bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Joinpoint Regression to Determine the Impact of COVID-19 on Mortality in Europe: A Longitudinal Analysis From 2000 to 2020 in 27 Countries (Preprint)
Authors: Rovetta Alessandro
Published: February 2022

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The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) represented the most extensive health emergency in human history. However, to date, there is still a lot of uncertainty about the exact death toll the pandemic has claimed. In particular, the number of official deaths could be vastly underestimated. Despite this, many conspirationists speculate that COVID-19 is not a dangerous disease. Therefore, in this manuscript, we use joinpoint regression analysis to estimate the impact of COVID-19 in 27 European countries by comparing annual mortality trends from 2000 to 2020. Furthermore, we provide accessible evidence even for a non-expert audience. Siegel (A1) and Holm-Bonferroni (A2) approaches were employed to assess the significance of the results separately. In the second case, an indicative basic threshold of .05 has been set. In conclusion, our results estimate that COVID-19 increased the overall mortality in Europe by 10% (A1: P < .001, A2: Adjusted P < .028). In 16 out of 27 countries (59.3%), the excess mortality ranged from 7.4% to 18.5% (A1: P < .007, A2: Adjusted P < .028 except Portugal, Adjusted P = .077). Comparison of the observed mortality distribution with the null counterfactual showed that the mortality increase was highly significant across Europe, even considering only the nations with minor 2020 increases (highest P = .014, lowest mean = 2.4).
Mantenimiento del español en el estado de Washington. Exploración del posible bilingüismo en los Estados Unidos: una perspectiva de jóvenes hablantes de herencia del español
Authors: Novella Miguel Ángel
Published: February 2022

Se suele equiparar el incremento de la población latina o hispana en los Estados Unidos con el de la expansión de la lengua española en ese país. Y es que el vigoroso incremento de este grupo poblacional, el cual ascendió al 18.5% de la población en 2020, se presenta como un hecho irrefutable de que el español ocupará cada vez más espacios hasta empatar su presencia con la del inglés en la sociedad norteamericana. Aunque intereses económicos, políticos o sociales soslayen el contexto lingüístico del español como lengua minoritaria y en situación de contacto de lenguas, se asume que estas comunidades conservarán y transferirán el español a las próximas generaciones, a pesar de que existe evidencia histórica del desplazamiento hacia el inglés de las comunidades inmigrantes establecidas en los Estados Unidos. Según los estudios de Fishman (2001), en no más de tres generaciones las comunidades inmigrantes pierden sus lenguas de origen y se vuelven monolingües en inglés. Es decir, autoidentificarse como latino o hispano no es sinónimo de hablar español. Por ello, este estudio explora las siguientes preguntas de investigación: ¿difieren los hablantes de herencia en la frecuencia y el uso de español entre diferentes generaciones? Y ¿los hablantes de herencia nacidos o que emigraron a los Estados Unidos antes de los cinco años difieren en sus actitudes hacia el español en comparación con aquellos que emigraron después de los cinco años?
Las fórmulas rutinarias en la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera para principiantes
Authors: Aguilera Gámez Yariuska , Villavicencio Simón Yessy
Published: February 2022

En el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje de las unidades fraseológicas en los cursos de español como lengua extranjera (ele) de la Universidad de Oriente, Cuba, se evidencia una limitada interpretación de las fórmulas rutinarias; esto reduce las posibilidades de interacción del estudiante no hispanohablante en el nivel de referencia A1 en el contexto de inmersión sociocultural cubano. Por tal motivo, el objetivo del artículo es examinar algunos fundamentos teóricos y metodológicos para desarrollar la enseñanza de las fórmulas rutinarias en el referido proceso. La metodología utilizada es la revisión bibliográfica con un enfoque cualitativo y exploratorio. El análisis de las fuentes teóricas consultadas revela la importancia del tratamiento de las fórmulas rutinarias en la enseñanza del ELE (Penadés, 1999; Fernández, 2004; Cortina, 2009; Martín, 2010; Villavicencio, 2011; Rodríguez, 2013; Timofeeva, 2013; Alessandro, 2015; Saracho, 2015; Szyndler, 2015; Aguilera y Villavicencio, 2017; Villavicencio y Grajales, 2019). No obstante, aún se carece de estudios que profundicen en la aplicación de tareas de aprendizaje con énfasis en el tratamiento metodológico a las fórmulas rutinarias, cuyo propósito sea que los estudiantes del nivel A1 puedan apropiarse de estas como elementos representativos del registro coloquial, debido a su variedad y alta frecuencia de uso en la lengua española. Por estas razones, proponemos un conjunto de tareas didácticas que favorezcan la enseñanza de este tipo de unidad fraseológica y posibiliten ampliar las competencias léxica, sociolingüística y pragmática del estudiante no hispanohablante en contexto de inmersión sociocultural.
Participación política femenil en Guerrero. Mujeres tomando decisiones
Authors: Olguín Higuera Fabiola Carolina , Villagómez Salgado Juan Jacob , Torres Alonso Eduardo
Published: February 2022

