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Research Reactivity and Distress Protocols for Youth Trauma-related Research: A Scoping Review
Authors: Wei Angela , Khalid Marria , Ge Erik , Kang Jiyeon , Looking Horse Makaśa , Wekerle Christine
Published: October 2022

Objective: To explore literature regarding youth with Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), their potential reactivity to research, and research trauma mitigation protocols.

Methods: A systematic scoping review was conducted in APA PsychInfo, CINAHL, Embase, and OVID Medline. 2 reviewers screened each article for 12 eligible studies. Quantitative and qualitative studies measuring maltreatment and trauma research responses were eligible. Youth were defined as individuals aged 10-19.

Results: No study utilized the ACEs questionnaire with research-related stress measures. Among those that included research reactivity measures, various forms of childhood and youth victimization were considered. The majority of participants did not report feeling upset, with many reporting benefits to participation. Information on protocols for managing distress was available for 11 studies, the most common being the provision of a resource helpsheet and/or referral system. 

Implications: There is no indication of distress following ACEs-related research, with few studies measuring across the research experience. One study measured follow-up for distress and further action. Additional research may be indicated to assess the effectiveness of these protocols in this population with a follow-up assessment.
Une intervention de groupe brève pour favoriser le bien-être des femmes enceintes pendant la pandémie de COVID-19 et soutenir la résilience des familles
Authors: Berthelot Nicolas , Drouin-Maziade Christine , Bergeron Vanessa , Garon-Bissonnette Julia , Sériès Thibaut
Published: October 2022

Contexte : La pandémie de COVID-19 a été associée à une augmentation de la détresse psychologique chez les femmes enceintes. Le présent article vise à évaluer l’acceptabilité du programme STEP-COVID (Soutenir la Transition et l’Engagement dans la Parentalité dans le contexte de la pandémie de COVID-19), une intervention prénatale de groupe en ligne, en mode synchrone, visant à soutenir le bien-être, la mentalisation et la résilience.

Méthode : Vingt et une femmes enceintes québécoises ont participé au programme et ont complété des mesures des symptômes psychologiques et de la mentalisation avant et après l’intervention ainsi qu’une échelle évaluant leur perception de changements sur des domaines associés à la résilience. Après chaque rencontre, elles ont rempli un questionnaire évaluant leur appréciation du programme.

Résultats : Les 18 participantes (86 %) ayant complété le programme ont rapporté de hauts taux de satisfaction après chacune des rencontres et au terme de l’intervention. Une diminution des symptômes anxio-dépressifs et des symptômes de stress post-traumatiques et une amélioration des fonctions réflexives sont observées entre le début et la fin du programme. Les participantes ont également rapporté des changements positifs sur des sphères de fonctionnement associées à la résilience.

Conclusion : Les résultats soutiennent l’acceptabilité du programme STEP-COVID et suggèrent que l’offre d’une intervention de groupe brève en ligne est appréciée par les participantes, semble favoriser une diminution de la détresse psychologique et une amélioration de la mentalisation et pourrait contribuer à la résilience dans le contexte de la pandémie de COVID-19.
Evaluation of Potato Varieties for Yield and Dry Matter Response to Different Fertilizer Levels in Mid Altitude Region in Uganda
Authors: Nicholus Kagurusya , Osiru D S , Zaake Y K , Edgar Muhumuza , Noel Kishaija
Published: October 2022

Potato is an important crop in Uganda that increasing its production and productivity must be emphasized. The yield and quality of potato tubers are partly influenced by the elevation, variety and fertilizers used. However, there is limited information on response of potato varieties to yield and dry matter under different NPK levels. This study therefore, was carried out to determine yield and dry matter response of potato in the mid altitude environment under different NPK (17:17:17) levels. Three potato varieties; Victoria, Rwangume and Kachpot1 were studied for two seasons at BSU Farm under a Randomized Complete Block design with three replications for each season at a fertilizer level of 0Kg/ha, 50Kg/ha and 100Kg/ha. Results showed dry matter was significantly different among the varieties and the overall mean ranged from 17.06% to 23.7%. Across the seasons, Kacpot1 had the highest dry matter content at 22.96% from fertilizer level one, whilst Rwangume had the lowest dry matter content at 18.08% from fertilizer level three. Fertilizer level three produced the highest overall mean of yield (12.19 t/ha) during 2019B and the lowest over all mean (5.3t/ha) from fertilizer level f1 during 2020A. Across the seasons, Katchpot1 yielded the best at 14.78 t/ha, whilst Victoria was the lowest yielder at 7.02 t/ha. The increase in fertilizer levels decreased the dry matter content of potatoes. Fertilizer level f2 is recommended for Katchpot 1, while f3 is recommended for Rwangume and Victoria for optimum yield.
Research on the Application of Peking Opera Mask Design according to Morphological Analysis and AHP: Focused on the Journey to the West
Authors:   Korea Society of Public Design, Wang Kai-Ting , Song Jee-Sung
Published: October 2022

