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Energy efficient power allocation for MIMO‐NOMA‐based integrated terrestrial‐satellite networks
Authors: Li Xin , Li Yongjun , Song Xinkang , Shao Long , Li Hai
Published: November 2023

Millimeter‐wave (mmWave) massive MIMO and non‐orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) are promising ways for improving energy efficiency of integrated terrestrial‐satellite networks. In this paper, we investigate the performance of integrated terrestrial‐satellite networks, in which MIMO‐NOMA‐based terrestrial networks and satellite network cooperatively provide ubiquitous services for ground users while reusing the entire bandwidth. Both base stations (BSs) and satellite are equipped with multiple antennas, and beamforming technology is utilized to serve multiple users simultaneously. First, a user selection scheme based on channel gain ratio is proposed to select satellite users. Then, we design a user clustering algorithm for reducing the intra‐beam and inter‐beam interference of BSs users. Analog and digital beamforming techniques are also adopted to further increase beam gain and improve system energy efficiency. The terrestrial networks and satellite networks energy efficiency are separately optimized through beamforming design and power allocation scheme, and then, a joint iterative algorithm is proposed to maximize the system energy efficiency. In addition, we introduce the interference temperature threshold to limit the satellite interference to BSs users. Finally, the performance of the proposed algorithm is simulated in comparison with the existing algorithm. The results indicate that the presented algorithm has high superiority in system energy efficiency and it can be applied to integrated terrestrial‐satellite networks.
A Facile One‐Pot Solvent‐Free Synthesis, in Vitro and in Silico Studies of a Series of Tetrahydropyridine Derivatives as Breast Cancer Inhibitors
Authors: Duraisamy Ramasamy , Nagaraja Prashantha , Nizam Aatika , Venugopala Katharigatta N. , Nagarajaiah Honnappa , Madhusudana Reddy M. B. , Thirumalai Dhakshnamurthy
Published: November 2023

Ammonium trifluoroacetate (ATA) catalysed synthesis of 1,2,5,6‐tetrahydropyridine (THP) derivatives, under eco‐friendly conditions via a facile one‐pot strategy. We have synthesized fifteen THP derivatives, and docked into the crystal structure of Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog deleted on Chromosome 10 (PTEN) tumour suppressor protein (PDB ID: 1D5R) based on drug‐likeness prediction and pharmacokinetic properties. Molecular docking simulation studies reveal that four of our synthesised compounds are potential hit candidates because they bound to the receptor through 5–7 conventional hydrogen bonds with −9.7 to −8.6 kcal/mol of binding energy. The compounds were evaluated using the in vitro inhibitory activity of MCF‐7 breast cancer cell lines. Identified hit compounds showed moderate inhibition at (160–320 μg/mL) and inhibitory concentration IC50 values in the low micromolar range of 171.062, 189.803, 195.469 and 181.272 μg/mL respectively. The results obtained are very promising; therefore fine‐tuning the substituents of hit molecules with appropriate bioisosteres can lead to the development of potential leads.
A Highly NIR Emissive Cu16Pd1 Nanocluster
Authors: Peng Su‐Kao , Yang Hu , Luo Dong , Ning Guo‐Hong , Li Dan
Published: November 2023

The construction of stable copper nanoclusters (Cu‐NCs) with near‐infrared (NIR) emission that can be used for catalysis is highly desired, yet remains a challenge. Herein, an atomically precise bimetallic Cu/Pd NC with a molecular formula of Cu16Pd1L10(PPh3)2(Pz)6 (Pz = 3,5‐(CF3)2Pyrazolate, L = 4‐CH3OPhC≡C−), abbreviated as Cu16Pd1, is synthesized. Single‐crystal X‐ray crystallographic analysis of Cu16Pd1 reveals a Cu10Pd1 kernel with pseudo‐gyroelongated square bipyramid confirmation surrounded by other 6 Cu(I) ions and protected ligands. Interestingly, it exhibits strong NIR emission with the highest photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) among all the Cu NCs/Cu alloys (λem > 800 nm) in the solid‐state, and also displays NIR emission in solution. Experimental results and theoretical calculations suggest that the impressive NIR emission is attributed to abundant supramolecular interactions in the solid‐state, including intramolecular metal–metal and intermolecular interactions. Of note, the bimetallic Cu16Pd1 can catalyze the reduction of 4‐nitrophenol. This work provides a novel method for synthesizing Cu/Pd NCs and reminds that the less studied Cu/Pd NC can serve as outstanding luminescent material, which is seldom noticed in atomically precise nanoclusters.
Artificial Optoelectronic Synapse Based on Violet Phosphorus Microfiber Arrays
Authors: Dong Liyan , Yuan Shuai , Wei Guodong , Zhu Peifen , Ma Shufang , Xu Bingshe , Yang Ya
Published: November 2023

