bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Traduir ciència
Authors: Ros Joandomènec
Published: June 2021

Traduir textos científics, siguin manuals universitaris, llibres o articles de divulgació científica o assaigs, obliga a una literalitat que quan es tracta de traduir ficció (i en especial poesia) no cal que sigui respectada. La fidelitat al text original, tal com el concebé l’autor, sempre necessària, és absoluta quan allò que es transmet és ciència. Tanmateix, en alguna ocasió aquesta fidelitat pot ser mal interpretada pel lector. Es presenten alguns casos, en especial un en el qual l’autor fou acusat de censurar el text original.
Lobato Patricio, Julia; Granados Navarro, Adrián. La traducción jurada de certificados de registro civil. Manual para el Traductor-Intérprete Jurado
Authors: Andújar Moreno Gemma
Published: June 2021

Lobato Patricio, Julia; Granados Navarro, AdriánLa traducción jurada de certificados de registro civil. Manual para el Traductor-Intérprete JuradoBerlín: Peter Lang, 2018, 145 p. (Studien zur romanischen Sprachwissenschaft und interkulturellen Kommunikation, Band 123)ISBN 978-3-631-74314-0
Status of Ambient PM2.5 Pollution in the Seoul Megacity (2020)
Authors: Uhm Jung-Hoon , Kwon Eun-Han , Kim Young-Jun , Seong Ji-Hye , Ju Hyeji , Ahn Jun-Hyuk , Bae Il-Sang , Choi Yong-Suk , Cho Seog-Ju , Shin Yong-Seung
Published: June 2021

The Center for Air Quality & Control at the Seoul Research Institute of Public Health and the Environment (SIHE) has monitored changes in the concentration of fine dust in Seoul over the past 10 years and investigated meteorological factors as well as fine particulate matter (PM2.5), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations in northeastern China and its contribution to the PM2.5 concentration in Seoul. The concentration of fine dust in Seoul in 2020 was 21 µg/m3, which is down 16% from 2019 and the lowest since 2010. In 2020, China’s emissions of pollutants such as NO2 have decreased significantly due to regional blockades, social distancing, and factory shutdowns caused by COVID-19. As a results, the concentration of precursors such as SO2 and NO2, and PM2.5 in northeastern China are also decreased, which contributed to the reduction in PM2.5 concentration in Seoul caused by westerly winds blowing. In addition, the ratio of east and south winds that usually contain low concentrations of pollutants was more than 30% of the total air currents into Seoul, which is the highest in the last three years. Moreover, the mean wind velocity and the amount of precipitation were also the highest recorded values of 2.4 m/s and 1651.0 mm, respectively. Calculations using Comprehensive Air quality Model with eXtensions (CAMx)-Particulate Source Apportionment Technology (PSAT) show that the contribution of external inflows to the PM2.5 concentration in Seoul was 65%. We believe that the reasons for the low PM2.5 concentration in 2020 are due to meteorological factors and a decrease in air pollution in northeastern China. Meanwhile, the major contribution of emissions in Seoul (resuspended road dust and non-exhaust dust) was high. When the concentration of PM2.5 was high, the contribution of resuspended road dust was reduced due to an increase of secondary generating materials. Currently, data on emission reduction due to the COVID-19 cannot be assessed, which we believe will enable more accurate contribution calculations in the future.
mystery Sonatas by Heinrich ignaz Franz Biber
as an example of metatextuality in instrumental music from the Baroque era
Authors: Kozyra-Paulska Beata
Published: June 2021

The article is devoted to Mystery Sonatas (also known as Rosary Sonatas) by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber and the aspect of metatextuality in these pieces. The text includes an outline of the composer’s biography, a description of the origin and circumstances in which the Sonatas were written, and an explanation of the essence of metatextuality and its connections with Biber’s works, taking into consideration rhetoric, symbolism and scordatura. Referring to Polish and foreign literature on the subject, the author finds interesting dependencies between sonatas and emblems, she describes sound results achieved thanks to the use of scordatura, gives examples of rhetorical figures, analyses the use of these figures in selected sonatas, and presents the symbolic importance of a key. Mystery Sonatas are a musical picture, in which the composer painted the history of Jesus and Mary by means of sounds, using symbolism and rhetoric in a masterly way. Figurativeness of the Sonatas that Biber acquired thanks to the discussed means of expression may constitute quite an interesting
Fritak og religiøse spenninger i skolen
Authors: Lomsdalen Christian
Published: June 2021

The right to be exempted in Norwegian basic education means that pupils can avoid participating in educational school activities that are perceived as practicing or adhering to another religion or another worldview, or which on the basis of their own religion or worldview are perceived as problematic. The right to exemption constitutes a paradox in several ways, and there is very little information on how it is practiced at school. In this article, I discuss exemption right complaints and inquiries to the office of county governor using theory of the school as a community of disagreement. I show how some areas are problematic for selected groups in the school based on their own beliefs or views on life, or which for them are experienced as participation in other beliefs and views on life.
Keywords: the right to be exempted, religion, primary school, educational law, Religious education
Bokmeldinger
Authors: Øygard Steinkopf Tone Synnøve , Skeie Geir
Published: June 2021