In traditional Chinese culture Peking Opera, Peking Opera masks are relatively intuitive artistic symbols and contain unique national characteristics. The purpose of the research is that in the process of the transformation of Chinese traditional cultural products from “tradition” to the combination of culture and creativity, in the process of conveying traditional cultural symbols to the public, in addition to the expression of “inspiration”, it is also necessary to combine qualitative and quantitative design methods. The research method takes the traditional Peking Opera mask culture of Journey to the West Monkey King as the research object, combines the artistic form and inheritance value of traditional culture, and decomposes and reconstructs the meaning and form of Peking Opera elements from the perspective of morphological analysis, and then analyzes the hierarchy of methods. From the point of view, of the basis of qualitative and quantitative, and on the premise of mastering the characteristics of the prototype, the reconstruction of the new scheme is carried out to create a new traditional image. The conclusion found that with the development of the social economy, the innovative design of traditional culture has become a new trend in Chinese traditional culture. Focusing on the practical research on the design of Peking Opera masks in Journey to the West, the feasibility and effectiveness of morphological analysis and analytic hierarchy process in the application of traditional culture have been verified, and a systematic and scientific method has been provided for the design of cultural creativity.
Assessment of operation theatre complex efficiency and utilization at a 750 bedded multispeciality hospital, Mumbai, India
Authors: Veling Sanket , Ahire Neha
Published: October 2022

Introduction: The operation theatre complex of a hospital represents an area of considerable spending in a hospital budget and requires utmost utilization to guarantee optimum cost benefit. Operating room (OR) functions with a lot of resources. Thus, any form of inappropriate functioning will cause revenue loss as well as decreased quality of patient care and satisfaction. Any delaying the operation theatre detrimental to the image and overall functioning of the hospital and any ways to reduce the delays are key to improve patient care and to maximize consumption of the resources in the operating room.
Objective: To determine OR utilization and efficiency in the OT complex.
Methodology: A prospective study was done from 1st May 2019 to 15th May 2019 in the OT complex of a 750 bedded Multispeciality Hospital in Mumbai, India . OT utilization and efficiency over a time period of two months was studied with respect to number of operation theaters, working hours in that particular study period, OR working capacity, Utilized hours.
Results: Collected data showed that ORs were serviceable for 52 days through the study period and in that period 726 cases were operated. Total OR utilization time was 1820 hours for the study period. Collected data showed that in a two month period from 1st May 2019 to 30th June 2019 there was the highest utility of 58% (OR 2) whereas there was the lowest utility of 27 % (OR 3) in the 5th floor OT complex. However considering the entire 5th floor OT complex, actual utilized OT hours were only 655 out of the available 1820 hours during the study period. Thus a utility of 36% only was seen.
Conclusion: Integrated time management and time utilization will result in a cost reduction, increase in hospital revenues with improved quality and patient satisfaction. Improving the performance of operating theatres is key to achieving shorter waiting times for treatment, implementing booking of elective operations and reducing cancelled operations. Change can only be implemented successfully if employees are fully engaged in the change process and are able and willing to make the changes required. Subjects: Science and Medical Education, Human Resources, Statistics
Keywords: Operation theater utilization, OT cancellations, OT efficiency
Profiling the healing practices of Malabar Mappila community of Kerala: A review
Authors: CK Muhammed , Shamanna BR
Published: October 2022

Background: Prevailing in a contesting field of science and modernity, where high risks for traditional healing mechanisms to get undervalued in treatment hierarchy, Mappila of Kerala have maintained to stabilize their significant position in therapeutic practices of Malabar. As a community that ritually encourages the traces for better health through the mechanisms of mind-body therapy, they treat curing mechanisms not only as a remedial measure but also as a precautionary measure. Objective: To assess and determine the unrecognized therapeutic practices among Malabar Mappilas of Kerala. Materials and Methods: The explorative research design conducted through field study with Snowball sampling method and questionnaire, in-depth interview techniques has been used for data collection. Online databases and public health literatures was reviewed for the study. Results: Mappila’s treatment mechanism can be generally categorized into three approaches; i) The practice assisted with herbal medicines, ii) The practice assisted with diet, iii) The practice assisted with spirituality. Assessments also revealed the influence of ‘cultural Islamisation’ and attributes of Malabarian terrain in leveraging the incorporation of certain natural materials into the healing episteme which helped in mastering in seasonal medicines and single medicine therapy. Conclusion: The curative potentiality of this community medicine will aid for enhancing the credibility and
relevance of traditional medicine in general. The subsections oriented over these themes provide a holistic and evaluative understanding of the treatment modalities within Malabar Mappila community and helps to succinct the supplementing relationship within the triads. i.e., the nature, the human, the religion.
Radicals of Information Management in System Speculative Inscription
Authors:   Department of Business Administration, Bareilly College, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India, Sharma Abhishek , Sharma Yogesh ,   Department of Information and Library Science, Bareilly College, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Published: October 2022