Memristor‐based artificial synapses are regarded as the most promising candidate to develop brain‐like neuromorphic network computers and overcome the bottleneck of Von–Neumann architecture. Violet phosphorus (VP) as a new allotrope of available phosphorus with outstanding electro‐optical properties and stability has attracted more and more attention in the past several years. In this study, large‐scale, high‐yield VP microfiber vertical arrays have been successfully developed on a Sn‐coated graphite paper and are used as the memristor functional layers to build reliable, low‐power artificial synaptic devices. The VP devices can well mimic the major synaptic functions such as short‐term memory (STM), long‐term memory (LTM), paired‐pulse facilitation (PPF), spike timing‐dependent plasticity (STDP), and spike rate‐dependent plasticity (SRDP) under both electrical and light stimulation conditions, even the dendritic synapse functions and simple logical operations. By virtue of the excellent performance, the VP artificial synapse devices can be conductive to building high‐performance optic‐neural synaptic devices simulating the human‐like optic nerve system. On this basis, Pavlov's associative memory can be successfully implemented optically. This study provides a promising approach for the design and manufacture of VP‐based artificial synaptic devices and outlines a direction with multifunctional neural devices.
Boosting Polysulfide Redox Kinetics by Temperature‐Induced Metal‐Insulator Transition Effect of Tungsten‐Doped Vanadium Dioxide for High‐Temperature Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries
Authors: Liu Guo , Zeng Qi , Tian Shuhao , Sun Xiao , Wang Di , Wu Qingfeng , Wei Wei , Wu Tianyu , Zhang Yuhao , Sheng Yanbin , Tao Kun , Xie Erqing , Zhang Zhenxing
Published: November 2023

The practical application of Li‐S batteries is still severely restricted by poor cyclic performance caused by the intrinsic polysulfides shuttle effect, which is even more severe under the high‐temperature condition owing to the inevitable increase of polysulfides’ solubility and diffusion rate. Herein, tungsten‐doped vanadium dioxide (W‐VO2) micro‐flowers are employed with first‐order metal‐insulator phase transition (MIT) property as a robust and multifunctional modification layer to hamper the shuttle effect and simultaneously improve the thermotolerance of the common separator. Tungsten doping significantly reduces the transition temperature from 68 to 35 °C of vanadium dioxide, which renders the W‐VO2 easier to turn from the insulating monoclinic phase into the metallic rutile phase. The systematic experiments and theoretical analysis demonstrate that the temperature‐induced in‐suit MIT property endows the W‐VO2 catalyst with strong chemisorption against polysulfides, low energy barrier for liquid‐to‐solid conversion, and outstanding diffusion kinetics of Li‐ion under high temperatures. Benefiting from these advantages, the Li‐S batteries with W‐VO2 modified separator exhibit significantly improved rate and long‐term cyclic performance under 50 °C. Remarkably, even at an elevated temperature (80 °C), they still exhibit superior electrochemical performance. This work opens a rewarding avenue to use phase‐changing materials for high‐temperature Li‐S batteries.
Boosting Alkaline Seawater Oxidation of CoFe‐layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheet Array by Cr Doping
Authors: Yao Yongchao , Yang Chaoxin , Sun Shengjun , Zhang Hui , Geng Meiqi , He Xun , Dong Kai , Luo Yonglan , Zheng Dongdong , Zhuang Weihua , Alfaifi Sulaiman , Farouk Asmaa , Hamdy Mohamed S. , Tang Bo , Zhu Shuyun , Sun Xuping , Hu Wenchuang (Walter)
Published: November 2023

The pursuit of stable and efficient electrocatalysts toward seawater oxidation is of great interest, yet it poses considerable challenges. Herein, the utilization of Cr‐doped CoFe‐layered double hydroxide nanosheet array is reported on nickel‐foam (Cr‐CoFe‐LDH/NF) as an efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline seawater. The Cr‐CoFe‐LDH/NF catalyst can achieve current densities of 500 and 1000 mA cm −2 with remarkably low overpotentials of only 334 and 369 mV, respectively. Furthermore, it maintains at least 100 h stability when operated at 500 mA cm−2.
hROS‐Responsive Behavior for Long‐Term Stability of Cellulosic Gold Nanoclusters
Authors: Yu Shanshan , Li Haoyuan , Duan Yujie , Xia Siyuan , Liu Hui , Huang Huanhuan , Zhu Hongxiang , Wang Lei , He Hui , Wang Shuangfei
Published: November 2023

Understanding the gold core‐ligand interaction in gold nanoclusters (GNCs) is essential for the on‐demand tailoring of their photoluminescence properties and long‐term stability. Here, inspired by the suckers arranged directionally on the tentacles of octopus, a series of GNCs with regulating ligand structures are grown and stabilized on the cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). The carboxylated CNCs providing an electron‐rich environment to promote the luminescence of GNCs and stabilize it within a long‐term of 1 year through anchoring and diluting effects, and the highest quantum yields reaches 31.02% in ultrapure water. Interestingly, this bionic preparation strategy is generally applicable to various ligands for tailoring on‐demand hROS‐responsive and nonresponsive GNCs to construct tunable‐emission wavelength dual GNCs ratiometric probes. The results show that designing a specific ligand structure to inhibit the transformation of Au‐Au to Au (I)‐ligand in GNCs is crucial to regulate the hROS‐responsive characteristics. As expected, the interfacial compatible dual GNCs ratiometric probe with a hROS limit of detection of 0.74 µmol L−1 can diagnose certain diseases through intracellular hROS imaging. This work provides important insights for understanding the gold core‐ligand interaction in GNCs during the oxidation process triggered by intracellular hROS.
Online Learning Sample Filtering for Object Tracking
Authors: Yu Jiawei , Luo Jialing , Zhao Chuangxin , Pan Li , Hu Qintao , Yao Jinzhen
Published: November 2023

