bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The FluidFlower Validation Benchmark Study for the Storage of CO$$_2$$
Authors: Flemisch Bernd , Nordbotten Jan M. , Fernø Martin , Juanes Ruben , Both Jakub W. , Class Holger , Delshad Mojdeh , Doster Florian , Ennis-King Jonathan , Franc Jacques , Geiger Sebastian , Gläser Dennis , Green Christopher , Gunning James , Hajibeygi Hadi , Jackson Samuel J. , Jammoul Mohamad , Karra Satish , Li Jiawei , Matthäi Stephan K. , Miller Terry , Shao Qi , Spurin Catherine , Stauffer Philip , Tchelepi Hamdi , Tian Xiaoming , Viswanathan Hari , Voskov Denis , Wang Yuhang , Wapperom Michiel , Wheeler Mary F. , Wilkins Andrew , Youssef AbdAllah A. , Zhang Ziliang
Published: August 2023

Successful deployment of geological carbon storage (GCS) requires an extensive use of reservoir simulators for screening, ranking and optimization of storage sites. However, the time scales of GCS are such that no sufficient long-term data is available yet to validate the simulators against. As a consequence, there is currently no solid basis for assessing the quality with which the dynamics of large-scale GCS operations can be forecasted. To meet this knowledge gap, we have conducted a major GCS validation benchmark study. To achieve reasonable time scales, a laboratory-size geological storage formation was constructed (the “FluidFlower”), forming the basis for both the experimental and computational work. A validation experiment consisting of repeated GCS operations was conducted in the FluidFlower, providing what we define as the true physical dynamics for this system. Nine different research groups from around the world provided forecasts, both individually and collaboratively, based on a detailed physical and petrophysical characterization of the FluidFlower sands. The major contribution of this paper is a report and discussion of the results of the validation benchmark study, complemented by a description of the benchmarking process and the participating computational models. The forecasts from the participating groups are compared to each other and to the experimental data by means of various indicative qualitative and quantitative measures. By this, we provide a detailed assessment of the capabilities of reservoir simulators and their users to capture both the injection and post-injection dynamics of the GCS operations.
Investigating adverse effects of chronic dietary exposure to herbicide glyphosate on zootechnical characteristics and clinical, biochemical and immunological blood parameters in broiler chickens
Authors: Yildirim Elena A. , Laptev Georgi Yu. , Tiurina Daria G. , Gorfunkel Elena P. , Ilina Larisa A. , Filippova Valentina A. , Dubrovin Andrei V. , Brazhnik Evgeni A. , Novikova Natalia I. , Melikidi Veronika Kh. , Kalitkina Kseniya A. , Ponomareva Ekaterina S. , Griffin Darren K. , Romanov Michael N.
Published: August 2023

Although the herbicide glyphosate is widely used globally and considered safe, more evidence of its adverse effects on animals and humans is accumulating. The present investigation was aimed at evaluating the impact of different glyphosate concentrations on zootechnical characteristics and clinical, biochemical and immunological blood parameters in Ross 308 broiler chickens. Four groups were employed, including untreated control and three experimental groups fed diets enriched with glyphosate at doses of 10, 20 and 100 ppm that conformed to 0.5, 1 and 5 maximum residue limits, respectively. The results showed that glyphosate is a stress factor triggering a multifaceted effect on important blood parameters (e.g., white blood cell and phagocytic counts), which was shown for the first time in the experiments involving productive meat-type poultry. It was first revealed that glyphosate-induced changes in blood parameters may be related to a negative impact on the zootechnical characteristics including the digestive tract organ development and body weight gain. The study findings suggested that exposure to glyphosate in the feedstuffs can adversely affect the physiological condition and productivity of broilers.
The Creation of a Multidomain Neighborhood Environmental Vulnerability Index Across New York City
Authors: Uong Stephen P. , Zhou Jiayi , Lovinsky-Desir Stephanie , Albrecht Sandra S. , Azan Alexander , Chambers Earle C. , Sheffield Perry E. , Thompson Azure , Wilson Joseph , Woo Baidal Jennifer , Stingone Jeanette A.
Published: August 2023

Compared to previous studies commonly using a single summary score, we aimed to construct a multidomain neighborhood environmental vulnerability index (NEVI) to characterize the magnitude and variability of area-level factors with the potential to modify the association between environmental pollutants and health effects. Using the Toxicological Prioritization Index framework and data from the 2015–2019 U.S. Census American Community Survey and the 2020 CDC PLACES Project, we quantified census tract-level vulnerability overall and in 4 primary domains (demographic, economic, residential, and health status), 24 subdomains, and 54 distinct area-level features for New York City (NYC). Overall and domain-specific indices were calculated by summing standardized feature values within the subdomains and then aggregating and weighting based on the number of features within each subdomain within equally-weighted primary domains. In citywide comparisons, NEVI was correlated with multiple existing indices, including the Neighborhood Deprivation Index (r = 0.91) and Social Vulnerability Index (r = 0.87) but provided additional information on features contributing to vulnerability. Vulnerability varied spatially across NYC, and hierarchical cluster analysis using subdomain scores revealed six patterns of vulnerability across domains: 1) low in all, 2) primarily low except residential, 3) medium in all, 4) high demographic, economic, and residential 5) high economic, residential, and health status, and 6) high demographic, economic and health status. Created using methods that offer flexibility for theory-based construction, NEVI provided detailed vulnerability metrics across domains that can inform targeted research and public health interventions aimed at reducing the health impacts from environmental exposures across urban centers.
Levels of Essential and Trace Elements in Mozzarella Available on the Slovak Market with the Estimation of Consumer Exposure
Authors: Capcarova Marcela , Frigenti Marcella , Arvay Julius , Janco Ivona , Harangozo Lubos , Bandlerova Anna , Sartoni Martina , Guidi Alessandra , Stawarz Robert , Formicki Gregorz , Argente Maria-Jose , Massanyi Peter
Published: August 2023