El artículo expone una recapitulación sobre la naturaleza y significado de los derechos políticos y la lucha de las mujeres para que se les reconocieran dichos derechos. De igual manera, reseña el proceso histórico de los derechos políticos de las mujeres en México. Finalmente, examina la participación política femenil a nivel local, en especial en el Congreso de Guerrero. Se concluye que a pesar de la existencia legal de la paridad, todavía prevalece desigualdad entre el trabajo parlamentario de las mujeres y de los hombres
Coaliciones promotoras en la política marítima de México y España
Authors: Hernández Molina Miguel Ángel
Published: February 2022

El presente artículo expone el rol que desempeñaron las organizaciones de armadores afiliados a la CAMEINTRAM de México y a la ANAVE de España en contra de la terminación de la política marítima proteccionista implantada en sus países. Lo anterior, a partir de considerar como puntos de partida de su análisis tanto un método comparado de casos y contextos, como al enfoque de  análisis de política pública hacia el marco de coaliciones promotoras, y el resultado de sus acciones en la integración y medición de sus respectivas flotas mercantes.
Ariel Rodríguez Kuri (2019), Museo del universo. Los juegos olímpicos y el movimiento estudiantil de 1968, Ciudad de México, El Colegio de México
Authors: Martínez Balbuena Karen Michelle
Published: February 2022

Museo del universo. Los juegos olímpicos y el movimiento estudiantil de 1968
Review: Factors Affecting Biogas Production
Authors: Bhajani Shilpa S.
Published: February 2022

Abstract: Bioenergy, a renewable energy holds a promising solution to the most pressing problems of energy crises and waste treatment, disposal and thereby creating a circular economy. There is a need to exploit biogas potential to the fullest to enhance its productivity and utilize it for heating, cooling, generating electricity and also for transportation. Valorisation of the municipal solid waste (MSW), agricultural non-fodder waste, sewage sludge, animal waste, etc., for energy production (biogas), material recovery (fertilizers) and waste elimination (waste treatment) attracts the attention of the researchers. This research review highlights the crucial parameters like pH, temperature, OLR, HRT, etc. affecting the biogas productivity and provide insights to run the digesters at optimum conditions thus optimizing the biogas yield. Keywords: Biogas, Bio-energy, Anaerobic Digestion, Co-digestion
Las Escuelas Normales Superiores en Colombia: doscientos años de historia entre retos y desafíos (1821-2021)
Authors: Muñoz Bravo Jose Oliden
Published: February 2022

Este artículo se caracteriza por seguir el proceso histórico de las escuelas normales en Colombia, en el que se presenta un análisis de la relación entre la práctica pedagógica, investigación, formación docente, con revisión de los diferentes niveles educativos trazados a través de la Historia, donde se demuestra cuál es el papel que se ha cumplido en estos doscientos años; los maestros ponen en juego sus saberes en torno a la enseñanza, a los aprendizajes propios de sus estudiantes; las enseñanzas han sido tradicionalmente uno de los elementos más valorados en la formación de maestros, lo han sido tanto por los futuros maestros en su formación inicial como por los maestros en ejercicio, lo que demuestra el auténtico conocimiento que se precisa para llevar a cabo la formación de un auténtico profesional de la educación.

Las metas de los maestros se centran en sus clases y las aulas son laboratorios y se diseñan para enseñar a enseñar, donde supone la exigencia de los programas que se van a llevar a cabo en las prácticas que configuran en cada persona su aprendizaje como maestro. El maestro, ese maestro que logra trascender sus límites y conquistar otros espacios en el universo de la formación, goza con el resultado de sus discípulos, aunque queden en el camino huellas de injusticia e ingratitud.

Formar para la docencia ha llevado a las Escuelas Normales a asumir el reto de acortar la distancia entre la formación teórica que se recibe en estas instituciones, las experiencias prácticas que se obtienen en las escuelas de educación básica y las demandas sociales, culturales y tecnológicas que la sociedad impone constantemente. La práctica docente debe ser praxis pedagógica, porque es creación, es transformación y es posicionamiento del sujeto frente a la docencia; consecuentemente, porque a través de ella el sujeto tiene la posibilidad de resignificar y dar otro sentido a la práctica cotidiana que observa, que analiza y en la que se encuentra inserto.

La formación de los maestros en Colombia ha sido potestad de las Escuelas Normales Superiores y las Facultades de Educación de las universidades. Unas y otras han tenido a lo largo de la Historia las instituciones autorizadas para orientar la práctica pedagógica, la investigación y la formación integral del docente como fundamento del saber específico de un verdadero educador.
From boots on the ground to followers in the sky:Volunteer mobilization and populist rhetoric in the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Donald Trump
Authors: Mørk Anne
Published: February 2022

The article analyzes the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Donald Trump, with particular focus on their respective uses of the internet and social media communication in mobilizing voters and volunteers and using their way of connecting with voters to emphazise their legitimacy as anti-elitist candidates. In his 2008 campaign, Obama set the precedent for using online strategies to build and support a national movement within the framework of the Democratic Party, Trump, an outsider in the GOP, took the strategy a step further and used social media as his primary tool of voter communication and mobilization with only emphasized his populist message. In their use of online campaigns, both Trump and Obama relied inpopulism rhetorical tools, though from different sides of the political spectrum, adding to contemporary debates of the nature and purpose of populism in the twenty-first century. However, in both candidates’ campaigns mobilization of volunteers through their respective national movement became symbols of their populist appeals.
Flanking Maneuvers: The Counternarratives of the Military Unconscious in Phil Klay's “After Action Report” and “War Stories”
Authors: Räisänen Ari
Published: February 2022