Object tracking tasks often face problems such as illumination and appearance changes due to various scenarios. To effectively solve such problems, single object tracking algorithms in recent years have improved the stability of the tracker by introducing online learning, reducing tracking drift, and tracking objects stably even with large deformations. However, on the one hand, employing online learning increases computation costs, causing the tracker to run slower. On the other hand, because it learns from the tracking results, the tracking template will only be correctly updated if the object is accurately tracked. Any incorrect update will result in tracking failure. In this paper, we propose a filtering algorithm for online learning sample processing in object tracking to remedy these issues. Our method can select valid training samples and discard unnecessary training samples in object tracking. Numerous experiments demonstrate that our algorithm improves the tracking accuracy, reduces the computation complexity, and improves the running speed and run‐time. © 2023 Institute of Electrical Engineer of Japan and Wiley Periodicals LLC.
Management considerations for adjunct hormone therapy in prostate cancer
Authors: Thompson Claire , Murray Julia
Published: November 2023

There are a number of androgen receptor targeted therapies available for patients with prostate cancer. There is no evidence of superior efficacy between these available drugs, so choice is mainly guided by toxicity, ease of use, monitoring, comorbidities and patient preference, as well as access to treatment
Venous thromboembolism in Klinefelter syndrome: a clot in the knowledge?
Authors: Birch Sophie
Published: November 2023

As few as 1 in 4 people with Klinefelter syndrome are correctly diagnosed. The disease is primarily characterised by hypogonadism and infertility, but a number of other conditions are associated with the syndrome, notably venous thromboembolism. The syndrome therefore has significant implications for health outcomes and quality of life that could be prevented with improved education and prophylactic measures.
The Route into Nature: The Landscape of Mobility
Authors: Birgisdóttir Sigrún
Published: November 2023

Nature is the principal attraction cited by tourists for visiting Iceland. The diverse natural attractions in various locations across the country make mobility essential for tourism. With driving being the main mode of transport, roads become central to visitors’ experience in the growing tourism sector. This chapter argues that the road has an often overlooked role in creating an understanding of the environment. The chapter sets out by looking at roads along the key trajectory of tourism along the Golden Circle leading to the waterfall of Gullfoss and the Geysir area, by investigating roadbuilding of the past and present in the national park of Þingvellir and how roads are represented through time. Road networks are a pragmatic infrastructure for creating connections but also become meaningful for how we understand the landscape around us. With the tourism sector largely emphasising individual attractions or destinations as part of the tourist experience, this chapter shifts focus onto routes, roads and landscapes, highlighting how roads become fundamental in constructing relations to nature through the transformation of the landscape and by enabling mobilities.
Sensing the Common: On the Mobilities and Makings of Sense
Authors: Thorsteinsson Björn
Published: November 2023

How should we make sense of our current situation, global and local? What could such a making of sense imply? What, indeed, should we make of the notion of sense in this regard? In this chapter, in the company of Merleau-Ponty, Barad, Ingold and others, the modalities of sense are explored and deployed in interrelation with lived experiences of mobilities at the margins—of nature and culture. More specifically, such ruminations are developed from out of interactions with more-than-human actors such as seabirds nesting on offshore rocks and with concrete, decaying silos at the heart of a small fishing village in North-East Iceland. In the process, a sense will be developed of what such encounters can tell us—human sensitive, active and acted-upon beings—about the way in which we have to make sense of what we face. The ultimate aim is to think beyond tourism towards a wide-ranging notion of the coming-and-going of beings, through a situated, embodied common sense, that makes sense in the current global crisis.
Sailing the Seas of Tourism: Past, Present and Future Mobilities on the Margins
Authors: Jóhannesson Gunnar Thór
Published: November 2023

The objective of the chapter is to trace how places are created through mobilities and tourism performances. The discussion is based on relational ontology, framing tourism as an ordering that enacts realities rather than a neatly defined industry or a sector. Hence, instead of thinking about tourism as a practice that happens within a pre-defined space it is illustrated how tourism encounters produce space. The chapter sets out from two encounters between tourists and a ship grounded at the shoreline at the shoreline of Skápadalur in Patreksfjörður, in the southern part of the Westfjords region in Iceland. The wreckage of a ship called Garðar has become an object of interest for the growing number of tourists visiting the region. The chapter traces some of the mobilities through which Garðar has contributed to the making of place, most recently through its entanglement with tourism mobilities. The story of Garðar exemplifies how places emerge through different kinds of mobilities and encounters in time and space and how tourism mobilities contribute to place making through a wide array of objects and performances.
Electromagnetic interference and the effect of low-voltage protective measures at electric vehicle charging stations
Authors: Fürnschuß Martin , Herbst Daniel , Reichel Peter , Stahleder Daniel , Auer Christian , Schmautzer Ernst , Schürhuber Robert
Published: November 2023

