bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
JEN 1001: On the Last Days of Nuzi
Authors: Planelles Albert
Published: November 2020

Since 1927, the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago has kept a large collection of written objects excavated at Nuzi. While many complete tablets have been published over the years, many fragments still await study, and they are of prime interest for possible joins and for the reconstruction of fragmentary tablets. That is the case of this study, which offers the edition of a composite text. The joined fragments were initially catalogued as part of the same original tablet and later considered to belong to different texts; they finally turned out to belong together. The text adds new data to two extensively debated but not yet fully known topics: the organisation of the Arrapḫean army and the last period of existence of Nuzi. Almost a century after their recovery, the Chicago Nuzi texts keep yielding new information.
Kafka Shared Between Blanchot and Sartre
Authors: van Rooden Aukje
Published: November 2020

Ever since their translation in the course of the 20thcentury, the works of Kafka have been widely appreciated by French intellectuals. Kafka’s greatest admirers include Maurice Blanchot and Jean-Paul Sartre, both of whom consider his work an exemplary illustration of their own poetical-philosophical views. This is remarkable, because Blanchot’s and Sartre’s respective views are generally conceived of as opposites. Apparently, then, these two authors who are so divergent in their philosophical views and literary criticism, as well as in their own literary works, find themselves on the same page in their appreciation of Kafka. I will argue that this shared appreciation not only reveals some unexpected points of agreement between them, but also facilitates an interesting intellectual encounter between Blanchot and Sartre in the late 1940 s. It is, we will see, only on the basis of an agreement with regards to Kafka’s work that their ways can part.
Product Differentiation in a Vertical Structure
Authors: Han Tien-Der , Haque M. Emranul , Mukherjee Arijit
Published: November 2020

We consider final goods producers’ preference for horizontal product differentiation in the presence of strategic input price determination. Final goods producers may not prefer maximal differentiation but may prefer moderate differentiation under both Cournot and Bertrand competition in the final goods market if product differentiation does not increase the market size significantly and there is either free entry in the input market or the input supplier has increasing returns to scale technology. Thus, we provide a new rationale for moderate product differentiation. Our reasons are different from the existing reasons of mixed pricing strategy, endogenous leadership, no-buy option for the consumers and the relative performance incentive schemes.
A Differentiable Mapping of Mesh Cells Based on Finite Elements on Quadrilateral and Hexahedral Meshes
Authors: Arndt Daniel , Kanschat Guido
Published: November 2020

Finite elements of higher continuity, say conforming in

H
2

{H^{2}}

instead of

H
1

{H^{1}}

, require a mapping from reference cells to mesh cells which is continuously differentiable across cell interfaces. In this article, we propose an algorithm to obtain such mappings given a topologically regular mesh in the standard format of vertex coordinates and a description of the boundary. A variant of the algorithm with orthogonal edges in each vertex is proposed. We introduce necessary modifications in the case of adaptive mesh refinement with nonconforming edges. Furthermore, we discuss efficient storage of the necessary data.
Linking Web Resources in Web of Data to Encyclopedic Knowledge Base
Authors: Matinfar Farzam
Published: November 2020

This paper introduces Wikipedia as an extensive knowledge base which provides additional information about a great number of web resources in the semantic web, and shows how RDF web resources in the web of data can be linked to this encyclopedia. Given an input web resource, the designed system identifies the topic of the web resource and links it to the corresponding Wikipedia article. To perform this task, we use the core labeling properties in web of data to specify the candidate Wikipedia articles for a web resource. Finally, a knowledge based approach is used to identify the most appropriate article in Wikipedia database. Evaluation of the system shows the high performance of the designed system.
Predicting Heart Diseases from Large Scale IoT Data Using a Map-Reduce Paradigm
Authors: Abd Faris Mohammad , Manaa Mehdi Ebady
Published: November 2020

Over the last few years, the huge amount of data represented a major obstacle to data analysis. Big data implies that the volume of data undergoes a faster progress than computational speeds, thereby demanding a larger data storage capacity. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a main source of data that is closely related to big data, as the former extends to a variety of fields such as healthcare, entertainment, and disaster control. Despite the different advantages associated with the composition of Big Data analytics and IoT, there are a number of complex difficulties and issues involved that need to be resolved and managed to ensure an accurate data analysis. Some of these solutions include the utilization of map-reduce techniques, processing, and large data scale, particularly for the relatively less time that this method requires to process large data from the Internet of Things. Machine learning algorithms of this kind are often implemented in the healthcare sector. Medical facilities need to be advanced so that more appropriate decisions can be made in terms of patient diagnosis and treatment options. In this work, two datasets have been used: the first set, used in the prediction of heart diseases, obtained an accuracy rate of 84.5 for RF and 83 for J48, whereas the second dataset is related to weather stations (automated sensors) and obtained accuracy rates of 88.5 and 86.5 for RF and J48, respectively.
The effects of rudeness, experience, and perspective-taking on challenging premature closure after pediatric ICU physicians receive hand-off with the wrong diagnosis: a randomized controlled simulation trial
Authors: Avesar Michael , Erez Amir , Essakow Jenna , Young Caulette , Cooper Binyamin , Akan Denizhan , Klein Margaret J. , Chang Todd P. , Rake Alyssa
Published: November 2020

Objectives

Rudeness exposure has been shown to inhibit diagnostic performance. The effects of rudeness on challenging a handed-off diagnostic error has not been studied.