Ragnhild Strauman og Bernd Krupka (red.): Sang for livet! Salmene og sangen i Den norske kirkes trosopplæring (IKO-Forlaget 2020)
Karlo Meyer: Religion, Interreligious Learning and Education. (Peter Lang 2021)
Impact of Displacement Phenomena on Landscape Identity: Application of Cultural Values Model
Authors: Ashraf Mohamed Talat Ibrahim Ali , Kamičaitytė Jūratė
Published: June 2021

The research attempted to discover the impact of displacement phenomena on the identity of landscape, by using Janet Stephenson’s Cultural Values Model to study and analyze cultural landscapes. The model was chosen due to its universality, simplicity and embodiment of the relational concept of landscape perception and evaluation. The result of landscape evaluation depends on the characteristics of both landscape and observer, as well as on the relation of the object and subject. In order to understand the complexity and diversity of landscape and its identity, these were analyzed through a ternary system, consisting of forms, practices, and relationships, i.e. what is seen, what is happening and what it means to those who see and use it. The research represents a feasible and pragmatic approach to understand the complexity of landscape and its identity, by tracing back their retrospective changes due to the impact of displacement phenomena – a shift of objects, behaviours or relationships. Through this theoretical and methodological model, multiple universal correlational patterns were developing, in which the three components encountering the displacement behave and interact with each other, leading to an ambiguous impact on landscape identity and the socio-cultural quality of the human living environment. By studying and time-tracking different landscape cases that experienced major displacements from around the world to one of landscape’s systemic components, the research results show some regular patterns in landscape identity changes, and how its structural tangible and intangible system performs and effects in creating, or destroying landscape identity, defying the limits of spatial and historical context.
Investigation of Social Opinion on Green Lifestyle and Eco-friendly Buildings. Decision Making Criteria
Authors: Šatrevičs Vladimirs , Voronova Irina , Bajare Diana
Published: June 2021

The present paper develops decision-making criteria through literature research to assess the social opinion on green life style and eco-friendly buildings. Validity of criteria was ensured among company executives and academic staff, based on elaborated criteria small pilot survey was performed and analysed. Current research focuses on the influence of demographic variables (e.g., age, gender) and individual subjective characteristic factors; external influencing factors (e.g., social norms, policies) are not used. According to the research results, our concept helps to outline the most crucial factors in industry regarding customer subjective requirements on eco-friendly building and innovative building materials. Nowadays companies need to meet customer requirements in order to adjust them in terms of eco-innovation approach and industry’s green ecosystem development and remove the gaps in value preposition. This paper helps to investigate  respondents’ awareness, requirements, and willingness-to-pay for the eco-friendly houses.
Comparison of Clinical Manifestations and Risk Factors of Death in Two Age Groups Less and More Than 50 Years in Patients with COVID-19
Authors: Sharifipour Ehsan , Koohpaei Alireza , Shams Saeed , Rahimi Maryam , Aghaali Mohammad
Published: June 2021

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected more than 180 countries and has killed more than half a million people up to now. Risk factors for death are not yet fully identified. Objectives: The present study aimed at comparing the clinical manifestations and risk factors for death between two groups of patients with COVID-19 aged under and above 50 in Qom Province, Iran. Methods: The current retrospective cohort study was conducted on 178 patients with COVID-19 in Qom Province. Patients were followed up until recovery or death. The source population was divided into four groups, of which 45 patients were randomly enrolled in the study. The first group included patients aged less than 50 discharged after recovery; the second group included patients less than 50 years who died from COVID-19; the third group consisted of patients above 50 discharged after recovery, and the fourth group included patients above 50 who died from COVID-19. The data, including COVID-19 clinical symptoms and presumptive risk factors for death, were collected and compared between groups. Results: The most common symptoms in hospitalized patients were shortness of breath (82.6%), cough (73.6%), and fever (71.9%), respectively. In the age group above 50, the prevalence of fever in the recovered subjects was higher than that of the ones who died from the disease (81.8% Vs. 53.3%). Headache and loss of senses of smell and taste were also more common in both age groups in the recovered subjects. In the age group under 50, subjects who died had higher BMI values, but in the age group above 50, subjects who died had lower BMIs. Conclusions: The results of the present study showed that obesity could be a risk factor for death in the age group under 50. The results also indicated that in both age groups, extrapulmonary symptoms were more common in recovered patients.
Algorithmic Literacy and the Role for Libraries
Authors: Ridley Michael , Pawlick-Potts Danica
Published: June 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) is powerful, complex, ubiquitous, often opaque, sometimes invisible, and increasingly consequential in our everyday lives. Navigating the effects of AI as well as utilizing it in a responsible way requires a level of awareness, understanding, and skill that is not provided by current digital literacy or information literacy regimes. Algorithmic literacy addresses these gaps. In arguing for a role for libraries in algorithmic literacy, the authors provide a working definition, a pressing need, a pedagogical strategy, and two specific contributions that are unique to libraries.
Les Innus, un peuple à travers l’histoire (2e partie)
Authors: Delâge Denys
Published: June 2021