The aim of this study was to determinate the content of some elements in a specific dairy product, mozzarella, in a particular area of western Slovakia and to evaluate the estimation of the risk to the consumers based on the contribution to the provisional tolerable weekly intake. The consumption of mozzarella can contribute to the intake of important elements in the diet, such as calcium and magnesium, along with others. The contents of some toxic and trace elements were low and have not exceeded the permitted limit. In addition, the contribution to PTWI was found to be very low, which means that the consumption of mozzarella possesses no risk to humans. It is concluded that the data obtained in this study can help as a valuable addition to methodological and scientific material in the field of food safety of dairy products and their positive impact on human health.
Optimization of Microwave-Assisted Organosolv Pretreatment for Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cherry Tree Pruning and Pistachio Shells: a Step to Bioethanol Production
Authors: Corsi Luca , Mateo Soledad , Spaccini Francesco , Buratti Cinzia , Moya Alberto J.
Published: August 2023

The overall purpose of this research work was to apply a microwave-assisted digestion process combined with ethanol organosolv as pretreatment for pistachio shells (PS) and cherry tree pruning (CTP) biomasses for cellulose production. This process would reduce the technical and environmental disadvantages of the accumulation of these agricultural wastes. A central composite design based on the Response Surface Methodology was applied to check the effect of reaction time, temperature, and concentration of ethanol acid solution. Adequate models have been obtained for the contents of cellulose and lignin of the treated solids as well as for solubilized cellulose percentage. Best conditions implied 67% ethanol and 30 min at 150 $$~\mathrm {^\circ }$$

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C, involving the production of a cellulose-enriched material (81.1% and 90.1% for treated CTP and PS, respectively). Finally, enzymatic hydrolysis of these materials was carried out, reaching glucose concentrations of 70 and 100 kg/m$$^{3}$$

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for CTP and PS, resulting in enzymatic hydrolysis yields at 12 h of 97.2% and 76.9%. These high values are one of the main novelties and strengths of this work, as show the ease of the process and can have a beneficial influence on its scale-up, reducing both costs and environmental impact.
A fuzzy cognitive map-based algorithm for predicting water consumption in Spanish healthcare centres
Authors: Sánchez-Barroso Gonzalo , González-Domínguez Jaime , Almeida-Fernandes Joao Paulo , García-Sanz-Calcedo Justo
Published: August 2023

The management of water consumption in healthcare centres can have positive impacts on both the environmental performance and profitability of health systems. Computational tools assist in the decision-making process of managing the operation and maintenance of healthcare centres. This research aimed to integrate the empirical knowledge of experts in Healthcare Engineering and the historical data from 66 healthcare centres in a Fuzzy Cognitive Map. The outputs of the predictive model included water consumption, water cost, and CO2 emissions in healthcare facilities, along with eleven variables to discover the causes and consequences of water consumption in healthcare centres. A healthcare centre with about 12 350 users, located in a city that experiences an average of 1100 heating degree days, whose facilities be moderately energy-efficient contributing over 50% with renewable energies is expected to consume 8.4 dam3 of water with 32.1 k€ of cost, and contribute realising 30.8 ton CO2eq emissions. The use of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps for prediction can provide a high level of effectiveness in identifying the factors that contribute to water consumption and in designing key performance indicators to manage the environmental performance of healthcare buildings. This tool is extremely effective in enhancing the performance of the management division of health systems.
The Cerebellum in Musicology: a Narrative Review
Authors: Evers Stefan
Published: August 2023

The cerebellum is involved in cognitive procressing including music perception and music production. This narrative review aims to summarize the current knowledge on the activation of the cerebellum by different musical stimuli, on the involvement of the cerebellum in cognitive loops underlying the analysis of music, and on the role of the cerebellum in the motor network underlying music production. A possible role of the cerebellum in therapeutic settings is also briefly discussed. In a second part, the cerebellum as object of musicology (i.e., in classical music, in contemporary music, cerebellar disorders of musicians) is described.
Arbitrarily weak head-on collision can induce annihilation: the role of hidden instabilities
Authors: Nishiura Yasumasa , Teramoto Takashi , Ueda Kei-Ichi
Published: August 2023