Methods

This was a randomized controlled study of attending, fellow, and resident physicians in a tertiary care pediatric ICU. Participants underwent a standardized simulation that started with the wrong diagnosis in hand-off. The hand-off was randomized to neutral vs. rude. Participants were not informed of the randomization nor diagnostic error prior to the simulation. Perspective taking questionnaires were administrated for each participant. Primary outcome was challenging diagnostic error post-simulation. Secondary outcomes included rate and frequency of diagnostic error challenge during simulation.

Results

Among 41 simulations (16 residents, 14 fellows, and 11 attendings), the neutral group challenged the diagnostic error more than the rude group (neutral: 71%, rude: 55%, p=0.28). The magnitude of this trend was larger among resident physicians only, although not statistically significant (neutral: 50%, rude: 12.5%, p=0.11). Experience was associated with a higher percentage of challenging diagnostic error (residents: 31%, fellows: 86%, attendings: 82%, p=0.003). Experienced physicians were faster to challenge diagnostic error (p<0.0003), and experience was associated with a greater frequency of diagnostic error challenges (p<0.0001). High perspective taking scores were also associated with 1.63 times more diagnostic error challenges (p=0.007).

Conclusions

Experience was strongly associated with likelihood to challenge diagnostic error. Rudeness may disproportionally hinder diagnostic performance among less experienced physicians. Perspective taking merits further research in possibly reducing diagnostic error momentum.
European Legal Forms – Underlying Systematic and Principles
Authors: Jung Stefanie
Published: November 2020

Over the last decades, European company law experienced a continuous growth in significance. Along with the European company law directives, European legal forms constitute the two pillars of European company law. In the course last 35 years, three European legal forms – namely the European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG), the Societas Europaea (SE) and the Societas Cooperativa Europaea (SCE) – were introduced. In contrast, the introduction of four other legal form projects on the European plane (inter alia the Societas Privata Europaea (SPE)) failed. This paper will attempt to identify whether there are underlying principles and systematics to the functioning of these established and envisaged European legal forms. This approach shall contribute to the development of an overall concept for European legal forms. In this regard, the article examines the historical development of European legal forms and their significance for the practice of European company law. On this account, also these legal forms’ functions – in particular their effect on the competition between EU and national level – will be discussed. To complement these considerations, the paper studies the regulatory technique and the associated multi-level problem.
Hybrid subconvexity for class group 𝐿-functions and uniform sup norm bounds of Eisenstein series
Authors: Nordentoft Asbjørn Christian
Published: November 2020

In this paper, we study hybrid subconvexity bounds for class group L-functions associated to quadratic extensions

K
/
ℚ

{K/\mathbb{Q}}

(real or imaginary).
Our proof relies on relating the class group L-functions to Eisenstein series evaluated at Heegner points using formulas due to Hecke.
The main technical contribution is the uniform sup norm bound for Eisenstein series

E
⁢

(
z
,

1
/
2

+

i
⁢
t

)

≪
ε

y

1
/
2

⁢

(

|
t
|

+
1

)

1
/
3

+
ε

{E(z,1/2+it)\ll_{\varepsilon}y^{1/2}(\lvert t\rvert+1)^{1/3+\varepsilon}}

,

y
≫
1

{y\gg 1}

, extending work of Blomer and Titchmarsh.
Finally, we propose a uniform version of the sup norm conjecture for Eisenstein series.
Wear-level-monitoring on electrical conductors with high-frequency alternating currents
Authors: Lenz Philipp , Wittmann Armin , Fischer Georg
Published: November 2020

In this paper, a methodical approach for the in-situ monitoring of the mechanical wear of electrical conductors is presented. The state of life can be assessed by means of the characteristic attenuation of an applied high-frequency alternating current. The advantages of this approach include its non-destructive nature and the applicability to installed and otherwise inaccessible conductors.
Utilization of marble piece wastes as base materials
Authors: Ural Nazile , Yakşe Gökhan
Published: November 2020

With the increasing population, the limited natural sources are decreasing and environmental pollution is increasing. In recent years, the increase in industrial wastes and the high cost of disposal methods of these wastes have necessitated the evaluation of industrial wastes in industrials businesses. Truck tires, blast furnace slag, fly ash, waste concrete, and dismantled asphalt coverings can be listed as industrial wastes. If these wastes are used, environmental pollution is reduced, and contributions are made to the country’s economy. In this study, an evaluation of marble waste as base material was performed. In this scope of work, physical tests, a modified Proctor test, a dry/wet California bearing ratio test, and density of soil in place by the sand cone test were conducted. Also, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, and mercury intrusion porosimetry analyses were performed on these marble waste. As a result, the physical and mechanical properties of marble waste were determined. In conclusion, marble waste has been found suitable as a base material according to the Technical Specifications of Turkish Highways.
Gr. σφήξ ‚Wespe‘ und uridg. *(s)bʰeh₁gʰ-
Authors: Kölligan Daniel
Published: November 2020

