as a moving mass model with three degrees of freedom, which consists of vehicle body, bogie and wheel. Active suspensions are adopted for the primary and secondary ones,...
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A SNMP-base broadcast storm identification method in VLAN

Chunjin Zhang, Shujuan Ji
How to discover, identify, and stop a broadcast storm is an important problem that has to be considered in the design of networks and in the implementation of network security policies. This paper first studies the factors that cause a broadcast storm and the dynamic change rules of interfaces’ traffics...
Research Article

Importance of the aortic reservoir in determining the shape of the arterial pressure waveform – The forgotten lessons of Frank

Justin E. Davies, Nearchos Hadjiloizou, Debora Leibovich, Anura Malaweera, Jordi Alastruey-Arimon, Zachary I. Whinnett, Charlotte H. Manisty, Darrel P. Francis, Jazmin Aguado-Sierra, Rodney A. Foale, Iqbal S. Malik, Kim H. Parker, Jamil Mayet, Alun D. Hughes
Pages: 40 - 45
It has been recognised for nearly 200 years that the human pressure waveform changes in shape with ageing and disease. The shape of the pressure waveform has been explained in terms of two fundamental models: the Windkessel (reservoir) and wave theory. In its simplest form the Windkessel model satisfactorily...

Computer-Aided Drawing Learning Method to Improve Students’ Cognitive and Psychomotor Aspects in Computer-Aided Drawing Competence

Triono Subagio, Nur Qudus
Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawing learning, especially 2-dimensional modelling, continues to be developed so that learning outcomes follow the standards accepted by the business world / the construction service industry. CAD learning methods are directed at improving aspects of CAD understanding and...
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Epitope Prediction from Genes Encoding F Protein of Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) Isolates Swan (Cygnus Olor) for Vaccine Development to Prevent Infectious Disease

Naimah Putri, Rahaju Ernawati, Suwarno, Jola Rahmahani, Fedik Rantam
Currently, the poultry industry is threatened by virulent viruses of endemic disease that can cause major economis losses to this sector. Aim of this research was conducted to epitope prediction from genes encoding F protein of Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) isolated from waterfowl. Samples of this research...
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Research on Modes and Defiance of Big Data and Cloud Computing

Manish Bhardwaj, Arti Sharma
Huge data is presently one among the foremost basic rising advances. vast information area unit used as an inspiration that alludes to the failure of customary data structures to proficiently upset the new informational indexes. The 4V’s of huge statistics – volume, speed, assortment & truthfulness define...

The Improvement of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Achievement Through Principal’s Transformational Leadership

Tazkiyatul Ala’i
This study aims to find out whether the Islamic Elementary School (Madrasah Ibtidaiyah) achievement can improve through principal’s transformational leadership. The methodology of this research is descriptive qualitative which is designed to collect data and information in depth. Data collection is done...

Analysis of Entrepreneurial Marketing Canvas on Small-Scale Business

Danica Elma Edwina, Rahma Wahdiniwaty
This research aimed to analyze the entrepreneurship and marketing model adopted from the newest model of Entrepreneurial Marketing Canvas (EMC). This marketing model was combination of marketing strategy, financial strategy, and organization. The subject of this research is one of muslim fashion industries...

The Role of Siti Walidah in the Women’s Emancipation Process in the World of Education Through ‘Aisyiyah in Banyumas District

Tri Mulyani, Zulkarnain
The purpose of this study was to determine the progress and struggle of Siti Walidah in upholding women’s equality and its role in advancing education through the organization ‘Aisyiyah. The research method used is the study of literature. The results showed that the role of Siti Walidah in the emancipation...

Self-Regulated Learning Constructions for First Middle School Students

Dahlia Mulyawati, Nurhudaya, Iding Tarsidi
Self-regulated learning has benefits for students and teachers. The benefits of self-regulated Learning for students, namely students can control learning behavior and control the environment so that they are effective in achieving their learning goals. Whereas for teachers is a learning strategy or...

The Effect of Work Motivation and Organizational Commitment on Teacher’s Work Ethics

Dahliana Dahliana, Sukarman Purba
The purpose of this study was to determine (1) the direct effect of work motivation on organizational commitment, (2) the direct effect of work motivation on the work ethic of the teacher, (3) the direct effect of organizational commitment on the teacher’s work ethic. This type of research is descriptive...
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The Condition of Flora and Vegetation in the Disturbed Lands of the Eastern Fore-Caucasus (As Exemplified by the Kuma Region Landscapes)

V.N. Belous, A.V. Lykhvar, M.Kh. Alikhadzhiev, R.S. Erzhapova
A large proportion of the Lower Kuma region shows large scale negative changes due to uncontrolled grazing, which are characterized by the emergence of non-stable communities. They feature a poorer composition, a simpler structure and lower values of projective cover, medium height of grass stand, along...
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Role of the Cortisol Hormone, Interleukin-5 Level, and Asthma Control Ability in Atopy Persistent Asthma

Rahmaya Nova, Faisal Yunus, Ermita Isfandiary, Iris Rengganis
Introduction: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the respiratory tract. The interaction among several hormones and mediators causes asthma symptoms. This study aimed to identify a correlation between the cortisol hormone, interleukin-5 level, and asthma control in asthma atopy persistent. Materials...

Recognizing How the Time Demands of Work Influences the Turnover Intention in Banking Industry

Dian Faqihdien Suzabar, Mochamad Soelton, Muhamad Umar, Jaka Triwulan
This research aims to know the influence of work stress, workload and time demands of work to turnover intention in Banking Industry. The object for this research is employee at teller and front office banking. This research was done to 75 respondents by using quantitative descriptive approach. This...

Impact of Social Assistance Training on the Improvement of Performance of Labor Social Community at Balai Besar Pendidikan dan Pelatihan Kesejahteraan Sosial Bandung, Indonesia

Gallex Simbolon, Yusuf Bayu Melani
This study was to determine the impact of training on the quality of the work social assistance Social Workers Society (TKSM) at the Center for Social Welfare Training Centre (BBPPKS) II regional Bandung. In addition to knowing the impact also to know the process of implementation of the training program...

Integration of Tsou Culture into Innovative Poster Creation

Hsiu Ching Laura Hsieh, Po Chun Chan
With the globalization of the modern society, many school children continually absorb foreign popular culture while ignoring the value of their own culture, resulting in the gradual diminishing and disappearing of the rich and historical aboriginal culture. The research explores on the method of applying...
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Rumah Sobat: Integrated Self-Care Group for Leprosy in Jayapura City, Papua Province

Antonius Oktavian, Hana Krismawati, Yuli Arisanti, Ratna Tanjung
Leprosy is a chronic communicable and becomes neglected disease. Papua Province still become a leprosy pocket area in Indonesia, including Jayapura City. One of leprosy pocket area in Jayapura City is Hamadi. Based on data, there were 131 active leprosy patients in Hamadi Public Health Centre (PHC) until...

Challenges of Smart City: Local Government in Pekanbaru City and Community

Geovani Meiwanda
Every government in the region along with its ranks is entering the era of digital governance that demands all supporting elements in the government to be carried out by the Pekanbaru City Government. Smart City Madani is the tagline of the City of Pekanbaru since the reign of Mayor serving Firdaus,...