Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An Explorative Study of Virtues in Ethical Consumption from a Confucian Perspective in an Urban-Rural-Fringe in China

The concept of ethical consumption has garnered considerable attention in recent years. Yet, it remains somewhat ‘mystical’ in the existing Western literature. The present unique cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary study offers clarification on the conception of ethical consumption from three aspects: First, this paper reflects on the nature of the concept of ethical consumption and identifies its relatively large common core as an open-textured, ‘naturalistic’ concept; conceptualizing the ideal of ethical consumption in virtue ethical language. Second, this paper secures a firmer grounding for the concept of ‘ethical consumption’ within virtue ethics by linking it theoretically to a Confucian form of virtue ethics. We support this interpretation with empirical evidence, gleaned through focus-group discussions and individual interviews with consumers, undergoing fast-changing dynamics, from an urban-rural fringe from China: a culture already immersed in lay virtue ethical thinking, inspired by Confucius. Third, the paper brings the data back to theory by eliciting from the data a structural framework of the foci of the underlying virtues making up the virtue of ethical consumption, on our respondents’ understanding, and reflecting upon how this new theoretical understanding may advance the academic discourse on ethical consumption and expand the understandings of ethical consumption from a cross-cultural perspective. We explore notions such as virtue patriotism and filial piety that contribute to the diversity of the conception of ethical consumption. We explain how those virtues play a role in Chinese understandings of ethical consumption, contributing to the global diversity of the concept. This study does not claim to represent the complete truth about Chinese consumers’ views on ethical consumption, considering the geographic constraints and the small number of participants. However, it does offer some salient insights into Chinese consumers’ understanding of ethical consumption, which is grounded in their daily practices and reflects their consumer motivations; hence, enriching the global business ethics discourse on ethical consumption. Keywords: Virtues, The Concept of Ethical Consumption, Ethical Theories and Philosophies, Chinese Consumers, Confucian Virtue Ethics.
Baroreflex Sensitivity with Different Lags for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy in Subjects with Diabetes

Background: Impaired Baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) may indicate cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN), which often remains undiagnosed during the initial course of diabetes mellitus. The baroreflex mechanism can be considered negative feedback because of baroreflex delay, the time delay between a change in blood pressure, and the counteracting heart rate response. This work sought to analyze BRS through the sequence method, but establishing delays in checking the RR interval, from 1 to 10 RR intervals lag after systolic blood pressure change. We hypothesized that diabetic patients with subclinical CAN would have a detectable delay in autonomic nervous system activity and that it would differ from other patients. Results: The study included 30 subjects with diabetes mellitus. Eleven patients had established CAN (mean ± SD age 37 ± 8 years), 9 patients had subclinical CAN (age 35 ± 10 years), and 10 patients did not have CAN (age 35 ± 6 years). Indexes related to the delay in response of the BRS were proposed and obtained. The three variables that showed potential to separate patients with and without CAN were highest BRS index, BRS with the largest number of sequences, and lag of the largest number of sequences. Several variables were observed to distinguish between individuals with subclinical and established CAN, including the number of sequences of the highest BRS, lag of the highest BRS, and the highest number of sequences. Conclusions: Thus, analysis of BRS and the reaction delay in the heart rate variability signal may contribute to the detection of CAN in its asymptomatic stage.
The sensing properties of carbon nanotube filled copolymers for VOC vapors detection

Nowadays, carbon nanotubes are a widely available material, especially multiwall carbon nanotubes. In addition to many other applications, they find use in all kinds of sensors, like deformation, motion, tensile and pressure responsive elements. Numerous applications in sensors for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are reported as well, nevertheless, they mainly suffer from low selectivity. Therefore, in this research, a sensor containing MWCNTs dispersed in a functional polymer matrix was prepared. As a polymer matrix, styrene-isoprene-styrene elastomer was chosen. The standard sensing mechanism of entangled MWCNTs is based on the quality of the contacts (charge transfer) between the individual nanotubes. In the prepared nanocomposite, the mechanism is modified due to the presence of the otherwise non-conductive matrix. The changes of conductivity depend on the response of the percolating nanotube filler network to the swelling of the polymer matrix due to adsorption of VOCs. The tested gas substances have high values of diffusion coefficient for the polymer, so they have a quick response. Then, the selectivity is ensured by differences in solubility of the tested VOCs in the polymer. The effect was demonstrated for four VOCs differing by their affinity to the polymer matrix, namely, heptane, toluene, acetone, and ethanol.
Determination of Manganese(II) in Water with an Improved Potassium Periodate Spectrophotometric Method