It is argued that Greek σφήξ, σφηκός ‘wasp’ may be derived from the PIE root *(s)bʰeh₁gʰ- ‘be irascible; start a fight’. The insect’s belligerent nature has been noted both in European antiquity and in various cultures around the world. The inverse of Grassmann’s Law (e.g. nom.pl. σφῆκες, not *σπῆχες) seems to be regular in paradigms with word-initial σφ-. The form σφάξ in Theocritus may be hyperdoric.
Greek ἅρπαξ ‘robber; robbery’
Authors: Nikolaev Alexander
Published: November 2020

This paper presents evidence for a PIE root *u̯erp‑ ‘to attack, to force oneself onto someone’ and argues that Greek ἅρπαξ (< *u̯ǝrʰpag-) goes back to a verbal governing compound *u̯r̥p-h₂g̑- ‘driving something (e.g. cattle) away by force’.
Meta-Tatian
Authors: Evans Elliott
Published: November 2020

In addition to inflecting adjectives for case, number, and gender, the early Germanic languages inflect adjectives as either strong or weak. Scholarly consensus is lacking regarding what triggers this fourth inflectional category, i.e. why an adjective surfaces as either strong or weak. While the traditional school of thought held that weak adjectives surface with definite determiners, some recent scholarship has argued that a semantic force such as definiteness or classification is responsible. To evaluate the two positions, I compared attributive adjectives in the Old High German translation of Tatian’s Diatessaron with the corresponding passages in Gothic and Old English. The conclusion supports the traditional school of thought that determiners trigger weak adjectives and refutes the idea that semantics is primarily responsible for whether an adjective surfaces as strong or weak.
Habitual auxiliaries in Ancient Greek
Authors: Roi Ezra la
Published: November 2020

This article discusses the grammaticalization of the habitual auxiliaries εἴωθα, φιλέω, ἐθέλω and νομίζω in Archaic and Classical Greek. I aim to (1) provide a more complete understanding of the Ancient Greek expressions of habituality; (2) distinguish clearly between habitual aspect and (possibly diachronically) related semantic categories such as iterativity and genericity; (3) demonstrate the usefulness of grammaticalization and collocation criteria to measure the relative degree of grammaticalization of the habitual auxiliaries. I argue that their degree of grammaticalization can be measured by whether they have developed past uses, undergone a diachronic collocation shift to inanimate subjects and, subsequently, stative infinitives, and whether they have acquired an anti-present implicature. Finally, I suggest that habitual ἐθέλω occurred already in Archaic Greek and was the source for the futurity use that it developed in Classical Greek.
The nominative/vocative plural of Vedic masculine a-stems in complex nominal expressions
Authors: Coenen Pascal , Frotscher Michael
Published: November 2020

In Vedic Sanskrit, masculine a-stem nominals exhibit two different forms of the nom/voc.pl, a short form (ending in ‑ās) and a long form (ending in ‑āsas). In this article, we will argue that the scope of this variation is not a single nominal but the entire noun phrase. This means that whereas the short form may occur several times in a noun phrase, the long form is either absent or occurs only once. From a functional point of view, complex noun phrases containing one long form are equivalent to simple noun phrases consisting of one long form. In contrast, complex noun phrases containing only short forms are equivalent to simple noun phrases consisting of one short form. The presence or absence of the long form marks the presence or absence of a certain linguistic feature, the exact nature of which still has to be determined. We will argue that in those cases in which two long forms occur in relative proximity to each other, they either have to, or at least can be interpreted as being part of two distinct noun phrases. In order to do so, we will apply morphological, semantic, syntactic as well as stylistic and metrical criteria.
Urindogermanische Lehnwörter in den uralischen und finno-ugrischen Grundsprachen
Authors: Simon Zsolt
Published: November 2020

This paper contains a critical evaluation of the alleged Proto- Indo-European loanwords in Proto-Uralic and Proto-Finno-Ugric and argues that most of them cannot be upheld. It is also argued that currently it is not possible to choose between different scenarios for the remaining cases, i.e. sheer coincidence, borrowing from Proto-Indo-European, borrowing from a precursor of Tocharian, and a combination of any of these. Incidentally, this result also means that these words cannot be used for the location of the Proto-Indo-European homeland in the steppe area, which thus loses its single trustworthy linguistic argument.
The study of the relationship between parenting styles and risk-taking in adolescents in only-child families in Qazvin city
Authors: Azh Nezal , Zeighami Reza , Ataei Tahereh , Mafi Maryam
Published: November 2020

Objectives

Risk-taking reasons in adolescents are divided into four cognitive, emotional, socio-environmental, and family factors. Structure, composition, and size of family as well as parenting styles effect on the development of creative abilities, transmitting cultural and social values, and the amount of adolescent risk-taking. The present study aimed to evaluate the tendency toward high-risk behaviors based on ways of interacting with children in only-child families.