This article examines the ways in which Phil Klay’s short stories “After Action Report” and “War Stories” generate counternarratives that challenge and fragment populist representations of soldiering, war, and Americanness. In doing so, the analysis reveals new ways of approaching the contemporary American civilian-military disconnect. The article examines this disconnect in a framework based on Fredric Jameson’s theories that reveals the text’s underlying military unconscious: a type of political unconscious that rises from the lived-in social realities of veterans and active duty personnel. The military unconscious is complemented by what I term the hegemonic soldier: the ideological construct which informs the dominant cultural representations of soldiering and war, and which reinforces itself through representations in a fashion similar to the idea of nostalgic recreation.

By applying these concepts, the analysis can uncover the counternarratives that stem from the texts’ military unconscious. The first case study examines the ways in which Klay’s “After Action Report” ruptures the military institution’s hegemonic discourse of killing by providing alternative discourses that allow the soldier subject to resist the hegemonic soldier, and reassert ownership over their experiences. The second case study examines how “War Stories” reveals and critiques the latent presence of the hegemonic soldier in contemporary American society. The hegemonic soldier is shown to be an omnipresent force that appears even in narratives that seek to subvert it. Together, the case studies demonstrate veteran literature’s unique potential in understanding the development of contemporary American culture.
“Her lost girl”: Shirley Jackson and Kenneth Burke in the Bennington Triangle
Authors: King Henry
Published: February 2022

From 1945 to 1950, a number of unexplained disappearances occurred in the vicinity of Bennington, Vermont. During the same period, the author Shirley Jackson moved to North Bennington, while her friend Kenneth Burke (a colleague of her husband at Bennington College) published two pivotal works of theory, A Grammar of Motives (1945) and A Rhetoric of Motives (1950). Although the disappearances have previously been noted as a context of Jackson’s fiction, especially the short story “The Missing Girl”, this article applies a Burkeian lens to analyse how Jackson used the disappearances to explore the effects of what Burke calls “the hierarchal psychosis” on young women and rural New England society.
Rights and Slavery in Thomas Jefferson's Political Thought
Authors: Helo Ari
Published: February 2022

Thomas Jefferson is famous for his advocacy of equal rights of men, religious freedom, and democracy throughout the United States. He is equally (in)famous for his racist statements, for his little concern for women's rights, for his apparently unrealistic anti-slavery policies, and for his strongly anti-Federalist politics. This article will make clear that his political solution to the problem of slavery was not as far-fetched at the time as many scholars still tend to think it was. His fame as the high priest of minimal government also needs to be reconsidered given his hugely expensive, governmental solution to the problem of slavery. It is also important to grasp how very restricted a role Jefferson attributed to the federal government in putting his abolition plan into effect. The only aspect concerning the federal government in Jefferson's plan had to do with financing and sending slaves abroad after each state's individual decision of emancipation.
Yinyangism: Rethinking Western Dualism Regarding Sex and Gender
Authors: Nwadike Chinedu , Onunkwo Chibuzo Martin , Philip-Anusionwu Onyinyechukwu
Published: February 2022

Much has been written in the West about sex and gender in the last one hundred years. It is perhaps to be expected that characteristic Western dualist approaches on this topic be quite different from the Chinese organic approach implied in yin and yang. Owing, evidently, to different socio-cultural worldviews, gender inequality, feminism and patriarchy are the subjects of very different definitions in the West and in China/Asia. Where the former underscores opposition between the genders’ different realities and advocates for “diametric equality”, the latter emphasises complementarity and is thus more predisposed to consider gender difference in what might be called “symbiotic inequality”. Thus, it would be misleading to assume that researchers around the world readily accept Western paradigms regarding this issue. Using a sociological method, this essay aims to establish that concepts like patriarchy and feminism are not subject to unanimous presumptions based on Western models, and are therefore not practical concepts with which to design universal analytical processes or to create a dominant ethos. It further proposes the introduction of “yinyangism” as a new, more apt conceptual framework that will consider the male-female relation as a complementary one. The aim is to have yinyangism studied as a more productive stage in the evolution of sex and gender discourse, one whereby the natural differences between the male and the female will be recognised not in adversarial terms, but complementary ones. The resulting social environment will be one where individuals of different genders are not necessarily expected to perform the same objective functions in society, but rather have their mutual inequality act as a reservoir of differentiated skills that complement each other in different ways and actually produce a “mutual” or “symbiotic” equality.
Performance Anxiety - Creating a Warmup Using Mindfulness Techniques
Authors: Enikő Szili
Published: February 2022

Within this self-study, I aim to create an effective warmup that prepares me mentally for performance situations, and which can reduce my level of stress in such scenarios. As a dancer who often suffers from stage fright, finding a solution is a challenging, yet an important step to take.
Laboratory measures of boldness correlate to ecological niche in threespine stickleback
Authors: Ólafsdóttir Guðbjörg , Theódórsson Benedikt
Published: February 2022

