Pura Dalem Sakenan: A Manifestation of Siwa-Buddha Syncretism

The teachings of Shiva-Buddhism are a beautiful fusion of Hinduism and Buddhism, not just a legacy of the past, but a living religion that is practiced by many Balinese people. Pura Dalem Sakenan is an example of this syncretism. The temple\u27s main shrine, called the candi or gedong sekar kancing gelung, stands as a symbol of syncretism. It is a combination of the padmasana, a Hindu altar, with a Buddhist-style temple structure. Pura Dalem Sakenan is not just a holy place. It is a center of spiritual life, where ?iwa-Buddha rituals and practices take place. The faithful gather to pray, make offerings, and perform traditional ceremonies that are rich in Hindu-Buddhist nuances. Pura Dalem Sakenan as one of its cultural gems, invites us to open our eyes and hearts to the beauty of diversity. On this island, Hinduism and Buddhism are not two separate entities, but two sides of the same coin, complementing each other and forming a unique spiritual story. &nbsp

BookSQL: A Large Scale Text-to-SQL Dataset for Accounting Domain

Several large-scale datasets (e.g., WikiSQL, Spider) for developing natural language interfaces to databases have recently been proposed. These datasets cover a wide breadth of domains but fall short on some essential domains, such as finance and accounting. Given that accounting databases are used worldwide, particularly by non-technical people, there is an imminent need to develop models that could help extract information from accounting databases via natural language queries. In this resource paper, we aim to fill this gap by proposing a new large-scale Text-to-SQL dataset for the accounting and financial domain: BookSQL. The dataset consists of 100k natural language queries-SQL pairs, and accounting databases of 1 million records. We experiment with and analyze existing state-of-the-art models (including GPT-4) for the Text-to-SQL task on BookSQL. We find significant performance gaps, thus pointing towards developing more focused models for this domain.Comment: Accepted at NAACL 2024; 20 Pages (main + appendix

Digital Maturity and SMEs: evaluating the application of a digital maturity assessment tool

The challenges of undertaking digital transformation within Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are multiple. The constraints of limited resources and a lack of clear strategic purpose for the transformation are readily evident across many existing case studies. Underlying these evidenced challenges is the persistent issue of the digital maturity of an overall organisation and its people individually as key factors in the success or failure of these change projects. We examine the use of a digital maturity assessment tool within an established membership-based SME to understand these many challenges and the way they are revealed through tools of this kind. We utilise a reflective approach based on direct organisational observations to consider the veracity and value of these assessment tools in supporting the drive for positive organisational change. Our conclusions are loosely critical of the generalised nature of these tools but support their intended purpose through the benefits that they generate through a Hawthorne Effect

The impact of transitive annotation on the training of taxonomic classifiers

IntroductionA common task in the analysis of microbial communities involves assigning taxonomic labels to the sequences derived from organisms found in the communities. Frequently, such labels are assigned using machine learning algorithms that are trained to recognize individual taxonomic groups based on training data sets that comprise sequences with known taxonomic labels. Ideally, the training data should rely on labels that are experimentally verified—formal taxonomic labels require knowledge of physical and biochemical properties of organisms that cannot be directly inferred from sequence alone. However, the labels associated with sequences in biological databases are most commonly computational predictions which themselves may rely on computationally-generated data—a process commonly referred to as “transitive annotation.”MethodsIn this manuscript we explore the implications of training a machine learning classifier (the Ribosomal Database Project’s Bayesian classifier in our case) on data that itself has been computationally generated. We generate new training examples based on 16S rRNA data from a metagenomic experiment, and evaluate the extent to which the taxonomic labels predicted by the classifier change after re-training.ResultsWe demonstrate that even a few computationally-generated training data points can significantly skew the output of the classifier to the point where entire regions of the taxonomic space can be disturbed.Discussion and conclusionsWe conclude with a discussion of key factors that affect the resilience of classifiers to transitively-annotated training data, and propose best practices to avoid the artifacts described in our paper

Interpretation of Agricultural Pest Problem Handling System in Usada Wisada Pari Scripture

The knowledge of cultivation and the methods of treating and solving pest problems naturally without neglecting the local culture has been an inseparable aspect of Balinese agricultural life, which is known for its irrigation system called subak. This study aims to examine agricultural scripture named Usada Wisada Pari from two perspectives. First, this study examines the types of pests and its countermeasure. Secondly, it is important to study the lexicon form of these pests. This study shows that the types of rice pests in the Usada Wisada Pari text are categorized into two types, namely animals and plants. The countermeasure consists of natural ritual elements from plants and incantations. Furthermore, this research also shows that all kinds of plague and agricultural pests, along with ways to overcome them, reflect the very strong Shivaistic teachings. All kinds of diseases, countermeasures and prevention are described as the authority of Lord Shiva as the god of destruction in the Hindu concept. It can be concluded that the scripture of Usada Wisada Pari is a text that provides knowledge about rice pest antidotes in an environmentally friendly and holistic manner because it involves natural and religious elements. This study is expected to contribute both to academics or future researchers as well as to the public. It is hoped that academics and researchers can use this present study as a source and expand as well as deepen the object of study based on ethnoagriculture. Meanwhile, the general public can increase their knowledge regarding alternative management of agricultural epidemics in synergy with nature and local wisdom

Carbon Dioxide Capture Using an Electrochemically Driven Proton Concentration Process

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Exploring the Productivity Puzzle: The Relationship between Technology Investment and Organisational Productivity in UK SMEs

The UK has suffered declining growth in productivity over many decades and there have been several attempts to study the reason for this declining growth in UK productivity. Various potential reasons including the transition to lower productivity sectors and the lack of sufficient high-skilled workers have been suggested to explain the productivity puzzle. One factor affecting productivity is firm investment in technology, an area where the evidence remains decidedly mixed. This paper presents the background to an ongoing project investigating the link between technology adoption, decision making and in-firm productivity. The project proposes to pair organisations with high productivity with organisations with low productivity and seeks to find out whether mentoring between senior managements teams from the high productivity category can yield a positive outcome for organisations with low productivity

Pajejiwan Dalam Upacara Mapeselang: Kajian Siwa-Budha

The ceremony is part of the three frameworks of Hinduism. As part of the five sacrifices that are carried out sincerely, there is Dewa Yadnya. One of them is the mapeselang ceremony, a series of ngenteg linggih. What's unique about this procession is that there is a mlaspas in a holy place, mulang pedagingan, after that so that Ida Hyang Parama Wisesa can sit at the pelinggih, then mepeselang is carried out, namely pratima is lowered through a new buffalo caru to the bale peselang . Finally, they will also be picked up to the bale pedanan. When the procession is finished, there will be a religious dialogue between Pedanda Shiva-Buddha in which the conversation is about the contents of this universe. By holding this rite, it is hoped that the harmony of the cosmos will occur through creation, maintenance, and annihilation