Methods

This research is a descriptive analytical study. The research population was only-child adolescents and one of their parents who referred to health centers in Qazvin city to receive healthcare. The sampling has been conducted in census method. The data collection tools were adolescents’ risk-taking questionnaires and Baumrind Parenting style Inventory which were completed by adolescents and one parent, respectively. The questionnaires were completed in health centers of Qazvin City, and the sampling was conducted since February to September 2018. The SPSS version 24 was used to analyze the data.

Results

One hundred and seventeen adolescents aged between 13 and 19 years together with one of their parents participated in this study. The majority of the mothers were housewives (62.9%) and fathers were either employees or self-employed (76.9%). Authoritative parenting style was the most dominant parenting style amongst parents (93%), and the majority of the samples (78%) had the least amount of risk. The average risk-taking score of adolescents was 23.3 ± 61.29 and the highest risk-taking behavior was dangerous driving (12.83). Risk-taking amount was negatively correlated with authoritative parenting style (r = −0.20, p = 0.28), while having direct and meaningful correlation with the permissive style (r = 0.20, p = 0.02).

Conclusion

The authoritative parenting style in only-child families has been a dominant trend that justifies the intimate parent-children relationships and decreases the risk-taking amount of adolescents. Therefore, parents are suggested to focus on increasing their relationship with their adolescents, rather than reducing their family size.
Efficient machine learning for attack detection
Authors: Wressnegger Christian
Published: November 2020

Detecting and fending off attacks on computer systems is an enduring problem in computer security. In light of a plethora of different threats and the growing automation used by attackers, we are in urgent need of more advanced methods for attack detection. Manually crafting detection rules is by no means feasible at scale, and automatically generated signatures often lack context, such that they fall short in detecting slight variations of known threats.

In the thesis “Efficient Machine Learning for Attack Detection” [35], we address the necessity of advanced attack detection. For the effective application of machine learning in this domain, a periodic retraining over time is crucial. We show that with the right data representation, efficient algorithms for mining substring statistics, and implementations based on probabilistic data structures, training the underlying model for establishing an higher degree of automation for defenses can be achieved in linear time.
Antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of Boerhavia coccinea extracts and fractions on acute and persistent inflammatory pain models
Authors: Piegang Basile Nganmegne , Ndjateu Fabrice Sterlin Tchantchou , Tene Mathieu , Bomba Francis Désiré Tatsinkou , Tseuguem Pius Pum , Nguelefack Télesphore Benoit
Published: November 2020

Background

Boerhavia coccinea (Nyctaginaceae) is an herbaceous plant used for the treatment of pain. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of the aqueous (AEBC) and ethanol (EEBC) extracts of Boerhavia coccinea as well as the major fractions (F1, F2 and F3) from EEBC.

Methods

The antinociceptive effect of the extracts and fractions was evaluated using formalin test. AEBC, EEBC and F1 were selected and further evaluated acutely (24 h) and chronically (16 days) in Complete Freund’s Adjuvant (CFA)-induced persistent inflammatory pain for their antihyperalgesic and anti-inflammatory effects. They were administered orally (100 and 200 mg/kg/day) from 48 h following the intraplantar injection of 100 µL of CFA. After the 16 days of chronic treatment, rats’ spinal cord and brain were collected for the evaluation of oxidative stress parameters namely nitric oxide (NO), malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT).

Results

AEBC, EEBC and F1 significantly inhibited the first and second phases of the formalin-induced pain. They significantly reduced the hyperalgesia both in acute and chronic treatments. These extracts showed no acute anti-inflammatory effect. AEBC and EEBC exhibited anti-inflammatory activities after repeated administration. AEBC, EEBC and F1 significantly reduced MDA level and significantly increased SOD and catalase activities, mainly in the spinal cord. AEBC and EEBC also reduced the NO production in the spinal cord.

Conclusions

Boerhavia coccinea extracts and F1 possess potent antinociceptive activity which is not related to their anti-inflammatory properties. Their antioxidant effects may contribute to these activities in chronic treatment.
Entropy stabilization and property-preserving limiters for ℙ1 discontinuous Galerkin discretizations of scalar hyperbolic problems
Authors: Kuzmin Dmitri
Published: November 2020

The methodology proposed in this paper bridges the gap between entropy stable and positivity-preserving discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods for nonlinear hyperbolic problems. The entropy stability property and, optionally, preservation of local bounds for cell averages are enforced using flux limiters based on entropy conditions and discrete maximum principles, respectively. Entropy production by the (limited) gradients of the piecewise-linear DG approximation is constrained using Rusanov-type entropy viscosity. The Taylor basis representation of the entropy stabilization term reveals that it penalizes the solution gradients in a manner similar to slope limiting and requires implicit treatment to avoid severe time step restrictions. The optional application of a vertex-based slope limiter constrains the DG solution to be bounded by local maxima and minima of the cell averages. Numerical studies are performed for two scalar two-dimensional test problems with nonlinear and nonconvex flux functions.
Transient neonatal diabetes due to a disease causing novel variant in the ATP-binding cassette subfamily C member 8 (ABCC8) gene unmasks maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) diabetes cases within a family
Authors: Giannopoulou Eleni Z , Ovcarov Olga , De Franco Elisa , Kassberger Fabian , Nusser Susanne , Otto Marie Celine , Denzer Christian , Wabitsch Martin
Published: November 2020

Objectives

Neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM) is a rare monogenic diabetes form, occurring mainly from ATP-binding cassette subfamily C member 8 (ABCC8) and KCNJ11 mutations. ABCC8 mutations have also been found to cause adult-onset diabetes. What is new?: •Novel ABCC8 mutation in an NDM case •Heterogeneous clinical presentation of diabetes and response to sulfonylurea therapy among family members with the same ABCC8 mutation.