Research on among individual variation in behavior has increased rapidly
in recent years. It is intuitively appealing that among individual
variation in behavior has ecological consequences and among the most
likely to be affected is trophic niche. Bold individuals, with the
tendency to be explorative and risk tolerant, can be less likely to
alter their foraging behavior across contexts and therefore forage more
consistently. Stable isotopes are a useful tool to retrospectively
estimate ecological niche and have been found to correlate to foraging
behavior in the wild. It is now pressing to extent studies to further
examine the ecological or evolutionary relevance of personality. We
examined if common behavioral traits were correlated to ecological niche
in the wild using a rapid behavioral assay and δ13C and δ15N stable
isotopes from fin and muscle reflecting ecological niche for the
previous weeks and months. We found that latency to explore, as a proxy
for boldness, correlated to values of δ13C with bolder fish having lower
δ13C values. Moreover, latency to explore also explained variation in
the change in individual stable isotope niche over time. These results
highlight the long-term ecological importance of among individual
variation in behavior and are among the first to support a correlation
of laboratory measures of behavior and ecological niche in the wild.
Sustainability transitions of contaminated sites: a global meta-analysis on economic effects of remediation behavior
Authors: Li Xiaonuo , Yi Shiyi , Cundy Andrew , Chen Weiping
Published: February 2022

The worldwide diversity of contaminated sites, coupled with a scarcity
of available land in urban spatial planning, has led to an increasing
political significance for brownfield conservation and re-use to achieve
land resource sustainability. In this study, economic or so-called
rebound effects of land regeneration, are studied via a global
meta-analysis on value fluctuation of surrounding property. To this end,
a total of 91 observations from 28 HPM (Hedonic Pricing Model) studies
were synthesized to conduct a meta-analysis following a conditional
random-effects procedure. The empirical results indicate that, in line
with expectations, the conservation and recycling of land resource
indeed generate significant rebound in the implicit price of residential
houses, especially for those located within 2 kilometers of contaminated
sites. Before land remediation and re-use, dwellings closest in distance
to contaminated sites experience the greatest value loss. On average,
the depreciation in property values within the first 1km distance from a
contaminated site is about 8.18%, significantly at the 1% level, while
the corresponding adverse impact from 1 to 2 km distance is a 4.8%
price premium significantly at the 5% level. The significance of the
stigma or rebound effects depend on 12 attributes, in which, house age,
location, FAR (Floor Area Ratio) and CBD (Central Business District)
variables have the largest impact, of -37.38%~37.5%.
From a practical perspective, the findings of this meta-analysis: 1)
help refine contributing parameters in HPM studies to evaluate
environmental economics; and 2) provide meaningful decision-making
support for cost-effective remediation and benefit maximization.
Seasonal specialisation in floral resource use by honeybee colonies reveals periods of food shortage in a diverse horticultural and agricultural landscape.
Authors: Lowe Abigail , Jones Laura , Brennan Georgina , Creer Simon , Christie Lynda , Vere Natasha de
Published: February 2022

Availability of suitable nectar and pollen resources is a limiting
factor for pollinator survival, with both overall resource quantity and
quality, along with provision throughout the season, being critical.
Yet, our understanding of how the selection of floral resources changes
over time, and how this relates to floral availability within the
landscape is limited. To fill this knowledge gap, we characterise floral
use by honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies, in a diverse horticultural
and agricultural landscape, from April to September, over two years,
using pollen DNA metabarcoding of honey samples. We compared the pollen
found to the availability of host plants within the surrounding
landscape using floral surveys. Honeybees used a total of 143 plant
taxa, but only 10 of these were determined as major sources
(>10% of total sequence reads in any month) and total
plant use represented a small proportion of the available floral
resources (23% of genera). Distinct patterns of diet specialisation
were identified in June and August, where colonies diverged in their
floral preferences before re-aligning in July and September. Following
optimal foraging theory, these patterns represent periods of resource
limitation. Honeybees showed a preference for flowering trees in the
spring, followed by shrubs and herbs in summer and used native and
near-native plants more than horticultural plants, as major food
sources. DNA metabarcoding allows an increased ecological insight into
floral resource use by honeybees and highlights the importance of
providing continuous and sufficient floral resources throughout the
year.
Digital Forensic Readiness of Information Systems: A cost-benefit variable analysis
Authors: Mouhtaropoulos Antonis
Published: February 2022

Despite the increasing amount of research on the pre-incident side within a digital forensic investigation, little steps have been taken towards assessing the effectiveness of such a plan in terms of cost effectiveness. This research paper lays the foundations of a cost-benefit variable analysis within a digital forensic readiness context by defining a cost-benefit relationship effect model. We collect novel, primary data from organisations and institutions that implement a digital forensic readiness plan to identify cost variables of each measure and threat, and benefit variables of each measure to be taken. We conduct data analysis to portray that specific cost variables have a significant effect on specific benefit variables and present the results of the data collection process amongst organisations and institutions applying a digital forensic readiness plan. Lastly, we produce hypotheses testing results and determine the validity between each cost-benefit relationship.
An Experimental Study of the Technical Properties and Compressive Strength of Laterite Bricks Stabilised with Cement and Wood Ash
Authors:   Department of Architecture, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. Department of Architecture, Lead City University Ibadan. Department of Architectural technology, Oke-ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Oyo State, Oladunmoye O.M. , Awofodu J.O. , Babatunde L.O.
Published: February 2022