Determination of manganese in water was improved based on the potassium periodate oxidation spectrophotometric method(GB/T 11906-1989),in which the sodium citrate was added to mask Ca2+ in water.A linear range of 0.20～20.00 mg·L-1 with good correlation coefficient(R2=0.999 3) was obtained for manganese determination,and the detection limit of this method was 0.05 mg·L-1.The recoveries were in the range of 95.8%～101.4% and the RSD was less than 2.47%(n=3).
Beat, Ignore, Force to Conform: Development and Initial Validation of a Multidimensional Scale of Acceptance of Collective Violence

Literature on collective violence usually treats an act of aggression as a unidimensional phenomenon—occurring or not. The social psychological perspective on intergroup relations shows, however, that different aspects of an intergroup situation (social context, differences in status, past relations) lead to different behaviors. This article describes the development and initial validation of the multifaceted concept of intergroup collective violence. In a series of three studies (N = 1,420, N = 1,000, N = 1,019) using mixed methodology, we constructed a scale for measuring acceptance of intergroup collective violence. Results show that it is a multidimensional phenomenon, dependent on 1) the ethnicity of the victims; 2) the perception of threat posed by them; and 3) the ideology. The results can have a substantial impact on the discipline, providing theoretical explanation of the differences in outbursts of violence in similar situations, such as pogroms.
Detection of Coronavirus in Simultaneously Collected Tear and Throat Swab Samples from the Patients with 2019- new Coronavirus Infection Disease: A Single Center Cross-sectional Study

Objecive: This study aimed to evaluate whether the coronavirus can be detected in the tears in the eyes of 2019- novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infected patients and compa re the detection consistency of two simultaneously collected samples, from the tears and throat swabs, of these patients.Methods: A total of 35 diagnosis confirmed patients with 2019-nCoV infection disease,from January 26 to February 19, 2020, at central theater Wuhan general hospital of PLA, were included in this cross-sectional case series study. The diagnosis was confirmed by both clinical and laboratory ways. Throat samples from all enrolled patients were collected with sampling swab, and simultaneously ,tear samples were collected w ith sampling swab from 9 patients (No.1-9) and with Schirmer's strip from the remaining patients (No.10-35) (bilateral eyes for all patients). Sample collecting and testing were performed in three separate time points: first from patients No.1-9,second from p atients No.10-29,and third from patients No.30-35. Reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chai n-reaction (RT-PCR) assay was performed by the same technician(Researcher Zhang), who was blind to the patients profile, within 4 hours after each collection.Results: Among enrolled patients, 29 (No.1-29) had mild or moderate clinical symptoms and 6 (No.30-35) had severe symptoms. The mean time interval from the sample collection day to diagnosis confirmation day was 9.71±6.50 days (ranged from 3 to 29 days). None of the patients had conjunctivitis. Nineteen out of 35 (54.3%) throat samples presented positive Rt-PCR results. Three (no.13,21,31) out of 35 (8.6%) tear samples presented positive RT-PCR results. Two(no.21, 31) of these three patients were throat swab positive and one (No. 13) was negative. The consistency analysis indicated that tears and throat samples showed poor consistency ( Kappa=-0.009, P=0.9 ). The cycle threshold value (Ct-value) of tears samples collected by sampling swab was significantly higher than that by Schirmer's strip(t=2.288, P=0.03). Conclusion: In spite of the low 2019-nCoV positive detection rate of tear samples from 2019-nCoV infected patients, we cannot fully rule out the transmission by ocular surface. Whether tear testing can be used as an aid in judging of 2019-nCoV infection need further investigation.Authors Ying Yan and Bo Zeng contributed equally to this study
Nonlinear dynamic equations on time scales with impulses and nonlocal conditions