The nominal power of electric vehicle charging stations or charging parks is constantly increasing. Most of the users are ordinary persons and handle such equipment with a rated power of several 100 kW. Until now, equipment with such power ratings was only common in electrical operating facilities such as industrial plants where the users are at least instructed and protective measures are specified. If ordinary persons handle equipment with such power ratings in the field, the question arises as to whether the conventional safety goals are met in the event of an electrical fault. The consideration is: If the power increases so much, it can be assumed that the short-circuit power and thus the fault current increase and so does the risk of a dangerous electric shock. In this contribution, calculations of line-to-earth short-circuits on the low-voltage AC side of the three-phase system and their effects in typical configurations of charging stations are carried out. Considering the electromagnetic interference, the calculations provide the fault current and its distribution to determine the electrical potentials during the fault. From this, the (partial) fault voltages and active fault voltages are calculated. Based on the active fault voltage, the expected body impedance and consequently, the body current can be determined. With the body current and the break time of the protection device the risk of electric shock using international standards as guidelines is evaluated. As a result, recommendations for the planning, installation and safe operation of charging stations are given. It turns out that considering certain aspects like the conductor cross-sections or the electromagnetic interference, the risk of electric shock can be reduced to a conventional level. Periodic testing of the electrical system is necessary for safe and reliable operation. For example, follow-on faults due to unintended, improper use by ordinary persons can be prevented. Also, regular inspection of the electrical system is necessary for safe and reliable operation to prevent hazards due to aging or wear. However, it seems challenging to define an installation guideline that applies to all configurations as the boundary conditions vary depending on the type of system, installations in the area of interference and environmental influences.
Digitalisierung der Handsortierung durch Künstliche Intelligenz, Machine Learning und Human Machine Interaction
Authors: Aberger Julian , Khodier Karim , Sarc Renato
Published: November 2023

Die Abfallwirtschaft wandelt sich zu einer produzierenden Industrie in der Kreislaufwirtschaft. Trotz Fortschritten und Optimierungen bei der automatischen sensor-basierten Sortierung bleibt die Handsortierung von Abfällen relevant. Das Projekt recAIcle hat es sich zum Ziel gesetzt, die Digitalisierung der Handsortierung in der Abfallwirtschaft mithilfe von künstlicher Intelligenz (KI), Machine Learning (ML) und Human-Machine Interaction (HMI) voranzutreiben. KI und ML haben mehrfach gezeigt, wie sie ganze Industrien und Branchen revolutionieren können. Das Projekt RecAIcle fokussiert sich auf die Kunststoff- und Batterieerkennung und -sortierung. Die Produktivität und Qualität der Handsortierung sollen dadurch gesteigert werden. Hierfür wird ein digitales Assistenzsystem, das die Sortiermitarbeiter:innen bei der Sortierentscheidung unterstützt, entwickelt. Aufgrund der speziellen Anforderungen an ein solches System wurde das Framework Design entsprechend angepasst. Für die Entwicklung dieses Systems werden fortschrittliche, lebenslang lernende ML-Modelle benötigt, welche wiederum große Mengen an hochqualitativen Trainingsdaten und Rechenleistung benötigen. Um genügend use-case-spezifische Trainingsdaten bereitstellen zu können, wurden Versuche unter kontrollierten Bedingungen im Technikumsmaßstab zur Trainingsdatenakquise durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse des Systemdesignprozesses und der ersten Trainingsdatenakquise werden in dieser Veröffentlichung präsentiert. Ebenso wird ein Ausblick auf künftige Entwicklungen und weitere geplante Versuche gegeben.
Facial pain, health-related quality of life and trismus-related symptoms up to 5 years post-radiotherapy for head and neck cancer
Authors: Aghajanzadeh Susan , Karlsson Therese , Tuomi Lisa , Engström My , Finizia Caterina
Published: November 2023

Purpose

Pain is a frequent symptom of head and neck cancer (HNC) but longitudinal studies investigating facial pain are scarce. We aimed to investigate prevalence of facial pain, its effect on health-related quality of life (HRQL) and trismus-related symptoms in a HNC cohort.

Methods

Patients (n = 194) were prospectively followed post completion of radiotherapy (RT). Outcome measures included facial pain, HRQL, trismus-specific symptoms, and maximal interincisal opening (MIO).

Results

Facial pain was reported by 50% at baseline. Corresponding figures for 3-, 12-, and 60 months post-RT were 70%, 54% and 41%. Moderate to severe pain was reported in 29–44% of patients reporting pain during the study period. Patients reporting pain scored significantly worse on more HRQL variables and trismus symptoms, as well as had significantly smaller MIO at all follow-up time points.