Cet article vise à démontrer la filiation historique entre les Innus contemporains et leurs ancêtres de la préhistoire. Projet inutile, peut-on croire, puisque la langue innue, qui est la même que celle du xviie siècle, est toujours parlée de nos jours. Projet pertinent, néanmoins, parce que notre tradition historiographique affirme la disparition des Indiens. Quels furent donc les mécanismes 1) d’occultation de l’Autre chez les Euro-Canadiens et 2) de maintien dans le temps de la société innue ? Le ciment du monde innu n’a jamais résidé dans une organisation politique, mais dans la parenté et dans la cosmologie. Épidémies et raids guerriers ont durement éprouvé les Innus, mais à un degré probablement moindre que leurs voisins autochtones. Cette société a réagi en remembrant ses familles par l’adoption et l’assimilation des veufs, veuves et orphelins.
Le gouvernement de Robert Bourassa et la culture, 1970-1976 (2e partie)
Authors: Harvey Fernand
Published: June 2021

Le Livre vert sur la culture a été rédigé par le ministre Jean-Paul L’Allier au cours de l’année qui a précédé les élections générales du 15 novembre 1976. Le document comprend trois parties. La première regroupe divers textes issus du milieu politique et du milieu culturel qui légitiment la démarche du Livre vert. La seconde pose un diagnostic sur l’état d’une quinzaine de secteurs culturels en lien avec l’action du Ministère. Quant à la troisième partie, elle s’affiche en mode solution en proposant une réorganisation structurelle du ministère des Affaires culturelles et des organismes qui lui sont rattachés. Parmi les recommandations, L’Allier propose d’octroyer une autonomie administrative aux grandes institutions culturelles publiques. Fidèle à l’esprit des années 1970, le Livre vert témoigne d’un État interventionniste dans le domaine culturel.
Deep sequence modelling for predicting COVID-19 mRNA vaccine degradation
Authors: Qaid Talal S. , Mazaar Hussein , Alqahtani Mohammed S. , Raweh Abeer A. , Alakwaa Wafaa
Published: June 2021

The worldwide coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic made dramatic and rapid progress in the year 2020 and requires urgent global effort to accelerate the development of a vaccine to stop the daily infections and deaths. Several types of vaccine have been designed to teach the immune system how to fight off certain kinds of pathogens. mRNA vaccines are the most important candidate vaccines because of their capacity for rapid development, high potency, safe administration and potential for low-cost manufacture. mRNA vaccine acts by training the body to recognize and response to the proteins produced by disease-causing organisms such as viruses or bacteria. This type of vaccine is the fastest candidate to treat COVID-19 but it currently facing several limitations. In particular, it is a challenge to design stable mRNA molecules because of the inefficient in vivo delivery of mRNA, its tendency for spontaneous degradation and low protein expression levels. This work designed and implemented a sequence deep model based on bidirectional GRU and LSTM models applied on the Stanford COVID-19 mRNA vaccine dataset to predict the mRNA sequences responsible for degradation by predicting five reactivity values for every position in the sequence. Four of these values determine the likelihood of degradation with/without magnesium at high pH (pH 10) and high temperature (50 degrees Celsius) and the fifth reactivity value is used to determine the likely secondary structure of the RNA sample. The model relies on two types of features, namely numerical and categorical features, where the categorical features are extracted from the mRNA sequences, structure and predicted loop. These features are represented and encoded by numbers, and then, the features are extracted using embedding layer learning. There are five numerical features depending on the likelihood for each pair of nucleotides in the RNA. The model gives promising results because it predicts the five reactivity values with a validation mean columnwise root mean square error (MCRMSE) of 0.125 using LSTM model with augmentation and the codon encoding method. Codon encoding outperforms Base encoding in MCRMSE validation error using the LSTM model meanwhile Base encoding outperforms codon encoding due to less over-fitting and the difference between the training and validation loss error is 0.008.
Awareness and Perspective of Nursing Tutee on Proof Relied Enactment at Selected Nursing Colleges of Central Gujarat, India
Authors: Pandya Arpan
Published: June 2021

Introduction: Nursing tutee are traditionally following the set benchmarks of nursing care. Several researchers have observed a wide gap between present awareness and perspective of nursing tutee in relation to recent health care developmental proofs and their day-to-day nursing activity. In the present study researcher has made an attempt to assess the Proof Relied Enactment (PRE) skills to find out their status. Aim: To assess the possessed awareness and perspective of final year Bachelor of Science (BSc) Nursing tutee regarding PRE. Materials and Methods: This descriptive survey was conducted among the IVth year BSc Nursing students in selected Nursing colleges of central Gujarat from January 2020 to December 2020. Purposive sampling technique was used and a sample of 120 students was included in the study. Descriptive and inferential statistics including mean, Chisquare and Karl Pearson coefficient of correlation was used to analyse the results. Results: The study showed that learning of fundamentals of PRE has significant correlation with utilisation status of PRE whereas rest of variables displayed negative correlation. The mean awareness score was 20.1 and SD was 2.91, whereas mean score for use of evidence resources was 28.24 and SD was 2.95, mean score for utilisation status for PRE was 6.15 whereas SD was 1.47, mean perspective score was 107.94 and SD was 10.93. None of the demographic showed statistically significant association with perspectives of tutee on PRE. There was positive correlation between awareness and perspective of nursing tutee on PRE. Conclusion: Nursing tutee who learned PRE in their curriculum consciously improved their PRE skills and were more productive during study.
Physical Evolution of Solutions in Response to the Contact of Water with Beans: Case Study of Soaking and Boiling
Authors: Tuebue J. C. Fopoussi , Tchinda I. N.
Published: June 2021