Case presentation

We report the case of a newborn with NDM and a heterozygous ABCC8 novel variant (c.3835G>A), successfully treated with sulfonylurea. The same ABCC8 variant was found in two other family members, already treated for type 2 diabetes.

Conclusions

This case demonstrates the variable phenotypic presentation of diabetes due to a novel ABCC8 mutation (c.3835G>A), ranging from transient NDM to adult-onset, insulin-demanding diabetes, among family members. Genetic testing in young individuals with a strong family history of diabetes, presenting with non-autoimmune diabetes is recommended as it can determine prognosis and treatment of affected family members.
A novel technique for prediction of preterm birth: fetal nasal flow Doppler
Authors: Esin Sertac , Okuyan Erhan , Gunakan Emre , Zengin Hatice Yagmur , Hayran Mutlu , Tohma Yusuf Aytac
Published: November 2020

Objectives

Absence of fetal breathing movements (FBM) has been found to be a good predictor of preterm delivery in symptomatic patients. However, analysis of FBM patterns and Doppler measurement of them for preterm birth prediction have not been performed before. In this study, we aimed to investigate and analyze FBM patterns in symptomatic preterm labor patients by fetal ultrasonography and nasal Doppler.

Methods

This was a multicenter, prospective cohort study. Singleton pregnant patients between 24 and 37 gestational weeks diagnosed with preterm labor were included in the study. Patients were evaluated in three groups: no FBM (Group 1), regular FBM (Group 2), irregular FBM (Group3).

Results

Seventy-three patients were available for the final analysis after exclusion. Preterm delivery rate in 24 h in groups were 91.7, 32.7 and 100%, respectively. The absence of FBM (Group 1) was statistically significant for preterm delivery in for both 24 (91.7 vs. 42.6%, p=0.002) and 48 h (91.7 vs. 49.2%, p=0.006) when compared with fetal breathing positive Group 2 and 3. In fetal nasal Doppler analyses in Group 2, the inspiration/expiration number rate was significantly lower in the patients who delivered in 24 h (0.98±0.2 vs. 1.25±0.57, p=0.015). By using fetal nasal Doppler, combination of absence of FBM or irregular FBM or regular FBM with inspiration number/expiration number (I/E) <1.25 detects 94.6% of patients who will eventually deliver in the first 24 h after admission.

Conclusions

Examining FBM patterns and using nasal Doppler may help the clinician to differentiate those who will deliver preterm and may be an invaluable tool for managing preterm labor patients.
The prime and maximal spectra and the reticulation of residuated lattices with applications to De Morgan residuated lattices
Authors: Holdon Liviu-Constantin
Published: November 2020

In this paper, by using the ideal theory in residuated lattices, we construct the prime and maximal spectra (Zariski topology), proving that the prime and maximal spectra are compact topological spaces, and in the case of De Morgan residuated lattices they become compact

T

0

{T}_{0}

topological spaces. At the same time, we define and study the reticulation functor between De Morgan residuated lattices and bounded distributive lattices. Moreover, we study the I-topology (I comes from ideal) and the stable topology and we define the concept of pure ideal. We conclude that the I-topology is in fact the restriction of Zariski topology to the lattice of ideals, but we use it for simplicity. Finally, based on pure ideals, we define the normal De Morgan residuated lattice (L is normal iff every proper ideal of L is a pure ideal) and we offer some characterizations.
Domesticating the Body of the Exotic Other: The Multisensory Use of a Sixteenth-century Brass Candlestick
Authors: Kim Dasol
Published: November 2020

Through the medium of a brass candlestick made in a sixteenth-century German foundry, I discuss the Christian European household’s sensory engagement and spatial control of the Muslim body. I argue that the Europeans’ sensory experience of the turbaned candlestick reflects and reinforces their conceptualization of Islamic culture, which is a blend of fear and fascination. The turbaned candlestick allows us to explore issues rarely discussed in the study of metalwork and the European imagery of ‘the East’. The shape and scale of the candlestick suggest that it could have been treated both as a statuette and as a piece of furniture. The inanimate candlestick would have felt livelier when the user touched its body and felt heat, flame, light and smoke from the candlestick. My analysis of the candlestick suggests that it might have been experienced through a comprehensive play of senses.
The Word of God in One’s Hand: Touching and Holding Pendant Koran Manuscripts
Authors: Berthold Cornelius
Published: November 2020

Koran manuscripts that fit comfortably within the palm of one’s hand are known as early as the 10th century CE.

For the sake of convenience, all dates will be given in the common era (CE) without further mention, and not in the Islamic or Hijra calendar.