In this paper, we focus on annihilation dynamics for the head-on collision of traveling patterns. A representative and well-known example of annihilation is the one observed for one-dimensional traveling pulses of the FitzHugh–Nagumo equations. In this paper, we present a new and completely different type of annihilation arising in a class of three-component reaction diffusion system. It is even counterintuitive in the sense that the two traveling spots or pulses come together very slowly but do not merge, keeping some separation, and then they start to repel each other for a certain time. Finally, up and down oscillatory instability emerges and grows enough for patterns to become extinct eventually (see Figs. 1, 2, 3). There is a kind of hidden instability embedded in the traveling patterns, which causes the above annihilation dynamics. The hidden instability here turns out to be a codimension 2 singularity consisting of drift and Hopf (DH) instabilities, and there is a parameter regime emanating from the codimension 2 point in which a new type of annihilation is observed. The above scenario can be proved analytically up to the onset of annihilation by reducing it to a finite-dimensional system. Transition from preservation to annihilation is also discussed in this framework.
Study on tide characteristics and mechanism of PSP in buried pipeline along the lake
Authors: Zhai Weifeng , Liang Zhishan
Published: August 2023

The fluctuations of the Pipe-to-Soil Potential (PSP) in buried pipes are influenced by the geoelectric field induced by changes in the Earth's magnetic field, which can accelerate pipeline corrosion. Monitoring data of PSP along China's West–East Gas Pipeline near the lake indicates obvious tidal changes. This study proposes that the periodic movement of the conductivity boundary of the seepage area near the lake shore caused by tides is the fundamental cause of the tidal changes in PSP. The movement of the boundary changes the range of the H polarization of the geoelectric field, resulting in periodic changes in the PSP of the pipeline outside the seepage area. To investigate this mechanism, a dynamic boundary model of conductivity in the seepage area of Sailimu Lake in Xinjiang was established, and the characteristics of PSP at different distances from the boundary were analyzed using electromagnetic field finite element method and DSTL pipeline model. The study compared the simulation results of the model with the PSP data of the cathodic protection station and PSP monitoring station near Sailimu Lake, during a geomagnetic disturbance on September 23–24, 2016. The results of the study, as well as the corrosion of the test strips along the lake, verified the validity of the boundary change mechanism and model of the seepage zone. This study provides a theoretical basis for corrosion protection of pipelines near the lake’s edge.
Plättchenreiches Plasma und andere Blutprodukte – neue Forschungsaspekte zur Wirkung von Blutderivaten und klinische Ergebnisse bei Gonarthrose
Authors: Otahal Alexander , Tischer Thomas , De Luna Andrea , Nehrer Stefan
Published: August 2023

Die Anwendung von Blutprodukten in der orthopädischen Praxis erlangte durch die Etablierung ambulanter Verfahren mittels Zentrifugation größeres Aufsehen, da dadurch Point-of-care-Behandlungen mit autologen Blutbestandteilen leicht möglich wurden. Besonders Thrombozytenkonzentrate wie plättchenreiches Plasma (PRP) sind für Anwendungen am Bewegungsapparat in den Fokus gerückt. Die mittlerweile große Anzahl an Herstellungsverfahren und Anwendungstechnologien und daraus resultierende unterschiedliche Zusammensetzungen der Blutderivate machen es schwierig, generelle Wirkprinzipien zu beschreiben und Indikationen abzuleiten. Studien zu Wirkmechanismen von PRP und anderen Blutderivaten konzentrierten sich daher bisher auf die enthaltenen Wachstumsfaktoren. Neue Erkenntnisse zeigen, dass zusätzlich nachhaltige Veränderungen durch extrazelluläre Vesikel – bisher wenig beachtete Komponenten von Blut und Blutprodukten – erreicht werden und darin enthaltene Signalstoffe wie microRNAs die Zellphysiologie beeinflussen können. Durch Standardisierung von Herstellungs- und Applikationsverfahren könnte eine bessere Darstellung von Wirksamkeiten im klinischen Einsatz abgesichert werden. Die meisten aktuell verfügbaren klinischen Arbeiten zeigen positive Wirkungen in der Behandlung der Gonarthrose, sowohl gegenüber Placebo als auch anderen Injektionsmethoden, wobei der klinische Einsatz aktuell aber noch widersprüchlich diskutiert wird.
Robust formation control for unicycle robots with directional sensor information
Authors: Li Yibei , Liu Lizheng , Gan Zhongxue , Hu Xiaoming
Published: August 2023

In this paper, the formation control problem for a multi-agent system is studied. Two new robust control algorithms for serial and parallel formations respectively are proposed, which take the constraints of limited field of view into consideration. Without the need for any global information, the only relative information required is distance and bearing angle, thus is easy to implement with onboard directional sensors. It is then demonstrated how complex formations can be realized by combining the proposed basic controllers. Finally, effectiveness of the proposed algorithms is illustrated by numerical examples.
Label placement preferences for digital maps
Authors: Scheuerman Jaelle , Harman Jason L. , Goldstein Rebecca R. , Acklin Dina , Michael Chris J.
Published: August 2023

Objectives

Digital map applications produce maps on the fly, using label placement algorithms to optimize the map layout for various factors. Previous work has made great strides in quickly generating layout placement algorithms that minimize collisions or reduce clutter, but little has been done to explore optimizing layouts while considering the visual preferences of map users. This dataset was collected as part of a study to better understand people’s visual preferences for various label positions in map layouts and to support the development of new label placement algorithms that can generate map layouts that consider those preferences.