The purpose of this paper is to introduce more general results on the existence of solutions for nonlinear dynamic equations on time scales with impulses and nonlocal initial conditions. We establish the existence of solutions by applying a fixed point result due to O’Regan, while the uniqueness of solutions is obtained through the contraction mapping principle. Our results extend previous work in the literature and an example is discussed to illustrate the obtained results. Mathematics subject classification (2010): 34N05, 34A12, 34A37, 39A12.
Adaption of Big Data Technology for ITG Trust Framework: A Coherent Framework

Utilization of Big Data technology in the industrial era 4.0 is basically used to get huge profits in data processing and utilization. In Big Data technology, processing and utilizing large volumes of data, fast changing data, varied data, and data complexity are indispensable for the effectiveness and efficiency of service strategies, preparation of IT infrastructure, and needs of corporate governance or ITG. On the other hand, ITG trust aims to provide timely, reliable, meaningful and adequate data services. Apparently, this goal is the same as the goal of Big Data technology services offered to support ITG. We propose an ITG trust framework influenced by Big Data technology. The ITG trust framework presents criteria different from existing criteria at the data quality level. It focuses on timely, reliable, meaningful, and sufficient data services, focusing on what data trust attributes should be achieved based on the data trust attributes of Big Data services. In addition to the quality level of Big Data, the personal information protection strategy and the data disclosure/accountability strategy are also needed to achieve goals and to prevent problems. This paper performed case analysis based on the ITG trust Framework on the National Education Service in High School Institution. Big Data services in the public sectorare especially on education field hope to improve the quality of student education's in that country. ITG trust and its trust framework are the essential components for the realization of Big Data service.
A digitalizáció módszertani kihívásai az üzleti képzésben: Digitalizáció az üzleti képzésben

University education has to persevere in the 21st century in a changing environment. The knowledge that is to be obtained seems to increase with the advancement of technology. The development of science and the changing needs of the job market demand continuous development and more efficient university curricula. This article investigates the effect of technology on education efficiency; it describes and evaluates several teaching approaches. The conclusions tend to turn towards the direction that although obtaining information became considerably easier than even ten years ago, knowledge still has to be learned the same way as before. The neurobiological process of learning is the same as a hundred years ago. Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes: A20, A22, A23
Kinetic Modeling of the Biogenic Production of Coalbed Methane

Biogenic production of coalbed methane under anaerobic conditions occurs through a large number of reactions involving a community of micro-organisms. We propose a kinetic scheme for this complicated reaction network using lumped species reacting in a series of enzymatic reaction blocks consisting of coal solubilization, hydrolysis, acidogenesis, acetogenesis, and methanogenesis. Among these pathways, acetoclastic methanogenesis is assumed to be dominant. Based on implications from experimental data, tryptone (a nitrogen rich nutrient used in the stimulation of methane production) is assumed to produce aromatic ring intermediates. Coal solubilization is described by a diffusion layer model. Monod kinetics are applied to model the enzymatic reaction rates, but the rate of methanogenesis is modeled with modified Monod kinetics to account for substrate inhibition. An analytical solution to the model is derived and its parametric sensitivity is investigated in different operating regions. Model parameters are.
Using Genre-based Approach to Overcome Students’ Difficulties in Writing