The present paper aims to highlight the physical evolution of solutions from soaking and beans cooking process. This is motivated by the desire to shed light on the particular behavior of the bean end-of-cooking solutions when they are incorporated into the soil. For that purpose, solutions from soaking were produced by putting in contact 2kg of sorted and quickly washed beans seed with 8kg of water with known physical characteristics. Concerning the solutions from cooked beans, they were produced by putting on fire the pot containing the mixture of the water from soaking and bean seeds. The beans were a variety of Phaseolus vulgaris L.,known as “Meringue”. The cooking process was done without salts. The samples of solutions were collected as follow: 30 and 60 minutes respectively after the beginning of the soaking, 30, 60, and 90 minutes after the beginning of the cooking process of the beans soaked during 60 minutes. After each sampling, the equal volume of the solution collected was replaced with the water used for the cooking process. The color of the water used for the cooking process is translucent. Concerning solutions from soaking, their coloration are gradually reddish. Solutions from soaking and cooking process became abruptly dark red. From 60 minutes of the cooking process after soaking, the dark red coloration turn to strong brown. The solution handled in the case of the present study, from soaking and cooking the beans are gradually enriched in flakes compared to the situation noticed in the water used for the cooking process. But, the enrichment becomes abruptly high with the beginning of the cooking process after the process of soaking. In terms of consequence, their physical parameters studied in the present case study all increase in the same manner, notably the mass, the volumetric mass, and the density of the different solutions. The infiltration tests made including the water used for the different processes, solutions form the end of cooking the beans, and human urine show that the infiltration rate of the water from cooked beans is very low compared to that of the water used for the processes and human urine. The total infiltration of solution of the end of cooking the bean reveals on the infiltration surface the presence of a film of a matter bearing molds, generated by the progressive settling of this solution. The correlations established between the different parameters followed up here are highly positive. But in detail, the influence of an under laid parameter, known here as temperature, has been identified as being the responsible of the questioned behavior of the parameters taken in pairs in the case of correlation studies made. Finally, from this work, it emerges that the specific behavior of the bean end-of-cooking solution when it is introduced into the soil is justified by its progressive enrichment in organic matter during the cooking process.
Retracted: State estimation of Takagi‐Sugeno fuzzy system in networked control system with stochastic time delays under unknown attacks
Authors: Aslam Muhammad Shamrooz
Published: June 2021

This article concerns the event‐triggered fuzzy filter design for Takagi‐Sugeno (T‐S) fuzzy systems subject to deception attacks under the stochastic multiple time‐varying delays. A sequence of random variables, which are mutually independent but obey the Bernoulli distribution, is introduced to account for the randomly occurring communication delays. In order to efficiently utilize limited network communication bandwidth resources, the event‐triggering scheme is adopted. A fuzzy filter with the attacked input signal is presented. Moreover, due to communication delays caused by event‐triggering schemes and transmission, the filter adopts non‐synchronous premise variables with the system. Then, by utilizing a model transformation technique, the fuzzy systems are developed. Furthermore, using the piecewise Lyapunov functional method technique, the resulting criterion provides sufficient conditions to ensure that fuzzy systems under deception attacks are stochastically stable with an H∞ performance. Accordingly, the conditions for the co‐design of the fuzzy filter and event‐triggering schemes are given. Finally, numerical simulation with the industrial process provided to verify the proposed event‐triggered design.
A novel unknown input observer‐based fault detection with application to a two‐stage chemical reactor
Authors: Wu Yu , Du Dongsheng , Mao Zehui , Yang Yan
Published: June 2021

This article presents a new method of fault detection for the two‐stage chemical reactor system. The process can be carried out effectively in the presence of the time‐delay and the unknown inputs and the parameter uncertainties by using the observer‐based method technique. In order to detect the actuator fault, a novel unknown input observer is employed as the residual generator. Multi‐objective optimization techniques and a new performance index are adopted to ensure the robustness and sensitivity of the fault detection observer. Then the problem of fault detection is reduced to the problem of model matching. Furthermore, sufficient conditions are obtained to guarantee that the error system is asymptotically stable with an performance by means of the Lyapunov function technique. Finally, a two‐stage chemical system is borrowed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the obtained methods.
State and disturbance observers‐based chattering‐free fixed‐time sliding mode control for a class of high‐order nonlinear systems
Authors: Alinaghi Hosseinabadi Pooyan , Ordys Andrzej , Soltani Sharif Abadi Ali , Mekhilef Saad , Pota Hemanshu Roy
Published: June 2021