Lessons have presented that one of the creation’s fundamental references is data as important to determining trouble and settling on choices affected by both the contemporary and the forthcoming. On that point, it is reasonable to argue that the degree of doer use by an organization and its partners is dependent on the amount of data taken away. The expectation of this artifact is to resolve the evaluation of a few fundamental assessments on data the executives to qualify the keen of present information, design, decide the spread, and structure a model for an advanced overview in the field of data the board. The exploration archive was produced from referred to diaries, for example, Emerald, Science direct, IJRIC South African Journal of Information Management, and numerous more. The appraisal shows that the data the executives have is multi-disciplinary and consolidates knowledge and reference from certain fields. The evaluation also discovered that data executives are framed differently than data innovation. While investing in data innovation has had no effect on organizational activity, executives’ investments in data have resulted in organizational execution. Lack of references like accounts, human resources, and design and the board help have been explained as the essential trouble for data the executive’s system. The appraisal finds that the conceptualization of arrangements and plans in line with the organization points and design, the dealings of appropriate innovations and administrative help are fundamental for productivity data across the board. At last, the appraisal has distinguished that the specific perspective on data the executives has been immediately emphasized, but adjusted fascination has not been remunerated to the administration trademark. It is, therefore, recommended that scientists’ trademark interest to be reasonable in data across the board.
Teaching Forecasting and Prediction
Authors:   Emeritus Professor of Information and Decision Sciences, Valparaiso University, United States, Ozgur Ceyhun , Jha Sanjeev ,   Associate Professor of Information and Decision Sciences, Valparaiso University, United States, Wallner Madison ,   Class of 2024 Meteorology Undergraduate, Valparaiso University, United States
Published: October 2022

This paper aimed to materialize how to teach forecasting and predictions to undergraduate students.There are two modes of thinking, including the determination of forecasters and forecast errors. To determine thebest forecast, we have to use the methodology of minimizing sums of forecast errors, which is further discussed inthis paper. An example of this is single exponential smoothing, which is rather difficult when it comes to determiningthe smoothing constant alpha. In management and administrative situations, the need for planning is great becausethe lead time for decision-making ranges from several years to a few days or even a few hours. The ability to predictmany types of events seems, as natural today as, to be the accurate forecasting of weather conditions in a fewdecades.
Searching for ‘Environmental Justice’ in EU Environmental Law
Authors: Van Gool Elias
Published: October 2022

Environmental justice (‘EJ’) receives a lot of attention in the environmental social sciences and in U.S. law. But in Europe, it has so far been largely ignored in legal literature and policy debates, which seems difficult to reconcile with an anthropocentric understanding of current environmental law. This article focuses on distributive and procedural dimensions of EJ and on considerations of intragenerational fairness within the EU. General features of EU environmental law are examined in search of ‘hidden’ elements that might help or frustrate this goal. Themain finding is that other fields of law and policy are likely more significant enablers of EJ in Europe. To the extent that EU environmental law contributes, it seems largely an accidental result that is not guaranteed by its design. Substantive EU environmental law pursues a territorially uniform level of environmental protection and seems to have, with the possible exception of environmental impact assessments, no direct mechanisms to consider inequities between human populations. Examples are found of rules that even have clearly adverse consequences for underprivileged populations. The Aarhus Convention provides theoretical opportunities for procedural justice, but the current implementation in practice fails to achieve those and might even operate counterproductively as a mechanism that further benefits the already powerful. Primary EU environmental law largely mirrors these findings. Nevertheless, a correct interpretation of sustainable development in Article 11 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) is identified as a potential key to better integrate EJ in EU policy.

environmental justice, EU environmental law, anthropocentrism, distributive effects, offsets, procedural justice, Aarhus Convention, offsets, Article 191 TFEU, Article 11 TFEU
The Turn to Safeguard Measures in the Solar Trade War
Authors: Asmelash Henok
Published: October 2022

The growing energy security and climate change concerns have created a huge demand and global market for renewable energy technologies such as solar panels. The race to capture a share of this lucrative global market and other political economy considerations have inspired a trade war. Much of this war has been fought with and against green industrial policy measures such as subsidies tied to local content requirements (LCRs) and trade remedy instruments such as antidumping and countervailing duties. Safeguard measures are the latest additions to the armoury of trade defence measures in this burgeoning trade war. This article examines the dynamics behind and the implications of the turn to renewable energy safeguards for the global effort to accelerate the development and deployment of renewable energy technologies in light of the recent World Trade Organization (WTO) Panel report on US – Safeguard Measure on PV Products. The article makes three interrelated arguments. First, the WTO jurisprudence on renewable energy support measures and rapidly evolving global value chains in renewable energy technologies helped spur the turn to safeguard measures (SGMs). Second, the seal of approval from the Panel will drive interest in the use of renewable energy safeguards. Third, the increased and unfettered use of safeguard measures is detrimental to the transition towards sustainable energy sources.

