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DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2010.802
title: Comparative study of the Sutta Nipata and the Lotus Sutra

description: Literally, the small or inferior vehicle, Hinayana was designation used by the Mahayana schools to denote the perceived shortcoming of their predecessors. Mahayana criticized Hinayana principally for stressing benefits to the individual alone through its goal of self-perfection and release from the bonds of existence. The other hand, Sectarian Buddhism (Nikaya Buddhism or the Abhidharma schools) apparently claimed that the new Mahayana sutras were the teachings of devils, not the Buddha. This assertion was revived in Japan in the latter part of the nineteenth century, when Western historical research methods were first applied to Buddhology. As a result, some scholars considered that Mahayana was not the direct teaching of the historical Buddha. If the Buddha’s teaching is defined strictly as the actual word of Shakyamuni, however, then even the teachings recorded in the Agamas are not original: the Agama did not take their present form until several hundred years after the Buddha’s death, and in the course of their transmission both conscious and unconscious changes were introduced. I have heard that modern scholars agree that it is justifiable to regard as the Buddha’s teaching whatever expounds the Law accurately and transmits its spirit. From this point of view, Mahayana scriptures must be accepted as part of the Buddha’s teaching. In the thesis, I try to search for underlying both the Sutta Nipata and the Lotus Sutra.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2010.803
title: Sample preparation for determination of steroids dulterated in herbal medicines by high performance liquid chromatography

description: QuEChERS sample preparation was optimized and validated for high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of nine steroids adulterated in liquid herbal medicines: triamcinolone, prednisolone, hydrocortisone, methylprednisolone, betamethasone, dexamethasone, beclomethasone, fludrocortsone acetate and cortisone acetate. In QuEChERS procedures, a liquid sample (2.0 ml) was first extracted with acetonitrile (2.0 ml) in the presence of anhydrous magnesium sulfate (500 mg) and sodium chloride (125 mg). The sample cleanup was then performed by dispersive-solid phase extraction using primary secondary amine sorbents (50 mg) as well as magnesium sulfate for the removal of residual water. Satisfactory extraction recoveries of 91113 % for all nine steroids were obtained, along with an acceptable intraday and interday precision in extraction recoveries shown by relative standard deviation of  3.4 %. The QuEChERS sample preparation developed here allows the reliable detection of adulterated steroids with the limits of detection in the range of 0.060.17 ppm. Adulterated steroids in three out of six commercial herbal medicines were found, such as 1.6 and 8.8 ppm dexamethasone and 0.43 ppm prednisolone
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2010.804
title: Stochastic modeling for gold prices and its application to gold derivative pricing

description: In this thesis, we developed a one-factor model of stochastic behavior of gold prices. The gold prices are assumed to follow an extended Geometric Brownian Motion with a time-varying drift which describes seasonal variation in gold prices. The drift includes instantaneous convenience yields which follow an ordinary differential equation. Moreover, we derive closed-form solutions for no-arbitrage prices of gold futures and European gold options under the no-arbitrage assumptions.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2010.805
title: The syntax and lexicon of Thai pidgin english in Phuket

description: This study aims to analyze the syntax and lexicon of Thai Pidgin English in a community named Rawai, Phuket. Data was collected by tape-recording conversations of thirty informants. They are divided into two groups: traders and inter-married families. The results illustrate that Thai Pidgin English spoken in Phuket is a contact language containing features different from those in Standard English in terms of sentence structure and grammatical patterns; e.g., use of serial verb and the lack of inflectional morphology, as well as lexical usage; e.g., semantic broadening and word creation. Those characteristics show the influence of the first language on constructing another language, and they also correspond to what has been suggested in previous studies of pidgins. Moreover, the situations of speaking Thai Pidgin English in Phuket do not only cover trading circumstances, but also extend to wider contexts.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3381406
title: Unstable Ion Composition Boundary Layer Crossings