An Experimental Study of the Technical Properties and Compressive Strength of Laterite Bricks Stabilised with Cement and Wood Ash 1Oladunmoye, O.M., 2Awofodu, J.O. & 3Babatunde, L.O. Department of Architecture, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. Department of Architecture, Lead City University Ibadan. Department of Architectural technology, Oke-ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Oyo State E-mails: .Bjarchimat15@gmail.com; Josephstone69@gmail.com ABSTRACT An experimental study was carried out in order to determine the compressive strength and technical properties of laterite bricks stabilized with cement, wood ash and sawdust. Cement stabilized compressed laterite bricks were tested. The compressive strength of lateritic soil based materials were determined. The objective of this paper is to determine the effect(s) of addition of cement and wood ash to lateritic soil brick on the compressive strength using four soil samples. The findings showed positive effect of the additives of cement and wood ash on increasing the compressive strength of the stabilized laterite bricks. The study showed that the optimum value for water absorption of wood ash stabilisation is at 10% C with 5% WA (19.09%) replacement and 15% C with 10% SD. The compressive strength of the different samples measured showed increase in the failure point of the brick with increase in percentage of cement and wood ash. Keywords: Technical Properties, Compressive Strength, Laterite Bricks , Cement and Wood Ash Proceedings Reference Format
Le fascisme roumain dans un contexte centre-européen: Historiographie et problématiques
Authors: Sandu Traian
Published: February 2022

Pour le fascisme roumain comme pour la plupart des autres champs
historiographiques, 1989 repr?senta une c?sure importante a plusieurs
titres. Dans la production domestique, c?est la fin du national-communisme
qui d?douanait le fascisme de la Garde de fer de ses origines autochtones et
l?attribuait a l?influence ?trangere, italienne et allemande. Dans la
production occidentale, l?amplification d?une r?flexion sur les traits d?un
fascisme g?n?rique font du cas roumain un exemple important et finissent par
influencer la production locale, qui se remarque par une sorte de rattrapage
th?orique rapide et une production abondante.
Upper and lower solutions for second-order with m-point impulsive boundary value problems
Authors: Karaca Ilkay , Oz Dondu
Published: February 2022

In this paper, we consider a second-order m-point impulsive boundary value
problem. By applying the upper and lower solutions method and the Schauder?s
fixed point theorem, we obtain the existence of at least one positive
solution. We also give an example to illustrate our main result.
Mappings on intuitionistic fuzzy topology of soft sets
Authors: Bayramov Sadi , Gunduz Cigdem
Published: February 2022

The present study is devoted to describe the concepts of continuous mapping,
open mapping and closed mapping by using soft points on intuitionistic fuzzy
topological spaces. Along, continuous mapping, open mapping and closed
mapping on intuitionistic fuzzy topological spaces and their
characterizations are also introduced. At the end, some of the crucial
properties of the proposed concepts are investigated. Taking advantage of
intuitionistic fuzzy topology, we obtain the family of soft topologies and
normal topologies. It is clear that the category of intuitionistic fuzzy
topological spaces is an extension both the category of soft topological
spaces and the category of topological spaces.
Characterization of the matrix class (ℓα,ℓβ), 0 < α ≤ β ≤ 1
Authors: Natarajan P.N.
Published: February 2022

Throughout the present paper, entries of sequences, infinite series and
infinite matrices are real or complex numbers. In this paper, we
characterize the matrix class (??,??), 0 < ? ? ? ? 1.
Identifying latent components of the TINAR(1) model
Authors: Djordjevic Miodrag , Ristic Miroslav , Pirkovic Bogdan
Published: February 2022

In this paper we give a solution for the problem of identifying and
predicting latent components of the integer-valued time series with skewed
Skellam marginal distribution. At the beginning, expressions for latent
components identification and prediction are derived. These expressions give
us a possibility of revealing the values of two hidden, immeasurable
components which affect the integer-valued time series with skewed Skellam
marginals. Yule-Walker estimators of the unknown parameters are obtained.
Also, quality of identification and lag-one prediction is tested on
simulated data. At the very end, the model validation is performed in
application on the real-life data.
Statistical weighted mean summability of double sequences of fuzzy numbers
Authors: Talo Özer , Şen Aslıhan , Çoşkun Hüsamettin
Published: February 2022

In this paper, we present statistical weighted mean ( briefly, (N?,p,q,1,1)) summability method for double sequences of fuzzy numbers and give
necessary and sufficient Tauberian conditions under which statistical
convergence of a double sequence of fuzzy numbers follows from its
statistical (N?,p,q,1,1) summability. Furthermore, we apply our new
method of summability to prove a fuzzy Korovkin type approximation theorem
for a double sequence of fuzzy positive linear operators.
The strong Pytkeev property and strong countable completeness in (strongly) topological gyrogroups
Authors: Zhang Xiaoyuan , Bao Meng , Xu Xiaoquan
Published: February 2022

