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The Effect of Experimental Skills toward Senior High School Students’ Critical Thinking Abilities through Discovery Learning Model

Laili Komariyah, Mira Karimah
The experimental skill is an ability in which students are able to do the experiment, observe the processes, and write the result of their experiment. Critical thinking is skillful in thinking deeply about the problem or something, such as knowledge about methods, investigation and rational thinking,...

Local-content English Expression for Homestay Host

Alief Noor Farida, Rini Susanti Wulandari
Becoming homestay hosts for foreigners is not easy as they have to have English skill to communicate with the guests. They need to master, at least, the English expressions to serve the guests at their house. In addition, they also need to understand their local culture to be shown to the guests. To...

Strategies to Improve the Classroom Teaching Efficiency of College Students under the Network Environment — For Chinese University Education

Ruili Song, Bo Wang
The goal of this paper is to propose strategies to improve the classroom teaching efficiency of college students based on the current advantages of the Internet. The reform of teaching mode is the key to promote the classroom teaching efficient of college students in China. The practice and exploration...

Customer Satisfaction on Company Image and Its Impact on Loyalty of Banking Service Industry Customers in Bali

Ni Luh W. Sayang Telagawathi, Ni Made Dwi Ariani Mayasari, Ni Nyoman Yulianthini
As the development of the research made by Andres Kuusik,(2007), the primary purpose of this research was to examine the effect of the customer satisfaction, the company image, switching barrier, and the loyalty of the customers with the banking as an empirical hypothesis. This research found that the...

The Tradition of Visiting the Graveyard: A Theological Study on the Ways of Timorese Christians Honoring and Remembering the Dead

Ebenhaizer I. Nuban Timo
There is controversy among Christians about whether it is proper or not to visit the grave of a beloved one. First group regards that habit as idolatry while the second accepts it as a form of honoring and expressing love to those who were worthy with the exception of not talking to the dead. This article...

Enhancing the Effectiveness of Control-Checking Activity of Tax Authorities

A.V. Klimova, A. V. Svistunov
Nowadays the problem of an effective state taxation policy that could provide Russian economic security is particularly relevant. The main source of budget replenishment is tax revenues. The article represents the analysis of monitoring activity of the interdistrict tax office and identifies current...

Teaching Reform and Practice of the Course — Taking the Textile Foreign Trade Documentary (Bilingual) as an Example

Jinfeng Wang, Weilai Chen, Ming Weng
Analysis on the global economic malaise era of China's foreign trade development status quo, Belt and Road Initiative, CDIO engineering education and documentary talents demand status of modern textile trade, based on training mode of textile trade documentary talents in China needs, we explore and practice...

The Comparison of Segmental Phonological Structure of Words in Arabic of Egypt and Syria

Abdullah
The main focus of this study is to describe the order of sound in two variation of Arabic language namely Egypt and Syria. The segmental phonological structure of words in these two languages is represented as language specific phonotactic templates especially the syllable structure in words. The aims...
Proceedings Article

The Importance of Roof Thermal Insulation: Awareness among Professionals and Terrace House Occupants

Farhana Mohd Razif, Mohd Hamdan Ahmad, Leng Pau Chung
Terrace houses are the typical housing typology in Malaysia. Thus, study on thermal comfort is always associated with terrace houses. Installing roof thermal insulation is important in energy saving, however, due to the availability of air conditioning it has not been a regular practice. To reduce air...

Lexical Density V.S. Grammatical Intricacy: How Are They Related?

Hermawati Syarif
Lexical density and grammatical intricacy are the two devices that should be taken into account in academic writing. The paper aims at explaining how lexical density (LD) and grammatical intricacy (GI) shown in students’ academic writing. The data were taken from the introduction section of thesis proposals...