Because of the importance of the English language, the government of Indonesia always aims to apply approaches that are anticipated to be appropriate for education levels and student s’ ability, not only in attaining knowledge but also in relation to their personality and integrity in regard to using the knowledge gained in their future day-to-day life. A genre-based approach (GBA) is used to conduct classroom instruction and genre-based learning practices. One expert, Yan, argues that this approach has been popular since the 1980s, alongside the idea that students and writers could benefit from researching various types of written language. The GBA plays an important role in overcoming students’ difficulties in writing achievement. Because a descriptive quantitative method was adopted in this research, observation, document analysis (writing test), and interviews were conducted as data collection for the implementation of this GBA. After analysis of the data, the researchers came to the conclusion that this paper would be beneficial as a tutorial in helping students decide what ideas could be included in their writing, especially in classroom practice, to create meaningful texts. This GBA model can be used as a framework to enable teachers and students to develop their writing skills. It is hoped that this model can become a classroom strategy in allowing teachers and students to achieve a higher level of writing skill.
Crystal structure of (N,N′-bis(2-(((2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imino)methyl)phenyl)benzene-1,2-diamido-κ4O,O′,O′′,O′′′)oxidovanadium(IV), C44H48N4OV

Abstract C44H48N4O1V, triclinic, P1̅ (no. 2), a = 9.0540(10) Å, b = 10.5416(11) Å, c = 20.148(2) Å, α = 91.115(2)°, β = 95.150(2)°, γ = 99.630(2)°, V = 1887.1(4) Å3, Z = 2, Rgt(F) = 0.0618, wRref(F2) = 0.1553, T = 185 K.
Phylogeny and latitudinal biogeography of the Papillomaviridae Family

Introduction: The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG), a fundamental ecology pattern for higher organisms, has explained the increase of species diversity from the poles towards the tropics. Can we explain the biodiversity of Papillomaviruses based on this pattern? Objective: To analyse the phylogenetic diversity and phylogeography of most known genotypes and species belonging to Papillomaviridae Family isolated and molecularly characterized by distant latitudinal locations around the world. Methods: We collected 238 gene sequences encoding for the L1 and L2 viral capsid proteins from PaVE database. A geographical heat map based on the PV locations allowed to analyse the distribution and the number of PV species per country. Subsequently, a phylogenetic tree based on concatenated amino acid sequences L1 and L2 was constructed using a combination of Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood (ML) methods with Geneious version 11.2. 1 and BEAST version 1.8. 4. Statistical analysis with Principal Coordinate Analyses (PCA) using the Jaccard similarity index for presenceabsence were carried out to test the similarity of the groups in the phylogenetic tree based on their viral species, the host and origin country lists. Distance-based redundancy analysis generated an ordination plot of the similarity of viral species list per group of the phylogenetic tree vs. host species per group, the country list per group and the number of samples per group. Finally, the significance of each model was tested by Analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: A clear tendency of most of the papillomavirus (PV) species clustering in the Northern regions appeared. Our phylogenetic analyses largely support the taxonomic division into major papillomavirus genera (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Lambda, Xi, Upsilon and Chi papillomaviruses), as reported in previous studies. Chelonid PV’s, a papillomavirus in turtles, appeared as the oldest group for all papillomaviruses. Minor inconsistencies were found within some of the major taxonomic groups explained by the exhausted phylogenetic analyses. Due to the different sampling data efforts with little replication in certain groups, hosts and countries, numerical models did not fit to the proposed hypothesis. Conclusions: Phylogeographical analysis allowed determining the global distribution of papillomaviruses species diversity per latitudinal location. As most of the papillomavirus (PV) species were clustered in the Northern regions, this may clearly represent a statistical bias because larger efforts in PV studies have historically been done in the US and Europe. The biogeographical trend of a latitudinal diversity gradient does not apply for papillomaviruses. Even though no support to the phylogeographical pattern of LDG for PV was obtained, our results may only be the product of a socio-economicalscientific artefact and not a natural phenomenon.
Nootropic dipeptide, Noopept can modulate hyperalgesia by effecting on spinal microglia dependent Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor (BDNF) and pro-BDNF expression and apoptosis during persistent inflammation