Their minute and sometimes barely legible script is clearly not intended for comfortable reading. Instead, recent scholarship suggests that the manuscripts were designed to be worn on the body like pendants or fastened to military flag poles. This is corroborated by some preserved cases for these books which feature lugs to attach a cord or chain, but also their rare occurrence in contemporary textual sources. While pendant Korans in rectangular codex form exist, the majority were produced as codices in the shape of an octagonal prism, and others as scrolls that could be rolled up into a cylindrical form. Both resemble the shapes of similarly dated and pre-Islamic amulets or amulet cases. Building on recent scholarship, I will argue in this article that miniature or pendant Koran manuscripts were produced in similar forms and sizes because of comparable modes of usage, but not necessarily by a deliberate imitation of their amuletic ‘predecessors’. The manuscripts’ main functions did not require them to be read or even opened; some of their cases were in fact riveted shut. Accordingly, the haptic feedback they gave to their owners when they carried or touched them was not one of regular books but one of solid objects (like amulets) or even jewellery, which then reinforced this practice.
A Memorial Tribute to Professor Constantin Corduneanu, The Outstanding Mathematician
Authors: Mahdavi Mehran
Published: November 2020

This paper contains the biographical sketch and reviews scientific contributions of Professor Constantin Corduneanu, an outstanding researcher in stability and control theory, and oscillations.
On some kinds of dense orbits in general nonautonomous dynamical systems
Authors: Pourbarat Mehdi
Published: November 2020

We study the theory of universality for the nonautonomous dynamical systems from topological point of view related to hypercyclicity. The conditions are provided in a way that Birkhoff transitivity theorem can be extended. In the context of generalized linear nonautonomous systems, we show that either one of the topological transitivity or hypercyclicity give sensitive dependence on initial conditions. Meanwhile, some examples are presented for topological transitivity, hypercyclicity and topological conjugacy.
The crystal structure of dipentaerthritol hexanitrate, C10H16N6O19
Authors: Zheng Yue , Lizhen Chen , Hui Chao , Chenglong Wei , Zhihua Li , Duanlin Cao
Published: November 2020

C

10

H

16

N
6

O

19

${\text{C}}_{10}{\text{H}}_{16}{\text{N}}_{6}{\text{O}}_{19}$

, monoclinic, C2/c (no. 15), a = 29.980(5) Å, b = 8.4695(17) Å, c = 20.719(4) Å, β = 128.124(7)°, V = 4138.7(16) Å3, Z = 8,

R

g
t

${R}_{gt}$

(F) = 0.0587,

w

R

r
e
f

$w{R}_{ref}$

(F
2) = 0.1683, T = 170 K.
Crystal structure of 10-oxysophoridine, C15H22N2O2
Authors: Yan Ming , Li Huan-Yong , Luo Ding , Chen Si , Zhang Yu-Bo , Li Yao-Lan , Wang Guo-Cai
Published: November 2020

C15H22N2O2, orthorhombic, P212121
a = 5.27590(10) Å, b = 10.3482(3) Å, c = 23.5372(6) Å, V = 1285.04(6) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0338, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0852, T = 100(1) K.
User-centred design of humanoid robots’ communication
Authors: Thunberg Sofia , Ziemke Tom
Published: November 2020

Interaction between humans and robots will benefit if people have at least a rough mental model of what a robot knows about the world and what it plans to do. But how do we design human-robot interactions to facilitate this? Previous research has shown that one can change people’s mental models of robots by manipulating the robots’ physical appearance. However, this has mostly not been done in a user-centred way, i.e. without a focus on what users need and want. Starting from theories of how humans form and adapt mental models of others, we investigated how the participatory design method, PICTIVE, can be used to generate design ideas about how a humanoid robot could communicate. Five participants went through three phases based on eight scenarios from the state-of-the-art tasks in the RoboCup@Home social robotics competition. The results indicate that participatory design can be a suitable method to generate design concepts for robots’ communication in human-robot interaction.
Mechanical and flammability properties of a polyamide 6,6 nanocomposite for nonstructural marine engine components
Authors: Cozzarini Luca , Benedetti Elena , Piras Alessandro , Terenzi Andrea , Pricl Sabrina , Schmid Chiara
Published: November 2020

The actual replacement of traditional metallic components with plastic-based materials in the marine sector is currently extremely limited, mainly due to mechanical requirements and flammability issues. In this work, a fiberglass-reinforced polyamide 6,6 matrix, loaded with innovative flame retardants based on nanosized organoclays has been evaluated as a replacement for aluminum in a marine engine cover. Experimental data were acquired to assess the mechanical performances and flammability properties of this novel polymer nanocomposite in comparison with those of a commercial sample based on the same polymeric matrix loaded with traditional flame retardants. The results showed that then use of nanoclays in place of standard flame retardants increased the mechanical properties of the polymer nanocomposite at all tested temperatures (22% of modulus increase at 20 °C, 93% at 110 °C), concomitantly meeting the minimum nonflammability requirements (self-extinguishing, without dropping of flammable material).
Peritoneal biopsy frozen section: cachexia manifesting as signet ring-like cells
Authors: Khellaf Lakhdar , Rouanet Philippe
Published: November 2020