Atopological gyrogroup is a gyrogroup endowed with a topology such that the
binary operation is jointly continuous and the inverse mapping is also
continuous. In this paper, it is proved that if G is a sequential
topological gyrogroup with an !!-base, then G has the strong Pytkeev
property. Moreover, some equivalent conditions about !!-base and strong
Pytkeev property are given in Baire topological gyrogroups. Finally, it is
shown that if G is a strongly countably complete strongly topological
gyrogroup, then G contains a closed, countably compact, admissible
subgyrogroup P such that the quotient space G/P is metrizable and the
canonical homomorphism ? : G ? G=P is closed.
Generalized bipolar-soft sets, generalized bipolar-soft topology and their decision making
Authors: Mustafa Heba
Published: February 2022

Fatimah et al. introduced the notion of N-soft set that is the extension of
soft set introduced by Molodtsov. Shabir et al. studied the bipolarity of
data within the soft set by defining the notion of bipolar soft set. During
this paper, we have a tendency to encourage and introduce the concept of
N-bipolar soft set as an extension of bipolar soft set and N-soft set. Some
helpful algebraical definitions and properties are presented. Our concept is
illustrated with real life examples, which have uncertainties in knowledge
that may be properly captured by this structure. Also, we tend to introduce
the notion of N-bipolar soft topology and its specific structures
including N-bipolar soft neighborhood, N-bipolar soft interior, N-bipolar soft
closure, and N-bipolar soft basis. Moreover, potential applications of
N-bipolar soft sets in decision making are presented with algorithms.
Finally, we present multi criteria group decision making (MCGDM) methods by
utilizing N-bipolar soft set and N-bipolar soft topology to deal with
uncertainties in the real world problems.
On the Mostar index of trees and product graphs
Authors: Alizadeh Yaser , Xu Kexiang , Klavzar Sandi
Published: February 2022

If G is a graph, and if for e = uv ? E(G) the number of vertices closer to u
than to v is denoted by nu, then Mo(G) = ? uv?E(G) |nu-nv| is the Mostar
index of G. In this paper, the Mostar index is studied on trees and graph
products. Lower and upper bounds are given on the difference between the
Mostar indices of a tree and a tree obtained by contraction one of its edges
and the corresponding extremal trees are characterized. An upper bound on
the Mostar index for the class of all trees but the stars is proved.
Extremal trees are also determined on the (k+1)-th largest/smallest Mostar
index. The index is also studied on Cartesian and corona products.
Corrigendum to “On the Mazur-Ulam theorem in non-Archimedean fuzzy anti-2-normed spaces”
Authors: Sánchez Javier , Garmendia José
Published: February 2022

In this note we correct a paper by D. Kang (?On the Mazur-Ulam theorem in
non-Archimedean fuzzy anti-2-normed spaces?, Filomat, 2017). The research in
that paper applies to what the author calls strictly convex spaces.
Nevertheless, we prove that this notion is void: there is no single space
that satisfies the definition.
Characterizations of twisted spacetime
Authors: Mofarreh Fatemah , Chan De
Published: February 2022

The object of the present paper is to characterize pseudo Ricci symmetric
twisted spacetimes. At first it is shown that a pseudo Ricci symmetric
twisted spacetime is a GRW spacetime. Next, we obtain a necessary and
sufficient condition for a pseudo Ricci symmetric twisted spacetime to be a
perfect fluid spacetime. It is also proved that a pseudo Ricci symmetric
twisted spacetime is perfect fluid, provided the conformal curvature tensor
is divergence free. Moreover, we investigate shear and vorticity vector
fields of such type of spacetimes and pointed out its implications towards
the evolution of the Early Universe. Finally, we study conformally flat
(PRS)n spacetimes.
GENTRIFICATION AS INJUSTICE
Authors: Zimmer Tyler
Published: February 2022

This paper focuses on the nature of the landlord/tenant relationship in uncontrolled rental housing markets. I argue that relational egalitarianism—the view that our social and political relations to one another ought not involve arbitrary power asymmetries—gives us moral reasons to criticize this relationship. In particular, I try to show that landlord/tenant relationships involve objectionable forms of economic subordination—more specifically, relations that involve exploitation and marginalization—as well as political inequality. I conclude the paper with some reflections on policy solutions to the problems I identify. Contrary to the consensus among most economists and government officials, not to mention landlords, I maintain that rent control should be seen as a legitimate and effective tool—among others—for curbing the power of landlords and protecting tenants.
THE NARROWED DOMAIN OF DISAGREEMENT FOR WELL-BEING POLICY
Authors: Hersch Gil
Published: February 2022

In recent years, policy makers have shown increasing interest in implementing policies aimed at promoting individual well-being. But how should policy makers choose their well-being policies? A seemingly reasonable first step is to settle on an agreed-upon definition of well-being. Yet there currently is significant disagreement on how well-being ought to be characterized, and agreement on the correct view of well-being does not appear to be forthcoming. Nevertheless, I argue in this paper that there are several reasons to think that the domain of well-being in the public policy context is narrower than that of well-being in general, which makes agreement on how to understand well-being in the public policy context more likely.
WHAT MUST GOOD SAMARITANS DO? SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE POLITICAL ENFORCEABILITY OF DUTIES TO AID
Authors: Davis Ryan W.
Published: February 2022