description: A list of unstable ion composition boundary layer crossings by the MAVEN spacecraft, separated into three categories. "Snowplow" events have discrete parcels of low energy escaping heavy ion plasma interspersed with more energetic magnetosheath plasma. "Plume" events have higher energy escaping heavy ions with a beam-like distribution, interspersed with magnetosheath plasma. "Unclassified" events do not neatly fit in either of these categories.
description: Funded by the MAVEN contract through NASA.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2010.806
title: Development of telephone supportive self care model and evaluation of its impacts on glycemic control and self care among type II diabetic patients in Bangkok metropolitan

description: The objectives of this research were to develop the diabetes telephone supportive self-care model for self-management support, and to evaluate its impacts on glycemic control and diabetes self-management among type 2 diabetic patients. The author developed the automated telephone system with diabetes knowledge inside the interactive voice response subsystem to provide diversified curriculum arrangement including general knowledge modules, suggestive segment modules, and 10 question and answer (QA) sets for assessment with tailored information. The evaluation of 3 month effect was conducted by the randomized controlled trial on enrollees, 224 diabetes type 2 patients of diabetic clinics of King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and Ladkrabang Hospital. The intervention arm received automated diabetes education calls two times a week for 5 weeks and followed by once a week for 7 weeks, with educator follow -up calls The pooled results of unadjusted analysis showed that HbA1c level of the intervention group lowered significantly than usual care group,-0.42 % (p&lt;0.001; 95% CI, -1.03 to -0.28). Using multiple regression analysis, adjusted age, HbA1 c baseline level, and medical service settings, the magnitude of intervention effect on HbA1c reduction is -0.38 % (95% CI, -0.73 to -0.02). Sub setting analysis showed different effect between the two health service settings. The effect is very strong at a primary and secondary care, Ladkrabang Hospital (-0.78% of HbA1c; 95% CI, -1.24 to -0.32). No self-management behavior changes show significant difference within groups, but change scores of self-efficacy and quality of life were significantly higher in the intervention group (p&lt;0.001). The acceptability to the program was also examined among 112 participants in the intervention group. Most study participants reported that they were satisfied with the program and regarded its usefulness and helpfulness on awareness, understanding, and reminding behavior change attempts. Eighty one point two (81.2) percent of the respondents reported to participate in the next program This prototype of diabetes telephone-linked care for Thai diabetes is a step forward in response to diabetes self-care management and education need. Further studies need more investigations including effective long-distance education tools, long-term efficacy of diabetes self-care improvement, script improvement for targeted groups, as well as its cost effectiveness.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2010.807
title: The effect of behavioral management program on blood cholesterol in patients with coronary revascularization

description: The purposes of this study were to compare total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and triglyceride in patients with coronary revascularization who participated in the behavioral management program before and after the intervention, to compare total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and triglyceride before and after the intervention in order to show that the net change from the experimental group are lower than that of the control group, and to compare HDL-cholesterol before and after the intervention in order to show that the net change from the experimental group is higher than that of the control group. This program was created by following guidelines of the cholesterol lowering therapy by The National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) (2001) and basing on self-efficacy theory (Bandura, 1997). The quasi-experimental study design was presented in this study. The purposive sampling was used to select the sample size which was totally 57 subjects. The intervention group received the behavioral management program and usual care while the control group received only the usual care. Blood cholesterol was evaluated two times: first time when the program started and the second time when the program was completed (three months later). The result of the study revealed that 1) The patients with coronary revascularization who participated in the behavioral management nursing program had a significant difference in mean scores for Total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol (p
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2010.808
title: Characterization of a polymine-binding protein in cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