It is essential to consider chattering alleviation of Sliding Mode Control (SMC) design along with providing the system convergence regardless of initial states utilizing the fixed‐time stability notion. Unknown states and disturbance are two major issues in practical applications, which can be effectively solved by using sliding mode observers. This paper deals with state and disturbance Observers‐based Chattering‐Free Fixed‐time SMC (OCFFSMC) design for a class of high‐order nonlinear systems with unknown disturbance, while only the first state is measured physically. A new form of the combined observer‐controller is designed to provide estimated data of unknown disturbance and unmeasured states in the control law. The designed disturbance observer‐based sliding mode controller is not only capable of estimating unknown disturbance but also capable of alleviating the chattering problem in the control signal. Based on defining a new form of the sliding surface, a new control law is designed to alleviate chattering problem and achieve trajectory tracking in a fixed time independently of initial conditions. The fixed‐time stability proof of the closed‐loop system is obtained using Lyapunov stability theory. The validity of the proposed control scheme, OCFFSMC, is verified by applying two examples and simulating in Simulink/MATLAB.
Toward New Forms of Particle Sensing and Manipulation and 3D Imaging on a Smartphone for Healthcare Applications
Authors: Zhu Jinlong , Zhao Ni , Liu Shiyuan , Wei Shiyuan , Zhou Renjie
Published: June 2021

Close to half of the world population have smartphones, while a flagship smartphone today has been integrated with more than 20 smart components and sensors, making a smartphone a highly integrated platform that can potentially mimic the five senses of humans. Recent advancement in achieving high compactness, high performance computing, high flexibility, and multiplexed functionality in smartphones have enabled them for many cutting‐edge healthcare applications, such as single‐molecule imaging, medical diagnosis, and biosensing, which were conventionally done with bulky devices. Herein, recent advances in sensors in modern smartphones are reviewed and how they can potentially offer widespread and easy‐to‐implement solutions to emerging healthcare applications, including biosensing, point‐of‐care testing, pollution monitoring, etc., are discussed.
Local Spin Ice Order Induced Planar Hall Effect in Nd–Sn Artificial Honeycomb Lattice
Authors: Guo Jiasen , Yumnam George , Dahal Ashutosh , Chen Yiyao , Lauter Valeria , Singh Deepak K.
Published: June 2021

Geometrically frustrated materials, such as spin ice or kagome lattice, are known to exhibit exotic Hall effect phenomena due to spin chirality. For the first time, Hall effect mechanism is explored in an artificial honeycomb spin ice of Nd–Sn element using Hall probe and polarized neutron reflectivity measurements. In an interesting observation, a strong enhancement in Hall signal at relatively higher temperature of T ∼ 20 K is detected. The effect is attributed to the planar Hall effect due to magnetic moment configuration in spin ice state in low field application. In the antiferromagnetic state of neodymium at low temperature, applied field induced coupling between atomic Nd moments and conduction electrons in underlying lattice causes distinct increment in Hall resistivity at very modest field of H ∼ 0.015 T. The experimental findings suggest the development of a new research vista to study the planar and the field induced Hall effects in artificial spin ice.
Wafer‐Scale Van der Waals Assembly of Free‐Standing Near Atom Thickness Hetero‐Membranes for Flexible Photo‐Detectors
Authors: Shawkat Mashiyat Sumaiya , Han Sang Sub , Chung Hee‐Suk , Mofid Sohrab Alex , Yoo Changhyeon , Jung Yeonwoong
Published: June 2021

Heterogeneous integrations of functionally and chemically distinct materials have been explored to develop promising building blocks for opto‐electronic device applications. Recently, the Van der Waals (vdW)‐assembly of near atom thickness materials has provided excellent opportunities beyond what has been previously been difficult to realize. However, its up‐to‐date demonstrations remain far from achieving the scalability and versatility demanded for practical device applications, that is, the integration is generally demonstrated with intrinsically layered 2D materials of very small lateral dimensions. Herein, the large centimeter‐scale vdW assembly of two different materials with structurally, chemically, and functionally distinct properties, that is, 2D platinum ditelluride (PtTe2) metallic multilayers and non‐layered 3D semiconducting platinum sulfide (PtS) are reported. Both materials are precisely delaminated from their growth wafers inside water and are subsequently integrated on unconventional substrates of desired functionalities. The large‐area vdW‐assembled 2D/3D PtTe2/PtS hetero‐materials on flexible substrates exhibit an excellent photodetection in a spectral range of visible‐to‐near infrared (NIR) wavelength, which is well preserved under severe mechanical deformation. This study paves the way for exploring large‐area flexible opto‐electronic devices solely based on near atom thickness materials.
Control of glyphosate‐ and mesotrione‐resistant Palmer amaranth in glyphosate‐ and glufosinate‐resistant corn
Authors: Liu Rui , Kumar Vipan , Jhala Amit , Jha Prashant , Stahlman Phillip W.
Published: June 2021