Many political philosophers affirm what I will call the Good Samaritan Principle (GSP): There is a natural duty of justice to provide aid to others in great need, if we can do so at little cost to ourselves. This essay presents two arguments against the GSP, suggesting that the principle is in tension with practices of gratitude and blame. It then disputes whether denying the GSP is intuitively unacceptable, as its defenders have claimed. Finally, it advocates turning to a model-based approach to investigate the principle. Rather than appealing directly to intuition, philosophical models consider a principle’s fit within a system of independently supported conceptual claims. I conclude that this approach reinforces doubts about the GSP.
SANDEL, SEMIOTICS, AND MONEY-BASED EXCHANGE
Authors: Taylor James Stacey
Published: February 2022

Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski have recently developed an increasingly influential argument against semiotic objections to commodification. A semiotic argument is one that holds that the commodification of certain goods or services is morally wrong, either because it violates the social meaning of those goods or services, or because the market exchange of them would communicate something wrongful. Brennan and Jaworski focus much of their attention on showing that Michael Sandel’s deployment of such arguments fails. However, their argument does not undermine Sandel’s position because they have fundamentally misunderstood his view. But this misunderstanding is productive, for it can be used both to clarify the nature of the debates over the moral limits of markets and to gain a better understanding of an underexplored criticism of money-based exchange.
PUNISHING THE WRONG PERSON
Authors: Chan Rebecca
Published: February 2022

In this paper, I argue that we ought not to punish those who have undergone significant mental transformation as a result of conditions like Alzheimer’s or dementia. While there are those who defend this position on the basis of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, I argue that we ought not to punish in these cases because the person being punished is not the same person as the one who committed the crime. On my account, the relevant sense of “sameness” is not “metaphysical”—rather, it looks at whether the past and present persons are the same practical agents. This account also enjoys some support in the legal context and can be found in laws about corporations, juvenile records, and treatment of dementia patients. Finally, focusing on sameness of persons rather than Eighth Amendment grounds has interesting implications for other policies regarding punishment.
INTRODUCTION: THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF SCIENCE IN SOCIETAL DECISION MAKING—PART 1
Authors: Elliott Kevin C. , Richards Ted
Published: February 2022

Science plays a crucial role in much personal and societal decision making, including the development of public policy and regulations, the forumulation the development, and the preservation of public end environmental health. Nevertheless, recent scholarship has shown that the incorporation of science into public decision making in fraught with a great deal of complexity. This essay introduces two special sections of Public Affairs Quarterly (appearing in July 2017 and October 2017), which together explore cutting-edge questions about how science can be used responsibly to inform socictal decisions. The articles in these sections examine how to respond productively to scientific dissent and how to develop regulatory and legal institutions that treat science with appropriate respect without granting inappropriate decision-making power to the scientific community.
LIBERTY FOR CORVIDS
Authors: Wells Mark , Simmons Scott , Klim Diana
Published: February 2022

We argue that at least some corvids morally ought to be granted a right to bodily liberty in the US legal system and relevantly similar systems. This right would grant immunity to frivolous captivity and extermination. Implementing this right will require new legislation or the expansion of existing legislation including the elimination of various "pest" clauses. This paper proceeds in three parts. First, we survey accounts of the moral grounds of legal rights. Second, to establish an overlapping consensus supporting corvid bodily liberty rights, we survey the empirical literature on corvid cognition. Third, we illustrate what a corvid right to bodily liberty might look like, by looking to recent developments in animal law, as well as previous advocacy on behalf of primates and cetaceans.
HOW COURTS’ REVIEWS OF SCIENCE IN TOXIC TORT CASES HAVE CHANGED AND WHY THAT’S A GOOD THING
Authors: Cranor Carl F.
Published: February 2022

In many tort (personal injury) law cases, litigants need scientific evidence as part of the factual foundation for their legal claims. Usually, science enters the courtroom via expert testimony. However, judges have struggled to grasp the scientific relevance of different studies, how they could "fit together" to support an explanation of causation between exposure and effect, and how scientific experts reason about adverse effects in people. This essay reviews issues with which judges struggled, discusses inferences to the best explanation (IBE) (and some values implicit in these issues), and finally considers a recent case that better recognizes myriad kinds of scientific data and the role that IBE can play in supporting expert testimony. This decision is an advance over earlier approaches to reviewing expert testimony.
Phenomapping-Derived Tool to Individualize the Effect of Canagliflozin on Cardiovascular Risk in Type 2 Diabetes
Authors: Oikonomou Evangelos K. , Suchard Marc A. , McGuire Darren K. , Khera Rohan
Published: February 2022

OBJECTIVE

Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have well-documented cardioprotective effects but are underused, partly because of high cost. We aimed to develop a machine learning–based decision support tool to individualize the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) benefit of canagliflozin in type 2 diabetes.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

We constructed a topological representation of the Canagliflozin Cardiovascular Assessment Study (CANVAS) using 75 baseline variables collected from 4,327 patients with type 2 diabetes randomly assigned 1:1:1 to one of two canagliflozin doses (n = 2,886) or placebo (n = 1,441). Within each patient’s 5% neighborhood, we calculated age- and sex-adjusted risk estimates for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs). An extreme gradient boosting algorithm was trained to predict the personalized ASCVD effect of canagliflozin using features most predictive of topological benefit. For validation, this algorithm was applied to the CANVAS-Renal (CANVAS-R) trial, comprising 5,808 patients with type 2 diabetes randomly assigned 1:1 to canagliflozin or placebo.