Safeguards, Solar Panels: Renewable Energy, Trade War, DS562, Trade and Environment
The effect of work discipline and leadership style on employee performance with motivation as a mediation variable at the tax service office (KPP) Madya Bekasi
Authors: Arifi Muhammad , Suharto Mr. , Kurniawan Iwan
Published: October 2022

This study aims to: 1) examine and analyze the effect of work discipline on employee performance, 2) examine and analyze the effect of leadership style on employee performance, 3) examine and analyze the effect of motivation on employee performance, 4) examine and analyze the effect of work discipline on employee performance through motivation, 5) examine and analyze the influence of leadership style on employee performance through motivation. The research was conducted at the Tax Service Office (KPP) Madya Bekasi with a research sample of 51 respondents. The sampling technique used was simple random sampling technique. The data analysis method used descriptive analysis and path analysis. The results showed that: 1) there was an effect of work discipline on employee performance, 2) there was an influence of leadership style on employee performance, 3) there was an influence of motivation on employee performance, 4) motivation did not affect work discipline on employee performance, 5) motivation can be affect leadership style on employee performance. Leadership style has a greater influence than work discipline on employee performance.
Impacts of floods in land use land cover change: A case study of Indrawati and Melamchi River, Melamchi and Indrawati municipality, Nepal
Authors: Thapa Narayan , Prasai Ritika
Published: October 2022

Every year, flood affects millions of people worldwide causing an imbalance in social, economic, and natural harmony as it is one of the most destructive natural hazards. Floods occur when the river channel overflows and extends across the surrounding topography. Nepal is highly vulnerable to floods. We studied the impacts of flood that occurred on 15 June, 2021 in the Melamchi- Indrawati river basin which is the second highest flood prone area zone in Sidhupalchowk district. We used a pre, post-event, and present land use and cover (LULC) map of the study area to quantify the impacts in the study area. We used Sentinel 2 imagery from 2019-02-01 to 2019-03-01, 2021-07-01 to 2021-08-01, 2022-02-01 to 2022-03-01 and the google earth engine to study the LULC change. We used a random forest classifier to run supervised classification and build 5 classes: built-up, cropland, barren land, water bodies, and forest in our LULC map. We found overall accuracy of 94.26% for the LULC 2019 map, 92.18% for the 2021 LULC map, and 92.72% for the 2022 LULC map. We found the highest impact of floods on agriculture/crops in the study area as the agriculture area reduced by 90.48 % following the flood event. Similarly, the barren areas grew by 78.58%. The built-up area was reduced by 70.61 %. The forest area was reduced by 93.06% in the flooded zone. Government should introduce effective policies like mandatory insurance on the risk-prone land to cover the losses after natural hazards.
Research on procurement scheme and transport scheme based on TOPSIS algorithm and multi-objective linear programming
Authors: Dai Yutong , Liang Shimin , Zhou Yunshan
Published: October 2022

This paper ranks and selects suppliers based on their importance while providing the most economical ordering solution and the least lossy forwarding solution under meeting the enterprise capacity requirements. In this paper, four indicators are selected to measure the supplier's supply characteristics, and the entropy weight method is used to determine the weight of each indicator. The evaluation model is constructed using the TOPSIS algorithm to determine the importance of the supplier by calculating the distance from the sample to the ideal solution and the negative ideal solution. Then this paper uses 0-1 planning to establish a linear objective function with whether to choose one supplier as the decision variable and solves with a genetic algorithm to derive the need for at least 162 suppliers. Finally, the most economical ordering solution planning model is established, and the cost function is built and solved to find the ordering solution at its minimum value. Based on the most economical ordering solution, the least loss transshipment solution is developed, and the least loss transshipment solution planning model is developed to obtain the total loss function of raw materials and solve for the minimum value of the transshipment solution with the decision variable of whether to choose this transshipment provider. The final ordering solution obtained using the model in this paper saved approximately 9.1% of production costs, and the designed transportation solution reduced losses by 4.5%.
Structural Decomposition of the Spatial and Temporal Patterns and Sources of Spatial Variation in Agricultural Carbon Emissions in China
Authors: Sun Yilin , Ji Yixiang
Published: October 2022