Conclusions

Facial pain was common in HNC patients pre- and post-RT and remained prevalent up to 5 years after completion of RT. Reductions in MIO were associated with more facial pain. Pain was also associated with worse HRQL.
Waste collection routing: a survey on problems and methods
Authors: Hess Christina , Dragomir Alina G. , Doerner Karl F. , Vigo Daniele
Published: November 2023

Waste collection is a vital service performed all over the world, which heavily relies on vehicle routing. Due to regulations and local conditions, the problems and their characteristics often differ greatly. This literature survey aims to review the current state of the art overlap in waste collection and vehicle routing literature. The most notable papers are categorized according to their underlying problem type, examined and brought into relation based on their common problem characteristics. The problem types comprise general, node and arc routing problems, with vehicle routing problems being the most common, followed by arc and location routing problems. Besides the use of intermediate facilities, which is naturally very common in waste collection literature, the authors point out other interesting characteristics found in the literature and in practical problems, such as uncertain demand, personnel planning aspects, alternative collection systems or vehicle types, and characteristics related to risk or sustainability. Additionally, the authors highlight prominent scopes and objectives as well as recent developments in this area. Overall, this survey provides a selective overview and calls attention to research gaps and possible future research directions.
Lee–Carter model: assessing the potential to capture gender-related mortality dynamics
Authors: Apicella Giovanna , Di Lorenzo Emilia , Piscopo Gabriella , Sibillo Marilena
Published: November 2023

We investigate the ability of the Lee–Carter model to effectively estimate the gender gap ratio (GGR), the ratio between the male death rates over the female ones, by using a Cox–Ingersoll–Ross (CIR) process to provide a stochastic representation of the fitting errors. The novelty consists in the fact that we use the parameters characterizing the CIR process itself (long-term mean and volatility), in their intrinsic meanings, as quantitative measures of the long-term fitting attitude of the Lee–Carter model and synthetic indicators of the overall risk of this model. The analysis encompasses 25 European countries, to provide evidence-based indications about the goodness of fit of the Lee–Carter model in describing the GGR evolution. We highlight some stylized facts, namely systematic evidence about the fitting bias and the risk of the model across ages and countries. Furthermore, we perform a functional cluster analysis, allowing to capture similarities in the fitting performance of the Lee–Carter model among countries.
No foundations for metaphysical coherentism
Authors: Busse Ralf
Published: November 2023

Recently, metaphysical coherentism has been propounded as an alternative to metaphysical foundationalism and infinitism. The view replaces the picture of reality as a hierarchy of levels with that of a network of objects or facts standing in symmetric or, more generally, cyclic relations of metaphysical dependence. This paper defends the orthodox picture of a well-founded hierarchy against the claimed superiority of coherentism. First, it will be argued that alleged theoretical advantages of coherentism do not hold up to scrutiny. Secondly, examples that are claimed to support coherentism are either misdescribed as involving metaphysical interdependence, or foundationalist treatments fare at least as good and often better than coherentist interpretations. Thirdly, a similar diagnosis applies to a recently proposed coherentist interpretation of quantum entanglement. The more general diagnosis is that claims of metaphysical dependence are convincing only if there is a detailed account of how one item metaphysically explains another. While foundationalists can resort to various specific explanatory relations, coherentism seems to be incapable of providing detailed explanations.
Purinergic system in cancer stem cells
Authors: Nuñez-Rios J. D. , Ulrich H. , Díaz-Muñoz M. , Lameu C. , Vázquez-Cuevas F. G.
Published: November 2023

Accumulating evidence supports the idea that cancer stem cells (CSCs) are those with the capacity to initiate tumors, generate phenotypical diversity, sustain growth, confer drug resistance, and orchestrate the spread of tumor cells. It is still controversial whether CSCs originate from normal stem cells residing in the tissue or cancer cells from the tumor bulk that have dedifferentiated to acquire stem-like characteristics. Although CSCs have been pointed out as key drivers in cancer, knowledge regarding their physiology is still blurry; thus, research focusing on CSCs is essential to designing novel and more effective therapeutics. The purinergic system has emerged as an important autocrine-paracrine messenger system with a prominent role at multiple levels of the tumor microenvironment, where it regulates cellular aspects of the tumors themselves and the stromal and immune systems. Recent findings have shown that purinergic signaling also participates in regulating the CSC phenotype. Here, we discuss updated information regarding CSCs in the purinergic system and present evidence supporting the idea that elements of the purinergic system expressed by this subpopulation of the tumor represent attractive pharmacological targets for proposing innovative anti-cancer therapies.
An infinite interval version of the α-Kakutani equidistribution problem
Authors: Pollicott Mark , Sewell Benedict
Published: November 2023

In this article we extend results of Kakutani, Adler–Flatto, Smilansky and others on the classical α-Kakutani equidistribution result for sequences arising from finite partitions of the interval. In particular, we describe a generalization of the equidistribution result to infinite partitions. In addition, we give discrepancy estimates, extending results of Drmota–Infusino [8].
Many forcing axioms for all regular uncountable cardinals
Authors: Greenberg Noam , Shelah Saharon
Published: November 2023

A central theme in set theory is to find universes with extreme, well-understood behaviour. The case we are interested in is assuming GCH and having a strong forcing axiom of higher order than usual. Instead of “every suitable forcing notion of size λ has a sufficiently generic filter” we shall say “for every suitable method of producing notions of forcing based on a given stationary set, there is such a suitable stationary set S and sufficiently generic filters for the notion of forcing attached to S”. Such notions of forcing are important for Abelian group theory, but this application is delayed for a sequel.
Spotted disk and sphere graphs. II
Authors: Hamenstädt Ursula
Published: November 2023