Strengthening the Identity of Geopark Ciletuh through Creating Various Batik Motifs Using Beautiful Natural Environment

Bandi Sobandi, Herry Santosa
Pakidulan Batik development is an effort to support the position of Ciletuh Palabuhanratu as a Global Geopark given by UNESCO. The nomination as a global geopark represents a part of inheritance and educational process to Indonesian citizen through cultural diversity. Therefore, this study aims to describe...
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Optimization Of The Rotational Speed Of Homogenizers In The Production Of VCO Emulsion Using Soy Lecithin As The Emulsifier

Andi Haslinah, Setyawati Yani, Andi Aladin
This research aims to determine the optimum rotational speed of homogenizers in the production of VCO emulsion using soy lecithin as the emulsifier. This research began with determination of the rotational speed, where water and VCO were added into a measuring cup according to the predetermined volume,...

Prejudice: Sources, Types And Reducing Among Martial Arts Colleges In Madiun

Ika Herani, Afifah Nur Hidayah, Rahma Ulifa
The conflict between two martial arts colleges is very interesting to study. This study aims to identify sources, types of prejudice and ways to reduce prejudices. This study uses qualitative methods with phenomenological approaches and data analysis models of Moustakas. Data collection techniques using...

Suntiang as the Culture Identity on the Marapulai Basuntiang Wedding Ceremony at Nagari Indrapura Pancung Soal District Pesisir Selatan

Elsa Dwi Nanda, Elida, Daryusti
Marapulai basuntiang it’s one of the unique culture that are a groom using suntiang at the middle of ceremony in marriage in Nagari Indrapura. This tradition has been using by the people from the old generations untill now. Its became typical of Nagari Indrapura. The purpose of this research is to express...

Teaching Reform of Analog Electronic Technology Based on CDIO

Juan Wang, Yubing Li, Lihua Li, Yunfang Xie, Na Li, Limin Shao
This paper explores how to cultivate students with innovative consciousness in the course of Analog Electronic Technology under the environment of national innovation. On analysis of the drawbacks of the current curriculum, the teaching group integrated the curriculum resources. Using EDA (Electronic...

The Effect of Local Wisdom Values in Micro Enterprises Based on Creative Economic toward Their Competitiveness

Rochanda Wiradinata, Arie Indra Gunawan
Micro-enterprises are one of the sectors that contribute the most to national income. But in its implementation micro businesses often have difficulties, especially in terms of competition. Creative economy is one of the choices for micro-businesses to collaborate to create something of value sale. Cirebon...

Parenting Program for Factory Working Mothers

Enoh Enoh, Erhamwilda Erhamwilda, Nurul Afrianti
This study aims is to develop a parenting program based on parenting style for factory workers' mothers. Quantitative methods are used to describe the tendency of parenting factory workers based on the Baumrind classification (authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, or neglectful). Based on data processing,...

Application of Information Technologies in Process of Social Rehabilitation of Students with Disabilities

Marina A. Akopyan
This article describes the nature and content of information technologies as a means of social support for children with disabilities, identified opportunities and prospects for the use and implementation of information technology in educational activities. The use of adaptive information technologies...
Proceedings Article

Research of A Method of Satellite Power Component Degradation Estimation based on Clustering

Mengda Cao, Jianjiang Hui, Tao Zhang, Yu Wang, Yajie Liu
For satellite on-orbit supply unit during the period of degradation problems, based on the factors that affect supply unit output power and accepted by the satellite ground stations to related telemetry data, this paper proposes a clustering-based satellite solar power components regression estimation...

Quality Review of Internal Audit Reports of Quality Assurance Units Based on IPPF 2400

Andrico Stephanus Hutabarat, Agustinus Nicholas Tobing.
This research aims to determine the conformity of IPPF Standard 2400 implementation regarding Communicating Results in Bank X with professional practices in international standards of internal audit. This research used a qualitative method with descriptive design. The results of this research concluded...