This paper examines the spatial distribution of agricultural carbon emissions in China from 2010-2019 and the structural decomposition of the sources of their spatial variation. Visual results are obtained using Akkis plotting, and the Thiel index is applied to quantitatively analyse the overall regional variation, intra-zone variation and inter-zone variation, as well as the contribution of intra-zone variation and inter-zone variation to the overall variation in China's agricultural carbon emissions from 2010-2019; China's agricultural carbon emissions possess a basic balance, but the eastern, western, central, and The Northeast region is characterised by uneven development within each region. In particular, the development within the western region is very uneven. It is recommended that inter-regional cooperation and exchange of emission reduction technologies be strengthened. In view of the significant differences in emission reduction effects between regions in China's agricultural carbon emissions, all regions should strengthen communication and cooperation, collaborate on scientific and technological innovation in emission reduction, focus on the promotion and application of advanced emission reduction technologies, and fully exploit the emission reduction potential to jointly achieve the goal of emission reduction and carbon reduction.
The Future Trends of NFT: Evidence from Art and Brand Industries
Authors: Chen Zihui , Guo Yuanyuan , Wang Zihui
Published: October 2022

Non-Fungible Token (NFT) is a relatively new concept that has been a hot topic in the development of the field. The artwork generated in the form of NFT has made it an increasingly lucrative market, while there is also a lot of interest in the application of NFT to games, the metaverse and the financial economy. Therefore, this research paper will investigate the market development trend of NFT in the context of metaverse and the future outlook, especially to make a more detailed analysis of several important fields, taking art and branding industry as examples. Based on case studies and data analysis, NFT’s high pricing is attributed to a variety of factors, where the company's marketing approach is mostly creative and cross-pollinated to appeal to a wide audience. NFT has the ability to grow in the cultural sector as a whole, but it is challenging to sustain long-term prosperity due to the lack of NFT artworks and the likelihood of excessive speculation. Overall, this paper explores the value and potential of NFT using current research and accurate statistics, particularly in the areas of branding and the arts. These results shed light on guiding further exploration of NFT's market prospect and its own value realization.
Factors Influencing Executive Compensation in the Automobile Industry in the US
Authors: Liu Yilin
Published: October 2022

In modern management, executive compensation can exert a substantial impact on the operation and profitability of an organization. This research explores the factors influencing executive compensation in the automobile industry in the United States. It aims to identify the relationship between a set of specific factors, including revenue, earnings per share and return on net assets (RONA) and compensation of executives. The data were selected based on the fiscal year 2021. With the findings and results, it is revealed that executive compensation is significantly related with revenue and earnings per share of a company without a significant relationship with return on net assets. Based on the results, several recommendations are proposed to better engage executives and improve corporate performance.
Analysis of COVID-19's impact on Intel, Microsoft, and Amazon's Corporal Governance
Authors: Fang Yichun , Wang Shenghe , Zheng Yumeng , Zhou Songyue
Published: October 2022

Since 2019 the breakout of Covid-19, the pandemic has strongly impacted individuals’ lives and economic activities. Although there was much research on the influence of Covid-19, fewer researchers studied the relationship between the impact of the pandemic and companies’ compensation policies. Therefore, the main goal of this essay is to analyze the influence of Covid- 19 on technology companies’ compensation policies. We chose three technology companies: Intel, Amazon, and Microsoft, and studied their proxy statement to collect the data on their director compensation and executive compensation from 2019 to 2021. After the comparison, we find that, for Intel, director compensation expenditure rises first in 2019 but drops dramatically in the following two years, with the executive compensation expenditure constantly decreasing from 2019 to 2021; for Microsoft, changes in director compensation are subtle during the pandemic and those in executive compensation are in the same direction with Intel; for Amazon, its expenditure on both director compensation and executive compensation drops rises magnificently from 2020 to 2021, showing a completely different trend from other two companies. This result shows that some technology corporates suffer loss from COVID-19, while some do not. The result also suggests that for those who want to serve as directors and executives in tech companies during the pandemic, a compensation policy with a several-year-long vesting period might be more beneficial and risk averse.
Analysis of compensation policies for executives and directors of bio-pharmaceutical companies in the context of the global spread of COVID-19
Authors: Lyu Linzhuo
Published: October 2022

This paper analyzes the AbbVie, Pfizer and Johnson&Johnson biopharmaceutical industry companies in the context of the spread of COVID-19.There have been articles using 3P1M to study compensation patterns in other industries and it is necessary to use 3P1M to analyze compensation policies of biopharmaceutical companies in order to motivate employees or directors as COVID-19 affects people's health around the world. Firstly, this paper using the quantitative analysis method compared the three companies’ differences of executive compensation about 3P1M and summarized the similarities of them. They have similar philosophies of their compensation policies in three aspects. And the executives of these three companies receive retainer but the components of their cash compensation are different. Among 3P1M, the most different part of 3p1M is their compensation incentive policy that related to executives’ performance. Secondly, this part analysis and compared the similarities and differences of the components of director compensation policy by aspects of the retainer that paid to different board members, incentive grants, stock ownership guidelines.
Research on Evaluation of Target Corporate and Its Stocks
Authors: Pan Xiangyuan
Published: October 2022