description: Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 PotD protein involved in polyamine transport was overexpressed in Escherichia coli as His-tagged PotD (rPotD). The purified rPotD showed saturable binding kinetics with radioactively-labeled polyamines. The rPotD exhibited a similar binding characteristic for three polyamines with a preference for spermidine. The Kd and maximum binding (Bmax) values for putrescine, spermidine and spermine were 13.2, 7.8 and 8.3 M, respectively and 0.74, 1.42 and 0.13 mol/mol rPotD, respectively. Optimum binding of rPotD with polyamines was at pH 8.0. Although the polyamine binding was increased by NaCl and sorbitol up to 10 mM, it was reduced when the concentration was higher than 50 mM. Competition experiments of polyamines analogs, such as amino acid, showed the specific binding of rPotD with polyamines. The in vivo function of Synechocystis PotD concerning polyamine transport was characterized by using Synechocystis knockout mutant disrupted potD gene (potD:Kmr). The mutant cells showed similar growth in BG11 to that of Synechocystis wild-type, although it was more sensitive to high concentration of putrescine or spermidine up to 0.5 mM than wild-type cells. Growth of Synechocystis cells in the medium containing either 0.5 mM putrescine or spermidine led to an increase in PotD levels, about 1.6 and 2.8 fold, respectively. The presence of 550 mM NaCl in BG11 did not significantly affect the Synechocystis growth in both wild-type and mutant cells, while the presence of 300 mM sorbitol in BG11 resulted in the growth stimulation in wild-type and growth inhibition in mutant cells. The putrescine and spermidine uptakes were induced by either NaCl or sorbitol up to 10 mM. Interestingly, the reduction of spermidine uptake activity was observed by 50% in mutant cells, while putrescine uptake activity was not altered. Additionally, the spermidine excretion activity was decreased by 60% in mutant cells. High light showed an inhibitory effect on Synechocystis growth in both wild-type and mutant cells. These mutant cells were showed growth inhibition after the first two days. Besides, the high light enhanced the putrescine and spermidine uptake activity by 3 and 2.5 fold, respectively. Furthermore, the external polyamines stimulated both PSII activity and photosynthetic capacity within 30 min but decreased sequentially after one hour in both wild-type and mutant cells. Docking of these polyamines into the homology model of Synechocystis PotD showed that all three polyamines are able to interact with Synechocystis PotD. The binding modes of the docked putrescine and spermidine in Synechocystis are similar to those of PotF and PotD in E. coli, respectively. The overall results support the role of PotD in mediating polyamine transport in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2010.809
title: Fe₂O₃-Mg-Al supported beads for phosphate removal

description: The phosphate removal in surface water by adsorption on Mg-Al LDHs and Fe₂O₃-Mg-Al LDHs or layered double hydroxides was investigated. The materials were synthesized by co-precipitation method in and 2:1 and 0.05:2:1 weight ratio as Mg-Al and Fe₂O₃-Mg-Al, respectively. Their structure formed in layered double hydroxides (LDHs) was confirmed by XRD, SEM, XRF, FT-IR and BET specific surface area. The introduction of Fe₂O₃ into the main structure increased the specific surface area and affected the phosphate adsorption capacity. Based on Langmuir isotherm, 31 mg P/g Fe₂O₃-Mg-Al LDHs was observed. Adsorption kinetic followed pseudo-second-order kinetic model with respect to phosphate concentration. The synthesized materials were applied to the fabrication of granular adsorbent for use in the wastewater treatment. The phosphate adsorption capacity obtained by material via mechanical coating was higher than that using extrusion technique. In conclusion, both types (powder and pellet) of Fe₂O₃-Mg-Al LDHs could be an alternative material for the removal of phosphate for the surface water.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2010.810
title: Bioactive compounds of endophytic fungi isolated from Mammea siamensis, Mesua ferrea, AND Calophyllum inophyllum