Peritoneal metastases from signet ring cell adenocarcinoma may be overlooked at laparoscopy, resulting in problematic false-negative diagnoses. Conversely, false-positive diagnoses are rarely reported. For the surgeon, cachexia may rise suspicion for peritoneal metastases by exhibiting a worrisome micronodular appearance of the peritoneum, and atrophic adipocytes looks like signet ring cells at the microscopical level. Being aware of this underdiagnosed condition may help avoiding unfortunate false-positive diagnoses of peritoneal metastases during intraoperative consultation.
Modelling of enzyme kinetics: cellulose enzymatic hydrolysis case
Authors: Olkiewicz Magdalena , Tylkowski Bartosz , Montornés Josep M. , Garcia-Valls Ricard , Gulaczyk Iwona
Published: November 2020

Enzymes as industrial biocatalysts offer numerous advantages over traditional chemical processes resulting on improvements in process economy and environmental sustainability. Because enzymes are extensively used in different industrial areas, the enzyme kinetics is an important factor for industry as it is able to estimate the extent of substrate conversion under known conditions and evaluate reactor performance. Furthermore, kinetic modelling is useful in the analysis, prediction, and optimization of an enzymatic process. Thus, kinetic modelling is a powerful tool for biochemical reaction engineering. In addition to the aforementioned, in the industrial technology, modelling together with simulation play a key role because they help to understand how a system behaves under specific conditions, and thus they allow saving on costs and lead times. Enzymatic conversion of renewable cellulosic biomass into biofuels is at the heart of advanced bioethanol production. In the production of bioethanol from cellulosic biomass, enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose to fermentable sugars accounts for a large portion (∼30%) of the total production costs. Therefore, a thorough understanding of enzymatic hydrolysis is necessary to create a robust model which helps designing optimal conditions and economical system. Nevertheless, it is a challenging task because cellulose is a highly complex substrate and its enzymatic hydrolysis is heterogeneous in nature, and thus the whole process of cellulose conversion to glucose involves more steps than classical enzyme kinetics. This chapter describes the bases of enzyme kinetic modelling, focussing on Michaelis-Menten kinetics, and presents the models classification based on the fundamental approach and methodology used. Furthermore, the modelling of cellulose enzymatic hydrolysis is described, also reviewing some model examples developed for cellulose hydrolysis over the years. Finally, the application of enzyme kinetics modelling in food, pharmaceutical and bioethanol industry is presented.
Approaching daily life at Late Palaeolithic camps: The case of Lubrza 10, Western Poland
Authors: Sobkowiak-Tabaka Iwona , Diachenko Aleksandr
Published: November 2020

The aim of this paper is to develop a systematic approach to understanding daily life at Late Palaeolithic camps and identifying its impact on broader site formation processes. Late Palaeolithic contexts are often poorly preserved, especially those found in the sandy sediments of the North European Plain. However, taphonomic obstacles may be overcome through the introduction of spatial statistics into research procedures. We illustrate our approach using a case study of Federmesser and Swiderian campsites at the site of Lubrza 10, Western Poland. The locational analysis of hearths, features that constitute the most important integrative social foci of Palaeolithic camps, provides information on activity areas, seasonality and occupational duration. Additionally, we examine the function of spatially distinct artefact concentrations and their methods of aggregation. The presented research procedure enables us to trace the contribution of individuals to group behaviour, as well as specific individual activities at both camps.
CdTe quantum dots on gold-198 nano particles: introducing a novel theranostic agent
Authors: Rasekholghol Ariam , Fazaeli Yousef , Moradi Dehaghi Shahram , Ashtari Parviz , Kardan Mohammadreza , Feizi Shahzad , Samiee Matin Milad
Published: November 2020

The influence of coating a CdTe quantum dots (QDs) layer on the 198Au nanoparticles (NPs) in biodistribution of 198Au nanoparticles was investigated. The 198Au nanoparticles were prepared by irradiating the highly pure metallic gold in Tehran research nuclear reactor and subsequently 198Au-NPs were synthesized and subjected to surface modification with cysteamine and CdTe QDs to form an adduct. The prepared nanomaterials were characterized with X-ray diffraction, radio thin layer chromatography, transmission electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. In-vivo biodistribution and tumor avidity studies were performed by intravenously injecting of cysteamine@198AuNPs: CdTe QDs nanocomposite into rats. The %ID/g (percent of the initial dose per gram tissue weight) in dissected organs and Fibrosarcoma tumor specimens was then measured. The hydrophilicity of the cysteamine@198AuNPs was increased by surface modification with CdTe QDs. Rapid excretion from body and high tumor uptake for cysteamine@198AuNPs: CdTe QDs revealed that this radiotracer could potentially be used in nuclear medicine as a theranostic agent.
Estimation of time-dependent arbovirus infection risk in blood and tissue donations
Authors: Biggerstaff Brad J.
Published: November 2020