Target Corporation was founded in 1902 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to the sales situation, it is one of the largest discount retailers in the United States and the world. Based on SWOT method, this paper studies the management status of Target, and makes multiple valuation analysis on the financial data of Target. The research concluded that Target is striving to become the leader of this enterprise in many aspects, and also has many advantages and development potential that other peers cannot match.
How Chinese Private Medium-Size Steel Traders Response to Political & Economical Change by Business Model Transformation: An Evidence from Zhejiang Dongchang Industrial Group Ltd
Authors: Ren Maggie
Published: October 2022

The recent changes in China's economic and political environment have brought challenges to the operations of small and medium-sized steel traders, prompting them to transform their business models. This article uses Dongchang as an example to analyze its business model's transformation and point out a reasonable direction. The analysis process of this paper provides insights for other small and medium-sized steel trading enterprises to transform their direction.
Analysis of meta company's growth in the context of metaverse
Authors: Yin Luoluo
Published: October 2022

In the context of the booming metaverse concept, Internet giant companies are sailing in a thousand directions, among which Facebook Inc. has changed its name to meta, reflecting behind its determination to expand its business landscape into the metaverse field. This paper analyses the different scenarios of meta's entry into the metaverse and uses a swot model to analyse meta's metaverse business, and concludes with some discussion of the possibilities for the company's successful future development. Meta's monopoly strategy and strong comprehensive strength can strongly help to realize the meta-universe and disruptively change users' lives, however, the potential meta-universe regulation may become a more worrying long-term threat to Meta. To make a better development, internally, seeking a second growth curve, continuously making technological breakthroughs, dealing with privacy and security issues, and building a new user ecosystem; externally, in order to better embrace the arrival of the meta-universe, appropriately adjusting the monopoly strategy and proactively helping the government find a more appropriate perspective to regulate the Internet industry may be the best way.
The Influence of Brand Equity on Customer Loyalty: A Case Study on Pandora
Authors: Lu Yinxiao
Published: October 2022

With globalization and technological advances, the competition in the jewelry market is becoming increasingly fierce. Under the influence of the pandemic, it is even more difficult for brands like Pandora, which is positioned in the mid-market, to compete for market share. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of Pandora’s brand identity and brand image on customer loyalty during COVID-19. Different from the previous article, it further analyzed the adjustments and improvements made by Pandora in terms of branding when it was in the face of downtown and the pandemic. Through the use of a SWOT analysis, a qualitative study was conducted. The research concluded that the brand identity and image of Pandora can positively and significantly influence the loyalty of its customers, while it is essential to ensure that the brand identity and image are consistent. Therefore, both scholars and companies should be aware of the importance of brand identity and brand image. The market and theoretical implications of the study and future studies are finally discussed.
The Influence of Virtual Spokesmen Based on Para-social Interaction Theory
Authors: Yang Zeyuan
Published: October 2022

With the increasing maturity of the technology, the rise of Generation Z, and the expansion of the influence of the metaverse concept, virtual idols gradually enter reality, especially the real marketing scene. The virtual spokesperson is the IP image of the brand gradually has its content, scene, worldview, and culture. More and more companies release their virtual spokesperson, but the previous research only focused on virtual idols, and there are certain differences between virtual idols and virtual spokesperson. This research was designed to analyze the reasons for virtual spokespersons’ current low appeal, and this paper took Miss Lai, the virtual spokesperson of L’Oréal, as an example, and utilized the SWOT analysis method and para-social relationship theory to analyze her current behavior. This study concluded that Miss Lai's image is not vivid enough so Miss Lai cannot become the "ideal self" of the audience and cannot enable the audience to simulate her as a character, thus Miss Lai cannot build para-social relationships with audiences.
Issues and solutions in China's foreign exchange market
Authors: Pan Juntong
Published: October 2022

The foreign exchange market, as a commercial location for all sorts of foreign exchange transactions, is the product of the monetisation of the commodity economy and expansion to the world. The Chinese foreign exchange market has only just begun, compared with the norms of international foreign exchange market, and the larger gap, still is not perfected in some aspects, for example, size, market trading volume, trading subject, currency structure, management and regulation mechanism, laws and regulations, the lack of a unified foreign exchange market. Therefore, appropriate development strategies should be adopted for foreign exchange trading subjects, i.e., trading varieties, trading costs and trading methods.
The Time-varying Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Bitcoin and Ethereum: Evidence from Time Series Model
Authors: Lian Yulei
Published: October 2022

