Using the Nine-Consciousness Concept of VijAAnavAda in Moral Judgment

Amalavij na has often been interpreted as an attempt to forge links between Yogacara and Tath gatagarbha thought that is to synthesize the two major strands of Chinese Mahayana Buddhist doctrine Mahayana and Vij nav da In this article amalavij na is used to build a nine-consciousness model that relates to an understanding of consciousness itself from the Vij nav da perspective The nine-consciousness model comprises the first five consciousnesses seeing hearing smell taste and bodily sensation the conscious mind the manas the layavij na and the amalavij na Herein it will be explained how the nine-consciousness model can increase our understanding of ethical decision-making and develop a perspective that can facilitate enlightenment The nine-consciousness model can distinguish judgment from moral judgment explain the intuition source integrate cognitive and emotional influences interpret the reasons of moral failure and postulate how emotions and cognition work together Considering that the nine-consciousness model comprehensively describes decision processes that take place in the mind it not only provides a guideline for moral judgment but is also helpful in instructing and teaching mindfulnes

Forgotten stone in a ureteral stump increased the risk of an ureterocutaneous fistula

AbstractHere we report a female patient with diabetes who underwent right nephrectomy 18 years ago for pyonephrosis and renal stone formation. Before she was performed the right nephrectomy, a ureteral calculus impacted in the right ureteral stump was diagnosed. However, after 18 years, a right ureterocutaneous fistula was diagnosed, and the calculus was still found in the ureteral stump of the patient. As a result, a fistula caused by the ureter-impacted calculus was highly suspected. We successfully performed a right ureterectomy, fistulectomy, and debridement on the patient. From our experience in this case, we strongly recommend that a calculus impacted in the ureteral stump should be removed to prevent the occurrence of postoperative complications such as ureterocutaneous fistula

Severity and prevalence of behavioral and psychological symptoms among patients of different dementia stages in Taiwan

Background To better understand the trends of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) over the disease progression is important to provide psychoeducation for dementia caregivers. Objective This study examined the severity and occurrence of BPSD across the various degrees of the disease. Methods This study was a cross-sectional design. Patients (N = 276) who had dementia from July 2001 to October 2008 were surveyed and assessed for dementia stage, using the clinical dementia rating scale (CDR). BPSD was evaluated using the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). We examined the differences between the severities and occurrence of the individual’s BPSD among various CDR stages with the Kruskal-Wallis test and Chi-square test. Results Delusion (p = 0.01), agitation/aggression (p = 0.033), apathy/indifference (p = 0.009), aberrant motor behavior (p < 0.001), nighttime behavior disturbances (p < 0.001), and eating abnormalities (p = 0.001) were significantly different among stages of dementia. The severity of BPSD became exacerbated over the course of the disease, and was highest in moderate (CDR = 2) or severe (CDR = 3) dementia. The occurrence of BPSD was highest when the CDR equaled 2 (97.5%). Discussion The association of global (or certain) BPSD, across different stages of dementia, is a non-linear relationship. These findings suggest the importance of taking into account clinical dementia stage for managing BPSD

2-(1H-Pyrrolo­[2,3-b]pyridin-2-yl)pyridine

In the title compound, C12H9N3, the dihedral angle between the pyridine and aza­indole rings is 6.20 (2)°. In the crystal, pairs of N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds link mol­ecules into inversion dimers

RESEARCH ON THE MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFECT AND SPORT EVENT SATISFACTION OF THE TAIPEI 2017 UNIVERSIADE

The purpose of this study is to investigate the spectators’ marketing and public relations and sport event satisfaction with their participation in the Taipei 2017 Universiade. Meanwhile, based on the comparison of different personal background variables, this study compares the attractiveness and satisfaction of the spectators’ marketing and public relations recognition, marketing and public relations attitude, event planning and sport event services. A random sampling method is adopted in this study. Among spectators, university students of the Taipei 2017 Universiade are selected. A total of 700 questionnaires are distributed and 680 valid questionnaires are collected. The effective recovery rate is 97.14%. The research tool of this study is “Satisfaction scale of marketing and public relations effect and sport event satisfaction of the Taipei 2017 Universiade”. This study uses statistical methods such as descriptive statistics, independent sample t-tests, and so forth. The results of this study are: (1) In the Taipei 2017 Universiade, spectators have the highest attractiveness with “Internet” in “media tools” of marketing and public relations recognition, followed by the factor of “TV”; (2) In “marketing and public relations attitude” of the Taipei 2017 Universiade, “marketing and public relations present efforts and earnest of Taiwan” ranks the highest, followed by “marketing and public relations are impressed”; (3) In “sport event services” of the Taipei 2017 Universiade, “auditorium” ranks the highest, followed by “broadcast notification”; (4) There is no significant difference in the attractiveness and satisfaction among spectators with different personal background for “marketing and public relations recognition”, “marketing and public relations attitude”, and “sport event services” in the Taipei 2017 Universiade.  Article visualizations

Understanding the Impact of Service Failure and Recovery Justice on Consumers’ Satisfaction and Repurchase Intention

This research attempts to explore the impacts of different types of justice and their interactions on the satisfaction toward service failure recovery. We attempt to classify justices into hygiene, motivator, or asymmetric variable, based on the concept of asymmetric effect and two factors theory proposed by Herzberg. Specifically, we predict that procedural and distributive justices are hygiene or performance factor and interpersonal justice is motivator. In addition, based on expectancy-disconfirmation theory (EDT), we also attempt to understand the interaction between paired justices by arguing that motivator can generate more effect when hygiene factor or performance factors meet initial expectation. An experiment, with 3x2x2 between-subjects factorial design consisting of three factors to represent different levels of justice provided by online retailer, will be conducted to test the proposed hypotheses. A two-step approach will be used to (1) confirmation the types (hygiene, performance, or motivator) that each justice dimension belongs to, (2) understand the impact of each justice on satisfaction, and (3) test whether motivator will generate more effect when hygiene and performance factor are satisfied

3,4-Dinitro-2,5-bis­[4-(trifluoro­meth­yl)phen­yl]thio­phene

The title compound, C18H8F6N2O4S, is a precursor for the production of low-band-gap conjugated polymers. In the crystal structure, the dihedral angles between the thio­phene and benzene rings are 35.90 (8) and 61.94 (8)°, and that between the two benzene rings is 40.18 (8)°. The two nitro groups are twisted with respect to the thio­phene ring, the dihedral angles being 53.66 (10) and 31.63 (10)°. Weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonding helps to stabilize the crystal structure