Data description

This dataset of label placement preferences includes two parts. The first part contains 956 binary choice responses that asked participants to choose their favorite of two maps. Labels on each map differed in either their alignment to the point of interest or distance from it. The dataset also includes 1912 ranked choice responses where participants were asked to rank 3 maps that differed in both alignment and distance. The alignment and distance positions considered are the same across both parts of the study.
One size does not fit all: advanced practice provider considerations for the antimicrobial steward
Authors: Swords Kyleen E. , Weddle Gina M. , Herigon Joshua C. , Stering Paula D. , Lee Matthew S.L.
Published: August 2023

Advanced practice providers are a diverse and established group of antimicrobial prescribers in both ambulatory and inpatient settings. We outline important considerations for antimicrobial stewardship programs and stewards to consider when engaging this important group of providers.
Dark patterns and sludge audits: an integrated approach
Authors: Mills Stuart , Whittle Richard , Ahmed Rafi , Walsh Tom , Wessel Martin
Published: August 2023

Dark patterns are user interface design elements which harm users but benefit vendors. These harms have led to growing interest from several stakeholders, including policymakers. We develop a high-level analytical framework – the dark patterns auditing framework (DPAF) – to support policymaker efforts concerning dark patterns. There are growing links between dark patterns and the behavioural science concept of sludge. We examine both literatures, noting several worthwhile similarities and important conceptual differences. Using two ‘sludge audits,’ and the DPAF, we examine 14 large online services to provide a high-level review of the user experience of these services. Our approach allows policymakers to identify areas of the user ‘journey’ (dark paths) where sludge/dark patterns persist. For regulators with constrained resources, such an approach more be advantageous when planning more granular analyses. Our approach also reveals several important limitations, notably, within some of the tools for sludge auditing which we develop, such as the ‘equal clicks principle.’ We discuss these limitations and directions for future research.
Sustainable construction: Toward growing biocement with synthetic biology
Authors: Dorfan Yuval , Morris Yael , Shohat Benny , Kolodkin-Gal Ilana
Published: August 2023

The built environment contributes to global carbon dioxide emissions with carbon-emitting building materials and construction processes. While achieving carbon-neutral construction is not feasible with conventional construction methods, microbial-based construction processes were suggested over three decades ago to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. With time, questions regarding scaling, predictability, and the applicability of microbial growth and biomass production emerged and still needed to be resolved to allow manufacturing. Within this opinion, we will discuss what can be achieved not to ‘grow a building’ per se but to ‘grow environmentally friendly biocement’. Elaborate pathways leading to the formation of cementitious materials by genetically manipulatable microorganisms have been described so far, providing options to enhance the suitability of these pathways for construction with synthetic biology and bioconvergence. These processes can also be combined with additional beneficial properties of cement-producing organisms, such as antimicrobial properties and carbon fixation by photosynthesis. Therefore, while we cannot yet ‘grow a building’, we can grow and design biocement for the construction industry.
A Model Predicting Healthcare Capacity Gaps For Alzheimer’s Disease-Modifying Treatment in Canada
Authors: Black Sandra E. , Budd Nathalie , Nygaard Haakon B. , Verret Louis , Virdi Shikha , Tamblyn Watts Laura , Wilson Melanie
Published: August 2023

Background:

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is experienced by > 600,000 Canadians. Disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) for earlier stages of disease are in development. Existing health system capacity constraints and the need for biomarker-driven diagnostics to confirm DMT eligibility are concerning. This study aimed to characterize the capacity gap related to early AD (eAD) treatment with DMTs in Canada.

Methods:

A capacity model was developed to simulate the flow of a patient from screening to treatment for eAD to quantify the gap between available and required healthcare resources and qualify the bottlenecks restricting the patient journey at a provincial and national level. The model inputs (epidemiological, human resource, and clinical) were evidence-based, healthcare professional-, and patient advocate-informed.

Results:

The model estimated that nationally < 2% of patients would have access to the required healthcare resources for treatment with a DMT. Eligibility assessment represented the step with the largest capacity gap across all provinces, with a wait list of about 382,000 Canadians one year following DMT introduction. The top three resource gaps included AD specialist time and positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging exam slots. Sensitivity analysis showed that full reliance on cerebrospinal fluid for eligibility testing increased capacity for assessment by about 47,000 patients.