Environmental Issues in Trade War: a Political Economy Perspective

Husnul Isa Harahap
A trade war is a conflict that occurs between two or more countries in the sector of trade. The conflict can be seen in the case of an increase in tariffs or other obstacles made to disrupt the economic balance of a country, so that the country changes its economic policy or trade. One issue in trade...
Proceedings Article

A Binary Code Learning Method Based on Class-neighborhood for Finger Vein Recognition

Liping Zhang, Weijun Li, Xin Ning, Xiaoli Dong, Yakun Zhang
The finger vein recognition, as a new biometric identification technology, judges the identity of a person by using their finger vein angiography images obtained by near-infrared light, and has recently drawn considerable attention from scientists worldwide. In this work, a novel binary code learning...

The Effect of Reflective Journal Writing on Students’ Writing Ability of Narrative Text

Firdaus Habibi, Ismalianing Eviyuliwati, Sunardi Kartowisastro
This research is aimed to obtain the empirical evidence about the effect of reflective journal writing on students’ writing ability of narrative text at the tenth-grade students of SMA Triguna Utama South Tangerang. The writer used quasi-experimental research which classified into a quantitative research....
Proceedings Article

Practice and Exploration of Micro-Learning Resource Based on Mobile Network

Wenliang Liu
Micro-learning resource is a new product of mobile Internet with the characteristics of visualization, fragmentation, structuring and nonlinearity in the era of the Internet. Analyzing the design and the construction principles of the micro-course, the paper presents a brief and acceptant concept and...

The Conflict, Loss and Pursuit of the Value of Farmers in China’s Urbanization ---A Case Study on Red as Orange, White as Silver

Maixia Guo
Urbanization is the only way for the development of socialist economy with Chinese characteristics. In the process of urbanization, the conflict, loss and confusion of the value that rural migrant workers in cities experienced and the resulting complicated social problems became one of the focus of new...
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Employment and Gender Issues in National Development

Dewi Rohma Wati
Economic growth involves not only natural resources and capital resources. The growth of a country's economy can be achieved because of the active participation of both men and women. The purpose of this study is to examine gender and employment issues in national development. The importance of engaging...
Proceedings Article

Research on Construction Method of Complex Electromagnetic Environment Based on Simulation Calculation

Zhenjie Zeng, Shiju Qi, Xiaofei Zhu, Xiaowei Shen, Bowen Jiang, Shangjun Cai
The use of computer simulation technology to build complex electromagnetic environment is a hot topic in modern military science research. According to the characteristics of the radiation source in the real scene, the mathematical model of the radiation source is established. Then, according to the...
Proceedings Article

Ground Segmentation Algorithm Based on 3D Lidar Point Cloud

Ziyang Cheng, Guoquan Ren, Yin Zhang
Aiming at the problem of accurately and efficiently segmenting the ground from the 3D Lidar point cloud, a ground segmentation algorithm based on the features of the scanning line segment is proposed. The algorithm performs denoising and pose correction on the 3D point cloud and divides the scan line...

Aesthetic Education of Vocal Music Teaching in Music Education

Hao Zhang
The continuous reform of our country’s teaching system puts higher requirements on music education. Teachers must not only impart basic music knowledge to students and improve their musical quality, but also permeate aesthetic education in the classroom to promote students' all-round development. In...

A study on the architectural art of " Yi Ke Yin " in traditional buildings in Yunnan

Yao Wang
The quadrangle has a long history and the most extensive distribution in Chinese folk houses. It is the typical form of the Han folk dwellings. It is inseparable from the cultural infiltration of ancient Chinese Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. At present, the Beijing quadrangle and the Shanxi courtyard...
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Secondary Information Fault-tolerance Method for Smart Substation Based on Residuals of Measurement Equations

Yutao Qiu, Yimin Ding, Wulue Pan, Chaoli Feng
This paper presented a method of fault-tolerance for secondary-system information in smart substations. It was to solve the problem of information redundancy. This article drew on a method of state estimation on the primary-system and used the calculation of measurement-equation residuals to identify...
Research Article

Trade Reforms and Integration of Cocoa Farmers into World Markets: Evidence from African and non-African Countries