At the beginning of 2020, the panic of Covid-19 had an excessive impact on global economics and the financial market. Based on the unit root test, this paper exposes the newly global Covid-19 confirmed cases and the rate of return of Ethereum and Bitcoin are stationary time series. This paper further completes the VAR model and ARMA-GARCH model. The VAR model examines the effect of newly confirmed cases on to rate of return of Bitcoin and Ethereum, and the ARMA-GARCH model scrutinizes the newly confirmed cases to the fluctuation of Bitcoin and Ethereum. This study found that the impact of the COVID-19 on cryptocurrency earnings was short-term, and did not improve the market volatility.
Investment risk analysis for Apple Stock
Authors: Tian Fangqing
Published: October 2022

The essay mainly research what extent the shortage of chips influences on Apple stock, analysis the advantages of Apple operation and strategy and the issues of Apple facing. Relevant literature will be reviewed and assumption will be mentioned in this essay in order to examine to whether Apple stock is worth to invest.
Pricing and manufacturing strategy of dual-channel green supply chain under common product competition
Authors: Hou Yuhang , Gao Gengjun
Published: October 2022

As consumers' green demand continues to rise, the competition between ordinary products and green products is becoming more and more intense. In order to study the impact of product competition and consumer green demand on product price and product greenness, as well as the optimal manufacturing strategy of dual-channel green supply chain, for a manufacturer and a retailer that can produce common products and green products, a set of The dual-channel supply chain composed of traditional retail channels and online direct sales channels, according to the different production modes of manufacturers, established a dual-channel supply chain game model of traditional production mode, green production mode and mixed production mode, and compared the products under the three production modes Price, greenness, and manufacturer's profit are verified with examples. The results show that: based on the consistent pricing strategy, consumer channel preference directly affects product price and greenness; product competition and consumer green demand sensitivity coefficients both promote product prices and product greenness; the manufacturer's optimal manufacturing strategy For the mixed production mode.
The application of game theory in COVID-19 time
Authors: Hu Leyi
Published: October 2022

The essay is mainly about the application of game theory in markets of COVID-19 time. And int explains the thoughts of people (customers and companies) when the new policies came out. The essay gets the conclusion that COVID-19’s causes anxious of citizens, and this kind of feelings lead to the shortage of goods, then the governments or firms came out the policies to make sure there is enough goods by limiting number of goods people can buy. This research will help explaining the reason of the polices set by the governments and firms, and also explaining people’s reaction and feelings or thoughts about these polices. It helps the governments or firms learn and prepare from this virus infection events to next one.
Analysis of the Used Car Market in the United States
Authors: Lin Ziye
Published: October 2022

Used cars are an essential part of the automobile market. With the change in people's car buying concept and increased consumer demand for cars, its market has become increasingly active. In this paper, we analyzed the United States used car market data to understand how factors like car brand, owner type, location, and mileage affect the price of used cars. We find that Asian brands account for a more significant proportion of the market. Comparing Honda and Toyota in Japanese cars, we assume that Toyota is relatively more cost-effective than Honda. We also identify several major sales hubs in the United States, such as New York and Massachusetts on the east coast, California on the West Coast, and Florida on the south. This paper thus provides used-car market potential consumers and existing sellers with price and location references.
The Effect of China’s Infrastructure Assistance on Africa's Economic Transformation
Authors: Fan Eva Zhirong
Published: October 2022

China's growing investment is transforming the African economy. China's infrastructure aid to Africa is constantly growing and diversifying. Quality and well-developed infrastructure is crucial for expanding African economy, strengthening competitiveness, and improving African's quality of life. This article examines the impact and bottleneck restrictions of population, resources, and industrial policy on Africa's economic transition. The following section analyzes the impact of Chinese infrastructure aid on the economic transformation of Africa, including human capital, industrial clusters, and industrial upgrading. Based on panel data from 2003 to 2022, a quantitative research method analyses China-Africa investment and African economic transformation, comparing to Japan in order to better comprehend the mechanism. In conclusion, an effort is made to elucidate the rationale behind Chinese infrastructure aid and economic change in Africa, together with policy recommendations for future investment and development.
The Impact of Logistics Service Quality of Cross Border E-Commerce Business on Customer Satisfaction
Authors: Li Zhiheng
Published: October 2022