description: In the present study, four endophytic fungal strains, Aspergillus terreus (MS1), Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (CI3), Phoma herbarum (CI4) and Ascomycete sp. (CI5) obtained from M. siamensis, M. ferrea and C. inophyllum, were selected for bioactive metabolite isolation. Investigation on chemical constituents of each fungus cultured on suitable medium led to the isolation of two novel butyrolactone derivatives, aspernolide D (4) and asperterone (5) from EtOAc extract of the fungus A. terreus, together with five known derivatives, butyrolactones I (1), II (2), aspernolide B (3), butyrolactones III (6) and IV (7). Furthermore, terrein (8) was found to be a major metabolite (relatively high yield) when cultured in malt extract broth. This indicated that cultured medium has much effect on chemical structure of metabolites produced. In the case of fungal strains CI3, CI4 and CI5, after ferment on solid rice medium, purification of their EtOAc extracts by chromatographic techniques led to the isolation of fiveteen known compounds (9-23). The structures of all isolated metabolites were established on the basis of spectroscopic data. Further, compounds obtained from the fungus A. terreus were evaluated for their cytotoxicity against cancer cell lines, antimalarial and antibacterial activities. Only compounds 5 and 8 exhibited cytotoxicity on cancer cell lines tested with IC₅₀ ranging of 2.70-5.63 µM, whereas compounds 1, 3-5 and 6 displayed weakly to moderately antibacterial activity. In addition, it was found that compound 8 could inhibit potent antimalarial activity with IC₅₀ value of 3.17 µM.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2010.811
title: Mechanical properties of cuttlebone reinforced natural rubber composites

description: Cuttlebone is an important biomass which can be incorporated in natural rubber (NR) as a reinforcing filler. The main composition in cuttlebone particles was inorganic calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) about 89 – 94 % and the remained contents were protein (3 - 7 %) and chitin (3 - 4 %). The obtained chitin extracted from cuttlebone had been characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The results indicated that the characteristic absorption peaks were corresponding to the chemical structure of chitin in β-form. The composites were prepared via three kinds of sulfur vulcanizations, i.e., conventional vulcanization (CV), semi-efficiency vulcanization (semi-EV) and efficiency vulcanization (EV) systems. From the results of cure characteristics, the scorch time and cure time of NR compounding trended to be decreased with increasing filler loading. The mechanical properties of NR composites via three kinds of sulfur vulcanizations were improved by addition of cuttlebone particles and the mechanical properties were found to be comparable with those of the NR filled with commercial CaCO₃. However, the CaCO₃ did not improve the tear and abrasion resistances of the NR composites. When the NR composites were subjected to thermal aging, it was found that the incorporation of the CaCO₃ filler could improve the thermal stability of composite materials, compared with NR vulcanizate without the reinforcing filler. Nevertheless, the incorporation of CaCO₃ filler could not prevent the surface cracking caused by ozone. Dynamic mechanical properties of cuttlebone particles filled NR vulcanizates were comparable with those of the commercial CaCO₃ filled ones. In addition, the presence of organic component such as chitin was affected to give a good rubber-filler interaction of cuttlebone particles to NR matrix as supported by scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
DOI: 10.17632/mkcc46knth.1
title: Data for: The Impact of Learner Metacognition and Goal Orientation on Problem-Solving in a Serious Game Environment

description: This dataset presents 159 players’ computer log data when they play a Serious Game along with their characteristics data including problem-solving performance scores, demographic information, metacognition, and goal orientation measurements. A total of 85,194 log files were recorded during one-hour game play. The data here are related to the research paper entitled “The Impact of Learner Metacognition and Goal Orientation on Problem-Solving in a Serious Game Environment”. Tableau and R tools were used to analyse and visualize player log data. The data collected would provide insights on the relationship among individual player characteristics, in-game behavior and performance in the game.
DOI: 10.3886/e100365
title: Action Control of Affordances in an Implicitly Cued Simon Task