The disk graph of a handlebody H of genus g ≥ 2 with m ≥ 0 marked points on the boundary is the graph whose vertices are isotopy classes of disks disjoint from the marked points and where two vertices are connected by an edge of length one if they can be realized disjointly. We show that for m = 2 the disk graph contains quasi-isometrically embedded copies of ℝ2. Furthermore, the sphere graph of the doubled handlebody of genus g ≥ 4 with two marked points contains for every n ≥ 1 a quasi-isometrically embedded copy of ℝn.
Predicting Peritoneal Carcinomatosis in Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer: The Significance of Tumor Markers in the Peritoneal Washing
Authors: Pinheiro João Luís , Duarte Liliana , Santos Andreia J. , Tojal André , Canhoto Carolina , Ferreira Marta , Marques Conceição , Pereira Jorge
Published: November 2023

Purpose

Gastric cancer is the fifth most common malignant tumor worldwide. Many attempts have been made over the years to investigate the relationship between tumor markers and the risk of recurrence. This study aims to explore the predictive value of tumor markers measured in peritoneal washing during staging laparoscopy, regarding peritoneal carcinomatosis and mortality within 1 year.

Methods

Patients with locally advanced gastric cancer, staged as at least usT2anyNM0 were submitted to staging laparoscopy in a Portuguese single center. CA 19.9, CEA, CA 125, and CA 72.4 were measured in the peritoneal washing after being harvested during staging laparoscopy.

Results

Thirty-eight patients were enrolled. After 1 year, 20 patients did not recur (52.5%), 11 (28.9%) developed carcinomatosis, and 7 (18.4%) had distant metastasis. Mortality reached 23.7% (n = 9). A statistically significant prediction of carcinomatosis was obtained for CA 125 (cutoff: 107.6 U/mL (p = 0.019)) and CEA (cutoff: 2.0 ng/mL (p = 0.020)) with 87.5% and 75% sensitivity, respectively. Prediction of mortality was significant for CA 125 (cutoff: 103.8 U/mL (p = 0.044)) and CA 125 + CEA (p = 0.030). CEA and CA 125 had NPVs of 87.9% and 93.1% regarding PC, respectively. NPVs of 88.9% and 89.2% were met concerning mortality, for the same tumor markers.

Conclusion

Performing the peritoneal liquid harvest during staging laparoscopy makes this analysis cost effective, reproducible, and does not add further morbidity. CA 125 and CEA, individually and in association, are good predictors of progression of disease and mortality within a year of staging laparoscopy in GC patients.
“I could not give him the funeral he deserved”: The role of alternative mourning rituals during the pandemic
Authors: Manquinho Susana , Albuquerque Sara , Delalibera Mayra , Coelho Alexandra , Salvador Ágata
Published: November 2023

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, measures were enforced that constrained people's ability to engage in conventional funeral and mourning rituals, which in general serve as vital mechanisms for coping with the experience of loss. This study aimed to investigate how these limitations affected early grief symptoms and the influence of alternative mourning rituals (paying tribute on social media, lighting candles in memory of the deceased, and using objects of the deceased) on moderating the relationship between individuals' perception of these limitations (such as being unable to perform the present body ceremony or fulfill the funeral wishes of the deceased) and the intensity of the grief symptoms. The study involved 227 participants, aged between 18 and 77 years, who had experienced the loss of a loved one during the pandemic. Results demonstrated that higher levels of perceived limitation in funeral ceremonies are associated with greater intensity of grief responses. Paying tribute on social media and lighting candles in memory of the deceased person moderated the relationship between the perception of limitation in fulfilling the deceased’s wishes in relation to the funeral ceremonies and the intensity of the grief responses. Using objects moderates the relationship between the perception of limitation in performing a present body ceremony and the intensity of the grief responses. Results underline the relevance of psychological flexibility, in particular concerning alternative morning rituals, that can be used as a way of buffering the impact of the perception of limitation in funeral ceremonies on the intensity of grief responses. This study offers a distinctive insight into bereavement during the pandemic, highlighting the role of flexibility in morning rituals in mitigating the deleterious effect of ritual restrictions on bereavement outcomes.
Experimental and modeling study of the fate and behavior of thiobencarb in clay and sandy clay loam soils
Authors: El-Aswad A. F. , Fouad M. R. , Aly M. I.
Published: November 2023