Conclusion:

This model highlights that the Canadian health system is critically under-resourced to diagnose, assess, and treat patients with eAD with DMT. It underscores an urgent need for national policy and provincial resource allocation to close the gap.
Trade Acceptances, Financial Reform, and the Culture of Commercial Credit in the United States, 1915–1920
Authors: Myles Jamieson G.
Published: August 2023

This article examines the nationwide campaign by financial reformers in the 1910s to convince businesses across the United States to abandon established commercial credit practices and use trade acceptances—the quintessential “real bill”—in their stead. The creation of the Federal Reserve System (Fed) and the outbreak of World War I offered a powerful coalition of campaigners the opportunity to forcefully argue that by capitalizing open account credit, trade acceptances fostered good business practices and stabilized the banking and financial systems. These campaigners relied on trade associations to disseminate, and the federal government to legitimize, their message. While some firms obliged, many businesses and banks criticized the campaigners’ arguments, casting trade acceptances as a means of financial centralization and as being contrary to the American culture of credit. Trade acceptances did not supplant promissory notes or trade in the open market and were rarely used by banks to access Fed liquidity. Instead, their legacy lies in their adoption by finance companies in the hope of securing financing for the distribution and mass consumption of consumer durables.
Genetically predisposed and resilient animal models of depression reveal divergent responses to early-life adversity
Authors: Whitney Ashleigh J , Lindeque Zander , Kruger Ruan , Steyn Stephan F
Published: August 2023

Objective:

Early-life adversity (ELA) is one of the strongest predictors of childhood depression that may be exacerbated by a genetic predisposition to develop depression. We therefore investigated the bio-behavioural effects of an early-life stressor in an accepted rodent model of depression.

Methods:

The Flinders sensitive line (FSL) and resistant line (FRL) rats were subjected to an early-life stressor, whereafter their bio-behavioural response during pubertal onset was evaluated. Male and female pups were maternally separated for 3 h per day from postnatal day 02 (PND02) to 17, when they were also weaned. Control animals were left undisturbed, until weaning on PND21. Depressive-like behaviour was analysed on PND21 and reassessed on PND36. Hippocampal monoamine levels, markers of oxidative stress and metabolic markers implicating mitochondrial function were also measured.

Results:

On PND21, the non-maternal separation and early weaning (non-MSEW) FSL rats spent 10% more time mobile than their FRL controls in the tail suspension test (TST) yet displayed increased depressive-like behaviour in the forced swim test (FST) on PND36. This depressive-like behaviour coincided with increased hippocampal norepinephrine levels, serotonin turnover and a dysfunctional redox state. Maternal separation and early weaning (MSEW) appeared to initially reduce early-life (PND21) depressive-like behaviour in the TST but then induced depressive-like behaviour on PND36 and increased norepinephrine levels more profoundly in the FRL rats.

Conclusion:

These findings highlight the need to further investigate the stress response pathway in these animals and that the absence or presence of genetic susceptibility may influence the presentation of ELA effects.
Trading Liberties: Estimating COVID-19 Policy Preferences from Conjoint Data
Authors: Hartmann Felix , Humphreys Macartan , Geissler Ferdinand , Klüver Heike , Giesecke Johannes
Published: August 2023

Survey experiments are an important tool to measure policy preferences. Researchers often rely on the random assignment of policy attribute levels to estimate different types of average marginal effects. Yet, researchers are often interested in how respondents trade-off different policy dimensions. We use a conjoint experiment administered to more than 10,000 respondents in Germany, to study preferences over personal freedoms and public welfare during the COVID-19 crisis. Using a pre-registered structural model, we estimate policy ideal points and indifference curves to assess the conditions under which citizens are willing to sacrifice freedoms in the interest of public well-being. We document broad willingness to accept restrictions on rights alongside sharp heterogeneity with respect to vaccination status. The majority of citizens are vaccinated and strongly support limitations on freedoms in response to extreme conditions—especially, when they vaccinated themselves are exempted from these limitations. The unvaccinated minority prefers no restrictions on freedoms regardless of the severity of the pandemic. These policy packages also matter for reported trust in government, in opposite ways for vaccinated and unvaccinated citizens.
The Impact of Political Knowledge on the Voting Decision
Authors: Héroux-Legault Maxime
Published: August 2023

The article addresses ongoing debates in the study of political knowledge and voting behavior. The article identifies significant divergences in previous work which may explain why such debates persist, including in the measurement of political knowledge and the inclusion of confounding variables. The article remedies these issues in an observational study examining how political knowledge affects the impact of spatial considerations and cognitive shortcuts on the vote. The article also contributes the first randomized experiment on this research question in the literature. Using the framework of conjoint analysis, the experiment evaluates how political knowledge affects the impact of spatial considerations and cognitive shortcuts on the vote. The article hypothesizes that political knowledge will increase the impact of spatial considerations on the vote but will not modify the impact of cognitive shortcuts. This expectation is supported in both the observational and experimental results.
Discontinued Positive Feedback Trading and the Decline of Return Predictability
Authors: Ben-David Itzhak , Li Jiacui , Rossi Andrea , Song Yang
Published: August 2023