West Nile virus (WNV) outbreaks raise the concern of WNV infection in donated blood and blood products destined for transfusion. We describe methods we developed to estimate time-dependent risk of WNV infection in donated blood, including improvements not previously detailed. The methods are then extended for use in estimation of the risk of WNV infection in donated cadaveric tissues by introducing stratification and stratum-specific weighting to address novel aspects of this application. Data from the WNV outbreak in Colorado in 2003 are used to estimate risk for donated cardiac tissue.
Fiktive Tatsachen, ihre Relativität und deren Angabe
Authors: Brauneis Adrian
Published: November 2020

The present article is concerned with the term realism. It develops an argument to distinguish between two different types: epistemically reflexive and non-reflexive realism. Wherever a fiction prompts its readers to distinguish between speaker-utterances from utterances not tied to a fictive character realism of the epistemically non-reflexive variety is at hand. Such a fiction posits a reality not to be reduced to the conceptual scheme of its fictive inhabitants. Realism of the epistemically reflexive sort indicates the relativity of the very conceptual fabric by which utterances not tied to a fictive entity give access to a fictive reality. In such a game of make believe there is, ontologically speaking, no room for the conjecture of a reality providing its fictive inhabitants as well as its non-fictive interpreters with concepts to name things as they are in themselves. How this comes to pass is shown by making use of Roland Barthes’ famous term ›reality effect‹ and subsequently illustrated by using the example of Franz Innerhofer’s novel Schöne Tage (Beautiful Days, 1975). The main argument is framed by a discussion of 19th century literary realism, on the one hand, and some concluding remarks on the potential cognitive benefits of epistemically reflexive realism, on the other hand. Whereas epistemically non-reflexive realism is a part of the family resemblance of a large portion of 19th century narrative fiction, so-called poetic realism is, according to the present article, to be considered as epistemically reflexive realism. Finally, it is argued that whenever a fiction, so to speak, loosens the connection between a fictive reality and certain concepts by suggesting the conceptual relativity of its own prescriptions to imagine certain things as fictionally true readers might be all the more willing to transfer those very same concepts into their own world.
»Born translated«?
Authors: Sneis Jørgen
Published: November 2020

With the authorized edition of Henrik Ibsen’s complete works in German as a focal point, this paper analyzes the functions of authorization in the 19th century, seen in light of the European publishing trade and international copyright regulations. Special attention is paid to the conditions under which translations could precede the publication of the original text, allowing the original and its translation(s) to be published simultaneously. It is argued that Ibsen’s oeuvre, conceptualized by the author himself not simply as everything he had ever written but as a continuous and coherent whole, did not emerge primarily in the context of Norwegian or Scandinavian literature, but rather in the context of authorizing translations and the planning of a uniform German edition.
»mit saurem Schweiß sagen, was man nicht weiß«
Authors: Gronau Magdalena , Gronau Martin
Published: November 2020

The present article focuses on the theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner Erwin Schrödinger (1887−1961) and his early attempts to popularize physics in the twenties and early thirties. Special attention is drawn to the ›entanglement‹ of media prerequisites and the subject Schrödinger deals with. Exemplary analysis of the magazines in which Schrödinger published, illustrations, and Schrödinger’s rather journalistic, zeitgeisty style of writing reveals a specific way of imparting the small world of atomic physics, hidden to the eye, to a broader audience. While the majority of contemporary quantum theorists rejected the allegedly old-fashioned physics of pictures and models, Schrödinger’s popular scientific praxis of a vivid explanation is even reflected in his epistemological position regarding the central goal of theoretical physics - namely, producing clear and illustrative models.
Methodenskizze zur systematischen Rekonstruktion der literarischen Satire
Authors: Spoerhase Carlos
Published: November 2020

This outline serves as basic analysis of the methods used to systematically reconstruct literary satire in the extant literary scholarship. The first section of the outline (1) contains a brief general introduction to the discussion of satire in the field of poetics. In the second section (2), which is the main concern of this outline, I discuss the four main methods used to reconstruct the concept of literary satire in recent decades.
Evaluation of the performance of sysmex XN-3100 automated hematology analyzer regarding the sysmex XE-2100 and microscopic examination
Authors: Incir Said , Palaoglu Kerim Erhan
Published: November 2020

Objectives

We performed a verification study of the Sysmex XN-3100 hematology analyzer in comparison with the XE-2100 according to the guidelines of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and the International Council for Standardization in Hematology (ICSH).

Materials and methods

Blood samples and quality control materials were used for precision. For comparison, we used the current XE-2100 as the comparative method and analyzed 540 blood samples. The Passing-Bablok and Bland-Altman tests were performed according to the CLSI EP09-A3 and a carryover study was performed according to the CLSI H26-A2 guidelines. The flagging performance of the two analyzers was compared, using two experienced laboratory technicians as the reference method.

Results

The Sysmex XN-3100 demonstrated high levels of precision for most parameters. For the comparison analysis, all parameters, except for MCHC, monocytes and basophils were within the systematic error limits of desirable biological variability criterion (SeDBV). The carryover was less than 0.4% for all parameters. The flagging performance of the XN-3100 was satisfactory and the overall efficiency was high.

Conclusions

The XN-3100 not only showed a strong correlation and agreement with the XE-2100 but also displayed a comparable analytical sensitivity, and increased specificity, which may result in an improved turnaround time and throughpu.