RESULTS

In CANVAS (mean age 60.9 ± 8.1 years; 33.9% women), 1,605 (37.1%) patients had a neighborhood hazard ratio (HR) more protective than the effect estimate of 0.86 reported for MACEs in the original trial. A 15-variable tool, INSIGHT, trained to predict the personalized ASCVD effects of canagliflozin in CANVAS, was tested in CANVAS-R (mean age 62.4 ± 8.4 years; 2,164 [37.3%] women), where it identified patient phenotypes with greater ASCVD canagliflozin effects (adjusted HR 0.60 [95% CI 0.41–0.89] vs. 0.99 [95% CI 0.76–1.29]; Pinteraction = 0.04).

CONCLUSIONS

We present an evidence-based, machine learning–guided algorithm to personalize the prescription of SGLT2 inhibitors for patients with type 2 diabetes for ASCVD effects.
Phenomapping-Derived Tool to Individualize the Effect of Canagliflozin on Cardiovascular Risk in Type 2 Diabetes
Authors: Oikonomou Evangelos K , Suchard Marc A , McGuire Darren K. , Khera Rohan
Published: February 2022

Objective: Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2
(SGLT2) inhibitors have well-documented cardioprotective effects but are
underused, partly due to high cost. We aimed to develop a machine learning support tool
to individualize the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) benefit of
canagliflozin in type 2 diabetes.

Research Design and Methods: We constructed a
topological representation of the Canagliflozin Cardiovascular
Assessment Study (CANVAS) using 75 baseline variables collected from 4327 patients with type
2 diabetes randomly assigned 1:1:1 to one of two canagliflozin doses (n=2886) or
placebo (n=1441). Within each patient’s 5% neighborhood, we calculated age- and
sex-adjusted risk estimates for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). An
extreme gradient boosting algorithm was trained to predict the personalized ASCVD
effect of canagliflozin using features most predictive
of topological benefit. For validation, this algorithm was applied to the CANVAS-Renal
(CANVAS-R) trial, comprising 5808 patients with type 2 diabetes randomized 1:1
to canagliflozin or placebo.

Results: In CANVAS (mean age
60.9±8.1 years, 33.9% women) 1605 (37.1%) patients had a neighborhood hazard
ratio more protective than the effect estimate of 0.86 reported for MACE in the
original trial. A 15-variable tool, INSIGHT, trained to predict the personalized
ASCVD effects of canagliflozin in CANVAS, was tested in CANVAS-R (mean age
62.4±8.4 years, 2164 (37.3%) women) where it identified patient phenotypes with
higher ASCVD effect of canagliflozin (adj. HR 0.60 [95%CI:0.41-0.89] versus
0.99 [95%CI:0.76-1.29]; P for interaction=0.04).

Conclusions: We present an
evidence-based, machine learning-guided algorithm to personalize the
prescription of SGLT2 inhibitors for patients with type 2 diabetes for ASCVD effect.
Doğalgaz Yakıtlı Bir Kombine Çevrim Santralinin Enerji ve Ekserji Analizi: Parametrik Çalışma
Authors: KILIÇ Ahmed Emin , ARCAKLIOĞLU Erol
Published: February 2022

Nükleer, biyoyakıtlar ve yenilenebilir enerji kaynaklarının enerji üretimindeki kullanımları gün geçtikçe artsa da enerji üretiminde fosil yakıt kullanımı yaygın olarak devam etmektedir. Fosil yakıtların daha verimli bir şekilde kullanılmasını sağlayan en iyi seçeneklerin başında kombine çevrim santralleri gelmektedir. Brayton ve Rankine çevrimlerinin birleştirilmesinden oluşan bu santraller bir taraftan fosil yakıtları daha verimli kullanırken, diğer yandan çevreye daha az zarar vermektedir. Bu çalışmada doğalgazla çalışan bir kombine çevrim santralinin enerji ve ekserji analizleri, santralin gerçek operasyon verileri kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Ortam sıcaklığının ve basıncının sırasıyla 25,4 °C ve 98,1 kPa olduğu şartlarda gerçekleştirilen analizler sonucunda, santralin ekserji verimi % 61,2 olarak bulunurken, en yüksek ekserji kaybına sahip olan bileşen 89 MW ile yanma odası olmuştur. Ekserji verimi en yüksek santral bileşeni ise % 96,4 ile yoğuşturucu olarak tespit edilmiştir. Santralden elde edilen toplam güç 205 MW olarak hesaplanırken Brayton çevriminin gücü 134 MW, Rankine çevriminin gücü 71 MW olarak hesaplanmıştır. Ortam sıcaklığı ile gaz türbini giriş sıcaklığının arttırılmasının etkileri bu çalışmada ayrıca incelenmiştir.