Increasing reports of herbicide‐resistant Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson) pose a serious management concern for Kansas corn (Zea mays L.) producers. The objectives of this study were to evaluate various herbicide programs, including preemergence (PRE) alone, PRE followed by (fb) early postemergence (EPOST), and PRE fb late POST (LPOST) for control of glyphosate‐ and mesotrione‐resistant (GMR) Palmer amaranth in glyphosate‐ and glufosinate‐resistant corn, and their effect on crop injury, yield, and net economic return. Field experiments were conducted in 2018 and 2019 in grower fields with natural infestations of GMR Palmer amaranth near Seward in Stafford County, KS. Preemergence programs, including dicamba + thiencarbazone‐methyl + atrazine and dicamba + [atrazine, bicyclopyrone, mesotrione, S‐metolachlor (ABMS)] or dicamba + ABMS in mixtures with atrazine, mesotrione, S‐metolachlor, and metribuzin provided 89–93% control of GMR Palmer amaranth 3 wk after PRE. Preemergence fb EPOST programs provided 87–96% control of GMR Palmer amaranth at 2 wk after EPOST through 7 wk after LPOST. In comparison, PRE‐only programs provided 62–82% and PRE fb LPOST programs provided 75–86% control. The various herbicide programs resulted in greater corn grain yield ranging from 9,207 to 10,508 kg ha–1 compared with 6,056 kg ha–1 in the nontreated control. The highest net return ($1,300 ha–1) was achieved from dicamba + ABMS + atrazine applied PRE fb EPOST application of ABMS + atrazine. These results suggest that effective PRE fb EPOST herbicide programs consisting of multiple sites of actions are available and provide effective control of GMR Palmer amaranth in glyphosate‐ and glufosinate‐resistant corn.
A New Melanesian Rock‐Art Style: Figurative Engravings at Roche Mauprat, Arama Chiefdom, New Caledonia
Authors: Sand Christophe , Baret David , Bolé Jacques , Ouetcho André‐John , Gagne Abraham
Published: June 2021

The paper presents the initial study of a unique rock‐art site discovered at the northern tip of the Mainland (Grande Terre) of New Caledonia. On the walls of a cliff‐face at the foot of a karst outcrop near Roche Mauprat, people have carved successive layers of geometric and figurative motifs. The fine, detailed engraving style of some human figures is unlike anything identified to date in the rock‐art of New Caledonia, where petroglyph anthropomorphic motifs are very rare. We present the main themes that have been recorded, including geometrics, groups of dancing figures and sets of traditional houses surrounded by trees. Only one European figure was identified, indicating that the main engraving period was probably pre‐contact and pre‐colonial. The paper discusses the relation of this new rock‐art style to other art forms, and especially the well‐studied Kanak engraved bamboo tradition that flourished during the second half of the nineteenth century in New Caledonia.
Assessing the difference in learning gain between a mixed reality application and drawing screencasts in neuroanatomy
Authors: Pickering James D. , Panagiotis Antoniou , Ntakakis Georgios , Athanassiou Alkinoos , Babatsikos Emmanouil , Bamidis Panagiotis D.
Published: June 2021

Augmented, mixed, and virtual reality applications and content have surged into the higher education arena, thereby allowing institutions to engage in research and development projects to better understand their efficacy within curricula. However, despite the increasing interest, there remains a lack of robust empirical evidence to justify the mainstream acceptance of this approach as an effective and efficient learning tool. In this study, the impact of a mixed reality application focused on long spinal cord sensory and motor pathways is explored in comparison to an existing resource already embedded within an active curriculum (e.g., anatomy drawing screencasts). To assess the changes in learner gain, a quasi‐randomized control trial with a pre‐ and post‐test methodology was used on a cohort of Year 2 medical students, with both the absolute and normalized gain calculated. Similar patterns of learner gain were observed between the two groups; only the multiple‐choice questionnaires were shown to be answered significantly higher with the screencast group. This study adds important empirical data to the emerging field of immersive technologies and the specific impact on short‐term knowledge gain for neuroanatomy teaching, specifically that of long sensory and motor pathways. Despite the limitations of the study, it provides important additional data to the field and intends to support colleagues across the education landscape in making evidence‐informed decisions about the value of including such resources into their curricula.
Digital sliding mode controllers for active control of ground vehicles
Authors: Acosta Lúa Cuauhtémoc , Di Gennaro Stefano , Navarrete Guzmán Antonio , Rivera Domínguez Jorge
Published: June 2021

This paper aims at designing, in the discrete‐time setting and using sliding mode techniques, some controllers ensuring the tracking of desired references of lateral and yaw velocities for a ground vehicle with active front steering and rear torque vectoring actuators. The vehicle is described by an enhanced discrete‐time model, recently presented in the literature. These three controllers have been designed considering the modified equivalent control method for perturbation attenuation, the discrete‐time‐like super‐twisting algorithm, and the discrete‐time reaching law. They have been tested with a simulation study using CarSim, where the three controllers are compared under parametric variations, external perturbations, and different sampling periods.
Classification of thermoluminescence features of CaCO3 with long short‐term memory model
Authors: Isik Esme , Toktamis Dilek , Er Mehmet Bilal , Hatib Muhammed
Published: June 2021

Calcium carbonate (CaCO3), a mineral commonly found in the Earth's crust, is mainly in the forms of calcite and aragonite. Calcite has the most stable type of thermodynamics at room temperature and ambient pressure. It has wide band gap structure and is of great interest for a wide‐range technical and industrial applications due to its physical properties and suitability. In this study, a new method based on the long short‐term memory (LSTM) model of deep learning is proposed to classify the thermoluminescence properties such as fading, cycle of measurement, heating rate, and dose–response of CaCO3. Therefore the thermoluminescence properties of calcite was investigated as a suitable band structure and its coherent data were used to classify the features using a deep learning LSTM model. Experiments were carried out on a dataset consisting of four classes. The accuracy, precision, and sensitivity values of the proposed model obtained were 98.34, 97.90, and 98.56%, respectively. The classification process of the results obtained from the designed model showed good performance.
Retracted: Industry 4.0 and circular economy practices: A new era business strategies for environmental sustainability
Authors: Khan Syed Abdul Rehman , Razzaq Asif , Yu Zhang , Miller Sharon
Published: June 2021