Background: There are largely unknown associations between changes in pain behavior responses during persistent peripheral inflammation and spinal cell alteration such as apoptosis. Some evidence suggests that microglia and microglia related mediators play notable roles in induction and maintenance of central nervous system pathologies and inflammatory pain. By considering those relationships and microglia related nootrophic factors, such as the Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in CNS, we attempted to assess the relationship between microglia dependent BDNF and its precursor with pain behavior through spinal cell apoptosis as well as the effect of Noopept on this relationship. Methods: Persistent peripheral inflammation was induced by a single subcutaneous injection of Complete Freund’s Adjuvant (CFA) on day 0. Thermal hyperalgesia, paw edema, microglial activity, microglia dependent BDNF, pro-BDNF expression, and apoptosis were assessed in different experimental groups by confirmed behavioral and molecular methods on days 0, 7, and 21 of the study. Results: Our findings revealed hyperalgesia and spinal cell apoptosis significantly increased during the acute phase of CFA-induced inflammation but was then followed by a decrement in the chronic phase of the study. Aligned with these variations in spinal microglial activity, microglia dependent BDNF significantly increased during the acute phase of CFA-induced inflammation. Our results also indicated that daily administration of Noopept (during 21 days of the study) not only caused a significant decrease in hyperalgesia and microglia dependent BDNF expression but also changed the apoptosis process in relation to microglia activity alteration. Conclusions: It appears that the administration of Noopept can decrease spinal cell apoptosis and hyperalgesia during CFA-induced inflammation due to its direct effects on microglial activity and microglia dependent BDNF and pro-BDNF expression.
CAPACITY AND EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT OF MIMO ANTENNA SYSTEMS FOR 5G HANDHELD TERMINALS

—The eﬃcacy of including a defected ground structure (DGS) for mobile communication on a mobile phone PCB in improving the multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system performance is evaluated and demonstrated in the context of single and multiple-element two-port planar inverted-F antennas (PIFAs). The proposed scheme designed and developed for operation in the 3.5 GHz long term evolution (LTE) and future 5G frequency bands demonstrates eﬃciency improvement by 15% and capacity improvement by around 7% because of the signiﬁcant reduction in mutual coupling between the antenna ports. Results in free space as well as next to a human head and hand phantom are presented.
Voiceless voices in a silent zone : the role of the indigenous language interpreter in Oaxaca, Mexico

This dissertation documents the challenges faced by Indigenous language speakers when accessing the justice system in the state of Oaxaca, although the situation is the same for Indigenous communities across the Mexican Republic and beyond. Every year thousands of Indigenous speakers are jailed without knowing the charges they are facing due to a language barrier. In Mexico, qualified Indigenous language interpreters are scarce. Further, the State employees refuse to admit the need for language services and the worth of Indigenous language interpreters’ jobs. I partnered with CEPIADET, a not-for-profit organization that provides legal guidance and interpretation services to Indigenous defendants in the state of Oaxaca. CEPIADET supports many initiatives regarding the recognition of linguistic rights for Indigenous defendants, cultural reclamation, and the revival of Indigenous justice systems. I have worked closely with them on initiatives involving language and cultural revitalization. This research supports initiatives to recognize not only Indigenous language interpreters but also the knowledge they carry within their Indigenous languages. Additionally, this research advances the recognition of Indigenous normative systems as they can enhance the State justice system and reduce a defendant’s pretrial time. This research strives to bridge the gap between the State justice systems and Indigenous defendants, proposing Indigenous interpreters and Indigenous authorities as a bridge to minimize language and cultural gaps. The results of this research indicate that Indigenous language speakers face considerable barriers when accessing the justice system. As a result of the lack of implementation of language rights, Indigenous defendants face racism, mistreatment, and abuse. The participants pointed out that the intervention of an interpreter would help assure that a case is judged with the minimum law requirements – the defendants’ right to understand the case against them. The participants called for the recognition and incorporation of Indigenous knowledge in the State jurisdiction. Although this is my dissertation (regarding authorship), this research gathers the voices of Indigenous-language-speaking survivors of the legal system and Indigenous language interpreters to call for the recognition of language rights as part of human rights in the legal setting.