We show that demand effects generated by institutional frictions can influence systematic return predictability patterns in stocks and mutual funds. Identification relies on a reform to the Morningstar rating system, which we show caused a structural break in style-level positive feedback trading by mutual funds. As a result, momentum-related factors in stocks, as well as performance persistence and the “dumb money effect” in mutual funds, experienced a sharp decline. Consistent with the proposed channel, return predictability declined right after the reform, was limited to the U.S. market, and was concentrated in factors and mutual funds most exposed to the mechanism.
Numismatic Insights into Pauline Ethics: ΕΥΕΡΓ- on Roman Provincial, Parthian and Seleucid Coinage
Authors: Theophilos Michael P.
Published: August 2023

Numismatic inscriptional evidence consistently employs the ΕΥΕΡΓ- word group in describing a superior providing some material public benefit to an inferior, typically an entire city, nation or kingdom. This is evidenced in the present study's comprehensive survey of several hundred numismatic types, extant in many thousands of specimens from the second century bce to the first century ce. Within this context, 1 Timothy 6.2 is discussed, wherein it is noted that the apparent identification of a slave's labour as ɛὐɛργɛσία not only heightens the significance and value of that service but is a deliberate inversion of expected social and linguistic norms.
What Does It Mean to Read New Testament Texts ‘within Judaism’?
Authors: Runesson Anders
Published: August 2023

For centuries, Christians have understood some of the texts included in the New Testament as ‘Jewish,’ in the sense of them being written by (converted) Jews for other Jews. From a historical perspective, a new development in the academy suggests that such approaches do not do justice to the nature of these texts. Indeed, even more recent attempts at understanding the New Testament against the background of Judaism are also found wanting. Instead, placing these texts within the broader context of the diverse ways of embodying Jewish ancestral customs in the pre-rabbinic Second Temple period, this interpretive trajectory, involving scholars from a wide array of backgrounds, insists that Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Revelation etc., should be understood as expressions of Judaism. This article highlights key issues involved in such re-readings of New Testament texts, including ways in which they may or may not relate to normative-theological positions among Christians and Jews today. First, the study looks at how the question is asked in our contemporary setting. Then, moving down historical layers, issues related to history and categorisation are addressed before we, finally, return to the present to consider possible implications of our findings.
‘Why don't you sing, Thomas?’ The manuscript tradition omitting the Hymn of the Bride in Acta Thomae
Authors: Lesage Gárriga Luisa
Published: August 2023

The so-called Hymn of the Bride is found in Chapters 6–7 in the first Act of the apocryphal Acts of Thomas. The manuscripts containing it show a particular history of the text which does not always coincide with that of the rest of the Act. For instance, family gamma (Γ) often presents a summarized version of the first two Acts, thus heavily shortening the Hymn.

A study of the text is essential to establish a new edition with translation, which is the aim of the project in which this study is embedded. However, analysis of the manuscripts omitting or summarizing the Hymn is also relevant for other goals, such as a proper understanding of the interrelationships between the different manuscripts and of the interest in the text, and its use by early Christian communities and by later readers.

Consequently, in this paper, I will analyse the particularities of such a textual tradition and offer a few conclusions that will, in turn, contribute to the broader analysis of the Acts of Thomas.
Überlegungen zur Rezeptionsgeschichte des Neuen Testaments im Gespräch mit Régis Burnet
Authors: Hoegen-Rohls Christina
Published: August 2023

The present article first presents and explains the theses that emerge from Régis Burnet's monograph ‘Exegesis and History of Reception’ (Tübingen 2021) and from his SNTS Main Paper published in NTS 2023, ‘Why “Reception History” Is Not Just Another Exegetical Method: The Case of Mark's Ending’ (Leuven 2022). It then develops questions and perspectives that result from the dialogue between Burnet's approach and my own approach and continue this productive, unfinished discussion. It should be postulated that the history of interpretation and the reception history belong to the field of theological encyclopaedia and have the potential to lead to an ‘aesthetic theology’.
Is λιβανωτός a censer/brazier in Revelation 8.3, 5? How in the lexicon is this possible?
Authors: Moț Laurențiu Florentin
Published: August 2023

Λιβανωτός is a rare word in the Biblia graeca and means ‘frankincense’. It appears once in the canonical Septuagint in 1 Chron 9.29 as part of a list of ingredients which were under the care of the Levites: flour, wine, olive oil, incense and spices. In the Apocrypha, it appears in 3 Macc 5.2 as a drug, together with unmixed wine, for maddening or running elephants wild. Then it is used only in Rev 8.3, 5 in constructions which made lexicographers unanimously define λιβανωτός as a container (censer or brazier). However, when one examines the usage of this noun in Greek writing at large, he or she observes, not without surprise, that λιβανωτός exhibits impressively stable semantics. Virtually everywhere in the history of Greek, the term is a spice (frankincense). Why then should Rev 8.3, 5 be an exception? The study probes into the claim that λιβανωτός means ‘censer’ in the Johannine Apocalypse, shows how well the regular meaning of incense fits in the scene John witnesses, and draws important implications for the understanding of the text and the lexicographical task.
Algorave Music Practice in Indonesia: Paguyuban Algorave
Authors: Hartono Patrick , Sutanto Stevie J.
Published: August 2023