Amid rising environmental concerns, Industry 4.0 and blockchain technology (BCT) are transforming circular economy (CE) practices and prevailing business models. Recognize the same; this study examines the role of blockchain technology in circular CE practices and their impact on eco‐environmental performance, which influences organizational performance. The study collects data from 404 enterprises located in Chinese and Pakistani territories, involved in cross‐border supply chain operations. Both countries' sample has great relevance due to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which possesses several positive fallouts in terms of technology spillovers across firms. Using the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS‐SEM) modeling framework, this study provides three key findings. First, BCT significantly improves the circular economy practices (circular procurement, circular design, recycling, and remanufacturing). Second, CE practices help improve firms' environmental performance and stimulate their financial performance. Third, higher eco‐environmental performance significantly boosts organizational performance. This study sets out the foundations for participating countries/firms that simultaneously achieve financial and sustainable goals by integrating blockchain technology in circular economy practices.
Incidence of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia utilizing a polymerase chain reaction‐based diagnosis in patients receiving bendamustine
Authors: Rice Mikhaila L. , Barreto Jason N. , Thompson Carrie A. , Mara Kristin C. , Tosh Pritish K. , Limper Andrew H.
Published: June 2021

Background

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is a life‐threatening infection occurring in patients receiving bendamustine. The poorly defined incidence, particularly when utilizing polymerase chain reaction (PCR)‐based diagnostic techniques, precipitates unclear prophylaxis recommendations. Our objective was to determine the cumulative incidence of PJP diagnosed by single copy target, non‐nested PCR in patients receiving bendamustine.

Methods

Patients were evaluated for PJP from initiation of bendamustine through 9 months after the last administration. The cumulative incidence of PJP was estimated using the Aalen–Johansen method. Cox proportional hazard models were used to demonstrate the strength of association between the independent variables and PJP risk.

Results

This single‐center, retrospective cohort included 486 adult patients receiving bendamustine from 1 January 2006 through 1 August 2019. Most patients received bendamustine‐based combination therapy (n = 461, 94.9%), and 225 (46.3%) patients completed six cycles. Rituximab was the most common concurrent agent (n = 431, 88.7%). The cumulative incidence of PJP was 1.7% (95% CI 0.8%–3.3%, at maximum follow‐up of 2.5 years), after the start of bendamustine (n = 8 PJP events overall). Prior stem cell transplant, prior chemotherapy within 1 year of bendamustine, and lack of concurrent chemotherapy were associated with the development of PJP in univariate analyses. Anti‐Pneumocystis prophylaxis was not significantly associated with a reduction in PJP compared to no prophylaxis (HR 0.37, 95% CI (0.05, 3.04), p = 0.36).

Conclusions

Our incidence of PJP below 3.5%, the conventional threshold for prophylaxis implementation, indicates routine anti‐Pneumocystis prophylaxis may not be necessary in this population. Factors indicating a high‐risk population for targeted prophylaxis require further investigation.
Optimizing the digital customer journey—Improving user experience by exploiting emotions, personas and situations for individualized user interface adaptations
Authors: Märtin Christian , Bissinger Bärbel Christine , Asta Pietro
Published: June 2021

This paper discusses a novel approach for exploiting emotions and situation‐aware software adaptation methods for individualizing some of the touch points of the digital customer journey and thereby optimizing customer experience and effectiveness of e‐commerce applications. Our approach uses emotion recognition, eye‐tracking, and other individual tracking methods as well as customer personas for adapting interactive web applications by accessing a flexible adaptation framework at runtime. The framework allows for individualization at runtime by applying situation‐aware adaptations. Two experimental customer studies were carried out in the e‐commerce domain in order to provide a basis for exploitable emotion‐ and persona‐related situational changes. The results of the studies were used to demonstrate the potential of our situation analytic adaptation approach with examples from a commercial beauty‐products e‐business portal.
Chemical Constituents from Staminate Flowers of Eucommia ulmoides Oliver and Their Anti‐Inflammation Activity in Vitro
Authors: Li Rui , Huang Tao , Nie Lanlan , Jia An , Zhang Lei , Yuan Ying , Hong Yanlong , Wang Jianying , Hu Xiao
Published: June 2021

Three new monoterpenoids, named eucomylides A−C (1–3), along with six known compounds (4–9) were isolated from the staminate flowers of Eucommia ulmoides Oliver. The structures were elucidated by extensive analyses of spectroscopic methods, and their absolute configurations were established by time‐dependent density functional theory electronic circular dichroism (TDDFT ECD) calculation. All the compounds along with previously isolated components (10–14) were tested for their anti‐inflammatory effects. Two iridoid glycosides (11 and 12) and a flavonoid glycoside (14) showed potent suppressive effects on nitric oxide (NO) production in RAW 264.7 cells, with IC50 values ranging from 17.11 to 22.26 μM.
Acute stroke intervention for acute embolic procedural strokes performed by cardiologists
Authors: Piayda Kerstin , Grunwald Iris , Sievert Kolja , Bertog Stefan , Sievert Horst
Published: June 2021