Pesticides cannot be stopped today, but at the same time, it is impossible to accept the use of them without understanding their fate and behavior in the environment to accomplish their purpose and avoid their risks. To determine the behavior of thiobencarb in two common Egyptian soil types, clay soil and sandy clay loam soil, the adsorption–desorption isotherms, leaching, and dissipation processes were tested. Also, the obtained experimental data were modeled to predict the different processes and to determine the characteristic parameters of each process. Thiobencarb residues were measured by GC–MS and UV–Vis Spectrophotometer. The results indicated that thiobencarb dissipation is consistent with the 1st-order kinetic model, and the half-life is 10.61 days in clay soil and 10.24 days in sandy clay loam soil. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Freundlich isotherm model fit the experimental adsorption and desorption data. Both thiobencarb adsorption and mobility were significantly correlated. Compared with sandy clay loam soil, thiobencarb adsorption was greater in clay soil, producing S-type isotherms, whereas desorption in clay soil was lower, producing C-type isotherms. The leaching of thiobencarb is moderate in clay soil and sandy clay loam soil. However, it was significantly more leachable in sandy clay loam soil than in clay soil. Hence, it is very important to manage and pay attention to the irrigation of rice crop in order to prevent the leaching potential of herbicide thiobencarb and the threat to groundwater resources, as well as to avoid reducing weed control efficiency.
Students’ Emotions in Socio-constructivist Approaches: Comparing Experiences at Different Italian School Levels
Authors: Crescenzo Pietro , Ritella Giuseppe , Sansone Nadia , Bulut Sefa , Annese Susanna , Ligorio Maria Beatrice
Published: November 2023

Emotions are becoming increasingly central in education research. The research shows a deep gap concerning emotions triggered by socio-constructivist approaches where learning occurs through social interaction, peer-work, group work, and learning activities based on building ideas or concrete objects. The specific emotions emerging in such contexts are still under-researched. To address this gap, this study first reviews how emotions are currently conceptualized and studied. We then present excerpts from several of our studies to analyze the specific emotional processes that emerge in relation to socio-constructivist educational activities. The main objective is to understand what emotions are elicited in students when participating in educational socio-constructivist activities. Several school levels are involved—middle school, high school, and university—to find common emotion. Five “socio-constructivist emotions” were singled out: emotion fluidity, discovering new parts of the self, pleasure of learning, value of the group, and crossing space–time boundaries. The paper discusses each of them with a qualitative analysis of excerpts extracted from the data available. The paper ends by discussing the theoretical and practical implications of this analysis.
Measuring employees’ perceptions of sustainability transitions at work: a novel survey with findings from Finland
Authors: Moilanen Fanni , Toikka Arho
Published: November 2023

Sustainability transitions have effects on working life, but there are no standardized measurement instruments for understanding employees’ views on their effects. This article presents a novel survey targeted at employees to gather information on employees’ perceptions of sustainability in their work. A survey was designed to gather information on all workers, regardless of the economic sector in which they work in, to broadly capture transition-relevant changes in working life. These include measuring the actions of both work organizations and employees to work in a more sustainable way. This paper presents the survey with findings from a nationally representative data collection taken in Finland. The topics include questions from work organizations’ sustainability actions to employees’ own sustainable actions. The results show the differences in organizations and individuals’ actions in working life. Large work organizations are most active, and there are differences between sectors. Individuals’ sustainable actions are more common among women and climate worried employees. The method provides evidence of employees’ views and actions in sustainability transitions and improves our holistic understanding of transitions in all sectors of the economy. In addition, the results provoke new questions for both policy and research on how to acknowledge differences between social groups in transitions and support them in delivering a just sustainability transition.
Houlgate's Presupposition
Authors: Burbidge John W.
Published: November 2023

Hegel's Science of Logic is one of the most challenging books in the philosophical library. Its primary text is a mass of abstract terms, woven into sentences that become quite complex. That text avoids illustrations or examples, but plunges on from paragraph to paragraph as the concepts being discussed subtly change their character, develop associations with contrary terms, become part of a complex network of reciprocal interaction, and then collapse into a new integrated thought which then serves as an immediate beginning for the next discussion.
Deception as Mimicry
Authors: Artiga Marc , Paternotte Cédric
Published: November 2023

What is the nature of deception? What does it take for an organism to deceive another one? In this article we address these questions by appealing to the concept of mimicry. More precisely, we argue that a fruitful perspective regards deception as an instance of mimicry rather than the reverse. Conceiving of deception as an instance of mimicry has a number of interesting consequences: It draws connections between different areas of research, vindicates a functional approach to deception by providing a satisfactory answer to some recent objections, and suggests some worries for game-theoretic approaches to deception.
Growth From Uncertainty: Understanding the Replication ‘Crisis’ in Infant Cognition
Authors: Lavelle Jane Suilin
Published: November 2023

Psychology is a discipline that has a high number of failed replications, which has been characterized as a “crisis” on the assumption that failed replications are indicative of untrustworthy research. This article uses Chang’s concept of epistemic iteration to show how a research program can advance epistemic goals despite many failed replications. It illustrates this by analyzing an ongoing large-scale replication attempt of Southgate et al.’s work exploring infants’ understanding of false beliefs. It concludes that epistemic iteration offers a way of understanding the value of replications—both failed and successful—that contradicts the narrative centered around distrust.
Confidence in Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Authors: Zanetti Luca
Published: November 2023

Epistemic uncertainties are included in probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) as second-order probabilities that represent the degrees of belief of the scientists that a model is correct. In this article, I propose an alternative approach that incorporates the scientist’s confidence in a probability set for a given quantity. First, I give some arguments against the use of precise probabilities to estimate scientific uncertainty in risk analysis. I then extend the “confidence approach” developed by Brian Hill and Richard Bradley to PRA. Finally, I claim that this approach represents model uncertainty better than the standard (Bayesian) model does.
Edified by the Margent: Early Modern Readings of Biblical Marginalia
Authors: Groves Beatrice
Published: November 2023