description: The present study used covert means to implicitly cue responses in a Simon Task in order to investigate how participants anticipate and resolve conflicts between relevant and irrelevant stimulus information. Participants were randomly assigned to either a Non-predictive or a Predictive Simon Task in which implicit cues predicted the correct response. Results showed that, despite an overall high level of accuracy between the two tasks, when implicit cues were present the average Simon Effect was significantly smaller compared to when cues were absent. Group mean differences in Simon effect scores support that implicit priming mechanisms modulate response selection and action monitoring when conveying information about response outcomes. These results demonstrate that knowledge learned implicitly can be used to resolve conflict between relevant and irrelevant stimulus information in order to avoid non-optimal behavior, providing evidence for the role of implicit learning in action control of response affordances.
description: Response Rates: Fifty-three undergraduates from the Catholic University of America were recruited and received course credit to participate in the present study but only forty-eight (32 females; 16 males, aged 18 to 23 years, M = 18.92, SD = 1.22) met the inclusion criteria for the analysis.
description: Mean of median reaction times for correct responses were calculated for each individual and each condition collapsed across trials for each block. Only valid cues predictive of correct responses were taken for the Predictive Simon task in order to make direct comparisons to the Non-Predictive Simon task, which contains no invalid trials.
description: Undergraduate students from the Catholic University of America ages 18 to 23 years.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2010.812
title: Stochastic model for SET50 index and derivatives pricing

description: We develop a model from the classic asset price model, geometric Brownian motion, for stock indices, and this model includes index reconstitution effect which is a normal characteristic for some stock indices. For example, SET50 Index revises its list every six months. Also, we derive closed-form solutions for no-arbitrage prices of SET50 Index futures and options.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2010.813
title: Comparison of self-care behavior between HIV/AIDS infected and non-infected mothers

description: The objective of the qualitative research was to study the comparison of self-care behavior between HIV/AIDS inspected and non-infected mothers. The study was conducted by interviewing data of the 6 aspects of self-care behavior under Orem's self-care framework. The research's case study includes the eight HIV/AIDS- infected postpartum mothers versus the HIV/AIDS- non infected mothers who received the postpartum services during March- April 2011 at Roi-Et Hospital. The research results found that the self-care behavior of aspect 1, All informants attempted to take care themselves properly by having complete five nutrients, abstaining from fermented food, tea, coffee, fat food, soda and sweet food which would make them fat, additionally, fermented fish which could cause itchy at the wound from Caesarean section was not allowed as well. In aspect 2 The findings showed that all informants didn't have any constipation and urination problems. One of the HIV-infected informants excreted 1-3 times a day; the feces turned black during the AZT (Azidothymidine) - antiviral medication. Aspect 3, activity and rest, both groups were not different. Aspect 4 Solitude and Social interaction showed that most of the infected informants were from nuclear families rather than extended families. Due to their belief that being an HIVIAIDSinfected patient was considered as their own and family's stigma, they wanted to conceal the truth about their infection. they participated in community's activities; they did such folding paper birds, doing some pieces of work for festivals and participating in their community development trainings and helping their community development in cleaning. Aspect 5 prevention of hazard, the HIV/AlDS-infected informants fed their babies with the formula milk, the noninfected informants did breastfeed their babies with breast milk even some could not continue breastfeed until six months. Aspect 6, promotion of normality, both groups were satisfied with their lives but some anxieties were found among the HIV/AIDS-infected group. Both groups were normal after follow up. The difference between those two groups were aspect 1,2,4,5,6.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2010.814
title: Identifying types and gestures of sports images with complex background by Fourier descriptor

description: Image classification with semantic contents is a challenging problem inrecent years. Various techniques such as content based image classification, textbased image classification, and combined content and text based imageclassification have been developed to solve this problem. To boost a high ofsemantic image classification performance, several techniques such as backgroundelimination, region of interest detection, and object recognition have beenincorporated. In an attempt to explore the applicability of such combined techniques,this research undertakes the semantic image classification problem by focusing onsport image domain. The proposed technique use player's posture as theidentification basis to classify the input image is the posture of player classification.For example, a baseball player image should show the 'hitting' and 'throwing'postures. To overcome this problem, the proposed method utilizes automaticcomplex background elimination and posture classification based on six differentsports to gauge the applicability of the approach. The proposed method is robust toscaling and rotation player image.