Komi Tsowou, Samuel K. Gayi
Pages: 16 - 29
The paper analyses cocoa farmers’ integration into global markets taking into account trade reforms in five cocoa producing countries. The analysis investigates price transmission mechanisms from world to domestic cocoa markets in the context of trade liberalizing policy reforms. The empirical analysis...
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Mode Choice Analysis between Bus Rapid Transit and the Alternate Public Transit in Semarang City

Amelia Indriastuti, Djoko Purwanto, Kani Basuki
Since 2011, Government of Semarang City has planned the construction of a rail-based Mass Public Transportation System. This discourse is getting closer to realization in mid-2018, where the Semarang government sets Light Rail Transit (LRT) as the rail-based Mass Public Transportation System that will...

Research on Performance-based Salary Distribution System of Vocational College Teachers Based on Fair Incentives

Qiaoyue Zhao, Ying Wei
Performance pay is an important part of higher vocational education with independent distribution rights. Performance salary reform is a major change in the higher vocational salary system. At present, the salary of most of the higher vocational teachers is mainly composed of three parts: post salary,...

Prospects of the exchange future market in the development of the agrarian economic system of Ukraine

Nadiia Reznik, Anna Slobodianyk, Oksana Sydorenko, Mykola Horlachuk
The article is devoted to the problem of exploring the prospects for the development of a futures market in the agrarian sector of the economy, which will provide savings for agricultural producers by increasing their creditworthiness, protection against possible fluctuations of prices, clearer planning...

The Application of Hierarchical Teaching Method in College Football Selective Course

Wei Xu
Hierarchical teaching is a process that completes the individualization of students' learning and the synchronization of teachers' guidance and makes teaching become an efficient and unified process for teaching and learning activities. In the course of this research, students from the Jingdezhen Ceramic...

The Establishment and Improvement of the "Four Meetings" Linkage Mechanism under the Party's Political Core Conditions

Hui Shan
As a private university, Dalian University of Science and Technology always attaches great importance to strengthening party building. Through continuous promotion of the board of directors, the president's office, the party committee, the party and government joint meeting (hereinafter referred to as...
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Different Effects of Testosterone to the Expression of Endothelial COX-2 in Normal and High Glucose Environment

Ikhlas Jenie, Budi mulyono, Soedjono Aswin, Sri Soedjono
Male is one of the risk factors for the development of cardiovascular diseases. It is suggested that testosterone (T) may contribute to cardiovascular events, which is initiated by platelet adhesion, activation, and aggregation. Endothelial cells (EC) prevent platelet activation by synthesizing and releasing...

Knowledge Exploration Study of Muhammadiyah School Students about Urban Heat Island Threats in Surakarta City

Siti Azizah Susilawati, Farah Maytasari, Ayu Sekartaji
This study aims to determine the knowledge of school students on the threat of Urban Heat Island (UHI) in Surakarta City. This study uses a quantitative descriptive approach with survey methods and image interpretation. This study aims to determine the threat of UHI in Surakarta through image interpretation...

The Students' Perception of Computer-Based TOEIC (CBT) in Bali State Polytechnic

Ardana Putra, Dana Ardika, Nyoman Yuliantini, Cahya Dewi, Rai Widanta, Ketut Suciani
This research aimed to investigate the used of Computer-Based TOEIC by the students of bussiness administration, Bali State Polytechnic. The research method was descriptive qualitative method which emphasized on the objective measurement of the collected data. The data were collected through questionnaire...

Representation of Englishness in the Narrative Structure of K. Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day

Ksenia Medvedkina, Anna Vostryakova
The article focuses on the narrative structure of K. Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day. The phenomenon of Englishness as an ambivalent category is described through the peculiarities of the narrative structure of the literary text. The linguistic study of chronotope in the text under analysis makes it...

Intra-industry’ Effects from Mergers on Financial Statements, in and out of Technology-intensive Industries: Evidence from Greece

Michail Pazarskis, George Drogalas, Andreas Koutoupis, Grigorios Lazos
Pages: 16 - 21
The study examines the impact of mergers on accounting performance of Greek listed firms involved in mergers. More specifically, we studied a sample of thirty-two absorbed listed firms in four sectors (primary sector, technology-intensive industrial sector, commercial and services sector, construction...