Nowadays, people have a high requirement for daily necessities. Many consumers buy daily necessities overseas. In recent years, cross-border e-commerce is becoming one of the mainstream people's shopping modes. With the increasing popularity of network applications, the e-commerce is changing the business models of traditional shopping. Cross-border logistics accounts for an increasing proportion of logistics business. Compared with traditional domestic logistics business, cross-border e-commerce logistics may have many problems such as payment and customs clearance, resulting in its service quality significantly affecting customer satisfaction. This paper analyzes the current problems of cross-border e-commerce logistics services. Meanwhile, it summarizes the research status of the relationship between cross-border logistics service quality and customer satisfaction. Last but not the least, potential solutions of improvement for cross-border e-commerce logistics service quality were also proposed.
Research on the application of Neiman Economic Psychology in enterprise Human Resource management
Authors: Jing Chen
Published: October 2022

Our country has entered the information age and the knowledge economy age, talent as important resources, not only relates to the development of a country, but also affects the survival and progress of enterprises. In the 21st century, the competition between enterprises is not only the competition of product quality and service, but also the competition of potential "human factors" in every detail. Nieman, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002, has made great contributions to the study of economics. He won a Nobel Prize for his work on human decision-making under uncertainty, largely because he was able to combine psychological research with economics. On this basis. This paper briefly introduces the concept and application value of Nieman economic psychology, analyzes the influence of Nieman economic psychology on enterprise human resource management, and puts forward the corresponding countermeasures.
Accessibility Analysis of Parks in Xigong District of Luoyang City Based on GIS Technology
Authors: Zhang Kexin
Published: October 2022

This paper takes Puyang City, Henan Province as an example to study its current transformation effect. It sets up five dimensions of economic benefit, resource benefit, people's livelihood development, ecological efficiency and scientific and technological construction level, and analyzes the impact of Puyang City through the entropy weight-TOPSIS model. Key indicators of transformation, and use the super-efficiency DEA model to measure the efficiency value of five dimensions year by year. After the evaluation of the transformation performance measurement system, it is found that the current urban transformation of Puyang is progressing well; from the research results, the transformation effect of Puyang city mainly depends on the high-quality development of resource efficiency and scientific construction, which will continue to promote more efficient and sustainable development in the future. Sustained development provides ideas, and also serves as a reference for other resource-based cities like Puyang to implement transformation.
Fundamental Utilization Value: Measured Based on Macro and Micro Analysis
Authors: Sun Chao
Published: October 2022

Certain market practitioners, for instance, technical analyst and amateur investor have less attention to the results of fundamental but follow the choice of the public. Lack of theoretical basis and understanding of data, resulting in intangible loss. The purpose of this paper is an attempt to introduce fundamental analysis, taking Apple as an example, to assist novice investors in evaluating a company's securities products. The method based on fundamental analysis measures the investment value and future prospects of a company by analyzing the macroeconomic situation, which focuses on the international situation, national economic policies, and industry conditions, and the corporate financial situation, which focuses on the ratios related to cash flow, profitability, operating ability, and solvency. By integrating macro and micro, corporate value can be explored better.
Monetary policy responses to supply shocks and demand shocks
Authors: Wang Jiahe
Published: October 2022

Economic shocks, mainly COVID-19, have had a large impact on the global economy, such as the recent extremely high inflation rate in the United States. The monetary policy of the central bank plays a great role in stabilizing the economy. This paper mainly discusses the specific monetary policies implemented by the central bank when the macro economy meets the unexpected shocks and because one of the most important assumptions in this paper is that when the central bank makes decisions , the economy along the “balanced growth path”, the economy discussed in this paper is a smoothly developing developed country, such as the United States, rather than China.
Research on the influence of consumer experience value on flow experience
Authors: Xu Jiayi
Published: October 2022

With the rapid improvement of people's living standards in recent years and the gradual change of consumption habits, the era of focusing on the experience economy has also followed. Mathwick, Malhotra & Rigdon (2001) put forward the concept of "experience value". He & Zhou (2013) pointed out that whether it is a traditional offline store or an online shopping platform,  providing consumers with a good shopping experience and excellent value is not only closely linked to the company's marketing strategies such as market segmentation, product differentiation and positioning, but also is the key to a company's competitive advantage. Although some scholars have discussed the relationship between experiential value and flow experience, they have not yet conducted in-depth research on flow experience with online shopping as the study  subject. Therefore, this study uses shopping sites to investigate the relationship between experiential value and flow experience.This study uses online shopping platforms as the target industry and Taobao as the specific research scope and uses multiple online channels to issue questionnaires. In the end, a total of 433 questionnaires are returned, in which 45 invalid questionnaires are deducted and 388 valid questionnaires are accepted.After analysis using statistical tools such as SPSSAU and IBM SPSS Amos, the results show:The aesthetics of experiential value has a significant positive correlation with the intrinsic interest of flow experience.The playfulness of experiential value has a significant positive correlation with the sense of control, attention focus, curiosity, and intrinsic control of flow experience.The service excellence of experiential value has a significant positive correlation with the sense of control of flow experience.