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Transport-Based Social Exclusion in Rural Japan: A Case Study on Schooling Trips of High School Students

Social Inclusion, 2017
The well-being of young people—particularly aspects such as physical and mental health—has become an increasing concern for Japan’s government due, in part, to the aging and declining depopulation that Japan has been experiencing in recent years ...
David Perez-Barbosa, Junyi Zhang
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Impact of Urban Heat Island under the Hanoi Master Plan 2030 on Cooling Loads in Residential Buildings

International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability, 2015
This study aims to evaluate the influence of urban heat island (UHI) under the Hanoi Master Plan 2030 on the energy consumption for space cooling in residential buildings. The weather conditions under the current and future status (master plan condition)
Tran Hoang Hai Nam, Tetsu Kubota, Andhang Rakhmat Trihamdani   +2 more
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Risk-return analysis of clean energy grid project investment based on integrated ISM and Monte Carlo model

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Energy Web
To solve the problem of complex and difficult to quantify factors affecting investment returns and risks in clean energy power grids, this study comprehensively applies the interpretive structural model and Monte Carlo model to the analysis of ...
Shu Li, Junyong Xiang, Rong Li, Duo Wang
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The Development of Two-Tier Multiple Choice Test to Assess Students’ Conceptual Understanding about Light and Optical Instruments

Jurnal Pendidikan IPA Indonesia, 2018
This study aimed to develop a two-tier multiple choice test about the concept of “light and optical instruments” in 8th grade of Indonesian science curriculum. The test development procedure had three general steps: defining the content area of the test,
A. Widiyatmoko, K. Shimizu
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China’s global engagement to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic

Global Health Research and Policy, 2020
The world is confronted by the current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is a common threat to the whole of humanity. In the process of fighting COVID-19 domestically, China had attached great importance to international cooperation,
Wei Song
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Comprehensive Fractionation of Antioxidants and GC-MS and ESI-MS Fingerprints of Celastrus hindsii Leaves

Medicines, 2019
Background: In this study, column chromatography was applied to separate active fractions from the ethyl acetate extract of Celastrus hindsii, a medicinal plant widely used in Southern China, Northern Vietnam, Myanmar, and Malaysia.
Tran Duc Viet, Tran Dang Xuan, Truong Mai Van, Yusuf Andriana, Ramin Rayee, Hoang-Dung Tran   +5 more
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Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitory Potential, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Cordyceps militaris (L.) Link Fruiting Body

Medicines, 2019
Background: Cordyceps militaris is a medicinal mushroom and has been extensively used as a folk medicine in East Asia. In this study, the separation of constituents involved in xanthine oxidase (XO) inhibitory, antioxidant and antibacterial properties of
Tran Ngoc Quy, Tran Dang Xuan
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Internal corporate social responsibility and innovation: An empirical study of Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises

Intangible Capital, 2019
Purpose: The present study aims to investigate the relationship between internal corporate social responsibility (CSR), a type of CSR particularly for employees within organizations, and two types of innovation, that is, exploratory and exploitative ...
Nhu Ngoc Nguyen, Phong Tuan Nham, Yoshi Takahashi   +2 more
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The correlation between malaria RDT (Paracheck pf.®) faint test bands and microscopy in the diagnosis of malaria in Malawi

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Faint test bands of Paracheck Pf.® are interpreted as malaria positive according to world health organization (WHO) guideline. However if there are conspicuous number of faint test bands, a performance of Paracheck Pf.® could be influenced ...
Ryoko Makuuchi, Sandy Jere, Nobuchika Hasejima, Thoms Chigeda, January Gausi   +4 more
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Phytochemical Analysis and Potential Biological Activities of Essential Oil from Rice Leaf

Molecules, 2019
Although many investigations on phytochemicals in rice plant parts and root exudates have been conducted, information on the chemical profile of essential oil (EO) and potent biological activities has been limited. In this study, chemical compositions of
Truong Ngoc Minh, Tran Dang Xuan, Truong Mai Van, Yusuf Andriana, Tran Duc Viet, Tran Dang Khanh, Hoang-Dung Tran   +6 more
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