This article examines the creative practice of Algorave music in Indonesia, with a focus on the Paguyuban Algorave community based in Yogyakarta. The Algorave movement, which has gained international recognition in recent years, has been observed to amalgamate with local culture, which created a unique musical approach. The research presented in this article delves into the distinctive musical approach of the Paguyuban Algorave community and aims to understand the reasons for its widespread acceptance compared with other forms of computer-aided music. The article also explores the future direction of the Algorave movement in Indonesia, considering the antecedents of Indonesian contemporary music that have contributed to its development in the country. Furthermore, this study investigates the influence of communal and hereditary factors on the community’s interactions, communication and knowledge-sharing.
Live Coding and Music Production as Hybrid Practice
Authors: Boon Hussein
Published: August 2023

This article discusses incorporating live coding as part of a new Foundation pathway for music production at a UK university that started in September 2022. The inclusion of live coding, using the application Sonic Pi, is situated alongside music production using a DAW, initially through the process of drum programming. The role of Sonic Pi is also to provide a means for producers to take their productions into the live performance space. This article’s contribution is in three areas. The first is to provide a short history of live coding at the current institution coupled with a longer account of my fragmented journey into live coding to provide some context. For the second discussion area, information about the foundation, its structure and how it fits into the overall degree programme is discussed. This section also includes some short code examples to illustrate the approach and links to video materials. For the last discussion area I outline an area of crossover between production and live coding which opens up a number of critical discussion points. This concerns the use of a breakbeat, what this means when used in productions, in live coding and when shipped with paid for or free software.
On the Integration of Machine Agents into Live Coding
Authors: Wilson Elizabeth , Fazekas György , Wiggins Geraint
Published: August 2023

Co-creation strategies for human–machine collaboration have recently been explored in various creative disciplines and more opportunities for human–machine collaborations are materialising. In this article, we outline how to augment musical live coding by considering how human live coders can effectively collaborate with a machine agent imbued with the ability to produce its own patterns of executable code. Using machine agents allows live coders to explore not-yet conceptualised patterns of code and supports them in asking new questions. We argue that to move away from scenarios where machine agents are used in a merely generative way, or only as creative impetus for the human, and towards a more collaborative relationship with the machine agent, consideration is needed for system designers around the aspects of reflection, aesthetics and evaluation. Furthermore, owing to live coding’s close relationship with exposing processes, using agents in such a way can be a useful manner to explore how to make artificial intelligence processes more open and explainable to an audience. Finally, some speculative futures of co-creative and artificially intelligent systems and what opportunities they might afford the live coder are discussed.
Evidence of Earth’s Oldest Glaciers Found in South Africa
Authors: Scharping Nathaniel
Published: August 2023

The ancient glaciers hint at an Archaean Earth that may have looked similar in some ways to our own time.
Polarization of Magnetospheric ULF Waves Excited by an Interplanetary Shock on 27 February 2014
Authors: Takahashi Kazue , Elsden Tom , Wright Andrew N. , Degeling Alexander W.
Published: August 2023

Many previous studies have reported that magnetospheric ultralow frequency waves excited by interplanetary shocks exhibit a strong toroidal component, corresponding to azimuthal displacement of magnetic field lines. However, the toroidal oscillations excited by an interplanetary shock on 27 February 2014 and observed on the dayside by multiple spacecraft were accompanied by a strong poloidal component (radial field line displacement). The frequency of the toroidal oscillations changed with the radial distance of the spacecraft as expected for standing Alfvén waves. We run a 3D linear numerical simulation of this wave event using a model magnetosphere with a realistic radial variation of the Alfvén velocity. The simulated wave fields, when sampled at a radial distance comparable to those of the observations in the real magnetosphere, exhibit polarization similar to the observations. In the simulation, the poloidal component comes from radially standing fast mode waves and the toroidal component results from a field line resonance driven by the fast mode waves. As a consequence, the relative amplitude and phase of the toroidal and poloidal components change with radial distance.
Viscous Relaxation of Oort and Edgeworth Craters on Pluto: Possible Indicators of an Epoch of Early High Heat Flow
Authors: McKinnon William B. , Bland Michael T. , Singer Kelsi N. , Schenk Paul M. , Robbins Stuart J.
Published: August 2023