Acute ischemic stroke is a feared complication during cardiovascular procedures associated with high morbidity and mortality if not immediately recognized and treated. We conducted a review of cases at our center where patients experienced an acute, procedure‐related ischemic stroke and underwent immediate endovascular stroke treatment by the interventional cardiologists trained in acute endovascular stroke intervention. Baseline demographics, procedural and follow‐up data were collected. Three patients were identified in whom the percutaneous procedure (peripheral arterial intervention, transapical NeoChord [NeoChord Inc, Minnesota, USA] implantation and transcatheter aortic valve implantation, respectively) was complicated by an acute embolic ischemic stroke. In all cases, cerebral vessel re‐canalization was technically successful with thrombolysis in cerebral infarction (TICI) IIB/III flow. Follow‐up computed tomography scans showed no infarct demarcation, oedema or intracranial hemorrhage. One patient survived with no neurological symptoms at 6‐month follow‐up whereas the two other patients died of unrelated intensive care complications and decompensated heart failure. We conclude that endovascular stroke treatment during cardiovascular interventions can be performed by interventional cardiologists with appropriate training. It offers the unique opportunity to treat cerebral embolization in a time‐efficient manner, potentially improving morbidity and mortality of affected patients.
A rapid unfavorable penile calciphylaxis case followed by total penectomy
Authors: Roquet‐Gravy Charlotte , Théate Ivan , Lejeune Michele , Vanhooteghem Olivier
Published: June 2021

When the diagnosis of penile calciphylaxis is suggested, the evolution of the disease is rapidly unfavorable; in this case, a rapid medical treatment must be established to obtain an improvement of the disease to avoid penectomy.
Post‐transfusion hyperhemolysis syndrome in a patient with beta thalassemia major
Authors: Kasinathan Ganesh , Sathar Jameela
Published: June 2021

Hyperhemolysis syndrome (HS) is characterized by the occurrence of severe anemia with post‐transfusion hemoglobin and hematocrit levels being markedly lower than those present prior to transfusion. A high index of suspicion of HS in a multi‐transfused thalassemia patient allows prompt institution of therapy resulting in improved survival outcome.
Isolated duodenal injury presenting as Fournier's gangrene: A case report
Authors: Shah Tuhin , Raj Joshi Brikha , Kumar Abhijeet , Simkhada Ganesh , Kumar Gupta Rakesh
Published: June 2021

Isolated duodenal injury is rare as they are usually associated with other visceral injuries. Diagnosis of a duodenal injury is difficult, and its management is challenging. Hence, it is important to timely recognize such injuries for better outcome.
A lymphoepithelial cyst in the pancreatic accessory spleen: A case report
Authors: Hiroi Sawako , Hamaoka Michinori , Yamamoto Rie , Matsugu Yasuhiro , Nishisaka Takashi , Nakahara Hideki , Itamoto Toshiyuki
Published: June 2021

We present the first report of a lymphoepithelial cyst. As additional cases will likely be encountered in the future, our study sets the precedent for future research.
Tonsillolith
Authors: Shikino Kiyoshi , Ikusaka Masatomi
Published: June 2021

Small tonsilloliths are usually asymptomatic, whereas large tonsilloliths are sometimes associated with recurrent sore throat and odynophagia.
Bilateral facial paralysis secondary to temporal bone trauma: A case report and literature review
Authors: Abrahão Nicolau Moreira , Guimarães Guilherme Correa , Castilho Arthur Menino , Silva Vagner Antônio Rodrigues da
Published: June 2021

When temporal bone fractures are associated with facial palsy (FP) evolution the medical team have no much time to make a decision: to do or not to do a surgical approach? How to evaluate the necessity? When to do it and when is the correct time?
Primary malignant melanoma of the gastric antrum: A case report
Authors: Younes Ahmed I. , Mohamed Anas , Rizvi Areeba H. , Prenshaw Karyn
Published: June 2021

Primary melanoma of the antrum is a rare and aggressive disease. Diagnosis requires a correlation between the patient's history, tumor histopathology, and immunohistochemistry. Surgery and mutation‐targeted treatments may improve overall survival.
Klimaschonung durch Membrananwendung – Membrandestillation zur Erzeugung von pharmazeutischem Reinstwasser
Authors: Nellessen Cornelius , Klein Thomas , Rapp Hans‐Jürgen , Rögener Frank
Published: June 2021

Wasser ist das wichtigste Medium in der pharmazeutischen Industrie. Die erforderliche Wasserqualität hängt vom Bestimmungszweck ab und dieser beeinflusst wiederum den Aufwand der Wasseraufbereitung. Die Aufbereitung von Wasser für den Einsatz in der Pharmaindustrie basiert heute hauptsächlich auf der mehrstufigen Destillation oder Membranprozessen, insbesondere der Kombination aus Umkehrosmose, Elektrodeionisation und Ultrafiltration. Membrandestillation (MD) als relativ neues Verfahren ist eine Alternative zu diesen klassischen Methoden der Rein‐ und Reinstwassererzeugung. Die einstufige Aufbereitung zu Pharmawasser aus Trinkwasser mithilfe der MD wird vorgestellt. Besonderer betrachtet werden die Eignung der MD für die pharmazeutische Wasseraufbereitung, der Effekt verschiedener Prozessparameter und die Möglichkeit, den spezifischen Energieeinsatz zu reduzieren.