[{"id":944,"title":"Commercialization of Buddhist sacred trees to correct disconnections from nature","sha":"b27fa3f352e76d0e9834e5a146fa47c9","user_id":null,"state":"published","body":"Enlightenment is the understanding of the universal facts while improving mental condition in to a supreme level. Last twenty eight Buddhas who attained this status have undergone the deep meditation, reflecting on his experience of life, determining to penetrate its truth while seated beneath a tree in different times (Conze,2003;Gowans,2004;Sikarwar,2016;Wright, 2016).Assuming this special tree was not selected only due to plant characteristics such as nature of fruiting, thorny, shady or the wide availability in India at the time of each Buddha, but to receive the support from special chemical properties via plant structures for energy exchanges, purification of mind and body systems, relaxation or stress reduction etc., based on wisdom and understanding. Analyzing the properties of these tree species will lead, to separate special chemical substances or identify structures for development of products and services e.g. in tree therapy and plant therapy while providing clues on nature’s support for enlightenment.\r\nReference \r\nConze, E.,2003. Buddhist meditation. Courier Corporation.\r\nGowans, C.,2004. Philosophy of the Buddha: An Introduction. Routledge.\r\nSikarwar, R.L.S.,2016. Saga of Indian sacred plants. Indian Ethnobotany: Emerging Trends. Joghpur: Sci. Publ, pp.162-180\r\nWright, D.S., 2016. What is Buddhist enlightenment?, Oxford University Press\r\n","created_at":"2022-05-29T03:00:52.468Z","updated_at":"2022-06-17T02:45:18.419Z","zenodo_id":6644359,"doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6644359","subject":null,"tags":["buddhism","tree therapy","plant therapy","natural support","mind purification"],"vote_count":1,"view_count":1,"score":1.1,"deleted":false,"muted":false,"tweeted":false,"attachment_file_name":null,"attachment_content_type":null,"attachment_file_size":null,"attachment_updated_at":null},{"id":985,"title":"Heavy metal concentrations in tree rings to prove prolonged existence and hypothesized health impacts - CKDu ","sha":"2fef623aa9cbe82551885e99e4595317","user_id":null,"state":"published","body":"Tree rings that occurred due to seasonality or drought are used to estimate the age of tropical and temperate trees [1]. The heavy metal concentrations in tree rings are used to study the accumulation history by means of tree age [2]. CKDu or Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown etiology/Uncertain cause affects agricultural communities in countries like Sri Lanka, Central America. Heavy metal accumulation in drinking water due to agrochemical use is hypothesized as a cause for this disease. Therefore, heavy metal concentrations in body parts of patients and drinking water samples are examined to conclude the hypothesized causality. But these measurements have limitations to identify the history of heavy metal concentrations, history of availability in the environment/water to label it as the culprit. As practices, histories of agrochemical use, water use, and size of accumulation as a proxy of history are used to find the causality [3]. But, heavy metal concentrations in tree rings of large old tress in the agricultural areas/near water sources can be examined to identify the historical accumulation levels and to separate the accumulations due to agrochemical use, assuming both people and trees share water, soils, environment commonly. \r\nReferences \r\n1. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00361.x\r\n2. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2020.20.00075\r\n3. https://doi.org/10.1159/000513014\r\n\r\n","created_at":"2022-06-30T05:58:04.386Z","updated_at":"2022-08-07T06:00:34.420Z","zenodo_id":6970154,"doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6970154","subject":null,"tags":["ckdu","dendrochronology","heavy metal accumulation history","hypothesized health impacts","tree rings"],"vote_count":0,"view_count":1,"score":0.1,"deleted":false,"muted":false,"tweeted":false,"attachment_file_name":null,"attachment_content_type":null,"attachment_file_size":null,"attachment_updated_at":null},{"id":1031,"title":"A mobile app to promote self-limiting Carbon emissions and improve the rationality of choices among the students.","sha":"00532261a308bc92f5b9ab5a0054608d","user_id":null,"state":"published","body":"Global warming has increased due to accumulation of Carbon Dioxide, creating serious impacts on the existence of humans and their activities. The learning- teaching efficiency is also impacted by higher temperatures. The educational institutes also have contributed to the global warming by little quantities due to their activities and energy use. Thus, they have a role to promote the self-limiting Carbon emissions of their main stakeholders. As a practical method to promote self-limiting among students, a mobile app can be introduced via educational institutes which will add points upon the choices, i.e. demand e-books, attending virtual conferences, use a bicycle instead of the school bus. In here, the average Carbon emission level per student, maximum Carbon emission allowance per student and average Carbon emission per different activity are needed to be calculated first. The points can be allocated as per the scale of reduction due to the selected activities via an algorithm. Further, similar algorithms can be used to show the best options to be within the permitted limits. The earned points can be used to offer rewards, assign marks for some fundamental requirements, i.e. ethical behaviour, rationality assessments or exchange with  money  to make the use as a habit.","created_at":"2022-12-04T16:33:52.535Z","updated_at":"2023-01-16T06:00:18.051Z","zenodo_id":7539340,"doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7539340","subject":null,"tags":["global warming","carbon emissions","self - limiting","greenhouse gas emissions","higher education and carbon emissions"],"vote_count":0,"view_count":1,"score":0.1,"deleted":false,"muted":false,"tweeted":false,"attachment_file_name":null,"attachment_content_type":null,"attachment_file_size":null,"attachment_updated_at":null},{"id":1151,"title":"Herfindahl Hirschman Index (HHI) for assessing the competition among education selling countries","sha":"04bb7f3c579e402d452b92651f8a3ac3","user_id":null,"state":"published","body":"HHI is typically calculated to observe the market structure and competition among the manufacturers for a specific product by using the market share of each   manufacturer.  Therefore, the HHI value shows the market power, potential buying pattern for the product based on the number of manufacturers and the product pricing generated by this competition. But, a major limitation of the HHI is that it cannot account for many variables.  Considering both advantages and limitations, HHI can be used to calculate the competitiveness of the countries that provide international educational programmes by using the share of annual student intakes by each country. The assumptions would be, all these countries have a Cournot competition where each keen on the amount of student intake ( will be the output at the end), which decide on independently of each other and at the same time, and deliver similar programmes as per the global trends and market demand i.e., course structures, advancements in subject areas while competing for the same market niche of international students in the year. HHI can be used to determine the competition since it does not require many variables. The HHI value of the country can be used deciding new programmes, changes for student facilitations or cost structures.","created_at":"2023-08-21T21:02:32.030Z","updated_at":"2023-08-29T22:25:18.024Z","zenodo_id":8271138,"doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8271138","subject":null,"tags":["herfindahl hirschman index","assessing the competition","global education"],"vote_count":1,"view_count":1,"score":1.1,"deleted":false,"muted":false,"tweeted":false,"attachment_file_name":null,"attachment_content_type":null,"attachment_file_size":null,"attachment_updated_at":null}]