This article traces the evidence left by early modern readers who marked their Bibles’ annotations—both by taking attentive notice of them and by leaving their own inky traces on them. Among the burgeoning critical interest in both printed and manuscript marginalia there has been little interrogation of the intersection between the two. This article traces the evidence of what the readerly marginalia of biblical annotations can tell us about their readers. It argues that literacy formed and fostered by reading annotated Bibles was likely to be skillful and attuned to issues of interpretation and meaning-making.
The Constitutional Overhaul and the West Bank: Is Israel's Constitutional Moment Occupied?
Authors: Hostovsky Brandes Tamar
Published: November 2023

The protests against the Israeli government's proposed constitutional changes, which started in January 2023, have escalated into overall social upheaval. Protestors, politicians and academics have claimed that the existing ‘social contract’ has been violated, that Israel needs a ‘new contract’, and that such ‘new contract’ should be enacted through a constitution. This article argues that while the calls for the enactment of a constitution are understandable, Israel's current form of control of the West Bank and its commitment to the settlement project hinders the political feasibility of the enactment of a constitution. Those calling for a constitution for Israel perceive it as a solution to the indeterminacy and ambiguity that plague the Israeli constitutional framework. However, Israel's current form of control of the West Bank depends on ambiguity, on the existence of legal grey areas, and on fragmentation of the normative framework. The resolution of these is thus inconsistent with the maintenance of this form of control.
Women's Emotion, Community, and Politics: Interpreting Tears in Luke 23.27–31
Authors: Reeder Caryn A.
Published: November 2023

The tears of the ‘daughters of Jerusalem’ in Luke 23.27–31 are often taken as a representation of pathos. However, women's public performance of lamentation serves several purposes in the biblical prophets and Greco-Roman historiography and rhetoric. Women are responsible for mourning rituals following a death to honour the deceased and their family. They express communal lament following defeat in war. Women use tears to protest political and legal situations, swaying public opinion and decisions. The rhetorical functions of women's mourning in antiquity offer valuable insight into the potential purposes of mourning in Luke 23.27–31. The women's initial display of tears honours Jesus. The disruption of the negative perception of Jesus at this point in the narrative suggests the women's tears may be political protest. The redirection of their tears to themselves and their children provides the audience with a model response to the destruction of Jerusalem. As in Jer 9.17–22, the mourning of Luke's ‘daughters of Jerusalem’ is prophetic.
Spermatic and Uterine Dimensions in Mark and Luke's Parable of the Sower
Authors: Pope Michael
Published: November 2023

This article examines the language of seed reception within the Parable of the Sower in Mark and Luke. The paper argues that Mark's diction introduces reproductive terms into the seed figure and that Luke edits Mark to include even more distinctively gynaecological and reproductive terminology. The result is a parable in Luke that turns the audience into uterine receptacles of the seed/logos.
Making Oneself Last in the Community: Mark 9.43–7 in its Context and Co-Text
Authors: Filannino Francesco
Published: November 2023

After reviewing and offering a critical evaluation of the main interpretations of the sayings in Mark 9.43–7, the paper proposes a new reading that considers them in the Jewish context and in their co-text (Mark 9.33–50). The context is the marginal condition in which physically impaired people lived in Jewish society and communities. In view of this context, it is possible to point out the consistency of Jesus’ logia on self-maiming in order to enter the kingdom of God (Mark 9.43–7) with their co-text. The disciples are urged not only not to scandalise the little ones of the community (Mark 9.42), but also to share their minority state, thus avoiding stumbling in their own discipleship because of claims of greatness and superiority.
Socrates’ Triple Accusation in Plato's Apol. 24b–c as a Source of Jesus’ Triple Accusation in Luke 23.2
Authors: Kozlowski Jan M. , Chodyko Maria
Published: November 2023

The article presents evidence for a direct, both formal and contentual, dependence of Jesus’ triple accusation in Luke 23.2 upon Socrates’ triple accusation in Plato's Apol. 24b–c.
Hong Kong Anti-colonial Nationalism during the Chinese Language Campaign
Authors: Ho Justin Chun-ting
Published: November 2023

The study of Hong Kong identity has traditionally been positioned in a local–national dichotomy, where Hong Kong identity is viewed primarily as a local identity while the label of national identity is reserved for identification with the Chinese nation. Hong Kong nationalism, on the other hand, is generally considered a new phenomenon, the study of which has focused predominantly on the political activities in the post-handover period. Drawing on Partha Chatterjee's theory of anti-colonial nationalism, this paper seeks to broaden the understanding of Hong Kong nationalism by examining the nationalistic sentiments manifested during the Chinese language campaign (1964–1971). This paper draws on archival materials to shed light on the presence of anti-colonial nationalism in colonial Hong Kong, an aspect often overlooked or considered a mere extension of Chinese nationalism from mainland China. This paper also discusses the distinctions between anti-colonial nationalism in Hong Kong and Chinese nationalism, highlighting the intricate nature of the concept of Chineseness.