Toward Affordable and Practical Home Context Recognition: –Framework and Implementation with Image-based Cognitive API–

Sinan Chen, Sachio Saiki, Masahide Nakamura
Pages: 16 - 24
To provide affordable context recognition for general households, this paper presents a novel technique that integrate image-based cognitive Application Program Interface (API) and light-weight machine learning. Our key idea is to regard every image as a document by exploiting “tags” derived by the API....
Proceedings Article

Technology Development for Organic Production of High Quality Virgin Coconut Oil

Imam Santosa, Endah Sulistiawati, Ika Kumalasari, Suhendra
Indonesia is a country that has the largest coconut plantation in the world, with its main copra products. The quality of copra produced from rural areas is low and complained by the international market because it is thought to contain aflatoxin. This paper describes the fast-drying machine to produce...
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Technical Efficiency of Maternal and Child Health Program at Public Health Center in Indonesia

Dedik Sulistiawan, Insan Rekso Adiwibowo, Muhammad Faozi Kurniawan, Laksono Trisnantoro, Wasis Budiarto
The limited availability of health resources in the high public demand requires the health programs and service providers, especially in Public Health Center (Puskesmas) to make efficiency. This study aims to provide information about the level of technical efficiency of Puskesmas in Indonesia in organizing...

Bullying Effect as Reflected in Palacio’s Wonder: A Psychological Approach

Raden Ali, Winda Ayuningtyas
This research is entitled “Bullying Effect as Reflected in Palacio’s Wonder: A Psychological Approach.” The objectives of the research are: 1) to describe the plot of the novel, 2) to describe the bullying effect experienced by the main character, and 3) to describe the moral value of the novel. The...
Research Article

Peripheral blood flow regulation in response to sympathetic stimulation in individuals with down syndrome

Thessa I.M. Hilgenkamp, Sang Ouk Wee, Elizabeth C. Schroeder, Tracy Baynard, Bo Fernhall
Pages: 16 - 21
Background: Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) experience autonomic dysfunction, with reduced sympathetic and parasympathetic control. This results in alterations in resting heart rate and blood pressure and attenuated responses to sympathoexcitatory stimuli. It is unknown to what extent this impacts...
Research Article

Acute effect of coffee consumption on arterial stiffness, evaluated using an oscillometric method

Darío Echeverri, Alejandro Pizano, Félix R. Montes, Pedro Forcada
Pages: 16 - 32
Introduction: Previous studies show contradictory results related to the vascular effects of coffee; they suggest that caffeine increases arterial stiffness and negatively impacts vascular health, the aim of this study is to evaluate the acute coffee effects on the vascular stiffness. Methods and materials:...

Double Burden of Malnutrition in the Asia-Pacific Region—A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Wen Peng, Yuhan Mu, Yang Hu, Bin Li, Jayanthi Raman, Zhixian Sui
Pages: 16 - 27
Background: Double Burden of Malnutrition (DBM)—the coexistence of undernutrition along with overnutrition—is a significant public health issue in the Asia-Pacific region. The scope of the DBM in this region is largely unknown. This review aims to determine the prevalence of under- and overnutrition...
Research Article

Longitudinal follow-up of ascending versus abdominal aortic aneurysm formation in angiotensin II-infused ApoE−/− mice

Bram Trachet, M. Renard, C. Van der Donckt, S. Deleye, J. Bols, G.R.Y. De Meyer, S. Staelens, B.L. Loeys, P. Segers
Pages: 16 - 23
Purpose: To explore new imaging techniques to elucidate some of the differences between both abdominal and ascending aortic aneurysms in the angiotensin II mouse model. Procedures: Angiotensin II-infusing pumps were implanted in male ApoE−/− mice (n = 10). In vivo micro-CT, ultrasound and Positron emission...