Impact craters, with their well‐defined initial shapes, have proven useful as heat flow probes of a number of icy bodies, provided characteristics of viscous relaxation can be identified. For Pluto's numerous craters, such identifications are hampered/complicated by infilling and erosion by mobile volatile ices, but not in every case. Large craters offer relatively deep probes of rheological structure, and on Pluto two large old craters in a major dark (volatile‐ice free) region are probably the best examples for possible viscous relaxation: Oort (115‐km diameter) and Edgeworth (140‐km diameter). They are similar in size, location, and apparent age (morphological preservation), but may or may not be coeval. Edgeworth is particularly shallow and its floor appears bowed up above the original ground plane, a classic hallmark of viscous relaxation in which viscosity decreases sharply with depth. Oort is less relaxed, but may be somewhat younger and less affected by an early epoch of high heat flow. Finite element calculations show that this heat flow would have to have been substantial to explain Edgeworth's upbowed floor by viscous relaxation, several times steady‐state radiogenic values for present‐day surface temperatures. We expect Pluto's brittle ice lithosphere to be fractured and porous, however, markedly reducing thermal conductivity and increasing temperatures at depth and relaxation for a given heat flow. We find that most relaxation occurs well within 100 Myr after impact for Edgeworth and Oort, and focus attention on a temporal (and/or regional) epoch of elevated heat flow, possibly tied to the serpentinization of Pluto's rocky core.
Robotic pendant drop: containerless liquid for μs-resolved, AI-executable XPCS
Authors: Ozgulbas Doga Yamac , Jensen Don , Butler Rory , Vescovi Rafael , Foster Ian T. , Irvin Michael , Nakaye Yasukazu , Chu Miaoqi , Dufresne Eric M. , Seifert Soenke , Babnigg Gyorgy , Ramanathan Arvind , Zhang Qingteng
Published: August 2023

The dynamics and structure of mixed phases in a complex fluid can significantly impact its material properties, such as viscoelasticity. Small-angle X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (SA-XPCS) can probe the spontaneous spatial fluctuations of the mixed phases under various in situ environments over wide spatiotemporal ranges (10−6–103 s /10−10–10−6 m). Tailored material design, however, requires searching through a massive number of sample compositions and experimental parameters, which is beyond the bandwidth of the current coherent X-ray beamline. Using 3.7-μs-resolved XPCS synchronized with the clock frequency at the Advanced Photon Source, we demonstrated the consistency between the Brownian dynamics of ~100 nm diameter colloidal silica nanoparticles measured from an enclosed pendant drop and a sealed capillary. The electronic pipette can also be mounted on a robotic arm to access different stock solutions and create complex fluids with highly-repeatable and precisely controlled composition profiles. This closed-loop, AI-executable protocol is applicable to light scattering techniques regardless of the light wavelength and optical coherence, and is a first step towards high-throughput, autonomous material discovery.
Cerebral cortical structural alteration patterns across four major psychiatric disorders in 5549 individuals
Authors: Matsumoto Junya , Fukunaga Masaki , Miura Kenichiro , Nemoto Kiyotaka , Okada Naohiro , Hashimoto Naoki , Morita Kentaro , Koshiyama Daisuke , Ohi Kazutaka , Takahashi Tsutomu , Koeda Michihiko , Yamamori Hidenaga , Fujimoto Michiko , Yasuda Yuka , Ito Satsuki , Yamazaki Ryuichi , Hasegawa Naomi , Narita Hisashi , Yokoyama Satoshi , Mishima Ryo , Miyata Jun , Kobayashi Yuko , Sasabayashi Daiki , Harada Kenichiro , Yamamoto Maeri , Hirano Yoji , Itahashi Takashi , Nakataki Masahito , Hashimoto Ryu-ichiro , Tha Khin K. , Koike Shinsuke , Matsubara Toshio , Okada Go , Yoshimura Reiji , Abe Osamu , van Erp Theo G. M. , Turner Jessica A. , Jahanshad Neda , Thompson Paul M. , Onitsuka Toshiaki , Watanabe Yoshiyuki , Matsuo Koji , Yamasue Hidenori , Okamoto Yasumasa , Suzuki Michio , Ozaki Norio , Kasai Kiyoto , Hashimoto Ryota
Published: August 2023

According to the operational diagnostic criteria, psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia (SZ), bipolar disorder (BD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are classified based on symptoms. While its cluster of symptoms defines each of these psychiatric disorders, there is also an overlap in symptoms between the disorders. We hypothesized that there are also similarities and differences in cortical structural neuroimaging features among these psychiatric disorders. T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging scans were performed for 5,549 subjects recruited from 14 sites. Effect sizes were determined using a linear regression model within each protocol, and these effect sizes were meta-analyzed. The similarity of the differences in cortical thickness and surface area of each disorder group was calculated using cosine similarity, which was calculated from the effect sizes of each cortical regions. The thinnest cortex was found in SZ, followed by BD and MDD. The cosine similarity values between disorders were 0.943 for SZ and BD, 0.959 for SZ and MDD, and 0.943 for BD and MDD, which indicated that a common pattern of cortical thickness alterations was found among SZ, BD, and MDD. Additionally, a generally smaller cortical surface area was found in SZ and MDD than in BD, and the effect was larger in SZ. The cosine similarity values between disorders were 0.945 for SZ and MDD, 0.867 for SZ and ASD, and 0.811 for MDD and ASD, which indicated a common pattern of cortical surface area alterations among SZ, MDD, and ASD. Patterns of alterations in cortical thickness and surface area were revealed in the four major psychiatric disorders. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a cross-disorder analysis conducted on four major psychiatric disorders. Cross-disorder brain imaging research can help to advance our understanding of the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders and common symptoms.